Chapter Summaries

Azure Origin Sect surrounded Lan Ning at Myriad Treasures Pavilion, and Bai Lan’s warning helped expose the jade pendant concealing his demonic aura. True Person Qing He crippled Lan Ning, while Bai Ling recoiled from him after he threatened her.

• Lan Ning attended the auction with Bai Ling in disguise and asked her to meet him again after she gave her master the Crimson Marrow Flower.
• Lord Lingxiao, True Person Qing Xuan, and True Person Qing He arrived to apprehend Lan Ning, who suspected Bai Ling had betrayed him and secretly called for help.
• The old woman left the Hundred Thousand Mountains to assist Lan Ning, while Bai Lan predicted Azure Origin Sect would capture him rather than kill him.
• Nan Xianshi arrived and told True Person Qing He that Lan Ning’s jade pendant concealed demonic aura, so he took it from Lan Ning.
• True Person Qing He exposed Lan Ning as a demonic cultivator and shattered his meridians and damaged his dantian.
• Lan Ning threatened Bai Ling, who dropped him and turned toward her master in fear.

Lan Ning was captured by the Azure Origin Sect, while Bai Lan returned safely to Cangyuan City and learned that Bai Ling had been confined. Bai Lan left Nan Xianshi to collect her reward as she hurried to pursue a cultivation breakthrough before the sect tournament.

• True Person Qing Xuan defended Bai Ling, and Lord Lingxiao ordered Lan Ning taken to the Law Enforcement Hall.
• The Azure Origin Sect demanded Spirit Stones and other concessions from the Demonic Sect in exchange for sparing Lan Ning.
• Bai Lan returned safely to Cangyuan City, where Nan Xianshi told her Lan Ning was imprisoned and Bai Ling was protected by True Person Qing Xuan.
• Bai Lan predicted that Bai Ling had been confined to Jade Purity Peak, and Nan Xianshi confirmed it.
• Bai Lan gave Nan Xianshi her Identity Jade Token and asked her to collect eight thousand Contribution Points while she left to handle an urgent matter.

Bai Lan gave Nan Xianshi centipede legs and asked the system to watch Long Aotian at Meditation Cliff while she traveled to Jinyuan City. On the Teleportation Array, she noticed a suspicious female cultivator repeatedly eyeing her Storage Bag.

• Bai Lan gave Nan Xianshi two legs from a Third-tier centipede and instructed the system to monitor Long Aotian at Meditation Cliff.
• Nan Xianshi reluctantly accepted the centipede meat, and Bai Lan left for the Teleportation Array.
• Bai Lan paid five Spirit Stones to use the array because she no longer had her Identity Jade Token.
• A female cultivator repeatedly eyed Bai Lan's Storage Bag and looked away whenever Bai Lan noticed.
• Bai Lan kept her divine sense fixed on the suspicious female cultivator as the teleporting group gathered.

After arriving in Jinyuan City, Bai Lan discovered that a sly female cultivator had stolen her Storage Bag during teleportation. She rewound time, caught the thief in the act, and demanded the woman’s Storage Bag, hoping to learn her unusual stealing technique.

• Bai Lan arrived in Jinyuan City and was confronted by a female cultivator who accused her of impersonating an Azure Origin Sect disciple.
• The female cultivator revealed that she had stolen Bai Lan’s Storage Bag during teleportation, then returned it and pitied Bai Lan for having so little inside.
• Bai Lan rewound time and watched the woman use the teleportation array’s spiritual-energy fluctuations to steal the Storage Bag unnoticed.
• Bai Lan caught the woman inspecting her Storage Bag and demanded to examine the thief’s own bag.
• The female cultivator pleaded that she only stole wealth and never killed anyone, but Bai Lan insisted she hand over her Storage Bag.

Bai Lan caught a thief named A Yao and found the Spirit Control Technique in her Storage Bag. After making A Yao vow not to harm her, Bai Lan asked about the Evil Fiend Gang and learned A Yao might belong to it.

• Bai Lan stopped A Yao from using a Dust Stirring Talisman and took her Storage Bag.
• Bai Lan found the Spirit Control Technique and Spirit Stealing Technique among A Yao's possessions.
• Bai Lan returned most of A Yao's belongings but demanded seven thousand Spirit Stones and made her swear a Heart Demon Vow.
• Bai Lan learned that A Yao had lived in Jinyuan City for decades and asked her about the Evil Fiend Gang.
• A Yao reacted strangely when Bai Lan said she planned to join the Evil Fiend Gang through family connections, and Bai Lan asked if A Yao belonged to it.

Bai Lan questioned A Yao about the Evil Fiend Gang and learned that her supposed relative, He Mian, led the small gang in Jinyuan City. After judging the gang’s strength and lack of backing, Bai Lan asked A Yao to take her to its headquarters.

• A Yao explained that she avoided gangs and, after Bai Lan paid her, described the Evil Fiend Gang’s members and leader.
• Bai Lan claimed He Mian was her nephew, and A Yao revealed that he led the gang despite being only at the seventh layer of Qi Refining.
• A Yao said He Mian’s good looks might explain why a higher-level female cultivator served as his second-in-command.
• A Yao told Bai Lan that the Evil Fiend Gang had no powerful backing and mostly targeted Rogue Cultivators.
• Bai Lan decided the gang would be easy to handle and asked A Yao to take her to its headquarters to see how He Mian was doing.

Bai Lan followed A Yao toward the Evil Fiend Gang’s base while secretly checking on Long Aotian at Meditation Cliff. Long Aotian discovered a body-tempering method, and Bai Lan learned that Le Mingyue had come to visit him.

• Bai Lan had A Yao lead her toward the Evil Fiend Gang’s base and claimed she was afraid of heights to avoid flying on a sword.
• The system reported that Long Aotian was studying a body-tempering method carved into the walls of his cell at Meditation Cliff.
• Bai Lan decided she would cultivate the method too, rather than interfere with Long Aotian’s opportunity or risk the system being discovered.
• The system spotted Le Mingyue visiting Long Aotian and relayed their conversation to Bai Lan.
• Le Mingyue asked Long Aotian about the duels and True Person Qing Xuan, and Long Aotian insisted Qing Xuan had attacked him without cause.

Le Mingyue broke ties with Long Aotian after believing he had deceived Xue'er, while Bai Lan continued impersonating him. Long Aotian suspected Bai Lan but was encouraged by his master to train harder, as Bai Lan approached the Evil Fiend Gang disguised as Bai Ling.

• Le Mingyue accused Long Aotian of betraying Xue'er and ended their relationship, while Bai Lan monitored her departure.
• Long Aotian's Elderly Grandfather suggested that someone had used Long Aotian's identity to commit misdeeds, and Long Aotian suspected Bai Lan.
• The Elderly Grandfather urged Long Aotian to cultivate until he could learn a powerful divine ability, and Long Aotian resumed training.
• A Yao guided Bai Lan to the Evil Fiend Gang's territory, then left when she told him he could go.
• Bai Lan swallowed a disguise pill and transformed her appearance into Bai Ling's before heading toward the Evil Fiend Gang.

Bai Lan staged her capture by the Evil Fiend Gang after finding their mountain protected by a formation she could not breach. The gang took her and a Joyous Union Sect disciple up the mountain, leaving both prisoners in the hands of the gang's boss.

• Bai Lan overheard Evil Fiend Gang members discussing the Joyous Union Sect cultivator they had captured and decided to infiltrate the gang by pretending to be another disciple of a major sect.
• Bai Lan claimed to be Bai Ling, disciple of True Person Qing Xuan, and threatened the kidnappers by invoking her master's name and the Joyous Union Sect.
• The Joyous Union Sect cultivator recognized Bai Lan as Bai Ling and proposed that they work together to escape, but Bai Lan deliberately lost the ensuing fight and was captured.
• The Evil Fiend Gang members bound Bai Lan and the Joyous Union Sect cultivator, put them into a Spirit Beast Bag, and carried them through the mountain formation toward the gang's boss.

Bai Lan and a Joyous Union Sect cultivator were captured and taken into the Evil Fiend Gang’s dungeon, where Bai Lan assessed the gang’s strength and prepared to wait for He Mian. With their spiritual energy sealed and their hands bound, Bai Lan summoned Qiu Tian to help free them.

• Bai Lan questioned her fellow captive about the Joyous Union Sect and Di Wu Yin, then rewound time to avoid answering the captive’s questions about escaping.
• Bai Lan realized their captors had brought them inside the Evil Fiend Gang’s territory and decided to wait until He Mian returned before attacking.
• A Qi Refining female cultivator ordered Bai Lan and her companion locked in the dungeon, where several other captured Rogue Cultivators were being held.
• Bai Lan checked the gang’s numbers and found that its strongest members were Qi Refining cultivators, with no Foundation Establishment cultivators present.
• After the guards left, Bai Lan summoned Qiu Tian from the Void Stone and asked him to untie her ropes while she replenished her spiritual energy with Spirit Stones.

Bai Lan infiltrated the Evil Fiend Gang’s base and learned that Ning Yan wanted revenge on He Mian for using her as a furnace cauldron. She offered to help Ning Yan kill him that night and demanded to be taken to him.

• Bai Lan refused to free the captives, frightened a Joyous Union Sect cultivator by threatening to feed her to Qiu Tian, and left Qiu Tian to watch the dungeon.
• Bai Lan concealed herself and searched the gang’s territory, but found He Mian in an underground chamber that blocked divine sense.
• Bai Lan overheard Ning Yan urge Ma San to help her kill He Mian, explaining that He Mian had used her as a furnace cauldron.
• Bai Lan contacted Ning Yan and offered to kill He Mian that night if Ning Yan led her to him.
• When Ning Yan questioned Bai Lan’s identity, Bai Lan drew her bow and shot a golden arrow.

Bai Lan forced Ning Yan to lead her to He Mian’s hidden chamber, where she learned that the Evil Fiend Gang planned to use Soul Searching Technique on captured disciples. Bai Lan ambushed He Mian and identified herself as Azure Sect disciple Bai Ling as their fight began.

• Bai Lan threatened Ning Yan with her Foundation Establishment spiritual pressure and made her lead the way to He Mian.
• Ning Yan opened the formation around the pavilion’s secret chamber, allowing Bai Lan to slip inside.
• Ning Yan told He Mian that the gang had captured disciples connected to the Joyous Union Sect and Azure Sect, and He Mian ordered her to take him to the dungeon.
• He Mian grew suspicious of Ning Yan, but Bai Lan attacked with vines and flaming arrows before he could leave.
• Bai Lan introduced herself as Azure Sect disciple Bai Ling, and He Mian recognized her as the disciple captured that day.
• Bai Lan attacked He Mian with a Fire Cloud Palm.

Bai Lan fought He Mian inside his sealed secret chamber, using stealth and Buddhist arts to overcome his wandering souls. After He Mian’s defenses failed, she turned her attention to Ning Yan while members of the Evil Fiend Gang gathered outside.

• Bai Lan attacked He Mian with Fire Cloud Palms, then thwarted his attempt to summon help and blocked his escape with hidden arrows.
• He Mian unleashed wandering souls from a blue banner, forcing Bai Lan to evade as Ning Yan watched and gave up on ambushing him.
• He Mian assumed the wandering souls had killed Bai Lan and scolded Ning Yan for letting her follow her inside.
• Bai Lan revealed her Formless Cultivation Method, whose golden light destroyed most of the wandering souls and drove the rest back into the banner.
• Bai Lan told He Mian she pursued dual cultivation paths, then turned toward Ning Yan as cultivators gathered outside the chamber.

Bai Lan persuaded Ning Yan to betray He Mian, then sent her out of the secret chamber before revealing her own methods in a fight. She began bombarding He Mian with talismans, leaving the battle ongoing.

• Bai Lan urged Ning Yan to join her against He Mian, and Ning Yan agreed after hearing that help was coming.
• He Mian released his Second Tier Sabertooth Tiger and prepared to fight Bai Lan and Ning Yan.
• Bai Lan sent Ning Yan outside the secret chamber to keep her safe and conceal her methods.
• He Mian attacked with Third Tier talismans, but Bai Lan's Golden Bell Shield blocked them without damage.
• Bai Lan made a save, then threw several First and Second Tier talismans at He Mian.

Bai Lan defeated He Mian by exhausting his spiritual power, binding him, and taking his Storage Bag. She planned to refine his body into a Corpse Puppet and moved the stone chamber into the Void Stone to serve as a future pill-refining room.

• Bai Lan reloaded and used forty-four talismans to exhaust He Mian’s spiritual power and destroy his defensive spirit artifacts.
• After He Mian tried to self-detonate, Bai Lan reloaded again, immobilized him with Foundation Establishment pressure, bound him with vines and Spirit Binding Ropes, and took his Storage Bag.
• Bai Lan discovered that He Mian had hidden his true defenses, but the Spirit Binding Ropes prevented him from replenishing his spiritual power or self-detonating.
• Bai Lan removed He Mian’s mask, revealed her plan to refine him into a Corpse Puppet, gagged him, and put him in the Spirit Beast Bag.
• Bai Lan set up a Spirit Gathering Array and moved the stone chamber into the Void Stone, where Ghost Fire prepared to work with True Lord Cannon Fodder on a future pill-refining room.

Bai Lan emerged after defeating He Mian, kept him alive in a Spirit Beast Bag, and learned that the Evil Fiend Gang had used captives as cultivation cauldrons. She sent Ning Yan to safety and returned to the dungeon with Qiu Tian, intent on destroying the gang and giving him a new body.

• Bai Lan told Ning Yan that He Mian was imprisoned in the Spirit Beast Bag and asked about the rest of the Evil Fiend Gang.
• Ning Yan explained that He Mian had abducted cultivators as cauldrons and had targeted her for her rare constitution.
• Bai Lan refused to leave the mountain and declared that she would destroy the Evil Fiend Gang's nest as Bai Ling of the Azure Origin Sect.
• Ning Yan declined to join Bai Lan and fled toward Jinyuan City using a Swift Wind Talisman.
• Bai Lan returned to the dungeon, dismissed the captives' accusations, and told Qiu Tian she had prepared a new body for him.

Bai Lan brought Qiu Tian and He Mian into the Void Stone so Qiu Tian could attempt to possess He Mian, while she planned to reverse the Evil Fiend Gang’s protective formation. After Qiu Tian’s first attempt failed and killed him, Bai Lan loaded her save and prepared him for another try.

• Bai Lan revealed her true face to He Mian and told Qiu Tian to possess him, explaining how his yin po could overcome He Mian’s yang hun.
• Bai Lan left the Void Stone to scout the Evil Fiend Gang’s Tortoise Shell Formation and planned to reverse it into a trap.
• Qiu Tian failed to possess He Mian and died, so Bai Lan loaded her save.
• Bai Lan stopped the next attempt and urged Qiu Tian to fight ruthlessly, promising him Soul Nurturing Pills to recover from any damage.

Bai Lan restarted the Tortoise Shell Formation as a trap and impersonated Luan Yin of the Corpse Refining Sect, convincing the Evil Fiend Gang that their leader was dead and they were trapped. As the gang failed to break out, one cultivator offered information about an undiscovered secret realm in exchange for his life.

• Bai Lan used the Hidden Spirit Robe and Phantom Step to reset the Tortoise Shell Formation, then activated it to imprison the Evil Fiend Gang.
• Bai Lan posed as Luan Yin of the Corpse Refining Sect, threatened the gang, and used He Mian's Green Ghost Banner and damaged robe to suggest that she had killed him.
• A fleeing cultivator was bounced back by the formation, and the frightened gang members learned that none could escape.
• Ma San and Zhang Wu rallied more than twenty cultivators to attack the formation, but the third-tier Tortoise Shell Formation withstood their assault.
• A cultivator offered to reveal an undiscovered ancient secret realm if Bai Lan spared his life, and Bai Lan asked him to explain.

Bai Lan used her fake Foundation Establishment identity to force the Evil Fiend Gang’s cultivators to surrender their belongings and secrets, including a jade pendant that led to an ancient secret realm. After collecting more than twenty Storage Bags, she faced five cultivators who had realized she was bluffing and prepared to attack them.

• An Evil Cultivator offered Bai Lan half a jade pendant and information about an ancient secret realm in exchange for his life, and Bai Lan released him after taking his Storage Bag.
• Bai Lan recognized the pendant as the key to a secret realm connected to Bai Ling and Long Aotian’s opportunities, and realized she had obtained it before Bai Ling could.
• Other captives surrendered Storage Bags, robes, and information about Evil Cultivator factions and techniques, and Bai Lan released them from the formation.
• Bai Lan collected more than twenty Storage Bags, two Spirit Beast Bags, and numerous robes and accessories while maintaining her Luan Yin disguise.
• Zhang Wu and the four remaining cultivators accused Bai Lan of not being a Foundation Establishment cultivator and plotted to kill her and keep the surrendered goods.
• Bai Lan hid her aura, drew the Soul Severing Spear, and thrust at one of the remaining Evil Cultivators.

Bai Lan ambushed the Evil Fiend Gang, but the blood-fed Soul Severing Spear advanced and briefly went berserk. She trapped Ma San and Zhang Wu in her formation and defeated them from outside it, then looted the gang and burned the corpses.

• Bai Lan killed two mid Qi Refining stage Evil Cultivators with surprise spear attacks and took one of their Storage Bags.
• The Soul Severing Spear absorbed blood, advanced, and went on a frenzied attack until Bai Lan suppressed it.
• Bai Lan killed another cultivator with the spear, whose blood-draining effect alarmed Ma San and Zhang Wu.
• Zhang Wu used a Wind Bag to unleash powerful gusts, so Bai Lan put away the spear and teleported outside her Tortoise Shell Formation.
• Bai Lan trapped Ma San and Zhang Wu inside the formation and attacked them with pursuing arrows of five elemental spiritual powers.
• Bai Lan looted the Evil Fiend Gang, burned the corpses, and later found the awakened Qiu Tian mourning over his own corpse.