Chapter Summaries

Li Yuan reached Entry Level in the Tide Sound Art, permanentized Heavenly Secret Micro-Perception, and joined a Deep Sea Purge Mission. He killed a Third-Order Carapace Crab Monster in the reef depths, causing the remaining sea monsters to scatter.

• Li Yuan mastered the Tide Sound Art at Entry Level and permanentized Heavenly Secret Micro-Perception after casting the Divination Technique for more than thirty consecutive days.
• Li Yuan joined the alliance’s Deep Sea Purge Mission and was assigned to the second group with Fang Hai and more than twenty Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Fang Hai warned Li Yuan about the sea monsters’ group tactics as their spirit boat reached the mission waters.
• Li Yuan entered the Reef Cluster alone and used the Tide Sound Art to rout fifteen Second-Order Sea Monsters, advancing Tidal Sound Penetration’s growth progress to 15/100.
• Li Yuan killed the Third-Order Carapace Crab Monster with two Void-Splitting Slashes and collected its Inner Core and shell material.
• The surviving sea monsters fled after losing their leader, and the Reef Cluster fell quiet.

Li Yuan joined Fang Hai’s team in clearing a Sea Monster nest, where the five Golden Core cultivators defeated a Third-Order High-Grade Ice Snake Monster and collected the spoils. After the mission ended, Li Yuan left alone and headed toward the Reef Cluster containing a Teleportation Array in the Undersea Ruins.

• Li Yuan rejoined Fang Hai’s team after killing a Third-Order Carapace Crab Monster, and the groups gathered outside the Undersea Cave.
• Li Yuan led the advance through the cave corridor, using Tide Sound Art to overwhelm dozens of low-level Sea Monsters and drive them into the cavern.
• The five Golden Core cultivators attacked the Third-Order High-Grade Ice Snake Monster, and Li Yuan wounded its exposed scales before the group killed it.
• The cultivators divided the Ice Snake Monster’s valuable remains and collected the nest’s Deep Sea Spirit Materials.
• After the Alliance tallied contributions and the mission ended, Li Yuan parted from Fang Hai and headed alone toward the Reef Cluster near the Undersea Ruins’ Teleportation Array.

Li Yuan found a damaged Teleportation Array in the underwater ruins, gathered the materials needed to repair it, and restored it to working order. After divining that activating it seemed safe, he teleported away and arrived at an unknown destination.

• Li Yuan returned to the underwater ruins and found a severely damaged Teleportation Array in a stone chamber.
• Li Yuan bought Boundary Void Stone, Void Nether Stone, Void Crystal, Mystic Void Sand, replacement jade pillars, and Spirit Stones at an Alliance Island Marketplace.
• Li Yuan repaired the Teleportation Array and the chamber’s auxiliary Array Patterns.
• Li Yuan used the Heavenly Derivation Divination Technique and sensed no signs of danger from activating the array.
• Li Yuan activated the Teleportation Array and completed the transfer through the Spatial Passage.

Li Yuan explored a sealed underwater chamber, discovered its Spirit Gathering Array and the remains of a cultivator named Zhou, and learned that the Lower Realm’s spiritual energy was sustained by two Spatial Passages. He took the chamber’s Array Eye and gained the Array Rhyme trait, leaving the ancient array shut down and its dense spiritual energy beginning to disperse.

• Li Yuan examined the sealed chamber and determined that its layered wall patterns formed a high-level Spirit Gathering Array.
• He inspected the remains and artifacts on the central platform, identifying the Array Eye crystal and a Spirit Pupil Bead as equippable items.
• Li Yuan read two Jade Slips, learning about the array’s structure and Zhou’s account of the Spatial Passages on Heaven Origin Continent and Yaoguang Island sustaining the Lower Realm’s spiritual energy.
• He removed the Array Eye from the eastern wall, causing the Spirit Gathering Array to stop operating, and equipped it to activate the Blue trait Array Rhyme.
• Li Yuan recorded the array patterns he could understand as the chamber’s concentrated water-attributed spiritual energy began to disperse.

Li Yuan learned the Third-Order Sea Forging Method and successfully refined a Third-Order Low-Grade Crimson Silver Amulet, advancing his artifact-refining technique to Entry Level. He remained focused on improving his skills and gathering materials to forge his Life-Bound Dharma Artifact before the Tianyue Sect's Spirit Transformation Ceremony.

• Li Yuan left the Ruins, returned to Nanyuan Marketplace, and reviewed the valuable gains from his trip.
• At the exchange hall, Li Yuan obtained the Sea Forging Method, a Third-Order refining technique suited to ocean environments.
• Li Yuan studied the method in seclusion for three days, aided by his traits and abilities.
• Li Yuan made four attempts at refining, overcoming failures caused by incorrect material ratios and poor temperature control.
• Li Yuan completed a Third-Order Low-Grade Crimson Silver Amulet and advanced his Third-Order Artifact Refining Technique to Entry Level.

Li Yuan replenished artifact-refining materials, learned how to forge and upgrade a Life-Bound Dharma Artifact, and searched unsuccessfully for a Third-Order eye technique. At Nanyuan Marketplace, he successfully crafted his first Third-Order Mid-Grade Tide Pattern Talisman and discovered its Blue Trait and permanent activation condition.

• Li Yuan exchanged Alliance contribution points for artifact-refining materials but found no eye techniques listed or for sale on the main island.
• Li Yuan learned from Golden Core cultivators that spiritual energy around the Secret Realm on Yaoguang Island had risen abnormally, and he recalled its connection to an Ascension Passage.
• Li Yuan consulted Old Fan, who explained Life-Bound Dharma Artifact upgrades and recommended a stable, replaceable-material design suited to Li Yuan’s rapid cultivation.
• Li Yuan bought Sea Essence Refined Iron and Spirit Silver, then traveled to Nanyuan Marketplace to look for eye techniques later on the mainland.
• Li Yuan crafted a Third-Order Mid-Grade Tide Pattern Talisman on his first attempt and discovered its Blue Trait boosted water-element spells and its activation condition required thirty successful water-element casts in a deep-sea environment.
• Li Yuan stored the talisman because his Equipment Slot was full and began making a second one.

Li Yuan negotiated with the Mingyuan Chamber of Commerce to establish a new marketplace in Liang Province, then acquired and cultivated the Clear Abyss Pupil Technique. After reaching Entry Level, he made the Truth-Breaking Spirit Pupil a Permanent Affix and set off for Liang Province.

• Li Yuan met the Mingyuan Chamber of Commerce President in Baijing Marketplace and agreed to cooperate on a new Liang Province marketplace, with Li Yuan handling its site, construction, and operations.
• Li Yuan rejected a Golden Core Ceremony in favor of a Trading Fair and Auction, then bought the Clear Abyss Pupil Technique for fifty Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Li Yuan equipped the Clear Abyss Pupil Technique and cultivated it to Entry Level, forming a spirit power circuit in his eyes.
• The system converted the Truth-Breaking Spirit Pupil into a Permanent Affix, improving Li Yuan's ability to detect concealment and increasing his divine sense probing range by twenty percent.
• Li Yuan left his concealed cave and flew toward Liang Province.

Li Yuan improved his Burning Wood Eternal Spring Art before agreeing to help Zhou Mingyuan guard Withered Bone Ridge, where several sects competed over mineral resources. He settled into the outpost and began monitoring the ridge as tensions between Yuan Sect and Tianyue Sect persisted.

• Li Yuan returned to Wulin Marketplace, assigned Xu Zhang to choose a location for the Mingyuan Chamber of Commerce branch, and resumed cultivation.
• After seven days of cultivation, Li Yuan advanced the Burning Wood Eternal Spring Art from Entry Level to Proficiency.
• Zhou Mingyuan asked Li Yuan to hold the fort at Withered Bone Ridge, and Li Yuan agreed to serve there.
• Li Yuan traveled to Withered Bone Ridge and found Golden Core cultivators from Yuan Sect and Tianyue Sect, along with Foundation Establishment disciples from several factions.
• Chen Qi explained that Yuan Sect and the Fiend Demon Sect opposed Tianyue Sect and Yuanyang Sect, while Qishui Sect and other factions also sought resources at the ridge.
• Li Yuan settled into the outpost, cultivated there, and monitored Withered Bone Ridge at night.

Li Yuan studied Array Dao at Withered Bone Ridge and accepted Zhou Mingyuan’s request to lead the construction of a Third-Order composite array. While setting it up, Li Yuan advanced his Third-Order Array Dao to Minor Accomplishment and made Array Rhyme a permanent affix, gaining new insight into spirit veins and Earth Veins.

• Li Yuan exchanged contribution points for five Array Classics and equipped one that increased his speed of comprehending array principles.
• Zhou Mingyuan visited Li Yuan and asked him to lead the construction of a Third-Order Mid-Grade Composite Detection and Guard Array at Withered Bone Ridge.
• Li Yuan surveyed the terrain, adjusted the array blueprint, and directed three Foundation Establishment Array Masters as they set the array.
• On the twentieth day of construction, Li Yuan reached Minor Accomplishment in Third-Order Array Dao and fulfilled Array Rhyme’s permanent affix condition.
• Li Yuan gained a deeper understanding of the relationships among Array Eyes, spirit veins, and Earth Veins.

Li Yuan completed a Third-Order composite array at Withered Bone Ridge, then returned to Wulin Marketplace and agreed to establish a branch at Qinghe Market. He also optimized Wulin Marketplace’s arrays, slightly increasing its spiritual energy.

• Li Yuan completed the composite array despite repeated interference from a Yuan Sect Golden Core cultivator and gained the permanent Pattern Clarity affix.
• Li Yuan left Withered Bone Ridge and returned to Wulin Marketplace, where Ji Wenyuan told him Wang Ting'an was waiting.
• Wang Ting'an offered Qinghe Market’s land, buildings, and shops to Li Yuan for free, asking only that the Wang Family retain the right to operate there.
• After Xu Zhang explained Qinghe Market’s location and the Wang Family’s difficulties, Li Yuan agreed to establish the branch there.
• Li Yuan adjusted Wulin Marketplace’s Spirit Gathering and Defense Arrays, slightly increasing its spiritual energy.

Li Yuan visited Qinghe Market to arrange its expansion with Xu Zhang and Wang Ting'an, then traveled to a seabed secret chamber and uncovered the ruins of the Canglan Sect. After deciphering damaged records, he learned how the once-powerful sect had declined and perished.

• Li Yuan visited Qinghe Market, recognized Sun Liang, and secretly left him pills and Talismans.
• Xu Zhang and Wang Ting'an met Li Yuan in a warehouse, where they planned to expand the marketplace eastward and southward.
• Li Yuan traveled to the seabed secret chamber and studied its Array Patterns with his improved Array Dao cultivation.
• Li Yuan excavated a passage through the eastern rock wall and discovered a row of abandoned Canglan Sect Cave Abodes above a weakening Medium Spirit Vein.
• Li Yuan gathered damaged Jade Slips and deciphered records showing that the Canglan Sect declined after its Nascent Soul ancestor died, eventually collapsing as its defenses and Spirit Vein failed.

Li Yuan searched the Canglan Sect ruins and uncovered three valuable jade slips, including the Tide Array Heart Scripture, which offered him the Blue Array Breath Symbiosis affix. After advancing his artifact-refining proficiency and crafting a spatial short blade, he decided to forge his Life-Bound Dharma Artifact using the Universal Transformation Array Pattern.

• Li Yuan searched the Canglan Sect's cave abodes and Scripture Pavilion, finding three hidden jade slips containing a Third-Order Array Cultivation Art, a method for crafting spatial Dharma Artifacts, and a Body-Tempering Method.
• Li Yuan learned that the Tide Array Heart Scripture could grant him the Blue Array Breath Symbiosis affix and stored the three jade slips in his Portable Space.
• Li Yuan returned to Nanyuan Marketplace and entered seclusion, where fifteen days of artifact refining brought his Third-Order Artifact Refining Technique to Proficiency.
• Li Yuan completed a Third-Order Low-Grade Spatial Short Blade and discovered that it could grant him the Blue Spatial Edge affix.
• Li Yuan studied artifact-refining texts and concluded that the Universal Transformation Array Pattern could let one Dharma Artifact perform multiple functions.
• Li Yuan decided to forge his Life-Bound Dharma Artifact according to the Universal Transformation Array Pattern.

Li Yuan assessed the scarce materials and funds needed for his Life-Bound Dharma Artifact, then learned that Yaoguang Secret Realm was about to open and might be connected to Yaoguang Island’s Upper Realm passage. After cultivating two methods to Entry Level, he resumed gathering materials for the artifact.

• Li Yuan reviewed the Life-Bound Dharma Artifact material list and realized he lacked key rare materials and enough Spirit Stones.
• Li Yuan overheard cultivators explain that Yaoguang Secret Realm would open soon, admitting entrants in exchange for knowledge and Spirit Stones, and that it contained dwindling reserves of arts, spells, and Dharma Artifacts.
• Li Yuan connected the Secret Realm’s Upper Realm materials with records about Yaoguang Island and its Spirit Transformation Ascension Passage.
• Li Yuan cultivated the Flood Dragon Blood Body-Tempering Art to Entry Level using Demonic Beast essence blood, increasing his strength and recovery.
• Li Yuan practiced the Tide Array Heart Scripture until it reached Entry Level, linking his Array Dao progress with cultivation of the art.
• Li Yuan checked his artifact material list, noted that he had gathered most of the core materials, and prepared to keep searching for the rest.

Li Yuan completed an Alliance task by crafting Communication Tokens, then used his contribution points to acquire an Array Disk crafting method and successfully made a Spirit Gathering Disk. After accepting an emergency request for reinforcements, he raced toward an island besieged by Demonic Beasts, where a Third-Order beast led the attack.

• Li Yuan accepted a task to craft Third-Order and Second-Order Communication Tokens, and his Communication Sensitivity affix expanded his divine sense range by fifty percent.
• Over seven days, Li Yuan crafted ten Third-Order Tokens and twenty Second-Order Tokens, earning twelve hundred contribution points from the Alliance.
• Li Yuan exchanged six hundred contribution points for the Array Disk Crafting Method and successfully made a First-Order Spirit Gathering Disk.
• Li Yuan accepted an emergency task to support an island under attack and learned that a Third-Order Demonic Beast led the assault.
• Li Yuan flew toward the island and sensed countless Second-Order Demonic Beasts and a Golden Core cultivator still fighting there.

Li Yuan arrived at an island under siege, helped the Ge Family repel a monster tide, and killed the Third-Order Black-Scaled Sea Python. Elder Ge rewarded him with Mystic Magnetic Refined Gold and Spirit Stones, and Li Yuan departed with the material he had been seeking.

• Li Yuan landed near the island and plunged into the Second-Order Demonic Beast horde, using perfected spells to break through its flank.
• Li Yuan repeatedly cast the Tide Sound Art, improving his proficiency and disrupting the beasts’ spirit power circulation.
• Li Yuan used the Tide Sound Art and Void-Splitting Slash to kill the Black-Scaled Sea Python that was overwhelming Elder Ge.
• With the python dead, the Foundation Establishment cultivators drove the remaining beasts back into the sea, and Elder Ge thanked Li Yuan for saving the Ge Family.
• Elder Ge gave Li Yuan Mystic Magnetic Refined Gold and several Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, and Li Yuan flew away from the island.

Li Yuan took control of Qinghe Market, handled arrangements with the Yuanyang Sect, and improved his Demon-Spirit Fusion Technique. The growing formation-breaking disturbances at Withered Bone Ridge suggested the factions were close to opening the Mysterious Nether Sect Ruins.

• Li Yuan reviewed Qinghe Market’s deeds, shops, and staff with Wang Ting'an, approved Xu Zhang’s expansion plans, and agreed to let the Mingyuan Chamber of Commerce organize a larger Auction.
• Li Yuan met Chen Yi at Wulin Marketplace, requested Dharma Artifact materials as payment for the formation at Withered Bone Ridge, and learned that the Yuanyang Sect planned to dismantle its Ghost Mist Forest outpost.
• Li Yuan exchanged his remaining contribution points for the Entangling Wood Technique and advanced the Demon-Spirit Fusion Technique from Minor Accomplishment to Major Accomplishment after three days of cultivation.
• Li Yuan sensed increasingly strong formation-breaking tremors from Withered Bone Ridge, while Ji Wenyuan reported that business had declined as Rogue Cultivators left for Yunyang Marketplace.
• Li Yuan concluded that the factions were nearing an agreement to break the formations protecting the Mysterious Nether Sect Ruins, then returned to his cultivation chamber.

Li Yuan made the Flame of Life permanent by simultaneously activating fire- and wood-attribute spells, which advanced his Burning Wood Eternal Spring Art to Mastery. He then went in disguise to Withered Bone Ridge, where rival factions were breaking a Mysterious Nether Sect restriction, and was exposed by a sonic detection spell as the array neared collapse.

• Li Yuan simultaneously maintained a Fireball Technique and an Entangling Wood Technique, fulfilling the conditions to make Flame of Life a Permanent Affix.
• The new affix deepened Li Yuan’s understanding of dual-attribute spirit qi and raised his Burning Wood Eternal Spring Art to Mastery.
• After a violent tremor came from Withered Bone Ridge, Li Yuan disguised himself as a Late Golden Core Stage demonic cultivator and traveled there.
• Li Yuan found Golden Core cultivators from several factions gathered while five Array Masters dismantled a Mysterious Nether Sect restriction.
• A Bitan Sect cultivator used Sonic Detection, forcing Li Yuan and a mysterious female cultivator to reveal themselves.
• The Fiend Demon Sect and Yuan Sect cultivators recognized Li Yuan’s demonic disguise but held their positions as the array continued to fail.

Li Yuan entered the Mysterious Nether Sect’s Branch Hall, where the cultivators fought over an Earth Origin Spirit Fetus. While they battled, he opened a restricted secret chamber and collected two objects, then turned toward another chamber.

• The cultivators entered the Branch Hall after its outer array broke and discovered an Earth Origin Spirit Fetus protected on a central platform.
• The Yuan Sect offered three thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones and a Fourth-Order Medicinal Pill refining quota for the mature Great Pearl, but the cultivators could not agree on how to claim it.
• The Fiend Demon Sect cultivator attacked the platform’s defensive curtain, and the cultivators fought over the Spirit Fetus when the barrier shattered.
• Li Yuan stayed out of the melee and noticed two Purple Traits near the Great Pearl before turning his attention to the hall’s secret chambers.
• Li Yuan dismantled a Third-Order Mid-Grade restriction, collected a small bronze cauldron and a Spirit Jade tablet, and headed for another chamber.

Li Yuan explored the Mysterious Nether Sect ruins, gained several Affixes, and learned why the Yuan Sect sought the Earth Origin Spirit Fetuses. He agreed to help Zhou Mingyuan open a Spatial Rift during the coming struggle for the Spirit Fetuses.

• Li Yuan made the Spirit Herb Remnant Knowledge Affix permanent and found Green Affixes on the Nether Void Mirror and Mysterious Nether Restriction Tablet.
• Zhou Mingyuan gave Li Yuan several artifacts, including a Space Folding Bead with a Blue Affix that could help him open Spatial Rifts.
• Zhou Mingyuan told Li Yuan that the Yuan Sect Master had personally ordered the seizure of the Earth Origin Spirit Fetuses, though he did not know the reason.
• Li Yuan learned that the ruins were a branch hall dedicated to cultivating Spirit Fetuses and that the sect's main hall had long since been emptied and dismantled.
• Zhou Mingyuan asked Li Yuan to open a Spatial Rift during his attempt to seize a Spirit Fetus, and Li Yuan agreed as the battle intensified.

Zhou Mingyuan seized the Great Pearl Earth Origin Spirit Fetus and escaped through a spatial rift, leaving Li Yuan to face the other Golden Core cultivators. Li Yuan claimed the Small Pearl, escaped through his own rift, and returned to Wulin Marketplace after sorting the relics he had collected.

• Zhou Mingyuan used a secret art and a spatial Dharma Artifact to widen Li Yuan's rift, seize the Great Pearl, and escape with the Earth Origin Spirit Fetus.
• Zhou Mingyuan tossed the Small Pearl to Li Yuan before vanishing, and Li Yuan discovered its Fetus Resonance affix and stored it in his Portable Space.
• When the Yuan Sect Late Golden Core Stage cultivator confronted him, Li Yuan opened a spatial rift and escaped the great hall.
• Li Yuan emerged at a reef beyond Withered Bone Ridge, removed his disguise, and sorted the Mysterious Nether Sect relics and five items with Affixes.
• Li Yuan returned the relics to his Portable Space and traveled back to Wulin Marketplace.