Chapter Summaries

Bai Ye reflected on the losses he had suffered seven years earlier and continued cultivating as he pursued the strength to fulfill his promise to his mother. At Ying Longcheng, Ying Longcheng decided Ying Xue'er would lead the upcoming Hunting Tournament as Bai Ye prepared to leave, and he quietly acknowledged that Bai Ye would not return.

• Bai Ye recalled his cold energy, his mother’s relic, and the events that had separated him from Aunt Jing, Ling Xi, and Bing Yu seven years earlier.
• Bai Ye activated the Ice Spirit Art and cultivated, resolving to grow strong enough to live freely and keep his promise to his mother.
• At Ying Longcheng’s City Lord’s Mansion, Bai Ye left with Ying Xue'er for the theater and Book Pavilion while Ying Longcheng and Qiu Zidao discussed the Hunting Tournament.
• Ying Longcheng decided Ying Xue'er would take charge of the Hunting Tournament after Bai Ye left, so she could shoulder responsibility for Ying Longcheng’s younger generation.
• After Qiu Zidao departed, Ying Longcheng watched the place where Bai Ye had sat and reflected that Bai Ye would not come back once he left.

Ling Xi found Bai Ye suffering from an overwhelming Cold energy and tried to help him while Qing Yanjing was missing. She embraced Bai Ye despite the frost covering them both, and his white ring began to glow faintly.

• Ling Xi woke and found Bai Ye curled up on the windowsill, trembling as Cold energy spread through the room.
• Ling Xi searched the house for Qing Yanjing but could not find her, then tried covering Bai Ye with clothes and lighting a fire.
• Ling Xi returned to Bai Ye and approached him despite the worsening cold, while he warned her to stay away.
• Ling Xi embraced Bai Ye and refused to let go as the Cold energy covered her in frost.
• Bai Ye stopped struggling, found comfort in Ling Xi's embrace, and the white ring on his left hand emitted a faint glow.

Bai Ye survived the Spirit Energy Tide, awakened a fearsome power, and defeated Xuan Lu before collapsing. Bing Yu sent him far away, where Ying Longcheng and his daughter found him in the Northern Domain.

• Bai Ye endured the Spirit Energy Tide as Bing Yu merged with him and Ling Xi was trapped beneath the Array Plate.
• Bai Ye emerged with golden eyes, wounded Xuan Lu with the Heavenly Emperor Sword, and destroyed him with a storm of ice weapons.
• Bai Ye lost consciousness after using his power, and Bing Yu placed an Array Plate on him, gave him the Ice Spirit Clan cultivation art, and entered his body.
• The Array Plate transported Bai Ye millions of miles north to the Northern Domain, where Ying Longcheng and his daughter found him.
• Bai Ye weakly gave his name, and Ying Longcheng briefly suggested calling him Ying Ye before deciding to keep Bai Ye.

Bai Ye and Ying Longcheng shared drinks and talked about Bai Ye leaving for the Northern Azure Spiritual Academy, before Ying Xue'er arrived to stop her father from drinking. She asked Bai Ye for three million Spirit Coins to buy a book and went into his house to find his hidden money.

• Bai Ye thanked Ying Longcheng for rescuing him and caring for him, then said he planned to leave for the Northern Azure Spiritual Academy.
• Ying Longcheng teased Bai Ye about Wen Qingxuan and his future marriage, while Bai Ye noticed someone approaching.
• Ying Xue'er found Bai Ye and Ying Longcheng drinking, scolded them, and Ying Longcheng disappeared from the roof.
• Ying Xue'er asked Bai Ye for three million Spirit Coins to buy a book, and he refused.
• Ying Xue'er walked into Bai Ye's house to search for his hidden money, and Bai Ye called after her to leave some for him.

Bai Ye defeated Huo Feng and his seven allies, claiming their Marks and learning that rival Heaven Merging Realm teams were waiting near Frozen Ice Valley. After helping Su Ling'er gain the Hundred Spirits Fruit, he set off with her and her companions toward the valley, where four factions awaited a Heaven-Rank Spirit Beast.

• Bai Ye overpowered Huo Feng, who had transformed into an Azure Nether Wind Lion, then drove back the seven fighters who joined the attack.
• Bai Ye forced Huo Feng to offer information about a Heaven-Rank Spirit Beast in Frozen Ice Valley, where three other Heaven Merging Realm teams were waiting.
• Huo Feng and his seven allies transferred their Marks to Bai Ye, raising his Mark from Level Five to Level Six, and then left.
• Bai Ye agreed to guide Su Ling'er to Frozen Ice Valley in exchange for the Hundred Spirits Fruit, which raised her Mark to Level Four.
• Bai Ye, Su Ling'er, and her four companions headed to Frozen Ice Valley, where four factions were watching the valley.

After leaving the secret realm, Bai Ye and Luo Li returned to the Four Gods Ceremony, where the Blood God Clan discovered its juniors had been wiped out and Luo Li was credited with obtaining the clans’ tokens. Luo Tianshen drove back Xue Lingzi’s attack, and the ceremony ended with the Luo God Clan’s enemies viewing Luo Li as a threat.

• Bai Ye and Luo Li left the closing secret realm and returned safely to the Luo God Clan’s Thunder Crane Army.
• Xue Lingzi demanded to know why the Blood God Clan’s juniors had not returned, and Li Zhen Yue confirmed that the entire team had been killed.
• The Luo God Clan token and Blood God Clan Mark emerged from Luo Li’s bracelet, leading Xue Lingzi to realize the Blood God Clan had been eliminated and Luo Li had obtained the tokens.
• Xue Lingzi attacked the Luo God Clan with a sea of blood, but Luo Tianshen wielded the Luo God Sword and split the attack apart.
• Xue Lingzi suppressed his anger rather than fight the other clans, and the Four Gods Ceremony ended with the clans renewing their peace contract.
• The other clans marked Luo Li as a dangerous target as the leaders took her and Bai Ye back to the Luo God Clan.

Bai Ye joined the Heaven Merging Realm cultivators gathered outside Frozen Ice Valley and exposed Xu Wenshan’s plan to hunt an injured Extremely Cold Snow Ape. As the others clashed, Bai Ye fought Yu Xiaoyin and Mo Canghai, who sealed his spiritual energy with her brush, but he unleashed Cold energy in response.

• Bai Ye arrived as Xu Wenshan explained that an immature Extremely Cold Snow Ape lived in the valley, and Bai Ye accused him of concealing that the beast was weakened or injured.
• Xu Wenshan attacked Hong Feiyan while Mo Canghai launched flying blades at Bai Ye and Yu Xiaoyin; Bai Ye rushed toward Frozen Ice Valley, drawing pursuit.
• Bai Ye turned to strike Yu Xiaoyin and Mo Canghai, then surrounded them with exploding Ice Wheels; the eight cultivators split into three battles.
• Bai Ye fought Yu Xiaoyin and Mo Canghai without either side gaining an advantage, and he used Frost Shattering Wheel to block Mo Canghai’s silver needles.
• Yu Xiaoyin’s Seal character bound Bai Ye in ink-black chains and suppressed his spiritual energy, so Mo Canghai and Yu Xiaoyin moved in to attack.
• Bai Ye erupted with Cold energy while the two approached.

Bai Ye defeated Yu Xiaoyin and Mo Canghai, gained their Level Six Marks, and gave Mo Canghai’s Mark energy to Su Ling'er. After learning the Extremely Cold Snow Ape was about to transform and reach the Heaven Merging Realm Late Stage, Bai Ye entered Frozen Ice Valley to face it while Hong Lingyue and Su Ling'er stayed behind to guard the entrance.

• Bai Ye overwhelmed Yu Xiaoyin and Mo Canghai, forcing them to surrender their Level Six Marks and raising his own Mark to Level Seven.
• Bai Ye gave Mo Canghai’s Mark energy to Su Ling'er, while Mo Canghai and Huo Feng left and Xu Wenshan fled from the battlefield.
• Hong Lingyue agreed to help Bai Ye in exchange for him helping her, and she explained that a Heaven Merging Realm Middle Stage spirit beast was likely weakening because it was transforming.
• Yu Xiaoyin and Yu Xiaoqing left, and Hong Feiyan departed after failing to persuade Hong Lingyue to go with her.
• Hong Lingyue and Su Ling'er chose to guard Frozen Ice Valley as Bai Ye entered to confront the transforming Extremely Cold Snow Ape.

Bai Ye fought off eleven bounty hunters, killing Yu Jin Yan before using Ice Heaven Finger to annihilate Liu Zhengfeng and the Dark Shadow Merchant Guild retainers. Wounded and drained, he faced Gu Jingsha, then turned away.

• Yu Jin Yan ambushed Bai Ye from underwater, but he froze her blade and pursued her as the other bounty hunters surrounded him.
• Bai Ye battled the eleven attackers, blocked Gu Jingsha’s sword with his arm, and wounded him while Liu Zhengfeng and the others kept up their assault.
• Bai Ye froze the river and killed Yu Jin Yan, but Liu Zhengfeng’s dragon-shaped attack struck his back and badly wounded him.
• Bai Ye blasted Liu Zhengfeng back with forty-nine Frost Shattering Wheels, then rushed toward the Bone God Hall and diverted Liu Zhengfeng by throwing an Ice Wheel toward the Dark Shadow Merchant Guild.
• Bai Ye appeared before Liu Zhengfeng and killed him and the four retainers with Ice Heaven Finger, then faced Gu Jingsha and turned around.

Bai Ye attacked Ling Xi’s Spiritual Mountain with an ice-and-snow technique, then clashed with her spirit arrays and unleashed a powerful sword radiance. After the strike destroyed her courtyard and revealed her face, Bai Ye realized the Spirit Array Elder was someone far too familiar.

• Bai Ye froze Ling Xi’s Spiritual Mountain and sent ice-blue droplets through her Spiritual Seals, bringing snow down from the clear sky.
• Ling Xi angrily formed a Fifth Level Spirit Array and sent a pillar of light crashing toward Bai Ye.
• Bai Ye used his Ice Wheels, Golden Mark, and Ice Heaven Finger to freeze and shatter the pillar of light, though his right arm bled from the clash.
• Bai Ye gathered the surrounding cold energy into a vague phantom and unleashed an enormous sword radiance that cut through Ling Xi’s barriers and courtyard.
• Bai Ye saw Ling Xi’s face at last and froze when he recognized how familiar she looked.

Bai Ye entered the Sixth Layer of the Thunder Domain and risked plunging into its thunder cloud to temper his Divine Soul with Heavenly Thunder. Meanwhile, Xu Huang came looking for him in the New Student Zone, but Su Xuan drove him away; Bai Ye remained unaware that the danger had passed.

• Bai Ye used the Lightning Attraction Platform to draw repeated bolts of Heavenly Thunder into his Qi Sea, shattering and restoring his Divine Soul to strengthen it.
• Bai Ye flew into the thunder cloud, where he unleashed the cold energy protecting him and drew the Thunder Sea toward his Divine Soul for more intense tempering.
• A Heaven Ranking Senior Student ordered someone to identify Bai Ye after watching him disappear into the thunder cloud.
• Xu Huang arrived in the New Student Zone seeking Bai Ye, but Su Xuan confronted him and forced him to leave with Xu Qingqing.
• Su Ling'er thanked Su Xuan for protecting Bai Ye and asked Hong Lingyue to tell him that she had repaid the favor of his Level Six Mark.

Bai Ye used his Fourth Eruption to defeat Gu Jingsha and the remaining Bone God Hall disciples, but collapsed into the Ice Lake afterward. At Northern Azure Spiritual Academy, Ling Xi sensed his suffering and took comfort in knowing he was still alive.

• Bai Ye froze Gu Jingsha and the remaining Bone God Hall fighters with his Fourth Eruption, ending the battle.
• Bai Ye collapsed into the Ice Lake as his injuries and cold energy overwhelmed him.
• A blue barrier bearing a powerful Totem protected Bai Ye underwater, driving every Spiritual Beast away from the area.
• At Cloud-Wreathed Peak, Bing Xueran visited Ling Xi as she drew a Spirit Array Diagram.
• Ling Xi felt heartache that reminded her of Bai Ye's suffering and wrote her name on the diagram.

Bai Ye left Yan Meng with medicine, then confronted Xu Qingqing and took her after she refused to lead him to her brother. At the Great Wilderness Society headquarters, Xu Zhuo argued with Yu Wenlou and Yu Ziman until Bing Xueran appeared in a burst of frost.

• Bing Xueran healed Yan Meng's wounds and left Bai Ye to handle the rest; he placed a bottle of pills beside Yan Meng and departed.
• Bai Ye entered Xu Qingqing's room, demanded that she take him to her brother, and rendered her unable to resist when she refused.
• Yu Wenlou condemned Xu Zhuo for carrying out the Great Wilderness Society's plan in front of an instructor, while Yu Ziman supported him.
• Xu Zhuo challenged the person claiming authority over the Great Wilderness Society, and Bing Xueran appeared as the room filled with ice and snow.

Ling Xi remembered how Bai Ye had entered her heart after she found him holding a knife to his chest, and how his promise to find her had sustained her through seven years apart. After learning that Bai Ye and Jin Chong had gone to the Cold Pool at Chilling Cold Lake, she rushed there, while Bing Xueran followed to keep Bai Ye safe.

• Ling Xi recalled that she had first hated Bai Ye but softened after finding him crying with a knife pointed at his heart.
• Bai Ye thanked Ling Xi for bringing him back, and later promised, “I'll come find you,” giving her hope through their seven years apart.
• After Bai Ye named Bing Xueran during his brief Synchronization with Yan Meng, Ling Xi attacked Bing Xueran and demanded to know Jin Chong's whereabouts.
• Ling Xi connected Bai Ye and Jin Chong, and Bing Xueran realized that Bai Ye had likely cultivated the Calculation Skill.
• Bing Xueran told Ling Xi that Jin Chong had taken Bai Ye to the Cold Pool at Chilling Cold Lake.
• Ling Xi vanished toward Chilling Cold Lake, and Bing Xueran followed because she could not let anything happen to Bai Ye.

The Extraterrestrial Evil Clan, led by Saint Sun, arrived at the camp and challenged the Great Thousand World prodigies. Saint Sun demonstrated overwhelming strength, and the confrontation left Kong Wenshan badly injured as Mohe Yue stepped in to save him.

• Lin Qing tore open the dark canopy and confronted Saint Sun, who declared that the Saint Demon Clan had come to kill the Great Thousand World prodigies.
• Huang Zhan attacked Saint Sun with his giant warhammer, but Saint Sun shattered it with one hand and severely injured Huang Zhan.
• Kong Wenshan recognized that Saint Sun had come to probe their strength and refused to reveal more of their fighters, but Saint Sun launched a lightning attack anyway.
• Saint Sun and Kong Wenshan exchanged lethal blows until Mohe Yue pushed Kong Wenshan aside and another Extraterrestrial fighter intercepted the strike.
• Kong Wenshan admitted defeat after being badly injured, while Mohe Yue supported him and faced Saint Sun with suppressed fury.

In the tavern in Kordu, Lumian Li entertained three outsiders with a grisly story before admitting his sister had written it. Pierre revealed that Lumian had been brought to the village by his sister Orol five years earlier and had taken her surname, leaving the outsiders curious about his past.

• Lumian told a story about a poor hospital night watchman who found a strange Mark on a dead former colleague, then claimed his sister had written it.
• Liane Kos introduced himself and his companions Valentine and Liya, and Lumian introduced himself as Lumian Li.
• Liane ordered drinks for Lumian after discussing the dangers of Green Fairy, while Pierre offered to reveal more about the young prankster for a free glass.
• Pierre told the outsiders that Orol had brought thirteen-year-old Lumian to Kordu five years earlier and that Lumian had taken her surname and the name she gave him.

Lumian Li entertained three outsiders at a tavern in Kordu Village with a supposedly invented story about working in a hospital morgue, then learned that Liane Kos, Valentine, and Liya had come from elsewhere. Pierre revealed that Lumian had been brought to the village by his elder sister Orol five years earlier and had taken her surname, while Lumian admitted he had forgotten his original name.

• At the gates of Di Yang City, Er Yin asked Bai Ye and his companion where they were going as they prepared to leave Qin Province Continent.
• In a Kordu Village tavern, Lumian told Liane Kos a grim story about a poor young man who found a night job watching over a hospital morgue, then claimed the story was written by his elder sister.
• Liane introduced his companions Valentine and Liya, and offered to buy Lumian a drink after hearing the story.
• Lumian ordered Green Fairy, and Pierre asked for a drink in exchange for explaining the truth about Lumian.
• Pierre told the outsiders that Orol had brought Lumian to the village five years earlier and given him the name Lumian Li; Lumian said he had forgotten his original name.

Zhuo Yi confessed how his obsession with helping his master led him to feed mercenaries to Senluo, release him, and cause the Wildwood Palace tragedy, then died after asking Bai Ye and the others to place all blame on him. Bai Ye and Cai Xiao saw through his attempt to protect Desert Wood Venerable, and the survivors left the collapsing Barren Wood Ruins.

• Zhuo Yi confessed that he had made a deal with Senluo, fed him mercenaries, and learned the Devouring Nether Art to advance his cultivation.
• Zhuo Yi revealed that he opened the Senling Locking Heaven Cage so Desert Wood Venerable could refine Senluo's divine soul, but Senluo tried to possess his master and was sealed with him beneath the Wildwood Palace.
• Zhuo Yi asked Bai Ye, Cai Xiao, and Xue Liuli to tell the Great Thousand World that he alone was responsible, then died from the life force Bai Ye had drained with Totem.
• Bai Ye and Cai Xiao concluded that Zhuo Yi had lied to protect Desert Wood Venerable, who had actually told him to open the cage; Bai Ye refused to spread the story, while Cai Xiao said she would uphold the truth.
• Bai Ye, Cai Xiao, and Xue Liuli escaped the collapsing Barren Wood Ruins, and Bai Ye gave Mu Qin Yue a copy of the Wildwood Sutra as compensation for her severed arm.
• Cai Xiao postponed her duel with the injured Bai Ye until they reached the Great Thousand Palace, and Bai Ye departed as the Demon Sand Sea returned to normal.

Bai Ye carved through the Blood God Clan’s forces, killing two Heaven Transforming Realm Late Stage cultivators and breaking through their formation to fight Xue Lian and Xue Yi. A stranger intervened before he could defeat the sisters, and Bai Ye found himself surrounded by more than a dozen Blood God Clan fighters as a second round of battle began.

• Bai Ye destroyed Xue Lin’s Blood Dragon and defeated him, then killed Xue Lin and the cultivator who tried to rescue him.
• Bai Ye charged into the Blood God Clan’s formation, used nine blazing suns to overwhelm nine opponents, and killed them as he passed.
• Bai Ye saw through the stealth technique of Xue Jiu Qing’s lackey and killed him before continuing forward.
• Bai Ye fought Xue Lian and Xue Yi with twin Ice Swords, but a stranger blocked his finishing strikes with a blood-red greatsaber.
• Bai Ye retreated from the stranger and saw that more than a dozen Blood God Clan fighters had surrounded him.

Bai Ye accompanied his captor, Jin Chong, to Qin Lian opera house, where the Lian Qin Tune prompted Jin Chong to explain the history of Five Spirits Slaying Heaven. They left after Bai Ye gave Jin Chong a cultivation location but withheld the Calculation Skill, while the mysterious woman on the third floor watched them go and restrained herself from acting.

• Bai Ye persuaded Jin Chong to take him to Qin Lian opera house, where he watched the opera while secretly gauging the unseen musician on the third floor.
• Jin Chong explained that the Yan Tian Sect had been destroyed by the five great spirit clans because its followers pursued heavenly secrets through experiments on ordinary people.
• Jin Chong named Bing Yan and Feng Luo as the figures who fought for justice and explained that Qin Province Continent was the site of the war.
• Bai Ye told Jin Chong that YanSha City and Daqi Mountain were a cultivation location, but postponed giving him the Calculation Skill.
• Bai Ye and Jin Chong left the opera house, while the woman on the third floor recognized the stench of insects and held back from acting because of her mission.