Chapter Summaries

Fang Yun overwhelmed Wu Tang’s Dark Ink Sacred Domain and used the Crime-Suppressing Hall and its Sin Turtle Prison Chariots to destroy Wu Tang’s incarnation. Wu Tang’s true body learned of the loss, but another voice ordered him to stay hidden to protect their plan to seize control of the Crime Sea.

• Fang Yun’s Realm of Family, State, and World absorbed Wu Tang’s poison while Fang Yun wounded him with Withering Force War Poetry.
• Wu Tang tried to flee, but Fang Yun summoned the Crime-Suppressing Hall, which suppressed Wu Tang and drove away the Dark Ink Sacred Domain.
• Tens of thousands of Sin Turtle Prison Chariots bound Wu Tang, dismembered him, and carried his fragments into their cages.
• Fang Yun infused the Sin Turtles with Withering Force, and they consumed every fragment of Wu Tang’s incarnation.
• Wu Tang’s true body roared that he would find the killer, but another voice warned him to remain hidden for their plan to take control of the Crime Sea.

Fang Yun reached Crime Sea City and forced his way inside after its officials delayed granting him entry. Disguised as a sailfish Great Demon King, he followed a map into the city’s poor residential district.

• After the Sin Turtles devoured Wu Tang's avatar, Fang Yun sped across the seabed and reached Crime Sea City in less than two hours.
• Fang Yun announced that he had come by Dragon Sage Ao Ku's order, but patrol captain Qi Luo told him the city was sealed because of the Ancient Demon Battle Souls' attacks.
• When Crime Sea City failed to respond for forty-five minutes, Fang Yun threatened to burn it with the Starfire Armillary Mirror unless he was admitted.
• Qi Luo returned with a low-grade fish-scale pass, which Fang Yun accepted before entering the city.
• Fang Yun bought a rough map, transformed into a sailfish Great Demon King with a pure-blue dorsal fin, and followed the map to a poor district of cave dwellings.

Fang Yun met Qi Luo in Crime Sea City and recruited him to gather information for the Grand Censorate. Qi Luo provided a record of everything he had witnessed, leaving Fang Yun with an intelligence source inside the City Patrol Army.

• Fang Yun sampled the Water Race’s wine and food at the Sailfish Chopping Board tavern, then followed Qi Luo’s aura to his cave.
• Fang Yun told Qi Luo about Niu Shan, Ao Bo, and a lineage ruined for offending him to show the power of his support and enmity.
• Fang Yun ordered Qi Luo to report everything he learned about Crime Sea City, especially discussions among its middle and upper ranks.
• Fang Yun showed Qi Luo the Two-Dragon Seal and gave him three drops of Sacred Blood as an advance reward.
• Qi Luo imprinted his life’s experiences into an Illusory Tower Pearl and agreed to help Fang Yun after hearing that Ao Bo had vanished.

Fang Yun uncovered Qi Luo’s memories and learned that Qi Hui had recently seized control of Crime Sea City with support from the Dragon Court, while powerful figures might be obstructing Fang Yun’s arrival. After gathering more information, Fang Yun realized the city was caught up in a larger upheaval and learned he could be trapped there for about forty days.

• Fang Yun examined Qi Luo’s memories, learning about his life as a battle soul and his discovery of Ao Pang’s discarded stone inscriptions.
• Fang Yun learned that Qi Hui had taken control of Crime Sea City three days before the sages’ avatars descended and that a commander loyal to Qi Hui had delayed Fang Yun’s entry.
• Fang Yun paid Qi Luo sacred blood to obtain memories of Crime Sea City’s recent events, then considered which Dragon Sages and other factions might be behind the obstruction.
• Qi Luo returned with further memories, and Fang Yun concluded that the city’s changes pointed to a major upheaval unrelated to him.
• Qi Luo told Fang Yun that leaving Crime Sea City required approval and waiting for the passage to open, leaving Fang Yun potentially stranded for forty days.

Fang Yun asked Qi Luo to help him reach the Inscription Cave and find the Ao Pang Stone Inscription. After paying General Gui He with sacred blood, they entered the cave and learned that its inscriptions had been buried beneath layers of soil.

• Fang Yun learned that the strange changes in the Dragon Prison had restricted contact with the outside world to a few Dragon Wells and asked Qi Luo how to reach Stone Inscription Mountain.
• Qi Luo explained that the Ao Pang Stone Inscription was linked to an old purge in the Crime Sea, then described how corruption had spread through Crime Sea City.
• Qi Luo and Fang Yun traveled to Stone Inscription Mountain, where Qi Luo paid the guards and offered General Gui He a drop of sacred blood.
• Gui He accepted the payment and gave Qi Luo a Dragon-Scale Token, then allowed them to enter the Inscription Cave while warning that its contents had been destroyed.
• Qi Luo showed Fang Yun the vast pit where layers of soil had covered the stone inscriptions, and Fang Yun agreed to leave half behind if he took them.

Fang Yun collected and recorded Stone Inscription Mountain’s inscriptions, discovering three treasures hidden among the stones. After applying to leave Crime Sea City and reaching a secluded cave, he began studying his haul.

• Fang Yun used the Six-Silver Body to collect the inscriptions from the Stone-Carving Pit and record most of their contents.
• Fang Yun noticed subtle differences among the inscriptions during Memory Reversion and crushed them, while Qi Luo was injured by the powerful Divine Sense surrounding the pit.
• Fang Yun screened the rubble and kept an unusual find inside the Six-Silver Body, then left with Qi Luo to inspect Stone Inscription Mountain.
• Fang Yun recorded all the mountain’s inscriptions and applied to leave Crime Sea City before traveling in disguise to a cave arranged by Qi Luo.
• Fang Yun sent Qi Luo away and began studying the inscriptions, pleased that he had discovered three treasures among the stones.

Fang Yun uncovered valuable treasures and Ao Pang inscriptions linking him to a mysterious supreme treasure, then learned that a protected package had arrived for him at the relay station. He reached the warehouse and found Qi Hui’s subordinates trying to break into it, and he charged them.

• Fang Yun identified a spiritual divine object, Nine-Pole Heavenly Pillar fragments, and a secret cultivation method among the treasures.
• Fang Yun deciphered Ao Pang inscriptions revealing that Ao Pang had rescued Ancient Demons and that his Crime Sea mission was connected to a mysterious supreme treasure.
• Fang Yun contacted Qi Luo, who warned him that a protected package addressed to him at the Grand Relay Station was at risk of being seized by Qi Hui’s subordinates.
• Fang Yun and Qi Luo hurried to the warehouse, where Emperor Realm sailfish were using a Dragon Court token to weaken the golden chest’s protections.
• Fang Yun shouted at the sailfish and charged them with his Sand Boat, sending them flying.

Fang Yun seized a treasure from the Dragon Court warehouse and killed Qi Gu and the sailfish who tried to stop him. As Qi Luo warned him about the Qi Qing Clan’s power, a tremendous tremor came from the City Lord Residence and a voice rang through Crime Sea City.

• Fang Yun used the Two-Dragon Seal to seize the chest and pure-white dragon scale, then confronted Qi Gu and the sailfish in the warehouse.
• Fang Yun nullified the sailfish’s control over water, but Qi Gu used a Dragon-Scale Token to counter the seal and ordered the guards to kill him.
• Fang Yun invoked the Dragon Race’s pressure and sent out a golden dragon, whose ice flames killed Qi Gu and the attacking sailfish.
• Qi Luo urged Fang Yun to flee and explained how the Qi Qing Clan tortured captured Battle Souls, while Fang Yun recalled the story from Qi Luo’s Illusory Tower Pearl.
• A tremendous tremor came from the City Lord Residence, and a voice resounded throughout Crime Sea City.

Qi Hui declared Fang Yun a criminal and offered rewards for his capture, but Fang Yun revealed his ties to the Grand Censorate and the Crime-Suppressing Hall, turning the Water Race against Qi Hui’s demand. Before the confrontation could escalate, three Ancient Demon Half-Sage incarnations appeared outside Crime Sea City, including Wu Tang.

• Qi Hui ordered the Water Race to capture and kill Fang Yun, offering sacred blood and treasures.
• Fang Yun claimed to be a special envoy of the Grand Censorate, and Qi Hui countered by offering a false dragon bloodline to anyone who captured him.
• Fang Yun revealed he was the master of the Crime-Suppressing Hall, and most of the Water Race stopped pursuing him.
• The clans of Sainthood recognized Qi Hui had endangered the Qi Qing Clan’s standing, while Qi Hui grew alarmed at Fang Yun’s authority.
• A luminous pearl warned of an Ancient Demon attack, and Qi Hui ordered the city’s troops to prepare for battle.
• Fang Yun flew above the city and saw three Ancient Demon Half-Sage incarnations outside it, including Wu Tang the Deep-Dark Squid.

Fang Yun opened the golden box and found vast quantities of rare treasures that could strengthen his future Literary World, sent to him by Ao Yuwei. After the treasures began merging inside his Realm of Family, State, and World, Qi Luo chose to follow Fang Yun and received a Sea-Swallowing Shell.

• Fang Yun discovered an ownerless Six-Dragon Mark Dragon Court Edict and two Sea-Swallowing Shells in the opened box.
• Fang Yun found Nine-Pole Heavenly Pillar fragments, the origin of heaven and earth, and heavenly origin mother fluid, and recognized Ao Yuwei's aura on the gift.
• Fang Yun sent the three treasures into his Realm of Family, State, and World, where they began merging into a single mass.
• Qi Luo said the Qi Qing Clan had likely discovered his connection to Fang Yun and that he had to follow him.
• Fang Yun gave Qi Luo a Sea-Swallowing Shell, and Qi Luo eagerly examined it.

Fang Yun rewarded Qi Luo with sacred blood, helping him awaken his bloodline and reach the Emperor Realm. When three Half-Sage Incarnations arrived to threaten Crime Sea City, Fang Yun secured Qi Hui’s public oath and rode out to fight them all.

• Fang Yun gave Qi Luo a Sea-Swallowing Shell containing great sage blood, and Qi Luo’s transformation awakened his bloodline and brought him to the Emperor Realm.
• Wu Tang’s incarnation arrived with a Bronze Giant and a Three-Faced Ape, demanding that Fang Yun come out or Crime Sea City would be destroyed.
• Qi Hui offered to recognize Fang Yun as the Literary Star Dragon Noble if he defeated a Half-Sage Incarnation, and Fang Yun demanded a public oath covering his return to Dragon City.
• Qi Hui swore publicly that he would recognize Fang Yun if Fang Yun defeated the Half-Sage Incarnations, then clarified that Fang Yun had to defeat all three.
• Fang Yun rode the Sand Boat beyond the city wall and declared that he would pacify the sea and sweep away the demons.

Fang Yun left Crime Sea City to face Wu Tang, using the Western Sea Crown to control the ocean and overwhelm the Half-Sage Incarnation with War Poetry infused with Withering Force. Wu Tang unleashed his sacred power and trapped Fang Yun beneath his enormous tentacles.

• Fang Yun went out to battle, and aquatic clansmen gathered behind him, ready to rescue him if needed.
• Qi Hui secretly sent a sailfish Great Demon King away as Fang Yun left the city's azure barrier to confront the three Half-Sage Incarnations.
• Wu Tang charged at Fang Yun, but the Western Sea Crown let Fang Yun control the ocean and reduce Wu Tang's speed.
• Fang Yun's War Poetry and True Dragon Ancient Sword struck Wu Tang, and the Withering Force in his attacks corroded the incarnation's body.
• Wu Tang erupted in sacred power, grew to three thousand zhang, and stabbed his tentacles into the seabed to cage Fang Yun.

Fang Yun used Sin Turtle Chains to destroy Wu Tang, then faced the charging Three-Faced Ape. The ape unleashed its sacred shriek, and its converging waves struck Fang Yun as the battle continued.

• Wu Tang’s attack appeared to overwhelm Fang Yun, but Sin Turtle Chains wrapped around Wu Tang and crushed his incarnation.
• Fang Yun’s Sin Turtle Prison Chariots devoured Wu Tang’s fragments, and Fang Yun challenged the Ancient Demon Battle Soul army to send another opponent.
• The Three-Faced Ape charged Fang Yun while the Bronze Giant retreated, and Fang Yun prepared Protective War Poems.
• The Three-Faced Ape opened its three faces and unleashed its Cry, killing many Battle Souls and injuring Water Race members near the city.
• The Three-Faced Ape kept charging as three layers of shriek waves converged on Fang Yun.

Fang Yun survived the Three-Faced Ape’s Cry and destroyed the Three-Faced Ape with a Sage-like manifestation of Divine Sense. He led the Water Race out of Crime Sea City to pursue the Ancient Demons and began fighting Qi Qu, who struggled against Fang Yun’s precise attacks and control of the sea.

• Qi Luo defied Qi Hui’s taunts and insisted Fang Yun would survive the Three-Faced Ape’s Cry.
• Fang Yun’s immense Divine Sense emerged from the silt, overwhelmed the Three-Faced Ape’s Cry, and shattered the Three-Faced Ape.
• Fang Yun summoned chains to collect the Three-Faced Ape’s fragments for the Sin Turtle, then ordered the Water Race to leave the city and hunt down the enemy.
• Fang Yun charged Qi Qu and attacked him with War Poetry and the True Dragon Ancient Sword.
• Qi Qu tried to close the distance, but Fang Yun exploited his weaknesses while the Western Sea Crown’s control of the water hindered Qi Qu’s attacks.

Fang Yun killed Qi Qu’s incarnation and forced Qi Hui to publicly recognize him as a pillar of the Water Race, but Qi Hui then blocked his departure by claiming the Dragon Wells were damaged. Fang Yun confronted Qi Hui over the deception, leaving their conflict unresolved.

• Qi Qu warned the Ancient Demon Battle Souls to avoid Fang Yun, but Fang Yun pursued him aboard the Sand Boat and announced he would kill him next.
• Qi Qu used Ten-Thousandfold Giant Transformation to grow into a three-thousand-zhang giant and attack Fang Yun.
• Fang Yun froze Qi Qu with the Ice-Flame True Dragon, restrained him with the Western Sea Crown and Legalist power, and split his incarnation apart with the Grievance-Examining Ancient Sword.
• Fang Yun returned to Crime Sea City and ordered Qi Hui to announce that Fang Yun could act as he pleased there; Qi Hui made the announcement after Qi Luo taunted him.
• Fang Yun said he would use a Dragon Well to travel to Northern Polar Sky City, but Qi Hui claimed all the wells had been damaged and would take months to repair.
• Fang Yun warned Qi Hui that he would pay for obstructing him, and Qi Hui said he understood.

Fang Yun stripped Qi Hui of his false dragon bloodline, reducing him to an ordinary sailfish, then ordered the Qi Qing Clan to repair the Dragon Well leading to Northern Polar Sky City within ten days. He left the clan terrified and scrambling to obey.

• Fang Yun declared that Qi Hui had plotted to murder a Literary Star Dragon Noble and stripped his bloodline, causing him to regress into an ordinary sailfish.
• The water demons recoiled in shock as Qi Hui lost his power and begged Fang Yun by crawling and kowtowing across the city wall.
• Fang Yun demanded to know whether the Dragon Wells could send him out, and a sailfish Great Demon King blamed Qi Hui for damaging them.
• Fang Yun killed the Great Demon King and gave the Qi Qing Clan ten days to repair the Dragon Well, threatening to kill an Emperor Realm expert for every day of delay.
• Qi Luo urged the clan to start repairs and hurried after Fang Yun, while the sailfish carried Qi Hui away and the other races mocked them.

After Half-Sage Qi Qing unleashed a surge of sacred power over Crime Sea City, Fang Yun realized it might signal the upheaval he had predicted. The city mobilized for an imminent siege, and more than a hundred Demon Barbarian Half-Sage incarnations appeared in the sea around it.

• The Water Race stopped discussing Fang Yun and Qi Hui after a surge of sacred power shook Crime Sea City and revealed Half-Sage Qi Qing's might.
• Fang Yun questioned Qi Luo about the surge, concluded Qi Qing had detected a crisis, and set off for the City Lord Residence to learn more.
• Fang Yun noticed crimson-gold streaks in the sea and saw Emperor Realm experts gather as Crime Sea City sounded its mobilization horns.
• The city ordered its citizens to the walls, warning that the ancient demon battle souls might launch a full-scale attack.
• Fang Yun reasoned that the ancient demon battle souls had received reinforcements from the Demon Realm.
• More than a hundred Demon Barbarian Half-Sage incarnations emerged from the sea, including incarnations of Plague Lord, Sage Lang Lu, Wolf Gu Sage, and Flood Dragon Sage Ao Zhou.

With more than ten billion Ancient Demon Battle Souls gathering to attack Crime Sea City, the Water Race’s leaders debated their defense and learned that Half-Sage Qi Qing could not fight because he was recovering from severe injuries. Qi He accused Fang Yun and Qi Luo of exposing the secret, and Qi Mo’s testimony left Qi Luo appearing guilty.

• Ancient Demon Battle Souls gathered around Crime Sea City in numbers exceeding ten billion, while the city’s Emperor Realm experts assembled to plan their defense.
• Qi He revealed that Half-Sage Qi Qing had been injured in battle and was in a critical stage of recovery.
• Fang Yun argued that Qi Qing could still help defend the city, but Qi He accused him of working with a traitor to uncover the secret and bring the Saints’ incarnations to Crime Sea City.
• Qi He named Qi Luo as the suspected traitor, and Qi Luo denied having the rank or time to investigate the Qi Qing Clan’s secret.
• Qi He produced Qi Mo, who accused Qi Luo of buying his memories and helping Fang Yun notify the Ancient Demon army; Qi Luo admitted buying memories but denied they concerned Qi Qing.

Fang Yun faced accusations of betraying the Water Race and forced the Qi Qing Clan to agree to set the dispute aside while he fought the Ancient Demon Battle Souls. As he sailed toward the army, he recognized the Plague Lord among its Half-Sage Incarnations, and Ao Zhou also confronted him.

• Gui He accused Qi Luo of helping Fang Yun steal Water Race stone carvings, while Fang Yun and Qi Luo denied betraying the Water Race.
• Fang Yun accused the Qi Qing Clan of obstructing him and trying to seize his sealed treasure, and Gui Bo proposed setting the dispute aside until after the battle.
• Fang Yun agreed to fight the Ancient Demon Battle Souls, and Gui Bo promised him a Crime Sea Dragon Scale if he killed twelve hundred Emperors or thirty Half-Sage Incarnations.
• Fang Yun stripped Qi Mo and Gui He's bloodlines, reducing them to a small sailfish and a small sea turtle, then left aboard the Sand Boat with Qi Luo.
• Fang Yun recognized the Plague Lord among the enemy Half-Sage Incarnations, and Ao Zhou's incarnation also addressed him.

Fang Yun faced the Demon Barbarian Half-Sages and their allies outside Crime Sea City, provoking Ao Zhou and the Plague Lord before Sage Niu Xun challenged him. The fight began with Niu Xun displaying formidable mountain armor, while Fang Yun prepared to defend himself with War Poetry.

• Fang Yun taunted Ao Zhou and the Plague Lord, enraging them into unleashing a tsunami that killed many Ancient Demon Battle Souls.
• Sage Niu Xun charged out to avenge the Military Barbarian Sage, dismissing the Ancient Demon Battle Souls Fang Yun had previously defeated.
• Fang Yun flew out from Crime Sea City on the Sand Boat to accept Niu Xun's challenge.
• Sage Niu Xun formed Heaven-Earth Armament Armor from blue-green peaks, burdening nearby Water Race experts with the weight of mountains.
• Fang Yun remained unaffected and used Triple-Mindedness to recite Protective War Poems instead of wielding the True Dragon Ancient Sword, since he could see no opening in Niu Xun's defense.