Chapter Summaries

Zhang Yuan learned that the magic ship to the Mysterious Court had been opened to passengers as a precaution against him. Tong Ke gave him the ship’s core array plate and made him captain, and he named the vessel the Fortune Dragon.

• Tong Ke explained that the ship had been turned into a merchant vessel so the factions aboard could deter Zhang Yuan from attacking them.
• Huang Yingquan told Zhang Yuan that core disciples were sent alone to prove their factions’ sincerity when seeking alliances.
• Tong Ke handed Zhang Yuan the ship’s core array plate, and he accepted command of the vessel.
• Tong Ke asked Zhang Yuan to name the ship, and he chose the Fortune Dragon after jokingly suggesting the Tong Ke.

Zhang Yuan chose a route to the Azure Firmament Dust-Dyed Realm and inspected the passengers and crew aboard the magic ship before setting sail. The chapter ended with Tong Ke announcing that everyone was ready to depart.

• Zhang Yuan asked Chi Guanguan to toss a coin to choose their sea route, and it landed on a route marked relatively dangerous.
• Zhang Yuan decided to take that route, saying he trusted Chi Guanguan's luck and that danger could not be avoided by changing course.
• Zhang Yuan used his divine sense to inspect the ship and spotted Monk Miaole, Yu Lian, Qin Tianyi, and other passengers aboard.
• Tong Ke knocked on the Captain's Cabin door and told Zhang Yuan that everyone had arrived and the ship could set sail.

The Fortune Dragon sailed into the East Sea as Baihui True Person worried that Zhang Yuan might be hiding dangerous malice. That night, He Shou and Pei Yuanjin were dragged overboard, and Huang Yingquan went to report the incident to Zhang Yuan.

• Baihui True Person and Shangxian True Person watched the ship depart and discussed their concerns about Zhang Yuan.
• The Fortune Dragon crossed the dark East Sea while He Shou and Pei Yuanjin argued on deck.
• A shadow appeared behind the children, knocked them unconscious, and dragged them into the sea.
• Huang Yingquan questioned the panicked passengers, heard a blue-robed young man's account, and hurried to the Captain's Cabin.
• Tong Ke, Chi Guanguan, and Ao Xiu interrupted Zhang Yuan in his study until someone knocked and reported that two passengers had fallen overboard.

Zhang Yuan investigated the disappearance of He Shou and Pei Yuanjin, found them unconscious beneath the ship, and suspected the First God Cult might be involved. He disguised himself as the cult’s Holy Son and confronted Yu Lian and the others on the ship’s lowest level.

• Zhang Yuan changed his clothes and went to the deck with Tong Ke and Huang Yingquan to investigate He Shou and Pei Yuanjin’s disappearance.
• Zhang Yuan questioned Tang Jue, who claimed he had been unable to save his junior siblings after they fell overboard.
• Zhang Yuan revealed that He Shou and Pei Yuanjin were beneath the ship on a formation barrier, and Huang Yingquan sent disciples to retrieve them.
• Zhang Yuan concluded that the two were unconscious but safe, then left the deck after telling Tong Ke to return to her room.
• Zhang Yuan disguised himself as the Holy Son of the First God Cult and descended to the lowest level, where he confronted Yu Lian and the cultists.

Zhang Yuan questioned the First God Cult about He Shou and Pei Yuanjin falling overboard, then tasked its members with watching for trouble aboard the Magic Ship. Back in the captain’s study, Chi Guanguan and Ao Xiu teased him about his romantic entanglements, and Zhang Yuan ended by asking whether Chi Guanguan was counting herself among them.

• Zhang Yuan asked Yu Lian and the First God Cult members whether they had caused He Shou and Pei Yuanjin to fall overboard, and they denied knowing anything about it.
• Zhang Yuan told the cultists they could visit the upper decks for fresh air but must not spread their teachings, and asked them to report anything unusual.
• Yu Lian told the cultists to report anything unusual to him because Zhang Yuan had not explained how they could contact him.
• Zhang Yuan checked that the Magic Ship remained on course and considered the threat behind the overboard incident manageable for now.
• Chi Guanguan and Ao Xiu challenged Zhang Yuan’s claim that he had no romantic interests, and Chi Guanguan listed several women she thought were connected to him.
• Zhang Yuan leaned toward Chi Guanguan and asked whether she was counting herself among his romantic entanglements.

Zhang Yuan investigated the mysterious disappearances aboard the ship and gave Tong Ke a treasure to help maintain order. After he withdrew his Divine Sense, passengers vanished in increasing numbers until only Tong Ke and Zhang Yuan remained.

• Tong Ke told Zhang Yuan that a black-robed passenger had fallen from the ship and could not be found.
• Zhang Yuan confirmed that a First God Cult disciple had vanished, then gave Tong Ke the [Eastern Mystic-Yang Fusang Banner] to maintain order.
• Zhang Yuan watched the ship with his Divine Sense as the fog thickened, and no one disappeared while he kept it deployed.
• After Zhang Yuan withdrew his Divine Sense, passengers vanished from the deck and cabins, and Tong Ke repeatedly reported the losses.
• Tong Ke told Zhang Yuan that Huang Yingquan had disappeared beside her and that they were the only two people left aboard.

Zhang Yuan and Tong Ke joined Qin Tianyi on deck, where Qin Tianyi fought ghostly sea-folk souls in thick fog. After Zhang Yuan dispersed the fog, the missing passengers remained gone, and Qin Tianyi shared Xiao Lian’s discovery that the Magic Ship had been circling in place.

• Tong Ke suspected she might be behind the disappearances, but Zhang Yuan reassured her and waited for the culprit to appear.
• Zhang Yuan and Tong Ke went to the deck, where Qin Tianyi was fighting translucent souls in the fog.
• Qin Tianyi pretended to be exhausted and retreated to Zhang Yuan, who dispersed the fog with [Three Calamities Returning to Origin Divine Radiance].
• Zhang Yuan joked that Qin Tianyi owed him a million spirit stones for the scorch marks on the deck.
• Qin Tianyi told Zhang Yuan that Xiao Lian had discovered the Magic Ship had been circling in place despite appearing to sail.

Zhang Yuan discovered that a mysterious force had trapped the Magic Ship above an ancient palace complex beneath the sea. When Seven-Hued Brocade dragged the ship through a Stone Gate, Zhang Yuan and his companions were pulled toward the danger, leaving the fate of the missing cultivators unresolved.

• Zhang Yuan realized a True Lord-level method had deceived his divine sense, but concluded that a lower-cultivation controller was likely using a powerful treasure.
• Tong Ke spotted the ruined underwater palaces and asked whether the missing cultivators might be inside.
• A Stone Gate opened in the central palace ruins, and Seven-Hued Brocade wrapped around the Magic Ship and pulled it downward.
• Zhang Yuan's Primordial Form-Converging Sword failed to cut the brocade and was dragged through the Stone Gate.
• Qin Tianyi's Palm Thunder also failed to stop the brocade, which could not break the ship's defensive formation but continued dragging the vessel.
• The Magic Ship sank to the seabed with Zhang Yuan, Tong Ke, and Qin Tianyi aboard.

Zhang Yuan and Qin Tianyi explored the Elder Sea Clan Ruins after the Magic Ship sank near the palace complex, while Tong Ke stayed aboard to guard it. Zhang Yuan learned that an Elder Sea Clan survivor had trapped the ship and, after choosing to explore with Qin Tianyi, used his Thunder Sword to strike toward the ruins.

• Zhang Yuan gave Tong Ke the [Eastern Mystic-Yang Fusang Banner] and the [Southern Flame-Bright Scarlet-Crimson Banner] and told her to guard the Magic Ship.
• Zhang Yuan saw three futures in [Heaven's Sight] and chose the one in which he explored the ruins with Qin Tianyi.
• Zhang Yuan and Qin Tianyi left the Magic Ship and crossed the seabed toward the palace complex.
• When Qin Tianyi asked whether they should split up or stay together, Zhang Yuan asked him for a sword.
• Qin Tianyi formed a sword from thunder, and Zhang Yuan used it to slash toward the palace complex.

Zhang Yuan and Qin Tianyi collected treasures from the palace ruins before an unseen thief stole the rest. They opened the massive stone gate and entered a hidden palace, where the corridor lamps went out and seven-colored light flickered in the darkness.

• Zhang Yuan used [Ninefold Harmonizing Qi] to sweep the palace ruins and their treasures toward himself and Qin Tianyi, then began collecting them.
• Qin Tianyi offered to take only thirty percent, but a strip of Seven-Hued Brocade snatched the remaining treasures through the stone gate before he could collect any.
• Qin Tianyi struck the stone gate with Palm Thunder, while Zhang Yuan identified it as East Gate Mountain Fengshui Stone.
• Zhang Yuan borrowed a Thunder Sword from Qin Tianyi, cut a doorway through the stone gate, and stored the cut-out piece in his Dao Domain.
• Zhang Yuan and Qin Tianyi entered a hidden palace, where the corridor lamps went out and seven-colored light flickered in the darkness.

Zhang Yuan and Qin Tianyi broke into the Palace and found Hai Dengshen, who used a sacrifice and the Sea Clan Ancestor’s Seven-Hued Brocade to attack them. Zhang Yuan redirected the brocade, and it struck Qin Tianyi instead, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Qin Tianyi unleashed violet lightning that destroyed the Palace’s walls and revealed Hai Dengshen, the bound passengers, and the Sea Clan altar.
• Qin Tianyi and Zhang Yuan mocked Hai Dengshen, who declared that the Sea Clan Ancestor would awaken and punish them.
• Hai Dengshen cut off one of his fingers and offered it before the ancestral tablet, awakening the Seven-Hued Brocade.
• Qin Tianyi evaded the brocade with [Thunder Rumbles], but it turned toward Zhang Yuan.
• Zhang Yuan used [Yellow Springs Drink] to send the brocade back toward its previous target, and it struck Qin Tianyi before he could dodge.

Hai Dengshen repeatedly activated the Seven-Hued Brocade, which battered Qin Tianyi but failed to kill him. After Qin Tianyi struck Hai Dengshen down, Zhang Yuan stopped him from finishing the Sea Clan cultivator and demanded information about the brocade.

• The Seven-Hued Brocade struck Qin Tianyi again, and Hai Dengshen sacrificed another finger to activate it.
• Qin Tianyi tried to evade the brocade with [Thunder Rumbles], but it struck him repeatedly while he pretended to be dead and left him embedded in a wall.
• Hai Dengshen sacrificed five fingers for another activation, and the Seven-Hued Brocade lashed Qin Tianyi five times in succession.
• Hai Dengshen prepared to sacrifice his last two fingers, but Qin Tianyi attacked him with rolling thunder and charred his body.
• Zhang Yuan stopped Qin Tianyi from killing Hai Dengshen and demanded that he explain the Seven-Hued Brocade's origin, uses, and activation.

Zhang Yuan and Qin Tianyi questioned Hai Dengshen about the Seven-Hued Treasure Brocade and the destruction of his Sea Clan. Hai Dengshen revealed that the Hengyang Lu Clan had annihilated his people, and Zhang Yuan realized the brocade was likely connected to the clan’s True Lord Rainbow-Haloed Rosy Clouds.

• Zhang Yuan persuaded Hai Dengshen to reveal what he knew about the Seven-Hued Treasure Brocade.
• Hai Dengshen said his clan had suffered a catastrophe after demon fiends from the Dust-Dyed Realm emerged from a seabed fissure and slaughtered them.
• Hai Dengshen identified the Hengyang Lu Clan as the attackers and swore to avenge his clansmen.
• Zhang Yuan connected the brocade’s seven-colored rosy light to the Hengyang Lu Clan’s True Lord Rainbow-Haloed Rosy Clouds.
• Qin Tianyi mocked Hai Dengshen for mistaking his enemy’s property for his clan’s inheritance treasure.

Zhang Yuan questioned Hai Dengshen about the stone gate and demanded the Seven-Hued Treasure Brocade in exchange for sparing him. Hai Dengshen sacrificed an arm to unleash the brocade, but Zhang Yuan subdued it with the Sun-Moon Seven-Hue Robe and took it, leaving Hai Dengshen panicked and defenseless.

• Qin Tianyi told Hai Dengshen that the Seven-Hued Treasure Brocade belonged to the Hengyang Lu Clan, though he had no proof to convince him.
• Zhang Yuan learned that Hai Dengshen had taken the East Gate Mountain Fengshui Stone gate from a merchant ship seven hundred years earlier and said he could take it.
• Zhang Yuan asked Hai Dengshen to hand over the Seven-Hued Treasure Brocade, but Hai Dengshen refused and accused Zhang Yuan of breaking his promise to spare him.
• Hai Dengshen tore off his arm and offered it to the brocade, which absorbed it and attacked Zhang Yuan.
• Zhang Yuan used the Sun-Moon Seven-Hue Robe's seven-colored precious light to calm the brocade, which settled into his hand.
• Hai Dengshen watched Zhang Yuan take the brocade and desperately demanded it back.

Zhang Yuan killed Hai Dengshen, rescued the passengers, and divided the palace’s treasures with Qin Tianyi. After the passengers returned safely to the ship, Zhang Yuan collected the stone gate and prepared to leave with a bountiful haul.

• Hai Dengshen tried to flee through a secret passage, but Zhang Yuan killed him with Qin Tianyi’s Thunder Sword and Three-Colored Qi Light.
• Zhang Yuan gave a healing pill to the blood-drained passenger and retrieved the [Primordial Form-Converging Sword] and a share of the palace treasures, leaving the rest for Qin Tianyi.
• Qin Tianyi woke the unconscious passengers with a thunderclap, and Yu Lian recognized Zhang Yuan but stayed quiet out of fear.
• Zhang Yuan led the passengers through the stone gate and safely back to the ship.
• After everyone had left, Zhang Yuan collected the ownerless stone gate into his Dao Domain.

Zhang Yuan traveled with Tong Ke and the other passengers aboard the Magic Ship toward the Dust-Dyed Realm's East Sea, knowing pursuers from several clans might catch up. After a peril-free voyage, the ship entered the East Sea, where the passengers marveled at its rich spiritual energy.

• Zhang Yuan came onto the deck and considered the Magic Ship's speed, the Heavenly Law Restriction, and the dangers of spatial travel.
• Tong Ke reported that the ship had encountered no trouble, and Zhang Yuan told her he was fleeing pursuers from the South Sea Dragon Clan, the Wen River Deng Clan, and the Nine Serenities Lu Clan.
• Tong Ke prayed for a safe journey, while Zhang Yuan told her not to say the prayer aloud; Ao Xiu and Chi Guanguan listened.
• The Magic Ship traveled another month and a half without encountering a South Sea True Dragon and reached the boundary between the Southern Heaven Realm's Northern Sea and the Dust-Dyed Realm's East Sea.
• The Magic Ship entered the East Sea, and the passengers crowded onto the deck to marvel at its rich spiritual energy.

Zhang Yuan exposed Cui Chengyun’s concealed ship after the young cultivator insulted the Southern Heaven Realm, then learned Cui Chengyun was Cui Wenshan’s son. When Zhang Yuan asked to meet the person leading the Aohai Cui Clan’s voyage to Southern Heaven, Cui Chengyun said they would not meet anyone before reaching the Central Land.

• An unseen voice mocked the Southern Heaven Realm passengers, and Zhang Yuan used his sword qi to break the concealment formation hiding a huge Aohai Cui Clan ship.
• Cui Chengyun apologized to Zhang Yuan, then revealed his identity as a direct-line descendant of the Aohai Cui Clan.
• Zhang Yuan recognized Cui Chengyun as Cui Wenshan’s son and learned Cui Wenshan kept his son’s identity quiet to spare him from beatings caused by his father’s venomous tongue.
• Cui Chengyun confirmed that the clan had ordered the voyage to Southern Heaven but said he was not in charge of the ship.
• Zhang Yuan asked to meet the person in charge, but Cui Chengyun said that person would see no one until they reached the Central Land.

Zhang Yuan met Cui Yuanxi, the Aohai Cui Clan’s concealed Magic Ship overseer, and hurried back to his ship after their brief conversation. He found that Cui Yuanxi had followed him aboard despite his efforts to keep her away.

• Cui Chengyun told Zhang Yuan that the Magic Ship’s overseer could not meet visitors or reveal their identity.
• Cui Yuanxi came onto the deck, introduced herself as the overseer, and greeted Zhang Yuan.
• Cui Chengyun recognized Zhang Yuan and recalled the clan head’s order that Cui Yuanxi must not meet him.
• Zhang Yuan departed for his ship after Cui Yuanxi urged him to continue toward the Ao Kingdom and South Sea.
• Zhang Yuan activated the ship’s formations to prevent Cui Yuanxi from boarding, but discovered she was already inside.

Cui Yuanxi joined Zhang Yuan on his voyage to the East Sea Dragon Clan, and they reached a port in the Ao Kingdom after months at sea. Zhang Yuan sent warnings to the Mysterious Court and Cui Qiezhe before arriving, where the travelers eagerly looked toward the Demon Realm.

• Cui Yuanxi told Zhang Yuan she would accompany him to protect him, and he accepted after asking her to put her own safety first.
• Tong Ke noticed Cui Yuanxi aboard the ship and became friendly with her, giving Zhang Yuan more peace and quiet.
• As the ship neared an East Sea port, Zhang Yuan suspected the South Sea Dragon Clan was preparing an ambush and wrote letters to Cui Qiezhe and the Mysterious Court.
• Zhang Yuan sent the letters as paper cranes, asking the Mysterious Court to receive the passengers and warning that Demon Realm Celestial Persons might be waiting at the port.
• Three days later, the ship reached the coast, and Tong Ke asked Cui Yuanxi whether the dragon-shaped mountain ahead was typical of the Demon Realm.

Zhang Yuan reached the shore and found the South Sea Dragon Clan waiting alongside three Immortal Lords from the Mysterious Court. He attacked the true dragon hiding as a mountain, splitting its head and driving it into the Great Void.

• Immortal Lord Lingxiang greeted Lu Danyan, then kept the Mysterious Court’s distance from the Nine Serenities Lu Clan because of its conflict with the Hengyang Lu Clan.
• Zhang Yuan spotted Wenren Shangzhi, Deng Qiuzhi, and Lu Danyan on shore and told Cui Yuanxi and Tong Ke to stay out of any fight.
• Cui Yuanxi agreed not to interfere unless Zhang Yuan faced an urgent danger.
• Zhang Yuan used the Primordial Form-Converging Sword to slash the dragon-shaped mountain, cleaving the earth-colored true dragon’s head in half.
• The wounded true dragon fled into the Great Void, and Wenren Shangzhi called it useless.