Chapter Summaries

Zhan Wujiu learned that an old man had killed four Swift Blade Sect subordinates and ordered his people to pursue the man and obtain his deadly poison. After Zhan Yun warned him against involving the Nine Nether Lineage before their agreement was settled, rumors about the poison spread through Illusory Sea City, drawing out poison experts.

• Zhan Wujiu emerged from seclusion at the supreme realm fifth level and demanded that his subordinates find the man who had killed four of them.
• Zhan Yun explained that the old man had killed the fat and thin brothers, Shi Qicheng, and Chen Hong after they confronted him.
• Zhan Wujiu ordered Zhan Yun to spread word that the old man had poison capable of killing anyone below the supreme realm seventh layer and to watch his movements.
• Zhan Wujiu proposed notifying the Nine Nether Lineage, but Zhan Yun warned him that doing so could jeopardize their unfinished agreement.
• Zhan Wujiu agreed to report the matter to the second elder, while privately considering how to deal with Zhan Yun.
• News of the poison spread through Illusory Sea City, and old poison users emerged from seclusion.

Ji Wuchang visited Hundred Flowers Hall to trade the spoils from his recent killings for Supreme Weapons. Manager Jin Yan'er invited him to join a sea-gathering expedition, explaining that the destination's barrier barred Supreme Realm cultivators and that she needed someone with his strength.

• Ji Wuchang asked about selling his possessions, and a staff member brought him to meet manager Jin Yan'er.
• Ji Wuchang offered the items from the fourteen people he had killed in exchange for Supreme Weapons, and Jin Yan'er agreed to give him twelve.
• Jin Yan'er invited Ji Wuchang to join Hundred Flowers Hall's trip to gather medicinal herbs in exchange for three Supreme Weapons, then offered a fourth when he hesitated.
• Jin Yan'er explained that a natural barrier kept Supreme Realm cultivators off one island, while its eighth-rank sea demons made it too dangerous for ordinary Celestial Phenomenon Realm cultivators.
• Ji Wuchang listened to Jin Yan'er's explanation and believed most of it.

Ji Wuchang agreed to join Jin Yan'er and Zhou Junyi's voyage to find a medicinal ingredient, then reconsidered the Duandao Association's offer to make him its leader. He followed Du Weiwei to a private room at the Du Family Teahouse to learn why the association had come to Illusory Sea City.

• Jin Yan'er gave Ji Wuchang a storage ring containing practical Supreme Weapons, and he agreed to leave with her group from Hundred Flowers Hall the next morning in exchange for four more weapons as payment.
• Jin Yan'er told Zhou Junyi that they had to find a medicinal ingredient at sea to save Zhou Zongyao, whose injuries threatened his cultivation and life.
• Du Weiwei offered Ji Wuchang leadership of the Duandao Association, and he considered accepting after Thousand Poison Venerable urged him to take the group as allies.
• Ji Wuchang asked why the Duandao Association had entered Illusory Sea City, gave Du Weiwei his surname, and followed her to the Du Family Teahouse.
• Du Weiwei, Du Beibei, Yang Lujia, and Zhao Weiwang sat with Ji Wuchang in a private room, where they watched him drink spirit tea and waited to discuss his question.

Ji Wuchang learned why Du Weiwei and the Duandao Association sought his help: the Zhan Clan had destroyed their lineages and the Swift Blade Sect was threatening them. He agreed to join the association after returning from a sea voyage, while Du Weiwei and the others remained wary of his promise to deal with the Zhan Clan.

• Ji Wuchang told Du Weiwei, Du Beibei, Yang Lujia, and Zhao Weiwang that he concealed his real face, came from Heavenly Chen Academy, and would leave Illusory Sea City in half a year.
• Du Weiwei explained that the Zhan Clan had destroyed their lineages, the Zhao Family had hunted them, and the Swift Blade Sect was now targeting the Duandao Association.
• Ji Wuchang asked whether the group would leave Illusory Sea City with him and said he could ensure their safety and find someone to deal with the Zhan Clan.
• Ji Wuchang agreed to join the Duandao Association after returning from a sea voyage with Hundred Flowers Hall and left the teahouse.
• Du Weiwei told the others to keep their conversation secret and continue watching the Swift Blade Sect.
• Ji Wuchang explored Illusory Sea City, bought two damaged Supreme Weapons, and returned to his courtyard near dusk.

Ji Wuchang joined Zhou Junyi and the Hundred Flowers Hall party as they set out across the sea, despite Zhang Yuan and Bu Long objecting to his presence. After they left Illusory Sea City, the group fought off waves of sea demons and reached the open sea.

• Ji Wuchang arrived at the Hundred Flowers Hall, where Jin Yan'er gave him a storage ring containing four Supreme Weapons.
• Zhang Yuan and Bu Long challenged the decision to bring Ji Wuchang, but Zhou Junyi ended their objections and the party departed aboard a flying boat.
• Zhang Yuan and Bu Long privately resolved to arrange Ji Wuchang's death during the voyage, while Ji Wuchang sensed their malice.
• Sea demons attacked the flying boat as it left Illusory Sea City, and Zhang Yuan and Bu Long killed them with Sword Qi.
• After nearly an hour of fighting and passing through thick mist, the party reached the demon-free open sea.

Ji Wuchang joined Jin Yan'er’s team after the group reached an island in the deep sea, where they learned they would face intelligent sea demons. After Bu Cheng tried to make Ji Wuchang serve tea and threatened him, Jin Yan'er intervened; Ji Wuchang later left the island with the others, quietly marking Bu Cheng and Bu Long for death.

• Jin Yan'er explained that the group had entered the deep sea, where they could encounter intelligent sea demons above the fifth tier.
• Zhou Junyi arranged three teams to travel to separate islands, and Jin Yan'er chose Ji Wuchang for her team.
• Ji Wuchang checked in at the unnamed island and received three years of cultivation and three fortune points.
• Bu Cheng demanded that Ji Wuchang brew tea for Bu Long, but Ji Wuchang refused and shut the door in his face.
• Jin Yan'er warned Bu Cheng to behave, and Ji Wuchang suspected Bu Long had sent him to provoke trouble.
• After half a day, Ji Wuchang rejoined the group and saw Bu Cheng and Bu Long before they set out.

Ji Wuchang joined Jin Yan'er’s group on their journey to Sea Cow Island to gather Ox Bezoar Grass, including rare ten-leaf stalks. After Ji Wuchang killed a powerful sea demon with a poisoned flying needle, Jin Yan'er grew wary of his strength, and the group continued toward the island.

• Jin Yan'er told Ji Wuchang that the group was heading to Sea Cow Island to gather Ox Bezoar Grass and asked him to help obtain ten-leaf stalks guarded by eighth-rank sea cows.
• Jin Yan'er offered Ji Wuchang a Supreme Weapon for every five stalks beyond the ten he was asked to gather, and explained that ten-leaf Ox Bezoar Grass could help make soul-nourishing pills.
• A sea demon leaped from the water and pulled Qiu Yanxi toward its maw, but Chen Zhao rescued her while Jin Yan'er attacked it with a sword strike.
• Ji Wuchang shot a poisoned flying needle into the sea demon, causing its body to dissolve and its black blood to kill nearby sea life.
• Jin Yan'er realized Ji Wuchang’s poison could kill even a powerful sea demon and warned everyone to stay close as she led them onward.

Jin Yan'er led the group to Sea Cow Island at night to gather Ox Bezoar Grass, assigning Ji Wuchang to search inside the central barrier for ten-leaf plants. Ji Wuchang entered the barrier and discovered it was crowded with eighth-tier sea cows, leaving him to hunt for the rare grass amid the danger.

• Jin Yan'er assigned Zhang Mayi and Qiu Yanxi to gather eight-leaf Ox Bezoar Grass near the island's edge, while she and Chen Zhao would collect nine-leaf grass and Ji Wuchang would search for ten-leaf grass.
• The group reached Sea Cow Island at night, and Zhang Mayi and Qiu Yanxi descended safely to its outskirts before Jin Yan'er led Chen Zhao and Ji Wuchang toward the center.
• Jin Yan'er warned Ji Wuchang about the central barrier's many eighth-tier sea cows and urged him to retreat if the danger became too great.
• Ji Wuchang vanished using Threefold Space and entered the barrier, while Jin Yan'er told Chen Zhao that Ji Wuchang had killed four Swift Blade Sect experts and warned him not to provoke him.
• Inside the barrier, Ji Wuchang found far more eighth-tier sea cows than Jin Yan'er had suggested and spotted them mating as he began searching for ten-leaf Ox Bezoar Grass.

Ji Wuchang used Thousand Poison Venerable’s aphrodisiac to drive the sea cows into a frenzy, uncovering a cave full of ox bezoar grass and harvesting rare ten- and nine-leaf stalks. The chaos spread across Sea Cow Island, where Jin Yan’er stayed behind to face the charging sea cows while Ji Wuchang hurried back.

• Ji Wuchang released Thousand Poison Venerable’s aphrodisiac among the sea cows, sending them into a violent mating frenzy.
• Ji Wuchang entered an exposed cave and harvested seventy-three stalks of ten-leaf bezoar grass and one hundred and sixty-seven stalks of nine-leaf bezoar grass.
• Ji Wuchang emerged to find many sea cows gone, realized they had spread the frenzy beyond the cave, and hurried out.
• Frenzied sea cows charged across Sea Cow Island, forcing Jin Yan’er, Chen Zhao, Zhang Mayi, and Qiu Yanxi to take to the air.
• Jin Yan’er ordered Chen Zhao, Zhang Mayi, and Qiu Yanxi to leave, then raised her Supreme Weapon and slashed at the approaching sea cows.

Jin Yan'er and Ji Wuchang escaped a sea cow attack with a large haul of Ox Bezoar Grass, then traveled to Crimson Dragon Island for the next gathering mission. After Jin Yan'er explained that the Crimson Fire Lingzhi was guarded by two powerful Crimson Dragons, Ji Wuchang offered to kill the female dragon, but she warned that killing either dragon could provoke the entire clan.

• Jin Yan'er slaughtered sea cows until Ji Wuchang called for her to retreat, and the two joined Chen Zhao, Zhang Mayi, and Qiu Yanxi to escape their pursuers.
• Ji Wuchang gave Jin Yan'er eleven stalks of ten-leaf Ox Bezoar Grass and thirteen stalks of nine-leaf Ox Bezoar Grass, and she promised to reward him.
• Jin Yan'er led the group to Crimson Dragon Island and explained that the Crimson Fire Lingzhi lay at the bottom of its active volcano, guarded by a male and a female Crimson Dragon.
• Ji Wuchang proposed that he kill the female Crimson Dragon while Chen Zhao retrieved the herb, but Jin Yan'er warned that killing a dragon could trigger a sea demon assault on Illusory Sea City.
• Ji Wuchang asked Jin Yan'er to reveal her plan, suspecting it involved him.

Ji Wuchang entered Crimson Dragon Island’s volcano to retrieve crimson fire lingzhi while Thousand Poison Venerable fought the Crimson Dragon guarding it. The eruption began, but no dragon emerged to confront Jin Yan'er and Chen Zhao outside.

• Ji Wuchang agreed to infiltrate the volcano after Jin Yan'er promised him an additional Supreme Weapon.
• Ji Wuchang vanished into the void and reached the crater, where Thousand Poison Venerable sensed four Crimson Dragons below, including two young ones.
• Ji Wuchang descended into the lava, but an adult Crimson Dragon sensed him and roared.
• Ji Wuchang summoned the Heaven-Locking Coffin, and Thousand Poison Venerable clashed with the Crimson Dragon while Ji Wuchang moved into its lair.
• The battle triggered a violent lava eruption, but Jin Yan'er and Chen Zhao saw no Crimson Dragon emerge to face them.

Ji Wuchang fought the crimson dragons inside the volcano and forced the female dragon to trade five Crimson Fire Lingzhi for her two young. He collected the four largest Lingzhi and left the smallest behind as the battle with the male dragon continued above.

• The Heaven-Locking Coffin held off the male crimson dragon while Ji Wuchang confronted a second crimson dragon below.
• Ji Wuchang absorbed the dragon's flames, battered it with his techniques, and subdued it.
• Ji Wuchang seized two young crimson dragons and demanded Crimson Fire Lingzhi in exchange for their safety.
• The female crimson dragon brought him five Crimson Fire Lingzhi, and Ji Wuchang put away the four largest.

Ji Wuchang escaped Crimson Dragon Island with the crimson fire lingzhi as sea demons pursued his group across the waters. After reaching the nameless island, he used a stockpile of spirit stones to break through to the Celestial Phenomenon Realm fifth level.

• Ji Wuchang took the crimson fire lingzhi and escaped the volcanic crater while Thousand Poison Venerable returned to the Heaven-Locking Coffin.
• Jin Yan'er, Chen Zhao, and Ji Wuchang fled Crimson Dragon Island through Jin Yan'er's formation disk as the male Crimson Dragon summoned sea demons.
• Ji Wuchang's group reunited with Zhang Mayi and Qiu Yanxi, then fought through relentless sea demon attacks for seven days on the way to the nameless island.
• After arriving at the island, Jin Yan'er and the others rested and recovered, while Ji Wuchang gathered one hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones.
• Ji Wuchang broke through to the Celestial Phenomenon Realm fifth level, startling Jin Yan'er, Chen Zhao, Zhang Mayi, and Qiu Yanxi.

Jin Yan'er and the others returned to the nameless island after rescuing Zhang Yuan, Bu Long, and Bu Cheng from pursuing sea demons, but Zhou Junyi's group remained missing. As Jin Yan'er grew increasingly worried and prepared to search, Bu Cheng confronted Ji Wuchang again.

• Jin Yan'er, Chen Zhao, and Zhang Mayi charged at the sea demons pursuing Zhang Yuan, Bu Long, and Bu Cheng, then drove the attackers into the sea.
• Zhang Yuan told Jin Yan'er that Zhou Junyi and her group had been pursued by countless sea demons and had fled in another direction; Jin Yan'er sent Zhou Junyi a message but received no reply.
• Jin Yan'er slaughtered sea demons that pursued another group to the island, while Ji Wuchang worried the bloody stench would attract more.
• Eight groups arrived during the day, but Zhou Junyi still did not respond, so Jin Yan'er decided to wait through the night before searching for her.
• Bu Cheng approached Ji Wuchang, mocked his survival and cultivation breakthrough, and ordered him to gather dry branches for a fire.

Ji Wuchang killed Bu Cheng and Bu Long after Bu Cheng provoked him and Bu Long attacked, revealing a power that terrified the onlookers. Jin Yan'er arrived to find Bu Long's Primordial Spirit skewered on Ji Wuchang's iron chain and asked what had happened.

• Bu Cheng ordered Ji Wuchang to gather branches, and Ji Wuchang seized him, smashed his head against a boulder, and tore off his arm.
• Bu Long attacked Ji Wuchang with his Heart-Crushing Palm, and Ji Wuchang used Bu Cheng to take the strike, killing him.
• Ji Wuchang struck Bu Long's heart and soul, pierced his throat with an iron chain, and destroyed his head while taking his storage ring.
• Jin Yan'er arrived as Ji Wuchang held Bu Long's screaming Primordial Spirit on the chain and asked what had happened.
• Zhang Yuan realized Bu Long's fate could have been his own and nearly collapsed in fear.

After killing Bu Long, Ji Wuchang learned that sea demons had surrounded Nameless Island and warned Jin Yan'er before leaving. Jin Yan'er tried to gather the cultivators to escape, but Zhang Yuan resisted, exposing a rift among the Hundred Flowers Hall group.

• A cultivator told Jin Yan'er that Bu Cheng had threatened Ji Wuchang, who had killed Bu Long and torn off his arm; Jin Yan'er left without pleading for mercy.
• Ji Wuchang took Bu Long's Primordial Spirit and sent it into the Myriad Souls Banner Auxiliary Banner, while Zhang Yuan feared his secret would be exposed.
• Thousand Poison Venerable and Ji Yaoyao warned Ji Wuchang that sea demons had surrounded the island and a larger attack was coming.
• Ji Wuchang told Jin Yan'er to leave quickly and keep the sea demons' presence secret, then departed.
• Jin Yan'er gathered Zhang Yuan, Chen Zhao, Zhang Mayi, and Qiu Yanxi, claiming the young lady needed rescuing, but Zhang Yuan refused to leave at night.

Jin Yan'er escaped Nameless Island with Chen Zhao, Zhang Mayi, and Qiu Yanxi just before sea demons overwhelmed its defenses, while Zhang Yuan was left behind. After Ji Wuchang saved the fleeing group, he agreed to search for the missing Zhou Junyi and accepted Jin Yan'er's payment and voice transmission stone.

• Chen Zhao, Zhang Mayi, and Qiu Yanxi chose to follow Jin Yan'er, who left Nameless Island with them while Zhang Yuan stayed behind.
• Sea demons surrounded Nameless Island, broke through its defensive barrier, and flooded onto the island as Zhang Yuan realized he had lost his chance to escape.
• Ji Wuchang destroyed two Supreme Weapons and used flying needles to kill three eighth-rank sea demons pursuing Jin Yan'er and her companions.
• Jin Yan'er offered Ji Wuchang ten Supreme Weapons and a voice transmission stone to ask him to rescue Zhou Junyi, who was trapped on an island.
• Ji Wuchang agreed to find Zhou Junyi and departed, while Jin Yan'er and the others headed back toward Illusory Sea City.

After the destruction of Nameless Island, Ji Wuchang searched for a hidden island protected by a powerful barrier and studied its runes until he found a way inside. He entered through a fleeting flaw, while Zhen Xian watched from outside and wondered how he had done it.

• Ji Wuchang left the ruins of Nameless Island and cautiously traveled through waters where sea demons hunted human cultivators.
• Ji Yaoyao sensed that the hidden island lay beneath the sea, and Ji Wuchang found its powerful barrier after searching the area.
• Ji Wuchang examined the barrier's runes for hours, hiding whenever cultivators approached.
• Zhen Xian and Xiao Xueguang watched Ji Wuchang, and Xiao Xueguang departed after agreeing to leave him in Zhen Xian's care.
• Ji Wuchang spotted a brief gap between overlapping runes and slipped through the barrier without activating it.
• Zhen Xian used Time Reversal to confirm that Ji Wuchang had entered, then failed to find a safe way through himself.

Ji Wuchang explored a blood-red sealed realm and learned from Thousand Poison Venerable that it might be the site of a powerful Nine Nether Lineage figure’s fall. He encountered Liu Feng possessed by a remnant and began fighting him, but the remnant’s brow mark absorbed Ji Wuchang’s Soul Annihilation Spikes.

• Ji Wuchang entered the blood-rain realm, and Thousand Poison Venerable warned him that the place felt dangerous.
• Thousand Poison Venerable identified a giant skeleton as belonging to the Giant Clan of the Nine Nether Lineage and explained that the realm might hold a terrifying figure.
• Ji Wuchang found Liu Feng beneath a stone statue and realized that a remnant had possessed his body.
• The possessed Liu Feng attacked Ji Wuchang with hair that cut through the void, and Ji Wuchang countered with Ice and Fire Samsara Palm.
• Ji Wuchang launched three Soul Annihilation Spikes, but the mark on Liu Feng’s brow absorbed them.

Ji Wuchang battled Liu Feng, a remnant of the Nine Nether Lineage who revealed his Six-Armed Clan powers and struck back with strange abilities. Ji Wuchang became trapped in Liu Feng’s Dark Night Cage, where even his spatial power failed.

• Ji Wuchang dodged Liu Feng’s red eye beams and struck him with the Battle Dragon Heaven-Overturning Seal, but Liu Feng’s armor kept him from being seriously hurt.
• Liu Feng revealed his connection to the Nine Nether Lineage, donned deep-blue armor, and grew extra arms wielding four Supreme Weapons.
• Ji Wuchang used Grinding the Five Elements to injure Liu Feng and Heaven-Treading Steps to smash his Dharma Aspect, but Liu Feng escaped as blue smoke.
• Liu Feng grew two more bizarre arms and trapped Ji Wuchang in a Dark Night Cage, then sent red iron chains rushing toward him.
• Ji Wuchang tried to escape with spatial power, but the cage forced him to reappear inside it.