Chapter Summaries

White Phoenix Team opened Zhang Jiao’s loot chest and found valuable equipment, a rare skill-learning manual, and a powerful one-use sword seal. Bai Xiaowen recognized the seal’s connection to the sword Zhang Jiao had wielded, but the chapter ended before the team decided how to use it.

• Li Shuyi opened Zhang Jiao’s Dark Gold Chest and drew the Cloud-Climbing Shoes, which she equipped after her teammates declined them.
• Li Shuyi drew a Blessing Ritual Manual, and Bai Xiaowen stored it for later study after completing more of the Heavenly Books.
• Li Shuyi’s next draw revealed a B-Tier Gold item, the FourRealm Divine Sword Seal (Black Tortoise), which could imprison a target and inflict true damage while consuming spirit power.
• Bai Xiaowen recognized the sword seal’s remarkable power and reacted with intense excitement.

Bai Xiaowen and the White Phoenix Team assessed Zhang Jiao’s Black Tortoise Sword Seal and obtained the key item that unlocked the final Talisman Switching quest. After opening more treasure chests, they prepared to pursue the complete Spell Talisman Annotations, likely with Ge Xuan’s help.

• Bai Xiaowen explained that the Black Tortoise Sword Seal could immobilize a lord for up to seven seconds, giving the team time to focus their attacks.
• Li Shuyi found the Spell Talisman Annotations fragment in Zhang Jiao’s chest, and Bai Xiaowen received the key item for Talisman Switching—Step II.
• Bai Xiaowen used a Flawless Blue Source Crystal to unlock the A+ Tier Step III quest, which required obtaining the complete Spell Talisman Annotations without a time limit or designated plane.
• Qiao Rui suggested that Ge Xuan could help complete the annotations, and Bai Xiaowen agreed that Zhang Jiao’s junior fellow disciple was a strong candidate.
• The White Phoenix Team opened their remaining chests, gaining Gold weapons, other treasures, and a Strongman Talisman that could summon an Elite Yellow Turban Strongman.

Bai Xiaowen arranged his forces’ next tasks in Youzhou, then persuaded Ge Xuan to help study Zhang Jiao’s annotations and the Heavenly Books. Ge Xuan taught Bai Xiaowen the Inner Vision Technique, which he began comparing with other methods of mental-energy training.

• Bai Xiaowen assigned Cecilia to compensate the Winged Cavalry’s fallen and train the unit back to eight hundred, while Qiao Rui went to the Zhen Clan to survey a route for the Raid on Xudu.
• Bai Xiaowen sent a carefully worded campaign report to Yuan Shao at Guandu, and Li Shuyi carried it there the next morning.
• Bai Xiaowen gave Ge Xuan the Curse Talisman Annotations (Fragment), and Ge Xuan agreed to help complete it after studying the Heavenly Books.
• Ge Xuan showed Bai Xiaowen that the Heavenly Books required the Inner Vision Technique to read, then taught him how to practice it.
• Bai Xiaowen used his existing mental-energy control to begin learning the technique and considered how Daoist inner vision differed from Western Meditation.

Bai Xiaowen mastered the Inner Vision Technique, read the first volume of the Heavenly Books, and gained the unavailable Origin Force technique. After entrusting Ge Xuan with the books and Zhang Jiao’s Spell Talisman Annotations, Bai Xiaowen asked whether he recognized another object.

• Bai Xiaowen quickly mastered the Inner Vision Technique and used it to read tiny characters on the Upper Volume of Great Peace Essentials, exhausting his mental power in less than a minute.
• Bai Xiaowen received the special technique Origin Force, but its energy bar remained unavailable and the Spirit Realm Rules told him to explore how to activate it.
• Ge Xuan explained the contents of the Heavenly Books and advised Bai Xiaowen to focus on comprehending the Dao Resonance rather than rushing through their texts.
• Bai Xiaowen entrusted the Upper and Middle Volumes to Ge Xuan, raising Ge Xuan’s Affection Level to Friend, and asked him to complete Zhang Jiao’s Spell Talisman Annotations.
• Ge Xuan warned Bai Xiaowen not to neglect the Great Dao for minor techniques, and Bai Xiaowen then showed him another object and asked if he recognized it.

Bai Xiaowen asked Ge Xuan to investigate the Wordless Jade Slip, but Ge Xuan could not identify it and seemed to know more than he revealed. Ge Xuan then explained how to open the Dragon-Patterned Gold Casket, and Bai Xiaowen opened it.

• Ge Xuan examined the Wordless Jade Slip with inner vision but could not determine its origins.
• Bai Xiaowen suspected Ge Xuan was withholding information after the Daoist advised him to focus on the Heavenly Books.
• Bai Xiaowen showed Ge Xuan the Dragon-Patterned Gold Casket, and Ge Xuan deduced it had come from the outer region of an ancient ruin.
• Ge Xuan explained that the casket’s spiritual object had absorbed enough spiritual energy and the fortune of the realm to be opened safely.
• Bai Xiaowen followed Ge Xuan’s instructions, infused the casket’s patterns with spiritual power, and opened it.

Bai Xiaowen opened the Dragon-Patterned Gold Casket and obtained the S-Tier Gold Item Map of Mountains and Rivers, which could show detailed terrain and locate people. After learning that Ge Xuan could not use the bound map to find his master, Bai Xiaowen considered how it could aid Qiao Rui's mission in Jizhou.

• Bai Xiaowen opened the casket, completed the A-Tier Hero Side Quest, and received the Map of Mountains and Rivers.
• Bai Xiaowen explored the map's detailed views, which could zoom from the Three Kingdoms Plane World down to individual buildings.
• Bai Xiaowen spent 1,000 Psionic Points to locate Qiao Rui and saw her traveling toward Ye City in Jizhou.
• Bai Xiaowen tried to locate Zhang Jiao but received no response, then learned the map was bound exclusively to him.
• Ge Xuan explained that Zuo Ci could travel a thousand li in an instant and said he would leave to study the Heavenly Books and Spell Talisman Annotations.
• Bai Xiaowen decided Qiao Rui could rely on the map for terrain scouting while keeping watch on the Grand General's Residence.

After receiving news that Liu Biao’s northern campaign had ended in disaster, Bai Xiaowen suspected that Cao Xiong was a Spirit Realm contestant backed by teammates who had infiltrated Liu Biao’s faction. The White Phoenix Team began to recognize a strategy resembling Divine Court Training Camp’s coordinated entry into the same world.

• Bai Xiaowen mapped secret routes from Youzhou to Xudu while the White Phoenix Team handled intelligence, surveillance, cavalry training, and Han Xu’s study of Astral Qi.
• A guard brought Bai Xiaowen Li Shuyi’s report that Liu Biao had invoked the Belt Edict, marched on Xudu, and lost his fifty-thousand-man army.
• Bai Xiaowen told Cecilia and Han Xu that Liu Bei and his sworn brothers had been left out of the campaign because Liu Biao feared they would claim the victory.
• Bai Xiaowen suspected Cao Xiong was a Spirit Realm contestant whose teammates had infiltrated Liu Biao’s faction and helped engineer the defeat.
• Cecilia recognized the suspected cross-faction strategy as resembling Divine Court Training Camp’s approach.

Bai Xiaowen prepared a fallback plan to support the Winged Cavalry’s raid on Xudu, then completed his first main quest and unlocked a new objective to raise his reputation with the Yuan Shao Faction. He briefed Youzhou’s officials and hurried to meet Ge Xuan, expecting the Spell Talisman Annotations to be finished.

• Bai Xiaowen planned to send twenty thousand Youzhou troops behind the Winged Cavalry and outlined ways to manage Yuan Shao’s likely opposition.
• Bai Xiaowen submitted the War Preparations quest and received a Perfect completion rating for recruiting 800 Winged Cavalry.
• The Spirit Realm Rules unlocked the A Tier quest to reach Revered reputation with the Yuan Shao Faction within fifteen days.
• Bai Xiaowen briefed five loyal Youzhou officials on the plan and ordered them to keep it secret; Jiao Chu and Zhang Nan pledged to obey him over Yuan Shao.
• Ge Xuan arrived to visit, and Bai Xiaowen suspected the Spell Talisman Annotations were complete.

Bai Xiaowen completed his Talisman Switching Awakening Skill after Ge Xuan finished annotating the Heavenly Books. He chose Talisman Enhancement as its added effect and prepared to lead his Youzhou Winged Cavalry on a raid against Xudu.

• Ge Xuan gave Bai Xiaowen the completed talisman annotations and returned the upper and middle volumes of the Heavenly Books before leaving to enter seclusion.
• Bai Xiaowen submitted the annotations to the Spirit Realm Rules, paid 200,000 Psionic Points, and completed his Talisman Switching Awakening Skill.
• The Spirit Realm Rules upgraded all four talismans, removed the skill-slot and cooldown restrictions, and offered Bai Xiaowen a choice of additional effects.
• Bai Xiaowen tested the skill's mental strain and chose Talisman Enhancement, which increased the power of every talisman by 15%.
• Bai Xiaowen prepared to leave that night with his Youzhou Winged Cavalry to launch the Raid on Xudu.

Bai Xiaowen prepared for a secret strike on Xudu while tracking Richard Kwell’s movements with the Map of Mountains and Rivers. He and Qiao Rui noticed that Cao Xiong kept moving around Yuzhou instead of defending Xudu, and Bai Xiaowen suspected Richard’s plans would backfire.

• Bai Xiaowen named his Awakening Skill Taiping Talisman after the Spirit Realm Rules rejected his proposed names.
• Bai Xiaowen ordered Yan Rou to oversee Youzhou’s military affairs and guard against the Wuhuan.
• Bai Xiaowen used the Map of Mountains and Rivers to locate Richard Kwell and other Divine Court Training Camp members, discovering that most were in Cao Cao’s territory and Camille was in Liangzhou.
• Bai Xiaowen planned two secret advance routes for the Youzhou troops and Winged Cavalry to reach Xudu while bypassing the Guandu battlefield.
• Qiao Rui joined the Winged Cavalry and confirmed that Tian Feng’s letter was ready for Tian Yu, while Bai Xiaowen searched the map for Cao Xiong.
• Bai Xiaowen and Qiao Rui observed that Cao Xiong had moved from Qiao Commandery to Chenliu rather than returning to Xudu, and Bai Xiaowen suspected he would suffer for it.

Bai Xiaowen led the White Phoenix Team and eight hundred Winged Cavalry toward Xudu, avoiding enemy settlements and preparing to force their way through Yanling Pass. When the pass commander Deng Tong refused to open the gate without proper orders, Bai Xiaowen attacked while Li Shuyi climbed the mountain path unnoticed.

• Li Shuyi rendezvoused with Bai Xiaowen and the others, reporting that Yuan Shao had berated Xu You and prompting Bai Xiaowen to predict Xu You would soon defect to Cao Cao.
• Bai Xiaowen ordered the Winged Cavalry to bypass city garrisons, fight swiftly through unavoidable obstacles, and leave no prisoners.
• The Winged Cavalry crossed Yingchuan Commandery, passed Changshe, and reached Yanling Pass, where Bai Xiaowen found the surrounding paths too dangerous for their horses.
• Bai Xiaowen posed as Xiahou Mao and demanded entry, but Deng Tong refused without a written transfer order.
• Li Shuyi secretly climbed the mountainside as Bai Xiaowen fired a Heart-Confounding Talisman at Deng Tong.

Bai Xiaowen attacked Yanling Pass and used the Heart-Confounding Talisman on Deng Tong, but deputy general Zhou Ding broke its hold and defended the battlements. Bai Xiaowen and his allies killed both officers, leaving Yanling Pass in their hands.

• Bai Xiaowen strengthened the Heart-Confounding Talisman's hold on Deng Tong by continuously injecting mental power, while Li Shuyi held back from attacking.
• Zhou Ding wounded Deng Tong, breaking Bai Xiaowen's control and leaving Deng Tong stunned.
• Bai Xiaowen killed Deng Tong with a shot, but Zhou Ding used Lightning Ram to knock Butcher off the battlements and ordered the beacon lit.
• Bai Xiaowen used Intimidation to stun the soldiers, while Li Shuyi disarmed Zhou Ding and attacked him before summoned creatures blocked his route to the beacon.
• Bai Xiaowen's forces killed Zhou Ding, and Yanling Pass fell.

Bai Xiaowen’s forces launched a surprise attack on Xudu, but Li Shuyi was discovered and Xun Yu appeared to defend the city. The chapter ended with the Winged Cavalry assaulting the walls as Bai Xiaowen charged the northern gate.

• After defeating the defenders at Yanling Pass, Bai Xiaowen led the Winged Cavalry toward Xudu while exhausting his mental energy to keep the signal-fire soldiers suppressed.
• At Xudu, Bai Xiaowen planned for Li Shuyi to infiltrate the city and open the gates, while Qiao Rui questioned why the Divine Court Training Camp had not interfered.
• Li Shuyi used her Cloud-Climbing Shoes and Bai Xiaowen’s Psychic Shielding to reach the battlements, but Xun Yu exposed the attack and ordered the soldiers to seize her.
• Bai Xiaowen identified Xun Yu as a Lord whose death would cost the attackers reputation, then shared the information with his team.
• The Winged Cavalry charged Xudu as Cecilia’s arrows supported Li Shuyi’s escape from the crowded battlements, while Bai Xiaowen rode toward the northern gate to break it down.

Bai Xiaowen’s attempt to seize Xudu failed because Xun Yu had sealed its gates after learning of the threat. He changed plans, using the Winged Cavalry to isolate the city and prepare for the Youzhou Army, then captured Ren Jun and offered him a chance to surrender.

• Bai Xiaowen used Super Orochi Nagi to knock down Xudu’s gates, but found them blocked by earth, stone, and sandbags and ordered the Winged Cavalry to retreat.
• Bai Xiaowen concluded that Xun Yu had learned of the Yanling Pass defenders’ deaths and had prepared Xudu, so he decided to wait for Jiao Chu and Zhang Nan’s twenty thousand Youzhou Army soldiers.
• Bai Xiaowen ordered his forces to destroy the military farming garrisons, blockade Xudu’s roads, and harass the city’s defenders while they waited for reinforcements.
• Bai Xiaowen and the Winged Cavalry cleared the farming garrisons and captured Ren Jun, Cao Cao’s Colonel Director of Agriculture.
• Bai Xiaowen introduced himself to Ren Jun as Yuan Xi, Governor of Youzhou, and offered him the chance to surrender.

Bai Xiaowen captured Ren Jun and prepared for the enemy’s response after his forces seized the agricultural garrisons. Xiahou Yuan led two thousand men toward Xudu, where Bai Xiaowen’s ambush trapped them in a valley.

• Bai Xiaowen ordered Ren Jun chained and gagged, sparing him because he hoped to recruit him later.
• Bai Xiaowen used Mental Scan and Sister Qiao’s Falcon Spirit to monitor Yingchuan for enemy reinforcements.
• Qiao Rui reported that Xiahou Yuan was rushing from Xiangcheng toward Xudu with about two thousand soldiers.
• Xiahou Yuan dismissed the danger of an ambush and led his troops into a narrow valley after his scout reported it was clear.
• Bai Xiaowen’s forces attacked from both sides with arrows and fire, while Xiahou Yuan struggled to restore order and ordered his men to break out.

Bai Xiaowen ambushed Xiahou Yuan’s forces at the valley mouth and used Insight to learn about the swift general’s abilities. The Winged Cavalry broke through Xiahou Yuan’s formation, leaving him wounded and facing Li Shuyi.

• Xiahou Yuan found Bai Xiaowen and the disciplined Winged Cavalry blocking the valley exit.
• Cecilia and the Winged Cavalry rained arrows on Xiahou Yuan’s disordered troops as he activated Fleetness Aura and ordered a charge.
• Bai Xiaowen shared Insight’s information about Xiahou Yuan, including his Heart-Piercing Arrow and Repeating Crossbow Frenzy skills.
• Delifa summoned a Death Knight, and the Winged Cavalry activated Legion Charge as Xiahou Yuan ordered his crossbow guards to fire.
• Bai Xiaowen used Intimidation to freeze Xiahou Yuan and stun the crossbow guards, allowing the Winged Cavalry to smash through the formation.
• Bai Xiaowen shot Xiahou Yuan beside the eye, and Li Shuyi rushed in and attacked his warhorse with both swords.

Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi overwhelmed Xiahou Yuan after his troops fled, forcing him to reveal his melee form and Six Harmonies Saber Technique. They defeated him and, unwilling to risk taking Cao Cao’s close relative prisoner, Bai Xiaowen ordered his execution.

• Li Shuyi attacked Xiahou Yuan while Qiao Rui’s Soul Melody weakened him, and Bai Xiaowen sent Rageclaw to unleash Super Orochi Nagi on the Crossbow Guard.
• Super Orochi Nagi destroyed the Crossbow Guard, causing Xiahou Yuan’s remaining troops to flee.
• Xiahou Yuan used Fearless Guts to clear the Soul Melody and repel Li Shuyi, then switched to a saber and activated Twin Mastery.
• Bai Xiaowen’s summons and Li Shuyi surrounded Xiahou Yuan while the Bone Archers wore down his Life Value.
• Li Shuyi disarmed Xiahou Yuan, and Butcher knocked him off his horse; Bai Xiaowen ordered his death rather than capture.

After killing Xiahou Yuan, Bai Xiaowen used the captured guard captain to try to lure Xudu’s defenders out, while the White Phoenix Team claimed the spoils from Xiahou Yuan’s chest. Xun Yu recognized the deception and ordered the captain secretly executed.

• Li Shuyi beheaded Xiahou Yuan and collected his Dark Gold Chest after the White Phoenix Team’s ambush succeeded.
• Bai Xiaowen revealed that Xiahou Yuan’s personal guard captain had been turned into his slave and planned to use him to request reinforcements from Xudu.
• The White Phoenix Team followed the captain toward Xudu, hoping to attack while its defenders came out to rescue him.
• Li Shuyi drew a Battle Maneuver Stratagem from the chest, while Qiao Rui drew a Six Harmonies Saber Art Skill Book.
• Xun Yu heard the captain’s plea, concluded that he was bewitched or captured, and ordered him secretly executed.

After Xun Yu’s defenses thwarted Bai Xiaowen’s raid on Xudu, Bai rendezvoused with the Youzhou Army and hurried it into a full assault. The northern wall fell, the army poured into the city, and Xudu was captured, while Xun Yu was dragged away by his men.

• Xun Yu’s city defenses repelled Bai Xiaowen’s raid, so Bai ordered Cecilia’s Winged Cavalry to keep harassing Xudu while he rode to meet the Youzhou Army.
• Bai Xiaowen found Jiao Chu’s exhausted twenty-thousand-strong army near Yanling Pass and limited its rest to half an hour before using Battle Maneuver Stratagem and rewards to restore its pace and morale.
• The Youzhou Army joined the eight hundred Winged Cavalry and launched a full assault on Xudu, while Li Shuyi and Bai Xiaowen’s summons attacked the walls and arrow towers.
• Bai Xiaowen used Intimidation at the crucial moment, allowing the first Youzhou soldiers to climb the walls and overwhelm the defenders.
• Jiao Chu and Zhang Nan led soldiers through the northern wall into the city, the gates were cleared, and Xudu fell as Xun Yu’s men dragged him away.

Bai Xiaowen’s Youzhou forces captured Xudu’s Chancellor’s Residence, and he argued with Xun Yu over whether his attack served the Han emperor or defied him. The chapter ended when soldiers brought in the people who had started a fire in the city.

• Cecilia’s Winged Cavalry captured Cao Zhang at the Chancellor’s Residence, then rode on toward the imperial palace.
• Bai Xiaowen arrived and found Xun Yu, Cao Pi, Cao Zhi, and other members of Cao Cao’s household detained; he asked where Cao Cao’s other two living sons were.
• A fire broke out in Xudu’s northwest, and Xun Yu accused the invaders of setting the city ablaze.
• Bai Xiaowen identified himself as Yuan Xi and invoked the emperor’s Belt Edict to justify attacking Cao Cao.
• Xun Yu defended Cao Cao and said he would keep serving him to protect the emperor from other warlords.
• Youzhou soldiers brought the bound fire-starters into the Chancellor’s Residence.