Recaps

Lin Bai coordinated a large force from Prince Hong Estate, the Heavenly Guard Battalion, and the Heavenly Water Sect to ambush and capture Xia Jingzhi at Star Plucking Mountain in three days. He arranged for the warriors to leave the Imperial Capital in secret, while Prince Chen prepared the Zhao Xing Office as backup.

• Chao Yushi committed thirty Grand Purity Dao Fruit Realm warriors and seven Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm warriors from Prince Hong Estate, assigning them to intercept Xia Jingzhi’s rescuers.
• Lin Bai told the Heavenly Water Sect disciples to inform Ancestor Pan Qing and secretly move the sect’s experts toward Star Plucking Mountain.
• Lin Bai informed Prince Chen of Prince Hong Estate’s contributions and the capture plan, and Prince Chen arranged for the Zhao Xing Office to stand by near the eastern outskirts.
• Using Prince Chen’s command token, Lin Bai ordered the Heavenly Guard Battalion to leave the Imperial Capital in batches and rendezvous at Deer Cry Valley.
• Lin Bai returned to the Heavenly Water Sect’s palace, where Ancestor Zu Zhangbai and Ancestor Pan Qing prepared the sect’s forces for the battle in three days.

Lin Bai led the Tianshui Sect and Heavenly Guard Battalion forces to Star Plucking Mountain to prepare an ambush for Xia Jingzhi. Nearly a hundred Taiyi Dao Fruit Realm warriors took their positions, while Lin Bai kept the target’s identity secret and warned them to stay concealed.

• Lin Bai left the Imperial Capital with Bai Yifei and his companions after Sect Master Chu Xi urged him to return alive.
• Lin Bai used Voice Transmission Tokens to summon the scattered Tianshui Sect and Heavenly Guard Battalion warriors to Star Plucking Mountain.
• Lin Bai, Bai Yifei, and the others reached Star Plucking Mountain first, followed by Ancestor Pan Qing’s Tianshui Sect warriors and the masked Heavenly Guard Battalion.
• Lin Bai told the assembled warriors that they were comrades, explained that a restriction formation blocked Voice Transmission Tokens, and ordered them to conceal their auras across the surrounding area.
• Lin Bai refused to identify their target and warned that anyone who revealed their position would be executed, leaving the assembled forces braced for a major battle.

Lin Bai arranged an ambush near Star Plucking Mountain and waited for Xia Jingzhi, while Tu Yue confirmed that the Prince Hong Estate’s forces were ready to support Prince Chen. Xia Jingzhi failed to appear by the agreed time, but Lin Bai urged the others to keep waiting.

• Lin Bai deployed nearly a hundred Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm martial artists around Star Plucking Mountain and set up a Sound Transmission Formation.
• Tu Yue arrived, reported that Zhang Linghu was leading the Prince Hong Estate’s forces, and asked Lin Bai to remember their contributions if Prince Chen took the throne.
• Lin Bai concealed himself in a tree while the crow reported no unusual behavior among the Tianshui Sect and Heavenly Guard Battalion martial artists.
• Lin Bai and the hidden forces waited through the night for Xia Jingzhi, who did not arrive by midnight or the Hour of the Ox.
• Ancestor Pan Qing and Meng Hua asked whether they should keep waiting, and Lin Bai replied that catching a big fish required patience.

Lin Bai and Tu Yue waited at Star Plucking Mountain for Xia Jingzhi, while Fang Qingshan arrived late and nearly caused Tu Yue to abandon the trade. Xia Jingzhi eventually appeared with a swarm of black beetles, and Tu Yue confirmed his identity.

• Lin Bai ordered Ancestor Pan Qing and the Heavenly Guard Battalion to remain hidden when Fang Qingshan arrived instead of Xia Jingzhi.
• Fang Qingshan greeted Tu Yue and asked about the Soul-less Spirit Bloom, but Tu Yue rebuked him for arriving late and questioning his sincerity.
• Tu Yue prepared to leave Star Plucking Mountain after refusing to trade with Fang Qingshan before Xia Jingzhi arrived.
• Lin Bai spotted poisonous creatures gathering in the forest and realized Xia Jingzhi was near.
• Xia Jingzhi arrived with four others inside a vast swarm of black beetles, and he confirmed his identity to Tu Yue.

Lin Bai and Tu Yue ambushed Xia Jingzhi during a supposed exchange for the Soul-less Spirit Bloom, but Xia Jingzhi was warned and fought back with his insect allies. Lin Bai joined the battle as the Heavenly Guard Battalion and Tianshui Sect forces surrounded Xia Jingzhi, leaving him trapped.

• Xia Jingzhi confirmed Tu Yue's identity and prepared to complete the Soul-less Spirit Bloom deal.
• A hidden voice warned Xia Jingzhi that Tu Yue and Lin Bai had set a trap, and Tu Yue revealed his steel spear and attacked.
• Xia Jingzhi's beetles shielded him from Tu Yue's thrust, while Xia accused Tu Yue of betraying the Third Prince.
• Tu Yue fought off Heavenly Guard Battalion martial artists and pursued Xia Jingzhi, but an unseen opponent caught his spear and transformed into a White Snake.
• Lin Bai severed the White Snake's head with an azure sword strike and joined Tu Yue against Xia Jingzhi.
• A hundred Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm martial artists from the Heavenly Guard Battalion and Tianshui Sect surrounded Xia Jingzhi as Lin Bai ordered him to surrender.

Lin Bai and the allied forces moved to capture Xia Jingzhi, but a hidden Grand Luo Dao Fruit martial artist from Southern Border Insect Valley intervened. Pan Qing confronted the childlike intruder, whose Serpent God's Blessing swallowed Pan Qing’s Astonishing Immortal Sword Intent.

• Lin Bai identified Xia Jingzhi as the target and ordered the hundreds of Tianshui Sect and Heavenly Guard Battalion martial artists to capture him.
• Xia Jingzhi’s companions released venomous creatures and formed a poison dragon that repelled the attackers, revealing a concealed Grand Luo Dao Fruit martial artist from Southern Border Insect Valley.
• Lin Bai called on Pan Qing, who appeared and challenged the hidden Grand Luo martial artist with Astonishing Immortal Sword Intent.
• Pan Qing’s sword intent destroyed the black beetles shielding Xia Jingzhi and exposed his seven companions, including the childlike Grand Luo martial artist.
• The childlike martial artist transformed his arm into a White Snake and swallowed Pan Qing’s attack, naming the technique Serpent God’s Blessing.

Ancestor Pan Qing stalled the boy while Lin Bai and the others tried to capture Xia Jingzhi, who fought to escape. Just as Xia Jingzhi was trapped and about to be subdued, four Heavenly Guard Battalion martial artists intervened on his behalf.

• Ancestor Pan Qing fought the boy and told Lin Bai to capture Xia Jingzhi while he kept their opponent occupied.
• Xia Jingzhi scattered hallucinogenic powder to strike five Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm martial artists, then Qiao Mo and Qin Yao wounded him as he tried to break through.
• Ye Guyu trapped Xia Jingzhi with the Thunder Mountain Sealing Demon Formation, and Bai Yifei, Zhou Xinjin, Yi Zien, and Li Juenian moved to subdue him.
• Xia Jingzhi called for help, and four Heavenly Guard Battalion martial artists intervened to block Bai Yifei and the others.

Lin Bai trapped Xia Jingzhi and his allies inside a barrier after exposing spies within the Heavenly Guard Battalion, leaving Xia Jingzhi surrounded and close to capture. In the Imperial Capital, the Third Prince learned that Lin Bai had led the operation against Xia Jingzhi.

• Lin Bai recognized that several Heavenly Guard Battalion warriors were spies, while Bai Yifei and the others fought them to give Xia Jingzhi time to break Ye Guyu's formation.
• Xia Jingzhi escaped the formation but struck the barrier Lin Bai had been secretly activating, trapping him within its hundred-li radius.
• Tianshui Sect and the Heavenly Guard Battalion captured the Southern Border Insect Valley elders and the wounded spies, leaving Xia Jingzhi surrounded by more than eighty warriors.
• Lin Bai demanded that Xia Jingzhi surrender, revealing that he had spent two years planning the trap.
• Old Huo told the Third Prince that Lin Bai had led a hundred Great Purity Dao Fruit warriors to surround Xia Jingzhi at Star Plucking Mountain.

The Third Prince learned that Wolf Marquis Lin Bai had surrounded Xia Jingzhi at Star Plucking Mountain and sent Sun Moon Pavilion experts to rescue him. Fallen Immortal anticipated the response and ordered Prince Hong Estate’s former retainers to intercept them, leaving Zhang Linghu blocking their route.

• Old Huo told the Third Prince that Wolf Marquis Lin Bai had gathered hundreds of Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm martial artists to attack Xia Jingzhi at Star Plucking Mountain.
• The Third Prince ordered Sun Moon Pavilion’s Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm martial artists in the imperial capital to rush to Star Plucking Mountain and rescue Xia Jingzhi at any cost.
• Li Guxian secretly asked Dao Child Yao Qian to investigate what had happened in the imperial capital.
• A scout informed Chao Yushi that Xia Jingzhi had entered the trap and Tianshui Sect’s Nine Seas Dragon Hunt Formation had cut off observation of the battle.
• Fallen Immortal ordered Prince Hong Estate’s former retainers in the eastern outskirts to delay any unfamiliar Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm martial artists heading toward Star Plucking Mountain.
• Zhang Linghu and the former retainers intercepted the Sun Moon Pavilion experts, and Zhang Linghu invited them to stop and drink.

The Third Prince ordered the Sun Moon Pavilion to rescue Xia Jingzhi from Star Plucking Mountain, but Zhang Linghu and hidden warriors blocked their route in the eastern mountain forests. As the blockade turned into a major battle, the Third Prince dispatched powerful reinforcements and prepared to risk his father’s displeasure to keep Xia Jingzhi from Wolf Marquis.

• Hundreds of Sun Moon Pavilion Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm warriors were stopped outside the imperial capital by Zhang Linghu, who refused to let them pass.
• The Third Prince ordered the warriors to break through the blockade and save Xia Jingzhi, while Zhang Linghu summoned dozens of hidden Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm warriors to fight them.
• The battle spread through the eastern mountain forests and drew the attention of the imperial capital’s factions and five great lineages.
• The Third Prince ordered Tong Hong, Yu Rong, Mu Yuge, and Yan Pei to confront the Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm warriors, and he contacted Uncle Yuan, a Primal Chaos Dao Fruit Realm expert.
• Old Huo warned that the Emperor was likely watching the conflict, but the Third Prince insisted that he would save Xia Jingzhi from Wolf Marquis regardless.

Deng Ming reached Star Plucking Mountain and discovered that Tianshui Sect had sealed it with the Nine Seas Dragon Hunt Formation, leaving the Third Prince to summon Uncle Yuan to break through and rescue Xia Jingzhi. Meanwhile, Tong Hong arrived to help the Sun Moon Pavilion break Prince Hong Estate’s blockade, while Zhang Linghu faced him in battle.

• Deng Ming slipped past Zhang Linghu’s blockade, reached Star Plucking Mountain, and found that the Nine Seas Dragon Hunt Formation prevented him from entering.
• Deng Ming told the Third Prince about the formation, and the Third Prince ordered Uncle Yuan to break it and rescue Xia Jingzhi.
• Tong Hong and the other Sun Moon Pavilion experts arrived at the forest blockade, and Tong Hong wounded Zhang Linghu with Sword Qi.
• Tong Hong identified himself as one of the Four Saints and fought Zhang Linghu, while ordering the Sun Moon Pavilion martial artists to press on toward Star Plucking Mountain.

The Sun Moon Pavilion’s Three Venerables and Four Saints held off Prince Hong Estate’s Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm warriors, letting the Pavilion’s forces reach Star Plucking Mountain. There, they discovered an invisible barrier under attack by a mysterious Primal Chaos Dao Fruit Realm expert, and Deng Ming prepared them to enter once it broke.

• Zhang Linghu and Tong Hong fought while the Sun Moon Pavilion’s other Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm warriors engaged Prince Hong Estate’s forces, allowing the Pavilion’s warriors to break through toward Star Plucking Mountain.
• Chao Yushi told Fallen Immortal that the Third Prince had sent the Sun Moon Pavilion’s elite to delay their forces, and he described the known identities and backgrounds of the Three Venerables and Four Saints.
• The Sun Moon Pavilion’s warriors gathered outside Star Plucking Mountain, where they initially saw no sign of trouble.
• A mysterious Primal Chaos Dao Fruit Realm warrior struck an invisible barrier around Star Plucking Mountain twice, cracking it without breaking through.
• Deng Ming rallied the Sun Moon Pavilion’s warriors to enter and rescue the person the Third Prince wanted saved as soon as the barrier shattered.

Lin Bai pressed his attack on Xia Jingzhi inside the barrier at Star Plucking Mountain, while Emperor Chu monitored the battle and questioned the origins of the Sun Moon Pavilion’s Primal Chaos expert. The barrier was close to breaking, and Emperor Chu ordered martial artists above the Primal Chaos realm not to interfere.

• Emperor Chu watched the battle through mirrors and learned that a Primal Chaos expert had broken Star Plucking Mountain’s barrier; his hidden agents identified the expert as One Sun of the Third Prince’s Sun Moon Pavilion.
• Emperor Chu ordered that martial artists above the Primal Chaos realm must not interfere in the battle at Star Plucking Mountain.
• Lin Bai continued attacking Xia Jingzhi and rejected his offers of poison and divine weapons in exchange for his life.
• Xia Jingzhi realized Lin Bai was trying to capture him before reinforcements from the Third Prince and the Southern Border Insect Valley could arrive.
• Lin Bai’s attacks shattered Xia Jingzhi’s defensive treasures as the barrier at Star Plucking Mountain developed more cracks.

Lin Bai and the others cornered Xia Jingzhi, who swallowed a secret-method pill to raise his strength and buy time for reinforcements. As an unknown Primal Chaos expert attacked the barrier from outside, Lin Bai battered Xia Jingzhi and moved to shatter his Dao Fruit before he could escape.

• Lin Bai and the gathered Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm martial artists attacked Xia Jingzhi while Pan Qing and Tu Yue kept his allies occupied.
• Xia Jingzhi swallowed a secret-method pill, enduring intense pain as his cultivation surged close to the Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm.
• A powerful attacker shook the Tianshui Sect's secret-realm barrier, and Lin Bai suspected the force belonged to a Primal Chaos expert.
• Lin Bai trapped Xia Jingzhi with sword formations and battered him until he was bloodied and weakened.
• Lin Bai thrust his sword toward Xia Jingzhi's abdomen, intending to shatter his Dao Fruit and force him to surrender.

Lin Bai and his allies cornered Xia Jingzhi, but he merged with a giant poisonous toad and gained strength on the level of a Grand Luo martial artist. Lin Bai launched an attack, yet even the Demon Sword failed to pierce the creature's armored flesh.

• Lin Bai ordered Ye Guyu to hold the barrier and led the assault on Xia Jingzhi while the others sealed off the area.
• Xia Jingzhi swallowed a pill that boosted his strength, then released a giant poisonous toad from his Beast-Taming Pouch.
• Xia Jingzhi merged with the toad, reaching Grand Luo-level strength and driving back Bai Yifei, Zhou Xinjin, and the others with poisonous mist.
• Lin Bai warned that Xia Jingzhi's origins in the Southern Border Insect Valley made his methods difficult to predict, then formed the Heaven's Will Four Symbols Sword Formation.
• Xia Jingzhi's toad knocked away Lin Bai's flying swords, and Lin Bai's Demon Sword struck the creature but failed to pierce its flesh.

Lin Bai learned from the Crow that Xia Jingzhi had fused with a poison toad using the Insect Scripture’s Symbiotic Dao Art, making him powerful enough to threaten the Nine Seas Dragon Hunt Formation. Unable to defeat Xia Jingzhi from outside and knowing the toad’s poison could not be refined by his Devouring Power, Lin Bai resolved to enter the toad and attack from within.

• Lin Bai dodged the Netherworld Demon Toad’s poisoned arrows, which gouged deep holes in the ground and corroded space.
• Lin Bai summoned the Crow to identify Xia Jingzhi’s techniques rather than to fight.
• The Crow explained that Xia Jingzhi used the Insect Scripture’s Symbiotic Dao Art to merge with his painstakingly cultivated toad and reach Grand Luo Dao Fruit strength.
• The Crow told Lin Bai that the Heaven Swallowing Race could not refine strange poisons, and that Xia Jingzhi’s Ant Saint Pill caused unbearable pain.
• Lin Bai realized he had to enter the poison-filled toad and cut it open from the inside.

Lin Bai discovered that Xia Jingzhi had poisoned the surrounding Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm martial artists with Carefree Powder and warned them to purge it. As they did, Lin Bai attacked Xia Jingzhi while simultaneously driving the poison from his own body, and the Crow flew off to watch.

• The Crow warned Lin Bai not to surround Southern Border Insect Valley martial artists and identified the undetectable poison as Carefree Powder.
• Lin Bai explained that Carefree Powder would temporarily paralyze its victims and urged everyone to purge it before it took effect.
• Bai Yifei, Zhou Xinjin, and the other martial artists began circulating their cultivation to search for and expel the poison.
• Lin Bai continued purging the poison from his body while charging Xia Jingzhi with his demon sword and four flying swords.
• The Crow saw Lin Bai split his attention between attacking Xia Jingzhi and chasing the poison through his body, then flew away to watch.

Lin Bai entered Xia Jingzhi’s poisonous Netherworld Demon Toad and killed it from within, then pursued Xia Jingzhi and shattered his dantian and Dao Fruit. As Xia Jingzhi fled, the barrier broke apart.

• Lin Bai used his flying swords to force open the toad’s mouth and charged into its poisonous body.
• Lin Bai unleashed the Heaven’s Will Four Symbols Sword Formation, cleaved the toad in two, and escaped from its corpse.
• Lin Bai spotted Xia Jingzhi’s true body fleeing and pursued him with his Asura Dharma Eyes.
• Lin Bai pierced Xia Jingzhi’s abdomen, breaking his dantian and shattering his Dao Fruit.
• The barrier cracked across its surface and shattered with a thunderous boom.

Uncle Yuan defied the Chu Emperor’s order by shattering the barrier around Star Plucking Mountain, allowing the Sun Moon Pavilion to reach the crippled Xia Jingzhi. As the Emperor’s enforcer pursued Uncle Yuan, the Pavilion’s martial artists moved to rescue Xia Jingzhi.

• The Black-Robed Old Man warned Uncle Yuan to stop interfering, citing the Chu Emperor’s command, while Uncle Yuan hesitated over whether to abandon Xia Jingzhi.
• Uncle Yuan pretended to leave, then struck the weakened barrier and shattered it, exposing Lin Bai and Xia Jingzhi inside.
• The Black-Robed Old Man attacked Uncle Yuan, who fled through space after telling the Sun Moon Pavilion martial artists to rescue the person wanted by the Third Prince.
• The Black-Robed Old Man pursued Uncle Yuan into the void, while the Sun Moon Pavilion martial artists recognized Xia Jingzhi and rushed to take him away.

Lin Bai tried to capture Xia Jingzhi, but Sun Moon Pavilion warriors intervened and helped him flee. Lin Bai fought through the Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm warriors with two Grand Yi Divine Weapons and intercepted Xia Jingzhi again, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Lin Bai charged toward Xia Jingzhi, but a black-robed, masked warrior blocked him with a powerful defensive barrier.
• Sun Moon Pavilion warriors surrounded Lin Bai while others carried Xia Jingzhi away, and Xia Jingzhi vowed revenge against Tianshui Sect.
• Lin Bai used the Mount Tai Sword, the Overlord Sky Halberd, and his flying swords to kill or wound several attackers and break through their defenses.
• Lin Bai pursued Xia Jingzhi and sent the Mount Tai Sword ahead to block his escape.
• The Mount Tai Sword shattered the warriors' protective curtain, and Lin Bai caught up with Xia Jingzhi and declared that none of them would leave.

As Lin Bai overwhelmed the Sun Moon Pavilion’s forces, the Third Prince weighed the risks of rescuing Xia Jingzhi despite the Chu Emperor’s warning. He ordered allied powers to intervene, while the Zhao family debated whether to obey.

• Lin Bai used two Grand Yi Divine Weapons and four flying swords to overpower the Sun Moon Pavilion martial artists escorting Xia Jingzhi.
• The Third Prince learned that the Chu Emperor had sent a Primal Chaos Dao Fruit Realm martial artist to stop Uncle Yuan and weighed the danger of defying his father against losing Xia Jingzhi.
• Old Huo urged the Third Prince to call on his pledged allies, and the Third Prince ordered several families and sects, including the Southern Border Insect Valley, to help rescue Xia Jingzhi.
• The Zhao family elders discussed the clash between Prince Chen and the Third Prince, and most supported obeying the Third Prince’s expected order to assist him.

The Zhao Family and other major forces sent reinforcements to the eastern outskirts' mountain forest to aid the Sun Moon Pavilion, while Emperor Chu hesitated over whether to intervene. Lin Bai learned that a vast force was approaching but vowed to take Xia Jingzhi regardless.

• The Zhao Family agreed to support the Third Prince and dispatched more than fifty Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm martial warriors, five Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm martial warriors, and one Primal Chaos Dao Fruit Realm martial warrior.
• The Li Family, Sun Family, Wen Tian Sect, Heaven and Earth Gate, and Southern Border Insect Valley sent their experts toward the eastern outskirts' mountain forest, creating an uproar across the region.
• Emperor Chu learned that the forces had mobilized and remained silent when asked whether he would let the Third Prince rescue Xia Jingzhi or intervene for His Highness Prince Chen.
• His Highness Prince Chen warned Lin Bai that nearly two hundred Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm martial warriors and more than twenty Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm martial warriors were approaching.
• Lin Bai said he would take Xia Jingzhi even if the Heavenly King came to stop him.

Eunuch Gui stopped Primal Chaos Dao Fruit Realm experts from reaching the eastern outskirts, while Lin Bai fought to capture Xia Jingzhi. Southern Border Insect Valley seized Xia Jingzhi under the pretense of arresting its own traitor, and Lin Bai attacked to stop them from leaving.

• Eunuch Gui relayed the Chu Emperor’s order barring Primal Chaos Dao Fruit Realm martial artists from the eastern outskirts, so the Zhao family ancestor sent the others onward without them.
• Lin Bai drove back the Sun Moon Pavilion martial artists with his weapons and charged at the wounded Xia Jingzhi.
• A Golden Toad from Southern Border Insect Valley dragged Xia Jingzhi away with its tongue as Lin Bai tried to seize him.
• Southern Border Insect Valley claimed Xia Jingzhi was its traitor and said it would take him away, but Lin Bai struck at the Golden Toad to prevent its escape.

Lin Bai confronted Southern Border Insect Valley’s experts to stop them from taking Xia Jingzhi, but they fought back and the Golden Toad carried Xia away. As the battle turned against him, Lin Bai used his Sword Heart and unleashed the first sword of the Dragon Slaying Skill.

• Lin Bai blocked the Golden Toad and demanded that Southern Border Insect Valley hand over Xia Jingzhi, but its martial artists refused.
• Eight Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm martial artists, including Rong Yunxin, surrounded Lin Bai while another drove the Golden Toad and Xia Jingzhi away.
• Southern Border Insect Valley’s experts attacked with poisonous insects, venomous fog, and Poison Dragon Dao Laws, briefly suppressing Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai activated his Sword Heart and used the Demon Sword, Heaven Measuring Ruler, and Azure Lotus Sword Intent to destroy the three poisonous dragons.
• As a centipede-transformed martial artist charged him, Lin Bai unleashed the first sword of the Dragon Slaying Skill.

Lin Bai fought through the Southern Border Insect Valley’s encirclement to pursue Xia Jingzhi, but Rong Yunxin poisoned him with a Grand Yi Divine Weapon. The chapter left Lin Bai struggling against the poison as the Southern Border Insect Valley’s Ancestor and Rong Yunxin continued toward the Imperial Capital.

• Lin Bai used the Dragon Slaying Skill to force the seven Southern Border Insect Valley martial artists back and broke through their encirclement to chase Xia Jingzhi.
• The Southern Border Insect Valley’s Ancestor warned Lin Bai that he had been poisoned, while Lin Bai insisted that he would capture Xia Jingzhi.
• Rong Yunxin opened a jade bottle and sent a purple python after Lin Bai, forcing him to abandon his pursuit of the Golden Toad and cut the python apart.
• The purple python quickly regenerated, and Lin Bai realized that Rong Yunxin’s jade bottle was a Grand Yi Divine Weapon and that poison had already entered his body.
• The Southern Border Insect Valley’s Ancestor drove the Golden Toad toward the Imperial Capital as Rong Yunxin pursued Lin Bai.