Recaps

Chu Bai overcame his family’s poverty and advanced from learning to gather spiritual qi to reaching Qi Refining, with Daoist Zhang’s guidance and the Three-Bath River accelerating his growth. He ended the stretch preparing for the Dao Academy selection after demonstrating his new strength against Zhao Xing.

• Chu Bai learned that ten taels of silver would buy the complete instruction he needed, and Li Qing raised the money by borrowing from Second Uncle and selling the family’s prized hen.
• After receiving instruction from Daoist Zhang, Chu Bai sensed spiritual qi and began cultivating, then took work at the Zhao Residence as a practice partner for Zhao Xing.
• Chu Bai impressed Daoist Zhang with his rapid progress and was accepted as his sixth personal disciple, receiving a Tranquil Heart Jade Ring that increased his cultivation speed.
• Following Daoist Zhang’s advice, Chu Bai filtered and absorbed water spiritual qi at the Three-Bath River, where a monstrous fish attacked him and he killed it.
• Chu Bai refined the fish’s nourishing flesh into spiritual power, learned the Spirit Water Needle, and continued cultivating while Wang Xiaoliu left the academy because he could not afford tuition.
• After two months of cultivation and training, Chu Bai compressed a hundred strands of spiritual qi during a thunderstorm and broke through to Qi Refining.
• Chu Bai defeated Zhao Xing’s Fireballs with water techniques, fought him to a draw, and earned a pay raise as Wu Shang recognized his Qi Refining cultivation.

Chu Bai trained his Spirit Water Needle and won first place in Anping County’s Dao Academy Selection, earning admission as a Three-Grade Champion. After receiving Gray Ordination and settling into academy life, he chose the Origin Return Formula as his cultivation method.

• Daoist Zhang urged Chu Bai to prepare for the selection, and Chu Bai trained by the river until his Spirit Water Needle became Proficient.
• Chu Bai repaid his family’s debt, stayed at Daoist Zhang’s residence, and entered the selection, where he led the Qi-gathering trial with a full wisp of qi in his Jade Ring.
• Chu Bai placed second in the Spell Arts trial, broke free of the Heart Inquiry illusion, and received Grade A after the Dao Academy approved the examiners’ recommendation.
• Chu Bai celebrated with Gu Qinghe, returned home to reassure his parents, and learned that he had taken first place with A grades in all three trials.
• Chu Bai thanked Daoist Zhang, attended a banquet with Anping County’s influential residents, and prepared to leave for the Prefectural City with Li Han.
• The Law Net bestowed Gray Ordination on Chu Bai, and a new Fate Pattern appeared in his panel.
• Chu Bai joined Class Three, met his roommates, and attended lessons on cultivation and academy rules.
• Ji Yu assessed Chu Bai’s pure-origin spiritual qi and proficient Minor Qi Gathering Technique, and Chu Bai chose the Origin Return Formula.

Chu Bai advanced through cultivation, spell arts, and combat assessments before entering the Azure Prison Spirit Realm for the Midyear Grand Competition. As the trial turned deadly, he joined forces with Jin Changyu, Dong Feng, and Lin Xuewei while preparing to face two Shadow Beasts.

• Chu Bai copied the Origin Return Formula, mastered its circulation, and improved his Spirit Water Needle while earning praise for his combat skill.
• Chu Bai survived Zhang Shan’s dangerous demonstration, awakened the combat intuition of his Seven Killings in the Fate Palace destiny, and began earning Dao Merit through a monitoring assignment.
• Chu Bai reported Killing Intent leaking through the Law Net, then won first place in spell arts and practical combat at the second monthly exam.
• Chu Bai rejected Li Han’s apology, chose the Origin Guard Shield, and broke through to Qi Refining Second Layer after months of training.
• Superintendent Su sent the students into the Azure Prison Spirit Realm, where Chu Bai used the Origin Return Formula to endure its hostile energies and climbed the rankings by defeating Demon Beasts and Tao Mingzhi.
• Superintendent Su unleashed Earth Smoke Fire, corrupting the realm and driving its Demon Beasts into a frenzy, while Chu Bai fought and weakened a Smoke Fire Shadow Beast.
• Chu Bai reached second place with 2,460 points as the smoke-fire toxicity intensified and the safe area shrank.
• Chu Bai rescued Jin Changyu from a Shadow Beast and joined him, Dong Feng, and Lin Xuewei, then accepted Dong Feng’s Golden Scale Armor before preparing to face two Shadow Beasts.

Chu Bai completed his Five-Element foundation, grew stronger through training and a Burrow Rat hunt, then entered the Immortal Official Examination and won the first round’s contest for artifacts. In the Demon Hunt, he climbed toward the summit while Ji Li and a large alliance targeted other examinees, and Chu Bai pinned a powerful Tiger Demon with his Origin-Bearing Cauldron.

• Chu Bai survived the Shadow Beast trials, became the examination champion, and chose the dangerous Five Phases path to Foundation Establishment.
• Chu Bai cultivated Innate Geng Metal Qi, mastered Golden Eye Illusion-Breaker, and built a balanced Five-Element foundation as he advanced to the Qi Refining Third Layer.
• Chu Bai joined Wang Qingli’s squad in the Abandoned Mining District, helped defeat the Two-Headed Rat General, and used his resulting merit to complete his Cosmic Cycle Wheel.
• Chu Bai registered for the Immortal Official Examination, trained with Wang Qingli, and received his admission token from Zhou Changkong.
• Chu Bai claimed and refined several artifacts in the Object Control round, then defeated Ji Li in their contest for the Metal-Bearing Seal.
• Chu Bai entered the Projection Spirit Realm, hunted demon beasts, and strengthened himself and his artifacts by absorbing Killing Intent.
• Ji Li began hunting examinees, while Chen Wangming led an alliance toward the summit and Chu Bai pinned a Qi Refining Mid-Stage Tiger Demon with his Origin-Bearing Cauldron.