Chapter Summaries

Bai Xiaowen agreed to let Delifa use the Banshee Queen as a new vessel after learning that Delifa remembered eating an Aperture Fruit and hoped to recover her past memories. He spent Soul Essence to activate every available Death God's Visage enhancement option, greatly expanding his summoned army.

• Delifa asked Bai Xiaowen to give her the Banshee Queen as a new vessel before its consciousness matured.
• Bai Xiaowen learned that Delifa remembered eating an Aperture Fruit in the distant past and that her memories seemed to return as her strength grew.
• Bai Xiaowen agreed to give Delifa the Banshee Queen, both to strengthen her and to learn about her ancient memories.
• Delifa revealed that the Death God's Visage held 49,430 Soul Essence and that one enhancement could add two Soul-Siphoning Banshees.
• Bai Xiaowen spent 14,225 Soul Essence to activate all remaining enhancement options, then counted his enlarged army of summoned creatures.

Bai Xiaowen discovered that his Death God's Power could enhance an Undead Boss into a racial leader, and he chose the Death Knight as Bonefolk Heavenly King. The Death Knight rose to Lord Tier and gained the ability to create Bonefolk servants, leaving Bai Xiaowen to realize he could choose one leader for each of four Undead races.

• The Death Knight, Vampire Overlord, and Lich gained new skills from their eighth-floor enhancements and became Rare Boss Tier creatures.
• Bai Xiaowen traced the new racial-leader enhancement option to the ten points of Death God's Power in his personal panel.
• Bai Xiaowen judged Delifa the leading candidate for Soulkin Heavenly King and chose the Death Knight to lead the Bonefolk.
• Bai Xiaowen spent all ten points of Death God's Power to enhance the Death Knight, which transformed and advanced to Lord Tier.
• Bai Xiaowen learned that the Death Knight's enhanced Necrosis could permanently turn infected lifeforms into Bonefolk Undead servants.
• Bai Xiaowen realized he could enhance a leader for each of the four Undead races, potentially raising four Bosses to Lord Tier.

Bai Xiaowen gave the newly reborn Death Knight Lord an Aperture Fruit, then named him Abaddon and appointed him to command the Bonefolk. Delifa completed her fusion but could recall only unclear, chaotic images.

• Bai Xiaowen gave the Death Knight Lord an Aperture Fruit, awakening his intelligence and allowing him to think independently.
• Bai Xiaowen named the Death Knight Lord Abaddon after Zhen Mi warned that he needed a proper name to stand on his own.
• Abaddon pledged to serve Bai Xiaowen and was appointed to command the Bonefolk, while the Lich and Frost Dragon envied his strength.
• Delifa emerged from her completed fusion in a changed form and told Bai Xiaowen that she could not make sense of the images in her memory.
• Bai Xiaowen used Memory Sharing to examine Delifa’s memories and found the added images just as unclear.

Bai Xiaowen elevated Delifa to Lord Tier, restoring her memories and revealing that her true name was Sigrdrifa. Through Memory Sharing, he glimpsed a vast mythic battlefield and connected her past to the Valkyries and Ragnarok, though her relationship with Death God Naige'er remained unexplained.

• Bai Xiaowen replenished his Death God's Power and enhanced Delifa, raising her to Lord Tier and transforming her into a powerful Soulkin Heavenly King.
• Delifa gained the Dark Absorption skill, which let her use negative energy to create Soulkin servants.
• Delifa remembered that her true name was Sigrdrifa, the name Death God Naige'er had once used for her.
• Sigrdrifa shared her recovered memories with Bai Xiaowen, who saw a cosmic battlefield and winged goddesses leading armies into war.
• Bai Xiaowen connected Sigrdrifa to the Valkyries and Ragnarok, but questioned how she had become Naige'er's subordinate and noted the clues might relate to the Psychic Energy Era.

Bai Xiaowen chose the Butcher as the Corpse Demonfolk leader, evolved him into Pudge, and named the Vampire Overlord Vladimir after strengthening and awakening him. The Four Heavenly Kings swore their loyalty to Bai Xiaowen.

• Bai Xiaowen chose the Butcher over the Plague Behemoth to lead the Corpse Demonfolk.
• Bai Xiaowen gave the Butcher ten points of Death God's Power, evolving him into Lord-level Pudge with the faction skill Suturing.
• Bai Xiaowen rejected Kitz as the Bloodkin leader because Kitz had not reached Leader Tier, and Zhen Mi comforted him by calling him a trusted close minister.
• Bai Xiaowen strengthened and awakened the Vampire Overlord, then named him Vladimir.
• The Four Heavenly Kings knelt before Bai Xiaowen and swore their loyalty.

Bai Xiaowen organized the Four Heavenly Kings and restricted their recruitment of undead servants to approved targets. With the White Phoenix Fief’s strength increased, he announced plans to conquer the Shaoding Plane and later target Dinosaur Planet.

• Bai Xiaowen assessed the Four Heavenly Kings’ forces and placed Snake Princess under Sigrdrifa’s command.
• Vladimir and the other Heavenly Kings asked to expand their undead forces, but Bai Xiaowen forbade creating servants in the White Phoenix Fief without his permission.
• Bai Xiaowen said they could recruit from enemy soldiers and wicked people, but not innocent civilians.
• Bai Xiaowen decided to advance his plan to conquer the Shaoding Plane, citing the Four Heavenly Kings’ strength and the Great Tang Domain’s disappearance.
• Bai Xiaowen identified the Shaoding Plane’s resources and his ally Chen Rong as advantages, and named Dinosaur Planet as his next target.

Bai Xiaowen returned to the Shaoding Plane and reunited with Chen Rong, who had spent a year worrying about him while he was away. He explained the time difference between their worlds and proposed building a teleportation array to make time pass at the same rate.

• Bai Xiaowen left Zhen Mi and traveled through the Territory Portal to the Shaoding Plane.
• Chen Rong confronted Bai Xiaowen for disappearing for a year and admitted she had worried about his fate.
• Bai Xiaowen realized that nearly three years passed on the Shaoding Plane for every year in the Star Alliance, so Chen Rong had aged and grown stronger during his absence.
• Bai Xiaowen explained that he had been away for only four months from his perspective, describing his return to his territory, victory over an opponent, and exploration of another secret realm.
• Bai Xiaowen told Chen Rong that building a teleportation array between the Shaoding Plane and his territory could equalize the passage of time.

Bai Xiaowen asked Chen Rong to help repair the Resonance Formation so he could connect his territory to the Shaoding Plane and confront the dangers threatening it. He warned that the Mongol Empire would soon attack Great Song, but Chen Rong questioned why he would risk his cultivation by intervening in worldly affairs.

• Bai Xiaowen told Chen Rong that the Great Tang Domain had been destroyed and that repairing the Resonance Formation would require rare materials and a formation expert.
• Chen Rong agreed that she could help build the formation, and Bai Xiaowen said he had gathered nearly all the necessary materials.
• Bai Xiaowen explained that he wanted a closer connection to the world and hoped to help its just causes, including fighting demons and a greater danger.
• Bai Xiaowen asked Chen Rong about the realm's political balance and warned that Western Xia had fallen and the Jin Kingdom was nearing defeat.
• Bai Xiaowen predicted that the Mongol Empire would attack Great Song, and Chen Rong asked why he would risk his cultivation to help the dynasty.

Bai Xiaowen explained to Chen Rong why he intended to involve himself in the Song–Mongol War, arguing that a Mongol conquest would threaten Han civilization and the people’s way of life, not merely replace the ruling dynasty. Chen Rong came to understand the difference between a state’s fall and the fall of all under heaven, and why Bai Xiaowen wanted to change the Shaoding Plane’s course.

• Bai Xiaowen told Chen Rong that he was concerned not with Great Song’s fall but with the Han people losing all under heaven.
• Bai Xiaowen described how Mongol rule could reverse Song-era advances in government, law, social mobility, and property rights.
• Bai Xiaowen asked Chen Rong to imagine the destruction of her family business under arbitrary confiscation and Mongol conquest.
• Chen Rong understood the distinction between a change of dynasty and the collapse of a civilization’s institutions and customs.
• Bai Xiaowen concluded that changing the Shaoding Plane’s history still mattered, even though it could not alter Earth’s past.

Bai Xiaowen persuaded Chen Rong to help him oppose the Mongols, and they restored a Resonance Teleportation Array linking the Shaoding Plane to the White Phoenix Fief. He began organizing the Eternal Life Sect and obtained long-range communication tools from Chen Rong, though she made him pay sect contributions for them.

• Chen Rong agreed to help Bai Xiaowen personally but refused to commit the Supreme Clarity Sect to fighting the Mongols.
• Bai Xiaowen and Chen Rong repaired the Resonance Teleportation Array at Black Heaven Peak and connected it to the White Phoenix Fief.
• Bai Xiaowen configured the activated array to require approval from the White Phoenix Fief before anyone could use it.
• Bai Xiaowen named his secret intelligence organization the Undying Group, then accepted Chen Rong's suggestion to call it the Eternal Life Sect.
• Chen Rong gave Bai Xiaowen instructions and samples for Thousand-Li Voice Transmission Talismans and Flying Crane Messages, then demanded sect contributions in exchange for them.

Bai Xiaowen summoned Skeleton Workers to restore Black Heaven Palace and received talismans from Chen Rong before she returned to the Supreme Clarity Sect. Two days later, Abaddon brought him Zhang Xi, a rabbit demon and Great Song spy, whose revelations showed that demons had infiltrated the court.

• Bai Xiaowen spent nearly a thousand Spirit Crystals summoning three hundred Skeleton Workers to clear the ruins and rebuild Black Heaven Palace.
• Chen Rong gave Bai Xiaowen Thousand-Li Voice Transmission Talismans and Spirit Talisman Paper Cranes, agreed to modify a Basic Sword Talisman, and then departed for the Supreme Clarity Sect.
• Abaddon returned from an intelligence mission with Zhang Xi, a demon spy captured after Sigrdrifa noticed him following the group.
• Zhang Xi identified himself as a rabbit demon working for Li Zhixiao in the Great Song's Secret Intelligence Bureau.
• Bai Xiaowen pressed Zhang Xi to reveal everything he knew about the demons and the Great Song court.

Bai Xiaowen learned that Demons served in the Southern Song court, including the Three Fiends, and decided to use Zhang Xi to find them. In Lin'an, Sigrdrifa reported that Abaddon's Necrosis could raise infected people as Bonefolk servants, though its limits remained unknown.

• Bai Xiaowen learned that the Mongols were besieging Caizhou alongside Song forces and that Jin's attacks on the Song had helped drive the court to ally with the Mongols.
• Bai Xiaowen exposed Zhang Xi's concealed knowledge and learned that Chancellor Shi Miyuan was a Tree Demon, while Li Zhixiao, Liang Chengda, and Mo Ze were the wolf, pig, and rat demons called the Three Fiends.
• Bai Xiaowen spared Zhang Xi and ordered Abaddon to take him to Lin'an so he could find the Demons in the Southern Song court.
• Bai Xiaowen met the other Three Heavenly Kings in Lin'an, where Sigrdrifa reported that Abaddon's Necrosis could resurrect infected people as Bonefolk servants, but they lacked enough test subjects to learn its upper limit.

Bai Xiaowen heard the Four Heavenly Kings report on how their skills created servants and weighed the strengths and limitations of each race. The report ended with Vladimir defending the value of Bloodkin servants, whose intelligence and memories came at the cost of loyalty and compatibility with the others.

• Sigrdrifa reported that Abaddon's skill rapidly created Bonefolk servants, though their templates dropped by one tier, and Bai Xiaowen considered using them as the main force.
• Sigrdrifa described Pudge's slow Suturing skill and the strong, durable Corpsefolk it produced; Bai Xiaowen asked her to test whether mixing corpse tiers affected the result.
• Sigrdrifa explained that her Dark Absorption skill created mobile Soulkin without competing for the same materials, and Vladimir argued that Bloodkin had more balanced defenses than Soulkin.
• Sigrdrifa reported that Shaoding Plane rank-and-file soldiers lacked Spirit Force, while Bai Xiaowen doubted her claim that Soulkin would have an unlimited advantage against them.
• Sigrdrifa said Vladimir's Night Embrace conflicted with the other Kings' skills and weakened him when used; Vladimir defended Bloodkin servants because they retained their memories and could be controlled through the threat of death.

Bai Xiaowen evaluated the Four Heavenly Kings’ mission and assigned Sigrdrifa to arrange a discreet meeting with Shi Miyuan. After Sigrdrifa failed to reach the chancellor, Bai Xiaowen had Vladimir bring Shi Miyuan’s political opponent, Zhen Dexiu, to Five Clouds Mountain and woke him.

• Bai Xiaowen forbade Vladimir from using Night Embrace without permission and criticized the Four Heavenly Kings for not testing their Clan Leader Skills thoroughly.
• Bai Xiaowen assigned Sigrdrifa to use Zhang Xi to arrange a quiet meeting with Shi Miyuan, but Shi Miyuan rejected the request and directed her to Privy Councilor Li Zhixiao.
• Bai Xiaowen confirmed that Pudge could use Standard Template corpse parts to make an Elite Tier Stitched Monster and decided Abaddon would turn remaining corpses into persistent skeletons.
• Sigrdrifa reported her failure, and Bai Xiaowen said he would make Shi Miyuan come to him.
• Vladimir brought the unconscious Zhen Dexiu to Five Clouds Mountain, where Bai Xiaowen explained that Zhen Dexiu was Shi Miyuan’s political opponent despite being repeatedly promoted by him.
• Bai Xiaowen told Vladimir to return to human form, and Vladimir woke Zhen Dexiu.

Bai Xiaowen convinced Zhen Dexiu that Shi Miyuan was the leader of the Demons infiltrating the imperial court and persuaded him to lure the prime minister to Five Clouds Mountain. Shi Miyuan arrived with several expert attendants, where Bai Xiaowen and the Four Heavenly Kings confronted him and trapped the group with formations.

• Bai Xiaowen revealed the rabbit Demon Zhang Xi to Zhen Dexiu and explained that Li Zhixiao served the Demon Shi Miyuan.
• Zhen Dexiu initially refused to feign allegiance to Shi Miyuan, but agreed after Bai Xiaowen assured him they could defeat the prime minister and his guards.
• The next morning, Zhen Dexiu welcomed Shi Miyuan at the foot of Five Clouds Mountain and led him toward Shi Dongzhai's former residence.
• Bai Xiaowen appeared before Shi Miyuan while the Four Heavenly Kings emerged from the trees, and he assessed Shi Miyuan and his four attendants as far weaker than their own group.
• Bai Xiaowen told Shi Miyuan that formations blocked his escape and isolated sound, then demanded that he surrender.

Bai Xiaowen and the Eternal Life Sect ambushed Shi Miyuan, exposing him as a Tree Demon and overwhelming his guards. Shi Miyuan’s escape was blocked by Bai Xiaowen’s formation, and after being struck by Origin Lightning, he surrendered and begged for his life.

• A Daoist and a bald martial artist attacked Bai Xiaowen, but Snake Princess defeated them and revealed herself as the Black Heaven Cult’s Right Protector.
• Bai Xiaowen declared that his group was the Eternal Life Sect, while Abaddon, Sigrdrifa, Vladimir, and Butcher attacked Shi Miyuan and his guards.
• Butcher dragged over a wooden incarnation instead of Shi Miyuan, while Snake Princess killed the injured Daoist and bald martial artist.
• Bai Xiaowen explained that his formation had trapped Shi Miyuan, who was hiding underground as Abaddon spread Desecration across the area.
• Shi Miyuan revealed his Tree Demon form and tried to break through the formation, but Bai Xiaowen struck him with Origin Lightning.
• Shi Miyuan reverted to his old-man form, knelt before Bai Xiaowen, and begged to be spared.

Bai Xiaowen subdued Shi Miyuan and waited for the demon’s protector, Mountain-Crossing Lord, to arrive. He trapped the tiger demon in the Four Symbols Formation and demanded that he become his mount or die.

• Shi Miyuan surrendered after Sigrdrifa imprisoned his demon power, but Bai Xiaowen revealed that he had summoned Mountain-Crossing Lord with a bone talisman.
• Shi Miyuan explained that he had promised Mountain-Crossing Lord ten people each month in exchange for protection, and Bai Xiaowen chose to wait for the demon.
• Bai Xiaowen restrained Zhen Dexiu when he objected to keeping Shi Miyuan alive.
• Mountain-Crossing Lord arrived at Five Clouds Mountain, and Bai Xiaowen offered to take him as a mount.
• Mountain-Crossing Lord tried to flee, but Bai Xiaowen activated the Four Symbols Formation and blocked his escape.
• Mountain-Crossing Lord took his tiger form and threatened to fight, while Bai Xiaowen challenged him to choose between becoming his mount and dying.

Bai Xiaowen’s four Lords fought Mountain-Crossing Lord while he maintained the formations and let them prove themselves. After the Lords defeated the tiger demon, Bai Xiaowen healed and strengthened them with Soul Essence, then offered Mountain-Crossing Lord one last chance to submit or die.

• Butcher, Abaddon, Sigrdrifa, and Vladimir surrounded Mountain-Crossing Lord and gradually suppressed the stronger tiger demon.
• Bai Xiaowen maintained two formations and used the Eye of Evolution to locate Mountain-Crossing Lord’s vital point, but he held Snake Princess back when the four Lords asked to finish the fight themselves.
• The four Lords traded wounds for attacks until Mountain-Crossing Lord was drenched in blood and barely alive.
• Bai Xiaowen praised the four Lords and used one thousand points of Soul Essence to heal and strengthen them.
• Bai Xiaowen gave Mountain-Crossing Lord one last chance to submit or die.

Bai Xiaowen killed Mountain-Crossing Lord and fed its Tiger-Demon Core to Rageclaw, which advanced to Lord Tier and gained a demonic form and wind abilities. The change also reached Little Blind Eye on the Aaron Plane World, where it demonstrated a Wind Blade and carried Xiao Jun toward Northrend at increased speed.

• Bai Xiaowen rejected Sigrdrifa's offer to tame Mountain-Crossing Lord and ordered Abaddon to kill the tiger demon.
• Bai Xiaowen extracted Mountain-Crossing Lord's Tiger-Demon Core and fed it to Rageclaw.
• Rageclaw endured the core's power, advanced to level 14 Lord, and gained the Fiend Species/Beast-Demon Clan race.
• Rageclaw revealed that it could transform into a human and use a wind-element ability, prompting Bai Xiaowen to wonder whether its change would affect Wolf Valley.
• Little Blind Eye grew stronger, demonstrated a Wind Blade, and increased its speed as Xiao Jun rode toward Northrend.

Bai Xiaowen forced Shi Miyuan to surrender to the Eternal Life Sect, then won his loyalty with rewards and a promise to complete the Wood Incarnation Demon Art. He assigned Shi Miyuan to secure Bone Aotian a command in the Jiangbei Army.

• Bai Xiaowen rebuked Shi Miyuan for his service to the Jin Kingdom and Mountain-Crossing Lord, then accepted his surrender.
• Bai Xiaowen offered Shi Miyuan Animated Spiritwood and promised him the Millennial Sophora Heartwood if his service proved satisfactory.
• Shi Miyuan revealed a fragment of the Wood Incarnation Demon Art, and Bai Xiaowen recognized that it matched a fragment he had found on the Ancient Pagoda Tree Demon.
• Bai Xiaowen told Shi Miyuan to obtain Bone Aotian a post with sole command of a unit in the Jiangbei Army, even if the unit existed only on paper.