Chapter Summaries

Su Bai completed refining the Cloud Tree Secret Realm into his first Grotto-Heaven, a self-contained space stored within his Primordial Spirit. The Cloud Tree Clan’s guards then discovered that the Secret Realm and its entrance had vanished.

• Su Bai used his mastery of spatial laws and [Void Walker] to overwrite the Secret Realm’s spatial foundations and sever its connections to the Blue Origin Realm.
• Su Bai completed the refinement, and the Secret Realm core became a large circular Formation Plate.
• Su Bai compressed the Cloud Tree Secret Realm into a speck of light and stored it within his Primordial Spirit.
• The Cloud Tree Clan guards found the Secret Realm entrance empty and could no longer sense the Secret Realm.

Su Bai searched Blackwind City and the surrounding area for the Void-Escaping Spirit Mouse that had robbed the Blackwind Bear Demon Clan. He found it in an underground cave outside the city and appeared there without warning.

• Su Bai released his Primordial Spirit across Blackwind City and the surrounding mountains to search for the mouse.
• The Blackwind Bear Demon Clan chief sensed Su Bai's overwhelming power and ordered his clan to stay indoors while he sought help from the Sacred Dynasty.
• Su Bai located the Void-Escaping Spirit Mouse in a cave nearly a thousand zhang underground, about a hundred li from the city.
• Su Bai used the power of the Grotto-Heaven to vanish from Blackwind City and appear inside the mouse's cave.
• Su Bai found the mouse lounging in human form as female Demon Cultivators danced for it.

Su Bai imprisoned the Void-Escaping Spirit Mouse in his Grotto-Heaven and offered him resources to cultivate to the Deity Transformation Stage. He claimed he would give the mouse to the Great Qian Eldest Princess as a fashionable demon pet, then free him after a century of service.

• Su Bai captured the Void-Escaping Spirit Mouse and sent him into his Grotto-Heaven, where the mouse found he could not escape.
• Su Bai entered the Grotto-Heaven and presented the frightened mouse with spirit pills.
• Su Bai said he would help the Void-Escaping Spirit Mouse reach the Deity Transformation Stage and give him to the Great Qian Eldest Princess.
• Su Bai promised to provide cultivation resources and a possible breakthrough pill, and said he would restore the mouse's freedom within a hundred years if he served the princess well.
• The Void-Escaping Spirit Mouse recalled rumors about rat demons being sent to Human lands and reconsidered Su Bai's explanation.

Su Bai captured eight more Void-Escaping Spirit Mice and began refining Spirit Transformation Breakthrough Pills in seclusion. After nearly half a year of experiments, he successfully refined a pill wrapped in silver thunder patterns.

• Su Bai followed Nine-Tails's clues across the Ten Great Demon Kingdoms and captured eight Void-Escaping Spirit Mice, bringing the number in his Grotto-Heaven to nine.
• Su Bai ended the hunt temporarily after the remaining mice began fleeing or hiding, and decided to focus on refining Spirit Transformation Breakthrough Pills.
• Su Bai found a secluded valley in the Heavenly Demon Sacred Dynasty, established a temporary cave dwelling, and began combining alchemy knowledge from the Qingxuan Realm and Blue Origin Realm.
• After nearly half a year of repeated attempts, Su Bai opened his Alchemy Furnace and contained the spirit pill that tried to escape.
• Su Bai examined the successfully refined pill, which bore silver thunder patterns and contained powerful medicinal energy and a unique Dao rhythm.

After spending half a year waiting for his bloodline-copying immortal technique to refresh, Su Bai went to Jade Stone City to fulfill his agreement with the Jade Stone Demon clan. He delivered ten Nascent Soul Breakthrough Pills and received the materials for Deity Transformation Breakthrough Pills, leaving his bloodline-copying goal unresolved.

• Su Bai settled his transaction with the Cloud Tree Clan and traveled to the Stone Domain Country to fulfill his promise to the Jade Stone Demon clan and seek a chance to copy their bloodline.
• Su Bai secluded himself for half a year until Immortal Talent Reflection refreshed, then flew to Jade Stone City.
• Shi Jing sensed Su Bai's Peak Deity Transformation aura and invited him to the Welcome Pavilion.
• Su Bai presented ten Nascent Soul Breakthrough Pills, and Shi Jing inspected them and praised their quality.
• Shi Jing gave Su Bai a Storage Bag containing the requested Deity Transformation Breakthrough Pill ingredients, including an extra set of rare companion herbs.

Su Bai agreed to screen the Jade Stone Demon race’s younger generation for candidates suited to the Thunder-Pattern Primordial Spirit Pill. Shi Jing summoned thirty-three Nascent Soul elites, and Su Bai began examining them one by one.

• Su Bai offered to help Shi Jing screen the Jade Stone Demons for compatibility with the pill, and Shi Jing gratefully accepted.
• Shi Jing used his primordial spirit to summon the clan’s most talented Nascent Soul members to the Welcome Pavilion.
• Thirty-three young Jade Stone Demons gathered, and Shi Jing told them to stand properly for Senior Lu Jiu’s inspection.
• Su Bai examined each candidate’s spiritual power, Nascent Soul, and primordial aura, judging their foundations as he moved through the group.

Su Bai weighed the cost of weakening his Abyssal Devil Race bloodline against the advantages of gaining the Jade Stone Demon bloodline and chose to fuse the Stone Spirit Jade. He completed the conversion unnoticed, leaving the Jade Stone Demon bloodline concentrated in his left arm as he considered how to cultivate its abilities.

• Su Bai realized that his Human Race bloodline was already at the minimum needed to preserve his primary race and could not be reduced.
• Su Bai decided to weaken his Abyssal Devil Race bloodline by thirty percent and use the freed capacity to fuse the Stone Spirit Jade bloodline.
• Su Bai suppressed the bodily changes as the immortal art weakened the Abyssal Demon Heart and infused his left arm with the Jade Stone Demon bloodline.
• Su Bai checked his bloodline interface and concluded that he would need to cultivate Demon Cultivator techniques to master the Jade Stone Demon secret art.
• Shi Jing asked Su Bai whether anything was wrong with Shi Yuan after noticing him pause before the young Jade Stone Demon.

After replacing much of his bloodline, Su Bai tested the changes in a secluded ravine and found that his Devil Race power had weakened. He then awakened the Stone Spirit Jade bloodline in his left arm and rapidly advanced it toward a Nascent Soul.

• Su Bai secluded himself outside Kyoto and activated Magma Heart, discovering that his Demonic Body and usable Demonic Essence had become far weaker.
• Su Bai accepted the loss of Devil Race power and awakened the Stone Spirit Jade bloodline in his left arm, which transformed into a jade-like arm without provoking conflict with his human body.
• Su Bai drew in a vast amount of Spiritual Energy and directed it into the Stone Spirit Jade bloodline.
• The Stone Spirit Jade bloodline formed a Foundation Establishment Dao platform and then condensed a Golden Core.

Su Bai returned to the Demon Suppression Division after advancing to Spirit Transformation and demonstrated that he had already begun comprehending his own Sword Dao Law. Xuanyuan Ningxin accepted his explanation for the delayed return and assigned him new duties, while Zhu Biao and Su Bai’s subordinates welcomed him back.

• Su Bai told Xuanyuan Ningxin that his master, Lu Jiu, had kept him longer to teach him about the Sword Dao Law.
• Su Bai displayed the aura of his nascent Sword Dao Law, surprising Xuanyuan Ningxin, who credited Lu Jiu’s guidance.
• Xuanyuan Ningxin accepted Su Bai’s return and said the division would give him new duties suited to a Spirit Transformation cultivator.
• Zhu Biao rushed to greet Su Bai when he returned to his commander's office.
• Hua Yifeng and Su Bai’s other subordinates congratulated him after sensing his genuine Spirit Transformation aura.

Over thirty years, Su Bai greatly strengthened his laws and sword array by copying the insights of peak Deity Transformation cultivators while continuing to cultivate his own Myriad Transformations Sword Dao. He took stock of his abundant pills and Law Treasures and noted the growth of the Sword Pavilion he had secretly nurtured.

• Su Bai replaced his Five Elements Laws with copied insights from peak Human Race and Demon Race cultivators, greatly increasing the power of his Grand Five Elements Sword Array.
• Su Bai copied Wind Law and continued advancing his Myriad Transformations Sword Dao, Boundless Dao Source, and Five Thunders Orthodox Method through his own cultivation.
• Su Bai accumulated forty Deity Transformation Breakthrough Pills, one hundred and eighty Nascent Soul Breakthrough Pills, and several Five Elements and sword Dao Law Treasures.
• Su Bai's secretly supported Sword Pavilion grew to thirty core disciples with strong Sword Dao Talent, all of whom had promising prospects for reaching Deity Transformation.

Su Bai secretly brought the Void-Escaping Spirit Mouse out of his Grotto-Heaven and prepared protections for its Deity Transformation breakthrough. The mouse completed its transformation and drew a terrifying heavenly tribulation, which began as Su Bai watched from afar.

• Su Bai left the capital under the pretense of going on patrol and used a Spatial Divine Ability to reach a remote mountain range.
• Su Bai moved the Void-Escaping Spirit Mouse out of his Grotto-Heaven before the Heavenly Dao could damage it, then placed three defensive spirit treasures around it.
• Su Bai concealed himself a hundred li away and watched as the Void-Escaping Spirit Mouse formed its Primordial Spirit and transformed its Spiritual Power into Dharma power.
• Dark tribulation clouds gathered over the mountain range, and Su Bai sensed that the Deity Transformation tribulation far surpassed the Nascent Soul tribulation of the Qingxuan Realm.
• A dragon-like bolt of Purple Lightning struck toward the Void-Escaping Spirit Mouse, beginning its Deity Transformation heavenly tribulation.

After the Void-Escaping Spirit Mouse reached Deity Transformation, it tried to flee Su Bai through Void Space, but he caught and killed it. Su Bai sealed its Primordial Spirit and Blood Essence into a dark-red ball of flesh.

• The Void-Escaping Spirit Mouse fled into Void Space to test its new Spatial Divine Ability and escape Su Bai.
• Su Bai pursued it and used Spatial Confinement to freeze the space around it.
• The Void-Escaping Spirit Mouse claimed it had only been testing its new ability and promised to return with Su Bai to serve the Great Qian Eldest Princess.
• Su Bai used [Grasp of the Earth] alongside Spatial Confinement to crush the Void-Escaping Spirit Mouse's body.
• Su Bai sealed the mouse's Primordial Spirit and Blood Essence into a dark-red ball of flesh.

Su Bai refined a Law Crystal of Space using [Jade and Stone Burn Together], assessed the cost to his bloodline, and resolved to protect the Jade Stone Demon clan as a source of future replenishment. After returning to the Demon Suppression Division, he was confronted by Eldest Princess Yan Ling, whose grievance over the lost Void-Escaping Spirit Mouse had previously caused him trouble.

• Su Bai examined the Law Crystal of Space and estimated that refining it had consumed about five percent of his bloodline power.
• Su Bai decided the Jade Stone Demon clan was a vital resource and resolved to secretly protect its people and talent pool.
• Su Bai returned to the Demon Suppression Division and went to his commander's office to rest and sort through his gains.
• Yan Ling barged into Su Bai's office and demanded to know why he had not answered her call.
• Su Bai apologized and recalled how Xuanyuan Ningxin had blamed him for killing the Void-Escaping Spirit Mouse, leaving Yan Ling angry with him.

Eldest Princess Yan Ling persuaded Su Bai to accompany her to the Buddhist Kingdom as her guard, relying on his strength and the deterrence of his master, Lu Jiu. After Su Bai arranged his bureau’s affairs, Yan Ling rejected Zhu Biao as their mount because she found him ugly, leaving him behind.

• Yan Ling argued that Su Bai could protect her and that his connection to Lu Jiu would deter forces in the Buddhist Kingdom.
• Su Bai accepted the imperial decree, and Yan Ling said they would depart at once for the new Buddha’s enthronement ceremony.
• Su Bai instructed Hua Yifeng and the other commanders to manage their duties and refer major matters to Celestial Master Xuanyuan Ningxin.
• Su Bai finished his arrangements, then called Zhu Biao to prepare for the journey.
• Yan Ling refused to ride Zhu Biao because she considered his appearance unsuitable, and Zhu Biao unhappily returned to the doorway.

Su Bai took Yan Ling and her Rainbow Cloud toward the Buddhist Kingdom on Zhu Biao, explaining that his powerful mount was needed to get them there in time. After several days of travel, Zhu Biao nervously asked Su Bai if they could return to a place once they arrived.

• Su Bai had Rainbow Cloud ride on Zhu Biao so the group could reach the Buddhist Kingdom before the Buddha's ascension ceremony.
• Yan Ling accepted Su Bai's explanation, mounted Rainbow Cloud, and set off with him on Zhu Biao.
• Hua Yifeng and the other Demon Suppression Division officers watched them depart and pitied Su Bai for having to accompany Yan Ling.
• Su Bai reflected on the Blue Origin Realm's limited teleportation-array knowledge and Zhu Biao's rapid cultivation progress under his care.
• After several days of flight, Zhu Biao cautiously asked Su Bai whether they could return once they reached the Buddhist Kingdom.

Su Bai considered the growing conflict between the Demon Suppression Division and the Night Watch Palace as a junior Night Watcher blocked his way in southwestern Yan State. He named Po Jun, the local Night Envoy and the junior’s superior, as the person he had come to see.

• White Eagle’s killing of a Night Envoy and his defiant words sparked open conflict between the Demon Suppression Division and the Night Watch Palace.
• The Qian Emperor ruled in favor of the Demon Suppression Division, and White Eagle received only a symbolic salary penalty.
• The two institutions began harassing and prosecuting each other across the borderlands as their leadership struggle intensified.
• Su Bai judged that the junior Night Watcher was trying to delay him amid the factional tensions.
• Su Bai told the junior Night Watcher that he had come to see Po Jun, the Night Envoy of southwestern Yan State.

Su Bai reunited with Po Jun at the Night Watcher outpost in Cloud City, while Yan Ling’s identity as the Great Gan Dynasty’s Eldest Princess shocked the local Night Watchers. Yan Ling went to explore the city, leaving Su Bai and Po Jun to talk.

• Su Bai arrived at the Night Watcher outpost with Yan Ling and sensed Po Jun inside.
• Po Jun recognized Su Bai and came out to greet his former subordinate.
• Po Jun recognized Yan Ling as the Eldest Princess, and the deputy commander and his subordinates hurriedly bowed to her.
• Yan Ling asked Su Bai and Po Jun to catch up while she toured Cloud City with two Night Watchers escorting her.
• After Yan Ling left, Po Jun sensed Su Bai’s Deity Transformation Stage aura and invited him inside.

Su Bai reviewed intelligence about Wutian Buddha and spoke with Po Jun about rising tensions between the Night Watch Palace and the Demon Suppression Division. They rushed to a street in Cloud City after sensing a fight and found Yan Ling facing a hostile monk.

• Su Bai thanked Po Jun for warning him about Wutian Buddha’s strange rebirth and possible coexisting consciousnesses.
• Po Jun discussed the conflict between the Night Watch Palace and the Demon Suppression Division and hoped he and Su Bai would never become enemies.
• Su Bai and Po Jun sensed a Divine Ability clash in Cloud City and hurried to the scene, suspecting Yan Ling was involved.
• They found Yan Ling protected by two injured Night Watchers, while a gray-robed Deity Transformation Stage monk mocked Po Jun and questioned whether she was the Eldest Princess.

Su Bai attacked Buddhist Son Wuxin to stop his threat against Yan Ling, but Wuxin used a blood bead to devour Su Bai’s sword strike. The two faced each other, poised for a further clash.

• Su Bai drew the Godslayer Sword and struck Buddhist Son Wuxin with a Fire Law sword light.
• Buddhist Son Wuxin sent a blood-colored bead to absorb and dissolve Su Bai’s attack.
• Su Bai shielded Yan Ling and the two injured Night Watchers while assessing Wuxin’s unusual Buddhist beads.
• Buddhist Son Wuxin raised all his blood-colored beads above his head and prepared to unleash another attack.

Su Bai revealed five-colored sword light, and Po Jun identified him as Lu Jiu’s disciple, making Buddhist Son Wuxin realize whom he had provoked. Wuxin abandoned his arrogance and tried to ease tensions with Su Bai, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Su Bai’s Godslayer Sword displayed five-colored radiance, causing Buddhist Son Wuxin to recognize a feared signature of the Blue Origin Realm.
• Po Jun introduced Su Bai as the Demon Suppression Division commander and Lu Jiu’s disciple.
• Wuxin recalled Lu Jiu’s reputation and influence, then grew wary of provoking his disciple.
• Wuxin praised Su Bai and sent him a telepathic apology, calling the earlier clash a misunderstanding.