Chapter Summaries

As the Jellyfish Palace trapped Sea-Pacifying City, Jiang Chen learned that the Impermanence Sect’s defenses in the Boundless Sea were about to collapse. He ordered a retreat and proposed turning Boating Archipelago into an island ship so his group could preserve its formations and maneuver.

• True Lord Xuanji cast the Ten Directions Fire Prison to shield Sea-Pacifying City, while the five True Lords continued their battle.
• Snail Granny, Giant Whale, and White Flood Dragon agreed to wear down the fire prison, seize Sea-Pacifying City, kill Shang Li, and rescue Frost Snow Great True Person.
• Jiang Chen received news of Sea-Pacifying City’s entrapment through the demonic seed he had planted in Demon King Wave-Turning.
• Jiang Chen ordered Impermanence Sect disciples to abandon their defenses and retreat, then summoned Boating Archipelago’s leaders.
• Jiang Chen proposed severing Boating Archipelago’s foundations and refining its islands into a ship linked by Taoyao’s roots and bound by their grand formations.

The Jellyfish Palace attacked the Boating Archipelago, but Jiang Chen’s preparations let the Impermanence Sect escape with the archipelago transformed into a mobile secret realm. The Golden-Eyed Sacred Son uncovered their direction and ordered a pursuit, while Jiang Chen continued moving the unstable realm away.

• The Jellyfish Palace surrounded the Boating Archipelago, and its Demon Kings broke through an illusory formation that concealed a devastating thunderstorm.
• The Golden-Eyed Sacred Son used his Law-Breaking Golden Light to sever the thunderstorm’s connection to heaven and earth, saving the Demon Kings.
• The Golden-Eyed Sacred Son discovered that the real Boating Archipelago had vanished and ordered the Jellyfish Palace to pursue the escaping Impermanence Sect cultivators.
• Jiang Chen learned that the attack had come sooner than expected and reflected on the decoy formation he had prepared with Heshui True Person and the other True Persons.
• Jiang Chen used the Supreme Void and Return-to-Origin Spirit-Locking Grand Formation to move the Boating Archipelago, now an unstable mobile secret realm aided by Taoyao.

Jiang Chen learned that the Golden-Eyed Sacred Son had interfered with the pursuit of the Boating Archipelago and feared that the Sacred Son had uncovered its trail. The Archipelago continued to stabilize under Taoyao’s care as Jiang Chen considered how to respond to the new threat.

• He Shui True Person and Rou Shui True Person praised Taoyao’s role in transforming and stabilizing the Boating Archipelago, while He Shui privately suspected Taoyao had a top-grade treasure body.
• Jiang Chen used the demon seed to examine the Wave-Turning Demon King and realized its submission to strength had allowed the seed to take root quickly.
• Jiang Chen learned that the Impermanence Sect had lost three more Purple Mansion cultivators and found no news about Sea-Pacifying City.
• Jiang Chen discovered from the Wave-Turning Demon King’s memories that the Golden-Eyed Sacred Son had rescued demons caught in a trap near the Boating Archipelago.
• Jiang Chen worried that the Golden-Eyed Sacred Son’s tracking skills might have exposed the Archipelago’s concealments, then left his cave abode after deciding the situation had changed.

Jiang Chen left the Boating Archipelago to confront the pursuing Jellyfish Palace forces while Heshui True Person led the others onward. He planned to exploit the chaos to harvest souls, and the Golden-Eyed Sacred Son saw Jiang Chen turn back to meet him.

• The Golden-Eyed Sacred Son tracked the Boating Archipelago and ordered his demon soldiers to pursue it after it moved again.
• Jiang Chen decided to hold off the pursuers and entrusted the Boating Archipelago to Heshui True Person, who agreed to continue the escape plan.
• Jiang Chen left the archipelago on Purple Lightning, intending to exploit the spreading battle to harvest souls and strengthen himself.
• The Golden-Eyed Sacred Son and three other Purple Mansion cultivators sensed Jiang Chen approaching, and purple light flashed as the confrontation began.

Jiang Chen fought the Golden-Eyed Sacred Son and three Purple Mansion Demon Kings, using his sword arts to grievously wound the Hundred-Scaled Demon King. The Sacred Son rescued the demon and moved to pin Jiang Chen down as the battle continued across the void.

• Jiang Chen tested the enemy with thunderous sword light, but the Golden-Eyed Sacred Son used his Brightlight Treasure Wheel to steady the other Demon Kings.
• Jiang Chen split his sword light to bypass the Sacred Son's golden river and strike the Hundred-Scaled Demon King.
• Jiang Chen's Great White Slaughter Form shattered the Hundred-Scaled Demon King's armor and split his body in two.
• The Golden-Eyed Sacred Son used the Water-Avoiding Golden Bridge to obstruct Jiang Chen's follow-up strike and save the wounded Demon King.
• The Golden-Eyed Sacred Son ordered the Demon Kings to protect themselves and help restrain Jiang Chen, then charged at him while Jiang Chen focused on evasion.

Jiang Chen battled the Golden-Eyed Sacred Son and Jellyfish Palace's forces, breaking their formations with sword techniques and divine abilities but struggling against their coordinated attacks. The chapter ended as Tidebreaker and the Golden-Eyed Sacred Son struck Jiang Chen together, shattering the void around him.

• Jiang Chen used Spirit Fox Howls at the Moon to escape the Demon Kings' encirclement, then charged through Jellyfish Palace's disrupted military formation.
• Tidebreaker formed a spiritual cage around Jiang Chen, but Jiang Chen summoned thunder to throw the demon formation into disorder.
• Jiang Chen struck Tidebreaker with Nirvana Soul Light, freezing his divine soul and leaving the military formation vulnerable to the thunder.
• The Golden-Eyed Sacred Son used Law-Breaking Divine Light to sever Jiang Chen's connection to the thunder, then trapped him with a golden bridge and the other Demon Kings.
• Tidebreaker recovered, joined the military formation, and unleashed Raging Tide as the Golden-Eyed Sacred Son attacked Jiang Chen again.
• Jiang Chen invoked Heaven-Mixing Origin Dharma Body as both enemies' attacks landed and shattered the surrounding void.

Jiang Chen survived the demons’ attack and unleashed a devastating counterstrike that wiped out Jellyfish Palace’s demon army, though he was badly wounded. The Golden-Eyed Sacred Son and the Walrus Demon King decided to pursue him, while Jiang Chen fled with almost no mana left.

• Jiang Chen used the Primordial Unity Banner to turn the attacks he had endured into power and split the void with a mighty strike.
• The strike killed the Hundred-Scaled Demon King and destroyed Jellyfish Palace’s demon army, leaving only Purple Mansion cultivators alive.
• The Golden-Eyed Sacred Son tracked Jiang Chen and concluded that he was gravely injured, prompting the demons to pursue him.
• The Walrus Demon King urged the demons to kill Jiang Chen before he became a grave threat to Jellyfish Palace, and the others agreed to the pursuit.
• The Golden-Eyed Sacred Son left Cold Spirit and River Lord behind to gather the Hundred-Scaled Demon King’s remains and track the Boating Archipelago, then led several Demon Kings after Jiang Chen.
• Jiang Chen fled as a stream of qi, wounded and nearly out of mana, wondering whether the demons would keep chasing him.

True Lord Wuding sacrificed his Celestial Phenomenon body to trap the Wind-Thunder Demon Emperor in the Illusion Sea and escape. He reappeared in Hollow Mulberry Valley in his hidden child body, having lost one of his three selves but survived.

• True Lord Wuding fought the Wind-Thunder Demon Emperor in the Grand Void while trying to reach the Boundless Sea.
• True Lord Wuding triggered a secret seal, dissolved his true body, and trapped the Wind-Thunder Demon Emperor in the Illusion Sea.
• An ethereal voice explained that True Lord Wuding had abandoned his body only at the final moment and warned that he had likely achieved his goal.
• The Wind-Thunder Demon Emperor unleashed the Heaven-Bombarding Thunder Curse but could not find True Lord Wuding, then tried to break out of the Illusion Sea.
• True Lord Wuding awoke in his child body and reflected that losing his Celestial Phenomenon body had cost him much of his lifespan.
• True Lord Wuding emerged in Hollow Mulberry Valley on the Heavenly Mulberry Continent, where his Dao Foundation body had been hidden.

True Lord Wuding destroyed Hollow Mulberry Valley’s Hollow Mulberry Mother Tree while Xuansang and Qingxu were away fighting True Lord Yingling. Gu Lingxiao joined the battle, and Wuding arrived to help turn the fight against Mysterious Mulberry True Lord and Qingxu, leaving the Impermanence Sect on the offensive.

• True Lord Wuding invaded Hollow Mulberry Valley and struck the Hollow Mulberry Mother Tree nine times with the Nine Heavens Pure Righteous Bell, bringing it down and burying the valley in the Great Void.
• Mysterious Mulberry True Lord and Qingxu True Lord sensed the attack and tried to return to protect the Mother Tree, but True Lord Yingling attacked them as they withdrew.
• Gu Lingxiao arrived with the River-Overturning Banner and Heaven-Supporting Mysticwood Staff, using Heavenly Origin Spirit Dew to power the Dao artifacts and help True Lord Yingling hold them back.
• True Lord Wuding broke through Qingxu True Lord’s Lone Tree Supports Heaven seal and joined True Lord Yingling and Gu Lingxiao against Mysterious Mulberry and Qingxu.
• The Impermanence Sect made Hollow Mulberry Valley its first target because it was the weakest of its enemies, using its destruction to warn the others.

True Lord Xuan Qiong judged that the Impermanence Sect could soon defeat Hollow Mulberry Valley and chose to exploit the Jellyfish Palace’s use of the Abyssal Sea Blessed Land. The sect awakened Daoist Yuangang so he could draw on the blessed land’s origin to improve his chances of reaching the Celestial Phenomenon Realm, leaving his response uncertain.

• True Lord Xuan Qiong assessed the battles at Hollow Mulberry Valley and the Boundless Sea, then decided the Impermanence Sect had to act before its losses grew.
• True Lord Xuan Qiong told Yun Wuya to notify Yuan Gang that the sect was offering him its greatest help.
• Yun Wuya realized the Jellyfish Palace had taken the bait by using the Abyssal Sea Blessed Land to suppress Sea-Pacifying City.
• Yun Wuya went to Qi-Severing Island to awaken Yuan Gang and use the blessed land’s origin to help him overcome his injuries and attempt a breakthrough.
• Daoist Yuangang learned the sect’s scheme and looked toward the Boundless Sea without revealing what he thought.

Jiang Chen forged Soul-Sealing Chains and sent out his yin soldiers before slipping away from the Golden-Eyed Sacred Son’s pursuit. Meanwhile, the newly emerged Underworld drew attention across the Boundless Sea after a Purple Mansion cultivator died testing its members.

• Jiang Chen refined Soul-Sealing Chains in the Yellow Heaven Dao Palace and equipped his Baleful Ghosts with them to improve their soul-catching abilities.
• Jiang Chen erased his traces and left the Boundless Sea location, convinced the Golden-Eyed Sacred Son had seen through his disguise.
• The Golden-Eyed Sacred Son urged the injured Walrus Demon King to return to the palace for treatment, and the Walrus Demon King agreed to leave Jiang Chen’s pursuit to him.
• The Golden-Eyed Sacred Son continued chasing Jiang Chen with the other Demon Kings and declared that Jiang Chen would not escape.
• The Underworld appeared across the Boundless Sea, and its strange members gained a fearsome reputation after one Purple Mansion cultivator died testing them.

Yin Nine led a ghost-soldier squad to Mountain Chain Island, where the Soul-Summoning Banner drew in the dead while Jellyfish Palace and Impermanence Sect fought. After killing the Jellyfish Palace forces and gathering the souls, Yin Nine and his squad left, while the surviving Impermanence Sect disciples escaped.

• Yin Nine arrived at Mountain Chain Island with several dozen ghost soldiers and used the Soul-Summoning Banner to draw in the lingering souls.
• Yin Nine bound a soul that resisted the banner, while the other ghost soldiers captured souls with Soul-Sealing Chains.
• Several Dao Foundation demons from Jellyfish Palace attacked, and Yin Nine used the White Bone Great Hand Seal to kill three of them.
• Yin Nine ordered his ghost soldiers to kill the remaining Jellyfish Palace cultivators, giving the Impermanence Sect disciples time to flee.
• Yin Nine gathered the souls from the island and led his squad away.

After the Jellyfish Palace killed Fallen Dragon and began targeting the Underworld, Jiang Chen halted its expansion and used the souls it had gathered to restore part of the Yellow Heaven Dao Palace’s power. The Golden-Eyed Sacred Son sensed a trace leading toward Jiang Chen and believed he was close to finding him.

• Jiang Chen sensed that the Jellyfish Palace had killed Fallen Dragon and inferred that it was suppressing the Underworld along with other factions in the Boundless Sea.
• Jiang Chen ordered the Underworld to stop expanding openly and gradually retreat into the shadows to avoid heavy losses.
• Jiang Chen used Muster Soldiers I to transform the gathered souls, restoring an estimated twenty to thirty percent of the Yellow Heaven Dao Palace’s former might, though its spirituality remained dormant.
• Four Jellyfish Palace Purple Mansion cultivators discussed the Underworld and decided to investigate it themselves while asking the Golden-Eyed Sacred Son to search for its source.
• The Golden-Eyed Sacred Son followed a trace through the void and thought he was about to find Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen awakened the Yellow Heaven Dao Palace enough to ambush and kill the Golden-Eyed Sacred Son and the Four Great Generals. As he tried to collect their souls, an enigmatic jade talisman emerged from the Sacred Son’s corpse and swept away more than half the blood-red sky.

• Jiang Chen completed the Yellow Heaven Dao Palace’s initial awakening by gathering countless cultivator souls and considered how further slaughter could restore the damaged artifact.
• The Golden-Eyed Sacred Son detected Jiang Chen’s trail and led the Four Great Generals of Gold, Silver, Copper, and Iron to a desolate island.
• Jiang Chen revealed that he had lured the pursuers there and trapped them with the Yellow Heaven Dao Palace’s Slaughter Eye.
• The Palace’s Yellow Heaven Army-Slaying Dao killed the Golden-Eyed Sacred Son and all four demon kings, overcoming their substitute-death method.
• As Jiang Chen gathered the dead demon kings’ souls and reached for the Sacred Son’s, an enigmatic jade talisman appeared from the corpse and swept away more than half the blood-red sky.

Jiang Chen used the Yellow Heaven Dao Palace to fight Raging Tide True Lord’s descended will and destroy it, but Raging Tide sent the Golden-Eyed Sacred Son fleeing in an egg. Jiang Chen pursued the Sacred Son across the sea to prevent future retaliation.

• Raging Tide True Lord used the talisman to purge the killing intent from the Golden-Eyed Sacred Son and restore him to an egg-like form.
• Jiang Chen sacrificed the Yellow Heaven Dao Palace’s remnant souls and used the Conquest Formula to drain Raging Tide True Lord’s power.
• Raging Tide True Lord’s Three Thousand Weak Water Realm clashed with the Twilight Battlefield, but the battlefield gradually gained the advantage.
• Jiang Chen unleashed the Eye of Slaughter again, and Raging Tide True Lord used his remaining strength to send the Golden-Eyed Sacred Son fleeing.
• Jiang Chen chased the Golden-Eyed Sacred Son across the sea.

The Golden-Eyed Sacred Son fled into the Great Vortex Strait, where Jiang Chen discovered that the Falling Star Stone was reacting to traces of the Star Sea Blessed Land. Hoping to find Starlight Divine Water that could advance his soul cultivation, Jiang Chen pursued the Sacred Son into the dangerous strait.

• The Golden-Eyed Sacred Son hesitated at Turn-Back Bay, then followed his bloodline’s call and entered the Great Vortex Strait as Jiang Chen caught up.
• Jiang Chen sensed an unusual fluctuation from the Falling Star Stone and saw a vast, star-filled world through it.
• Jiang Chen realized that the Star Sea Blessed Land might be hidden within the strait and considered the possibility of obtaining Starlight Divine Water.
• Jiang Chen decided not to miss the opportunity and transformed into sword light to pursue the Golden-Eyed Sacred Son into the Great Vortex Strait.

Jiang Chen followed the Golden-Eyed Sacred Son into the Star Sea Blessed Land, where his Star-Traveling Whale form revealed traces that helped him navigate its starry depths. He entered the inner region and began seeking creatures whose forms could complete his secondary transformations.

• True Lord Xuanji and True Lord Execution attacked the three True Lords of Jellyfish Palace, while Ice Severing True Lord calmed Raging Tide True Lord and he suspected the Dao artifact had influenced him.
• Jiang Chen pursued the Golden-Eyed Sacred Son into Vortex Strait and found a gateway to the Star Sea Blessed Land, which the Golden-Eyed Sacred Son entered before him.
• Jiang Chen entered the Blessed Land and transformed into a Star-Traveling Whale, allowing him to perceive the route traces left by the whale clan.
• Jiang Chen followed the traces into the inner region, where he found many powerful but unintelligent star creatures.
• Jiang Chen decided the creatures might help him gather the three secondary forms he lacked and chose his first target.

Jiang Chen completed his secondary transformations and awakened the Star-Traveling Profound Whale royal bloodline, gaining the Star-Devouring Treasure Art and a deeper command of stellar power. With his strength greatly increased in the Star Sea Blessed Land, he considered attempting to merge his dragon and whale transformations.

• Jiang Chen refined the final Starfeather Fish, completing the set of twelve demon hides and resonating with ancient Star-Traveling Whales.
• Jiang Chen discovered the Star-Traveling Profound Whale royal bloodline and chose it as his second core transformation.
• Jiang Chen transformed into a Star-Traveling Profound Whale and learned to draw in stellar power with the Star-Devouring Treasure Art.
• Jiang Chen strengthened his Myriad Stars Robe and realized that the Star-Devouring Treasure Art amplified his other stellar abilities.
• Jiang Chen considered forcibly merging his dragon and whale transformations, then turned toward something he sensed in the distance.

Jiang Chen found the withered Shaking-Light Star-Casting Treasure Tree and learned that a fallen great star had once nourished it and helped the Star-Traveling Whale clan thrive. He reached the damaged star and discovered ruined palaces, whose destruction suggested that some force had wrecked them.

• Jiang Chen emerged from the sea of stars and found the withered Shaking-Light Star-Casting Treasure Tree.
• Jiang Chen identified the tree as a fourth-tier exotic species and reasoned that a fragment of the fallen great star had supplied its power.
• Jiang Chen climbed the treasure tree and passed three restrictions that admitted only the Star-Traveling Profound Whale bloodline.
• Jiang Chen reached the enormous, cracked great star and saw that the Star-Traveling Whale clan had built palaces there.
• Jiang Chen examined the ruined palaces and suspected they had been destroyed by a force rather than decaying naturally.

Jiang Chen uncovered the Star-Traveling Whale clan’s history and learned that the Great Star’s failing power had caused the clan’s decline. He received a star map from the bronze door and entered it to search for the Starlight Divine Water.

• Jiang Chen explored the ruined Dao Palace and discovered a bronze door bearing inscriptions about the Star-Traveling Whale clan’s past.
• Jiang Chen learned that the clan had built the palace to seal the Great Star’s star core and slow its power from leaking away.
• Jiang Chen discovered that most of the clan had left to seek a way to repair the Great Star, while the remaining Star-Traveling Whales had lost their intelligence.
• Jiang Chen connected with the bronze door through his bloodline and received a star map charting part of the Void Sea.
• Jiang Chen confirmed that the Starlight Divine Water lay beyond the door and stepped through to search for it.