Chapter Summaries

After killing a Late Golden Core snake demon, Bai Yi questioned Tu Ye by using a Demonic Remnant Soul to summon the Thousand-Soul Old Man. The old man revealed that the remnant souls were demonic forces born from a Demon Heart Soul Crystal sealed by the Immortal-Attracting Main Palace.

• Bai Yi removed the snake demon’s fangs and acknowledged that his body had been strained by the battle.
• Lu Changhao and the others praised Bai Yi, and Li Weiqing thanked him for changing his perspective on cultivation.
• Bai Yi questioned Tu Ye, who revealed that a Venerable had sent them to help Sacred Demon Realm demons find what they needed.
• Bai Yi placed a Demonic Remnant Soul in Tu Ye, allowing the Thousand-Soul Old Man to possess him.
• Bai Yi overpowered the Thousand-Soul Old Man and learned that he was a remnant of demonic force catalyzed by the Demon Heart Soul Crystal sealed by the Immortal-Attracting Main Palace.

Bai Yi forced four Demonic Remnant Souls to fight under the Pure Yang Flame, leaving Old Man of Ten Thousand Gu alive to reveal the Heart Pools and the Immortal-Attracting Main Palace’s history. Bai Yi and his companions headed toward a nearby Heart Pool, but learned that someone else had already found it.

• Bai Yi merged three Demonic Remnant Souls into Tu Ye and burned them with the Pure Yang Flame until Old Man of Ten Thousand Gu was the sole survivor.
• Bai Yi questioned Old Man of Ten Thousand Gu, who explained that the Immortal-Attracting Main Palace had used forty-six Heart Pools and four Heavenly Pools to suppress and refine the Demon Heart Soul Crystal.
• Old Man of Ten Thousand Gu revealed the location of a Heart Pool, and Bai Yi set out with Lu Changhao, Feng Qingqing, and their companions.
• Over three days, Bai Yi and the others crossed ten thousand li, fought cultivators, and gathered more information from Demonic Remnant Souls.
• Feng Qingqing told Bai Yi that Senior Brother Zi and others had already headed to the Heart Pool, and Bai Yi realized other forces might know about the ruined plane.

Bai Yi reunited with Zi Mochen and the Immortal Alliance disciples at the Heart Pool, where rival forces were already confronting each other. As the Alliance prepared its technological and formation-based methods to seize the pool, Bai Yi offered a way to make the battle even more chaotic.

• Bai Yi and the others received Zi Mochen’s group-chat invitation and saw images of cultivators from the Four Realms Merchant Association and Fusheng Dao Domain facing the Blood River Demon Realm at the Heart Pool.
• Zi Mochen and Wei Luoqing welcomed Bai Yi and resolved to secure the Heart Pool for him, while Wei Luoqing identified the Jade Demon Young Master as his target.
• Bai Yi realized the Immortal Alliance disciples were preparing for a dangerous fight, but Zi Mochen said they would rely on the Alliance’s unique methods rather than act rashly.
• An Immortal Alliance disciple reported that the Biyao Tianhai Terminal Formation Flags were set, while others prepared combat puppets and cultivated microorganisms for the coming battle.
• Bai Yi told Zi Mochen that he had a way to make the conflict even more chaotic.

Bai Yi sent Old Man of Ten Thousand Gu to awaken the Guardian Puppet beneath the Heart Pool, where Guo Yongshuang and the bear demon were disputing the Immortal-Attracting Core Crystal. The Guardian Puppet attacked both factions and proved powerful enough to overpower their Golden Core Great Perfection fighters.

• Bai Yi explained the Heart Pool’s history to Zi Mochen and planned to unleash the Guardian Puppet’s Demonic nature against the competing factions.
• Bai Yi threatened Old Man of Ten Thousand Gu with Pure Yang Flame and sent him underground to stir the Guardian Puppet.
• Guo Yongshuang and the bear demon argued over who would claim the Immortal-Attracting Core Crystal, while Old Man of Ten Thousand Gu entered the Guardian Puppet’s core Rune.
• The awakened Guardian Puppet attacked Guo Yongshuang and the bear demon, while Demonic Remnant Souls surged into cultivators from Fusheng Dao Domain and Blood River Demon Realm.
• Guo Yongshuang and the bear demon joined forces against the Guardian Puppet, but its Blazing Flame Talisman burned away Guo Yongshuang’s giant tree and its Divine Strength Talisman sent the bear demon crashing back into the Heart Pool.

Zi Mochen explained the Golden Core Extreme Realm to Bai Yi as Guo Yongshuang and the bear demon joined forces to defeat the guardian puppet and then fought over the Heart Pool. The Jade Demon Young Master pierced Guo Yongshuang during their battle, leaving Guo Yongshuang wounded and the outcome unresolved.

• Zi Mochen told Bai Yi that Golden Core cultivators with more than thirty Core Patterns were called Golden Core Extreme Realm prodigies and urged him to build a strong foundation.
• Guo Yongshuang and the bear demon used four Soul Treasures to drain the guardian puppet’s energy and bring it down.
• After the puppet fell, Guo Yongshuang and the bear demon revealed their hidden strength and fought over the Heart Pool.
• The Jade Demon Young Master pierced Guo Yongshuang’s chest with a jade-like White Bone, while Guo Yongshuang struck him with a powerful vine-like palm.
• The Jade Demon Young Master relished the scent of Guo Yongshuang’s blood and laughed as the wounded prodigy faced him.

Guo Yongshuang fled the Jade Demon Young Master and the bear demon, but ran into the Immortal Alliance's hidden formation. Zi Mochen's forces revealed themselves and launched an attack, while Bai Yi volunteered to face Guo Yongshuang.

• Guo Yongshuang failed to defeat the Jade Demon Young Master and the bear demon, then used a Talisman Treasure to flee.
• The Jade-Mist Heavenly Sea Formation stopped Guo Yongshuang, and nearly twenty Immortal Alliance Golden Core Direct Disciples revealed themselves.
• Zi Mochen declared that the Immortal Alliance would keep everyone there, and three Thousand-Machine Mountain-Guarding Tortoise Beast Puppets killed two Blood River Sect demons with particle cannons.
• Zi Mochen attacked the bear demon while Wei Luoqing charged the Jade Demon Young Master.
• Bai Yi stopped a senior sister from confronting Guo Yongshuang and said he wanted to take him on himself.

Bai Yi fought Guo Yongshuang, a prodigy of the Four Realms Merchant Association, and revealed his extraordinary swordsmanship and mastery of Sword Momentum. Guo Yongshuang tried to recruit him and then escape, but Bai Yi refused and launched another attack.

• Guo Yongshuang attacked Bai Yi with the Ten Thousand Willows Essence Palm, and Bai Yi split its vine handprint with a sword strike.
• Bai Yi revealed his Foundation Establishment cultivation, second-tier Bloodline Spirit Body, and Sword Momentum as he fought through Guo Yongshuang's defenses.
• Guo Yongshuang swallowed a cyan pill, strengthened his Jade Leaf Screen Art, and offered Bai Yi rewards if he joined the Four Realms Merchant Association.
• Bai Yi rejected Guo Yongshuang's offer and refused to let him leave.
• Bai Yi unleashed the Heavenly Profound Seven Ultimate Sword's third strike, turning the area into a Thunder Prison and gathering lightning into a thunder sword.

Bai Yi and his allies defeated Guo Yongshuang after Bai Yi unleashed the fourth sword of the Heavenly Profound Seven Ultimate Sword-Clear Illusion and the Seventh Sequence senior sister struck from behind. Though Guo Yongshuang destroyed one of Bai Yi’s protective jade tokens with a Soul Treasure before dying, Bai Yi survived and turned his attention to the other battles, where Zi Mochen and Wei Luoqing were losing ground.

• Guo Yongshuang suppressed his injuries and battered Bai Yi with the Ten Thousand Willows Essence Palm, but Bai Yi used the Jade-Mist Heavenly Sea Formation to hold back his wood dragons.
• Bai Yi unleashed the fourth sword of the Heavenly Profound Seven Ultimate Sword-Clear Illusion, forcing Guo Yongshuang to exhaust himself defending against repeated sword strikes.
• The formation’s water arrows and the Seventh Sequence senior sister’s white-crane attack struck Guo Yongshuang, worsening his injuries until his ancient-tree phantom scattered.
• Guo Yongshuang used a Soul Treasure to attack Bai Yi, but Bai Yi’s jade token blocked and destroyed it before Guo Yongshuang died and fell toward the Heart Pool.
• Bai Yi collected Guo Yongshuang’s Storage Ring, reassured Senior Sister Mo, and urged her to help the others as he saw Zi Mochen and Wei Luoqing falling behind in their battles.

Zi Mochen and Wei Luoqing fought the bear demon and the Jade Demon Young Master, respectively. After the Jade Demon Young Master taunted Wei Luoqing with his wife Ling'er's remnant soul, Wei Luoqing forcibly opened his [Azure Pass Gate] and overwhelmed him, even as the power consumed his life.

• Zi Mochen used his star techniques, a grand formation, and a Silver-Armed Heavenly Wolf Ape puppet to suppress the bear demon.
• The Jade Demon Young Master conjured Ling'er's vengeful spirit to provoke Wei Luoqing, who burned his True Essence and opened his [Azure Pass Gate] Dao Foundation.
• Wei Luoqing unleashed the reserves accumulated in the gate and shattered the Jade Demon Young Master's defenses with his bronze spear and chains.
• Wei Luoqing revealed that he had refined his life itself with the Azure Pass Gate and continued attacking as his hair turned silver-white.
• Wei Luoqing bound the Jade Demon Young Master and severed his legs and arms while laughing through his tears.

Zi Mochen and the Immortal Alliance Direct Disciples defeated the bear demon and the remaining enemies, while Wei Luoqing killed the Jade Demon Young Master at the cost of his life. The wounded disciples urged Bai Yi to enter the ancient building beneath the Heart Pool and pursue the Immortal Alliance’s hopes for him.

• Zi Mochen killed the bear demon with a star formed from his remaining True Essence, and the mechanical lamp absorbed its brand.
• Wei Luoqing finished torturing and beheaded the Jade Demon Young Master, then thanked Zi Mochen and Bai Yi before his life faded.
• Zi Mochen told Wei Luoqing that the Immortal Alliance’s True Lords had known about his final path and praised his help in the battle.
• Bai Yi resolved to temper a Perfectly Round Golden Core and enter Six-Celestial City’s inner city to repay the sacrifices of his seniors.
• The Direct Disciples promised to guard the Heart Pool as Bai Yi cleaved open its central vortex and flew into the ancient building below.

Bai Yi entered the Heart Pool Building, learned that its Immortal-Attracting Core Crystal could refine or repair a Nascent Soul True Soul, and secured the treasure. He then began using the Heart Pool’s dense Spiritual Resonance to build the foundation for a Perfectly Round Golden Core.

• Bai Yi found Old Man of Ten Thousand Gu had swallowed the Demonic Remnant Souls and forced him to reveal that the Guardian Puppet had fallen to the right of the Heart Pool.
• Old Man of Ten Thousand Gu identified the vortex’s crystal as an Immortal-Attracting Core Crystal that could refine impurities in or repair a True Soul.
• Bai Yi struck the Heart Pool vortex, removed the crystal, and stored it in a Purple Jade Bottle inside his Storage Ring.
• Bai Yi resealed Old Man of Ten Thousand Gu with Pure Yang Flame and entered the vortex’s center to absorb its dense spiritual energy and Earth Vein Spiritual Resonance.
• Bai Yi released his Five-Element Spiritual Seed, strengthened his Meridians and Acupoints, and began condensing True Power into the embryonic form of a Golden Core.

Bai Yi began forming his Golden Core in the Heart Pool, drawing heaven and earth’s Spiritual Resonance from over a hundred miles away. After the Thousand-Ink Dao-Casting Spirit Heart dissolved into his forming core and his Profound Void Sword helped him stabilize his mind, he condensed Metal Nature, beginning the next stage of his breakthrough.

• Bai Yi used the Mystic Void Condensing Dao Art and his Five Elements foundation to grind his True Power into a Golden Core, stirring Spiritual Resonance across more than a hundred miles.
• Zi Mochen and Wei Luoqing recognized Bai Yi’s extraordinary foundation and vowed to protect him while he underwent the breakthrough.
• Fifteen days later, Bai Yi’s Thousand-Ink Dao-Casting Spirit Heart dissolved into his forming Golden Core and supplied it with a wisp of Great Dao aura.
• Bai Yi condensed his Golden Core’s shape by gathering his True Power, Sword Intent, bloodline, and other comprehensions, then sent his Living Soul into it.
• Bai Yi used the Profound Void Sword to suppress his mind inside the Golden Core and condensed a wisp of Metal Nature.

Bai Yi broke through to the Early Golden Core Stage, advancing his Sword Dao comprehension to the Second Realm and completing his Golden Core. The chapter ended with a Profound Void Pill Pattern and six Sword Mark-like Core Patterns appearing on the core.

• Bai Yi's Sword Intent erupted as he advanced his comprehension into the Second Realm's Sword Momentum, stunning the Immortal Alliance direct disciples watching him.
• Zi Mochen and Wei Luoqing recognized that Bai Yi's new Sword Momentum would let him challenge prodigies at Golden Core Great Perfection despite being at the Early Golden Core Stage.
• A blue-haired man from the Four Realms Merchant Association sensed the Sword Momentum and hurried toward Guo Yongshuang, worried about securing an Immortal-Attracting Core Crystal for Senior Brother Mu Tian.
• Bai Yi integrated his Sword Dao and cultivation-art comprehension, along with the power of his Yangyan Swordheart Physique, to solidify his Golden Core under Heaven and Earth's pressure.
• Bai Yi's Golden Core entered his Dantian, transforming his body with Metal Nature and marking his breakthrough beyond the mortal realm.
• Bai Yi's Golden Core gained a Profound Void Pill Pattern and six Sword Mark-like Core Patterns from his Second Realm Sword Momentum.

Bai Yi emerged from the Heart Pool after reaching the Early Golden Core Stage and confronted Wu Longqi, who had attacked the recovering cultivators. Bai Yi revealed his Second Realm Sword Momentum and clashed with Wu Longqi, leaving their battle unresolved.

• The damaged Jade-Mist Heavenly Sea Formation shattered as Wu Longqi and the Four Realms Merchant Association's cultivators arrived at the Heart Pool.
• Wei Luoqing stood in Wu Longqi's way, but Bai Yi emerged from seclusion and took over the fight.
• Bai Yi used his seven Core Patterns and Heavenly Evolution Sword to break apart Wu Longqi's poisonous-mist attack.
• Wu Longqi recognized Bai Yi's Early Golden Core Stage cultivation and realized the Immortal Alliance was using him to oppose the Four Realms Merchant Association.
• Bai Yi unleashed Second Realm Sword Momentum, and Wu Longqi countered with his Golden Core Great Perfection cultivation and poison arts.
• Bai Yi formed a True Essence sword around the Heavenly Evolution Sword and charged at Wu Longqi with a sword strike.

Bai Yi defeated and killed Wu Longqi despite their disparity in cultivation, then swept through the battlefield and slew the remaining Golden Core attackers. The Immortal Alliance fighters were left stunned by the speed and power of his sword.

• Wu Longqi unleashed his poison arts and centipede techniques against Bai Yi, but Bai Yi repeatedly cut through his attacks with sword intent and thunder.
• Wu Longqi revealed his Heavenly Centipede Dao Foundation Phenomenon and coiled around Bai Yi as a massive centipede.
• Bai Yi formed a gigantic sword-intent thunder greatsword and cleaved through the Heavenly Centipede, cracking Wu Longqi's Bronze Bell Magical Artifact.
• Bai Yi appeared before Wu Longqi and stabbed him through the chest, killing him before taking his Storage Ring.
• Bai Yi joined the wider battle and killed the remaining Golden Core cultivators from the Fusheng Dao Domain and the Four Realms Merchant Association within a quarter of an hour.
• An Immortal Alliance Direct Disciple watched Bai Yi's victory and froze in disbelief at his fast, vicious sword.

Bai Yi broke through to the Golden Core stage and defeated a powerful Four Realms Merchant Association prodigy before the Immortal-Attracting Main Palace’s outer world collapsed. He led the Immortal Alliance cultivators to the Cloudtop Heavenly Pool, where Xu Leyang announced that a side hall was about to open, and Bai Yi agreed to explore it.

• Bai Yi killed a Late Golden Core Four Realms Merchant Association prodigy, and Zi Mochen recognized how much Bai Yi’s strength had grown.
• Bai Yi thanked the Immortal Alliance cultivators for helping him claim the Heart Pool and accepted the Magical Artifacts they had collected.
• The Cloudtop Heavenly Pool appeared and began devouring the outer world as it collapsed, so Bai Yi carried the Immortal Alliance cultivators toward it on his sword.
• After a day of flight, Bai Yi and the others reached the Heavenly Pool and saw a vast palace above it.
• Xu Leyang of the Many Treasures Pavilion greeted the Immortal Alliance and said the palace’s side hall was about to open.
• Zi Mochen asked Bai Yi what they should do, and Bai Yi led the group toward the Cloudtop Heavenly Pool to explore.

Bai Yi and the Immortal Alliance entered the Immortal-Attracting Main Palace’s side hall after the major powers, intending to deal with the Four Realms Merchant Association if the chance arose. Inside, they found a vast corridor-world and were confronted by an eagle demon claiming the Sacred Demon Realm had taken its Spirit Plant garden.

• The Heavenly Pool formed a staircase to the side hall, and the Six-Celestial City cultivators warned the other powers not to enter its depths.
• The Six-Celestial City trio and Xu Leyang entered first, followed by Tu Mingliu and the other major powers; Bai Yi and Zi Mochen waited before bringing the Immortal Alliance in.
• Bai Yi and Zi Mochen agreed that they could eliminate the remaining Four Realms Merchant Association members if an opportunity arose.
• Bai Yi entered the side hall and saw that its corridors formed a small world beneath a river of stars.
• An eagle demon emerged from a giant tree, warned Bai Yi and the others to leave the Spirit Plant garden claimed by the Sacred Demon Realm, then flew back into the canopy.

Bai Yi and the Immortal Alliance disciples entered the Spirit Beast Hall World, where Tu Mingliu was capturing powerful Demonic Beasts. They confronted Tu Mingliu and Gu Xinyan after learning Shen Chen had been killed, and Bai Yi launched a fierce attack.

• Bai Yi passed an Azure Profound Talisman Sect formation and killed Fusheng Dao Domain guards who tried to bar the Immortal Alliance from the Valley World.
• Tu Mingliu captured an Azure Jade Bull Demon and praised its bloodline potential despite the damaged Nurturing Demon Core Furnace Cauldron and lost Inheritance.
• Bai Yi arrived with the Immortal Alliance disciples, and Tu Mingliu and Gu Xinyan realized their guards had failed to send a warning.
• Gu Xinyan revealed Shen Chen's broken Azure Lotus Wind Splendor Sword and mocked his attempt to claim a Heart Pool.
• Zi Mochen attacked Gu Xinyan over Shen Chen's death, but Tu Mingliu intervened before Bai Yi severed the Fierce Tiger's paw and unleashed Bright Thunder.

Bai Yi fought Tu Mingliu in the sky and defeated him with the Myriad Swords Bright Thunder and Heavenly Profound Seven Ultimate Sword. After killing Tu Mingliu and taking his Storage Ring, Bai Yi recovered with Heavenly Origin Pills, while Gu Xinyan was stunned by his victory.

• Bai Yi cut down Tu Mingliu's tiger manifestation and unleashed his sword techniques against Tu Mingliu's flood dragon and tiger True Intentions.
• Bai Yi summoned thousands of Bright Thunder Swords, eventually decapitating both of Tu Mingliu's True Intentions and forcing Tu Mingliu to defend himself with a tortoiseshell Magical Artifact.
• As Tu Mingliu waited for Bai Yi's sword attack to fade, Bai Yi used the Profound Void Sword Dao Foundation and Clear Illusion to pierce the tortoiseshell's defenses.
• Tu Mingliu's jade talisman Soul Treasure was consumed by Bai Yi's fire lotus, and the descending sword-intent lightning killed Tu Mingliu.
• Bai Yi collected Tu Mingliu's Storage Ring, reassured the Purple Spirit Clear Void Sword Embryo, and swallowed Heavenly Origin Pills to restore his True Essence.
• Gu Xinyan, who was suppressing Zi Mochen with Dao Light, was stunned when she saw Bai Yi kill Tu Mingliu.

Zi Mochen trapped Gu Xinyan while Bai Yi struck her down with Clear Illusion, avenging Shen Chen and ending the battle. Afterward, Bai Yi honored Shen Chen by crossing swords with his dying Azure Lotus Splendor Sword, which acknowledged Bai Yi’s victory before returning to the earth.

• Gu Xinyan redirected her flower-petal attack toward Bai Yi, but Wei Luoqing blocked it with a bronze wall.
• Zi Mochen trapped Gu Xinyan in a stellar black hole and called for Bai Yi to draw his sword; Bai Yi struck her neck with Clear Illusion and killed her.
• Zi Mochen caught Gu Xinyan’s head, then joined the other Immortal Alliance Direct Disciples in killing the remaining enemies.
• Bai Yi and the others mourned Shen Chen beside his broken Azure Lotus Splendor Sword, and Bai Yi summoned his Purple Spirit Clear Void Sword to bid Shen Chen farewell.
• The Azure Lotus Splendor Sword clashed with Bai Yi’s sword, was defeated, and revealed Shen Chen’s smiling face as it acknowledged Bai Yi’s victory.