Chapter Summaries

Li Yunjing learned artifact-refining techniques from Yang Wenzheng, received his repaired Azure Moon Dao Robe from Wei Fan, and reviewed his growing wealth and plans to learn more cultivation professions. The chapter ended with Yu Yunyi confronting him about Xing'er and Yue'er while he tried to reassure her of her beauty and importance to him.

• Yang Wenzheng taught Li Yunjing artifact-refining techniques that could improve his Heavenly Thunder Emperor Seal, then took him to Wei Fan, who repaired and strengthened his Azure Moon Dao Robe.
• Li Yunjing confirmed Fu Chao had arranged a dinner at Donghua Pavilion, then reviewed his resources and decided to pursue alchemy, puppetry, and Heavenly Secret Master skills.
• Li Yunjing examined his demon beast egg and planned to seek Deacon Xu's help gaining access to the Scripture Library's second floor.
• Yu Yunyi summoned Li Yunjing, and he went to her home on Morning Sun Peak.
• Yu Yunyi questioned whether Li Yunjing would hurry to her if Xing'er or Yue'er called, and Li Yunjing struggled to answer.
• Li Yunjing told Yu Yunyi that no one could compare to her beauty, and she accepted the compliment while remaining at ease with him.

Li Yunjing confessed his feelings to Yu Yunyi, and she agreed to become his Dao companion. They went together to Donghua Pavilion to prepare for a banquet, where Li Yunjing planned to announce their relationship to the Divine Firmament Dao Sect.

• Li Yunjing invited Yu Yunyi to gain experience with him, then boldly confessed that he liked her and wanted to marry her.
• Yu Yunyi admitted her feelings and agreed to become Li Yunjing's Dao companion, asking him never to betray her.
• Li Yunjing promised to stay with Yu Yunyi and said he would arrange a permanent resident slot for her at Qiwu Villa after their journey.
• Yu Yunyi offered to help Li Yunjing complete his procurement mission through her family's connections, but he insisted on fair prices.
• Li Yunjing received Fu Chao's message about the banquet at Donghua Pavilion and went there with Yu Yunyi.
• Fu Chao was surprised to see them together, and Li Yunjing said he would announce their union to the Divine Firmament Dao Sect.

Li Yunjing arranged an extravagant banquet at Donghua Pavilion to celebrate his relationship with Yu Yunyi and the advancement of Lu Ruoxi and Yang Wenzheng. As the guests gathered, Fu Chao felt left behind, while Li Yunjing told Su Guo and Jin Shouyun to prepare for a mission in three days.

• Li Yunjing booked twenty tables in Moonlight Hall, paid a deposit, and provided Mystic Turtle meat for the banquet.
• Li Yunjing and Yu Yunyi welcomed Lu Ruoxi and Yang Wenzheng, then announced that they had become Dao companions.
• Yu Zongzhe and the first guests arrived, noticed Li Yunjing and Yu Yunyi's relationship, and entered Moonlight Hall after being welcomed.
• Fu Chao volunteered to oversee the banquet arrangements, while Li Yunjing guessed that he would enter secluded cultivation after feeling overshadowed.
• Yang Wenyue questioned Li Yunjing about his strength, and Yu Yunyi grew jealous of his popularity with women.
• Li Yunjing told Su Guo and Jin Shouyun to prepare to join him on a mission in three days.

Li Yunjing hosted a lavish banquet at Donghua Pavilion, bringing together his friends, allies, and influential figures from the Divine Firmament Dao Sect. The gathering ended with Lu Ruoxi accepting a valuable gift from Senior Brother Han while Li Yunjing remained indifferent, and the group kept their private plans from the other guests.

• Li Yunjing welcomed a large crowd of friends, disciples, and Foundation Establishment cultivators to Moonlight Hall, where the middle-aged scholar unveiled a moonlit, cloud-filled banquet setting.
• Li Yunjing, Yu Yunyi, Lv Ruoxi, and Yang Wenzheng toasted the guests, and Li Yunjing reassured Fang Yuxuan, Ma Xingyuan, Yue Zhouwang, Hou Boyan, and Wang Yun that he still regarded them as friends.
• Li Yunjing and his companions returned to the East Pavilion, praised the lavish meal, and discussed the cost of the banquet with Yang Wenzheng and Lv Ruoxi.
• Senior Brother Han presented Lv Ruoxi with a mid-grade spiritual artifact called the Vast Pearl, and she accepted it after noticing Li Yunjing's indifference.
• Li Yunjing and the others resumed casual conversation without discussing their group's secrets in front of the guests.

At a banquet celebrating Lu Ruoxi and Yang Wenzheng’s advances, Li Yunjing endured the insults of the feared True Disciple Long Feiyang, who left without starting a fight. After the guests departed, Li Yunjing paid the bill, went to Yu Yunyi’s home for the night, and woke to a warning from Xu Wuyi about protecting Seven Stars Palace’s public funds.

• Long Feiyang entered Moonlight Hall, insulted Li Yunjing and the other cultivators, then left when Li Yunjing refused to react.
• Senior Brother Han and the other Foundation Establishment cultivators described how Long Feiyang had beaten disciples across the continent, including Fu Chao’s elder brother.
• After the banquet ended, Li Yunjing paid 81,000 Low-grade Spirit Stones and went with Yu Yunyi to her home on Morning Sun Peak.
• Li Yunjing gave Ling'er 10,000 Spirit Stones, arranged to stay in a room beside Yu Yunyi’s, and said they would take a mission together the day after tomorrow.
• Xu Wuyi messaged Li Yunjing to ask whether he had spent Seven Stars Palace’s public funds, and Li Yunjing promised he had not and would protect the sect’s interests.

Li Yunjing joined Yu Yunyi at the Scripture Library, where she secured him access to the second floor and he spent Spirit Stones to obtain enough contribution points to study its books. After memorizing five advanced books and copying them into Jade Slips, the two prepared to leave on Yu Yunyi’s privately owned Azure Cloud Boat.

• Li Yunjing practiced swordsmanship with Yu Yunyi, then learned she could help him enter the Scripture Library’s second floor.
• Yu Yunyi secured permission for Li Yunjing to enter, and Li Yunjing spent one hundred thousand Spirit Stones to buy contribution points for them both.
• Li Yunjing exchanged contribution points for five advanced books and memorized their contents during his twenty-four-hour session.
• Li Yunjing copied the books into Jade Slips, while Yu Yunyi offered him her remaining contribution points and marveled at his memory.
• Li Yunjing arranged to meet Su Guo and Jin Shouyun at Guest-Welcoming Peak, and Yu Yunyi brought out her own Azure Cloud Boat for their departure.

Li Yunjing and Yu Yunyi traveled with Jin Shouyun and Su Guo to Sea-Gazing City to procure supplies for Seven Stars Palace. The group reached the heavily guarded coastal frontier city and began exploring it.

• Yu Yunyi offered Li Yunjing her Azure Cloud Boat, and they agreed to travel together while postponing a visit to her family until they reached Foundation Establishment.
• Li Yunjing assigned Jin Shouyun, Su Guo, and Yu Yunyi roles in the procurement mission and set Sea-Gazing City as their destination.
• The Divine Firmament Dao Sect announced severe punishments for 108 members implicated in the Ten Thousand Laws Society case, including Wei Henian, who had to kill one hundred Foundation Establishment enemies to regain his status.
• After flying 180,000 li, Li Yunjing and his companions were stopped outside Sea-Gazing City by Dong Yu and told to land because of the city's air-forbidding restrictions.
• The four paid the entry fee and passed the City Guard Army's inspection before entering the vast city, where every resident was a cultivator.

Li Yunjing and his companions searched Sea-Gazing City for materials for Seven Stars Palace, then learned that local shops had coordinated to raise prices after identifying their purchases. He negotiated with the local informant Lin Kai for a way to buy supplies at normal prices, but rejected Lin Kai’s high fee and left bargaining over the deal unresolved.

• Li Yunjing and his companions visited Sea-Gazing City shops, bought materials for Seven Stars Palace, and rented a guarded courtyard at Yunlai Inn.
• Li Yunjing, Yu Yunyi, Jin Shouyun, and Su Guo shared a meal of roasted Mystic Turtle meat in the courtyard.
• Li Yunjing sent Jin Shouyun and Su Guo to shop separately, and after three more days the group had gathered only half the required materials.
• Lin Kai approached Li Yunjing and Yu Yunyi, sold them information, and revealed that 178 material shops had joined forces after deducing the group was from Seven Stars Peak.
• Li Yunjing asked Lin Kai to arrange supplies at normal prices, but rejected his demand for 5,000 Low-grade Spirit Stones and tried to walk away.
• Lin Kai hurried after Li Yunjing and urged him to keep negotiating.

Li Yunjing negotiated with Lin Kai for help securing supplies in Sea-Gazing City, then learned of a major Treasure Gathering Pavilion auction planned for City of Glory. When Lin Kai returned with four powerful merchants, Li Yunjing’s group cautiously prepared to complete the deal after realizing Lin Kai had not uncovered all their sect connections.

• Li Yunjing bargained Lin Kai down to three thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones for arranging a supply deal, while Lin Kai promised to return within three days and hinted he could uncover their identities.
• Li Yunjing learned that Treasure Gathering Pavilion would hold its once-in-a-century grand auction in City of Glory one year later, and Yu Yunyi explained the city’s strategic importance to the Divine Firmament Dao Sect.
• Li Yunjing warned Jin Shouyun and Su Guo not to provoke Lin Kai because he might have a powerful backer, and the group waited for his promised visit as their supply purchases continued to fall short.
• Lin Kai arrived with four Foundation Establishment Realm merchants and introduced them, along with Li Yunjing’s group, by name and sect affiliation.
• The four merchants signed Lin Kai’s Jade Slip agreement, and Li Yunjing told Yu Yunyi to accept it after concluding that Lin Kai did not know he led the mission.

Li Yunjing and Yu Yunyi completed a large materials purchase in Sea-Gazing City and escaped by teleportation before Lin Kai could target them. Afterward, Lin Kai revealed that he and his surviving companions were members of the Seven Devils of the Northern Underworld and planned to trap the two disciples when they returned to the sea.

• Yu Yunyi signed an agreement to pay Lin Kai three thousand low-grade spirit stones for brokering the purchase.
• Li Yunjing arranged for the four businesses to supply the requested materials at market price, and the transaction was completed by evening.
• Lin Kai tried to entice Li Yunjing with a treasure map, but Li Yunjing distrusted him and decided the group should leave promptly.
• Li Yunjing and his three companions teleported to Listening Waves Market and prepared to depart aboard the Azure Cloud Boat.
• Lin Kai learned of their escape, then told a woman that he intended to ambush Li Yunjing and Yu Yunyi when they returned to the sea.

Li Yunjing and Yu Yunyi sailed into the South Sea, where Li Yunjing refined the Heavenly Thunder Emperor Seal with natural lightning and reached the peak of the ninth layer of the Qi Refining Realm. After they escaped a violent thunderstorm, a badly wounded man fleeing a pursuer rushed toward their Azure Cloud Boat, leaving them in danger.

• Lin Kai and the woman planned to leave Sea-Gazing City and set a treasure trap for Yu Yunyi and Li Yunjing.
• Li Yunjing completed his mission at the Seven Stars Palace, then set out with Yu Yunyi for the South Sea while Jin Shouyun and Su Guo went on leave.
• Li Yunjing and Yu Yunyi sailed toward White Sand Island, and during a thunderstorm they drew heavenly thunder into their bodies.
• Li Yunjing used the natural thunder to refine the Heavenly Thunder Emperor Seal into a high-grade magical artifact that merged into his sea of consciousness.
• Li Yunjing absorbed more thunder, strengthened his spiritual sense, and advanced to the peak of the ninth layer of the Qi Refining Realm.
• After the Azure Cloud Boat left the storm, a badly wounded man fleeing a pursuer rushed toward it and called for help, angering Li Yunjing.

Li Yunjing and Yu Yunyi escaped an enormous Octopus Monster after a wounded Foundation Establishment cultivator tried to use their Azure Cloud Boat as a decoy. They reached White Sand Island, where they heard rumors that a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator’s cave abode had appeared in the Strange Rock Sea Region.

• A Foundation Establishment cultivator fleeing the Octopus Monster pursued the Azure Cloud Boat, and the monster’s attacks forced Li Yunjing and Yu Yunyi to turn back toward the Thunderstorm Sea Region.
• Yu Yunyi fired the Sky Thunder Cannon at the cultivator, gravely wounding him and drawing the Octopus Monster’s attention.
• The cultivator attacked the Azure Cloud Boat, but Li Yunjing broke his spirit sword and held him back until the Octopus Monster caught him.
• Li Yunjing and Yu Yunyi escaped into the Thunderstorm Sea Region, then sailed to White Sand Island and disguised themselves as Qi Refining Realm cultivators.
• While browsing White Sand Island’s market, Li Yunjing and Yu Yunyi overheard cultivators discussing a rumored Nascent Soul Realm cave abode in the Strange Rock Sea Region.

Young Master Tingtao rallied cultivators on White Sand Island to join the Sea Wave Sect’s expedition to the Strange Rock Sea Region, while Li Yunjing and Yu Yunyi agreed to take part and became targets of Tingtao’s schemes. The chapter revealed that Lin Kai and his two sworn siblings had orchestrated the rumor to lure the island’s factions into a bloody conflict, and that Li Yunjing and Yu Yunyi’s arrival fit Lin Kai’s predictions.

• Young Master Tingtao announced that the Sea Wave Sect would lead an expedition to the Strange Rock Sea Region and invited cultivators to join its fleet.
• Li Yunjing and Yu Yunyi showed interest in the expedition, and Tingtao invited them to board the Sea Wave Sect’s flagship while secretly plotting to kill Li Yunjing and seize Yu Yunyi.
• News of the expedition spread across White Sand Island, prompting cultivators and rival factions to prepare to compete for the supposed treasure.
• Lin Kai and his two sworn siblings discussed how they had planted the rumor to make the island’s factions fight while they profited from the chaos.
• The old man told Lin Kai that his people had spotted Li Yunjing and Yu Yunyi, and Lin Kai said his Heavenly Secret Art had predicted their arrival.

Lin Kai, Eldest Brother, and Third Sister planned to profit from an ambush in the Strange Rock Sea Region, while Li Yunjing and Yu Yunyi prepared to join the expedition. Li Yunjing killed three attackers at the inn, then arrived with Yu Yunyi at Dock Number Four as the Sea Wave Sect began boarding its warships.

• Lin Kai and his companions discussed using their plan to seize resources and help restore their cultivation.
• At the inn, Li Yunjing detected an intruder who sent five venomous insects into the room and killed him without waking Yu Yunyi.
• Li Yunjing hunted down and killed the intruder’s two accomplices, collected their valuables, and left the three corpses outside the inn.
• Yu Yunyi kept watch while Li Yunjing rested, and the two shared a tender moment before leaving for the docks.
• Li Yunjing and Yu Yunyi reached Dock Number Four, where nearly a thousand cultivators gathered to board the Sea Wave Sect’s powerful warships.

Li Yunjing and Yu Yunyi boarded the Sea Wave Sect’s warship bound for the Strange Rock Sea Region, where they spent the voyage cultivating and studying. Li Yunjing repaired a puppet and began making more as the fleet sailed toward a destination shadowed by unseen followers.

• Young Master Tingtao welcomed Li Yunjing and Yu Yunyi at the dock, and Li Yunjing used the false name Li Wutian and introduced Yu Yunyi as his wife.
• Young Master Tingtao arranged a larger cabin for them on Ship Three and showed them around the Sea Wave Warship before leaving them to settle in.
• Li Yunjing told Yu Yunyi that he had taught himself artifact forging and could already make top-grade magic artifacts, astonishing her with his abilities.
• The Sea Wave Sect’s fleet departed, while other ships quietly followed it out to sea.
• During the three-day voyage, Yu Yunyi cultivated while Li Yunjing studied puppetry, restored a damaged Puppet Mechanism Beast, and tried making more than ten small ones.

Li Yunjing successfully refined seventh-grade Inedia Pills on his first attempt, astonishing Yu Yunyi, before the fleet was attacked by Iron Shark Demons in the Strange Rock Sea Region. After the attack, the pair witnessed Rogue Cultivators strip the dead of their possessions, and Li Yunjing resolved to bring order to the cultivation world if he became the Supreme of the Immortal Path.

• Li Yunjing studied alchemy and refined three seventh-grade Inedia Pills on his first try while Yu Yunyi watched in amazement.
• Li Yunjing and Yu Yunyi tasted the pills, and Yu Yunyi admitted his skill was nearly as good as hers before asking him to help her form her Core and Nascent Soul.
• Iron Shark Demons attacked the Sea Wave fleet, and Li Yunjing and Yu Yunyi joined the cultivators in fighting them off.
• The Iron Shark Demons retreated after suffering heavy losses, while the fleet continued onward with dozens dead aboard several ships and more than a hundred dead on the fourth ship.
• Rogue Cultivators stripped the dead of their belongings, upsetting Yu Yunyi and prompting Li Yunjing to condemn the disorder of the cultivation world and vow to establish new laws if he became the Supreme of the Immortal Path.

Li Yunjing and Yu Yunyi reached Rock Island with the Sea Wave Sect fleet, where the sect and hundreds of Rogue Cultivators clashed with the Wang Family and Ma Family over a treasure site. The two families retreated toward an underground cavern as their forces were overwhelmed, while Li Yunjing and Yu Yunyi stayed out of the fighting and followed the group.

• Li Yunjing reassured Yu Yunyi that he would help her keep pace with him as he pursued the pinnacle of cultivation.
• Li Yunjing and Yu Yunyi saw the Sea Wave Sect fleet reach Rock Island and discover the Wang Family and Ma Family warships nearby.
• Sea Wave Sect cultivators and Rogue Cultivators seized the two families' four warships, then landed on the island to search for treasure.
• Wang Zi roused the Rogue Cultivators against the Wang Family and Ma Family, and the crowd attacked despite the two family heads trying to negotiate.
• Wang Yangyan and Ma Zehui led their remaining forces toward an underground cavern as the attack overwhelmed them, while Li Yunjing and Yu Yunyi avoided taking part.

Li Yunjing and Yu Yunyi followed the Sea Wave Sect and Rogue Cultivators into the Underground Palace, where they found the Wang Family and Ma Family dead or trapped behind a massive stone gate. The gate remained unopened, and after learning that other sects and Lineages had gathered outside, Wang Zi arranged a wary cooperation that left the remaining Rogue Cultivators weighing their chances.

• The Sea Wave Sect and Rogue Cultivators overwhelmed the Wang Family and Ma Family, driving their remaining members into the Underground Palace passage.
• Li Yunjing and Yu Yunyi followed the pursuers through the dark, damp passage and reached a massive stone gate after the Wang Family and Ma Family were defeated.
• Li Yunjing and Yu Yunyi examined carvings depicting a cultivator’s life and concluded that the Underground Palace did not belong to a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator.
• Wang Zi received word that other sects and families were attacking the Sea Wave Sect’s warships, then negotiated a truce and cooperation with them.
• The Sea Wave Sect explained the situation to the remaining Rogue Cultivators and promised compensation, calming the crowd as they considered their next move.

Li Yunjing and Yu Yunyi joined the factions gathered before a stone gate, then fought their way through the chaos after it was opened. Inside, they found a cultivation sanctuary sealed behind a deadly formation, and the survivors searched for a way through.

• Wang Zi and the leaders of the sects and lineages agreed to attack the stone gate together, while Li Yunjing and Yu Yunyi hid their strength among the rogue cultivators.
• More than a thousand cultivators bombarded the gate until it broke, whereupon a bloody melee erupted and Li Yunjing and Yu Yunyi fought their way inside.
• Yu Yunyi killed a Foundation Establishment cultivator and several Qi Refining cultivators, while Li Yunjing covered her retreat and entered the gate after her.
• Li Yunjing fought off two Liu Family Foundation Establishment cultivators until Wang Zi and others called a halt, leaving hundreds dead and many more wounded.
• The survivors saw a pavilion-filled sanctuary surrounded by a Seven-Colored Glazed Light Barrier, and flying swords killed cultivators who tried to pass through its formation.

Li Yunjing and Yu Yunyi entered the Seven-Colored Glazed Light Barrier with the other cultivators and fought the Twenty-Four Geng Gold Sword Formation. The formation fell after the Foundation Establishment cultivators captured all twenty-four spirit swords, and everyone began counting the survivors.

• A Foundation Establishment cultivator forced Rogue Cultivators to test the barrier, and the spirit swords killed the scouts who entered.
• A hidden Foundation Establishment cultivator among the Rogue Cultivators proposed that everyone charge the formation together, and Li Yunjing assessed their chances and urged them to proceed.
• The families and sects ordered Qi Refining Realm cultivators into the barrier first, then entered alongside Li Yunjing and Yu Yunyi as the formation unleashed twenty-four spirit swords.
• Li Yunjing and Yu Yunyi fought together, and Li Yunjing subdued several Geng Gold Spirit Swords while other Foundation Establishment cultivators captured the rest.
• The Seven-Colored Glazed Light Barrier vanished after all twenty-four swords were subdued, and the cultivators counted the survivors.