Chapter Summaries

Fang Qianyuan stayed at the Glazed Courtyard while preparing to mediate Moonlight Fairy’s conflict with Golden Toad True Person. The Flowing Cloud Grotto’s fairies admired Fang’s growth, and he assured Ink Fairy he would handle the looming marriage threat.

• Fang Qianyuan rode Little White across the sea while the Flowing Cloud Grotto’s fairies watched from the cliffs.
• Ink Fairy praised Fang’s achievements as her maids teased her about liking him, while Silver Fairy reflected on his strength and her own stalled cultivation.
• Fang returned to the cliff, complimented Ink Fairy’s painting of Little White, and joined the group heading back to the courtyard.
• Ink Fairy explained that Golden Toad True Person, a notorious Unorthodox Path expert, planned to arrive in two days and force Moonlight Fairy to marry him.
• Fang Qianyuan calmly promised Ink Fairy that he would settle the matter properly.

Fang Qianyuan's decision to confront Golden Toad True Person drew scrutiny from the Azure Cloud Sect, East Pass's factions, and Moonlight Fairy, who feared he could not handle the veteran and his allies. The chapter ended with Moonlight Fairy worrying that her plan had backfired and that Qianyuan would face several powerful Unorthodox Path experts alone.

• In a Southern Wilds cavern, a cloaked man praised Fang Qianyuan's patience and judgment while his Warriors questioned how he would face Golden Toad True Person.
• Azure Cloud Sect elders criticized Fang Qianyuan for sightseeing instead of preparing, but Yu Shixian argued that he should be allowed to handle the crisis himself.
• East Pass's factions and rogue cultivators discussed Fang Qianyuan's intervention, the threat posed by Golden Toad True Person, and whether the Azure Cloud Sect would step in.
• In the Flowing Cloud Grotto, Moonlight Fairy worried that her plan had backfired and told Golden Fairy Jin Zhu'er that Golden Toad True Person had recruited several Unorthodox Path experts to support him.

Golden Toad True Person, also known as Lai Yi, sailed toward shore while his abuse of a woman exposed his volatile nature and his deep insecurity. His disciples reminded him that he would soon see Moonlight Fairy, lifting his spirits as the ship continued its voyage.

• Golden Toad True Person drank and groped women aboard his treasure ship until a green-clad woman showed pain.
• Golden Toad True Person grew furious, threw the woman across the deck, and ordered his attendants to feed her to the fish.
• Lai Yi's history revealed that he had gained power through a Jade-Eyed Golden Toad but remained haunted by his impoverished childhood and perceived rejection.
• Lai Yi became infatuated with Moonlight Fairy, was defeated while seeking her hand, and later earned the Demon Alliance's protection after taking revenge on an East Pass expert.
• Lai Yi's disciples reminded him that the ship would soon reach shore and he would see Moonlight Fairy, restoring his good spirits.

Fang Qianyuan learned that Golden Toad True Person and his companions were nearing Sea City, where negotiations over the Flowing Cloud Grotto would begin. He told Ink Fairy that he would rely on strength and the Azure Cloud Sect’s backing, then revealed a startling change in his hair.

• Fang Qianyuan heard that the group had passed through the Sea Vortex Gate and reached shore.
• Ink Fairy told Fang Qianyuan that Moonlight Fairy had invited powerful friends from the East Pass Lands to support him in the negotiations.
• Fang Qianyuan dismissed careful planning against an obsessed opponent and said the matter would depend on absolute strength.
• Ink Fairy urged Fang Qianyuan to use the Azure Cloud Sect’s influence to deter Golden Toad True Person, and Fang Qianyuan agreed that his presence already carried that threat.
• Fang Qianyuan smiled mysteriously as his waist-length hair began growing wildly, startling the maid.

Fang Qianyuan demonstrated the Demon-Ice Nether Soul and explained how his Dark Demon Claw fused its power with Little White's and his own abilities. He told Ink Fairy he had been preparing to face a renowned senior, but believed he was already stronger and was only patching gaps in his strength.

• Fang Qianyuan revealed the frightening Demon-Ice Nether Soul, reassuring Ink Fairy that he had tamed it.
• Fang Qianyuan explained that the Dark Demon Claw combined the powers of Little White, the Demon-Ice Nether Soul, Black Wind true meaning, and time.
• Fang Qianyuan described how his cultivation of Reverse Time Transformation and the Mysterious Treasure Pill let him use time power and refine his fusion technique.
• Ink Fairy recognized the Dark Demon Claw as a sophisticated secret art and asked whether Fang Qianyuan had been preparing to deal with someone.
• Fang Qianyuan confirmed it and said he believed he was stronger than the renowned senior, so he was only identifying and fixing weaknesses.

Fang Qianyuan arrived in Sea City for a gathering of East Pass experts, where his strength and rapid rise left the other young talents far behind. The assembled figures climbed the city tower after a servant announced the arrival of a huge Treasure Ship.

• Fang Qianyuan reflected that his Earth Rank strength had grown enough to contend with Seven Turns experts, though he remained wary of Golden Toad True Person's Jade-Eyed Golden Toad.
• Fang Qianyuan arrived in Sea City with the people of Flowing Cloud Grotto, where East Pass luminaries and Rogue Cultivator experts had gathered.
• Severed Karma Hall greeted Fang Qianyuan and admitted that, despite reaching Earth Rank himself, the gulf between them had only widened.
• Wang Han, Lin Yanshan, Zhou Yu, Wei Wei, Qin Le, and other former rivals watched Fang Qianyuan and regretted how far they had fallen behind.
• A servant announced that someone had arrived, and the gathering climbed the city tower to see a thousand-foot Treasure Ship halt at sea.

Fang Qianyuan confronted Golden Toad True Person aboard his treasure ship and ordered him to stop pursuing Moonlight Fairy. When Golden Toad dismissed his warning and claimed his proposal could not be stopped, Fang Qianyuan launched an attack.

• Fang Qianyuan flew with Little White to the treasure ship offshore, followed by the East Pass magnates.
• A Severed Karma Hall representative identified Golden Toad True Person and the Unorthodox Path experts accompanying him.
• Fang Qianyuan told Golden Toad that he would not be allowed to go to Flowing Cloud Grotto and harass Moonlight Fairy.
• Golden Toad mocked Fang Qianyuan, invoked Jiang Yunfeng's death, and insisted that his marriage proposal could not be forbidden.
• Fang Qianyuan declared that those who defied him would die, and Little White transformed into a giant wolf and attacked.

Fang Qianyuan attacked Golden Toad True Person aboard his Treasure Ship, relying on his status and the East Pass magnates’ obligation to support him. He and Golden Toad True Person moved onto the sea to fight, while their allies faced off on the ship.

• Fang Qianyuan’s Wind Claw shattered the ice wall protecting Golden Toad True Person, revealing the Jade-Eyed Golden Toad beneath him.
• Fang Qianyuan told the East Pass magnates to act only as witnesses or cover, and they realized his backing made his attack less reckless than it seemed.
• Fang Qianyuan unleashed more Wind Claw attacks, damaging the Treasure Ship until Golden Toad True Person moved onto the sea to fight him.
• Fang Qianyuan sent Little White onto the sea, while You Baili, Wu Changming, and other Unorthodox Path experts tried to join Golden Toad True Person.
• Xu Fei and the East Pass magnates blocked the Unorthodox Path experts, and Hu Banxian urged them to stay aboard and guard against a sneak attack.

Fang Qianyuan fought Golden Toad True Person at sea, showing no doubt that he could kill him. As the battle formations of Golden Toad’s Sharkman Warriors blocked Fang and Little White, Ink Fairy realized Fang’s threat was sincere and warned Silver Fairy and Feather Fairy.

• Golden Toad True Person sent his Treasure Ship away and attacked with the Jade-Eyed Golden Toad’s Water Dragon Wave.
• Fang Qianyuan used the Windbody Technique to reach Golden Toad, who summoned Sharkman Warriors and ordered them to form battle formations.
• Little White’s claws clashed with the water dragons produced by the Sharkman Warriors’ formations as Fang watched coldly.
• Sea City’s defensive Scrying Formation projected the battle for its residents to watch.
• Ink Fairy told Silver Fairy and Feather Fairy that Fang had assessed their relative strength beforehand and truly intended to kill Golden Toad True Person.

Fang Qianyuan held his own against Golden Toad True Person, impressing the East Pass powerhouses with his steady foundation and skill. Golden Toad True Person then unleashed the Water Escape, Ten Directions Sea Dragon Roar, sharply escalating the battle.

• Fang Qianyuan used Little White and the Ice Soul Divine Mirror to counter Golden Toad True Person's water attacks, escaping a barrage of ice spears with Wind Transformation.
• The East Pass powerhouses cheered as Fang Qianyuan matched Golden Toad True Person, while Golden Toad True Person grew alarmed that Fang showed no opening.
• Xu Fei explained to Severed Karma Hall that Fang's solid foundation and precise control of wind and ice were the true source of his strength.
• Golden Toad True Person sent his Jade-Eyed Golden Toad plunging into the sea, raising towering waves that began to gather into a Divine Ability.
• Golden Toad True Person formed a hand seal and unleashed Water Escape, Ten Directions Sea Dragon Roar.

Golden Toad True Person unleashed the Ten Directions Sea Dragon Roar, trapping Fang Qianyuan and Little White in ice. Fang Qianyuan broke free and struck Golden Toad True Person with the Dark Demon Claw, leaving him wounded.

• Golden Toad True Person used the Ten Directions Sea Dragon Roar to turn mist and sound into a fast-moving white dragon.
• Fang Qianyuan and Little White transformed into wind to evade the attack, but the dragon’s vibrations injured Fang Qianyuan and disrupted their transformation.
• Fang Qianyuan created a black hollow to shield them, but Golden Toad True Person altered the dragon’s form and froze them inside an ice sphere.
• Golden Toad True Person approached to attack the trapped pair while Xu Fei, You Baili, and the others prepared to intervene.
• Fang Qianyuan broke through the ice and hit Golden Toad True Person with the Dark Demon Claw, tearing his robe and opening three bloody wounds.

Fang Qianyuan survived Golden Toad True Person’s strongest attack by using the Windbody Technique and counterattacked, leaving Golden Toad True Person wounded. As the wound’s icy darkness drained his vitality, Fang declared that Golden Toad True Person was no match for him.

• Golden Toad True Person struck Fang Qianyuan and Little White with Ten Directions Sea Dragon Roar, then froze them in ice.
• Fang Qianyuan broke free and counterattacked, shocking the observers at Sea City's gate tower.
• Ink Fairy and the Earth Rank Experts realized Fang Qianyuan had used his Windbody Technique to disperse much of the attack’s force and endured the rest with his formidable physique.
• Fang Qianyuan landed on Little White as Golden Toad True Person berated him and threatened to attack again.
• Black mist and ice spread from Golden Toad True Person’s wound, draining his vitality and spirit essence.
• Fang Qianyuan told Golden Toad True Person that he was no match for him.

Fang Qianyuan provoked Golden Toad True Person into attacking while watching for an opening. He used the Dark Demon Ice Nether Soul as bait so Little White could break the Sharkman Warriors’ formation, leaving the battle unresolved but turning the tide.

• Fang Qianyuan told Golden Toad True Person that strength came from an indomitable heart, then secretly prepared for the veteran's next attack.
• Golden Toad True Person commanded the Jade-Eyed Golden Toad to unleash water dragons against Fang Qianyuan and Little White.
• Fang Qianyuan summoned the Dark Demon Ice Nether Soul, which Golden Toad True Person trapped inside layers of ice and water.
• While Golden Toad True Person focused on the trapped spirit creature, Fang Qianyuan used the Wind-Riding Art to send Little White at the Sharkman Warriors.
• Little White shattered part of the Sharkman Warriors’ formation, causing the Lesser Celestial Circuit Formation to collapse before she escaped the pursuing attacks.

Fang Qianyuan used stealth and the Ice Soul Divine Mirror to evade Golden Toad True Person’s attacks while keeping him occupied. The Dark Demon Claw then resurfaced in Golden Toad True Person’s wound, leaving the veteran alarmed as the crowd realized Fang had set the trap earlier.

• Fang Qianyuan and Little White resumed their standoff with Golden Toad True Person after breaking his Sharkman Warriors’ battle formation.
• Golden Toad True Person used Frog Croak and spirit-essence-laced mist to detect Fang Qianyuan and Little White despite their invisibility and wind forms.
• Golden Toad True Person trapped them in the Profound Water Ice Blossom Prison, but Fang used the Ice Soul Divine Mirror and Little White shattered the frozen water wall so they could escape.
• Golden Toad True Person’s chest wound reopened as frost and dark power spread through his body.
• Fang Qianyuan revealed that the Dark Demon Claw was his killing move and that he had kept Golden Toad True Person distracted until the hidden injury took effect.

Fang Qianyuan’s Dark Demon Claw repeatedly reappeared in Golden Toad True Person’s wound because Fang had infused it with power of time. Golden Toad True Person’s attempts to purge the attack gave its temporal seed time to take root, leaving Fang confident that victory was within reach.

• Golden Toad True Person shattered the ice in his chest and searched himself, then resumed attacking Fang Qianyuan and Little White with the Jade-Eyed Golden Toad.
• Golden Toad True Person discovered that the wound had returned and worsened, so he cut off his connection to the Dark Demon Ice Nether Soul, allowing it to escape.
• The onlookers noticed the ice reappearing on Golden Toad True Person’s chest, while Fang Qianyuan explained that his Dark Demon Claw had taken root.
• Fang Qianyuan revealed that power of time had left a seed in Golden Toad True Person, which cycled back into existence whenever he purged the wound.
• Fang Qianyuan explained how he had distracted Golden Toad True Person until the temporal seed could grow, and concluded that victory was now in his grasp.

Fang Qianyuan and his allies overwhelmed Golden Toad True Person in a battle that escalated into an all-out melee. Golden Toad True Person emerged from the shattered iceberg barely alive, while the golden toad began to blur amid smoky spiritual light.

• Fang Qianyuan used guerrilla tactics and the Dark Demon Claw’s lingering effects to wear down Golden Toad True Person.
• The Dark Demon Ice Nether Soul froze much of the Jade-Eyed Golden Toad with its Dark Ice Mystic Beam, prompting You Baili and others to rush in and fight Xu Fei’s group.
• Fang Qianyuan’s side and the Unorthodox Path experts clashed, turning the duel into a melee that put Sea City on alert.
• Fang Qianyuan summoned the Golden-Wing Grubs and unleashed Wind Blade Frost Sword, combining black dragons into a massive attack that trapped the Jade-Eyed Golden Toad in a towering iceberg.
• The iceberg shattered, revealing Golden Toad True Person barely conscious atop the golden toad as smoky spiritual light appeared around it.

Fang Qianyuan and Jiang Yi pursued Meng Zhang and the wounded Golden Toad True Person beneath the sea. After Jiang Yi’s Giant Dragon Eel caught up with the fleeing Dread Dragon Shark, Fang Qianyuan’s power forced it to eject a block of ice, and Meng Zhang swam upward with Golden Toad True Person.

• The Jade-Eyed Golden Toad sacrificed its Spirit Essence to restore Golden Toad True Person, and Meng Zhang carried him underwater on the Dread Dragon Shark.
• Xu Fei pursued You Baili and the others while instructing Young Master Li to take control of the Treasure Ship.
• Jiang Yi brought Fang Qianyuan underwater aboard his Earth Rank Giant Dragon Eel and projected its vision for him.
• The Dread Dragon Shark sped away, so Jiang Yi used the Blood Escape Technique to catch up while Fang Qianyuan prepared to attack.
• Fang Qianyuan triggered his Power of Time and froze the Dread Dragon Shark, which ejected a block of ice as Meng Zhang escaped upward with Golden Toad True Person.

Fang Qianyuan fought Meng Zhang and Golden Toad True Person above the sea, using Wind Transformation to overwhelm Meng Zhang and then turning on the weakened Golden Toad True Person. He froze Golden Toad True Person and shattered his body, leaving Meng Zhang and Jiang Yi stunned.

• Jiang Yi unleashed the giant dragon eel's lightning, slowing Meng Zhang's Dread Dragon Shark avatar before Fang Qianyuan rose from the sea.
• Meng Zhang possessed the Demon Star Raging Shark, while Fang Qianyuan possessed Little White and transformed into wind.
• Fang Qianyuan used his speed and Wind Claw to wound Meng Zhang, then froze much of his body with the Ice Soul Divine Force.
• Fang Qianyuan attacked the weakened Golden Toad True Person, stabbed his abdomen, and bound him with his hair.
• Fang Qianyuan unleashed the Dark Demon Ice Nether Soul and shattered Golden Toad True Person's frozen body with an interrupted Mountain-Breaking Gang.

Fang Qianyuan killed Golden Toad True Person and returned to Sea City with Jiang Yi, where the factions celebrated his victory and considered its consequences. Golden Toad True Person briefly revived through his Jade-Eyed Golden Toad’s water essence, but a mysterious black mist froze and shattered him, killing him for good.

• Meng Zhang fled into the sea, and Fang Qianyuan told Jiang Yi not to pursue him.
• Fang Qianyuan and Jiang Yi searched Golden Toad True Person’s remains and recovered his Myriad Treasures Pouch and other valuables.
• Fang Qianyuan and Jiang Yi returned to Sea City, where the local factions learned that Fang Qianyuan had killed Golden Toad True Person.
• Golden Toad True Person revived in the sea using his Jade-Eyed Golden Toad’s water essence and laughed that he had escaped death.
• A black mist froze Golden Toad True Person and shattered him, finally killing him.

After Fang Qianyuan killed Golden Toad True Person, factions across the Southern Wilds and Eastern Sea sought confirmation and assessed the consequences. The Demon Alliance named Fang Qianyuan its number-one Black List target, while Moonlight Fairy prepared to visit him and thank him for protecting Flowing Cloud Grotto.

• Moonlight Fairy learned that Fang Qianyuan had killed Golden Toad True Person and decided to go to Sea City to thank him.
• Factions throughout the region sent envoys to verify Golden Toad True Person's death and inquire about the incident.
• Demon Alliance envoys questioned Meng Zhang, who angrily confirmed that Fang Qianyuan had killed Golden Toad True Person.
• Hu Banxian argued that even if Golden Toad True Person survived, he would not dare challenge Fang Qianyuan again.
• The Demon Alliance announced that Fang Qianyuan had become the number-one target on its Black List and promised full support and rewards to anyone who helped kill him.