Recaps

Lin Bai studied the Guo Family and the rebellious alliance in Yunhe Thousand Provinces, then set out from Yellow Sand City for Star Province. On the way, thousands of martial artists surrounded him and Elder Shen Yuan, and an unknown expert answered Shen Yuan’s challenge.

• Lin Bai read Deep Probe Guard reports and identified the Guo Family as the leading suspect in the deaths of the He Family martial artists.
• Zhang Qin briefed Lin Bai on the Guo Family’s history, its powerful members, and the rebellious Nine Sects Alliance led by the Heavenly Dao Sect.
• Lin Bai ordered the Deep Probe Guard to arrange a meeting with the rebellious forces and decided to visit the Guo Family in Star Province first.
• Lin Bai and his companions left for the teleportation array, but Lin Bai sensed they were being followed and stopped on the main street.
• Thousands of martial artists surrounded Lin Bai and his companions, and Elder Shen Yuan called for their hidden leader to come out.
• An aged, sinister voice addressed Shen Yuan as Brother Shen from somewhere in Yellow Sand City.

Lin Bai and his companions were ambushed in Yellow Sand City by masked experts who claimed to belong to the Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect. Elder Shen Yuan drew off their Supreme Dao Fruit Realm expert, but the attackers blocked Lin Bai’s escape, and he realized someone in the Dragon Protector Guard had revealed his whereabouts.

• A hidden Supreme Dao Fruit Realm expert attacked Lin Bai, so Elder Shen Yuan engaged him and lured him away from the city.
• Dao Child Yu You used Old Wen’s jade token to summon help and led Lin Bai out while five Chaos Dao Fruit Realm experts protected him.
• Thirty or forty masked high-level martial artists arrived and said they wanted to take Lin Bai as a guest, accusing him of attacking their airships.
• Lin Bai questioned whether the attackers truly belonged to the Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect, and they ordered their forces to seize him.
• Five of Lin Bai’s protectors clashed with seven enemy Chaos Dao Fruit Realm experts as other attackers blocked Lin Bai and Dao Child Yu You’s escape.
• Lin Bai recognized that the attackers knew his numbers and movements, and concluded that a traitor in the Dragon Protector Guard had exposed him.

Lin Bai realized that the ambush had been planned with inside knowledge of the Dragon Protector Guard, and he tried to stall the attackers until Old Wen and Elder Yu Ce arrived. The attackers saw through his delay and charged, leaving Lin Bai to fight with only the Dragon Eye Flying Sword.

• Lin Bai concluded that someone within the Dragon Protector Guard had leaked his team’s movements, while Dao Child Yu You saved him from an attack and was badly injured.
• Lin Bai told Dao Child Yu You to stall the attackers because Old Wen and Elder Yu Ce were rushing to help.
• Lin Bai tried to delay the attackers by discussing their goal and pretending to agree to go with them, but one warrior realized he was buying time.
• The attackers launched their assault, and Lin Bai discovered that his Demon Sword and other flying swords were being reforged, so he summoned the Dragon Eye Flying Sword.

Lin Bai fought off a force sent to capture him, but the Primal Chaos Dao Fruit Realm experts overwhelmed him with coordinated attacks. After he summoned his Supreme Avatar and used every available weapon and avatar to hold them back, the enemy still had more than ten high-level martial artists attacking him.

• Lin Bai opened the battle with Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire Slash, forcing the pursuing martial artists back before the Primal Chaos Dao Fruit Realm experts coordinated an attack to capture him.
• Lin Bai found he could not use his sword formations because his treasured sword and flying swords were being reforged, while Dao Child Yu You tried to come to his aid despite his injuries.
• Lin Bai summoned his Supreme Avatar, which struck a Primal Chaos Dao Fruit Realm martial artist and helped divide the enemy force between itself and Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai used Crimson Lotus Sword Domain and released an Extraterrestrial Avatar with the Heaven Measuring Ruler to hold back more attackers.
• Lin Bai revived four Grand Yi Divine Weapons, but the enemy quickly knocked most aside and sealed the Alarming Seal.
• The enemy kept more than ten high-level martial artists focused on Lin Bai even after assigning others to restrain his avatars and weapons.

Lin Bai survived an ambush when Old Wen and Elder Yu Ce arrived and subdued the attackers, while the mysterious Supreme Dao Fruit Realm enemy escaped Elder Shen Yuan. Aboard the Night King, Lin Bai learned that the ambushers who delayed his allies were likely from the Netherworld.

• Old Wen arrived with Elder Yu Ce, used his divine sense to kill the weaker attackers, and captured nine Primal Chaos Dao Fruit Realm martial artists after Lin Bai ordered him to spare them.
• Lin Bai sent Elder Yu Ce to assist the Dragon Protector Guard; Elder Yu Ce captured three Chaos Dao Fruit Realm martial artists while four escaped, and Elder Shen Yuan reported that his Supreme Dao Fruit Realm opponent had fled.
• Old Wen warned Lin Bai that he had been targeted and revealed that unknown martial artists had delayed him and Elder Yu Ce in the void; the Night King then arrived, and Lin Bai ordered it onward to Star Province.
• In the Night King's council hall, Elder Shen Yuan said his opponent had used basic Overturning Heavens Sect techniques to disguise his origins, and Lin Bai questioned Old Wen about the void ambush.
• Old Wen said the attackers were Supreme Dao Fruit Realm martial artists from another plane, not Great Mystic Art Users, and identified them as being from the Netherworld.

Old Wen identified the attackers who had obstructed the group as Netherworld warriors, and Lin Bai interrogated twelve captured fighters aboard the Night King's airship. When one prisoner claimed they belonged to the Overturning Heavens Sect, Lin Bai exposed the claim as a lie and baited him into revealing that the prisoners came from elsewhere.

• Old Wen explained that Netherworld warriors had spirit bodies and could shift between physical form and nothingness, then said he had detected their distinctive aura among the attackers.
• Lin Bai ordered the twelve captured warriors brought before him, and Old Wen awakened them after their cultivation had been sealed and they had been bound.
• Lin Bai warned the prisoners that they would live or die together, then demanded their names, origins, and affiliations; when they stayed silent, he ordered them sent to the Devil Palace prison.
• A square-faced prisoner claimed the group belonged to the Overturning Heavens Sect, but Lin Bai argued that the sect and the Worship Heaven Sect would not send so many experts away while preparing for war.
• When the prisoner asked Lin Bai to reveal where he thought they came from, Lin Bai recognized that the question had exposed the claim as false and that the prisoners were neither from the Overturning Heavens Sect nor the Worship Heaven Sect.

Lin Bai interrogated twelve prisoners and used brutal punishments to force them to reveal their affiliations. The survivors admitted they served the Demon Subjugation Alliance, backed by the Azure Lotus Sect, and Lin Bai promised to let them leave the Devil Palace's territory in exchange for their cooperation.

• Lin Bai ordered Elder Shen Yuan's warriors to sever the prisoners' left legs after they lied about their identities.
• Liu Gui and the others revealed their names, origins, and that they were members of the Demon Subjugation Alliance.
• When Liu Gui claimed they served no faction, Lin Bai ordered their right legs cut off, then had Elder Shen Yuan kill the square-faced warrior who challenged him.
• The surviving prisoners agreed to cooperate and asked Lin Bai to let them leave the Devil Palace's territory, and Lin Bai agreed.
• The prisoners identified the Azure Lotus Sect as the faction supporting them within the Demon Subjugation Alliance.

Lin Bai interrogated captured Demon Subjugation Alliance martial artists and confirmed that the Azure Lotus Sect backed the alliance, while learning about its loose structure, goals, and communication network. The captives revealed that they had been ordered to take Lin Bai to Star Province, raising suspicions about the Guo Family, and Lin Bai ended by refusing to release them immediately.

• Lin Bai learned that the Demon Subjugation Alliance's martial artists did not know who attacked the Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect's envoys because the alliance operated through scattered, temporary missions.
• A Dragon Protector Guard martial artist identified the alliance's communication token as a disguised Azure Lotus Sect Lotus Seed Voice Transmission Token.
• The captives said the Azure Lotus Sect had obtained information on Lin Bai's whereabouts and ordered them to bring him to Star Province, prompting Lin Bai to suspect the Guo Family might be connected to the alliance.
• The martial artists explained that the alliance sought territory and had four alliance masters representing groups from different territories, including one from the Azure Lotus Sect.
• Lin Bai finished questioning the captives and agreed to let them leave the Devil Palace's territory, but told them they could not leave yet.

Lin Bai captured and interrogated eleven Demon Subjugation Alliance martial artists, then uncovered evidence that the Azure Lotus Sect was behind the alliance and suspected it had help from Netherworld martial artists. He brought the evidence to a meeting with the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s leaders, where they discussed withholding it to avoid provoking a direct war.

• Lin Bai delayed the captives’ release, had Old Wen imprison them separately aboard the Night King, and promised to honor their agreement after the crisis was settled.
• Lin Bai set course for Star Province to meet the Guo Family and considered how the Demon Subjugation Alliance’s structure could be dismantled.
• Lin Bai inferred that Netherworld martial artists might be helping the Azure Lotus Sect and Demon Subjugation Alliance, then summoned the Devil Palace’s leaders to a meeting.
• Lin Bai showed the leaders the interrogation recording, which provided evidence that the Azure Lotus Sect stood behind the Demon Subjugation Alliance.
• Lin Bai advised the leaders not to reveal the evidence yet, warning that doing so could force the Azure Lotus Sect into a direct war with the Devil Palace.

Lin Bai argued that the Devil Palace should postpone confronting the Azure Lotus Sect while dealing with its other threats, and the Palace Lord gave him authority to handle the Demon Subjugation Alliance. Old Wen revealed that Netherworld warriors had blocked him and Elder Yu Ce, prompting the Palace Lord to vow that the Devil Realm would resist outside interference.

• Saint Elder Luo Yuanjing supported Lin Bai's proposal to keep the Azure Lotus Sect evidence secret for now, and the Palace Lord agreed to defer retaliation while entrusting Lin Bai with the Demon Subjugation Alliance.
• Lin Bai reported that a traitor in the Dragon Protector Guard may have leaked his itinerary, and the Palace Lord told him to investigate the matter himself.
• Saint Elder Shi Renshan criticized Old Wen and Elder Yu Ce for allowing Lin Bai to travel alone, but Lin Bai took responsibility for his decision.
• Old Wen told the meeting that Netherworld warriors had attacked him and Elder Yu Ce while they were traveling through the void, and he confirmed their origin from their distinctive spiritual energy.
• Lin Bai reasoned that the Azure Lotus Sect must have powerful support behind it, and the Palace Master declared that the Devil Realm would not tolerate other realms interfering in its affairs.

Lin Bai learned that the Northern Region had stalled the Demon Palace and Chu Nation at Eternal Night Pass, while the Chu Nation held back some of its forces. With the Palace Master ordering him to stabilize the Yunhe Thousand Provinces and the border front needing a trusted mediator, Lin Bai weighed where he was needed most and asked who commanded the Chu Nation’s forces.

• Lin Bai told the Demon Palace leaders he planned to investigate the Guo Family’s possible links to the He Family’s extermination, the attack on Yellow Sand City, and the Yunhe Thousand Provinces’ civil war.
• Li Guxian and the Palace Master urged Lin Bai to stabilize the Yunhe Thousand Provinces, and the Palace Master said the result mattered more than how Lin Bai achieved it.
• Li Guxian reported that the Demon Palace and Chu Nation had fought eight or nine major battles but still could not retake Eternal Night Pass from the Northern Region warriors.
• Li Guxian explained that the Chu Nation had cooperated but held back forces to protect Horizon Pass, and suggested Lin Bai mediate between the two allies.
• The Demon Palace elders disagreed over whether Lin Bai should go to the border or handle unrest within the territory, and Lin Bai asked whether the Northern Region could advance farther.
• After concluding that neither side could easily break through, Lin Bai asked who commanded the Chu Nation’s forces and whether Princess Chenxian, Chu Tinghan, Chu Tingxue, and Chu Zimo had reached the border.

Lin Bai and the Devil Palace leaders discussed the costly stalemate at the frontier and the need to rally support against the Northern Region. After the meeting, Lin Bai was ordered to suppress the rebellion in the Yunhe Thousand Provinces before reinforcing Li Guxian, while the Palace Lord prepared to seek support through the threat of mutual destruction.

• Lin Bai proposed writing to Chu Tinghan and Princess Chenxian, while Li Guxian argued that he might need to negotiate with Chu in person to secure its cooperation at the frontier.
• Li Guxian warned that the Devil Palace could not afford a prolonged war, and the Palace Lord promised supplies while urging her to end the fighting quickly.
• The Palace Lord revealed that, if necessary, he would threaten to enter the conflict and force the Devil Realm’s Great Mystic Art Users to support or mediate, and Li Guxian agreed to keep trying.
• The Palace Lord told Lin Bai to use the “Tyrannical Way for Troubled Times” against the Nine Sects and Seventy-Two Clans rebelling in the Yunhe Thousand Provinces, including the Guo Family, then reinforce Li Guxian.
• The Palace Lord tasked Saint Elder Shi Renshan with securing tribute, taxes, and troops from the territory’s lineages and sects, then ended the meeting and told Lin Bai his sword and flying sword would soon be ready.

The Guo Family and the Demon Subjugation Alliance agreed to make a final stand against Lin Bai in Star Province, while Lin Bai deduced their alliance and chose to enter the Guo Family’s territory anyway. The Night King reached Star Province, where a welcoming procession awaited it.

• In a secret chamber, the Guo Family ancestor threatened the Demon Subjugation Alliance into helping the Guo Family resist Lin Bai and the Devil Palace.
• Lin Bai discussed the threat with Old Wen and concluded that the Guo Family had likely enlisted the Demon Subjugation Alliance.
• Lin Bai decided to enter Star Province to give the Devil Palace a legitimate reason to destroy the Guo Family if they attacked him.
• Lin Bai ordered the Dragon Protector Guard to prepare for battle and Elder He Gongwu’s Deep Probe Guard to watch the Guo Family.
• After several days, the Night King entered Star Province, where martial artists had arranged a grand welcoming procession.

Lin Bai met the Guo Family, rulers of the Yunhe Thousand Provinces, and accepted their invitation to visit their ancestral land. He entered the family’s ceremonial hall with only Old Wen and Elder Shen Yuan, leaving the Night King and the Dragon Protector Guard outside, and the Guo Family began a lavish feast.

• Guo Qi led the Guo Family’s cloud boats to meet Lin Bai and invited the Demon Palace delegation to a feast.
• Lin Bai agreed to the invitation and had Old Wen pilot the Night King toward the Guo Family’s ancestral land in Star Province.
• Lin Bai left the Dragon Protector Guard and Dao Child Yu You aboard the Night King, then entered the Guo Family’s territory with Old Wen and Elder Shen Yuan.
• Guo Qi welcomed Lin Bai with an honor guard and seated him in Fenglian Hall for a banquet.
• Guo Qi offered Lin Bai attendants from the Guo Family, saying they had asked to serve him.

Lin Bai confronted Family Head Guo over Yunhe Thousand Provinces’ unpaid tribute, its rebellion, and the deaths of the He Family’s envoys. He ended by accusing the Guo Family of possibly orchestrating the crises, while Family Head Guo demanded proof.

• Lin Bai dismissed the banquet attendants and told Family Head Guo that he had come to discuss serious matters.
• Lin Bai demanded that Yunhe Thousand Provinces pay the tribute owed to the Demon Palace, including double the amounts once listed by the Seven Nights Divine Sect, and gave the Guo Family half a month to deliver it.
• Lin Bai accused the Guo Family of keeping tribute for itself, and Family Head Guo claimed that rebellious state boundaries had prevented its collection.
• Lin Bai blamed the Guo Family for failing to suppress the Nine Sects and Seventy-Two Clans’ rebellion and warned that the Demon Palace could remove it from power.
• Lin Bai questioned the Guo Family’s account of the He Family envoys’ deaths and suggested the Guo Family might be behind the rebellion and killings.
• Family Head Guo angrily demanded evidence, and Lin Bai mocked him for reacting like a guilty person.

Lin Bai gave the Gu Family one day to answer three demands, expecting them to refuse and hoping to force them into a desperate move. As Old Wen and Elder Shen Yuan kept watch outside his quarters, Shen Yuan reconsidered Lin Bai’s suitability to become Palace Master because of the Palace Master’s unusual regard for him.

• Lin Bai rejected the Gu Family Patriarch’s request for more time and set tomorrow at noon as the deadline for the Gu Family’s answer.
• Lin Bai explained to Old Wen and Elder Shen Yuan that the Gu Family would reject his demands because they threatened its finances, forced it to fight the Nine Sects and Seventy-Two Clans, and made it investigate the He Family murders.
• Lin Bai told Old Wen and Elder Shen Yuan to rest in nearby rooms while he washed and waited, hoping the Gu Family would make a move that night.
• Elder Shen Yuan told Old Wen that the Palace Master’s protective regard for Lin Bai had changed his opinion about supporting him as the next Palace Master.
• Elder Shen Yuan recalled losing the Shen Family leadership contest to Shen Xing and the family vote over Lin Bai, then declared that young people should roam the world and make mistakes.

Lin Bai rejected Si Rou and Si Qian’s offers to bribe him and buy the Guo Family more time, exposing their scheme to evade tribute to the Seven Nights Divine Sect. He warned the Guo Family of the consequences of defying the Devil Palace, then revealed that he knew they were listening in secret, leaving the Family Head lamenting that Lin Bai seemed to want their lives.

• Elder Shen Yuan and Old Wen discussed the bait Lin Bai had set for the Guo Family, then withdrew to their rooms to make the family think Lin Bai was less protected.
• Lin Bai dismissed the servant girls assigned to his bath, but Si Rou and Si Qian returned at midnight to plead for more time on the Guo Family’s behalf.
• Si Rou and Si Qian offered Yunhe Spirit Milk, other resources, and themselves, but Lin Bai rejected their bribe and deduced that the Guo Family had bribed someone within the Seven Nights Divine Sect to avoid paying tribute.
• Lin Bai warned Si Rou and Si Qian that the Guo Family risked destruction if it continued resisting, and used his Demon Eyes to detect the listening spell hidden in their hair.
• In a secret chamber, the Guo Family Head and elders listened to the conversation through the spell and realized Lin Bai knew they were eavesdropping.

The Guo Family and the Demon Subjugation Alliance trapped Lin Bai in a prepared barrier after admitting they had killed the He Family’s martial artists. The Xumi Xuanji Barrier suppressed everyone’s cultivation to the Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm, and the fifteen attackers prepared to kill Lin Bai.

• The Guo Family Patriarch and elders reviewed their preparations, including a barrier that would isolate Lin Bai and suppress everyone inside to the Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm.
• The Guo Family Patriarch ordered the operation to begin and summoned the Demon Subjugation Alliance martial artists.
• More than a dozen Guo Family and Demon Subjugation Alliance martial artists entered Lin Bai’s room, and Si Rou and Si Qian withdrew.
• Lin Bai recognized the masked attackers as members of the Demon Subjugation Alliance and learned that the Guo Family had joined forces with them.
• A Guo Family elder admitted that the Guo Family and the Demon Subjugation Alliance had assassinated the He Family’s martial artists.
• The Guo Family activated the Xumi Xuanji Barrier, which suppressed the attackers’ cultivation, and announced that all fifteen would kill Lin Bai.

Lin Bai was trapped in the Guo Family’s Xumi Xuanji Barrier, where fifteen attackers fought him with their cultivation suppressed. He used his Demon Eyes to turn some of their attacks against one another, but the cramped room left him with little room to maneuver.

• Lin Bai relied on an Image Recording Pearl to capture the Guo Family martial artists confessing to the He Family deaths, while the Guo Family activated the Xumi Xuanji Barrier around the house.
• The barrier blocked Lin Bai’s divine sense and suppressed the attackers’ cultivation, and he emerged dressed to face the fifteen martial artists.
• A masked Demon Subjugation Alliance martial artist attacked Lin Bai, but Lin Bai met his claw strike with a fist and held his ground.
• The fifteen martial artists launched a coordinated assault, and Lin Bai used his Demon Eyes’ Illusory Realm to make three attackers strike their companions.
• Lin Bai escaped with the Void Evasion Art but slammed into the barrier’s wall, realizing the small house left him little room to maneuver.

Lin Bai fought the martial artists trapped with him, using his avatar, flying sword, and sword techniques to kill five injured opponents. A masked Black-Robed Man shattered Lin Bai’s Crimson Lotus Sword Domain, and the survivors regrouped as their leader acknowledged that they had underestimated him.

• Lin Bai used the Extraterrestrial Avatar to distract the martial artists and hold several of them back while he attacked the injured men.
• Lin Bai killed three injured martial artists with the Heaven Measuring Ruler, Dragon Eye Flying Sword, and Crimson Lotus Zhu Xian Sword.
• Lin Bai unleashed the Crimson Lotus Sword Domain, wounding the remaining martial artists and killing two more injured opponents.
• A masked Black-Robed Man shattered Lin Bai’s Crimson Lotus Sword Domain and ordered the survivors to regroup.
• The Black-Robed Man told Lin Bai that they had underestimated his strength despite coming fully prepared.

Lin Bai faced the Demon Subjugation Alliance and Guo Family martial artists after killing five of them, but their Great Luo Divine Weapons and other trump cards battered him until he broke the Xumi Xuanji Barrier. Meanwhile, Old Wen detected a strange repetition in Lin Bai’s aura and went with Elder Shen Yuan to check on him, only to find his door impossible to open.

• The masked Demon Subjugation Alliance martial artist rallied the ten survivors and urged them to unleash their hidden methods and treasures against Lin Bai.
• The Demon Subjugation Alliance martial artist revealed a Stone Mirror, while the Guo Family elder brought out a Great Luo Divine Weapon hammer and the other fighters displayed their own trump cards.
• The Stone Mirror bound Lin Bai as the Guo Family elder struck him with the hammer, and the other martial artists pressed their attack.
• Lin Bai formed Forbidden-Breaking Sword Qi and cut a gap in the barrier, restoring everyone’s suppressed cultivation.
• Old Wen sensed that Lin Bai’s aura had repeated its state from fifteen minutes earlier and decided with Elder Shen Yuan to enter his room.
• Old Wen and Elder Shen Yuan found that they could not push open Lin Bai’s wooden door despite their Supreme Dao Fruit cultivation.

Old Wen and Elder Shen Yuan broke into the room after Lin Bai’s black Sword Qi cracked the barrier, rescuing him from the Guo Family and Demon Subjugation Alliance attackers. Lin Bai ordered the Guo Family’s destruction, but its Half-Step Supreme Ancestor, Guo Jie, emerged and asked to meet him.

• Old Wen and Elder Shen Yuan discovered the barrier around Lin Bai’s room, then helped tear it open after Lin Bai’s black Sword Qi made a crack.
• Old Wen struck the attackers with his Divine Sense while Elder Shen Yuan entered and subdued the Demon Subjugation Alliance martial artists who tried to flee.
• Lin Bai ordered the capture of the attackers and the extermination of Guo Family martial artists above the Dao Realm, with those below it enslaved for a hundred generations.
• Old Wen summoned several hundred Dragon Protector Guard martial artists, who surrounded the Guo Family’s mountain gate as Elder Shen Yuan confronted its defenders.
• Guo Jie emerged from the Back Mountain Region as a Half-Step Supreme and asked Elder Shen Yuan to arrange an audience with Lin Bai.

Lin Bai weighed the Guo Family Ancestor’s offer to serve the Demon Palace and decided to use the Guo Family against the Nine Sects and Seventy-Two Clans. The Guo Family agreed to surrender its soul blood and fight the rebels, leaving Lin Bai’s plan to weaken both sides in motion.

• The Guo Family's Ancestor asked Lin Bai to spare his family in exchange for surrendering its territory and serving as the Demon Palace’s vanguard.
• Elder He Gongwu warned Lin Bai that the Guo Family had betrayed the He Family before, but acknowledged that the He Family lacked enough strength to pacify the Yunhe Thousand Provinces alone.
• Lin Bai reasoned that the Nine Sects and Seventy-Two Clans were waiting for the Demon Palace and Guo Family to exhaust each other, so he proposed sending the Guo Family to fight them.
• Old Wen advised Lin Bai to control the Guo Family with Soul-Seizing Lamps, and Lin Bai agreed to spare the family on that condition.
• The Guo Family's Ancestor and the family’s martial artists above the Dao Realm surrendered their soul blood, which Old Wen took to refine into Soul-Seizing Lamps.

Lin Bai secured the Guo Family’s agreement to fight the Nine Sects and Seventy-Two Clans, then explained why local forces needed to handle the rebellion instead of the Devil Palace’s army. As the Night King departed, He Gongwu volunteered to oversee the Guo Family’s campaign.

• Lin Bai gave the Guo Family one month to deal with the Nine Sects and Seventy-Two Clans, demanded its contacts and collaborators in the Demon Subjugation Alliance, and warned that the Devil Palace would destroy it if it failed.
• The Ancestor of the Guo Family agreed to count his forces within three days and begin the campaign five days later, aiming to seize the riverbank within half a month.
• Aboard the departing Night King, Elder Shen Yuan questioned why Lin Bai had not simply wiped out the Guo Family and the Nine Sects and Seventy-Two Clans.
• Lin Bai explained that the Nine Sects and Seventy-Two Clans could hide from the Devil Palace’s army and resume their rebellion after it left, so the Guo Family needed to restrain them as a local force.
• Lin Bai ordered Old Wen to monitor the Guo Family and press it to act, but He Gongwu volunteered to handle the matter on the He Family’s behalf.

Lin Bai entrusted Elder He Gongwu with supervising the Guo Family while the Guo Family and Devil Palace prepared to crush the rebellion and hunt the Demon Subjugation Alliance in Yunhe Thousand Provinces. In Guan Province, Lin Bai and Elder Shen Yuan set a trap for the alliance’s fleeing warriors and captured them.

• Lin Bai assigned Elder He Gongwu to oversee the Guo Family warriors and ordered the Guo Family to lure out the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace warriors for a decisive attack.
• The Guo Family issued a proclamation against the Nine Sects and Seventy-Two Clans, gathered millions of warriors above Yunhe, and joined the Devil Palace in hunting the Demon Subjugation Alliance.
• Seven or eight Demon Subjugation Alliance warriors slipped into a hidden refuge in Evil Dragon City, believing they had escaped the crackdown in Yunhe Thousand Provinces.
• The alliance warriors blamed the Guo Family for betraying them and discussed how their plans in Yunhe had collapsed after the failed assassination of Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai revealed himself in the underground chamber, and Elder Shen Yuan shed his disguise and struck down the arriving warriors.