Recaps

Zhao Yi’s return voyage was attacked by bandit cultivators from Kongqing Island and Three Heroes Island. He killed several attackers and confronted Mo Wufei, who gathered six cultivators to fight him as the ships collided.

• Zhao Yi rejected Wu Yuying’s offer of guidance and fell asleep aboard the Linghua.
• When bandit ships attacked from both sides, Zhao Yi ordered Old Wu and the sailors into the hold, then boarded Kongqing Island’s ship.
• Zhao Yi killed Yuan Huaqing and the other cultivators aboard Kongqing Island’s ship.
• Three Heroes Island’s ship rammed the Linghua twice, and Zhao Yi crossed over under a Golden Light Talisman’s protection.
• Zhao Yi charged Mo Wufei, repelled a sword attack, and forced Mo Wufei to lead six cultivators against him.
• Zhao Yi blocked their spells with his Battle Halberd and emerged from the explosions nearly unharmed.

Zhao Yi killed Mo Wufei and the remaining Three Heroes Island fighters, then returned to Linghua Island with his spoils. After distributing accumulated fortune and inventorying the loot with Liu Yu, he learned that Mo Wufei’s small sword was a blood-sacrificed dharma artifact.

• Zhao Yi killed the saber wielder and Mo Wufei, then slaughtered the Three Heroes Island sailors aboard the ship.
• Zhao Yi found Mo Wufei’s Azure Sun Jade Hairpin and gathered the belongings from both ships before ordering the ships scuttled.
• On the sixteenth day of the ninth month, the Linghua returned to Linghua Island, and Zhao Yi assigned the sailors to clean, repair, and dispose of the ships.
• Zhao Yi raised Wang Qing’s fortune to ten and his own to sixteen using the Sect Jade Register.
• Liu Yu inventoried the loot, and Zhao Yi placed the ordinary items in the Treasury while giving Liu Yu the hairpin and small sword.
• Liu Yu identified the small sword as a likely blood-sacrificed dharma artifact, and Zhao Yi began explaining what had happened with Mo Wufei.

Zhao Yi told Liu Yu about the ambush and the rising tensions among the Yunsha Sea Region’s powers, then prepared to enter seclusion to attempt a breakthrough. He left Liu Yu in charge of Linghua Island and planned to stay on Jade Pearl Island to tend the spirit fish.

• Zhao Yi told Liu Yu that he had killed Mo Wufei and the cultivators from Three Heroes Island and Kongqing Island who ambushed him, and recounted the insult to Peach Blossom Island.
• Zhao Yi revealed that Wu Yuying had proposed marriages linking Peach Blossom Island with Linghua Island, and he and Liu Yu concluded that Peach Blossom Island, Wind Howl Island, and another power might be aligning against Three Heroes Island.
• Zhao Yi and Liu Yu discussed the danger Three Heroes Island posed and the possibility that Zhao Yi's killing of Mo Wufei would draw the island into conflict with other powers.
• Zhao Yi told Liu Yu he would enter seclusion after Li Hai and the others returned, leaving Liu Yu to protect Linghua Island and evacuate Wang Qing and the others if necessary.
• Zhao Yi planned to go to Jade Pearl Island the next morning to look after the spirit fish, and he and Liu Yu noted that Guiwu had grown to five feet and reached the late Spirit Awakening stage.

Zhao Yi returned to Jade Pearl Island and discovered that Wang Qing had greatly increased the Spirit Fish population at Jade Pearl Spring. Eating the fish strengthened his mind and helped him reach the sixth section of the Daoist Script, leaving him wondering whether the fish would bring Linghua Island blessing or calamity.

• Zhao Yi visited Jade Pearl Spring, found the Spirit Fish school had grown to hundreds, and fed the mid-stage Spirit Awakening lead fish an Origin-Nourishing Pill.
• Zhao Yi steamed and ate a three-inch Spirit Fish, then discovered that studying the Daoist Script had become easier.
• Zhao Yi ate Spirit Fish over the following weeks, strengthening his mind and progressing through the fifth section of the True Explanation of the Yuanhua Dao Text.
• Zhao Yi stopped eating the fish when only six mature ones remained and tended the school until four more fish matured.
• Zhao Yi reached the sixth section of the Daoist Script and perfected his Spirit Origin, then questioned whether the Spirit Fish would bring Linghua Island blessing or calamity.

Zhao Yi traveled to the cave abode in the Reef Cluster, where Wang Qing and Li Hai had reached perfection of Meridian Opening. After reuniting with them and setting up in the Cultivation Room, he fed Guiwu an Essence Origin Pill and warned the turtle not to steal Spirit Fish.

• Zhao Yi sailed past Linghua Island, and Liu Yu watched from a mountain pavilion and wished him a safe journey.
• After several days, Zhao Yi reached the island near the cave abode and told Old Wu to wait three days before returning without him.
• Zhao Yi rowed to the Reef Cluster, swam through the cave passage with Guiwu, and reunited with Wang Qing and Li Hai, who had both reached perfection of Meridian Opening.
• Zhao Yi gave Wang Qing and Li Hai food and wine from the island, then went to arrange his belongings in the Cultivation Room.
• Zhao Yi gave Guiwu an Essence Origin Pill and warned him that he would be slaughtered for meat if he stole Spirit Fish again.

Zhao Yi attempted to break through from the Meridian Opening stage to the Spirit Attraction stage by forcing his true qi through the Baihui Acupoint. After losing consciousness during the perilous assault, he survived and began to discover the changes brought by his breakthrough.

• Zhao Yi sent Wang Qing and Li Hai back to help Liu Yu prepare for the Little Wave Island Trade Fair, then spent three days cultivating alone until his true qi reached its peak.
• Zhao Yi followed the method in the Record of Daoist Lingqing's Cultivation Experiences and the Spirit Origin Body-Nourishing Art, driving true qi through the Governing Vessel's passes toward Baihui.
• After several days, Zhao Yi gathered his true qi at the Baihui Acupoint and unleashed it against the acupoint, suffering severe injuries as he lost consciousness.
• Zhao Yi's true qi continued battering Baihui until the acupoint collapsed, allowing spiritual energy to enter his body and begin refining his true qi.
• Zhao Yi regained consciousness in agony, entered meditation, and saw his own body, meridians, and hidden injuries.

Zhao Yi broke through to the Spirit Attraction Stage, gained divine sense, and recorded his cultivation insights as a legacy for Linghua Island. Meanwhile, Liu Yu and Wu Xiuzhu discussed the crisis on Little Wave Island, where Three Heroes Island had trapped seventeen islands and left Wang Qing gravely wounded.

• Zhao Yi discovered that his true qi had transformed into dharma power, used divine sense to inspect the cave and move a stone, and completed his breakthrough to the Spirit Attraction Stage.
• Zhao Yi wrote down his breakthrough process and insights for Linghua Island, then resumed secluded cultivation to consolidate his new level.
• Wu Xiuzhu visited Liu Yu aboard the Linghua and asked after the unconscious Wang Qing while they awaited Island Master Wu.
• Liu Yu recounted how Mo Wushi and Mo Wusheng had intercepted ships at Little Wave Island, killed resisting cultivators, and confined representatives of seventeen islands while searching for Mo Wufei's killer.
• Wang Qing had been gravely wounded by Mo Wusheng after speaking up for Wu Xiuzhu, and Mo Wusheng had threatened to destroy Linghua Island if the killer was not found.
• Liu Yu suspected that the Spirit Attraction Stage cultivators from Peach Blossom Island and Wind Howl Island had been delayed, and he returned to watch over Wang Qing after Wu Xiuzhu left.

After stabilizing his cultivation, Zhao Yi inspected the Tide-Subduing Sect disciple’s storage bag, refined the Azure Sun Jade Hairpin, and practiced using a Bamboo Boat. By nightfall, he had mastered flight and set off toward the island where the Linghua was anchored.

• Zhao Yi erased the storage bag’s old imprint and found spirit stones, dharma artifacts, pills, and jade slips inside.
• Zhao Yi studied the items, including cultivation records and information issued to Tide-Subduing Sect inner sect disciples.
• Zhao Yi refined the Azure Sun Jade Hairpin and disguised it by wearing it without changing its dingy appearance.
• Zhao Yi left his cave abode and practiced controlling the Bamboo Boat, initially losing concentration and dropping it into the water.
• Zhao Yi mastered the Bamboo Boat and flew toward the island where the Linghua was anchored.

Zhao Yi returned to Linghua Island, learned that Liu Yu and Wang Qing had been detained at the Little Wave Island Trade Fair, and hurried there to rescue them. As Three Heroes Island continued its blockade, Liu Yu and Wang Qing feared Zhao Yi might arrive before stabilizing his recent breakthrough.

• Zhao Yi found Linghua Abbey empty of Liu Yu and Wang Qing, then learned from Li Hai that they had gone to the Trade Fair on Little Wave Island and had been gone for over ten days.
• Zhao Yi sent Li Hai and the younger disciples to Jade Pearl Island and flew toward Little Wave Island to bring the others back.
• The Zhao Family elders debated how to respond to Three Heroes Island's blockade, and Grand Elder Zhao Chenxing ordered them to send provisions and watch events unfold.
• Wang Qing apologized to Liu Yu for provoking trouble, but Liu Yu told him Three Heroes Island had already targeted Linghua Island and would kill everyone aboard the ship.
• Liu Yu and Wang Qing agreed that Zhao Yi might come to their aid, though Liu Yu worried his recent breakthrough would leave him vulnerable.

Liu Yu and Wang Qing discussed Wu Xiuzhu’s feelings and the possibility of a marriage alliance before Mo Wusheng attacked them. Zhao Yi intervened, defeated Mo Wusheng in his first battle at the Spirit Attraction Stage, and left him dead.

• Wang Qing teased Liu Yu about Wu Xiuzhu and urged him to consider becoming her Dao Companion, while Wu Xiuzhu secretly listened outside the room.
• Wu Xiuzhu warned Liu Yu and Wang Qing that Mo Wusheng had arrived, and the three went outside to face him.
• Mo Wusheng threatened Linghua Island and demanded that Wu Xiuzhu return to Three Heroes Island, but she refused.
• Zhao Yi arrived and fought Mo Wusheng, overwhelming him with his Wind-Chasing Spirit-Slaying Sword and defensive shield.
• Mo Wusheng tried to flee behind talismans, but Zhao Yi caught him, broke his shield, killed him, and collected what he left behind.

After killing Mo Wusheng, Zhao Yi forced the Zhao Family to apologize and compensate the injured cultivators and Linghua Island. He treated Wang Qing’s injuries, received congratulations from visiting cultivators, and set sail for home with the Linghua.

• Zhao Xingyue challenged Zhao Yi for killing Mo Wusheng, but Zhao Chenxing apologized and offered compensation to the visiting cultivators and Linghua Island.
• Zhao Yi accepted a Supreme-Grade Recovery Pill and spirit stones from Zhao Chenxing, then returned to the Linghua and gave the pill to Wang Qing.
• Zhao Yi greeted Wu Xiuzhu, who thanked him for rescuing the cultivators and returned to Peach Blossom Island.
• Li Yufeng and the other visiting cultivators offered Zhao Yi their compensation, but Liu Yu refused it on Linghua Island’s behalf.
• On the afternoon of the eighth day of the eleventh month, year 5498 of the Yuangguang Calendar, the Linghua set sail for home.

On New Year’s Day, Zhao Yi used the Mo Clan’s absent Spirit Attraction cultivator as an opportunity to destroy Three Heroes Island, then gathered his companions to review Linghua Island’s resources and plans. The group agreed to focus on cultivation supplies, spirit fish, formations, and communication while Zhao Yi pursued his own urgent affairs.

• Zhao Yi searched Three Heroes Island, found no trace of Mo Wushi or any Spirit Attraction cultivators, and suspected the Mo Clan had a backer.
• Zhao Yi brought Liu Yu and two others to Three Heroes Island, where they killed its cultivators and mortals, looted the island, and sank two ships.
• At Linghua Hall, Liu Yu reported the group’s stores, including 420 Low-Grade Spirit Stones, five Middle-Grade Spirit Stones, pills, Dharma Weapons, and several cultivation inheritances.
• Wang Qing proposed relying on spirit fish to improve the group’s spirit origin, and Zhao Yi agreed that Wang Qing would return to Jade Pearl Island in spring to raise them.
• Zhao Yi assigned Liu Yu to study talisman crafting and formations, Wang Qing to raise spirit fish and try domesticating seabirds, and Li Hai to patrol nearby waters.

Mo Wushi learned that his second brother had been killed by Zhao Yi and was ordered by Daoist Xuesha to help weaken the Zhao Family and prepare an attack on Little Wave Island. Meanwhile, Zhao Yi encouraged Liu Yu to pursue a marriage alliance with Wu Xiuzhu and sent him off on the Bamboo Boat.

• Mo Wushi emerged from seclusion after breaking through to minor accomplishment of Spirit Drawing and learned that his second brother had been killed by Zhao Yi.
• Daoist Xuesha ordered Mo Wushi to abandon Three Heroes Island, secretly attack Zhao Family cultivators, and help provoke a conflict that would draw Zhao Xinghe out of seclusion.
• Daoist Xuesha reflected that the Blood Cloud Bandits planned to seize the Yunsha Sea Region and establish a lasting lineage, but their scheme had already suffered setbacks.
• Mo Wushi grieved for his brothers and vowed to slaughter Zhao Yi's household and seek revenge on Linghua Island, Peach Blossom Island, and Little Wave Island.
• On Linghua Island, Zhao Yi reassured Liu Yu about meeting Wu Xiuzhu, and Liu Yu departed on the Bamboo Boat.

Zhao Yi visited Peach Blossom Island to arrange Liu Yu’s marriage to Wu Xiuzhu and discuss Mo Wushi’s threat. He secured a generous reward and pledged Linghua Island to a planned alliance against the bandit cultivators, while Mo Wushi’s whereabouts remained unknown.

• Zhao Yi arrived at Peach Blossom Island and met Wu Yuying, then proposed that Liu Yu marry Wu Xiuzhu; Peach Blossom Island agreed to the match and set June 8 as the wedding date.
• The Fifth Elder and Peach Blossom Island’s cultivators thanked Zhao Yi for killing Mo Wusheng, and Wu Yuying promised him a reward separate from the dowry.
• Zhao Yi and Wu Yuying discussed Mo Wushi’s absence and the possibility that someone was backing the Mo Clan’s Three Heroes; Wu Yuying revealed plans for an alliance to attack Three Heroes Island.
• Zhao Yi agreed to bring Linghua Island into the alliance, whose meeting was tentatively set for Bamboo Sea Island around August.
• Wu Xiuzhu recognized Mo Wufei’s Azure Sun Jade Hairpin on Zhao Yi, and Peach Blossom Island offered Linghua Island spiritual peach trees, fruit, an artifact, and four maids with their families.

Zhao Yi returned to Linghua Island, arranged Liu Yu’s responsibilities and plans for Kongqing Island, then went to inspect the island. There he discovered a thriving Jade-Pattern Bee hive and a Bee Queen whose future Spirit Honey could aid his cultivation.

• Zhao Yi filled a jade gourd with Spirit Spring Water and used it to irrigate Linghua Island’s Spirit Fields, increasing their spiritual energy.
• Zhao Yi told Liu Yu that his marriage arrangement was settled, set the welcome date, and discussed occupying Kongqing Island and joining Peach Blossom Island’s Sea Patrol Team.
• Liu Yu assigned Wang Qing and Li Hai to patrol aboard the Linghua and took responsibility for Linghua Island and Jade Pearl Island.
• After Wang Qing and Li Hai departed on the Linghua, Zhao Yi traveled to Kongqing Island and found that its inhabitants were all mortal descendants of the Yuan Family.
• Zhao Yi discovered that only one of the six Jade-Pattern Bee hives had survived on Linghua Island, then found a huge, flourishing hive and a Bee Queen nearing the Spirit Attraction Stage in Kongqing Island’s valley.
• Zhao Yi recognized that the Bee Queen could produce mid-grade Spirit Honey after advancing, approached the hive, and defended himself against its Soldier Bees without striking back.

Zhao Yi subdued the Bee Queen, then watched Wang Qing and Li Hai attack Kongqing Island and discovered the island’s hidden reserves. After Wang Qing and Li Hai defeated the cultivators guarding the secret cave, Zhao Yi warned Wang Qing to be more cautious.

• Zhao Yi bound the Bee Queen with a Spirit Beast Contract, fed her Essence Origin Pills, repaired her hive, and set up a Three Talents Spirit-Nourishing Formation.
• Zhao Yi watched Kongqing Island’s six remaining cultivators and spotted two fleeing toward a hidden cave behind the mountain.
• Wang Qing and Li Hai landed at Kongqing Island and fought their way to the Yuan Family residence, while Zhao Yi followed the two cultivators to the cave and found its hidden reserves.
• Wang Qing and Li Hai searched the residence without finding the main treasury, so Zhao Yi led them to the cave entrance and sent them down to investigate.
• Wang Qing and Li Hai killed the two cave guards, though Wang Qing was injured, and Zhao Yi admonished him for his recklessness.

Zhao Yi visited Black Wind Island to recruit Yuan Zifeng and his wife to help garrison Kongqing Island, offering Red Sand Island and a share of its produce in return. Yuan Zifeng agreed to the posting, and his junior brother was assigned to help garrison Red Sand Island.

• Zhao Yi arrived on Black Wind Island and waited for its leaders to receive him.
• Yang Yan, Lin Dali, and Yuan Zifeng welcomed Zhao Yi and hosted him in the Crimson Flame Sect's reception hall.
• Zhao Yi revealed that Linghua Island had wiped out Kongqing Island and asked Yuan Zifeng and his wife to help tend its Spirit Bees and garrison it.
• Zhao Yi offered Changfeng Abbey Red Sand Island and promised Yuan Zifeng and his wife the island's produce apart from Spirit Honey, while reserving Spirit Honey for Linghua Island.
• Yuan Zifeng agreed to help for ten years but declined to take Red Sand Island for himself, so Zhao Yi offered his junior brother thirty percent of its produce and one bottle of Spirit Honey each year.

Zhao Yi arranged the relocation of Kongqing Island’s residents, then entered the Undersea Cave Abode to refine its formation seal and cultivate. The Jade Tablet revealed how his fortune changed after his breakthrough, and he increased Liu Yu and Wang Qing’s fortune before returning to cultivation.

• Zhao Yi ordered Wang Qing and Li Hai to relocate islanders from Kongqing Island, test their aptitude, and prepare for an upcoming sea patrol.
• Zhao Yi returned to Linghua Island, instructed Liu Yu to arrange the relocation, and hurried to the Undersea Cave Abode.
• Zhao Yi found and refined the seal that controlled the cave abode’s Little Peerless Water-Seeping Formation, then reset its illusion and concealment functions.
• Zhao Yi learned that his breakthrough raised his personal fortune from sixteen to thirty-six and that the sect had six fortune and five spendable points.
• Zhao Yi added one point of fortune each to Liu Yu and Wang Qing, bringing both to eleven.

Zhao Yi cultivated in the Spirit Attraction Stage, using Xuanshen Pills to open more apertures and bring himself closer to Minor Accomplishment of Spirit Drawing. After two months in seclusion, he returned to Linghua Island and wondered what betrothal gifts to prepare for Liu Yu’s upcoming wedding.

• Zhao Yi reviewed the cultivation methods available to him and continued using the slow but stable Spirit Origin Body-Nourishing Art.
• Zhao Yi opened another aperture and considered how his Meridian Opening preparations had helped him advance quickly after breaking through.
• Zhao Yi took Xuanshen Pills to force open apertures, despite having only a limited supply.
• After two months, Zhao Yi had opened three apertures and was only four short of Minor Accomplishment of Spirit Drawing.
• Zhao Yi decided to return because Liu Yu would welcome his Dao Companion in two days, and he worried about choosing suitable betrothal gifts.

Zhao Yi returned to Linghua Island, found that Liu Yu and the others had completed the relocation from Kongqing Island, and discovered a Profound Origin Pill hidden in the Treasury. He reunited with the disciples and gave them Spirit Bee Honey, which Liu Yu would also take as a betrothal gift to Peach Blossom Island.

• Zhao Yi surveyed Linghua Island and recognized Liu Yu, Li Hai, and Wang Qing by their spiritual energy, while noting that the island's spirit acupoint might eventually grow into a miniature spirit vein.
• Zhao Yi inspected the newly stocked Treasury, opened a Spirit-Sealing Jade Box, and discovered a Profound Origin Pill inside a jade bottle.
• Zhao Yi marked the jade bottle and box with his divine sense, stored them away, and decided to set up a warning formation at the Treasury.
• Zhao Yi returned to the Taoist temple and asked Liu Yu about the betrothal gifts for his trip to Peach Blossom Island.
• Zhao Yi replaced Liu Yu's Pure Origin Pills with Spirit Bee Honey, gave drops to the disciples, and told Liu Yu to use the remaining honey as his betrothal gift.

Zhao Yi and Liu Yu visited Peach Blossom Island, where Liu Yu and Wu Xiuzhu became Dao companions, then brought Wu Xiuzhu back to Linghua Island for a celebratory feast. Zhao Yi paid respects at the Ancestral Hall and spoke of Linghua Island’s future amid growing turmoil in the Yunsha Sea Region.

• Zhao Yi and Liu Yu arrived at Peach Blossom Island, where Wu Yuying welcomed them and praised Liu Yu as a match for Wu Xiuzhu.
• Wu Yuying approved Liu Yu and Wu Xiuzhu’s union, and Zhao Yi presented her with a jade bottle of Bee Queen Jelly as the betrothal gift.
• Zhao Yi, Liu Yu, and Wu Xiuzhu returned to Linghua Island, where Wang Qing and the others welcomed them with a feast and toasted the new Dao companions.
• Zhao Yi cleaned up after the banquet, sent Zheng Ji back to her room, and visited the Ancestral Hall to tell his grandmaster and master about his breakthrough, the marriage, and Linghua Island’s prospects.
• Liu Yu and Wang Qing visited the Ancestral Hall later that night and the next morning to pay their respects.

Zhao Yi attained minor accomplishment of Spirit Drawing after breaking through his final aperture, then considered how to advance further and acquire resources for the Jade-Pattern Bee Queen. Meanwhile, Wang Qing and Li Hai came under attack from bandit cultivators while patrolling aboard the Linghua, and prepared to fight back.

• Zhao Yi opened his final aperture and reached minor accomplishment of Spirit Drawing in less than a year after entering the Spirit Attraction stage.
• Zhao Yi estimated he could refine his remaining apertures within ten years and considered seeking wood-attribute materials from Peach Blossom Island for the Jade-Pattern Bee Queen.
• Three bandit fast ships led by Meridian Opening cultivators surrounded the Linghua near an unnamed deserted island, while another two-masted ship followed behind.
• Wang Qing and Li Hai rushed onto the deck after Old Wu warned them of the attack, and Wang Qing identified a Demon-Hunting Crossbow aimed at them.
• Wang Qing ordered Old Wu to ram the fast ship on the right and sent Li Hai, aided by Guiwu, to eliminate the bandits aboard the ship on the left.
• Li Hai enhanced his sword with a Sharp Metal Talisman and prepared to attack the bandit ship.

Wang Qing, Li Hai, and Guiwu fought the bandit ships, destroying two fast ships and killing many of their cultivators. As Li Hai defeated one leader and Wang Qing battled another aboard the Linghua, Flying Sky Wolf ordered his ship to ram the remaining two-masted ship and attack.

• Wang Qing used explosive talisman arrows to damage the Demon-Hunting Crossbow and attack the bandits pursuing the Linghua.
• Li Hai and Guiwu struck the fast ship on the left, and Li Hai killed its female leader after breaking her blade.
• Wang Qing killed the Great Completion of Meridian Opening cultivator aboard the fast ship on the right, while the Linghua smashed that ship apart.
• Wang Qing fought the remaining bandit leader aboard the Linghua as Li Hai and Guiwu defeated another leader below.
• Flying Sky Wolf ordered the Flying Wolf to ram the remaining two-masted ship and sent his cultivators to attack.

Li Hai fought Flying Sky Wolf and his bandits after they rammed the Linghua, surviving a devastating battle with help from Guiwu. He and Wang Qing recovered aboard the damaged ship before it set sail again.

• Li Hai gave the wounded Wang Qing pills and took command as the bandits' ship approached the Linghua.
• Flying Sky Wolf rammed the Linghua, then led his bandits into battle against Li Hai, who killed several attackers before his talismans and strength ran out.
• Li Hai entered a state of enlightenment while fighting, and Flying Sky Wolf used two Linked Fireball Talismans that killed the remaining bandits and buried Li Hai under the wreckage.
• Guiwu attacked Flying Sky Wolf with water bullets, giving Li Hai the chance to emerge and kill him with two sword strokes before passing out.
• Old Wu and the sailors rescued Li Hai, and Wang Qing recovered enough to explain that the battle had claimed five sailors and thirty-four bandits.
• The Linghua anchored for four or five days while the crew repaired it and Li Hai and Wang Qing recovered, then resumed sailing.

Li Yufeng escorted Wang Qing and Li Hai back to Linghua Island, then spread news of their victory over the bandit cultivators to build support for the upcoming meeting of the islands. Liu Yu, Wang Qing, and Li Hai arrived at Bamboo Sea Island with Wu Yuying and the Xuanli Island cultivators, where Green Bamboo Rogue welcomed them before the meeting began.

• Li Yufeng intercepted the battered Linghua, learned from Wang Qing what had happened, and offered to escort the ship back to Linghua Island.
• Li Yufeng praised Li Hai's swordsmanship after they sparred and invited him to visit Wind Howl Island to meet his master, Wind-Thunder Rogue.
• Li Yufeng escorted Wang Qing and Li Hai to Linghua Island, then publicized their defeat of thirty-four bandit cultivators and capture of a Two-Masted Ship.
• Liu Yu, Wang Qing, and Li Hai traveled with Wu Yuying and the Xuanli Island cultivators to the meeting on Bamboo Sea Island.
• Green Bamboo Rogue welcomed Wu Yuying's party, exchanged greetings with Liu Yu and the Xuanli Island cultivators, and showed them to their bamboo cottages.
• Wang Qing drank from a bamboo tube in the cottage and shared its fragrant contents with Liu Yu and Li Hai.