Chapter Summaries

The Heaven and Earth Gate reinforced the battle after the Tianshui Sect broke its Demon-Subduing Formation, turning the clash into a decisive contest between their strongest martial artists. As Pan Qing began to falter against two Grand Luo opponents, Duan Feng emerged from the Tianshui Sect’s forbidden ground as its fifth Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm expert.

• Shen Chunfeng led Tianshui Sect reinforcements in a surprise attack that killed more than thirty Heaven and Earth Gate Grand Yi martial artists, prompting the Gate Master to send Tang Yan, Zhao Beifeng, Long Shanhe, and over fifty Grand Yi fighters into battle.
• Tang Yan attacked Shen Chunfeng, who countered with a sword strike that wounded him, while Long Shanhe and Zhao Beifeng joined forces against Pan Qing.
• Lin Bai urged Zhang Bailiu to withdraw ordinary and Dao God Realm fighters, and both sects ordered their disciples to retreat a hundred thousand li.
• Shen Chunfeng and Tang Yan continued fighting without a victor, while Pan Qing struggled against Long Shanhe and Zhao Beifeng.
• Duan Feng stepped out of the Tianshui Sect’s forbidden ground and joined Zhang Bailiu as the sect’s fifth Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm expert.

Old Ancestor Duan Feng emerged from seclusion to defend Tianshui Sect, despite his dwindling lifespan and strength. He confronted Zhao Beifeng, who sought revenge for an old defeat, and crushed one of Zhao Beifeng’s arms with a single punch.

• Duan Feng came out of seclusion and told Zhang Bailiu he would fight to protect Tianshui Sect, even if it cost him his remaining life.
• Zhang Bailiu told Lin Bai that Duan Feng had once killed seventy-two ancient Ferocious Beasts and later wounded three Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm experts while avenging his disciple Li Lingtian.
• Duan Feng entered the battlefield as Zhao Beifeng told Long Shanhe he would handle him, while Long Shanhe dealt with Pan Qing.
• Zhao Beifeng taunted Duan Feng and attacked, hoping to avenge the arm Duan Feng had broken five thousand years earlier.
• Duan Feng met Zhao Beifeng’s punch with his own and blasted one of Zhao Beifeng’s arms into a pulp.

Duan Feng fought off the Heaven and Earth Gate’s attack on the Tianshui Sect, but after three Grand Luo experts overwhelmed him, he burned his Dao Fruit and summoned a Grand Yi Divine Weapon. With only an hour or two left to live, he prepared to take his enemies down with him.

• Duan Feng shattered Zhao Beifeng’s arm and half his body with two punches, forcing him to retreat to the Heaven and Earth Gate flagship.
• The Heaven and Earth Gate Master sent three Grand Luo experts to rescue Zhao Beifeng and confront Duan Feng.
• Duan Feng refused their offer to leave and declared that he would defend the Tianshui Sect, even as the three experts drove him back.
• Zhang Bailiu urged Duan Feng to retreat, but Duan Feng burned his Dao Fruit to restore his strength and youth at the cost of his remaining lifespan.
• Duan Feng summoned a complete Grand Yi Divine Weapon from the forbidden land and challenged the three experts to die with him.

Duan Feng wielded the Clearwater Sword and burned his Dao Fruit to kill two Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm fighters from the Heaven and Earth Gate, before being surrounded by twelve more. As Zhang Bailiu and the other Tianshui Sect fighters joined the battle, Chu Xi took Lin Bai to the sect’s forbidden ground and into an Underground Palace.

• Duan Feng used the Clearwater Sword and the Astonishing Immortal Sword Intent to split the Water Mirror Sea and kill two Heaven and Earth Gate fighters in the Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm.
• Duan Feng pursued the third fighter and shattered his body as the Heaven and Earth Gate Master called on the ancestors to attack.
• Twelve Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm fighters from the Heaven and Earth Gate surrounded Duan Feng, and Zhang Bailiu, Shen Chunfeng, and Pan Qing joined the fight.
• Zhang Bailiu told Chu Xi and Lin Bai to go to the forbidden ground, so Chu Xi led Lin Bai away from the battlefield.
• Chu Xi activated the forbidden-ground formation, transporting herself and Lin Bai into an Underground Palace.

Chu Xi brought Lin Bai into the Tianshui Sect’s Underground Palace to open Ancestor Zhao Yangze’s coffin, hoping to call on him during the sect’s mortal crisis. As the coffin began opening by itself, a withered hand emerged and the Underground Palace shook with each heartbeat.

• Chu Xi explained that the Underground Palace’s formation slowed time and led Lin Bai to Ancestor Zhao Yangze’s coffin.
• Chu Xi told Lin Bai that Zhao Yangze had been a Primal Chaos Dao Fruit powerhouse who left instructions to awaken him if the sect faced annihilation.
• After hesitating over the cost of opening the coffin, Chu Xi apologized to Zhao Yangze and tried to pry it open with a small shovel.
• Chu Xi called Lin Bai to help, and his touch easily opened a narrow gap in the coffin.
• Lin Bai stopped Chu Xi from prying further, and a withered hand emerged as a heartbeat made the Underground Palace tremble.

Lin Bai and Chu Xi awakened Ancestor Zhao Yangze and told him that the Heaven and Earth Gate was destroying the Tianshui Sect. Zhao Yangze set out to intervene, while Duan Feng died defending the sect.

• Ancestor Zhao Yangze rose from his coffin and recognized Lin Bai as a member of the Heaven Swallowing Race, then questioned Chu Xi about her imperial bloodline and role as Sect Master.
• Lin Bai explained the sect’s decline and the Heaven and Earth Gate’s invasion, and Zhao Yangze agreed to save the sect despite having only two hours after awakening.
• Zhao Yangze released his power across the Water Mirror Sea and told Lin Bai and Chu Xi to leave the Underground Palace with him.
• Duan Feng counterattacked two Heaven and Earth Gate Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm fighters, killing one before his Dao Fruit burned away and he died at the Tianshui Sect gates.

After Duan Feng died and the Tianshui Sect’s remaining Da Luo Dao Fruit martial artists were overwhelmed, the Heaven and Earth Gate routed the demoralized sect. A mysterious figure emerged from the forbidden ground and confronted those who had disturbed the Tianshui Sect.

• Duan Feng died after burning his Dao Fruit and killing three Heaven and Earth Gate experts, while Zhang Bailiu, Shen Chunfeng, and Pan Qing suffered serious wounds.
• The Heaven and Earth Gate Master ordered an all-out assault, and the Tianshui Sect disciples lost heart and fled as the battle turned against them.
• Eleven Heaven and Earth Gate Da Luo Dao Fruit experts surrounded Zhang Bailiu, Shen Chunfeng, and Pan Qing, who refused to surrender and prepared for a final fight.
• A heartbeat from the Tianshui Sect’s forbidden ground halted both armies as a powerful, deathly aura spread across the battlefield.
• A corpse-like figure emerged from the forbidden ground, walked toward the battlefield, and demanded to know who had disturbed the peace of the Tianshui Sect.

Zhao Yangze emerged from Tianshui Sect’s forbidden grounds and confronted Heaven and Earth Gate, revealing the sect’s tragic history and its losses in the war against the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace. He demanded that Heaven Ancestor and Earth Demon meet him, then identified himself to Heaven and Earth Gate’s Master.

• Zhao Yangze appeared with Lin Bai and Chu Xi and learned that Tianshui Sect was on the brink of destruction.
• Zhao Yangze told Zhang Bailiu, Shen Chunfeng, and Pan Qing that Tianshui Sect had lost most of its strength in the campaign that destroyed the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace a hundred thousand years earlier.
• Lin Bai inferred that the Chu Kingdom had later supported Heaven and Earth Gate and suppressed Tianshui Sect to prevent it from regaining power.
• Zhao Yangze said his time was short and strode onto the battlefield to help Tianshui Sect.
• Zhao Yangze called on Heaven Ancestor and Earth Demon to meet him, then told Heaven and Earth Gate’s Master that he was Tianshui Sect Elder Zhao Yangze.

The awakened Tianshui Sect elder Zhao Yangze attacked the Heaven and Earth Gate fleet, demanding that Heaven Ancestor and Earth Demon face him. Though he had only hours left to live, he slaughtered the Gate’s Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm fighters, leaving seven wounded survivors fleeing.

• Zhao Yangze roared at the Heaven and Earth Gate fleet and advanced, crushing a battleship beneath his foot.
• The Heaven and Earth Gate Master ordered his fighters to kill Zhao Yangze, and twenty Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm martial artists agreed to stall him until his final breath ran out.
• Zhao Yangze killed thirteen of the twenty attackers with his powers and fists.
• The seven surviving martial artists fled as the Tianshui Sect disciples and elders watched Zhao Yangze’s overwhelming strength.

Zhao Yangze broke the Heaven and Earth Gate’s assault, allowing the Tianshui Sect to counterattack and drive the invaders from the Water Mirror Sea. The sect celebrated its survival, but Zhao Yangze’s power faded and he vanished, leaving its future to the survivors.

• Zhao Yangze destroyed the Heaven and Earth Gate’s warships and tore through its battle line, while Zhang Bailiu, Shen Chunfeng, Pan Qing, and Lin Bai led the Tianshui Sect disciples into battle.
• The Tianshui Sect forces slaughtered Heaven and Earth Gate martial artists as the enemy retreated, and Ma Qiuming ordered the Heaven and Earth Gate Master’s forces to withdraw.
• Zhao Yangze killed three fleeing Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm martial artists and crushed seven Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm martial artists, sealing the Heaven and Earth Gate’s defeat.
• The Tianshui Sect disciples rejoiced at their victory, but Zhao Yangze faded into dust after entrusting the sect’s future to them.
• Zhang Bailiu, Pan Qing, Shen Chunfeng, and the Tianshui Sect disciples knelt to bid farewell to Zhao Yangze.

After the Tianshui Sect defeated the Heaven and Earth Gate, Zhang Bailiu organized the sect’s defenses and recovery while Lin Bai returned to Bright Moon Island to heal. Unnoticed, a red-clad woman and her followers escaped the Demon Refining Tower and took it with them.

• Lin Bai watched Zhao Yangze turn to ash and respectfully saw him off after the Tianshui Sect’s victory.
• The Grand Elder reported that only seventy-two Taiyi Dao Fruit Realm martial artists and three hundred and nine Dao God Realm Core Disciples remained, and that Duan Feng and Huang Lin had died.
• Zhang Bailiu ordered the sect to rebuild the Water Mirror Sea defenses, repair the World Sealing Formation, and hunt down Heaven and Earth Gate disciples still hiding in the area.
• Lin Bai collected healing pills from the Treasure Pavilion and returned to Bright Moon Island to recuperate.
• A crack appeared in the Demon Refining Tower, allowing a red-clad woman and several dozen experts to escape while the sect’s forces were away.
• The red-clad woman pulled the Demon Refining Tower from the Water Mirror Sea and drew it into her palm.

The Tianshui Sect defeated the Heaven and Earth Gate after Zhao Yangze emerged from the forbidden grounds and turned the battle around, then died after fighting to protect the sect. The defeat shook the Chu Empire and frustrated the Third Prince, who planned with Old Huo to keep pressing the Twelfth Prince affair ahead of the Chu Emperor’s birthday.

• The red-clad woman left the Water Mirror Sea with the Corpse King, the Black Demon, and others, while Zhao Yangze sensed her presence and returned to the battle.
• Zhao Yangze killed more than a dozen Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm martial artists before being reduced to ashes, and Xiao Cangsheng watched and toasted him in farewell.
• News of the Heaven and Earth Gate’s defeat spread across the Chu Empire, and the Third Prince smashed his desk in anger.
• Old Huo identified Zhao Yangze as a famed Tianshui Sect ancestor from one hundred thousand years ago and advised the Third Prince to keep making an issue of the Twelfth Prince’s affair.
• The Third Prince and Old Huo hoped to hold their advantage until the Chu Emperor’s ten-thousand-year birthday, as news of the defeat reached Prince Chen and the Five Great Families and Seven Sects.

After the Tianshui Sect defeated the Heaven and Earth Gate, Lin Bai learned about the ongoing purge of enemy forces in the Water Mirror Sea and joined the cleanup. Three months later, the remaining forces were cleared and the World Sealing Formation was restored, bringing the battle to an end.

• The crow left Bright Moon Island to scavenge benefits from the battlefield.
• Bai Yifei and Zhou Xinjin visited Lin Bai, checked on his recovery, and reported that the Tianshui Sect had killed more than two hundred thousand Heaven and Earth Gate disciples during five days of cleansing.
• Lin Bai said the sect needed to keep searching for injured survivors and offered to help with the purge.
• Lin Bai later joined the Tianshui Sect in clearing the remaining Heaven and Earth Gate forces from the Water Mirror Sea.
• About three months later, the Water Mirror Sea was cleared and the Tianshui Sect restored its World Sealing Formation.

The Tianshui Sect announced the enormous casualties from its victory over the Heaven and Earth Gate and vowed to seek revenge when the time was right. Zhang Bailiu then began announcing rewards for those who fought, starting with Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm warriors and Dao God Realm Core Disciples.

• The Grand Elder announced that the Tianshui Sect had lost 1.67 million warriors, including Ancestor Zhao Yangze and two Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm ancestors, while the Heaven and Earth Gate had suffered even heavier losses.
• Zhang Bailiu told the gathered elders and disciples that the sect would avenge its dead when the time was ripe, but warned that the Tianshui Sect first needed to recover from its losses.
• Lin Bai understood that Zhang Bailiu’s prediction of a coming opportunity referred to the struggle between Prince Chen and the Third Prince, whose factions were backed by the Tianshui Sect and Heaven and Earth Gate.
• Zhang Bailiu announced rewards for the warriors who had contributed to the battle, granting Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm participants fifty thousand immortal jades each.
• Zhang Bailiu announced that Dao God Realm Core Disciples, including Lin Bai and his companions, could claim five thousand immortal jades each.

Zhang Bailiu announced rewards for the Tianshui Sect’s fighters and introduced the Rebirth Plan to rebuild the sect after its costly victory over the Heaven and Earth Gate. The chapter ended with the Elders Council’s twenty seats reassigned, including Li Zai'en’s appointment as Seventh Elder.

• Zhang Bailiu awarded the Core Disciples five thousand Immortal Jades each and announced Contribution Points, weapons, and manuals for the other participants.
• Zhang Bailiu described the sect’s heavy losses and declared the Rebirth Plan to restore its strength.
• Zhang Bailiu said the sect would select twenty elders for the Elders Council and provide each with one hundred thousand Immortal Jades to support advancement to the Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm.
• The Grand Elder announced the new Elders Council roster, naming Wang Mu as Nineteenth Elder, Mao Jun as Eighteenth Elder, Ji He as Seventeenth Elder, and Gao Zhen as Sixteenth Elder.
• Li Zai'en entered the Elders Council as its Seventh Elder.

Zhang Bailiu and Chu Xi announced the Tianshui Sect's Rebirth Plan, providing Celestial Jade support and new opportunities for disciples to advance after the battle against the Heaven and Earth Gate. The chapter ended with the sect opening its Treasure Pavilion the next day so fighters could exchange their battle merits for rewards.

• Li Zai'en entered the Elders Council as the Seventh Elder, and the sect assigned new ranks and seats to its twenty elders.
• Zhang Bailiu announced Celestial Jade support for the elders and selected Dao God Realm Core Disciples, including Lin Bai, Bai Yifei, Zhou Xinjin, Qiao Mo, Qin Yao, and Fang Yuanshu.
• Zhang Bailiu announced that the Tianshui Sect would recruit new Core Disciples and support martial artists across several cultivation realms through its Rebirth Plan.
• Lin Bai agreed with Qiao Mo that the sect was risking its depleted resources to rebuild, while the Tianshui Sect's elders and disciples celebrated the plan.
• Zhang Bailiu said selected elders and disciples could request seclusion and receive Celestial Jades and protection to pursue breakthroughs.
• Zhang Bailiu announced that the Treasure Pavilion would open the next day for elders and disciples to exchange their Heaven and Earth Gate battle merits for rewards.

After revealing that he knew Lin Bai was a member of the Heaven Swallowing Race, Zhang Bailiu assured him that the Tianshui Sect would protect him and asked him to lead its revival. Lin Bai agreed to treat the sect as his home after Zhang Bailiu promised to support his breakthrough to the Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm.

• Zhang Bailiu dismissed the elders and disciples, then asked Lin Bai to stay and questioned why he seemed unmoved by the Rebirth Plan.
• Zhang Bailiu revealed that he had known Lin Bai belonged to the Heaven Swallowing Race since Lin Bai joined the sect and recognized the race's aura in his Forbidden-Breaking Sword Qi.
• Lin Bai admitted his identity, and Zhang Bailiu assured him that the Tianshui Sect would neither betray him nor hand him over to the Giant God Race.
• Zhang Bailiu explained that the sect's all-or-nothing Rebirth Plan required open cooperation and asked Lin Bai to shoulder responsibility for reviving the Tianshui Sect.
• Zhang Bailiu, Pan Qing, and Shen Chunfeng pledged to support Lin Bai's breakthrough to the Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm, and Lin Bai vowed to help the Tianshui Sect rise again.

Lin Bai joined the Tianshui Sect as its Saint Son in exchange for support to break through to the Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm, while Zhang Bailiu defended the risky alliance to the sect’s concerned Ancestors. The Tianshui Sect announced its Rebirth Plan and began exchanging battle merits, rapidly draining its remaining stores.

• Lin Bai agreed to become the Tianshui Sect’s Saint Son, and Zhang Bailiu promised him immortal jades to support his breakthrough.
• Shen Chunfeng and Pan Qing voiced fears that Lin Bai’s connection to the Heaven Swallowing Race could bring disaster upon the sect, but Zhang Bailiu argued that taking risks was its only chance to recover.
• Zhang Bailiu told Shen Chunfeng and Pan Qing to remain involved in sect affairs until after the Chu Emperor’s Birthday Celebration, and they agreed.
• The Tianshui Sect announced its Rebirth Plan, energizing its disciples.
• The Treasure Pavilion began exchanging battle merits for Contribution Points, and disciples bought pills and medicines until common supplies sold out and the sect’s stores were nearly emptied.

Lin Bai inventoried his battle spoils and calculated that he could exchange his tokens for 180,000 Immortal Jade, though it was not enough for his breakthrough. As the Tianshui Sect claimed the sunken corpses and treasures after a dispute with the sea clans, Bai Yifei and the others visited Lin Bai on Bright Moon Island and arranged for maids to be sent there.

• Lin Bai counted three Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm tokens and eighteen Core Disciple tokens, worth 180,000 Immortal Jade in total.
• Lin Bai reflected on the war's immense casualties and the wealth it brought, and concluded that the battle should never have happened.
• The Tianshui Sect and the Three Great Demon Clans contested the sunken corpses; Pan Qing and Shen Chunfeng forced the Flood Dragon Clan and its allies to yield them to the sect.
• Bai Yifei visited Lin Bai on Bright Moon Island, noticed there were no servants, and told Zhou Xinjin to send several maids to look after him.

Lin Bai discussed the Tianshui Sect’s challenges and preparations with Bai Yifei and the others, then arranged for the ancestors to reclaim resources from the Three Great Demon Clans. The group learned that they would enter the Grand Yi Secret Realm in seven days to attempt breakthroughs to the Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm.

• Bai Yifei asked Zhou Xinjin to select maids for Lin Bai, but Lin Bai declined after noticing Qiao Mo and Qin Yao’s displeasure.
• Bai Yifei told Lin Bai that the Three Great Demon Clans were testing the Tianshui Sect after the defeat of the Heaven and Earth Gate, and Lin Bai said the sect should reclaim its resources from them.
• Lin Bai sent a Jade Slip to Overturned Water Hall asking Ancestors Shen Chunfeng and Pan Qing to act against the Three Great Demon Clans.
• Qin Yao told Lin Bai that the sect had scheduled the first batch of Rebirth Plan candidates to enter the Grand Yi Secret Realm in seven days and attempt breakthroughs.
• Bai Yifei, Zhou Xinjin, Qiao Mo, and Qin Yao expressed confidence in their chances, while Lin Bai encouraged worried Fang Yuanshu and Ye Guyu.