Chapter Summaries

Su Bai settled into his patrol post, mastered the Feather Fall Technique, and killed a Demonic Beast threatening Stone Village. After Pang San fell asleep while watching a group of visitors, Stone Village’s more than two hundred villagers were massacred, and Su Bai rushed to investigate.

• Su Bai began cultivating the Feather Fall Technique at the minor outpost and joined his squad’s evening patrol past Stone Village.
• After seven or eight days, Su Bai mastered the Feather Fall Technique and killed a First-tier Demonic Beast with Sword Qi, impressing his team.
• Su Bai sent Pang San to watch a group of four martial artists escorting a noble youth into Stone Village while he returned to cultivate.
• Pang San fell asleep and woke two shichen later to find the group gone and Stone Village’s more than two hundred villagers slaughtered.
• Su Bai reported the massacre to nearby Inner Disciples, left two squad members on guard, and hurried alone toward Stone Village to pursue the killers.

Su Bai rescued Stone Village’s three remaining children, then pursued and killed the Crown Prince who had ordered the village massacre. After the Law Enforcement Court punished Su Bai and his team for neglecting their duty, Su Bai returned to the Court to begin 150 days of detention.

• Su Bai found three boys hiding in an iron pot at Stone Village and left Pang San to watch over them while he pursued the murderer.
• Su Bai caught up with the Crown Prince’s carriage and killed its four Innate Martial Artist guards with a Fireball Technique.
• The Crown Prince revealed he had slaughtered the village to attract a Cultivator, but Su Bai killed him and found eighteen Low-grade Spirit Stones in the wreckage.
• The Law Enforcement Court confirmed Stone Village’s villagers were descendants of a deceased Golden Core Ancestor and sentenced Su Bai and his three team members to 150 days of meditation in the Detention Room.
• Su Bai followed a Law Enforcement Court Disciple back to the Court, where he would be unable to cultivate during his detention.

Su Bai agreed to enter the Blood River Secret Realm in exchange for having his Stone Village punishment waived and receiving a hundred Spirit Stones. After Sun Ning registered him, Su Bai told Wang Jue he would participate, and Wang Jue mistakenly thanked him for becoming his Guardian.

• Sun Ning summoned Su Bai and offered to waive his 150-day Sitting Meditation Punishment if he gathered spirit herbs for the Outer Court in the Blood River Secret Realm.
• Sun Ning explained that he wanted Su Bai to help the Outer Court Head Elder improve the Outer Court's standing and offered him a hundred Spirit Stones.
• Su Bai accepted the offer, and Sun Ning registered him for the Blood River Secret Realm opening in over twenty days.
• Sun Ning cleared Su Bai of responsibility for the Stone Village incident and told him to prepare his Sword Qi before the trip.
• Su Bai messaged Wang Jue that he had decided to enter the Blood River Secret Realm, and Wang Jue replied that he was grateful Su Bai would serve as his Guardian.

Su Bai raised his cultivation to Qi Refining Layer Six Peak and prepared to enter the Blood River Secret Realm without crossing into the forbidden Late Qi Refining Stage. At the gathering, Wang Jue explained the Secret Realm’s random teleportation and Blood River dangers to Su Bai, Yu Ji, and Jin Qingjian.

• Su Bai exchanged 123 Spirit Stones for Yellow Dragon Pills and began closed-door cultivation.
• After taking more than eighty Yellow Dragon Pills over twenty days, Su Bai reached Qi Refining Layer Six Peak and stopped before advancing to Layer Seven.
• Su Bai spent the final days honing the Profound Sword True Essence Art before heading to the Outer Sect Lecture Ground for the expedition.
• Su Bai met Wang Jue, Yu Ji, and Jin Qingjian among the disciples gathering to enter the Blood River Secret Realm.
• Wang Jue explained that the entry array randomly teleported three disciples from different sects and that Blood Beasts inhabited the Blood River, including some with Foundation Establishment combat power.

Su Bai and the other disciples prepared for the Blood River Secret Realm by discussing its dangers, potential allies, and ways to regroup after being scattered. The elders checked the roster and warned the eighty-two participants that they would be randomly teleported upon entry.

• Wang Jue warned Su Bai and the others to beware of cultivators from the Profound Yin Sect and Biyou Palace, and explained that they should agree on a gathering place if they landed in the same region.
• Wang Jue named four veteran disciples with strong Spell Talents as allies to seek out, and revealed that Su Bai’s Sword Qi made his Combat Power exceptional.
• Liu Chengfeng, Wu You, and Wan Haoran arrived to escort the disciples, and Wang Jue told Su Bai that Wan Haoran possessed Lightning Attribute Spell Talent and formidable Combat Power.
• Liu Chengfeng checked the disciples’ Jade Talismans, recognized Su Bai as Sun Ning’s recommendation, and confirmed that eighty-two Outer Court Disciples would enter the Secret Realm.
• Liu Chengfeng told the disciples that they would be randomly teleported and urged them to cooperate with nearby fellow disciples.

The Jade Mist Sect arrived at the Blood River Secret Realm, where Liu Chengfeng accused Biyou Palace of keeping Li Xuan at Qi Refining Layer Six to dominate the spirit-herb rankings. Seeing Sun Ning’s Sword Bone in Su Bai, Liu Chengfeng privately asked him about his mission, and Su Bai said Sun Ning had told him to help the sect win first place.

• Elder Wu You brought the eighty-two Jade Mist Sect disciples to the Secret Realm, where Liu Chengfeng delayed activating the array so they could rest.
• Liu Chengfeng recognized Li Xuan, who had entered the Secret Realm three times while remaining at Qi Refining Layer Six, and accused Zhang Tan of exploiting him to secure Biyou Palace’s victories.
• Zhang Tan claimed Li Xuan had chosen to suppress his own cultivation for the sake of Biyou Palace, while Liu Chengfeng suspected Li Xuan had killed a promising Jade Mist Sect disciple and taken his herbs.
• Liu Chengfeng noticed Sun Ning’s Sword Bone in Su Bai and privately asked whether Sun Ning had sent him to the Secret Realm.
• Su Bai told Liu Chengfeng that Sun Ning had instructed him to gather as many spirit herbs as possible and help Jade Mist Sect take first place.

Liu Chengfeng warned Su Bai about Li Xuan and gave him protective talismans before the Three Sects opened the Blood River Secret Realm. Su Bai entered, headed toward the river to rendezvous with his companions, and reached its bank after collecting a spiritual herb.

• Liu Chengfeng warned Su Bai that Li Xuan had killed Jade Mist Sect disciples, gave Su Bai two Fire Dragon Technique talismans, and offered a Top-grade Magic Artifact Long Sword for killing Li Xuan.
• Zhang Tan told Li Xuan to target the Jade Mist Sect disciples Liu Chengfeng had summoned and promised him a Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Liu Chengfeng, True Man Jiyin, and Zhang Tan activated the Magic Array, and disciples from the Three Great Sects entered the Blood River Secret Realm.
• Su Bai received a red river Teleportation Mark upon arrival and let the nearby Biyou Palace and Profound Yin Sect disciples leave without a fight.
• Su Bai climbed a tree to locate the Blood River, followed Wang Jue's plan to gather downstream, and picked a Rotten Blood Vine on his way to the riverbank.

Su Bai traveled alone along the Blood River, using Clear Heart Sword Intent to evade its monsters and gather spirit medicines. He found a Third-tier Blood Infant Fruit but stopped when his instincts warned him of mortal danger, just as someone from Biyou Palace claimed it.

• Su Bai saw a firework signal from Wang Jue, Yu Ji, and Jin Qingjian, confirming they had been teleported to the opposite side of the Blood River.
• Su Bai followed the river upstream and repeatedly dodged attacks from Blood River Monsters with the help of Clear Heart Sword Intent.
• Su Bai moved farther from the riverbank after narrowly avoiding a monster's slime attack, then collected spirit medicines near the shore.
• Su Bai filled one Storage Bag with spirit medicines and began using a second as he continued upstream.
• Su Bai spotted a Third-tier Blood Infant Fruit near the shore, but halted when Clear Heart Sword Intent warned him of fatal danger.
• A voice from the opposite side ordered Su Bai not to move and claimed that Biyou Palace had discovered the Blood Infant Fruit first.

Su Bai used the warning of his Clear Heart Sword Intent to let three Biyou Palace Disciples approach the Blood Infant Fruit first, then seized it after the Blood River Monster devoured two of them. He stored the Third-tier Spirit Medicine and continued upstream, where richer but more dangerous medicines awaited.

• Su Bai yielded the Blood Infant Fruit to three Biyou Palace Disciples and watched as their tall, thin junior approached it.
• A giant bloody hand seized the tall, thin Biyou Palace Disciple and dragged him into the Blood River.
• The leading Biyou Palace Disciple rushed for the fruit, but a second hand overcame his Tier 2 Thunder Spell and swallowed him too.
• Su Bai took advantage of the fading danger, plucked the Blood Infant Fruit, and fled more than a hundred meters from the river.
• Su Bai stored the fruit in a Jade Box and continued upstream, spotting more spirit medicines near the dangerous river.

Su Bai used Clear Heart Sword Intent to gather valuable Spirit Medicines along the Blood River’s dangerous upper reaches, including a fourth-tier Corpse Liberation Immortal Cattail he judged too perilous to approach. With his Storage Bags nearly full and his haul worth over eleven thousand Spirit Stones, he left the riverbank and headed inland to search for Li Xuan.

• Su Bai harvested Spirit Medicines along the upper riverbank, relying on Clear Heart Sword Intent to avoid lethal danger and filling several Storage Bags.
• Su Bai spotted the Blood River Source, an immense waterfall filled with monsters, and decided to continue searching upstream before turning inland.
• Su Bai picked a Nirvana Heart Aperture Flower, then narrowly escaped a crocodile-like Blood River Monster’s ranged attack that dissolved the vegetation where he had stood.
• Su Bai found a fourth-tier Corpse Liberation Immortal Cattail but sensed certain death if he approached the clearing, so he turned away from the riverbank.
• Su Bai assessed his four Storage Bags as worth more than eleven thousand Spirit Stones and used the Feather Fall Technique to head into the inland depths in search of Li Xuan.

Su Bai searched the Blood River Secret Realm’s Inner Area, collected a Second-tier Spirit Medicine, and tried to trade for Storage Bags before running into Jiang Han, now a member of the Immortal Palace. After Jiang Han killed two Profound Yin Sect Disciples and their Rat Demon, he split the recovered Storage Bags with Su Bai.

• Su Bai used his Wood Spirit Root to locate and collect a Second-tier Spirit Medicine, then decided he needed more Storage Bags.
• Su Bai offered five Yellow Dragon Pills to two Profound Yin Sect Disciples in exchange for two Storage Bags, but they gave him only one.
• When Su Bai drew his sword over the disagreement, Jiang Han appeared and warned the disciples that Su Bai was using a pretext to rob them.
• Su Bai recognized Jiang Han and asked why he was there, then pointed out that the Jade Mist Sect had branded him a traitor.
• The two Profound Yin Sect Disciples tried to flee, but Jiang Han blasted them and their Rat Demon with a barrage of fireballs.
• Jiang Han recovered five Storage Bags, kept three for himself, and tossed two to Su Bai.

Su Bai and Jiang Han agreed to join forces against Li Xuan after Jiang Han revealed that Li Xuan had killed Jade Mist Sect disciples on the Secret Realm Right Bank. Su Bai broke through to Qi Refining Layer Seven, learned to fly by artifact, and prepared to set out with Jiang Han.

• Su Bai warned Jiang Han that killing too many people could cost the Jade Mist Sect its standing, and Jiang Han explained the Immortal Palace's resource-plundering methods and revealed that Li Xuan had killed Jade Mist Sect disciples on the Right Bank.
• Jiang Han demonstrated that he had reached Qi Refining Layer Seven and flown from the Right Bank to the Left Bank, then warned Su Bai that Li Xuan was also at that cultivation level and was formidable.
• Su Bai persuaded Jiang Han to help eliminate Li Xuan by offering to split the valuable spirit herbs and materials Li Xuan carried.
• Jiang Han took Su Bai to a boulder, where Su Bai consumed twenty Yellow Dragon Pills and broke through to Qi Refining Layer Seven, gaining a weak Spiritual Sense.
• Su Bai practiced the Artifact Control Technique and successfully flew on his magic sword while Jiang Han waited for them to set out.

On the Secret Realm’s third day, Su Bai and Jiang Han crossed to the right bank using artifacts and Twin Snail Flowers to search for Li Xuan. Jiang Han found Li Xuan and stalled him until Su Bai could arrive, but Li Xuan attacked with a high-grade Earth spell.

• Su Bai and Jiang Han crossed the Blood River Sky on their artifacts and landed on the Secret Realm Right Bank.
• Jiang Han gave Su Bai a Twin Snail Flower, and they used the pair to communicate while splitting up to search for Li Xuan.
• Su Bai passed Wang Jue, Yu Ji, and Jin Qingjian as they searched for spirit herbs, then received Jiang Han’s message that Li Xuan had appeared.
• Jiang Han confronted Li Xuan and tried to stall him while Su Bai hurried toward their location.
• Li Xuan attacked Jiang Han with his rod artifact and cast Swamp Devour beneath him.

Jiang Han and Su Bai fought Li Xuan, whose powerful spells and artifacts initially overwhelmed Jiang Han. Su Bai damaged and destroyed Li Xuan’s staff, and the chapter ended with Jiang Han launching a massive purple Fireball at the retreating Li Xuan.

• Li Xuan’s staff knocked Jiang Han into the trees after Jiang Han’s Fireballs failed to break through his Earth Shield.
• Su Bai arrived and drove Li Xuan away from Jiang Han with compressed Sword Qi.
• Li Xuan recognized Su Bai as the Jade Mist Sect Disciple from the Secret Realm Entrance and tried to keep him at a distance with his extending staff.
• Su Bai’s repeated Sword Qi strikes lowered the staff’s grade, and another strike shattered it, injuring Li Xuan with backlash.
• Jiang Han prepared a powerful purple Fireball and launched it at the retreating Li Xuan.

Su Bai and Jiang Han defeated Li Xuan in a Magic Duel after Li Xuan survived Jiang Han’s Purple Spirit Giant Flame by escaping underground. Su Bai killed Li Xuan, took his Storage Bags, and entrusted Jiang Han with the spirit herbs they agreed to split after leaving the Blood River Secret Realm.

• Jiang Han unleashed Purple Spirit Giant Flame, destroying Li Xuan’s Earth Shield Defense while Su Bai and Li Xuan protected themselves from the blast.
• Li Xuan secretly used Earth Escape Technique to hide underground and attack Su Bai with an earth spike, but Clear Heart Sword Intent warned Su Bai in time.
• Su Bai struck Li Xuan with Sword Qi, then killed him with a second slash before he could use another trump card.
• Su Bai collected Li Xuan’s eight Storage Bags and found that five held spirit herbs worth nine thousand Spirit Stones.
• Su Bai gave Jiang Han the five material-filled Storage Bags and arranged for Jiang Han to deliver his half to him in Anran Town after they left the secret realm.
• Jiang Han departed, planning to hunt the remaining Disciples of the Three Sects now that Li Xuan was dead.

Su Bai finished collecting spirit medicine on the Blood River Secret Realm’s right bank and returned as the last disciple, while Jiang Han secretly used an Immortal Palace coordinate stone to escape elsewhere. The sects tallied their harvests, and Su Bai’s appearance left the final rankings unresolved.

• Su Bai gathered more spirit medicine on the right bank, avoiding anything Clear Heart Sword Intent sensed as dangerous, until the Teleportation Mark signaled the end of the three days.
• Jiang Han crushed the Immortal Palace coordinate stone and teleported to a secluded cave a hundred li from the secret realm, then left the Qingshan Spirit Plain unnoticed.
• The Three Sects tallied their disciples’ spirit medicine, and a Jade Mist Sect disciple reported collecting three thousand spirit stones’ worth after killing disciples from Biyou Palace and the Profound Yin Sect.
• Liu Chengfeng worried that Su Bai and the other selected Jade Mist Sect disciples had fallen to Li Xuan, while Zhang Tan expected Biyou Palace to take first place.
• The final disciple emerged from the teleportation platform, revealing Su Bai in his Jade Mist Sect outer court robe.

Su Bai emerged from the Blood River Secret Realm after killing Li Xuan, and Wan Haoran stopped Zhang Tan from attacking him. Su Bai’s record-breaking haul helped secure the Jade Mist Sect’s first-place finish, and the sects departed for home.

• Zhang Tan accused Su Bai of killing Li Xuan and lunged at him, but Wan Haoran struck Zhang Tan with lightning and shielded Su Bai.
• Su Bai handed over eight Storage Bags, and Liu Chengfeng counted spirit medicines worth eighteen thousand Spirit Stones, including ten Third-tier Spirit Medicines.
• Su Bai told Liu Chengfeng that he had killed Li Xuan and received a promise that the sect would reward him with a top-grade magic artifact long sword.
• Su Bai told Wang Jue that he had reached Qi Refining Layer Seven and crossed the river on an artifact; Wang Jue congratulated him on entering the Inner Sect.
• The Jade Mist Sect’s total spirit medicine value reached one hundred and sixteen thousand Spirit Stones, earning first place, forty-five percent of the proceeds, and priority selection rights.
• Liu Chengfeng selected the Jade Mist Sect’s share, then Biyou Palace departed first and Wu You led the Jade Mist Sect back to its sect.

After Jade Mist Sect returned from the Blood River Secret Realm, Liu Chengfeng rewarded Su Bai for gathering the most valuable herbs and helped him enter the inner sect. Su Bai received his Inner Disciple token and learned about the sect’s benefits and competitions.

• Liu Chengfeng distributed rewards to the returning Outer Court Disciples, who mostly chose Yellow Dragon Pills.
• After the others left, Liu Chengfeng offered Su Bai eighteen hundred Contribution Points instead of Spirit Stones or pills.
• Liu Chengfeng personally took Su Bai to the Inner Sect Hall, where Li Zhao processed his promotion to Inner Disciple.
• Li Zhao gave Su Bai an Inner Disciple jade token and three sets of robes, then explained his benefits, missions, Treasure Pavilion access, and the annual competition.

Su Bai completed his inner sect formalities, received 1,800 Contribution Points and the Azure Dragon Sword, then flew to his assigned cave abode at Qingyun Cliff. He planned to register with the Sword Academy the next morning.

• Li Zhao explained the inner sect procedures to Su Bai and gave him two bottles of Golden Marrow Pills.
• Liu Chengfeng transferred 1,800 Contribution Points to Su Bai and presented him with the Top-grade Magic Artifact Azure Dragon Sword.
• Su Bai refined the Azure Dragon Sword and stored it in his dantian using its Mustard Seed Space function.
• Su Bai left the Inner Sect Grand Hall and planned to join the Sword Academy at first light.
• Su Bai flew to his assigned cave abode on the lowest level of Qingyun Cliff, where Spiritual Energy was denser than in the outer court.

Su Bai entered the Inner Sect and went with Zhao Shanhe to join the Sword Academy. Court Master Xu Shangran warned him that joining required a three-year commitment or a withdrawal fee, leaving Su Bai unsure about the academy’s situation.

• Su Bai opened his cave abode on Qingyun Cliff and slept after three sleepless days.
• Su Bai met Zhao Shanhe at the Inner Sect Training Ground, where he saw the Sect Protecting Immortal Crane, a Fifth-tier Spirit Beast.
• Zhao Shanhe noticed Su Bai’s Top-grade Magic Sword and learned that Liu Chengfeng had awarded it to him for taking first place in the Blood River Secret Realm.
• Zhao Shanhe brought Su Bai to the Sword Academy’s inner court to meet Court Master Xu Shangran.
• Xu Shangran told Su Bai that Sword Academy members could not withdraw for three years without paying a fee, and Zhao Shanhe explained that most disciples had left because they could not learn Xu Shangran’s profound Sword Dao Divine Ability.