Recaps

Lin Bai returned to the Eternal Devil Sect with the gravely wounded Li Yumen and worried about the Eighth Elder and Jiang Xuansu, who had stayed behind at the White Bone Battlefield. He warned Liu Jiangxue about the dangers of remaining near him, but she vowed to stay by his side; then the Eighth Elder and Jiang Xuansu returned, and Lin Bai asked how the battle had ended.

• Lin Bai brought Li Yumen back to the Sword Hiding Hermitage, treated him with Ten-Thousand Year Spirit Milk, and helped him escape danger.
• Lin Bai worried that the Eighth Elder and Jiang Xuansu might be outnumbered by the Bone Clan at the White Bone Battlefield.
• Lin Bai told Liu Jiangxue that his enemies could endanger her and An An, and offered them the choice of leaving the Sword Hiding Hermitage for the outer sect.
• Liu Jiangxue said that she and An An would remain with Lin Bai and never betray him.
• The Eighth Elder and Jiang Xuansu returned injured, accepted Ten-Thousand Year Spirit Milk from Lin Bai, and Lin Bai asked whether the battle had been settled.

Lin Bai discussed the threat posed by Young Master Lu and the danger facing the Sword Hiding Hermitage, then went to the Qin Pavilion to collect the pills he had commissioned. Qin Yuyan gave him the finished pills and explained the healing medicine’s limited supply and life-saving effects.

• Lin Bai, Jiang Xuansu, and the Eighth Elder discussed the Bone Race’s attack and the difficulty of tracking down Young Master Lu.
• Lin Bai told Jiang Xuansu he planned to leave the Sword Hiding Hermitage’s weaker residents better protected and to visit the Qin Pavilion for pills that would help him advance to the Dao Sovereign realm.
• Lin Bai and Zhou Xi traveled to Qilin Town and waited several hours before Qin Yuyan arrived at the Qin Pavilion.
• Qin Yuyan gave Lin Bai one hundred Jade Emperor Pills, one hundred Divine Firmament Pills, and seven Reunion Pills.
• Qin Yuyan explained that Reunion Pills were difficult to refine, but could save someone who had suffered severe injuries.

Lin Bai used Divine Firmament Pills to cultivate in seclusion and broke through to the Dao Venerable Realm after two months. He emerged to find Li Yumen recovering at the Sword Hiding Hermitage and received congratulations from those around him.

• Qin Yuyan explained the effects of the Reunion Pill and told Lin Bai that one hundred Divine Firmament Pills could help him reach the Dao Venerable Realm.
• Lin Bai gave Li Yumen a Reunion Pill, instructed Zhou Xi to care for him, and began refining the Divine Firmament Pills in seclusion.
• Li Yumen woke after seven days and stayed at the Sword Hiding Hermitage to recuperate instead of returning to the Lian Province Alliance.
• After two months, Lin Bai emerged from seclusion with a Dao Venerable aura, having consumed all one hundred Divine Firmament Pills.
• Lu Yuanshan congratulated Lin Bai on his breakthrough, while Liu Jiangxue and Liu An'an noticed his aura nearby.
• Lin Bai greeted the recovering Li Yumen, and the two agreed that neither was to blame for the injuries he had suffered.

Lin Bai stabilized his cultivation at the first-grade Dao Venerable level and reviewed his weapons and abilities while worrying about reaching his family in another world. Qin Yuyan arrived at the Sword Hiding Hermitage and offered him news of a valuable place to cultivate.

• Lin Bai spent half a month stabilizing his Dao Venerable cultivation and gave Li Yumen a Reunion Pill, which awakened her seven days later.
• Lin Bai re-refined his flying swords and assessed his sword techniques, Five Elements Dao Body, Supreme Avatar, and Devouring Dao Fruit.
• Lin Bai concluded that he needed either Dao God cultivation or a minor-completion Five Elements Dao Body to leave the Devil Realm and search for his family and friends.
• Qin Yuyan visited the Sword Hiding Hermitage, congratulated Lin Bai on his breakthrough, and offered to tell him about a place where he could improve his cultivation.

Qin Yuyan told Lin Bai and Li Yumen about the deadly Asura Battlefield and invited Lin Bai to join the Qin Pavilion’s expedition to gather Other Shore Flowers. Lin Bai was interested in entering the sealed territory, and Qin Yuyan offered him a guard position on the journey.

• Qin Yuyan explained that cultivation resources were scarce and described the Asura Battlefield as a dangerous place with opportunities for advancement.
• Li Yumen identified the Asura Battlefield and recounted the destruction of the Asura Sect, whose millions of members had been turned into undying puppets.
• Qin Yuyan explained that the Eternal Devil Sect had sealed off the region with a barrier requiring a jade token for entry, and that its treasures and spiritual herbs remained largely untouched.
• Lin Bai said he wanted to visit the Asura Battlefield even if he gained little from it.
• Qin Yuyan revealed that the Qin Pavilion planned to enter the battlefield to collect blooming Other Shore Flowers and offered Lin Bai a guard position.

Lin Bai agreed to join Qin Pavilion’s expedition to the Asura Battlefield after Qin Yuyan’s father promised to protect the Sword Hiding Hermitage. At Qin Pavilion, Lin Bai met the expedition’s leader and discovered that Jiang Xuansu had also joined the trip.

• Qin Yuyan persuaded Lin Bai to accompany Qin Pavilion to the Asura Battlefield and arranged for her father, the Second Elder, to safeguard the Sword Hiding Hermitage.
• Lin Bai studied records about the Asura Battlefield for half a month, then traveled to Qin Pavilion in Qilin Town for the expedition.
• Lin Bai met Elder Chen, the expedition’s leader, and observed the gathered warriors, including two other Dao God experts.
• Jiang Xuansu arrived, explained that Qin Yuyan had persuaded her to join and said the Sect Master wanted her to gain experience alongside Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai realized Qin Yuyan had arranged for Jiang Xuansu to accompany the expedition and marveled at her clever planning.

Qin Yuyan assembled a party to travel to the Asura Battlefield, persuading Jiang Xuansu to join by saying Lin Bai would be there. After learning about the dangers surrounding the Other Shore Flower and its immense value, the group prepared to depart for Jiang Province.

• Qin Yuyan used Lin Bai’s name to persuade Jiang Xuansu to join the expedition, strengthening the party with her presence.
• Jiang Xuansu warned Lin Bai that the Asura Battlefield was dangerous and explained that the Other Shore Flower grew in the perilous Valley of Certain Death.
• Jiang Xuansu explained that the Other Shore Flower was coveted because it could produce Mystic Dao Immortal Pills, which were worth hundreds of thousands of Devil Orbs each.
• Qin Yuyan arrived, asked Elder Chen to confirm the party’s numbers, and announced that they would travel to Jiang Province through the teleportation array.

Lin Bai and Qin Pavilion’s martial artists traveled to Jiang Province and entered the Asura Battlefield in search of the Other Shore Flower. The group learned that rival factions had arrived ahead of them, and Lin Bai wondered whether Alien Race creatures had appeared in the sealed territory.

• At Qin Yuyan’s instruction, Elder Chen confirmed the group’s numbers, and the martial artists followed Qin Yuyan through a teleportation array to Jiang Province.
• Elder Chen led everyone aboard Qin Pavilion’s spirit boat toward the Asura Battlefield, while Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu suspected other factions would also pursue the Other Shore Flower.
• After five days, Qin Yuyan presented a jade token to Luo Xun, the City Lord of Luo City, who said rival factions had left for the battlefield three days earlier.
• Elder Chen distributed jade tokens, and Qin Yuyan led the group across the boundary into the Asura Battlefield, warning everyone to keep their tokens safe.
• Lin Bai entered the marshy battlefield with Jiang Xuansu and wondered whether Alien Race creatures had emerged there.

Qin Yuyan’s group traveled into the Asura Battlefield in search of the Other Shore Flower, and Fang Gang warned them that the direct route crossed the deadly Black Wind Mountains and Bone Sea Swamps. As the group rested, Lin Bai advised Qin Yuyan to take the direct route and recognized that many guards would push for a detour to avoid risking their lives.

• Qin Yuyan consulted her map and explained that she was unfamiliar with the Asura Battlefield, while Fang Gang warned the group to stay together.
• Fang Gang saw that their route passed through the Valley of Certain Death and described the Beast Puppets, poisonous creatures, and other dangers in the Black Wind Mountains and Bone Sea Swamps.
• Fang Gang said a detour was possible but would take much longer and would still expose the group to danger, so Qin Yuyan paused to consider their options.
• Qin Yuyan privately asked Lin Bai for his opinion, apologized for deceiving Jiang Xuansu, and said she trusted Lin Bai’s and Fang Gang’s instincts.
• Lin Bai urged Qin Yuyan to take the direct route before rivals reached the Other Shore Flower, and pointed out that the guards would likely favor a safer detour because they would be paid either way.

Qin Yuyan chose to lead Qin Pavilion’s group through the Black Wind Mountains and Bone Sea Swamps rather than risk losing time on a detour to the Valley of Certain Death. After dissenters failed to sway the group, the team set out with Fang Gang, Lin Bai, and Jiang Xuansu scouting ahead.

• Lin Bai, Fang Gang, and Qin Shu suspected that Jiang Hu and a dozen other martial artists wanted to avoid danger while still collecting Qin Pavilion’s commission.
• Qin Yuyan decided to take the direct route through the Black Wind Mountains and Bone Sea Swamps, and Elder Chen announced her decision to the group.
• Jiang Hu tried to rally the martial artists against the route, but most stayed silent or supported Qin Yuyan’s authority, and he dropped his objection.
• Qin Yuyan assigned Fang Gang, Lin Bai, and Jiang Xuansu to scout ahead while Elder Chen and Qin Shu guarded the rear.
• Fang Gang led Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu toward the Black Wind Mountains, unaware that Jiang Xuansu was the Holy Daughter.

Lin Bai and the group traveled through the Black Wind Mountains, where the journey was strangely free of danger. After Lin Bai sensed something amiss, Fang Gang agreed that the absence of Beast Puppets was abnormal, leaving the group wary as they neared the ridge.

• Fang Gang warned the martial artists to stay alert as they entered the Black Wind Mountains.
• Lin Bai and the group flew through the mountains without encountering any danger, while Fang Gang’s Dao God Realm aura kept lesser creatures at bay.
• Lin Bai’s Devouring Dao Fruit began gathering power, and he sensed a living creature and a strange wind in the forest below.
• Lin Bai asked Fang Gang to slow down, drawing complaints from Jiang Hu and his companions.
• Lin Bai said the journey had gone too smoothly, and Fang Gang agreed that the lack of Beast Puppet attacks was abnormal.

Lin Bai realized the Black Wind Mountains were unusually quiet because the group had entered a powerful creature’s territory. After the Dire Mountain Nether Tortoise emerged, Lin Bai helped everyone cross the ridge, but the Beast Puppet pursued them into the Asura Sect’s central region.

• Lin Bai reasoned that either someone had cleared the route or a powerful being’s territory had kept other creatures away.
• As the group reached the ridge, the ground shook and the Dire Mountain Nether Tortoise rose from beneath the mountains, burning several martial artists with its flames.
• Lin Bai identified the tortoise as a dangerous Beast Puppet and told Fang Gang and Qin Shu to distract it while the others passed along its side.
• Fang Gang and Qin Shu escaped after the group crossed the ridge, but they warned that the tortoise was following them.
• Lin Bai and the others fled at full speed as the Dire Mountain Nether Tortoise charged after them.

Lin Bai led the Qin Pavilion group cautiously into the Bone Sea Swamps while the Dire Mountain Nether Tortoise pursued them. After spotting a corpse devoured by insects, he warned everyone to stay above the water, and Fang Gang identified the danger as Blood-Drinking Worms.

• The Dire Mountain Nether Tortoise chased Lin Bai and the Qin Pavilion martial artists into the Bone Sea Swamps, while Jiang Hu and several others rushed ahead on their own.
• Lin Bai urged the group to slow down and proceed carefully, then suddenly accelerated and told everyone to stay close behind him.
• After three hours of flight, Lin Bai spotted a corpse covered in insects sinking beneath the swamp water and warned everyone not to touch the water.
• Fang Gang identified the insects as Blood-Drinking Worms, explained that they swarmed beneath the water and could devour flesh and marrow, and urged everyone to heed Lin Bai's warning.

Lin Bai led the group through the Bone Sea Swamps by following the route Jiang Hu’s party had taken, using them to test the way. When the Dire Mountain Nether Tortoise stopped pursuing them, Lin Bai warned that an even more terrifying presence might lie ahead, and the group continued under his lead.

• Qin Yuyan explained that Lin Bai had tracked Jiang Hu’s route and used his party to find a safe path through the Bone Sea Swamps.
• Lin Bai stopped when the group found Zhang Hua’s corpse being devoured by Blood-Drinking Worms, then told everyone to proceed more slowly.
• Lin Bai sent Fang Gang back to check whether the Dire Mountain Nether Tortoise was still pursuing them, and Fang Gang returned to report that it had stopped.
• Lin Bai reasoned that the Beast Puppet would not have given up unless it feared something ahead, alarming the group.
• Qin Yuyan entrusted leadership to Lin Bai, and the group followed him onward through the swamps.

Lin Bai discovered that a vast, nearly invisible spider-silk web covered the Bone Sea Swamps, and Jiang Xuansu used the Mystic Eye Technique to reveal its reach and locate Jiang Hu's group. The group reached a bone-strewn forest where Jiang Hu and six others lay gravely ill, and Jiang Hu begged Qin Yuyan to save him.

• A martial artist found Chen Yuan's body being devoured by Blood-Drinking Worms, but Lin Bai saw no fatal wounds.
• Lin Bai spotted a strand of crystal-clear spider silk and asked Jiang Xuansu to use the Mystic Eye Technique.
• Jiang Xuansu saw an enormous web covering the region and found Jiang Hu's group less than a hundred miles ahead, their members pale and apparently unwounded.
• Jiang Xuansu revealed that the group's route followed a gap torn in the web, and Lin Bai led everyone toward Jiang Hu.
• Lin Bai's group found Jiang Hu and six others in a forest surrounded by white bones, and Jiang Hu weakly begged Qin Yuyan to save him.

Lin Bai discovered that transparent webbing was draining Jiang Hu and the others’ life force, then found that swamp water might dissolve it but could expose them to deadly Blood-Drinking Worms. The group was left facing a choice between risking the swamp and continuing to die.

• Jiang Hu and the others begged Qin Yuyan to save them, but Lin Bai held her back until he could learn what had happened to them.
• Jiang Hu explained that their spiritual power and life force had been fading after one junior brother fell into water and was eaten by small insects.
• Jiang Xuansu used the Mystic Eye Technique and found transparent webbing wrapped around Jiang Hu and the others, siphoning away their life force.
• Lin Bai tested ordinary water on Jiang Hu and found that it did not dissolve the webbing, then suspected the swamp water was responsible for dissolving the webbing on Chen Yuan’s corpse.
• Lin Bai warned Jiang Hu and the others that the swamp contained Blood-Drinking Worms that would devour their flesh if they touched them, extinguishing their renewed hope.

Lin Bai and the others escaped the Bone Sea Swamps by following Jiang Xuansu’s Mystic Eye Technique, leaving Jiang Hu and his companions behind. They continued toward the Valley of Certain Death and reached the ruins of the Asura Sect’s mountain gate.

• Lin Bai explained that Jiang Hu and the others could survive the Blood-Drinking Worms only by killing them inside their bodies, but Qin Yuyan refused to rescue the men who had abandoned the group.
• Jiang Xuansu used the Mystic Eye Technique to guide Qin Yuyan, Lin Bai, and the others safely through the dense spider silk.
• After crossing the Bone Sea Swamps, Lin Bai glimpsed a mountain-sized spider resting above the web and realized how close they had come to attracting it.
• Qin Yuyan and Fang Gang checked the map and confirmed that the Valley of Certain Death was several hours away, so the group rested before continuing.
• The group crossed ruined Asura Sect buildings and arrived at a White Jade Plaza bearing a towering stele inscribed with “Asura Sect.”

Lin Bai discovered that a soul named Ying Qiu had been hiding inside the Asura Sect’s Mountain Gate Stele after Human Corpse Fiends destroyed his body. Ying Qiu revealed that the stele trapped him and possessed powerful soul-suppressing abilities.

• Qin Yuyan suggested that the group rest in the plaza before entering the Asura Sect’s outer disciples’ area, where Human Corpse Fiends and formations awaited them.
• Lin Bai examined the Mountain Gate Stele and sensed that it seemed to be watching him.
• A voice addressed Lin Bai, recognized the Heaven Swallowing Dao Fruit within him, and said the others could not hear it.
• The voice introduced himself as Ying Qiu and explained that Human Corpse Fiends had destroyed his body when he entered the Asura Sect’s inner region.
• Ying Qiu told Lin Bai that the stele had been forged from Netherworld Soul-Suppressing Stone and that he could not escape from it.

Lin Bai listened as Ying Qiu offered him the Asura Sect’s secret Asura Dharma Eyes in exchange for freeing him from the mountain-gate stele. When Ying Qiu’s soul entered Lin Bai’s body, Lin Bai exposed his plan to seize his body, and Ying Qiu admitted the deception.

• Qin Yuyan and Fang Gang discussed the mountain-gate stele’s danger and the formation protecting it while Lin Bai studied it.
• Ying Qiu revealed a fragment of the Asura Dharma Eyes to Lin Bai and promised the complete manual if Lin Bai freed him.
• Ying Qiu instructed Lin Bai to suppress the stele with the Heaven Swallowing Dao Fruit and press his palm against it.
• Lin Bai followed the instructions, and a plume of black smoke seeped from the stele into his body.
• Lin Bai accused Ying Qiu of using the stele to restrain his Dao Fruit and enter his body to seize it, and Ying Qiu admitted his plan.

Lin Bai turned Ying Qiu’s attempt to possess him against him, destroying Ying Qiu’s soul with the Devouring Dao Method and obtaining the complete Asura Dharma Eyes manual. The chapter ended with Ying Qiu’s past revealed and Lin Bai in possession of the secret art.

• Ying Qiu threatened to seize Lin Bai’s body and claim the Devouring Dao Fruit and Asura Dharma Eyes.
• Lin Bai used his devouring force to attack Ying Qiu after Ying Qiu entered his body, preventing him from self-destructing.
• Lin Bai used Soul Search to destroy Ying Qiu’s soul and retrieve the complete Asura Dharma Eyes manual.
• Lin Bai learned that Ying Qiu had survived his Lineage’s destruction, entered the Asura Battlefield, and found the manual in a Storage Bag.
• Lin Bai discovered that Ying Qiu had lured other martial artists to the stone stele before scheming to possess him.

After absorbing Ying Qiu’s memories, Lin Bai learned the secrets of the Asura Dharma Eyes and cultivated them to the entry level while traveling with the Qin Pavilion group. The group reached the Valley of Certain Death, where Fang Gang warned everyone to stay alert.

• Lin Bai reviewed Ying Qiu’s memories, took his Asura Dharma Eyes scripture and insights, and completely destroyed Ying Qiu’s remaining soul.
• Lin Bai followed Qin Yuyan and the others toward the Valley of Certain Death while studying the Asura Dharma Eyes.
• Lin Bai tested the Asura Dharma Eyes, saw as far as ten thousand miles, and learned to use their illusion technique.
• The Qin Pavilion group traveled cautiously for several hours as Lin Bai cultivated, reassuring Qin Yuyan and Jiang Xuansu that he was fine.
• Fang Gang led the group into the Valley of Certain Death’s territory and warned them to stay alert.

Lin Bai’s group encountered the Human Corpse Fiend near Valley of Certain Death and fled after seeing its overwhelming strength. As it pursued them, the Fiend used an illusion to make Qin Pavilion martial artists attack one another.

• Fang Gang identified the mangled bodies ahead as victims of the Human Corpse Fiend, and Lin Bai used his Asura Dharma Eyes to spot the Fiend miles away.
• The Human Corpse Fiend noticed Lin Bai and charged toward the group, so Lin Bai warned everyone to retreat rather than fight.
• Qin Yuyan ordered Qin Pavilion’s martial artists to withdraw, but the Fiend caught and killed several of them as they fled.
• Fang Gang explained that the Fiends near Valley of Certain Death had once been Asura Sect elders and were far stronger than those they had encountered before.
• The Human Corpse Fiend’s gaze made several Qin Pavilion martial artists lose control and attack their companions, and Lin Bai recognized the effect as an illusion from its Asura Dharma Eyes.

Lin Bai discovered that a Human Corpse Fiend could still use the Asura Dharma Eyes and fell into its illusion, but his Sword Heart broke him free. Jiang Xuansu saved him from the fiend’s attack, and the group continued fleeing.

• Lin Bai realized the Human Corpse Fiend’s Asura Dharma Eyes had become part of its body and could still create illusions after death.
• The Human Corpse Fiend caught Lin Bai’s gaze and trapped him in an illusion while he believed he was fleeing with Qin Yuyan and Jiang Xuansu.
• Lin Bai’s Devouring Dao Fruit failed to break the illusion, but his Sword Heart cleaved it apart and restored his consciousness.
• The Human Corpse Fiend attacked Lin Bai, and Jiang Xuansu struck it away before it could harm him.
• Lin Bai rejoined the fleeing group, and the Human Corpse Fiend disappeared into the weeds.

After escaping the Human Corpse Fiend, Lin Bai recovered from its illusion while the Qin Pavilion group counted their losses and debated how to cross the forest. Qin Yuyan decided they should join forces with the other factions, leaving the group to prepare for a dangerous alliance.

• The group fled the Human Corpse Fiend and stopped to rest after confirming it was no longer pursuing them.
• Qin Yuyan counted the survivors and found that more than twenty martial artists had died, leaving the remaining Qin Pavilion members frightened and weakened.
• Lin Bai stabilized his dao heart, and Qin Shu learned from Qin Yuyan that Jiang Xuansu was the Eternal Devil Sect's Holy Daughter.
• Lin Bai warned that forcing a way through the forest could cost many lives and proposed either breaking through alone or joining other factions.
• After considering the risks, Qin Yuyan chose to seek an alliance with the other commerces and lineages to cross the forest.

Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu scouted the dense forest for other forces, avoiding Human Corpse Fiends as they searched for allies to reach the Other Shore Flower. They found Wang Family martial artists, and as a second leader arrived, an alliance between the Wang Family and Qin Pavilion seemed possible.

• Qin Yuyan sent Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu to locate other forces and gave Lin Bai authority to negotiate alliances on Qin Pavilion's behalf.
• Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu spotted the Human Corpse Fiend they had encountered earlier and carefully avoided it and other fiends in the forest.
• Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu found a Wang Family patrolman and explained Qin Pavilion's plan to join forces to reach the Other Shore Flower.
• Wang Qing arrived with Wang Family martial artists and asked how many fighters Qin Pavilion had left; Lin Bai reported five Dao God realm martial artists, more than ten Dao Immortals, and over forty Dao Sovereigns.
• An old man from another Wang Family group arrived and welcomed the prospect of joining forces with Qin Pavilion.