Chapter Summaries

Sunflower Emperor defeated and enslaved the weakened Mirage Dragon, while Ye Bai’s group prepared a meal after clearing the lake. Ye Bai spotted a Blood-colored Butterfly spying on them and hurried everyone onward to prepare an ambush for the approaching enemy forces.

• Sunflower Emperor crippled the Mirage Dragon, and her weapons drained most of its Dragon Bloodline before she took its Mirage Pearl and Life Branch.
• Sunflower Emperor used Plant Domination to enslave the severely weakened Mirage Dragon, and Ye Bai recognized its value as a renewable source of medicinal materials.
• Myriad Changes Silkworm and Little Charcoal Dog helped prepare Sabertooth Fish while Sunflower Emperor’s Doppelgangers processed the Water Cannon Turtles, and the group ate together.
• Ye Bai used the surveillance feed to find a Blood-colored Butterfly and identified it as a scout sent from the Blood Pool.
• Ye Bai urged Lan Fa and Yun Luo to leave immediately so they could set an ambush for the army approaching them, and Storm Fang Wolf carried Yun Luo.

Ye Bai led Lan Fa and Yun Luo into Lightning Canyon, where he learned its dangers, treasures, and the Space Talisman’s weakness. Blood Saint Son arrived outside the canyon after the Blood-colored Butterfly pursuing Ye Bai was destroyed by lightning.

• Blood Saint Son learned that the Blood-colored Butterfly had found Ye Bai and ordered it to lead him to Ye Bai, then followed with the Crimson Skeleton General and soldiers.
• Ye Bai reached Lightning Canyon and considered how to enter safely; Yun Luo’s Fate Crow warned that the route carried danger but no disaster.
• Ye Bai arranged for Yun Luo to try disrupting Blood Saint Son’s Space Talisman, and the group entered the canyon while the Blood-colored Butterfly followed and was blasted apart by Wild Thunder.
• Ye Bai’s refreshed intelligence revealed Thunder Moss, Lightning Spirit Bugs, the thunder pool and Axe of the Thunder God, and that thunder delayed Space Talisman activation by two seconds.
• Ye Bai reviewed his pets’ progress and the information about the thunder pool as Blood Saint Son arrived outside Lightning Canyon with his Crimson Legion and vowed that Ye Bai would not escape.

Ye Bai followed the Lightning Spirit Bugs into Lightning Canyon and found the Axe of the Thunder God deep inside a thunder cave. The Blood Saint Son summoned Dakarabi to draw the canyon’s lightning away, while Paper Figure Kui revealed that Da Hui and the Space Pelican had secretly stayed with Ye Bai.

• Ye Bai fed roasted meat to the Lightning Spirit Bugs, which gathered around him and helped protect the group from Wild Thunder.
• Ye Bai found a cave suitable for an ambush and sent the Sunflower Emperor’s Doppelgangers to lie in wait.
• The Blood Saint Son tried to lead his Crimson Legion into Lightning Canyon, but Wild Thunder instantly destroyed a Crimson Skeleton Soldier.
• The Blood Saint Son summoned Dakarabi and used him as a lightning rod, then entered the canyon while Dakarabi drew the lightning’s attention.
• Ye Bai found the thunder pool, Lightning Grass, and the Axe of the Thunder God, but realized he could not retrieve the axe alone.
• Paper Figure Kui emerged from a Sunflower Emperor petal and told Ye Bai that Da Hui and the Space Pelican had remained with him.

Ye Bai’s pet beasts entered the Thunder Pool to temper themselves, and Ironclad Mad Bull evolved into Thunder Armor Mad Bull. As Blood Saint Son approached with his damaged forces, Lan Fa sent the newly evolved beast to attack a Crimson Skeleton Soldier.

• Paper Figure Kui returned Da Hui and Space Pelican to Ye Bai, who released his pet beasts into the Thunder Pool.
• Da Hui’s cracked Crystal Core healed in the Thunder Essence, while Myriad Changes Silkworm and the other pet beasts endured the pool’s painful currents.
• Blood Saint Son fled into the cave after Dakarabi wrecked most of his forces and prepared to attack Ye Bai.
• Lan Fa’s Ironclad Mad Bull evolved into Thunder Armor Mad Bull, reaching Peak Fourth Order and gaining the lightning-element skill Thunder Strike.
• Ye Bai warned Lan Fa and Yun Luo that enemies were approaching, and Lan Fa ordered Thunder Armor Mad Bull to charge a Crimson Skeleton Soldier with Super Ram.

Dakarabi escaped the lightning while Ye Bai and the Myriad Changes Silkworm advanced to Fifth Order and fought the Blood Saint Son’s forces. The Blood Saint Son revived the Crimson Skeleton General and trapped Ye Bai’s group, but the battle continued as the Myriad Changes Silkworm and Little Charcoal Dog attacked the Crimson Skeleton Soldiers.

• Dakarabi escaped through a rift after vowing to place a bounty on the Blood Saint Son.
• The Myriad Changes Silkworm advanced to Fifth Order, making Ye Bai a Fifth Order Pet Beast Master, and then knocked the Blood Saint Son from his Skull Throne.
• The Blood Saint Son used the Blood Pool to revive the Crimson Skeleton General, which defeated Lan Fa’s Thunder Armor Mad Bull in one exchange.
• Yun Luo used her innate talent to bring bad luck upon the Blood Saint Son, while Ye Bai saw that the Crystal Cores she held were turning to sand.
• The Crimson Skeletons surrounded Ye Bai’s group, and the Myriad Changes Silkworm and Little Charcoal Dog attacked them with Thunder Light and scarlet flames.

Ye Bai fought Blood Saint Son in the Thunder Cavern while Da Hui claimed Axe of the Thunder God and awakened as a Sixth Order pet beast. Blood Saint Son’s escape attempt failed, and Wild Thunder destroyed him.

• Little Charcoal Dog’s flames burned the Crimson Skeleton Soldiers and scorched Blood Saint Son’s hair before Ye Bai contracted with Space Pelican, which had learned Thunder Slash.
• Ye Bai sent Lan Fa and Yun Luo out of Lightning Canyon, where they encountered more Crimson Skeleton Soldiers, while Blood Saint Son revealed his ambush and ordered Crimson Skeleton General to attack Ye Bai.
• Da Hui restored his Crystal Core, endured the Thunder Origin, claimed Axe of the Thunder God, and awakened as a Sixth Order Thunder Chinchilla.
• Da Hui and True Dragon Spirit defeated Crimson Skeleton General and destroyed the Crimson Skeleton Soldiers, while Blood Saint Son’s Space Talisman failed.
• Blood Saint Son escaped as a streak of blood-red light, but Wild Thunder struck him outside the cave and destroyed his soul.

Ye Bai killed Blood Saint Son, whose death caused the Resurrection Society to discover that half his soul had been destroyed. Blood Knight learned from Elder Feng that Blood Saint Son could not be saved, and Ye Bai found loot in the Secret Realm.

• Ye Bai and Da Hui emerged from the lightning pool after Blood Saint Son was killed.
• Blood Saint Son’s soul collapsed in the Blood Palace, and he lost consciousness after telling Red Knight to find Elder Feng.
• Blood Knight secretly hoped Blood Saint Son would die and traveled to Storm Palace to seek Elder Feng’s help.
• Elder Feng declared Blood Saint Son unsalvageable and ordered his body placed in the Crimson Altar so a new successor could be found.
• Ye Bai discovered that loot had dropped when Blood Saint Son died.

Ye Bai claimed Blood Saint Son’s Blood Pool, fused it with another Blood Pool, and discovered that its inheritance made him a target of the Resurrection Society. After new intelligence revealed a way to remove the inheritance, he prepared to pursue a natural Blood Pool while students began emerging from the Secret Realm.

• Da Hui shielded the Blood Pools from Wild Thunder as Ye Bai left his imprint on one and fused it with Blood Saint Son’s Pool.
• Ye Bai searched Blood Saint Son’s spoils and found the inheritance Rune, realizing the Resurrection Society would pursue him for it.
• Paper Figure Kui absorbed the Thunder Essence, entered seclusion, and promised to conceal Da Hui’s and the Space Pelican’s auras when Ye Bai was ready to leave.
• The refreshed intelligence revealed that Spirit Holy Son and Energy Holy Son wanted Blood Saint Son’s inheritance, and Dakarabi could extract it in exchange for Attribute Gems.
• Ye Bai decided to blame Blood Saint Son’s death on Dakarabi and planned to claim the natural Blood Pool before seeking a Heart of Lava.
• Outside the Secret Realm, Red Hair blamed Ye Bai for the Red Violent Bull Group’s defeat, while Frost Rose members emerged after losing to the Fool’s team.

With the Secret Realm’s volcano erupting, Ye Bai used the Space Pelican to reach an underground Blood Sea and began having the Blood Pool devour it. The Blood Sea resisted by summoning undead creatures and swarms of bloodflies.

• Li Yan warned the Fool team that the volcano was about to erupt and that fighting Golden Sun while their team was injured could cause devastating losses.
• Ye Bai found the natural Blood Pool’s underground location as the volcano erupted across the Secret Realm.
• Ye Bai used the Space Pelican’s Space Transfer to reach the Blood Sea and released the Blood Pool to devour it.
• Sunflower Emperor used Holy Light Illumination to destroy undead bones while the Blood Pool absorbed released Soul Fires.
• A Bone Mammoth rose from the Blood Sea, and Da Hui attacked its tusks with the Axe of the Thunder God.
• The Blood Sea summoned more bone creatures and a vast swarm of bloodflies to resist Ye Bai’s attack.

Ye Bai subdued the Blood Flood Dragon by offering it a match-three game and bound it to the Blood Pool with a Demon God Contract. Their merger triggered the collapse of the cave and an early volcanic eruption, leaving the Secret Realm in chaos as the Fool stayed behind to investigate.

• Ye Bai used the Sunflower Emperor’s light to destroy the bloodflies and weaken the Bone Mammoth, prompting the Blood Sea’s consciousness to appear as a Blood Flood Dragon.
• Ye Bai tempted the bored Blood Flood Dragon with a phone game, then negotiated a Demon God Contract requiring it to cooperate with his experiments and leave the Blood Pool’s inheritance untouched.
• Ye Bai merged the Blood Sea into the Blood Pool, freeing the Blood Flood Dragon from the Secret Realm’s restraints and causing the cave to collapse.
• The Space Pelican carried Ye Bai to the surface, where he found the volcano erupting far earlier than expected.
• Lan Fa and Yun Luo escaped using the Space Talisman, while Golden Sun and the Fool’s team suffered heavy losses and Ming Kong was injured.
• The Fool chose to remain in the Secret Realm and wondered why the volcano had erupted ten days ahead of schedule.

As the volcanic eruption overwhelmed the Secret Realm, Ye Bai learned that the Heart of Lava had fallen into its largest lake and that Lava Monsters were growing stronger by devouring other creatures. He rescued the stranded Storm Fang Wolf and invited it to leave with him, while Lan Fa and Yun Luo realized they had abandoned it.

• Fang Yu removed his mask, admitted his resentment toward Ye Bai, and decided to kill him after his teammates left.
• Ye Bai read the updated intelligence, learned where the Heart of Lava would fall, and saw that the eruption would soon engulf the Secret Realm.
• Lava Monsters emerged from the magma and grew stronger by consuming Strange Beasts and one another.
• Ye Bai observed the danger, told Space Pelican to leave, and encountered the Storm Fang Wolf surrounded by Lava Monsters.
• Space Pelican cut down a huge Lava Monster, and Ye Bai invited the terrified Storm Fang Wolf to escape with him.
• After leaving the Secret Realm, Lan Fa and Yun Luo realized they had left the Storm Fang Wolf behind.

Ye Bai searched the ruined Secret Realm for the Heart of Lava so the Little Charcoal Dog could evolve, while a pseudo Lava Lord appeared and threatened to disrupt their plans. The Little Charcoal Dog swallowed the real Heart of Lava and endured its violent transformation as Ye Bai fled with Paper Figure Kui’s fake heart to draw the Lava Lord away.

• Paper Figure Kui warned Ye Bai that danger was coming, while Fang Yu patrolled the lava fields searching for him.
• Ye Bai reached the former lake and sent the Little Charcoal Dog into the lava to find the Heart of Lava and evolve into a Nether Wolf.
• A pseudo Lava Lord approached, and Ye Bai arranged for Paper Figure Kui to mimic the Heart of Lava’s aura and conceal the real one.
• The Little Charcoal Dog found and swallowed the Heart of Lava, enduring the painful transformation as its body was reforged by fire energy.
• Ye Bai rode the Myriad Changes Silkworm’s Lightning Butterfly away with Paper Figure Kui’s fake heart to lure the Lava Lord from the Little Charcoal Dog.

Ye Bai lured the Lava Lord away from Little Charcoal Dog, while the Myriad Changes Silkworm transformed into a Lightning Butterfly to rescue him and accidentally knocked Fang Yu from the sky. Little Charcoal Dog evolved into the Nether Wolf, then plunged back into the magma as Paper Figure Kui left to look for Ye Bai, who had yet to emerge from the Secret Realm.

• Ye Bai rode the Lightning Butterfly away with the Heart of Lava as the Lava Lord pursued him and hurled magma at them.
• Magma pierced the Lightning Butterfly's wing, but the Myriad Changes Silkworm transformed into a Lightning Butterfly and carried Ye Bai to safety.
• The Myriad Changes Silkworm lost control of its flight and rammed Fang Yu's Hell Devilfish, sending Fang Yu falling into the magma and triggering his Space Talisman.
• Little Charcoal Dog absorbed dark-element energy and fused it with the Heart of Lava and Hellfire to evolve into the Nether Wolf.
• Paper Figure Kui told the Nether Wolf that Ye Bai had used himself as bait, but the Nether Wolf leaped into the magma instead of leaving with her.
• Fang Yu was teleported out and ranked first for the moment, while the others waited for Ye Bai to emerge from the Secret Realm.

Ye Bai defeated the Lava Lord in the collapsing Secret Realm and escaped with its Crystal Core and a vast haul of supplies. His score won him first place in the joint competition and admission to Imperial Capital University, but he skipped the commendation ceremony to return to his research.

• Yin Tiger worried that the collapsing Secret Realm and unstable Space Talismans could endanger Ye Bai, while Ye Bai sensed the Nether Wolf approaching across the cooling lava.
• The Nether Wolf fought the Lava Lord, drained its flames, and devoured its soul from within before emerging with the Lava Lord's red Crystal Core.
• Ye Bai asked Paper Figure Kui to teleport him out, and the Organizing Committee welcomed him back and counted his collected treasures as points.
• The committee announced Ye Bai as champion with 158996 points, awarding him the Phoenix Qilin Medal and a place among the top ten admitted to Imperial Capital University.
• Fang Yu regretted not killing Ye Bai earlier, then vowed to seek revenge, while Ye Bai declined to stay for the commendation ceremony so he could research the Sword Spirit Bug.

After winning the Young Qilin Cup, Ye Bai joined Zhang Lingxue’s research team at Imperial Capital University and revealed the Sword Spirit Bugs he had found in the Secret Realm. He offered to investigate the remaining unknown components of Sword Butterfly Eggs while Zhang Lingxue studied the bugs’ reproductive genes.

• Ye Bai returned to the competition grounds and learned that prospective students could exchange competition points for Imperial Capital University points, while President Ye Lin told him Zhang Lingxue’s research had stalled.
• Ye Bai secured a place as a temporary worker on Zhang Lingxue’s research team and hurried to Imperial Capital University.
• Zhang Lingxue explained that she had identified ninety-seven percent of Sword Butterfly Egg components but could not analyze the remaining three percent, putting her research wager and reputation at risk.
• Ye Bai secretly showed Zhang Lingxue the Sword Spirit Bugs he had brought from the Secret Realm and explained that a Sword Butterfly had laid more than ten viable eggs.
• Ye Bai proposed that Zhang Lingxue investigate the Sword Spirit Bugs’ reproductive genes while he worked on identifying the remaining Sword Butterfly Egg components for the Spirit Summoning Potion.

Ye Bai left Zhang Lingxue to finish researching Sword Spirit Bugs and met Sophia, who warned him that the Resurrection Society was investigating the Blood Saint Son’s death. After learning about the Dark Auction House, Ye Bai planned to pin the stolen inheritance and the Secret Realm’s events on Dakarabi.

• Ye Bai left Sword Spirit Bug eggs and resources with Zhang Lingxue, then declined her offer to stay in her dormitory and headed out to meet Old Jiang.
• Butler invited Ye Bai into Sophia’s car, where Sophia revealed that the Resurrection Society was monitoring everyone who had entered the Secret Realm.
• Sophia used her Eye of Destiny to identify Ye Bai as a Fifth Order Pet Beast Master and said she had spread false information to delay the Resurrection Society’s investigation.
• Sophia drove Ye Bai to a renovated villa protected by a Barrier that could withstand a Seventh Order Strange Beast, and Ye Bai worried that the Resurrection Society had moved too quickly.
• Ye Bai’s new intelligence revealed the Blood Knight’s role in the Blood Saint Son’s death and the location of the Dark Auction House, which he planned to use to dispose of the inheritance and blame Dakarabi.

Ye Bai researched Dakarabi and decided to summon the Demon God in the Imperial Capital’s Ghost Market, while President Zhang Da’s forces suppressed the undead disaster in Tianhe City. The Necromancer then gathered Gospel Association leaders and tried to recruit them to explore a Secret Realm and claim the Blood Saint Son’s inheritance, but they remained suspicious of his motives.

• Ye Bai learned about Dakarabi’s tastes and powers, then decided to seek a beautiful avian Strange Beast and summon him in the Ghost Market.
• President Zhang Da and Fang Ri Tu cleared Tianhe City of Corpse Ghouls with Sunflower Emperor doppelgangers and planned to contain the Grave Whips and seal off the corrupted city.
• The Necromancer told Whip Strike Girl, Demon Swordsman Delan, and the Sun Moon Star Three Sages that a Secret Realm might hold the secret to godhood and a divine spark.
• The Necromancer offered access to the Blood Saint Son’s inheritance and his collected books in exchange for help entering the Secret Realm and obtaining the Soul Reincarnation Secret Art.
• Whip Strike Girl, Demon Swordsman Delan, and the Sun Moon Star Three Sages considered the offer but remained wary of the Necromancer’s schemes.

The Necromancer recruited Whip Strike Girl, Demon Swordsman, and the Three Sages to help find the Blood Saint Son's inheritance, paying them with magic stones and lending Whip Strike Girl a Destiny Pointer. Meanwhile, Ye Bai entered the Imperial Capital's Ghost Market, where he bought a bronze travel pass and learned how to use it to navigate.

• The Necromancer explained that the Blood Saint Son's inheritance would appear at the Dark Auction House and paid the Three Sages, Whip Strike Girl, and Demon Swordsman with magic stones to help intercept it.
• The Necromancer offered a shadow-manipulating prisoner for the search, and the Three Sages persuaded it to lend Whip Strike Girl the Destiny Pointer.
• Whip Strike Girl took the Destiny Pointer and left, while the Three Sages noted that it had only one use remaining.
• Ye Bai left home under cover of night with Space Pelican and traveled in disguise to the Ghost Market in Big Willow Tree Village.
• Ye Bai bought a bronze travel pass from the Paper Men for one million Alliance Coins and received one hundred Ghost Copper Coins.
• The Paper Men explained that Ye Bai could use Mental Power to display the pass's map and have it guide him to a destination.

Ye Bai summoned the 69th Pillar Demon God, Dakarabi, and asked him to extract the Blood Saint Son’s inheritance from the Blood Pool. After Dakarabi helped and gave Ye Bai a Divine Power Crystal, Ye Bai planned to sell the extracted inheritance at the Dark Auction House.

• Ye Bai bought a snow-white Macaw and prepared a protected room at Laifu Inn for the summoning, with Paper Figure Kui checking and reinforcing its Barrier.
• Ye Bai summoned Dakarabi with a Magic Array, offered him the Macaw and five flawless Attribute Crystal Cores, and asked for the Blood Saint Son’s inheritance to be removed from the Blood Pool.
• Dakarabi extracted the inheritance into a Fifth Order Crystal Core and secretly gave Ye Bai a copy of its knowledge, then rewarded him with a Divine Power Crystal.
• Dakarabi departed, and Ye Bai warned Paper Figure Kui to check the Divine Power Crystal for traces of Dakarabi’s consciousness before accepting it.
• Ye Bai resolved to take the extracted inheritance to the Dark Auction House and sell it.

Ye Bai entrusted Blood Saint Son's inheritance to Paper Figure Kui before escaping to the Imperial Capital, while Zhang Lingxue uncovered unusual genes that could explain Sword Spirit Bug reproduction. Director Liang planned to exploit Zhang Lingxue's research failure to ruin her reputation and advance his own career.

• Ye Bai gave Blood Saint Son's inheritance and the Divine Power Crystal to Paper Figure Kui, then used repeated spatial jumps with the Space Pelican to evade pursuit.
• A hooded man followed Ye Bai's trail with the Eternal Pointer, while a Paper Man found the ransacked room and put the disturbance on Laifu Inn's Blacklist.
• Zhang Lingxue told Ye Bai that Sword Spirit Bugs had three unusual gene sets that might control reproduction, and she began researching them in her portable Secret Realm.
• Ye Bai gave Zhang Lingxue ironwood from the Secret Realm and planned to use Bai Luo's ability to make a Spirit Summoning Potion for the True Dragon Sword and Sunflower Emperor's blades.
• Director Liang ordered Secretary He to monitor Zhang Lingxue and supply her with whatever she requested, expecting her research to fail and damage Su Qingxian's standing.