Chapter Summaries

Bai Jing reached the third level of the Dao Platform Realm, then used his courtyard formation to injure a Daoist boy who had forced his way in. Lin Changsheng killed the boy for interrupting Bai Jing’s breakthrough, and Jiang Zhiyuan warned Bai Jing that the Water Element Heaven Scroll Trial would open in two days.

• Bai Jing tested his newly strengthened wind-element power and discovered that Wind's Chant had reached Greater Mastery.
• When a Daoist boy repeatedly knocked during his cultivation, Bai Jing let the Star Array attack him after he broke into the courtyard.
• Bai Jing stopped the formation and attacked the injured Daoist boy, but Jiang Zhiyuan appeared and blocked the blow.
• Jiang Zhiyuan slapped the boy for demanding revenge and apologized to Bai Jing, but Lin Changsheng arrived and crushed the boy with his pressure.
• Lin Changsheng turned the Daoist boy to ash despite Jiang Zhiyuan's plea, then Jiang Zhiyuan told Bai Jing the Water Element Heaven Scroll Trial would open in two days.

Bai Jing explained to Lin Changsheng why he had entered the Heaven Scroll Trial, revealing that he had comprehended Wind Momentum and wanted to study other elemental arrays. Lin Changsheng warned him not to cultivate multiple elemental methods before condensing an Inner Core; two days later, Bai Jing departed for Water Moon Peak, astonishing travelers with his speed.

• Lin Changsheng praised Bai Jing for his array talent, then asked why he had joined the Heaven Scroll Trial after already obtaining a Heaven Scroll.
• Bai Jing revealed that he had comprehended Wind Momentum and explained that it had helped him master the Gold Metal Array and that he wanted to study water and fire arrays.
• Lin Changsheng warned Bai Jing that cultivating multiple elemental Heaven Scroll methods before condensing an Inner Core could damage his Dao Platform, while a Purple Gold Dao Platform was an exception.
• After Lin Changsheng left, Bai Jing returned to his cultivation room to consolidate his realm and departed his courtyard two days later.
• Travelers on a white crane saw a young Dao Platform Realm cultivator fly past at great speed and learned he had reached only the third level.

Bai Jing completed the Water and Fire Heaven Scroll trials, then used his Purple Gold Dao Platform to begin cultivating all three attributes and discovered their combined power. As his pill sales declined amid new competition, he offered Xu Shan a cut to sell pills for him, and Xu Shan reacted with excitement.

• Bai Jing passed the Water and Fire Heaven Scroll trials and returned with all three Heaven Scrolls needed to attempt Three-Attribute Cultivation.
• Bai Jing inscribed the Water and Fire Heaven Scrolls onto his Talent Tree and found that his Purple Gold runes stabilized their spiritual power alongside his wind-element power.
• Bai Jing made the three attributes circulate together, briefly forming three intertwined dragons whose combined aura surpassed the power of each attribute alone.
• Bai Jing ran low on Spirit Gathering Pills and Immortal Merit, refined more pills, and noticed that competing alchemists had hurt his sales.
• Bai Jing visited Xu Shan and offered him ten percent of the earnings to sell pills, and Xu Shan trembled with excitement at the offer.

Bai Jing arranged for Xu Shan and Xiao Yucheng to sell his Dazzling Lantern Pills through Xiao Yucheng’s shop, which also attracted Ling Qinghe and Li Huai'an. After preparing pills for Xu Shan, Bai Jing set out for Array Dao Mountain to attend the Seeking Dao Gathering.

• Xu Shan eagerly agreed to sell Bai Jing’s pills for a ten-percent share, and Bai Jing asked him to contact Xiao Yucheng.
• Xiao Yucheng left a prestigious banquet to meet Bai Jing, then offered his Myriad Pill Hall shop as a sales venue and signed agreements with Bai Jing and Xu Shan.
• Ling Qinghe agreed to sell her pills through Xiao Yucheng’s shop, and Li Huai'an asked to join as well.
• When the Seeking Dao Gathering was announced, Bai Jing refined more pills and gave several hundred bottles to Xu Shan before the event.
• Bai Jing flew toward Array Dao Mountain to attend the Seeking Dao Gathering.

Bai Jing arrived at Elder Liu’s residence for a Seeking Dao Gathering focused on condensing an Array Dao Inner Core, settled in with other disciples, and continued cultivating. The gathering began the next morning when an elderly cultivator appeared before the assembled disciples.

• Bai Jing reached Array Dao Mountain and was told to walk the final stretch because flying was prohibited near Elder Liu’s residence.
• Elder Liu’s young-looking final disciple announced that the gathering would focus on condensing an Array Dao Inner Core and ordered the stewards to arrange lodging while Master remained in seclusion.
• Bai Jing moved into a shared courtyard, where Tan Zhuo offered him a cleaned room and later saved him a seat in the front row.
• Bai Jing cultivated overnight and considered how advancing his three Heaven Scroll attributes together could strengthen his Purple Gold Dao Platform.
• An elderly man appeared before the gathered disciples the next morning and told them to sit.

Elder Liu tested the newcomers’ Gold Metal and Wood arrays, guided Cheng Feidu and Ning Feng, and taught the class how the Five Elements arrays could merge. He left them with the lesson that array fusion was essential to condensing an Array Dao Inner Core.

• Cheng Feidu demonstrated a Gold Metal Basic Array approaching major completion, then set up a weaker Wood array that Elder Liu improved by correcting its runes and flag position.
• Ning Feng finished both arrays in half the time Cheng Feidu had taken, and Elder Liu praised his talent and offered guidance.
• When the other newcomers hesitated to demonstrate, Elder Liu explained that opportunities had to be pursued and promised to answer their questions for half an hour each day at noon.
• Elder Liu said the Five Elements arrays could mutually generate and restrain one another, then combined Ning Feng’s Gold Metal and Wood arrays into a much more powerful formation.
• Elder Liu told the newcomers that learning to merge arrays was an indispensable step toward condensing an Array Dao Inner Core.

Elder Liu explained that condensing an Array Dao Inner Core required years of mastery over the true Five Elements grand arrays, and gave the newcomers a jade slip containing further array foundations and fusion methods. Bai Jing received the inheritance, advanced his Fire Element Heaven Scroll to entry level, and heard a commotion downstairs.

• Elder Liu warned the disciples that attempting to condense an Array Dao Inner Core without perfect mastery of the arrays could cause severe injury or death.
• Elder Liu gave Ning Feng a jade slip containing three more basic Five Elements Arrays and fusion methods, which the newcomers could study after mastering their current arrays.
• Ning Feng distributed the jade slip inheritance to the newcomers, and Bai Jing received the Water, Fire, and Earth Array Foundations along with Yin Yang Fundamentals.
• Bai Jing noticed that he had no blank talent branches left to activate Yin Yang Fundamentals and that his Wood Array Foundation remained just short of great accomplishment.
• Bai Jing cultivated the Fire Element Heaven Scroll until it reached entry level, then heard a commotion downstairs as he prepared to test his fire-element spiritual power.

Bai Jing advanced his array studies, mastered the Wind Element Heaven Scroll, and began experimenting with Yin Yang Fundamentals while helping Tan Zhuo and Lu Renjia improve. The chapter ended with Bai Jing breaking through to the mid stage of the Dao Platform Realm.

• Bai Jing practiced the Yi Wood array to mastery, accidentally frightened Tan Zhuo and Lu Renjia with it, and later continued his array training in the back courtyard.
• Bai Jing mastered the Wind Element Heaven Scroll, then used a newly grown Talent Tree branch to begin learning Yin Yang Fundamentals and repeatedly attempted to fuse Gold Metal and Wood arrays.
• Bai Jing guided Tan Zhuo and Lu Renjia in their array practice, helping both progress rapidly.
• Dao Chen criticized Qin Hong’s slow progress and noted that Tan Zhuo had surpassed her; Qin Hong suspected Bai Jing had been guiding him and regretted switching rooms.
• Bai Jing broke through to the fourth level of the Dao Platform Realm, reaching its mid stage.

Bai Jing visited the Myriad Pill Hall to collect earnings from his pills and buy spirit pills and array tools. After using a Water Spirit Pill overnight, he advanced the Water Element Heaven Scroll to entry level and began his morning lessons.

• Bai Jing left the Daoist temple for the Wind Star Valley Market, where the senior brother noted that he had reached the mid Dao Platform Realm.
• Bai Jing asked about the prices of Water, Wind, and Fire Spirit Pills, then met Xu Shan and learned that nearly half of his pills had sold.
• Bai Jing collected more than two thousand Immortal Merit from Xu Shan and bought spirit pills and array-setting tools at the Myriad Pill Hall.
• Bai Jing used a Water Spirit Pill to cultivate overnight, accelerating the Water Element Heaven Scroll until it reached entry level.
• Bai Jing assessed his cultivation progress the next morning and left his room to do morning lessons.

Bai Jing questioned why his Gold Metal and Wood fusion array fell short of Elder Liu’s and went to seek guidance. Elder Liu watched him execute the fusion flawlessly, revealing that Bai Jing’s array talent exceeded even his expectations.

• Bai Jing tested his Gold Metal and Wood fusion array but found its power weaker than Elder Liu’s demonstration.
• Bai Jing suspected that incomplete Yin Yang Fundamentals or imperfections in the two array foundations were limiting the fusion.
• Bai Jing went to Elder Liu’s residence and waited in line for instruction.
• Elder Liu asked Bai Jing to set up the arrays, and Bai Jing adjusted them to mastery before beginning the fusion.
• Elder Liu saw that Bai Jing carried out every detail perfectly and recognized him as the most gifted newcomer in the group.

Bai Jing learned how perfected arrays could be fused and how Yin Yang and Five Elements principles could make even a weak array produce a powerful result. At Elder Liu’s first official lesson, Ning Feng stood up to demonstrate his progress before Bai Jing could rise.

• Elder Liu told Bai Jing to restore the fused arrays, then guided him in perfecting both arrays before merging them again.
• Elder Liu explained how Yin Yang Fundamentals and the Five Elements generating and overcoming one another could fuse a beginner-level array into a perfected grand array.
• Elder Liu invited Bai Jing to seek him out with future questions, and the steward gave Bai Jing a communication jade talisman.
• Over the next half month, Bai Jing refined his arrays while Tan Zhuo and Lu Renjia reached major completion in both of theirs.
• At Elder Liu’s first official lesson, Elder Liu called on the gifted disciples to show their progress, but Ning Feng held Bai Jing down and volunteered first.

Bai Jing accepted Ning Feng’s challenge to demonstrate Array Dao and stunned the newcomers by fusing arrays through a difficult method. After Ning Feng and Cheng Feidu conceded, Elder Liu kept Bai Jing behind and advised him to cultivate the Water Element Basic Array next.

• Bai Jing proposed an Array Dao spar, and Elder Liu agreed to let Bai Jing, Ning Feng, and Cheng Feidu compete.
• The three formed Gold Metal Basic Grand Arrays, but Bai Jing directly overlapped his Wood Array with his Gold Metal Array while Ning Feng and Cheng Feidu set theirs up separately.
• Bai Jing completed and fused his arrays, leaving Ning Feng and Cheng Feidu stunned as Elder Liu praised his talent and warned the newcomers not to imitate his advanced method.
• Cheng Feidu conceded, and Ning Feng eventually conceded after Bai Jing taunted him to continue.
• After the lesson, Elder Liu asked Bai Jing to stay and recommended that he cultivate the Water Element Basic Array to advance his array fusion.

Bai Jing collected the proceeds from his spirit pills while continuing to advance his array cultivation, and Yun He arranged for him to receive an array manual early. Three months later, Bai Jing was close to fusing three arrays perfectly as the newcomers prepared for their final ranking test.

• Bai Jing focused on practicing the Water Array Foundation and flew to Myriad Pill Hall to collect the Immortal Merit from his sold pills.
• Yun He told Lin Changsheng that Bai Jing had crushed Ning Feng in an array contest and gave him Array Dao True Giải to pass along to Bai Jing.
• Yun He asked Lin Changsheng to notify Jiang Zhishen and Fang Wenze about a meeting to plan the newcomers' training.
• Three months later, Tan Zhuo and Lu Renjia watched Bai Jing practice a powerful three-array fusion and discussed the next day's ranking test.
• Tan Zhuo refused Lu Renjia's suggestion to ask Bai Jing for a favorable evaluation, and Bai Jing joined them, saying the past was the past and the present was the present.

Bai Jing assessed the new disciples at the final examination of the Seeking Dao Gathering, then demonstrated his mastery of fusing three arrays. After the gathering ended, Elder Liu warned him that the sect had no Saint method for advancing the Dao of arrays, but hinted that another possibility might exist.

• Bai Jing assessed the disciples’ arrays, giving Cheng Feidu a B and Ning Feng a B-plus, while declaring that he alone deserved an A.
• When Ning Feng challenged him to demonstrate his skill, Bai Jing transformed Ning Feng’s array into a powerful three-colored fusion that convinced the disciples of his superiority.
• The Seeking Dao Gathering ended, and the disciples packed their belongings and said farewell.
• Elder Liu gave Bai Jing a communication jade talisman and invited him to seek guidance on the Dao of arrays after the gathering.
• Elder Liu explained that Shangqing Mountain had no Saint method for the Dao of arrays, so Bai Jing would have to find his own path to the True Saint realm, but hinted there might be a turn for the better.

After returning to Spiritual Elegance Peak, Bai Jing received the Array Dao True Giải from Lin Changsheng and learned that the newcomers would be sent on an expedition to the Southern Territory border in fifteen months. Realizing the journey could be dangerous, Bai Jing resolved to strengthen his skills and considered whether he could condense an inner core before then.

• Bai Jing cultivated at his residence, where he had reached the fifth layer of the Dao Platform Realm and advanced his Heaven Scrolls.
• Lin Changsheng visited Bai Jing and gave him the Array Dao True Giải, asking whether he could condense an Array Dao Inner Core before the next inner peak competition.
• Lin Changsheng told Bai Jing that newcomers would undertake an expedition to the Southern Territory border in fifteen months, where the Human Race battled the Demon Race.
• Lin Changsheng discovered that Bai Jing had reached the fifth layer of the Dao Platform Realm and learned that he had used spirit pills to advance.
• After Lin Changsheng left, Bai Jing worried about the expedition and decided to improve his Wind Element Ultimate Skill and Heaven and Earth Momentum while considering whether to condense an inner core.

Bai Jing mastered the Water Element Heaven Scroll, reached the Dao Platform Fifth Layer, and used Face-Changing to disguise himself before heading to Water Moon Peak to buy spirit pills. Meanwhile, Xiao Yucheng attended a banquet where his strained attitude toward Jin Tao and his business arrangements with Luo Feng surfaced.

• Bai Jing mastered the Water Element Heaven Scroll and broke through to the Dao Platform Fifth Layer, but ran out of spirit pills.
• Bai Jing visited Myriad Pill Hall, learned Xu Shan was off duty, and bought ten Wind Spirit Pills from another shopkeeper.
• Bai Jing used the supreme art Face-Changing to alter his appearance and flew toward Water Moon Peak.
• At a banquet on Fire Spirit Peak, Xiao Yucheng discussed his failed trial and Bai Jing's Heaven Scrolls with Luo Feng.
• Jin Tao asked why Bai Jing was absent, and Xiao Yucheng admitted he had forgotten to invite him.
• Luo Feng thanked Xiao Yucheng for giving his relative a position, and Xiao Yucheng warned him against tampering with the shop's accounts.

Bai Jing bought a Water Cloud Sword to practice water-element sword techniques, then broke through to the Dao Platform Sixth Layer and stabilized the fusion of his three types of spiritual power. He left cultivation confident in his strength ahead of the upcoming trial.

• Bai Jing visited True Artifact Pavilion and learned that a middle-aged cultivator had been involved with the artifact refiner employing his injured Dao companion.
• Bai Jing bought a Water Cloud Sword for sixty Immortal Merit after bargaining with the shopkeeper.
• Bai Jing broke through to the Dao Platform Sixth Layer and refined a Fire Spirit Pill to calm the spiritual energy flooding his Dao Platform.
• Bai Jing found that his Three Heaven Scrolls had all reached major accomplishment and that their fused spiritual power could remain stable.
• Li Huai'an sensed the surge of purple energy from Bai Jing's residence and realized Bai Jing had broken through again.
• Bai Jing consolidated his realm and felt confident he could defeat ten opponents of Li Huai'an's caliber at once.

Bai Jing refined three cauldrons of Dazzling Lantern Pills at once and brought more than seven hundred bottles to Xu Shan. At the Myriad Pill Hall, he examined the Azure Cloud Ranking and learned about the risks of Inner Core breakthroughs before displaying his enormous stock of pills.

• Bai Jing successfully refined thirty Dazzling Lantern Pills across three cauldrons and prepared his accumulated stock for sale.
• Bai Jing brought more than seven hundred bottles of pills to Xu Shan at the Myriad Pill Hall.
• Xu Shan showed Bai Jing the Azure Cloud Ranking, where Xia Ming ranked first among Spiritual Cultivators after failing to condense a Golden Inner Core and rebuilding his foundation.
• Bai Jing considered the dangers of Inner Core breakthroughs and noticed Li Huai'an ranked ninth and Ling Qinghe ranked first in alchemy.
• Bai Jing placed his many pill bottles on the counter, astonishing Xu Shan and Ding Xiong.

Bai Jing trained his swordsmanship and Wind Element Ultimate Skill while repeatedly practicing the fusion of his Five Elements arrays. At Myriad Pill Hall, he discovered Ling Qinghe’s perfect Jade Soul Pills and responded to the threat of competition by lowering the price of his Dazzling Lantern Pills.

• Bai Jing advanced his Water Cloud Sword Technique to Minor Mastery and brought Wind's Chant close to perfection, though his Heaven and Earth Momentum progressed slowly.
• Bai Jing swallowed a Water Spirit Pill and a low-grade Spirit Replenishing Pill, then repeatedly tried and failed to fuse his Gold Metal, Wood, Water, and Fire Basic Arrays.
• Bai Jing visited Myriad Pill Hall and saw that his monthly income was nearly two thousand Immortal Merit.
• Bai Jing learned that Ling Qinghe had supplied perfect Jade Soul Pills for six Immortal Merit per bottle, with only three bottles available.
• Bai Jing told Xu Shan to lower the price of his pills to four Immortal Merit per bottle so he could increase sales before perfect pills reached the market in bulk.

Bai Jing avoided Shen Miaomiao’s repeated challenges while perfecting his Wind Element ultimate skill, then focused on breaking through his cultivation. He reached the Dao Platform Seventh Layer, and his Wind Element Heaven Scroll advanced to perfection, though the loss of three-attribute convergence threatened to slow his next breakthrough.

• Bai Jing collected Immortal Merit for his sold-out pills and delivered a new batch to Xu Shan, who told him that Ding Xiong had been dismissed for embezzling pills and Immortal Merit.
• Bai Jing repeatedly evaded Shen Miaomiao’s attempts to spar, while she pursued him to prove herself against the formation cultivator.
• Qin Yan Sheng showed Shen Miaomiao a recording of Bai Jing’s perfected Wind Element ultimate skill and revealed that Bai Jing had already reached the Dao Platform Sixth Layer, leaving her shaken but still eager to challenge him.
• Bai Jing continued cultivating and perfected Wind's Chant, which also accelerated his progress in Heaven and Earth Momentum.
• After a month of cultivation, Bai Jing broke through to the Dao Platform Seventh Layer and advanced the Wind Element Heaven Scroll to perfection, but its transformation weakened the convergence of his three attributes of spiritual power.