Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai refused to return Donghe Ling’s Dragon Immortal Jades until she found her friends, then revealed his identity as Qing Luo before leaving Millennial City to join Li Meng’s team. Li Meng explained that the team planned to hunt powerful groups seeking the Dragon Immortal Jades.

• Donghe Ling demanded the Dragon Immortal Jades, but Lin Bai promised to return them after she found her friends and told her to seek him at Sword Hiding Hermitage if he did not return.
• Lin Bai proved he was Qing Luo by showing Donghe Ling his identity token and summoning three flying swords, then warned her to be careful before leaving for the East City gate.
• Lin Bai met Li Meng and the three other Dao God Realm cultivators, Meng Po, Ni Zun, and Gongsun Ci, and introduced himself as Lin Bai.
• Gongsun Ci asked whether Lin Bai had broken a Combined Attack Formation with a treasure or Mystic Art, and Meng Po rebuked her for asking about his abilities.
• Li Meng told Lin Bai that the team intended to target Hunters—martial artists who bought Dragon Immortal Jade information from Eight Treasures Pavilion—and warned that they would pursue powerful groups for greater rewards.

Lin Bai joined Li Meng's team to hunt powerful teams seeking Dragon Immortal Jade, and they set out to ambush Wu Beihe near Millennial City. After Li Meng concealed the team and prepared a deadly formation, Wu Beihe's vessel arrived, leaving the ambush about to begin.

• Li Meng explained that Lin Bai would help break Combined Attack Formations while the rest of the team fought, and the Dragon Immortal Jade would be divided evenly.
• Li Meng gave Lin Bai, Gongsun Ci, Meng Po, and Ni Zun robes and bamboo hats that concealed their identities and obstructed perception.
• Li Meng led the team toward Millennial City to intercept Wu Beihe, a Dao God Realm warrior carrying nearly ten Dragon Immortal Jades.
• Li Meng spent two or three days setting up a concealed formation across the surrounding forest.
• Wu Beihe's vessel, flying the Wu Family flag, approached, and Li Meng warned the team to stay alert.

Li Meng’s group ambushed Wu Beihe to seize the Dragon Immortal Jade, but Wu Beihe answered their formation with the Wu Family’s Sky-Bearing Giant Ape Combined Formation. Lin Bai stepped forward to break it, leaving the battle poised for his counterattack.

• Li Meng’s hidden formation destroyed Wu Beihe’s spirit boat and killed several Dao Immortals before Li Meng demanded the Dragon Immortal Jade.
• Wu Beihe denied having the jade, then attacked Li Meng and pursued him into the Zhenyuan Five Qi Formation, which severely wounded Wu Beihe and his followers.
• Wu Beihe recognized the formation as connected to the Su Family of Yuan Cheng and accused Li Meng of being a surviving member of the family.
• Wu Beihe and thirteen martial artists formed the Sky-Bearing Giant Ape Combined Formation, whose phantom drove Li Meng back with power comparable to a high-ranking Dao God.
• Gongsun Ci explained the formation’s strength, while Ni Zun and Meng Po urged Lin Bai to break it; Lin Bai joined Li Meng and promised to shatter it.

Lin Bai used the God Hunter Sword to shatter Wu Beihe’s Sky-Bearing Giant Ape Combined Attack Formation, allowing Li Meng and the others to defeat Wu Beihe’s group. After collecting their spoils, the group left to find a safe place to divide the Dragon Immortal Jade.

• Lin Bai struck the Sky-Bearing Giant Ape Formation from a distance and severed its formation threads with the God Hunter Sword.
• Li Meng, Gongsun Ci, Meng Po, and Ni Zun attacked Wu Beihe and his martial artists while Lin Bai watched from the forest.
• Gongsun Ci, Ni Zun, and Li Meng joined forces to kill Wu Beihe, and the group defeated the rest of his party.
• Li Meng collected the defeated martial artists’ Storage Bags, and Lin Bai agreed to leave with the others before dividing the Dragon Immortal Jade.
• Experts from Millennial City arrived at the battlefield and remarked that Heng Province had become an arena for Dao God-realm fighters.

Li Meng and the others divided Wu Beihe’s treasures and the eight pieces of Dragon Immortal Jade while traveling to Tianliang City to find Shangguan Hao. Lin Bai received two pieces of jade and, after entering his assigned room aboard the spirit boat, discovered a valley beyond its door.

• Li Meng took the group aboard a spirit boat and said they were heading to Tianliang City to find Shangguan Hao.
• Lin Bai recalled that Plum Blossom Mountain Manor had been destroyed and wondered whether the Shangguan Family was connected to its downfall.
• Li Meng opened Wu Beihe’s and the Dao Immortal martial artists’ Storage Bags so the group could choose treasures; Lin Bai accepted several treasures, pills, and ancient texts after the others praised his contribution.
• Li Meng proposed that the four other members take the eight pieces of Dragon Immortal Jade first, while he would claim two pieces from their next haul; Gongsun Ci, Meng Po, Ni Zun, and Lin Bai each received two.
• Li Meng sent the group to rest in their assigned rooms, and Lin Bai found a valley beyond the door of his room.

Lin Bai rested aboard Li Meng’s spirit boat in a Hidden Heaven Formation and considered why Li Meng was targeting the Eight Great Noble Families of Heng Province. When they reached Tianliang City, Li Meng explained that they would wait outside the Zhang Clan for Shangguan Hao, who was expected to retrieve Dragon Immortal Jade there.

• Lin Bai explored the valley hidden inside his room and reflected on the apparent destruction of several prominent families and sects in Heng Province.
• Lin Bai wondered whether Li Meng targeted the Eight Great Noble Families out of personal enmity or for their Dragon Immortal Jade, then decided to focus on getting his share.
• After three days and three nights in the Hidden Heaven Formation, Lin Bai and Gongsun Ci left their rooms when Li Meng announced they were nearly at Tianliang City.
• Li Meng revealed that Shangguan Hao was expected at the Zhang Clan because his former marriage connected him to the clan and its Dragon Immortal Jade.
• Ni Zun joked that Shangguan Hao might kill his father-in-law if the Zhang Clan refused to hand over the jade, and Li Meng said Shangguan Hao had had many wives and fathers-in-law.

After reaching Tianliang City, Lin Bai’s group waited for Shangguan Hao while Li Meng gathered intelligence and Ni Zun watched the Zhang Family. Lin Bai refined Wu Beihe’s pills until he reached the peak of the first-grade Dao Immortal realm, then contemplated how Dragon Immortal Jade could help him advance toward the Dao God Realm.

• Li Meng said Shangguan Hao had not yet arrived at the Zhang Family and explained that he would gather intelligence while the group waited in Tianliang City.
• Ni Zun agreed to watch the Zhang Family, then left the inn to scout its surroundings while Gongsun Ci and the others rested or cultivated.
• Lin Bai refined the pills from Wu Beihe’s Storage Bag with the Heaven Swallowing Dao Fruit for three days, reaching the peak of the first-grade Dao Immortal realm.
• Lin Bai climbed onto the inn’s roof late at night, drank wine beneath the moon, and hoped Dragon Immortal Jade would speed his progress toward the Dao God Realm.

Lin Bai assessed the dangers of leaving the Eternal Thirteen Provinces and planned to strengthen his cultivation and Five Elements Dao Body before searching for the Void Ancient Road back to the Barren Ancient Continent. He saw Li Meng’s group and the Dragon Immortal Jade contest as opportunities to gain pills and treasures, but remained wary that his allies might turn on him.

• Lin Bai concluded that he needed at least Ninth-Grade Dao Immortal cultivation before safely venturing beyond the Eternal Thirteen Provinces.
• Lin Bai planned to raise his cultivation and improve his Five Elements Dao Body to survive the Void Ancient Road and return to the Barren Ancient Continent.
• Lin Bai reasoned that joining Li Meng’s group could help him obtain Dragon Immortal Jade and Dao God Realm cultivation pills from defeated opponents.
• Lin Bai hoped that collecting a hundred Dragon Immortal Jades and forming Dragon Qi would greatly advance his cultivation.
• Lin Bai decided to remain cautious of Li Meng, Gongsun Ci, and the others in case they attacked him after the contest.

Lin Bai and the others learned that Shangguan Hao had arrived in Tianliang City with a powerful entourage, and they discussed how to ambush him. When an explosion drew them to the Zhang Family, they found Shangguan Hao facing a new force led by a purple-haired youth whose supreme-grade Dao Divine Weapon suggested he came from beyond the Eternal Thirteen Provinces.

• Li Meng told Lin Bai and the others that Shangguan Hao had collected many Dragon Immortal Jades and arrived in Tianliang City with five Dao God Realm experts and more than twenty Dao Immortal-level martial artists.
• Li Meng and the others discussed how to attack Shangguan Hao, while Lin Bai reasoned that the Zhang Family would avoid provoking him over its Dragon Immortal Jade.
• An explosion came from the Zhang Family's residence, and Li Meng led everyone there to observe the conflict and watch for a chance to kill Shangguan Hao.
• Lin Bai saw that the Zhang Family's defensive formation had been blasted open and found Shangguan Hao standing with hundreds of Zhang Family experts against nine Dao God Realm experts in the clouds.
• Lin Bai recognized the purple-haired youth's Violetgold Spear as a supreme-grade Dao Divine Weapon, and Li Meng suspected the youth was not from the Eternal Thirteen Provinces.

The Purple-haired Youth attacked the Zhang Clan and demanded that it and Shangguan Hao surrender the Dragon Immortal Jade. After badly wounding Shangguan Hao and destroying his allies’ formation, he was held back by Tianliang City’s forces while Li Meng and the others pursued Shangguan Hao.

• Li Meng hid with Gongsun Ci, Ni Zun, and Lin Bai among the crowd as allied forces gathered at the Zhang Clan.
• The Purple-haired Youth demanded the Dragon Immortal Jade from the Zhang Clan Head and Shangguan Hao, then challenged Shangguan Hao to withstand three spear strikes.
• The Purple-haired Youth’s first spear shattered Shangguan Hao’s defenses and left him gravely wounded, while its impact destroyed the Zhang Clan residence.
• Shangguan Hao used the Zhang Clan Head to block the second spear, then ordered his followers to form a Combined Attack Formation, which the Purple-haired Youth shattered.
• Shangguan Hao fled Tianliang City, and Li Meng, Gongsun Ci, Ni Zun, and Lin Bai pursued him.
• The Zhang Clan’s forces rallied Tianliang City’s martial artists against the Purple-haired Youth, preventing him from chasing Shangguan Hao and provoking his fury.

Li Meng caught up with Shangguan Hao and killed him with help from Gongsun Ci after demanding the Dragon Immortal Jade. As Lin Bai and the others prepared to flee, two martial artists arrived from the horizon.

• The Purple-haired Youth stayed behind to fight Tianliang City's martial artists while his companions pursued Shangguan Hao.
• Li Meng activated a magic array carved into his body and caught up with Shangguan Hao, with Lin Bai and the others following.
• Li Meng demanded Shangguan Hao's Dragon Immortal Jade, but Shangguan Hao refused and fought back.
• Gongsun Ci used Heavenly Heart Fire to distract Shangguan Hao, allowing Li Meng to destroy his body and soul.
• Li Meng collected Shangguan Hao's treasures and urged the group to leave, but a man and woman appeared above the clouds.

Lin Bai and Li Meng's group faced a Dao God man and woman demanding the Dragon Immortal Jade, and Li Meng chose to fight while Lin Bai escaped. Lin Bai reached Worryfree City and learned that the Purple-Haired Man had survived an attack by tens of thousands of Tianliang City martial artists, while Li Meng and the others had not yet arrived.

• The man and Junior Sister Huang demanded that Li Meng hand over the Dragon Immortal Jade and threatened to take it by force.
• Li Meng told Lin Bai to flee to Worryfree City and arranged a later meeting in Sealing Heaven City if the group did not arrive within half a month.
• Li Meng, Gongsun Ci, Meng Po, and Ni Zun attacked the pair as Lin Bai fled, and he escaped without being pursued.
• Lin Bai reached Worryfree City two days later, settled at Worryfree Inn, and waited several days for the others.
• Lin Bai asked about the recent battle in Tianliang City and heard that the Purple-Haired Man had survived the siege of tens of thousands of martial artists and killed several of them.

Lin Bai reunited with Li Meng, Gongsun Ci, Meng Po, and Ni Zun at the Worryfree Inn after days of searching. They revealed that a powerful group had badly injured them, and they suspected the attackers were elite disciples of the Evil Moon Sect.

• Lin Bai spent days searching Worryfree City for Li Meng and the others while hearing reports of war and destruction across Hengzhou.
• On the thirteenth day, the inn shopkeeper told Lin Bai that someone seeking him had checked into Room Five of the Heaven Section.
• Lin Bai recognized Li Meng, Gongsun Ci, Meng Po, and Ni Zun by their bamboo hats and reunited with them.
• Li Meng said the group had escaped their powerful pursuers, but Gongsun Ci had suffered severe injuries covering their retreat.
• Gongsun Ci identified the attackers as martial artists of the Evil Moon Sect, leaving Lin Bai shocked that its disciples had entered the battle.

Lin Bai suspected that the Evil Moon Sect's disciples had come to Heng Province to help the Eight Great Noble Families challenge the Eternal Devil Sect, rather than to seek the Dragon Immortal Jade. After Li Meng's group settled in Ten Thousand Beasts City, Lin Bai contacted Li Mojun to warn him.

• Lin Bai considered why the Evil Moon Sect's disciples had entered the Eternal Thirteen Provinces and suspected the Eight Great Noble Families of Heng Province had invited them to oppose the Eternal Devil Sect.
• Li Meng decided that the injured group should leave Worryfree City, and Lin Bai, Gongsun Ci, Ni Zun, and Meng Po agreed.
• Li Meng led the group to Ten Thousand Beasts City and gave them access to his residence while they recovered.
• Lin Bai decided to inform the Eternal Devil Sect of his suspicions and activated Li Mojun's Voice Transmission Token.
• Li Mojun sarcastically asked whether Lin Bai needed reinforcements, and Lin Bai said he had contacted him to repay an old kindness by sharing important news.

Lin Bai warned Li Mojun that powerful young martial artists in Heng Province were likely disciples of the Evil Moon Sect, possibly brought in to support the Eight Great Noble Families against the Eternal Devil Sect. He urged Li Mojun to prepare for war, which he predicted would begin within six months to two years.

• Lin Bai reminded Li Mojun of their former bargain and said he was sending the warning to repay Li Mojun’s past kindness, after which their grievances would be settled.
• Li Mojun explained that he had assumed the newcomers in Tianliang City were hidden geniuses cultivated by Heng Province lineages.
• Lin Bai said the newcomers were likely disciples of the Evil Moon Sect and described their overwhelming strength, arts, and weapons.
• Li Mojun realized the Evil Moon Sect disciples might have come to help the Eight Great Noble Families attack the Eternal Devil Sect.
• Lin Bai warned Li Mojun that war could break out within six months to two years and urged him to prepare.

Lin Bai warned Li Mojun that the Eight Great Noble Families were using the Dragon Immortal Jade to recruit Dao God experts and prepare for war against the Eternal Devil Sect, but Li Mojun hesitated to act. Lin Bai then cut ties with the sect and arranged for Zhou Xi and others to leave, while deciding to search for Sun Yao himself.

• Lin Bai warned Li Mojun that the Eight Great Noble Families could recruit Dao God martial artists with Dragon Immortal Jade and use the Evil Moon Sect to justify an attack on the Eternal Devil Sect.
• Lin Bai urged Li Mojun to recruit experts with the sect's resources and proposed infiltrating and striking the Eight Great Noble Families before they were ready.
• Li Mojun said she would consider Lin Bai's advice, and Lin Bai declared that he had repaid the sect's kindness and ended their connection.
• Lin Bai told Zhou Xi to collect the Sword Hiding Hermitage's treasures and lead Liu Jiangxue, Liu An'an, and the others back to Lianzhou.
• Zhou Xi could not contact Sun Yao, so the others departed without her while Lin Bai resolved to find her himself.

The Eternal Devil Sect's Ancestors decided to strike first against the Eight Great Noble Families of Heng Province after learning that disciples of the Evil Moon Sect had arrived. Li Mojun mobilized the sect, while Liu Fuyun went to find Lin Bai, who remained in Ten Thousand Beasts City as his companions recovered.

• Li Mojun told the Immortal Buddha Grotto's Ancestors that the Evil Moon Sect's disciples had come to Heng Province, and she relayed Qing Luo's proposal to recruit experts and attack the Eight Great Noble Families.
• The Ancestors agreed to prepare for war, and Li Mojun promised to organize the sect's forces and inflict heavy losses on the families.
• Liu Fuyun left seclusion and offered to find Lin Bai, noting his connection to Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu through treasures from the Eternal Trial.
• Li Mojun sent the Eternal Devil Sect's experts into Heng Province in batches, while Liu Fuyun entered the province to search for Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai and his companions recovered in Ten Thousand Beasts City as Li Meng gathered news and used his standing with the city's major forces.

Li Meng and the others traveled to an ancient ruin near Ten Thousand Beasts City to ambush Wu Yunshan, hoping to obtain Dragon Immortal Jade. Wu Yunshan uncovered and activated a hidden teleportation array, and Li Meng ordered everyone to attack before he could escape.

• Li Meng told the group Wu Yunshan would soon arrive near Ten Thousand Beasts City, and they agreed to investigate whether he carried Dragon Immortal Jade.
• The group prepared supplies and left Ten Thousand Beasts City, traveling southwest to a ruined ancestral land once destroyed by the Wu Family.
• Li Meng split the group into concealed positions and set up a formation while they waited several days for Wu Yunshan.
• Wu Yunshan arrived with eight martial artists, uncovered a teleportation array buried beneath the ruins, and activated it.
• Fearing Wu Yunshan would escape through the array, Li Meng ordered the group to attack.

Li Meng, Meng Po, Gongsun Ci, and Ni Zun attacked Wu Yunshan to seize his Dragon Immortal Jade, but Lin Bai discovered Wu Yunshan was stalling to activate the teleportation formation. A powerful Demon Race man emerged and threatened the group, leaving them facing a deadly confrontation.

• Li Meng and the others attacked Wu Yunshan and his guards while Lin Bai waited in the shadows.
• Wu Yunshan tried to stall the attackers by denying he had Dragon Immortal Jade and offering to pay them later.
• Lin Bai interrupted Wu Yunshan’s attempt to maintain the teleportation formation and warned Li Meng that Wu Yunshan was buying time.
• A beam from the formation knocked Li Meng away, and a white-robed Demon Race man emerged to demand that the group spare Wu Yunshan.
• Ni Zun attacked the Demon Race man, who effortlessly sent him flying and warned that he could kill three of the group if they fought him together.

Lin Bai and Li Meng withdrew from Wu Yunshan’s battle after a powerful fox demon arrived through the teleportation formation, then spent two months hunting Hunters across Heng Province. The chapter revealed the Eternal Demon Alliance’s plans with the Eight Great Noble Families and left Lin Bai with forty-five Dragon Immortal Jade pieces as the Rose Squad became notorious.

• Li Meng led Lin Bai and the others away from Wu Yunshan and the white-robed demon, explaining that more powerful experts could arrive through the teleportation formation.
• Wu Yunshan and the white-robed man opened the formation, bringing several hundred members of the Eternal Demon Alliance to Heng Province.
• The white-robed man said the alliance’s other experts had entered through different borders and were waiting to support the Eight Great Noble Families, while Wu Yunshan confirmed their preparations to move against the Eternal Devil Sect were nearly complete.
• Over the next two months, Li Meng, Lin Bai, and their companions hunted Hunters and gathered Dragon Immortal Jade, bringing Lin Bai’s total to forty-five pieces.
• People across Heng Province began calling the five black-robed hunters the Rose Squad and feared the sword cultivator who could break Combined Attack Formations with one strike.