Vol. 5The Terrifying Sea

Taishu Jing, Little White, and Nangong Ruxue pursued Hell’s forces across the Terrifying Sea, uncovering their plan to awaken an ancient Devil Race god. They entered the Inner Circle after defeating the Ghost King, and Taishu Jing killed Peach Blossom Old Monster.

  • Ji Ruxue rebuked Xuanyuan Liuyun, accepted Taishu Jing’s gifts, and vowed to become a Peerless King before returning to him.
  • Taishu Jing and Little White killed the Judge of Nether Mountain and searched his memories for information about the mysterious force.
  • Ji Ruxue became Nangong Ruxue, left the Ji Family, and reunited with Taishu Jing and Little White after rejecting Xuanyuan Liuyun at the wedding alliance ceremony.
  • Taishu Jing, Little White, and Nangong Ruxue reached the Half-step Emperor Realm, traveled to the Terrifying Sea, and arrived at the Sea Suppressing Sect as a Terror Beast Tide approached.
  • Taishu Jing built a formation to protect the Sea Suppressing Sect, and he and his companions defeated the Terror Beasts attacking it.
  • Taishu Jing and his companions defeated the Eight Great Families’ forces and extracted information from the Ghost Gate deacon’s true spirit.
  • Taishu Jing, Little White, and Nangong Ruxue entered the Emperor Realm and killed the Death Emperor, learning that Hell had gathered the Inner Circle’s Old Monsters’ corpses.
  • Little White defeated the Ghost King, whose memories revealed Hell’s Blood Sacrifice plan, and Taishu Jing later killed Peach Blossom Old Monster in the Inner Circle.
Chapters 403–502 Read from ch. 403

Arc 17The Judge of Nether Mountain

Taishu Jing and his companions reunited with Ji Ruxue, who accepted a chance to prove herself, while Taishu Yun won the alchemy competition by refining six Eight-Mark Pills. Taishu Jing and Little White then uncovered Nether Mountain’s meeting with the Judge, killed him, and learned more about the mysterious force.

  • Ji Ruxue rebuked Xuanyuan Liuyun at the Heavenly Maiden Pavilion, then welcomed Taishu Jing and his companions and accepted the Sword Origin Purple Crystal after Little White challenged her to prove her feelings over time.
  • Taishu Jing promised to respond to Ji Ruxue’s feelings, and Ji Ruxue vowed to become a Peerless King before returning to find him, and he also gave her a Thousand Mechanisms Diagram and a life-saving Dao Diagram.
  • Tuoba Lie defeated the Ghost Emperor Body in Star Heaven, and Taishu Jing decided to keep watch on the mysterious fighter while attending the alchemy competition with his companions.
  • Taishu Yun advanced through the alchemy rounds and refined six perfect Eight-Mark Pills, winning the fifth competition ahead of the Taiqing Palace Quasi-King.
  • At the Myriad Pills Auction House, Ning Xiaoxiao auctioned pills from the competition, and two Awakening Source Pills sold for three Medicine Kings.
  • Ao Xiaoxiao agreed to return to Myriad Emperors Ridge, while Taishu Jing and Little White followed Yan Qi and a Nether Mountain Quasi-King to a cottage where they met the black-robed Judge.
  • Taishu Jing struck the Judge, sealed his connection to the Great Dao, pulled out his true spirit, and used the Thousand Mechanisms Diagram to suppress it.
  • Taishu Jing searched the Judge’s memories, crushed his true spirit, and uncovered more information about the mysterious force.
Chapters 403–427 Summaries Read

Arc 18Nangong Ruxue’s Departure

Ji Ruxue became Nangong Ruxue, broke with the Ji Family, and joined Taishu Jing and Little White. After the three advanced to the Half-step Emperor Realm, they traveled to the Terrifying Sea to investigate Hell and arrived at the Sea Suppressing Sect as a Terror Beast Tide approached.

  • Little White gave the three Small Worlds Taishu Jing had collected to nourish her King's Minor World, and she agreed she would accept Ji Ruxue if she came to them.
  • Ji Ruxue forged the God Slaying Sword Body, advanced to the Dao Source Realm, changed her name to Nangong Ruxue, and left the Ji Family with her mother's Spirit Tablet.
  • Nangong Ruxue reached Myriad Emperors Ridge, reunited with Taishu Jing and Little White, and agreed to attend the Ji Family's wedding alliance ceremony with them.
  • At the wedding, Nangong Ruxue presented the Dragon Clan's gifts, rejected Xuanyuan Liuyun, and confronted Ji Wuye and Xuanyuan Wuming before leaving with Taishu Jing and Little White.
  • After Nangong Ruxue, Taishu Jing, and Little White reached the Half-step Emperor Realm, they set out for the Terrifying Sea, where Taishu Jing warned Taishu Yun that Hell's forces were based.
  • The trio emerged from a rift near the Terrifying Sea, met Hong Ye, Lu Ming, and Barbarian, and followed Hong Ye to the Sea Suppressing Sect.
  • Sect Master Li Yan discussed the coming Terror Beast Tide and the evacuation of the sect's children, then took Taishu Jing and his companions to the library for information about the Terrifying Sea.
Chapters 428–452 Summaries Read

Arc 19Across the Terrifying Sea

Taishu Jing, Little White, and Nangong Ruxue helped the Sea Suppressing Sect survive the Terror Beast Tide before crossing the Terrifying Sea toward Hell. After defeating the Eight Great Families’ forces, Taishu Jing sought the Ghost Gate and learned what he needed by capturing its deacon’s true spirit.

  • Taishu Jing built an Eight-Turn Grand Formation to protect the Sea Suppressing Sect, then joined Little White and Nangong Ruxue in defeating the Terror Beasts attacking its shore.
  • Taishu Jing, Little White, and Nangong Ruxue entered the Terrifying Sea, crossed to an island, and hired Kunming to ferry them onward.
  • Little White and Nangong Ruxue’s music drew merfolk, who gifted them Merfolk Silk, while the Dragon Whale Jing Kui asked to follow Little White.
  • Taishu Jing ordered Jing Kui to kill a Cloud Sea Family young master and destroy his merchant ship after its crew tried to seize Little White and Nangong Ruxue.
  • Taishu Jing studied Crimson Obsidian and comprehended the Blazing Sun Law, while he and his companions strengthened their Order Power in the Terrifying Sea.
  • The Eight Great Families surrounded Taishu Jing’s group and attacked, but Jing Kui sank their warships and Taishu Jing learned from Yun Hailin that Ghost Gate ruled the middle region.
  • Taishu Jing overwhelmed the Cloud Sea Family council and demanded to meet the Ghost Gate deacon, then confronted the deacon and extracted information from his true spirit.
Chapters 453–477 Summaries Read

Arc 20The Ghost Gate and Inner Circle

Taishu Jing, Little White, and Nangong Ruxue entered the Emperor Realm, defeated the Death Emperor and the Ghost King, and learned Hell planned to awaken an ancient Devil Race god. They left Jing Kui behind and entered the Inner Circle, where Taishu Jing killed Peach Blossom Old Monster.

  • Taishu Jing led Little White and Nangong Ruxue into the Terrifying Sea’s middle region, where Nangong Ruxue battled a hunched elder who had emerged from the Land of Ruin.
  • Nangong Ruxue condensed two Emperor Stars, and Taishu Jing and Little White followed by advancing into the Emperor Realm as the elder tried to attack Jing Kui.
  • Taishu Jing, Little White, and Nangong Ruxue joined forces to kill the Death Emperor, and Taishu Jing searched his memories to learn that Hell had slaughtered the Inner Circle’s Old Monsters and gathered their corpses.
  • Jing Kui transformed into a dragon whale king and carried the group toward Ghost Gate while Taishu Jing and the two women forged Divine Rules.
  • Nangong Ruxue killed Ghost Saint Kui Ming and the Ghost Gate members who ambushed them, then Little White destroyed the Ghost King and captured his true spirit.
  • Taishu Jing learned from the Ghost King’s memories that Hell planned to use the Old Monsters’ corpses in a Blood Sacrifice to awaken an ancient Devil Race god.
  • Taishu Jing, Little White, and Nangong Ruxue left Jing Kui behind and entered the Inner Circle, where Taishu Jing found a concealed island and killed Peach Blossom Old Monster.
Chapters 478–502 Summaries Read
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