Chapter Summaries

Lin Mo and the Nascent Soul cultivators found an ancient Black Tortoise descendant in the blood sea, where it had been nurturing a golden fir sapling at the cost of its life. As Lin Mo began to take the sapling at the tortoise’s request, Ling Yushu and the Spirit Turtle Sect’s elders arrived and blocked him.

• Following the spirit plant’s guidance, Lin Mo redirected Qiongsongzi north and found a dying Black Tortoise descendant floating unharmed in the blood sea.
• Lin Mo asked whether the tortoise could communicate and realized it was trying to show him something in its mouth.
• Lin Mo spotted a golden fir sapling surrounded by mist made from the tortoise’s blood and vital energy, and the tortoise nodded when he offered to retrieve it.
• Lin Mo drew the sapling toward his palm, but Ling Yushu and the Spirit Turtle Sect’s three Grand Supreme Elders arrived and ordered him to stop.
• Qionghengzi told Ling Yushu that the tortoise had given the sapling to Lin Mo and warned the Spirit Turtle Sect not to seize it by force.

Ling Yushu took the Black Tortoise Sea-Calming Fir from Lin Mo despite the old turtle’s wishes, but Lin Mo restored the turtle’s vitality with spirit spring water. The rejuvenated turtle then offered to pursue Ling Yushu and reclaim the fir.

• Ling Yushu introduced himself as the Spirit Turtle Sect’s Sect Master and asked the old turtle to return with him, but the turtle confirmed that Lin Mo alone could cultivate the Black Tortoise Sea-Calming Fir in time to stop the Blood Sea.
• Ling Yushu insisted on taking the fir back to the Spirit Turtle Sect, and Lin Mo chose not to fight him over it.
• The old turtle refused to return with Ling Yushu, who departed with the three Grand Supreme Elders after taking the fir.
• Lin Mo offered the old turtle diluted spirit spring water to restore its vigor, and the turtle drank all one hundred drops.
• The old turtle regained immense strength, rose above the Blood Sea, and invited Lin Mo onto its back so they could pursue Ling Yushu and reclaim the fir.

Lin Mo and the Nascent Soul cultivators rode the rejuvenated old turtle, which forced Ling Yushu to surrender the Black Tortoise Sea-Calming Fir. The old turtle explained that its lifespan had not increased, and Lin Mo offered more Special Spirit Liquid only in exchange for treasures.

• Lin Mo and four Nascent Soul cultivators boarded the old turtle, which carried them swiftly across the Blood Sea.
• The old turtle dropped onto Ling Yushu and three Grand Supreme Elders, then demanded that Ling Yushu hand over the Black Tortoise Sea-Calming Fir.
• Ling Yushu surrendered the sapling, and the old turtle sent it to Lin Mo.
• Lin Mo stored the sapling and recalled that planting it at the Blood Sea's source after it matured could end the calamity.
• Ling Yushu asked whether the old turtle's recovered vitality meant the Spirit Turtle Sect's guardian ancestor could also regain his strength.
• The old turtle said its lifespan had not increased, and Lin Mo offered Special Spirit Liquid in exchange for treasures.

Lin Mo restored the Spirit Turtle Sect’s dying patriarch with diluted spirit spring water and reunited him with his elder twin brother. He planted the Black Tortoise Sea-Calming Fir and began nourishing it with his blood essence, hoping to mature it within two days before setting out to confront the Blood Sea.

• The Spirit Turtle Patriarch sensed his elder twin brother’s arrival and eagerly greeted him at the sect’s Back Mountain.
• Lin Mo poured one hundred drops of diluted spirit spring water into the Spirit Turtle Patriarch, restoring him to peak condition.
• The old turtle told Lin Mo that he and his brother would accompany him to the Endless Marshlands to suppress the Blood Sea’s source once the fir matured.
• Ling Yushu invited Lin Mo and the others to a banquet, but Lin Mo declined and planted the Black Tortoise Sea-Calming Fir sapling.
• Lin Mo said his special constitution could mature the fir in two days, then cut his wrist and poured his blood essence into its soil.

Lin Mo discovered that his vitality essence could not further advance the Black Tortoise Sea-Calming Fir, and the old turtle revealed that a mysterious cultivator from the Upper Realm had altered the seedling more than six thousand years ago. The old turtle had given it to Lin Mo because his aura reminded him of that cultivator, who had foretold the blood sea calamity.

• Lin Mo examined the rapidly growing Black Tortoise Sea-Calming Fir and concluded it might already have been advanced or mutated before absorbing his vitality essence.
• Lin Mo asked the old turtle where the fir seedling came from and how it could suppress the source of the blood sea.
• The old turtle recounted how, more than six thousand years earlier, a young cultivator found him beneath the Northern Frontier Icefield and transformed a frosted fir seed into the Black Tortoise Sea-Calming Fir.
• The old turtle said the mysterious cultivator foretold a blood sea calamity and instructed him to nurture the fir for that future disaster.
• The old turtle explained that he gave Lin Mo the fir because Lin Mo's aura and bearing resembled those of the cultivator from the Upper Realm.

Lin Mo learned more about the mysterious young man connected to the old turtle and received a powerful piece of Spirit Tortoise Shell Armor infused with Black Tortoise blood. As the Black Tortoise Sea-Calming Fir neared maturity, Ling Yushu and the three Grand Supreme Elders departed to locate the blood sea’s source ahead of the coming confrontation.

• The old turtle recalled the blue-robed young man who had sealed him beneath the ice, while Lin Mo considered and dismissed the possibility that he was the Azure Emperor’s reincarnation.
• The old turtle infused one piece of Spirit Tortoise Shell Armor with his heart’s blood, giving Lin Mo armor that could protect him from anyone below the late Spirit Transformation stage.
• The old turtle warned Lin Mo that his armor could not prevent him from being sealed or suppressed, since his cultivation was still only at the Golden Core early stage.
• Lin Mo nurtured the Black Tortoise Sea-Calming Fir with his essence blood until its growth stabilized at about ten feet tall.
• At the old turtle’s urging, Ling Yushu and the three Grand Supreme Elders flew east to find the blood sea’s source before the fir matured in two days.

Lin Mo and the deep-sea royal clan reached the blood sea’s source, where he used the Black Tortoise Sea-Calming Fir to confront the force behind the catastrophe. The lovely girl identified that force as the Sinful Dragon’s surviving remnant soul and vowed to destroy it.

• The lovely girl learned from the deep-sea jellyfish that the Sinful Dragon’s remains had escaped their seal and caused the blood sea to spread.
• Lin Mo arrived with several Nascent Soul cultivators, and the old turtles identified him as the one who could end the catastrophe.
• Lin Mo brought out the Black Tortoise Sea-Calming Fir and lowered it into the blood sea to suppress its source.
• A primordial roar erupted from beneath the sea, prompting the cultivators and old turtles to guard Lin Mo.
• The lovely girl declared that the Sinful Dragon’s remnant soul remained and vowed to annihilate it.

Lin Mo used the Spirit-Devouring Vine to trap the Black Tortoise Sea-Calming Fir and began forcing it toward the seabed while the others held off the Sinful Dragon Soul. The dragon’s attack badly wounded its defenders, and the pretty young girl warned Lin Mo that she could block only three more attacks.

• Lin Mo deployed the Spirit-Devouring Vine and formed the Grass and Wood Demon-Sealing Formation around the Black Tortoise Sea-Calming Fir.
• The Sinful Dragon Soul gathered the Blood Sea Tide into a giant flood-dragon phantom, revealing a developing fifth claw.
• The two old turtles projected their primordial spirits to restrain the Sinful Dragon Soul while the pretty young girl shielded Lin Mo with her Natal Placenta.
• Lin Mo reinforced his defenses and drove the trapped fir toward the seabed against the whirlpool’s force.
• The Sinful Dragon Soul’s dragon-might attack severely injured the old turtles, the eight Nascent Soul Great Cultivators, and the pretty young girl, who said she could block only three more attacks.

Lin Mo struggled to force the vine net and Black Tortoise Sea-Calming Fir toward the seabed while the Sinful Dragon Soul repeatedly unleashed its devastating might. As another blast struck him, the Spirit Plant seedling in his Sea of Consciousness and Dantian began to glow, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Lin Mo used four Ancient Swords to drive the vine net and Black Tortoise Sea-Calming Fir toward the seabed as the Sinful Dragon Soul attacked again.
• Lin Mo shielded the eight Nascent Soul Great Cultivators with Spirit Tortoise Shell Armor and the White Sun Tower, but the third blast left them incapacitated.
• Aunt Shui carried the injured cultivators into her innate space, then took the pretty young girl inside after the fourth blast left her bleeding and weakened.
• Lin Mo continued pushing the vine net until it was thirty feet from the seabed, while the pretty young girl warned that the Sinful Dragon Soul could attack again.
• The Sinful Dragon Soul struck Lin Mo with another wave of dragon's might, and the Spirit Plant seedling in his Sea of Consciousness and Dantian glowed with jade-green light.

Lin Mo survived the Sinful Dragon’s dragon might and planted the Black Tortoise Sea-Calming Fir on the seabed, purifying the blood sea and weakening the dragon’s phantom. As the Blood Sea Calamity began to recede, the young woman reacted with disbelief to the old turtle’s proposal.

• Lin Mo regained consciousness after the dragon might’s aftershock and drove the Black Tortoise Sea-Calming Fir toward the seabed.
• Lin Mo released the Grass and Wood Demon-Sealing Formation, allowing the fir’s rootlet to touch the silt and awaken its purifying power.
• The Black Tortoise Sea-Calming Fir cleared the blood sea and dissolved the Sinful Dragon’s Primordial Spirit phantom, while the two old turtles recovered their Primordial Spirits.
• The young woman and the Jellyfish Sea Beast marveled that Lin Mo had survived, and Lin Mo credited the Spirit Tortoise Shell Armor and his wood-type special physique.
• The young woman accused human cultivators of being dishonest, then exclaimed that Father would never agree to what the old turtle had suggested.

Lin Mo agreed to trade his Special Spirit Liquid with the Deep Sea Royal Clan and traveled with the princess toward the Deep Sea Palace. The chapter ended with the aging Deep Sea King, Hai Dafu, lamenting his fear of death inside his secluded scallop.

• The Deep Sea princess recognized Lin Mo's Special Spirit Liquid and offered to take him to her father to negotiate a trade.
• The old turtles agreed to take the unconscious Nascent Soul cultivators to the Spirit Turtle Sect, and Lin Mo asked them to check on events in the Western Region.
• Lin Mo restored the Grass and Wood Demon-Sealing Formation around the Black Tortoise Sea-Calming Fir, surprising the princess when her currents could not move it.
• The princess summoned her Seven-Colored Scallop, and she and Lin Mo traveled with the Jellyfish Sea Beast toward the Deep Sea Palace.
• Hai Dafu, the Deep Sea King, lamented that ruling the deep sea was exhausting and that he wanted to live longer.

Lin Mo presented Hai Dafu with Spirit Spring Water in hopes of negotiating a trade, while Hai Dafu's daughter confronted her father over his cowardice. After learning that Lin Mo and the two Spirit Turtle seniors had already dealt with the Sinful Dragon's skeleton, Hai Dafu drank the spirit liquid and began recovering his vitality.

• Hai Dafu's daughter angrily confronted him after hearing him grumble about avoiding danger, while the Jellyfish Sea Beast hurried away.
• Lin Mo introduced himself to Hai Dafu and offered him a bottle containing ten drops of diluted Spirit Spring Water.
• Hai Dafu put aside questions about the Blood Sea Tide and urged his daughter to tell him what had happened to the Sinful Dragon's skeleton.
• Hai Dafu's daughter revealed that Lin Mo and the two Spirit Turtle seniors had dealt with the skeleton and that the Blood Sea Tide would soon disappear.
• Hai Dafu drank the ten drops and rapidly recovered some vitality, reaching roughly a tenth of his peak condition.

Lin Mo traded for a Bodhi Seed after the mysterious spirit plant in his dantian reacted to it, and Hai Dafu offered him high-grade spirit liquid and a Seven-Colored Pearl instead of the supreme-grade spirit liquid he requested. The chapter ended with Hai Dafu explaining that the pearl could greatly extend a cultivator’s lifespan.

• Hai Dafu revealed a pit filled with ancient treasures and offered Lin Mo half of them.
• Lin Mo asked whether Hai Dafu had spirit plants or their seeds and fruits after the plant in his dantian pointed toward the pit.
• Hai Dafu produced a Bodhi Seed and explained its connection to Buddhist cultivation.
• Lin Mo asked for the Bodhi Seed and ten thousand drops of supreme-grade spirit liquid in exchange for up to a hundred drops of special spirit liquid.
• Hai Dafu said he had no supreme-grade spirit liquid, then gave Lin Mo ten thousand drops of high-grade spirit liquid and a Seven-Colored Pearl.
• Hai Dafu explained that the pearl could extend the lifespan of cultivators who took it with Rootless Water.

Lin Mo traded spirit liquid with Hai Dafu for a Seven-Colored Pearl that could extend his parents’ lifespans, then left with Hai Beier. At Spirit Turtle Island, Qionghengzi reported that expanding black light had turned the Western Region into a hell, just as Lin Mo returned with the Sea Tribe princess.

• Lin Mo exchanged spirit liquid with Hai Dafu for the Seven-Colored Pearl and asked to stay in contact with the deep-sea ruler.
• Hai Beier insisted on accompanying Lin Mo, and Hai Dafu sent them away with a protective pouch for his daughter.
• Qionghengzi reported that black light had spread across the Western Region, driving Buddhist disciples mad and turning ordinary people into walking corpses.
• Ling Yushu sensed Lin Mo’s return to Spirit Turtle Island and noticed Hai Beier was close to him.

Lin Mo set out with Hai Beier for the Western Region to rescue Liu Xianzong as Buddha Hand Peak struggled against the black miasma. Master Zhichang sensed that help would come from the distant Eastern Isles.

• Lin Mo learned that the Western Region and Buddha Hand Peak were in grave danger and decided to rescue Liu Xianzong.
• Ling Yushu said the Spirit Turtle Sect Ancestors had chosen Hai Beier to accompany Lin Mo, and the other nascent soul cultivators stayed behind.
• Hai Beier carried Lin Mo swiftly toward the Central Province mainland on their way to the Western Region.
• At Buddha Hand Peak, Master Zhichang led thousands of monks in reciting the Great Sun Sutra to push back the gray-black miasma.
• Zonge offered to sacrifice himself to help Master Zhichang and the Buddha Child escape, but Master Zhichang sensed their rescuer would come from the Eastern Isles.

Lin Mo and Hai Bei'er arrived in the devastated Sacred Heart City and headed for Buddha's Hand Peak, where Zong E was preparing to take Liu Xianzong away from the Western Region. Lin Mo called out to them just as they were about to depart.

• Lin Mo and Hai Bei'er found Sacred Heart City emptied of life and its inhabitants dead beneath the corrosive black-and-white light.
• Lin Mo used diluted spirit spring water to clear the light briefly, then realized that finding its source was the only way to stop the calamity.
• Zong E visited Liu Xianzong at the ancient pagoda and proposed escorting him to the Central Lands for safety.
• Liu Xianzong refused to flee, but Zong E immobilized him with Buddhist light and carried him east.
• Lin Mo and Hai Bei'er spotted Zong E and Liu Xianzong in the sky, and Lin Mo called out to them.

Lin Mo and Hai Beier arrived at Buddha Hand Peak, where Zonge revealed that a Buddhist treasure could counter the Western Region Calamity. After Liu Xianzong used spirit spring water to sense the evil light, he located its strongest source far to the northwest and detected a powerful half-step spirit transformation cultivator there.

• Zonge welcomed Hai Beier and asked whether she knew how to resolve the Western Region Calamity, but she directed him to ask Lin Mo.
• Zonge released Liu Xianzong from his Buddha light, and Lin Mo told him that the evil light could be purged if they found its source.
• Zonge explained that only the Bodhi Seed or Liu Xianzong’s perfected dharma body could counter the evil light, and Lin Mo showed him the Bodhi Seed he had obtained from Hai Dafu.
• When Zonge admitted that locating the source could take half a month, Lin Mo gave Liu Xianzong ten drops of mid-grade spirit spring water.
• Liu Xianzong’s diamond dharma body grew to thirty-six feet tall, and he sensed the evil light’s source at least a million li northwest, where a cultivator stronger than Zonge was present.

The Faceless Buddha Statue attacked Buddha Hand Peak, forcing Lin Mo to infuse the Bodhi Seed with spirit spring water while Esoteric Buddhism defended the mountain. The statue’s assault nearly broke the Ten Thousand Buddhas Paying Homage Formation, and it turned its attention toward Lin Mo and the Sacred Bodhi Tree.

• The Faceless Buddha Statue sensed Buddha Hand Peak and raced toward it, while Lin Xianzong warned that the attack was imminent.
• Lin Mo decided to soak the Bodhi Seed in spirit spring water for two days, and Zonge, Master Zhichang, and Hai Beier prepared to hold off the attacker.
• Master Zhichang activated the Ten Thousand Buddhas Paying Homage Formation, and Zonge sent Lin Mo and Liu Xianzong into the summit temple to begin the infusion.
• The Bodhi Seed trembled in the spirit spring water as its shell cracked and green shoots appeared inside.
• The Faceless Buddha Statue struck Buddha Hand Peak twice, severely damaging the mountain and nearly collapsing the formation.
• The statue roared about the Sacred Bodhi Tree and fixed its gaze on Lin Mo inside the temple.

Lin Mo and Liu Xianzong survived the Formless Demon Seed’s pressure while Zonge and the Buddhist monks struggled to hold the Ten Thousand Buddhas Paying Homage Formation. As the demon prepared to attack with six corrupted Buddhist treasures, Zhikong tried to delay him with a debate, but Hai Beier challenged his justification for slaughtering living beings.

• Lin Mo’s spirit-plant phantom restored his clarity, and he used the White Sun Tower to shield himself and Liu Xianzong from the Formless Demon Seed’s pressure.
• Zonge and Master Zhichang explained that the Formless Buddha had become a demon seed and warned that he could turn the Divine Continent into a hell if he regained his strength.
• Zonge asked Lin Mo to safeguard the Bodhi Seed while the Buddhist disciples poured their strength into reinforcing the Ten Thousand Buddhas Paying Homage Formation.
• The Formless Demon Seed summoned six corrupted Buddhist treasures, prompting Zonge to call Zhichang and Zhikong out of the formation to stop him.
• Zhikong challenged the Formless Demon Seed’s doctrine, but the demon’s reply left him momentarily speechless.
• Hai Beier condemned the Formless Demon Seed’s reasoning and demanded to know what right he had to decide that all living beings should return to nothingness.

The Formless Demon Seed’s Evil Light Canopy overwhelmed the three old monks and Hai Beier, while Lin Mo struggled to understand how the newly sprouted Bodhi Seed could help. The canopy finally broke through their defenses and descended upon them.

• The Formless Demon Seed used his six Buddhist Treasures to unleash the Evil Light Canopy, and Zonge, Master Zhikong, and Zhichang combined their powers to hold it back.
• Hai Beier released the Endless Sea from her Fragrant Soft Pouch, briefly driving back the gray-black radiance, then told the Formless Demon Seed that Lin Mo had helped defeat the Sinful Dragon and possessed a Bodhi Seed.
• The Formless Demon Seed increased the canopy’s power, while Lin Mo watched the three monks struggle to hold their defenses.
• The Bodhi Seed’s shell shattered and a Bodhi Sapling sprouted, but Lin Mo could not activate any special power from it.
• The two Buddha images, the lotus world, and Hai Beier’s river shattered, and the descending canopy began to engulf the three monks and Hai Beier.