Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai and his companions waited at Bright Moon Pavilion for the mysterious man who had abducted women, but he did not appear for three days. Lin Bai proposed using Mo Nan and Li Xuanqiu as bait to lure him out, and the group welcomed the idea.

• Lin Bai and the others searched Bright Moon Pavilion for the man in the portrait but found no sign of him.
• They kept watch through the night, then waited three more days without spotting the mysterious man or receiving new information.
• As the group grew impatient, Lin Bai hesitated to share an idea for drawing the man out.
• Lin Bai suggested that Mo Nan and Li Xuanqiu pose as ordinary visitors at the Moon Gazing Platform to attract the man’s attention.
• Mo Nan, Li Xuanqiu, and the others brightened at the suggestion, seeing it as a chance to lure the abductor into the open.

Lin Bai and the other Holy Sons agreed to use Mo Nan and Li Xuanqiu as bait to draw out the mysterious martial artist, while keeping them under guard. The two fairies entered Bright Moon Pavilion’s lower area to wait for nightfall, attracting the attention of every man around them.

• Lin Bai objected to using Mo Nan and Li Xuanqiu as bait because their safety and their sects’ responses were at stake.
• Mo Nan and Li Xuanqiu insisted they could protect themselves and urged the Holy Sons to guard them.
• Meng Qinxian promised to protect the fairies, and Nie Shang teased him for acting like the lustful martial artist they sought.
• Chen Yule, Nie Shang, Yi Heze, and Lu Qingjun agreed to help protect the women, and Lin Bai finally approved the plan.
• Lin Bai gave Mo Nan and Li Xuanqiu black Sword Qi so he could sense their locations and they could break formations in an emergency.
• Mo Nan and Li Xuanqiu changed into ordinary robes and entered Bright Moon Pavilion’s lower area, where Lin Bai and the others watched them as crowds gathered around the pair.

In the imperial capital, Ecstasy Young Master’s kidnapping of Star Sect and Moon Sect disciples threatened to expose the Devil Palace’s plans. Though an elder ordered him to stay hidden, Lei Lun lured him toward Moon Gazing Platform by mentioning two exceptionally beautiful women.

• An elder berated Ecstasy Young Master for kidnapping Star Sect and Moon Sect disciples and risking the Devil Palace’s plans.
• Ecstasy Young Master argued that no one knew he had taken the women, but the elder warned the Zhao Xing Office could investigate their disappearance.
• The elder said he would check the situation and ordered Ecstasy Young Master to remain in the Underground Palace, warning that the Devil Palace would punish him if its plans were exposed.
• After the elder left, Ecstasy Young Master stayed with the captive women and vowed to visit Ten Thousand Saints Mountain once the Devil Palace’s plan succeeded.
• Lei Lun told Ecstasy Young Master that two peerlessly beautiful women had arrived at Moon Gazing Platform.
• Despite the elder’s warning, Ecstasy Young Master decided to go to Moon Gazing Platform.

Lin Bai and his allies waited five days at the Moon Gazing Platform before Ecstasy Young Master appeared and used an unknown ability to take Mo Nan and Li Xuanqiu with him. Lin Bai and the others pursued him, and Meng Qinxian caught up in an alley and struck at him.

• Lin Bai and his allies waited several nights for the mysterious man, while crowds of young aristocrats flocked around Mo Nan and Li Xuanqiu.
• On the fifth night, Lin Bai spotted Ecstasy Young Master approaching Mo Nan and Li Xuanqiu and watched them leave with him after he spoke to them.
• Lin Bai broke through the Cloud Platform’s formation and attacked Ecstasy Young Master with four flying swords, but Ecstasy Young Master fled with Mo Nan and Li Xuanqiu under his control.
• Lin Bai, Chen Yule, Meng Qinxian, and the others chased Ecstasy Young Master into nearby alleyways.
• Meng Qinxian caught up with Ecstasy Young Master and swung a powerful fist at his face.

Meng Qinxian and Lin Bai cornered Ecstasy Young Master after he fled with the unconscious Mo Nan and Li Xuanqiu, but a powerful Devil Palace expert intervened and helped him escape. Lin Bai remained confident that Ecstasy Young Master would not get away.

• Meng Qinxian chased Ecstasy Young Master into an alley and broke his arm with a single punch.
• Ecstasy Young Master fled with Mo Nan and Li Xuanqiu and called for help using a Voice Transmission Token.
• Lin Bai arrived and trapped Ecstasy Young Master with Meng Qinxian, then accused him of abducting young women and ordered him to surrender.
• A mid-grade Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm martial artist struck Lin Bai and gave Ecstasy Young Master a chance to escape with the two unconscious women.
• Meng Qinxian worried that Ecstasy Young Master had escaped, but Lin Bai said he would not get away.

After Lin Bai and his allies tracked down Ecstasy Young Master and the elder, they discovered the captives were Mo Nan and Li Xuanqiu, holy daughters of the Star Sect and Moon Sect. Surrounded by powerful fighters, the kidnappers faced arrest as Lin Bai accused them of involvement in the imperial capital’s missing women cases.

• The elder scolded Ecstasy Young Master for leaving their stronghold and warned him that Lin Bai far outclassed him.
• The elder recognized Mo Nan and Li Xuanqiu as holy daughters of the Star Sect and Moon Sect and realized their abduction would bring Lin Bai after them.
• Chen Yule and Nie Shang appeared at opposite ends of the alley, and Lin Bai, Meng Qinxian, Yi Heze, and Lu Qingjun arrived to surround the kidnappers.
• The elder offered to release the women and claimed they were visitors attending the Chu Emperor’s Birthday Celebration, but Lin Bai refused to let them go.
• Lin Bai said the Zhao Xing Office needed no reason to arrest them and challenged them to deny involvement in the disappearance of more than one hundred young women.

Lin Bai and the others cornered the elder and Ecstasy Young Master, but the villains used Mo Nan and Li Xuanqiu as bait to escape. Lin Bai freed the two women from an illusion while Meng Qinxian and Nie Shang pursued the fleeing pair.

• The elder recognized Lin Bai, Chen Yule, and Yi Heze as Saints and planned to flee with Ecstasy Young Master to Eternal Joy Street.
• The elder attacked Lin Bai as Ecstasy Young Master hurled Mo Nan and Li Xuanqiu into the air and struck at them to draw the others' attention.
• Chen Yule, Lu Qingjun, and Yi Heze rescued the two women while Meng Qinxian and Nie Shang chased the fleeing elder and Ecstasy Young Master.
• Lin Bai used his Asura Dharma Eyes and his voice to break the illusion trapping Mo Nan and Li Xuanqiu.
• Mo Nan and Li Xuanqiu awoke confused and wondered how they had left the Moon Gazing Platform.

Mo Nan and Li Xuanqiu recovered from the Ecstasy Young Master’s illusion after Lin Bai broke it, and Lin Bai explained that he had deliberately let the pursuers escape to uncover the evil sect behind them. At Eternal Joy Street, Elder Huangnong and the Ecstasy Young Master sought refuge with Elder Ningshuo, who was stunned to learn they had provoked Lin Bai.

• Chen Yule told Mo Nan and Li Xuanqiu that Lin Bai had broken the illusion trapping them, and they thanked Lin Bai for saving them.
• Lin Bai wondered whether the Ecstasy Young Master had used the Asura Dharma Eyes and told the group that Meng Qinxian and Nie Shang were pursuing the fugitives.
• Chen Yule deduced that Lin Bai had deliberately let the fugitives escape, and Lin Bai said he wanted to expose the evil sect behind them.
• Lin Bai led Mo Nan, Li Xuanqiu, Lu Qingjun, Yi Heze, and Chen Yule toward Meng Qinxian and Nie Shang’s location.
• Elder Huangnong and the Ecstasy Young Master fled to an apothecary on Eternal Joy Street and asked Elder Ningshuo for help.
• Elder Huangnong told Elder Ningshuo that Lin Bai’s companions were pursuing them, and Elder Ningshuo reacted in shock when he heard they had provoked Lin Bai.

Ning Shuo learned that Huang Nong and Ecstasy Young Master had provoked Lin Bai and gathered the hidden Nine Underworlds Demon Palace branch on Eternal Joy Street. He ordered the branch members to disguise themselves as Soul Severing Sect martial artists and hold off Lin Bai’s group while Huang Nong and Ecstasy Young Master escaped.

• Ning Shuo scolded Huang Nong and Ecstasy Young Master for provoking Lin Bai, who served Prince Chen and was backed by the Zhao Xing Office.
• Huang Nong told Ning Shuo that Lin Bai was pursuing them with seven other Holy Sons and Holy Daughters, including Chen Yule, Meng Qinxian, and Yi Heze.
• Ning Shuo summoned sixteen hidden Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm martial artists from the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s imperial capital branch.
• Ning Shuo explained that Huang Nong and Ecstasy Young Master had come under orders from the Devil Palace’s main headquarters and asked the branch members to help them escape.
• Ning Shuo ordered the branch members to wear Soul Severing Sect masks and fight Lin Bai’s group to buy Huang Nong and Ecstasy Young Master time to flee.

Ning Shuo’s masked group trapped Meng Qinxian and Nie Shang on Eternal Joy Street, where the two Holy Sons fought off sixteen Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm martial artists. Huang Nong and Ecstasy Young Master escaped before Lin Bai and the others arrived, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Ning Shuo organized an ambush on Eternal Joy Street and ordered Huang Nong and Ecstasy Young Master to escape with the barrier tokens.
• Meng Qinxian and Nie Shang found the street suddenly deserted, then faced Ning Shuo and sixteen masked Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm martial artists outside the apothecary.
• Meng Qinxian and Nie Shang fought the attackers but were unable to break through and stop Huang Nong and Ecstasy Young Master from fleeing.
• Lin Bai and the others arrived, and Meng Qinxian and Nie Shang called on them to stop the masked attackers.

Lin Bai and the other Holy Sons and Holy Daughters cornered Ecstasy Young Master, Elder Huangnong, and sixteen Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm martial artists on Eternal Joy Street. After Ning Shuo claimed they belonged to the Soul Severing Sect and refused to go to the Zhao Xing Office, both sides prepared to fight.

• Meng Qinxian and Nie Shang pursued Ecstasy Young Master and Elder Huangnong, while Lin Bai followed their reports to Eternal Joy Street.
• Chen Yule blocked Ecstasy Young Master and Elder Huangnong with a strike from the Dragon Gate Sword, forcing them back to Ning Shuo.
• Lin Bai and seven other Holy Sons and Holy Daughters surrounded the group, and Ning Shuo claimed they were martial artists of the Soul Severing Sect.
• Lin Bai doubted Ning Shuo’s claim, pointed out the group’s conflicting cultivation techniques, and demanded that they go to the Zhao Xing Office for an investigation.
• Ning Shuo rejected Lin Bai’s demand, argued that his group had the advantage in numbers, and ordered them to attack and break through the encirclement.

Mo Nan and Li Xuanqiu confronted the Ecstasy Young Master and Huang Nong while Ning Shuo and the others prepared to hold off their pursuers. Li Xuanqiu revealed the Azure Dragon Dao Gourd and used its dragon soul to wound Huang Nong.

• Ning Shuo told Huang Nong and the Ecstasy Young Master that they would hold off the pursuers while the two escaped, and Huang Nong agreed despite the Ecstasy Young Master's wish to fight.
• Mo Nan and Li Xuanqiu found Huang Nong and the Ecstasy Young Master and demanded to know where their junior sisters were.
• Mo Nan attacked the Ecstasy Young Master, who tried to use his Mystic Eye Technique, but both women avoided it and Mo Nan forced him back with sword strikes.
• Li Xuanqiu blocked Huang Nong from rescuing the Ecstasy Young Master and matched his palm strike, revealing that the Moon Sect could fight despite its reputation.
• Li Xuanqiu summoned the Azure Dragon Dao Gourd, whose Azure Dragon soul broke Huang Nong's defenses and left deep claw marks in his chest.

Mo Nan and Li Xuanqiu fought Ecstasy Young Master and Elder Huangnong while Ning Shuo led sixteen Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm martial artists to attack them. Lin Bai rallied Chen Yule, Yi Heze, Lu Qingjun, Nie Shang, and Meng Qinxian to stop the attackers, and the battle continued with Meng Qinxian and Yi Heze holding off a group of enemies.

• Mo Nan suppressed Ecstasy Young Master, while Li Xuanqiu's Azure Dragon Dao Gourd held Elder Huangnong at bay.
• Ning Shuo ordered his fifteen companions to help Ecstasy Young Master and Elder Huangnong break free, prompting Lin Bai to call on his allies for support.
• Chen Yule, Yi Heze, Lu Qingjun, Nie Shang, and Meng Qinxian agreed to help Lin Bai confront the attackers.
• Meng Qinxian endured a Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm martial artist's divine thunder and knocked him through buildings with one punch.
• Ning Shuo sent five more fighters after Meng Qinxian, and Yi Heze joined him as they fought off six Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm martial artists.

After the fighters divided the remaining Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm opponents, Lin Bai faced Ning Shuo and two others alone. He revealed the Sea God Pearl to block Ning Shuo’s attack, then destroyed one opponent’s body with a single sword strike and charged at the remaining two.

• Chen Yule, Lu Qingjun, and Nie Shang each selected opponents, leaving Lin Bai to face Ning Shuo and two other martial artists.
• Ning Shuo and his companions surrounded Lin Bai and attacked, but the Sea God Pearl blocked Ning Shuo’s palm strike.
• Lin Bai forced the two flanking martial artists back and revealed that the Sea God Pearl was a Grand Yi Divine Weapon.
• Lin Bai’s Azure Lotus Sword Intent cleaved through the low-grade martial artist’s defenses and destroyed his body, forcing his soul to flee.
• Lin Bai charged at Ning Shuo and the remaining mid-grade martial artist.

Lin Bai and the Saints overwhelmed Ning Shuo’s forces in the battle at Eternal Joy Street. Ning Shuo opened the barrier and summoned help, but the Saints began capturing their opponents as the survivors fled.

• Meng Qinxian and Yi Heze fought off three opponents apiece, while Lin Bai and the other Saints gained the advantage over Ning Shuo’s group.
• Ning Shuo crushed a distress bead, summoning martial artists across the Imperial Capital to Eternal Joy Street.
• Ning Shuo opened the barrier and ordered the others to scatter, but Lin Bai told his allies to capture as many enemies as they could.
• Meng Qinxian captured a divine soul with a spirit talisman, and Yi Heze, Lu Qingjun, Chen Yule, Nie Shang, and the others began suppressing their opponents.
• Ning Shuo fled first, while Huang Nong urged Ecstasy Young Master to escape; Ecstasy Young Master cursed Mo Nan before fleeing.

Lin Bai pursued Ning Shuo until Zhao Xiantu intervened, letting Ning Shuo escape and accusing Lin Bai of causing trouble in the imperial capital. After the survivors and their pursuers reported being blocked by numerous Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm martial artists, Lin Bai and Zhu Mo suspected a powerful force was behind the attack.

• Lin Bai wounded Ning Shuo during a chase, but Zhao Xiantu stopped Lin Bai with a palm strike and Ning Shuo escaped.
• Zhao Xiantu accused Lin Bai of running rampant and tried to take him to the Zhao Xing Office; Lin Bai questioned his motives and said the attackers had borrowed the Soul Severing Sect's name.
• Commander Zhu Mo arrived and spoke with Lin Bai, who told him to investigate suspicious martial artists near Eternal Joy Street and handed over the captured attackers' souls.
• Meng Qinxian, Chen Yule, Lu Qingjun, and the others reported that groups of Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm martial artists had blocked them from catching the fleeing attackers.
• Lin Bai and Zhu Mo concluded that the attackers' reinforcements revealed a powerful force behind the incident.

After Lin Bai and his allies captured four Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm martial artists, the Zhao Xing Office interrogated them and found the Underground Palace where the missing women were held. The Starmoon Twin Sects’ disciples returned unharmed, and Lin Bai assured the sects that the Zhao Xing Office would pursue the villains.

• Meng Qinxian and the others handed Zhu Mo the Command Talismans containing four captured martial artists’ souls for interrogation.
• By dawn, Zhu Mo had learned the location of the stronghold and found more than twenty missing young women, including the Starmoon Twin Sects’ disciples.
• Zhu Mo returned the rescued disciples to their guesthouses, where their sect elders confirmed that they had not been harmed.
• Mo Nan and Li Xuanqiu thanked Lin Bai and the others for their help at a gathering in the Tianshui Sect’s palace.
• Lin Bai reassured the women that His Highness Prince Chen and the Zhao Xing Office would bring the villains to justice.

Zhu Mo informed the Chu Emperor that Nine Underworlds Demon Palace remnants had been active in the imperial capital and that Zhao Xiantu had intervened to stop Lin Bai. The Chu Emperor ordered further interrogation and questioned whether Zhao Xiantu’s actions implicated the Zhao family or the Third Prince’s faction.

• Zhu Mo reported that unknown Taiyi Dao Fruit Realm martial artists had abducted young women and that Lin Bai’s investigation uncovered a larger group operating in the imperial capital.
• Zhu Mo told the Chu Emperor that captured martial artists were connected to the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace, whose branches had repeatedly been eliminated across the Kingdom of Chu.
• The Chu Emperor ordered Zhu Mo to make the captives reveal what the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace was planning in the capital.
• Zhu Mo revealed that Zhao Xiantu had stopped Lin Bai after rushing from Bright Moon Pavilion to Eternal Joy Street.
• The Chu Emperor asked Zhu Mo whether Zhao Xiantu had acted to undermine Prince Chen or whether the Zhao family had hidden ties to the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace.

Emperor Chu ordered Zhu Mo to investigate Zhao Xiantu’s actions and whether the Zhao Family was tied to the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace. After Zhu Mo left, Emperor Chu confided in Xiao Cangsheng that the demon palace’s remnants had likely come for the Demon Suppression Cave.

• Emperor Chu questioned Zhu Mo about whether Zhao Xiantu had been summoned to target Lin Bai or support the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace.
• Zhu Mo advised investigating who informed Zhao Xiantu and whether the Zhao Family was involved.
• Emperor Chu ordered Zhu Mo to investigate Zhao Xiantu and the demon palace’s plans, authorizing him to use the Zhao Xing Office’s Inferno experts if needed.
• Xiao Cangsheng appeared in the Golden Hall and drank with Emperor Chu, who complained about the troubles gathering in the imperial capital.
• Xiao Cangsheng suggested the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace had come for the Demon Suppression Cave, and Emperor Chu agreed.

The Chu Emperor discussed the threat posed by Nine Underworlds Demon Palace with Xiao Cangsheng and revealed his choice for the next emperor, while voicing suspicions about the prince’s ties to the cult. After a peaceful month in the capital, Lin Bai learned that Qiao Mo and Qin Yao had asked Old Man Wuchuan to reforge their weapons, and his expression stiffened at the name.

• Xiao Cangsheng assured the Chu Emperor that he would keep a closer watch on Demon Suppression Cave.
• The Chu Emperor privately told Xiao Cangsheng which prince he intended to choose, and Xiao Cangsheng warned that the prince might not be a wise choice.
• The Chu Emperor explained that the prince had hidden strength and loyal followers, but he also suspected a connection between the prince and Nine Underworlds Demon Palace.
• The Chu Emperor said Lin Bai might already have uncovered evidence and could investigate the prince without being directed by Zhao Xing Office.
• Lin Bai spent a month exploring the imperial capital with Chen Yule and their companions.
• Qiao Mo and Qin Yao told Lin Bai that Old Man Wuchuan had reforged their weapons, and Lin Bai stiffened when he heard the name.