Chapter Summaries

Tang Huang and Tang Miao pressured Tang Yuehua to accompany Xiao Yin so he would save the Third and Seventh Elders, threatening to expel her from the Clear Sky Sect if she refused. She agreed in despair, secretly resolving to take her own life after the elders were healed.

• Tang Huang demanded that Tang Yuehua accompany Xiao Yin to save the Third and Seventh Elders.
• Tang Miao urged Tang Yuehua to use her beauty and closeness to Xiao Yin to persuade him, presenting the demand as a duty to the sect.
• Tang Huang threatened to expel Tang Yuehua and strip Moonlight Pavilion of the Clear Sky Sect's name if she refused.
• Tang Yuehua recalled her family, her secret feelings for Tang Hao, and the elders' plight as she felt forced to accept.
• Tang Yuehua agreed to go to Xiao Yin, then resolved to end her life after he healed the two elders.

Xiao Yin rejected the Clear Sky Sect’s offer to marry Tang Yuehua to him, humiliating her and worsening her despair. After the system assigned him a mission to untie her inner knot, he silenced Tang Miao with an overwhelming aura.

• Tang Miao introduced Tang Yuehua as the Clear Sky Sect Sect Master’s sister and offered her as part of an apology to Xiao Yin.
• Xiao Yin refused the offer, saying Tang Yuehua could not compensate for the offense against Lingxiao Hall, and rejected Tang Miao’s proposed alliance against Spirit Hall.
• Tang Yuehua sank deeper into despair and developed a hidden resentment and desire to be recognized, prompting the system to assign Xiao Yin a 72-hour mission to prevent her suicide.
• Xiao Yin noticed the mission’s reward of an additional 10,000 years for his First Spirit Ring and turned his attention back to Tang Miao.
• When Tang Miao demanded to know what explanation Xiao Yin wanted, Xiao Yin released a crushing aura that pinned Tang Miao in place and left him questioning Xiao Yin’s strength.

Xiao Yin forced Tang Miao to accept a costly resource exchange for the two Clear Sky Sect elders, then kept Tang Yuehua behind and confronted her with the pain beneath her composed image. He played a zither melody that showed her he genuinely understood music, leaving her shaken.

• Xiao Yin demanded twice the listed cultivation resources from Tang Miao in exchange for the two captured elders, and Tang Miao agreed to deliver them within two days.
• Xiao Yin asked Tang Yuehua to stay and discuss music, and Tang Miao left her at the Marquis of Wu'an Mansion.
• Xiao Yin confronted Tang Yuehua about her low innate Soul Power, her efforts to earn respect, and her family's treatment of her as a bargaining chip.
• Xiao Yin played a Paulownia Zither melody that moved from bitterness toward resilience, and Tang Yuehua recognized his genuine musical understanding.

Xiao Yin confronted Tang Yuehua about her forbidden feelings for her second brother, Tang Hao, and listened as she confessed how her childhood dependence had turned into guilty love. He challenged her belief that she was worthless by pointing to what she had built with Moonlight Pavilion, leaving her beginning to reconsider her own worth.

• Xiao Yin told Tang Yuehua that he believed the person in her heart was her biological second brother, Tang Hao, and she broke down in denial before admitting he was right.
• Tang Yuehua recounted how Tang Hao had protected and comforted her as a child, and how her gratitude and dependence had grown into feelings she believed were sinful.
• Xiao Yin recognized that Tang Yuehua's despair came not only from her forbidden love but also from guilt and the belief that she had no worth beyond her family.
• Xiao Yin urged Tang Yuehua to get up and told her that her low Soul Power did not define her value.
• Xiao Yin praised Tang Yuehua for establishing and managing Moonlight Pavilion, arguing that her judgment, patience, and perseverance had made her successful in her own right.
• Tang Yuehua was struck by Xiao Yin's words as he began to say that everyone had been useless at some point.

Xiao Yin helped Tang Yuehua loosen her despair by sharing his past and playing the zither, then revealed how Tang Hao had treated Ah Yin. Tang Yuehua left shaken but no longer suicidal, and Xiao Yin received a reward after his task was completed.

• Xiao Yin told Tang Yuehua that he had once been branded as trash and encouraged her to seek another path.
• Xiao Yin played a zither piece that moved Tang Yuehua and gave her a sense of being understood.
• Xiao Yin revealed that Ah Yin had survived and said Tang Hao had kept her original body imprisoned in a dark cave for nearly ten years.
• Ah Yin confirmed her scattered memories of loneliness and despair in the cave, causing Tang Yuehua to question her idealized view of Tang Hao.
• Tang Yuehua thanked Xiao Yin and left with her will to die faded, while the system announced that his task was complete and increased his First Spirit Ring's lifespan by ten thousand years.

Xiao Yin accepted the Clear Sky Sect’s payment, revived Tang Xun and Tang Lie, and received Tang Yuehua’s thanks before traveling to Vast Sea City. He planned to hunt the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King for his ninth Soul Ring and considered seeking Bo Saixi’s help, though the Sea God’s involvement complicated matters.

• Tang Miao delivered Xiao Yin’s requested supplies, and Ying Yue confirmed that the items were correct.
• Xiao Yin revived Tang Xun and Tang Lie, whose fear of him remained after they awoke.
• Tang Yuehua thanked Xiao Yin for helping her gain new perspective and invited him to visit Moonlight Pavilion to discuss music.
• Two months later, Xiao Yin arrived alone in Vast Sea City to prepare for hunting the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• Xiao Yin considered asking Bo Saixi for intelligence or assistance, while worrying that the hunt could anger the Sea God.

Xiao Yin spent lavishly around Vast Sea City, drawing the attention of a criminal crew who planned to rob him at sea. He boarded their ship, the Pearl, knowingly playing along as the crew prepared to attack him in open waters.

• Xiao Yin bought costly coastal goods, watched a sea Soul Masters battle, and asked shipping companies about voyages leaving the next day.
• A boatman reported Xiao Yin’s spending and plans to the purple-clad boss, who ordered the crew to lure him aboard the Pearl.
• Old Hai intercepted Xiao Yin at the docks and persuaded him that the Pearl was a safe, experienced ship.
• Xiao Yin boarded the Pearl and secretly used his Soul Power to survey the ship while Old Hai went below to report that the supposed big fish had taken the bait.
• The purple-clad boss and Old Hai planned to rob Xiao Yin after the ship reached open waters, while Xiao Yin wondered why the name Pearl sounded familiar.

Xiao Yin accepted Zi Zhenzhu’s invitation to a meal aboard her ship, recognizing that she planned to drug and rob him. After revealing he was unaffected, he overwhelmed her crew with his pressure and demanded that she take him to Sea God Island.

• Old Hai invited Xiao Yin to dine in the lower hold, where Zi Zhenzhu welcomed him aboard her pirate ship.
• Zi Zhenzhu served Xiao Yin food and wine laced with Sea Siren Sleep, but he ate without showing any effects.
• Xiao Yin revealed that he had noticed the drug and asked Zi Zhenzhu to take him to Sea God Island.
• Zi Zhenzhu and her pirates drew their weapons and surrounded Xiao Yin.
• Xiao Yin released his pressure, forcing the pirates down and making Zi Zhenzhu kneel.
• Zi Zhenzhu demanded to know who he was, and Xiao Yin introduced himself.

Xiao Yin spared pirate captain Zi Zhenzhu and her crew after they agreed to take him to Sea God Island. Near the island, the Pearl encountered a clash between Evil Spirit Orcas and Demon Soul Great White Sharks, and Xiao Yin went to watch.

• Zi Zhenzhu recognized Xiao Yin as Lingxiao Hall Master and offered to take responsibility for the ambush while asking him to spare her crew.
• Xiao Yin let the pirates go and ordered Zi Zhenzhu to take him to Sea God Island, which the Pearl was expected to reach in five days.
• Four days later, Zi Zhenzhu explained Sea God Island’s barrier and High Priestess Bo Saixi’s strength to Xiao Yin.
• Old Hai warned that dozens of Evil Spirit Orcas were approaching, and Xiao Yin sensed that Demon Soul Great White Sharks were heading toward the same waters.
• Zi Zhenzhu identified the two groups as enemies and guardians of Sea God Island, while Xiao Yin recalled Tang San’s trial and headed to the bow to watch them collide.

Xiao Yin received a mission to kill Xie Hu and earn the Ring Fusion Technique, then entered the sea to confront the Evil Orca King. The chapter ended with Xiao Yin declaring he would take Xie Hu’s life himself.

• Xiao Bai and Xie Hu led their clans into a bloody battle beneath the sea, and Xie Hu gained the upper hand.
• Xiao Yin received a mission to kill Xie Hu, with the Ring Fusion Technique as his reward.
• Xiao Yin left the Pearl after telling Zi Zhenzhu and the sailors to wait for whale meat.
• Xie Hu wounded Xiao Bai, but Xiao Yin appeared between them and announced he had come for Xie Hu.
• Xiao Yin threatened to take Xie Hu’s life after the Evil Orca King refused to lend it.

Xiao Yin transformed into Taotie True Body, defeated and devoured Xie Hu, and claimed its Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone. He fused the ring with his First Spirit Ring, gaining two new skills and reaching Level ninety, then set his sights on the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.

• Xiao Yin used Seventh Soul Skill—Dharma Manifestation and revealed a Taotie True Body larger than Xie Hu, terrifying Xiao Bai and the nearby sea beasts.
• Xie Hu tried to flee, but Xiao Yin intercepted it, struck it with a giant claw, and trapped it in a gray void with Third soul skill—Chaos.
• Xiao Yin swallowed Xie Hu and collected its Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring and right leg bone, deciding not to absorb the bone.
• Xiao Yin fused Xie Hu's ring with his First Spirit Ring using Ring Fusion Technique, transforming it into a blood-red ring.
• Xiao Yin gained Taotie · Whale Swallowing and Taotie · Greed Domain, reached Level ninety, and named the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King as his next target.

Xiao Yin returned to the Pearl after killing the Evil Orca King, avenging Xiao Bai’s clan and earning her help. Xiao Bai took him toward Sea God Island so he could meet Bo Saixi, while Zi Zhenzhu agreed to gather information and return in one month.

• Bo Saixi sensed the Evil Orca King’s aura vanish and wondered what unfamiliar force had appeared in the sea.
• Xiao Bai waited aboard the Pearl for Xiao Yin to return, and he told her that he had killed the Evil Orca King.
• Xiao Bai learned that Xiao Yin had also been commissioned by her and asked what he wanted from her.
• Xiao Yin asked Xiao Bai to take him to Sea God Island to meet Bo Saixi, and she agreed.
• Xiao Yin told Zi Zhenzhu to gather information from the continent and meet him at the same location in one month.
• Xiao Bai transformed into a giant shark and carried Xiao Yin toward Sea God Island as Zi Zhenzhu promised to return.

Xiao Yin reached Sea God Island, defeated the Seven Sacred Pillar Guardians without injuring them, and asked Bo Saixi to help hunt the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King. He offered to help her inherit the Sea God's divine position and escape her destined sacrifice, leaving Bo Saixi shaken by his knowledge of her fate and feelings for Tang Chen.

• Xiao Bai brought Xiao Yin to Sea God Island's dock and told him to follow the road to find Bo Saixi.
• The Seven Sacred Pillar Guardians blocked Xiao Yin, but he defeated all seven without injuring them and demanded to see Bo Saixi.
• Bo Saixi received Xiao Yin at the Sea God Temple and questioned him about the Evil Orca King's disappearance.
• Xiao Yin introduced himself as Xiao Yin of Lingxiao Hall and asked Bo Saixi to help hunt the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, offering her a chance to inherit the Sea God's divine position.
• Xiao Yin revealed Bo Saixi's destined sacrifice and her unresolved love for Tang Chen, then asked whether she wanted to live for herself; Bo Saixi's killing intent faltered.

Xiao Yin spent a quiet stay at Sea God Island’s northeastern cave, where Sea Maiden visited and shared music with him. After their duet, Sea Maiden asked him to meet again, while Bo Saixi watched them from the Sea God Temple.

• Sea Maiden visited Xiao Yin at his cave and asked about his fame and strength; he told her he had killed several Title Douluos.
• Sea Maiden played her Sea Demon Flute for Xiao Yin, who praised her music.
• Xiao Yin brought out his Paulownia Zither, and he and Sea Maiden played a duet together.
• Sea Maiden asked Xiao Yin to meet her again during his stay, and he agreed.
• Bo Saixi watched Xiao Yin and Sea Maiden together from the Sea God Temple before returning inside.

Xiao Yin discussed how to defeat the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King with Bo Saixi and waited for his Rank ninety-nine Ultimate Ice ally to arrive. When Zi Zhenzhu brought news that Dai Mubai had taken control of the Star Luo Empire with the Abyss’s backing, Xiao Yin decided they might need to attack the whale ahead of schedule.

• Bo Saixi explained that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s only known weakness was an old wound beneath its left gill, and Xiao Yin said an Ultimate Ice ally could freeze it long enough for him to strike.
• Sea Witch accompanied Xiao Yin around Sea God Island, where he played her a tune on his Paulownia Zither.
• Zi Zhenzhu arrived with news that Dai Mubai had seized the Star Luo Empire and started preparing for conflict with the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Xiao Yin read Liu Erlong’s letter about Lingxiao Hall and Spirit Hall, then gave Zi Zhenzhu a promised gift before she departed.
• Xiao Yin told Sea Witch that they might need to act ahead of schedule and identified the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King as their target.