Chapter Summaries

Yue Shuo tested his Longevity Art on spirit plants, cultivated White Jade Spirit Bamboo, and set out with Azure Feather to find a Spiritual Vein. Near the territory of a second-tier Azure Profound Whale, he turned away to experiment on first-tier sea beasts and discovered that accelerated sea moss could kill them by consuming their bodies.

• Yue Shuo tested first-tier spirit plants and found that he could accelerate White Jade Spirit Bamboo to mid-grade, though growing it further required a better environment.
• Yue Shuo stored the bamboo and decided to search for a Spiritual Vein, then took Azure Feather with him.
• Yue Shuo gave his blood relatives second-tier Concealment and Escape blood talismans at the Temporary Cave Dwelling.
• Yue Shuo and Azure Feather sensed a source of abundant spiritual energy near the Azure Profound Whale's territory, but Yue Shuo left to avoid it.
• Yue Shuo tested plants on first-tier sea beasts and discovered that sea moss accelerated by the second-tier Longevity Art could burrow into and consume them.

Yue Shuo perfected the Water Spirit Formula and fused it with the Thousand Waves Formula, awakening stronger Water Mastery and a controllable Sea Domain. He tested the domain’s abilities and found it greatly reduced the cost of Boundless Water Prison.

• Yue Shuo cleared a nest of First-Tier Sea Beasts and claimed the island’s First-Tier Spiritual Vein.
• Yue Shuo perfected the Water Spirit Formula while cultivating on the island and chose to fuse it with the Thousand Waves Formula.
• Yue Shuo upgraded Water Mastery from white to green as the surrounding Sea Domain expanded.
• Yue Shuo discovered he could shape nearby water into forms, control currents across the domain, and reduce Boundless Water Prison’s Spell Power cost by more than twentyfold.
• Yue Shuo found that the Sea Domain could gather and store water spiritual energy, though it had to replenish from the surrounding sea.

Yue Shuo followed a danger signal to the Azure Profound Whale’s Sea Domain, where he secretly aided the whale while testing his new Second-Tier Endless Art. After the ugly Sea Beast was killed, the whale surfaced with its corpse and cried toward the sky.

• Yue Shuo named his fused Second-Tier cultivation technique the Endless Formula and its composite spell the Endless Art, then studied how to cast the flexible spell.
• Yue Shuo followed the approaching danger through the sea and found the Azure Profound Whale fighting a ferocious Sea Beast.
• Yue Shuo collected the beasts’ spilled blood and used the Longevity Technique to heal the Azure Profound Whale, which responded with a grateful cry and fought more fiercely.
• Yue Shuo practiced the Endless Art by attacking the ferocious Sea Beast and defending the Azure Profound Whale until the enemy was slain.
• Yue Shuo chose not to attack the Azure Profound Whale, which dragged the dead Sea Beast to the surface and cried toward the sky.

Yue Shuo processed a Second-Tier Sea Beast and returned to his island, where he began preparing a spiritual growing area for White Jade Spirit Bamboo. The Azure Profound Whale arrived in his Sea Domain as Yue Shuo finished making Spirit Soil and planted the bamboo.

• Yue Shuo discovered his storage pouch could not hold the Second-Tier Sea Beast, so he processed it at sea and took its usable materials.
• Yue Shuo returned to the island, made hundreds of Second-Tier Blank Talisman Hides, and decided to cultivate White Jade Spirit Bamboo to Second-Tier.
• Azure Feather ignored Yue Shuo's offering of Spirit Stones, accepted Second-Tier Sea Beast meat, and alerted him to the Azure Profound Whale's arrival.
• Yue Shuo sensed the Azure Profound Whale moving peacefully through his Sea Domain and continued shaping the island's water channels.
• Yue Shuo used sea moss, rock powder, Sea Beast bones, and water to make Spirit Soil, planted White Jade Spirit Bamboo, and observed its growth after casting the Longevity Technique once.

Yue Shuo used Wood Mastery and cultivation techniques to help the White Jade Spirit Bamboo grow, while Azure Feather developed a swelling on its head and the Azure Profound Whale lingered in his Sea Domain. The bamboo passed the hundred-year growth stage and produced a new shoot, revealing that the Longevity Technique could make spirit plants reproduce.

• Yue Shuo used the Longevity Technique and Lesser Cloud-Rain Technique on the White Jade Spirit Bamboo, sensing its needs and cultivating it with different nutrients.
• Azure Feather ate Second-Tier Sea Beast meat, and Yue Shuo noticed a swollen spot forming on its head that might be a comb.
• Yue Shuo questioned the Azure Profound Whale about why it stayed in his Sea Domain, but could not understand its replies.
• Yue Shuo discovered that the Azure Profound Whale ate Spirit Stones, so he refused to keep it as a pet and returned to the island.
• Yue Shuo cultivated the White Jade Spirit Bamboo until it passed the hundred-year growth stage and produced a tiny new bamboo shoot.

Yue Shuo harvested his mature White Jade Spirit Bamboo and stored a new, more promising shoot after the plant’s growth nearly depleted the Spiritual Vein. When Azure Feather entered a molting period, Yue Shuo tried refining an old Spirit Beast Pouch for it and finally succeeded after a costly, day-long effort.

• Yue Shuo confirmed that his White Jade Spirit Bamboo had become a Second-Tier Spiritual Plant and that its new shoot was already Mid-Grade First-Tier.
• Yue Shuo harvested the mature bamboo, sealed the new shoot in a jade box, and noted that the Spiritual Vein had declined.
• Yue Shuo realized Azure Feather was molting and learned that it needed extra food, sleep, and a safe place to rest.
• Yue Shuo retrieved the old Spirit Beast Pouch from his elder brother and sister-in-law and discovered that Divine Sense and Spell Power together could refine it.
• Yue Shuo spent the day replenishing Divine Sense and feeding the pouch power until he finally refined it.

Yue Shuo discovered that the Spirit Beast Pouch contained an inheritance from the Spirit Bird lineage of the Spirit Taming Sect, including the Spirit Taming Heart Sutra. He learned about Azure Feather’s possible bloodline and formed a primary contract with it on his first attempt, leaving him unsure whether the method was as difficult as it claimed.

• Yue Shuo found a fused metal plate inside the Spirit Beast Pouch and received the Spirit Bird lineage inheritance through Divine Sense.
• Yue Shuo studied the Spirit Bird records and suspected Azure Feather was an Azure Mysterious Bird or had awakened its bloodline.
• Yue Shuo learned that the Spirit Taming Heart Sutra could let a cultivator share a contracted Spirit Bird’s talents and combine with it in battle.
• Yue Shuo checked Azure Feather’s talents and decided to cultivate the Spirit Taming Heart Sutra with it.
• Yue Shuo placed a Divine Sense rune on Azure Feather and formed the primary contract immediately, then questioned the inheritance’s warnings about failure.

After contracting with Azure Feather, Yue Shuo struggled to teach the spirit bird to call him Big Brother and examined its exceptional talents. The contract also granted him a Spirit Taming Sect inner sect identity, and he began cultivating the Spirit Taming Heart Sutra to unlock more inheritance information.

• Azure Feather called Yue Shuo “Mommy,” so he patiently taught it to address him as Big Brother instead.
• Yue Shuo fed Azure Feather Spirit Stones, spirit plants, and Sea Beast meat, discovering that it preferred the meat and that its early molting reflected abundant nutrition.
• Yue Shuo recognized Azure Feather’s three First-Tier talents, including the soul-type Soul-Piercing Surge, as evidence of its extraordinary potential.
• The inheritance golden page gave Yue Shuo a concealed Three-Feather Mark identifying him as a Spirit Taming Sect Spirit Bird Branch inner sect disciple.
• Yue Shuo found that repeated cultivation of the Spirit Taming Heart Sutra accumulated access to the inheritance, and his panel recorded his progress at 10/100 Beginner.

Yue Shuo used the Spirit-Controlling Heart Scripture to cultivate more efficiently with Azure Feather, then cautiously decided to delay Foundation Establishment until he understood it better. He signed a loose tenant contract with the Azure Profound Whale, named it Dajing, and rode it toward a destination.

• Yue Shuo discovered that Azure Feather refined spiritual energy for him, greatly increasing his cultivation speed, but let the sleepy spirit pet rest.
• Yue Shuo resolved to learn more about cultivation before attempting Foundation Establishment and reviewed information from the Spirit-Controlling Sect’s inheritance.
• Yue Shuo realized the Azure Profound Whale wanted to remain in his Sea Domain and offered it a loosely binding spirit pet contract in exchange for protection.
• Yue Shuo named the whale Dajing and rode on its head as it sped toward the direction he indicated.

Yue Shuo traveled to Dragonstone Island on Dajing, a powerful Azure Profound Whale he had subdued and enhanced with the Longevity Technique. There, he met Chang Mingsong and Shi Wanli and arranged for Chang Mingsong to refine a Second-Tier Talisman Brush, which he would collect in three days.

• Yue Shuo learned that Dajing could navigate the sea routes, and he tested a restorative technique on the whale, increasing its speed.
• Yue Shuo pondered why he had received the Spirit Bird legacy and entered the Spirit Taming Sect as a Three-Feather Inner Sect Disciple.
• Yue Shuo reached Dragonstone Island with Azure Feather atop Dajing and met Chang Mingsong and Shi Wanli, who were astonished to see the Second-Tier whale as his spirit pet.
• Yue Shuo joined Chang Mingsong and Shi Wanli for a banquet, observed their social customs, and asked where he could obtain a Second-Tier Talisman Brush.
• Chang Mingsong offered to refine the brush, and Yue Shuo traded Second-Tier materials for the commission and the other required materials, agreeing to return in three days.

Yue Shuo agreed to help Shi Wanli deal with a Foundation Establishment demonic cultivator after Shi offered him a Wind Silverstone that Azure Feather wanted. They arranged for Yue to come help defend Dragonstone Island once the demonic cultivator’s location was found, though Yue questioned whether Shi trusted him.

• Shi Wanli invited Yue Shuo to help hunt down a Foundation Establishment demonic cultivator, but Yue initially hesitated because he was only passing through.
• Shi Wanli offered Yue a Second-Tier Wind Silverstone as compensation, and Azure Feather showed how much it wanted the material.
• Yue Shuo accepted the Wind Silverstone and agreed to help Shi Wanli, while revealing that he planned to visit Bright Tortoise Isle.
• Shi Wanli said Yue would only need to come defend Dragonstone Island after they learned the demonic cultivator’s whereabouts.
• Yue Shuo asked Shi Wanli whether he feared Yue might be connected to the demonic cultivator.

Yue Shuo helped Azure Feather refine Wind Silverstone at Shi Wanli’s Second-Tier Cultivation Ground while raising his Origin Return Art to its limit. The chapter left Yue Shuo tempted to break through but short on Cultivation Value, and considering asking Shi Wanli for more cultivation methods.

• Yue Shuo realized that a spirit pet’s aura could reveal its master’s cultivation, but his unusual contract with the Giant Whale would keep it from exposing his aura.
• Shi Wanli offered Yue Shuo a Second-Tier Cultivation Ground, where Yue Shuo set up concealment seals and helped Azure Feather refine Wind Silverstone.
• Yue Shuo circulated the Origin Return Art while sending Spell Power to Azure Feather, testing his meridians and raising the method to its limit in three days.
• Yue Shuo’s Divine Sense, vital energy, blood, and Spell Power increased, and he planned to cultivate more methods to strengthen his Five Elements Spiritual Root and talents.
• Yue Shuo considered asking Shi Wanli for fire-, metal-, and earth-element cultivation methods, just as Azure Feather’s aura changed.

Yue Shuo completed his secluded cultivation, and Azure Feather’s Wind-Riding Talent advanced to Intermediate Awakening, though the process left him nearly broke. After returning to Shi Wanli’s island residence, Yue Shuo used a borrowed Second-Tier talisman brush to make Concealment and Escape Talismans, then offered them to Shi Wanli and Chang Mingsong.

• Azure Feather finished absorbing spiritual materials, and Yue Shuo discovered its Wind-Riding Talent had advanced to Intermediate Awakening, greatly strengthening his Wind-Control Technique.
• Azure Feather shrank to palm size, while Yue Shuo realized that spending several thousand Spirit Stones had left him with only a few hundred.
• Yue Shuo ended his three-day secluded cultivation and accepted a Second-Tier talisman brush from Chang Mingsong after visiting with him and Shi Wanli.
• Yue Shuo returned to the island residence Shi Wanli had gifted him, declined the offered servants, and began drawing Second-Tier talismans.
• Yue Shuo made about two hundred Concealment Talismans and two hundred Escape Talismans before running out of materials, then asked Shi Wanli and Chang Mingsong whether they wanted to buy Concealment Talismans.

Yue Shuo offered Chang Mingsong and Shi Wanli a stack of unusually powerful Second-Tier Concealment Talismans and asked to trade them for Talisman Crafting materials and Qi Refining Stage supplies. The two agreed to provide goods, grateful for the chance to obtain valuable life-saving talismans.

• Chang Mingsong and Shi Wanli met Yue Shuo after receiving his voice transmission and were surprised when he showed them a stack of Second-Tier Spirit Talismans.
• Yue Shuo explained that he wanted Talisman Crafting materials and cultivation supplies, and admitted he was unfamiliar with local prices.
• Chang Mingsong and Shi Wanli sensed the Concealment Talismans and discovered their invisibility effect grew stronger at night.
• Shi Wanli offered supplies and asked whether Yue Shuo would accept Spirit Stones in place of First-Tier elixirs.
• Yue Shuo said he would accept First-Tier cultivation techniques, secret arts, spells, formations, or other cultivation-related items, prompting both men to thank him for the favorable trade.

Yue Shuo completed his transaction and exchanged cultivation knowledge with Chang Mingsong and Shi Wanli, then returned to the Yue Family’s temporary cave dwelling. He began guiding Qi Xin in cultivation, but was startled by how slowly Qi Xin absorbed spiritual energy.

• Yue Shuo traded Concealment Talismans with Shi Wanli and Chang Mingsong for cultivation items and Spirit Stones, and the three exchanged cultivation knowledge.
• Chang Mingsong gave Yue Shuo a sea chart, a token, and a letter for his junior brother on Bright Tortoise Isle, while Yue Shuo gave both cultivators an Escape Talisman.
• After checking himself with Azure Feather, Yue Shuo returned to the Yue Family’s temporary cave dwelling and asked Qi Xin whether he wanted to join the Scarlet Feather Sect.
• Qi Xin described his Qi Refining Level Nine cultivation and his Primordial Unity Art, which Yue Shuo quickly comprehended and used to offer him guidance.
• Yue Shuo crushed five hundred Spirit Stones to provide Qi Xin with spiritual energy, but was puzzled when Qi Xin absorbed it very slowly.

Yue Shuo improved Qi Xin’s cultivation environment with a Spirit-Gathering Array, then tested Yue Tan’s Spiritual Roots and talents. He discovered Yue Tan had a powerful Fire Spirit Root, an Innate Alchemy Meridian, and a flawed Fire-Element Spirit Body, and planned to send him to Bright Tortoise Isle to cultivate.

• Yue Shuo set up a premium Spirit-Gathering Array so Qi Xin could cultivate without a shortage of spiritual qi.
• Yue Shuo visited Yue Tan, praised his progress in cultivation and pill-making, and arranged to provide alchemy materials in exchange for half the finished pills.
• Yue Shuo tested Yue Tan and found his Fire Spirit Root was rated 8, with an Innate Alchemy Meridian and a flawed Fire-Element Spirit Body.
• Yue Shuo encouraged Yue Tan to keep cultivating and refining pills, and told him he would be escorted to Bright Tortoise Isle in a few days.

Yue Shuo trained his family and companions in a rich cultivation environment, then returned to Dragonstone Island to cultivate and strengthen his talents. He completed several cultivation arts and reached a limit after fusing three more Second-Tier arts.

• Yue Shuo guided the cultivators in the Temporary Cave Dwelling, and the Yue family's four novice cultivators advanced to Qi Refining Level Three while Yue Qingxiao neared the Sixth Layer.
• Yue Shuo ordered everyone to reach Qi Refining Level Four before their departure and gave them Warning Jade Pendants, spells, and secret arts for protection and cultivation.
• Yue Shuo returned to Dragonstone Island, paid Shi Wanli with a Concealment Talisman and an Escape Talisman, and entered seclusion.
• Yue Shuo solidified the Abundant Vital Essence talent, completed the Primordial Unity Art, and fused the talent into Dense Vital Essence.
• Yue Shuo named his new Second-Tier cultivation art the Primal Chaos Celestial Profound Art and completed more earth-, metal-, and fire-element arts until he reached a limit after fusing three more Second-Tier arts.

Yue Shuo reached the limit of Qi Refining but delayed his breakthrough to learn more about Foundation Establishment. After Shi Wanli and Chang were ambushed, Yue Shuo rescued Shi Heng from attackers and hurried to protect the market district.

• Yue Shuo found that he could no longer improve his First-Tier techniques and decided to postpone advancing until he learned more about Foundation Establishment.
• Yue Shuo learned from Shi Wanli’s communication talismans that Chang had been ambushed and that Shi Wanli entrusted Dragonstone Island and his grandson Shi Heng to him.
• Yue Shuo detected a battle nearby, used his Longevity Technique to strengthen allies and bind the attackers, and confirmed that the crying young man was Shi Heng.
• Shi Heng told Yue Shuo that more enemies were at the market district, so Yue Shuo flew off to deal with them.

Yue Shuo suppressed the unrest on Dragonstone Island, then followed Shi Heng to search for Shi Wanli and Master Chang. He found Shi Wanli near death, discovered bloodsucking worms draining him, and began an operation to remove them.

• Yue Shuo accepted the spoils Shi Heng gathered and agreed to search for Shi Wanli and Master Chang’s bodies.
• Yue Shuo used Azure Feather’s blood-scent tracking instinct to locate Shi Wanli hidden in a rocky cave.
• Yue Shuo preserved Shi Wanli’s life with Longevity Techniques and placed concealment seals around the cave.
• Yue Shuo examined Shi Wanli and discovered bloodsucking worms were draining his blood and life essence.
• Yue Shuo warned Shi Heng about the parasites, prepared defenses, and thrust a water blade into Shi Wanli to begin removing them.

Yue Shuo removed the Bloodsucking Demon Insects from Shi Wanli and restored his Blood Vitality, learning that the parasites came from the Demon Spirit Sect and could devastate the sea region if left untreated. Shi Wanli awoke and thanked Yue Shuo, who planned to escort the family to Bright Tortoise Isle.

• Yue Shuo cut a Bloodsucking Demon Insect from Shi Wanli, but it ignored defensive barriers and flew at Shi Heng until Azure Feather swallowed it.
• Shi Heng told Yue Shuo that the Demon Spirit Sect used Bloodsucking Demon Insects, that powerful flames could kill them while their host lived, and that surviving insects would reproduce after the host died and turn the sea region into a dead sea.
• Yue Shuo repeatedly cut the insects from Shi Wanli and healed each wound, while Azure Feather ate the parasites and grew stronger.
• After removing every insect, Yue Shuo used Longevity Techniques to restore Shi Wanli's Blood Vitality until he regained strength and woke up.
• Yue Shuo searched the island, recovered his Divine Sense and spiritual power, and returned to receive Shi Wanli's thanks before deciding to escort the family to Bright Tortoise Isle.