Arc 183The Road to Yue Province

Lin Bai helped the Eternal Devil Sect destroy the Murong Family, then used his rewards to restore his Heaven Measuring Ruler and repair his cultivation. As the sect prepared for the Evil Moon Grand Feast, Lin Bai set out for Yue Province to investigate a dangerous religious faction and learn whether Sun Yao had joined it.

  • Lin Bai broke the Murong Family’s formation, helped the Eternal Devil Sect take Mountain River City, and looted the family’s ancestral vault with Jiang Xuansu before the sect destroyed the Murong Family and hunted its survivors.
  • Lin Bai organized his spoils, cultivated with the Murong Family’s pills, and fused his Dragon Immortal Jade, but found that pill-fueled progress had weakened his foundation.
  • At the Eternal Devil Sect’s reward ceremony, Lin Bai asked the sect to investigate the Void Ancient Road and had Ancestor Zhang Yun reforge his Heaven Measuring Ruler.
  • Lin Bai chose the Five Qi Pearl, the Nine Refinements Dao God Pill, and the Red Dust Thousand Zhang Lamp, then distributed rewards to his companions and helped them advance.
  • Lin Bai reached the Dao God Realm but discovered his foundation was unstable, so he used the Red Dust Thousand Zhang Lamp’s mortal illusions to heal his Dao Injury and stabilize his cultivation.
  • The Eternal Devil Sect freed twelve Evil Moon Sect disciples, and Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu were selected to represent the sect at the Evil Moon Grand Feast.
  • Li Mojun explained that the feast could earn the Eternal Devil Sect recognition and influence, while Lin Bai learned a rival religious faction had spread through Le Province and thought of Sun Yao.
  • Lin Bai agreed to investigate the faction in Yue Province, tested the reforged Heaven Measuring Ruler, and set out with Jiang Xuansu, who wanted combat experience before the feast.
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Ch. 4551A Single Sword Shatters Three Thousand Worlds!

Lin Bai shattered the Murong Family’s Thousand Autumns Mountain River Four Gods Formation with one sword, allowing the Eternal Devil Sect to storm Mountain River City. As the city descended into battle, Lin Bai headed for the Murong Family’s ancestral grounds to search for treasure, and Jiang Xuansu followed to protect him.

  • The Murong Family Patriarch revealed that he knew the attackers were members of the Eternal Devil Sect and trusted the Thousand Autumns Mountain River Four Gods Formation to defend his family.
  • Lin Bai unleashed one sword strike that destroyed the three Formation Spirits and broke through the formation protecting Mountain River City.
  • Li Mojun ordered the Eternal Devil Sect’s army to attack, and its forces breached the southern wall and flooded the city.
  • The Eternal Devil Sect’s army fought through the burning city toward the Murong Family’s ancestral grounds.
  • Jiang Xuansu found Lin Bai as he slipped into the city and explained that her master had sent her to protect him.
  • Lin Bai told Jiang Xuansu he planned to search the Murong Family’s ancestral grounds for treasure.

Ch. 4552Moon Lake!

Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu left Mountain River City’s main battlefield to search the Murong Family’s ancestral grounds for Dragon Immortal Jade. They found treasure hunters gathering at Moon Lake, where a demon python guarded the hidden vault, and the hunters began attacking it.

  • After Mountain River City fell, Lin Bai decided to slip away from the battle and search the Murong Family’s ancestral grounds for treasures.
  • Jiang Xuansu joined Lin Bai, and they entered the Murong Family’s largely undefended East City.
  • Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu found other treasure hunters searching the ancestral grounds and followed them to Moon Lake.
  • Lin Bai saw a powerful demon python beneath the lake and realized it was guarding the treasure vault.
  • A Dao God realm treasure hunter organized an alliance, and more than twenty Dao God realm warriors plunged into the lake to fight the python.

Ch. 4553Chaos!

Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu watched treasure seekers attack the demonic python guarding Moon Lake, expecting the Murong Family’s defenses to stop them. After the surviving treasure seekers were driven away, Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu entered the lake to approach the vault’s barrier.

  • Lin Bai persuaded Jiang Xuansu to wait, reasoning that the Murong Family would have traps and experts protecting its treasure vault beneath Moon Lake.
  • More than twenty Dao God realm martial artists killed the demonic python, but poisonous water and deadly arrows killed most of them as the lakebed mechanisms activated.
  • The survivors and later treasure seekers failed to break the transparent barrier, which Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu suspected was connected to the Thousand Autumns Mountain River Four Gods Formation.
  • Murong Family elders arrived and attacked the treasure seekers, who withdrew from Moon Lake.
  • After confirming the lakebed was clear, Lin Bai pulled Jiang Xuansu into the water to approach the vault.

Ch. 4554Harvests Galore!

Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu entered the Murong Family’s vault beneath Moon Lake and began taking its treasures. After clearing the medicine cavern, they swept up the rare treasures as Murong Family martial artists rushed toward them.

  • Lin Bai broke through the vault’s barrier with his Heaven Swallowing Race power, and he and Jiang Xuansu entered the underground passage.
  • Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu found four branches marked medicine, arts, weapons, and treasures, then chose the medicine passage.
  • Lin Bai broke the formations protecting the elixirs and medicines and stored them all, agreeing with Jiang Xuansu to split their haul evenly.
  • Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu entered the treasures cavern, where Jiang Xuansu spotted the Storage Bag containing the Dragon Immortal Jade.
  • Lin Bai broke the formations and swept the rare treasures into his Storage Bag as Murong Family martial artists sensed the disturbance and charged toward them.

Ch. 4555You Go First, I'll Leave!

Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu escaped the Murong Family treasury after Lin Bai took most of its treasures and Jiang Xuansu held off a peak Dao God expert. Meanwhile, the Eternal Devil Sect overran Mountain River City as the Murong Family’s allies fled, leaving the family to face the assault alone.

  • Lin Bai broke the Treasure Vault formation and took most of its treasures while a Murong Family elder entered the treasury.
  • Jiang Xuansu engaged the peak Dao God expert as Lin Bai headed for the barrier, then escaped with him through the opening he made.
  • The Murong Family expert failed to catch Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu and lamented how formidable the younger generation had become.
  • The Eternal Devil Sect’s army stormed Mountain River City after Lin Bai broke the Thousand Autumns Mountain River Four Gods Formation, causing the Murong Family’s allied forces to scatter.
  • The Wu Family and Shangguan Family secretly withdrew, leaving the Murong Family alone against the Eternal Devil Sect’s slaughter.

Ch. 4556Heroes Fall! The Eight Great Noble Families of Heng Province Are Destroyed!

After the Murong Family’s defeat, Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu watched the Eternal Devil Sect overrun Mountain River City and learned that the Great Purity Dao Fruit experts were fighting elsewhere. Li Mojun destroyed the Murong ancestral shrine, sealed Heng Province, and ordered a prolonged hunt for the surviving members of the Eight Great Noble Families.

  • Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu watched the Murong Family descend into internal chaos as the Eternal Devil Sect advanced through Mountain River City.
  • Jiang Xuansu explained that the Great Purity Dao Fruit experts from both sides had been moved to an uninhabited battlefield to keep their power from devastating the city.
  • Three hours later, the Eternal Devil Sect defeated the Murong Family, and Li Mojun destroyed its ancestral shrine.
  • Li Mojun ordered Heng Province sealed under the pretext of avenging the Eight Great Noble Families, intending to trap and eliminate their survivors.
  • Over the following six months, hunters across the Eternal Thirteen Provinces pursued the families’ remnants for rewards, while the bounties remained valid for ten thousand years.

Ch. 4557Clearing Out the Treasures!

After returning to the Eternal Devil Sect, Lin Bai sorted through the treasures he had taken from the Murong Family’s treasury, finding many valuable pills and strange artifacts. He discovered that a fragrant, seemingly empty pouch was actually a Storage Bag with an enormous interior.

  • Lin Bai returned to the Eternal Devil Sect with Li Mojun and asked Zhou Xi to bring the Liu Jiangxue sisters back.
  • Jiang Xuansu told Lin Bai that the sect was still hunting the Eight Great Noble Families’ survivors and had postponed rewarding merits.
  • Lin Bai sorted the Murong Family’s pills, stored away the dangerous poison pills, and set aside healing and cultivation pills for later identification.
  • Lin Bai examined several mysterious treasures, including a banner and a jade bottle whose ghost attacked him, then stored the remaining artifacts.
  • Lin Bai opened a fragrant, empty-looking pouch and discovered that it was a Storage Bag with a space several hundred times larger than an ordinary one.

Ch. 4558The Cosmos Devil Sect!

Lin Bai discovered that the blue-green Storage Bag he obtained from the Murong Family's treasury was a Cosmos Treasure Sack made by the Cosmos Devil Sect, whose mastery of space made the sect powerful and dangerous. He and Jiang Xuansu finished dividing the treasury spoils, with Jiang Xuansu taking only a few treasures and pills.

  • Lin Bai transferred and organized his treasures inside the unusually spacious blue-green Storage Bag, then invited Jiang Xuansu to the Sword Hiding Hermitage to divide the spoils.
  • Jiang Xuansu recognized the bag as a Cosmos Treasure Sack and explained the Cosmos Devil Sect's expertise in teleportation formations and Storage Bags.
  • Jiang Xuansu warned Lin Bai to avoid offending the Cosmos Devil Sect, recounting how its disciples had ruined powerful enemies through spatial schemes.
  • Lin Bai offered Jiang Xuansu an even share of the treasures, but she chose only nine treasures and seven kinds of pills.
  • Lin Bai quickly stored the remaining treasures after Jiang Xuansu finished choosing, and she laughed at his miserly eagerness.

Ch. 4559Cultivating in Seclusion!

Lin Bai entered seclusion to refine the pills and treasures he had seized, hoping to advance his cultivation while awaiting the sect’s reward. As he cultivated, visitors came and the Eternal Thirteen Provinces descended into chaos after the destruction of the Eight Great Noble Families of Heng Province.

  • Jiang Xuansu assured Lin Bai that the sect would reward him for his service, then left the Sword Hiding Hermitage.
  • Lin Bai began refining his large supply of pills with the Dao Fruit of Devouring and continued cultivating in seclusion.
  • Zhou Xi, Liu Jiangxue, Liu An'an, Jiang Xuansu, Li Yumen, Senior Sister Yi Mei, and Xiao Ji visited, but Lin Bai turned away visitors while he remained in seclusion.
  • Families across the Eternal Thirteen Provinces fought over resources left behind by the Eight Great Noble Families, while the Eternal Devil Sect hunted their surviving powerhouses.
  • The surviving members of the eight families fled beyond the Eternal Thirteen Provinces, and the sect lifted the Heng Province World Sealing Formation after nearly all those it could find had been killed.

Ch. 4560Haste Makes Waste!

After the Eternal Devil Sect lifted its seal on Heng Province, Lin Bai emerged from half a year of pill cultivation disappointed that he had only reached the seventh-grade Dao Immortal realm. He realized he had rushed his training, saved five wisps of Dragon Qi for a later breakthrough, and left his secret chamber looking like a beggar.

  • The Eternal Devil Sect lifted the World Sealing Formation after slaughtering more than half of the Eight Great Noble Families and driving the rest from Heng Province.
  • Lin Bai used up the Murong Family's cultivation pills but reached only the seventh-grade Dao Immortal realm, discovering that his Devouring Dao Fruit required increasing resources and that excessive pills had become less effective.
  • Lin Bai regretted rushing his cultivation and resolved to wait before attempting another breakthrough.
  • Lin Bai fused his 572 pieces of Dragon Immortal Jade and obtained five wisps of Dragon Qi, which he believed could help him reach the Dao God realm.
  • Lin Bai emerged from his secret chamber covered in grime, with a long beard and hair, and Liu An'an screamed that he was a ghost.

Ch. 4561Leaving Seclusion!

After emerging from half a year of seclusion with stronger cultivation, Lin Bai learned that the Heng Province war had ended and reunited with old friends at the Sword Hiding Hermitage. The gathering ended with Jiang Xuansu saying the captured Evil Moon Sect disciples should be released.

  • Lin Bai emerged from seclusion, and Zhou Xi and Liu Jiangxue congratulated him on his cultivation breakthrough.
  • Zhou Xi told Lin Bai that the Eight Great Noble Families of Heng Province had been destroyed, Heng Province had reopened, and the province's alliance had fallen into decline.
  • Lin Bai learned that Jiang Xuansu, Qin Yuyan, Li Yumen, Senior Sister Yi Mei, and Xiao Ji had visited during his seclusion, then invited them to gather at the Sword Hiding Hermitage.
  • Lin Bai hosted his friends by Moon Lake, and the group teased Li Yumen and Jiang Xuansu about their relationships with Senior Sister Yi Mei and Lin Bai.
  • Qin Yuyan asked Jiang Xuansu what would happen to the captured Evil Moon Sect disciples, and Jiang Xuansu said they should be released.

Ch. 4562Reclaiming an Old Possession!

After the Eternal Devil Sect rescued and sealed away the Evil Moon Sect disciples, Xiao Ji returned to Lin Bai with the Heaven Measuring Ruler he had lost. Lin Bai recovered the treasured weapon and planned to have it reforged before eventually seeking the Void Ancient Road back to the Barren Ancient Continent.

  • The Eternal Devil Sect captured the Evil Moon Sect disciples after destroying the Wu Family, then sealed them in Ning Province and later prepared to rescue them under the pretense of searching for treasure hunters.
  • Xiao Ji told Lin Bai he had found the requested item and gave him the Heaven Measuring Ruler, which Lin Bai recognized as his lost weapon.
  • Lin Bai explained that the ruler mattered to him as a sword cultivator despite its ordinary material and unfinished refinement.
  • Jiang Xuansu suggested that Lin Bai ask the Eternal Devil Sect's artifact-refining ancestors to finish the ruler when they gathered to reward the sect's contributors.
  • Lin Bai accepted that Xiao Ji had not found the Eternal Sand or Destiny Stone and resolved to seek replacements later, then return to the Barren Ancient Continent after reaching the Dao God Realm.

Ch. 4563On Rewarding Merit!

After the Eternal Devil Sect defeated the Eight Great Noble Families of Heng Province, Lin Bai was summoned to receive a reward for his crucial contributions. He requested that the sect find a Void Ancient Road to another world, leaving the patriarchs worried that he would leave the Eternal Thirteen Provinces.

  • Jiang Xuansu informed Lin Bai that he was to receive his reward at the Eternal Palace.
  • Sect Master Li Mojun recounted Lin Bai's four major achievements in the campaign, convincing the assembled elders and disciples that he deserved the greatest merit.
  • Li Mojun invited Lin Bai to choose a reward, and Lin Bai asked the sect to investigate where a Void Ancient Road could take him to other worlds.
  • The patriarchs realized that Lin Bai's request might mean he would leave, and Liu Fuyun sighed as they considered how to keep him in the sect.

Ch. 4564Void Ancient Road!

After the Eternal Devil Sect’s victory, Lin Bai asked the sect to help him find the Void Ancient Road, which might lead to another world or the Spirit Realm. The sect agreed to investigate, and an ancestor offered to finish Lin Bai’s Heaven Measuring Ruler.

  • The Eternal Devil Sect’s ancestors considered grooming Lin Bai as the next sect leader, but learned that he intended to leave in search of the Void Ancient Road.
  • Li Mojun and Lin Bai affirmed that Lin Bai would remain a disciple of the Eternal Devil Sect and return to help if the sect ever needed him.
  • Li Mojun and Liu Fuyun explained the Void Ancient Road’s value and shared rumors that the Evil Moon Sect might secretly possess one.
  • Li Mojun agreed to have the sect investigate the Void Ancient Road, though he could not promise a quick answer.
  • Lin Bai asked the sect to complete his unfinished Heaven Measuring Ruler, and a white-haired ancestor offered to refine it with the finest divine iron.

Ch. 4565The Sect Had Spent a Fortune!

After Lin Bai helped destroy the Eight Great Noble Families of Heng Province, the Eternal Devil Sect rewarded him lavishly and promised to investigate the Void Ancient Road and reforge the Heaven Measuring Ruler. He entered the Eternal Seven Absolute Mountain to choose three treasures, deciding to seek materials for advancing his Five Elements Dao Body.

  • Ancestor Zhang Yun took the Heaven Measuring Ruler to reforge it and told Lin Bai it would be ready within days or a few months.
  • Sect Master Li Mojun awarded Lin Bai abundant pills, Dao Divine Weapons, rare materials, and the right to choose three treasures from the Eternal Seven Absolute Mountain.
  • Lin Bai exchanged Voice Transmission Tokens with Zhang Yun, then returned to the Sword Hiding Hermitage to wait.
  • Three days later, Lin Bai brought Liu An'an, Liu Jiangxue, and Zhou Xi to the Eternal Seven Absolute Mountain to collect his rewards and choose treasures.
  • Lin Bai sent Liu An'an, Liu Jiangxue, and Zhou Xi to collect the sect's rewards while he entered the mountain alone.
  • Lin Bai decided to choose Natural Treasures to cultivate his Five Elements Dao Body toward mid-stage perfection or the late stage.

Ch. 4566Three Treasures!

Lin Bai explored the final three levels of Eternal Seven Absolute Mountain’s seven treasure mountains and selected three items suited to his cultivation. He left with treasures to develop his Five Elements Dao Body, prepare for a future breakthrough, and temper his Sword Heart.

  • With the Sect Master's permission, Lin Bai examined the treasures in the final three levels of Eternal Seven Absolute Mountain and found many powerful items, including a shield and a sealing Landscape Painting.
  • Lin Bai inspected the other six mountains, saw a vicious sword that could devour its wielder, and carefully memorized the treasures that might benefit him.
  • Lin Bai chose the Five Qi Pearl from the Exotic Treasures Mountain to cultivate his Five Elements Dao Body.
  • Lin Bai took the Nine Refinements Dao God Pill to prepare for breaking through to the Dao God Realm.
  • Lin Bai selected the Red Dust Thousand Zhang Lamp to temper his Sword Heart and seek a breakthrough beyond its Second Refinement.

Ch. 4567Distributing the Treasures!

After receiving his rewards from the Eternal Devil Sect, Lin Bai distributed treasures and cultivation resources to Zhou Xi, Liu Jiangxue, Liu An'an, Lu Yuanshan, and the other cultivators at Sword Hiding Hermitage. He learned that Sun Yao had refused to return and, while considering the lingering dangers in Heng Province, remained wary of Young Master Lu.

  • Lin Bai inspected the sect's rewards and returned with Liu Jiangxue, Liu An'an, and Zhou Xi to Sword Hiding Hermitage.
  • Lin Bai gave Zhou Xi pills and treasures and promised to protect his breakthrough to the Dao Sovereign Realm.
  • Lin Bai supplied Liu Jiangxue with tribulation preparations and gave Liu An'an a bell bracelet, which she eagerly took.
  • Lin Bai summoned Lu Yuanshan and rewarded him with a cultivation manual and a middle-grade Dao Divine Weapon.
  • Lin Bai distributed more treasures to the hermitage's cultivators and asked Zhou Xi about Sun Yao, who had declined to return.
  • Zhou Xi warned that Sun Yao might give Lin Bai's enemies an excuse to target him, and Lin Bai considered the lingering influence of the Eight Great Noble Families and the hidden Young Master Lu.

Ch. 4568The Problem with Cultivation!

Lin Bai focused on rebuilding his cultivation and helping his companions advance, then used the Nine Refinements Dao God Pill to break through to the Dao God Realm. The breakthrough revealed that his pill-built cultivation was unstable and dangerously weak, leaving him to confront the consequences of ignoring Ling Tianzi’s warning.

  • Lin Bai asked Zhou Xi whether he could contact Sun Yao, but Zhou Xi said he had not reached her for half a year, so Lin Bai told him to ask her whereabouts if they spoke again.
  • The Eternal Devil Sect drove the remnants of the Eight Great Noble Families of Heng Province out of the Eternal Thirteen Provinces while Lin Bai recovered and resumed cultivation.
  • Lin Bai helped Zhou Xi break through to the Dao Sovereign level, helped Liu Jiangxue advance to the Nine Tribulation Dao Realm, and provided Liu An'an with tribulation treasures as she reached the Quasi-Dao Realm.
  • Lin Bai learned that Lu Yuanshan had reached the Quasi-Dao Realm after receiving a cultivation method from him.
  • After reaching the Ninth-Class Dao Immortal level, Lin Bai chose the Nine Refinements Dao God Pill over the Dragon Immortal Jade and broke through to the Dao God Realm.
  • Lin Bai discovered that his cultivation power was extremely weak and realized that relying on pills had left his foundation unstable, confirming the danger Ling Tianzi had warned him about.

Ch. 4569Dao Injury!

Lin Bai learned that recklessly consuming pills had damaged his cultivation foundation, and after finding no quick remedy, he used the Red Dust Thousand Zhang Lamp to temper his heart. The lamp cast him into a mortal city as a blade of grass, where he struggled to survive until an unexpected disaster ended that life.

  • Lin Bai found three ways to repair his Dao Injury, rejected destroying his recent cultivation and seeking an impossible powerhouse, and chose to slowly nourish his foundation.
  • After a month of little progress, Lin Bai stopped cultivating to avoid inner demons and later lit the Red Dust Thousand Zhang Lamp.
  • Lin Bai was drawn into the lamp's world and discovered he had become a blade of grass in a bustling mortal city.
  • Lin Bai accepted his helpless form and spent two months bending in the wind to avoid being crushed by passersby.
  • An unexpected disaster ended the life of Lin Bai the blade of grass.

Ch. 4570Red Dust Thousand Zhang Lamp!

Lin Bai used the Red Dust Thousand Zhang Lamp to experience lives as ordinary creatures and people, discovering that time spent in its illusions slowly repaired his Dao Injury. He continued entering new illusions, hoping to survive longer and recover faster.

  • After a beggar pulled up and ate Lin Bai while he was a blade of grass, Lin Bai awakened and reflected on how danger could come from someone insignificant.
  • Lin Bai noticed that his Dao Injury had begun to heal after more than two months in the lamp’s illusion, though only a quarter of an hour had passed in the Sword Hiding Hermitage.
  • Lin Bai entered another illusion as a cat but suffocated when a woman pressed him against her breasts, and his Dao Injury showed little improvement.
  • Lin Bai repeatedly entered new illusions as a tiger, bird, general, and wealthy merchant, dying in each one within half a year.
  • Lin Bai confirmed that longer stays in the Red Dust Thousand Zhang Lamp’s illusions improved his Dao Injury, but he could not cultivate in worlds without spiritual energy.

Ch. 4571Release the Evil Moon Sect Disciples!

The Eternal Devil Sect released the twelve Evil Moon Sect disciples it had captured, who departed after challenging the sect to meet them at next year’s Evil Moon Assembly. After three months in the Red Dust Thousand Zhang Lamp, Lin Bai healed his Dao Injury, stabilized his cultivation, and decided to seek further experience in the Eternal Thirteen Provinces.

  • Ke Yu led Eternal Devil Sect powerhouses to free the twelve Evil Moon Sect disciples sealed in Ning Province, and they reluctantly accepted the sect’s hospitality while recovering.
  • Three months later, the Purple-Haired Man invited the Eternal Devil Sect to compete at the next Evil Moon Assembly and led the twelve disciples away.
  • Li Mojun ordered Ke Yu to select Dao Sovereign, Dao Immortal, and Dao God martial artists to attend the Evil Moon Assembly.
  • Lin Bai healed his Dao Injury in the Red Dust Thousand Zhang Lamp and stabilized at the First-Grade Dao God realm.
  • Lin Bai perfected the middle stage of the Five Elements Dao Body but concluded he needed Five Elements spiritual objects to advance further.
  • Lin Bai sensed his Second Refinement Sword Heart approaching the Third Refinement and decided to travel through the Eternal Thirteen Provinces for experience.

Ch. 4572Evil Moon Grand Feast!

After emerging from seclusion, Lin Bai learned from Jiang Xuansu about the Evil Moon Grand Feast, a contest where the Evil Moon Sect tested the strength of the provinces and realms under its control and rewarded outstanding competitors with treasures or territory. Jiang Xuansu revealed that Ancestor Liu Fuyun had already selected her and Lin Bai to attend, leaving Lin Bai curious about the other prodigies they would face.

  • Lin Bai found Sword Hiding Hermitage empty, learned Zhou Xi was cultivating in seclusion, and read Liu Jiangxue and Liu An'an's note saying they had gone out to seek a breakthrough.
  • Jiang Xuansu visited Lin Bai and explained that the Evil Moon Sect held the Evil Moon Grand Feast at irregular intervals, offering treasures to competitors from across its territory.
  • Jiang Xuansu told Lin Bai that past prizes had included provinces, recounting how the Crimson Moon Divine Sect gained two provinces from the Eternal Devil Sect after one of its disciples won.
  • Lin Bai realized the feast let the Evil Moon Sect assess the strength of the provinces it ruled, while its own disciples competed to demonstrate the sect's power.
  • Jiang Xuansu revealed that the twelve Evil Moon Sect disciples recently released by the Eternal Devil Sect had challenged its disciples, and that Ancestor Liu Fuyun had selected her and Lin Bai to attend the feast.

Ch. 4573Upper Base, Lower Rebellion!

Lin Bai attended the Eternal Devil Sect’s gathering for the Evil Moon Grand Feast, then spoke with Li Mojun about their old agreement. With the sect’s external and internal threats largely settled, Li Mojun said the remaining challenge was earning the Evil Moon Sect’s recognition, which depended on a genius making the Eternal Devil Sect’s name known at the feast.

  • Lin Bai received the Sect Master's summons and joined the martial artists gathered in the Eternal Palace for the Evil Moon Grand Feast.
  • Jiang Xuansu explained the purpose of the summons, and the Sect Master and Ancestors urged the attendees to win glory for the sect and warned of rewards and punishment.
  • After the meeting, Li Mojun called Lin Bai to stay and proposed putting aside their past disagreements over drinks.
  • Li Mojun reviewed their agreement, noting that the Crimson Moon Divine Sect had been quieted and the Eight Great Noble Families of Heng Province had been destroyed, leaving the sect's lack of recognition by the Evil Moon Sect as the final problem.
  • Li Mojun explained that a standout genius winning at the Evil Moon Grand Feast could make the Evil Moon Sect and the wider martial world remember the Eternal Devil Sect, helping it gain influence and resources.

Ch. 4574Time and Fate!

Lin Bai learned that his new Dao God cultivation could leave him at a disadvantage in the Evil Moon Grand Feast, but he vowed to train before it began. As he prepared to travel, a patriarch asked him to investigate a rapidly growing religious faction in Le Province.

  • Lin Bai asked the Sect Master and patriarchs what he needed to accomplish, then explained that his First Grade Dao God cultivation would force him into the Dao God arena against peak-level experts.
  • Li Mojun and the patriarchs worried that Lin Bai had advanced too far to compete in the Dao Immortal arena but was not strong enough to dominate the Dao God arena.
  • Lin Bai vowed to spend the year before the Evil Moon Grand Feast improving his cultivation and asked permission to travel; the Sect Master told him to return before the sect departed in half a year.
  • A patriarch told Lin Bai that a cruel religious faction had taken territory across Le Province, attracted followers by promising rapid breakthroughs, and threatened to rival the Eternal Devil Sect.
  • Lin Bai heard the patriarch's warning and suddenly thought of Sun Yao.

Ch. 4575Heaven Measuring Ruler!

Lin Bai accepted the Ancestor’s order to investigate Yue Province’s rising sect and search for Sun Yao before attending the Evil Moon Grand Feast. After receiving his reforged Heaven Measuring Ruler, he prepared to depart with Jiang Xuansu, who had been allowed to accompany him to gain combat experience.

  • Lin Bai agreed to travel to Yue Province to investigate the sect and find out whether Sun Yao had taken a dangerous path.
  • The Ancestor returned the reforged Heaven Measuring Ruler, which weighed seventy-two thousand jin and had power comparable to a supreme-grade Dao Divine Weapon.
  • Lin Bai tested the sword at the Sword Hiding Hermitage, shaking the mountain and terrifying its creatures before Zhou Xi arrived.
  • Lin Bai practiced with the Heaven Measuring Ruler for five days and learned to use it at the realm of Sword-Self Unification.
  • Jiang Xuansu visited Lin Bai and said she would accompany him to Yue Province because she needed real combat experience before the Evil Moon Grand Feast.
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