Chapter Summaries

Bai Xiaowen exposed Li Sheng and Ruan Chong’s attempt to ambush his team, forcing Qi Ruifeng to acknowledge the wrongdoing. After the universities arranged a watch for the Golden-Crowned White Eagle King, Bai Xiaowen and his teammates hunted for two days before rushing to Dragonbreak Cliff when the Eagle King left its nest.

• Bai Xiaowen used the Spirit Realm combat records to show that Li Shuyi’s strike on Li Sheng had been accidental and that Jiangnan University’s team attacked her and Ding Cheng after the Boss chest was opened.
• Qi Ruifeng ordered Ruan Chong to leave and said he would punish Li Sheng, Ruan Chong, and the other two; the universities then agreed to leave three Awakened on watch for the Golden-Crowned White Eagle King.
• Bai Xiaowen, Han Xu, and Li Shuyi hunted pseudo-dragons and draconic beasts for two days, gaining Psionic Points and combat experience while Bai Xiaowen’s Black Soul Stone grew.
• The watchers sent up a smoke signal after the Eagle King left its nest, and Bai Xiaowen’s group joined the other Awakened as they climbed Dragonbreak Cliff.
• Juvenile White Eagles attacked the climbers, and Bai Xiaowen identified them as Level 3 Elites that the teams needed to restrain and kill with focused attacks.

Bai Xiaowen, Li Shuyi, and Han Xu fought their way up the cliff and faced the Eagle Flock Lord's Consort, a Golden-Crowned White Eagle Boss. They defeated her after preventing her from taking flight and surviving her Feather Assault, earning a Golden Treasure Chest.

• Bai Xiaowen, Li Shuyi, and Han Xu climbed nearly a hundred meters up the cliff while fighting Juvenile Eagles.
• The Eagle Flock Lord's Consort attacked the team near the first eagle nest, and Bai Xiaowen summoned his creatures to fight her.
• Bai Xiaowen stopped the boss from taking flight, while Rageclaw and the Skeleton Sword-and-Shield Soldiers pinned her down.
• The Eagle Flock Lord's Consort blinded Rageclaw with Peck, but Bai Xiaowen's Skeleton Mage interrupted her next Peck with Lightning Throw.
• Han Xu interrupted the boss's Wingbeat Strike, and the team continued attacking until she unleashed Feather Assault.
• Bai Xiaowen's final shot killed the Eagle Flock Lord's Consort, and a Golden Treasure Chest appeared above her corpse.

Bai Xiaowen’s team raced rival university teams to Dragonbreak Cliff to gather Dragonblood Tea Treasure Leaves, while the discovery of eaglets sparked a contest to capture them. Qi Ruifeng got ahead and tried to turn a White Eagle BOSS against Bai Xiaowen’s group, but the Golden-Crowned White Eagle King returned before anyone could claim the nest.

• Bai Xiaowen stored the Golden Treasure Chest, and his team continued toward the Dragonblood Tea Trees as rival teams advanced alongside them.
• Bai Xiaowen observed that Qi Ruifeng had reached Level 6 and was quickly defeating eagles with a powerful Blue War Spear.
• The teams heard eaglets in the Eagle King’s nest and learned that hatchlings could be raised and tamed as pets or mounts.
• Three female White Eagle BOSSes intercepted the fastest teams, and Qi Ruifeng redirected his opponent toward Bai Xiaowen’s group before reaching the cliff top and taking a Treasure Leaf.
• The Golden-Crowned White Eagle King returned to Dragonbreak Cliff, stunning the students who had expected it to be away hunting for much longer.

The Golden-Crowned White Eagle King drove the Awakened from Dragonbreak Cliff as they tried to take Dragonblood Tea Tree Treasure Leaves and Eaglets. Bai Xiaowen stayed behind and used Intimidation to frighten the eagle king, then sent his Skeleton Sword-and-Shield Soldiers to surround it while he ran toward the nest.

• The Golden-Crowned White Eagle King attacked Qi Ruifeng, who used Body of Ascetic Cultivation to withstand its Peck and reach the nest.
• Qi Ruifeng and other Awakened gathered the remaining Dragonblood Tea Tree Treasure Leaves, then several tried to seize the Eaglets.
• The eagle king struck down and drove out the university team captains, then chased the remaining Awakened from Dragonbreak Cliff.
• Bai Xiaowen told Li Shuyi and Han Xu to leave, then stopped fleeing as the eagle king approached.
• Bai Xiaowen used Intimidation to put the eagle king in Fear Status and sent four Skeleton Sword-and-Shield Soldiers to surround it while he ran toward the nest.

Bai Xiaowen used his summons to distract the Golden-Crowned White Eagle Lord while the Shadow Assassin stole Dragonblood Tea Tree leaves and captured two Eaglets. He escaped the Great Rift with the Shadow Assassin and his other summons, leaving the remaining Awakened to face the enraged eagles.

• Bai Xiaowen's Skeleton Sword-and-Shield Soldiers distracted the Golden-Crowned White Eagle Lord, while the Skeleton Mage's lightning briefly staggered it.
• The Golden-Crowned White Eagle Lord's Piercing Shriek slowed Bai Xiaowen and revealed the Shadow Assassin carrying Treasure Leaves and two Eaglets.
• Bai Xiaowen used the Binding Talisman to imprison the Golden-Crowned White Eagle Lord, then reached the Shadow Assassin as his slow wore off.
• Bai Xiaowen escaped the Great Rift with the Shadow Assassin, Skeleton Mage, and Rageclaw, leaving the other Awakened to face the enraged eagles.

Bai Xiaowen returned from the Great Rift Valley Treasure Space with two Golden-Crowned White Eagle Eaglets, drawing envy and offers from other Awakened. He refused to sell them, including when Qi Ruifeng hinted that a favor could benefit Bai Xiaowen’s team in the upcoming CUAA qualifiers.

• Bai Xiaowen reunited with Li Shuyi, Han Xu, and Chen Guowei, who showed them his self-restoring Desiccated Poison Sac.
• Wang Jin, Geng Chen, and others confronted Bai Xiaowen about his apparent share of the treasure, and an Awakened revealed that one of his summoned creatures had taken two Eaglets.
• Bai Xiaowen took the Eaglets from his sleeve, and Li Shuyi fed them while Geng Chen offered Psionic Points and items to buy one.
• Bai Xiaowen denied taking Treasure Leaves from the Dragonblood Tea Mother Tree when Qi Ruifeng questioned him about freshly broken branches.
• Qi Ruifeng asked to buy an Eaglet and suggested that helping Jiangnan University could benefit Bai Xiaowen’s team in the CUAA qualifiers, but Bai Xiaowen refused.

Bai Xiaowen reassured Jinghai University’s team after Qi Ruifeng threatened their prospects, then reviewed the expedition’s gains and began dividing loot with Li Shuyi and Han Xu. They opened a treasure chest and drew a piece of White Eagle’s Assault, leaving the team to decide who would take it.

• Qi Ruifeng accepted Bai Xiaowen’s refusal to sell the eaglets and left with the Jianghai Division students.
• Bai Xiaowen encouraged Jinghai University’s team to compete for advancement rather than depend on another school throwing a match.
• Bai Xiaowen reviewed the team’s experience, Psionic Points, and items gained in the Great Rift Valley Treasure Space.
• Bai Xiaowen, Li Shuyi, and Han Xu opened the female White Eagle Boss Tier’s treasure chest and divided its Psionic Points according to their contributions.
• Bai Xiaowen drew White Eagle’s Assault, a Heroic Tier leg equipment item, and asked who wanted it.

Bai Xiaowen and his teammates divided their spoils, and Li Shuyi won the Gold [Feathering Necklace] after Han Xu declined to bid further. Yan Xiaoxin then tried to buy Bai Xiaowen’s Dragonblood Tea Tree Treasure Leaves, raising her offer as she discovered he had only one leaf in hand.

• Bai Xiaowen took the kicking-damage equipment and distributed 5,000 Psionic Points by Kill Contribution, giving Han Xu over 900 points.
• Li Shuyi revealed the Gold [Feathering Necklace], whose Feathering skill reduced damage from a Vital Strike and briefly increased Attack Speed and Movement Speed while halving Attack Power.
• Han Xu bid 5,600 Psionic Points for the necklace, but Li Shuyi won it for 6,000 after he admitted that was all he could afford.
• Bai Xiaowen invited Han Xu to join the Super God Guild, but Han Xu refused because he hoped to renew his contract with Jingwu.
• Yan Xiaoxin offered to buy Bai Xiaowen’s Dragonblood Tea Tree Treasure Leaves, raising her offer from 3,000 to 5,000 Psionic Points per leaf when she saw he had only one.

Bai Xiaowen sold ten Dragonblood Tea Tree Treasure Leaves to Jinghai University while keeping most of his haul, then returned from the Great Rift and sold equipment through his guild. After relaxing and streaming during his remaining Spirit Realm Ticket time, he learned that Zheng Jinyan had been replaced by Liang Zitong and ended her flirtatious video call.

• Bai Xiaowen sold ten Treasure Leaves to Yan Xiaoxin for 50,000 Psionic Points and refused to sell any more.
• Bai Xiaowen told Li Shuyi he still had sixty or seventy Treasure Leaves, and the Jinghai University convoy returned after its last student emerged from the Great Rift.
• Bai Xiaowen learned that his [Snake Handler's Belt] had sold for 10,000 Psionic Points and his blue shield for 2,800.
• Bai Xiaowen spent time with Li Shuyi, then livestreamed for several days while his audience remained small.
• Liang Zitong told Bai Xiaowen she had replaced Zheng Jinyan as Shark Livestream Platform's senior manager and suggested they meet for an in-depth exchange.
• Bai Xiaowen hung up on Liang Zitong.

After Zheng Jinyan resigned from Shark Livestream Platform, Bai Xiaowen invited her to become his exclusive manager. She accepted the challenge over drinks, and Feng Kui later took the drunken Bai Xiaowen, Li Shuyi, and Zheng Jinyan to a nearby hotel.

• Li Shuyi blocked Liang Zitong's calls, and Bai Xiaowen called Zheng Jinyan, who said she was waiting near his university.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi met Zheng Jinyan at a KTV, where she explained that she had resigned after losing both her promised promotion and her old position.
• Bai Xiaowen offered Zheng Jinyan a job as his exclusive manager, and she outlined plans for his contracts, public image, and fan presence.
• Bai Xiaowen formally invited Zheng Jinyan to manage him and offered her ten percent of his Earth-currency earnings.
• Bai Xiaowen, Li Shuyi, and Zheng Jinyan drank until they were too drunk to return to campus, so Feng Kui drove them to a nearby hotel.

Bai Xiaowen finalized Sister Zheng’s agent commission and planned to sign her contract before helping Han Xu buy a potion. At Crescent Moon Lake, he overheard Liu Fei and Zhao Yuting arguing about his gains from the Spinebreak Mountain Grand Rift and Liu Fei’s decision not to join the expedition to Dragonbreak Cliff.

• Bai Xiaowen woke up after drinking, and Li Shuyi later blushed and sent him out while she and Sister Zheng got ready.
• Bai Xiaowen and Sister Zheng agreed on standard agent commissions, and she prepared a contract for them to sign at a notary office.
• Li Shuyi told Bai Xiaowen that Sister Zheng had asked to be called by her new name, and the two planned to visit Super God Potion Shop before entering the Spirit Realm.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi spotted Liu Fei and Zhao Yuting arguing beside Crescent Moon Lake, and Bai Xiaowen stopped to listen when he heard his name.
• Zhao Yuting criticized Liu Fei for avoiding Dragonbreak Cliff, while Liu Fei said he feared Bai Xiaowen would sideline him and argued that his Snake Valley hunt had been more worthwhile.
• Zhao Yuting countered that Han Xu had returned with valuable equipment and Drake Blood, which were worth more than Liu Fei and Xiao Mingsheng’s Snake Valley gains.

Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi overheard Zhao Yuting reprimanding Liu Fei, then discussed Liu Fei’s motives and Zhao Yuting’s investment in him. At the Super God Potion Shop, Bai Xiaowen assessed the displayed Enhancement Potions and focused on those of Perfect quality.

• Zhao Yuting criticized Liu Fei for his narrow ambitions and threatened to stop contacting him, but Liu Fei promised to perform well in the matches.
• Chen Guowei interrupted Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi, and the pair came face to face with Liu Fei and Zhao Yuting.
• Li Shuyi defended Bai Xiaowen against Zhao Yuting’s accusation of eavesdropping, and Bai Xiaowen calmed the argument before Zhao Yuting and Liu Fei left.
• Bai Xiaowen explained to Li Shuyi that Liu Fei was likely flattering Zhao Yuting for her backing, while Zhao Yuting treated him like an investment she hoped would pay off.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi arrived at the Super God Potion Shop, where Bai Xiaowen inspected the displayed Enhancement Potions and used his Insight Talent to examine those of Perfect quality.

Bai Xiaowen explained how potion tier, purity, and escalating pain affected enhancement, then searched for a high-purity strength potion for Han Xu’s fourth attempt. At the Super God Potion Shop, he and Li Shuyi were recognized by Xu Ling, a former shop employee.

• Li Shuyi asked why Han Xu needed a perfect-quality potion, and Bai Xiaowen explained how tier and purity determined an enhancement’s actual effect.
• Bai Xiaowen explained that enhancement pain doubled with each use and calculated that Han Xu’s fourth potion would impose eight times the usual pain.
• Bai Xiaowen reasoned that Han Xu needed a high-purity C-tier level 8 strength potion to reach the strength required for the Earthwalker Dragon Bone Plate Armor.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi entered the Super God Potion Shop, where Xu Ling recognized them and approached.

Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi visited the potion shop seeking a high-purity Strength Enhancement Potion, then asked Zhang Jing and Sun Hecheng about the shop’s troubles and potion quality. Sun Hecheng explained how variations in herbs’ active ingredients and an alchemist’s timing created impurities, leaving Bai Xiaowen still without the potion he wanted.

• Xu Ling told Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi that the sales hall had no perfect-quality Strength Enhancement Potions at level 8 or above and suggested they ask Zhang Jing.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi overheard Sun Hecheng complaining that the Titan Guild had hurt the shop’s sales before they entered Zhang Jing’s office.
• Bai Xiaowen asked Zhang Jing for a high-purity, below-level-8 Strength Enhancement Potion with an actual bonus of about 4 points.
• Zhang Jing explained that a potion needed at least 87.5% purity for a 50% chance of granting the final point, while Sun Hecheng said perfect high-level potions were exceptionally rare.
• Sun Hecheng explained that uneven active ingredient ratios in herbs produced impurities, and Zhang Jing added that precise timing and an alchemist’s feel were necessary for high purity.

Bai Xiaowen used his Insight talent to measure medicinal ingredients precisely and crafted a Ruby's Might potion with 96% purity. Zhang Jing proposed using the rare potions to promote the Super God Potion Shop as it faced competition from the Titan Potion Shop, and asked Bai Xiaowen for help.

• Bai Xiaowen borrowed Sun Hecheng's workstation and used Insight to determine the active ingredient ratios in each medicinal material.
• Bai Xiaowen followed the perfect formula and preparation steps, producing a Ruby's Might potion with 96% purity and advancing to a 3-star alchemist.
• Sun Hecheng and Zhang Jing learned that Bai Xiaowen's Insight could reveal the active ingredient ratios in medicinal materials.
• Bai Xiaowen explained that measuring a batch took nearly two hours and cost hundreds of psionic points, making mass production impractical.
• Zhang Jing proposed selling a few perfect-tier potions through limited releases and auctions to raise the Super God Potion Shop's profile against the Titan Potion Shop.
• Bai Xiaowen agreed to help by crafting as many bottles as he could manage.

Bai Xiaowen agreed to make Enhancement Potions for Super God Potion Shop and prepared for his next Spirit Realm trip with Li Shuyi. After leaving potions in reserve and giving Han Xu a discounted Ruby's Might potion, Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi entered the Spirit Realm at noon the next day.

• Bai Xiaowen agreed to produce seven to ten high-purity Enhancement Potions monthly for Super God Potion Shop, while Shopkeeper Zhang promised him all auction proceeds and Guild Contribution Points and insisted that his Insight Talent stay secret.
• Bai Xiaowen told Sister Zheng about the arrangement, and she accepted his decision to honor his ties to the shop before arriving to discuss publicity with Shopkeeper Zhang.
• Bai Xiaowen made two high-purity Enhancement Potions and left them with the shop as stock before ordering herbs to prepare more potions for himself.
• Bai Xiaowen gave Han Xu a 96%-purity Ruby's Might potion for the official price of two million yuan and explained the risks of Han Xu's fourth enhancement.
• Bai Xiaowen told the University Team that he and Li Shuyi would soon enter the Spirit Realm, urged everyone to train for the upcoming CUAA qualifiers, and later updated his livestream room.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi used the Mysterious Note of Noble Durability and entered the Spirit Realm at noon the next day.

Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi drew two elevated entry identities for Kane: the son of a Troll warlord and the heir to White Stone Town. After weighing the drawbacks of each, Bai Xiaowen favored the lord’s identity for its greater independence.

• The Spirit Realm extended Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi’s quest time limit and let them draw two identities, choosing one or entering as free citizens.
• Bai Xiaowen drew the identity of the Bloodspear Warlord Kaerhan’s son, a Troll from a small tribe in Sinlands.
• Bai Xiaowen drew the identity of the Baron and heir of White Stone Town, a shrinking fief on the Empire’s northern frontier.
• Li Shuyi favored the Troll identity for its regeneration and possible access to warriors, while noting that White Stone Town seemed too poor to offer much.
• Bai Xiaowen reasoned that both identities might be empty titles, but the lord’s authority would let them act independently of Kaerhan.

Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi entered the Kane Plane as Dio Skalboom, lord of White Stone Town, and his younger sister Charlotte. Facing a ruined territory and an order to raise troops, they received an optional quest to recruit an army within fifteen days, and Bai Xiaowen chose not to abandon it.

• Bai Xiaowen chose the name Dio Skalboom, and Li Shuyi took the name Charlotte Skalboom as his sister.
• Dio and Charlotte arrived at their dilapidated home and learned that their territory was impoverished, overrun by bandits, and nearly bankrupt.
• Butler Jobb told Dio that the sheriff had ordered White Stone Town to recruit two knights and fifteen auxiliary soldiers for the Blackrock Line.
• The Spirit Realm Rules gave Dio and Charlotte an optional quest to recruit two Elite Level 3 knights and fifteen fully equipped auxiliary soldiers within fifteen days.
• Dio rejected Jobb's suggestion to sell the territory, and he and Charlotte discussed why recruiting a stronger army might matter despite their short stay.

Bai Xiaowen discovered that White Stone Fief had a silver mine and had been devastated by bandits while Jobb concealed the mine’s existence. He confronted Jobb about where the mined silver had gone.

• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi surveyed the impoverished fief and found miners and their families sheltering from the cold.
• Anton told Bai Xiaowen that the Blackwind Bandits had attacked the mine, killed guards, looted the miners, and burned their homes.
• Bai Xiaowen learned that the fief’s silver mine was owned by him and that the miners had handed its ore to Jobb.
• Bai Xiaowen invited the miners into the manor, where Molly lit a fire and Li Shuyi gave her clothes.
• Anton described White Stone Town’s bandits and said the Blackwind Bandits had over a hundred elite fighters.
• Jobb burst into the manor and tried to expel the miners, but Bai Xiaowen questioned him about the missing silver ore.

Bai Xiaowen used his lordly authority and a Heart-Confounding Talisman to take control of Jobb and recover the silver mine’s hidden gold. After refusing Anton’s bandit-elimination quest, Bai Xiaowen secretly began planning an attack on the Black Wind Bandit Group, whose unusual nature caught his attention.

• Jobb claimed the silver mine had been mortgaged to Lord Maki and that he was owed six months of wages, but Bai Xiaowen confused him with the Heart-Confounding Talisman.
• Bai Xiaowen made Jobb reveal his 474 saved gold coins, then opened the Lord Panel and saw White Stone Town’s resources and poor condition.
• Anton urged Bai Xiaowen to eliminate the bandits, triggering a side quest, but Bai Xiaowen refused it and ordered the silver mine reopened with higher wages for its workers.
• Bai Xiaowen confiscated Jobb’s contracts and sent him to oversee the mine while explaining to Li Shuyi that they would keep their plans secret.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi examined a map and identified the Black Wind Bandit Group’s Cliffside Mine as their first target; Bai Xiaowen said the group seemed strange.