Chapter Summaries

Bai Ye fought Old Ancestor Duanmu and three Myriad Poisons Sect disciples, killing the three disciples with the Demonic Sword before matching Duanmu in battle. He then unleashed Heaven Severing Sword Draw, cutting Duanmu in half and leveling the forest behind him.

• Bai Ye recognized Old Ancestor Duanmu’s group as intruders from the Myriad Poisons Sect and attacked them with the Demonic Sword.
• Bai Ye’s blood fiend power overwhelmed the three disciples, draining them into dried corpses.
• Old Ancestor Duanmu fought Bai Ye for fifty moves, but neither gained the upper hand.
• Bai Ye sheathed the Demonic Sword, drew it with Heaven Severing Sword Draw, and severed Old Ancestor Duanmu at the waist.
• Bai Ye calmly sheathed the sword as the strike flattened the forest behind Duanmu.

Spirit Venerable sensed a disturbance and led Dao Xuan to the site of a battle, where he found Old Monster Duanmu and other Myriad Poisons Sect members dead. At Dazhu Peak, Bai Ye reflected on the Ancient Demon Sword’s role in the fight and suspected someone within Qingyun Sect had arranged the ambush.

• Spirit Venerable erupted from Azure Water Pool and flew toward Dazhu Peak, prompting Xiao Yicai to alert Dao Xuan.
• Dao Xuan pursued Spirit Venerable to a ruined mountain range and found the remains of a battle and lingering demonic auras.
• Dao Xuan recognized Old Monster Duanmu and three other Myriad Poisons Sect members among the dead, then vowed to investigate the breach of Qingyun Sect’s territory.
• Bai Ye examined the Ancient Demon Sword and realized its bloodthirsty aura had helped him kill Old Monster Duanmu while also trying to control him.
• Bai Ye concluded that someone within Qingyun Sect had secretly arranged for the Myriad Poisons Sect to ambush him.

After killing Old Monster Duanmu, Bai Ye concealed his involvement and resumed cultivating, then discovered that his Flower Bamboo Spirit Wine had finished brewing. Big Yellow and Little Gray joined him for a drink, leaving Bai Ye pleased that he had gained the trust of Zhang Xiaofan’s Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey.

• Bai Ye suspected Cang Song was behind the trouble but decided not to expose him yet, and he put away the Ancient Demon Sword before returning to cultivation.
• Bai Ye assessed his strength after fighting Old Monster Duanmu, then went to a cold-pool cave and found that his three-year batch of Flower Bamboo Spirit Wine was ready.
• Big Yellow arrived with Little Gray, Zhang Xiaofan’s unusual three-eyed monkey, and both animals eagerly asked Bai Ye for wine.
• Bai Ye filled gourds with Flower Bamboo Spirit Wine and gave one to each of them.
• After Big Yellow and Little Gray became drunk, Little Gray collapsed beside Bai Ye, who decided the monkey had lowered its guard and welcomed the chance to win it over.

Bai Ye signed in with Little Gray, the Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey, and obtained the divine ability Heart Demon Beckoning. After cultivating it through the first steps, he was visited by Senior Brother Song Daren.

• Big Yellow and Little Gray woke Bai Ye after a drunken rampage and demanded more wine, so he threw them outside.
• The system let Bai Ye sign in with the Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey, rewarding him with Heart Demon Beckoning.
• Bai Ye celebrated his new ability by kissing Little Gray, alarming the monkey and Big Yellow before he gave them wine.
• Bai Ye cultivated Heart Demon Beckoning on the roof until he had taken his first steps in mastering it.
• Senior Brother Song Daren arrived in Bai Ye's courtyard and praised his literary talent.

Song Daren visited Bai Ye, troubled by Tian Buyi’s plan to make him Dazhu Peak’s next Peak Head, and Bai Ye helped him overcome his doubts. Song Daren then warned Bai Ye that the Seven Peaks’ Peak Heads had been summoned to Tongtian Peak because Demonic Path infiltrators had entered Qingyun Sect.

• Song Daren asked Bai Ye for wine and confessed that he felt unworthy of being Dazhu Peak’s Senior Brother compared with Bai Ye.
• Bai Ye used Heart Demon Beckoning to draw out Song Daren’s buried distress about Tian Buyi choosing him as the next Peak Head.
• Bai Ye encouraged Song Daren to accept the position, and Song Daren resolved not to disappoint Tian Buyi.
• Song Daren told Bai Ye that all Seven Peaks’ Peak Heads had been summoned to Tongtian Peak after Demonic Path members secretly entered Qingyun Sect.
• Bai Ye wondered how the sect would respond after discovering the infiltrators.

Bai Ye learned that two Demonic Cult groups had entered Qingyun Sect territory, while Song Daren warned him to stay safe and repeated a rumor that he and Lu Xueqi were fond of each other. At Tongtian Peak, Dao Xuan and the Seven Peaks’ leaders examined four corpses and identified Old Monster Duanmu, but they could not determine who had killed him or why.

• Song Daren told Bai Ye that Qingyun Sect had sensed two Demonic Cult groups nearby and warned him that one group had left powerful Bloodfiend Sword Qi behind.
• Song Daren repeated Zeng Shushu’s rumor that Bai Ye and Lu Xueqi had hit it off and planned to meet again at the Seven Peaks Tournament, while Bai Ye denied it and blamed Zeng Shushu.
• Bai Ye teased Song Daren about Wen Min, prompting Song Daren to blush and leave before Bai Ye returned to cultivating.
• Dao Xuan showed the Seven Peaks’ leaders four corpses discovered in the mountain range, including three drained of vitality and one severed at the waist.
• Tian Buyi identified the severed corpse as Old Monster Duanmu, and the leaders concluded that one group had come from the Myriad Poisons Sect.
• Daoist Tianyun asked who the other group was and why they had killed Old Monster Duanmu, leaving the leaders to ponder the identity of the powerful attacker.

Dao Xuan and the Seven Peaks Head Seats debated how to respond to the Myriad Poisons Sect's intrusion and chose to investigate Qingyun Sect rather than risk a wider war. Tian Buyi recognized the sword attack that had killed Old Monster Duanmu and left for Dazhu Peak, where the evidence in the forest confirmed his suspicions.

• Dao Xuan and the Head Seats discussed the Myriad Poisons Sect's presence and Cang Song warned that attacking it could unite the Demonic Cult's major factions against Qingyun Sect.
• Dao Xuan rejected an immediate war and ordered the Head Seats to search Qingyun Sect, strengthen its defenses, and kill any Demonic Path cultivators they found.
• Cang Song privately wondered how Old Monster Duanmu had died as the Head Seats departed to carry out Dao Xuan's orders.
• Tian Buyi recognized something familiar about the sword wound that had severed Old Monster Duanmu.
• Tian Buyi visited the mountain forest near the bodies and saw trees cut through by sword aura, then sighed and left.

Tian Buyi praised Bai Ye’s strength and learned that he had killed Old Monster Duanmu with the Ancient Demon Sword. After discovering that Demonic Cult members had intercepted Bai Ye using information from inside Qingyun Sect, Tian Buyi vowed to investigate a suspected traitor.

• Tian Buyi praised Du Bishu’s cultivation progress, and Du Bishu credited Bai Ye’s comprehension-enhancing Elixir.
• Tian Buyi warned Dazhu Peak’s disciples to stay put after Demonic Cult members appeared at Qingyun Sect, then told Bai Ye he was qualified to become the peak chief.
• Bai Ye admitted that he had used his Heaven Severing Sword Draw to kill Old Monster Duanmu, and Tian Buyi celebrated his strength.
• Bai Ye showed Tian Buyi the Ancient Demon Sword, whose backlash nearly corrupted Tian Buyi until Bai Ye’s Demon Suppressing Divine Sword suppressed it.
• Tian Buyi warned Bai Ye to use the Ancient Demon Sword only when necessary and promised to investigate how the Demonic Cult had learned Bai Ye’s location.
• Tian Buyi told Su Ru that he suspected a traitor within Qingyun Sect and vowed not to spare whoever had targeted Bai Ye.

Cang Song and a Demonic Cult informant discussed the failed ambush on Bai Ye and the sect’s coming purge, while Qingyun Sect tightened its defenses. Over five years, Bai Ye stayed carefree on Dazhu Peak, grew stronger through sign-in rewards and shadow clones, and guided his senior brothers.

• Cang Song told the figure in the blood mist that Old Monster Duanmu and three others had died, and that Old Monster Duanmu had been killed by a powerful, unfamiliar demonic aura.
• Cang Song warned the informant to leave Qingyun Sect before its purge, and the informant said their larger plan would still let the Demonic Cult breach the sect and help Cang Song avenge Wan Jianyi.
• Daoxuan ordered a month-long search for Demonic Cult members, then ended it without finding anyone and strengthened the sect’s defenses.
• Bai Ye continued living idly on Dazhu Peak, kept his Ancient Demon Sword secret, and used sign-in rewards and shadow clones to master many arts and techniques.
• Bai Ye guided Song Daren and the other senior brothers as their strength improved, while five years passed without another Demonic Cult sighting in Qingyun Sect.

Five years into his time at Qingyun Sect, Bai Ye cultivated World Loses Color to minor mastery and reviewed the skills, divine arts, and treasures he had gained. He remained at the fourth level of the Shangqing Realm, content with his progress and intent on keeping a low profile.

• Over five years, the Central Plains grew more turbulent as the Ghost King Sect and Myriad Poisons Sect made moves, while Qingyun Sect developed undisturbed.
• Bai Ye used World Loses Color in his courtyard, freezing the surroundings and suspending Big Yellow and Little Gray before dismissing the domain.
• Bai Ye assessed World Loses Color as a powerful area-control technique that could immobilize cultivators below the Shangqing Realm.
• Bai Ye opened his auxiliary panel and saw that he was at the fourth level of the Shangqing Realm, with advanced crafting skills, many mastered divine arts, and new treasures including the Substitute Puppet and Li Fire Divine Furnace.

After ten years at Qingyun Sect, Bai Ye unlocked a new sign-in mode that let him travel beyond the sect for improved monthly rewards. He told Tian Buyi he planned to leave and explore the world, and his master and fellow disciples agreed while warning him to stay cautious.

• Bai Ye completed his ten-year sign-in period, and the system changed his sign-ins to once a month while allowing him to choose people and places across regions beyond Qingyun Sect.
• Bai Ye left his bamboo hut with Big Yellow and Little Gray and went to Jingshou Hall to visit Tian Buyi and the others.
• Bai Ye teased Tian Ling'er about marrying him, and she rejected him while mentioning the rumors linking him to Lu Xueqi.
• Bai Ye told Tian Buyi he wanted to leave Qingyun Sect because his cultivation had reached a bottleneck.
• Su Ru and Tian Buyi approved Bai Ye's plan to travel, and his senior brothers warned him about the dangers of the martial world.

Bai Ye wandered away from the Qingyun Sect and reached the area near Mount Kongsang, where he met a refined middle-aged scholar at a roadside tea stall. After sharing his wine and identifying himself as a Qingyun Sect disciple, Bai Ye heard the man introduce himself as Wan Renwang, who then asked whether Bai Ye knew his identity.

• Bai Ye left the Qingyun Sect alone and traveled through towns and villages, killing bandits who tried to rob him.
• Bai Ye learned he was near Mount Kongsang and headed north until he stopped at a roadside tea stall.
• Bai Ye shared wine with the tea-stall patrons and met a middle-aged scholar who praised his poem and his wine.
• Bai Ye told the scholar that he belonged to the Qingyun Sect, and the scholar introduced himself as Wan Renwang.
• Wan Renwang admired Bai Ye's Demon Suppressing Divine Sword, and Bai Ye claimed that fewer than three treasures in the world surpassed it.
• Wan Renwang asked Bai Ye whether he knew something about his identity.

Bai Ye and Wan Renwang became friends over wine and debated the nature of the Dao and demons. After Wan Renwang offered to help with Bai Ye’s troubles, Bai Ye unleashed a powerful black energy that froze the world around them.

• Bai Ye and Wan Renwang drank together and accepted each other as friends while Zhuque and a refined man watched from the forest.
• The two observers discussed Bai Ye’s Qingyun Sect origins and the Myriad Poisons Sect’s pursuit of him.
• Wan Renwang asked Bai Ye about the Dao, demons, good, and evil, and Bai Ye said they could transform into one another through a single thought.
• Wan Renwang praised Bai Ye’s insight and offered him great authority if he joined his side, but Bai Ye declined.
• Wan Renwang offered to help Bai Ye deal with his pursuers, but Bai Ye dismissed them as insignificant and released black energy that stilled everything around them.

Bai Ye used World Loses Color to immobilize and kill dozens of Myriad Poisons Sect disciples who had ambushed him. After he left, Wan Renwang chose to report the incident to the Myriad Poisons Sect and considered recruiting Bai Ye into the Ghost King Sect.

• Bai Ye spread his World Loses Color domain over the forest, freezing the Myriad Poisons Sect disciples and astonishing Wan Renwang, the White-robed Scholar, and Zhuque.
• Bai Ye raised the fallen weapons and sent them through the immobilized Myriad Poisons Sect disciples, killing them before the domain faded.
• Bai Ye said farewell to Wan Renwang and flew away on the Demon Suppressing Divine Sword.
• The White-robed Scholar urged Wan Renwang to eliminate Bai Ye before he grew into a threat, but Wan Renwang decided to tell the Myriad Poisons Sect what had happened.
• Wan Renwang said he would like to recruit Bai Ye into the Ghost King Sect if an opportunity arose.

The Myriad Poisons Sect discussed killing the Qingyun Sect disciple who had slain dozens of its members, and Bloodfiend Ancestor volunteered to act personally. Poison God then revealed that Wan Jianyi had died and urged the sect to coordinate with other Sacred Cult factions before launching an assault to destroy the Qingyun Sect.

• Bloodfiend Ancestor demanded that the Myriad Poisons Sect kill the Qingyun Sect disciple who had defeated its disciples, while Qin Wuyan advised sending someone powerful enough to overcome the disciple’s Stasis Domain.
• Poison God approved Bloodfiend Ancestor’s offer to personally kill the Qingyun Sect disciple.
• Poison God declared that the Demonic Cult should target the Qingyun Sect, the strongest Orthodox Path sect, as part of its plan to unify the world.
• Poison God revealed that Wan Jianyi had died at the hands of his own people in the Qingyun Sect, delighting Bloodfiend Ancestor and Baidu Zi.
• Poison God called for the Myriad Poisons Sect to join the Ghost King Sect, the Joyful Union Sect, and the Longevity Hall before launching an assault to destroy the Qingyun Sect.

Bai Ye checked in at Serpent Valley and received Jiuyu Qianye, a poison that grew deadlier in sunlight. He slipped into the Myriad Poisons Sect and poisoned its water supply, but Bloodfiend Ancestor spotted him and chased him into the valley.

• Bai Ye watched the Myriad Poisons Sect search for him and decided to retaliate for its attempts to kill him.
• Bai Ye checked in at Ten Thousand Serpents Valley and received Jiuyu Qianye from the system.
• Bai Ye infiltrated the Myriad Poisons Sect and poured Jiuyu Qianye into the lake that supplied its disciples with water.
• Bloodfiend Ancestor discovered Bai Ye and pursued him into a sparsely populated part of the poison valley.
• Bai Ye faced Bloodfiend Ancestor from atop a towering tree.

Bai Ye confronted Bloodfiend Ancestor in Serpent Valley and destroyed his five Life Ghosts with the Divine Sword Lightning Control True Art before the two began a fierce battle. Their clash drew the Myriad Poisons Sect’s attention, and Poison God headed toward them.

• Bloodfiend Ancestor recognized Bai Ye as the Qingyun Sect disciple hunted by the Myriad Poisons Sect and attacked him with five ghost spirits.
• Bai Ye drew the Ancient Demon Sword and unleashed the Divine Sword Lightning Control True Art, destroying Bloodfiend Ancestor’s five Life Ghosts and injuring him.
• Bloodfiend Ancestor and Bai Ye fought with powerful bloody baleful techniques and lightning in the depths of Serpent Valley.
• Baidu Zi recognized Bloodfiend Ancestor’s aura as the Myriad Poisons Sect sensed the battle.
• Poison God set off toward the depths of Serpent Valley.

Bai Ye defeated and killed Bloodfiend Ancestor in Serpent Valley with his Ancient Demon Sword and the Ten Thousand Eight Thousand Swords divine ability. Sensing several powerful auras approaching, Bai Ye fled into the sky as a streak of sword light.

• Bai Ye and Bloodfiend Ancestor fought at full strength, and Bloodfiend Ancestor realized Bai Ye’s Ancient Demon Sword was suppressing him.
• Bai Ye’s blood-baleful Thunder Dragon damaged Bloodfiend Ancestor’s blood skeleton, turning the fight in Bai Ye’s favor.
• Bai Ye gathered thousands of blood-baleful, lightning-wreathed swords and unleashed the Ten Thousand Eight Thousand Swords divine ability against Bloodfiend Ancestor.
• Bai Ye struck down the weakened Bloodfiend Ancestor with a final sword light, killing him.
• Bai Ye sensed several terrifying auras approaching Serpent Valley and fled by merging with his sword.

After Bai Ye killed Bloodfiend Ancestor, Poison God and Baidu Zi discovered the corpse and launched a search for the killer. Poison God recognized the attack as the work of the same person who had killed Old Monster Duanmu, while Bai Ye remained hidden in Serpent Valley to recover his depleted spiritual energy.

• Poison God and Baidu Zi found Bloodfiend Ancestor dead among the ruins of Serpent Valley.
• Poison God ordered Qin Wuyan, Fan Xiong, Cheng Wuya, and Duan Rushan to search the valley for the killer.
• Poison God and Baidu Zi determined that a Demonic Sword had drained Bloodfiend Ancestor’s blood and that the killer was likely the one who had killed Old Monster Duanmu.
• Poison God decided the Myriad Poisons Sect’s plan concerning the Qingyun Sect would continue, even if another sect took the lead.
• Baidu Zi volunteered to join Poison God in hunting the killer, while Bai Ye hid in Serpent Valley to restore his strength.

Bai Ye waited for Jiuyu Qianye to spread through the Myriad Poisons Sect under the morning sun, poisoning its disciples and even Poison God. As Poison God began preparing to counter the poison, Fan Xiong revealed his bloodfiend aura and stabbed him with a Demonic Sword.

• The Myriad Poisons Sect mobilized its disciples to search Serpent Valley for Bai Ye after Bloodfiend Elder was killed.
• Bai Ye stayed hidden, expecting Jiuyu Qianye to become potent when sunlight reached the valley.
• Purple mist from the poisoned lake spread through the Myriad Poisons Sect and Serpent Valley, causing disciples to collapse, while Qin Wuyan was also affected.
• Bai Ye watched the poison overwhelm the sect and then vanished from Serpent Valley.
• Fan Xiong reported the poison to Poison God, who said he could develop an antidote and led Fan Xiong out of the hall.
• Fan Xiong unleashed his bloodfiend aura and stabbed Poison God through the body with a Demonic Sword.