Chapter Summaries

The Demon Kings attacked Boating Archipelago after their plan to control Yin Zheng failed, and the Tortoise Breath Demon King destroyed its defensive array with an Array-Breaking Pearl. With the battle underway, he ordered the Cold Serpent to help him kill Jiang Chen while the other Demon Kings fought the defenders.

• The Tortoise Breath Demon King tried to contact Yin Zheng through a conch shell but discovered that Yin Zheng was no longer available.
• Jiang Chen realized the Jellyfish Palace had intended to control Yin Zheng, while Copper Hammer Rogue Cultivator assessed the defenders’ chances against the approaching Demon Kings.
• The Tortoise Breath Demon King used a third-rank Array-Breaking Pearl to shatter the Water-Wood Splendor Array.
• Jiang Chen, Copper Hammer Rogue Cultivator, and the Crab General confronted the invading demons as they surged into Boating Archipelago.
• The Tortoise Breath Demon King ordered Green-Scale and Red Trout to engage Copper Hammer Rogue Cultivator and the Crab General, while the Cold Serpent helped him target Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen survived the Tortoise Breath Demon King and Cold Snake Demon King’s combined assault and revealed his mid-stage Purple Mansion cultivation and mid-grade Primordial Unity Banner. As Jiang Chen pressed his attack, the two demon kings joined together with Tortoise-Snake Entanglement to raise the Tortoise Breath Demon King’s power.

• The Tortoise Breath Demon King used Azure Waters Meet the Sky to restrict Jiang Chen, and the Cold Snake Demon King froze him with her Cold Radiance.
• The Tortoise Breath Demon King unleashed Raging Tide Thousandfold Seal, but Jiang Chen emerged and struck back with the Primordial Unity Banner’s Primordial Chaos Qi.
• Jiang Chen revealed his Heaven-Mixing Origin Dharma Body and mid-stage Purple Mansion cultivation, shocking both demon kings.
• The Tortoise Breath Demon King healed the injured Cold Snake Demon King and recognized Jiang Chen as a true monster.
• Jiang Chen tore through the azure waters and attacked the Tortoise Breath Demon King with the Primordial Unity Banner.
• The Cold Snake Demon King transformed into an ice-jade serpent and coiled around the Tortoise Breath Demon King, activating Tortoise-Snake Entanglement and boosting his aura.

Jiang Chen fought the Tortoise-Serpent Demons as their combined secret arts pushed his defenses to the limit. After turning their soul-attacking move against them, he unleashed a devastating strike, and the battle ended with Cold Serpent fleeing and the Tortoise Breath Demon King left exposed.

• The Crab General battled Scarlet Trout while the Green-Scale Demon King steadily pressured the Copper Hammer Rogue Cultivator, and both sides worried about the fight between Jiang Chen and the Tortoise-Serpent Demons.
• Jiang Chen endured the demons’ combined attacks, recognizing that their entwined form resembled the legendary Black Tortoise but deciding he did not need help from the Spirit Lord or Mist Flood Dragon.
• Cold Serpent urged the Tortoise Breath Demon King to finish the fight, so they used Tortoise-Snake Breath to send a sword light that attacked Jiang Chen’s body and soul.
• Jiang Chen caught the soul-attacking sword light, refined it with the God-Slaying Lamp and Spirit Fox Howls at the Moon, and caused its power to burn the Tortoise-Serpent Demons from within.
• Jiang Chen absorbed the attacks he had endured, amplified his strength with Nine Heavens Thunder Invocation, and swung the Heaven-Mixing One-Qi Banner as an axe in a powerful Heaven-Mixing strike.
• Overcome by fear, Cold Serpent abandoned Tortoise-Snake Concealment and fled, leaving the Tortoise Breath Demon King as Jiang Chen’s axe light descended.

Jiang Chen killed the Tortoise Breath Demon King and pursued the fleeing Cold Snake Demon King, then gathered their souls and considered their fusion technique. Azure Scale and Scarlet Trout escaped, leaving Jiang Chen to expect a brief peace in the Boating Archipelago and the Jellyfish Palace’s attention.

• Jiang Chen killed the Tortoise Breath Demon King after Cold Snake fled, then sent his Yin Spirit after her.
• Jiang Chen caught Cold Snake with soul arts and sword-light, killed her, and restrained her soul and corpse.
• Jiang Chen reflected that Cold Snake’s flawed Dao Heart had made her vulnerable and considered studying the Tortoise-Serpent Demons’ fusion technique.
• Azure Scale and Scarlet Trout fled while Crab General and Copper Hammer Rogue Cultivator pursued them.
• Jiang Chen chose not to chase the two Demon Kings because his magical power was nearly exhausted, and he anticipated a brief respite before the Jellyfish Palace took notice of him.

After defeating the demon invasion of Boating Archipelago, Jiang Chen learned that the Impermanence Sect was losing ground to Jellyfish Palace and ordered the archipelago to prepare for further attacks while seeking the sect’s plans. The chapter ended with Taoyao reaching the Purple Mansion realm and comprehending Withered-Flourish True Intent.

• Copper Hammer Rogue Cultivator reported that Azure Scale and Scarlet Trout had escaped while most of the demon invaders had been captured or killed.
• Ge Ziling told Jiang Chen that Jellyfish Palace and the Impermanence Sect were at war, the Boundless Sea had been sealed off, and the Impermanence Sect’s front line was collapsing.
• Jiang Chen reasoned that the sect’s True Lords had not yet been defeated and ordered the archipelago to strengthen its defenses and contact Shang Li for the sect’s arrangements.
• Taoyao achieved the Purple Mansion realm and manifested the Withered-Flourish Wheel, inspiring relief and celebration among those gathered.

Jiang Chen discovered that Taoyao had advanced to the Purple Mansion and awakened the All Things Withered-Flourish Wheel, which strengthened Boating Archipelago and offered powerful cultivation benefits. Their linked consciousnesses resonated through the principles of withering and flourishing, deepening both their understanding before Jiang Chen departed and Taoyao remained in enlightenment.

• Jiang Chen found that Taoyao had reached the Purple Mansion, and their linked consciousness revealed that Taoyao had risked a premature breakthrough to help him during the attack.
• Jiang Chen reassured Taoyao that its new strength would help defend Boating Archipelago and urged it to demonstrate its power.
• Taoyao manifested a peach-orchard inner landscape and the All Things Withered-Flourish Wheel, which nourished the area, gathered spiritual energy, and produced Evergreen Qi of All Things.
• Jiang Chen sensed that the wheel continuously accumulated power by drawing on heaven and earth and nourishing all things in return.
• Jiang Chen and Taoyao joined their consciousnesses to study withering and flourishing, strengthening their respective true intents.
• Jiang Chen awoke with his Withered-Flourish True Intent strengthened and left as Taoyao continued its enlightenment.

Shang Li received news that the Impermanence Sect’s front line had been destroyed and its forces had suffered heavy losses, while Jiang Chen had defeated the demons attacking the Boating Archipelago. He ordered a new defense line built around the archipelago, then used Sea-Pacifying City to burn the abandoned front line and deny its resources to Jellyfish Palace.

• An Impermanence Guard reported that Jellyfish Palace had destroyed the Impermanence Sect’s seven cities and twelve islands, killing eight True Persons, including Water-Mirror True Person.
• The guard told Shang Li that Snail Old Man and the Golden-Eyed Sacred Son had killed Water-Mirror True Person.
• The guard reported that Jiang Chen had killed the Tortoise-Serpent Demons and driven back the attack on the Boating Archipelago.
• Shang Li ordered the Impermanence Sect to retreat and establish a new defensive line around the Boating Archipelago.
• Shang Li linked Sea-Pacifying City to the stars and sent heavenly fire down upon the abandoned front line, destroying its cities, islands, and resources.

The Jellyfish Palace’s true lords failed to overpower True Lord Xuanji and Xing Sha, while Canghai True Lord grew suspicious that No-Self True Lord might intervene. The fighting between the armies eased after Sea-Pacifying City devastated the Jellyfish Palace’s beast tide, leaving both sides to prepare for another battle.

• True Lord Xuanji blocked Azure Wave True Lord as the Jellyfish Palace’s three true lords reconsidered their plan to defeat Xuanji and Xing Sha.
• Canghai True Lord wondered why True Lord Xuan Qiong was holding back and considered whether he was waiting for No-Self True Lord.
• Canghai True Lord decided to prepare for No-Self True Lord’s possible arrival and quietly held back some of his strength.
• The Jellyfish Palace’s beast tide lost nearly half its numbers in Sea-Pacifying City’s rain of fire, forcing its cultivators to pause their offensive.
• Both sides licked their wounds and prepared for the next battle.

Jiang Chen experimented with refining demon hides, then learned that Mountain Armor had killed True Person Nian He. He devoured the souls of Tortoise Breath and Cold Serpent, discovered the Tortoise-Serpent Harmonized Form True Formula, and began studying its mysteries.

• Jiang Chen failed to refine a Black Shark demon hide with One-Origin Qi and considered using the Human-Demon Essence Exchange method to overcome the problem.
• As Impermanence Sect forces assembled at Boating Archipelago, Jiang Chen learned that Mountain Armor had killed True Person Nian He by breaking the formation that protected him and the Luo Clan True Person.
• Jiang Chen told Ge Ziling to keep managing the archipelago, then returned to his cave abode to cultivate.
• Jiang Chen used the Soul-Calming Hall to devour the divine souls of Tortoise Breath and Cold Serpent, gaining their memories and secret arts.
• Jiang Chen decided to send his remaining Purple Mansion souls to the Yellow Heaven Dao Palace and studied the Tortoise-Serpent Harmonized Form True Formula.

Jiang Chen studied the Tortoise-Serpent Harmonized Form True Formula and devised a way to use demon hides and Dao Heart Demon-Seeding to learn from others’ insights. After the Hundred Fruit Garden Secret Realm underwent a transformation, he saw that its foundation and the Heaven-and-Earth True Intent within Green Mountain had grown stronger.

• Jiang Chen concluded that the turtle and snake demons’ understanding of the Tortoise-Serpent Harmonized Form True Formula was too limited to help him fully grasp motion, stillness, and yin and yang.
• Jiang Chen considered having the Black-and-White Elders and others cultivate the inheritance so he could learn from their insights.
• Jiang Chen formed a plan to imprint a demon seed containing his insights into demon hides, allowing their bearers to gain cultivation insights and gradually merge with the seed.
• The Jellyfish Palace resumed its war against the Impermanence Sect, while two great-perfection True Persons used their origins and top-grade treasure artifacts to hold back Sea-Pacifying City.
• Jiang Chen remained in cultivation under Shang Li’s protection until changes in the Hundred Fruit Garden Secret Realm drew his attention.
• Jiang Chen entered the transformed secret realm and saw that Green Mountain had grown more majestic and the Heaven-and-Earth True Intent within it was strengthening.

Jiang Chen merged his consciousness with the Spirit Lord and comprehended the creation-type divine power Heaven-and-Earth Creation as the Hundred Fruit Garden Secret Realm transformed. The Spirit Lord’s strength gave Jiang Chen greater security in the Boundless Sea, while the Mist Flood Dragon continued to grow closer to taming the Water Spirit Pearl.

• Jiang Chen realized the Spirit Lord’s transformation had raised the Hundred Fruit Garden Secret Realm’s essence and advanced its Heaven-and-Earth True Intent.
• Jiang Chen merged his consciousness with the Spirit Lord and comprehended the divine power Heaven-and-Earth Creation.
• Jiang Chen used Heaven-and-Earth Creation to expand the South Sea by a hundred li and remove the dangers left by his earlier attempt to open it.
• Jiang Chen judged that the Spirit Lord could threaten Purple Mansion cultivators and give him a chance to survive against a Purple Mansion Great True Person.
• Jiang Chen sensed the Mist Flood Dragon resonating with the Dao and used One Origin Qi to heal it as it continued bonding with the Water Spirit Pearl.

Jellyfish Palace’s forces broke through Fanghui Island’s defenses, leaving Impermanence Sect’s defenders close to annihilation. Jiang Chen arrived during the battle and prepared to drive back the attackers, believing the island could still be saved.

• The Six-Wing Demon King, Dark Tide, and Wave-Turning judged that Impermanence Sect was unlikely to reinforce Fanghui Island and trusted Demon King Nong Han to defeat any challengers.
• Wave-Turning was promoted to chief logistics steward and privately congratulated himself on his success.
• Fairy Rou Shui asked Elder Azure Bear whether the sect would send help, but he concluded that no late Purple Mansion cultivator could be spared.
• A beast claw shattered Fanghui Island’s grand array, and Elder Azure Bear flew out to fight while urging Fairy Rou Shui to escape if she could.
• Demon King Nong Han overwhelmed Elder Azure Bear, while Fairy Rou Shui was besieged by three Purple Mansion Demon Kings.
• Jiang Chen appeared on Fanghui Island, assessed the battle, and turned his gaze toward Fairy Rou Shui as he formed a plan to save the defenders.

Jiang Chen saved Rou Shui, killed Dark Tide Demon King, and broke free of Demon King Nong Han’s freezing attack. He then took over the fight against Nong Han and drove the late Purple Mansion demon king back, leaving Azure Bear and Rou Shui stunned by his strength.

• The three Purple Mansion demon kings nearly killed Rou Shui before Jiang Chen appeared and struck them with a vast hand of primordial chaos qi, forcing Wave-Turning Demon King and Six-Winged Demon King to retreat.
• Jiang Chen targeted the weakened Dark Tide Demon King, ignored Nong Han’s freezing attack, and killed Dark Tide with Purple Lightning.
• Demon King Nong Han attacked Azure Bear with the Spinning Radiance Ice Spirit Mirror while Jiang Chen remained trapped in Profound Ice Glazed Light.
• Jiang Chen shattered the frozen hell, manifested his Heaven-Mixing Origin Dharma Body, and told Azure Bear to leave Nong Han to him.
• Jiang Chen swept Nong Han back with primordial chaos qi, astonishing Azure Bear and Rou Shui with his ability to fight a late Purple Mansion demon king.

Jiang Chen steadily overwhelmed Demon King Nong Han, whose treasure mirror could only delay defeat as primordial chaos qi trapped him. With no escape and his treasure body badly damaged, Nong Han activated a forbidden divine power that sacrificed his body to unleash an Icebound Purgatory and preserve his life.

• Jiang Chen battered Demon King Nong Han with Earth-Shaking while primordial chaos qi steadily restricted his movements.
• Jiang Chen recognized that Nong Han’s Spinning Radiance Ice Spirit Mirror was powerful but flawed, and continued attacking with the support of the transformed secret realm.
• The Wave-Turning Demon King anticipated that Nong Han would risk his life and silently retreated toward the edge of the battlefield.
• Nong Han realized Jiang Chen had gradually trapped him and decided to sacrifice his treasure body rather than accept defeat.
• Nong Han activated a forbidden divine power, and pure-white treasure light erupted as his treasure body melted away.

Jiang Chen destroyed Demon King Nong Han’s Permafrost Ice Prison with Heaven-and-Earth Creation, killed him, and rescued Fairy Rou Shui and Azure Bear True Person as the void collapsed. His victory secured Fanghui Island and made his name resound across the Boundless Sea, while Shang Li True Person considered how to reward him.

• Demon King Nong Han unleashed Permafrost Ice Prison, freezing Fairy Rou Shui and Azure Bear True Person despite their protection from Primordial Unity Qi.
• Jiang Chen endured the frost, then split the ice prison apart with Heaven-and-Earth Creation, shocking Nong Han and the fleeing Wave-Turning Demon King and Six-Wing Demon King.
• The ice prison’s collapse triggered a void storm, and Jiang Chen rescued Fairy Rou Shui and Azure Bear True Person before retrieving a treasure mirror and a divine soul.
• Jiang Chen killed Demon King Nong Han, ending the battle for Fanghui Island and preventing Jellyfish Palace from occupying it.
• News of Jiang Chen’s victory spread across the Boundless Sea, and Shang Li True Person praised him while considering a substantial reward.

The Wave-Turning Demon King survived Jiang Chen’s attack and returned to the Jellyfish Palace, where the Golden-Eyed Sacred Son began considering a chance to test Jiang Chen. Jiang Chen arrived at Sea-Pacifying City, and Hall Master Shang Li praised his strength before presenting him with a treasure connected to his cultivation inheritance.

• The Wave-Turning Demon King woke after being swept into the Great Void, feared Jiang Chen, and resolved not to make him an enemy.
• The Golden-Eyed Sacred Son discussed whether Jiang Chen was the thief who had plotted against him, then decided to seek a chance to test Jiang Chen.
• Tide Granny left the Jellyfish Palace as it prepared to attack the Impermanence Sect with its perfected Purple Mansion cultivators.
• Jiang Chen arrived at Sea-Pacifying City and entered after the city opened a spiritual bridge for him.
• Shang Li praised Jiang Chen’s mid Purple Mansion cultivation and late Purple Mansion combat strength, then presented him with a treasure that might aid his cultivation of Senior Brother Tiangang’s inheritance.

Jiang Chen used the Falling Star Stone to strengthen his Star-Traveling Whale cultivation and considered the legends of the Star Sea Blessed Land. He planned to bring his six demon hides into resonance and temper his fourth-turn astral qi through battle.

• Jiang Chen ended two months of cultivation and examined the Falling Star Stone Shang Li had rewarded him with.
• Jiang Chen reflected on the Star-Traveling Profound Whale clan, the fallen Great Star, and the uncertain existence of the Star Sea Blessed Land.
• Jiang Chen considered seeking cultivation in the Impermanence Sect's Blessed Land after settling matters in the Boundless Sea.
• Jiang Chen linked the auras of six demon hides around the Star-Traveling Whale and planned to unite all twelve forms.
• Jiang Chen recalled how his fight with Demon King Nong Han had advanced his astral qi to the fourth turn and decided to seek more battles to temper it.

As battles between Jellyfish Palace and the Impermanence Sect intensified, Fairy Rou Shui arranged for the Flowing Water Lineage to join Jiang Chen at the Boating Archipelago. Meanwhile, Jellyfish Palace secretly prepared to exploit the Abyssal Sea Formation and waited for an opportunity.

• Jiang Chen fought off a Purple Mansion demon king and withdrew when another cultivator intervened, then returned from the battlefield as both sides paused their fighting.
• Fairy Rou Shui gave Jiang Chen hundred-year spirit milk and proposed moving the Flowing Water Lineage to the Boating Archipelago; Jiang Chen welcomed the arrangement.
• Fairy Rou Shui admitted to Heshui True Person that she had chosen to bet on Jiang Chen despite worries about the risks to her lineage, and Heshui True Person pledged her support.
• Four figures in the depths of the sea confirmed that the Abyssal Sea Formation was ready and waited for the right opportunity.

The Jellyfish Palace used the Abyssal Sea Formation and the power of its Blessed Land to trap Sea-Pacifying City. Zhixu True Person sacrificed his Void-Returning Seal to help Shang Li break free, but a grim chill descended from the darkened sky before the Impermanence Sect could escape.

• The four Great True Persons of the Jellyfish Palace attacked Sea-Pacifying City while a hidden force spread beneath the sea.
• Shang Li True Person discovered the Abyssal Sea Formation and joined Zhixu True Person in trying to suppress it.
• The Jellyfish Palace activated the formation with the power of the Abyssal Sea Blessed Land, trapping Sea-Pacifying City in a shadowy abyss.
• Zhixu True Person used his Void-Returning Seal to reverse illusion and reality, sacrificing his treasure artifact to free Sea-Pacifying City.
• Shang Li drove Sea-Pacifying City toward the Grand Void as Zhixu took the Jellyfish Palace's attacks and suffered grievous injuries.
• Sea-Pacifying City began escaping, but the sky darkened and a grim chill froze the void.

Shang Li True Person used Sea-Pacifying City's Command Across the Four Seas to resist Ice Severing True Lord, but the city was overwhelmed by her power and the Abyssal Sea Formation. True Lord Xuanji intervened, revived Zhi Xu True Person, and enabled him to unleash his strange fire ability against nearby Jellyfish Palace cultivators.

• Ice Severing True Lord struck at Sea-Pacifying City with an icy hand, and Shang Li True Person used his secret art to revive the city's defenses.
• Shang Li True Person transformed Sea-Pacifying City into a golden command token and invoked Command Across the Four Seas to restrain Ice Severing True Lord.
• Ice Severing True Lord broke through the edict and struck down Sea-Pacifying City, while the Abyssal Sea Formation and black-gray snow sealed it.
• True Lord Xuanji attacked Ice Severing True Lord, interrupting her next strike and sending starlight to the dying Zhi Xu True Person.
• Zhi Xu True Person revived under the starlight and sacrificed himself to unleash a mysterious fire that ensnared nearby Jellyfish Palace Purple Mansion cultivators.