Recaps

Bai Yi reviewed his mock exam results and learned that his class would compete for places in the school’s Elite Group ahead of the Four Academies and Ten Palaces Preliminary Exam. He raced to claim a cultivation room, where the access system assigned him Room No. 32 in the Third Area.

• Bai Yi saw that his score of 669 ranked him thirty-first, just above the cutoff for a second-rate academy, and reflected on how the bronze mirror draining his Divine Sense hindered his Four Cultivation Arts.
• Li Bantou scolded Class 2 over its mock exam results and announced an assessment in three days, after which the grade’s top twenty students would form the Elite Group.
• Bai Yi’s classmates speculated that he and Liu Tian had the best chance in their class of making the Elite Group.
• When class ended, Bai Yi flew from the sixth-floor window on his sword toward the Cultivation Tower to secure a room.
• The access system confirmed Bai Yi’s identity and opened Room No. 32 in the Third Area for him.

Bai Yi cultivated in the school’s Cultivation Pagoda and practiced swordsmanship, hoping to grasp Dao Resonance and qualify for the Elite Group. At home, his Divine Sense restored part of the ancient mirror, revealing it as the Dao-Deriving Mirror and granting it the power to produce an Enlightenment Glimmer each month.

• Bai Yi cultivated the Minor Five Elements Art in the Cultivation Pagoda, but could not sense how to advance to its Fourth Layer.
• Bai Yi practiced the Little Breeze Sword Art but remained unable to grasp its Dao Resonance.
• Bai Yi returned home and used the Minor Five Elements Art to refine the spiritual energy in his meridians.
• Bai Yi’s Divine Sense nourished the ancient bronze mirror until a patch of rust vanished and revealed its identity as the Dao-Deriving Mirror.
• Bai Yi learned that the Dao-Deriving Mirror produced one Enlightenment Glimmer each month and could recover faster by devouring spiritual objects.

With the Dao-Deriving Mirror’s Enlightenment Glimmer, Bai Yi advanced his Little Breeze Sword Art to Dao Resonance Perfection and began considering his chances at the Four Academies and Ten Palaces preliminary examination. His breakthrough won his parents’ support for additional cultivation resources, and he returned to the Cultivation Room with two premium Qi-Nourishing Pills.

• Bai Yi studied the Little Breeze Sword Art’s Dao Resonance through the Dao-Deriving Mirror’s Enlightenment Glimmer, then practiced until his sword strikes gathered spiritual energy and damaged the Cultivation Room wall.
• Bai Yi realized that his Little Breeze Sword Art had reached Dao Resonance Perfection, giving him a better chance of entering a top-tier Academy at the examination in two months.
• Bai Yi’s mother, Li Qing, and father, Bai Guoshan, rushed into the Cultivation Room after the emergency alarm and confirmed he was unharmed.
• Bai Yi told Bai Guoshan about his breakthrough, and his father celebrated and promised to ask the White Household for more resources.
• Bai Guoshan gave Bai Yi two Qi-Nourishing Pills allocated by the lineage, and Bai Yi returned to the Cultivation Room with them after dinner.

Bai Yi took a Qi-Nourishing Pill as he prepared to improve his cultivation, then entered Blue Mountain Second Dao Studies’ Elite Group assessment. His sword strike earned an Excellent evaluation, and the Old Principal revealed that Bai Yi had mastered the Little Breeze Sword Art to Dao Resonance Perfection.

• Bai Yi swallowed a Qi-Nourishing Pill to refine its medicinal power and strengthen his Spiritual Power.
• The Old Principal activated the MXAR Fully Real-Constructed Virtual Realm and announced that the twenty highest-scoring students would enter the Elite Group.
• Bai Yi entered the Quanshi Virtual Arena with Class 2 and faced the Spirit-Testing Pillar’s basic assessment.
• Bai Yi used the Azure Edge Sword and the Little Breeze Sword Art to light six panels on the Spirit-Testing Pillar, earning a Qi Refining, Sixth Layer rating and passing.
• The observation screen gave Bai Yi an Excellent evaluation, and the teachers were shocked by the power of his sword strike.
• The Old Principal revealed that Bai Yi had cultivated the Little Breeze Sword Art to Dao Resonance Perfection.

Bai Yi passed the second assessment by killing a Qi Refining Fifth Layer Armored Tiger despite being at the Qi Refining Fourth Layer. The Old Principal and the homeroom teachers watched in shock as the result earned him an Excellent evaluation.

• Bai Yi entered the second assessment and faced a Qi Refining Fifth Layer Armored Tiger.
• Bai Yi used his Little Breeze Sword Art's Dao Resonance Perfection to evade the tiger and target its weak points, gradually wearing it down.
• Bai Yi pierced the Armored Tiger's jaws with the Azure Edge Sword and killed it after exhausting his Spiritual Power.
• Bai Yi received an Excellent evaluation for killing a higher-level demon beast and believed the result would place him in the top five.
• The Old Principal watched Bai Yi with delight, while Li Bantou and the other homeroom teachers reacted with shock.

Bai Yi took first place in the assessment, surprising his classmates and earning valuable cultivation rewards. With a Qi-Boosting Pill, a new cultivation method and magic artifact to choose, and more time in the Cultivation Room, he headed to the Scripture Repository while Hua Ming hurried after him.

• The Old Principal raised the assessment rewards and said he would personally cover the extra cost.
• Bai Yi discovered he had risen from the thirties to first place, then returned to the rear-mountain plaza as students reacted to his ranking.
• Hua Ming and the other top students watched Bai Yi, while Bai Yi showed little interest in Hua Ming.
• The Old Principal announced Bai Yi as the assessment winner and awarded the top twenty Qi-Boosting Pills, with the top five also allowed to choose a Higher Vehicle cultivation method and Bai Yi receiving a First-Tier Superior-Grade magic artifact.
• The Old Principal increased the elite students' daily Cultivation Room time to four hours and offered them cultivation guidance.
• Bai Yi ignored Hua Ming as he approached and flew to the Scripture Repository on his Azure Edge Sword.

Bai Yi claimed the White Rainbow Sword Art from the Scripture Repository and implanted its crystal core, gaining its instruction and introductory neural guidance. He then went to the Spirit Artifact Room to choose a first-tier superior-grade magical artifact using Principal Qian’s authorization.

• Bai Yi entered the Scripture Repository and passed the access scan, which confirmed he could claim one Qi Refining Realm higher vehicle cultivation art.
• Bai Yi browsed the available arts on the third floor and selected the difficult-to-master White Rainbow Sword Art.
• Bai Yi implanted the White Rainbow Sword Art crystal core and received its contents and introductory cultivation guidance through his neural network.
• Bai Yi went to the Spirit Artifact Room, where a teacher told him he could use Principal Qian’s authorization to exchange for a first-tier superior-grade magical artifact.

Bai Yi chose and activated the expensive Heart-Questioning Sword at the Academy, then went to the Cultivation Pagoda to train for the Four Academies and Ten Palaces Preliminary Exam. He remained determined to improve his cultivation and swordsmanship before the exam in two months.

• The Spirit Artifact Room teacher showed Bai Yi the school's ten First-Tier Superior-Grade artifacts and directed him to the flying swords.
• Bai Yi passed over the Deep Abyss Sword X-0070 and chose the Heart-Questioning Sword MS-60 True Hua Pro Max Edition.
• Bai Yi unlocked the Heart-Questioning Sword, completed its Divine Sense connection, and began nurturing it before leaving for the Cultivation Pagoda.
• Students at the Cultivation Pagoda looked on enviously as Bai Yi entered a Cultivation Room with the Heart-Questioning Sword.
• Bai Yi assessed the work ahead, took his last Qi-Nourishing Pill, and practiced the Minor Five Elements Art.

Bai Yi trained in the White Rainbow Sword Art, then learned that the White Household Main Lineage would send someone to meet him after hearing of his Little Breeze Sword Art's achievement. He returned home to find his parents hosting Bai Luo and a young woman from the White Household.

• Bai Yi used his Azure Edge Sword to practice the White Rainbow Sword Art's foundational qi circulation, but the sword qi he formed quickly dissipated.
• Bai Yi stayed past his Cultivation Room reservation and apologized to the students waiting outside before leaving the Cultivation Pagoda.
• On the maglev train, Bai Yi reflected that mastering the White Rainbow Sword Art would take time and focused on reaching Qi Refining Fifth Layer.
• Bai Yi learned that the White Household Main Lineage would send someone to Lanshan City after hearing he had reached Dao Resonance Perfection in the Little Breeze Sword Art.
• Bai Yi returned home and met Bai Luo, a Qi Refining Eighth Layer relative in charge of White Household logistics, and a young woman accompanying him.

Bai Luo rewarded Bai Yi with pills, money, and the White Household’s secret Heavy Spirit Scripture, then asked him to demonstrate his sword technique to Bai Xiaojing. Their match began when Bai Xiaojing launched a fire technique at him.

• Bai Luo praised Bai Yi’s talent and gave him six Qi-Boosting Pills and the Heavy Spirit Scripture, which could expand the Qi Sea.
• Bai Luo transferred Bai Yi 200,000 yuan on behalf of his Third Great-Grandfather.
• Bai Luo introduced his daughter, Bai Xiaojing, and asked Bai Yi to show her what Dao Resonance Perfection looked like.
• Bai Yi agreed to spar with Bai Xiaojing, and they went to the Cultivation Room.
• Bai Xiaojing saluted Bai Yi, revealed her Qi Refining Fourth Layer cultivation, and attacked him with Fire Snake Flicks Its Tongue.

Bai Yi defeated Bai Xiaojing with a single sword strike, then took Bai Luo’s advice to prepare for the Four Academies and Ten Palaces Preliminary Exam. After cultivating, he traveled to Lanshan City’s Old District at night, where several mechanically modified men confronted him at the station.

• Bai Yi used the Azure Peak Sword to break Bai Xiaojing’s Blazing Flame Palm Seal and stop his sword at her throat.
• Bai Luo explained that Bai Yi’s concentrated Spiritual Power and perfected Dao Resonance had overwhelmed Bai Xiaojing’s scattered technique, then urged him to pass the Four Academies and Ten Palaces Preliminary Exam.
• After Bai Luo and Bai Xiaojing left, Bai Yi worried about stronger students and resolved to raise his cultivation and nurture his Enlightenment Glimmer.
• Bai Yi cultivated in the Cultivation Room, then left home at night and rode an Unmanned Special-Frequency Car to the Old District.
• At the station, several mechanically modified men approached Bai Yi and demanded money.

Bai Yi entered the Blue Mountain Black Market to find materials for nurturing the Dao-Deriving Mirror. After searching the stalls, he bought several small pieces of spiritual ore but remained short of funds for the superior-grade ore he wanted.

• Bai Yi knocked down the men who blocked his way and left for Nameless Street.
• Bai Yi crossed Nameless Street and entered the East Side District, where guards scanned visitors before admitting them to the black market.
• Bai Yi observed the crude technological implant modifications on the guards and reflected on the scarcity of cultivation opportunities in the Immortal Alliance.
• Bai Yi inspected spiritual ore at the market stalls and rejected a shopkeeper's low-quality goods.
• Bai Yi spent over an hour searching and bought a First-Tier Inferior-Grade Flowing Light Stone, an Inferior-Grade Cold Mountain Stone, and a small piece of Middle-Grade Brass Rock.

Bai Yi acquired a reddish-black rod that stirred the Dao-Deriving Mirror, then refused to sell it to a suited man who claimed it was his family heirloom. After sensing that the man was following him, Bai Yi headed into ruined buildings, where the man summoned vengeful spirits to search for the Hundred-Ghost Banner’s shaft.

• Bai Yi bought a Blue Water Stone and used it to persuade a stall owner to hand over the reddish-black rod, which made the Dao-Deriving Mirror tremble.
• A suited man tracked the rod’s energy and offered Bai Yi first fifty thousand, then one hundred thousand, but Bai Yi refused to sell it.
• Bai Yi left the black market and noticed the suited man following him through Nameless Street.
• Bai Yi probed the follower’s Spiritual Power and led him toward ruined buildings, deciding to strike first.
• The suited man searched the ruins for Bai Yi and released chains of vengeful spirits from a bone-covered pendant.

Bai Yi fought a Blood Demon Sect cultivator wielding a Hundred-Ghost Banner and overcame the higher-ranked opponent with his swordsmanship. After destroying the man’s Blood-Mist Ghost Shadow and Soul-Melting Chains, Bai Yi killed him with a strike through the throat.

• The man in the suit used a bone token to send vengeful spirits after Bai Yi, who emerged from the rubble and identified him as a Blood Demon Sect evil cultivator.
• Bai Yi’s Azure Edge Sword destroyed the vengeful spirits and skeleton, but the man in the suit used his Qi Refining Fifth Layer cultivation and blood techniques to block the sword and summon a Blood-Mist Ghost Shadow.
• As the ghost’s blood energy began corroding his sword, Bai Yi unleashed the tenth form of the Little Breeze Sword Art and pierced the ghost, cracking the bone token.
• The man in the suit burned his remaining Essence Blood to create Soul-Melting Chains, but Bai Yi guided his sword through them and pierced the man’s throat.
• Bai Yi watched the man in the suit collapse, replenished some Spiritual Power, and sheathed his sword.

After defeating the suited man, Bai Yi took his demonic artifacts and spirit ores home to nourish the Dao-Deriving Mirror. The mirror consumed nearly all his spoils without producing an Enlightenment Glimmer, while the Bone-Eroding Blood Token triggered a dangerous backlash before turning white as jade.

• Bai Yi recovered the cracked Bone-Eroding Blood Token and Hundred-Ghost Banner from the suited man's corpse, along with his other belongings.
• Bai Yi returned home with eight spirit ores and the artifacts, finding that his spoils were worth close to 700,000 yuan.
• Bai Yi fed five inferior-grade spirit ores into the Dao-Deriving Mirror, but they caused no visible change.
• Bai Yi used the Blue Water Stone and two other spirit ores to stir the mirror's radiance, but it still did not form an Enlightenment Glimmer.
• Bai Yi absorbed the Bone-Eroding Blood Token's essence, nearly collapsing from the souls' cries before the token turned white as jade.

Bai Yi refined the resentment and Yin Qi within two Demonic Artifacts, nourishing two Enlightenment Glimmers with the Dao-Deriving Mirror. Using one Glimmer, he brought the Minor Five Elements Art to perfection, and he was left with one Glimmer to use.

• Bai Yi refined the Bone-Eroding Token's resentment into Spiritual Resonance, filling the Dao-Deriving Mirror's nourishment of an Enlightenment Glimmer.
• Bai Yi purified the Hundred-Ghost Banner's Yin Qi and resentment, forming a second Enlightenment Glimmer.
• Bai Yi entered seclusion and used one Enlightenment Glimmer to comprehend the Minor Five Elements Art.
• Bai Yi perfected the Minor Five Elements Art, forming five Qi Vortices and increasing his Spiritual Qi refinement efficiency at least tenfold.
• Bai Yi awoke with one Enlightenment Glimmer remaining and considered the White Rainbow Sword Art and Heavy Spirit Scripture.

Bai Yi kept the Enlightenment Glimmer undecided until after his next breakthrough, then used his Cultivation Pagoda time, perfected Minor Five Elements Art, and pills to accelerate his cultivation. After intimidating students who mocked him, he returned home when his room time ran out, convinced his breakthrough to the Qi Refining Fifth Layer was near.

• Bai Yi left seclusion after a week and decided to save the Enlightenment Glimmer until he reached the Qi Refining Fifth Layer.
• Students outside the Cultivation Pagoda gossiped that Hua Ming would surpass Bai Yi, and Bai Yi threatened them with the Azure Peak Sword until they fell to their knees.
• Bai Yi entered an empty Cultivation Room and used the Qi-Gathering Array and his perfected Minor Five Elements Art to refine a Qi-Nourishing Pill in three hours.
• Bai Yi refined a Qi-Boosting Pill over the next day, gaining nearly a month’s worth of ordinary cultivation and deciding that his own cultivation should take priority.
• When his Cultivation Room time ran out, Bai Yi left the Pagoda and headed home, believing his breakthrough was near.

Bai Yi broke through to the Qi Refining Fifth Layer, used an Enlightenment Glimmer to master the White Rainbow Sword Art at Dao Resonance Minor Accomplishment, and went to Blue Mountain No. 2 Middle School after receiving a summons. There, Hua Ming challenged him to a duel, and Bai Yi agreed when Hua Ming offered two bottles of Qi-Nourishing Pills.

• Bai Yi refined his final Qi-Boosting Pill, broke through to the Qi Refining Fifth Layer, and tested the increased power of his Little Breeze Sword Art.
• Bai Yi used the Dao-Deriving Mirror's Enlightenment Glimmer to reach Dao Resonance Minor Accomplishment in the White Rainbow Sword Art.
• Bai Yi received a message summoning him to the Principal's Office at Blue Mountain No. 2 Middle School and left home before lunch.
• Hua Ming challenged Bai Yi to a duel at the Dueling Arena, and Bai Yi accepted after Hua Ming offered two bottles of Qi-Nourishing Pills.

Bai Yi visited the Old Principal, who discovered that Bai Yi had perfected the Minor Five Elements Art and reached Dao Resonance Minor Accomplishment in the White Rainbow Sword Art. The Old Principal was left stunned by Bai Yi’s rapid progress.

• Bai Yi went to the Principal's Office after Hua Ming left, though he had no questions to ask the Old Principal.
• The Old Principal sensed that Bai Yi had reached the Qi Refining Fifth Layer in less than a month.
• Bai Yi revealed that he had perfected the Minor Five Elements Art and demonstrated its Five Elements Qi Vortex.
• The Old Principal praised Bai Yi and offered to guide him in the White Rainbow Sword Art.
• Bai Yi said he had reached Dao Resonance Minor Accomplishment in the White Rainbow Sword Art, leaving the Old Principal shocked.

Bai Yi received a Nanoparticle Dao Robe and boots from the Old Principal before heading to the Dueling Arena, where Hua Ming was waiting to fight him. Hua Ming unleashed his Blazing Fire Talisman as the crowd watched, and the chapter ended with his fiery attack bearing down on Bai Yi.

• The Old Principal gave Bai Yi a Nanoparticle Dao Robe and matching boots after Bai Yi asked for the boots as well.
• Bai Yi left for the Dueling Arena, remembering that he still expected two bottles of Qi-Nourishing Pills.
• Hua Ming defeated Zhang Xingming's challenge with his Blazing Fire Talisman, which burned through Zhang Xingming's Vajra Body.
• Zhang Xingming realized Hua Ming was waiting for Bai Yi, and the crowd gathered eagerly as Bai Yi arrived on the Heart-Questioning Sword.
• Hua Ming set two bottles of Qi-Nourishing Pills aside for Bai Yi and unleashed a sea of flames filled with Blazing Fire Talisman Firebirds.

Bai Yi defeated Hua Ming on the Dharma Combat Arena with three swords, revealing that he had reached Qi Refining Fifth Layer and comprehended Dao Resonance in the White Rainbow Sword Art. After Hua Ming left in shock and defeat, the crowd hailed Bai Yi as No. 2 Middle School’s number-one genius.

• Bai Yi cleaved Hua Ming’s Flame Swarm sea of flames with Azure Edge, shocking the watching students with his sword power and newly advanced cultivation.
• Hua Ming used the Magnetic-Light Crimson Fire Talisman Register to create three Azure Flame Talismans and tried to trap Azure Edge in their flames.
• Bai Yi dodged the Azure Flame Firebirds, then drew Questioning the Heart and unleashed the White Rainbow Sword Art, extinguishing the flames and stopping his sword at Hua Ming’s neck.
• Hua Ming recognized Bai Yi’s White Rainbow Sword Art and left the stage dejected, while the students marveled that Bai Yi had defeated him in three swords.
• Zhang Xingming wondered how many of Bai Yi’s strikes his Vajra Body could withstand, and Guo Qingqing answered that he could block two.

After defeating Hua Ming, Bai Yi decided to enter the dangerous Blue Mountain Secret Realm despite his mother’s fears, and his father supported his choice. He tried on the advanced Dao Robe and boots gifted by the Old Principal, then continued nurturing the Heart-Questioning Sword as he prepared for the path ahead.

• Bai Yi collected two bottles of Qi-Nourishing Pills from his victory over Hua Ming, while Zhang Xingming took Guo Qingqing away rather than challenge him.
• On the subway, Bai Yi resolved to enter one of the Four Academies and Ten Palaces and appreciated the expensive equipment the Old Principal had given him.
• Bai Yi told Li Qing that he intended to enter the Blue Mountain Secret Realm, and she objected because of its dangers.
• Bai Yi promised that he wanted to reach the peak of cultivation and keep his family together forever, and Bai Guoshan urged Li Qing to support their son’s path.
• Bai Yi activated the nanoparticle Dao Robe and boots, selected their appearances, and tested their functions.
• Bai Yi connected his Divine Sense to the Heart-Questioning Sword and saw that its nurturing progress had reached 26%.

Bai Yi finished nurturing the Heart-Questioning Sword and prepared to enter the Blue Mountain Secret Realm. After saying goodbye to his parents, he traveled to the Secret Realm Office, where he registered while drawing the attention of the heavily equipped Rogue Cultivators around him.

• Bai Yi completed the Heart-Questioning Sword's nurturing and tested its faster, sharper sword light.
• Bai Yi told Bai Guoshan he was ready to leave, and Li Qing gave him pills and transferred 150,000 Spirit Value.
• Bai Yi left home and rode the Magnetic-Rail Subway to North New District in Lanshan City.
• Bai Yi observed the powerful, technologically equipped Rogue Cultivators gathered near the Blue Mountain Secret Realm Office.
• Bai Yi entered the office, waited in line, and swiped his Terminal at the registration window.

Bai Yi registered to enter Blue Mountain Secret Realm, bought two Divine Sense-linked scouting drones and supplies, and entered despite the staff member’s warning. He arrived in the realm and immediately killed a Green Venom Python with his Azure Edge Sword.

• Bai Yi registered for a one-month visit to Blue Mountain Secret Realm and paid the fee.
• Bai Yi bought two Shadowless S-8 drones and tested how they extended his Divine Sense range.
• Bai Yi purchased detoxifying medicine, other essentials, and a map before joining the line at the Secret Realm entrance.
• Bai Yi entered the Spatial Vortex and arrived in Blue Mountain Secret Realm.
• Bai Yi killed a Green Venom Python with a strike from his Azure Edge Sword.

Bai Yi discovered that the Dao-Deriving Mirror could absorb Life Essence from Demon Cores and hunted demonic beasts to nourish it as he traveled toward Flying Stone Peak. After a week, he had crossed more than three hundred kilometers, killed nearly sixty beasts, and gathered valuable spirit plants.

• Bai Yi extracted Life Essence from the Green-Scaled Venom Python's Demon Core and found that the Dao-Deriving Mirror could absorb it.
• Bai Yi covered his face with his Nanoparticle Dao Robe and entered the Dimly Lit Forest, killing demonic beasts and absorbing their Demon Cores.
• Bai Yi killed a Black-Cloud Wolf Ape and absorbed its Demon Core, which nourished the mirror as much as four Third-Layer Demon Cores.
• Bai Yi reached the foot of Flying Stone Peak and collected a White Jade Grass worth ten thousand Spirit Value.
• Bai Yi reflected on his week-long journey, during which he had traveled over three hundred kilometers, killed nearly sixty demonic beasts, and gathered spirit plants.