Recaps

Li Rulong achieved the Dao Foundation and fled as Fang Qing diverted Lord Pu by exposing a decoy strand of Great Sun Violet Qi through Luo Dacheng. Lord Pu discovered the trap and destroyed the Luo Family, while Fang Qing went into hiding on Jade Island to plan his cultivation.

• Li Rulong completed his breakthrough to the Dao Foundation as Dark Candle Adept celebrated, and a Black Blight Sect Purple Mansion cultivator confronted True Person Sanji while Li Rulong fled.
• Fang Qing controlled Luo Dacheng into presenting a jade bottle containing Great Sun Violet Qi to the Luo Family Patriarch, drawing Lord Pu’s attention to Heavenly Water.
• Lord Pu arrived at the Luo estate, searched the Luo Family Patriarch’s memories, and found that the bottle was empty.
• Fang Qing killed Luo Dacheng remotely, and Lord Pu realized Li Rulong had escaped before burning the Luo Family estate and its cultivators to ashes.
• Fang Qing lost his live broadcast connection and chose to remain on Jade Island, lie low, and work toward advancing through the Qi Refinement Way.

Fang Qing reached the Qi Refining Ninth Layer, strengthened his body, and prepared to pursue Foundation Establishment while reflecting on Li Rulong’s betrayal and the Heavenly Water Luo Family’s destruction. At Pill Hall, he applied for the Second-Order alchemist examination just as Pill Island’s elders debated their True Disciple candidate.

• Fang Qing assessed his cultivation, his chances of Foundation Establishment, and the protections offered by an Iceheart Meridian-Guarding Pill, but decided to wait for the True Disciple Grand Competition and its Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Fang Qing reviewed Li Rulong’s blood sacrifice and disappearance, concluded that the Heavenly Water Luo Family had been destroyed, and resolved to use disciples as probes in future schemes.
• Fang Qing arrived at Pill Hall and applied to take the Second-Order alchemist examination, stunning the gathered disciples.
• Elder Tianding and the Second-Order alchemists debated whom Pill Island should recommend as a Hundred Arts of Immortality True Disciple, with Gong Susu and Five Dragons Child proposed.
• Qing Wu argued that Five Dragons Child remained eligible despite a failed Foundation Establishment attempt, then revealed that Five Dragons Child had cultivated Spiritual Sense.

Fang Qing took Pill Island’s Second-Order alchemist assessment while the elders debated who should become a True Disciple. After he passed, Pill Island recommended him for the sect’s True Disciple assessment, leaving Five Dragons Child devastated.

• Elder Tianding paused the elders’ debate after learning that Fang Qing had applied for the Second-Order alchemist assessment.
• Fang Qing began refining three kinds of Second-Order pills with Spiritual Sense assisting his technique.
• Gong Susu and Hua Lingsu watched from below as Five Dragons Child feared Fang Qing would take his chance at the True Disciple position.
• Fang Qing passed the Second-Order alchemist assessment and Pill Island recommended him for the sect’s True Disciple assessment.
• Five Dragons Child spat blood after receiving news of Fang Qing’s success.

Fang Qing became an Azure Sea Sect True Disciple and received a Foundation Establishment Pill, while Sect Leader Linghu prepared to relinquish his position and pursue the sect’s plan for unification. Fang Qing returned to his cave abode to cultivate and prepare for Foundation Establishment.

• Sect Leader Linghu approved Fang Qing as a True Disciple and told Linghu Zhong to build relationships with the other disciples.
• Fang Qing ignored congratulatory messages and dismissed an anonymous warning that the sect intended to imprison him for pill refining.
• Qin Ruxue told Fang Qing that her alliance with Five Dragons Child was over unless he achieved Foundation Establishment on his own, and Fang Qing met Linghu Zhong and other True Disciples.
• Sect Leader Linghu led the True Disciples to the Patriarch Hall, where the elders explained their benefits and issued Foundation Establishment Pills to those with enough Contribution Points.
• Fang Qing examined his standard Foundation Establishment Pill, returned to Pill Island, and entered seclusion in his cave abode.

Fang Qing secured his Azure Sea Sect cave abode before crossing to Ancient Shu, where he considered how to pursue a Breath-Nourishing Dao Foundation. At Floating Boat Market, Old Blind Man explained Dao Transformation and revealed that he hoped someone who reached Dao Foundation would take on the Causality he had incurred.

• Fang Qing activated a high-grade Azure-Sky Formation around his cave abode and crossed to Ancient Shu after divining that it was safe.
• Fang Qing weighed saving his Foundation Establishment Pill for a Breath-Nourishing Dao breakthrough and resolved to seek alchemy books and Chariot Water cultivation techniques.
• Fang Qing visited Floating Boat Market and met Old Blind Man, who said Li Rulong had reached Dao Foundation and fled into the Demon Race.
• Old Blind Man warned Fang Qing that failed Breath-Nourishing Dao breakthroughs could cause cultivators to undergo Dao Transformation and nourish Heaven and Earth.
• Old Blind Man revealed that his past in the Secret Treasury Domain had left him with Causality, and he hoped a future Dao Foundation cultivator would bear it for him.

Fang Qing learned more about the Secret Treasury Domain and the world’s declining cultivation, then avoided an ominous lead about an ancient cave estate. He traveled to Three-Water Hollow to check on his surviving Fang Household kin and found the village in ruins, with hungry children waiting for Brother Jing Chun.

• Fang Qing asked the Old Blind Man about the Horse-Head Vajra Protector Divine Art and learned that its continuation could be found at Horse-Head Vajra Temple in the Secret Treasury Domain.
• The Old Blind Man explained that the Near-Ancient Calendar began when the last True Lord attained the Dao more than eight thousand years earlier, after which many great powers withdrew into Grotto-Heavens.
• Fang Qing saw Old Tian trying to trade Spirit Grain for cultivation techniques at Floating Boat Market, then heard reports of a dangerous ancient cultivator’s cave estate containing a flying sword and chose not to investigate.
• Fang Qing divined that visiting Three-Water Hollow was auspicious and decided to check on the remaining members of his Fang Household’s Incense line.
• Fang Qing arrived at Three-Water Hollow and found much of the village ruined, while several hungry children waited in the ancestral hall for Brother Jing Chun to return with food.

Fang Qing rescued several young Fang descendants from the ruined ancestral hall, arranged a new home for them, and left Fang Jingchun a hidden cultivation inheritance. After searching markets for advanced texts and treasures, he broke through to the Qi Ingestion Eighth Layer and began considering the proper position of Water Virtue.

• Fang Qing met Fang Jingchun and two younger Fang descendants in the ruined ancestral hall, gave them martial teachings and supplies, and took them to live near a prosperous city.
• Fang Qing secretly left Fang Jingchun a [Winnowing Basket Water] cultivation method, Qi-Gathering Formula essentials, and a record of the Fang Family's enemies.
• Fang Qing searched markets for Dao Foundation cultivation methods and alchemy texts but found that such knowledge and [Winnowing Basket Water] treasures were scarce.
• Fang Qing felt his [Winnowing Basket Water] mana flowing smoothly, swallowed Qi Refining Powder, and advanced to the Qi Ingestion Eighth Layer.
• Fang Qing reflected on the water cycle among the four waters and wondered whether Water Virtue had a proper position between Zhen and Bi.

Fang Qing used a black-market exchange meeting to draw out Cultivator Bandits while gathering information about the Misty-Wave Blessed Land. After ambushing the attackers, he learned the dwarf elder was Xu Hei and confronted Bai Ling over her connection to the Harmonious Bliss Sect.

• Fang Qing attended an exchange meeting in the forest and offered valuable Qi Ingestion spiritual items in return for information about Dao Foundation-grade Chariot Water Gong methods and Winnowing Basket Water spiritual items.
• Cultivators discussed a sword cultivator's cave estate near Floating Boat Market and rumors that it could lead to Misty-Wave Adept's Blessed Land.
• Fang Qing left the meeting on his Green Leaf Boat, lured the Cultivator Bandits after him, and killed several with three Firecloud Talismans.
• The wounded dwarf elder, Xu Hei, identified Murong Jiu as the mastermind and tried to ambush Fang Qing, who crushed Xu Hei with a single slap.
• Bai Ling revealed that she cultivated Room Sun through a Gong method passed down from the Harmonious Bliss Sect, and Fang Qing struck at her.

Fang Qing forced Xu Hei to become his disciple and sent him to trade Spirit Assets and gather intelligence before returning to the Azure Sea Sect. At Linghu Zhong’s Foundation Establishment gathering, Fang Qing learned that the sect was preparing for war against the Heavenly Heart Chain Islands.

• Xu Hei told Fang Qing that he had learned the Yin Origin Dao-Extracting Formula from the Corpse Yin Sect, and Fang Qing demanded to see its Dao scripture.
• Fang Qing used the Great Sun Empowerment Secret Art to convert Xu Hei, cursed him to keep Fang Qing’s identity secret, and ordered him to trade Spirit Assets and gather intelligence.
• Fang Qing returned to his cave abode on Jade Island, learned that Linghu Zhong had achieved Foundation Establishment, and brought him a Second-Order pill as a gift.
• At Linghu Zhong’s gathering, Fang Qing heard that Qin Ruxue had failed her Foundation Establishment attempt and the Five Dragons Child had failed as well.
• Linghu Zhong told the gathered Qi Refinement disciples that the Azure Sea Sect was preparing for war against the Heavenly Heart Chain Islands and advised them to seek trusted teammates for the coming missions.

Fang Qing refused to join the Azure Sea Sect’s wars and spent three years cultivating until he reached Qi Refining Ninth Layer Great Perfection, preparing to attempt Foundation Establishment. As the war continued against the Great White Zhong Clan and its demon ally, Qin Ruxue also returned to the sect to attempt Foundation Establishment, while Fang Qing rented a Third-Order cave abode for his own breakthrough.

• Qin Ruxue asked Fang Qing to fund a Second-Order Heavenly Heart Origin-Restoring Pill, and he agreed in hopes of benefiting from her formation skills.
• Fang Qing rejected battlefield invitations, entered seclusion, and focused on raising both his Qi Refinement and Qi Ingestion cultivation.
• The Azure Sea Sect destroyed the Heavenly Heart Chain Islands after its leader Linghu Jin secretly achieved Core Formation, then fought the Zhong Family and its Third-Order demon ally.
• After three years, Fang Qing reached Qi Refining Ninth Layer Great Perfection and concluded that Foundation Establishment was needed to expand his cultivation capacity.
• Qin Ruxue earned battle merit by killing a Second-Order demon beast, obtained a Foundation Establishment Pill, and began seclusion to attempt Foundation Establishment.
• Fang Qing rented the Jia-Shen Third-Order cave abode and announced that he was preparing for Foundation Establishment.

Fang Qing successfully established his Foundation and briefly attempted to forge a Dao Foundation, but stopped after meeting an impassable barrier. He received his sect benefits from acting sect leader Linghu Zhong and secured a cave abode suited to building a Spirit Pool.

• Fang Qing used the Iceheart Meridian-Guarding Pill and the Dao-Born Pearl to pass the Foundation Establishment Three Passes, reaching Foundation Establishment and extending his Spiritual Sense to about thirty-three zhang.
• Fang Qing tried to establish his Dao Foundation but encountered no path forward, suffered a minor injury, and ended the attempt before wasting his Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Two disciples congratulated Fang Qing, and he rewarded them with mid-grade spirit stones; he also spoke privately to the injured Qin Ruxue as she left her cave abode.
• Fang Qing went to Vast Sea Hall, where acting sect leader Linghu Zhong registered his Foundation Establishment and offered him the sect's standard rewards.
• Fang Qing requested a cave abode with a Second-Order water vein, and Linghu Zhong assigned him Dark Jade Cave, which already had a Second-Order Spirit Pool.

Fang Qing secured a Second-Order Spirit Pool, studied the Azure Sea Method, and moved into Dark Jade Cave, where he discovered a formula that could enhance the pool for alchemy. As he began converting his cultivation method, Qin Ruxue arrived after failing Foundation Establishment again, leaving her future uncertain.

• Linghu Zhong arranged for Fang Qing to receive a Second-Order Spirit Pool, access to the Heavenly Books Pavilion's sixth floor, and a future logistics assignment refining pills.
• Fang Qing studied the Azure Sea Method and its Foundation Establishment spells, while finding no information about the secret Outer Core method.
• Fang Qing moved into Dark Jade Cave and discovered Xiang Shaocen's Water-Fire Alchemy Formula, which could temporarily raise the cold spring's grade.
• Fang Qing began converting his cultivation method to the Azure Sea Method and estimated that the Dao-Born Pearl would speed up the process.
• Qin Ruxue visited Fang Qing after failing Foundation Establishment again, explaining that a surge of emotion had disrupted her breakthrough and that she planned to keep making formation tools until she could obtain another spiritual item.

Fang Qing bound Qin Ruxue to him as a Wisdom Consort and used the Great Sun Empowerment Secret Art to give her pseudo-Foundation Establishment strength. He held a small Foundation Establishment celebration, where Linghu Zhong arrived with a valuable gift and saw Qin Ruxue at his side.

• Fang Qing offered Qin Ruxue guaranteed Foundation Establishment in exchange for accepting a restriction, and she agreed to become his Wisdom Consort.
• Fang Qing empowered Qin Ruxue with Second-Order Body Refinement and a drop of Liquid Mana, giving her pseudo-Foundation Establishment strength that she would need him to replenish.
• Fang Qing suspected he could appoint only five Bright Sons and Wisdom Consorts, and told Qin Ruxue to study formations and arrange his modest Foundation Establishment celebration.
• Qin Ruxue welcomed Linghu Zhong to the gathering, and he sensed danger from her despite believing she remained at Qi Refinement.
• Linghu Zhong congratulated Fang Qing and gave him a second-order Jade Spirit Armor, while the guests mistook Qin Ruxue for Fang Qing's Dao companion.

A year after achieving Foundation Establishment, Fang Qing traveled with reinforcements to Little White Island, hoping to hunt sea beasts for materials to make cultivation pills while serving the Azure Sea Sect. After receiving orders to refine Yang Profound Pills, he studied the two stalled fronts and concluded that locating the Sea-Covering Turtle was key to the campaign.

• Fang Qing encouraged Qin Ruxue to take missions and earn another Foundation Establishment Pill while he considered how slowly his cultivation was progressing.
• Fang Qing reviewed the Water-Origin Pill recipe and battlefield intelligence about the Third-Order Sea-Covering Turtle as the warship carried him into Zhong Family waters.
• The Five-Tusk Warship docked at Little White Island, where Elder Myriad Treasures assigned Fang Qing to refine Yang Profound Pills using one of the island's hot springs.
• Fang Qing learned that the Azure Sea Sect was besieging Supreme White Island while the Sea-Covering Turtle attacked supply routes and Little White Island.
• Fang Qing concluded that the sect needed to locate the Sea-Covering Turtle, which avoided facing both Core Formation patriarchs at once and fled whenever danger arose.

Fang Qing supervised a large batch of Yang Profound Pills and planned to hunt the Moon-Worship Clam with Qin Ruxue. He left to pursue the clam, hoping to gain materials for his own cultivation while helping Qin Ruxue earn merit.

• Fang Qing reviewed the Great Sun True Interpretation and considered the risks surrounding the Sword Cultivator's Cave-Dwelling and Misty-Wave Blessed Land.
• Fang Qing assigned Hua Lingsu and the weakened Five Dragons Child tasks refining Yang Profound Pills, then completed the sect's alchemy assignment over half a month.
• Qin Ruxue told Fang Qing that she had learned the Moon-Worship Clam's general whereabouts and gave him an artifact fragment carrying traces of its demonic aura.
• Fang Qing proposed that he and Qin Ruxue accept a mission to kill the Moon-Worship Clam, seeking its pearl and other materials while helping her earn merit points.

Fang Qing and Qin Ruxue killed a Second-Order Moon-Worship Clam, and Fang Qing refined Water-Origin Pills that helped him condense another drop of Liquid Mana. Their progress was interrupted when flying demon beasts attacked Little White Island.

• Fang Qing and Qin Ruxue trapped the Moon-Worship Clam in Qin Ruxue's formation and killed it with Gui Water Yin Thunder and Fang Qing's attacks.
• Fang Qing gave Qin Ruxue the clam shell as mission proof and kept its pearl and meat for refining and cultivation.
• Fang Qing refined three Water-Origin Pills with Hua Lingsu and the Five Dragons Child, producing two Prime Quality pills and one Inferior Quality pill.
• Fang Qing took a Prime Quality Water-Origin Pill and condensed another drop of Liquid Mana.
• Flying demon beasts attacked Little White Island, throwing the island into chaos.

Fang Qing and Qin Ruxue killed a Second-Order Blackwater Turtle, prompting its Third-Order Demon King parent to attack Little White Island. Linghu Jin drove the Sea-Covering Turtle away, and Fang Qing kept a shell fragment that could help him track it by divination.

• Fang Qing and Qin Ruxue killed the trapped Blackwater Turtle, and Qin Ruxue discovered it had condensed a Second-Order Demon Core.
• Fang Qing's divination warned of mortal danger, so he and Qin Ruxue hurried back to Little White Island before the Sea-Covering Turtle attacked its protective formation.
• Elder Myriad Treasures ordered the island's cultivators to defend the formation, and Fang Qing supplied it with Liquid Mana while secretly conserving most of his reserves.
• Linghu Jin arrived and wounded the Sea-Covering Turtle, then used a Dharma treasure to counter its water dragons until it fled.
• Qin Ruxue gave Fang Qing a fragment from the Sea-Covering Turtle's shell, and he decided to use its demonic aura for divination while delaying any effort to kill the Demon King.

Qin Ruxue successfully established her foundation, while Fang Qing assessed his combat weaknesses and chose to refine a Myriad Souls Banner from demon-beast souls. A divination suggested that someone southwest of the Taibai Sea Region could help his banner reach great completion.

• Qin Ruxue established her foundation in a few days and told Fang Qing that she expected to become a Tier 2 Low-Grade Formation master.
• Fang Qing considered his lack of powerful combat methods and weighed pursuing a Dao Foundation, seeking a Talisman Treasure, or improving his artifacts.
• Fang Qing obtained the Myriad Souls Banner secret technique from Elder Myriad Treasures and learned that it could be refined using demon-beast bones, hides, and souls.
• Fang Qing discovered that banners of the same kind could devour and fuse with one another, then used Plum Blossom Divination to seek a shortcut.
• Fang Qing interpreted his hexagram as pointing to a helpful person southwest of the Taibai Sea Region who could help complete his soul banner.

Fang Qing and Qin Ruxue answered a sect distress signal and arrived as Zhong Family cultivators attacked an Azure Sea Sect spirit ship. Elder Heavenly Punishment revealed himself to confront Zhong Lingxiu, who unleashed a powerful talisman treasure, sending the elder and the ship’s cultivators fleeing.

• Fang Qing killed a Second-Order giant bonefish and used his soul-banner Spirit Artifact to capture its essence soul while Qin Ruxue assisted him.
• Fang Qing and Qin Ruxue received a sect emergency distress signal, and Fang Qing used Plum Blossom Divination to decide they should go help.
• Zhong Lingxiu and Zhong Family cultivators besieged an Azure Sea Sect spirit ship after a spy sabotaged its defensive formation, while Cui Zhe fought Zhong Lingxiu and was defeated.
• Elder Heavenly Punishment revealed that he had been posing as a Qi Refinement disciple, then attacked the Zhong Family cultivators with his Purple Lightning Needles.
• Zhong Lingxiu produced an Ice-Soul Pearl Talisman Treasure, causing Elder Heavenly Punishment and the spirit ship’s cultivators to flee.

Fang Qing and Qin Ruxue joined Elder Heavenly Punishment’s battle against Zhong Lingxiu, helping drive the powerful Zhong Family patriarch away. Back on Little White Island, Fang Qing upgraded his soul banner with Hu Fan’s essence souls and received puppet remnants that could help him strengthen it further.

• Fang Qing and Qin Ruxue found Hu Fan’s corpse and several dead Zhong Family cultivators, then followed the traces of battle to Elder Heavenly Punishment and Zhong Lingxiu fighting with Talisman Treasures.
• Fang Qing and Qin Ruxue attacked Zhong Lingxiu with talismans and a spiritual sense technique, allowing Elder Heavenly Punishment to press his assault and force Zhong Lingxiu to retreat.
• Elder Heavenly Punishment explained that his Fire Origin Sword Talisman Treasure was nearly exhausted, then took the surviving cultivators back to the spirit ship and ordered their return to the sect.
• Fang Qing used the essence souls in Hu Fan’s Ten-Soul Banner to upgrade his own soul banner into a mid-grade Spirit Artifact.
• Qin Ruxue told Fang Qing that their rescue earned them two major merits and that Cui Zhe had left him a gift.
• Fang Qing recognized Cui Zhe’s gift as damaged Second-Order Puppet cores and realized they could help accelerate the growth of his Hundred-Soul Banner.

Seven years into the war, Fang Qing reached the peak of Foundation Establishment Early Stage and prepared to help the Azure Sea Sect locate the Sea-Covering Turtle after hearing of worsening losses. He secretly sent Qin Ruxue to deliver the turtle’s location to the sect, while considering how to use his concealed identity to advance his cultivation in Ancient Shu.

• Fang Qing reached the limit of twenty drops of liquid mana and decided he would need a Minor Barrier-Breaking Pill to overcome his bottleneck.
• Fang Qing reviewed his high-grade Hundred-Soul Banner, stored demon-beast materials, and other treasures accumulated over seven years of hunting.
• Qin Ruxue told Fang Qing that one of her senior sisters had died on the front lines, and he concluded that the war had reached a breaking point.
• Fang Qing used Plum Blossom Divination with the Sea-Covering Turtle’s remains to identify its hiding place and gave Qin Ruxue a jade slip and Mirage Pearl to deliver secretly to the sect.
• Fang Qing considered using the Mirage Pearl in Ancient Shu to conceal his aura while developing his Breath-Nourishing Dao cultivation.

Fang Qing joined the Azure Sea Sect’s decisive assault on Supreme White Island after Linghu Jin announced that the Sea-Covering Turtle had been slain. As the Zhong Family’s defenses collapsed and the battle began, Fang Qing found a concealed cavern that might contain Ice Soul Coldheart.

• Linghu Jin revealed the Sea-Covering Turtle’s head and explained that Ruan Zhixuan had helped him kill it through a surprise attack, then ordered the Azure Sea Sect to mobilize against the Great White Zhong Family.
• Zhong Xuanli told Zhong Lingxiu that the Zhong Family was facing destruction and sent him away with a sea chart and family resources to escape through a teleportation formation.
• The Azure Sea Sect attacked Supreme White Island, broke its Third-Order formation, and trapped many fleeing cultivators with a second lightning formation as the three Core Formation cultivators clashed.
• Fang Qing and Qin Ruxue searched a Spirit Herb Garden, where Fang Qing’s demon souls gathered storage pouches before one was destroyed by a hidden restriction.
• Fang Qing broke the restriction with the Sea-Transforming Pearl and uncovered a cavern that Qin Ruxue identified as a possible entrance to the Zhong Family’s Ice Soul Cave.

Fang Qing and Qin Ruxue killed a Zhong Family cultivator in the Ice Soul Cave and took its treasures before the Azure Sea Sect defeated the Zhong Family and claimed supremacy over the Lesser Vast Sea. Back at Jade Island, Fang Qing avoided sect politics and prepared for his next trip to the Misty-Wave Blessed Land.

• Fang Qing and Qin Ruxue entered the Ice Soul Cave, where a Zhong Family Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator ambushed them, but they joined forces and killed him.
• Fang Qing found two Second-Order Ice Soul Coldhearts in the Third-Order Ice Soul Cold Spring and took them before heading with Qin Ruxue to sweep the herb garden.
• Ruan Zhixuan and Linghu Jin discussed the Zhong Family ancestor's death, the spoils of battle, and their plans for Linghu Jin to pursue Core Formation.
• Several months later, Fang Qing returned to Dark Jade Cave on Jade Island as the Azure Sea Sect became the undisputed overlord of the Lesser Vast Sea.
• Fang Qing told Qin Ruxue to support Cui Zhe in the Hall of Punishing Evil vote, then inventoried his resources and planned to seek the Winnowing Basket Water Dao Foundation spirit item in the Misty-Wave Blessed Land.

Fang Qing traded two Chariot Water Dao Foundation demon-beast materials to Pi Xiuyuan for the Pi Family’s Whale-Swallows-the-Sea Formula, learning more about the distant cultivation world and the approaching Misty-Wave Blessed Land. The chapter ended with Fang Qing and Pi Xiuyuan exchanging blows, as Fang Qing evaded Pi Xiuyuan’s wooden sword attack by turning into water.

• Xu Hei reported that the Pi Family might possess a Chariot Water Dao Foundation cultivation method, and Fang Qing decided to negotiate with them himself.
• Fang Qing visited Cangcui Mountain in disguise, where the Pi Family cultivators activated their grand formation before Pi Xiuyuan received him.
• Fang Qing offered fish scales and a turtle shell from Chariot Water Dao Foundation demon beasts, and Pi Xiuyuan agreed to trade them for the Pi Family’s Whale-Swallows-the-Sea Formula.
• Pi Xiuyuan explained that the formula came from the Vast Sea Sect and that the Misty-Wave Blessed Land might contain valuable Dao Foundation materials, artifacts, and cultivation methods.
• Fang Qing invited Pi Xiuyuan to exchange pointers, and Pi Xiuyuan’s wooden flying swords shattered Fang Qing’s Azure Sea Shield.
• Fang Qing turned into flowing water to evade the swords, surprising Pi Xiuyuan.

Fang Qing gauged his strength against an Ancient Shu Dao Foundation cultivator, obtained a Chariot Water cultivation method, and captured Murong Jiu for information about the Misty-Wave Blessed Land. Learning that two Tian siblings might be used to open the land, he grew wary and resolved not to enter it.

• Fang Qing sparred with Pi Xiuyuan, who dismissed his strength and mistook him for a Secret Treasury Domain agent; Pi Xiuyuan later warned his household against provoking him.
• Fang Qing studied the Whale-Swallows-the-Sea Formula and learned it required Long-Whale Bright-Moon Qi, which could be gathered in the Lesser Vast Sea.
• Fang Qing and Xu Hei ambushed Murong Jiu after a black market exchange, and Fang Qing used his spiritual sense to subdue him.
• Fang Qing compelled Murong Jiu to become his disciple and demanded his cultivation method, movement technique, and intelligence about the Misty-Wave Blessed Land.
• Murong Jiu revealed that the blessed land was hidden in Misty-Wave Lake and that two distant descendants of Misty-Wave Adept, siblings surnamed Tian, might be raised to Dao Foundation to open it.
• Fang Qing recognized the connection to Old Tian and decided he would not enter the Misty-Wave Blessed Land.