Recaps

Ji Yuan learned that his master was waiting for him on Heavenly Star Island and resolved to travel there, while the Taiyi Immortal Sect rewarded him for his service and offered leads on the rare resources he needed. The chapter left him with supplies from the sect and several destinations to pursue across the continents.

• The Hanging Gourd Loose Immortal told Ji Yuan that his master was waiting for him on Heavenly Star Island, and Ji Yuan resolved to find her despite the dangers there.
• Perfected Taiyi told Ji Yuan that he had refused the Martial God Continent’s request for help against the Demon God Continent, whose war was too dangerous for the weakened Desolate Ancient Continent to join.
• Ji Yuan presented Perfected Taiyi with a list of rare cultivation resources, and Perfected Taiyi offered him several items, including an All-Heaven Star Array Diagram, an Intermediate Teleportation Array Diagram, fifty-three Nascent Soul corpses, and two Fifth-Order Demon Cores.
• Perfected Taiyi told Ji Yuan that Stellar Loose Immortal on Falling Star Island might help him find stardust, while the Demon God Continent and Barbarian God Continent could provide other resources.
• Perfected Taiyi explained that the Creation Fruit and heavenly origin stone could be found on the Kunwu Continent, and Ji Yuan learned that he would need to approach the Wu-Earth Tribe himself for an Earthcore Baleful Stone and wu-earth essence.

Ji Yuan learned why Taiyi Immortal Sect had lost its Bodhi Tree and received the promised treasures and Mystic Yang True Talismans. With his Spirit Field upgrade still needing another Fifth-Tier Wood-Attribute Demon Core, he set out to seek one from Gongsun Ye of the Boundless Gate.

• Perfected Taiyi and Hanging Gourd Loose Immortal told Ji Yuan that their former senior brother, Bai Zhuo, had been expelled for loving a Demonic Cultivator, and that he had destroyed the sect's Bodhi Tree before leaving for the Demon God Continent.
• Perfected Taiyi said he could not identify another Bodhi Tree or find time sand, but directed Ji Yuan toward Stellar Loose Immortal for leads and assured him that Xuantian had agreed to kill Great Shaman Sea-Devouring.
• Hanging Gourd Loose Immortal gave Ji Yuan a Storage Bag containing the items on his list, including two Fourth-Order Tongyou Locust corpses and a Fifth-Tier Wood-Attribute Demon Core, and Perfected Taiyi arranged to make Ji Yuan a Mystic Yang True Talisman.
• Ji Yuan visited Yun Qianzai and Mu Xueyao at the Prison-Suppressing Hall, then learned that he needed another Fifth-Tier Wood-Attribute Demon Core to upgrade his Spirit Field; he decided not to kill the Ancient Banyan King and sought a lead from Hanging Gourd Loose Immortal.
• Hanging Gourd Loose Immortal suggested that Gongsun Ye of the Boundless Gate might possess a wood-attribute Demon Core and sent Ji Yuan a letter of introduction; Ji Yuan spent the next half month studying techniques from Chi Kui.
• High Person Lingzhu delivered four Mystic Yang True Talismans, one more than Perfected Taiyi had promised, and Ji Yuan headed for the Teleportation Formation to seek the Demon Core.

Ji Yuan visited Boundless Gate and traded two jars of Nine-Nether Lifeburn Brew and two cultivation arts to Gongsun Ye for a Fifth-Tier Wood-Attribute Demon Core. After returning to Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain, he prepared to upgrade his Spirit Field.

• Ji Yuan arrived at Sinking Sword Lake, where Lu Zhou welcomed him to Boundless Gate and brought him to meet Gongsun Ye.
• Gongsun Ye received the Hanging Gourd Loose Immortal’s message and asked Ji Yuan why he needed a Fifth-Tier Wood-Attribute Demon Core.
• Ji Yuan offered two cultivation arts and two jars of Nine-Nether Lifeburn Brew, and Gongsun Ye traded him the Demon Core.
• After Ji Yuan left, Gongsun Ye explained to Lu Zhou that befriending Ji Yuan could benefit Boundless Gate and revealed his plans for Lu Zhou’s breakthrough involved the Cangluo Continent.
• Ji Yuan returned to Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain with the Demon Core and went to his Spirit Field, ready to upgrade it.

Ji Yuan upgraded the Spirit Field to Level 7, harvested two Form-Spirit Fruits, and discovered that its next Spirit Effect could yield Cloud-Patterned Dao Fruits tied to comprehending laws. After receiving protection from the Hanging Gourd Loose Immortal and returning to the Abyssal Continent, Ji Yuan brought Yun Qianzai to Fallen Immortal Ravine and revealed it was an opportunity leading directly to Void Refinement.

• Ji Yuan used the gathered materials to upgrade the Spirit Field, whose transformation produced two Form-Spirit Fruits and revealed the Law Creation effect and the formidable requirements for Level 8.
• The Hanging Gourd Loose Immortal told Ji Yuan that Great Shaman Sea-Devouring had escaped a battle with three Spirit Transformation Cultivators but was gravely injured, then gave Ji Yuan a Void-Escaping Water Soul and a protective talisman.
• Ji Yuan told the people at Immortal Prison Mountain about the war and learned from Feng Zhitáo and Liu Yuan that the Water Dragon Sect cultivators were settled safely and the Abyssal Continent was peaceful.
• Ji Yuan and Yun Qianzai traveled to Fallen Immortal Ravine, where Ji Yuan revealed that the ravine itself was an opportunity leading directly to Void Refinement.

Ji Yuan revealed that Abyssal Continent was covered by the damaged Eighth Tier Eight Desolations Prison Suppression Formation, and Yun Qianzai began studying it. Ji Yuan descended into Fallen Immortal Ravine, found the Sacred Fish King, and showed it the Profound Serpent Manor Master's Demon Core.

• Ji Yuan revealed the Formation covering Abyssal Continent, and Yun Qianzai nearly lost himself while observing its patterns.
• Ji Yuan explained the Formation's danger and taught Yun Qianzai how to activate a small section so he could study it safely.
• Ji Yuan entered the seabed and traveled toward Fallen Immortal Ravine, where he encountered increasingly dangerous Water Blades.
• Ji Yuan found the Sacred Fish King and reminded it that he had delivered its message to the Profound Serpent Manor Master.
• Ji Yuan showed the Sacred Fish King the Profound Serpent Manor Master's Demon Core.

Ji Yuan learned that the Sacred Fish King had been abandoned in Fallen Immortal Ravine and discovered that the Merfolk had left with a mighty demon named He Xiaoqing. In the emptied Merfolk Ancestral Land, he found her gift, an Azure Dao Fruit, and used it to break through to Nascent Soul Late Stage.

• Ji Yuan learned that the Profound Serpent Manor Master had once promised to return for the Sacred Fish King but had abandoned it, and that a mighty Merfolk demon had taken the Merfolk away sixty years earlier.
• Ji Yuan explored the empty Merfolk Ancestral Land and found a hidden chamber containing a note and an Azure Dao Fruit left by He Xiaoqing.
• Ji Yuan verified the Azure Dao Fruit was genuine and stored it before entering Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain to cultivate.
• Ji Yuan swallowed the Azure Dao Fruit, broke through to Nascent Soul Late Stage, and further tempered his physique.
• Ji Yuan stabilized his cultivation over several days and emerged from seclusion.

After reaching the Nascent Soul Late Stage, Ji Yuan prepared to leave the Abyssal Continent to find his master. He secured Immortal Prison with new guardians and said farewell to his senior brother and sister before departing.

• Ji Yuan learned that Ancient Banyan King's soul had been fully refined, renamed him Tian Yuan, and ordered him to guard Immortal Prison Mountain.
• Ji Yuan offered Sacred Fish King a chance to leave Fallen Immortal Ravine, and Sacred Fish King chose to become his servant; Ji Yuan marked his Divine Soul and took him in a Spirit Beast Bag.
• Ji Yuan told Yun Qianzai that he planned to find their master, entrusted Immortal Prison to him, and received a jade slip of formation knowledge.
• Feng Zhitáo gave Ji Yuan several Dharma robes, and he gave her the Formation-Breaking Hammer and the Blazing Heaven Ashen-Demise Art.
• Ji Yuan told Feng Zhitáo he had to leave to find their master, and she accepted his farewell as he prepared to depart.

Ji Yuan traveled to the Barbarian God Continent, used Qu Hun to infiltrate the Specter Tribe, and killed its three elders before You Ji arrived. He learned that Great Shaman Sea-Devouring remained missing, War God Cliff was difficult to access, the Demon-Blood Tribe controlled Demon Blood Crystal, and the secluded Wu-Earth Tribe lived in the Far Western Lands; You Ji asked whether he planned to go there.

• Ji Yuan met Qu Hun at sea, pretended to consider joining the Specter Tribe, and learned it was at war with You Ji's Wraith Tribe.
• Ji Yuan contacted You Ji, agreed to follow Qu Hun to the Specter Tribe, and promised to wipe it out for her.
• Ji Yuan entered the Specter Tribe's Cave Abode, trapped the elders with a formation, and killed the First Elder and Qu Hun.
• Ji Yuan killed the Second Elder despite his claim of loyalty to the Wraith Tribe, then waited for You Ji to arrive.
• You Ji told Ji Yuan that Great Shaman Sea-Devouring had escaped a pursuit, War God Cliff required years of preparation, and the Demon-Blood Tribe possessed Demon Blood Crystal.
• You Ji explained that the Wu-Earth Tribe had secluded itself in the Quicksand Vast Sea of the Far Western Lands, then asked Ji Yuan whether he would go there.

Ji Yuan tracked the Wu-Earth Tribe to a hidden supply route beneath the Huang Estate in Vast-Sands City and met Huang Tu, a tribe member. Huang Tu agreed that an Earthcore Baleful Stone might be traded, but said the tribe could not currently reach its Wu-Earth Essence.

• Ji Yuan reviewed the Level Six Pigsty's powers and left to seek the Wu-Earth Essence and an Earthcore Baleful Stone.
• After reaching Vast-Sands City, Ji Yuan investigated the Wu-Earth Tribe and discovered that the Huang Estate received unusually large deliveries every five days.
• Ji Yuan used his Truth-Piercing Divine Eye to find a flaw in the Huang Estate's Fourth-Tier Formation and slipped inside, where he sensed a Teleportation Formation underground.
• Huang Tu appeared and attacked Ji Yuan with a Sky-Flipping Seal, but Ji Yuan shattered it with his Azure Waves Swords and said he wanted to trade with the Wu-Earth Tribe.
• Ji Yuan revealed that he came from the Cangluo Continent, and Huang Tu introduced himself as a Wu-Earth Tribe member and invited him to talk.
• Ji Yuan asked to trade for an Earthcore Baleful Stone and Wu-Earth Essence; Huang Tu said the tribe could spare a stone but could not currently reach its supply of Wu-Earth Essence.

Ji Yuan waited in Vast Sea City while Huang Tu sought the Wu-Earth Tribe elders’ approval to trade for Wu-Earth Essence, learning that the tribe’s supply was trapped in a Primordial Wu-Earth Well. With Ghost Envoy’s assurance that he could resolve the well’s problem, Ji Yuan agreed to help and traveled with Huang Tu to the tribe’s Ancestral Land, where he met the Sixth Clan Elder.

• Huang Tu told Ji Yuan that he needed the tribal elders’ approval to trade Wu-Earth Essence, and Ji Yuan waited at Drifting-Sand Lodge.
• Huang Tu brought Ji Yuan’s request to the Wu-Earth Tribe elders, who recalled their late clan chief’s divination about an outsider from another continent who could open the Primordial Wu-Earth Well.
• The purple-robed elder decided to let Ji Yuan try, offering him an Earthcore Baleful Stone if he failed and an additional piece of Wu-Earth Essence if he succeeded.
• Huang Tu returned to Ji Yuan and explained that the tribe’s Wu-Earth Essence was trapped inside the Primordial Wu-Earth Well; Ghost Envoy revealed that its sentient essences had hidden inside after the tribe repeatedly collected them.
• Ghost Envoy assured Ji Yuan that he had a way to resolve the well’s problem, so Ji Yuan agreed to help and traveled with Huang Tu to the Wu-Earth Tribe’s Ancestral Land.
• The Wu-Earth tribespeople gathered to see Ji Yuan, and the Sixth Clan Elder appeared and was introduced to him.

Ji Yuan used the Ghost Envoy’s instructions to open the Wu-Earth Tribe’s sealed Origin Well, freeing its twenty-eight Wu-Earth Essences. The elders thanked him and prepared to reward him with more than the single essence they had promised.

• The First Clan Elder brought Ji Yuan to the Primordial Wu-Earth Well, where Ji Yuan examined its barrier and consulted the Ghost Envoy about how to open it.
• Ji Yuan explained that the tribe had to remove the surrounding Formation and use an essence from the well as bait, and the elders agreed to risk one of their last two essences.
• Three days later, Ji Yuan removed the barrier by arranging four rune-carved tablets, using Azure Lotus Earthheart Flame and Profound Yang Wood ash, and placing a Wu-Earth Essence beside the well.
• The barrier shattered, freeing twenty-eight Wu-Earth Essences, and Ji Yuan told the elders to wait until the essences were comfortable outside the well.
• After five days, the essences settled throughout the valley, and the grand elder said that one Wu-Earth Essence might not be enough to repay Ji Yuan.

Ji Yuan reopened the Wu-Earth Tribe’s Origin Well and secured Wu-Earth treasures and an Earth-Attribute Demon Core before leaving for You Ji to seek the Demon Blood Crystal. Meanwhile, Perfected Lord Taiyi discussed Ji Yuan and the Immortal Prison with Perfected Taiyi, deciding not to alert the Central Continent.

• The First Elder and Sixth Elder gave Ji Yuan three Wu-Earth Essences, three Earthcore Baleful Stones, and an honored-guest token after he reopened the Origin Well.
• Ji Yuan traded five thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones and ten Fourth-Order Monster Cores for the tribe’s Fifth-Order Earth-Attribute Demon Core, then left the Wu-Earth Tribe after three days.
• The First Elder and Sixth Elder decided that the Wu-Earth Tribe would enter the wider world, while praising Yao Tu and dismissing Ji Yuan’s killing of Chi Kui.
• The Ghost Envoy warned Ji Yuan that Yao Tu could rival ordinary Spirit Transformation Early Stage cultivators, and Ji Yuan said he would find You Ji and obtain the Demon Blood Crystal.
• Perfected Taiyi reported Ji Yuan’s journey to the Barbarian God Continent to Perfected Lord Taiyi, who said the Immortal Prison’s wager had been placed too early and ordered him not to inform the Central Continent.

Ji Yuan, disguised as Qiu Qianhai, learned that the Mysterious Water Tribe was blocking the Wraith Tribe’s attempt to buy a Demon Blood Stone and left to deal with them. A month later, the Demon-Blood Tribe learned that a mysterious cultivator had destroyed the Mysterious Water Tribe, and its leaders agreed to sell the stone to the Wraith Tribe.

• You Ji told Ji Yuan that the Mysterious Water Tribe had outbid the Wraith Tribe for the Demon Blood Stone to spite them over an old dispute.
• Ji Yuan studied information about the Mysterious Water Tribe and said the Wraith Tribe should negotiate again in a month.
• You Ji told You Wanjun that Ji Yuan would likely destroy the Mysterious Water Tribe, and You Wanjun agreed to prepare for the trade.
• Xue Du decided to accept the Mysterious Water Tribe’s higher offer unless You Ji advanced to Spirit Transformation.
• Xue Sui reported that a black-robed cultivator had killed all five Nascent Soul Cultivators of the Mysterious Water Tribe in less than half a day.
• Xue Du and Xue Lou concluded that a Spirit Transformation Cultivator must have destroyed the tribe, then agreed to make the trade with the Wraith Tribe.

Ji Yuan sought a Fifth-Order Fire-Attribute Demon Core and drew the Purgatory Tribe into the aftermath of the Mysterious Water Tribe’s destruction. After the Purgatory Tribe publicly claimed responsibility, Xue Puzi came to Ghost Soul City, where Ji Yuan attacked him and triggered a Spirit Transformation-level protective witchcraft rite.

• Ji Yuan learned from You Ji that the Purgatory Tribe might help locate a Fifth-Order Fire-Attribute Demon Core, then met its chief, Shi Baoyin, and admitted that he had destroyed the Specter Tribe and the Mysterious Water Tribe.
• Shi Baoyin agreed to seek a Fifth-Order Fire-Attribute Demon Core, while Ji Yuan settled in Ghost Soul City and waited for news.
• The Bloodfang Tribe accused the Wraith Tribe of colluding with outside forces to destroy the Mysterious Water Tribe, and the Purgatory Tribe responded by publicly declaring that it had destroyed the tribe.
• Ji Yuan recognized the disguised Xue Puzi in a market and pursued him after Xue Puzi fled using the Shrinking Earth Art.
• Ji Yuan struck at Xue Puzi with the Fire God Spear, but a protective witchcraft rite transformed into a blood-colored fang and summoned a figure that addressed Ji Yuan as the Lord of the Abyssal Depths.

Ji Yuan negotiated with Great Shaman Bloodfang for information about Great Shaman Sea-Devouring, then left the Barbarian God Continent after warning You Ji and giving her an Immortal Prison token. Bloodfang planned to pursue Ji Yuan himself, convinced that Ji Yuan would not attack the Green Mountain Tribe.

• Great Shaman Bloodfang revealed that Great Shaman Sea-Devouring was badly wounded and offered his hiding place in exchange for Ji Yuan destroying the Green Mountain Tribe and receiving Mystic Heavy Soil.
• Ji Yuan accepted the proposed exchange provisionally, took Bloodfang's detailed intelligence on the Green Mountain Tribe, and let Xue Puzi leave.
• Ji Yuan summoned You Ji, warned her that Great Shaman Bloodfang might target the Wraith Tribe, and gave her a token to enter the Immortal Prison if she needed protection.
• Ji Yuan departed across the Endless Sea and told the Ghost Envoy he suspected Bloodfang was trying to use him as a weapon or lure him into a trap.
• Xue Puzi flew toward the Green Mountain Tribe with Bloodfang's divided spirit, and Bloodfang said his true body would pursue Ji Yuan because he expected Ji Yuan to flee.

Ji Yuan used the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion to divine that a clue to Great Shaman Sea-Devouring lay south on a gourd-shaped island, then traveled there after rescuing three Immortal Gourd Island cultivators. He arrived at the island and found no trace of a Spirit Transformation Cultivator, leaving him to search for the hidden clue.

• Ji Yuan escaped Great Shaman Bloodfang and used the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion to glimpse a gourd-shaped island to the south linked to his enemy.
• After a month crossing the Endless Sea, Ji Yuan killed a pack of Sea Serpent Lizards that had cornered Wang Mingdao, Zhou Ruhai, and Huang Yueru.
• Huang Yueru told Ji Yuan that her father, Huang Wanshi, had fallen gravely ill, and Ji Yuan agreed to accompany them to Immortal Gourd Island.
• Ji Yuan reached the gourd-shaped Immortal Gourd Island and found only Golden Core cultivators, with no sign of Great Shaman Sea-Devouring or any Spirit Transformation aura.

Ji Yuan discovered that Immortal Gourd Island concealed a Fifth-Tier Binding Formation imprisoning the wounded Great Shaman Sea-Devouring and King Poisonscale. After learning that Sea-Devouring planned to devour his sworn brother, Ji Yuan revealed himself in the cavern and declared himself the Lord of the Immortal Prison.

• Ji Yuan gave Huang Yueru a Spring-Rejuvenation Pill for her father and made her, Wang Mingdao, and Zhou Ruhai swear to keep his whereabouts secret.
• Ji Yuan hid beneath the sea and watched Huang Wanshi recover, then noticed a powerful demonic aura seeping from underground and injuring him during cultivation.
• Ji Yuan used the Truth-Piercing Divine Eye to identify a hidden Fifth-Tier Binding Formation around Immortal Gourd Island and slipped through a flaw in it.
• Ji Yuan discovered that King Poisonscale was chained beneath the island while Great Shaman Sea-Devouring drained his vital blood to heal his own grave injuries.
• Great Shaman Sea-Devouring told King Poisonscale that he intended to devour him and avenge himself on Blood Fang and the others who had betrayed him.
• Great Shaman Sea-Devouring sensed Ji Yuan, who appeared in the cavern with seventy-two Azure Waves Swords and declared himself the Lord of the Immortal Prison.

Ji Yuan fought Great Shaman Sea-Devouring at Immortal Gourd Island, revealing that Demon Venerable Black Baleful's form could raise him to Spirit Transformation Early Stage. When Great Shaman Sea-Devouring manifested his Primordial Spirit, King Poisonscale's Primordial Spirit appeared and offered to help Ji Yuan.

• Great Shaman Sea-Devouring attacked Ji Yuan with the Surging Waves Trident, but Ji Yuan's Azure Waves Swords deflected the strike and his Fire God Spear shattered the Black Tortoise Water-Warding Shield.
• Ji Yuan revealed that Great Shaman Bloodfang had given him Great Shaman Sea-Devouring's hiding place, then used the Azure Waves Swords to unleash Zixiao Divine Thunder.
• Great Shaman Sea-Devouring shielded himself with his crown's spirit pearl and summoned a water dragon, but Ji Yuan blocked its dragon breath with the Taiyi Protective True Talisman and destroyed it with concentrated lightning.
• Great Shaman Sea-Devouring flooded the cavern with heavy water, so Ji Yuan transformed into Demon Venerable Black Baleful and punched him through his water barrier.
• Great Shaman Sea-Devouring reappeared alongside his Primordial Spirit, and the Ghost Envoy warned Ji Yuan that the fight had become more dangerous.
• King Poisonscale's Primordial Spirit manifested above him and told Ji Yuan not to be alarmed because it would help him.

Ji Yuan defeated Great Shaman Sea-Devouring after the shaman transformed into a devouring spirit creature, using the Meteor Cannon to destroy him and the Binding Formation. Once Ji Yuan’s transformation ended, King Poisonscale thanked him for saving his life, then revealed that he intended to replenish his injured origin with Ji Yuan’s help.

• King Poisonscale’s essence poisoned Great Shaman Sea-Devouring’s Primordial Spirit, while Ji Yuan drove the shaman’s wounded true body into a corner.
• Ji Yuan questioned King Poisonscale’s lack of hidden methods, prompting the demon to burn his essence blood and strike the Primordial Spirit with his venomous spike.
• Great Shaman Sea-Devouring merged his body and Primordial Spirit into a giant maw that devoured the hollow, forcing King Poisonscale to destroy a Fifth-Tier Demon Core without stopping it.
• Ji Yuan fired the Meteor Cannon into the maw, killing Great Shaman Sea-Devouring and destroying the Binding Formation.
• Ji Yuan’s Spirit Effect expired, and King Poisonscale broke free before offering gratitude and then asking the badly exhausted Ji Yuan to help replenish his injured origin.

Ji Yuan escaped King Poisonscale after killing Great Shaman Sea-Devouring, while Great Shaman Bloodfang arrived at Immortal Gourd Island and learned that Ji Yuan had been there. Back inside Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain, Ji Yuan upgraded the Meditation Room to Lv. 4, greatly strengthening his Divine Sense as he recovered from his injuries.

• Ji Yuan retrieved Great Shaman Sea-Devouring's true form and Storage Bag, then vanished inside Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain as the underwater hollow collapsed.
• King Poisonscale searched the ruins for Ji Yuan but found no trace of him or the items he had taken.
• Great Shaman Bloodfang arrived at the ruined Immortal Gourd Island, realized Great Shaman Sea-Devouring was likely dead, and questioned King Poisonscale.
• King Poisonscale claimed Ji Yuan had left after helping kill Sea-Devouring, and Great Shaman Bloodfang departed after failing to detect Ji Yuan nearby.
• Ji Yuan returned to the Meditation Room, suppressed the backlash from his Spirit Effect, and started its upgrade after the Panel confirmed he had killed a Spirit Transformation Cultivator.
• The Meditation Room reached Lv. 4, sharply increasing Ji Yuan's Divine Sense and easing some of his injuries.

After healing from his battle with Great Shaman Sea-Devouring, Ji Yuan examined the dead shaman’s treasures, strengthened his sword formation, and spent five years mastering the Droplet Returns to the Sea escape art. He then checked whether King Poisonscale and Great Shaman Bloodfang were still waiting outside Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain.

• Ji Yuan’s Meditation Room upgraded after he killed Great Shaman Sea-Devouring, raising his Divine Sense to the threshold of Spirit Transformation Middle Stage; he discovered King Poisonscale and Great Shaman Bloodfang were lying in wait outside.
• Ji Yuan healed in the Blood Marrow Coffin for three months, then found both Spirit Transformation experts still waiting when he emerged.
• Ji Yuan searched Great Shaman Sea-Devouring’s Storage Bag and found the Droplet Returns to the Sea technique, the Cangming Origin-Returning Art, the Surging Waves Trident, and a Low-Grade Purple Spirit Stone.
• Ji Yuan fused Zixiao Stone into all eighty-one Azure Waves Swords, strengthening their Zixiao Divine Thunder.
• Ji Yuan secluded himself for five years to study Droplet Returns to the Sea and reached its beginner stage.
• Ji Yuan left his quiet room and sent his Divine Sense beyond Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain to see whether King Poisonscale and Great Shaman Bloodfang remained.

After five years hidden in Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain, Ji Yuan tricked King Poisonscale and Great Shaman Bloodfang into fighting each other while posing as two powerful allies. He escaped using Droplet Returns to the Sea, leaving the rivals to realize he had manipulated them and could not be caught.

• Ji Yuan discovered King Poisonscale and Great Shaman Bloodfang were still watching the waters after his five-year seclusion, and decided to turn them against each other.
• Wearing the Formless Mask, Ji Yuan posed as Daoist Seizing Heaven and persuaded Great Shaman Bloodfang to join a fight against King Poisonscale.
• Using Long Yun's Chi Dragon aura, Ji Yuan posed as Venerable Azure Dragon and convinced King Poisonscale to attack Great Shaman Bloodfang.
• Ji Yuan urged both cultivators to attack, then ignored their calls for help while King Poisonscale and Great Shaman Bloodfang wounded each other.
• Great Shaman Bloodfang realized that Ji Yuan had deceived them both, and Ji Yuan revealed himself before escaping with Droplet Returns to the Sea.
• Great Shaman Bloodfang told King Poisonscale that Ji Yuan also possessed a treasure for Void Escape, and the two abandoned their pursuit.

After getting lost while practicing water escape, Ji Yuan found a sea chart from Xu Longhu and reached the mist surrounding Falling Star Island. He learned Stellar Loose Immortal had been gone for years, but Moonfall Child offered to hear what he wanted to trade for and possibly help.

• Ji Yuan realized he had lost his way on the Endless Sea, traveled southeast by boat, and later found traces of a recent battle.
• Ji Yuan disguised himself as a body cultivator, met Xu Longhu, and received a sea chart directing him to Falling Star Island.
• Ji Yuan reached the mist around Falling Star Island, learned Stellar Loose Immortal was away, and began waiting outside the formation.
• After more than half a year, Moonfall Child revealed that Stellar Loose Immortal had left years earlier and did not say when he would return.
• Moonfall Child asked Ji Yuan what he wanted to trade for and offered to help.

Ji Yuan learned from Moonfall Child where he might find a Fifth-Order Fire-Attribute Demon Core and Stardust, promised to return to her, and traveled to the Martial God Continent. He reached Demon-Slaying City, registered under the name Qiu Qianhai, and was summoned with the other newcomers by a powerful woman.

• Moonfall Child told Ji Yuan that Demon-Slaying City had Fifth-Order Demon Cores, the Star Abyss yielded Stardust, and Time Sand was exceptionally rare.
• Ji Yuan stayed with Moonfall Child for three months, cultivated, and promised to return after finding the Immortal Resources he needed.
• Ji Yuan reached Dusk City, chose to travel to Demon-Slaying City first, and used a free Teleportation Formation to get there.
• Ji Yuan joined the Military Merit Exchange Office line, discovered he needed an identity token, and asked a local where to register.
• Ji Yuan registered as Qiu Qianhai, received an Iron Token, and saw a Five Viscera Furnace Realm woman call the newcomers to follow her.

Ji Yuan was conscripted into Dugu Yan’s unit as her clerk and joined its first unauthorized mission against the Divine Water Loach clan. After the battle, Dugu Yan returned with Loach Fourth’s head and confronted Ji Yuan for avoiding the fight despite secretly rescuing several soldiers.

• Dugu Yan conscripted Ji Yuan and sixty other cultivators, then assigned Ji Yuan as her clerk after noticing he had tried to leave.
• Ji Yuan organized the unit’s records and supplies until Dugu Yan ordered him to gather the soldiers for a mission without waiting for official orders.
• Dugu Yan led the unit west to confront the Divine Water Loach clan, where she challenged Loach Fourth while the soldiers fought the other demons.
• Ji Yuan recorded the battle and secretly killed Divine Water Loaches with his spear to rescue endangered soldiers, while keeping his clothes free of blood.
• The Divine Water Loaches fled after losing more than thirty fighters, and Dugu Yan returned with Loach Fourth’s severed head and found her unit had suffered no serious injuries.
• Dugu Yan spotted Ji Yuan standing untouched at the edge of the battlefield and demanded to know why he had not fought.