Arc 176The Heng Province Crisis
Lin Bai helped Qin Pavilion secure the Other Shore Flower, then exposed the Heng Province Alliance’s role in unleashing the Flame Spirit and clashed with its leaders. After Murong Chuan emerged and gave Lin Bai an Eternal Trial token, Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu wagered on whether the Eight Great Noble Families would soon attack the Eternal Devil Sect.
- Lin Bai helped Qin Yuyan’s three merchant associations enter the Valley of Certain Death, find three Other Shore Flowers, and escape an ambush by Wu Chou and Wang Qing with Jiang Xuansu’s aid.
- Lin Bai returned to the Sword Hiding Hermitage, advanced to the Second-Grade Dao Venerable Realm, and received Qin Yuyan’s reward for retrieving the flowers.
- Lin Bai discovered that the Heng Province Alliance had sent Zhu Yuan and others to unseal the Flame Spirit, then captured it in the Azure Gourd before it could reach the Hermitage.
- At Eternal Palace, Lin Bai pressed Li Mojun to punish Vice-Alliance Leader Wu, while Zhu Yuan testified that Wu had ordered the attack and other crimes, and Li Mojun sentenced Wu to ten years at Contemplation Cliff.
- Lin Bai warned Qin Yuyan and Jiang Xuansu that Murong Chuan’s return could embolden the Heng Province families, then Murong Chuan emerged and visited Lin Bai to apologize and offer him an Eternal Trial token.
- Murong Chuan suspected Lin Bai had ties to the Church Leader and ordered Mei Qing to kill him if the chance arose during the Eternal Trial.
- Lin Bai told Jiang Xuansu that the sect’s leaders had let the Heng Province Alliance grow too powerful, and they wagered on whether the families would attack within three months after the trial.