Arc 2Linghua Island’s Rise

Zhao Yi strengthened Linghua Island, helped allies, and found a spirit vein that could advance his cultivation. The arc ended with Wu Yuying proposing a marriage alliance with Liu Yu and warning that Wind-Thunder Rogue had reached the Spirit Attraction Stage.

  • Zhao Yi killed a Giant-Toothed Shark and an Ink-Armored Sea Turtle, then used their remains to recover and advance his cultivation.
  • Zhao Yi returned to Linghua Island, gave Wang Qing a Sea Turtle Egg to hatch, and helped settle the conflict between Peach Blossom Island and Three Heroes Island by defeating Ghost Shark Daoist.
  • Zhao Yi and his companions helped Yuan Zifeng defend Black Wind Island by ambushing Kongqing Island’s patrols, then later raided Kongqing Island to steal Jade-Pattern Bee hives.
  • Zhao Yi rescued Da Yu'er and Xiao Yu'er, and Zheng Ji and Zheng Tong’s copied map led him and Wang Qing to a cave abode with a spirit vein.
  • Zhao Yi and Wang Qing cultivated in the cave abode, and Zhao Yi later told Liu Yu, Wang Qing, and Li Hai about the spirit vein before traveling to Peach Blossom Island.
  • At Wu Yuying’s Spirit Drawing Celebration, Yuan Zifeng gave Zhao Yi an artifact-refining inheritance, while Yuan Huaqing resolved to use Three Heroes Island against him.
  • Mo Wufei proposed marriages to Wu Yuying and Wu Yujie, but Wu Yuying rejected him and ordered Three Heroes Island’s cultivators off Peach Blossom Island.
  • Wu Yuying proposed that Liu Yu marry Wu Xiuzhu and offered her Spirit Attraction Stage insights as a dowry, then told Zhao Yi that Wind-Thunder Rogue had reached the Spirit Attraction Stage.
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Ch. 26Fierce Battle with the Giant-Toothed Shark

Zhao Yi killed a Giant-Toothed Shark after it defeated an Ink-Armored Sea Turtle, then caught and killed the turtle before it could escape. He drank the Spirit Attraction Stage turtle’s blood to recover and was still cultivating the next day as snow continued to fall.

  • An injured Ink-Armored Sea Turtle crawled ashore, and the Giant-Toothed Shark followed it onto the ice and caught up with it in the snow.
  • After the shark weakened the turtle, Zhao Yi attacked, blinded the shark’s left eye, and survived its water-arrow strike before killing it with the Long Ji.
  • Zhao Yi discovered the turtle had escaped toward the sea, chased it down, and beheaded it, realizing it was a Spirit Attraction Stage demonic beast.
  • Zhao Yi drank the turtle’s blood and circulated his qi to recover; by the next day his injuries had mostly healed and snow was still falling.

Ch. 27The Joy of Cultivation

Zhao Yi butchered two demon beasts, discovered a living sea turtle egg, and spent three months eating their meat to accelerate his cultivation. As he prepared to return to Linghua Island, he fed fish at Jade Pearl Spring with the shark’s spiritual power crystal and watched the Spirit Fish swallow the remaining piece.

  • Zhao Yi had Wang Liuzi and the islanders carry the sea turtle, Giant-Toothed Shark, and bloodstained earth to the Daoist temple, then shared some shark meat with them.
  • While butchering the sea turtle, Zhao Yi found three eggs, sensed life in one, and placed it in a nest with a simple Spirit Gathering Array.
  • Over three months, Zhao Yi ate all the demon beast meat and opened two meridians, then decided it was time to return to Linghua Island.
  • At Jade Pearl Spring, Zhao Yi counted 122 fish, crushed part of the shark’s Spiritual Power Crystal into the water, and fed the remainder to the three-inch Spirit Fish, which swallowed it and sank groggily to the bottom.

Ch. 28Return to Linghua Island

Zhao Yi returned to Linghua Island with demon beast spoils, recounted how he obtained them, and entrusted a surviving sea turtle egg to Wang Qing to hatch. The next morning, Zhao Yi tested Li Hai’s swordsmanship and recognized his talent.

  • Zhao Yi arrived at Linghua Island with a turtle shell, shark bones, and blood-soaked soil, and Liu Yu, Wang Qing, and Li Hai helped carry the spoils up the mountain.
  • Zhao Yi described how he took advantage of a battle between a Spirit Attraction Stage sea turtle and a megalodon, explaining that the meat had healed his injuries and advanced his cultivation.
  • Zhao Yi gave Wang Qing the surviving Sea Turtle Egg to hatch and told him to study beast taming so he could add the craft to Linghua Island.
  • Zhao Yi checked Li Hai’s progress in Daoist script, fist techniques, and swordsmanship, then learned that Liu Yu had opened over fifty meridians of the Lesser Celestial Circuit.
  • The next morning, Zhao Yi sparred with Li Hai, disarmed him, and praised his swordsmanship talent, telling him to study the sword manuscripts left by their master.

Ch. 29Crisis on Peach Blossom Island

Zhao Yi celebrated Linghua Island’s abundant spirit rice harvest and sold rice and Spirit-Nurturing Powder for Spirit Stones. Meanwhile, Peach Blossom Island prepared to resist Three Heroes Island’s demand for thirty percent of its spirit peaches, and Zhao Yi learned of the dispute at the Trade Fair.

  • Zhao Yi harvested three mu of Spirit Rice, discovered his fourth meridian had opened, and celebrated Linghua Island’s improved yield.
  • Wu Yuying, Granny Liu, and Peach Blossom Island’s elders discussed Three Heroes Island’s demand for thirty percent of their spirit peaches and planned to seek allies while preparing for a possible fight.
  • Zhao Yi sold refined rice and Spirit-Nurturing Powder on Little Wave Island, earning one hundred and twenty Spirit Stones and preparing to sell more rice.
  • Liu Yu told Zhao Yi that Peach Blossom Island and Three Heroes Island were at odds, and Zhao Yi laughed at the Mo Clan’s demand.

Ch. 30An old enemy returns

Zhao Yi learned that Ghost Shark Daoist had allied with Three Heroes Island and returned seeking revenge on Linghua Island. He arranged a duel with Sea Shark Island, and at the harbor Ghost Shark Daoist publicly demanded that Chen Yihua answer for the old blood debt.

  • Liu Yu told Zhao Yi that Three Heroes Island had gained powerful allies, including Ghost Shark Daoist, whom Chen Yihua had once driven from Sea Shark Island.
  • Zhao Yi visited Peach Blossom Island and learned that Ghost Shark Daoist, his ghost shark, and his twin disciples had all become formidable; he arranged for Linghua Island to challenge Sea Shark Island to a duel.
  • Before dawn, Yuan Zifeng warned Zhao Yi against facing Ghost Shark Daoist and lent him a Middle-Grade Golden Light Talisman.
  • As cultivators gathered at the harbor, Mo Wufei accused Chen Yihua of slaughtering Sea Shark Island’s people and asked everyone to witness the islands settle their grievances.
  • Ghost Shark Daoist demanded to know where Chen Yihua was.

Ch. 31A fierce battle with Ghost Shark

Zhao Yi and Liu Yu fought Ghost Shark Daoist and his disciples in a public duel, defeating them despite severe injuries. Zhao Xingyu stopped Mo Wufei from attacking the wounded pair, and declared the feud between Linghua Island and Sea Shark Island settled before the cultivators prepared to board the merchant ship.

  • Zhao Yi defeated Ghost Shark Daoist’s two disciples after breaking their coordinated defense with a powerful halberd assault.
  • Liu Yu and Zhao Yi fought Ghost Shark Daoist together, but Liu Yu’s strength faltered and Zhao Yi’s halberd was destroyed by Ghost Shark Daoist’s sword.
  • Zhao Yi and Liu Yu launched a final attack: Liu Yu’s sword broke and he was badly wounded, while Zhao Yi broke Ghost Shark Daoist’s neck and beheaded him.
  • Mo Wufei tried to attack the injured Zhao Yi and Liu Yu, but Zhao Xingyu intercepted him and ordered him to leave Sea Shark Island’s spoils to Linghua Island.
  • Yuan Zifeng gave Zhao Yi and Liu Yu medicine, and Zhao Xingyu declared Linghua Island the winner and the feud settled before directing the cultivators to line up for the merchant ship.

Ch. 32The Haul

After Zhao Yi and his companions defeated the Sea Shark Island cultivators, they gathered their spoils, bought supplies, and returned to Linghua Island with a Ghost Shark following their ship. Zhao Yi recovered at the abbey, warned the others about a possible attack from Three Heroes Island, and Liu Yu urged Wang Qing to focus on cultivation.

  • Wu Xiuzhu delivered spirit peaches and Spring Return Pills from Peach Blossom Island, and Liu Yu and Yuan Zifeng thanked her for the aid.
  • Liu Yu told the awakened Zhao Yi that he had sold the spirit rice, bought supplies, and found a bell and other items among the Sea Shark Island cultivators' belongings.
  • Zhao Yi used the bell to summon the Ghost Shark and planned to kill it after recovering, while having Wang Qing feed it on the way back to Linghua Island.
  • Three days later, Zhao Yi and Liu Yu arrived at Linghua Island, where Wang Qing and Li Hai helped bring the injured Zhao Yi back to Linghua Abbey.
  • Wang Qing offered to accompany Liu Yu to the next Trade Fair, and Liu Yu told him to improve his cultivation instead of giving his resources to Guiwu.

Ch. 33Breakthroughs in succession

Zhao Yi used the Jade Register’s fortune to aid Liu Yu and Wang Qing, then broke through to perfection of Meridian Opening after his fellow disciples supplied pills. After resolving to protect Linghua Island and fulfill his master’s wishes, he reunited with his junior brothers as Wang Qing emerged from seclusion having also advanced.

  • Zhao Yi learned that Linghua’s fortune had risen to one and spent fortune to increase Liu Yu’s and Wang Qing’s fortune.
  • After half a month of quiet, Zhao Yi, Liu Yu, and Wang Qing poisoned and killed the Ghost Shark, then used its corpse as field fertilizer.
  • Zhao Yi consumed his remaining Red Ginseng Pill and broke through to perfection of Meridian Opening.
  • Zhao Yi gave Liu Yu six Essence Origin Pills, then mourned his master and vowed to protect Linghua Island and his junior brothers.
  • Zhao Yi learned Liu Yu was progressing toward great completion and told Li Hai to wait until he was sixteen before breaking through to the Qi Nurturing Stage.
  • Wang Qing emerged from seclusion after successfully breaking through, and the four gathered cheerfully in the pavilion.

Ch. 34The three gates of Spirit Attraction

Zhao Yi studied Daoist Lingqing’s guidance on reaching Three Origins Perfection and resolved to prepare for the Spirit Attraction Stage through cultivation and saving for pills. At the Trade Fair, he learned that Peach Blossom Island and Three Heroes Island had fought a bloody battle, and he and Liu Yu concluded that their feud would endure while the Zhao Family waited for its patriarch to advance further.

  • Zhao Yi learned that breaking through to the Spirit Attraction Stage required passing the Essence Origin, Qi Origin, and Spirit Origin gates, and planned to cultivate toward Three Origins Perfection and save for a Spirit-Nourishing Pill.
  • After the spirit-rice harvest, Zhao Yi and Liu Yu traveled to Little Wave Island for the Trade Fair, while Zhao Yi ordered Wang Qing to remain on Linghua Island.
  • Zhao Yi learned from Junior Sister Liu that Senior Liu had died after being gravely wounded in the battle between Three Heroes Island and Peach Blossom Island.
  • Junior Sister Liu explained that the Zhao Family had halted Three Heroes Island’s attack, but Mo Wusheng had threatened Peach Blossom Island’s female cultivators.
  • Wu Yuying revealed that Zhao Yi had reached Perfection of Meridian Opening and noticed her in the room.
  • Zhao Yi told Liu Yu that the Zhao Family was waiting for Zhao Xinghe to condense his Dao Foundation, then instructed him to spend their savings on cultivation pills for Liu Yu, Wang Qing, and Li Hai.

Ch. 35Black Wind Island's Plea for Aid

Yuan Zifeng came to Linghua Island to ask Zhao Yi and his companions to help Black Wind Island, which was being besieged by Kongqing Island after internal strife weakened it. Zhao Yi decided to go with Li Hai, and they planned to ambush the besieging force rather than charge onto the island.

  • Wang Ping told Zhao Yi that Yuan Zifeng had arrived, and Zhao Yi went to meet him with Liu Yu.
  • Yuan Zifeng explained that Black Wind Island's lord and two other powerful cultivators had died, leaving its eldest senior brother trapped as Kongqing Island attacked.
  • Zhao Yi and Liu Yu told Yuan Zifeng they would give him an answer the next morning and offered him a place to rest.
  • Zhao Yi, Liu Yu, and Li Hai discussed the request and agreed to help Black Wind Island repay Yuan Zifeng's past kindness.
  • Zhao Yi and Li Hai decided to leave the next morning and ambush Kongqing Island's cultivators outside Black Wind Island.

Ch. 36Relieving the siege of Black Wind Island, part one

Zhao Yi, Yuan Zifeng, and Li Hai approached Black Wind Island to relieve its siege, beginning by ambushing and killing the Kongqing Island patrol aboard its boat. They then sailed toward another patrol vessel as Yuan Zifeng explained that Black Wind Island’s protective formation could hold for about half a month on its spirit-stone reserves.

  • Yuan Zifeng anxiously waited for Zhao Yi’s decision, and Zhao Yi agreed to help relieve the siege in exchange for a generous reward.
  • Aboard the Linghua, Zhao Yi outlined a plan to hide offshore and approach Black Wind Island by night in Yuan Zifeng’s single-masted boat.
  • Zhao Yi, Yuan Zifeng, and Li Hai swam to Kongqing Island’s patrol boat before dawn and boarded it under cover of darkness.
  • Zhao Yi killed the patrol’s cultivators while Yuan Zifeng supported Li Hai, who killed the last enemy and learned to behead fallen opponents.
  • The three searched the patrol boat, collected its spoils, and sailed toward another patrol vessel while Yuan Zifeng explained that Black Wind Island’s protective formation had enough spirit stones to last half a month.

Ch. 37Lifting the siege of Black Wind Island, part two

Zhao Yi and Li Hai ambushed Kongqing Island patrols, killing ten cultivators and further weakening the force besieging Black Wind Island. After Kongqing Island withdrew, Zhao Yi and Li Hai left Yuan Zifeng behind and sailed away, leaving the siege lifted.

  • Zhao Yi led Li Hai and Yuan Zifeng in a surprise attack on a second Kongqing Island patrol ship, killing its cultivators as one escaped toward Black Wind Island with a message talisman.
  • Zhao Yi pursued and killed the fleeing cultivator by running across the waves, then sank the patrol ship after Li Hai cleared the battlefield.
  • Yuan Zifeng realized the patrol losses had weakened Kongqing Island enough that its remaining cultivators would likely abandon the siege.
  • Zhao Yi refused Yuan Zifeng's suggestion to join an attack on Black Wind Island, reasoning that Kongqing Island would withdraw after receiving the warning.
  • Zhao Yi, Li Hai, and Yuan Zifeng waited offshore until a ship left Black Wind Island, then returned to Deserted Island.
  • Zhao Yi and Li Hai sailed away, leaving Yuan Zifeng to return to Black Wind Island and collect their promised reward at the Trade Fair on Little Wave Island.

Ch. 38A Handsome Haul

Zhao Yi and Li Hai returned from Black Wind Island with supplies and discussed dealing with the cultivators on Kongqing Island, then Zhao Yi directed the Linghua disciples to focus on cultivation and their sea-farming work. After a decent harvest, the group set off for Little Wave Island.

  • Zhao Yi assigned fortune to Liu Yu and Wang Qing while Li Hai inventoried the spoils from their trip.
  • Zhao Yi and Li Hai returned to Linghua Island, where Li Hai gave Liu Yu the supplies and received permission to claim Ghost Shark Daoist's sword.
  • Zhao Yi praised Li Hai for killing ten cultivators, explained his unfinished Treading the Waves technique, and assigned tasks concerning Wang Qing and the spirit fish.
  • Zhao Yi, Liu Yu, Li Hai, and Wang Ping harvested 243 jin of spirit crops, including seventeen surviving stalks of vitality-strengthening grass.
  • On the twenty-third day of the tenth month, year 5497 of the Yuangguang Calendar, Zhao Yi and the others set off for Little Wave Island.

Ch. 39Night Raid on Kongqing Island, Part One

Zhao Yi led Linghua Island’s cultivators in a night raid on Kongqing Island to seize its spirit bees, and they reached the beekeeping valley after taking the island’s ship and gathering information. When Zhao Yi charged the guarded bamboo house, he triggered its alarms and defenses and was trapped under a barrage of attacks.

  • Zhao Yi learned that Junior Sister Liu had married Yuan Zifeng of Black Wind Island and gave her a Linghua token so the couple could seek help.
  • Linghua Island bought Mother-and-Child Conches and Voice-Transmitting Conches, then followed Kongqing Island’s ship to its destination.
  • Zhao Yi and Wang Qing boarded Kongqing Island’s ship, killed the two cultivators guarding its hold, and summoned Liu Yu and Li Hai.
  • Zhao Yi questioned islanders at the harbor, learned where the spirit bees were kept, and led the group toward the valley while Wang Qing took position above its entrance.
  • Zhao Yi set off alarms near the bamboo house, endured arrows and an explosion, then became trapped by mud and vines as Ice Arrows flew toward him.

Ch. 40Night raid on Kongqing Island, part two

Zhao Yi, Liu Yu, Li Hai, and Wang Qing raided Kongqing Island, killed island cultivators, and escaped with six Jade-Pattern Bee hives. The islanders let them go, mourning their dead and discovering that their ship was sinking.

  • Zhao Yi survived a Chain Fireball Talisman attack, and Liu Yu and Li Hai helped him kill the cultivator guarding the bamboo building.
  • The group took six Jade-Pattern Bee hives and fled toward the harbor as islanders pursued them.
  • Li Hai sailed away with the hives while Zhao Yi and Liu Yu stayed behind to delay the pursuers, and Wang Qing went to scuttle the Two-Masted Ship.
  • Liu Yu wounded Yuan Huaqing in a sword fight, then he and Zhao Yi escaped across the water as the islanders watched in astonishment.
  • The islanders chose not to pursue, learned that the Clear Spirit was sinking, and discovered that Huahai and Huachen were already dead.

Ch. 41An Unexpected Windfall

Zhao Yi and his companions escaped with six boxes of Spirit Bees, then rescued two girls drifting at sea. After discovering that both girls had cultivation aptitude, Zhao Yi decided to keep them as future disciples of Linghua Island.

  • Zhao Yi considered how Linghua Island could raise Spirit Bees and briefly weighed informing Black Wind Island about Kongqing Island.
  • After Zhao Yi and Liu Yu rested, Wang Qing spotted two children floating on a wooden board, and the group rescued them.
  • Liu Yu gave the children diluted Origin-Nourishing Soup, helping their breathing and warmth return.
  • Zhao Yi and Liu Yu tested the children with Spirit Stones and discovered that both had cultivation aptitude.
  • Zhao Yi concluded that the girls had likely escaped from Kongqing Island and decided Linghua Island would keep them.

Ch. 42Zheng Ji and Zheng Tong (Thanks to reader E Shi Wu Yu for the support)

Zhao Yi welcomed the sisters Zheng Ji and Zheng Tong as they showed him a nautical chart they had uncovered inside the wooden box that once held a treasure map. He recognized Linghua Island among its markings and sent Zheng Tong to fetch his Second Senior Brother to discuss what they had found.

  • Zhao Yi checked that Da Yu'er and Xiao Yu'er were settling in well on Linghua Island and reminded Wang Ping to guide his junior sisters.
  • More than half a year later, Zheng Ji and Zheng Tong brought Zhao Yi the wooden box Wang Qing had given them.
  • Zheng Tong explained that the box had split when she dropped it, and Zheng Ji had copied colored traces inside its eight pieces to make a map.
  • Zhao Yi identified the map as an old nautical chart of the Yunsha Sea Region that marked thirty-seven islands, including Linghua Island.
  • Zhao Yi told Zheng Tong to fetch his Second Senior Brother, and Zheng Ji followed her to watch over her on the rugged paths.

Ch. 43Treasure map

Zhao Yi and Liu Yu confirmed that the treasure map marked a real location, and Zhao Yi set out with Wang Qing to investigate it. After weathering a storm at an apparently abandoned island, they sailed on toward their destination.

  • Zhao Yi compared the treasure map with an old nautical chart, and Liu Yu agreed that both the chart and the marked location seemed genuine.
  • Zhao Yi decided to investigate the location with Wang Qing and Guiwu, leaving Liu Yu and Li Hai to guard Linghua Island and care for the younger disciples.
  • Liu Yu prepared supplies, and Zhao Yi and Wang Qing departed Linghua Island by single-masted ship on the twelfth day of the seventh month.
  • Zhao Yi and Wang Qing reached the marked area after two days, then sheltered from fierce storms in a natural harbor on an uninhabited island.
  • After the storm cleared, Zhao Yi and Wang Qing found signs of an old settlement but no water source, so they concluded the island was abandoned and sailed toward their destination.

Ch. 44Exploring the Cave Abode

Zhao Yi and Wang Qing found a hidden underwater cave abode and recovered a jade box, a cultivator’s remains, and books on talisman crafting. Zhao Yi discovered that the cave contained dense spiritual qi and that its cushion greatly accelerated cultivation, giving him a chance to break through to the Spirit Attraction Stage.

  • Zhao Yi and Wang Qing searched the reef cluster with Guiwu’s help until Guiwu found the concealed entrance to the cave abode.
  • Zhao Yi and Wang Qing entered the underwater tunnel and discovered a bare cavern with three chambers.
  • Wang Qing uncovered a jade box beneath a cultivator’s remains, while Zhao Yi collected the bones and they gathered books and talisman-crafting materials from another chamber.
  • Zhao Yi suspected the cave held a hidden advantage, then discovered that meditating there increased his cultivation much faster than on Linghua Island.
  • Zhao Yi sat on the meditation cushion and found that it gathered dense spiritual qi, leading him to believe the cave held a spirit vein and could help him reach the Spirit Attraction Stage.

Ch. 45Seclusion and Quiet Cultivation

Zhao Yi and Wang Qing discovered that the cave abode held a Spirit Vein and decided to remain there in seclusion to cultivate. Meanwhile, Liu Yu received an invitation to Peach Blossom Island’s Spirit Drawing Celebration and planned to search for Zhao Yi and Wang Qing if they had not returned by the beginning of the ninth month.

  • Wang Qing meditated on the cave abode’s cushion and opened a meridian after a day and a night.
  • Zhao Yi and Wang Qing agreed to conceal the Spirit Vein and cultivate in seclusion, with Guiwu helping them catch fish.
  • Liu Yu learned that two cultivators from Peach Blossom Island had arrived seeking Zhao Yi and met them at the mountain pavilion.
  • Wu Yuyan invited Linghua Island to Peach Blossom Island’s Spirit Drawing Celebration, marking its island master’s breakthrough to the Spirit Attraction Stage.
  • Liu Yu escorted the visitors to the harbor and said he would go look for Zhao Yi if he had not returned by the beginning of the ninth month.

Ch. 46Arrangements (Thanks for the Support)

Zhao Yi returned to Linghua Mountain with Wang Qing and Li Hai and revealed that they had found a spirit vein in a cave abode. He planned to send Wang Qing and Li Hai there to cultivate before going to Peach Blossom Island, then enter seclusion after the Trade Fair to attempt a breakthrough to the Spirit Attraction Stage.

  • Wang Ping, Zheng Ji, Zheng Tong, and Liu Yu welcomed Zhao Yi, Wang Qing, and Li Hai back to Linghua Mountain after their month away.
  • Zhao Yi told Liu Yu, Wang Qing, and Li Hai that he and Wang Qing had discovered a spirit vein in a cave abode.
  • Wang Qing revealed that he had reached Perfection of Meridian Opening after cultivating in the cave abode for just over twenty days.
  • Zhao Yi arranged for Wang Qing to take Li Hai to the cave abode to cultivate before they set out for Peach Blossom Island.
  • Zhao Yi proposed using the Spirit-Seekers' Earth Vein Migration Technique after he reached the Spirit Attraction Stage, and planned to buy Spirit-Nourishing Pills to perfect his Spirit Origin.
  • Liu Yu questioned whether they had enough spirit stones to buy the pills.

Ch. 47A trip to Peach Blossom Island, part one

Zhao Yi traveled to Peach Blossom Island to represent Linghua Island at its celebration, reflecting on the growing conflict and disorder across the Yunsha Sea Region. After arriving and meeting Peach Blossom Island’s hosts and other guests, he attended the welcoming banquet, where Wu Yuyan introduced him to the island’s fifth elder.

  • Zhao Yi sent two companions toward their cave abode in the Single-Masted Ship, then ordered Old Wu to sail the Linghua south for Peach Blossom Island.
  • During the voyage, Zhao Yi considered the recent violence among the archipelago’s islands and blamed the Zhao Family’s excessive caution for weakening its influence.
  • Zhao Yi arrived at Peach Blossom Island, where Wu Yuyan greeted him and arranged for Hua Qing to escort him to Jade Radiance Courtyard.
  • At Jade Radiance Courtyard, Zhao Yi met the other visiting cultivators and later joined them at the welcoming banquet.
  • Zhao Yi recognized Yuan Zifeng at the banquet, and Wu Yuyan introduced him to Peach Blossom Island’s fifth elder.

Ch. 48The Trip to Peach Blossom Island, Part Two

Zhao Yi attended a Peach Blossom Island banquet, where Yuan Zifeng gave him an artifact-refining inheritance and discussed his marriage. The next day, Zhao Yi attended Wu Yuying’s ceremony for entering the Spirit Attraction Stage, and the formal feast was about to begin.

  • Zhao Yi greeted Peach Blossom Island’s Fifth Elder and spoke with Yuan Zifeng, who explained that Black Wind Island had given Zhao Yi the Fangtian Huaji as thanks for his help.
  • Yuan Zifeng secretly gave Zhao Yi a jade slip containing an artifact-refining inheritance and asked whether his future child could join Linghua Island.
  • Zhao Yi returned to his room and examined the jade slip, then performed his morning cultivation the next day.
  • Zhao Yi attended Wu Yuying’s ceremony at Lingxiu Manor and presented Linghua Island’s congratulatory gift.
  • The guests congratulated Wu Yuying on entering the Spirit Attraction Stage, and the ceremony moved on to the formal feast.

Ch. 49The Journey to Peach Blossom Island, Part Three (Thanks to reader Black Cloud Guest for the support)

At Wu Yuying’s celebration on Peach Blossom Island, Mo Wufei of Three Heroes Island arrived with a lavish gift and hinted at another request. Yuan Huaqing identified Zhao Yi as a possible enemy and considered using Three Heroes Island against him, while Mo Wufei’s request remained unanswered.

  • Zhao Yi admired Peach Blossom Island’s spirit cuisine and secretly poured the spirit wine into his Wine Gourd when Mo Wufei’s arrival interrupted Wu Yuying’s toast.
  • Mo Wufei presented Wu Yuying with a middle-grade Azure Sun Jade Hairpin, prompting rogue cultivators to suspect trouble between Three Heroes Island and Peach Blossom Island.
  • Wu Yuying welcomed Three Heroes Island’s cultivators, then toasted the guests and resumed the celebration.
  • Yuan Huaqing questioned Zhao Wuji about Zhao Yi, learned of Zhao Yi’s connection to Yuan Zifeng, and resolved to use Three Heroes Island to kill him.
  • Mo Wufei told Wu Yuying he had come with another request, leaving the banquet guests waiting to hear what it was.

Ch. 50Journey to Peach Blossom Island, Part Four

At Peach Blossom Island’s banquet, Mo Wufei’s repeated marriage proposals provoke Wu Yuying, who expels Three Heroes Island and ends the gathering. She then offers Zhao Yi Spirit Attraction Stage insights as a dowry if he or his junior brother Liu Yu becomes Dao companions with Wu Xiuzhu, leaving Zhao Yi to consider the proposal before the trade fair.

  • Mo Wufei proposed marriages between his brothers and Peach Blossom Island’s Wu Yuying and Wu Yujie, then asked whether Wu Xiuzhu had a Dao companion.
  • Wu Yuying rejected Mo Wufei’s requests, and Mo Wufei accused her of treating Three Heroes Island unfairly.
  • Wu Yuying struck Mo Wufei with her aura, sent him flying, and ordered Three Heroes Island’s cultivators off the island.
  • After the banquet broke up, Wu Yuying summoned Zhao Yi and proposed that their families become in-laws through Wu Xiuzhu.
  • Zhao Yi declined to seek a Dao companion, so Wu Yuying offered her Spirit Attraction Stage insights as a dowry and suggested Liu Yu could marry Wu Xiuzhu instead.
  • Wu Yuying told Zhao Yi to discuss the proposal with Liu Yu and answer at the trade fair, then revealed that Wind-Thunder Rogue had also reached the Spirit Attraction Stage.
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