Chapter Summaries

Bai Ye recalled how, when he was four, he reached Ling Xi through her despair and promised to let her lock him away until she no longer needed him. Twelve years later, their promise became a lifetime bond, and he comforted Ling Xi in the pit by promising they would defeat the Ninth Grade Supreme together.

• Bai Ye remembered that Ling Xi had shut everyone out, including Aunt Jing, until he found her amid a battlefield of sacrificed corpses.
• Bai Ye recognized Ling Xi's empty eyes as a sign that she could no longer tell truth from falsehood, and he told her he was real and would never abandon her.
• Bai Ye asked Ling Xi to lock him up until she no longer needed him, and she clung to him hard enough for her nails to draw blood without answering.
• Ling Xi began smiling after that encounter, and years later, in the Cold Pool, she completed their promise by choosing to keep Bai Ye with her for a lifetime.
• Bai Ye brushed the hair from Ling Xi's face in the pit and told her they would destroy the Ninth Grade Supreme together.

Bai Ye and Ling Xi survived the Ice Spirit Emperor’s cold-energy backlash, and Bing Yu discovered a lingering power in Bai Yu’s White Ring before disappearing. After Qing Yanjing healed the children, Bai Ye woke and claimed he was seriously sick.

• Bing Yu watched Bai Ye and Ling Xi endure the freezing backlash until the cold energy dispersed and they collapsed, still embracing.
• Bing Yu sensed a special spiritual energy in Bai Yu’s White Ring and realized Bai Yu had left an attachment behind for Bai Ye.
• Bing Yu remembered Bai Yu, expressed that she missed her, and then vanished as the White Ring’s light faded.
• Qing Yanjing returned, found Bai Ye and Ling Xi barely alive, and healed them after Ling Xi explained what had happened.
• Bai Ye woke before Qing Yanjing and Ling Xi and insisted that he was seriously sick.

At Weak Water Pavilion, Bai Ye established himself as the chief among Ying Longcheng’s young prodigies before the auction began. When the Town Nether Sea Ice Snow Lotus stirred a reaction in Bing Yu’s egg, Bai Ye prepared to bid, but Mu Qian’er challenged him with an opening offer of one hundred thousand drops of Supreme Spiritual Liquid.

• At the post station, Purple Cloud Butterfly left Ling Xi behind and sent Bai Ye to Weak Water Pavilion so he could establish his authority among the second generation.
• Bai Ye subdued Ye Qing and sent Zhao Mingzhi flying, then used the gathering’s pressure to secure the other Ying Longcheng prodigies’ recognition as their chief.
• Shui Jingya opened the auction; the first two lots, a Spirit Restriction Battle Puppet and a Nirvana Supreme Pill, sold to prodigies from the West Mist Sword Sect and Qiu Wen.
• Bai Ye bought two high-grade Spirit Array Diagrams as the auction continued, while Shui Jingya’s calm and capable hosting impressed him.
• When Shui Jingya presented the Town Nether Sea Ice Snow Lotus, Bing Yu’s egg reacted, and Bai Ye prepared to bid.
• Mu Qian’er offered one hundred thousand drops of Supreme Spiritual Liquid for the lotus, prompting Bai Ye to look at her coldly and smile.

As Demon Dragon Son’s encirclement of Bai Ye intensified, Bai Ye used the chaos to draw out a mole within Northern Azure Spiritual Academy while secretly preparing to leave Bei Cang Continent. He told Ling Xi and Yi Qingluan that he was heading to Qin Province Continent to find the God-Sovereign Fish Splash.

• Demon Dragon Son gathered enemies of Bai Ye and Northern Azure Spiritual Academy, while Bai Ye slaughtered ambushes across Bei Cang Continent for three days.
• At Nine Jiao City, Zhou Xuan’s team fell victim to Bai Ye’s Mirror Flower, Water Moon technique, and Zhou Xuan went mad after killing his closest friend.
• Bai Ye revealed to Yi Qingluan that he had sent out messages and scheduled jade slips as part of a plan to lure the academy’s mole into seeking information from Tai Cang Dean.
• Bai Ye told Ling Xi that he intended to disappear from Bei Cang Continent and travel to Qin Province Continent, and Ling Xi agreed to accompany him.
• Bai Ye named the object he planned to find as the God-Sovereign Fish Splash.

After recovering at the bottom of Chilling Cold Lake, Bai Ye followed Bing Yu to a hidden spiritual array and discovered that it was part of a vast network of arrays designed to attack spiritual souls. He escaped to shore, realizing the lake concealed a dangerous mystery that made him eager to investigate further.

• Bai Ye awoke injured at the bottom of Chilling Cold Lake, where his cultivation had advanced to the Heaven Merging Realm Middle Stage.
• Bing Yu used a blue feather to guide Bai Ye to an unusual patch of lakebed and warned him that something was wrong beneath the lake.
• Bai Ye cleared away the silt and found complex carvings forming a high-grade spiritual array.
• Bai Ye sent a thread of his spiritual soul through the array to locate its core, then discovered that countless arrays covered a vast area beneath the lake.
• A restriction erased Bai Ye's spiritual-soul thread, so he fled to shore and concluded that Chilling Cold Lake was extremely dangerous.

Bai Yu revealed that she and Bai Ye’s father had left the Yan Tian Scripture in the secret realm to balance Bai Ye’s inherited Ancestral Vein and opposing personalities. After her memory vanished, Jin Chong attacked Bai Ye, but Bai Ye’s father appeared and froze the space.

• Bai Yu told Bai Ye that the secret realm and Yan Tian Scripture were prepared for him, and explained that mastering the scripture could stabilize his mind.
• Bai Yu revealed that Bai Ye had inherited both her absolute rationality and the dangerous effects of an Ancestral Vein, so she and his father had arranged for him to reach the scripture.
• The memory illusion faded before Bai Ye could learn how his parents wanted him to live, and he emerged at the altar where the Yan Tian Art was hidden.
• Jin Chong appeared, partly transformed by bugs, and attacked Bai Ye with a swarm of flying insects.
• Bai Ye’s father arrived amid a burst of frost, and Jin Chong recognized him as Bing Yan.

Lumian entertained a tavern full of Kordu villagers with a story about a poor hospital corpse watcher, then admitted his elder sister had written it. As outsiders Liane Kos, Valentine, and Liya got to know him, Pierre revealed that Orol had brought Lumian to the village five years earlier and given him his name and surname.

• Lumian finished his tale of a corpse watcher who had touched a strange Mark and feared that something in the fog would come for him, then revealed he had made it up from a story by his elder sister.
• The villagers teased Lumian for constantly inventing stories, while he introduced himself to the outsider Liane Kos and met Liane's companions, Valentine and Liya.
• Liane ordered Lumian a glass of Green Fairy, and Pierre joined them for a drink in exchange for explaining Lumian's past.
• Pierre said Orol had brought thirteen-year-old Lumian back to Kordu five years earlier and given him the name Lumian Li; Lumian said he had forgotten his original name.

Bai Ye confronted a Light Shadow of Bing Jiu Yao in his Snowy Plains, recognizing her as the Ice Spirit Emperor and the source of the danger foretold by the Yan Tian Scripture. He challenged her to a clash of cold energy and fingers, and the battle reached its decisive moment as the Snowy Plains collapsed.

• Bai Ye realized that the Yan Tian Scripture’s warning concerned Bing Jiu Yao, whose Ice Sculpture stood in the Snowy Plains.
• Bai Ye claimed the Snowy Plains as his territory, melted the snow covering him, and caused the Ice Sculpture to crack and shatter.
• Bing Jiu Yao’s Light Shadow emerged from the ice, and the Yan Tian Scripture warned Bai Ye that she posed extreme danger.
• Bai Ye welcomed the challenge as the Light Shadow divided the Snowy Plains with her gathered cold energy and struck toward his brow.
• Bai Ye met her finger with his own, and their collision shattered space and split the earth before the decisive victor was revealed.

Bai Ye interrogated Thousand Snake Supreme about the mercenary groups gathered at Desert Wood Venerable’s ruins, using Mirror Flower, Water Moon and cold energy to force answers from him. He learned the groups were waiting for Desert Wood Venerable’s successor to appear and open the main hall, but Thousand Snake did not know where the successor was.

• Bai Ye questioned Thousand Snake Supreme about the mercenary groups’ purpose and used Mirror Flower, Water Moon to expose his evasions.
• Bai Ye subjected Thousand Snake Supreme to escalating cold energy, which overwhelmed his spiritual energy and forced him to speak.
• Thousand Snake Supreme revealed that Desert Wood Venerable had promised his successor an opportunity two thousand years later, and that the mercenaries had gathered because that time had arrived.
• Bai Ye learned the main hall was waiting for Desert Child Pill Dream’s successor, who was the key to opening it.
• Thousand Snake Supreme said the mercenaries knew nothing about the ruins’ interior and could not identify the successor’s whereabouts.
• Bai Ye left the snowstorm-buried Heaven Snake Mercenary Group encampment after his interrogation.

Cai Xiao warned Mu Qian'er about Bai Ye, then used One Finger Swallowing Heaven to teach her a lesson. Meanwhile, Mu Youze prepared to clash with Mu Zhenting as Bai Ye overwhelmed the battlefield and killed the Lion King, leaving the mercenaries stunned.

• Mu Qian'er told Cai Xiao that Bai Ye was cold and untrustworthy, then revealed her desire to collect his head; Cai Xiao called her insane and attacked with One Finger Swallowing Heaven.
• Hua Ling and an old man tried to protect Mu Qian'er from Cai Xiao's collapsing black hole, which detonated after drawing them in and left Mu Qian'er bloodied.
• Mu Youze judged Bai Ye and Cai Xiao to be monsters, then summoned his ink-black sword to face Mu Zhenting and his Spirit Transformation Divine Wood Body.
• Bai Ye fought through the mercenaries and Spirit Clan followers, countered the Lion King's ambush, and shattered his Lion Emperor Flame God Body with the Ice Heaven Sealing Cold Finger.
• Bai Ye struck the Lion King with ninety-nine Cold Suns, tore off his head, and crushed it, breaking the surrounding mercenaries' fighting spirit.

Bai Ye and Jin Chong entered the Cold Pool and searched for the hidden secret realm’s entrance, which Bai Ye found using his Calculation Skill. Outside, Ling Xi and Bing Xueran discovered the pool was sealed, then Ling Xi took Yan Meng and dove in, with Bing Xueran following.

• Jin Chong brought Bai Ye through the Cold Pool’s vortex after scouting the route with an insect, but Bai Ye remained sealed and physically weakened.
• Jin Chong led Bai Ye through the dark passage to a blank wall and asked him to find the secret realm’s entrance with his Calculation Skill.
• Bai Ye recognized a pattern connected to the Small Skill in Northern Azure Hall, deciphered the writing on the wall, and found the entrance.
• Bing Xueran told Ling Xi that the Cold Pool was sealed, and Ling Xi’s Detection Array collapsed under an unknown force.
• Ling Xi grabbed Yan Meng and dove into the Cold Pool, and Bing Xueran followed.

Bai Ye and Ling Xi entered Chain Star City, where an illusion and spatial seal revealed a trap set for Bai Ye. As Ling Xi fought five powerful red-clad attackers, Bai Ye faced the remaining hunters and prepared to fight rather than wait.

• Bai Ye explained that he needed clues about Demon Xing Tian before the Yan Tian Scripture could trace his location, and he and Ling Xi traveled slowly toward Chain Star City.
• Bai Ye sensed a trap after they entered the city and used a secret signal to warn Ling Xi to prepare to break out.
• Bai Ye revealed that the lively street was an illusion, but Ling Xi's teleportation array failed and a spatial seal blocked their escape.
• Five red-clad Supremes and five other hunters appeared, and Bai Ye realized the Dragon Demon Palace and its allies had arranged the ambush, possibly with a traitor in the Northern Azure Spiritual Academy.
• Ling Xi vanished to fight the five strongest attackers, while Bai Ye advanced toward the remaining hunters and readied himself to battle.

Bai Ye survived Lei Ze’s devastating attack and used the Nine Carp ice pearl to consume the black river unleashed by a projection of the Boundless Old Ancestor, then killed the projection and the three remaining enemies. Ling Xi reached him as he collapsed, and the two held each other while Chain Star City fell silent.

• Ling Xi sensed Bai Ye was alive after the battlefield below went quiet, then grew concerned as the enemy formation continued to hold her back.
• Bai Ye survived the pillar of light that killed Lei Ze, but discovered that Lei Ze’s body was controlled by a projection of the Boundless Old Ancestor.
• The Boundless Old Ancestor unleashed a black river to kill Bai Ye, who summoned the Nine Carp ice pearl and used it to devour the attack.
• The projection threatened Bai Ye before a black water spear pierced its heart and destroyed it.
• Bai Ye sent the remaining black water after Liu Gui and the other two enemies, killing all three before he collapsed.
• Ling Xi caught Bai Ye and held him in her arms as he lost consciousness.

Bai Ye returned to Northern Azure Spiritual Academy, learned that Mu Chen had challenged Mo Lun and was connected to Luo Li, and chose not to interfere. As he studied Si Qingyu’s inheritance, he uncovered a link between the Ice Spirit and Luo God clans, while the freshmen formed a Luo God faction ahead of the New Student Tournament.

• Bai Ye returned to his courtyard, reunited with Ling Xi, and learned that Mu Chen had taken third place on the Divine Soul Rankings and was connected to Luo Li.
• Yan Meng told Bai Ye that Mo Lun had been troubling the new students, but Bai Ye decided Luo Li and the others should handle the matter themselves.
• Bai Ye studied Si Qingyu’s inheritance and learned that the Ice Spirit Emperor, Bing Jiu Yao, was also called the Frost God, which explained a connection between the Ice Spirit and Luo God clans.
• Bai Ye asked Bing Yu why she had not hatched after her eggshell cracked, and she said she needed more time to prepare for her Nirvana.
• The freshmen formed a Luo God faction led by students from the eastern Northern Azure Realm as the New Student Tournament approached.

Bai Ye entered the Cold Pool’s mysterious passage after the chains drained the power from his hammer strike, while Ling Xi and Bing Xueran were left outside the sealed entrance. Inside an illusion array that recreated his painful memories, Bai Ye rejected the apparitions of Bai Jingliu and the villagers and continued onward.

• Ling Xi used the surrounding spirit arrays to swallow Jin Chong in white light, but the light also blocked her path into the Cold Pool.
• Bai Ye endured the chains extracting the power from his hammer strike, then entered the dark vortex because the way behind him was sealed.
• Ling Xi asked Bing Xueran about the secret realm, and Bing Xueran revealed that it was a remnant of the Yan Tian Sect and that Jin Chong had deliberately let her discover it.
• Bai Ye recognized the Song Family Village scene as an illusion array and killed the apparition of Bai Jingliu when it appeared before him.
• The illusion showed Bai Ye the dead villagers accusing him, but he apologized, froze the approaching corpses with cold energy, and watched them scatter.

Kong Wenshan engineered a bloody conflict to unite the Great Thousand World camp under a Joint Council, while Bai Ye refused to help and predicted when the opposing camp would control two-thirds of the ruins. The council was formed, Cai Xiao took Xue Liuli away for training, and Bai Ye continued preparing a gift.

• Bai Ye refused Kong Wenshan's plea for help, and Cai Xiao explained that the trial's bloody lessons could not be avoided.
• Bai Ye saw through Kong Wenshan's plan to use the escalating fight to establish a Joint Council, and Kong Wenshan admitted he would proceed despite Bai Ye's doubts.
• After the brawl, Cai Xiao gave Bai Ye the list of seven Joint Council members, and the council for the Great Thousand World camp was established.
• Bai Ye predicted the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan camp would occupy two-thirds of the ruins in ten days, and Cai Xiao took Xue Liuli with her.
• Bai Ye connected to the Thousand Mile Talisman, took out an Ice Crystal Arrow, and asked his elder sister where to engrave its mark.

Jin Chong abducted Bai Ye and revealed that he wanted Bai Ye to help him in exchange for two divine arts. After Yan Meng delivered Bai Ye’s message to Ling Xi, Ling Xi’s aura shifted as Yan Meng called her “Bing Xueran,” and the heavens collapsed.

• Jin Chong intercepted Bai Ye, and Bai Ye arranged for Lin Yu to transfer his spiritual value to Yan Meng and pass along a message before leaving with him.
• Jin Chong revealed that he had planted a Worm Egg in Bai Ye to track him, then agreed to give Bai Ye the two divine arts he had previously declined in exchange for his help.
• Jin Chong sealed Bai Ye’s spiritual energy and refused to explain where they were going or what the spirit art did.
• Su Xuan and Lin Yu returned to the academy and told Yan Meng that Jin Chong had taken Bai Ye and that he had asked her to take care of her health.
• Yan Meng went to Ling Xi and reported Bai Ye’s abduction, then addressed her as “Bing Xueran” as Ling Xi’s aura changed and the heavens collapsed.

Bai Ye reflected on the strange calm caused by a zither piece and destroyed the Purple Bee Jin Chong had planted in his room. After confronting Su Xuan about her aid against Xu Huang, he learned from Yan Meng that the Spirit Array Master would help only if Bai Ye changed his name.

• Bai Ye recalled that Jin Chong had left a Purple Bee in his room and wondered about the bug-raising scheme and its Heaven Merging Realm spiritual art.
• Bai Ye crushed the frozen Purple Bee and met Su Xuan, who said she had helped hold Xu Huang back at Ling Er's request.
• Bai Ye rejected Su Xuan's claim that he owed Ling Er a favor, and they briefly clashed with spiritual energy before she left.
• Bai Ye judged that he still fell short of the initial stage of the Heaven Transforming Realm and said he wanted to climb higher.
• Yan Meng told Bai Ye that the Spirit Array Master would act only if he changed his name, and Bai Ye reacted with concealed savagery.

Bai Ye examined the divine arts he had obtained, then spent the night trying and failing to cultivate a Low Grade Spirit Rank art. Ling Xi made him rest and tended to his exhausted spirit, while Bai Ye privately reflected on how her presence had changed his recklessness.

• Bai Ye examined the Ice Void Art and Frost God Clear Moon Reflection, identifying them as movement and defensive divine arts that complemented his abilities.
• Bai Ye considered the severe backlash from drawing his sword and using the ice statue phantoms, then began cultivating the Low Grade Spirit Rank art.
• Bai Ye spent the night studying the art 1,376 times but realized he had misunderstood its cultivation and could not determine why.
• Ling Xi entered at sunrise, ordered Bai Ye to leave while she cleaned, and used her spiritual energy to soothe his exhaustion.
• Bai Ye realized Ling Xi's presence kept him from acting as recklessly as before, then told her she was incredibly beautiful.

Bai Ye spent his quiet days in the Luo God Clan reading while Xi Yu decided he seemed like a suitable brother for Luo Li. Luo Tianshen persuaded Bai Ye to accompany him to retrieve Luo Li from the Spiritual Road, and Bai Ye returned to studying the mysterious Yan Tian Scripture.

• Xi Yu brought Bai Ye more books and told him she had grown up serving Luo Li, whom she hoped he would get along with.
• Xi Yu left Bai Ye's room, and Luo Tianshen arrived to speak with him.
• Luo Tianshen asked Bai Ye to accompany him to bring Luo Li back from the Spiritual Road, and Bai Ye agreed after considering his mother's wishes.
• After Luo Tianshen left, Bai Ye resumed researching the Yan Tian Scripture, which he believed he had cultivated while unconscious at the Cold Pool.