Chapter Summaries

Li Shuyi and Cecilia unlocked the middle sections of their profession tomes after advancing their specializations, revealing paths to become Mid-Tier Evolvers. Bai Xiaowen later reached Proficiency Tier 1 in Fighting Specialization and unlocked Taigong's Art of War, then turned to cultivating Thunder Arts from Great Peace Arts.

• Li Shuyi demonstrated a sword-qi technique and explained that reaching Proficiency Tier 1 in Swordsmanship revealed the middle section of Flower-Washing Collection.
• Bai Xiaowen reasoned that Taigong's Art of War might require more specialization breakthroughs than Flower-Washing Collection, while Li Shuyi went to tell Sister Sai and Sister Qiao about her breakthrough.
• Cecilia reached Proficiency Tier 1 in Shooting Mastery and unlocked the middle section of Star River Chart, while Qiao Rui and Han Xu lagged behind in their cultivation.
• After half a month of training with Delifa, Bai Xiaowen reached Proficiency Tier 1 in Fighting Specialization and unlocked the middle section of Taigong's Art of War.
• Bai Xiaowen began studying third-tier Palm Thunder and fourth-tier Five Thunders True Method from Great Peace Arts.

Bai Xiaowen and his companions completed preparations for the Crowfang Secret Realm, improving their skills and gathering supplies before traveling to the Blackfang Domain. They arrived near the secret realm entrance and waited in the starry expanse.

• Li Shuyi and Cecilia advanced to level 14, while Qiao Rui and Han Xu improved their specialty training but remained at level 13.
• Bai Xiaowen cultivated Origin Lightning and the Transformation Dao Art, which let him convincingly imitate others at the cost of True Essence Force.
• Bai Xiaowen gave his companions Locator Talismans and they prepared Spirit Crystals for emergencies.
• Bai Xiaowen granted Zhen Mi secondary authority over the Territory Stele and opened Realm Gates to the Blackfang Domain.
• The group traveled through the spatial passage and reached the starry expanse near the Crowfang Secret Realm entrance.

Bai Xiaowen disguised himself and let Li Shuyi and the others enter the Crowfang Secret Realm ahead of him. He reached the unstable gateway, posed as an unaffiliated Evolver called Black Two, and learned that secret realms were planets reached by teleportation.

• Bai Xiaowen used Transformation Art to disguise himself and told Li Shuyi, Qiao Rui, and the others to enter first while he followed later.
• After waiting half an hour, Bai Xiaowen flew to the asteroid belt and saw Evolvers gathered around the unstable gateway.
• Zhang Fengbao approached Bai Xiaowen and introduced himself as an Evolver affiliated with Falling Hammer Territory.
• Bai Xiaowen called himself Black Two, claimed to be a level 16 Elite Evolver, and asked Zhang Fengbao about secret realms.
• Zhang Fengbao explained that secret realms were planets whose coordinates were unknown and that the gateway teleported travelers to them.

Bai Xiaowen learned how secret-realm planets and their Spirit Force Convergence Points worked, then followed Zhang Fengbao to a fight where Han Xu was facing the powerful Evolver Yuan Lin. The chapter ended with Yuan Lin shattering Han Xu’s steel shield with a massive fist strike.

• Bai Xiaowen asked Zhang Fengbao how Lords developed resources in secret realms, and Zhang explained that they built passages at Spirit Force Convergence Points.
• Zhang Fengbao flew toward a disturbance in the void, and Bai Xiaowen followed after sensing Han Xu’s familiar Spirit Force.
• Bai Xiaowen saw Han Xu fighting Yuan Lin, a level 15 Astral Qi martial artist whose attacks overwhelmed Han Xu’s defenses.
• Yuan Lin mocked Han Xu, then gathered his fist shadows into one enormous blow that shattered Han Xu’s steel shield.

Han Xu held off Yuan Lin with repeated shields, then revealed a counterattack skill that pushed Yuan Lin back. Yuan Lin unleashed Flying Shadow Dragon Ascension, but Li Shuyi intervened, and the two sides stopped fighting.

• Yuan Lin continued attacking Han Xu despite being urged by Duan Yichen to end the spar, and Han Xu blocked the blows with a series of steel shields.
• Yuan Lin used Twin Flow to strike Han Xu from the front and rear, but Han Xu blocked both attacks with more shields.
• Han Xu activated Vajra Mantra and struck Yuan Lin with a shield bash that stored and released the force of the earlier attacks, pushing Yuan Lin back.
• Yuan Lin launched Flying Shadow Dragon Ascension, but Li Shuyi attacked him with a barrage of sword energy and forced him to redirect his strike.
• Han Xu stood beside Li Shuyi as Qiao Rui and Cecilia prepared to join them, and Yuan Lin calmed down without attacking again.

Bai Xiaowen’s group clashed with Yuan Lin’s Pan-Asia Alliance advance party, then learned their rivals planned to target them inside the secret realm. After ten more days of waiting, the Blackfang Domain Secret Realm gateway stabilized and opened as a portal.

• Yuan Lin fought Han Xu and Li Shuyi, but left after Duan Yichen criticized his conduct and the White Phoenix Fief group challenged him.
• Duan Yichen befriended Qiao Rui and revealed that the Pan-Asia Alliance had sent an advance party, with high-level experts and Lords expected to arrive later.
• Bai Xiaowen eavesdropped on the Pan-Asia Alliance members and discovered that Duan Yichen had encouraged Yuan Lin to test the White Phoenix Fief’s strength and intended to act against them inside the secret realm.
• Bai Xiaowen noticed that an unremarkable young man in black could block his eavesdropping and had sharp enough senses to detect his attention.
• The Evolvers waited ten days until the Blackfang Domain Secret Realm gateway stabilized into a rippling pale-blue portal.

Bai Xiaowen entered a lush, high-gravity secret realm that he suspected was Dinosaur Planet, where he discovered that its creatures possessed powerful Spirit Force. The chapter ended as he detected a cloaked Deinonychus preparing another ambush.

• Bai Xiaowen entered the secret realm, hoping to find Sources of Spirit Force and eventually gain enough power to revive Snake Princess.
• Bai Xiaowen adjusted to the planet's strong sunlight and roughly double-Earth gravity, then noticed the dense Spirit Force and enormous insects around him.
• Bai Xiaowen saw a giant flying reptile and suspected that the secret realm was Dinosaur Planet.
• Bai Xiaowen dodged a Deinonychus's surprise attack and used the Eye of Evolution to learn that it was a level 17 Elite Tier creature with 2,400 Spirit Force Value.
• The Deinonychus turned transparent and circled Bai Xiaowen, but his active Spirit Sense tracked it as it prepared another ambush.

Bai Xiaowen defeated a level 17 Elite Tier Deinonychus with a trap and his Formless Blade, then harvested its valuable materials. He left the battlefield after having Butcher consume the remains.

• Bai Xiaowen dodged the Deinonychus's leap and wounded its abdomen with Formless Blade, then recognized the creature as a dangerous opponent.
• Bai Xiaowen slowed the Deinonychus with Swamp Art and used Kitz's vine tripwire to make it fall before striking its wound again.
• The Deinonychus lost the ability to fight, and Bai Xiaowen ordered the Bone Archers to wear down its remaining health while he recovered True Essence Force.
• After the Deinonychus died, Kitz harvested its claws and hide, and Bai Xiaowen identified them and its heart as valuable materials.
• Bai Xiaowen had Kitz remove the Deinonychus's heart and summoned Butcher to devour its remains.

Bai Xiaowen used his knowledge of ley lines to identify nearby places where they converged, hoping to find a Spirit Force Convergence Point. As he prepared to investigate one, Kitz spotted what looked like a nest on the mountainside below.

• Bai Xiaowen explained that he would trace ley lines to locate a Spirit Force Convergence Point instead of relying on his limited Spirit Sense.
• Bai Xiaowen chose to travel on foot through the forest to avoid exposing himself to flying dinosaurs, while Kitz flew low beneath the canopy and Butcher was recalled after eating a Deinonychus.
• Bai Xiaowen surveyed three locations from a mountain summit and marked where the ley lines overlapped.
• Bai Xiaowen noted that they had not encountered other Evolvers and thought his separated teammates might be safer hunting dinosaurs than seeking convergence points.
• Kitz pointed out a projecting ledge halfway down the cliff that looked like a nest, and Bai Xiaowen looked down at it.

Bai Xiaowen and Kitz found a sleeping Toothless Pterosaur in a cave filled with Spirit Energy crystals and Gold Essence Ore, and attacked it before it could wake fully. After Bai Xiaowen injured its wing claw and disrupted its Spirit Force pathways, the pterosaur hurt itself smashing its head against the cave wall, but it retaliated with a sound-wave attack.

• Kitz spotted a pterosaur flying away from the stone platform, and Bai Xiaowen decided to investigate its nest.
• Kitz crept into the cave and found Spirit Energy crystals, Gold Essence Ore, and another sleeping pterosaur.
• Bai Xiaowen entered the cave, identified the creature as a level 17 Toothless Pterosaur, and struck its wing claw with the Formless Blade.
• The injured pterosaur blasted Bai Xiaowen and Kitz out of the cave, then smashed its head against the cave wall and lost health from Spirit Force backlash.
• Bai Xiaowen hit the pterosaur with Origin Lightning, and it opened its beak to unleash a ring-shaped sound wave.

Bai Xiaowen battled the Toothless Pterosaur in its cave, using his Dao Arts and quick analysis to survive its devastating attacks. He swapped positions behind the beast and prepared to slash its remaining wing claw.

• Bai Xiaowen dodged the Toothless Pterosaur’s Ring-Shaped Sonic Wave with Substitute Dao Art, while Kitz was badly injured but regenerated his shattered limbs at the cost of 27% of his health.
• Bai Xiaowen entered the cave and blocked the Toothless Pterosaur’s rapid physical Peck with the Thousand-Person Slayer, which was knocked from his grasp.
• Bai Xiaowen blocked the beast’s second Peck with a steel shield, which shattered and sent him flying beyond its attack range.
• Bai Xiaowen advanced toward the Toothless Pterosaur, predicted its next attack, and used Position Swap with a straw puppet to appear behind it.
• Bai Xiaowen leaped into the air and slashed toward the Toothless Pterosaur’s remaining intact wing claw with the Forrmless Blade.

Bai Xiaowen defeated a level 17 Toothless Pterosaur by disrupting the Spirit Force pathways in its wings, then discovered a new effect of his Position-Swap Taoist Art. He and Kitz looted the nest and processed the pterosaur, leaving with valuable materials and a feast for Butcher.

• Bai Xiaowen struck the Toothless Pterosaur's wing claws twice, disrupting its Spirit Force, then finished it with a Formless Blade to the heart.
• Bai Xiaowen gained proficient level 2 Fighting Specialization and advanced Position-Swap Taoist Art, whose new effect let him swap places with a marked moving object.
• Bai Xiaowen named the new effect Flying Thunder God and tested it by swapping places with a marked stone thrown ten meters away.
• Bai Xiaowen and Kitz cleared the pterosaur's nest, collecting Ancient Crystal Clusters, Eternal Gold Ore, and Ser Gold Ore before making a quick escape.
• Bai Xiaowen and Kitz skinned the pterosaur, obtaining its beak, claws, and level 8 Dark Gold Tier wing membrane, then gave the remaining corpse to Butcher.

Bai Xiaowen discovered a Rainbow Pool, a Spirit Force Convergence Point that might help him break through, but found more than a dozen Evolvers already arguing over who could cultivate there first. The chapter ended with the group still disputing access to the limited spiritual energy.

• Butcher ate a Level 17 Boss Tier Toothless Pterosaur and evolved into a Boss Tier creature, raising his basic priority by one point.
• Bai Xiaowen asked Kitz when he might evolve into a Vampire Overlord, and Kitz suggested that the blood of a King Tier creature could help.
• Bai Xiaowen followed the surveyed ley lines for a day and a half and found a rainbow formed by dense spiritual energy above a pond.
• Bai Xiaowen disguised himself as Black Two, recalled Kitz, and followed an Evolver who had flown past without noticing him.
• Bai Xiaowen reached the Rainbow Pool and realized its dense spiritual energy might let him break through, but more than a dozen Evolvers were arguing over who could enter first.

Bai Xiaowen, disguised as Black Two, ended the Evolvers’ argument over access to the Rainbow Pool by forcing them to accept a strength-based tournament. He quietly secured byes in the early rounds while planning to observe the others’ abilities.

• Bai Xiaowen judged that the gathering would grow more dangerous if they waited for powerful Evolvers to arrive, so he proposed that strength determine who entered the Rainbow Pool first.
• When the Black Evolver objected, Bai Xiaowen struck him with a Taiping Talisman-Confounding Talisman and forced him to leave at blade-point.
• The remaining Evolvers accepted Bai Xiaowen’s proposal because they recognized that he was far stronger than he appeared.
• Bai Xiaowen set up one-on-one fights until a winner was decided, and his free-choice rules left him with a bye in the first round.
• Bai Xiaowen planned to use the tournament to assess the other Evolvers’ strength.

A fleeing black Evolver concluded that Bai Xiaowen was a powerful Lord after escaping his Heart-Confounding Talisman with three Spirit Force Self-Harms, unaware that a Tier Rank advantage had helped him break free. At Rainbow Pool, Bai Xiaowen entered to cultivate and rapidly absorbed its spiritual energy, while the other Evolvers mistook him for a hidden Heroic Tier powerhouse.

• The black Evolver explained how Spirit Force Self-Harm countered control spells and fled after sensing Bai Xiaowen's overwhelming strength.
• Three Asian newcomers confronted the black Evolver as he ran away from the Spirit Force convergence point.
• Bai Xiaowen claimed first place at Rainbow Pool and warned the others not to disturb him while he cultivated.
• Bai Xiaowen dispelled his Transformation Art, entered Rainbow Pool, and began cultivating the middle volume of Taigong's Art of War.
• The Evolvers watching Bai Xiaowen absorb spiritual energy assumed that Black Two was secretly Heroic Tier.

Bai Xiaowen cultivated in the Rainbow Pool and broke through as Yuan Lin and two Pan-Asia Evolvers arrived to drive him out. He left Snake Princess to block their attacks while he remained in the pool, stabilizing his breakthrough.

• Bai Xiaowen sensed three newcomers approaching the Rainbow Pool but continued cultivating, expecting the waiting Evolvers to stop them.
• Yuan Lin and his two companions defeated the Evolvers guarding the pool and ordered Bai Xiaowen, whom they called Black Two, to come out.
• Bai Xiaowen broke through, drawing the Rainbow Pool’s spiritual energy into a powerful whirlwind.
• Yuan Lin and the others attacked Bai Xiaowen to disrupt his stabilization, but Snake Princess emerged and blocked their strikes.
• Yuan Lin recognized Snake Princess as Bai Xiaowen’s corpse puppet and saw that Bai Xiaowen remained seated in the pool.

After reaching level 14, Bai Xiaowen used Snake Princess to keep Yuan Lin and his two companions from interrupting his breakthrough. As Snake Princess battled the three Evolvers, Bai Xiaowen absorbed Rainbow Pool’s Spirit Force and continued consolidating his new realm.

• Yuan Lin recognized Snake Princess as a Mid-Tier Lord Corpse Puppet and tried to retreat with his companions, but Bai Xiaowen ordered her to block them.
• Snake Princess attacked Yuan Lin, forcing him to fight while his companions strengthened him and tried to bind her with spider silk.
• Snake Princess broke free of the cocoon, and Yuan Lin and his companions worked together to hold her off.
• Bai Xiaowen continued absorbing Rainbow Pool’s Spirit Force as it faded, planning to finish consolidating his realm before the fight ended.
• Bai Xiaowen received notice that Taigong's Art of War had reached the beginner stage and that his level had risen to 14, increasing his attributes and maximum True Essence Force.

Bai Xiaowen finished consolidating his Mid-Tier Evolver realm and returned to stop Yuan Lin’s group from escaping. He trapped them in the Four Symbols Formation and demanded payment for their lives, but the Rainbow Pool collapsed before they could answer.

• Bai Xiaowen completed his cultivation in the Rainbow Pool, gaining Spirit Force Manifestation and strengthening his existing formations.
• Bai Xiaowen emerged as Black Two and recalled Snake Princess from her fight with Yuan Lin and his two companions.
• Bai Xiaowen fused Snake Princess’s soul with her Dark Rebirth body and trapped Yuan Lin’s group inside the Four Symbols Formation.
• Yuan Lin and his companions tried to bargain for their release, but Bai Xiaowen revealed he had heard their plan to retaliate and demanded ten thousand Spirit Crystals from each of them.
• The Rainbow Pool collapsed during a small earthquake, and Bai Xiaowen told Yuan Lin’s group to make their choice quickly.

Bai Xiaowen let Snake Princess fight Yuan Lin and his two companions, revealing that she had regained her combat skills after her soul fused with Death God's Visage. Snake Princess defeated Yuan Lin without killing him, and the trio surrendered as Bai Xiaowen prepared to extort them.

• Yuan Lin refused to pay Bai Xiaowen's demand and threatened to fight, so Bai Xiaowen said Snake Princess would decide the outcome.
• Snake Princess used Seven Flashes to strike Yuan Lin and cut through his companions' spider threads with the Formless Blade.
• Snake Princess pummeled Yuan Lin with Inch Step and rapid punches until his companions called for their surrender.
• Bai Xiaowen recalled Snake Princess and explained that Death God's Visage had restored her combat instincts and skills while leaving her with a new, immature consciousness.

Bai Xiaowen sensed a hidden threat beneath the Four Symbols Formation and took the Spirit-Seeking Needles from Yuan Lin and his companions before releasing them. A High-Tier Divine Scion, Yatelilansuo, then emerged from the ground, leaving everyone except Bai Xiaowen overwhelmed by its presence.

• Bai Xiaowen demanded compensation from Yuan Lin, Companion A, and Companion B, then sensed a hostile presence underground.
• Bai Xiaowen changed the terms and took all three Spirit-Seeking Needles in exchange for the trio's freedom.
• Bai Xiaowen deactivated the Four Symbols Formation, and a massive upheaval split the Rainbow Pool and shook the surrounding land.
• Yatelilansuo emerged and its Overawing Presence forced Yuan Lin, his companions, and the spectators to the ground, while Bai Xiaowen pretended to be affected.
• Bai Xiaowen identified Yatelilansuo as a Level 18 High-Tier Divine Scion and saw piles of Sources of Spirit Force beneath its limbs.