Chapter Summaries

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.

Twenty-one factions gathered on Bamboo Sea Island to discuss forming a Sea Patrol Team, and Zhao Xingyue proposed funding it through a new regional market. The meeting ended with ten islands backing a campaign against Three Heroes Island and seven agreeing to patrol without joining that campaign.

• Old Daoist Green Bamboo opened the gathering, and the island representatives introduced themselves as Li Hai noticed the Chen Family of Greenfish Island watching Liu Yu's group.
• Zhao Xingyue proposed establishing a market to fund the Sea Patrol Team, offering stipends, free shops, and shares of the market's earnings to participating islands.
• Zhao Xingyue revealed that the Zhao Family wanted to eliminate Three Heroes Island, claiming Mo Wusheng and Mo Wufei were dead and only Mo Wushi remained.
• The representatives split over the campaign, with ten islands standing in favor and seven opposing it.
• A representative for the seven opposing islands said they would join the Sea Patrol Team but not attack Three Heroes Island, and Wu Yuying allowed them to return to their seats.

The island factions launched a nighttime assault on Three Heroes Island, but discovered that Mo Wushi had returned with powerful reinforcements. Liu Yu’s group learned of the danger from Zhao Yi, and the chapter ended with the invaders and bandits locked in a bloody battle.

• The factions organized Sea Patrol Teams, divided the marketplace’s expected earnings, and decided to attack Three Heroes Island that night.
• Zhao Xingyue forbade nonparticipating factions from leaving, prompting four more factions to join the assault.
• Zhao Yi defeated Mo Wushi in battle on Linghua Island, then hurried to Three Heroes Island and sent a warning through Guiwu to Wang Qing.
• Wang Qing warned Liu Yu and Li Hai that Three Heroes Island had Spirit Attraction Stage cultivators, and Liu Yu alerted Wu Yuying.
• The invaders’ warning talisman exposed them, and Mo Wushi’s two Spirit Attraction Stage allies joined the battle against Wind-Thunder Rogue, Zhao Xingyue, and Wu Yuying.
• The battle-hardened bandits broke through Zhao Xingyue’s team, killing three cultivators at perfection of Meridian Opening, before Liu Yu’s group and Wind-Thunder Rogue’s forces moved to surround them again.

Liu Yu, Li Hai, and Wang Qing helped defeat the bandit cultivators, but the battle left the coalition with heavy casualties as two Spirit Drawing opponents escaped. Afterward, Zhao Xingyue blamed Zhao Yi for not joining the fight, but the survivors defended Zhao Yi and confronted Zhao Xingyue, who finally flew away in anger.

• Liu Yu, Li Hai, and Wang Qing fought through the bandits and helped kill the enemy cultivators on the ground.
• Zhao Xingyue, Wind-Thunder Rogue, and Wu Yuying killed one Spirit Drawing bandit, but the other escaped, while Mo Wushi tricked Wu Yuying and fled as well.
• The survivors counted their dead and found that all three Zhao Family cultivators had died, along with many others.
• Zhao Xingyue accused Zhao Yi of failing to help, but Wang Qing and Liu Yu said Zhao Yi was injured, and Wu Yuying and Wind-Thunder Rogue confirmed that he had wounded Mo Wushi.
• A cultivator from West River Island blamed Zhao Xingyue for the losses, and Zhao Xingyue flew away in anger.

Zhao Yi followed the wounded Mo Wushi to a reef and killed him before destroying his remains and setting off north. Meanwhile, the raiding party returned to Bamboo Sea Island, where anger over the heavy losses gave way to a banquet and the distribution of spoils.

• Zhao Yi tracked Mo Wushi to a reef, killed him with a flying sword, looted and burned his remains, then headed north.
• Wang Qing told Liu Yu that he could no longer sense Guiwu, and Liu Yu reassured him that Guiwu was likely with their Eldest Senior Brother.
• Bamboo Sea Island's cultivators argued with Zhao Xingyue over the raid's losses, but Wu Yuying offered compensation and a payment for islands that chose to withdraw.
• Liu Yu, Wang Qing, and Li Hai attended the banquet, where the gathered cultivators honored the dead before the spoils were announced.
• Old Daoist Green Bamboo reported the inventory and divided the spoils into nine shares for the nine islands.

At the feast, Wu Yuying revealed the meager spoils from the Spirit Attraction Stage bandit leader and arranged to distribute them among the participating islands. Meanwhile, Zhao Yi pursued the surviving bandit cultivator and devised a way to evade his detection artifact, leaving the fight poised to resume.

• Wu Yuying opened the bandit leader’s Storage Bag and announced that its contents were worth about one thousand spirit stones, with each of the fifteen participating islands set to receive sixty-six spirit stones and a copy of the water-aligned cultivation method.
• Wind-Thunder Rogue explained that the bandit leader had only recently reached the initial stage of Spirit Drawing, and Wu Yuying promised to deliver the rewards to each island’s lodgings.
• Old Daoist Green Bamboo led the feast as it continued late into the night, while cultivators from islands that had lost people drank and wept.
• Zhao Yi tracked down Guiwu and chased the wounded Spirit Attraction Stage bandit cultivator for a day, but the man repeatedly escaped using a flight artifact and detected Zhao Yi’s approaches.
• Zhao Yi used his Spirit-Piercing Dharma Eye to confirm the bandit relied on a detection artifact, then branded a Tiger Shark with his Divine Sense and hid beneath it while suppressing his Dharma Power to match the beast’s early Meridian Opening realm.