Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai attended the Order Divine Court meeting, where Gu Daozhi revealed the Demon Sect’s devastation across the Eastern Continent and called on the academy’s disciples to respond. The chapter ended with tens of millions across the Sea of Gods and Demons demanding that the Eastern Continent Academy save the continent.

• Lin Bai left Hu Xin'er on Dragon Breeding Island and went to Order Divine Mountain, where he met Lan Yuxin, Li Jiange, and the gathered Quasi-Holy Sons.
• Gu Daozhi and the other eight elders appeared atop the mountain’s pillars and began the Order Divine Court meeting, broadcasting their words throughout the Eastern Continent Academy and the Sea of Gods and Demons.
• Gu Daozhi announced that the Demon Sect had destroyed seven of the Ten Dynasties and captured six of the Nine Territories, leaving countless people dead or displaced.
• The disciples reacted with alarm as they considered the danger facing their homelands and loved ones.
• A disciple called for the Eastern Continent Academy to save the Eastern Continent, and martial artists throughout the Sea of Gods and Demons joined the plea.

Eastern Continent Academy opened the Sea of Gods and Demons and sent its disciples into the myriad domains to fight the Demon Sect. When the Quasi-Holy Sons were asked to choose between reinforcing territories and investigating the Demon Sect, Lin Bai volunteered for the dangerous investigation.

• Gu Daozhi announced that Eastern Continent Academy would join the war against the Demon Sect, and its disciples vowed to destroy the sect or never return.
• Tens of millions of disciples left the Sea of Gods and Demons to reinforce six territories, while the inner disciples awaited assignments.
• Gu Daozhi summoned the Quasi-Holy Sons and Lin Bai, then offered them a choice between investigating the Demon Sect and reinforcing threatened territories.
• Nearly all the Quasi-Holy Sons chose reinforcement, but Lin Bai volunteered to investigate the Demon Sect.

Lin Bai volunteered to investigate the Demon Sect despite the danger, and Lan Yuxin joined him after Lan Ling insisted they travel together. As the investigation teams prepared to leave, Gu Daozhi vowed to protect Eastern Continent Academy’s Holy Son and deal with Kunxu himself if the academy survived the chaos.

• Lin Bai volunteered to investigate the Demon Sect after the other Quasi-Holy Sons chose to support territories and dynasties.
• Lan Ling initially tried to keep Lin Bai from going, but Lan Yuxin asked to accompany him, and Lan Ling allowed them to go together.
• Li Jiuge and Xinghen formed a second Demon Sect investigation team, and Gu Daozhi gave all four investigators Order Divine Court tokens and warned them they would have no reinforcements.
• Gu Daozhi told the elders it was time to let the next generation take over Eastern Continent.
• Gu Daozhi told Lan Ling that outsiders would not be allowed to kill Lin Bai and promised to go to Kunxu himself to resolve Lin Bai’s matter if Eastern Continent Academy survived.

With the Eastern Continent in chaos and the Demon Sect expanding, Lin Bai set out with Lan Yuxin and Hu Xin'er to investigate the sect in Fengge Domain. Li Jiuge and Xinghen headed separately for the Dragon Ascension Dynasty, and both teams hoped to discover the Demon Sect’s next target.

• The Order Divine Court told the Eastern Continent Academy and martial artists that Kunxu’s hunt for Lin Bai had been based on a misunderstanding, while chaos prevented the Academy from responding immediately.
• Lan Yuxin told Lin Bai to meet her at dawn, and Hu Xin'er insisted on joining him despite his warning that the Eastern Continent was dangerous.
• Lin Bai decided to take his demonic body along to investigate the Demon Sect while the Giant God Avatar continued cultivating inside the Bronze Gate.
• Lin Bai and Hu Xin'er met Lan Yuxin, Li Jiuge, and Xinghen at the border of the Sea of Gods and Demons, where Lan Yuxin reacted coldly to Hu Xin'er's arrival.
• Li Jiuge and Xinghen departed for the Dragon Ascension Dynasty, while Lin Bai, Lan Yuxin, and Hu Xin'er prepared to investigate Fengge Domain.

As Lin Bai traveled toward Fengge Domain with Lan Yuxin and Hu Xin'er, he deduced why the Demon Sect had spared three dynasties and three territories. He explained that powerful refugees from the conquered regions had gathered in those remaining strongholds, then began to ask what consequences their arrival would bring.

• Lan Yuxin brought out her clan’s spirit boat, and Lin Bai piloted it toward Fengge Domain while she and Hu Xin'er joined him.
• Lan Yuxin emerged from her room dressed and made up, and Lin Bai teased her for spending half a day preparing.
• The three saw refugees fleeing the conquered regions into Jianghai Domain, Sword Domain, and Soul Severing Domain.
• Lin Bai said he had figured out why the Demon Sect had spared three dynasties and three territories, and Lan Yuxin contacted Lan Ling and the other elders.
• Lin Bai explained that powerful families, sects, and martial artists from the conquered regions had migrated to the remaining strongholds, then asked Gu Daozhi to consider the consequences.

Lin Bai warned the Eastern Continent Academy elders that the Demon Sect intended to use fleeing sects and lineages to spark conflict and destabilize the three dynasties and three territories. After the elders made a plan to monitor and settle the refugees, Lin Bai, Lan Yuxin, and Hu Xin'er headed for Fengge Domain, where the flight of its people was already spreading fear into neighboring territories.

• Lin Bai explained that displaced sects and lineages would compete for resources and clash with local powers, serving the Demon Sect's plan to plunge the three dynasties and three territories into chaos.
• The nine elders agreed with Lin Bai's conjecture and planned to monitor the refugees and ensure they were properly settled.
• Lan Yuxin asked how Lin Bai had understood the Demon Sect's intentions, and he explained that his hardships growing up in the mortal world's wilderness had taught him how people fought over resources.
• Lin Bai, Lan Yuxin, and Hu Xin'er traveled from Jianghai Domain and reached the border of Fengge Domain five days later.
• Lan Yuxin described how fleeing warriors had cleared Manggu Forest of its bandits and demon beasts, while fear of Fengge Domain's destruction drove people to flee neighboring Tiandou Domain.

Lin Bai and his companions entered Manggu Forest, where Demon Sect forces were slaughtering refugees fleeing Fengge Domain. Lin Bai intervened to save Tianhua Mountain’s Sect Master and condemned Qin Cong and the Demon Sect, leaving the confrontation about to begin.

• Lin Bai and his companions traveled against the refugees fleeing Fengge Domain and headed toward the territory seized by the Demon Sect.
• Qin Cong led several thousand Yin Saint realm Demon Sect martial artists into Manggu Forest and slaughtered refugees and resisting Lineages and sects.
• Qin Cong demanded that the wounded Sect Master of Tianhua Mountain surrender the sect’s Tianhua Divine Iron and prepared to kill him.
• Lin Bai’s sword struck Qin Cong back, and Lin Bai arrived aboard his spirit vessel to confront him and denounce the Demon Sect.

Lin Bai killed Qin Cong with a single sword, prompting the fleeing martial artists to wipe out the Tiger Scorpion Army in Manggu Forest. As Lin Bai departed for the Fengge Domain, the old man from Tianhua Mountain offered him Tianhua Divine Iron in gratitude.

• Qin Cong threatened Lin Bai and demanded that he surrender Lan Yuxin and Hu Xin'er, but Lin Bai challenged him to survive three sword strikes.
• Qin Cong attacked Lin Bai, who sensed his fifth-level Death Reversal Realm cultivation and killed him instantly with the Dragon Slayer Drawing Sword Art.
• A martial artist urged the displaced people in Manggu Forest to avenge their families, and they killed the remaining Tiger Scorpion Army soldiers.
• Lin Bai returned to the spirit boat and continued toward the Fengge Domain with Lan Yuxin and Hu Xin'er.
• The old man from Tianhua Mountain called after Lin Bai and offered him Tianhua Divine Iron as thanks for saving his life.

Lin Bai refused the Tianhua Divine Iron and learned that the Demon Sect had overrun the Fengge Domain and was attacking the Feng family. He flew toward the Feng family with Hu Xin'er and Lan Yuxin, then saw the devastation and blamed it on treacherous human hearts.

• Lin Bai returned the Tianhua Divine Iron to the old man and asked about the Demon Sect and the Feng family.
• The old man explained that the Demon Sect's disciples acted as disorganized lone wolves and said more than a dozen Apex Realm experts had gone to attack the Feng family.
• The old man recognized Lin Bai as the Eastern Continent Academy's Sacred Son by his Demon Sword Purple Radiance and led his disciples toward the Soul Severing Domain.
• Lin Bai piloted his spirit vessel east toward the Feng family while the old man and his disciples hoped the Eastern Continent Academy could turn the tide.
• Lin Bai, Hu Xin'er, and Lan Yuxin saw the Fengge Domain's widespread destruction, and Lin Bai said it resulted from treacherous human hearts.

Lin Bai explained that Fengge Domain’s ruin had come largely from its own martial artists turning on one another after the Demon Sect’s arrival. After seven days of travel, Lin Bai, Lan Yuxin, and Hu Xin'er reached the Stormwind Mountains, where a formation concealed the Feng family’s territory.

• Lin Bai told Lan Yuxin and Hu Xin'er that local Lineages and sects had used the Demon Sect’s arrival as an excuse to fight and plunder, while others impersonated Demon Sect disciples.
• Lin Bai argued that fear and the struggle for survival could drive people to betray one another, and Hu Xin'er said the world itself was laughable.
• Lan Yuxin asked about Lin Bai’s past, and he recalled the destruction of his friend Bai Xiaoxiao’s Lineage and the devastation of Lingdong during the Five Venoms Sect’s war.
• Lin Bai reassured Lan Yuxin that they would win because they could not afford to lose.
• After flying for seven days, Lin Bai, Lan Yuxin, and Hu Xin'er reached the barren-looking Stormwind Mountains, and Lin Bai realized a formation was hiding the Feng family’s territory.

Lin Bai reached the Feng family’s stronghold in the Stormwind Mountains and reunited with Feng Wenjun. He learned the family could not evacuate and was holding its fortress against the Demonic Sect, while Feng Wenjun was troubled by losing contact with Shi Jiamu; Lin Bai began to explain the other reason for his visit.

• Lin Bai identified the Feng family’s protective formation, presented his Eastern Continent Academy token, and entered the stronghold with Lan Yuxin and Hu Xin'er.
• Feng Wujun welcomed Lin Bai and escorted him to Feng Wenjun, who was relieved to see his friend.
• Feng Wenjun explained that the Feng family could not evacuate its millions of disciples and intended to defend its fortress in the Stormwind Mountains.
• Lin Bai asked what the Demonic Sect wanted, and Feng Wenjun said it appeared to be looting cultivation resources and had lost several Apex Realm experts in battle with the Feng family.
• Feng Wenjun revealed that he had lost contact with Shi Jiamu after she returned to the God Stone Domain, but he could not leave the Feng family to search for her.
• Lin Bai said he had come both to check on Feng Wenjun and to discuss another matter, but the chapter ended before he explained it.

Lin Bai and the Feng Clan learned that the Demon Sect had gathered a massive army outside the Stormwind Mountains. After the Feng Clan refused to submit, Chen Qin ordered an attack, and the battle began.

• Lin Bai asked Feng Wenjun to help investigate the Demon Sect, but Feng Wenjun explained that most supposed Demon Sect disciples in Fengge Domain were impostors.
• A violent tremor shattered the Feng Clan's Mountain Protection Formation, and Lin Bai, Lan Yuxin, and Hu Xin'er rushed to the Stormwind Mountains.
• Lin Bai recognized Chen Qin among the Demon Sect's five hundred thousand warriors, and Chen Qin demanded that the Feng Clan submit and accept the Life-Death Talisman.
• The Feng Clan Head refused Chen Qin's demand after his three-count ultimatum, so Chen Qin ordered the Demon Sect warriors to attack.
• The Feng Clan's warriors charged out to defend their home, and the two armies clashed in a deadly battle.

Lin Bai and the Feng Clan fought Chen Qin and the demonic sect before the Stormwind Mountains. Chen Qin overwhelmed Feng Wujun and Feng Wenjun while Lin Bai remained trapped in battle.

• Feng Clan Head ordered his disciples to attack, and Lin Bai, Lan Yuxin, and Hu Xin'er joined the fight to capture Chen Qin.
• Chen Qin summoned more than twenty Apex Realm experts, and they clashed with the Feng Clan's experts above the battlefield.
• Lin Bai cut down demonic sect warriors as he tried to reach Chen Qin, but the enemy surrounded him and blocked his path.
• Chen Qin transformed into a hundred-zhang giant and struck Feng Wujun, who was sent flying after pushing Feng Wenjun out of danger.
• Chen Qin attacked Feng Wenjun and urged him to join the demonic sect, while Lin Bai struggled against more than twenty surrounding warriors.
• Chen Qin's blows left Feng Wenjun and Feng Wujun gravely wounded on the ground.

Chen Qin nearly killed Feng Wenjun, but Feng Wujun sacrificed himself to save his younger brother and was crushed to death. Lin Bai reached the stunned Feng Wenjun as Chen Qin prepared to strike again.

• Feng Wenjun refused Chen Qin’s offer to join the Martial Soul Sect and attacked him with Wind Arises, God Appears, but Chen Qin shattered the summoned figure and severely wounded him.
• Lan Yuxin used the Martial Soul Secret Method to freeze space and time, giving Lin Bai a chance to break through the encirclement and rush to Feng Wenjun.
• Feng Wujun punched Feng Wenjun out of the path of Chen Qin’s descending fist, but the blow crushed Feng Wujun to death.
• Feng Wenjun mourned his brother as Lan Yuxin was badly injured by Martial Soul Sect warriors, and Hu Xin’er rescued her.
• Lin Bai found Feng Wenjun frozen in grief while Chen Qin raised his fist to attack again, and Lin Bai turned to face him.

Lin Bai fought Chen Qin in the Stormwind Mountains and nearly killed him, but a powerful Black-Robed Old Man attacked Lin Bai from afar. Just as Lin Bai faced a second deadly strike, Feng Clan Seventh Ancestor Feng Tianqing intervened and appeared before the enemy.

• Lin Bai confronted Chen Qin and wounded him badly with the Dragon Slayer Drawing Sword Art and his flying swords.
• Chen Qin called for help, and a Black-Robed Old Man identified as Celestial Hound Zhenren struck Lin Bai with a force that pierced his chest.
• Celestial Hound Zhenren prepared another attack, but a gentle force destroyed it before it could reach Lin Bai.
• Feng Tianqing appeared in the Stormwind Mountains, and the Feng Clan Head recognized him as the Seventh Ancestor.

Celestial Hound Zhenren confronted the Seventh Feng Ancestor, revealing an old grudge over the Wind God Dao Scripture and his allegiance to the Demon Sect. The Seventh Feng Ancestor overwhelmed him, and the wounded Celestial Hound Zhenren fled as wind blades pursued him.

• Celestial Hound Zhenren blasted the Feng Clan Head and dozens of Apex Realm experts aside, then faced the Seventh Feng Ancestor.
• The Seventh Feng Ancestor recalled sparing Celestial Hound Zhenren centuries earlier when he tried to seize the Wind God Dao Scripture, and Celestial Hound Zhenren vowed to settle the grudge.
• Celestial Hound Zhenren attacked with the Art of Heartlessness and a massive hound-shaped shadow, but the Seventh Feng Ancestor calmly stopped his punch and injured him with a wave of his hand.
• Celestial Hound Zhenren unleashed Greedy Wolf Devours the Moon, but the Seventh Feng Ancestor shattered the wolf shadow with wind blades and badly wounded him.
• Celestial Hound Zhenren fled toward the horizon as more wind blades rushed after him.

The Seventh Feng Ancestor drove off the demonic sect forces and revived Feng Wujun, then ordered the Feng Clan to purge the Fengge Domain. Lin Bai headed to the Poison Dragon Forest to pursue Chen Qin, while the Seventh Ancestor found a scroll depicting a woman riding a white snake and wondered whether she had returned.

• Celestial Hound Zhenren, Chen Qin, and the demonic sect martial artists fled after the Seventh Feng Ancestor overwhelmed them.
• The Seventh Feng Ancestor restored Feng Wujun, whose survival revealed to Lin Bai that he likely possessed a Demonic Martial Soul, and warned Feng Wenjun to keep the secret.
• The Seventh Feng Ancestor ordered Feng Wenjun to summon martial artists to the Stormwind Mountains and announced a purge of demonic sect members in ten days.
• Lin Bai left with Lan Yuxin and Hu Xin'er for the Poison Dragon Forest, following the route taken by Chen Qin and Celestial Hound Zhenren.
• The Seventh Feng Ancestor entered an Underground Palace, opened a dusty scroll showing a woman atop a white snake, and wondered whether she had returned.

Seventh Feng Ancestor suspected the Devil Sect’s campaign was connected to an ancient calamity as Lin Bai, Lan Yuxin, and Hu Xin'er headed for the Poison Dragon Forest to find Chen Qin. Lin Bai sent his Devil Body into the forest, where Chen Qin and the Devil Sect’s forces were hiding, while Celestial Hound Zhenren departed on a secret mission to capture the Feng family.

• Seventh Feng Ancestor reviewed an ancient tome and suspected the destruction across the Eastern Continent was tied to a battle from ten thousand years earlier.
• Lan Yuxin received news that the Devil Sect Master had destroyed the Li Dynasty and slaughtered nearly its entire imperial family.
• Lin Bai, Lan Yuxin, and Hu Xin'er traveled to the Poison Dragon Forest, where Lin Bai sent his Devil Body to search for Chen Qin.
• In a cavern, Celestial Hound Zhenren admitted he could not defeat Seventh Feng Ancestor and promised to capture the Feng family within half a month.
• Chen Qin ordered the Devil Sect’s experts to investigate the Feng family, then secretly followed Celestial Hound Zhenren after he left the cavern.

Lin Bai's devil body infiltrated the Devil Sect and learned that its members were controlled by Life-Death Talismans, while the Sect Master's attack on the Feng Family was not for its resources. The chapter ended as Lin Bai saw Chen Qin leave a cave after Celestial Hound Zhenren and follow him into the woods.

• Lin Bai's devil body claimed to be Dongfang Bai, a Yin Saint Realm martial artist seeking to join the Devil Sect, and a black-clad member allowed him to follow along.
• The black-clad martial artist explained that most attackers at the Feng Family were outsiders recruited by Envoy Chen Qin to claim the family's resources, while the Devil Sect itself had only ordered the Feng Family's destruction.
• Lin Bai learned that true Devil Sect members carried Life-Death Talismans that let the Sect Master control them, though he suspected the talismans differed from a Life-Death Curse Seal he had seen before.
• Lin Bai spotted Celestial Hound Zhenren leaving a cave, then saw Chen Qin emerge and follow him into the woods.

Lin Bai’s demonic body followed Chen Qin away from Poison Dragon Forest’s central region, while Lin Bai’s true body set out to pursue him. Lin Bai discovered Chen Qin’s hidden entrance to an underground chamber, where Chen Qin confronted Celestial Hound Zhenren over the burial ground of the Zhenren of Good and Evil and the Sword of Impermanence.

• Lin Bai killed the black-clad martial artist who tried to stop him, then followed Chen Qin and Celestial Hound Zhenren through Poison Dragon Forest.
• After learning Chen Qin had left the protection of the Apex Realm experts, Lin Bai’s true body flew into the forest alone.
• Lin Bai watched Chen Qin circle a gigantic old tree, open a hidden entrance, and step inside; he copied the pattern to open it himself.
• Lin Bai entered the underground passage and overheard Chen Qin threaten Celestial Hound Zhenren with the Life-Death Talisman.
• Lin Bai reached a stone chamber and saw a skeleton with a powerful sword before it, which Chen Qin identified as the Sword of Impermanence.