Chapter Summaries

Ning Fa seized the formation disk and fought off several powerful cultivators while the Ancient Teleportation Array charged. He escaped through it after stealing Huangfu Hong’s Myriad Spirit Heavenly Treasure Liquid, then disappeared from the Cangyuan Cultivation World as war later spread.

• Ning Fa froze the white-haired old man, took his formation disk, and activated the Ancient Teleportation Array while the cultivator surnamed Sun attacked him.
• Ning Fa used his Divine Firmament Thunder Armor, a Spirit Descending Talisman, and Forward and Reverse Thunder Source Operation to resist Lei Ming’s Sword Curtain as True Monarch Cangxu, Huangfu Hong, and a Sea Race cultivator arrived.
• Ning Fa evaded several attacks with Lightning Transformation and survived Huangfu Hong’s blade strike with his Thunder Strike Indestructible Body while the array continued charging.
• Ning Fa used Supreme Earth Divine Thunder to shield himself, then hooked Huangfu Hong’s Glazed Jade Bottle from space and vanished through the array.
• Huangfu Hong discovered that Ning Fa had stolen her Myriad Spirit Heavenly Treasure Liquid, and Lei Ming erupted into battle with the others after Ning Fa disappeared.
• Ning Fa’s name faded from memory as the Cangyuan Cultivation World’s long peace ended and war spread across the land.

Ning Fa recovered aboard a ship after a disastrous teleportation left him gravely injured and reduced his cultivation to Foundation Establishment Late Stage. After a month of secretly observing his rescuers and regaining some strength, he decided to meet them, still uncertain whether he had reached the Nine Dragons Sea.

• A huge fish attacked the unconscious Ning Fa at sea, but its teeth broke against his body before a ship rescued him.
• A woman in green examined Ning Fa and fed him two precious healing pills over the following days.
• Ning Fa awoke and realized the Ancient Teleportation Array had nearly killed him; he had lost his Golden Core and thunder cores, suffered severe injuries, and his spirit beasts Little Ice and Blue Lightning were unconscious.
• Ning Fa used an Essence Refining Pill and secretly listened to the ship's crew, while the white-haired elder checked on him each day.
• After a month, Ning Fa's cultivation stabilized at Foundation Establishment Late Stage, and he learned that Hei Yu had partially recovered to Early Core Formation.
• Ning Fa decided to meet the ship's people, and the elder entered to find him sitting up and awake.

Ning Fa recovered aboard a merchant ship and learned from Jiang Xueting that he had arrived in Yuheng Sea, confirming he was in the Nine Dragons Sea Cultivation World. After learning about its vast domains and powerful factions, he resolved to focus on forming his Nascent Soul before seeking a way back to Cangyuan.

• Ning Fa could not understand the old man, but found a language Jiang Xueting had learned from an ancient text and asked where he was.
• Jiang Xueting introduced herself as the young mistress of the Xue Mei Merchant Guild and told Ning Fa that the ship was sailing to Xue Mei Island.
• Ning Fa claimed he came from Qianbo Sea and asked Jiang Xueting to teach him the local language and explain the region.
• After seven days of lessons, Ning Fa learned to converse in the local language and confirmed that Yuheng Sea belonged to the Nine Dragons Sea Cultivation World.
• Ning Fa learned about the Nine Great Sea Domains, the Tianshu Alliance, and the strength of the major factions, and decided to consider returning to Cangyuan only after forming his Nascent Soul.

Ning Fa discovered that the spirit liquid he had stolen from Huangfu Hong was Myriad Spirit Heavenly Treasure Liquid, then sent Hei Yu to kill a Third-Tier Demonic Beast attacking their ship. He used the beast as payment for passage, while Jiang Xueting and the others learned that Hei Yu was a powerful puppet.

• Ning Fa learned that each drop of Myriad Spirit Heavenly Treasure Liquid could give the Source-Crossing Heavenly Book fifty Third-Tier Origin Points, but kept the liquid for possible use in repairing the Five Flames Lamp or improving his Natal Magic Treasure.
• Three days later, a Third-Tier crab demonic beast attacked the ship, overwhelming Jiang Xueting and the other passengers.
• Ning Fa summoned Hei Yu and ordered him to kill the beast; Hei Yu defeated it and brought its corpse back to the deck.
• Ning Fa explained that Hei Yu was a Third-Tier Puppet left by his sect, prompting Jiang Xueting and the dark-faced man to treat him with greater respect.
• Ning Fa offered the crab demonic beast as his fare for passage.

Ning Fa reached Xue Mei Island and declined Jiang Xueting’s offer to become a Jiang Family guest elder, but agreed to accompany the family’s merchant guild to Jinchang Island. After deciphering the Silver Palace Heavenly Book, he discovered the powerful Five Qi Returning Origin Sword Canon and realized his Five Elements Thunder Body might let him cultivate it.

• Ning Fa arrived at Xue Mei Island with Jiang Xueting and Jiang Yong after the merchant guild’s voyage passed without further attacks.
• Jiang Xueting offered Ning Fa a guest elder position, annual compensation, and a share of the Jiang Family’s profits, but he declined because he needed a high-grade spirit vein and planned to go to Jinchang Island.
• Jiang Xueting asked Ning Fa to travel with the Jiang Family merchant guild to Jinchang Island, and he agreed to accompany them without accepting payment.
• Ning Fa deciphered the Silver Palace Heavenly Book and learned that the Lingxu Talisman Scripture recorded numerous powerful talismans requiring rare materials.
• Ning Fa discovered the Five Qi Returning Origin Sword Canon, which required Core Formation and all Five Spirit Roots, and realized his Five Elements Thunder Body might satisfy its elemental requirement.

Ning Fa planned to cultivate the Five Qi Returning Origin Sword Canon and forge its five flying swords while traveling with the Xue Mei Merchant Guild to Jinchang Island. During the voyage, Jiang Xueting described the Nine Dragons Sea’s powers and the Zi Yin Immortal Dynasty, and Ning Fa learned that a merchant convoy could eventually take him to the Leiming Sea Domain.

• Ning Fa decided that he could cultivate the Five Qi Returning Origin Sword Canon alongside his existing arts and considered adapting the Void-Piercing Thunder Spear to help forge its Primal Harmony Heaven-Robbing Sword.
• One month later, the Xue Mei Merchant Guild fleet departed for Jinchang Island with seven additional cargo ships, and Ning Fa traveled aboard the flagship while Jiang Xueting spoke with him regularly.
• Jiang Xueting explained that the Yuanshou Ancestral Court ruled the resource-rich Yuanyang Sea Domain through powerful cultivation families with Spiritual Beast Bloodlines, while the disunited Demon Sea Alliance controlled the Nightless Sea and Bloodthunder Sea.
• Jiang Xueting told Ning Fa that the Zi Yin Immortal Dynasty had once ruled the Nine Dragons Sea for over ten thousand years before internal turmoil enabled the three current powers, aided by the Demon and Sea Races, to overthrow it.
• Ning Fa learned that the Leiming Sea Domain had unusually many lightning-affinity cultivators and beasts, and that Fu Ling Hall remained Lei Prison Mountain’s powerful underground enemy.
• Jiang Xueting said Jinchang Island’s long-distance teleportation array to Leiming Sea was broken, but ocean-going merchant convoys traveled there about once a decade; meanwhile, the fleet continued sailing and weathered sea-beast attacks without needing Hei Yu to intervene.

Ning Fa and the Xue Mei Merchant Guild reached the waters near Jinchang Island after surviving a perilous journey, and he learned about the Floating Island and the renowned cultivator Chu Nianyao on nearby Luoxia Island. He sensed a mysterious Thunder Spiritual Power from Luoxia Island and arrived at the bustling Jinchang Island eager to explore its markets.

• Hei Yu drove off attacking Calamity Cultivators, allowing the fleet to resume its journey.
• Jiang Xueting told Ning Fa that the fleet had reached the guarded waters near Jinchang Island and explained how the guild planned to return home after selling its ships and goods.
• Ning Fa saw Jinchang Island's Floating Island and learned that its upper island had a valuable spirit vein and offered relaxed residency requirements to cultivators skilled in the Hundred Arts of Cultivation.
• Ning Fa sensed a Thunder Spiritual Power from Luoxia Island that soothed his damaged meridians and stirred the Nine Revolutions Thunder Lotus in his dantian.
• Jiang Xueting told Ning Fa that Luoxia Island was home to Chu Nianyao, a Mid Core Formation cultivator skilled in pill refining and array formations, and that Jiang's cousin Zhou Qin had become her registered disciple.
• The fleet reached Jinchang Island, where Ning Fa saw the Floating Island up close and observed countless cultivators traveling through the sky.

Ning Fa entered Jinchang Island with Jiang Xueting and explored its upper island, where the approaching Twin Moon Festival had driven up entry fees and cave-abode rents. After finding ordinary accommodation costly, they yielded the path to two Core Formation Cultivators.

• Ning Fa and Jiang Xueting paid the raised entry fee and entered Jinchang City as the Twin Moon Festival approached.
• Jiang Xueting showed Ning Fa the bustling upper island and explained the major merchant guilds, including the Seven Treasures Merchant Guild.
• Ning Fa and Jiang Xueting saw the City Lord's eldest young master fly through the city in a carriage pulled by two Blackwater Flood Dragons.
• Ning Fa recalled the City Lord's Mansion and the Ascension Alliance as the archipelago's dominant powers while he and Jiang Xueting headed to a cave-abode rental office.
• Ning Fa and Jiang Xueting learned that cave-abode rents had risen sharply, then stepped aside for two passing Core Formation Cultivators.

Ning Fa learned that Luoxia Island had a vacant cave abode and persuaded Jiang Xueting to help him seek it, revealing his Core Formation cultivation to meet the island’s requirements. After entering the island, he sensed the mysterious Thunder Spiritual Power again and was brought to face Fairy Lingzhi’s test, Questioning the Heart.

• Ning Fa overheard two cultivators discuss a vacant cave abode on Luoxia Island and asked Jiang Xueting to contact her cousin Zhou Qin.
• Ning Fa revealed his Core Formation aura to Jiang Xueting, who then sent a transmission paper crane to Zhou Qin.
• Zhou Qin confirmed that a cave abode was available and warned that Fairy Lingzhi and the other Core Formation Cultivators would have to approve Ning Fa.
• Ning Fa and Jiang Xueting traveled to Luoxia Island, where Ning Fa sensed the Thunder Spiritual Power aura but lost track of it almost immediately.
• Zhou Qin led Ning Fa to Luoxia Hall and explained that he had to pass the Questioning the Heart array path within the time it took an incense stick to burn.

Ning Fa passed Luoxia Island’s Heart-Questioning Path and met Fairy Lingzhi, Qi Ran, and Liang Song, who were recruiting a resident with a third-grade cultivation craft for their Artisans' Alliance. He revealed his Third-Tier Puppet and was accepted, then followed Qi Ran to his new cave abode.

• Ning Fa crossed the Heart-Questioning Path without being affected by its emotional trials, astonishing Zhou Qin.
• Ning Fa met Fairy Lingzhi, Qi Ran, and Liang Song, then asked about renting a vacant cave abode.
• Qi Ran explained that Luoxia Island’s residents sought a new cultivator with a third-grade craft, and Ning Fa revealed Hei Yu, his Third-Tier Puppet.
• Fairy Lingzhi, Qi Ran, and Liang Song accepted Ning Fa’s puppetry, and Qi Ran explained the rent and benefits of living on the island.
• Ning Fa followed Qi Ran to an eastern mountain cave abode, where Qi Ran told him its former resident, Meng Jia, had joined the Water Star Sect.

Ning Fa settled into his cave abode on Luoxia Island and discovered that the Nine Dragons Sea’s pill-refining system relied on demonic beast inner cores, making it difficult to use his existing knowledge. After two failed attempts at refining Yuanyang Pills, he sought help from Chu Nianyao and was left waiting for Zhou Qin to pass along his request.

• Qi Ran gave Ning Fa the control array disk for his new cave abode, and Jiang Xueting visited to ask whether the Jiang Family could commission puppets from him.
• Ning Fa surveyed Luoxia Island for the Thunder Spiritual Power aura, found nothing, and went to Jinchang Island to buy pill formulas and materials.
• Ning Fa learned that Nine Dragons Sea pills used demonic beast inner cores, then bought a Third-tier Pill Master Inheritance and materials for Yuanyang Pills.
• After studying the inheritance, Ning Fa attempted to refine Yuanyang Pills twice and failed, realizing he needed guidance to learn the local methods quickly.
• Ning Fa went to Chu Nianyao’s cave abode, where Zhou Qin said her master was in closed-door cultivation; Ning Fa asked her to tell Chu Nianyao he had come to exchange pill-refining experience.

Ning Fa exchanged pill-refining knowledge with Chu Nianyao for half a year, helping her improve while learning the Nine Dragons Sea’s techniques himself. After leaving her cave, he met Shang Ying, a powerful City Lord’s Mansion heiress whose factional rivalry might draw him into local politics.

• Ning Fa presented Chu Nianyao with a Crimson Cloud Pill and demonstrated his skill by refining a flawless batch, persuading her to exchange pill-refining knowledge with him.
• Over the following half year, Ning Fa and Chu Nianyao studied each other’s methods, and Chu Nianyao advanced her pill refining while Ning Fa learned to make Yuanyang Pills.
• After Ning Fa successfully refined two Yuanyang Pills, he thanked Chu Nianyao and left her cave abode, puzzling over her sudden coldness.
• Qi Ran introduced Shang Ying to Ning Fa and explained that she and Shang Yang were rival heirs competing to become the City Lord’s Mansion’s foremost Nascent Soul seed.

Ning Fa recovered to the Core Formation realm and, during the Twin Moon Festival, used the twin moons’ effect on his Moon God Heart to trace a mysterious Thunder Spiritual Power aura. He found a Top-grade Lightning Spirit Stone powering a powerful formation, only to encounter an unknown cultivator’s divine sense asking whether he wanted it.

• Ning Fa reassured Qi Ran that he had prepared a Third-Tier Puppet for the Seven Treasures Merchant Guild’s Twin Moon Festival auction, then went to buy materials for pills to restore his cultivation.
• After half a year of cultivation, Ning Fa recovered to the Core Formation realm with the help of a pure spiritual vein and high-grade pills.
• When the two moons appeared, Ning Fa’s Moon God Heart entered an enhanced state that increased his comprehension and helped him detect the elusive Thunder Spiritual Power aura.
• Ning Fa followed the aura beneath Luoxia Island and found a Top-grade Lightning Spirit Stone protected by a Fourth-Tier restriction and connected to a hidden formation.
• As Ning Fa prepared to test the restriction, another divine sense reached him and a gentle male voice asked whether he wanted the Top-grade Lightning Spirit Stone.

Ning Fa met a mysterious Nascent Soul cultivator imprisoned by a formation and received instructions for a spirit-transfer array, which he decided to try for the benefits to his cultivation. The next morning, he headed to Jinchang Island and later left the Seven Treasures Pavilion with its manager, Gu Ming.

• A hidden Nascent Soul cultivator warned Ning Fa that breaking the Gang Yuan Locking Spirit Grand Array would detonate the Top-grade Lightning Spirit Stone and offered him a method to transfer its spiritual energy instead.
• The cultivator revealed that the prison had seven Array Eyes, shared the Two Elements Spirit Transfer Array with Ning Fa, and claimed the transfer would not free him.
• Ning Fa memorized the array, returned to his cave abode, weighed the risks against the benefits, and decided to follow the instructions.
• Ning Fa encountered Chu Nianyao and Zhou Qin on their way to Jinchang Island, but Chu Nianyao turned back after he flew ahead alone.
• Ning Fa met Gu Ming, the Seven Treasures Merchant Guild branch manager, at the Seven Treasures Pavilion on Jinchang Island.

Ning Fa finished the Two Elements Spirit Transfer Array, successfully channeling spiritual qi from the Top-grade Lightning Spirit Stone into a hidden chamber on Luoxia Island. The mysterious man proposed a second transaction, while Ning Fa remained wary of both him and Yun Jin’s request for a custom puppet.

• Gu Ming introduced Ning Fa to True Man Kui Sha, a Third-Tier mid-grade Puppet Master, and Yun Jin, who had previously asked Ning Fa to craft a puppet.
• Yun Jin privately asked Ning Fa to make a custom puppet for him, but Ning Fa declined and decided not to work for him.
• Ning Fa gathered the remaining materials and mastered the arrangement of the Two Elements Spirit Transfer Array with the Moon God Heart’s enhanced comprehension.
• Ning Fa installed the subsidiary array in a hidden chamber on Luoxia Island and the main array beside the Top-grade Lightning Spirit Stone, successfully sending abundant spiritual qi to the chamber.
• The mysterious man recognized Ning Fa as a cultivator with a Lightning Spiritual Root and offered to make a second transaction.

Ning Fa received the outline of the Lightning Magnetism Primordial Light Art and discovered that the Source-Crossing Heavenly Book linked it to two even more powerful lightning arts. He chose not to risk helping the mysterious man reach another Array Eye, then attended the Seven Treasures Merchant Guild auction, where he encountered True Man Kui Sha and a striking young cultivator.

• A mysterious man offered Ning Fa three layers of the Lightning Magnetism Primordial Light Art for each successful infiltration of another Array Eye, and Ning Fa asked for time to consider.
• Ning Fa studied the art’s outline, restored his cultivation and Nine Revolutions Thunder Lotus with the spiritual qi from a Top-grade Spirit Stone, and used the Source-Crossing Heavenly Book to uncover the Archaic Thunder Emperor Scripture and Thunder Emperor's Illustrated Record.
• Ning Fa found the next Array Eye’s location on Maple Bamboo Island but decided not to continue the deal because he distrusted the mysterious man, and he went to forge a puppet.
• A month and a half later, Ning Fa and three other senior craftsmen attended the Seven Treasures Merchant Guild auction at Bao Guang Pavilion as honored guests.
• True Man Kui Sha greeted Fellow Daoist Chu, while a young Mid Core Formation cultivator with an imposing aura stood at the center of his group.

Ning Fa attended the Seven Treasures Merchant Guild auction, where Li Shuhan confronted Chu Nianyao and members of the Sikong Family arrived. Ning Fa won a rare water-element spirit material at a steep price and considered selling his puppet to replenish his dwindling funds.

• Li Shuhan approached Chu Nianyao and claimed he would replace the Wondrous Spirit Alchemy Furnace he had obtained from her within a month, while Qi Ran told Ning Fa how Li had deceived Chu.
• The Sikong Family arrived, led by a powerful silver-haired woman whom Li Shuhan greeted warmly; she declined his offer to buy her a Purple Gold Coral Worm.
• Gu Ming opened the auction with a Sea Dragon Halberd, which a Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivator bought for seventy-two thousand spirit stones.
• Ning Fa bid two hundred and eighty thousand spirit stones for a drop of Azure Wave Essence Condensing Dew to strengthen his water-element Divine Thunder Origin.
• Ning Fa reflected on his shrinking fortune and felt confident that the puppet he had refined would sell well.

Ning Fa and his companions watched their auction items fetch high prices, but the Seven Treasures Merchant Guild auctioned True Man Kui Sha’s puppet before Ning Fa’s. Meanwhile, Li Shuhan met with a Sikong Family woman who demanded that the Ascension Alliance deliver a large quantity of Illusory Spirit Five Elements Jade Embryos within two years.

• Ning Fa bought Mystic Magnetic Gold Essence for 360,000 spirit stones, leaving him with little money.
• Qi Ran’s Hundred Brews Spirit Wine sold for 120,000 spirit stones, and Liang Song’s Hundredfold Peak sold for 460,000 to a Sikong Family cultivator.
• True Man Kui Sha’s Mystic-Forged Spirit Puppet sold for 620,000 spirit stones, while Ning Fa’s companions worried that the Guild would not auction Ning Fa’s puppet.
• Qi Ran, Liang Song, and Chu Nianyao offered to buy Ning Fa’s Third-Tier Puppet, but Ning Fa said it might still appear at the auction.
• Li Shuhan met a glamorous Sikong Family woman, who demanded enough Illusory Spirit Five Elements Jade Embryos from the Ascension Alliance within two years.

Sikong Jing commissioned Li Shuhan to secure the Illusory Spirit Five Elements Jade Embryo and thirteen locations, including Luoxia Island, while Ning Fa’s Shifting Spirit Puppet drew attention at the auction. After Sikong Jing bought it for nine hundred thousand spirit stones, Shang Ying and Yun Jin decided they should recruit Ning Fa to help refine the Purple Blood Puppet.

• Sikong Jing agreed to increase the reward for Li Shuhan’s two-year effort and gave him a Jade Slip listing thirteen locations to secure.
• Chu Nianyao’s Wonderful Flower Pill and Nine Palaces Maze Array sold for four hundred and fifty thousand and three hundred and thirty thousand spirit stones.
• Gu Ming demonstrated Ning Fa’s two-form Shifting Spirit Puppet and announced its Over-Spirit Mode, prompting intense interest from the bidders.
• Li Shuhan urged Junior Brother Miao to approach Ning Fa about joining the Ascension Alliance, while True Man Kui Sha reacted with shock and greed.
• Sikong Jing won the Shifting Spirit Puppet with a bid of nine hundred thousand spirit stones.
• Shang Ying and Yun Jin decided to recruit Ning Fa to refine the Purple Blood Puppet, which they needed to break through the next layer of restrictions beneath Red Crystal Island.

Ning Fa’s Shifting Spirit Puppet brought him wealth, status, and repeated recruitment attempts from the Ascension Alliance, all of which he largely declined. Half a year later, the Alliance demanded that he and his companions leave Luoxia Island, but all four refused.

• Shang Ying and Yun Jin discussed the Zi Yin Immortal Dynasty ruin and planned to use the Ascension Alliance’s recruitment efforts to win Ning Fa over.
• Qi Ran, Liang Song, and Chu Nianyao asked Ning Fa to craft Shifting Spirit Puppets after his auction success, and Shopkeeper Gu Ming rewarded him with spirit stones and a Third-Level VIP Token.
• Miao An invited Ning Fa to join the Ascension Alliance, but Ning Fa refused and later turned down its repeated recruitment offers.
• Chu Nianyao visited Ning Fa, mistakenly believing he had rejected the Alliance because of her, and left before he could explain.
• Miao An proposed that Ning Fa, Chu Nianyao, Qi Ran, and Liang Song give up Luoxia Island for Mingxian Island or Hongxia Island, but all four refused.