Chapter Summaries

Ji Yuan and the Yuhuai Mountain group explored Summit Ferry after watching the Sky Swallowing Beast arrive, while a young cultivator escorted six hungry descendants of the Yan and Zong families. They encountered a mysterious nonhuman man and the Lofty Brow Sect, whose members noticed Ji Yuan’s unusual eyes.

• Ji Yuan watched the Sky Swallowing Beast pass and compared its appearance to a kun before entering the ferry-checking building with Ju Yuanzi and the Yuhuai Mountain group.
• A young cultivator led six descendants of the Yan and Zong families to a restaurant, where they ate ravenously after arriving at Summit Ferry.
• The young cultivator warned the six that a man carrying a Peach Blossom Branch was not human and urged them to stay close to him before traveling to Heng Continent.
• Ji Yuan and the Yuhuai Mountain group encountered women from the Lofty Brow Sect, whose members recognized the group’s Jade Pendants and noticed Ji Yuan’s strange eyes.

At Summit Ferry, Ji Yuan discovered that a seemingly ordinary golden-red feather carried a terrifying demonic aura and bought it to investigate. The Yuhuai Mountain group continued exploring the marketplace, while Ji Yuan left with the feather and the stall owner kept two of his Dharma coins.

• The Lofty Brow Sect entered Summit Ferry and learned from Steward Li that the Yuhuai Mountain elder was Ju Yuanzi and that the group called Ji Yuan “Mister Ji.”
• Qiu Feng guided Ji Yuan and Ju Yuanzi through the busy marketplace, where a stall owner showed them Blue Dream Sprites and a golden-red feather.
• When Qiu Feng infused the feather with Spiritual Qi, Ji Yuan saw its immense demonic aura and sensed that its owner might be an extraordinarily powerful demon.
• Ji Yuan negotiated with the stall owner, offering two Dharma coins for the feather, and the owner eagerly accepted the deal.

Ji Yuan discovered that Qiu Feng’s feather carried a terrifying demonic aura and encountered an evil spirit with a Peach Blossom Branch at Summit Ferry. He restrained the Green Vine Sword rather than fight, and the Sky Swallowing Beast departed for Heng Province with Ji Yuan and the others aboard.

• Ji Yuan tested Qiu Feng’s feather and sensed its powerful demonic aura, then put it away without explaining its danger.
• A stall owner recognized the magical coins’ spiritual methods, and Ji Yuan told him their effects could be layered before continuing to browse the market.
• Ji Yuan’s group met the six people they had escorted and learned that a man with a Peach Blossom Branch had been watching them; Ji Yuan identified the man as evil and briefly checked the group for harm.
• Ji Yuan calmed the Green Vine Sword and looked toward the Sky Swallowing Beast, realizing the Peach Blossom Branch wielder had either left Summit Ferry or boarded the vessel.
• The Peach Blossom Branch wielder shuddered aboard the Sky Swallowing Beast as a peach blossom petal split cleanly, while Ji Yuan and the others prepared to travel to Heng Province.
• Two days later, the Sky Swallowing Beast departed Summit Ferry, and a large Golden Sails flying vessel arrived less than half a day afterward.

Ji Yuan and the Yuhuai Mountain Group boarded Profound Heart Manor’s realm-crossing flying boat, where Four-Eared Xiu sensed Ji Yuan’s unusual, immaculate aura and the Immortal Sword he carried. After settling into their courtyard, the group watched the flying boat rise from Summit Ferry and set off.

• Ji Yuan and the Yuhuai Mountain Group boarded the flying boat after exchanging greetings with Profound Heart Manor’s cultivators.
• Four-Eared Xiu listened to the departing group and told a cultivator that Ji Yuan’s aura was unusually flawless and that he carried an Immortal Sword.
• Ju Yuanzi explained to the younger disciples how Cloud Continent’s shared history shaped its languages and dialects.
• The Yuhuai Mountain Group settled into a courtyard aboard the flying boat and explored the vessel’s bustling interior.
• A day later, Ji Yuan and the others went to the deck and watched the flying boat rise away from Summit Ferry.

Ji Yuan secured permission to use the Profound Heart Manor flying boat’s Yin-Yang Sails to gather the Power of the Moon and treat his lingering tribulation injury. When he tried it that night, his starry-river manifestation transformed the area around the boat into a dazzling Sea of Stars, astonishing everyone aboard.

• The Profound Heart Manor flying boat departed Summit Ferry as passengers marveled at its flight.
• True Person Yangming explained that cultivators could use the Yin-Yang Sails to gather the Power of the Sun or Moon.
• Ji Yuan asked the Profound Heart Manor cultivators for permission to gather the Power of the Moon and received approval for that night.
• After sunset, Ji Yuan rose above the deck and told the others to prepare their storage artifacts.
• Ji Yuan activated his Heaven and Earth Transformation, and the Yin-Yang Sails drew down immense starlight and moonlight, enveloping the flying boat in a Sea of Stars.
• The Profound Heart Manor stewards stared in astonishment at the spectacle Ji Yuan had called a little commotion.

Ji Yuan summoned a vast star river around Profound Heart Manor’s flying vessel and drew its Power of the Moon into himself to scour away the Tribulation Thunder in his left arm. After the star river vanished, he withdrew to the guest quarters to consolidate his gains.

• The passengers and cultivators aboard the flying vessel marveled at the star river, and many gathered its moonlight and Star Power while Profound Heart Manor’s stewards struggled to maintain the vessel’s formation.
• Ju Yuanzi said that Ji Yuan had summoned the star river for himself, not to let Profound Heart Manor refine it.
• Ji Yuan gathered the Power of the Moon and directed it through his body to scour the stubborn Tribulation Thunder.
• Ji Yuan spread the scouring across his entire body, and a thunderclap sounded before the star river vanished.
• Ji Yuan returned to the flying vessel’s forward cabin and told Yuhuai Mountain that he would cultivate in seclusion for several days.

After Ji Yuan gathered the river of stars and returned to secluded cultivation, Profound Heart Manor sought information about him and hoped to witness his powers again. He recovered over half a month, and the flying vessel reached the Vast Sea before he emerged.

• The cultivators aboard the flying vessel recovered from Ji Yuan's thunderous spell, and two elders realized he had taken away the river of stars and its Power of the Moon.
• Ju Yuanzi returned to guard Ji Yuan while Qiu Feng warned Yuhuai Mountain's disciples not to reveal who had created the celestial spectacle.
• Steward Zhou asked Yuhuai Mountain about Ji Yuan's origins and whether he would draw upon Star Power again, then learned that Ji Yuan would attend the Immortal Gathering Convention.
• Ji Yuan rested and cultivated as he recovered from the Tribulation Thunder, refined his thunder arts, and used Samadhi True Fire to rebalance his body.
• For half a month, cultivators and mortals waited each night for another river of stars, but Ji Yuan did not appear; when he emerged from seclusion, the flying vessel was over the Vast Sea.

Ji Yuan and Ju Yuanzi examined the mysterious feather before the flying boat entered a violent Heavenly Skywind storm. When a Red Flood Dragon begged for help behind the ship, Ji Yuan sent his Green Vine Sword streaking into the storm.

• Ji Yuan infused the golden-red feather with power and told Ju Yuanzi that it revealed an immense, uncanny demonic aura.
• A flood dragon roared beside the flying boat, and a cultivator explained that it was courting a mate.
• The flying boat entered the Heavenly Skywind storm and crossed the turbulent sea under the protection of its formations.
• On the second night, the flood dragon pursued the ship through the storm and cried for help as it faced danger.
• Ji Yuan sent the Green Vine Sword toward the flood dragon, splitting the wind and waves behind the flying boat.

A Red Flood Dragon was swarmed by Strange Worms in the Barren Sea Current and fled to Ji Yuan’s flying vessel, where the cultivators rescued him. Ju Yuanzi identified the creatures as Dragon Corpse Worms, which the Red Flood Dragon believed had gone extinct.

• Strange Worms covered the Red Flood Dragon and tried to drag him into the Barren Sea Current as he struggled to fly away.
• The Red Flood Dragon called to the immortals for help, and Ji Yuan split the storm with his sword while the cultivators attacked the worms and opened the vessel’s formation.
• The Red Flood Dragon landed on the vessel’s stern deck, and the Strange Worms disappeared from the sea after he entered the formation.
• Ji Yuan asked how the worms had overwhelmed him, and the Red Flood Dragon explained that he had disturbed them while swimming along the seafloor.
• Ju Yuanzi identified the Strange Worms as Dragon Corpse Worms, and the Red Flood Dragon exclaimed that the supposedly extinct creatures could not exist.

Ji Yuan and the Profound Heart Manor travelers encountered Dragon Corpse Worms in the Barren Sea Current, helped alert the Dragon Race, and then continued their journey. They reached Sea Mirror Pavilion, where the passengers chose to stay and admire the Sea Mirror for another day.

• Ji Yuan questioned the Red Flood Dragon, who admitted he lived in waters belonging to Dragon Lord Guangsheng but was not his subordinate.
• The Red Flood Dragon asked Ji Yuan and the others to leave the Dragon Corpse Worms to the Dragon Race, then departed to report the discovery.
• After three days, an Old Yellow Dragon arrived with more than a dozen flood dragons and ordered the travelers to leave before diving into the sea to deal with the worms.
• The Profound Heart Manor flying vessel left the Barren Sea Current and reached the Sea Mirror near Mirror Profound Sea Pavilion.
• The passengers admired the Sea Mirror, and the stewards agreed to delay departure until after another day so everyone could enjoy it.

Ji Yuan obtained permission to fish in the Mirror Sea and hooked a powerful creature with his bamboo rod and a date pit. After tiring it out with lightning, he hauled up a great golden fish, and the fisherman who had doubted him called him Master.

• Ji Yuan asked Steward Du to confirm that he could fish from the flying boat, and Steward Du returned with permission.
• Ji Yuan baited his fishing hook with a date pit and cast his line into the Mirror Sea.
• Ji Yuan felt a creature pass near his hook, then raised his rod when it bit and began pulling hard.
• Ji Yuan used a rhythm of reeling and releasing line, sending faint lightning through it to weaken the creature.
• Ji Yuan hauled a great golden fish from the water, and the fisherman flew over and called him Master.

Ji Yuan caught a Glazed Tile Gui Water Golden Scale Sturgeon in the Mirror Sea and decided to cook it instead of refining it into the Essence of Gui Water. Lu Min, a cultivator of the Mirror Profound Sea Pavilion, followed Ji Yuan and Wei Yuansheng to beg for a taste, but they shut her outside the guest residence.

• Ji Yuan used lightning and a sharp flick of his fishing rod to break the Golden Scale Sturgeon's connection to the Mirror Sea, then stored it in his sleeve.
• Lu Min introduced herself as a cultivator of the Mirror Profound Sea Pavilion and asked Ji Yuan to accept her as his disciple, but he refused.
• Ji Yuan explained that he had used lightning to numb the fish and asked whether catching it required a fee; Lu Min said it did not.
• Ji Yuan told Wei Yuansheng they would have a feast and carried the fish toward the guest residence, ignoring Lu Min's request to learn his technique.
• Lu Min followed them to the courtyard, where Wei Yuansheng shut the gate and activated its formation, leaving her outside pleading for a taste.

Ji Yuan cooked the Golden Scale Sturgeon for the Yuhuai Mountain cultivators, while Lu Min was left outside, craving the meal. He later gave her the fruit pit he had used as bait, and Lu Min realized it was a Spiritual Root.

• Lu Min asked Steward Du to help her get some Golden Scale Sturgeon, but he refused to intervene with Ji Yuan.
• Ji Yuan cooked the fish with seasoning and Ju'an Pavilion Jujube Flower Honey, then shared it with the Yuhuai Mountain cultivators, who quickly finished the meal.
• Lu Min fled the guest house courtyard after the lingering fragrance made her hunger unbearable.
• Ji Yuan gave Lu Min the fruit pit he had used as bait and told her not to expect lightning magic.
• Lu Min examined the fruit pit, sensed its enduring Spiritual Qi, and recognized it as a Spiritual Root.

Lu Min recognized the fruit pit Ji Yuan had used as bait as likely belonging to a Spiritual Root Fruit, while Ji Yuan considered the mystery of Mirror Sea. After nearly three months at sea, Ji Yuan and the Yuhuai Mountain Group arrived at Ruan Mountain Ferry, where cultivators gathered for the coming Immortal Gathering Convention.

• Lu Min kept the fruit pit and flew toward Crescent Moon Islands, reflecting that Ji Yuan was a hidden talent.
• Ji Yuan suspected Mirror Sea itself was a powerful restriction and committed his concerns about Mirror Profound Sea Pavilion to memory.
• Profound Heart Manor's flying boat crossed the Northern Territory's Hengzhou region after four stops and reached Ruan Mountain Ferry in late April.
• The Du-surnamed steward explained that Nine Peaks Mountain governed the bustling ferry, where cultivators had gathered ahead of the Immortal Gathering Convention.
• Ji Yuan and the Yuhuai Mountain Group exchanged farewells with the stewards and disembarked at Ruan Mountain Ferry.
• Rogue Cultivators watching the arrivals failed to discern Ji Yuan and Ju Yuanzi's cultivation, and the Zhao-surnamed cultivator mistook them for mortals of considerable bearing.

Ji Yuan arrived at Ruan Mountain Ferry with Ju Yuanzi and the Yuhuai Mountain Group for the Immortal Gathering Convention, where he reunited with Yang Zong and Lu Xiaoyou. He traveled with the group to Nine Peaks Mountain, arriving at its cloud-suspended gates as the gathering began.

• Ju Yuanzi led Ji Yuan and the Yuhuai Mountain Group to the Ascension Pavilion, where a Nine Peaks Mountain cultivator offered them a ride to the mountain.
• Yang Zong recognized Ji Yuan at the Green Leaf Boat and revealed that he had been Emperor Yuande, though he now lived as Yang Zong in a reshaped body.
• Ju Yuanzi and the Yuhuai Mountain Group reacted with shock when Ji Yuan introduced Yang Zong as the former Great Zhen Emperor.
• Lu Xiaoyou arrived with Yang Zong, recognized Ji Yuan, and offered him freshly cooked Hawthorn Glutinous Rice Balls.
• Ji Yuan boarded the Green Leaf Boat while Yang Zong and Lu Xiaoyou returned to tell their master about his arrival.
• The Nine Peaks Mountain cultivator brought Ji Yuan and the Yuhuai Mountain Group to the nine peaks suspended above the clouds.

Ji Yuan and the Yuhuai Mountain group entered Nine Peaks Mountain’s vast cave heaven and settled at Jade Bamboo Garden on Immortal Arrival Peak. Old Beggar Lu Niansheng arrived, praised Ji Yuan’s view of Yang Zong, and whisked him away to watch an immortal combat.

• Ji Yuan reflected to Ju Yuanzi that cultivators should seek the wonder of the Dao and freedom, not merely a longer lifespan.
• A Nine Peaks Mountain guide led the Yuhuai Mountain group through the Void Separation Wheel Light Great Formation into Nine Peaks Cave Heaven.
• The group was assigned lodging at Jade Bamboo Garden, received tokens, and learned they could explore wherever restrictions permitted.
• Ji Yuan wondered whether people lived in the cave heaven while looking over the cloud-shrouded landscape from Immortal Arrival Peak.
• Old Beggar Lu Niansheng asked Ji Yuan what he thought of Yang Zong, and Ji Yuan praised Yang Zong’s transformation as a wonder of recreating the universe.
• Lu Niansheng took Ji Yuan away on a cloud to watch immortals fight, leaving Ju Yuanzi and the others at Jade Bamboo Garden.

Ji Yuan and the Old Beggar left Nine Peaks Cave Heaven for an Immortal Gathering Convention that had already begun, where two sects were debating their methods of commanding wind. When they reached the stormy gathering, lightning struck the Old Beggar, and Ji Yuan accidentally absorbed it into his sleeve.

• The Old Beggar told Ji Yuan that Nine Peaks Cave Heaven contained mortal kingdoms that fought among themselves, while Nine Peaks Mountain had given up trying to unite them.
• The Old Beggar took Ji Yuan through the Void Separation Wheel Light Great Formation and explained that they were heading to the Immortal Gathering Convention’s venue.
• On a coastal peak, cultivators from Qianyuan Sect and Great Wind Valley agreed to discuss the Dao peacefully, then argued over whose wind-commanding methods were superior.
• The Old Beggar and Ji Yuan approached the debate through fierce winds and lightning, and the Old Beggar lamented that they had missed the most interesting discussion.
• Several bolts of lightning struck the Old Beggar, and Ji Yuan drew them into his sleeve before explaining that his lightning arts might have caused the accident.

Ji Yuan and Old Beggar watched Qianyuan Sect and Great Wind Valley battle over Wind Riding during the Immortal Gathering Convention. After the spectacular fight lasted for days, Nine Peaks Mountain’s mediators finally persuaded the two sides to stop, and Ji Yuan began to understand why hosting the convention was so difficult.

• Old Beggar asked Ji Yuan about his Lightning Injury, and Ji Yuan explained that a lightning tribulation had injured him while he refined something after discussing the Dao.
• Ji Yuan and Old Beggar followed the chaotic wind and thunder to the coast, where Qianyuan Sect and Great Wind Valley were battling in the sky above the sea.
• The rival cultivators taunted one another as their Wind Riding techniques stirred waves, summoned water spouts, and drew lightning into the fight.
• Ji Yuan and Old Beggar watched from a safe distance as the battle continued for two days, and Ji Yuan gained new insight into Wind Riding.
• On the third day, three cultivators from Nine Peaks Mountain arrived and persuaded both sides to end the fight.
• Old Beggar told Ji Yuan that hosts of the Immortal Gathering Convention often regretted hosting it, and Ji Yuan said he could now understand why.

Ji Yuan and the Old Beggar left the spell battle after the Qianyuan Sect recognized the Old Beggar as their Martial Granduncle, then traveled into the Great Show Dynasty. Ji Yuan’s spiritual sense drew them toward Pozi Forest, where a military officer and two hundred riders were pursuing people and shooting them with arrows.

• The Qianyuan Sect cultivators greeted the Old Beggar as their Martial Granduncle and asked him to return to the mountain gate, but he left with Ji Yuan after scolding them.
• The Old Beggar told Ji Yuan that they were above the Great Show Dynasty, whose rulers had ties to the Path of Gods.
• Ji Yuan set off toward a nearby town, but his spiritual platform stirred and redirected him toward the wilderness; the Old Beggar followed.
• Outside Pozi Mountain in Pozi Forest, a silver-armored military officer led two hundred riders in pursuit and ordered his men to flank their targets.
• The military officer fired two arrows at the fleeing people, and each shot was followed by a scream.

Ji Yuan and the Old Beggar watched soldiers capture a fox clan accused of crimes in Bianrong Prefecture. Tu Siyan freed the foxes and prepared to kill the soldiers, but the Old Beggar broke the threads she had seized, interrupting her attack.

• The cavalry drove a pack of foxes into an ambush and captured or killed many of them with nets and weapons.
• The military officer read an order blaming the foxes for murders attributed to Luo Xiaoqiu and directed his soldiers to execute them for their pelts.
• Ji Yuan and the Old Beggar arrived unseen and decided not to interfere after sensing that a White-clothed Woman was approaching.
• The White-clothed Woman, whom Ji Yuan suspected was Tu Siyan, charmed the soldiers, tore open the nets, and freed the foxes.
• The woman seized glowing threads connected to the soldiers and declared that they must die, but the Old Beggar snapped the threads before she could pull them.