[Martial Arts and Strange Tales] White Clouds Become Merfolk

The young master of the merfolk in White Cloud City could have lived a life of luxury, owning an entire Flying Immortal Island and a stretch of the Southern Sea.

He could have enjoyed a carefree life at sea, sunbathing whenever he had nothing to do and finding someone to spar with whenever he did.

But what happened? Why did a creature born to live in water not only come ashore, but also venture deep into forests, swamps, deserts, and all manner of places?

When did things start to change?

Was it when he discovered that the Bat Prince wanted to meddle in the affairs of the Southern Sea? When he learned that his martial uncle, Yan Chixia, was calling for help? Or...

Whatever happened, he couldn't possibly let the family business go to ruin while his parents were away for such a short time. So he came after all.

A crossover between wuxia and Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio

Some clarifications that will come up later, but haven't appeared in the story yet, and that readers have asked about:

1: Ye Danyang was active in the Central Plains more than twenty years ago, and most of the friends she made there were from that period. Many things hadn't happened yet back then. When she went to the Southern Sea to build things up, she was often out of contact, so news from the Central Plains reached her with a great deal of delay. Only after things had settled down in the Southern Sea did she begin overseeing Flying Immortal Island, and even then she rarely went ashore. When some of her old sisters occasionally visited her in the Southern Sea, they would chat about relaxing things, not much about business.

2: Here's how I see the cyber-cricket-fighting matchup: top-tier sorcerers who have made thorough preparations >> top-tier martial artists > top-tier sorcerers under normal circumstances. Demons are roughly on par with sorcerers, so the general idea is that they fall somewhere in the middle of this ranking. Therefore, even martial artists can get caught off guard and lose. Sorcerers grow stronger the more thoroughly they prepare, because they can genuinely prepare formations, talismans, poisons, familiars, magic treasures... and never show themselves at all.

Theme: There is righteousness in this world!