Arc 65From the Blood Sea to the Merfolk

Lu Ye ended the Blood Race assault, guided the Three Realms fleet into the Myriad Phenomena Sea, and discovered that Peerless Island had been seized. After reuniting with Chu Shen and Tang Jun, he agreed to help Bai Lu and two other merfolk advance to the Moon Jade Realm.

  • Lu Ye used the Bone Ocarina to spread Dancing Maiden’s influence across the battlefield, then killed Bai Jin with Fang’s power and Green Mantis’s Great Windmill.
  • Lu Ye restored Li Guan, Ning Bu'ao, and Luo Xie, who killed the remaining Blood Race and Insect Race fighters, while Lu Ye exposed Blood Race infiltrators among the survivors.
  • Ning Bu'ao went to warn Quiet Moon and Northern Profound, while Lu Ye and the surviving fleet traveled to Wuding Realm and received thanks from its Sunlight cultivators.
  • Lu Ye gave Qin Yi the story of the Bone Ocarina, received the Moon Accompanying Lotus and a command token, and later helped identify Blood Race infiltrators among Quiet Moon cultivators.
  • The fleet passed through the Mist Dragon and Long Cloud before reaching the Myriad Phenomena Sea, where Lu Ye learned Peerless Island had been seized and set out to find Tang Jun and Chu Shen.
  • Lu Ye discovered the Heavenly Flame Merchant Association had taken Peerless Island, then learned from Hua Qianying that Tang Jun was injured and Chu Shen had taken him to Chime Bell World.
  • Lu Ye met Chu Shen and Tang Jun in Chime Bell World and learned the Myriad Phenomena Star System had captured them and taken Peerless Island, which had developed a Spirit Jade Vein.
  • Lu Ye agreed to take Cai Xing and the others to the Myriad Phenomena Sea, then went with You Ling to Sky Conch Hall and agreed to escort Bai Lu and two merfolk to Star Constellation Hall.
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Ch. 1603Give It to You

Lu Ye used the Bone Ocarina to lure Dancing Maiden across the battlefield, forcing every fighter into its singing and dancing influence and giving his side a chance to turn the battle around. After Dancing Maiden left with the ocarina, Lu Ye returned to attack Bai Jin, but even with Li Shang’s help he struggled to pierce the Sunlight’s formidable body.

  • Lu Ye led Dancing Maiden through the remaining Blood Seas until it affected every fighter on the battlefield, preventing both sides from continuing their battle.
  • Dancing Maiden chased Lu Ye after he put away the Bone Ocarina, so he gave it to the star beast, which then departed.
  • Lu Ye used a controlled artifact to return to the six dancing Sunlights, and Luo Xie urged him to kill Bai Jin and the two Insect Race Sunlights.
  • Lu Ye struck Bai Jin with the Crag Mountain Saber, but the slash only caused a small wound because Bai Jin could not activate Magic Power yet had an exceptionally strong physique.
  • Lu Ye called on Li Shang to use the Soul Attachment Technique and struck Bai Jin again, but Bai Jin dismissed the injury and said his body could easily heal it.

Ch. 1604Hacked to Death Alive

Lu Ye killed the Sunlight Bai Jin by using Sacred Nature and Great Windmill, but the technique left him badly injured and unable to keep fighting. After recovering enough to move, he sought out Li Guan, the strongest killer among Ning Bu'ao's group.

  • Lu Ye used Fang's power to keep Bai Jin's wounds from healing, then trapped him in a blood sphere and suppressed him with Sacred Nature.
  • Lu Ye unleashed Green Mantis's Great Windmill, repeatedly slashing Bai Jin until he beheaded him.
  • Lu Ye's body was badly damaged by Great Windmill, leaving him unable to continue attacking as the remaining Sunlights stayed dangerous.
  • After several dozen breaths, Lu Ye recovered enough to move and asked Ning Bu'ao's group who had the strongest killing power.
  • Ning Bu'ao named Li Guan, and Lu Ye rushed to her and placed a palm on her shoulder.

Ch. 1605An Unthinkable Accident

Lu Ye used the Talent Tree’s power to burn away the Dancing Maiden’s influence on Li Guan, allowing her to kill an Insect Race Sunlight. He then began freeing Ning Bu'ao while the Blood Race Sunlights realized their four-hundred-year plot was collapsing.

  • Lu Ye warned Li Guan that burning away the Dancing Maiden’s power might hurt, then used the Talent Tree to restore her ability to move.
  • Li Guan broke free, thanked Lu Ye, and killed one of the Insect Race Sunlights with a sword strike.
  • Luo Xie and Ning Bu'ao both asked Lu Ye to free them, and Lu Ye went to help Ning Bu'ao first because he was closer.
  • The Blood Race Sunlights watched in panic as Ning Bu'ao began to regain control, leaving them helpless targets.
  • The Blood Race Sunlights recalled how their races had spent four hundred years arranging to seize Unfixed and the Four Directions Star System, only for Lu Ye’s arrival to ruin their plans.

Ch. 1606A Debt of Gratitude Too Great

Lu Ye helped free Ning Bu'ao and Luo Xie from the Dancing Maiden's power, allowing them and Li Guan to defeat the Blood Race and Insect Race forces. After the battle, the surviving Sunlights concluded that Bai Jin's plot had begun in Quiet Moon, where more hidden Blood Race members might remain.

  • Lu Ye freed Ning Bu'ao, who joined Li Guan in killing the Blood Race Sunlights, while Lu Ye helped Luo Xie recover as well.
  • Li Guan, Ning Bu'ao, and Luo Xie swept across the battlefield and killed the remaining Insect Race and Blood Race cultivators.
  • Lu Ye returned to the warship injured and told the others to wait for the Dancing Maiden's influence to fade; he also noticed that Yaya had been unaffected.
  • The three Sunlights mourned the Allied Army's losses and credited Lu Ye with saving the survivors and the Four Directions Star System.
  • Li Guan, Luo Xie, and Ning Bu'ao reasoned that Bai Jin's arrival in Quiet Moon over four hundred years earlier had begun the plot, and that more Blood Race members could still be hiding there.

Ch. 1607Aftermath

After the battle, Lu Ye discovered that a Blood Race member was still hiding among the survivors from the Quiet Moon Star System. The woman surnamed Feng died when Li Guan struck her, and her corpse revealed its true form only after Lu Ye removed a blood-red pendant from her necklace.

  • Ning Bu'ao set out to inform Quiet Moon of the Blood Race threat and Northern Profound of Chen Zong's death.
  • The surviving cultivators spent two days recovering remains and clearing the battlefield, while Luo Xie and Li Guan thanked Lu Ye for saving them.
  • Lu Ye recognized the woman surnamed Feng, a Quiet Moon cultivator, as a suspected Blood Race member and asked Luo Xie to kill her.
  • Li Guan struck Feng down, but her corpse initially retained its human appearance, making the group think Lu Ye had been mistaken.
  • Lu Ye removed Feng's heart-shaped pendant, and her corpse transformed into its Blood Race form.

Ch. 1608Never Forgotten for Eternity

Lu Ye exposed the Blood Race hidden among the Allied Army and helped free a Blood Slave, then traveled with the fleet to the Wuding Realm. There, the Four Directions Star System’s leaders and cultivators honored him for saving their forces and preventing a wider war.

  • Lu Ye identified five Blood Race infiltrators among the Allied Army, and Li Guan killed them as they were exposed.
  • Lu Ye recognized that a young man had been controlled by a Blood Seal, and the man confirmed that Sun Hai had made him a Blood Slave.
  • The fleet set out for the Wuding Realm while Luo Xie went to Quiet Moon to search for more Blood Race with Lu Ye’s help.
  • Luo Shenzi, Hua Sheng, and Du Lang visited Lu Ye aboard the warship, and the cultivators from the three realms cultivated during the peaceful journey.
  • After three months, Lu Ye arrived at the Wuding Realm, where Jiang Shang, Luo Xie, Shi Hanqing, and Qin Yi welcomed him and led the cultivators in thanking him.

Ch. 1609A Feast to Welcome the Travelers

Lu Ye attended a welcome feast at Wuding Holy Palace after helping the Four Directions Star System win the battle, and explained how the Bone Ocarina had drawn the Dancing Maiden. The gathering ended with Yaya joining him, while Qin Yi offered to guide Luan Xiao'e toward advancing to the Sunlight Realm.

  • Jiang Shang welcomed Lu Ye and his companions to a feast at Wuding Holy Palace, where the Sunlight Realm cultivators honored Lu Ye for turning the battle around.
  • Luan Xiao'e nervously joined the small gathering, and Qin Yi offered to advise her on advancing to the Sunlight Realm.
  • Lu Ye explained that the Bone Ocarina came from the Great Wheel of Fortune and that he had given it to the Dancing Maiden, who had been drawn to it.
  • Ning Bu'ao asked about the Great Wheel of Fortune in the Long Cloud Star System, and Lu Ye said it had probably disappeared years ago.
  • Yaya ran into the hall and sat in Lu Ye's arms, drawing the Sunlight Realm cultivators' curious attention.

Ch. 1610A Late-Night Visit

After Lu Ye killed Bai Jin, Qin Yi visited him to thank him for avenging her late husband, Chen Zong, and gave him a Soul Treasure and a token granting him authority over Northern Profound cultivators. The Three Realms Fleet remained in Wuding for several days before heading toward the Myriad Phenomena Sea.

  • At the welcoming banquet, Yaya collected all the Spiritual Fruits from the guests’ tables and stored them away.
  • Lu Ye trained against Green Mantis in the Azure Hall, tried to improve his twin-blade Secret Technique, and was defeated after three breaths.
  • Qin Yi visited Lu Ye at night and revealed that Chen Zong had been both her disciple and her Dao Companion.
  • Qin Yi thanked Lu Ye for killing Bai Jin and gave him the Moon Accompanying Lotus, a Magic Treasure-grade Soul Treasure.
  • Qin Yi gave Lu Ye a token that let him command Northern Profound cultivators when the Three Realms Fleet reached the Myriad Phenomena Sea.

Ch. 1611Xie Li

Lu Ye helped Shi Hanqing identify hidden Blood Race members in Quiet Moon Star System, then joined a larger Four Directions Star System fleet bound for Myriad Phenomena Sea. Before departure, he received ten million spirit jade as Xie Li and arranged for the Nine Provinces cultivators to share it.

  • Qin Yi visited Lu Ye to thank him and praised his potential, comparing it favorably to Chen Zong’s.
  • Li Guan, Luo Xie, and Shi Hanqing brought Lu Ye to examine about twenty thousand cultivators from Quiet Moon Star System, and he identified a dozen hidden Blood Race members.
  • After five days of hospitality, the fleet departed with cultivators from Four Directions Star System, including four Moonlight Realm Late Stage cultivators and a thousand Star Constellation cultivators.
  • Lu Ye found ten million spirit jade in the Xie Li given by Jiang Shang and considered distributing it among the expedition’s cultivators.
  • Luan Xiao'e urged Lu Ye not to offer spirit jade to the Azure Dawn Dao Realm and Jade Snail Realm cultivators, so he entrusted the distribution to the Sect Master for the Nine Provinces cultivators.

Ch. 1612The One Being Looked After Was Herself

As the fleet traveled through the Barren Starfield toward the Myriad Phenomena Sea, Lu Ye advised the Four Directions Star System’s cultivators and sold Luo Xie battle formation plates. He also asked Luo Xie to guide Luan Xiao'e on advancing to the Sunlight Realm, leaving her grateful for Lu Ye’s care.

  • The Four Moon Jade Realm cultivators visited Lu Ye for advice and decided to seek intelligence and claim a Spirit Island when they reached the Myriad Phenomena Sea.
  • Luo Xie visited Lu Ye, and Luan Xiao'e joined them as she struggled with realizing how much Lu Ye and the Sunlight cultivators were looking after her.
  • Luo Xie asked how the Nine Heavens cultivators formed battle formations, and Lu Ye showed him a Shared Breath, Connected Branches Formation Plate.
  • Luo Xie exchanged Lingyu and Magic Treasures for three hundred Formation Plates after learning they could be bought in the Myriad Phenomena Sea.
  • Lu Ye asked Luo Xie to guide Luan Xiao'e on advancing from the Moonlight Realm Late Stage to the Sunlight Realm, and she gratefully accepted his help.

Ch. 1613Drawing Saber Slash

Lu Ye gave Luan Xiao'e Formation Plates for the Jade Snail Realm and passed the Green Mantis's test in Fang's Azure Hall. He then faced Wang Xiu, whose devastating saber strike killed him repeatedly, and began searching for a way to survive it.

  • Luo Xie agreed to share his Sunlight Realm advancement insights with Luan Xiao'e after Lu Ye asked him.
  • Lu Ye gave Luan Xiao'e several dozen Shared Breath, Connected Branches Formation Plates without asking for Lingyu.
  • The fleet detoured around the dangerous Mirror of Rending Void, while Lu Ye passed the Green Mantis's test and completed his Dual Saber Style training under Fang.
  • Wang Xiu appeared in the Azure Hall and killed Lu Ye with a saber strike too fast for him to see clearly.
  • Lu Ye repeatedly challenged Wang Xiu using different techniques and inheritances, but each attempt ended in his death.
  • Lu Ye stopped trying to solve the strike for the moment and cultivated with Lingyu while deducing Spiritual Patterns through the Talent Tree.

Ch. 1614Yaya's Anomaly

Lu Ye led the fleet through the Mist Dragon using a burning Cycle Tree Clone, but Yaya sensed something within it and ran off, prompting Lu Ye to pursue her. Guided by Yaya and the glow of her Jade Bracelet, he found an identical bracelet hidden in the mist.

  • Lu Ye lit a Cycle Tree Clone and led the five linked Star Boats into the Mist Dragon while Luo Xie learned that the torch came from the Cycle Tree.
  • After several days in the mist, Yaya sensed something ahead and leapt from the Star Boat, so Lu Ye pursued her and told the fleet to continue to the Insect Path.
  • Lu Ye caught Yaya, lit another Cycle Tree Clone, and followed her directions through the Mist Dragon for a day.
  • Yaya's Jade Bracelet began glowing in response to a matching light deeper in the mist.
  • Yaya reached into the space before them and retrieved a Jade Bracelet identical to the one she wore.

Ch. 1615Entering Long Cloud

Lu Ye recovered Yaya’s second Jade Bracelet in the Mist Dragon, then found his way to the Insect Path and entered Long Cloud with Fan Li. He gave Fan Li a piece of the Cycle Tree Clone in exchange for goodwill as the fleet prepared to travel through the star system.

  • Yaya found her lost Jade Bracelet in the Mist Dragon, put it on, and fell asleep as Lu Ye carried her back.
  • Lu Ye lost his way through the Mist Dragon, eventually emerged on the other side, and then returned to the Insect Path.
  • Fan Li, a Sunlight from Long Cloud, met Lu Ye at the Insect Path and brought him through to a Dead Star where the cultivators of the Three Realms and the Four Directions Star System were waiting.
  • Hua Ci told Lu Ye that the group had arrived in Long Cloud and that Luo Xie was discussing passage with Fan Li.
  • Luo Xie summoned Lu Ye to explain how he traveled through the Mist Dragon, and Lu Ye gave Fan Li a piece of the Cycle Tree Clone.
  • Fan Li explained that he needed the Clone to explore a Secret Realm in Long Cloud with an environment like the Mist Dragon.

Ch. 1616Return to Myriad Phenomena Sea

Lu Ye and the Four Directions fleet secured passage through the Long Cloud Star System and crossed its Insect Path into the Myriad Phenomena Star System. As the cultivators celebrated their arrival at Myriad Phenomena Sea, Lu Ye worried after hearing that something had happened to Peerless Island.

  • Luo Xie revealed that Fan Li had demanded a toll of five thousand Lingyu per person, but they agreed that the fleet could borrow passage through Long Cloud in the future by giving notice.
  • The fleet crossed Long Cloud while its cultivators watched from afar, and Lu Ye continued sparring with Wang Xiu before discovering that the Great Wheel of Fortune had vanished.
  • At the Long Cloud stronghold, Lu Ye presented Fan Li's Pass Token to a Moon Jade Realm cultivator surnamed Zhang, who recognized him from his previous visit and hinted that something had happened to Peerless Island.
  • Lu Ye and the fleet passed through the Insect Path into the Myriad Phenomena Star System, where the cultivators celebrated their arrival at Myriad Phenomena Sea while Lu Ye remained concerned about Peerless Island.

Ch. 1617Parting Ways

Lu Ye led the fleet into the Myriad Phenomena Sea, where he and the newcomers witnessed the region’s violent conflicts. After the Four Directions Star System group departed, Lu Ye headed alone toward Peerless Island to find out why he could not reach Tang Jun or anyone else there.

  • Lu Ye failed to contact Tang Jun, Chu Shen, and the others, while Luo Xie left to report to the Myriad Phenomena Realm.
  • Lu Ye guided the fleet through the Myriad Phenomena Star System and into the Myriad Phenomena Sea, where they watched attackers capture a Spirit Island.
  • Kang Cheng and the other Four Directions Star System cultivators said farewell and left to make their own plans.
  • Luan Xiao'e asked Lu Ye about Tang Jun, and Lu Ye admitted he could not reach him.
  • Lu Ye asked Luan Xiao'e to oversee the Three Realms cultivators, gave instructions to Yiyi, Hua Ci, and the others, and set off for Peerless Island.

Ch. 1618Poaching

Lu Ye returned to Peerless Island and found it transformed into a bustling, powerful Spirit Island under the control of the Heavenly Flame Merchant Association. He learned that it had been renamed Heavenly Evolution Island and realized a force from the same star system had taken it, while Chu Shen and Tang Jun remained unaccounted for.

  • Lu Ye arrived at Peerless Island and noticed its dense Starry Sky Energy and increased prosperity.
  • A Moon Jade Realm cultivator guarded the Ferry Port, and Lu Ye entered without paying a fee.
  • Lu Ye found that the island’s largest building now housed the Heavenly Flame Merchant Association, which was attracting crowds with opening discounts.
  • A merchant association attendant told Lu Ye that the island had been renamed Heavenly Evolution Island after the association took control.
  • Lu Ye concluded that Peerless Island had been seized by a force from its own star system, though he still did not know what had happened to Chu Shen and Tang Jun.

Ch. 1619Hua Qianying

Lu Ye learned that the Heavenly Flame Merchant Association had taken Peerless Island and found Hua Qianying facing pressure to join them or pay twenty years of shop rent. He agreed that she should leave, while he still planned to find Chu Shen and learn what had happened to Tang Jun.

  • Lu Ye bought Spiritual Pills from the Heavenly Flame Merchant Association and learned that Peerless Island had been renamed Heavenly Evolution Island.
  • Lu Ye met Hua Qianying at her shop, Good Pills, and learned that she had prospered there since he recruited her.
  • Hua Qianying explained that she had refused the Heavenly Flame Merchant Association's offer to join them.
  • The association demanded twenty years of rent by the next day, and Hua Qianying decided to leave the island.
  • Lu Ye agreed that Hua Qianying should leave and continued intending to find Chu Shen in Chime Bell World.

Ch. 1620Did He Advance to a Fake Moon Jade Realm?

Lu Ye learned that the Heavenly Flame Merchant Association had taken Peerless Island and that Tang Jun had gone to Chime Bell World injured, so he set out to find him. On the way, You Ling summoned Lu Ye to meet and attacked him, only to be stunned by the strength he displayed while Li Shang possessed him.

  • Hua Qianying told Lu Ye that the Heavenly Flame Merchant Association had seized Peerless Island three months earlier, Tang Jun had been badly injured, and Chu Shen had taken him to Chime Bell World.
  • Lu Ye told Luan Xiao'e what had happened, asked her to organize the Three Realms cultivators into groups to explore the area, and instructed her to find a larger Barren Island.
  • Lu Ye set out for Chime Bell World, but You Ling contacted him and asked him to meet her at a nearby Floating Land instead.
  • Lu Ye spotted You Ling despite her Concealment and Conceal Breath Ghost Patterns, then attacked with Li Shang using the Soul Possession Technique.
  • You Ling revealed that she had advanced to the Moon Jade Realm, but Lu Ye's saber attacks overwhelmed her expectations and left her questioning her strength.

Ch. 1621You Really Are Fa Wuzun

Lu Ye sparred with You Ling, then learned that Chu Shen had taken the people from Peerless Island to Chime Bell World. You Ling confirmed that Li Taibai was Fa Wuzun and asked Lu Ye to help her return to the Mermaid Territory, but he left her request to his mood.

  • You Ling fought Lu Ye and realized his strength let him contend with an ordinary Moon Jade Realm cultivator, though she could not safely defeat him without injuring him.
  • Luo Xie arrived, learned that Lu Ye and You Ling were sparring, accepted a segment of the Cycle Tree's Clone, and departed for the Myriad Phenomena Sea.
  • You Ling told Lu Ye that Chu Shen had taken the people from Peerless Island to Chime Bell World, where Tang Jun was recovering.
  • You Ling contacted Fa Wuzun with her Sound Talisman and confirmed that he was Lu Ye's other identity.
  • You Ling asked Lu Ye to take her to the Mermaid Territory so she could cultivate there, but Lu Ye said it depended on his mood.

Ch. 1622Chime Bell World

Lu Ye arrived at Chime Bell World to visit Chu Shen, but Aunt Yue led him into a sealed hall where a strange darkness trapped and crushed him. As Lu Ye struggled to endure it, Aunt Yue watched outside and wondered what he had done to warrant the Realm Master’s personal punishment.

  • You Ling parted ways with Lu Ye, who continued on to Chime Bell World.
  • Lu Ye contacted Chu Shen, but Aunt Yue came out to receive him instead and led him into the realm.
  • Aunt Yue guided Lu Ye through Hidden Flower Valley, where he noticed a familiar-looking little girl among the flowers.
  • Lu Ye entered an empty hall, tried unsuccessfully to contact Chu Shen, and sprang up when the doors slammed shut.
  • Darkness filled the hall, and a Formation barrier blocked Lu Ye’s attempt to escape before the darkness swallowed and weighed him down.
  • Aunt Yue watched outside the hall and wondered what Lu Ye had done to prompt the Realm Master to punish him.

Ch. 1623Hard to Guard Against a Thief in the House

Chu Shen reunited with Lu Ye after Nine Radiance finished testing his cultivation, and Lu Ye concealed the punishment he had endured while waiting in Righteous Heart Hall. Chu Shen apologized for losing Peerless Island and explained that its emerging Spirit Jade Vein had exposed it to outside interest; he began recounting how Heavenly Evolution took control.

  • Aunt Yue left with her young disciple while Nine Radiance tested Chu Shen's cultivation and asked what he thought of Li Taibai.
  • Chu Shen reached Righteous Heart Hall and found Lu Ye exhausted after an unseen force had crushed him with pressure in the dark.
  • Lu Ye blamed his condition on backlash from comprehending a Secret Technique, then accepted Chu Shen's apology for losing Peerless Island.
  • Chu Shen explained that Peerless Island had begun transforming into a top-tier Spirit Island as a Spirit Jade Vein formed beneath it.
  • Chu Shen said the Spirit Jade Vein's existence had leaked, drawing cultivators across the Myriad Phenomena Sea to Peerless Island.

Ch. 1624Did I Offend Your Mother?

Lu Ye learned that the Myriad Phenomena Star System had seized Peerless Island after it became a top-tier Spirit Island, and that Chu Shen paid a heavy ransom to save his people. As Lu Ye prepared to visit the injured Tang Jun, he questioned Chu Shen about Nine Radiance and Ban Ci, but remained confused about Nine Radiance’s earlier actions and Ban Ci’s disappearance.

  • The Myriad Phenomena Sunlights demanded control of Peerless Island, and Nine Radiance refused to help them take it from Chu Shen.
  • The Myriad Phenomena Star System invaded Peerless Island, overcame its defenses, and captured Chu Shen and his people.
  • Tang Jun, Little Dummy, Little Crooked, and others fought fiercely, while Chu Shen secured their release by paying about sixty million Lingyu.
  • Chu Shen told Lu Ye that Tang Jun was recovering from his injuries but remained dispirited after losing Peerless Island.
  • Lu Ye asked whether he had offended Nine Radiance, and Chu Shen said she had praised Lu Ye as righteous and worth befriending.
  • Chu Shen said Ban Ci was not from Chime Bell World and had not been seen since she left with Lu Ye; Lu Ye dismissed his questions about what had happened.

Ch. 1625Murky and Confusing

Lu Ye learned that Ban Xia, the Child of the Realm whom Aunt Yue had taken in, was the survivor he and Ban Ci had rescued years earlier, though Ban Ci’s whereabouts remained a mystery. He reunited with Tang Jun and the others, accepted that Peerless Island had been lost, and reassured Tang Jun about the defeat and the money they had spent.

  • Lu Ye described the little girl he had seen, and Chu Shen identified her as Ban Xia, a disciple of Aunt Yue who had survived the destruction of her realm.
  • Lu Ye realized Ban Xia was the child Ban Ci had rescued, but he could not work out why she was in Chime Bell World or where Ban Ci had gone.
  • Lu Ye went with Chu Shen to meet Tang Jun and found him fishing alongside Cai Xing, Cai Yue, and the others, whose injuries had healed and whose cultivation had advanced.
  • Lu Ye told Tang Jun that the Three Realms had joined forces in the Jade Snail Star System and that Azure Dawn Dao Realm had lost around twenty of its one hundred cultivators on the way.
  • Tang Jun lamented that Peerless Island had been lost and that his resistance had cost them sixty million Lingyu, but Lu Ye told him that surviving mattered more and that the money could be earned again.

Ch. 1626Sit and Watch Him Raise a Tower

Lu Ye left Chime Bell World with Tang Jun and took in Cai Xing and the other women as followers, while Chu Shen stayed behind to cultivate. You Ling faked a fatal injury to pressure Lu Ye into taking her to Mermaid Territory, and Lu Ye left the Star Boat with her to handle it.

  • Lu Ye and Tang Jun prepared to leave Chime Bell World, and Chu Shen vowed to grow stronger and reclaim what had been lost.
  • Lu Ye told Chu Shen that Peerless Island's fortunes could change and that the Three Realms would remember the grudge.
  • Cai Xing and the other women asked to follow Lu Ye, and he agreed to take them to Myriad Phenomena Sea.
  • You Ling suddenly appeared on the Star Boat and pretended that Lu Ye's hand strike had mortally wounded her.
  • You Ling used Bai Lu's name to pressure Lu Ye into agreeing to take her to Mermaid Territory, then sprang up when he refused to promise anything.
  • Lu Ye grabbed You Ling and left the Star Boat, telling Tang Jun to take the others to Myriad Phenomena Sea first.

Ch. 1627Yan Miao's Request

Lu Ye returned to the Mermaid Territory with You Ling, where Great Elder Yan Miao asked him to take Bai Lu and two other merfolk to Star Constellation Hall so they could try advancing to the Moon Jade Realm there. Lu Ye agreed but explained that his conch’s gateway would not stay open long enough for the journey, leaving Yan Miao’s request unresolved.

  • You Ling broke free from Lu Ye’s grasp, and the two traveled to a Barren Star before Lu Ye used his conch to open a gateway to Sky Conch Hall.
  • Bai Lu welcomed Lu Ye and You Ling, and Lu Ye said he planned to return to the Myriad Phenomena Sea soon.
  • Great Elder Yan Miao stopped Lu Ye and asked him to bring Bai Lu and two other merfolk to Star Constellation Hall to advance to the Moon Jade Realm.
  • Lu Ye agreed, explaining that advancing in Star Constellation Hall could offer benefits, though he could not guarantee its power would work for the merfolk.
  • Lu Ye explained that his conch’s gateway would close before he could take them to Star Constellation Hall and return, and asked Yan Miao for a vessel.
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