Chapter Summaries

Plot points and events

• After recovering from his injuries, Wu Yu reflects that the Ghost Ship’s skeleton crew may have been controlled by the ship itself, rather than acting independently.
• Killing Captain Kro triggers the hidden quest Kro’s Longing: return the protective necklace Kro’s wife gave him. Wu Yu already has the Gemstone Necklace, so he expects to complete the quest when he returns.
• The Ghost Ship’s crew drop nearly three hundred cards. Wu Yu keeps several valuable gold-grade rewards and a red-grade Nightmare Beast Egg, which may hatch into a colossal sea creature.
• Unsure whether the egg is useful to him, Wu Yu learns from the Fate Compass that Nightmare Beasts are nightmares made real in the Secret Sea. Such beasts ordinarily cannot reproduce, so the egg appears to be an exception created by the Tower.
• Later, aboard the Tower Ship, Allen excitedly tells Amy about Wu Yu’s powers. He then hears Little Vick calling from outside the window and goes to investigate.

Character developments and interactions

• Wu Yu remains cautious and pragmatic: despite the egg’s potential, he doubts he can raise or house a giant creature before returning from the Sea World. He consults the Fate Compass for information rather than spending a limited fate prompt.
• The Twilight Witch tends to Wu Yu while he recovers and listens to his theory about the Ghost Ship.
• The Fate Compass explains Nightmare Beasts but cannot identify what kind of creature the egg will hatch.
• Allen is awed by Wu Yu and wishes he could use witchcraft; his curiosity leads him toward the mysterious voice. Amy remains troubled, though the reason is not given.

Significant themes

• Uncertainty and limited knowledge: Wu Yu must interpret clues and make decisions despite the Fate Compass’s incomplete information.
• Power and risk: The Nightmare Beast Egg promises enormous strength but may be difficult to control or use.
• A dangerous world shaped by imagination: In the Secret Sea, nightmares become real, making even people’s dreams a potential source of danger.

Plot points and events

• Allen hears what sounds like his childhood friend calling from outside the cabin and becomes almost completely entranced. Amy suddenly faints, and Allen nearly opens the window before the Blood Mark on his forehead flares painfully, breaking the spell.
• Allen calls for Wu Yu. Wu Yu initially hears nothing, but when he strengthens the [Evernight Lamp], voices from outside become audible. They imitate Wu Yu’s companions and describe dangers at sea, trying to persuade him to open the window.
• Wu Yu recognizes the voices as a dangerous supernatural lure. He resists the urge to open the window, concludes that getting someone to open it is the entities’ main objective, and recalls that such night-born beings follow rules and are difficult or impossible to destroy.
• Wu Yu wakes Amy with [Yi Wood Divine Light] and asks her to sing the “Mermaid’s Song.” The song quiets the voices and ends the threat.
• In the resulting light, Wu Yu spots a hazy, transparent island. The Fate Compass identifies it as the legendary Divine Island, a rare opportunity that is difficult to reach. Wu Yu steers the Tower Ship toward it.
• A hidden, Transcendent-rank quest appears. Wu Yu must choose between giving up and receiving [Dagon]’s blessing, or attempting to land and earn a reward from the [Secret Sea World].

Character developments

• Allen shows both vulnerability and caution: he is nearly fooled by the familiar voice, but the Blood Mark’s pain restores his awareness, and he seeks help rather than opening the window.
• Wu Yu demonstrates composure and sound judgment under supernatural pressure. He analyzes the entities’ tactics instead of acting on the powerful urge to confront them, then quickly pursues the opportunity the island presents.
• Amy is briefly incapacitated but helps save the group by singing the Mermaid’s Song, revealing that her music can affect the night entities as well as soothe listeners.

Character interactions

• Allen relies on Wu Yu for protection and explains what happened; Wu Yu reassures him and revives Amy.
• The voices exploit personal trust, impersonating Allen’s friend and Wu Yu’s companions to manipulate them into opening the window.
• Wu Yu asks Amy to sing, and her song suppresses the threat, allowing him to investigate the island.

Significant themes

• Caution amid the supernatural: Familiar voices and apparent pleas can be traps, so resisting impulse is essential.
• Knowledge and observation as survival tools: Wu Yu survives by identifying the entities’ objective and recalling what is known about them.
• Unexpected power and opportunity: Amy’s song neutralizes a threat, while the danger’s disappearance reveals a rare chance to reach the Divine Island.

Chapter summary

Key plot points

• Wu Yu confirms that Divine Island is tied to the dangerous deities of the Secret Sea World. He suspects that accepting Dagon’s reward for abandoning the landing would mean gaining a deep-sea blessing—possibly turning him into a Deep One—so he decides to try reaching the island.
• His Blackfeather Flying Sword passes through the island’s mirage-like appearance, revealing that the island occupies a separate space. Wu Yu then senses a trail of “blood” with his Blood Feast ability and guides his tower ship along it.
• The sea and ship distort as they cross into the island’s space. Wu Yu finds more than a hundred vessels gathered there, with people drawn from different seas—and even different times and spaces.
• The Fate Compass cannot reveal the island’s secrets. Wu Yu observes the gathered groups, whose strength and ships vary widely, and recognizes that their captains are the main leaders.
• A red-haired wizard from Duran Academy invites Wu Yu to join their landing effort. She says their divine artifact, Detect Mind, identified him as kind and honest. Judging that remaining alone would make him a target, Wu Yu accepts and agrees to cooperate with the academy’s group.
• The assembled ships discuss the island’s history and the unusually large gathering. Then three technologically advanced steel ships appear, carrying Tower Climbers—people Wu Yu recognizes as fellow outsiders like himself.

Character developments and interactions

• Wu Yu shifts from cautious investigation to practical cooperation. He stays alert, prepares his artifacts and abilities when the space changes, and chooses an alliance rather than risk being isolated.
• The red-haired wizard presents herself as confident and direct. She approaches Wu Yu on behalf of Duran Academy and secures his cooperation.
• The Fate Compass admits its limits: Divine Island lies beyond its ability to read fate.
• The assembled captains and crews form groups around strong leaders, trading information and reacting with surprise to the gathering’s temporal and spatial contradictions.

Significant themes

• The limits of knowledge and power: Even Wu Yu’s Fate Compass cannot explain Divine Island.
• Uncanny space and time: The island draws together ships and people from different eras and locations.
• Trust and self-preservation: Alliances offer protection, but are formed among strangers with uncertain motives.
• Divine danger and temptation: A deity’s “gift” may be a transformation rather than a conventional reward.

Plot points

• A gate to the legendary Divine Island appears offshore. The gathered ships rush toward it, only to discover that the space around the gate is dramatically distorted: what looked close is now far beyond the horizon.
• The fleet’s captains race forward, revealing their ships’ magical and mechanical abilities. The Duran Academy ships activate a powerful treasure that links and boosts their vessels, letting them surge ahead as one.
• Wu Yu orders Amy and Allen to use their transcendent powers to help the Tower Ship keep pace. He is impressed by the Academy’s teamwork and sorcery, though he remains calm and observant.
• The three conspicuous steel steamships associated with Cyber City lack the local factions’ methods and fall behind. More than a dozen ships move to surround them, and one summons a gigantic black-robed specter to attack.

Character developments and interactions

• Wu Yu continues to conceal his identity and assess the competing groups. He recognizes the Tower Climbers’ contempt for locals as a likely source of trouble, then responds pragmatically when the race begins.
• Amy and Allen obey Wu Yu and use their powers to help propel the Tower Ship; the Academy’s treasure amplifies them into part of the fleet’s acceleration system.
• The Duran Academy’s Wizards demonstrate the strength of their genuine sorcerous traditions, coordinating their ships through shared magic.
• The Cyber City Tower Climbers appear isolated and vulnerable. Their lack of local techniques, combined with their earlier hostility toward other captains, leaves them exposed to attack.

Themes

• Cooperation versus arrogance: The Academy’s coordinated fleet gains an advantage, while the Tower Climbers’ dismissive attitude earns them enemies.
• The supernatural and the physical intertwined: The journey to the Divine Island is shaped by both spatial distortion and immense pressure, as well as by ships’ machinery and magic.
• Rising conflict: The competition for the island begins as a race but quickly threatens to become open violence.

Plot points and events

• During the Hundred Barges Race, hostile local ships suddenly attack three Tower Climber vessels. Although the Climbers fight back with technology, magic, talismans, and formations, local Wizard and Warrior elites soon overwhelm them with powers drawn from the Secret Sea. The ships are destroyed, and their attackers collect the survivors’ bodies and souls.
• Wu Yu watches the battle before learning that his own ship, carrying Duran Academy members, has been targeted. Two captains, Mengman and Ashley, close in, arguing over who will claim the people and supplies aboard.
• Amy spots the danger, and Allen fires the ship’s [Evil Curse Cannon], damaging the attackers and forcing them to retreat behind barriers. The captains then connect their ships to Wu Yu’s with strange spatial anchors and send their crews across.
• Allen’s cannon blasts enemies apart, but they regenerate because their hearts are hidden and their bodies have been altered by witchcraft. Following Wu Yu’s advice, Allen uses the [Ghost Cannon] to kill invisible ghost attackers instead.
• The enemy crews launch a larger assault. Allen activates the Blood Sea Imprint, boosting the [Evil Curse Cannon] enough to destroy half of Mengman’s ship. Mengman transforms into a giant tentacled monster, but Wu Yu cuts it apart with his Nine-Infant Profound Light Sword Qi.
• Ashley attempts to escape. Wu Yu uses a talisman to weaken her and then summons a flaming divine bird aboard her ship. The chapter ends before her fate is revealed.

Character developments and interactions

• Wu Yu stays composed and observant, explaining the enemies’ regeneration and directing Allen to use the right weapons. He also shows eagerness to test himself against powerful local fighters, though none confront him directly.
• Allen moves from confidence in the cannons to alarm when the attackers regenerate, then follows Wu Yu’s guidance and escalates his attack with the Blood Sea Imprint.
• Amy trembles while reporting the approaching danger, while the Twilight Witch protects the ship from the falling remains of Mengman’s transformed body.
• Captain Mengman is greedy and boastful, but becomes enraged as his ship is damaged and ultimately attacks in monstrous form. Captain Ashley schemes to overwhelm the defenders and later tries to flee.
• The captains’ rivalry over loot contrasts with their coordination in attacking Wu Yu’s ship.

Significant themes

• Contrasting forms of power: Tower Climber technology and local Secret Sea sorcery clash, with neither side easily dominant.
• Preparation and adaptation: The defenders survive by switching tactics and matching weapons to specific threats.
• The limits of brute force: Regenerating enemies cannot be defeated by damage alone; their hidden hearts and ghostly allies require targeted counters.
• Greed and predation: The captains treat people and supplies as spoils, while their infighting reveals how self-interest undermines even their apparent cooperation.

Key plot points and events

• After defeating the enemy ships, Wu Yu leaves Allen to deal with the aftermath and focuses on reaching the Divine Island. The sea battle has broken into chaotic infighting, but Duran Academy’s group remains intact.
• Near the Gate, Wu Yu recognizes the dangerous Reef Zone from his fate prompt and holds back while other ships rush ahead. A ship trying to fly over the reefs hits an invisible barrier, and another is dragged into a reef and smashed. The reefs pull in vessels of every kind and destroy them.
• To strengthen the Tower Ship’s control, Wu Yu injects Amy and Allen with Overlord No. 9, warning them that it will leave them weakened afterward. They accept willingly, trusting him.
• Wu Yu enters his heavenly being state. His heightened perception reveals that the “reefs” are actually imperishable corpses, while the Gate is a distorted spacetime tunnel pouring out life energy. He senses nothing especially threatening about the Divine Island itself.
• With all three stronger, the Tower Ship resists the reefs and overtakes other ships. Wu Yu rescues dozens of Duran Academy members after their ship strikes a reef. A familiar female Wizard explains that the impact extinguished their magic and drained their Secret Sea power.

Character developments and interactions

• Wu Yu is cautious and observant, using the fate prompt to avoid rushing into danger. He accepts the risk of using the injections and acts decisively to save Duran Academy’s survivors.
• Amy and Allen readily accept the injections, expressing gratitude and confidence in Wu Yu. Their boosted power helps the ship navigate the Reef Zone.
• The female Wizard parts from Wu Yu amicably near the Gate, then later thanks him for saving her group and explains the reefs’ effect on their magic.

Significant themes

• Trust and sacrifice: Amy and Allen willingly endure temporary harm to help the group.
• Caution amid competition: Other captains’ rush to be first exposes them to the Reef Zone’s lethal hazards.
• Hidden realities: The reefs’ true nature as corpses and the Gate’s strange energy reveal that the surroundings are far more uncanny than they first appear.
• Mutual aid: Wu Yu’s rescue of the stranded Wizards contrasts with the surrounding chaos and self-interest.

Key plot points and events

• Wu Yu’s Tower Ship reaches the entrance to the Gate with only a handful of other ships. To keep the ship moving, he pushes apprentices Amy and Allen past their limits with injections that consume their essence blood. The Gate’s life energy revives them enough to recover.
• Wu Yu enters the tunnel after the others and emerges on the seemingly endless Divine Island, surrounded by forest and an abyss of darkness beyond the shore.
• He shrinks the Tower Ship into a pendant, prepares his weapons and protective talismans, and heads inland. The island interferes with perception, though Wu Yu’s Secret Sea curse lets his Divine Sense reach farther than the Twilight Witch’s.
• Travelers across the island appear to be suffering illusions: a bishop mistakes a stone for a godhead, a Wizard believes leaves are a forbidden tome, and others worship trees or rotten fruit.
• As the island’s influence intensifies, the Twilight Witch retreats into the [Yellow Cloud]. Wu Yu remains lucid but finds his Divine Sense shrinking to barely a dozen meters.
• Seeing a castle ahead, Wu Yu injects his sole dose of the expensive [Sixth-Sense Universal Enhancement Injection], hoping to resist the island’s effects and reach it.

Character developments and interactions

• Wu Yu shows caution and resourcefulness, but also a willingness to endanger Amy and Allen to reach the island. He feels guilty and promises himself he will make it up to them. His unusual resistance to the island’s illusions appears tied to his Secret Sea curse.
• Amy and Allen are exhausted by the injections but recover somewhat in the Gate’s life energy. They worry about letting Wu Yu down, reflecting their loyalty and dependence on him.
• The Twilight Witch assists Wu Yu but eventually admits she cannot endure the island’s mental pressure and withdraws into the [Yellow Cloud].
• The other travelers reveal the island’s frightening effect on newcomers, each interpreting ordinary objects through delusions of treasure, power, or worship.

Significant themes

• The cost of ambition: Wu Yu’s determination to reach the Divine Island leads him to overwork his apprentices and spend a rare, costly resource.
• Perception and illusion: The island distorts people’s senses and beliefs, making ordinary things seem divine or extraordinary.
• Adaptation and resilience: Wu Yu’s curse, normally an affliction, helps him resist the island; he then uses an enhancement injection to push his limits further.
• Mystery and danger: The island’s true nature remains unknown, and the castle promises a possible destination—or greater peril.

Key plot points and events

• As Wu Yu advances toward the center of Divine Island, his Divine Sense briefly more than doubles, but an oppressive force increasingly crushes him. His perception later fades, his blood qi drains, and the space around him begins to warp.
• He realizes the distortion is not physically injuring him: his arm appears bent until he pulls it out of the affected area. Nearby Foundation Establishment cultivators seem trapped in their own fantasies.
• The Twilight Witch suggests combining Wu Yu’s [Blood Feast] talent with the divine artifacts associated with [Blood Rose]. Wu Yu senses a presence watching him, then the artifacts dissolve into blood and become an invisible protective layer, shielding him from the island’s pressure and distortion.
• Wu Yu reaches a small gray castle. Its entrance and interior are filled with lifelike sculptures. He spots a Golden Treasure Chest but has no suitable key, and finds no clues on the first floor.
• On the second floor, in a child’s bedroom, a white-haired girl appears and asks whether he came looking for her. Warned by the Blood Sea Witch, Wu Yu tells the truth: he came seeking treasure but does not know what it is. The girl reacts skeptically to his calling the place “Divine Island,” ending with: “You call me a god?”

Character developments

• Wu Yu stays cautious and resourceful under mounting supernatural pressure, testing the distortion and adapting when conventional methods fail.
• He shows unusual honesty in the girl’s presence, recognizing that lying may be dangerous.
• The white-haired girl is introduced as an enigmatic, seemingly powerful figure; her calm, chilling manner and final question suggest she rejects—or challenges—the title of god.

Significant themes

• Reality and illusion: Distorted space and the natives’ fantasies make perception unreliable.
• Power and its cost: Wu Yu’s enhanced senses and protective workaround come with physical strain and dependence on mysterious divine forces.
• Truth and trust: Wu Yu’s decision to answer honestly may be essential to surviving his encounter with the girl.
• The nature of divinity: The girl’s response questions whether “god” is an accurate or welcome description.

Character interactions

• The Twilight Witch advises Wu Yu and points him toward using his Blood Rose connection to overcome the island’s effects.
• Wu Yu senses a distant presence—apparently tied to the Blood Sea Witch—whose warning helps him avoid lying.
• Wu Yu and the white-haired girl begin a tense exchange: she assumes he sought her, while he clarifies that he came for treasure.

Plot points and events

• Wu Yu meets a little girl at the heart of the Divine Island, Source Castle. She says she grants visitors’ wishes and warns that attackers become the “toys” displayed below.
• She explains that Source Castle is made of laws, and the cursed world twists outsiders’ wishes into harmful outcomes. For instance, wishing for wealth could trap someone in a cursed mountain of gold.
• The girl identifies Wu Yu as an outsider and reveals that she knows the Blood Sea Witch, Rose. She explains that the objects Wu Yu saw in the hall represent both an opportunity and the danger his greed could bring.
• Rather than make a broad wish, Wu Yu asks for a Treasure Chest Key. The girl gives him a red-quality key, which opens a Mythic Treasure Chest—not the Golden Chest he expected.
• Back downstairs, Wu Yu finds the chest has changed into a huge red one. He starts its opening countdown, which is nearly a full day, but the girl abruptly sends him back to his Tower Ship, taking the chest with him. Wu Yu thanks her.

Character developments and interactions

• Wu Yu stays cautious and analytical, questioning the rules before making a wish. He is surprised by the scale of his reward but accepts the girl’s help and shows gratitude.
• The little girl is playful and teasing, yet knowledgeable and protective of Source Castle’s rules. She warns Wu Yu about the world’s hostility and uses her apparent control over the place to return him safely.
• Her familiarity with Rose, the Blood Sea Witch, suggests Wu Yu’s connection to Rose earns him unusual attention.
• The girl also notices Amy and Allen aboard Wu Yu’s ship and uses them to urge him to hurry, though Wu Yu says he can protect them himself.

Significant themes

• Greed and consequences: Source Castle’s signs warn that desire can carry a dangerous cost.
• Curses and distorted wishes: In a hostile world, even a seemingly good wish may be twisted into a trap.
• Caution and discernment: Wu Yu’s narrow, practical wish avoids asking for something more vulnerable to corruption.
• Unexpected reward: The modest-sounding request yields a Mythic Treasure Chest, suggesting the opportunity exceeds Wu Yu’s expectations.

Key plot points and events

• After returning from the Divine Island, Wu Yu confirms that Amy and Allen are safe. He notices that time spent in the island’s distorted space-time did not advance the Tower’s countdowns, though he cannot tell whether this was caused by the island or the Tower’s rules.
• The strange beings reappear in the darkness. Wu Yu uses an [Ageless No. 11] injection to regain his ability to perceive them. The Twilight Witch can sense a mysterious little girl too, but she is unsure who—or what—the girl is. Wu Yu wonders if she might be a deity, though he doubts she is the Blood Sea Witch.
• Wu Yu waits through the night on the deck. At daylight, Amy and Allen wake unharmed and resume their duties, apparently having forgotten the Divine Island events. The Twilight Witch stays beside Wu Yu while he rests.
• When Wu Yu wakes, the map updates: [Mermaid’s Song] has begun, and the [Old Ruins] evacuation point has appeared. The next countdowns are for the [Undersea Ruins] evacuation point and the [Nikro Sea Monster].
• Amy spots a fleet ahead. After examining it, she identifies it as the [Four Seas Caravan], and Wu Yu must decide how to respond.

Character developments and interactions

• Wu Yu remains shaken by the uncanny beings and troubled by the mysteries surrounding the Divine Island, the little girl, and the Tower’s timekeeping. Despite his unease, he rests and regains his composure.
• The Twilight Witch shows deep affection and concern, comforting Wu Yu and staying close while he sleeps. Their bond is warm and intimate.
• Amy continues acting as lookout, alert and professional; Allen works beside the [Evil Curse Cannon] and keeps notes. The siblings are careful not to disturb Wu Yu while he rests, with Amy playfully correcting Allen.
• Amy’s report about the approaching caravan brings Wu Yu back to command and sets up the next decision.

Significant themes

• Unanswered mysteries: The island’s distorted time, the uncanny beings, and the little girl’s identity remain unresolved.
• Safety and vigilance: The crew returns to ordinary routines by daylight, but new map events and passing ships keep the voyage unpredictable.
• Loyalty and companionship: The Twilight Witch’s devotion and the siblings’ teamwork provide comfort amid danger.

Wu Yu spots a large Four Seas Caravan and decides to sell the many supplies he recovered from shipwrecks. The caravan belongs to the powerful Lord of a Thousand Seas trading association and is headed toward Azure Isle.
The caravan’s blue-green-robed captain initially assumes Wu Yu is a powerful, high-born Wizard. Seeing Wu Yu’s ornate ship and imposing company, he recalls the danger of offending lone Wizards and approaches with elaborate respect. Wu Yu cannot understand the captain’s greeting, but lets the misunderstanding stand, using a cool, arrogant manner to strengthen his position. He explains that he is an adventurer and has more than a dozen ships’ worth of goods to sell.
The captain agrees to provide storage, ordering a cargo ship with ninety-nine spatial chests brought alongside. Though he claims the goods need no inspection, he examines them—and recognizes enchanted jewelry from Old Marr’s ship, a vessel whose disappearance has haunted the trading association.

Character developments and interactions

• Wu Yu acts decisively and strategically: he sees the caravan as a chance to convert his salvage into wealth, and exploits the captain’s mistaken belief that he is a noble Wizard.
• The captain is cautious and deferential, hiding his resentment and anxiety behind polite service. His recognition of the jewelry suddenly makes the transaction personal and potentially dangerous.
• Amy and Allen react differently to the encounter: Amy helps identify the caravan and returns to the lookout, while Allen loses interest when he hears it is only a trading fleet.
• The meeting is shaped by a sharp contrast between Wu Yu’s outward indifference and the captain’s internal fear and calculations.

Significant themes

• Appearances and mistaken identity: Wu Yu gains leverage because the captain reads status and power into his ship and companions.
• Pragmatism and survival: Both men prioritize caution—Wu Yu uses the misunderstanding, while the captain avoids provoking a potentially dangerous Wizard.
• The past resurfacing: The enchanted jewelry links Wu Yu’s salvage to Old Marr’s mysterious disappearance, foreshadowing complications beyond an ordinary sale.

Key plot points and events

• A green-robed steward recognizes jewelry Wu Yu recovered as belonging to a merchant caravan that vanished twenty-two years ago. Wu Yu claims he has found the missing ship.
• The steward offers to buy back the recovered goods at 1.2 times their market value and asks for Old Marr’s whereabouts, saying the Chamber of Commerce will provide a reward.
• The Twilight Witch intimidates the steward with a display of power, making him more deferential. Wu Yu and the Witch suspect he intends to report them to headquarters and investigate.
• To avoid revealing too much, Wu Yu stays composed. The steward leaves, then returns with valuable items and says headquarters is interested in Old Marr.
• Wu Yu activates a wisp of Yellow Cloud’s power to guard against detection. When a hidden quest appears, he chooses to provide a clue rather than accept a reward that would guarantee contamination by the Emerald Insect Mother.
• Wu Yu describes the “Tree and Sea” and gives its location. The steward recognizes the description as possibly connected to something he knows, thanks Wu Yu, and presents a tray of miniature treasures.

Character developments and interactions

• Wu Yu remains calculating and self-controlled, weighing the risks of appearing suspicious or letting the steward summon help. He prioritizes avoiding contamination over keeping the location secret.
• The Twilight Witch acts as Wu Yu’s protector and adviser. She asserts her authority when the steward asks for Wu Yu’s name, then privately warns him that headquarters may uncover their secrets.
• The green-robed steward is shrewd: despite being intimidated, he seeks information while preparing to report to headquarters. His manner becomes deferential, but his motives remain uncertain.
• Amy and Allen watch nervously as the confrontation unfolds.

Significant themes

• Power and intimidation: The Witch’s strength changes the steward’s attitude and shapes the negotiation.
• Caution and strategic deception: Wu Yu must manage what the merchant organization learns about him.
• Risk and choice: The quest forces Wu Yu to choose between revealing a clue and accepting certain contamination.
• Hidden mysteries: The vanished caravans, Old Marr, the Tree and Sea, and the Emerald Insect Mother point to a larger unexplained threat.

Key plot points and events

• Wu Yu examines the Four Seas Caravan’s collection of Transcendent Gold Curios. He rejects most as redundant or poor value, but chooses the Void Source Barrel, which can draw Source Force from the void and produce an endless supply of Source Fluid that boosts magic power.
• The blue-robed merchant secretly reports Wu Yu’s account of the Emerald Insect Hive to the caravan’s leaders. They fear the faction may have returned and link its possible resurgence to the caravan’s recent misfortunes.
• Wu Yu sells the goods recovered from the shipwreck, earning merchandise worth 46 million secret sea crystals and 1.2 million magic stones. Rather than take the currency home, he spends much of its value on valuable regional supplies, including potions, Dragonblood Potent Potion, Blood Dragon Meat, and other goods.
• The caravan announces it is abandoning its planned visit to Azure Isle because the island is under siege by mermen, with reports of a nearby Mermaid’s Song. It will head to another sea region instead.

Character developments and interactions

• Wu Yu carefully weighs each Curio’s usefulness and cost, concealing his interest in the Void Source Barrel behind a show of indifference. During the large-scale trade, he remains outwardly calm despite being impressed by the caravan’s vast inventory.
• The blue-robed merchant treats Wu Yu with increasing caution and respect. He flatters him, arranges the trade, then urgently informs his superiors of the possible Emerald Insect Hive connection.
• The caravan’s leaders, initially skeptical, become alarmed after hearing Wu Yu’s account and decide the threat warrants reporting to higher-ups.
• Wu Yu and the merchant part on courteous terms, though the caravan’s sudden change of route reflects the danger spreading through the region.

Significant themes

• Practical judgment and value: Wu Yu distinguishes impressive treasures from items that genuinely suit his needs.
• Hidden power and strategic advantage: The Void Source Barrel’s seemingly limitless energy supply makes it more valuable to him than straightforward weapons or healing tools.
• Rumors becoming real threats: Wu Yu’s information about the Emerald Insect Hive prompts serious concern, while the mermen’s siege and Mermaid’s Song signal that the wider sea world is growing increasingly dangerous.

Summary

• After the Four Seas Caravan leaves, Wu Yu learns that a Dock is under siege. He suspects the attack may involve the earlier Fishman Tide and Mermaid’s Song, but the fleet’s departure leaves him with little immediate information.
• Wu Yu tests the Void Source Barrel. Its Source Qi is eagerly absorbed by his Three Purities Spirit Veins, transforming a tiny portion of them even though it yields almost no Spirit Power. He reasons the Qi may also affect his Innate Qi Sea and other powers.
• Wu Yu has the Tower Ship’s Heaven’s Return devour the barrel. It gains a new effect—a Void Source Spring that continually condenses Void Source Liquid—but its quality remains unchanged. Wu Yu accepts this as progress toward a future upgrade rather than a failure.
• He then begins using the resources from the shipwreck ruins, starting with a Dragonblood Potion that causes his Blood Qi to surge and his body to become intensely hot.
• Hours later, Amy spots a vast force of Mermen ahead, including a Merman Priest. Wu Yu estimates their numbers at over ten thousand, changes course, and stops the ship. He realizes the earlier threats may have been directed at the Dock, which he missed by coincidence.

Character developments and interactions

• Wu Yu remains calm and practical: he tests unfamiliar resources, weighs the result, and prepares to respond when danger appears. His curiosity about Source Qi also shows his focus on improving his cultivation.
• The Twilight Witch playfully asks whether her performance was convincing; Wu Yu praises her, though he thinks the caravan was mainly impressed by Yellow Cloud’s strength.
• Amy works on the Lookout Platform and alerts Wu Yu to the approaching Mermen. Allen, meanwhile, continues experimenting with the Evil Curse Cannon and has become more adept at controlling his Blood Sea Imprint.
• Wu Yu’s earlier warning to the caravan connects to the chapter’s closing revelation: a major Dock may be under attack.

Significant themes

• Experimentation and cultivation: Wu Yu tests Source Qi directly and discovers that even a tiny dose can permanently alter his Spirit Veins.
• Progress through consumption: Heaven’s Return absorbs the Void Source Barrel, adding a useful function despite no visible increase in quality.
• Threats and coincidence: Wu Yu avoided the apparent attack on the Dock by chance, but the Mermen’s arrival suggests the danger is widespread and escalating.

Chapter Summary: “Tsunami!”

Key plot points and events

• Wu Yu realizes the Mermen’s true target is the Dock, where Tower Climbers are sheltering—not isolated people or ships. A huge, tightly organized horde appears to be under the control of a powerful leader.
• Since charging back to the island would be suicidal, Wu Yu decides to hold position and defend the Tower Ship. Allen operates the cannon, while Amy watches for dangerous Merman leaders and spellcasters.
• The Evil Curse Cannon easily kills the few Mermen that approach, but Wu Yu can draw only small groups away from the disciplined main horde. His activity attracts attention from other people sheltering at sea.
• As evening approaches, Wu Yu and the Twilight Witch sense danger in the water. Wu Yu realizes the Merman Priest’s ability is likely to invoke a massive tsunami by wielding the sea’s power.
• A wave roughly one thousand meters tall rises in the distance. Tsunamis then strike from multiple directions, smashing ships and overwhelming everyone caught at sea.
• Wu Yu orders the group to act and activates the Portable Cabin as a last-resort shelter. Their Tower Ship climbs the rising water, protected by a dusky-yellow barrier, as darkness and storm clouds consume the world.

Character developments

• Wu Yu shifts from treating the earlier Merman attacks as manageable to recognizing the scale of the threat. He stays cautious, prepares contingencies, and acts quickly once he identifies the tsunami.
• Amy shows maturity and resolve: although she longs to return to her mother, she understands that rushing back would endanger everyone and follows Wu Yu’s plan.
• Allen eagerly volunteers to fight, but accepts his assigned role and helps defend the ship.
• The Twilight Witch detects danger in the sea and helps confirm that a major eruption of its power is imminent.

Significant themes

• Preparation and leadership under pressure: Wu Yu assigns roles, weighs risks, and keeps a fallback plan ready.
• Family and responsibility: Amy puts her mother’s safety and feelings ahead of her immediate desire to reunite with her.
• Nature’s overwhelming power: The tsunami renders ordinary fighters, ships, and defenses nearly helpless.
• Escalating danger and hidden forces: The disciplined Merman horde and the Priest’s apparent ability reveal that the attack is far more coordinated and powerful than it first seemed.

Character interactions

• Wu Yu consults Amy and Allen, who trust him as captain and accept their duties.
• Amy and Allen support the defense by keeping watch and manning the cannon.
• Wu Yu asks the Twilight Witch to assess his unease; she senses danger and reinforces his suspicion.
• Wu Yu warns the group and gives the order to respond as the tsunami approaches.

Key plot points and events

• A massive tsunami and violent storm strike as the Merman Priest invokes the Secret Sea’s power. Amy’s attempt to scout with her transcendent sight is painfully overwhelmed; Wu Yu uses Yi Wood Divine Light to help her recover.
• Wu Yu prepares to shelter the group in the Portable Cabin if necessary. Meanwhile, the Twilight Witch raises a powerful golden shield around the Tower Ship.
• Lightning batters the ship’s defenses. The Twilight Witch sustains the shield, while Wu Yu’s Wu Earth Divine Light helps suppress the lightning.
• When the thousand-meter wave arrives, Wu Yu keeps the ship from capsizing and drives it up the wave, combining his control of the vessel with the Three Pure Ones Phenomenon and Rainbow Light. The ship survives, though Wu Yu is left nearly drained.
• The exposed ship draws the thunderclouds’ attention. Wu Yu counters one enormous bolt with Destruction Heavenly Thunder, but when countless lightning serpents begin forming, he wisely steers the ship back down. The danger eases.
• Wu Yu suspects there are multiple Merman Priests and waves. He weighs returning to the Dock against finding another Evacuation Point, while acknowledging the limits of what he can do for Amy and Allen.
• As the group rests, Amy worries about her mother. Allen reassures her that if their mother were in danger, the Church of Justice would already have fallen. Then Amy hears distant singing.

Character developments and interactions

• Wu Yu demonstrates calm judgment and formidable power, but the ordeal leaves his spirit power almost exhausted. He protects the group while recognizing he cannot confront the Mermen’s full strength alone.
• Amy learns that her scouting ability cannot withstand the Secret Sea’s power. Shaken, she follows Wu Yu’s instructions and remains concerned for her mother.
• Allen stays composed and comforts Amy by trusting in their mother and the Church of Justice.
• The Twilight Witch proves herself a capable defender, maintaining the shield through the lightning and wave. She and Wu Yu coordinate effectively, with her taking over the shield so he can focus on steering.
• Wu Yu and the siblings share a protective but cautious dynamic: he promises to do what he can, without claiming he can guarantee their safety or rescue their mother.

Significant themes

• The limits of individual power: Even exceptional abilities are insignificant against the Secret Sea’s overwhelming force.
• Cooperation and survival: Wu Yu, the Twilight Witch, and the siblings each play a role, and careful coordination carries the ship through the disaster.
• Prudence over bravado: Wu Yu avoids challenging the thunderclouds once the wave has passed and remains open to changing course.
• Family, faith, and uncertainty: Amy’s worry and Allen’s reassurance offer emotional steadiness amid a catastrophe whose larger consequences remain unclear.

• Amy’s transformation begins: During the storm, Amy hears a distant song that only she can perceive. She joins in, and her voice resonates with many unseen beings. White scales spread across her body, translucent wings appear near her ears, her hair turns sapphire blue, and she grows taller. Wu Yu realizes she is undergoing a bloodline awakening and stays ready to intervene, while the Twilight Witch watches over her. Amy continues singing for hours without further visible change.
• Wu Yu and his companions wait: The Twilight Witch cannot observe Azure Isle because a powerful force—likely belonging to the mermen—is obscuring it. Wu Yu concludes that the mermen have not yet overcome the Church of Justice’s defenses and decides to keep waiting.
• A strange celestial sign appears: The storm clouds split beneath a vast white radiance, and luminous feathers drift down, passing through the Twilight Barrier before vanishing. The Twilight Witch recognizes a resemblance to the Dawn Church’s angel-summoning power and privately fears that a dangerous woman may be involved, but Wu Yu dismisses it as a possible technique used by another Tower Climber.
• A Merman King arrives: A mountain-sized merman wielding a giant trident appears amid silver lightning. Allen identifies him as a Thunder Merman King, explaining that a sufficiently large merman population can elevate a Merman Noble into a King with divinely granted powers such as thunder, flame, or frost.
  Character developments and interactions: Amy’s mysterious bloodline awakening is the chapter’s central change. Wu Yu shifts from relaxed observer to cautious protector, and the Twilight Witch remains alert to both Amy’s condition and the ominous feathers. Allen, though unfamiliar with the supernatural, trusts Wu Yu and later contributes useful knowledge about merman society. The chapter builds tension by placing Amy’s transformation alongside signs of a major confrontation and the arrival of a powerful enemy.

Key plot points and events

• Allen explains that the legendary Merman King is normally a temporary spirit created by a blessing. The immense Thunder Merman King in the distance, however, is real—until a dazzling beam of light cuts it down, signaling that the Dock’s forces have won.
• Wu Yu stays away from the main battle, planning to hunt the fleeing mermen. He has Allen fire the Evil Curse Cannon and Ghost Cannon as stragglers emerge, while the Twilight Witch and Wu Yu help wipe them out.
• A powerful mutant merman ambushes the Tower Ship with teleportation and spell-breaking abilities, but Bi Fang’s fire and Wu Yu’s talismans kill it. The enemy drops valuable cards, including a Dao Foundation-grade Mutation Certificate. Wu Yu decides to save it rather than use it before the approaching settlement rewards.
• Wu Yu consults the Fate Compass about whether to return to the Dock or keep adventuring. Its vision shows a deadly mass of corpses surrounding the ship if he stays out at sea, and the Dock’s bishop and priests kneeling before Amy.
• Taking the warning seriously, Wu Yu abandons the hunt and heads for the Dock. On the way, more than a dozen pirate ships surround him.

Character developments and interactions

• Wu Yu remains calculating and opportunistic: he turns the mermen’s defeat into a chance to collect kills, prizes, and quest rewards, but uses the Fate Compass before deciding whether to continue.
• Allen eagerly operates the cannons and supports Wu Yu’s cleanup of the fleeing mermen.
• The Twilight Witch helps repel the mutant attacker and is surprised by its unusual abilities.
• Amy remains in the middle of a crucial transformation. The vision of the Church’s leaders kneeling to her suggests her identity or status is far more significant than Wu Yu knew.
• The Fate Compass delivers a brief, costly vision, then needs time to recover.

Significant themes

• Power and opportunism: The Tower Ship’s firepower turns a defeated army into easy prey, while Wu Yu looks for ways to profit from every encounter.
• Uncertainty and hidden identity: Amy’s apparent importance to the Church raises questions about her origins and the reason for her transformation.
• Prudence amid danger: Wu Yu’s decision to return to the Dock reflects the value of heeding warnings, even as a new threat—the pirates—blocks his way.

Plot points and events

• Allen attacks approaching pirate ships with the Evil Curse Cannon, destroying one ship before the pirates activate an Anti-Magic Array that stops the cannon.
• Wu Yu recognizes that the pirates’ apparent power comes from faith in “Lord Ka,” then waits until their ships are close. He immobilizes the pirates and kills them with black flames that seem to turn their own cruelty back on them.
• Wu Yu searches the ships with his Divine Sense. Allen rescues more than thirty prisoners, while the Twilight Witch collects the pirates’ remaining valuables.
• Among the rescued are five people in modern clothing, apparently Tower Climbers. They fly to Wu Yu’s ship and claim he owes them compensation for not arriving sooner and for the abuse they suffered.
• Wu Yu suspects they are pirates posing as victims and kills them with Crimson Heavenly Thunder.

Character developments and interactions

• Allen is eager to fight and trusts Wu Yu’s confidence. He obeys Wu Yu’s orders, helping rescue the prisoners.
• Wu Yu remains composed when the cannon is disabled, defeats the pirates effortlessly, and pragmatically salvages their goods. His response to the five apparent victims is sudden and lethal.
• The Twilight Witch efficiently retrieves the cargo at Wu Yu’s direction.
• The five Tower Climbers initially appear to be traumatized survivors, but their accusations provoke Wu Yu’s suspicion; the scene leaves their true identity ambiguous, though he decides they are impostors.

Significant themes

• Power beyond conventional magic: The pirates’ Anti-Magic Array disables the cannon, but Wu Yu’s abilities prove unaffected.
• Faith and divine power: The pirates draw power from worshipping Lord Ka, whose “divine” wrath turns against them.
• Cruelty and retribution: The pirates suffer the pain they inflicted on their victims.
• Suspicion and harsh judgment: The ending turns a rescue into a grimly abrupt confrontation, leaving uncertainty about whether Wu Yu correctly judged the supposed survivors.

Plot points and events

• Wu Yu kills several suspicious people without explanation, frightening the freed prisoners, who keep their heads down.
• Prisoners Arno Dylan and Marvel approach Wu Yu to thank him and tell him that the dead pirates belonged to the Kalia Cult, a widespread pirate organization devoted to Lord Kalia. The cult earns its deity’s favor through atrocities and receives powerful blessings.
• Arno warns that the pirates had been planning a much larger attack, including an assault on Azure Isle, but changed course after the Church of Justice defeated the mermen.
• Marvel reveals that the pirates used Prison Cell Nine as a hidden storage space, reaching into it to store and retrieve items. Wu Yu recognizes the clue, rewards the two men, and sends the Twilight Witch to investigate.
• The ships reach the Dock, which remains protected by a vast shield; the Lighthouse reveals that the Thunder Merman King’s force was defeated.
• The Twilight Witch returns with the contents of Prison Cell Nine. The chest contains damaged cybernetic parts, assorted materials, and a powerful divine artifact called Desire Imbalance, which trades reason for immense power.

Character developments

• Wu Yu remains detached and pragmatic: he shows little concern for the prisoners’ fear or Arno’s tragic loss, but takes the warning seriously and acts on Marvel’s discovery.
• Arno Dylan emerges as a knowledgeable, grieving survivor. Though fearful, he risks approaching Wu Yu to share information that might help him.
• Marvel proves observant and useful by revealing how the pirates accessed their hidden storage.
• The Twilight Witch efficiently retrieves the chest and reports that she opened the hidden space using Eternal Twilight’s power.

Themes

• Fear and power: Wu Yu’s unexplained killings make the rescued prisoners wary, even though he saved them.
• Cruelty and devotion: The Kalia Cult’s worship is tied to violence and sacrifice, suggesting divine power can reinforce evil.
• Pragmatism and survival: The prisoners’ gratitude is mixed with caution, while Wu Yu focuses on useful information and resources.
• Dangerous power: The artifact’s bargain—reason for strength—foreshadows the cost of pursuing overwhelming power.

Character interactions

• The prisoners discuss whether to approach Wu Yu and whether they can repay him, then Arno and Marvel ultimately speak for them.
• Arno respectfully thanks Wu Yu and warns him about the cult; Wu Yu listens, rewards the pair, and dismisses them.
• Wu Yu directs the Twilight Witch to investigate the hidden cache, and she returns with its contents.