Chapter Summaries

Chen Yule asked the gathered seniors for help with his Slaughter Sword Intent, his aunt Chen Yun’s damaged cultivation, and a Grand Yi Golden Pill. The seniors provided remedies for his first two requests but could not produce the pill, leaving his breakthrough hopes unresolved.

• Chen Yule requested a way to resist the Slaughter Sword Intent’s effect on his mind, help restoring Chen Yun’s cultivation, and a Grand Yi Golden Pill.
• Senior Yuan gave Chen Yule a Yin-Yang Fortune Pill to restore Chen Yun’s meridians and cultivation.
• Senior Zhang gave Chen Yule an Ice Heart Jade to stabilize his mind when he used the Slaughter Sword Intent.
• The gathered seniors found solutions to Chen Yule’s first two problems but could not meet his request for a Grand Yi Golden Pill.
• The chapter explained that Dao God martial artists could seek a breakthrough through immortal jade, medicines such as Grand Yi Golden Pills, or fortuitous opportunities and destiny.

Chen Yule persuaded the Celestial Mystery Pavilion alchemists to provide the medicines and refine a Grand Yi Golden Pill for him. Lin Bai then requested one for himself, and Yi Song, Huang Qingyun, and Qian Hen followed suit, while Shui Mo Dan refused.

• Chen Yule argued that the alchemists owed them a valuable reward and secured their agreement to refine one Grand Yi Golden Pill before the Chu Emperor's Birthday Celebration.
• The alchemists agreed to fulfill Chen Yule's request, though they said the pill would take up to three years to prepare.
• After his companions urged him not to hold back, Lin Bai asked the alchemists for one hundred Grand Yi Golden Pills, shocking and enraging them.
• Lin Bai corrected his request to one pill, and the alchemists agreed to deliver it before the Chu Emperor's Birthday Celebration in three years.
• Yi Song, Huang Qingyun, and Qian Hen each requested a Grand Yi Golden Pill, but Shui Mo Dan said she did not want one.

Lin Bai asked the Chu treasure refiners for five Grand Yi Golden Pills and help reforging his Heaven Measuring Ruler, while refusing Ren Xin’s offer to reforge the Demon Sword. He then made his final request: repairing the Sea God Pearl.

• Lin Bai and four companions requested five Grand Yi Golden Pills, and the treasure refiners agreed to deliver them before Chu Emperor's Birthday Celebration.
• Lin Bai asked the treasure refiners to reforge his Heaven Measuring Ruler, and Ren Xin volunteered to handle it.
• Ren Xin urged Lin Bai to let him reforge the Demon Sword too, but Lin Bai refused because of the sword’s precious Chaos Divine Iron.
• Ren Xin promised to finish reforging the Heaven Measuring Ruler before Chu Emperor's Birthday Celebration, and Lin Bai accepted.
• Lin Bai presented the Sea God Pearl and asked the treasure refiners to repair it.

Lin Bai asked the Celestial Mystery Pavilion’s artifact refiners to repair the Sea God Pearl, and Ren Xin accepted the task alongside his earlier promise to restore the Heaven Measuring Ruler. As the group parted after the victory banquet, Qian Hen warned Lin Bai that the Heaven and Earth Gate appeared to be preparing for war against Tianshui Sect.

• Lin Bai revealed the damaged Sea God Pearl and asked the artifact refiners to repair it, and Ren Xin agreed to restore it before Chu Emperor's Birthday Celebration.
• Yi Song, Qian Hen, Huang Qingyun, and Shui Mo Dan made demands for pills, treasures, and spirit medicines, prolonging the negotiations for seven hours.
• Chen Yule, Qian Hen, Yi Song, Huang Qingyun, Shui Mo Dan, and Lin Bai discussed their plans after leaving the imperial capital: they would travel, enter seclusion, refine pills, or train for war.
• Qian Hen told Lin Bai that the Heaven and Earth Gate had ordered large quantities of weapons and medicines, suggesting it was preparing to attack Tianshui Sect within one to three months.

Bai Yifei, embittered by Lin Bai’s rise as a Holy Son candidate, encountered Ma Qiuming of the Heaven and Earth Gate on his journey home. Ma Qiuming urged him to help kill Lin Bai, and Bai Yifei began to waver.

• Lin Bai left the Imperial Capital with Tianshui Sect after declining Prince Chen’s offer to stay.
• Bai Yifei traveled home with Zhou Xinjin and others, brooding over Lin Bai’s fame and his own chances of becoming Tianshui Sect’s Holy Son.
• When several prominent family heirs provoked him in a town, Bai Yifei killed them and nearly destroyed their families.
• Bai Yifei chased a martial artist into the mountains, where Ma Qiuming appeared with the man’s corpse.
• Ma Qiuming mocked Bai Yifei’s chances against Lin Bai and suggested that the Heaven and Earth Gate could help kill Lin Bai, prompting Bai Yifei to waver.

Bai Yifei rejected the Old Daoist’s attempt to recruit him, while the Old Daoist revealed that the Heaven and Earth Gate’s plan to annihilate the Tianshui Sect was ready to begin. Back at the Tianshui Sect, Lin Bai warned the elders that the Heaven and Earth Gate was preparing for a major conflict, as a mysterious White-Robed Woman entered the archipelago.

• Bai Yifei refused the Old Daoist’s offer but took his Voice Transmission Token, insisting that the Tianshui Sect’s internal struggle was no business of outsiders.
• The Old Daoist reported his failure, then learned that the Heaven and Earth Gate would invite the Tianshui Sect to compete in martial arts and discuss the Dao.
• Bai Yifei reunited with Zhou Xinjin and the Five Immortals of East Isle, and they returned to the Tianshui Sect with the others.
• Lin Bai told the Third Elder and Zheng Yuan that Qian Hen had reported the Heaven and Earth Gate ordered enormous quantities of Divine Weapons and spirit pills, suggesting a battle could come within one to three months.
• The Third Elder and Zheng Yuan acknowledged Lin Bai’s warning and went to report it, while Lin Bai returned to Bright Moon Island with Qiao Mo, Qin Yao, and the others.
• A White-Robed Woman rode the waves into the Tianshui Sect’s archipelago and vanished.

Lin Bai returned to Bright Moon Island and discovered that the crow had been stealing from Tianshui Sect, including its Ice Soul Jade Tree. The crow also exposed Lin Bai to Qiao Mo and Qin Yao by throwing a stolen undergarment at him, leaving the women wary of him.

• Lin Bai, Qiao Mo, and Qin Yao noticed heightened patrols throughout Tianshui Sect, and Qin Yao learned that a mysterious thief had been stealing treasures for months.
• Lin Bai realized the elusive thief was the crow he had left behind when he went to Ke Province.
• The group found the crow singing in a newly planted Ice Soul Jade Tree on Bright Moon Island, which had been stolen from Tianshui Sect's forbidden grounds.
• Lin Bai confronted the crow over its thefts, and the crow admitted taking Elder Qin's undergarment and flung it into Lin Bai's face.
• Qiao Mo and Qin Yao grew suspicious of Lin Bai and covered their chests, while Lin Bai lamented the damage to his reputation.

After the Crow stole treasures from Tianshui Sect, Lin Bai tried to contain the damage and reassure Qiao Mo and Qin Yao. Lin Bai called the Crow his brother, and the Crow secretly heard him and was pleased.

• Lin Bai urged the Crow to hide the stolen treasures and stop causing trouble, but the Crow refused to return them and flew off to gather what remained on Bright Moon Island.
• The Crow suggested killing Qiao Mo and Qin Yao to silence them, but Lin Bai refused, and the Crow teased him before dodging Lin Bai's flying sword.
• Qin Yao connected the Crow to the great thief who had looted the Imperial Capital, and Lin Bai neither confirmed nor denied the suspicion.
• Lin Bai told Qiao Mo and Qin Yao that the Crow had extraordinary abilities and that he claimed him as a spirit pet only to conceal his identity.
• Lin Bai said he regarded the Crow as a friend and brother, remembering how the Crow had repeatedly saved him and helped his loved ones escape the Barren Ancient Continent.
• The Crow secretly listened from a tree, mocked Lin Bai's heartfelt words, and smiled because Lin Bai still had a conscience.

Lin Bai learned that the Tianshui Sect’s main concern about making him Saint Son was his lack of loyalty and belonging, and Qin Yao asked what he would do if the sect offered him the position. Lin Bai said he would support the sect in exchange for what he wanted: passage to the Tianquan Great World.

• Qin Yao and Qiao Mo promised not to reveal Lin Bai’s genuine feelings, and Lin Bai said he would repay the sect for its losses.
• Qin Yao explained that Lin Bai had the Elders’ and disciples’ support for becoming Saint Son, but the sect could not yet trust his loyalty or sense of belonging.
• Lin Bai recognized that he still felt like a passerby in the Tianshui Sect and had been focused on entering the Tianquan Great World.
• Qin Yao asked whether Lin Bai would accept the Saint Son position, and Lin Bai said he could help the sect rise if it gave him something he wanted.
• Lin Bai told Qin Yao and Qiao Mo that he wanted to go to the Tianquan Great World, whose existence was obscure even to them.

The Tianshui Sect elders gathered to discuss appointing Lin Bai as Holy Son after his triumph in the Eastern Sky Hunting Grounds. Although many elders supported him, the decision awaited the Grand Elder’s approval.

• After returning to the sect, Bai Yifei entered seclusion, while Zhou Xinjin warned the Grand Elder that Lin Bai was gaining support to become Holy Son.
• Li Yuanzong urged the Grand Elder to oppose Lin Bai’s appointment, citing his short time in the sect and blaming him for Mu Huaqing’s death, but the Grand Elder remained conflicted.
• The Sect Master showed the gathered elders a water mirror recording of Lin Bai’s battle, and the elders praised his strength and achievements.
• The Third Elder, Zheng Yuan, and more than a dozen elders publicly supported appointing Lin Bai as Holy Son.
• Li Zai'en said the Grand Elder’s position mattered most, drawing everyone’s attention to him as he sat silently with his eyes closed.

The Grand Elder supported Lin Bai becoming the Holy Son, though he and the Sect Master wanted to test Lin Bai’s loyalty first. After learning the Heaven and Earth Gate might be preparing for war, the Sect Master ordered the Tianshui Sect to mobilize and prepare for the possibility of its destruction.

• The Grand Elder backed Lin Bai as Holy Son but questioned whether Lin Bai was loyal enough to the sect, so the Sect Master arranged to summon him to Flower Valley the next morning.
• The Third Elder reported that the Heaven and Earth Gate had ordered large quantities of Divine Weapons and spirit pills, suggesting it was preparing for war against the Tianshui Sect.
• The elders argued over whether the sect should fight, and the Sect Master said the Water Mirror Sea would protect the Tianshui Sect while ordering preparations for war and a possible evacuation.
• The Sect Master asked the Grand Elder why he supported Lin Bai, and he explained that Bai Yifei had gone into secluded cultivation while Li Yuanzong had come to ask him to block Lin Bai.
• The Grand Elder said he hoped to step aside once Lin Bai and the younger generation could shoulder the sect’s responsibilities, allowing him to pursue a higher Martial Dao Realm.

Lin Bai met with the Grand Elder and Li Zai'en in Flower Valley to discuss whether he should become the Tianshui Sect's Saint Son. After admitting he lacked loyalty to the sect, he proposed a deal and exposed the hidden Sect Master as a woman, provoking her to burst out.

• Lin Bai met the Grand Elder and Li Zai'en in Flower Valley, where they asked whether he wanted to become the Saint Son.
• Li Zai'en explained that the Grand Elder supported Lin Bai but worried he lacked loyalty and a sense of belonging to the sect.
• Lin Bai admitted he had no deep loyalty to the Tianshui Sect but said he still wanted to serve it by negotiating a deal.
• Lin Bai called for the Sect Master, said she was hiding inside the cottage, and identified her as a woman by observing the flowers.
• The Sect Master kicked open the cottage door and angrily shouted at Lin Bai for calling her a little girl.

Lin Bai confronted Tianshui Sect Master Chu Xi over the sect’s unpaid promises and negotiated to convert two of them into Celestial Jades. Chu Xi agreed to an eight-thousand-jade settlement, leaving the sect owing Lin Bai thirteen thousand Celestial Jades in total.

• Lin Bai recognized Chu Xi as the woman who had saved him in Zhennan City and learned she was the Tianshui Sect’s Sect Master.
• Chu Xi demanded to know why Lin Bai refused the Holy Son position, and Lin Bai pointed out that the sect had not fulfilled its promises to him.
• Lin Bai asked to exchange the promised five million Contribution Points and Void Ancient Road clue for ten thousand Celestial Jades, while Chu Xi protested and bargained.
• Li Zai'en proposed settling for eight thousand Celestial Jades, and Lin Bai accepted in consideration of his kindness.
• Lin Bai added the unpaid five thousand Celestial Jades for his trip to Ke Province and asked Chu Xi to pay the total of thirteen thousand.

Lin Bai negotiated with Chu Xi and the Tianshui Sect, demanding support to reach the Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm and enter the Tianquan Great World in exchange for becoming its Saint Disciple and helping it rise again. The Grand Elder explained how the sect might meet those demands, then asked whether Lin Bai could help defeat the Heaven and Earth Gate.

• Chu Xi paid Lin Bai thirteen thousand immortal jades for their first deal, then ordered the Grand Elder to repair the table and brew tea.
• Lin Bai proposed becoming the Tianshui Sect's Saint Disciple and helping the sect, provided it supported his cultivation and entry into the Tianquan Great World.
• Chu Xi objected to Lin Bai's demands, but the Grand Elder said the sect could potentially fulfill them by using its reserves and securing a quota through a Crown Prince.
• The Grand Elder asked what Lin Bai would offer in return, and Lin Bai asked what the sect needed most.
• The Grand Elder said the Tianshui Sect needed to deal with the Heaven and Earth Gate, then asked whether Lin Bai had a way to do so.

Lin Bai negotiated with the Tianshui Sect over helping it rise again and weakening the Heaven and Earth Gate, learning that the sect could defend itself on the Water Mirror Sea but could not defeat its enemy alone. He proposed exploiting the Chu Kingdom’s succession struggle as a rare opportunity, leaving the Grand Elder, Chu Xi, and Li Zai'en startled.

• The Grand Elder told Lin Bai that the Tianshui Sect required him to deal with the Heaven and Earth Gate and help the sect rise again, while Lin Bai agreed to consider the terms.
• Lin Bai asked about the Tianshui Sect’s strength and warned that Qian Hen expected the Heaven and Earth Gate to attack within one to three months after ordering weapons and spirit pills.
• The Grand Elder said the Tianshui Sect did not fear fighting the Heaven and Earth Gate on the Water Mirror Sea, and dismissed the local families, demon clans, and pirates as threats it could handle.
• The Grand Elder clarified that Lin Bai only needed to make the Heaven and Earth Gate decline, but Li Zai'en explained that its many Dao Fruit experts and secluded ancestors made that impossible for the Tianshui Sect alone.
• Lin Bai said the Chu Kingdom could weaken the Heaven and Earth Gate and revealed that the succession struggle presented a once-in-a-thousand-years opportunity.

Lin Bai urged the Tianshui Sect to back Prince Chen in the struggle to become Crown Prince, arguing that an alliance could revive the declining sect and that neutrality would only lead to its slow destruction. The Grand Elder and Li Zai'en deferred the decision to Sect Master Chu Xi, who remained deep in thought.

• Lin Bai explained that supporting Prince Chen could counter the Third Prince and the Heaven and Earth Gate, which had already joined the Third Prince's faction.
• The Grand Elder warned that backing Prince Chen and losing could bring the Tianshui Sect to ruin, but Lin Bai argued that staying neutral would also leave the sect vulnerable.
• Lin Bai urged the Tianshui Sect to support Prince Chen early, before the Sacred Lotus Palace, Celestial Immortal Sect, and Chen Family chose sides, so the sect could become his foremost ally.
• The Grand Elder and Li Zai'en asked Sect Master Chu Xi to make the decision, while Chu Xi contemplated the choice.

Chu Xi agreed to Lin Bai’s deal: Tianshui Sect would support Prince Chen in the struggle for the throne, while Lin Bai would help the sect crush the Heaven and Earth Gate and rise again. The sect would name Lin Bai its Saint, but would wait to see his sincerity before preparing the resources he needed to break through.

• Chu Xi decided that Tianshui Sect would participate in the struggle for the throne and fully support Prince Chen, with Li Zai'en and the Grand Elder agreeing to follow her command.
• Chu Xi agreed to announce Lin Bai as Tianshui Sect’s Saint and said the sect would consider his requests for cultivation resources and entry into the Tianquan Great World under the terms they discussed.
• Lin Bai and Chu Xi confirmed their respective demands and began their second deal, with Chu Xi requiring Lin Bai to show his sincerity before the sect prepared his breakthrough resources.
• Lin Bai advised Chu Xi to secretly send a powerful sect representative to the imperial capital to tell Prince Chen that Tianshui Sect would support him and remain loyal to him.

Chu Xi, Lin Bai, the Grand Elder, and Li Zai'en settled Tianshui Sect’s plans to support Prince Chen, while Lin Bai again denied killing Mu Huaqing and urged the Grand Elder to investigate Li Yuanzong. The next morning, Chu Xi publicly named Lin Bai the sect’s Holy Son, drawing congratulations from powerful forces across Chu.

• Chu Xi chose Li Zai'en to travel to the Imperial Capital and secretly show Tianshui Sect’s support for Prince Chen.
• Lin Bai denied killing Mu Huaqing and told the Grand Elder to investigate Li Yuanzong, possibly with help from a Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm expert.
• Chu Xi agreed to keep the sect’s plans restricted to trusted people until Li Zai'en returned, and Li Zai'en left Tianshui Sect secretly that night.
• Chu Xi summoned the elders and Three Wonders Disciples to the Overturned Water Hall and proclaimed Lin Bai Tianshui Sect’s Holy Son.
• The Chen Family, Celestial Immortal Sect, Sacred Lotus Palace, Prince Chen, Qian Family, Danxia Sect, and other powers sent congratulatory gifts to Tianshui Sect.

Lin Bai’s appointment as the Tianshui Sect’s Holy Son stirred the Chu Kingdom’s major powers, which wondered whether the declining sect meant to rise again. The Chen and Qian Families prepared to send congratulations, while Qian Hen had already left the Imperial City with gifts for Lin Bai.

• News of Lin Bai’s appointment as Holy Son spread across the Chu Kingdom, prompting speculation about the Tianshui Sect’s future and its ties to Prince Chen.
• Chen Family elders discussed the sect’s invitation and decided that Yule would represent the family at Lin Bai’s ceremony with congratulatory gifts.
• A Qian Family servant told Second Master that Qian Hen had prepared more than a thousand gifts and a letter for Lin Bai before leaving the Imperial City.
• Second Master inspected the gifts, accepted Qian Hen’s letter without opening it, and set out for the Tianshui Sect with Qian Family disciples.
• The chapter revealed that Qian Hen had left for the merchant caravan before the Tianshui Sect’s invitation arrived.

As Tianshui Sect prepared to establish Lin Bai as its Holy Son, the Twenty-Seven Sects of Chu worried that its resurgence would ruin their hopes of replacing it among Chu’s Five Great Families and Seven Sects. On Bright Moon Island, Qiao Mo and Qin Yao discussed Lin Bai’s promise to marry Qiao Mo, leaving Qiao Mo embarrassed and Qin Yao quietly sorrowful.

• The Twenty-Seven Sects of Chu, especially the Cloud Heaven Sword Sect, resented Tianshui Sect’s revival because they had hoped to take its place among Chu’s leading powers.
• The chapter explained that a sect’s reputation helped it attract talented disciples, while Tianshui Sect’s decline had left it short of powerful elders and promising young members.
• Qiao Mo and Qin Yao discussed how Lin Bai had become Tianshui Sect’s Holy Son after being summoned by the sect’s higher-ups.
• Qin Yao reminded Qiao Mo that Lin Bai had promised to marry her if he became Holy Son, and Qiao Mo blushed and insisted he had only said it to help her.
• Qin Yao teased that she might pursue Lin Bai herself, prompting Qiao Mo to protest before Qin Yao relented and concealed her sorrow.