Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai and his companions fought hundreds of Poison God Family experts to rescue Ye Suxin, while Li Jiuge revealed his longing for a worthy opponent. The chapter ended with Li Jiuge burning his blood through a secret technique called Transformed Demon Dragon.

• The Poison God Family’s Grand Elder ordered Lin Bai and his companions to surrender, then led the attack when Lin Bai refused to leave without Ye Suxin.
• Lin Bai, Lan Yuxin, Li Jiuge, and Hu Qi fought the surrounding experts and poisonous creatures, but the overwhelming numbers quickly put them at a disadvantage.
• Li Jiuge was poisoned and badly wounded, then told Lin Bai how lonely he had been without a rival in the Eastern Continent Academy.
• Lin Bai promised to return to the Eastern Continent and fight Li Jiuge after dealing with the Poison God Family.
• Li Jiuge rose and activated his secret technique, Transformed Demon Dragon, by burning his blood.

Li Jiuge transformed into a demon dragon and challenged Lin Bai to fight him in the Eastern Continent, while Hu Qi unleashed the unsealed Godslaying Blade. The blade overwhelmed Hu Qi’s control and devastated the Poison God Family, leaving the battle’s survivors facing the weapon’s destructive power.

• Li Jiuge transformed into a golden-scaled demon dragon, reached the seventh level of the Apex Realm, and told Lin Bai to meet him for a fight in the Eastern Continent.
• The Seventh Elder charged Li Jiuge, and the two began a fierce battle that isolated them from the other martial artists.
• Hu Qi revealed the power of his black saber and struck the Fifth Elder, gravely wounding him and cleaving open the Poison God Family’s mountain gate.
• Shangguan Cun recognized Hu Qi’s saber as the unsealed Godslaying Blade, one of the Ten Great Demonic Weapons, and suspected the True Monarch of Myriad Treasures had removed its seal.
• The Godslaying Blade became difficult for Hu Qi to control, and Hu Qi warned Lin Bai, Li Jiuge, and Lan Yuxin to flee as it swept across the battlefield.
• The blade’s slash killed more than twenty Apex Realm experts, flattened everything within ten thousand li, and destroyed half the Poison God Family.

Lin Bai used the Soul Refining Banner and its Quasi-Dao Realm Gold Soul to fight the Poison God Family, but Yu Ru nearly shattered the Gold Soul. Lin Bai then revealed an Azure Gourd and prepared to summon the cursed people inside it.

• Hu Qi lost control of the Godslaying Blade, and Lan Yuxin warned Lin Bai that the Mad Blade could turn its wielder into a murderous maniac.
• Lin Bai deployed the Soul Refining Banner and released its souls to attack the Poison God Family’s fighters and poisonous beasts.
• Lin Bai awakened the Quasi-Dao Realm Gold Soul, which rampaged through the enemy ranks until Yu Ru struck it with his Quasi-Dao Realm power.
• Lin Bai stopped Lan Yuxin from using the Heaven Sealing Art against Yu Ru and took out the Azure Gourd.
• Lin Bai told Lan Yuxin that he could borrow the cursed people inside the gourd to fight the Poison God Family.

Lin Bai unleashed the Burial River from the Azure Gourd and ordered Black Heaven Old Ancestor and the Black Warriors to attack the Poison God Family. The flood devastated the Myriad Poisons Mountain Range, and Yu Ru ended the chapter retreating as his family faced destruction.

• Yu Ru suppressed the Gold Soul and taunted Lin Bai, who revealed the Azure Gourd as his trump card.
• Lin Bai released the Burial River above the Poison God Family, and Black Heaven Old Ancestor arrived with more than a thousand Black Warriors.
• Black Heaven Old Ancestor reminded Lin Bai that his clan would complete five tasks in return for freedom, then ordered the Black Warriors to kill the Poison God Family's disciples.
• Black Heaven Old Ancestor attacked Yu Ru, forcing him to abandon the Gold Soul, which then turned on the Poison God Family's experts.
• The Burial River swallowed the family’s grounds and killed more than a hundred Apex Realm martial artists as the elders begged Yu Ru to act.
• Yu Ru retreated helplessly from the flood and vowed that the Poison God Family would never coexist with Lin Bai.

Lin Bai demanded that the Poison God Family return Ye Suxin, but its Dao Realm Old Ancestor Xu Jiang refused and prepared to fight. Xu Jiang revealed the family’s hidden forces, leaving Lin Bai facing several thousand Apex Realm experts and countless poisonous creatures.

• Black Heaven Old Ancestor flooded the Poison God Family with the Burial River until Xu Jiang emerged and pushed the waters back with his Dao Realm power.
• Lin Bai told Xu Jiang that he had ordered the attack to force the Poison God Family to return his fiancée, Ye Suxin, alive or provide her corpse.
• Xu Jiang said Ye Suxin had died in the Ten Thousand Poisons Cave and rejected Lin Bai’s demand, then declared that the Poison God Family would fight.
• Xu Jiang summoned thousands of Apex Realm powerhouses from their secluded cultivation in the Ten Thousand Poisons Cave.
• Xu Jiang opened the Ten Thousand Poisons Cave and released countless poisonous creatures, then challenged Lin Bai to continue fighting.

The Dao Gu Tribe arrived at the Myriad Poisons Mountain Range to aid Lin Bai against the Poison God Family, bringing Bao'er and a formidable force of disciples and puppets. Gu Qi placed the tribe’s forces at Lin Bai’s disposal as the confrontation with Xu Jiang continued.

• Dugu Yitian judged that Lin Bai had forced the Poison God Family to reveal most of its strength and warned Dugu Hao not to provoke him.
• As Lin Bai faced Xu Jiang and the Poison God Family’s assembled forces, Old Turtle declared that they should fight, and the Dao Gu Tribe’s puppets appeared above the mountain range.
• Bao'er jumped into Lin Bai’s arms, then reunited emotionally with Lan Yuxin.
• Gu Qi greeted Lin Bai and explained that the Dao Gu Tribe had come to repay his kindness and honor its oath to follow him.
• Gu Qi listed the tribe’s ten thousand disciples and 15,321 puppets, including one comparable to a Dao Realm powerhouse, and offered them all to Lin Bai.

Lin Bai gathered the Dao Gu Tribe’s vast puppet army and the Black Warriors to challenge the Poison God Family, while Black Heaven Old Ancestor stopped Hu Qi’s Godslaying Blade. Xu Jiang refused to back down, and both sides prepared for a battle that could destroy one orthodoxy.

• Gu Qi revealed that the Dao Gu Tribe had brought thousands of powerful puppets to help Lin Bai fight the Poison God Family.
• Black Heaven Old Ancestor suppressed the Godslaying Blade’s demonic nature, and Li Jiuge helped Hu Qi withdraw from the battle.
• Lin Bai confronted Yu Ru and Xu Jiang, asking whether the Poison God Family still wanted to fight; Xu Jiang accepted the challenge.
• Ye Suxin told Snake King that the clash would end with either Lin Bai’s side or the Poison God Family destroyed.
• Lin Bai ordered Black Heaven Old Ancestor and Gu Qi to ready their forces, and Xu Jiang commanded the Poison God Family to advance.

Lin Bai and the Poison God Family began a battle in the Myriad Poisons Mountain Range after Xu Jiang refused to hand over Lin Bai’s people. Lin Bai severely wounded the Grand Elder with his strongest techniques, but the elder survived as the fighting continued.

• Yu Ru learned that the three Army Marquises had encountered trouble, apparently because the Crown Prince had also sent Army Marquises to Southern Province.
• Lin Bai demanded that Xu Jiang hand over his people, and when Xu Jiang refused, Lin Bai ordered his forces to flatten the Poison God Family.
• Black Heaven Old Ancestor clashed with Xu Jiang, while Yu Ru and the Grand Elder attacked Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai used the Soul Refining Banner to keep Yu Ru occupied and unleashed his sword techniques, divine lightning, and the fifth layer of the Invincible Sword Art against the Grand Elder.
• Lin Bai’s assault blasted the Grand Elder into a badly wounded state, but the elder survived, while the backlash left Lin Bai in pain.

Lin Bai was cornered by Yu Ru and the Grand Elder until the Southern Province Divine Gate intervened, then the Earth Emperor Tribe and Sword Pavilion Tribe arrived to support the Poison God Family. The battle widened into a clash between the factions, leaving the Poison God Family surrounded by powerful forces.

• The Grand Elder survived Lin Bai's attack, recognized that Lin Bai's secret art had harmed him, and joined Yu Ru in attacking again.
• Lin Bai prepared to unleash the seventh layer of the Invincible Sword Art despite knowing it could cost him his life and cultivation.
• Deng Yuchun of the Southern Province Divine Gate arrived, stopped Yu Ru and the Grand Elder, and led hundreds of experts in an attack on the Poison God Family.
• Yan Long led the Earth Emperor Tribe to aid the Poison God Family, while Su Yongfei and Su Wusi led the Sword Pavilion Tribe into battle.
• The Earth Emperor Tribe and Sword Pavilion Tribe explained that they had come to prevent the Poison God Family's destruction and protect Southern Province.

Lin Bai fought Su Tingzong, Yan Ji, and the Poison God Family’s Four Young Masters as the battle at the Myriad Poisons Mountain Range spiraled beyond his control. Yan Ji used his Eyes of Heaven’s Gaze to expose Lin Bai’s weaknesses, leaving Lin Bai badly wounded as the fight continued.

• Yan Long told Lin Bai that the Earth Emperor Tribe had intervened to protect the Poison God Family, and Lin Bai said he did not blame them.
• Su Tingzong, Yan Ji, Gou Chen, Bai Qing, San Le, and Li Wen surrounded Lin Bai, but Lin Bai drove back their attacks despite his injuries.
• Yan Ji urged Lin Bai to stop fighting, but Lin Bai explained that neither side could withdraw without suffering heavy losses and that the battle would end only when one side was annihilated.
• As fighting devastated the Myriad Poisons Mountain Range, Yan Ji used his Eyes of Heaven’s Gaze to identify Lin Bai’s left abdomen as a weakness, and Su Tingzong stabbed him there.
• Su Tingzong demanded that Yan Ji reveal more weaknesses, and Yan Ji reluctantly called out several more vulnerable points on Lin Bai’s body.

Yan Ji exposed the flaws in Lin Bai’s defenses, allowing Su Tingzong and the others to overwhelm and gravely wound him. Just as Su Tingzong moved to kill Lin Bai and Lan Yuxin, A Ning and Yin Jiuling arrived and stopped him, setting the stage for a new fight.

• Yan Ji pointed out Lin Bai’s weaknesses, and Su Tingzong, Gou Chen, Bai Qing, Li Wen, San Le, and the others attacked until Lin Bai collapsed, poisoned and badly wounded.
• Su Tingzong tried to kill Lin Bai, but Lan Yuxin stepped in front of him and refused to move.
• Li Jiuge prepared to use the demon dragon’s power, but Hu Qi stopped him and revealed that two powerful allies had arrived.
• A Ning’s iron sword deflected Su Tingzong’s strike and sent him flying, while Lin Bai recognized A Ning and Yin Jiuling.
• A Ning and Yin Jiuling identified themselves as cultivators from the Ice Lake Sea and faced Gou Chen, Yan Ji, and the others.

A Ning and Yin Jiuling confronted Su Tingzong and his allies after they had wounded Lin Bai, and Yin Jiuling revealed overwhelming power by killing Gou Chen and stopping the others from escaping. A Ning pursued Su Tingzong while Yin Jiuling held San Le, Li Wen, and Bai Qing at his mercy.

• A Ning demanded to know who had wounded Lin Bai, then attacked the six men; Yan Jiuling identified A Ning's weakness until Yin Jiuling's gaze terrified him into silence.
• Yin Jiuling caught Gou Chen's attack and killed him with the Death Domain, destroying the venomous snakes around them.
• A Ning struck San Le, Bai Qing, Su Tingzong, and Li Wen, leaving them seriously wounded.
• Su Tingzong tried to flee, but A Ning blocked his way and confronted him over Lin Bai's injuries.
• San Le, Li Wen, and Bai Qing released venomous creatures and ran, but Yin Jiuling killed the creatures and knocked all three down.

Yin Jiuling and A Ning rescued Lin Bai after Yan Ji and the others had overwhelmed him, and A Ning punished Yan Ji by taking his eyes before turning on the rest. Su Wusi intervened to save Su Tingzong, but another mysterious expert sent him flying, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Yin Jiuling killed Gou Chen and restrained San Le, Bai Qing, and Li Wen while A Ning drove them back with one sword strike.
• Yin Jiuling discovered that Lin Bai's Invincible Sword Art had badly injured his body and soul, and warned him never to use it again.
• Yan Ji revealed that Yin Jiuling had trapped him in an illusion of King Yama's Hall, and Lin Bai stopped A Ning from killing him because they had some history.
• A Ning spared Yan Ji's life but severed his eyes, then fought Su Tingzong, San Le, Bai Qing, and Li Wen and sent them flying.
• Su Wusi arrived and struck A Ning away as she moved to kill Su Tingzong, but an unseen expert intervened and sent Su Wusi flying.

Feng Lingzi of Wuwei Daoist Temple arrived to protect A Ning and Lin Bai from Su Wusi and the Sword Pavilion Tribe. He summoned Lan Ling, whose arrival stunned the assembled martial artists and shifted attention to the Eastern Continent Academy.

• Su Wusi recognized Feng Lingzi, who declared he would stop anyone trying to kill A Ning and Lin Bai.
• Feng Lingzi gave the injured Lin Bai a pain-relieving pill and spoke with Lan Yuxin about her father.
• Su Wusi called more than a dozen Apex Realm experts to his side and threatened Feng Lingzi and the others.
• Feng Lingzi called on Lan Ling to stop standing by, and Lan Ling descended from the sky.
• The martial artists recognized Lan Ling as the Lan Clan head from the Eastern Continent Academy, and Su Yongfei declared that the true strong had arrived.

Lan Ling arrived at the Poison God Family to protect Lan Yuxin, while he and Feng Lingzi hinted that a long-awaited conflict was beginning. The Eastern Continent Academy’s forces then appeared in the sky, leaving the Poison God Family facing a thousand Apex Realm powerhouses.

• Lan Ling descended beside Feng Lingzi, reprimanded Lin Bai and Lan Yuxin, and argued with Feng Lingzi.
• Lan Yuxin told Lin Bai that Feng Lingzi had once been Feng Feiyang, one of the Peach Mountain Eighteen Immortals.
• Lan Ling and Feng Lingzi discussed their odds against the Poison God Family and said the time had come for someone to shoulder a great responsibility.
• Yu Ru asked why Lan Ling had come, and Lan Ling said he was acting personally to protect his daughter.
• Gu Daozhi, Mo Canghai, Qiu Shangqian, and other Eastern Continent Academy powerhouses arrived, numbering a thousand Apex Realm martial artists.

Gu Daozhi brought the Eastern Continent Academy into the battle against the Poison God Family, claiming it was to seek justice for Li Jiuge. Their intervention turned the siege into a one-sided slaughter, and Lin Bai recognized that the Academy had joined to advance the Crown Prince’s struggle for the throne.

• Feng Lingzi regretted that his one accurate divination had failed to save Lin Duo and others, while Lan Ling tried to reassure him.
• Gu Daozhi confronted Yu Ru over Li Jiuge’s injuries, then rejected Yu Ru’s offer of healing and compensation with an absurd claim that Li Jiuge’s wounded confidence could not be repaired.
• Gu Daozhi ordered the Eastern Continent Academy’s disciples to attack the Poison God Family, tipping the battle decisively against them.
• Gu Qi told Lin Bai that the Dao Gu Tribe had once faced a similar siege and explained why its ancestors had sealed away their lands.
• Lin Bai concluded that the Eastern Continent Academy had joined the battle to support the Crown Prince and destroy the Poison God Family, which backed the Seventeenth Prince.

The Poison God Family retreated to No Regret Cliff as Lin Bai and four allied forces surrounded them. Xu Jiang declared they would fight to the death and ordered Yu Ru to release the Yin-Yang Fish.

• The Poison God Family's warriors fell back toward Ten Thousand Poisons Cave, while the attackers drove them to No Regret Cliff.
• Xu Jiang broke away from his battle with Black Heaven Old Ancestor and appeared before the advancing forces, stopping their charge with his Dao Realm presence.
• The Dao Gu Tribe, Southern Province Divine Sect, Eastern Continent Academy, and Burial River surrounded No Regret Cliff, leaving the Poison God Family no route to escape.
• Lin Bai arrived with Lan Yuxin and demanded to know where Ye Suxin was, but Xu Jiang insisted she was dead.
• Xu Jiang confronted the allied leaders over their reasons for joining the attack, and they explained their grievances and alliances.
• Xu Jiang vowed the Poison God Family would fight until both sides perished and ordered Yu Ru to release the guardian sacred beast, the Yin-Yang Fish.

Xu Jiang prepared to release the Poison God Family’s guardian beast, the Yin-Yang Fish, but Old Man Lone Boat arrived with the Azure Flood Dragon and stopped him. Old Man Lone Boat revealed that Ye Suxin was alive but not with the Poison God Family, leaving Lin Bai eager to learn where she was.

• Xu Jiang ordered Yu Ru to release the Yin-Yang Fish so the Poison God Family could perish alongside its enemies, but a barrier blocked the way to the Ten Thousand Poisons Cave.
• Old Man Lone Boat arrived atop the Azure Flood Dragon with Zhang Jianxing and Dugu Yun, and warned Xu Jiang that unleashing the Yin-Yang Fish would bring disaster to the Barren Ancient Continent.
• Xu Jiang agreed to obey Old Man Lone Boat and not release the Yin-Yang Fish, while Old Man Lone Boat greeted Lin Bai and praised his strength.
• Lin Bai demanded that the Poison God Family hand over Ye Suxin, but Xu Jiang insisted she was dead and absent from the family.
• Old Man Lone Boat told Lin Bai that Ye Suxin was neither dead nor within the Poison God Family, shocking Xu Jiang and making Lin Bai ask where she was.

Mo Qing revealed that the Poison God Family had destroyed tribes and sects to seize gifted martial artists as Third Generation Disciples, including Zhao Yue from the Moon God Tribe. The chapter ended with Bai Qing questioning whether Mo Qing’s revelations were true.

• Old Man Lone Boat revealed that Ye Suxin was alive, and Xu Jiang blamed Yu Ru, the Grand Elder, and the Ninth Elder for hiding it.
• Mo Qing emerged from the Ten Thousand Poisons Cave and told Lin Bai that he had uncovered a secret about Zhao Yue and the Third Generation Disciples.
• Mo Qing explained that he had decoded inscriptions from the Moon God Tribe’s ancient residence using their star-observing art.
• Mo Qing read the inscriptions, which said that the Poison God Family slaughtered the Moon God Tribe and took the infant Yue, later known as Zhao Yue.
• Mo Qing accused the Poison God Family of destroying groups to take gifted martial artists and placing them in eternal slumber with the Ice Hibernation Art.
• Xu Jiang stayed silent as Mo Qing confronted the family, and Bai Qing asked whether the revelations were true.

Zhao Yue revealed that she had been posing as Ye Suxin throughout Lin Bai’s journey, leaving him devastated while she confronted the Poison God Family. She began recounting how the family had taken her as an infant and sealed her away, but her account had not yet reached the reason for her betrayal.

• Mo Qing exposed her suspicion that Zhao Yue, not Ye Suxin, had traveled with Lin Bai, and Zhao Yue appeared with the Demon Sect’s disciples.
• Zhao Yue admitted her identity, and Lin Bai collapsed after learning that Ye Suxin had never awakened; Old Man Lone Boat and Lan Yuxin helped stabilize him.
• Zhao Yue said Ye Suxin was alive but warned that separating them could kill them both, then turned to confront Xu Jiang and the Poison God Family.
• Zhao Yue revealed a Five-Life Martial Soul as proof of her identity and began explaining how the Poison God Family had destroyed her tribe, taken her as an infant, and sealed her with the Ice Hibernation Art.