Chapter Summaries

Jiang Lan apologized to Lan Fozi for accidentally hooking her, and the two became friends after he gave her a pill. Jiang Lan and Doro played with Lan Fozi in the sea, then invited Zhu Zhuyun and the Ice Empress to join them.

• Jiang Lan explained to Lan Fozi that he had not known she was a Deep Sea Demon Whale and told her that Bo Saixi was his mother.
• Jiang Lan offered Lan Fozi a healing pill as an apology, and Lan Fozi accepted it and declared them friends.
• Jiang Lan and Doro hugged Lan Fozi, then played with her in the sea as Zhu Zhuyun watched from the ice ridge.
• Jiang Lan invited Zhu Zhuyun and the Ice Empress to go out on the sea with Lan Fozi, and the Ice Empress nudged Zhu Zhuyun as she began to answer.

Jiang Lan, Zhu Zhuyun, Doro, and Lan Fozi went fishing in open waters until the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King emerged and confronted Jiang Lan. Jiang Lan recognized the whale king as an old enemy and taunted him, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• The Ice Empress watched Lan Fozi carry Jiang Lan, Zhu Zhuyun, and Doro away, then decided she could fish in her own frozen lake.
• Lan Fozi brought the group to deep open water, where Jiang Lan and Zhu Zhuyun caught more than a dozen fish.
• The group landed on a rocky island to prepare their catch, but the sea churned and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King surfaced.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King recognized Jiang Lan and demanded to know why he had appeared again.
• Jiang Lan recalled that he had once slipped away from a fight with the whale king, then taunted him by claiming he had parked his Ghostfire outside his door.

Jiang Lan confronted the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King over an old insult and was drawn into a battle after provoking him. Their fight continued across the sea, ending as Jiang Lan summoned Doro to use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King demanded that Jiang Lan answer for his brother's mocking message and the punch Jiang Lan had landed in their previous encounter.
• Jiang Lan taunted the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King until he fired a column of water at the island, which Jiang Lan blocked with the Sea God's Light.
• Jiang Lan agreed to fight instead of running and evaded the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's bite before striking his fin with the Trident.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King swept a huge wave at Jiang Lan, who blocked it with the Sea God's Light but was pushed backward.
• Jiang Lan called Doro to his shoulder and activated the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, King Guga's Descent.

King Guga battled the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King until he was badly weakened, but Lan Fozi intervened and refused to let her father attack her new friend. The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King left, overwhelmed by his daughter’s loyalty to Jiang Lan.

• King Guga attacked the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King with fire and ice, but the whale retaliated with a wave and a tail strike that damaged King Guga and drained Jiang Lan’s Soul Power.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King fired a compressed water column at King Guga, whose shield cracked as he was driven backward and weakened.
• Lan Fozi rushed between her father and King Guga, pleading with the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King to stop because Jiang Lan was her friend.
• Lan Fozi refused to move even when the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King demanded it, insisting she would not let him bully her first friend.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King thought of Lan Fozi’s mother, then turned away and sank beneath the sea, leaving without looking back.

Jiang Lan returned to the Far North, brought the Ice Empress pills, and then set out with Lan Fozi, Doro, and Zhu Zhuyun for Sea God Island. Their voyage ended with Jiang Lan recognizing the Purple Pearl Pirates’ ships in the mist.

• Lan Fozi reassured Jiang Lan that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King was angry because he had lost, while Zhu Zhuyun asked Jiang Lan to warn her before his next fight.
• Jiang Lan gave the Ice Empress two pills and told her he was leaving to visit Bo Saixi.
• Jiang Lan and his companions traveled south on Lan Fozi for a month, fishing and grilling meals along the way.
• Jiang Lan recognized the smell of grilled fish and rum and told Lan Fozi that the ships ahead belonged to his friends, the Purple Pearl Pirates.
• The mist cleared to reveal several ships, including a black vessel flying a purple pearl flag.

Jiang Lan reunited with Zi Zhenzhu while traveling with Lan Fozi, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's daughter, and arranged to continue toward Sea God Island. As the ships sailed for Coral Island to resupply, Jiang Lan asked Zi Zhenzhu to send a letter to Dugu Bo.

• Jiang Lan arrived beside Zi Zhenzhu's ship on Lan Fozi and introduced the whale as his friend, explaining that he had fought her father.
• Zi Zhenzhu welcomed Jiang Lan aboard and learned that he had traveled in the Far North with Zhu Zhuyun and met Lan Fozi.
• Jiang Lan asked Lan Fozi to wait offshore, then watched her depart before Zi Zhenzhu's ships changed course for Coral Island.
• Zi Zhenzhu told Zhu Zhuyun that Sea God Island was about half a month from Coral Island and offered to take them part of the way.
• Jiang Lan asked Zi Zhenzhu to send Dugu Bo a letter saying he was going to Sea God Island to see Mom Bo Saixi.

Jiang Lan returned to Coral Island, where he discovered a milk tea shop opened using his recipe, then set sail with Zi Zhenzhu, Zhu Zhuyun, and Doro for Sea God Island. After half a month at sea, he announced his return as the island came into view.

• Jiang Lan reached Coral Island and found a new Honey Snow Ice City shop opened with his milk tea recipe.
• Jiang Lan bought milk tea for himself, Zhu Zhuyun, Zi Zhenzhu, and Doro, and asked the shopkeeper to tell Ning Fengzhi he had gone to Sea God Island.
• Jiang Lan boasted that Bo Saixi served him on Sea God Island, and Zi Zhenzhu warned him not to repeat those claims when they arrived.
• Jiang Lan spent the night aboard the Zi Zhenzhu with Doro before the ship sailed for Sea God Island the next morning.
• After half a month at sea, Jiang Lan shouted that Sea God Island's king had returned as the island came into view.

Jiang Lan returned to Sea God Island, where Bo Saixi punished him for leaving without warning or writing. She broke down in tears from worry, and Jiang Lan comforted her.

• Zi Zhenzhu brought Jiang Lan and his companions into Sea God Island's harbor, where a deacon ran to announce that Little Guga had returned.
• Bo Saixi seized Jiang Lan and carried him to the Sea God Palace while Zhu Zhuyun and Doro followed.
• Bo Saixi spanked Jiang Lan for sneaking away, failing to write, and making her worry, while Jiang Lan promised not to leave without telling her again.
• Bo Saixi began to cry, and Jiang Lan climbed down to wipe her cheek and reassure her that he had come back.

Bo Saixi reconciled with Jiang Lan after he apologized for leaving without writing, then confined him to the Sea God Palace for three days. After dinner, Jiang Lan told her that Tang Hao and Tang San had bullied him.

• Bo Saixi told Jiang Lan how much she had worried while he was away, and he promised to write and never sneak off again.
• Bo Saixi hugged Jiang Lan, then ordered him to stay in the Sea God Palace for three days while Doro kept him company.
• Jiang Lan and Doro ate the meal Bo Saixi had prepared, including garlic-roasted fish and steamed egg with crab roe.
• Jiang Lan approached Bo Saixi after dinner and claimed that Tang Hao and Tang San had bullied him.

Jiang Lan told Bo Saixi about Tang Hao’s attack, Tang San’s thefts, and Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu both asking to be his father. Bo Saixi comforted Jiang Lan at bedtime and ended up sleeping beside him as he settled back into her embrace.

• Jiang Lan told Bo Saixi that Tang Hao had tried to rob him of a cultivation opportunity, so he punched Tang Hao and sent him flying.
• Jiang Lan described Tang San breaking into his room twice to steal books, ruining his belongings and Doro’s oranges, and causing trouble at Shrek Academy after falling into his traps.
• Jiang Lan told Bo Saixi that Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu had both asked to be his father and had insulted each other while discussing their past with her.
• Bo Saixi carried Jiang Lan to bed after he asked her to sleep with him, and Doro joined them with an orange.
• Bo Saixi remembered how Jiang Lan used to need her to hold him to sleep, then lay beside him and gathered him into her arms.

Jiang Lan woke in the Sea God Palace to find Bo Saixi gone, then learned his second Sea God's trial required him to reach level 60 within two years or be spanked daily. Bo Saixi threatened to carry out the punishment herself and took Jiang Lan and Doro to the Sea Abyss.

• Bo Saixi hummed a lullaby while Jiang Lan and Doro fell asleep in her arms.
• Jiang Lan woke when Doro stepped on his face and found that Bo Saixi had already left the bedchamber.
• Jiang Lan found Bo Saixi at the palace entrance and saw a notice setting his second trial: reach level 60 within two years or be spanked by Bo Saixi every day.
• Jiang Lan called the Sea God his big brother and tried to persuade Bo Saixi to extend the deadline, but she refused.
• Bo Saixi warned Jiang Lan she would string him up and spank him if he failed, then invited him and Doro to the Sea Abyss.