Recaps

Xiao Lingxi severed ties with Xiao Tianlong and chose to live for herself under Su Bai’s protection. Meanwhile, Zhuge Feng’s breakthrough revealed that his Creation had given him the Battle Saint Physique.

• Xiao Lingxi rejected Xiao Tianlong, returned the Xiao Household’s Storage Ring, and declared that their father-daughter relationship was over.
• Su Bai drove Xiao Tianlong and the Xiao Household members from the Heavenly Dao Sect, then comforted Xiao Lingxi as she questioned her decision.
• Su Bai reminded Xiao Lingxi that Xiao Tianlong had treated her as a bargaining chip, and she resolved to live for herself and the Heavenly Dao Sect.
• Xiao Lingxi’s Sect Loyalty reached 99, while the system announced that Su Bai had entered the Foundation Establishment Realm after a disciple’s breakthrough.
• Su Bai found Zhuge Feng emerging from the shattered Creation Lotus in golden spiritual armor and recognized his new physique as the Battle Saint Physique.

After Zhuge Feng recovered, Su Bai welcomed new recruits into the Heavenly Dao Sect and laid out its rules and free cultivation resources. Over the following week, the sect grew to more than one hundred disciples, some of whom had already reached Qi Refining, while the sect still needed someone to reach Foundation Establishment to upgrade.

• Zhuge Feng awoke with greatly enhanced strength, thanked Su Bai for saving him, and promised to heed his warning not to burn his life away again.
• Seven candidates passed the Heavenly Ladder assessment, accepted Su Bai's sect rules, and joined the Heavenly Dao Sect as Fifth-Generation Disciples.
• Xiao Yan led the new disciples to the Immortal Arts Pavilion, where they received the Qi Refining cultivation method for free.
• The sect recruited twenty-six disciples in its first three days, bringing its upgrade mission halfway to completion and leaving Foundation Establishment as the remaining requirement.
• By the seventh day, the Heavenly Dao Sect had more than one hundred disciples, and some recruits from the first two days had already achieved Qi Refining.

Su Bai gathered the Heavenly Dao Sect’s 107 disciples to distribute the first monthly salaries after reviewing their cultivation gains and his own progress. The disciples eagerly handed him their silver first, leaving Su Bai surprised as he prepared to give out their pay.

• Su Bai reviewed the sect’s disciple roster and saw that Zhuge Feng, Xiao Lingxi, Mu Lingxian, Ye Qingyao, and Xiao Yan had advanced in cultivation.
• Su Bai checked his own status and found that he had reached Second-Level Foundation Establishment through cultivation feedback.
• Su Bai decided to distribute monthly salaries and summoned the disciples to the main hall.
• The disciples gathered, praised Su Bai, and eagerly answered that they had come for silver.
• The disciples began handing Su Bai thirty taels each, including Zhuge Feng, Xiao Lingxi, and the other senior disciples, surprising him before he could distribute their salaries.

Su Bai learned that the silver his disciples had brought was their monthly payment to Heavenly Dao Sect, not a stipend from it. He announced that the sect would pay its disciples instead and began distributing silver, leaving the hall stunned and overjoyed.

• Zhuge Feng explained that disciples at other sects paid monthly dues, and the disciples praised Heavenly Dao Sect for its free entry and Immortal Arts.
• Su Bai realized that the disciples had brought him more than three thousand taels in dues, but decided their money should go toward helping them grow stronger.
• When Su Bai told everyone to put away their silver, the disciples panicked and feared expulsion until he clarified that the sect was paying them.
• Su Bai produced a huge pile of silver and began giving each of the one hundred and seven disciples thirty taels.
• The disciples checked that the silver was real and erupted with excitement.

Su Bai rewarded the Heavenly Dao Sect disciples with silver, Spirit Stones, and bonuses, inspiring their gratitude and drive to cultivate. He expected news of the sect’s generous treatment to spread from Cloudwater City and draw impoverished youths from across the empire.

• The disciples thanked Su Bai and pledged loyalty as their shared gratitude gathered Fortune and a faint trace of Heavenly Mandate in the hall.
• Su Bai gave extra silver to the seven disciples who had reached Qi Refining and announced further rewards for cultivation and good performance.
• Su Bai distributed awards and monthly Low-Grade Spirit Stones to Qi Refining disciples, then promised year-end bonuses.
• Su Bai warned that disciples who fell behind on the Heaven-Ascending Ladder would lose rewards, and those below the sixtieth level would have their cultivation abolished and be expelled.
• The disciples left excited to bring silver and news home, while Su Bai anticipated that word would spread and expand the Heavenly Dao Sect.

The Heavenly Dao Sect’s promise of free entry, Immortal Arts, and monthly silver spread across the empire, drawing far more people to its examination. Meanwhile, a mysterious beggar headed toward the sect, while Lingxiao Sect’s master sought the Immortal Alliance’s help against Su Bai.

• News of the Heavenly Dao Sect’s benefits spread through Cloudwater City and nearby regions, multiplying the number of people seeking to join.
• A beggar in a distant city heard that the sect offered free entry and silver, then rose and headed into the road.
• A young master ordered his lackeys to beat the beggar, but their clubs broke against him and the beggar killed them with a glance before vanishing through torn space.
• On Lingxiao Mountain, Ling Xiao urged his master to attack the Heavenly Dao Sect, but the old man warned him not to underestimate Su Bai.
• The old man revealed that he had appealed to the Immortal Alliance, which would soon send experts against the Heavenly Dao Sect.

Su Bai oversaw the Heavenly Dao Sect’s rapid growth, approved Xiao Lingxi’s disciple uniform designs, and reached the Fourth-Level Foundation Establishment Realm. A beggar who emerged in Cloudwater City saw a Fortune Golden Dragon above the sect and wondered how long it could endure.

• Su Bai noted that the Heavenly Dao Sect needed to expand as its disciple population approached a thousand, though sect advancement required someone to reach Foundation Establishment.
• Xiao Lingxi showed Su Bai her designs for distinct uniforms for each disciple generation, and he approved them, gave her one million taels of silver, and promised a reward.
• The Heavenly Dao Sect’s membership grew to 998, while many disciples advanced in cultivation and Mu Lingxian reached Fifth-Level Qi Refinement.
• Su Bai’s strength rose to Fourth-Level Foundation Establishment as the combined cultivation of his disciples increased.
• A beggar appeared in Cloudwater City and saw a faint Golden Giant Dragon of fortune above the Heavenly Dao Sect, then questioned how long the sect could survive.

A Heavenly Palace Core Disciple arrived at Lingxiao Sect and demonstrated overwhelming strength, prompting its elder to turn his hopes against Heavenly Dao Sect. Meanwhile, a mysterious beggar reached Heavenly Dao Sect’s recruitment grounds and resolved to help the sect survive as long as he could.

• A fat man emerged from Lingxiao Sect’s Teleportation Array, and the sect elder welcomed him as an Upper Immortal of the Immortal Alliance.
• Ling Xiao challenged the fat man, who struck him down with a single word and warned that he could destroy Lingxiao Sect effortlessly.
• The fat man revealed that he was a Core Disciple of the Heavenly Palace, and the Lingxiao Sect elder rejoiced at the prospect of defeating Heavenly Dao Sect.
• Su Bai watched the growing crowd of recruits reach the sixtieth level of the Heaven-Ascending Ladder and decided he would need to prepare more clothes.
• A beggar from Cloudwater City admired Heavenly Dao Sect’s open recruitment, resolved to help it endure, and walked toward the Heaven-Ascending Ladder.

At the Heavenly Dao Sect’s recruitment assessment, a beggar climbed the Heaven-Ascending Ladder all the way to the ninetieth level, astonishing Ye Qingyao and the other onlookers. Su Bai recognized him as a powerful cultivator disguised as a mortal and considered what position to offer him.

• Ye Qingyao welcomed new disciples who reached the sixtieth level and assured a beggar that the Heavenly Dao Sect treated all disciples equally.
• The beggar continued climbing past the sixtieth level, reaching the seventieth and then the eightieth level as other candidates hurried upward to keep pace.
• Ye Qingyao went to tell Su Bai that someone had reached the eightieth level, but discovered the beggar had already climbed to the ninetieth.
• Su Bai sensed the beggar’s hidden cultivation and lingering Dao Resonance, and concluded that his ninety-point favorability meant he posed no threat to the sect.
• Su Bai considered what position to give the beggar, deciding that making him a disciple no longer seemed suitable.

Su Bai welcomed the ancient beggar Nameless into the Heavenly Dao Sect, but learned the system would not count him as a disciple because he was stronger than Su Bai. The Lingxiao Sect stewards then arrived with Gao Kepan of the Heavenly Palace, who threatened to strike the sect from the Immortal Alliance’s rolls unless it cooperated.

• Ye Qingyao introduced the beggar who had reached the ninetieth floor, and Su Bai named him Nameless.
• Nameless joined the Heavenly Dao Sect as a menial disciple after declining Su Bai’s offer of an elder position.
• Su Bai learned that Nameless was not counted as a sect disciple, so his strength did not boost Su Bai’s cultivation.
• Zhuge Feng and Su Bai confronted Lingxiao Sect stewards Wang, Xu, and Han, who mocked Zhuge Feng and accused him of betraying their sect.
• The stewards knelt to welcome Gao Kepan, a Heavenly Palace core disciple riding a Fire Qilin.
• Gao Kepan ordered the Heavenly Dao Sect to cooperate with his investigation or face expulsion from the Immortal Alliance.

Su Bai rejected Gao Kepan’s demand that the Heavenly Dao Sect pay the Immortal Alliance’s excessive fees, exposing the possibility that Gao Kepan was pocketing the extra tribute. Gao Kepan ordered his Nascent Soul Fire Qilin to destroy everyone within a hundred miles, and the beast’s blood-red flame surged toward Su Bai.

• Disciples speculated about the Heavenly Palace’s power as Nameless tightened his grip on his broom upon hearing its name.
• Gao Kepan claimed Nascent Soul forces had to join the Immortal Alliance and demanded half their yearly income plus a huge joining fee.
• Su Bai questioned the extra payments after saying an Immortal Alliance elder had told him the required share was forty percent, and he refused to pay.
• Gao Kepan unleashed his aura and threatened to destroy the Heavenly Dao Sect, while Su Bai noticed the ten Storage Rings on his hands.
• Gao Kepan ordered his Fire Qilin to exterminate everyone within a hundred miles, and the beast spat a blood-red pillar of fire toward Su Bai.

Su Bai suppressed the Fire Qilin and defeated Gao Kepan, revealing power far beyond the Nascent Soul Realm. Gao Kepan died beneath the Qilin’s hoof, and a Venerable’s voice emerged from a rift in the sky demanding to know who killed his disciple.

• Su Bai forced the Fire Qilin to its knees with a single command, astonishing the crowd and Nameless.
• Gao Kepan attacked Su Bai with his Dragon-Slaying Spear, but Su Bai seized the weapon and took Gao Kepan’s Storage Rings.
• Gao Kepan knelt and begged for his life, while secretly plotting revenge, but Su Bai heard his thoughts and refused to spare him.
• Su Bai freed the Fire Qilin from its blood-bound master recognition, and the Qilin killed Gao Kepan with its hoof.
• A rift opened in the sky, and a Venerable demanded to know who had killed his disciple.

Su Bai forced a terrifying Venerable to sever his own arm and flee, then gave the arm’s essence blood to Zhuge Feng to strengthen the disciples. Zhuge Feng defeated the three Lingxiao Sect stewards, while Su Bai celebrated the treasures he took from Gao Kepan.

• A gigantic figure attacked through the Void Rift, but Su Bai seized his finger within the Heavenly Dao Sect Territory and dragged him in until he cut off his arm and escaped.
• Su Bai refined the severed arm’s essence blood and handed it to Zhuge Feng to distribute among the disciples.
• The three Lingxiao Sect stewards begged for their lives, and Su Bai told them they could live if they defeated Zhuge Feng.
• Zhuge Feng fought all three stewards at once and overwhelmed them with his iron staff.
• Su Bai shut himself in the main hall and celebrated the ten Storage Rings he had taken from Gao Kepan.

Su Bai gained the immense wealth and treasures Gao Kepan had collected from nine factions, while the Heavenly Dao Sect continued to grow. After Xiao Yan’s breakthrough pushed Su Bai into the Golden Core Realm, Zhuge Feng prepared to attempt Foundation Establishment as the sect approached another upgrade.

• Su Bai discovered that Gao Kepan’s ten Storage Rings held protection payments from five Nascent Soul-level factions and four Golden Core-level factions, including rare Spirit Artifacts and a World-Breaking Talisman.
• The Heavenly Palace did not retaliate for Gao Kepan’s death, and the Lingxiao Sect stayed quiet as the Heavenly Dao Sect expanded and earned the commoners’ support.
• The Heavenly Dao Sect’s disciple count reached 31,314, and Su Bai had advanced to the Ninth Layer of Foundation Establishment through the disciples’ progress.
• Xiao Yan broke through to the Sixth Layer of Body Refinement, and the feedback caused Su Bai to break through into the Golden Core Realm without undergoing Heavenly Tribulation.
• Zhuge Feng asked Su Bai for permission to attempt Foundation Establishment, and Su Bai wondered whether the Heavenly Dao Sect was about to become a Three-Star Sect.

Zhuge Feng achieved legendary Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment after only two months, triggering Heavenly Dao Sect’s upgrade to three stars. Su Bai expanded the sect into a vast mountain complex, and the story left with the disciples praising him while Xiao Yan worried that his training runs had become much longer.

• Zhuge Feng emerged from seclusion on the third day with a golden Dao Platform, achieving Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment and breaking Ling Xiao’s record.
• Su Bai received system notifications that Zhuge Feng had entered Foundation Establishment and Heavenly Dao Sect had upgraded to three stars, expanding its territory to a radius of one hundred li.
• Su Bai announced that a commotion was coming, then caused Heavenly Dao Mountain and the sect’s buildings to grow dramatically as new pavilions, residences, farmland, and Spirit Veins appeared.
• Tens of thousands of disciples praised Su Bai’s transformation of the sect, while Xiao Yan worried that the enlarged mountain would make his running training much harder.

Su Bai equipped the Heavenly Dao Sect with a Level Five Sect-Protecting Grand Formation that activated whenever he left. Meanwhile, a Spirit Spring appeared near the sect, revealing Great Zhao Empire’s first high-quality Spirit Vein and foreshadowing turmoil across the empire.

• Nameless and the Fire Qilin witnessed Su Bai’s power, and the Fire Qilin decided he would stay at the Heavenly Dao Sect.
• Zhuge Feng reported that he had reached Foundation Establishment, and Su Bai sent him to obtain new Immortal Arts and a divine artifact.
• Su Bai exchanged 10,000 points for a Level Five Sect-Protecting Grand Formation and set it to activate when he left the sect and deactivate when he returned.
• A Spirit Spring emerged in a mountain range a thousand li from the Heavenly Dao Sect, revealing Great Zhao Empire’s first high-quality Spirit Vein.
• Nearby Foundation Establishment cultivators stopped fighting and warned that Great Zhao was about to fall into chaos.

Zhuge Feng chose his exclusive divine artifact after Su Bai sent him an image of a warrior wielding a golden staff. The weapon awakened Zhuge Feng’s battle intent, and the Guardian Spirit named it the Sea-Calming Divine Needle.

• After receiving the Foundation Establishment chapter of the Dao Scripture, Zhuge Feng recalled Su Bai’s ambition to spread the Heavenly Dao Sect across All Under Heaven and vowed to lead the charge for his master.
• Zhuge Feng entered the Divine Artifacts Pavilion, where its Guardian Spirit told him to envision the weapon he wanted to forge.
• Unable to imagine a suitable staff, Zhuge Feng formed an ugly fire poker, so Su Bai sent him an image of a warrior fighting with a golden iron staff.
• Inspired by the image, Zhuge Feng envisioned and confirmed a golden staff carved with dragons and phoenixes.
• The staff became real and bonded with Zhuge Feng, awakening his Battle Bloodline and battle intent, and the Guardian Spirit named it the Sea-Calming Divine Needle.

Yellow Lion True Person brought the Yellow Lion Sect to the Heavenly Dao Sect and sought Su Bai’s protection, offering eighty percent of the sect’s annual income. He revealed that a Spirit Spring had appeared in Qingzhou, leaving Su Bai to recognize that the discovery could draw every Nascent Soul faction in the Empire into a struggle for the newly emerged Spirit Vein.

• Zhuge Feng admitted Yellow Lion True Person and more than a dozen Yellow Lion Sect elders after Su Bai invited them inside.
• Yellow Lion True Person and the elders were stunned by Fire Qilin, a Nascent Soul Great Demon guarding the main hall, and then knelt before Su Bai.
• Yellow Lion True Person explained that the other three Golden Core factions in Qingzhou had pledged allegiance to powerful factions, leaving the Yellow Lion Sect in danger.
• Yellow Lion True Person offered the Yellow Lion Sect’s allegiance and eighty percent of its annual income in exchange for Su Bai’s protection.
• Yellow Lion True Person revealed that a Spirit Spring had appeared in a Qingzhou mountain range, and Su Bai realized it signaled a Mid-Grade Spirit Vein that could attract every Nascent Soul faction in the Empire.

News of Qingzhou’s Spirit Spring drove the Yellow Lion Sect, Lingxiao Sect, and Imperial House to prepare to fight for its Mid-Grade Spirit Vein. The chapter ended with the Empire ordering its forces to assemble and march toward Qingzhou.

• Yellow Lion True Person pledged his sect’s allegiance to the Heavenly Dao Sect, and Su Bai accepted it.
• Su Bai ordered Zhuge Feng to gather every disciple who had entered Qi Refining.
• The Lingxiao Sect patriarch ordered the sect’s elders, disciples, and affiliated forces to seize the Spirit Spring, while Ling Xiao asked to join the expedition.
• The Emperor of Great Zhao heard the Imperial Preceptor’s warning that the Empire could not avoid the conflict and ordered the Imperial Guard and ten great Aristocratic Clans to assemble for Qingzhou.

Cloud Heaven Sect prepared to seize a Spirit Vein in Qingzhou, while Su Bai sent the Heavenly Dao Sect’s disciples and Yellow Lion Sect members ahead aboard a flying vessel. After activating the sect-protecting formation, Su Bai rode the Fire Qilin toward the Lingxiao Sect instead of Qingzhou.

• Yun Zhi ordered Cloud Heaven Sect’s elders to gather disciples at Seventh-Level Qi Refinement and above for the journey to Qingzhou, but refused Liu Yanran’s request to join them.
• Liu Yanran dismissed the threat of Xiao Yan, and Yun Zhi warned her against underestimating him.
• Su Bai arrived before more than ten thousand Heavenly Dao Sect disciples and summoned a Nascent Soul-grade Flying Vessel for their departure.
• Su Bai directed Zhuge Feng to pilot the vessel and bring the Yellow Lion Sect members with them to Qingzhou.
• After the vessel departed, Su Bai activated the Level Five Sect-Protecting Formation around Heavenly Dao Mountain and rode the Fire Qilin toward the Lingxiao Sect.

The Great Zhao Imperial Family, Cloud Heaven Sect, and other forces gathered in Qingzhou, each displaying formidable strength. The Lingxiao Sect then arrived with a flying island and four hundred thousand people, leaving its rivals stunned by its overwhelming numbers.

• The Great Zhao Imperial Family arrived with thirty thousand troops, including the Imperial Guard, the Great Zhao Emperor, and leaders of the ten great Aristocratic Clans.
• Yun Zhi and Liu Yanran led Cloud Heaven Sect’s elite forces into Qingzhou on a flock of flying cranes.
• A massive black Flying Vessel arrived from the south, and onlookers recognized it as a High-Grade Spirit Artifact.
• The Lingxiao Sect arrived from the east aboard a colossal flying island and rallied its disciples with a battle cry.
• The assembled forces were shocked to see that the Lingxiao Sect had brought four hundred thousand people, far outnumbering its rivals.

Su Bai and the Fire Qilin attacked Lingxiao Sect while its army was away, shattering its Sect-Protecting Formation and drawing out its second Nascent Soul ancestor. As the Fire Qilin battled the ancestor, Su Bai prepared to loot the sect with help from a menial disciple named Han Feiyu.

• Su Bai and the Fire Qilin struck Lingxiao Sect's Sect-Protecting Formation, and Su Bai's spear and the Fire Qilin's flames shattered it in one attack.
• The formation's backlash injured Lingxiao Sect's sole Golden Core elder left to guard it, while two disciples reacted to the destruction at the mountain gate.
• Lingxiao Sect's Supreme Elder emerged from seclusion, and the Fire Qilin rushed to fight him at Su Bai's command.
• Su Bai prepared to search Lingxiao Sect for its treasure vault as a menial disciple approached and offered to join Heavenly Dao Sect.
• The menial disciple told Su Bai he knew the locations of the treasure vault, the Spirit Vein, and the Storage Rings collected before the campaign, then introduced himself as Han Feiyu.

Su Bai and Han Feiyu looted Lingxiao Sect’s treasure vault and uncovered how the sect exploited ordinary people and disciples. After taking nearly everything, Su Bai learned where the sect’s two Spirit Veins were located and considered how Heavenly Dao Sect treated its own territory.

• Han Feiyu led Su Bai through the illusion formations to Lingxiao Sect’s treasure vault, where Su Bai killed the guards and broke open the restricted door.
• Su Bai emptied the vault of its wealth and treasures while Han Feiyu condemned the sect’s exploitation of ordinary people.
• Han Feiyu pointed out Lingxiao Sect’s Immortal Arts, but declined to take any because he planned to join Heavenly Dao Sect, and Su Bai collected the books anyway.
• Su Bai and Han Feiyu stripped Lingxiao Mountain and the Safe Pavilion of valuable structures, herbs, and tens of thousands of disciples’ storage bags.
• Han Feiyu revealed the locations of Lingxiao Sect’s two Low-Grade Spirit Veins, and Su Bai reflected on the sect’s costly cultivation chambers and Heavenly Dao Sect’s approach to spiritual energy.

Su Bai defeated the Lingxiao Sect’s forces at their mountain, lifted Lingxiao Mountain, and sent it back to the Heavenly Dao Sect while the wounded Supreme Elder fled. Meanwhile, the Lingxiao Sect Patriarch faced the Cloud Heaven Sect, the Imperial House, and the Heavenly Dao Sect on Qingzhou’s Floating Island, confident that his four hundred thousand forces would overwhelm their sixty thousand.

• Su Bai lifted Lingxiao Mountain with one hand as Han Feiyu watched in awe.
• The Fire Qilin defeated and wounded the Lingxiao Sect’s Supreme Elder, who escaped by burning his Life.
• Su Bai praised the Fire Qilin, sent it carrying Lingxiao Mountain toward the Heavenly Dao Sect, and took the sect gate into his Storage Ring.
• Two Lingxiao Sect gate disciples feared punishment and decided to flee to the Heavenly Dao Sect, but they tripped before they could leave.
• People in nearby cities watched the Fire Qilin carry Lingxiao Mountain through the sky and speculated that Lingxiao Sect had been raided.
• On Qingzhou’s Floating Island, the Lingxiao Sect Patriarch mocked the three opposing forces and declared that his four hundred thousand fighters would defeat their sixty thousand.

The Lingxiao Sect, Great Zhao Imperial Family, and Cloud Heaven Sect fought over a Mid-Grade Spirit Vein while the Heavenly Dao Sect stayed aboard its Flying Vessel. When Ling Xiao attacked the vessel, Zhuge Feng used its speed and defenses to ram him and charge through Lingxiao Sect’s disciples.

• Ling Xiao declared the Spirit Vein belonged to the Lingxiao Sect, and the Great Zhao Emperor and Yun Zhi challenged his claim.
• Ling Xiao ordered the Lingxiao Sect disciples to attack, and the Great Zhao Imperial Family and Cloud Heaven Sect joined the battle.
• Xiao Yan urged Zhuge Feng to fight, but Zhuge Feng held position and waited for their Master as the factions clashed.
• Ling Xiao struck the Heavenly Dao Sect’s Flying Vessel with his sword, but failed to damage it.
• Zhuge Feng powered the Flying Vessel with ten Medium-Grade Spirit Stones, rammed Ling Xiao into a mountain, and charged through the Lingxiao Sect’s disciples.