Arc 181The Rose Squad and the Coming War

Lin Bai joined Li Meng’s Rose Squad to hunt for Dragon Immortal Jade while uncovering the Eight Great Noble Families’ preparations to attack the Eternal Devil Sect. After Lin Bai warned Liu Fuyun and Li Mojun, the sect struck the Situ and Zhao Families, leaving Heng Province to suspect its involvement.

  • Lin Bai joined Li Meng’s disguised team, helped defeat Wu Beihe’s formation, and received two Dragon Immortal Jades as his share.
  • The team pursued Shangguan Hao, who fled after the Purple-haired Youth devastated the Zhang Clan, then killed him before the Evil Moon Sect’s pursuers forced them to scatter.
  • Lin Bai reunited with Li Meng’s group in Worryfree City, learned Gongsun Ci was badly injured, and warned Li Mojun that Evil Moon Sect disciples might be supporting an assault on the Eternal Devil Sect.
  • Li Mojun prepared the sect for war as Liu Fuyun searched for Lin Bai, while Lin Bai and Li Meng resumed hunting for Dragon Immortal Jade.
  • The group encountered Wu Yunshan and a powerful white-robed Demon Race man, then learned the Eternal Demon Alliance was bringing forces into Heng Province to support the Eight Great Noble Families.
  • After collecting forty-five Dragon Immortal Jades, Lin Bai’s Rose Squad accepted Murong Tianyu’s three-month contract and settled in Water Ripple Town.
  • Liu Fuyun found Lin Bai, and Lin Bai warned him that the families had recruited Evil Moon Sect and Eternal Demon Alliance forces and planned to attack within three months.
  • Liu Fuyun informed Li Mojun, who ordered the Eternal Devil Sect’s infiltrators to strike, and seven days later, assaults brought down the Situ and Zhao Families.
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Ch. 4501Li Meng's Team!

Lin Bai refused to return Donghe Ling’s Dragon Immortal Jades until she found her friends, then revealed his identity as Qing Luo before leaving Millennial City to join Li Meng’s team. Li Meng explained that the team planned to hunt powerful groups seeking the Dragon Immortal Jades.

  • Donghe Ling demanded the Dragon Immortal Jades, but Lin Bai promised to return them after she found her friends and told her to seek him at Sword Hiding Hermitage if he did not return.
  • Lin Bai proved he was Qing Luo by showing Donghe Ling his identity token and summoning three flying swords, then warned her to be careful before leaving for the East City gate.
  • Lin Bai met Li Meng and the three other Dao God Realm cultivators, Meng Po, Ni Zun, and Gongsun Ci, and introduced himself as Lin Bai.
  • Gongsun Ci asked whether Lin Bai had broken a Combined Attack Formation with a treasure or Mystic Art, and Meng Po rebuked her for asking about his abilities.
  • Li Meng told Lin Bai that the team intended to target Hunters—martial artists who bought Dragon Immortal Jade information from Eight Treasures Pavilion—and warned that they would pursue powerful groups for greater rewards.

Ch. 4502Hunter!

Lin Bai joined Li Meng's team to hunt powerful teams seeking Dragon Immortal Jade, and they set out to ambush Wu Beihe near Millennial City. After Li Meng concealed the team and prepared a deadly formation, Wu Beihe's vessel arrived, leaving the ambush about to begin.

  • Li Meng explained that Lin Bai would help break Combined Attack Formations while the rest of the team fought, and the Dragon Immortal Jade would be divided evenly.
  • Li Meng gave Lin Bai, Gongsun Ci, Meng Po, and Ni Zun robes and bamboo hats that concealed their identities and obstructed perception.
  • Li Meng led the team toward Millennial City to intercept Wu Beihe, a Dao God Realm warrior carrying nearly ten Dragon Immortal Jades.
  • Li Meng spent two or three days setting up a concealed formation across the surrounding forest.
  • Wu Beihe's vessel, flying the Wu Family flag, approached, and Li Meng warned the team to stay alert.

Ch. 4503Sky-Bearing Giant Ape Combined Formation!

Li Meng’s group ambushed Wu Beihe to seize the Dragon Immortal Jade, but Wu Beihe answered their formation with the Wu Family’s Sky-Bearing Giant Ape Combined Formation. Lin Bai stepped forward to break it, leaving the battle poised for his counterattack.

  • Li Meng’s hidden formation destroyed Wu Beihe’s spirit boat and killed several Dao Immortals before Li Meng demanded the Dragon Immortal Jade.
  • Wu Beihe denied having the jade, then attacked Li Meng and pursued him into the Zhenyuan Five Qi Formation, which severely wounded Wu Beihe and his followers.
  • Wu Beihe recognized the formation as connected to the Su Family of Yuan Cheng and accused Li Meng of being a surviving member of the family.
  • Wu Beihe and thirteen martial artists formed the Sky-Bearing Giant Ape Combined Formation, whose phantom drove Li Meng back with power comparable to a high-ranking Dao God.
  • Gongsun Ci explained the formation’s strength, while Ni Zun and Meng Po urged Lin Bai to break it; Lin Bai joined Li Meng and promised to shatter it.

Ch. 4504Break the Formation!

Lin Bai used the God Hunter Sword to shatter Wu Beihe’s Sky-Bearing Giant Ape Combined Attack Formation, allowing Li Meng and the others to defeat Wu Beihe’s group. After collecting their spoils, the group left to find a safe place to divide the Dragon Immortal Jade.

  • Lin Bai struck the Sky-Bearing Giant Ape Formation from a distance and severed its formation threads with the God Hunter Sword.
  • Li Meng, Gongsun Ci, Meng Po, and Ni Zun attacked Wu Beihe and his martial artists while Lin Bai watched from the forest.
  • Gongsun Ci, Ni Zun, and Li Meng joined forces to kill Wu Beihe, and the group defeated the rest of his party.
  • Li Meng collected the defeated martial artists’ Storage Bags, and Lin Bai agreed to leave with the others before dividing the Dragon Immortal Jade.
  • Experts from Millennial City arrived at the battlefield and remarked that Heng Province had become an arena for Dao God-realm fighters.

Ch. 4505Distributing the Treasures

Li Meng and the others divided Wu Beihe’s treasures and the eight pieces of Dragon Immortal Jade while traveling to Tianliang City to find Shangguan Hao. Lin Bai received two pieces of jade and, after entering his assigned room aboard the spirit boat, discovered a valley beyond its door.

  • Li Meng took the group aboard a spirit boat and said they were heading to Tianliang City to find Shangguan Hao.
  • Lin Bai recalled that Plum Blossom Mountain Manor had been destroyed and wondered whether the Shangguan Family was connected to its downfall.
  • Li Meng opened Wu Beihe’s and the Dao Immortal martial artists’ Storage Bags so the group could choose treasures; Lin Bai accepted several treasures, pills, and ancient texts after the others praised his contribution.
  • Li Meng proposed that the four other members take the eight pieces of Dragon Immortal Jade first, while he would claim two pieces from their next haul; Gongsun Ci, Meng Po, Ni Zun, and Lin Bai each received two.
  • Li Meng sent the group to rest in their assigned rooms, and Lin Bai found a valley beyond the door of his room.

Ch. 4506Tianliang City!

Lin Bai rested aboard Li Meng’s spirit boat in a Hidden Heaven Formation and considered why Li Meng was targeting the Eight Great Noble Families of Heng Province. When they reached Tianliang City, Li Meng explained that they would wait outside the Zhang Clan for Shangguan Hao, who was expected to retrieve Dragon Immortal Jade there.

  • Lin Bai explored the valley hidden inside his room and reflected on the apparent destruction of several prominent families and sects in Heng Province.
  • Lin Bai wondered whether Li Meng targeted the Eight Great Noble Families out of personal enmity or for their Dragon Immortal Jade, then decided to focus on getting his share.
  • After three days and three nights in the Hidden Heaven Formation, Lin Bai and Gongsun Ci left their rooms when Li Meng announced they were nearly at Tianliang City.
  • Li Meng revealed that Shangguan Hao was expected at the Zhang Clan because his former marriage connected him to the clan and its Dragon Immortal Jade.
  • Ni Zun joked that Shangguan Hao might kill his father-in-law if the Zhang Clan refused to hand over the jade, and Li Meng said Shangguan Hao had had many wives and fathers-in-law.

Ch. 4507Keeping One's Weapons Hidden Within

After reaching Tianliang City, Lin Bai’s group waited for Shangguan Hao while Li Meng gathered intelligence and Ni Zun watched the Zhang Family. Lin Bai refined Wu Beihe’s pills until he reached the peak of the first-grade Dao Immortal realm, then contemplated how Dragon Immortal Jade could help him advance toward the Dao God Realm.

  • Li Meng said Shangguan Hao had not yet arrived at the Zhang Family and explained that he would gather intelligence while the group waited in Tianliang City.
  • Ni Zun agreed to watch the Zhang Family, then left the inn to scout its surroundings while Gongsun Ci and the others rested or cultivated.
  • Lin Bai refined the pills from Wu Beihe’s Storage Bag with the Heaven Swallowing Dao Fruit for three days, reaching the peak of the first-grade Dao Immortal realm.
  • Lin Bai climbed onto the inn’s roof late at night, drank wine beneath the moon, and hoped Dragon Immortal Jade would speed his progress toward the Dao God Realm.

Ch. 4508Be Cautious, and You Can Catch the Cicada That Has Lived for a Thousand Autumns!

Lin Bai assessed the dangers of leaving the Eternal Thirteen Provinces and planned to strengthen his cultivation and Five Elements Dao Body before searching for the Void Ancient Road back to the Barren Ancient Continent. He saw Li Meng’s group and the Dragon Immortal Jade contest as opportunities to gain pills and treasures, but remained wary that his allies might turn on him.

  • Lin Bai concluded that he needed at least Ninth-Grade Dao Immortal cultivation before safely venturing beyond the Eternal Thirteen Provinces.
  • Lin Bai planned to raise his cultivation and improve his Five Elements Dao Body to survive the Void Ancient Road and return to the Barren Ancient Continent.
  • Lin Bai reasoned that joining Li Meng’s group could help him obtain Dragon Immortal Jade and Dao God Realm cultivation pills from defeated opponents.
  • Lin Bai hoped that collecting a hundred Dragon Immortal Jades and forming Dragon Qi would greatly advance his cultivation.
  • Lin Bai decided to remain cautious of Li Meng, Gongsun Ci, and the others in case they attacked him after the contest.

Ch. 4509Shangguan Hao!

Lin Bai and the others learned that Shangguan Hao had arrived in Tianliang City with a powerful entourage, and they discussed how to ambush him. When an explosion drew them to the Zhang Family, they found Shangguan Hao facing a new force led by a purple-haired youth whose supreme-grade Dao Divine Weapon suggested he came from beyond the Eternal Thirteen Provinces.

  • Li Meng told Lin Bai and the others that Shangguan Hao had collected many Dragon Immortal Jades and arrived in Tianliang City with five Dao God Realm experts and more than twenty Dao Immortal-level martial artists.
  • Li Meng and the others discussed how to attack Shangguan Hao, while Lin Bai reasoned that the Zhang Family would avoid provoking him over its Dragon Immortal Jade.
  • An explosion came from the Zhang Family's residence, and Li Meng led everyone there to observe the conflict and watch for a chance to kill Shangguan Hao.
  • Lin Bai saw that the Zhang Family's defensive formation had been blasted open and found Shangguan Hao standing with hundreds of Zhang Family experts against nine Dao God Realm experts in the clouds.
  • Lin Bai recognized the purple-haired youth's Violetgold Spear as a supreme-grade Dao Divine Weapon, and Li Meng suspected the youth was not from the Eternal Thirteen Provinces.

Ch. 4510Purple-haired Youth!

The Purple-haired Youth attacked the Zhang Clan and demanded that it and Shangguan Hao surrender the Dragon Immortal Jade. After badly wounding Shangguan Hao and destroying his allies’ formation, he was held back by Tianliang City’s forces while Li Meng and the others pursued Shangguan Hao.

  • Li Meng hid with Gongsun Ci, Ni Zun, and Lin Bai among the crowd as allied forces gathered at the Zhang Clan.
  • The Purple-haired Youth demanded the Dragon Immortal Jade from the Zhang Clan Head and Shangguan Hao, then challenged Shangguan Hao to withstand three spear strikes.
  • The Purple-haired Youth’s first spear shattered Shangguan Hao’s defenses and left him gravely wounded, while its impact destroyed the Zhang Clan residence.
  • Shangguan Hao used the Zhang Clan Head to block the second spear, then ordered his followers to form a Combined Attack Formation, which the Purple-haired Youth shattered.
  • Shangguan Hao fled Tianliang City, and Li Meng, Gongsun Ci, Ni Zun, and Lin Bai pursued him.
  • The Zhang Clan’s forces rallied Tianliang City’s martial artists against the Purple-haired Youth, preventing him from chasing Shangguan Hao and provoking his fury.

Ch. 4511Shangguan Hao! Dead!

Li Meng caught up with Shangguan Hao and killed him with help from Gongsun Ci after demanding the Dragon Immortal Jade. As Lin Bai and the others prepared to flee, two martial artists arrived from the horizon.

  • The Purple-haired Youth stayed behind to fight Tianliang City's martial artists while his companions pursued Shangguan Hao.
  • Li Meng activated a magic array carved into his body and caught up with Shangguan Hao, with Lin Bai and the others following.
  • Li Meng demanded Shangguan Hao's Dragon Immortal Jade, but Shangguan Hao refused and fought back.
  • Gongsun Ci used Heavenly Heart Fire to distract Shangguan Hao, allowing Li Meng to destroy his body and soul.
  • Li Meng collected Shangguan Hao's treasures and urged the group to leave, but a man and woman appeared above the clouds.

Ch. 4512A Man and a Woman!

Lin Bai and Li Meng's group faced a Dao God man and woman demanding the Dragon Immortal Jade, and Li Meng chose to fight while Lin Bai escaped. Lin Bai reached Worryfree City and learned that the Purple-Haired Man had survived an attack by tens of thousands of Tianliang City martial artists, while Li Meng and the others had not yet arrived.

  • The man and Junior Sister Huang demanded that Li Meng hand over the Dragon Immortal Jade and threatened to take it by force.
  • Li Meng told Lin Bai to flee to Worryfree City and arranged a later meeting in Sealing Heaven City if the group did not arrive within half a month.
  • Li Meng, Gongsun Ci, Meng Po, and Ni Zun attacked the pair as Lin Bai fled, and he escaped without being pursued.
  • Lin Bai reached Worryfree City two days later, settled at Worryfree Inn, and waited several days for the others.
  • Lin Bai asked about the recent battle in Tianliang City and heard that the Purple-Haired Man had survived the siege of tens of thousands of martial artists and killed several of them.

Ch. 4513Reunion!

Lin Bai reunited with Li Meng, Gongsun Ci, Meng Po, and Ni Zun at the Worryfree Inn after days of searching. They revealed that a powerful group had badly injured them, and they suspected the attackers were elite disciples of the Evil Moon Sect.

  • Lin Bai spent days searching Worryfree City for Li Meng and the others while hearing reports of war and destruction across Hengzhou.
  • On the thirteenth day, the inn shopkeeper told Lin Bai that someone seeking him had checked into Room Five of the Heaven Section.
  • Lin Bai recognized Li Meng, Gongsun Ci, Meng Po, and Ni Zun by their bamboo hats and reunited with them.
  • Li Meng said the group had escaped their powerful pursuers, but Gongsun Ci had suffered severe injuries covering their retreat.
  • Gongsun Ci identified the attackers as martial artists of the Evil Moon Sect, leaving Lin Bai shocked that its disciples had entered the battle.

Ch. 4514Evil Moon Sect Disciple!

Lin Bai suspected that the Evil Moon Sect's disciples had come to Heng Province to help the Eight Great Noble Families challenge the Eternal Devil Sect, rather than to seek the Dragon Immortal Jade. After Li Meng's group settled in Ten Thousand Beasts City, Lin Bai contacted Li Mojun to warn him.

  • Lin Bai considered why the Evil Moon Sect's disciples had entered the Eternal Thirteen Provinces and suspected the Eight Great Noble Families of Heng Province had invited them to oppose the Eternal Devil Sect.
  • Li Meng decided that the injured group should leave Worryfree City, and Lin Bai, Gongsun Ci, Ni Zun, and Meng Po agreed.
  • Li Meng led the group to Ten Thousand Beasts City and gave them access to his residence while they recovered.
  • Lin Bai decided to inform the Eternal Devil Sect of his suspicions and activated Li Mojun's Voice Transmission Token.
  • Li Mojun sarcastically asked whether Lin Bai needed reinforcements, and Lin Bai said he had contacted him to repay an old kindness by sharing important news.

Ch. 4515War Was About to Begin!

Lin Bai warned Li Mojun that powerful young martial artists in Heng Province were likely disciples of the Evil Moon Sect, possibly brought in to support the Eight Great Noble Families against the Eternal Devil Sect. He urged Li Mojun to prepare for war, which he predicted would begin within six months to two years.

  • Lin Bai reminded Li Mojun of their former bargain and said he was sending the warning to repay Li Mojun’s past kindness, after which their grievances would be settled.
  • Li Mojun explained that he had assumed the newcomers in Tianliang City were hidden geniuses cultivated by Heng Province lineages.
  • Lin Bai said the newcomers were likely disciples of the Evil Moon Sect and described their overwhelming strength, arts, and weapons.
  • Li Mojun realized the Evil Moon Sect disciples might have come to help the Eight Great Noble Families attack the Eternal Devil Sect.
  • Lin Bai warned Li Mojun that war could break out within six months to two years and urged him to prepare.

Ch. 4516Dark Currents Surge!

Lin Bai warned Li Mojun that the Eight Great Noble Families were using the Dragon Immortal Jade to recruit Dao God experts and prepare for war against the Eternal Devil Sect, but Li Mojun hesitated to act. Lin Bai then cut ties with the sect and arranged for Zhou Xi and others to leave, while deciding to search for Sun Yao himself.

  • Lin Bai warned Li Mojun that the Eight Great Noble Families could recruit Dao God martial artists with Dragon Immortal Jade and use the Evil Moon Sect to justify an attack on the Eternal Devil Sect.
  • Lin Bai urged Li Mojun to recruit experts with the sect's resources and proposed infiltrating and striking the Eight Great Noble Families before they were ready.
  • Li Mojun said she would consider Lin Bai's advice, and Lin Bai declared that he had repaid the sect's kindness and ended their connection.
  • Lin Bai told Zhou Xi to collect the Sword Hiding Hermitage's treasures and lead Liu Jiangxue, Liu An'an, and the others back to Lianzhou.
  • Zhou Xi could not contact Sun Yao, so the others departed without her while Lin Bai resolved to find her himself.

Ch. 4517The Eternal Devil Sect's Decision!

The Eternal Devil Sect's Ancestors decided to strike first against the Eight Great Noble Families of Heng Province after learning that disciples of the Evil Moon Sect had arrived. Li Mojun mobilized the sect, while Liu Fuyun went to find Lin Bai, who remained in Ten Thousand Beasts City as his companions recovered.

  • Li Mojun told the Immortal Buddha Grotto's Ancestors that the Evil Moon Sect's disciples had come to Heng Province, and she relayed Qing Luo's proposal to recruit experts and attack the Eight Great Noble Families.
  • The Ancestors agreed to prepare for war, and Li Mojun promised to organize the sect's forces and inflict heavy losses on the families.
  • Liu Fuyun left seclusion and offered to find Lin Bai, noting his connection to Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu through treasures from the Eternal Trial.
  • Li Mojun sent the Eternal Devil Sect's experts into Heng Province in batches, while Liu Fuyun entered the province to search for Lin Bai.
  • Lin Bai and his companions recovered in Ten Thousand Beasts City as Li Meng gathered news and used his standing with the city's major forces.

Ch. 4518The Teleportation Array in the Ruins!

Li Meng and the others traveled to an ancient ruin near Ten Thousand Beasts City to ambush Wu Yunshan, hoping to obtain Dragon Immortal Jade. Wu Yunshan uncovered and activated a hidden teleportation array, and Li Meng ordered everyone to attack before he could escape.

  • Li Meng told the group Wu Yunshan would soon arrive near Ten Thousand Beasts City, and they agreed to investigate whether he carried Dragon Immortal Jade.
  • The group prepared supplies and left Ten Thousand Beasts City, traveling southwest to a ruined ancestral land once destroyed by the Wu Family.
  • Li Meng split the group into concealed positions and set up a formation while they waited several days for Wu Yunshan.
  • Wu Yunshan arrived with eight martial artists, uncovered a teleportation array buried beneath the ruins, and activated it.
  • Fearing Wu Yunshan would escape through the array, Li Meng ordered the group to attack.

Ch. 4519Demon Race!

Li Meng, Meng Po, Gongsun Ci, and Ni Zun attacked Wu Yunshan to seize his Dragon Immortal Jade, but Lin Bai discovered Wu Yunshan was stalling to activate the teleportation formation. A powerful Demon Race man emerged and threatened the group, leaving them facing a deadly confrontation.

  • Li Meng and the others attacked Wu Yunshan and his guards while Lin Bai waited in the shadows.
  • Wu Yunshan tried to stall the attackers by denying he had Dragon Immortal Jade and offering to pay them later.
  • Lin Bai interrupted Wu Yunshan’s attempt to maintain the teleportation formation and warned Li Meng that Wu Yunshan was buying time.
  • A beam from the formation knocked Li Meng away, and a white-robed Demon Race man emerged to demand that the group spare Wu Yunshan.
  • Ni Zun attacked the Demon Race man, who effortlessly sent him flying and warned that he could kill three of the group if they fought him together.

Ch. 4520Eternal Demon Alliance Reappears!

Lin Bai and Li Meng withdrew from Wu Yunshan’s battle after a powerful fox demon arrived through the teleportation formation, then spent two months hunting Hunters across Heng Province. The chapter revealed the Eternal Demon Alliance’s plans with the Eight Great Noble Families and left Lin Bai with forty-five Dragon Immortal Jade pieces as the Rose Squad became notorious.

  • Li Meng led Lin Bai and the others away from Wu Yunshan and the white-robed demon, explaining that more powerful experts could arrive through the teleportation formation.
  • Wu Yunshan and the white-robed man opened the formation, bringing several hundred members of the Eternal Demon Alliance to Heng Province.
  • The white-robed man said the alliance’s other experts had entered through different borders and were waiting to support the Eight Great Noble Families, while Wu Yunshan confirmed their preparations to move against the Eternal Devil Sect were nearly complete.
  • Over the next two months, Li Meng, Lin Bai, and their companions hunted Hunters and gathered Dragon Immortal Jade, bringing Lin Bai’s total to forty-five pieces.
  • People across Heng Province began calling the five black-robed hunters the Rose Squad and feared the sword cultivator who could break Combined Attack Formations with one strike.

Ch. 4521Murong Tianyu!

Li Meng met Murong Tianyu in Dragon Tail Town, where Murong Tianyu offered the Rose Squad fifty Dragon Immortal Jades each to serve the Murong Family. Lin Bai suspected the Eight Great Noble Families planned to attack the Eternal Devil Sect, and Li Meng negotiated for a deposit before agreeing to help.

  • Li Meng confronted Murong Tianyu and collected five Dragon Immortal Jades, but Murong Tianyu refused to hand over his Storage Bag for inspection.
  • Murong Tianyu revealed he had been waiting for Li Meng and offered the group fifty Dragon Immortal Jades each to follow the Murong Family's orders.
  • Lin Bai realized Murong Tianyu had deliberately lured them to Dragon Tail Town and suspected the Eight Great Noble Families planned to strike at the Eternal Devil Sect within three months.
  • Li Meng consulted Lin Bai and the others, then offered to serve the Murong Family for three months if they paid a deposit of thirty Dragon Immortal Jades.
  • Murong Tianyu countered by offering ten Dragon Immortal Jades in advance and the remaining forty after the task was complete.

Ch. 4522Trade!

Li Meng and the Rose Squad agreed to work for the Murong Family for three months in exchange for Dragon Immortal Jades and protection from the Eight Great Noble Families of Heng Province. Murong Tianyu left them in Water Ripple Town with strict limits on their movements, while keeping the nature of the murder-related operation secret.

  • Li Meng accepted Murong Tianyu's offer after negotiating the payment and securing a three-month guarantee against attacks from the Eight Great Noble Families of Heng Province.
  • Murong Tianyu explained that the Murong Family wanted the Rose Squad partly because its hidden sword cultivator could break Combined Attack Formations, but Li Meng refused to reveal Lin Bai.
  • Li Meng insisted that the squad stay outside the Murong Family's territory, and Murong Tianyu agreed to house them in Water Ripple Town while warning them not to leave without orders.
  • Murong Tianyu brought Li Meng, Lin Bai, and the others to Water Ripple Town and gave them Voice Transmission Tokens that would alert him if they were damaged or taken outside the town.
  • Murong Tianyu departed for the Murong Family, leaving the Rose Squad bound to remain in Water Ripple Town for the three-month agreement.

Ch. 4523The Wolf Smoke Rises!

The Rose Squad hid in Water Ripple Town after accepting the Murong Family’s offer, and Lin Bai suspected the Eight Great Noble Families were preparing for war against the Eternal Devil Sect. The chapter left Lin Bai facing a mysterious old man who came to his door asking for Qing Luo, the new master of the Sword Hiding Hermitage.

  • Li Meng led Lin Bai and the others into Water Ripple Town, where they changed out of their Rose Squad robes and checked into a secluded inn.
  • The Rose Squad discussed why the Murong Family had recruited them despite their attacks on the Eight Great Noble Families, and Lin Bai concluded that the families faced a grave enemy.
  • Gongsun Ci and Meng Po considered that the reopened Dragon Immortal Jade was drawing experts to Heng Province ahead of a coming war with the Eternal Devil Sect.
  • Li Meng left the inn to gather information, but after several days he found no news beyond reports of experts competing for the Dragon Immortal Jade.
  • Lin Bai spotted a white-haired old man whose gaze seemed to pierce his disguise, then heard the old man ask whether Qing Luo, the new master of the Sword Hiding Hermitage, was inside.

Ch. 4524Ancestor! Liu Fuyun!

Liu Fuyun found Lin Bai and revealed that the Eternal Devil Sect had begun preparing to attack the Eight Great Noble Families of Heng Province. Lin Bai warned him that the families had recruited powerful allies and were preparing to strike the sect within three months.

  • Liu Fuyun recognized Lin Bai as the new master of Sword Hiding Hermitage by the aura of two pills he had refined, despite Lin Bai denying that he was Qing Luo.
  • Liu Fuyun acknowledged Lin Bai's position in the Eternal Devil Sect and said he would not investigate Lin Bai's identity as a member of the Heaven Swallowing Race.
  • Liu Fuyun told Lin Bai that the sect's ancestors had agreed to attack the Eight Great Noble Families of Heng Province, and Li Mojun had mobilized the sect's experts.
  • Lin Bai warned Liu Fuyun that the families had spent months recruiting allies, including disciples of the Evil Moon Sect and experts from the Eternal Demon Alliance.
  • Lin Bai explained that he had been recruited by the Murong Family as a member of the Rose Squad and showed Liu Fuyun Murong Tianyu's Voice Transmission Token.
  • Lin Bai warned that the Eight Great Noble Families intended to attack the Eternal Devil Sect within three months, and Liu Fuyun reacted with icy anger.

Ch. 4525Strike First to Gain the Upper Hand; Strike Later and Suffer the Consequences!

Lin Bai warned Liu Fuyun that the Eight Great Noble Families planned to attack the Eternal Devil Sect, and Liu Fuyun relayed the warning to Sect Master Li Mojun. The Eternal Devil Sect struck first, and the Situ and Zhao Families were destroyed in attacks disguised as raids for Dragon Immortal Jade.

  • Lin Bai assured Liu Fuyun that he would not betray the Eternal Devil Sect, and Liu agreed to report the impending attack to Li Mojun while keeping Lin Bai hidden in the Murong Family.
  • Liu Fuyun gave Lin Bai a Voice Transmission Token and left the inn to carry out their plan.
  • After Liu Fuyun informed him of the threat, Li Mojun ordered the Eternal Devil Sect’s infiltrators in Heng Province to attack immediately.
  • Seven days later, attackers raided the Situ Family under the pretext of seizing Dragon Immortal Jade, killing its core members and plundering its treasures.
  • The Zhao Family suffered a similar assault and collapsed, prompting Heng Province residents to suspect that the Eternal Devil Sect had orchestrated both attacks.
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