Chapter Summaries

After the Weak Water Sect battle, Su Bai recruited three capable Immortal Palace Cultivators into his command and promised to help them reach the Golden Core Stage. He then left for the Immortal Palace garrison with the Water Lord.

• Su Bai praised the surviving Immortal Palace Cultivators and said there would be no further operations before he left for the Demon Star Sea.
• Su Duanqiu, Lei Yi, and Huo Yi asked to join Su Bai, who selected the three and required them to serve under him for a hundred years before becoming Pulse Lords.
• Su Bai gave the three new Immortal Seeds and Dao robes, making Su Duanqiu Spirit Two, Lei Yi Spirit Three, and Huo Yi Ling Xi.
• Su Bai gave the three Jade Slips listing the ingredients for Profound Gold Pills and offered to refine the pills to help them advance to the Golden Core Stage.
• Su Bai told Jiang Han to accompany the three, then left the outpost and flew with the Water Lord toward a Teleportation Outpost.

Su Bai and Water Lord used an Immortal Palace Teleportation Outpost to return to the Immortal Palace, where Su Bai reported his mission to Xuanzhe and requested access to the Palace’s Divine Abilities. Xuanzhe agreed to let him exchange Spirit Stones for them, and Su Bai found the Sword Dao techniques that could help him develop the Great Five Elements Yin-Yang Sword Array.

• Su Bai and Water Lord reached a hidden Teleportation Outpost, and Su Bai gave Water Lord Qiu Qianxue’s Storage Bracelet before paying to activate the array.
• Su Bai and Water Lord arrived at the Immortal Palace and traveled to the main hall to meet Xuanzhe.
• Xuanzhe praised Su Bai for rescuing Water Lord in ten days, then reluctantly approved Su Bai’s request to take Sword One and two other subordinates with him.
• Su Bai asked Xuanzhe for Spell Divine Abilities to pass on to his subordinates, and Xuanzhe offered them in exchange for Spirit Stones.
• Su Bai examined the Divine Ability catalog and found the Immortal Palace had eight Third Tier Sword Dao Divine Abilities, inspiring his plans for the Great Five Elements Yin-Yang Sword Array.

Su Bai returned from the Immortal Palace to Demon Star Sea with his four subordinates and refined Profound Gold Pills to help three of them reach Golden Core. After a year of preparation on a small island, he began his own attempt to advance to Nascent Soul.

• Su Bai selected three third-tier sword Dao Divine Abilities, completed his set of Five Elements sword Dao Divine Abilities, and exchanged spells for his future subordinates before leaving the Immortal Palace.
• Su Bai waited at the Heavenly Gate for his four subordinates, then led them through the Crimson and Qingzhou Cultivation Worlds toward Demon Star Sea.
• Su Bai returned to Demon Star Sea and refined four Profound Gold Pills within a month, giving three pills to Su Duanqiu, Spirit Three, and Ling Xi.
• Su Duanqiu, Spirit Three, and Ling Xi successively broke through to Golden Core, and Su Bai gave each a third-tier Immortal Palace Divine Ability.
• After a year of purifying his Spiritual Power and preparing on the island, Su Bai told his subordinates to guard the area and began his Nascent Soul breakthrough.

Su Bai began his First-Ninth Heavenly Tribulation, intending to advance to Nascent Soul while tempering his demon bloodline toward the Demon King Realm. He reached the Early Demon King Stage and inherited a new ability, but the Heavenly Dao intensified the later lightning strikes, leaving him and the Mysterious Yellow Banner damaged.

• Su Bai swallowed the Thunder-Dispelling Delusion-Breaking Pill and summoned the Mysterious Yellow Banner to protect himself from the tribulation.
• Su Bai guided portions of the first and second lightning bolts into his body, enduring their damage and strengthening his body and demon bloodline with spirit pills.
• Su Bai used the third bolt to break through the Tidal Song Sacred Vein’s threshold, reaching the Early Demon King Stage and inheriting Abyssal Vortex Soul Listener.
• The Heavenly Dao struck Su Bai with the fourth through seventh bolts in quick succession, forcing him to stop using the lightning for tempering.
• The eighth and ninth bolts struck Su Bai with greater force, cracking the Mysterious Yellow Banner.

Su Bai passed the First-Ninth Heavenly Tribulation, advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm and Demon King realm, and destroyed an Outer Realm Heavenly Demon that tried to possess him. He returned to Heavenly Star City with four subordinates and found the Heavenly Star Alliance waging war on the Green Ying Spirit Plain.

• Su Bai survived the ninth Heavenly Tribulation, formed his Nascent Soul, and expanded his Spiritual Sense to two thousand li.
• An Outer Realm Heavenly Demon attacked Su Bai's Sea of Divine Consciousness, but his prepared treasure, talents, bloodlines, and pill power destroyed it.
• Su Bai confirmed his advancement to the Nascent Soul Realm and Demon King realm, then sent word to Xuanzhe through the High-grade Immortal Seed.
• Su Bai summoned his four subordinates and ordered them to disguise themselves as Rogue Cultivators for their trip to Heavenly Star City.
• Su Bai returned to Heavenly Star City after nearly five years and learned that the Xun Family Ancestor had led the Heavenly Star Alliance's invasion of the Green Ying Spirit Plain.
• Four Demon Cultivator clans with Demon Kings allied to resist the invasion as Human Race and Demon Cultivator forces fought across the Green Ying Spirit Plain.

Su Bai met Old Ancestor Heavenly Star after reaching the Nascent Soul realm, and they discussed whether he should claim the Heavenly Star Alliance's Vice Alliance Leader position amid Xun Huo's growing influence. Old Ancestor Heavenly Star presented Su Bai with two options, leaving him to consider how to oppose the Lineage forces without worsening the Alliance's crisis.

• Su Bai left his four subordinates at a courtyard in Heavenly Star City's outer city, transformed into Lu Jiu, and went to meet Old Ancestor Heavenly Star at the Star Tower.
• Old Ancestor Heavenly Star congratulated Su Bai on reaching the Nascent Soul realm and offered to appoint him Vice Alliance Leader as promised.
• Su Bai and Old Ancestor Heavenly Star discussed how Xun Huo's campaign against the Green Ying Spirit Plain benefited lower-ranking Cultivators while strengthening the Lineage forces.
• Old Ancestor Heavenly Star offered Su Bai the choice of publicly taking command of the coalition army or concealing his advancement until the campaign's outcome was known.
• Su Bai asked Old Ancestor Heavenly Star about Xun Huo, who explained that Xun Huo was capable but that Family Cultivators taking power could turn the Alliance into a traditional sect.

Su Bai chose to remain in the Demon Star Sea and help Old Ancestor Heavenly Star secure control of the Heavenly Star Alliance, then offered to raise his own army against Xun Huo. He took a prescription for a pill that could heal Old Ancestor Heavenly Star’s divine soul injuries, and the alliance’s leaders gathered as Su Bai revealed his Nascent Soul cultivation, setting up a struggle with Xun Huo for leadership.

• Su Bai decided to become Vice Alliance Leader and form an independent allied army to compete with Xun Huo for the Green Ying Spirit Plain.
• Old Ancestor Heavenly Star gave Su Bai the Soul Nourishing Spirit Origin Pill prescription and the ingredients he had already gathered, explaining that the pill could heal his divine soul injuries if Su Bai found Ming Hun.
• Old Ancestor Heavenly Star summoned the Heavenly Star Alliance’s senior members to the Star Gazing Platform, where Su Bai appeared beside him and revealed that he had advanced to Nascent Soul.
• Heavenly Law Ancestor welcomed Su Bai’s advancement, while Xun Huo remained determined to challenge for the Alliance Leader position despite Su Bai’s return.

Su Bai was formally named Vice Alliance Leader of the Heavenly Star Alliance and given control of its Sea Tribe cooperation, pills and spirit herbs, Starlight Academy, and a new army for the Green Ying Spirit Plain campaign. When Xun Huo opposed forming the army, Su Bai challenged his account of the war and secured the Star Luo Pill Pavilion’s support, leaving the dispute poised to escalate.

• Old Ancestor Heavenly Star announced that Lu Jiu had reached the Nascent Soul realm and would receive a ceremony in one month, then appointed him Vice Alliance Leader.
• Old Ancestor Heavenly Star assigned Su Bai responsibility for Sea Tribe cooperation, alliance pills and spirit herbs, and Starlight Academy, and revealed plans for a second army to fight in the Green Ying Spirit Plain.
• Xun Huo and several allied lineage leaders objected to forming the second army, arguing that the campaign was progressing smoothly and that spirit pills were scarce.
• Su Bai disputed Xun Huo’s account, citing the united Green Ying Demon Kings, the alliance army’s stalled advance, and Xun Huo’s evenly matched fight with the Black Ape Demon King.
• Xun Huo questioned Su Bai’s experience and access to supplies, but Su Bai called on True Man He, who promised the Star Luo Pill Pavilion’s pills and named Su Bai its Pavilion Master.

Su Bai secured support for his Second Alliance Army, then took charge of Starlight Academy and proposed bringing the Star Luo Pill Pavilion into its alchemy branch to spread Sea Spirit Pill knowledge. Ying Luo was surprised by the proposal, and the chapter ended with her considering whether the powerful pavilion would agree to join the academy.

• Su Bai gained True Man He's backing for the Star Luo Pill Pavilion and told Xun Huo that his Second Alliance Army might coordinate with Xun Huo's forces against the Demon King.
• Xun Huo offered conditional cooperation, while Xiao Ding and other Cultivators became wary of Su Bai's hardline stance.
• Old Ancestor Heavenly Star arranged Su Bai's Nascent Soul Ceremony, and Su Bai assumed the position of Palace Master of Starlight Academy.
• Su Bai met Ying Luo and proposed reorganizing the academy's alchemy branch by relocating the Star Luo Pill Pavilion into it.
• Su Bai explained that combining the pavilion with the academy would help train more Alchemists to refine Sea Spirit Pills, and Ying Luo questioned whether the pavilion would accept the arrangement.

Su Bai reorganized the Star Luo Pill Pavilion by bringing it into Starlight Academy’s Alchemy Lineage and assigning Ying Luo a leadership role. After the reform took effect, the Pavilion began expanding its branches, and Su Bai turned his attention to forming the Second Alliance Army.

• Su Bai told Ying Luo that he had become the Star Luo Pill Pavilion’s Pavilion Master and appointed her Vice Class Master, while True Man He would serve as Course Master.
• Su Bai gave Ying Luo a jade slip containing Sea Spirit Pill techniques and asked her to prepare the Alchemy Lineage for the Pavilion’s arrival.
• Su Bai announced the Pavilion’s reforms, requiring alchemists to sell pills through the Pavilion and join Starlight Academy as both teachers and students.
• Three days later, the Star Luo Pill Pavilion moved from the Profound Pill Market into Starlight Academy, and its former Vice Pavilion Masters became Vice Class Masters.
• Su Bai assigned Spirit Three and Spirit Four to guard the two former Vice Pavilion Masters as they established branches across the Demon Star Sea and nearby cultivation worlds.
• Su Bai remained with Jiang Han and Su Duanqiu and began planning the Second Alliance Army.

Su Bai organized an allied army for the Lingyuan Offensive War and traveled to Pill Island to seek reinforcements and ask Pill Saint Qiu Yi about the seventh-tier spirit medicine Ming Hun. Qiu Yi welcomed him as a fellow Nascent Soul Cultivator, and Su Bai began presenting his requests.

• Su Bai arranged spirit-pill supplies from Star Luo Pill Pavilion and recruited Cultivators from Starlight Academy and the South Sea, including Xu Qing and newly advanced Golden Core Han Zhenyuan.
• Su Bai copied Han Zhenyuan's Vast Heavy Water Spell Talent and left allied army recruitment to True Man He, Xu Qing, and others.
• Su Bai traveled to the South Sea to seek Nascent Soul reinforcements for the Lingyuan Offensive War, beginning with Pill Island.
• Pill Island's Golden Core Cultivators recognized Su Bai as Lu Jiu and escorted him to meet Pill Saint Qiu Yi.
• Qiu Yi welcomed Su Bai as an equal after learning he had advanced to Nascent Soul, and Su Bai asked whether he knew of the seventh-tier spirit medicine Ming Hun.

Su Bai sought Pill Island’s support for the Heavenly Star Alliance’s campaign against the Demon Star Sea and then traveled to Thunder Island to meet Yun Fusheng. Pill Island agreed to send reinforcements, and Yun Fusheng was waiting to receive Su Bai at Thunder Cloud Palace.

• Su Bai asked Pill Saint Qiu Yi to watch for Ming Hun and offered to pay any price for the rare spirit medicine.
• Su Bai requested Pill Island reinforcements for the campaign, offering to cover spirit-pill costs and grant access to Starlight Academy and the Green Ying Spirit Plain.
• Qiu Yi declined to leave Pill Island but promised to send Lin Huasheng with five Golden Core cultivators and thirty Foundation Establishment cultivators to Heavenly Star City.
• Su Bai left Pill Island and flew to Thunder Island to seek Old Ancestor Yun Fusheng’s support.
• Chen Shuo recognized Su Bai, contacted his master, and brought him to Thunder Cloud Palace, where Yun Fusheng waited with tea.

Su Bai secured Thunder Cloud Palace’s support for the Demon Star Sea campaign by using his Thunder Soul Resonance talent to heal Yun Fusheng’s damaged foundation. Several other South Sea islands agreed to send troops, and Su Bai returned to Heavenly Star City with the forces arranged.

• Yun Fusheng agreed to send Chen Shuo and a cultivator force to the Demon Star Sea but said his damaged foundation prevented him from going himself.
• Su Bai used Thunder Soul Resonance to begin healing Yun Fusheng’s foundation, and Yun agreed to accompany him in exchange for regular treatments.
• Yun Fusheng pledged five Golden Core Cultivators and thirty Foundation Establishment Cultivators, then invited the other South Sea islands to join the campaign.
• Blade Island, Cold Island, and Rock Island agreed to send forces, while Artifact Island, Moon Island, Fire Island, and Tree Island declined.
• After making arrangements with the South Sea cultivators, Su Bai returned to Heavenly Star City through the Teleportation Array.

Feng Lingchen appeared in Heavenly Star City after advancing to the Nascent Soul Realm and pledged the Feng Family’s forces to Su Bai’s campaign against the Green Ying Spirit Plain. Su Bai finished assembling and training the alliance army, which awaited his Nascent Soul Ceremony before setting out.

• Feng Lingchen visited Su Bai at Starlight Academy and revealed that he had advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Feng Lingchen pledged ten Golden Core Cultivators and fifty Foundation Establishment Cultivators from the Feng Family to Su Bai’s Second Alliance Army, seeking a greater share of resources if they won.
• Su Bai incorporated Feng Lingchen into the command and finalized an army of three Nascent Soul Cultivators, forty-five Golden Core Cultivators, four hundred fifty Foundation Establishment Cultivators, and eight thousand three hundred Qi Refining Cultivators.
• Su Bai organized the army into battalions and a high-level cultivator corps, then distributed formation methods to help lower-level Cultivators fight stronger demons.
• Su Bai’s Nascent Soul Ceremony began beneath the Star Tower.

Heavenly Star City celebrated Su Bai's ascension to the nascent soul realm and his new role as Vice Alliance Leader. The day after the ceremony, Su Bai led an army toward Green Ying Spirit Plain, where he considered opening a new front in the war against the demon cultivators.

• Mortals and cultivators celebrated Su Bai's ascension, while powerful figures and Sea Tribe demon kings arrived to offer gifts at his Nascent Soul Ceremony.
• Su Bai held his ceremony in Heavenly Star City, attended by Old Ancestor Heavenly Star, Cang Mingxiao, Yun Fusheng, Feng Lingchen, and other nascent soul cultivators.
• The Giant Whale Tribe's demon king Black Cloud presented Su Bai with a rare sixth-tier sea spirit medicine, then departed without discussing an alliance.
• The day after the ceremony, Su Bai led a fleet of Spirit Boats toward Green Ying Spirit Plain to join the war.
• After ten days of travel, Su Bai studied a map with Yun Fusheng and Feng Lingchen and considered entering from the east, south, or north to relieve pressure on Old Ancestor Xun's forces.

Su Bai, Yun Fusheng, and Feng Lingchen challenged the Four Great Demon Kings of Green Ying, but Su Duanqiu warned them that five Demon Kings from the Abyssal Spirit Plain had joined the enemy. Su Bai prepared a teleportation array and devised a plan, then the three waited for the first four Demon Kings to arrive.

• Yun Fusheng proposed that he, Su Bai, and Feng Lingchen test the Four Great Demon Kings of Green Ying, and Su Bai sent Xun Huo a message before setting out with them.
• The three challenged the Demon Kings from three thousand li away, and Yun Fusheng sensed that their opponents had accepted.
• Su Duanqiu warned Su Bai that five Demon Kings from the Abyssal Spirit Plain were hiding at Green Ying Mountain to aid the four local Demon Kings.
• Su Bai told Yun Fusheng and Feng Lingchen that nine Demon Kings might try to encircle them, then laid out a plan and prepared a teleportation array using the Pill Pavilion Secret Realm's origin.
• The three stayed near the array and waited; four Demon King auras arrived, while the other five were likely still concealed nearby.

Su Bai, Yun Fusheng, and Feng Lingchen fought Green Ying’s Four Great Demon Kings, countering their coordinated ambush while concealing strength for a backup plan. Su Bai badly wounded Yan Zheng, who fled toward the other Demon Kings as the battle continued.

• Su Bai sensed the Demon Kings’ ambush, and the Bloodweave Demon King, Zhu Ling, trapped the trio in a vast web.
• Su Bai escaped the web while Yun Fusheng covered their retreat with lightning and Feng Lingchen used a life-saving Divine Ability to break free.
• Qing Yi and Mo Pan joined the attack with poisonous winds and suction, coordinating their abilities with Zhu Ling’s web.
• Yan Zheng ambushed Su Bai with a golden fist, but Su Bai blocked it with the Mysterious Yellow Banner and trapped Yan Zheng in his sword formation.
• Yun Fusheng’s lightning weakened Yan Zheng, and Su Bai’s Purple Lightning greatsword shattered his Demon King True Form, forcing him to flee for help.

Su Bai fought Bloodweave Demon King after Golden Bone Demon King fled to her for help, but her blood-colored rays corroded his Thunder Spirit Swords and severed his control over them. Su Bai withdrew while pretending to be overwhelmed, then continued evading Bloodweave Demon King's pursuit.

• Golden Bone Demon King fled to Bloodweave Demon King, who bound Su Bai's Thunder Spirit Swords with a crimson web.
• Bloodweave Demon King transformed into her Demon King True Form and used blood-colored rays to corrode the swords and attach compound eyes that disrupted Su Bai's control.
• Su Bai recalled his remaining Thunder Spirit Swords and withdrew, deciding not to reveal more of his strength while other cultivators and demons remained hidden.
• Golden Bone Demon King tried to intercept Su Bai, but Su Bai's Yin Yang Sword Qi struck his divine soul and forced him to retreat.
• Bloodweave Demon King chased Su Bai as he fled on his sword and barely dodged her explosive compound eyes.

Xun Huo waited for Yun Fusheng’s apparent injuries to weaken the defenders before committing his hidden forces to the battle. Su Bai survived the Bloodweave Demon King’s attack and used the ensuing chaos to disappear into the Lingyuan Ancient Forest, intending to fake his death and recover the Thunder Spirit Sword.

• Xun Huo and three other Nascent Soul Cultivators watched the battle from concealment while he judged that Lu Jiu had reached his limits.
• Su Bai telepathically told Yun Fusheng to feign worsening injuries and set a deadline before they would withdraw.
• The Bloodweave Demon King trapped Su Bai in her webs and blasted him with a blood-red torrent, cracking the Mysterious Yellow Banner before he stored it and used Heavy Spirit Pressure to survive.
• Xun Huo ordered True Man Qing to restrain the Bloodweave Demon King while the others attacked the remaining Demon Kings.
• Su Bai concealed his aura and let the torrent carry him into the Lingyuan Ancient Forest so he could fake his death and retrieve the Thunder Spirit Sword.

Xun Huo and the Heavenly Star Alliance cultivators were trapped when five Abyssal Spirit Plain Demon Kings joined the battle and the tree demons formed the Senluo Forest Field. Su Bai recovered the last Thunder Spirit Sword and revealed himself to save Feng Lingchen, killing Golden Bone Demon King as the battle remained dire.

• Xun Huo, Xiao Ding, and Zhang Taiyin joined Yun Fusheng's fight, but Poison Phoenix Demon King summoned five Abyssal Spirit Plain Demon Kings as reinforcements.
• Three tree demons formed the Senluo Forest Field, trapping the Nascent Souls and Demon Kings while its treants attacked enemies and healed their allies.
• Black Mountain Demon King rejected Xun Huo's appeal and attacked him, leaving the six Heavenly Star Alliance Nascent Souls outnumbered and struggling to survive.
• Su Bai, hidden among the treants by his Demon Race Bloodline, recovered the last Thunder Spirit Sword and saw Feng Lingchen nearing defeat.
• Su Bai emerged, trapped Golden Bone Demon King in his Thundercloud Sword Array, killed his Demonic Soul with Yin Yang Sword Qi, and stored his Demon Cultivator Origin in the Spirit Transformation Furnace.