Chapter Summaries

Tianshui Sect’s elders debated whether to cultivate Lin Bai after his victory over Pan Hun, while the Grand Elder urged caution and questioned Lin Bai’s motives. The Sect Master raised Lin Bai’s disciple rank to first-grade so he could access a needed divine herb, but postponed any decision on further support.

• The elders discussed Lin Bai’s strength after the battle at Slaughter God Island, while the Grand Elder remained displeased because Pan Hun was his nominal disciple.
• The Grand Elder argued that Lin Bai’s background and motives were uncertain and that the sect should observe him before investing in him.
• Li Zai'en cited the Sincerity Paper examination and reports from the Water Mirror World as evidence that Lin Bai sought sect resources to break through his cultivation bottleneck.
• The Sect Master agreed that Lin Bai’s background should be investigated but said the sect should still recognize his talent.
• The Sect Master promoted Lin Bai from fifth-grade to first-grade disciple, allowing him to exchange for the Sky Peak Dragon Flower, while postponing further cultivation support.

After defeating Pan Hun, Lin Bai was promoted to first-class disciple, but learned that the Grand Elder had blocked a greater reward because Pan Hun was his nominal disciple. Li Zai'en questioned Lin Bai about his motives and loyalty to the Tianshui Sect, leaving Lin Bai to argue that loyalty depended on how the sect treated him.

• Lin Bai reviewed his collected auxiliary ingredients and reflected that defeating Pan Hun had drawn the sect's attention, which could help him obtain the remaining principal ingredients.
• Li Zai'en visited Lin Bai and told him that the Sect Master had promoted him to first-class disciple after the battle on Slaughter God Island.
• Li Zai'en explained that the Grand Elder had opposed giving Lin Bai additional cultivation resources because Pan Hun had studied under him for nearly a thousand years.
• Li Zai'en asked why Lin Bai had joined the Tianshui Sect, and Lin Bai said he had come to cultivate while waiting for Leng Xingguang at the Chu Emperor's birthday banquet.
• Li Zai'en asked how Lin Bai would prove his loyalty to the sect, and Lin Bai replied that loyalty depended on how the sect treated him and that gaining something required giving something first.

After Li Zai'en advised Lin Bai on obtaining the ingredients for the Sky Peak Divine Radiance Pill, Lin Bai spent most of his Contribution Points on pill ingredients and cultivation resources before training in seclusion. When Qin Yao summoned him to East Sea City, he joined a group of Dao God Ranking experts preparing for a journey.

• Li Zai'en told Lin Bai he could exchange for the Sky Peak Dragon Flower and seek Divine Spirit Tears, and offered to refine the pill for him once he gathered its ingredients.
• Lin Bai bought the Sky Peak Dragon Flower, Five Elements spiritual materials, and sword-path manuals in the Water Mirror World, spending nearly all his Contribution Points.
• Lin Bai cultivated his Five Elements Dao Body and studied the sword-path manuals, further improving his sword-path attainments.
• Qin Yao summoned Lin Bai to the Tide Inn, where she introduced him to Elder Liang, Grandma Liu, Fang Yuanshu, Ye Guqing, and Ye Guyu as their companion for the journey.
• Ye Guyu praised Lin Bai for defeating Pan Hun, embarrassing her brother Ye Guqing.

Qin Yao led the team toward the Nine Demon Sea to seek the Divine Spirit Tear, warning them about the Flood Dragon Clan and rival teams. As the spirit boat entered demon territory, Lin Bai learned about its Ferocious Beasts and the dangers ahead.

• Qin Yao explained that the Deep Sea Spring was about to erupt in the Nine Demon Sea, where the Flood Dragon Clan and numerous teams, including Zhao En's, were competing for the Divine Spirit Tear.
• Qin Yao took Lin Bai and the others aboard her spirit boat and set course for the Nine Demon Sea.
• Fang Yuanshu discussed Lin Bai's swordsmanship and warned him that Pan Hun could retaliate with the Grand Elder's support.
• After a day of travel, the team encountered violent storms and Ferocious Beasts, and Fang Yuanshu explained that the Nine Demon Sea lay ahead within the Three Great Demon Clans' territory.

Lin Bai and his companions entered the Nine Demon Sea, where the Flood Dragon Clan had blocked the route while claiming to hunt a traitor. After Qin Yao accepted Lin Bai’s plan to evade the blockade, the group abandoned their spirit vessel and reached the seabed, deep in the territory of the Three Great Demon Clans.

• A Flood Dragon Clan member stopped Qin Yao’s spirit vessel and ordered the group to take another route while the clan hunted a supposed traitor.
• Qin Yao turned the vessel away, and the Flood Dragon Clan member followed it at a distance before leaving.
• Qin Yao and the others discussed how to reach the Deep Sea Spring without drawing the Flood Dragon Clan’s attention.
• Lin Bai proposed abandoning the spirit vessel and secretly slipping through the blockade, and Qin Yao agreed.
• The seven companions entered the water, descended to the seabed, and traveled through the brightly illuminated territory of the Three Great Demon Clans.

Lin Bai and the others traveled through the Nine Demon Sea toward the Deep Sea Spring, learning that the Flood Dragon Clan had sent Prince Yan and two Quasi-Dragon Sons to guard it. They reached the spring’s heavily fortified mountain range and faced the challenge of getting past its guards and formations.

• Lin Bai spotted a patrol of Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals, and the group hid until the soldiers passed without noticing them.
• The patrol revealed that Prince Yan, Ao Qing, and Ao Jie had arrived to defend the Flood Dragon Clan’s interests.
• Fang Yuanshu explained Prince Yan’s strength and the reputations of Ao Qing and Ao Jie, prompting the group to weigh whether to retreat.
• Qin Yao offered to let anyone withdraw, but Elder Liang and Grandma Liu chose to continue with the others.
• After passing more than a dozen Demon Race defensive lines, the group reached the mountains surrounding the Deep Sea Spring.
• Lin Bai saw that the mountains were guarded by numerous Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals and sealed by hundreds of linked formations.

Lin Bai and his companions used Ye Guyu’s barrier and Ye Guqing’s Formation Breaking Pearl to sneak through the Flood Dragon Clan’s defenses toward the Deep Sea Spring. The spring erupted early, and Lin Bai’s Fang Source Heaven Swallowing Dao Fruit began reacting as they approached.

• Qin Yao and the others found the Nine Demon Sea surrounded by Flood Dragon Clan forces and realized they needed to enter the mountain range to obtain Divine Spirit Tears.
• Ye Guyu concealed the group with a barrier while Ye Guqing used his Formation Breaking Pearl to open a path through the formations.
• The siblings led Lin Bai and the others into the mountain range without alerting the guards, evading powerful divine senses along the way.
• The Deep Sea Spring erupted several days early, sending a blue pillar of light through the sea’s surface.
• As the group approached the spring, Lin Bai felt a surge of spiritual power and his Fang Source Heaven Swallowing Dao Fruit began spinning on its own.

Lin Bai and the others witnessed the Deep Sea Spring erupt and watched Zhao En seize four Divine Spirit Tears from the Flood Dragon Clan. Prince Yan let the theft happen and sent the Quasi-Dragon Sons after Zhao En, convincing Lin Bai that the Flood Dragon Clan was guarding a different treasure; meanwhile, the pursuit ended in Zhao En’s defeat.

• The Deep Sea Spring erupted, releasing nine Divine Spirit Tears, and the Flood Dragon Clan collected five.
• Zhao En and more than twenty Tianshui Sect martial artists seized the remaining four Divine Spirit Tears and fled.
• Prince Yan allowed Zhao En to escape before sending the two Quasi-Dragon Sons and Flood Dragon Clan experts after him.
• Qin Yao persuaded Ye Guyu and the others to follow Zhao En, while Lin Bai suspected the Deep Sea Spring held a treasure beyond the Divine Spirit Tears.
• The Quasi-Dragon Sons intercepted Zhao En’s group northwest of the spring, and Ao Qing crushed a Dao God martial artist’s throat as the Tianshui Sect disciples were defeated.

Lin Bai watched Zhao En and Li Lu flee after they were defeated by Ao Qing and Ao Jie, then stayed behind to confront the two Quasi-Dragon Sons for a Divine Spirit Tear. The chapter left Lin Bai facing Ao Jie after surviving his first punch.

• Ao Qing and Ao Jie overwhelmed Zhao En and Li Lu, who surrendered four Divine Spirit Tears and escaped as their companions fell.
• Qin Yao decided her group should withdraw, but Lin Bai separated from them and stayed behind.
• Lin Bai donned a Rose Mask and waited on a seabed mountain for Ao Qing and Ao Jie to pass.
• Lin Bai stopped the two Quasi-Dragon Sons with a punch and said he wanted one Divine Spirit Tear.
• Ao Jie attacked Lin Bai, but Lin Bai met his punch and survived, prompting Ao Jie to challenge him again.

Lin Bai defeated Ao Jie and Ao Qing and took all nine Divine Spirit Tears from them. After he left, Ao Qing guessed that Lin Bai was a Holy Son, though neither brother knew his identity.

• Ao Qing warned Ao Jie that Lin Bai was no ordinary opponent, but Ao Jie dismissed the warning and attacked.
• Lin Bai withstood Ao Jie's punches, then struck him so hard that Ao Jie was sent flying and transformed into his flood-dragon form.
• Lin Bai shattered one of Ao Jie's horns, and Ao Qing joined the fight in his own flood-dragon form.
• Lin Bai overpowered both flood dragons, battered them into submission, and demanded the Divine Spirit Tears.
• Ao Qing handed over all nine Divine Spirit Tears, and Lin Bai left the seabed.
• Ao Jie vowed revenge, while Ao Qing cautioned him and guessed that Lin Bai was a Holy Son from one of the powerful sects or families.

Lin Bai discovered that the Deep Sea Spring was likely hiding an immortal vein, but Prince Yan caught him spying and gravely wounded him with a Dragon Breath as he fled. Prince Yan stayed to guard the spring and alerted the Flood Dragon Clan, which sent experts to secure the area.

• Lin Bai returned to the Deep Sea Spring and sensed the Heaven Swallowing Dao Fruit responding to it.
• Lin Bai saw immortal aura rise from the spring and realized an immortal vein might lie beneath it.
• Prince Yan detected Lin Bai, attacked him with water blades, and pursued him as he fled.
• Prince Yan struck Lin Bai with a Dragon Breath, leaving a bloody hole in his abdomen, but Lin Bai escaped on the Dragon Eye Flying Sword.
• Prince Yan recognized Lin Bai's Sword Control Art, decided not to pursue him, and sent word to the Flood Dragon Clan.
• The Flood Dragon Clan's patriarch mobilized many experts to guard the Deep Sea Spring.

After escaping Prince Yan’s dragon breath, Lin Bai returned to Bright Moon Island and slowly recovered from his grievous injuries. He had obtained nine Divine Spirit Tears and learned that the Deep Sea Spring contained a Celestial Vein, and he began considering how to trade that knowledge for the greatest benefit.

• Qin Yao and the others worried about Lin Bai’s trip to the Nine Demon Sea as they traveled toward the sect.
• Lin Bai’s sword-light flight streaked past their spirit boat and crashed through Bright Moon Island’s defensive formation.
• Lin Bai used the Heaven Swallowing Dao Fruit to suppress Prince Yan’s dragon-breath power and spent days treating his injuries.
• Lin Bai recognized that Prince Yan had destroyed two of his three flying swords, while the Dragon Eye Flying Sword had survived and helped him escape.
• Lin Bai recalled obtaining nine Divine Spirit Tears and discovering a Celestial Vein beneath the Deep Sea Spring.
• Lin Bai returned to the sleeping palace and weighed how to trade the Celestial Vein information for benefits.

Lin Bai learned that the Hundred Victories Pavilion had refused to honor its wager with Yi Gu and went to seek Qiao Mo's help. After overpowering the Pavilion’s guards on White Mist Island, he found Qiao Mo imprisoned inside a powerful formation.

• Yi Gu and the Crow told Lin Bai that the Hundred Victories Pavilion had withheld the Contribution Points owed to Yi Gu under their wager.
• Lin Bai refused to let the matter go and brought Yi Gu to Qiao Mo's residence to demand an explanation.
• Several martial artists loyal to the Hundred Victories Pavilion blocked Lin Bai and Yi Gu, claiming Qiao Mo was in secluded cultivation.
• Lin Bai cleaved through White Mist Island's defensive formation, kicked the beautiful woman aside, and wounded the other guards.
• Lin Bai reached Qiao Mo's sleeping palace and saw her trapped inside a powerful formation.

Lin Bai and Yi Gu discovered that Qiao Mo had been imprisoned by the Hundred Victories Pavilion after its elders reneged on their agreement with Yi Gu. Wu Xiu threatened to strip Qiao Mo of her position, then proposed that she marry his son Wu Di in exchange for his support.

• Lin Bai and Yi Gu found Qiao Mo trapped inside her bedchamber by the Primal Chaos Golden Light Formation and learned that the Hundred Victories Pavilion had placed her under house arrest.
• Qiao Mo explained that the Pavilion’s elders had broken their promise to let her take over its business and had refused to share the betting-pool profits with Yi Gu.
• Wu Xiu arrived with hundreds of Pavilion martial artists, denied responsibility for the agreement, and announced plans to remove Qiao Mo as young Pavilion Lord.
• Qiao Mo struck the formation in anger and vowed not to let Wu Xiu seize her father’s estate.
• Lin Bai called out Wu Xiu for scheming to take Qiao Mo’s inheritance, and Wu Xiu proposed that she marry his son Wu Di in return for his support.

Wu Xiu and Qi Kun pressured Qiao Mo to marry one of their sons in exchange for support in becoming Pavilion Lord of Hundred Victories Pavilion. After Yi Gu proposed a martial arts tournament to choose her husband, Qiao Mo agreed, leaving Wu Di and Qi Liang ready to compete.

• Wu Xiu offered to support Qiao Mo's claim to the Pavilion Lord position if she married Wu Di, but Qi Kun arrived and proposed his son Qi Liang instead.
• Wu Di removed the Golden Light Formation trapping Qiao Mo, and he and Qi Liang argued over who she should marry.
• Qiao Mo rejected both men, accusing them of seeking marriage to gain control of Hundred Victories Pavilion.
• Wu Xiu and Qi Kun demanded that Qiao Mo either marry or surrender the Pavilion Lord position, while refusing to promise her father's business would be returned.
• Yi Gu proposed a tournament open to martial artists from across the Chu Kingdom to choose Qiao Mo's husband, and Wu Di and Qi Liang both expressed confidence in winning.
• Qiao Mo agreed to the tournament after Wu Xiu and Qi Kun insisted that marriage was required for her to take charge of the pavilion.

Qiao Mo agreed to a marriage tournament after Wu Xiu and Qi Kun threatened her hold over the Hundred Victories Pavilion. Lin Bai and Yi Gu left White Mist Island after the elders refused to pay Yi Gu his share of the gambling profits, while Qiao Mo remained determined to reclaim her father's estate.

• Wu Xiu and Qi Kun made Qiao Mo agree to a marriage tournament in one month, open to Tianshui Sect disciples at the Dao God Realm, hoping their sons Wu Di and Qi Liang would win her hand.
• Yi Gu confronted Wu Xiu and Qi Kun over the Hundred Victories Pavilion's unpaid share of the betting profits, but they postponed the matter until after the tournament and left.
• Qiao Mo apologized to Lin Bai and Yi Gu for the unpaid Contribution Points and vowed to repay them if she regained the Hundred Victories Pavilion.
• Qiao Mo said she would never surrender her father's life's work, then returned to her quarters as Lin Bai and Yi Gu departed.
• Yi Gu asked Lin Bai what he thought of Qiao Mo, and Lin Bai said she lacked experience and had been outmaneuvered by Wu Xiu and Qi Kun.

Yi Gu secretly entered Lin Bai in Qiao Mo’s bride-challenging tournament, while Lin Bai negotiated with Li Zai'en over revealing the location of a Celestial Vein. Li Zai'en learned that a powerful force occupied the vein, leaving the Tianshui Sect to consider Lin Bai’s demands.

• Yi Gu realized the Hundred Victories Pavilion would not return his Contribution Points and secretly registered Lin Bai for Qiao Mo’s tournament.
• Lin Bai summoned Li Zai'en and demanded Three Wonders Disciple status, five million Contribution Points, and information about a Void Ancient Road in exchange for important intelligence.
• Li Zai'en doubted Lin Bai’s demands were worth the information, so Lin Bai revealed that he had discovered a Celestial Vein.
• Li Zai'en questioned why Lin Bai would tell the sect, and Lin Bai explained that a powerful force occupied the vein and he could not seize it alone.

Lin Bai offered Tianshui Sect the location of a Celestial Vein occupied by a rival faction in exchange for three demands. The Sect Master agreed to two demands but kept haggling over the five million Contribution Points, and Li Zai'en carried her latest offer back to Lin Bai.

• Lin Bai told Li Zai'en he had found a Celestial Vein controlled by a faction roughly equal in strength to Tianshui Sect.
• Li Zai'en rang the Overturned Water Bell and told the Sect Master and elders about the Celestial Vein and Lin Bai's offer.
• The Sect Master agreed to make Lin Bai a Three Wonders Disciple and provide a clue to the Void Ancient Road, but objected to his demand for five million Contribution Points.
• The Sect Master first offered ten thousand Contribution Points, while Lin Bai refused and threatened to make the deal with another sect.
• After several trips between Overturned Water Hall and Bright Moon Island, the Sect Master raised her offer to one million Contribution Points, and Li Zai'en went to relay it.

Lin Bai negotiated with the Tianshui Sect for five million Contribution Points, promotion to Three Wonders Disciples, and a clue to a Void Ancient Road in exchange for information about a Celestial Vein. He revealed that the vein was at the Deep Sea Spring in the Water Mirror Sea, and the Sect Master sent three elders to investigate.

• Li Zai'en failed to persuade Lin Bai to lower his price, so he returned to the Overturned Water Hall to report the terms.
• The Sect Master agreed to Lin Bai's demands, and Li Zai'en returned to Bright Moon Island with a formation that let the elders watch and listen.
• Lin Bai revealed that the Celestial Vein was at the Deep Sea Spring and said he had sensed immortal qi there when Divine Spirit Tears appeared.
• Lin Bai explained that the Flood Dragon Clan had since surrounded the Deep Sea Spring, and he urged the sect to investigate his claim.
• The Sect Master ordered the Grand Elder, Fifth Elder, and Eleventh Elder to lead experts to the Deep Sea Spring and verify the information.

The Tianshui Sect learned that the Flood Dragon Clan was hiding a Celestial Vein beneath the Deep Sea Spring and sent elders to investigate. After confirming the vein, the Sect Master prepared to reclaim it, while Prince Yan warned his brother that conflict with the sect was coming.

• The Grand Elder led three elders and several hundred Tianshui Sect martial artists into the Nine Demon Sea despite the Flood Dragon Clan's warning.
• Prince Yan confronted the Tianshui Sect forces and fought the Grand Elder while the Eleventh Elder slipped away to inspect the Deep Sea Spring.
• The Eleventh Elder discovered an enormous Celestial Jade Celestial Vein beneath the spring and reported that the Flood Dragon Clan had begun excavating it.
• After receiving the report, the Grand Elder forced Prince Yan back and withdrew the Tianshui Sect forces from the Nine Demon Sea.
• Prince Yan told his brother that the Deep Sea Spring had been exposed, and his brother said he would prepare to negotiate while urging Prince Yan to excavate quickly.
• The Grand Elder and the Eleventh Elder returned to the Overturned Water Hall, where the Sect Master eagerly welcomed confirmation of the Celestial Vein.