Arc 18The Ancient Road Beckons

After returning to the Immortal Alliance, Bai Yi learned about the World-Passing Ancient Road and helped advance the Alliance’s technology while preparing for the journey. His sword spirit awakened and Chen Fuye recovered, but a warning of a full-scale Desolate Realm attack drew Bai Yi back toward the front as enemy agents prepared to lure him there.

  • Bai Yi helped the Star-Peak Dao Sect defeat the Savage Wilderness Grand Elders, then left for Domain-Suppressing City after the sect repaired its domain and gave him the Heaven-and-Earth Formation Array inheritance.
  • Bai Yi learned that Xiang Kuang had become a Mahayana Sage and City Lord, and Xiang Kuang explained the World-Passing Ancient Road before giving Bai Yi its records and the remaining Golden Crow Lineage canon.
  • Bai Yi reunited with the Old Chi Dragon and returned to the Immortal Alliance, where Fu Yu and Yu Wen described the Desolate Realm threat and demonstrated the Alliance’s technological advances.
  • Bai Yi gave Yu Wen Totem Blood Spirits and barbarian flesh for experiments to restore Chen Fuye and awaken an artifact spirit in the Purple Clarity Abyssless Sword.
  • Bai Yi met Chen Fuye at the Sunken Forbidden Grounds, learned more about Xiang Kuang’s past, and brought Chen Fuye back to the Immortal Alliance for treatment.
  • Bai Yi comprehended Origin Extinction in the Sword World, causing an evacuation at the Central Research Institute, and the Alliance ranked him ahead of Feng Weiyi among its 3S-classified cultivators.
  • The Purple Clarity Abyssless Sword’s spirit awakened, demonstrated its swordsmanship, and received the name Bai Cang, while Chen Fuye’s arms were restored and he reached the peak of Spirit Transformation.
  • Nüwa Terminal’s Formation Spirit deciphered a warning of a full-scale Desolate Realm attack, and Xu Changning reported that he and the Blood River Ancestor had lured Bai Yi back as Street Warden Lu directed their preparations.
Chapters 426–450 Vol. 5 Read

Ch. 426Slaying Two More

Bai Yi captured the Ape Tribe Grand Elder’s Totem Blood Spirit, then joined the four Star-Peak Dao Sect cultivators in fighting two Savage Wilderness Grand Elders. After the pair broke through the sect cultivators’ attacks with a desperate transformation, Bai Yi replenished his power and helped kill them with his Guixu One Sword.

  • Bai Yi sealed the defeated Ape Tribe Grand Elder’s Totem Blood Spirit and provoked the two remaining Savage Wilderness Grand Elders.
  • The two Grand Elders attacked the four Star-Peak Dao Sect cultivators, who lured them into an ambush and used Pills and Secret Arts to regain the advantage.
  • The Grand Elders sacrificed their bodies to merge with their Totem Blood Spirits, resisted the four cultivators’ strongest attacks, and began overpowering them as their boosts faded.
  • Bai Yi used his Golden Crow Demon Aspect to refine Origin-Restoring Spirit Pills and restore more than half of his Origin Power.
  • Bai Yi and the four Star-Peak Dao Sect cultivators struck together, and Bai Yi’s Guixu One Sword tore apart the two Grand Elders, leaving only scraps of flesh and blood.

Ch. 427Treasures, Radiant Thunder Golden Jade Marrow

Bai Yi helped the Star-Peak Dao Sect defeat the Savage Wilderness tribes, exhausting himself while sealing two Totem Blood Spirits. After the surviving Leather Tiger Tribe elder escaped, Chen Mulei thanked Bai Yi with Radiant Thunder Golden Jade Marrow and brought him back to the sect.

  • Bai Yi recovered from the strain of his repeated sword strikes as the Star-Peak Dao Sect cultivators realized the extraordinary depth of his Origin Power and the strength of his swordsmanship.
  • Chen Mulei battled the Grand Elder of the Leather Tiger Tribe, who transformed his Totem Blood Spirit, broke through the Thunder Pool, and escaped into a spatial storm.
  • Chen Mulei confirmed the elder had vanished and thanked Bai Yi, acknowledging that Bai Yi's strength had helped turn the battle around.
  • Chen Mulei gave Bai Yi Radiant Thunder Golden Jade Marrow to strengthen his Life-bound Flying Sword, and Bai Yi accepted it.
  • Chen Mulei took Bai Yi and the other Spirit Transformation cultivators back to the Star-Peak Dao Sect, where the disciples celebrated their return and wondered whether Bai Yi had secured the victory.

Ch. 428The Heaven-and-Earth Formation Array

After the Four Savage Wilderness Clans devastated the Star-Peak Dao Sect, Chen Mulei arranged for the sect to recover and gave Bai Yi the means to establish a Heaven-and-Earth Formation Array. With the Dao Domain repaired, Bai Yi departed for the Northern Region, while Liu Du and his grandson resolved to remember Domain-Suppressing City.

  • Ji Li reported that the Star-Peak Dao Sect had lost forty-six Nascent Soul elders, many disciples, and He Qing, and Chen Mulei ordered the sect to tally casualties and rebuild.
  • Chen Mulei instructed Ji Li to prepare the sect’s stores so Bai Yi’s damaged deep space could be restored.
  • Ji Li activated the sect’s great seal, and the Heaven-and-Earth Formation Array repaired and stabilized the Star-Peak Dao Domain.
  • Chen Mulei gave Bai Yi the formation scroll and Heaven-and-Earth Source Cluster, and Bai Yi learned how to establish and nurture the array.
  • After Ji Li reported that the deep space and Heavenly Domain Corridor were ready, Bai Yi said farewell to Chen Mulei and left for the Northern Region.
  • Liu Du watched Bai Yi depart, while his grandson vowed to remember Domain-Suppressing City.

Ch. 429The Sage of Domain-Suppressing City

In Sky Cloud City, Bai Yi learned that the Desolate Realm had changed and that wounded prodigies had been forced out, so he hurried toward Domain-Suppressing City. There, Guan Wuyuan summoned the city's elders and Hall Masters to announce that another Mahayana Sage was about to join Domain-Suppressing City.

  • At the Cloud-Pasturing Gathering, Bai Yi overheard cultivators discussing the Desolate Realm and asked a Golden Core elder what had happened to the returning prodigies.
  • The Golden Core elder told Bai Yi that a scar had appeared across the Desolate Realm's reflection, after which dozens of gravely wounded prodigies emerged from a rift in the Northern Region.
  • Bai Yi gave the elder a Top-Grade Spirit Stone and hurried from Sky Cloud City toward the Heavenly Domain Corridor, intending to return to Domain-Suppressing City and then the Immortal Alliance.
  • In Domain-Suppressing City's Prison King Hall, Guan Wuyuan gathered the elders and Hall Masters, including the acting City Lord's summoned representatives, while Xiang Kuang's seat remained empty.
  • Guan Wuyuan announced that another Mahayana Sage was about to be added to Domain-Suppressing City.

Ch. 430New and Old City Lords Trade Places

The Grand Elder revealed that Xiang Kuang had reached the Mahayana Sacred Realm, and the City Lord’s phantom confirmed that Xiang Kuang would succeed him as City Lord of Domain-Suppressing City. The City Lord departed for the Abyss of the World Sea, leaving Haide to temporarily hold the City Lord’s Token until Xiang Kuang emerged from seclusion.

  • The Grand Elder announced that the newly risen Sage was Xiang Kuang, head of the Great Sun Golden Crow Lineage, who had comprehended the Pure Yang Origin and entered the Pure Yang Mahayana Realm.
  • The City Lord’s phantom appeared through the Coiled Dragon Gilt Token and declared that Xiang Kuang would become the new City Lord of Domain-Suppressing City.
  • The City Lord said he had passed the World Sea’s Abyssal Edge and would leave Haide holding the City Lord’s Token until Xiang Kuang completed his Origin Saint Body transformation.
  • The City Lord privately told Haide that he was disappointed but relieved, and Haide admitted he felt unworthy of being his disciple.
  • After the City Lord disappeared, Haide declared that he would temporarily take charge of Domain-Suppressing City on Xiang Kuang’s behalf.

Ch. 431Six Years of Change

After six years in the Heaven-Bearing Daoist Grounds, Bai Yi returned to Domain-Suppressing City and learned that events in the Desolate Realm had changed the wider world. The Grand Elder greeted him and asked whether he had returned to find Sage Xiang.

  • In Heaven-Ascending City, Bai Yi rejected Zhen Pingye’s offer to join his faction and subdued him and his two Nascent Soul attendants with his Sword Qi.
  • After Bai Yi left, Zhen Pingye revealed his connection to Yi Daoting and said the message about Bai Yi’s Sword Dao aptitude and Pure Yang Golden Crow Qi had been accurate.
  • Bai Yi entered Domain-Suppressing City, where Outer City disciples recognized him and discussed how Gu Wutian, Qing Mumu, and other prodigies had gone to the Desolate Realm during his six-year absence.
  • Bai Yi flew toward the Golden Crow Hall, but the Grand Elder emerged from a tear in space and welcomed him back.
  • The Grand Elder told Bai Yi that Wang Qinghua’s remnants had been burned away and asked if he had returned to find Sage Xiang, leaving Bai Yi startled.

Ch. 432A Design Spanning Ten Thousand Years

After becoming a Mahayana Sage and the City Lord of Domain-Suppressing City, Xiang Kuang reunited with Bai Yi in seclusion and teased him for his growth. Xiang Kuang then revealed that he had planned to use Wang Qinghua as a stepping stone before handing Bai Yi an ancient Inheritance Jade Talisman.

  • The Grand Elder told Bai Yi that Xiang Kuang had become a Mahayana Sage and the City Lord, and Xiang Kuang allowed Bai Yi to enter Golden Crow Hall.
  • Bai Yi approached Xiang Kuang’s secluded figure through the hall’s Pure Yang Intent and met an avatar formed from a Golden Crow Demon Pattern.
  • Xiang Kuang grabbed Bai Yi’s head and teased him about his past arrogance and cultivation, then praised his achievements.
  • Xiang Kuang asked whether Bai Yi had dealt with Wang Qinghua’s final remnant and identified the stolen item as a Secret Key to a Daoist Grounds.
  • Xiang Kuang denied setting Bai Yi up, pointed out his cultivation progress, and gave him an ancient Inheritance Jade Talisman to inspect.

Ch. 433The World-Passing Ancient Road

Bai Yi learned that the Golden Crow Lineage had arranged the Heaven-Bearing Daoist Grounds’ inheritance long ago, while Wang Qinghua had only been one link in its chain. Xiang Kuang then revealed the Desolate Realm’s origins and the World-Passing Ancient Road, which connected countless realms and led to lands above the World Sea.

  • Bai Yi learned from the Inheritance Jade Talisman that the Golden Crow Lineage’s leader had deliberately left the Heaven-Bearing Daoist Grounds and that Wang Qinghua had merely obtained its Secret Key.
  • Xiang Kuang confirmed that Bai Yi had received the Golden Crow Lineage’s inheritance, including the Immortal Charm Void-Refinement Qi, and Bai Yi asked why the Immortal-Attracting Main Palace had fallen.
  • Xiang Kuang admitted that the reason for the palace’s fall remained unclear, then explained that the Desolate Realm’s connection to Langyu Qingming Heaven had been inevitable and that other top Great Factions had known about Wang Qinghua.
  • Xiang Kuang explained that the Desolate Realms were fragments of immortal lands that had fallen into the Abyss of the World Sea, and that their inhabitants had developed totemic bloodlines after losing the ability to cultivate Qi.
  • Xiang Kuang revealed that the road through the Desolate Realm was the World-Passing Ancient Road, linking countless great planes and offering a path to the lands above the World Sea.

Ch. 434He Fought the Heavenly Prodigies

Xiang Kuang told Bai Yi that the World-Passing Ancient Road connected countless Plane Worlds and led toward the World Sea, where myriad realm prodigies competed. He gave Bai Yi the Golden Crow inheritance and urged him to consider entering the road, while privately fearing he would fail to buy Bai Yi much time; just as Bai Yi prepared to leave, an unseen figure found him.

  • Bai Yi asked Xiang Kuang about Langyu Qingming Heaven, and Xiang Kuang explained that it lay among the upper roots of the World-Passing Ancient Road and that peerless prodigies fought their way along it.
  • Xiang Kuang admitted he had been driven off the Ancient Road after entering it, then recognized that Bai Yi's talent and cultivation surpassed his own at the same age.
  • Xiang Kuang gave Bai Yi an Inheritance Jade Talisman containing the remaining Great Sun Golden Crow Prison-Suppressing Canon layers and the Golden Crow Lineage's records of the Ancient Road.
  • Bai Yi decided he would enter the Ancient Road to face the Heavenly Prodigies of Myriad Realms and seek treasures to repair the Dao-Deriving Mirror.
  • Xiang Kuang warned Bai Yi that the Desolate Realm Remnant Clans would resist his entry and reflected that he might fail to protect Bai Yi for long.
  • After Xiang Kuang pushed Bai Yi out above the main city, an unseen figure called out that they had finally found him.

Ch. 435Returning to the Immortal Alliance

Bai Yi returned after six years and reunited with the Old Chi Dragon, who had searched the spatial storms for him. They reached the Immortal Alliance Dao Realm Tree, where Bai Yi found the Alliance’s Orbital Space Station greatly advanced, while Baiyu secretly observed the unusual tree and its rapidly developing Artifact Spirit, Nüwa.

  • The Old Chi Dragon found Bai Yi in the Northern Region and learned that Bai Yi had reached Nascent Soul Late Stage and advanced in Sword Dao.
  • Bai Yi thanked the Old Chi Dragon for searching for him and invited him to eat ice cream as they flew to the Dao Realm Forest.
  • Baiyu examined the Immortal Alliance Dao Realm Tree and wondered how its Artifact Spirit, Nüwa, had grown so powerful so quickly.
  • Bai Yi sensed a faint presence probing him near the Immortal Alliance Dao Realm Tree, but dismissed it and continued with the Old Chi Dragon.
  • The Orbital Cannons activated when Bai Yi arrived at the Orbital Space Station, and the Artificial Intelligence Brain recognized his signals and returned them to standby.

Ch. 436The Immortal Alliance's Current Situation

Bai Yi returned to the Immortal Alliance Dao Realm Tree and learned how the Alliance had changed during his decades away. Fu Yu told him that the Immortal Alliance and its allies were locked in a desperate war against Savage Wilderness Tribes after the Longyan Dao Domain was destroyed.

  • The Central Mainframe welcomed Bai Yi, and researchers at the Immortal Alliance Central Laboratory celebrated his return while Yu Wen continued an experiment to improve cultivators’ comprehension of the Great Dao.
  • Fu Yu summoned Yu Wen and other leaders to greet Bai Yi, who arrived at the Dao Realm Tree’s highest mountain.
  • Fu Yu and the others told Bai Yi that Feng Weiyi had regained the Spirit Transformation Realm and strengthened his understanding of the Great Dao of Fire.
  • Bai Yi asked about the Desolate Realm crisis, and Fu Yu explained that two Savage Wilderness Tribes had destroyed Longyan Dao Domain and killed its three Spirit Transformation Ancestors.
  • The Immortal Alliance, Fusheng Dao Domain, and Blood River Demon Realm formed an alliance and held back the tribes after Xue Feng returned with Feng Weiyi, though the enemy retained an advantage in top-end strength.

Ch. 437Bai Yi's Influence on the Immortal Alliance

Bai Yi learned from Fu Yu and Yu Wen how far the Immortal Alliance’s technology had advanced during his absence and visited the Central Laboratory to see its breakthroughs. He discovered that his influence had also made Sword Dao the Alliance’s most popular cultivation path, with researchers developing technology to support it.

  • Fu Yu told Bai Yi that Yu Wen and the Immortal Alliance’s researchers had driven major technological advances that helped the Alliance survive after the Desolate Realm descended.
  • Bai Yi asked Yu Wen to show him the Alliance’s new technology, and Yu Wen demonstrated a palm-sized box assembling into an Aerospace Battleship through Particle Space Framework Technology.
  • Yu Wen showed Bai Yi the battleship’s improved thrusters and weapons, explaining that the technology could make small ships powerful enough to threaten Savage Wilderness Battle Generals.
  • Bai Yi and the others arrived at the Central Laboratory, where excited researchers gathered to welcome him and thank him for his influence on the Alliance.
  • The researchers revealed that Sword Dao had become the Alliance’s most popular cultivation path under Bai Yi’s influence, and that the Central Research Institute was developing Sword Dao Technology to help him advance further.

Ch. 438A World-Treasure-Class Creation-Artificial Dantian

Bai Yi toured the Immortal Alliance Research Institute and saw how Spirit Conversion Technology turned mass-produced Aerospace Battleships into Second Tier High Grade Magical Artifacts. Yu Wen then revealed the secret Artificial Dantian technology behind the Rune Master robots, leaving Bai Yi considering its potential for ordinary cultivators.

  • Yu Wen led Bai Yi to a factory where machines mass-produced Aerospace Battleships and Talisman Master robots inscribed them with Runes.
  • A Golden Core cultivator used Artifact Refining to fuse and temper a battleship into a Second Tier High Grade Magical Artifact.
  • Yu Wen explained that Spirit Conversion Technology could let Foundation Establishment cultivators threaten Golden Core cultivators using specialized, refined battleships.
  • Yu Wen revealed that the Talisman Master II-B1 robots used an Artificial Dantian developed from Immortal Alliance technology and Domain-Suppressing City’s puppet inheritance.
  • Bai Yi asked how many knew about the Artificial Dantian, then deactivated a Rune Master robot’s self-destruct system and examined its external, crippled version.

Ch. 439A Great Leap in Technology

Bai Yi toured the Immortal Alliance’s advanced research zones and learned how technology had accelerated cultivation, medicine production, and weapons development. He supplied rare Totem Sealing Realm flesh to support experiments restoring powerful cultivators’ bodies, giving hope that Chen Fuye could return to battle.

  • Yu Wen showed Bai Yi mass-produced Artificial Dantians and explained the Immortal Alliance’s plan to subsidize them and equip Dao Studies programs with cultivation rooms.
  • Yu Wen guided Bai Yi through spirit-herb cultivation and automated alchemy facilities, then showed him the Alliance’s other cutting-edge research projects.
  • Bai Yi saw flesh-and-blood restoration experiments that Yu Wen said could restore severed limbs, and learned that their most successful test subject had been a Nascent Soul Devil Lord.
  • Bai Yi asked whether the technology could restore a Spirit Transformation cultivator and provided flesh from a Totem Sealing Realm barbarian.
  • Yu Wen accepted the sample and promised it could help them cultivate experimental tissue restoring more than sixty percent of a Spirit Transformation cultivator’s original power.
  • Bai Yi judged that this would be enough to restore Chen Fuye as a trump card for the Immortal Alliance.

Ch. 440The Great Dao of Sword Cultivators-Wisdom-Rhythm Artifact Infant Technology

Yu Wen showed Bai Yi the Immortal Alliance’s Wisdom-Rhythm Artifact Infant Technology, which used a Nascent Soul Remnant Soul and a Heavenly Wisdom Crystal Core to create an intelligent artifact spirit. After seeing its potential to help cultivate Sword Cultivators and empower his own Life-bound Flying Sword, Bai Yi offered three Totem Blood Spirits to strengthen the experiment.

  • Yu Wen brought Bai Yi into the Mountain Laboratory and showed him test subject No. 003, a Blood River Devil Dao Nascent Soul Remnant Soul implanted with Soul Runes and a Heavenly Wisdom Crystal Core.
  • Test subject No. 003 awakened, greeted Yu Wen and Bai Yi, then merged with a terminal computer and transformed it into a Magical Artifact.
  • Yu Wen explained that the technology could create artifact spirits, raise their potential, and help objects develop spirituality capable of growing through Great Dao comprehension.
  • Bai Yi considered how the technology could help Sword Cultivators and confirmed that his Purple Clarity Abyssless Sword had developed a trace of spirituality.
  • Yu Wen revealed that the laboratory had saved more than ten Nascent Soul Remnant Souls to help Bai Yi’s Life-bound Flying Sword form an artifact spirit.
  • Bai Yi produced three Totem Blood Spirits and offered them for the experiment.

Ch. 441Changes in the Sunken Forbidden Grounds

Bai Yi gave Yu Wen three Totem Sealing Realm Totem Blood Spirits and Savage Wilderness flesh to develop a Spirit Transformation Realm Wisdom-Rhythm Artifact Infant, leaving his life-bound sword with the researchers. He then traveled to the Sunken Forbidden Grounds, where he fought the Black Tide’s Otherworldly Demons and faced a Spirit Transformation demon’s attack as a powerful dark sword strike emerged.

  • Bai Yi gave Yu Wen three Totem Blood Spirits and Totem Sealing Realm flesh, and Yu Wen estimated the Spirit Transformation Realm experiment would take about a month and a half.
  • Bai Yi sent the Purple Clarity Abyssless Sword into the artificial Dantian for the researchers to transform, then tore through space and left the laboratory.
  • At the Sunken Forbidden Grounds, Bai Yi found that the Black Tide had spread beyond the outer cliff and reached toward the Desolate Realm’s reflection.
  • Bai Yi destroyed dozens of Nascent Soul Otherworldly Demons with his Sword Domain and captured their Demonic Souls.
  • A Spirit Transformation Otherworldly Demon attacked Bai Yi with a claw, but he drove it back with a sword strike before a vast dark Sword Light cut through the Black Tide toward him.

Ch. 442Chen Fuye's Secret

Bai Yi reunited with Chen Fuye, displayed his greatly improved Sword Dao, and revealed that Xiang Kuang had entrusted him with the Golden Crow Token. Chen Fuye was stunned to learn that Xiang Kuang had reached Mahayana Sage and become Domain-Suppressing City's lord.

  • Bai Yi killed a Spirit Transformation Otherworldly Demon and claimed its Demonic Soul before Chen Fuye emerged from the Black Tide.
  • Chen Fuye and Bai Yi tested their Sword Domains, and Chen Fuye praised Bai Yi's Great Accomplishment Sword Domain and supreme Sword Dao.
  • Bai Yi told Chen Fuye that he had killed three Totem Sealing Realm Savage Wilderness cultivators and could have defeated the demon without help.
  • Bai Yi said Xiang Kuang had sent him along the World-Passing Ancient Road, then reminded Chen Fuye that he had promised to repair his shattered arms.
  • Bai Yi produced the Golden Crow Token and revealed that Xiang Kuang had become a Mahayana Sage and the lord of Domain-Suppressing City.
  • Chen Fuye reacted with shock and disbelief at Xiang Kuang's breakthrough.

Ch. 443The False Mahayana Sacred Realm

Chen Fuye told Bai Yi how Xiang Kuang had spared him after their battle nearly a thousand years earlier and why he had once rejected a path to Mahayana. Bai Yi was left wondering why Xiang Kuang had entered the Mahayana Sacred Realm now, as Xiang Kuang had gone into Seclusion and could not be approached.

  • Chen Fuye recalled how Xiang Kuang defeated him, used a forged Recording Talisman to convince the Great Factions that Chen Fuye was dead, and secretly helped him recover beneath the Sunken cliffs.
  • Chen Fuye explained that Xiang Kuang had severed his connection to the Pure Yang Origin and returned himself to the Spirit Transformation Extreme, calling the Mahayana opportunity a false Mahayana.
  • Chen Fuye told Bai Yi that Mahayana Sages pursued their own Law and Dao, but admitted he did not know why Xiang Kuang had rejected Mahayana before deciding to enter it now.
  • Bai Yi said Xiang Kuang had given him the Golden Crow Token, the later contents of the Cultivation Technique, and the position of Lineage Master of the Great Sun Golden Crow Lineage.
  • Chen Fuye and Bai Yi considered whether Xiang Kuang's breakthrough was connected to the Golden Crow Token or the Lineage Master position, but neither knew his reason.
  • Bai Yi recalled that Xiang Kuang had announced a period of Seclusion for Origin Hua Transformation, during which no one could approach him.

Ch. 444The Demon Soul Flower, an Unknown Presence

Bai Yi accompanied Chen Fuye into the Black Tide, where Chen Fuye destroyed nearly a hundred Demon Soul Flowers and collected their remains. After the two left the Sunken Forbidden Grounds, a mysterious stooped figure watched Bai Yi depart and revealed that it had let them go because it found the situation interesting.

  • Bai Yi told Chen Fuye about the Demon Soul Flower and demonic shadow he had encountered before.
  • Chen Fuye explained that Demon Soul Flowers consumed Divine Soul fragments and flesh to produce Fallen Demonic Souls that traveled to the forbidden ground’s deepest reaches.
  • Chen Fuye unleashed his Sword Demon Dao Body and destroyed nearly a hundred Demon Soul Flowers, then condensed their remains into a black-jade object.
  • Chen Fuye and Bai Yi flew toward the Heavenly Domain Corridor, leaving the ruined flowers behind.
  • A stooped figure emerged from the Black Tide and told a six-eyed, four-eared creature that it had allowed the two to leave, then fixed its gaze on Bai Yi.

Ch. 445Chen Fuye's Path of Technology

Bai Yi brought Chen Fuye to the Immortal Alliance’s Central Laboratory, where the researchers prepared to use technology to restore his severed arms. As Chen Fuye underwent examination, Bai Yi also checked on the Purple Clarity Abyssless Sword and settled in to cultivate while its Sword Spirit formed.

  • Bai Yi led Chen Fuye through the Dao Realm Tree’s technological defenses and introduced him to Yu Wen and the researchers.
  • Chen Fuye examined the laboratory’s technology and was astonished by the living flesh cells growing in a bioreactor.
  • Moved by Bai Yi’s concern and the possibility of the Technology Method, Chen Fuye agreed to cooperate and entered the surgical chamber for examination.
  • Yu Wen ordered the researchers to collect Chen Fuye’s blood and study his exceptional Spirit Transformation Realm condition.
  • Bai Yi learned that the Purple Clarity Abyssless Sword’s Sword Spirit would take about another month to form, then checked its progress and began cultivating.

Ch. 446The Second Sword, the Number One in the Immortal Alliance

Bai Yi activated Comprehension Scene Mode and comprehended his second sword, Origin Extinction, whose Sword Qi overwhelmed Cultivation Room 001. After Bai Yi contained his power, the Immortal Alliance updated its classified cultivator rankings, placing him above Feng Weiyi.

  • Bai Yi activated Comprehension Scene Mode in Cultivation Room 001 and entered the Sword World through the Dao-Deriving Mirror.
  • Bai Yi gathered billions of Azure Edges and comprehended Origin Extinction, a sword that fused with the Dao of Space-Time.
  • Bai Yi’s Sword Intent exceeded the cultivation room’s recorded limits, triggering alarms and an evacuation of the Central Research Institute.
  • Yu Wen ordered everyone to evacuate and directed resources to stabilize the other laboratories while Bai Yi’s Sword Qi remained contained.
  • Bai Yi drew in his sharpness and calmed the room, then authorized an update that ranked him first among the Immortal Alliance’s 3S-classified cultivators, ahead of Feng Weiyi.

Ch. 447The Sword Spirit Is Born

Bai Yi’s cultivation aura astonished the Central Research Institute, while researchers continued developing his sword spirit and rebuilding Chen Fuye’s arms. A week later, the Purple Clarity Abyssless Sword’s spirit awakened, absorbed Terminal data, and startled Bai Yi with its first words.

  • After the files updated, senior officials saw that Bai Yi’s cultivation aura surpassed Feng Weiyi’s, and Bai Yi emerged from the reinforced cultivation room as Fu Yu and the researchers congratulated him.
  • Bai Yi watched researchers use Divine Soul power from bound Totem Blood Spirits to inscribe talismans on the Purple Clarity Abyssless Sword and nurture its sword spirit.
  • Bai Yi saw Chen Fuye undergoing treatment in which particle pulses destroyed his damaged arms before blood-cell technology would rebuild them.
  • A week later, the three Totem Blood Spirits’ remaining Divine Soul essence flowed into the Purple Clarity Abyssless Sword, and its newly formed sword spirit absorbed information from nearby Terminals.
  • The sword spirit opened its eyes, insulted Yu Wen’s combat power, and asked whether he wanted to dance, leaving Bai Yi wondering what it had learned from Terminal data.

Ch. 448The Sword Spirit Bai Cang

Bai Yi and the researchers witnessed the Purple Clarity Abyssless Sword’s newly awakened Sword Spirit demonstrate extraordinary swordsmanship and power. After the Sword Spirit returned to the sword to rest, Bai Yi named him Bai Cang.

  • The Sword Spirit boasted to Yu Wen and the researchers, but Bai Yi flicked him on the head and stopped him.
  • The Sword Spirit accused the researchers of bullying him, and Bai Yi explained that their probes had helped him form a Divine Soul Body.
  • The Sword Spirit summoned the Purple Clarity Abyssless Sword and demonstrated Frost and Snow Swordsmanship, cutting through tables and chairs with Sword Intent.
  • The Sword Spirit unleashed Sword Momentum that formed a frost dragon, astonishing Bai Yi and the researchers before he grew tired and returned to the sword.
  • The Purple Clarity Abyssless Sword’s power rose to that of a Fifth Tier Spirit Transformation Flying Sword, and Bai Yi named its Sword Spirit Bai Cang.

Ch. 449An Arms Expo, Immortal Alliance Enforcers

Bai Yi proposed an Immortal Alliance arms expo and a live demonstration to trade technological weapons for resources and build trust. Chen Fuye regained his arms, returned to the peak of Spirit Transformation, and cut apart the Sword Dao Origin, giving Bai Yi a powerful demonstration for his plan.

  • Bai Yi sent the Purple Clarity Abyssless Sword and two rare treasures into the Sword Dao world for tempering.
  • Researcher Yu Wen lamented that the Immortal Alliance lacked rare materials and ways to acquire large quantities of resources.
  • Bai Yi proposed a Spirit-Conversion Technology arms expo to trade Golden Core-level warships and formation diagrams for goods.
  • Yu Wen explained that traditional cultivators distrusted the Immortal Alliance’s technological creations, so Bai Yi suggested a live demonstration.
  • Chen Fuye emerged with his arms restored, broke through to the peak of Spirit Transformation, and cut the Sword Dao Origin in two.
  • Bai Yi presented Chen Fuye’s strength as the opportunity to showcase the Immortal Alliance’s weapons.

Ch. 450Immortal Alliance Emergency Message, the Hidden Figure

Chen Fuye demonstrated his swordsmanship as the Immortal Alliance received an urgent message that Desolate Realm tribes had launched a full-scale attack. Bai Yi and the others prepared to use the crisis to test their strength, while Xu Changning and the Blood River Ancestor coordinated with Street Warden Lu and the attacking tribes.

  • Chen Fuye drew out Nüwa Terminal's Formation Spirit, which deciphered a message from the Ancestor Star warning of a full-scale Desolate Realm attack and urging Bai Yi to return.
  • Bai Yi and Yu Wen recognized the attack as an opportunity to demonstrate a real-world case and hinted that Chen Fuye's treatment would depend on his help.
  • Fusheng Dao Domain cultivators gathered with the Immortal Alliance's fleet, while Xu Changning left the front lines to meet the Blood River Ancestor.
  • Xu Changning mocked the weakened Blood River Ancestor, but both men fell silent when Street Warden Lu arrived and asked about their preparations.
  • Xu Changning reported that they had infiltrated the Immortal Alliance and spread a message to lure Bai Yi back, and Street Warden Lu ordered them to act alongside two Desolate Realm tribes without making unnecessary moves.
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