Recaps

Lin Bai and Li Guxian weighed how to manage the Eternal Elders who had pledged support, then Lin Bai waited for the Palace Master to summon him. Two days later, Qian Wu summoned Lin Bai, and Old Wen revealed that the Palace Master had secretly returned to the Devil Palace and was waiting nearby.

• After Wang Shuyang questioned whether Zhou Yurong, Hao Yu, and Yuan Chenhuan had manipulated him, he left, while He Gongji urged the elders to support Lin Bai and take risks for future rewards.
• Yuan Chenhuan, Hao Yu, and Zhou Yurong agreed to cooperate with Yao Daogu, Zhao Fengxia, and He Gongji at the Council of Elders.
• Li Guxian warned Lin Bai not to fulfill the elders' promises too quickly, and Lin Bai agreed to wait for the Palace Master's response about the promised territorial documents.
• Lin Bai sent Li Guxian to discuss the operation against the Shi Family with the Sect Master of Phoenix Valley and waited in the Imperial Palace for a summons.
• Two days later, Qian Wu summoned Lin Bai to the Sacred Sanctuary, and Old Wen led him along a small path after revealing that the Palace Master was waiting at a nearby cliff.

Lin Bai met the Palace Lord of the Demon Palace in person and learned more about the Heaven Swallowing Race, the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace, and the Royal Clan’s dangerous memory-devouring abilities. The Palace Lord told Lin Bai to remain in the Devil Realm and cultivate, while Leng Xingguang would be sent to the clan’s ancestral land.

• The Palace Lord revealed his true, middle-aged appearance to Lin Bai and explained that he had hidden his presence in the Devil Realm to protect the Heaven Swallowing Race’s identities.
• The Palace Lord refused to reveal the clan’s ancestral land or its plans until Lin Bai surpassed the Chaos Dao Fruit Realm, and said Leng Xingguang would go there while Lin Bai stayed in the Devil Realm.
• The Palace Lord explained that the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace had been founded to nurture Heaven Swallowing Race members, and that Holy Lord had risen to power before going mad and falling.
• The Palace Lord told Lin Bai that Holy Lord and Lin Bai belonged to the Royal Clan, whose members had special abilities, and warned that devouring too many memories could confuse and damage the mind.
• The Palace Lord declined to destroy the Shi Family because doing so could draw the Giant God Race’s attention, and urged Lin Bai to focus on cultivating the Nine Yuan Devil God Art.

Lin Bai met with the Palace Lord of the Demon Palace, who secretly gave him documents granting fiefs to three families and revealed the Shi Family’s hidden history and powerful allies. Lin Bai left knowing which Devil Palace elders he could trust as he prepared to deal with the Shi Family and the First God Child.

• The Palace Lord of the Demon Palace gave Lin Bai valid territorial documents granting lands to the He, Zhao, and Yao Families, while warning that he would not openly help Lin Bai attack the Shi Family.
• The Palace Lord of the Demon Palace revealed that the Shi Family had two dormant Great Mystic Art User ancestors and that its Sacred Stone Scripture came from its ancestors’ role guarding the Burial Earth.
• The Palace Lord of the Demon Palace explained that the Shi Family had owned Nine Underworlds City before the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace moved there and that the Shi Family’s past had been obscured in historical records.
• The Palace Lord of the Demon Palace told Lin Bai to trust Luo Yuanjing, Duanmu Peng, and Elder Lei, but warned him about Yue Chuanming and another Great Mystic Art User who sided with the Shi Family.
• The Palace Lord of the Demon Palace said at least a dozen former Devil Palace Great Mystic Art Users remained dormant in the Burial Earth, while only six could freely move through the Myriad Realms.
• The Palace Lord of the Demon Palace admitted he had summoned Lin Bai to stage a response to complaints from Shi Renshan and the First God Child, then told Lin Bai to heed Li Guxian’s schemes.

Lin Bai learned that the Demon Palace had agreed to a martial contest against the Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect, and that the Azure Lotus Sect secretly backed the Demon Subjugation Alliance. After arranging for Li Guxian to receive the three documents and promising to cooperate against the Shi Family and First God Child, Lin Bai met with Wang Zhengyang and Chu Junyou, who had come to the Demon Palace.

• Lin Bai told the Palace Lord of the Demon Palace about the proposed martial contest, and the Palace Lord confirmed it would take place during the Demon Palace's Renaming Ceremony with five God Children representing the Demon Palace.
• Lin Bai guessed that the Azure Lotus Sect was secretly supporting the Demon Subjugation Alliance, and the Palace Lord confirmed that the Alliance Master was the Azure Lotus Sect's current Sect Master.
• Lin Bai returned to the Imperial Palace with Old Wen and ordered him to deliver three documents to Li Guxian, who would pass them to He Gongji, Yao Daogu, and Zhao Fengxia.
• Lin Bai told Old Wen to have Li Guxian and the master of Phoenix Valley notify him when they were ready to act against the Shi Family and the First God Child.
• Dao Child Yu You told Lin Bai that Chu Junyou and Wang Zhengyang were waiting at the Star Gazing Pavilion, and Lin Bai went to meet them.

Lin Bai met Crown Prince Chu and Wang Zhengyang in the Star Gazing Pavilion, where they discussed the Qi Tian Sect refugees and growing threats to the Devil Realm Eastern Region. After learning the Western Region's kingdoms might be acting under outside influence, Lin Bai revealed evidence that Hailong Kingdom's Shangguan Xiu had tried to open a passage to the Netherworld.

• Lin Bai shared Dragon Blood Wine with Crown Prince Chu and Wang Zhengyang as they discussed the refugees from Qi Tian Sect and the challenges Nine Underworlds Demon Palace would face after its Renaming Ceremony.
• Wang Zhengyang explained that Ten Thousand Saints Mountain could not aid Qi Tian Sect because the Western Region's kingdoms had unexpectedly ceased fighting and were pressuring its borders.
• Crown Prince Chu suggested that powerful outsiders might have united the Western Region's kingdoms, and he agreed to have the Zhao Xing Office investigate.
• Lin Bai recalled that Shangguan Xiu had used a Death Altar in Chu Kingdom Hunting Realm to try to contact the Netherworld, and he showed Wang Zhengyang and Crown Prince Chu the bone tablet he had taken.
• Wang Zhengyang and Crown Prince Chu were shocked by Lin Bai's evidence that the Netherworld's involvement could not be ruled out.

Lin Bai, Chu Junyou, and Wang Zhengyang discussed signs of Netherworld involvement in the Western Region and the Northern Region’s suspicious military movements along the Eastern Region’s frontier. Wang Zhengyang suggested the Northern Region had deliberately accepted defeat in the tournament and might be waiting for chaos in the Devil Realm, leaving them to question why it had withdrawn when Chu and the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace would never have let it enter even after losing.

• Wang Zhengyang asked Chu Junyou to investigate the suspected Netherworld presence in the Western Region after the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace matter was settled, and Chu Junyou agreed to cooperate.
• Chu Junyou told Lin Bai that Northern Region warriors were still probing Eternal Night Pass and Horizon Pass, while other forces had withdrawn only far enough to return to the frontier within about ten days.
• Lin Bai and Chu Junyou discussed how the Northern Region might exploit the Divine Medicine War and use local clans to attack while avoiding blame from the three ancient powers.
• Wang Zhengyang proposed that the Northern Region was waiting for chaos in the Devil Realm and observed that its forces had seemed unusually unconcerned about losing the tournament.
• Lin Bai recalled that Bu Junfeng had appeared capable of continuing their fight but had chosen to admit defeat, while Chu Junyou and Lin Bai confirmed their sides would not have allowed the Northern Region to enter even if they had lost.

Wang Zhengyang argued that the Northern Region might accept losing the martial competition so it could wait for the Eastern Region to be weakened by attacks on Ten Thousand Saints Mountain and Qi Tian Sect. His suspicions extended to possible secret coordination among the regions and the Chu Kingdom, while Lin Bai said the Devil Palace would strengthen its defenses and prepare to deal with the First God Child and the Shi Family.

• Lin Bai and Chu Junyou questioned why the Northern Region would treat victory in the competition as unimportant, and Wang Zhengyang explained that losing could help it avoid a costly head-on war while it waited for the Eastern Region to be divided.
• Wang Zhengyang suggested that the Southern Region might attack Qi Tian Sect and the Western Region might pressure Ten Thousand Saints Mountain, leaving the Chu Kingdom and Nine Underworlds Demon Palace more exposed to the Northern Region.
• Chu Junyou and Wang Zhengyang agreed that their forces should expand, with Wang Zhengyang announcing that Ten Thousand Saints Mountain planned to organize loyal lineages into an army of roughly ten million troops.
• Wang Zhengyang questioned whether the Chu Kingdom's rapid military expansion and past knowledge of the Netherworld plot indicated secret connections to the other regions; Chu Junyou denied knowing anything but promised to investigate and defend the Eastern Region.
• Lin Bai said he would urge the Devil Palace to reinforce its borders and expand its army, and he told Wang Zhengyang that plans to deal with the First God Child and the Shi Family were already underway.

As the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace prepared to hold its Renaming Ceremony, Lin Bai met old friends from Ten Thousand Saints Mountain, who warned him that their sects’ support depended on him remaining Imperial Son and stopping the First God Child from threatening them. Their meeting was interrupted by the arrival of more visitors from Chu and other sects.

• After two-thirds of the Devil Realm Eastern Region’s top and flourishing sects arrived, Lin Bai learned that the Renaming Ceremony would take place on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, while Qi Lingyu was still on his way.
• Lin Bai met Mo Nan, Li Xuanqiu, and Yi Heze at the Star Gazing Pavilion, where they explained that the First God Child had demanded the return of treasures their sects supposedly took from the Demon Palace a hundred thousand years earlier.
• Lin Bai assured them that he still intended to honor the promise to forgive past grievances, but admitted that the First God Child held great authority in the Demon Palace.
• Mo Nan and Yi Heze said their sects would support the Demon Palace’s rule only if Lin Bai remained Imperial Son, and urged him to deal with the First God Child.
• Dao Child Yu You arrived and announced that Shui Mo Dan, Chen Yule, Huang Qingyun, Yi Song, and Bai Yifei had come to request an audience.

Lin Bai welcomed Holy Sons and Holy Daughters from Chu, who complained that First God Child Yan Congjiao was demanding the return of treasures their sects had taken from the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace ten thousand years earlier. To address the dispute, Lin Bai invoked his authority to convene the Council of Elders and summon Yan Congjiao and the Demon Palace’s senior leaders.

• Lin Bai welcomed Shui Mo Dan, Chen Yule, Yi Song, Huang Qingyun, and Bai Yifei to the Star Gazing Pavilion, and learned Huang Qingyun and her other self were coexisting.
• Chen Yule and Yi Song told Lin Bai that First God Child Yan Congjiao had antagonized their sects, while Bai Yifei said Yan had demanded the Tianshui Sect return treasures taken ten thousand years ago.
• Huang Qingyun said the Sacred Lotus Palace had faced similar demands, and her other self revealed she had severely injured a Demon Palace Dao Child.
• Shui Mo Dan told Lin Bai that the Demon Palace wanted her Spirit Refining Furnace, which Lin Bai recognized as the Holy Lord’s Alchemy Furnace.
• Lin Bai summoned Old Wen and ordered him to convene the Council of Elders, requiring the elders, Yan Congjiao, and the returned God Children and Goddesses to attend.

Lin Bai summoned an extraordinary Council of Elders at Ascension Peak, leaving the gathered elders and God Children unsure of his purpose. The chapter ended with Shi Renshan and Yan Congjiao claiming the front seats, angering He Gongji and the other elders.

• Lin Bai reassured the visiting Holy Daughters and Holy Sons, then headed to Ascension Peak with Dao Child Yu You to convene the Council of Elders.
• Eternal Elders and several God Children arrived, but none knew why Lin Bai had summoned them.
• Li Guxian arrived and confirmed that she had not advised Lin Bai or known about the meeting beforehand.
• Shi Renshan and First God Child Yan Congjiao arrived, and the gathered elders noticed that no supporters of the Shi Family were present.
• Yan Congjiao reluctantly saluted the elders after Shi Renshan prompted him, then sat beside Shi Renshan in the front row, provoking He Gongji and the others.

Lin Bai convened an emergency Council of Elders, where Saint Elder Duanmu Peng rebuked the First God Child and Shi Renshan for the First God Child’s arrogance and conduct. Lin Bai arrived and took the Emperor Child’s seat as the council prepared to proceed.

• Shi Renshan suspected Lin Bai had called the council to target him and the First God Child, but neither could identify anything they had done recently to invite blame.
• Luo Yuanjing, Duanmu Peng, and Lei Qin arrived and confirmed that Lin Bai had summoned them under his authority as Emperor Child.
• Duanmu Peng reprimanded the First God Child for disrespecting Lin Bai and condemned his recklessness, including his defeat at the eastern region’s border; he warned Shi Renshan that he was responsible for his disciple’s behavior.
• Shi Renshan defended the First God Child, but Duanmu Peng warned that the First God Child could bring disaster upon himself and the Demon Palace.
• Lin Bai entered with Old Wen and Dao Child Yu You, was greeted by the elders and Saint Elders, and took the fourth chair beside them.

Lin Bai convened the Council of Elders to confront Yan Congjiao and Shi Renshan over their treatment of visiting envoys during the Demon Palace Renaming Ceremony. After exposing Yan Congjiao’s demands for the return of treasures lost ten thousand years earlier, Lin Bai turned Shi Renshan’s defense toward Saint Elder Luo Yuanjing.

• Lin Bai opened the Council of Elders and established that Shi Renshan had been assigned to receive the visiting envoys, with Luo Yuanjing confirming the council’s decision.
• Lin Bai questioned Yan Congjiao about receiving the envoys, while Shi Renshan tried to dismiss the accusations as slander from hostile outsiders.
• Lin Bai accused Yan Congjiao of demanding that visiting sects return treasures seized ten thousand years earlier, despite the Demon Palace’s decision not to pursue those losses.
• Shi Renshan argued that the Demon Palace had never issued an official document announcing that decision, and Luo Yuanjing confirmed that none had been issued.
• Lin Bai challenged Shi Renshan over whether he was blaming Luo Yuanjing for the missing document or accusing the Saint Elder of favoritism.

Lin Bai used the First God Child Yan Congjiao’s demands for the Devil Palace’s lost treasures to argue that he had endangered the Palace’s delicate alliances and rebuilding efforts. As Shi Renshan challenged Lin Bai’s accusations, the three Saint Elders pressed Yan Congjiao to explain himself, and Lin Bai framed his actions as a threat to the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s survival.

• Lin Bai shifted the dispute over the missing written order toward Saint Elder Luo Yuanjing, who acknowledged that the Palace Master had approved the Council of Elders’ decision and then questioned Yan Congjiao.
• Saint Elder Duanmu Peng and Saint Elder Lei Qin stopped Shi Renshan from answering for his disciple, and Yan Congjiao admitted asking visiting envoy groups to return treasures taken from the Devil Palace a hundred thousand years earlier.
• Yan Congjiao defended his demand as an attempt to reclaim the Palace’s property, while Lin Bai agreed that recovering the treasures was reasonable but condemned the timing and its threat to the Palace’s strategic policy.
• Lin Bai listed the Devil Palace’s external threats and internal unrest, then explained that many visiting sects supported the Renaming Ceremony because of his personal connections.
• Lin Bai argued that Yan Congjiao’s treatment of the envoys could drive away the Palace’s allies and jeopardize its rebuilding, prompting Shi Renshan to accuse Lin Bai of exaggerating the danger to eliminate a rival.

Lin Bai persuaded the three Saint Elders and the Eternal Elders that Yan Congjiao’s misconduct risked turning the Devil Palace’s allies against it, forcing Yan to admit his mistake. After Lin Bai left the punishment to the Saint Elders, Li Guxian offered Yan a choice between apologizing to the visiting emissaries and a hundred-year imprisonment at Contemplation Cliff.

• Lin Bai argued that Yan Congjiao’s offenses threatened the Devil Palace’s efforts to rebuild and risked uniting the Eastern Region against it.
• Luo Yuanjing, Duanmu Peng, and Lei Qin agreed that Yan should be punished, and several Eternal Elders backed them while Shi Renshan stayed silent.
• Under pressure from Luo Yuanjing, Yan admitted his mistake, and Lin Bai proposed removing Yan and Shi Renshan from responsibility for receiving emissaries before leaving the punishment to the Saint Elders.
• The Saint Elders asked Li Guxian how Yan should be punished, and she offered him the choice of apologizing to the emissaries or enduring a hundred years of imprisonment at Contemplation Cliff.

The Council of Elders ruled that Yan Congjiao had to apologize in person to every sect he offended or face a hundred years at Contemplation Cliff. After Shi Renshan and Yan Congjiao left, Li Guxian suggested that Shi had deliberately kept his disciple shallow and obedient so he could control the Devil Palace through him.

• Li Guxian proposed that Yan Congjiao apologize or spend a hundred years at Contemplation Cliff, and Luo Yuanjing ordered him to visit each offended sect and earn its forgiveness.
• Shi Renshan accepted the verdict and arranged to send records of his duties to the Affairs Hall as Yao Daogu and Zhao Fengxia took over receiving guests and envoys.
• Yan Congjiao complained that Shi Renshan had failed to defend him, but Shi explained that the three Saint Elders and Li Guxian had already secured Lin Bai's victory in the council.
• Shi Renshan lamented that success and failure both came through Xiao He, leaving Yan Congjiao confused.
• Li Guxian explained to He Gongji and the others that Shi Renshan may have deliberately raised Yan Congjiao to be an obedient, shallow heir he could control as Emperor Child and future Palace Lord.

Li Guxian told Lin Bai how the Council of Elders had punished the First God Child and warned him that Qi Lingyu might seek military aid for the Qi Tian Sect. Lin Bai prepared to meet Qi Lingyu alongside representatives of the Chu Kingdom and Ten Thousand Saints Mountain, while weighing the defensive alliance against the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s unstable territory.

• Li Guxian assigned Yao Daogu and Zhao Fengxia to receive envoys and build ties with smaller sects, while He Gongji was tasked with watching the First God Child.
• Li Guxian told Lin Bai that the First God Child would have to apologize to the leading sects or undergo a century of secluded meditation and monthly flogging; she also said the plan against the Shi Family was nearly ready.
• Old Wen reported that Qi Lingyu had arrived, and Lin Bai invited Chu Junyou and Wang Zhengyang to join a meeting at the Imperial Palace.
• Li Guxian warned Lin Bai that Qi Lingyu would likely request aid, and explained that the defensive alliance obligated the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace to help the Qi Tian Sect.
• Lin Bai considered agreeing to help without immediately sending troops, but questioned whether that would be dishonorable; Li Guxian argued that the Demon Palace had to secure its own territory first.

Lin Bai met with Qi Lingyu at Star Gazing Pavilion and heard how the Southern Region’s invasion and plague had driven Qi Tian Sect toward collapse. Qi Lingyu warned Lin Bai that the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s war was only beginning, and the chapter ended as Wang Zhengyang and Chu Junyou joined them for a private discussion that could shape the Devil Realm Eastern Region.

• Lin Bai decided to meet Qi Lingyu without Li Guxian, and she warned him that Qi Tian Sect might grasp at any chance to survive.
• At Star Gazing Pavilion, Qi Lingyu described Qi Tian Sect’s worsening internal divisions, defections, and desperation amid the Southern Region’s invasion and plague.
• Qi Lingyu warned Lin Bai to settle the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s internal conflicts before facing threats from Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect.
• Qi Lingyu suggested eliminating the people behind a problem, but Lin Bai explained that killing the First God Child would not resolve the wider struggle between the Demon Palace’s powerful families.
• Wang Zhengyang and Chu Junyou arrived, and Lin Bai ordered Old Wen to keep others away while the four representatives prepared to discuss Qi Tian Sect’s situation.

Qi Lingyu told Lin Bai, Chu Junyou, and Wang Zhengyang that Southern Border Insect Valley’s Burial Sky Smoke had devastated the Qi Tian Sect’s defenses and could not yet be countered. He urged the three eastern powers to honor their alliance and aid the Qi Tian Sect, warning that its fall would expose their territories to invasion.

• Qi Lingyu described how Burial Sky Smoke broke the Qi Tian Sect’s second defensive line and explained its deadly effects and its ability to penetrate most formations.
• Chu Junyou said the Celestial Mystery Pavilion of Chu had failed to identify the poison’s ingredients or create an antidote, and Qi Lingyu said captured antidote pills had also proved impossible to replicate.
• Qi Lingyu explained that Burial Sky Smoke severely affected most martial artists below the Dao Realm, leaving the Qi Tian Sect’s largely lower-ranked army unable to fight.
• Qi Lingyu asked Chu Junyou, Wang Zhengyang, and Lin Bai to seek aid from their sects, warning that Southern Region forces would threaten Chu, Ten Thousand Saints Mountain, and the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace if the Qi Tian Sect fell.

Qi Lingyu sought aid for Qi Tian Sect as Southern Region forces invaded and Burial Sky Smoke devastated its territory. Lin Bai proposed asking the Three Ancient Forces to stop the plague, while Chu Junyou agreed that Chu would send troops and supplies after the ceremony.

• Qi Lingyu explained that Qi Tian Sect needed help against the Southern Region invasion, but Chu Junyou and Wang Zhengyang warned that reinforcements would be vulnerable to Burial Sky Smoke.
• Lin Bai argued that Qi Tian Sect should seek aid from the Three Ancient Forces, who might intervene to stop Southern Border Insect Valley's plague even if they would not join the war.
• Lin Bai advised Qi Lingyu to emphasize the plague's devastation and provide evidence of its suffering, and Qi Lingyu agreed to contact his sect.
• Qi Lingyu insisted that the Three Great Sects should prepare to send both troops and supplies in case the Three Ancient Forces refused to act.
• Chu Junyou pledged that Chu would send twenty million troops and supplies under the command of two Army Kings after Nine Underworlds Demon Palace's ceremony.

Chu Junyou agreed to send twenty million troops to aid Qi Tian Sect, while Lin Bai and Wang Zhengyang explained that their sects could not send comparable forces. They agreed to seek help from the Three Ancient Powers and provide supplies, but the chapter ended with the leaders confronting the problem of more than a hundred million refugees from Qi Tian Sect's territory gathering along their borders.

• Chu Junyou promised to send twenty million troops to Qi Tian Sect, whose territory was under attack by the Southern Region.
• Wang Zhengyang and Lin Bai said Ten Thousand Saints Mountain and Nine Underworlds Demon Palace could not send large armies while Burial Sky Smoke remained a threat.
• Lin Bai proposed that the Four Great Flourishing Powers jointly seek aid from the Three Ancient Powers to stop Southern Border Insect Valley and its Burial Sky Smoke.
• Wang Zhengyang and Lin Bai agreed to provide Qi Tian Sect with supplies, including pills and medicines for treating poison.
• Chu Junyou reported that more than a hundred million refugees had reached Chu's borders, while Lin Bai said even more had gathered near Nine Underworlds Demon Palace.
• Qi Lingyu said Qi Tian Sect would try to persuade the refugees to return, but Chu and Nine Underworlds Demon Palace would have to decide how to handle them.

Chu, the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace, and the Qi Tian Sect discussed how to handle refugees and investigated the unexpected invasions of the Eastern Region. They suspected forces beyond the realm were driving events, while learning that a Tortoise Race ancestor might be close to immortality; Lin Bai and the others concluded that outside Great Mystic Art Users could be stirring up the Devil Realm’s Divine Medicine War.

• Chu Junyou obtained Qi Lingyu’s permission for Chu and the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace to handle the Qi Tian Sect refugees as they saw fit.
• Wang Zhengyang revealed that Chu had secretly encouraged the Western Region’s civil war, and the group discussed how the Western and Southern Regions’ sudden invasions might have been influenced by outside forces.
• Qi Lingyu said the Southern Region had taken advantage of the Eastern Region’s distractions, while Wang Zhengyang and Lin Bai argued that it must have had powerful backing to act so boldly.
• Chu Junyou and Wang Zhengyang recalled the Demon Realm’s Divine Medicine War seventy thousand years earlier, when a Tortoise Race ancestor’s aura frightened away Great Mystic Art Users.
• Lin Bai asked whether the living fossil might be immortal, and Wang Zhengyang said the ancestor had likely crossed half the threshold of immortality.
• Chu Junyou warned that outside Great Mystic Art Users might be trying to recreate the earlier Divine Medicine War, and Lin Bai agreed that some could be intervening in the Devil Realm.

Lin Bai learned that the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace would hold its Renaming Ceremony in two months, after securing support from much of the Devil Realm Eastern Region. The Palace Lord told Lin Bai to postpone his plan against Shi Renshan and the Shi Family until after the ceremony, and Lin Bai raised Qi Tian Sect’s worsening crisis with the Southern Border Insect Valley.

• Qi Lingyu and Wang Zhengyang discussed the Renaming Ceremony with Lin Bai, who estimated it could be held within three months and promised to urge the Demon Palace to set a date.
• The Palace Lord of the Demon Palace told Lin Bai that delegations and letters from sects across the Devil Realm Eastern Region had secured enough support to hold the ceremony, and set it for the fifteenth day of the eighth month, two months later.
• The Palace Lord told Lin Bai that Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect had requested martial combat and that the Demon Palace would prepare a list of fighters without Lin Bai.
• The Palace Lord revealed that he knew Lin Bai and Li Guxian planned to target Shi Renshan and the Shi Family, and asked Lin Bai to suspend the plan until after the ceremony; Lin Bai agreed.
• Lin Bai told the Palace Lord that the Southern Border Insect Valley had thrown Qi Tian Sect into disarray with Burial Sky Smoke and that he had advised Qi Lingyu to seek help from the three ancient powers.

Lin Bai agreed with the Palace Lord of the Demon Palace to ask the three ancient forces to stop Southern Border Insect Valley’s Burial Sky Smoke after the Demon Palace Renaming Ceremony. He also secured approval for expanding the Nine Underworlds Army and Skyguard Legion, while suspending the plan against the Shi Family until the ceremony ended.

• Lin Bai proposed that the three ancient forces intervene against the Burial Sky Smoke, and the Palace Lord of the Demon Palace agreed to plead for Qi Tian Sect's territory after the Renaming Ceremony.
• Lin Bai told the Palace Lord of the Demon Palace that he had secretly begun expanding the Nine Underworlds Army and Skyguard Legion, and the Palace Lord approved the expansion while ordering the Shi Family plan suspended.
• Lin Bai informed Li Guxian and the Palace Lord of Phoenix Valley that the plan against the Shi Family had to wait until after the Renaming Ceremony, scheduled for two months later.
• Li Guxian deduced that the Palace Lord of the Demon Palace had halted internal conflict to protect the ceremony, and agreed to pause the plan against the Shi Family.
• Lin Bai told Li Guxian that the Palace Lord had approved the army expansion, and they agreed to keep it secret and organize the new troops separately from the existing armies.

Lin Bai hosted a banquet for the Devil Realm’s Holy Sons and Holy Daughters as the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace prepared for its Renaming Ceremony. The guests discussed the worsening crisis in Qi Tian Sect territory and Lu Qingjun’s absence before Old Wen brought Lin Bai the finalized martial competition roster for his approval.

• The Nine Underworlds Demon Palace announced that its Renaming Ceremony would be held in two months, and news of its growing support spread throughout the Devil Realm.
• Lin Bai invited prominent young martial artists to a banquet at the Star Gazing Pavilion and asked them to set aside sect affairs and enjoy themselves.
• Yi Song and other guests questioned Qi Lingyu about the situation in Qi Tian Sect territory and pointed out that Lu Qingjun had not come; Lin Bai and Wang Zhengyang helped redirect the conversation.
• Shui Mo Dan asked about Lu Qingjun, then accepted Yi Heze’s offer to teach her swordsmanship and Mo Nan’s offer to teach her astrology.
• Qian Hen told Chu Junyou that Shui Mo Dan was not human but had formed from a treasure, while Lin Bai and Wang Zhengyang avoided explaining more.
• Old Wen delivered the Demon Palace’s finalized martial competition roster against Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect, and Lin Bai opened it to review.

Lin Bai confirmed the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s five-person tournament roster and discussed the strength of its chosen God Children against the Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect. He left the gathering’s Holy Sons and Holy Daughters stunned by revealing that his past fight with Bu Junfeng had ended before either fighter was exhausted.

• Yi Song correctly guessed that Yan Congjiao, Duanmu Lin, Shen Yunfan, Mo Guyu, and Zhao Yuanchen would represent the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace, and Lin Bai confirmed the roster.
• Lin Bai told Old Wen to inform the Council of Elders that he approved the roster and to bring him the finalized matchups after the rival sects submitted their entries.
• Lin Bai said Meng Qinxian and Nie Shang would likely compete for the Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect, while Chu Junyou and Wang Zhengyang assessed the likely strength of the contestants.
• Qi Lingyu and Wang Zhengyang agreed that Lin Bai’s victory over Bu Junfeng placed him above the other gathered prodigies, but Lin Bai said he did not consider himself the winner of their fight.
• Lin Bai explained that Bu Junfeng surrendered while both of them still had strength to continue fighting.