Recaps

Blood Lady learned that Qiu Qianhai was a Demonic Cultivator and hurried off after hearing he owned an Ice Flood Dragon, while Ji Yuan examined Heavenly Silkworm True Person’s spoils and reflected on Dong Qian. The chapter ended with Island Lord Yunmiao asking Han Feiyu whether he resented her for arranging his expulsion from the Water Dragon Sect.

• Jiang Hong told Blood Lady that Qiu Qianhai used Demonic Dao methods, carried a corpse puppet, and kept an Ice Flood Dragon as a spirit pet.
• Blood Lady ordered Jiang Hong to stay in the valley while she went to speak with his father, and Jiang Hong examined the handprint she had left on his cheek.
• Ji Yuan tried to activate the Heavenly Net but found his Foundation Establishment cultivation insufficient, so he planned to travel north to Mirror Lake and advance.
• Ji Yuan sorted Heavenly Silkworm True Person’s storage bag, finding Spirit Stones, three Talisman Treasures, two Third-Order Monster Cores, and other valuable items.
• Ji Yuan drank Wishful Wine and considered his relationship with Dong Qian, deciding that he trusted her despite the secrets they each kept.
• Island Lord Yunmiao asked Han Feiyu whether he resented her for having him expelled from the Water Dragon Sect, then offered to send him to join his senior sister.

Han Feiyu reported his assignment to Island Lord Yunmiao, who spared Ji Yuan but ordered him to kill Liu Yuan. Ji Yuan reached Lanshan City for the Dragon-Slaying Auction and discovered Millennium Spirit Milk among its lots, which he needed to upgrade his Spirit Vein.

• Han Feiyu gave Island Lord Yunmiao the heads of the traitors he had killed and asked why she had possessed Senior Sister Yun Miao instead of Profound Water True Person.
• Island Lord Yunmiao told Han Feiyu that she would spare Ji Yuan but ordered him to kill Liu Yuan, while Han wondered how he could survive among the old monsters.
• Ji Yuan flew toward Mirror Lake and stopped at Lanshan City after learning that the Spirit-Controlling Sect and Ganhushan were holding a joint auction there.
• Ning Shanshan guided Ji Yuan through the city and explained that the auction's final lots would include the remains and blood essence of a Third-Order Flood Dragon being hunted by Cao Lang and Ye Chen.
• Ji Yuan studied the auction list, spotted ten drops of Millennium Spirit Milk, and resolved to obtain them so he could upgrade his Spirit Vein.

Ji Yuan prepared to bid on the auction’s rare treasures, sold several pills and demon beast materials, and bought gifts for his senior sisters while exploring Lanshan City with Ning Shanshan. When the auction began, he entered the second-floor seating area and spotted someone familiar in the hall below.

• Ji Yuan learned that the Jade Spirit True Person was auctioning a place as his disciple and suspected he wanted to align himself with an immortal sect before the coming war.
• Ji Yuan secretly sold eight Foundation Establishment Pills and several other items at the auction house, receiving 890 middle-grade spirit stones and a token for a second-floor seat.
• Ji Yuan explored Lanshan City with Ning Shanshan and bought gifts for Hua Yaoyue, Feng Zhitáo, Du Wanyi, and Dong Qian.
• Ji Yuan rewarded Ning Shanshan with spirit stones and told her his name before spending the next ten days cultivating and studying the Sword Canon.
• Ji Yuan disguised himself as an old man, entered the crowded auction house with his admission token, and noticed a familiar figure in the hall below.

Ji Yuan attended a three-day auction, won ten drops of Millennium Spirit Milk, and watched the bidding for a place as Jade Spirit True Person’s disciple. The auction ended with a Golden Core guest winning the place, while Jade Spirit True Person appeared to ask about the missing Flood Dragon and He Qianyue’s hurried departure.

• Ji Yuan recognized Senior Brother Qinghe, the Green Grain Island Lord, in the auction hall and wondered whether he worked for the auction house.
• Ji Yuan bought two Heavenly Thunder Pellets and earned a substantial sum when his Two-Pattern Foundation Establishment Pills sold for high prices.
• Ji Yuan outbid Liu Changle for ten drops of Millennium Spirit Milk at 4,550 Middle-Grade Spirit Stones, then learned his neighbor had been teasing him about Liu’s temper.
• He Qianyue received unexpected news and left the auction before the Third-Order Flood Dragon was put up for sale; Crane-Cry True Person took over and began the bidding for a place as Jade Spirit True Person’s disciple.
• Xuanding True Person bid 10,000 High-Grade Spirit Stones for the Spirit-Controlling Sect and won the place after Shiqi True Person withdrew.
• Jade Spirit True Person appeared and asked Crane-Cry True Person why He Qianyue had left and the Flood Dragon was missing.

Ji Yuan collected his auction winnings, bought Third-Order Flood Dragon Essence Blood, and met his eldest senior brother, Ran Kui, in Lanshan City. Ran Kui revealed that the Demonic Dao was again contacting an immortal sect in Shangdong, while the identity of the traitorous sect remained uncertain.

• Crane-Cry True Person ended the auction after revealing that Ye Chen and Cao Lang had encountered two Earth-Turning Flood Dragons and been ambushed by Demonic Cultivators before Canglin True Person rescued them.
• Ji Yuan checked his auction proceeds, bought two bottles of Third-Order Flood Dragon Essence Blood, and left Lanshan City under a changed face and aura.
• Ji Yuan recognized Ran Kui at the northern city gate, contacted him with a Communication Talisman, and met him at House Ding San on Black Tortoise Street.
• Ran Kui told Ji Yuan that he had uncovered evidence that one of the Six Immortal Sects of Shangdong had joined the Demonic Dao and had already alerted Hua Yaoyue and the other elders.
• Ran Kui explained that the Demonic Dao had contacted the unknown sect again and that a Golden Core True Person from Corpse-Driving Mountain had ambushed Ye Chen and Cao Lang, but he warned Ji Yuan not to draw conclusions without proof.

Ji Yuan received a Heavenly Venom Needle from Ran Kui, traveled to Mirror Lake, and condensed his fifth Sword Embryo before breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage. A Nascent Soul elder then appeared in his chamber, and Ji Yuan offered to join Shang Court.

• Ran Kui gave Ji Yuan a Dharma Treasure-grade Heavenly Venom Needle and taught him sword cultivation and artifact refining.
• Ran Kui escorted Ji Yuan to Mirror Lake, where Ji Yuan accepted a lakeside courtyard and received Form-Changing Talismans from Ji Yuan.
• Ji Yuan entered seclusion, absorbed Mirror Lake's Water Fortune, and formed the Firefly Sword as his fifth Sword Embryo.
• Ji Yuan consumed two thousand Middle-Grade Spirit Stones and firmly reached the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
• A Nascent Soul elder appeared behind Ji Yuan in the Dao Comprehension Chamber, and Ji Yuan prepared his Fixed-Point Teleportation Token before offering to join Shang Court.

Ji Yuan rejected Mei Zhuang’s offer to become his adopted son and escaped his attack with a Fixed-Point Teleportation Token, returning to the Water Dragon Sect. There, he reunited with Wen Ling’er and told Grand Elder Kong Xifeng that he had encountered Mei Zhuang at Mirror Lake.

• Mei Zhuang offered to take Ji Yuan as his adopted son in exchange for a wisp of his Divine Soul, but Ji Yuan realized Mei Zhuang wanted his opportunity and activated his Fixed-Point Teleportation Token.
• Mei Zhuang tried to crush the token’s golden barrier with a crimson palm, but the token carried Ji Yuan away, and Mei Zhuang admitted that Elder Brother’s creation could not be stopped.
• Profound Water True Person sensed Ji Yuan’s return to the Water Dragon Sect and told Hua Yaoyue what had happened.
• Ji Yuan arrived at Clearwind Island, where Kong Xifeng dispelled his disguise and Wen Ling’er recognized and embraced him.
• Ji Yuan told Kong Xifeng that he had encountered Mei Zhuang at Mirror Lake, astonishing the Grand Elder.

Ji Yuan reunited with Wen Ling'er and Hua Yaoyue after returning to the Water Dragon Sect, while Hua Yaoyue confronted Kong Xifeng over the sect's future and defended Ji Yuan's potential. The chapter ended with Hua Yaoyue telling Ji Yuan how to deter Mei Zhuang if they met again.

• Kong Xifeng explained that Ji Yuan had been fortunate to encounter Mei Zhuang, and Wen Ling'er showed Ji Yuan around Clearwind Island and told him about her rapid cultivation and the sect members on Mist-Hidden Island.
• Hua Yaoyue arrived at Clearwind Island, sent Ji Yuan to Carefree Island, and spoke privately with Kong Xifeng about whether she would protect the Water Dragon Sect or leave the continent.
• Kong Xifeng pressured Hua Yaoyue to stay involved with the sect, but Hua Yaoyue refused and questioned whether Kong's plan to seek a powerful ally served the sect or herself.
• Hua Yaoyue warned Kong Xifeng not to underestimate the people who had defied heaven and lived a second life, and offered to shelter her if she chose to head south.
• Hua Yaoyue rejected Kong Xifeng's doubts about Ji Yuan's poor spiritual root aptitude and predicted that he would surpass her.
• Back on Carefree Island, Hua Yaoyue drank Ji Yuan's Wishful Wine and told him to remind Mei Zhuang of the beating he had taken on Ink Bamboo Island.

Ji Yuan returned to Carefree Island, learned Hua Yaoyue had formed her Nascent Soul, and gave her and Feng Zhitáo gifts. When he reached Mist Island, he found intruders had injured Big Clam and drove them away.

• Hua Yaoyue told Ji Yuan to keep her Nascent Soul breakthrough secret from Yun Qianzai and Feng Zhitáo, then grew displeased when he said he had met Ran Kui.
• Feng Zhitáo arrived, welcomed Ji Yuan back, and accepted his bamboo dragonfly and paper butterfly.
• Ji Yuan gave Hua Yaoyue wind chimes and a new chair, delighting her with both gifts.
• Ji Yuan chose to return to Mist Island and found Water Dragon Sect disciples and fishermen gathered outside it.
• Ji Yuan discovered two Foundation Establishment cultivators trapped inside the Formation and Big Clam badly wounded and poisoned.
• Ji Yuan used the Stardust Illusion-Killing Formation to defeat the intruders, learned Huang Yan was Liexiao True Person's disciple, and let them flee.

Ji Yuan returned to Mist Island, collected a year’s worth of harvest, and upgraded his Spirit Vein to Level Three. After tending to his Corpse Puppets and expanding his Spirit-Devouring Bee swarm, he went to the Fish Pond to test whether Flood Dragon Essence Blood could produce another Ice Flood Dragon.

• Ji Yuan checked Big Clam’s injuries, gave it pills, and released the Ice Flood Dragon before asking Tu Yue to show him the island’s harvest.
• Ji Yuan found the Spirit Vein overflowing with Spirit Stones and stored treasures, then cultivated there for several days and collected the resources.
• Ji Yuan spent Spirit Stones and ten drops of Millennium Spirit Milk to upgrade the Spirit Vein to Level Three, which began producing a drop of Millennium Spirit Milk each month.
• Ji Yuan buried injured Yin Boy and Heavenly Silkworm True Person’s remains at the Mass Burial Ground, hoping the latter might become a powerful Corpse Puppet.
• Ji Yuan found that the Beehive held nearly twenty thousand new First-Tier Spirit-Devouring Bees and five Second-Tier bees, then released his swarm and fed them Spirit Stones.
• Ji Yuan surveyed the crops and jumped from the mountaintop to the Fish Pond, where he planned to use Flood Dragon Essence Blood to try to breed another Ice Flood Dragon.

Ji Yuan used Flood Dragon Essence Blood to breed a second Ice Flood Dragon and fed the remaining drop to his older dragon, which grew larger but did not advance. After contracting the timid hatchling and checking Mist Island, he delivered spirit wine to Carefree Island and set off for Fox Moon Island to surprise Dong Qian.

• Ji Yuan traveled to Linhua City and bought two living Second Tier carp-type Spirit Fish for his experiments.
• Ji Yuan gave Flood Dragon Essence Blood to a Red-Edged Golden-Scaled Carp, but it exploded, so he spread the blood through the Fish Pond instead.
• Ji Yuan's blood-fed fish produced several Second Tier fish and eventually a second Ice Flood Dragon hatchling, which hid from other fish and ate cautiously.
• Ji Yuan fed the final drop of Flood Dragon Essence Blood to his older Ice Flood Dragon, which returned to its full size, while Big Clam woke and went to fight it at Cloud-Rain Marsh.
• Ji Yuan decided the cautious hatchling was worth keeping, contracted it, and returned it to the Fish Pond.
• Ji Yuan delivered spirit wine to Carefree Island and then headed to Fox Moon Island without messaging Dong Qian, hoping to surprise her.

Ji Yuan reunited with Wen Ling'er and her parents on Mist-Hidden Island before returning to Fox Moon Island to meet Dong Qian. Dong Qian delivered Han Feiyu’s warning that Feng Yisan had died and been possessed by the Shang Court old monster Situ Feng.

• Unable to reach Dong Qian, Ji Yuan traveled to Mist-Hidden Island with Wen Ling'er and reunited with Wen Lin and Zhao Yuechan.
• Ji Yuan shared news about Lin Hu, then out-fished Wen Lin at Cloud-Rain Marsh before leaving with Wen Ling'er.
• Kong Xifeng summoned Wen Ling'er back to Clearwind Island, and Ji Yuan later received an excited message from Dong Qian asking him to return to Fox Moon Island.
• Ji Yuan and Dong Qian spent five days in dual cultivation, after which she gave him a restricted Voice-Recording Talisman from Han Feiyu.
• Han Feiyu warned Ji Yuan to keep the matter secret and revealed that Feng Yisan was dead and had been possessed by Situ Feng, an old monster from the Shang Court.

Ji Yuan learned that Han Feiyu believed Feng Yichen had been possessed by the reincarnated Nascent Soul Situ Feng, then consulted Hua Yaoyue and prepared for a coming war. The chapter ended as Devil Lord White Bone attacked Shang Mountain and a swordsman announced that the Demonic Dao had invaded.

• Han Feiyu's recording warned Ji Yuan that Feng Yichen had been possessed by Situ Feng, cautioned him about Profound Water True Person, and urged him to keep the matter secret.
• Ji Yuan told Hua Yaoyue about Han Feiyu's warning and his suspicions; she reassured him about the Water Dragon Sect and explained that both the orthodox and demonic factions were maneuvering amid the coming chaos.
• Ji Yuan and Dong Qian sold his surplus resources, after which Ji Yuan returned to Mist Island, named the two Ice Flood Dragons Monday and Tuesday, and refined his Heavenly Venom Needles and Heavenly Net.
• Ji Yuan spent the following months cultivating, preparing supplies, and acquiring protective items as Li Changhe reported that the Demonic Dao was mobilizing on Shang Mountain.
• Devil Lord White Bone appeared west of the Shang Mountain Range, declared his intent to open the mountain and kill, and a green-robed swordsman announced that the Demonic Dao had invaded on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, year 2172.

Ji Yuan returned to Water Dragon Island after the Demonic Dao began its invasion and heard that the Water Dragon Sect was recruiting cultivators to defend Shang Mountain. After avoiding Yun Qianzai’s public spectacle, he led Island Lord Yunmiao away from the crowd, resisted her attempt to affect his mind, and addressed her as a cultivator under Mei Zhuang.

• Ji Yuan received messages announcing the Demonic Dao’s invasion and hurried from Mist Island to Water Dragon Island.
• Profound Water True Person warned that Shang Mountain must be defended and opened registration for cultivators willing to fight there.
• Yun Qianzai began reciting a grandiose verse, but Feng Zhitáo whisked him away before he could finish.
• Ji Yuan and Dong Qian agreed not to volunteer for the first group, and Ji Yuan went to see his master after Feng Zhitáo summoned him.
• Island Lord Yunmiao confronted Ji Yuan, who took her to an uninhabited stretch of water and resisted her attempt to put him into a trance.
• Ji Yuan greeted Island Lord Yunmiao as a cultivator under Mei Zhuang.

Ji Yuan convinced Old Devil Qu that he had joined the Shang Court, then returned to Carefree Island and discussed the growing Orthodox-Demonic War with Hua Yaoyue. As the Water Dragon Sect prepared for battle and assigned its cultivators, Ji Yuan remembered he could combine his four crafting buildings.

• Ji Yuan used Mei Zhuang’s name and his supposed membership in the Shang Court to make Old Devil Qu leave him alone, then met Kong Xifeng on Clearwind Island.
• Kong Xifeng questioned Ji Yuan’s allegiance, and Ji Yuan insisted he had only been trying to gain benefits from Old Devil Qu before returning to Carefree Island.
• Feng Zhitáo and Yun Qianzai chose to defend Shang Mountain, while Hua Yaoyue told Ji Yuan to remain behind and explained that the Shang Court might offer him opportunities as well as danger.
• Hua Yaoyue identified the remnant possessing Island Lord Yunmiao as Qu Luohun, and Ji Yuan connected Qu Luohun to Han Feiyu and Soulfall Island.
• Dong Qian told Ji Yuan that older Water Dragon Sect cultivators had volunteered to fill the first deployment, and explained how the Six-Sect Alliance would coordinate Shangdong’s defenses and supply lines.
• Ji Yuan left Fox Moon Island for Mist Island and remembered that his four [Pills, Formations, Talismans, Artifacts] buildings could be combined.

Ji Yuan upgraded the Artifact Refining Room and synthesized it with the Alchemy, Talisman, and Formation Rooms into a Level Two Heavenly Craft Workshop, whose Level Three effect promised instant mastery of the four arts. He began moving his operations to Carefree Island and went to Water Dragon Island to see off the cultivators bound for Shang Mountain, where he reassured Feng Zhitáo about staying behind before a familiar voice interrupted them.

• Ji Yuan bought materials on the Island of All Things, upgraded the Artifact Refining Room, and learned how to refine Heavenly Thunder Pellets, though his skill was not yet high enough to make them.
• Ji Yuan synthesized the four Level Two rooms into the Heavenly Craft Workshop and discovered that its Level Three Spirit Effect could grant immediate mastery of alchemy, formations, talismans, and artifact refinement.
• Ji Yuan considered the workshop’s costly upgrade requirements and planned to move his buildings to Carefree Island while preparing for the Orthodox-Demonic War.
• Ji Yuan moved the Spirit Pigs and Spirit Chickens to Carefree Island, changed the Formation’s access rules, and traveled with Dong Qian to Water Dragon Island.
• Ji Yuan met Feng Zhitáo, learned that she had given up her place on the Shang Mountain expedition because she feared the danger, and reassured her that she could contribute in other ways.
• A familiar voice asked Ji Yuan whether he was going to Shang Mountain.

Ji Yuan saw Yun Qianzai off to Shang Mountain, then asked Li Changhe for rare materials to upgrade his Level Four Pigsty. Li Changhe offered leads on two materials and a safer post at City-Overlooking Mountain, while Hua Yaoyue revealed the Taiyi Azure Light Talisman was on the Desolate Ancient Continent.

• Ji Yuan declined to join the expedition to Shang Mountain, and Li Changhe said he had to oversee the Water Dragon Sect’s Alchemy Workshop construction at City-Overlooking Mountain.
• Yun Qianzai departed for Shang Mountain after secretly arranging for Feng Zhitáo to remain behind and asking Ji Yuan to care for their master and third senior sister.
• Ji Yuan asked Li Changhe for Fire Vein Spirit Marrow, Three-Eyed Dark Beast Spines, and a Taiyi Azure Light Talisman, but Li Changhe said the Li Family had none of them.
• Li Changhe directed Ji Yuan to Icefire Island for the Spirit Marrow and a possible source of Three-Eyed Dark Beast Spines, and promised to bring him two Third-Order Monster Cores.
• Li Changhe said he would try to transfer Ji Yuan to the City-Overlooking Mountain Alchemy Workshop, keeping him away from the Shang Mountain front.
• Ji Yuan asked Hua Yaoyue about the Taiyi Azure Light Talisman, and she said it was on the Desolate Ancient Continent.

Ji Yuan obtained the Taiyi Azure Light Talismans from Hua Yaoyue and moved his buildings and resources from Mist Island to Carefree Island while preparing to travel to Icefire Island. Just as he was about to depart, the Mass Burial Ground produced a new Golden Core Realm Corpse Puppet, Heavenly Silkworm True Person, whose aura seemed unstable.

• Hua Yaoyue gave Ji Yuan two Taiyi Azure Light Talismans and explained their powers and the Taiyi Immortal Sect's origins.
• Ji Yuan relocated his Spirit Fish, Spirit-Devouring Bees, Spirit Vein, Corpse Puppets, and Mass Burial Ground from Mist Island to Carefree Island, while the Giant Toad refused to leave.
• After the Water Dragon Sect reported casualties at Shang Mountain, Ji Yuan accepted an official delivery mission to Southern Sea City so he could continue on to Icefire Island.
• Hua Yaoyue replaced Ji Yuan's jade cup with one that could withstand a Golden Core Peak cultivator for half an incense stick's time.
• A surge of yin energy erupted from the Mass Burial Ground as Ji Yuan prepared to leave, and he discovered a new Golden Core Realm Corpse Puppet formed from Heavenly Silkworm True Person.

Ji Yuan traveled south, discovered the Great Love Sect had vanished, and killed three Burrowing Rotten Earthworms to meet one of the requirements for upgrading his [Spirit Field]. After five months on the road, he reached the coast near Southern Sea City.

• Ji Yuan repaired the Heavenly Silkworm True Person with yin energy, gathered his Corpse Puppets and Spirit-Devouring Bees, and departed Carefree Island.
• Ji Yuan learned in Great Love City that the Great Love Sect had disappeared and that Joy Palace seemed intent on erasing traces of the Great Love True Person.
• Two Burrowing Rotten Earthworms attacked Yin Boy, so Ji Yuan sent Monday to fight and killed the pair with his artifacts and Sword Embryos.
• Ji Yuan found and killed a third, weaker Burrowing Rotten Earthworm with his Yin Ghosts, fulfilling another requirement for upgrading the [Spirit Field].
• Two Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivators arrived after Ji Yuan left, saw the battlefield, and fled after sensing his power and demonic aura.
• Ji Yuan traveled south for five months and finally saw the ocean and the towering city of Southern Sea City.

Ji Yuan arrived in Southern Sea City and learned about the ships that traveled through the Storm Zone to Icefire Island. He bought a round-trip passage on the Luo Family’s Whale-Patrol Boat and left Xie Wan with a generous reward before departing as a nameless Rogue Cultivator.

• Ji Yuan entered Southern Sea City, hired Xie Wan as his guide, and learned about the city and the dangers of reaching Icefire Island.
• Xie Wan told Ji Yuan about the Luo Family’s Whale-Patrol Boat and the cheaper, riskier Ephemeral Flower Boat, and Ji Yuan chose the Luo Family’s ship.
• Ji Yuan and Xie Wan traveled to the docks, where he paid twenty Middle-Grade Spirit Stones for a round-trip boarding pass to Icefire Island.
• Ji Yuan learned that Southern Sea City’s next auction was a year away, then gave Xie Wan a Middle-Grade Spirit Stone and dismissed her.
• When Xie Wan asked his name, Ji Yuan introduced himself as a nameless Rogue Cultivator named Ji Yuan.

Ji Yuan completed his sect mission in Southern Sea City, then boarded the Luo Family’s Whale-Patrol Boat to travel to Icefire Island. After a voyage of nearly twenty days, the ship reached the edge of the Storm Zone, where Ji Yuan went on deck to see it.

• Ji Yuan used a Form-Changing Talisman to visit the Water Dragon Sect’s shop, where Island Lord Cang Song verified his mission delivery and issued him a certificate.
• Ji Yuan learned from Island Lord Cang Song that the Ephemeral Flower Guests had a Pseudo-Core cultivator and operated a route to Icefire Island, then waited for the Luo Family’s ship.
• Ji Yuan boarded the Whale-Patrol Boat with his certificate and settled into an Earth-grade cabin.
• Ji Yuan spent the voyage cultivating and talking with Huang Laotou, while briefly glimpsing a woman in a dark green dress at Heaven Room Two.
• Ji Yuan felt the ship rocking violently on the tenth morning and went on deck to watch the Storm Zone.

Ji Yuan discovered that the Mourning Eccentric, Ye Zhiqiu, and the Whale-Patrol Boat’s captain, Luo Sifu, planned to rob the passengers. Just as the robbery seemed to be ending, a young cultivator’s hidden sword cut Luo Sifu and the boat in two, leaving Ji Yuan in immediate peril.

• Ji Yuan recognized Ye Zhiqiu aboard the Whale-Patrol Boat and learned through a secret exchange that the Mourning Eccentric had forced her to surrender a wisp of her Divine Soul.
• Ye Zhiqiu told Ji Yuan that the Mourning Eccentric and Luo Sifu planned to rob the passengers, while Luo Sifu intended to betray the Luo Family and take the boat.
• After the boat dived beneath the sea, Luo Sifu announced the robbery, and Ji Yuan handed Ye Zhiqiu an empty Storage Bag while keeping his identity concealed.
• Luo Sifu killed Tian Youdao for hiding valuables and warned the other passengers to surrender everything; he and Ye Zhiqiu then plundered the remaining cultivators.
• A youth in black robes condemned Luo Sifu, unleashed a miniature shortsword that split Luo Sifu and the Whale-Patrol Boat in two, and vanished from the ship.

Ji Yuan escaped the shattered Whale-Patrol Boat and fled through the Storm Zone, where he encountered a Thunderstorm Flood Dragon and finally reached Icefire Island. Mourning Eccentric and Ye Zhiqiu survived the dragon’s pursuit too, and Ji Yuan confronted Mourning Eccentric about the debt he still owed.

• A sword strike split Luo Sifu and the Whale-Patrol Boat, forcing Mourning Eccentric, Ye Zhiqiu, and the passengers to flee as the ship broke apart.
• Ji Yuan escaped beneath the boat, transformed his Wind Sophora Flying Boat into the Rift-Splitting Boat, and passed Mourning Eccentric with Heavenly Silkworm True Person protecting him.
• A Third-Order Thunderstorm Flood Dragon attacked Ji Yuan, but he and Heavenly Silkworm True Person fled while Mourning Eccentric and Ye Zhiqiu were caught in its pursuit.
• Ji Yuan crossed the Storm Zone and reached Icefire Island, where he rested on the beach for several hours.
• Mourning Eccentric and Ye Zhiqiu emerged from the sea near Ji Yuan, and Ji Yuan demanded that Mourning Eccentric repay his debt.

Ji Yuan and Heavenly Silkworm True Person fought Mourning Eccentric over the poisoned sea and killed him. Ji Yuan collected Mourning Eccentric's belongings and the depleted corpse puppet before a newcomer landed and questioned him about it.

• Mourning Eccentric tried to flee, but Ye Zhiqiu refused to attack Ji Yuan and revealed that Mourning Eccentric could not kill her by crushing her Divine Soul.
• Heavenly Silkworm True Person countered Mourning Eccentric's poison attacks and destroyed two of his refined corpses, while Ji Yuan blasted the third with a Heavenly Thunder Pellet.
• Mourning Eccentric unleashed Ten Thousand Snakes Devour the Heart, but Heavenly Silkworm True Person expanded the Heavenly Net and ground the poisonous snakes away.
• The Heavenly Net captured and killed Mourning Eccentric, and Ji Yuan took his Storage Bag, drew his soul into the Thousand-Soul Banner, and stored Heavenly Silkworm True Person.
• A person flew down from the island, landed before Ji Yuan, and asked whose child he was and why a Golden Core Corpse Puppet accompanied him.

Ji Yuan and Ye Zhiqiu reached Icefire Island, where Icefire Old Man sheltered them and promised to take Ji Yuan to the Weird Pool in a few days. Ji Yuan counted and divided the spoils from Mourning Eccentric, Luo Sifu, and the island robbery, then Ye Zhiqiu hinted that Mourning Eccentric's Storage Bag held another valuable set of treasures.

• Ji Yuan identified himself as Li Changshou, and Icefire Old Man took him and Ye Zhiqiu to his home on Icefire Island.
• Icefire Old Man offered them a room and said he would take Ji Yuan to the Weird Pool after they had rested; he also angrily called the resident of the nearby palaces an arrogant madman.
• Ye Zhiqiu handed Ji Yuan the Spirit Stones plundered from the island, and Ji Yuan counted them alongside the contents of Mourning Eccentric's and Luo Sifu's Storage Bags.
• Ji Yuan claimed Mourning Eccentric's Five-Poison Snake Staff, Luo Sifu's Water-Splitting Stinger and Dragon-Whisker Shield, and several other treasures.
• Ye Zhiqiu reminded Ji Yuan that Mourning Eccentric's Storage Bag contained another fine set of treasures.