Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai drove Broken Sword High Priest back, then battled Heaven Blade High Priest and unleashed a powerful sword technique that nearly killed him. Gold Silver Mountain Sect Leader intervened and poisoned Lin Bai with a black short sword, leaving him wounded and surrounded by formidable enemies.

• Lin Bai struck Broken Sword High Priest with his Heaven Measuring Ruler and demon sword, blasting him a thousand meters away.
• Heaven Blade High Priest attacked Lin Bai with his silver-white saber and overwhelmed him with Mountain River Blade: Split the Mountains and Rivers.
• As Heaven Blade High Priest moved to finish him, Lin Bai combined Slaughter Intent, Rainstorm Intent, and Aurora Intent into Exterminate the Immortals, then charged to kill him.
• Gold Silver Mountain Sect Leader rescued Heaven Blade High Priest and struck Lin Bai with her poisoned black short sword.
• Lin Bai retreated with a rotting wound in his chest and recognized the short sword as a deadly weapon.

Mo Wenshen gathered seven powerful High Priests to capture Lin Bai, and they battered him until he lay near death. As Mo Wenshen threatened him with worse suffering in the Central Sacred Nation, Lin Bai asked whether he regretted betraying Lin Duo, and Mo Wenshen's expression turned cold.

• Lin Bai recognized Gold Silver Mountain Sect Leader and challenged Mo Wenshen to reveal the experts he had summoned.
• Mo Wenshen introduced Yun Yao High Priest, Unreturning Sea High Priest, East One High Priest, and Wolf King High Priest, joining Broken Sword High Priest, Heaven Blade High Priest, and Gold Silver Mountain Sect Leader.
• The seven High Priests attacked Lin Bai together, overwhelming him despite the Blood God Robe.
• Wolf King High Priest knocked Lin Bai into the earth, leaving him gravely wounded and unable to move while Li Buzheng watched from afar.
• Mo Wenshen threatened Lin Bai with greater suffering in the Central Sacred Nation, and Lin Bai asked whether he regretted betraying Lin Duo.
• Mo Wenshen froze at Lin Bai's question, then turned cold as killing intent appeared on his face.

A Purple-Robed Man intervened when Mo Wenshen tried to cripple Lin Bai, then challenged Mo Wenshen and the seven High Priests. The eight Apex Realm experts surrounded him, and a fierce battle erupted in Kunxu.

• Mo Wenshen attacked Lin Bai, but a powerful force knocked him away before he could strike.
• The Purple-Robed Man appeared before Lin Bai and denied being a member of either the Kunxu Tribe or the Li Family.
• The Purple-Robed Man revealed that Mo Wenshen had entered Kunxu with Lin Duo and challenged the eight experts to fight him.
• Mo Wenshen ordered the seven High Priests to attack the Purple-Robed Man while he went after Lin Bai.
• The Purple-Robed Man blocked Mo Wenshen with his purple sword, forcing Mo Wenshen to join the seven High Priests in fighting him.

A masked Purple-Robed Man fought off Mo Wenshen and the seven High Priests, prompting Mo Wenshen to mistake him for Li Zhengyi. The real Li Zhengyi arrived with reinforcements, and as the two sides prepared to fight over Lin Bai, Lin Bai rose from the ground and declared he would end the battle himself.

• The Purple-Robed Man used the Great Divine King Sword Art to injure the seven High Priests and force them back.
• Mo Wenshen accused the Purple-Robed Man of being Li Zhengyi, but Li Zhengyi arrived with Li Buxian and more than twenty Apex Realm experts, proving him wrong.
• The Purple-Robed Man mocked Mo Wenshen, who insisted on taking Lin Bai away and charged toward him again.
• Li Zhengyi ordered the Grand Elder to seize the Purple-Robed Man for secretly learning Kunxu's supreme art, and the Purple-Robed Man prepared to fight the gathered experts.
• Lin Bai thanked the Purple-Robed Man, then rose from the ground and said he would bring the battle to an end himself.

Lin Bai awakened the Demon Flower and fused with the Blood God Robe, unleashing overwhelming power against Mo Wenshen and the seven High Priests. He killed the Unreturning Sea High Priest and drove Broken Sword High Priest to flee, while the other High Priests remained in battle.

• Lin Bai rose into the air as the Demon Flower bloomed in his eye and the Blood God Robe resonated with his power.
• Lin Bai told the Purple-Robed Man to stand aside and warned Mo Wenshen, the seven High Priests, and the Kunxu Li Family that they would die if they interfered.
• Mo Wenshen ordered the seven High Priests to attack, while Li Zhengyi confirmed that the Li Family would not intervene.
• Lin Bai summoned the Demon Sword, the Heaven Measuring Ruler, and two flying swords, then severed the Unreturning Sea High Priest's arm and killed him.
• Broken Sword High Priest attacked Lin Bai with Blood Sword Art: Blood Burial, but Lin Bai's two flying swords shattered his defenses, severed his legs, and pierced his shoulder.
• Broken Sword High Priest escaped at top speed as Lin Bai's other enemies watched in shock.

Lin Bai killed several of Mo Wenshen’s recruited High Priests and pressed his attack toward Mo Wenshen after East One High Priest fled. Li Zhengyi then intervened, warning Lin Bai that Mo Wenshen could not die in Kunxu and ordering him to leave.

• Lin Bai killed Gold Silver Mountain Sect Leader and Yun Yao High Priest after Broken Sword High Priest fled.
• Lin Bai killed Wolf King High Priest with his three swords, then killed Heaven Blade High Priest when he rushed to help.
• East One High Priest abandoned Mo Wenshen and fled, saying he would not risk his life for the chance to return to the Spirit World.
• Lin Bai turned on Mo Wenshen, who asked Li Zhengyi to intervene and threatened that Kunxu would suffer if he died there.
• Li Zhengyi refused Mo Wenshen’s earlier order to attack, but told Lin Bai that Mo Wenshen could not die in Kunxu and ordered Lin Bai to leave.

Lin Bai, having sacrificed himself to become a demon, fought Li Zhengyi and killed the Li family elders who tried to protect him. After Lin Bai stabbed Li Zhengyi, Li Zhengyi mentioned Lin Bai’s mother, Li Subai, and Lin Bai’s fury briefly faltered.

• Lin Bai rejected Li Zhengyi’s demand that he leave Kunxu and declared that he would kill Mo Wenshen, adding Li Zhengyi to his killing list.
• Lin Bai broke through Li Zhengyi’s Great Star Plucking Hand, Great Mountain Shifting Art, and Great Five-Element Art as he pressed the attack.
• Lin Bai killed more than twenty Li family elders and the Grand Elder when they tried to shield Li Zhengyi.
• Li Zhengyi knocked Li Buzheng away when he tried to intervene, and Lin Bai pierced Li Zhengyi through the abdomen with the demonic sword.
• Li Zhengyi gripped the sword and asked Lin Bai how his mother would feel seeing him this way, causing Lin Bai to falter as he said, “My mother... Li Subai...”

Lin Bai resisted the Demon Seed’s attempt to take control of his body after it urged him to kill the wounded Li Zhengyi. When the demonic flower withered, Lin Bai’s suppressed injuries erupted, leaving him bleeding and unsteady.

• Lin Bai saw that his demon sword was still lodged in Li Zhengyi’s abdomen and that more than twenty Li family elders lay dead.
• A voice inside Lin Bai urged him to kill Li Zhengyi, then appeared as a man with Lin Bai’s face and identified itself as the Demon Seed.
• The Demon Seed tried to enter Lin Bai’s body, but Lin Bai threatened to kill himself, forcing it to retreat.
• The Demon Seed warned Lin Bai that it would try to take control again when he used its power and explained that hatred and killing intent fueled it.
• Lin Bai regained his sanity as the demonic flower withered, and his suppressed injuries erupted, making him spit blood and sway in midair.

After the Demonic Flower withered, Lin Bai fled Kunxu with severe injuries, leaving Li Zhengyi behind to face Mo Wenshen’s demands. Three days later, the Li Family of Kunxu issued a wanted notice and sent its martial artists to pursue Lin Bai, and the news reached the Eastern Continent five days after that.

• Lin Bai’s power faded as the Demonic Flower withered, so he escaped through Li Family Village using Li Zhengyi’s token.
• Mo Wenshen accused Li Zhengyi of deliberately letting Lin Bai leave and demanded that the Li Family issue a wanted notice, threatening to report Li Zhengyi to Prince Rong.
• Li Buzheng urged Li Zhengyi to order the pursuit, and Li Zhengyi eventually agreed to offer a reward for Lin Bai’s head and send Li Family experts into the Eastern Continent.
• Three days later, the Li Family announced a major reward for Lin Bai and opened Kunxu’s gates so its martial artists could pursue him.
• Five days after the announcement, news of the wanted notice reached the Eastern Continent.

Lan Yuxin told Lan Ling that Kunxu had placed a costly bounty on Lin Bai, while the Devil Sect continued destroying Eastern Continent dynasties. After Lin Bai fled Li Family Village gravely injured, Fu Qingshuang and Hu Xin'er caught up with him, and Fu Qingshuang demanded to know what had happened in Kunxu.

• Lan Yuxin showed Lan Ling Kunxu's bounty for Lin Bai and reported that the Devil Sect had destroyed the Flame Dragon Dynasty; Lan Ling ordered her to find Lin Bai and bring him back.
• Lin Bai fled Li Family Village in a blood-colored streak, and Fu Qingshuang recognized him and pursued him while Hu Xin'er followed.
• Hu Xin'er found Fu Qingshuang and Lin Bai in a forest three hours later, where Lin Bai lay gravely wounded.
• Lin Bai returned the Blood God Robe to Fu Qingshuang, but she told him to keep it and asked what had happened inside Kunxu.

Lin Bai recovered from his injuries and concluded that he had to find a way to sever the dangerous Demon Seed before it could take control of him. He then learned that Kunxu had issued a bounty for his capture and admitted to Fu Qingshuang that he had killed more than twenty Li family martial artists, though he denied stealing from the Kunxu Divine Tower.

• Hu Xin'er urged Fu Qingshuang to let Lin Bai recuperate, and the three traveled to a nearby city where Lin Bai checked into an inn.
• After half a month of healing, Lin Bai recovered most of his strength and reflected on how the Demon Seed had grown harder to control and threatened to turn him into a killing machine.
• Lin Bai decided he could no longer use the Demon Seed's power and had to find a way to sever it.
• Lin Bai visited Fu Qingshuang and Hu Xin'er, who showed him Kunxu's bounty notice accusing him of stealing from the Kunxu Divine Tower and killing Li family elders.
• Lin Bai admitted to killing more than twenty Li family martial artists but denied stealing the tower's treasures, and he said he would face the Li family's pursuit.

Fu Qingshuang arranged to escort Lin Bai to the Eastern Continent Academy and asked Hu Xin'er to stay by his side and keep him from causing trouble. On their journey, Lin Bai learned that the Devil Sect had destroyed seven dynasties under the command of a mysterious White-Haired Woman, and the three set out for the Academy as the Eastern Continent’s balance of power shifted.

• Fu Qingshuang told Lin Bai that the Eastern Continent Academy was the safest place for him and insisted on escorting him there at dawn.
• Fu Qingshuang asked Hu Xin'er to stay with Lin Bai, watch over him, and contact her if he needed anything she could not provide; Hu Xin'er agreed.
• After Hu Xin'er left, Fu Qingshuang vowed to go to Kunxu and confront Li Zhengyi after delivering Lin Bai to the Academy.
• Lin Bai, Fu Qingshuang, and Hu Xin'er left the inn and heard that the Devil Sect had destroyed seven of the Ten Dynasties in half a year.
• Fu Qingshuang said an unknown White-Haired Woman led the Devil Sect’s victories and that the Order Divine Court might intervene once the remaining dynasties fell.
• The three left the city and Azure Sky Domain and headed toward the Eastern Continent Academy in the Sea of Gods and Demons.

Lin Bai, Fu Qingshuang, and Hu Xin'er traveled through the Jianghai Domain toward the Sea of Gods and Demons, but assassins ambushed them to claim the bounty on Lin Bai. Fu Qingshuang pursued one attacker, leaving Lin Bai and Hu Xin'er to face two consummate Death Reversal Realm martial artists.

• Fu Qingshuang led Lin Bai and Hu Xin'er through teleportation arrays to a ruined city in the Jianghai Domain, where Lin Bai noticed three figures following them.
• As the trio flew through a forest, an arrow targeted Lin Bai, and Fu Qingshuang caught it before pursuing the black-clad archer.
• Two faceless martial artists appeared before Lin Bai and Hu Xin'er, revealed they wanted Lin Bai's head for the ten-billion-catties-of-spirit-liquid bounty, and said their companion had lured Fu Qingshuang away.
• The two assassins attacked, and Hu Xin'er stepped in front of Lin Bai to protect him, but Lin Bai calmly told her to let them come.

Lin Bai and Hu Xin'er were attacked by assassins from the Faceless Ones, but Fu Qingshuang returned and killed them. He explained the assassin organization's reach and methods, then urged them to hurry back to the Sea of Gods and Demons.

• Two full-circle Death Reversal Realm men attacked Lin Bai and threatened Hu Xin'er for the bounty on Lin Bai.
• A corpse flew into the attackers, revealing their companion, and Fu Qingshuang emerged from behind Lin Bai.
• The two men recognized Fu Qingshuang as an Apex Realm powerhouse and tried to flee, but he killed them with two beams of sword radiance.
• Fu Qingshuang identified the assassins as members of the Faceless Ones and described their human-skin masks, infiltration methods, and bounty list.
• Fu Qingshuang warned Lin Bai that few could escape once the Faceless Ones targeted them, then urged Lin Bai and Hu Xin'er to return to the Sea of Gods and Demons.

Lin Bai returned to the Eastern Continent Academy with Hu Xin'er, then told Lan Ling how he had killed members of the Li Family of Kunxu. Lan Ling urged him to remain inside the academy while he sought protection from the Order Divine Court, and revealed that the Devil Sect's new female master had seized control of a vast army and become a major power.

• Fu Qingshuang left Hu Xin'er with Lin Bai to protect him using the Blood God Robe, and Lin Bai returned to Dragon Breeding Island with her.
• After recovering for a day, Lin Bai visited the Lan Clan, learned Lan Yuxin was absent, and went to speak with Lan Ling.
• Lan Ling demanded an account of Lin Bai's conflict with the Li Family, and Lin Bai admitted that he had lost control and killed more than twenty of its elders.
• Lan Ling told Lin Bai to stay within the Eastern Continent Academy and said he would ask the Order Divine Court to treat the killings as a misunderstanding and investigate Kunxu.
• Lan Ling explained that the Devil Sect's new female master had destroyed seven dynasties and gathered more than thirty million troops and over a dozen Apex Realm experts.

Lan Ling told Lin Bai that the Devil Sect had destroyed seven dynasties and was gathering elite forces for an unknown purpose, while the Order Divine Court investigated. After Lin Bai returned to Dragon Breeding Island and entered seclusion, Fu Qingshuang confronted Li Zhengyi over the bounty on Lin Bai, and the former brothers prepared to fight.

• Lan Ling explained that the Devil Sect had destroyed seven dynasties, gathered more than seventy million troops, and appeared to be preparing for a larger conflict.
• Lin Bai urged the Order Divine Court to investigate the Devil Sect's goal, its methods, and whether it would target one of the three remaining great dynasties.
• Lan Ling said the Order Divine Court had sent experts to guard the Great Wu Dynasty, the Longevity Dynasty, and the Li Dynasty, and that the Eastern Continent Academy would contact Lin Bai when needed.
• Lin Bai told Lan Ling he had encountered Faceless Ones assassins but returned with Fu Qingshuang; Lan Ling said Fu Qingshuang had something he needed to do.
• Lin Bai returned to Dragon Breeding Island and entered seclusion.
• Fu Qingshuang demanded that Li Zhengyi withdraw the bounty on Lin Bai, but Li Zhengyi refused, so Fu Qingshuang prepared to force him.

Lin Bai used the Three Origins Unite Technique to create a clone, enduring intense pain as he cut away portions of his flesh, soul, and vital essence. He transferred the Demon Seed into the clone, and the chapter ended with two Lin Bais in the secret chamber, the clone bearing the Demon Flower in its right eye.

• Lin Bai decided to preserve the Demon Seed by placing it in a clone devoted to cultivating the Heart Demon Implantation technique.
• Lin Bai studied the Three Origins Unite Technique and prepared to cut away one-third of his flesh and bones, soul, and vital essence.
• Lin Bai endured three agonizing blows from the spiritual blade as Hu Xin'er heard his screams and guarded the secret chamber.
• Lin Bai used the Three Origins Unite Technique to form a clone and transferred the Demon Seed into it over fifteen days.
• Lin Bai and his clone sat in the secret chamber, and the clone opened its eyes with an undying Demon Flower in its right eye.

Lin Bai tested the demon body cultivated with the Three Origins Unite Technique and found its strength rose from the Heaven Martial Realm to the peak Divine Core Realm when its Demon Flower awakened. He then cultivated another clone suited to the Ancient God Scripture and took it to the Outer Sect's Ice Lake Sea.

• Lin Bai tested the demon body's strength and found it could withstand his Azure Wood Divine Lightning after the Demon Flower awakened.
• Lin Bai decided to cultivate a second clone, told Hu Xin'er not to let anyone disturb his seclusion, and began the Three Origins Unite Technique again.
• After half a month in seclusion, Lin Bai emerged and left Dragon Breeding Island.
• Lin Bai met his second clone above a deserted sea, watched it transform into a hundred-zhang giant, and set off with it for the Outer Sect's Ice Lake Sea.

Lin Bai sent his Giant God Avatar into the Bronze Gate to cultivate and spent three months refining pills to raise his demonic body to the peak of the Yin Saint realm. Lan Yuxin and Li Jiuge arrived on Dragon Breeding Island to find him, where Lan Yuxin and Hu Xin'er nearly fought before Lin Bai intervened.

• Lin Bai sent his Giant God Avatar through the Bronze Gate to cultivate while he sought resources for his demonic body.
• Lin Bai refined pills for three months, raising the demonic body to the peak of the Yin Saint realm, then searched for a suitable secret realm but found none.
• Lan Yuxin and Li Jiuge entered Dragon Breeding Island using Lan Yuxin's knowledge of its defensive formation and asked Hu Xin'er to bring Lin Bai out.
• Lan Yuxin and Hu Xin'er exchanged hostile words and prepared to test each other's strength.
• Lin Bai returned, greeted Lan Yuxin and Li Jiuge, and tried to stop Lan Yuxin and Hu Xin'er from arguing.

Lan Yuxin and Li Jiuge told Lin Bai that the Devil Sect had overrun seven dynasties and six of the Nine Territories, plunging the Eastern Continent into chaos. As the Order Divine Court summoned the Eastern Continent Academy’s disciples for an announcement, Lin Bai resolved to learn what the impostor Devil Sect was doing with the name of the sect he truly led.

• Lin Bai introduced Hu Xin'er to Lan Yuxin and Li Jiuge, then invited them inside to talk.
• Lan Yuxin and Li Jiuge reported that the Devil Sect had attacked six of the Nine Territories and gathered experts from fallen territories and dynasties.
• Lan Yuxin told Lin Bai that the Order Divine Court had summoned the Academy’s disciples to hear an announcement at dawn.
• After Lan Yuxin and Li Jiuge left, Lin Bai told Hu Xin'er that news of the Eastern Continent’s turmoil troubled him.
• Lin Bai privately revealed that he was the true Sect Master of the Devil Sect and suspected the current leader of using its name to commit atrocities.