Chapter Summaries

Tang San taught children in Tide Sound Village and told Xiao Wu he had no desire to regain his divine positions. After a runner named Old Crow delivered a threatening letter identifying a hidden path beneath the village, Tang San and Xiao Wu prepared to guard Tide Sound Village against the people coming to retrieve him.

• Tang San taught the village children about Soul Rings and the Mysterious Heaven Skill, then told a curious girl that he no longer wanted to be a god.
• Tang San told Xiao Wu that he was content with village life and shared Nan Feng's warning about Abyssal sleeper agents and trouble in the Far North.
• Shi Zhu reported a suspicious stranger at the beach, and Tang San recognized the man's token as the mark of an Abyssal sleeper agent.
• Tang San confronted Old Crow at the beach while Xiao Wu blocked his escape, and they captured him after he delivered a note about a hidden path beneath Tide Sound Village.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu planned to guard opposite ends of the village until Old Crow's contacts arrived at sunset.