Chapter Summaries

Hu Mang used the Supreme Yin treasure pool to break through to the fourth layer of the Profound Yin True Scripture, condense the Flower of Essence, and perfect his Golden Nature before returning to the ocean-going freighter Seagull. He went ashore at Vast Sea Island with several crewmen and encountered its bustling mix of human and sea-folk residents.

• Hu Mang sent his Profound Yin incarnation into the Supreme Yin treasure pool to draw Qi from the spirit vein below while he cultivated at the pool's edge.
• Hu Mang absorbed the Supreme Yin Qi, reached the fourth layer of the Profound Yin True Scripture, condensed the Flower of Essence, and made his Golden Nature flawless.
• Hu Mang mastered the Profound Yin One Qi Great Capture and the Black Sha Asura Cultivation Method, then collected Supreme Yin Spirit Stones and returned to his realm.
• Hu Mang met Xiao Yu aboard the Seagull, agreed to go ashore, and joined several young crewmen heading to Vast Sea Island.
• Hu Mang recognized Vast Sea Island as a natural mid-level Spiritual Qi region and saw a variety of sea-folk and other residents in its streets.

Hu Mang visited Vast Sea Island, where his full Crimson Moon Fox transformation delighted the pearl spirit Xiao Zhu. After the shipping route closed for seven days because of the arrival of three heavily armed Heavenly Gate warships, a delegation led by Special Envoy Lord Lin reached Penglai Immortal Island.

• Hu Mang toured Vast Sea Island with his companions and met Xiao Zhu, a pearl spirit serving at the sea god temple.
• Hu Mang showed Xiao Zhu his fox-paw transformation, then became a full Crimson Moon Fox and let her admire his fur before returning to human form.
• Old Zhu announced that the shipping route was closed and the group would have to remain on the island for seven more days.
• Hu Mang and the others saw three powerful Heavenly Gate warships arrive, and a group of military cultivators flew toward the inner islands.
• Special Envoy Lord Lin arrived at Penglai Immortal Island, where an island lord welcomed him on behalf of the autonomous council.

Lord Lin’s envoy proposed a partnership with the Thirty-Six Islands to open a new sea route and activate a Sea Dragon Vein, offering the islands a share and the chance to produce a Spirit Transformation cultivator. Meanwhile, Hu Mang learned from Old Zhu that Sea Dragon Veins lay beneath safe shipping routes.

• The uniformed envoy told Penglai’s island lord that he had known Fairy Yinghai and proposed cooperation rather than imposing new rules.
• At Penglai’s main hall, the envoy reassured the island lords that the Heavenly Gate would not intervene by force except in cases of mass sacrifice, species-wide slaughter, or Devil Cult transformations.
• The envoy presented a plan to open a sea route and activate a Sea Dragon Vein, offering the islands half the shares and access to the Five Virtues’ merit evolution.
• The Yu Household representative asked whether activating the Sea Dragon Vein would trigger the Dragon Blood Tide.
• Hu Mang stayed aboard the ship with the other sailors while Dao soldiers patrolled Penglai.
• Old Zhu told Hu Mang that Sea Dragon Veins were the reason sailors had to follow safe shipping routes.

Hu Mang learned how Sea Dragon Veins provided safe routes across the perilous sea, while Lord Lin’s envoy pressured the Yu Household to cooperate in opening new routes. The envoy revealed that Heavenly Gate had already triggered the Dragon Blood Tide and had brought three Sea-Pacifying Divine Warships to ensure the Yu Household’s cooperation.

• Old Zhu showed Hu Mang a faint trace of a Sea Dragon Vein and explained how Seaquakes could drain spiritual energy and send cultivators falling into monster-filled waters.
• Old Zhu explained that Sea Dragon Veins avoided Seaquakes and that specialized Law Artifacts helped sailors chart their shifting routes.
• Lord Lin’s envoy and the Yu Household representative discussed the Immortal Dynasty’s pressure, the Yu Household’s political position, and the limits of Heavenly Gate’s debt to the family.
• The Yu Household representative agreed that the Thirty-Six Islands of the Eastern Sea would cooperate in opening new Sea Dragon Veins and pass along the envoy’s other requests.
• The Yu Household representative deduced that developing Sea Dragon Veins had caused the Dragon Blood Tide, and Lord Lin’s envoy revealed he had brought three Sea-Pacifying Divine Warships to force cooperation.

Hu Mang learned about the Dragon Blood Tide and visited the Mother-of-Pearl Shrine, where Xiao Zhu explained the goddess’s contributions to sea demons. After Hu Mang paid his respects, he sensed that the goddess’s statue held dense Qi of Morality.

• Hu Mang learned that the Yu Household controlled the Eastern Sea islands and that the Dragon Blood Tide would erupt in two days.
• Xiao Zhu persuaded Hu Mang to leave the ship and come to the Mother-of-Pearl Shrine for the Dragon Blood Tide.
• Azure Cloud Zi and his disciple sensed Hu Mang’s Golden Core presence and speculated that he might come from the Heavenly Gate.
• Xiao Zhu described how the Mother-of-Pearl Goddess had spread cultivation education, compiled the Sea Demon Compendium, and created cultivation methods for sea demons.
• Hu Mang burned incense and bowed to the goddess, then used his Tribulation Eye and sensed dense Qi of Morality in her statue.

Hu Mang learned about the coming Dragon Blood Tide and joined Xiao Zhu and her friends’ plan to seek its treasures. As the tide approached, strange changes spread across the sea and sky, while Old Gan and Old Zhu fought over whether the ship’s crew could leave to pursue it.

• Hu Mang found moral Qi inside the statue of Sun Yinghai and learned that Xiao Zhu wanted him to take her to the Dragon Blood Tide.
• Hu Mang met Xiao Zhu’s friends, including the Third Prince, and used the Heavenly Devil Field to turn the flood dragon man’s hostility into friendliness.
• Xiao Zhu and her companions agreed to seek treasures in the Dragon Blood Tide, and Hu Mang left with a sea yaksha mask.
• As the Dragon Blood Tide neared, the Spiritual Qi rose, the sky reddened, and the sea grew increasingly turbulent.
• Old Zhu confronted Old Gan after learning the tide would erupt soon, but Old Gan refused to let the crew leave the ship.
• Tension spread aboard the ship as the crew discussed the Dragon Blood Tide and Old Gan and Old Zhu continued arguing.

As the Dragon Blood Tide approached, Old Zhu organized a secret expedition aboard a smuggling ship to search its outskirts for treasure. Hu Mang joined the six-person crew, and Captain Old Gan let them go while keeping a plan to rescue them if needed.

• Hu Mang and Xiao Yu discussed the approaching Dragon Blood Tide and learned that Old Zhu had secretly arranged a smuggling ship with a submersion formation.
• Old Zhu explained the expedition's fees, risks, and plan to search the tide's outskirts, and two crew members withdrew.
• Old Zhu asked Hu Mang to watch over the others and said he would waive Hu Mang's fifteen percent share.
• Old Zhu and six others slipped away at night aboard Old Shark's smuggling ship while Captain Old Gan watched from the company vessel.
• Old Gan told the chief engineer that Old Zhu had left a letter and expected him to send a signal if the crew needed rescuing.

Hu Mang and the crew aboard the Hidden Boat prepared to scavenge the dragon blood tide as Old Zhu and Old Sha explained its dangers, the Golden Core cultivators nearby, and how to survive underwater. As the ship reached the tide’s edge, Hu Mang sensed the tide beginning to erupt.

• Hu Mang boarded the Hidden Boat with the crew and drew attention to his massive dark iron spear.
• Old Sha gave the crew information about nearby Golden Core cultivators, while Old Zhu explained how dangerous they were and what threats lurked in the tide.
• Old Sha distributed Spirit-Locking, Breath-Holding, and Aura-Concealing Talismans and explained how to use them.
• Old Zhu described how the larger ships would enter the dragon blood tide first and explained that the Hidden Boat could submerge to reach what they left behind.
• As the Hidden Boat approached the tide’s edge, Hu Mang sensed the dragon blood tide beginning, and Old Zhu ordered the crew to prepare.

Hu Mang and the Hidden Boat waited out the first deadly surges of the Dragon Blood Tide before diving to collect treasures. Hu Mang used the Heavenly Devil Field to navigate the turbulent waters and began searching, finding a porous stone that might be ambergris.

• A ship charged into the Dragon Blood Tide and was shattered by successive waves, while its fleeing Golden Core cultivators were swallowed by the sea.
• Old Zhu kept the Hidden Boat back until Golden Core cultivators began diving, then took the crew down to roughly two hundred meters.
• Hu Mang used a powerful leap to enter the sea, compensating for his lack of water escape with the Heavenly Devil Field.
• Hu Mang controlled the undercurrents and filtered seawater Spiritual Qi to limit his energy consumption.
• Hu Mang detected a strong point of spiritual light and found a porous, fragrant gray-white stone that he suspected was ambergris.

Hu Mang found Dragon Blood Ambergris and lightning-struck sunken wood in the Dragon Blood Tide, then fled a ghost ship that released tens of thousands of water ghosts. He returned to the Hidden Boat with a large haul, and Old Sha ordered the crew to sail to a new location.

• Hu Mang found Dragon Blood Ambergris and secretly stored it, then took a long piece of lightning-struck sunken wood for himself.
• Removing the wood unleashed water ghosts, and Hu Mang burned them with Profound Yin Devil Fire before spotting the ancient ghost ship that spawned them.
• Hu Mang tried to escape the pursuing ghost ship, but a ghost wall trapped him; he transformed his devil fire into Buddha light and vanished from the ship’s reach.
• Old Zhu and Old Sha waited aboard the Hidden Boat as the other crew cultivators returned with treasures and recovered their Spiritual Qi.
• Hu Mang returned with a sack of valuables, including Spirit Stones, ancient bronze coins, fossils, and flood dragon scales, and Old Sha ordered the crew to set sail.

Hu Mang rescued Xiao Yu from a regenerating Flood Dragon Corpse Sha beneath the Dragon Blood Tide, but an old Golden Core cultivator spotted the creature and claimed it as a prize. Meanwhile, the Heavenly Gate prepared to pinpoint the Turbid Dragon’s emergence, while a mysterious young master waited for a chance to test the Sea-Pacifying Divine Warships.

• A young master learned that the Heavenly Gate was developing a new Dragon Vein and planned to wait until the Sea-Pacifying Divine Warships moved against the Turbid Dragon before sounding them out.
• The formation master told the military-uniformed woman that the Turbid Dragon was expected to emerge in three days and that treasure hunters’ activity was providing data to locate it.
• Hu Mang found a large dark turtle shell while searching the seabed, then noticed Xiao Yu being pursued by a Flood Dragon Corpse Sha.
• Hu Mang drove back the Corpse Sha with his iron spear, but its wounds completely healed without any loss of corpse Qi or Sha Qi.
• An old Golden Core cultivator saw the complete Dragon Corpse Sha and declared that he had struck it rich.

Hu Mang pursued the Golden Core cultivator who had stolen the flood dragon corpse Sha, while the crew continued harvesting treasures from the Dragon Blood Tide. The old cultivator claimed to be on Holy Cult business and tried to summon his Holy Son as Hu Mang attacked him.

• An unknown Golden Core cultivator tried to take the flood dragon corpse Sha, but Old Zhu intervened; the cultivator used poison needles to distract him and escaped with the corpse.
• Hu Mang returned to the Hidden Boat with a rich haul, and Old Sha and Old Zhu discussed the unknown cultivator before the crew resumed gathering treasures.
• Hu Mang left the boat and used Profound Yin Form Manifestation to track the old cultivator near the core of the Dragon Blood Tide.
• Hu Mang attacked the old cultivator with the Profound Yin One Qi Great Capture, cracking his bowl Law Treasure and forcing him to flee.
• The old cultivator claimed he was on Holy Cult business and offered to bring out his Holy Son, while Hu Mang pursued him and secretly formed a Buddhist hand seal.

Hu Mang killed a fleeing overseas devil cultivator and returned to find Old Zhu and Old Sha embroiled in a dispute with two immigrant sword cultivators. The sides agreed to settle their personal grudge through a duel, and Hu Mang faced Qingyezi as the chapter ended.

• Hu Mang killed the old devil cultivator, took his treasures, and erased the traces of devil-path Qi before returning to the Hidden Boat.
• Major Lin detected devil-path Qi from the Sea-Pacifying Divine Warship and prepared to watch the area for devil cultivators.
• Hu Mang found Old Zhu and Old Sha facing Azure Cloud Zi and Heavy Sword True Person after a fight sparked by a personal grudge.
• Old Sha proposed a duel under East Sea rules, with the winner taking the victory and the loser’s side paying compensation or giving up its shares.
• Hu Mang volunteered to fight Qingyezi, who asked whether Heavenly Gate could mass-produce Golden Core cultivators with a modification technique.

Hu Mang sparred with Qingyezi, recognized him as an innate Dao fetus, and frightened Azure Cloud Zi into fleeing with his disciple. After the first day of the Dragon Blood Tide ended, Old Zhu invited Hu Mang to explore its core area.

• Hu Mang explained Golden Core modifications and online cultivation to Qingyezi before the two began sparring.
• Hu Mang and Qingyezi’s sword-and-spear exchange calmed the sea around them, and Hu Mang identified Qingyezi’s innate Dao fetus.
• Azure Cloud Zi realized Qingyezi’s physique could make him a target for body snatching and fled with him after Hu Mang warned them about Heavenly Gate majors.
• Heavy Sword True Person departed toward the Dragon Blood Tide, while Hu Mang told Old Zhu and Old Sha that he had guessed Qingyezi’s aptitude.
• After the first day of the Dragon Blood Tide, Old Zhu asked Hu Mang to explore its core area.

Hu Mang and Old Zhu entered the Dragon Blood Tide’s core to salvage treasures, using Hu Mang’s Yin Eye and flashlight to find rare goods. They discovered a mutated Sinking Bone Giant Squid bearing valuable Nether Pearls, and Old Zhu attacked it to draw its attention.

• Old Zhu persuaded Hu Mang to join him in exploring the core of the Dragon Blood Tide, and they agreed to split any joint haul equally.
• Hu Mang used his Yin Eye, security uniform, and flashlight to uncover an Essence Oil Bone Flute, a large sunken silver ingot, and keel bones.
• Old Zhu found a golden flood-dragon scale and stored it for forging a heart-protecting mirror.
• Hu Mang spotted a huge yin-creature sea beast carrying a dimly glowing black pearl on its tentacle and identified a chance to obtain its treasures.
• Old Zhu recognized the beast as a mutant Sinking Bone Giant Squid covered in Nether Pearls, then wounded it with his saber to lure it into attacking him.

Hu Mang used his security uniform to approach the Sinking Bone Giant Squid unseen and killed it with his newly developed Heavenly Thunder Spear Net. He and Old Zhu divided the valuable Nether Pearls, but Hu Mang entered seclusion to consolidate his spear technique while the crew resumed harvesting.

• Old Zhu fought the Sinking Bone Giant Squid while Hu Mang used the ghost-concealing security uniform to sneak through the seabed Yin Qi.
• Hu Mang combined his Heavenly Devil Field and Wisdom King Aizen phantom to heighten his senses while keeping his mind clear, then found the squid’s nerve-center core.
• Hu Mang struck the core with his spear and unleashed a net of lightning that killed the Sinking Bone Giant Squid, completing the fourth devil-subduing move, Heavenly Thunder Spear Net.
• Old Zhu and Hu Mang escaped the Dragon Blood Tide and split eight Nether Pearls, earning an estimated thirty million on the black market.
• Hu Mang declined Old Zhu’s offer to hunt again and entered seclusion to consolidate the apparently living spear technique; the crew went back to harvesting the next morning.

Hu Mang completed his New Four Devil-Subduing Forms, combining his four spear techniques into a broader system with immense killing power. He left seclusion with Old Zhu to enter the Dragon Blood Tide’s core, where a powerful wave of Spiritual Qi immediately confronted him.

• Old Zhu urged Old Sha to join him and Hu Mang in searching the Dragon Blood Tide’s core, but Old Sha resisted because he feared risking his life again.
• Hu Mang developed the New Four Devil-Subduing Forms by blending Heavenly Star Falls, Fire Phoenix Scorches the Plains, Qian Yang Subdues Devils, and Heavenly Thunder Spear Net.
• Hu Mang assessed his new spear path’s power and wondered whether its evolution combined Law Techniques, Divine Abilities, and forbidden arts.
• Hu Mang ended his daylong seclusion, and Old Zhu hurried him toward the Dragon Blood Tide’s core.
• Hu Mang and Old Zhu reached a sea eye surrounded by Golden Core cultivators, sea monsters, and ships, then were separated in the ensuing chaos.
• Hu Mang unleashed his spear techniques, and thunderlight shattered a massive wave of Spiritual Qi before it could strike him.

Hu Mang survived the Dragon Blood Tide’s devastating waves, then fought off a black tiger spirit who tried to rob him. After healing and using the Mysterious Yin Rebirth Technique, he left the chapter with a renewed body and the black robe that had absorbed his injuries.

• Hu Mang blocked successive waves with Qian Yang Subdues Devils and Heavenly Thunder Spear Net as the tide crushed a red carp Yao and battered an oceangoing freighter.
• Hu Mang fled the approaching Nascent Soul-level wave, then turned back and shattered it with the Heavenly Devil Field, suffering severe internal injuries.
• A black tiger spirit and its companion attacked Hu Mang to steal his Dragon Blood Tide gains, but he used his Yin Eye and Heavenly Devil Field to tear off the tiger spirit’s left arm and right leg.
• Hu Mang used a supreme-grade Spirit Stone, the Unraveled Rope Devil Meridian, and the Flower of Essence to heal half his injuries.
• Hu Mang performed the Mysterious Yin Rebirth Technique, emerged from his black robe with an apparently restored body, and noted that the technique had reproduced part of a Life-Preserving Cat Tail’s effect.

Hu Mang used his Mysterious Yin Rebirth technique to recover from his injuries, then disguised himself as Sea Yaksha and hunted Golden Core cultivators in the Dragon Blood Tide. After defeating Qin Buzhuo and plundering several other cultivators, he became the subject of a spreading legend.

• Hu Mang used Mysterious Yin Rebirth to transfer his injuries into a shed shell and restore most of his body and Law Power.
• Hu Mang donned the Sea Yaksha mask and Mysterious Yin Black Robe, while Major Lin Zhiying ordered the Sea-Pacifying Divine Warship to track the devil-path presence.
• Hu Mang attacked Qin Buzhuo, burned up his ordinary needles with Profound Yin Devil Fire, and stopped his ancient Devil-Breaking Needle with the Heavenly Devil Field.
• Qin Buzhuo surrendered two storage boxes and fled, while Hu Mang repaired and claimed the ancient needle.
• Hu Mang killed or robbed several more Golden Core cultivators and seized their treasures throughout the Dragon Blood Tide.
• Stories spread of Sea Yaksha as a ruthless, elusive hunter who left fallen Golden Core cultivators wherever he appeared.

Hu Mang replenished his Spiritual Qi by refining sea creatures and counted the treasures he had seized during the Dragon Blood Tide. A warning drove him to flee, but after Lin Zhiying and the Flood Dragon Hunting Squad pursued him underwater, he ran into the ghost ship he had encountered before.

• Hu Mang absorbed the essence of sea creatures, recovered his Spiritual Qi, and counted ten storage boxes filled with major treasures, including Qin Shouzhuo's two boxes.
• Hu Mang recalled his near-draw with Ao Tianhai, a powerful flood dragon Golden Core cultivator, and sensed danger through his Stone-Flicking Devil Meridians.
• Hu Mang fled toward the edge of the Dragon Blood Tide, while Lin Zhiying learned his target had escaped and ordered the Flood Dragon Hunting Squad to pursue him.
• Hu Mang dove into the sea to evade his pursuers, and Lin Zhiying's squad followed using a military Devil-Seeking Radar that the dense Yin Qi began to disrupt.
• After Hu Mang's sense of danger weakened, he encountered the ghost ship in the darkness beneath the sea.