Chapter Summaries

Zhao Yi visited Biyun Market to upgrade his Battle Halberd into a high-grade Dharma artifact, but Fubo Pavilion’s refiner said its mixed spiritual ores made that impossible. At the Yuan Family Artifact-Refining Shop, he agreed to let Yuan Lie upgrade it for two thousand spirit stones and promised to take Yuan Lie and Yuan Hu to the home of the friend who had made it, provided they left the friend’s fellow sect members unharmed.

• Zhao Yi entered Biyun Market as a Dao Foundation cultivator and received a free jade token from a Tide-Subduing Sect gate guard.
• At Fubo Pavilion, Zhao Yi asked Tang Qiming to upgrade his Battle Halberd, but Artifact Refiner Zhao said it could not be upgraded and explained that reforging it would be difficult.
• Tang Qiming invited Zhao Yi to join Fubo Pavilion’s Demon-Hunting Corps, but Zhao Yi refused and left for the Yuan Family Artifact-Refining Shop.
• Yuan Hu recognized the Battle Halberd’s casting technique as one formerly used by the Yuan Family, and Zhao Yi explained that his deceased friend from the Crimson Flame Sect had upgraded it.
• Yuan Lie offered to upgrade the Battle Halberd into a high-grade Dharma artifact for two thousand spirit stones, and Zhao Yi agreed to take Yuan Lie and Yuan Hu to his friend’s former home if they did not harm the sect members there.

Zhao Yi reunited Yuan Lie with the Crimson Flame Sect, leading the sect to relocate while leaving Black Wind Island under Linghua Island’s care. He later settled on Kongqing Island to cultivate and help the Bee Queen reach perfection of Spirit Drawing.

• Zhao Yi brought Yuan Lie and Yuan Hu to Black Wind Island, where Yuan Lie recognized his fourth senior brother’s name in the Crimson Flame Sect Inheritance and reunited with his ancestral sect.
• Yuan Lie became the Crimson Flame Sect’s grandmaster, and he and Liu Cong arranged for the sect to relocate to its ancestral home, Crimson Flame Island.
• Liu Cong entrusted Black Wind Island and several remaining cultivators to Linghua Island, accepted Zhao Yi and Liu Yu’s support, and gave Zhao Yi a jade slip of artifact-refining insights for Zhou Zheng.
• Zhao Yi directed Liu Yu to maintain Black Wind Island’s organization, and the island integrated into Linghua Island over the following half year.
• Zhao Yi went to Kongqing Island, found the Bee Queen had reached great accomplishment of Spirit Drawing, and decided to guide it toward perfection while cultivating there.

Zhao Yi attended the Chen Family's ceremony on Yuanchen Island, agreed with regional leaders to divide Yunsha Market's revenue equally and organize an Exchange Assembly, and accepted a Chen family child as a Linghua Island cultivator. He then joined Wang Qing on a journey to the Outer Sea to help Guiwu pursue a breakthrough into the Dao Foundation Stage.

• Zhao Yi, Liu Yu, and Wang Qing attended the Chen Family's ceremony, where Chen Qisong welcomed guests and expounded on the Dao.
• Chen Qisong told Zhao Yi, Zhao Xinghe, Daoist Liefeng, and Xu Ziqing that the Tide-Subduing Sect would no longer send Dao Foundation cultivators to the Yunsha Sea Region, and the five agreed to divide Yunsha Market's revenue equally.
• Zhao Yi proposed holding an Exchange Assembly after the annual auction, with concealing robes and numbered participants, and the others agreed.
• Chen Qisong offered to send a young Chen family member to cultivate on Linghua Island, and Zhao Yi accepted the child.
• Wang Qing explained that Guiwu had gained an inheritance and needed to fight demon beasts in the Outer Sea to break through its cultivation bottleneck, so Zhao Yi joined him on the trip.

Zhao Yi and Wang Qing ventured into the Outer Sea with Guiwu, where the turtle fought two Unicorn Sharks and defeated them with help from Wang Qing. After recovering from the battle, Guiwu found the sharks’ lair and uncovered a haul of seabed ore.

• Zhao Yi and Wang Qing crossed into the Outer Sea aboard the Bamboo Boat and let Guiwu explore while they stayed within five hundred li.
• Two Unicorn Sharks ambushed Guiwu, and the turtle battled them despite being outmatched in experience.
• Wang Qing shot the Unicorn Shark circling the fight with his Battle Bow, allowing Guiwu to kill the other shark as well.
• Zhao Yi and Wang Qing retrieved the sharks’ tempered horns, and Guiwu ate their flesh while recovering from its wounds.
• After several days, Guiwu followed the sharks’ scent to their lair and found more than a dozen pieces of seabed ore.

Zhao Yi and Wang Qing used Guiwu and an Ink Octopus to ambush a demon-hunting crew, killing several cultivators and wounding the remaining fighters. When the Dao Foundation captain intervened to save his gravely wounded first mate, Zhao Yi charged him while ordering Wang Qing to finish the two surviving cultivators at the perfection of the Spirit Attraction stage.

• Guiwu fought an Ink Octopus after intruding into its territory, while Zhao Yi spotted two hidden demon-hunting cultivators nearby.
• Zhao Yi told Wang Qing to have Guiwu and the Ink Octopus attack the hidden cultivators, but a Demon-Hunting Ship arrived with a Dao Foundation cultivator aboard, forcing Zhao Yi and Wang Qing underwater.
• Zhao Yi and Wang Qing planned to use the two demons to wound the enemy's strongest Spirit Attraction cultivators, and Wang Qing shot arrows into the Ink Octopus's poison smoke, killing two cultivators.
• The Ink Octopus and Guiwu fought the surviving cultivators, and Guiwu gravely wounded the axe-wielding first mate before the Dao Foundation captain rushed in to intervene.
• Zhao Yi surfaced with his Battle Halberd and charged the captain, ordering Wang Qing to kill the two remaining cultivators at the perfection of the Spirit Attraction stage.

Zhao Yi defeated a Dao Foundation cultivator at sea, took the Octopus Demon Zhang Ying under his command, and spent the next two years hunting demons with Wang Qing. Back on Linghua Island, Zhao Yi agreed to protect Wu Yuying as she prepared to condense her Dao foundation, and he and Wang Qing traveled to Peach Blossom Island to support her.

• Zhao Yi killed the opposing Dao Foundation cultivator, while Wang Qing, Guiwu, and the Octopus Demon finished off the other enemies and cleared the Demon-Hunting Ship.
• Zhao Yi took the Octopus Demon under his command and named it Zhang Ying; he and Wang Qing later divided their spoils and returned toward the Yunsha Sea Region.
• Over the following two years, Zhao Yi and Wang Qing made several demon-hunting trips with Guiwu and Zhang Ying, and Guiwu grew stronger than Zhang Ying.
• On Linghua Island, Liu Yu told Zhao Yi that Wu Yuying planned to condense her Dao foundation and had asked for his protection; Zhao Yi agreed to go with Wang Qing.
• Zhao Yi and Wang Qing arrived at Peach Blossom Island, where Wu Yuying said she would enter seclusion in seven days.
• Zhao Yi gave Wu Yuying a jade slip containing his insights from his Dao Foundation breakthrough, and she returned to her cave abode to study it.

Wu Yuying endured a dangerous breakthrough and successfully condensed an eighth-grade Dao foundation with Zhao Yi’s help. After learning how she obtained the Foundation Establishment Pill, Zhao Yi left Peach Blossom Island and warned Wang Qing that many prominent cultivators would soon risk their lives attempting the same advancement.

• Wu Yuying took a Foundation Establishment Pill and suffered violent fluctuations in her spiritual energy during her breakthrough.
• Zhao Yi entered Wu Yuying’s cultivation room, used a Meridian-Protecting Pill, and guided her chaotic spiritual power until the danger passed.
• Wu Yuying shattered the third tier of her emerging Dao foundation, stabilized an eighth-grade foundation, and gained sixty years of lifespan.
• Wu Yuying told Zhao Yi that she had exchanged a family token with a Tide-Subduing Sect cultivator for the Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Zhao Yi and Wang Qing departed Peach Blossom Island, and Zhao Yi warned Wang Qing that many island experts would soon attempt to condense Dao foundations.

Zhao Yi and Wang Qing helped Guiwu and Zhang Ying provoke and defeat a powerful Crab Demon, then returned to its territory with the spoils. After Zhang Ying secretly condensed its Dao Foundation to claim a Demon Core, it survived Zhao Yi’s anger and offered him its loyalty.

• Zhao Yi and Wang Qing joined Guiwu and Zhang Ying in ambushing the Crab Demon, and Zhao Yi killed it after pursuing it across the sea.
• Zhao Yi divided the Crab Demon’s remains between Guiwu and Zhang Ying, then explored its cave with Wang Qing and recovered there.
• Guiwu and Zhang Ying fought over the Demon Core, so Zhao Yi promised to allocate future cores according to their contributions.
• Zhang Ying secretly began condensing its Dao Foundation that night, forcing Zhao Yi to give it the Crab Demon’s core.
• Zhang Ying successfully reached the Dao Foundation Stage, took human form, and knelt before Zhao Yi to offer its loyalty.

Zhao Yi spared Zhang Ying after he recklessly advanced to a seventh-grade Dao Foundation, then led him, Wang Qing, and Guiwu to hunt another demon general. They killed the snapping turtle Demon Cultivator and escaped before reinforcements arrived.

• Zhao Yi reprimanded Zhang Ying for advancing without permission and ordered him to kill a Dao Foundation Demon Cultivator for Guiwu as punishment.
• Wang Qing explained that rival cliques and conflicts were inevitable as Linghua Island grew, helping Zhao Yi settle his anger.
• Zhang Ying, Guiwu, Wang Qing, and Zhao Yi traveled to the snapping turtle Demon Cultivator's territory and launched an ambush.
• The snapping turtle Demon Cultivator revealed his greater strength, wounded Guiwu and Zhang Ying, and sent a plea for aid to the demon marshal.
• Zhao Yi and Wang Qing joined the fight; Wang Qing's lightning net stalled the turtle demon while Zhao Yi killed him and looted his cave abode.
• A day later, three Demon Cultivators arrived to investigate, but Zhao Yi's group had already fled and the reinforcements did not pursue.

Zhao Yi and his companions hid after killing a turtle demon, where Guiwu consumed a Demon Core and advanced to Dao Foundation while Zhang Ying protected him from a Snake Demon General. They returned to Linghua Island with both demons newly advanced, and Liu Yu arranged their support as Zhao Yi handed over the party’s remaining spoils.

• Zhao Yi hid with Wang Qing, Guiwu, and Zhang Ying in a concealed cave, where they spent two months recovering from their injuries.
• Guiwu swallowed a Demon Core and began breaking through while Wang Qing kept watch and Zhang Ying guarded the surrounding waters.
• A Snake Demon General attacked Guiwu, but Zhang Ying fought him off until the enemy escaped with water escape as Zhao Yi watched nearby.
• Guiwu completed his transformation with a fourth-grade Vast Abyss Dao Foundation, and he renewed his Blood Contract with Wang Qing after Zhao Yi dissolved the previous one.
• Zhao Yi led the group away after the Snake Demon General discovered them, and they returned to Linghua Island to meet Liu Yu.
• Liu Yu assigned Guiwu and Zhang Ying stipends and underwater cave abodes, while Zhao Yi turned over six Storage Bags of remaining spoils.

Liu Yu and his allies weighed how to weaken the Han Family, settling on destroying its Demon-Hunting Ship while waiting for more Linghua Island cultivators to advance. After Han Chen formed a Ninth-Grade Dao Foundation, Daoist Liefeng refused to involve the family with the endangered Blood Cloud Bandits and left Han Chen to find a way to deal with Linghua Island.

• Liu Yu, Zhao Yi, and Wang Qing discussed attacking the Han Family, and Liu Yu agreed to target its Demon-Hunting Ship with Zhang Ying while Guiwu kept watch.
• Wang Qing began cultivating with Guiwu on Linghua Island, Zhao Yi returned to Kongqing Island to cultivate, and Liu Yu later placed Wang Ping and Xu Qiyu in charge of Linghua Island's affairs before entering seclusion at the Cold Spring.
• Liu Yu attended Wu Yuying's Dao Foundation celebration, where Wu Yuying asked to see Wu Xiuzhi and Liu Yu refused.
• Three years after entering seclusion, Han Chen formed a Ninth-Grade Dao Foundation, and Daoist Liefeng told him to resume control of the Han Family.
• Han Chen suggested asking his grandfather to destroy Linghua Island, but Daoist Liefeng refused because the Blood Cloud Bandits faced destruction and ordered Han Chen to handle the threat himself.
• News of Han Chen's breakthrough spread through the Yunsha Sea Region, revealing that the Han Family now had two Dao Foundation cultivators.

Li Hai emerged from seclusion with a superior-grade abyssal Dao Foundation, and Linghua Island’s leaders discussed its resources and plans concerning the Han Family and Blood Cloud Bandits. Later, Xu Qiyu reunited with her parents at Yunsha Market before the year-end auction began.

• Zhao Yi, Wang Qing, and Liu Yu guarded Li Hai as he condensed his Dao Foundation, using a formation to gather water spiritual qi.
• Li Hai emerged and revealed that he had succeeded in forming a third-grade abyssal Dao Foundation, then thanked his senior brothers for protecting him.
• Li Hai and the others discussed the Han Family, the Blood Cloud Bandits, and waiting for developments involving Liu Daoyuan before making their plans.
• Zhao Yi assigned resources to hasten Linghua Island’s spirit acupoint growth and sent Li Hai back to Kongqing Island.
• Xu Qiyu reunited with her parents, Xu Changwang and his wife, at Linghua Island’s Yunsha Market shop and shared a meal with them.
• Cultivators filled the first three floors of Yunsha Tower for the year-end auction, while the fourth floor remained reserved for Dao Foundation powers.

The Yunsha Tower auction began under the supervision of Zhao Xinghe and Han Chen, and Zhu Honglou’s energetic hosting drove bids high. Wu Yuying bought the Profound Fire Furnace for Peach Blossom Island, leaving the auction’s final two lots still to come.

• The five families finalized their shares of Yunsha Tower’s auction profits, and Zhao Xinghe and Han Chen oversaw the event with Zhu Honglou as auctioneer.
• Zhu Honglou opened the auction with a freshly made Profound Origin Pill, which sold for 2,550 spirit stones.
• Han Chen asked about Linghua Island’s absent cultivators, and Zhao Xinghe warned him to consult Fellow Daoist Raging Wind before acting against the island.
• Zhu Honglou struggled to attract bids for the Profound Fire Furnace until Blood Orchid Rogue and Qingli Rogue bid, after which Wu Yuying won it for 2,300 spirit stones.
• Wu Yuying planned to use the furnace with the alchemist’s inheritance she had obtained from the Qin Family on Biyun Sea Region.

A Foundation Establishment Pill appeared as the auction’s final lot, sparking a fierce bidding war between Xuanli Island and Xuanqing Island. After the pill was delivered to Xuanqing Island, the chapter revealed that a Tide-Subduing Sect disciple had consigned it to strengthen the Yunsha Sea Region ahead of the sect’s coming sea-opening plan.

• Zhao Xinghe guarded the final lot as Zhu Honglou revealed a Foundation Establishment Pill, and Wu Yuying told Han Chen that it could help a Spirit Drawing cultivator condense a Dao Foundation.
• After Zhao Xinghe announced that the pill came from an honored guest outside the region, Wang Ping sent a Wind Bird to notify Linghua Island.
• Wind Howl Island, West River Island, Greenfish Island, Xuanli Island, and Xuanqing Island bid for the pill, and Xuanqing Island won with an offer of eleven thousand Spirit Stones.
• The next day, Feng Qingshan paid the remaining Spirit Stones and received the pill, escorted by Han Chen and the Xu Family.
• Junior Brother Wu told Chen Qisong that the Tide-Subduing Sect would auction a Foundation Establishment Pill in Yunsha every three years and increase the supply of breakthrough pills.
• Junior Brother Wu explained that the sect planned to open the sea again within ten years and wanted to strengthen Yunsha so it could not become a route for Demon Cultivators into the sect’s waters.

Zhao Yi learned that Wu Qingyun of the Tide-Subduing Sect had auctioned a Foundation Establishment Pill to strengthen the Yunsha Sea Region ahead of a coming war with the Demon Race. The Tide-Subduing Sect planned to open the seas in about ten years, and Zhao Yi and the other powers prepared to tell local cultivators and use the time to build their strength.

• Wan Qizhi delivered Wang Ping’s message about the Foundation Establishment Pill, and Zhao Yi left for Yunsha Market.
• Zhao Yi learned that Xuanqing Island had obtained the pill, then instructed Wang Ping to buy supplies, support Li Hai’s cultivation, and help Zhou Zheng enter the Spirit Attraction Stage.
• Zhao Yi, Zhao Xinghe, and Wu Yuying learned that Wu Qingyun, a Tide-Subduing Sect True Disciple, had consigned the pill and invited Chen Qisong and other local powers to discuss his purpose.
• Chen Qisong revealed that the Tide-Subduing Sect planned to open the seas in about ten years, with its main force in the Biyun Sea Region, and was supplying pills to strengthen Yunsha against Demon Cultivators.
• Zhao Yi proposed announcing the coming war at the Exchange Assembly and urging cultivators to improve their cultivation and seek breakthroughs.

Qingli Rogue sought Zhao Yi’s help hunting two Perfection of Spirit Drawing demon beasts so he could use their demon cores in the Water-Fire Dual Cultivation Spirit Pearl Secret Art. Zhao Yi helped him kill both beasts, and Qingli Rogue returned to Xuanli Island with the materials he needed to pursue cultivation.

• After years of stalled cultivation and failed attempts to advance, Qingli Rogue found a secret art that could balance water and fire spiritual energy but needed demon cores as substitutes for spirit pearls.
• Qingli Rogue went to Linghua Island with two Dao Foundation cultivation methods as payment, and Zhao Yi agreed to help him hunt two Perfection of Spirit Drawing demon beasts.
• Zhao Yi killed a Blackwater Profound Whale with one halberd strike, and Qingli Rogue retrieved its demon core.
• Qingli Rogue drew the Crimson Flame Eagle into a fight while Zhao Yi ambushed and killed it with a flying sword.
• Zhao Yi took the Crimson Flame Eagle’s egg and nest, while Qingli Rogue claimed the eagle’s demon core and later returned to Xuanli Island to cultivate the secret art.

After returning from the Outer Sea, Qingli Rogue entered seclusion to pursue a breakthrough, but he suffered cultivation deviation and began slaughtering Xuanli Island’s people. Zhao Yi and Wu Yuying arrived to confront him, and Zhao Yi fought Qingli Rogue as the battle continued.

• Qingli Rogue lectured his disciples for six days, then announced his seclusion and advised them to seek help from Linghua Island or Peach Blossom Island if trouble arose.
• Two years later, Bai Xing reached Linghua Island injured and told Wang Ping that Qingli Rogue had gone mad and killed Xuanli Island’s third and fourth disciples.
• Zhao Yi received a Communication Talisman, learned of the crisis, and traveled to Xuanli Island with Wu Yuying.
• Qingli Rogue used water-and-fire spells and Fire Escape to kill and terrorize Xuanli Island’s mortals and cultivators.
• Zhao Yi stopped Wu Yuying from attacking and confronted Qingli Rogue, who blamed him for stealing his fortune and launched a water-and-fire attack.
• Zhao Yi shattered Qingli Rogue’s combined spells and fought on as Qingli Rogue continued attacking with spells and his flying sword.

Zhao Yi killed Qingli Rogue after the battle devastated Xuanli Island, then discussed the island’s future and its surviving population with Wu Yuying. He arranged an alchemy exchange between Linghua Island and Peach Blossom Island, recognized the origins of Peach Blossom Island’s inheritance, and returned to secluded cultivation.

• Qingli Rogue used Fire Escape to flee Xuanli Island, but Zhao Yi pursued and killed him, then returned with his corpse and two Spirit Pearls.
• Wu Yuying and Wang Ping’s group treated the wounded and repaired damage on Xuanli Island, where only seven cultivators survived and over sixty percent of the mortals were killed or injured.
• Zhao Yi proposed relocating some people from Linghua Island and incorporating Xuanli Island’s surviving cultivators, and he considered forming a Demon-Hunting Ship crew.
• Zhao Yi discovered that Xuanli Island’s cold and hot springs could nurture Spirit Pearls for the Water-Fire Dual Cultivation Spirit Pearl Secret Art, and he gave Qingli Rogue’s two Spirit Pearls to Wu Yuying.
• Zhao Yi offered to let Zheng Tong exchange alchemy knowledge with Peach Blossom Island’s alchemist, then recognized Qin Wuya as the source of the island’s alchemy inheritance.
• Wu Yuying returned to Peach Blossom Island, and Zhao Yi went into secluded cultivation until he could reach the middle Dao Foundation stage.

After the Yunsha Sea Region gained three new Dao Foundation cultivators, Wang Qing failed to open his 168th aperture, and Zhao Yi used the Sect Jade Register to increase Wang Qing and Liu Yu’s fortune. A year later, Zhao Yi refined wu earth essence, broke through to the middle Dao Foundation Stage, and returned to Linghua Island.

• Feng Qingdao, Zhao Changqing, and Wan Chengyun successfully condensed their Dao Foundations, while Qingli Rogue, Li Yufeng, and Blood Orchid Rogue failed to advance.
• Wang Qing’s attempt to open his 168th aperture failed and left him unconscious, so Guiwu sought advice from Zhao Yi.
• Zhao Yi added twenty-five fortune to each of Wang Qing and Liu Yu, then used the remaining fortune on himself.
• Over the following year, Zhao Yi cultivated to the peak of the Dao Foundation third layer using spirit stones from Qingli Rogue’s Storage Bag.
• Zhao Yi refined the wu earth essence, broke through to the Dao Foundation fourth layer, and strengthened his body.
• Zhao Yi collected spirit milk from the cave’s stalactites, tidied the chamber, and returned to Linghua Island.

Zhao Yi returned to Linghua Island, contracted the newly hatched Crimson Flame Eagle, and reviewed the sect’s growth and finances with Wang Ping. He ordered Linghua Island to expand its settlements and secure at least thirty percent of the market’s profits before the sea opened.

• Zhao Yi surveyed Linghua Island’s disciples, island settlements, and Demon-Hunting Ship, then contracted the Crimson Flame Eagle Chick and fed it spirit milk.
• Zhao Yi met Wang Ping at Linghua Hall, congratulated him on becoming Dao companions with Zheng Tong, and planned a ceremony once their senior brothers left seclusion.
• Wang Ping reported that Linghua Island had sixty-three Fourth-Generation Disciples, controlled ten islands, and had earned only a small surplus the previous year.
• Zhao Yi ordered Wang Ping to survey uninhabited islands and relocate islanders to expand their territory before the sea opened.
• Zhao Yi told Wang Ping that Li Hai and he were the sect’s only fighters ready for the coming conflict, and insisted Linghua Island secure at least thirty percent of the market’s profits.