Chapter Summaries

Lin Changqing persuaded Yunshan True Person to use the Twin Mountains and Rivers Map to launch a surprise attack on the Sea Shark Clan before its leader broke through to Heaven Immortal. Yunshan gathered Azure Cloud Sect’s fighters and alerted the Nine Immortal Alliance, while thousands of disciples assembled for the impending campaign.

• Yunshan True Person learned that the Twin Mountains and Rivers Map could detect distant auras and teleport groups, and Lin Changqing proposed using it to reach the Sea Shark Clan’s heartland.
• Lin Changqing released his mid Earth Immortal pressure and claimed he had a ninety-percent chance of defeating the Sea Shark Clan Leader before the leader completed his breakthrough.
• Yunshan True Person agreed to join Lin Changqing, sent a warning to the Nine Immortal Alliance, and ordered Bai Chen True Person, Chi Yan, Qing Lan, and Xuan Shi True Person to return.
• Yunshan True Person issued the Azure Cloud Sect’s highest-level assembly order, and nearly eight thousand inner-sect and higher-ranked disciples gathered at the Martial Training Ground.

Lin Changqing and Azure Cloud Sect prepared a strike against the Sea Shark Clan Leader, who was nearing a breakthrough to the Heaven Immortal Realm. After rallying the disciples, Yunshan True Person sent Qingyunzi to defend the sect while the others prepared to attack the Sea Shark Clan's heartland.

• Lin Changqing gathered with Yunshan True Person and Azure Cloud Sect's four other Earth Immortal elders before assembling nearly eight thousand disciples.
• Yunshan True Person announced that the Sea Shark Clan Leader was close to breaking through to the Heaven Immortal Realm and revealed Lin Changqing's plan to teleport into the enemy's heartland and kill him first.
• Lin Changqing displayed his mid Earth Immortal stage pressure, convincing the assembled disciples that they had a chance to win.
• Yunshan True Person rallied the disciples to defend Azure Cloud Sect and Blue Wave Island, and they swore to follow him and Lin Changqing into battle.
• Yunshan True Person ordered Qingyunzi to remain behind with the outer sect disciples and defend the sect until reinforcements arrived.

Lin Changqing used the Twin Mountains and Rivers Map to teleport Yunshan True Person, four Earth Immortal elders, and nearly eight thousand Azure Cloud Sect disciples into the Sea Shark Clan’s heartland. After their surprise attack was exposed, the disciples stormed the lair while Lin Changqing led Yunshan True Person and the elders toward the Sea Shark Clan Leader’s seclusion site.

• Lin Changqing stored nearly eight thousand disciples and Yunshan True Person inside the Twin Mountains and Rivers Map, then transported them to coral reefs near the Sea Shark Clan’s heartland.
• Qingyunzi ordered the remaining elders to place the sect on highest alert and prepare its defenses.
• Lin Changqing led the group toward the Sea Shark Clan’s lair, and he and the elders silently killed the patrols they encountered.
• A sea shark spotted the human army and raised the alarm, prompting nearly eight thousand Azure Cloud Sect disciples to charge the Sea Shark Clan’s defensive line.
• Lin Changqing sensed the Sea Shark Clan Leader inside an undersea palace and led Yunshan True Person and the four Earth Immortal elders toward it for a decapitation strike.

Lin Changqing and Yunshan True Person stormed the Sea Shark Clan’s territory to stop its chief from reaching the Heaven Immortal Realm. After Lin Changqing and the Azure Cloud Sect elders overwhelmed the clan’s defenders, their attack destroyed the palace and interrupted the chief’s breakthrough, forcing him to emerge in a terrifying aura.

• Four injured Earth Immortal sea sharks rushed to defend their chief, but Lin Changqing’s sword lotus broke their water barriers and wounded them further.
• Dark Stone, Bai Chen, Chi Yan, and Qing Lan held off the four sea sharks while Lin Changqing and Yunshan True Person continued toward the palace.
• Lin Changqing killed dozens of Quasi-Immortal commanders and hundreds of demon soldiers with one strike of Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin.
• Lin Changqing and Yunshan True Person attacked the palace together, damaging its walls and causing it to collapse.
• The Sea Shark Clan chief’s breakthrough was interrupted, and he emerged from the ruins with pressure surpassing the peak Earth Immortal stage.

Lin Changqing and True Person Yunshan confronted the Sea Shark Clan leader after interrupting his attempted breakthrough to Heaven Immortal. Lin Changqing wounded him and proved he could withstand his strongest attacks, leaving the leader determined to devour Lin and Yunshan to force his own breakthrough.

• The Sea Shark Clan leader confronted Lin Changqing and True Person Yunshan, and Lin admitted killing the leader’s son and promised to send him to join his family.
• The Sea Shark Clan leader attacked with a massive demonic palm, but Lin charged into it with his Cyan Sword Lotus while Yunshan added the Yunshan Sea-Sealing Seal, wounding the leader.
• The Sea Shark Clan leader fought Lin for over a hundred exchanges, but Lin struck him from behind with the Zhentian Seal and injured him again.
• The Sea Shark Clan leader tried to attack Yunshan, but Lin intercepted his claw and blocked it with the Primordial Indestructible Golden Body and Heavenly Gang Saint Armor without being harmed.
• The Sea Shark Clan leader decided to devour Lin and refine Yunshan to turn his interrupted breakthrough into a chance to reach Heaven Immortal, while Lin challenged whether he was worthy.

Lin Changqing used the Divine Soul Thorn to stun the Sea Shark Clan leader, then joined True Person Yunshan in severely wounding him. After the leader escaped through black mist, Lin Changqing used a system-activated Martial God Peak Full-Power Strike to kill him, then set off with True Person Yunshan to confirm the result.

• Lin Changqing and True Person Yunshan fought the Sea Shark Clan leader, while the Azure Cloud Sect elders held off the four Earth Immortal Sea Sharks.
• Lin Changqing struck the Sea Shark Clan leader’s divine soul with the hidden Divine Soul Thorn, leaving him stunned and vulnerable.
• Lin Changqing and True Person Yunshan attacked the stunned leader, and Lin Changqing sent him crashing into a crater with the Great Wilderness Demon-Subduing Fist.
• The Sea Shark Clan leader escaped in black mist, but Lin Changqing activated the system’s Martial God Peak Full-Power Strike and locked onto him.
• The golden strike caught and killed the fleeing Sea Shark Clan leader tens of thousands of miles away.
• Lin Changqing sensed the strike’s aftermath and left with True Person Yunshan to investigate.

Lin Changqing killed the Sea Shark Clan leader and joined Yunshan True Person in turning the battle against the Sea Shark Clan. The Azure Cloud Sect forces exterminated the clan’s stronghold around Blue Wave Island, leaving only a handful of possible survivors.

• Lin Changqing finished off the dying Sea Shark Clan leader, then gave the corpse to Yunshan True Person.
• Lin Changqing and Yunshan True Person returned to the battlefield, where their arrival lifted the Azure Cloud Sect’s spirits and terrified the Sea Sharks.
• Lin Changqing killed two Sea Sharks who tried to plead for mercy and threaten retaliation, while he and Yunshan True Person killed the remaining two.
• Lin Changqing ordered the Azure Cloud Sect to leave no Sea Shark alive, and the clan’s army broke formation and fled.
• Lin Changqing, Yunshan True Person, the elders, and nearly eight thousand disciples pursued and wiped out the Sea Shark Clan’s stronghold around Blue Wave Island.

After Azure Cloud Sect destroyed the Sea Shark Clan, Lin Changqing claimed a life-saving talisman and helped Yunshan True Person search the clan’s treasury. They found it nearly empty, leaving Yunshan worried that Lin Changqing had received too little reward.

• Xuan Shi True Person and the other elders gathered around Yunshan True Person and Lin Changqing, and Yunshan recounted how Lin Changqing defeated the Half-Step Heaven Immortal Sea Shark leader.
• Lin Changqing claimed the mission reward, an earth-rank top-grade Flash-Escape Talisman that could shield him from three attacks by a peak Earth Immortal.
• Yunshan ordered the disciples to collect the Sea Shark corpses and promised rewards for their efforts and compensation for fallen disciples’ families.
• Lin Changqing and Yunshan searched the Sea Shark Clan’s territory, found a hidden treasury, and broke through its defensive formations.
• Inside, they found only a few minor treasures and Immortal Crystals; Yunshan concluded the Sea Shark leader had spent the clan’s wealth pursuing the Heaven Immortal realm.
• Lin Changqing accepted the remaining items and told Yunshan he was not short on savings, but Yunshan assumed he was only trying to comfort him.

Lin Changqing and Yunshan True Person returned to Azure Cloud Sect after Lin Changqing annihilated the Sea Shark Clan. Yunshan informed the Nine Immortal Alliance that an unnamed powerhouse had helped, leaving the other powers reassured but unaware that Lin Changqing was only a mid Earth Immortal.

• Lin Changqing used the Twin Mountains and Rivers Map to transport the disciples and captured demon beast corpses from the Sea Shark Clan's territory back to Blue Wave Island.
• Qingyunzi welcomed the returning group, and Yunshan True Person revealed the corpses of the Sea Shark leader and four Earth Immortal Sea Sharks.
• Yunshan credited Lin Changqing with personally killing all five powerful Sea Sharks and ordered the sect to record battle merits and arrange compensation for the fallen.
• Yunshan sent the Nine Immortal Alliance news that the Sea Shark Clan had been destroyed, and the other major powers sent congratulations after assuming an unnamed powerhouse had helped.
• Yunshan kept Lin Changqing's identity and cultivation secret, believing the alliance would not accept that a mid Earth Immortal had killed a Half-Step Heaven Immortal.

Lin Changqing gave Su Wanqing resources to help her advance and promised to show her the Upper Realm. After agreeing to attend the Azure Cloud Sect’s celebration banquet, he planned to leave for the Central Sage Continent and began restoring his strength.

• Lin Changqing sent spirit herbs, Ore, and 9,900 Top-grade Immortal Crystals to Su Wanqing so she could cultivate toward the late Quasi-Immortal stage.
• Su Wanqing worried that Lin Changqing had risked himself to obtain the resources, but accepted them after he assured her they came from a legitimate source and urged her to cultivate.
• Lin Changqing and Su Wanqing discussed their companions in the Realm Origin Pearl, and he promised to let them out after leaving the island.
• Yunshan True Person invited Lin Changqing to a Celebration Banquet in three days to mark the Sea Shark Clan’s defeat, and Lin Changqing agreed to attend.
• Lin Changqing decided to depart for the Central Sage Continent after the banquet and began restoring the immortal power he had spent in battle.

After recovering from the battle, Lin Changqing shared Upper Realm delicacies with his companions and attended the Azure Cloud Sect’s Celebration Banquet honoring the defeat of the Sea Shark Clan. The banquet began with Yunshan True Person and the sect’s allies praising Lin Changqing for his decisive role in the victory.

• Lin Changqing recovered his immortal power, rejected Liu Qingqing’s attempt to win his favor, and sent a second table of food into the Realm Origin Pearl for his companions.
• Lin Changqing ordered extra food for Lu Chuan and Lu Xiaoshi, who were surprised by his appetite.
• The Azure Cloud Sect prepared a grand Celebration Banquet attended by more than eighty thousand disciples and hundreds of guests from affiliated forces.
• Yunshan True Person announced that the Sea Shark Clan had been wiped out and gave Lin Changqing the seat of honor.
• Xuan Shi True Person, Bai Chen True Person, Chi Yan True Person, Elder Qing Lan, and others toasted Lin Changqing in gratitude for his help in the battle.

After the celebration banquet, Lin Changqing told Yunshan True Person that he planned to leave for the Central Sage Continent. He agreed to wait half a month for a Heavenly Origin Merchant Association flying vessel and used the time to cultivate.

• Lin Changqing told Yunshan True Person he intended to leave for the Central Sage Continent in three days, but asked for guidance on how to travel there.
• Yunshan True Person explained that the Heavenly Origin Merchant Association's flying vessel would arrive in about half a month and could safely carry Lin Changqing across the Endless Ocean.
• Lin Changqing asked whether he could cross the Endless Ocean alone, and Yunshan True Person warned him about natural disasters and powerful demon beasts.
• Lin Changqing abandoned the idea of crossing alone and agreed to wait for the flying vessel, asking Yunshan True Person to notify him when it arrived.
• Lin Changqing returned to his courtyard and began cultivating the Heavenly Saint Profound Art while he waited.

Lin Changqing received a powerful healing pill through his monthly sign-in and learned that the Heavenly Origin Merchant Association’s airship had arrived. After Lord Zhao requested a meeting, Lin Changqing agreed to go, while Zhao Ruoqing explained why his rapid cultivation and strength had caught her attention.

• Lin Changqing signed in and obtained a Nine-Turn Return Immortal Pill that could restore an injured Earth Immortal to peak condition.
• The Heavenly Origin Merchant Association’s airship arrived at the Azure Cloud Sect, and True Person Yunshan told Lin Changqing his passage to the Central Sage Continent was paid.
• Lin Changqing decided not to visit the airship because he feared drawing attention by spending his Top-grade Immortal Crystals.
• True Person Yunshan returned and told Lin Changqing that Lord Zhao wanted to meet him after hearing how he defeated the Sea Shark Clan Leader, and Lin Changqing agreed to go.
• Zhao Ruoqing told Uncle Wu that Lin Changqing had ascended just over a month earlier, advanced to the mid Earth Immortal stage, and defeated a Half-Step Heaven Immortal in a fair fight.

Zhao Ruoqing met Lin Changqing aboard the Heavenly Origin Merchant Association’s flying vessel and invited him to join the association. After learning that Lin Changqing had not committed to another faction, she revealed that she was the association president’s daughter.

• Zhao Ruoqing learned of Lin Changqing’s rapid cultivation and battle record, then went with Uncle Wu to meet him.
• Lin Changqing assessed Zhao Ruoqing and Uncle Wu’s strength before accepting Zhao Ruoqing’s invitation to talk aboard the vessel.
• Zhao Ruoqing hosted Lin Changqing for tea and discussed the Central Sage Continent and his plans after leaving the Azure Cloud Sect.
• Lin Changqing said he planned to travel to the Central Sage Continent and had not chosen a faction to join.
• Zhao Ruoqing invited Lin Changqing to join the Heavenly Origin Merchant Association and revealed that her father was its president, a Half-Step True Immortal Heavenly Lord.

Lin Changqing refused Zhao Ruoqing’s repeated offers to make him the Heavenly Origin Merchant Association’s Holy Son, rejecting the constraints of joining a faction. After Uncle Wu tried to overpower him, Zhao Ruoqing stopped him, apologized, and compensated Lin Changqing with twenty thousand mid-grade Immortal Crystals; Lin accepted them and left on better terms with her.

• Lin Changqing declined Zhao Ruoqing’s offer to join the Heavenly Origin Merchant Association, even after she promised him the Holy Son position and extensive resources.
• Uncle Wu became angry at Lin’s refusal and released his Heaven Immortal pressure, but Lin resisted with his aura and defenses.
• Zhao Ruoqing ordered Uncle Wu to stop, apologized for his actions, and offered Lin twenty thousand mid-grade Immortal Crystals as compensation.
• Lin accepted the Storage Ring after Zhao insisted it was an apology, then left the flying vessel.
• True Person Yunshan learned that Zhao Ruoqing was the association president’s daughter and marveled that Lin had refused her recruitment twice.

Lin Changqing departed Blue Wave Island aboard the Heavenly Origin Merchant Association's flying vessel for the Central Sage Continent. Before the journey continued, Zhao Ruoqing gave him a detailed map and explained the continent's major powers, warning him especially against provoking the Qilin Clan.

• Yunshan True Person and the Azure Cloud Sect's elders saw Lin Changqing off as he boarded the flying vessel.
• Aboard the vessel, Lin Changqing checked the twenty thousand mid-grade Immortal Crystals Zhao Ruoqing had given him, then watched Blue Wave Island recede as the ship departed.
• Lin Changqing asked Zhao Ruoqing for a detailed map of the Central Sage Continent, and she gave him the vessel's map without charge.
• Zhao Ruoqing explained that the Central Sage Continent had thirty-two domains, with nine held by the Human Race and twenty-three by the Myriad Demon Race.
• Zhao Ruoqing described the major human holy lands and demon courts, then warned Lin Changqing that the Qilin Clan pursued even minor grievances relentlessly.

Lin Changqing learned about the Qilin Demon Court and refused Zhao Ruoqing’s offer to join the Heavenly Origin Merchant Association, while Zhao Ruoqing rejected Uncle Wu’s plan to enslave him. After the merchant fleet gathered on the Endless Ocean, Lin Changqing continued toward the Central Sage Continent with the other flying boats.

• Zhao Ruoqing invited Lin Changqing to seek help from the Heavenly Origin Merchant Association, but he kept his distance and asked how long the journey would take.
• Uncle Wu proposed capturing and enslaving Lin Changqing, but Zhao Ruoqing refused, warning that it would create a dangerous enemy.
• Lin Changqing shared a map of the Central Sage Continent with the Four Symbols Holy Guards and Golden Radiance inside the Realm Origin Pearl, then returned to cultivation.
• Three days later, the flying boat stopped over the Endless Ocean, and a steward explained that it was waiting for the other eight merchant boats.
• Over the next three days, the remaining flying boats arrived, bringing the convoy’s Heaven Immortal experts to eleven, including Zhao Ruoqing and Uncle Wu.
• The nine flying boats joined their protective barriers and resumed the journey toward the Central Sage Continent as Lin Changqing returned to cultivation.

Lin Changqing traveled with the Heavenly Origin Merchant Association’s fleet across the Endless Ocean, cultivating while its attack formations repelled several demonic beast attacks. When a Void Storm suddenly trapped the fleet, Uncle Wu ordered the other eight vessels to shield Zhao Ruoqing’s ship, and Zhao Ruoqing silently accepted the plan.

• Lin Changqing watched the fleet’s attack formations destroy a horde of demonic beasts led by a peak Earth Immortal, then returned to cultivating.
• The fleet fought off further attacks, including an early Heaven Immortal demonic beast, as Lin Changqing reflected on the strength of the Central Sage Continent and resolved to reach the Heaven Immortal Realm.
• A Void Storm tore open the space ahead, dragged the nine flying ships toward it, and disabled their spatial teleportation treasures.
• Uncle Wu ordered the fleet to spend all its Immortal Crystals on propulsion and send the other eight vessels ahead to shield Zhao Ruoqing’s lead ship.
• Zhao Ruoqing objected that the plan would sacrifice the passengers and crew aboard the other vessels, but she closed her eyes and gave no further protest.

Lin Changqing and the passengers aboard the Heavenly Origin Merchant Association’s fleet faced a devastating Void Storm, while the association sacrificed eight flying vessels to protect Zhao Ruoqing’s ship. The passengers’ riots were brutally suppressed, and the fleet continued toward the storm with the eight vessels still serving as shields.

• Lin Changqing discovered that the Void Storm had disrupted space so badly that his Flash-Escape Talisman could not teleport him, so he activated his protective armor and golden body.
• The fleet placed eight flying vessels ahead of the main vessel, using them as shields while the main vessel accelerated to escape the storm’s suction.
• Passengers on the eight vessels realized they had been made sacrificial pawns and rioted, while the Heaven Immortal experts aboard understood that disobedience could endanger their families.
• Zhou Yuan killed many rioters outside his vessel’s control room and crushed the uprising; the Heaven Immortal experts on the other seven vessels likewise suppressed their passengers.
• The surviving passengers were left under guard as the Heaven Immortal experts returned to their control rooms and continued following Uncle Wu’s orders.

A sudden expansion of the Void Storm dragged the main flying vessel and its passengers into the shattered space, despite their attempt to escape. Lin Changqing remained protected by his defenses as the vessel’s barrier broke and its hull began to crack, leaving their survival uncertain.

• The main flying vessel began retreating from the Void Storm, and its passengers celebrated their apparent escape.
• The Void Storm suddenly doubled in size, pulling the main vessel back while the passengers on the eight sacrificial vessels mocked their captors.
• Uncle Wu told Zhao Ruoqing that they would soon be swept into the storm, and they vowed to face their fate together.
• Lin Changqing prepared his defenses and resolved to look for a way to survive inside the storm.
• The Void Storm swallowed the eight blocking vessels and then dragged the main vessel into its shattered expanse.
• The main vessel’s protective barrier shattered under the Spatial Turbulence, but Lin Changqing’s Primordial Indestructible Golden Body continued to hold.