Chapter Summaries

Taishu Jing, Little White, and Nangong Ruxue explored a marketplace on an island in the Terrifying Sea, where Taishu Jing bought Crimson Obsidian to study its effect on Terror Beasts. They headed for the island’s docks to find transport toward the middle region of the sea.

• Little White frightened the marketplace crowd with a single snort, and Taishu Jing led the women into the market.
• Taishu Jing bought a piece of Crimson Obsidian for three Spirit Tier Treasure Medicines and said he wanted to study its energy.
• Taishu Jing asked the old stallkeeper how to reach another island, and the old man directed them toward the far side of the island.
• Taishu Jing, Little White, and Nangong Ruxue reached the docks and walked toward a dark-skinned boatman in coarse hemp clothing.

Taishu Jing, Little White, and Nangong Ruxue hired a boatman to take them to the next island and learned about the dangers of pirates in the Terrifying Sea. The boatman refused payment until they reached their destination, and the group continued across the sea.

• Taishu Jing agreed to pay the boatman three Spirit Tier Treasure Medicines to ferry the three of them to the next island.
• The boatman chatted with Taishu Jing and praised Little White and Nangong Ruxue as his wives.
• The boatman explained that Crimson Obsidian kept Terror Beasts away from his boat, but Pirates sometimes robbed vessels in the Terrifying Sea.
• Little White and Nangong Ruxue questioned the Eight Great Families' failure to deal with the Pirates, and the boatman warned them to speak carefully.
• Taishu Jing offered the boatman payment, but the boatman insisted on collecting it only after delivering them to the island.
• Little White and Nangong Ruxue remarked that the honest boatman reminded them of Ao Jue.

Taishu Jing, Little White, and Nangong Ruxue rested on Kunming’s boat, where Little White and Nangong Ruxue played music that drew merfolk and other sea creatures from the depths. The chapter left them performing as a dragon whale surfaced nearby and drove away the Terror Beasts.

• Kunming introduced himself to Taishu Jing, Little White, and Nangong Ruxue while they rested on his boat.
• Taishu Jing encouraged Nangong Ruxue and Little White to perform together, and Little White formed a harp from colored light.
• Kunming and Taishu Jing listened as the two women played, and the music drew merfolk to the boat.
• A dragon whale surfaced nearby, frightening away the Terror Beasts while the merfolk and other sea creatures continued listening.

After Little White and Nangong Ruxue played music that drew Merfolk and a Dragon Whale to the boat, the Merfolk gifted them sixteen rolls of valuable silk. The Dragon Whale, Jing Kui, then asked to follow Little White, hoping her sacred aura would help it advance its bloodline.

• Taishu Jing reassured boatman Kunming that the enormous Dragon Whale meant them no harm.
• After Little White and Nangong Ruxue finished playing, the Merfolk surfaced and left sixteen rolls of Merfolk Silk on the boat as a gift.
• Kunming warned that the Eight Great Families might try to seize the silk, but Taishu Jing said they could protect it.
• Nangong Ruxue took the silk to make clothes for Little White, who trusted her to choose the designs.
• The Dragon Whale introduced itself as Jing Kui and asked to follow Little White so it could improve its bloodline.

Taishu Jing accepted the deep-sea dragon whale Jing Kui as the group’s sea transport, then ordered it to kill the Cloud Sea Family men who tried to take Little White and Nangong Ruxue. Jing Kui killed the Seventeenth Young Master and his guards, leaving the merchant ship’s crew terrified.

• Taishu Jing persuaded Little White to let the deep-sea dragon whale follow them as transportation, and it shrank to a smaller size.
• Taishu Jing, Little White, Nangong Ruxue, and boatman Kunming continued toward the next island with the dragon whale following their boat.
• A Cloud Sea Family merchant ship caught up, and its Seventeenth Young Master ordered his men to bring Little White and Nangong Ruxue aboard.
• Two Cloud Sea Family members arrogantly demanded the women, but Taishu Jing ordered Jing Kui to kill them and the Seventeenth Young Master.
• Jing Kui crushed the two guards and killed the Seventeenth Young Master, while the merchant ship’s crew panicked.

Taishu Jing and Jing Kui destroyed the Cloud Sea Family merchant ship after killing the Seventeenth Young Master, prompting the Eight Great Families to search the Terrifying Sea for the culprits. As Taishu Jing traveled toward the next island, Jing Kui explained that Terror Beasts originated from sea creatures tainted by the blood of an ancient Magic Beast called Terror.

• Taishu Jing ordered Jing Kui to destroy the merchant ship, and Jing Kui swallowed it in a whirlpool, leaving only broken planks.
• Kunming resumed rowing while Jing Kui followed the boat beneath the sea with Taishu Jing, Little White, and Nangong Ruxue.
• The Cloud Sea Family issued a wanted notice offering treasure medicines for clues or the culprit, and the other seven great families joined the search.
• Taishu Jing declined Jing Kui's offer to destroy the Cloud Sea Family, saying they would come looking for him themselves.
• Jing Kui explained that Crimson Obsidian did not affect it and described how Terror Beasts were born from sea creatures tainted by Terror's demonic blood.

Taishu Jing comprehended the Blazing Sun Dao and swiftly condensed its law despite the Terrifying Sea’s suppression. He revealed the law’s first profoundness, Nine Suns Across the Sky, as Three-legged Golden Crows appeared within the phantom suns.

• Jing Kui explained that Crimson Obsidian purified demon blood and its yang energy restrained Terror Beasts.
• Taishu Jing drew energy from Crimson Obsidian, then manifested a purer crimson-gold energy and identified it as the Blazing Sun Dao.
• Taishu Jing rapidly produced four hundred and ninety million Dao Law Runes and condensed them into a crimson-gold law, astonishing Jing Kui.
• The law’s heat steamed the surrounding sea as Taishu Jing raised nine phantom Divine Suns into the air.
• Jing Kui recognized the first profoundness of the Blazing Sun Law, Nine Suns Across the Sky, and saw Three-legged Golden Crows take shape within the suns.

Taishu Jing awakened the Blazing Sun Origin and refined it into Blazing Sun Order Power, which resisted the Terrifying Sea’s suppression. As he and his companions continued tempering their power, Taishu Jing turned his attention back to his original goal: reaching Hell.

• Taishu Jing used his understanding of the Blazing Sun Law to awaken its Origin while Jing Kui watched in amazement.
• Taishu Jing used Yin Yang Power to condense the Blazing Sun Origin into pure Blazing Sun Order Power.
• Taishu Jing recognized that Dao comprehension in the Terrifying Sea produced purer power and helped strengthen their Order Bodies.
• Taishu Jing noted that he had recovered about forty percent of his strength, while Little White and Nangong Ruxue had each recovered about fifty percent.
• Jing Kui praised Taishu Jing’s rare talent, and Taishu Jing laughed before focusing on his goal of reaching Hell.

Taishu Jing advised Jing Kui to fuse the Deep Sea Dragon Whale Clan’s True Dragon and Blue Whale bloodlines into one, giving Jing Kui a new direction for cultivation. After Little White and Nangong Ruxue recovered further and Taishu Jing revealed his Blazing Sun Order Power, the group discovered they were surrounded by ships from the Eight Great Families and other cultivators.

• Jing Kui praised Taishu Jing’s guidance, then asked whether the Dragon Whale Clan should cultivate its two bloodlines in balance or make one primary.
• Taishu Jing suggested fusing the bloodlines into one while retaining the other bloodline’s traits, and Jing Kui realized this could change its cultivation path.
• Little White and Nangong Ruxue woke from cultivation and reported refining another ten percent of their Order Power and recovering to sixty percent of their strength.
• Taishu Jing showed Little White and Nangong Ruxue his Blazing Sun Order Power, which they recognized as connected to Crimson Obsidian.
• Jing Kui warned Taishu Jing that they had been surrounded, and the group saw more than a hundred ships, including warships from all Eight Great Families, closing off the sea region.

Taishu Jing and his companions emerged from the mist aboard a Dragon Whale as the Eight Great Families questioned them about the Crimson Gold Divine Light and demanded an explanation. The families grew hostile when the trio refused to cooperate, leaving a confrontation on the verge of breaking out.

• Yun Hailin questioned Taishu Jing about the phenomenon, but Taishu Jing said they were passing through and ordered the families to move aside.
• Little White’s gaze struck Yun Hailin with overwhelming fear, though he soon recovered and continued pressing the trio for answers.
• Gu Youqianhe joined Yun Hailin in demanding an explanation, convinced the trio had taken the supreme treasure.
• Nangong Ruxue mocked the Eight Great Families as earth dragons, and Gu You Qian He threatened the trio with death in the Terrifying Sea.

Taishu Jing’s group faced an attack from the Eight Great Families and a fleet of treasure-seeking desperadoes, but Jing Kui unleashed a sea vortex that dragged their warships toward the seabed. More than twenty cultivators escaped into the air and confronted the group as the remaining attackers faced death.

• Gu You Qian He ordered the desperadoes to attack Taishu Jing’s group and seize the supreme treasure of heaven and earth.
• Taishu Jing, Nangong Ruxue, and Little White let Jing Kui handle the charging warships.
• Jing Kui used Sea Tornado to churn the sea into a massive vortex that tossed and dragged the warships toward the seabed.
• The attackers realized they had provoked a powerful opponent as the warships sank and people aboard screamed in terror.
• More than twenty Dao Foundation Realm and Inscription Realm cultivators flew out of the sinking fleet and confronted Taishu Jing’s group.

Taishu Jing and his companions defeated the Eight Great Families’ forces and learned from Yun Hailin that Ghost Gate controlled the Terrifying Sea’s middle region. They decided to use a Ghost Gate steward to find the Ghost King, while Jing Kui killed everyone but Yun Hailin.

• Yun Hailin threatened Taishu Jing with the Eight Great Families’ power, but Taishu Jing ordered Jing Kui to attack.
• Jing Kui’s water whips trapped Yun Hailin and the others, and Yun Hailin revealed his family’s connection to a steward of Ghost Gate.
• Taishu Jing questioned Yun Hailin about Ghost Gate and learned that it ruled the middle region under a Ghost King.
• Taishu Jing and his companions concluded that Ghost Gate could lead them to Hell and decided to visit its steward.
• Jing Kui crushed Gu You Qian He and the others into bloody water, leaving Yun Hailin alive as the Sea Tornado swallowed the warships.

After Taishu Jing destroyed the Cloud Sea Family’s warships, he forced Yun Hailin to guide him to Sky Cloud Island to meet the Ghost Gate deacon from the inner region. He entered the family council hall alone and asked Patriarch Yun Haifeng for an audience with the deacon, leaving the assembled elders astonished.

• Taishu Jing spared Yun Hailin after Jing Kui’s vortex destroyed the warships, then ordered him to lead them to the inner-region lord.
• Yun Hailin guided Taishu Jing and his companions toward Sky Cloud Island while Little White and Nangong Ruxue waited outside.
• Yun Haifeng told the Cloud Sea Family elders that their warships had vanished and vowed to kill whoever opposed the Eight Great Families.
• Yun Hailin returned to the council hall with Taishu Jing, and Yun Haifeng asked him what had happened.
• Taishu Jing told Yun Haifeng that he had come to meet the Ghost Gate deacon from the inner region, astonishing the assembled family members.

Taishu Jing demanded that the Cloud Sea Family take him to meet the lord from the Ghost Gate, but Yun Haifeng refused and attacked him. Taishu Jing subdued the clan and vanished to find the lord himself, leaving Yun Hailin and the others shaken by his strength.

• Yun Haifeng dismissed Taishu Jing’s request, but Yun Hailin urged the patriarch to take him to meet the lord.
• Yun Haifeng rejected Yun Hailin’s warning and released his pressure against Taishu Jing.
• Taishu Jing overwhelmed Yun Haifeng and suppressed the Cloud Sea Family members in the council hall.
• Yun Hailin knelt and pleaded for mercy, and Taishu Jing said he would go meet the lord.
• Taishu Jing vanished, and the freed clan members realized they were fortunate he had spared them.

Taishu Jing confronted a Ghost Gate deacon on Sky Cloud Island and demanded that he take him to the Ghost Gate. After the deacon chose to fight, Taishu Jing killed him, extracted information from his true spirit, and destroyed it.

• Taishu Jing surprised the gray-clad Ghost Gate deacon and recognized his Void Nether Realm cultivation.
• Taishu Jing asked the deacon to introduce him to the Ghost King, then threatened to kill him if he refused to take him to the Ghost Gate.
• The gray-clad man chose to attack Taishu Jing, who immobilized him and crushed his body into dust.
• Taishu Jing captured the gray-clad man's true spirit, learned what he wanted to know, and crushed it.

Taishu Jing left Sky Cloud Island with Little White and Nangong Ruxue to reach Ghost Gate, but first they encountered its Blood Sea Octopus guardian. Jing overwhelmed the newly ascended Dao Source Realm beast, whose body began to split beneath his palm.

• Taishu Jing told Little White and Nangong Ruxue that they were heading to Ghost Gate and left Sky Cloud Island with them on Jing Kui.
• The Cloud Sea Family found the gray-robed man missing and assumed he had left with Taishu Jing.
• Taishu Jing and his companions reached the reef marking the boundary between the outer and middle regions of the Terrifying Sea.
• The Blood Sea Octopus emerged from beneath the reef and attacked the group, declaring that outsiders must die.
• Taishu Jing reversed the attack with one hand and pressed the Blood Sea Octopus down with overwhelming force, causing its body to split apart.

Taishu Jing killed the Blood Sea Octopus guarding the entrance to the Terrifying Sea’s middle zone and discussed preparing for the dangers ahead with Little White and Nangong Ruxue. As Jing Kui carried them toward Ghost Gate, Taishu Jing and the two women rested while their Order Power tempering remained unfinished.

• Taishu Jing shattered the Blood Sea Octopus’s body and crushed its True Spirit after it lied about killing people who entered the middle zone.
• Little White asked whether the octopus’s death would alert Hell, and Taishu Jing said they should find the Ghost King before entering the inner zone, where Hell’s true mastermind was located.
• Little White and Nangong Ruxue said they had completed eighty percent of their Order Power tempering while Taishu Jing had completed sixty percent, then asked him to rest with them.
• Little White and Nangong Ruxue fell asleep beside Taishu Jing, and he covered them with a cloak before closing his eyes.
• Jing Kui carried the three toward Ghost Gate as Taishu Jing learned that the middle zone was mostly barren and that the few people they encountered were covert Ghost Gate scouts and spies.

Taishu Jing and his companions continued toward Ghost Gate while strengthening their Order Power, and Jing Kui began fusing its True Dragon Bloodline into its Blue Whale Bloodline. An Emperor Realm figure opened a spatial rift and called them Blood Food, prompting Little White to strike and shatter the surrounding void.

• Taishu Jing, Little White, and Nangong Ruxue traveled across the Terrifying Sea as Taishu Jing sought to reach Ghost Gate and learn about the inner circle.
• Taishu Jing and his companions tempered their Order Power and grew strong enough to approach the final step into the Emperor Realm.
• Jing Kui chose to preserve its Blue Whale Bloodline and began fusing away its True Dragon Bloodline, beginning a transformation expected to advance its cultivation into the Dao Source Realm.
• An Emperor Realm figure opened a spatial rift and called Taishu Jing and the others Blood Food, spreading frost across the sea.
• Little White attacked the figure through the rift, shattering the void and exposing the destructive Land of Ruin.

An ancient expert emerged from the Land of Ruin and targeted Taishu Jing, Little White, and Nangong Ruxue as Blood Food. Nangong Ruxue attacked him with her Order Longsword, and their clash shattered the void across a million miles.

• A hunched old man emerged from the Land of Ruin, withstanding Destruction Qi as he fixed his gaze on Taishu Jing, Little White, and Nangong Ruxue.
• The old man called the three exceptional Blood Food and claimed they would extend his life by tens of thousands of years.
• Nangong Ruxue erupted with killing intent, formed an Order Longsword, and slashed at the old man.
• The old man met Nangong Ruxue’s sword with his claw imbued with Death Order Power.
• Their clash shattered the void across a million miles, plunging the surrounding sea into darkness.

Nangong Ruxue fought a hunched Emperor Realm old man who borrowed the Way of Slaughter, while Taishu Jing and Little White recognized the limits of his borrowed power. Their battle continued evenly, with neither able to gain the advantage.

• The old man healed the wound Nangong Ruxue had inflicted and demonstrated that he could wield the Way of Death and borrow the power of Slaughter.
• Taishu Jing realized that Emperor Realm experts could borrow power from the Myriad Daos, while Little White judged the old man's borrowed Slaughter inferior to Nangong Ruxue's true mastery.
• Nangong Ruxue summoned the Purple Profound Sword and attacked the old man with her full killing intent and sword power.
• Nangong Ruxue and the old man clashed with sword and spear, then continued fighting as the sky, sea, and Land of Ruin were torn apart.
• The old man matched Nangong Ruxue with his body and combat arts, and neither gained the upper hand.