Chapter Summaries

Lu Sanding disrupted the Soul Refining Formation, and Snake Princess and Qiu Zhenli fled as the righteous cultivators began to recover. A mysterious man broke the Ten Thousand Souls Banner and took the pearl formed from its Vengeful Spirits, while the Black Heaven Cult elders were captured.

• Lu Sanding disrupted the formation, causing the black mists to explode and backlash to injure Snake Princess and the Black Heaven Cult elders.
• Qiu Zhenli abandoned Chen Rong and tried to kill Lu Sanding, but Supreme Clarity Sect elders blocked his path with talisman chains.
• Snake Princess discarded the Ten Thousand Souls Banner and fled Sword-Test Valley as the collapsing formation struck her with violent Spirit Force.
• Qiu Zhenli killed Lu Sanding, while a mysterious man crossed the chaotic formation field, seized the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, and snapped it in two.
• The broken banner's Vengeful Spirits condensed into a pearl, which the mysterious man pocketed before Qiu Zhenli fled the valley.
• The righteous cultivators regained their strength and captured the wounded Black Heaven Cult elders.

After the Black Heaven Cult’s ambush failed, the righteous sects debated the mysterious expert who destroyed the Ten Thousand Souls Banner. Bai Xiaowen stayed hidden and secured the Thousand-Soul Jade, an Epic Tier Source of Spirit Force, while reflecting that he had completed his task of finding the culprit.

• The righteous experts wondered why Lu Sanding had become Lu Bucheng and who had destroyed the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, but they could not identify Kitz as Bai Xiaowen’s Corpse Puppet.
• Bai Xiaowen recalled Kitz while the righteous sects captured the surviving Black Heaven Cult elders.
• Chen Zhihe inspected the eleven Grievance Spirit Banners and announced that their Vengeful Souls had been drained, rendering the banners useless.
• Chen Zhihe called for the expert who had saved the Supreme Clarity Sect, but Bai Xiaowen remained hidden.
• Bai Xiaowen scanned the bead Kitz had recovered and identified it as a Thousand-Soul Jade, an Epic Tier Source of Spirit Force suitable as the core of his Five Elements Formation.
• Bai Xiaowen decided not to reveal himself and noted that only Chen Rong knew his plan, which had completed his task of finding the real culprit.

Bai Xiaowen completed the quest to investigate the serial murders with a 104% completion rate after thwarting the Black Heaven Cult’s plot, earning 700 Spirit Crystals and a storage bracelet from Chen Rong. Elder Tang Ren then confronted him about the evil object formed from the destroyed Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

• Chen Rong visited Bai Xiaowen with Elder Tang Ren and offered him a guest position in the Supreme Clarity Sect, but he declined and accepted her Golden Quality storage bracelet.
• The Spirit Realm Rules announced Bai Xiaowen’s 104% quest completion and awarded him 700 Spirit Crystals for exposing the Black Heaven Cult’s plan and destroying the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
• Bai Xiaowen reasoned that he had missed full marks on the basic quest because he had not captured or killed Zhou Wu’s likely murderer, Snake Princess.
• Tang Ren asked whether Bai Xiaowen had controlled the puppet that destroyed the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, and Bai Xiaowen confirmed it.
• Tang Ren said the evil object formed from the banner’s Vengeful Souls had to be kept from the outside world, after Bai Xiaowen admitted that it was in his possession.

Bai Xiaowen pretended to agree to surrender the dark treasure to the Supreme Clarity Sect, but secretly escaped using a Puppet Doll. Tang Ren discovered the ruse and sealed the sect grounds to trap him.

• Bai Xiaowen agreed to hand over the treasure but insisted on meeting the Sect Master or a representative with authority to accept it.
• Chen Rong explained that the Sect Master was in seclusion and offered to take Bai Xiaowen to her grandfather, Grand Elder Chen.
• Tang Ren noticed Bai Xiaowen's mechanical gait, checked his wrist, and discovered that he was a Puppet Doll controlled from a distance.
• Tang Ren returned to the quiet room, found Bai Xiaowen gone, and rejected Chen Rong's plea to let him leave.
• Tang Ren sounded the alarm and activated the Mountain-Guarding Grand Formation, sealing the Supreme Clarity Sect grounds.

Bai Xiaowen escaped Tang Ren’s deception by using a Straw Doppelganger, but the Supreme Clarity Sect trapped him inside its inner sect with the Mountain-Guarding Grand Formation. He planned to use the night to raid the sect’s treasury and disable the formation, while Qiu Zhenli and Snake Princess discovered their Black Heaven Cult hideout had been looted.

• Bai Xiaowen recalled how he had admitted possessing the Thousand-Soul Jade to lower Tang Ren’s guard, then used a Straw Doppelganger and the Fish-Patterned Garment to escape the quiet room unnoticed.
• Tang Ren saw through Bai Xiaowen’s disguise and activated the Mountain-Guarding Grand Formation, trapping him inside the inner sect.
• Bai Xiaowen used Chen Rong’s map and the Fish-Patterned Garment to plan a nighttime raid on the treasury and the formation towers.
• Qiu Zhenli and Snake Princess returned to their Black Heaven Cult cavern and found its stationed disciples dead and its supplies stolen.
• Qiu Zhenli suspected Lu Bucheng had joined another faction, and he and Snake Princess decided to return to headquarters to recover and plan their next move.

Bai Xiaowen hid from the Supreme Clarity Sect after its elders activated the Mountain-Guarding Grand Formation, then broke through the wards guarding one of its treasuries. He opened a stone chamber and saw four colored spheres containing treasures.

• Pan Dechang and Tang Ren searched the sect grounds for Master Lü while arguing over Tang Ren's attempt to obtain his treasure.
• Chen Rong suggested opening the Mountain-Guarding Grand Formation to let Master Lü leave, but Pan Dechang and Tang Ren refused.
• Bai Xiaowen decided to remain hidden because the formation was still active and the sect had not shown it would let him go.
• After nightfall, Bai Xiaowen used the Eye of Evolution to locate and disable the treasury's formation wards.
• Bai Xiaowen entered the underground treasury, broke the ward on a stone chamber, and found four colored spheres holding treasures.

Bai Xiaowen broke into Supreme Clarity Sect's vault and stole materials for his Five Elements Formation while avoiding Skill Books. A patrol led by Shang Zhen discovered that the vault's Formation Talisman had been broken and moved to alert the elders.

• Bai Xiaowen chose Silverflow Quartz and Earthheart Water Jade, then bored through their Origin Force barriers and took both treasures.
• Bai Xiaowen opened a chamber containing Skill Books but left the jade slips untouched.
• Bai Xiaowen entered another chamber, stole Heavenly Gold Sand, and continued searching for materials for the Five Elements Formation.
• Shang Zhen sensed that the vault's ward had gone silent and tried the seal that opened its entrance.
• Shang Zhen realized someone had broken the vault's Formation Talisman, and the patrol hurried to inform the elders.

Pan Dechang and Tang Ren discovered that Lu Wang had taken seven spiritual materials from the Supreme Clarity Sect treasury but left its secret talisman arts untouched. Pan Dechang refused to deactivate the Mountain-Guarding Grand Formation, and the chapter ended with a disciple reporting that part of it had stopped working.

• Pan Dechang inspected the treasury restriction and found that Lu Wang had precisely disabled its warning function, then rebuked Tang Ren for provoking him.
• Pan Dechang, Tang Ren, Chen Rong, and Shang Zhen entered the treasury and confirmed that the secret talisman arts were safe, though seven spiritual materials were missing.
• Pan Dechang decided to treat the missing materials as a gift to Lu Wang, while Chen Rong urged the elders to deactivate the formation and let him go.
• Pan Dechang refused to stop searching for Lu Wang and stayed behind to repair the treasury restrictions.
• A disciple reported that the northwest formation tower had stopped working and one section of the Mountain-Guarding Grand Formation had shut down.

Bai Xiaowen escaped the Supreme Clarity Sect after disabling part of its Mountain-Guarding Grand Formation and continued toward the Boundary Stele to return to his territory. On the journey, he noticed the Black Heaven Cult searching the roads and realized someone was secretly following him.

• Pan Dechang and Tang Ren found the damaged Formation Talismans, concluded Lu Wang had escaped, and ordered the sect not to pursue him.
• Bai Xiaowen rode away with Rageclaw, reviewed how he had robbed the treasury and escaped without killing anyone, and counted the four elemental treasures he had collected for his Five Elements Formation.
• Bai Xiaowen headed toward Cangzhou Ancient Road and Ancient Sophora Town, reflecting on the limits of his Command-type classic in the Shaoding Plane.
• Bai Xiaowen spotted Black Heaven Cult members searching for the person who destroyed the Ten Thousand Souls Banner and disguised himself as a traveling scholar.
• Bai Xiaowen sensed a watcher following him and suspected Tang Ren was behind it.

Bai Xiaowen fled the Supreme Clarity Sect but was intercepted near Cangzhou by six Black Heaven Cult branch chiefs demanding the Thousand-Soul Jade and his surrender. He unleashed Intimidation and his summoned army, and the fight began with Yan Bingjun escaping while Ge Changming was badly injured.

• Bai Xiaowen abandoned his traveling-scholar disguise and raced away on Rageclaw as Black Heaven Cult spies continued tracking him.
• At dawn near Cangzhou, six Black Heaven Cult branch chiefs and more than a hundred followers blocked Bai Xiaowen and identified him as Young Master Lü.
• Yan Bingjun demanded the Thousand-Soul Jade and ordered Bai Xiaowen to come before the Black Heaven Cult's higher-ups, but Bai Xiaowen refused and invoked Qiu Zhenli.
• Bai Xiaowen used True Essence Force: Intimidation, then summoned his creatures to attack Yan Bingjun and Ge Changming.
• Yan Bingjun broke free by injuring himself, while the Mother of Blood Thorns struck Ge Changming's exposed weakness and badly wounded him.

Bai Xiaowen defeated Ge Changming and Yan Bingjun, then forced the four remaining Black Heaven Cult branch helmsmen to let him leave. He rode toward the Cangzhou Ancient Road while the helmsmen discussed reporting his escape and seeking help to intercept him.

• Bai Xiaowen used Myriad-Flaying Blade Wheel to kill Ge Changming and more than twenty Red Ridge Mountain Branch experts.
• Bai Xiaowen and his summoned creatures overwhelmed Yan Bingjun, and the Mother of Blood Thorns struck Yan Bingjun's weak point before he fell.
• Bai Xiaowen withdrew the Mental Force Field, asked the four remaining helmsmen if he could leave, and rode Rageclaw toward the Cangzhou Ancient Road.
• The four helmsmen argued over why they had not stopped Bai Xiaowen and decided to report to headquarters, noting that the Thousand-Soul Jade could help the Holy Church track him.

Bai Xiaowen confronted Tang Ren, whom he suspected of secretly working with the Black Heaven Cult, and was trapped inside Tang Ren’s Four Symbols Formation. As Tang Ren overwhelmed Bai Xiaowen’s summons, an unknown attacker struck the formation and briefly disrupted it.

• Bai Xiaowen raced toward the Spatial Node, but Tang Ren intercepted him and accused him of crimes against the Supreme Clarity Sect.
• Bai Xiaowen accused Tang Ren of colluding with the Black Heaven Cult and explained why he believed Tang had leaked information about the Thousand-Soul Jade.
• Tang Ren dismissed the accusations, mocked Bai Xiaowen’s depleted strength, and trapped him inside the Four Symbols Formation.
• Bai Xiaowen released his summoned army and coordinated its attacks while searching for an opening, but Tang Ren killed the Death Knight with a Sword Talisman.
• An unknown streak of light struck the formation, briefly dimming it and disrupting Tang Ren’s control; Tang demanded that the attacker reveal themself.

Chen Rong confronted Tang Ren over his suspected betrayal of the Supreme Clarity Sect and helped Bai Xiaowen kill him after he exposed his Black Heaven Cult methods. She then revealed how she had tracked Bai Xiaowen to Cangzhou.

• Chen Rong told Tang Ren that she had killed the six Black Heaven Cult branch chiefs and questioned how they learned Lu Wang had taken the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
• Tang Ren denied being a spy, but Chen Rong refused to trust him and asked him to surrender to the sect.
• Tang Ren tried to break the Four Symbols Formation, but Bai Xiaowen blocked his attack and Chen Rong joined the fight.
• Tang Ren turned to Black Heaven Cult techniques, confirming Chen Rong's suspicions, and Bai Xiaowen and Chen Rong killed him.
• Chen Rong told Bai Xiaowen that she had hidden a Mother-Child Spirit Talisman in the storage bracelet she had given him.

Bai Xiaowen learned how Chen Rong had tracked and protected him, and she invited him to join the Supreme Clarity Sect, but he declined. With his allotted stay in the Shaoding Plane nearly over, he returned through the Spatial Node.

• Bai Xiaowen discovered that Chen Rong had hidden a Mother-Child Spirit Talisman inside one of the wooden figurines she gave him and learned she had suspected Tang Ren of working with the Black Heaven Cult.
• Chen Rong explained that she had let Bai Xiaowen go while the Supreme Clarity Sect searched for him because she feared she could not protect him from Tang Ren.
• Chen Rong invited Bai Xiaowen to join the Supreme Clarity Sect as an inner disciple, but he declined because he wanted to remain free to wander.
• Chen Rong took Tang Ren's body back to the sect to report that he was a Black Heaven Cult spy.
• After the Spirit Realm Rules warned that his allotted stay was nearly over, Bai Xiaowen abandoned his search for the last five-element treasure and returned through the Spatial Node.

Bai Xiaowen returned to find his fief transformed into a city, which he named White Phoenix City, and heard what his companions had gained during their journeys. He planned to seek a trade for a water-attribute treasure after Qiao Rui found an earth-attribute Adamantine Rock that duplicated one he already had.

• Bai Xiaowen returned to the White Phoenix Fief and was surprised to find Skeleton Workers had built a city under Zhen Mi's direction.
• Zhen Mi reported that she had settled the ninety-eight children in a school, taught them basic skills, and begun building a palace after completing the city's other structures.
• Bai Xiaowen named the settlement White Phoenix City, and his companions agreed.
• Cecilia reported that she had raided a Black Heaven Cult stronghold and brought back materials and three hundred Spirit Crystals.
• Li Shuyi, Han Xu, and Qiao Rui described their exploration of an Evolver Plane; Han Xu received a storage ring, and Qiao Rui found an earth-attribute Adamantine Rock.
• Bai Xiaowen realized the Adamantine Rock duplicated a treasure he already had and decided to contact another fief about trading for a water-attribute treasure.

Bai Xiaowen caught up on the Blue Star Lords' Group and considered an offer from Walord-Daryl to join the Radiance Society. He declined to keep White Phoenix Fief independent and returned to the public chat.

• Bai Xiaowen read that Great Xia Fief and Gondor Fief had agreed to settle their dispute over a Spirit Crystal Vein with a lord battle.
• Bai Xiaowen asked the group whether anyone could sell him a water-element Five Elements treasure to activate his Territory Shield.
• Walord-Daryl contacted Bai Xiaowen privately and offered the Radiance Society's resources in exchange for cooperation with its allies.
• Bai Xiaowen realized that accepting the offer could leave White Phoenix Fief dependent on the Radiance Society and declined to join.
• Bai Xiaowen returned to the public chat and spotted something that caught his attention.

Bai Xiaowen traded with Wu Zhou for a Golden-Tier Water-attribute treasure and learned that Spirit Realm quest completion granted Insight Orbs. The chapter ended with him concluding that orb quality depended on quest difficulty and completion rate.

• Bai Xiaowen asked Wu Zhou for a Golden-Tier Water-attribute treasure, and she offered Grade 4 rootless heavy water for roughly two to three hundred spirit crystals.
• Bai Xiaowen and Wu Zhou arranged to trade on the Evolver Platform a week later, before the Great Xia and Gondor lords' duel.
• Bai Xiaowen discussed spirit crystal sources with his companions and explained that spirit crystal veins were likely a widespread source.
• Cecilia and Han Xu revealed that their quest completion had earned them Insight Orbs that briefly improved their mastery.
• Bai Xiaowen checked his own rewards and discovered Elite 2A-Tier and Hero 5A-Tier Insight Orbs.
• Bai Xiaowen concluded that Insight Orb tier depended on quest difficulty and completion rate, with higher tiers providing longer, more powerful enlightenment.

Bai Xiaowen explained how Insight Orbs worked and advised the team to save them for realm breakthroughs. After the team agreed to cultivate before their next Spirit Realm expedition, he promised to find Zhen Mi a suitable profession tome and arranged to buy supplies for White Phoenix Lord City.

• Bai Xiaowen compared the team's Insight Orb results, explained their tiers, and noted that Li Shuyi and Qiao Rui had not triggered any tasks.
• Bai Xiaowen used a Level 3 Insight Orb and gained new understanding of Taigong's Art of War, bringing him close to a breakthrough.
• Bai Xiaowen said Insight Orbs were best saved to assist realm breakthroughs, and the team agreed to cultivate and study their profession tomes before returning to the Spirit Realm.
• Zhen Mi told Bai Xiaowen she had failed to learn Great Peace Essentials, and he suggested that a support-type profession tome might suit her better.
• Bai Xiaowen promised to find Zhen Mi another profession tome and, over the following week, arranged to buy equipment and seeds for White Phoenix Lord City from Call Me Queen.

Bai Xiaowen arrived at the Evolver Platform to meet Queen Bee of Wuzhou Territory and trade for supplies. Queen Bee gave him Rootless Heavy Water and essential territory equipment and seeds for free, leaving Bai Xiaowen grateful for Wuzhou Territory’s goodwill.

• Bai Xiaowen arrived alone at the Blue Star Evolver Platform and headed to the Epoch Clock building to meet Queen Bee.
• Sky Monkey recognized Bai Xiaowen as Lord Lu Wang and escorted him to the arena’s VIP section.
• Bai Xiaowen recognized Queen Bee as the woman from the Evolver squad that had taken the Flame Demon Arm from Earth.
• Queen Bee gave Bai Xiaowen Rootless Heavy Water, smelting equipment, and grain and vegetable seeds without asking for payment.
• Old Zhong explained that Wuzhou Territory intended the supplies as a gesture of goodwill, and Bai Xiaowen accepted them.

Bai Xiaowen watched the Lords Xia Feng and Kenneth enter a duel through the Myriad Phenomena Orb after learning about the factions and influential figures backing them. The battle began with Kenneth summoning a Flame Pool and an army of hundreds of Fire Sprites to attack Xia Feng.

• Queen Bee persuaded Bai Xiaowen to stay and watch the Lords duel on the Evolver Platform.
• Lord Kenneth arrived, and Bai Xiaowen learned he was a high-level Evolver whose true information was protected by the Chaos Ring.
• Xia Feng arrived alone, and Queen Bee identified Duke Barros and Duke Boyd among the powerful figures observing from private rooms.
• Xia Feng and Kenneth entered a gate of light and began their duel, which Bai Xiaowen watched through the Myriad Phenomena Orb.
• Kenneth summoned a Flame Pool and sent hundreds of Fire Sprites surging toward Xia Feng.