Chapter Summaries

Zhao Yi defeated Yan Shiba, a Blood Cloud Bandit sent to hunt him, and learned that the bandits had come to the Yunsha Sea Region under Mo Wushi’s orders. On the way back to Bamboo Sea Island, Zhao Yi rescued Guiwu and discovered a high-grade detection artifact that could help protect Linghua Island.

• Yan Shiba left his underwater cave to investigate a red dot on his detection disk and attacked a Tiger Shark, unaware that Zhao Yi was hiding inside it.
• Zhao Yi burst out of the Tiger Shark, overwhelmed Yan Shiba in a Divine Sense clash, and captured him.
• Zhao Yi questioned Yan Shiba about the Blood Cloud Bandits, then crippled him and left him to the sea beasts.
• Zhao Yi found Guiwu captured near Black Star Island, secretly freed him, and damaged the captors’ boat before rejoining the turtle.
• Zhao Yi searched Mo Wushi’s and Yan Shiba’s Storage Bags, finding pills, Dharma Artifacts, and a Spell-Breaking Stone.
• Zhao Yi refined Yan Shiba’s Azure Radiance Spirit-Detecting Jade Disk and learned it could detect cultivators and demonic beasts within five li.

Zhao Yi returned to Bamboo Sea Island and told Liu Yu, Wang Qing, and Li Hai that he had killed Mo Wushi and the bandit leader. As they weighed the threat from the Blood Cloud Bandits, Zhao Yi revealed he had a Profound Origin Pill and assigned it to Liu Yu, while arranging cultivation and Marrow-Cleansing Pills to strengthen Li Hai.

• Zhao Yi arrived at Bamboo Sea Island looking injured, then met Liu Yu, Wang Qing, and Li Hai at their bamboo house.
• Zhao Yi revealed that he had secretly pursued and killed Mo Wushi and the fleeing bandit leader after avoiding the trap at Three Heroes Island.
• The group discussed the Blood Cloud Bandits’ likely retaliation and whether Zhao Xingyue’s death could worsen the conflict, but Liu Yu rejected Li Hai’s suggestion.
• Zhao Yi disclosed that he had found a Profound Origin Pill in the jade box from the Undersea Cave Abode and decided Liu Yu should use it.
• Zhao Yi asked Liu Yu to seek Marrow-Cleansing Pills for Li Hai and advised Li Hai to cultivate at Jade Pearl Island so he could grow stronger for the dangerous sea patrols.

Zhao Yi visited Wu Yuying and Wind-Thunder Rogue on Bamboo Sea Island, discussing the Zhao Family’s ambitions and the aftermath of the raid. Wind-Thunder Rogue gave Li Hai swordsmanship notes and traded Zhao Yi wood-attribute resources for future bee queen jelly, and Zhao Yi departed the next day with the other islanders.

• Zhao Yi spoke with Wu Yuying about Mo Wushi’s escape, the night raid, and the possibility that Zhao Xinghe had advanced to the Dao Foundation stage.
• Li Yufeng invited Zhao Yi to meet Wind-Thunder Rogue, and Zhao Yi brought his junior brother Li Hai along for swordsmanship advice.
• Wind-Thunder Rogue assessed Li Hai’s swordsmanship and gave him a booklet of his sword dao insights in exchange for Zhao Yi’s promise to help Wind Howl Island if needed.
• Zhao Yi offered to share bee queen jelly, and Wind-Thunder Rogue agreed to exchange a wood-attribute demon core and a century-old tree heart for eighty drops.
• Zhao Yi returned to his lodging, met Old Daoist Green Bamboo, and meditated before leaving Bamboo Sea Island the next day with the people of Xuanli Island and Peach Blossom Island.

Zhao Yi asked Wu Yuying to help the Bee Queen advance in exchange for Bee Queen Jelly, then took her to Kongqing Island. After visiting Yuan Zifeng and his family, they reached the hive, where Wu Yuying began arranging a formation for the Bee Queen's advancement.

• Wu Yuying brought Zhao Yi a hundred-year-old peachwood heart, and he agreed to supply Peach Blossom Island with Bee Queen Jelly in return for her help advancing the Bee Queen.
• Zhao Yi told Liu Yu that he would go with Wu Yuying to Kongqing Island before returning to the Undersea Cave Abode for secluded cultivation, and he assigned the others their duties.
• On the way, Wu Yuying asked whether Zhao Yi had dealt with Mo Wushi and the escaped bandit cultivator, but Zhao Yi stayed silent.
• Zhao Yi and Wu Yuying visited Yuan Zifeng, met his wife Junior Sister Liu and their baby daughter, and Zhao Yi gave the child Warm Jade.
• Zhao Yi warned Yuan Zifeng to keep his daughter away from the depths of the valley, then led Wu Yuying to the Bee Queen's hive.
• Wu Yuying took Zhao Yi's spiritual materials and began arranging a formation to help the Bee Queen advance, while Zhao Yi considered asking her to set up a Spirit Gathering Array.

Zhao Yi and Wu Yuying helped the Bee Queen advance to the Spirit Attraction Stage, then Wu Yuying set up a formation in Hundred Flowers Valley so the queen could produce bee queen jelly. Wu Yuying left Linghua Island after planting spirit flowers, while Zhao Yi was left with a costly formation to maintain.

• Wu Yuying finished preparing the formation materials, and Zhao Yi sent the Bee Queen to begin her advancement.
• The Bee Queen shed her stiff hairs and reached the Spirit Attraction Stage with Wu Yuying's help, then told Zhao Yi she could not produce bee queen jelly without more spirit flowers.
• Zhao Yi persuaded Wu Yuying to build a Spirit Gathering Array by offering her five bottles of Essence Origin Pills and a hundred drops of bee queen jelly.
• Wu Yuying completed a formation with warning, Spirit Gathering, and Illusion patterns, and planted seeds that quickly sprouted into flowers and plants.
• Zhao Yi refined the Formation Plate and learned the formation would cost 120 spirit stones each year.
• Wu Yuying said goodbye to Yuan Zifeng and his wife, then departed with Zhao Yi on the Bamboo Boat.

Zhao Yi hosted Wu Yuying on Linghua Island, revealed the threat of the Blood Cloud Bandits, and arranged to sell the information while preparing the island for growth. He returned to the Undersea Cave Abode and waited for Wu Xiuzhu, who emerged from seclusion after breaking through to perfection of Meridian Opening.

• Zhao Yi and Wu Yuying shared tea and cultivation insights, and Zhao Yi showed her his Spirit Drawing progress.
• Zhao Yi told Wu Yuying about the Blood Cloud Bandits, and they discussed the danger and how the Zhao Family might withstand them.
• Zhao Yi decided to sell the bandit information to Fubo Pavilion and instructed Liu Yu to handle the sale, buy formations, and exchange remaining Spirit Stones for Attribute Spirit Stones.
• Zhao Yi returned to the Undersea Cave Abode, where Wang Ping and his companions told him Wu Xiuzhu was in seclusion.
• Wu Xiuzhu emerged on the second day of the ninth month at perfection of Meridian Opening, and Zhao Yi welcomed her back before the group prepared to return to Linghua Island.

Liu Yu and Zhao Yi learned that Zhao Xinghe had formed his Dao Foundation and set out to attend the Zhao Family celebration. At the Fubo Pavilion’s trade fair, Zhao Yi met with Wu Qing to sell news about the Blood Cloud Bandits.

• Zhao Changqing visited Linghua Island and delivered an invitation to Zhao Xinghe’s Dao Foundation celebration while Zhao Yi was in seclusion.
• Wang Qing told Zhao Yi that Zhao Xinghe had entered the Dao Foundation Stage, and Zhao Yi decided to attend the celebration with his companions.
• Zhao Yi, Liu Yu, and Wang Qing traveled to Little Wave Island for the celebration and trade fair.
• Zhao Yi boarded the Fubo Pavilion merchant ship with Liu Yu and sent him to sell Spirit Rice and buy supplies while Zhao Yi went to the second floor.
• Zhao Yi met Wu Qing in the Ren-Gui Shop and said he wanted to sell a piece of hearsay.

Zhao Yi sold intelligence about the Blood Cloud Bandits to Fubo Pavilion and used the credit toward a Concealing Cicada Talisman to hide his cultivation. The next day, he and Liu Yu attended the Zhao Family head’s celebration, where Zhao Yi admired the garden and sensed the power of its protective formation before a refined man in white approached him.

• Wu Qing confirmed that Fubo Pavilion would pay Zhao Yi eight hundred spirit stones for his intelligence about the Blood Cloud Bandits.
• Zhao Yi chose the Concealing Cicada Talisman, paid the remaining seven hundred spirit stones by selling five magical artifacts, and began refining the talisman.
• By the following morning, Zhao Yi had refined five restrictions and concealed his aura at early-stage Spirit Drawing; he then joined Liu Yu to attend the Zhao Family celebration with a bottle of Pure Origin Pills.
• Zhao Changyu welcomed Zhao Yi and Liu Yu and led them to their seats in the Zhao Family’s pleasure garden.
• Zhao Yi sensed the formidable island-protecting formation, then a refined man in white asked what he thought of the garden.

Zhao Xinghe revealed that the Blood Cloud Bandits, a powerful force with a Dao Foundation cultivator, planned to seize the Yunsha Sea Region. He urged the island cultivators to unite against them, and the cultivator from West River Island asked him to lead the way.

• Zhao Yi told Zhao Changqing that Mo Wushi had been injured before their fight and warned that he had returned with two unfamiliar Spirit Attraction cultivators.
• Zhao Xinghe appeared at his Dao Foundation celebration, received congratulations and gifts, and hosted a banquet for the island cultivators.
• After the banquet, Zhao Xinghe asked the remaining island leaders to stay and revealed that the Blood Cloud Bandits stood behind Three Heroes Island.
• Zhao Xingyue rebuked a West River Island cultivator who accused the Zhao Family of drawing everyone into danger, while Zhao Xinghe explained that Fubo Pavilion had provided the information.
• Zhao Xinghe warned that the Blood Cloud Bandits intended to take over the Yunsha Sea Region and that its islands could not escape their rule.
• Wind-Thunder Rogue calmed the gathering, and the West River Island cultivator stood to ask Zhao Xinghe what they should do.

Zhao Yi helped establish Yunsha Market and organize sea patrols, then returned to Linghua Island and oversaw Li Hai’s breakthrough with a Marrow-Cleansing Pill. He left for the Undersea Cave Abode, intending to cultivate in seclusion for several years.

• Zhao Xinghe announced a new market-share allocation and divided the market’s construction costs among the factions, securing the Zhao Family’s leading role.
• Zhao Yi asked Liu Yu to coordinate with West River Island, Black Wind Island, and Nether Spring Island for their shared patrol ship, then told Liu Yu to prepare for his long seclusion.
• Liu Yu reported that he had bought a Marrow-Cleansing Pill, other supplies, and a protective formation, and Zhao Yi instructed him to patrol nearby islands and test children’s aptitude.
• After returning to Linghua Island, Zhao Yi gave Li Hai the Marrow-Cleansing Pill; Li Hai refined it and reached Perfection of Spirit Origin.
• Zhao Yi watched Li Hai cross from Jade Pearl Island to Linghua Island using the Treading the Waves technique, then returned to the Undersea Cave Abode to cultivate.

In 5503, Yang Yan visited Linghua Island to ask Zhao Yi to guard Black Wind Island while he attempted a breakthrough to the Spirit Attraction Stage, offering three Dharma Artifacts in return. Zhao Yi emerged from seclusion, having reached Great Accomplishment of Spirit Drawing, and agreed to meet Yang Yan; they began discussing the request at Linghua Hall.

• Yang Yan asked Liu Yu to arrange for Zhao Yi to guard Black Wind Island during his planned breakthrough, promising three Dharma Artifacts if he succeeded.
• Wang Qing and Li Hai traveled to Zhao Yi’s Undersea Cave Abode and told him about Yang Yan’s request.
• Zhao Yi learned that Wang Qing had reached Three Origins Perfection and that Liu Yu’s spirit origin had also reached perfection.
• Zhao Yi agreed to help Yang Yan and traveled with Wang Qing and Li Hai to Linghua Island.
• Zhao Yi reunited with Wang Ping, then met Yang Yan in Linghua Hall.

Zhao Yi agreed to guard Yang Yan during his breakthrough and helped him overcome a shortage of spiritual energy at Black Wind Island. Yang Yan successfully advanced to the Spirit Attraction Stage, while Zhao Yi left after receiving the island cultivators’ thanks.

• Yang Yan asked Zhao Yi to guard him while he attempted to break through, and Zhao Yi agreed.
• Liu Yu reported that the Yunsha Sea Region had grown more peaceful and prosperous, but the Blood Cloud Bandits had begun carrying out massacres.
• Zhao Yi gave Liu Yu a Profound Origin Pill, but Liu Yu stored it in the Treasury after Wang Qing and Li Hai declined it.
• Zhao Yi accompanied Yang Yan to Black Wind Island and waited outside while Yang Yan began his breakthrough three days later.
• When Yang Yan’s breakthrough weakened from insufficient spiritual energy, Zhao Yi gathered and crushed spirit stones to help him continue.
• Yang Yan successfully broke through, and the cultivators of Black Wind Island thanked Zhao Yi.

Zhao Yi helped Yuan Zifeng and his junior brother settle the end of Changfeng Abbey, then examined its legacy and welcomed Yang Yan after his breakthrough to the Spirit Attraction Stage. Before returning to Linghua Island, Zhao Yi entrusted Yang Yan with upgrading Long Ji into a middle-grade dharma artifact.

• Zhao Yi asked Yuan Zifeng about Changfeng Abbey's future, and Yuan Zifeng accepted that the abbey would end while planning for his children to join Linghua Island if they had spiritual roots.
• Zhao Yi arranged for Yuan Zifeng's junior brother to receive his share of Red Sand Island's resources and reunite with his family, while Yuan Zifeng gave him the abbey and its valuables; Zhao Yi took the texts and cultivation methods.
• Zhao Yi studied Changfeng Abbey's books and artifacts, finding that its Wind Observation and Qi Gazing methods could complement Linghua Island's spiritual-energy detection.
• Yang Yan emerged from seclusion after advancing to the Spirit Attraction Stage, and he and Zhao Yi celebrated with a feast.
• Zhao Yi asked Yang Yan to upgrade Long Ji with the spell-breaking stone, and Yang Yan agreed to attempt the reforging after stabilizing his cultivation.
• Zhao Yi returned to Linghua Island, while Yang Yan wondered whether Zhao Yi had already reached minor accomplishment of spirit drawing.

After returning from seclusion, Zhao Yi visited his fellow disciples on Jade Pearl Island and discussed Linghua Island’s resources and the upcoming Yunsha Market conference. Back at his Undersea Cave Abode, he discovered Guiwu had grown too large to enter through the old passage and realized the turtle was nearing a dangerous breakthrough.

• Zhao Yi returned to Linghua Island, tested Wang Ping’s swordsmanship, and took him to visit Wu Xiuzhu, Zheng Ji, and Zheng Tong on Jade Pearl Island.
• Zhao Yi and Liu Yu discussed an unused Spirit Pill, the need for more Spirit Attraction cultivators, and Linghua Island’s preparations for the Yunsha Market conference and Islands Conference.
• Zhao Yi returned to his Undersea Cave Abode and found the passage and entrance damaged, then realized Guiwu had scraped his way inside after growing too large.
• Zhao Yi repaired and widened the passage, assessed Guiwu’s imminent and perilous breakthrough, and planned to seek a water-attribute Demon Core before returning to seclusion.

Zhao Yi traveled with Liu Yu and Wang Qing to Yunsha Market, where he learned of Wang Qing and Li Hai’s reputation and attended a meeting to discuss market profits and shares. The new distribution plan granted seven Spirit Attraction Stage powers a larger share, and the meeting ended with the plan accepted.

• Zhao Yi, Liu Yu, and Wang Qing traveled to Yunsha Market, where Liu Yu described how Wang Qing and Li Hai had killed bandit cultivators and taken over northern patrols.
• Zhao Yi entered Linghua Island’s market residence while Wang Qing went out to gather information about the other islands.
• Zhao Yi met several Spirit Attraction Stage cultivators at the market meeting and noted that four new powers had joined the group sharing market revenue.
• Zhao Xinghe presented the market’s earnings, including three hundred and seventy spirit stones for Linghua Island.
• Zhao Xinghe proposed reducing the Zhao Family’s share and the thirteen islands’ share to give the seven Spirit Attraction Stage powers a combined forty percent, and the cultivators accepted the plan.

Daoist Liefeng led the Blood Cloud Bandits toward an attack on Little Wave Island, hoping to draw Zhao Xinghe away and ambush him. Zhao Xinghe learned that the island was under attack and rushed back with allied cultivators, while Zhao Yi’s group paused to recover before continuing toward the island.

• Daoist Liefeng revealed that he was a Dao Foundation cultivator and ordered Qin Wuya to attack Little Wave Island while he waited to ambush Zhao Xinghe.
• At Yunsha Market, Zhao Xinghe warned the island representatives that Blood Cloud Bandits had returned with at least eleven Spirit Attraction Stage cultivators.
• A shattered jade talisman alerted Zhao Xinghe that Little Wave Island was under attack, and he invited the representatives to join him in returning.
• Zhao Yi, Wu Yuying, Qingli Rogue, Yang Yan, Blood Orchid Rogue, Li Yufeng, and Mu Yuanzi joined Zhao Xinghe, while Liu Yu and Wang Qing stayed to help protect Yunsha Market.
• Zhao Yi and the allied cultivators flew toward Little Wave Island, stopped at the reefs to replenish their Dharma Power, and resumed their journey an hour later.

Zhao Yi and the reinforcements arrived at Little Wave Island and joined the Zhao Family’s battle against Qin Wuya and the Blood Cloud Bandits. As the fighting remained deadlocked, Zhao Chenxing and Zhao Xingyue used life-consuming secret arts to turn the tide, leaving the outcome dependent on their clashes.

• Zhao Yi and the other reinforcements charged the bandits attacking the Zhao Family’s Protective Formation, while Qin Wuya sent Yang Laonian'er and three others to stop them.
• Zhao Yi and Wu Yuying fought Yang Laonian'er together, and the other reinforcements faced bandit cultivators as Zhao Chenxing led the Zhao Family out of the formation to fight Qin Wuya.
• Zhao Yi blocked a hidden flying needle with his shield and kept his cultivation concealed while the battles on Little Wave Island remained deadlocked.
• Zhao Chenxing used a secret art that consumed his remaining lifespan, surged in strength, and forced Qin Wuya back with his flying swords.
• Zhao Xingyue used a secret art to reach great accomplishment of Spirit Drawing and seized the advantage against his opponent.

The battle on Little Wave Island ended after Zhao Xinghe and Daoist Liefeng agreed to withdraw, leaving the Zhao Family devastated but alive. Zhao Yi returned to Yunsha Market with his companions and secretly kept the Supreme Spring Return Pill instead of using it to treat his injuries.

• Qin Wuya defeated Zhao Chenxing and killed Zhao Xingyue, while Zhao Yi helped kill Yang Laonian'er and Li Yufeng killed another bandit cultivator with Wu Yuying's aid.
• The remaining fighters stopped battling and meditated while they awaited the outcome of the Dao Foundation cultivators' fight.
• Zhao Xinghe arrived and agreed with Daoist Liefeng to end the battle and withdraw, after which he thanked the reinforcements and gave Zhao Yi a Supreme Spring Return Pill.
• Zhao Yi and the other reinforcements left Little Wave Island, divided into groups for the journey, and Zhao Yi returned to his courtyard on Linghua Island.
• Zhao Yi inspected the Supreme Spring Return Pill, put it away, and swallowed an ordinary Spring Return Pill to treat his injuries.

After the Blood Cloud Bandits’ attack devastated Little Wave Island, Zhao Xinghe ordered the Zhao Family to recover and remain isolated while Daoist Liefeng considered a different approach to the region. Back in Yunsha Market, Zhao Yi recovered, inventoried his spoils, and worried about the coming conflict and the problems facing Linghua Island.

• Zhao Xinghe heard Zhao Xingyang’s report of the casualties and damage, then ordered the Zhao Family to restore order and seal Little Wave Island until next spring.
• Daoist Liefeng acknowledged that the bandits had lost most of their group and considered approaching Zhao Xinghe to negotiate.
• Daoist Liefeng gave Qin Wuya and the other injured cultivators healing pills before privately cursing them as useless.
• Zhao Yi removed the divine imprint from a seized storage bag and sorted its spirit stones, artifacts, pills, talismans, medicines, and cultivation texts.
• Zhao Yi reflected on the likely conflict with the Blood Cloud Bandits and worried about recruiting cultivators, advancing his followers, and Linghua Island’s other needs.

Wang Qing brought Xu Changwang to Linghua Island, where Xu revealed that his daughter had a middle-grade spiritual root. Zhao Yi welcomed the girl as Linghua Island’s first fourth-generation disciple, ordered Wang Qing to deal with those threatening her family, and made Xu and his wife stay in the market as informants.

• Wang Qing identified Xu Changwang as the cultivator who had sold him a Treasure Map, and Xu offered to reveal a treasure to spare his life.
• Xu said the treasure was his daughter, who had a middle-grade spiritual root, and Zhao Yi sent Liu Yu and Wang Qing to find her.
• Liu Yu and Wang Qing returned with Xu’s daughter and reported that people had targeted Xu’s family after he revealed her aptitude.
• Zhao Yi promised the girl he would save her mother and sent Wang Qing to deal with the attackers from Three Rivers Island and Bright Moon Island.
• Zhao Yi gave Xu Spring Return Pills for his wife and appointed the family to live in the market, run a business, and report on events around the island.
• Xu cut off three fingers and his left arm to prove his loyalty, and Zhao Yi accepted his daughter as Linghua Island’s first fourth-generation disciple.