Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai agreed to join the Scout Battalion after Zhu Jingyi pressured him, and Zhang Lingkong was assigned to the same mission for defending him. The scouts left Tide City for Nanxi City, where Lin Bai faced three hostile martial artists from Zhu Jingyi’s faction.

• Lin Bai accepted the scout assignment and threatened that he would eventually take Zhu Jingyi’s head.
• Lin Bai met Scout Battalion captain Chen Hu and Liang Qian, who explained that most of their scouting team had been killed or badly wounded.
• Zhang Lingkong joined Lin Bai after Zhu Jingyi accused him of knowing concealment techniques, and he warned Lin Bai about three men aligned with Zhu Jingyi.
• Lin Bai, Zhang Lingkong, Chen Hu, Liang Qian, Li Tianying, Kong Qi, and Gao Yunhua left Tide City for Nanxi City.
• Chen Hu explained that the mission was to investigate the Demon Race’s garrison, find captured martial artists, and prepare them to support a counterattack in half a month.

Lin Bai’s group reached the forest near Nanxi City, where Li Tianying, Kong Qi, and Gao Yunhua revealed that they had come to kill him and take the Dragon Blood Crystal. Lin Bai tried to move the fight away from the city, but Gao Yunhua attacked, leaving the group at risk of attracting Demon Race scouts.

• Chen Hu warned Lin Bai and Zhang Lingkong that Li Tianying, Kong Qi, and Gao Yunhua seemed to have ulterior motives.
• Li Tianying said Zhu Jingyi had sent them to kill Lin Bai and take the Dragon Blood Crystal, while Kong Qi struck Chen Hu and sent him flying.
• Lin Bai urged Chen Hu and Liang Qian to leave and proposed fighting the three men in a canyon away from Nanxi City.
• Gao Yunhua attacked Lin Bai, and their clash sent a loud boom echoing through the forest.
• Liang Qian and Chen Hu warned that the noise could draw Demon Race scouts and endanger everyone.

Lin Bai battled Li Tianying, Kong Qi, and Gao Yunhua in the forest until the Demon Race arrived. As Xuan Qing ordered his forces to capture the seven humans, Lin Bai escaped carrying the injured Zhang Lingkong.

• Gao Yunhua, Li Tianying, and Kong Qi attacked Lin Bai together, but his sword strike and thunderforce helped him withstand their assaults.
• Zhang Lingkong tried to help Lin Bai, but Li Tianying struck him down and left him gravely injured.
• A green-haired young man named Xuan Qing arrived with more than a hundred Demon Race powerhouses and declared the seven humans his prey and captives.
• Chen Hu and Liang Qian fled, while Li Tianying, Kong Qi, and Gao Yunhua prepared to withdraw.
• Lin Bai blamed the three attackers for drawing the Demon Race, then carried Zhang Lingkong into the forest and escaped.

Xuan Qing sent his forces after the fleeing warriors while pursuing Li Tianying's group himself. Lin Bai fought off the demons chasing him and Zhang Lingkong, but more enemies ambushed them, leaving Lin Bai facing a dozen Demon Race powerhouses in the forest.

• Xuan Qing refused Uncle Yuan's offer to capture the fugitives, split his forces into pursuit groups, and rode after Li Tianying and the others.
• A demon eagle spotted Lin Bai carrying the wounded Zhang Lingkong and attacked them in the forest.
• Lin Bai used the Three Foot Edge and Reaching Heaven Sword Art to sever the demon eagle's wing, then killed it and absorbed its blood with the Devouring Sword Soul.
• Chi Wei and more than a dozen Demon Race powerhouses ambushed Lin Bai, but he caught Chi Wei's spear and began fighting them.
• Lin Bai used the Dragon Slayer Swordplay's fourth stance, Dragon Hunt, to flatten everything within a five-hundred-meter radius.

Lin Bai killed more than a dozen Demon Race members with one sword, but Chi Wei dragged Zhang Lingkong underground and captured him. Xuan Qing questioned the captured Tide City martial artists, and Li Tianying began to give in as the others urged him not to betray them.

• Lin Bai swept the area clear with his Dragon-Seeking sword strike, then Chi Wei seized Zhang Lingkong from beneath the ground and escaped with him.
• Xuan Qing led more than a hundred Demon Race members to the battle site, where Chi Wei returned with Zhang Lingkong and admitted Lin Bai had escaped.
• Xuan Qing gathered Chen Hu, Liang Qian, Li Tianying, Kong Qi, Gao Yunhua, and Zhang Lingkong to question them about their mission.
• Gao Yunhua threatened Xuan Qing with the Tide City Martial Artists' Alliance, so Xuan Qing ordered the giant elephant to crush him.
• When Xuan Qing threatened the remaining prisoners, Li Tianying offered to talk, but Chen Hu, Liang Qian, and Zhang Lingkong warned him against betraying them.

Xuan Qing forced Li Tianying and Kong Qi to reveal the Alliance Army’s plans, then used them and Chen Hu’s warning to draw Lin Bai into a confrontation. After Xuan Qing killed Chen Hu and returned toward Nanxi City, he ordered Uncle Yuan to hunt Lin Bai and bring back his head within seven days.

• Li Tianying and Kong Qi revealed that the Alliance Army planned to gather in Tide City and reach Nanxi City in seven days, and Xuan Qing forced them to take the Myriad Worm Pill and serve him.
• Chen Hu shouted a warning to alert the Alliance Army that Li Tianying and Kong Qi had defected and that they should not attack Nanxi City recklessly.
• Lin Bai heard Chen Hu’s warning from five hundred li away and rushed back toward the group.
• Xuan Qing seized and killed Chen Hu, then spotted Lin Bai ten li away.
• Xuan Qing returned to Nanxi City with Li Tianying, Kong Qi, Zhang Lingkong, and Liang Qian, while ordering Uncle Yuan to kill Lin Bai within seven days.

Lin Bai learned that Li Tianying and Kong Qi had betrayed the Alliance Army and tried to escape so he could warn Tide City, but Uncle Yuan intercepted him and trapped him with the Forest of Evil Ghosts. Realizing he could not outrun Uncle Yuan or safely return to Tide City, Lin Bai turned toward Nanxi City to seek a way out.

• Lin Bai watched Xuan Qing and the others return to Nanxi City, then decided to carry Captain Chen Hu’s warning about Li Tianying and Kong Qi to Tide City.
• Uncle Yuan caught Lin Bai in the forest and struck him, but Lin Bai used Dragon-Seeking to break through Uncle Yuan’s shield and escape.
• Uncle Yuan unleashed the Forest of Evil Ghosts, trapping Lin Bai among black trees and attacking Ghost Shadows.
• Lin Bai used Break the Restriction to destroy the trees and disperse the Ghost Shadows.
• Lin Bai decided that fleeing toward Tide City would let Uncle Yuan catch him and instead headed toward Nanxi City.

After escaping Uncle Yuan, Lin Bai learned that the Demon Race warrior was chasing toward Tide City and intercepted Chi Wei on the road to Nanxi City. He killed Chi Wei, took his belongings, and disguised himself as Chi Wei before arriving in Nanxi City.

• Uncle Yuan sent Chi Wei to Nanxi City to report to the young master, then set off toward Tide City to pursue Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai replenished his spiritual power and followed Chi Wei after realizing he was heading back to Nanxi City.
• Lin Bai ambushed Chi Wei and stopped him from using Earth Escape Technique to escape.
• Lin Bai used Soul Search on Chi Wei, killed him, and learned that Uncle Yuan had pursued him toward Tide City.
• Lin Bai absorbed Chi Wei's demon blood, took his Storage Bag and clothes, and used Ghostly Disguise Technique to impersonate him.
• Lin Bai reached Nanxi City half a day later.

Lin Bai entered conquered Nanxi City disguised as Chi Wei and learned that Xuan Qing planned to lure the Southern Courtyard's Alliance Army into a trap. Xuan Qing proposed joining forces with Sky Eagle City and White Snake City, while Lin Bai silently listened in the palace.

• Lin Bai arrived at Nanxi City, which the demons from Great Elephant City had overrun, and disguised himself as Chi Wei.
• Lin Bai learned from the Bull Demon that human captives were held in the eastern prisoner camp and that Xuan Qing had sent the Bull Demon on a mission.
• Xuan Qing caught up with Lin Bai and brought him, Li Tianying, and Kong Qi to meet Xuan Ling and Xuan Kong.
• Xuan Qing explained that Li Tianying and Kong Qi could provide false intelligence to draw the Alliance Army toward Nanxi City.
• Xuan Qing proposed involving Sky Eagle City and White Snake City in the plan, and Xuan Ling and Xuan Kong reacted with interest.

Xuan Qing revealed a plan to trap the human Alliance Army at Nanxi City while other demons attacked the remaining human main cities and destroyed their teleportation arrays. As Xuan Qing began putting the plan into motion, Lin Bai followed him to the prisoner camp under the guise of accepting women, though his true intentions remained hidden.

• Xuan Qing told Xuan Ling and Xuan Kong that he planned to draw demons from Sky Eagle City and White Snake City to Nanxi City while other demon cities attacked the remaining human cities and their teleportation arrays.
• Xuan Qing explained that destroying all seven teleportation arrays would isolate the humans in the Wildlands Secret Realm for at least a hundred years, and Xuan Ling approved the plan.
• Xuan Qing said Li Tianying and Kong Qi would help lure the full human Alliance Army to Nanxi City, and Xuan Ling promised to spare them if they obeyed.
• Lin Bai silently realized that the plan could leave every human in the Wildlands Secret Realm trapped and hunted as Xuan Qing went to arrange the attack.
• Xuan Qing sent Lin Bai to the prisoner camp to choose women, and Lin Bai accepted to avoid suspicion despite Xuan Qing noticing his unusual behavior.

Lin Bai infiltrated the Demon Race prisoner camp in disguise and learned that Xuan Qing planned to destroy the human race’s main cities and teleportation arrays. After revealing his identity to Liang Qian and Zhang Lingkong, he insisted there was still a way to stop the plan.

• The Bull Demon reported that his task was complete, and Xuan Qing told Chi Wei that the Demon Race’s rise and humanity’s destruction were imminent.
• Xuan Qing grew suspicious of Chi Wei after he left, while Chi Wei went to the prisoner camp to choose captives.
• Lin Bai found Liang Qian and Zhang Lingkong imprisoned together and briefly revealed his real face to them.
• Lin Bai explained that he had disguised himself and could not return to Tide City because a peak Life Extinction Realm martial artist was pursuing him.
• Lin Bai told Liang Qian and Zhang Lingkong about Xuan Qing’s plan to destroy the human race’s main cities and teleportation arrays, leaving them despairing.
• Lin Bai urged them not to give up and said there was still a chance to turn things around.

Lin Bai tried to stop Xuan Qing’s plan by killing Li Tianying and Kong Qi before they could return to Tide City. He killed Kong Qi and wounded Li Tianying, but Xuan Qing arrived with a Demon Race force and struck Lin Bai down.

• Lin Bai gave Zhang Lingkong and Liang Qian Sword Qi to break their seals and told them to rescue the captured women if they could.
• Xuan Qing ordered Lin Bai and Bull Demon to escort Li Tianying and Kong Qi safely back to Tide City.
• In the loess canyon, Lin Bai revealed his intent and killed Kong Qi with a sword strike.
• Lin Bai attacked Li Tianying, but a powerful arrow sent him flying and left him bleeding while his sword wounded her.
• Xuan Qing appeared outside the canyon with more than a hundred members of the Demon Race, and Li Tianying called for him to save her.

Lin Bai’s disguise as Chi Wei was exposed by Xuan Qing, forcing him to flee through the Loess Canyon while the Demon Race pursued him. He escaped Xuan Qing’s barrage of arrows, while Xuan Qing returned to Nanxi City confident that someone else would deal with him.

• Xuan Qing recognized that Lin Bai was impersonating Chi Wei, and Lin Bai shed his disguise and fled toward the canyon’s exit.
• Xuan Qing sent more than a hundred Demon Race experts after Lin Bai and tasked Li Tianying with returning to Tide City to persuade the Alliance Army to attack Nanxi City.
• Bull Demon struck Lin Bai with his white-bone club, injuring him, but Lin Bai swallowed an Earth Profound Pill and continued escaping.
• Xuan Qing fired six arrows at Lin Bai, who countered them with his sword techniques and escaped into the canyon.
• Xuan Qing praised Lin Bai’s final sword strike and returned to Nanxi City with Bull Demon, saying someone else would deal with Lin Bai.

After escaping Xuan Qing’s arrows, Lin Bai rushed back to Tide City and warned the alliance leaders that an attack on Nanxi City would lead the human forces into an ambush and leave their other cities exposed. As the leaders considered his warning, Li Tianying arrived and called Lin Bai a liar.

• Lin Bai escaped Xuan Qing’s attack, treated his injuries, and traveled day and night to reach Tide City.
• Lin Bai learned that the human alliance had gathered tens of thousands of martial artists to reclaim Nanxi City and hurried to the City Lord’s Mansion.
• Lin Bai told Yang Ying and the other alliance leaders that Great Elephant City had joined forces with Sky Eagle City and White Snake City to ambush the Alliance Army at Nanxi City.
• The alliance leaders discussed whether Lin Bai’s warning was true and worried that the other demon cities could attack their lightly defended cities.
• Li Tianying entered the hall and urged the alliance leaders not to believe Lin Bai.

Li Tianying accused Lin Bai of betraying the human race and produced a Jade Slip recording that seemed to support his claim. The alliance leaders turned against Lin Bai, but he remained silent until Zhu Jingyi urged his execution, then challenged Zhu Jingyi to try killing him.

• Li Tianying arrived and urged the alliance leaders to attack Nanxi City, claiming Great Elephant City had been weakened, while Lin Bai warned that three Demon cities lay in ambush.
• Li Tianying accused Lin Bai of being a traitor, and Lin Bai countered that Li Tianying and Kong Qi had defected to Xuan Qing.
• Li Tianying played a Jade Slip recording in which Xuan Qing praised Lin Bai and instructed him to delay the Alliance Army for half a month.
• Yang Ying, Zhu Jingyi, and other martial artists condemned Lin Bai and called for his execution, while the female alliance leader remained silent and Wu Ming stood behind her.
• Wu Ming urged Lin Bai to respond, and Lin Bai finally challenged Zhu Jingyi, mocking his cultivation and accusing him of wanting Lin Bai dead.

Lin Bai exposed Xuan Qing’s scheme to use him to make the Alliance Army trust Li Tianying, but the Alliance Leaders moved to confine him rather than execute him after Hua Muqing intervened. In Nanxi City, Xuan Qing anticipated that Hua Muqing would notice flaws in the accusations.

• Lin Bai explained that Xuan Qing had kept him alive and arranged for his return to Tide City so his supposed betrayal would make Li Tianying’s Jade Slip recording seem credible.
• Lin Bai warned Li Tianying to tell Xuan Qing that he would remember the grudge, while Li Tianying and Zhu Jingyi urged the Alliance Leaders to execute him.
• Wu Ming asked Hua Muqing to save Lin Bai, and Hua Muqing persuaded Yang Ying to confine him until the Southern Courtyard elders could judge him after Nanxi City was reclaimed.
• Xuan Qing told the Bull Demon that Lin Bai had been a stepping stone to secure the Alliance Army’s trust in Li Tianying and predicted Hua Muqing would notice flaws in the case.

After the Alliance Army leaders decided to raid Nanxi City, Hua Muqing freed Lin Bai and sent him to defend Moonrise City, believing his warning about Xuan Qing’s ambush. Lin Bai and Wu Ming reached Moonrise City, where Lin Bai was to remain hidden because the human army considered him a traitor.

• Hua Muqing told Lin Bai that the Alliance Leaders believed Li Tianying and planned to attack Nanxi City that night.
• Lin Bai warned Wu Ming to send Changsun Yun, Shu Xiang, and Meng Li out of the Wildlands Secret Realm, and Hua Muqing revealed she had sent more than four thousand martial artists back to Moonrise City.
• Hua Muqing freed Lin Bai and asked him to defend Moonrise City; Lin Bai agreed and promised it would hold until she returned.
• Lin Bai and Wu Ming secretly left Tide City and traveled toward Moonrise City, where Wu Ming explained that Changsun Yun, Meng Li, and Shu Xiang were already safe.
• Wu Ming told Lin Bai he trusted him because he had not betrayed the human race, and Lin Bai recalled Qi Shaolong as they continued their journey.
• Lin Bai and Wu Ming reached Moonrise City after traveling for a day, and Wu Ming reminded Lin Bai to keep out of sight because his identity was sensitive.

Lin Bai stayed outside Moonrise City after the humans branded him a traitor, and resolved to make Xuan Qing pay for using him. At Nanxi City, Xuan Qing launched his plan against the human Alliance Army before leaving for Moonrise City, where his own battlefield awaited.

• Lin Bai gave Wu Ming a Sound Transmission Talisman and settled on a cliff outside Moonrise City, while Wu Ming entered the city to organize its defenses.
• Lin Bai reflected on how Xuan Qing had used him to help Li Tianying win the Alliance Leaders’ trust and vowed to retaliate.
• At Nanxi City, Xuan Qing told the Demon City lords that the human Alliance Army was approaching and that other Demon Cities would attack at the same time.
• Xuan Qing left Nanxi City for Moonrise City, while Xuan Ling and Xuan Kong prepared to fight the incoming army.
• Xuan Ling, the Sky Eagle City Lord, and the White Snake City Lord ordered their soldiers to attack, and tens of thousands of Demon soldiers charged the human Alliance Army.

The Alliance Army was ambushed at Nanxi City by demons from Sky Eagle City and White Snake City, then discovered that Tide City and several other human cities had fallen. With only Moonrise City remaining, Lin Bai told Meng Li that they had to win the coming battle.

• The alliance leaders realized Nanxi City held an ambush force from Sky Eagle City and White Snake City, and learned that Li Tianying had disappeared.
• Hua Muqing urged the Alliance Army to withdraw toward Tide City because other demon cities were attacking the human strongholds.
• After three days of retreat, Yang Ying and the alliance leaders found Tide City conquered by Demon Tiger City and learned that White Dream City and several other main cities had fallen.
• Hua Muqing led the remaining Alliance Army toward Moonrise City, humanity’s last surviving main city.
• Meng Li told Lin Bai that Moonrise City faced a brutal battle, and Lin Bai insisted that they would win because humanity could not afford to lose.

Xuan Qing and four of the Five Demons led an assault on Moonrise City, whose defenders were badly outnumbered. Lin Bai arrived as Wu Ming faced a lethal attack and killed the demon threatening him.

• Xuan Qing joined Boar Demon King, Crane Demon King, and two other demon kings, declaring that he wanted to claim Moonrise City.
• The four demon kings sent tens of thousands of demons to attack Moonrise City, and Wu Ming rallied the city's defenders to protect it and its teleportation array.
• Lin Bai and Meng Li rushed from Lonely Mountain toward Moonrise City as the battle began.
• The outnumbered defenders were overwhelmed, and Wu Ming struggled to stop the martial artists from retreating.
• A demon attacked Wu Ming, but Lin Bai intercepted the blow and killed the demon with a sword strike.