Chapter Summaries

Bai Yi used his Sword Intent and modern weapons to fight through the captured fortress and kill an Inner Sect Disciple of the Profound Immortal Upper Sect. When a Foundation Establishment cultivator trapped him, Bai Yi launched an Alliance Sword A-03 mecha and began counterattacking.

• Bai Yi cut down a Ninth Layer of Qi Refining elder and slaughtered cultivators as he charged through the fortress.
• Bai Yi killed the Inner Sect Disciple of the Profound Immortal Upper Sect, Ping'er, with a sword strike.
• A grieving Foundation Establishment middle-aged man attacked Bai Yi, destroyed his Flying Sword, and sealed the area with golden True Qi chains.
• Bai Yi entered an Alliance Sword A-03 mecha and escaped the fortress through its opened top deck.
• Bai Yi launched heat-seeking missiles, guided them around the Foundation Establishment middle-aged man's attacks, and fired a laser rifle at him through the smoke.

Bai Yi fought a Foundation Establishment cultivator whose War-Golden Spear Dao Foundation countered mundane weapons. He destroyed his mecha to break through the cultivator’s defenses and kill him with a final sword strike.

• The Foundation Establishment cultivator used golden shields and a ring artifact to deflect Bai Yi’s gunfire and missiles.
• Bai Yi charged with the mecha and used the Little Breeze Sword Art, forcing the cultivator to defend until the mecha’s structural limits let him counterattack.
• The cultivator escaped Bai Yi’s sword storm and attacked with crescent blades and Geng-metal sharpness, damaging the mecha as Bai Yi pushed through the barrage.
• Bai Yi unleashed the mecha’s remaining energy and thrust his laser sword while triggering its self-destruct.
• The mecha’s explosion shattered the cultivator’s shields, and Bai Yi’s sword pierced through his head.

After revealing Sword Intent in the illusion, Bai Yi was summoned before representatives of the Four Academies, who competed to recruit him. He heard offers from Ziwei and Qinghui Daoist Academies, while the remaining two representatives had yet to make their pitches.

• Four True Lords arrived at Buzhou Dao Mountain, and the Pure Yang representative declared an interest in recruiting Bai Yi before they agreed that the candidates should choose for themselves.
• Bai Yi awoke in the Ten Palaces’ Dao-Guide Plaza and realized the illusion had revealed his Sword Intent to the other examinees.
• Bai Yi was summoned to the hall by a cloud staircase, while Chen Yixing reflected on Bai Yi’s hidden strength and his own defeat.
• True Person Changqing praised Bai Yi’s insight from the illusion and offered him lower-realm True Disciple status at Ziwei Dao Academy.
• True Person Shui He interrupted Changqing and offered Bai Yi the same status at Qinghui Daoist Academy.

Bai Yi chose Void Insight Dao Academy for its Sword Cultivator inheritances and was named a True Disciple alongside Gu Sheng and Yun Yaoyao. True Person Pingyun took them toward Void Insight True Heaven, revealing that the starry sky bordered the mysterious Myriad Heavens Dao Domain and Gray Domain.

• True Person Fu Yuan offered Bai Yi a place at Pure Yang Daoist Academy, but True Person Pingyun described Void Insight Dao Academy's sword arts and cultivation canon.
• Bai Yi chose Void Insight Dao Academy, and True Person Pingyun praised his Sword Dao talent as a potential turning point for the Immortal Alliance.
• Bai Yi met Gu Sheng and Yun Yaoyao, exchanged Flying Immortal accounts with them, and learned about their spirit body and rare beast.
• True Person Pingyun announced that Bai Yi, Gu Sheng, and Yun Yaoyao had been selected as True Disciples, then took them aboard an Aerospace Battleship.
• As they left the Ancestral Star, True Person Pingyun explained that the starry sky marked the boundary between the Myriad Heavens Dao Domain and the Gray Domain.

Bai Yi arrived at the Void Insight True Heaven and completed his identity registration as a lower-realm True Disciple of the Void Insight Dao Academy. True Person Pingyun guided him into the Grotto-Heaven world and explained that the academy was located in its second heaven.

• True Person Pingyun told Bai Yi that the Void Insight True Heaven guarded the boundary with the Gray Domain and that Bai Yi could command up to five hundred Immortal Alliance soldiers on the Ancestor Star.
• The Heavenly Revelation True-Heart Dao-Protecting Formation scanned Bai Yi, and its eccentric Formation spirit appeared and prompted him to register his identity.
• Bai Yi installed the academy's registration button in his Personal Terminal, upgrading his citizen access permissions.
• True Person Pingyun explained that the Formation spirit guarded the boundary and that the Fourth-Rank Star Dome Grand Formation could control the star sector's weapons and defenses.
• Bai Yi entered the Void Insight True Heaven's Grotto-Heaven world and saw its suspended mountains, strange beasts, and cargo operations.
• True Person Pingyun explained that the lower suspended islands housed academy instructors' relatives and upper-realm True Disciples' families, while the academy occupied the second heaven.

Bai Yi arrived at Void Insight Dao Academy as a special-recruit True Disciple and learned about the privileges and resources his status provided. At the General Affairs Hall, his Immortal Alliance recruitment drew the attention of students across the hall.

• True Person Pingyun brought Bai Yi to Void Insight Dao Academy’s main peak and left him with his disciple Liang Yuanbo.
• Liang Yuanbo explained the academy’s peaks, True Disciple benefits, monthly contributions, and restricted access to cultivation manuals, then took Bai Yi to the General Affairs Hall.
• Li Yuan searched the campus network and discovered that Bai Yi was an Immortal Alliance special recruit with True Disciple status.
• Li Yuan announced Bai Yi’s special-recruit status, prompting the hall’s students to turn toward him, while Bai Yi remained composed.

Bai Yi received his True Disciple credentials and learned how to use the Academy’s virtual terminal network. After choosing a Mansion on Cloudwater Peak, he connected to the network and saw its interface appear.

• Li Yuan gave Bai Yi a registered True Disciple Token, Dao Robes, and his monthly allowance of Profound Spirit Qi, then explained the Academy’s virtual services and resources.
• Bai Yi asked Liang Yuanbo why Foundation Establishment cultivators were rare despite many advanced Dao Students having powerful Spiritual Power, and Liang Yuanbo told him to consult the network’s basic information.
• Liang Yuanbo brought Bai Yi to Cloudwater Peak, where Bai Yi used his token to select a Mansion beside a pond.
• Bai Yi inspected his new Mansion and its Cultivation Room, then connected his True Disciple Token to the campus virtual terminal network.
• The Dragon of Void Insight recognized Bai Yi’s permissions and vanished, revealing countless building options in the virtual space.

Bai Yi learned about the Immortal Alliance’s worsening position in the Outer Heavens and examined the Dao Academy’s exchange system. He spent half his contribution points on cultivation resources to prepare for breaking through to Qi Refining Eighth Layer.

• Bai Yi read a campus discussion about the Immortal Alliance’s losses in the Four Academies’ Dao Domain Prodigy Battle and its struggle to secure resources.
• Bai Yi visited the General Affairs Hall and reviewed the cultivation pills and other items available for exchange.
• Bai Yi exchanged twenty One-Yuan Qi-Boosting Pills, four True Spirit Pills, and one wisp of Profound Spirit Qi, leaving him with 500 contribution points.
• A delivery robot brought Bai Yi’s items to his mansion after confirming his identity.

Bai Yi consumed pills and Profound Spirit Qi to break through to the Qi Refining eighth layer, then hurried to the Dao Academy Main Peak for the new students' gathering. There, the annual Entrance Combat between Immortal Alliance and Blessed Land students was about to begin.

• Bai Yi refined twenty One-Yuan Qi-Boosting Pills, then used a True Spirit Pill and Profound Spirit Qi to fill his Qi Sea and Dantian.
• Bai Yi broke through to the Qi Refining eighth layer and spent half a day stabilizing his realm.
• Bai Yi left Seclusion, learned that the new students were gathering, and flew to the Dao Academy Main Peak.
• Dao One's new students assembled before the teaching building while upper-year Dao Students gathered to watch.
• Upper-year Dao Students discussed the traditional Entrance Combat and one remarked that Blessed Land students had the advantage.

Zhou Yangsheng of the Zhou Household defeated You Tianming in the freshmen entrance duel and waited for Bai Yi, the Immortal Alliance's special recruit. When Bai Yi arrived, he and Zhou Yangsheng began a fierce exchange, with Zhou Yangsheng demanding to see his true skill.

• Zhou Yangsheng challenged the Immortal Alliance's special recruit, but You Tianming stepped forward while Bai Yi was in seclusion.
• You Tianming attacked with the Thousand-Light Flowing-Cloud Hand, but Zhou Yangsheng broke through his defenses and defeated him.
• Zhou Yangsheng declared that he would defeat Bai Yi too and waited for him on the plaza.
• Bai Yi arrived on the Azure Immortal Sword, and Zhou Yangsheng struck at him with a powerful punch.
• Bai Yi's sword cut through Zhou Yangsheng's fist-force, then he and Zhou Yangsheng exchanged a hundred punches and sword strikes.
• Zhou Yangsheng laughed and told Bai Yi to show him his real skill.

Bai Yi fought Zhou Yangsheng, a specially recruited student with the Hundred Victories Battle Body, and revealed a Sword Intent Embryo that overwhelmed Zhou Yangsheng’s battle intent. Zhou Yangsheng conceded after the clash left Bai Yi slightly injured and forced him to stagger back.

• Bai Yi recognized Zhou Yangsheng as a new student from the blessed land and challenged him with his two flying swords.
• Bai Yi and Zhou Yangsheng exchanged over a thousand moves, with Zhou Yangsheng wielding his halberd and Bai Yi showing twenty-six kinds of perfect Sword Art Dao Resonance.
• Zhou Yangsheng struck Bai Yi with an enormous halberd phantom, but Bai Yi blocked the blow with his two swords.
• Bai Yi unveiled his Sword Intent Embryo and formed a sword-rainbow that clashed with Zhou Yangsheng’s battle-intent-powered halberd.
• The Dao Academy instructor shielded the spectators from the resulting shockwave, and Zhou Yangsheng staggered back before conceding the fight.

Bai Yi defeated Zhou Yangsheng in a fierce newcomer assessment, revealing Sword Dao insight in the Qi Refining Realm and astonishing the upper-year Dao Students. Mu Yuan True Person led the newcomers to the Dao Science Academy, where Bai Yi saw technology-enhanced weapons capable of rivaling powerful cultivators.

• Bai Yi shattered Zhou Yangsheng's armor and wounded him, but Zhou Yangsheng's Innate Bloodline Spirit Body rapidly healed his injuries.
• Zhou Yangsheng admitted defeat, warned Bai Yi not to lose before they fought again, and returned to the blessed-land newcomers.
• The upper-year Dao Students marveled at Bai Yi's early Sword Dao insight and wondered whether he might become Void Insight's foremost personal disciple.
• Mu Yuan True Person named himself the newcomers' responsible instructor and led them to the Dao Science Academy to replace their Personal Terminals.
• Bai Yi watched a researcher use Spiritual Power-powered exoskeleton armor and a rifle to fire a Talisman-enhanced kinetic bullet with Qi Refining Eighth Layer power.

Bai Yi and the other freshmen saw the Immortal Alliance’s advanced cultivation technology, including a combat exoskeleton and a new intelligent brain Terminal. As Bai Yi underwent the Terminal replacement, he sensed that its refinement was subtly elevating his life essence in a way similar to a Bloodline Spirit Body.

• A researcher showed the freshmen the Talisman Nano Exoskeleton and explained how it strengthened Qi Refining soldiers, though it could not overcome the Foundation Establishment bottleneck.
• The researcher described the Immortal Alliance’s military disadvantage against three mid-plane Dao Domains and introduced a seventh-generation intelligent brain Terminal that could amplify Divine Sense and maintain communications in the outer realms.
• Mu Yuan True Person directed Bai Yi and Zhou Yangsheng to replace their Personal Terminals with the new implants.
• Mechanical arms removed Bai Yi’s old Terminal and injected Blood Jade Spirit Liquid into his arm, beginning the new Terminal’s refinement process.
• Bai Yi sensed the implant slowly raising his life essence and realized the Immortal Alliance was trying to analyze and reproduce Bloodline Spirit Bodies through technology.

Bai Yi began his first year at the Dao Academy, learning about the powerful Dao Domains beyond the Immortal Alliance while cultivating toward Foundation Establishment. A year later, he broke through to the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining.

• Bai Yi examined his upgraded Terminal, which had boosted his Divine Sense, then returned to his Mansion and reviewed the Dao Academy’s five required courses.
• Bai Yi attended the required Knowledge of the Outer Heavens course with Zhou Yangsheng and learned that the Immortal Alliance was surrounded by three Medium Dao Domains, with even stronger Large and Heaven-Bearing-grade Dao Domains beyond them.
• Bai Yi realized that Spirit Transformation was not the pinnacle of cultivation and resolved to explore the Outer Heavens and pursue the limits of the path.
• Bai Yi spent the year cultivating at the Dao Academy, then broke through to the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining.

Bai Yi reviewed the requirements and ranks of Dao Foundations, then studied Void Insight Dao Academy’s Primordial Dao Foundation method, the Profound Void Sword. Despite the dangers faced by past cultivators who forged Primordial foundations, he resolved to pursue it and planned to learn the Spirit Void Sword method to conceal his achievement.

• Bai Yi considered the resources and years of cultivation required to prepare for Foundation Establishment, especially for Dao Students seeking a Higher Vehicle Dao Foundation.
• Bai Yi recalled the five ranks of Dao Foundations and learned that Higher Vehicle foundations were considered prodigy-grade, while only three people in the Immortal Alliance’s history had formed Primordial Dao Foundations.
• Bai Yi read the requirements for the Profound Void Sword, including twenty-five Qi Refining Sword Art Dao Runes, a hundred Spiritual Power apertures, and a trace of Sword Dao intent.
• Bai Yi learned that two cultivators with Primordial Dao Foundations had been hunted down by Nascent Soul True Lords from the three Middle Planes.
• Bai Yi resolved to pursue the Profound Void Sword and planned to learn the Spirit Void Sword method so he could conceal his Primordial Dao Foundation.
• Bai Yi relied on the Enlightenment Glimmers he had saved through the Dao-Deriving Mirror and began reading the Profound Void Sword cultivation method.

Bai Yi perfected the Primordial Dao Foundation method for the [Profound Void Sword] in seven days, using Enlightenment Glimmers to comprehend and steal a trace of the meaning of illusion and reality. He then considered how to conceal his extraordinary progress while confronting the rare and difficult materials and conditions still needed to forge the Dao Foundation.

• Bai Yi absorbed the [Profound Void Sword] method and used Enlightenment Glimmers to comprehend it within the immortal realm of his Sea of Consciousness.
• Bai Yi perfected the method and gained a trace of the meaning of illusion and reality, which slightly improved the quality of his Spiritual Power.
• Bai Yi discovered that seven days had passed and planned to take a little over half a year to master a Higher Vehicle Dao Foundation method without attracting the Outer Domain's notice.
• Bai Yi destroyed the [Profound Void Sword] method and confirmed that three of its Dao Foundation conditions were complete.
• Bai Yi reviewed the remaining requirements: Mystic Heart Sword Iron, a Heaven and Earth Sword Embryo Spirit Treasure, a hundred-aperture Spiritual Power foundation, and refinement with Geng Metal Qi.

After earning the Dao One ranking scholarship, Bai Yi spent his contributions on travel to Titanium Star and supplies, then boarded a starfield battleship bound for the minor plane. Two days into the journey, Titanium Star came into view.

• Bai Yi saw that he had opened eighty-seven Acupoints and received a thousand contributions for placing first in his Dao One year group.
• Bai Yi chose to travel to Titanium Star and exchange for the Golden Source Sharp Wind Secret Realm, planning to use his remaining contributions on pills.
• Bai Yi collected the pills from his Mansion and flew to the Transit Light Platform beneath the Void Insight Dao Academy.
• Bai Yi verified his identity and boarded a Mountain-Class Starfield Battleship bound for Titanium Star.
• Bai Yi spent two days aboard the battleship, then saw Titanium Star through the window.

Bai Yi arrived on Titanium Star, a conquered resource world, and met Xue Zhenggang, who took him to the [Golden Source Sharp Wind] Secret Realm. There, Bai Yi learned that the Immortal Alliance used local cultivators as miners and kept them from becoming powerful.

• Bai Yi observed Titanium Star and recalled how a Spirit Transformation ancestor had seized it from the Jinmu Dao Realm.
• Xue Zhenggang greeted Bai Yi at the spaceport and offered to guide him to the [Golden Source Sharp Wind] Secret Realm.
• Xue Zhenggang carried Bai Yi to the former territory of the Golden Peak Sect, where local cultivators mined Golden Edge Stone.
• Xue Zhenggang explained that the Immortal Alliance trained local people to mine and eliminated any who grew too powerful.
• The Golden Peak Sect cultivators saw Bai Yi and Xue Zhenggang, bowed, and fled toward the mountain ravine's Gang winds.

Bai Yi entered the [Golden Source Sharp Wind] Secret Realm and endured its Geng Metal Qi, while three Golden Peak Sect cultivators lured two young men into a cave to refine them into Human Pills. After fleeing the others, Liu Can sensed a powerful Spiritual Power fluctuation above the gorge and climbed toward it, where he spotted a cliff.

• Xue Zhenggang sent Bai Yi into the gorge alone, and Bai Yi removed his protective robe to let the Gang Wind cut his body as he sought stronger Geng Metal Qi.
• Bai Yi reached a cliff deep in the gorge, sat down, and used a One-Yuan Qi-Boosting Pill while the Gang Wind repeatedly tore open and healed his wounds.
• Three Golden Peak Sect cultivators led two young men into a cave, where they revealed their plan to refine the pair into Human Pills.
• The gloomy cultivator bound the young men and put them into a skull cauldron, while Liu Can escaped after being threatened over his own fate as a future Human Pill.
• Liu Can sensed a Spiritual Power fluctuation above the gorge, climbed through the Gang Wind, and looked toward the cliff.

Bai Yi completed his cultivation on the cliff and was ambushed by Liu Can, a Foundation Establishment Demon Sect cultivator who wanted to refine him into a Human Pill. Bai Yi unleashed his Sword Intent and killed Liu Can, leaving the blood formation and the battle behind him.

• Liu Can spotted Qi Refining Bai Yi on the cliff and decided to trap him in a Bewitching Soul Blood Formation and refine him into a Human Pill.
• Bai Yi sensed Liu Can’s formation, pierced the blood mist with his Divine Sense, and countered Liu Can’s blood phantom attacks with his flying swords.
• Liu Can burned his Essence Blood to summon a blood-red skeleton and drive back Bai Yi’s swords.
• Bai Yi’s Sword Intent gathered the ravine’s Geng Metal wind and powered a strike that pierced Liu Can’s defenses and severed his head.