Chapter Summaries

Tang Changsheng discovered that General Zhenhai commanded Fuyang Mountain’s Spirit Realm and witnessed an enormous force of drowned dead attacking the coast. As General Zhenhai’s Ghost Soldiers faced thousands of powerful sea-monster remains, the battle’s odds turned grim.

• Tang Changsheng visited Zhenhai Temple with Squire Wang and sensed that General Zhenhai held authority over Fuyang Mountain as well as the sea.
• A divine light activated the mountain’s Spirit Vein and Spirit Realm, and Tang Changsheng disappeared as dark clouds and mist covered the coast.
• Squire Wang accepted a temple attendant’s offer to shelter at the temple after sensing danger from the sea.
• Tang Changsheng saw General Zhenhai’s Ghost Soldiers use arrows wreathed in Yin Fire to destroy waves of Drowned Ghosts crawling ashore.
• General Zhenhai’s forces dispersed the fog and revealed thousands of powerful sea-monster skeletons and rotting carcasses, leaving the Ghost Soldiers shaken.

Tang Changsheng reached Suxu City as Corpse-Eating Crows and Sea Monsters overwhelmed its defenders, including Fang Xin. The City God drove back the crows, but Witch Undead advanced on the city walls, leaving the defense in grave danger.

• The Sea-Calming General rallied his Ghost Soldiers as Corpse-Eating Crows broke through their formation and devoured them.
• Tang Changsheng headed to Suxu City, where he saw Fang Xin fighting the crows alongside several hundred Ghost Soldiers.
• The City God of Suxu City burned many crows with his Seal of Authority, but they continued circling nearby.
• The Sea Monsters surged toward the shore, and defenders cried out that Witch Undead were among them.
• The Ghost Soldiers fired volleys of Yin Fire arrows, but black mist extinguished most of the flames as thousands of Sea Monster corpses pressed forward.

Tang Changsheng fought the sea monsters threatening Suxu City and intervened when the city’s defenses were about to fail. He destroyed the great monster and brought the Netherworld creatures into daylight, where they burned away, leaving the governor and the city’s people alive.

• Tang Changsheng blasted the sea monsters attacking the Sea-Calming Ghost Soldiers with Magnetic Thunderbolts, alarming the Sea-Calming General.
• As the rising sea battered Suxu City, the governor refused to flee, while his attendants prepared to carry him away.
• Tang Changsheng rode the Nine Dragon Throne to Suxu City and struck the enormous sea monster threatening the city, killing it and many smaller monsters.
• The Netherworld creatures were dragged into the Mortal World by the Netherworld Sacred Coin, and the daylight burned the Drowned Ghosts, sea monster Essence Souls, and Corpse-Eating Crows to ash.
• The governor and the people who witnessed Tang Changsheng's rescue knelt and thanked him.

Tang Changsheng drove back the sea and helped save Suxu City, then reunited with Fang Xin and asked why he had ended up there. Fang Xin explained that the Heavenly Court had abolished Fuyang Mountain’s old Netherworld Office and that he had been mistreated in Suxu City.

• Tang Changsheng restored his Yin Spirit and used moonlight and wind to push the sea back from Suxu City.
• Yuexiang Wu arrived at the city, searched for the expert behind the Magnetic Thunderbolt, and guessed he was a Yang Spirit True Person.
• Tang Changsheng set Fang Xin down away from the battlefield and greeted his old friend.
• Fang Xin recognized Tang Changsheng and was astonished by his immense power.
• Tang Changsheng asked Fang Xin how he had come to Suxu City, and Fang Xin described the abolition of Fuyang Mountain’s Netherworld Office and his poor treatment in the new office.

Tang Changsheng learned that the Southern Borderlands had become the Canglan Sea and that Primordial Yang Island still existed, then set out alone to find it. After concealing himself from a powerful being crossing the sky, he found a palace-dressed woman had appeared behind him on his skiff.

• Tang Changsheng learned from Fang Xin that floods had turned the land south of the Suxu River into the Canglan Sea, where Witch Undead threatened the coast.
• Fang Xin told Tang Changsheng that Little Paulownia Mountain had become Primordial Yang Island, and Tang Changsheng asked how to reach it.
• Tang Changsheng left by skiff three days later and realized the Canglan Sea was far larger than the old Southern Borderlands.
• Tang Changsheng sensed that the stars were projections of gods or immortals and saw a powerful star-like being approaching, so he hid his Heavenly Secrets with the Heavenly Mandate Compass.
• Tang Changsheng wondered aloud whether Yang Spirits were worth less than dogs, and a palace-dressed woman appeared behind him on the skiff.

Tang Changsheng encountered a mysterious woman in white who asked him to report any red light and gave him a Message-Transmitting Pearl. After he helped her catch a fleeing child, she rewarded him with a top-grade Pure Yang Golden Elixir and he continued sailing.

• A veiled woman appeared aboard Tang Changsheng's boat, gave him a Message-Transmitting Pearl, and asked him to tell her if he saw a streak of red light.
• The woman returned to ask how Tang Changsheng had concealed his aura, and his Heavenly Secrets Talisman burned to ash under her gaze.
• A child in red arrived in a streak of rainbow light and asked Tang Changsheng for the messenger pearl so he could escape his pursuer.
• Tang Changsheng crushed the pearl, alerting the woman, who caught the fleeing child and thanked Tang Changsheng for helping her.
• The woman gave Tang Changsheng a Thunder Condensation Pill, which he recognized as a top-grade Pure Yang Golden Elixir, and he continued sailing.

Tang Changsheng crossed into the Canglan Sea, fought off shark-riding monsters, and accepted Bright Pearls as tribute. After absorbing their lunar essence, he was swept into the Netherworld, where he sought a way out with the Three Realms Mirror.

• Tang Changsheng burned the shark-riding monsters that attacked him with Sky Silver Wishfire until the survivors fled.
• An old monster offered Tang Changsheng a golden platter of more than a hundred Bright Pearls, which he accepted before continuing on his way.
• Tang Changsheng absorbed the lunar essence from the Bright Pearls until they blackened and lost their luster.
• Dark mist swallowed the sea, and Tang Changsheng realized he had left the Mortal World and entered the Netherworld.
• Tang Changsheng saw a vast fleet carrying Vengeful Spirits toward the Underworld and brought out the Three Realms Mirror to find a way back.

Tang Changsheng followed a ghost fleet to a colossal Sea Beast and was caught in a battle between Yang Spirit experts. Lu Yuanzhen arrived and found Tang Changsheng unharmed, but a powerful Underworld God Guard attacked them before they could talk.

• Tang Changsheng noticed the ghost fleet’s foreign-looking passengers and followed it to a gigantic Sea Beast that swallowed the ships.
• Tang Changsheng realized he had entered a battlefield where Yang Spirit experts were fighting and killed hundreds of attacking monsters.
• A powerful foe hurled a golden spear at Tang Changsheng, but he survived the strike with his True Self unharmed.
• Lu Yuanzhen arrived with the Primordial Yang Divine Lamp and was astonished to see Tang Changsheng alive.
• Lu Yuanzhen blocked another golden spear, but an armored Underworld God Guard descended and attacked them both.

Lu Yuanzhen and Tang Changsheng joined forces with Lü Yuanhua to kill an Underworld God Guard, forcing the enormous Sea Beast to retreat. As the Yang Spirit True Persons praised Lu Yuanzhen, Tang Changsheng asked about the Underworld God.

• Lu Yuanzhen shielded Tang Changsheng from the Underworld God Guard, and Magnetic Thunderbolts disrupted the guard’s spear attack.
• Lu Yuanzhen invaded the guard’s consciousness with the Primordial Yang Divine Lamp, while Tang Changsheng struck the guard with the Jade Ruyi and Wishfire.
• Lü Yuanhua joined Lu Yuanzhen from within the lamp, and the three Primordial Yang Church members burned the Underworld God Guard to death.
• The enormous Sea Beast retreated into the mist, and the Yang Spirit True Persons chose not to pursue it.
• Tang Changsheng asked Lu Yuanzhen about the Underworld God, and several Yang Spirit True Persons arrived and praised Lu Yuanzhen.

Tang Changsheng returned to Primordial Yang Island, where Lu Yuanzhen explained the island’s Spirit Vein and the strange passage of time around Suxu City. Lu Yuanzhen then revealed that You Mengde was a leading Azure Sea True Void Palace disciple competing to rise within the sect.

• Lu Yuanzhen introduced Tang Changsheng to several Yang Spirit True Persons who had settled in the Canglan Sea.
• Lu Yuanzhen showed Tang Changsheng Primordial Yang Island and explained that its strongest Spiritual Qi gathered at the island’s heart, where the surrounding Earth Veins converged.
• Tang Changsheng asked how more than a century had passed while he was in the Trial, and Lu Yuanzhen warned him not to trust time as measured by cultivators.
• Xin Chengying welcomed Tang Changsheng back and revealed that he had also become a Yin God True Person and condensed a Heavenly Secrets Seed.
• Lu Yuanzhen told Tang Changsheng that You Mengde was one of the Azure Sea True Void Palace’s leading disciples, then explained how disciples competed for positions as elders or sect leader.

Tang Changsheng told Lü Yuanhua, Lu Yuanzhen, and Xin Chengying about his Trial and learned that his choice of the Red Trial had been extraordinary. As night fell, a strange darkness swept over them, and Tang Changsheng sensed that they had entered an unfamiliar space.

• Tang Changsheng explained how he had returned after being attacked by Purple Dusk Heavenly Court demons, and revealed that the Director Divine Lord had recruited him for the Heavenly Court.
• Lü Yuanhua and Lu Yuanzhen inferred that Tang Changsheng had excelled in his Trial, and Tang Changsheng revealed that he had taken the Red Trial.
• Tang Changsheng recounted possessing someone in Hongdong Stockade, winning the people's allegiance, building a faction, and helping seize part of the Black Rock Heart from King Pan.
• Lu Yuanzhen compared Tang Changsheng's achievements with his own Blue Trial and praised Tang Changsheng's ability to command forces.
• As night fell, Xin Chengying warned Tang Changsheng that the area became dangerous, and a strange darkness seemed to carry them into another space.

As the Netherworld descended on Primordial Yang Island, Tang Changsheng patrolled the waters and saved Waterside Town from a Sea Yaksha attack. After the darkness withdrew, he considered how the church could protect the island from nightly dangers.

• Lü Yuanhua used the Primordial Yang Divine Lamp to shield the island’s three settlements as the Netherworld descended.
• Lu Yuanzhen sent Tang Changsheng to patrol the waters, and Tang flew beyond the island on nine Fire Dragons, astonishing Xin Chengying and Lu Yuanzhen.
• Tang Changsheng burned Ghost Creatures as he circled the island, then discovered Sea Yaksha approaching Waterside Town.
• Tang Changsheng attacked the Sea Yaksha with his Fire Dragons, killed their leader, and drove the rest back into the sea.
• After the Netherworld withdrew, Tang Changsheng considered setting up a Reversing Sun and Moon Heavenly Mechanism Formation to protect Primordial Yang Island.

Tang Changsheng returned to Primordial Yang Island, proposed buying supplies and installing a defensive formation, and gave Lu Yuanzhen and Lü Yuanhua a secret manual that could complete their Church’s methods. Lu Yuanzhen rewarded him with a Pure Yang Golden Elixir and urged him to join an Immortal Sect, while Tang Changsheng wondered why his Martial Uncle still clung to the Church.

• Tang Changsheng told Lu Yuanzhen he planned to buy supplies at the Sea Market and install the Reversing Sun and Moon Heavenly Mechanism Formation on Primordial Yang Island.
• Tang Changsheng gave Lu Yuanzhen the disguised Dragon Flower Secret Manual, and Lu Yuanzhen and Lü Yuanhua realized it could fill gaps in the Primordial Yang Church’s methods.
• Tang Changsheng said Director Divine Lord’s people might have taken Hongdong Stockade, and Lü Yuanhua lamented that the Church could not seize the Black Rock Mountains and their Cave Abodes.
• Lü Yuanhua said the Church’s future rested on Tang Changsheng, and Tang Changsheng vowed to make it flourish.
• Lu Yuanzhen gave Tang Changsheng a Pure Yang Golden Elixir and advised him to join an Immortal Sect, then admitted his regret over trying to strengthen the Church alone.
• Tang Changsheng wondered why Lu Yuanzhen still persisted despite understanding that Rogue Cultivators had no room to thrive in the Eastern Glory World.

Tang Changsheng resolved to help Primordial Yang Church by securing supplies for its hundred thousand refugees, but struggled to buy them at the Dragon Palace Sea Market. At the Treasure-Gathering Tower, Shopkeeper Old Wu recognized him as a Yin God with a Heavenly Secrets Seed, and Tang Changsheng began seeking news about the attack on his ship.

• Lu Yuanzhen explained that his pride kept him from joining the Immortal Sects, then said he still expected to reach the True Immortal realm and help Primordial Yang Church flourish.
• Tang Changsheng decided to buy weapons, farming tools, grain, seeds, and building materials to help Primordial Yang Island's hundred thousand refugees become self-sufficient.
• Tang Changsheng traveled to the Dragon Palace Sea Market, failed to find the supplies he needed, and sensed that someone was following him.
• Tang Changsheng went to the Treasure-Gathering Tower, where Shopkeeper Old Wu recognized him and welcomed him as a Yin God with a Heavenly Secrets Seed.
• Tang Changsheng chatted with Shopkeeper Old Wu, hoping to learn what had happened after Purple Dusk Heavenly Court attacked the ship he had taken from the Azure Sea True Void Palace's Lower Court.

Tang Changsheng visited Shopkeeper Old Wu to learn about events in the Wuman World, buy materials for a protective formation, and seek Five-Element Origin Force. After learning that the Dragon Palace had bought up the Sea Market’s grain, fodder, and weapons, he followed Old Wu to an auction.

• Tang Changsheng agreed to attend an upcoming Sea Market trading fair with Shopkeeper Old Wu and learned that Yin God True Persons had descended to the lower realm, threatening the Wuman World.
• Tang Changsheng bought materials for the Reversing Sun and Moon Heavenly Mechanism Formation for over a million taels of gold.
• Shopkeeper Old Wu sold Tang Changsheng three drops of Heavenly First True Water for a hundred thousand taels of gold and mentioned the Dragon Palace trading fair.
• Tang Changsheng asked where he could buy grain, fodder, and weapons, and Shopkeeper Old Wu told him the Dragon Palace had bought up the Sea Market’s entire supply.
• Two days later, Tang Changsheng followed Shopkeeper Old Wu into a heavily guarded tower.

Tang Changsheng attended a guarded Dragon Palace trade gathering and learned that it was buying huge quantities of weapons and grain for its army. Seeing a chance to profit, he told Old Wu that he had a supplier and had come to sell provisions.

• Old Wu brought Tang Changsheng into the exclusive gathering, where their low-tier invitation placed them at the outer edge of the hall.
• Ao Xian opened the trading by offering chests of Gold Sand in exchange for weapons and grain, and Boss Wang took the first lot for two million taels of gold.
• Tang Changsheng learned from Old Wu that the Dragon Palace was stockpiling supplies for its millions of troops and ongoing war.
• After another buyer took a second batch, Tang Changsheng realized he could use his connections to supply the Dragon Palace.
• Tang Changsheng told Old Wu that he knew a supplier and had come to sell weapons and provisions.

Tang Changsheng arranged to supply the Dragon Palace with grain and weapons in exchange for a share of the profits, then joined the Yang Spirit True Persons in buying spoils of war. He left with a Greatsword and learned how sharply cultivation costs rose at higher levels.

• Tang Changsheng asked Shopkeeper Old Wu about the Dragon Palace’s supply needs and collateral for its two-million-tael gold lots.
• Shopkeeper Old Wu agreed to supply half the goods for a lot and accepted the gold after Ao Xian waived collateral, while Tang Changsheng promised to bring grain and weapons in a few days.
• After the Dragon Palace finished buying supplies, Ao Xian offered damaged spoils of war for one hundred thousand taels of gold each.
• Shopkeeper Old Wu urged Tang Changsheng to buy a Treasured Artifact, and Tang Changsheng paid for a Greatsword after giving up a metal gauntlet under a Yang Spirit True Person’s glare.
• Shopkeeper Old Wu explained that Yang Spirit cultivation demanded enormous resources, and Tang Changsheng recalled that a Pure Yang Golden Elixir could cost over a million taels.

Tang Changsheng attended the Dragon Palace trading fair, where he bought a Jade Flame Pill and learned that Shopkeeper Old Wu could help him obtain more Pure Yang Golden Elixirs. The fair ended with Ao Xian recruiting experts for the war, offering substantial pay for their service.

• Ao Xian sold Dragon-Patterned Armor and other Dragon Palace goods, while Tang Changsheng failed to buy any armor and Shopkeeper Old Wu bought several treasures.
• Ao Xian offered ten Jade Flame Pills for bidding by gold-tier merchants, and Tang Changsheng had Shopkeeper Old Wu bid on his behalf.
• Shopkeeper Old Wu told Tang Changsheng that his Treasure-Gathering Tower had two Pure Yang Golden Elixirs and could help him find more.
• Tang Changsheng bought one Jade Flame Pill for eight hundred and sixty thousand taels of gold, but could not win any others as prices rose.
• Ao Xian announced that the Dragon Palace was recruiting experts, offering a thousand Bright Pearls as a signing bonus and ten Bright Pearls for each day of battlefield service.

Tang Changsheng declined the Dragon Palace’s call for warriors and drew unwanted attention after displaying his wealth. When two Azure Sea True Void Palace members tried to pressure him over his Jade Flame Pill, Gu Huanling intervened and left them scrambling to explain themselves.

• Ao Xian offered Yang Spirit True Persons Cave Abodes in exchange for great service to the Dragon Palace and later serving as independent immortals under its authority.
• Tang Changsheng left the gathering, and Shopkeeper Old Wu warned him that his wealth and Jade Flame Pill could attract robbers.
• Disciples of Bellflower Island approached Tang Changsheng, but two members of Azure Sea True Void Palace drove them off.
• The two Azure Sea True Void Palace members tried to use their sect’s name to pressure Tang Changsheng into giving up his Jade Flame Pill, but he challenged their authority.
• Gu Huanling arrived with elite palace disciples, recognized Tang Changsheng as her junior, and prompted the two men to plead that the encounter was a misunderstanding.

Tang Changsheng reunited with Gu Huanling and her companions after the Trial, and they discussed their dangerous experiences and his plans to obtain supplies for Primordial Yang Island. He explained that a Purple Dusk Demon had ambushed him and left him adrift at sea, but Gu Huanling warned that the Dushi Divine Hall had issued an internal warrant for him.

• Gu Changyu sent Zhang Qiu and Wu Yun to the Punishment Hall for disgracing the Azure Sea True Void Palace.
• Tang Changsheng reunited with Gu Huanling, Gu Changyu, and You Mengde, and they discussed how the Trial had cost Gu Huanling's group several members.
• Tang Changsheng said he had returned to Primordial Yang Island and was seeking grain and weapons to take back.
• You Mengde and Gu Huanling remarked on Primordial Yang Island's potential independence, and Tang Changsheng reassured himself that they would not make trouble over it.
• Tang Changsheng explained that the Purple Dusk Demon had ambushed him and left him adrift at sea for months.
• Gu Huanling warned Tang Changsheng that the Dushi Divine Hall had issued an internal warrant for him.