Chapter Summaries

Su Bai negotiated with Nether Ancestor after their battle, seeking knowledge of Five Elements cultivation in exchange for sparing the Palace of Reincarnation. Nether Ancestor agreed to provide his Five Elements Rotation Technique experience, and Su Bai swore not to trouble him or the sect if the material satisfied him.

• Nether Ancestor raised a barrier to conceal his discussion with Su Bai and proposed settling their conflict peacefully.
• Su Bai revealed that he came from Demon Star Sea, where at least two Nascent Soul Cultivators were stronger than he was, making Nether Ancestor reconsider confronting him.
• Su Bai asked to borrow a Five Elements Land, but Nether Ancestor said he had none and explained that he had learned the technique by absorbing his disciples' memories.
• Su Bai demanded Nether Ancestor's methods for cultivating Five Elements Mutual Generation and Fusion Transformation in exchange for sparing the Palace of Reincarnation.
• Nether Ancestor agreed to hand over his complete Five Elements Rotation Technique cultivation experience, and Su Bai swore a Dao Heart Oath not to trouble Nether Ancestor or the sect if it proved satisfactory.

Su Bai made peace with Nether Ancestor and received a month of instruction on the Five Elements Rotation Technique. He mastered the technique’s metal, earth, and wood principles, while water and fire remained beyond Nether Ancestor’s expertise.

• Nether Ancestor accepted Su Bai’s Dao Heart Oath, ended the confrontation, and invited him to Nether Peak to discuss a transaction.
• Su Bai returned the ancient book containing the Five Elements Rotation Technique, and Nether Ancestor offered to teach him the Way of the Five Elements.
• Su Bai focused on Nether Ancestor’s sermon for a month, using his All-Five-Elements Talent to absorb its teachings.
• Su Bai formed Tricolor Spiritual Light and showed Nether Ancestor that he had grasped the metal, earth, and wood principles and could begin applying them to his sword Dao.
• Nether Ancestor was astonished by Su Bai’s progress and silently admired his extraordinary talent.

Su Bai completed the Grand Five Elements Sword Array after more than a year of secluded cultivation near the Ghost Spirit Mountains. He prepared to leave Tian Nan with Tiangang and return to the Demon Star Sea, while reserving the Yin-Yang integration for later.

• Su Bai assured Nether Ancestor that he would no longer disturb the Palace of Reincarnation and left with Tiangang.
• Su Bai established a cave abode near the Ghost Spirit Mountains and began cultivating the Five Elements Rotation Technique and the Second-turn Grand Five Elements Sword Array.
• After more than a year in seclusion, Su Bai emerged following a Five-colored Sword Light demonstration and announced his Grand Five Elements Sword Array had reached major accomplishment.
• Su Bai explained that the array combined five elemental swords and could sustain its power, but he had not yet integrated the Yin-Yang Sword Domain.
• Su Bai decided to return to the Demon Star Sea with Tiangang and asked whether Tiangang had anyone in Tian Nan he wished to visit.

Tiangang searched for descendants of his bloodline and found one, then followed the trail with Su Bai. They emerged beneath a bathhouse, where Tiangang startled a woman who turned out to be his descendant and had Dual Spirit Roots.

• Tiangang sensed that many of his descendants had survived and searched for the closest bloodline connection.
• Su Bai and Tiangang set out to meet Tiangang's descendant before traveling to the Demon Star Sea, while Su Bai reflected on returning to Qingzhou and Yan Kingdom.
• Tiangang located a nearby descendant and used the Earth Escape Technique to reach her, with Su Bai following.
• They emerged beneath a bathhouse, where Tiangang announced himself to a woman soaking in a bathtub and frightened her.
• Su Bai clothed and calmed the woman, then discovered that she had Dual Spirit Roots.

Su Bai and Tiangang met their descendant Wei Wushuang in Asking Heaven City, helped her begin cultivating immortality, and gave her the Purple Zombie Bloodline. After they left for the Demon Star Sea, Wei Wushuang founded the Tiangang Wei Family, whose descendants became a renowned cultivation and body-refining clan.

• Su Bai introduced Tiangang to Wei Wushuang, who confirmed Tiangang’s identity through his family’s inherited fist technique and told him how she had been orphaned and ostracized.
• Tiangang offered Wei Wushuang a chance to cultivate immortality, and she accepted Su Bai’s guidance and spiritual pills.
• During a month in Asking Heaven City, Su Bai helped Wei Wushuang reach Qi Refining Layer Six, while Tiangang gave her Purple Zombie Essence Blood that strengthened her body and passed on a bloodline.
• Su Bai and Tiangang left for the Demon Star Sea, and Wei Wushuang later married and established the Tiangang Wei Family.
• Wei Wushuang reached the Golden Core Stage, explored the Demon Star Sea, and returned to pass her experiences to her descendants.
• Wei Wushuang’s descendants carried the Purple Zombie Bloodline, and the Tiangang Wei Family grew into a renowned cultivation and body-refining clan.

Su Bai brought Tiangang to the Immortal Palace Grotto-Heaven, intending to recommend the Purple Zombie as an Immortal Envoy and test Xuanzhe's strength. After Xuanzhe questioned Tiangang's recruitment, Su Bai discovered that the figure before them was only an energy body, not Xuanzhe's physical body.

• Su Bai explained the Immortal Palace and the Qianyuan Cultivation World to Tiangang, then secretly instructed him on their plan to have him join the Immortal Palace.
• Several months later, Su Bai and Tiangang used a teleportation outpost beneath a deserted South Sea island to reach the Immortal Palace Grotto-Heaven.
• Su Bai transformed into the Spirit Lord and brought Tiangang before Xuanzhe, recommending him for membership in the Immortal Palace.
• Xuanzhe questioned Tiangang about why he wished to join, while Su Bai secretly used Abyssal Vortex Soul Listener to probe Xuanzhe.
• Su Bai sensed that Xuanzhe's physical body was absent and that the figure before them was only a lifelike body of energy.

Xuanzhe accepted Tiangang into the Immortal Palace and appointed both him and Su Bai as Immortal Envoys, naming Su Bai Tianshu and Tiangang Yellow Springs. Xuanzhe gave Su Bai partial access to the Grotto-Heaven and sent Tiangang to the Southern Sea, where the Immortal Palace’s activities could help draw local forces toward the Heavenly Star Alliance.

• Xuanzhe accepted Tiangang into the Immortal Palace and appointed him an Immortal Envoy after Tiangang explained his need for cultivation resources.
• Xuanzhe let Su Bai choose an Immortal Envoy title, and Su Bai chose Tianshu.
• Xuanzhe transferred part of the Immortal Palace Grotto-Heaven’s authority to Su Bai, allowing him to use some of its power and enter or leave freely.
• Xuanzhe named Tiangang Yellow Springs, gave him a High-grade Immortal Seed, and announced both new Immortal Envoys to the Immortal Palace members.
• Xuanzhe sent Yellow Springs to the Southern Sea to support the Immortal Palace’s operations, while explaining to Su Bai that unrest there would benefit the Heavenly Star Alliance.

Xuanzhe revealed that he was a Primordial Spirit Clone of True Lord Xianyu, the Immortal Palace’s Deity Transformation founder, and explained why he was bound to the Grotto-Heaven. He then began teaching Su Bai about the key points of advancing to Deity Transformation.

• Su Bai ordered Tiangang to accept Xuanzhe’s arrangement and guard the Southern Sea Cultivation World.
• Xuanzhe merged with the Immortal Palace Grotto-Heaven to demonstrate his power, and Su Bai defended himself with his Five-Colored Spiritual Light.
• Xuanzhe disclosed that he was a Primordial Spirit Clone left by True Lord Xianyu and explained that his main body had ascended to the Spirit Realm.
• Xuanzhe explained that the Primordial Spirit formed when a Nascent Soul and Spiritual Sense fused, allowing Deity Transformation Cultivators to perceive Law Power and control the primordial energy of heaven and earth.
• Su Bai agreed to help the Immortal Palace when he could, and Xuanzhe began explaining the matters to consider when advancing to Deity Transformation.

Su Bai learned how Law Power and Tier 4 Divine Abilities could help him advance to Spirit Transformation, then discussed the Immortal Palace’s plans to take control of the South Sea. The Immortal Palace planned to move its headquarters there, with Su Bai helping coordinate the transition from Green Ying.

• Xuanzhe explained that his main body had first sensed the Metal Law to draw down the tribulation and advance to Spirit Transformation, and praised Su Bai’s early mastery of a Tier 4 Divine Ability.
• Xuanzhe planned for Yellow Springs to hold down the South Sea and asked Su Bai to keep watch and assist if needed; Su Bai agreed to help within his ability.
• Xuanzhe proposed making Su Bai’s Golden Core subordinates his Emissary Guards, and Su Bai tacitly accepted.
• Xuanzhe told Su Bai that the Immortal Palace would move its headquarters from Qianyuan to the South Sea once the region was stable, and Su Bai agreed to help coordinate the migration from Green Ying.
• Xuanzhe noted that controlling the South Sea would take time because its islands had Nascent Soul Cultivators, including Old Ancestor Yun and Yun Fusheng.

Su Bai and Xuanzhe reached a mutual-benefit agreement: Xuanzhe would help Su Bai advance to Spirit Transformation and act as Lu Jiu, while Su Bai would support the Immortal Palace. After Tiangang departed for the South Sea to cultivate and gather resources, Su Bai set out for Qingzhou.

• Xuanzhe told Tiangang that five Immortal Palace Pulse Lords would accompany him to the South Sea, where he was to seek resources and talent and consult Tianshu if needed.
• Su Bai gave Tiangang high-grade Spirit Stones and encouraged him to cultivate freely in the South Sea, hoping he would advance alongside Su Bai.
• Tiangang promised to improve his cultivation, then left through the Teleportation Array after Su Bai told him how to contact him in an emergency.
• Su Bai used the Teleportation Array to travel to Qingzhou after wondering how much it had changed over the decades.

Su Bai returned to Jade Mist Sect as a Nascent Soul Cultivator and reunited with Zhao Shanhe before heading to help Xu Shangran with his Golden Core breakthrough. His arrival gave the sect a powerful new Grand Elder as it faced Biyou Palace’s demand for territory.

• Su Bai returned to Sword Academy, where Zhao Shanhe told him the academy had grown and that Xu Shangran was attempting to break through to Golden Core.
• Su Bai went to Qingyun Peak and revealed his Nascent Soul cultivation to Zhang Jingyun and Jade Mist Sect’s Golden Core Cultivators, who recognized him as their new Grand Elder.
• Su Bai asked about Xu Shangran’s troubled breakthrough and vanished into the tower to check on him.
• Zhang Jingyun told the elders that Biyou Palace Old Ancestor intended to claim at least half of Qingshan Spirit Plain, and the sect discussed whether Su Bai could oppose him.

Su Bai returned to the Jade Mist Sect and helped Xu Shangran break through to the Golden Core Realm. After learning that Biyou Palace was demanding part of the sect’s territory, Su Bai promised to handle its Old Ancestor and gave the sect ten Profound Gold Pills before preparing to leave.

• Su Bai secretly entered Xu Shangran’s protected chamber and gave him a Profound Gold Pill and Spiritual Energy, helping him complete his Golden Core breakthrough.
• Xu Shangran thanked Su Bai, learned he had reached the Nascent Soul Realm, and joined the sect’s Golden Cores after announcing his success.
• Zhang Jingyun told Su Bai that Biyou Palace was demanding half of Qingshan Spirit Plain, and Su Bai said he would confront its Old Ancestor.
• Su Bai declined a Nascent Soul Ceremony, explaining that he could not stay long because he had debts and Karma to settle.
• Su Bai gave Zhang Jingyun ten Profound Gold Pills and promised the Jade Mist Sect access to the finest pills from Star Luo Pill Pavilion.

Su Bai promised Jade Mist Sect a Nascent Soul Breakthrough Pill and planned to send an avatar into the Blood River Secret Realm to search for rare spirit medicines. After leaving for the Sword Academy and resolving to settle the matter of Biyou Palace, he arrived there to deliver a notice rather than negotiate.

• Su Bai recognized Zhang Jingyun as Jade Mist Sect’s best candidate for Nascent Soul and promised to provide him a Nascent Soul Breakthrough Pill.
• Zhang Jingyun and the Jade Mist Sect Golden Cores thanked Su Bai, while Zhang Jingyun planned how to distribute the Profound Gold Pills.
• Su Bai said he would stay at the Sword Academy, send a Late Qi Refining avatar into the Blood River Secret Realm in three months, and first handle Biyou Palace.
• Xu Shangran and the other Jade Mist Sect cultivators discussed Su Bai’s advancement and awaited the outcome of his visit to Biyou Palace.
• Su Bai reached Biyou Palace after a few days, intending to deliver a notice rather than hold talks.

Su Bai broke through Biyou Palace’s poisonous Mountain Protection Formation and forced his way to the Main Hall, suppressing every cultivator who tried to stop him. After he prepared to destroy the hall, Biyou Palace’s Old Ancestor appeared, and Su Bai identified him.

• Su Bai used his Magic Array Attainment to open a passage through Biyou Palace’s Mountain Protection Formation.
• Biyou Palace Cultivators gathered to investigate, but Su Bai’s pressure suppressed them as he advanced through Yunmeng Marsh.
• Su Bai climbed to the Biyou Palace Main Hall while cultivators, including Golden Core Cultivators, remained unable to approach.
• Su Bai formed Sword Qi and aimed it at the Main Hall, but an aged Nascent Soul Early Stage daoist appeared and asked him to stop.
• Su Bai addressed the old daoist as Biyou Palace Old Ancestor.

Su Bai confronted the Biyou Palace Old Ancestor over Biyou Palace’s claim to half of Qingshan Spirit Plain’s resources and overwhelmed him with sword attacks. Su Bai spared the Old Ancestor but destroyed Biyou Palace’s Main Hall as a warning, leaving him chastened.

• Su Bai identified himself as a Grand Elder of the Jade Mist Sect and told the Biyou Palace Old Ancestor he would spare his life if he survived three moves.
• Su Bai’s first wave of sword qi shattered the Old Ancestor’s defensive technique and damaged several of his Defensive Spirit Tools.
• Su Bai amplified his next attack with his Sword Soul, forcing the Old Ancestor to use a damaged Houtian Spirit Treasure that then shattered.
• Su Bai unleashed the Grand Five Elements Sword Array, heavily wounding the Old Ancestor with a strike that instead razed the mountain beneath Biyou Palace’s Main Hall.
• Su Bai spared the Old Ancestor, warned him against causing trouble with his words, and the Old Ancestor admitted that he had learned his lesson.

After defeating Biyou Palace, Su Bai visited the Yan Kingdom Imperial Mausoleum and reunited with his sister, Empress Su Yao. They discussed her approaching mortality and the future of the Su Family, and Su Bai summoned the Inner Family Disciples to assess their progress.

• The Biyou Palace Old Ancestor ordered his sect to avoid conflict with Jade Mist Sect and began arranging to rebuild Biyou Palace’s Main Hall.
• Su Bai arrived at the Yan Kingdom Imperial Mausoleum and met Su Yao, healing her with a wood-element Divine Ability.
• Su Yao lamented that her mortal lifespan would soon separate them, while Su Bai acknowledged he could not yet help people without Spirit Roots cultivate immortality.
• Su Bai and Su Yao discussed the succession, her children’s prospects, and whether the Su Family’s Inner Family cultivators would eventually dominate her branch.
• Su Bai promised to look for a way to make Inner Family cultivators obey the Imperial Power and summoned the four Inner Family Disciples.
• The four Inner Family Disciples arrived, knelt, and greeted Su Bai as their Family Head.

Su Bai evaluated the four Su Family Inner House Disciples and chose the diligent Su Yu as his successor. He rewarded Su Yu with cultivation resources and Foundation Establishment Pills, then set rules requiring the Inner House to support and remain loyal to the Outer House Emperor of Yan Kingdom.

• Su Bai assessed the four disciples’ cultivation, approving of Su Yu’s Qi Refining Layer Nine while dismissing the slower progress of the other three.
• Su Yu explained that he had devoted himself to cultivation and thanked Su Bai for the family’s support.
• Su Bai gave Su Yu cultivation resources and three Foundation Establishment Pills, promising him the Inner House Head position after he achieved Foundation Establishment.
• Su Bai ordered the Inner House to respect and assist the Outer House Emperor of Yan Kingdom and protect the branch’s direct bloodline, warning that he would destroy the Inner House if it violated these rules.
• Su Bai instructed Su Yu to begin another round of Spirit Root Tests after reaching Foundation Establishment and to allocate the family’s resources carefully.

Su Bai promised Su Yao he would find a way for mortals to cultivate, then left her behind as she ruled Yan Kingdom and died after conquering Chu Kingdom. He returned to Jade Mist Sect, created the First-Turn Grand Five Elements Sword Array, revealed his Nascent Soul cultivation, and remained at the sect until the Blood River Secret Realm opened.

• Su Bai told Su Yao he would bring her onto the Immortal Path if he found a way for mortals to cultivate, then left the imperial mausoleum.
• Su Yao led Yan Kingdom's war against Chu Kingdom, conquered it after three years, and died on the front lines after Innate Martial Artists besieged her.
• Su Yao's Seventh Son, Su Ming, ascended the throne, and Yan Kingdom became Qingzhou's largest Mortal Kingdom.
• Su Bai returned to Jade Mist Sect, devised the First-Turn Grand Five Elements Sword Array, and gave its jade slip to Xu Shangran.
• Su Bai appeared at Xu Shangran's Golden Core Ceremony, confirmed he was a Nascent Soul Cultivator, and strengthened Jade Mist Sect's standing in Qingzhou.
• Su Bai guided Sword Academy Disciples and helped Zhao Shanhe and Xu Shangran with their Sword Dao cultivation until the Blood River Secret Realm opened.

Su Bai entered the Blood River Secret Realm in a temporary Wood Lotus avatar and explored the riverbed, seeking a route to the Source World. After collecting rare spirit medicines, he spotted the vanished Seventh-tier Spirit Medicine Ming Hun and pursued it.

• Su Bai concealed his Nascent Soul identity in the Jade Mist Sect team and entered the Blood River Secret Realm as a Peak Qi Refining puppet avatar.
• Su Bai reached the Blood River and used his Nascent Soul pressure to drive away its creatures before diving into the depths.
• Su Bai found the riverbed and gathered several high-tier spirit medicines, including materials for a Nascent Soul Breakthrough Pill.
• Su Bai headed toward the Upper Reaches of the Blood River, hoping to reach the Source World, and discovered a Seventh-tier Ming Hun.
• Su Bai immediately chased after the Ming Hun.

Su Bai pursued Ming Hun through the Blood Waterfall and was transported into a collapsed modern world filled with Spatial Rifts and dangerous monsters. He captured Ming Hun but needed to find a way back to the Blood River Secret Realm, and the chapter ended with him discovering three children hiding in a building.

• Su Bai chased Ming Hun through the Blood Waterfall and was transported into a shattered otherworld resembling a modern city.
• He confirmed his clone could return to his main body, then caught Ming Hun and sealed it in his Storage Bag.
• Su Bai surveyed the collapsing world and drove off a giant crow-like monster by releasing Nascent Soul pressure.
• He rode his sword down toward the city, found three Human Children hiding behind a door, and called for them to come out.