Chapter Summaries

Bai Ye said farewell to the Luo God Clan and returned the Luo God's spiritual art to Luo Li before leaving for the Bei Cang Continent. After he departed, a gift he had arranged for Luo Xiu exploded, plunging Luo God City into ice and snow.

• Bai Ye questioned Luo Tianshen's decision to expose Luo Li's abilities, then accepted that the clan's inheritance made her position essential.
• Bai Ye gave Luo Li a copied spiritual art tied to the Luo God's inheritance, and she accepted it and called him her brother.
• Bai Ye asked Xi Yu to deliver a gift to Luo Xiu, then entered the Teleportation Spirit Array and left the Luo God Clan.
• Luo Tianshen watched Bai Ye disappear and privately resolved to live long enough to see his family grow up.
• Luo Xiu opened Bai Ye's wooden box, triggering a violent explosion that covered Luo God City in ice and snow.

Bai Ye traveled with Luo Tianshen and the Thunder Crane Army to the Spiritual Road’s exit, where Luo Li faced threats from Ji Xuan and his cousin. Bai Ye intervened and stood face-to-face with Luo Li, struck by how much they resembled each other.

• Bai Ye admired the Luo God Clan’s Thunder Crane Army before traveling with Luo Tianshen through a spatial vortex.
• Luo Li fought Ji Xuan for the Spiritual Crown while Wen Qingxuan reached the summit and claimed the title of Spiritual Crown bearer.
• Luo Tianshen and Bai Ye arrived at the Spiritual Road’s exit as its participants emerged after receiving their empowerment.
• Ji Xuan confronted Luo Li, and his late Heaven Transforming Realm cousin prepared to threaten her while Luo Tianshen watched for an opening to act.
• Bai Ye used the Ice Void Art to appear beside Luo Li, froze her cousin with a touch, and faced Luo Li as the two noticed their resemblance.

Lumian Li entertained tavern patrons in Kordu Village with a fabricated story about a corpse watcher, then met three visitors from outside the village. Their conversation revealed that his elder sister Orol had brought him to Kordu five years earlier and given him his name and surname.

• Lumian finished a grim tale about a hospital corpse watcher by revealing he had quit and returned to the countryside to tell stories.
• Liane Kos introduced himself and his companions, Valentine and Liya, after Lumian said his story came from his sister, a columnist for Novel Weekly.
• Liane offered Lumian a drink, and Lumian chose Green Fairy despite Liane warning that absinthe could harm him.
• Pierre told the visitors that Lumian was a notorious prankster and had not worked at a hospital, since Orol had brought him to Kordu when he was thirteen.
• Pierre explained that Lumian had taken Orol's surname and that she had given him the name Lumian; Lumian said he had forgotten his original name.

Bing Chen broke the seal over the Ice Lake, and the Ice Spirit Clan entered the lake in search of treasure. At the bottom, Bai Ye exposed the Nether Eye Dark Pattern Cat’s divided remnant spirit, while one half possessed Bing Ke’s white cat and swallowed the other half.

• Bing Chen shattered the silver carp seal with his Dian Cang Bow, and Bing Mang led the six others into the Ice Lake to claim the treasure.
• Bai Ye discovered that the Nether Eye Dark Pattern Cat’s eyes held a remnant spirit, and the spirit attacked him by sending half its soul into his Qi Sea.
• Bai Ye’s Ancestral Vein Cold energy froze that half of the cat’s soul, while the other half fled from the second Nether Eye.
• The fleeing half possessed Bing Ke’s white cat, whose sudden soul pressure left Bing Chen and the other Ice Spirit Clan members helpless.
• Bai Ye threw the Ice Sculpture containing the frozen half toward the white cat, and it swallowed the sculpture as a powerful aura surged around it.

Lumian Li entertained the Kordu Village tavern with a grisly tale about a corpse watcher, then admitted it came from his elder sister’s writing. As the outsiders Liane Kos, Valentine, and Liya met him, Pierre revealed that Orol had brought Lumian to the village five years earlier and given him the Li surname and the name Lumian.

• Lumian recited a story about a poor hospital morgue worker who found a strange mark on his former colleague’s corpse and began dreaming of heavy fog.
• When Liane Kos asked what happened next, Lumian said the tale was his elder sister’s fiction, prompting laughter from the villagers.
• Liane introduced his companions Valentine and Liya, and Lumian explained that his surname was Li.
• Liane ordered drinks for Lumian and the tavern regular Pierre after Lumian requested Green Fairy and Pierre offered to explain the story.
• Pierre said Orol had brought Lumian back to Kordu five years earlier, given him her surname and his name, and that Lumian had never left the village since.

Bai Ye found the Nether Eye Dark Pattern Cat’s corpse beneath Ice Lake and prepared to refine its eyes, but he sensed that they were still alive and released his full aura. Meanwhile, Bing Chen and the others reached the lake, where a silver carp effortlessly dispelled Bing Chen’s attack.

• Bai Ye followed Bing Yu’s directions through Ice Sparrow Mountain and descended beneath Ice Lake to find the vast Ice Cave.
• Bai Ye shattered the Ice Cave and uncovered the Nether Eye Dark Pattern Cat’s corpse, then sent a silver carp Mark to the lake’s surface.
• Bai Ye decided to begin refining the cat’s Nether Eyes before Ling Xi arrived, but he sensed the eyes were still alive and unleashed his full aura.
• Bing Chen led Bing Ke, Bing Lu, Bing Mang, and the others to Ice Lake using the map delivered with the caged white cat.
• Bing Chen attacked the lake with a ball of ice, but the silver carp leaped out and made the attack disappear.

Bai Ye and Ling Xi explored Di Yang City, where they met Weak Water Pavilion auctioneer Shui Jingya and discovered her interest in befriending them. After receiving an invitation to the next day's auction, Bai Ye decided to attend in hopes of finding clues to an opportunity connected to the Forbidden City.

• Bai Ye explained to Ling Xi that Di Yang City's abundant fortune was suppressed by the Great Qin Dynasty's royal family and noticed God-Sovereign Fish Splash in the Forbidden City.
• Ling Xi found a Ring Spirit Jade at a street stall, and Shui Jingya recognized her and asked about Bai Ye's divine soul.
• Shui Jingya bought the stall's goods and Bai Ye identified a bronze plate among them as a High-Grade Divine Skill.
• Shui Jingya introduced herself, explained that she sought information while making friends, and invited Bai Ye and Ling Xi to Weak Water Pavilion's auction the next day.
• Bai Ye judged Shui Jingya interesting and agreed to attend the auction to look for clues, then walked on with Ling Xi.

Lumian entertained the Kordu Village tavern with a fabricated story about working in a morgue, then met three outsiders who questioned him about his surname and past. Pierre revealed that Lumian had been brought to the village by his sister Orol five years earlier and had taken her surname.

• Bai Ye asked Yu Chanyin whether Aunt Jing had contacted her, prompting Yu to begin recounting a story about a former colleague’s marked corpse and the heavy fog that haunted her dreams.
• Lumian revealed that the morgue story was written by his elder sister, Orol, and had only been told to entertain the tavern.
• Liane Kos introduced his companions Valentine and Liya, and Lumian told them his name was Lumian Li.
• Liane ordered drinks for Lumian and himself, while Pierre asked for a free drink in exchange for explaining Lumian’s past.
• Pierre told the outsiders that Orol had brought Lumian to Kordu five years earlier and given him both the surname Li and the name Lumian.

Lumian Li entertained three outsiders at a Kordu tavern with a grim tale that he admitted was invented by his elder sister, Orol. As the conversation turned to his past, Pierre revealed that Orol had brought Lumian to the village five years earlier and given him both her surname and his name.

• Lumian told Liane Kos, Valentine, and Liya a story about a poor hospital corpse watcher, then confessed he had made it up.
• Pierre and the other tavern regulars teased Lumian for inventing a different story every day.
• Liane introduced himself and his companions, and Lumian ordered Green Fairy after explaining that life was already hard enough to worry about its harms.
• Liane agreed to buy another glass for Pierre, who warned him that Lumian was the village's biggest prankster.
• Pierre revealed that Orol had brought Lumian to Kordu five years earlier and given him the surname Li and the name Lumian.
• Lumian said he had forgotten his original name and showed no embarrassment about his past being exposed.

Bai Ye fought Ying Lingli, the young master of the Blood Fiend Alliance, and overwhelmed his Blood Lotus Evil Buddha Body with ice and lightning. After killing Ying Lingli, Bai Ye sensed another battle nearby while Yu Xuan chose to investigate a different clash.

• Yu Xuan sensed two pairs of powerful auras fighting across Wu Mu City and traveled toward the battle between a green-robed woman and Mei Tao Yue.
• Bai Ye confronted Ying Lingli, whose Blood Lotus Evil Buddha Body and Blood Infant Spirit failed to overcome Bai Ye’s icy lightning and rain.
• Ying Lingli tried to flee with a life-preserving true spirit, but Bai Ye bound him with Ice Chains and killed him.
• The City Lord learned the residents had been evacuated and ordered the surviving geniuses invited to his residence after their battles.
• Bai Ye sensed another powerful aura in the city and turned toward it.

Bai Ye discovered and copied the Luo God Hundred Rivers Vast divine art from the Luo River, then studied its immense power and cost. As factions in the Luo God Clan watched him, he rejected Luo Ningyue’s warning and remained determined not to change his choice.

• Bai Ye used Frost God Clear Moon Reflection to reveal the words “Luo God Hundred Rivers Vast” on the Luo River and copied the hidden divine art onto a scroll before the words vanished.
• A young man questioned Luo Fu about Luo Chuan’s absence, learned Luo Qingya had stopped him, and devised a plan to make rival factions clash.
• Bai Ye studied Luo God Hundred Rivers Vast and learned that the powerful offensive art could consume two-thirds of his spiritual energy with each use.
• Luo Ningyue confronted Bai Ye at the riverbank, warned him to leave the Luo God Clan if he chose wrongly, and left with Luo Lingxi after he refused to back down.
• Bai Ye watched Luo Ningyue and Luo Lingxi depart and reaffirmed that his choice would not change.

Bai Ye settled Yan Meng into a Grade A pavilion and reflected on why he was helping her, then considered his own origins and the gaps in his spirit arts. After a restful night, he set out for the Thunder Domain to cultivate.

• Bai Ye rented two Grade A pavilions for Yan Meng and encouraged her to cultivate, hoping to see how far she could rise.
• Bai Ye considered the Ice Clan mentor’s disguise and the significance of the surnames Ice, Bai, and Ying to his origins.
• Bai Ye checked the Spirit Value Hall, found his six thousand points insufficient for the spirit arts he wanted, and reviewed his existing techniques.
• Bai Ye wondered whether the pale Snowy Plains in his mind might offer him other methods.
• The next morning, Bai Ye dressed in a white robe and headed for the Thunder Domain.

Bai Ye learned that the Wood Spirit Clan had secretly approached the ruins and left the market with a newly acquired Yan Tian Sect Divine Art. When Demon Fang Mercenary Group ambushed him, he annihilated its forces and offered the surviving deputy commander a chance to live in exchange for obedience.

• Bai Ye learned from Xue Liuli that the Wood Spirit Clan people had arrived covertly and told her to keep watch on them.
• Bai Ye left the market carrying the Nirvana Finger scroll, a core Divine Art from the Yan Tian Sect.
• The Demon Fang Mercenary Group followed Bai Ye out of the market and surrounded him with seventeen or eighteen fighters led by its deputy commander.
• Bai Ye killed the mercenaries with his ice techniques, shattering their Supreme Dharma Bodies and finishing them with Mist Rain Ripples.
• Bai Ye spared the deputy commander and implanted a strand of ice-blue spiritual energy in his Qi Sea, telling him to be obedient.

After recovering enough to leave the Red Flame Mountain Range, Bai Ye and Ling Xi were ambushed by Dong Yuan and the Tian Yuan Merchant Guild. Bai Ye defeated Dong Yuan’s forces and trapped him, then demanded to know why he had come to the Red Flame Sect.

• Bai Ye explained that his recovery was partial but that passing the Physical Body Tribulation had strengthened him, and Ling Xi teleported them out of the mine.
• Dong Yuan and his forces surrounded Bai Ye and Ling Xi, with a red-robed Supreme confronting Ling Xi.
• Ling Xi and the red-robed woman departed to fight, while Dong Yuan sent his men to attack Bai Ye.
• Bai Ye killed several attackers, including Dong Zhen, and left Dong Yuan’s remaining guards too frightened to intervene.
• Bai Ye trapped Dong Yuan against a tree and asked why he had come to the Red Flame Sect.

Bai Ye recovered from the backlash of using the resentful souls to kill Red Flame Qing Qin and realized that the Yan Tian Scripture’s Calculate Karma section concerned existence. In Di Yang City, he discovered the hidden spiritual art’s location and, feeling the trip could fulfill his wish, woke ready to explore the city with Ling Xi.

• Ling Xi gave the listless Bai Ye a rare pill to repair his Divine Soul, but he said he only needed time to recover.
• Bai Ye explained that absorbing the dead sacrifices’ negative emotions had weakened him, though he expected to recover after a few days.
• Ling Xi told Bai Ye they had reached Di Yang City in the Great Qin Dynasty, where he contemplated how karma represented existence and noticed a dark satellite orbiting the Yan Tian Scripture’s third star.
• Bai Ye sensed the hidden spiritual art’s location in Qin Province, but judged that he and Ling Xi could not overcome the powerful auras gathered there.
• Bai Ye covered the sleeping Ling Xi with his blanket, then returned to his chair and slept; the next morning, he said he felt better and suggested they explore Di Yang City.

Bai Ye relived his mother Bai Yu’s death in an illusion, confronted the hatred and guilt he had buried within himself, and was urged to kill his past self. As he struck, Bing Yu met an avatar of Bai Yu, who explained that her mission was nearly complete and entered the Ice and Snow World.

• Bai Ye watched the memory of his three-year-old self as Bai Yu died, then broke down and attacked the child for remaining calm.
• A rational version of Bai Ye revealed that he had directed all his hatred at himself and blamed himself for his parents’ deaths.
• A mad version of Bai Ye urged him to kill the other self to sever the past, and Bai Ye swung his hand down, spattering blood across his face.
• Bing Yu watched helplessly as Bai Ye sank deeper into the illusion and sensed that his mind was in danger.
• Bai Yu’s avatar appeared beside Bing Yu, said she had entered by following a damaged fragment, and explained that she had no future and would disappear after completing her mission.
• Bai Yu entered the Ice and Snow World.

Bai Ye revisited a house connected to his parents and watched visions of Bing Yan, Luo Yuwei, and Feng Luoluo before meeting Bing Ling Shuang, who suspected his Ice Spirit Clan connection. After recalling his ties to the clan and refusing to call it home, he stayed in the house with Xue Liuli.

• Bai Ye used Mirror Flower, Water Moon and the Yan Tian Scripture to witness Bing Yan, Luo Yuwei, and Feng Luoluo at the house in the past.
• Bing Ling Shuang entered the house, questioned Bai Ye about his connection to its owner, and left after he told her to go.
• Bing Ling Shuang spoke with Lin Qing, who crossed into her territory, and recalled her father's lasting memories of Bing Yan.
• Bing Yu woke and told Bai Ye that Bing Ling Shuang had likely noticed his identity through his powerful Ice Spirit Clan techniques.
• Bai Ye told Bing Yu that the Ice Spirit Clan was not his home, then finished cleaning the house and sat with Xue Liuli.

Bai Ye followed the Karma Thread to Luo God Clan ruins that bore the aura of the Yan Tian Scripture, where the cave began revealing what his mother wanted him to see. Meanwhile, Xue Jiu Qing confronted the Bone God Clan over the deaths of Blood God Clan members, only to learn the Bone God Clan was not responsible.

• Xue Jiu Qing concluded that a Bone God Clan member had killed Li Fan Hai and ordered his group to keep pursuing the culprit.
• Bai Ye encountered Gu Ya Yue, then left without fighting her; Gu Han Yan and Gu Xiao He soon faced Xue Jiu Qing and six other Blood God Clan members.
• Xue Jiu Qing and the Bone God Clan trio fought to a standstill before he learned they had not killed the Blood God Clan members and that people from the Luo God Clan were responsible.
• The Luo God Clan's Empress searched for her clan's ruins while thinking of Mu Chen and the mission Luo Tianshen had assigned her.
• Bai Ye entered the Luo God Clan ruins marked by the Karma Thread, sensed the Yan Tian Scripture's aura, and walked through the seemingly endless cave as it began to brighten.
• Xue Jiu Qing flew into a rage after learning that the Bone God Clan was innocent and the Luo God Clan had committed the killings.

Bai Ye defeated Zhao Yao and claimed the Sky Supporting Flame Sun Bow before heading toward the Thousand Jade Yin Birth Grass. Elsewhere, the others advanced toward the treasury, while Bai Jingliu revealed that he had arranged a deadly welcome for them.

• Bai Ye fought Zhao Yao, survived his strongest arrow with the Frost God Clear Moon Reflection, and destroyed Zhao Yao's body and divine soul.
• Bai Ye took Zhao Yao's Sky Supporting Flame Sun Bow and set off for the valley to secure the Thousand Jade Yin Birth Grass.
• Su Xuan and the short-haired girl ended their fight after both suffered losses, and Su Xuan left to continue onward.
• Lin Qi defeated his opponent and headed to the treasury, while Yuan Chu Nian chose to regroup there instead of exploring the Limitless Hall.
• Lin Yu defeated a woman from Bone God Hall, vowed to pursue Bai Jingliu, and left; Xue Li crossed a swamp and approached her destination.
• Black Iron Mask Man revealed that he was Bai Jingliu and welcomed the approaching group to his prepared feast.

Mu Chen completed his cultivation in the Level Six Spirit Gathering Array and resolved to grow strong enough to learn about his Mother. Outside the array, Su Ling'er waited to confront him, while Bai Ye arrived with Mu Lingling just as Mu Chen emerged.

• Mu Chen finished merging Spiritual energy and learned from two senior students that Bai Ye had returned after defeating Demon Xing Tian.
• Mu Chen compared his strength with Bai Ye's and resolved to become stronger so he could learn where his Mother was.
• Su Ling'er gathered admirers outside the array, intending to teach Mu Chen a lesson for taking her place on the rankings.
• Su Ling'er encountered Mu Lingling, who was waiting for Bai Ye, and shouted for Mu Chen to come out.
• Bai Ye appeared beside Mu Lingling and predicted Mu Chen was about to emerge, and Mu Chen shot into the sky.