Chapter Summaries

Lin Chang'an consolidated his influence on Nether Soul Island, then joined Fairy Nishang in planning to hunt Fourth-Rank demons as the Beast Tide worsened. Meanwhile, the Sea-Overturning Alliance lured True Lord Lu toward a trap, and Lin Chang'an learned that True Lord Lu had arranged a chance for him to hunt a demonized monster in the Heaven-Reaching Fog Sea.

• Lin Chang'an welcomed Core Formation leaders from the Seven Kingdoms Alliance, Five Dragon Island families, and the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce, then offered them protection in exchange for obedience and guarding their territories.
• Fairy Nishang reunited with Lin Chang'an, reminisced about old acquaintances, and proposed that they hunt Fourth-Rank Sea Beast Great Demons together during the Beast Tide.
• After two years in the Outer Sea, Lin Chang'an reached a bottleneck at the Nascent Soul Early Stage and considered hunting flood dragons to cultivate the Blood Spirit Vine Flower, but hesitated because a nearby Golden Dragon traveled with powerful companions.
• The Sea-Overturning Alliance helped Meng Shaoshang poison and trap Meng Xinghai, then used a demonized Great Demon to destroy Blue Wave Island and lure True Lord Lu and his daughter into a scheme targeting the formation genius Su Miaoyin.
• True Lord Lu invited Lin Chang'an to help hunt a demonized monster in the Heaven-Reaching Fog Sea, and Lin Chang'an suspected that Fellow Daoist Ming Yue was connected to the Azure Sea Palace's Two Palace Masters.

Lin Chang'an and True Lord Lu followed clues to the demonized beasts near Blue Wave Island, only to discover that True Lord Mosha had laid a trap. Azure Sea Palace mobilized Nascent Soul elders and launched a surprise attack, while Lin Chang'an and True Lord Lu prepared to face Mosha inside Lin's array barrier.

• Lin Chang'an left Green-Horned Ox to guard his sea region and brought Sword Servant to meet True Lord Lu near Blue Wave Island.
• Lin Chang'an and True Lord Lu found Blue Wave Island in ruins, questioned Meng Shaoshang, and followed the Gold-Devouring Mouse's trail toward the three demonized beasts.
• After True Lord Lu noticed Meng Shaoshang had headed toward the Outer Sea and Lin Chang'an sensed a hidden watcher, the two raised an array barrier and sent warnings to Azure Sea Palace.
• True Lord Mosha revealed that his plan had targeted True Lord Lu's daughter, but he decided to proceed despite Lin Chang'an and True Lord Lu arriving instead.
• Second Palace Mistress Xingyue ordered Azure Sea Palace's Nascent Soul elders to prepare a surprise attack on the Sea-Overturning Alliance and teleported toward the Outer Sea with the Great Elder and Sixth Elder.
• True Lord Mosha appeared before Lin Chang'an and True Lord Lu, who recognized him as a Nascent Soul Late Stage Great Cultivator and argued over which of them had drawn his attention.

Lin Chang'an and True Lord Lu fought True Lord Mosha and his Five Demon Children, but their formation broke under Mosha’s Demon-Heavy Mountain. Lin Chang'an revealed a Dragon-blooded form and fled with True Lord Lu, while Mosha concluded that Lin was connected to Xingyue and resolved to capture him.

• True Lord Mosha attacked Lin Chang'an and True Lord Lu, who cooperated to unleash the three Demonized Great Demons and five Demon Children against him.
• Lin Chang'an, True Lord Lu, and their Spirit Pets defeated the five Demon Children, but the reunited Demon Shadow injured both cultivators and forced Lin into the sea.
• Lin Chang'an used Red-Clothed’s power to transform into a Dragon-blooded Half-Demon and strike the Demon Shadow with Gold Essence Demon-Extinguishing Divine Thunder.
• True Lord Mosha shattered Lin Chang'an’s formation with Demon-Heavy Mountain, then identified Lin as connected to Xingyue and pursued him with True Lord Lu.
• Lin Chang'an used blood-colored wings and a chain to flee with True Lord Lu as Mosha mistook Lin’s secret technique for proof that Xingyue had sacrificed her vital energy for him.

Lin Chang'an and True Lord Lu fled True Lord Mosha across the Heaven-Reaching Fog Sea until Xingyue arrived and fought him with powerful treasures. Mosha retreated after Xingyue struck him with Ming Yue's axe, while both opponents misunderstood the other's strength and intentions.

• Lin Chang'an and True Lord Lu escaped Mosha for three days, then revealed their secret escape techniques and split into multiple duplicates to flee in different directions.
• Xingyue arrived and clashed with Mosha using her golden thunder-magnetic divine mountain, then summoned the paired Yin-Yang Thunder-Magnetic Divine Mountains.
• Mosha countered Xingyue with the Five Demon Children and revealed that he was a Human-Monster Hybrid from the same clan as Xingyue and her sister.
• Xingyue summoned Ming Yue's Black-Gold Divine Axe and struck Mosha, who left behind blood and fled with his demonic phantoms weakened.
• Xingyue realized Mosha had wrongly believed she was badly weakened, while she had mistaken his confidence for evidence of a hidden trump card.

Two years into the war between Azure Sea Palace and the Sea-Overturning Alliance, Lin Chang'an planned to exploit rumors linking him to Second Palace Mistress Xingyue while hunting the Golden Dragon for its resources. With Fairy Nishang and Sword Servant, he ambushed the dragon, and the chapter ended as Lin Chang'an's sword struck at the frozen beast.

• Azure Sea Palace and the Sea-Overturning Alliance's surprise attacks collided, escalating their conflict into open war as the Sixteen Sea-Suppressing Sects remained officially neutral.
• Lin Chang'an learned that Second Palace Mistress Xingyue had let rumors of their relationship spread in exchange for giving him the other half of the Ice Lotus Cold Flame, and he planned to use the attention as cover for secret operations.
• Red-Clothed reported that the Golden Dragon was vulnerable near its lair, and Lin Chang'an joined Fairy Nishang to hunt it while pretending to prepare for a breakthrough.
• At his underwater palace, the Golden Dragon entertained human female cultivators and discussed joining forces with Great Demon Black Snake to raid human cultivators.
• Lin Chang'an and Fairy Nishang disguised their approach, lured the Golden Dragon out, and trapped it with an array, an illusion, and coordinated Divine Sense attacks.
• The Ice Flood Dragon froze much of the Golden Dragon's body, and Lin Chang'an sent his twenty-four Sun-Piercing Divine Swords toward it.

Lin Chang'an, Fairy Nishang, and the Ice Flood Dragon killed and looted a golden dragon that had claimed ties to the Dragon Palace. After discovering the dragon had only spread those rumors to bluff others, Lin Chang'an planned to frame True Lord Mosha for its death.

• Lin Chang'an, Fairy Nishang, and the Ice Flood Dragon trapped the golden dragon and wore down its defenses with sword strikes, demonic attacks, and ice.
• Lin Chang'an used the Golden Alms Bowl to suppress the dragon, while Fairy Nishang severed its tail with a Demonic Supreme Treasure and helped confound its mind.
• Lin Chang'an and his allies subdued the dragon after it failed to escape or destroy the Golden Alms Bowl with a self-destructing magic treasure.
• Lin Chang'an devoured the dragon soul and learned the dragon had only pretended to have a strong Dragon Palace connection.
• Lin Chang'an, Fairy Nishang, and the Ice Flood Dragon divided the dragon's remains and treasures, then agreed to make someone else take the blame.
• Lin Chang'an and Fairy Nishang decided to implicate True Lord Mosha, whom Lin Chang'an intended to retaliate against.

Lin Chang'an concealed his role in the Golden Dragon’s death as rumors of True Lord Mosha’s involvement spread, while the great factions prepared for a conflict over a mysterious place and its treasures. On Nether Soul Island, Lin Chang'an began refining Dragon Vine Pills to help him break through to Nascent Soul Middle Stage.

• Lin Chang'an and Fairy Nishang parted after the Golden Dragon’s death, while Black Snake and the other great demons fled and blamed human cultivators for the killing.
• Rumors spread across the Abyss Sea that True Lord Mosha had killed a Fourth-Rank Mid-Grade Dragon Race great demon, and Lin Chang'an told Sword Servant to announce that he was attempting a breakthrough.
• True Lord Mosha and Lou Zhenhai discussed the coming opening of the Demon Sealing Abyss, where they hoped to obtain the Dragon Transformation Pool and longevity treasures.
• Lin Chang'an used three Dragon Blood Vine flowers and other spiritual materials to refine three Dragon Vine Pills.

After three years in seclusion, Lin Chang'an broke through to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, greatly increasing his power and drawing congratulations from across the Abyss Sea. He held a grand celebration at Nether Soul Island, where True Lord Lu discussed joining forces against True Lord Mosha and Azure Sea Palace prepared to give Lin Chang'an the remaining half of the Ice Lotus Cold Flame.

• Lin Chang'an broke through to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, and cultivators and demonic beasts across the Nether Soul Island Sea Region felt the resulting spiritual energy surge.
• Lin Chang'an assessed his increased lifespan and magic power, then told Sword Servant to arrange a grand celebration and send invitations to Nascent Soul Cultivators across the Abyss Sea.
• Lin Chang'an asked Sword Servant to contact Fairy Ice Butterfly and True Lord Lu, and True Lord Lu welcomed the chance to discuss retaliation against True Lord Mosha.
• The Xingyue Second Palace Mistress decided to give Lin Chang'an the remaining half of the Ice Lotus Cold Flame, while True Lord Mosha plotted to devour her and Mingyue's bloodlines after transforming himself.
• Fairy Nishang told Yun Yao of Lin Chang'an's breakthrough, and Fairy Ice Butterfly arranged a celebration for him within the Dao Protection Alliance.
• Half a year later, Lin Chang'an hosted a grand celebration on Nether Soul Island, welcomed Nascent Soul Cultivators bearing gifts, and openly spoke with True Lord Lu.

At his celebration, Lin Chang'an received the Ice Lotus from Azure Sea Palace and gained new business connections, then spent months refining it into a Pseudo-Spirit Treasure. Half a year later, he joined True Lord Lu and the Sixth Elder on the way to a Trading Fair near the Northern Cold Demon Land, where their old grudges and dangerous past came to light.

• Lin Chang'an agreed with True Lord Lu to attend the next year's Trading Fair, and the Great Elder of Azure Sea Palace arrived with a congratulatory gift from the Second Palace Mistress.
• Lin Chang'an accepted the Ice Lotus, considered the Great Elder's warning about the Outer Sea's conflicts, and declared he would make a stand rather than let enemies target him unchecked.
• After the celebration, Lin Chang'an's attendants reported sales, new formation customers, and valuable gifts, while Jin Feng asked for a ceremony and Lin Chang'an promised to refine her Six Harmonies Golden Light Mirror.
• Two months later, Lin Chang'an fused the Ice Lotus with the Lotus Seed Cold Flame and began refining the resulting Pseudo-Spirit Treasure.
• Half a year later, Lin Chang'an met True Lord Lu and the Sixth Elder en route to the Trading Fair, and the Sixth Elder teased Lu about his past near-disaster in the Northern Cold Demon Land.

Lin Chang'an and True Lord Lu attended Old Monster Xue’s Trading Fair, where they sought spirit items for their spirit pets and watched for Sea-Overturning Alliance targets. The fair’s opening was interrupted by a cloaked Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator offering a Ten Thousand Year Cold Marrow Fruit, which Lin Chang'an realized could help Senior Sister Ice Butterfly.

• Lin Chang'an and True Lord Lu arrived at Old Monster Xue’s palace on Ice Snow Island and learned that the host was seeking breakthrough treasures in exchange for Ten Thousand Year Spirit Milk.
• Jin Kaishan joined Lin Chang'an and True Lord Lu, discussed his plans to hunt fourth-rank Dragon Race demons, and entered the hidden paradise where the fair was being held.
• Old Monster Xue began the Trading Fair, and Lin Chang'an and True Lord Lu identified Nascent Soul Cultivators associated with the Sea-Overturning Alliance while trading for spirit items.
• Lin Chang'an’s External Incarnations traded healing pills and Magic Treasures for Thunder Attribute spirit items, while Lin Chang'an also sought Water, Fire, and Earth Attribute treasures.
• A cloaked Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator offered a Ten Thousand Year Cold Marrow Fruit in exchange for items that could repair a Nascent Soul foundation, and Lin Chang'an recognized its suitability for Senior Sister Ice Butterfly.

At the Trading Fair, Lin Chang'an traded a healing Spirit Liquid for Old Ancestor Leiming's Ten Thousand Year Cold Marrow Spirit Fruit and used demonic pressure to deter Old Monster Xue from taking it back. After the fair ended, Lin Chang'an and True Lord Lu pursued their enemies, while a sudden attack by True Lord Mosha and an Insect Demon scattered Lin Chang'an's External Incarnations and left the other cultivators searching among the demonic qi.

• Old Ancestor Leiming traded the Ten Thousand Year Cold Marrow Spirit Fruit to Lin Chang'an's External Incarnation for a bottle of Spirit Liquid that healed much of his injuries.
• Old Monster Xue tried to pressure Lin Chang'an into giving up the fruit, but Lin Chang'an's two External Incarnations unleashed demonic qi and warned him away.
• True Lord Lu traded for a Water-Attribute Demon Core, and Lin Chang'an and True Lord Lu helped the Sixth Elder of Azure Sea Palace obtain an Ancient Nascent Spirit Pill.
• After the Trading Fair ended, Lin Chang'an and True Lord Lu pursued two members of the Sea-Overturning Alliance, while Nascent Soul Cultivators began fighting and hunting one another for treasures.
• True Lord Mosha and an Insect Demon attacked Lin Chang'an's two External Incarnations; the incarnations escaped into the seabed, and the others found Spirit-Devouring Insect corpses amid the lingering demonic qi.

Lin Chang'an killed a Nascent Soul Cultivator of the Sea-Overturning Alliance and sealed his Spirit Infant with the Golden Alms Bowl, then learned of the alliance’s plans and returned to Nether Soul Island. After distributing the spoils and preparing for future threats, Lin Chang'an planned to return secretly to the Dao Protection Alliance and seek materials to strengthen his treasures.

• Lin Chang'an pursued the fleeing portly Nascent Soul Cultivator underwater, overcame his water-based treasures with the Water-Avoiding Pearl, and froze him with the Ice Lotus Cold Flame.
• Lin Chang'an sealed the cultivator’s escaping Spirit Infant in the Golden Alms Bowl, extracted his memories, and learned of the Sea-Overturning Alliance’s arrangements before collecting the man’s treasures.
• Lin Chang'an met True Lord Lu and the Sixth Elder, and the three agreed to raid their enemies’ lair before returning from the Outer Sea.
• Huang Tianxiao heard that the Insect Demon had appeared again and planned to hunt Dragon Race demons so his Spirit-Devouring Insects could evolve the ability to command water.
• Lin Chang'an told Sword Servant that the Sea-Overturning Alliance had broken the rules first, gave her the Azure Flood Dragon Flag and Water Origin Pearls, and prepared to return secretly to the Dao Protection Alliance.
• Lin Chang'an considered seeking Fourth-Rank flood dragon souls and rare materials to strengthen the Four Symbols Dragon Scale Armor and prepare for his coming Lightning Tribulation.

Lin Chang'an returned to the Dao Protection Alliance, reunited with Fairy Ice Butterfly, and exchanged a Ten Thousand Year Cold Marrow Spirit Fruit for her help investigating Ancient Teleportation Arrays. He then traveled to the Abyss Sea, where he struck a deal with Old Ancestor Leiming and began building a market for resources and intelligence.

• Lin Chang'an returned to the Dao Protection Alliance and worried that his cultivation might not keep pace with Yun Yao's plans to ascend.
• Fairy Ice Butterfly accepted the Spirit Fruit, shared what she had learned about Ancient Teleportation Arrays, and agreed to keep looking for related clues.
• Lin Chang'an told Fairy Ice Butterfly about a Taiyi Gold Essence Ganoderma and learned of a dangerous opportunity in the far north that they might explore after reaching the Nascent Soul Late Stage.
• After learning that Old Devil Huangshan had gone to the Abyss Sea, Lin Chang'an headed there through an Ancient Teleportation Array.
• Lin Chang'an met Old Ancestor Leiming on a hidden island in the Heaven-Reaching Fog Sea and traded healing Spirit Liquid for demon-beast materials.
• Lin Chang'an and Old Ancestor Leiming agreed to seek future trades near Nether Soul Island, including Thunder Attribute treasures and clues about Ancient Teleportation Arrays.

Lin Chang'an expanded the Nether Soul Island Market into a major trading hub, learned of several threats and opportunities, and arranged for Zhao Lingyue and Zhao Lingxing to come cultivate under his guidance. The chapter ended with Lin Chang'an capturing a Fourth-Rank Early Stage Flood Dragon with the Golden Alms Bowl.

• Lin Chang'an developed the Market around Nether Soul Island into a prosperous trade region and began handling high-grade goods with Azure Sea Palace.
• Sixth Elder told Lin Chang'an that Old Devil Huangshan was hiding in Red Coral Sea and shared intelligence about Flood Dragons, including the Poison Flood Dragon.
• Fairy Nishang warned Lin Chang'an that the Three-Eyed Devil Lord's Split Soul had entered Abyss Sea and sent a cultivation method for Zhao Lingyue and Zhao Lingxing.
• Lin Chang'an summoned Zhao Lingyue and Zhao Lingxing to cultivate in Abyss Sea, and the sisters agreed to leave Mystic Sound Pavilion secretly with Liu Ruyu's approval.
• Lin Chang'an used the Golden Alms Bowl to capture a Fourth-Rank Early Stage Flood Dragon that had raided human cultivators and plundered a Spirit Ship.

Lin Chang'an sold Flood Dragon materials at a trading fair, unintentionally directing the Dragon Race’s suspicion toward the Insect Demon and the Sea-Overturning Alliance. After returning to Nether Soul Island and strengthening the Four Symbols Dragon Scale Armor, he summoned the Zhao Sisters for a chance at Nascent Soul Formation, leaving their fate about to be decided.

• Lin Chang'an attended a Core Formation trading fair in the Outer Sea and exchanged Flood Dragon scales for a Soul-Nourishing Grass and other items.
• Lin Chang'an spread Flood Dragon materials across nearby Demon Beast territories, prompting Poison Flood Dragon to suspect the Insect Demon had allied with the Sea-Overturning Alliance.
• Huang Tianxiao obtained a detailed sea map from the Sea-Overturning Alliance and found the locations of several Fourth-Rank Flood Dragons to hunt.
• Lin Chang'an spared a wisp of a Fourth-Rank Flood Dragon’s remnant soul after extracting its treasures and intelligence, then used its essence soul to strengthen the Four Symbols Dragon Scale Armor.
• The Zhao Sisters arrived at Nether Soul Island, met Xu Lingfeng, and went to visit Lin Chang'an after he emerged from seclusion, facing a choice that would determine their fate.

Lin Chang'an guided Zhao Lingyue and Zhao Lingxing as they began cultivating the Wither and Flourish secret art to improve their chances of Nascent Soul Formation, then completed a capture-focused Ancient Treasure. After Sixth Elder uncovered the Tao Family’s betrayal, Lin Chang'an agreed to join her in hunting a great demon in the Heaven-Reaching Fog Sea.

• Lin Chang'an welcomed Zhao Lingyue and Zhao Lingxing, gave them the Wither and Flourish secret art, and warned them that failing to form Nascent Souls within thirty years could bring deadly backlash.
• Zhao Lingyue chose the Wither Technique while Zhao Lingxing chose the Prosperity Technique, and Lin Chang'an began guiding their cultivation and promised them a Wood Spirit Bead if they formed Nascent Souls.
• Lin Chang'an sparred with Sword Servant, praised her progress in Sword Qi into Silk, and guided her cultivation after she emerged from seclusion.
• Lin Chang'an completed and tested the Dragon-Binding Hook, an Ancient Treasure that restrained enemies and weakened their spiritual power.
• Sixth Elder ordered the Tao Family exterminated after learning they had colluded with outsiders, then received Lin Chang'an’s message agreeing to join her.

Lin Chang'an and the Sixth Elder traveled to the Heaven-Reaching Fog Sea, where they joined five other Nascent Soul cultivators preparing to hunt three transforming great demons. Lin claimed the tribulation-ready Single-Horned Thunder Whale and quietly planned to deal with Old Devil Profound Yin; the demons then emerged as the whale’s transformation tribulation began.

• The Sixth Elder explained that the Abyss Secret Realm held the Dragon Transformation Pool and treasures such as Longevity Fruits, and revealed that True Lord Mosha planned to use the pool to become a dragon.
• Lin Chang'an and the Sixth Elder reached a turbulent stretch of sea and encountered Old Devil Profound Yin among five other Nascent Soul cultivators; Lin overwhelmed their probing Divine Senses and mocked his old enemy.
• Lin claimed the Single-Horned Thunder Whale, and the seven cultivators divided into three hunting groups: Lin and the Sixth Elder took the whale, Old Devil Profound Yin’s group took the Shrimp Demon, and Qu and Pei took the Profound Water Green Crocodile Turtle.
• Lin privately promised Qu and Pei that he would help them defeat the turtle after handling the whale, while Old Devil Profound Yin told his companions about Lin’s Yin Spirit Beast King and agreed to strike quickly before withdrawing.
• Three days later, the Single-Horned Thunder Whale’s transformation tribulation began, and the Shrimp Demon and Profound Water Green Crocodile Turtle surfaced to defend it.

Lin Chang'an and the other human cultivators attacked a group of Fourth-Rank sea demons during the Single-Horned Thunder Whale's tribulation, and he used the Ten Thousand Soul Boat and Dragon-Binding Hooks to kill the whale. The Profound Water Green Crocodile Turtle was trapped with help from Lord Green Ox, while Old Devil Profound Yin escaped; Lin Chang'an secretly marked him to track him later.

• Lin Chang'an led the human cultivators into battle as the Single-Horned Thunder Whale crossed its tribulation, while the other demons tried to delay them.
• Lin Chang'an pursued the whale underwater and used the Ten Thousand Soul Boat and Dragon-Binding Hooks to restrain it as it emerged from the tribulation.
• Old Devil Profound Yin used his Soul-Devouring Snake to wound the Humanoid Transformation Shrimp Demon, then fled with his companions as the battle turned against them.
• Lin Chang'an's Ten Thousand Soul Boat rammed the whale, and he killed it by extracting its Demon Core and soul essence.
• The Profound Water Green Crocodile Turtle tried to escape, but Lord Green Ox shattered its barrier and Lin Chang'an's hooks bound it.
• Lin Chang'an revealed that he had secretly placed a tracking mark on Old Devil Profound Yin and prepared to finish off the turtle.

Lin Chang'an and the other Nascent Soul cultivators killed a Fourth-Rank Profound Water Green Crocodile Turtle and divided its spoils. Elsewhere, Huang Tianxiao took control of Old Devil Profound Yin through a Parasitic Spirit Insect, while Lin Chang'an and the Sixth Elder approached the island and concealed their auras.

• Lin Chang'an urged the cultivators to stop holding back, and they battered the Dragon-Binding Hook-bound Profound Water Green Crocodile Turtle until it charged the Ten Thousand Soul Boat in desperation.
• Lin Chang'an burned the boat's departed souls to strengthen its ram, which pierced the turtle's head and killed it.
• Lin Chang'an sealed the turtle's essence spirit, and the four Nascent Soul cultivators divided the spoils according to their contributions before he pointed the others toward the Nether Soul Island trading market.
• Huang Tianxiao revealed that a Parasitic Spirit Insect had taken root in Old Devil Profound Yin's seized body and said he would control his former master as a puppet.
• Lin Chang'an sensed that Old Devil Profound Yin's aura was changing and warned the Sixth Elder to conceal herself; she brought out an Invisibility and Breath-Concealing Cloak that Lin recognized from a story about True Lord Lu.

Lin Chang'an and Sixth Elder discovered Huang Tianxiao parasitizing Old Devil Profound Yin, but the Insect Demon fled before they could fight him. After Azure Sea Palace learned of the threat and convened its elders, Second Palace Mistress Xingyue proposed using rumors of a Spirit Transformation opportunity to turn the Insect Demon’s pursuers against one another, while Lin Chang'an negotiated compensation for his damaged treasures.

• Lin Chang'an and Sixth Elder found Spirit-Devouring Insects and saw Huang Tianxiao control Old Devil Profound Yin on a reef island.
• After the pair were discovered, Huang Tianxiao fled, leaving Old Devil Profound Yin to charge them; Lin Chang'an trapped the insect swarm while Sixth Elder subdued Old Devil Profound Yin with a sealing treasure.
• Lin Chang'an and Sixth Elder left with the captured insects and Old Devil Profound Yin, and reports of the Insect Demon’s parasitism spread across the Abyss Sea.
• Second Palace Mistress Xingyue convened Azure Sea Palace’s elders, where Sixth Elder described the encounter and Lin Chang'an displayed his damaged formation flags and Black Wind Gourd.
• Xingyue proposed spreading a rumor that the Insect Demon possessed a Spirit Transformation opportunity, and Lin Chang'an privately pressed her to account for his losses.