Chapter Summaries

Mu Bai and Chen Qi fought their way out of the Sword Sect disciples’ ambush and fled north as Xue Dongming and the Songzhen Ridge Master pursued them. After using Chen Jianduan’s Jade Slip to fend off attacks, Mu Bai and Chen Qi switched to the silver crane to continue their escape, while Ji Yang Xiu Zun remained in danger behind them.

• Mu Bai, Chen Shichong, Chen Qi, and Ji Ruxia faced an encirclement by Sword Sect disciples, and Ji Ruxia was wounded by Lingyun.
• Mu Bai used Chen Jianduan’s Jade Slip to kill four pursuers, allowing Chen Shichong to escape with Ji Ruxia while Chen Qi stayed with Mu Bai.
• Mu Bai used another Jade Slip charge to kill the two experts attacking them, then fled north with Chen Qi on the Divine Crow Soul Spirit.
• Xue Dongming and the Songzhen Ridge Master caught up and attacked, but Mu Bai used the Jade Slip to break through the Songzhen Ridge Master’s cage and repel Xue Dongming’s chain.
• As the pursuers continued closing in and the cold drained their soul power, Chen Qi summoned the silver crane and she and Mu Bai transferred to it to keep fleeing.

Mu Bai and Chen Qi escaped Xue Dongming and the Songzhen Ridge Master by entering the Extreme Cold Forbidden Land, where Mu Bai’s Pear Blossom Soul Mark let him withstand the cold and defeat their pursuers. After rescuing Chen Qi, Mu Bai ventured deeper and found a mass of cold that resembled a flame, considering whether to use it to refine the Twin Fish Sword.

• The Ice Ruins Flame King burned Ji Yang Xiu Zun, but Chen Jianduan killed the Flame King and Chen Jianli rescued Ji Yang Xiu Zun as the Chen brothers pursued the children north.
• Mu Bai and Chen Qi entered the Extreme Cold Forbidden Land and froze into ice statues, while Chen Qi’s ice figurine dragged them farther from Xue Dongming and the Songzhen Ridge Master.
• Xue Dongming and the Songzhen Ridge Master struggled through the cold but could not reach the statues, and Mu Bai thawed himself with the Pear Blossom Soul Mark before breaking their barrier and freezing them.
• Mu Bai used the Pear Blossom Soul Mark to melt Chen Qi’s ice, placed her in his Mustard Seed Bag, and continued deeper into the forbidden land.
• Mu Bai found a swirling mass of cold that looked like burning fire and considered using it to refine the Twin Fish Sword.

Mu Bai tempered the Twin Fish Sword and transformed his Divine Crow’s flame into a divergent flame before escaping the Extreme Cold Forbidden Land. Chen Shichong sheltered the freezing Ji Ruxia and Yan Ru, and Mu Bai joined Chen Jianduan and Chen Jianli as they headed west to reunite with them.

• Mu Bai repeatedly tempered the Twin Fish Sword in the extreme cold and heat, using the Pear Blossom Soul Mark’s vitality to keep its divided soul intact.
• Chen Shichong landed in a forest to shelter Ji Ruxia and Yan Ru, hid their tracks, and used his body heat to clean Ji Ruxia’s wounds and warm her with an embrace.
• Mu Bai sent the Divine Crow into the flame, allowing it to swallow the fire and gain a Flame Mark, while the Twin Fish Sword grew tougher and gained a frostlike surface.
• Mu Bai escaped the forbidden land with the frozen Xue Dongming and Songzhen Ridge Master, killed them, and collected their Mustard Seed Bags.
• The Mysterious Old Man appeared, grabbed at Mu Bai, and vanished into the void after praising his daring and greed.
• Chen Jianduan and Chen Jianli met Mu Bai, took the rescued Chen Qi from his Mustard Seed Bag, and headed west to pursue Chen Shichong and the others.

After surviving the Ice Ruins, Chen Shichong confessed his love to Ji Ruxia and promised to marry her, while Yan Ru woke and learned of their relationship. The group headed home, where Chen Jianduan planned to demand an explanation from the Beishan Household.

• Chen Shichong and Ji Ruxia kissed and pledged to marry, though he said he first had to free the Chen Household from the Beishan Household’s control.
• Yan Ru woke in the cave and overheard Chen Shichong and Ji Ruxia; when they spoke with her, she blushed and said she needed to rest.
• Chen Jianduan arrived and reunited with Chen Shichong, Mu Bai, and the others, while Ji Yang Xiu Zun learned his daughter was safe.
• Chen Shichong carried Ji Ruxia and Yan Ru to the flying soul boat, where Ji Yang Xiu Zun and Chen Jianli agreed to treat each other as in-laws.
• Mu Bai rode Chen Jianduan’s broad sword with Chen Qi, while Chen Shichong stayed with Ji Ruxia and Yan Ru; Chen Jianduan set off to confront the Beishan Household.

Beishan Lie hosted young talents at Clear Jade Pool, boasting of his power, until Chen Jianduan and the Third Peak’s experts stormed Sect Heir Peak and beat him. Chen Jianli accused Beishan Lie of ordering an attack on Chen Shichong, while Beishan Fengyun killed Wang Qiang to silence him; Beishan Lie ended the chapter battered and groaning on the bank of his pool.

• Beishan Lie entertained young talents from across the Northern Plains, and Qu Ziqian brought up the humiliation at Beishan Lie’s wedding.
• Chen Jianduan arrived with the Third Peak’s experts and savagely slapped Beishan Lie, while the assembled guests failed to stand by their pledges.
• Chen Jianli confronted Beishan Fengyun with three severed heads and accused Beishan Lie of sending men to murder Chen Shichong and the others.
• Wang Qiang recognized his father’s head and accused Beishan Lie of ordering the killing, so Beishan Fengyun killed Wang Qiang with a shout.
• Beishan Lie denied the accusation and jumped into Clear Jade Pool, but Chen Jianduan dragged him out and repeatedly dunked him until he begged never to die again.

After the Chen Household humbled Beishan Lie, Mu Bai left the Sword Sect and traveled toward the Eastern Ridge, parting tearfully from Chen Shichong and the Chen brothers. Chen Qi caught up with him to say goodbye, and their conversation left Mu Bai confronting his feelings for Ling'er and his longing for his tribe.

• Chen Jianli forced Beishan Fengyun to accept the Chen Household's grievance, and Beishan Lie was left disgraced as the Third Peak celebrated its victory.
• Mu Bai prepared to leave the Chen Household, where Madam Chen and Chen Jianduan expressed their affection and promised he would always be welcome home.
• Mu Bai left a smiling Ice Sculpture Doll outside Chen Qi's door, then departed with Chen Jianduan and Chen Jianli escorting him toward the Eastern Ridge.
• At the Ten Thousand Swords Ice Forest, Mu Bai and Chen Shichong shared wine, pledged to free the Chen Household from the Beishan Household's control, and promised to meet again.
• After Mu Bai resumed his journey on the Divine Crow, Chen Qi appeared on a mountain peak and invited him to drink Frost Wine.
• Mu Bai told Chen Qi that he could not forget Ling'er, and Chen Qi questioned whether his attachment was love or a bond built from memories, longing, and gratitude.

Mu Bai returned to the Spirit Taming Sect after parting from Chen Qi and resumed cultivating and managing his pill business. As the grand competition approached, he prepared to defend his standing and sent Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy to expand the business in the Northern Plains.

• Mu Bai refused to let Chen Qi wait for him, and they parted as she flew north while he rode toward the Eastern Ridge.
• Mu Bai returned to the Spirit Taming Sect, collected his accumulated stipend, visited Qing Mao's family, and bought ingredients before refining Ice-Soul Pills that brought his Soul Power to the second-level peak.
• Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy told Mu Bai that Mu Lan's pill business had earned eight hundred thousand Soul Crystals in six months, and Mu Bai accepted one hundred thousand while reserving the rest for expansion.
• Mu Bai resolved to impress the sect during the grand competition and protect his positions as Pill Hall Deputy Hall Master and elder.
• Mu Bai gave Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy premium body-tempering pills to sell in Sword City and a pill for Chen Shichong, along with a message about advancing together among the strong.

Mu Bai watched the inner disciple tournament, observed the Sect Heirs gathering support through the awards, and prepared for the elite disciple challenges that could cost him his elder position. Zhou Dekai offered him a High-Rank Soul Sword, but Mu Bai declined and planned to rely on his own means.

• Mu Bai entered the True Vision Hall and watched the inner disciples compete for a place among the top thirty.
• Zuo Lin defeated Qin Xiang by closing the distance and battering him until he conceded, drawing Deputy Hall Head Qin's anger.
• The thirty finalists became elite disciples and received high-rank soul weapons from Zhou Detai, Zhou Deqi, and Zhou Dechen, openly aligning themselves with the three Sect Heirs.
• Mu Bai bowed to Zhou Deqi but was overlooked in the crowd, then spoke with Zhou Dekai about the coming elite disciple challenges.
• Zhou Dekai offered Mu Bai a High-Rank Soul Sword, but Mu Bai declined, and Zhou Dekai promised to cheer him on at the tournament.

Mu Bai prepared for the elite disciples’ challenges, while the tournament’s strongest contestants finished their matches and turned to competing for elders’ positions. Jiang Zhiyan unexpectedly defended his position through endurance and a hidden counterattack, leaving Mu Bai as the remaining obvious target when the chapter ended.

• Mu Bai took combat-enhancing pills and fifty Soul Crystals before the tournament, then refused Zuo Lin’s request for instruction and exchanged favors with Wang Yuanchuan.
• The elite disciples completed their matches, and ten third-level peak fighters won top-tier Soul Soldiers and challenged the elders for their positions.
• The elite disciples targeted Jiang Zhiyan, whose golden barrier, shield, and concealed golden shortsword forced Zhou Detai to concede the match for his disciple.
• Jiang Zhiyan retained his elder’s position, and all nine remaining elite disciples challenged Mu Bai, who accepted as Zhou Dekai worried about his chances.

Mu Bai fought Han Zongtang in a contest for his elder position, surviving a near-fatal assault before breaking through in body cultivation and killing his opponent. Zhou Deqi and Zhou Detai defended Mu Bai’s actions, while Zhou Dechen was left furious.

• Han Zongtang, a body cultivator backed by Zhou Dechen, challenged Mu Bai for his elder position and charged him with a powerful opening attack.
• Mu Bai used the Divine Crow’s Divergent Flame to burn away Han Zongtang’s arm, but Han blocked Mu Bai’s follow-up attacks and kicked him down.
• Han Zongtang pinned Mu Bai and tried to kill him with his soul sword, while Zhou Dechen stopped Zhou Dekai from intervening.
• Mu Bai struck Han Zongtang’s injured arm, escaped, and swallowed an Ice-Fire Pill to break through in body cultivation during the fight.
• Mu Bai endured Han Zongtang’s sword assault, reached the third-level Mighty Realm, then knocked Han down and stabbed him to death.
• Zhou Dechen demanded Mu Bai be punished, but Zhou Deqi pointed out that Zhou Dechen had declared each fighter responsible for his own life, and Zhou Detai agreed that Mu Bai was not at fault.

Mu Bai accepted Zhou Dechen’s life-and-death alchemy challenge, wagering his life against a promised top-tier Soul Soldier. As Zeng Yuan took an early lead refining Soul-Breaking Pills, Mu Bai secretly infused his nascent pills with wood-attribute essence power, leaving the contest’s outcome undecided.

• Mu Bai rejected Zhou Dechen’s demand for another duel, then accepted the alchemy challenge after Zhou Dechen offered to upgrade his Soul Sword if he won.
• Zhou Dechen selected Zeng Yuan as his challenger and promised him Mu Bai’s position as Pill Hall Deputy Hall Master if he prevailed.
• Xiong Youde supplied flames for the contest, and Mu Bai and Zeng Yuan began refining Soul-Breaking Pills in their cauldrons.
• Zeng Yuan worked faster, forming three nascent pills while Mu Bai was still melting ingredients, and onlookers expected Zeng Yuan to make supreme-grade pills.
• Mu Bai infused his three nascent pills with wood-attribute essence power, giving them a trace of spirituality.

Mu Bai won the alchemy contest after refining three Soul-Breaking Pills with unprecedented living blue-green markings, and the Sect Master appointed him Pill Hall Master with a new challenge to refine a Silver-Winged Tiger Might Pill within a month. Back at his cave, Mu Bai tested jade soul marrow milk on the Crow Cauldron, then meditated on the Spirit Taming Sect’s earth-aspected vital energy and his approaching core formation.

• Zeng Yuan finished first and presented three supreme-grade Soul-Breaking Pills, while Mu Bai completed his pills amid a strange storm and heavenly phenomenon.
• Mu Bai presented three pills whose blue-green markings moved with apparent spirituality, and Zeng Yuan conceded that Mu Bai had won.
• A female executive elder delivered the Sect Master's order appointing Mu Bai Pill Hall Master and challenging him to refine a Silver-Winged Tiger Might Pill within one month.
• Zhou Dechen surrendered the promised Extraordinary Pill and jade soul marrow milk before leaving the hall in anger.
• Mu Bai poured the jade soul marrow milk into the Crow Cauldron, then meditated and concluded that earth-aspected vital energy was helping his vital essence approach core formation.

Mu Bai advanced his Soul Power to the Third Level and was unexpectedly appointed to lead an expedition into Spirit Command Azure Valley. He joined the other leaders and elite disciples as they set out for the thirty-day trial.

• Mu Bai used an Extraordinary Pill to form his soul, awakened the third soul slot, and reassured the Artifact Spirit Ancestor that he would keep supplying Soul Crystals.
• Mu Bai found Zuo Lin tending the Herb Field, then received a summons to the Spirit Command Hall, where Zhou Deqi nominated him to lead the elite disciples’ trial expedition.
• Zhou Dekai told Mu Bai that he had arranged the nomination and that Mu Bai would need to visit Spirit Command Azure Valley to practice the Green Duckweed Sword Art.
• Three days later, Mu Bai and Zuo Lin joined the other elite disciples at the Spirit Command Hall, where elders Chen Guang and Xiong Youde arrived as fellow expedition leaders.
• Zhou Qichang tossed the ancient bronze token to Xiong Youde and ordered the group to return within thirty days or remain trapped in Spirit Command Azure Valley.

Mu Bai entered the Fallen Spirits Ruins, where the disciples battled Yin Spirits and searched for ancient cultivation methods. As he pursued the meaning of the Green Duckweed Sword Art, he witnessed a vision of the Immortal-Origin War and began to grasp the art’s power.

• The Sect Heirs revealed that Spirit Command Azure Valley concealed the Fallen Spirits Ruins, and Xiong Youde opened the ruins with the Ancient Bronze Plaque.
• The disciples formed teams and fought Yin Spirits, which could only be harmed by mental power and Soul Power; Mu Bai watched Zuo Lin adapt by relying on his speed and Red-Crowned White Crane Soul Spirit.
• After the teams entered the red mist, Mu Bai left the Flower Boat to seek insight into the Green Duckweed Sword Art.
• Mu Bai witnessed a vision of the Immortal-Origin War, where azure-robed cultivators used the Green Duckweed Sword Art to battle the Immortal Race.
• Mu Bai saw a powerful winged figure fight with a Crow Cauldron and began rehearsing the sword art’s principles in his mind-spirit.

Mu Bai mastered the Green Duckweed Sword Art and fought his way through the Fallen Spirits Ruins, where a clash with Cheng Liang was interrupted by powerful yin spirits. Ancestor Hai Ze rescued Mu Bai, revealed that his immortal cultivation was both an opportunity and a tribulation, and entrusted him with the Human-Beast Supreme Token before sending him back.

• Mu Bai grasped the true essence of the Green Duckweed Sword Art and entered the Fallen Spirits Ruins to test it against the yin spirits.
• Mu Bai destroyed the spirits with his Twin Fish Sword and Divine Crow Soul Spirit, then formally accepted Zuo Lin as his disciple and gave him Soul-Returning Pills.
• Cheng Liang challenged Mu Bai and attacked Zuo Lin, but Mu Bai blocked the killing blow and prepared to fight Cheng Liang.
• Headless Mountain shook, and seven or eight powerful yin spirits emerged; the other disciples fled as Mu Bai protected Zuo Lin and faced them with the Three-Legged Crow Cauldron.
• A giant hand swept away the yin spirits and carried Mu Bai to Ancestor Hai Ze, who explained that Mu Bai’s cultivation of immortal arts brought both opportunity and tribulation.
• Hai Ze gave Mu Bai the Human-Beast Supreme Token, said it could summon the myriad races when he reached perfection, and sent him back to fight for the Origin Realm.

After meeting Hai Ze's remnant spirit, Mu Bai embraced his identity as a member of the Haibei Tribe and fought alongside Zuo Lin in the Fallen Spirits Ruins. He helped Zuo Lin break into the Flesh Body Mighty Realm, and their thunderstorm-driven training and herb gathering drew attention from others.

• Mu Bai returned to the red mist after Hai Ze's phantom vanished, then left with Zuo Lin while the elders and surviving disciples dealt with the nether spirits.
• As they traveled through the ruins, Mu Bai reflected on Hai Ze's words and declared that he would make the Haibei Tribe proud, fighting nether spirits with his Divine Crow Soul Spirit and Twin Fish Sword.
• Mu Bai used thunder in the red mist to help Zuo Lin temper his body, and Zuo Lin endured the storm until he entered the Flesh Body Mighty Realm.
• Mu Bai gave Zuo Lin the True Method of Controlling Thunder and a blood-red stone, while Zuo Lin learned to draw thunder into his body and channel it through his meridians.
• After the storm exposed ancient medicinal herbs and scattered relics, Mu Bai and Zuo Lin spent the following days training and gathering valuable herbs instead of focusing on the sect's trial task.
• Their repeated thunderous disturbances attracted the attention of others watching the Fallen Spirits Ruins.

Mu Bai and Zuo Lin were ambushed by Cheng Liang and Zhao Xing, but used the lightning in the Fallen Spirits Ruins to defeat and kill them. They returned to the sect before the deadline, while Mu Bai accepted that Zhou Dechen’s retaliation would come and focused on the cultivation ahead.

• Cheng Liang and Zhao Xing cornered Mu Bai and Zuo Lin in a mist-filled hollow and attacked them, revealing that Zhou Dechen wanted Mu Bai dead.
• Mu Bai used the Green Duckweed Sword Art to counter their attacks, while Zuo Lin broke through Cheng Liang’s mental barrier and unleashed lightning across the hollow.
• Mu Bai killed Cheng Liang, and Zuo Lin and Mu Bai killed Zhao Xing as the lightning overwhelmed the two cultivators.
• Mu Bai gave Zuo Lin a Jade Slip recording Cheng Liang’s words, then they flew to the Flower Boat and returned to Spirit Command Azure Valley with the surviving disciples.
• Mu Bai returned to Hundred Flowers Peak and resolved to focus on reaching cultivation perfection rather than dwelling on Ancestor Hai Ze’s revelations and the vanished Human-Beast Supreme Token.

Mu Bai formally took office as the Spirit Taming Sect’s Pill Hall Master and reorganized the hall’s leadership and finances. He left Zhu Da in charge of daily affairs while setting reforms in motion to expand pill sales, recruit Alchemists, and share profits.

• Zhu Da escorted Mu Bai to the Pill Hall, where sect leaders welcomed him and Mu Bai gave visiting Hall Masters five Supreme Venerable Pills.
• Mu Bai completed the Pill Hall’s investiture ceremony, receiving the Medicine King’s Veil and the Hall Master’s Token before addressing the Alchemists.
• Mu Bai gave Zhu Da one hundred thousand Soul Crystals for the pills and learned Zhu Da had covered the remaining cost using benefits he had previously received.
• Mu Bai entrusted Zhu Da with daily management and assigned Zeng Yuan to external sales and Wang Chong to recruiting and training Alchemists, offering both doubled stipends for meeting targets.
• Mu Bai ordered that pills be sold through Zeng Yuan, with profits split equally between the Alchemists and the Pill Hall, and directed Zhu Da to manage the hall’s share and distribute rewards fairly.

Mu Bai reorganized the Pill Hall, then traveled to Spirit Command City and lured Chen Lai Wang to Funiu Mountain. After Chen Lai Wang revealed the Dharma Lotus Trading Company's role in the Haibei Tribe's destruction, Mu Bai killed him and vowed to avenge every person involved.

• Mu Bai established a herb garden and beast enclosure for the Pill Hall, appointing Zuo Lin to oversee them and represent him.
• Mu Bai traveled to Spirit Command City to inspect the pill trade and visited the Dharma Lotus Pavilion, where he baited Chen Lai Wang with Red Silk Branches.
• Chen Lai Wang followed Mu Bai to Funiu Mountain, where Mu Bai trapped him after he tried to steal the branches.
• Under threat, Chen Lai Wang explained how the Dharma Lotus Trading Company and the Qinghe Tribe had led to the Eastern Nether Great Tribe slaughtering the Haibei Tribe.
• Mu Bai killed Chen Lai Wang and resolved to make everyone responsible for the Haibei Tribe's destruction repay the blood debt with their lives.

After returning to Spirit Command City, Mu Bai found the former Blue Flower Pavilion thriving under Mu Lan’s management and presented her with a magical handkerchief. Mu Lan reported the business’s expansion and millions in turnover, while Mu Bai chose to leave her in charge.

• Mu Bai fought and killed a group of monsters at Funiu Mountain, then returned to Spirit Command City with the Artifact Spirit Ancestor.
• Mu Bai arrived at the renamed Mu Lan Pavilion, where the Golden Roc recognized him and the staff learned he was Elder Mu.
• Mu Lan, Xi Bazì, and Sweet Potato Boy welcomed Mu Bai, while female cultivators crowded around him and Mu Lan jokingly called him her husband to clear a path.
• Mu Bai gave Mu Lan an Ice-Silk Sleeve Handkerchief that could change her appearance and block third-level soul attacks.
• Mu Lan explained that the business had expanded to six branches and now sold many goods with help from Jiang Shan, then showed Mu Bai accounts recording more than 3.7 million soul crystals.
• Mu Bai told Mu Lan to keep managing the accounts and said he preferred his freedom.