Chapter Summaries

Su Bai disguised himself as a low-level Demonic Cultivator and traveled to Yinhun Town to infiltrate the Palace of Reincarnation. He learned that its annual Recruitment Ceremony would take place in a month, leaving him prepared to enter the examination.

• Su Bai wished Liu Shanyu success before leaving the Thick Earth Sword Sect, and Liu later formed his Golden Core and helped the sect regain its strength.
• Su Bai practiced Thousand Mountain Shadow Slash, then used Thousand Faces Phantom and Endless Vitality to disguise himself as an evil-looking ninth-layer Qi Refining Cultivator.
• Su Bai arrived in Yinhun Town, where he found Palace of Reincarnation Disciples and learned that the sect recruited new Disciples there each year.
• Su Bai questioned a tavern shopkeeper, who told him the Recruitment Ceremony would be held in a month at the City God Temple in West City.

Su Bai prepared a teleportation point near Yinhun Town, then joined more than a thousand candidates at the Palace of Reincarnation’s recruitment trial. He entered the sect’s secret realm last, where the trial’s overseers sealed the entrance and began observing the candidates.

• Su Bai discovered a Magic Array behind the City God Temple, set up a Short-Distance Teleportation Point in a nearby valley, and returned to town.
• As the recruitment ceremony approached, Cultivators gathered in Yinhun Town, where Palace of Reincarnation Disciples suppressed their clashes.
• Su Bai followed the candidates to the City God Temple and recognized the Magic Array as a Secret Realm Entrance.
• A Golden Core Cultivator told the candidates to bring ten heads to a Sacrifice Altar to qualify for recruitment, and the Cultivators streamed into the secret realm.
• Su Bai entered last, after which the Golden Core Cultivator sealed the entrance and used a Bronze Mirror Magic Tool to display the secret realm.

Su Bai entered the Palace of Reincarnation’s Secret Realm trial, survived an ambush, and killed enough Cultivators to reach the sect. After revealing his Water Attribute Heavenly Spirit Root, he joined the Earth Burial Hall, where Shi Gu prepared to teach him its cultivation art.

• Su Bai used the Ice Snow Jade Puppet to withstand the Cultivators’ opening barrage, then escaped into the air on his sword.
• Su Bai hunted down the Cultivators who had attacked him and fed their bodies to a Sacrifice Altar, opening a Teleportation Entrance to the Palace of Reincarnation.
• Su Bai introduced himself as Jiang Han to five Golden Core Cultivators and accepted Skinny Skeleton’s offer to join the Earth Burial Hall.
• Shi Gu, the Earth Burial Hall’s Hall Master, brought Su Bai to the branch after learning of his trial performance.
• Shi Gu discovered that Su Bai had a Water Attribute Heavenly Spirit Root and explained that he could have joined the sect directly as a True Inheritance Disciple.
• Shi Gu brought Su Bai into the Earth Burial Hall’s Main Hall to teach him the branch’s primary cultivation art.

Su Bai received the Earth Burial Hall’s cultivation arts and settled into a coffin in a quiet grave to disguise himself while exploring the hall. As he practiced the techniques, he sensed a hidden Thousand-Year Zombie beneath a small forest and prepared to refine it.

• Shi Gu gave Su Bai the Soul Devouring Spirit Refining Art, the first half of the Nine Nether Thick Earth Burial Soul Art, and a Blood Fiend Pill, then warned him about the hall’s Disciples.
• Shi Gu secretly hoped to refine Su Bai into an unprecedented Sword Corpse and placed a mark on him.
• Su Bai noticed the mark but left it in place, then surveyed the Earth Burial Hall and found a secluded grave to make his home.
• Su Bai put a coffin in the grave, lay inside it, and practiced the two cultivation arts while waiting for nightfall.
• Su Bai copied the aura of Baleful Yin Spiritual Power with Thousand Faces Phantom and searched the mountain for a Zombie to refine.
• Su Bai sensed a Thousand-Year Zombie hiding beneath a small forest halfway up the mountain.

Su Bai discovered a Thousand-Year Zombie who had reached the Flying Zombie stage and forced him to emerge from hiding. After learning the zombie’s grudge against Earth Burial Hall, Su Bai named him Tiangang and took him along to practice the Corpse Puppet Refining Method.

• Su Bai sensed the concealed Flying Zombie beneath the Small Forest and used his Nascent Soul pressure to make it come out.
• The Thousand-Year Zombie emerged using Earth Escape and agreed to cooperate with Su Bai in practicing the Corpse Puppet Refining Method.
• The zombie explained that Earth Burial Hall cultivators had killed his family and forced him to swallow a Corpse Pill over a thousand years earlier.
• Su Bai learned that the zombie had been a martial arts master called Tiangang Fist and named him Tiangang.

Su Bai struggled to place a Corpse Control Seal on Tiangang, then successfully bound him and gave him a cultivation manual. After Tiangang began cultivating, Su Bai secretly entered the Earth Burial Hall’s treasure vault and copied two useful Jade Slips.

• Su Bai repeatedly failed to cast the Corpse Control Seal on Tiangang, causing him severe pain, before deriving the spell and successfully binding him.
• Su Bai gave Tiangang a skill manual to cultivate and told him to conceal his Flying Zombie realm; Tiangang entered a coffin to cultivate.
• Su Bai changed his appearance and secretly left the coffin to investigate the Earth Burial Hall’s Main Hall while its disciples and elders cultivated.
• Su Bai found a protected secret chamber beneath the Earth Burial Hall and slipped into its treasure vault.
• Su Bai copied the Nascent Soul follow-up method for the Nine Nether Thick Earth Burial Soul Art and the Earth Vein Shuttle technique.

Su Bai raided the Palace of Reincarnation’s five meridians, stealing their treasures and cultivation arts while avoiding detection. He obtained the Fire Burn Sword and finished the night by looting the Earth Burial Hall again.

• Su Bai copied Earth Attribute spells from the Earth Burial Hall’s secret chamber and escaped while Shi Gu remained unaware.
• Su Bai infiltrated the Fire Incineration Hall and subdued the Golden Core Cultivator guarding its treasury.
• Su Bai opened the array sealing the Fire Burn Sword, refined the Houtian Spirit Treasure, and stored it alongside Wrathful Water Skyfall.
• Su Bai took the Fire Incineration Hall’s Jade Slips, artifacts, Spirit Stones, pills, and records, learning that the Nether Ancestor was a Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator.
• Su Bai raided all five meridians of the Palace of Reincarnation, then returned to the Earth Burial Hall and took everything there.

Su Bai finished assessing the treasures he had stolen from the Palace of Reincarnation's Five Meridians and realized the cultivators had not yet noticed the theft. Still searching for a Five Elements Fusion art, he climbed to the Nether Ancestor's peak and found the attic empty, leaving him to wonder whether the ancestor and his treasures were inside his Grotto-Heaven.

• Su Bai reviewed his stolen Spirit Stones, Spirit Artifacts, cultivation arts, Divine Ability manuals, and the Houtian Spirit Treasure Fire Burn Sword.
• Su Bai decided to keep his current primary cultivation art but planned to cultivate the stolen Third-Tier Divine Abilities using his talents from Immortal Talent Reflection.
• Su Bai learned from the treasury records that the Palace of Reincarnation Sect Master lived on the mountain peak and climbed there to seek the missing Five Elements Fusion art.
• Su Bai reached the peak and found a dark two-story attic, but detected no one inside.
• Su Bai suspected the Nether Ancestor was cultivating in his Grotto-Heaven and hoped he had not stored every treasure there.

Su Bai searched Nether Ancestor’s pavilion and found the Five Elements Rotation Technique, a Quasi-fourth-tier Divine Ability whose fusion principles could help him create the Grand Five Elements Sword Array. After Su Bai took the book and headed for the Earth Burial Hall, Nether Ancestor discovered the theft and sounded an alarm, leaving Su Bai rushing to escape with Tiangang.

• Su Bai entered Nether Ancestor’s pavilion and found nothing valuable on its first floor.
• Su Bai discovered an ancient book on the second floor and recognized it as the Five Elements Rotation Technique.
• Su Bai learned that the technique’s Five Elements fusion principles could save him at least a hundred years of work on the Grand Five Elements Sword Array.
• Su Bai took the book and headed toward the Earth Burial Hall.
• Nether Ancestor returned to the pavilion, noticed the book was missing, and rang the alarm bell across the Nether Mountain Range.
• Su Bai realized he had been discovered and hurried to take Tiangang away so he could escape.

Su Bai escaped the Nether Ancestor by teleporting beyond the Nether Mountain Range and sent Tiangang west ahead of him. The Nether Ancestor abandoned the pursuit, then learned that Su Bai had robbed several treasure vaults and took a Golden Core Cultivator to Nether Peak for punishment.

• Su Bai told Tiangang to use Earth Escape and travel west while he drew the Nascent Soul Middle Stage Nether Ancestor away.
• Su Bai confronted the Nether Ancestor, then escaped to the vicinity of Yinhun Town with a Teleportation Array.
• The Nether Ancestor stopped pursuing Su Bai after deciding that confronting an unfamiliar cultivator from beyond Tian Nan could bring trouble.
• Golden Core Cultivators reported that Su Bai had robbed the Earth Burial Hall, Water Prison Hall, and Fire Incineration Hall, including the Fire Burn Sword.
• The Nether Ancestor knocked the Fire Incineration Hall guard unconscious, ordered the others to restore and guard their stations, and carried the guard toward Nether Peak.
• Su Bai confirmed that the Nether Ancestor had given up and flew west using his connection with Tiangang.

Su Bai took Tiangang to a concealed Yin Sha Land in a river valley so Tiangang could cultivate toward the Purple Zombie realm. While Tiangang cultivated underground, Su Bai settled nearby to master the final Five Elements Sword Dao Divine Ability and prepare to deduce the Grand Five Elements Sword Array.

• Tiangang emerged from an abandoned well and met Su Bai, who told him to find a Yin Sha Land and cultivate without restraint.
• Tiangang sensed a suitable Yin Sha Land away from the Nether Mountain Range, and Su Bai followed him underground, discovering that Tiangang’s Earth Escape Technique was much faster than his own.
• Su Bai resolved to copy Tiangang’s Earth Attribute Spell Talent after Tiangang advanced to the Purple Zombie realm.
• Tiangang led Su Bai to a river-valley Yin Sha Land formed by generations of battlefield deaths, where Su Bai agreed to guard him as he cultivated.
• Su Bai opened a cave abode above the valley and began practicing the Thousand Mountain Shadow Slash before deducing the Grand Five Elements Sword Array.

Nether Ancestor kept a low profile while he worked to master an X Tier Spell, knowing the power and risks of such abilities. Su Bai believed his unique talents would let him create the Grand Five Elements Sword Array at the Nascent Soul Early Stage, strengthening his combat power while he pursued slower cultivation.

• Nether Ancestor chose to stop tracking Su Bai until he had mastered his own X Tier Spell.
• The chapter explained that X Tier Spells were rare, difficult to develop, and often kept secret by their creators.
• Su Bai’s Five Elements Rotation Technique was described as a powerful but incomplete Quasi-Tier 4 Spell that could help him create an X Tier Spell.
• Su Bai recognized that advancing to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage would take decades or longer, even with his talent and resources.
• Su Bai planned to create the Grand Five Elements Sword Array to prepare for the coming Demon Star Sea war and improve his chances of reaching Spirit Transformation.

Su Bai waited for Tiangang to advance to the Purple Zombie Realm while a war raged between two nations near the river valley. After Tiangang devoured the dead soldiers’ flesh and blood, his transformation began beneath the earth.

• Su Bai received Tiangang’s message that his advancement was near and decided to focus on protecting him and later copying his Earth Attribute Spell Talent.
• Fifty thousand troops from each nation clashed for three days as Su Bai watched from a mountain peak.
• After both armies withdrew, Tiangang’s Yin Sha Qi devoured the flesh and blood of fallen soldiers while sparing the living, prompting the troops to retreat in fear.
• Su Bai sensed Tiangang beginning his transformation as Yin Sha Qi gathered around him and his skin took on a purple hue.

Su Bai prepared defensive Magic Arrays and lent Tiangang the Mysterious Yellow Banner to help him survive his First-Ninth Heavenly Tribulation. After three increasingly powerful lightning bolts injured Tiangang, he used the banner to shield himself and braced for the fourth.

• Su Bai placed three sets of Defense Formation Disks around the river valley, lent Tiangang the Mysterious Yellow Banner, and retreated to a safe distance.
• Dark clouds covered the Mortal World, terrifying the retreating mortal army as Purple Lightning gathered overhead.
• The first lightning bolt blasted open the ground, destroyed the Yin Sha Land, and lightly injured Tiangang.
• Tiangang rose into the air and endured the second lightning bolt, which left him no worse off than the first and made the purple qi around him grow denser.
• The third lightning bolt shattered Tiangang's Yin Sha Qi and scorched his Flying Zombie body, so he summoned the Mysterious Yellow Banner to protect himself.

Tiangang faced the Purple Zombie Tribulation with Su Bai’s Mysterious Yellow Banner and defensive formations protecting him. He survived all nine lightning strikes, evolved into a purple zombie, and went to consolidate his realm while Su Bai counted the cost of the destroyed formations.

• Tiangang used the Mysterious Yellow Banner to block the fourth Heavenly Tribulation Lightning, and the remaining energy tempered his body.
• Su Bai promised Tiangang the banner if he successfully advanced, and Tiangang relied on it to withstand the fifth and sixth lightning bolts.
• Tiangang used Su Bai’s defensive formation to survive the seventh, eighth, and ninth lightning bolts, though the final strike injured him and destroyed two formations.
• The black vortex dispersed, and spiritual energy descended as Tiangang evolved into a purple zombie.
• Tiangang flew to Su Bai and reported his success, then followed Su Bai’s order to consolidate his realm.
• Su Bai lamented that two of the three costly defensive formations had been destroyed.

After Tiangang advanced into a Purple Zombie, Su Bai examined the strengthened bond between them and copied Tiangang’s Mysterious Tier Child of Earth Yin talent. The new talent restored Su Bai’s Spiritual Power and promised to greatly improve his endurance and earth-attribute cultivation, and he began cultivating in seclusion while Tiangang stood guard.

• Su Bai retrieved the ruined formation’s plate and flags, then explained to Tiangang that the top-tier Defense Formation was worth as much as an entire mortal nation.
• Using the Corpse Control Seal, Su Bai found that Tiangang’s advancement had strengthened both his divine soul and their bond.
• Su Bai surveyed Tiangang’s talent and discovered that his Child of Earth had become the Mysterious Tier Child of Earth Yin.
• Su Bai copied Child of Earth Yin and drew yin spiritual energy from the earth, rapidly restoring the Spiritual Power he had spent.
• Su Bai returned to the cave abode and told Tiangang to stand guard while he cultivated Divine Abilities in seclusion.

Su Bai realized that mastering the Five Elements Rotation Technique would take decades without guidance, so he set out for the Palace of Reincarnation to seek the Nether Ancestor’s cultivation manual and insights. With Tiangang now a Purple Zombie, Su Bai traveled there openly, leaving Tiangang to follow him underground.

• Su Bai perfected the Third-tier Earth Attribute sword Dao Technique, Thousand Mountain Shadow Slash, then struggled to master the Grand Five Elements Sword Array and Five Elements Rotation Technique.
• Su Bai decided to visit the Palace of Reincarnation and obtain the Nether Ancestor’s Cultivation Manual to learn about Five Elements Fusion.
• Su Bai invited Tiangang to accompany him, and Tiangang overcame his fear of the Palace of Reincarnation after Su Bai reminded him of his new strength as a Purple Zombie.
• Su Bai used the Earth Escape Technique to head for the Palace of Reincarnation, and Tiangang followed, amazed that Su Bai’s underground speed surpassed his own.

Su Bai returned to the Nether Mountain Range with Purple Zombie Tiangang and attacked the Palace of Reincarnation to force Nether Ancestor out. Nether Ancestor appeared and attacked, but Tiangang blocked his strike, leaving the two sides facing off.

• Su Bai decided to assault the Palace of Reincarnation Main Peak to cut off the resources sustaining Nether Ancestor.
• Su Bai and Tiangang appeared over the main peak, where Su Bai demanded that Nether Ancestor come out or see the sect destroyed.
• The Palace of Reincarnation's cultivators sensed Su Bai's Nascent Soul Realm cultivation and realized they could not stop him.
• Su Bai destroyed the sect's great bell with his flying sword and called Nether Ancestor out again.
• Nether Ancestor appeared, recognized Su Bai as the cultivator who had raided his treasure vault, and attacked with a golden sword.
• Tiangang blocked Nether Ancestor's Third-Tier Divine Ability, and Nether Ancestor recognized him as the Purple Zombie who had undergone Tribulation Crossing months earlier.

Su Bai battled the Nether Ancestor by attacking the Earthwood Spring Square with his fire and sword abilities. He shattered the square with his strongest strike, overcoming the Nether Ancestor’s water-based counterattack.

• Su Bai used Sky Burning Sword Prison to engulf the Earthwood Spring Square in flames, cracking it and withering its green surface.
• A water dragon erupted from the square and broke Su Bai’s flame vortex, restoring the damaged square.
• Su Bai recognized that the Nether Ancestor could combine the five elements in his Divine Abilities.
• Su Bai summoned his Sword Soul and Thundercloud Sword Array, shredding the water dragon.
• Su Bai unleashed the Hundred Meridians Power through the Soaring Dragon Sword and shattered the Earthwood Spring Square.

Su Bai blocked Nether Ancestor’s Golden Fiend God-Splitting Spear with his Absolute Defense, then landed to recover his Spiritual Power by drawing on earth vein energy. Seeing that he could not defeat Su Bai and feared for the Palace of Reincarnation’s Disciples, Nether Ancestor proposed ending the fight.

• Nether Ancestor used his half-finished Demonic Fiend Five Elements Art to form the Five Elements Demonic Fiend Barrier, which stopped Su Bai’s Soaring Dragon Sword.
• Nether Ancestor sent the Golden Fiend God-Splitting Spear at Su Bai, who slowed and dissipated it with his Spiritual Power Points at the cost of more than half his Spiritual Power.
• Su Bai recalled the Thundercloud Sword Array and descended to the ground so his Child of Earth Yin talent could absorb Yin Spirit Qi and restore his Spiritual Power.
• Nether Ancestor followed Su Bai, fearing he might attack the Palace of Reincarnation’s Disciples, then asked him to stop fighting.