Chapter Summaries

After witnessing her death and learning that Bai Su’s story had shaped the Azure Realm, Su Jiu regained consciousness in her younger body. She woke among familiar children, including Su Mianmian, and left the chapter smiling at her old friend.

• Su Jiu watched Gong Hao kill her and take the Frostlight Sword, while Bai Su collected the sword and fled.
• Su Jiu remembered how Gong Hao had killed her and learned from a mysterious book that Bai Su was the heroine of a story, with Gong Hao among her lovers.
• Su Jiu realized Bai Su’s fortune had repeatedly drawn treasures away from her and that Gong Hao had slaughtered her fellow disciples to seize their Life-Bound Treasures.
• Su Jiu lost consciousness in the white space and later awoke in bed among children she recognized, including Su Mianmian and Qingqing.
• Su Mianmian scolded Su Jiu for risking her life to save Qingqing, and Su Jiu smiled at seeing Mianmian again.

After recovering from the snake bite, Su Jiu returned to training and learned that the Azure Tide Sect would test spiritual roots in Peace City a year earlier than expected. The early recruitment excited the six-year-old children, though Su Jiu reminded Su Mianmian that they might not have spiritual roots.

• Su Jiu recalled how she had been found as a baby and how she had saved Su Qingqing from a hunter's trap before a snake bit her.
• Su Qingqing visited Su Jiu with warm Cloud Pear Cake, and Su Jiu reassured her that Su Mianmian was kind despite her sharp tongue.
• After recovering, Su Jiu resumed training and reflected on how the Su Lineage relied on the Azure Tide Sect for spiritual-root testing and cultivation methods.
• The head of the Su Lineage told the elders that the Azure Tide Sect would test spiritual roots that July, a year earlier than expected.
• The purple-robed elder stormed out after learning the early recruitment would prevent his five-year-old grandson from entering the sect ahead of the black-robed elder's grandson.
• The head of the Su Lineage announced the news to the children, and Su Mianmian celebrated while Su Jiu questioned whether they had spiritual roots.

Su Jiu learned that the Ran Lineage had been massacred and that Bai Su would soon disappear, while Azure Tide Sect disciples arrived to investigate. When the four great lineages prepared a hunt at Great March Mountain, Su Jiu tried to stop them because she remembered that the hunters would suffer heavy losses, but the chapter left her unable to prevent the trip.

• Su Jiu overheard teahouse patrons discussing the overnight destruction of the Ran Lineage and recognized the story from her past life, including Bai Su's role in saving the Ran Lineage's eldest young master.
• Bai Yi watched Su Jiu and Su Mianmian bicker, while Azure Tide Sect disciples entered the teahouse and Su Jiu suspected they had come to investigate the Ran Lineage.
• Su Jiu later heard that Bai Su had disappeared, then learned that the four great lineages were organizing hunts at Great March Mountain.
• Su Jiu pleaded with the Su lineage head not to send cultivators to Great March Mountain because she remembered the hunters suffering heavy losses, but he only promised to bring more defensive Dharma artifacts and Minor Restoration Pills.

Su Jiu's family returned from a perilous mission, and she later attended the Azure Tide Sect's spirit-root testing ceremony in Peace City. The ceremony resumed after the Bai Household Head swore loyalty to the sect following his son Bai Sha's disruptive behavior and revelations about the Heavenly Dawn Sect.

• The Su Family Head returned with ninety percent of the Su Household's people, all wounded, and confirmed that the Azure Tide Sect had ordered them to keep silent about the mission.
• Madam Su questioned the compensation and lamented that it could not bring back the dead, while the Su Family Head credited Su Jiu's insistence on protective armor with helping the survivors.
• Su Mianmian visited Su Jiu as the weather grew colder, and Su Jiu suspected the temperature change was connected to Great March Mountain.
• The Azure Tide Sect began testing the children of the Four Great Households, and Bai Chang received lower-middle aptitude while Bai Rong was rated upper-middle.
• Bai Sha received a no-spirit-roots result, insulted the Azure Tide Sect disciples, and was thrown from the platform by an Outer Gate disciple.
• The White Household Head apologized and swore a heart-demon oath of loyalty after Bai Sha revealed that the Heavenly Dawn Sect had approached the household, and the testing resumed.

Su Jiu revealed a one-hundred-percent ice spiritual root during the Azure Tide Sect’s testing and was told she still had to pass the Heavenly Ladder. As the candidates prepared to leave, Bai Su arrived and tested with three mixed spiritual roots, while Su Jiu recognized the Emerald Bracelet on her wrist.

• Su Mianmian tested as a superior-grade fire-wood symbiotic spiritual root, with eighty percent fire and ten percent wood.
• Su Jiu stepped onto the White Jade Platform, where pure white snowflakes appeared and filled the crystal tube with light, prompting an inner sect disciple to send a talisman for help.
• The Azure Tide Sect grand elder and Chu Mojin arrived and confirmed Su Jiu had a one-hundred-percent ice spiritual root; Chu Mojin briefly lifted her away before the grand elder insisted she be recorded and told her to climb the Heavenly Ladder.
• The grand elder recorded Su Jiu’s result, and the inner sect disciple gave her an hour to say goodbye to her family.
• Bai Su arrived before testing ended and showed seventy percent green and forty percent each yellow and blue; Su Jiu recognized the Emerald Bracelet on Bai Su’s wrist.

Su Jiu and Su Mianmian left the Su Lineage for the Azure Tide Sect, parting tearfully from their family before boarding the spirit boat. On the journey, Su Jiu’s exceptional ice spiritual root drew attention from the sect disciples, and the boat neared its destination with many now watching her.

• Su Jiu promised Su Qingqing that she would return to fetch her in ten years, then joined Su Mianmian and the other Su disciples in saying farewell to their lineage.
• Su Mianmian cried aboard the spirit boat, and Su Jiu comforted her until she smiled through her tears.
• A qi refining woman insulted Su Jiu and tried to strike her, but Fang Hao intervened and warned the woman against fighting aboard the boat.
• Su Jian revealed that Su Jiu had a hundred-percent-purity ice spiritual root, and Fang Hao confirmed that the sect’s grand elder had tested her personally.
• The inner disciples discussed Su Jiu’s prospects and recalled the Fourth Elder’s grandson, while Su Jiu endured the growing attention as the boat continued toward the sect.

Su Jiu and Su Mianmian climbed the Azure Tide Sect's Heavenly Ladder, where illusions tested their deepest fears and desires. Su Jiu broke through an illusion of her past death and continued upward, while Su Mianmian escaped an illusion that turned her against Su Qingqing.

• Su Mianmian stepped onto the Heavenly Ladder first, and Su Jiu and the other candidates followed as the sect's elders watched from the Rising Sun Hall.
• Hong Ling and the Second Elder argued over who would take Su Mianmian as a disciple until Xia Jue stopped their fight.
• Su Jiu faced an illusion of Gong Hao killing her, rejected the voice urging her to accept her fate, and resumed climbing.
• Su Mianmian escaped an illusion about her parents refusing to let her join the Azure Tide Sect and encountered Su Jiu and Su Qingqing in another illusion.
• Su Mianmian believed Su Qingqing had turned Su Jiu against her, obeyed a voice urging her to attack, and shattered the illusion with her whip.

Su Jiu completed the Heavenly Stairway and was assigned to the outer sect, while Su Mianmian was chosen as Hong Ling’s personal disciple. Su Mianmian and Su Jiu reunited with a wave, leaving Hong Ling surprised to learn they were sisters.

• Su Mianmian woke among the candidates who had passed the first illusion, while Su Jiu had not yet appeared.
• Su Jiu continued through the Heavenly Stairway’s illusions and became the sole person visible in the Sun-Shielding Mirror.
• A stern, sword-bearing man ordered the sect leader to place Su Jiu in the outer sect, despite the grand elder’s objections.
• Su Jiu completed the stairway and entered the square as the sect began assigning disciples to masters.
• Hong Ling and the second elder competed for Su Mianmian, who chose Hong Ling for her superior fire cultivation method.
• Su Mianmian waved to Su Jiu and told Hong Ling that Su Jiu was her younger sister.

Su Jiu learned that, despite her hundred-percent-purity mutated ice spiritual root, she had not been chosen as a high-level disciple and would begin at the outer gate. After Li Siyi mocked her, the Su Household stood up for her, and Su Jiu left with them for their assignments.

• Jin Chen was called to the platform and drew attention for his eighty-percent-purity metal spirit root.
• Lu Tianqi was accepted into Water Shadow Peak as a true disciple.
• Su Jiu learned that she and the remaining new disciples would be assigned to the outer gate, contrary to her expectations.
• Li Siyi mocked Su Jiu over her ice spiritual root, and Su Bo, Su Jian, Su Chen, and Su Yi defended her.
• Su Jiu confronted Li Siyi, called him cowardly, and led the Su Household away to meet the outer gate steward.
• Li Siyi complained to Li Sitang, who reminded him that he had started the trouble.

Su Jiu settled into the Azure Tide Sect’s Outer Gate dormitory and discovered that, unlike in her previous life, she could not retain spiritual power while attempting qi induction. Senior Sister Han offered her advice about surviving among rivals, leaving Su Jiu to consider how she would overcome her cultivation problem.

• Su Jiu received her room token and supplies, then moved into a shared dormitory for Outer Gate disciples.
• Su Jiu met a sharp-tempered woman and her younger sister, then found Senior Sister Han meditating in her room.
• Su Jiu examined the sect rules, handbook, qi induction instructions, pills, currency, and uniform provided to her.
• Su Jiu attempted qi induction and found that the water-aspected spiritual power she drew into her body quickly flowed back out.
• Senior Sister Han introduced herself and advised Su Jiu to listen, think, and act carefully because everyone in the sect was a rival.

Su Jiu searched the Azure Tide Sect’s Library Pavilion for answers to her failed qi induction and learned she needed to transform water essence into ice essence or cultivate in an icy environment. She accepted the caretaker’s offer to watch the pavilion in seven days, then met fellow newcomers Xia Meng and Mu Zihan, whose hopes of friendship were challenged by a hostile senior.

• Su Jiu visited the Library Pavilion and found books explaining that ice-root cultivators could absorb transformed water essence or cultivate in an icy environment.
• Su Jiu stayed in the pavilion far beyond the permitted time, and the caretaker let her leave without penalty before asking her to watch the pavilion after seven days.
• A red-and-gold-robed man revealed that he had been waiting to see Su Jiu because his junior brother had refused to bring her back, and the caretaker agreed that the junior brother had done the right thing.
• Su Jiu met Xia Meng and Mu Zihan at their courtyard and agreed to attend classes with them.
• An older girl mocked the newcomers’ belief in companionship and warned Mu Zihan about trusting someone like her former companion.

Su Jiu tended Senior Sister Han’s wounds and heard her warnings about surviving dangerous missions. At the Lecturer Hall, Bai Su replaced an arrogant lecturer and won the outer disciples’ admiration, beginning the events Su Jiu recognized from the original novel.

• Senior Sister Han returned injured from hunting Windfang Rabbits, and Su Jiu treated her wounds.
• Senior Sister Han warned Su Jiu to avoid dangerous missions and untrustworthy teammates, revealing that the previous occupant of Su Jiu’s bed had died after being taken on a mission.
• Xia Meng and Mu Zihan met Su Jiu, and the three went to a lecture on drawing qi into the body.
• The lecturer mocked a student who asked for a simpler explanation and used her power to stop two youths from leaving.
• Bai Su stood up to the lecturer, took over the lesson, and helped many students understand how to draw qi into the body.
• Su Jiu recognized the scene as the beginning of Bai Su winning the outer disciples’ favor.

Su Jiu achieved qi induction within two days and told Han Jia that she had an ice spiritual root. At the dining hall, they witnessed Bai Su being accused of stealing pills and a magical treasure, before her fan hurled her attackers into a wall.

• Su Jiu successfully cultivated water spiritual qi, formed her sea of consciousness, and extended her spiritual sense more than a hundred meters.
• Han Jia noticed Su Jiu's qi induction and learned that she had an ice spiritual root.
• At the dining hall, Su Jiu and Han Jia saw Senior Sister Liu's followers confront Bai Su over allegedly stolen pills.
• Bai Su's folding fan sent the attackers crashing into the dining hall wall, and they accused her of stealing the magical treasure too.
• Bai Su denied stealing anything and said her companion had given her the pills and fan.

Su Jiu learned that outer-sect bullies were exploiting unprotected disciples, then the story followed Zhao Yingzhi as he accepted a lucrative watering mission on Ice Veil Peak. After entering the frigid peak, he struggled against its worsening cold as he headed for the spiritual garden.

• Su Jiu heard that outer-sect bullies extorted newcomers and left with Han Jia for the dining hall.
• Zhao Yingzhi reviewed the Steward Hall missions and accepted a month-long spiritual-garden watering mission on Ice Veil Peak.
• The mission registrar warned Zhao Yingzhi about failure penalties and told him to keep his head down on Ice Veil Peak.
• Zhao Yingzhi touched the gate's jade platform, felt a bone-deep cold, and entered the peak using the jade token.
• Zhao Yingzhi saw an ice-blue beast resting before a palace and grew colder as he walked toward the spiritual garden.

Zhao Yingzhi nearly froze to death while watering the spirit garden, while Su Jiu took charge of the Library Pavilion and learned that Lu Tianqi had been demoted after defending Bai Su. Su Jiu realized this differed from what she remembered from her previous life and wondered where events had changed.

• Zhao Yingzhi watered the spirit garden with freezing water until he lost consciousness, and Chu Luohen rejected Chu Mojin's suggestion that a little girl help him.
• After seven days of cultivation, Su Jiu reported to Elder Sun and took charge of the Library Pavilion.
• Zhao Yingzhi paid a one-spirit-stone fine and resolved to take easier tasks after recovering from his ordeal.
• Su Mianmian visited Su Jiu and told her that Lu Tianqi had rescued Bai Su, complained to Luo Cang about a rival, and lost his True Disciple status.
• Su Jiu remembered that Lu Tianqi had remained a True Disciple in her previous life and wondered what had changed.

Su Jiu reached the second level of qi refining while studying at the Library Pavilion, where Elder Sun returned and rewarded her with a flying sword. After she showed the artifact to her courtyard companions, their curiosity revealed how little some of them knew about the unspoken rules of cultivation.

• Su Jiu finished reading the books that interested her, learned several minor ice spells, and broke through to the second level of qi refining.
• Senior Sister Han envied Su Jiu's rapid progress and beauty, but returned to cultivating after speaking with her.
• Su Jiu refused two young men who tried to pressure her into letting them enter the Library Pavilion, and Elder Sun drove them off and assigned them menial duties.
• Elder Sun gave Su Jiu a mid-grade flying sword as a reward for tending the Library Pavilion, and she bound it to herself with blood.
• Su Jiu practiced controlling the flying sword in the courtyard, where Yu Yin, Yu Ying, Xia Meng, and the others gathered to inspect it.
• Su Jiu said Elder Sun had given her the sword, while Yu Yin hurried Yu Ying away when she mentioned its cost and her wound began hurting.

After receiving her Flying Sword, Su Jiu attracted jealous attention and decided to build her cultivation before leaving the sect. She accepted a dangerous watering mission on Ice Veil Peak and arrived at the platform that would admit her.

• Chu Mojin and Elder Sun discussed Su Jiu’s Magical Artifact, then revealed that a Demonic Cultivator had escaped with the object taken from the Ran Lineage after killing its members and the investigating disciples.
• Su Jiu noticed Outer Gate disciples watching her Flying Sword and resolved to wait until the third level of Qi Refining before venturing outside the sect.
• At the dining hall, Su Jiu saw Bai Su caught between Lu Tianqi and Ran Chao, the surviving member of the Ran Lineage, and wondered how events had diverged from the story she remembered.
• Su Jiu went to the Steward Hall for spirit stones and chose the Ice Veil Peak watering mission despite Zhao Yingzhi warning that its freezing conditions nearly killed him.
• Su Jiu followed the Jade Token’s directions to Ice Veil Peak and placed her jade pendant in the groove of the Ice Jade Platform.

Su Jiu explored Ice Veil Peak, where an Ice-Congealing Beast led her to a garden of rare cold-loving herbs and Ice Jade Fruit. Chu Mojin explained that her ice spiritual root had kept other peak masters from selecting her because Ice Veil Peak had already reserved her, but the youth interrupted him before he could explain further.

• Su Jiu recognized the crystalline beast as an Ice-Congealing Beast and let it lead her to a garden full of rare spiritual plants and Ice Jade Fruit.
• The beast demanded that Su Jiu pick fruit for it, but a youth called it Ice-Congealing and took it away.
• Chu Mojin arrived and told Su Jiu that the bucket held enough water to irrigate the entire garden.
• Chu Mojin asked whether Su Jiu resented being passed over as a disciple and explained that her ice spiritual root had kept other peak masters from choosing her because Ice Veil Peak had reserved her.
• The youth returned and told Chu Mojin that he talked too much.

After reflecting on her advantages and letting go of her fixation on her previous life, Su Jiu had an epiphany on Ice Veil Peak and advanced to the fourth Qi Refining Layer. Back at the courtyard, she avoided Bai Su’s gathering, leaving the others astonished by how quickly she had cultivated.

• Su Jiu realized that her natural aptitude was already better than that of many cultivators and stopped resenting her circumstances and clinging to her previous life.
• Su Jiu experienced an epiphany on Ice Veil Peak and advanced to the fourth Qi Refining Layer.
• Su Jiu finished watering the Spirit Garden, bowed gratefully toward the Ice Palace, and returned to the courtyard.
• Su Jiu found Bai Su and her followers celebrating Mu Zihan’s qi induction with roasted meat and offers of pills, but declined Han Jia’s invitation and went to her room.
• Han Jia and the courtyard residents learned that Su Jiu had reached the fourth Qi Refining Layer only two months after joining the sect, while Bai Su assumed she had used a treasure or pills.

After a year of training, Su Jiu reached the fifth level of Qi Refining and decided to leave the sect to gain experience. She thanked Ice Veil Peak for sheltering her, while Chu Luohen and Chu Mojin watched her go.

• Yu Ying, Qian Ling, Sun Wei, and Han Jia wondered how Su Jiu had surpassed them, while Mu Zihan listened to Xia Meng resolve to cultivate harder.
• Su Jiu and Han Jia resumed their friendly routine after Han Jia saw how much Su Jiu had changed overnight.
• Over the next year, Su Jiu practiced ice spells and sword techniques, reached the fifth level of Qi Refining, and watched the other young disciples advance.
• Su Jiu told a Steward Hall boy she planned to leave the sect to gain experience, then collected her spirit stones.
• Su Jiu bowed to Ice Veil Peak and thanked it for the past year, as Chu Mojin and Chu Luohen watched her depart.