Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan brought the ship safely to Coiled Serpent Island with the Thorn Sea Lion, stunning the islanders with his strength. As he headed toward the Dragon Marsh Workshop’s headquarters, he asked two deacons about North Sea Academy and learned of the Three Giants of the North Sea.

• The Thorn Sea Lion brought the ship to Coiled Serpent Island, where islanders recognized Deacons Qian and Zhou and heard how Xiao Yan had subdued the beast.
• Xiao Yan paid the Thorn Sea Lion two fourth-tier pills, and it swallowed them before disappearing into the sea.
• Xiao Yan walked through Coiled Serpent Island toward the Dragon Marsh Workshop headquarters as a crowd followed him.
• Xiao Yan asked Deacons Qian and Zhou where North Sea Academy was, and they offered to explain the academy before asking if he had heard of the Three Giants of the North Sea.

Xiao Yan learned about the Three Giants of the North Sea and set out to continue his journey to North Sea Academy after Dragon Marsh Workshop stopped at Coiled Serpent Island. A warning bell rang, and Deacon Qian revealed that a Sea Flood Dragon Clan warrior selection was about to bring a deadly beast tide to the island.

• Deacon Qian and Deacon Zhou told Xiao Yan that North Sea Academy, the Sea Shark Clan, and the Sea Flood Dragon Clan were the Three Giants of the North Sea.
• Deacon Qian explained that Dragon Marsh Workshop would go no farther into the dangerous waters and gave Xiao Yan a map of the North Sea.
• Xiao Yan accepted the map, thanked the two deacons, and prepared to continue the voyage alone.
• Bells rang from Coiled Serpent Island, and experts above Dou Di rushed into the sky as the island's inhabitants reacted to the alarm.
• Deacon Qian told Xiao Yan that the Sea Flood Dragon Clan's warriors were coming to the island for a brutal selection that required each candidate to kill ten Dou Di-level experts.

The Sea Flood Dragon Clan arrived at Coiled Serpent Island for the beast tide, and Commander Xue confronted Wang Zhiyuan before ordering the clan to attack. As the battle began, Xiao Yan stayed on the ground and was suddenly targeted by a Sea Flood Dragon clansman.

• A massive force of Sea Flood Dragon clansmen gathered above Coiled Serpent Island, where their bloodthirsty stares unsettled the human experts.
• Wang Zhiyuan and Commander Xue revealed their Origin Transformation Realm strength and exchanged taunts about their cultivation and rivalry.
• Commander Xue announced that the Sea Flood Dragon clansmen had to kill ten human Dou Di to compete for one of a hundred places in the Abyss Hall.
• The Sea Flood Dragon clansmen charged the island as its human defenders rose to meet them, while Xiao Yan remained below with his companions.
• After Xiao Yan's companions left to fight, a Sea Flood Dragon clansman appeared before him and clawed at his throat.

Xiao Yan used his Heavenly Flame to freeze the Sea Tribe forces attacking Coiled Serpent Island, ending the battle and forcing Commander Xue to retreat. He left Commander Xue with the frozen and unconscious Sea Tribe members before the commander departed in disgrace.

• Xiao Yan defeated a Sea Flood Dragon Clan expert and knocked down more Sea Tribe fighters, but saw their army overwhelm the island and threaten the human experts.
• Xiao Yan spread Bone White Flame across the battlefield, freezing nearly half the Sea Flood Dragon Clan experts and driving the others away from the island.
• Commander Xue urged his clan members to attack Xiao Yan, but the Sea Tribe fighters who charged were frozen too, and the rest refused to advance.
• Wang Zhiyuan blocked Commander Xue and stopped him from attacking Xiao Yan, then held him off until Commander Xue gave up the selection and ordered his forces to withdraw.
• Xiao Yan sent the frozen and unconscious Sea Tribe members toward Commander Xue, who freed and gathered them before leaving for the North Sea.

Xiao Yan drove Commander Xue and the Sea Tribe away from Coiled Serpent Island, then set out across the North Sea toward North Sea Academy. After three days lost in the open ocean, he was ambushed by four Sea Flood Dragon Clan experts, whom he faced with excitement.

• Xiao Yan watched Commander Xue retreat and received cheers from the people of Coiled Serpent Island.
• Wang Zhiyuan thanked Xiao Yan for protecting the island, and Xiao Yan soon departed for the depths of the North Sea.
• Wang Zhiyuan detected Sea Flood Dragon Clan members waiting for Xiao Yan near Coiled Serpent Island after he had already left.
• Xiao Yan traveled north for three days but struggled to navigate the empty sea using Deacon Qian's map.
• Four Sea Flood Dragon Clan experts emerged from the sea, surrounded Xiao Yan, and drew an excited reaction from him.

Xiao Yan forced four Sea Flood Dragon Clan members to guide him toward North Sea Academy, then encountered four academy women being pursued by five men from the clan. After learning the women belonged to the academy, he turned back and offered to take them with him.

• Four Sea Flood Dragon Clan members tried to rob Xiao Yan, but he subdued them and made them agree to lead him to North Sea Academy.
• The four men betrayed Xiao Yan, so he defeated them with his afterimage technique and Heaven-Spanning Hand, then forced them to cooperate.
• After half a month of travel, Xiao Yan's group approached a battle between five Sea Flood Dragon Clan men and four badly injured human women.
• The women’s leader asked Xiao Yan for help, while the pursuing men threatened them and dismissed their warning that North Sea Academy would retaliate.
• Xiao Yan asked whether the women belonged to North Sea Academy, then invited them to come with him.

Xiao Yan rescued four women from five Sea Flood Dragon Clan experts and killed their attackers. The women were left stunned by his strength.

• The beautiful woman led the three young women toward Xiao Yan as the Sea Tribe experts tried to seize them.
• Xiao Yan appeared before the women, struck the five attackers with his Heavy Xuan Ruler, and drove them back.
• The four seven-star Dou Di withdrew, revealing that they regarded themselves as Xiao Yan’s captives.
• Xiao Yan gave the four women medicinal pills, then evaded the five experts’ attacks and knocked four of them away.
• Xiao Yan killed the remaining six-star Dou Di with a flick to the forehead, leaving the four women shocked.

After saving Liu Xuan and three North Sea Academy students from five Dou Di experts, Xiao Yan traveled with them toward the academy to find Hai Mochen. He learned that Hai Mochen was rarely seen and that Shui Miao, the academy’s foremost student, might know where to find him.

• Xiao Yan stabilized Liu Xuan and the three young women with pills after defeating five Dou Di experts.
• Liu Xuan thanked Xiao Yan and offered to guide him to North Sea Academy, while Xiao Yan dismissed the four Sea Clan members who had accompanied him.
• Xiao Yan traveled with Liu Xuan and asked whether Hai Mochen was at the academy.
• Liu Xuan said Hai Mochen was seldom seen and suggested Xiao Yan seek Shui Miao, the only student known to have met the academy head in the past ten years.
• Xiao Yan decided that he would meet Shui Miao.

Xiao Yan reached North Sea Academy, where Hai Mochen had been waiting a thousand years for his arrival. After Xiao Yan found a statue of the Tou She Ancient God on the summit, an academy member ordered him to leave the restricted area.

• Xiao Yan and his companions arrived at North Sea Academy's island after a week at sea.
• Hai Mochen told the black-robed elder that he had waited a thousand years and that the person he awaited had arrived.
• Hai Mochen and the black-robed elder recognized the Bone Spirit Cold Flame in Xiao Yan and discussed whether he would prove strong enough to recruit Hai Mochen.
• Liu Xuan guided Xiao Yan to the summit, where he recognized a statue of the Tou She Ancient God like the one in Gu You's mountain cave.
• A middle-aged man approached Xiao Yan and Liu Xuan and told them to leave the academy's restricted area.

Xiao Yan sought Hai Mochen at North Sea Academy, but Deacon Wu admitted that even the academy’s elders did not know where the head was. A student named Shui Miao appeared and confirmed he was the academy’s foremost person.

• Deacon Wu arrived after Liu Xuan explained what had happened at sea and offered to help Xiao Yan find his old acquaintance.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he was looking for Hai Mochen, the head of North Sea Academy, leaving Deacon Wu and Liu Xuan stunned.
• Deacon Wu explained that Hai Mochen was so elusive that even academy elders did not know where he was.
• Xiao Yan told Deacon Wu that he was the disciple of one of Hai Mochen’s old acquaintances, Gu You.
• A student descended into the square, and Xiao Yan asked whether he was Shui Miao, the foremost person at North Sea Academy.
• Shui Miao confirmed that he was.

Xiao Yan arrived at North Sea Academy seeking its dean, Hai Mochen, and drew the attention of the students and elders when he faced the celebrated Shui Miao. Shui Miao challenged him to a contest, and the two prepared to fight in the academy square.

• Shui Miao emerged from years of seclusion, drawing a crowd and the attention of the academy elders, who also noticed Xiao Yan’s unusual black robe.
• Xiao Yan told Shui Miao he had come to find Hai Mochen, but Shui Miao said Xiao Yan would have to defeat him first.
• Xiao Yan suspected Hai Mochen was watching from the top of the academy’s great statue, and Shui Miao’s reaction confirmed it.
• Hai Mochen and a black-robed figure watched from the statue’s summit as Shui Miao challenged Xiao Yan to defeat him within a hundred exchanges or leave the academy forever.
• Xiao Yan accepted, and the instructors cleared the square as Shui Miao and Xiao Yan introduced themselves before their contest.

Xiao Yan challenged Shui Miao to a fight to earn an audience with the dean, and the two clashed in the academy square. Their first exchanges showed Xiao Yan was far stronger than his apparent Seven-Star Dou Di cultivation suggested, and the fight continued.

• Shui Miao revealed his Half-Step Origin Transformation Realm strength and challenged Xiao Yan to defeat him within a hundred exchanges to see the dean.
• Xiao Yan displayed a Seven-Star Dou Di presence, drawing ridicule from the students while Liu Xuan, Shui Miao, and the elders remained cautious.
• Xiao Yan and Shui Miao charged at each other and their first punch shattered the square.
• Shui Miao attacked with water-attribute Dou Qi, and Xiao Yan met him with bone-white flames; their collision forced the instructors to raise barriers against the shockwave.
• Xiao Yan and Shui Miao acknowledged each other's strength, then Shui Miao prepared to continue fighting.

Xiao Yan and Shui Miao battled across the academy square, trading powerful weapon techniques as Shui Miao tested Xiao Yan’s ability to win within a hundred exchanges. After Shui Miao’s spear point appeared beneath Xiao Yan’s descending ruler, their next clash remained unresolved.

• Shui Miao formed water armor, summoned his ink-black spear, and unleashed a massive wave with his Furious Whale Tsunami technique.
• Xiao Yan used the first strike of his Sevenfold Heaven-Breaking Ruler to meet Shui Miao’s wave, and their collision shook the square.
• Xiao Yan and Shui Miao exchanged rapid weapon blows, and Xiao Yan’s strength forced Shui Miao backward and injured his hands.
• Shui Miao launched his Whale-Jiao Manifestation technique, concealing his spear point inside a ferocious beast phantom.
• Xiao Yan used his Spiritual Strength to detect Shui Miao’s hidden attack and struck down, but the spear point suddenly appeared beneath his ruler.

Xiao Yan defeated Shui Miao with his formidable physical strength and revealed purple-gold scales that drew the black-robed elder’s attention. Shui Miao then rose from the crater and summoned nine curtains of water, preparing to show his true power.

• Xiao Yan countered Shui Miao’s spear attacks, and Shui Miao knocked the Heavy Xuan Ruler from his hands.
• Shui Miao tore Xiao Yan’s robe with a claw strike, but purple-gold scales protected Xiao Yan’s chest.
• Xiao Yan used the Strength Elephant Art to punch Shui Miao through his spear and send him crashing into a crater.
• The spectators and academy elders watched in shock as Xiao Yan appeared to defeat North Sea Academy’s top student before half of their hundred exchanges.
• Shui Miao emerged from the crater, formed nine curtains of water around himself, and drew Xiao Yan’s interest in his Great Dao of Water.

Shui Miao challenged Xiao Yan to a contest of the Power of the Great Dao, revealing his mastery of the Great Dao of Water and Great Dao Form Condensation. Xiao Yan revealed the Great Dao of the Void and condensed ten curtains, leaving Shui Miao unsettled as he prepared to attack again.

• Shui Miao condensed nine water curtains and formed them into a spear using Great Dao Form Condensation.
• Shui Miao invited Xiao Yan to decide the victor with the Power of the Great Dao.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he had mastered the Great Dao of the Void, astonishing the students and academy elders.
• Xiao Yan condensed ten curtains, surpassing Shui Miao’s nine.
• Shui Miao wondered whether Xiao Yan came from a prominent family, then raised his spear and demanded that they continue.

Xiao Yan fought Shui Miao, whose Great Dao of Water let him rapidly restore his spear and unleash nine giant sea beasts. Xiao Yan ultimately revealed that his apparent defeat was an illusion and stopped Shui Miao with a steel needle embodying the Great Dao, forcing Shui Miao to concede.

• Xiao Yan formed a barrier from pure physical strength, startling Shui Miao, who attacked him with the Whale-Skimming Spear.
• Shui Miao explained that weapons formed from the Great Dao could quickly replenish themselves, while Xiao Yan dodged his subsequent attacks with the Heavenly Severing Steps.
• Shui Miao used Raging Sea Whale Wyrm and Water Moon and Mirror Flower to send nine giant sea beasts at Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan’s Great Dao of the Void absorbed and diverted much of the assault.
• Shui Miao struck Xiao Yan from behind with Whale-Skimming Spear, Swallow Return, piercing his chest as the crowd thought Xiao Yan had been defeated.
• Xiao Yan’s apparent body disappeared, and a pitch-black steel needle appeared between Shui Miao’s brows, revealing his Great Dao in tangible form.
• Shui Miao recognized the needle’s power and admitted defeat.

Xiao Yan defeated Shui Miao, whose real name was Chen, in their battle at North Sea Academy. Chen revealed that reaching the top of the hundred stone steps was the next test to meet Hai Mochen, and Xiao Yan prepared to climb them.

• Xiao Yan used the Great Dao of the Void to evade Shui Miao's attack, then appeared before him and forced him to admit defeat.
• The academy elders and Hai Mochen were impressed by Xiao Yan's strength, and Xiao Yan withdrew the steel needle from between Shui Miao's brows.
• Shui Miao told Xiao Yan that his real name was Chen and vowed to challenge him again after becoming stronger.
• Chen explained that Xiao Yan had to climb the hundred stone steps around the statue to see the dean.
• Chen followed Xiao Yan to the stone steps, saying he wanted to test how far he could climb after once reaching the fifty-fourth step as a Five-Star Dou Di.

Xiao Yan and Shui Miao raced up the hundred stone platforms, but Shui Miao ran out of strength near the eightieth level and Xiao Yan saved him. Xiao Yan continued alone and reached the ninety-ninth platform, where he saw Hai Mochen and another figure at the pavilion above.

• Xiao Yan and Shui Miao climbed the platforms at nearly equal speed until Shui Miao began to fall behind after the fiftieth level.
• Shui Miao pushed himself to the limit, but lost control and began falling just before reaching the eighty-first level.
• Xiao Yan caught Shui Miao and brought him to the eighty-third level, then gave him a jade bottle of fourth-tier pills to recover his Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan used his Spiritual Strength and remaining Dou Qi and physical strength to resume climbing, while Shui Miao realized Xiao Yan might possess fourth-tier Soul Power.
• Xiao Yan reached the ninety-ninth platform and saw Hai Mochen and another figure standing at the pavilion above.

Xiao Yan met Hai Mochen and the black-robed Hai Zhantian, learning that Hai Zhantian was the Sea Shark Clan's ancestor and the strongest person in the ocean. Hai Mochen then turned serious and prepared to discuss his matter with Xiao Yan, while Hai Zhantian left the pavilion to give them privacy.

• Hai Mochen praised Xiao Yan's Late Seven Star Dou Di cultivation and suspected he still had hidden trump cards.
• Hai Zhantian complimented Xiao Yan's physique and skill in materializing physical strength.
• Hai Mochen introduced Hai Zhantian as the Sea Shark Clan's ancestor and the ocean's strongest person.
• Hai Zhantian jokingly offered to take Xiao Yan as his master and protect him in the North Sea.
• Hai Mochen began to speak with Xiao Yan about their matter, and Hai Zhantian stepped outside the pavilion.

Xiao Yan received Hai Mochen’s portion of the Flame Mantra, and Hai Mochen prepared to leave North Sea Academy. Their plans were interrupted when a crisis struck the Undersea Void Realm, and an unknown figure appeared, claiming there was no need to search for a Fifth-Tier Formation Master.

• Hai Mochen gave Xiao Yan his portion of the Flame Mantra and placed it in Xiao Yan’s body for him to refine later.
• Hai Mochen told Xiao Yan that his Flame Mantra was only at Human Class High Level and urged him to build his strength through steady effort rather than relying on luck.
• Hai Mochen announced that he intended to leave North Sea Academy, and Hai Zhantian said he would return to his clan.
• Hai Zhantian received a message showing the Undersea Void Realm’s underwater vortex behaving abnormally and realized something had gone wrong.
• Hai Zhantian learned that the academy’s formation masters could not handle the natural formation without a Fifth-Tier Formation Master.
• An illusory figure appeared beside Xiao Yan and said they did not need to search for a Fifth-Tier Formation Master.