Chapter Summaries

Bai Lan kept Long Aotian bound while preventing Gongsun Lian from killing him, then transported Gongsun Lian into the Void Stone to hide her from Yin Ning. Gongsun Lian realized the space was no ordinary Spirit Beast Bag and wondered whether Bai Lan was a Divinity Transformation Stage cultivator.

• Bai Lan warned Elderly Grandfather that she had evidence of Long Aotian’s involvement with the Le Family sisters, leaving him unable to threaten her.
• Gongsun Lian asked why Bai Lan hated Long Aotian, and Bai Lan explained that he had once tried to wipe out her household.
• Gongsun Lian urged Bai Lan to kill Long Aotian, but Bai Lan told her not to and explained that keeping him nearby was safer than letting him escape or be reborn elsewhere.
• Gongsun Lian worried about Yin Ning emerging from seclusion, so Bai Lan instructed her to conceal herself and relax while she used her divine sense.
• Bai Lan transported Gongsun Lian’s soul into the Void Stone, where Gongsun Lian recognized the Ghost Fire and questioned whether Bai Lan was a Divinity Transformation Stage cultivator.

Bai Lan imprisoned Long Aotian in the freezing space and let him believe he could one day take revenge, while she and Gongsun Lian remained inside. After several dozen days of cultivation, someone outside called for Lian'er.

• Gongsun Lian learned that Bai Lan's space concealed her from people outside and rejected Ghost Fire's claim that she was a servant.
• Bai Lan sealed Long Aotian inside a Spirit Sealing Array and forced him to endure the cold while practicing body-tempering.
• Long Aotian and Elderly Grandfather plotted to use Bai Lan's relatives as hostages, unaware that Long Aotian could not easily find or reach them.
• Bai Lan told the system that Long Aotian posed little danger to her family and began cultivating the body-tempering technique herself.
• After several dozen days, an angry voice outside called for Lian'er and asked where she was hidden.

Bai Lan discovered that True Person Yin Ning was searching Meditation Cliff for Gongsun Lian and learned how Gongsun Lian had escaped her captivity. True Person Yin Ning continued destroying the surrounding rocks, while Bai Lan and Gongsun Lian remained hidden in the cave and Void Stone.

• Bai Lan ended her cultivation, put away her Spirit Sealing Array, and saw True Person Yin Ning searching for Gongsun Lian outside the cave.
• Bai Lan hid the frightened system in her Void Stone and asked Gongsun Lian why True Person Yin Ning was calling for her.
• Gongsun Lian admitted that she had seduced True Person Yin Ning, then used an opportunity to help her attain enlightenment and escape while Yin Ning was distracted.
• Gongsun Lian explained that her escape cost her Tribulation Crossing stage body and damaged her divine sense, leaving her a Ghost Cultivator.
• The system and Bai Lan called Long Aotian's harem terrifying as True Person Yin Ning continued searching nearby.

Bai Lan hid Gongsun Lian from True Person Yin Ning while explaining how the Ghost Cultivator had entered Meditation Cliff. After Yin Ning searched the upper array, Bai Lan deflected suspicion from herself and Long Aotian, leaving the guard disciple fearing punishment for taking Spirit Stones.

• Gongsun Lian told Bai Lan to keep her presence secret and explained that she had possessed Long Aotian to enter the confinement array.
• Bai Lan warned Gongsun Lian that life in the cultivation world would be dangerous for a Qi Refining stage Ghost Cultivator, and Gongsun Lian met True Lord Cannon Fodder.
• True Person Yin Ning opened the uppermost array and found Bai Lan and Long Aotian, while the guard disciple realized she had discovered the prisoners he had accepted Spirit Stones to confine.
• Bai Lan claimed Long Aotian was tempering his body in the cold and had asked her to bind him, and True Person Yin Ning accepted the explanation.
• Bai Lan told True Person Yin Ning she had seen a black shadow and blamed the guard for ignoring her report, prompting Yin Ning to leave and continue searching elsewhere.
• The guard threatened Bai Lan, but she reminded him that he had accepted Bai Ling's Spirit Stones and had to bear the consequences.

Bai Lan tried to remain in the wrong confinement cave while Patriarch Wu Yin confronted True Person Yin Ning over Gongsun Lian’s escape. After the dispute outside was defused, Gongsun Lian revealed that Wu Yin had once been the Dao companion her father chose for her.

• Bai Lan refused to leave the cave, while the guarding disciple panicked as Wu Yin arrived to question True Person Yin Ning about the escaped demoness.
• Bai Lan used her spiritual sense to glimpse Wu Yin, but he struck it back and wounded her; she reloaded her save to erase the injury.
• The guarding disciple ordered Bai Lan and Long Aotian to move to the proper confinement levels, but Bai Lan chose to stay.
• Wu Yin nearly attacked True Person Yin Ning after failing to find Gongsun Lian, but True Person Qing He and several elders intervened and calmed the dispute.
• Bai Lan asked Gongsun Lian why Wu Yin had been so enraged, and Gongsun Lian revealed that he had once been the Dao companion her father chose for her.

Gongsun Lian told Bai Lan how Wu Yin destroyed the Gongsun Family and rose to power, then reluctantly recorded the Myriad Illusions Demonic Art for her. When Law Enforcement Hall disciples arrived to release Bai Lan from Meditation Cliff, they discovered she had endured its cold without injury, while Long Aotian vowed revenge.

• Gongsun Lian revealed that Wu Yin forged a family order, slaughtered the Gongsun Family, and used its resources to advance in the Azure Sect.
• Bai Lan told Gongsun Lian that Wu Yin was at Meditation Cliff and that Gongsun Lian was on the Azure Sect's wanted order.
• Bai Lan persuaded Gongsun Lian to record the Myriad Illusions Demonic Art onto a Jade Slip, then considered how Wu Yin might have arranged True Person Yin Ning's death.
• Nan Xianshi arrived with Law Enforcement Hall disciples, who questioned the guard and urged Bai Lan to leave Meditation Cliff and recover.
• A Law Enforcement Hall disciple realized Bai Lan had not been harmed by the cold, and Long Aotian shouted that he would kill her before threatening that their feud was not over.

Bai Lan provoked Long Aotian into a life-and-death duel, but his Elderly Grandfather urged him to endure rather than risk exposing himself. Long Aotian backed down and asked to be moved to a lower level, while the Law Enforcement Hall disciple questioned why Bai Lan wanted to remain at Meditation Cliff.

• Long Aotian threatened Bai Lan, and the Law Enforcement Hall disciple warned him not to violate sect rules.
• Bai Lan challenged Long Aotian to a life-and-death duel and refused to accept unless he prepared Spirit Stones.
• Elderly Grandfather persuaded Long Aotian to endure Bai Lan's provocation rather than expose himself during a duel.
• Long Aotian declined the duel, then ordered the guard disciple to take him to the third lower level of Meditation Cliff.
• The Law Enforcement Hall disciple asked Bai Lan whether she truly intended to stay at Meditation Cliff.

Bai Lan continued cultivating at Meditation Cliff and prepared for the approaching sect tournament, secretly crafting a dangerous demonic technique intended for Bai Ling. After studying the Soul Severing divine ability, Bai Lan left Meditation Cliff when her confinement ended and encountered Jin Yao.

• Bai Lan insisted on completing her full month at Meditation Cliff, while Nan Xianshi reminded her to attend the upcoming sect tournament and left because of the cold.
• Bai Lan studied Qiu Tian's and the Gongsun Family's heaven-rank demonic arts, then secretly assembled a misleading cultivation technique meant to send Bai Ling into the demonic path.
• Gongsun Lian questioned Bai Lan's tampered Jade Slip, and Bai Lan joked that counter-killing demonic cultivators helped fill her Spirit Stone mountains.
• Bai Lan studied the Soul Severing divine ability, which could erase divine sense marks, break Storage Bag restrictions, and attack souls.
• Bai Lan left Meditation Cliff when her month of confinement ended and ran into Jin Yao, who was surprised to see her emerge from the cliff.

After leaving a month of confinement, Bai Lan convinced Jin Yao that Bai Ling was an Evil Cultivator and warned her to stay away from Jade Purity Peak. Jin Yao decided against accepting True Person Qing Xuan as her master, while Xiao Tianqi left in anger; Jin Yao remained convinced Bai Lan was secretly powerful.

• The guard at Meditation Cliff revealed that Bai Lan had completed a month of confinement, and she told Jin Yao she had been punished after trying to expose an Evil Cultivator.
• Bai Lan named Bai Ling as the suspected Evil Cultivator, prompting Xiao Tianqi to defend his junior sister and accuse Bai Lan of framing her.
• Bai Lan warned Jin Yao that their feud with Bai Ling could put her at risk if she joined Jade Purity Peak, and Jin Yao said she and Qian Ze could seek another master.
• Xiao Tianqi urged Jin Yao not to give up the opportunity to study under True Person Qing Xuan, but she firmly refused to reconsider.
• Xiao Tianqi left in anger, while Jin Yao concluded that Bai Lan was concealing her strength and had a powerful master.

Bai Lan persuaded Jin Yao to distrust Bai Ling and learned that Jin Yao and Jin Qianze planned to enter the sect grand competition. She then visited Qi Xiaoru, who was nearing a cultivation breakthrough, and recruited her for a Spirit Stone business before the competition.

• Bai Lan claimed she and Bai Ling were half-sisters from a troubled family, winning Jin Yao’s sympathy and promise to stand by her against Bai Ling.
• Jin Yao told Bai Lan that she and Jin Qianze planned to compete for masters at the Azure Origin Sect, and Bai Lan warned that True Person Qing Xuan was devoted to Bai Ling.
• Bai Lan went to Qi Xiaoru’s residence and saw that Qi Xiaoru had reached the peak of the Third Layer of Qi Refining by following the system’s advice.
• Bai Lan reminded Qi Xiaoru of their bet and learned that Qi Xiaoru planned to watch the grand competition rather than compete.
• Bai Lan offered Qi Xiaoru ten percent of the Spirit Stones from a business venture, and Qi Xiaoru eagerly asked about the share.

Bai Lan brought four formation diagrams to Qi Xiaoru’s brother, who recognized they were derived from a high-rank formation and agreed to revise them and refine Formation Disks for twelve thousand spirit stones. He revealed that a demonic cultivator’s poison had left him dying and that he hoped someone would protect Qi Xiaoru after his death, while Bai Lan eagerly considered learning his formation and artifact-refinement knowledge.

• Bai Lan asked Qi Xiaoru’s brother to refine four third-rank Killing Formation Disks, and he identified flaws in the diagrams and their high-rank origins.
• Qi Xiaoru’s brother set the price at fourteen thousand spirit stones, then agreed to twelve thousand because Bai Lan was his sister’s friend.
• Qi Xiaoru’s brother said a strange poison from a demonic cultivator was killing him and that he had written down his knowledge of artifact refinement and formations for someone who could protect Qi Xiaoru.
• Bai Lan promised to look after Qi Xiaoru and learned that the Formation Disks would be ready in three months.
• After Qi Xiaoru’s brother left, Bai Lan looked forward to studying his inheritance and planned to use her ability to reload saves to practice formations.

Bai Lan planned to profit from the Sect Tournament by running a betting pool while preparing to manipulate the matches. At the tournament, Long Aotian fled when he saw her, and Bai Lan encouraged Ling Shizu to expose Long Aotian’s ties to Elder Le of Dan Peak to True Person Qing Xuan.

• Bai Lan persuaded Qi Xiaoru to manage a betting pool funded by Bai Lan’s Spirit Stones.
• At Righteous Path Peak, Bai Lan prepared to look weak in her matches so spectators would bet against her.
• Bai Lan saw Long Aotian arguing with Ling Shizu, and Long Aotian fled as soon as he recognized her.
• Ling Shizu told Bai Lan that Long Aotian had used Ling Family connections to approach Elder Le of Dan Peak, then asked whether he could defeat Long Aotian.
• Bai Lan advised Ling Shizu to reveal Long Aotian’s connection to Elder Le to True Person Qing Xuan, and Ling Shizu went to do so.

Ling Shizu's accusations against Long Aotian sparked a confrontation between Qin Ruge and True Person Qing Xuan, whose admission that he had taken the sect's Golden Jade Spirit Ginseng angered the elders. The elders turned their attention to the tournament, where Bai Lan faced Wang Yuyu after repeatedly reloading to avoid drawing Long Aotian or Bai Ling and to pass the bye to someone else.

• Ling Shizu privately told True Person Qing Xuan that Long Aotian had disrespected him, but Qing Xuan rebuked Ling Shizu for having ulterior motives.
• Qin Ruge struck Ling Shizu with her wine gourd and challenged Qing Xuan over his treatment of Long Aotian and the sect's rules.
• Qin Ruge raised the missing Golden Jade Spirit Ginseng, and True Person Qing Xuan admitted he had taken it, prompting the elders to criticize him.
• True Person Qing He ended the dispute and directed the elders to focus on the tournament matches.
• Bai Lan faced Spirit Beast Peak disciple Wang Yuyu after reloading repeatedly to avoid Long Aotian and Bai Ling and give another contestant the bye.

Bai Lan faced Spirit Beast Peak disciple Wang Yuyu in the first round while Qi Xiaoru took bets on the match. As Bai Lan secretly welcomed the crowd’s wagers against her, Bai Ling and Nangong Yuan placed especially large bets on Wang Yuyu, leaving Qi Xiaoru worried about the potential payout.

• Bai Lan greeted Wang Yuyu before their tournament match, and spectators judged Wang Yuyu the clear favorite.
• Qi Xiaoru offered betting odds that favored Wang Yuyu, and every spectator who placed a bet chose her.
• Bai Lan evaded Wang Yuyu’s White-striped Black Tiger and water bullets while pretending to struggle and listening to the bets below.
• Bai Ling placed a thousand Spirit Stones on Wang Yuyu, and Nangong Yuan followed with three thousand.
• Qi Xiaoru realized that if Wang Yuyu won, she would owe ten times the large wagers.

Bai Lan fought Wang Yuyu while the crowd placed bets, and Nan Xianshi withdrew her wager after learning Bai Lan had opened the betting pool herself. Bai Lan defeated Wang Yuyu by restraining her spirit beasts and striking her spirit bees with lightning, leaving the crowd and Wang Yuyu to reckon with the outcome.

• Nangong Yuan urged Le Qing to bet, but Le Qing hesitated because he was in debt and Bai Lan was fighting.
• Nan Xianshi bet five thousand Spirit Stones on Bai Lan, then the system secretly gave her a note revealing that Bai Lan had opened the betting pool and did not want anyone betting on her.
• Bai Lan blocked Wang Yuyu’s Water Arrow Technique, drew her spear, and restrained Wang Yuyu’s black tiger while fighting her at close range.
• Wang Yuyu released a swarm of spirit bees, and Bai Lan used lightning to strike them while continuing to control the tiger with vines and a Spirit Binding Rope.
• Wang Yuyu admitted defeat and rushed to check on her spirit bees, while Bai Lan explained that she had held back and defended her tactics as necessary against a stronger opponent.

Bai Lan defeated Wang Yuyu in the tournament, earning recognition from the spectators and a windfall for Qi Xiaoru’s betting stall. Nan Xianshi clashed with Bai Ling’s supporters and prepared to face her in the arena, while True Person Qing Xuan endured mockery over Nan Xianshi’s insult about Jade Purity Peak.

• Bai Lan showed mercy to Wang Yuyu, who conceded and left to tend to her Spirit Bees.
• The spectators recognized Bai Lan as the former menial disciple who had defeated Long Aotian, and Qi Xiaoru realized that her bets had made a profit.
• Nan Xianshi mocked Bai Ling and her supporters, then warned Bai Ling that they would meet in the arena.
• Nangong Yuan defended Bai Ling and criticized Nan Xianshi, who admitted privately that she was not certain she could win but resolved to give it her all.
• True Person Liu Xia and other Core Formation cultivators laughed at Nan Xianshi’s insult about Jade Purity Peak, leaving True Person Qing Xuan dark-faced.

Bai Lan returned to the moment after her first match and began betting on underdogs, using her knowledge of future tournament results to earn Spirit Stones. She set up a gambling stall for Long Aotian’s match and urged him to win while threatening to take his Storage Bag if he lost.

• Bai Lan explained her betting plan to Qi Xiaoru, who asked her to divine the whereabouts of her master, but Bai Lan claimed she could not.
• Bai Lan set up a gambling stall beside Long Aotian’s arena and encouraged spectators to bet on Ling Mie.
• Long Aotian recognized Bai Lan and grew furious when she told him to win or she would take his Storage Bag to recover her losses.
• The Elderly Grandfather warned Long Aotian not to let Bai Lan disrupt his state of mind and reminded him to win the tournament for the Soul Nurturing Wood.
• Long Aotian charged at Ling Mie as Bai Lan watched and asked the system how long the match would last before she went to provoke Bai Ling.

Long Aotian defeated Li Mie, but realized Bai Lan had used his victory to profit from the betting crowd. Bai Ling then defeated Patriarch Li, while Bai Lan found that her betting scheme did not pay off as expected because Bai Ling had drawn far more admirers among the Azure Sect.

• Long Aotian defeated Li Mie with his sword and enjoyed the crowd’s praise, then realized Bai Lan had wagered on his victory and fled with the Spirit Stones.
• The Elderly Grandfather warned Long Aotian that Bai Lan understood his strength well, while Long Aotian vowed to confront her someday.
• Bai Lan slipped away before Long Aotian could reach her and joined Nan Xianshi to watch Bai Ling’s duel.
• Bai Ling defeated Patriarch Li, and True Lord Changle angrily refused to look at him.
• Bai Lan discovered that many Azure Sect disciples had bet on Bai Ling, so the match brought her less profit than she had expected.

Bai Lan used her knowledge of Bai Ling’s abilities to prepare Nan Xianshi for a possible fight, while Nan Xianshi received a magical treasure from True Person Qing He. As the sect competition narrowed toward the top ten, Bai Lan planned to use her save-reloading ability to block Long Aotian and Bai Ling from advancing.

• After losing fifty thousand Spirit Stones betting against Bai Ling’s supporters, Bai Lan reloaded her save and decided to support Bai Ling’s harem more carefully.
• Bai Lan secretly told Nan Xianshi about Bai Ling’s techniques, spirit pet, and weak mental defenses, and Nan Xianshi resolved to use the information to defeat her.
• On the night after the first competition day, True Person Qing He gave Nan Xianshi his former sword, which had become a magical treasure.
• Bai Lan earned twenty-eight thousand Spirit Stones through her betting strategy, while Bai Ling, Long Aotian, and Bai Lan advanced to the third day of the competition.
• With just over a hundred contestants remaining, Bai Lan planned to reload her save to make Long Aotian face her before he reached the top ten, and intended to stop Bai Ling as well.

Bai Lan manipulated the sect tournament’s matchups and fought Long Aotian while watching Nan Xianshi’s duel with Bai Ling. When Nan Xianshi lost, Bai Lan reloaded the save to try again.

• Bai Lan and the system reloaded the tournament draw repeatedly until Nan Xianshi faced Bai Ling and Long Aotian faced Bai Lan.
• Nan Xianshi confronted Bai Lan about hiding her strength, then went to fight Bai Ling while Bai Lan faced Long Aotian.
• Long Aotian refused to surrender and charged at Bai Lan, who evaded him while watching Nan Xianshi’s match.
• Bai Lan saw Nan Xianshi nearing defeat and considered using Spirit Stones to lure Bai Ling’s phoenix away.
• Nan Xianshi lost to Bai Ling, so Bai Lan reloaded the save to before Nan Xianshi entered the arena.