Chapter Summaries

Xiao Hua agreed to return Blood Radiance Island’s Sleeve Universe jade slip in exchange for Kua Qiao’er’s help locating Setting Sun Island, then traveled with her and Xue Xue across the Qiang He Sea. They met Kua Qiao’er’s senior brother, Kua Yueming, who thanked Xiao Hua for saving her and learned that she wanted Xiao Hua to support her in a competition.

• Xiao Hua asked Kua Qiao’er to keep the Sleeve Universe technique secret and help him find Setting Sun Island, promising to return the jade slip before leaving Blood Radiance Island.
• Kua Qiao’er admitted she did not know where Setting Sun Island was and agreed to ask her Island Master.
• After resting, Kua Qiao’er led Xiao Hua and Xue Xue through the Qiang He Sea toward a reef field where her senior brother was training.
• Kua Qiao’er summoned Kua Yueming, who thanked Xiao Hua for rescuing her from Gen Zhe and praised her for obtaining its tentacle for the competition.
• Kua Qiao’er told Kua Yueming that Xiao Hua had agreed to support her, then asked whether he had obtained his Tiger-striped Amberfish.

At Da Qi Reef, Kua Qiao'er persuaded Xiao Hua to help Kua Yueming catch Tiger-striped Amberfish, and Xue Xue joined them as they descended into the sea. Xue Xue marveled at the seven-colored coral before an immense force stopped her descent.

• Kua Qiao'er teased Kua Yueming about losing their wager, then persuaded him to accept Xiao Hua's help catching Tiger-striped Amberfish.
• Kua Qiao'er explained that the fish were valuable for refining Ridgepole Pills, and Xiao Hua agreed to help Kua Yueming catch them.
• Kua Yueming led Xiao Hua beneath the sea, while Kua Qiao'er invited Xue Xue to follow.
• Xue Xue admired the colorful sea life and seven-colored coral at Da Qi Reef as Kua Qiao'er described the glowing creatures in its depths.
• An immense force blocked Xue Xue and the others from descending any farther.

Xiao Hua helped Kua Yueming catch Tiger-striped Amberfish and learned that even low-grade sea beasts possessed inner cores used to refine pills. Their discussion was interrupted when another, larger Tiger-striped Amberfish appeared at the hole.

• Xue Xue stayed near the coral reefs with Kua Qiao'er while Xiao Hua followed Kua Yueming into the depths to hunt Tiger-striped Amberfish.
• Kua Yueming's magical artifact failed to catch the first fish, but Xiao Hua pierced it with his Profound Iron needle and gave it to Kua Yueming.
• Xiao Hua learned that Tiger-striped Amberfish were second-grade sea beasts whose inner cores were essential for refining Ridgepole Pills.
• Kua Yueming explained that sea beasts possessed inner cores from birth and that their pills were potent but unsuitable for many Xiaoyu Continent cultivators.
• A larger Tiger-striped Amberfish poked its head out of the black hole while Xiao Hua and Kua Yueming waited for their next catch.

Xiao Hua sensed danger at Da Qi Reef and tried to lead Kua Yueming, Kua Qiao'er, and Xue Xue away, but a catastrophic vortex destroyed the reef and pulled Kua Yueming into the abyss. After saving Kua Qiao'er from the suction, Xiao Hua saw Kua Yueming struggling in the vortex and considered risking his life to rescue him.

• Xiao Hua and Kua Yueming caught nine Tiger-striped Amberfish, and Xiao Hua gave Kua Yueming a second one.
• Xiao Hua sensed a dangerous disturbance as rare sea beasts emerged, but Kua Yueming ignored his warning and tried to catch them.
• Xiao Hua and Xue Xue urged Kua Qiao'er to flee, but the sea erupted with a roar, trapping the group in a powerful confinement force.
• Xiao Hua broke through the confinement with his Phoenix Dharma Body and used Bright Thunder Evasion as a massive vortex destroyed Da Qi Reef.
• Kua Qiao'er fell toward the vortex while trying to reach Kua Yueming, and Xiao Hua rescued her with the Phoenix Dharma Body.
• Xue Xue begged Xiao Hua to save Kua Yueming, whom he saw being dragged into the abyss, and Xiao Hua weighed the danger of attempting a rescue.

Xiao Hua rescued Kua Yueming from the collapsing vortex at Da Qi Reef, escaping only after risking damage to his cultivation. Reunited with Xue Xue and Kua Qiao'er, the survivors left the Qiang He Sea as Kua Yueming and Kua Qiao'er embraced.

• Xiao Hua plunged into the vortex, caught the powerless Kua Yueming, and fought the increasing suction as Da Qi Reef collapsed.
• Xiao Hua used the Earth Crystal Yao Ru, Bright Thunder Evasion, and the art of devouring essence with reversed blood to escape the vortex with Kua Yueming.
• Xiao Hua released Kua Yueming and admitted that the desperate technique had damaged his cultivation before they flew toward the surface.
• Xue Xue and Kua Qiao'er rushed to meet Xiao Hua and Kua Yueming, and Xue Xue carried her injured husband out of the Qiang He Sea.
• Kua Yueming checked Kua Qiao'er's injuries, and she wept in his embrace as he cautiously stroked her hair.

After Xiao Hua rescued Kua Yueming and Kua Qiao'er from the vortex, the group traveled toward Blood Radiance Island, where Xiao Hua hoped to learn about its body-refining art. They reached the island, and its cultivators’ divine sense detected Xiao Hua.

• Kua Qiao'er explained that her wounds came from Xiao Hua's Phoenix Dharma Body and thanked him with Kua Yueming for saving them.
• Xue Xue encouraged Kua Qiao'er and Kua Yueming to cultivate together, and Kua Qiao'er promised to reward Xiao Hua.
• Xiao Hua learned that Blood Radiance Island taught its disciples a secret body-refining art, which Kua Qiao'er said he could study in exchange for the island's complete spell.
• Kua Qiao'er led Xiao Hua and the others toward Blood Radiance Island, and they traveled for more than twenty days.
• Kua Qiao'er identified the crimson island chain as her home, and a divine sense from the island swept over Xiao Hua and his companions.

Xiao Hua and Xue Xue arrived at Blood Radiance Island, where Island Master Kua Heng welcomed them and invited Xiao Hua to take part in the island’s body-refinement trial. After the banquet, Kua Yueming and Kua Qiao'er visited Xiao Hua and offered him their accumulated possessions in gratitude for saving their lives.

• Kua Qiao'er told Xiao Hua that Island Master Kua Heng was an early Golden Core cultivator, and Kua Heng came out to welcome Xiao Hua and Xue Xue with several disciples.
• Xiao Hua introduced himself and Xue Xue, and Kua Heng congratulated Xue Xue on establishing her foundation and gave her a bottle of medicinal pills.
• Kua Heng decided to hold the Island Trial the next day with all disciples participating, and Xiao Hua agreed to take part in both the spell and body-refinement trials.
• Kua Heng led Xiao Hua and Xue Xue to Blood Radiance Island, where he hosted them and visiting disciples at a banquet.
• After Xiao Hua and Xue Xue reached their guest quarters, Kua Yueming and Kua Qiao'er brought Xiao Hua storage bags of possessions and unusual items as thanks for saving them.

Xiao Hua accepted several items from Kua Qiao'er and discovered an ox-head token and a fragment of the demonic weapon Qiu Yin Liu among her possessions. After asking her to seek another token from Kua Yu and bring him unusual spirit herb seeds or seedlings, he stayed on Blood Radiance Island as Kua Qiao'er and Kua Yueming left grateful for his help.

• Xiao Hua searched Kua Qiao'er's storage bags and found an ox-head token resembling the tiger-head token in his space.
• Kua Qiao'er explained that she had found the token during a Foundation Establishment trial with Kua Yu and agreed to ask whether Kua Yu still had a matching token.
• Kua Qiao'er identified a damaged demonic spear shaft as a fragment of the famed Demon Realm weapon Qiu Yin Liu, and Xiao Hua accepted it along with spirit herbs and unusual objects.
• Xiao Hua returned the other possessions, telling Kua Qiao'er and Kua Yueming that he had helped them because of their devotion to each other.
• Xiao Hua asked Kua Qiao'er to bring him unusual spirit herb seeds or seedlings, and she and Kua Yueming left to carry out his requests.

Xiao Hua joined Blood Radiance Island’s ten-year Island Trial after Kua Yu offered him a token if he defeated her at a checkpoint. As the trial began, he sent Xue Xue toward the endpoint and prepared to enter the course.

• Xiao Hua examined Kua Qiao’er’s items, confirmed that the demonic spear fragments formed a complete weapon, and studied his refining jade slip.
• A Blood Radiance Island disciple invited Xiao Hua and Xue Xue to the Island Trial, where Xiao Hua met Kua Yu and learned she would give him a token if he beat her inside the Leaving Realm Heaven.
• Xiao Hua wagered a stalk of Youth-Preserving Grass against Kua Yu, who became eager to face him after seeing what he offered.
• Kua Heng activated a sea pearl to raise a rainbow bridge around Blood Radiance Island and announced that the trial would end at dawn the next day.
• Xue Xue declined to compete and flew toward the endpoint after Xiao Hua gave her a stalk of Youth-Preserving Grass; Xiao Hua remained behind as other cultivators entered the course.

Xiao Hua’s improved seeds spread through villages, bringing better harvests and earning him widespread worship as True Person Xiao. True Person Jinglü and his disciples mocked the farmers’ devotion before flying onward, only to see more people worshipping Xiao Hua across the countryside.

• Xiao Hua wagered that the cultivators racing across the rainbow bridge would have to give him a rare item if they lost.
• Farmers across Haicheng City, Yuncheng, and other places planted Xiao Hua’s improved seeds and began revering him for the food they produced.
• Farmers in western Meng Kingdom carried a statue of True Person Xiao up a mountain to pray for rain during a drought.
• True Person Jinglü and his disciples dismissed the farmers as ignorant and mocked their worship of True Person Xiao.
• True Person Jinglü left with Hu Guanqiu and the other disciple after hearing the farmers call out to Xiao Hua.
• Several days later, the three cultivators passed hillsides where people had placed incense and kowtowed in worship of Xiao Hua.

True Person Jinglü learned that Xiao Hua had entered the Meng Kingdom and followed a blood-tracking spell toward the Qiang He Sea, intending to kill him. Meanwhile, Xiao Hua began the Blood Radiance Island trial on the rainbow bridge, overcame its shifting restrictions, and stopped when he saw the disciples struggling up a mountain path.

• Hu Guanqiu told True Person Jinglü that the celebrated True Person Xiao was Xiao Hua, prompting Jinglü to use soul search on the farmers and kill them.
• True Person Jinglü tracked Xiao Hua with the storage bag and flew toward the Qiang He Sea, while Hu Guanqiu and another disciple returned to the Changbai Sect.
• Xiao Hua landed on the rainbow bridge and recognized that its shifting forces disrupted true yuan and tested bodily control.
• Kua Heng warned Xiao Hua not to land in a restricted section, and Xiao Hua used Wind Escape to move ahead across the bridge.
• Xiao Hua endured changing pressures, broke through restrictions with his physical strength, and crossed a bend in the bridge.
• Xiao Hua stopped when he saw the Blood Radiance Island disciples climbing a towering mountain path formed from the bridge.

Xiao Hua used his flying and movement techniques to surge ahead through the rainbow bridge’s restrictive trials, astonishing Kua Heng. He charged into a powerful teleportation restriction and entered the Giant Stone Array, leaving Kua Heng alarmed that the hidden formation might crush him.

• Xiao Hua discovered that the rainbow bridge tested physical strength, then flew upward until a hurricane forced him to land, where he used the Flowing Cloud Movement Technique to move ahead.
• Xiao Hua ran up the difficult slope with the Misty Steps, and Kua Heng watched his progress with surprise.
• A Blood Radiance Island disciple explained that charging into the next restriction at high speed would teleport contestants farther, so Xiao Hua unleashed Bright Thunder Evasion and struck it with a powerful impact.
• The blast shook the rainbow bridge and caused several Blood Radiance Island disciples to fall into the elimination restriction.
• Kua Heng realized Xiao Hua had entered the Giant Stone Array and hurried toward the island’s opposite side, fearing the formation could crush him.

Xiao Hua entered the Giant Stone Array and endured a trial in which waves of meteors tested his physical strength, while also refining his body. He returned to the rainbow bridge, where Kua Heng explained the array and questioned him about the trial, and Xiao Hua concealed how many boulders he had actually faced.

• Xiao Hua found himself in a starry array with his spiritual power and divine sense sealed, then smashed incoming meteors with his demonic hammer.
• Xiao Hua used the Prajna Heavy Sword and his martial techniques to fight increasingly large waves of meteors, discovering that the impacts improved his body refinement.
• Xiao Hua let two meteors strike both ends of his sword, and the shattered stone formed vortices that teleported him back to the rainbow bridge.
• Kua Heng praised Xiao Hua for entering the Giant Stone Array and explained that the rainbow bridge’s trials sent cultivators into arrays according to their strength.
• Kua Heng revealed that the last recorded entrant had shattered seventeen boulders and evaded eighteen, while Xiao Hua claimed he had shattered fourteen and evaded fifteen.

Xiao Hua learned that Blood Radiance Island was the remnant of Setting Sun Island and that its Bone Tempering Art might help complete his Lightning Evasion Technique. Kua Heng asked what Xiao Hua would offer in exchange, and Xiao Hua demonstrated Sleeve Universe, revealing the treasure Kua Heng urgently wanted.

• Kua Heng learned that Xiao Hua had shattered fourteen stone monoliths and urged him to stop the trial, but Xiao Hua insisted on meeting Kua Yu in Leaving Realm Heaven.
• Xiao Hua discovered that the rainbow bridge prevented him from retreating after its halfway point, then followed Kua Heng off the bridge after hearing he knew Setting Sun Island's location.
• Kua Heng revealed that Blood Radiance Island could be regarded as Setting Sun Island, and Xiao Hua clarified that he sought its Bone Tempering Art for his Lightning Evasion Technique.
• Kua Heng explained that the Bone Tempering Art was a secret transmission that required other body-tempering methods, then asked Xiao Hua what he would trade for it.
• Xiao Hua enveloped Kua Heng with Sleeve Universe and sealed his magical power, startling Kua Heng before crimson radiance flashed around him.

Xiao Hua completed his exchange with Kua Heng and returned the complete Sleeve Universe technique, but a strange roar warned him that Blood Radiance Island was in danger. The island survived as a red landmass rose from the sea nearby, revealing itself as Setting Sun Island, while blood-red radiance began spreading toward Blood Radiance Island.

• Xiao Hua traded the Bone Tempering Art for Blood Radiance Island's copy of the Sleeve Universe technique and gave Kua Heng a complete version in return.
• Kua Heng explained that Xiao Hua had won the trial, and Kua Yu gave him a pig-head token before Xiao Hua handed her the Youth-Preserving Grass.
• A heaven-shaking roar struck Blood Radiance Island, and Xiao Hua warned Kua Heng that the island might sink as it had at Da Qi Reef.
• Kua Heng gathered the trial disciples and activated Blood Radiance Island's defensive array as the sea churned and expelled dense spiritual energy and dead sea beasts.
• Setting Sun Island rose from the sea west of Blood Radiance Island, and blood-red radiance began spreading from it toward the island.

Setting Sun Island reappeared, and Xiao Hua helped Kua Heng control the sea pearl with Sleeve Universe. Kua Heng invited Xiao Hua to become a guest elder so he could help claim the island, and Xiao Hua agreed after bargaining for access to its techniques.

• Blood Radiance Island's formation flared as Setting Sun Island appeared, and Kua Heng's sea pearl began to escape his control.
• Xiao Hua used Sleeve Universe to restrain the sea pearl, and Kua Heng announced that Xiao Hua had restored the complete technique to Setting Sun Island.
• Kua Heng told the disciples that the Kua lineage had once lived on Setting Sun Island and urged them to search the surrounding waters for sea beasts.
• Kua Heng invited Xiao Hua to become a guest elder and accompany him onto the newly appeared island, explaining that he needed Xiao Hua's help to claim it.
• Xiao Hua asked whether he could study Setting Sun Island's techniques, then agreed to become a guest elder after Kua Heng confirmed he could.

Xiao Hua questioned whether Setting Sun Island’s defenses could have survived beneath the sea, then realized the island had shifted from its original position and helped Kua Heng locate the formation entrance. The restriction opened to reveal an ancient palace, but the island’s discovery left Kua Heng worried that rival islands would claim it before Blood Radiance Island could secure it.

• Xiao Hua questioned how Setting Sun Island’s defensive formation could have remained intact underwater, but Kua Heng and the elders decided to enter the island anyway.
• Kua Heng repeatedly tried to use the Sea Pearl at the wrong location while Xiao Hua inspected the island and considered how it had emerged from the seabed.
• Xiao Hua suggested that Setting Sun Island had shifted underwater, and Kua Yang rushed to tell Kua Heng.
• Kua Heng followed their deduction and placed the Sea Pearl at the correct formation eye, opening the restriction and revealing an immense palace atop Setting Sun Island.
• Kua Heng explained that rival islands might claim Setting Sun Island before Blood Radiance Island could establish control, while Xiao Hua steadied the Sea Pearl with his Sleeve Universe technique.

Xiao Hua helped Kua Heng refine Setting Sun Island’s island-suppressing spirit stone into a stone gui, which restored the island’s defenses and lifted the restriction on divine sense. Kua Heng prepared to move his disciples to the island, but he and Xiao Hua were puzzled by the absence of the Kua clan’s ancient remains.

• Kua Heng explained that the Sea Pearl controlled only Setting Sun Island’s outer defenses and asked Xiao Hua to help obtain the key to the island’s full array restriction.
• Xiao Hua used Sleeve Universe and his blood to draw out and activate the stone shard, allowing Kua Heng to refine it with his essence blood.
• Kua Heng transformed the shard into a patterned stone gui, while Xiao Hua sensed that he still had the ability to control it.
• Kua Heng used the stone gui to restore Setting Sun Island’s restrictions and remove the divine-sense suppression, then ordered the disciples to gather there for a name-changing ceremony in three months.
• Kua Heng and Xiao Hua noted that the island held no ancient Kua clan remains apart from three strange skeletons in the main hall.

Xiao Hua and Kua Heng explored Setting Sun Island’s main hall, where they found ancient remains and relics, before Kua Heng led Xiao Hua to the island’s forbidden ground. Xiao Hua’s warning of danger persisted, and he learned that the cultivation arts inside could only be studied under strict rules.

• Kua Heng and Xiao Hua entered Setting Sun Hall and found three skeletons, two of them belonging to enormous four-legged creatures.
• When Kua Heng touched an arm ring on one skeleton, the bones crumbled; he retrieved a snake-headed token and a Buddha relic, which Xiao Hua accepted along with the arm ring and storage pouches.
• Kua Heng scattered the remaining skeletons into dust, and Xiao Hua felt a powerful warning sign and urgently asked to see the cultivation art before leaving.
• Kua Heng opened the way to the forbidden ground, and Xiao Hua followed him through its restrictions and corridors.
• Kua Heng explained that elders who mastered the Bone Tempering Art could enter once for one day and night, but they were forbidden to share or discuss what they learned.

Xiao Hua entered Setting Sun Island’s sealed chamber and studied the Celestial Body Infusion Technique, then emerged and learned that a Kua clan talismanic spell had bound anyone who entered. He declined Kua Heng’s invitation to stay, accepted a Setting Sun Island token, and prepared to leave.

• Xiao Hua insisted on entering the chamber despite Kua Heng’s advice, and Kua Heng sealed him inside for one day and one night.
• Xiao Hua recognized the chamber’s armor-like inscriptions and read the Celestial Body Infusion Technique, which could infuse spiritual qi into the body to raise magical power.
• After the stone door opened, Xiao Hua followed Kua Heng’s guidance to the main hall, where Xue Xue greeted him with relief.
• Kua Heng explained that a talismanic spell bound anyone entering the chamber, so no heart oath had been necessary.
• Xiao Hua declined to remain for Kua Heng’s discussions, accepted a Setting Sun Island token, and offered to help if the island needed him later.