Chapter Summaries

Bai Xiaowen won an A-Tier Spirit Realm Ticket from the Golden Fame Roulette, but its short validity period made it difficult to use or sell while Han Xu’s ticket was available. Qiao Rui revealed that Advanced Trial Space chests could preserve tickets, and Bai Xiaowen concluded Jinghai University’s Advanced Trial Space had not opened because the school lacked A-Tier Tickets.

• Bai Xiaowen summoned the Golden Fame Roulette and won an A-Tier Ticket that took the form of a Noble Ceremonial Sword.
• The White Phoenix Team realized Han Xu’s Bronze Wine Goblet made the new ticket difficult to use, and Bai Xiaowen explained why its short shelf life also made it hard to sell.
• Qiao Rui paid a 16,000 Psionic Point fine to disclose that Trial Space chests could keep stored items, including Spirit Realm Tickets, unchanged over time.
• Bai Xiaowen understood that an Advanced Trial Space chest could preserve his Noble Ceremonial Sword until he needed it.
• Bai Xiaowen concluded Jinghai University’s Advanced Trial Space had not opened because it lacked A-Tier Tickets to stock its chests.

Bai Xiaowen prepared the White Phoenix Team for an A-Tier ticket to an Ancient China Plane, while Xiao Jun returned from a Spirit Realm trip with new insights into her Dragon Vein Jade Disc. After settling affairs on Earth, Bai Xiaowen led the team into the Spirit Realm.

• Bai Xiaowen arranged for President Yan to hold the A-Tier Spirit Realm Ticket for the Noble Ceremonial Sword, and the team drew Noble Birth, Prominent, and Challenge as its modifiers.
• Xiao Jun returned from an Ancient Europe Plane at level 2, having completed an A-Tier side quest and gained fourteen growth points for her Dragon Vein Jade Disc.
• Bai Xiaowen theorized that the Dragon Vein Jade Disc grew by absorbing the fortune carried by powerful leaders, whether they belonged to a ruling faction or a rebellion.
• Xiao Jun wished Bai Xiaowen good luck before he made arrangements for the team's long absence, including checking Kane's Territory, stocking the virtual shop, and pursuing A-rank Guild benefits.
• Bai Xiaowen led the White Phoenix Team into the Spirit Realm using an A-Tier ticket to visit an Ancient China Plane.

The White Phoenix Team entered the Three Kingdoms Plane World again and considered whether Bai Xiaowen should keep his former identity, Bai Wen. Bai Xiaowen chose to draw a new identity, and the Spirit Realm offered him roles as Yuan Xi or Liu Qi.

• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi recognized the Three Kingdoms Plane World as a place they had explored before, and the team discussed its fame and difficulty.
• Bai Xiaowen checked his old identity's records and learned that his reputation with Liu Bei's faction remained Friendly, while Guan Yu regarded him as a Friend and Zhao Yun regarded Li Shuyi as a Close Friend.
• The team reasoned that only a few years had passed in the plane, and Bai Xiaowen rejected returning as Bai Wen because serving Liu Bei would limit their chance to rise as a faction.
• Bai Xiaowen drew a new entry identity and received the options of Yuan Xi, Inspector of Youzhou, or Liu Qi, Administrator of Jiangxia.

The White Phoenix Team weighed the benefits of entering the Three Kingdoms Plane as Liu Qi or Yuan Xi, and chose Yuan Xi, Inspector of Youzhou, for his control of a province, access to warhorses, and the upheaval of the northern war. The Spirit Realm then asked Bai Xiaowen to choose blank identities for his teammates.

• Li Shuyi and Qiao Rui considered Liu Qi’s advantages, but Bai Xiaowen warned that opposing the Cai Clan would damage Liu Qi’s reputation as an unfilial son.
• Bai Xiaowen pointed out that Yuan Xi had to send warhorses to support Yuan Shao in a decisive northern war, creating opportunities for the team to act amid the upheaval.
• Bai Xiaowen argued that Youzhou’s horses could let Cecilia train Winged Cavalry and provide a strong base for unifying the realm from the north.
• Cecilia and Qiao Rui agreed with Bai Xiaowen’s plan to choose Yuan Xi and delay claiming the throne until the realm was unified.
• Bai Xiaowen selected Yuan Xi as the team’s entry identity, and the Spirit Realm asked him to choose identities for his teammates.

Bai Xiaowen and his teammates chose military identities and entered the Three Kingdoms Plane, where he awakened as Yuan Xi in a carriage traveling to Jizhou. After learning about his identity and greeting his maid Xiao Hong, he received hidden reputation notifications as the journey continued.

• Bai Xiaowen let his teammates choose deputy general and gate officer identities, and they selected aliases except for Qiao Rui, who kept her real name.
• Bai Xiaowen explained how they should address one another and considered the limits and advantages of Yuan Xi's position as governor of Youzhou.
• Bai Xiaowen entered the Three Kingdoms Plane and woke in a carriage beside Xiao Hong, his personal maid, while memories revealed that he was traveling to visit family in Jizhou.
• Bai Xiaowen ignored Xiao Hong's pleas to rest, stepped out into the snowy air, and received notifications that his starting reputation with several factions was Respectful.

Bai Xiaowen reviewed Yuan Xi’s memories and the political situation among Yuan Shao’s four provinces while traveling to Jizhou for a required family visit. He planned to use the trip to make arrangements before returning to Youzhou and securing control there.

• Bai Xiaowen learned that his Respected reputation with neutral factions would activate on first contact or when his reputation changed, but would vanish if he lost the Son of Heaven's Crown Tassels.
• Bai Xiaowen dismissed his personal guards, rode through the snow with his officers and soldiers, and shared Yuan Xi’s memories with his teammates.
• Bai Xiaowen explained that Yuan Shao controlled Qingzhou, Bingzhou, Youzhou, and Jizhou, while most of their troops were fighting Cao Cao at Guandu.
• Bai Xiaowen told his teammates that he was traveling to Jizhou to visit Lady Liu and deliver gifts, as required by Yuan Clan custom.
• Bai Xiaowen and his teammates discussed Yuan Shang’s advantage in the succession and concluded that Bai Xiaowen would have to rely on himself to secure Youzhou.

Bai Xiaowen rushed toward Ye City after receiving a main quest to recruit an army of his own, while discovering that the Dragon-Patterned Gold Casket was connected to a new Hero Side Quest. The chapter left him heading for Ye City and planning to seek a specialist in Xiangping City to unlock the casket.

• Bai Xiaowen learned that the party was behind schedule for reaching Ye City and decided to ride ahead with Li Shuyi, Cecilia, and ten elite horsemen.
• Bai Xiaowen received the [War Preparations] main quest, which required him to recruit an army of his own with at least 5,000 combat power within 15 days.
• Bai Xiaowen realized that only soldiers recruited independently with his own resources would count toward the army requirement, and he expected a much larger force would be needed to unlock the next main quest.
• Bai Xiaowen received the [Mystery in the Casket] Hero Side Quest, which directed him to find a specialist in Xiangping City who could unlock the Dragon-Patterned Gold Casket.
• Li Shuyi questioned whether the quest wasted their Hero Challenge, but Bai Xiaowen argued that it revealed where they could find a clue to the casket's secrets.

Bai Xiaowen arrived in Ye City as Yuan Xi, forced the gates open, and went to pay his respects to Lady Liu. He reunited with his family, including Zhen Mi and his brothers, and explained his late arrival by citing duties in Youzhou.

• Bai Xiaowen reached Ye City after dark and made the gate captain open the gates by asserting his authority as Governor of Youzhou and showing his seal.
• Bai Xiaowen pardoned the gate captain for guarding the city but warned him not to obstruct him again.
• Bai Xiaowen went to the Grand General's Residence and told Lady Liu that illness and urgent travel had delayed his visit.
• Bai Xiaowen noticed Zhen Mi, Yuan Tan, and Yuan Shang when they gathered in the hall after he bathed and changed.
• Yuan Shang criticized Bai Xiaowen for arriving late, but Lady Liu defended him.
• Bai Xiaowen told Yuan Shang that affairs involving the Wuhuan and Xiangping had kept him occupied in Youzhou.

Bai Xiaowen used his reunion with Zhen Mi to secure her support for winning over Elder Tian Feng and the Zhen Clan. After Zhen Mi performed a Wine-Cup Dance, he gained a powerful Charisma boost and a letter to her father, leaving him ready to begin his nighttime mission.

• Bai Xiaowen told Lady Liu that trouble in Youzhou required him to return soon, while Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang displayed their resentment toward him.
• Bai Xiaowen learned through Insight that Zhen Mi was a level-eight Rare Boss whose Luoshen Dancer skills could support allies with lasting buffs.
• Bai Xiaowen told Zhen Mi he planned to visit the Jizhou prison to persuade Tian Feng, then approach the Zhen Clan.
• Zhen Mi performed a Wine-Cup Dance for Bai Xiaowen, granting him Lingering Wine-Cup Melody and a 20-point base Charisma increase for 72 hours.
• Zhen Mi offered to write her father a letter to help Bai Xiaowen gain the Zhen Clan's support.

Bai Xiaowen discussed Zhen Mi’s support and the power of his Charisma with Li Shuyi and Cecilia, then chose to seek information in Yuan Shao’s study. He entered the study after invoking Yuan Xi’s authority and bribing its guards.

• Bai Xiaowen showed Li Shuyi and Cecilia the Lingering Wine-Cup Melody effect and explained how Zhen Mi had supported his plans without asking what they were.
• Bai Xiaowen explained that his increased Charisma could improve others’ impressions but could not make them accept unreasonable proposals.
• Bai Xiaowen identified Tian Feng and Zhen Yi as potential allies and reasoned that Spirit Realm characters who died of illness in history might still be alive.
• Bai Xiaowen said Yuan Shao’s coming war with Cao Cao could create an opportunity to act, then decided to visit Yuan Shao’s study before meeting Tian Feng or the Zhen Clan.
• Bai Xiaowen claimed he needed intelligence about the Wuhuan, gave gold to the study guards, and persuaded them to let him enter.

Bai Xiaowen studied Yuan Shao’s intelligence to understand the situation at Guandu before visiting the imprisoned Tian Feng. He met Tian Feng in Jizhou’s prison and told him the opposing forces were deadlocked, setting the stage for their conversation.

• Bai Xiaowen rejected Li Shuyi’s suggestion to hurry, explaining that he needed reliable information before trying to persuade Tian Feng and Zhen Yi.
• Bai Xiaowen examined and memorized maps and reports in Yuan Shao’s study, including intelligence about the rival forces and the outdated troop movements.
• Bai Xiaowen told Li Shuyi and Cecilia that Yuan Shao’s reported seven hundred thousand troops and Cao Cao’s three hundred thousand were exaggerated estimates, though even militia in the Three Kingdoms Plane were formidable.
• Bai Xiaowen used his status as Yuan Shao’s Second Young Master to enter Jizhou’s prison and meet Tian Feng.
• Bai Xiaowen greeted Tian Feng respectfully and said Yuan Shao and Cao Cao had each won one battle and were now deadlocked at Guandu.

Bai Xiaowen discussed the Guandu stalemate with Tian Feng, persuading the imprisoned adviser that he understood the strategic balance and earning a measure of respect. He then warned Tian Feng that Yuan Shao wanted a decisive battle and that Cao Cao’s advisers might exploit that desire, leaving Tian Feng troubled about Ju Shou’s fate.

• Bai Xiaowen respectfully explained that Yuan Shao’s superior supplies made the stalemate at Guandu advantageous, while Cao Cao needed a swift victory.
• Tian Feng agreed that a prolonged stalemate could force Cao Cao to withdraw and praised the prospect of Yuan Shao’s eventual victory.
• Tian Feng’s opinion of Yuan Xi began to improve, and Bai Xiaowen asked him for help on official business.
• Bai Xiaowen warned that Cao Cao’s advisers, including Xun Yu, Guo Jia, and Xi Zhicai, would seek an unexpected way to break the stalemate.
• Bai Xiaowen told Tian Feng that Yuan Shao wanted a decisive battle and might ignore Ju Shou’s advice, just as he had punished Tian Feng for speaking against him.

Bai Xiaowen persuaded Tian Feng to support a secret cavalry raid on Xudu while Yuan Shao’s armies fought at Guandu. He left with letters to fund the expedition and obtain battlefield reports, and the Spirit Realm Rules initiated the Raid on Xudu quest.

• Bai Xiaowen proposed using elite light cavalry to seize Xudu during the battle at Guandu, explaining that he would keep the plan from Yuan Shao until the raid was underway.
• Tian Feng agreed to help Bai Xiaowen secure funds from the Julu Tian Clan and battlefield reports from his nephew Tian Yu.
• Tian Feng wrote letters to his family and Tian Yu, and Bai Xiaowen promised to seek his release after victory.
• The Spirit Realm Rules initiated the Hero Side Quest: Raid on Xudu, requiring Bai Xiaowen to occupy key parts of the city for more than 12 hours.
• Bai Xiaowen warned the jailers to care for Tian Feng, gave them silver, and left with Li Shuyi and Cecilia.

Bai Xiaowen secured Tian Feng’s backing and major supplies from the Zhen Clan as he prepared to raise an army in Youzhou and strike Xudu. He divided his companions’ assignments between recruiting troops, gathering intelligence, and finding a route through Jizhou around the Guandu front.

• Bai Xiaowen explained to Li Shuyi why Tian Feng had asked him not to claim credit for his support to Yuan Shao.
• Bai Xiaowen visited the Zhen Residence, where Zhen Yan pledged gold, silk, and millet to help him recruit troops.
• Bai Xiaowen returned to the Grand General’s Residence and placated Yuan Shang, then convinced Lady Liu to let him return to Youzhou.
• Qiao Rui and Han Xu arrived in Ye City with the remaining cavalry and supply wagons.
• Bai Xiaowen assigned Cecilia to help him recruit an army in Youzhou, Li Shuyi to contact Tian Yu at Guandu, Han Xu to seek more resources from the Julu Tian Clan, and Qiao Rui to gather intelligence and find a route to Xudu.

Bai Xiaowen returned to Youzhou with Cecilia and began assessing its officials and military resources. He found little money or talent under his direct control, but identified the materials and recruits needed to form Winged Cavalry.

• Bai Xiaowen arranged secret intelligence routes, left Qiao Rui with the Zhen Clan, and said goodbye to Zhen Mi before departing Ye City.
• Bai Xiaowen and Cecilia rode Bai Yujing to Beiping City, while a hundred cavalrymen followed behind them.
• Bai Xiaowen inspected Youzhou's officials and learned that most able administrators answered to Yuan Shao and that the province had few troops or funds left.
• Bai Xiaowen and Cecilia inspected Beiping City's armories and stables, and Cecilia judged that Youzhou had the equipment and horses needed for Winged Cavalry.
• Bai Xiaowen ordered Yan Rou to assemble his five thousand soldiers, and Cecilia began selecting promising recruits.

Bai Xiaowen used his identity as Yuan Xi to take six hundred veterans from Yan Rou and begin building an elite Winged Cavalry for the Raid on Xudu. After arranging the costly equipment and training, he summoned Yan Rou again.

• Cecilia selected six hundred seasoned soldiers from Yan Rou's Youzhou Army, and Bai Xiaowen cited Yuan Shao's orders to justify taking them.
• Bai Xiaowen promised Yan Rou permission to recruit replacements and gave him ten yi of gold to cover the cost.
• Bai Xiaowen ordered the armory and horse ranch to supply equipment and warhorses, while Cecilia estimated that each Winged Cavalry soldier would cost eighty strings of coins.
• Bai Xiaowen decided to equip and train three hundred Winged Cavalry soldiers first, planning to raise more after Old Han delivered the Julu Tian Clan's promised funds and goods.
• Cecilia established a training routine in Beiping City, and Bai Xiaowen summoned Yan Rou again once it was underway.

Bai Xiaowen fabricated a report of Cao Army scheming to persuade Yan Rou to accompany him to Xiangping and assess Gongsun Du. Gongsun Du prepared to receive Yuan Xi cautiously, and Bai Xiaowen entered the city with Yan Rou, five hundred soldiers, and a mysterious black-robed figure.

• Bai Xiaowen told Yan Rou that a Cao Army envoy was conspiring with Gongsun Du to attack Youzhou, then announced he would visit Xiangping in person.
• Yan Rou objected to the danger, but Bai Xiaowen pressured him into accompanying the mission with five hundred elite soldiers.
• Gongsun Du learned that Yuan Xi had arrived with only a few hundred men and decided to invite him to a banquet while stationing axemen nearby.
• Gongsun Kang warned that Yuan Xi might intend to take their commanderies, and Gongsun Du advised him to avoid offending the Yuan Clan.
• Bai Xiaowen rode into Xiangping with Yan Rou and his soldiers, accompanied by a black-robed figure whose identity remained unknown.

Bai Xiaowen attended Gongsun Du’s banquet in Xiangping with Delifa, using her as the apparent source of his summoning powers. He confronted Gongsun Du over Liaodong’s withheld tribute, and after Gongsun Du ordered an ambush, Bai Xiaowen’s summoned forces struck him down in the opening assault.

• Bai Xiaowen chose Delifa as his sole attendant and told Yan Rou to remember their agreement.
• At Gongsun Du’s banquet, Bai Xiaowen used Insight to assess the Liaodong ruler and his unusually high Life Value.
• Bai Xiaowen demanded the money and grain owed by the Liaodong Four Commanderies, and Gongsun Du rejected his authority and signaled an ambush.
• Bai Xiaowen used Intimidation to incapacitate most of the three hundred attackers and Gongsun Du.
• Bai Xiaowen summoned his creatures, whose attacks cost Gongsun Du six hundred Life Value before he called for guards.

Bai Xiaowen used his summons to kill Gongsun Du and Gongsun Kang during the banquet and declared that he acted as Yuan Xi, inspector of Youzhou. Yan Rou arrived with troops to take command of Xiangping’s defenses as Liu Yi withdrew and Yang Yi continued fighting.

• Bai Xiaowen surrounded Gongsun Du with his summons and, after Gongsun Kang arrived with reinforcements, killed Gongsun Du with Rageclaw.
• Gongsun Kang entered the Blood Feud State, but the Baleful Maiden’s illusion made him wound Liu Yi before Bai Xiaowen stunned him and his summons killed him.
• Bai Xiaowen announced that Gongsun Du and Gongsun Kang had been executed and offered the soldiers rewards for surrender.
• Liu Yi withdrew, while Yang Yi kept fighting until an arrow struck his shoulder.
• Yan Rou arrived with troops, ordered the defenders to surrender, and was relieved to find Bai Xiaowen unharmed.

After taking Xiangping, Bai Xiaowen reassured its officials and won Wang Lie over with respect for his loyalty to the Gongsuns. Wang Lie advised him to stabilize Liaodong by inviting its prominent scholars to serve, while Bai Xiaowen planned to preserve the existing officials’ interests and seize the Gongsun Clan’s share.

• Bai Xiaowen ordered Kitz to behead Gongsun Du and Gongsun Kang, and Yan Rou announced their deaths to the soldiers and city.
• Bai Xiaowen captured the Liaodong Marquis Residence, reassured Xiangping’s officials, and welcomed them as they pledged loyalty.
• Bai Xiaowen let Wang Lie collect and bury the Gongsuns’ remains, then invited him into his service.
• Wang Lie criticized Bai Xiaowen for asking about the treasury before stabilizing Liaodong and advised him to invite the commanderies’ worthy scholars to serve.
• Bai Xiaowen accepted Wang Lie’s advice and planned to preserve local officials’ interests while eliminating the Gongsun Clan.