Chapter Summaries

Xiao Bai advised Snow Flame Sect’s leaders on its defenses against the Demon Alliance and insisted on inheriting the Swastika Spirit Sword to stop the new Supervisor. Meanwhile, the Demon Alliance’s Rooster Division prepared its assault and received orders to capture Xiao Bai, whose Aura of Immortality had drawn Lord Vermilion Bird’s attention.

• Xiao Bai unnerved Zhang Yufeng by claiming a demonic scourge had possessed him during their journey to Chaoge City, and Zhang Yufeng returned to his cave abode to meditate.
• Xiao Bai told Master Chun Xiao and Zhong Fuzi to investigate spies and prepare for the Demon Alliance’s attack, while Master Chun Xiao described the sect’s defenses and impending Imperial Guard support.
• Xiao Bai argued that the sect should stop Lu Youwei from inheriting the Swastika Spirit Sword and insisted on ascending the mountain himself; Master Chun Xiao and Zhong Fuzi agreed to discuss his proposal with Wei Shanjun.
• Xuan Xiao coordinated the Rooster Division’s planned three-sided assault on Snow Flame Sect with its Fifth and Seventh Helmsmen, while they assessed One Sword Fox and the sect’s defenses.
• Lord Rooster authorized Xuan Xiao to work with the Ninth Helmsman on backup tactics and ordered him to bring back Andy Lau, whom Lord Vermilion Bird identified by his Myriad Images and Aura of Immortality.

Qu Yangzi received a secret mission from Kui Yu to wait near the Snow Flame Sect and seize someone during the Demon Alliance’s attack in ten days. As Xiao Bai prepared for the Sword Inheritance Assembly, Mu Yun and Jade Pot discussed his risky plans, while One Sword Fox left for Chaoge City; the chapter ended with demonic qi surging around Mu Yun as she threatened a demoness.

• Kui Yu told Qu Yangzi that the Demon Alliance would attack the Snow Flame Sect in ten days and ordered him to take someone during the chaos.
• Jade Pot and Mu Yun discussed Xiao Bai’s sword inheritance, his unusual survival, and Mu Yun’s past intimacy with him.
• Xiao Bai returned to Hundred Herbs Peak, reflected on his rapid cultivation gains, and meditated while One Sword Fox slept nearby.
• One Sword Fox woke, asked whether Xiao Bai had decided to inherit the sword, and invited him to Chaoge City before leaving alone.
• Black mist and demonic aura engulfed the bamboo forest as Mu Yun cried that she was going to kill a demoness.

Xiao Bai helped Mu Yun control her unleashed demonic energy, and their Dual Rest raised his cultivation to Peak Foundation Establishment. One Sword Fox sought the Blood Moon Bone from Hua Mengyan, then appeared wounded in a spatial rift at Hundred Herbs Peak, where the Modifier offered Xiao Bai the chance to bind Ling Zhouyue as a third Female Lead.

• Jade Pot healed Mu Yun's demon core by removing its seal, and Xiao Bai absorbed her surging demonic energy through Dual Rest until the Modifier raised him to Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
• One Sword Fox asked Hua Mengyan for the Blood Moon Bone, which she had pawned, and Hua Mengyan offered to release it if One Sword Fox killed a Thunder Prison Flood Dragon and surrendered its body.
• After two days of replenishing demonic energy, Xiao Bai and Mu Yun reached Peak Foundation Establishment, and Mu Yun made him an Azure Robe that improved his seal-forming speed.
• Xiao Bai revived the Spirit Carp with a Spirit Recovery Pill, then went into the bamboo grove to catch rabbits and avoid replenishing demonic energy that night.
• A spatial rift opened in the bamboo grove and spilled blood-colored water; Xiao Bai rescued the unconscious, badly wounded One Sword Fox, who clutched a golden fragment carrying Body Integration Stage spiritual pressure.
• The Modifier detected Ling Zhouyue as a qualifying Female Lead Candidate and asked Xiao Bai whether to bind her as the third Female Lead.

Xiao Bai bound the unconscious One Sword Fox as the third Female Lead, Ling Zhouyue, after she returned from the East Sea with a Thunder Prison Flood Dragon Core Shell. Ling Zhouyue recovered in Jade Flask’s Pill Room, where her gift and concern for Xiao Bai became the subject of teasing, and Xiao Bai disappeared with her as she went to rest by the hot spring.

• Xiao Bai examined the unconscious One Sword Fox, discovered her dantian was keeping her blood circulating, and bound her as the third Female Lead, Ling Zhouyue.
• Mu Yun helped Xiao Bai take Ling Zhouyue to Jade Flask’s Pill Room, where Jade Flask treated her wounds and used a medicinal wine to revive her.
• Ling Zhouyue explained that she had ambushed a Body Integration Stage Thunder Prison Flood Dragon and brought back its Core Shell, which Jade Flask said could strengthen a dantian’s defenses.
• Ling Zhouyue teased Xiao Bai about having a little wife, while Jade Flask and Mu Yun suspected she had brought the Core Shell for him.
• Jade Flask warned Ling Zhouyue not to use power beyond the Nascent Soul realm for a month, and Ling Zhouyue fled to rest by the pool.
• Jade Flask asked Mu Yun to help Ling Zhouyue apply Healing Ointment, but Xiao Bai vanished before they could find him, leaving Mu Yun worried about the two being alone together in the hot spring.

Xiao Bai tended to the badly wounded One Sword Fox, learned that her Tidal Force was a Divine Grade Sequence, and found he could not use it before achieving Heavenly Dao Resonance. After she bit him during a kiss, he returned to Mu Yun and prepared to fuse a fragment of a Body Integration Stage Flood Dragon’s core wall into his dantian; One Sword Fox then dreamed of her mother warning her about her mission and her Tidal Constitution.

• Xiao Bai found One Sword Fox unconscious beside the blood pool, fed her Spirit Recovery Pills, and used his spiritual power to wake and tend to her.
• One Sword Fox asked about Xiao Bai’s power, and the two joked about their missions, including his claim that he had to marry seven wives.
• One Sword Fox demonstrated Tidal Force, but Xiao Bai’s system stored the cultivation method and barred him from using it until he achieved Heavenly Dao Resonance.
• Xiao Bai kissed One Sword Fox, who bit his lip and sent him away to return to Mu Yun.
• Xiao Bai asked Yu Hu how to use the Flood Dragon Core Shell, and she warned that fusing it into his dantian could kill him.
• One Sword Fox dreamed of her mother warning that her Tidal Constitution meant she could not be with a man, then woke and found the world interesting.

Yu Hu fused a Body Integration Stage Flood Dragon Core Shell into Xiao Bai, while Mu Yun’s Cultivation Deviation led her to retrieve Yu Hu’s dagger from his abdomen and replenish demonic energy with him. The group gathered for morning tea ahead of the Sword Inheritance Assembly, but the Snow Flame Sect’s Mountain Protecting Array detected demonic aura within the mountain gate.

• Yu Hu tested the Flood Dragon Core Shell’s golden liquid on Xiao Bai, and Xiao Bai used Resonance Power to control its fusion with his core wall.
• Yu Hu cut open Xiao Bai and poured in the golden liquid; after a difficult fusion, Xiao Bai gained a hardened aura and Flood Dragon Core Armor.
• Mu Yun’s poisoned Peach Petal Tea triggered Cultivation Deviation, and she pulled Yu Hu’s dagger from Xiao Bai’s abdomen before losing control and absorbing demonic energy from him.
• Yu Hu spent the night tending One Sword Fox and reading Medical Texts while Xiao Bai and Mu Yun slept in the Pill Room.
• Xiao Bai, Mu Yun, Yu Hu, and One Sword Fox shared morning tea and discussed the Sword Inheritance Assembly and the new Sect Overseer.
• Before the assembly began, the Mountain Protecting Array detected a trace of demonic aura within the Snow Flame Sect’s mountain gate.

Snow Flame Sect uncovered five Demon Alliance spies just as an Earth Rank Dao Alliance Skyship arrived and the Sword Inheritance Assembly began under heightened security. Xiao Bai and Yu Hu reached the gathering at Sword Wielding Peak, where the Sect Overseer’s arrival was announced.

• Xiao Bai, Mu Yun, One Sword Fox, and Yu Hu discussed the detected demon aura, racial reproduction, and Xiao Bai’s claim that he was not from this world.
• The sect captured five illusion tapirs who had infiltrated its Five Peaks, and Zhong Fuzi and True Person Zhe Hui questioned Xiao Bai’s group about their secrets and possible accomplices.
• Zhong Fuzi warned Xiao Bai not to push himself at the Sword Inheritance Assembly, and an Earth Rank Dao Alliance Skyship entered Snow Flame Sect territory.
• Yu Hu and Xiao Bai’s group went to Sword Wielding Peak, where Master Chun Xiao explained that only those who had inspected the spies could attend the guarded assembly.
• Lan Daozi arrived late, praised Xiao Bai, and said the Swastika Spirit Sword would end up in his hands.
• The old master of ceremonies announced that the Sect Overseer had arrived.

Dao Alliance Supervisor Lu Youwei arrived at Sword Wielding Peak for the Sword Inheritance Assembly, where he and Xiao Bai and Lan Daozi began the first trial. As Lu Youwei and Lan Daozi climbed by exploiting the trial’s restrictions and beasts, Xiao Bai chose a different route up the cliff.

• Lu Youwei arrived aboard a Dao Alliance Earth Rank Flying Boat, while Princess Fei Yue brought Imperial Guards to support the Snow Flame Sect.
• Lu Youwei met Xiao Bai, Lan Daozi, and Master Chun Xiao, asserted that he had come to test the sect’s defenses, and asked after One Sword Fox.
• The Sword Inheritance Assembly began, and Xiao Bai, Lan Daozi, and Lu Youwei faced the cliff’s wind, snow, Ferocious Beasts, and Spirit-Severing Sword Restrictions.
• Lu Youwei climbed the cliff and planned to replenish his spiritual power by killing Ferocious Beasts, while Lan Daozi followed by breaking the restrictions.
• Xiao Bai climbed the sheer cliff like a gecko, then decided to take a detour.

Xiao Bai unexpectedly won the Cliff Layer trial by finding an optimal climbing route and killing a Golden Core Golden Ring Python from inside, then shared roasted meat with Lu Youwei and Lan Daozi. The three entered the Flame Flow Cave for the second trial, where Xiao Bai gained an early lead before a tapir appeared in the magma ahead.

• Mu Yun and the spectators watched Lu Youwei climb violently, Lan Daozi dismantle restrictions, and Xiao Bai accelerate along an unfamiliar route.
• Xiao Bai was swallowed by a Golden Ring Python, killed it from within, and became the first to reach the resting platform.
• Lu Youwei and Lan Daozi found Xiao Bai roasting the python, and Xiao Bai refused to reveal how he had cleared the trial.
• Lu Youwei started the Flame Flow Cave trial, and Lan Daozi followed Xiao Bai into the first-ranked route.
• Xiao Bai used Resonance Power and a spiritual barrier to cross the magma while maintaining an early lead over Lu Youwei and Lan Daozi.
• A tapir appeared in the magma ahead of Xiao Bai.

Xiao Bai cleared the Flame Flow and Sword Thorns trials, claimed the Swastika Spirit Sword, and learned that Lin Xizi had planned to possess him before making the sword her life-bound weapon. As Lan Daozi drew a demonic sword in the Heavenly Sword Layer, a man surrounded by five escaped Dream Tapirs appeared and announced that the Mountain Protecting Array’s core was there.

• Xiao Bai resisted a Dream Tapir’s questioning illusion, overtook Lan Daozi and Lu Youwei in the Flame Flow, and escaped the Lava Swallowing Beast’s formation by blasting through its stone body.
• Xiao Bai crossed the Sword Thorns Layer by using Remote Sensing to observe himself, while Lan Daozi endured the sword intent and Lu Youwei struggled behind them.
• In the Earth Sword Layer, Lin Xizi confessed that she had intended to possess Xiao Bai, but Xiao Bai drew the Swastika Spirit Sword and became bound to it as her sword spirit’s master.
• Lin Xizi’s physical body turned to dust, while True Person Zhe Hui discovered that five Dream Tapirs had escaped the Underground Stone Cave and incapacitated their guards.
• Lan Daozi reached the Heavenly Sword Layer and drew a black demonic sword despite Xiao Bai’s warning; demonic qi engulfed him as array lightning struck, and a man with the five Dream Tapirs appeared beside him, seeking the Mountain Protecting Array’s core.

Lan Daozi and Lu Youwei were exposed as demons as the Demon Alliance launched a surprise attack on Snow Flame Sect, breaching its Mountain Protecting Array and overrunning the mountain with a beast tide. With the sect’s ancestors in seclusion and its defenders outnumbered, Xiao Bai challenged Lu Youwei and charged toward him with the Swastika Spirit Sword.

• A formation thunderbolt struck Lan Daozi after he transformed into a demon, while the crowd saw five Dream Tapirs floating above Lu Youwei and realized he was a demon agent.
• Lu Youwei used an illusion to evade Master Chun Xiao’s Soul Severing formation thunderbolt, then jammed his demonic sword into the formation and opened a breach in the Mountain Protecting Array.
• A million Snow-Eating Silver Mosquitoes poured through the breach and began devouring spirit plants as Snow Flame Sect’s disciples fought them.
• Xuanxiao arrived with Demon Alliance forces, including thirteen Nascent Soul Great Demons, while Wei Shanjun and Master Chun Xiao confronted the attackers and learned the sect’s ancestors had secluded themselves.
• Xuanxiao urged Snow Flame Sect to surrender, but Master Chun Xiao refused; Xiao Bai then claimed Ling Zhou could help and charged Lu Youwei with the Swastika Spirit Sword.

The Snow Flame Sect fought off a surprise Demon Alliance assault while Xiao Bai struggled against Lu Youwei and sought a way to turn the battle around. After Xiao Bai killed Lu Youwei, Xuan Xiao attacked him, but the Mountain Protecting Array collapsed into a giant hand that seized Xuan Xiao.

• Princess Fei Yue and Instructor Ouyang directed eight hundred Imperial Court guards in firing Spirit Annihilation Guns at the Mountain Protecting Array as the sect's defenders battled the invading forces.
• Master Chun Xiao fought Xuan Xiao while Wei Shanjun tried to bring Lan Daozi back to his senses, and Xiao Bai faced Lu Youwei with help from Mu Yun.
• Xiao Bai used the Swastika Spirit Sword to absorb devil qi, then combined it with Wei Shanjun's spiritual power to strike Lu Youwei with a powerful Red Lotus attack.
• Xiao Bai killed Lu Youwei and shattered his demon core, prompting Xuan Xiao to attack him with his Soul Severing Realm owl manifestation.
• The Mountain Protecting Array collapsed into a giant hand that seized Xuan Xiao before he could reach Xiao Bai, as a majestic female voice declared that Xuan Xiao would die.

Xiao Bai and One Sword Fox defeated the Demon Alliance’s assault on the Snow Flame Sect, though the Mountain Protecting Array was destroyed and Lan Daozi disappeared. After One Sword Fox collapsed from her injuries, Xiao Bai gained the Myriad Spirits Resonance technique, while the Demon Alliance planned to pursue him through another Charm Demon.

• One Sword Fox used the Mountain Protecting Array’s power to seize Xuan Xiao, then destroyed him with her Tidal Spirit as Xiao Bai protected Mu Yun from the blast.
• Xuan Shi ordered the demons to retreat, and the Snow Flame Sect’s defenders discovered that Lan Daozi had vanished during the battle.
• Xiao Bai told Wei Shanjun that Lan Daozi had likely been taken by a Devil Race expert, while Wei Shanjun entrusted him with the hope of becoming the sect’s next Sword Wielder.
• One Sword Fox collapsed after the group left Sword Wielding Peak, and Xiao Bai revived her with Spirit Recovery Pills and spiritual power.
• Xiao Bai received the Myriad Spirits Resonance technique and tested its power on Mu Yun, briefly triggering her Flower Demon transformation.
• Lu Youwei’s surviving clone reported the defeat to Lord Rooster, who said another Charm Demon would handle the attempt to capture Xiao Bai.

Master Chun Xiao and Zhong Fuzi confronted the Snow Flame Sect’s three patriarchs over the lost Mountain Protecting Array and sought support for rebuilding it. The patriarchs agreed to consider restoring the array if Xiao Bai came alone to demonstrate his Sword Wielder potential, while One Sword Fox’s injuries and Xiao Bai’s new Resonance Power shaped the aftermath at Hundred Herbs Peak.

• Master Chun Xiao and Zhong Fuzi asked the three patriarchs to forge a new Mountain Protecting Array, but the patriarchs blamed them for its destruction and threatened to let the Dao Alliance take over the sect.
• Zhong Fuzi questioned the patriarchs about the demonic sword replacing the Demon Slaying Sword, and they claimed an even stronger figure had secretly switched it.
• Master Chun Xiao outlined the choices of rebuilding the array or yielding the sect to the Dao Alliance, and the patriarchs demanded a contract protecting the Main Spiritual Meridian and three Soul Severing Stage Longevity Pills each year.
• The silent old woman told Master Chun Xiao and Zhong Fuzi to bring Xiao Bai alone so the patriarchs could assess his Sword Wielder aptitude, and forbade Ling Zhouyue from approaching Longevity Peak.
• Xiao Bai brought the badly injured One Sword Fox to Hundred Herbs Peak, where Jade Pot used demon-core Demonic Power to stabilize her and said she needed concentrated spiritual energy to recover quickly.
• Jade Pot diagnosed Mu Yun’s condition and Xiao Bai revealed his Second Tier Resonance Power; he demonstrated it on Jade Pot, then planned to ask the Sect Master True Person for Spiritual Meridian Crystal Ore to help One Sword Fox.

Xiao Bai treated the wounded One Sword Fox at the hot spring, then learned of schemes involving Lan Daozi, Mu Yun, and Yu Hu. As the women around him recovered and watched him closely, he decided to seek high-grade spirit stones so he could cure Ling Zhou.

• Xiao Bai used Resonance Power to stabilize One Sword Fox, who woke and warned him that he was one of the Seven Destinies and might have stolen another person's providence.
• One Sword Fox revealed that she was one of the Seven Destinies, and Xiao Bai jokingly called himself the Father of Destiny before she kicked him across the pool.
• Xiao Bai used Remote Sensing to learn that Qu Yangzi had taken Lan Daozi away and that the Venerable Lord ordered Mu Yun to achieve Core Formation.
• Xiao Bai overheard the Black Sheep Crone tell Yu Hu that Red Viper would investigate him for the Demon Alliance and that Lord Vermilion Bird was interested in him.
• One Sword Fox teased Xiao Bai about caring for Mu Yun and Yu Hu, while Yu Hu warned that the Dao Alliance, Demon Alliance, and Devil Race would target him and urged him to cure Ling Zhou.
• Xiao Bai decided to visit Sect Leader Senior Brother the next morning to obtain high-grade spirit stones for Ling Zhou's treatment.

Xiao Bai learned that the Snow Flame Sect’s three ancestors had exploited Lin Xizi and sought to use Lan Daozi for their forbidden experiments, while also demanding to examine Xiao Bai’s sword talent. He decided to negotiate with them for Main Meridian Crystal Mine to heal One Sword Fox, then left for Chaoge as his wives prepared to support him.

• Xiao Bai visited Master Chun Xiao, learned the ancestors wanted to examine his sword talent, and revealed that he suspected he was one of the Seven Destinies.
• Lin Xizi told Xiao Bai that the ancestors had cursed her and forced her to test forbidden arts, and that they had sought to use her to control or possess Lan Daozi.
• Xiao Bai asked his wives for advice, and Yu Hu and Mu Yun agreed to help him prepare a deal for the Main Meridian Crystal Mine while One Sword Fox recovered.
• Xiao Bai soothed One Sword Fox with spiritual power and decided to seek something safe to offer the ancestors, then announced that he was going to Chaoge.
• One Sword Fox tried to go with Xiao Bai, but he told her to stay home and used a gentle pulse of power that made her expression freeze.

After leaving One Sword Fox on Hundred Herbs Peak, Xiao Bai traveled to Chaoge City and tried to visit Liansheng at Swallow's Spring Radiance. Instead, Nangong Wan'er seduced him with drugged wine and revealed that she was testing his ability on Jade Gourd's behalf.

• One Sword Fox stopped herself from striking Xiao Bai after his actions left her dazed, and Xiao Bai departed Hundred Herbs Peak.
• Xiao Bai flew to Chaoge City on the Swastika Spirit Sword and learned that a large-scale Heart Inquiry was planned for Dao Alliance supervisors and constables.
• Xiao Bai avoided going to the Imperial Palace and sneaked into Swallow's Spring Radiance, where he found that Liansheng was absent and had left a message through Nangong Wan'er.
• Nangong Wan'er played the pipa, offered herself to Xiao Bai, and added dragon saliva incense to his wine.
• The drugged wine overwhelmed Xiao Bai, and Nangong Wan'er revealed that Jade Gourd had sent her to test him.

Xiao Bai endured Red Viper’s human clone Nangong Wan’er examining him through Dual Cultivation, then used Resonance to drive Red Viper away. After learning more about Jiuying, the Demon Alliance, and the Seven Destinies, he left Swallow's Spring Radiance and headed for the Imperial Palace.

• Red Viper possessed Nangong Wan’er, used Snake Spirits to examine Xiao Bai, and found that his body could restore spiritual power.
• Xiao Bai unleashed layered Resonance through Nangong Wan’er’s spatial connection, forcing Red Viper to withdraw and restoring Nangong Wan’er’s awareness.
• Nangong Wan’er explained that Jiuying was Red Viper’s true body, that Red Viper represented Jiuying’s will, and that the Demon Alliance wanted to recruit Xiao Bai as a possible Son of Destiny.
• Nangong Wan’er told Xiao Bai that Kui Yu had once been a Dao Alliance Saintess, while Xiao Bai weighed the dangers of the divided Demon Alliance and said he would visit when the time was right.
• Xiao Bai drank goji berry tea, spent the latter half of the night with Nangong Wan’er, then disguised himself and entered the city without drawing the State Supervision Office’s attention.
• Xiao Bai went straight to the Imperial Palace.

Xiao Bai visited Princess Fei Yue, survived her palace’s explosive-arrow defenses, and helped her explore a plan to improve ordinary people’s lives through science and technology. Fei Yue gave him an Illusion Spirit Hat that might reveal memories, and Xiao Bai kissed her forehead before fleeing as the Modifier offered to bind her as the Fourth Female Lead.

• Xiao Bai sneaked into Huaqing Palace, triggered Fei Yue’s explosive-arrow defenses, and was blasted until his disguise and clothes were destroyed.
• Fei Yue recognized Xiao Bai, welcomed him into her chambers, and recalled how she had once given him money after he repeatedly ran into her carriage.
• Fei Yue described her dream of using mechanical devices and gunpowder to give ordinary people lives and power closer to those of cultivators, and Xiao Bai agreed to help her.
• Xiao Bai taught Fei Yue basic mathematics, physics, and chemistry through the night, then asked her for a way to prolong life without consuming much spiritual power.
• Fei Yue gave Xiao Bai an Illusion Spirit Hat that could create a shared illusory world and potentially uncover deeply rooted memories.
• Xiao Bai kissed Fei Yue’s forehead and ran off with the hat, while the Modifier offered to bind Xiahou Fei Yue as the Fourth Female Lead.

Xiao Bai bound Xiahou Fei Yue as a Female Lead, learned to use the Illusion Spirit Hat, and discovered her team had developed a devastating Fire Spirit Bomb. He left Huaqing Palace armed with the bomb and a warning for Fei Yue, while she believed Xiao Bai was the one in danger.

• Xiao Bai bound Xiahou Fei Yue and returned to her bedchamber, where she insisted they marry after he kissed her forehead and joked about ascending the throne.
• Fei Yue gave Xiao Bai an annotated Spirit Mark Foundation book, which he mastered, then helped him use the Illusion Spirit Hat and examine his memories with a Black Obsidian Block.
• Xiao Bai asked Fei Yue for powerful gunpowder, and she revealed an experimental Fire Spirit Bomb capable of destroying its target through chain reactions inside the dantian.
• Fei Yue explained that her team had built the bomb using advanced Spirit Mark principles, and Xiao Bai took the costly weapon for protection against possible Soul Severing Realm enemies.
• Xiao Bai told Fei Yue to claim she was the woman of Son of Destiny Xiao Bai if her life was threatened, then left Huaqing Palace; Fei Yue sighed that he was the one in danger.