Chapter Summaries

Bai Lan showed True Lord Hong Xiao her evolved Dragon Transformation Art and gave her the first three layers of the Life Resurgence Technique. She prepared Hong Xiao to investigate Yunyang, then sent Li Xunxian to recruit Long Yanran for the Spirit Taming Sect.

• True Lord Hong Xiao watched Bai Lan demonstrate a flood dragon formed through her earth-rank Dragon Transformation Art, and Bai Lan offered to derive other beast-transformation methods for her.
• Bai Lan gave True Lord Hong Xiao a Jade Slip containing the first three layers of the Life Resurgence Technique and discussed Hong Xiao investigating Yunyang as the Joyous Union Sect prepared to relocate.
• True Lord Hong Xiao asked Bai Lan to protect Danzhu if she died, but Bai Lan reassured her that she would survive and used a save to redo their conversation after sending Hong Xiao outside the Void Stone.
• Bai Lan checked that He Gui had left, then led everyone out of the Void Stone and told Li Xunxian to recruit Long Yanran from the Long Family.
• Bai Lan gave Li Xunxian a Storage Bag of pills and Spirit Stones, and Li Xunxian departed in a wisp of black smoke.

Bai Lan sent Di Wu Yin and Gongsun Lian on separate assignments, then followed Di Wu Yin in disguise as Long Aotian. Di Wu Yin discovered the deception and contacted Bai Lan, who told her to lure Long Aotian into Tiandu City.

• Bai Lan gave Di Wu Yin a token and letter for the Lan Family, while Gongsun Lian left to claim a spirit vein and build a force within the Demonic Palace.
• Di Wu Yin decided to obey Bai Lan and travel to the Cangwu Continent because Bai Lan held a wisp of her Divine Soul.
• Long Aotian disguised himself as Bai Lan, caught up with Di Wu Yin, and ordered her to stay by his side because he controlled her Divine Soul.
• Di Wu Yin pretended to still love Long Aotian and agreed to travel with him while secretly recognizing his identity.
• Di Wu Yin sent Bai Lan a Sound Transmission Talisman, and Bai Lan instructed her to use a beauty trap to expose Long Aotian and lure him into Tiandu City.

Di Wu Yin tricked Long Aotian into revealing his identity and the Disguise Technique, then agreed to flee Mist Cloud Continent with him. Meanwhile, the system gathered detailed intelligence about Luan Yin’s former sect, and Long Aotian planned to retrieve a cave abode that Bai Lan’s side had already claimed.

• Bai Lan urged Di Wu Yin to stay close to Long Aotian, while True Lord Hong Xiao learned about his Charm Technique and Spirit Transformation protector.
• Di Wu Yin pretended to reject Long Aotian and demand death, prompting him to reveal his true identity and teach her the Disguise Technique.
• The system questioned Luan Yin about the Corpse Refining Sect and obtained its secrets in exchange for a Soul Nurturing Pill.
• Long Aotian asked Di Wu Yin to leave Mist Cloud Continent with him, and she agreed while concealing that Bai Lan’s side had taken over his cave abode and small spirit vein.
• Long Aotian insisted on returning to his cave abode before they departed, and Di Wu Yin agreed without telling him what she knew.

Luan Yin broke into Long Aotian’s cave abode and prepared to fight him, while the system fled to a safe distance and alerted Bai Lan. Bai Lan made a save file and sent True Lord Hong Xiao toward the Joyous Union Sect, leaving Danzhu behind to wait.

• Luan Yin and the system entered Long Aotian’s cave abode after Luan Yin broke its three defensive formations.
• The system told Luan Yin that Bai Ling and Long Aotian had been childhood sweethearts, prompting Luan Yin to prepare to kill his rival.
• The system fled a thousand meters away and secretly watched the coming fight through a telescope.
• The system alerted Bai Lan, who made a save file and sent True Lord Hong Xiao toward the Joyous Union Sect.
• Bai Lan stopped Danzhu from following True Lord Hong Xiao and told her to wait for news.

Bai Lan prepared to seize the Joyous Union Sect while True Lord Hong Xiao secretly delayed its evacuation and trapped its remaining disciples. After the sect’s leaders left, Hong Xiao handed Bai Lan the sect’s supplies, and Bai Lan left the captured disciples’ fate to her under the Spirit Taming Sect’s rules.

• Bai Lan studied cultivation arts while waiting, then learned from True Lord Hong Xiao that a supposed Bai Ling near Yunyang was only a lookalike substitute.
• True Lord Hong Xiao delayed the final supply convoy and set up a fifth-rank array that secretly trapped the Joyous Union Sect’s low-level disciples.
• After the Nascent Soul and Core Formation cultivators evacuated, Bai Lan passed evacuation-route intelligence to Sect Master Qinghe and led Danzhu and the others into the deserted sect.
• True Lord Hong Xiao revealed her allegiance to Bai Lan and presented her with a list of the remaining supplies.
• Bai Lan said Hong Xiao could decide the captured disciples’ fate and began using the Mountain Suppressing Banner, while Hong Xiao demanded that they join the Spirit Taming Sect or die.

Bai Lan surveyed the looted Joyous Union Sect and prepared to move its grounds, while True Lord Hong Xiao offered the remaining disciples a chance to join the Spirit Taming Sect. A purple-clad Tribulation Crossing cultivator ambushed Bai Lan, but Bai Lan learned Yunyang was absent and faced her without fear.

• True Lord Hong Xiao offered the Joyous Union Sect disciples survival and benefits if they joined the Spirit Taming Sect, while warning that the others would die.
• Bai Lan inspected the stripped sect grounds and assessed its remaining spirit vein, materials, and two seventh-rank formations.
• As Bai Lan began moving the sect with the Mountain Suppressing Banner, poisoned flying knives struck her shoulder.
• Bai Lan used the Broad-Eyed Marvelous Dharma Technique to spot a purple-clad Tribulation Crossing cultivator, who demanded Bai Lan's secret technique and questioned her connection to Hong Xiao.
• The purple-clad woman revealed that Yunyang was absent and claimed she would capture Hong Xiao and Bai Lan; Bai Lan relaxed when she realized no Nascent Soul Cultivator was present.

Bai Lan discovered that Hong Ru and Kui Qing were still hiding in the Joyous Union Sect, then used repeated saves and a barrage of talismans to try to kill Hong Ru. True Lord Hong Xiao faced Kui Qing, who accused her of betraying the sect, while she stalled for time.

• Bai Lan loaded a save and warned True Lord Hong Xiao that at least two powerful cultivators remained in the Joyous Union Sect.
• True Lord Hong Xiao identified Hong Ru and her Dao companion, Late Core Formation cultivator Kui Qing, and Bai Lan planned to lure Kui Qing into formations while she dealt with Hong Ru.
• Bai Lan ambushed Hong Ru by making the mountain beneath her disappear and striking with a Thunder Fire Bead, but Hong Ru emerged unscathed.
• Bai Lan loaded saves repeatedly and attacked Hong Ru with more talismans, hoping to overwhelm her defenses.
• Kui Qing ambushed True Lord Hong Xiao with Poisonous Bees, but Hong Xiao was prepared and accused him and Hong Ru of serving the Joyous Union Sect blindly.
• True Lord Hong Xiao told Kui Qing that Ancestor Yunyang cared more about rescuing Bai Ling than protecting the sect, then continued to stall as Kui Qing grew angry.

True Lord Hong Xiao stalled Kui Qing while Bai Lan killed True Lord Hong Ru and then joined Hong Xiao to lure Kui Qing into an array. The chapter ended with Kui Qing enraged and powering up as Bai Lan and Hong Xiao prepared to face him together.

• True Lord Hong Xiao feigned a self-destruct to make Kui Qing flee, then escaped and kept him chasing her around the Joyous Union Sect.
• Kui Qing sent a Sound Transmission Talisman to Yunyang, but Yunyang ignored it while comforting Bai Ling and promising to take her away from the Demonic Palace.
• Kui Qing discovered that True Lord Hong Ru’s soul lamp had gone out and realized she had died.
• Bai Lan emerged after killing True Lord Hong Ru and told Hong Xiao they needed to lure Kui Qing into the array and defeat him together.
• True Lord Hong Xiao reacted with shock to Bai Lan’s news as Kui Qing activated a secret technique and his hair and beard turned crimson.

Bai Lan and True Lord Hong Xiao lured Kui Qing into the Joyous Union Sect’s grand array and used poisonous mist to weaken him. Bai Lan tricked him into wasting a powerful Blood Bead defense on a fake talisman, leaving the battle unresolved as she watched from the Void Stone.

• Bai Lan reassured True Lord Hong Xiao that her Nascent Soul-level talisman could kill Kui Qing if it hit him.
• True Lord Hong Xiao lured Kui Qing toward the southwest, where the Eight Gates Sky Net Array trapped him.
• Bai Lan filled the array with poisonous mist, forcing Kui Qing to divide his spiritual energy between suppressing the toxins and breaking the formation.
• Bai Lan presented a talisman and vanished with True Lord Hong Xiao into the Void Stone as Kui Qing burned a hundred years of his lifespan to activate his Blood Bead.
• Kui Qing discovered the talisman was only a Fifth Tier Talisman, while Bai Lan mocked him from hiding.

Bai Lan trapped Kui Qing in the Joyous Union Sect’s Wind Fire Demon Subduing Array and wore him down while he tried to escape. As Kui Qing threatened her with Yunyang and the demonic factions, Hong Xiao revealed that she had already fled the Demon Palace after offending He Gui.

• After Bai Lan and Hong Xiao reappeared, Kui Qing realized his lifespan-burning secret art had been wasted blocking a talisman attack that never came.
• Kui Qing swallowed blood-red pills and transformed, but Bai Lan activated the Wind Fire Demon Subduing Array beneath the damaged Eight Gates Sky Net Array.
• Bai Lan and Hong Xiao watched Kui Qing struggle as the array’s wind and fire ravaged him, while poison made his spiritual power sluggish.
• Bai Lan offered to spare Kui Qing if he surrendered a wisp of his divine sense, but he refused because he wanted revenge for Hong Ru.
• Kui Qing threatened that Yunyang and the demonic factions would pursue Bai Lan, and Hong Xiao said she had left the Demon Palace after offending He Gui.

Bai Lan used the Fox King’s tail and a Nascent Soul talisman to defeat Kui Qing, then helped Hong Xiao take control of the Joyous Union Sect. The chapter ended with Bai Lan removing the sect’s mountain and spiritual vein as they prepared to flee before reinforcements arrived.

• Bai Lan used the Fox King’s tail to subdue Kui Qing’s two demon foxes, which fled back into his Spirit Beast Bag.
• Bai Lan watched Kui Qing’s escape attempt from the Void Stone, then rewound events and killed him with a Nascent Soul cultivator’s Full Power Strike Talisman.
• Bai Lan warned Hong Xiao that Yunyang or other Nascent Soul cultivators might arrive, then gathered Kui Qing’s remains and headed for the Joyous Union Sect’s main hall.
• Hong Xiao demanded that the trapped Joyous Union Sect disciples surrender their divine souls or face death, and they joined the Spirit Taming Sect.
• Bai Lan dug up the Joyous Union Sect’s mountain and spiritual vein, while Hong Xiao struggled with absorbing so many divine souls.

Bai Lan escaped the demonic-path pursuers while the system intervened to save Luan Yin from Long Aotian and claimed the contents of Long Aotian's cave abode. Inside the Void Stone, Bai Lan reunited with True Lord Hong Xiao and advised the captured Joyous Union Sect disciples to flee from stronger opponents.

• Bai Lan gave True Lord Hong Xiao the first layer of the Formless Skill, stored the Joyous Union Sect disciples in the Void Stone, and fled with True Lord Hong Xiao.
• The system appeared as Bai Lan, startling Long Aotian into fleeing with Di Wu Yin just as he was about to defeat Luan Yin.
• The system reprimanded Luan Yin for acting without orders, sent him to gather the cave abode's resources, and explained that Long Aotian had a Spirit Transformation cultivator's remnant soul in his sea of consciousness.
• The system took the Soul Nurturing Wood from Long Aotian's cave abode and warned Luan Yin that his Soul Nurturing Pills could be deducted.
• Bai Lan shook off her pursuers and entered the Void Stone, where she told the Joyous Union Sect disciples to run rather than fight stronger cultivators.

Bai Lan reassured the new Spirit Taming Sect disciples that they could eventually leave the secret realm, then inspected her spoils and worked with the Artifact Spirit to organize the growing sect. She planned to build a large teleportation array and use sect rules, missions, and Contribution Points to develop the disciples and gather resources.

• Bai Lan told the new disciples that a damaged teleportation array was the only thing preventing them from leaving the secret realm, and they accepted the sect as a worthwhile place to stay.
• Bai Lan inspected Hong Ru's and Kui Qing's Storage Bags and found Kui Qing's drained Blood Bead, which could be recharged with essence blood and souls.
• Bai Lan placed the recovered pills, magical artifacts, and other items in the sect treasury, while the Artifact Spirit continued developing the Void Stone and planned to build a sect.
• The Artifact Spirit presented draft sect rules, and Bai Lan added limits on how long Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment disciples could spend on training expeditions.
• Bai Lan decided that the sect needed a large Teleportation Array and planned to send disciples on missions for resources, rewarding them with Contribution Points.

Bai Lan learned that True Lord Suiyun had killed Wu Yin and injured He Gui, then gathered information about what was needed to reach the Divinity Transformation Stage. She arrived at Long Aotian’s cave abode, where Luan Yin had finished preparing its treasures for removal.

• Bai Lan considered using trades of cultivation arts and elixirs to build the Spirit Taming Sect’s resources, but could not find a large-scale Teleportation Array.
• True Lord Suiyun told Bai Lan that Wu Yin was dead and his body had been sealed at her residence in the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion.
• True Lord Suiyun revealed that He Gui had injured his arm and would need half a year to recover, giving Bai Lan a reprieve from him.
• True Lord Suiyun listed the treasures and techniques needed for a chance at reaching the Divinity Transformation Stage, and Bai Lan noted that Long Aotian’s opportunities included them in duplicate.
• Bai Lan went to Long Aotian’s cave abode, where the system complained that Luan Yin had been slow and disobedient despite having prepared the cave’s resources for removal.

Bai Lan explained that Bai Ling's escape from the Demonic Palace still fit her plans, then pushed Luan Yin to study puppet refining by dangling a future position in the Spirit Taming Sect. Long Aotian blamed the Heavenly Dao for his losses, while his companion's missing divine-soul wisp raised a new question.

• Bai Lan reassured Qiu Tian that Bai Ling's departure from the Demonic Palace would not disrupt her plans.
• Luan Yin realized Qiu Tian had pursued Ling'er as part of Bai Lan's scheme, then agreed to focus on cultivation and puppet refining after Bai Lan suggested he might lose a future position to Qiu Tian.
• Bai Lan kept the spoils from Long Aotian's cave dwelling, spirit vein, and spirit herbs.
• Long Aotian cursed the Heavenly Dao, damaged an inn wall, and paid the attendant for it.
• Long Aotian asked Sister Yin why Bai Lan had shown no reaction after taking a wisp of her divine soul.

Di Wu Yin lured Long Aotian to Tiandu City, where the Wang Family accused him of killing their young master after recognizing a jade pendant she had given him. As the Wang Family moved to seize him, Xue'er appeared and confronted him over promises he did not remember making.

• Di Wu Yin told Long Aotian that Bai Lan had ordered her to kill him, then persuaded him to spend her final ten days with her in the Cangwu Continent.
• Di Wu Yin and Long Aotian reached Tiandu City, where a guard recognized Long Aotian from a wanted notice and secretly alerted the Wang Family.
• Di Wu Yin gave Long Aotian a crimson jade pendant and left, while people in the city watched him and marked him with spiritual energy.
• A Wang Family elder accused Long Aotian of killing Wang Tianba after identifying the pendant as the one bestowed upon the young master, and ordered his men to seize him.
• Xue'er arrived and angrily accused Long Aotian of repeatedly deceiving her, while he realized Bai Lan had likely manipulated both women against him.

Xue'er used the Myriad Treasures Pavilion’s influence to save Long Aotian, then forced him to swear he would remain with her. Di Wu Yin rejected him and went to the Lan Family, where Lan Jinyu had consolidated support and received word that someone with an ancestral token sought an audience.

• Xue'er invoked her membership in the Myriad Treasures Pavilion to stop the Wang Family elder from killing Long Aotian.
• Xue'er demanded that Long Aotian swear a Heart Demon Vow to love her and never leave, and he agreed to avoid losing her protection.
• The Wang Family elder warned that the Wang Family would hunt Long Aotian in secret, while Xue'er took him away.
• Di Wu Yin concluded that Long Aotian was still using the Charm Technique, turned away from him, and headed for the Lan Family in Tiandu City.
• Lan Jinyu used Bai Lan's opportunity map and three Spirit Stone mines to reach the third level of Foundation Establishment and secretly build support among the Lan Family factions.
• Lan Jinyao told Lan Jinyu that a visitor bearing an ancestral token was waiting to see her.

Di Wu Yin brought Bai Lan’s letter to the Lan Family, where Lan Jinyu welcomed her and granted her a place in the household. After learning that Long Aotian was Bai Lan’s enemy, the Lan sisters quietly arranged to have others hunt him, leaving him fleeing outside Tiandu City.

• Lan Jinyu met Di Wu Yin, mistook her for a messenger from the Lan Family’s old ancestor, and then accepted Bai Lan’s letter.
• Lan Jinyu read the letter, learned of Long Aotian, and decided to avoid confronting him directly while using the Wang Family to test him.
• Lan Jinyu granted Di Wu Yin the status and treatment of an elder, and Di Wu Yin settled in Tiandu City to cultivate.
• Lan Jinyao secretly instructed her subordinates to stir up the Wang Family, follow Long Aotian, and post a bounty for his capture.
• Long Aotian escaped Xue’er and the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, but groups of demonic and righteous cultivators hunted him as he fled outside Tiandu City.

Long Aotian was hunted across Tiandu City after Bai Lan impersonated him and stole Storage Bags, while Xue'er’s relatives schemed to use her attachment to him for their own advantage. Elderly Grandfather briefly rescued Long Aotian before the Wang Family Patriarch killed him and was destroyed by lightning tribulation, leaving a young man elsewhere vowing revenge on Bai Lan.

• Xue'er said she would bring Long Aotian back, and the Carefree Sect elder ordered A Jiu to deepen her attachment to him and blame him if she suffered cultivation deviation.
• After three days of flight, Long Aotian was overwhelmed by pursuers who refused to believe Bai Lan had impersonated him.
• Elderly Grandfather awakened and used his divine sense to kill dozens of Foundation Establishment assassins, then disappeared again after saving Long Aotian.
• Lan Family cultivators witnessed Elderly Grandfather’s power and left to report that the Wang Family Patriarch was approaching.
• The Wang Family Patriarch killed Long Aotian, then was struck down by lightning tribulation far stronger than expected.
• A young man in an abandoned courtyard vowed to rise again within three years and trample Bai Lan beneath his feet.

Long Aotian was reborn as Lin Mietian and planned to rise in the Lin Family, but Bai Lan anticipated his return and arranged for him to be captured and sent to Xue'er. Meanwhile, Bai Lan spotted Bai Ling and True Lord Yunyang hiding beneath the Azure Origin Sect and began investigating them.

• Long Aotian awoke in Lin Mietian's body with only three days left to meet the Lin Family's cultivation ultimatum, and vowed to surpass Bai Lan.
• After hearing of Long Aotian's death, Bai Lan suspected he had been reborn and used a saved timeline to track him without alerting the Wang Family ancestor.
• Di Wu Yin and Lan Family cultivators seized Long Aotian's Storage Bag and captured him after his remnant-soul master fell asleep again.
• Di Wu Yin sent Long Aotian to Xue'er at the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, where he was confined once more.
• Bai Ling and True Lord Yunyang escaped the Demonic Palace and hid near the Azure Origin Sect, where Bai Lan recognized them through their disguises.