Chapter Summaries

Wuyue Sha was exposed as Wuyue Jizong, the former Moonless Clan heir, and blamed the Liu Household for his transformation. Sang Ying questioned him about the Sun-Chasing Hall, the living corpses, and his Soul-Locking Banner, but he denied receiving help and tried to shield whoever was behind him.

• Liu Chengzhi recognized Wuyue Sha as Wuyue Jizong and exposed his face to the crowd.
• Liu Chengzhi recalled how Wuyue Jizong had targeted Liu Qingyu and how he had broken Wuyue Jizong's legs when the Moonless Clan left the city.
• Wuyue Sha blamed the Liu Household for driving out his clan and declared that he was no longer Wuyue Jizong.
• Sang Ying threatened Wuyue Sha and demanded to know who had helped him establish the Sun-Chasing Hall and create living corpses.
• Wuyue Sha claimed he had found the Cultivation Methods and acquired the Soul-Locking Banner on his own, while those present suspected he was protecting an accomplice.

Liu Duanyue handed Wuyue Sha over to the filthy creatures’ judgment and gathered Moonless City to hear the truth about the calamity. After Wuyue Sha was exposed as Wuyue Jizong, Liu Duanyue accepted responsibility and asked to step down as city lord.

• Liu Duanyue agreed to let the filthy creatures deal with Wuyue Sha after Sang Ying explained their origins and her agreement with them.
• Liu Duanyue detained the former Sun-Chasing Hall apostles, including Yu Heng, while planning to investigate their crimes and sentence them accordingly.
• Yu Heng tried to explain that Wuyue Sha had deceived the apostles and that Jiang Zhuoxue had lifted their Curses, but they refused to believe him and cursed Sang Ying until a jailer beat them into silence.
• Liu Duanyue summoned Moonless City for a public trial, where Zhou Xuan revealed Wuyue Sha’s disfigured face and Liu identified him as Wuyue Jizong, the culprit behind the disaster.
• Liu Duanyue recounted the events that led to the calamity, accepted blame for his household and the City Guard, and asked to resign as city lord.

Liu Duanyue sentenced Wuyue Sha to death after exposing his crimes, while the city’s apostles realized how close they had come to becoming living corpses. Sang Ying and Jiang Zhuoxue brought Wuyue Sha to the Corruption, which devoured him, but Sang Ying then blocked its path.

• Liu Duanyue abandoned his attempt to resign until Moonless City recovered, then sentenced Wuyue Sha to death.
• The apostles thanked Yu Heng for the senior who had undone their seals, and the Sun-Chasing Hall apostles stopped defending Wuyue Sha.
• Sang Ying and Jiang Zhuoxue took Wuyue Sha to the woods to meet the Corruption and deal with it after its revenge.
• Wuyue Sha begged for his life and claimed the person behind him was a beautiful woman, but he knew nothing else about her.
• The Corruption devoured Wuyue Sha, and Sang Ying stepped in front of it as it tried to return to the forest.

Sang Ying and Jiang Zhuoxue destroyed the rampaging filth and decided to use Jiang Zhuoxue’s blood to lift the Curse across the Hidden Nether Realm. With Liu Duanyue’s help, they secretly activated a vast formation that extracted dragon blood from the afflicted and ended the Curse.

• The filth attacked Sang Ying and Jiang Zhuoxue, and Jiang Zhuoxue defeated it until heavenly lightning destroyed it and released the souls trapped inside.
• Sang Ying regretted the tragedies tied to Wuyue Sha and Duan Yuan, and Jiang Zhuoxue offered to extract the dragon blood causing the Curse.
• Sang Ying and Jiang Zhuoxue asked Liu Duanyue to help them discreetly, and he and Liu Chengzhi vowed to remember their kindness.
• Sang Ying built a vast formation using Moonless City as its foundation, and Jiang Zhuoxue drew blood from the cursed people across the Hidden Nether Realm.
• The afflicted fell unconscious as the blood flowed into Jiang Zhuoxue, and the Curse that had tormented the Hidden Nether Realm ended.

After Sang Ying and her companions helped end the curses in the Hidden Nether Realm, the Liu Household blamed the Sun-Chasing Hall to protect them, and the group departed for another realm. Their departure left two young boys to meet, beginning a new chapter for the city.

• Liu Chengren and his siblings spread rumors that the Sun-Chasing Hall had caused the curses, and Liu Duanyue praised their effort to shield Sang Ying and her companions.
• Liu Duanyue decided that innocent Sun-Chasing Hall apostles could help repair houses, while those who had committed crimes would be punished under Moonless City's rules.
• Sang Ying asked her companions what they planned to do, and Duan Hanyi and Wuming both chose to travel with her despite her suggestion that Wuming stay to see his nephew.
• Sang Ying and Jiang Zhuoxue paid for the four travelers to use Spring Returns City's Teleportation Array, and they vanished from the Hidden Nether Realm.
• The Min Household Head and Min Renjie arrived too late to see their benefactors, then Min Renjie exchanged a smile with another child, marking the first meeting of two future heroes.

Sang Ying returned to the Twin Orchid Realm with Jiang Zhuoxue and their companions, reuniting with her worried parents at the Flowing Light Sword Sect. She told them she and Jiang Zhuoxue would soon travel to the Cloud Mulberry Realm to fulfill her promise to Bai Qinglong, and her parents urged her to bring more disciples for protection.

• Sang Ying chose the Twin Orchid Realm as their destination, and Wuming marveled at its bright sky after leaving the Hidden Nether Realm.
• Sang Ying returned to the Flowing Light Sword Sect, where a gatekeeping disciple announced her arrival and Sang Zheng and Wen Miaoshu hurried to welcome her.
• Duan Hanyi and Wuming introduced themselves to Sang Zheng, who recognized Duan Hanyi's connection to the Heavenly Mystery Palace.
• Sang Ying told her parents that she and Jiang Zhuoxue would leave for the Cloud Mulberry Realm in a few days to deliver something to Bai Qinglong.
• Gu Shu reassured Sang Zheng and Wen Miaoshu that Sang Ying could bring more disciples along, and Sang Zheng urged her to go find them immediately.

Ten Thousand Daos Born arranged for Dong Fuzhu, Lan Fusheng, and Bai Kejin to train with Sang Ying in the Cloud Mulberry Realm, while Sect Master Jing Shouyue restricted them to six months there and forbade them from following her elsewhere. Sang Ying planned to send them to the Immortal Spirit Realm once she found the High Antiquity Teleportation Array, but Duan Hanyi insisted on following her even if it cost him his life.

• Elder Xiao and Jiulian convinced Jing Shouyue to let Dong Fuzhu, Lan Fusheng, and Bai Kejin accompany Sang Ying to the Cloud Mulberry Realm, and Jing Shouyue limited their trip to six months and forbade them from leaving the realm with her.
• Jiulian told Elder Xiao that he suspected Sang Ying might face danger, though he did not know what Jing Shouyue had divined.
• Dong Fuzhu, Lan Fusheng, and Bai Kejin eagerly accepted the training trip and its conditions.
• Jing Shouyue told Jiulian that the mermaid in the illusion realm wanted to meet Sang Ying, and Jiulian agreed on her behalf.
• Sang Ying received Ten Thousand Daos Born's summons and planned to send Dong Fuzhu and the others to the Immortal Spirit Realm after finding the High Antiquity Teleportation Array.
• Duan Hanyi refused to let Sang Ying go on her next adventure without him, declaring that he would follow her even if it cost him his life.

Sang Ying returned to the Immortal Spirit Realm with Duan Hanyi and met with the Flowing Light Sword Sect’s leaders before preparing to travel to the Cloud Mulberry Realm. Jiulian gave her a powerful defensive Law Artifact and revealed that the golden-tailed merfolk who had requested an audience might help her, since merfolk were born only in the Endless Sea.

• Sang Ying and Jiang Zhuoxue left Wuming at the Flowing Light Sword Sect, and Duan Hanyi promised to return for him after finishing his cultivation.
• Sang Ying, Jiang Zhuoxue, and Duan Hanyi arrived in the Immortal Spirit Realm, where Dong Fuzhu, Lan Fusheng, and Bai Kejin welcomed Sang Ying back.
• Jing Shouyue told Sang Ying to be careful in the Cloud Mulberry Realm and arranged for Dong Fuzhu, Bai Kejin, and Lan Fusheng to accompany her for six months.
• Jing Shouyue told Sang Ying that a golden-tailed merfolk in the Thousandfold Formation had asked to see her, and Jiulian urged her to meet the merfolk before leaving.
• Jiulian gave Sang Ying a powerful defensive Law Artifact and explained that merfolk were born only in the Endless Sea of the Cloud Mulberry Realm.

Sang Ying met Jin Le’er in the Thousandfold Formation and agreed to deliver a message and a scale to someone in the Endless Sea. As she prepared to leave for the Cloud Mulberry Realm with Jiang Zhuoxue, she discovered a strange wave pattern on the scale, suggesting the journey would be complicated.

• Jing Shouyue guided Sang Ying through the Thousandfold Formation to meet the golden-tailed mermaid.
• Jin Le’er asked Sang Ying to blow a conch at the shore of the Endless Sea and give her scale to the person who came, with a message not to wait or search for her.
• Jin Le’er revealed her name and gave Sang Ying the conch and scale before returning to the pool.
• Jiulian told Sang Ying to help Jin Le’er if she could and warned her to flee if she faced danger.
• The night before leaving for the Cloud Mulberry Realm, Sang Ying examined Jin Le’er’s scale and found a strange wave pattern on it.

Sang Ying and her companions arrived in the Cloud Mulberry Realm and accepted an invitation to stay at the Listening Tide Sect. At the sect gate, they witnessed an outside cultivator accusing the sect of taking her sister, leaving Sang Ying with reason to question their hosts’ account.

• Sang Ying learned from a Listening Tide Sect disciple that the Cloud Mulberry Realm had no inns, and he offered her group lodging in his sect’s guest quarters.
• Sang Ying consulted her companions, and they agreed to stay at the Listening Tide Sect to build relations and learn more about the realm.
• The disciple led Sang Ying and the others toward the guest quarters, but they encountered a woman in black trying to force her way through the mountain gate and demanding her sister back.
• The disciple claimed the woman’s sister had left the sect and called the accuser a madwoman, while Sang Ying remained noncommittal about whether she believed him.
• The disciple led the group toward a side gate as the woman continued shouting that the Listening Tide Sect had taken her sister.

Sang Ying and her companions settled into the Listening Tide Sect’s lavish guest quarters and grew suspicious after learning that Green Lotus, one of the Twin Lotus Fairies, had been causing a commotion at the sect’s gate. As they planned to investigate, Chen Jiang revealed that the sect was secretly recruiting outsiders for its own purposes and that the guests would eventually regret coming to the Cloud Mulberry Realm.

• Chen Jiang assigned Sang Ying and her companions a large courtyard and an outer disciple named A Shui to assist them.
• Sang Ying’s group fortified the courtyard with formations, then gathered to discuss the suspicious incident at the sect’s gate.
• Lan Fusheng identified the woman at the gate as Green Lotus, whose twin sister Red Lotus was apparently missing or in danger.
• Sang Ying and her companions agreed to investigate quietly, with Lan Fusheng seeking Green Lotus, Dong Fuzhu gathering information, and Bai Kejin looking for a boat.
• Chen Jiang reported to Senior Brother Zhao that he had brought six more outsiders to the sect, while Zhao warned that the sect master had a hidden purpose for welcoming them.

Bai Kejin went to look for a ship while Sang Ying learned that the Listening Tide Sect treated outsiders with hostility and controlled the Cloud Mulberry Realm’s only Teleportation Array. The group decided to accept the sect’s hospitality and investigate discreetly, while a golden speck appeared amid a huge wave on the Endless Sea.

• Bai Kejin set out to find a large ship, but A Shui warned him that locals cheated outsiders and offered to help.
• Sang Ying spoke with A Shui until a Nascent Soul cultivator on the courtyard wall explained that A Shui was an odd-job worker assigned to serve the guests.
• Sang Ying realized the Listening Tide Sect controlled the only Teleportation Array out of the Cloud Mulberry Realm and might be preventing information from getting out.
• Sang Ying told her companions to accept the sect’s benefits, gather information discreetly, and avoid provoking the sect until they had left.
• A golden speck flickered in a huge wave on the Endless Sea, apparently drawn by a familiar presence.

Bai Kejin reported that the shipyards were charging outsiders exorbitant fees, leaving Sang Ying’s group without a safe way to sail. After the golden scale reacted, Sang Ying secretly went to the shore, blew Jin Le’er’s conch, and met a golden-tailed merfolk who received the scale and asked where Jin Le’er was.

• Bai Kejin told Sang Ying that the shipyards had demanded at least a hundred Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones to rent a ship, with no boatman included.
• Duan Hanyi suggested asking the Listening Tide Sect for help, but Sang Ying warned that the sect might not protect them from shipyard owners who learned they were outsiders.
• Sang Ying told everyone to stay alert and avoid going anywhere alone while she looked for another way to reach the Endless Sea.
• Sang Ying’s golden scale grew hot, so she left the guest courtyard at night, shook off her follower, and went to a secluded shore.
• Sang Ying blew Jin Le’er’s conch and met a golden-tailed merfolk, who took the scale and asked where Jin Le’er was.

Sang Ying reassured Jin Liner that Jin Le'er was safe and trying to dispel her baleful Qi, then accepted a ship as a reward for bringing her sister’s belongings. The ship carried Jin Liner’s scent, which would frighten large sea creatures and attract smaller ones, though Jin Liner forgot to warn Sang Ying.

• Jin Liner recognized Jin Le'er's scale and told Sang Ying she was Jin Le'er's younger sister.
• Sang Ying relayed Jin Le'er's message and assured Jin Liner that Ten Thousand Daos Born would not harm her sister.
• Jin Liner accepted the conch Sang Ying gave her and offered to grant Sang Ying a wish.
• Sang Ying asked for a large ship, and Jin Liner gave her a beautiful ship stored inside a water bubble.
• After Sang Ying left, Jin Liner remembered that her scent on the ship would frighten large sea creatures and attract small ones, but decided not to worry about it.

Sang Ying returned to the Listening Tide Sect and learned that Green Lotus’s missing sister, Red Lotus, was likely being held there. As the group prepared for a possible escape by sea, the chapter revealed that the sect was keeping cultivators imprisoned as sacrifices.

• Sang Ying returned late at night and Chen Jiang warned her against going out after dark while implying the sect was watching her.
• Sang Ying told her companions about Chen Jiang, and Lan Fusheng reported Green Lotus’s account of Red Lotus’s disappearance and warning from inside the Listening Tide Sect.
• Sang Ying reassured Dong Fuzhu and revealed the great ship she had obtained, giving the group hope of escaping by sea.
• Beneath the Listening Tide Sect, the steward warned the guards to keep their captive sacrifices from escaping.
• A captive woman watched the door after the steward left, longing to be free.

Chen Jiang lost his Teleportation Array guard post after Senior Brother Zhao accused him of confronting Sang Ying and alerting the visiting cultivators, though Chen Jiang could not remember doing so. Meanwhile, Sang Ying and her companions discussed the missing cultivators and agreed that Duan Hanyi could attempt a limited divination to find the missing man.

• Chen Jiang was reprimanded for yawning while guarding the Teleportation Array and was replaced by another disciple.
• Senior Brother Zhao kicked Chen Jiang and accused him of cornering Sang Ying and frightening the visiting cultivators, then told him to call him Steward Zhao instead.
• Sang Ying told the group that an array beneath the guest compound prevented them from sensing whether they were being watched, while Lan Fusheng reported that Green Lotus would avoid being alone.
• Bai Kejin reported that the male cultivator in the opposite courtyard had vanished, and the group considered whether he had been captured like Red Lotus.
• Duan Hanyi offered to divine the missing man's whereabouts, and Sang Ying allowed him to try as long as he stopped if it became too much for him.

Sang Ying’s group obtained Red Lotus’s hair and blood from Green Lotus and secretly returned to the Listening Tide Sect, planning to divine Red Lotus’s location. Zhao Ting investigated their movements and reported to sect master He Lun, whose unusual faith in a Demon Beast remained hidden from most of the sect.

• Green Lotus agreed to give Sang Ying’s group Red Lotus’s hair and blood so they could divine her location.
• Sang Ying broke the formation in the guest courtyard and split the group into three pairs to evade the Listening Tide Sect’s surveillance.
• Lan Fusheng and Bai Kejin secretly met Green Lotus, obtained Red Lotus’s belongings, and reunited with the others.
• Zhao Ting questioned Sang Ying about the group’s absence, while Duan Hanyi said they had not expected help from the sect.
• A disciple told Zhao Ting that the group had spent the day asking fishermen about renting a ship, and Zhao Ting rewarded him with a day off.
• Zhao Ting went to the main hall and addressed sect master He Lun as “Uncle.”

He Lun and Zhao Ting planned to use captives as sacrifices for an upcoming ritual, while Duan Hanyi’s divination confirmed Red Lotus was imprisoned in the Listening Tide Sect. The fire crane found Red Lotus in a hidden dungeon, where she reached out to it unnoticed by the guards.

• Zhao Ting told He Lun that Green Lotus’s campaign had united outside cultivators and disrupted the Listening Tide Sect’s plans.
• He Lun agreed to Zhao Ting’s scheme to use six people from the guest courtyard as sacrifices and abduct more outsiders as food for the ritual.
• Duan Hanyi used Red Lotus’s blood to divine that she was in the Listening Tide Sect and suffering.
• Duan Hanyi turned the divination paper into a fire crane and sent it to find Red Lotus.
• The fire crane found Red Lotus in a small cage in a hidden dungeon, and she reached toward it while the guards remained unaware.

Red Lotus received a message from her elder sister through a fire crane and tried to reply without alerting the Listening Tide Sect guards. A captive Nascent Soul cultivator distracted the guards, allowing the fire crane to leave the hidden chamber with Red Lotus’s message.

• A guard beat a newly captured cultivator who claimed that Immortal Venerable Jade Cauldron was his master, and the man discovered he could not use his spiritual power.
• The fire crane transformed into a message from Red Lotus’s elder sister asking where she was, and Red Lotus wrote a reply.
• A guard noticed Red Lotus’s movements and ordered her cage lowered to punish her.
• A male cultivator in the cage behind Red Lotus insulted the guard and drew the guards’ attention away from her.
• The guards spared the male cultivator because he was needed as a living sacrifice, then left the chamber.
• Red Lotus released the fire crane, which followed the guards out of the hidden chamber.

Duan Hanyi showed Sang Ying and the others the fire crane’s vision of Red Lotus imprisoned by the Listening Tide Sect, where she warned them not to eat the sect’s food. Sang Ying suspected the tainted food had controlled Red Lotus and made her return to the sect on her own, and she began investigating what else it might do.

• Duan Hanyi showed the group the fire crane’s recording of Red Lotus and other cultivators imprisoned in a hidden chamber.
• Bai Kejin recognized a Nascent Soul Cultivator from the courtyard across the way among the prisoners.
• Red Lotus left the warning, “Don't eat anything from the Listening Tide Sect!”
• Jiang Zhuoxue explained that the sect had been sending them local delicacies, while Sang Ying revealed she had kept the food and local water from her companions.
• Sang Ying reasoned that Red Lotus may have been controlled by the food and returned to the sect herself, unnoticed by Green Lotus.