Chapter Summaries

Bai Pu explored the Gaia Network and its library, where he downloaded three basic books on spirit energy plants to prepare for his work at the spirit plant shop. He returned to his private island and began reading, able to absorb books far faster than an ordinary Awakened.

• Bai Pu opened his eyes on his personal Gaia Network island and set it to prohibit visitors.
• Bai Pu used a navigation spirit boat to visit the Gaia Library and learned that his temporary ID allowed browsing but not communication.
• Bai Pu searched for Awakened cultivation insights into Profound Truths and True Intent, but decided not to buy any because of their high prices and limited usefulness to him.
• Bai Pu downloaded three free basic books on spirit energy plants, exhausting his temporary ID's download allowance for seven days.
• Bai Pu returned to his island, created a house and desk, and began reading the books at extraordinary speed.

Bai Pu studied spirit-plant knowledge on the Gaia Network, advancing his Daoist Alchemist profession to Level 7 and using a Star Radiance Orchid to create a new potion formula. He named it Spirit Refining Fluid and found that it had no competing first-tier spirit-enhancing potion in the Silver Heart Great World.

• Bai Pu watered the eight-leaf Star Radiance Orchid with Rootless Water and Moonlight Dew, and Uncle Mu warned him not to stare at it too long.
• Bai Pu read three books about spirit plants through the Gaia Network and advanced his Daoist Alchemist profession to Level 7.
• Bai Pu used the Gaia Network’s virtual alchemy laboratory to create a potion from a Star Radiance Orchid and comprehended a new formula.
• Bai Pu named the potion Spirit Refining Fluid, which could raise Basic Spirit and potentially increase it further through deep meditation.
• Bai Pu searched the Gaia Network and discovered that Spirit Refining Fluid had no first-tier competitors in the Silver Heart Great World.

Bai Pu gained the Alchemy Deduction special effect, learned the Spirit Refining Fluid formula, and cautiously settled into life in the Silver Heart Great World. Meanwhile, Lionheart Darat and other Evolutionists gathered outside Earth and challenged Huaxia’s authority, prompting Chairman Wan to offer them a chance to speak with Duan She Li.

• Bai Pu discovered his Daoist Alchemist Level 7 special effect, Alchemy Deduction, and realized it had allowed him to learn the Spirit Refining Fluid formula through virtual practice.
• Bai Pu decided not to reveal the formula until he had a powerful backer and continued working at the Frost Pine Spirit Plant Store while learning from Uncle Mu.
• Bai Pu asked Uncle Mu to exchange thirty thousand Spirit Energy Points for fewer than a thousand Silver Dragon Coins, then worried about Earth’s prospects in the Silver Heart Great World.
• Lionheart Darat and other Evolutionists assembled aboard a starship outside Earth, denounced Huaxia, and claimed they could threaten Earth’s Spirit Energy Shield.
• Chairman Wan emerged from Earth’s shield and projected an image of Duan She Li, asking the gathered Evolutionists to communicate with him.

Duan She Li confronted foreign Evolutionists over Huaxia’s role in unifying Earth and offered access to the Star Positioning Disk in exchange for a deal. The visitors left Earth after Darat accepted the offer to negotiate for two quest slots, while Gray Fox tried to claim the remaining one.

• Duan She Li rebuked Lionheart Darat’s objections to Huaxia’s unification of Earth and defended the agreement signed by representatives from other nations.
• Duan She Li challenged the foreign Evolutionists to explain where their leaders had been during the Sea Race invasion, then dismissed their arguments as pointless.
• Duan She Li revealed the Star Positioning Disk and offered Darat two slots on the next attempt at Gaia’s first Main Quest in exchange for a satisfactory offer.
• Darat accepted the chance to negotiate and left Earth aboard his starship.
• Gray Fox asked Duan She Li about the other slot, but Duan She Li ordered the remaining Evolutionists to leave or lose their chance to bid.

Bai Pu worked at the Frost Pine Spirit Plant Store in Spirit Pivot City and learned about the inaccessible Inner City Area and the racial groups of Silver Heart Continent. The arrival of Salacia, a young woman from the Inner City Area and a member of the Green Race, brought him into contact with an influential family.

• Duan She Li warned Chairman Wan that the Burning Ember Organization posed a greater threat than the scattered Earth-born Evolutionists and requested Steel Heart's Gaia Imprint ID.
• Bai Pu served customers and tended the spirit plants at the Frost Pine Spirit Plant Store, while Uncle Mu praised his work and its increased customer traffic.
• Bai Pu asked Uncle Mu about the Inner City Area and learned that it floated above the Outer City Area behind a Phase Crystal Barrier, with entry restricted to those with a license or an escort.
• Salacia arrived at the store seeking Exquisite Flowers, and Old Mu revealed that she was an important figure from the Silver Wind Family.
• Aunt Mu told Bai Pu that Salacia was a Swift Treant of the Green Race and explained how humanity's racial groups were distinguished by their talents.

Bai Pu learned that Aunt Mu and Uncle Mu saw Miss Salacia’s flower order as a chance to get him into the Inner City. After impressing Salacia with his knowledge of Exquisite Flowers, he was hired to care for them there for two months, giving him a way to pursue his own plans.

• Aunt Mu told Bai Pu that an opportunity to enter the Inner City depended on how he performed for Miss Salacia.
• Uncle Mu introduced Bai Pu to Salacia and praised his knowledge of spirit plants.
• Bai Pu explained how to care for first-stage Exquisite Flowers and answered Salacia’s question about wild varieties.
• Salacia hired Bai Pu to tend the three flowers for two months and paid ten thousand Silver Dragon Coins.
• Salacia’s group brought Bai Pu into the Inner City, believing the low-level awakened one posed no threat.

Bai Pu rode with Miss Salacia and learned about the hierarchy of Awakened, the powerful Chosen, and her ambition to become Major General Gaia. He concealed his interest after she accidentally revealed that the rank could make her a core member of Gaia Corporation.

• Miss Salacia invited Bai Pu to sit beside her and questioned him about Earth as they traveled to Green City Manor.
• Bai Pu asked whether Miss Salacia was an Evolutionist, and she explained that noble Awakened cared about the template they gained upon advancement.
• Miss Salacia described the Chosen and said that only the leading representatives among talented Chosen could reach the first tier.
• Miss Salacia revealed that she planned to become Major General Gaia during the next plane exploration and would then join Gaia Corporation as a core member.
• The attendants warned Miss Salacia that she had revealed too much, and one suggested keeping Bai Yu Jing at Green City Manor until the next plane exploration.
• Bai Pu pretended not to understand what Major General Gaia meant, and Miss Salacia dismissed the subject as too distant for him.

Bai Pu learned that only evolutionist-tier major generals could become core members of the Gaia Corporation, complicating his plan to secure protection for Earth. He entered Spirit Pivot City’s inner city with Miss Salacia and arrived at Green City Manor, where he observed the Silver Heart Continent’s entrenched class divisions.

• Miss Salacia explained that Gaia Corporation core members could cultivate in Babel Tower and held great status, but awakeners who were major generals were only reserve members.
• Bai Pu realized he would need to become an evolutionist major general to gain Gaia Corporation protection for Earth and resolved to prepare a fallback plan.
• Bai Pu and Miss Salacia rode the Spirit Energy Turbulence Channel into the inner city, where he saw the immense floating city, its surrounding islands, and Babel Tower.
• Miss Salacia brought Bai Pu to Green City Manor, the Silver Wind Family’s base, where ordinary human awakeners served the green people.
• Bai Pu reflected that class segregation was customary across the Silver Heart Continent, with the powerful protecting their families and the weak generally remaining poor.

Bai Pu learned more about the Green Alliance and heard that Salacia’s betrothed, Zoras MuJi, loved her younger sister You Li An instead. Vian Silver Wind summoned Bai Pu to meet Salacia, while reminding him he could not leave Green City Manor until her next military rank Trial Mission.

• Bai Pu learned that the Green Alliance was led by the Starlight, Moon Whisper, and Silver Wind families, and that Salacia was from the Silver Wind Family.
• A Mo Er told Bai Pu that Salacia was staying at MuJi Manor, where Zoras MuJi lived, and revealed that they had a childhood marriage contract.
• A Mo Er said Zoras loved Salacia’s younger sister You Li An, who was an illegitimate daughter favored by the family head and skilled in alchemy.
• A Mo Er described Salacia as spoiled and said she might be kind to Bai Pu because he was handsome, then teased him about marrying her.
• Vian Silver Wind summoned Bai Pu to the banquet hall and told him he could not leave the manor before Salacia’s next military rank Trial Mission.

Bai Pu attended a Green City Manor banquet and witnessed Zoras MuJi defend You Li An against Salacia’s humiliation. Salacia used Bai Pu to provoke Zoras, and the chapter ended with Zoras asking whether she wanted to break off their engagement.

• Miss Salacia introduced Bai Pu to the younger guests and hosted a send-off gathering before her departure for the Spirit Realm.
• The guests mocked You Li An after wine spilled on her dress, while Salacia told them to leave her alone for Zoras’s sake.
• Zoras MuJi confronted Salacia for failing to look after You Li An and comforted You Li An despite Salacia being his fiancée.
• Salacia angrily challenged Zoras’s affection for You Li An and compared Bai Pu favorably to him.
• Zoras criticized Salacia and asked whether she wanted to break off their engagement.

At a banquet, Salacia challenged Zoras MuJi over his repeated threats to end their engagement, and he apologized before she revealed her plans for the Major General Trial. Afterward, Salacia confided in Bai Pu about her unreturned feelings, while Bai Pu left Green City Manor with permission to go out.

• Salacia told Zoras MuJi to stop using their engagement to threaten her, and Zoras apologized and promised not to casually mention breaking it off.
• Salacia revealed that she was going to the Spirit Realm for the Major General Trial and asked the guests to keep it confidential.
• Zoras encouraged Salacia to prepare for the trial, then left the banquet with You Li An.
• Salacia gave Bai Pu permission to leave Green City Manor, since the news of her trial could no longer be kept secret.
• Salacia told Bai Pu that she had supported Zoras for years, hoping he would cherish her, but he had left with You Li An without explaining himself.
• Bai Pu listened to Salacia's confession and then took his leave for the night.

Bai Pu arrived at Gaia Building and was mistaken for an unqualified visitor, while Red Race newcomer Quentin assumed the opened doors were responding to his new rank. Envoy Liu and Envoy Li identified Bai Pu as the Lord of the Primitive Star and escorted him inside to meet their Master, leaving Quentin to enter without their help.

• Two guards stopped Bai Pu from entering Gaia Building, and a Red Race Evolutionist shoved him aside.
• Quentin arrived with two Red Race Evolutionists and assumed the sensor doors opened because his promotion granted him greater privileges.
• Envoy Liu and Envoy Li emerged from the building, and Quentin introduced himself as a newly promoted Major General Gaia.
• Envoy Li asked whether Quentin was the Lord of the Primitive Star, then recognized Bai Pu as the person they had been sent to guide.
• Bai Pu admitted that he was the Lord of Earth, and Envoy Liu and Envoy Li escorted him into Gaia Building to meet their Master.
• Quentin entered Gaia Building with his attendants after a guard directed him to the front desk.

Bai Pu met Bo Xuan True Person, who explained the significance and risks of being a Lord of the Primitive Star and advised him not to rush into becoming an Evolutionist. After Quentin arrived, Envoy Liu arranged for Envoy Li Yan to explain the True Intent system to them both.

• Bai Pu met Bo Xuan True Person, who told him that Lords of the Primitive Star had great potential but also faced a high risk of falling.
• Bai Pu asked whether Gaia Corporation could protect Earth, and Bo Xuan True Person explained that Earth was not protected until Bai Pu became an Evolutionist and lawful planetary lord.
• Bo Xuan True Person advised Bai Pu to learn about profundity and True Intent before advancing, then ended his projection.
• Quentin entered the hall after investigating Bai Pu and learning that he was Earth's lord, whom the Burnt Embers Organization regarded as an enemy.
• Envoy Liu invited Envoy Li Yan to explain the Evolutionist True Intent system to Bai Pu and Quentin.

Li Yan explained the grades and cultivation realms of true intent, then brought Bai Pu into her Mind World to examine his Mysteries and Composite Profound Truth. She judged that his Tidal and Mountain Shattering combination could form a Fourth Grade True Meaning Prototype.

• Li Yan explained that Mysteries evolved into true intents and described their nine grades, while Envoy Liu outlined the nine heavens of true intent cultivation.
• Bai Pu asked how to cultivate High-Grade True Meaning, and Li Yan drew him into her Mind World to examine his abilities privately.
• Bai Pu demonstrated his Gale and Crimson Flame Mysteries, which Li Yan identified as rare-grade Mysteries that could combine into a Fifth Grade True Meaning Prototype.
• Bai Pu demonstrated a composite of Tidal Profound Truth and Mountain Shattering Mystery, and Li Yan assessed its True Meaning Prototype as Fourth Grade.

Li Yan explained the grades of True Intent and the role of Special Type Mysteries, giving Bai Pu a clearer path toward developing his own. Bai Pu learned that Bo Xuan True Person’s Heart Burning True Intent was Second Grade and resolved to make his own True Meaning Prototype as powerful as possible.

• Li Yan explained that True Intent grades depended on the number and rarity of the Mysteries combined, and that a Special Type Mystery was needed for the upper grades.
• Li Yan advised Bai Pu to combine his supreme Tide and Mountain Shattering Mysteries for a Fourth Grade True Intent, while warning him not to pursue Crimson Flame and Gale Mysteries further.
• Bai Pu asked whether combining five Mysteries could produce an even higher grade, and Li Yan said she had never heard of anyone combining that many.
• Li Yan revealed that Bo Xuan True Person had a Second Grade Heart Burning True Intent developed through new True Intents during his Evolutionist stage.
• Bai Pu realized True Intent could be strengthened over time and decided to make his True Meaning Prototype as powerful as possible.

Bai Pu learned how Demon Race bloodlines affected True Intent cultivation, joined Gaia Corporation, and received an official identity card. He discovered that he could still use his former Bai Yu Jing identity, while Bo Xuan True Person’s disciples reported on him and Quentin.

• Li Yan explained that Bloodline True Meaning was somewhat stronger than an ordinary True Intent of the same grade, while Demon Race Evolutionists excelled at rapid comprehension but struggled with truths that conflicted with their bloodlines.
• Bai Pu and Quentin registered as Gaia Corporation members and exchanged Gaia Imprint numbers after Quentin suggested they resolve tensions between their organizations.
• Li Yan gave Bai Pu an official identity card and welcomed him as a Reserve Core Member and Silver Heart Continent resident.
• Bai Pu discovered that both his Major General Gaia identity and his former Bai Yu Jing identity remained official, and suspected Li Yan had helped preserve the latter.
• Envoys Liu and Li Yan reported their reception of Bai Pu and Quentin to Bo Xuan True Person, who refused to reveal whether he had foreseen anything about Bai Pu.

Bai Pu used a Hell Scroll to contact Duan She Li and learned that they could communicate through their Gaia Imprint numbers. He told Duan She Li he planned to perfect his True Meaning Prototype before becoming an Evolutionist, while Duan She Li warned that Bai Pu needed high potential to gain Gaia Corporation’s support and protect Earth.

• Bo Xuan True Person praised Li Yan’s caution but admitted his divination might be inaccurate, while Envoy Liu worried that Bai Pu’s cultivation path was going astray.
• Li Yan told Bo Xuan True Person and Envoy Liu that Bai Pu had learned the Crimson Flame Mystery and Gale Mystery in addition to Watching the Sea, and had asked how to advance them to top grade.
• Bai Pu entered the Gaia Network and discovered his Major General Gaia authority had expanded his virtual island and removed the Gaia Library’s borrowing limit.
• Bai Pu used a Hell Scroll to contact Duan She Li, who revealed that he also held a Gaia Imprint and exchanged imprint numbers with Bai Pu.
• Bai Pu told Duan She Li that he had joined Gaia Corporation as a Reserve Core Member and intended to refine his True Meaning Prototype before entering the Ascension Plane.
• Duan She Li agreed with Bai Pu’s plan and explained that only a high-grade True Intent and strong potential would earn him enough influence and protection to help preserve Earth.

Bai Pu sought Duan She Li’s help with cultivating four Supreme Profound Truths and learned to seek Spirit Realm quests for guidance. Duan She Li warned that the Silver Heart Great World’s increased Spirit Energy would raise Spirit Realm difficulty, and Bai Pu ended by asking him to coordinate with Earth over a new formula.

• Bai Pu told Duan She Li he wanted to cultivate four elemental mysteries to the supreme level, and Duan She Li warned that pursuing too many studies could keep him from advancing beyond the Awakened level.
• Bai Pu met Duan She Li on the Gaia Network, where Duan She Li explained that comprehending the principles behind phenomena was necessary to advance mysteries to Supreme Profound Truths.
• When Bai Pu struggled against a Cognitive Obstacle, Duan She Li advised him to trigger a high-difficulty Spirit Realm quest whose reward could provide useful insights into mystery comprehension.
• Duan She Li explained that the Silver Heart Great World’s increased Spirit Energy would raise the difficulty of Awakened Worlds, and Bai Pu worried that Earth’s Awakened would struggle.
• Bai Pu asked Duan She Li to coordinate with Earth about his newly developed Spirit Refining Fluid formula.

Bai Pu arranged for Earth to profit from his Spirit Refining Fluid formula and build an outpost on the Silver Heart Continent. After Earth’s specialists arrived and learned the recipe, he opened a potion shop in the Hundred Convergence District.

• Bai Pu showed Duan She Li the Spirit Refining Fluid, and Duan She Li agreed to inform Earth’s higher-ups about the formula’s commercial potential.
• Bai Pu planned to establish a limited Gaia Network connection for Earth and use potion sales to fund its licensing fee and development.
• Earth’s headquarters sent elite alchemists and pharmaceutical practitioners through the Star Gate, along with Li Ling, Wu Qingyun, and Yuan Tang.
• Li Ling gave up her powerful position on Earth to join Bai Pu as a minor director at the Earth Resident Silver Heart Star Office.
• Bai Pu taught the Earth alchemists the formula, then opened the Spirit Refining Potion Store across from the Frost Pine Spirit Plant Store and arranged supplies through Uncle Mu.

After returning to Green City Manor, Bai Pu settled back into Salacia’s garden and began planning how to advance his wind and fire mysteries toward a High-Grade True Meaning. He started studying wind-mystery advancement videos, hoping to build on insights he had gained in the Heart Demon World.

• Bai Pu returned to Green City Manor under the identity of Bai Yu Jing and reassured the gatekeeper that he had not neglected Salacia’s Exquisite Flower.
• Bai Pu inspected the flower and refreshed its diluted solution, finding that its second layer of buds had begun to emerge.
• Bai Pu planned to advance his Gale Mystery and Crimson Flame Mystery to Supreme Profound Truths before pursuing a Special Element Profound Truth and a True Meaning Prototype.
• Bai Pu chose to work on the Gale Mystery first and downloaded videos about wind-mystery advancement from the Gaia Network.
• Bai Pu watched Ye An explain how he advanced the Biting Wind Mystery by studying wind’s formless nature at Formless Mountain.