Chapter Summaries

Bai Xiaowen led White Stone City’s forces to annihilate Gaors’s Remnants army, while an unseen master withdrew its undead forces rather than risk battle. At the victory banquet, Bai Xiaowen offered Viscount Dennis the credit for the victory and proposed an even greater chance to earn merit: attacking the Sinlands.

• Li Shuyi evaded Kridan’s attacks as Gaors empowered the Remnants and began casting a spell, but Bai Xiaowen’s Intimidation and lightning strike interrupted him.
• Bai Xiaowen revealed that Gaors had destroyed a decoy medicine warehouse and killed a summoned scholar, then overwhelmed Gaors as the White Stone Army routed the weakened Remnants.
• Bai Xiaowen, Li Shuyi, and Cecilia killed the Remnants’ three leaders, ending the battle and returning with treasure chests.
• A Lich named Hexley learned that his unseen master had ordered the undead army to retreat because the Imperial Army’s finest troops might join the battle; the master said they would not attack White Stone City until they developed a countervirus to Plague Bane.
• At White Stone City’s victory banquet, Bai Xiaowen offered Viscount Dennis credit for defeating the Remnants, then proposed an attack on the Sinlands as a chance to earn ten times as much merit.

Bai Xiaowen persuaded Viscount Dennis to pursue the Sinlands campaign by promising White Stone Fief’s plague medicine and negotiating for the expeditionary force’s reserve supplies. Three days after the victory banquet, Nicholas IV’s decrees elevated Dio Skalboom to duke and Cecilia to countess, while endorsing Dennis’s campaign plan.

• Bai Xiaowen convinced Dennis that the Remnants were weakened and that White Stone Fief’s Ultimate Plague Bane could help the Imperial Expeditionary Force conquer the Sinlands.
• Bai Xiaowen offered the expeditionary force’s reserve supplies as his price for providing medicine, and Dennis agreed to report the supplies as losses and present the deal as legitimate to Nicholas IV.
• Bai Xiaowen joined Dennis at the victory banquet, where Dennis celebrated his victory and anticipated receiving credit for the campaign.
• Three days after the banquet, an envoy delivered Nicholas IV’s decrees investing Dio Skalboom as a duke and Cecilia as a countess, and commending Dennis’s plan to invade the Sinlands.

After the Northland’s threats were eliminated, Bai Xiaowen discussed the Gorseflower Empire’s future and opened treasure chests with his teammates. Xiao Jun gained the chance to use the powerful Bone Shatter hammer after her team proposed ways to meet its requirements.

• Viscount Dennis and Archbishop Arlo led the campaign that sealed the Abyssal Rift, securing the Northland and leaving Nicholas IV free to pursue reforms.
• Bai Xiaowen explained that he had withheld a map of Underworld forces so the Empire would not unify Kane before his territory could benefit.
• The White Phoenix Team opened three Golden Treasure Chests, and Cecilia received Kridan’s Skull Necklace.
• Xiao Jun drew Gatman the Shatterer’s Bone Shatter hammer, whose Pulverize skill could shatter targets or cripple them.
• Qiao Rui proposed using potions and Treasure Meat to raise Xiao Jun’s Strength, then Gold Honeywax to let her use the Bind on Pickup hammer, and Bai Xiaowen agreed.

After the White Phoenix Team discovered the Frostbound Coffer, Bai Xiaowen devised a plan to sell it with White Stone Fief's Class Change support. The team then began the B-League playoffs against the Solitary Heart Team, whose coach planned to exploit their lack of playoff experience.

• Cecilia opened Plaguebringer Lich Gors's treasure chest and found the Frostbound Coffer, which Bai Xiaowen confirmed was a Class-Change Treasure.
• Bai Xiaowen proposed pairing the Frostbound Coffer with White Stone Fief soldiers' help to offer Quasi-Awakened candidates an almost guaranteed Hero Class.
• The White Phoenix Team trained for two days before the B-League playoffs began.
• The White Phoenix Team hosted the Solitary Heart Team in the first playoff round, a best-of-five series in which each match mode could be used only once.
• The Solitary Heart Team's coach urged his players to take the first game by exploiting the White Phoenix Team's inexperience and then use two powerful items.

White Phoenix Team faced Solitary Heart Team in a King of the Hill match, and Bai Xiaowen opened with a one-versus-five sweep. After defeating the first two opponents with his summoned army, Bai Xiaowen faced Solitary Heart captain Tan Cheng.

• Bai Xiaowen told White Phoenix Team to aim for a 3–0 victory, then chose an open ban while Solitary Heart Team banned Conquest Mode.
• The teams drew King of the Hill Mode, and Bai Xiaowen volunteered to start, intending to break Solitary Heart Team's morale.
• Bai Xiaowen defeated support Jia Ze in twenty-seven seconds without losing a summoned creature.
• Solitary Heart Team sent a mage against Bai Xiaowen, but summoned Skeleton Sword-and-Shield Soldiers repeatedly interrupted his spells and defeated him.
• Tan Cheng stepped forward as Solitary Heart Team's third player after the team decided no one else could challenge Bai Xiaowen effectively.

Bai Xiaowen fought Tan Cheng in the Psionic Training Ground, using spirit-draining control and magic damage to overcome Tan Cheng’s durable Thorn Armor Fighter. Tan Cheng fell after Bai Xiaowen trapped him at close range and unleashed a final barrage of spells.

• Bai Xiaowen used Insight on Tan Cheng and recognized that Tan Cheng’s Thorn Armor and high physical defenses made him resistant to summons’ physical attacks.
• Bai Xiaowen sent a Vengeful Spirit to drain Tan Cheng’s Spirit, and Tan Cheng destroyed it with Thunderous Slam, spending more Spirit in the process.
• Bai Xiaowen’s Butcher blocked Tan Cheng while the Bone Warlock and Bai Xiaowen slowed and damaged him with magic.
• Tan Cheng stunned the Butcher with Shockwave and charged Bai Xiaowen, but Bai Xiaowen broke his advance with Imprisonment, Intimidation, and the Spirit Serpent Whip Technique.
• Bai Xiaowen stacked Glacier Spike with Frost Shard and Multi-Shard, then the Bone Warlock struck Tan Cheng with Lightning Strike and defeated him.

Bai Xiaowen led the White Phoenix Team to a crushing victory over the Solitary Heart Team and into the quarterfinals. At the draw, White Phoenix landed in Group C, leaving a possible semifinal meeting with Jingwu.

• Bai Xiaowen defeated Tan Cheng and the Solitary Heart Team’s remaining challengers, sweeping all five solo matches.
• The White Phoenix Team won both team battles and beat Solitary Heart three to zero to advance to the quarterfinals.
• The remaining round-of-sixteen matches produced the quarterfinalists, including Jingwu’s upset victory over Haifeng.
• The quarterfinal draw placed Jingwu in Group D as Wu Guangzong drew D2.
• Bai Xiaowen drew C1, ensuring White Phoenix would not face Jingwu in the quarterfinals.

Bai Xiaowen learned that White Phoenix would face Huaxin in the quarterfinals, then heard of a dangerous incident in the Great Southwest that drew authorities’ attention away from his team. White Phoenix defeated Huaxin and advanced to the semifinals, where Jingwu awaited them.

• Xia Hengyang introduced himself to Bai Xiaowen before drawing Silver Frost into Group A, ensuring it could not meet White Phoenix before the finals.
• Bai Xiaowen learned that four members of an official scouting team had gone missing in the Great Southwest, where a suspected Large Spirit Realm Fragment and Southeast Asian experts had been reported.
• The authorities sent two Class-A teams and a military Awakened special-operations unit to the Great Southwest without inviting White Phoenix, and Bai Xiaowen told Li Shuyi to focus on the tournament.
• White Phoenix defeated Huaxin 3–0 in the quarterfinals, while Silver Frost, Rosy Cloud, and Jingwu also advanced to the semifinals.
• The semifinal draw matched Silver Frost against Rosy Cloud and White Phoenix against Jingwu, and Li Beihai told White Phoenix to compete without pressure at a family dinner.

White Phoenix Team prepared to face Jingwu Team in their semifinal as Wu Chonglian declared Jingwu would reach the Class-A League and Wu Guangzong revealed the team had secret treasures. Bai Xiaowen received two powerful limited-use items from Li Beihai to help protect White Phoenix Team, leaving the match ahead.

• Silver Frost Team drew an away semifinal against Rosy Cloud Team in Beijing, while White Phoenix Team and Jingwu Team prepared to face each other in Jinghai.
• Li Beihai and Wu Chonglian traded insults in the packed arena, and Wu Chonglian vowed Jingwu Guild would reach the Class-A League.
• Wu Guangzong told Jingwu Team that the president had provided secret treasures to help them win the championship.
• Bai Xiaowen examined the Holy Protection Scroll and Damaged Stupa Tower, noting their powerful defensive and offensive effects.
• Li Beihai had given Bai Xiaowen the two items as support for White Phoenix Team, and Bai Xiaowen accepted them after Li called them his daughter's dowry.

The White Phoenix Team faced Jingwu in the first match of their semifinal, which landed on True Kill Mode in a desert arena. Jingwu opened an ambush against the White Phoenix Team, and the chapter ended as Bai Xiaowen countered with a mass of summons.

• Bai Xiaowen chose Empty Ban, while Wu Guangzong banned King of the Hill Mode, and the draw selected True Kill Mode.
• Wu Guangzong banned plains terrain and celebrated when Jingwu arrived in a desert, where he believed the guild president’s team-battle item would be especially powerful.
• Wu Guangzong handed the scroll to Wu Sihao and told him to use it when he gave the signal.
• Qiao Rui sent her Falcon Spirit to scout, but Pang Yu brought it down with War-Spear Throw, exposing Jingwu’s position.
• Wu Guangzong charged into the White Phoenix Team’s formation and caught three members with Tiger’s Roar, while Bai Xiaowen summoned a mass of creatures to block Jingwu’s attacks.

Wu Guangzong unleashed the Soul-Destroying Tribulation Bees to drive Bai Xiaowen back, while the White Phoenix Team counterattacked and killed Pang Yu. Jingwu Team then triggered its Land of Sandstone trump card, stunning and immobilizing the White Phoenix Team before Han Xu answered with a group-control attack.

• Wu Guangzong threw the Soul-Destroying Tribulation Bees at Bai Xiaowen, whose poison and fire attacks could not stop the swarm.
• Cecilia used Shadow Stealth to evade Jingwu Team and fired Split Arrows at its members.
• Cecilia and Li Shuyi coordinated to kill Pang Yu with a Killing Shot Arrow and Invincible Slash.
• Han Xu hooked Wu Sihao away as Wu Sihao tried to use a scroll, but Wu Sihao escaped with Flash and activated Land of Sandstone.
• Land of Sandstone struck and immobilized the White Phoenix Team, so Han Xu removed the control effect and sent a Ghost Ship surging toward Jingwu Team's remaining members.

The White Phoenix Team defeated the Jingwu Team three to zero and advanced to the finals. Bai Xiaowen’s Stone Armor countered Wu Guangzong’s bee swarm, and the chapter ended with White Phoenix awaiting the winner of Silver Frost and Rosy Cloud.

• Bai Xiaowen activated Stone Armor and survived Wu Guangzong’s venomous bee swarm without injury.
• Bai Xiaowen, Rageclaw, Qiao Rui, and Li Shuyi attacked together and killed Wu Guangzong, then eliminated the Jingwu Team’s remaining members.
• In the preparation room, Bai Xiaowen explained that Stone Armor had reduced the damage from each bee sting and that he had waited to bait Wu Guangzong into using the Sandstone Grounds Scroll.
• The Jingwu Team avoided using more powerful items in the next two matches, and the White Phoenix Team eliminated them in both.
• Yixiao announced that the White Phoenix Team had advanced to the finals with a three-to-zero victory against Jingwu, where it would face the winner of Silver Frost and Rosy Cloud.

The White Phoenix Team defeated the Rosy Cloud Team three to zero in the CADL finals and became champions after the Rosy Cloud Team had upset Silver Frost in the semifinals. Bai Xiaowen led his teammates onto the stage to accept the crowd’s applause.

• The Rosy Cloud Team defeated Silver Frost three to two after using a countermeasure to eliminate Silver Frost’s two Hero Class players, advancing to the finals.
• Silver Frost defeated Jingwu three to one in the third-place match and claimed third place in the CADL.
• The White Phoenix Team defeated the Rosy Cloud Team in Boss Challenge Mode after Bai Xiaowen’s summons helped expose their backline to the boss.
• The White Phoenix Team won Crystal Destruction Mode by pushing the middle lane, collecting resources, and storming the Rosy Cloud Team’s high ground.
• Li Shuyi, Cecilia, and Bai Xiaowen won Conquest Mode three to zero, completing White Phoenix’s three-to-zero finals victory.
• Bai Xiaowen led his four teammates onto the stage as the White Phoenix Team celebrated its championship.

Bai Xiaowen and the White Phoenix Team celebrated their perfect CADL championship, earning rewards and promotion to the Class-A League. After dismissing an interviewer's discreet invitation and seeing the media hail his team as invincible, Bai Xiaowen returned to Jinghai convinced they were still far from their peak.

• Bai Xiaowen received the Versatile Talent title, attribute points, and a Golden Roulette draw for the White Phoenix Team's perfect championship record.
• Bai Xiaowen learned that Li Shuyi, Qiao Rui, Cecilia, and Han Xu had also earned titles and attribute rewards, while only he qualified for the Golden Roulette draw.
• Bai Xiaowen told an interviewer that the White Phoenix Team would focus on playing each Class-A match well, then threw away the room number she slipped him.
• Media outlets praised the White Phoenix Team's perfect record and described them as an invincible team, but Bai Xiaowen considered them far from their peak.
• Bai Xiaowen led the White Phoenix Team back to Jinghai after their promotion to the Class-A League.

Bai Xiaowen received Jinghai City Awakened Association president Yang Yongkang, who asked the White Phoenix Team to investigate a dangerous incident in the Great Southwest. After reading the available intelligence, Bai learned that the No-Man’s Zone’s wildlife was mutating and rare Fiend Species had appeared there, but he had not yet decided whether to take the mission.

• After returning to Jinghai, Bai Xiaowen shut his doors to avoid reporters until Li Beihai told him Yang Yongkang had come to visit.
• Yang Yongkang asked the White Phoenix Team to join the military’s special forces in investigating the Great Southwest after two A-rank teams failed to uncover the cause of the crisis.
• Bai Xiaowen requested the earlier teams’ intelligence before deciding whether to participate, and Yang Yongkang authorized him to review it.
• The intelligence revealed that a No-Man’s Zone near Spring City Base City had experienced sharply rising Psionic Particles and gradual mutations among its beasts, insects, and trees.
• Reports from the Xinpu and Longze teams revealed that Spirit Realm Fiend Species, including Vengeful Spirits, Corpse Demons, and Leaping Zombies, had invaded the No-Man’s Zone.

Bai Xiaowen accepted the mission to investigate the monster crisis in the Great Southwest and asked the authorities to arrange publicity for the White Phoenix Team, including an appearance on Central News. The team gathered to open its Golden Roulette, and the pointer stopped after a tense spin.

• Bai Xiaowen agreed to investigate the No-Man's Zone at the A+ Tier Guild Mission rate and asked Yang Yongkang to secure two months of media coverage and a Central News appearance.
• Bai Xiaowen explained to Li Shuyi that the publicity would help the team's Earth Fame remain high enough for a better fame draw, and Qiao Rui offered to contact her second uncle.
• Bai Xiaowen summoned the Golden Roulette the team had won for its B-League championship and explained its numbered sections to Cecilia and Qiao Rui.
• Bai Xiaowen spun the roulette while Li Shuyi predicted it would land on section one, and the platinum pointer finally stopped.

The White Phoenix Team secured official publicity after agreeing to join the fight in the Great Southwest, then traveled to the region to investigate the dangerous zone. As swarms of mutated venomous creatures closed in, Bai Xiaowen ordered the team to keep moving and sent Butcher to clear a path.

• Bai Xiaowen won a Light Vitality Potion from the Golden Roulette and noted its recovery and control-breaking effects.
• The Awakened Association approved Bai Xiaowen’s request, and Central News filmed the White Phoenix Team for a national broadcast about their mission in the Great Southwest.
• After the news segment aired, Bai Xiaowen and the White Phoenix Team left Jinghai for Spring City Base City, with Xiao Jun seeing them off.
• The White Phoenix Team entered the Great Southwest’s dangerous forest, where Bai Xiaowen warned them that Fiend Species creatures might appear.
• Bai Xiaowen detected swarms of mutated venomous creatures approaching from all directions, and he ordered the team onward while Butcher released Rotting Poison Mist to clear their path.

Bai Xiaowen met up with the Gale Special Operations Brigade after they used Psionic Sprayers to clear a swarm of poisonous insects. He suspected an expert from Southeast Asia was controlling the insects and led the search onward while arranging a concealed pursuit and support plan.

• Bai Xiaowen contacted Cave Two and directed it to reach his position, while the White Phoenix Team waited for reinforcements.
• Teng Qing led around a hundred Gale Special Operations Brigade soldiers, who used Psionic Sprayers to neutralize the poisonous insects and join Bai Xiaowen's team.
• Teng Qing introduced captains Zuo Hongliang, Le Zhiyi, and Huang Jihu, and explained that the sprayers were made from treasure-ground copper-iron ore.
• Bai Xiaowen concluded that someone had controlled the poisonous insects and suspected the controller was an expert who had crossed over from Southeast Asia.
• Bai Xiaowen ordered Teng Qing's brigade to follow a kilometer behind in concealment, assigned Qiao Rui to shield them, and secretly gave Teng Qing the battle plan.

Bai Xiaowen and his teammates confronted Zhalun and four other Southeast Asian experts in the jungle, where they discovered that Basong was dead. Li Shuyi struck first, wounding Zhalun as he took flight.

• Bai Xiaowen detected fewer than five people ahead and led Cecilia and Li Shuyi cautiously toward a palace-like structure in the jungle.
• A hunched assassin named Base ambushed Bai Xiaowen, but Li Shuyi blocked his attack.
• Zhalun revealed himself and claimed to have powerful companions, while Bai Xiaowen exposed the hidden fighters Base, Bicha, and two others.
• Base told Bai Xiaowen that Basong was dead, and Zhalun threatened that Chinese prodigies would die too.
• Li Shuyi suddenly attacked Zhalun and wounded him, and Zhalun spread his cloak and glided away.

Bai Xiaowen and the Chinese Special Forces surrounded Zhalun and the Southeast Asian experts, using psionic firepower and coordinated attacks to eliminate their escape routes. Zhalun was still being pursued as Han Xu caught Zhawang and the remaining fighters fell under attack.

• Li Shuyi struck Zhalun with Invincible Slash, knocking him to the ground and chasing him as he fled.
• Vampire Kitz blocked Zhalun's path while Teng Qing signaled the Special Forces to surround the Southeast Asian experts and unleash a psionic barrage.
• Chachai charged through the encirclement, but Zuo Hongliang and the Special Forces team blocked him while Bai Xiaowen disrupted Bicha and Base.
• The Special Forces killed Base with a volley, then Bai Xiaowen and Qiao Rui exposed Bicha's stealth so Cecilia and the soldiers could kill him.
• Han Xu caught Zhawang with Waist-Wrapped Anchor Chain and Clamp Headshot as Zhawang tried to escape.