Chapter Summaries

After killing Marquis Beichen, Ye Linshan, Lin Baichuan fled toward the Underground Abyss to avoid the Imperial Court’s uncertain response. In Barbarian Suppression City, his death sparked a search for Lin Baichuan and a power struggle, while a woman in white planned to expose Ye Linshan’s crimes.

• Lin Baichuan escaped the old expert’s devastating attack, decided to lie low in the Underground Abyss, and vanished toward it.
• An enraged figure in Barbarian Suppression City ordered the army to search for Lin Baichuan, while residents discussed the fallout from Marquis Beichen’s death.
• With Ye Linshan dead, his former subordinates and other factions began positioning themselves to seize control of the Barbarian Suppression Army.
• The woman in white chose to wait while rivals contested the commander’s position and ordered Ye Linshan’s alleged crimes made public.

After a month in seclusion, Lin Baichuan reached the peak of Divine Ability Four Stages, advanced his four skills to the fifth tier, and perfected his Blade Domain. He left the cultivation chamber planning to ask Tie Zhan about the turmoil following Marquis Beichen’s death.

• Rumors and evidence that Ye Linshan had colluded with the barbarians spread across Great Xia, dividing the Imperial Court over Lin Baichuan’s killing of him.
• Lin Baichuan returned to the Underground Abyss, appointed Tie Zhan Deputy Division Chief, and entered seclusion for a month.
• Lin Baichuan emerged with his cultivation at the Yin-Yang Realm’s peak, four skills at the fifth tier, and his Blade Domain perfected.
• Lin Baichuan considered the Imperial Court’s response and the possibility of visiting Barbarian Suppression City, but decided not to interfere with the army’s generals.
• Lin Baichuan left his cultivation chamber to ask Tie Zhan what had happened during his seclusion.

Lin Baichuan learned that scandalous evidence against Marquis Beichen had shifted opinion in his favor, while the vacant command of the Barbarian Suppression Army drew powerful contenders. Xue Ningshuang arrived with an urgent matter, and Lin Baichuan discovered her cultivation had advanced to the Divine Ability Seventh Layer and her Karma Value was negative.

• Tie Zhan told Lin Baichuan that evidence of Marquis Beichen’s crimes had spread, easing criticism of Lin Baichuan and leaving the Imperial Court’s position unclear.
• Tie Zhan reported that several princes were vying for the vacant post of Commander of the Barbarian Suppression Army.
• Lin Baichuan considered taking advantage of the turmoil in Barbarian Suppression City before sensing Xue Ningshuang arrive.
• Lin Baichuan sent Tie Zhan to welcome Xue Ningshuang, who said she had an urgent matter to discuss.
• Lin Baichuan examined Xue Ningshuang and saw that she had reached the Divine Ability Seventh Layer and had a Karma Value of -127.

Xue Ningshuang asked Lin Baichuan to kill Du Changhe, a powerful young heir of the Du Family, but Lin refused because of the danger. She offered to reveal a secret that could help him cultivate a Supreme Innate Divine Ability, leaving Lin demanding to know whether she was telling the truth.

• Lin Baichuan concealed that he had seen through Xue Ningshuang's hidden cultivation and asked why she had come.
• Xue Ningshuang explained that the Demon World campaign had only secured a small foothold and asked Lin for a favor.
• Xue Ningshuang asked Lin to kill Du Changhe, a Divine Ability Nine Stages expert protected by the Du Family.
• Lin refused, pointing out the gap between their cultivation and the danger posed by Du Changhe's family.
• Xue Ningshuang offered to reveal a secret that could help Lin cultivate a Supreme Innate Divine Ability, and Lin demanded to know if it was true.

Lin Baichuan learned that an Enlightenment Stone could help him cultivate a Supreme Innate Divine Ability, and Xue Ningshuang offered to reveal its location in exchange for his help killing Du Changhe. She explained that Du Changhe was her fiancé and that she wanted him dead, while Lin Baichuan remained wary of trusting her account.

• Xue Ningshuang told Lin Baichuan that cultivating eighty-one Great Divine Abilities and using an Enlightenment Stone could enable a Supreme Innate Divine Ability.
• Xue Ningshuang offered to disclose an Enlightenment Stone’s location if Lin Baichuan helped kill Du Changhe.
• Lin Baichuan questioned Xue Ningshuang’s motives, and she revealed that Du Changhe was her unwanted fiancé.
• Xue Ningshuang said she could not kill Du Changhe herself without provoking conflict between their families, and claimed Lin Baichuan was the only person she knew who could do it.
• Xue Ningshuang argued that Lin Baichuan would not expose her plan because the Du Family was allied with Marquis Beichen and opposed to his faction.

Xue Ningshuang told Lin Baichuan that the Enlightenment Stone was in Tianshui Palace and asked him to kill Du Changhe within three months. Lin Baichuan agreed, then ordered Tie Zhan to gather intelligence as he prepared to pursue the stone and investigate Tianshui Palace’s plans against him.

• Lin Baichuan agreed to help Xue Ningshuang kill Du Changhe within three months in exchange for information about the Enlightenment Stone.
• Xue Ningshuang revealed that the Enlightenment Stone was in Tianshui Palace, a powerful sect in Canglan Prefecture that had joined the forces opposing Lin Baichuan.
• Xue Ningshuang warned Lin Baichuan that Tianshui Palace’s aging Dharma Form Realm expert had little strength left and that the sect was secretly gathering forces to strike against him.
• Xue Ningshuang left after reminding Lin Baichuan to fulfill his promise to kill Du Changhe.
• Lin Baichuan sent Tie Zhan a voice transmission, demanding detailed information on Tianshui Palace, the Du Family, and Du Changhe within three days.

Lin Baichuan reached Tianshui Palace and used his wind-and-lightning blade to break through its mountain-protecting array. He entered the sect as its alarmed disciples rushed to confront the intruder.

• Lin Baichuan traveled from the Underground Abyss to the foot of Tianshui Mountain after reviewing information about Tianshui Palace and the Du Family.
• Lin Baichuan merged his consciousness with the wind and surveyed Tianshui Mountain, spotting a dying Dharma Form Realm elder in seclusion.
• Lin Baichuan charged at Tianshui Palace, triggering its mountain-protecting array and alarming the disciples.
• Lin Baichuan slashed a gap in the array’s barrier and entered Tianshui Palace.

Lin Baichuan infiltrated Tianshui Palace and confronted its master, Duan Xuanyi, while discovering the staggering karma of elder Luo Chuan. After rejecting Duan Xuanyi’s offer to leave, Lin Baichuan declared he would destroy the palace and struck first.

• Lin Baichuan passed through Tianshui Palace’s mountain-protecting array and arrived before the waterfall at its core.
• Duan Xuanyi led the palace’s Divine Ability experts to confront Lin Baichuan, and Lin recognized the master’s concealed Peak Divine Ability Eighth Layer cultivation.
• Lin Baichuan used Insight Eye and found that Luo Chuan had a Karma value of 2,190.
• Duan Xuanyi warned Lin Baichuan to leave, while the Tianshui Palace elders demanded that their palace treasure be used against him.
• Lin Baichuan vowed to wipe out Tianshui Palace and suddenly drew his saber to attack Duan Xuanyi.

Lin Baichuan overwhelmed Duan Xuanyi with his blade domain, but Duan Xuanyi blamed the power on a treasure artifact and became obsessed with taking it. After Lin Baichuan unleashed his battle blade’s full power, Tianshui Palace’s elders joined Duan Xuanyi in preparing to suppress him.

• Lin Baichuan’s blade domain suppressed Duan Xuanyi and shattered his strongest sword technique, leaving him badly injured.
• Duan Xuanyi insisted that Lin Baichuan’s blade domain came from a treasure artifact and vowed to seize it.
• Lin Baichuan admitted he possessed treasure artifacts and unleashed the full might of his battle blade.
• Tianshui Palace’s people recognized the blade as a treasure artifact and grew greedy, believing they could take it by force.
• Duan Xuanyi ordered Tianshui Palace’s elders to form an array, activate a secret art, and unleash the Spirit Palace to suppress Lin Baichuan.

Lin Baichuan destroyed Tianshui Palace’s Half-step Treasure Artifact with Heaven Burial and confronted the White-haired Elder, who emerged from seclusion. After rejecting the elder’s offer of peace, Lin Baichuan attacked him.

• Duan Xuanyi and Tianshui Palace’s experts combined their power to activate the Tianshui Spirit Palace and send it crashing toward Lin Baichuan.
• Lin Baichuan unleashed Heaven Burial, splitting the Half-step Treasure Artifact palace in two and forcing the White-haired Elder out of its ruins.
• Tianshui Palace’s disciples pinned their hopes on the White-haired Elder, a Dharma Form Realm expert whose lifespan was nearly exhausted.
• The White-haired Elder offered to make Tianshui Palace Lin Baichuan’s ally if he left, but Lin Baichuan demanded his death and refused to spare the faction.
• The White-haired Elder threatened Lin Baichuan, who answered that he would leave only after killing everyone and struck at him.

Lin Baichuan attacked Tianshui Palace, overpowering Duan Xuanyi and forcing the White-haired Elder to defend himself. The elder unleashed his Heaven and Earth Dharma Form, a three-kilometer three-headed flood dragon, as the battle escalated.

• Lin Baichuan used World Burying Three Blades and his expanded Blade Domain, killing or incapacitating Tianshui Palace disciples with its pressure.
• Duan Xuanyi attacked Lin Baichuan, but Lin's blade force overwhelmed him and threatened to kill him.
• The White-haired Elder formed a water dragon from the pool and waterfall to intercept Lin's attack and save Duan Xuanyi.
• Lin Baichuan dodged the water dragon, cleaved it apart, and struck the White-haired Elder, then broke through his protective barrier with repeated saber slashes.
• The White-haired Elder unleashed his three-headed flood dragon Heaven and Earth Dharma Form and sent it charging at Lin Baichuan.

Lin Baichuan faced Ancestor Tianyang after the Tianshui Palace elder restored himself to his prime, but used his speed to avoid the stronger cultivator’s attacks. The battle devastated Tianshui Mountain, while Ancestor Tianyang’s attacks killed Tianshui Palace disciples and neither fighter gained the upper hand.

• Lin Baichuan realized his perfected blade domain could not unleash its full power because his cultivation realm was too low.
• Ancestor Tianyang underwent ultimate sublimation, restoring his strength and appearance to his prime.
• Tianshui Palace disciples celebrated and expected Ancestor Tianyang to kill Lin Baichuan.
• Lin Baichuan taunted Ancestor Tianyang, who summoned water power and attacked him with his Heaven and Earth Dharma Form.
• Lin Baichuan evaded Ancestor Tianyang with his Wind Thunder Wings and counterattacked, but neither could defeat the other.
• Ancestor Tianyang’s attacks ravaged Tianshui Mountain and reduced many Tianshui Palace disciples to dust.

Lin Baichuan used Ancestor Tianyang’s attacks to devastate Tianshui Palace while avoiding injury, until Ancestor Tianyang unleashed his strongest freezing technique. The attack was interrupted when Lin Baichuan’s poison took effect, leaving Ancestor Tianyang incapacitated and Lin Baichuan revealing how the poison worked.

• Lin Baichuan evaded Ancestor Tianyang’s attacks with his Wind Thunder Wings, and the resulting destruction killed many Tianshui Palace disciples.
• Duan Xuanyi and the other Tianshui Palace higher-ups urged Ancestor Tianyang to stop before the sect lost all its disciples.
• Ancestor Tianyang used the Three-Headed Ice Flood Dragon’s Ice Seal Heaven and Earth to freeze the region and trap Lin Baichuan.
• Ancestor Tianyang suddenly vomited corrosive black blood, his Dharma Form shattered, and his body rapidly aged.
• Ancestor Tianyang warned everyone to stay away because he had been poisoned, while Duan Xuanyi accused Lin Baichuan of using poison.
• Lin Baichuan admitted poisoning Ancestor Tianyang when he first appeared and explained that activating the Heaven and Earth Dharma Form made the poison grow stronger.

After poisoning Ancestor Tianyang, Lin Baichuan killed him and annihilated Duan Xuanyi with World Burying Three Blades: Burying the World. He sealed Tianshui Palace and began slaughtering its remaining forces, then learned from Luo Chuan that the Enlightenment Stone was elsewhere and ordered him to lead the way.

• Ancestor Tianyang died from Lin Baichuan's poison, and Lin Baichuan received Merit from his death.
• Duan Xuanyi charged Lin Baichuan, who killed him with World Burying Three Blades: Burying the World.
• Lin Baichuan sealed Tianshui Palace's mountain gate with a formation and attacked its remaining members with a storm of Blade Qi.
• Lin Baichuan offered to spare anyone who led him to the treasure vault, and Luo Chuan volunteered while revealing that the Palace Master had possessed an Enlightenment Stone.
• Luo Chuan offered to take Lin Baichuan to the Enlightenment Stone, while the other Tianshui Palace higher-ups denounced him for betraying the sect.

Lin Baichuan killed Tianshui Palace’s remaining higher-ups and followed Luo Chuan through a waterfall to retrieve the Enlightenment Stone. Luo Chuan secretly planned to use his submission to Lin Baichuan to gain greater power and status.

• The Tianshui Palace higher-ups cursed Luo Chuan, so Lin Baichuan killed them all and left Luo Chuan as the only surviving senior figure.
• Luo Chuan praised Lin Baichuan and offered to lead him to the Enlightenment Stone, while Lin Baichuan secretly intended to kill him once he had served his purpose.
• Luo Chuan led Lin Baichuan through a waterfall into Tianshui Palace’s mountain city and identified Duan Xuanyi’s residence as the place where the Enlightenment Stone was kept.
• Lin Baichuan shattered the Guardian Array and the secret chamber door with a casual flick of Geng Metal Power.
• Luo Chuan marveled at Lin Baichuan’s strength and secretly considered attaching himself to him to gain status, resources, and a chance to advance his cultivation.

Lin Baichuan claimed the Enlightenment Stone from Duan Xuanyi’s secret chamber, then ordered Luo Chuan to lead him to Tianshui Palace’s treasure vault. Both men suspected the other and secretly prepared to kill him as they headed there.

• Lin Baichuan entered Duan Xuanyi’s secret chamber, found the Enlightenment Stone, and stored it in his Spirit Gourd.
• Luo Chuan asked to serve Lin Baichuan, who saw through his motives but told him to lead the way to the treasure vault.
• Luo Chuan realized Lin Baichuan might intend to kill him and secretly decided to use a trap against him.
• Lin Baichuan followed Luo Chuan, aware of his growing killing intent through his powerful spiritual will.

Lin Baichuan led Luo Chuan to Tianshui Palace’s treasure vault, destroyed its protective array, and turned on him. Luo Chuan fled to an ancient artifact in the vault and claimed it could kill even a powerful Divine Ability expert, as Lin Baichuan prepared to strike.

• Luo Chuan led Lin Baichuan to Tianshui Palace’s concealed treasure vault and said he could not open it without a key.
• Lin Baichuan shattered the vault’s array and doors with the Mighty Ox Heaven Shaker, while Luo Chuan watched in fear.
• Lin Baichuan declared he would kill Luo Chuan, who escaped into the vault rather than face him outside.
• Luo Chuan reached a stone platform and revealed an ancient Forbidden Artifact that he claimed could suppress and kill any Divine Ability Realm expert.
• Luo Chuan explained that his family’s records had taught him how to use the artifact and admitted he had planned to exploit Lin Baichuan’s reputation.
• Lin Baichuan dismissed Luo Chuan’s boasting and flicked a finger at him.

Lin Baichuan attacked Luo Chuan, but Luo Chuan used the stone platform to block him and then sacrificed nearly ten years of lifespan to unleash a powerful evil sword strike. Lin Baichuan countered with his blade domain and Heavenly Gang Divine Ability, leaving the sword’s attack pressing against his Golden Bell Body Protection.

• Lin Baichuan’s golden attack struck the stone platform, which awakened and raised a shield that shattered his strike.
• Luo Chuan claimed the platform could kill Lin Baichuan, but Lin Baichuan guessed that activating it drained his lifespan.
• Luo Chuan sacrificed nearly ten years of lifespan and drew sinister power from the stone platform, transforming as his strength surged.
• Luo Chuan formed an evil ancient sword and launched a strike that overwhelmed Lin Baichuan’s Blade Qi.
• Lin Baichuan summoned Golden Bell Body Protection to block the incoming evil sword.

Lin Baichuan survived Luo Chuan’s Evil God-powered attack and killed him with a perfected saber technique. The unexpected merit reward led Lin Baichuan to suspect Luo Chuan had inherited a portion of the Evil God’s karmic debt, and he turned his attention to the stone platform.

• Luo Chuan’s evil ancient sword broke through Lin Baichuan’s Golden Bell Shield, but Lin Baichuan’s Treasure Armor destroyed the attack and his Earth Spirit Fire burned away its remaining aura.
• Lin Baichuan broke the stone platform’s barrier and killed Luo Chuan with the Nine Heavens Five Elements Slash, overpowering him with his perfected saber domain.
• Lin Baichuan gained insight after Luo Chuan’s death, breaking through spiritually and greatly strengthening his saber domain.
• The system awarded Lin Baichuan more than ten thousand taels of merit, far more than Luo Chuan’s known Karma Value should have yielded.
• Lin Baichuan concluded that Luo Chuan had gained karmic debt by sacrificing to the Evil God and focused on the stone platform.

Lin Baichuan destroyed a sinister stone platform and found a Void Pearl inside. He fused it with his Spirit Gourd to forge a Treasure Gourd, then used it to collect the valuables among the ruins.

• Lin Baichuan shattered the stone platform with Nine Heavens Five Elements Slash, revealing a black bead that tried to flee.
• Lin Baichuan refined the bead’s evil power with Earth Spirit Fire and recognized the purified bead as a Void Pearl.
• Lin Baichuan used his Alchemy Furnace to fuse the Void Pearl into his Spirit Gourd and inscribed multiple formations on it.
• After about an hour, Lin Baichuan completed the Treasure Gourd, whose interior expanded to one hundred li in every direction and could generate Spirit Liquid.
• Lin Baichuan concealed the Treasure Gourd’s treasure light and used it to devour spirit materials and herbs from the ruins.