Chapter Summaries

Jiang Chen killed the Star-Traveling Whale in the Nether Sea by countering its divine abilities with his Heaven-Mixing Origin Dharma Body and Primordial Unity Qi. He sealed its corpse and left the Nether Sea, while Daoist Yuangang reflected on the promise of his disciple.

• The Star-Traveling Whale revealed its true form and attacked Jiang Chen with its Star Cluster Divine Light.
• Jiang Chen used the Heaven-Mixing Origin Dharma Body to tear through the attack and strike the whale, then pinned it with Primordial Unity Qi and battered it to death.
• Jiang Chen restrained the whale's soul, judged its wisdom feeble, and sealed its corpse for later use.
• After the Dharma Body dispersed, Jiang Chen felt weakened and considered how greater Dharma power and recovery could improve his ability to use it.
• Jiang Chen opened a path out of the Nether Sea, and Daoist Yuangang praised the promise of his disciple's inheritance.

Jiang Chen arrived at Boating Archipelago to consolidate its divided forces and establish a new defensive stronghold for the Impermanence Sect. He chose a nearby ruined island as the first target and discovered a dangerous Moon-Gazing Eel hiding beneath it.

• Jiang Chen surveyed Boating Archipelago, where the weakened Yin Clan and Copper Hammer Rogue Cultivator competed for control while other factions watched.
• Ge Ziling explained that the Yin Clan still had a Purple Mansion-level Muddy River Crab King, though it was poorly suited to battle.
• Jiang Chen said he would kill a target to warn the others, then left to investigate a nearby desolate island.
• Jiang Chen used his Dharma Eyes to find traces that someone had deliberately destroyed the island’s spiritual essence to conceal something.
• Jiang Chen discovered a sleeping Moon-Gazing Eel with fallen-dragon blood in an underground cave beside a deep, ink-black pool.

Jiang Chen used the full moon and the Dragon-Fishing Rod to capture the Moon-Gazing Eel, the dragon-blooded demon that had killed the Yin Clan's ancestor. After discovering the eel's hidden undersea current, he sealed the pool and left it intact for possible future use.

• The Moon-Gazing Eel swallowed Jiang Chen's moonlight treasure pearl, triggering the invisible hook of the Dragon-Fishing Rod.
• Jiang Chen battled the eel as it anchored itself to the island, then used Spirit Fox Howls at the Moon to break its resistance and suppress its bloodline.
• Jiang Chen subdued the Moon-Gazing Eel and noted the purity of its dragon bloodline.
• Jiang Chen found an undersea current in the eel's cave and determined it had likely brought the eel to the Boating Archipelago.
• Jiang Chen sealed the pool without destroying the undersea current and left.

Jiang Chen arrived in Boating Archipelago, captured and killed the Moon-Gazing Eel, and declared that he would eliminate the demon threatening human cultivators. The Yin Clan and Copper Hammer Rogue Cultivator submitted to him, leaving Boating Archipelago under the Impermanence Sect’s influence.

• A Moon-Gazing Eel, a dragon-blooded Purple Mansion Demon King, fell from the sky and drew the attention of cultivators across Boating Archipelago.
• Yin Zheng recognized the Moon-Gazing Eel as the demon that had killed the Yin Clan's ancestor, while Copper Hammer Rogue Cultivator wondered who had captured it.
• Jiang Chen appeared as Dustless, a true disciple of the Impermanence Sect, and killed the Moon-Gazing Eel with a single sword strike.
• Yin Zheng welcomed Jiang Chen and decided to seek his favor, while Copper Hammer Rogue Cultivator also bowed and declared his allegiance.
• Cultivators across Boating Archipelago bowed to Jiang Chen, and the archipelago gained a new ruler.

Jiang Chen consolidated his control over Boating Archipelago by suppressing rogue cultivators and preparing to recruit Copper Hammer Rogue Cultivator. He gave Ge Ziling the Myriad Insect Canon, renewing her hope of contending for a true disciple position as order rapidly took shape across the archipelago.

• Du Zhong reported that he and the Yin Clan had suppressed the rogue cultivators causing trouble in Boating Archipelago, and Jiang Chen noted Du Zhong's growing control over the demon hide's power.
• Ge Ziling told Jiang Chen that Copper Hammer Rogue Cultivator seemed willing to serve but wanted to speak with Jiang Chen before agreeing.
• Jiang Chen agreed to meet Copper Hammer Rogue Cultivator and gave Ge Ziling the Myriad Insect Canon to aid her spirit-taming cultivation.
• Ge Ziling accepted the scripture and resolved to study it so she could improve her flawed cultivation method and contend for a true disciple position.
• Jiang Chen left to handle other matters while order in Boating Archipelago was rapidly reshaped and dissenting voices were swept away.

The Copper Hammer Rogue Cultivator told his followers he intended to seek refuge with Jiang Chen and build a cultivation force under the Impermanence Sect. His disciples and dependents agreed to follow him, and he set out to prove his value to Jiang Chen.

• Black Soil asked whether the Copper Hammer Rogue Cultivator truly planned to seek refuge with an Impermanence Sect true disciple.
• The Copper Hammer Rogue Cultivator explained that he wanted to turn his followers into a force of their own and that Jiang Chen had promised to support them in founding a sect.
• He showed the group a catalog of resources and inheritances that they could earn through service and mission contributions.
• Black Soil declared that he would follow his master, and the other followers quickly agreed.
• After the group left, the Copper Hammer Rogue Cultivator recalled that Jiang Chen had already offered him a treasure art and decided he had chosen well.
• The Copper Hammer Rogue Cultivator vanished to begin serving Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen remade the Moon-Gazing Eel’s demon soul into a third-rank Baleful Ghost and assessed the weakened forces of the Yellow Heaven Dao Palace. He disguised the Yellow Heaven Strongmen as ghostly beings and named their new faction the Underworld.

• Jiang Chen used the Yellow Heaven Dao Palace’s Soul-Binding Chain to draw the Moon-Gazing Eel’s demon soul into the Yin Prison and studied its transformation.
• After seven days, Jiang Chen produced a third-rank Baleful Ghost and considered how General Dispatching could empower it and the other Baleful Ghosts.
• Jiang Chen counted the Yellow Heaven Strongmen and regretted that earlier battles had greatly depleted their numbers.
• Jiang Chen disguised the Baleful Ghosts’ souls and altered the Yellow Heaven Strongmen’s appearances to conceal their origins.
• Jiang Chen declared that the transformed ghostly beings would form a new faction called the Underworld.

Mountain Armor entered Xiling Island, hoping the Stone Pendant would help him reach the Purple Mansion realm and restore the half-demons’ honor. Meanwhile, Jiang Chen’s Boating Archipelago continued to develop, and True Person Nian He agreed to teach Taoyao formations as he prepared to build its island-protecting formation.

• Mountain Armor felt the Stone Pendant warm, renewed his resolve, and entered Xiling Island as a brutal struggle began.
• Jiang Chen thanked True Person Nian He for coming to build a third-tier formation in the Boating Archipelago.
• True Person Nian He told Jiang Chen that Nian Hua had improved his chances of reaching the Purple Mansion realm using Jiang Chen’s secret art.
• Jiang Chen asked True Person Nian He to teach one of his subordinates about formations, and Nian He agreed to teach them wholeheartedly.
• Jiang Chen introduced Taoyao as his chosen student, and True Person Nian He was surprised and concerned that he would be teaching a demon.

Jiang Chen emerged from seclusion after overseeing the successful upgrade of the White Bone Battle Pool, which Mist Flood Dragon used to begin improving its Flood-Covering Flood Dragon Armor. He learned that a half-demon named Mountain Armor had reached the Purple Mansion realm on Xiling Island, and the chapter ended as a brilliant formation screen appeared over Boating Archipelago.

• The White Bone Battle Pool surged with Killing Intent, signaling that Jiang Chen's upgrade had succeeded.
• Mist Flood Dragon fed its Flood-Covering Flood Dragon Armor a drop of true dragon blood essence and began transforming it in the Battle Pool.
• Jiang Chen left seclusion and received Ge Ziling's report that Boating Archipelago's development was proceeding smoothly and its third-rank grand formation was nearly complete.
• Ge Ziling told Jiang Chen that Mountain Armor, a half-demon bearing Mountain-Bearing Sea Turtle blood, had seized an earthly treasure on Xiling Island and reached the Purple Mansion realm.
• Jiang Chen reflected on Mountain Armor's sudden rise, then a dazzling light rose as an enormous formation screen spread across Boating Archipelago.

Taoyao entered enlightenment while completing the Water-Wood Splendor Array, giving the Boating Archipelago a powerful third-tier formation that nourished its spirit plants. With the array completed and Taoyao’s cultivation rising toward the Purple Mansion Realm, Jiang Chen considered how to obtain a suitable earth treasure for its next breakthrough.

• Taoyao demonstrated extraordinary talent in the Dao of arrays and took the lead in completing the Water-Wood Splendor Array during an apparent enlightenment.
• The completed array caused flowers to bloom, accelerated spirit herbs’ growth, and formed a flowing curtain of water and azure light around the Boating Archipelago.
• True Person Nian Hua confirmed that the array had formed and recognized that Taoyao no longer needed his guidance in array work.
• Jiang Chen noted that the array gave the Boating Archipelago stronger defenses as the Impermanence Sect and Jellyfish Palace clashed and beast tides pressured the front lines.
• Jiang Chen sensed Taoyao’s aura rising toward the Purple Mansion threshold and considered trading his unsuitable earth treasures or exchanging sect merit for one suited to Taoyao.

The Cold Snake Demon King woke the Tortoise Breath Demon King from seclusion to plan Jiang Chen’s death after he took the Boating Archipelago and completed a third-tier formation. They prepared to obtain a Formation-Breaking Pearl, hoping to kill Jiang Chen and earn rewards that could help advance their cultivation.

• The Cold Snake Demon King learned that Jiang Chen had completed a third-tier formation on the Boating Archipelago and resolved to kill him, partly to avenge the Moon-Gazing Eel.
• The Cold Snake Demon King decided to wake the Tortoise Breath Demon King, believing the Moon-Gazing Eel’s yang pearl might still help her cultivation.
• The Tortoise Breath Demon King woke just short of a breakthrough to the late Purple Mansion realm and became angry at the interruption.
• The Cold Snake Demon King explained that Jiang Chen had killed the Moon-Gazing Eel, seized the Boating Archipelago, and become a major threat to Jellyfish Palace.
• The Tortoise Breath Demon King agreed to help and proposed trading an upper-grade magic treasure for Senior Brother Array Armor’s Formation-Breaking Pearl.
• The Cold Snake Demon King and the Tortoise Breath Demon King hoped that killing Jiang Chen would earn them a Barrier-Breaking Pill.

At Boating Archipelago, Jiang Chen prepared to cultivate his second core transformation using the Star-Traveling Whale, but decided against infusing it with spirit to preserve the future unity of his thirty-six forms. He began exploring how the Taihua Heaven-Supporting Secret Register could help merge the Star-Traveling Whale and Mist Flood Dragon forms.

• Ge Ziling arranged to sell cave-abode tenancy rights and attract Rogue Cultivators to help develop Boating Archipelago.
• Jiang Chen received three Dao Foundation-level fish demons with Star-Traveling Whale bloodlines from the Copper Hammer Rogue Cultivator.
• Jiang Chen refined the three demon beasts into hides and considered whether to use Spirit Infusion on the Star-Traveling Whale form.
• Jiang Chen decided to keep the Mist Flood Dragon as his sole spirit-infused form so his thirty-six transformations could unite more smoothly.
• Jiang Chen considered how his growing mastery of the Taihua Heaven-Supporting Secret Register might let him merge the Mist Flood Dragon and Star-Traveling Whale forms, then entered a state of enlightenment.

After failing to merge the Dragon Transformation and Whale Transformation, Jiang Chen decided to seek battle while hiding his identity. Daoist Nian He left Boating Archipelago for a voluntary front-line assignment, hoping to earn contributions for his family, and Jiang Chen watched him go with his true body and a false body prepared.

• Jiang Chen failed to fuse the dragon and whale forms because his astral qi and second core transformation were not yet complete, and he resolved to keep studying the Archaic Dragon-Whale Transformation.
• Jiang Chen decided to leave Boating Archipelago to improve his astral qi, but created a convincing false body to conceal his identity from Jellyfish Palace.
• Daoist Nian He told Jiang Chen he was leaving to repair formations at the front lines, explaining that Tao Tian had surpassed him in formation insight and that he had volunteered to earn contributions for his family.
• Jiang Chen gave Daoist Nian He a third-rank treasure pill, and Nian He departed on his immortal crane, intending to exchange his contributions for an earth treasure for Nian Hua.
• Jiang Chen manifested his true body beside the false one and watched Daoist Nian He leave.

Jiang Chen used Bai Cangzi’s Treasure-Bewitching Curse to lure demons into a false ruin at Dragon Gate Ravine, drawing in the Seven-Colored Fish ancestor with a supposed true dragon horn. The ancestor was ambushed by five Purple Mansion cultivators and left grievously wounded, while Jiang Chen remained concealed.

• A ruin opened at Dragon Gate Ravine, and demons rushed inside after discovering its treasures.
• Seahorse abandoned his plan to ambush demons outside and entered the ruin, bewitched by the prospect of greater treasures.
• Jiang Chen watched from hiding and waited for a powerful target to arrive.
• The Seven-Colored Fish ancestor entered the ruin, found a true dragon horn, and picked it up.
• The horn released overwhelming dragon might, and five Purple Mansion cultivators appeared in the mist.
• The Seven-Colored Fish ancestor was unable to escape or send a message and suffered grievous injuries.

Jiang Chen defeated the Rainbow Fish Ancestor, took his place, and infiltrated the Colorful Fish Clan to seize its resources and control. By the chapter’s end, he had quietly brought the entire clan under his command.

• Jiang Chen used four third-rank Baleful Ghosts and the Mist Flood Dragon to suppress the Rainbow Fish Ancestor, then spared him and ordered the demon creatures in Dragon Gate Ravine Ruins killed.
• Jiang Chen disguised himself as the Rainbow Fish Ancestor, spread rumors that made the ancestor seem ruthless, and searched the captive’s soul for information.
• Jiang Chen returned to the Colorful Fish Clan’s great island reef in the ancestor’s guise and investigated the clan’s resources and circumstances.
• Jiang Chen summoned the Colorful Fish Clan’s upper echelons and used the Beast-Gathering Art, Bird-Tuning Art, and Star Puppet Seal to control them.
• Jiang Chen silenced dissent and secretly brought the entire Colorful Fish Demon Race under his control.

Jiang Chen took control of the Colorful Fish Clan and had them mine Great Reef Island’s yin iron vein while he gathered intelligence and refined his plans for the yin soldiers. After obtaining Three-Yin Profound Iron, he prepared to study soul-binding artifacts, but the Flood Shark Demon King became interested in the island after hearing rumors of a dragon’s inherited treasure.

• Jiang Chen used the Star Puppet Seal to control the Colorful Fish Clan’s upper ranks and ordered them to mine the yin iron vein.
• Over two months, Jiang Chen learned that Yue Shuli, the Golden-Eyed Sacred Son, and Mountain Armor had emerged as notable fighters in the conflict between the Impermanence Sect and the Jellyfish Palace, but he chose to focus on building his foundation.
• Jiang Chen received Three-Yin Profound Iron from the Colorful Fish clan chief and ordered the clan to search for higher-quality treasure ores.
• Jiang Chen planned to imitate the soul-suppressing mysteries of the Yellow Heaven Dao Palace’s soul-binding chains to make artifacts for the yin soldiers.
• The Flood Shark Demon King inspected the destroyed relic at Dragon Gate Ravine, heard rumors of its dragon inheritance, and turned its attention toward Great Reef Island.

Jiang Chen lured the Flood Shark Demon King into Great Island Reef by planting clues to a supposed True Dragon treasure. The Flood Shark Demon King invaded the Rainbow Fish territory and was trapped by Jiang Chen, who attacked him with the Primordial Unity Banner.

• The Flood Shark Demon King accused Huan Guang of stealing the Flood Shark Race’s ancestral treasures and marched on Great Island Reef.
• Jiang Chen revealed that he had fabricated the ruin’s clues and sent treasures carrying a trace of True Dragon aura to bait the Flood Shark Demon King.
• The Flood Shark Demon King detected the aura, planned to infiltrate the Rainbow Fish territory, and slipped past its formation to reach Jiang Chen’s cave abode.
• The Rainbow Fish formation activated, prompting the Flood Shark soldiers outside to attack while the Flood Shark Demon King realized he had been set up.
• Jiang Chen blocked the Flood Shark Demon King’s escape alongside Mist Flood Dragon, then struck with the Primordial Unity Banner.

Jiang Chen, disguised as the Colorful Fish ancestor, revealed the Flood Shark Demon King’s corpse and turned the battle in the Colorful Fish Clan’s favor. After the Flood Sharks fled and the sea region reacted to the Demon King’s death, Jiang Chen examined the spoils and studied the Shark-Tooth Blades.

• Jiang Chen emerged from the Colorful Fish Clan’s territory carrying the dead Flood Shark Demon King and declared that the Flood Sharks should surrender.
• The Flood Sharks panicked and retreated, while the Colorful Fish pursued them and Jiang Chen maintained his appearance of grievous injury.
• Jiang Chen considered the risks of killing another Purple Mansion cultivator and reflected on how the Treasure-Bewitching Curse had exploited the Demon King’s greed.
• News of the Demon King’s death spread through the sea region, and demons began to suspect that Huan Guang had concealed his strength.
• Jiang Chen returned to his cave dwelling, examined the Shark-Tooth Blades, and considered their unusual method of refinement.

Secret Keeper Demon King punished the Flood Shark Race for Black Shark’s death and increased the Rainbow Fish Race’s tribute, while Jiang Chen prepared to leave after mining the Yin Iron Vein. White Shark refused to give up revenge and persuaded Dark Tide Demon King to help him target the Rainbow Fish Race.

• Secret Keeper Demon King ordered a public rebuke of the Flood Shark Race, required White Shark to earn merit at the front lines, and doubled the Rainbow Fish Race’s next tribute.
• Jiang Chen accepted the Jellyfish Palace’s response and decided to accelerate mining the Yin Iron Vein before leaving the area.
• White Shark vowed to avenge Black Shark despite the Jellyfish Palace’s rebuke.
• Dark Tide Demon King warned White Shark that attacking the Rainbow Fish Race could bring suspicion upon him.
• White Shark persuaded Dark Tide Demon King to help him return to the rear unseen.

Jiang Chen discovered that mining the yin iron vein had disturbed an Acquired Water Spirit Pearl hidden beneath Great Island Reef, whose water Dao resonance threatened to destabilize the island. He ordered the Rainbow Fish Race to seal off the territory and resolved to collect the pearl before its emergence attracted the Jellyfish Palace.

• Jiang Chen suppressed the upheaval across Great Island Reef and learned that mining the yin iron vein had triggered it.
• Jiang Chen ordered the Rainbow Fish Race to seal off the territory and prevent news from leaving.
• Jiang Chen entered the mine and followed the spiritual radiance toward its source.
• Jiang Chen glimpsed a vast ocean of water Dao resonance and identified the hidden treasure as an Acquired Water Spirit Pearl.
• Jiang Chen recognized the pearl’s value and danger, then decided to gather it quickly before the disturbance worsened or the Jellyfish Palace learned of it.