Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai rescued Xu Zhong from the Li Family Old Ancestor and carried him into war-torn Ke Province. As Xu Zhong revealed the Blood God Sect’s plans and a prince’s secret support, he neared death and left Lin Bai to carry the intelligence to Prince Chen in Azure Lotus City.

• Lin Bai distracted the Li Family Old Ancestor with flying swords and escaped with Xu Zhong, while the Old Ancestor ordered a pursuit and an investigation into Lin Bai’s identity.
• Lin Bai flew through ruined cities in Ke Province and saw the devastation caused by the war between the Blood God Sect and the Chu Kingdom.
• Xu Zhong’s injuries worsened, and he told Lin Bai to deliver his intelligence to Prince Chen in Azure Lotus City.
• Xu Zhong revealed that the Blood God Sect had spent centuries embedding itself in Ke Province and had three schemes, beginning with building Blood God Sealing Pagodas to isolate the province.
• Xu Zhong explained that a prince of the dynasty secretly backed the Blood God Sect and expected it to help him ascend the throne.

Lin Bai learned that the Zhao Xing Office had suspected the Blood God Sect was reviving in Ke Province for more than a thousand years, but its investigations were repeatedly suppressed. Xu Zhong connected the cover-up to the Third Prince, whose celebrated military campaign in Ke Province coincided with the sect’s return, leaving Lin Bai uncertain whether the powerful prince was behind it.

• Xu Zhong told Lin Bai that a prince had ties to the Blood God Sect and that the Zhao Xing Office had recorded signs of the sect’s resurgence in Ke Province more than a thousand years earlier.
• Xu Zhong explained that Zhao Xing Office spies sent to investigate Ke Province disappeared, and its Director was executed for deceiving the emperor after attempting a prolonged secret inquiry.
• Xu Zhong revealed that the Third Prince had accused the Director and was therefore a likely suspect in suppressing the investigation.
• Lin Bai noted the Third Prince’s standing at court and in the military, while Xu Zhong said Prince Chen’s return had weakened the prince’s position and questioned the source of his military reputation.
• Xu Zhong said the Third Prince had earned his greatest military achievement by suppressing bandits in Ke Province, and that reports of the Blood God Sect’s return arrived soon after his campaign.

Lin Bai learned from the dying Xu Zhong that the Third Prince was suspected of having ties to the Blood God Sect, which was pursuing a mysterious third plan in Ke Province. Xu Zhong died after Lin Bai searched his memories and confirmed his account, but the nature of the Blood God Sect’s third matter remained unknown.

• Lin Bai listened as Xu Zhong explained why he suspected the Third Prince was connected to the Blood God Sect, while admitting he had no proof.
• Lin Bai asked about the Blood God Sect’s third matter, and Xu Zhong said he had not heard it but believed it was more important than the first two plans.
• Xu Zhong revealed that he had overheard Wu En City’s City Lord He Yi speaking with two Blood God Sect protectors, Zhao and Zhang, all three of them in the Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm.
• As Xu Zhong neared death, Lin Bai searched his memories and confirmed that the intelligence was true, seeing Xu Zhong observe He Yi and the two protectors in the City Lord’s Mansion.

Lin Bai buried Xu Zhong and fled toward the heart of Ke Province after learning that the Blood God Sect and the Li Family would pursue him. The Li Family Old Ancestor discovered Xu Zhong’s corpse, destroyed it, and continued the hunt, while Lin Bai sensed that the pursuit was still underway.

• Lin Bai buried Xu Zhong in an auspicious grave and hurried toward the heart of Ke Province with information about the Blood God Sect.
• Protector Zhang contacted the Li Family Old Ancestor and demanded that he capture the three escaped Zhao Xing Office members and eliminate anyone connected to them.
• The Li Family Old Ancestor recalled how the Blood God Sutra had raised his family’s standing while binding them to serve the Blood God Sect.
• The Li Family Old Ancestor found Xu Zhong’s corpse, crushed it into blood mist, and ordered his people to contact the Dark World for Lin Bai’s whereabouts.
• Lin Bai sensed that the Li Family had found Xu Zhong and was still pursuing him, confirming the signal he had secretly left behind.

Lin Bai traveled toward Azure Lotus City and witnessed the Zhao Xing Office destroy the Zhou family in Snowdrift City for colluding with the Blood God Sect. He learned that Chu Junyou had ordered Ke Province’s teleportation arrays closed, leaving Lin Bai to seek another way to reach Azure Lotus City.

• Lin Bai entered Snowdrift City, bought a map of Ke Province, and prepared to continue toward Azure Lotus City.
• The Zhao Xing Office pursued and killed the Zhou family's young master, declaring that His Highness Prince Chen had authorized the extermination of the entire family.
• Lin Bai saw the ruined Zhou family estate and realized Chu Junyou was acting on Li Guxian's roster to eliminate Blood God Sect allies.
• Lin Bai went to Snowdrift City's teleportation array, where Ling family disciples told him it had been closed and partly dismantled by order of His Highness Prince Chen.
• Lin Bai identified himself as a Tianshui Sect disciple and asked whether another teleportation array could take him to Azure Lotus City.

Lin Bai traveled from Snowdrift City to Zhennan City, hoping to use its teleportation array to reach Azure Lotus City. The Five Immortals of East Isle and the Li Family pursued him there, while Lin Bai learned the overloaded array operated only once every seven days.

• The Ling Family Elder told Lin Bai that Zhennan City's teleportation array remained open for travel to Azure Lotus City, so Lin Bai left Snowdrift City for Zhennan City.
• The Five Immortals of East Isle and the Li Family learned Lin Bai's route from the Dark World and headed to Zhennan City to intercept him.
• The Li Family Old Ancestor read about Lin Bai's strength and, fearing the Blood God Sect, ordered his people to capture Lin Bai and hand him over.
• Lin Bai reached Zhennan City amid a flood of martial artists seeking refuge and waited in line to enter rather than claim special treatment.
• A city soldier verified Lin Bai's Tianshui Sect Identity Token and explained that the teleportation array opened once every seven days, but offered to arrange the soonest available trip for him.

Lin Bai arrived in Zhennan City and learned that its teleportation array would not open for three days, so he accepted a free stay at Heroes Abode. There, he encountered sheltered young nobles taking refuge from the Blood God Sect crisis and settled into a crowded tavern because the hostel had no private rooms left.

• Chu Junyou sealed Ke Province’s city teleportation arrays to prevent Blood God Sect martial artists from joining forces, while he continued purging corrupt officials using Li Guxian’s roster.
• A soldier told Lin Bai that the teleportation array to Azure Lotus City would next open in three days and gave him a jade token for the journey.
• The soldier brought Lin Bai to Heroes Abode, where Gu Chaoyun welcomed him and explained that disciples of the Five Great Families and Seven Sects could stay for free.
• Several young men questioned Lin Bai’s presence and warned that the hostel should investigate newcomers for Blood God Sect ties.
• Gu Chaoyun explained that Heroes Abode had become a refuge for prominent young people from across Ke Province, many of whom would not fight the Blood God Sect.
• Gu Chaoyun showed Lin Bai to a crowded tavern in the hostel, where Lin Bai agreed to stay until the teleportation array opened.

Lin Bai arrived at Zhennan City and checked into the Heroes Abode, where the Blood God Sect and the Li Family learned he would leave for Azure Lotus City in three days. The Li Family Old Ancestor planned to kill him before then, while the Five Immortals of East Isle arrived at the same inn in pursuit of Lin Bai.

• Lin Bai reached the Heroes Abode and saw young aristocrats indulging in wine and entertainment while Ke Province faced the Blood God Sect’s turmoil.
• Two Blood God Sect martial artists recognized Lin Bai from a portrait and reported his whereabouts to their allies.
• The Li Family Old Ancestor brought his people to Zhennan City under the pretense of reinforcing Prince Chen and checked into the Heroes Abode.
• Blood God Sect martial artists warned the Li Family Old Ancestor that his family would be destroyed if Lin Bai reached Azure Lotus City, and he ordered his people to find a chance to kill Lin Bai.
• The Five Immortals of East Isle checked into the Heroes Abode after tracking Lin Bai from the Tianshui Sect.

At Heroes Abode, the Li Family Old Ancestor confronted Lin Bai and offered him a chance to survive by joining the Blood God Sect, but Lin Bai refused. After the old man left, five strangers arrived and introduced themselves as Tianshui Sect’s Five Immortals of East Isle.

• The Li Family Old Ancestor tracked Lin Bai to Heroes Abode through intelligence from the Dark World and questioned him about what Xu Zhong had revealed.
• Lin Bai told the old man that he would assume Lin Bai knew everything regardless, and the old man offered to recommend him to the Blood God Sect for protection.
• Lin Bai rejected the offer and challenged the old man’s ability to kill him, so the Li Family Old Ancestor left with a threat.
• Lin Bai considered how Heroes Abode and the Yellow Springs Demon Bone could protect him from the Li Family Old Ancestor.
• Five martial artists came to Lin Bai’s room, and their leader identified them as Tianshui Sect’s Five Immortals of East Isle.

Lin Bai confronted five former Tianshui Sect disciples who accused him of killing Mu Huaqing and challenged him to prove himself before facing Bai Yifei. He rejected their claims and insulted them, leaving the Five Immortals of East Isle enraged and the confrontation on the verge of a fight.

• The hunchbacked old man and four others revealed they had come to avenge Mu Huaqing, whom they believed Lin Bai had killed.
• The Five Immortals of East Isle accused Lin Bai of fleeing because he feared Bai Yifei, and the hunchbacked old man cited Bai Yifei's place on the Chu Kingdom Dao God Rankings.
• Lin Bai denied fleeing and said he would settle the question of his strength by fighting Bai Yifei, while wondering what rank Chen Yule held.
• The middle-aged man demanded that Lin Bai defeat the five before challenging Bai Yifei, and Lin Bai mocked their stagnant cultivation and inferior status.
• Lin Bai told the Five Immortals of East Isle to fight or leave, enraging them.

Lin Bai was confronted by the Five Immortals of East Isle, then became caught in a fight with Zhennan City's garrison after a wounded man gave him the stolen Zhennan City Garrison Map. The garrison surrounded him as he stood amid the ruins, still unwilling to kill the soldiers.

• The Five Immortals of East Isle threatened Lin Bai and left his residence, while he resolved to wait out the three days until the next teleportation.
• A blood-covered martial artist gave Lin Bai a scroll and urged him to take it away, saying it was important to the Holy Sect.
• Zhennan City soldiers arrived and accused the wounded man of stealing the Zhennan City Garrison Map for the Blood God Sect.
• The soldiers mistook Lin Bai for the man's accomplice and attacked him, ignoring his claim that he was a Three Wonders Disciple of the Tianshui Sect.
• Lin Bai held back until the soldiers pressed him into fighting, then unleashed four flying swords that destroyed the building and forced them back.
• Hundreds of soldiers surrounded Lin Bai in midair as martial artists gathered to watch.

The Li Family Old Ancestor’s scheme framed Lin Bai as a Blood God Sect fiend and prompted Commander Sun to attack him at Heroes Abode. After Lin Bai recognized the plot, the Old Ancestor unleashed his Great Purity Dao Fruit power against him.

• The Li Family Old Ancestor revealed that he had helped the Blood God Sect steal Zhennan City's defensive map and arranged to frame Lin Bai.
• Commander Sun refused Lin Bai’s request to explain and ordered the garrison soldiers to seize him.
• The Li Family Old Ancestor offered to help capture Lin Bai, and Commander Sun withdrew his soldiers from the fight.
• Lin Bai realized the Li Family Old Ancestor had orchestrated the accusation and confronted him.
• The Li Family Old Ancestor attacked Lin Bai with the overwhelming power of the Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm.

The Li Family Old Ancestor attacked Lin Bai with a powerful ancestral lightning technique, determined to kill him before he could escape the Heroes Abode. Lin Bai met the blow with his Five Elements Dao Body, and their collision reduced the Heroes Abode to ruins as Great Purity Dao Fruit experts rushed to investigate.

• Commander Sun surrounded the Heroes Abode and blocked Lin Bai's escape routes while the Li Family Old Ancestor prepared to fight him.
• The Li Family Old Ancestor charged Lin Bai with a lightning-wreathed punch using the Li Family's ancestral techniques.
• Lin Bai activated his Five Elements Dao Body and Heaven Swallowing Dao Fruit, then punched back against the Li Family Old Ancestor.
• Their punches collided with enough force to shake Zhennan City and collapse buildings throughout the Heroes Abode.
• Great Purity Dao Fruit experts from Zhennan City hurried to the ruins, believing the Blood God Sect might have attacked.

Lin Bai survived the Li Family Old Ancestor’s devastating attack, but the City Lord of Zhennan City arrived with twenty-eight Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm experts and began questioning the battle. Lin Bai identified himself as a Tianshui Sect disciple, and the City Lord accused him of serving the Blood God Sect.

• Lin Bai used his Five Elements Dao Body and Taiji Two Forms Sword Formation to block the Li Family Old Ancestor’s punch, suffering severe injuries.
• The Li Family Old Ancestor prepared to attack Lin Bai again, but a furious voice interrupted him as twenty-eight Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm experts appeared in the clouds.
• The City Lord of Zhennan City arrived at Heroes Abode, and Commander Sun explained that the defense map had been stolen and Lin Bai was the suspected Blood God Sect fiend.
• The City Lord rebuked Commander Sun for losing the defense map, then questioned Lin Bai after noticing his fight with the Li Family Old Ancestor.
• Lin Bai introduced himself as a Three Wonders Disciple of the Tianshui Sect, and the City Lord accused the sect of letting its disciples become Blood God Sect lackeys.

Lin Bai explained to the Zhennan City Lord that the Li Family had hunted him to suppress what he had learned about the Blood God Sect. As the City Lord approached to hear the secrets privately, a hidden Blood God Sect expert attacked him and ordered the Li Family Old Ancestor to kill Lin Bai.

• The Zhennan City Lord stopped the Li Family Old Ancestor from killing Lin Bai and gave Lin Bai a chance to explain himself.
• Lin Bai described how he encountered the Li Family hunting Blood God Sect agents in Xiu Ling City and verified that some of the targets were Zhao Xing Office martial artists.
• Lin Bai said the Blood God Sect had pursued him to prevent him from revealing its secrets, while the Li Family Old Ancestor denied his accusations.
• The Zhennan City Lord asked Lin Bai to share the secrets privately and moved toward him despite the Li Family Old Ancestor's warnings.
• A hidden expert among the twenty-eight Dao Fruit experts attacked the Zhennan City Lord with a sword and sent the Li Family Old Ancestor a voice transmission ordering him to kill Lin Bai.

Zheng Heng attacked the City Lord of Zhennan City after Lin Bai hinted that he knew something about the Blood God Sect. The attack exposed fifteen Blood God Sect members among the city's twenty-eight Great Purity Dao Fruit experts, and the City Lord prepared to face their rebellion without the reinforcements he had hoped to receive.

• Zheng Heng launched a surprise sword attack on the City Lord of Zhennan City, whose protective pearl blocked the strike.
• The City Lord revealed that Prince Chen had given him a roster identifying Zheng Heng as a Blood God Sect member.
• Zheng Heng urged the other experts to join him in seizing Zhennan City, and Ling Yunbo exposed himself by stabbing a fellow expert with a poisoned dagger.
• More than ten Great Purity Dao Fruit experts attacked their companions, and the two sides separated with fifteen Blood God Sect members beside Zheng Heng and thirteen opponents across from them.
• The City Lord told Lin Bai to hide and admitted that he had been waiting for Zhao Xing Office reinforcements, but the rebellion had begun before they arrived.

Lin Bai’s warning exposed Zheng Heng and the other Blood God Sect loyalists, triggering a battle in Zhennan City as the traitors moved to seize the City Protection Formation. While the City Lord and loyal experts fought the rebels, the Old Ancestor of the Li Family pursued Lin Bai and knocked him into an alley.

• The City Lord of Zhennan City believed Lin Bai had been framed after Zheng Heng and the other Great Purity Dao Fruit experts revealed their betrayal, then gathered the loyal lineages to fight them.
• The Zheng Family Head revealed that his family belonged to the Blood God Sect’s Elders Council and ordered the allied lineages to storm the City Lord’s Mansion and seize the city’s formation.
• More than twenty Great Purity Dao Fruit experts fought above Heroes Abode as the traitorous lineages mobilized to take control of Zhennan City.
• Lin Bai tried to escape the battle’s aftershocks, but the Old Ancestor of the Li Family pursued him and struck him into a narrow alley.

Lin Bai used the Heaven Swallowing Domain and the Yellow Springs Demon Bone to fight the Li Family Old Ancestor at Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm strength. The Li Family Old Ancestor escaped with a severe wound and one arm missing, while Lin Bai collapsed from his injuries and depleted power.

• Lin Bai drew the Li Family Old Ancestor into his Heaven Swallowing Domain and fused the Yellow Springs Demon Bone into his body.
• Lin Bai struck the Li Family Old Ancestor with Spring Thunder and the Heaven's Will Four Symbols Sword Formation, badly wounding him and triggering the Devouring Power.
• The Li Family Old Ancestor tore his way out of the domain, but Lin Bai's sword cut off one of his arms as he escaped.
• Lin Bai removed the demon bone and let the domain vanish, then collapsed and lamented that he still had not killed the Li Family Old Ancestor.

After escaping the Heaven Swallowing Domain, Lin Bai was ambushed by Zhennan City martial artists while badly wounded and fought off wave after wave of attackers. He was struck down in the alley, and as their leader moved to kill him, Lin Bai began invoking the Heaven Swallowing Dao Fruit.

• The Li Family Old Ancestor told Zheng Heng where Lin Bai was, and Zheng Heng said he had already sent people after him.
• Lin Bai emerged from the Heaven Swallowing Domain, swallowed healing pills, and tried to recover before sensing pursuers closing in.
• Several attackers blocked Lin Bai in an alley, but he killed them with his four flying swords and continued onward.
• Hundreds of martial artists, including many peak Dao God experts, surrounded Lin Bai and attacked him with arrows.
• Lin Bai used the Heaven's Will Four Symbols Sword Formation and his Demon Sword to kill more than eighty attackers, but a sword strike cut his back and sent him crashing into a wall.
• The attackers' leader raised his sword to kill Lin Bai, who began calling upon the Heaven Swallowing Dao Fruit.

Lin Bai unleashed the Heaven Swallowing Dao Fruit and wiped out the Zheng Family martial artists pursuing him, though he remained badly weakened. As Zheng Heng ordered Ling Hai Ri to hunt him down, the two finally confronted each other in the street.

• Lin Bai used the Devouring Power across a thousand-meter radius, absorbing the pursuers’ blood and vital energy and reducing them and the surrounding buildings to ashes.
• Lin Bai realized his control over the Devouring Power had improved, then left the crater to find somewhere safe to recover.
• After learning the Zheng Family’s forces had failed to capture Lin Bai, Zheng Heng ordered the family to kill him and summoned Ling Hai Ri.
• The Zheng Family Patriarch agreed to involve Ling Hai Ri, a renowned expert ranked four hundred ninety-ninth on the Chu State Dao God Rankings.
• Lin Bai noticed Zheng Family informants tracking him, then faced Ling Hai Ri, who identified himself as a member of the Blood God Sect and the Ling Family.