Chapter Summaries

Bai Xiaowen and his teammates completed and named their Treasure Ground Space the Netherwhite Ghost Domain, making final adjustments before their shaping authority was revoked. After they were teleported out, they learned the space would officially open in seven days and prepared to return to the Awakened Association.

• Bai Xiaowen reviewed the Netherwhite Ghost Domain’s resources and scattered his remaining Psionic Particles to generate specialty resources at random.
• Li Shuyi and Qiao Rui pointed out possible ways Awakened could exploit the Hua Family Old Residence, so Bai Xiaowen added a time-based trigger for Hua Yurong to awaken.
• Bai Xiaowen and his teammates adjusted creature routes and resource concealment, then named the finished space the Netherwhite Ghost Domain.
• The Spirit Realm Rules revoked Bai Xiaowen’s shaping authority and explained that maintenance required spending 10 Psionic Points to replenish one point of the reserve.
• Bai Xiaowen and his teammates were teleported out, found the portal closed, and learned the Netherwhite Ghost Domain would open in seven days.
• Bai Xiaowen declined to check the already-full reserve and led his teammates toward the Awakened Association.

The White Phoenix Team activated the Netherwhite Ghost Domain and signed an agreement with the Awakened Association to develop it. Bai Xiaowen set its base entry price, and the first expedition was scheduled for seven days later.

• Yang Yongkang and Xiang Tian congratulated Li Beihai on the White Phoenix Team's victory, while Fu Yiping questioned Ling Feng about losing to Bai Xiaowen.
• Bai Xiaowen and the White Phoenix Team met Yang Yongkang, who reviewed the Netherwhite Ghost Domain's resource allocation and explained how its Psionic Particle reserves recovered.
• Bai Xiaowen reassured Yang Yongkang that he understood the treasure ground's layout, and the White Phoenix Team signed a cooperative development agreement with the Association.
• The agreement gave the White Phoenix Team management rights and 70% of ticket revenue, while the Association handled daily operations and received 30%.
• Bai Xiaowen set the base entry price at 800 Psionic Points, with fees adjusted by visitors' level and template, and the first expedition was set for seven days later.

Bai Xiaowen calculated that opening the Netherwhite Ghost Domain as a Treasure Ground Space could earn the White Phoenix Team a steady profit while still rewarding explorers. President Yang Yongkang explained how Treasure Grounds and Psionic Training Grounds formed from fragments of reconstructed Spirit Realm Planes, and Bai Xiaowen left ready to promote the new attraction.

• Bai Xiaowen estimated the Treasure Ground's admission income, operating costs, and potential rewards for explorers, then decided to restrict entry to protect Hua Yurong and the richest resources.
• President Yang Yongkang explained that Treasure Grounds were spatial fragments of Spirit Realm Planes sustained by Space Stones, while captured Singularities became Psionic Training Grounds.
• Bai Xiaowen wondered whether the Pale Netherstone had gained its powers by hosting a Spatial Law Fragment and resolved to uncover the secrets of the Psychic Energy Era.
• President Yang Yongkang offered to publicize the Netherwhite Ghost Domain's opening, and Bai Xiaowen agreed to promote it.
• Bai Xiaowen posted a Virtual Community status advertising the Netherwhite Ghost Domain as a brand-new Treasure Ground.

After the White Phoenix Team opened the Netherwhite Ghost Domain, guilds across the region competed for access to its unusually rich resources. Bai Xiaowen limited the first phase to 200 entrants and began trading access quotas, leaving the Super God Guild poised to benefit from reciprocal agreements.

• Awakened and university students celebrated Bai Xiaowen’s success after the White Phoenix Team’s opening of the Netherwhite Ghost Domain became public.
• Wu Chonglian and members of the Jingwu Guild regretted that Bai Xiaowen might refuse them access, while Titan Guild members discussed negotiating for quotas.
• Guilds across Jiangnan and the Southeast Region approached the Super God Guild, and Li Beihai directed the representatives to Bai Xiaowen.
• Bai Xiaowen told Sister Zheng not to agree readily and set a first-phase limit of 200 entrants based on the portal’s stability.
• Bai Xiaowen reached an agreement with the Radiance Guild for 15 Netherwhite Ghost Domain spots in exchange for 15 spots in the Radiance Guild’s Desert Maze, excluding A-Tier teams.

Bai Xiaowen’s team opened the treasure chests from Uncle Liu Si and Liu Fu, while the Super God Guild staged an unfavorable negotiation with the Titan Guild. Fu Hong then met Bai Xiaowen to negotiate entry to Netherwhite Ghost Domain, and Bai demanded access to the Psionic Training Ground.

• Sister Zheng rejected Fu Hanxiang’s request for fairer Titan Guild entry terms, then prepared for another negotiation.
• Bai Xiaowen and the White Phoenix Team opened Liu Fu’s chest, gave Li Shuyi the Superior Wraith Essence, and dismantled Vengeful Spirit’s Claw for Psionic Points and Gold Honeywax.
• The team opened Uncle Liu Si’s chest and found an Incomplete Geomancy Skill Book and a Brass Compass, which Bai stored for later.
• Fu Hong met Bai Xiaowen and offered to exchange entry slots to one of the Titan Guild’s treasured lands for access to Netherwhite Ghost Domain.
• Bai Xiaowen said an equal exchange was not enough and demanded the Psionic Training Ground.

Bai Xiaowen negotiated with Fu Hong to buy the Titan Guild’s unused medium-sized Psionic Training Ground for 700,000 Psionic Points. Fu Hong agreed to try to persuade the guild leadership, and Bai Xiaowen offered twenty places in the Netherwhite Ghost Domain Treasure Ground Space if the deal went through.

• Fu Hong criticized the Super God Guild for not providing the White Phoenix Team with a better Psionic Training Ground, but Bai Xiaowen said he preferred to find new resources rather than compete inside his guild.
• Bai Xiaowen explained that the Titan Guild’s medium-sized training ground was largely unused and costly to maintain, while the White Phoenix Team could train elsewhere if necessary.
• Fu Hong asked whether Bai Xiaowen would accept a small training ground, but Bai Xiaowen insisted he only wanted the medium-sized one.
• Bai Xiaowen offered 700,000 Psionic Points and argued that selling the ground would also save the Titan Guild 100,000 Psionic Points in annual maintenance.
• Fu Hong said he would try to persuade the Titan Guild leadership to approve the sale, and Bai Xiaowen asked for an answer within three days.
• When Fu Hong asked about trading places in the Netherwhite Ghost Domain Treasure Ground Space, Bai Xiaowen offered twenty.

Bai Xiaowen secured entry permits to the Netherwhite Ghost Domain and bought a Medium Psionic Training Ground, renaming it White Phoenix I. He allowed the Super God Team to use the facility when it was free and agreed to negotiate an exchange of permits with the Jingwu Guild.

• Bai Xiaowen arranged entry-slot deals with powerful guilds and required smaller guilds and independent Awakened to sell 20% of their gathered resources to the Super God Guild.
• Fu Hong told Bai Xiaowen that Fu Yiping had agreed to sell the Medium Psionic Training Ground for seven hundred thousand Psionic Points.
• Bai Xiaowen bought the training ground, renamed it White Phoenix I, and installed it in the basement of a villa in Chihuo District.
• At the celebration, Old Demon asked Bai Xiaowen to meet Nie Kong and the others, and Bai Xiaowen instead offered them training-ground hours when the White Phoenix Team was not using it.
• Li Beihai told Bai Xiaowen that the Jingwu Guild had requested entry permits, and Bai Xiaowen offered to trade two of theirs for each of his.

Bai Xiaowen’s Treasure Ground drew large crowds, but the Netherwhite Ghost Domain’s Ghost Mist and Substitute Death Ghosts kept many explorers out of its core. As Fu Yiping and Wu Chonglian prepared to seize the core area with elite forces, Wu was confronted with news that the Radiant Team’s second team had been expelled.

• Jingwu Guild agreed to a two-for-one exchange, and Bai Xiaowen authorized the Awakened who had obtained entry slots.
• The White Phoenix Team spent its Psionic Points on the training ground and focused on improving skill proficiency.
• An Awakened surnamed Zhao told reporters that a Substitute Death Ghost bound his Life Value to it, forcing him to leave the Treasure Ground early.
• Reports from returning explorers revealed that Ghost Mist blocked access to the core area and that Substitute Death Ghosts were difficult to defeat in groups.
• Fu Yiping and Wu Chonglian discussed how their elite forces would break through the Ghost Mist and claim the core area’s resources.
• Reporters asked Wu Chonglian about reports that the Radiant Team’s second team had been expelled from the Treasure Ground.

Wu Chonglian bragged that Jingwu and Giant God would conquer the Netherwhite Ghost Domain, but both teams were soon eliminated, making his interview a viral joke. Bai Xiaowen explained that Hua Yurong’s awakening had driven off all three elite teams and considered ways to improve the Treasure Ground’s reputation.

• Wu Chonglian praised Jingwu and Giant God in an interview and said they would flatten the Netherwhite Ghost Domain.
• Wu Chonglian learned that Jingwu’s elite team had been eliminated and tried to retract his interview.
• News spread that Jingwu and Giant God had been driven out shortly after Radiant Team B, and netizens mocked Wu Chonglian’s boast.
• Bai Xiaowen explained that Hua Yurong’s awakening had forced all three teams to flee after they targeted the Hua Family Old Residence.
• Bai Xiaowen and Qiao Rui discussed the teams’ greed, while Li Shuyi asked whether the Treasure Ground had retained most of its Psionic Particles.
• Bai Xiaowen decided to ask Sister Zheng to find positive examples to promote the Treasure Ground.

The White Phoenix Team dominated the second Competition Month, extending its winning streak to twenty-seven matches while intensive training improved its combat skills. Bai Xiaowen and his teammates reached skill level 7 and gained new enhancements, and Bai Xiaowen decided it was time to return to the Spirit Realm.

• Bai Xiaowen asked Sister Zheng to reward lucky Netherwhite Ghost Domain explorers who would speak positively about the expedition.
• The White Phoenix Team won every match in the new Competition Month and finished with twenty-seven consecutive victories and eighty-one points.
• Bai Xiaowen and his teammates spent more than a month training at triple speed, spending about two hundred thousand Psionic Points.
• Bai Xiaowen raised Intimidation, Summon Angerclaw, and Talisman Switching to level 7 and gained their new enhancement effects.
• The White Phoenix Team's members improved their skills, and Bai Xiaowen decided to make another trip to the Spirit Realm.

Bai Xiaowen and the White Phoenix Team obtained a Spirit Realm Ticket and returned to the Black Tide Plane. He chose to continue as Dio Skalboom, whose fame and reputation had grown since his previous visit, and learned that he could redraw the ticket’s affix.

• The team members used their Fame draws, and Qiao Rui won a C-Tier Spirit Realm Ticket.
• Bai Xiaowen notified his friends and family, then entered the Spirit Realm with Li Shuyi, Qiao Rui, Han Xu, and their two eagles while Cecilia returned to her territory.
• Bai Xiaowen told Qiao Rui and Han Xu about his previous Black Tide Plane expedition and its prophecy concerning the Abyss.
• The Spirit Realm Rules offered Bai Xiaowen a new Noble Birth identity or a return as Dio Skalboom, and he chose to keep his old identity.
• Bai Xiaowen learned that his Black Tide Plane fame was A-Tier, his Abyss Faction reputation was Hated, and his Guardian Faction reputation was Revered.
• The Spirit Realm Rules told Bai Xiaowen that he could redraw the ticket’s Noble Birth affix while using his old identity.

Bai Xiaowen and the White Phoenix Team entered the Black Tide Plane World aboard a ship and received a quest to kill a notable Abyss Faction figure. After learning about the flooded continent from Captain Julian Case, Bai Xiaowen led his teammates below to plan their next move.

• Bai Xiaowen rerolled the ticket's affix, gaining Durability and extending the quest time by 33%, while Qiao Rui and Han Xu chose the names Jojo and Mountain Henry.
• Bai Xiaowen, Li Shuyi, Qiao Rui, and Han Xu entered the Black Tide Plane World aboard a sailing ship surrounded by dark water.
• The Spirit Realm Rules gave the team a quest to kill a notable Abyss Faction figure and bring proof to the Guardian Faction leader.
• Bai Xiaowen questioned why the quest favored the Guardian Faction, and Li Shuyi suggested the Demon King might be too powerful.
• Bai Xiaowen used Insight on Captain Julian Case, then learned that the Cataclysm had flooded a third of the continent and that the ship was bound for Calchino.
• Bai Xiaowen ended his conversation with Julian and led his teammates back to the cabin to plan.

Bai Xiaowen explained Black Tide Continent’s political landscape and began an A+ Awakening Skill quest to improve Summon Angerclaw. The quest required Angerclaw to raise one attribute above 100, and Bai Xiaowen realized its existing mental-power and Spirit Channeling bonuses already counted toward the target.

• Bai Xiaowen used his knowledge from the Camelot Royal Library to explain the nations of Black Tide Continent and identified the ship as a trade vessel bound from Yorni to Calchino.
• Bai Xiaowen noted that his Doom Bracelet seemed to have awakened additional abilities in the Black Tide Plane and proposed pursuing difficult quest objectives there.
• Bai Xiaowen chose to awaken Summon Angerclaw using a Flawless Black Source Crystal and selected A+ difficulty.
• The Spirit Realm Rules set the quest objective of raising any one of Pack Leader Angerclaw’s attributes above 100 points.
• Qiao Rui pointed out how difficult the target would be, but Bai Xiaowen observed that the quest counted Angerclaw’s enhancement-buff bonuses, putting its progress at 50 out of 100.

Bai Xiaowen weighed which Guardian faction to approach for the main quest and received a prophecy that The Advance would be attacked by pirates. Unable to reveal the vision directly, he warned Captain Julian that the danger he feared was about to come true.

• Bai Xiaowen explained that turning in the kill proof to a particular Guardian leader would determine which faction the squad joined, and named Torin and Xisidir as promising options.
• Bai Xiaowen sent the White Phoenix Squad to gather shipboard intelligence, especially about the Camelot Queen’s whereabouts.
• Bai Xiaowen used the Doom Bracelet and saw a vision of raiders surrounding The Advance and charging onto its deck.
• Bai Xiaowen stopped himself from describing the vision after the Spirit Realm Rules warned that revealing it would reduce his remaining stay in the Black Tide Plane.
• Bai Xiaowen told Captain Julian that the danger he worried about was about to happen, and Julian guessed he meant the Snakefolk Marauders.

Bai Xiaowen’s prediction came true when Wogata raiders attacked The Advance, overwhelming its crew and forcing Captain Julian to fight. As a ghost ship rose from the sea and the sailors began to surrender, Bai Xiaowen ordered his team to lay down their weapons.

• Bai Xiaowen warned Captain Julian that danger was approaching, but Julian and the sailors dismissed him as a fraud when the ship sailed safely through the day.
• Wogata fishman raiders rammed The Advance with assault boats and boarded the deck in force.
• Captain Julian used Inspire and ordered the crew to fight, while Bai Xiaowen told his team to suppress their Psychic Fields and watch for a Leader Tier raider.
• A ghost ship rose from the sea, and its snakefolk commander ordered the raiders to capture the sailors for the tribe or kill those who resisted.
• The Wogata raiders subdued the crew and dragged unconscious sailors underwater inside protective air bubbles.
• Bai Xiaowen told Li Shuyi that the team would surrender and had everyone put away their weapons.

Bai Xiaowen and his companions surrendered to Wogata raiders and were taken to the tribe’s underwater base, where the prisoners were sorted into slave warriors and laborers. Sasha singled Bai Xiaowen out for a private summons, leaving him unsure why she had chosen him.

• Bai Xiaowen’s group suppressed their Psychic Fields and surrendered, and the Wogata Tribe’s raiders captured them alive and sank the Advance.
• The raiders brought the prisoners to the Wogata Tribe’s underwater territory, where General Deke handed them over to Sasha.
• Sasha ordered her warriors to assess the prisoners, and Bai Xiaowen told his teammates to appear weak so they would avoid being chosen for warrior remaking.
• The slave warriors selected Han Xu, Captain Julian, and several officers, while Sasha pointed out Bai Xiaowen and ordered him taken to her shell.
• As Bai Xiaowen followed a slave warrior away, he asked whether the man had once been human, and the warrior angrily called Bai Xiaowen the monster.

Bai Xiaowen posed as a helpless captive in Sasha's shell house while using his Shadow Assassin to scout the Wogata Tribe and learn about its conversion altar and Lord Vazhatas. He then revealed his strength, summoned the Butcher, and turned the tables on Sasha.

• Bai Xiaowen let Abiwen believe the slave warrior's punch had cowed him while he sent the Shadow Assassin to explore the settlement.
• Bai Xiaowen learned that the Wogata Tribe had a great altar overseen by Naitu lu and that Lord Vazhatas of the Deep Sea could help create noble snakefolk generals.
• Sasha returned, called Bai Xiaowen her private property, and refused to untie him as she tried to touch him.
• Bai Xiaowen asked how far Lord Vazhatas's tribe was, then dodged Sasha's attack and summoned the Butcher.
• Bai Xiaowen struck Sasha with the Giant Serpent Scepter and declared that she was now Dio Skalboom's private property.

Bai Xiaowen forced Sasha to reveal the Wogata Territory’s defenses and then launched an attack on its Sacrificial District. He reached the southeastern altar to rescue Han Xu and interrupted the transformation ritual, though Napa and the remaining Snakefolk still stood against him.

• Bai Xiaowen freed himself, subdued Abiwen, and threatened Sasha until she agreed to disclose the Wogata Territory’s layout and forces.
• Sasha drew a map and described the guards, altars, and General Tier fighters; Bai Xiaowen verified her information and took her with him.
• Bai Xiaowen contacted Qiao Rui, then headed for the southeastern altar where Han Xu was being transformed.
• Bai Xiaowen and his summoned creatures killed the Sacrificial District’s sentries and fought through patrols to reach the altar.
• Bai Xiaowen attacked Napa and the praying devotees, killing two devotees with headshots and abruptly stopping the ritual.

Bai Xiaowen and Han Xu interrupted Napa’s transformation ritual and fought the Snakefolk frost mage as reinforcements led by General Deke arrived. Bai Xiaowen focused on defeating Napa while Deke’s Spirit drained, and Rageclaw forced Napa to use his escape skill.

• Bai Xiaowen assessed Napa after Han Xu recovered from the interrupted ritual and joined the battle.
• Rageclaw attacked Napa, but Napa’s Frozen Armor forced Bai Xiaowen to halt his Skeleton Sword-and-Shield Soldiers while he shot Napa with his Desert Eagle.
• General Deke arrived with Elite Snakefolk, and Bai Xiaowen sent the Vengeful Spirit to drain Deke’s Spirit as Butcher blocked the front line.
• Han Xu held off the Elite Snakefolk from behind while Bai Xiaowen focused his forces on Napa.
• Bai Xiaowen used a Berserk Talisman on Rageclaw, who broke Napa’s chant and drove him to escape with Ice-Surface Glide.

Bai Xiaowen and his summoned creatures defeated Frost Prayer Napa and General Deke on the rocky platform. Rageclaw gained Spirit and Strength through his Well-Trained trait, while the remaining Snakefolk and slave warriors continued fighting.

• Bai Xiaowen used Intimidation to immobilize the fighters on the rocky platform, and Rageclaw pinned Napa with Suppression.
• Bai Xiaowen and Rageclaw attacked Napa, avoided or endured his frost spells, and drove his health down to 35%.
• Rageclaw killed Napa, gaining two base Spirit through Well-Trained after dealing 61.22% of the damage.
• Bai Xiaowen sent Butcher to hold off the freed Snakefolk and slave warriors while Rageclaw and Han Xu attacked General Deke.
• Rageclaw killed General Deke after dealing 51.41% of the damage, gaining one base Strength through Well-Trained.