Chapter Summaries

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.