Chapter Summaries

Xu Long killed He Ning and learned from the Kui Ox’s memories that Immortal Rosy Cloud Ridge disciples were gathering at a seabed site rich in spiritual essences and aquatic beasts. After surviving the Kui Ox’s self-destruction and securing the Sweet Dew Grass, Xu Long followed the armadillo toward the site, while a blue-robed cultivator noticed two jade tokens had shattered.

• Xu Long escaped the Kui Ox’s attacks, sealed the beast in place, and used his sword light to kill He Ning.
• Xu Long searched the Kui Ox’s memories and learned He Ning’s identity, the location of a gathering site, and that Immortal Rosy Cloud Ridge disciples planned to compete there with Luo River Valley disciples.
• The Kui Ox dissolved itself after He Ning’s death, dispersing its body and Inner Core; Xu Long survived the blast and kept He Ning’s copper ring.
• Xu Long drove the armadillo away from the Sweet Dew Grass, fed it Spirit Stones, and had it dig up the plant’s roots.
• Xu Long stored the Sweet Dew Grass in his Celestial Phenomenon and followed the armadillo toward the site from the Kui Ox’s memories.
• A blue-robed cultivator saw two jade tokens shatter as he traveled toward an abyssal trench.

Xu Long traveled through the Vast Sea, gathering spiritual essences with the armadillo while searching for the Immortal Rosy Cloud Ridge cultivators. When the armadillo led him to a treasure guarded by a powerful beast, Xu Long sensed energy resembling that from the True Lord's Thousand-Jun Tower and Yun Hong's talismans.

• Fellow Daoist Cao and Fellow Daoist Tan followed the inheritance item's trail to a trench, then descended into it to search for the Immortal Rosy Cloud Ridge cultivators' secret place.
• Xu Long and the armadillo lured aquatic vicious beasts away from their lairs so Xu Long could steal their spiritual essences, and Xu Long paid the battered armadillo with Spirit Stones.
• The armadillo detected a powerful treasure nearby and hurried toward its lair despite Xu Long's doubts about the beast guarding it.
• Xu Long followed the armadillo to a large lair near converging spirit veins and waited outside while linking his will to it.
• Xu Long sensed the treasure's unusual energy and recognized a resemblance to the energy beneath the True Lord's Thousand-Jun Tower and on Yun Hong's talismans.

Xu Long discovered that the energy beneath the Vast Sea came from the archaic era and was connected to the Vast Sea Dragon King. He absorbed the energy through his Celestial Phenomenon and began breaking through, while the ferocious beast that guarded the nest threatened to return.

• Xu Long confirmed that the energy in the Vast Sea was ancient residual energy and suspected that the Vast Sea Dragon King had preserved it through the great calamity.
• Xu Long entered the nest and found a main spirit vein beneath a valley where a ferocious beast had guarded natural spirit essences.
• Xu Long used his Milky Way Celestial Phenomenon and Nebula to draw the archaic energy from the main vein and refine it into spiritual energy and Magic Power.
• As the armadillo sensed the returning ferocious beast, Xu Long sat beneath his Celestial Phenomenon and attempted to break through to the Late Earth Immortal realm.
• The valley collapsed as Xu Long absorbed the vein’s energy, revealing a vast network of branches that nourished life throughout the Vast Sea.
• Xu Long felt his dantian’s energies begin to close in around each other, but realized that heaven and earth had reinforced his threshold for advancing realms.

Xu Long broke through to the Late Earth Immortal realm inside the seabed lair, but forcing open his channels left his Magic Power out of control as the high-level ferocious beast returned. With the beast attacking, Xu Long struck it with a star-flecked spell seal, wounding its head and tearing the membrane between its scales.

• Xu Long redirected his Magic Power into his dantian, opened blocked meridians, and broke through to the Late Earth Immortal realm.
• Xu Long received the armadillo’s warning that the high-level ferocious beast was returning, and sent the armadillo outside to delay it.
• The armadillo lured the ferocious beast away from the lair, but the beast realized the trick and pursued it back toward Xu Long.
• Xu Long forced Magic Power through his narrow channels until it began circulating out of control, causing him severe pain as he prepared a spell seal.
• The ferocious beast plunged into the lair, and Xu Long unleashed his star-flecked spell seal against it.
• The spell seal struck the beast’s head, tearing its protective membrane and leaving its flesh bloodied.

A furious Tuolong attacked Xu Long after discovering that he had drained and unearthed the spirit vein in its lair, the treasure land it needed to become a Beast King. Xu Long evaded its waterspout and blows, but the Tuolong cornered him and began to swallow him.

• The Tuolong saw that Xu Long had drained its spirit vein and charged down at him in a waterspout.
• Xu Long recognized the beast as a powerful terrestrial Tuolong and broke the weakened branch vein, dropping into the silt to evade the waterspout.
• The Tuolong realized Xu Long had destroyed the vein completely, then chased him through the seabed and battered his barrier walls.
• The Tuolong blocked Xu Long's escape with its waterspout and opened its funnel-like jaws to swallow him.
• The Tuolong's closing mouth reached Xu Long's barely discernible barrier wall.

Xu Long escaped the Tuolong’s maw and stabilized his cultivation during their battle, then crippled its tail with a magical seal while draining the energy from its territory’s main vein. He fled beyond the Tuolong’s territory as the enraged beast realized its treasured cultivation ground was ruined and began searching for him.

• Xu Long summoned his Dharma Body to force open the Tuolong’s maw, escaped, and stabilized his magic power at the Late Earth Immortal realm.
• Xu Long dodged the Tuolong’s tail and waterspout, then detonated his magical seal inside the waterspout and mangled the beast’s tail.
• The Tuolong discovered that Xu Long had drained the energy from its main vein and flew into a rage.
• Xu Long escaped beyond the Tuolong’s territory, planning to obtain a high-level ferocious beast’s Inner Core and advance toward the Heavenly Immortal realm.

Xu Long escaped the Tuolong and reached a vast, vegetation-filled mountain range beneath the sea, where he searched for the Immortal Rosy Cloud Ridge gathering place and pondered the Vast Sea’s origins. Meanwhile, the Immortal Rosy Cloud Ridge cultivators entered the mountains without He Ning, hoping to claim a thousand-year-old natural spiritual essence before the Luo River Valley cultivators or the local beasts could stop them.

• Xu Long reunited with the armadillo outside the Tuolong’s territory and hurried toward the gathering place, unaware that a trace of corrupt energy drifted behind him.
• Xu Long discovered an immense underwater mountain range filled with landlike vegetation and dense spiritual energy, and suspected that the Vast Sea had been deliberately created.
• Xu Long concealed his aura and sent the armadillo ahead to search for the Immortal Rosy Cloud Ridge cultivators as they moved deeper into the mountains.
• The Immortal Rosy Cloud Ridge cultivators discussed He Ning’s failure to arrive and decided to proceed without the Kui Ox’s help suppressing the low-level vicious beasts.
• Senior Brother Li and the other cultivators followed their companion beasts toward the fragrance of a precious spiritual essence, risking the attention of the high-level beasts and the Beast King.

Luo Ning's group entered the waters in search of the maturing spirit essence, despite the danger posed by its powerful beasts. The Tuolong also followed the spirit essence's scent into King Yuanyuan's territory, hoping to advance and kill Xu Long.

• Luo Yin defied Luo Ning and entered the waters with two other Luo River Valley cultivators before Luo Huayu arrived.
• Luo Huayu ordered the remaining disciples into the waters, then followed them after preparing her magic power.
• The high-level ferocious beasts awakened and surged toward the spirit essence as the outside cultivators entered their territory.
• The Beast King watched the turmoil from the depths but remained hidden and did not intervene.
• The Tuolong tracked Xu Long to King Yuanyuan's territory, sensed the spirit essence had matured, and entered the waters to seize it and kill Xu Long.

Xu Long discovered that Immortal Rosy Cloud Ridge cultivators were fighting three half-step Golden Immortal beasts over an immortal ginseng that could help a Mystic Immortal reach the Golden Immortal realm. He suspected the blue-robed cultivator knew where He Huaibao had gone to pursue the inheritance, so he headed toward the mountain and detected a Luo River Valley cultivator nearby.

• Xu Long followed traces of battle and Immortal Rosy Cloud Ridge aura through the waters, then realized the armadillo had fled ahead toward danger.
• Xu Long found a mountain where the fragrance of an immortal ginseng drew schools of fish and saw three high-level beasts confronting five Immortal Rosy Cloud Ridge cultivators.
• Senior Brother He proposed that he and Junior Brother Li enter the mountain to retrieve the immortal ginseng while the other three held off the beasts.
• The three remaining cultivators and their companion beasts began fighting the beasts as Senior Brother He and Junior Brother Li went up the mountain.
• Xu Long concluded the blue-robed cultivator might know where He Huaibao had gone to seek the inheritance, and he headed toward the mountain.
• As Xu Long approached the mountain, he sensed the aura of a Luo River Valley cultivator.

Xu Long forced his way through a battle between Immortal Rosy Cloud Ridge cultivators and aquatic vicious beasts, determined to reach the mountains and find the blue-robed cultivator. He broke through their defenses at great cost, leaving the cultivators and beasts behind as he disappeared into the mountains.

• Xu Long decided to hurry through the battle and reach the mountains to find the blue-robed cultivator and learn about He Huaibao.
• Xu Long used his sword to repel a vicious beast’s whip-tail strike, then blasted aside another beast blocking his path with a starlit spell seal.
• Xu Long unleashed waves of sword qi against the cultivators and beasts, piercing a spell seal and forcing his way through the passage.
• An Immortal Rosy Cloud Ridge cultivator detonated his pierced spell seal, but Xu Long endured the blast and slashed through the figures before him.
• Xu Long took several blows to the back and nearly vomited blood, but used their force to shoot into the mountains; a companion vicious beast lay dead, and the blue-robed cultivator spat blood as his aura weakened.

Xu Long recovered from his injuries on the mountainside while the Luo River Valley cultivators fought their way toward the Immortal Ginseng. Luo Huayu learned that Luo Yin’s group had run into disaster, while He Huaiying prepared to confront her and protect the still-maturing treasure.

• Xu Long discovered the Tuolong’s rotten aura still clung inside his chest, then used his Celestial Phenomenon and Spirit Stones to replenish his Magic Power despite damaged meridians.
• Luo Yin tried to persuade his two junior brothers to hold off the vicious beasts, then fled and left them surrounded as the beasts pursued him.
• Luo Ning’s life tablet for one of the separated cultivators shattered, and Luo Huayu warned her group not to split up before racing ahead alone.
• Cyan smoke followed the Luo River Valley cultivators as Senior Brother He sent Junior Brother Li to guard the Immortal Ginseng and went to confront Luo Huayu.
• He Huaiying revealed his identity and prepared to hold off the Luo River Valley disciples, while Luo Huayu reached the mountain and found Luo Yin’s group missing.

Luo Huayu fought He Huaiying and the Green-Headed Catfish for the immortal ginseng as vicious beasts surrounded the cultivators. Xu Long recovered and raced toward the battle, while Luo Huayu became trapped in the catfish’s black water beneath the long-armed ape’s descending attack.

• Luo Ning tried to rescue Luo Yin from the Green-Headed Catfish’s black water, but Luo Huayu warned him that Luo Yin was already dead.
• Luo Huayu crossed the mountains on her red silk toward the immortal ginseng, then turned back when she sensed danger and discovered He Huaiying and his long-armed ape lying in ambush.
• He Huaiying sent the long-armed ape to attack Luo Huayu while the Green-Headed Catfish waited to exploit their fight; more vicious beasts gathered and surrounded the cultivators.
• Xu Long cleared his blocked meridians, spotted the blue-robed cultivator near the immortal ginseng, and sped toward the battle.
• The Green-Headed Catfish trapped Luo Huayu in its black water, and He Huaiying ordered the long-armed ape to bring its fists down on her.

Luo Huayu escaped the gibbon’s strike as Yun Peng confronted He Huaiying over their longstanding feud, while a beast tide forced the Luo Water disciples to retreat. Xu Long found the five-leafed spirit essence and attacked Junior Brother Li, but his blast drew the enraged Beast King’s attention.

• The green-headed catfish withdrew its Blackwater after an unseen attack, allowing Luo Huayu to escape the gibbon’s blow.
• Yun Peng emerged from green mist and confronted He Huaiying, who revealed his grudge against Yun Peng’s senior brother; the two began fighting.
• As the vicious beasts surged through the mountains, Luo Huayu received Luo Ning’s report that more than half the Luo Water disciples had fallen and told him to retreat into the mountains.
• Xu Long traced the spirit essence’s fragrance to a five-leafed plant and spotted Junior Brother Li guarding it.
• Xu Long attacked Junior Brother Li with an expanding magic seal, shattering his protection and blasting him away from the plant.
• A towering, ox-shaped Beast King appeared before Xu Long after the explosion and roared in anger.

Xu Long fought Junior Brother Li and the Tiger-Si while tracking the elusive Immortal Ginseng. He trapped the mountainside inside his Celestial Phenomenon and opened the Earth Eye, revealing the spirit essence’s tiny humanoid form beneath the earth.

• Xu Long wounded the Tiger-Si and spotted the Five-Leaf Spirit Essence hiding behind Junior Brother Li, then struck Junior Brother Li’s dharma seal with his sword light.
• The Tiger-Si protected Junior Brother Li from Xu Long’s returning sword, but Xu Long advanced with his Dharma Body and overcame Junior Brother Li’s copper ring and explosive dharma seal.
• Xu Long unleashed his Celestial Phenomenon to capture the hillside, while Junior Brother Li expected the Immortal Ginseng to escape and planned to pursue it.
• Xu Long tracked the Immortal Ginseng’s roots with his Indestructible Will and drew the entire mountainside into his Celestial Phenomenon.
• Xu Long activated the Earth Eye, whose heavenly might stopped the fleeing spirit essence and revealed its tiny humanoid figure beneath the earth.

Xu Long captured the Immortal Ginseng by pulling it and the hillside into his Celestial Phenomenon, despite its pleas for King Yuanyuan to save it. He faced He Huaiying and Junior Brother Li as a beast tide gathered, and the chapter ended with their sides launching lethal attacks.

• Xu Long used Earth Eye to find and pin down the Immortal Ginseng, which explained that King Yuanyuan had cared for it and that it had only recently awakened its intelligence.
• Xu Long pulled the Immortal Ginseng and the hillside into his Celestial Phenomenon, leaving its roots in a vast pit, while Junior Brother Li watched in fury.
• Junior Brother Li summoned He Huaiying, who arrived with his long-armed ape as Yun Peng appeared and blocked the Green-Headed Catfish from attacking Xu Long.
• He Huaiying and Junior Brother Li joined forces against Xu Long, while Yun Peng warned him that He Huaiying had caused Yun Kun's fall.
• He Huaiying resolved to kill Xu Long, and he and Junior Brother Li unleashed their strongest attacks as King Yuanyuan stirred the beast tide.

Xu Long killed Junior Brother Li and his Tiger-Si with a sword strike empowered by the Power of Laws, then searched Junior Brother Li’s memories for He Huaibao’s destination. He learned little before He Huaiying ambushed him, trapping him in a violent whirlpool as the chapter ended.

• Xu Long used his sword light and the Power of Laws to wound the Tiger-Si, then froze the surrounding world with his command and killed the beast.
• Xu Long took Junior Brother Li’s copper ring, entered his Sea of Consciousness, and killed him after searching his memories.
• Xu Long learned that He Huaibao had taken a sect treasure to a place of inheritance in the Vast Sea, but Junior Brother Li’s memories did not reveal its location.
• He Huaiying ambushed Xu Long with an explosive spell seal, and Xu Long became trapped in a whirlpool that shattered his barriers and battered his body.

Xu Long escaped He Huaiying’s water vortex and wounded the long-armed ape beast, but He Huaiying restrained him and the beast’s hammer strike crushed him into the mountainside. Xu Long survived behind his defensive talisman, but he was badly injured and the talisman burned away.

• He Huaiying trapped Xu Long inside a water vortex with a magic seal and ritual vajra, while their long-armed ape beast attacked Xu Long’s Dharma Body.
• Xu Long used Yun Hong’s defensive talisman to withstand the vortex’s water blades, then detonated a magic seal to break through the currents.
• He Huaiying sent a copper ring toward the long-armed ape beast, but Xu Long’s sword light cut the beast’s neck before returning.
• He Huaiying used the ritual pestle to restrain Xu Long, and the long-armed ape beast brought its joined arms down like an iron hammer.
• Xu Long’s defensive talisman absorbed part of the hammer’s force, but the strike crushed him into the mountainside, badly injuring him and burning the talisman to ashes.

Xu Long counterattacked He Huaiying with a giant sword while escaping the seabed, then turned the long-armed ape beast’s fissure and gathered spiritual energy against it. After Xu Long’s Spiritual Qi Bombardment brought the beast down, He Huaiying launched a final spell seal at Xu Long, who was still trapped in the fissure.

• Xu Long infused the sword light with Magic Power, and his Dharma Body’s giant sword forced He Huaiying to use his vajra staff and magic seals to evade the strike.
• Xu Long broke free of the seabed as He Huaiying pulled out the vajra staff, but the long-armed ape beast opened a fissure that pursued him and threatened to swallow him.
• Xu Long gathered spiritual energy around the long-armed ape beast and detonated it with Spiritual Qi Bombardment, causing the beast to fall and injuring He Huaiying.
• He Huaiying retrieved his bronze ring and sent a blue spell seal at Xu Long, who was still trapped in the fissure and hurriedly formed a spell seal and barrier as the attack arrived.

Xu Long and his allies faced King Yuanyuan’s encircling beast tide after killing He Huaiying. Learning that a mysterious metal object lay deep beneath the mountain and might be what kept King Yuanyuan in check, Xu Long considered disturbing it as their only chance to escape.

• The Dharma Body killed He Huaiying, who warned that the outside cultivators would not leave the waters safely, then reopened the mountain fissure with its giant sword.
• King Yuanyuan arrived with a vast beast tide, and Xu Long recognized him as the Golden-Eyed Jade Water Ape while Yun Peng and the others gathered to resist.
• Xu Long and Yun Peng silently agreed that Yun Peng would help him escape in exchange for a portion of the Immortal Ginseng for Yun Kun.
• Luo Ning edged closer to Xu Long and Luo Huayu as the beasts surged up the collapsing mountain, planning to keep Luo Huayu alive.
• Xu Long pressured the Immortal Ginseng into revealing that King Yuanyuan was confined to the waters, where two overlapping spirit veins sustained the beasts.
• The Immortal Ginseng told Xu Long about a long-buried metal object deep in the fissure, and Xu Long considered disturbing it to provoke King Yuanyuan and break the encirclement.

Xu Long and his companions entered the mountain’s fissure to reach the bronze chain that King Yuanyuan feared, while the Beast King attacked and tried to stop them. Xu Long lifted the chain slightly, then stayed behind to shake it as the others fled and King Yuanyuan brought the broken mountain down on the fissure.

• Xu Long used his Dharma Body and greatsword to dig into the fissure, provoking King Yuanyuan to unleash the beast tide and attack the mountain.
• Xu Long led Yun Peng, Luo Huayu, and the others into the fissure as King Yuanyuan grew enormous and began uprooting the mountain.
• Xu Long discovered that an ancient bronze chain lay deep in the earth vein and that its aura matched the object that had appeared in his Divination Talisman vision.
• Xu Long’s Dharma Body strained against the bronze chain and lifted it slightly, causing a rumble that made the surrounding beasts prostrate themselves.
• Xu Long told the others to escape, then poured his Magic Power into his Dharma Body and repeatedly shook the chain as King Yuanyuan slammed the broken mountain toward the fissure.