Chapter Summaries

After recovering from Yu Hu’s dangerous pill, Xiao Bai went to Longevity Peak to meet the three patriarchs and negotiate for the Main Meridian Crystal Mine. Inside their hidden cave, he discovered a vast mound of corpses beneath them, including Lin Xizi.

• Xiao Bai returned to Hundred Herbs Peak, where Yu Hu gave him a pill that drained and then restored his strength while clearing the Snake Spirit from his body.
• Mu Yun cared for Xiao Bai through the night, and he later kissed her while One Sword Fox pretended to sleep nearby.
• Xiao Bai told Mu Yun he had found a way to exchange for the Main Meridian Crystal Mine, then left for Sky-Reaching Peak to meet the three patriarchs.
• Master Chun Xiao, Zhong Fuzi, and Wei Shanjun escorted Xiao Bai to Longevity Peak, where the patriarchs opened a hidden cave passage for him.
• Xiao Bai followed Resonance Divine Sense through the winding passages to a cavern where the three patriarchs sat above a mountain of skeletons.
• Xiao Bai spotted Lin Xizi’s corpse among the bodies beneath the patriarchs’ platform.

Xiao Bai confronted the three Snow Flame Sect patriarchs, who tried to possess him while testing his talent, and killed them with a nuclear-powered attack. He survived the blast and revealed that he had found the Main Meridian Crystal Mine, intending to use half of it to heal himself and the rest to rebuild the Mountain Protecting Array.

• Xiao Bai discovered that the mountain of corpses consisted of Lin Xizi clones and met One-Five-Seven, a possessed male-form clone.
• Xiao Bai offered the patriarchs Life Extension Pills and an Illusion Spirit Hat in exchange for Main Meridian Crystal Mine crystals, then resisted their attempt to search his soul.
• Xiao Bai trapped an ancestor's split soul in the Illusion Spirit World and killed One-Five-Seven when the patriarchs made the clone attack him.
• Xiao Bai analyzed the trapped split soul and discovered that the Main Meridian Crystal Mine lay in a stone coffin less than ten li away.
• Xiao Bai used a Fire Spirit Bomb to kill the three patriarchs, destroying the mountain and leaving a massive crater.
• Master Chun Xiao and Zhong Fuzi reached the blast site, where Xiao Bai emerged alive and said he would use half the mine to heal himself and the rest to rebuild the Mountain Protecting Array.

Xiao Bai and Master Chun Xiao recovered Snow Flame Sect’s Main Meridian Crystal Mine, and Xiao Bai took half the remaining ore to treat One Sword Fox’s injuries. After Yu Hu deduced that Princess Fei Yue’s explosive had killed the three patriarchs, Xiao Bai punished her for teasing him, then found Mu Yun investigating the blast site and carried her back to the Pill Pavilion.

• Xiao Bai and Master Chun Xiao unearthed the Sect-Protecting Ancient Coffin while Zhong Fuzi concealed the blast site, then the three returned with Wei Shanjun to Sky-Reaching Peak.
• Xiao Bai, Master Chun Xiao, Zhong Fuzi, and Wei Shanjun combined their power to break open the coffin and found the remaining Main Meridian Crystal Mine.
• Xiao Bai claimed half the ore for his healing and the sect concealed the patriarchs’ deaths, announcing that they had suffered Cultivation Deviation and self-destructed.
• Xiao Bai gave Yu Hu half of his share, and Yu Hu deduced that Princess Fei Yue’s Spirit Annihilation Gunpowder had killed the patriarchs before Xiao Bai punished her for teasing him.
• Xiao Bai used Remote Sensing to find Mu Yun studying Spirit Particle Radiation at the blast site, warned her it was dangerous, and carried her back to the Pill Pavilion.

Xiao Bai treated Mu Yun’s radiation injuries, and she formed a Golden Core during their intimacy. He then returned to One Sword Fox with crystal ore and began treating her, despite her suspicion that he wanted to take advantage of her.

• Xiao Bai used resonant spiritual power and heated Spirit Water to expel irradiated spirit particles from Mu Yun’s body and restore her injuries.
• Xiao Bai and Mu Yun became intimate, and Mu Yun formed a Golden Core, drawing attention from disciples in the Hundred Herbs Garden.
• The Onmyoji rebuked the disciples for pretending Mu Yun’s breakthrough came from Xiao Bai’s guidance, then returned to the Pill Pavilion.
• Xiao Bai returned to One Sword Fox at the hot spring and showed her the Main Meridian Crystal Mine he had obtained from the three ancestors.
• One Sword Fox demanded all the crystal ore, but Xiao Bai refused and prepared to treat her by making her swallow crystal ore and pills.

Xiao Bai and One Sword Fox cultivated together while discussing the Sons of Destiny, then learned that the Dao Alliance had summoned them for an urgent mission. They were ordered to investigate Princess Fei Yue, whom the Dao Alliance considered potentially dangerous.

• Xiao Bai used spiritual power to treat One Sword Fox’s injuries, and she explained that the Dao Alliance’s founder was a Son of Destiny whose completed mission let her coast through life.
• One Sword Fox suggested Xiao Bai was a Son of Destiny with an unusual power, and Xiao Bai realized he might have taken another person’s Resonance Power.
• Jade Pot checked One Sword Fox’s recovery overnight, and she woke in Xiao Bai’s arms before the two received a Dao Alliance summons.
• At the Dao Supervision Palace, You Yazhi and Xuanyuan Ji told Xiao Bai and One Sword Fox that headquarters withheld their merit, while the local Constable Quarters privately awarded them Class B Merit and spirit stones.
• You Yazhi warned that the Dao Alliance had noticed Xiao Bai and Ling Zhou, and Xuanyuan Ji said a headquarters Patrolling Envoy would soon conduct a heart-searching inspection.
• Xuan Shi assigned Xiao Bai and One Sword Fox to investigate Princess Fei Yue, and Xuanyuan Ji warned that she might be exceptionally dangerous.

Xiao Bai learned that the Fourth Prince had seized Fei Yue and rushed to rescue her, only to find her resisting with a hidden weapon. The chapter ended as an Automaton Giant prepared to stomp Xiahou Min while Xiao Bai received a system warning to stop Fei Yue’s suspected evil act.

• Xiao Bai and One Sword Fox visited Swallow's Spring Radiance, where One Sword Fox threw out a Dao Alliance Patrol Envoy from one of the Eight Great Families.
• Xiao Bai discovered that the Fourth Prince, Xiahou Min, was maneuvering against the Crown Prince and had tortured Biyun while seeking evidence against the Seventh Prince.
• Liansheng warned Xiao Bai that Fei Yue was the Fourth Prince's next target, so Xiao Bai hurried to the Imperial Palace.
• Xiao Bai saw that Fei Yue had been taken from Huaqing Palace to an underground prison, where Xiahou Min demanded her weapons and threatened her with poisonous insects.
• Fei Yue's hidden device transformed her into an Automaton Giant, which knocked the Poisoned Wine back onto Xiahou Min and raised its foot to stomp him.
• Xiao Bai received a system warning that Fei Yue might be committing an evil act and prompting him to stop her.

Xiao Bai rescued Fei Yue from the Fourth Prince, killed him and Imperial Censor Shangguan Qun, and learned that the princess was preparing to seize the throne with a network of underground cities and allies. After he returned to the Dao Supervision Palace, Nanmen Sheng began a high-level Heart Questioning of Xiao Bai and One Sword Fox, ending with One Sword Fox asking who he was.

• Xiao Bai stopped Fei Yue from killing the Fourth Prince, then crushed Xiahou Min's dantian and carried the princess out of Ziyang Palace while claiming responsibility for her rescue.
• Xiao Bai killed Shangguan Qun when Fei Yue implied that her uncle had injured her, and the Modifier rewarded him with Divine Soul Resonance for thwarting her planned massacre of Ziyang Palace.
• Fei Yue explained her plan to claim the throne, showed Xiao Bai the Huaqing Well underground city, and revealed her ambition to modernize the True Origin Continent; Xiao Bai agreed to support her.
• Xiao Bai discovered that Liansheng was a same-soul manifestation of Mu Yun and learned that Fei Yue had secured the Crown Prince's support before returning to the Dao Supervision Palace for an emergency Heart Questioning.
• At the Heavenly Judgment Court, Nanmen Sheng confronted Xiao Bai and One Sword Fox, and One Sword Fox asked Xiao Bai who the formally dressed Patrol Envoy was.

Ling Zhouyue and Xiao Bai underwent Heavenly Dao Heart Questioning, and both passed despite revealing suspicious details about their cultivation and loyalty. Xiao Bai learned that Nanmen Sheng planned to threaten Princess Fei Yue, while Nangong Wan'er brought news that the Crown Prince was preparing to frame her; Xiao Bai rushed to check on the princess as One Sword Fox confronted Nangong Wan'er.

• Nanmen Sheng and Lei Sheng began Heavenly Dao Heart Questioning, and Ling Zhouyue’s inspection revealed lingering demonic and devilish qi, injuries, and an unknown dantian age.
• Ling Zhouyue admitted she might betray the Dao Alliance if it suppressed her Great Merit again, declared herself the Son of Destiny, and passed the questioning.
• Xiao Bai’s inspection revealed a suspected Demonic Cultivation Technique and traces of Dual Rest, but he blamed the former on his Swastika Spirit Sword and passed Lei Sheng’s questions.
• Nanmen Sheng privately plotted to force Princess Fei Yue to marry him or kill her, while underestimating Xiao Bai and Ling Zhouyue.
• Xiao Bai returned to Swallow’s Spring Radiance with Ling Zhouyue, where Nangong Wan'er arrived and revealed that the Crown Prince would accuse Princess Fei Yue of plotting to seize power and that Nanmen Sheng intended to threaten her.
• Xiao Bai rushed to check on Princess Fei Yue, while One Sword Fox stopped Nangong Wan'er from leaving and insisted that Xiao Bai’s harem belonged to her too.

Xiao Bai advanced to the Early Golden Core Realm, helped Fei Yue secure the throne, and killed Nanmen Sheng after he attacked them. Fei Yue prepared for her ascension while Xiao Bai met You Yazhi, and Mu Yun received orders to keep watch over Fei Yue and stay safe near Xiao Bai.

• Xiao Bai absorbed Fei Yue's Hundred Thousand Spirit Stones and advanced to the Early Golden Core Realm as he walked to Huaqing Palace.
• Crown Prince Xiahou Yuan and three thousand Imperial Guards died during their assault on Huaqing Palace, and Xiao Bai gave the dying Crown Prince a peaceful death.
• Nanmen Sheng arrived with two Peak Nascent Soul guards, attacked Xiao Bai after Fei Yue provoked him, and was killed by Xiao Bai, who also broke the guards' loyalty imprint.
• Fei Yue produced evidence of persecution, gained the throne with Emperor Xiahou Jing's abdication, took command of the Hundred Thousand Imperial Guards, and announced Xiao Bai as Imperial Lord.
• Xiao Bai reported to You Yazhi, who warned him about the Nanmen Family and asked whether partnering with Fei Yue had been impulsive; the two then spent two days discussing fishing without catching the pond's fish.
• Mu Yun reached Core Formation and spoke with the Honored Mistress, who ordered her to keep watching Fei Yue and to protect herself while staying near Xiao Bai.

Xiao Bai overheard Yuhu discussing the Demon Alliance’s plan to turn him into a Half-Demon, while Nanmen Yijian ordered secret surveillance after learning Xiao Bai had killed Nanmen Sheng. At Fei Yue’s coronation, newly appointed Supervisor Li Muyun and Governor Liu Luan arrived, and the hall awaited the Emperor’s entrance.

• Xiao Bai used remote sensing to hear Yuhu and the Black Sheep Crone discuss recruiting him for the Demon Alliance by fusing a demon spirit into his body.
• Nanmen Yijian learned that Xiao Bai had killed Nanmen Sheng and ordered assassins to watch Xiao Bai before deciding whether to act.
• Fei Yue prepared to ascend the throne while Xiao Bai and You Yazhi spent days fishing, until One Sword Fox interrupted them and Xiao Bai finally caught a fish.
• Xiao Bai attended Fei Yue’s coronation, spoke with Xiahou Jing and Snow Flame Sect representatives, and met the newly appointed Supervisor Li Muyun and Governor Liu Luan.
• One Sword Fox entered with Nangong Wan'er and Liansheng disguised as Mu Yun, sparking a joking exchange about monogamy and handsome male friends before a eunuch announced the Emperor’s arrival.

Xiahou Fei Yue completed her ascension as Empress of the Cambrian Kingdom, then spent the night with Xiao Bai at Star Ripple Palace discussing the stars and mass ascension. The next morning, Xiao Bai and One Sword Fox learned that the new Purple Palace Saintess wanted to meet him, and they returned toward the Snow Flame Sect together.

• Xiahou Fei Yue entered the Golden Throne Hall and endorsed Supervisor Li Muyun’s monogamy proposal for the Cambrian Kingdom’s laws.
• Xiahou Fei Yue completed the Grand Ascension Ceremony, received the Imperial Seal from Xiahou Jing, and issued her first decree as Empress.
• Xiao Bai joined Xiahou Fei Yue at Star Ripple Palace, where they bathed beneath the stars, discussed the heavens and mass ascension, and spent the night together.
• Xiao Bai and One Sword Fox reported to Xuanyuan Ji, where Li Muyun told Xiao Bai that the new Purple Palace Saintess had specifically requested to see him.
• Xiao Bai and One Sword Fox left for the Snow Flame Sect, and One Sword Fox warned Xiao Bai that Jade Flask would deal with him before they fell together into the snow in the Monster Beast Mountain Range.

Xiao Bai returned to Snow Flame Sect, learned about its new Mountain Protecting Array and a warning that a Mad Hunter targeted Sons of Destiny, then reunited with his wives and discovered he had formed a Golden Core. That night, he remotely observed Fei Yue joining the Spiritless World Group and learned that a trapped bearer of a Divine Grade Sequence had lost his power.

• Xiao Bai returned to Snow Flame Sect with One Sword Fox and saw Weapon Forging Peak nearly finish a redesigned Mountain Protecting Array whose spirit marks had been created by Master Gao.
• Master Chun Xiao told Xiao Bai that a Rogue Cultivator called The Mad Hunter supposedly hunted Sons of Destiny to seize their Power of Destiny.
• Xiao Bai treated the exhausted One Sword Fox at Hundred Herbs Peak, reunited with Yu Hu and Mu Yun, and Yu Hu used poisoned tea to reconstruct his body and reveal his Golden Core cultivation.
• Yu Hu warned Xiao Bai that the True Origin Continent faced upheaval and suggested he might be unable to father children; One Sword Fox and Mu Yun joined the discussion about his wives and future.
• Xiao Bai used Remote Sensing to observe Fei Yue entering the Black Ring Group, where he recognized The Mad Hunter and learned that the Nanmen Family was hiring assassins after Xiao Bai killed one of its descendants.
• No Money, Scram Quickly sold the group information about Xiao Bai and then reported that a Divine Grade Sequence bearer imprisoned for over a thousand years had finally spoken, saying his power had vanished.

Xiao Bai secretly read the Black Ring Group’s discussion, where its members debated his supposed Power of Destiny and planned to investigate him and capture a dragon. After spending the night with Yuhu, he guided Supervisor Li Muyun around Snow Flame Sect, learned more about the Demon Alliance’s attack, and heard that Jiuying would arrive at the Dao Supervision Palace the next day.

• Xiao Bai read the Black Ring Group’s debate about whether he had stolen the final unfused Power of Destiny, and the members discussed investigating him and capturing a dragon.
• Xiao Bai asked Yuhu about dragons, then spent the night with her and used Small Blue Crystal Ore to restore his strength.
• Li Muyun inspected Snow Flame Sect with Xiao Bai, praised its Mountain Protecting Array, and questioned the elders about the Demon Alliance’s attack and Lan Daozi’s fall into demonic corruption.
• Xiao Bai told Li Muyun that he and Constable Fox had freed thirty-three Half-Demon girls in Chaoge City, while Li Muyun voiced sympathy for demons and requested a report on Lan Daozi.
• Li Muyun told Xiao Bai that the Purple Palace Saintess would arrive at the Dao Supervision Palace at noon the next day and warned him not to be late.

Xiao Bai visited Fei Yue in Chaoge before meeting the newly appointed Purple Palace Saintess, Gu Zhen, at the Dao Supervision Palace. Gu Zhen conscripted him into an accelerated, secret Heavenly Pride Assembly mission to rescue Lan Daozi, and Xiao Bai boarded her ship for Demon Punishing Sea.

• Chun Xiao warned Xiao Bai about Li Muyun’s firm stance toward the Dao Alliance, but Xiao Bai said his own Dao heart was steadfast.
• Xiao Bai built a Spirit Absorption Formation with Mu Yun’s help, learned Thousand Mile Demonic Sound, and used the formation to send Resonance Power to One Sword Fox.
• Yu Hu refined new pills for One Sword Fox, and Xiao Bai spent the night with his three wives before going to Chaoge.
• Xiao Bai met Fei Yue after Morning Court, and she told him that Gu Zhen would arrive at the Dao Supervision Palace while she stayed away.
• Gu Zhen arrived at the Dao Supervision Palace and burned Xiao Bai’s eyes after he used Resonance Divine Sense to inspect beneath her robes.
• Gu Zhen announced that the Heavenly Pride Assembly had been moved up and that Xiao Bai was conscripted into a secret Special Task Force mission to rescue Lan Daozi; Xiao Bai accepted and boarded her ship.

Xiao Bai traveled to the Demon Punishing Sea for the Heavenly Pride Assembly, but White Shadow assassin Nanmen Junzi captured him. After Xiao Bai’s soul resonance exposed Nanmen Junzi’s memories, the two remained on the crane as Xiao Bai concealed what he had learned.

• Xiao Bai traveled aboard the Purple Palace Flying Boat toward Chaos City and learned about the Demon Punishing Sea from the Palace Guarding Fairies.
• A White Shadow Assassin named Flame Spirit Shadow confronted the flying boat, while Xiao Bai discovered through Fei Yue’s Black Ring conversation that the assassin was Nanmen Junzi and that the Nanmen Family had hired him to capture Xiao Bai.
• The Purple Palace Saintess sent the flying boat through Abyss Space, but Nanmen Junzi breached its defenses and pulled Xiao Bai onto the Divine Needle Immortal Crane.
• Nanmen Junzi questioned Xiao Bai and used a soul-searching technique, but Xiao Bai’s Resonance Power made Nanmen Junzi experience his own memories instead.
• Xiao Bai learned that Nanmen Junzi had once been a Nanmen Family cultivator who died and returned as a White Shadow assassin, then concealed his knowledge by joking about his destiny.

After escaping White Shadow’s Fifth Branch, Xiao Bai encountered a demonized immortal crane and discovered that it was a rare Magic Beast. An Outer Realm Heavenly Demon trapped them in a demonic domain, and Xiao Bai and the crane joined forces to strike at it.

• Xiao Bai broke out of his Spirit Isolation Space, drank with a twin-sword White Shadow Assassin, and was carried away by the Purple Palace Saintess’s immortal crane.
• Xiao Bai’s resonance triggered the crane’s demonic qi, transforming it into a Demonic Crane that attacked him in a seabed valley.
• A demonic domain sealed the valley, and an Outer Realm Heavenly Demon reached through a rift to seize them.
• Xiao Bai stopped the Demonic Crane from escaping and persuaded it to fight alongside him against the Outer Realm Heavenly Demon.
• Xiao Bai and the Demonic Crane pierced through the Heavenly Demon’s forest of multiplying arms, and the crane severed its main arm with its wing.
• Xiao Bai stabbed the Heavenly Demon’s newly formed palm eye with Fei Yue’s Spirit Annihilation Sword, making the arm collapse and forcing the rifts and blood curtain to close.

Xiao Bai defeated an Outer Realm Heavenly Demon and captured the Demonic Crane, then headed toward Chaos City while the Black Ring Group discussed his role and the threat of the demons. The Purple Palace Saintess rescued him from a formation, but her Holy Flame nearly burned him to death, leaving her shocked by his reaction.

• Xiao Bai used Resonance Power to drive back an Outer Realm Heavenly Demon, then summoned the Demonic Crane with a hidden palm imprint and stored it in the Modifier's Item Bar.
• Xiao Bai fled toward Chaos City as the Black Ring Group learned of the demon's appearance, debated Xiao Bai's unusual abilities, and discussed his importance to the Spiritless Plan.
• A Soul Severing Realm labyrinth trapped Xiao Bai in shifting white fog, but he navigated through it with Resonance Divine Sense until the Purple Palace Saintess arrived.
• The Purple Palace Saintess took Xiao Bai aboard her Heaven-tier Saintess Sword and flew toward the Heavenly Pride Assembly, but Xiao Bai could not keep up with its speed.
• Xiao Bai touched the Purple Palace Saintess's shoulder and was nearly reduced to bones by her Holy Flame before restoring his body; the Saintess was shocked that the flame meant to purify Outer Realm Heavenly Demons had injured him.

Xiao Bai and the Purple Palace Saintess traveled to Chaos City for the Heavenly Pride Assembly, where he met Wanderer, Murong Yu, and Muxiangzi. After Xiao Bai easily defeated Muxiangzi, a Dao Alliance Patrol Ship arrived and challenged the assembled prodigies to fight its own.

• The Purple Palace Saintess’s holy seals vaporized Xiao Bai after he touched her, but he returned and suggested they were especially lethal to Sons of Destiny.
• Xiao Bai and the Purple Palace Saintess traveled to Chaos City, where he secretly used a technique to remotely warm One Sword Fox while she studied.
• At the Immortal Forest Tavern, Wanderer, Murong Yu, and Muxiangzi waited for the Heavenly Pride Assembly and discussed its mission.
• The Purple Palace Saintess arrived with Xiao Bai, and Muxiangzi insulted him before attacking; Xiao Bai smashed Muxiangzi’s head against the table and suppressed his Nascent Soul Manifestation.
• A Dao Alliance Patrol Ship appeared above the tavern, and a man aboard challenged the heavenly prides to fight the Dao Alliance Headquarters’ prodigies as a huge armored puppet descended.

Xiao Bai and the other young prodigies boarded a Dao Alliance Heaven Rank Patrol Ship for a mission targeting the Heavenly Demon Sect, where they learned about Lan Daozi’s dangerous demonic corruption and the risks of the operation. After agreeing to proceed and testing their abilities against a giant mecha, they saw its extraordinary defenses and destructive power as the ship prepared to depart.

• A giant Dao Alliance mecha arrived at the restaurant, and the Purple Palace Saintess explained that mass-produced unmanned mechas had helped defeat the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons.
• Xiao Bai and the other prodigies boarded a Heaven Rank Patrol Ship, where Mission Leader Wen Yushu described his strange injury from Ling Zhouyue and asked Xiao Bai to discipline her.
• Wen Yushu explained that Lan Daozi’s unusually pure demonic qi could indicate a path toward becoming an Outer Realm Heavenly Demon, and he offered the participants armor, merit, and rewards if they joined the mission.
• The Purple Palace Saintess revealed that she would confront Demon Venerable Kuiyu, while Wen Yushu planned to remain aboard the ship and Xiao Bai requested to accompany the Saintess.
• Muxiangzi, Xiao Bai, Murong Yu, and the Wanderer demonstrated their abilities against the giant mecha, with the Wanderer’s sword tearing off its arm before its black flames restored it.
• The mecha demonstrated a powerful Crimson Infant Manifestation that overwhelmed the group, and Wen Yushu described its other weapons and its ability to fight demons in the abyss.

As the Heaven Rank Patrol Ship traveled toward the Heavenly Demon Sect, Xiao Bai and the other heavenly prides shared stories and discussed their pasts. Xiao Bai then visited the Purple Palace Saintess to send healing power to Ling Zhouyue, and she suggested that Kui Yu’s demonic qi could heal her faster before asking whether Xiao Bai’s story about emerging from an Underground Cave Abode was true.

• The four heavenly prides relaxed aboard the Heaven Rank Patrol Ship while Wen Yushu planned their attack on the Heavenly Demon Sect.
• Muxiangzi, the wanderer, and Murong Yu shared their histories, and Xiao Bai learned that the wanderer had once been sent to assassinate Ling Zhouyue and that Muxiangzi had won his clan’s favor by presenting a Mahayana flood dragon core.
• Murong Yu described how she would catch a Spiritual Fish, inspiring Xiao Bai to bring her pastries made by Mu Yun before he left to visit the Purple Palace Saintess.
• Xiao Bai used a Spirit Absorption Formation to send demonic qi to Ling Zhouyue, and the Saintess explained that Kui Yu’s purer, gentler demonic qi could heal her faster.
• The Saintess asked whether Xiao Bai had truly crawled out of an Underground Cave Abode five years earlier, and Xiao Bai replied that he only told the truth to women he loved.