Chapter Summaries

Chun Xiaobai invoked his supposed life-and-death bond with Lu Qingshan to stop the Disciplinary Elders from taking him away. Lu Qingshan arrived as Chun Xiaobai resolved that Lin Yue had to die.

• The Disciplinary Elders dismissed Chun Xiaobai’s claim that he had harmed no one and ordered him to come with them, threatening to execute him if he resisted.
• Chun Xiaobai claimed that Lu Qingshan was his brother through life and death, making the Disciplinary Elders hesitate because of Lu’s status.
• The disciples mocked Chun Xiaobai’s claim, while Lin Yue doubted it and believed he would be punished before Yun Huoyue could help him.
• The older Disciplinary Elder sent a disciple to fetch Lu Qingshan, and Chun Xiaobai decided Lin Yue had to die for betraying him.
• Lu Qingshan arrived at the pavilion, drawing everyone’s attention.

Chun Xiaobai claimed that Lu Qingshan was his brother who had faced life and death with him, then used that connection to make Lu hear the accusations against him. After the Disciplinary Elders recounted the events, Lu suspected Li Yue and the others had bullied Chun Xiaobai, while Li Yue feared the matter would reach his master.

• Lu Qingshan arrived furious after hearing there was trouble, then recognized Chun Xiaobai and tried to leave.
• Chun Xiaobai grabbed Lu Qingshan and tearfully claimed that the gathered disciples and two Disciplinary Elders had framed and threatened him.
• Lu Qingshan suppressed his anger and demanded that the Disciplinary Elders explain what had happened.
• The older Disciplinary Elder recounted the events, including Chun Xiaobai's self-defense claim and Li Yue's claim of retaliation over a woman.
• Lu Qingshan suspected the disciples had bullied Chun Xiaobai, and Li Yue began trembling at the thought of his master learning about the incident.

Chun Xiaobai turned Lu Qingshan against Lin Yue by claiming she had accused him of suspicious conduct, and Lin Yue tried to save herself by linking Chun Xiaobai to the Bandit. Lu Qingshan struck Lin Yue dead before she could say more, while Chun Xiaobai quietly revealed that he had planned for her to be beaten.

• Li Yue blamed Lin Yue for using him and pleaded with Lu Qingshan to believe he had been tricked.
• Chun Xiaobai told Lu Qingshan that Lin Yue had accused him of obstructing the investigation into the Bandit.
• Lu Qingshan recognized Lin Yue as the disciple who had previously reported seeing the Bandit and grew suspicious of her connection to Chun Xiaobai.
• Lin Yue tried to report that Chun Xiaobai might be connected to the Bandit, so Lu Qingshan struck her with his palm force.
• The gathered disciples and two Disciplinary Elders were horrified when Lin Yue died, and Lu Qingshan wondered why his supposedly weak blow had killed her.
• Chun Xiaobai privately revealed that he had planned for Lin Yue's desperation to provoke someone into beating her.

After Lu Qingshan killed Lin Yue, Chun Xiaobai turned the incident to his advantage, making the disciples believe Lu was defending his sworn brother. Chun Xiaobai returned to his Cultivation Room as rumors about his ties to Lu spread across the Flying Boat.

• Lu Qingshan realized Chun Xiaobai had sealed Lin Yue's dantian and meridians, leaving her unable to defend herself against his palm strike.
• Chun Xiaobai reproached Lu Qingshan for killing Lin Yue, then accused Li Yue of falsely framing him.
• Li Yue and the two Disciplinary Elders begged Lu Qingshan and Chun Xiaobai for forgiveness, and Chun Xiaobai magnanimously accepted their apologies.
• Chun Xiaobai claimed Lin Yue had threatened the Azure Cloud Sect, and the disciples agreed that Lu Qingshan had been right to kill her.
• Lu Qingshan left in anger, while the disciples mistook his departure for outrage on Chun Xiaobai's behalf.
• Rumors that Chun Xiaobai was Lu Qingshan's sworn brother spread across the Flying Boat, and some disciples connected him to Yun Huoyue.

Chun Xiaobai celebrated getting rid of Lin Yue and found that rumors had turned him into Elder Lu’s life-saving sworn brother. After returning to Azure Cloud Sect with thousands of survivors, he reached Green Bamboo Peak and learned more about Wu Liang’s death.

• Chun Xiaobai dismissed Bai Jin'er’s offer to massage him while plotting to enter the Inner Sect and claim power in Azure Cloud Sect.
• Fang Yuan told Chun Xiaobai that disciples were spreading extravagant stories about his supposed past with Elder Lu, and Chun Xiaobai decided to let the rumors boost his reputation.
• After seven days aboard the Flying Boat, Chun Xiaobai, Fang Yuan, and Bai Jin'er arrived at Azure Cloud Sect with more than eight thousand surviving trial participants.
• The disciples learned that a bandit had kidnapped the Core Disciples of the Righteous Alliance and Heavenly Baleful Valley, making the trial less deadly for ordinary participants.
• At Green Bamboo Peak, Fang Yuan lamented Wu Liang’s fate, and the group recalled learning from Li Xuanfeng that Wu Liang had been badly injured saving Lin Yue in a Demon Beast Cave.

Chun Xiaobai destroyed the Inner Sect Direct Access Token meant for Bai Jin'er and ordered her and Fang Yuan to buy better cultivation resources and grow stronger. Alone in his Cultivation Room, he celebrated the treasures he had gained but reflected that Lu Qingshan had taken most of the spoils.

• At the meeting point, Lin Yue returned alone with Wu Liang's Storage Bag, and Chun Xiaobai dismissed the others' laments over Wu Liang's death.
• A disciple delivered Bai Jin'er an Inner Sect Direct Access Token from Senior Brother Han, but Chun Xiaobai crushed it and warned Han to stay away from her.
• Bai Jin'er blushed at Chun Xiaobai's claim that she belonged to him, while he told her and Fang Yuan to buy the best pills and cultivation methods and improve their strength.
• Chun Xiaobai entered his Cultivation Room and celebrated the treasures in his four Storage Rings.
• Chun Xiaobai reflected that Lu Qingshan had taken most of the loot because he had not understood the experienced players of the Cultivation World.

Chun Xiaobai sorted his stolen treasures and prepared to strengthen himself before entering the Azure Cloud Sect's Inner Sect. He began cultivating with the Martial God Art, drawing spiritual qi from ten million spirit stones as his blood turned golden again.

• Chun Xiaobai resolved to raise his strength before entering the Inner Sect, where powerful young geniuses and their backers could threaten him.
• He spent two days and nights sorting his spoils, counting sixty-five million spirit stones, five Storage Rings, thousands of magical artifacts, and more than eight hundred War Puppets.
• Chun Xiaobai found a lower earth tier War Puppet in Ye Liuli's Storage Ring and decided to keep it for himself.
• He stored away a mysterious gray box containing a black-energy-wreathed heavy saber until he could ask an authoritative elder whether it was a demonic artifact.
• Chun Xiaobai spread ten million spirit stones across the Cultivation Room and used the Martial God Art to absorb their spiritual qi, making his aura rise and his blood turn golden again.

Chun Xiaobai spent more than ten million spirit stones attempting to break through to the tenth layer of blood refining and discovered that the process dramatically increased his strength even before he advanced. He decided that accumulating power mattered more than advancing his realm and prepared to spend more spirit stones so he could enter the Inner Sect.

• Chun Xiaobai compared blood refining with ordinary qi refining and concluded that perfecting his blood would supply the power needed to open his body's divine treasuries.
• Chun Xiaobai used more than half of his ten million spirit stones while still only halfway through the ninth layer, and he worried that his breakthrough would bankrupt him.
• Chun Xiaobai reached the edge of the tenth layer after consuming the remaining spiritual qi, then realized his physical strength had doubled to two hundred thousand jin and his origin power had doubled as well.
• Chun Xiaobai concluded that breaking the limits of the ordinary cultivation path could let him keep growing stronger with spirit stones, even without advancing his realm.
• Chun Xiaobai stopped worrying about his cultivation level, decided to focus on accumulating strength for the Inner Sect, and slapped his Storage Ring again.

Chun Xiaobai spent his spirit stones and pills cultivating the Martial God Art, advancing to the eleventh layer of blood refining and pushing toward the twelfth. The chapter ended as another rumble rose from his Divine Treasury, signaling a further breakthrough.

• Chun Xiaobai reached the tenth layer of blood refining after spending fifteen million spirit stones, gaining three hundred thousand jin of strength and sharper senses.
• Chun Xiaobai spent more than forty million spirit stones to advance to the eleventh layer, expanding his Divine Sense to a hundred li and raising his strength to five hundred thousand jin.
• Chun Xiaobai used his remaining ten million spirit stones and thousands of bottles of pills to cultivate toward the twelfth layer, enduring days of repeated trips to the privy.
• Chun Xiaobai consumed all his pills and sat amid rippling force as another powerful rumble sounded from his Divine Treasury.

After spending nearly all his resources reaching the twelfth layer of blood refining, Chun Xiaobai discovered he could absorb the origin power inside magical artifacts. He ended the chapter eager to turn his huge stash of weapons into cultivation resources.

• Chun Xiaobai concealed his twelfth-layer blood refining cultivation and considered his next steps after his divine sense expanded to two hundred li.
• He consumed all his remaining spirit herbs, gaining only a modest increase in strength and leaving himself nearly penniless.
• Chun Xiaobai searched his Storage Ring for useful resources and found thousands of magical artifacts and over eight hundred War Puppets.
• He used the Treasure-Seeing Divine Eye and Martial God Art on a yellow-tier superior magical artifact, successfully absorbing its origin power.
• Chun Xiaobai realized the artifact's origin power was worth nearly five thousand spirit stones and rejoiced at the prospect of absorbing his weapons.

Chun Xiaobai discovered that absorbing the spirituality of magical artifacts rapidly strengthened him, then used his remaining treasures to push toward the Treasury Tempering Realm. The chapter ended as he began absorbing an Earth Tier War Puppet and his breakthrough started.

• Chun Xiaobai absorbed the origin power from magical artifacts and realized that years of owners’ nurturing gave them more spirituality than their grades suggested.
• Chun Xiaobai spent a day and night absorbing 4,500 artifacts, bringing himself close to the Treasury Tempering Realm as his growing aura damaged the Cultivation Room.
• Chun Xiaobai moved to the rear courtyard and absorbed the 500 remaining artifacts, reaching the perfected Blood Refining Twelfth Layer.
• Chun Xiaobai summoned the Earth Tier War Puppet, prayed for good fortune, and began absorbing it.
• Chun Xiaobai’s aura surged as his body and divine soul began transforming toward the Treasury Tempering Realm.

Chun Xiaobai absorbed the source essence in ancient weapons and began a breakthrough that transformed his bloodline. The resulting tribulation clouds covered the sky over Green Bamboo Peak, and Wang Jiyuan recognized them as a Heavenly Tribulation.

• Chun Xiaobai failed to break through after draining the Earth Tier War Puppet and searched his remaining spoils for more source power.
• Chun Xiaobai discovered that several battered weapons held pure source essence, then absorbed the black-energy saber and named it the Black Flame Blade.
• Chun Xiaobai absorbed the remaining weapons and began breaking through as his blood turned purple-gold and a storm gathered around him.
• Dark clouds swept over Green Bamboo Peak, alarming disciples and Outer Sect Peak Masters.
• Wang Jiyuan looked up at the immense tribulation clouds and identified them as a Heavenly Tribulation.

Chun Xiaobai nearly broke through to the Treasure-Building Realm, but ran out of metal to consume at the final step as a vast heavenly tribulation gathered overhead. Yun Huoyue and the sect’s elders realized an extraordinary breakthrough was underway, while Emperor Lord Nangong recognized Chun Xiaobai’s unusual path from afar.

• The Outer Sect elders wondered whether Wang Jiyuan was attempting a Nascent Soul breakthrough, but he denied it as the tribulation clouds spread across a hundred li.
• Yun Huoyue judged that the tribulation was around the golden core level and suspected that a Qi Refining Stage disciple was attempting Foundation Establishment; she wondered if the culprit was Chun Xiaobai and left the spirit pool.
• Emperor Lord Nangong sensed Chun Xiaobai’s breakthrough from a distant Sacred Mountain and rejoiced that he had forged his path through, while the gold-armored battle immortals wondered what had excited her.
• Chun Xiaobai pushed toward the Treasure-Building Realm as his body and bloodline transformed, but he ran out of metal after draining the scrap beside him.
• Chun Xiaobai panicked over being stuck at the final step and saw black tribulation clouds and lightning gathering overhead.

Chun Xiaobai used the black saber’s energy to break through into the Treasure-Building Realm, while Yun Huoyue recognized him as the hidden prodigy who might avert her calamity. As a violent storm forced Green Bamboo Peak’s residents to evacuate, Chun Xiaobai ran into Yun Huoyue outside his ruined Cave Abode.

• With lightning threatening to interrupt his breakthrough, Chun Xiaobai drew the black saber and absorbed its origin qi.
• Chun Xiaobai entered the Treasure-Building Realm, awakening five hidden treasuries and causing heaven and earth to resonate with his presence.
• Yun Huoyue watched Chun Xiaobai’s Cave Abode tremble and believed he might be the hidden dragon destined to help her overcome her calamity.
• Chun Xiaobai accidentally shattered his defensive array and pulverized the rear courtyard with a casual punch.
• As a fierce storm shook Green Bamboo Peak, Chun Xiaobai saw the disciples evacuating and hurried outside, where he met Yun Huoyue.

Chun Xiaobai fled while Yun Huoyue’s enormous heavenly tribulation drew the attention of the Azure Cloud Sect’s Peak Masters and Sect Master Mu Qinglan. Yun Huoyue concealed that the tribulation belonged to Chun Xiaobai as the sect evacuated its disciples, then worried about what he was doing in the fleeing crowd.

• Chun Xiaobai used a Heaven-Treading Step to escape into the torrent of disciples fleeing down the mountain.
• Yun Huoyue hid Chun Xiaobai’s identity to protect him from powerful enemies who might target his extraordinary talent.
• Several Peak Masters arrived and mistook the hundred-li tribulation clouds for Yun Huoyue’s nascent soul breakthrough.
• Mu Qinglan arrived, accepted Yun Huoyue’s claim that the tribulation was hers, and ordered the Outer Sect disciples evacuated beyond five hundred li.
• After the others left, Yun Huoyue worried that Chun Xiaobai might endanger everyone by charging into the crowd.

As the Outer Sect evacuated from the growing tribulation clouds, Chun Xiaobai feared the lightning might be meant for him before learning that a Peak Master was supposedly breaking through to Nascent Soul. Yun Huoyue realized the clouds were actually tracking Chun Xiaobai as he moved, causing the Heavenly Dao to misjudge his talent and increase the tribulation’s power.

• Yun Huoyue resolved to protect Chun Xiaobai’s talent, even if doing so meant sacrificing the entire Outer Sect.
• Chun Xiaobai joined the evacuation but felt an increasingly strong sensation that something had locked onto him.
• A Manager Elder and the fleeing disciples explained that a Peak Master appeared to be facing a Nascent Soul Tribulation, and Chun Xiaobai concluded it could not be his own.
• As the evacuation continued, the disciples and Chun Xiaobai grew more frightened while the tribulation clouds gathered overhead without releasing lightning.
• Yun Huoyue realized that Chun Xiaobai’s movement was causing the Heavenly Dao to misjudge his aura and intensify the tribulation, and she feared he would not survive its first bolt.

Yun Huoyue’s tribulation clouds expanded as they absorbed the auras of hundreds of thousands of disciples, threatening to destroy the Azure Cloud Sect. Yun Huoyue realized Chun Xiaobai had caused the disaster and rushed to reach him, while Mu Qinglan noticed Yun Huoyue had vanished.

• Chun Xiaobai followed the Disciplinary Elders to a hill outside the sect, where tens of thousands of disciples watched the tribulation clouds drift overhead.
• Mu Qinglan saw the clouds expand as they gathered auras and retreated as the danger spread beyond Green Bamboo Peak.
• The clouds drew in more power and attracted the attention of powerful outsiders, while Yun Huoyue realized Chun Xiaobai had mingled among hundreds of thousands of disciples.
• Yun Huoyue flew toward Chun Xiaobai to stop the tribulation from destroying the sect.
• Mu Qinglan sensed that Yun Huoyue had disappeared from Green Bamboo Peak and wondered where she had gone.

Chun Xiaobai discovered that the terrifying tribulation clouds were targeting him and fled from the crowd, while Yun Huoyue urged him to find an isolated place to face them. Mu Qinglan realized the thousand-li-wide clouds might be heavenly punishment and wondered what could have provoked them.

• The elders ordered everyone to evacuate as Chun Xiaobai sensed danger and tried to run, but Yun Huoyue told him the tribulation clouds were his.
• Chun Xiaobai dismissed Yun Huoyue’s warning as nonsense and fled, but a thunderous boom made the Martial God Tower in his sea of consciousness shake.
• Chun Xiaobai accepted that the tribulation was targeting him, and Yun Huoyue warned him to find a deserted place rather than endanger the sect.
• Chun Xiaobai used Shrinking Land to Inches to move a li away, and the tribulation clouds began following him.
• Mu Qinglan feared the thousand-li-wide clouds were heavenly punishment and wondered what had angered heaven.

Chun Xiaobai fled the Azure Cloud Sect as a terrifying tribulation lightning bolt descended, then vanished just before it struck and devastated the valley. Mu Qinglan feared Yun Huoyue had died in the tribulation, but Yun Huoyue appeared alive after the clouds dispersed, leaving Mu Qinglan stunned.

• Mu Qinglan ordered the Azure Cloud Sect’s disciples and elders to evacuate as Chun Xiaobai fled to a remote valley.
• A mountain-sized bolt of tribulation lightning struck Chun Xiaobai’s location after he shouted, “Off we go!” and vanished.
• The lightning obliterated the valley, and Mu Qinglan saw the fleeing disciples shaken by its destruction.
• Mu Qinglan mistook the faltering tribulation clouds for Yun Huoyue’s death and feared Cangshan Daoist’s reaction.
• The tribulation clouds dispersed, and Yun Huoyue appeared alive, startling Mu Qinglan.

Yun Huoyue concealed Chun Xiaobai’s identity after his immense tribulation, and Mu Qinglan moved to protect the Azure Cloud Sect from outside powers. Inside the Martial God Tower, Chun Xiaobai learned it had pulled him away from the tribulation’s sacred rain and ended the chapter boasting about his strength.

• Yun Huoyue claimed she had completed her tribulation with the help of her Heavenly Separation Bottle, keeping Chun Xiaobai’s existence secret from Mu Qinglan.
• Yun Huoyue warned Mu Qinglan to suppress news of the vast Heavenly Tribulation, and Mu Qinglan ordered the Azure Cloud Sect sealed before heading out to confront approaching powers.
• Chun Xiaobai woke inside the Martial God Tower and realized it had forced him inside before he could receive the sacred rain.
• Chun Xiaobai reasoned that the Martial God Tower rejected the tribulation’s aura and that sacred rain mattered little to his path of refining his body.
• Chun Xiaobai remembered that he had already reached the Treasure-Building Realm and boasted that he would eventually trample the world beneath his feet.