Chapter Summaries

Huang Pi robbed Chen Tianyang and forced the Chen Clan experts to surrender their belongings, humiliating them and beating down an objection. As the Chen Clan reluctantly complied, someone in the forest addressed Clan Leader Chen with news.

• Huang Pi seized Chen Tianyang, restrained him, and took his storage rings and supreme-grade Saint Artifact armor.
• Huang Pi stripped Chen Tianyang naked, shaved off all his hair, and kicked him while Lu Changzhi watched from a distance.
• When a Chen Clan expert protested, Huang Pi swiftly wounded him and demanded that the others follow his example.
• The Chen Clan experts began surrendering their possessions under Huang Pi's pressure, while he glanced toward Lu Changzhi.
• A voice from the forest greeted Clan Leader Chen and offered one piece of good news and several pieces of bad news.

Lu Changzhi oversaw Huang Pi’s robbery of the Chen Clan while the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion watched, and the Chen Clan’s experts realized Lu Changzhi outranked Huang Pi. Impressed by Lu Changzhi, Huang Pi asked to work for him, and Lu Changzhi agreed on the condition that Huang Pi pass a probationary period.

• Sun Yi and other Heavenly Treasure Pavilion members emerged near Mountain and Sea Village, but Sun Yi told Huang Pi to finish robbing the Chen Clan before they discussed anything.
• Huang Pi stripped the Chen Clan’s experts, shaved them bare, and pried a jade tooth from one of them while the pavilion recorded the scene.
• Huang Pi handed the spoils to Lu Changzhi, and the Chen Clan’s experts realized Lu Changzhi held higher standing than Huang Pi.
• Huang Pi asked to work for Lu Changzhi, who said he could join after passing a probationary period.

Lu Changzhi hired Huang Pi on a six-month probation and casually asked him to rob an Unsealing Key, while Sun Yi used the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion’s backing to make the Chen Clan pay compensation for the damage it had caused. After learning Lu Changzhi was Lu Yuan’s son, Chen Tianyang feared his clan would be destroyed, but negotiations ended with the Chen Clan inviting Lu Changzhi to browse its treasure vault.

• Lu Changzhi explained Huang Pi’s six-month probation and asked him to rob an Unsealing Key, startling the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion experts.
• Sun Yi told the Chen Clan that the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion had come to uphold justice, then demanded compensation for damage to the village and distress caused to its residents.
• Sun Yi revealed that Lu Changzhi was Lu Yuan’s son, and Chen Tianyang realized his clan faced a potentially catastrophic threat.
• Huang Pi taunted Chen Tianyang through a voice transmission while the Chen Clan members feared Lu Yuan’s retaliation.
• Sun Yi negotiated compensation from the Chen Clan and presented Lu Changzhi with a bag of storage rings, inviting him to choose items from the clan’s treasure vault.

Lu Changzhi accompanied Sun Yi and Chen Tianyang to the Chen Clan to inspect its resources after the clan agreed to compensate for an offense against him. At the underground treasure vault, the Clan Ancestor learned the offender was already dead—and that he was Chen Tianyang's son—then left to avoid further distress.

• Lu Changzhi agreed to visit the Chen Clan, and Huang Pi stayed behind to watch over Mountain and Sea Village.
• Lu Changzhi, Sun Yi, and Chen Tianyang traveled by flying boat to the Chen Clan, where their arrival stirred excitement among the clan members.
• Sun Yi told Chen Tianyang to show Lu Changzhi the clan's untouched scenery, and Chen Tianyang led them toward the underground treasure vault.
• The Chen Clan's Saint King Realm Fourth Stage Clan Ancestor challenged their entry, but Chen Tianyang explained the clan needed to provide compensation for a junior's offense.
• The Clan Ancestor demanded that the offender and his father be brought to him, then learned they were both dead and that the offender was Chen Tianyang's son.
• Sun Yi said they could leave if the visit was inconvenient, but Chen Tianyang insisted it was fine, and the Clan Ancestor walked away to calm himself.

Lu Changzhi and Sun Yi searched the Chen Clan’s treasure vault, taking many valuable items before Lu Changzhi discovered a relic of Void Dao Manor. Sun Yi explained the vanished sect’s importance and warned that the relic could lead to its mystery and inheritance.

• Lu Changzhi and Sun Yi toured the vault, with Sun Yi identifying items and collecting anything valuable while Chen Tianyang watched in dismay.
• Lu Changzhi found an ordinary-looking lump that the system identified as a relic of Void Dao Manor.
• Sun Yi knocked Chen Tianyang unconscious after realizing the object might be connected to Void Dao Manor.
• Sun Yi described Void Dao Manor’s mastery of spatial arts, its disappearance, and the possibility that its relics could reveal its mystery and inheritance.

Lu Changzhi and Sun Yi searched the Chen Clan’s holdings and found a relic tied to the Void Dao Manor, which Lu Changzhi planned to have his father inspect. After leaving the Chen Clan, Lu Changzhi returned beneath Mechanism Holy Island and resolved to find a more dependable subordinate to protect his interests.

• Lu Changzhi decided to study the Void Dao Manor’s inheritance, while Sun Yi chose not to test the relic’s authenticity because he feared the consequences of risking his relationship with Lu Yuan.
• Lu Changzhi and Sun Yi continued appraising the Chen Clan’s valuables, and Sun Yi woke Chen Tianyang before collecting items with spiritual power.
• Lu Changzhi thanked Chen Tianyang for his hospitality, and Sun Yi reassured the Chen Clan that the matter was settled and some resources would remain.
• On their flying boat, Sun Yi explained that the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion preserved the Chen Clan’s foundation to maintain stability and gave Lu Changzhi debt agreements for the clan’s mistreatment of him.
• Lu Changzhi returned to his residence, descended through Mu Fan, and concluded that he needed a reliable subordinate who would obey his orders before arriving beneath Mechanism Holy Island.

Lu Changzhi watched Qi Zhan survive a humiliating encounter while Mu Fan dismantled Mechanism Holy Island. After returning to Mountain and Sea Village with the sacrificial object, Lu Changzhi learned that losing it could provoke the Sea Immortal to destroy the village.

• Lu Changzhi found Qi Zhan unconscious, and a demonic beast vomited on him and buried him before leaving.
• Qi Zhan woke injured, realized Mechanism Holy Island was still there, and began trying to recover.
• Mu Fan sent the Mechanism Spirit, which he called Little Jiji, to collect the island’s parts, then protested when Lu Changzhi revealed he had recorded their conversation.
• Lu Changzhi watched Mechanism Holy Island separate into its components, while Qi Zhan cursed at missing his chance to return to it.
• Lu Changzhi returned to Mountain and Sea Village with Sun Yi and gave Shi Qinglin the sacrificial object; the villagers said the Sea Immortal would destroy the village if it were lost.

Lu Changzhi agreed to teach Shi Meng cultivation so he could protect Mountain and Sea Village, and assigned Huang Pi to train him. Huang Pi chose training over a risky search for an Unsealing Key, and Lu Changzhi returned his storage ring while warning him to produce results.

• Shi Qinglin told Lu Changzhi that the village’s sacrifice was eight days away, and Lu Changzhi agreed to see what the seafood threat was when the time came.
• Lu Changzhi told the children that power could force others to become reasonable, and Shi Meng later asked him to teach him cultivation so he could defend Mountain and Sea Village.
• Lu Changzhi summoned Huang Pi and put him in charge of Shi Meng’s cultivation, warning that he would hold Huang Pi accountable if Shi Meng made no progress.
• Huang Pi suggested leaving to rob someone for resources, but Lu Changzhi demanded that he bring back an Unsealing Key within two months.
• Huang Pi chose to stay and train Shi Meng, so Lu Changzhi returned his storage ring and ordered him to teach properly.

Lu Changzhi returned to Mountain and Sea Village, broke through to the Saint King Realm while eating Shi Meng’s roast chicken, and stunned Huang Pi with his effortless progress. Then he sensed a powerful force approaching Shi Qinglin’s dwelling, and the village’s sacrificial object lit up.

• Lu Changzhi returned to Mountain and Sea Village using Descent and found Shi Meng bringing him roast chicken with Huang Pi.
• Lu Changzhi suddenly broke through to the Saint King Realm and absorbed a large amount of spiritual liquid.
• Huang Pi was shocked that Lu Changzhi had reached the Saint King Realm despite seeming not to cultivate.
• Lu Changzhi sensed a powerful force coming from the sea toward Shi Qinglin’s dwelling, and the sacrificial object’s scales began to glow.

Lu Changzhi learned that the Sea Immortal demanded a boy and girl as bait for a great immortal fishing in the sea, and decided to investigate by taking their place with Huang Pi. The chapter ended as the two arrived at the village ceremony in disguise.

• Shi Qinglin told Lu Changzhi that the Sea Immortal wanted a young boy and girl tied to a fishing hook for a great immortal the next day.
• Lu Changzhi told Shi Meng that the Great Sea Immortal ate children, then planned to use fake children as bait and search the sea demon's lair.
• Lu Changzhi decided to disguise himself as the boy and Huang Pi as the girl, despite Huang Pi offering to use an illusion instead.
• The next morning, Lu Changzhi transformed his External Avatar into a fat little boy, while Huang Pi appeared as a convincing little girl.
• The villagers stopped the ceremony in surprise at Huang Pi's disguise, and Lu Changzhi praised his skill.

Lu Changzhi and Huang Pi let themselves be captured by a sea demon’s hook and were dragged to its deep-sea lair. When the toad leader stripped Huang Pi’s borrowed clothes, the furious Saint King threatened to kill it.

• Lu Changzhi sensed the sea immortal’s hook arrive, and he and Huang Pi let it bind them and pull them into the sea.
• The hook carried them through a barrier into a deep-sea settlement, where Lu Changzhi sensed that the toad holding it was at Saint Realm level.
• The toad asked why the two humans were not crying, then used a current to pull Huang Pi toward itself while leaving Lu Changzhi aside.
• Lu Changzhi told Huang Pi to kill the toad because it would not taste good.
• The current ripped apart Huang Pi’s borrowed virgin-girl clothes, and he roared that the yellow-skinned toad was courting death.

Huang Pi attacked Jin Dashe and taunted him into following the fight away from the seabed. Lu Changzhi captured the sea immortal and other edible sea creatures, then sat nearby to watch Huang Pi battle Jin Dashe.

• Huang Pi charged at Jin Dashe, and their first clash damaged the seabed and killed several seahorses.
• Lu Changzhi urged Huang Pi to move the fight elsewhere, while Huang Pi provoked Jin Dashe by mocking his appearance and missing leg.
• Jin Dashe grew larger and pursued Huang Pi after Huang Pi flashed away to draw him from the others.
• Lu Changzhi identified the great loach as the sea immortal, promised not to kill him, then trapped him and the other edible seafood in cages.
• Lu Changzhi took out the Observing Chair and watched Huang Pi and Jin Dashe fight from a distance.

Lu Changzhi watched Huang Pi fight Jin Dashe underwater and realized the Sea Race toad’s command of water gave him the advantage over Huang Pi’s fire arts. Jin Dashe’s poison and a hidden attack overwhelmed Huang Pi, while Jin Dashe vowed to kill both adults for making him use his mother’s trump card.

• Lu Changzhi observed that Jin Dashe’s water-enhanced strength had pushed Huang Pi, a Saint King Realm expert, into a slight disadvantage.
• Jin Dashe unleashed corrosive blue-green poison that covered Huang Pi’s defensive cauldron and rapidly drained its power.
• Huang Pi shattered the cauldron, took a pill, and tried to lure Jin Dashe out of the water, but Jin Dashe refused to follow.
• Huang Pi chased Jin Dashe through the poisoned water, triggering a concealed bead that burst with yellow-green power and shattered his defenses.
• Jin Dashe stopped and vowed to kill both adults after they made him use his mother’s trump card.

Lu Changzhi confronted Jin Dashe after the toad turned on him, revealing his true body’s overwhelming Saint King presence and sealing the surrounding waters in a formation. He used the Core of the Source of Water to strip away Jin Dashe’s control of the seawater and caught the toad’s tongue, leaving the fight poised to continue.

• Huang Pi struggled against the poisonous force trapping him and shouted for Jin Dashe to attack him instead of Lu Changzhi.
• Jin Dashe charged at Lu Changzhi, who returned from his External Avatar to his true body using Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell.
• Lu Changzhi’s Saint King presence shook the waters and startled both Huang Pi and Jin Dashe.
• Lu Changzhi formed Imprison Heaven in a Jar to seal off the surrounding waters, but Jin Dashe tried to escape and then thrust his tongue at him.
• Lu Changzhi summoned the Core of the Source of Water, drained the seawater and dispersed Jin Dashe’s water power, then caught the toad’s tongue with a giant hand.

Lu Changzhi subdued Jin Dashe by forcing seawater into the toad and shocking him with lightning, then used another lightning bolt to rescue Huang Pi from the corrosive force. Jin Dashe offered to serve him, but a choice appeared warning that the toad planned to call his mother for help.

• Lu Changzhi restrained Jin Dashe's tongue, flooded the toad with seawater, and sent lightning through his body.
• Huang Pi called for help, and Lu Changzhi blasted apart the corrosive force attacking him with a bolt of lightning.
• Lu Changzhi released Jin Dashe after the toad weakened, and Jin Dashe offered to become his servant and search the sea for treasures.
• A choice appeared before Lu Changzhi, warning that Jin Dashe intended to summon his mother and listing three possible actions and rewards.

Lu Changzhi killed Jin Dashe and used the system to create a controllable copy of his body, gaining a Sea Race identity for his plans. He returned toward Mountain and Sea Village with Huang Pi, leaving Jin Dashe’s body in the water to explore its unfamiliar senses.

• Lu Changzhi rejected the choices to release Jin Dashe or hide, then chose the system reward that let him control a replica made from Jin Dashe’s corpse.
• Jin Dashe eagerly accepted Lu Changzhi’s offer to work for him, but Lu Changzhi distracted him by asking whether someone behind him was his mother.
• Lu Changzhi pinned Jin Dashe with a powerful presence and pierced him with the Dao-Severing Sword, then used the system to make his body appear alive and controllable.
• Lu Changzhi entered Jin Dashe’s body with his consciousness and discovered that the toad sensed and wielded the power of water with ease.
• Huang Pi reported that he had packed up the seafood, and Lu Changzhi set off for Mountain and Sea Village while leaving Jin Dashe’s body in the water.

The Xia Clan arrived at the Great Zhou Sacred Dynasty seeking secrets of the Nine-Tower Secret Realm and discovered that the old emperor might still be alive outside the Land of the Four Directions. They took Zhou Xun with them to investigate a sea phenomenon, while Lu Changzhi brought the giant loach back to Mountain and Sea Village and prepared to cook it.

• The Xia Clan confronted Zhou Xun about the Nine-Tower Secret Realm and demanded to see the Great Zhou Sacred Dynasty's Saint King.
• A Xia Clan expert examined the broken soul jade and determined that a connection to the old emperor remained, though he was outside the Land of the Four Directions.
• The Xia Clan decided to seek the old emperor and investigate a Heaven and Earth Phenomenon over the sea, then seized Zhou Xun and departed.
• The Great Zhou Sacred Dynasty's hidden observers discussed keeping the region secure and sending protectors to follow the Xia Clan.
• Lu Changzhi returned to Mountain and Sea Village with Huang Pi and the giant loach, which the villagers had once worshipped as the Sea Immortal.
• Lu Changzhi cut off the giant loach's head and ordered Huang Pi to stew it into soup.

Mu Qianqian’s group learned that a Heaven and Earth Phenomenon had appeared at sea and set out to investigate. At Mountain and Sea Village, Lu Changzhi discovered Qin Jiuxiao’s upcoming opportunity involving holy water and a major physical mutation, while Huang Pi continued cooking for him.

• Qin Jiuxiao urged Mu Qianqian to investigate the unusual number of flying boats, and Mo Gen learned that they were heading toward a Heaven and Earth Phenomenon at sea.
• Mu Qianqian decided to take Qin Jiuxiao and the others to see the phenomenon.
• Lu Changzhi learned that Qin Jiuxiao would undergo a powerful physical mutation after refining holy water in five days, though the mutation had a minor flaw.
• Lu Changzhi considered whether to pursue the opportunity and wondered if Qi Zhan would be going to the same place.
• Huang Pi served Lu Changzhi fish-head soup, accepted his praise, and went to ladle him another bowl.

Luo Zhen found a companion to investigate the Heaven and Earth Phenomenon at sea, while Qi Zhan and Qin Han also learned of it and prepared to pursue their own opportunities. Lu Changzhi discovered that Qin Han’s upcoming mutation could yield him a major increase in strength, but a summons from Jin Dashe’s mother interrupted him before he learned its flaw.

• Luo Zhen offered to join a man seeking a companion for the Heaven and Earth Phenomenon, and Brother Chen persuaded them to travel together.
• Qi Zhan recovered from his injuries, heard about the sea phenomenon, and decided it might be his next fortuitous opportunity.
• Qin Han complained that the outside world offered few advantages, and Hua Yunfan told him to look for a faction to join.
• Lu Changzhi learned that Qin Han would undergo a flawed mutation in seven days that would greatly expand his dantian and meridians and raise his realm to Transcendent Realm.
• Lu Changzhi began asking the system about the mutation’s major flaw, but Jin Dashe’s mother summoned the consciousness he had left in Jin Dashe’s body.

Lu Changzhi controlled Jin Dashe as he returned to the Green Toad Race after hearing that Holy Water had descended, while arranging for his avatar to travel toward the sea. He met Jin Dashe’s mother, Qing Xiaochan, and asked her about the Holy Water.

• Jin Dashe’s mother called him home to receive the Holy Water’s baptism, and Lu Changzhi searched Jin Dashe’s memories for the way back.
• The system explained that Qin Han’s rapid cultivation gains had left him with decades of stagnation, so Lu Changzhi decided not to reap the benefits.
• Lu Changzhi found that Luo Zhen and Qi Zhan were both heading toward the sea, but the system said he could not teleport to Qi Zhan’s location because the Holy Water was not Qi Zhan’s opportunity.
• Lu Changzhi sent his avatar with Huang Pi by flying boat toward the Southeastern Sea Region and swam through the sea as Jin Dashe.
• Lu Changzhi reached the Green Toad Race, learned from Jin Dashe’s memories that his yellow skin had made him unusual, and met Jin Dashe’s mother, Qing Xiaochan.
• Qing Xiaochan said Jin Dashe’s soul lamp had gone out briefly, and Lu Changzhi asked her what the Holy Water was.