Recaps

Lin Bai arrived at White Horse City, where Yi Gu had gathered allies to fight the Pure Yang Sect and Phoenix Valley. Lin Bai sent Yi Gu a coded poem, and Yi Gu recognized it and rushed to find him.

• Old Wen explained that the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace had wanted to destroy the Seven Nights Divine Sect, not eradicate its surviving disciples, and blamed the Pure Yang Sect and Phoenix Valley for seeking total destruction.
• A young martial artist asked whether Lin Bai and his companions had come to attend the alliance gathering, and Lin Bai asked to meet the alliance leader, Yi Gu.
• Lin Bai gave the young martial artist a coded poem instead of his name, and the young man escorted Lin Bai, Old Wen, and Dao Child Yu You into White Horse City to wait in the Guest Hall.
• Yi Gu met with Yi Jinyun, Chu Tingxue, Chu Tinghan, Princess Chenxian, and Chu Zimo while a martial artist reported that three visitors claimed to be his longtime friends.
• Yi Gu heard Lin Bai's poem, recognized its meaning, and hurried out of the hall asking where the visitor was.

Lin Bai discussed his precarious position in White Horse City with Old Wen and Dao Child Yu You, then learned that Li Guxian had prepared a plan to eliminate Yi Gu and the other surviving heirs of the Yi family. He rejected the plan and acknowledged that his ruined reputation left him with few options beyond the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace.

• Lin Bai joked that Yi Gu might attack him, while Dao Child Yu You and Old Wen considered the danger the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace faced in White Horse City.
• Old Wen argued that Lin Bai could not safely abandon the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace because the Devil Realm Eastern Region distrusted him and Chu Kingdom would no longer fully support him.
• Old Wen revealed that he had secretly arranged for martial artists to enter White Horse City and protect Lin Bai.
• Old Wen gave Lin Bai Li Guxian's brocade pouch, which contained instructions to kill Yi Gu, Yi Jinyun, and the other surviving heirs of the Yi family.
• Lin Bai refused to kill the Yi family heirs and said he had never planned to remain in White Horse City, while admitting that the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace was his only remaining choice.

Lin Bai reunited with Chu Tinghan, Princess Chenxian, Chu Zimo, and Chu Tingxue at Yi Gu’s Moon Gazing Garden, where he admitted that he had become the Imperial Son of the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace. His confession provoked several Seven Nights Divine Sect disciples, and one woman drew her sword and demanded his capture.

• Yi Gu’s messenger led Lin Bai, Old Wen, and Dao Child Yu You through White Horse City to the secluded Moon Gazing Garden, where Yi Gu had cleared out the servants.
• Chu Tinghan and Princess Chenxian arrived with Chu Zimo and Chu Tingxue, followed by Yi Gu and the Seven Nights Divine Sect disciples, and the two women rushed into Lin Bai’s arms.
• Chu Zimo asked Lin Bai about rumors that he had joined the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace, and Lin Bai said the Zhao Xing Office had spread them.
• Lin Bai denied betraying the Devil Realm Eastern Region but confirmed that he had become the Imperial Son of the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace.
• Several Seven Nights Divine Sect disciples directed killing intent at Lin Bai, and a woman in blue drew her sword and demanded that Yi Gu capture him.

Lin Bai tried to prevent Yi Gu’s sisters from attacking him after they learned he had become the heir of Four Gloom Demon Palace. The sisters remained hostile, and Zhang Fuyi warned that a fight in White Horse City would be difficult to contain.

• Dao Child Yu You stepped between Lin Bai and Yi Jinse, but Lin Bai stopped him and asked why she wanted him dead.
• Yi Gu introduced his sisters, including Yi Jinyi and Yi Jinse, and Old Wen remarked that their father had been an old acquaintance.
• Yi Jinyi called on her sisters to attack Zhang Fuyi and accused Yi Gu of betraying their family by joining Four Gloom Demon Palace.
• Yi Jinyi thrust her sword at Lin Bai, but he caught it between two fingers and urged the sisters to put down their weapons.
• Zhang Fuyi tried to calm the sisters and warned that Yi Gu and the two seniors had prepared thoroughly for their visit to White Horse City.

Old Wen revealed how the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace placed Princess Chenxian’s mother in Prince Hong Estate and how she fell in love with Prince Hong. He explained that the Chu Emperor, not Prince Liang’s Estate, uncovered her identity, leaving Princess Chenxian and the others to reconsider the tragedy that destroyed her family.

• Chu Zimo asked Liang Wang whether he had known his father, and Liang Wang recalled fighting him during a campaign against the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace.
• Old Wen explained that the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace had sent women under false identities into Chu Kingdom’s estates, and one Dao Child had been placed near Prince Hong.
• The woman became Prince Hong’s Dao companion and was later pressured by the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace to keep spying, even after she became pregnant.
• Old Wen said the Chu royal family discovered the Princess Consort’s identity and the Zhao Xing Office confirmed it, while Prince Liang’s Estate had not uncovered the secret.
• Princess Chenxian realized her mother had been caught between Prince Hong and the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace, and asked what had happened to her family.

Old Wen explained how Prince Hong secretly surrendered his military authority to protect Princess Chenxian and her mother, while the Chu imperial family manipulated events to make Prince Liang's Estate take the blame. He left Princess Chenxian questioning whether her parents had truly died.

• Old Wen said Emperor Chu secretly told Prince Hong that the Consort was a spy from the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace.
• Prince Hong agreed to surrender his military authority in exchange for a chance to save Princess Chenxian and her mother.
• The Chu imperial family announced that Prince Hong had committed suicide and that Prince Liang's Estate had exposed the Consort, shifting suspicion onto Liang Wang's estate.
• Liang Wang incorporated Prince Hong's army as the Chu imperial family steered public attention toward a supposed rivalry between the two estates.
• Old Wen questioned who had told Princess Chenxian that her parents were dead.

Old Wen explained how the Chu royal family fabricated Prince Hong and the Princess Consort’s deaths to eliminate the Princess Consort’s influence and absorb Prince Hong’s army without triggering civil war. He revealed that both parents had survived, leaving Princess Chenxian struggling to understand why they had abandoned her.

• Old Wen recounted how the Chu royal family discovered that Prince Hong’s Princess Consort was a Nine Underworlds Demon Palace martial artist passing secrets to the palace.
• Prince Hong gave up his title and military authority to save his wife and daughter, while the royal family arranged to make his removal appear tied to a struggle over command of the army.
• The Chu Emperor’s residence exposed the Princess Consort’s hidden branch halls, and the Zhao Xing Office publicly investigated her and Prince Hong.
• Old Wen explained that the Devil Palace investigated the deaths and later learned Chu had deceived everyone: Prince Hong and the Princess Consort were still alive.
• Princess Chenxian learned her parents had survived but questioned why they had never returned to see her.

Lin Bai learned that the Four Gloom Demon Palace had taken Eternal Night Pass and broken its alliance with Yi Gu, leaving the One Night Divine Sect’s former territory contested. He urged Zhou Bangying and the others to unite their allies and wait for the right moment, while the fate of the territory remained unsettled.

• Lin Bai asked Yi Gu about Eternal Night Pass, and Yi Jinyi explained that Nine Underworlds Demon Palace martial artists had seized it after the Seven Nights Divine Sect fell.
• Eastern Region explained that the Four Gloom Demon Palace had ended its alliance with Yi Gu and planned to divide the One Night Divine Sect’s territory with them, prompting Zhou Bangying to ask why Eternal Night Pass had been taken over.
• Yi Jinse said the Four Gloom Demon Palace was right to keep Yi Gu’s martial artists out of the Northern Region, since their entry would threaten the region’s future.
• Eastern Region advised Zhou Bangying to stabilize her allies and wait for an opportunity, warning that the Chu Kingdom and other forces could not ignore Yi Gu’s advance through Eternal Night Pass.
• Zhou Bangying thanked Lin Bai for the information and declared that the Northern Region’s conflict should remain an affair among its own forces.

Lin Bai explained that he was now the heir of Four Gloom Demon Palace and could not return to Chu, then prepared to travel to Eternal Night Pass. Yi Jinyi tried to attack him, but Chu Tinghan stopped her, while Chu's reinforcements remained in White Horse City awaiting orders.

• Lin Bai told Chu Zimo and Chu Tinghan that he could not return to Chu because he bore the identity of Four Gloom Demon Palace's heir.
• Lin Bai asked why Chu's reinforcements had stayed in the Seven Nights Divine Sect's territory after Qi Tian Sect and Ten Thousand Saints Mountain recalled their delegations; Chu Zimo said they had orders to remain and await further instructions.
• Lin Bai announced that he planned to go to Eternal Night Pass to meet Four Gloom Demon Palace, Northern Region martial artists, and the Soul Refinement Sect.
• Yi Jinyi charged at Lin Bai, but Chu Tinghan stopped her and warned that Lin Bai had powerful companions and would not have come unprepared.
• Yi Jinyi accepted that she could not accompany Lin Bai because Chu's army had orders to remain in the territory of the One Night Divine Sect.

Taiyi Dao arranged an ambush of several thousand Seven Nights Divine Sect martial artists to capture Lin Bai, but Luo Daoguo warned that Lin Bai and his allies could defeat or escape them and that the Chu Kingdom might protect him. Old Wen discovered the ambush and informed Xi Fangxin, who realized the danger as Lin Bai remained calm.

• Old Wen spread his spiritual sense through and beyond the manor and discovered several thousand Seven Nights Divine Sect martial artists waiting in ambush.
• Taiyi Dao assured Luo Daoguo that her arranged experts could capture Lin Bai, while Luo Daoguo questioned whether they could overcome him and his allies.
• Luo Daoguo warned Taiyi Dao that Lin Bai might escape and that the Chu Kingdom's royals could side with him instead of the sect.
• Old Wen quietly told Xi Fangxin about the ambush, and Lin Bai showed no surprise when he learned of it.

Yi Jinyi explained that White Horse City's alliance was divided and proposed terms to the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace on behalf of the Seven Nights Divine Sect. Yi Gu confirmed she could represent the sect, and Yi Jinyi asked the Demon Palace to stop hunting the sect's survivors in exchange for the Seven Nights Divine Sect relinquishing its Flourishing Sect title.

• Yi Jinyi explained that most martial artists in White Horse City had ulterior motives, leaving the alliance too divided to act as one force.
• Lin Bai asked Yi Gu for his assessment, and Yi Gu agreed that White Horse City was a scattered mass.
• Yi Jinyi said the Seven Nights Divine Sect would surrender its Flourishing Sect title but would keep seeking revenge to preserve the sect's cohesion.
• Yi Jinyi said she wanted to negotiate with the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace, and Old Wen questioned whether she could represent the Seven Nights Divine Sect.
• Yi Gu declared that Yi Jinyi represented the sect, and Yi Jinyi asked the Demon Palace to stop hunting its survivors in return for the sect giving up its Flourishing Sect seat.

Lin Bai helped Yi Jinyi negotiate a truce between the Seven Nights Divine Sect and the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace, overruling Old Wen’s tougher demands. The Seven Nights Divine Sect accepted a ten-thousand-year covenant not to oppose the palace, securing a chance to survive and rebuild.

• Old Wen demanded that the Seven Nights Divine Sect support the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s reestablishment, but Lin Bai agreed to the sect’s first condition and told Old Wen to let that demand go.
• Yi Jinyi asked that the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace not interfere if the Seven Nights Divine Sect later sought revenge against the Pure Yang Sect and Phoenix Valley, and Lin Bai said those factions might not survive long enough to face such revenge.
• Old Wen asked what the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace would gain, and Lin Bai proposed an alliance covenant in which the Seven Nights Divine Sect would not oppose the palace for ten thousand years.
• Yi Jinyi accepted the covenant on behalf of the Seven Nights Divine Sect and thanked Lin Bai, while Old Wen agreed to the terms.

After Lin Bai secured Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s agreement to Seven Nights Divine Sect’s demands, Yi Jinyi escorted him out of White Horse City and explained how gatherings of prodigies helped young warriors form important connections. The cloud boat departed for Eternal Night Pass, leaving Lin Bai to understand why Yi Gu’s birthday had drawn so many powerful young talents.

• Lin Bai felt relieved when Yi Jinyi confirmed that Nine Underworlds Demon Palace had accepted Seven Nights Divine Sect’s two demands.
• Yi Jinyi stopped her younger sister from confronting Lin Bai and insisted on escorting him out of White Horse City herself.
• Yi Jinyi explained that prodigy gatherings let young warriors meet and build friendships with peers from other territories.
• Lin Bai realized that these gatherings were meant to create connections among the younger generation.
• Lin Bai and Old Wen boarded the cloud boat and departed for Eternal Night Pass.

Lin Bai and Dao Child Yu You were confronted by Yi Jinyi and more than twenty martial artists she had gathered to kill him. Yi Jinse arrived to stop the attack, but the group prepared to fight, leaving Lin Bai ready to face them.

• Yi Jinyi returned to White Horse City with Yi Gu, discovered Yi Jinse was missing, and hurried after her.
• Yi Jinyi and more than twenty martial artists caught up with Lin Bai’s cloud boat and blocked its path in the mountains.
• Yi Jinyi accused Lin Bai of harming her sect and lineage and introduced the gathered experts, including five Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm martial artists.
• Yi Jinse arrived and tried to restrain Yi Jinyi, while Lin Bai rejected her explanations and warned Yi Jinyi to leave.
• Yi Jinse drew her sword as the gathered martial artists took battle stances, and Lin Bai agreed to give Yi Jinyi the chance to attack.

Lin Bai challenged Yi Jinse to withstand one sword strike, and she accepted, confident that the One Night Divine Sect's treasures would protect her. As Yi Jinse prepared behind layers of defenses, Lin Bai readied his Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire Slash, leaving Yi Jinyi worried about the outcome.

• Yi Jinyi tried to prevent a fight by declaring surrender, but Yi Jinse rejected her decision and insisted on facing Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai offered to spare Yi Jinse if she could withstand one sword strike, and Yi Jinse accepted the challenge.
• Yi Jinse activated her protective spiritual light and surrounded herself with dozens of defensive treasures from the One Night Divine Sect.
• Old Wen and Dao Child Yu You judged Yi Jinse's defenses formidable, while Yi Jinyi feared Lin Bai might seriously injure her.
• Lin Bai prepared to test his Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire Slash against Yi Jinse's defenses.

Lin Bai tested his refined Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire Slash against Yi Jinse, shattering all her protective treasures and nearly killing her before he halted the strike. The onlookers marveled at his sword art as Yi Jinse and the One Night Divine Sect martial artists recoiled in fear.

• Lin Bai decided to test the power of his refined Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire Slash against Yi Jinse's protective treasures.
• Lin Bai stepped from the Cloud Boat, unleashed his cultivation, and formed a blood-red sword intent that shook heaven and earth.
• Lin Bai's sword strike shattered Yi Jinse's protective layers one by one and reached her neck.
• Yi Gu shouted for Lin Bai to stop, and Lin Bai regained his clarity and halted the blade half an inch from Yi Jinse's neck.
• Old Wen praised Lin Bai's Mystic Art and Dao Art, while Dao Child Yu You noted how much stronger the sword strike had become since Four Gloom City.

Lin Bai defeated Yi Jinse and left White Horse City after the One Night Divine Sect abandoned its pursuit. He and his companions continued toward Eternal Night Pass, while the Ma and Shen families fought over control of the Pure Cloud Boat.

• Lin Bai stopped his sword after wounding Yi Jinse, then accused her of repeatedly trying to kill him and surrounding him with fighters.
• Yi Jinyi thanked Lin Bai for sparing Yi Jinse, and Yi Gu apologized on behalf of the One Night Divine Sect.
• Lin Bai departed White Horse City aboard the Pure Cloud Boat and ordered Old Wen to take a remote route toward Eternal Night Pass.
• Ma family martial artists told Lin Bai that the Devil Palace had appointed Ma Leiyu Holy Son, while the Ma and Shen families struggled for control of the Pure Cloud Boat.
• Lin Bai and his companions crossed the Pure Cloud Boat and Overturning Heavens Sect territories, then entered the One Night Divine Sect's lands.
• Old Wen reported that the One Night Divine Sect had stopped pursuing them as the Pure Cloud Boat continued toward Eternal Night Pass.

Lin Bai and his companions approached Eternal Night Pass, where the Northern Region’s law-infused snow brought an extraordinary cold. As they neared the border, they discussed the pass’s guardian, Elder He Gongji, and the Four Gloom Demon Palace’s control of the region.

• Lin Bai felt the unnatural chill as his cloud boat traveled through the frozen, barren lands near Eternal Night Pass.
• Old Wen explained that the Northern Region’s endless snowfall gathered the Power of Laws and could harm even powerful martial artists.
• Dao Child Yu You complained that the cold resisted their cultivation, while Old Wen gave Lin Bai a sable-fur coat.
• Old Wen identified Elder He Gongji as the elder responsible for Eternal Night Pass and described his standing within the Four Gloom Demon Palace.
• Lin Bai saw the mountain barrier separating the Devil Realm Eastern Region from the Northern Region as the cloud boat neared Eternal Night Pass.

Lin Bai entered Eternal Night Pass, where Old Wen explained that the armored Four Gloom Guards were an elite force of the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace created with special pills copied from the Chu Kingdom. Lin Bai and his companions were escorted to the Guest Hall while the pass remained on high alert.

• Armored guards stopped Lin Bai's cloud boat and demanded to know their business at Eternal Night Pass.
• Old Wen identified Lin Bai as the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace's Imperial Son, and the guards apologized and offered to escort him to the Guest Hall.
• Old Wen explained that the guards belonged to the Four Gloom Guards, a force made from martial artists whose cultivation had been raised with special pills.
• Old Wen said the pills came from a formula the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace had obtained by infiltrating the Chu Kingdom and studying its secret for thousands of years.
• Lin Bai followed the guards through the heavily patrolled pass to the Guest Hall.

Lin Bai arrived at Eternal Night Pass and met He Gongji, Li Guxian, Lu Yunzhe, and the First God Child, Yan Congjiao. Yan Congjiao called Dao Child Yu You away from Lin Bai, leaving him some peace and quiet.

• Lin Bai exchanged cautious pleasantries with He Gongji, who praised his reputation and suggested they might spar once Lin Bai reached his cultivation level.
• Li Guxian teased Lin Bai about traveling to the Overturning Heavens Sect and White Horse City before coming to Eternal Night Pass, revealing that the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace had tracked his movements.
• Lu Yunzhe greeted Lin Bai and reported that Bu Junfeng considered Lin Bai one of the Devil Realm's two greatest prodigies.
• Yan Congjiao snorted at Lu Yunzhe's praise, and Old Wen identified him to Lin Bai as the God Child of the First Divine Hall.
• Yan Congjiao rebuked Dao Child Yu You for serving as Lin Bai's maid and ordered her to stand beside him, and she obeyed.

Lin Bai arrived at Eternal Night Pass and learned that God Children from several Divine Halls were stationed across different territories. Lin Baixian said she would explain her plan after he rested, while Old Wen went to meet someone overlooking the Northern Region.

• The First God Child, Yan Congjiao, showed hostility toward Lin Bai, and Lin Baixian provoked him by saying he was not Lin Bai.
• He Gongji listed the God Children present at Eternal Night Pass and described where others had been sent, prompting Lin Bai to suspect a new Devil Palace arrangement.
• Lin Baixian said Lin Bai had been invited by her and asked him to rest before she explained her plan.
• Lin Bai returned to his residence, activated its formation, and slept for a day and a night.
• Old Wen left his residence and met someone beneath a cliff overlooking the Northern Region.

Old Wen and He Gongji reunited at Eternal Night Pass and discussed dwindling cultivation resources, Lin Bai’s appointment as Imperial Son, and rumors about his identity. Old Wen argued that Lin Bai was better suited to the position than the First God Child, partly because the First God Child had grown arrogant.

• Old Wen joined He Gongji on the cliff, and they lamented their failure to become Great Mystic Art Users and the scarcity of resources across the realms.
• He Gongji questioned why Lin Bai had become the Devil Palace’s Imperial Son, arguing that the Supreme Avatar alone did not justify the choice.
• Old Wen revealed that Lin Bai belonged to the Heaven Swallowing Race but said he was not the Holy Lord’s reincarnation.
• He Gongji questioned why the First God Child had been passed over, and Old Wen said his arrogance made him unsuitable to win people’s allegiance.
• Old Wen suggested that supporting Lin Bai might also serve to suppress the First God Child.

He Gongji inferred that the Palace Master’s approval had been decisive in making Lin Bai the God Child, while Old Wen refused to reveal more about the mysterious Palace Master. They discussed the stalemate at Eternal Night Pass and awaited Lin Bai’s arrival to carry out Goddess Li Guxian’s plan.

• He Gongji concluded that the Palace Master’s approval, rather than the elders’ support or the Holy Lord reincarnation rumor, had made Lin Bai the God Child.
• Old Wen recalled that the Palace Master rescued him eleven thousand years earlier, then warned He Gongji not to pry into the Palace Master’s identity.
• He Gongji told Old Wen that Northern Region martial artists demanded the seventy-two great provinces behind Eternal Night Pass, while the Chu Kingdom’s army at Horizon Pass deterred them from attacking.
• Old Wen said the Palace Master had forbidden ceding any Eastern Devil Realm territory, and He Gongji explained that Goddess Li Guxian’s plan depended on God Child Lin Bai arriving.

After arriving at Eternal Night Pass, Lin Bai watched Devil Realm martial artists provoke its defenders into duels. The defenders lost most of the contests, and the chapter left Lin Bai assessing the Devil Realm fighters’ combat skill and experience.

• Lin Bai woke after a day and night on Eternal Night Pass and struggled with the Northern Region’s bitter cold.
• Devil Realm martial artists gathered outside the pass and cursed its defenders through the defensive array.
• Wang Wei answered the provocation and challenged the Devil Realm fighters, but a burly opponent killed him with one strike.
• Lin Bai watched dozens of duels and observed that Eternal Night Pass’s martial artists had advantages in arts and weapons but lost most fights to the Devil Realm fighters’ practical experience.

Lin Bai bathed in the freezing North Region while watching its martial artists fight outside Eternal Night Pass, and Old Wen explained the region’s harsh customs and the Four Gloom Demon Palace’s control of the pass. The chapter left Lin Bai relaxing in the bath as he learned how the North Region’s hardship shaped its people and their saying about sweetness before bitterness.

• Old Wen had hot water, food, and wine brought to Lin Bai, who chose to bathe beside the window and watch the contest outside.
• Lin Bai experienced the contrast between the freezing North Region and the warm bath, then sampled its famous Bitter Wine.
• Old Wen told Lin Bai that the Four Gloom Demon Palace secretly controlled Eternal Night Pass while the One Night Divine Sect still held it in name.
• Old Wen explained that the North Region’s harsh conditions bred fierce martial artists, while the Eastern Region’s rules prevented large-scale conflict but encouraged indulgence.
• Lin Bai listened as Old Wen described the North Region’s saying, sweetness before bitterness, and its people’s way of enduring hardship.