Chapter Summaries

Lin Baichuan used his Heaven and Earth Furnace to suppress the Du Family as Yunzhou City's factions surrounded them. The furnace devoured the Du Family's upper ranks, leaving the family on the verge of destruction.

• Yunzhou City's factions surrounded the Du Family after its formation broke, blocking their escape.
• The Du Family chose to fight and began preparing a blood sacrifice to summon the Demon God's avatar.
• Lin Baichuan appeared in the Heaven and Earth Furnace and swallowed the Du Family's demonic energy.
• The Heaven and Earth Furnace restrained the Du Family's members, drained their strength, and overwhelmed their attempts to escape.
• Lin Baichuan intensified the furnace's devouring power and sucked in the Du Family's upper ranks, whose screams soon fell silent.

Lin Baichuan refined the Du Family, gained more than 210,000 taels of merit, and strengthened his body and Innate Divine Ability talisman. He chose to keep building his foundation rather than advance his realm, then faced the Yunzhou Demon Suppression Division and other powers amid the ruins.

• The Heaven and Earth Furnace refined the Du Family’s essence into Lin Baichuan, doubling his Innate Divine Ability talisman to two inches and raising his merit beyond 210,000 taels.
• Lin Baichuan decided to use his improved physique to further perfect the Heaven and Earth Furnace rather than spend his merit to break through.
• He reflected that his preparations and the Great Sun Demon Extermination Array had helped him destroy the Du Family, while the family’s powerful elder had not appeared.
• Lin Baichuan surveyed the ruins and saw more than a hundred Divine Ability Realm experts from Yunzhou’s major powers, including Liang Yunqiong and Luo Yufeng.
• A senior Yunzhou Demon Suppression Division official praised Lin Baichuan for eradicating the Du Family’s leaders and saving Yunzhou City.

Lin Baichuan spoke with Mo Qianchen, a deputy chief of the Yunzhou Demon Suppression Division, after the Du Family’s ties to the Longevity Cult were exposed. Mo offered hospitality and promised to report Lin’s contributions, while Lin accepted the gesture and considered the Demon Suppression Division’s value as a source of information about the Enlightenment Realm.

• Lin Baichuan used the Insight Eye to identify Mo Qianchen as a half-step Casting Platform Realm expert and Deputy Division Chief of the Yunzhou Demon Suppression Division.
• Mo Qianchen praised Lin for exposing the Du Family, and Lin declined to explain how he had discovered their identity.
• Lin framed his discovery as the Demon Suppression Division’s achievement, helping Mo preserve the division’s reputation.
• Mo offered to handle the Du Family’s aftermath, report Lin’s contributions, and host him at the Yunzhou Demon Suppression Division.
• Lin saw Mo’s effort to claim some credit but did not object, since he valued the division mainly as a source of information about the Enlightenment Realm.

After Lin Baichuan destroyed the Du Family's upper ranks, Yunzhou descended into violence as rival forces fought over the clan's holdings. A Demon Suppression Division leader revealed that the Du Family ancestor might soon emerge from seclusion and predicted that Lin Baichuan would die.

• Lin Baichuan accepted Mo Qianchen's overture and went with him to the Yunzhou Demon Suppression Division.
• Yunzhou factions attacked forces allied with the Du Family and fought over its wealth, while the clan's surviving direct descendants took refuge in its ancestral residence.
• A black-robed Demon Suppression Division leader discussed Mo Qianchen's attempt to befriend Lin Baichuan and insisted it would not affect the Chief election.
• The leader said the Du Family had obtained a supreme Natural Treasure that could greatly improve its ancestor's chances of breaking through, and predicted the ancestor would emerge and kill Lin Baichuan.
• The leader explained that the Du Family had connections to the imperial court and the Longevity Cult, warning that the forces behind them were more complicated than they appeared.

Mo Qianchen warned Lin Baichuan that the Du Family ancestor was likely to break through and target him, while revealing that the Yunzhou Demon Suppression Division could not act against the ancestor because of his powerful backer. Lin Baichuan saw Mo Qianchen’s scheme and pretended to withdraw to the Underground Abyss, forcing Mo Qianchen to offer terms.

• Mo Qianchen told Lin Baichuan that the Du Family ancestor had obtained a Heavenly Treasure and had a high chance of breaking through, making Lin his likely first target.
• Lin Baichuan asked why the Yunzhou Demon Suppression Division would not deal with the ancestor, and Mo Qianchen explained that an imperial court overlord protected him and that the division was divided internally.
• Lin Baichuan realized Mo Qianchen hoped to use him to kill the ancestor, gaining merit while avoiding responsibility if the attempt failed.
• Lin Baichuan said he would return to the Underground Abyss and face the ancestor only after reaching the Enlightenment Realm, then rose to leave.
• Mo Qianchen recognized Lin Baichuan’s retreat-to-advance tactic and asked him to name his conditions.

Lin Baichuan negotiated with Mo Qianchen over helping destroy the Du Family, demanding Enlightenment Realm information and three Innate Treasure Medicines or Materials. After giving Mo one day to meet his terms, Lin left Yunzhou Demon Suppression Division and evaded the factions secretly watching him.

• Mo Qianchen revealed that he wanted Lin Baichuan to help deal with the Du Family and explained the threat posed by the Du Family ancestor.
• Lin Baichuan deduced that Mo needed credit for destroying the Du Family to strengthen his bid to become Division Chief.
• Lin Baichuan demanded information about the Enlightenment Realm and three stalks of Innate Treasure Medicine or Innate Treasure Material.
• Mo agreed to provide an ancient book about the Enlightenment Realm but resisted supplying the three rare items.
• Lin gave Mo one day to fulfill his demands, then left Mo's courtyard using his wind-like movement.
• Lin sensed several factions monitoring him, vanished with wind and lightning outside the Division gates, and left them unable to track him.

Lin Baichuan completed the Seven Emotions God-Devouring Gu Poison to help him kill the Du Family's old ancestor. After Mo Qianchen sent the requested supplies, Lin Baichuan chose that very night to make his move.

• Lin Baichuan prepared to assassinate the Du Family's old ancestor using a killing array and poison.
• Lin Baichuan refined the Seven Emotions God-Devouring Gu Poison, a treasure-grade poison capable of harming Enlightenment Realm experts.
• Lin Baichuan stored the poison and prepared to act against the Du Family's old ancestor no later than that day.
• Liang Yunqiong delivered a jade box from Mo Qianchen containing an ancient book and three Innate Treasure Medicines, and asked when Lin Baichuan planned to act.
• Lin Baichuan told Liang Yunqiong to inform Mo Qianchen that he would make his move that night.

Lin Baichuan stormed the Du Family's old residence and began wiping out its remaining members. After he killed their strongest defender, the survivors fled in panic as he prepared to strike them down.

• Lin Baichuan arrived at the Du Family's old residence while onlookers watched from outside in the pouring rain.
• Lin Baichuan shattered the gates with a punch, sending fragments through the front courtyard and killing everyone there.
• Lin Baichuan advanced through the residence with his blade domain, destroying everything in its path.
• A Divine Ability Realm expert led the Du Family's remaining members out to confront Lin Baichuan, but Lin Baichuan killed him with a single strike.
• The remaining Du Family members panicked and fled, and Lin Baichuan unleashed countless Blade Qi to cover half the old residence.

Lin Baichuan destroyed the Du Family’s ancestral array, scattering the Earth Vein Qi that sustained its fortune and ruined Du Wanshan’s attempt to advance. Du Wanshan emerged badly injured, with his remaining chance to break through gone.

• Lin Baichuan reached the Du Family ancestor’s courtyard and saw through the array that had gathered Yunzhou City’s Earth Vein Qi to suppress the Du Family’s Family Fortune.
• Lin Baichuan struck the courtyard with his battle saber, collapsing the array and dispersing the Earth Vein Qi throughout Yunzhou City.
• Du Wanshan’s cultivation attempt was disrupted when the spiritual energy in his secret chamber dispersed, leaving him injured and unable to advance.
• Du Wanshan suppressed his injuries with a bead and rushed out of the Underground Abyss as the gathered observers recognized him.
• The onlookers concluded that Lin Baichuan had broken the grand array and ended Du Wanshan’s last chance to break through.

Lin Baichuan trapped the weakened Du Wanshan in a wind-and-thunder formation, poisoned him, and steadily suppressed him while they fought. As Lin Baichuan unleashed a strange seal and torrential rain, black mist erupted from Du Wanshan and he screamed in agony.

• Du Wanshan burst from his underground chamber and struck Lin Baichuan with a colossal palm, forcing him into the earth.
• Lin Baichuan deployed a formation disk that created a three-thousand-zhang wind-and-thunder domain and began devouring Du Wanshan’s power and origin.
• Lin Baichuan released Seven Emotions God-Devouring Gu Poison into the formation, and the weakened Du Wanshan was poisoned without realizing it.
• Du Wanshan attacked with a scarlet ancient sword while Lin Baichuan evaded him, relying on the formation and his perfected blade domain to weaken his opponent.
• After a quarter hour of fighting, Lin Baichuan halted and cast a strange seal that summoned torrential rain, causing black mist to erupt from Du Wanshan as he screamed.

Lin Baichuan killed Du Wanshan with Seven Emotions God-Devouring Gu Poison and took a profound bead from his corpse. He entered the Du Family's treasure vault as Yunzhou City reacted with shock and fear at his victory.

• Du Wanshan's body rotted and burst apart after Lin Baichuan revealed that he had poisoned him with Seven Emotions God-Devouring Gu Poison.
• Lin Baichuan gained karma from Du Wanshan's death and took the bead that had helped the ancestor break through his limits.
• Lin Baichuan flattened a courtyard in the Du Family's old residence, uncovered the treasure vault entrance, and entered it.
• People across Yunzhou City discussed Du Wanshan's death, while witnesses outside the Du Family's residence grew wary and reverent toward Lin Baichuan.
• The onlookers recognized how Lin Baichuan had used the array, poison, speed, and provocation to bring down Du Wanshan.

After Lin Baichuan destroyed the Du Family, Yunzhou's powers rushed to claim its businesses and assets. Yunzhou Governor Li Chunyang ordered troops to seize the Du Family treasury despite the risk of clashing with Lin Baichuan and the Demon Suppression Division.

• Yunzhou's major powers mobilized to divide up the Du Family's businesses and resources after Du Wanshan's death.
• Lin Baichuan left the Du Family's spoils to others, relying on a letter to Li Mubai to secure a large share for Autumn Water Villa.
• A middle-aged general told Li Chunyang that Lin Baichuan had killed Du Wanshan with Seven Emotions God-Devouring Gu Poison and that the major powers were moving against the Du Family.
• Li Chunyang decided to seize the Du Family's thousand-year collection by invoking its worship of the Evil God as grounds to confiscate its household.
• Li Chunyang ordered the general to take men and the Twelve Zodiacs to the Du Family ancestral residence and bring back the treasury's resources.

Lin Baichuan emptied the Du Family treasury and prepared to leave Yunzhou City, but General Wang Du and an army arrived to confiscate the Du Family estate. Wang Du ordered that nothing belonging to the Du Family be taken away, putting him in direct conflict with Lin Baichuan.

• Lin Baichuan broke into the underground treasury and used the Purple-Green Treasure Gourd to collect its resources.
• Lin Baichuan took two chests of Innate Treasure Medicines and Materials, along with the treasury’s books and white jade shelf.
• Lin Baichuan decided to return to the Underground Abyss, cultivate in seclusion, and improve his strength.
• Lin Baichuan left the treasury and headed for the Du Family estate gates as people began entering the residence.
• General Wang Du blocked Lin Baichuan with an army and announced that the Du Family’s property had to be surrendered to the Imperial Court.

Lin Baichuan fought Wang Du and the Blood Leopard Guard after the Governor's Mansion tried to seize the Du Family's wealth, but escaped using a formation disk and his Wind Thunder Wings. Li Chunyang then ordered Elder Ming to capture him.

• Lin Baichuan refused Wang Du's demand to surrender the Du Family's property and attacked him.
• Wang Du led the Blood Leopard Guard in forming a battle formation that manifested a Winged Blood Leopard and countered Lin Baichuan's attack.
• Wang Du struck Lin Baichuan with the Winged Blood Leopard, forcing him to use a formation disk to block its charge.
• Lin Baichuan escaped into the night and threatened to kill Wang Du the next time they met.
• Li Chunyang smashed his teacup and ordered Elder Ming to bring Lin Baichuan back.

Li Chunyang sent Elder Ming to kill Lin Baichuan, but the Demon Suppression Division stopped him and Mo Qianchen confronted Li Chunyang at the Governor's Mansion. Mo Qianchen left after warning Li not to act against Lin Baichuan, while Li vowed revenge.

• Li Chunyang gave Elder Ming the Myriad Poisons Golden Toad and sent him to deal with Lin Baichuan.
• A huge palm struck Elder Ming's escaping streak of light down into the Governor's Mansion, destroying much of it.
• Li Chunyang confronted the Demon Suppression Division, and Mo Qianchen entered the mansion to warn him that he had broken the rules.
• Li Chunyang threatened Mo Qianchen's chances of becoming the Division Chief, but Mo said the appointment was an internal matter and insisted he would protect Lin Baichuan.
• Mo Qianchen left the ruined mansion, and Li Chunyang vowed that he and Lin Baichuan would die.

Lin Baichuan returned to the Underground Abyss after destroying the Du Family, and learned that his reputation had forced the major forces there to pay their taxes. He rewarded Tie Zhan with pills and ordered him to grow stronger, while preparing to visit Xue Ningshuang.

• Lin Baichuan returned safely to the Underground Abyss and learned that Xue Ningshuang had repeatedly asked to see him.
• Tie Zhan reported that the major forces had paid their overdue taxes and donated resources after hearing Lin Baichuan had destroyed the Du Family.
• Lin Baichuan ordered Tie Zhan to kill anyone who challenged their control of the Underground Abyss and promised to take responsibility for the consequences.
• Lin Baichuan gave Tie Zhan quasi-treasure-pill-grade Dragon Tiger Great Pills and urged him to reach the Divine Ability Realm.
• Tie Zhan accepted the pills and vowed to train hard so he could continue serving Lin Baichuan.

Lin Baichuan entered the Demon Suppression Army's garrison despite a guard's attempt to stop him, then met Xue Ningshuang, who had summoned him after he killed Du Changhe. He suspected she had used him to target the Du Family, and asked what she wanted to discuss.

• Lin Baichuan left for the Demon Suppression Army's garrison, which operated independently of his authority and harbored hostility toward him.
• A guard blocked Lin Baichuan at the entrance, so he struck the man down and entered the garrison.
• Lin Baichuan sensed tension inside the garrison before Xue Ningshuang summoned him to a secluded courtyard.
• Xue Ningshuang and Lin Baichuan exchanged barbed remarks as she brewed tea for him.
• Lin Baichuan asked whether Xue Ningshuang had known the Du Family served the Longevity Cult and worshipped the Evil God, and concluded she had used him to destroy the family.
• Lin Baichuan asked Xue Ningshuang why she had summoned him after his return.

Xue Ningshuang warned Lin Baichuan that Yuan Tiandu was coming to seize control of the Underground Abyss while an Imperial Court transfer would send Lin to Barbarian Suppression City. She urged him to treat the dangerous assignment as an opportunity to claim the Barbarian Suppression Army and its hidden advantages.

• Xue Ningshuang told Lin Baichuan that Yuan Tiandu, an eighteen-year-old peak Divine Ability Ten Stages expert, had been sent to take charge of the Demon Suppression Army branch and target the Underground Abyss.
• Xue Ningshuang revealed that an Imperial Court order would likely transfer Lin Baichuan to Barbarian Suppression City to command the army there.
• Lin Baichuan suspected the transfer was meant to expose him to the barbarians and leave Yuan Tiandu free to take the Underground Abyss.
• Xue Ningshuang warned Lin Baichuan not to kill Yuan Tiandu because of the Yuan Family and his powerful master.
• Xue Ningshuang urged Lin Baichuan to go to Barbarian Suppression City, seize control of the army, and claim the opportunities hidden in the Barren Land.

Lin Baichuan accepted Xue Ningshuang’s advice to seek a chance to take control of the Barbarian Suppression Army, then attacked Yuan Tiandu when the young man confronted him. Lin’s wind-and-thunder array overwhelmed Yuan Tiandu’s defenses and engulfed him, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Lin Baichuan agreed to go to Barbarian Suppression City and asked Xue Ningshuang for information about the Barbarian Suppression Army and the barbarians.
• After Lin Baichuan left, Xue Ningshuang and the White-haired Elder discussed his chances of taking control of the army and helping her seek something in the Barren Land.
• Yuan Tiandu blocked Lin Baichuan near the Demon Suppression Army’s garrison and insulted him.
• Lin Baichuan attacked Yuan Tiandu with his battle saber and an array plate that summoned wind and lightning.
• Yuan Tiandu unleashed Sword Qi and a devouring scroll, but Lin Baichuan’s enhanced lightning strike tore through his attacks and defenses and engulfed him.

Lin Baichuan severely injured Yuan Tiandu with the Embrace Mountain Seal, but Yuan escaped using a powerful strand of Sword Qi. Lin Baichuan returned to his courtyard, determined to enter seclusion and break through.

• Lin Baichuan pursued the badly wounded Yuan Tiandu after Yuan's Enlightenment Realm protection saved him from the first attack.
• Lin Baichuan struck Yuan with the Embrace Mountain Seal, and the mountain's impact injured him through the golden light.
• Lin Baichuan used the Embrace Mountain Seal again, cracking Yuan's golden protection and worsening his injuries.
• Yuan Tiandu threatened Lin Baichuan and escaped the Underground Abyss using a strand of Sword Qi that involved spatial power.
• Lin Baichuan returned to the Demon Suppression Division and decided not to leave seclusion until he broke through.