Chapter Summaries

Bai Pu trained to understand the Wind Dance Profound Truth by studying wind attacks in the Mind Image Space. A month later, Salacia returned from her Spirit Realm trial and told Bai Pu that Zoras’s team had helped You Li An instead of supporting her, leaving her future in the Silver Wind Family uncertain.

• Bai Pu entered the Mind Image Space and used simulations of wind-element attacks to study the principles of Wind Dance.
• Bai Pu realized that following the wind was not the same as becoming part of it, then used Cruel Admonishment to accelerate his training and tried again.
• A month later, Salacia returned from the Spirit Realm and told Bai Pu that she had bought and raised Exquisite Flowers because Zoras liked You Li An’s flowers.
• Salacia revealed that Zoras’s team had missed her trial’s crucial battle after going to help You Li An complete a mission, and that You Li An had advanced to Golden Commodore.
• Bai Pu deduced that Zoras might be helping You Li An replace Salacia as the Silver Wind Family’s chosen candidate, and asked whether Salacia could retry the Major General Trial and whether her father would let her be replaced.

Salacia learned that Zoras was backing You Li An to replace her as the Silver Wind Family's heir, while Bai Pu was ordered to leave Green City Manor. After Bai Pu persuaded Salacia not to give up, Duan She Li reported that White Egret had gone missing in Omen Valley and the Burnt Embers Organization had issued an ultimatum.

• Salacia told Bai Pu that her father had likely given up on her and wanted You Li An to become the Silver Wind Family's heir.
• Vian Silver Wind told Salacia that You Li An had been granted her residence and that Bai Pu had to leave Green City Manor.
• Salacia proposed going with Bai Pu to the Outer City Area, but he persuaded her to stay and try to reclaim her position.
• Bai Pu returned to the Gardener's Cottage and received a call from Duan She Li, who said White Egret was likely dead after the Omen King awakened in Omen Valley.
• Duan She Li told Bai Pu that Xi Li of the Burnt Embers Organization had delivered an ultimatum.

Bai Pu learned that the Yazde People were preparing to invade Earth unless humanity yielded territory, and he sought help from Duan She Li and the Gaia Corporation to protect his home planet. After discovering he had one month to prove his worth in a combat assessment, Bai Pu decided to enter the Spirit Realm and prepare.

• Duan She Li told Bai Pu that the Yazde People demanded an Earth continent and had starships heading toward Earth's region, while Bai Pu reaffirmed that Earth had to be preserved.
• Bai Pu told Duan She Li he had comprehended the Wind Dance Profound Truth and developed Wind Control, but still struggled to advance Crimson Flame toward the Burning Profound Truth.
• Li Yan told Bai Pu that Bo Xuan True Person would not support him yet, but he could prove his potential by placing in the top ten of an upcoming Reserve Core Member combat assessment.
• Bai Pu learned that the assessment would take place in one month and resolved to enter the Spirit Realm for a true adventure.

Bai Pu acquired three high-level Spirit Realm tickets as a decoy while secretly arranging to enter the high-level world of Black Heaven's Descent through Zhu Lingyan's sachet. Great Prophet Hollet predicted Bai Pu would enter the Heart Demon World and ordered a response as Bai Pu began matching into the Spirit Realm.

• Li Ling explained that Earth's jump to the Silver Heart Great World had invalidated old Spirit Realm tickets and made new ones difficult to obtain, then offered Bai Pu three high-level tickets.
• Bai Pu took tickets for Star Wars: Dimensional Rift, Evil Spirit Legend: Black Abyss, and Water Margin: Conquering Fang La to mislead the Burnt Embers Organization about his destination.
• Great Prophet Hollet gathered intelligence about Steel Heart and predicted that Bai Pu would enter Horn Star Nine—the Heart Demon World—within eighteen hours, then ordered Brion sent and Secret Treasure No. 102 activated.
• Bai Pu used Mirage and the Southern Zhu Burning Heart School's Extermination Team to get Flame Blade Princess Zhu Lingyan into Black Heaven's Descent, then used her sachet as an anchor to match into that high-level Spirit Realm.

Bai Pu returned to Heart Demon: Black Sky Descent and discovered that its Spirit Particle Intensity had risen to 9.2, while his inherited identity came with a history of weakened strength. After defeating a dangerous White Frost Leaper in the Underground World, he sought help from Mirage to navigate the perilous region.

• Bai Pu inherited his previous Heart Demon World identity and learned that the plane's intensity had risen to 9.2.
• The Gaia Will explained that Bai Pu's character history now described him as gravely injured and weakened after his battle with the Red Emperor.
• A White Frost Leaper ambushed Bai Pu, but he burned it to ashes with Fire Serpent and Turn Mud to Stone and collected its remains.
• Bai Pu surveyed the underground chambers and considered the need to find food, water, and a way to navigate without a map.
• Bai Pu entered the Mind Image Space and contacted Mirage through the Source Lord's Descent Meeting.

Bai Pu contacted Mirage in the Heart Demon World and learned about the Underground World, her position, and the strength of the Southern Zhu Burning Heart School’s team. Meanwhile, Yazde Awakened gathered in the Forest of Corruption and received detailed intelligence about Steel Heart, setting up a threat beyond Bai Pu’s immediate route to reunite with Mirage.

• Bai Pu spoke with Mirage, who explained that she was with the extermination team in the Red Extinction River, where the Red Emperor’s abandoned territory was shrinking.
• Mirage mapped the four Demon Emperor territories and reported that she was about forty kilometers from Bai Pu, though underground passages made the route several hundred kilometers long.
• Mirage said Zhu Lingyan had risen to level 9 and Lord level in the Underground World, and that her gratitude for Bai Pu saving her from becoming a demon flesh shell had earned Mirage her support.
• Bai Pu decided to seek a reunion with Mirage and the Flame Blade Princess, hoping to gain insight into his ultimate art through Zhu Lingyan and her father, Heaven Burning Zhu Que.
• In the Forest of Corruption, Lord Brion’s Yazde group received detailed intelligence from Luo Bu about Steel Heart and his encounters in the Heart Demon World.

Brion organized a Yazde operation to kill Steel Heart in the Heart Demon World, using Secret Treasure No. 102 to prevent awakened people from returning home before completing the Main Quest. Meanwhile, Flame Blade Princess Zhu Lingyan led a Ghost Warrior team through the misty hills north of the Red Extinction River as they waited for Steel Heart, but Zhu Gao disappeared.

• Brion told the Yazde group that Steel Heart threatened their plan to claim Azure Dragon 287 and ordered them to kill him in the Heart Demon World.
• Brion explained that Secret Treasure No. 102 had raised the world's Spirit Particle Intensity and would prevent anyone from returning home before completing the Main Quest.
• Brion planned to have most of the Yazde force join the Demon Faction and recruit Hai Lan Star contacts to help locate Dongbo Cheng Zhi as a Token of Allegiance.
• Flame Blade Princess Zhu Lingyan led the Southern Zhu Burning Heart School's Ghost Warrior Extermination Team into the misty hills, warning that Black Emperor's expanding territory might bring demons.
• Zhu Lingyan asked Mirage about Steel Heart's arrival, and Mirage said he would come later because he had not taken the Demon Bone Path.
• A team member reported that veteran Ghost Warrior Zhu Gao had disappeared.

The Southern Zhu Burning Heart School Extermination Team fought demons in the Steam Hills after Flame Blade Princess broke a drowning illusion and killed a Shadow Demon. As the Heart-Corroding Water Sprites withdrew, Zhu Que sensed powerful Spirit Pressure from a battle to the northwest.

• Heart-Corroding Water Sprites trapped the Extermination Team in a drowning illusion, but Flame Blade Princess broke it with her blade.
• Flame Blade Princess identified the Water Form demons and led the Ghost Warriors into battle while protecting them.
• A Shadow Demon drained the warriors’ spiritual power, but Flame Blade Princess burned it to ashes after Zhu Que ordered her to kill it.
• The Heart-Corroding Water Sprites kept returning, using the Steam Hills’ demonic energy to replenish their power.
• Zhu Que sensed powerful Spirit Pressure to the northwest, and the remaining Heart-Corroding Water Sprites fled into the ground.

Bai Pu joined the Burning Heart School Ghost Warriors after his failed attempt to control a Heart-Corroding Water Sprite accidentally killed its entire symbiotic group. He discovered that his new quest required him to kill 30 powerful demons to qualify for the Black Sky Sacrifice, which would unlock a quest involving the feared Great Dark Sky.

• The Ghost Warriors and Flame Blade Princess wondered why every Heart-Corroding Water Sprite had died at once, then welcomed Bai Pu, whom they believed had killed the symbiotic demons with legendary skill.
• Bai Pu explained that he had defeated a Heart-Corroding Water Sprite to the southwest and accidentally destroyed the shared consciousness of the symbiotic group when Pureblood Control failed.
• Heaven Burning Zhu Que told the exhausted Ghost Warriors to rest after the battle.
• Bai Pu told Mirage that he had activated Main Quest One, which required killing 30 Warrior Level or higher-template demons within 15 days to qualify for the Black Sky Sacrifice.
• Mirage panicked at the prospect of the Great Dark Sky's return, while Bai Pu reasoned that the mission would likely involve stopping the Demon Emperors and their forces from reviving the Demon Ancestor.

Bai Pu assessed the threat of the Black Sky Sacrifice and used his Gaia Imprint privilege to inspect Zhu Que, discovering that the World Difficulty Bonus had greatly increased Zhu Que’s attributes. After learning Zhu Que planned to unite the Four Great Oaths at the Abandoned Scorched Earth Fortress, Bai Pu volunteered to contact Dongbo Cheng Zhi’s team.

• Bai Pu and Mirage concluded that the Guardian Faction’s Main Quest required earning native recognition to gain eligibility to stop the Black Sky Sacrifice.
• Bai Pu approached Zhu Que and used his Gaia Imprint privilege to inspect the master of the Southern Zhu Burning Heart School.
• Bai Pu saw that Zhu Que had Lord-level status, the Composite Profound Truth Purgatory Bombardment, and a 50% World Difficulty Bonus to his attributes.
• Bai Pu asked Zhu Que about the Burning Heart School team’s plans, and Zhu Que said he would unite the other three Oath Families at the Abandoned Scorched Earth Fortress.
• Bai Pu volunteered to contact Dongbo Cheng Zhi’s team.

Bai Pu refused the Burning Heart School’s protection and agreed to deliver Zhu Que’s letter to the Dongbo Family’s Extermination Team in exchange for merit and access to their secret teachings. Flame Blade Princess entrusted him with a secret manual for the journey to the Forest of Corruption.

• Flame Blade Princess warned Bai Pu that the Demon Emperors would target him, then tested his defense with two rapid sword techniques before withdrawing without harming him.
• She urged Bai Pu to accept the Burning Heart School’s protection, but he insisted on finding his own path to heal and grow stronger.
• Bai Pu revealed that he hoped to cultivate swordsmanship to the Myriad Phenomena realm, prompting Flame Blade Princess and Zhu Que to offer their secret arts and cultivation insights.
• Bai Pu agreed to contact the Dongbo Family’s Extermination Team and deal with any demon generals he encountered, triggering the Side Quest to deliver Zhu Que’s letter to Dongbo Cheng Zhi.
• Flame Blade Princess gave Bai Pu a volume of the Burning Heart School’s secret teachings to keep until he completed the delivery, while Zhu Que reluctantly approved.

Bai Pu accepted Flame Blade Princess’s secret manual and spirit-beast necklace, then left Mirage with the Burning Heart School as he set out for the Forest of Corruption. Meanwhile, the Dragon King’s group plotted aboard a turtle ship to kill Steel Heart and reclaim the Immortal King Set.

• Bai Pu promised Zhu Que that he would protect the Southern Zhu Burning Heart School Secret Manual and accepted Flame Blade Princess’s Gray-Backed Fire Rat and necklace.
• Bai Pu arranged for Mirage to remain with the Burning Heart School and established code phrases so she could relay trustworthy intelligence.
• Bai Pu set off to deliver the letter and travel toward the Forest of Corruption.
• Aboard a turtle ship in the Eternal Night Sea, the Dragon King told his Awakened companions to cooperate with Brion’s Red Race and kill Steel Heart to recover the Immortal King Set.
• Mount Tai revealed that he would use the Seal Box of Chained Fate to forcibly draw Steel Heart’s four set pieces.

Star Plucking Tower prepared to gather intelligence on Bai Pu and the Dongbo Family’s Extermination Team, while Bai Pu entered the Demon Bone Path to travel through the Underground World. Unable to return to reality, he suspected the Yazde People had sealed the Spirit Realm Plane and braced himself for a possible encounter with their strongest Awakened.

• Dragon King said Star Plucking Tower had to obtain the Immortal King Set and gather intelligence on Dongbo Cheng Zhi at the demand of powerful figures above them.
• Mount Tai assigned Star Plucking Tower members tasks aboard the turtle ship, and Dragon King admitted that Steel Heart was far stronger than he was.
• Mirage warned Bai Pu that the Demon Bone Path was monitored by demons and that disturbing Crimson Earth Veins could trigger a deadly Crimson Calamity.
• Bai Pu found that he could not return to reality and suspected the Yazde People had used divination to locate and seal his Spirit Realm Plane.
• Bai Pu resolved to face any Tier One Awakened opponents and entered the Demon Bone Path.

Bai Pu followed Dongbo Cheng Zhi’s trail through the Demon Bone Path, avoiding demon factions and a powerful neutral Wolf Demon. A pack of Scorched Earth Dog Demons attacked him, and three Awakened led by Ashes Rein arrived; they agreed to fight separately and talk afterward.

• Bai Pu used the Gray-Backed Fire Rat to track Dongbo Cheng Zhi through the Demon Bone Path.
• Bai Pu observed demons serving the Red Emperor and Black Emperor fighting, then avoided the territory of a powerful two-headed Wolf Demon.
• Several hundred Scorched Earth Dog Demons tracked Bai Pu down and attacked him.
• Three Awakened, including their captain Ashes Rein, encountered Bai Pu as the Dog Demons attacked them too.
• Bai Pu agreed to fight the Dog Demons alongside the trio but proposed they each handle their own side and speak after the battle.

Bai Pu fought alongside Ashes Rein’s team in the suddenly intensified Heart Demon World and collected treasure chests from the Dog Demons. After giving Ashes Rein the alias Bai Yu Jing, he learned that the world had become the selection ground for the Gaia Major General Trial.

• Bai Pu and Ashes Rein’s coordinated team defeated more than a hundred Dog Demons without revealing their strongest techniques.
• Bai Pu opened over thirty White Treasure Chests and two Blue Elite Treasure Chests, finding equipment and Scorching Soul fragments among the loot.
• Ashes Rein introduced himself as a Gaia Major General and asked Bai Pu his name, so Bai Pu gave the alias Bai Yu Jing and paid to protect his personal information.
• Ashes Rein explained that the Heart Demon World’s intensity had risen and that Gaia had selected it as the Major General Trial ground.
• Ashes Rein asked whether Bai Pu was a trial participant or an assistant helping a Golden Commodore.

Bai Pu learned more about Major General Gaia trials and agreed to travel with Ashes Rein, Liya, and Leien to the Forest of Corruption. After several days of fighting together, the group reached the forest’s edge, where Ashes Rein warned that demons could disguise themselves as plants.

• Ashes Rein explained that Major General Gaia trials varied and that Liya was competing in a selection trial with a secret objective.
• Leien offered Bai Pu twenty thousand Silver Dragon Coins to help Liya, and Bai Pu agreed to join the group after learning they were also headed to the Forest of Corruption.
• Bai Pu declined to sign a contract under his real codename, so Leien paid him a five-thousand-coin deposit and promised further rewards.
• Bai Pu traveled with Ashes Rein, Liya, and Leien, and the group killed demons along the way while Ashes Rein assessed Bai Pu’s fighting abilities.
• After several days, the group reached the Forest of Corruption, where Ashes Rein warned them that demons could disguise themselves as plants.

Bai Pu’s group crossed a stretch of the Demon Bone Path filled with dangerous Wither Spores, while You Li An cornered Salacia to sabotage her Major General Trial. Salacia escaped her attackers only to face a gigantic tree erupting from underground.

• Bai Pu learned that MuDong Village and other settlements housed mutated natives who survived by consuming Corpse Demon Flowers and paying resources to their demon rulers.
• Muro touched a Wither Spore sac, suffered a stacking poison status, and continued along the bone path with Liya’s healing and the group’s precautions keeping him alive.
• You Li An confronted Salacia with MuJi Family guards and revealed that she intended to restrict Salacia’s movements and sabotage her Major General Trial.
• Salacia fled You Li An, dodged a gray branch erupting from the ground, and saw hundreds of branches emerge as a gigantic ash-gray tree rose.

You Li An and Salacia struggled against an ancient tree that trapped them in poisonous spores and attacking branches. Just as Salacia feared she would die, four Awakened arrived and revealed the tree was a demon, leaving the battle poised to continue.

• The ash-gray ancient tree bound You Li An and filled the battlefield with poisonous spore mist as the MuJi Family Awakened struggled to cut through its branches.
• You Li An used the Flowing Light Cocoon to protect herself, escaped the branches, and enhanced the MuJi Family Awakened with fire-element weapon enchantments.
• Salacia defended herself with treants and a Senro Barrier, but the spores weakened her summons and her mana began to run low.
• An explosion nearly split the ancient tree's trunk, and the tree absorbed the spores before transforming into a gigantic demonic treant.
• Four Awakened arrived from the other side of the bone path, and one told Leien that killing the tree demon would let them pass safely.

Salacia and You Li An both claimed to be the Silver Wind Family's heir as they sought help against a demonic tree. Leien and the Furnace Edge Squad instead attacked You Li An and her allies, leaving the sisters on opposing sides of the fight.

• Salacia asked Bai Pu and his companions to save her, identifying herself as the Silver Wind Family's Direct Lineage Successor.
• You Li An arrived and claimed that their father had appointed her the new heir, while Bai Pu asked his companions to conceal his identity and spare Salacia.
• Leien questioned the sisters' claims, then trapped You Li An and her allies in his Furnace Domain.
• Liya mapped the opponents' movements as Leien attacked the two MuJi Family leaders, rejecting their warning about Zoras MuJi.
• Leien declared that he did not fear Zoras MuJi and that the Furnace Edge Squad would ascend after this world.

Bai Pu and Salacia fought a Lord-level tree demon while Leien's squad attacked You Li An's side. Bai Pu disrupted the demon's attempt to send him to Rotten Wood Palace, then pierced its trunk with a fire-infused spear as the battle continued.

• The tree demon battered Bai Pu and Salacia with its enormous arms and devoured a wounded MuJi Family Awakened.
• Bai Pu combined his weapons into the Doomsday Long Spear and charged the tree demon while Salacia struggled to withstand its attacks.
• The tree demon opened a spatial gateway toward Rotten Wood Palace, but Bai Pu fired a Battle Qi Arrowhead into it and caused the rift to collapse.
• Bai Pu evaded the tree demon's follow-up strikes with Wind Dance and pierced its trunk with his spear.
• Prismatic Magic Battle Qi and scarlet flames spread from the wound into the tree demon's body.