Xu Qing’s eyes glittered with enigmatic light. He wasn’t unfamiliar with the Sea Ghosts. Back in Seven Blood Eyes, when he was low on spirit stones, he had collected bounties on a handful of criminals, and one of them was Sun Dewang from the Sea Ghosts. [1]

The man ended up getting cleaned out in a gambling hall owned by Zhao Zhongheng, and when he left, Xu Qing took his head. Other than the bounty itself, he hadn’t earned much from that incident.

Back during that time, Xu Qing had learned that most pirate organizations in the Forbidden Sea were made up of outcasts from various sects, islands, and clans. They were usually people who had nowhere else to go, and thus joined a pirate organization. There were a few large-scale pirate groups, and one of them was the Sea Ghosts.

All of these newcomers had cultivation base fluctuations that surpassed Sun Dewang. And there were four who were at the top of the pack. From what Xu Qing could tell, they were all in the great circle of Qi Condensation. These were people who lived on the edge of a blade, and from their strong, baleful aura, Xu...