Chapter Summaries

Su Bai and Wang Jue answered the Warning Array and found an Unranked Demonic Beast stealing White Fish from Spirit Moon Lake. Su Bai killed it with his Magic Sword, and Wang Jue prepared a feast for Su Bai and Zhao Shanhe on Lake Heart Isle.

• Su Bai spent five days practicing spells and gained an initial grasp of the Fireball Technique before beginning the Water Shield Technique.
• The Warning Array detected an intruder, and Su Bai and Wang Jue followed it into the lake, where they found a Black Snake eating a White Fish.
• The Black Snake wrapped around Wang Jue and broke his Water Escape Technique, but Su Bai used his Magic Sword to cut off its head.
• Wang Jue praised Su Bai's magic weapon, then took the snake body ashore to prepare a meal.
• Wang Jue served snake soup and grilled snake meat to Su Bai and Zhao Shanhe on Lake Heart Isle.

Su Bai and his fellow Jade Mist Sect disciples spent more than a month guarding Spirit Moon Lake, where he improved his spells and helped deal with Demonic Beasts. After Wang Jue left for the mortal world, Su Bai encountered a concealed First-tier Demon Lizard, which attacked him and shattered his Water Shield Technique.

• Su Bai shared snake soup with Zhao Shanhe and Wang Jue as White Fish gathered beneath the moonlit surface of Spirit Moon Lake.
• Over the following month, Su Bai mastered four Tier 1 Mid-grade Spells, used Yellow Dragon Pills to cultivate, and helped Wang Jue kill unranked Demonic Beasts.
• Wang Jue asked Su Bai to cover the lake while he went to the mortal world, and Su Bai agreed after learning Zhao Shanhe had approved.
• Su Bai patrolled the lake and noticed a hidden aura, prompting a Demon Lizard to reveal itself and launch a white blur at him.
• The Demon Lizard struck Su Bai hard enough to send him flying, then attacked again with its tongue and shattered his Water Shield Technique.

Su Bai was nearly killed by a First-tier Demonic Beast, but Zhao Shanhe arrived in time and killed it with his flying sword. After the group ate the Demon Lizard and resumed their routine at Spirit Moon Lake, Su Bai’s Immortal Talent Reflection refreshed again when he turned eighteen.

• Su Bai’s Water Shield and Fireball failed to stop the Demon Lizard, so he sent Zhao Shanhe a plea for help and tried to retreat.
• Zhao Shanhe arrived and used the Sword Control Technique to pierce the Demon Lizard through the head and abdomen, killing it.
• Zhao Shanhe collected the Demonic Core, gave Su Bai ten Spirit Stones to split with Wang Jue, and told Su Bai to keep the Demon Lizard’s body for cooking.
• Su Bai finished patrolling Spirit Moon Lake, recovered from the encounter, and resolved to flee if he met another First-tier Demonic Beast before learning stronger spells.
• Wang Jue returned three days later and cooked the Demon Lizard, which Su Bai, Zhao Shanhe, and Wang Jue ate before their duty routine resumed.
• A year passed, and Su Bai’s Immortal Talent Reflection refreshed in March when he was eighteen.

Su Bai advanced to Qi Refining Layer Five while waiting to return to the sect, then encountered an injured cultivator fleeing the Su Family at Spirit Moon Lake. Wang Jue recognized the jade pendant she presented as a Jade Mist Sect Dawnlight Protection Token, and she asked the disciples to protect her.

• Su Bai decided to wait until he returned to the sect to copy an Outer Disciple’s spell talent, and he broke through to Qi Refining Layer Five in late March.
• A pursued female cultivator named Su Duanqiu fled toward Spirit Moon Lake, where a Flame Art blast knocked her down inside the Jade Mist Sect resource point.
• Three Su Family members stopped outside the warning array and demanded that Su Duanqiu come with them.
• Su Bai and Wang Jue emerged from the lake, and Su Bai sent Senior Brother Zhao a message before confronting the Su Family members.
• Su Duanqiu showed Wang Jue a jade pendant, which he identified as a Jade Mist Sect Dawnlight Protection Token, and she asked the disciples for protection.

Zhao Shanhe drove off the Su Family Cultivators who tried to claim Su Duanqiu, and the Jade Mist Sect Disciples took her back to Lake Heart Isle. Su Bai learned how the Dawnlight Protection Token worked and kept it, while Su Duanqiu learned that her relatives were still waiting to ambush her.

• Su Duanqiu used her Dawnlight Protection Token, and Zhao Shanhe arrived to confirm it was genuine and force the Su Family Cultivators to retreat.
• Su Duanqiu fainted after the Su Family Cultivators fled, and Zhao Shanhe carried her back to Lake Heart Isle with Su Bai and Wang Jue following.
• Zhao Shanhe gave the token to Wang Jue, who passed it to Su Bai and explained its grades, value, and restrictions under sect rules.
• Su Bai put the Azure Nether Protection Token in his Storage Bag, intending to return it to his biological parents.
• After Su Duanqiu awoke and thanked the disciples, Zhao Shanhe warned her that her Su Family relatives were still waiting in the forest and that she would be ambushed if she left.

Su Duanqiu explained how she fled the Su Family to escape a forced marriage and was allowed to stay on Lake Heart Isle. On her second morning there, Zhao Shanhe and Su Bai discovered that she could unleash Sword Qi despite being only at Qi Refining Layer Six.

• Su Duanqiu learned that the Su Family Cultivators were still waiting outside, and Zhao Shanhe told her she could stay on Lake Heart Isle under the protection of her Dawnlight Protection Token.
• Su Duanqiu introduced herself to Zhao Shanhe, Wang Jue, and Su Bai, then revealed that her relatives had tried to force her into marriage with a cultivator who practiced a Dual Cultivation Method.
• Su Duanqiu explained that she had secretly bought the Dawnlight Protection Token and escaped the Su Family with help from her friends.
• Zhao Shanhe decided Su Duanqiu could remain in the thatched hut while the Su Family Cultivators waited outside Spirit Moon Lake.
• The Su Family Cultivators dismissed the possibility that the Jade Mist Sect would accept Su Duanqiu because of her inferior Western Element Spirit Root.
• Su Bai and Zhao Shanhe watched Su Duanqiu unleash Sword Qi during her morning cultivation, and Zhao Shanhe rushed over in shock at her skill.

Su Bai discovered that Su Duanqiu possessed the Yellow Tier Clear Heart Sword Intent and copied it, gaining the ability to comprehend Sword Qi naturally. After Su Duanqiu began teaching sword techniques at Lake Heart Isle, Su Bai demonstrated a small burst of Sword Qi while Zhao Shanhe failed to do so and resolved to focus on the Sword Control Technique.

• Zhao Shanhe praised Su Duanqiu's Sword Dao talent but lamented that her Four Spirit Root Talent made Foundation Establishment unlikely.
• Su Bai used Immortal Talent Reflection to discover Su Duanqiu's Clear Heart Sword Intent and asked her to teach him sword cultivation.
• Su Duanqiu agreed to teach Su Bai, and their contact let him copy her Yellow Tier Sword Dao Talent.
• At Lake Heart Isle, Su Duanqiu demonstrated Sword Qi and explained that it came from the heart and intent rather than abundant Spiritual Power.
• Su Bai secretly used his new talent to slash out Sword Qi, surprising Su Duanqiu, Zhao Shanhe, and Wang Jue.
• Zhao Shanhe failed to produce Sword Qi and decided to improve his Sword Control Technique instead.

Su Bai learned to wield Sword Qi from Su Duanqiu, while Zhao Shanhe kept the Su Family Three Cultivators from reaching her until they abandoned their pursuit. After Su Duanqiu left, Su Bai completed his yearlong Spirit Moon Lake mission and returned to the Jade Mist Sect at Qi Refining Layer Five.

• Zhao Shanhe congratulated Su Bai on his Sword Cultivator talent and urged him to learn Sword Qi from Su Duanqiu, while Wang Jue failed to manifest any Sword Qi with the magical sword.
• After three days of guidance, Su Bai successfully released Sword Qi, and Su Duanqiu said she had nothing more to teach him.
• The Su Family Three Cultivators gave up waiting for Su Duanqiu and headed toward another country to establish a Branch Family rather than return to their clan.
• Zhao Shanhe told Su Duanqiu that the Su Family Three Cultivators had left, then used the Sword Control Technique to carry her across the river before she departed.
• Five days later, Su Bai returned to the mountain gate after his yearlong mission and reported to Steward Lin, who praised his rapid cultivation progress to Qi Refining Layer Five.

Su Bai renewed his Spirit Moon Lake mission, collected his accumulated pills, and heard about an upcoming Outer Court Grand Competition. Months later, Zhao Shanhe left to prepare for the Inner Sect Grand Competition, and Bai Daoyuan arrived to take charge at the lake, leaving Su Bai and Wang Jue with a demanding new senior brother.

• Su Bai renewed his Spirit Moon Lake mission for another year and collected twenty-four accumulated Yellow Dragon Pills from Steward Su.
• Su Bai met Jiang Han, who told him the Outer Court would hold an exceptional Grand Competition, and Su Bai considered participating.
• Su Bai returned to Spirit Moon Lake and continued working with Wang Jue through the autumn.
• Zhao Shanhe introduced Bai Daoyuan, an Inner Disciple at Qi Refining Layer Eight, as his replacement before leaving for the Inner Sect Grand Competition.
• Bai Daoyuan ordered Wang Jue to bring tea to his room, and Wang Jue signaled to Su Bai that the new senior brother might be difficult to deal with.

Wang Jue left the Spirit Moon Lake mission, and Bai Daoyuan refused Su Bai’s request to attend the Outer Court Grand Competition. Su Bai began training the replacement, Yang Sheng, before two veiled figures approached across the snow.

• Wang Jue told Su Bai he would not renew his mission term because Bai Daoyuan’s strict rules made the post unbearable.
• Wang Jue departed after Yang Sheng arrived and demonstrated three Tier 1 Mid-grade Spells to Bai Daoyuan.
• Su Bai asked Bai Daoyuan for two days’ leave to enter the Outer Sect Competition, but Bai Daoyuan refused.
• Su Bai learned that Yang Sheng came from a wealthy cultivation clan and had joined the Jade Mist Sect to build connections for his family.
• Su Bai showed Yang Sheng the Spirit Moon Lake routine, then spotted two purple-robed, veiled figures approaching through the snow.

Su Bai was trapped by two mysterious Purple Robe People, who judged his Dual Spirit Root unsuitable for their Immortal Palace and then vanished. After Bai Daoyuan sent warnings to Jade Mist Sect, Su Bai learned that Jiang Han placed fourth in the Outer Sect Competition.

• Su Bai warned the Purple Robe People to leave the Jade Mist Sect Resource Point, but one imprisoned him with Sword Prison and examined his Spirit Root.
• The Purple Robe People rejected Su Bai for having a Dual Spirit Root, said they were heading to Jade Mist Sect, and departed after one asked that he be spared.
• Bai Daoyuan arrived, heard Yang Sheng and Su Bai's account, sent messages to the sect, and took over patrols while they recuperated.
• Jiang Han won several Outer Court matches at the Outer Sect Competition with his Fire Attribute Talent, but lost to stronger Disciples and finished in fourth place.

Su Bai encountered the Immortal Palace agents at Spirit Moon Lake and discovered that Su Duanqiu had become a powerful sword cultivator. After Su Duanqiu killed Bai Daoyuan and Yang Sheng, she gave Su Bai a Jade Slip and left with Jiang Han, saying the Immortal Palace would guide him on his path.

• Su Bai sent Jiang Han a message of comfort, then joined Bai Daoyuan and Yang Sheng on patrol as the sect prepared to send the Law Enforcement Court to investigate the Purple Robe People.
• Two Purple Robe People arrived with Jiang Han, and one took him away while the other, Su Duanqiu, blocked Bai Daoyuan.
• Su Duanqiu defeated Bai Daoyuan and killed him despite Su Bai recognizing her, while Yang Sheng fled.
• Su Bai found Yang Sheng dead and spoke with Su Duanqiu, who explained that the Immortal Palace valued battle and spell talent and gave him a Jade Slip.
• Su Duanqiu said Jiang Han was the Immortal Palace's gain and that they would guide him on the Immortal Path, then left on her sword.

After Su Duanqiu killed Yang Sheng and Bai Daoyuan and escaped, Su Bai returned to Jade Mist Sect and reported what happened at Spirit Moon Lake. The Law Enforcement Court investigated the deaths, while Ye Taiyi and Kuang Ningyuan discussed the Immortal Palace and ordered Su Bai watched.

• Su Bai brought Yang Sheng and Bai Daoyuan's bodies to Lake Heart Isle and waited for the sect's response.
• Kuang Ningyuan arrived, examined the bodies and battle site, ended Su Bai's mission, and warned him to stay within the mountain gate because Bai Yuanji might confront him.
• After Su Bai left, Kuang Ningyuan told Ye Taiyi that two Immortal Palace members had killed the disciples and escaped through a one-use Teleportation Array.
• Kuang Ningyuan explained that the Immortal Palace came from Qianyuan, recruited talented cultivators, and plundered resources; Ye Taiyi ordered the sect to watch it and seek an opportunity to retaliate.
• Kuang Ningyuan identified Su Bai as the sect's main lead to the Immortal Palace and ordered Law Enforcement Court Disciples to keep an eye on him.

Su Bai returned to the Jade Mist Sect after the Spirit Moon Lake Mission and planned to study the Profound Sword True Essence Art, but Bai Yuanji confronted him over Bai Daoyuan’s death. Kuang Ningyuan intervened and took Su Bai to the Law Enforcement Court, leaving Bai Yuanji confined while warning him that the case involved the Immortal Palace.

• Su Bai returned to the Jade Mist Sect, decided to avoid Outer Court Missions for a while, and planned to study the Profound Sword True Essence Art and copy its Jade Slip for Zhao Shanhe.
• Bai Yuanji confronted Su Bai in Courtyard 32, pressured him with his Foundation Establishment aura, and threatened to search his soul over Bai Daoyuan’s death.
• Kuang Ningyuan arrived with Law Enforcement Court Disciples and took Su Bai away to help investigate the incident involving Su Duanqiu.
• Kuang Ningyuan sentenced Bai Yuanji to one hundred days in detention, then doubled the confinement after Bai Yuanji rejected the ruling.
• Kuang Ningyuan warned Bai Yuanji that the case involved the Immortal Palace and that Hall Master Ye and the Academy Master were involved, while Bai Yuanji accepted that the Law Enforcement Court would handle it.

After three days of questioning, Su Bai, Zhao Shanhe, and Wang Jue were cleared by the Law Enforcement Court and recruited to report any future clues about the Immortal Palace. Su Bai and Wang Jue then discussed a Twin Lotus harvesting mission that could help them break through to Qi Refining Layer Six.

• Su Bai, Zhao Shanhe, and Wang Jue emerged from questioning, and Kuang Ningyuan assured them they had broken no sect rules.
• Kuang Ningyuan shared some Immortal Palace intelligence, asked the three to report future clues about Su Duanqiu and Jiang Han, and gave each a message-transmitting artifact and a talisman containing his full-force strike.
• After the three left the Law Enforcement Court, Wang Jue angrily complained about Su Duanqiu, and Su Bai reminded him how powerful she was.
• Wang Jue invited Su Bai to join a two-person Outer Court mission to harvest Twin Lotus at Yin Yang Pool, explaining that the reward included Yin Yang Qi Spiritual Power useful for reaching Qi Refining Layer Six.

Su Bai joined Wang Jue for the Yin Yang Pool Harvest mission, which would keep them away for about three months. Before departing, Su Bai gave Zhao Shanhe a copied Sword Dao technique from Su Duanqiu, and the two agreed to keep it secret and claim they developed it together.

• Wang Jue invited Su Bai to join the Yin Yang Pool Harvest mission after his original teammate found another partner.
• Wang Jue and Su Bai reached the Outer Sect Task Office early and secured mission slots before heading to the Lecture Ground for departure.
• Su Bai went to the Stone Forest and gave Zhao Shanhe a Jade Slip containing the Spiral Compression Technique copied from the Profound Sword True Essence Art.
• Zhao Shanhe said the technique was unlike any Sword Dao Divine Ability he knew and agreed not to report it to Elder Kuang Ningyuan.
• Zhao Shanhe kept the Jade Slip and proposed that he and Su Bai claim they had developed the technique together after Su Bai joined the Sword Academy.

Su Bai joined Wang Jue and the other Outer Court Disciples aboard Elder Wu's Spirit Boat and traveled to Yin Yang Pool for their harvesting mission. After arriving, the disciples learned how to harvest the mature Yin Yang Twin Lotuses and were warned to handle them carefully.

• Su Bai met Wang Jue at the Lecture Ground, and they checked in with Elder Wu for the Yin Yang Pool mission.
• Elder Wu used his Spirit Ship Magic Artifact to carry the sixty Outer Court Disciples toward Yin Yang Pool.
• During the journey, Su Bai considered his cultivation goals and the upcoming chance to copy another talent.
• The group reached Yin Yang Pool and saw its mature Yin Yang Twin Lotuses.
• An Inner Sect Elite Disciple demonstrated how to harvest the lotuses and distributed Jade Boxes, warning that disciples who failed more than twice would be barred from the mission.

Su Bai and Wang Jue harvested Yin Yang Twin Lotus for a month, refining its spiritual energy and advancing to Qi Refining Layer Six. The harvest ended after every lotus in Yin Yang Pool had matured, and Su Bai had also reached minor success in the Profound Sword True Essence Art.

• Su Bai and Wang Jue worked together to harvest Yin Yang Twin Lotus and alternated refining the spiritual energy while delivering the harvested flowers to Elder Wu You.
• Su Bai and Wang Jue continued harvesting and cultivating for half a month, and Wang Jue broke through to Qi Refining Layer Six.
• Su Bai refined another stream of Yin Yang Spiritual Energy and broke through to Qi Refining Layer Six.
• Other Outer Court Disciples also advanced, and two especially diligent disciples broke through to Qi Refining Layer Seven.
• Su Bai cultivated the Profound Sword True Essence Art while he and Wang Jue waited for their turn to refine more spiritual energy.
• The Inner Disciple announced the harvest mission had ended when every Yin Yang Twin Lotus in Yin Yang Pool had matured, and Su Bai had achieved minor success in the Profound Sword True Essence Art.

Su Bai returned from his mission at Qi Refining Layer Six and declined Wang Jue’s invitation to enter the Blood River Secret Realm, while Wang Jue decided to go. After reuniting with his courtyard companions, Su Bai collected his cultivation pills and went to see Steward Lin.

• Wang Jue told Su Bai about the dangerous Blood River Secret Realm mission and said he planned to take part, but Su Bai declined.
• Su Bai and Wang Jue returned to the Outer Sect Lecture Ground, parted ways, and agreed to meet after Wang Jue returned from the Secret Realm.
• Su Bai reunited with Zhou Chang, Zhang Yanshen, Li Daniu, and Qian Er at Courtyard 32 and assured them that his trouble with the Law Enforcement Court was settled.
• Su Bai told his companions that Jiang Han would probably not return, and the group shared Spirit Wine and stories before parting the next morning.
• Su Bai collected his monthly Yellow Dragon Pills from Steward Su and surprised Steward Lin by reaching Qi Refining Layer Six.

Su Bai accepted a patrol mission near Qingyun Mountain after rejecting several riskier assignments, choosing steady rewards to support his cultivation. After taking over a Minor Outpost, he became its Patrol Captain and learned the boundaries and duties of his post.

• Steward Lin discovered Su Bai's Spirit Moon Lake Mission had ended early and recommended several missions, including the Blood River Secret Realm, which Su Bai declined.
• Steward Lin offered Su Bai the Squad Leader mission at a mountain-gate patrol outpost, and Su Bai accepted it for five Yellow Dragon Pills each month.
• Steward Lin registered the mission and gave Su Bai a map and the Feather Fall Technique before Su Bai headed to the designated Minor Outpost.
• Su Bai met the former squad leader and three patrol members, exchanged Jade Talismans, and took over the post.
• The former squad leader showed Su Bai the patrol territory, advised him to protect Stone Village from dangers, and gave him a Small Token for contacting the Inner Disciple at the Major Outpost.