Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai revealed that he had faked his injuries to trick the siblings into sharing information about the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace, then defeated them with overwhelming force. As the surviving sister fled and her brother tried to hold Lin Bai back, Lin Bai considered how the palace’s prodigy rankings compared with the strongest martial artists in the Chu Kingdom.

• Lin Bai healed his supposed injuries with the Five Elements Dao Body and admitted he had deceived the siblings to learn about the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace.
• The siblings attacked in anger, but Lin Bai shattered the man's fist phantom and killed him with a sword strike through the throat.
• Lin Bai wounded the woman with his Astonishing Immortal Sword Intent, damaging her soul as she watched her brother's soul leave his body.
• The man told his little sister that Lin Bai had reached true Saint Child level and urged her to run while he tried to hold Lin Bai back as a Rakshasa Ghost Shadow.
• The woman was stunned as Lin Bai reflected on how the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace ranked its Dao God Realm prodigies and how few martial artists in the Chu Kingdom could reach Saint Child level.

Lin Bai killed the brother of Young Master Blood Spirit, but the white mist concealed her escape and later returned the corpse to the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace. The Black-Robed Old Man learned that Lin Bai was approaching and ordered Young Master Blood Spirit to take her brother’s jade pendant.

• Lin Bai split the Rakshasa Ghost Shadow and killed the man, then pursued Young Master Blood Spirit into the white mist but could not find her.
• Lin Bai discovered that the man’s corpse and belongings had vanished, then continued through the mist to look for Prince Chen.
• Young Master Blood Spirit reached the Black-Robed Old Man and told him that Lin Bai had killed her brother.
• The Black-Robed Old Man scolded Young Master Blood Spirit for concealing Lin Bai’s arrival and acting without permission, then said the Demon Palace would avenge her brother.
• The white mist returned the man’s corpse to the palace, and the Black-Robed Old Man warned that Lin Bai was coming and told Young Master Blood Spirit to take the jade pendant.

The Nine Underworlds Demon Palace attacked Prince Chen, who fled through the World Sealing Formation before the black-robed old man wounded him and cornered him. Lin Bai arrived in time to stop the killing blow, but the old man prepared to fight them both.

• The black-robed old man shattered the palace formation and confronted Prince Chen and his Dao God Peak attendants.
• Prince Chen's death warriors bought him time to flee, and Prince Chen explained that the World Sealing Formation kept Tianshui Sect from sensing the attack.
• The black-robed old man killed Prince Chen's three death warriors with a shockwave, while Prince Chen survived because a life-saving jade pendant shattered.
• The black-robed old man prepared to kill Prince Chen, but Lin Bai's four flying swords interrupted him.
• Lin Bai reached Prince Chen and faced the black-robed old man, who declared he would deal with them both.

Lin Bai faced a powerful black-robed elder while protecting His Highness Prince Chen, but Prince Chen returned the reforged Yellow Springs Demon Bone to him. After fusing with it, Lin Bai reached middle-grade Great Purity Dao Fruit strength and wounded the elder, leaving their fight unresolved.

• The black-robed old man attacked Lin Bai, whose Azure Lotus Sword Intent shattered under the elder's palm and left him badly injured.
• Lin Bai urged His Highness Prince Chen to escape and explained that Tianshui Sect and other forces had been summoned to break the World Sealing Formation.
• His Highness Prince Chen returned the Yellow Springs Demon Bone, explaining that the Zhao Xing Office had recovered it from the City Lord of Wu En City and that the Celestial Mystery Pavilion had reforged it.
• Lin Bai fused with the Yellow Springs Demon Bone and surged to the strength of a middle-grade Great Purity Dao Fruit expert.
• The black-robed old man recognized the Demon Bone and lunged for it, but Lin Bai's sword slash severed one of his fingers.

Lin Bai used the Yellow Springs Demon Bone to fight the old man in black while Prince Chen’s allies battled the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace warriors. The old man drove Lin Bai back and unleashed the World Extinction Demon Flame as the battle continued.

• Lin Bai activated the Yellow Springs Demon Bone and fought the old man in black, and their clashes shattered Clearwater Bay island.
• Chen Yule, Yi Song, and Huang Qingyun followed Lin Bai’s sword intent toward the battle, recognizing that he was wielding Great Purity Dao Fruit power.
• The old man in black ordered the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace warriors to kill Prince Chen, but Chen Yule, Yi Song, and Huang Qingyun protected him and routed the attackers.
• A woman among the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace remnants retreated after seeing Prince Chen’s defenders overpower her allies.
• The old man in black struck Lin Bai back and unleashed the Dao Art World Extinction Demon Flame.

Lin Bai fought the black-robed elder until a crow interrupted their battle, and the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace forces retreated after the World Sealing Formation was breached. With Clearwater Bay restored, Lin Bai explained the attack to the Tianshui Sect and Prince Chen, who thanked him for saving his life.

• The black-robed elder unleashed the World Extinction Demon Flame, but Lin Bai struck him with One Sword Slays Immortals before a fire dragon gravely wounded Lin Bai.
• As the black-robed elder moved to kill Lin Bai, a crow arrived and called him its son, prompting the elder to mistake the bird for the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace's Holy Ancestor.
• A woman from the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace warned that the Tianshui Sect had breached the World Sealing Formation, so the black-robed elder and the woman fled into the mist.
• The World Sealing Formation vanished, and Lin Bai told the arriving Tianshui Sect elders and other leaders that the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace remnants had attacked Prince Chen and the Cloud Heaven Sword Sect.
• Prince Chen said the Tianshui Sect was not to blame and thanked Lin Bai for saving him.

After recovering from the Yellow Springs Demon Bone's backlash, Lin Bai learned that the Tianshui Sect had swept the Water Mirror Sea for the missing Nine Underworlds Demon Palace remnants without finding them. He suspected the remnants had never left the sect and were hiding in plain sight.

• The Tianshui Sect sealed the Water Mirror Sea and searched for the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace remnants, who disappeared after fleeing Clearwater Bay.
• Lin Bai suffered a painful backlash after fusing with the Yellow Springs Demon Bone, and Qiao Mo and Qin Yao helped him return to Bright Moon Island to recover.
• Over half a month, the Tianshui Sect and allied forces destroyed the Three Great Pirates, eliminated seven Storm City clans, and suppressed demon clans while failing to find the remnants.
• After recovering, Lin Bai listened as Bai Yifei recounted the search and the sect's actions.
• Lin Bai suggested that the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace remnants might still be hiding within the Tianshui Sect, possibly aided by an informant.

Lin Bai and the others discussed how difficult it would be to find the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace remnants among the Tianshui Sect and its guests, while growing pressure mounted to lift the Water Mirror Sea blockade. Later, Lin Bai questioned the crow about its lost memories and the title of Sacred Ancestor, but the crow admitted it had no interest in recovering them.

• Lin Bai asked whether the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace remnants or their spies could be hiding in the Tianshui Sect or among its guests, and Yi Song explained that investigating them would be difficult and politically risky.
• Yi Song and Bai Yifei said that guests were growing dissatisfied with the Water Mirror Sea blockade and that the Tianshui Sect might have to let them leave within half a month.
• After the gathering dispersed, Lin Bai stayed on Bright Moon Island and asked the crow why a Grand Yi Elder had called it the Sacred Ancestor and whether it could recover its memories.
• The crow joked that eating immortal jade could restore its memories, tricking Lin Bai into biting one before explaining that only it could digest immortal jade.
• Lin Bai learned that the crow had immortal jade in its Storage Bag but refused to use it because it did not want to recover its memories.

Lin Bai learned from the Raven that a suspicious black-clothed old man and two siblings had arrived with the White Bone Sect, then brought Qin Yao, Qiao Mo, and Yi Gu to the Overturned Water Hall to report his lead. The chapter left Lin Bai asking the sect elders whether the White Bone Sect belonged to the Twenty-Seven Sects of Chu.

• The Raven refused to recover his memories, and Lin Bai realized he was too stingy to spend immortal jades on it.
• Lin Bai offered to cancel his debt to the Raven in exchange for helping him recover his memories, and asked the Raven to return his bones to Kunxu of Dongzhou if the Giant God Race killed him.
• The Raven agreed to the deal and revealed that a black-clothed old man and two siblings had come to the Tianshui Sect among the White Bone Sect's disciples.
• Lin Bai summoned Qin Yao, Qiao Mo, and Yi Gu and went to the Overturned Water Hall to meet Sect Master Chu Xi and the elders.
• After the elders said they had found no trace of the escaped Nine Underworlds Demon Palace remnants, Lin Bai asked whether the White Bone Sect was among the Twenty-Seven Sects of Chu.

Lin Bai suspected the White Bone Sect of harboring an informant for the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace and persuaded Chu Xi to order a search of its residence. The White Bone Sect refused to cooperate, and Lin Bai confronted its elders as Tianshui Sect prepared to force the issue.

• Lin Bai told the assembled martial artists that he recognized a possible Nine Underworlds Demon Palace informant among the White Bone Sect disciples.
• Elder Qin described the White Bone Sect as a weak sect whose disciples practiced the sinister White Bone Divine Art.
• Chu Xi ordered the Grand Elder, Fifth Elder, and Seventh Elder to search the White Bone Sect's residence on Azure Wave Island, and Lin Bai joined them.
• The Grand Elder told the White Bone Sect elders that Tianshui Sect had come to search for the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace remnants.
• A White Bone Sect elder accused Tianshui Sect of targeting the weaker sect and demanded that it search the Five Great Families and Seven Sects first.
• Lin Bai insisted that the White Bone Sect cooperate and warned that Tianshui Sect would search it regardless.

Lin Bai led Tianshui Sect’s search of White Bone Sect’s island despite its elders’ resistance. He found the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace remnants hiding in a palace, and the Fifth Elder attacked them.

• Lin Bai stopped the Goatee Old Man from summoning White Bone Sect’s disciples and ordered Tianshui Sect to search the island.
• Crow guided Lin Bai and the Fifth Elder to a palace where the White Bone Sect holy son and other disciples were gathered.
• Lin Bai noticed the disciples’ panic, warned the Fifth Elder to prepare for a fight, and charged toward the palace.
• Crow warned Lin Bai to dodge as a force burst from the palace, and the Fifth Elder shielded him from the impact.
• The palace collapsed, revealing the black-robed old man, the woman, and remnants of the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace, and the Fifth Elder charged at the black-robed old man.

Lin Bai and the Tianshui Sect’s allies fought the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace on Azure Wave Island, where the attackers were overwhelmed and captured. The chapter left the woman surrounded by four Holy Sons and terrified of being sent to the Zhao Xing Office.

• The Fifth Elder confronted the black-robed old man, and Lin Bai urged him to hold out until reinforcements arrived.
• More than twenty Great Purity Dao Fruit cultivators arrived, and Elder Qin recognized the black-robed old man as the one who had attacked the Cloud Heaven Sword Sect and joined the fight.
• The black-robed old man ordered the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s cultivators to flee, but Lin Bai wounded them with his flying swords, and the Grand Elder ordered their capture.
• Lin Bai struck the fleeing woman, whose Dragon Phoenix Jade Pendant carried her away, but Chen Yule, Yi Song, and Huang Qingyun joined Lin Bai to surround her.
• Lin Bai ordered the woman captured and sent to the Zhao Xing Office, and she panicked and begged the elder to save her.

Lin Bai, Chen Yule, and the Tianshui Sect’s allies overwhelmed the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace warriors, while the black-robed old man tried to kill Young Master Blood Spirit to keep the Devil Palace’s plan secret. Lin Bai’s flying swords stopped him, and five Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm experts surrounded him.

• Lin Bai’s flying swords killed the fleeing Nine Underworlds Demon Palace warriors as he and other martial artists trapped the woman.
• The black-robed old man broke away from Elder Qin and the Fifth Elder and charged toward the woman, but Lin Bai and Chen Yule wounded him with their sword intents.
• The black-robed old man broke their attacks and reached the woman, explaining that the Tianshui Sect’s reinforcements had sealed off every escape route.
• The black-robed old man revealed that he intended to kill Young Master Blood Spirit rather than let her fall into the Zhao Xing Office’s Inferno and expose the Devil Palace’s grand plan.
• Lin Bai’s four flying swords struck the black-robed old man and made his attack miss Young Master Blood Spirit.
• Elder Qin, the Fifth Elder, and elders from the Chen Family, Sacred Lotus Palace, and Celestial Immortal Sect surrounded the black-robed old man.

Lin Bai and the others subdued a wounded woman while five Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm elders cornered the black-robed elder. The elder revealed that Liu Mian had willingly joined the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace, then self-detonated, leaving the rescuing elders injured and the region around Azure Wave Island devastated.

• Lin Bai rescued the wounded woman from the black-robed elder, and Huang Qingyun asked whether they should kill her before Lin Bai said she was still useful.
• The Fifth Elder and four other powerhouses surrounded the black-robed elder and demanded that he surrender.
• The black-robed elder told Elder Qin that Liu Mian had chosen to join the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace and had already left the Water Mirror Sea.
• The black-robed elder declared that he had never intended to leave alive and began self-detonating his Dao Fruit.
• The Fifth Elder carried Lin Bai to safety while the other elders evacuated their allies, and the blast razed the land around Azure Wave Island and wounded the elders who shielded them.

After the Azure Wave Island explosion, the Tianshui Sect captured three survivors from the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace and handed them over to Prince Chen, strengthening his position. The Third Prince responded by ordering the Heaven and Earth Gate to kill Lin Bai at their upcoming competition with the Tianshui Sect.

• The Tianshui Sect confirmed that the black-robed old man's self-detonation had killed everyone on Azure Wave Island except two White Bone Sect elders and a woman, whom its elders had captured.
• Lin Bai thanked the wounded Fifth Elder for saving him, while the Grand Elder said the three captives would provide Prince Chen with an explanation for the assassination attempt.
• After seven days of searching the sect for further remnants of the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace, the Tianshui Sect lifted its restrictions over the Water Mirror Sea.
• The Third Prince learned that the Tianshui Sect had refused to hand the captives over to him and realized Prince Chen could gain influence from their capture.
• The Third Prince ordered the Heaven and Earth Gate to kill Lin Bai during its debate and martial competition with the Tianshui Sect one month later.

Prince Chen reflected on the State of Chu’s approaching upheaval before Chu Xi told him to take three captured Nine Underworlds Demon Palace members when he left. Meanwhile, Lin Bai’s friends warned him that Heaven and Earth Gate had set a deadly trap for him, though he remained committed to attending its martial contest and Dao discussion.

• Prince Chen told the silent Di Wuyan that he feared a great upheaval was coming to the State of Chu and recalled their shared past.
• Chu Xi reported that Tianshui Sect had captured two White Bone Sect elders and Young Master Blood Spirit, and said Prince Chen could take them when he left.
• Prince Chen told Di Wuyan he planned to leave the next day and asked if he would see him off, but Di Wuyan remained silent.
• Lin Bai’s visitors said they were leaving Tianshui Sect and reminded him that Heaven and Earth Gate’s contest and Dao discussion was little over two months away.
• Chen Yule, Yi Song, and the others warned Lin Bai that Heaven and Earth Gate intended to kill him, citing Li Lingtian’s death there, but Lin Bai questioned whether he should withdraw after agreeing to go.

Lin Bai reassured his friends that he would accept the Heaven and Earth Gate’s challenge, explaining that the Tianshui Sect needed a victory to break its long-standing blockade and restore its disciples’ confidence. After drinking together until dawn, he said farewell to his friends and prepared to see Prince Chen off.

• Chen Yule, Huang Qingyun, Yi Song, and Shui Mo Dan warned Lin Bai that the Heaven and Earth Gate might kill him, but Lin Bai insisted he would return safely.
• Lin Bai explained that defeating the Heaven and Earth Gate was crucial to inspiring the Tianshui Sect and proving it had risen again.
• Chen Yule promised to host a victory banquet if Lin Bai returned, and the group drank and talked together until dawn.
• Lin Bai saw his friends off from Bright Moon Island and agreed to bring Shui Mo Dan spirit fruits from the Tianshui Sect.
• Lin Bai said he would represent the Tianshui Sect in seeing Prince Chen off, then bid his friends farewell.

Lin Bai saw off the guests from his Saint Son succession ceremony and spoke privately with Prince Chen about the Tianshui Sect’s support. Before Prince Chen departed for the imperial capital, Lin Bai explained why he had no choice but to accept the Heaven and Earth Gate’s Dao debate challenge.

• Lin Bai saw Chen Yule, Huang Qingyun, Yi Song, and Shui Mo Dan depart, then greeted two Kushan Sect monks, including Di Wuyan, as they crossed the Water Mirror Sea on foot.
• Prince Chen arrived with Tianshui Sect elders, and he and Lin Bai stepped aside to speak privately.
• Prince Chen confirmed that he understood and accepted the Tianshui Sect’s intentions, promising not to mistreat the sect if his great undertaking succeeded.
• Lin Bai offered to have the Second Elder and Third Elder accompany Prince Chen to the imperial capital, and Prince Chen welcomed their help.
• Prince Chen warned Lin Bai that the Heaven and Earth Gate’s Dao debate challenge was almost certainly deadly, and Lin Bai said he had no choice but to accept without bringing shame on the Tianshui Sect.

After Prince Chen returned to the imperial capital, Zhao Xing Office annihilated White Bone Sect in retaliation for the attack on him. Tianshui Sect then gathered to plan its heavily guarded delegation to Heaven and Earth Gate for the Dao debate martial competition.

• Prince Chen left Tianshui Sect with the Second Elder, the Third Elder, two White Bone Sect martial artists, and a woman from the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace.
• Emperor Chu sent the two White Bone Sect martial artists and the woman to Zhao Xing Office for interrogation, while Zhao Xing Office destroyed White Bone Sect and its dependent territories.
• Lin Bai and his companions learned of White Bone Sect's destruction, and Lin Bai received a summons to Overturned Water Hall.
• The Grand Elder announced that Lin Bai would lead fifteen Tianshui Sect disciples to Heaven and Earth Gate, with eight elders assigned to protect them and additional Dao God Realm martial artists prepared to support them.

Lin Bai challenged the Tianshui Sect’s plan to send fifteen disciples and eight Elders to Heaven and Earth Gate, warning that they could all be killed. He proposed going alone, but the Grand Elder firmly refused to let him go by himself.

• Bai Yifei, Li Juenian, Zhou Xinjin, Elder Liang, Li Yuanzong, and others agreed to attend the debate and martial competition at Heaven and Earth Gate.
• Lin Bai objected to the Grand Elder’s arrangements and warned that Heaven and Earth Gate could kill the entire delegation, devastating Tianshui Sect.
• Lin Bai proposed that he go alone as the Holy Son to represent Tianshui Sect and spare its other elite disciples and Elders from the danger.
• Lin Bai recommended Bai Yifei as a possible next Holy Son if he died, leaving Bai Yifei shocked and humbled.
• The Grand Elder refused to let Lin Bai go alone, saying Tianshui Sect would rather risk losing face than send him into danger without the others.