Chapter Summaries

Su Bai fought Night Fire’s Demon Generals and overwhelmed several opponents, then faced the Blood Wolf Tribe’s Young Wolf Venerable. The Young Wolf Venerable’s bloodline talent made him stronger when wounded, and he managed to meet Su Bai’s sword head-on.

• Su Bai killed an Early Stage Demon General and severed Hong Shi’s arm, forcing the Crimson Bear Demon General to flee.
• Su Bai killed two more Demon Generals who tried to escape, then rescued Lu Ming by striking down the two cultivators attacking him.
• Su Bai continued killing Night Fire’s Early Stage Demon Generals until the Blood Wolf Tribe’s Late Stage Demon General broke away from Yan Chi and charged him.
• The Young Wolf Venerable let Su Bai’s attacks wound him, using the Blood Wolf Tribe’s bloodline talent to increase his strength before attacking with a vicious claw.
• Su Bai blocked the Young Wolf Venerable’s claw, but the demon was shocked that even burning his blood to the limit had not let him overpower a Human Race Golden Core Cultivator.

Su Bai used his sword formation and rapid movement to defeat the Young Wolf Venerable, then sealed his Demon Cultivator Origin. He returned to the battlefield, eager to claim more origins from the remaining Demon Generals.

• Su Bai swallowed recovery spirit pills and used his Thundercloud Sword Array to suppress the Young Wolf Venerable.
• The Young Wolf Venerable unleashed a Blood-colored Wolf Shadow and tried to flee, but Su Bai pursued him with Instant Lightning Refraction.
• Su Bai caught the Young Wolf Venerable in his Virtual Reality Sword Domain and struck his Demonic Soul with Yin Yang Sword Qi.
• The Soaring Dragon Sword destroyed the Young Wolf Venerable's Demonic Body, and Su Bai sealed and stored his Demon Cultivator Origin.
• Su Bai swallowed more recovery spirit pills and flew back toward the battlefield to pursue the other Demon Generals.

Su Bai helped turn the battle against Night Fire’s Demon Cultivators, then led the surviving Cultivators to Artifact Island while the Nascent Soul Ancestors fought the Demon Kings. Three days later, Heavenly Law Ancestor arrived and took away the Heavenly Star Alliance’s Golden Core Cultivators, while Old Ancestor Heavenly Star remained missing.

• Su Bai returned to the battlefield, killed several Demon Cultivators, and defended himself against a winged attacker’s Lifeblood Divine Ability before counterattacking.
• Su Bai and the other Golden Core geniuses killed Night Fire’s Demon Cultivators until the survivors fled, and Su Bai pursued and killed three of them.
• Su Bai organized the casualty count and gathered the fallen Cultivators’ belongings before advising everyone to leave the battlefield.
• The surviving Cultivators traveled to Artifact Island, where its Nascent Soul Old Ancestor activated the core formation for their protection.
• Three days later, Heavenly Law Ancestor arrived at Artifact Island and took away the Heavenly Star Alliance’s Golden Core Cultivators, while Old Ancestor Heavenly Star did not appear.

Su Bai refined an Origin Demonic Core from the Young Wolf Venerable’s origin while reflecting on the Heavenly Star Alliance’s losses and its alliance with the South Sea. With the Alliance’s leaders weakened or dead, powerful families began maneuvering for control as Su Bai and Star Luo Pill Pavilion stayed neutral.

• Su Bai spent half a month removing the Young Wolf Venerable’s imprint from its origin, then refined it into an Origin Demonic Core over five more days.
• Old Ancestor Heavenly Star told Su Bai, True Man He, and other Alliance members that Ancestor Tian Xing and two Nascent Soul cultivators from the South Sea had died in the battle against the Demon Race.
• Old Ancestor Heavenly Star explained that he had held back Demon King Liu Yu, giving Heavenly Star City a hundred years of relative safety, and urged rising talents such as Su Bai to prepare for what followed.
• The Heavenly Star Alliance and the South Sea Nine Islands established closer ties, building Teleportation Arrays and welcoming South Sea cultivators into Heavenly Star City and Starlight Academy.
• Rumors spread that the Alliance would choose a Vice Alliance Leader and reward whoever seized another Spirit Plain from the Demon Race with greater leadership power.
• Su Bai and True Man He kept Star Luo Pill Pavilion neutral as Nascent Soul families competed for influence amid the Alliance’s weakened leadership.

Su Bai reached Late Golden Core, advanced his Sword Soul into a high-grade sword essence, and decided to enter Demon Race territory to gather ingredients for more Origin Demonic Cores. Before he departed, True Man He gave him the Profound Yellow Earth Flag, a defensive Houtian Spirit Treasure.

• Su Bai refined five Origin Demonic Cores, breaking through to Late Golden Core after the third and moving closer to Peak Golden Core.
• Su Bai spent a year consuming Geng Metal treasures until his Sword Soul became a high-grade sword essence, greatly boosting his Sword Dao abilities.
• Su Bai decided to search the Demon Race Spirit Plains for more medicinal ingredients because the needed herbs were unavailable on the market.
• Su Bai visited True Man He, reported his breakthrough, and explained that he planned to pursue Nascent Soul as quickly as possible.
• True Man He warned Su Bai to be cautious in Demon Race territory and gave him the Profound Yellow Earth Flag, a defensive Houtian Spirit Treasure.

Su Bai accepted the Profound Yellow Earth Flag from True Man He and returned to Heavenly Star City, where he arranged to meet Xu Qing and collected forty Thunder Spirit Swords from Lu Yue. He planned to retrieve his Nascent Soul Breakthrough Pill and seek an opportunity to advance during his journey.

• True Man He gave Su Bai the Profound Yellow Earth Flag to strengthen his protection and aid his future Nascent Soul tribulation, and Su Bai accepted it before leaving the Pill Pavilion Secret Realm.
• Su Bai returned to Heavenly Star City, visited Number Nine Pill Shop, and learned from Zhang Ying that Xu Qing had been looking for him; he contacted her and arranged to meet at a teahouse.
• Xu Qing told Su Bai that she wanted to join the Heavenly Star Alliance and asked him to explain its power structure.
• Su Bai visited Lu Yue, who delivered forty top-grade Thunder Spirit Swords he had gathered and forged; Su Bai paid him twelve million Spirit Stones.
• Su Bai discussed the Heavenly Star Alliance's situation with Lu Yue, then decided to collect the Nascent Soul Breakthrough Pill promised by Old Ancestor Heavenly Star and look for a chance to advance.

Su Bai visited Old Ancestor Heavenly Star and received the Thunder-Dispelling Delusion-Breaking Pill to aid his Nascent Soul breakthrough, along with a route and tokens for traveling to the Qianyuan Cultivation World. After Su Bai left, Old Ancestor Heavenly Star's body changed between youthful and aged as he endured pain and wondered whether Liu Yu Wood Demon was suffering too.

• Su Bai met Old Ancestor Heavenly Star at the Star Gazing Platform and asked for the promised Nascent Soul Breakthrough Pill.
• Old Ancestor Heavenly Star gave Su Bai the Thunder-Dispelling Delusion-Breaking Pill and urged him to advance to Nascent Soul and help bear the alliance's burdens.
• Su Bai asked whether Qianyuan had the spirit medicines needed for Origin Demonic Cores, and Old Ancestor Heavenly Star confirmed they could likely be bought there.
• Old Ancestor Heavenly Star gave Su Bai a route through Hongyun and North Sea, along with three teleportation tokens.
• After Su Bai departed, Old Ancestor Heavenly Star's body shifted between aged and youthful as he wondered whether Liu Yu Wood Demon was suffering as he was.

Su Bai met Xu Qing, helped her choose Starlight Academy in the Heavenly Star Alliance, and copied her Mysterious Tier Heavy Spirit Pressure talent. He then left Heavenly Star City and teleported toward the Hongyun Cultivation World.

• Su Bai met Xu Qing at an inn and used Immortal Talent Reflection to inspect her talents.
• Xu Qing explained that her master had died and asked Su Bai to recommend a faction where she could cultivate in peace.
• Su Bai lent Xu Qing the Heavenly Star Token and recommended that she join Starlight Academy as a teacher or Course Master.
• Su Bai copied Xu Qing's Heavy Spirit Pressure talent and discovered it greatly improved his control over Spiritual Power.
• Su Bai left Xu Qing with the token and traveled from the Star Sea Teleportation Area toward the Hongyun Cultivation World.

Su Bai traveled from the Hongyun Cultivation World through the North Sea to Qianyuan using Old Ancestor Heavenly Star’s Teleportation Token. After arriving in Qianyuan, he introduced himself as Lu Jiu and sought the Qiankun Sect’s help obtaining spirit herbs.

• Su Bai disguised himself as a Demonic Cultivator and used the Teleportation Array at Holy Hall’s Blood Peak outpost to reach the North Sea Cultivation World.
• Su Bai went to the Ice Palace Holy Land and used its Teleportation Array to travel to Qianyuan.
• A Qiankun Sect Golden Core Cultivator welcomed Su Bai after he showed the Teleportation Token and explained that he was a guest of the Ice Palace Holy Land.
• Su Bai told Ma Xiu that he had come to gather and purchase spirit herbs, and Ma Xiu gave him a letter of introduction to the Qiankun Pavilion for VIP service and discounted prices.

Su Bai learned about the Qianyuan Cultivation World and visited Qiankun Pavilion to procure materials for refining Origin Demonic Cores. Qiankun Pavilion agreed to gather five sets of rare Spirit Medicine Ingredients for him within two months.

• Su Bai entered Yunfu Cultivation Market, concealed his cultivation, and learned about the Qianyuan Cultivation World's sects, markets, and shops.
• Su Bai visited Qiankun Pavilion and showed manager Liu Xuan the introduction jade slip from Ma Xiu.
• Liu Xuan recognized Su Bai as an honored guest of Qiankun Sect and gave him a Purple Gold VIP Token with a credit line of one hundred thousand Spirit Stones.
• Su Bai asked Liu Xuan to gather five sets of Spirit Medicine Ingredients for Origin Demonic Cores.
• Liu Xuan said Qiankun Pavilion could gather three sets immediately and procure the remaining two within two months, at two million four hundred thousand Spirit Stones per set.

While waiting for Liu Xuan to contact him, Su Bai spotted Jiang Han posing as a poor Qi Refining cultivator at Yunfu Market and learned that he and his partner Shui San were luring and killing cultivators. Su Bai followed them outside the market, where Yunfu’s combat cultivators surrounded the pair.

• Su Bai disguised himself as an old Qi Refining Daoist and recognized Jiang Han at a rogue cultivator market stall.
• Jiang Han used an underpriced Purple Mansion Spirit Nurturing Flower to draw attention, then left the market with the spirit medicine as rogue cultivators planned to rob him.
• Su Bai overheard Yunfu Market’s Third Squad identify Jiang Han as Huo Xi, an Immortal Palace member who was working with Shui San to bait and kill cultivators.
• Su Bai followed Jiang Han outside the market and watched him meet Shui San in the wilderness.
• Four Qi Refining bandits tried to seize the spirit medicine, but Shui San killed them and split their Storage Bags with Jiang Han.
• Five Yunfu Market combat cultivators surrounded Shui San and Huo Xi and declared that they would die that day.

Su Bai encountered Jiang Han and Shui San after they killed five Yunfu Market cultivators, then heard Jiang Han's offer to refer him into the weakened Immortal Palace. Intrigued by its teleportation network and relaxed restrictions, Su Bai considered joining through a branch other than the sword path to conceal his identity, perhaps founding a new branch with Xu Qing's copied Spell Talent.

• Jiang Han and Shui San lured in and killed five Yunfu Market battle cultivators with a coordinated Water-Fire Fusion spell.
• Su Bai revealed himself to Jiang Han and Shui San, and Jiang Han recognized him as his senior brother.
• Jiang Han offered Su Bai his referral slot to join the Immortal Palace in gratitude for the Foundation Establishment Pill Su Bai had given him.
• Jiang Han explained the Immortal Palace's weakened state, recruitment rules, branches, and access to teleportation arrays across multiple Cultivation Worlds.
• Su Bai considered joining the Immortal Palace but rejected its sword branch as too likely to expose his identity, and thought his copied Spell Talent might let him establish a new branch.

Su Bai gathered the spirit herbs he needed, refined five Origin Demonic Cores, and spent three years cultivating on an unnamed mountain with Jiang Han. After advancing to Golden Core, he set off with Jiang Han toward the Immortal Palace headquarters in the far west.

• Su Bai returned to Yunfu Market while Jiang Han and Shui San sold their stolen goods, and Shui San questioned whether Su Bai could be trusted.
• Su Bai bought the spirit herbs Liu Xuan had gathered, then met Jiang Han at an unnamed mountain and chose to cultivate before traveling west.
• Su Bai purified five portions of Demon Cultivator Origin and refined five Origin Demonic Cores, with Heavy Spirit Pressure improving his alchemy.
• Over three years, Jiang Han advanced to Foundation Establishment Middle Stage while Su Bai cultivated and broke through to Golden Core Stage.
• Su Bai summoned a Spirit Boat and departed with Jiang Han toward the Immortal Palace headquarters.

Su Bai reached the Immortal Palace Headquarters, a mobile grotto-heaven in the Far Western Sea, and sought admission under the alias Ye Qingyu. Old Left brought him inside to meet the Nascent Soul Immortal Envoy, who was waiting in the palace hall.

• Jiang Han told Su Bai that wanted notices made it unsafe for him and Shui San to enter Qianyuan's major market towns, and Su Bai offered to take them through a cultivation-world teleportation array after joining the Immortal Palace.
• Jiang Han guided Su Bai across the Far Western Sea to the Immortal Palace Headquarters and explained that the grotto-heaven could move and hide itself.
• Jiang Han introduced Su Bai, disguised as Ye Qingyu, to the Left and Right Sentinels at the Heavenly Gate and asked them to recommend her for admission.
• The Left Sentinel agreed to take Ye Qingyu to meet the Immortal Envoy, while Jiang Han remained at the gate.
• Old Left led Su Bai across one of five Immortal Bridges into the grotto-heaven, where a Nascent Soul cultivator in a white spirit robe watched him.

Su Bai revealed his identity as Lu Jiu to Xuanzhe and joined the weakened Immortal Palace by consuming a High-grade Immortal Seed. Xuanzhe gave him a treasure to protect against Outer Realm Heavenly Demons during his Nascent Soul breakthrough and offered him the vacant title of Sword of the Immortal Palace.

• Xuanzhe dismissed Left Sentinel and saw through Su Bai’s disguise, recognizing him as Lu Jiu, the foremost genius of Demon Star Sea.
• Su Bai explained that he wished to join the Immortal Palace and argued that it needed to change its reliance on forceful seizure and plunder.
• Xuanzhe agreed to accept Su Bai and offered to keep his true identity secret, along with a treasure to aid his Nascent Soul breakthrough.
• Su Bai swallowed the High-grade Immortal Seed, gaining increased Spiritual Power and Spiritual Sense and sensing the Immortal Palace Grotto-Heaven.
• Xuanzhe gave Su Bai a Storage Bag containing Immortal Palace tools and the promised treasure, then offered him the vacant title of Sword of the Immortal Palace.

Su Bai became the Spirit of the Immortal Palace and received a mission to rescue Immortal Palace Water from the Weak Water Sect. He reached the nearby outpost, where eight former subordinates of the Sword of the Immortal Palace had gathered to assist him.

• Su Bai declined the Sword of the Immortal Palace title and chose the name Spirit of the Immortal Palace so his Ye Qingyu identity would not expose Lu Jiu.
• Xuanzhe gave Su Bai immortal seeds and ordered him to rescue Immortal Palace Water, who was imprisoned by the Weak Water Sect; he assigned Su Bai the fallen branch leaders’ subordinates, including Huo Si.
• After Su Bai left, Xuanzhe reflected that he had lost his physical body by merging with the grotto-heaven and intended to preserve the Immortal Palace by keeping Lu Jiu within it.
• Su Bai transformed into Ye Qingyu, gave Jiang Han a Spirit One robe, and told him they would travel to rescue Immortal Palace Water rather than return to the Demon Star Sea.
• Nine days later, Su Bai arrived at the Immortal Palace outpost near the Weak Water Sect, where eight Foundation Establishment cultivators had gathered to assist him.

Su Bai led eighteen Immortal Palace Cultivators on a mission to rescue the imprisoned Water Lord, but changed the plan to destroy the Weak Water Sect. After ordering the others to infiltrate the sect’s territory, he entered the mountain gate disguised as one of its disciples to begin his attack.

• Ye Qingyu and Jiang Han arrived at the stronghold, where eighteen Immortal Palace Foundation Establishment Cultivators gathered for the operation.
• Su Bai announced that he would personally handle the Weak Water Sect’s Nascent Soul and six Golden Core Cultivators while the others fought its Foundation Establishment Disciples.
• Su Bai recognized Su Duanqiu among the Immortal Palace members, though she did not recognize him.
• Su Bai ordered the Immortal Palace Cultivators to infiltrate the Weak Water Sect’s vicinity and wait for his signal, then disappeared.
• Jiang Han and Su Duanqiu agreed to act together, and Su Duanqiu planned to seize a Golden Core Breakthrough Pill.
• Su Bai killed Wang Guiyuan, took his appearance, and entered the Weak Water Sect through its mountain gate.

Su Bai infiltrated the Weak Water Sect and silently killed four of its Golden Core Cultivators. Nascent Soul Cultivator Qiu Qianxue discovered the deaths and sounded the alarm, while Su Bai revealed himself and mobilized the Immortal Palace team.

• Su Bai soul-searched a Qi Refining disciple, learned that five of the sect’s six Golden Cores were in seclusion, and killed him.
• Su Bai posed as Wang Guiyuan, ambushed the Golden Core Cultivator in the Main Hall, and sealed the cultivator’s divine soul.
• Su Bai disguised himself as Senior Brother Li to enter a Golden Core Cultivator’s cave abode and killed him with the Thundercloud Sword Array.
• Su Bai continued infiltrating cave abodes and killed two more Golden Core Cultivators without alerting the sect.
• Qiu Qianxue saw four Ever-Bright Lamps go out, activated the Mountain Protection Formation, and flew toward Su Bai.
• Su Bai revealed Ye Qingyu’s face and ordered the assembled Immortal Palace members to begin moving.

Su Bai fought Qiu Qianxue, a Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivator, and overwhelmed him with his sword techniques. After Su Bai killed Qiu Qianxue’s two hidden Golden Core allies, Qiu Qianxue abandoned his body and fled as a Nascent Soul.

• Qiu Qianxue recognized Su Bai as an Immortal Palace Spirit Lord and attacked him with the Weak Water Magic Array.
• Su Bai drew Qiu Qianxue above the clouds and struck with the Thundercloud Sword Array and Virtual Reality Sword Domain.
• Su Bai’s Sword Phantasm-enhanced sword strike pierced Qiu Qianxue’s Green Giant Palm and injured him.
• Qiu Qianxue summoned two hidden Weak Water Sect Golden Core Cultivators, but Su Bai killed both with his sword.
• Qiu Qianxue fled while Su Bai pursued him with the Thundercloud Sword Array, then escaped faster by abandoning his body and fleeing as a Nascent Soul.

Su Bai killed Qiu Qianxue, then freed the imprisoned Immortal Palace Water Lord and led the Immortal Palace Cultivators in plundering the Weak Water Sect. The group withdrew to its stronghold, where Su Bai assessed their losses.

• Su Bai used Heavy Spirit Pressure to catch Qiu Qianxue's fleeing Nascent Soul and killed him with the Soaring Dragon Sword, though the pursuit nearly exhausted his Spiritual Power.
• Jiang Han and Su Duanqiu seized control of the Weak Water Sect's Mountain Protection Formation, trapping its Disciples as the Immortal Palace Cultivators attacked.
• Su Bai found the imprisoned Water Lord, freed her, and gave her Qiu Qianxue's corpse to eat, restoring her Spiritual Power.
• The Immortal Palace Cultivators looted the Weak Water Sect, while the Water Lord devoured its fallen Disciples and grew stronger.
• The Immortal Palace Cultivators burned the Weak Water Sect's mountain and withdrew before other Righteous Cultivators arrived.
• Su Bai returned to the stronghold and found that six of the nineteen Immortal Palace Foundation Establishment Cultivators had fallen.