Chapter Summaries

The Heaven and Earth Gate sent Elder Wan Yu, a Middle-Grade Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm martial artist, to kill Lin Bai on the battlefield. Lin Bai used the Yellow Springs Demon Bone to meet Wan Yu’s attack, but Wan Yu unleashed a seven-star Dao Art that threatened both Lin Bai and the Water Mirror Sea.

• The Heaven and Earth Gate Master ordered Wan Yu to bring back Lin Bai’s head after his fighters failed to stop Lin Bai.
• Wan Yu appeared on the battlefield and used a Gilded Bell to interrupt Lin Bai’s escape and injure him with its sound waves.
• Wan Yu attacked Lin Bai with a powerful punch, and Lin Bai activated the Yellow Springs Demon Bone and Five Elements Dao Body to counter it.
• Lin Bai’s punch forced Wan Yu back, but Lin Bai was injured while Wan Yu remained unharmed.
• Wan Yu recognized the Yellow Springs Demon Bone and cast the Seven Stars Po Jun Dao Art, sending seven meteors toward Lin Bai and the Water Mirror Sea.

Lin Bai shattered Wan Yu’s Seven Stars Po Jun meteor with the Grand Yi Talisman Treasure and severed Wan Yu’s arm, but exhausted all his spiritual power. The Heaven and Earth Gate Master then sent three Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm experts to kill Lin Bai.

• Wan Yu’s meteor bore down on Lin Bai while Qiao Mo and Qin Yao rushed to save him.
• Lin Bai used the Grand Yi Talisman Treasure to destroy the meteor and send the golden sword talisman at Wan Yu.
• Wan Yu blocked the talisman briefly but lost an arm before retreating, while Lin Bai’s spiritual power was drained.
• The Heaven and Earth Gate Master told Wan Yu not to blame himself and ordered Jiang Sun, Ling Que, and Chen Wuqin to bring back Lin Bai’s head.

After Lin Bai exhausted his power fighting Wan Yu, three Grand Yi Elders pursued him and nearly killed him before Zhang Bailiu intervened. Zhang Bailiu clashed with a Grand Luo Dao Fruit expert from Heaven and Earth Gate, and both left the Water Mirror Sea to fight elsewhere.

• Lin Bai retreated from the battlefield after using the Grand Yi Talisman Treasure, but Jiang Sun, Ling Que, and Chen Wuqin found him and gave chase.
• The three Grand Yi Elders struck Lin Bai down, breaking free the Yellow Springs Demon Bone and leaving him gravely wounded.
• Zhang Bailiu arrived, crushed the three elders' bodies, and seized their souls, but a Heaven and Earth Gate Grand Luo Dao Fruit expert shattered his grasp.
• Zhang Bailiu and the Gray-Robed Old Man exchanged a sword strike and a punch that shook the Water Mirror Sea, then agreed to continue their fight elsewhere.
• Zhang Bailiu told Lin Bai to return and heal before vanishing to pursue the Gray-Robed Old Man.

After recovering from his wounds, Lin Bai learned that the Qian Family was supplying Heaven and Earth Gate with enough resources to sustain a prolonged war, while Tianshui Sect risked running out of supplies. He resolved to tell the sect that striking Heaven and Earth Gate’s supply depot at the Black Water Sea Region might be their only chance, despite its Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm guard.

• Zhang Bailiu saved Lin Bai, who returned to Tianshui Sect, gathered healing pills, and recovered on Bright Moon Island.
• Crow returned and told Lin Bai that the Qian Family was transporting abundant pills, weapons, and other supplies to Heaven and Earth Gate.
• Crow explained that Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm experts guarded the supply caravans and that Heaven and Earth Gate stored the supplies in the Black Water Sea Region.
• Lin Bai concluded that Tianshui Sect might be defeated if the war dragged on and proposed destroying or seizing Heaven and Earth Gate’s supplies.
• Lin Bai set out to inform the sect, while the day’s fighting ended with about 150,000 Tianshui Sect disciples and 70,000 to 80,000 Heaven and Earth Gate disciples dead.
• On his way to Overturned Water Hall, Lin Bai saw Li Zai'en and several Great Purity Dao Fruit elders preparing the Water Mirror Sea’s defenses.

After Tianshui Sect suffered enormous losses in the first day of battle, Lin Bai proposed forcing Heaven and Earth Gate to withdraw by cutting off its supplies. He asked Sect Master Chu Xi how long Tianshui Sect’s own reserves could last, and she ordered the Grand Elder to answer.

• The Third Elder reported that Tianshui Sect had lost about 150,000 disciples and suffered roughly 400,000 wounded, while Heaven and Earth Gate had lost around 70,000 to 80,000.
• The elders debated whether to fight Heaven and Earth Gate directly or delay it until its forces withdrew, and Sect Master Chu Xi asked Lin Bai for a strategy.
• Lin Bai said Heaven and Earth Gate’s distant march made it vulnerable to supply shortages and proposed cutting off its material supplies in the Water Mirror Sea.
• Lin Bai declined to explain his information before the full assembly, so Sect Master Chu Xi dismissed the other elders and kept trusted confidants in Overturned Water Hall.
• Lin Bai asked how quickly Tianshui Sect was consuming pills and weapons, and Sect Master Chu Xi told the Grand Elder to disclose the sect’s wartime reserves.

Lin Bai learned that the Tianshui Sect had spent ninety million pills in one day but could sustain that rate for twenty days. He warned that the Heaven and Earth Gate was replenishing its supplies through the Qian family and proposed cutting off its supply route in the Water Mirror Sea.

• The Grand Elder told Lin Bai that the Tianshui Sect had stockpiled pills and divine weapons for ten thousand years in preparation for war.
• The Grand Elder reported that the sect had consumed about ninety million pills in the day's battle, including fifty million healing pills and thirty million offensive pills.
• The Grand Elder said the Tianshui Sect's pill reserves could last twenty days, prompting Lin Bai to recognize why some elders had favored delaying the fight.
• Lin Bai revealed that the Qian family was supplying the Heaven and Earth Gate with pills and divine weapons, and that the supplies were stored in the Black Water Sea Region.
• Lin Bai told the elders that cutting off the Heaven and Earth Gate's supply route would force it to withdraw within a few days.

Lin Bai reported the Heaven and Earth Gate’s supply base in the Black Water Sea Region, and the Tianshui Sect planned to repair its formation, investigate the region, and hold the front. As the battle resumed, Lin Bai concealed his identity to hunt enemy disciples for immortal jade rewards.

• Lin Bai told the Tianshui Sect elders that the Qian family was supplying the Heaven and Earth Gate through a guarded storehouse in the Black Water Sea Region, and suggested attacking it if the sect was driven to desperation.
• The Tianshui Sect decided to repair the Water Mirror Sea World Sealing Formation, secretly investigate the Black Water Sea Region, and continue defending the Water Mirror Sea.
• The Heaven and Earth Gate used spies to launch a surprise attack on Sea Heart Island, but Elder Li Zai'en and other elders’ reinforced defenses repelled it.
• The Tianshui Sect and the Heaven and Earth Gate resumed their fierce battle, with disciples returning from across the Chu Kingdom to join the fighting.
• Lin Bai disguised himself with a Rose Mask and hunted peak Dao God Realm opponents, targeting Liu Chuan for the five thousand immortal jade reward.

Lin Bai hunted Heaven and Earth Gate Core Disciples for Immortal Jade as the Tianshui Sect suffered mounting casualties in the war. The chapter ended with Qian Haiwei arriving to offer the sect a wide range of supplies and hired fighters in exchange for payment.

• Lin Bai searched the battlefield for Liu Chuan but failed to find him before the first day's fighting ended.
• The Grand Elder reported heavy casualties and told the sect that its supplies could sustain a hundred days of battle, though he privately disclosed reserves were far lower.
• On the third day, Lin Bai killed two Heaven and Earth Gate Core Disciples, earning ten thousand Immortal Jades.
• The Grand Elder reported that nearly four hundred thousand Tianshui Sect disciples had died in three days, while the Heaven and Earth Gate had lost nearly three hundred thousand.
• Li Zai'en announced that the Qian Family had sent a messenger, and Qian Haiwei offered to supply the Tianshui Sect with resources and hired forces.

Second Master of the Qian family offered to supply Tianshui Sect with pills, medicines, and Divine Weapons at a ten-percent discount, but the sect declined because its reserves could still last. The next morning, Lin Bai returned to battle and hunted Heaven and Earth Gate's Core Disciples.

• Second Master of the Qian family offered Tianshui Sect discounted supplies and said the Qian family could obtain anything for a reasonable price.
• Lin Bai asked whether Tianshui Sect could pay the Qian family to betray Heaven and Earth Gate, but Second Master said the time had not yet come.
• The Grand Elder declined to buy supplies, and Li Zai'en escorted Second Master of the Qian family away.
• On the fourth day of fighting, Lin Bai wore the Rose Mask and searched the battlefield for Heaven and Earth Gate's Core Disciples.
• Lin Bai regretted killing so many Heaven and Earth Gate martial artists during their competition and discourse on the Dao, since they might have become targets on the battlefield.

Lin Bai tracked Liu Chuan to an isolated island and discovered that the Heaven and Earth Gate had laid a trap there for him. He entered the island and was enclosed by its linked arrays, while the waiting disciples prepared to attack.

• Lin Bai found Liu Chuan on the battlefield and wounded him with a powerful sword strike, forcing Liu Chuan to flee.
• Lin Bai chased Liu Chuan to an island and used his Asura Dharma Eyes to discover its arrays and the Heaven and Earth Gate disciples hiding within.
• Lin Bai identified Liu Chuan, Murong Tian, Chen Lang, Zhang Xuanqi, and more than a dozen Core Disciples among the concealed group, then entered the island.
• Murong Tian and Chen Lang activated the island's arrays, trapping Lin Bai inside as they emerged and taunted him.

Lin Bai broke the Heaven and Earth Gate's trap on an isolated island and slaughtered the disciples who had lured him there. He returned to the battlefield to seek his next target, while the Heaven and Earth Gate's elders wondered whether the Rose Sword Cultivator was Lin Bai or Li Juenian.

• Lin Bai broke the formation surrounding the isolated island and revealed himself as the Tianshui Sect's Holy Son when he summoned his flying swords.
• Lin Bai killed Murong Tian, Chen Lang, Liu Chuan, and most of the Heaven and Earth Gate disciples who attacked him, then used his flying swords to kill those who fled.
• Lin Bai collected the disciples' Storage Bags, put on the Rose Mask, and flew toward the battlefield to search his scroll for another target.
• On the Heaven and Earth Gate flagship, the Master and elders discussed the Tianshui Sect's fierce resistance and the Rose Sword Cultivator's recent killings of their Core Disciples.
• A Heaven and Earth Gate elder asked whether the Rose Sword Cultivator was Li Juenian or Lin Bai.

The Heaven and Earth Gate learned that the Rose Sword Cultivator had killed Murong Tian, Chen Lang, Liu Chuan, and the others, then sent Elder Ge to deal with him. To break the stalemate, the Gate Master ordered a retreat and unleashed ten Demon Subduing Warships against the Tianshui Sect, leaving their disciples fleeing as the cannons fired.

• Heaven and Earth Gate Elders speculated that the Rose Sword Cultivator might be Lin Bai or Li Juenian, while the Gate Master ordered the threat eliminated.
• A warrior reported that the Soul Tablets of Murong Tian, Chen Lang, Liu Chuan, and the others had shattered, and Elder Ge volunteered to hunt the sword cultivator with his Star Shattering Formation Compass.
• The Heaven and Earth Gate Master ordered his disciples to retreat ten thousand miles and deployed the Demon Subduing Warships.
• Yi Zien warned the Tianshui Sect forces to beware of an ambush as ten warships advanced with Demon-Subduing Cannons.
• Yi Zien, Li Juenian, Qiao Mo, Qin Yao, and other Tianshui Sect disciples fled as the warships fired their cannons at the sect.

The Heaven and Earth Gate used its Demon Subduing Warships to devastate the Tianshui Sect and seize ten thousand miles of territory. As Lin Bai headed back toward the sect, Elder Ge trapped him in a thunder formation and moved to kill him and uncover his identity.

• The Heaven and Earth Gate's Demon Subduing Warships annihilated Tianshui Sect forces, forcing them to retreat and costing the sect nearly fifty thousand martial artists.
• The Heaven and Earth Gate Master ordered his disciples to seize the abandoned positions, replace the Tianshui Sect's formations, and hold the captured territory.
• Lin Bai witnessed the warships' bombardment and realized how terrifying their power was.
• Elder Ge appeared before Lin Bai and demanded that he remove his Rose Mask, but Lin Bai refused and tried to flee.
• Elder Ge trapped Lin Bai in a formation that transformed into a cage of blue lightning.

Lin Bai escaped Elder Ge’s Profound Realm Compass, revealed his identity as the Tianshui Sect Saint, and fought back with his flying swords. Elder Ge then activated the Star Shattering Formation, trapping Lin Bai beneath crushing gravity as a giant hand reached to destroy him.

• Elder Ge used the Profound Realm Compass to trap Lin Bai in shifting formations of thunder, flames, and ice, then summoned three elemental swords to kill him.
• Lin Bai unleashed a flying sword with the Devouring Heaven Dao Method, tore open the formation, and cracked Elder Ge’s compass.
• Elder Ge recognized Lin Bai as the Tianshui Sect Saint, and Lin Bai removed his mask and revealed his identity.
• Lin Bai attacked Elder Ge with the Heaven's Will Four Symbols Sword Formation and forced him into a retreat.
• Elder Ge activated the Star Shattering Formation, pinning Lin Bai beneath immense gravity as a huge hand emerged from the void.

Lin Bai escaped Elder Ge’s formations and killed him with the Grand Yi Talisman Treasure, but the battle exposed the vast gap between the Dao God Realm and the Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm. At the Overturned Water Hall, the Tianshui Sect’s elders discussed the Demon Subduing Warship and the growing losses, while Lin Bai warned that the disciples might soon flee rather than keep fighting.

• Lin Bai broke free of Elder Ge’s Star Shattering Formation and used his sword formations to shatter Elder Ge’s defensive barrier.
• Lin Bai killed Elder Ge with the Grand Yi Talisman Treasure, took his Storage Bag and Star Shattering Compass, and reflected on how difficult it would be to reach the Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm.
• Lin Bai learned that the Heaven and Earth Gate’s Demon Subduing Warship had been created by the Celestial Mystery Pavilion and used by the Chu Kingdom against the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace.
• At the Overturned Water Hall, Grand Elder reported that around three hundred thousand Tianshui Sect disciples had died that day and nearly five hundred thousand had fallen in total.
• Lin Bai warned Sect Master Chu Xi and the elders that mounting casualties could frighten the remaining disciples into abandoning the battlefield or fleeing.

With the Tianshui Sect suffering catastrophic losses against the Heaven and Earth Gate, Lin Bai urged the elders to raid the enemy’s supply base in the Black Water Sea Region. The chapter ended with Li Zai'en and several elders agreeing to join the dangerous mission.

• Lin Bai warned that the Tianshui Sect faced destruction if its losses continued, and Chu Xi asked the elders for a plan.
• Lin Bai proposed a surprise attack on the Black Water Sea Region to seize or destroy the Heaven and Earth Gate’s supplies.
• The Grand Elder rejected the raid as too dangerous, citing a Grand Luo Dao Fruit realm guard and the likelihood that enemy forces would return to defend the base.
• Lin Bai argued that delay would doom the Tianshui Sect and that the raid was its only chance to turn the war around.
• Li Zai'en and several other elders agreed with Lin Bai and volunteered to undertake the raid.

Lin Bai persuaded Tianshui Sect’s elders to risk raiding the Black Water Sea Region, arguing that surrendering to Heaven and Earth Gate would only lead to their deaths. The sect’s hidden ancestor approved the raid but insisted that it needed a rigorous plan, and Lin Bai said they first had to draw away the Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm guardian.

• Lin Bai argued that destroying the Black Water Sea Region could cripple Heaven and Earth Gate’s supply base and reverse Tianshui Sect’s decline.
• Lin Bai warned the elders that Heaven and Earth Gate would eventually eliminate them even if they surrendered, winning the support of more than half the elders.
• Lin Bai told Sect Master Chu Xi that the raid required the sect’s Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm martial artist to lure away the guardian stationed in the Black Water Sea Region.
• Lin Bai recognized that an ancestor was speaking through Chu Xi and asked the ancestor whether he approved of the raid.
• The ancestor revealed that he had investigated the Black Water Sea Region, agreed with Lin Bai’s proposal, and urged him to develop a rigorous plan.

Lin Bai agreed to devise a plan against the Black Water Sea Region and persuaded the crow to investigate the Heaven and Earth Gate’s forces and defenses there. The crow flew off to gather information while Lin Bai studied a map and began planning.

• Lin Bai accepted the task of devising a plan to attack the Black Water Sea Region after a powerful Tianshui Sect figure promised him great merit.
• Lin Bai asked the crow to investigate the Heaven and Earth Gate’s forces, formations, and reinforcements in the Black Water Sea Region, but the crow demanded a Green Jade Fragment.
• Lin Bai refused the crow’s demand and provoked him by suggesting he was afraid to return to the Black Water Sea Region.
• The crow accepted Lin Bai’s challenge and flew from Bright Moon Island to investigate.
• Lin Bai took out a map of the Water Mirror Sea and began planning, confident that the crow could handle the danger.

After nine days of battle left the Tianshui Sect badly depleted, Lin Bai learned that the Heaven and Earth Gate had heavily fortified its Black Water Sea Region stronghold. He devised a plan to attack it and summoned Chu Xi and the elders, who admitted their only strategy was to hold out until the enemy ran out of resources.

• The Tianshui Sect lost roughly 900,000 disciples during nine days of fighting at the Water Mirror Sea.
• Lin Bai reunited with the crow, which reported that the Black Water Sea Region held 100,000 Heaven and Earth Gate disciples, twelve Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm experts, and two Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm experts.
• The crow revealed that the Heaven and Earth Gate had completed an Eight Vajra Demon Subduing Formation around the Black Water Sea Region.
• Lin Bai planned a raid to destroy the stronghold's resources, assigning Tianshui Sect experts to hold off the enemy's powerful fighters while the raiders escaped.
• Lin Bai summoned Chu Xi, Li Zaien, the Grand Elder, and senior elders, and Chu Xi said their only plan was to hold out until the Heaven and Earth Gate exhausted its resources.

Lin Bai explained that the Tianshui Sect could win its war with the Heaven and Earth Gate only by raiding the Black Water Sea Region and cutting off its supply chain. Ancestor Pan Qing agreed to hear Lin Bai’s plan, leaving the sect’s response dependent on how much force it would commit.

• Lin Bai asked Chu Xi to summon someone with authority to decide the Tianshui Sect’s strategy, and Ancestor Pan Qing appeared in the Overturned Water Hall.
• Lin Bai explained that the Heaven and Earth Gate relied on supplies from the Qian Lineage, which were stored in the Black Water Sea Region.
• Lin Bai revealed that the Black Water Sea Region was protected by the Eight Vajra Demon Subduing Formation, one hundred thousand disciples, twelve Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm elders, and two Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm ancestors.
• Lin Bai said the sect would have only one hour to raid the region before the Heaven and Earth Gate’s frontline forces could reinforce it.
• Pan Qing asked Lin Bai to explain his plan in detail.