Jade Wave Island

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Geography and Facilities

• Terrain: Mountain ranges rich in spiritual energy, with pavilions and towers among green hills and clear waters 70.
• Northern coast: Cliffs conceal an emergency path inland. A separate private dock, screened by dense woodland, is used for discreet arrivals 121 127.
• Western shallows: A secluded launching point where Liu Chong hides a small Spirit Boat for his attempted escape 130.
• Shattered Star Reef: Located approximately sixty kilometers east of the island. Strong currents and numerous reefs discourage shipping and fishing 121.

Resources and Trade

• Spiritual vein: The island possesses a small spiritual vein 107.
• Medicinal production: Rare marine medicinal ingredients provide an estimated annual yield worth approximately one hundred thousand Spirit Stones 107.
• Trade with Divine Wind Island: Supplies marine medicinal herbs in exchange for fixed monthly quotas of pills and spirit herbs. Scheduled ships carry goods and personnel between the allied islands 110.
• Training exchanges: Jade Wave Island sends disciples to Divine Wind Island to study alchemy, artifact refining, and formation techniques. Divine Wind Island supplies experienced stewards to advise on Spirit Fields and defensive arrays 110.
• Ceremonial gifts: For Wan Yao’er’s Nascent Soul ceremony, Elder Liu presents ten stalks of five-hundred-year-old jade wave grass, two fist-sized pieces of deep-sea black iron, and five thousand Middle-Grade Spirit Stones 100.

Divine Wind Island’s Economic Influence

Technical cooperation also serves Chen Ming’s plan to gain control over Jade Wave Island’s production. Liu Qingqing’s assignment includes mapping every Medicine Garden, recording stockpiles and sales channels, and placing Divine Wind Island’s personnel in key production roles 116 117.

• Initial delegation: Liu Qingqing arrives with three experienced Spirit Planters, an alchemist, and two improved pill formulas 117.
• Early results: Within half a month, Divine Wind Island’s workers manage the largest Medicine Garden, while its alchemist gains access to the central alchemy rooms and trains local apprentices 117.
• Production intelligence: Liu Qingqing sends reports every three to five days covering cultivation scale, maturation cycles, and herb stocks 118.
• Later control: She gains full management of the largest Medicine Garden and secretly sends rare herb seeds to Divine Wind Island for cultivation 127.
• Liaison office: Established publicly to expand trade, it also assists Lu Chuan in investigating infiltrators 123.

Leadership and Defenses

Reported Strength

The accounts of the island’s Golden Core elders differ between the post-expedition assessment and the succession narrative.

Emergency Security Measures

• Lockdown: Chen Ming orders strict inspection of every person and vessel entering or leaving 128.
• Patrols and guards: Night patrols increase, and guards at the Medicine Garden, Storehouse, and spirit vein mine are doubled 128.
• Formation repairs: Neglected defensive formations are identified and ordered inspected and repaired 128.
• Southern protection: Lu Chuan strengthens island security to prevent Tianxing City from encircling Divine Wind Island from the south 112.

History

Refuge and Star Palace Bombardment

Wan Yao’er brings the badly injured Chen Ming to Jade Wave Island after saving him from Tu Li. He recuperates at her residence with pills, spirit fruits, and access to her alchemy room. After a month, his injuries are healed and his early Core Formation cultivation has stabilized 70 71 72.

The Star Palace subsequently attacks the surrounding islands with twelve Main Battle Arks and seals the sea using the Heavenly Net Formation. Jade Wave Island’s southern side catches fire, and Wan Yao’er’s courtyard is reduced to ruins. She leads Chen Ming through her secret passage, protects him from cannon fire, and escapes underwater with him using a water-repelling artifact 72.

Sea-Route Expedition and Succession Crisis

Under Shen Qinghe, Jade Wave Island joins Tianxing City, Black Wind Island, and Divine Wind Island in a Star Palace-backed expedition to clear the waters between Mist Island and Golden Turtle Island. During the retreat, a Dark-Golden Flood Dragon catches Jade Wave Island’s Spirit Boat; Shen Qinghe dies, and the island’s expedition force is annihilated 102 103 106.

The surviving island administration falls into turmoil. Two late Golden Core elders compete for leadership, and two clashes within three days injure more than a dozen people. Wan Yao’er intervenes, demonstrates her Nascent Soul power, and gives the elders three days to choose a leader. Their compromise appoints the older late Golden Core elder as island lord, the other as deputy, and assigns separate responsibilities to the three middle Golden Core elders 109.

Alliance with Divine Wind Island

The new administration signs an alliance negotiated by Wan Yao’er. Its mutual-defense clause requires assistance against external attacks, but explicitly excludes attacks resulting from deliberate provocation by the threatened ally 109.

Unlike Black Wind Island’s more cautious response, Jade Wave Island firmly pledges military assistance when tensions rise between Divine Wind Island and Tianxing City. Its dependence on Divine Wind Island also enables increasingly extensive technical and economic cooperation 110 112 117.

During the negotiations, one of Shen Qinghe’s trusted followers gives Wan Yao’er information and a chart concerning a remote ancient cave abode. Shen Qinghe believed it might contain an opportunity for deity transformation; Chen Ming keeps the discovery secret and prioritizes stabilizing the allied islands 109.

Ambushes and Infiltration

Two masked cultivators attack Liu Qingqing while she returns from a Medicine Garden. She survives with an injured left arm after holding out until a patrol arrives. Chen Ming investigates, but initially finds no decisive evidence 118.

Suspicious activity at nearby Shattered Star Reef leads to further cooperation with Lu Chuan. Three patrol disciples disappear, and Chen Ming discovers black-clad cultivators searching the seabed for an entrance. Jade Wave Island’s storehouse deputy manager, Lin Dong, is later exposed as Blood Hawk’s informant; he admits leaking Liu Qingqing’s itinerary before her ambush. Lu Chuan orders his cultivation destroyed and confines him in the water dungeon 121 122 123.

Chen Ming’s Acting Administration

Lu Chuan is severely wounded in another ambush. Chen Ming recognizes Netherworld Hall’s sinister spiritual power in the wound, while the physician warns that Lu Chuan cannot use spiritual power until his meridians heal. At Elder Meng’s request, Chen Ming accepts temporary leadership 127.

After imposing a lockdown and ordering formation repairs, Chen Ming investigates Liu Chong’s suspicious movements. Liu Chong attempts to flee with stolen supplies, but Chen Ming intercepts his Spirit Boat and defeats him despite his use of a forbidden cultivation-boosting pill. Chen Ming later executes him, leaves the island in Elder Meng’s care, and warns that the faction behind him remains a threat 128 130 132.

Jade Wave Island is the first friendly power to respond to Chen Ming’s Nascent Soul breakthrough. Elder Meng leads a delegation bearing gifts and a letter from the awakened but still weakened Lu Chuan, who calls for deeper cooperation and regards Chen Ming’s advancement as further assurance of the island’s safety 136.

Relationships

• Divine Wind Island — Formal ally, trading partner, technical adviser, and military protector; its influence expands into Jade Wave Island’s herb production and administration 109 110 117 127.
• Wan Yao’er — Maintains an early cultivation residence on the island, shelters Chen Ming there, and later resolves its succession crisis 70 109.
• Tianxing City — Former expedition partner and later an external threat. Blood Hawk recruits an island informant who compromises Liu Qingqing’s safety 102 112 123.
• Star Palace — Bombards the island during Chen Ming’s early stay and later sponsors the ill-fated sea-route expedition 72 102 106.
• Netherworld Hall — Operates around Shattered Star Reef and is linked to the attack on Lu Chuan and Liu Chong’s betrayal 126 127 130 132.
• Lin clan — A local clan fiercely suppressed under Shen Qinghe. Surviving members publicly vow revenge after his death 119.

Trivia

• Jade Wave Island is described as an established power with more than a century of history 124.
• The “annihilation” reported during the sea-route disaster concerns its expedition force and island lord, not the disappearance of the island: its remaining elders, disciples, and resources are assessed immediately afterward 106 107.
• Chapter 109 shares the island’s name and centers on Wan Yao’er’s account of its succession settlement and alliance 109.