Chapter Summaries

Ah Huang swallowed Beishan Baiwei’s Puppet and Nine-Star Immortal Carriage after Baiwei insulted Beishan Hu, but Xia Manggan stopped the dragon from eating him. Baiwei left to report the incident to his father, while Xia Manggan told Beishan Hu to stand up for himself if Baiwei caused trouble again.

• Ji Ning warned Beishan Baiwei to run as Ah Huang’s dragon form swallowed the Nine-Star Immortal Carriage and immobilized Baiwei with bloodline suppression.
• Xia Manggan and Beishan Hu stopped Ah Huang from eating Baiwei, declaring that the loss of his Puppet and carriage was punishment for insulting Beishan Hu.
• Beishan Baiwei told Ji Ning he would return to report the incident to his father, and Ji Ning offered to plead with Xia Manggan about the carriage.
• White Water Marsh and Ji Ning discussed Ah Huang’s power, and Ji Ning resolved to rely on the Water Mansion and Daoist Sanshou’s legacy to advance.
• A long-haired woman in a water-blue Daoist robe entered the Academy, curious about Xia Manggan and his Heaven-Eroding Yellow Dragon.
• On Di Ta Peak, Xia Manggan told Beishan Hu to let the current matter rest but to fight back if Beishan Baiwei provoked him again, then went to view the Black-White Diagram.

Xia Manggan used Super Epiphany to comprehend the entire Black-White Diagram, while Ji Ning found his understanding of it limited and turned to the Immortals’ inscriptions. Ji Ning awakened Senior Beixing’s complete Three-Foot Sword inheritance, and the Academy’s Immortals gathered in astonishment when they realized Xia Manggan was comprehending the whole diagram.

• Xia Manggan arrived at the Black-White Diagram and used the Wheel of Life and Death of the Heavens to withstand its Dao aura.
• Xia Manggan used Super Epiphany to study the entire Black-White Diagram, while Mu Zishuo also remained immersed in it.
• Ji Ning ended his brief comprehension, then read the Immortals’ inscriptions and was drawn to Beixing’s words about wielding a sword to slay injustice.
• Ji Ning resonated with Beixing’s inscription, awakening the complete Three-Foot Sword inheritance across generations.
• Immortal Wufeng summoned the Academy’s remaining Immortals, who gathered to witness Ji Ning’s inheritance and Xia Manggan comprehending the entire Black-White Diagram.

Ji Ning received Immortal Beixing’s complete Three-Foot Sword inheritance, and Immortal Diancai accepted him as his first disciple. The Immortals then witnessed Xia Manggan receive the inheritance of Hunyuan Heavenly Immortal, leaving Immortal Hanshan thrilled by his disciple’s extraordinary talent.

• The Immortals watched Ji Ning receive the complete Three-Foot Sword inheritance, which had been imprinted into his soul.
• Immortal Diancai accepted Ji Ning as his first disciple after Immortal Wufeng and Black Crown Immortal yielded him.
• Immortal Hanshan revealed that Xia Manggan had been comprehending the entire Black-White Diagram for at least three hours, astonishing the other Immortals.
• The Immortals debated Xia Manggan’s prospects and whether his early progress in multiple Great Daos might hinder him.
• The two Immortal Inscription stone walls trembled, and Hunyuan Heavenly Immortal’s phantom appeared and declared that Xia Manggan had entered three Great Daos at the Purple Mansion stage.
• Hunyuan’s phantom passed his Hunyuan Infinite Wheel inheritance to Xia Manggan, and Immortal Hanshan proudly anticipated his disciple’s future.

Celestial Immortal Tuoshan learned that Xia Manggan had triggered Hunyuan Heavenly Immortal’s cross-generational inheritance and brought the Ancient Stone Ring to return it to the inheritor. At the Black-White Academy, Tuoshan identified Xia Manggan as a member of the imperial clan and asked to meet him alone.

• The hidden elder of the Andan Beishan Clan sent Celestial Immortal Tuoshan to the Black-White Academy after Hunyuan Heavenly Immortal’s inheritance appeared.
• The elder gave Tuoshan the Ancient Stone Ring and instructed him to return it to the inheritor, warning him not to keep another’s inheritance treasure.
• The five Black-White Academy Immortals discussed how little they knew about Hunyuan Heavenly Immortal and agreed to keep the inheritance secret.
• As Ji Ning stirred, Immortal Diancai prepared to take him away and secretly summoned Jade Sea Daoist for help.
• Tuoshan arrived at the Academy, learned that Immortal Hanshan’s disciple Xia Manggan had triggered the inheritance, and asked to meet him alone after recognizing his imperial-clan name.

Xia Manggan received the Hunyuan Infinite Wheel inheritance and reflected on the immense challenge of following Patriarch Hunyuan’s path. Celestial Immortal Tuoshan returned an Ancient Stone Ring, whose spirit revealed it was the Xiantian Spirit Treasure Wuji Ring and claimed it had nurtured the Black-White Diagrams.

• Xia Manggan considered how the Hunyuan Infinite Wheel inheritance and Black-White Diagram could help him deduce the Wheel of Life and Death of the Heavens.
• Celestial Immortal Tuoshan approached Xia Manggan, recognized him as a member of the imperial Xia Mang Clan, and asked which branch he came from.
• Xia Manggan stayed silent about his origins, and Tuoshan accepted that he would not reveal them.
• Tuoshan gave Xia Manggan the Ancient Stone Ring, fulfilling the Hunyuan Heavenly Immortal’s agreement to return it to his next-generation successor.
• The spirit inside the ring appeared as a Little Fatty Spirit and identified itself as the Xiantian Spirit Treasure Wuji Ring, which had nurtured the Black-White Diagrams.

Xia Manggan received the Wuji Ring, a Xiantian Spirit Treasure, from Tuoshan Heavenly Immortal and began refining its restriction to improve his Dao comprehension. Two days later, he prepared for the initiation ceremony, unaware that an undercurrent about him was spreading among the academy’s Formal Disciples.

• Tuoshan Heavenly Immortal returned the Wuji Ring to Xia Manggan, and its spirit acknowledged Xia Manggan as its master after receiving his Origin Force.
• Mu Zishuo awoke from comprehending the Black-White Diagram, while Ji Ning returned to Beiming Peak after secretly gaining Immortal Beixing’s complete Three-Foot Sword inheritance.
• Xia Manggan left to study the Wuji Ring and the Hunyuan Infinite Wheel, while Ji Ning returned to practice the Three-Foot Sword.
• Two days passed without any more entrance exam candidates, leaving Xia Manggan, Ji Ning, and Mu Zishuo as the year’s only new Formal Disciples.
• Xia Manggan asked Beishan Hu to prepare food before the initiation ceremony, unaware that an undercurrent about him was spreading among the Formal Disciples.

Ji Ning and Mu Zishuo arrived early at the Black-White Academy’s initiation ceremony, where Formal Disciples discussed their backgrounds and condemned Xia Manggan over Beishan Xuantang’s account of the entrance examination. Headmaster Bi Hai considered exposing the truth, but the Academy’s Immortal elders instead chose to let the dispute grow and prepare a challenge for Xia Manggan.

• Ji Ning and Mu Zishuo reached the Headmaster Hall before the initiation ceremony and waited outside as Formal Disciples discussed their remarkable backgrounds.
• Formal Disciples recounted Xia Manggan’s conduct during the entrance examination, blamed him for Beishan Xuantang’s injury and punishment, and talked of teaching him a lesson.
• A long-haired woman doubted Beishan Xuantang’s version of events, while Bi Hai watched the hall through a Water Mirror and condemned the spreading rumors.
• Bi Hai prepared to reveal what had happened, but five Immortal elders urged him to let the Formal Disciples argue and use the conflict to temper them.
• The Immortal elders decided to summon the strongest third-generation disciples to challenge Xia Manggan in the coming Dao Discussion Hall battle.

Xia Manggan was formally admitted to the Black-White Academy as Mysterious Yellow and chosen as Immortal Hanshan’s final disciple. Hanshan warned him about the dangers of cultivation and awarded him 17,000 Black-White Pills, while Ji Ning waited to learn whether Immortal Diancai would take him as a disciple.

• Jade Sea Daoist led the initiation ceremony, and the three new disciples swore the Heavenly Dao Blood Oath and chose their Daoist names: Twin Wood, North Underworld, and Mysterious Yellow.
• Immortal Hanshan arrived with Immortal Diancai and chose Mysterious Yellow as his final disciple, then teleported away with him.
• Hanshan told Mysterious Yellow about his four lives of cultivation and urged him to stay reverent and wary on the dangerous cultivation path.
• Hanshan explained that Mysterious Yellow had earned 17,000 Black-White Pills, including 6,000 as compensation for Beishan Xuantang’s actions during the entry assessment.
• Hanshan sent Mysterious Yellow to the Dao Treasury Hall to collect his rewards, while Ji Ning remained in the hall awaiting Immortal Diancai.

Ji Ning entered the Black-White Academy’s Dao Treasury Hall to choose cultivation arts and techniques, while comparing his limited Black-White Pills with Xia Manggan’s abundant resources. He discovered a powerful Divine Sense attack method, the Soul Extinguishing Technique, but its price was far beyond his means.

• Xia Manggan collected seventeen thousand Black-White Pills and one hundred jin of Essence Liquid from Daoist Gufang, who told him to address him by his Daoist title.
• Daoist Gufang gave Ji Ning six thousand Black-White Pills and one hundred jin of Essence Liquid, then instructed him to exchange copies of his chosen arts for the originals.
• Ji Ning selected the Immortal Rank Qi Refining art Water Source Commentary, a second volume of the Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Map, and the upper volume of the Three-Foot Sword to conceal his inheritance.
• Ji Ning chose the upper volume of Law of Heaven and Earth and noticed Xia Manggan examining Divine Sense techniques on the second floor.
• Ji Ning read about the Soul Extinguishing Technique and learned it cost ten thousand Black-White Pills, so he could not afford it.

Xia Manggan learned that the Soul Extinguishing Technique required splitting his soul and could cause lasting harm, but he insisted on exchanging for it. Afterward, Beishan Baiwei arrived at Di Ta Peak to apologize and present Xia Manggan with an extravagant congratulatory gift.

• Daoist Gufang warned Xia Manggan that cultivating the Soul Extinguishing Technique could damage his soul, alter his personality, and consume the refined half of his soul in battle.
• Xia Manggan refused to reconsider and exchanged sixteen thousand five hundred Black-White Pills for the Soul Extinguishing Technique, the Soul Bewilderment Technique, and two divine abilities.
• Daoist Gufang reported Xia Manggan's choice to Uncle-Master Hanshan, who said to let him be after hearing that the warning had been given.
• Xia Manggan teleported to Di Ta Peak, where Beishan Baiwei apologized and said his father had sent him with a congratulatory gift.
• Beishan Baiwei offered Xia Manggan rare Earth Rank supreme-grade magical treasures and ten thousand jin of Essence Liquid, stunning Bu Ying.

Xia Manggan dismissed Bu Ying’s invitation to spar until senior disciples Fire Saint and San Pang returned, angering Bu Ying. In his quiet chamber, Xia Manggan studied two Divine Sense secret arts and considered how he might keep the Soul Extinguishing Awl from being consumed.

• Xia Manggan told Beishan Hu to decide whether to accept Beishan Baiwei’s gifts and then turned to Bu Ying.
• Bu Ying invited Xia Manggan to the Dao Discussion Hall, where older disciples hoped to spar with the new disciple.
• Xia Manggan asked whether San Pang and Fire Saint were present, then declined to go until they returned.
• Bu Ying flew away from Di Ta Peak in anger after Xia Manggan entered the quiet chamber.
• Xia Manggan compared the Soul Bewilderment Technique and Soul Extinguishing Technique and considered replenishing the Soul Extinguishing Awl with an opponent’s soul.

Xia Manggan devised the Soul Devouring Wheel and began breaking through to the Myriad Manifestations Stage while arranging to obtain a vessel for a Second Primordial Spirit. At the Black-White Academy, Ji Ning defeated older disciples, prompting them to promise a stronger challenge the next day as the Academy mobilized.

• Xia Manggan conceived the Soul Devouring Wheel, a soul-killing art that would consume enemy souls and grow stronger, and asked Beishan Hu and Beishan Baiwei to find a vessel for a Second Primordial Spirit.
• Xia Manggan used ninety-nine thousand jin of Essence Liquid to raise his Qi Refining cultivation, and his Purple Mansion space absorbed thousands of jin as it expanded.
• The Wuji Ring Spirit watched Xia Manggan’s breakthrough and wondered how much Essence Liquid he could absorb before reaching his limit.
• Ji Ning defeated Yinxue Wenjian and Bu Ying in the Dao Discussion Hall, helping Mu Zishuo regain face against the older disciples.
• Bu Ying vowed that stronger senior disciples would challenge the new disciples the next day, and Ji Ning hoped to see Xia Manggan’s strength.
• The Black-White Academy stirred into action that night, with some disciples leaving Anchan City for the Anchan Branch of the Yinglong Guard.

Xia Manggan emerged from seclusion as a Wanxiang Daoist whose Origin Force rivaled a Primordial Spirit Daoist, then learned that Ji Ning’s sparring at the Dao Discussion Hall had drawn the Academy’s top disciples. As Yu Wei prepared to challenge Ji Ning, Xia Manggan arrived, and the Black-White Academy’s Immortals realized he had broken through.

• Beishan Hu told Xia Manggan that the Three Heavenly Fox Immortals of Cave of Carefree and Heavenly Treasure Mountain were searching for a Second Primordial Spirit Vessel.
• Xia Manggan revealed that he had reached the Wanxiang Realm after absorbing more than twenty-six thousand jin of Essence Liquid, and Beishan Hu sensed that his Origin Force resembled a Primordial Spirit Daoist’s.
• Beishan Hu told Xia Manggan that Ji Ning’s sparring at the Dao Discussion Hall had brought the Academy’s outstanding third-generation disciples back, and Xia Manggan saw Ji Ning’s Thousand Sword Puppet cleave apart Beishan Xuantang’s Puppet.
• An aged voice invited Xia Manggan to join the gathering, and he went to the Dao Discussion Hall.
• The Black-White Academy’s Immortals praised Ji Ning’s Sword Heart Clarity and watched Yu Wei prepare to challenge him.
• Immortal Wufeng revealed that Xia Manggan had emerged from seclusion, and the Immortals sensed his breakthrough as he stood outside the hall.

Xia Manggan arrived at the Dao Discussion Hall as Yu Wei defeated Ji Ning, then accepted her challenge and won with his Water-Fire sword light. His display of Void Transference and his victory drew the attention of Fire Saint, who rose to challenge him.

• Xia Manggan joined Mu Zishuo in watching the battle and noticed Fire Saint and True Person Sloppy among the veteran disciples.
• Yu Wei defeated Ji Ning with her flaming sword lights, then challenged Xia Manggan to spar.
• Xia Manggan used Void Transference to appear on the stone pillar, surprising the disciples and showing Fire Saint that he had entered the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.
• Yu Wei attacked with five hundred flaming sword lights, but Xia Manggan's Water-Fire swords absorbed and weakened them before striking her Thousand Sword Puppet.
• The White-haired Elder declared Xia Manggan the winner, and Fire Saint rose from his seat to face him.

Xia Manggan defeated Yu Wei, whose loss awakened memories from her past life and helped her grasp her first Dao. He then overcame Fire Saint by transforming his Water-Fire sword formations into a powerful Wheel of Life and Death, winning the spar and silencing the Dao Discussion Hall.

• Xia Manggan broke through Yu Wei’s final flame swords and defeated her, prompting her to awaken past-life memories and grasp her first Dao.
• Fire Saint took Yu Wei’s place and challenged Xia Manggan, spreading his glazed flames across his side of the battleground.
• Xia Manggan formed two Water-Fire Sword Wheels that drew Fire Saint’s flames across the boundary and resonated with life and death.
• Fire Saint gathered his flames into a thousand flying swords, formed two Glazed Giant Swords, and shattered Xia Manggan’s initial Sword Wheels.
• Xia Manggan transformed the scattered swords into a colossal Wheel of Life and Death that suppressed Fire Saint’s swords and crushed his Thousand Sword Puppet.
• The White-haired Elder Puppet announced that Xia Manggan had won.

Xia Manggan defeated Fire Saint by combining three Great Dao True Intents, and Immortal Hanshan realized he had found the right path toward the Dao Domain Realm. True Person Sloppy then overwhelmed Xia Manggan until Xia Manggan’s eyes changed and two Black-White Wheels appeared in them.

• Fire Saint admitted defeat to Xia Manggan and said he hoped to fight him again after Xia Manggan’s cultivation advanced.
• Immortal Hanshan explained that Xia Manggan had used the Great Dao of Life and Death as a foundation to merge the True Intents of Universe and Time, and said Xia Manggan had begun advancing along the right path.
• True Person Sloppy entered the next spar with a Thousand Sword Puppet and turned his flying swords into layered waves that overwhelmed Xia Manggan’s Thousand Sword Puppet.
• Immortal Wufeng expected True Person Sloppy to win, but Immortal Diancai pointed out that Xia Manggan’s eyes had changed as two slowly rotating Black-White Wheels appeared in them.

Xia Manggan defeated True Person Sloppy after revealing that he had entered two Great Daos, becoming the new number one among the third-generation disciples. The Academy’s headmaster then appeared and confronted Beishan Xuantang about his crime.

• Xia Manggan combined the Dao of Kui Water and the Dao of Departing Fire with his Sword Wheel to withstand True Person Sloppy’s layered waves.
• After their clash shook both their souls, Xia Manggan recovered first and struck True Person Sloppy’s puppet, winning the sparring match.
• True Person Sloppy accepted defeat, and the veteran disciples realized their faction had lost the title of number one among the third-generation disciples.
• Jade Sea Daoist and more than twenty Primordial Spirit Daoists revealed themselves, and Jade Sea Daoist asked Beishan Xuantang if he knew his crime.

Jade Sea Daoist expelled Beishan Xuantang from the Black-White Academy for attacking Xia Manggan and deceiving his fellow disciples. After defeating his rivals, Xia Manggan drew the attention of the Academy’s Daoists and outside powers, while Jiu Lian decided to delay her visit to him.

• Jade Sea Daoist exposed Beishan Xuantang’s misconduct and expelled him from the Black-White Academy, warning him not to commit evil outside it.
• Iron Hand Daoist took Beishan Xuantang away, and Xia Manggan let his killing intent fade when he sensed the defeated disciple no longer dared resent him.
• Mu Zishuo congratulated Xia Manggan, who then spoke with the Academy’s Primordial Spirit Daoists about learning from their understanding of the Dao.
• Older third-generation disciples who had doubted Xia Manggan wanted to approach him, but left when they saw him surrounded by senior Daoists.
• Yu Wei asked Jiu Lian whether she would visit Xia Manggan, and Jiu Lian chose to wait because many people were already heading to his estate.

The black-robed emperor learned that Xia Manggan had become the foremost disciple of his generation and planned to let him pursue opportunities that might win the Xia Mang Clan powerful allies. At the Black-White Academy, Xia Manggan met Immortal Lianshan of the Yinglong Guard, who was surprised by the strength of his soul.

• The black-robed emperor read a report on Xia Manggan's achievements at the Black-White Academy and forbade him from obtaining a vessel for a Second Primordial Spirit.
• The black-robed emperor ordered Shadow Fox not to interfere with Xia Manggan unless he faced mortal danger or sought to reach the Original Spirit Realm, and promised Shadow Fox a Reincarnation Edict after his service.
• The black-robed emperor reasoned that Xia Manggan might gain Buddhist Sect support during the coming upheaval and departed the Xia Clan Great World with his imperial procession.
• Xia Manggan sensed someone watching him, then identified Beishan Yin and Immortal Lianshan approaching Di Ta Peak.
• Xia Manggan introduced himself to Immortal Lianshan, who was surprised that the young master's soul was as strong as a Void Return Earth Immortal's.

Xia Manggan reviewed gifts from Anchan Commandery’s powers and received Immortal Lianshan, who came to pay his respects as an Yinglong Inner Guard member. The chapter ended with Xia Manggan accepting a store of Red Phosphorus Flame Fruits, which he planned to use to strengthen Ah Huang and improve his cultivation.

• Beishan Hu presented Xia Manggan with gifts worth roughly twenty thousand jin of Essence Liquid and received praise for setting reasonable limits on them.
• Xia Manggan asked Beishan Hu to prepare immortal brew as Beishan Yin and Immortal Lianshan arrived.
• Beishan Yin introduced Immortal Lianshan, who explained that he had served under Prince of Anqing and came to pay respects to Xia Manggan.
• Immortal Lianshan gave Xia Manggan a Storage Magical Treasure filled with Red Phosphorus Flame Fruits.
• Xia Manggan recognized that Ah Huang could benefit from the fruits and planned to improve his Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Map and Body Refining Divine Ability cultivation.