Chapter Summaries

Bai Lan encountered A Yao in Tiandu City and learned that the former thief now worked as a courier and information broker. After asking A Yao for help locating Lan Jinyu, Bai Lan learned that A Yao knew where she was.

• Bai Lan rewound time and continued exploring Tiandu City to gather information and map escape routes.
• A Yao recognized Bai Lan and was startled to find her alive after hearing the Evil Fiend Gang had been wiped out.
• Bai Lan questioned A Yao about her work, and A Yao claimed she had abandoned thievery and now ran errands and sold information.
• Bai Lan asked A Yao to find Lan Jinyu, and A Yao admitted she knew about her.

Bai Lan claimed to know how to treat Lan Jinyu’s Profound Yin Absolute Pulse and arranged for Lan Jinyu to meet her at the Evergreen Inn. There, Bai Lan posed as the reborn Lan Family ancestor Lan Wuyou, leaving Lan Jinyu stunned.

• Bai Lan gave A Yao a Lan Family token and told her to inform Lan Jinyu that she could treat the Profound Yin Absolute Pulse.
• A Yao told Lan Jinyu about Bai Lan’s offer, and Lan Jinyu recognized the token and urgently asked to meet its owner.
• Despite Lan Jinyao’s warning that the offer might be a trap, Lan Jinyu went with A Yao to the Evergreen Inn.
• Bai Lan studied the bearing of Nascent Soul experts, then waited for Lan Jinyu while presenting herself as a powerful cultivator.
• Bai Lan examined Lan Jinyu’s physique and claimed she was Lan Wuyou, a Lan Family ancestor reborn in a new body.
• Lan Jinyu wondered aloud whether Bai Lan was her ancestor.

Bai Lan convinced Lan Jinyu and Lan Jinyao that she was their ancestor, Lan Wuyou, by giving Lan Jinyu the Art of Condensing Ice and Transforming Qi. She revealed that she was only at the Qi Refining stage and told the sisters to keep her identity secret for now.

• Bai Lan used voice transmission to tell Lan Jinyu and Lan Jinyao that they had guessed her identity, while A Yao fled after suspecting a scam.
• Lan Jinyao challenged Bai Lan’s claim, and Lan Jinyu asked for proof that she was Lan Wuyou.
• Bai Lan gave Lan Jinyu a Jade Slip containing the Art of Condensing Ice and Transforming Qi.
• Lan Jinyu recognized the technique as a potential solution to her Profound Yin Absolute Pulse, and the sisters apologized for doubting Bai Lan.
• Bai Lan told the sisters not to call her Ancestor and asked them to keep her identity secret because her current cultivation was only at the Qi Refining stage.

After Lan Jinyu and Lan Jinyao accepted Bai Lan as their ancestor, Bai Lan examined Lan Jinyao’s aptitude and promised to pass on the missing layers of the Myriad Wood Art. She made the sisters swear loyalty to her and the Lan Family and to oppose Long Aotian, leaving Lan Jinyu consumed by hatred for the man she believed had betrayed her ancestor and caused her suffering.

• Lan Jinyu and Lan Jinyao explained the Lan Family’s power structure to Bai Lan and identified themselves as daughters of its head, Lan Wanshan.
• Bai Lan examined Lan Jinyao and identified her ice and wood dual spiritual roots and her Myriad Wood Art cultivation.
• Bai Lan claimed she had created the Myriad Wood Art and promised to pass Lan Jinyao its second layer after a few days.
• Bai Lan asked the sisters to swear loyalty to her and the Lan Family and never to befriend or aid Long Aotian, whom she accused of betraying her and plotting against the family.
• Bai Lan told Lan Jinyu that her Profound Yin Absolute Pulse could have advanced far further with the Art of Condensing Ice and Transforming Qi, and Lan Jinyu blamed Long Aotian for her hardship.

Bai Lan strengthened her influence by recruiting Lan Jinyu and Lan Jinyao, then tasked Gongsun Lian and Qiu Tian with monitoring Bai Ling and approaching her. She returned to the Myriad Treasures Pavilion in Long Aotian's guise and pretended to accept Li Xunxian's order to remain confined.

• Bai Lan urged Lan Jinyu to reach Foundation Establishment within a month and claim the Lan Family's young master position within a year, then gave her and Lan Jinyao a thousand-year Stone Milkwort.
• Bai Lan learned that Gongsun Lian had defeated Qiu Tian and recruited him to help investigate a secret realm.
• Bai Lan ordered Gongsun Lian and Qiu Tian to watch Bai Ling and prevent her from gaining opportunities, while Qiu Tian was tasked with earning a place in Bai Ling's heart.
• Bai Lan had the system coach Qiu Tian on acting possessive toward Bai Ling, while Gongsun Lian listened with interest.
• Bai Lan returned to the Myriad Treasures Pavilion disguised as Long Aotian, where a black-clothed cultivator ordered her to stay inside from the next day onward.
• Bai Lan pretended to submit to Li Xunxian's restriction, and Xue'er grew upset on her behalf.

Bai Lan prepared for Ling Xunxian while Lan Jinyu and Lan Jinyao used Stone Milkwort to break through to Foundation Establishment. Lan Jinyu fulfilled her three-year agreement with the Lan Family head, who rejected Wang Tianba’s marriage demand and began treating her as a valued genius.

• Bai Lan told Xue'er to stand ready to help, then spent half a month cultivating in the chamber Ling Xunxian had prepared for her.
• Lan Jinyu and Lan Jinyao broke through to Foundation Establishment with Yun Shuiyue’s help, while keeping Bai Lan’s identity and remaining Stone Milkwort secret.
• Lan Jinyu told the Lan Family head she had resolved her Profound Yin Absolute Pulse and reached Foundation Establishment within their three-year deadline.
• The Lan Family head canceled Lan Jinyu’s proposed marriage to Wang Tianba and promised to direct family resources toward her cultivation.
• Wang Tianba came to demand Lan Jinyu’s hand in marriage, but the Lan Family head refused, choosing to protect her as a promising talent.

Li Xunxian questioned Bai Lan about her recent movements, then gave her a mind-bewitching rattle-drum and revealed the secret she wanted Bai Lan to investigate. Li Xunxian hoped to obtain intelligence about the rare eighth-grade Apex Tribulation pill from the upcoming Heavenly Secrets Pavilion trial.

• Li Xunxian and Bai Lan discussed how Lan Jinyu and Lan Jinyao had gained the Lan Family head's regard after breaking through to Foundation Establishment.
• Li Xunxian asked Bai Lan what she had done outside Myriad Treasures Pavilion, and Bai Lan angrily accused her of having her watched and confined.
• Li Xunxian soothed Bai Lan and gave her a High-grade Spirit Artifact rattle-drum that could bewilder its target's mind.
• Bai Lan pressed Li Xunxian to reveal what intelligence she wanted investigated, promising to risk her life for the truth.
• Li Xunxian set down a soundproof restriction and told Bai Lan she sought clues about the eighth-grade Apex Tribulation pill through the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion trial.

Bai Lan manipulated Li Xunxian into considering a search for Di Wu Yin and the pill scripture, while secretly planning to disrupt Li’s scheme and keep Di Wu Yin away from Long Aotian. After returning to her chamber, Bai Lan contacted Di Wu Yin and decided to hurry her plans along.

• Bai Lan suggested that Li Xunxian investigate Xuan Sha Zi’s ruins and told her that Di Wu Yin might possess a pill scripture inheritance.
• Li Xunxian questioned Bai Lan’s motives and asked about Di Wu Yin’s cultivation, then agreed to consider acting after Bai Lan safely left the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion.
• Xue'er and A Jiu watched Bai Lan and Li Xunxian; Xue'er insisted Long Aotian was only pretending to cooperate and prepared to answer his call for help.
• Bai Lan returned to her cultivation chamber, set restrictions, and used Di Wu Yin’s Sound Transmission Talisman to contact her.
• Bai Lan worried that Di Wu Yin might meet and fall in love with Long Aotian, so she resolved to speed up her plan to lure Di Wu Yin away.

Bai Lan persuaded Di Wu Yin to travel to Tiandu City for a chance to enter the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, while secretly pursuing her own plans. After Li Xunxian escorted Bai Lan to Hidden Dragon Abyss, Bai Lan entered the trial grounds, and the system went to meet Di Wu Yin.

• Bai Lan told Di Wu Yin about the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion's three trials and invited her to Tiandu City, advising her to withdraw before the dangerous second round.
• Di Wu Yin agreed to share Joyous Union Sect cultivation methods and divine abilities with Bai Lan in exchange for her help.
• After two more days at the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, Bai Lan traveled with Li Xunxian to Hidden Dragon Abyss, where the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion's trial grounds were concealed by an illusion formation.
• Li Xunxian explained that only the assassin who accepted a bounty could claim its reward for killing Bai Lan, then hid nearby as Bai Lan entered the forest.
• The system waited outside Tiandu City's Teleportation Array, followed Di Wu Yin when she arrived, and introduced herself as someone sent by Bai Lan to receive her.

Di Wu Yin followed the invisible system toward the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion’s trial grounds while Bai Lan entered an illusion that dropped her into the Hidden Dragon Abyss. After loading a save and escaping the fall, Bai Lan arrived at the tournament grounds, where True Lord Guangwei announced the rules for the Truth-Revealing Mirror.

• The system convinced Di Wu Yin that Bai Lan had sent it to guide her, and the two left the city while both remained wary of each other.
• Bai Lan realized she was trapped in a powerful illusion and fell into the Hidden Dragon Abyss, where Yin Ghosts attacked her.
• Bai Lan loaded a save, spotted the array flags, and was teleported to the tournament grounds.
• Bai Lan recognized True Lord Guangwei as Wen Wei, an assassin who had fallen in love with Bai Ling and canceled his mission by slaughtering the Lineage that hired him.
• True Lord Guangwei told the contestants that disguise was allowed, but the Truth-Revealing Mirror would expose their true identities before they entered the pavilion.

Bai Lan disguised as Long Aotian prepared to enter the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion trials, then discovered that Di Wu Yin already knew Long Aotian and had a complicated history with him. She improvised to preserve her disguise as the group headed to Demon Yin Island for the first trial.

• True Lord Guangwei warned that the Truth-Revealing Mirror could expose disguises, and several cultivators left Hidden Dragon Abyss.
• Di Wu Yin arrived after the system led her to Bai Lan, and the crowd noticed her unusually low Foundation Establishment cultivation.
• True Lord Guangwei led the contestants toward the first trial ground, Demon Yin Island.
• Di Wu Yin recognized Bai Lan as Long Aotian and called her a little brat, startling Bai Lan and the system.
• Bai Lan pretended to be Long Aotian and learned that Di Wu Yin believed he had taken advantage of her while she was drugged.
• Di Wu Yin entered the teleportation array with a leaf-shaped magical treasure, preparing to face the Yin Ghosts on Demon Yin Island.

Bai Lan entered the Heavenly Secrets Grand Competition disguised as Long Aotian, intent on eliminating demonic cultivators and collecting their Yin Ghosts. After killing a demonic cultivator, she threatened the righteous cultivator she had supposedly helped and demanded his gourd.

• Bai Lan considered how valuable Qi Gathering Pills could be and decided alchemy might bring wealth and help Lan Jinyu gather followers.
• Bai Lan told the system that Li Xunxian could kill Di Wu Yin if she became a threat, then entered the competition’s formation.
• Bai Lan emerged from the Teleportation Array, sensed a battle, and approached a demonic cultivator fighting a righteous cultivator.
• Bai Lan used the Heart-Bewitching Bell, her spear, and the Five Thunder Palm to kill the demonic cultivator while the righteous cultivator was briefly bewitched.
• Bai Lan demanded the righteous cultivator’s gourd, threatening him when he resisted.

Bai Lan hunted contestants on Demon Yin Island, taking their gourds and Storage Bags while posing as Long Aotian. She continued gathering loot and enemies for Long Aotian, aiming to end the trial in a week.

• Bai Lan forced a righteous cultivator to hand over his empty gourd and Storage Bag, then introduced herself as Long Aotian and let him flee with a grudge.
• Bai Lan used her Hidden Spirit Robe and Buddhist light to avoid Yin Ghosts, collect abandoned Storage Bags, and hunt lone cultivators instead of gathering yin soul power.
• Bai Lan watched a righteous cultivator defeat a demonic cultivator, then attacked the exhausted victor and took his Storage Bag.
• Bai Lan spared the defeated righteous cultivator but made sure he blamed Long Aotian, while the real Long Aotian sneezed far away on Mist Cloud Continent.
• Bai Lan continued taking contestants' possessions and spreading resentment toward Long Aotian, sparing those who did not provoke her.

Bai Lan planned to eliminate the other competitors in the Threefold Trial so the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion’s leaders would notice her and she could gain access to their secrets and resources. As the Pavilion’s righteous and demonic elders argued over her actions, a red-haired Foundation Establishment cultivator confronted her, accusing her of killing his younger brother.

• Bai Lan explained to the system that she wanted to become the sole Qi Refining cultivator to pass the trial and attract the attention of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion’s upper ranks.
• Bai Lan continued collecting gourds, reasoning that the Pavilion’s leaders had tacitly approved because they had not stopped her.
• The Pavilion’s Core Formation cultivators watched Bai Lan and argued over whether her attacks on demonic cultivators and leniency toward righteous ones were unfair.
• A red-haired demonic cultivator arrived at the inner hall with half a shattered Sound Transmission Talisman and accused Bai Lan of killing his younger brother.
• Bai Lan sensed that the red-haired cultivator was only at the fifth layer of Foundation Establishment and relaxed.

Bai Lan, posing as Long Aotian, fought Wang Tianba after discovering he was a demonic cultivator hiding his identity. She used a Thunder Fire Bead to break through his defenses, but a Wang Family ancestor’s Nascent Soul protection saved him, leaving her preparing to attack again.

• Wang Tianba identified himself as a Wang Family disciple and admitted he was a demonic cultivator who planned to kill Bai Lan to hide the truth.
• Bai Lan taunted Wang Tianba and evaded his attacks while studying his techniques and planning a lethal counterattack.
• Bai Lan concealed a Thunder Fire Bead among Fireball Techniques and wind-guiding talismans, then detonated it beside Wang Tianba.
• The blast injured Bai Lan and scorched the battlefield, but Wang Tianba survived behind a crimson jade pendant’s Nascent Soul-stage barrier.
• Bai Lan readied a second Thunder Fire Bead while Wang Tianba remained stunned.

Bai Lan killed Wang Tianba with a Thunder Fire Bead and claimed his valuable possessions, prompting the Wang Family ancestor to plot revenge against Long Aotian. As Bai Lan searched Demon Yin Island for the remaining gourds, True Lord Suiyun, Pavilion Master of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, contacted her.

• Bai Lan killed Wang Tianba with a Thunder Fire Bead, then took his Storage Bag, white jade belt, and crimson greatsword.
• Bai Lan found Spirit Stones, artifacts, and the Wang Family's secret Bone Tempering Elixir and Spirit Awakening Elixir formulas in Wang Tianba's Storage Bag.
• The Wang Family ancestor saw through his jade pendant's divine soul that Long Aotian had killed his grandson and went to discuss a plan to eliminate him.
• Heavenly Secrets Pavilion elders learned that Bai Lan had five spiritual roots and debated her cultivation prospects, diminishing their interest in taking her as a disciple.
• Bai Lan continued searching Demon Yin Island for two missing gourds, but the system questioned whether she should keep looking.
• True Lord Suiyun identified herself to Bai Lan as the Pavilion Master of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion and warned her about targeting Yan Gu and Lin Ruoshui.

Bai Lan encountered True Lord Suiyun, the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion Master, and used her saves to uncover the fate of Wang Tianba’s guard and the danger posed by Suiyun’s purple spiritual flame. The chapter ended with Suiyun offering Bai Lan the flaming skull and Bai Lan asking whether she had killed one of the Pavilion Master’s juniors by mistake.

• Bai Lan put the system in the Void Stone and addressed the unseen Heavenly Secrets Pavilion Master, who revealed that she had killed Wang Tianba’s Foundation Establishment guard.
• Bai Lan made a save and rewound time to follow the battle, where she watched True Lord Suiyun burn an old man to a skeleton with purple flames.
• Bai Lan saw True Lord Suiyun appear before her and load the save after recognizing the Pavilion Master’s demonic-cultivator manner.
• Bai Lan rewound to after killing Wang Tianba, and True Lord Suiyun presented her with the flaming skull as a gift.
• Bai Lan asked True Lord Suiyun whether she had accidentally killed one of her disciples, granddisciples, or juniors.

Bai Lan used a formation, pills, and a body-tempering art to endure and subdue the Purple Firmament True Fire, which she then fused with. True Lord Suiyun accepted Bai Lan as her disciple and told her that demonic cultivator elders were angry she had kicked more than a hundred trial participants out of the trial.

• Bai Lan prepared a water-attributed formation, pills, and her body-tempering art before saving her progress and drawing a wisp of purple fire from the skull.
• Bai Lan swallowed the pills and endured the spirit fire while using the Chaos Yin Yang Art and body-tempering art to resist it.
• After half a day, True Lord Suiyun fanned Bai Lan, spreading the flames over her body, and Bai Lan unexpectedly fused with the fire.
• Bai Lan thanked True Lord Suiyun for the fire and claimed she had no master, so True Lord Suiyun accepted her as a disciple.
• True Lord Suiyun told Bai Lan that demonic cultivator elders were dissatisfied because she had kicked more than a hundred participants out of the trial.

Bai Lan accepted True Lord Suiyun as her master after the trial ended, and learned that the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion’s leader could not divine her fate. She left the Demon Yin Island secret realm as the Pavilion’s Young Pavilion Master, unaware that Li Xunxian was waiting outside for news.

• True Lord Suiyun offered to deal with Bai Lan’s existing master or take her as an adopted daughter, but Bai Lan changed the subject to the trial.
• True Lord Suiyun explained that Bai Lan had effectively ended the trial by sending away the other participants and said her divination could not read Bai Lan’s fate.
• True Lord Suiyun revealed that Bai Ling and Long Aotian had terrible luck, and Bai Lan reflected that she had repeatedly taken the opportunities they might have found.
• True Lord Suiyun called Bai Lan favored by the Heavenly Dao and made her the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion’s personal disciple and Young Pavilion Master.
• Bai Lan wondered how Li Xunxian would react when he learned of her unexpected appointment.

Bai Lan accompanied True Lord Suiyun to the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion’s central hall, where elders argued over her conduct during the trial. True Lord Suiyun revealed that he had accepted her as his disciple and named her the Young Pavilion Master, leaving the elders stunned.

• Bai Lan questioned True Lord Suiyun about his lack of disciples, and he admitted that dozens had died trying to tame his Purple Firmament True Fire.
• True Lord Suiyun promised Bai Lan a visit to the Pavilion’s Lightning Pool after she reached Foundation Establishment.
• Bai Lan entered the central hall with True Lord Suiyun, where demonic and righteous path elders disputed whether her actions in the trial made her unfit to remain in the Pavilion.
• True Lord Suiyun asked Bai Lan to demonstrate how he had disciplined her, and she displayed the Purple Firmament True Fire, shocking the elders.
• True Lord Suiyun announced that Bai Lan was his disciple and the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion’s Young Pavilion Master.