Chapter Summaries

Lu Ye, Pu Ke, and You Ling fought the weakened Great Skeleton General inside the sealed hall, using their formation and Lu Ye’s sea of blood to create openings. After Lu Ye’s attacks began damaging its armor, he sensed danger and warned Pu Ke and You Ling to retreat.

• The Great Skeleton General attacked with repeated sword radiances, and Lu Ye ordered Pu Ke and You Ling to scatter while keeping their auras linked through the formation.
• Pu Ke and You Ling tried to restrain the enemy as Lu Ye attacked with the Crag Mountain Saber, but the General’s armor and defenses turned aside their strikes.
• Lu Ye filled the hall with a sea of blood, using it to move unpredictably and land repeated blows on the General’s back, further damaging its tattered armor.
• After sensing a sudden danger during another attack, Lu Ye vanished to safety and sent a voice transmission telling Pu Ke and You Ling to withdraw.

Lu Ye used a hidden controlled artifact to teleport into the Great Skeleton General’s Swordstorm Wind and turn the general’s attack against him. After the wind weakened the general and stripped away his armor, Lu Ye launched another strike at the short blade embedded in his left eye, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Lu Ye withdrew his Blood Sea and helped Pu Ke and You Ling layer defenses against the Great Skeleton General’s expanding Swordstorm Wind.
• As their barriers failed, Lu Ye teleported beside the Great Skeleton General using a controlled artifact he had hidden in the general’s armor.
• Lu Ye struck the short blade in the general’s left eye socket, sending the general into his own Swordstorm Wind and injuring him as the wind dissipated.
• The Great Skeleton General’s armor and helmet fell away, revealing cracked bones and a weakened aura.
• Lu Ye teleported behind the general and aimed another blow at the short blade in his left eye socket.

Lu Ye, Pu Ke, and You Ling continued their fight against the weakened Great Skeleton General, combining their attacks to damage it and extinguish the ghostfire in its right eye. The General survived and filled the hall with ghostfire, but Lu Ye charged through the flames and engaged it head-on.

• Lu Ye used Moon Return to withstand the Great Skeleton General's strike and realized its strength and defenses had weakened.
• Pu Ke splashed the Great Skeleton General with corrosive liquid, while You Ling drew its attack and created an opening for Lu Ye's Lotus Sun.
• Pu Ke pulled You Ling out of danger, and Lu Ye followed with Arc Moon and a star-filled saber thrust that extinguished the ghostfire in the General's right eye.
• The Great Skeleton General's sweeping sword nearly struck Lu Ye, but Pu Ke's fishing line delayed it long enough for Lu Ye to escape to his controlled artifact.
• The General's eye-fire reignited, and it filled the hall with ghostfire that froze the surroundings; Lu Ye used the Talent Tree's power to resist the flames and attack it at close range.

Lu Ye, Pu Ke, and You Ling defeated the Great Skeleton General, survived his desperate ghost-fire explosion, and refined their Mystic Light rewards. After dividing the spoils, You Ling offered them a choice of Storage Rings, leaving the group to see what each would find.

• Lu Ye, Pu Ke, and You Ling fought the weakened Great Skeleton General together, with Lu Ye and You Ling taking turns as the main force while Pu Ke supported them.
• Lu Ye broke the Great Skeleton General’s legs and sword arm, but the General drew in the hall’s ghost fire and detonated it while holding Lu Ye in place.
• Lu Ye protected himself with Sacred Guard Spirit Patterns and survived the explosion; he then shattered the General’s skull and took a Healing Pill as Pu Ke and You Ling checked on him.
• The three cultivators refined their Mystic Light rewards for three days, and You Ling searched the hall for treasure.
• You Ling claimed the short blade, gave the Magic Treasure great sword to Fa Wuzun, and let Lu Ye and Pu Ke each choose one of two piles of Storage Rings.

After leaving the Great Skeleton General’s hall, Lu Ye sorted the recovered Storage Rings, fed unwanted treasures to the Sword Gourd, and began deducing You Ling’s Concealment Spirit Pattern. A strange White Spirit drew him into an unnumbered, empty hall with a nameless Accumulation Board, leaving him unsure what had happened.

• You Ling thanked Lu Ye for helping her and offered to assist him in the future, except with anything involving Ghost Patterns.
• Lu Ye returned to the Star Constellation Hall, saw his Accumulation Board ranking had fallen, and settled down to deduce the Concealment Spirit Pattern while opening the recovered Storage Rings.
• Lu Ye fed unused Spiritual Treasures, including the Great Skeleton General’s giant sword, to the Sword Gourd and sensed nine sharp Sword Qi within it.
• Lu Ye discovered a jade-like White Spirit in a Storage Ring; when he supplied Spiritual Power, it came alive, attached itself to him, and produced seawater as it swam around him.
• Lu Ye escaped into another hall and found it empty, with no hall number, no cultivators, and no names on its Accumulation Board.

Lu Ye entered an Exclusive Scenario through White Spirit and discovered that its Star Constellation Hall opened onto a deadly sea resembling the Myriad Phenomena Sea. After helping an injured seahorse Star Beast, he ventured outside protected by his Talent Tree, leaving the hall to investigate the deep-sea setting.

• Lu Ye found a door in the unnumbered hall and sensed that a rule there prevented cultivators from fighting.
• An injured late-stage Star Constellation Realm seahorse Star Beast burst through the door, and Lu Ye gave it a Healing Pill.
• After recovering, the seahorse made rhythmic sounds, nodded at Lu Ye, and left through the door.
• Lu Ye looked outside and recognized the corrosive seawater as resembling the Myriad Phenomena Sea, then tried contacting Tang Jun and Cao Xiang without receiving replies.
• Lu Ye activated the Talent Tree to protect himself and entered the sea, where intense pressure convinced him he was in the deep sea.

Lu Ye discovered that the tangible Star Constellation Hall lay beneath the Myriad Phenomena Sea and suspected it was the real Starry Sky Supreme Treasure. Unable to leave through the hall's gates, he swam into the sea and was attacked by a pack of shark-like star beasts.

• Lu Ye recognized the underwater hall as identical to the Star Constellation Hall and suspected it was the true hall hidden in the Myriad Phenomena Sea.
• Lu Ye spotted a huge school of White Spirits and concluded that he was likely in the Myriad Phenomena Sea.
• Lu Ye returned to the hall, but it did not answer his questions or allow him to leave through its gates.
• Lu Ye exited by swimming through the sea, hoping to find more White Spirits, and was ambushed by several shark-like star beasts.
• Lu Ye struggled to fight the beasts in the dense seawater and was bitten.

Lu Ye encountered increasingly dangerous Star Beasts while trying to swim away from the Star Constellation Hall, then realized escape through the sea was impossible. Suspecting the Hall wanted him to remove the growth covering it, he began clearing its seaweed and barnacle-like growths, which also sent power into him as he worked.

• Lu Ye killed two Shark Star Beasts with the Red Dragon Saber, whose grade rapidly fell from the sea’s corrosion, and stored their corpses.
• Lu Ye sensed Moon Jade Realm Star Beasts fighting and nearly encountered a Sunlight-level Star Beast, so he abandoned his attempt to swim away and returned to the Star Constellation Hall.
• Lu Ye suspected the Star Constellation Hall had brought him there for a purpose and guessed that it wanted him to remove the seaweed covering its surface.
• Lu Ye pulled up the seaweed roots with his Divine Edge Spirit Pattern, and the Star Constellation Hall gave a faint hum that confirmed his guess.
• Lu Ye began clearing seaweed, barnacles, and conch-like growths from the Hall, collecting them as potentially valuable materials while power replenished and strengthened him.

Lu Ye treated a wounded seahorse and the mermaid it brought to the Star Constellation Hall, then used her mysterious song to communicate with her. The mermaid revealed that her homeland was under invasion and promised to repay Lu Ye if she survived.

• Lu Ye returned to the Star Constellation Hall to stabilize his rapidly refined Starry Sky Energy before resuming his cultivation.
• A badly wounded seahorse rushed into the hall carrying an unconscious mermaid, and Lu Ye gave them Healing Pills and recovery pills.
• Lu Ye examined the crude spear the mermaid carried, then continued stabilizing his foundation while she recovered.
• The mermaid woke, thanked Lu Ye, and used her song to create a resonance of thought so they could understand each other.
• The mermaid told Lu Ye that her homeland was under invasion and promised to bring him Xie Li if she returned alive.

Lu Ye discovered that his Sword Gourd could kill Star Beasts in the Myriad Phenomena Sea and that their flesh made valuable food. When Bai Lu and her companions arrived at the Star Constellation Hall while fleeing shark Star Beasts, Lu Ye traded Spiritual Pills for Spirit Crystals and offered a way to help the merfolk without joining their war.

• Lu Ye used his Sword Gourd to kill an octopus Star Beast, then roasted its tentacles and found the meat delicious and rich in energy.
• Bai Lu and several wounded merfolk rushed into the Star Constellation Hall, where the Hall's Rules destroyed the shark Star Beasts pursuing them.
• Bai Lu exchanged Spirit Crystals for Healing Pills and recovery Spiritual Pills, and gave Lu Ye another Spirit Crystal as thanks for his earlier help.
• Lu Ye asked Bai Lu about the war, then said he would not join it but could use a mysterious treasure to increase the merfolk's strength.
• Lu Ye took out the Shared Breath, Connected Branches Formation Plate.

Lu Ye gave Bai Lu Formation Plates and a Void Tattooed Spirit Pattern to help the merfolk survive their clan crisis, expecting payment in Spiritual Crystals. After Bai Lu and her clansmen left, Lu Ye worried that being trapped in the Star Constellation Hall would cost him his Accumulation Board ranking and its rewards.

• Lu Ye gave Bai Lu a Formation Plate and information about the Black Tortoise Formation, and the merfolk successfully used them to form it.
• Bai Lu asked for ten Formation Plates, and Lu Ye offered her fifty in exchange for Spiritual Crystals.
• Bai Lu's seahorse companions carried some of the Formation Plates in their mouths, while Lu Ye tattooed a Void Tattooed Spirit Pattern on her hand so she could store the rest.
• Bai Lu thanked Lu Ye on behalf of the merfolk clan and led her companions back into the deep sea.
• Lu Ye realized he might miss the Ranking Battle and lose his Accumulation Board position and the benefits attached to it.

Lu Ye continued pulling weeds at the Star Constellation Hall until Bai Lu and a group of merfolk arrived after winning their war and paying him for the Formation Plates. Their Great Elder, Yan Miao, offered to buy more plates and invited him to meet their Queen, but Lu Ye refused to leave the hall.

• Lu Ye spent several days pulling weeds, fighting off weaker Star Beasts and avoiding Moon Jade Realm beasts.
• Bai Lu arrived with three other merfolk and told Lu Ye that her people had won their racial war with help from his Formation Plates.
• Bai Lu paid Lu Ye a huge pile of Spirit Crystals and thanked him on behalf of the Merfolk Race, revealing that she was their princess.
• Yan Miao, the Merfolk Race's Moon Jade Realm Great Elder, used the Enlightenment Art to speak with Lu Ye and asked to buy more Formation Plates.
• Yan Miao invited Lu Ye to the Imperial Conch Palace on behalf of the Queen, but Lu Ye refused to leave the Star Constellation Hall.
• Yan Miao explained that the merfolk regarded the hall as the Divine Temple and would not harm someone favored by it, since their race depended on the Myriad Phenomena Sea to survive.

Lu Ye accepted Yan Miao’s invitation to the Merfolk Race’s territory, hoping they would send help to clear the debris around the Divine Temple. He reached the Imperial Conch Palace and discovered that the Merfolk Queen was a child.

• Lu Ye agreed to visit the Merfolk Race after Yan Miao offered to send people to help clear the Divine Temple’s debris.
• Yan Miao used a Dharma Conch to drive away a Moon Jade Realm Star Beast during their journey through the Myriad Phenomena Sea.
• Lu Ye arrived at the Merfolk Race’s vast Spirit Jade Vein and saw signs of the recent battle there.
• Yan Miao and Bai Lu brought Lu Ye into the spatially expanded Imperial Conch Palace to meet the Queen.
• Lu Ye saw that the Merfolk Queen was a young child, and Yan Miao introduced him as the race’s most honored guest.

Lu Ye met the Merfolk Queen and agreed to trade Formation Plates and inscribe Void Tattooed Spirit Patterns for the Merfolk Race. While Bai Lu showed him around the Imperial Conch Palace, the elders schemed to win his loyalty by pairing him with Bai Lu, and Yan Miao decided to speak to the princess herself.

• Lu Ye greeted the Merfolk Queen, accepted her offer of hospitality, and agreed to provide more Formation Plates and Void Tattooed Spirit Patterns in exchange for compensation.
• Bai Lu told Lu Ye that the Queen was her younger sister and guided him around the Imperial Conch Palace as his attendant.
• The Merfolk elders discussed their hopes that Lu Ye could help break the curse poison and considered ways to secure his loyalty.
• The Fifth Elder proposed using a Merfolk beauty to bind Lu Ye to their race, and the elders settled on Bai Lu as the candidate.
• Yan Miao decided to speak to Bai Lu herself, while Lu Ye returned from sightseeing frustrated that he could only look at the Spirit Jade Vein.

Lu Ye deduced the Concealment Spirit Pattern while staying with the Merfolk Race, whose elders tried to win him over through Bai Lu. He resisted her seductive song, and Yan Miao promised to arrange the transaction soon, though she believed the Merfolk Race would have more chances to make him their son-in-law.

• Lu Ye continued deducing the Concealment Spirit Pattern in his guest room, drawing on the Ghost Pattern he had observed from You Ling.
• Bai Lu brought Lu Ye rare Jade Merman meat and wine brewed by her mother, then drank with him and began to sing.
• Bai Lu's song and fragrance stirred Lu Ye's desire, but he struck her neck and stopped her advances before he lost control.
• Yan Miao burst into the room, apologized for the Merfolk Race's scheme, and carried the pretending-to-be-unconscious Bai Lu away.
• Lu Ye told Yan Miao to arrange the transaction as soon as possible, while Yan Miao concluded that the Merfolk Race would have more opportunities to win him over.

Lu Ye completed a trade with the Merfolk Race, exchanging Formation Plates and Tattoo Patterns for Spirit Crystals. After Queen Bai Shuang secretly received a Tattoo Pattern, she gifted him permission to enter the Sky Conch Hall, where Bai Lu left him to face its trial alone.

• Yan Miao explained that joining with a pure Merfolk woman could grant a stranger race member a random Secret Technique, but Lu Ye declined to pursue it and began their trade.
• Lu Ye gave Yan Miao several hundred Formation Plates and inscribed Tattoo Patterns for two hundred female merfolk in exchange for the race's Spirit Crystals.
• Bai Lu secretly brought Queen Bai Shuang to Lu Ye, who agreed to inscribe a Tattoo Pattern for the young queen despite the elders' disapproval.
• Bai Shuang pressed a jade-colored conch shell to Lu Ye's forehead, granting him an imprint and one chance to enter the Sky Conch Hall.
• Bai Lu escorted Lu Ye to the Sky Conch Hall and waited outside, explaining that each person could enter only once in their lifetime.

Lu Ye entered Sky Conch Hall and discovered that its trial required him to imitate a series of musical performances that enhanced combat strength. After struggling through the instruments and refusing to dance, he was left in darkness and wondered whether passing any single trial would be enough to escape.

• Lu Ye entered Sky Conch Hall, where strange lights formed a flute and prompted him to play.
• A blurry figure demonstrated the flute, and Lu Ye imitated it before the lights transformed into an erhu and then a pipa.
• After Lu Ye played each instrument poorly, a Merfolk Race woman appeared and sang and danced for him to imitate.
• Lu Ye refused to dance, but when he tried singing in the Merfolk Race language, the remaining lights vanished and he was trapped in darkness.
• Lu Ye shouted for a way out, then reasoned that passing one trial might be enough to leave.

Lu Ye passed the Sky Conch Hall trial by singing, chose a rare cyan light as his reward, and emerged after keeping the Merfolk Race waiting for nearly two days. With his deal complete, he departed with Yan Miao toward the Star Constellation Hall to investigate why the Merfolk could enter the Divine Temple but could not approach its outer perimeter.

• Lu Ye sang familiar songs in the Sky Conch Hall until multicolored lights gathered around him, then selected a rare cyan light and found the exit.
• Yan Miao and the Merfolk elders welcomed Lu Ye back and explained that they had feared for his safety after he remained inside for nearly two days.
• Lu Ye told Yan Miao he planned to return, and she revealed that the Merfolk could enter the Divine Temple but could not approach its outer perimeter.
• Yan Miao, Lu Ye, and several Merfolk set out on seahorse mounts toward the Star Constellation Hall, while Bai Lu stayed behind after apologizing to Lu Ye.

Lu Ye discovered that the Azure Conch could open a doorway between the Star Constellation Hall and the Sky Conch Hall. He returned to the Star Constellation Hall before the unstable doorway collapsed, leaving its strange power and purpose to investigate.

• Yan Miao led over a hundred merfolk to test why they could not approach the Star Constellation Hall, while Lu Ye reached and weeded its walls without resistance.
• Yan Miao apologized and left with her clansmen after Lu Ye told her he could handle the work alone.
• Lu Ye found the Azure Conch he had obtained from the Sky Conch Hall and discovered that channeling Spiritual Power through it created a doorway.
• Lu Ye entered the doorway and found himself at the entrance of the Sky Conch Hall, where he asked two merfolk to summon Bai Lu.
• As the doorway began to destabilize, Lu Ye told the remaining merfolk he would explain later and returned through it to the Star Constellation Hall.

Lu Ye discovered that the Azure Conch could open a portal to Sky Conch Hall and might let him trade between the outside world and the Merfolk Race. After Bai Lu joined him at the Star Constellation Hall, she revealed that her people believed Lu Ye might be able to lift their poison curse.

• Lu Ye realized the Azure Conch could become a route for trading goods with the Merfolk Race, but found that he could not activate it again yet.
• Lu Ye studied the Azure Conch and discovered that it could leave a lasting mark inside the Star Constellation Hall.
• Bai Lu came to the Star Constellation Hall, confirmed that Lu Ye had appeared at Sky Conch Hall, and chose to wait with him for the Azure Conch to work again.
• Bai Lu told Lu Ye that the Merfolk Race had fled beneath the Myriad Phenomena Sea to escape a poison curse that threatened to kill them outside its waters.
• Bai Lu revealed that a prophecy linked the Divine Temple to lifting the curse, and that the elders believed Lu Ye might be able to help because he was the first human to appear there in many years.