During the springtime, each year, the Yulong sect sends its disciples to the neighboring area to train. This year's mission is to find blackgreen clams, a fourth-grade aquatic monster, and to get black spirit pearls from them. The sect's leader, brother lang, says that they will be punished if they fail to find the pearls. He and his fellow cultivators have been working together for a long time, and they've been able to outpace the other sect cultivators. They'll be rewarded for their efforts if they don't find the black pearls. Ling says that he's already found one black spirit pearl in his first clam. He's going to grab the pearls after eating the water resistant elixir. Ling thinks that the sea will soften his fall, but he doesn't know where. Ling hears that sometimes rare treasures appear when the storm is blowing about. They look like they belong to five enlightened realms cultivators, and Ling thinks they're injured. Ling wonders why there's a man under the sea, and the other three brothers wonder why he'd be meditating under the water. They decide to get him back to the surface, but Ling thinks it's best to kill him if he resists.