Chapter Summaries

As the allied forces closed in on Bai Ye, he set his plan in motion at the Northern Azure Spiritual Academy, where Chen Cangsheng created a distraction and Tai Cang confronted the academy’s longtime insider. Demon Weizhen died after revealing his divided loyalties, and Tai Cang warned that the Dragon Demon Palace could soon bring war to the Bei Cang Continent.

• Yi Qingluan released Bai Ye’s final jade slip and looked toward the Northern Azure Spiritual Academy as the hunt for him neared its end.
• Chen Cangsheng received Bai Ye’s order to create chaos and launched the Judgment Group’s assault on the Xuan Gang to seize Panxi Mountain.
• Tai Cang and Mo You went to confront the old friend whose identity the academy had uncovered.
• Mo Ziyu met her former teacher, who revealed that he had always been Demon Weizhen and had struggled between the Dragon Demon Palace and the Northern Azure Spiritual Academy.
• Demon Weizhen let his spiritual energy disperse and died without fighting, while the academy’s elders gathered to see him off.
• Tai Cang warned that the Dragon Demon Palace might be plotting a major move and ordered the elders to keep it under close watch.

Lumian Li entertained the Kordu Village tavern with a fabricated story about working in a morgue, then introduced himself to three visitors from outside the village. Pierre revealed that Lumian had been brought back by his sister Orol five years earlier and had taken her surname and the name Lumian.

• Lumian finished his supposed morgue story by admitting he had made it up to entertain the tavern’s outsider.
• Liane Kos introduced himself and his companions Valentine and Liya, and Lumian gave them his name.
• Lumian ordered Green Fairy, while Liane cautioned him that absinthe could harm his health and then ordered drinks for the group.
• Pierre offered to tell Liane about Lumian in exchange for a drink and explained that Lumian was known in the village for pranks and lies.
• Pierre said Orol had brought Lumian back to the village five years earlier and given him her surname and the name Lumian.

Bai Jingliu reflected on how she had been forced to live as the Bone God Hall’s weapon and how she chose to kill Yuan Chu Nian, with Bai Ye as her accomplice. Bai Ye and Bai Jingliu unleashed their strongest techniques against each other, and the battle continued with Bai Ye protected by his Frost God Clear Moon Reflection.

• Bai Jingliu recalled that she had been made to wear others’ identities and had chosen to kill Yuan Chu Nian, despite longing for a quiet life.
• Bai Ye broke through to Quasi-Heaven Transforming Realm and challenged Bai Jingliu to kill him.
• Bai Ye and Bai Jingliu clashed, trading attacks with the Nine Heavens Golden Crow Skill, the Bone God Statue, and Bai Ye’s Fifth Eruption of Cold energy.
• Bai Jingliu’s Bone God Statue destroyed its bone discs in an explosion, but Bai Ye survived behind his Frost God Clear Moon Reflection.
• Bai Ye and Bai Jingliu faced each other as the next round of their battle began.

Bai Ye used the Chi Serpent Poison Galls to store spiritual energy in the Luo God Sword, giving Luo Li one cost-free chance to unleash part of its power. After promising to watch Mu Chen's match, Bai Ye revealed that he planned to hunt Demon Xing Tian, the number one on the Bounty Rankings.

• Bai Ye explained that Chi Serpent Poison Galls could be refined to store their violent spiritual energy inside a spirit artifact.
• Bai Ye transformed the three galls into purple spiritual energy and infused it into the Luo God Sword, creating a Mark that Luo Li could activate.
• Bai Ye handed the sword back to Luo Li and explained that the Mark would let her unleash part of the sword's authority once without paying its usual price.
• Luo Li guessed that Bai Ye was preparing to leave again, and Bai Ye confirmed he would depart after watching Mu Chen's match.
• Bai Ye revealed that he intended to accept a bounty mission to hunt Demon Xing Tian of the Dragon Demon Palace.

Bai Ye defeated Luo Xiu with water techniques, and Xi Yu stopped Luo Xiu from acting on his murderous intent. After Xi Yu escorted Bai Ye out, Luo Qiancheng appeared and invited him to change locations, with Xi Yu joining them.

• Bai Ye summoned water snakes that overwhelmed Luo Xiu’s Nine Heavens Punishment Seal and bound him while absorbing his spiritual energy.
• Luo Xiu broke through and unleashed a storm of spiritual energy, but Luo Qingya recognized that he had still lost to Bai Ye.
• Luo Xiu considered killing Bai Ye, but Xi Yu arrived with the Clan Leader’s summons and stopped him from acting.
• Bai Ye left with Xi Yu and waited outside the private room for someone to arrive.
• Luo Qiancheng appeared and invited Bai Ye to change locations; Bai Ye agreed, and Xi Yu followed them.

Demon Xing Tian arrived to rescue Demon Dao Yuan and offered to spare the hostages if Bai Ye joined Dragon Demon Palace as his right-hand man. Bai Ye rejected the offer, and their second battle began on the ice.

• Demon Xing Tian rescued Demon Dao Yuan and ordered him to stay quiet.
• Demon Xing Tian descended to face Bai Ye and offered to free the hostages if Bai Ye joined Dragon Demon Palace.
• Bai Ye laughed at the offer, while Xia Youran said Demon Xing Tian wanted to kill Bai Ye and break his spirit.
• Demon Xing Tian sent the Demon Dragon away with Demon Dao Yuan, and Bai Ye and Demon Xing Tian charged into battle.

The Great Thousand World prodigies revealed more of their strength as Cai Xiao destroyed the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan’s defensive line, but Saint Sun answered by displaying the corpses of sixty-nine missing people. As the enemy withdrew and the camp fell silent, a white-clad archer loosed a spectacular arrow at them.

• Mohe Yue withdrew with the injured Kong Wenshan, and Lin Qing prepared to take his place before Ji Ziyun suddenly struck Saint Sun with a sword that severed all ten fingers of a Giant Demon Clan warrior.
• Cai Xiao appeared with Xue Liuli and revealed that she had used Winter Snow Marks to push back the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan’s defensive line along the route between the White Dragon Emperor Ruins and the Moon Devouring Netherworld Demon Emperor Ruins.
• Saint Sun ordered sacks of corpses brought forward, and the Great Thousand World forces recognized sixty-nine bodies as the people Kong Wenshan had reported missing.
• Saint Sun and the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan withdrew, leaving the Great Thousand World camp stunned and silent.
• A white-clad archer atop the tallest tower drew his bow and fired an ice-blue arrow at the retreating enemy.

Bai Ye intercepted Yuan Chu Nian’s carriage and enlisted her to hide a ship on the Tian Yuan Merchant Guild’s shipping routes, invoking a karmic debt tied to someone she did not know. He left after securing her agreement, while Yuan Chu Nian concealed the real encounter from Grandpa Mo.

• Bai Ye froze Grandpa Mo, stopped Yuan Chu Nian’s attempted escape, and activated her Soul Gathering Token despite having sealed the area.
• Bai Ye learned Yuan Chu Nian’s name and explained that he would spare her to repay someone else’s karmic debt.
• Yuan Chu Nian agreed to put a ship and the other ships she had purchased onto the guild’s routes and hide them at coordinates Bai Ye would reveal before departure.
• Bai Ye warned Yuan Chu Nian not to make suspicious moves and agreed that their transaction would end after five days.
• Bai Ye vanished and released Grandpa Mo, while Yuan Chu Nian told him she had paid off a bandit with two Middle Grade Spirit Tools.

Bai Ye accompanied Luo Ningyue to a banquet where Luo God Clan youths tested him and revealed the clan’s competing factions. The gathering turned hostile when a black-clad man called Bai Ye an outsider, and Bai Ye said he disliked his tone.

• Bai Ye admired the Luo River while Bing Yu awoke briefly and warned him not to overexert himself.
• Luo Ningyue brought Bai Ye to a picnic banquet and introduced him to Luo Lingxi, who explained that he resembled his cousin, Young Clan Leader Luo Li.
• Bai Ye learned that Luo Li was away on the Spiritual Road and noticed the guests reacting to her name.
• Luo Shan mocked Bai Ye’s surname, and Luo Ningyue rebuked him before Luo Qingya stepped in to welcome Bai Ye.
• Luo Lingxi explained that Luo Qingya belonged to the Imperial Family Faction, and Bai Ye acknowledged that he did too.
• A black-clad man called Bai Ye an outsider, and Bai Ye told him he disliked his tone.

Bai Ye reached Ice Sparrow City to investigate the people connected to his search for the Nether Eye Dark Pattern Cat, then left for Ice Sparrow Mountain after discovering a cage-bound cat that could see through his concealment. Meanwhile, Ling Xi and Lu Qingman met Yi Qingluan on Shang Continent to attend an auction for Spirit Slaying Azure Water Liquid, which Ling Xi planned to obtain quickly before going to Ice Spirit Continent.

• Bai Ye arrived in Ice Sparrow City and traced the Karma Threads to a group staying at Jiu Xi Inn.
• Bai Ye used Mirror Flower, Water Moon to enter the inn unseen and learned that seven Ice Spirit Clan members, led by Bing Chen, planned to explore a secret realm.
• Bai Ye noticed a white cat in a cage that had seen through his concealment, but judged it too weak to be the unknown variable and left for Ice Sparrow Mountain.
• Ling Xi and Lu Qingman met Yi Qingluan on Shang Continent, where Yi Qingluan asked whether Bai Ye had come with them.
• Ling Xi learned the auction would begin in three hours and prepared to obtain Spirit Slaying Azure Water Liquid before hurrying to Ice Spirit Continent.

Mu Chen sought Ying Baiye to learn about his mother before leaving on a Heavenly Task, but discovered Ying Baiye had already left the Northern Azure Spiritual Academy. Elsewhere, Ying Baiye enjoyed an outing with Ling Xi and decided to tell Mu Chen the truth the next time they met.

• Luo Li advised Mu Chen to ask Yan Meng how to contact Ying Baiye, and Mu Chen hurried off to find her.
• Yan Meng told Mu Chen that Ying Baiye had left the academy the previous day to take a bounty mission.
• Yan Meng recalled that Ying Baiye had deliberately told her to say he left yesterday, knowing Mu Chen would regret missing him by a day.
• At a roadside noodle stall, Ling Xi teased Ying Baiye for anticipating that Mu Chen would look for him, and asked when he would tell Mu Chen about his mother.
• Ying Baiye said he would tell Mu Chen the next time they met, then left the stall with Ling Xi to explore the city.

Bai Ye questioned Yi Qingluan about the Cold Pool and confirmed that she had once served his mother, the Yan Tian Sect’s Saintess. After learning what he needed, he froze Yi Qingluan and put her to sleep, leaving her questions unanswered.

• Bai Ye pressed Yi Qingluan to answer his questions, and she agreed to take turns questioning each other.
• Yi Qingluan revealed that Qin Lian was built because of the Cold Pool at Chilling Cold Lake.
• Bai Ye admitted that he had killed Jin Chong in the Cold Pool, and Yi Qingluan said she cared about it because she had a past connection to its owner.
• Yi Qingluan said she had been the Saintess’s maid, though she had never seen her mistress’s face beneath her veil.
• Bai Ye recognized Yi Qingluan as a former Yan Tian Sect servant and froze her before she could continue questioning him.

Bai Ye told Mu Chen about his mother, Qing Yanjing, and revealed that she was imprisoned by the Ancient Buddha Clan. Mu Chen resolved to grow strong enough to rescue her, but after their conversation Bai Ye reminded him that the night’s second activity was still ahead.

• Su Xuan waited in the courtyard while Ling Xi watched Bai Ye on the rooftop and offered her a cloak.
• Mu Chen asked Bai Ye about his mother, and Bai Ye said Qing Yanjing was important family to him and had been like an adoptive mother to him and Ling Xi.
• Bai Ye recalled his memories of Qing Yanjing and revealed that she came from the Ancient Buddha Clan and was imprisoned there.
• Bai Ye speculated that Qing Yanjing had left Mu Chen and his father to protect them from the clan and had accepted imprisonment to keep them out of its lineage struggles.
• Mu Chen vowed to become strong enough to free his mother and protect the people he cared about, and Bai Ye praised his character.
• Bai Ye finished his wine, then announced that their second activity was about to begin, prompting Mu Chen to remember he had been called a test subject.

Bai Ye escaped Jin Chong’s insect bindings by revealing the Hao Yuan Hammer and using its blazing power to blast Jin Chong through the cave wall. The lake outside then lit with a destructive force, leaving Jin Chong’s fate unresolved.

• Jin Chong restrained Bai Ye with Spirit Bugs, revealed that the cave was inside the Yan Tian Sect’s secret realm, and admitted he sought the power of the Calculation Skill.
• Bai Ye freed himself as the Blood Sacrifice Coffin shattered and its power entered the phantom, revealing the Hao Yuan Hammer.
• Bai Ye swung the Hao Yuan Hammer twice, burning through Jin Chong’s insect swarm and blasting him through the cave wall into the lake.
• Jin Chong emerged largely unharmed and threatened Bai Ye, but Bai Ye released the hammer and warned him that he was dead.
• A blinding light filled the lake, and the water boiled beneath its destructive power.

At the Flourishing Flowers Banquet, Bai Ye and Ling Xi kept to a quiet corner while Xia Youran reunited with Hua Ruoran, whose duties as the next Town Head left her resigned to a constrained future. The famed Liu Ying arrived and demanded that Bai Ye give up his seat, leaving everyone around them stunned.

• Xia Youran teased Hua Ruoran for disguising her excitement about meeting Bai Ye, and Hua Ruoran admitted she admired him but did not expect to pursue love because she was destined to become Town Head.
• Bai Ye and Ling Xi chose secluded seats in the banquet hall, and Bai Ye declined Hua Ruoran's catalog of treasures after finding nothing he needed.
• Liu Ying arrived late, searched the crowd for Xia Youran, and approached her despite her cold greeting.
• Liu Ying noticed Bai Ye sitting beside Xia Youran and Ling Xi, then told Bai Ye to give up his seat.

Bai Ye and Ling Xi completed the Thousand Mile Talisman, a one-use device that let them communicate across vast distances, and Bai Ye prepared to leave seclusion. He spoke with Yan Meng beneath the moon, learning that she understood why he had left her in Scarlet Sun City and had resolved to grow stronger and follow him.

• Bai Ye explained that the Thousand Mile Talisman combined the Winter Snow Spirit Cat's secret art, the Spirit Fox Clan's Synchronization, Ling Xi's Teleportation Spirit Array, and his own spiritual energy.
• Bai Ye named the device the Thousand Mile Talisman and spent two days making many of them with Ling Xi, then emerged from seclusion exhausted.
• Bai Ye found Yan Meng cultivating in the courtyard and agreed to talk with her over wine.
• Yan Meng told Bai Ye she had been happier since gaining freedom and insisted that she had earned his help because she was worth it.
• Yan Meng explained that Bai Ye had left her in Scarlet Sun City because she was ready to think and grow independently, then vowed to become stronger and remain his follower.
• Bai Ye clinked his bottle against Yan Meng's and said he would wait for her.

Bai Ye defeated Mu Qingshan and Du Long by using Mirror Flower, Water Moon and the Wood Erosion Pearl’s weakness, then collected several fragments amid Mu Qian’er’s betrayal and escape. As he moved to open the Inheritance Space, Mu Qin Yue was revealed to be the fifth fragment.

• Bai Ye revealed that his apparent defeat had been an illusion, killed Du Long and Mu Qingshan by destroying the Wood Erosion Pearl, and took their fragment.
• Mu Youze admitted he had forgotten to take Mu Zhenting’s fragment, while Mu Qian’er killed Mu Zhenting through the Third Elder and claimed his fragment.
• Mu Qian’er gave the fragment to Bai Ye, then escaped by sacrificing Hua Ling with a secret art and explained that she wanted Bai Ye isolated from those she considered filth.
• Bai Ye and Cai Xiao decided to open the Inheritance Space while Cai Xiao kept watch on Luo Shu, whose purpose remained unknown.
• Mu Qin Yue stepped forward, and Bai Ye’s group recognized that she was the fifth fragment.

Bai Ye investigated the motionless space’s barrier and discovered that a tiny moving circle was the key to passing through it. He uncovered bronze characters containing a directional algorithm and began calculating how to strike the circle as it moved.

• Bai Ye tested the barrier with his hand and attacks, then detected a thumb-sized spot that resisted its ripples.
• Bai Ye struck the spot with three Frost Shattering Wheels and found that it vanished and reappeared elsewhere after the barrier rippled.
• Bai Ye inferred that the spot moved along a route after suitable attacks, while touching other parts of the barrier reset its position.
• Bai Ye viewed the barrier from a distance and used a Frost Shattering Wheel to reveal bronze characters hidden along the ripple lines.
• Bai Ye memorized and organized the characters, recognizing them as an algorithm for calculating directions, and prepared to use it to locate the moving spot.

Northern Azure Spiritual Academy entered the Supreme Spiritual Treasury, where Bai Ye and his teammates were separated and targeted by enemy fighters. As the others fought their planned interceptors, Bai Ye diverted toward a rare cold treasure for Bing Yu, only to be confronted by a golden-haired Heaven Transforming Realm cultivator.

• Lin Yu activated the key and opened the Spiritual Treasury, and the six academy members entered through the Space Vortex separately.
• Bai Ye defeated the opponents surrounding him, then sensed an extreme-cold treasure and changed course toward a valley marked on Yuan Chu Nian's map.
• A golden-haired cultivator who had attacked Su Xuan intercepted Bai Ye, and the two began fighting.
• Su Xuan faced the woman who had previously ambushed her, while Lin Qi, Yuan Chu Nian, and Lin Yu each met their own planned opponents.
• Xue Li followed her unambushed route and placed the key in her Mustard Seed Bracelet as she prepared to carry out her crucial task.

Lin Qi and Lin Yu recounted how their arrogance led to their younger sister Yue'er’s death during a hunt for Bai Jingliu, and how the desire for revenge became their purpose. After Bai Ye heard their story and Su Xuan apologized to him, the group prepared to leave, and Bai Ye announced he was ready to meet some old friends.

• Lin Qi told Bai Ye that Yue'er had been a gifted younger sister who died when their siblings joined a failed hunt for Bai Jingliu.
• Lin Yu and Lin Qi explained how Yue'er's death left Lin Yu consumed by guilt and drove them to spend two years pursuing Bai Jingliu.
• Lin Qi thanked Bai Ye for giving Lin Yu hope of fulfilling her wish, while Bai Ye wondered about the pain he had buried in his own past.
• Su Xuan apologized to Bai Ye for the past and promised to remember his kindness, but he told her there was no need.
• Two days later, Lin Qi, Xue Li, Lin Yu, Yuan Chu Nian, Su Xuan, and Su Ling'er gathered in the courtyard as the group prepared to leave.
• Bai Ye woke from his nap and told the others it was time to meet some old friends.