Chapter Summaries

Yue Shuo wiped out five black-robed Foundation Establishment cultivators, then focused on improving his cultivation and helping Yue Qingxiao advance. As the fleet continued toward Yue Shuo’s Sea Domain, he considered seeking a powerful sect or force for better resources and guidance.

• Yue Shuo secretly killed the five enemies beneath the sea and took their storage bags and Spiritual Artifacts.
• Yue Shuo tested cultivating with Mid-Grade Spirit Stones and asked Yue Qingxiao to exchange three hundred thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones for them.
• Yue Qingxiao returned with the exchanged stones and Second-Tier Essence-Concentrating Pills from his elder grandaunt, and Yue Shuo helped him cultivate with his Divine Sense.
• Yue Shuo cultivated the Spirit Taming Heart Sutra and considered finding a major sect or powerful force for better techniques, resources, and guidance.
• Yue Shuo noted that his Sea Domain was nearly there and that his Third-Tier Divine Thought could make the Giant Whale acknowledge him as its master.

Yue Shuo tested Essence-Concentrating Pills and calculated how to speed up his cultivation, then turned his attention to his approaching Sea Domain. He discovered his Azure Profound Whale was carrying Shi Heng’s ship toward him, leaving him puzzled about Shi Heng’s presence.

• Yue Shuo stayed with the Gu Clan and Yue Family fleets, then cultivated and found that a day’s progress consumed ten Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Yue Shuo fed Azure Feather an Essence-Concentrating Pill and swallowed one himself, finding that it improved his cultivation more efficiently than a day of ordinary cultivation.
• Yue Shuo decided to improve his Alchemy so he could make more pills, and he considered using his Sea Domain to steady the ship and provide denser spiritual energy.
• Yue Shuo sensed Shi Heng’s ship moving within his Sea Domain and discovered that his Azure Profound Whale was carrying it toward him.
• Yue Shuo saw Shi Heng meditating alone aboard the ship and wondered why the whale was bringing him along.

Yue Shuo tested the limits of Stealth Escape, then attacked demonic cultivators sneaking through his Sea Domain. He discovered that his Sea Domain converted their corpses into life-infused energy that could transform an ordinary fish into a Spirit Fish.

• Yue Shuo used Stealth Escape to travel a hundred li at a time and concluded that his own physique limited the distance.
• Yue Shuo found hidden Foundation Establishment demonic cultivators in his Sea Domain and trapped them in a Boundless Sea Prison Grinding Vortex.
• Yue Shuo killed the surviving cultivators, fed their Bloodsucking Demon Insects to Azure Feather, and learned that Shi Heng called him Grandpa Yue.
• Yue Shuo discovered that the cultivators' corpses decomposed in his Sea Domain, increasing its energy and spiritual energy concentration.
• Yue Shuo wrapped an ordinary sea fish in the new life-aura energy, and it absorbed the energy and became a Spirit Fish.

Yue Shuo isolated corpse-derived Spiritual Essence Water in his Sea Domain, then found Shi Heng and formed a spirit-taming contract with the Giant Whale. After hearing about the turmoil in the Stone Household, Yue Shuo discovered that Spiritual Essence Water increased a spirit pet’s Spirituality and checked Azure Feather’s panel to learn its level.

• Yue Shuo separated and concealed the corpse-derived Spiritual Essence Water in a designated part of his Sea Domain, then distracted Azure Feather with Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Yue Shuo met Shi Heng aboard the sea vessel, contracted the Giant Whale, and learned that Shi Wanli was still alive.
• Shi Heng told Yue Shuo how hostile subordinates and outside cultivators had forced him to subdue everyone aboard the vessel.
• Yue Shuo separated people carrying Bloodsucking Demon Insects, had Azure Feather deal with the insects without killing their carriers, and considered whether the Stone Household members were controlled or mentally affected.
• Yue Shuo saw that the Giant Whale’s Spirituality had increased after absorbing Spiritual Essence Water, then checked Azure Feather’s Sub-Panel for its Spirituality.

Yue Shuo studied his spirit beasts, named the Giant Whale Azure Cloud and the young snake Black Cloud, and experimented with their Spirituality. He returned to the fleet and found it undisturbed, while Shi Heng waited for Grandpa Yue’s reply about his plans.

• Yue Shuo compared Azure Feather’s attributes with the Giant Whale’s and sent Shi Heng back to the sea vessel after Shi Heng said the Lineage members had been controlled.
• Yue Shuo fed the Giant Whale Spiritual Essence Water until its Spirituality reached Intermediate and it called him Master, then named it Azure Cloud.
• Yue Shuo tried to create a Sub-Panel for a Spirit Fish, but it exploded; he successfully created one for the young snake and named it Black Cloud.
• Yue Shuo fed Black Cloud Spiritual Essence Water, and its Spirituality rose to 5 before it fell asleep on his wrist while Azure Feather and Azure Cloud exchanged calls.
• Yue Shuo moved the Sea Domain toward the Gu Clan and Yue Family fleet, left for the fleet, and found no abnormalities upon returning.
• Shi Heng told Senior Whale that he intended to go to Bright Tortoise Isle and waited for Grandpa Yue’s reply, while Yue Shuo went to find his father.

Shi Heng joined the Gu and Yue households' fleet, met Yue Qingxiao, and learned more about Yue Shuo, whom he hoped to take as his master. Yue Shuo continued cultivating aboard the moving vessel and improved his progress with the Sea Domain's spiritual energy.

• Shi Heng joined the fleet peacefully and boarded the Yue Family's ship to speak with Yue Qingxiao.
• Shi Heng called Yue Qingxiao a pretty boy, then told him how Yue Shuo had saved Dragonstone Island, Island Master Shi, the Stone Household, and Shi Heng himself.
• Shi Heng asked about Yue Shuo and his requirements for accepting disciples, while he and Yue Qingxiao grew warm toward each other and mistakenly assumed the other supported their relationship.
• Yue Shuo reminded Yue Qingxiao and Shi Heng to prioritize cultivation, and Yue Qingxiao took Shi Heng to get settled.
• Yue Shuo concentrated the Sea Domain's spiritual energy around himself while cultivating aboard the moving vessel, reaching one percent of Early Foundation Establishment.

Yue Shuo analyzed how spiritual-vein environments affected cultivation and looked for ways to increase his spiritual-qi absorption efficiency. He redirected spiritual qi within his Sea Domain to test whether he could condense Water-Element Spirit Liquid, while continuing to improve his techniques.

• Yue Shuo learned from the Spirit Taming Legacy that a Spirit Taming Natal Treasure Artifact required a portable Spiritual Vein Core.
• Yue Shuo cultivated overnight, practiced a Divine Soul technique, and saw that his Divine Thought remained a little over five thousand as his cultivation reached 1.1% of Early Foundation Establishment.
• Yue Shuo concluded that his cultivation progress was limited by spiritual-qi absorption and considered using the dense water spiritual qi in his Sea Domain to improve it.
• Yue Shuo decided to prioritize completing the Spirit Taming Heart Sutra and advancing his water-element cultivation technique rather than refining pills.
• Yue Shuo divided the spiritual qi he guided into two locations in the Sea Domain and began testing whether it could condense into Water-Element Spirit Liquid.

Yue Shuo refined water spirit liquid and completed the Spirit Taming Heart Sutra, which let him transform into a bird and fly using Azure Feather’s abilities. He flew to a familiar island, struck its inhabitants unconscious with a Soul-Stabbing Shriek, and gathered the food-bearing beings before his transformation began to end.

• Yue Shuo advanced his water-element cultivation technique and refined water spirit liquid, testing it on Azure Feather and a little snake before consuming the rest himself.
• Yue Shuo continued refining spirit liquid while cultivating, and the Spirit Taming Heart Sutra reached completion after several days.
• Yue Shuo transformed into a large spirit bird, fused his and Azure Feather’s cultivation and Divine Thought, and discovered that he could use Azure Feather’s innate talents.
• Yue Shuo followed the scent of food to a familiar island and used a Soul-Stabbing Shriek to knock out and injure its inhabitants.
• Yue Shuo gathered the beings that carried the scent of food, then felt his time as a bird was about to end.

Yue Shuo discovered that transforming into a bird consumed Divine Soul Power and injured him, then fought and killed a mysterious cultivator who carried five Blood Pearls. He hid the pearls in the Spirit-Taming Inheritance Golden Page to evade a searching Third-Tier presence, while the fleet avoided Dragonstone Island and the Gu Clan and Yue Family inferred that a powerful Foundation Establishment cultivator supported Yue Qingxiao.

• Yue Shuo recovered from his premature transformation, brought Azure Feather to Dragonstone Island, and began collecting possessions from the unconscious cultivators it had attacked.
• Yue Shuo tested the strangely familiar unconscious cultivator, who awakened in a surge of blood energy and attacked; Yue Shuo and Azure Feather defeated him and found five Blood Pearls on his corpse.
• Yue Shuo felt danger connected to the Blood Pearls, reasoned that they might be linked to a powerful being, and hid them in the Spirit Beast Pouch with the Spirit-Taming Inheritance Golden Page.
• A Third-Tier shadow searched around Dragonstone Island repeatedly, while Yue Shuo and Azure Feather stayed concealed and Yue Shuo arranged for the fleet to avoid the area.
• The Gu Clan and Yue Family saw Yue Qingxiao's obedient Second-Tier Late Stage Azure Mystic Spirit Whale and concluded that a powerful Foundation Establishment cultivator stood behind him.

Yue Shuo hid beneath the sea near Dragonstone Island while avoiding the Third-Tier enemy still searching for him. He examined the spoils from their fight and found an incomplete Third-Tier Five Elements Blood Demon Art that could become the foundation for fusing his cultivation arts.

• Yue Shuo remained invisible on the seabed for three days, keeping near Dragonstone Island because he sensed the Third-Tier enemy was still watching the area.
• Yue Shuo reflected on how his choices had led to the fight and decided the Blood Pearls were too valuable to discard, despite the danger they brought.
• Yue Shuo concealed himself in a seabed cave, erased the imprint on a Spiritual Artifact, and refined the Crimson Blood Refining Gourd that had been used to ambush Azure Feather.
• Yue Shuo opened a jade slip and discovered an incomplete Third-Tier Five Elements Blood Demon Art, which could serve as a foundation for fusing his other cultivation arts.
• Yue Shuo began inspecting the previous enemy's storage pouch and noticed it contained another jade slip.

Yue Shuo learned from Cheng Fan’s grandfather’s jade slip about the Five-Element Blood Core and realized Cheng Fan might fit a protagonist’s pattern, while he himself might be cast as the villain. After deciding to avoid the unknown Third-Tier enemy and leave Cheng Fan for a possible future encounter, Yue Shuo departed with Azure Feather and arranged to meet his father elsewhere.

• Yue Shuo used the Five-Element True Art to read a jade slip left by Cheng Fan’s grandfather, learning how Cheng Fan could refine the Five-Element Blood Core and pursue greater cultivation.
• Yue Shuo recognized similarities between Cheng Fan’s life and a protagonist’s fortunes, worried that he resembled a great villain, and resolved to cultivate the Five-Element True Art before deciding what to do about the Blood Pearls.
• Yue Shuo reviewed the jade slip’s scattered notes about the Demon Spirit Sect cultivator and a distant Qin Clan ruin, then decided to avoid the unknown Third-Tier enemy and kill Cheng Fan only if they crossed paths.
• Yue Shuo chose to leave rather than return to Dragonstone Island, took Azure Feather with him, and left the Giant Whale with his father and the fleet.
• Yue Shuo used the Giant Whale to tell his father where they could meet, then hid cultivation resources on uninhabited islands and gave the Giant Whale their locations and retrieval instructions.

Yue Shuo left his household with resources and guardians in place, then traveled with Azure Feather while cultivating and investigating the Sea-Domain Passage. He reached the passage and sensed that attempting to cross its storm would mean certain death.

• Yue Shuo reviewed the resources and protection he had left for his household before setting out alone with Azure Feather.
• Yue Shuo used the Spirit-Beast Fusion Art to fly with Azure Feather, improving his control of the Wind Control talent along the way.
• Yue Shuo found a weak Spiritual Vein, cultivated with Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, and raised his Foundation Establishment cultivation to 12%.
• Yue Shuo discovered that Azure Feather's cultivation had advanced to roughly eighty percent, but refused to risk it by feeding it Bloodsucking Demon Insects.
• Yue Shuo and Azure Feather searched for Spiritual Veins and hunted Sea Beasts as they traveled toward the Sea Passage between the Eastern Sea Region and Sea Prefecture.
• Yue Shuo saw the enormous storm at the Sea Passage and felt a danger a hundred times stronger than the threat of a Third-Tier being.

Yue Shuo approached the Sea Passage perilous land and nearly got pulled into its storm before Hai Sheng warned him. Hai Sheng brought Yue Shuo to a group of Sea Folk mixed-bloods, where Ao Yi asked why he had come to the Sea Abyss, and Yue Shuo said he wanted a Transit Token.

• Yue Shuo studied the storm barrier around the Sea Passage and nearly drifted into it before an unseen person warned him.
• Yue Shuo escaped the storm's pull and met Hai Sheng, a Merfolk who mistook him for Sea Folk.
• Hai Sheng brought Yue Shuo to an island where he met seven Sea Folk mixed-bloods, including Ao Yi.
• Yue Shuo insisted that he was human, but the others treated him as a mixed-blood who identified with his human lineage.
• Ao Yi asked why Yue Shuo had come to the Sea Abyss, and Yue Shuo answered that he wanted a Transit Token.

Yue Shuo received a Transit Token from Ao Yi and left the mixed-blood Sea Folk, then tested how the storm barrier affected his escape and illusion arts. He reached Sea Abundance Island to gather information and heard that another auction was coming up.

• Ao Yi gave Yue Shuo an ownerless Transit Token, and Yue Shuo exchanged spirit talismans with Ao Yi and Hai Sheng in thanks.
• Yue Shuo used escape techniques to leave and tested how the storm barrier suppressed his Stealth Escape and illusion arts.
• Yue Shuo disguised himself and traveled to Sea Abundance Island, where he paid to go ashore.
• Yue Shuo observed the island's bustling trade and the Sea Folk's higher status, then gathered rumors at a restaurant.
• Yue Shuo heard the island's cultivators discussing an upcoming auction.

Yue Shuo gave Ao Yi’s mixed-blood mutual aid group a large supply of Second-Tier Spirit Talismans, earning their gratitude as they prepared a rescue operation. He stayed on Sea Abundance Island to cultivate and weigh whether to attend the upcoming auction, planning to leave through the passage on its second day.

• Ao Yi and the others inspected the Second-Tier Spirit Talismans Yue Shuo had left and realized he likely understood their plans.
• Ao Yi explained Yue Shuo’s gift to the group, and Xie Jing and the others resolved to repay him and recognize him as a brother.
• The group adjusted its rescue operation using the talismans and planned to act on the second or third day after the passage opened.
• Yue Shuo rented a temporary cave dwelling on Sea Abundance Island and decided to wait until the passage’s second day before leaving.
• Yue Shuo cultivated with Mid-Grade Spirit Stones and considered selling his talismans at an auction several days away.

Yue Shuo cultivated on Sea Abundance Island while gathering information and preparing for the auction. After confronting an intelligence shop over misleading information, he changed identities and returned to ask about the Qin Clan’s extermination and its survivors.

• Yue Shuo submitted three batches of Lunar Invisibility Talismans for the auction and received an auction credential.
• Yue Shuo rented a cave abode, cultivated, and explored the island’s shops and stalls while gathering information.
• Yue Shuo paid an intelligence shop for details about High-Grade Essence-Concentrating Pills, then discovered the auction news was already widely known.
• Yue Shuo pressured the shopkeeper with his Divine Thought, obtained a refund and auction catalogue, and left the island under a disguised identity before returning in another guise.
• Yue Shuo asked a different shopkeeper about the Qin Clan’s extermination and the surviving Qin Clan members, and the shopkeeper quoted him one hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.

Yue Shuo learned more about the Qin Clan’s destruction, paid Listening Pavilion to investigate Cheng Fan, and attended the Sea Abundance Island auction. After buying cultivation arts and pills, he returned to his cave and decided to focus on alchemy to advance his cultivation.

• Yue Shuo read Listening Pavilion’s account of the Qin Clan’s downfall and learned that Cheng Fan’s whereabouts were unknown, so he paid for a Foundation Establishment-grade investigation.
• Yue Shuo attended the seven-day auction, bought several cultivation arts, pills, and other items, then left after sensing a dangerous pressure.
• Yue Shuo memorized the cultivation arts, consumed his purchased pills, and found that his physique and other traits suppressed Pill Poison.
• Yue Shuo checked that his cultivation had reached 17% of Early Foundation Establishment and that Azure Feather was nearing advancement.
• Yue Shuo took out his pill furnace and materials, resolving to focus on alchemy and buy Second-Tier spirit herbs and Foundation Establishment Pill materials.

Yue Shuo advanced his alchemy skill to Upper Second-Tier and refined a large supply of Essence-Concentrating Pills, but he decided against attending the auction’s exclusive trading event and chose to cultivate more cautiously. As he checked on his pets, he discovered that Shi Wanli’s Sub-Panel was within range.

• Yue Shuo used the auction days to buy alchemy materials and manuals, then devoted much of his time to refining pills and raised his alchemy skill to Upper Second-Tier.
• Yue Shuo refined 215 Essence-Concentrating Pills, fed two High-Grade pills to Azure Feather, and consumed twenty himself, raising his cultivation to 20.8%.
• Yue Shuo considered attending the exclusive final-day trading event to buy more materials, but worried that revealing his transaction volume might draw the attention of Golden Core cultivators.
• Yue Shuo decided to skip the event, buy spiritual herb seeds instead, wear off his Pill Poison, cultivate, and help Azure Feather advance to Second-Tier Middle-Grade.
• Yue Shuo sensed the Sub-Panels of his pets and discovered that Shi Wanli’s Sub-Panel was within a hundred li.

Yue Shuo sold the Listening Pavilion intelligence about the Demon Calamity and learned that the Sea Domain passage would open the next day. With the Yue Family fleet still several days away, he set out to find a way to speed its arrival.

• Yue Shuo discovered that Shi Wanli was near Sea Abundance Island and carried a Bloodsucking Demon Insect egg incubation status.
• Yue Shuo disguised himself and sold the Listening Pavilion intelligence about carriers, a Third-Tier shadow, and demonic cultivators’ subordinates.
• The Listening Pavilion upgraded Yue Shuo’s token and gave him Second-Tier Essence-Concentrating Pill ingredients and the passage’s opening schedule.
• Yue Shuo sensed that the Yue Family fleet would take about a week to reach Sea Abundance Island, though the passage would open the next day.
• Yue Shuo decided he could wait no longer and sprang into action to accelerate the fleet’s arrival.

Yue Shuo used the Sea Domain to speed the fleet along while refining pills, and considered trading with Listening Pavilion for alchemy materials. After the Giant Whale urged the fleet to hurry, Madam Su and Zhu Ling understood its cries, and the fleet accelerated under its guidance.

• Yue Shuo found that the twelve thousand Spirit Stones he had exchanged with Listening Pavilion had bought eighty sets of Essence-Concentrating Pill materials, and he considered seeking future trades through the Pavilion.
• Yue Shuo commanded the Giant Whale to prepare for a change in speed, and the whale surfaced and cried out to the fleet.
• Yue Qingxiao tried to understand the Giant Whale, but Madam Su and Zhu Ling recognized that it wanted the fleet to speed up and follow it.
• Yue Qingqiu ordered the fleet to travel at full speed, and the Giant Whale led the way.
• Yue Qingqiu noticed the fleet used fewer Spirit Stones than expected and concluded that the Giant Whale likely protected her younger cousin's wife's family.