Chapter Summaries

Su Bai and Du Ling reached the South Sea Upper Nine Islands and entered a robber cultivator dark market to buy identities for Thunder Island. After Du Ling’s old enemies confronted them, the market’s master Shi Gu intervened, and Su Bai and Du Ling waited for their certificates to be made.

• Su Bai let the Thunderous Beast choose a nearby destination where they might find Profound Dome Bamboo, and it pointed toward Thunder Island.
• Du Ling led Su Bai to a robber cultivator dark market hidden beneath a reef island and used her Jade Talisman to enter.
• Robber cultivators from Peeled Skin recognized Du Ling and demanded three hundred thousand Spirit Stones over her past theft, but Shi Gu ordered them to keep their dispute outside.
• Du Ling told Shi Gu that they needed two Thunder Island identities valid for one month, and he charged them six thousand Spirit Stones.
• Shi Gu collected a wisp of Spiritual Power aura from Su Bai and Du Ling and said their identity certificates would be ready in half a day.

Su Bai obtained identity jade talismans for Thunder Island from Shi Gu, then left the underground market despite a warning that the Peeled Skin organization was waiting outside. He unleashed his lightning abilities against the more than twenty robber cultivators, while Shi Gu followed to see what Su Bai could do.

• Su Bai asked a tavern waiter about the Peeled Skin organization and learned that it had nearly twenty experienced Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
• Shi Gu gave Su Bai two Thunder Island identity jade talismans listing Su Bai and Du Ling as siblings and warned that he could not protect them outside the underground market.
• Su Bai left to face the waiting robber cultivators, and Shi Gu quietly followed after him.
• Su Bai told Du Ling to wait three breaths, then burst through the exit and used Instant Lightning Refraction to create dozens of lifelike clones.
• Su Bai moved a hundred zhang away as the clones distracted the robber cultivators, then sent them to self-destruct and summoned the Soaring Dragon Sword for Lightning Instant Sword Escape.

Su Bai used Lightning Instant Sword Escape and his lightning clones to defeat the Skinning Organization’s ambush, then accepted Shi Gu’s black-market contact Jade Talisman and left for Thunder Island with Du Ling. Shi Gu watched them go, wondering whether Su Bai was connected to the Immortal Palace, but realized he had never learned Su Bai’s name.

• Su Bai’s Soaring Dragon Sword killed the Skinning Organization’s leader and more than a dozen members while his lightning clones disrupted the group; the remaining rogues fled.
• Du Ling collected the Storage Bags from the battlefield, and Su Bai took them and replenished his Spiritual Power with Azure Spirit Pills.
• Shi Gu returned the six thousand Spirit Stones Su Bai had spent on the Thunder Island identity Jade Talismans and offered him a Shi Gu Black Market VIP contact Jade Talisman.
• Su Bai accepted the Jade Talisman, then flew toward Thunder Island with Du Ling.
• Shi Gu speculated that Su Bai’s clone lightning art resembled Immortal Palace methods and realized he had forgotten to ask Su Bai’s name.

Su Bai and Du Ling arrived on Thunder Island, where the Thunderous Beast found a fifth-rank Profound Dome Bamboo in a Spirit Plain. Su Bai discovered Thunder Cloud Palace disciples fighting Immortal Palace cultivators over it, and after they ignored his question about who had taken the bamboo, he prepared to attack.

• Su Bai and Du Ling entered Thunder Island through a Patrol Outpost using their identity Jade Talismans.
• Su Bai summoned the Thunderous Beast, which located a mature fifth-rank Profound Dome Bamboo before vanishing after using its treasure-seeking Divine Ability.
• Su Bai followed the Thunderous Beast's directions into a Spirit Plain, intending to seize the bamboo and teleport away.
• Su Bai found three Thunder Cloud Palace cultivators fighting four Immortal Palace cultivators, and the bamboo's marked location disappeared.
• Su Bai asked who had the Profound Dome Bamboo, but the Immortal Palace cultivators dismissed him, so he raised the Soaring Dragon Sword to attack.

Su Bai defeated the Immortal Palace Cultivators, took the Profound Dome Bamboo from the Thunder Cloud Palace disciples, and left with Shadow Dust. Both Thunder Cloud Palace and the Immortal Palace learned of him and began investigating or pursuing him.

• Su Bai killed an Immortal Palace Cultivator with the Soaring Dragon Sword, drove off the remaining three, and took Shadow Dust from the dead cultivator’s Storage Bag.
• Su Bai demanded the Profound Dome Bamboo from the Thunder Cloud Palace disciples, accepted the fifth-grade bamboo, and flew away.
• A Thunder Cloud Palace Golden Core Cultivator arrived, learned what happened, and used Life-Generating Grass hidden in the bamboo to track Su Bai.
• The Thunder Cloud Palace Golden Core Cultivator recognized Su Bai from intelligence reports about the Shi Gu Black Market and set out to learn more about him.
• The three Immortal Palace Foundation Establishment Cultivators reported their failed operation to Lord Lie Feng, who ordered them to destroy the San Lin Ye Family within a month.

Su Bai fled Thunder Island with the Profound Dome Bamboo, but a hidden tracking leaf led two Golden Core Cultivators to him. He tricked Lie Feng and Dongfang Taicang into fighting each other, then escaped again, leaving both cultivators behind.

• Su Bai used three Teleportation Talismans to leave Thunder Island and headed toward the South Sea’s outskirts, but his sword heart warned him that someone was pursuing him.
• Su Bai followed the sword heart’s warnings to choose a safer route, then used a Black Sky Talisman to teleport away when a Golden Core Cultivator approached.
• Su Bai discovered and destroyed a disguised tracking leaf on the Profound Dome Bamboo, but Lie Feng and Dongfang Taicang appeared before him.
• Su Bai tricked Lie Feng and Dongfang Taicang into mistaking each other for his allies, then used Instant Lightning Refraction to escape their pincer attack.
• Dongfang Taicang attacked Su Bai with Lightning Intimidation, but Su Bai endured the blow and teleported away with a talisman.

Su Bai escaped the Southern Sea after two Golden Core cultivators realized they had been misled, then returned to Heavenly Star City with all the ingredients for the Profound Dome Breakthrough Pill. He asked True Man He to help him learn to refine it despite his lack of Golden Core cultivation and his oath to Ying Luo.

• Dongfang Taicang and Lie Feng realized Su Bai had fooled them, while Lie Feng discovered the Immortal Palace spy had already escaped.
• Su Bai used a Black Sky Talisman to escape, evaded pursuit, and traveled back to Heavenly Star City through the Heavenly Star Alliance’s teleportation array.
• Su Bai bought the remaining ingredients for the Profound Dome Breakthrough Pill and entered the Pill Pavilion Secret Realm to find True Man He.
• After waiting three days, Su Bai told True Man He he had found the Profound Dome Bamboo and asked him to teach him to refine the pill, explaining that his Dao Heart Oath with Ying Luo prevented him from entrusting it to anyone else.

Su Bai obtained a Profound Dome Breakthrough Pill from True Man He and advanced to Foundation Establishment Late Stage, then refined High-grade Lightning Origin Pills to support his cultivation. He later met Lu Ming, who had advanced to Golden Core and become one of the Nine Directors of the Heavenly Punishment Platform.

• True Man He used his connections to obtain the Profound Dome Breakthrough Pill formula, refined the pill for Su Bai, and told him to collect it in the Secret Realm.
• Su Bai consumed the pill in the Secret Realm and advanced to Foundation Establishment Late Stage with increased Spiritual Power and Spiritual Sense Power.
• Su Bai returned to Number Nine Pill Shop, consolidated his cultivation, and refined fifty High-grade Lightning Origin Pills.
• Zhang Ying told Su Bai that Lu Ming had arrived at the shop after advancing to Golden Core.
• Lu Ming thanked Su Bai for the Profound Gold Pill and explained that he had become one of the Nine Directors of the Heavenly Punishment Platform.

Su Bai hosted Lu Ming, who discussed the cost of Golden Core cultivation pills and asked for help meeting Ying Luo about refining Yingning Pills. Ying Luo visited Su Bai, and after Lu Ming left, she confronted Su Bai about his risky trip to the Southern Sea and his distance from her, leaving him unwilling to take responsibility.

• Lu Ming told Su Bai that Golden Core cultivation pills were costly and hoped Su Bai would eventually advance and refine Third-tier Spirit Pills.
• Lu Ming showed Su Bai an Yingning Pill and asked him to introduce him to Ying Luo so he could discuss its ingredients.
• Ying Luo arrived at Su Bai's tea room, defended him when she thought Chief Lu might be investigating him, and met Lu Ming.
• Lu Ming clarified that he and Su Bai were old friends, teased them as lovebirds, then asked Ying Luo about Yingning Pill ingredients before leaving.
• Ying Luo questioned Su Bai about traveling to the Southern Sea without telling her, then left after he promised to return to teaching at Starlight Academy.
• Su Bai stayed behind, sighing that he was not ready to shoulder responsibility.

After five months of cultivation and teaching at Starlight Academy, Su Bai copied Han Zhenyuan’s Water Attribute Heavenly Spirit Root during an alchemy lesson. He planned to focus on raising his cultivation toward Peak Foundation Establishment while juggling his growing list of talents and techniques.

• Su Bai decided to copy Han Zhenyuan’s Heavenly Spirit Root to accelerate his cultivation.
• Su Bai taught a class on refining the Spirit Soothing Pill and inspected the talents of the academy’s disciples.
• Su Bai discovered that Han Zhenyuan possessed both a Water Attribute Heavenly Spirit Root and the hidden Yellow Tier Spell Talent Vast Heavy Water.
• Su Bai called Han Zhenyuan up to help sort spirit herbs, then secretly copied his Heavenly Spirit Root by touching his shoulder.
• Su Bai’s spirit root transformed, drawing him toward Water Spiritual Energy, and he resolved to cultivate toward Peak Foundation Establishment before preparing for the Golden Core Stage.

Su Bai ended his alchemy lessons and prepared for seclusion to advance his cultivation. With a talisman from True Man He, he traveled to the Zhang Family’s Water Pavilion Secret Realm, where he was welcomed by Zhang Yu and Zhang Zhen.

• Su Bai announced that he would stop teaching while he cultivated in seclusion, then left the Alchemy Branch using Instant Lightning Refraction.
• Su Bai refined more than three thousand high-grade Lightning Origin Pills over a month to prepare for his breakthrough to Peak Foundation Establishment.
• Su Bai asked True Man He for a safe place rich in Water Spiritual Energy, and True Man He gave him an entry talisman for the Zhang Family’s Water Pavilion Secret Realm.
• True Man He encouraged Su Bai to advance to the Golden Core Stage and promised to prepare a Profound Gold Pill and other supporting spirit medicines.
• Su Bai instructed Zhang Ying and traveled to the Zhang Family estate, where Zhang Yu and Zhang Zhen welcomed him and escorted him inside.

Su Bai entered the Water Pavilion Secret Realm through the Zhang Family’s Teleportation Pavilion and found a quiet place to cultivate. He settled into an empty thatched hut on the Zhang Family’s gathering ground.

• Zhang Yu and Zhang Zhen escorted Su Bai to the Teleportation Pavilion, where an elderly Foundation Establishment Cultivator recorded his Water Pavilion Jade Talisman.
• Su Bai teleported to the underwater entrance, showed his Jade Talisman to a Zhang Family Cultivator, and entered the Water Pavilion Secret Realm.
• Su Bai found the realm rich in Water Spiritual Energy and observed tiny creatures releasing it as they crawled across the shallow water.
• Su Bai flew to a rare patch of dry land, where Zhang Miao welcomed him and explained that he could use an empty thatched hut.
• Su Bai chose an empty five-person hut near the rear edge of the gathering ground and began Closed-door Cultivation.

After a year of secluded cultivation, Su Bai reached Peak Foundation Establishment and returned to Heavenly Star City, where he learned Qin Lin was poisoned by a Sea Tribe assassin. Su Bai obtained an antidote and treated him, then inspected Qin Lin’s talent and spiritual root.

• Su Bai ended his year-long cultivation after Immortal Talent Reflection refreshed and reached Peak Foundation Establishment in the Water Pavilion Secret Realm.
• Su Bai returned to Heavenly Star City and found messages at his pill shop, including Qin Lin’s request for help and an invitation from the Merfolk Race.
• Su Bai found Qin Lin poisoned by the Silver Snake Tribe’s Lifeblood Divine Ability and learned that a tracking mark kept him from leaving the city.
• Su Bai consulted True Man He, who gave him five Soul-Cleansing Pills and warned Qin Lin must take one each day for five days.
• Su Bai gave Qin Lin a Soul-Cleansing Pill, restoring his Spiritual Energy and beginning his recovery; he refused Qin Lin’s offered Spirit Stones and inspected his talent and spiritual root.

Su Bai copied Qin Lin’s Withered Prosperity Thought talent and helped remove a Silver Snake Tribe tracking mark from him. After warning Qin Lin to be careful with his dangerous assassin missions, Su Bai returned to the Water Pavilion Secret Realm to resume cultivation.

• Su Bai copied Qin Lin’s Yellow Tier Withered Prosperity Thought talent, improving his ability to cultivate Wood Attribute Divine Abilities and stimulate spirit plants.
• Su Bai refused Qin Lin’s offer of Spirit Stones and urged him to consider leaving his dangerous Azure Fish Hall assassin work after completing a few more missions.
• Su Bai used Tidal Sound Pulse Hearing to locate a Silver Snake Tribe mark near Qin Lin’s heart, cut it out, and erased it.
• Qin Lin recovered from his injuries and agreed to notify Su Bai before returning to the sect.
• Su Bai returned through the Zhang Family transmission array to the Water Pavilion Secret Realm to resume Closed-door Cultivation.

Su Bai returned to the Water Pavilion Secret Realm to cultivate, but Abyss Time forced Human Race cultivators to leave as a mythical creature prepared to return. On his way to the exit, he found a disguised cultivator hiding in a puddle and considered using his Merfolk bloodline to stay behind.

• Su Bai cultivated in Zhang Miao's empty thatched hut for half a year before a Sea Tribe message ordered Human Race cultivators to leave during Abyss Time.
• A Zhang Family cultivator explained that a mythical creature periodically broke through space to sleep in the Water Pavilion Secret Realm, prompting the Giant Whale Tribe to clear out human cultivators.
• Su Bai decided to head for the exit rather than risk defying the Giant Whale Tribe, while watching the churning sky for the creature's arrival.
• Su Bai discovered a Human Race cultivator hiding in a puddle with a false Sea Tribe disguise, and the cultivator invited him to share whatever was coming.
• Su Bai considered activating his Merfolk bloodline and using Endless Vitality to disguise himself so he could remain in the Secret Realm.

Su Bai stayed in the Water Pavilion Secret Realm with a horse-faced Cultivator to witness Abyss Time and learn about its surging Spiritual Energy and blue light. The horse-faced Cultivator fled after secretly giving Su Bai a short-lived disguise, but a Giant Whale Tribe Demon Cultivator detected him and locked him in place.

• Su Bai accepted and refined a blood bead that disguised his aura as Sea Tribe, then asked the horse-faced Cultivator about Abyss Time.
• The horse-faced Cultivator explained that Spiritual Energy would surge and that blue light from a mythical creature could improve Spell Talent and awaken Sea Tribe bloodlines.
• Su Bai and the horse-faced Cultivator waited in the cave while dozens of Demon Generals and more than a thousand Sea Tribe Demon Cultivators gathered outside.
• The horse-faced Cultivator rushed out, revealing that Su Bai's blood bead would last only a few hours and claiming he wanted to keep his secret from being exposed.
• A Giant Whale Tribe Demon Cultivator detected the horse-faced Cultivator, and its Demon Sense and aura immobilized him.

Su Bai disguised himself as a merman demon cultivator to evade detection in the Water Pavilion Secret Realm. After the Giant Whale Demon General killed the horse-faced cultivator, Su Bai left the area and noticed a mythical creature tearing open the sky.

• The horse-faced cultivator revealed Su Bai’s blood pearls to the Giant Whale Demon General and led him to the water pit where Su Bai had been hiding.
• Su Bai emerged disguised as a merman, convincing the Giant Whale Demon General that he was a royal guest cultivating in the secret realm.
• The Giant Whale Demon General let the horse-faced cultivator search underwater, then swallowed him after finding no sign of Su Bai.
• Su Bai explained that his Tidal Song Sacred Vein and disguise made him indistinguishable from a real merman demon cultivator.
• After leaving the Giant Whale Demon General’s sight, Su Bai looked up as a huge mythical creature tore open a rift in the sky.

Su Bai cultivated amid the energy pouring into the Water Pavilion Secret Realm and was struck by a mysterious blue light that advanced him to Peak Core Formation Stage. The light awakened his ancient Merfolk bloodline and granted him the Whale Song Illusion Breaker Divine Ability.

• A mythological creature forced its way into the Water Pavilion Secret Realm, opening a rift that released mysterious blue lights and a torrent of Water Spiritual Energy.
• Su Bai joined the Sea Tribe in absorbing the abundant Water Spiritual Energy, drawing a dense vortex around himself with his Water Attribute Heavenly Spirit Root.
• A mysterious blue light changed course toward Su Bai, struck his chest, and was absorbed by his Tidal Song Sacred Vein as a Giant Whale Tribe Demon General pursued it.
• The blue light awakened and refined Su Bai's ancient Merfolk bloodline, rapidly raising his Demon Cultivator realm to Peak Core Formation Stage.
• Su Bai gained the Whale Song Illusion Breaker Divine Ability, while the Demon General left to search for other blue lights.

Su Bai returned from the Water Pavilion Secret Realm after absorbing the mysterious blue light and planned to obtain the talent needed for the Thousand Faces Corpse Body. After gathering news at Number Nine Pill Pavilion, he teleported to the South Sea and headed toward Du Ling.

• Su Bai reasoned that his Heavenly Spirit Root might attract mysterious blue lights and continued cultivating while the mythical creature maintained the Spatial Rift.
• The mythical creature departed, the Spatial Rift closed, and Su Bai hid his identity before returning to the thatched huts with the arriving Human Race Cultivators.
• Months later, Su Bai chose to visit Du Ling and copy the talent needed to cultivate the Thousand Faces Corpse Body.
• At Number Nine Pill Pavilion, Su Bai learned Qin Lin had returned to the Qingzhou Cultivation World and Feng Lingchen's failed breakthrough had weakened the Feng Family.
• Su Bai teleported to the South Sea, declined the Fisherman Cultivator's roast fish, and flew toward Du Ling's location.

Su Bai returned to Thunder Island and copied Du Ling’s Thousand Faces Phantom bloodline talent, gaining stronger Spiritual Sense and the ability to perfectly imitate her aura. He tested the talent on Du Ling, who recognized its marking ability, and Su Bai withdrew the mark.

• Su Bai located Du Ling on Thunder Island and had her leave the marketplace to meet him.
• Du Ling explained that she had taken the identity of a Du Family member and secretly protected the weak cultivation family in exchange.
• Su Bai surveyed Du Ling and discovered her Thousand Faces Phantom hybrid bloodline talent.
• Su Bai copied and fused the talent, increasing his Spiritual Sense by thirty percent and expanding its range by a third.
• Su Bai transformed into Du Ling and used the new talent to match her Spiritual Power Fluctuation, convincing her that he was indistinguishable from her.
• Su Bai planted a Spiritual Sense mark on Du Ling, who noticed it, and he withdrew the mark after realizing the talent could detect such markings.