Chapter Summaries

Lin Chang'an and his companions disrupted a Li Fire Palace plot in Celestial Mystery City, while True Person Lu’s aura revealed how fragile the city’s stability had become. The chapter ended with rumors that True Person Lu had left for Li Fire Palace, forcing both rival sects to withdraw as Lin Chang'an considered preparing for the Monster Sea Abyss.

• Lin Chang'an gathered Yun Yao, Old Hu, and Old Ghost to attend the Gu Family banquet after suspecting it was a trap tied to Li Fire Palace.
• At Tianxiang Pavilion, Old Hu flipped the banquet table, and Old Ghost attacked Gu Congjian after accusing him of colluding with Li Fire Palace.
• Gu Congjian urged the Gu Family to break out of Celestial Mystery City, while Gu Congfeng denounced him as a traitor; Qin Feng fled when the array collapsed.
• True Person Lu released his aura, calming unrest in the city, and Lin Chang'an returned to the Black Market after marking the fleeing Qin Feng with his mana.
• Lin Chang'an and Yun Yao discussed preparing for the Monster Sea Abyss as they worried about True Person Lu’s declining strength and the coming upheaval.
• Rumors spread that True Person Lu had gone to Li Fire Palace, and the Golden Core Cultivators of Li Fire Palace and the Divine Sword Sect withdrew behind their defenses.

As Yue Kingdom’s sects faced upheaval, Lin Chang'an prepared to leave for the Monster Sea Abyss and learned from Yun Yao that Mystic Sound Pavilion planned to withdraw from Yue Kingdom. The chapter left Lin Chang'an, Old Hu, and Yun Yao considering whether they could travel with Mystic Sound Pavilion, while Lin Chang'an sensed that a tracked Li Fire Palace cultivator had returned in disguise.

• Mystic Sound Pavilion’s master told Fairy Nishang that the sect could no longer sustain the war and planned to withdraw from Yue Kingdom.
• Lin Chang'an emerged from seclusion stronger, accepted Wei Yingying’s two unused Refined Foundation Establishment Pills, and gave her and Shen Fan the Green Bamboo Sword.
• Lin Chang'an and Old Hu discussed preparing for the Monster Sea Abyss and winding down their Black Market business as Yue Kingdom’s situation grew unstable.
• Yun Yao told Lin Chang'an and Old Hu that Mystic Sound Pavilion was withdrawing and might relocate to the Monster Sea Abyss with help from Azure Sea Palace.
• Lin Chang'an recognized the aura of a Li Fire Palace tracker disguised as a waiter, then cast barrier spells before ordering more food.

Lin Chang'an captured Qin Feng and used the bounty to fund a future journey to the Monster Sea Abyss. As Mystic Sound Pavilion prepared to leave Yue Kingdom, Lin reunited with old friends and learned that he and Yun Yao might eventually travel overseas together.

• Lin Chang'an recognized Qin Feng disguised as a waiter, poisoned him, and had Old Hu expose and cripple him before turning him over to Celestial Mystery City's patrol team.
• Lin Chang'an received Qin Feng's bounty and decided to wait for news from Mystic Sound Pavilion before planning travel to the Monster Sea Abyss.
• Mystic Sound Pavilion confirmed that it was preparing to withdraw from Yue Kingdom, prompting powerful lineages and mid-sized forces to compete for its resources.
• Lin Chang'an reunited with Li Erniu, Shen Lie, Wei Yiyi, and Lu Qingqing at Gathering Immortal Pavilion, where they reminisced and drank together.
• After the others left, Yun Yao joined Lin Chang'an and told him Mystic Sound Pavilion was negotiating its withdrawal and recruiting skilled cultivators for its move overseas.
• Yun Yao said she could not leave yet but would eventually go to the Monster Sea Abyss to pursue Core Formation, and she and Lin Chang'an agreed they could travel there together.

As the Yue Kingdom’s powers prepared to leave for the Monster Sea Abyss, Lin Chang'an arranged passage aboard Celestial Mystery City's Giant Spirit Warships and received Yun Yao’s Talisman Treasure inheritance. Just as Lin Chang'an, Old Hu, and Yun Yao prepared to return to his Cave Abode, a sudden upheaval shook Celestial Mystery City.

• Lin Chang'an learned that Mystic Sound Pavilion and Celestial Mystery City were selling their Spirit Veins and preparing to relocate to the Monster Sea Abyss.
• Lin Chang'an visited Song Tingfeng, who confirmed Celestial Mystery City's plans and said Senior Sister Su had purchased two Giant Spirit Warships.
• Yun Yao told Lin Chang'an that passage cost four hundred Mid-grade Spirit Stones per person and that Spirit Pets required separate fares; she warned him against signing a Spirit Contract.
• Lin Chang'an and Old Hu went to pay for passage and saw Celestial Mystery City's enormous Giant Spirit Warships.
• Yun Yao secretly gave Lin Chang'an a Third-tier Talisman Inheritance for crafting Talisman Treasures and advised him to establish himself carefully in the Monster Sea Abyss.
• As Lin Chang'an, Old Hu, and Yun Yao prepared to leave, the spiritual energy roiled and a shocking upheaval struck Celestial Mystery City.

True Person Lu concealed his strength and began forming a Nascent Soul while Celestial Mystery City’s formation kept the outside world unaware. After three months, the phenomenon revealed his breakthrough to the Yue Kingdom, and the chapter ended just after the tribulation vanished and a new aura stirred from Tianxuan Peak.

• Lin Chang'an sensed a terrifying pressure as Celestial Mystery City activated its Mountain Protection Formation and sealed off communication.
• Su Miaoyin, Wu Yan, Song Tingfeng, Lin Chang'an, Old Hu, and Yun Yao realized True Person Lu was forming a Nascent Soul rather than a Core.
• True Person Lu’s formation continued for three months, and the expanding spiritual-energy phenomenon broke through the formation’s concealment.
• The Great Elder of Li Fire Palace, the Divine Sword Sect elders, and Mystic Sound Pavilion’s Master realized Lu had deceived them and was forming a Nascent Soul.
• True Person Lu’s Nascent Soul appeared as the clouds and Lightning Tribulation receded, and a new ripple of spiritual pressure stirred from Tianxuan Peak.

As miasma spread through the Seven Kingdoms’ Spirit Veins, the sects and lineages chose to relocate to the Monster Sea Abyss under True Lord Lu’s leadership. Lin Chang'an said farewell to friends leaving for their old homes and boarded a Spirit Warship, planning to settle in the new region and pursue Foundation Establishment Late Stage and Core Formation.

• Yun Yao told Lin Chang'an that the miasma upheaval was spreading through the Seven Kingdoms’ main Spirit Veins and would force many sects and lineages to relocate.
• Old Hu reported that Golden Core cultivators from every kingdom had gathered, and the major powers agreed to follow True Lord Lu to the Monster Sea Abyss.
• Shen Lie, Lu Qingqing, Wei Yiyi, and Li Erniu told Lin Chang'an they would return to Clearwater Bay and Green Bamboo Mountain Market, while Zhou Bingyun bade him farewell.
• Lin Chang'an, Yun Yao, Old Hu, and the Mystic Yin Divine Sect cultivators boarded a Spirit Warship as Celestial Mystery City concealed itself from demon beasts.
• Aboard the ship, Lin Chang'an studied intelligence about the Monster Sea Abyss and planned to reach Foundation Establishment Late Stage before pursuing Core Formation.

After half a year of travel, Lin Chang'an and the Seven Kingdoms Alliance reached the Monster Sea Abyss and marveled at its abundant spiritual energy and powerful factions. They arrived at Sea Abyss City, where the alliance prepared to settle and Lin Chang'an entered the city with Old Hu and Yun Yao.

• The Seven Kingdoms formed the Seven Kingdoms Alliance and traveled toward the Monster Sea Abyss under True Person Lu's protection.
• Lin Chang'an and Yun Yao discussed the Monster Sea Abyss's spiritual energy, history, and powerful factions as the Flying Boats entered its waters.
• The travelers saw Sea Abyss City, an immense Immortal City established by Azure Sea Palace, and learned True Lord Lu had agreed to become its Guest Elder.
• The cultivators learned they had three days in the city before the Seven Kingdoms Alliance departed for its new settlement, and that entry required paid Identity Jade Tokens.
• Lin Chang'an, Old Hu, and Yun Yao each paid one hundred Spirit Stones for temporary residence Jade Tablets and entered Sea Abyss City.

After leaving Sea Abyss City, Lin Chang'an and Old Hu settled on Five Dragon Island, where they rented a Cave Abode with three other cultivators and began preparing to establish themselves. At the market, Lin Chang'an spotted a Quasi-Third Tier Fire Attribute Demon Beast Crystal Core that could help his Phoenix Cry Bird advance.

• Lin Chang'an and Old Hu left Sea Abyss City with the Seven Kingdoms Alliance and traveled to the Outer Sea, where Yun Yao warned them to avoid Li Fire Palace and Divine Sword Sect.
• Lin Chang'an and Old Hu arrived at Five Dragon Island, learned about its Sea Beast threats and local factions, and decided to rent Cave Abodes while the Seven Kingdoms Alliance settled in.
• Lin Chang'an and Old Hu joined three other Foundation Establishment Cultivators in renting a nearby island and agreed to share responsibility for maintaining its grand formation.
• Lin Chang'an browsed the market and purchased supplies, noting that he wanted to cultivate toward Foundation Establishment Late Stage before taking further risks.
• Lin Chang'an stopped at a stall selling a Quasi-Third Tier Fire Attribute Demon Beast Crystal Core and considered acquiring it to help his Phoenix Cry Bird advance.

Lin Chang'an and Old Hu defeated a Cultivator Bandit who had followed Lin Chang'an from the Market, then regrouped with their companions and traveled to their new island. The five arrived safely, though they remained wary of one another.

• Lin Chang'an bought a Quasi-Third-tier Monster Beast crystal core at the Market and noticed its seller following him after he left.
• Lin Chang'an and Old Hu lured the Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivator Bandit into an ambush and killed him with coordinated attacks.
• Lin Chang'an and Old Hu collected the bandit's materials and found Jade Slip information from the Wind Spirit Kingdom among his belongings.
• Lin Chang'an and Old Hu waited for their three companions, then traveled together toward the island where they would settle.
• The five Foundation Establishment Cultivators reached the island safely while remaining guarded around one another.

Lin Chang'an settled on Jade Spirit Island and learned that the Seven Kingdoms Alliance had survived an attack by the Mystic Yin Divine Sect, though the Li Fire Palace’s betrayal had cost Old Ghost his life. Yun Yao promised to help Lin Chang'an achieve Core Formation if she succeeded herself, while he resolved to prepare for that goal on his own.

• Lin Chang'an and his companions settled at their Dao Fields on Jade Spirit Island, where the three local lineages welcomed them and assigned them Spirit Fields.
• Lin Chang'an registered his Dao Field, inspected its surroundings, released his Spirit Pets, and decided to hire cultivators from the local lineages to tend his Spirit Fields.
• After a year on the island, Lin Chang'an learned that the Mystic Yin Divine Sect had attacked the Seven Kingdoms Alliance and that the Li Fire Palace had betrayed it, leading to Old Ghost’s death.
• Yun Yao and He Yan visited Lin Chang'an and Old Hu, and Lin Chang'an revealed that Old Ghost had been Ghost Three Blades.
• Before leaving, Yun Yao promised to return and help Lin Chang'an achieve Core Formation if she managed to do so herself.
• Old Hu announced that he would enter seclusion to pursue Foundation Establishment Late Stage, prompting Lin Chang'an to focus on advancing his own cultivation and preparing for Core Formation.

Lin Chang'an prepared for a trip to Five Dragon Island’s decade-grand fair, assessed his progress and long-term plans for Core Formation, and traveled there in disguise. At the market, a confrontation involving Seven Kingdoms Alliance cultivators broke out as Lin Chang'an began shopping and waited for the auction.

• Lin Chang'an reviewed his cultivation and crafting progress, decided to seek better tools at the fair, and brought the Phoenix Cry Bird and Green-Horned Ox along.
• A Li Clan cultivator warned Lin Chang'an that members of the Lu Family, former residents of Jade Spirit Island, might cause trouble, so Lin Chang'an disguised himself and traveled underwater toward Five Dragon Island.
• At the crowded fair, Lin Chang'an considered the high cost of Core Formation resources and concluded that he would need to advance his talisman craft and repair the Blood Sha Red Sun Array.
• Lin Chang'an noticed rogue cultivators threatening a Seven Kingdoms Alliance cultivator, then lowered his hat and disappeared into the crowd to buy supplies and await the auction.

Lin Chang'an attended the Five Dragon Island Auction, bought a Quasi-Third Tier Spirit Pen, and learned that a Giant Bone Sea Fish Beast Tide would arrive in a year and a half. After returning to Jade Spirit Island, he and Old Hu declined the Lu Family’s offer to join its conflict with the three clans and discussed preparing for the Beast Tide.

• Lin Chang'an traded his accumulated Talismans and Medicinal Pills for resources during the Five Dragon Island Market gathering, then attended its Auction among disguised cultivators.
• Lin Chang'an bid on a Quasi-Third Tier Spirit Pen and won the second one for three thousand seven hundred Mid-grade Spirit Stones, leaving him nearly broke.
• After the Auction, Lin Chang'an read intelligence about the approaching Giant Bone Sea Fish Beast Tide and departed Five Dragon Island alone.
• Old Hu sent Lin Chang'an a Sound Transmission Talisman, telling him that he had broken through to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage and returned to Jade Spirit Island.
• Lin Chang'an and Old Hu read the Lu Family’s letters offering rewards for their help against the three clans, but both chose to stay out of the conflict.
• Lin Chang'an and Old Hu discussed the Beast Tide, seeing it as an opportunity to obtain Sea Beasts without traveling out to hunt.

Lin Chang'an prepared his island defenses and array for the coming century-scale Beast Tide while refusing to join the local clans’ disputes. Meanwhile, the Lu Family and Wang Family plotted to attack Jade Spirit Island after the beast hunt, hoping to seize the Ping, Feng, and Li clans’ wealth and restore the Lu Family’s position.

• The Ping, Feng, and Li clans brought Lin Chang'an gifts and tried to enlist him, but he said he wanted only to cultivate and avoid their disputes.
• The Wang Family identified Wang Lin’s Fire Sun Sword and discussed its hatred of Li Fire Palace, its alliance with the Lu Family, and its orders from Five Dragon Island.
• Lin Chang'an reached ninety-two points in Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, prepared Thunder Shock Talismans, and assembled the Blood Sha Red Sun Array for the Beast Tide.
• Lin Chang'an set up the concealed Blood Sha Red Sun Array around Jade Spirit Island, then brought out the Green-Horned Ox and Phoenix Cry Bird as the clans and Rogue Cultivators prepared for the migration.
• Madam Lu and the Wang Family Head agreed to wait until the Beast Tide weakened the Three Great Families before attacking Jade Spirit Island, and Madam Lu claimed Five Dragon Island would recognize the Lu Family’s return.

During the beast tide, Lin Chang'an used his array, spirit pets, and Sword Shadow Follows Heart to hunt sea beasts while testing his endurance and strengthening his formation. As the tide waned, he had amassed a substantial harvest, and the Lu Family and Wang Family set sail for Jade Spirit Island.

• The beast tide reached Jade Spirit Island, where the Three Great Families let cultivators and mortals hunt sea beasts through the island's defensive array for a fee.
• Lin Chang'an lured sea beasts with a bone conch and trapped them in his Blood Sha Red Sun Array, where his Green-Horned Ox and Phoenix Cry Bird fought alongside him.
• Lin Chang'an tested his Sword Shadow Follows Heart divine ability and Self-Healing Body while battling the sea beasts and preserving their corpses for trade.
• Over more than a month, Lin Chang'an killed twenty-seven Second-Order Early Stage sea beasts, accumulated valuable materials, and infused his array flags with Killing Intent.
• As the beast tide began to end and sea beasts grew scarce, the Lu Family and Wang Family boarded merchant ships and headed toward Jade Spirit Island.

After the beast tide, Lin Chang'an and Old Hu discussed ways to obtain Core Formation Spirit Items and agreed to consider taking commissioned missions together while Lin prepared to enter seclusion. While they were away, the Lu Family and Wang Family retook Jade Spirit Island with help from the treacherous Fang cultivator; on Five Dragon Island, Patriarch Lu compensated Lin and his companions and sought peaceful relations.

• Lin Chang'an let the Three Great Families handle the First Tier Demon Beast materials while keeping the Second-tier Monster Beast materials and flesh for himself.
• Old Hu explained the scarce routes to Core Formation Spirit Items, and he and Lin Chang'an tentatively agreed to cooperate on suitable commissioned missions using Lin's arrays and Old Hu's artifact-refining skills.
• The Wang Family and Lu Family waited for the Three Great Families' merchant ships to leave Jade Spirit Island, then attacked with help from Fang, who had opened the Island Protection Array.
• The Lu and Wang families defeated the families on Jade Spirit Island, while survivors fled and vowed to remember the blood debt.
• Lin Chang'an and Old Hu sold their high-grade Demon Beast materials on Five Dragon Island, where the Wen Couple told them the island had fallen.
• Patriarch Lu paid Lin Chang'an, Old Hu, and the Wen Couple compensation for their lost materials and said the Lu Family wanted to cultivate in peace.

Lin Chang'an secluded himself for six years and broke through to Foundation Establishment Late Stage, then emerged to find his spirit pets stronger and the Lu Family still ruling Jade Spirit Island. He celebrated with Old Hu, who began filling him in on upheavals across the Seven Kingdoms Alliance and nearby seas.

• Lin Chang'an, Old Hu, and the Wen Couple agreed to stand together on Jade Spirit Island after discussing the Lu Family's offer of Guest Elder positions and a share of the Chamber of Commerce's profits.
• Lin Chang'an returned to Jade Spirit Island, refused the Lu Family's offered concubine, and entered seclusion with cultivation resources and his spirit pets.
• After six years of cultivation, Lin Chang'an broke through to Foundation Establishment Late Stage and recognized the strength of his Ancient Cultivation Method, while considering how to secure a Talisman Treasure.
• Lin Chang'an emerged to find the Green-Horned Ox at Peak Second-Order Middle Stage and the Phoenix Cry Bird thriving, then joked that it should cultivate until it could eat a Third-tier Demon Core.
• Madam Lu visited with her son Lu Yujian to congratulate Lin Chang'an, and Old Hu later brought wine and meat to celebrate his breakthrough.
• Old Hu began recounting the upheavals in the Seven Kingdoms Alliance and the surrounding seas that Lin Chang'an had missed during his seclusion.

After advancing to Foundation Establishment Late Stage, Lin Chang'an gathered intelligence about the Seven Kingdoms Alliance and began preparing for Core Formation while avoiding a risky hunt with unfamiliar cultivators. As he shopped on Five Dragon Island, someone secretly set their sights on him.

• Old Hu told Lin Chang'an that the Seven Kingdoms Alliance had weakened, Divine Sword Sect had been destroyed, and Li Fire Palace and Vajra Sect had become cultivator bandits.
• Fang Tie invited Lin Chang'an to join him, the Wen Couple, and Old Hu in hunting a pair of Quasi-Third-tier Monster Beasts, but Lin Chang'an declined to stabilize his cultivation.
• Lin Chang'an sold his stored talismans and goods on Five Dragon Island, then bought intelligence about the Seven Kingdoms Alliance, the Lu Family, the Wen Couple, and Fang Tie.
• Lin Chang'an learned that Fang Tie was a Foundation Establishment Late Stage Body Cultivator and considered whether body refining could help his Core Formation preparations.
• Lin Chang'an prioritized cultivating the Three-Turn Core Condensation Art, while an unseen person secretly targeted him as he shopped in the Market.

Lin Chang'an discovered that Old Daoist Guan and two other cultivators were plotting to rob him, so he let them believe their scheme was working while tracing their preparations. After leaving Five Dragon Island, he encountered Guan again and traveled alongside him, aware that the ambush was still unfolding.

• Old Daoist Guan, a beautiful woman, and a pale-faced scholar discussed targeting Lin Chang'an, who concealed his late-stage cultivation as middle stage.
• Old Daoist Guan reunited with Lin Chang'an and invited him to a restaurant, where the woman tried to recruit him and Guan sought to buy many talismans.
• Lin Chang'an detected that Guan and the woman knew each other and used Zhou Bingyun's records to identify the woman's lingering jade crystal honey scent as a tracking method.
• After five days, Lin Chang'an left Five Dragon Island in disguise, and the woman and scholar followed him with a Jade Crystal Bee King.
• Lin Chang'an met Guan again at sea, where Guan pretended to have been injured by bandits, and Lin Chang'an agreed to travel alongside him while remaining wary.

Lin Chang'an uncovered a plot connecting the Wang Family, the Long Family of Five Dragon Island, and the three chapters of an Ancient Cultivation Method. After disguising himself as the dead female cultivator, he prepared to infiltrate her former allies and seize the Body Refining Chapter.

• Lin Chang'an exposed Old Daoist Guan and the two cultivators as Cultivator Bandits, then killed them with his artifacts and Spirit Pets.
• Lin Chang'an and the Phoenix Cry Bird escaped when the female cultivator's corpse began transforming, and he later probed the three corpses' memories.
• Lin Chang'an learned that the Long Family had planted the female cultivator in the Wang Family and that the Ancient Cultivation Method had Law Refining, Body Refining, and Spirit Refining Chapters.
• Lin Chang'an decided to pursue the Body Refining Chapter by targeting the female cultivator's Dao companion and used the Blood-Thirsty Poison Vine to copy her appearance and mana aura.
• Lin Chang'an left the island in disguise, and the Green-Horned Ox and Phoenix Cry Bird recognized him despite his altered appearance.

Lin Chang'an impersonated a Five Dragon Island cultivator to infiltrate the Wang Family and search for the Ancient Cultivation Method and another Withered Leaf. He learned the original copy was held by the Island Master, but the Great Elder's next revelation gave him an unexpected lead.

• Lin Chang'an disguised himself as a haughty female cultivator, deceived Wang Linfei, and learned about the Wang Family's upcoming raid and the location of its lair.
• Wang Linfei sent the Wang Family bandits to raid a merchant ship, while the Great Elder ordered supplies delivered to the Island Master and worried about the family's future.
• Lin Chang'an reached the Wang Family lair and convinced the Great Elder that he was the returning female cultivator by recounting details about Li Fire Palace.
• The Great Elder presented the supplies for the Island Master and said the Wang Family had already handed over its original Ancient Cultivation Method.
• Lin Chang'an's hopes sank at news that the original was with the Island Master, then the Great Elder said something that gave him an unexpected opportunity.