Chapter Summaries

Su Bai joined the Sword Academy under Xu Shangran and received the Dragon Roaming Sword Control Technique. After Xu Shangran recognized Su Bai’s exceptional Sword Qi, Zhao Shanhe led him to the Underground Training Ground to teach him the technique.

• Su Bai agreed to join the Sword Academy, and Xu Shangran gave him an Identity Jade Pendant.
• Xu Shangran explained the Academy Fee and the costs of maintaining the Sword Academy, so Su Bai paid with Golden Marrow Pills.
• Xu Shangran gave Su Bai the Dragon Roaming Sword Control Technique and assigned him a room in the Sword Academy.
• Su Bai demonstrated his powerful Sword Qi, impressing Xu Shangran, who praised his talent.
• Zhao Shanhe offered to teach Su Bai the sword control technique, then led him toward the Underground Training Ground.

At the underground cultivation grounds, Zhao Shanhe taught Su Bai the Dragon Roaming Sword Control Technique, which Su Bai mastered almost immediately. After Zhao Shanhe left rather than admit he had not mastered Dragon's Roar Sword Heaven, Su Bai studied the art himself and began practicing it.

• Zhao Shanhe showed Su Bai the Sword Qi he had recently cultivated and revealed his hopes of winning first place in the Inner Sect Grand Competition.
• Su Bai gave Zhao Shanhe the complete Profound Sword True Essence Art, and Zhao Shanhe recognized its later sections as part of the same sword art.
• Zhao Shanhe taught Su Bai the Dragon Roaming Sword Control Technique, and Su Bai quickly mastered it and tested his increased sword-flight speed.
• When Su Bai asked about Dragon's Roar Sword Heaven, Zhao Shanhe claimed he had other business and hurried away because he had not mastered the art.
• Su Bai read the method for Dragon's Roar Sword Heaven, formed a hand seal, recited its incantation, and raised the Azure Dragon Sword into the air.

Su Bai cultivated Dragon Roaming Sword Control Technique and Dragon's Roar Sword Heaven, then visited the Inner Sect Treasure Pavilion to prepare for a distant journey. He spent his Contribution Points on a one-use escape artifact and Golden Marrow Pills, leaving with a plan to improve his defensive spells.

• Su Bai practiced Dragon's Roaming Sword Control Technique and Dragon's Roar Sword Heaven, and realized the Profound Sword True Essence Art strengthened his sword abilities.
• Su Bai went to the Inner Sect Treasure Pavilion and asked the Treasure Pavilion Elder for treasures that could help him escape from stronger cultivators.
• Su Bai exchanged fifteen hundred Contribution Points for the one-use Thousand Mile Lightning Escape artifact.
• Su Bai spent his remaining three hundred Contribution Points on six bottles of Golden Marrow Pills.
• Su Bai planned to seek an Earth Attribute or ice-attribute Spell Talent to strengthen his defensive abilities.

Su Bai cultivated the Golden Marrow Pill and mastered Dragon's Roar Sword Heaven before accepting an inner sect mission to escort Spirit Root disciples and deliver supplies to the Cai Family in the Zhao Kingdom. He received the supplies and planned to use the trip to seek Jiang Han for his Spirit Stones.

• Su Bai took a Golden Marrow Pill, cultivated, and practiced sword dao spells as its medicinal power faded.
• After more than ten days, Su Bai mastered Dragon's Roar Sword Heaven, though using it consumed about one-third of his Spiritual Power.
• Su Bai went to the Inner Sect Hall and searched the available missions for one near the Zhao Kingdom.
• Su Bai chose a mission to bring eight Cai Family disciples with Spirit Roots to the sect, deliver pills and magic artifacts, and return with Two Thousand Nine Hundred Spirit Stones.
• The hall steward updated Su Bai's Jade Token and gave him a Storage Bag containing the Cai Family's requested goods.

Su Bai traveled to Anran Town to meet Jiang Han and collect his share from the Blood River Secret Realm operation. After agreeing to cooperate on future raids, Su Bai learned more about the Immortal Palace’s presence in Qingzhou.

• Su Bai left the Jade Mist Sect with mission materials and reached Anran Town after traveling for a day and two nights.
• Su Bai found Jiang Han at Peach Blossom Spring Inn, where Jiang Han gave him five thousand Spirit Stones, including a five-hundred-Stone bonus.
• Jiang Han explained that the Immortal Palace would provide him with intelligence and operations, and Su Bai agreed that they could cooperate for mutual benefit.
• Jiang Han gave Su Bai one of two Myriad Crane message artifacts so they could alert each other when taking action.
• Jiang Han said that four Immortal Palace members were in Qingzhou: Sword, Sword One, Sword Three, and himself, Fire Thirteen; he described Sword as their leader and representative of the Sword Dao.

Su Bai learned more about the Immortal Palace and agreed to help Jiang Han target the Chen Family, which secretly preyed on cultivators at its market. After preparing disguises, Su Bai sampled the local fish head soup.

• Jiang Han told Su Bai that official Immortal Palace members were all Golden Core Cultivators, while he knew little about the organization's ranks and reach.
• Su Bai and Jiang Han maintained their tacit agreement not to expose each other or share sensitive information.
• Jiang Han invited Su Bai to join him at an upcoming Chen Family market Auction and revealed that the family had followed him after he sold Spirit Medicine Ingredients.
• Jiang Han described the Chen Family's five Late Qi Refining cultivators, and Su Bai agreed to follow his plan to rob the family after the Auction in three days.
• Su Bai bought Veiled Hat and Robe disguises, then tried fish head soup and fish tofu at a restaurant.

Su Bai and Jiang Han entered the Chen Family Cultivation Market for its auction, where they planned to draw the Chen Family out and seize its resources. Chen Ping recognized Jiang Han as a former Jade Mist Sect disciple and prepared to kill him for his spirit stones, while keeping their plans secret from a Biyou Palace True Inheritance Disciple.

• Su Bai and Jiang Han arrived separately at the Chen Family Cultivation Market, using Snail Flowers to evade concealment methods.
• Su Bai paid the entrance fee and entered the market after a Chen Family disciple insulted him.
• Su Bai spotted Jiang Han near the front of the auction, while he stayed at the back to avoid attracting attention.
• Chen Ping ordered her people to remember the appearance of a cultivator who bought five bottles of Golden Marrow Pills and kill him for the pills.
• Chen Ping told her Third Uncle that she had identified Jiang Han as a Jade Mist Sect traitor and planned to seize his spirit stones without informing the Biyou Palace disciple.

Su Bai and Jiang Han lured Chen Family pursuers away from the Auction and ambushed them after Jiang Han won the top-grade defensive Magic Artifact. Su Bai’s sword strike shattered their Golden Bell defense, leaving Chen Ping gravely wounded.

• Jiang Han reported that a Biyou Palace True Inheritance Disciple was negotiating with the Chen Family, and Su Bai decided to continue with their plan.
• Jiang Han won the top-grade defensive Magic Artifact at the Auction with a bid of three thousand Spirit Stones and left the market under the Chen Family’s escort.
• Chen Ping and two Qi Refining Layer Eight disciples pursued Jiang Han after he left, while Su Bai followed them from above on his sword.
• Jiang Han stopped and attacked the pursuers with his Multi-Fireball Technique, forcing Chen Ping to defend them with a Golden Bell magic tool.
• Su Bai struck with Dragon's Roar Sword Heaven, shattering the Golden Bell and leaving Chen Ping vomiting blood.

Su Bai and Jiang Han defeated Chen Ping and her companions, then killed two Rogue Cultivators who had watched the battle. After recovering most of their spiritual power, they headed for the Chen Family Cultivation Market to attack the remaining Chen Family cultivators.

• Su Bai suppressed Chen Ping and two other Chen Family disciples, and his Profound Sword True Essence Art advanced to major accomplishment, granting him the Chaotic Slash ability.
• Su Bai and Jiang Han shattered Chen Ping's defenses and killed her after she tried to flee.
• Su Bai collected the three Chen Family members' Storage Bags and decided to attack the Chen Family Cultivation Market after resting.
• Su Bai caught and killed two fleeing Rogue Cultivators, then took their Storage Bags.
• Su Bai and Jiang Han recovered most of their spiritual power and set out for the Chen Family Cultivation Market, where the Chen Family Head and Chen Family Third Uncle remained.

The Chen Family sought help from Biyou Palace True Inheritance Disciple Gong after Chen Ping failed to report back, but Su Bai and Jiang Han attacked the Chen Family market. Gong recognized Jiang Han’s Immortal Palace affiliation, refused to fight, and flew away, leaving the Chen Family exposed.

• The Chen Family Head agreed to pay True Inheritance Disciple Gong three thousand Spirit Stones to pursue the Purple Robe Person and help the Chen Family.
• The Chen Family's Third Uncle reported that the Purple Robe Person and an accomplice had arrived, and that Chen Ping and the other two were likely dead.
• Su Bai and Jiang Han attacked the Chen Family market, where Su Bai killed a Chen Family disciple and drove the others into hiding.
• Su Bai and Jiang Han reached the Chen Family ancestral residence, where True Inheritance Disciple Gong came out to confront them.
• Gong recognized Jiang Han’s Immortal Palace attire, ended the Chen Family’s prospects of becoming a Biyou Palace stronghold, and flew away.

Su Bai and Jiang Han destroyed the Chen Family after the Biyou Palace disciple withdrew, then looted the clan’s treasure vault. The Chen Family Cultivation Market descended into chaos as Rogue Cultivators joined the looting and surviving Chen Family disciples fled.

• Su Bai signaled Jiang Han to attack the Chen Family ancestral residence, and Jiang Han’s fireballs scattered the disciples while Su Bai killed the Chen Family Head with Dragon's Roar Sword Heaven.
• The Chen Family disciples fled as Jiang Han pursued them, while Su Bai caught and killed Third Uncle Chen before he could escape the market.
• Jiang Han found the Chen Family treasure vault with help from a surrendered disciple, and Su Bai broke its warning array and killed the disciple after telling him he could leave.
• Su Bai and Jiang Han looted the treasure vault, then emerged to find Rogue Cultivators pillaging the ancestral residence and attacking the remaining Chen Family disciples.

Su Bai finished selling the Chen Family’s spoils and traveled to the Cai Family to collect eight youths with spirit roots for the Jade Mist Sect. After exchanging the sect’s cultivation materials for Spirit Stones, he received an extra fifty Spirit Stones from Cai Xianfu, and the youths had yet to meet him.

• Su Bai and Jiang Han divided the Chen Family’s resources, then went to cultivation markets to sell them for Spirit Stones.
• Jiang Han received an urgent summons and left Su Bai, who spent five days selling the remaining goods at four markets.
• Su Bai flew to the Cai Family, where Cai Xianfu welcomed him after anxiously awaiting the Jade Mist Sect Disciple.
• Su Bai handed Cai Xianfu the cultivation materials the Cai Family had purchased, accepted their payment, and received an additional fifty Spirit Stones as a courtesy.
• Cai Xianfu said he would bring the eight youths with spirit roots to meet Su Bai.

Su Bai brought eight spirit-root youths from the Cai Family to the Jade Mist Sect and completed their admission to the Outer Court. After encouraging them, he visited Steward Lin at the Outer Sect Law Enforcement Court.

• Su Bai verified the spirit roots and backgrounds of eight Cai Family youths and agreed to escort them to the Jade Mist Sect.
• Su Bai flew the eight youths back on the enlarged Azure Dragon Sword, making several stops to recover his Spiritual Power.
• Su Bai registered the youths with Steward Su, who issued their Outer Sect Jade Talismans and assigned them courtyards.
• Su Bai encouraged the new disciples to cultivate diligently and watched them enter the Outer Court.
• Su Bai went to the Outer Sect Law Enforcement Court and placed a bottle of Golden Marrow Pills on Steward Lin's desk.

Su Bai repaid Steward Lin, turned his Spirit Stones into Contribution Points and Golden Marrow Pills, and continued cultivating in the inner sect. When Xu Shangran summoned him to assess his sword arts, Su Bai revealed that he had mastered Dragon's Roar Sword Heaven, and Xu Shangran challenged him to win first place at the Inner Sect Grand Competition.

• Su Bai gave Steward Lin a bottle of Golden Marrow Pills and flew into the inner sect on his Top-grade Magic Artifact.
• Su Bai submitted his completed mission and received one hundred Contribution Points.
• Su Bai exchanged ten thousand Spirit Stones for nine thousand five hundred Contribution Points, then spent two thousand five hundred points on fifty bottles of Golden Marrow Pills.
• Su Bai cultivated with the pills and practiced sword arts until Xu Shangran summoned him to the Sword Academy to assess his Dragon Roaming Sword Control Technique.
• Su Bai demonstrated Dragon's Roar Sword Heaven at completion, and Xu Shangran told him to win first place at the Inner Sect Grand Competition in exchange for waiving his Sword Academy fees.

Su Bai agreed to represent the Sword Academy in the Inner Sect Grand Competition, and Xu Shangran gave him Blood Demonic Pills to help him reach Qi Refining Layer Eight. After more than a month of cultivation, Su Bai’s Immortal Talent Reflection refreshed, and he prepared to copy Zhao Hanshuang’s talent.

• Su Bai agreed to enter the Inner Sect Grand Competition after Xu Shangran promised to help him advance to Qi Refining Layer Eight.
• Xu Shangran gave Su Bai sixteen bottles of Blood Demonic Pills and promised another reward if Su Bai took first place.
• Su Bai returned to his Qingyun Cliff Cave Abode and cultivated with a Blood Demonic Pill.
• After more than a month, Su Bai’s Immortal Talent Reflection refreshed its scanning and copying abilities.
• Su Bai chose Zhao Hanshuang of the Ice Court, a genius with Wind and Water Dual Attribute Spirit Roots and powerful Ice Attribute Spell Talent, as his copy target.

Su Bai joined the Ice Court to copy Zhao Hanshuang’s Ice Attribute Spell Talent and successfully obtained a Third-tier talent. Zhao Hanshuang then presented the Ice Court’s Late Qi Refining spell techniques and asked Su Bai to choose one.

• Su Bai decided that Zhao Hanshuang’s Ice Attribute Spells posed a greater threat than Xu Qing’s and flew to the Ice Court to join.
• Zhao Hanshuang warned Su Bai that Ice Attribute Spells were difficult to cultivate and that enrollment cost sixty Contribution Points per year.
• Su Bai touched Zhao Hanshuang while handing over his Jade Token and successfully copied his Third-tier Ice Attribute Spell Talent.
• Su Bai paid the annual fee, received an Ice Court Identity Jade Pendant, and put away his Sword Academy Jade Pendant.
• Zhao Hanshuang showed Su Bai sixteen Late Qi Refining ice attribute spell divine abilities, arranged by difficulty, and asked him to choose one.

Su Bai chose the difficult Ice Snow Jade Puppet spell and spent months cultivating it while taking Blood Demonic Pills. He broke through to Qi Refining Layer Eight and planned to pursue first place in the Inner Sect Grand Competition so he could gain access to a Single Spirit Root to copy.

• Su Bai selected the Ice Snow Jade Puppet jade slip despite Zhao Hanshuang warning that the quasi-second-tier spell was exceptionally difficult to master.
• Zhao Hanshuang gave Su Bai the jade slip and offered up to three chances each month to ask him for cultivation advice.
• Su Bai returned to his cave abode and trained the Ice Snow Jade Puppet while cultivating with Blood Demonic Pills.
• After nearly six months of secluded cultivation, Su Bai used a Golden Marrow Pill to break through to Qi Refining Layer Eight.
• Su Bai considered winning the Inner Sect Grand Competition to become a True Inheritance Disciple and approach Foundation Establishment Elder Wan Haoran to copy his Lightning Spirit Root.
• Su Bai stabilized his new realm and resumed cultivating the Ice Snow Jade Puppet.

Su Bai mastered the Ice Snow Jade Puppet after moving his cultivation to the Ice Court, where his spell would not disturb nearby disciples. As he tested the spell, he witnessed Bing Li successfully break through to Foundation Establishment.

• Su Bai stopped cultivating the Ice Snow Jade Puppet in his cave abode after a fellow disciple complained that its cold was disrupting nearby cultivators.
• Su Bai went to the Ice Court’s public Cultivation Room and continued training for the Inner Sect Grand Competition.
• At the beginning of the twelfth month, Su Bai mastered the Ice Snow Jade Puppet and tested its defenses and sword-flight speed.
• Su Bai sensed a strange Spiritual Power Fluctuation and learned from Zhou Lei and Li Fan that Bing Li was attempting to advance to Foundation Establishment.
• Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy surged toward Bing Li’s Cultivation Room, and Bing Li emerged into the air and announced that she had succeeded.

Bing Li advanced to Foundation Establishment, inspiring the Ice Court disciples and drawing Su Bai’s presence there to the Sword Academy Master’s attention. Su Bai reassured Xu Shangran that he would compete for the Sword Academy, and Xu Shangran encouraged him to cultivate toward Foundation Establishment.

• Bing Li celebrated her Foundation Establishment advancement, then encouraged Zhao Hanshuang and the other Ice Court disciples to keep cultivating before flying to the Elders Hall.
• Zhao Hanshuang offered Su Bai a free exchange for another cultivation Jade Slip, but Su Bai declined, saying he would focus on mastering the Ice Snow Jade Puppet.
• Su Bai received Xu Shangran’s Flying Letter demanding that he return to the Sword Academy, and mistakenly suspected Zhao Shanhe had reported him.
• Su Bai found Xu Shangran demonstrating control of a Spirit Artifact longsword and explained that he had joined the Ice Court to scout Zhao Hanshuang and would compete as a Sword Academy Disciple.
• Xu Shangran accepted Su Bai’s explanation, urged him to cultivate, and promised to pass down stronger sword Dao Divine Abilities once Su Bai reached Foundation Establishment.

Su Bai discovered that Xu Shangran possessed the Yellow Tier Sword Enlightenment Root and trained with him ahead of the Inner Sect Grand Competition. Impressed by Su Bai’s sword talent, Xu Shangran appointed him Sword Academy Chief Disciple, and Su Bai accepted.

• Su Bai used Talent Reflection to scout Xu Shangran and learned that he had a Yellow Tier Sword Enlightenment Root and a Metal Attribute Spell Talent.
• Xu Shangran warned Su Bai to watch out for Zhao Hanshuang at the upcoming Inner Sect Grand Competition, and Su Bai said he was ready to claim first place.
• Xu Shangran taught Su Bai the Dragon Roaming Sword Control Technique through a spar, helping Su Bai approach the technique’s Perfection Realm.
• Xu Shangran appointed Su Bai Sword Academy Chief Disciple, and Su Bai accepted the jade pendant.