Chapter Summaries

Bing Yan urged Bai Ye to live according to his own choices, then gave him the Yan Tian Scripture before his Avatar vanished. As Bai Ye suffered a severe Cold Qi Eruption, he questioned whether he still wanted to live and sealed himself in ice, while Elder Ling Xi learned that his mind had collapsed.

• Bing Yan told Bai Ye that he and Bai Ye were free to make their own choices, and Bai Ye felt the burden of his past ease.
• Bing Yan lifted the Yan Tian Scripture from the altar and began to disappear as his Avatar dispersed.
• Bai Ye called Bing Yan “Father” and watched him vanish before turning toward the Yan Tian Scripture.
• Bai Ye suffered a severe Cold Qi Eruption and wondered whether he still had a reason to keep living.
• Bai Ye froze himself in ice as the secret realm’s restrictions began to fail.
• An anxious voice told Elder Ling Xi that Bai Ye’s mind had collapsed.

Bai Ye used Bing Yu’s power through Harmonious Fusion and Thunder Prison to defeat Bing Jue and Bing Yu, then returned to Ice Lake after releasing the white cat. Beneath the lake, he prepared to use the North Pole Saint Crystal Marrow to form his unique Supreme Dharma Body.

• The white cat faced Bing Can beneath Ice Lake while Bai Ye battled Bing Jue and Bing Yu above it.
• Bai Ye’s Ice Lotus Tome blocked Bing Jue’s attack and froze Bing Yu, while Bing Jue wrapped himself in layers of ice to defend.
• Bai Ye summoned Thunder Prison and struck Bing Jue’s ice barrier, leaving Bing Yu frozen and Bing Jue badly injured after Bing Jue tried to escape.
• Bai Ye stopped Bing Can, released the white cat from the cold energy bound to its soul, and returned to the lake as Bing Chen remained on shore.
• Beneath Ice Lake, Bai Ye’s borrowed cultivation faded, and he took out the North Pole Saint Crystal Marrow to begin forming his Supreme Dharma Body.

After waking from a two-month coma, Bai Ye reflected on his mysterious vision and learned that Ling Xi had brought him to the Thousand Feather Continent. He recognized the surveillance snowflake of Xue Liuli, uncovered her identity and intentions, and trapped her into agreeing to his research before setting out with Ling Xi for the Bei Cang Continent.

• Bai Ye woke after two months unconscious, regained control of his spiritual energy, and told Ling Xi about the mysterious road and Si Qingyu he had seen.
• Ling Xi told Bai Ye they were in the Thousand Feather Continent, and he said they needed to return to the Bei Cang Continent rather than go to Ying Longcheng.
• Bai Ye detected a spiritual-soul snowflake and used it to summon the white cat who had been watching him.
• Bai Ye explained how the cat had used the Soul Seizing Seeds to expose the Nether Eye Dark Pattern Cat's plan, then identified the white cat as Xue Liuli, a Winter Snow Spirit Cat.
• Xue Liuli proposed a deal involving a Super Divine Beast, but Bai Ye trapped her and agreed to the deal so he could study her bloodline.
• Bai Ye finished his porridge and prepared to leave with Ling Xi for the Bei Cang Continent.

Bai Ye killed Xue Tang after Bing Yu awakened and unconsciously overwhelmed him with Phoenix bloodline pressure. When the Blood God Clan’s ten fighters attacked together, Bai Ye used an ice sphere to turn their sea-of-blood assault into rain, leaving the battle poised for his next move.

• Xue Lian asked Xue Tang to join forces, but he refused and challenged Bai Ye alone.
• Bai Ye defeated Xue Tang, and Bing Yu awakened, revealing that her bloodline pressure had helped frighten him.
• Bai Ye judged his strength to be near the Quasi-Heaven Piercing Realm and let the ten Blood God Clan fighters pursue him.
• The ten fighters attacked together, but Bai Ye defended himself with the Nine Heavens Golden Crow Skill, Frost Shattering Wheels, and Frost God Clear Moon Reflection.
• Bai Ye drew a patterned ice sphere from beneath the ice and used its water curtain to enclose and burst apart the attackers’ sea of blood.

Bai Ye returned to Northern Azure Spiritual Academy, swiftly defeated Jin Lu, and reunited with Ling Xi at their courtyard. As tensions between the freshmen and senior students continued to build, Hong Lingyue considered whether Bai Ye could help and decided to ask him in person.

• Bai Ye defeated Jin Lu with a single kick, obtained his return-to-academy certificate, and left while the students recognized him as the Heaven Ranking's nineteenth-ranked student.
• Bai Ye returned to his courtyard, where Ling Xi ran to greet him and embraced him after his long absence.
• Bai Ye told Ling Xi about his search for his Mother Clan, and she comforted him and promised she would always be there for him.
• Hong Lingyue discussed the conflict between the freshmen and senior students with the others and considered whether Bai Ye could strengthen their side.
• Hong Lingyue decided to visit Bai Ye and ask him directly for help.

Bai Ye confronted a Wooden Man formed from Black Wood Vines, an Extraterrestrial Evil Clan member whose sealed true body was regaining power. After destroying one body and its core, Bai Ye discovered the Wooden Man could reform, and its realm rose to Fourth Grade.

• Bai Ye froze the Black Wood Vines and confronted the Wooden Man, realizing Mu Qin Yue was the key to a seal left by Desert Wood Venerable and that Luo Shu had likely been devoured.
• Bai Ye taunted the Wooden Man and concluded that its true body remained weak and that its recovering spiritual power had a limit.
• Bai Ye attacked the Wooden Man, restrained it with Spirit Locking Chains, and pinned it down before destroying its head to expose a dark-green core.
• The core exploded, but Bai Ye evaded the blast and used an illusion technique to appear behind the Wooden Man and pull out another core, causing that body to wither away.
• A second Wooden Man appeared, and the enemy's spiritual power rose from Third Grade to Fourth Grade.

At the Four Gods Ceremony, Bai Ye and Luo Li were the Luo God Clan’s only participants, and they entered the secret realm to pursue separate goals. After locating a karmic thread leading toward what his mother sought, Bai Ye ambushed and killed four Blood God Clan members who confronted him.

• The four God Clan Leaders clashed verbally, and Luo Tianshen told Bai Ye that Luo Li’s father had died fighting the Strength God Clan.
• The clans sent their young participants into the secret realm, with the Luo God Clan represented only by Bai Ye and Luo Li.
• Bai Ye arrived alone in a forest and used his silver-eyed vision to find a new Karma Thread leading toward his mother’s objective.
• Four Blood God Clan members attacked Bai Ye, who killed all of them with ice techniques and a final freezing attack.

Bai Ye encountered Li Fan Hai, a powerful member of the Strength God Clan, and fought him while crossing the clan’s ruins. Bai Ye killed Li Fan Hai without injury and continued toward his target.

• Ninth Young Master learned that Xue Zheng and the others had been killed, then led seven followers in pursuit of their killer.
• Li Fan Hai attacked Bai Ye in the Strength God Clan’s ruins and revealed that his physical strength had reached the late Heaven Transforming Realm.
• Bai Ye fought Li Fan Hai with the Ice Void Art, Fifth Eruption, Frost God Clear Moon Reflection, and Nine Heavens Golden Crow Skill.
• Li Fan Hai tore apart Bai Ye’s blazing sun attack, but Bai Ye bound him with ice chains and struck him with the Ice Heaven Sealing Cold Finger.
• Li Fan Hai’s strength doubled as he lost his reason, but Bai Ye pierced his chest with a stream of water and killed him before leaving.

Kong Wenshan accepted Heavenly Zen’s choice of him as leader and brokered a temporary agreement between the second- and third-floor camps to compete for battlefield ruins instead of fighting each other. Bai Ye recognized that the ruins were strategic strongholds and followed Karma Threads toward a place connected to his blood relatives.

• Kong Wenshan agreed to lead the Great Thousand World prodigies because he feared their internal conflicts would leave them vulnerable to the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan.
• Kong Wenshan urged Zhao Huaci, Huang Zhan, and their allies to stop fighting, but Luo Ling’s taunts reignited the confrontation.
• Mohe Yue helped Kong Wenshan calm the crowd, and both camps agreed to divide their territory and compete for the ruins marked on a battlefield map.
• Bai Ye concluded that the trial involved control of strongholds, then left with Xue Liuli while Cai Xiao remained behind.
• Bai Ye used his Karma Threads to locate a place that might hold traces of a man named Bing Yan.

Mu Chen defeated Bai Xuan but collapsed from his wounds, just as Demon Dragon Son arrived to threaten the survivors. Bai Ye emerged from the carriage and used an illusion to stop Demon Dragon Son, leaving the confrontation poised to turn in Bai Ye’s favor.

• Mu Chen killed Bai Xuan after revealing that he had not lost his mind to the demonic energy, but Bai Xuan warned that none of them would escape.
• Mu Chen urged Su Xuan and the others to flee, but Demon Dragon Son appeared and prepared to attack them.
• Su Xuan stepped forward to hold off Demon Dragon Son while the others planned to escape with the injured Mu Chen and Su Ling'er.
• Chen Cangsheng arrived with a carriage, and Bai Ye spoke from inside before stepping out as Demon Dragon Son tried to leave.
• Bai Ye revealed that Demon Dragon Son’s escape had been an illusion and forced him to the ground with a single command.

Lumian Li entertained a tavern full of Kordu villagers with a fabricated tale about working as a corpse watcher, then introduced himself to three outsiders. Pierre revealed that Lumian had been brought to the village by his elder sister Orol five years earlier and had taken her surname and the name Lumian.

• Lumian finished his corpse-watcher story by admitting he had made it up, and the tavern regulars laughed at the outsider who believed him.
• Lumian introduced himself to Liane Kos, Valentine, and Liya, and Liane explained that the surname Li was associated with the feared sailor Frank Li.
• Liane ordered Lumian a glass of Green Fairy, and Lumian invited Pierre to tell the outsiders about him in exchange for another drink.
• Pierre told the outsiders that Orol had brought thirteen-year-old Lumian to Kordu five years earlier and had given him both her surname and his current name.
• Lumian said he had forgotten what he was originally called and continued drinking absinthe without embarrassment.

Bai Ye endured an illusion array that replayed memories of his past while a figure wearing Jiu Yin’s appearance questioned his emotions and motives. The illusion then showed his separation from Ling Xi, leaving Bai Ye to face whatever memory came next.

• Bai Ye rejected the illusion of Bai Jingliu and insisted that the dead villagers and girl were already gone.
• The illusion showed young Bai Ye bedridden after being crippled by cold energy, while Ying Xue'er asked him to play with her.
• Bai Ye recalled how Ying Longcheng’s family had helped him recover and accepted Ying Xue'er’s request to be her big brother.
• The figure wearing Jiu Yin’s appearance questioned why Bai Ye showed no hatred, and Bai Ye said he might have poured it all into someone else.
• The illusion shifted to the Snow Mountain where Bai Ye had parted from Ling Xi after an Earth Supreme of the Ancient Buddha Clan intervened.

Bai Ye overwhelmed the Lion King and fought off a large force of mercenaries while Mu Youze and Cai Xiao prepared to confront Mu Zhenting and the remaining Wood Spirit Clan members. The chapter ended with Mu Qian'er proposing that she and Cai Xiao talk about Bai Ye instead of fighting.

• Mu Zhenting ordered the mercenaries to kill the masked group and seize the fragment, and Bai Ye immediately charged the Lion King.
• Bai Ye battered the Lion King, stopped the mercenaries with Ice Wheels, and destroyed the Lion King's Great Perfection Divine Art with Ice Lotus Tome: Planting Lotus.
• Surrounded by more than seventy mercenaries, Bai Ye summoned two Ice Swords and prepared to face their attack.
• Mu Youze agreed to fight Mu Zhenting, while Cai Xiao offered to hold off Hua Ling, Mu Qian'er, and Third Elder; Meng Youran and Mu Qin Yue stayed behind.
• Mu Zhenting and Mu Youze left to fight, and Cai Xiao stepped forward to keep Third Elder and the others from joining the battle.
• Mu Qian'er told Cai Xiao they did not need to fight and suggested they talk about Bai Ye.

After Mu Chen killed Demon Xing Tian, the Dragon Demon Palace launched a coordinated assault on the Northern Azure Spiritual Academy at Saint Spirit Mountain, while allies and enemies revealed their positions. The fighting spread across the continent, ending with Bai Ye confronting the invading Wild North Mercenary Group.

• Palace Master Bai revealed that her daughter was named Bai Jingliu, alarming Xia Tianyan, who then left the scene.
• Black Dragon Supreme and five First Grade Supremes trapped Tai Cang Dean and attacked him, while Mo Ziyu tried to summon support and send Luo Li away.
• Liu Ying used an Instant Restriction Pearl to block Mo Ziyu’s teleportation array and revealed that Bei Ming Dragon Kun was being held off by an enemy.
• Bei Ming Dragon Kun confronted Boundless Old Ancestor, who had joined the Dragon Demon Palace’s assault, and their battle began at Ninth Grade Supreme strength.
• The Wild North Mercenary Group advanced into Bei Cang Continent, but Bai Ye appeared to block its path and summoned his Supreme Dharma Body.

Bai Ye tortured Dong Yuan into revealing that the Tian Yuan Merchant Guild’s deal with the Red Flame Sect involved exploring Saint Spirit Mountain in exchange for destroying the Northern Azure Spiritual Academy. As Bai Ye hurried to Ling Xi’s battle, Chi Ziyu revealed that she had offered up her daughter to become a Supreme, provoking Ling Xi’s anger.

• Ling Xi noticed the Red Robed Person’s spiritual energy change and prepared to fight in earnest as the opponent attacked.
• Bai Ye tortured Dong Yuan until he admitted that the Dragon Demon Palace was behind the Tian Yuan Merchant Guild’s interest in the Red Flame Sect and its Ninth Grade Supreme.
• Dong Yuan revealed the deal’s terms, then Dong Zhan killed him and took his own life after Bai Ye left.
• Bai Ye headed toward Ling Xi’s battle while Ling Xi confronted the revealed Chi Ziyu, who spoke fanatically about the Flame God.
• Chi Ziyu said she had offered up her daughter to become a Supreme, and Bai Ye saw a pillar of light rise as Ling Xi became angry.

Du Long nearly captured Feng Yu, but Bai Ye and Cai Xiao used an illusion to rescue Feng Yu and take his fragment. After Cai Xiao killed Feng Yu, Bai Ye followed the fragment’s clue toward the inheritance site, where several other groups were converging.

• Feng Yu fled from Du Long after breaking through to Eighth Grade Supreme, but Du Long’s Spirit Restriction Armor-powered spear pierced his shoulder and brought him down.
• Bai Ye and Cai Xiao appeared after their illusion concealed them from Du Long, and Cai Xiao killed Feng Yu and took his fragment.
• Bai Ye identified the fragment’s image as the inheritance pavilion and followed its Karma Thread toward the center of the Barren Wood Ruins with Cai Xiao.
• The ancient tree restored itself, consumed the corpses, and left only skeletons behind.
• Mu Qian’er’s group, Mo Lun’s group, and Mu Qingshan each headed toward the inheritance site with fragments as the five-fragment opening approached.

Bai Ye prepared for the mission with Lin Yu and left Northern Azure Spiritual Academy for YanSha City. Back at the academy, Ling Xi investigated his Spirit Array Diagram and discovered it was connected to an ancient array and the words “Heavenly Derivation.”

• Lin Yu and Lin Qi left the New Student Zone to prepare for their plan with Bai Ye.
• Bai Ye spent several days cultivating in a Level Seven Spirit Gathering Array, then accepted Ling Xi’s medicine before setting out for the mission.
• Bai Ye met Lin Yu, Lin Qi, Xue Li, and Elder Liu in the Mission Hall, where Lin Yu confirmed they had accepted a mission targeting someone on the Bounty Rankings.
• Bai Ye, Lin Yu, Lin Qi, and Xue Li left Northern Azure Spiritual Academy and headed toward YanSha City.
• Bing Xueran visited Ling Xi, asked about her relationship with Bai Ye, and reacted with shock upon seeing the Spirit Array Diagram.
• Ling Xi found an ancient array with the same style as Bai Ye’s diagram and discovered the words “Heavenly Derivation.”

After the shattered space left Bai Ye gravely injured, Yuan Chu Nian carried him through a snowstorm and sheltered with him in a cave, where he woke from a vision of his mother. As they recovered and spoke, a kind local man found them and offered to take them to his village.

• In a dark vision, Bai Ye saw his mother before her image shattered, and he woke in a cave beside Yuan Chu Nian.
• Yuan Chu Nian explained that she had carried Bai Ye through the snowstorm, and he thanked her for saving his life.
• Bai Ye and Yuan Chu Nian discussed their mothers, her secret reason for entering the treasure vault, and the missing Bone Coffin.
• A local man entered the cave, asked who they were, and offered to take the injured pair back to his village.

During Song Family Village’s Fire Worship Day, Bai Ye and Yuan Chu Nian set aside their usual guardedness and joined the villagers’ celebration. The chapter ended with both dancing freely beside the bonfire after quietly choosing not to act against each other.

• Bai Ye and Yuan Chu Nian wandered through the festival stalls and enjoyed the village’s cheerful atmosphere.
• Bai Ye sang opera for a crowd, and Yuan Chu Nian watched him perform.
• Bai Ye led Yuan Chu Nian to the bonfire dance, and they put on masks to avoid drawing attention.
• Bai Ye and Yuan Chu Nian admitted they did not know how to dance, then joined the villagers moving to the music.
• Bai Ye and Yuan Chu Nian each withdrew a poised attack and danced on, choosing to enjoy the moment.

Bai Ye rejected the Luo God Clan’s attempts to draw him into its factional conflict, then discovered a new Spiritual Art while resting beside the Luo River. Meanwhile, Luo Tianshen learned that the Spiritual Road was about to end and looked forward to seeing his granddaughter.

• Bai Ye insulted Luo Fu, refused his duel, and watched Luo Qingya dismiss him from the banquet.
• Bai Ye ignored Luo Qingya’s offer to stay and left the banquet, while Luo Ningyue and Luo Lingxi discussed his stance and Luo Qingya’s rivalry with the returning Luo Xiu.
• Bai Ye considered the Luo God Clan’s internal factions and worried about the troubles facing Luo Li and his relatives.
• Bai Ye rested beside the Luo River and realized its moonlight had granted him the Spiritual Arts Frost God Clear Moon Reflection and Luo God Hundred Rivers Vast.
• Luo Tianshen received a letter saying the Spiritual Road was about to end and anticipated reuniting with his granddaughter, with Bai Ye there to introduce her to her blood relatives.