Chapter Summaries

Yang Yi deceived the Fishman Great Sage Kurich by posing as a Paladin, then blasted him at close range with his Flintlock. He destroyed the ritual circle, but the Great Sage’s fate remained uncertain.

• Cui Xiya warned Yang Yi that the Fishman Great Sage was powerful, and Yang Yi devised a plan to attack him.
• Yang Yi revealed himself and Cui Xiya, making Kurich mistake them for a Paladin and a Light Fairy.
• Yang Yi feigned a Supreme Holy Slash while Cui Xiya dazzled Kurich with her Light Spell, then shot him at point-blank range with Roaring Mode.
• Yang Yi cut down the Fish Pillars and burned the ritual circle after Su Na warned him that the ritual was still underway.

Yang Yi confronted the Fishman Great Sage Kurich after destroying the ritual site, using his mutated eye and weapons to injure him without killing him. As Kurich regenerated and prepared for a larger battle, Yang Yi powered himself up by eating the Giant Vitality Sardine Leg and charged again.

• Yang Yi stored the severed limbs and destroyed the ritual site, then dodged a water arrow from the surviving Kurich.
• Yang Yi used his Three Eyes to predict Kurich's movements, striking him with the Broken Iron Greatsword and a fire serpent from a reddish shortsword.
• Kurich regenerated from severe burns, revealing his monstrous Fishman form and claiming Yang Yi could not kill him.
• Yang Yi privately told Cui Xiya to return to the Nightmare Star and warned Su Na to stay out of the Great Sea Lung.
• Yang Yi ate the Giant Vitality Sardine Leg, grew to four meters tall, and charged Kurich while shouting, "Supreme Holy Slash!"

Yang Yi survived Kurich's instant-death spell and used Cui Xiya's distraction and the Maw of Gluttony's trap to land a Supreme Holy Slash on the Fishman Great Sage. Kurich regenerated and fled toward the passage exit, with Yang Yi in pursuit.

• Kurich cast Death Magic on Yang Yi, but Yang Yi resisted the instant-death spell after briefly playing dead.
• Cui Xiya returned and shot Kurich in the cheek, drawing his attention away from Yang Yi.
• The Maw of Gluttony restrained Kurich with its tongues, allowing Yang Yi to strike him from behind and split his body.
• Kurich regenerated rapidly, and Yang Yi realized the Great Sage was trying to escape toward the passage exit.
• Kurich raced for the exit while Yang Yi chased him, determined to keep him from reaching the water.

Yang Yi used the Limb Explosion Spell against the Fishman Great Sage, but the blast injured him and sent the enemy into the digestion pool. Su Na confronted the regenerating Fishman and awakened her Witch Form, leaving him twisted in midair as Yang Yi arrived.

• Cui Xiya missed her shot at the Fishman Great Sage, but her attack reminded Yang Yi of the Limb Explosion Spell.
• Yang Yi detonated the Fishman Great Sage's discarded lower body, causing a massive explosion that injured Yang Yi and shook the Great Sea Lung.
• Yang Yi warned Su Na that the Fishman might have survived, while Su Na reported that the explosion had collapsed the ladder and that Xiaoji was aboard the departing Nightmare Star.
• The Fishman Great Sage emerged from the acid pool and tried to kill Su Na with instant-death magic before fleeing.
• Su Na recovered from the spell, awakened her Witch Form, and twisted the Fishman Great Sage into a rope with her power.
• Yang Yi landed in the water as a massive figure swam ashore and praised Su Na for catching the Fishman.

Yang Yi discovered the Fishman Great Sage’s Soul-Storage Jar and learned how the sardine had become an undead magical creature. When Su Na tried to question the Great Sage about the Crimson Witch, it destroyed itself, leaving the mystery of the witch’s research unresolved.

• Yang Yi checked Su Na’s Sanity and learned she was in the Arrogance Madness State, then confronted Cui Xiya about secretly reporting his actions to Su Na.
• Cui Xiya confessed that Su Na had paid her for information, and Yang Yi took half her payment as a fine.
• Yang Yi tore open the Fishman Great Sage’s head and found a Soul-Storage Jar containing the sardine that powered its regenerated body.
• Yang Yi read the jar’s information and learned the Great Sage was an experimental sardine created by the Crimson Witch, Bell.
• Su Na questioned the Great Sage about Bell’s research, but the sardine’s soul exploded inside the jar and destroyed its body.

After the Fishman Great Sage killed himself, Yang Yi and Su Na began sweeping Cook Island for supplies. Yang Yi reached the village chief’s residence on the thirty-ninth floor and discovered the island’s villagers had cultivated crops.

• Yang Yi handed Su Na the Soul-Storage Jar, and she stored it before floating away to explore.
• Yang Yi stitched together the Fishman Great Sage’s remains, hung them on the Execution Rack, and gained a trophy that improved the ship and Magic Book study.
• Yang Yi docked the Nightmare Star, assigned Xiaoji to guard it, and sent Skeleton Rats to gather food and Light Containers.
• Yang Yi called for Su Na and learned she was exploring the village chief’s room on the thirty-ninth floor.
• Yang Yi climbed the wall to reach the village chief’s residence, found unripe Sour Potatoes and Purple Persimmons growing there, and took a plant to bring back.

Yang Yi and Su Na searched the village chief’s room and uncovered a hidden message pointing to the Radiant Holy Church. They found the chief’s secret storeroom and began inspecting its valuable supplies and equipment.

• Yang Yi collected the Light Container from the village chief’s room and searched for Su Na while Cui Xiya discovered the chief’s illustrated book collection.
• Su Na emerged from a hidden doorway in the bookshelf, and Yang Yi decoded the message in Wonderful Fishman World: “Shadows are always beneath the feet of light.”
• Yang Yi and Su Na entered a concealed storeroom containing Conch Coins, provisions, Light Containers, equipment, and a Pioneer's Guide.
• Yang Yi identified the Fishman Great Sage's Royal Trident and the Abyss Claw, an exceptional fishing rod that could retrieve supplies or something special.

Yang Yi and Su Na discovered that the pale pink membrane concealed a giant-headed Great Sea Lung larva whose brain matter had been collected for research. Su Na planned to move the larva to her Laboratory, and Yang Yi prepared to subdue and anesthetize it so they could transport it aboard the Nightmare Star.

• Yang Yi divided the loot from the village chief's home, transferring 1.7 million Conch Coins to Su Na and returning fifty thousand to Cui Xiya.
• Cui Xiya cast a Light Spell, revealing an enormous humanlike head behind a pale pink membrane with a tap inserted into its crown.
• Su Na explained that the head was a Great Sea Lung larva, whose mature form would lose its brain and become a sea squirt.
• Yang Yi identified the pinkish-white liquid as the larva's brain matter and learned that it could benefit humans but risked causing Kuru Disease with prolonged use.
• Su Na asked Yang Yi to dig out and subdue the larva so she could prepare the Laboratory and transport it aboard the Nightmare Star.
• Su Na brought five injectable Sleeping Potions for Yang Yi to use once the larva's consciousness was muddled.

Yang Yi left Cook Island’s remaining looting to Xiaoji and tried to recover aboard the Nightmare Star, but a nightmare left him physically weakened instead. After restoring his condition, he arranged a forum sale for Light Containers and traded two crops with Shen Guanquan.

• Yang Yi agreed to bring the Great Sea Lung larva aboard the Nightmare Star later, after the group left Cook Island and reached safety.
• The group returned to the harbor, where Yang Yi assigned Xiaoji to sort the gathered supplies and search for valuable items while Su Na prepared the Witch Laboratory for the larva.
• Yang Yi ordered Cui Xiya to stay in the captain’s quarters and fell asleep, but woke half an hour later after dreaming that he was trapped without senses or movement for what felt like a year.
• Yang Yi learned that his nightmare had affected his body, so he drank tea and ate food to restore his Qi and Blood, Stamina, and Sanity rather than trying to sleep again.
• Yang Yi finished a forum sales post featuring Light Containers and sold Sea Squirt Sour Juice and Sour Potatoes to Shen Guanquan for 5,000 Conch Coins.
• Shen Guanquan refused Yang Yi’s offer of Eyeball Fruit, saying it was not grown and he did not want it.

Yang Yi’s recurring nightmare left him unable to sleep, and Su Na discovered that his breathing, heartbeat, and pupillary reflex stopped while his brain remained active. After finishing the island’s salvage and sales, Yang Yi prepared to leave the island and contain the Great Sea Lung Larva.

• Yang Yi told Su Na that he repeatedly dreamed of total darkness and stopped breathing when asleep, so she made him lie down for examination.
• Su Na found that Yang Yi appeared dead while asleep, though the Brainwave Detector showed his brain remained active; he woke after about twenty minutes and described the dream as lasting months.
• Su Na recommended that Yang Yi use a Sleeping Potion to avoid the nightmare, and he returned to the deck.
• Yang Yi found Xiaoji sampling food with its taste receptors while cooking.
• Yang Yi reviewed the salvage haul, including 2.37 million Conch Coins in sales, supplies, and reserve materials, and decided the island had been stripped of its useful resources.
• Yang Yi notified the crew that they would leave the island the next day and prepare to contain the Great Sea Lung Larva.

Yang Yi recovered from a long sleep, checked the growing Exposure and the newly completed player-built church, then left the Nightmare Star to hunt a Great Sea Lung Larva. He sent Cui Xiya back to the ship and raced into the Great Sea Lung as its condition worsened.

• Cui Xiya used a Low-Tier Artisan Inscribed Stone to enhance her Miniature Revolver, gaining a powerful Burst Mode.
• Yang Yi slept for about seventeen hours, then learned Ma Dabao had completed the first church built entirely by players and attracted indigenous believers.
• Yang Yi checked that his Exposure had risen above 40%, told the crew he was leaving the ship, and chose a spot three nautical miles from Cook Island.
• Yang Yi jumped off the Nightmare Star while the Old Captain steered it away, and Su Na prepared to receive the Great Sea Lung Larva.
• Cui Xiya showed Yang Yi her improved marksmanship by shooting out a glowing blue spot, and he ordered her back to the Nightmare Star.
• Yang Yi transformed into a Werewolf and raced deeper into the Great Sea Lung to catch a Great Sea Lung Larva.

Yang Yi entered Cook Island’s secret chamber and tried to extract the Great Sea Lung Larva, provoking the Great Sea Lung into a violent breathing cycle. The Nightmare Star escaped the resulting suction and storm, but the creature’s expelled debris damaged the ship.

• Yang Yi opened the secret passage and found the Great Sea Lung Larva had grown inside its chamber.
• Yang Yi injected the larva with Sleeping Potion and began pulling its head free, then used Limb Enhancement to gain enough strength to move it.
• The Great Sea Lung began expanding and sucking in air and seawater, while Xiaoji detected the change and caught Cui Xiya as she was pulled toward it.
• Su Na steered the Nightmare Star away from Cook Island against the powerful suction.
• The Great Sea Lung compressed and expelled a storm of water, wind, and debris that damaged the Nightmare Star, while Xiaoji’s warning helped everyone reach safety inside the cabin.

Yang Yi tore the Great Sea Lung Larva’s head from its body, then fought its mental and physical attacks while being dragged into a secret passage. The Great Sea Lung later stopped breathing and began to sink, while the healed larva remained alert inside its body.

• Yang Yi used Limb Enhancement to rip the Great Sea Lung Larva’s head free, but suction pulled him into a secret passage with it.
• The Great Sea Lung Larva awakened, mentally attacked Yang Yi, and pierced him with acid-injecting arms; the Maw of Gluttony grabbed and swallowed some of them.
• Yang Yi shot the larva with his Roaring Flintlock, used Healing of the Flame to stop the acid damage, and jumped into a trench to resist the suction.
• The larva returned to the secret chamber, anchored itself to the Great Sea Lung Mother Body, and healed its wounds while Yang Yi hid inside the Great Sea Lung’s body.
• Twelve minutes later, the Great Sea Lung stopped breathing and began to sink, and Xiaoji reported its suspected death to Su Na.

Yang Yi subdued the Great Sea Lung Larva by using the Maw of Gluttony to drain its brain marrow, then sent the sleeping creature to the Nightmare Star. Su Na placed it in a glass specimen tank, where it remained asleep.

• Yang Yi evaded the Great Sea Lung Larva’s mental tracking and learned that a Brain Marrow Extractor could restrict its mobility.
• Yang Yi shot the larva and stabbed its eye socket with the Fishman Great Sage's Royal Trident, but a mental attack briefly dazed him.
• Yang Yi’s double used the Maw of Gluttony to suck brain marrow from the larva until Yang Yi stopped it.
• Yang Yi confirmed the larva was alive, injected it with Sleeping Potion, and transported it to the Nightmare Star using the Witch's Treasure Bag.
• Su Na received the sleeping larva and placed it in a large glass tank in the Witch Laboratory.

Yang Yi tested the processed Great Sea Lung Larva cerebrospinal fluid and used the Abyss Claw to fish up raw crystal diamond ore. He examined the Great Sea Lung Jet installed on the Nightmare Star and prepared to master its jumping capabilities for the voyage ahead.

• Yang Yi drank the processed cerebrospinal fluid, which increased experience for most of his attributes and slightly boosted spirit experience growth.
• Cui Xiya caught several Long-Legged Sardines while Yang Yi waited for a catch with the Abyss Claw.
• Yang Yi reeled in raw crystal diamond ore that could be converted into 127 units of crystal diamond.
• Yang Yi inspected the Great Sea Lung Jet and recalled that it could propel the Nightmare Star through about twenty jumps of roughly 100 meters each.
• Yang Yi reviewed the trip’s rewards and found that his Conch Coin balance had reached 9,782,787.

Yang Yi prepared the crew for a long voyage and agreed to let Su Na investigate his persistent dream. He tested Su Na’s new Constitution-Strengthening Potion, which caused a violent reaction but raised his Constitution and gave him a new ability.

• Yang Yi checked his boosted status and planned to practice with the Royal Trident despite preferring his Greatsword.
• Yang Yi assigned Xiaoji to patrol and monitor the sea, told Cui Xiya to dispel darkness regularly, and warned Su Na to watch her Sanity and Stamina.
• Su Na offered to enter Yang Yi’s dream with a potion, and Yang Yi agreed to forgo the Sleeping Potion while Cui Xiya stood by to wake him.
• Su Na gave Yang Yi a Constitution-Strengthening Potion, and he drank it alone in the dark Captain’s Quarters.
• The potion caused Yang Yi’s blood vessels to burst and left him intensely thirsty; after drinking all his stored water and a tank of sardines, he gained one Constitution point and a new ability.

Yang Yi and Su Na tested the Constitution-Strengthening Potion, which increased their Constitution and granted them different regenerative abilities. Later, Yang Yi bought a genuine Book of Pure White from a cult follower by offering a Great Blasphemer statue.

• Yang Yi examined the potion's effects, tested his rapid healing, and warned Su Na to drink plenty of water in a dark place.
• Su Na drank the potion and gained two Constitution points and Super Regeneration, while Yang Yi cautioned her that the Dream-Entering Potion might further reduce her Sanity.
• Yang Yi opened his shop when the trading channel opened and listed Great Sea Lung Larva brain matter and a Pioneer's Guide for sale.
• Yang Yi spotted a genuine Book of Pure White offered in the World Chat Channel and contacted its seller using his One-Eye title.
• The seller explained that Great Blasphemer statues increased Spirit through repeated viewing, and Yang Yi persuaded him to give up the book in exchange for a statue.

Yang Yi prepared to enter Su Na’s dream while managing his shop and learning from the Expedition Group’s findings about the Pioneer's Guide. The chapter ended as he lay down and asked Cui Xiya to wake them if anything went wrong.

• Yang Yi traded a Great Blasphemer statue for the Magic Book and created a shop rewards system featuring statues made by Cui Xiya and himself.
• Zhou Dai ordered ten bottles of fresh, untreated brain matter and transferred Yang Yi 300,000 Conch Coins in advance.
• Yang Yi read Man Like the Wind’s post about the Pioneer's Guide, learning how the Expedition Group had used the ritual to locate different seas and other destinations.
• After three hours, Su Na joined Yang Yi with the Dream-Entering Potion, and he lay down while telling Cui Xiya to wake them if anything unusual happened.

Su Na used the Dream-Entering Potion to join Yang Yi in the recurring dream, which seemed more like a real place than an ordinary dream. She woke alone in a strange landscape covered in crystalline particles and began exploring while searching for Yang Yi.

• Yang Yi struggled to fall asleep while Su Na watched over him, and Cui Xiya stayed nearby with a piece of Sour Persimmon.
• After Yang Yi entered the dream, Su Na drank the Dream-Entering Potion and fell asleep beside his bed, linking their dreams.
• Su Na woke in a white landscape and discovered that the falling substance was Crystal Particles rather than snow.
• Su Na checked her body and belongings, made a mask from her sleeve, and searched the area for Yang Yi.
• Su Na approached unfamiliar plants and began examining them.

Su Na explored an island consumed by crystalline disease, crafted a moving crystal hammer, and realized Yang Yi might be trapped as a living crystal statue. After developing symptoms herself, she followed a new sense of direction and eventually found a crystal lesion on her shoulder.

• Su Na examined the crystalline plants and learned from her system that the disease transformed living things into crystal.
• Su Na fashioned a crude crystal hammer and animated it with a spell to clear a path through the island.
• Su Na found a human transformed into a crystal statue and suspected Yang Yi had the same condition, possibly a subtype of death plague.
• After three days, Su Na developed mild crystalline disease and followed a vague feeling toward something on the island.
• Five days later, Su Na found a crystal lesion on her right shoulder and prepared to cut it out.