Chapter Summaries

Li Yunjing secured support from the Flying Cloud Sect and the Holy Sound Sect as the Star Moon Trading Firm prepared for its auction. With the crowds moving upstairs and order under control, he invited Wen Bin and Liao Wanqing to watch the auction.

• The Flying Cloud Sect's vice sect leader offered Li Yunjing help, and Li Yunjing agreed to maintain friendly ties with the sect.
• Wen Bin and two other Flying Cloud Sect True Disciples volunteered to assist at the trading firm's opening and helped keep order.
• Li Yunjing showed Wen Bin the trading firm's goods, and Wen Bin admired the quality of its magical treasures.
• Liao Wanqing arrived with Holy Sound Sect disciples, praised Li Yunjing, and promised that the sect would support him.
• Li Yunjing invited Wen Bin and Liao Wanqing to share a VIP room, then sent Li Linzi to manage the second floor while Li Huilan watched the first.
• Li Yunjing invited Wen Bin and Liao Wanqing to go watch the auction as it was about to begin.

Li Yunjing showed Wen Bin and Liao Wanqing around Star Moon Trading Firm, recruited them as Attendant Elders, and paid them their first year's stipends. The auction then began with Yu Yuanhua unveiling a legendary Nirvana Pill, shocking the crowd.

• Li Yunjing led Wen Bin and Liao Wanqing through the trading firm and brought them to Box 300 overlooking the auction hall.
• Li Yunjing offered Wen Bin and Liao Wanqing roles as Attendant Elders for fifty thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones a year, and both accepted.
• Li Yunjing paid their first year's stipends immediately and promised them a fifteen-percent discount on purchases at Star Moon Trading Firm.
• The three exchanged contact details and discussed working together as preparations for the auction finished.
• Yu Yuanhua opened the auction by presenting a Nirvana Pill that could help Golden Core Realm cultivators break through to the Nascent Soul Realm, astonishing the crowd.

The Star Moon Trading Firm opened its auction with a Nirvana Pill that could help a Golden Core Realm expert break through to the Nascent Soul Realm. Ji Shuhan bid aggressively to win it for his wife as the price climbed, while Li Yunjing explained that the pill came from a Divine Firmament Dao Sect elder.

• Yu Yuanhua announced the Nirvana Pill’s effects and set its starting bid at fifty thousand high-grade spirit stones.
• Ji Shuhan pledged to help Madam Ji obtain the pill, and their daughter Ji Zixuan offered her wealth toward the purchase.
• Ji Shuhan opened the bidding at fifty-five thousand high-grade spirit stones, driving away many would-be bidders.
• Liao Wanqing asked Li Yunjing whether the pill came from his sect, and he said a prominent elder had provided it to help the auction get off to a strong start.
• Other bidders raised the price to fifty-seven thousand high-grade spirit stones, and Ji Shuhan answered with a bid of sixty thousand.
• Li Yunjing noted that the Star Moon Trading Firm had already earned three thousand high-grade spirit stones in commission.

The Two Immortals of Azure Wave won the Nirvana Pill for seventy thousand High-grade Spirit Stones, exhausting their resources so Madam Ji could try to reach the Nascent Soul Realm. Li Yunjing and his companions planned new trading firm branches, and Li accepted an invitation to explore a dangerous secret realm in five years.

• Ji Shuhan outbid the remaining rivals at seventy thousand High-grade Spirit Stones and won the Nirvana Pill for the Two Immortals of Azure Wave.
• Ji Shuhan and Madam Ji gathered their resources and borrowed ten thousand High-grade Spirit Stones to pay Elder Wang, then Ji gave the pill to his wife.
• Li Yunjing, Wen Bin, and Liao Wanqing bought items at the auction, then agreed to open Star Moon Trading Firm branches in Holy Sound Sect and Flying Cloud Sect territory the following June.
• Wen Bin and Liao Wanqing shared East Sea secrets with Li Yunjing, and Wen invited him to explore a secret realm reached through an ancient teleportation array.
• Li Yunjing agreed to join the expedition in five years and asked to bring friends, while Wen Bin said it would be his final trip before he attempted to break through to the Golden Core Realm.

After the three-day auction ended, Li Yunjing rewarded the people and allies who had helped, spending Star Moon Trading Firm’s profits and leaving himself with little to sell. The firm gained a strong reputation and helped deepen the Divine Firmament Dao Sect’s alliances, while Lake Heart Island and Azure Sea Palace prepared to join the East Sea Alliance.

• Li Yunjing left Wen Bin and Liao Wanqing near the end of the auction to handle his duties as its owner.
• Yu Yuanhua announced the end of the auction, and Li Yunjing began reviewing the accounts and planning rewards for those who had helped.
• Li Yunjing distributed generous bonuses and refunded commissions to sect members, elders, and allied forces, using up the firm’s profits and taking a small loss.
• After three days of settling matters, Li Yunjing tallied his remaining possessions and resolved to rebuild the firm’s earnings through its new reputation and connections.
• The Divine Firmament Dao Sect deepened its cooperation with other powers, while Lake Heart Island and Azure Sea Palace made final preparations to join the East Sea Alliance.

The East Sea Alliance marched to war against the Ascetic Sect, triggering the first decisive battle in the East Sea. When Silver Ling Fish attacked Li Yunjing’s Azure Cloud Boat, he used demonic treasures to kill them and prepared to fire all six Heavenly Thunder Cannons.

• The East Sea Alliance rejected the Blood Slaughter Gang and assembled its forces to attack the Ascetic Sect, while Mingxin Temple and its allies gathered to defend it.
• The fleet encountered schools of Silver Ling Fish in the deep sea, and the fish attacked Li Yunjing’s Azure Cloud Boat with corrosive black mist.
• Li Yunjing used his Ten Thousand Poison Banner to absorb the mist and revealed that he had once schemed a Golden Core Realm cultivator to death.
• Li Yunjing wielded the Blood Demon Seal to kill Silver Ling Fish and help defend nearby ships as eight schools closed in on his boat.
• Li Yunjing led Wen Bin, Liao Wanqing, and the Ye Family cultivators to the pilothouse and began operating all six Heavenly Thunder Cannons.

Li Yunjing used the Azure Cloud Boat’s Heavenly Thunder Cannons to rout Silver Ling Fish and assist the East Sea Alliance fleet before the Demon Sect and Buddhist Sect fleets appeared to challenge them. The Nascent Soul experts rose to fight above the battlefield, while Ji Shuhan took command below and the clash between True Person Five Elements and Zen Master Fazheng began.

• Li Yunjing fired the Azure Cloud Boat’s six Heavenly Thunder Cannons until the Silver Ling Fish surrounding him fled, then collected valuable corpses and led his allies to help other ships.
• Li Yunjing spotted the Demon Sect and Buddhist Sect fleets advancing, and True Person Five Elements attacked nearby sea creatures as the East Sea Alliance prepared for battle.
• The Nascent Soul cultivators from both sides confronted one another, and Pang Yuze admitted he had joined Mingxin Temple for its payment.
• True Person Five Elements and Zen Master Fazheng agreed to duel in the sky while the remaining forces fought below, and Ji Shuhan took command of the East Sea Alliance.
• True Person Five Elements and Zen Master Fazheng unleashed their fourth-tier artifacts, clashing the Five-Colored Giant Tower against a massive purple wooden fish.

The East Sea Alliance and Mingxin Temple’s forces fought a vast battle while Nascent Soul experts clashed above them. True Person Five Elements called down the Divine Firmament Dao Sect’s thunder arts and killed Zen Master Fazheng, but Sect Master Li of the Soul Controlling Sect escaped with many of his disciples as the battle continued.

• True Person Five Elements and Zen Master Fazheng fought with their bonded treasures while the fleets below opened fire.
• Li Yunjing directed the Azure Cloud Boat into battle, and Yu Yuanhua joined him to help repel pursuing Ascetic Sect cultivators.
• True Person Five Elements summoned the Divine Firmament Dao Sect’s five-element thunder arts and battered Zen Master Fazheng’s Bodhi Golden Body.
• True Person Five Elements’ allies held back Mingxin Temple’s other experts while the thunder wore down Zen Master Fazheng.
• Zen Master Fazheng was struck by Fire God Thunder and reduced to ash.
• Sect Master Li of the Soul Controlling Sect fled toward the sea, and many of his disciples scattered after him.

After the East Sea Alliance turned the battle around, Li Yunjing and Liao Wanqing hunted enemies across the sea for three days. Near Autumn Leaf Island, they decided to raid the Autumn Leaf Sword Sect’s mountain gate for its treasures, while the main battle elsewhere ended in an East Sea Alliance victory.

• True Person Five Elements pursued and killed the Loose Cultivator of the East Sea, crushing his corpse and Nascent Soul with the Five-Colored Giant Tower.
• Li Yunjing and Liao Wanqing joined forces to hunt wealthy factions, attacked fleeing enemies, and killed a giant shark that had swallowed East Sea Alliance cultivators.
• Li Yunjing and Liao Wanqing pursued their targets for three days and traveled more than three thousand li, killing hundreds of enemies along the way.
• Liao Wanqing realized they were near Autumn Leaf Island and explained that the Autumn Leaf Sword Sect’s main force had joined Mingxin Temple’s side.
• Li Yunjing agreed to attack the Autumn Leaf Sword Sect, and Liao Wanqing accepted a twenty-percent share of its treasures.
• The battles elsewhere gradually ended with an East Sea Alliance victory and a large haul of resources.

Li Yunjing and Liao Wanqing attacked Autumn Leaf Island, broke the Autumn Leaf Sword Sect’s defenses, and defeated its remaining cultivators. Li Yunjing accepted the sect’s surrender and began incorporating its 2,700 members into the Divine Firmament Dao Sect.

• Li Yunjing and Liao Wanqing flew to Autumn Leaf Island after their sects ordered them to destroy it and rejoin the main force.
• Li Yunjing trapped the island with the Great Five Elements Divine Thunder Demon-Extinguishing Array, while the Azure Cloud Boat’s cannons battered its protective formation until it collapsed.
• Li Yunjing and Liao Wanqing overwhelmed the Autumn Leaf Sword Sect’s defenders, and Li Yunjing killed one elder before Zeng Jin surrendered and offered to reveal the sect’s treasures.
• Li Yunjing ordered Zeng Jin to persuade the sect members to surrender, and he and Liao Wanqing hunted down holdouts and people hiding on the island.
• Li Yunjing had Zeng Jin collect the surrendered cultivators’ storage artifacts and promised them stipends and a place in the Divine Firmament Dao Sect.

Li Yunjing and Liao Wanqing took control of the Autumn Leaf Sword Sect’s remaining cultivators and searched its grounds for treasures. In the sect’s hidden vault, they discovered the long-lost Autumn Leaf Divine Sword sealed inside a crystal.

• Li Yunjing promised to treat those who surrendered well, and Zeng Jin led the cultivators in handing over their storage treasures.
• Li Yunjing and Liao Wanqing followed Zeng Jin to the Autumn Leaf Sword Sect’s grounds and found valuable Vajra Blood Stone statues in the courtyard.
• In the Sword Qi Hall, Li Yunjing and Liao Wanqing defeated the third-tier Puppet Mechanism Beast, and Li Yunjing collected it and dismantled the Spirit Crystal Guardian Array.
• Li Yunjing, Liao Wanqing, and Zeng Jin entered the sect’s hidden treasure vault and found the Autumn Leaf Divine Sword sealed inside a crystal.

Li Yunjing, Liao Wanqing, and Zeng Jin looted the Autumn Leaf Sword Sect’s treasury, taking the dangerous Autumn Leaf Divine Sword before the returning sect master, Qiu Wuhen, forced them to flee. As Qiu Wuhen pursued them into a thunderstorm, Li Yunjing harnessed its lightning and began awakening a Divine Eye through the Heavenly Thunder Emperor Seal.

• Li Yunjing discovered True Demon Qi on the Autumn Leaf Divine Sword, sealed it with the crystal, and stored it away before he and Liao Wanqing divided the treasury’s treasures.
• Li Yunjing ordered Zeng Jin to guide him and Liao Wanqing to the sect’s other resource sites, but Qiu Wuhen returned, rallied the surrendered disciples, and ordered them to recover the sword.
• Li Yunjing, Liao Wanqing, and Zeng Jin escaped Autumn Leaf Island aboard the Azure Cloud Boat, and Qiu Wuhen pursued them while the sect’s remaining disciples gathered resources to flee.
• Li Yunjing used the Ten Thousand Poison Banner to fend off Qiu Wuhen’s attacks, then directed Liao Wanqing to steer the boat into a thunderstorm.
• Li Yunjing used the Five Thunders Method to draw in the storm’s lightning, while Qiu Wuhen followed cautiously into the thunder zone.
• As heavenly thunder filled Li Yunjing’s body and sea of consciousness, he used the Heavenly Thunder Emperor Seal to begin opening a Divine Eye.

Li Yunjing awakened the Divine Eye of Creation and used its power to kill Qiu Wuhen in a one-on-one fight. After rejoining the main force, he charged into another battle to pursue more resources.

• Li Yunjing opened his third eye while enduring the thunder sea, gaining the ability to see through clouds and guide its lightning power.
• Li Yunjing warned Zeng Jin against betraying them again, then left the Azure Cloud Boat to face Qiu Wuhen alone.
• Li Yunjing overwhelmed Qiu Wuhen with repeated lightning strikes, smashed his body with the Blood Demon Seal, and watched heavenly lightning destroy his fleeing Primordial Spirit.
• Li Yunjing collected Qiu Wuhen's belongings and chose to rejoin the main force rather than pursue the remnants of the Autumn Leaf Sword Sect.
• Li Yunjing, Liao Wanqing, and Zeng Jin reached the gathering point and joined the battle, where Li Yunjing targeted enemy Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Li Yunjing unleashed his seemingly inexhaustible thunder to rout the Bodhi Alliance and help the East Sea Alliance overwhelm the Ascetic Sect. After the Ascetic Temple’s defenses broke, greedy cultivators rushed into its dangerous ruins, while True Person Flying Cloud and Fairy Holy Sound claimed control of the temple’s spoils.

• Li Yunjing left the Azure Cloud Boat in Liao Wanqing’s care and tore through enemy ranks with thunder, frightening the Bodhi Alliance into retreat.
• Li Yunjing hunted down Foundation Establishment experts and charged toward the Ascetic Sect’s mountain gate while the East Sea Alliance attacked its other territories.
• Li Yunjing killed a ninth-level Foundation Establishment defender with a thunder sword, and the remaining Ascetic Sect cultivators fled as Yu Yuanhua praised him.
• The Divine Firmament Dao Sect elders shattered the Ancient Buddha Array, and cultivators from across the alliance rushed into Ascetic Temple despite its deadly restrictions.
• True Person Flying Cloud and Fairy Holy Sound arrived and promised the first share of credit to their allies, leaving Yu Yuanhua and the Divine Firmament Dao Sect to accept that the two sects would control the temple’s resources.

The allied sects uncovered the Ascetic Sect treasury, distributed its legacy and treasures, and set out to destroy the Bodhi Alliance’s factions. Li Yunjing gained substantial wealth and a share of Autumn Leaf Island’s marketplace revenue, while the Divine Firmament Dao Sect cornered the fleeing Blood Slaughter Gang and True Person Five Elements offered Blood Slaughterer a chance to surrender.

• Liao Wanqing, Zeng Jin, and Wen Bin joined the elders at Ascetic Temple, and Li Yunjing recounted the battle while concealing that he had killed Qiu Wuhen.
• True Person Flying Cloud claimed the Ascetic Sect’s Buddha Bead, and Fairy Holy Sound arranged for the factions to copy the legacy and divided the remaining treasure mainly among the three leading sects.
• Fairy Holy Sound sent the factions to attack the Bodhi Alliance, while Li Yunjing received an elder’s share of treasure and learned he would gain a free base and marketplace income on Autumn Leaf Island.
• Yu Yuanhua led the Divine Firmament Dao Sect toward the Blood Slaughter Gang, which tried to flee aboard its Skull Ship, but True Person Five Elements arrived and the Divine Firmament Warship intercepted it.
• True Person Five Elements defeated Blood Slaughterer in a few exchanges and offered to spare him if he accepted a restriction and served the Divine Firmament Dao Sect for three hundred years.

Li Yunjing helped the Divine Firmament Dao Sect defeat the Blood Slaughter Gang, then proved his strength by killing a Golden Core Realm demonic cultivator. After the battle, he asked True Person Five Elements for permission to remain in the East Sea and grow his trading business.

• True Person Five Elements killed Blood Slaughterer after he refused to accept a restriction, while Yu Yuanhua led the sect forces into battle.
• Li Yunjing killed Liu Zhigao and several other Blood Slaughter Gang cultivators, then pursued a wounded Golden Core Realm demonic cultivator.
• True Person Five Elements secretly followed Li Yunjing and watched him fight the demonic cultivator on a deserted island.
• Li Yunjing used the Divine Eye of Creation and Thunder Evasion Technique to chase down and kill the demonic cultivator.
• After the Blood Slaughter Gang's defeat, Li Yunjing asked True Person Five Elements to let him stay in the East Sea to establish shops and expand the Star Moon Trading Firm.

Li Yunjing stayed in the East Sea under orders to expand the Divine Firmament Dao Sect’s influence, then hunted Bodhi Alliance forces for their wealth. When a Third-Order Demon King attacked him, he defeated the Giant Whale King but had to dive into the sea to protect his spoils from the beasts drawn by its blood.

• True Person Five Elements appointed Li Yunjing to guard the Divine Firmament Branch Temple and expand the Divine Firmament Dao Sect’s forces in the East Sea, and Li Yunjing declined to return to the sect with him.
• Li Yunjing disguised his Great Sun Dao Robe, repaired his spirit artifacts, and stripped Sunlight Island, Spearfish Island, Changbai Island, Spirit Mountain Island, and Hundred Flowers Island of their wealth.
• A group of greedy cultivators headed by Senior Brother Zhang traveled through the turbulent waters, while Li Yunjing encountered the massive Giant Whale King.
• Li Yunjing fought the Giant Whale King with thunder, poison, and the Divine Firmament Thunderbolt Bead, fatally wounding the Third-Order Demon King.
• As sea beasts converged on the dying Giant Whale King, Li Yunjing dove into the water to defend his claim to its corpse.

Li Yunjing escaped a powerful sea Demon King, then joined the assault on Bodhi Island after encountering the Heavenly Net Dao Sect. After killing one of its disciples and gathering Bodhi Trees, he laid formations around the island and watched the sect slaughter Bodhi Temple’s defenders.

• Li Yunjing collected demonic beast corpses until a colossal golden claw seized the Giant Whale King's body, forcing him to flee from a powerful sea Demon King.
• At Bodhi Island, members of the Heavenly Net Dao Sect ordered Li Yunjing to join their attack, and he agreed after the island's protective formation shattered.
• Li Yunjing headed to the Bodhi Forest, defeated Junior Brother Liu, and killed him after he refused to explain the Heavenly Net Dao Sect.
• Li Yunjing uprooted Bodhi Trees, then laid formations around the island so he could trap the Heavenly Net Dao Sect members and eliminate them.
• The Heavenly Net Dao Sect killed Bodhi Temple's defenders, including its Golden Core Realm abbot, while Senior Brother Zhang and the other attackers survived with injuries.

Li Yunjing activated the Great Five Elements Divine Thunder Demon-Extinguishing Array against the Heavenly Net Dao Sect and fought Zhang Jun and his disciples. After Zhang Jun damaged the formation, Li Yunjing used the Yin-Yang Treasure Mirror to kill the remaining disciples and heal his own wounds, leaving Zhang Jun frightened and suspecting that Li Yunjing came from the Divine Firmament Dao Sect.

• Li Yunjing revealed that he had killed Junior Brother Liu and activated the Great Five Elements Divine Thunder Demon-Extinguishing Array against Zhang Jun and the Heavenly Net Dao Sect cultivators.
• Zhang Jun attacked Li Yunjing with his Jade Ruyi, damaging the Heavenly Thunder Emperor Seal, while Li Yunjing countered with his treasures and a Divine Firmament Thunderbolt Bead that killed or wounded several disciples.
• Li Yunjing and the formation battered Zhang Jun's group, but Zhang Jun damaged an eye of the array with his Jade Ruyi and weakened the formation.
• Zhang Jun blood-sacrificed a flying sword and charged Li Yunjing as three surviving disciples surrounded him.
• Li Yunjing used the Yin-Yang Treasure Mirror to repel Zhang Jun, then traded wounds with the three disciples and killed them with his treasures.
• Li Yunjing's wounds healed rapidly under the mirror's life force, while Zhang Jun's hair and beard turned white and he feared that Li Yunjing was an extraordinary cultivator from the Divine Firmament Dao Sect.

Li Yunjing defeated and killed Zhang Jun, then recovered from his injuries and examined the spoils from the battle. The Heavenly Net Dao Sect learned that Zhang Jun and fifteen other True Disciples had died, and its leaders prepared to retaliate against the seven powers of the Flying Cloud Sea Region.

• Zhang Jun tried to break free, but Li Yunjing detonated the Five Elements Divine Thunder Demon-Extinguishing Array and left him gravely injured and aged.
• Li Yunjing revealed his ties to the Divine Firmament Dao Sect and the Seven Stars Palace, then killed Zhang Jun by striking his primordial spirit with lightning.
• Li Yunjing gathered the bodies and treasures on Bodhi Island, hid in an undersea cave, and spent days recovering from his wounds.
• Li Yunjing examined his spoils, including the Heavenly Net Dao Scripture, a Spirit Condensing Pill, and the Bodhi Temple inheritance.
• The Heavenly Net Dao Sect's leaders learned that Zhang Jun and fifteen other True Disciples had died during a mission to the Flying Cloud Sea Region.
• The sect master and the elders discussed retaliation against the seven powers of the Flying Cloud Sea Region and considered exterminating them.