Chapter Summaries

Wang Ba used the Gold Foil to strike the Sea Barrier, revealing a colossal octopus whose violent response sent Yuan Magnetic seawater crashing over Evil Dragon Islet. He escaped into the earth vein with Xi Wushang and the others, while Qin Lingxiao and Qin Fengyi were separated, and an armless figure appeared above Yundang as a streak of Sword Light approached.

• Mingshan resisted the Hundred-Life Soul-Defiling Curse and grew stronger, then attacked Wang Ba, who endured his Buddha palms with a Jade Leaf Talisman and summoned five bean soldiers to kill him with a broken sword tip.
• Wang Ba escaped Mingshan’s assault, helped Xi Wushang and the others retreat toward the earth vein, and used forty-eight Wu Earth Pearls to blast Wu Yuan while Qin Fengyi fought Wu Du.
• Wang Ba activated the Gold Foil’s Divine Ability and sent its Flowing Metal Sphere into the Sea Barrier, where it struck the concealed colossal octopus and provoked a devastating surge of Yuan Magnetic seawater.
• As the flood engulfed Evil Dragon Islet, Wang Ba, Xi Wushang, and the others entered the earth vein, while the Fourth-Tier Sword Artifact carried Qin Fengyi toward Yundang and Wang Ba’s saber dragged Qin Lingxiao into the water.
• Wu Du and Mingshan survived on the island’s highest peak, while Mingshan realized the others intended to travel back to Yundang through the earth vein; an armless figure appeared above Yundang and looked toward an approaching Sword Light.

After Wang Ba and Qin Lingxiao were swept into a remote sea beyond the Sea Barrier, Xumi rescued Liang Zhongkang and defeated several Feathered Serpent Tribe Nascent Souls while searching for them. Wang Ba reached an isolated island with Qin Lingxiao and seven unconscious enemies, but discovered there was no Spiritual Qi and began searching for a way across the barrier; meanwhile, the Myriad Phenomena Sect believed he was dead, and the chapter ended as an explosion erupted near him.

• Xumi found Xi Wushang and the other survivors, learned Wang Ba and Qin Lingxiao had vanished into a changed Earth Vein, and went with Lou Yi and Zhen Bo'en to search Evil Dragon Islet.
• Xumi killed Mingshan and several Feathered Serpent Tribe Nascent Souls, discovered the Sea-Cleaving Beast and rescued Liang Zhongkang, then entered the Sea Barrier after giving Lou Yi and Zhen Bo'en instructions.
• Wang Ba reached an isolated island with Qin Lingxiao and seven unconscious Feathered Serpent Tribe Gold Core cultivators, using Profound Dragon Dao Soldiers and talismans to secure them.
• Wang Ba found no Spiritual Qi on the island and reasoned that the cultivators' storage artifacts might contain a way across the Sea Barrier, so he awakened one of them.
• Shao Yangzi and Fei Hua saw that Wang Ba's Soul Lamp had gone out and feared he had died, while Shao Yangzi decided not to inform Yao Wudi yet.
• Wang Ba watched a violent explosion flare near him while holding a Third Tier Phantom Chicken.

Wang Ba investigated the Tupi Continent cultivators’ treasures and cultivation methods while conducting experiments on lifespan ascension, but repeated failures left him unsure what caused the explosions. A badly conditioned Late Gold Core cultivator unexpectedly formed a Nascent Soul before Wang Ba killed him, and the chapter ended with Qin Lingxiao waking as the creatures beneath the sea fled.

• Wang Ba saved Wu Yi’s remnant soul by placing it in the Phantom Chicken, named him Jia Eighteen, and learned that Tupi Continent cultivators had crossed the Sea Barrier inside Sea-Cleaving Beasts.
• Wang Ba studied the captured cultivators’ treasures and had Jia Eighteen translate the Supreme Saint Winged Serpent Sutra and Snake Sacrifice Method, which let cultivators gain Law Power through Winged Serpent sacrifices.
• Wang Ba used the methods to restore Wu Lin’s cultivation to mid-stage Gold Core and injected lifespan into him, but Wu Lin exploded while attempting to break through to Nascent Soul.
• Wang Ba captured and dissected the Winged Serpent from the explosion, then injected lifespan into a weak Late Gold Core priest-like cultivator, who unexpectedly formed a Nascent Soul without tribulation lightning.
• Wang Ba killed the newly formed Nascent Soul cultivator when he turned hostile, and Qin Lingxiao awoke as Wang Ba noticed the shadows beneath the sea fleeing.

Wang Ba and Qin Lingxiao were stranded on an island in a deep sea saturated with Yuan Magnetic Power, where they explored for a way out while awaiting rescue. When a Supreme Grade Fourth Tier Coral Dragon Rhinoceros attacked them, Wang Ba and the Wu Ape King were swallowed, but the beast’s corpse soon surfaced.

• A fourth-tier Deep-Sea Aberrant Beast scavenged the remains of Wang Ba’s experimental subject and swam away, while Qin Lingxiao woke with her Law Power and Divine Soul severely depleted.
• Qin Lingxiao failed to use her storage Law Artifact until Wang Ba gave her Spirit Chicken Essence, then her Spirit-Calming Compass spun without locating them or summoning rescue.
• Wang Ba suspected that the cultivation method used by Feathered Serpent Tribe Priests let them survive lifespan infusion, and he kept the tribe’s four Gold Core cultivators for further experiments.
• After a month without rescue, Wang Ba and Qin Lingxiao explored the nearby sea, found no safe route past the Sea Barrier, and saw a Coral Dragon Rhinoceros kill a giant black manta ray.
• The Coral Dragon Rhinoceros attacked Wang Ba and Qin Lingxiao; Wang Ba and the Wu Ape King were caught in its jaws, and Qin Lingxiao’s final offensive treasure struck its tongue before the beast sank.
• Qin Lingxiao watched in despair until the Coral Dragon Rhinoceros’s corpse surfaced on the waves.

Wang Ba and Qin Lingxiao dragged the dead Coral Dragon Rhinoceros back to the Isolated Island and fed its flesh to their spirit beasts, triggering a feast of breakthroughs and revealing that the Giant Stone Dragon Lizard could absorb and control Yuan Magnetic Power. Wang Ba named it Dafu and took Qin Lingxiao into its mouth to explore the sea near the earth vein exit.

• Wang Ba emerged alive from the Coral Dragon Rhinoceros with the Wu Ape King, returned Qin Lingxiao's seal, and enlisted her to help drag the beast's corpse to the Isolated Island.
• Wang Ba summoned his Profound Dragon Dao Soldiers and spirit beasts to feast on the corpse while he and Qin Lingxiao stripped its scales and salvaged its parts.
• The Stone Dragon Lizards and Azurewater Spirit Turtles advanced, while Wang Ba ritually refined the Profound Dragon Dao Soldiers with Ghost-Eyed Chi Essence Blood and raised them to the Third Tier.
• Wang Ba discovered that the Giant Stone Dragon Lizard had gained a Yuan Magnetic Power bloodline, grew enormously, absorbed Yuan Magnetic Power from the sea, and learned to release it over a wide area.
• After the feast, Wang Ba named the Giant Stone Dragon Lizard Dafu and decided to use it to explore the sea near the earth vein exit; Qin Lingxiao joined him, and they descended inside Dafu's mouth.

Wang Ba and Qin Lingxiao explored the Sea Barrier by traveling inside Dafu, where they observed hurricanes strengthening the barrier and spotted a mysterious vortex resembling something Qin Lingxiao’s Spirit Transformation great-grandfather had warned her about. After retreating and continuing their journey, they reached a new island, where Dafu’s catch included a rare Burrowing Sea Otter that made Wang Ba suspect they were nearing the coast.

• Dafu searched the seabed for an earth-vein entrance but found nothing, then carried Wang Ba, Qin Lingxiao, and four Feathered Serpent Tribe Gold Core cultivators along the Sea Barrier.
• Wang Ba and Qin Lingxiao reached a crescent-shaped island and watched hurricanes sweep seawater into the Sea Barrier, causing it to surge; Wang Ba suspected the storms played a role in its behavior.
• Wang Ba used a Replay-Eye Bird to inspect a hurricane and, after Qin Lingxiao identified a dangerous black vortex as possibly a Membrane Eye or Aperture, ordered Dafu to leave immediately.
• Half a month later, Wang Ba found Dafu and the Wu Ape King fighting on another island and stopped them before examining Dafu’s catch.
• Wang Ba recognized a Burrowing Sea Otter among the catch and realized that the rare coastal spirit beast might mean they were near the coast.

Wang Ba and Qin Lingxiao followed a Burrowing Sea Otter to an abandoned Zhongsheng Continent cave abode, where they found a map that revealed their location and a route around the Sea Barriers. As the otter began digging a passage beneath a Sea Barrier, Wang Ba spotted a Supreme Grade Fourth Tier black octopus dragging a chained monk, who opened his eyes.

• Wang Ba lured the Burrowing Sea Otter with food, and it returned with a token that blocked the surrounding Yuan Magnetic Power.
• The Burrowing Sea Otter led Wang Ba and Qin Lingxiao through an underwater mountain passage to an abandoned cave abode containing a nautical chart and a fading Fourth Tier Law Treasure.
• Wang Ba copied the chart and recognized its marks as the Sea Barriers and their current location, giving them a way to navigate back toward the West Sea Kingdom.
• After the cave flooded, the Burrowing Sea Otter led them toward a Sea Barrier and began digging beneath the seabed with Dafu's help.
• Wang Ba spotted a Supreme Grade Fourth Tier black octopus near the Sea Barrier with a monk chained to one of its arms, and the monk opened his eyes.

Wang Ba and Qin Lingxiao escaped through the Sea Barrier, where the monk Ciwu explained that the great flood originated from a Membrane Eye and entrusted his Yuan Void Formlessness legacy to the Wu Ape King. After Wang Ba returned to Qin Lingxiao, Ciwu watched two approaching figures and his chains fell away.

• Wang Ba, Qin Lingxiao, and the Burrowing Sea Otter dug through the rock beneath the Sea Barrier and emerged on its other side, where Ciwu summoned Wang Ba to speak with him.
• Ciwu questioned Wang Ba about the conflict between the Three Continents and Wind-Approaching Continent, then explained that Membrane Eyes caused calamities and that one at the source of the great flood had grown too large to plug.
• Wang Ba said he would try to leave with those close to him in such a crisis, and Ciwu revealed he had been seeking a successor for his legacy because he could not bear to abandon Xituo Continent's people or kill for their survival.
• Ciwu chose the Wu Ape King, whose innate Buddha-nature suited the Yuan Void Formlessness lineage, and imparted the legacy to him before sending Wang Ba away.
• Wang Ba reappeared beside Qin Lingxiao and set off home with her and the beasts, while Ciwu watched two figures approach and his chains fell away.

Wang Ba and Qin Lingxiao navigated the Sea Barrier, where rising Yuan Magnetic Power led them to an unfamiliar barrier and forced them to cross again. The Blue-Black Token suddenly dragged Wang Ba out of the passage, leaving him and Qin Lingxiao facing a lone figure in the turbulent currents.

• Wang Ba and Qin Lingxiao argued over their map, then fled inside Dafu when a violent shaking made Wang Ba suspect Spirit Transformation cultivators were fighting nearby.
• Wang Ba promised the Burrowing Sea Otter Spirit Chicken Essence, and Qin Lingxiao questioned him about his sect, his friends, and whether he had a female cultivator in mind before learning he had a dao companion named Bu Chan and a son named Yi'an.
• Wang Ba discovered that Yuan Magnetic Power was growing stronger as they traveled, and three days after spotting an archipelago, he found an unfamiliar Sea Barrier ahead.
• At the first Sea Barrier, Ciwu confronted a white-robed boy and a palace-robed woman, revealed his Spirit Transformation Perfection cultivation, and protected falling cultivators with Buddhist light as the fight began.
• At Evil Dragon Islet, Ma Shengxu, Hu Zaixi, and Miao Jilong prepared to cross the Sea Barrier again to search for Wang Ba, while Wang Ba and Qin Lingxiao set out through the unfamiliar barrier with Dafu and the Burrowing Sea Otter.
• The Blue-Black Token pulled Wang Ba out of the passage during the crossing; he shielded Qin Lingxiao from the flying sand and stones, then opened his eyes to see a lone figure seated before him in the turbulent currents.

Wang Ba and Qin Lingxiao found Yu Chen’s remains inside the Sea Barrier, learned that his sacrifice had delayed the formation of a True Membrane Eye, and recovered his inheritance tokens. When the True Membrane Eye emerged and the Sea Barrier’s currents surged, Wang Ba fled with Qin Lingxiao and encountered Martial Uncle Xumi beyond an invisible barrier.

• Wang Ba rescued Qin Lingxiao from the turbulent currents, and Dafu absorbed Yuan Magnetic Power from Yu Chen’s body, awakening a powerful gray-light attack.
• Yu Chen’s recorded message explained that he had used his body to hold back the Membrane Eye and asked that his remains be returned to Zhongsheng Continent and his wife, Li Yuehua, be told of his fate.
• Wang Ba and Qin Lingxiao paid their respects, retrieved the two Blue-Black Tokens containing Yu Chen and Li Yuehua’s Yuan Magnetic True Method, and had Dafu swallow Yu Chen’s remains.
• A True Membrane Eye appeared, forcing Wang Ba to flee with Qin Lingxiao as the currents surged and Fierce Beasts pursued them.
• Wang Ba entered blood-red waters, carried the unconscious Qin Lingxiao upward, and passed through an invisible barrier before an unremarkable Sword Qi streak descended toward him.
• Wang Ba summoned the Azurewater Spirit Turtle to shield himself, then recognized the armless cultivator beneath the sword curtain as Martial Uncle Xumi.

Wang Ba returned to help Xumi, who was trapped by Wu Ju’s Six-Corner Yuan Magnetic Formation, and used his lifespan breakthrough method to help Xumi attempt Spirit Transformation. As Xumi’s Nascent Soul merged with his shattered Sword Artifact, the Winged Serpent found them and recognized the approaching weapon as a Spirit Transformation power.

• Xumi warned Wang Ba to flee because Wu Ju had trapped him in a formation, but Wang Ba returned and revealed he could evade Yuan Magnetic Power.
• Xumi launched his cracked Sword Artifact at Wu Ju’s Winged Serpent, while Wang Ba escaped the clash with Qin Lingxiao and Xumi’s help from Dafu.
• Surrounded by fierce beasts, Wang Ba chose to return to Xumi and used Yin Spirit Power to hide them near the formation’s edge.
• Wang Ba offered Xumi a fifty-fifty chance to reach Spirit Transformation through a lifespan breakthrough, and Xumi accepted the infusion.
• Xumi’s Nascent Soul grew and began to distort, then plunged into the remaining Sword Artifact as its last fragment fell away.
• Wu Ju’s Winged Serpent found Wang Ba, Xumi, and Dafu, but the Sword Artifact flew toward it, prompting the serpent to cry out that it sensed Spirit Transformation.

Wang Ba and the weakened Xumi fled the Feathered Serpent Tribe after Xumi’s sword killed Wu Ju, while Wang Ba used tricks and concealment to evade the tribe’s cultivators. As the pursuers closed in, a golden projectile struck one of them and six figures raced toward Wang Ba.

• Ciwu trapped Chieftain Wuyan with the incomplete Buddha statue and sensed a Spirit Transformation tribulation beyond the Sea Barrier, while Shao Yangzi and the Longevity Sect sent aid toward the deep sea.
• Xumi’s sword failed to catch Wu Ju’s fleeing Winged Serpent, but later killed Wu Ju and retrieved his Storage Law Artifacts as Wang Ba carried Xumi and Qin Lingxiao away.
• Wang Ba evaded five Feathered Serpent Tribe cultivators with Jadeite Emerald Pearl Bursts, disposable Law Artifacts, and Yin Spirit Power, but the pursuers eventually discovered him and killed Wu Xi after Wang Ba threw him toward them.
• As a Feathered Serpent Tribe cultivator caught up with Wang Ba and the Wu Ape King emerged to defend him, a golden ball of light struck the pursuer, and six figures appeared racing across the sea toward Wang Ba.

Wang Ba reunited with Qi Yan and the other Myriad Phenomena Sect cultivators, who defeated the Feathered Serpent Tribe and recovered a Plague Demon before a massive Sea Barrier collapse forced their escape. After returning to safety, Xumi was taken away to face his Spirit Transformation crisis, Qin Lingxiao reunited with her family, and Wang Ba learned that his Master had been badly injured and lost much of his lifespan.

• Qi Yan, Ma Shengxu, Hu Zaixi, Ling Weizi, Wei Rong, and Miao Jilong rescued Wang Ba and killed the Feathered Serpent Tribe cultivators and their Winged Serpents.
• Wang Ba led the cultivators to the Sea Barrier, where Qi Yan found and sealed the Plague Demon inside a crystal.
• The Sea Barrier collapsed, and Wang Ba and the others escaped the deluge before spotting a Golden Buddha Statue and strange lights beyond it.
• Xumi's Spirit Transformation tribulation began, but the Third Elder took him to seek the Sect Master; Shen Ying and a Longevity Sect cultivator then stopped the waves threatening Evil Dragon Islet.
• Qin Lingxiao reunited with Qin Fengyi and later admitted to her great-grandfather that she had feelings for Wang Ba, prompting him to plan a marriage proposal to the Myriad Phenomena Sect.
• At Wind Islet Mountain, Wang Ba asked Shen Ying whether his Master had been injured and lost much of his lifespan.

Wang Ba returned to the Myriad Phenomena Sect after learning about Yao Wudi’s failing lifespan and reporting the True Membrane Eye to Sect Master Shao Yangzi. He reunited with Bu Chan and their son, Six Jin, and promised he would not leave again, while Xumi’s unusual condition and a visit from the Qin Clan’s Prince of Zhending left the sect facing further uncertainty.

• Shen Ying told Wang Ba that Yao Wudi’s lifespan had dwindled and persuaded him to return to the sect rather than travel to the dangerous Western Front.
• Wang Ba reported the True Membrane Eye beneath Evil Dragon Islet’s Sea Barrier to Qu Shentong and then to Sect Master Shao Yangzi, who said Yao Wudi should live at least ten more years.
• Shao Yangzi questioned Wang Ba about the True Membrane Eye, then reflected that the Patriarch’s warning about the world was coming true.
• Wang Ba bought gifts for Bu Chan and their son, returned to Myriad Laws Peak, and reunited joyfully with Bu Chan and Six Jin.
• Wang Ba promised Bu Chan he would not leave again, while Shao Yangzi and a young cultivator discussed Xumi’s unexplained condition after surviving his tribulation.
• Xu Ying announced that the Qin Clan’s Prince of Zhending had requested an audience with Shao Yangzi.

Shao Yangzi learned that the True Membrane Eye near the Eightfold Sea threatened Great Jin and gathered the Myriad Phenomena Sect’s leaders to plan a response. At the same time, Qin Dengyuan arrived to arrange Wang Ba’s marriage to Qin Lingxiao, leaving Wang Ba stunned when Shao Yangzi announced the match before the assembled cultivators.

• Shao Yangzi sent Ren Xiao to gather the sect’s leaders after learning that the True Membrane Eye could pose a danger comparable to the Aperture at the source of the Great Flood.
• Prince of Zhending Qin Huo told Shao Yangzi that Qin Lingxiao and Wang Ba wished to marry, and Shao Yangzi said the match would depend on the young couple and Wang Ba’s master, Yao Wudi.
• Shao Yangzi told the assembled cultivators that he intended to suppress the True Membrane Eye and prepare a Disaster-Crossing Treasure Raft in case that effort failed.
• Qin Dengyuan arrived with Qin Lingxiao to discuss her marriage to Wang Ba, and Shao Yangzi sent Xu Ying to summon him.
• Wang Ba returned from Myriad Laws Peak after caring for Six Jin and Bu Chan, then froze when Shao Yangzi announced his proposed match to Qin Lingxiao before the gathered cultivators.

Wang Ba publicly rejected a betrothal to Qin Lingxiao, recounting how his wife, Bu Chan, had stood by him through their hardships. After Bu Chan became Ma Shengxu’s disciple, Wang Ba struggled with whether to travel to the dangerous West Sea Kingdom to help his master, Yao Wudi, and the chapter ended with a message from Xi Wushang about Senior Brother Zhao joining the sect.

• Wang Ba refused the Qin Clan’s proposed marriage, explaining that he already had a wife, Bu Chan, and would not betray her.
• Shao Yangzi shielded Wang Ba from Qin Dengyuan’s anger, while Qin Lingxiao asked Qin Dengyuan to dissolve the Jiaolong Method she had cultivated so she could pursue the Great Dao.
• Qin Lingxiao used her remaining Law Power to activate the Blue-Black Token, while Ma Shengxu accepted Bu Chan as his seventh disciple.
• Wang Ba stayed with Bu Chan and Six Jin as he weighed whether to go to the West Sea Kingdom, and Bu Chan urged him to follow his wishes without treating them as a burden.
• Xi Wushang sent Wang Ba a Voice Transmission Talisman saying that Senior Brother Zhao was about to join the sect.

Wang Ba reunited with Zhao Feng after Zhao Feng passed the Sect entrance assessment, then resolved to travel to the West Sea Kingdom but was barred from going there because he was below Gold Core. As he prepared to leave, Six Jin called him “Dada,” and Wang Ba began securing his home and discovered Jia Ten Five nesting on eggs.

• Xi Wushang told Wang Ba that the Incense Dao had destroyed the Yan, Qiao, and Song Kingdoms, stirring memories of the battle at Yan-Qiao Pass.
• Xi Wushang received word that Zhao Feng earned Grade A Middle on the heart-questioning assessment and learned that Xumi had survived the Spirit Transformation Tribulation but remained unconscious.
• Wang Ba and Xi Wushang welcomed Zhao Feng, who chose to stay near Xumi and use the Sword Dao to try to awaken his master rather than take up a Sect post.
• After reflecting on Zhao Feng's devotion to Xumi and his own master Yao Wudi, Wang Ba decided to travel to the West Sea Kingdom, but the Teleportation Array guards refused him passage because he was below Gold Core.
• Wang Ba returned to Myriad Laws Peak, heard Six Jin call him “Dada,” then began sealing the grounds and gathering his spirit animals before leaving.
• While securing the animals, Wang Ba found Jia Ten Five in a chicken nest with several eggs beneath it.

Wang Ba returned to Myriad Laws Peak, discovered unusual changes among his Spirit Chickens, and led more than sixty Spirit Beasts through their tribulations, drawing attention across the sect. After five years of accelerated cultivation in the Fragrant Secret Realm, he completed his Law Power and began preparing to form a Gold Core, leaving the secret realm as a tribulation cloud gathered above Lesser Yang Mountain.

• Wang Ba found Jia Ten Five incubating fertilized eggs and discovered two male Snow Phoenix Chickens whose pale-yellow flames showed promise, then learned Jia Ten Five had both male and female reproductive organs.
• Wang Ba inspected his Spirit Beasts, released the Wu Ape King and a third-tier Azurewater Spirit Turtle, and triggered a succession of tribulations as he brought dozens of beasts through breakthroughs, with some dying in the process.
• Shao Yangzi and the Three Hall masters watched over sixty tribulations and discussed Wang Ba's Beast Taming talent, while Du Wei lamented that Wang Ba had joined Myriad Laws Peak instead of Beast Peak.
• Xun Fujun heard that Yao Wudi's foundations had been damaged, praised his resolve, and rejected a suggestion to use Wang Ba against him.
• Wang Ba sorted his spoils, earned forty thousand merit points by contributing unfinished Law Artifacts, and entered the Fragrant Secret Realm to accelerate his cultivation.
• After five years, Wang Ba completed his Law Power and spent another two years preparing to transform it into golden liquid and condense a core; when he emerged, a tribulation cloud gathered above Lesser Yang Mountain.

Wang Ba endured a powerful tribulation and formed an extraordinary Five Elements Gold Core, drawing the attention of the Myriad Phenomena Sect’s elders. After reuniting with Bu Chan and their son, Wang Yi'an, he learned that Yao Wudi was nearing a decisive stage in his path to Spirit Transformation and resolved to go to the West Sea Kingdom.

• Wang Ba left the Fragrant Secret Realm and learned from Deacon Lu that rapid cultivation in secret realms could unsettle a cultivator’s Dao Heart.
• Wang Ba underwent tribulation on Myriad Laws Peak, used Mother Qi of Ten Thousand Arts and his saber Qi to withstand the lightning, and formed a Gold Core marked with five-colored patterns.
• Bu Chan, Wang Yi'an, and Hu Zaixi watched Wang Ba’s tribulation; Hu Zaixi showed Wang Yi'an the Gold Core and said that no more than ten people in the Myriad Phenomena Sect could match it.
• Wang Ba greeted the elders, learned that Wang Yi'an had innate Grade A Middle triple Spiritual Roots, and heard that Sect Master Shao Yangzi and others had not returned from the West Sea Kingdom.
• Bu Chan told Wang Ba that Yao Wudi was fighting Seng Wangxin and a Spirit Transformation puppet almost monthly, so Wang Ba decided to travel to the West Sea Kingdom after half a month of preparation.
• Wang Ba examined the Profound Dragon Dao Soldiers hanging from the Coral Dragon Rhinoceros Dragon Bone and sensed that the cocoon-like mass was close to breaking open.

Wang Ba’s Profound Dragon Dao Soldiers survived a tribulation, and he visited Xumi, who explained the dangerous method that had helped him reach Spirit Transformation. After learning that the West Sea Kingdom’s teleportation array had been destroyed, Wang Ba and Zhao Feng traveled there to find Yao Wudi, who was still struggling to break through while defending Sea-Repelling City.

• The Profound Dragon Dao Soldiers endured nine bolts of tribulation lightning, and Wang Ba revealed that they had become far more dangerous.
• Zhao Feng arrived and told Wang Ba that Xumi had awakened and wanted to see him; the two went to Heart Sword Peak, where Xumi explained how Wang Ba’s method had pushed him toward Spirit Transformation and nearly destroyed him.
• Xumi warned Wang Ba that the method was perilous and should not be used lightly, then helped him open Wu Ju’s Storage Law Artifacts.
• Zhao Feng told Wang Ba that the West Sea Kingdom’s teleportation array had been destroyed, and agreed to accompany him there; they traveled with Lou Yi and Deacon Shi by Iron Ray Boat.
• At the Western Front, Yao Wudi told Guan Ao that he was close to Spirit Transformation but still short of what he needed, with only about two years of lifespan remaining; Guan Ao ordered Xugou Commandery abandoned when Three Continents cultivators infiltrated it.
• Wang Ba and Zhao Feng reached Nanji Commandery and flew west toward Sea-Repelling City, planning to pass through Xugou and Dishui Commanderies.