Chapter Summaries

Bai Pu and Blood Spider trained in the sealed Cultivation Field until the Wushan Goddess arrived with a discovery for Blood Spider and learned that Bai Pu had mastered a Profound Truth Skill. The chapter left Bai Pu unleashing its attack at the Wushan Goddess after she challenged him to demonstrate its power.

• Bai Pu practiced the advanced Mountain Shattering Mystery while Blood Spider trained with the imitation Holy Thorn Strip and received a video call from the Wushan Goddess.
• The Wushan Goddess arrived outside the Cultivation Field, and Blood Spider demonstrated her unsuccessful attempt to fuse Space Cutting into High-Frequency Rotary Thrust.
• Bai Pu explained his training method and demonstrated the Volcanic Visage shield, which the Wushan Goddess tested with an Air-Splitting Palm.
• The Wushan Goddess asked Bai Pu to show the shield’s counterattack at full power, and he charged his Chainsaw Greatsword and unleashed a blood-colored Sword Qi at her.

Bai Pu tested his newly comprehended Mountain Shattering Mystery against the Wushan Goddess, whose defenses were nearly overcome and whose armor was damaged. After explaining how he learned the skill, the Wushan Goddess gave Blood Spider a scroll of spatial Profound Truth swordsmanship and prepared to leave, while Bai Pu asked her how to reach Mastery Level.

• The Wushan Goddess blocked Bai Pu's blood-colored sword qi, but its armor-destroying edge grazed her chest and tore her armor.
• The Wushan Goddess confirmed that Bai Pu had just comprehended the advanced Mountain Shattering Mystery and warned that his unusual method might not work for Blood Spider.
• The Wushan Goddess gave Blood Spider a scroll containing the Floating World Emptiness Stream's spatial Profound Truth swordsmanship, including Floating World Bubble and Four Realms Emptiness.
• Bai Pu stopped the Wushan Goddess as she was leaving and asked how to bring a Profound Truth to the Mastery Level.

Wushan Goddess explained how inherited profound truths let Heart Demon World natives exceed their level limits, while Bai Pu discussed using holy-artifact auction proceeds to secure Qing Yun Reserve Chosen status. Later, West Capital University recruiters waited to meet Beacon Fire and regretted not recruiting Steel Heart, hoping Beacon Fire would win the championship.

• Wushan Goddess told Bai Pu that mastery-level profound truths required creating a skill school and explained how the Heart Demon World's Inherited Profound Truths strengthened natives and loosened the world's restrictions.
• Bai Pu said his holy-artifact auction would follow the High School Hegemony Competition and offered to use Blood Spider's share to help Qing Yun become a Reserve Chosen.
• Wushan Goddess described the protections and guidance available to Chosen, and Bai Pu realized that Blood Spider's potential obligations to a Deity conflicted with his preference for independence.
• After Wushan Goddess left, Bai Pu cultivated the Form of the Volcano while Blood Spider studied the Floating World Emptiness Stream Swordsmanship Manual.
• West Capital University recruiters visited the training island to wait for Beacon Fire, and they regretted not recruiting Steel Heart while hoping Beacon Fire would defeat Xi Polytechnic.

The High School Hegemony Competition finals began between West Capital University and Xi Polytechnic University, with Bai Pu and Beacon Fire at the center of the tension. Beacon Fire accepted Bai Pu’s challenge to face him in the first match, leaving the teams headed for the arena.

• Qian Yu introduced both teams as the finals began, while West Capital University’s home crowd loudly favored its own players.
• Xu Pin reassured Xi Polytechnic’s team after the crowd gave them a cold reception, and the West Capital spectators erupted when Beacon Fire appeared.
• During the pre-match exchange, Beacon Fire explained Bai Pu’s strategy and challenged him to fight in the opening match.
• Bai Pu accepted Beacon Fire’s challenge, and both teams entered the passage to Penglai Island’s main arena.
• Beacon Fire recalled telling Teacher Yan that he had chosen to face Steel Heart because he believed the stronger competitor should win.

The finals began at the Gold Silver Platform, where Bai Pu faced Beacon Fire in the opening match. Beacon Fire unleashed a fierce series of attacks, but Bai Pu endured behind a newly comprehended Profound Truth Shield and began turning the fight around.

• Beacon Fire and Bai Pu exchanged respectful words before the match began, then charged at each other with their greatswords.
• Beacon Fire’s attacks marked Bai Pu with Fierce Edge Breath, which he detonated before following up with Three Moon Slash and Ten Thousand Cuts Flame Wheel.
• Bai Pu emerged seemingly unharmed, protected by a blood-colored Profound Truth Shield and his Dark Gold Tower Shield.
• Wan Ren recognized that Bai Pu was concentrating on maintaining the shield, while Beacon Fire tried to exhaust him with relentless attacks.
• When Beacon Fire paused to catch his breath, Bai Pu hurled his Dark Gold Tower Shield, but Beacon Fire evaded it with Blazing Path.

Bai Pu gained the upper hand against Beacon Fire with a powerful sword strike and his Blood River Territory, but Beacon Fire escaped with Soul Burning and revealed that he had not yet used his ultimate. Beacon Fire immobilized Bai Pu and began sacrificing his Health Points to unleash Heart-Burning Starfall.

• Bai Pu used Mountain Collapse and Earth Shatter to damage Beacon Fire’s armor, then trapped him with the Blood River Territory and Storm Eye.
• Beacon Fire stunned Bai Pu with Soul Burning, escaped the territory, and praised Bai Pu for holding back his Combat Expertise-raising talent.
• Beacon Fire challenged Bai Pu to withstand Heart-Burning Starfall, a self-sacrificial skill he had learned after fighting the Two-Faced Man.
• Beacon Fire split into three mental-power shadows and immobilized Bai Pu, then burned away his Health Points as he recalled Xi Xi’s death and invoked Heart-Burning Starfall.

Bai Pu defeated Beacon Fire after surviving his sacrificial attack, and West Capital University and Xi Polytechnic University continued their solo matches. Chen Ge began her fight against Blood Spider on steel terrain that hindered her Nature Magic, leaving Blood Spider pressing the attack.

• Bai Pu blocked Beacon Fire’s Heart-Burning Starfall with his Dark Gold Shield and won when the attack’s recoil depleted Beacon Fire’s remaining Health Points.
• Spectators were astonished by Bai Pu’s defense and began questioning whether Hao Tian’s earlier match against him had been staged.
• Beacon Fire apologized to his teammates, while Wan Ren argued that they could still win the championship by taking the remaining solo matches.
• Wan Ren defeated a Plain-Faced Man after Xi Polytechnic University chose not to send Blood Spider against him.
• Chen Ge faced Blood Spider on the Gold Silver Platform, where steel terrain made her Nature Magic slower and more costly.
• Blood Spider dodged Chen Ge’s Root Entanglement, shattered her shield with three shots, and pounced as Chen Ge moved to evade.

Blood Spider defeated Chen Ge in their solo match by using her Space Cutting Profound Truth to evade and then surround her with four spatial reflections. As the team battle approached, Wan Ren vowed to hold Steel Heart back while West Capital University's team focused on his teammates.

• Chen Ge used Root Entanglement and Wild Growth against Blood Spider, but Blood Spider escaped into the void and returned outside the roots' range.
• Blood Spider cornered Chen Ge, forced her to use a wooden substitute and a control-removal skill, then struck from four spatially divided directions and defeated her.
• The Wushan Goddess watched the broadcast and wondered whether Bai Pu had helped Qing Yun comprehend the Four Realms Emptiness Profound Truth.
• West Capital University's team worried that Beacon Fire was still recovering and that Bai Pu's strength made the team battle difficult to win.
• Wan Ren declared that he would hold Steel Heart back while his teammates took out Steel Heart's allies.

Lan Feng watched Blood Spider defeat Chen Ge and confronted how far her cousin had surpassed her. On the Gold Silver Platform, Bai Pu identified Beacon Fire as badly injured before West Capital University launched its opening attack against Xi Polytechnic.

• Blood Spider's victory over Chen Ge astonished the Sword Gate University contestants, while Lan Feng recalled underestimating her cousin and regretted that she had become a supporting character in the rivalry she had imagined.
• Lan Feng watched Bai Pu on the big screen and blushed as she remembered eavesdropping outside the dormitory.
• Bai Pu used Nine Chapters to learn that Beacon Fire had only 20% of his usual maximum Health Points and was Energy Depleted.
• At the team battle's start, Wan Ren activated his Rock Armor and used Overlapping Peaks Barrier to blunt Bai Pu's Blood River Territory.
• Wan Ren advanced on Xi Polytechnic's team and used Overlapping Peaks to pull nearby enemies toward him unless they passed a Strength check.

Bai Pu protected Xuanpin while West Capital University tried to break Xi Polytechnic’s defense with Wan Zhen’s aerial assault. Bai Pu rescued Xuanpin from Wan Zhen’s finishing strike and turned the fight, then shattered Wan Ren’s shield as the battle continued.

• Wan Zhen rushed past Bai Pu and used his Sky Wings to seize Xuanpin and batter him with an aerial lance combo.
• Bai Pu predicted their descent and used Lasso Strike to pull Xuanpin out of Wan Zhen’s finishing blow.
• Bai Pu set Xuanpin down to resume gathering energy while Blood Spider and the two Plain-Faced Men surrounded Wan Zhen, forcing him to fly away.
• Bai Pu left his Dark Gold Shield to protect Xuanpin and attacked Wan Ren while Wan Zhen was occupied and Chen Ge pressured Xuanpin.
• Wan Ren raised his Rock Armor-enhanced shield, but Bai Pu shattered it with Advanced Mountain Shattering Mystery.

Bai Pu overwhelmed West Capital University's fighters, breaking Wan Ren's armor and defeating their coordinated attacks. He left the group enraged and unable to breach his defense.

• Bai Pu shattered Wan Ren's Rock Barrier and Rock Armor with Mountain Shattering Mystery, but Wan Ren pushed forward to hold the line.
• Chen Ge, Beacon Fire, and Ancient City supported Wan Ren, while Bai Pu used Empress's Edict to summon Spider Demon Warriors that intercepted two attacks.
• Bai Pu used advanced Two-Handed Swordsmanship to wound and stagger Wan Ren, then Ancient City called on Judgement to attack him.
• Bai Pu kicked Wan Ren to the ground and clashed with Ancient City's ultimate, breaking its golden radiance with Gale Mystery.
• Bai Pu rescued a Spider Demon Warrior by cutting away Chen Ge's Wild Growth, then parried the group's attacks while they remained unable to break through his defense.

Bai Pu killed Wan Ren and Beacon Fire, then fought Wan Zhen in the air while Xuanpin's summoned creatures battled Chen Ge and Gu Cheng. Wan Zhen surrendered rather than face the enemy team below, leaving Bai Pu falling toward the sea as he tried to redirect himself with a sword swing.

• Bai Pu used Mountain Collapse and Earth Shatter to kill Wan Ren and Beacon Fire, while Gu Cheng shielded Chen Ge from the attack.
• Xuanpin opened the Gate of Nature and sent Mr. Miley, the silver wolves, and the crow spirits to attack Chen Ge and Gu Cheng.
• Bai Pu pursued Wan Zhen into the air, disrupted his flight, and grabbed him as they fought above the arena.
• Wan Zhen abandoned his lance, drew a sword, and then turned into white light rather than descend into the enemies waiting below.
• Bai Pu lost his flight when Wan Zhen disappeared and attempted to steer his fall away from the sea with an ordinary sword swing.

Bai Pu comprehended Gale Step during his aerial battle with Wan Zhen, then returned to the Gold Silver Platform as Xi Polytechnic University celebrated winning the High School Hegemony Competition. Xuanpin and Blood Spider reflected on how Bai Pu had changed their prospects, while the Wushan Goddess wondered whether he could reach Mastery-level so early.

• Bai Pu used Blood River Douqi beneath his feet to propel himself out of the water and back to the Gold Silver Platform, exhausting his battle qi.
• The Spirit Realm Will announced that Bai Pu had comprehended Gale Step, a mystery effect that let him move repeatedly through the air at the cost of Blood River Douqi.
• Wan Zhen watched Bai Pu's new technique in shock and accepted that he was now chasing after Bai Pu.
• Xuanpin celebrated Xi Polytechnic University's championship and credited Bai Pu with helping him attract interest from elite teams.
• Blood Spider reflected that following Bai Pu had rapidly increased her strength and made her worries feel distant.
• The Wushan Goddess nearly spat out her milk tea after seeing Bai Pu comprehend a mystery effect and wondered if he could reach Mastery-level as a mid-level Awakened.

Bai Pu and Xi Polytechnic celebrated their victory over West Capital University in the High School Hegemony Competition as the team received recognition and online attention. The Spirit Realm Will awarded Bai Pu 75,000 Spirit Energy Points and a unique Spirit Energy Infusion.

• Qian Yu announced Xi Polytechnic as the competition champion, and the team received applause at the awards ceremony.
• Students across the country flooded West Capital University's online community to react to its defeat.
• Teacher Cai Cai treated Xi Polytechnic's team to a celebration banquet, where Bai Pu ordered a tableful of Spirit Energy Cuisine.
• Jing Xi and the others read online ratings of the finalists, which praised Bai Pu and criticized or joked about several teammates.
• The Spirit Realm Will gave Bai Pu 75,000 Spirit Energy Points and a unique Spirit Energy Infusion that would randomly increase his base attributes.

After winning the High School Hegemony Competition, Bai Pu received a Limited Wish Bag and devoured Spirit Energy Cuisine while the others recovered. Beacon Fire visited him to discuss the gap between them and to arrange contact with a Divine Envoy, but was unsettled by Bai Pu’s independence from any faction.

• Teacher Cai Cai advised everyone to wait until they had recovered before using their Spirit Energy Infusion, and explained that their gains would depend on their contributions.
• The Spirit Realm Will awarded Bai Pu a Limited Wish Bag with 185 Wish Power points, valid for 120 days.
• Bai Pu ate a large share of the Spirit Energy Cuisine to help condense his pure blood, astonishing the others with his appetite.
• Beacon Fire told Bai Pu he planned to train in a Profession Plane and become a High-Level Awakened so he could catch up.
• Beacon Fire revealed that he had come on behalf of a Divine Envoy to contact Bai Pu about the upcoming auction.
• Bai Pu said he was not an Elector and would trade with Divine Envoys from any faction, prompting Beacon Fire to warn him that they were terrifying.

Bai Pu discussed exchanging a holy artifact for knowledge of how Awakened could use them, then rejected Xi Lou’s offer to join Star Plucking Tower. After Xi Lou vanished, Bai Pu learned that his teammates had not seen him until that moment, raising questions about what had happened.

• Beacon Fire told Bai Pu he represented the Nanming Divine Envoy and asked what Bai Pu wanted in exchange for the holy artifacts.
• Bai Pu said Metallica and Blood Spider had reserved Reserve Chosen qualifications with their shares, while he wanted to learn how to turn holy artifacts into usable equipment.
• Xi Lou of the Superstar Alliance approached Bai Pu and offered two Immortal King Set components as stakes for joining Star Plucking Tower.
• Bai Pu refused Xi Lou’s offer, and Xi Lou warned him before disappearing like a drop of ink.
• Bai Pu’s Xi Polytechnic teammates said he had suddenly appeared before them, though they had thought the area was empty.

After Xi Lou demonstrated an ability to evade detection, Bai Pu returned to the Jiangnan District under military escort and strengthened himself with a spirit fluid soak and Spirit Energy Infusion. He then unlocked the second layer of his Evolution Heart Talent Tree and examined its three powerful options.

• Bai Pu told his teammates about Xi Lou, but Teacher Cai Cai refused to leave him behind, so Principal Cai Xiang arranged a military escort for the school team back to the Jiangnan District.
• Bai Pu visited the Special Operations Bureau, healed his hidden injuries with a spirit fluid soak, and gained 24 basic attribute points from Spirit Energy Infusion.
• Bai Pu used the fully charged Divine Script and unlocked the second layer of his Evolution Heart Talent Tree.
• Bai Pu reviewed three enhancement options: simultaneous Self-Adaptive Evolution forms, Source Lord's Descent, and skill training through Enhanced Meditation.
• Bai Pu learned that Source Lord's Descent would let his servants summon him to another Plane World by offering a sacrifice.

Bai Pu trained, maintained his fame, and prepared for an auction in the Cloud Top Palace Intersection Lands. He and the other attendees left for the real world, where their Divine Envoys would suspend their return channels so the transaction could take place.

• Bai Pu decided to prioritize the Source Lord's Descent talent enhancement so he could communicate with and command his servants across worlds.
• Bai Pu trained at the God Strategy Army's Xi City base, accepted selected interviews, and won Spirit Realm currency and metal items from his B-rank Fame Lottery Roulette.
• Metallica obtained a visa and bought an intercontinental teleportation ticket to travel to Huaxia for the auction.
• Bai Pu, Blood Spider, and Metallica entered Cloud Top Palace, where Reserve Chosen, the Wushan Goddess, and Yelena gathered for the transaction.
• Bai Pu held Blood Spider's and the Wushan Goddess's hands so the Divine Envoys' Spatial Stasis could include them as everyone prepared to return to the real world.

Bai Pu organized an auction for two holy artifacts, establishing Divine Energy as the bidding unit and keeping the reserve prices confidential. The bidding for Endless Power rose to forty Coulombs, with Shasha Divine Envoy taking the lead.

• Bai Pu proposed using Source Essence to value trade offers, and Nanming Divine Envoy suggested the recognized unit of Coulombs instead.
• Bai Pu said the sellers could reject bids below their confidential reserve prices, which Blood Spider and Metallica had agreed on.
• Bai Pu began the auction for Endless Power, and Sero Divine Envoy opened at ten Coulombs.
• Navi Divine Envoy, Nanming Divine Envoy, Ti Ti Divine Envoy, and others raised the bids as the auction progressed.
• Shasha Divine Envoy bid forty Coulombs after the price reached thirty-one.

Bai Pu sold the first sacred artifact to Shasha Divine Envoy for 40 Coulombs of divine energy, learning more about Divine Envoys and their Consciousness Avatars. He used the payment to offer Metallica and Blood Spider a chance to become Reserve Chosen, and several Divine Envoys competed to recruit Blood Spider.

• Shasha Divine Envoy won the first sacred artifact with a bid of 40 Coulombs of divine energy, while the Reserve Chosen realized how poorly their past rewards compared with the value of sacred artifacts.
• Bai Pu learned that Divine Envoys used multiple Consciousness Avatars across different planes, and that Shasha's primary avatar was competing for a sacred artifact in the Tian Yuan Great World.
• Shasha Divine Envoy paid Bai Pu 40 Coulombs, which he divided into 28 Coulombs for Metallica and 12 for Blood Spider.
• Bai Pu offered Metallica and Blood Spider the chance to spend 10 Coulombs each to join a Divine Envoy's command as Reserve Chosen.
• Bailu Divine Envoy offered Blood Spider a Winter Blessing Seed, Ti Ti Divine Envoy offered a Dream Blessing Seed, and the Lord of Death's Divine Envoy offered a Death Blessing Seed.