Recaps

Lu Ye arranged with Yan Miao to use an imprinted jade slab to reach the Divine Temple, then returned to the Myriad Phenomena Sea and recovered the Small Star Constellation Hall beneath Peerless Island. He rejoined the Three Realms cultivators, revealed that Li Taibai was another name of his, and approved their new Barren Island as a base.

• Lu Ye explained that his conch could imprint an object and open a portal to it, and Yan Miao provided a cold jade slab that held the imprint long enough for their plan.
• Lu Ye returned to the Barren Star, traveled to the Myriad Phenomena Sea, and retrieved the Small Star Constellation Hall from beneath Peerless Island.
• Lu Ye met the Three Realms cultivators on a Barren Island and learned that most had gone exploring while fifty people remained.
• Tang Jun confronted Lu Ye about being Li Taibai, and Lu Ye said that Li Taibai was another name he used while traveling.
• Luan Xiao'e showed Lu Ye the Barren Island the cultivators had selected, and Lu Ye approved it as their base.

The Three Realms cultivators claimed a Barren Island and began securing it, while Lu Ye arranged for its gradual transformation and searched unsuccessfully for Hua Qianying. The chapter ended with Luo Xie preparing to leave Myriad Phenomena Sea as the island’s Formation neared completion.

• Luan Xiao'e asked whether the Three Realms cultivators should send people to Recruitment Island for Lingyu, but Lu Ye decided they should stay together and claim their Barren Island with a Grand Array.
• Lu Ye, Luan Xiao'e, and Tang Jun planned a modest Formation, and Tang Jun oversaw its construction by the Three Realms cultivators.
• Lu Ye concealed the Small Star Constellation Hall beneath the Barren Island to begin transforming it into a Spirit Island gradually.
• Lu Ye visited Heavenly Flame Island and Myriad Phenomena Island to look for Hua Qianying, but found her shop gone and could not contact or locate her.
• Lu Ye bought supplies from the Myriad Phenomena Merchant Association and returned to find the Formation nearly complete, where Luo Xie said he was leaving Myriad Phenomena Sea.

Lu Ye and the others established Three Realms Island on a barren island, named its leaders, and began planning its foundation. As the group faced uncertain finances, Lu Ye warned the Nine Provinces cultivators not to risk their savings by fishing for profit.

• Luo Xie left after advising Lu Ye to seek help from Zhang Tingyi and Kang Cheng if he encountered trouble.
• Lu Ye, Luan Xiao'e, and Tang Jun named the claimed island Three Realms Island and appointed Luan Xiao'e, Tang Jun, and Lu Ye as its island masters.
• Lu Ye asked Tang Jun to plan the island after Peerless Island, then gave him Magic Treasures to replace those he had lost.
• Wuchang and the others asked Lu Ye about earning Lingyu by fishing, and he warned them that it was unreliable and told them not to try it.
• Lu Ye decided to ask Luan Xiao'e to forbid Three Realms Island's cultivators from fishing.

Lu Ye comforted Yaya about the frightening dreams caused by her bracelets, then arranged for Shui Yuan and Hua Ci to begin refining Spiritual Pills to support Three Realms Island. As the island’s construction progressed, Kang Cheng of Unfixed arrived, and Lu Ye learned there was a reason for his visit.

• Yaya told Lu Ye that she had been having frightening dreams since finding her bracelets, and he reassured her that dreams were not real.
• Lu Ye gave Shui Yuan and Hua Ci pill formulas, medicinal herbs, Soul Tempering Grass, and spirit fish so they could develop Spiritual Pills for Three Realms Island.
• Tang Jun continued directing construction, and Three Realms Island’s first residences were completed for its several hundred cultivators.
• Kang Cheng of Unfixed arrived at Three Realms Island, prompting Lu Ye to realize why he had come.

Lu Ye declined Kang Cheng’s offer to help capture a low-grade Spirit Island, judging that it could expose Three Realms Island to retaliation, and confirmed that he could open the Star Constellation Hall through the Cold Jade Board. He recognized the Merfolk Race as Three Realms Island’s most natural potential allies, though their curse poison kept them from acting freely.

• Kang Cheng asked Lu Ye to lend a Moon Jade Realm cultivator for the Four Directions Star System’s planned attack on a low-grade Spirit Island and offered to hand it over to the Three Realms later.
• Lu Ye thanked Kang Cheng but refused the offer, explaining that a Spirit Island could draw enemies who might target Three Realms Island; Kang Cheng promised future help while keeping contact discreet.
• Lu Ye used his conch to enter a portal on the Cold Jade Board and joined Yan Miao, Bai Lu, and two merfolk outside the Star Constellation Hall.
• Lu Ye opened the hall’s doors, and Yan Miao concluded that the Divine Temple had chosen him; Bai Lu prepared to guide three merfolk through their advancement to the Moon Jade Realm.
• Lu Ye returned to Three Realms Island and considered its need for allies, identifying the Merfolk Race as a natural partner but recognizing that their curse poison prevented them from acting freely.

Lu Ye realized the Talent Tree might cleanse the Merfolk Race's inherited curse poison, potentially letting them leave the Myriad Phenomena Sea and aid Three Realms Island. While cultivating underwater to strengthen his foundation, he discovered the Treasure Coin could absorb the sea's energy and turn golden, revealing a power that might threaten Sunlight Realm cultivators.

• Lu Ye reasoned that the Talent Tree might burn away the merfolk's curse poison and decided to test it when he next visited them.
• Lu Ye left his Clone to guard Three Realms Island and entered the Myriad Phenomena Sea to cultivate toward the peak of the Star Constellation Realm.
• Lu Ye took out the Treasure Coin, which devoured the seawater and changed from bronze to silver, then to gold.
• Lu Ye sensed terrifying power within the golden Treasure Coin and considered giving it to Hua Ci as Three Realms Island's trump card.
• Lu Ye took out the Crag Mountain Saber and found that the Myriad Phenomena Sea's corrosive seawater did not damage it, allowing him to temper himself while cultivating.

Hua Ci and Shui Yuan showed Lu Ye’s Clone new Soul Tempering and Body Tempering Pills refined by the Pill Gourd, which could produce pills of different grades. Lu Ye took samples to the Myriad Phenomena Merchant Association to learn their value, where Cao Xiang began inspecting them.

• Lu Ye repeatedly entered the Azure Hall and was defeated by Wang Xiu, gradually learning to react to his powerful slash.
• Hua Ci and Shui Yuan showed Lu Ye’s Clone impurity-free top-grade and high-grade Soul Tempering Pills made with Soul Tempering Grass and Body Tempering Pills made with spirit fish.
• Shui Yuan explained that she had learned to control the Pill Gourd to produce pills of different grades, and Lu Ye’s Clone asked about the materials and yields needed for each batch.
• Lu Ye’s Clone decided to take the four pill bottles to the Myriad Phenomena Merchant Association to learn their market value.
• Lu Ye left beneath the Myriad Phenomena Sea, disguised himself as a Moon Jade Realm cultivator, and entered the merchant association.
• Cao Xiang received Lu Ye and began inspecting a high-grade Body Tempering Pill.

Lu Ye sold several bottles of Body Tempering Pills and Soul Tempering Pills to the Myriad Phenomena Merchant Association for a large profit. Back on Three Realms Island, he and Hua Ci and Shui Yuan planned how to sell pills without attracting suspicion, while reserving Soul Tempering Pills for their own future use.

• Cao Xiang inspected Lu Ye’s pills and found that they included top-grade Body Tempering Pills and a full bottle of top-grade Soul Tempering Pills.
• Cao Xiang proposed auctioning the top-grade Soul Tempering Pills, but Lu Ye insisted on selling them directly to the merchant association.
• Cao Xiang offered prices that gave Lu Ye profits of roughly fivefold on top-grade Body Tempering Pills and a hundredfold on top-grade Soul Tempering Pills.
• Lu Ye returned to Three Realms Island and gave the Lingyu from the sale to Hua Ci and Shui Yuan.
• Shui Yuan warned that the pill business could not last indefinitely, and Hua Ci suggested selling small quantities through different merchant associations.
• Lu Ye decided they would sell only Body Tempering Pills for now and keep Soul Tempering Pills for their own use.

Lu Ye decided to use Spiritual Pills to build ties with the Merfolk Race and offered to test whether his Talent Tree could remove their inherited curse poison. His first attempt on Yan Miao appeared to burn away the poison, though Lu Ye stopped before confirming the result.

• Lu Ye decided that Shui Yuan and Hua Ci would refine Body Tempering Pills for sale while continuing to make Soul Tempering Pills for Three Realms cultivators.
• Lu Ye took a batch of pills to the Star Constellation Hall and found that Bai Lu and two other Merfolk had successfully advanced to the Moon Jade Realm.
• Lu Ye told Yan Miao that he might be able to resolve the curse poison in the Merfolk Race's bloodline, while warning that it was only a possibility.
• Yan Miao explained that Merfolk who left the Myriad Phenomena Sea had died from the curse, including cultivators as powerful as a Sunlight cultivator.
• Lu Ye channeled the Talent Tree's power into Yan Miao, and she sensed the curse poison burning away as strange mist rose from her flesh and blood.
• Lu Ye withdrew his hand because he could not tell whether the treatment had worked and needed to ask Yan Miao about its effects.

Lu Ye used the Talent Tree to completely remove Yan Miao’s curse poison, and she prepared to verify that the cure would protect her from the Merfolk Race’s inherited affliction. After learning about the Merfolk’s advancement techniques, Lu Ye left the Star Constellation Hall with Yan Miao and Bai Lu to travel through the Myriad Phenomena Sea.

• Lu Ye chose to stay after the Azure Conch gateway vanished so he could finish burning away Yan Miao’s curse poison, and the process took about two hours.
• Yan Miao confirmed that the curse poison had disappeared, thanked Lu Ye, and decided to leave the Myriad Phenomena Sea with him to test whether the cure had worked.
• Bai Lu thanked Lu Ye and explained how cultivators advanced to the Moon Jade Realm, including the role of Dragon Gate Techniques; she offered to give him the Merfolk Race’s techniques.
• Yan Miao recovered from her injuries, and Lu Ye, Yan Miao, and Bai Lu left the Star Constellation Hall.
• Bai Lu used the Golden Conch to drive back the seawater as they prepared to travel.

Lu Ye accompanied Yan Miao out of the Merfolk Race’s territory so she could personally verify that her curse poison had been resolved. On the journey, he also arranged a trade of Spiritual Pills with the merfolk, and Yan Miao recognized the promise of the Soul Tempering Pills.

• Lu Ye collected You Ling’s Dragon Gate Techniques after teasing her about her past marriage proposal.
• Yan Miao set out with Lu Ye despite the Elders’ concerns, hoping to become the first merfolk to leave the Myriad Phenomena Sea.
• Lu Ye and Yan Miao traveled through the sea on Seahorse Star Beast mounts, using the Golden Conch to keep seawater at bay when needed.
• Lu Ye proposed trading Spiritual Pills for the merfolk’s Lingyu, and Yan Miao agreed.
• Yan Miao examined Lu Ye’s top-grade Body Tempering Pills and learned they could strengthen the merfolk’s physiques.
• Yan Miao sensed the value of Lu Ye’s Soul Tempering Pills, which could temper the divine soul and strengthen the spirit.

Lu Ye and Yan Miao traded premium Spiritual Pills after the Soul Tempering Pill revealed that Yan Miao could now sense a path to the Sunlight Realm. Half a month into their journey, a Sunlight star beast pursued them, and Yan Miao’s conch shell only held it at bay as the two sides entered a tense standoff.

• Yan Miao took a premium Soul Tempering Pill and realized that the curse poison’s removal had let her sense the hidden path to Sunlight.
• Lu Ye agreed to sell Yan Miao premium Body Tempering Pills and Soul Tempering Pills at fair prices, establishing a trade between Three Realms Island and the Merfolk Race.
• Lu Ye and Yan Miao continued through the Myriad Phenomena Sea, using Yan Miao’s conch shell to drive away hostile spirit fish and star beasts.
• Half a month after they left the Mermaid Territory, a Sunlight star beast approached and followed them even after they tried to evade it.
• Yan Miao blew her conch shell to stop the beast, but its furious roars and dangerous aura left her and Lu Ye facing an uncertain standoff.

Lu Ye used the Treasure Coin to repeatedly freeze a Great Sun Star Beast, giving Yan Miao a chance to attack it. The strange fish remained trapped as Yan Miao took up Lu Ye’s Crag Mountain Saber and prepared to strike.

• Yan Miao tried to hold back the charging Great Sun Star Beast and urged Lu Ye to flee, but the fish caught her in its jaws.
• Lu Ye struck the strange fish with the Treasure Coin, freezing it long enough for Yan Miao to escape and attack.
• As the fish began breaking free, Lu Ye used the Treasure Coin again to renew the golden restraint, and Yan Miao abandoned her plan to use a forbidden technique.
• Lu Ye threw Yan Miao his Crag Mountain Saber, and she infused it with Magic Power before slashing at the trapped fish.

Lu Ye and Yan Miao killed a Sunlight strange fish using the Treasure Coin’s binding power and Yan Miao’s saber, then salvaged its valuable remains. After reaching the sea surface, Lu Ye left a Clone above water while returning to Yan Miao, preparing to test whether she could leave the Myriad Phenomena Sea without the curse poison harming her.

• Lu Ye repeatedly bound the strange fish with the Treasure Coin while Yan Miao attacked its belly and killed it.
• Yan Miao cut up the fish, and Lu Ye stored its flesh and took its skull while she kept the valuable bone spines.
• Lu Ye and Yan Miao continued through the sea without encountering another Sunlight Star Beast and approached the surface after about a month of travel.
• Lu Ye told Yan Miao to stay submerged while he searched for a secluded place to emerge.
• Lu Ye surfaced, created and dressed a Clone, then returned underwater to Yan Miao.

Lu Ye found Wuchang, Yue Ji, Jian Guhong, and Meng Jie fishing on a remote Barren Island despite his warning against it. Their rods were seized by an immensely powerful fish, and Lu Ye saved Wuchang from being dragged into the sea as the others lost their lines.

• Lu Ye led Yan Miao to a remote Barren Island, where he recognized four former generals fishing.
• Wuchang admitted they had come to fish for Lingyu, and Lu Ye explained that he had once been an Angler.
• A powerful fish dragged Yue Ji's rod into the sea before she could grab it.
• Wuchang's rod was pulled away and he was dragged toward the water, but Lu Ye caught him in time.
• Jian Guhong's rod was also taken by the fish, and he cut Meng Jie's line when Meng Jie struggled against the same overwhelming force.

Lu Ye helped Yan Miao leave the Myriad Phenomena Sea after confirming that her curse poison had been removed, then brought her and two seahorses to Three Realms Island. Tang Jun and Luan Xiao'e revealed that the island had begun changing from a Barren Island into a living one.

• Lu Ye collected the fishing rods beneath the sea, then guided Yan Miao above the water and confirmed she could survive outside the Myriad Phenomena Sea.
• Yan Miao stepped onto solid ground and learned that removing the curse poison had not affected her race’s ability to live beneath the sea.
• Tang Jun sent Lu Ye a message that something had happened to Three Realms Island, so Lu Ye took Yan Miao and two seahorses there.
• Lu Ye arrived at Three Realms Island and sensed Starry Sky Energy on the island, a sign that the Barren Island was coming to life.
• Tang Jun and Luan Xiao'e told Lu Ye that the island’s changes had first been noticed by the cultivators living there.

Lu Ye returned to Three Realms Island and confirmed that it was coming back to life, while Tang Jun worried that its growth would exceed their ability to defend it. Lu Ye brought Yan Miao to the island, supplied her with Spiritual Pills, and sent her back through the portal to reassure her people, leaving her promising to return shortly.

• Tang Jun learned from Lu Ye that Three Realms Island had come back to life and worried that it might grow into a Spirit Island too powerful for them to defend.
• Lu Ye introduced Great Elder Yan Miao to Tang Jun and Luan Xiao'e, explaining that she belonged to a native force and was not an outsider.
• Luan Xiao'e warned that Three Realms Island's Grand Array needed strengthening, and Lu Ye agreed while Tang Jun pointed out they had no money.
• Lu Ye collected Hua Ci's Storage Ring of Spiritual Pills and gave the pills to Yan Miao.
• Lu Ye erased the imprint on Yan Miao's Cold Jade Board and opened a portal, through which Yan Miao and the two Seahorse Star Beasts returned to Sky Conch Hall; Yan Miao asked Lu Ye to wait for her.

Yan Miao returned from the Merfolk Race with Lingyu from her Spiritual Pills trade, and Lu Ye told Luan Xiao'e and Tang Jun about Three Realms Island’s new ally beneath the Myriad Phenomena Sea. He arranged for Luan Xiao'e to accompany Yan Miao to Myriad Phenomena Island while he prepared to leave on other business.

• Yan Miao gave Lu Ye several million Lingyu for Spiritual Pills and asked him to return in seven days to treat the other elders.
• Lu Ye warned Yan Miao that the Merfolk Race should keep its identity concealed, then told Luan Xiao'e and Tang Jun about the race and its alliance with Three Realms Island.
• Lu Ye explained that the Merfolk Race’s Sky Conch Hall could provide useful conches and said he would ask Great Elder Yan Miao to let Three Realms cultivators enter it.
• Lu Ye told Luan Xiao'e and Tang Jun he might leave the Myriad Phenomena Sea and asked them to protect Three Realms Island while he was gone.
• Lu Ye asked Luan Xiao'e to accompany Yan Miao, and she took Yan Miao toward Myriad Phenomena Island.

Lu Ye prepared to travel with Yan Miao and Three Realms cultivators, while noticing Yaya’s worsening sleepiness and frightening dreams might be tied to her recovered Jade Bracelet. After Yan Miao returned, he led the first group into Sky Conch Hall and arranged a direct gateway back to Three Realms Island.

• Lu Ye brought Great Sun Realm star-beast flesh to Shui Yuan and Hua Ci, discussed obtaining more pill materials from the Merfolk Race, and planned to take them to Sky Conch Hall.
• Lu Ye found Yaya near a cliff after she woke from a frightening dream, suspected her second Jade Bracelet was restoring her memories, and told her not to wander alone.
• Lu Ye cultivated at sea for seven days while Yan Miao and Luan Xiao'e traveled, then Yan Miao returned and agreed to let Three Realms cultivators enter Sky Conch Hall.
• Luan Xiao'e organized the cultivators into five groups, and Lu Ye led the first hundred through a gateway opened with the azure conch.
• Lu Ye marked a Cold Jade Board with the conch imprint and sent Tang Jun back through the gateway, establishing a direct connection to Three Realms Island.

Lu Ye opened Sky Conch Hall to Three Realms Island cultivators and spent weeks removing the curse poison from the Merfolk Race’s strongest members. After five groups of island cultivators had visited and more than two hundred merfolk were treated, Lu Ye prepared to leave with a large supply of Dragon Breath Crystals purchased using the merfolk’s Lingyu.

• Lu Ye arranged for a hundred Three Realms Island cultivators to enter Sky Conch Hall, then began removing the curse poison from Yan Miao, the elders, and Bai Lu.
• Lu Ye treated the merfolk elders, while the Three Realms Island cultivators explored Sky Conch Hall; seven days later, he opened the gateway and sent them home with Hua Ci carrying over twenty million Lingyu.
• Hua Ci used the Lingyu to buy Dragon Breath Crystals from An Zhe, and Lu Ye continued treating selected merfolk as more Three Realms Island cultivators arrived in successive groups.
• Yan Miao told Lu Ye that the curse poison’s removal had helped merfolk cultivate more easily, and two Star Constellation Realm Late Stage members advanced to the Moon Jade Realm.
• Lu Ye treated more than two hundred merfolk over the following month, while the Merfolk Race gave him roughly seventy or eighty million Lingyu to buy Dragon Breath Crystals for his Talent Tree.

After a month of cultivating beneath the sea, Lu Ye tempered his physique's essence to its limit and unexpectedly awakened Treasure Blood through his Sacred Blood inheritance. He discovered that Treasure Blood could create powerful Clones and resolved to explore its potential while postponing his advance to Moon Jade until he investigated the Yin-Yang Great Millstone.

• Lu Ye stayed near the Mermaid Territory to cultivate in the deep sea, hunting spirit fish and star beasts with the Treasure Coin when needed.
• A month later, Lu Ye sensed that his physique's essence had reached its limit, qualifying him to prepare for advancement to Moon Jade.
• Lu Ye returned to his quarters and condensed a drop of dark-red Treasure Blood, learning through his Bloodline Inheritance that it was refined from Essence Blood.
• Lu Ye transformed the Treasure Blood into a Clone and compared it with his Talent Tree Clone, finding that the new Clone was easier to summon but had stricter limits and lacked the Talent Tree Clone's refining ability.
• Lu Ye decided to investigate the Yin-Yang Great Millstone before advancing and considered condensing more Treasure Blood to create additional Clones.

Lu Ye returned to Three Realms Island after finishing his cultivation beneath the sea, and learned that Heavenly Flame Island was declining after losing the Small Star Constellation Hall. Before leaving to pursue a higher realm, he reassured Luan Xiao'e and Tang Jun that the Merfolk Race would help protect Three Realms Island.

• Lu Ye returned to Three Realms Island, where Merfolk Race women used the portal to travel back to Mermaid Territory.
• Tang Jun told Lu Ye and Luan Xiao'e that Heavenly Flame Island had fallen from a top-grade to a high-grade Spirit Island, and Lu Ye explained that its decline followed the loss of the Small Star Constellation Hall.
• Tang Jun suspected Lu Ye was behind both Heavenly Flame Island's decline and Three Realms Island's rise, but chose not to press him.
• Lu Ye told Luan Xiao'e and Tang Jun he was leaving to pursue a higher realm and did not know when he would return.
• Luan Xiao'e and Tang Jun worried that Three Realms Island might attract enemies as it grew, and Lu Ye assured them the Merfolk Race would come to their aid.

Lu Ye prepared to leave Three Realms Island, entrusting the Azure Conch to Luan Xiao'e and a powerful Treasure Coin to Hua Ci. As he set off with Li Shang for the Soul Race Ancestral Land, Yiyi announced that she would go with them, leaving Lu Ye torn between worry and her desire to grow stronger.

• Lu Ye left the Azure Conch with Luan Xiao'e so Three Realms Island could contact the Merfolk Race while he was away.
• Lu Ye gave Hua Ci the Treasure Coin, which could bind a Sunlight but needed to be replenished in the Myriad Phenomena Sea, and reassured her that he had other protection.
• After three days, Lu Ye told Li Shang they could depart and confirmed that Yaya would stay on Three Realms Island with Shui Yuan and the others.
• Yiyi arrived with Amber and told Lu Ye she wanted to travel with Li Shang to the Soul Race Ancestral Land to learn her people's cultivation methods.
• Lu Ye struggled to decide whether to let Yiyi go, worried that he would not be able to find or protect her in an unfamiliar place.

Lu Ye refused to let Yiyi travel to the Soul Race Ancestral Land, but learned that she wanted to go so she could someday help him. When Yiyi followed him anyway and was attacked by three cultivators, Lu Ye rushed in to save her, leaving their conflict unresolved.

• Lu Ye forbade Yiyi from going to the Soul Race Ancestral Land and departed with Li Shang, while Yiyi insisted she would go.
• Li Shang explained that Yiyi wanted to learn the Soul Attachment Technique so she could help Lu Ye, and assured him that the Soul Race would treat her fairly and protect Amber.
• Lu Ye sensed danger behind them as Yiyi, riding Amber alone, was surrounded by two Star Constellation Realm Middle Stage cultivators and a Star Constellation Realm Late Stage woman seeking her belongings and mount.
• Lu Ye arrived in a burst of Blood Light, killed the two men and the woman with his saber, and rescued Yiyi.
• Yiyi realized Lu Ye had known she was following him and had traveled slowly to give her the chance, then pretended to be frightened and threw herself into his arms.

Lu Ye brought Yiyi with him into the Azure Moon Star System, where he hoped to find the route to the Soul Race Ancestral Land. After passing through the system’s Insect Path, he followed Li Shang’s guidance, still unsure where the ancestral land lay or whether Yiyi could enter it.

• Lu Ye comforted Yiyi after a dangerous encounter, but she insisted on staying with him, so he let her join his journey while warning that her entry into the Soul Race Ancestral Land was uncertain.
• Half a month later, Lu Ye reached an Azure Moon Star System outpost and paid a fat Star Constellation Realm cultivator three thousand Lingyu for passage through its Insect Path.
• Lu Ye, Yiyi, and Amber passed through the Insect Path and showed their token to the cultivators on the other side.
• Lu Ye boarded his Star Boat and followed Li Shang’s guidance into the Azure Moon Star System, wondering whether the Soul Race Ancestral Land was located there.