Chapter Summaries

Bai Pu traded leader-level forging materials to Iron Anvil and received a reward for his recent service. He entered Frost Moon Forest to take a Spirit Liquid Bath, where his hidden injuries began healing and his pure blood fully recovered.

• Iron Anvil traded Bai Pu a Small Leaf Ginseng and 6,000 Spirit Energy Points for his two leader-level forging materials.
• Yuan Tang told Bai Pu that the higher-ups had awarded him a Spirit Liquid Bath in addition to a merit promotion.
• Bai Pu entered Frost Moon Forest through the Special Operations Team Six office’s Space Channel and claimed his bath at the fortress.
• Bai Pu washed and immersed himself in the spirit liquid, which began healing his hidden injuries.
• Bai Pu received a notification that his pure blood had fully recovered.

After recovering in the spirit liquid bath, Bai Pu improved his attributes and stayed at Special Operations Team Six while waiting for an escort back to Xi City. He trained with his heavy sword and began studying the Evergreen Balm formula, with the results of learning it still unknown.

• Bai Pu finished his spirit liquid bath after it replenished his Pure Blood, then learned that the scarce liquid could not be purchased or taken out of the Frost Moon Forest Intersection Lands.
• Bai Pu returned to Special Operations Team Six and consumed the Mystic Turtle Pearl, raising his basic attributes enough to wield his new equipment.
• Bai Pu decided to stay rather than travel to Xi City alone, while Xiang Yinghua remained occupied at the Demon Abyss Intersection Lands and could not escort him yet.
• Bai Pu practiced heavy-sword precision according to Bei Ming Ji Hu's guidance, and his new Iron Bracers of the Undying King made the weapon steadier in his hands.
• Bai Pu studied the Evergreen Balm formula from Dongbo Cheng Zhi, relying on his Break Down Barriers trait to learn a formula from an Illusionary Plane.

Bai Pu used his hidden Daoist Alchemist class to devise and brew a substitute formula, but it produced a skin-repairing cream rather than the balm he intended. After discovering its immediate beauty and youth-preserving effects, he considered selling it to Awakened women.

• Bai Pu replaced the missing ingredients in the Evergreen Balm formula through intuition and created a new formula.
• Bai Pu brewed the medicine in a rice cooker while Special Operations Team Six watched his unconventional process.
• Bai Pu practiced striking eight wooden boards with controlled force and successfully left ink marks on all of them.
• Li Ling and Yuan Yue told Bai Pu that his medicine was finished and brought him to see the congealed ointment.
• Bai Pu learned the ointment could repair skin damage, preserve a youthful appearance, and remove scars, then named it Youthful Countenance Cream.
• Yuan Yue and Li Ling praised the cream's immediate effects, and Bai Pu considered making it to sell.

Bai Pu decided to keep Youthful Countenance Cream exclusive and use it to build connections, then investigated the missing creatures and Spirit Realm Oddity in the Demon Abyss. He suspected a hidden Wilderness Area Space Channel or that the Red-Eyed Snapping Turtle and Demon General Gui Ge had escaped, while Li Ling explained why the wanted criminals could not have used such a passage to leave.

• Bai Pu rejected large-scale production of Youthful Countenance Cream and offered monthly bottles to Yuan Yue in exchange for help promoting it among her high-end circle.
• Bai Pu offered Li Ling a monthly bottle as thanks and asked her to handle practical matters, and Li Ling accepted the arrangement despite teasing him about using her as an assistant.
• Li Ling told Bai Pu that a Special Operations Brigade had searched the Demon Abyss but found no awakened criminals, the Red-Eyed Snapping Turtle, or Demon General Gui Ge, though they detected residual toxins in a cavern.
• Bai Pu proposed that a secret Space Channel in the Wilderness Area might have allowed someone to enter the Demon Abyss or that the Red-Eyed Snapping Turtle and Demon General Gui Ge had escaped through one.
• Li Ling explained that awakened ones had to return through the Space Channel they entered, so the wanted criminals could not have left through a hidden passage, and said their testimonies supported Bai Pu's account.

Li Ling gave Bai Pu experimental records that could help him transplant Origin Heart Tissue for his next class advancement mission, then advised him to use his Top Scorer popularity to sign with a streaming platform. Bai Pu agreed to consider offers with minimal restrictions, while weighing the benefits of fame and protection against the Superstar Alliance.

• Li Ling handed Bai Pu copies of experimental records on Source Heart tissue, and Bai Pu thanked her because they could help with his upcoming class advancement mission.
• Li Ling explained that awakened streamers could convert legitimate gift income into Spirit Energy Points at a rate of fifty-nine Hua Xia Currency to one point, with the Spirit Realm Will preventing fraud.
• Li Ling advised Bai Pu to build his public fame through streaming, which could improve his future fame roulette rewards and make an assassination by the Superstar Alliance costlier.
• Bai Pu agreed to sign with a streaming platform but requested the shortest contract term and fewest restrictions.
• Li Ling showed Bai Pu offers from Military Banner, Hundred Battles, and United Masses, while All Gods and Heaven's Choice had also invited him.

Bai Pu chose the Hundred Battles Platform and returned to Xi City, where he and his companions witnessed a strange blood rain that made Xiang Yinghua warn of possible major changes in the Spirit Realm. He continued his training and began streaming sword practice, leaving the cause of the blood rain unknown.

• Bai Pu rejected the long contracts from All Gods and Heaven's Choice and signed an eighteen-month contract with the Hundred Battles Platform.
• On the journey back to Xi City, Bai Pu, Li Ling, and Xiang Yinghua saw the rain turn blood-red before it stopped and vanished.
• Xiang Yinghua recalled a similar event during the Third Spirit Energy War and warned Bai Pu and Li Ling that the Spirit Realm might soon undergo major changes.
• Reports of blood rain spread around the world, peak Awakened competitions were postponed, and Bai Pu found no useful information about the Spirit Energy Wars.
• Bai Pu continued practicing at the God Strategy Army branch and started streaming two hours of heavy sword thrusting without interacting with viewers.

Bai Pu's livestream audience argued over whether he deserved to be the top scorer, then urged him to try Virtual Spirit Realm. When he logged in, the game evaluated his exclusive Character Card as SSR and asked whether he would let other players draw it.

• Stubborn Boy called Bai Pu a fake top scorer, and viewers argued over whether his low level made his achievement more or less impressive.
• Bright Moon Among Clouds gifted Bai Pu items and asked if he had played Virtual Spirit Realm; he said he had not because illness and cultivation had occupied his time.
• Bai Pu explained that Virtual Spirit Realm let ordinary players use awakened characters while giving awakened individuals virtual combat practice and proficiency.
• Bright Moon Among Clouds offered more gifts to persuade Bai Pu to try the game, and he put on the gaming helmet.
• Virtual Spirit Realm evaluated Bai Pu's exclusive Character Card as SSR and asked whether he would authorize it for the Character Card Pool.

Bai Pu generated an SSR low-level character card but kept its skills and attributes hidden, then practiced swordsmanship in the Virtual Spirit Realm. Mad Zen joined his training space and challenged him, hinting that he had information about the rain.

• Bai Pu generated the Blood Armor Shield Guard Steel Heart character card, customized its portrait, and declined to make it public or add it to the Limited Card Pool.
• Viewers praised the card's SSR rarity and portrait while Stubborn Boy questioned its unknown attributes and skills.
• Bai Pu entered a private Virtual Spirit Realm training space and resumed practicing swordsmanship as viewers watched and commented.
• Mad Zen, using his verified exclusive character card, entered Bai Pu's training space and proposed a fight.
• Bai Pu considered using the fight to gauge a mid-level Awakened, and Mad Zen privately asked whether Bai Pu wanted information about the rain.

Bai Pu accepted Mad Zen’s private duel, and the two fought to a draw after neither could overcome the other’s strengths. Mad Zen acknowledged Bai Pu’s hidden advantages in Spirit Realm exploration, while Bai Pu remained wary of Mad Zen’s abilities.

• Mad Zen explained that he wanted to test Bai Pu’s potential as a possible ally, and Bai Pu agreed to duel him.
• Mad Zen enabled privacy mode, keeping the duel out of Bai Pu’s livestream while viewers waited for them to return.
• Bai Pu and Mad Zen fought for more than ten minutes, trading attacks until they agreed that neither could secure a win.
• Mad Zen told Bai Pu’s viewers that the duel had no winner and that he would likely lose in Spirit Realm exploration against Bai Pu’s unused trump cards.
• Bai Pu ended the stream and reflected that Mad Zen’s speed and unarmed attacks had made him a difficult opponent, while Mad Zen’s ability to rally natives made him a serious threat.

Mad Zen explained that the blood rain signaled a Spirit Realm War and that the changed matching rules would bring Awakened together more easily. He offered to help Bai Pu face the Superstar Alliance during his upcoming second class advancement, but Bai Pu questioned his motives.

• Mad Zen told Bai Pu that peak Awakened had been conscripted to the Spirit Realm War’s Main Battlefield, while mid- and low-level Awakened would fight in their own worlds.
• Mad Zen said that victories in lower-level battles would affect the Main Battlefield and proposed joining forces with Bai Pu.
• Mad Zen guessed that Bai Pu was nearing his second class advancement and offered to help handle threats outside the advancement mission.
• Bai Pu realized that his next entry would take him to Flesh Plague: World of Aberrations, where the Superstar Alliance could confront him with its main force.
• Bai Pu asked Mad Zen why he was helping him so much.

Mad Zen revealed that he wanted Bai Pu’s help treating his younger brother Xu Shi Jie’s cancer and that the Jiangnan Xu Family shared a deep feud with the Superstar Alliance. After agreeing to help each other, Bai Pu spent half a month practicing swordsmanship and demonstrated his progress by killing eight flies with his heavy sword without marking the wall.

• Mad Zen asked Bai Pu to help treat Xu Shi Jie’s cancer and revealed the Jiangnan Xu Family’s old feud with the Superstar Alliance.
• Bai Pu and Mad Zen made a temporary agreement: Mad Zen would help with Bai Pu’s class advancement, and Bai Pu would try to help Xu Shi Jie recover.
• Mad Zen left to form another team seeking Anchoring Object Tickets for the Flesh Plague: Aberration world.
• Bai Pu spent the next half month streaming and practicing swordsmanship, ignoring suggestions to change his streaming style.
• Bai Pu demonstrated his swordsmanship on stream by killing eight flies with his Practice Heavy Sword while leaving the wall unstained.

Bai Pu gained a new swordsmanship effect and improved his shield technique before preparing to enter the Spirit Realm for his second class advancement. Yuan Yue introduced him to Wushan Goddess, who revealed she wanted his help with her niece’s advancement.

• Bai Pu chose Mountain Breaker as an additional Two-Handed Swordsmanship Expertise effect, learning to channel some Blood Battle Qi into his attacks.
• Bai Pu chose Deflection after raising his Shield Mastery Expertise to Advanced Level 3.
• Bai Pu ended his livestream, said goodbye to Li Ling, and added Yuan Yue’s contact, Wushan Goddess.
• Wushan Goddess called Bai Pu by video and explained that she wanted a favor beyond buying Youthful Countenance Cream.
• Wushan Goddess said her diligent, talented niece was nearly Level 7 but had not completed her second class advancement.

Bai Pu negotiated with the Wushan Goddess over letting Qing Yun observe him in the Spirit Realm, agreeing in exchange for a powerful escape item and intelligence on the Superstar Alliance. He also sold the Wushan Goddess a year’s supply of Youthful Countenance Cream and waited for Qing Yun to arrive in Xi City.

• The Wushan Goddess asked Bai Pu to let Qing Yun, also known as Blood Spider, observe how he handled natives during his class advancement mission, and Bai Pu initially refused to share his mission intelligence.
• The Wushan Goddess offered Bai Pu a Golden Parachute and intelligence on powerful intermediate awakened ones from the Superstar Alliance, so Bai Pu agreed to let Qing Yun accompany him without revealing his mission details.
• The Wushan Goddess said Qing Yun was already in Xi City and would bring the Golden Parachute to meet Bai Pu.
• Bai Pu sold the Wushan Goddess twelve bottles of Youthful Countenance Cream for 10,000 Spirit Energy Points, while agreeing to keep the deal private.
• After the video call ended, Bai Pu told Li Ling that the Wushan Goddess had gotten a bargain because the cream was a limited, irreplaceable item.

Bai Pu studied the A-Rank wanted criminal Hidden Snake and prepared to enter Flesh Plague: World of Aberrations with Blood Spider for his second profession-change trial. The chapter left Bai Pu and the other Awakened entering the Spirit Realm as Hidden Snake openly threatened him.

• Bai Pu learned that Hidden Snake led the Dragon Snake Squad and had killed an A-Rank Special Operations Agent, but he remained ready to face him.
• Blood Spider met Bai Pu, revealed some of her Level 6 Blood Curse Hunter abilities, and agreed to accompany him.
• Bai Pu coordinated with Mad Zen, whose team planned to disrupt the Superstar Alliance's interference without forming a party with Bai Pu.
• Bai Pu activated the second profession-change trial using the Living Tissue of the Source Heart, transporting himself and Blood Spider to Flesh Plague: World of Aberrations.
• Bai Pu spotted Hidden Snake and two other Awakened in the matching space, exchanged gestures with Hidden Snake, and counted more than forty Awakened before they entered the Spirit Realm.

Bai Pu entered the strengthened Flesh Plague: Aberration world with Blood Spider to begin his second class advancement quest, explaining how he planned to seek help from Qin and why the Superstar Alliance might target her. At a farmstead, they encountered a Brandenburg militia raid led by Bai Pu’s old acquaintance Ingvar.

• Bai Pu arrived in Flesh Plague: Aberration and noted that its world strength had risen to 2.7, increasing the natives’ power.
• Bai Pu told Blood Spider he had five days to trigger his advancement quest and planned to find Qin, a high-ranking Holy Roman Expeditionary Force figure who knew about Origin Blood.
• Bai Pu warned that the Superstar Alliance might try to kill Qin to hinder his advancement, but believed they would underestimate her true identity and strength.
• Bai Pu and Blood Spider reached a farmstead where Plague Dead forced the surviving farmers to work under threat of lashes.
• Ingvar led Brandenburg militiamen in an attack that surrounded and killed the Plague Dead at the farmstead.

Bai Pu joined the Holy Roman Expeditionary Force’s fight against the Plague Dead and killed the estate’s Blood Ring Hammer Knight. Ingvar then reassured the farmers that the resistance would protect them, and they rallied to its cause.

• Ingvar led the militia and the estate’s farmers against the Plague Dead, using Qin’s potion to treat militiamen infected by their toxin.
• A Blood Ring Hammer Knight emerged and empowered the Plague Dead, turning the fight against the militia.
• Bai Pu entered the battle, killed Plague Dead, and helped Ingvar drive the Blood Ring Hammer Knight into a duel.
• Bai Pu defeated the Blood Ring Hammer Knight with his long blade and claimed a Blue Treasure Chest.
• Ingvar promised the farmers that the resistance would protect them and would not seize their land, prompting them to cheer and join the resistance.

Bai Pu returned to Malmo City and reunited with Qin, who had captured two Awakened assassins after a failed ambush. Qin asked Bai Pu to interrogate them while one assassin, Night Wing, remained at large.

• Bai Pu met Ingvar and learned that Qin was inspecting Malmo City's alchemy laboratory.
• Qin detected three Awakened hiding among the specimens and attacked them, revealing that she understood their speech and had comprehended the World Mystery.
• Night Wing escaped from the laboratory and fled Malmo, while Qin incapacitated and captured the other two Awakened.
• Bai Pu arrived and embraced Qin as Blood Spider watched; Qin told him that two assassins were imprisoned and asked him to interrogate them.

Bai Pu interrogated two captured Superstar Alliance awakened ones, extracting information and a large ransom before letting them go under contract. He then showed Qin the corpse of Demon General Hunter Scythe, hoping she could assess the matter that had brought him to her.

• Bai Pu threatened Chang Niu and Tie Gou Chong with becoming Qin’s Experimental Subjects and offered to spare them in exchange for ransom or information.
• Chang Niu and Tie Gou Chong revealed what they knew about Hidden Snake, Night Wing, Golden Butterfly, and the Superstar Alliance’s suspected overseas dealings.
• Bai Pu valued their information, collected Spirit Energy Points and items from them, and had Chang Niu provide a B-Grade Enhancement Card to cover Tie Gou Chong’s debt.
• Bai Pu required both men to sign a Spirit Realm Will-witnessed contract not to attack him or Qin in this world, then released them.
• Qin asked whether Bai Pu had made progress on the matter, and Bai Pu took out Demon General Hunter Scythe’s corpse for her to examine.

Bai Pu brought the Origin Heart Tissue from the hunting scythe to Qin, who proposed combining it with the matching tissue inside Princess Christina to strengthen his advancement. The Spirit Realm Will triggered an SS-Rank mission requiring Christina’s heart tissue and additional Aberrant samples or Flesh Alchemy scholars, leaving Bai Pu to prepare for a dangerous attempt to rescue her from Blood Ring Fortress.

• Qin examined the hunting scythe’s corpse and identified its mutation as the result of mental loss of control and Dark Attribute Energy.
• Bai Pu retrieved the Origin Heart Tissue from the corpse and gave Qin his experimental records, prompting her to propose transplanting it into him.
• Qin explained that Princess Christina had a similar heart tissue that could be fused with Bai Pu’s, but said he would need Aberrant samples and another Flesh Alchemy scholar.
• The Spirit Realm Will triggered Bai Pu’s SS-Rank Advancing Heart mission, which required at least 60% completion within fifteen days.
• Bai Pu realized that obtaining Christina’s heart tissue was effectively mandatory and considered Aberrant targets such as Grand Duke Bergen, the Blood Mist Butcher, Scarlet Wing, and Columbus.

Bai Pu planned how to complete his difficult class advancement quest and secured Qin’s promise to persuade Flesh Alchemy scholar William Harvey to help. He then accepted a scouting mission from Corps Commander Zweig, activating the first step of the Main Quest.

• Bai Pu asked Qin how he could find a second qualified Flesh Alchemy scholar, and Qin identified Royal Alchemy Academy dean William Harvey as a suitable candidate whom she could persuade.
• Bai Pu explained to Blood Spider that the SS-Rank advancement quest was divided into several difficult branches, and he believed the Superstar Alliance’s arrival had also helped him find allies.
• Bai Pu met Corps Commander Zweig, whose status in the expeditionary force had raised him to a level 6 leader template.
• Bai Pu urged Zweig to gather intelligence and eliminate enemy outposts before Duke William’s main legions arrived, and Zweig assigned the scouting task to him.
• Bai Pu accepted Zweig’s assignment, activating Main Quest, Step 1: Expeditionary Force Scout.