Chapter Summaries

Vice-Alliance Leader Wu recruited Su Yue to help pressure Qing Luo into surrendering the treasures in the Sword Hiding Hermitage, promising him a place in the Heng Province Alliance. Meanwhile, Lin Bai visited Five Elements Mountain and encouraged Tiger Demon Gu Yuanshan, promising to seek him a place in the Eternal Devil Sect if he reached the Apex Realm.

• Vice-Alliance Leader Wu offered Su Yue and his Lineage a place under the Wu Family if Su Yue helped the Heng Province Alliance obtain the Sun Moon Divine Flower and Ten-Thousand Year Spirit Milk from Qing Luo.
• Su Yue agreed to have the Lian Province Alliance mediate and persuade Qing Luo to hand over the treasures.
• Lin Bai returned from Qilin Town and climbed Five Elements Mountain, where Tiger Demon Gu Yuanshan came to greet him.
• Lin Bai explained the importance of earth qi to Gu Yuanshan as they walked through the mountain.
• Lin Bai promised to petition the sect for Gu Yuanshan to become a disciple if he reached the Apex Realm.

Lin Bai discovered a hidden valley in Five Elements Mountain containing a Sun Moon Divine Flower, but left it unpicked. He then headed to Eternal Seven Absolute Mountain to search for a Mountain Protection Formation he could afford.

• Tiger Demon Gu Yuanshan thanked Lin Bai for giving him status and promising he could join the Eternal Devil Sect after reaching the Apex Realm.
• Lin Bai found a formation hidden in the trunk of a fallen ancient tree and entered its gate of light.
• Lin Bai discovered a valley of rare spirit medicines and identified its lone Sun Moon Divine Flower, but did not take it.
• Lin Bai blocked the formation at the tree and told Gu Yuanshan to guard Five Elements Mountain while he returned to rest.
• Lin Bai left Sword Hiding Hermitage and went to Eternal Seven Absolute Mountain to seek a suitable Mountain Protection Formation.

Lin Bai found the damaged Three Trillion Stars Formation in Eternal Seven Absolute Mountain and installed it as Sword Hiding Hermitage’s mountain protection formation. After half a month of peaceful cultivation, a visitor from the Lian Province Alliance arrived to see him.

• Lin Bai searched Eternal Seven Absolute Mountain and took the damaged Three Trillion Stars Formation and Dao Realm cultivation insights.
• Lin Bai set up the formation around Sword Hiding Hermitage, concealed its banners with the Heaven Concealing Jade Pendant’s aura, and activated it.
• Lin Bai gave Tiger Demon Gu Yuanshan three entry tokens for himself, Zhou Xi, and Sun Yao, then concealed the formation’s light.
• Lin Bai studied his cultivation insights for half a month until Su Yue of the Lian Province Alliance arrived with several fellow disciples to visit Junior Brother Qing Luo.

Su Yue and several Lian Province Alliance martial artists visited Lin Bai at Sword Hiding Hermitage, claiming they could end the Heng Province Alliance’s harassment if Lin Bai surrendered two treasures. Lin Bai refused to give up any part of the hermitage and ordered them to leave.

• Lin Bai let Su Yue and five other Lian Province Alliance martial artists into Sword Hiding Hermitage, where they admired the grounds and ignored his greeting.
• Su Yue sat with Lin Bai and praised the hermitage, while Lin Bai mocked the visitors’ interest in claiming it.
• Su Yue said he had negotiated with the Heng Province Alliance and urged Lin Bai to hand over the Sun Moon Divine Flower and Ten-Thousand Year Spirit Milk.
• Lin Bai explained that surrendering those treasures would invite the other provincial alliances to demand the hermitage’s remaining blessed lands.
• Su Yue warned that the Heng Province Alliance was powerful and hinted that Lin Bai could be killed, but Lin Bai refused to hand over any part of Sword Hiding Hermitage and sent the visitors away.

Lin Bai rejected Su Yue’s demand for Sword Hiding Hermitage and relied on the Three Trillion Stars Formation to protect himself. Su Yue planned to harass Lin Bai into surrendering the hermitage, and his men began by setting off a Thunderclap Stone outside Lin Bai’s hut.

• Su Yue and his companions taunted Lin Bai, but he refused to hand over Sword Hiding Hermitage and warned them against provoking him within his dojo.
• After leaving the hermitage, Su Yue decided to seize it for Heng Province Alliance by sending men to harass Lin Bai until he gave in.
• That night, Lin Bai sensed dozens of martial artists sneaking into Five Elements Mountain and followed them without revealing himself.
• The intruders threw a Thunderclap Stone outside Lin Bai’s hut, and Lin Bai realized its blast could have injured him if he had been meditating inside.

Lin Bai trapped the Heng Province Alliance’s intruders inside Five Elements Mountain with the Three Trillion Stars Formation, then let them go with a warning for Su Yue. He refused to surrender Sword Hiding Hermitage’s treasures and sent Li Yumen to warn the Lian Province Alliance, resolving to establish his authority.

• The intruders found themselves blocked by the Three Trillion Stars Formation and exhausted themselves trying to break through it.
• Lin Bai revealed himself, opened a gap in the formation, and warned the intruders to tell Su Yue that further harassment would get them killed.
• Su Yue ordered the intruders to keep targeting Lin Bai, believing he would not dare fight them.
• Lin Bai told Li Yumen he would not hand the Sun Moon Divine Flower or Ten-Thousand Year Spirit Milk to the Heng Province Alliance, since other alliances would make similar demands.
• Lin Bai asked Li Yumen to warn the leader of the Lian Province Alliance that its warriors would die if they caused trouble in Sword Hiding Hermitage again.
• Li Yumen left to deliver Lin Bai’s warning as Lin Bai declared that he would establish his authority.

Li Yumen delivered Qing Luo’s warning to Alliance Leader Zhang after Su Yue and other Lian Province Alliance martial artists tried to force Qing Luo to hand over Sword Hiding Hermitage’s treasures. Alliance Leader Zhang said he would handle the matter, then hinted that the Heng Province Alliance would pay for trying to use his alliance as a weapon.

• Li Yumen and a Dharma Protector met with Alliance Leader Zhang to report an important message from Qing Luo.
• Alliance Leader Zhang listened as Li Yumen explained that Su Yue and several Lian Province Alliance martial artists had pressured Qing Luo to surrender the Sun Moon Divine Flower and Ten-Thousand Year Spirit Milk to the Heng Province Alliance.
• Li Yumen relayed Qing Luo’s warning that he would show no mercy if the Lian Province Alliance caused trouble at Sword Hiding Hermitage again.
• The Dharma Protector urged Alliance Leader Zhang to punish Su Yue, and Zhang said he would deal with the matter before dismissing them.
• Alone in the council hall, Alliance Leader Zhang concluded that the Heng Province Alliance would have to pay for trying to use the Lian Province Alliance as a blade.

Lin Bai activated the Three Trillion Stars Formation after intruders entered Sword Hiding Hermitage to threaten him and demand his treasures. He trapped them in the Eighteenth Level of the Fire Domain, where they faced its deadly flames and could not escape.

• Lin Bai sensed intruders at Five Elements Mountain and activated the Three Trillion Stars Formation to protect Sword Hiding Hermitage.
• The intruders threw a Thunderclap Stone at Sword Hiding Hermitage, then found the formation blocking their escape.
• Lin Bai confronted the intruders, who threatened him and demanded that he hand over the Sun-Moon Divine Flower and Ten-Thousand Year Spirit Milk.
• The intruders attacked Lin Bai, but he teleported them into the Eighteenth Level of the Fire Domain.
• The trapped intruders tried to fly out, struck an invisible wall, and heard Lin Bai declare that he would not let them leave.

Lin Bai used the Three Trillion Stars Formation to trap members of the Lian Province Alliance in the Fire Domain after they ignored his warning. When Su Yue sent more men to the Sword Hiding Hermitage, they were trapped there too and discovered that the first group faced death if they could not escape within three months.

• Lin Bai teleported the first group of Lian Province Alliance martial artists to the second level of the Fire Domain and sealed the exits with the Three Trillion Stars Formation.
• Lin Bai left the men trapped, expecting the Fire Domain to burn them to ashes if they failed to escape within three months.
• Su Yue noticed the first group had not returned and sent several more men to the Sword Hiding Hermitage the following night.
• Lin Bai used the formation to send the newcomers into the Fire Domain, where they encountered the first group, now burned black by the flames.
• The first group told the newcomers that they could not send messages or escape without Lin Bai's help, and warned that the flames would kill them within three months.

Lin Bai remained in the Sword Hiding Hermitage while Vice-Alliance Leader Wu ordered an attack on Zhou Xi and Sun Yao in Shanzhou to pressure him into surrendering two treasures. Alliance Leader Zhang then appeared at Lin Bai’s pavilion, leaving Lin Bai to face the Lian Province Alliance’s powerful leader.

• Su Yue concluded that the missing Lian Province Alliance martial artists had likely died in the Sword Hiding Hermitage and reported that he could do nothing about it.
• Vice-Alliance Leader Wu revealed that he had used Su Yue to provoke discord and intimidate Lin Bai into handing over the Sun Moon Divine Flower and Ten-Thousand Year Spirit Milk.
• Vice-Alliance Leader Wu ordered his agents in Shanzhou to kill Zhou Xi and Sun Yao and bring their heads to the Sword Hiding Hermitage.
• After several peaceful days, an old man appeared at Lin Bai’s pavilion without being detected, and Lin Bai activated the Three Trillion Stars Formation.
• The old man introduced himself as Alliance Leader Zhang, and Lin Bai recognized him as the Lian Province Alliance’s formidable leader.

Lin Bai questioned Alliance Leader Zhang about the Lian Province Alliance's decline and the traitorous disciples who had fled to Heng Province. After revealing how close the alliance was to collapse, Zhang intervened when the disciples Lin Bai had imprisoned attacked him.

• Alliance Leader Zhang visited Lin Bai and explained that medicines could no longer extend his nearly exhausted lifespan.
• Zhang asked Lin Bai to release the Lian Province Alliance martial artists trapped in the Sword Hiding Hermitage, while Lin Bai pointed out Su Yue's betrayal and ties to Heng Province.
• Zhang revealed that several distinguished disciples and their Lineages had defected, leaving the Lian Province Alliance with fewer than a hundred high-ranking protectors.
• Lin Bai released more than twenty charred Lian Province Alliance disciples from the fire domain.
• The disciples charged at Lin Bai, but Alliance Leader Zhang struck the ground with his cane and sent them flying; they recognized him and paid their respects.

Alliance Leader Zhang returned the injured Lian Province Alliance disciples to Lin Bai, then took him to the Heng Province Alliance to demand payment for its role in disrupting Qing Luo’s cultivation. Their arrival drew the attention of Li Mojun and the sect elders, while Vice-Alliance Leader Wu denied the accusation.

• Lin Bai warned Alliance Leader Zhang that the rescued disciples would not be spared if they caused trouble at the Sword Hiding Hermitage again, and Zhang sent them back to the Lian Province Alliance.
• Alliance Leader Zhang warned Lin Bai that the Heng Province Alliance would pursue the Sun Moon Divine Flower and Ten-Thousand Year Spirit Milk, then invited him on a moonlit walk.
• Alliance Leader Zhang led Lin Bai into the Heng Province Alliance, where Protector Mei Qing welcomed them and brought them to the Moon Palace.
• Li Mojun learned that Alliance Leader Zhang had gone to the Heng Province Alliance with Qing Luo, and he and several elders set out to see what would happen.
• Alliance Leader Zhang accused the Heng Province Alliance of inciting Su Yue to disrupt Qing Luo’s cultivation, and Vice-Alliance Leader Wu denied it and demanded evidence.
• Alliance Leader Zhang declared that his word was the evidence.

Alliance Leader Zhang brought Lin Bai to the Heng Province Alliance to demand compensation for its mistreatment of him. After Lin Bai asked for ten Dao Divine Weapons and a hundred Celestial Spirit Stones, Zhang multiplied the demand tenfold and insisted the alliance provide it.

• Alliance Leader Zhang confronted Vice-Alliance Leader Wu in the Bright Moon Palace and said he had come to demand compensation for Lin Bai.
• Zhang invited Lin Bai to name what he wanted, and Lin Bai demanded ten Dao Divine Weapons and a hundred Celestial Spirit Stones.
• Vice-Alliance Leader Wu rejected Lin Bai’s demand as outrageous, but Zhang announced that the Heng Province Alliance must pay ten times as much.
• Zhang demanded a hundred Dao Divine Weapons and a thousand Celestial Spirit Stones and told Wu to consult the Alliance Leader in seclusion if he lacked authority.
• Lin Bai realized the demand was worth about ten years of the Heng Province Alliance’s profits, while Wu sat under pressure, unable to resolve the matter.

Alliance Leader Zhang demanded compensation from the Heng Province Alliance, and his show of force nearly provoked a fight. The Elders Council reduced the demand to ten Dao Divine Weapons and ten Celestial Spirit Stones, and Murong Chuan approved the payment from seclusion.

• Alliance Leader Zhang struck a Heng Province Alliance guardian who insulted him, prompting the other guardians to rise before Vice-Alliance Leader Wu calmed them.
• Vice-Alliance Leader Wu left to consult the Alliance Leader while Zhang reassured Lin Bai that he would leave unharmed.
• The Grand Elder, Second Elder, and Third Elder Ke Yu appeared and proposed that the Heng Province Alliance pay ten Dao Divine Weapons and ten Celestial Spirit Stones.
• Alliance Leader Zhang accepted the elders' settlement, and Murong Chuan confirmed that the Heng Province Alliance would compensate the Lian Province Alliance.

Alliance Leader Zhang secured Lin Bai’s safety and compensation from the Heng Province Alliance, then warned him that Murong Chuan would still covet the Sword Hiding Hermitage’s treasures. Back at the Heng Province Alliance, Vice-Alliance Leader Wu told the guardians to stand down and revealed Alliance Leader Zhang’s fearsome strength.

• Murong Chuan apologized for the Heng Province Alliance’s actions, promised it would stop interfering with the Sword Hiding Hermitage, and sent ten Dao Divine Weapons and ten Celestial Spirit Stones as compensation.
• Alliance Leader Zhang gave the compensation to Lin Bai and warned him that the Heng Province Alliance would not truly abandon the Sun Moon Divine Flower or the Ten-Thousand Year Spirit Milk.
• Alliance Leader Zhang met the three elders, who lamented his depleted lifespan and the injuries he had suffered while protecting the Lian Province Alliance.
• Lin Bai reflected on Alliance Leader Zhang’s sacrifices and returned to reading in the Sword Hiding Hermitage until his state of mind settled.
• Vice-Alliance Leader Wu told the Heng Province guardians to wait rather than retaliate, then warned them that Alliance Leader Zhang was the Eternal Devil Sect’s strongest Dao God and had once killed a Great Purity Dao Fruit powerhouse.

The Heng Province Alliance continued its plan to force Qing Luo to submit by targeting Zhou Xi and Sun Yao, while Lin Bai strengthened the Demon Sword and tested the power of Celestial Spirit Stones. After receiving Zhou Xi’s plea for help from Shan Province, Lin Bai left the Sword Hiding Hermitage to rescue them.

• Vice-Alliance Leader Wu ordered the Heng Province Alliance to send Zhou Xi and Sun Yao’s heads to Qing Luo and force Qing Luo to submit.
• Lin Bai gave two Dao Divine Weapons to Zhou Xi and Sun Yao and fed the remaining weapons and treasures to the Demon Sword.
• Lin Bai absorbed celestial spiritual energy from one Celestial Spirit Stone, bringing his cultivation close to the Dao Sovereign level.
• Zhou Xi sent Lin Bai a message saying that he and Sun Yao had been ambushed in Shan Province and were in desperate danger.
• Lin Bai activated the Three Trillion Stars Formation, told Tiger Demon Gu Yuanshan to guard the Sword Hiding Hermitage, and set out for Shan Province.

Lin Bai arrived in Shan Province and found Earth Dragon City overrun by the Demon Race. After killing a savage bull that threatened the teleportation formation, he fled the doomed city and heard a familiar voice below.

• Lin Bai traveled through the Eternal Devil Sect's teleportation passage to Earth Dragon City and found the city collapsing under a Demon Race invasion.
• He saw the city's defenders fleeing as demons slaughtered martial artists and destroyed the city.
• A mountain-sized savage bull charged toward the teleportation formation, and Lin Bai killed it with a single sword strike.
• Lin Bai flew out of Earth Dragon City, cutting down demons that tried to attack him as he searched for Zhou Xi and Sun Yao.
• Lin Bai heard a familiar voice and saw two women surrounded by beast-headed members of the Demon Race in an alley.

Lin Bai rescued Liu Jiangxue and Liu An'an from demons in Earth Dragon City and recognized them as the sisters who had sheltered him after finding him in the Immortal Corpse River. After learning they had been abandoned by their maternal clan, he offered to take them to the Eternal Devil Sect once he finished his business in Shanzhou.

• Lin Bai heard Liu An'an cry for help and used his sword intent to kill the demons surrounding her.
• Liu Jiangxue reunited with Liu An'an, and Lin Bai asked whether they had rescued a limbless man near Eternal Night Mountain two years earlier.
• Lin Bai revealed that he was the man they had sheltered and thanked Liu Jiangxue and Liu An'an for saving his life.
• Liu Jiangxue explained that their parents had died in the war, their maternal clan had abandoned them, and the Demon Race invasion had left them with nowhere to go.
• Lin Bai offered to take the sisters with him and help them become outer disciples of the Eternal Devil Sect.

Lin Bai learned how Liu Jiangxue and Liu An'an lost their parents, were driven toward an unwanted marriage, and were abandoned when Earth Dragon City fell. He offered to bring them to the Eternal Devil Sect as outer disciples, and Liu Jiangxue wondered whether he had enough influence to arrange it.

• Liu Jiangxue and Liu An'an's parents eloped from Earth Dragon City, fled to Lianzhou, and later died during Xuanzhou's invasion.
• Their uncle took the sisters in, but their lineage later pressured them to marry into the family their mother had once been promised to.
• The Demon Race invaded Shanzhou and destroyed Earth Dragon City, leaving Liu Jiangxue and Liu An'an without their lineage's protection.
• Lin Bai explained how dangerous life was for the weak in the Demon Realm and offered to help the sisters join the Eternal Devil Sect as outer disciples.
• Liu Jiangxue doubted that the sect would accept them and asked whether Mr. Qing Luo had enough influence to arrange their entry.

Lin Bai agreed to take Liu Jiangxue and Liu An'an to the Eternal Devil Sect as outer disciples, explaining that he was repaying their past kindness rather than seeking anything from them. As they fled the Demon Race’s assault on Earth Dragon City, Lin Bai’s flying swords protected them and left Liu Jiangxue awestruck.

• Liu Jiangxue offered to serve Lin Bai in exchange for his help, but Lin Bai clarified that he was already married and only wished to repay her kindness.
• Liu Jiangxue agreed to follow Lin Bai to the Eternal Devil Sect, and Liu An'an timidly thanked him.
• Lin Bai summoned the Immaculate Flying Sword for Liu Jiangxue and Liu An'an, then led them out of Earth Dragon City on his Dragon Eye Flying Sword.
• As demons attacked them in the ruined city, Lin Bai’s Netherworld Flying Sword killed a Nine Tribulation Dao Realm demon without him looking back.
• Liu Jiangxue watched Lin Bai guide them through the air and marveled at his power and composure.