Recaps

Lin Bai explained why Bu Junfeng’s defeat might have been a Northern Region concession to avoid a costly war, then received six Nine Underworlds Demon Palace God Children and Goddesses. Hu Zhiyao and Zhao Yuanchen urged him to challenge the First God Child, leaving Lin Bai to consider their blunt proposal.

• Lin Bai told Li Xuanqiu and Wang Zhengyang that a contest with Bu Junfeng might have ended in mutual injury, though a fight to the death would have favored Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai and Chu Junyou discussed the possibility that the Northern Region had arranged Bu Junfeng’s admission of defeat to avoid a war, and Chu Junyou confirmed that the Chu Kingdom kept its border forces ready.
• Old Wen brought Duanmu Lin, Shen Yunfan, Li Guxian, Mo Guyu, Hu Zhiyao, and Zhao Yuanchen to meet Lin Bai in the Imperial Palace.
• Hu Zhiyao criticized the First God Child and Zhao Yuanchen’s reliance on force, while Zhao Yuanchen defended his approach.
• Hu Zhiyao accused Lin Bai of letting the First God Child and Shi Renshan reduce him to a figurehead, and Zhao Yuanchen proposed trapping and killing the First God Child.

Lin Bai learned that the Western, Southern, and Northern Regions might be facing hidden forces pushing the Devil Realm into chaos, then asked about Southern Border Insect Valley’s deadly poison, Burial Sky Smoke. He heard that the valley’s poisonous cave was once an Immortal Tomb containing many True Immortals, and that its depths might hold the secret behind the Immortal Realm’s lost connection to the ancient Spirit Realm.

• Hu Zhiyao argued that the God Children should eliminate the First God Child, but Lin Bai refused to rush into a conflict before the Renaming Ceremony.
• Li Guxian explained that Hu Zhiyao, Mo Guyu, Zhao Yuanchen, and other God Children had been sent to the other regions to monitor their movements.
• Hu Zhiyao reported that the Western Region’s warring nations had unexpectedly united, and she suspected Great Mystic Art Users from other realms were behind it.
• Mo Guyu and Zhao Yuanchen said the Southern Region had prepared to invade the Eastern Region, while Lin Bai raised the subject of Burial Sky Smoke and Southern Border Insect Valley’s poisonous cave.
• Mo Guyu and Li Guxian revealed that the poisonous cave was once an Immortal Tomb containing multiple True Immortals, where many Great Mystic Art Users had died searching for answers about the lost connection between the Immortal Realm and ancient Spirit Realm.

Lin Bai discussed Burial Sky Smoke and warned the God Children about the coming contest against Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect. Hu Zhiyao then raised her family’s request for a fief, and Lin Bai asked what she wanted.

• Lin Bai considered whether the Immortal Tomb Poisonous Cave was connected to the Immortal Realm’s severed contact with the Primordial Spirit Realm, and concluded that the Chu Kingdom’s Celestial Mystery Pavilion would likely work on a Burial Sky Smoke antidote.
• Lin Bai briefed Second God Child Duanmu Lin, Third God Child Shen Yunfan, Fourth God Child, Seventh God Child, and Sixth Goddess Hu Zhiyao on the coming martial contest, urging them to prepare carefully and give their best.
• Hu Zhiyao asked Lin Bai about the fiefs granted to the He Family, Yao Family, and Zhao Family, then explained that Hu Family also wanted territory to govern on Devil Palace’s behalf.
• Lin Bai said the other families had earned their fiefs through their contributions, while Hu Family would receive a territory in time; Hu Zhiyao worried that only barren lands would remain.
• Lin Bai asked Hu Zhiyao what she wanted.

Lin Bai negotiated with the God Children and Goddess over the distribution of newly acquired provinces, demanding that their families support him in return for favorable territories. He secured the Duanmu and Shen Families’ allegiance and left Mo Guyu, Hu Zhiyao, and Zhao Yuanchen facing his warning that the Demon Palace would soon launch an offensive and reshape its families.

• The Hu Family asked Lin Bai to grant it Mystic Heart Thousand Provinces, while the other God Children and Goddess revealed that their families also wanted territories.
• Lin Bai pointed out that the Duanmu, Shen, Mo, Hu, and Zhao Families had not supported him and demanded their allegiance before he would help them.
• Hu Zhiyao argued that Lin Bai needed the families’ support more than they needed his, and Lin Bai admitted he was at a disadvantage against First God Child.
• Duanmu Lin pledged the Duanmu Family’s support for Lin Bai and requested Yaotai Thousand Provinces, which Lin Bai agreed to consider after the Renaming Ceremony.
• Shen Yunfan pledged the Shen Family’s support and requested Nine Immortals Thousand Provinces, and Lin Bai also agreed to handle the request after the ceremony.
• Lin Bai told Mo Guyu, Hu Zhiyao, Zhao Yuanchen, and the others that he had enough family support to launch a great offensive after the Renaming Ceremony and warned that some families would lose their status.

Lin Bai negotiated with Hu Zhiyao, Mo Guyu, and Zhao Yuanchen over their clans’ support, making clear that neutrality would not protect them from the struggle against the First God Child. After they left, he learned why the other God Children feared Hu Zhiyao: she had beaten many of them when they were young.

• Lin Bai promised to request territory for the Hu, Zhao, and Mo Families after the Renaming Ceremony, while warning that the Devil Palace would purge families that chose the losing side.
• Hu Zhiyao said her family would show Lin Bai its sincerity before the Renaming Ceremony and asked him to secure the Mystic Heart Thousand Provinces for them.
• After Hu Zhiyao, Mo Guyu, and Zhao Yuanchen left, Duanmu Lin and Shen Yunfan recalled that Hu Zhiyao had refused to travel with Lu Yunzhe because she found him overly cautious.
• Li Guxian revealed that Hu Zhiyao had beaten Duanmu Lin, Shen Yunfan, and many other God Children when they were younger.
• Shen Yunfan recounted that Hu Zhiyao had nearly castrated Li Siyuan after he abducted women, prompting the Li and Hu Families to nearly clash.

Duanmu Lin and Shen Yunfan pledged the support of the Duanmu and Shen Families to Lin Bai and Li Guxian, helping them reclaim influence in the Council of Elders. Lin Bai learned that Shi Renshan had won over the rival Duan and Xiang Families by promising them control of two Divine Halls, while their forces already commanded the Sea Guard Legion and Divine Mountain Guard.

• Duanmu Lin and Shen Yunfan told Lin Bai that their families would support him, and Lin Bai asked them to cooperate with Li Guxian in the Council of Elders.
• Li Guxian asked the two God Children for their families' help, and they confirmed they would stand with Lin Bai in the struggle against the Shi Family.
• Duanmu Lin explained that the Duan Family had allied with Shi Renshan in exchange for Elder Duan Hui's command of the Sea Guard Legion and a chance to control the Second Divine Hall.
• Shen Yunfan revealed that the Xiang Family had likewise allied with the Shi Family, which had helped it gain control of the Divine Mountain Guard.
• Lin Bai realized that Shi Renshan had secured the Duan and Xiang Families while prompting the Duanmu and Shen Families to switch their support to him.

Lin Bai assessed Saint Elder Shi Renshan and the First God Child’s control of the Devil Palace’s guards and weighed his own faction’s support. Li Guxian explained that the guards could intimidate rivals and reassure allies, but could not enable a successful rebellion while the Palace Lord and Great Mystic Art Users protected the powerful Devil Palace.

• Lin Bai calculated that Shi Renshan and the First God Child controlled most of the Devil Palace’s guards and other institutions, while his own faction retained the Nine Underworlds Army, the Skyguard Legion, and the support of the Palace Lord and several Saint Elders.
• Lin Bai concluded that the First God Child and Shi Renshan had underestimated him when he secured provinces for allied families, giving him an opportunity to win more support before the Renaming Ceremony.
• Li Guxian argued that the Devil Palace’s armies could not overthrow its leadership because the Palace Lord and four Great Mystic Art Users were powerful enough to prevent a rebellion.
• Li Guxian explained that Shi Renshan’s control of several guards served to threaten opponents and reassure allies, rather than to seize the Palace Master’s position by force.

Lin Bai and Li Guxian agreed to compete for authority over the Devil Palace’s guards, while the Second and Third God Children pledged their families’ support. At the Hu Family’s meeting, Hu Zhiyao argued that the family should support Lin Bai, but the elders’ demand for a rich territory remained unresolved.

• Lin Bai told Li Guxian to seek control of the Devil Palace’s Upper, Middle, and Lower Six Guards within the Palace Master’s limits, and the Second and Third God Children offered their families’ cooperation.
• Hu Zhiyao returned to the Hu Family’s temporary residence and explained that the Second and Third God Children had also pledged allegiance to Lin Bai.
• The Hu Family’s elders debated whether to support Lin Bai or the First God Child, worrying that the Shi Family might undermine their position in the Sixth Divine Hall.
• Hu Zhiyao told the elders that families opposing Lin Bai could be eliminated, while those supporting him might gain from the redistribution of families and resources.
• The Hu Family’s elders pressed Hu Zhiyao about securing Mystic Heart Thousand Provinces and complained that Lin Bai had already assigned other valuable territories to the He, Zhao, and Yao Families.
• Hu Zhiyao reminded the elders that the Hu Family had never decisively supported Lin Bai and said they could not expect him to grant them a fertile territory when they had come to him empty-handed.

Hu Zhiyao persuaded the Hu Family to support Imperial Son Lin Bai over the First God Child, Yan Congjiao, arguing that the Shi Family would control the Devil Palace if Yan Congjiao prevailed. The Hu Family’s ancestors approved the alliance and authorized Hu Zhiyao to act, even if her plan risked violating the Palace Master’s order.

• Hu Zhiyao asked the Hu Family elders to choose whether to support Imperial Son Lin Bai or the First God Child, but they argued without reaching agreement.
• Hu Zhiyao argued that Yan Congjiao was arrogant and would become the Shi Family’s puppet, while Lin Bai posed less danger to the Hu Family and might grant them the Mystic Heart Thousand Provinces.
• The Hu Family elders summoned their old ancestors, who agreed that the Palace Master and three Saint Elders could decisively intervene and that supporting Lin Bai offered greater benefits.
• The old ancestors declared that the Hu Family would support Lin Bai and ordered its members to unite against the Shi Family and the First God Child.
• Hu Zhiyao said she had a plan to show Lin Bai the family’s sincerity but warned that it might violate the Palace Master’s order against internal strife; the ancestors told her to proceed and promised to accept punishment on her behalf.

Lin Bai met the fifteen members of the Dragon Protector Guard and learned why they had joined his personal guard. He promised to reward their service and planned to expand the guard, while Dao Child Yu You affirmed her loyalty after explaining that she had left the Yu Lineage.

• Lin Bai summoned the Dragon Protector Guard and thanked its fifteen members for protecting him in secret.
• Yu Ce introduced himself as the guard’s Supreme Dao Fruit Realm martial artist, and Old Wen revealed that he was Dao Child Yu You’s grandfather.
• Yu Ce explained that he had joined to protect Yu You, while the other guards said they supported Lin Bai because the First God Child ignored their smaller lineages.
• Lin Bai promised to remember the guards’ contributions, asked Old Wen to record their names and lineages, and announced that he would expand the Dragon Protector Guard.
• After the guards left, Dao Child Yu You said she had left the First God Child and the Yu Lineage to serve Lin Bai, who reassured her that he would not give her unreasonable orders.

Hu Zhiyao joined Mo Guyu and Zhao Yuanchen in plotting to humiliate the First God Child and prove their families’ loyalty to Lin Bai. After struggling to advance despite refining many pills, Lin Bai received Hu Zhiyao, who had come to see him.

• Hu Zhiyao, Mo Guyu, and Zhao Yuanchen agreed that their families would support Lin Bai and devised a trap to make the First God Child lose face.
• Hu Zhiyao assigned Mo Guyu to invite the First God Child, Zhao Yuanchen to arrange the venue, and herself to bring Lin Bai and the Devil Palace elders at the crucial moment.
• Lin Bai refined nearly all of his Grand Luo Golden Pills but remained stuck at the peak of the mid-stage Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm.
• Old Wen told Lin Bai that Hu Zhiyao had come to pay her respects, and Lin Bai prepared himself before meeting her in the side hall.
• Hu Zhiyao congratulated Lin Bai on his cultivation progress, and Lin Bai asked why she had come.

Hu Zhiyao offered the Hu, Mo, and Zhao Families’ support for Lin Bai and proposed a plan to wrest control of the Forbidden Guards from the First God Child. She revealed that the plan would expose two of his commanders for secretly dealing with the Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect, leaving Lin Bai and the others to consider the evidence and its consequences.

• Hu Zhiyao told Lin Bai that several families and Divine Halls supported his bid to become the Devil Palace Emperor Child.
• Hu Zhiyao invited Lin Bai to meet with Duanmu Lin, Shen Yunfan, and Li Guxian, saying the three clans had prepared a show of sincerity.
• Hu Zhiyao explained that the clans intended to reclaim the Forbidden Guards, which the First God Child controlled.
• Hu Zhiyao proposed targeting commanders Jiang Zhihuan and Shi Yunhai rather than accusing the First God Child directly.
• Hu Zhiyao revealed that her family had captured spies who claimed Jiang Zhihuan and Shi Yunhai accepted benefits and sold information and resources to the Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect.

Hu Zhiyao persuaded Lin Bai and the others to join her plan to publicly expose Jiang Zhihuan and Shi Yunhai without giving the Shi Family or the First God Child time to suppress it. As they set out for the spectacle, Jiang Zhihuan prepared to entertain Shi Yunhai and four guests who were secretly spies from the Overturning Heavens Sect and the Worship Heaven Sect.

• Hu Zhiyao explained that they would force the Devil Palace to judge Jiang Zhihuan and Shi Yunhai in public rather than submit their evidence to the Council of Elders.
• Hu Zhiyao asked Lin Bai, the Second God Child, and the Third God Child to attend without intervening, and Lin Bai agreed despite the risk of being scolded by the Palace Master.
• Hu Zhiyao led Lin Bai, Li Guxian, the Second God Child, and the Third God Child out of the Imperial Palace to watch the planned spectacle.
• The chapter recounted how Jiang Zhihuan used his arrangements with female cultivators to win the First God Child's favor and rise through the ranks of the Devil Palace.
• Jiang Zhihuan welcomed Shi Yunhai and four ordinary martial artists to Flower Plucking Valley, unaware that the four men were spies from the Overturning Heavens Sect and the Worship Heaven Sect.

Jiang Zhihuan and Shi Yunhai met with four young men from Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect to trade Demon Palace treasures for immortal jades, unaware that Hu Zhiyao had turned the buyers into unwilling pawns. The four had no payment, and Hu Zhiyao’s plan to use them against the First Divine Hall was underway.

• Jiang Zhihuan and Shi Yunhai welcomed the four young men to Flower Plucking Valley and asked for payment from their earlier deals.
• Jiang Zhihuan prepared more than one hundred and sixty Storage Bags of Divine Weapons, miraculous elixirs, and other goods for the four men to inspect.
• Jiang Zhihuan demanded a deposit of sixty thousand immortal jades and twelve thousand owed from earlier transactions, but the four men had brought no immortal jades.
• The chapter revealed that Hu Zhiyao had secretly imprisoned the four men, then released them with restrictions that let her control their lives and movements.
• Hu Zhiyao sent the four men to meet Jiang Zhihuan and Shi Yunhai as part of her plan to strike at the First Divine Hall.

Jiang Zhihuan and Shi Yunhai tried to force Hu Zhiyao’s four agents to accept harsher terms for a huge sale of goods stolen from the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace. Yan Congjiao and Mo Guyu arrived before the transaction could be completed, and Mo Guyu spotted the Palace’s marked storage bags.

• Jiang Zhihuan and Shi Yunhai demanded a deposit of ninety-two thousand immortal jades and an eighty-twenty profit split from the four young men.
• The four young men agreed to the new terms but stalled because they had brought no immortal jades, and Jiang Zhihuan and Shi Yunhai grew suspicious of their behavior.
• A maid warned Jiang Zhihuan that Yan Congjiao and Mo Guyu had arrived, and the two God Children entered the pavilion despite his attempt to keep them away.
• Mo Guyu examined the pile of storage bags and recognized the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s markings, then questioned Jiang Zhihuan and Shi Yunhai about them.

At Flower Plucking Valley, Fourth God Child Mo Guyu discovered top-grade Storage Bags filled with treasures stolen from the Devil Palace treasury and accused First God Child Yan of selling them to hostile sects. Yan joined Shi Yunhai and Jiang Zhihuan in deciding to stop Mo Guyu from contacting the elders, and the chapter ended with Yan attacking him as Mo Guyu challenged him publicly.

• Mo Guyu recognized the Storage Bags as products of the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace, alarming Shi Yunhai and Jiang Zhihuan, who admitted the bags held treasures stolen from the treasury.
• Shi Yunhai told First God Child Yan about the theft, and Yan urged them to distract Mo Guyu rather than let him inspect the bags.
• Mo Guyu rejected Yan and Jiang Zhihuan's attempts to divert him, then accused Yan of stealing and reselling the Devil Palace's treasures.
• When Mo Guyu prepared to notify the Council of Elders, Shi Yunhai persuaded Yan to subdue him while they destroyed the evidence.
• Yan unleashed his late Grand Luo Dao Fruit cultivation at Mo Guyu, who defended himself and challenged Yan for attacking a God Child inside the Devil Palace.

First God Child Yan Congjiao was drawn into a scheme over stolen Devil Palace treasures and clashed with Fourth God Child Mo Guyu, who aimed to make him appear guilty. Seventh God Child Zhao Yuanchen arrived to support Mo Guyu, but the confrontation remained unresolved as Yan challenged them to fight despite his late Grand Luo Dao Fruit cultivation.

• Yan Congjiao’s cultivation at the late Grand Luo Dao Fruit stage was revealed as he faced Mo Guyu, Jiang Zhihuan, and Shi Yunhai in Flower Plucking Valley.
• Jiang Zhihuan began collecting the supreme Storage Bags, and Yan blocked Mo Guyu’s attack on him.
• Mo Guyu accused Yan of helping steal the Devil Palace’s treasures, and Yan realized that Mo had lured him into a trap before attacking him.
• Zhao Yuanchen emerged from hiding and joined Mo Guyu, backing his accusations against Yan and questioning why Yan had stopped Mo from reporting the theft.
• Mo Guyu warned Zhao Yuanchen that Yan had reached the late Grand Luo Dao Fruit stage, and Yan asked whether the two still intended to resist him.

The First God Child Yan Congjiao fought Zhao Yuanchen while Mo Guyu battled Jiang Zhihuan and Shi Yunhai, until Lin Bai and his allies arrived and interrupted the clashes. Mo Guyu accused Yan Congjiao and the two Dao Children of stealing Devil Palace treasures for enemy sects, and Hu Zhiyao summoned the Council of Elders while calling hidden observers out of the shadows.

• Mo Guyu and Zhao Yuanchen attacked Yan Congjiao, Jiang Zhihuan, and Shi Yunhai to stall for time, but Yan Congjiao gained the upper hand against Zhao Yuanchen.
• Five of Lin Bai's flying swords intervened, driving back Yan Congjiao, Jiang Zhihuan, and Shi Yunhai without killing them.
• Lin Bai arrived with Duanmu Lin, Shen Yunfan, Hu Zhiyao, Li Guxian, Yu You, and Old Wen, while Mo Guyu and Zhao Yuanchen greeted him.
• Mo Guyu accused Yan Congjiao, Jiang Zhihuan, and Shi Yunhai of stealing Devil Palace treasures and selling them to the Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect.
• Hu Zhiyao contacted the Council of Elders and called for the people hiding in the surrounding mountains and forests to come out.

Hu Zhiyao and the other God Children exposed the First God Child’s theft and sale of Demon Palace treasures before thousands of witnesses, while Lin Bai stayed back and avoided taking the lead. The chapter ended with Mo Guyu presenting the Storage Bags as evidence and the First God Child angrily denying the accusation.

• Hu Zhiyao urged the gathered martial artists to appear, and Lin Bai warned her that the public scandal could damage the Demon Palace’s reputation.
• Wang Zhengyang, delegations from other territories, and thousands of martial artists gathered around Flower Plucking Valley.
• Elder Shi Renshan questioned the First God Child, then ordered Jiang Zhihuan and Shi Yunhai imprisoned while trying to leave with his disciple.
• Hu Zhiyao signaled Mo Guyu and Zhao Yuanchen, who challenged Shi Renshan for ignoring the First God Child’s alleged crimes.
• Mo Guyu displayed more than a hundred Demon Palace Storage Bags as evidence and accused the First God Child of selling stolen treasures to enemy sects.
• The First God Child furiously denied Mo Guyu’s accusation while Lin Bai continued watching from a distance.

Lin Bai watched accusations against the First God Child unfold as Shi Renshan tried to protect him by sacrificing Jiang Zhihuan and Shi Yunhai. Lin Bai accepted Shi Renshan’s proposal only while warning that the Devil Palace’s laws must apply equally, signaling his support to Hu Zhiyao, Li Guxian, and their allies against the Shi Family.

• Mo Guyu accused the First God Child of conspiring with Jiang Zhihuan and Shi Yunhai to sell the Devil Palace’s treasures, while Hu Zhiyao presented the Storage Bags and the four traders as evidence.
• The four traders confessed that the First God Child had ordered them to sell the stolen treasures, and the First God Child tried to kill them before He Gongji and Yao Daogu intervened.
• Shi Renshan blamed Lin Bai for the accusations and declared that Jiang Zhihuan and Shi Yunhai had acted alone, then offered to send them to the Council of Elders for judgment.
• Lin Bai accepted Shi Renshan’s proposal but warned that the Devil Palace’s laws should apply equally to everyone, including himself.
• Lin Bai realized that Hu Zhiyao and Li Guxian had been waiting for him to show his own commitment to opposing the Shi Family.

Lin Bai declared that he would fight the Shi Family for the position of Emperor Child and the Demon Palace’s future leadership. Three Saint Elders arrived at Flower Plucking Valley, issued a decree punishing the First God Child and ordering an investigation, then summoned Lin Bai to meet the Palace Master.

• Lin Bai rejected the Shi Family’s pressure and openly declared his resolve to fight for the Emperor Child position and the Demon Palace’s future leadership.
• Saint Elders Duanmu Peng, Luo Yuanjing, and Lei Qin appeared above Flower Plucking Valley, and Duanmu Peng invoked the Demon Palace’s iron laws.
• Duanmu Peng ordered He Gongji, Yao Daogu, and Zhao Fengxia to imprison Jiang Zhihuan, Shi Yunhai, and the other involved martial artists and investigate the incident.
• Duanmu Peng ordered the First God Child to remain in seclusion, cooperate with questioning, and accept the investigation; the First God Child obeyed.
• Duanmu Peng asked whether Lin Bai accepted the arrangements, ended the gathering, and told Lin Bai that the Palace Master wished to see him.

Lin Bai met with the Palace Lord of the Demon Palace after Hu Zhiyao’s actions exposed corruption tied to the Shi Family. The Palace Lord reprimanded Lin Bai for stirring up trouble before the Renaming Ceremony, while Lin Bai argued that he needed support within the Demon Palace; the meeting ended with Lin Bai asking what would happen if the Shi Family retaliated against him.

• Lin Bai left Hu Zhiyao with Elder He Gongji and Elder Yao Daogu, who asked Li Guxian how to handle the fallout from the incident.
• Hu Zhiyao urged the Elders to execute Jiang Zhihuan and Shi Yunhai and punish the First God Child as severely as possible.
• Li Guxian persuaded the Elders to direct the investigation toward the Shi Family’s failure to guard the Demon Palace Treasury, preparing to seize the Treasure Pavilion and treasury.
• Lin Bai met the Palace Lord of the Demon Palace at Contemplation Moon Cliff, where the Palace Lord scolded him for causing trouble before the Renaming Ceremony.
• Lin Bai explained that he needed to build support among the Demon Palace’s martial artists, and the Palace Lord declared that Lin Bai’s merits and faults canceled out.
• Lin Bai agreed not to cause further trouble, then asked what he should do if the Shi Family retaliated against him.

Lin Bai learned that Shi Renshan would likely delay his revenge until after the Renaming Ceremony, and discussed why his cultivation had stalled despite consuming one hundred Grand Luo Golden Pills. The Palace Lord of the Demon Palace suggested that the world’s laws might have been deliberately altered to restrain powerful cultivators, leaving Lin Bai to wonder whether martial artists were captive lambs.

• The Palace Lord of the Demon Palace warned Lin Bai that Shi Renshan would probably wait until after the Renaming Ceremony to retaliate and urged him to plan with Li Guxian.
• Lin Bai told the Palace Lord of the Demon Palace that he had consumed all one hundred Grand Luo Golden Pills but had only reached the middle stage of the Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm.
• The Palace Lord of the Demon Palace speculated that Lin Bai’s Heaven Swallowing Race constitution and Supreme Avatar made his cultivation unusually difficult.
• The Palace Lord of the Demon Palace explained that cultivation might grow harder because ancient wars disrupted the world’s laws or because someone deliberately altered them.
• The Palace Lord of the Demon Palace compared martial artists to fish and lambs whose laws could be controlled by higher beings, and Lin Bai wondered whether they were captive lambs.
• Lin Bai connected the possible restrictions on cultivation to the disappearance of powerful special constitutions and talents from the four great realms.

Lin Bai sought more cultivation resources and the authority to allocate Thousand Provinces as he prepared to strengthen his position in the Demon Palace. The Palace Lord agreed to provide both after the Renaming Ceremony, but advised Lin Bai to hold the allocation documents until the political situation was settled.

• Lin Bai considered why extraordinary talents had vanished and suspected that someone had altered the laws of heaven and earth, then resolved to focus on cultivation and his duties in the Demon Palace.
• Lin Bai asked the Palace Lord for more cultivation resources, and the Palace Lord promised to select suitable pills after the Renaming Ceremony.
• Lin Bai requested allocation rights to several Thousand Provinces to win support from his allies and strengthen his forces against Shi Renshan and the Shi Family.
• The Palace Lord agreed to grant Lin Bai the documents but warned him to keep them until the situation was settled so his allies would not abandon him after receiving their territories.
• Lin Bai named more than twenty Thousand Provinces, and the Palace Lord remarked that they were among the Seven Nights Divine Sect's most valuable territories.

Lin Bai persuaded the Palace Lord of the Demon Palace to grant him control of twenty-seven fertile Thousand Provinces, arguing that the request served both his interests and the Demon Palace’s. He then told the allied God Children and Goddesses that their lineages could begin ruling their assigned territories, though the Edicts would remain with the Demon Palace until the overall situation was settled.

• Lin Bai asked the Palace Lord of the Demon Palace for twenty-seven Thousand Province Edicts, and the Palace Lord agreed after Lin Bai refused to let his past contributions be counted as payment.
• Lin Bai returned to the Imperial Palace, where Old Wen and Dao Child Yu You told him that several God Children and Goddesses were waiting.
• Lin Bai reassured Hu Zhiyao and the others that the Palace Lord had only scolded him, while warning that they must not cause further trouble before the Renaming Ceremony ended.
• Hu Zhiyao described how her plan had tied the Hu Family, Zhao Family, and Mo Family to Lin Bai, and Lin Bai promised to remember their contributions if he took control of the Demon Palace.
• Lin Bai told the assembled allies that the Palace Lord had approved the Thousand Province Edicts but that they would remain in the Demon Palace until the overall situation was settled, while their lineages could begin ruling the territories.