Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai asked why the Lord of Wu En City betrayed the Chu Kingdom, and He Yi explained that scarce immortal jade resources had stalled his cultivation despite centuries of service. He recounted his long struggle to reach the Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm and revealed that he had joined the Chu Kingdom after leaving the Celestial Immortal Sect in pursuit of a path to advance further.

• The Lord of Wu En City said he had no hope of advancing within the Chu Kingdom and explained that cultivation beyond the Dao God Realm depended on scarce immortal jades.
• He Yi told Lin Bai that the Chu Kingdom had paid him only ten thousand immortal jades every hundred years, too little to meet his ambitions.
• He Yi recounted his rise through the cultivation realms and said it had taken him nearly five thousand years to reach the Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm because he lacked immortal jade resources.
• He Yi described joining the Celestial Immortal Sect, struggling to compete with its other talented disciples, and gathering immortal jades with fellow cultivators.
• After reaching the Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm, He Yi left the Celestial Immortal Sect and joined the Chu Kingdom Dynasty, hoping to advance toward the Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm.

The Lord of Wu En City explained why he joined the Blood God Sect, revealing that he hoped its promised resources would let him reach the Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm and that he helped recruit discontented officials across Ke Province. Protector Zhao arrived and rescued him, but the Lord of Wu En City insisted Lin Bai be spared before they fled into the Mystic Phoenix Mountains.

• The Lord of Wu En City told Lin Bai that he rejected the Blood God Sutra because its blood-absorbing cultivation would make him a fiend, but joined the Blood God Sect after it promised resources to help him advance.
• The Lord of Wu En City explained that he helped the Blood God Sect grow by persuading other desperate and dissatisfied figures in Ke Province to oppose the Chu Kingdom.
• The Lord of Wu En City described how the Chu Emperor invited the Five Great Families and Seven Sects to suppress the rebellion as a warning to anyone considering betrayal.
• The Lord of Wu En City hinted that he knew who backed the Blood God Sect and told Lin Bai that he could not take him away.
• Protector Zhao arrived, helped the bound Lord of Wu En City, and prepared to kill Lin Bai, but the Lord of Wu En City ordered him to spare Lin Bai.
• Protector Zhao took the Lord of Wu En City and fled into the Mystic Phoenix Mountains.

After Protector Zhao took the City Lord of Wu En City away, Lin Bai rested among the monster corpses as reinforcements from Azure Lotus City arrived and began hunting the Three Great Demon Clans. Zhu Mo learned the City Lord had escaped, while elders from the Tianshui Sect and Heaven and Earth Gate clashed over accusations against Lin Bai.

• Protector Zhao took the City Lord of Wu En City away while Lin Bai, gravely injured, could only watch.
• Martial artists from the Zhao Xing Office arrived in the Mystic Phoenix Mountains, followed by Zhu Mo and experts from the Five Great Families and Seven Sects.
• The reinforcements saw the mountain of monster corpses and learned Lin Bai was a Tianshui Sect disciple.
• Lin Bai told Zhu Mo that Protector Zhao had rescued the City Lord of Wu En City, leaving Zhu Mo dismayed.
• Wu Zhou of the Heaven and Earth Gate accused Lin Bai of possibly letting the City Lord escape, and the Third Elder of the Tianshui Sect defended him.
• Zhu Mo ordered Wu Zhou and the Third Elder to stop arguing and reminded them they had come under the Chu Emperor’s orders.

After returning to Mystic Phoenix City, Lin Bai learned that his friends were secretly investigating the Blood God Sect for Prince Chen. The Third Elder confronted Heaven and Earth Gate disciples after they humiliated Tianshui Sect disciples with a box of dog feces, and the enraged disciples challenged them to fight.

• Zhu Mo urged the Heaven and Earth Gate and Tianshui Sect experts to stop arguing, then sent the sects back to Mystic Phoenix City while Zhao Xing Office martial artists searched the mountains.
• The Third Elder took Lin Bai to Mystic Phoenix City and treated his injuries; he told Lin Bai that Yi Gu, Qiao Mo, Qin Yao, and the others were investigating the Blood God Sect for Prince Chen.
• Tianshui Sect disciples told the Third Elder that Heaven and Earth Gate disciples had taken the treasures they found and injured them.
• He Chong brought the Third Elder a box supposedly containing the returned treasures, but it was filled with dog feces.
• The Tianshui Sect disciples angrily challenged the Heaven and Earth Gate disciples to fight.

He Chong and the Heaven and Earth Gate disciples humiliated the Celestial Immortal Sect by returning a treasure box filled with dog shit, then defeated the sect’s disciples in battle. Lin Bai confronted them as they tried to leave and demanded they eat it, threatening that none of them would leave otherwise.

• The Heaven and Earth Gate disciples revealed dog shit in the jade box and provoked the Celestial Immortal Sect disciples, who attacked and were swiftly beaten and seriously injured.
• He Chong mocked the Third Elder and the Celestial Immortal Sect while claiming his group had only defended themselves.
• The Third Elder held back from attacking the younger disciples as witnesses from the Five Great Families and Seven Sects watched the confrontation.
• As He Chong and his companions prepared to leave, Lin Bai stopped them and said the dog shit was food prepared for them.
• He Chong offered Lin Bai a Qi Condensation Pill and tried to leave, but Lin Bai threatened that none of them would leave unless they ate it.
• A chilling killing intent spread through the gathering as Lin Bai asked the Heaven and Earth Gate disciples one last time whether they would eat.

Lin Bai killed more than ten Heaven and Earth Gate disciples with one sword despite his severe injuries, earning praise from the Celestial Immortal Sect and drawing attention from the Five Great Families and Seven Sects. The onlookers debated whether his strike was a special technique, while Chen Yule remained fixated on finding and defeating the mysterious Sword Cultivator who had once beaten him.

• Lin Bai struck down more than ten Heaven and Earth Gate disciples who had surrounded him, then returned to the Third Elder while coughing blood from his worsening injuries.
• The Third Elder gave Lin Bai pills and used spiritual power to help stabilize him, while Celestial Immortal Sect disciples praised Lin Bai and promised to follow his example.
• Martial artists from the Five Great Families and Seven Sects admired Lin Bai's swordsmanship, but Yi Song suggested his strike might have relied on a life-saving treasure or secret technique.
• Huang Qingyun praised the Five Great Families and Seven Sects' disciples and told a fellow Sacred Lotus Palace disciple to focus on cultivation rather than dream of marrying Lin Bai.
• A Chen Family Elder praised Lin Bai's sword strike and asked Chen Yule what he thought, but Chen Yule dismissed other Sword Cultivators and vowed to defeat the mysterious Sword Cultivator who had once beaten him.

After Lin Bai killed Heaven and Earth Gate disciples, Wu Zhou confronted the Tianshui Sect’s Third Elder, but Zhu Mo stopped their fight with the Chu Emperor’s imperial edict. As survivors returned to Azure Lotus City, Lin Bai discovered a massive Chu Kingdom Imperial Guard warship above Mystic Phoenix City.

• Wu Zhou demanded that the Tianshui Sect answer for Lin Bai killing Heaven and Earth Gate disciples, and the Third Elder challenged him to fight.
• Zhu Mo intervened and invoked the Chu Emperor’s imperial edict, forcing Wu Zhou and the Third Elder to put aside their feud or answer to Prince Chen.
• Wu Zhou departed after threatening the Tianshui Sect and warning Lin Bai that his life was in danger.
• Zhu Mo ordered the Three Great Demon Clans hunted down; Zhao Xing Office forces killed most of their members, while the leaders and surviving clansmen escaped.
• Zhao Xing Office patrols searched for clues to the Blood God Sect as the remaining martial artists returned to Azure Lotus City.
• Lin Bai saw a huge warship above Mystic Phoenix City, armed with 108 combat-ready God of War Cannons and flying the Chu Kingdom Imperial Guard flag.

Lin Bai returned to Azure Lotus City aboard the Chu Kingdom’s Mountain-Bearing Warship and learned how its formations and weapons worked. After arriving, Zhu Mo warned him to keep the secrets he had uncovered about the Blood God Sect from everyone, including the Tianshui Sect elders.

• Lin Bai boarded the Mountain-Bearing Warship and sensed its power as it carried the Five Great Families and Seven Sects toward Azure Lotus City.
• The Third Elder explained the warship’s Heaven-and-Earth Spirit-Absorbing Grand Formation, its 108 God of War Cannons, and the immense cost of building and maintaining it.
• Lin Bai spent five days healing during the journey, and the warship reached Azure Lotus City, where it entered through the city’s opened formations.
• Zhu Mo told Lin Bai to return with the Tianshui Sect elders and keep the Blood God Sect secrets to himself, even from his sect.
• Lin Bai followed the Third Elder back to the Tianshui Sect’s residence.

Lin Bai arrived at Tianshui Sect’s residence in Azure Lotus City and began healing while waiting for Prince Chen to summon him. Jiang Zhen arrived on Prince Chen’s orders and treated Lin Bai with striking respect, leaving the gathered Tianshui Sect members puzzled.

• The Third Elder gave Lin Bai a valuable Nine Qi Qian Yuan Pill, and Lin Bai went to his courtyard to heal.
• Bai Yifei and Zhou Xinjin discussed waiting for a chance to deal with Lin Bai and seeking ties with Prince Chen.
• Jiang Zhen arrived at the Tianshui Sect estate, ignored Bai Yifei and Zhou Xinjin, and asked to meet Lin Bai on Prince Chen’s orders.
• Lin Bai came to the main hall, where Jiang Zhen praised him and asked him to call him Big Brother Jiang Zhen.
• The Third Elder, Zheng Yuan, and the other disciples wondered why Jiang Zhen was so deferential to Lin Bai.

Jiang Zhen delivered Chu Junyou’s lavish gifts to Lin Bai and urged him to focus on recovering, while the Tianshui Sect elders discussed the political risks of Prince Chen recruiting him. Bai Yifei watched the elders favor Lin Bai and became furious over his own declining standing.

• Jiang Zhen visited Lin Bai on Chu Junyou’s behalf, presented valuable weapons and healing pills, and gave Lin Bai a Voice Transmission Token.
• Lin Bai accepted the gifts but told the Third Elder and Zheng Yuan that he did not know why Chu Junyou had sent them.
• The Third Elder and Zheng Yuan concluded that Chu Junyou was trying to recruit Lin Bai and debated whether the Tianshui Sect should use the connection to regain influence at court.
• Zheng Yuan recommended reporting the matter to the sect so its leaders could decide how to respond to the struggle for the Chu throne.
• Bai Yifei realized the elders were turning their attention toward Lin Bai and grew resentful after Jiang Zhen had ignored him.

Lin Bai recovered from his injuries in Azure Lotus City while Prince Chen repeatedly sent him gifts. Meanwhile, Bai Yifei learned of Princess Leping Li Guxian’s influence and prepared to meet her.

• Lin Bai used Prince Chen’s pills and the Heaven Swallowing Dao Fruit to recover most of his injuries over three days.
• Prince Chen sent Lin Bai more than a hundred valuable gifts over the following half month.
• Bai Yifei resented Prince Chen’s favor toward Lin Bai and warned that accepting the gifts could draw the Third Prince’s hostility.
• Zhou Xinjin explained Li Guxian’s family history, her support among Ke Province’s martial artists, and her close relationship with Prince Chen.
• Bai Yifei and Zhou Xinjin dressed neatly and went with the others to meet Princess Leping.

Third Elder and Zheng Yuan welcomed Princess Leping Li Guxian to the Tianshui Sect and discussed her influence in Ke Province through the Azure Lotus Grace Token. Bai Yifei became smitten with her, while the chapter ended with the reminder that imperial women were often caught in political marriages.

• Zheng Yuan asked Third Elder about the Azure Lotus Grace Token, and Third Elder explained that Ke Province’s sects had granted it to Li Guxian in gratitude for Li Tianen’s sacrifice.
• Zheng Yuan speculated that Li Guxian’s ties to Prince Chen could give him Ke Province’s support, but Third Elder dismissed his focus on the succession struggle.
• Li Guxian arrived at the Tianshui Sect manor with He Qiyun, and Third Elder and Zheng Yuan welcomed and escorted them inside.
• Bai Yifei became captivated by Li Guxian and told Zhou Xinjin that his feelings might explain why he had failed to reach the Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm.
• Zhou Xinjin encouraged Bai Yifei to pursue Li Guxian, and Third Elder introduced the Tianshui Sect disciples to her in the reception hall.

Li Guxian visited the Tianshui Sect to thank them for joining the campaign against the Blood God Sect, but revealed that she had come to see Lin Bai. Her visit embarrassed Bai Yifei, while Zheng Yuan warned that opposing Lin Bai could cost him his life.

• Bai Yifei introduced himself to Li Guxian and praised the Tianshui Sect's righteous cause, prompting the Third Elder to consider matching them.
• Li Guxian asked to visit Lin Bai, and He Qiyun hinted that their relationship was close, leaving Bai Yifei humiliated.
• Li Guxian and He Qiyun left with an escort to find Lin Bai, while Bai Yifei stormed out with Zhou Xinjin following him.
• Zheng Yuan warned the Third Elder that Bai Yifei would die if he kept opposing Lin Bai, citing Lin Bai's injuries from fighting at least two Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm martial artists.

After emerging from seclusion, Lin Bai met Princess Leping, Li Guxian, and learned of Prince Chen’s difficult campaign against the Blood God Sect in Ke Province. Realizing that the prince’s plan could hasten the sect’s scheme, Lin Bai asked Li Guxian to take him to Prince Chen.

• Lin Bai recognized Li Guxian and He Qiyun as they arrived with armored soldiers, and considered telling Li Guxian what he had learned about the Azure Lotus Swordplay.
• Li Guxian explained that she had inherited her mother’s title and become Princess Leping after the Chu Emperor welcomed her back into the imperial clan.
• Lin Bai asked about Ke Province, and Li Guxian said Prince Chen was struggling to act against officials tied to the Blood God Sect because their powerful connections could make enemies of him or push them into alliance with the sect.
• Li Guxian described Prince Chen’s plan to provoke the corrupt officials into contacting the Blood God Sect, then destroy the sect before deploying the military into Ke Province.
• Lin Bai warned that the plan could accelerate the Blood God Sect’s scheme and asked Li Guxian to take him to Prince Chen, saying his information about the sect was crucial.

Lin Bai visited Chu Junyou at the City Lord's Mansion in Azure Lotus City after recovering from his injuries. Chu Junyou welcomed him warmly, and they prepared to discuss the affairs of Ke Province.

• Lin Bai rode with Li Guxian to the City Lord's Mansion, where he saw the extensive security Prince Chen had arranged for Azure Lotus City.
• Li Guxian explained that Ke Province's clans and sects had given her an Azure Lotus Grace Token, pledging to aid her in times of need.
• Jiang Zhen told Lin Bai that Chu Junyou had been worrying over Ke Province's affairs and invited him to announce Lin Bai's arrival.
• Chu Junyou greeted Lin Bai, asked about his recovery, and joked with him about the healing pills he had sent.
• Chu Junyou asked Li Guxian to prepare tea, then suggested that he and Lin Bai call each other Brother Chen and Brother Lin before discussing serious matters.

Lin Bai told Chu Junyou that the Blood God Sect was building a sealing pagoda in Ke Province, had a prince’s backing, and was pursuing a still-unknown scheme. Chu Junyou stopped Lin Bai from naming the suspected prince and was left confronting the scale of the sect’s plans.

• Chu Junyou explained that powerful City Lords and their influential backers had stalled his campaign against the Blood God Sect.
• Lin Bai revealed that the sect was constructing a Blood God Sealing Pagoda to cut Ke Province off from Chu’s forces.
• Lin Bai said that a prince was backing the Blood God Sect, but Chu Junyou stopped him from voicing the suspected prince’s name without evidence.
• Lin Bai added that the sect had a third, more important scheme, and Chu Junyou reacted with exhaustion at the threat facing Ke Province.

Lin Bai told Chu Junyou crucial information about the Blood God Sect, and Chu Junyou set plans in motion to locate its Blood God Sealing Pagoda while relying on Lin Bai’s help. After Li Guxian saw Lin Bai back to the Tianshui Sect estate, He Qiyun teased her about her feelings for him.

• Chu Junyou ordered the Zhao Xing Office to interrogate captured Blood God Sect martial artists and directed the Celestial Mystery Pavilion to investigate the Blood God Sealing Pagoda’s origins and likely location.
• Chu Junyou revealed that King Chai Ning’s army was waiting outside Ke Province and said it could enter once the Blood God Sect’s pagoda was dealt with.
• Lin Bai told Chu Junyou he would remain in Azure Lotus City to help, and Chu Junyou gave him a Prince Chen Token and promised to record his merit.
• Li Guxian warned Lin Bai to keep their conversation secret and offered to help him before seeing him back to the Tianshui Sect estate.
• He Qiyun teased Li Guxian about how obvious her feelings for Lin Bai were, leaving Li Guxian embarrassed.

After recovering from his injuries, Lin Bai decided to repay Li Guxian by telling her what he had discovered about the Azure Lotus Swordplay. He revealed that he had developed its second stage and believed the art was the legacy of the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal.

• Lin Bai finished recovering from his injuries and decided to tell Li Guxian about the swordplay he had secretly learned.
• Lin Bai visited Li Guxian at the City Lord's Mansion and admitted that he had practiced her family's inherited Azure Lotus Swordplay without permission.
• Li Guxian explained that her family believed the swordplay was connected to the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal, though its nine moves seemed crude.
• Lin Bai sealed the room and told Li Guxian that he had refined the nine moves into three advanced sword arts he called the second stage of Azure Lotus Swordplay.
• Lin Bai told Li Guxian that he believed the swordplay was the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal's legacy.

Lin Bai began teaching Li Guxian how to comprehend the second-stage Azure Lotus Swordplay, which he believed was an inheritance left by the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal. After hundreds of explanations over nine days, Li Guxian still had not grasped it and was left physically and mentally exhausted.

• Lin Bai explained that Azure Lotus Swordplay was the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal's inheritance and offered to teach Li Guxian how he had comprehended its second stage.
• Li Guxian thanked Lin Bai and accepted his offer to teach her while they waited for Prince Chen's investigation to progress.
• Lin Bai explained the swordplay repeatedly, but Li Guxian struggled to understand its profound insights despite listening closely.
• Lin Bai reassured Li Guxian that she was not stupid and continued teaching her patiently.
• By the five hundred and thirteenth explanation on the ninth day, Li Guxian was pale, drenched in cold sweat, and on the verge of collapse.

Lin Bai stopped teaching Li Guxian Azure Lotus Swordplay when she became dangerously exhausted, but He Qiyun mistook her condition for the aftermath of an intimate affair. He Qiyun and Third Elder later teased Lin Bai with a gift of Thousand Night Pills, leaving him and Third Elder sharing an amused, knowing glance.

• Lin Bai ended his Azure Lotus Swordplay lesson and left Li Guxian to recover, then returned to the Tianshui Sect Manor.
• He Qiyun found Li Guxian exhausted in bed and assumed Lin Bai had spent the past half month being intimate with her.
• Li Guxian proved her primordial yin was intact, but He Qiyun decided Lin Bai must have a sexual problem and left with a mischievous smile.
• Third Elder teased Lin Bai about marrying Princess Leping, and Lin Bai clarified that he only felt friendship for Li Guxian.
• He Qiyun sent Lin Bai a Storage Bag of Thousand Night Pills, and Third Elder explained their effects while teasing him.
• Lin Bai suggested Third Elder recognized the pills because she had taken many herself, and they exchanged a knowing smile.