Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai returned to Storm City and found the Qin Family had taken control of its defenses and rallied the city's families against the Zhao Family. He met the Qin Family Head in secret and asked to be taken to the Formation Eye, warning him to beware of spies among his new allies.

• Lin Bai and his companions reached Storm City and entered after the city guards recognized him.
• A Qin Family martial artist told Lin Bai that the Qin Family had exposed the Zhao Family's betrayal and gathered support from more than three thousand Dao God Realm martial artists.
• Lin Bai, Qin Yao, Bai Yifei, and Qiao Mo discussed how the Qin Family had risen to power as the Zhao Family lost influence.
• Lin Bai secretly met the Qin Family Head and said he would stay in Storm City and needed access to the Underground Palace and Formation Eye.
• Lin Bai warned the Qin Family Head that spies from the Zhao Family or Heaven and Earth Gate might be among the gathered martial artists.

Lin Bai and the Tianshui Sect disciples guarded the World Sealing Formation’s Formation Eye in Storm City’s Underground Palace while Qin Family Head prepared to attack the Zhao Family. After half a month without news from outside, Crow returned to Lin Bai in the darkness.

• Qin Family Head told Lin Bai he had concealed the Heaven and Earth Gate’s invasion from Storm City’s martial artists, then left to organize a counterattack against the Zhao Family.
• Lin Bai assigned Ye Guqing and Ye Guyu to inspect and strengthen the Underground Palace’s guarding formations, while the others rested and prepared for a possible attack.
• Bai Yifei asked Lin Bai to alert him if he encountered Li Yuanzong so he could kill his master’s traitorous former disciple himself.
• Lin Bai considered three possible outcomes of the crisis: the Tianshui Sect elders defeating the Heaven and Earth Gate, the invaders retreating, or the enemy attacking the Formation Eye.
• Half a month passed as the World Sealing Formation entered its second stage and voice-transmitting artifacts stopped working; Crow then returned to Lin Bai in the Underground Palace.

Lin Bai learned that the Heaven and Earth Gate had sent a massive force, including ancient ancestors in coffins, toward the Water Mirror Sea. After Crow left to warn the Tianshui Sect, Storm City began to shake violently.

• Crow reported that the Heaven and Earth Gate had attacked the Water Mirror Sea's formations but had failed to find any genuine Formation Eyes.
• Crow told Lin Bai that the Heaven and Earth Gate had arrived with over a thousand warships, more than a hundred Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm experts, Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm experts, and a dozen coffins.
• Lin Bai agreed with Bai Yifei that the sect needed warning, then asked Crow to inform Elder Li Zai'en and the Sect Master.
• Lin Bai promised Crow he could loot the Zhao Family treasury, and Crow immediately left to deliver the warning.
• Storm City began shaking violently while Lin Bai and the others were in the underground palace.

Wu Xiu and the Zhao Lineage broke Storm City's City Protection Formation, allowing the defecting elders to invade the city. Wu Xiu reached the Underground Palace and entered, where Lin Bai sensed his arrival.

• Wu Xiu, Qi Kun, and Li Yuanzong demanded that the Qin Family Head open Storm City's formation, but he refused after Lin Bai warned him they were traitors.
• Wu Xiu used a Formation Breaking Pearl while the Zhao Lineage joined his attack, and the Qin Family Head struck back with the City Protection Token.
• The City Protection Formation shattered after an hour, and Wu Xiu, Qi Kun, and their forces entered Storm City.
• Bao Qi confronted the invaders, but Qi Kun stayed to fight him while Wu Xiu went to find the formation's eye.
• Wu Xiu reached the Underground Palace, tore through its entrance formation, and entered as Lin Bai sensed him approaching.

Lin Bai and his companions confronted Wu Xiu and Li Yuanzong at the Underground Palace’s Formation Eye as the Tianshui Sect’s traitor revealed his motives. Li Yuanzong wounded Bai Yifei after pretending to accept his offer to return, and the two sides prepared to fight.

• Wu Xiu entered the Underground Palace with Li Yuanzong and dozens of martial artists after the surrounding formations shattered, and Lin Bai stepped out to face them.
• Bai Yifei and Zhou Xinjin confronted Li Yuanzong, who admitted helping steal the Black Tortoise Formation diagram and said he had betrayed the Tianshui Sect to gain the position of Holy Son.
• Bai Yifei argued that their master had withheld support to protect Li Yuanzong from a dangerous position, and Li Yuanzong briefly seemed to regret his betrayal.
• Li Yuanzong pretended to accept Bai Yifei’s offer to return, then stabbed him in the abdomen and revealed that he had helped kill Mu Huaqing.
• Bai Yifei struck Li Yuanzong’s shoulder and condemned him, while Li Yuanzong insisted that the Tianshui Sect was destined to fall.

Bai Yifei pursued Li Yuanzong to avenge his master, while Lin Bai drew Wu Xiu away from the World Sealing Formation’s Formation Eye to keep him from interfering. Wu Xiu chose to pursue Lin Bai for his son's murder, and the two faced a life-and-death battle at sea beyond Storm City.

• Bai Yifei, despite being wounded by Li Yuanzong, charged after him to clear his master's name, while Lin Bai predicted Bai Yifei would win easily.
• Wu Xiu revealed his grudge over his son's death and attacked Lin Bai, who countered with his sword formation and Five Elements Dao Body before luring Wu Xiu away from the Formation Eye.
• Lin Bai urged Wu Xiu to avenge his son, enraging him into abandoning the Formation Eye and pursuing Lin Bai outside the Underground Palace.
• Qiao Mo, Zhou Xinjin, and the others killed the Dao God Realm martial artists accompanying Wu Xiu and Li Yuanzong, while Storm City continued to be ravaged by battles between its factions.
• Lin Bai fled out over the sea, but Wu Xiu blocked his path with a giant palm that shattered space, leaving Lin Bai with no choice but to fight.

Lin Bai fought Wu Xiu while still badly injured and trapped him inside the Heaven Swallowing Domain, where he nearly crushed Wu Xiu with Devouring Power. Wu Xiu escaped by unleashing a Talisman Treasure that split the domain, and he then attacked Lin Bai again with its sword form.

• Wu Xiu overwhelmed the injured Lin Bai with his Great Purity Dao Fruit and battered him with a powerful punch.
• Lin Bai opened the Heaven Swallowing Domain, where his attacks and control over the space weakened Wu Xiu and trapped him in a giant palm.
• Wu Xiu used the Grand Yi Talisman Treasure, Azure Origin Sword, to break the palm and cleave apart Lin Bai's Dao Domain.
• Lin Bai asked about the talisman, and Wu Xiu identified it as an Innate Dao Sect Talisman Treasure before transforming it into a sword and striking at Lin Bai again.

Lin Bai used the Profound Yellow Talisman to counter Wu Xiu’s Grand Yi Talisman Treasure and poured his spiritual power, pills, vital blood, and Soul Power into it to unleash a deadly lightning strike. He killed Wu Xiu but collapsed on the sea, nearly drained of life.

• Wu Xiu’s Grand Yi Talisman Treasure transformed into a sword and trapped Lin Bai, who answered with the Profound Yellow Talisman.
• The golden lightning from Lin Bai’s talisman knocked Wu Xiu’s sword away, and both talismans returned to their owners.
• Wu Xiu attacked again and taunted Lin Bai, while Lin Bai realized he could not afford to let the fight drag on.
• Lin Bai overcharged the Profound Yellow Talisman with his spiritual power and pills until it began consuming his vital blood and Soul Power.
• Lin Bai unleashed a mountain-sized bolt of golden lightning that blasted away Wu Xiu’s sword and turned Wu Xiu’s body and soul to ashes.
• Lin Bai collapsed onto the sea and coughed up blood after the talisman nearly drained him dry.

Lin Bai recovered, claimed Wu Xiu’s Grand Yi Talisman Treasure, and took the treasures and twenty thousand immortal jades from Wu Xiu’s Storage Bag before returning to Storm City. There, Bai Yifei defeated Li Yuanzong after finally resolving to kill his former brother and cleanse the sect of its traitor.

• Lin Bai examined the cracked Profound Yellow Talisman, then searched the seabed and claimed Wu Xiu’s Grand Yi Talisman Treasure and Storage Bag.
• Lin Bai imprinted the talisman treasure as his own and found twenty thousand immortal jades and other valuables in Wu Xiu’s Storage Bag.
• Lin Bai flew toward Storm City, wondering how the battles there had ended.
• Bai Yifei shattered Li Yuanzong’s sword attack and struck him down with a single punch after deciding Li Yuanzong would not turn back.

Bai Yifei killed Li Yuanzong after his former brother refused to return to the Tianshui Sect, then joined Lin Bai back in Storm City. Lin Bai entered the fight against Qi Kun alongside Bao Qi, aiming to restrain him so Bao Qi could deliver the killing blow.

• Li Yuanzong pleaded for his life, but Bai Yifei killed him and burned his body to ashes.
• Lin Bai arrived and urged Bai Yifei to put aside his grief and return to the battle in Storm City.
• Bai Yifei headed for the Qin family's Underground Palace to protect the Formation Eye while Lin Bai went to help Bao Qi fight Qi Kun.
• Qi Kun questioned Lin Bai about Wu Xiu, and Lin Bai calmly said that Wu Xiu was dead.
• Lin Bai and Bao Qi agreed that Lin Bai would restrain Qi Kun while Bao Qi prepared a Dao Art to kill him.
• Lin Bai attacked Qi Kun with his Azure Lotus Sword Intent, sending an enormous azure sword shadow toward him.

Lin Bai and Bao Qi fought Qi Kun, a spy within Tianshui Sect, and Bao Qi crippled him with Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Sea. As Lin Bai ordered Qi Kun’s execution, Black Demon Flame appeared on the Water Mirror Sea’s World Sealing Formation, alarming Bao Qi.

• Lin Bai wounded Qi Kun and drew his attention while Bao Qi prepared Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Sea.
• Bao Qi’s sword art overwhelmed Qi Kun, shattered his meridians, bones, and Dao Fruit, and left him barely alive.
• Bao Qi questioned Qi Kun about other Heaven and Earth Gate spies, but Qi Kun threatened Tianshui Sect’s disciples and refused to help.
• Lin Bai ordered Bao Qi to kill Qi Kun, then Black Demon Flame appeared atop the World Sealing Formation.
• Bao Qi explained that the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s Black Demon Flame could burn through gaps and had once killed hundreds of Grand Luo Dao Fruit realm experts.

Lin Bai learned that Heaven and Earth Gate was using Black Demon Flame to burn through the Water Mirror Sea World Sealing Formation, forcing Tianshui Sect to prepare for a decisive battle. He left Storm City with his allies to return to the sect, while the Qin Lineage stayed behind to guard the Formation Eye.

• Bao Qi warned Lin Bai that the Black Demon Flame could destroy formations and would likely breach the Water Mirror Sea World Sealing Formation within a day.
• Lin Bai returned to the Qin Family Underground Palace, joined Bai Yifei, Qiao Mo, Qin Yao, and the others, and helped defeat the Hundred Victories Pavilion warriors after Qi Kun, Wu Xiu, and Li Yuanzong died.
• Lin Bai told his allies that Heaven and Earth Gate's assault meant they had to return to Tianshui Sect and prepare for a decisive battle, while the Ye Siblings and several Formation Daoists reinforced the Formation Eye's defenses.
• Lin Bai told the Qin Family Head that Tianshui Sect was confident and asked the Qin Lineage to guard Storm City's Formation Eye, concealing his doubts to keep the family from defecting.
• Lin Bai left Storm City with Qin Yao, Qiao Mo, and the others, leaving the Qin and Zhao Lineages' battle unresolved.

Lin Bai and the other Tianshui Sect disciples hurried back to Sea Heart Island after the Harbinger Bird summoned the sect to prepare for a crisis. As the Heaven and Earth Gate prepared to invade, its Master offered bounties for Tianshui Sect disciples and made Lin Bai a prime target.

• The Harbinger Bird flew across the Water Mirror Sea as Sect Master Chu Xi ordered all Tianshui Sect disciples to gather at Sea Heart Island and suspended the sect’s missions.
• Lin Bai, Bai Yifei, Qin Yao, and their companions set out for Tianshui Sect, joining disciples returning from across the Water Mirror Sea.
• Ma Qiuming learned that the Heaven and Earth Gate Master had used the Black Demon Flame and ordered the Heaven and Earth Gate forces in the Water Mirror Sea to gather at the Blackwater Archipelago.
• The Heaven and Earth Gate Master offered contribution points and immortal jades for killing Tianshui Sect disciples, including ten thousand immortal jades for Lin Bai.
• The Heaven and Earth Gate Master ordered Jade Slips listing Tianshui Sect targets to be sent into the sect’s mountain gate, offering attackers the choice to join the Heaven and Earth Gate or leave Tianshui Sect.

Lin Bai returned to Sea Heart Island as the Tianshui Sect prepared for war with the Heaven and Earth Gate, then joined the elders’ heated debate over how to respond. The arrival of Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm ancestor Zhang Bailiu silenced the hall, leaving the sect’s next move pending.

• Lin Bai returned from Storm City, sent Bai Yifei, Zhou Xinjin, and the others to treat their injuries, and went to meet Sect Master Chu Xi.
• Lin Bai entered Overturned Water Hall, where hundreds of Tianshui Sect elders debated the looming battle with the Heaven and Earth Gate.
• The elders split between those urging war and those hoping to make peace, while Chu Xi watched them argue and offered Lin Bai melon seeds.
• Zhang Bailiu entered the hall and suppressed the argument with his Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm aura.
• Chu Xi identified Zhang Bailiu to Lin Bai as one of the Tianshui Sect’s five Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm martial artists.

Zhang Bailiu revealed that Tianshui Sect had long prepared for an inevitable war with the Heaven and Earth Gate, then rallied the elders to defend the sect. He ordered them to assemble at Sea Heart Island and opened the sect’s Treasure Pavilion at half price as the enemy’s arrival drew near.

• Zhang Bailiu arrived at Overturned Water Hall and revealed himself as Sect Master Chu Xi’s master.
• Zhang Bailiu explained that Tianshui Sect had anticipated a conflict with the Heaven and Earth Gate and that the battle could no longer be avoided.
• The elders, including those from the Pacifist Faction, pledged to stay and fight for Tianshui Sect.
• Zhang Bailiu ordered the elders to assemble at Sea Heart Island, warning that the Heaven and Earth Gate could arrive within one to three days.
• Zhang Bailiu made the Treasure Pavilion’s goods available to sect members at half price and announced rewards for killing Heaven and Earth Gate warriors.

Lin Bai learned that Zhang Bailiu had approved his alliance with Prince Chen and that the Tianshui Sect would fight the Heaven and Earth Gate to the death. As the enemy army breached the World Sealing Formation, Fan Chun sent a message urging Tianshui Sect disciples to abandon Lin Bai or betray their fellow disciples.

• Zhang Bailiu told Lin Bai he did not blame him for provoking the Heaven and Earth Gate and revealed that he had directed Chu Xi to accept Lin Bai’s proposal.
• Lin Bai vowed to stand with the Tianshui Sect, then joined Qin Yao, Qiao Mo, and the others on Bright Moon Island as they prepared for war.
• Zhang Bailiu announced the Tianshui Sect’s decision to fight and offered its disciples supplies and rewards for killing Heaven and Earth Gate martial artists.
• After treating his injuries for a day, Lin Bai saw the Heaven and Earth Gate’s warships break through the World Sealing Formation and spread Jade Slips across the Water Mirror Sea.
• Lin Bai read Fan Chun’s message threatening those who stayed with the Tianshui Sect and offering a welcome to anyone who betrayed a fellow disciple.

Lin Bai arrived at Sea Heart Island as Tianshui Sect prepared its repaired defenses, only to face rumors blaming him for the crisis and calls to hand him over. He identified suspected Heaven and Earth Gate spies among the agitators and sent Bai Yifei to deal with them, while Li Juenian questioned whether Bai Yifei would truly have become Holy Son.

• Lin Bai reached Sea Heart Island, where the defensive array had been partially repaired and a million Tianshui Sect disciples had gathered.
• Outer disciples insulted Lin Bai and urged Tianshui Sect to surrender him after reading Jade Slips blaming him for the calamity.
• Qiao Mo brought Lin Bai healing pills and reassured him, while Yi Zien and the others joined him at the mountain gate.
• Lin Bai said spies were likely stirring up the disciples and pointed out more than three hundred suspected agitators.
• Bai Yifei led Zhou Xinjin, the Five Immortals of East Isle, and his followers to deal with the agitators without starting a fight.
• Yi Zien praised Bai Yifei's loyalty, but Li Juenian said he would not have submitted to Bai Yifei if Bai had become Holy Son.

Bai Yifei subdued troublemakers at Sea Heart Island as Tianshui Sect’s leaders gathered to face the Heaven and Earth Gate fleet. After the two sects exchanged accusations over years of bloodshed, the Heaven and Earth Gate Master ordered an attack on Tianshui Sect.

• Li Juenian argued that Bai Yifei lacked the strength to qualify as Tianshui Sect’s Sacred Son, and Lin Bai reflected on Bai Yifei’s understanding of the position.
• Bai Yifei took the troublemakers Lin Bai had identified into custody and restored order at Sea Heart Island’s mountain gate.
• The Grand Yi Elders, Sect Master Chu Xi, the Grand Elder, and Li Zai'en arrived above the mountain gate as the sea and sky grew turbulent.
• The Heaven and Earth Gate Master arrived with several thousand battleships and accused Lin Bai of killing its disciples.
• The Grand Elder answered by recounting the Heaven and Earth Gate’s past killings and mistreatment of Tianshui Sect disciples, stirring their anger.
• The Heaven and Earth Gate Master ordered his forces to attack, and its experts and disciples charged Tianshui Sect.

The Tianshui Sect and Heaven and Earth Gate began a massive battle across the Water Mirror Sea, while their Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm elders fought above the clouds. Lin Bai joined the fighting with his companions and killed a Heaven and Earth Gate warrior who tried to ambush him.

• The Heaven and Earth Gate and Tianshui Sect disciples clashed over the Water Mirror Sea as their Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm elders battled above the clouds.
• After more than one hundred thousand disciples had fallen, Li Juenian, Yi Zien, Bai Yifei, and Lin Bai led their companions into the battle.
• Lin Bai warned his companions to value survival, then flew toward the battlefield with Qin Yao, Qiao Mo, and the others.
• A Heaven and Earth Gate warrior ambushed Lin Bai, but Lin Bai dodged his sword strike and killed him with a kick before charging onward.

Lin Bai fought his way through the Water Mirror Sea battlefield as the Heaven and Earth Gate focused its attacks on him. He reached the central fighting line, where his sword formation rallied the Tianshui Sect, and the Heaven and Earth Gate Master ordered a greater force to kill him.

• Lin Bai killed the Heaven and Earth Gate attackers who ambushed him with lightning, arrows, and brute force, then slaughtered hundreds more who surrounded him.
• Qin Yao, Qiao Mo, Fang Yuanshu, and the Ye Siblings moved to support Lin Bai, but he told them to split up and protect themselves before charging away alone.
• Lin Bai fought through the pursuing Heaven and Earth Gate disciples and reached the fiercest part of the battlefield.
• Lin Bai unleashed the Heaven's Will Four Symbols Sword Formation, cutting down hundreds of enemies and helping the Tianshui Sect disciples stabilize their line and regain their fighting spirit.
• The Heaven and Earth Gate Master saw Lin Bai halt his army's advance and ordered hundreds of Dao God Peak martial artists to attack him, promising a heavy reward for his death.