Recaps

Zhao Fu arranged Sea Mountain King’s assassination, took control of the Sea Mountain region, and freed Hai Liu’s husband. Days later, he asked Hai Junru about the Eightfold Water World and learned of Sea Mountain King’s treasure chest.

• A man controlled by Zhao Fu stabbed Sea Mountain King, then the king’s own subordinates and their soldiers attacked him.
• Sea Mountain King fought back but was overwhelmed and killed, after which Zhao Fu took control of the royal palace.
• Zhao Fu told the gathered women they could leave freely, though he also admitted he wanted them; Hai Swallow and the other women stayed with him.
• Hai Liu freed her injured husband from prison and told him that Zhao Fu had rescued them at their daughters’ request.
• Several days later, Hai Junru told Zhao Fu that Sea Mountain King’s treasure chest might hold something important, and Zhao Fu showed her the silver chest from his storage ring.

Zhao Fu left the Sea Mountain Territory in Hai Junru and Hai Mo’s care, then pressured the Sea Fish King to submit and help him search for the Eightfold Water World. The Sea Fish King accepted his conditions and agreed to assist him personally as he pursued control of Sea Demon Land.

• Zhao Fu gave Hai Junru and Hai Mo authority over the Sea Mountain Territory and left a strand of power within them.
• Zhao Fu reunited Hai Liu with her parents, and Hai Chun agreed to travel with him while he gathered information and helped her pursue power.
• Zhao Fu confronted the Sea Fish King and demanded her submission, demonstrating his control of eleven Eightfold Water Worlds.
• The Sea Fish King agreed to protect her territory’s people, avoid wars against other territories, and receive the power of the Eightfold Water World.
• Zhao Fu promised the Sea Fish King a Twelve-Direction Water Seal if she helped him find another Eightfold Water World, and she agreed to provide personal assistance without violating her principles.

Zhao Fu attacked the Sea Water King while she cultivated, defeated and captured her, then forced her to submit as he sought to unify the Sea Demon Land. After telling her she was the third ruler under his control and that three territories remained, he left to continue his campaign.

• Zhao Fu left Hai Yu King and infiltrated the Sea Water King's palace while she cultivated.
• Zhao Fu disrupted the Sea Water King's cultivation, overpowered her with repeated attacks, and bound her as her people arrived.
• Zhao Fu threatened the soldiers into standing down and demanded that the Sea Water King submit, revealing he had also taken the Sea Mountain Region.
• The Sea Water King refused to submit, so Zhao Fu took her into a room and later told her he had left Eightfold Water World power in her body and improved her constitution.
• Zhao Fu told the Sea Water King she was the third ruler under his control, with three territories remaining, then left to visit the next territory.

Zhao Fu left Sea Water King's territory and sought a rare poisonous fish to counter Sea Stone King's defense art. With Stone Dragon's help, he obtained an ancestral venomous spine and attacked Sea Stone King, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Zhao Fu departed after Sea Water King ordered her generals to let him go and keep the incident secret.
• Zhao Fu searched Hai Yu for a sufficiently strong poisonous fish but found none that met his requirements.
• Stone Dragon revealed his race's grudge against Sea Stone King and brought Zhao Fu to his people, who agreed to help him.
• Stone Dragon gave Zhao Fu an ancestral venomous spine containing poison powerful enough to harm Sea Stone King.
• Zhao Fu returned to the palace and stabbed the Sea Stone King in the chest while he was reviewing documents.

Zhao Fu killed Sea Stone King and brought the newly leaderless territory under his control. After restoring order and receiving Stone Dragon's offer of an ancestral saber, Zhao Fu left for the next region as news of his growing power reached the other rulers.

• Zhao Fu poisoned Sea Stone King with a blood-colored fishbone, defeated him in battle, and killed him with a sword thrust.
• Zhao Fu escaped the soldiers, then secretly stayed to bring powerful commanders, including Hai Di, under his control and stabilize the territory.
• Stone Dragon thanked Zhao Fu for killing Sea Stone King and offered him an ancestral saber, which Zhao Fu declined.
• The Sea Water King, Hai Junru, and the Sea Fish King learned of Sea Stone King's death and considered the consequences of Zhao Fu's growing control.
• After remaining in the territory for a day, Zhao Fu left for the next region.

Zhao Fu tried to reach the injured Sea King by controlling General Hai Fu, but the palace guards turned them away. After waiting near the palace, Zhao Fu spotted a prince who had teleported out and realized he might hold a way inside.

• Zhao Fu entered Hai Fu's residence, overpowered him, and controlled him after using Hai Yun to make him comply.
• Zhao Fu sent Hai Fu to the royal palace to report an important matter, but the guards refused him entry under the Sea King's orders.
• Zhao Fu returned to Hai Yun's home and watched the palace for two days without finding a way in.
• A handsome prince teleported out of the palace and met a beautiful woman, while Zhao Fu watched from nearby.
• Zhao Fu confronted the prince, who demanded to know who he was.

Zhao Fu used a token to infiltrate the royal palace and kill Sea King, then forced Queen Sea Spirit to order the territory to submit. Most of the territory surrendered, while Zhao Fu set out to hunt down those who refused.

• Zhao Fu tortured the handsome man until he revealed that a token let him pass through the royal palace’s defenses, then left Sea Pearl behind.
• Zhao Fu used the token to enter the palace, silently attacked Sea King, and killed him after thwarting his attempts to escape.
• After Sea King’s death plunged the territory into chaos, Zhao Fu confronted Sea Spirit and threatened her son to make her order the territory to submit.
• Sea Spirit issued the order, and Zhao Fu promised to spare the territory’s people, keep her as queen, and return her son.
• Most of the territory’s people submitted to Zhao Fu, and he led forces to hunt down those who refused.

Zhao Fu defeated a resisting family and forced its surviving members to surrender, then left to continue hunting the rebels. Queen Sea Spirit saw the rebellion nearing its end, while her son Hai Bu learned his father was dead and vowed revenge.

• Zhao Fu killed the black-clothed man, subdued Hai Mu, and forced the family to surrender.
• Zhao Fu spared Hai Mu's brother Hai Min at Hai Yun's request and assigned the women to manage the territory.
• Zhao Fu left to pursue the remaining rebels as Hai Jun and the others returned to the territory.
• Queen Sea Spirit watched the rebels being purged and felt the territory would soon be stable.
• Hai Bu confronted Sea Spirit about his father's death and said he would avenge him.

Zhao Fu secured Sea Spirit’s territory, then traveled to the final Sea Martial Territory to confront the Sea Martial King. After testing the seemingly unguarded royal palace with controlled citizens, he entered and triggered a powerful magic formation.

• Sea Spirit told Hai Bu to submit to Zhao Fu, and Zhao Fu accepted her explanation for yielding while warning Hai Bu away.
• Sea Spirit presented Zhao Fu with six royal consorts, then agreed to gather information about the Eightfold Water World as Zhao Fu prepared to leave.
• Zhao Fu arrived at the Sea Martial Territory, found the palace unguarded, and learned from a servant that its ministers and their families had left the day before.
• Zhao Fu controlled roughly a thousand citizens and sent them into the palace; when no trap activated, he released them and entered himself.
• A gigantic magic formation appeared as Zhao Fu entered the palace, and its terrifying aura revealed that the Sea Martial King had set a trap.

Zhao Fu escaped Sea Martial King's water formation and later met with her after she offered to surrender. He revealed that he was the Young Sect Master of the Pure Water Sect, and Sea Martial King agreed to submit if her territory's people were spared and it retained some self-governance.

• Zhao Fu transformed into a Black Dragon, destroyed the water Giant, broke through the barrier, and escaped Sea Martial King's trap.
• Sea Martial King and Sea Garment discussed surrendering after the formation failed to capture Zhao Fu.
• Zhao Fu sent a clone to meet Sea Martial King, who asked him to identify himself.
• Zhao Fu said he was the Young Sect Master of the Pure Water Sect and explained that he had taken the territories on a whim.
• Sea Martial King agreed to submit on the condition that Zhao Fu did not slaughter her people and allowed the territory to retain some self-governance.

Zhao Fu subdued Sea Martial King and united the six territories of Sea Demon Land under his rule, but his search for the Eightfold Water World yielded no clues. He left with Hai Chun to stabilize a Water Domain near her hometown.

• Zhao Fu revealed eleven Eightfold Water Worlds to Sea Martial King and Sea Garment, then gained their submission and left power from an Eightfold Water World within Sea Martial King.
• Zhao Fu replaced his clone with his true body after Sea Martial King objected to being with a clone, then returned to the inn and brought Hai Chun, Hai Wei, and the others to the royal palace.
• Zhao Fu announced that the six territories would merge, kept Sea Fish King, Sea Water King, and Sea Martial King as kings, made Hai Junru and Sea Spirit new kings, and gave Sea Stone King's territory to Hai Chun.
• Zhao Fu learned that the women had found no information about the Eightfold Water World and decided to leave Sea Demon Land to continue searching.
• Hai Chun asked Zhao Fu to stabilize a Water Domain near her hometown, and he set out with her the next day.

Zhao Fu and Hai Chun returned to the sea demon settlement, where Hai Chun reconciled with her mother, Hai Lan, and revealed her new status as ruler of the Sea Stone Territory. The next day, the news drew visitors eager to curry favor with them.

• Zhao Fu and Hai Chun arrived at the sea demon settlement, where Hai Chun introduced Zhao Fu as her husband to Hai Wei and then brought him to meet Hai Lan.
• Hai Lan objected to Hai Chun choosing a man from another water race, but changed her mind after Hai Chun explained Zhao Fu's position and abilities.
• Hai Chun told Zhao Fu she would take him to the chaotic Water Domain the next day, and Zhao Fu and Hai Chun later brought Hai Lan into their intimate encounter.
• Zhao Fu gave Hai Lan the power of the Eightfold Water World, and Hai Chun told her mother she had become ruler of the Sea Stone Territory and invited her to leave with them.
• Hai Lan shared the news with the community, and many people came to Hai Chun's home the next day to praise her and seek favor.

Zhao Fu entered a dangerous chaotic Water Domain at Hai Chun’s request and used the Eightfold Water Worlds to calm it. After Hai Wu, the tribe’s chieftain, thanked him and offered a reward, Hai Chun asked Zhao Fu to stay longer.

• Hai Chun told Hai Lan she planned to take Zhao Fu to stabilize the chaotic Water Domain, and Hai Lan approved.
• Zhao Fu entered the Water Domain, endured its powerful currents, and fought his way toward its center using the Eightfold Water Worlds.
• Zhao Fu activated all the Eightfold Water Worlds at the center, calming the currents throughout the Water Domain.
• Zhao Fu returned to Hai Chun and said the task was complete, while Hai Wu introduced herself as the Sea Demon tribe’s chieftain and thanked him.
• Hai Wu offered to repay Zhao Fu, but he said he had to leave; Hai Chun asked him to stay a few more days, and he agreed.

After Zhao Fu ended the Sea Demon tribe’s Water Domain crisis, the tribe’s women flocked to him, and the chapter ended with him agreeing to take many of them away. Hai Wu worried that his departure would leave the tribe short of women.

• The Sea Demon tribe thanked Zhao Fu at a banquet for resolving the Water Domain crisis, and Hai Shan asked him to give her son Hai Wei a position.
• Hai Shan and Zhao Fu began an affair, which Hai Lan discovered; Hai Yu and other Sea Demon women soon joined them.
• As more women gathered with Zhao Fu, their husbands objected, and Hai Wu went to confront him.
• The women told Hai Wu they wanted to stay with Zhao Fu, and Hai Wu was drawn into the gathering herself.
• After several days, Hai Chun and Hai Lan came to fetch Zhao Fu, and he agreed to take Hai Shan and the other women with him.

Hai Wu and the women left for Sea Stone Territory with Zhao Fu, who learned that the sea demon tribes had once possessed a sealed Eightfold Water World. After a tribe chief denied knowing anything about it, Zhao Fu suspected the clan rules hid the truth and set out to investigate further.

• Hai Wu agreed to move to Sea Stone Territory with the women and invited the men to join them, but Hai Wei refused.
• The women settled into palaces in Sea Stone Territory, where Hai Wu told Zhao Fu that the sea demon tribes had once sealed away the Eightfold Water World after it caused many deaths.
• Hai Wu led Zhao Fu to another sea demon tribe, where he helped kill a group of squid-like creatures attacking its people.
• Zhao Fu asked the Yao Clan chief about the Eightfold Water World, but the chief denied knowing of it and objected to Hai Wu associating with other races.
• Zhao Fu suspected the Yao Clan chief was concealing information because of the clan rules, and Hai Wu returned home after asking Zhao Fu not to harm her clan.

Zhao Fu learned that ten pieces of Sea Demon Jade were needed to open the Eightfold Water World, and discovered that a jade he already owned was one of them. After Haiqiu and the women of her tribe joined him, the chieftain confronted Zhao Fu, and the chapter ended with the tribe divided over Haiqiu’s new relationship.

• Haiqiu told Zhao Fu that ten pieces of Sea Demon Jade could open the Eightfold Water World, and Zhao Fu confirmed that his jade was one of them.
• Haiqiu declared herself Zhao Fu’s woman and brought eight other women to help him learn about the jade.
• Patrolling sea demons discovered Zhao Fu with the women, and Haiqiu stopped him from killing the guards as they fled.
• The chieftain arrived with guards and attacked Zhao Fu, who subdued him and the men while the tribe’s women joined Zhao Fu.
• Three days later, Haiqiu invoked the sea tribe’s rules to defend her choice, while the furious chieftain struggled to accept it.

Zhao Fu collected another Sea Demon Jade after forcing a small tribe’s women to join him and finding the tribe’s hidden jade. He returned to the Sea Demon territory with a third piece, discovered by chance inside a giant poisonous crab.

• Haiqiu and the other women left with Zhao Fu for Sea Demon Land, where he told them they could claim his protection.
• Zhao Fu intimidated Hai Li’s tribe, subdued its men, and persuaded Hai Li to reveal the hidden Sea Demon Jade.
• Hai Li gave Zhao Fu the jade, and he explained that he needed the pieces to find the Eightfold Water World.
• Zhao Fu returned to the Sea Demon territory with Hai Li and the other women, then visited Hai Lan while Hai Chun sought information about more Sea Demon Jade.
• Zhao Fu investigated dangerous waters and killed a gigantic poisonous crab, finding a third Sea Demon Jade inside it.

Zhao Fu searched for the Sea Demon Jade, learned that the Sea Demon King possessed one, and went to his territory to obtain it. Hai Duo offered to give Zhao Fu the jade if he helped her kill someone.

• Zhao Fu found no Sea Demon Jade in the sludge monster and learned that the lead had been false.
• Zhao Fu confronted Hai Ku, controlled him, and learned that the Sea Demon King had a Sea Demon Jade.
• Zhao Fu took the women of Hai Ku's tribe and ordered them to go to the Sea Demon Land before leaving for the Sea Demon King's territory.
• Zhao Fu entered the city and met Hai Duo, who offered him the Sea Demon Jade in exchange for killing someone.

Zhao Fu killed Hai Cang for Hai Duo and received the fourth Sea Demon Jade, but Hai Cang’s allies and the citizens turned against her. When the crowd charged, Zhao Fu declared he would kill every last rebel, leaving Hai Duo stunned by his confidence.

• Hai Duo told Zhao Fu she had the Sea Demon Jade and asked him to kill Hai Cang, who wanted to take her position as City Lord.
• Zhao Fu killed Hai Cang, then forced Hai Tao and Hai Li onto a bed before returning to Hai Duo.
• Hai Duo gave Zhao Fu the Sea Demon Jade after news of Hai Cang’s death spread.
• Soldiers and citizens surrounded the City Lord’s residence, accused Hai Duo of arranging Hai Cang’s murder, and demanded her death.
• Zhao Fu admitted he had killed Hai Cang, and the crowd charged at him and Hai Duo.
• Hai Duo urged Zhao Fu to flee, but he said they would kill every last rebel.

Zhao Fu defeated the Sea Demon city’s forces with an army of dark soldiers, killed its inhabitants, and forced the captured women to submit. He left for Sea Demon Jade, while Hai Duo prepared to take the women, including Hai Yi, to Sea Demon Land.

• Zhao Fu summoned dark soldiers that overwhelmed the Sea Demon soldiers, killed their brawny leader, and drove the remaining forces and civilians into flight.
• Zhao Fu ordered the dark soldiers to hunt down the fleeing Sea Demons and told Hai Duo that the women would be kept alive for their value.
• Zhao Fu gathered several thousand women and used force against those who resisted, after which many agreed to submit to him.
• A few days later, Zhao Fu told Hai Duo to take the women to Sea Demon Land while he continued collecting Sea Demon Jade.
• Hai Duo warned the women that Zhao Fu’s power was inside their bodies, and Hai Yi blamed Hai Duo for what had happened.

Zhao Fu obtained the fifth and sixth pieces of Sea Demon Jade, bringing his total to six as he searched for the four remaining pieces needed to open a Sea Demon site. Back in Sea Demon Land, he reunited with Hai Chun and Hai Duo, while Hai Yi asked to return to bury her relatives.

• Zhao Fu traded treasures with a frail old man for the fifth piece of Sea Demon Jade and promised to tell him when he opened the Sea Demon site.
• Zhao Fu tracked a little boy to a hidden settlement in the ruins and forced the boy's father to give up the sixth piece of Sea Demon Jade.
• Zhao Fu returned to Sea Demon Land and told Hai Chun he had collected six pieces and needed four more.
• Hai Duo learned Zhao Fu was the king of Sea Demon Land, and she said she was pleased by his surprise.
• Hai Yi asked Zhao Fu to let the women return to bury their relatives, and he agreed after she affirmed they would become his women.

Zhao Fu cured a plague in Hai Ke’s tribe in exchange for its women and a piece of Sea Demon Jade, then continued searching other tribes for the remaining pieces. At the next tribe, he forced the women to submit, while its dignified leader intervened to protect her son and the rest of the tribe.

• Hai Ke asked Zhao Fu to cure her tribe’s Reefstone Disease in exchange for Sea Demon Jade and the tribe’s women, and he agreed.
• Zhao Fu used his bloodline power to cure thousands of sea demons and destroyed the giant tadpole formed from the expelled black qi.
• Hai Ke gave Zhao Fu a piece of Sea Demon Jade, his seventh, and remained with him after he left her tribe.
• Zhao Fu arrived at another tribe, where its men refused to give up their women, and he subdued them with his darkness and strength.
• The tribe’s dignified woman agreed to go with Zhao Fu after reminding him not to harm anyone, while her son protested.

Zhao Fu obtained the eighth piece of Sea Demon Jade after learning it had been forged into the Sea King Spear, while his actions angered sea demon tribes. He visited a powerful city seeking more jade, but Hai Kang denied having any and warned him to behave.

• Zhao Fu gathered over a thousand women from a tribe, assured them he would protect them, and continued searching for Sea Demon Jade.
• An old man told Zhao Fu that a piece of Sea Demon Jade had been forged into the Sea King Spear, and Zhao Fu ordered Hai Di to find it.
• Zhao Fu confronted the spear’s owner, defeated him, shattered the Sea King Spear, and claimed the eighth piece of Sea Demon Jade.
• Hai Chun warned Zhao Fu that sea demon tribes had united against him and that powerful tribes could threaten him.
• Zhao Fu went to a large sea demon city to ask about Sea Demon Jade, but Hai Kang denied having any and warned him not to act as though he could do whatever he pleased.

Zhao Fu persuaded the old man, a rival City Lord, to help him kill Hai Kang, then lured Hai Kang into a poisoned magic formation. Hai Kang revealed he had anticipated the plot and turned the ambush against the old man, leaving him grievously wounded and begging for his life.

• Zhao Fu asked the old man to help kill Hai Kang after Zhao Fu injured him, and the old man agreed.
• Hai Zhou introduced herself as the old man's wife, seduced Zhao Fu, and learned about his plan against Hai Kang.
• Zhao Fu lured Hai Kang into a magic formation, where black auras and poison injured him.
• The old man attacked Hai Kang, but Hai Kang revealed he knew of the plot and had deliberately entered the trap prepared.
• Hai Kang defeated the old man in battle and left him badly wounded, whereupon the old man pleaded for mercy.

Zhao Fu killed Hai Kang and the old man, then took control of both of their cities by installing Hai Zhou and Hai Yi as city lords. He ended the cities’ hostility, leaving their people surprised by the sudden peace.

• Zhao Fu ambushed Hai Kang as he was about to kill the old man, then killed Hai Kang and stabbed the old man through the heart.
• Zhao Fu told Hai Zhou that he had killed her husband and offered to make her city lord, and she agreed to help him take control of the city.
• Zhao Fu secretly killed or controlled the city’s generals, securing Hai Zhou’s rule before heading to Hai Kang’s city.
• Zhao Fu told Hai Yi that he had killed Hai Kang and demanded information and her cooperation as the new city lord.
• Zhao Fu brought the second city’s generals under his control, then publicly named Hai Zhou and Hai Yi the new city lords and ended the cities’ hostility.