Jellyfish Palace

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Jellyfish Palace (水母宫)
Alias(es)	Jellyfish Palace
Affiliation	Independent power of the Boundless Sea; later cooperated with the Flame Phoenix Immortal Palace
Occupation/Role	Former ruling power of the Boundless Sea; cultivator and demon faction
Status	Exterminated as an organized power after its ancestral grounds were destroyed, Ice Severing True Lord was killed, and the Abyssal Sea Blessed Land was seized. Canghai True Lord survived but was trapped within Azure Firmament Mountain, unable to return to the Boundless Sea. 865 866
First Appearance	Chapter 569

Power Progression

Period	Power and development
Founding era	First-generation Jellyfish established a mixed human-and-demon inheritance, linked the True One Profound Mother Great Dao Treasure Wheel to the Boundless Sea’s water eye, and left behind the foundational system that later sustained the palace. 569 604
Rise to hegemony	Through generations of development, Jellyfish Palace organized the Boundless Sea’s spiritual-essence network, controlled its major nodes, and replaced the Star-Traveling Whale clan as the sea’s dominant power. 718 810
Grotto-heaven scheme	The palace used a fragment of the Dragon race’s shattered Four-Seas Peaceful Heaven as a seed, attempting to nourish it into a new grotto-heaven through the Boundless Sea’s power. The effort ultimately failed, but the fragment remained central to its formation system. 617 807 815
War with the Impermanence Sect	With four Celestial Phenomenon True Lords, beast tides, the Thousand Rivers Reflecting the Moon phenomenon, and the Heavenly Water Boundary-Splitting Formation, the palace briefly sealed the Boundless Sea and nearly crushed the Impermanence Sect’s local forces. 616 618 630 642
Wartime decline	Azure Wave True Lord fell, while Ice Severing and Raging Tide True Lords suffered serious injuries. Canghai True Lord’s use of the Profound Mother Treasure Wheel destabilized the sea eye, forcing the palace to contract its influence. 755 762
Loss of the grotto-heaven fragment	Jiang Chen captured Raging Tide True Lord, infiltrated the ancestral court through Wave-Turning Demon King, and seized the grotto-heaven fragment. The loss severely weakened the Heavenly Water Boundary-Splitting Formation and compelled Canghai to suppress the sea eye personally. 801 807 808 810
Temporary reconstruction	The Endless Li-Fire Talisman created an illusory grotto-heaven that stabilized the sea eye for roughly a century, while Ice Severing True Lord advanced to the middle Celestial Phenomenon realm. The palace nevertheless failed to regain its former control over the Boundless Sea. 822 863
Final destruction	The Yellow-Robed Daoist and Spirit Lord broke the weakened formation, killed Ice Severing True Lord, devastated the ancestral grounds, and seized the Abyssal Sea Blessed Land. 863 864 865

Background

Jellyfish Palace was founded by the first-generation Jellyfish, a Demon Race cultivator who taught disciples without distinction between humans and demons. The palace consequently included both groups, although its demon faction consistently held greater influence. 569 614

The first-generation Jellyfish also created the half-demon race. Half-demons prospered while she remained active, but were suppressed after her ascension; even within Jellyfish Palace, they became low-status servants. 588 687

Over generations, Jellyfish Palace established control over the Boundless Sea’s spiritual-essence network and major nodes. Its ancestral court became the sea’s effective core, giving the palace a dominant position over local cultivation lands and allowing it to replace the Star-Traveling Whale clan as the sea’s ruling power. 718 810

The palace’s deepest foundation originated from a fragment of Four-Seas Peaceful Heaven, the shattered grotto-heaven of the Dragon race. First-generation Jellyfish transformed the fragment into a grotto-heaven seed and attempted to nourish it with the entire Boundless Sea, hoping to create a new grotto-heaven. Although this effort never succeeded, the fragment became integral to Jellyfish Palace’s rule. 617 807 815

Foundations and Territory

Asset	Function and significance
Boundless Sea	Jellyfish Palace’s core territory and primary source of influence. The palace controlled many of its important spiritual nodes. 653 810
True One Profound Mother Great Dao Treasure Wheel	The founder’s Dao-attaining artifact. Linked to the Boundless Sea’s water eye, it could monitor and influence the sea, detect manifested heavenly treasures, and support the palace's foundation. 604
Grotto-heaven fragment	Hidden core of the palace’s system. Originally a fragment of the Dragon race’s Four-Seas Peaceful Heaven, it served as the foundation of the Heavenly Water Boundary-Splitting Formation and was nourished by the Boundless Sea in an unsuccessful attempt to give it illusory vitality. It was seized by Jiang Chen. 617 807 815
Heavenly Water Boundary-Splitting Formation	A fourth-rank grand formation that protected the ancestral court, could conceal or move it through the Boundless Sea, and extended the palace’s influence across the sea. It was substantially weakened after the loss of the grotto-heaven fragment. 801 802 807 863
Abyssal Sea Blessed Land	A valuable blessed land nurtured by the palace for many years. Although it had previously lost part of its foundation, it remained immensely valuable until the Yellow-Robed Daoist and Spirit Lord located and seized it. 637 865
Floating Ice Pool	An important resource site producing high-quality Profound Spirit Ice. Jiang Chen destroyed its third-rank formation and killed its late Purple Mansion Walrus Demon King guardian. 799

Abilities and Methods

Command of Aquatic Demons

Jellyfish Palace possessed divine abilities and secret arts capable of driving aquatic demons and wild beasts into enormous beast tides.

• Beast tides could overwhelm defensive lines through sheer numbers. 582 618
• The palace’s secret arts tainted spiritual essence with demonic qi and foul qi as the tides advanced. 582
• Its coordinated beast-tide offensive rapidly shattered the Impermanence Sect’s original defensive line. 582
• During the war, the palace used its beast tides to assault fortified locations and support its effort to eradicate the Impermanence Sect’s Boundless Sea forces. 618 630

Boundless Sea Control

Its power relied on the union of the Profound Mother Treasure Wheel, the grotto-heaven fragment, and the Heavenly Water Boundary-Splitting Formation.

• The Treasure Wheel could sense heavenly treasures once they manifested signs in the Boundless Sea. 604
• The formation used the grotto-heaven fragment as its foundation while drawing on the sea to nourish that fragment in return. 807
• The formation could separate inner from outer, form an independent domain around the ancestral court, and in principle allow the ancestral grounds to move through the Boundless Sea. 801 802
• This arrangement made Jellyfish Palace exceptionally difficult to dislodge within its own territory. 807
• The loss of the grotto-heaven fragment destabilized the Boundless Sea’s spiritual essence and severely diminished the formation’s capabilities. 810 863

Celestial Phenomena and Formation Warfare

Jellyfish Palace could combine the strength of its True Lords, formation system, and sea-domain foundation in large-scale warfare.

• Canghai True Lord employed Thousand Rivers Reflecting the Moon to seal the Boundless Sea and trap enemy True Lords, using the grotto-heaven fragment to amplify the phenomenon. 616
• Canghai defended against True Lord Xuan Qiong’s Heaven’s Collapse with Four Seas at Peace, using the sea-domain power available to him. 617
• The palace employed the Abyssal Sea Formation in its assault on Sea-Pacifying City, attempting to drag the war artifact beneath the sea. 639 641
• The Profound Mother Treasure Wheel could manifest an immense sea in the Great Void, but taking its true body away from the water eye disrupted the Boundless Sea’s stability. 755 762

Intelligence and Counter-Infiltration

Jellyfish Palace maintained an intelligence network led by Secret-Keeping Demon King.

• Secret-Keeping Demon King’s unique divine ability was suited to gathering intelligence. 599
• The palace understood the Impermanence Sect’s Thousand Transformations, Form-Shifting art after suffering from its deceptive nature. 605
• Ice Severing True Lord created the Soul-Illuminating Mirror to expose users of that transformation art, though the mirrors were difficult to refine and not widely available. 605
• Despite its counter-infiltration measures, Jiang Chen planted a heart-demon seed in Wave-Turning Demon King and later used him to enter the palace’s core. 641 807

Forbidden Human-Demon Essence Exchange Art

The Human-Demon Essence Exchange Art was a Jellyfish Palace secret technique originating from half-demon methods.

• It allowed humans and demons to seize one another’s Dao foundations, using a Purple Mansion cultivator or Demon King as a sacrifice to force an unorthodox Purple Mansion breakthrough. 619
• The palace sealed and prohibited the art after repeated failures to control its consequences. 619
• Those who used it could become slaughter-driven monsters subject to external control. 619

Leadership and Notable Members

• First-generation Jellyfish — Founder, Demon Race cultivator, creator of the palace’s foundational system and original owner of the Profound Mother Treasure Wheel. She transformed a fragment of Four-Seas Peaceful Heaven into a grotto-heaven seed, but her attempt to nurture it into a genuine grotto-heaven ultimately failed. She later ascended. 569 604 617 815
• Canghai True Lord / Azure Sea — Palace ruler and chief guardian of its foundation. He sought heavenly treasures and new grotto-heaven fragments to strengthen the palace, but was forced to suppress the destabilized sea eye after the original fragment was stolen. After the palace’s destruction, he remained trapped within Azure Firmament Mountain and sought to return to preserve its inheritance. 604 810 822 865 866
• Ice Severing True Lord — A cautious palace True Lord who created the Soul-Illuminating Mirror and later advanced to the middle Celestial Phenomenon realm. She was killed during the final destruction of the palace. 605 822 863 865
• Raging Tide True Lord — Variant Nine-Headed Flood Dragon and major palace combatant. His mind was damaged after the war with the Impermanence Sect, and Jiang Chen later captured and sealed him. 569 762 782 801
• Azure Wave True Lord — One of the palace’s True Lords; he fell during the conflict with the Impermanence Sect. 762 782
• Golden-Eyed Sacred Son — The palace’s Holy Son, whose true form was the Azure-Water Golden-Eyed Beast. He pursued Jiang Chen after investigating the Rainbow Fish territory. His origins may have been connected to a creation method left by first-generation Jellyfish. 605 609 687
• Secret-Keeping Demon King — Perfected Purple Mansion sea spider responsible for intelligence and internal coordination. He directed the defense of the ancestral court during Jiang Chen’s assault. 599 801 806
• Wave-Turning Demon King — Purple Mansion Demon King who was planted with Jiang Chen’s heart-demon seed during the battle of Fanghui Island; his body later became Jiang Chen’s infiltrating vessel. 632 641 807
• Walrus Demon King — Late Purple Mansion guardian of Floating Ice Pool. He was killed by Jiang Chen when the resource site was destroyed. 799

Relationships

• Impermanence Sect — Principal rival. Jellyfish Palace declared war alongside Hollow Mulberry Valley and attempted to eradicate the sect’s Boundless Sea forces. 576 630 642
• Flame Phoenix Immortal Palace — Powerful external patron and source of pressure. It supplied a portion of Heavenly One True Water and later an Endless Li-Fire Talisman, while drawing Jellyfish Palace into further conflict. 747 782 822
• Underworld — Emerging rival faction in the Boundless Sea. Jellyfish Palace initially tried to suppress it, but later ordered its forces to avoid provoking it amid the palace’s own crisis. The Underworld’s Yellow-Robed Daoist and Spirit Lord ultimately destroyed the palace’s remaining foundation and seized its blessed land. 653 762 863 865
• Seven-Colored Fish Tribe / Rainbow Fish Race — Vassal resource provider valued for coral cultivation but treated as expendable and subjected to increased tribute demands. 594 599
• Half-demons — A people originally associated with the founder’s creation methods, but marginalized within the palace after Jellyfish’s ascension. 588 619
• Star-Traveling Whale Clan — The former ruling power of the Boundless Sea, which Jellyfish Palace replaced. The possibility of the clan’s return through Star Sea Blessed Land represented a threat to the palace’s dominance. 637 718

Story Role and Major Arcs

War against the Impermanence Sect

Jellyfish Palace entered open conflict with the Impermanence Sect, using its ability to mobilize aquatic demons to create beast tides and break the sect’s defenses. It pursued a strategy of sealing off the Boundless Sea, overwhelming defensive nodes, and preventing outside reinforcements. 576 582 618 630

Canghai True Lord deployed Thousand Rivers Reflecting the Moon to establish an initial blockade over the Boundless Sea. The palace’s True Lords then attempted to suppress the Impermanence Sect’s Celestial Phenomenon cultivators while its demon armies destroyed the sect’s defensive network. 616 628

Its forces besieged Fanghui Island, attacked Sea-Pacifying City with Great True Persons and the Abyssal Sea Formation, and eventually pressed the Impermanence Sect into a broad retreat. 632 639 642

Losses and the Sea-Eye Crisis

Canghai True Lord deployed the Profound Mother Treasure Wheel in the Great Void to counter the Impermanence Sect’s formations. This disrupted the Boundless Sea’s sea eye, causing storms, tsunamis, mass death, and the emergence of water ghosts. 755 762

The war also cost Jellyfish Palace Azure Wave True Lord, while Ice Severing and Raging Tide suffered serious injuries. With Canghai forced to restore the Treasure Wheel to suppress the sea eye, the palace contracted its influence and avoided further conflict with the Underworld. 762 782

The sea-eye catastrophe and the palace’s withdrawal created a power vacuum in the Boundless Sea. The Underworld expanded amid the resulting ghosts and resentment, while other factions increasingly challenged Jellyfish Palace’s former monopoly. 762 863

Theft of the Grotto-Heaven Fragment

After Jiang Chen captured Raging Tide True Lord, he attacked the ancestral court while the palace lacked both a resident True Lord and the Profound Mother Treasure Wheel. 801

Using the possessed body of Wave-Turning Demon King, Jiang Chen infiltrated the palace’s core and discovered that its fourth-rank formation depended on a grotto-heaven fragment. He severed its connection to the formation, defeated Canghai True Lord’s awakened guardian presence, and seized the fragment. 807 808

The theft destabilized the Boundless Sea’s spiritual essence and forced Canghai True Lord to suppress the sea with his own body. 810

Reconstruction and Final Destruction

Jellyfish Palace rebuilt its collapsed palaces, but the restored site lacked its former spiritual character. The Endless Li-Fire Talisman temporarily created an illusory grotto-heaven to stabilize the sea eye, buying the palace roughly a century to obtain another genuine fragment. 822

Without the original fragment, the Heavenly Water Boundary-Splitting Formation remained weaker than before. The Yellow-Robed Daoist and Spirit Lord assaulted the ancestral court, overwhelmed the formation through the Burial Formula and Heaven-and-Earth Transformation, and killed Ice Severing True Lord. 863 864 865

Following the battle, the ancestral grounds became a frozen and sand-buried death zone. The attackers then seized the Abyssal Sea Blessed Land, and Jellyfish Palace was described as exterminated. 865

Aftermath

Canghai True Lord learned of the catastrophe only indirectly through the reaction of the Profound Mother Treasure Wheel. Still trapped by the seal around Azure Firmament Mountain, he attempted to leave and accused the Wind-Thunder Demon Emperor of allowing Jellyfish Palace’s inheritance to be cut off. 865 866

With no successor power immediately replacing Jellyfish Palace, the Boundless Sea fragmented into numerous competing factions. By this period, more than twenty Purple Mansion factions occupied separate territories and fought continuously for the resources developed under Jellyfish Palace’s former rule. 1004