Recaps

Ji Xian saved Lu Changfeng from the bone-eroding soul-consuming gu with Qilin blood, then allowed Bai Qianqian to visit him while she mobilized Southern Mo against the Sun-Eater Alliance. Scouts later traced Sun Demon Ji Ming to the western border, and Ji Xian and Lu Changfeng prepared to pursue him.

• Ji Xian found the Qilin blood in Lu Changfeng's Heaven-Earth Bag and fed it to him, cleansing the poison and waking him.
• Lu Changfeng reassured Ji Xian, who scolded him for hiding his life-saving treasures and then promised to share them with her.
• Ji Lan reported that Bai Sheng had survived and that Bai Qianqian was forcing her way into the palace, so Ji Xian let Bai Qianqian enter and left to deal with the Sun-Eater Alliance.
• Bai Qianqian found Lu Changfeng alive, embraced and kissed him, while Ji Xian ordered Southern Mo's forces to hunt down the alliance and Sun Demon Ji Ming.
• Scouts reported repeated sounds of mountains shattering in the western borderlands, leading Ji Xian and Lu Changfeng to consider their next move against Ji Ming.

Lu Changfeng and Ji Xian tracked down Ji Ming and fought him in the Western Border. They killed the Sun-Eater Alliance demon, leaving two of the Four Demons dead.

• Lu Changfeng and Ji Xian secretly traveled to the Western Border while Ji Xian concealed Lu Changfeng’s survival.
• Ji Ming killed a group of Southern Mo Herb Gatherers with a heaven-burning arrow as he mourned Xiao Chaochen.
• Lu Changfeng transformed into a white dragon to draw Ji Ming’s attention while Ji Xian attacked from underground, and they struck him into a mountain.
• Ji Ming took the form of the Calamity Hound and fought back as Ji Xian wielded the mountain and Lu Changfeng’s Demon Blade unsettled his mind.
• Ji Xian trapped the Calamity Hound, and Lu Changfeng killed Ji Ming with the Great Void Finger after his Demon Blade failed to pierce Ji Ming’s defenses.

After avenging Ji Ming, Lu Changfeng left Ji Xian and returned from Hongfang to Dragon-Slaying City with Bai Qianqian, then set out for Chang'an. In Chang'an, Li Lingyue learned he was safe and on his way home, but also that he was returning with another beauty.

• Lu Changfeng and Ji Xian spent two months together before he departed, and Ji Xian warned him that Heart Demon might follow him into the Central Lands.
• Lu Changfeng left Jade Splendor Mount with Bai Qianqian, visited the Longbo Tribe, and praised A Nian's progress before Qi Zhong escorted them across Guixu.
• At Dragon-Slaying City, Lu Changfeng reunited with the city's leaders, collected treasures from Lu Huanzhang, and summoned Lingbo to carry him and Bai Qianqian toward the Central Plains.
• In Chang'an, Li Lingyue received Yuan Tiangang's letter confirming Lu Changfeng was safe and returning, then grew furious when it mentioned a beauty accompanying him.

Lu Changfeng returned to Chang'an with Bai Qianqian, reunited with Luo Qingge, and learned that Li Lingyue was pregnant with his child. Luo Qingge accepted Bai Qianqian and urged him to visit Li Lingyue while she went to welcome Bai herself.

• Lu Changfeng brought Bai Qianqian into Chang'an, where her fox-demon aura overwhelmed the Eastern Market and knocked several lecherous young men unconscious.
• Lu Changfeng settled Bai Qianqian at an inn and went to the Moon-Gathering Tower to reunite with Luo Qingge.
• Lu Changfeng gave Luo Qingge the Deathless Elixir and promised they would remain together for thousands of years.
• Luo Qingge agreed to welcome Bai Qianqian at the Moon-Gathering Tower and told Lu Changfeng that Li Lingyue was pregnant.
• Luo Qingge urged Lu Changfeng to visit Li Lingyue at the Princess's Residence and ordered a carriage so she could welcome Bai Qianqian.

Lu Changfeng returned to the Princess of Zhen Guo's Residence after six months away and reunited with the pregnant Li Lingyue, reassuring her that he cared for her and their child. He gave her a Deathless Elixir to take after the birth and promised to handle the political threats while she focused on her pregnancy.

• Lu Changfeng arrived at the residence, where Snow Robe, Mo Li, Jinghong, and Qing Dai welcomed him; he learned Li Lingyue was waiting in the Gathered Elegance Garden.
• Lu Changfeng found Li Lingyue sitting by the cold waterside and drew her into his arms, where she cried and voiced her fears about his return and the woman he had brought back.
• Lu Changfeng showed Li Lingyue a Deathless Elixir from Guixu and told her to take it after their child was born, reassuring her that he cared for both mother and child.
• Lu Changfeng carried Li Lingyue to her bedchamber, massaged her sore legs, and told her not to sit in the cold; she explained that political rivals were spreading rumors and conspiring against her.
• Lu Changfeng promised to handle the court's threats while Li Lingyue focused on her pregnancy, and they shared a tender moment in the bedchamber.

Li Changfeng resolved the court’s accumulated military and administrative matters while Li Lingyue resumed leadership at the Princess’s Residence. After receiving a warning that the Heart Demon had come, Lu Changfeng ordered surveillance of key passes, while a mysterious figure approached Li Longji and offered help against their common enemy.

• Li Lingyue summoned her officials, revealed her pregnancy, and invited Lu Changfeng to advise on court business.
• Lu Changfeng recommended building three Surrendering Cities in Shuofang and resolved the court’s other accumulated affairs, winning the officials’ respect.
• Lu Changfeng ordered Jinghong to have the Plum Blossom Guards monitor key chokepoints for Göktürk troop movements.
• Fu Rong delivered a letter from Immortal Master Yuan, and Lu Changfeng told Li Lingyue that the Heart Demon had come.
• Li Longji read reports of Lu Changfeng’s decisions and despaired at the strength of his aunt’s faction.
• A mysterious figure appeared before Li Longji and offered help, claiming they shared a common enemy.

Lu Changfeng warned Luo Qingge and Bai Qianqian that the Seventh Realm Heart Demon Yu Zhou had reached the Central Lands and could manipulate others to destroy what Lu treasured. He ordered the women to take refuge at the Princess's Residence while he moved to find Yu Zhou before the demon could put his schemes into motion.

• Luo Qingge and Bai Qianqian bonded over stories of Lu Changfeng learning the Thunder Marsh Dance in Hongfang.
• Lu Changfeng arrived, embraced both women, and revealed that Yuan Tiangang's divination and his own had confirmed Heart Demon's arrival.
• Bai Qianqian explained that Yu Zhou was a Seventh Realm member of the Sun-Eater Alliance who could exploit people's deepest desires and fears.
• Lu Changfeng told the women to go to the Snow Listening Tower and explained that Yu Zhou might use the emperor, the Jianghu, or the Göktürks against him.
• Luo Qingge and Bai Qianqian agreed to leave with Lu Changfeng and face the threat together.

Lu Changfeng brought Luo Qingge and Bai Qianqian to the Princess's Residence and worried that their presence would spark a conflict with Li Lingyue while he prepared to face the Heart Demon. On Mount Hua, Yu Zhou gathered seven powerful martial figures and declared that they had assembled to eliminate a traitor to the realm.

• Lu Changfeng welcomed Luo Qingge and Bai Qianqian to the Princess's Residence, where Qing Dai showed them to separate bedrooms.
• Lu Changfeng worried that Bai Qianqian and Li Lingyue would clash, blamed Yu Zhou for forcing everyone together, and went to the study to plan his response.
• Xiao Changchun, Shen Lingyue, Li Lingkui, Xiao Juelou, Wang Shaoyuan, Cui Han, and True Person Xuancheng arrived at Mount Hua to face Yu Zhou.
• Li Lingkui asked Yu Zhou whether he was the man the Crown Prince had mentioned.
• Yu Zhou confirmed it and said he had summoned them in the Crown Prince's name to eliminate the traitor to the realm.

Heart Demon Yu Zhou used the Deathless Elixir and his power from Hongfang to control seven Jianghu masters, then recruited Li Longji to help eliminate Lu Changfeng. At the Princess's Residence, Li Lingyue and Lu Changfeng learned that the emperor had urgently summoned her to the palace, confirming that their enemies had made a move.

• Shen Lingyue challenged Yu Zhou's implication that Lu Changfeng was a traitor, and Yu Zhou revealed the Deathless Elixir and claimed to come from Hongfang.
• Yu Zhou summoned a Qiongqi dharma form, subdued Xiao Changchun, Shen Lingyue, Li Lingkui, Xiao Juelou, Wang Shaoyuan, Cui Han, and True Person Xuancheng, then pierced them with black-vapor-wreathed needles that made them his puppets.
• Li Longji emerged from hiding and regretted his bargain with Yu Zhou, but Yu Zhou persuaded him to proceed by revealing that he had come to kill Lu Changfeng and warning that Lu Changfeng could match his power.
• Li Longji agreed to follow Yu Zhou's instructions and stake everything on becoming emperor.
• At the Princess's Residence, Li Lingyue asked Lu Changfeng whether his arrangements were ready, and he said they would wait for a chance to settle matters.
• Jinghong reported that the emperor had urgently summoned Li Lingyue to the palace, and Lu Changfeng said their enemies had made their move.

Li Lingyue entered Taiji Palace, where Li Longji and seven peak Fifth Realm masters had prepared to capture her. After confronting him over his betrayal of Lu Changfeng and his seizure of the Imperial Seal, she chose to resist, and Li Longji prepared to attack.

• Li Lingyue traveled from her residence to the Hall of a Hundred Blessings, where she found the courtyard deserted.
• Li Longji appeared above the palace wall with the Imperial Guard archers, while Xiao Changchun, Shen Lingyue, Li Lingkui, Xiao Juelou, Wang Shaoyun, Cui Han, and Zhang Yanli surrounded Li Lingyue.
• Li Longji urged Li Lingyue to surrender and promised that she and her unborn child would be spared, while saying someone would kill Lu Changfeng.
• Li Lingyue accused Li Longji of cooperating with Dragon-Slaying City against Lu Changfeng and revealed that she knew he had taken the Imperial Seal.
• Li Longji claimed control of the Great Array of the Celestial Stars and demanded that Li Lingyue yield, but she answered by summoning her starlight true qi.
• Li Longji decided to fight Li Lingyue rather than leave her alive and raised the Imperial Seal to begin the confrontation.

Lu Changfeng revealed himself at Taiji Palace and defeated Li Longji and seven fifth-realm masters with one strike of Delusion-Cutting. The Heart Demon, Yu Zhou, arrived and offered him a place in the Sun-Eater Alliance, but Lu Changfeng challenged him to fight.

• Li Longji used the Imperial Seal to pin Li Lingyue while seven masters attacked her together.
• Lu Changfeng shed his disguise, drew Delusion-Cutting, and crippled all seven masters with one sweep.
• Lu Changfeng broke Li Longji’s Crimson Firmament Sword and knocked him down, then explained that the Heart Demon would target him rather than the Princess’s Residence.
• Yu Zhou appeared, revealed that he had used Li Longji and the seven masters to test Lu Changfeng, and offered him a place in the Sun-Eater Alliance.
• Lu Changfeng refused Yu Zhou’s offer and challenged him, and Yu Zhou accepted.

Lu Changfeng fought the Seventh Realm Heart Demon Yu Zhou, but Yu Zhou overwhelmed him with Qiongqi’s speed and mind-attacking abilities before landing a seemingly fatal blow. Lu Changfeng’s elixirs then began restoring him and driving his strength toward the Seventh Realm, leaving Yu Zhou stunned.

• Lu Changfeng attacked Yu Zhou with the Heaven-Swallowing, Earth-Destroying Seven Limits, but Yu Zhou transformed into Qiongqi and evaded his strikes with Seventh Realm speed.
• Yu Zhou taunted Lu Changfeng as he dodged twenty-seven consecutive attacks and waited for Lu Changfeng to exhaust his true qi.
• Yu Zhou used Qiongqi’s roar and mind-piercing gaze to overwhelm Lu Changfeng with painful memories and visions of his loved ones dying.
• Yu Zhou struck Lu Changfeng’s chest, shattered his defenses, and sent him crashing into a crater beyond Chang’an City.
• Yu Zhou discovered that Lu Changfeng’s fatal wounds were healing as his aura surged, and Lu Changfeng’s Reverse Heaven and Earth and Deathless Elixir began pushing his power toward the Seventh Realm.

Lu Changfeng’s repeated near-deaths drove him to the threshold of the seventh realm as Yu Zhou’s attacks grew more desperate. With Bai Qianqian’s intervention buying him a moment, Lu Changfeng transformed into a Mysterious Crane Dharma Form and launched a powerful strike at Yu Zhou.

• Yu Zhou attacked Lu Changfeng with three enormous wind blades, but Lu Changfeng dodged them and countered with five blade limits.
• Yu Zhou unleashed his full speed and power, trading dozens of blows with Lu Changfeng before piercing his abdomen with a claw.
• Lu Changfeng’s aura surged toward the seventh realm, prompting Yu Zhou to prepare a killing strike while he was still recovering.
• Bai Qianqian appeared and briefly halted Yu Zhou with her alluring gaze.
• Lu Changfeng broke through into the seventh realm, manifested a huge Mysterious Crane Dharma Form, and attacked Yu Zhou with [Heaven-Swallowing].

Lu Changfeng defeated the Heart Demon Yu Zhou in a battle outside Chang'an City by dissolving his Dharma Form with Great Void Finger and suppressing him with the Heavenly Cycle Star-Dipper Formation. He left the city’s residents and his allies looking up at him as a victorious hero.

• Lu Changfeng and Yu Zhou resumed their fight as evenly matched Seventh Realm opponents, and Lu Changfeng combined his martial arts through the Mysterious Crane Dharma Form.
• Lu Changfeng infused his attacks with Great Void Finger, gradually dissolving Yu Zhou’s Qiongqi Dharma Form and weakening his defenses.
• Lu Changfeng summoned the Imperial Seal and Great Qin Black Dragon Banner to activate the Heavenly Cycle Star-Dipper Formation, freezing Yu Zhou in midair.
• Lu Changfeng struck Yu Zhou with Great Void Finger, and Yu Zhou dissolved into ash.
• Chang’an’s residents and Lu Changfeng’s allies watched him hover above the ruined city, while the Crown Prince’s faction trembled at his power.

Lu Changfeng defeated Li Longji and returned to the Princess's Residence, while the Sun-Eater Alliance discussed how to kill him. On Jade Void Peak, He Chen uncovered and claimed the Kunlun Sword, a powerful Divine Artifact.

• Lu Changfeng revived Li Longji, rejected his claim that the Great Tang needed him, and left Li Dan to deal with him.
• Lu Changfeng released Li Dan's sealed acupoints, then returned to the Princess's Residence with Bai Qianqian and reunited with Li Lingyue and Luo Qingge.
• At Guixu, Ji Wuji learned that Yu Zhou had died and told Demon Slayer to remain in the Featherfolk Kingdom while they waited for news about the Divine Artifact.
• He Chen reached Jade Void Peak and used a punch to shatter the glacier, triggering an avalanche.
• The Kunlun Sword emerged from the glacier, and He Chen seized it and laughed as the avalanche swept down the mountain.

He Chen used the Kunlun Sword to forge invulnerable soldiers and led the Göktürks south to attack Shengzhou. As Elm Grove City fell under assault, Xue Ne sent an urgent dispatch asking Lu Changfeng to come, while Lu sensed a strange presence in the north.

• He Chen learned that the Kunlun Sword could strengthen weapons and bodies, entered the Seventh Realm, and tested its power by turning a condemned prisoner into an invulnerable fighter.
• He Chen ordered the Göktürk army to march south and take Shengzhou, while Xue Ne and Wang Jingxian prepared to defend Elm Grove City.
• The Göktürks attacked Elm Grove City, and their blue-glowing, iron-hard fighters climbed the walls and overwhelmed the Tang defenders.
• Xue Ne ordered an eight-hundred-li dispatch to the court, asking Mr. Lu to come to the Northern Frontier.
• In Chang'an, Lu Changfeng sensed a familiar, powerful presence to the north, and Jinghong arrived with news of the urgent dispatch.

After Li Lingyue consolidated her rule in Chang'an, an urgent dispatch reported that the Göktürks had overrun Elm Grove City with seemingly invulnerable fighters connected to the Kunlun Ruins and possibly the Kunlun Sword. Lu Changfeng decided to travel north to confront the threat himself while Li Lingyue stayed to steady the court and await the imminent abdication.

• Li Longji was stripped of his crown prince title and confined, while Li Lingyue restored order and gained growing support to ascend the throne.
• Jinghong brought an urgent dispatch reporting that the Göktürks had breached Elm Grove City's outer defenses and that their fighters were impervious to ordinary weapons.
• Lu Changfeng recognized the fighters' aura as connected to the Great Ruins and suspected the Kunlun Sword had emerged and empowered them.
• Li Lingyue proposed sending the Northern Command Imperial Guards, but Lu Changfeng warned that ordinary troops would only be slaughtered.
• Lu Changfeng resolved to go north himself, believing the Kunlun Sword could counter its own power, while Li Lingyue remained in Chang'an to keep the court steady.

Lu Changfeng reached Elm Grove City and used the Great Void Finger to strip the monsters of the Great Ruins Power that made them impervious, saving the besieged Tang Army and reuniting with Wang Jingxian. As the survivors celebrated, He Chen watched from the Göktürks' camp, and the Kunlun Sword cried out in response to Lu Changfeng.

• Lu Changfeng recognized the monsters’ protection as Great Ruins Power and descended onto Elm Grove City’s walls.
• Wang Jingxian despaired that Lu Changfeng had not come, then recognized him when his sword cry rang across the city.
• Lu Changfeng apologized for arriving late, and Wang Jingxian wept with relief as he faced the advancing monsters.
• Lu Changfeng used the Great Void Finger to dissolve the Great Ruins Power, causing the monsters’ suppressed wounds to erupt and killing them in droves.
• The Tang Army cheered as the city was saved, and Wang Jingxian told Lu Changfeng that he had finally arrived.
• He Chen watched from the Göktürks’ camp as the Kunlun Sword at his side rang out toward Lu Changfeng.

Lu Changfeng called the Kunlun Sword to him, but He Chen used Bi'an’s power and the Mountain Tribulation to suppress it. The two prepared to fight across the Northern Frontier as Lu Changfeng vowed to reclaim the sword.

• He Chen suppressed the Kunlun Sword’s attempt to fly to Lu Changfeng with Bi'an’s Dharma Form.
• Lu Changfeng recognized He Chen’s use of the Witch God Cult’s Ten Thousand Spirits Harmonization Art and demanded that he return the sword and withdraw his troops.
• He Chen charged toward the battlements while Wang Jingxian warned Lu Changfeng to be careful.
• Lu Changfeng summoned the Kunlun Sword, but He Chen sealed it inside its scabbard with Bi'an’s power and the Mountain Tribulation.
• He Chen declared that anything in his hands had to obey him, and Lu Changfeng unleashed his sword intent and vowed to reclaim the Kunlun Sword.

Lu Changfeng used his perfected heavenly sword body to overcome He Chen’s techniques and wound the Northern Desert Martial Venerable while freeing the Kunlun Sword halfway from his grasp. He advanced on He Chen, determined to take the divine sword back.

• Lu Changfeng shattered He Chen’s Bian Ferocious Claw with a single finger strike.
• Lu Changfeng split apart He Chen’s Mountain Calamity and declared that it was his turn to attack.
• He Chen summoned the Wolf Calamity and the Wolf Guards to devour Lu Changfeng’s sword intent, but the backlash killed the Wolf Guards and destroyed the wolf phantom.
• Lu Changfeng’s sword qi wounded He Chen’s wrist and loosened his hold on the Kunlun Sword.
• Lu Changfeng told He Chen that one of the three tribulations was gone and advanced to reclaim the sword.

Lu Changfeng called the Kunlun Sword back from He Chen, breaking the Northern Desert Martial Venerable’s attempt to detonate its power. Reunited with the sword, Lu Changfeng overwhelmed the battlefield as the Tang soldiers bowed to him, while He Chen faced his final defeat.

• He Chen used his essence blood and the three tribulations to bind the Kunlun Sword and threatened to detonate its Great Ruins power, destroying Elm Grove and its people.
• Lu Changfeng summoned the sword, which broke free of He Chen’s restraints and flew back to its master.
• The Kunlun Sword joined with Lu Changfeng’s perfected heavenly sword body, unleashing a vast surge of power that swept away the battlefield’s smoke and astral winds.
• The surviving Tang soldiers knelt before Lu Changfeng, while the Göktürk camp fell silent and He Chen collapsed amid the ruined tents.
• Lu Changfeng formed a blazing strand of swordlight as He Chen watched in despair.

Lu Changfeng killed He Chen with the Kunlun Sword, saving Elm Grove and breaking the Göktürk siege. After the victory feast, he studied the sword and discovered a vision suggesting the Kunlun Ruins had split into three, with one part in the Featherfolk Kingdom.

• Lu Changfeng killed He Chen with the Kunlun Sword, and the leaderless Göktürk army fled from Elm Grove.
• Xue Ne and the defenders celebrated their victory while Wang Jingxian thanked Lu Changfeng for saving them.
• Lu Changfeng returned to his room to study the Kunlun Sword as the city held a victory feast.
• Lu Changfeng channeled his power into the sword and entered a vast world of light centered on the Kunlun Ruins.
• Lu Changfeng saw a vision of the Kunlun Ruins splitting into three pieces and recognized one destination as the Featherfolk Kingdom.

Ji Wuji seized the Featherfolk Kingdom’s ancient artifact and learned that Lu Changfeng had glimpsed the secret of the Kunlun Ruins, while Ji Xian warned Lu Changfeng of the Sun-Eater Alliance’s assault. In Elm Grove, Lu Changfeng healed Wang Jingxian’s wound, and she confessed her feelings before kissing him.

• Ji Wuji took the Featherfolk Kingdom’s ancient artifact from Yun Qi and sensed its connection to Lu Changfeng, who was studying another piece of the same original whole.
• Demon Slayer reported that He Chen’s life tablet had shattered, and Ji Wuji said Lu Changfeng had killed him after mastering the Kunlun Sword and reaching Myriad Swords Return to the Source.
• Ji Wuji said Lu Changfeng had glimpsed the secret of the Kunlun Ruins and would return.
• Ji Xian wrote Lu Changfeng about the fall of the Featherfolk capital, the Yun Clan’s flight, and the Sun-Eater Alliance’s search for an unknown object.
• Lu Changfeng used Shennong Qi to heal Wang Jingxian’s wound and received Heavenly Silence Qi Armor as a reward.
• Wang Jingxian confessed that she could not forget Lu Changfeng, and she kissed him; he embraced her.

Lu Changfeng brought Wang Jingxian back to Chang'an after the Northern Frontier victory, where Li Lingyue took control of the court and appointed him to the highest civil and military offices. A secret letter from Ji Xian then revealed that Ji Wuji had attacked the Three Upper Kingdoms, prompting Lu Changfeng to prepare to return to Hongfang.

• Lu Changfeng secured Xue Ne's approval to bring Wang Jingxian to Chang'an, then flew with her on Lingbo to the Princess of Zhen Guo's Residence.
• Luo Qingge and Bai Qianqian confronted Lu Changfeng over Wang Jingxian, but he trapped them inside the Snow Listening Tower with an Eight-Direction Barrier.
• News of Lu Changfeng's victory over He Chen spread through Great Tang, strengthening Li Lingyue's position as the emperor's health and the vacant succession unsettled the court.
• Li Lingyue received authority to preside over court and govern on the emperor's behalf, then appointed Lu Changfeng Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi and Supreme General of the Celestial Strategy.
• Lu Changfeng received a secret letter from Ji Xian describing Ji Wuji's assault on the Three Upper Kingdoms and the fall of the Featherfolk Kingdom's Royal City and Ancestral Temple.
• Lu Changfeng recognized that Ji Wuji's search for something of the same origin required him to return to Hongfang.

Lu Changfeng helped Li Lingyue break through to the sixth realm, then prepared to travel to the Eastern Sea to investigate the Kunlun Ruins and the Kunlun Sword. He departed from Chang'an on Lingbo, leaving Li Lingyue and the others behind.

• Lu Changfeng guided Li Lingyue through her breakthrough to the sixth realm, where she manifested the True Phoenix Bathing in Flames Diagram.
• Li Lingyue thanked Lu Changfeng and warned him to be careful in Hongfang, then teased him about visiting Ji Xian.
• Lu Changfeng and Li Lingyue shared an affectionate moment before he reminded her to be careful of the baby.
• Several days later, Li Lingyue, Luo Qingge, Bai Qianqian, and Wang Jingxian saw Lu Changfeng off beside Ba Bridge.
• Lu Changfeng mounted Lingbo in her Flood Dragon form and flew toward the Eastern Sea.