Chapter Summaries

As Yi Gu explained immortal jade’s value and scarcity to Lin Bai, he introduced him to the risks of stone gambling in the Azure Sea Market. When the Celestial Music Pavilion announced a new batch of raw stones, Yi Gu pulled Lin Bai inside to see them.

• Yi Gu explained that immortal jade helped martial artists above the Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm advance and formed a key part of a sect’s foundation.
• Yi Gu described how primordial-era over-mining had depleted immortal jade reserves, leaving most remaining veins in the hands of flourishing sects.
• Yi Gu bought a raw stone for ten thousand purple gold, split it open, found no immortal jade, and discarded it.
• Yi Gu told Lin Bai that stone gambling was widespread and that he had sometimes won immortal jade but usually lost.
• A richly dressed man announced new immortal jade raw stones at the Celestial Music Pavilion, and Yi Gu took Lin Bai inside.

Lin Bai and Yi Gu visited the Celestial Music Pavilion, where Lin Bai examined its vast selection of raw immortal jade and learned how costly stone gambling could be. Lin Bai tried using his Asura Dharma Eyes to see inside a stone, but the strain made his eyes bleed, and a white-robed man mocked him.

• Yi Gu brought Lin Bai into the Celestial Music Pavilion, where they crossed a Hidden Heaven Formation into a vast plain filled with raw immortal jade.
• Maidservant Luo'er greeted them and explained that she could be summoned through a Sound Transmission Formation, but Yi Gu sent her away.
• Yi Gu offered to pay for any stones Lin Bai wanted to buy and let Lin Bai keep any immortal jade they found.
• Lin Bai inspected the stones, noted their steep prices, and wondered how gamblers could tell whether they contained immortal jade.
• Lin Bai used his Asura Dharma Eyes to peer into a person-tall stone, but the effort made his eyes bleed, and a white-robed man sneered at him.

Lin Bai discovered that the Heaven Swallowing Dao Fruit reacted to raw Celestial Jade stone Mystic No. 3456, despite Yi Gu judging it unlikely to contain Celestial Jade. Yi Gu paid for the stone and his own pick, and they arranged for the Celestial Music Pavilion to open both.

• Lin Bai failed to see inside a raw Celestial Jade stone with his Asura Dharma Eyes and was mocked by a white-robed man.
• Lin Bai found that the Heaven Swallowing Dao Fruit reacted when he touched Mystic No. 3456, while more than twenty other stones stirred no response.
• Yi Gu explained the Celestial Jade Compendium’s stone-identification methods and judged Mystic No. 3456 unlikely to contain Celestial Jade.
• Lin Bai decided to buy Mystic No. 3456 to investigate the Dao Fruit’s reaction, and Yi Gu offered to pay for it along with his own stone, Mystic No. 1290.
• Lin Bai and Yi Gu chose to have the Celestial Music Pavilion open both stones.

Lin Bai brought his Immortal Jade raw stone to the Celestial Music Pavilion to have it opened, where Old Qiu spotted something promising inside and tried to buy it from him. Zhao Jie and Luo'er then outbid Old Qiu, leaving Yi Gu to warn Lin Bai that the stone contained something valuable.

• Luo'er led Lin Bai and Yi Gu to the Celestial Music Pavilion's jade-opening hall, where they encountered Zhao Jie.
• Old Qiu opened Zhao Jie's 1.2-million-purple-gold stone and found no Immortal Jade, prompting Yi Gu to mock Zhao Jie.
• Zhao Jie insulted Yi Gu, and Lin Bai handed Old Qiu his own stone rather than prolonging the argument.
• Old Qiu examined Lin Bai's stone, discovered a smooth core beneath its mossy outer layer, and offered to buy it for its original price of 300,000 purple gold.
• Zhao Jie offered 500,000 purple gold and Luo'er offered 700,000 purple gold for Lin Bai's stone, and Yi Gu whispered that it contained something good.

Lin Bai refused an offer for his immortal-jade raw stone and had Old Qiu open it, revealing a valuable piece of immortal jade. After keeping it, Lin Bai searched the market for more jade but found none, leaving his success to luck.

• Old Qiu offered Lin Bai five million purple-gold coins for the raw stone, but Lin Bai told him to open it.
• Old Qiu revealed one jin and two liang of immortal jade, which he offered to buy for ten million purple-gold coins.
• Lin Bai refused to sell the jade and stored it after the Heaven Swallowing Dao Fruit reacted to it.
• Old Qiu opened Yi Gu's raw stone, but it contained no immortal jade.
• Lin Bai searched several thousand raw stones for the rest of the afternoon but found no more jade, then returned to the inn with Yi Gu.

After uncovering valuable immortal jade, Lin Bai faced pressure from Zhao Jie and wealthy families in East Sea City to sell it, but refused. He planned to refine the jade himself and try to reach the Ninth-Rank Dao God realm.

• Yi Gu warned Lin Bai that news of the immortal jade would spread and that unseen watchers were following them.
• Lin Bai examined the jade and considered using its immortal energy to advance his cultivation.
• Zhao Jie offered Lin Bai three million violet gold for the jade, then threatened to obstruct his future in Tianshui Sect when Lin Bai refused.
• Lin Bai rejected Zhao Jie's threat, and Zhao Jie left angrily.
• Several wealthy East Sea City families offered more for the jade, including one offering eleven million violet gold, but Lin Bai refused to sell and planned to refine it himself.

Lin Bai refined immortal jade and broke through to Ninth-Rank Dao God, then turned his attention to joining a powerful sect to gain access to more immortal jade. With the Tianshui Sect recruitment assembly approaching, Yi Gu brought him the examination rules, which included a martial competition that could prove difficult for most applicants.

• Lin Bai refused offers to buy his immortal jade, then used the Heaven Swallowing Dao Fruit to refine it and break through to Ninth-Rank Dao God.
• Lin Bai searched the Celestial Music Pavilion for more raw immortal jade with Yi Gu but found none, and concluded he needed to join a powerful sect and earn its support.
• As the Tianshui Sect recruitment assembly neared, Yi Gu gave Lin Bai a booklet explaining the examinations for Dao God applicants.
• Lin Bai learned that Dao God applicants needed to pass background screening, an Inquiring Heart examination, and a martial competition in a secret realm or at its finish line.
• Yi Gu warned Lin Bai that the martial competition was difficult because Tianshui Sect disciples had superior experience, arts, and divine weapons.

Lin Bai and Yi Gu prepared for the Tianshui Sect’s Discipleship Assembly, and Lin Bai promised to help Yi Gu pass the dangerous Dao God assessment with the crow’s aid. They reached Dao Seeking Mountain and entered the Dao God region, where Zuo Xintang greeted Lin Bai and explained why she had not visited him after he opened immortal jade.

• Lin Bai offered to help Yi Gu through the Dao God assessment, and the crow reluctantly agreed to find him in the secret realm.
• Two days later, Lin Bai and Yi Gu joined the martial artists traveling from East Sea City to the Tianshui Sect’s Discipleship Assembly.
• A purple-robed elder divided the entrants among four regions according to their cultivation, and Lin Bai and Yi Gu went to the Dao God region.
• Zuo Xintang greeted Lin Bai and apologized for not visiting after hearing that he had opened immortal jade.
• Yi Gu challenged Zuo Xintang’s suggestion that Lin Bai might think she had come for the immortal jade, and she clarified that she wanted to congratulate him.

The Tianshui Sect began its Dao God Realm assessment, using Sincerity Paper to expose applicants who lied about their origins or purpose for joining. Lin Bai wrote a truthful but limited purpose and advanced to the martial competition, where Qiao Mo arrived to guide the accepted applicants.

• Li Zai'en announced that the Dao God Realm assessment would test applicants' origins, purpose for joining, and martial skill.
• Yi Gu explained that the Sincerity Paper, made from Heart Intent Divine Wood, burned when someone wrote a lie.
• Lin Bai wrote that he came from the Barren Ancient Continent and wanted to seek a chance to break through, and his paper remained intact.
• Li Zai'en explained the paper's power and rejected those whose papers had burned, sending the remaining applicants to the martial competition.
• Qiao Mo appeared to lead the applicants to the next stage, and the crow teased Lin Bai about whether he liked her.

Lin Bai entered Tianshui Sect’s third examination stage, a secret realm where candidates had to collect ten imprints or defeat a ranked Guardian Disciple. A Black-Robed Old Man ambushed him, revealing he wanted the immortal jade Lin Bai had obtained at Celestial Music Pavilion.

• Qiao Mo explained the secret realm’s rules and said candidates had until dusk the next day to pass the examination.
• Lin Bai warned Yi Gu to hide, then entered the teleportation formation with him and asked the Crow to search for Yi Gu.
• Lin Bai traveled through the forest toward the secret realm’s center and sensed someone following him.
• A Black-Robed Old Man emerged from concealment, and Lin Bai recognized that he was at Dao God Peak.
• The Black-Robed Old Man identified Lin Bai and said he had come for the immortal jade Lin Bai had opened at Celestial Music Pavilion.

Lin Bai fought the Black-Robed Old Man, who had tried to seize his Immortal Jade, and overwhelmed him with successive sword strikes. The final azure Sword Qi split the Dao God Peak expert in two.

• The Black-Robed Old Man attacked Lin Bai to take his Immortal Jade, but Lin Bai cut through his black mist and wounded his neck.
• The Black-Robed Old Man survived Lin Bai’s first strike by using a warning ring, then suffered a grievous chest wound from Lin Bai’s second sword.
• The Black-Robed Old Man tried to flee and offered to make peace, but Lin Bai blocked his escape and promised to strike once more.
• Lin Bai unleashed azure flames and a powerful Sword Qi that shattered the Black-Robed Old Man’s defenses and split his body in two.

Lin Bai defeated a Dao God Peak Black-Robed Old Man with Azure Lotus Swordplay and reached the sacred mountain to challenge a Tianshui Sect Guardian Disciple. There, he discovered that Zhao Jie was one of the Guardians, and Zhao Jie demanded the Immortal Jade Lin Bai had already refined.

• Lin Bai killed the Black-Robed Old Man with the Azure Lotus Swordplay move Rage-Blooming and took his Talisman Seal and Storage Bag.
• Lin Bai searched for the sacred mountain rather than hunting other trial participants for their Talisman Seals, and arrived at its summit arena.
• Lin Bai watched a Tianshui Sect Guardian Disciple defeat a Dao God Peak challenger while several other martial artists waited to compete.
• Zhao Jie recognized Lin Bai and offered to let him pass if he handed over the Immortal Jade.
• Lin Bai told Zhao Jie he had already refined the Immortal Jade, but Zhao Jie refused to believe him.

Lin Bai faced Zhao Jie in the Tianshui Sect assessment arena after refusing to surrender the immortal jade. Zhao Jie revealed his poisoned hidden weapon and launched a barrage of attacks, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Zhao Jie demanded Lin Bai hand over the immortal jade and challenged him to fight on the arena.
• Lin Bai accepted Zhao Jie's challenge and declared he would kill him with one sword.
• Zhao Jie rushed Lin Bai with a punch that concealed a poisonous short sword between his fingers.
• Lin Bai sensed the deadly poison through his Heaven Swallowing Dao Fruit, changed his attack, and was knocked to the arena's edge.
• Zhao Jie praised Lin Bai's quick reaction, then unleashed Torrential Rain Petal Crushing Steps and sent countless black streaks of sharp light toward him.

Lin Bai overcame Zhao Jie's poisoned needles and fire attacks, then defeated him with his sword. The Guardian Disciples stopped Lin Bai from killing Zhao Jie and awarded him the token proving he had passed the assessment.

• Zhao Jie attacked Lin Bai with poisoned needles, but Lin Bai used his flying swords and Asura Dharma Eyes to locate him and slash his neck.
• Zhao Jie survived by relying on his divine bones, then unleashed a gourd's sea of fire filled with poisoned needles against Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai used Slaying Immortals to split the fighting platform and sea of fire, shattering Zhao Jie's gourd and forcing him back.
• The nine Guardian Disciples blocked Lin Bai from delivering a final blow, despite having allowed Zhao Jie to attack with killing intent.
• The Guardian Disciples declared that Lin Bai had passed the assessment and gave him a purple-gold Talisman Seal.

After passing Tianshui Sect’s third trial, Lin Bai learned that Zhao Jie had powerful family backing, then left the arena after receiving an urgent message from Crow. He arrived to find Yi Gu and Zuo Xintang surrounded by Li Xiao and more than twenty martial artists.

• Lin Bai watched other examinees attempt the trial and met Pang Jian, who warned him that Zhao Jie’s brother Zhao Ying was a powerful Tianshui Sect core disciple and their father was a Supreme Elder.
• Pang Jian advised Lin Bai to make peace with Zhao Jie, but Lin Bai dismissed the danger of Zhao Jie’s connections.
• Crow sent a black feather bearing an urgent plea for Lin Bai to save Yi Gu, and Lin Bai immediately pursued it on his flying sword.
• Zhao Jie ordered several Guardian Disciples to follow Lin Bai as he left the trial arena.
• Lin Bai found Yi Gu, Zuo Xintang, and Zuo Wu badly injured and surrounded by Li Xiao and more than twenty martial artists.
• Zuo Xintang vowed to protect Yi Gu, while Li Xiao ordered his followers to prepare to attack.

Li Xiao and his martial artists cornered Yi Gu and Zuo Xintang, but Lin Bai arrived and annihilated nearly the entire group with one sword strike. Li Xiao survived, leaving him alone before Lin Bai.

• Li Xiao and more than twenty martial artists surrounded Yi Gu and Zuo Xintang, forcing them into a battle despite the crow's warning to retreat.
• Zuo Wu protected the wounded Zuo Xintang as she and Yi Gu struggled against the attackers, while Yi Gu kept himself going with his abundant pills.
• The crow sensed Lin Bai's approach, and Lin Bai arrived on a flying sword to confront Li Xiao's group.
• Lin Bai asked how many Talisman Seals Yi Gu needed, then demanded that Li Xiao's group hand over seven seals in exchange for their lives.
• Li Xiao rallied his companions to attack, but Lin Bai killed them all with one sword strike; Li Xiao survived the destruction, covered in blood and terrified.

Lin Bai demanded that Zhao Jie’s group leave Li Xiao behind, then fought all ten men when they refused. He killed one Guardian Disciple with a flying sword, and the clash remained underway.

• Li Xiao survived Lin Bai’s sword strike because a life-saving pendant blocked most of its power, then Zhao Jie arrived and treated him.
• Lin Bai refused to let Zhao Jie take Li Xiao away and demanded the nine Guardian Disciples stop protecting him.
• Zhao Jie and the nine Guardian Disciples joined forces against Lin Bai despite warnings from Zuo Xintang and Yi Gu.
• Lin Bai attacked the ten men, and one Guardian Disciple tried to strike him from behind with throwing knives.
• Lin Bai destroyed the knives with three flying swords and killed the Guardian Disciple with one sword.

Lin Bai fought Zhao Jie and the other Guardian Disciples, killing six before the survivors fled, then killed Li Xiao. He shared the collected Talisman Seals with Yi Gu and Zuo Xintang and learned that Li Lu, Li Xiao’s brother, would seek revenge.

• Lin Bai killed two Guardian Disciples with his swords and used Slay the Immortals to overwhelm Zhao Jie and the others.
• Six Guardian Disciples, including Zhao Jie, fled, while Lin Bai killed two more before they escaped his perception.
• Lin Bai killed Li Xiao after Li Xiao threatened him with his brother Li Lu’s rank and influence.
• Lin Bai gave the collected Talisman Seals to Yi Gu, who kept ten and passed the rest to Zuo Xintang.
• Zuo Xintang warned Lin Bai that Li Lu would seek revenge, and Lin Bai replied that Li Xiao and Li Lu would have targeted them regardless.

Lin Bai and the other survivors left the secret realm, and he passed the Tianshui Sect assessment with a purple Talisman Seal. After receiving his fifth-grade disciple Identity Token, he flew with the other successful candidates toward the Tianhe Archipelago and learned how the sect assigned missions and Contribution Points.

• Li Zai'en and Qiao Mo welcomed the martial artists back and checked their Talisman Seals, while Zhao Jie and three others told Qiao Mo that Lin Bai had defeated them.
• Qiao Mo reported the secret-realm events to Li Zai'en, who warned Lin Bai to beware of Zhao Jie and Li Lu outside the sect.
• Yi Gu and Zuo Xintang handed over ten Talisman Seals each, and Lin Bai passed by presenting a purple Talisman Seal and received his fifth-grade disciple Identity Token.
• Lin Bai learned that his residence was on Bright Moon Island in the Tianhe Archipelago, where Yi Gu and Zuo Xintang would also live.
• A junior brother led the successful candidates across Sea Heart Island and explained the sect's residential areas and its system of missions and Contribution Points.

Lin Bai settled onto Bright Moon Island, his new residence in the Tianshui Sect, and learned that the Water Mirror Palace connected to the sect’s Water Mirror World. After remembering his family and resolving to find them, he entered the portal and learned from the Crow that it led to a Void World.

• A junior brother explained how Tianshui Sect disciples earned Contribution Points and warned that sect-appointed missions could be deadly.
• The group arrived at the Tianhe Archipelago, where Zuo Xintang explained that the Water Mirror World offered trading, sparring, cultivation, and entertainment for qualified disciples.
• Lin Bai found Bright Moon Island, activated its formation with his Identity Token, and inspected its palaces and Spirit Vein.
• Lin Bai’s enjoyment of the island’s scenery faded as he thought of his loneliness and resolved to raise his cultivation, find the Void Ancient Road, and reunite with his parents and Xiao Xiao.
• Lin Bai placed his Identity Token in the Water Mirror Palace’s stone pillar and was transported away; the Crow told him the portal led to a Void World.