Recaps

Lin Bai and the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace leaders discussed how to respond to Chu, the Qi Tian Sect, and Ten Thousand Saints Mountain, and Li Guxian proposed buying time through diplomacy and a show of resolve. As Li Guxian prepared to return to the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s territory, she told Lin Bai to answer “Half a year” if anyone at Chu’s banquet asked for a precise time.

• Lin Bai agreed with Li Guxian that the Demon Palace should show measured firmness rather than launch an all-out war.
• Li Guxian urged the Demon Palace to use the Northern Region’s continued military presence to keep Chu wary while presenting itself as a peaceful, transformed power at the celebration banquet.
• Li Guxian advised Lin Bai and He Gongji to stand firm if the other powers rejected them, making clear that the Demon Palace was prepared to fight.
• Lin Bai revealed that Wang Zhengyang had said Ten Thousand Saints Mountain supported his becoming the Demon Palace’s God Child because the palace’s resurgence seemed irreversible.
• Li Guxian concluded that Ten Thousand Saints Mountain’s support depended on the Demon Palace establishing firm foundations and decided to return to the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s territory.
• Li Guxian told Lin Bai to answer “Half a year” if anyone at the banquet asked him for a precise time.

Lin Bai and the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace attended the Chu Kingdom’s victory banquet at Horizon Pass, where Lin Bai explained the Chu military’s secret pills that could raise cultivation at the cost of permanently halting natural advancement. He concluded that the Chu Kingdom and Ten Thousand Saints Mountain were likely the Eastern Region’s most powerful flourishing forces.

• He Gongji led Lin Bai and the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s martial artists to Horizon Pass, where Prince Zhao welcomed them and escorted them to the banquet.
• Lin Bai and the others entered the waterside pavilion and took their seats alongside representatives of Ten Thousand Saints Mountain, Qi Tian Sect, and the Chu Kingdom.
• The Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s martial artists watched the dancers, and the Second God Child noticed that they had reached the Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm.
• Lin Bai explained that the dancers’ cultivation might come from a Chu military pill that raised a martial artist’s realm but permanently prevented further advancement through cultivation.
• He Gongji recognized the pill’s potential to create a powerful army, while Lin Bai judged that the Chu Kingdom and Ten Thousand Saints Mountain could overwhelm the other flourishing forces.

At Chu’s banquet, Prince Liang invited the senior figures away to discuss matters, leaving Lin Bai, Crown Prince Chu Junyou, Wang Zhengyang, Qi Lingyu, and the other juniors alone in the water pavilion. Chu Junyou sealed the pavilion and encouraged the young leaders to indulge, then had attendants return to their sides as the private gathering began.

• Lin Bai exchanged greetings with Wang Zhengyang and Qi Lingyu as the Devil Palace delegation arrived at the banquet.
• Crown Prince Chu Junyou and Prince Liang arrived, and Chu Junyou had Dragon Blood Wine brought especially for Lin Bai.
• Prince Liang invited the senior figures from Chu, Ten Thousand Saints Mountain, Qi Tian Sect, and the Devil Palace to a side hall, leaving the juniors behind.
• Elder He Gongji and Elder Shi Renshan warned Lin Bai about the risks of the gathering before leaving to meet Prince Liang.
• Crown Prince Chu Junyou activated the water pavilion’s sound-blocking formation and urged the juniors to relax; Qi Lingyu and Wang Zhengyang accepted their attendants’ attention.
• Crown Prince Chu Junyou assured Lin Bai that the night’s events would remain secret, then had attendants return to the young leaders.

At the victory banquet, Lin Bai fielded questions from the Crown Prince, Qi Lingyu, and Wang Zhengyang about the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s plans. He said the Demon Palace intended to rebuild its sect, let go of its ancient grudges, and avoid conflict with the Eastern Region, leaving Wang Zhengyang to state Ten Thousand Saints Mountain’s conditions.

• The Crown Prince and other young guests relaxed at the banquet with wine and attendants, while Lin Bai wondered why the Crown Prince had not yet raised political matters.
• The Crown Prince asked whether Lin Bai was dissatisfied with the arrangements, then questioned whether the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace wanted the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s territory or the Devil Realm Eastern Region.
• Lin Bai said he could not speak for the Demon Palace but had heard that it mainly wanted to rebuild its sect and had no intention of pursuing the feud from a hundred thousand years ago.
• Qi Lingyu asked whether the Demon Palace would seek revenge after rebuilding, and Lin Bai said both he and the Demon Palace wanted to let bygones be bygones.
• Lin Bai explained that He Gongji and Li Guxian had instructed him to share the Demon Palace’s intentions, since it did not want the Eastern Region’s sects to turn against it.
• Wang Zhengyang said Ten Thousand Saints Mountain would accept the Demon Palace’s return if it left the ancient feud alone and did not try to dominate the Devil Realm Eastern Region.

At the victory banquet, Lin Bai recognized that the Chu Kingdom and Ten Thousand Saints Mountain wanted the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s territory stabilized but would not openly back the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace. After Lin Bai promised the territory would be stabilized within half a year, the Crown Prince pressed him for a fallback plan, and the First God Child blurted out that the Chu Kingdom could take over if the Demon Palace failed.

• Wang Zhengyang signaled that Ten Thousand Saints Mountain would not fight the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace to the bitter end, while Qi Lingyu remained isolated and drank in silence.
• The Crown Prince explained that the Chu Kingdom wanted the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s territory stabilized soon, but Lin Bai realized neither the Chu Kingdom nor Ten Thousand Saints Mountain had specified which force should rule it.
• Remembering Li Guxian’s instruction, Lin Bai declared that the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace would stabilize the territory within half a year and argued that it needed time to win the people’s acceptance.
• The Crown Prince repeatedly demanded to know what would happen if the Demon Palace failed, but Lin Bai evaded giving a definite fallback guarantee.
• The drunken First God Child shouted that the Chu Kingdom could recover the territory if the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace failed within half a year, and the Crown Prince immediately accepted the proposal.

At the Chu Empire's victory banquet, the First God Child Yan Congjiao drunkenly agreed that the Chu Empire could take over the Seven Nights Divine Sect's territory if the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace failed to secure it within half a year. The Crown Prince later explained his aims to Lin Bai, Wang Zhengyang, and Qi Lingyu in private, where Wang Zhengyang warned that the Chu Empire's actions could provoke a greater war.

• A maid flattered Yan Congjiao and mocked Lin Bai, prompting Yan Congjiao to announce that the Chu Empire could take the Seven Nights Divine Sect's territory if the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace failed to secure it within half a year.
• The Crown Prince immediately accepted Yan Congjiao's offer and declared the deadline and terms, leaving Lin Bai unable to retract the agreement.
• Lin Bai reprimanded Yan Congjiao, while the Second, Third, and Fifth God Children realized the danger of his outburst.
• The Crown Prince invited Lin Bai, Wang Zhengyang, and Qi Lingyu into an isolated pavilion and apologized for exploiting Yan Congjiao's inexperience.
• The Crown Prince admitted that the Chu Empire wanted access to the Seven Nights Divine Sect's resources, while Wang Zhengyang warned that the Chu Empire could control the territory through an agent.
• Wang Zhengyang told the Crown Prince that Ten Thousand Saints Mountain opposed the Chu Empire taking control of the territory and accused its actions of provoking a greater war.

Lin Bai, Wang Zhengyang, Qi Lingyu, and Chu Junyou negotiated the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s future and the fate of the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s territory. The three powers agreed to support the Demon Palace’s peaceful rebuilding for twenty thousand years, and Lin Bai urged them to choose the Demon Palace to rule the contested territory.

• Wang Zhengyang asked Lin Bai to guarantee that the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace would not start a large-scale war, and Lin Bai promised that neither he nor the current Palace Lord would do so.
• Qi Lingyu and Chu Junyou pledged to support Lin Bai becoming the Demon Palace’s future leader, while Qi Lingyu offered help against the First God Child and Lin Bai refused it.
• Lin Bai asked what the other powers would offer in return, and Wang Zhengyang promised that Ten Thousand Saints Mountain, Qi Tian Sect, and Chu would not act maliciously toward the Demon Palace or turn public opinion against it for twenty thousand years.
• Wang Zhengyang, Qi Lingyu, and Chu Junyou discussed restoring order in the former Seven Nights Divine Sect territory and choosing a power to rule it.
• Lin Bai urged the three leaders to choose the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace to govern the territory.

Lin Bai negotiated with Chu, Qi Tian Sect, and Ten Thousand Saints Mountain to give the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace half a year to stabilize the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s territory without outside interference. After the banquet, the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace returned safely to Eternal Night Pass, where Lin Bai and He Gongji prepared to exchange information.

• Lin Bai proposed that Chu, Qi Tian Sect, and Ten Thousand Saints Mountain stay out of the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s territory while the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace tried to stabilize it within half a year.
• Wang Zhengyang, Qi Lingyu, and the Crown Prince agreed to recognize the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s rule if it succeeded, and said their forces would intervene if it failed.
• Lin Bai considered the five challenges facing the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace, including resistance from surviving Seven Nights Divine Sect forces, rival sects, rebellious allies, and outside warriors.
• The Crown Prince said the Northern Region’s troops might take up to half a year to withdraw, while the three ancient forces remained at the border to uphold the competition’s results.
• The banquet ended after the leaders concluded their negotiations, and the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace left Horizon Pass and returned safely to Eternal Night Pass.
• He Gongji asked Lin Bai to exchange the information they had gathered, and Lin Bai agreed.

He Gongji and Lin Bai reported that the eastern powers wanted the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s territory stabilized, while Chu had set the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace a six-month deadline to take control. The First God Child’s reckless promise triggered a dispute over his fitness to lead, and the Second God Child vowed to impeach him after returning to the sect.

• He Gongji told the elders that Chu, Ten Thousand Saints Mountain, and Qi Tian Sect would accept the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace rebuilding its mountain gate if it stabilized the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s territory.
• Lin Bai revealed that Chu would send troops if the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace failed to take the territory within six months, and explained that the First God Child had agreed to the deadline.
• The First God Child claimed the territory could be conquered easily, but He Gongji warned that the local forces could unite against the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace.
• The Second God Child blamed the First God Child for endangering the sect, challenged his record, and declared that he would impeach him through his lineage.
• Shi Renshan accused Lin Bai of plotting against the First God Child, but the Second God Child insisted the impeachment was his own decision; the Third God Child then privately explained his lineage’s longstanding grievances with Shi Renshan.

Lin Bai and the God Children left Eternal Night Pass for the Seven Nights Divine Sect's territory after the Council of Elders deferred the First God Child's punishment and promised rewards for their service. As they crossed lands once assigned to the Northern Region, the Third God Child received news that the Southern Region had broken through Qi Tian Sect's frontier.

• Elder He Gongji stopped the Second God Child and Elder Shi Renshan's argument and said the Council of Elders would decide the First God Child's punishment.
• Elder He Gongji told Lin Bai, the Second God Child, and the Third God Child that the Devil Palace would recognize their contributions, and the group agreed to return to the Seven Nights Divine Sect's territory.
• Lin Bai left Eternal Night Pass aboard a cloud boat flying the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace flag, but some Eastern Region cities refused to let them use their teleportation arrays.
• Old Wen told Lin Bai that the land below them was among the seventy-two great states that would have gone to the Northern Region if Lin Bai had lost.
• The Third God Child received word that the Southern Region army had seized Qi Tian Sect's frontier and was invading in force.

Lin Bai learned that the Southern Region’s four Flourishing Sects had invaded Qi Tian Sect’s territory and hurried toward the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace. Along the way, he found Demon Subjugation Alliance warriors attacking the Demon Palace’s patrol and ordered them to leave the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s territory.

• The Third God Child and Old Wen confirmed that the Southern Region’s four Flourishing Sects had broken through Qi Tian Sect’s first defensive line, prompting Qi Tian Sect to request reinforcements.
• Lin Bai ordered the cloud boat to race toward Huang Long Thousand Provinces after the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace summoned him back.
• On the seventh day, Lin Bai’s group heard a battle ahead and learned that the Demon Subjugation Alliance was trying to exterminate Nine Underworlds Demon Palace warriors.
• The Second God Child, the Third God Child, and Dao Child Yu You stopped the fighting, and the Demon Palace patrol reported that the alliance had attacked them near Huang Long Thousand Provinces.
• Lin Bai confronted the fifteen Demon Subjugation Alliance warriors, accused them of seeking spoils amid the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s turmoil, and gave them one chance to leave the territory.

Lin Bai and the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace defeated a force of the Demon Subjugation Alliance and captured its Primal Chaos Dao Fruit Realm leader, Yuan Kui. As they continued toward the Huang Long Thousand Provinces, Lin Bai learned that the alliance lured outside lineages into the Seven Nights Divine Sect's territory with promises of rewards and operated a bounty system, but its headquarters and resources remained unknown.

• Lin Bai offered the Demon Subjugation Alliance martial artists a chance to leave, but they refused and summoned more than a dozen Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm fighters and a Primal Chaos Dao Fruit Realm Protector.
• Old Wen dispelled the Protector's attack, and Lin Bai ordered the Second God Child, the Third God Child, Dao Child Yu You, and the others to attack; the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace routed the alliance and captured the Protector's divine soul.
• Lin Bai halted the pursuit of the fleeing alliance members, and Old Wen brought the captive aboard the flying vessel as it continued toward the Huang Long Thousand Provinces.
• The captive identified himself as Yuan Kui, an ancestor of the Yuan Family from the territory of Ten Thousand Saints Mountain, and admitted that his family joined the alliance to seize an opportunity in the unsettled Seven Nights Divine Sect's territory.
• Yuan Kui explained that the masked Alliance Leader assigned members regions and offered Contribution Points for capturing or killing Nine Underworlds Demon Palace martial artists, but he did not know the alliance's headquarters.
• Lin Bai asked where the Demon Subjugation Alliance got its resources to support the bounty system.

Lin Bai investigated the Demon Subjugation Alliance’s resources, then returned to the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s new headquarters and began gathering news about the Southern Region. As Yao Daogu and Zhao Fengxia waited for Li Guxian to arrive, they sensed that Lin Bai had begun to embody his role as Emperor.

• Lin Bai questioned a captured Demon Subjugation Alliance martial artist, who said members exchanged Contribution Points for delivered treasures through a secret communication method but did not know the leader or the source of the resources.
• Lin Bai used Soul Search on the weakened martial artist’s soul, confirming his account and astonishing the Demon Palace’s God Children and elders; the soul then dispersed.
• Lin Bai sent the injured Nine Underworlds Guard squad to recuperate and continued with his companions to the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace headquarters in the Huang Long Thousand Provinces.
• Lin Bai went to the Imperial Palace, asked Old Wen to gather news from the Southern Region, and sent Dao Child Yu You to summon Li Guxian.
• Yao Daogu and Zhao Fengxia arrived to meet Lin Bai and waited with him for Li Guxian; Zhao Fengxia remarked that Lin Bai looked more like an Emperor now.

Lin Bai questioned Li Guxian about the Southern Region’s invasion of the Eastern Region and the Devil Palace’s refusal to aid Qi Tian Sect. Li Guxian denied orchestrating the invasion and offered reasons for it, while Lin Bai remained unsure and learned that five forces were competing over the former territory of the Seven Nights Divine Sect.

• Yao Daogu and Zhao Fengxia told Li Guxian that Lin Bai had arrived and described their tense meeting with him.
• Lin Bai asked whether the Devil Palace’s decision not to aid Qi Tian Sect had been made by the Council of Elders, and the elders confirmed it had.
• Lin Bai suspected Li Guxian had provoked the Southern Region to divert attention from the Devil Palace, but she denied involvement and said the Southern Region sought Qi Tian Sect’s resources and saw an opportunity after the Seven Nights Divine Sect fell.
• Li Guxian explained that the Eastern Region’s weakened defensive alliance and the destruction of a Flourishing Sect could have encouraged the Southern Region to invade; Lin Bai considered her account but withheld judgment pending information from the Southern Region.
• Li Guxian reported that the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s territory was divided among the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace, two sect alliances, Azure Lotus Sect, and the Demon Subjugation Alliance, with Chu’s reinforcements separate from those forces.

Li Guxian asked Lin Bai to negotiate with the Seven Nights Divine Sect, the Overturning Heavens Sect, and the Worship Heaven Sect so the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace could claim the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s territory without war. Lin Bai agreed to try, then left the Demon Palace quietly with Old Wen and Dao Child Yu You.

• Li Guxian explained that the Demon Palace wanted to take over the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s territory and asked Lin Bai to seek the surrender of three major sects.
• Lin Bai considered the difficulty of finding territory for the Seven Nights Divine Sect and persuading the ambitious Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect to submit.
• Li Guxian said she would handle the Pure Yang Sect, Phoenix Valley, and Demon Subjugation Alliance, and suspected the alliance’s resources came from local or Northern Region forces.
• Lin Bai warned that a war could unite the powers of the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s territory against the isolated Demon Palace, and Li Guxian said the Demon Palace had a contingency plan.
• Lin Bai agreed to negotiate, received permission from the Demon Palace’s three Saint Elders, and departed with Old Wen and Dao Child Yu You while concealing their tracks.

Lin Bai traveled to White Horse City to negotiate with the displaced Seven Nights Divine Sect on behalf of the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace. After reuniting with Yi Gu and Yi Jinyi, he identified himself as the Devil Palace’s Emperor Child, and Yi Jinyi asked how the palace planned to deal with their sect.

• Lin Bai dismissed Dao Child Yu You’s concerns about the First God Child and explained that factions within the Devil Palace would keep competing while he was away.
• Lin Bai, Dao Child Yu You, and Old Wen decided to visit White Horse City and negotiate with the Seven Nights Divine Sect, the first of three sects Lin Bai needed to approach.
• The group entered White Horse City in disguise, saw the disorder caused by crime and the influx of martial artists, and headed for the City Lord’s Mansion.
• A hunched old man invited Lin Bai and his companions into the mansion, learned Lin Bai was the Devil Palace’s Emperor Child, and summoned Yi Gu and Yi Jinyi.
• Lin Bai told Yi Gu and Yi Jinyi that he had come as the Devil Palace’s Emperor Child to discuss the territory, and Yi Jinyi asked how the palace intended to handle the Seven Nights Divine Sect.

Lin Bai negotiated with Yi Jinyi and the Seven Nights Divine Sect over the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s plans for their former territory, exposing the sect’s weakened state and pressing for a deal. He offered the Seven Nights Divine Sect support and twenty-five Thousand Prefectures, but Yi Jinyi had asked for fifty, leaving the negotiations unresolved.

• Lin Bai told Yi Jinyi, Yi Gu, and the hunched old man that the Seven Nights Divine Sect could no longer return to its former status as a flourishing power and needed to focus on survival.
• Yi Jinyi acknowledged the sect’s decline and discussed the rival powers seeking control of its territory, while asserting that the Seven Nights Divine Sect could still rebuild into a top sect.
• Lin Bai challenged Yi Jinyi’s claims by pointing out that most of the sect’s treasures had been lost and its surviving senior cultivators were nearing the ends of their lifespans.
• The hunched old man urged Yi Jinyi to negotiate sincerely and warned Lin Bai that he could kill powerful enemies before his remaining decades ran out.
• Lin Bai offered at least twenty Thousand Prefectures, resources to help Yi Gu reach the Supreme Dao Fruit realm, and support for the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s recognition as a top sect.
• Yi Jinyi demanded fifty Thousand Prefectures, and Lin Bai countered with twenty-five, warning that the Demon Palace’s Council of Elders might offer even less.

Lin Bai negotiated with the Seven Nights Divine Sect over its return to its homeland, agreeing to grant it fifteen thousand provinces around its capital territory. The sect agreed to submit to the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace on the conditions that Lin Bai become its Palace Lord and marry Yi Gu’s elder sister Yi Jinse.

• The hunched old man accepted Lin Bai’s offer of twenty-five thousand provinces only if the Seven Nights Divine Sect could choose its own territories, and Lin Bai countered with a smaller grant for lands around its capital.
• Lin Bai and the hunched old man settled on fifteen thousand provinces surrounding the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s capital, which the old man selected on a map.
• The hunched old man said the Seven Nights Divine Sect would submit to the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace only if Lin Bai became its future Palace Lord, and Lin Bai agreed to the condition.
• The hunched old man demanded that Lin Bai marry one of Yi Gu’s unmarried elder sisters, and Lin Bai reluctantly agreed after Old Wen advised him to accept for now.
• The hunched old man chose Yi Jinse as Lin Bai’s bride, leaving Lin Bai stunned because she had previously tried to attack him with her sword.

Lin Bai accepted the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s proposal for a marriage alliance with Yi Jinse to strengthen their partnership, though he refused to hold a wedding immediately. The sect’s leaders then announced the arrangement to their martial artists, leaving Yi Jinse stunned when they named her as Lin Bai’s bride.

• Lin Bai agreed to a marriage alliance with Yi Jinse but insisted that the wedding be postponed while he handled urgent matters elsewhere.
• The hunched old man proposed that Lin Bai and Yi Jinse spend a bridal night together instead, and Lin Bai discussed staging the marriage with Old Wen and Dao Child Yu You.
• The hunched old man told the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s leaders and martial artists that Lin Bai had offered them fifteen thousand prefectures in exchange for becoming vassals of the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace.
• The Seven Nights Divine Sect’s leaders supported using a marriage alliance to secure the agreement with the Demon Palace.
• The hunched old man announced that Yi Jinse would marry Lin Bai, and Yi Jinse stared at him in shock.

The Seven Nights Divine Sect arranged a marriage alliance with Lin Bai, and Yi Jinyun volunteered after Yi Jinse refused. Lin Bai agreed to treat the match as a public pretense, but Yi Jinyun drugged him with an elixir that suppressed his cultivation and caused aphrodisiac effects.

• The Seven Nights Divine Sect's ancestor demanded that Yi Jinse marry Lin Bai to secure the sect's ties with the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace.
• Yi Jinyun offered to take Yi Jinse's place, and the ancestor accepted her offer despite his concern for her.
• Lin Bai learned at a banquet that Yi Jinyun was his marriage partner and later told her their alliance was only for appearances.
• Yi Jinyun showed Lin Bai her virginity mark, but he promised not to touch her and said he would restore her freedom once the sect's situation improved.
• Lin Bai and Yi Jinyun drank together until he became weak and unable to circulate his cultivation.
• Yi Jinyun revealed that she had combined the Immortal Journey Elixir with the wine and the room's flames, then carried Lin Bai to the bed.

Lin Bai left White Horse City after Yi Jinyun made their political marriage binding, and the Seven Nights Divine Sect prepared to return to its headquarters with the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s help. Wedding invitations revealed that Meng Qinxian and Nie Shang were also entering political marriages, so Lin Bai traveled with the Seven Nights Divine Sect toward the Overturning Heavens Sect and prepared to contact the Devil Palace.

• Yi Jinyun used Lin Bai’s weakened state to consummate their marriage, and Lin Bai awoke the next morning with his cultivation restored.
• Lin Bai and Yi Jinyun left the bridal chamber together, reassuring the Seven Nights Divine Sect that their marriage was established and that Lin Bai would help them return to their territory.
• The hunchbacked old man showed Lin Bai invitations announcing that Meng Qinxian would marry Nie He and Nie Shang would marry Meng Chungu on the same day.
• Lin Bai agreed to travel with Yi Gu, Yi Jinse, and other Seven Nights Divine Sect martial artists to the Overturning Heavens Sect.
• Aboard the cloud boat, Lin Bai told Old Wen to prepare the Sound Transmission Formation so he could contact the Devil Palace.

Lin Bai contacted the Devil Palace and secured its approval for the Seven Nights Divine Sect to receive fifteen thousand provinces in exchange for submission. The Palace Lord ordered Lin Bai to attend the Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect wedding with Saint Elder Duanmu Peng, while the Devil Palace weighed the threat of their alliance and plans to bring the Pure Yang Sect and Phoenix Valley back under its control.

• Lin Bai told the Palace Lord and three Saint Elders that the Seven Nights Divine Sect had submitted in return for fifteen thousand provinces, and they approved the arrangement.
• The Palace Lord said the Second God Child would escort the Seven Nights Divine Sect back to its capital and revealed that Meng Qinxian and Nie He, and Nie Shang and Meng Chungu, would marry in half a month.
• Luo Yuanjing explained that Lin Bai's earlier efforts to reconcile the Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect had helped them form an alliance, which might threaten the Devil Palace's plans for the Seven Nights Divine Sect's territory.
• The Palace Lord assigned Saint Elder Duanmu Peng to travel with Lin Bai to the weddings and urged Lin Bai to learn the two sects' true intentions.
• Lin Bai learned that Li Guxian had begun clearing out independent factions within the Pure Yang Sect and Phoenix Valley, and warned that the Devil Palace should secure those sects before facing the Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect.
• The Palace Lord and Saint Elders praised Lin Bai's contributions to rebuilding the Devil Palace and said they would reward his accumulated merits.

The Palace Lord of the Demon Palace rewarded Lin Bai for his past contributions with a supply of Grand Luo Spirit Pills and promised to provide resources until Lin Bai reached the Primal Chaos Dao Fruit Realm. Lin Bai was then tasked with investigating the Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect, while the Demon Palace arranged to escort the Seven Nights Divine Sect back to its territory.

• The Palace Lord of the Demon Palace promised Lin Bai the resources needed to reach the Primal Chaos Dao Fruit Realm and ordered Saint Elder Luo Yuanjing to give him one hundred Grand Luo Spirit Pills.
• The Palace Lord of the Demon Palace revealed that the Demon Palace had found and opened five of the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace's hidden treasures, and that the key Lin Bai had obtained in the Imperial Capital was fake.
• The Palace Lord of the Demon Palace tasked Lin Bai with determining the goals of the Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect, with greater rewards if he could make both sects surrender.
• Lin Bai asked the Demon Palace to return the Seven Nights Divine Sect to its capital territory as soon as possible.
• The Palace Lord of the Demon Palace ordered the Third God Child and Demon Palace martial artists to escort the Seven Nights Divine Sect home and guard against interference from the Demon Subjugation Alliance.

Lin Bai secured the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s support for the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s return to its homeland and learned how to use the Grand Sound Transmission Formation. As his cloud boat approached the Overturning Heavens Sect, Chu Zimo intercepted it and revealed that the Pure Yang Sect and Phoenix Valley were courting the Chu Empire’s royal family.

• The Palace Lord of the Demon Palace arranged for the Third God Child and Demon Palace martial artists to escort the Seven Nights Divine Sect home, and Old Wen gave Lin Bai the Grand Sound Transmission Formation manual and materials.
• Lin Bai told Yi Jinyun that the Seven Nights Divine Sect could return to its original territory, and she relayed the news to Yi Gu and Yi Jinse so they could alert their sect’s leaders in White Horse City.
• After studying the formation method, Lin Bai burned the manual and continued toward the Overturning Heavens Sect with Old Wen and the Seven Nights Divine Sect martial artists.
• Chu Zimo attacked and stopped Lin Bai’s cloud boat, then greeted Yi Jinyun as Lin Bai’s sister-in-law and teased Lin Bai about their relationship.
• Chu Zimo explained that the Pure Yang Sect and Phoenix Valley were slandering Lin Bai to his sisters and Princess Chenxian while seeking marriage alliances with Prince Liang’s Estate and Prince Hong Estate.

Lin Bai learned that Chu had ordered its armies to withdraw from the Seven Nights Divine Sect's territory and met again with Chu Tinghan, Chu Tingxue, and Princess Chenxian. He explained that he could not return to Chu because the Devil Realm now saw him as the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace's Imperial Son.

• Chu Zimo told Lin Bai that Chu's armies would withdraw after attending the weddings of Meng Qinxian and Nie Shang.
• Chu Tinghan, Chu Tingxue, and Princess Chenxian arrived aboard Lin Bai's cloudship and confronted him about his marriage alliance with Yi Jinyun.
• Chu Tingxue deduced that the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace had arranged the alliance to bind Lin Bai to the Seven Nights Divine Sect's territory.
• Princess Chenxian invited Lin Bai to return to Chu after the wedding, but Lin Bai said he could not go back because the world regarded him as the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace's Imperial Son.
• Lin Bai concluded that Li Guxian had planned to abduct him and make him the Imperial Son, regardless of whether he had traveled alone to support the Seven Nights Divine Sect.