Chapter Summaries

The Heavenly Net Dao Sect decided to conquer the seven sects in the Flying Cloud Sea Region and prepare for a possible war with the Divine Firmament Dao Sect. Meanwhile, Li Yunjing reforged the Azure Sea Listening Waves Sword into the Yin Yang Five Elements Heaven Derivation Sword, bringing it to peak-grade spiritual weapon quality.

• The Heavenly Net Dao Sect's sect master ordered a plan to open a route to the Flying Cloud Sea Region and mobilize the sect for an all-out war.
• Luo Xu urged the sect to prepare for conflict with the Divine Firmament Dao Sect, but the sect master and elders dismissed it as a weak threat.
• After returning to the Star Moon Trading Firm, Li Yunjing spent six months repairing his treasures and decided to reforge the Azure Sea Listening Waves Sword.
• Li Yunjing melted five elemental materials and used the Sun White Stone and Moon Black Stone to stabilize the sword's awakening elements, naming the new weapon the Yin Yang Five Elements Heaven Derivation Sword.
• Li Yunjing refined the sword with Five Elements Divine Thunder, accidentally produced Chaos Divine Thunder, and infused the weapon with his blood and spiritual power.
• Li Yunjing completed the Yin Yang Five Elements Heaven Derivation Sword as a peak-grade spiritual weapon.

After completing the Yin Yang Five Elements Heaven Derivation Sword, Li Yunjing told Elder Wu Cheng that he had killed members of the Heavenly Net Dao Sect, including a Golden Core cultivator, and was sent to report the matter to the sect leader. On the way, Xie Wuyi ambushed him with six bandits, but Li Yunjing slaughtered them and drove Xie Wuyi into the sea to escape.

• Li Yunjing finished refining the Yin Yang Five Elements Heaven Derivation Sword, which proved powerful enough to rival a treasure artifact, and concealed it from the people who gathered at the Star Moon Trading Firm.
• Li Yunjing privately told Elder Wu Cheng that he had killed more than ten Heavenly Net Dao Sect disciples and Zhang Jun, a first-heaven Golden Core cultivator, and showed him the sect's scripture and Heavenly Net as proof.
• Elder Wu Cheng warned Li Yunjing that the Heavenly Net Dao Sect would seek revenge and gave him a jade slip to take to the sect leader, so Li Yunjing departed for the Great Ming Dynasty.
• Xie Wuyi intercepted Li Yunjing at sea with six Foundation Establishment bandits, hoping to kill him and claim his sword.
• Li Yunjing used the Yin Yang Five Elements Heaven Derivation Sword to kill the bandits, while Xie Wuyi escaped into the sea using an ally as a decoy.

Li Yunjing returned to the Divine Firmament Dao Sect, reported the events on Bodhi Island to Sect Leader Ming Lingchuan, and reunited with Yu Yunyi and Lu Ruoxi. The chapter ended with him warning the women to avoid the East Sea and giving them gifts.

• Li Yunjing traveled from Yingtian Prefecture through teleportation arrays and returned to the Divine Firmament Dao Sect.
• Li Yunjing delivered Elder Wu Cheng's Jade Slip to Ming Lingchuan and reported how he had killed Zhang Jun on Bodhi Island.
• Ming Lingchuan praised Li Yunjing's strength and assured him that the sect would handle the matter involving the Heavenly Net Dao Sect.
• Li Yunjing reunited with his Peregrine Falcon, then contacted Yu Yunyi and Lu Ruoxi and met them on a cliff.
• Yu Yunyi suggested going to the East Sea with Li Yunjing, but he warned both women to stay away and presented them with gifts.

Li Yunjing reunited with Yu Yunyi and Lu Ruoxi, rewarded them for caring for Qiwu Villa, and attended a Purple Firmament Party gathering at Donghua Pavilion. He recruited members to develop Divine Firmament Island and his Star Moon Trading Firm in the East Sea, while Ma Xingyuan agreed to join him.

• Li Yunjing gave Yu Yunyi and Lu Ruoxi spirit tools and other resources, then returned with them to Qiwu Villa.
• Li Yunjing toured the well-tended villa with the two women and urged them to strengthen their cultivation for the dangers ahead.
• Li Yunjing brought Yu Yunyi and Lu Ruoxi to Donghua Pavilion, where members of the Purple Firmament Party welcomed him back.
• Li Yunjing offered party members opportunities to work on Divine Firmament Island or for the Star Moon Trading Firm, and several disciples volunteered to go to the East Sea.
• Ma Xingyuan asked Li Yunjing whether he should go to the East Sea, revealed that he had established his foundation, and accepted a position with the trading firm.

Li Yunjing prepared to travel to the East Sea with Ma Xingyuan and the others, stopping first at Red Sun Market under the pretext of training them at the Star Moon Trading Firm. He reunited with Xing'er and Yue'er, who had both reached Foundation Establishment.

• Ma Xingyuan asked to bring private cargo to the East Sea, and Li Yunjing agreed as long as it did not interfere with their work or cause trouble.
• Li Yunjing spent three days sparring with Yu Yunyi and Lu Ruoxi, then exchanged his contribution points for third-tier cultivation materials at the Scripture Library.
• Li Yunjing welcomed Ma Xingyuan, Hou Boyan, Su Guo, Jin Shouyun, Yue Zhouwang, Wang Yun, and the others, gave them supplies, and led them aboard the Azure Cloud Boat.
• When the group noticed they were not heading east, Li Yunjing explained that they would first visit Red Sun Market and train at the Star Moon Trading Firm.
• Li Yunjing had the group report to the Star Moon Trading Firm while Su Guo and Jin Shouyun kept an eye on them, then went to the rear courtyard to see Xing'er and Yue'er.
• Xing'er and Yue'er welcomed Li Yunjing and told him they had both reached Foundation Establishment.

Li Yunjing prepared to take Xing'er and Yue'er to Divine Firmament Island to manage Star Moon Trading Firm, while arranging staff for Divine Firmament Temple and disciplining Fang Yuxuan. He summoned Cong Rujin and Feng Xueting to oversee the Red Sun Market as he prepared to leave.

• Li Yunjing told Xing'er and Yue'er that he would take them to the East Sea, explained his plans for Star Moon Trading Firm, and warned them to stay safe on Divine Firmament Island.
• Li Yunjing spent time with Xing'er and Yue'er, then left them a message and went to inspect Star Moon Trading Firm.
• Li Yunjing offered Fang Yuxuan and his companions a posting at Divine Firmament Temple, then agreed to take them to the East Sea if they found one Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator and ten Qi Refining Realm cultivators to staff it.
• Li Yunjing scolded Fang Yuxuan for neglecting his cultivation and ordered him to reach Foundation Establishment within a year.
• Li Yunjing summoned Cong Rujin and Feng Xueting back to the Red Sun Market to oversee Star Moon Trading Firm while he prepared to depart with Xing'er, Yue'er, and Fang Yuxuan.

Li Yunjing brought Xing'er, Yue'er, and a group of Divine Firmament Dao Sect disciples to the East Sea, where they arrived at the Star Moon Trading Firm on Divine Firmament Island. He discovered that the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce was competing against his business and began reorganizing the firm as a mysterious rival prepared to squeeze him out.

• Li Yunjing increased Feng Xueting and Cong Rujin’s pay, appointed Cong Rujin manager of the Red Sun Market branch, and promised Feng Xueting he would eventually free her from her contract.
• After handing over their duties and placing eleven disciples at posts in Yingtian Prefecture, Li Yunjing and his party traveled by Azure Cloud Boat to Divine Firmament Island.
• Li Yunjing introduced Xing'er and Yue'er as the Star Moon Trading Firm’s proprietresses, toured the bustling branch with his disciples, and encouraged them with rewards for reaching Foundation Establishment.
• Li Linzi and Shi Huilan told Li Yunjing that the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce had opened nearby and was drawing away customers with abundant supplies and low prices.
• Li Yunjing ordered Li Linzi and Shi Huilan to review the accounts and investigate the rival, while Xing'er and Yue'er helped his new arrivals take over more of the firm’s operations.
• A mysterious black-robed man at the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce learned of Li Yunjing’s return and vowed to drive the Star Moon Trading Firm out through aggressive competition.

The Four Seas Chamber of Commerce’s Ao Lie began undermining the Star Moon Trading Firm, while Li Yunjing ordered a price war and prepared to craft goods himself. After learning Ao Lie was a powerful Flood Dragon, Li Yunjing warned his staff to compete only through business and went into seclusion; his allies then debated how to replace the firm’s lost supplies.

• Ao Lie ordered his subordinates to identify the Star Moon Trading Firm’s partners so he could poach its suppliers and customers.
• Li Yunjing cut the firm’s prices by twenty percent, promised to refine products for sale, and put Xing'er and Yue'er in charge of its staff.
• Li Yunjing met Elder Wu Cheng, who told him that Ao Lie was a powerful third-tier Flood Dragon and warned him not to use underhanded tactics.
• Li Yunjing considered asking Fu Lingfeng for help, then returned to the firm and announced that the competition had to remain within business rules.
• Li Yunjing entered seclusion with his crafting materials as Ao Lie’s offers persuaded suppliers to stop selling low-grade materials to the firm.
• Xing'er and Yue'er gathered the firm’s core members to discuss the shortage, and Shi Huilan proposed buying supplies from more distant islands instead of matching the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce’s prices.

Li Linzi led a Star Moon Trading Firm expedition to buy supplies on Three Moon Island, where the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce ambushed his party and forced him to flee into the sea. Meanwhile, Wen Bin and Liao Wanqing pledged support to Li Yunjing, offering ways to secure the materials his firm urgently needed.

• Lady Moon assigned Li Linzi to buy first- and second-tier materials, but Ao Lie alerted the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce, whose Three Moon Island branch prepared an ambush.
• Li Linzi and his assistants found the harbor deserted and were surrounded by the branch head and his men; the attackers killed members of his party as he fought back.
• A Demon Sect witch distracted Li Linzi, allowing the branch head to wound him, but Li Linzi counterattacked and escaped by diving into the sea while his pursuers followed.
• Li Yunjing left seclusion and welcomed Wen Bin and Liao Wanqing, who reproached him for not telling them sooner about the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce's pressure on his firm.
• After Li Yunjing explained that the firm urgently needed first- and second-tier materials, Liao Wanqing offered Holy Sound Sect contacts on remote islands and Wen Bin offered Flying Cloud Sect resources at market prices, with deferred payment available.

Li Yunjing’s allies helped rescue Li Linzi after the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce attacked him, then agreed to open Star Moon Trading Firm branches in their territories. The chapter ended with Li Yunjing rejecting Ao Lie’s insulting compensation and warning that he would report him to Ancestor Five Elements, while recognizing that Ao Lie was too powerful to attack safely.

• Liao Wanqing proposed opening Star Moon Trading Firm branches in the East Sea with support from the Holy Sound Sect and Flying Cloud Sect, and Li Yunjing agreed.
• After learning that the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce had surrounded Li Linzi, Wen Bin and Liao Wanqing led their sect disciples to rescue him near Three Moon Island.
• Wen Bin killed the three Foundation Establishment cultivators attacking Li Linzi, then brought the exhausted steward back to Divine Firmament Island to recover.
• At a meeting, Li Yunjing’s allies demanded retaliation, but he urged patience and said he would seek help from a sect ancestor.
• Ao Lie arrived at the Star Moon Trading Firm with chests of cheap goods, claiming the attack was a misunderstanding and offering them as compensation.
• Li Yunjing rejected Ao Lie’s goods and threatened to report him to Ancestor Five Elements, but refrained from attacking after sensing Ao Lie’s formidable strength.

Li Yunjing and his allies demanded that Ao Lie compensate the Star Moon Trading Firm and end the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce’s suppression, but Ao Lie refused to answer within three days. Elder Wu Cheng then used a sacrificial art to contact the Divine Firmament Dao Sect for reinforcements, while Li Yunjing became interested in learning the Way of Sacrifice.

• Li Yunjing, Liao Wanqing, and Wen Bin confronted Ao Lie over the attack on the Star Moon Trading Firm and demanded the return of seized resources and one hundred thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones in compensation.
• Elder Wu Cheng backed Li Yunjing and gave Ao Lie three days to respond, after which Ao Lie returned to the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce without deciding whether to accept the terms.
• Ao Lie failed to respond by the deadline, so Li Yunjing and Elder Wu Cheng prepared for conflict while Elder Wu Cheng activated Divine Firmament Island’s protective array.
• Elder Wu Cheng performed a sacrifice at the Divine Firmament Branch Temple and sent a message to the Divine Firmament Dao Sect, prompting dark clouds and a passage in the sky as Ao Lie watched with fear.
• Li Yunjing considered using the Way of Sacrifice to empower himself through the Heavenly Thunder Emperor Seal, then explained his understanding of the art to Wen Bin.

Li Yunjing refined the Heavenly Thunder Emperor Seal, used a blood sacrifice to trigger a breakthrough, and advanced to the peak of the seventh heaven of Foundation Establishment. When reinforcements from the Divine Firmament Dao Sect arrived to confront the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce, Li Yunjing was startled to see Wei Henian among them.

• Elder Wu Cheng activated the Island Protection Array, trapping Ao Lie and the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce cultivators on Divine Firmament Island.
• Li Yunjing refined all his remaining Heavenly Thunder Stones into the Heavenly Thunder Emperor Seal and offered the seal his blood.
• The sacrifice transformed Li Yunjing’s body and mental power, allowing him to break through to the seventh heaven of Foundation Establishment and reach its peak.
• Li Yunjing sensed a mysterious thunderbolt-like object in his sea of consciousness but could not determine what it was.
• After a day and night of meditation, Li Yunjing left his Quiet Room when the Divine Firmament Dao Sect reinforcements arrived and recognized Wei Henian among them.

True Person Blazing Fire destroyed the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce after learning it had attacked Divine Firmament Dao Sect disciples, while Ao Lie escaped under a hidden restriction. After Wei Henian secretly left the East Sea to seek outside help against Li Yunjing, True Person Blazing Fire ordered Li Yunjing to infiltrate the Heavenly Net Dao Sect's secret realm on Lingyuan Island.

• True Person Blazing Fire burned Ao Lie into his Fire Flood Dragon form, then let him flee with a restriction placed inside him while the Divine Firmament Dao Sect killed the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce's remaining members and seized its resources.
• Li Yunjing helped defeat the chamber's forces, and the Star Moon Trading Firm later regained its former prices and began expanding as rival factions divided the chamber's market share.
• Wei Henian brooded over his rivalry with Li Yunjing, decided to secretly collude with outside forces, and left the East Sea without telling Ji Qiaoqiao about his treasure map.
• True Person Blazing Fire summoned Li Yunjing and ordered him to investigate the secret realm on Lingyuan Island, revealing that it belonged to the Heavenly Net Dao Sect and that the mission was to infiltrate it and plunder its resources.
• Li Yunjing questioned why he had to undertake the mission alone and whether he could manage it.

True Person Blazing Fire sent Li Yunjing to prepare for the Lingyuan Island secret realm and gave him the Samadhi True Fire cultivation method. Li Yunjing then set out with Wen Bin and others for the Flying Cloud Sect, but their journey through the Sea of Scattered Stones brought them into pirate territory.

• True Person Blazing Fire told Li Yunjing that Lingyuan Island would open in five years, promised to take him there, and gave him a Jade Slip containing the Samadhi True Fire cultivation method.
• Liao Wanqing gave Xing'er and Yue'er Beauty Preserving Pills and agreed to supply Li Yunjing with three hundred more for his trading firm.
• Li Yunjing departed Divine Firmament Island aboard the Azure Cloud Boat with Wen Bin, Ma Xingyuan, Li Linzi, and Liao Wanqing, bound for the Flying Cloud Sect.
• In the Sea of Scattered Stones, Wen Bin killed a group of cultivator bandits who ambushed the Azure Cloud Boat and collected their belongings.
• Wen Bin and Liao Wanqing warned Li Yunjing that Golden Core Realm bandits and demon kings also preyed on travelers in the Sea of Scattered Stones as the boat entered increasingly rugged waters.

Li Yunjing and his companions fought a powerful mutated demon king in the Sea of Scattered Stones, and Li Yunjing used his divine sword, newly developed thunder techniques, and Yin-Yang Treasure Mirror to defeat it. The group gathered at the seafloor to divide the demon king’s enormous corpse.

• The Azure Cloud Boat entered the fog-shrouded depths of the Sea of Scattered Stones, where a gigantic mutated demon king emerged and attacked.
• Li Yunjing, Liao Wanqing, and Wen Bin fought the demon king while Ma Xingyuan and Li Linzi operated the Azure Cloud Boat’s systems; Li Yunjing revealed he had advanced to the Seventh Heaven of Foundation Establishment Realm.
• Li Yunjing unleashed the Five Elements Divine Thunder and Yin-Yang Divine Thunder, then found a vulnerable spot beneath the demon king’s belly scales and repeatedly wounded it.
• Liao Wanqing’s music briefly made King Zhang Qian drowsy, allowing Li Yunjing to use the Yin-Yang Treasure Mirror’s black light to age and kill it.
• Li Yunjing called Wen Bin, Liao Wanqing, Ma Xingyuan, and Li Linzi down to the seafloor to divide the demon king’s corpse.

Li Yunjing and his companions harvested King Zhang Qian with help from the Flying Cloud Sect, then traveled to Flying Cloud Island. There, Li Yunjing arranged a shop for the Star Moon Trading Firm at the market and agreed to pay one hundred thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones in annual rent.

• Li Yunjing and his companions carved flesh from King Zhang Qian and called the Flying Cloud Sect to help process the enormous carcass.
• Uncle Liu arrived with Flying Cloud Sect cultivators, and the group divided the harvesting work while defending against a vast horde of demon beasts.
• After three days, Li Yunjing secured King Zhang Qian's Demon Core, and the group traveled with the Flying Cloud Sect to Flying Cloud Island.
• Wen Bin's Martial Aunt welcomed Li Yunjing's plan to establish the Star Moon Trading Firm and offered him a three-floor shop on the market's left street.
• Li Yunjing accepted the shop and agreed to pay one hundred thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones in annual rent.

Li Yunjing secured a shop on Flying Cloud Island and opened a new Star Moon Trading Firm branch with Li Linzi in charge. He spent himself crafting stock for the shop, then realized the firm would need its own specialists if it was to grow.

• Senior Aunt Liu approved the shop arrangement, and Wen Bin led Li Yunjing and his companions through the bustling Flying Cloud Island market to inspect it.
• Li Yunjing planned to sell high-quality pills, implements, puppets, lightning talismans, and scarce Southern Heaven Continent resources, though he lacked a safe route and reliable partners for transporting goods.
• Li Yunjing signed the contract, assigned Li Linzi to run the shop, and gave him two million low-grade spirit stones' worth of goods; Ma Xingyuan helped prepare the premises.
• Li Yunjing stocked the branch with copies of Qi Refining Realm methods while keeping his higher-level knowledge private, then secluded himself to craft talismans, implements, pills, and puppets.
• After using up nearly all his materials, Li Yunjing produced thirty low-grade second-tier puppets and one hundred high-grade first-tier puppets, and concluded that the firm needed its own specialists.

Li Yunjing supplied and organized Star Moon Trading Firm Branch No. 4 before traveling with Liao Wanqing and Ma Xingyuan to establish Branch No. 5 on Holy Sound Island. After settling the new shop, he faced Liao Wanqing’s advances and insisted on being honest about their relationship and the Holy Sound Sect.

• Li Yunjing gave Li Linzi refined treasures and business guidance, then left Branch No. 4 in Li Linzi’s charge after confirming its operations were stable.
• Li Yunjing traveled with Liao Wanqing and Ma Xingyuan to Holy Sound Island and learned that the Holy Sound Sect regularly fought powerful Sea Clan beast tides.
• Ma Xingyuan tried to flirt with a woman at the market, and Liao Wanqing used her status as a True Disciple to stop the woman’s companions from attacking him.
• Liao Wanqing arranged a prime five-story shop for Branch No. 5, and Ma Xingyuan took charge while Li Yunjing joined Liao Wanqing in the courtyard.
• Liao Wanqing offered Li Yunjing wine and leaned on him, but he asked whether she wanted a lasting relationship and refused to deceive her about his intentions or the Holy Sound Sect.

Li Yunjing stayed on Holy Sound Island after learning that a beast tide was approaching, hoping to collect demon beast resources. Disguised as Li Wutian, he led Rogue Cultivators in the island’s defenses and was still fighting the Sea Clan after Mist Hidden Island’s formation collapsed.

• After spending the night with Liao Wanqing, Li Yunjing visited Star Moon Trading Firm Branch No. 5 and had Ma Xingyuan prepare materials for him to refine.
• Li Yunjing finished crafting treasures for Ma Xingyuan, then returned to the trading firm after hearing that a beast tide might break out early.
• Li Yunjing concealed his identity, took the name Li Wutian, and led a hundred Rogue Cultivators to defend Emerald Coral Reef near Mist Hidden Island.
• When the beast tide arrived, Li Yunjing killed second-rank demon beasts and collected their corpses while his unit endured the first wave and then fought behind the island’s defensive formation.
• After Mist Hidden Island’s formation broke, Li Yunjing charged into the Sea Clan’s ranks alone, killing demon beasts rapidly and drawing the attention of nearby cultivators.

Li Yunjing helped turn the battle at Mist Hidden Island by killing the Mystic Turtle Demon King and the Golden Eagle King, then stayed underwater to recover. The Holy Sound Sect began retreating to Holy Sound Island, where its Fourth Tier formation was ready for the Sea Clan’s assault.

• The Holy Sound Sect elder used a golden flute to wound the Mystic Turtle Demon King, and the cultivators attacked it together.
• Li Yunjing pursued the wounded Mystic Turtle Demon King underwater, killed it with repeated Water God Thunder strikes, and found its hidden store of treasures and Spirit Stones.
• The Golden Eagle King attacked Li Yunjing at the Emerald Coral Reef, but Li Yunjing lured it underwater and killed it with the Yin Yang Five Elements Heaven Derivation Sword, Five Elements Divine Fist, and Yin-Yang Treasure Mirror.
• Li Yunjing collected the Golden Eagle King’s remains and recovered underwater while the Holy Sound Sect organized its retreat to Holy Sound Island and activated its Fourth Tier formation.