Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai and Bai Xiaoxiao left Dragon Breeding Island with their allies and the Divine Martial Nation's army to join the forces gathering in the Jianghai Domain. In the Great Wu Dynasty's Golden Palace, Bai Xiaoxiao met the assembled commanders and learned that more than four hundred Apex Realm powerhouses had gathered as the Great Witch Emperor asked how she would proceed.

• Lan Yuxin told Lin Bai and Bai Xiaoxiao that Eastern Continent Academy disciples were assembling in the Jianghai Domain, and Bai Xiaoxiao proposed dividing the region into four areas for the different forces.
• Lan Yuxin returned to the Order Divine Court, and Lin Bai, Bai Xiaoxiao, Li Jiuge, Lan Yuxin, Hu Xin'er, Chu Jiangliu, and the Divine Martial Nation's army departed Dragon Breeding Island that evening.
• After arriving in the Jianghai Domain, Bai Xiaoxiao followed Wu He into the Great Wu Dynasty's Golden Palace, where the Great Witch Emperor, the Jiang Family patriarch, and gathered martial artists awaited her.
• The Great Witch Emperor introduced the academy, Jiang Family, Great Wu Dynasty, and other territories' forces, totaling more than four hundred Apex Realm powerhouses.
• The Great Witch Emperor asked Bai Xiaoxiao what she planned to do next.

Bai Xiaoxiao organized Jianghai Domain’s defenses and ordered the allied forces to wait up to three months for the Demon Sect. As Chu Jiangliu departed to carry out her larger plan, he warned Lin Bai that Bai Xiaoxiao was hiding something from him, leaving Lin Bai to wonder what it was.

• Bai Xiaoxiao divided Jianghai Domain into four war zones and told the assembled martial artists to wait up to three months for the Demon Sect to act.
• The Great Witch Emperor agreed to follow Bai Xiaoxiao’s orders while privately plotting to recruit displaced experts and strengthen the Great Wu Dynasty.
• Wu He asked the Great Witch Emperor to kill Lin Bai after the crisis so he could become the Eastern Continent Academy’s Holy Son, and his father agreed.
• Lin Bai, Lan Yuxin, and Li Jiuge were assigned to watch over Bai Xiaoxiao, who met only with Chu Jiangliu as they arranged a secret plan.
• Chu Jiangliu told Lin Bai he was leaving Jianghai Domain to oversee the battle in the 180 Domains of the Southern Corner and urged him to understand Bai Xiaoxiao’s circumstances.
• After Chu Jiangliu left, Lin Bai wondered what Bai Xiaoxiao was hiding and whether it involved the Demon Sect.

The White-Haired Woman ordered the Devil Sect to gather its forces and prepare to attack the Jianghai Domain, where the Eastern Continent’s experts had assembled. Ten days later, millions of black-robed martial artists had gathered outside the domain, and the Great Witch Emperor summoned the experts inside to the Golden Hall.

• Old Ancestor Ding reported that the Sword Domain and Soul Severing Domain had abandoned their territories and were heading to the Jianghai Domain under orders from the Eastern Continent Academy.
• The White-Haired Woman rejected Old Ancestor Ding’s plan to wait and ordered Devil Sect martial artists across the Eastern Continent to gather outside the Jianghai Domain within ten days.
• The White-Haired Woman sent Tiger King and Snake King to investigate the Jianghai Domain’s defenses, and tasked Lion King and Wolf King with preparing the Divine Generals for battle.
• The White-Haired Woman ordered Old Ancestor Ding to accompany her with the Earthly Fiends and announced that they would attack the Jianghai Domain in half a month.
• Millions of black-robed martial artists gathered outside the Jianghai Domain, including many outsiders hoping to exploit the Devil Sect’s name and plunder resources.
• The Great Witch Emperor summoned the experts inside the Jianghai Domain to the Golden Hall.

Bai Xiaoxiao ordered Jianghai Domain’s defenders to keep waiting for an undisclosed ally as Demon Sect forces gathered outside the domain. The White-Haired Woman prepared to attack, with Old Ancestor Ding recommending a surprise assault on the eastern and northern war zones.

• In the Golden Hall, the commanders reported that millions of black-clad martial artists were gathering around Jianghai Domain and argued over how to respond.
• Great Witch Emperor urged Bai Xiaoxiao to attack before the Demon Sect’s numbers grew, but Bai Xiaoxiao insisted they wait for someone whose arrival could decide the war.
• Bai Xiaoxiao said she had invited that person months earlier and expected them to arrive within a month, and the commanders agreed to keep the war zones on high alert.
• The White-Haired Woman arrived outside Jianghai Domain with the Demon Sect’s leaders and ordered everyone to prepare for battle.
• Old Ancestor Ding advised attacking through the eastern and northern war zones, which he considered the defenders’ weakest positions.

The White-Haired Woman sent the Demon Sect to attack Jianghai Domain’s southern battle zone, betting that the Eastern Continent Academy had left it lightly defended. At Seven Stars City, Leng Yun discovered that the yellow smoke was a swarm of deadly hornets, which devastated the city before the Demon Sect fighters even arrived.

• The White-Haired Woman rejected attacks on the eastern and northern battle zones and ordered the Demon Sect to strike the south at dusk using yellow smoke as a signal.
• The Demon Sect army charged into Jianghai Domain’s southern battle zone beneath a vast cloud of yellow smoke.
• Shi Zhongxian and Leng Yun prepared Seven Stars City’s Eastern Continent Academy defenders when the funeral bell announced the enemy attack.
• Shi Zhongxian led the defenders into battle while Leng Yun watched the smoke approach and discovered it was made of finger-sized yellow hornets.
• The hornets killed or injured more than half the people in Seven Stars City, and Leng Yun despaired as the city was overwhelmed.

Leng Yun rescued Shi Zhongxian from the slaughter at Seven Stars City, and the two fled as the Devil Sect destroyed the city. At Heaven's Mandate Pass, Bai Xiaoxiao and Lin Bai learned that the first defense had fallen and prepared for the Devil Sect's advance toward the southern battle zone’s last stronghold.

• Leng Yun found Shi Zhongxian fighting the Devil Sect’s martial artists and dragged him away despite his determination to avenge his family.
• Leng Yun and Shi Zhongxian escaped Seven Stars City and saw the city engulfed by the Devil Sect’s attack.
• Leng Yun told Gu Daozhi that Seven Stars City had fallen, and Gu Daozhi ordered survivors to retreat to Hundred Age City.
• Gu Daozhi informed Bai Xiaoxiao that the first line of defense had been destroyed and warned that the Devil Sect could breach the second within three days.
• At Heaven’s Mandate Pass, Bai Xiaoxiao remained calm as Lin Bai and the assembled martial artists faced news of the fallen defense.

As the Demon Sect gathered to attack Heaven's Mandate Pass, Lin Bai and Bai Xiaoxiao shared a tender moment beneath the moonlight before the coming battle. Bai Xiaoxiao feared what Lin Bai would face at dawn, while he remained unsure of the reason for her unease.

• Gu Daozhi warned Bai Xiaoxiao that the Demon Sect had destroyed the second line of defense, and she ordered Heaven's Mandate Pass to prepare for battle.
• Lin Bai watched the approaching black-robed martial artists and felt an unusual unease as Bai Xiaoxiao secretly worried about what would happen when he saw someone the next day.
• The White-Haired Woman arrived outside Heaven's Mandate Pass, learned of its formidable defenders, and ordered an attack at dawn using yellow smoke as the signal.
• Bai Xiaoxiao joined Lin Bai on the city wall, reminisced about their past, and asked him to kiss her.
• Lin Bai embraced and kissed Bai Xiaoxiao, who vowed to stay by his side and support whatever decision he made.

The Demon Sect attacked Heaven's Mandate Pass with a swarm of yellow hornets, and the Eastern Continent Academy fought back under the Nine Sages Isolation Formation. Lin Bai slaughtered thousands of enemies with his Devouring Sword Soul, leaving the defenders astonished.

• Shi Zhongxian spotted the Demon Sect's yellow smoke approaching, and Gu Daozhi ordered the Nine Sages Isolation Formation reinforced.
• The yellow hornets struck the formation, and Gu Daozhi opened a gap so the Eastern Continent Academy's disciples could charge into battle.
• Lin Bai told Bai Xiaoxiao to remain at Heaven's Mandate Pass, then entered the battlefield with his demon sword and flying swords.
• Lin Bai killed hundreds of Demon Sect martial artists, forcing them to avoid him and seek easier targets.
• Lin Bai unleashed the Devouring Sword Soul, shredding enemies within a thousand meters and absorbing their blood to replenish his power.
• Gu Daozhi and the other experts praised Lin Bai after seeing his attack annihilate thousands of Demon Sect martial artists.

Lin Bai slaughtered Demon Sect fighters at Heaven's Mandate Pass, drawing the White-Haired Woman's attention and prompting her to send the Demon Sect Envoys after him. He fought Yu Liang but was surrounded by six more Envoys after Jiang Ba rescued Yu Liang.

• Lin Bai used the Devouring Sword Soul's power to kill thousands of martial artists with one palm, then continued cutting through the battlefield with his swords.
• The White-Haired Woman recognized Lin Bai and the power within him, then ordered the seven remaining Envoys to bring her his head.
• Yu Liang confronted Lin Bai and attacked with his blood-red sword, but Lin Bai broke through his defense and nearly killed him.
• Jiang Ba intervened, knocked Lin Bai back, and argued with Yu Liang about whether he had needed rescuing.
• Five more Envoys appeared, and the seven Envoys surrounded Lin Bai.

Lin Bai was surrounded by the Demon Sect’s Seven Envoys, while the Eastern Court’s Quasi-Holy Sons refused orders to support him. As Yu Liang and the others pressed their attack, Hua Yuxian secretly saved Lin Bai from a fatal strike, and Hei Luo Jian Jiu arrived to help.

• The Demon Sect’s Seven Envoys surrounded Lin Bai and attacked him together.
• Gu Daozhi ordered Gu Xi, Gu Xing, and the Eastern Court’s Quasi-Holy Sons to support Lin Bai, but they all ignored the order.
• Yu Liang found an opening and thrust his sword at Lin Bai, but Hua Yuxian shifted Lin Bai aside and struck Yu Liang’s blade with her palm.
• Hei Luo Jian Jiu burst through the enemy warriors, reached Lin Bai, and offered to help with his greatsword, Taotie.

Lin Bai faced seven emissaries with help from Hei Luo Jian Jiu and Lan Yuxin. Hei Luo Jian Jiu killed Yu Liang, while Lin Bai slew five more emissaries and deliberately let Hua Yuxian escape.

• Hei Luo Jian Jiu arrived to help Lin Bai and chose Yu Liang as his opponent.
• Lan Yuxin told Lin Bai that the other Quasi-Holy Sons had ignored Elder Gu Daozhi’s call for support.
• Hei Luo Jian Jiu killed Yu Liang with a single blow from his greatsword.
• Lan Yuxin used Heaven Sealing Breath to freeze the six remaining emissaries, and Lin Bai killed five of them with Zhu Xian.
• Lin Bai severely wounded Hua Yuxian but let her flee into the black-clad martial artists.

The White-Haired Woman sent the Heavenly Palace 108 Generals into the battle, then ordered two Apex Realm experts to kill Lin Bai. Lin Bai and Hei Luo Jian Jiu badly wounded the two with Lan Yuxin’s help, but as they tried to flee, Lan Yuxin was struck down and Lin Bai turned back in fury.

• The White-Haired Woman ordered Old Ancestor Ding to send the Heavenly Palace 108 Generals into the battlefield, shifting the battle against the Eastern Continent Academy.
• Two Apex Realm experts attacked Lin Bai, and he and Hei Luo Jian Jiu joined forces while Lan Yuxin froze their movements with Heaven Sealing Three Breaths.
• Lin Bai and Hei Luo Jian Jiu severely wounded the two experts, then fled as their enemies recovered and gave chase.
• Lan Yuxin, exhausted from using the Heaven Sealing Art twice, stayed behind to hold off the short expert, who struck her down and sent her crashing in front of Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai stopped beside the gravely wounded Lan Yuxin and turned to face the short expert as he charged at them.

Lin Bai defended the gravely wounded Lan Yuxin against a short Apex Realm expert, but his attacks failed to harm the stronger foe. With the Eastern Continent on the verge of destruction, Lin Bai used the Devouring Sword Soul to draw in the blood of fallen warriors across a million meters, preparing to turn it into power for the fight.

• Lan Yuxin fell wounded at Lin Bai's feet and urged him to escape, but he stood between her and the short Apex Realm expert.
• The short Apex Realm expert shattered Lin Bai's defenses with one punch and sent him flying, while Lan Yuxin begged him to retreat.
• Lin Bai declared that he would use the blood of fallen martial artists to fight for the Eastern Continent and pressed his palm against the earth.
• Lin Bai expanded the Devouring Sword Soul's reach from a hundred meters to a million meters, drawing blood from the surrounding battlefield toward himself.

Lin Bai absorbed the blood of fallen warriors to break through to the seventh level of the Death Reversal Realm and awakened the Devour the Divine Martial Soul Secret Method. He used the Reaching Heaven Sword Art to reach the eighth level and survived a direct clash with the short Apex Realm powerhouse, setting up their fight.

• Lin Bai drew blood-qi from the battlefield to break through from the third to the sixth level of the Death Reversal Realm.
• Hei Luo Jian Jiu discovered that blood was being sucked away beneath the earth.
• Lin Bai awakened the Devour the Divine Martial Soul Secret Method, which could turn a warrior’s cultivation into a temporary Cultivation Seal that lasted no more than three months.
• Lin Bai broke through to the seventh level before the short Apex Realm powerhouse interrupted his devouring and charged at him.
• Lin Bai used the Reaching Heaven Sword Art to reach the eighth level and met the short Apex Realm powerhouse’s punch, forcing both fighters back.

Lin Bai was overpowered by the short-statured Apex Realm expert, who captured him for the Sect Master. Lin Bai then used the Martial Soul Secret Method—Devour the Gods to drain the expert’s cultivation, leaving him a mortal as the tall Apex Realm expert looked on in shock.

• Lin Bai fought the short-statured Apex Realm expert for hundreds of rounds with Dragon Slayer Swordplay, but the expert struck him down with Heart-Devouring Fist.
• The short-statured Apex Realm expert lifted Lin Bai by the throat and prepared to take him to the Sect Master, while Lan Yuxin watched in horror.
• The tall Apex Realm expert returned after failing to find Hei Luo Jian Jiu and urged the short-statured expert to leave with Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai pressed his hand to the short-statured expert’s head and used Martial Soul Secret Method—Devour the Gods.
• The short-statured expert’s cultivation fell from the Apex Realm to that of an ordinary mortal, and he begged the tall expert to kill Lin Bai.
• The tall Apex Realm expert reacted with disbelief when the short-statured expert revealed that Lin Bai had drained his cultivation.

Lin Bai used the short Apex Realm expert's stolen cultivation to reach the first level of the Apex Realm and kill two Apex Realm opponents. After the Cultivation Seal faded and his cultivation returned to the seventh level of the Death Reversal Realm, he brought the injured Lan Yuxin into Heaven's Mandate Pass and returned to the battlefield.

• Lin Bai activated the Cultivation Seal formed from the short Apex Realm expert's power and rose to the first level of the Apex Realm.
• Lin Bai defeated the tall Apex Realm expert with a sword strike and killed him despite his defensive barrier.
• The short Apex Realm expert recognized Lin Bai's Demonic Martial Soul, warned that the world would hunt him if it was exposed, and died by Lin Bai's sword.
• The Cultivation Seal dimmed and Lin Bai's cultivation returned to the seventh level of the Death Reversal Realm.
• Lin Bai carried the injured Lan Yuxin through the Nine Sages Isolation Formation into Heaven's Mandate Pass, then returned to the battlefield.

Lin Bai used the Cultivation Seal’s Apex Realm power to return to the battlefield and rescue Hua Muqing. He continued hunting Demon Sect Apex Realm experts despite the seal rapidly cracking.

• Lin Bai realized the Cultivation Seal would collapse within three months, and that using its power would hasten its destruction.
• Lin Bai stopped circulating the Five Elements Divine Pill and activated the Cultivation Seal to gain first-level Apex Realm strength.
• Lin Bai killed the Demon Sect general who was pursuing Hua Muqing, then told her to return to Heaven's Mandate Pass to treat her injuries.
• Lin Bai found and killed another Apex Realm expert after a brief clash.
• Lin Bai ignored the spreading cracks in the Cultivation Seal and continued searching the battlefield for Apex Realm opponents.

Lin Bai hunted the demonic sect’s Apex Realm experts across the battlefield, killing many with his sword despite the damage to his Cultivation Seal. After the White-Haired Woman ordered him killed, more than thirty Heavenly Palace Generals surrounded him, and the battle left him fighting alone against their combined assault.

• Lin Bai killed a demonic sect Apex Realm expert who had been slaughtering Eastern Continent Academy martial artists, then continued searching for more enemies.
• Lin Bai slew multiple Apex Realm experts, including one who claimed he was only there to watch the battle, while his Cultivation Seal developed more cracks.
• Lion King and Wolf King noticed Lin Bai’s strength, and the White-Haired Woman ordered Old Ancestor Ding to have him killed.
• Old Ancestor Ding used a Voice Transmission Token to summon the Heavenly Palace Generals, who converged on Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai fought back against the assembled Apex Realm experts, killing several as more than thirty surrounded him and the battlefield watched their fierce clash.

Lin Bai used the power of a Cultivation Seal to fight more than thirty Apex Realm experts and killed them before the seal collapsed. Exhausted, he headed back to Heaven's Mandate Pass, but the White-Haired Woman ordered a final assault on the pass.

• Eastern Continent Academy martial artists and the Order Divine Court elders watched Lin Bai battle more than thirty Apex Realm experts, while Gu Daozhi suspected he relied on a temporary secret technique.
• Lin Bai continued killing and wounding his opponents as cracks spread across the Cultivation Seal in his dantian.
• When the Apex Realm experts scattered to wait for his power to fade, Lin Bai unleashed the Dragon Slayer Imprisoning Heaven Art and killed more than twenty with one sword.
• Lin Bai's Cultivation Seal collapsed, returning his cultivation to the seventh stage of the Death Reversal Realm, and he collected the dead experts' Storage Bags before heading to Heaven's Mandate Pass to recover.
• The White-Haired Woman ordered the Lion King, Wolf King, and Tiger King to attack Heaven's Mandate Pass and told the others to keep Lin Bai from leaving.

Lin Bai and the Eastern Continent Academy defended Heaven's Mandate Pass as Lion King and Wolf King attacked its Nine Sages Isolation Formation. Inside the pass, Tiger King and Snake King led Devil Sect forces into battle, and the chapter ended with the formation weakened and the fighting underway.

• The White-Haired Woman ordered Lion King and Tiger King to destroy Heaven's Mandate Pass, while Lin Bai entered the formation.
• Lion King used the War God Art to strike the Nine Sages Isolation Formation, breaking two of its nine layers.
• Gu Daozhi ordered the academy's Apex Realm warriors into battle, and more than fifty Devil Sect fighters emerged inside the pass to attack them.
• Lin Bai recognized Tiger King, whom Gu Daozhi identified as Old Ancestor Tu Shan, and the Outer Sect Master recognized Snake King as Old Snake of Poison Domain.
• Tiger King and Snake King led the Devil Sect's Thirty-Six Heavenly Stars against the academy's forces while Lion King and Wolf King continued attacking the formation.