Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yuechu opened the Profound Prison, killed Ao Shun, and discovered that imprisoning him strengthened her Myriad-Forms Heaven and Earth. Meanwhile, Ao Yu struggled against two white-dragon guards and began planning to flee for help.

• Ao Shun tried to bargain with Jiang Yuechu and warned that his life token would reveal his killer, but she focused on opening the Profound Prison.
• Jiang Yuechu saw a vision of colossal warriors slaughtered by the prison’s spectral light as the gates began to open beneath the water.
• Venerable Golden Scale cut off Ao Shun when he demanded that the demon restrain Jiang Yuechu, then followed her order to keep him captive.
• Jiang Yuechu struck Ao Shun dead, and black chains dragged his corpse into the Profound Prison, which expanded her Myriad-Forms Heaven and Earth to two thousand meters.
• Ao Yu found herself badly wounded and outmatched by two white-dragon guards, and resolved to escape and return with reinforcements for Jiang Yuechu.

Jiang Yuechu rescued Ao Yu from the Second Crown Prince’s guards and found the prince apparently dying beside Old Toad. When Jiang Yuechu raised her spear to claim his remaining Dao Cultivation, the prince revealed that he had faked his death.

• Jiang Yuechu used the Extreme Cold ability to kill the two figures attacking Ao Yu, who recognized her as Fellow Daoist Jiang.
• Ao Yu introduced herself to Old Toad as the fourth princess of the Woyun Dragon Palace and claimed she had come to visit her older cousin.
• Jiang Yuechu examined the apparently dying prince and raised the Four Seas Divine Radiance to extract his remaining Dao Cultivation.
• Old Toad and Ao Yu begged Jiang Yuechu not to damage the prince’s remains, but the prince suddenly grabbed the spear tip and admitted he had used the False-Breath Technique.
• Jiang Yuechu withdrew her spear and decided to spare the prince’s remaining Dao Cultivation.

Ao Yu thanked Jiang Yuechu for rescuing him and brought her and the others to his hidden dragon palace, where he revealed that killing his second brother could provoke the West Sea Dragon King and the Heavenly Court. The chapter ended with Ao Yu offering Jiang Yuechu a suggestion for dealing with the coming trouble.

• Ao Yu changed into fine robes, introduced himself as the former fifth prince of the West Sea Dragon Palace, and invited Jiang Yuechu and the others to his palace.
• At the palace, Old Toad confronted Ao Yu over keeping his survival and lavish hidden refuge secret, and Ao Yu explained that he had needed to deceive his second brother.
• Ao Yu thanked Jiang Yuechu for saving him, learned her name, and asked what had brought her to the remote Water Palace.
• Jiang Yuechu said Princess Ao Yu had taken her there, and Ao Yu warmly praised his cousin for remembering him.
• Ao Yu warned Jiang Yuechu that his royal father could seek revenge through the Heavenly Court, then offered her a suggestion for handling the danger.

Jiang Yuechu rejected Ao Yu’s plan to seek protection from the Buddhist Sect and revealed that she had come to borrow two things from Ao Yu that she would not return. The chapter ended as Ao Yu panicked and tried to stop her from explaining what she wanted.

• Ao Yu suggested that Jiang Yuechu seek Dragon-Subduing Arhat’s protection to avoid trouble from the West Sea Dragon Palace.
• Ao Yu revealed that Ao Yu’s Second Aunt had become a Bodhisattva within the Buddhist Sect.
• Jiang Yuechu refused to use Ao Yu’s Second Aunt’s connections and said she had her own plans regarding the West Sea Dragon Palace.
• Jiang Yuechu said she wanted to borrow two things from Ao Yu and would not return them, while Ao Yu desperately tried to stop her.