Chapter Summaries

At the Emperor of Chu’s invitation, martial artists volunteered to hunt exotic beasts in the Southern Sky Hunting Garden. Lin Bai noticed that the Heaven and Earth Gate’s Holy Son, Yan Han, carried the ominous aura of the Earth Demon’s remnant soul as the volunteers continued to step forward.

• Zhao Xiantu, Li Mo, Sun Miao, and Shangguan Tong volunteered for the hunt, followed by Chen Yule, Yi Song, and Huang Qingyun.
• Shui Mo Dan volunteered while eating and asked the Emperor of Chu if she could keep some of the beasts; he laughed and agreed, while Ye Danyang watched her with a troubled expression.
• Yan Han volunteered for the Heaven and Earth Gate, exchanged a glance with Lin Bai, and revealed an aura that made Lin Bai suspect the Earth Demon’s remnant soul was dwelling inside him.
• Lin Bai recalled that the Heaven and Earth Gate used its Holy Sons as vessels for the Earth Demon, and judged that Yan Han held more of its power than the previous Holy Son, Ke Ling.
• Disciples from the Five Great Families and Seven Sects, followed by members of other families and sects, also volunteered; the Tianshui Sect and Kushan Sect did not join the hunt.

Emperor Chu announced a million immortal jades for the martial artist who hunted the most exotic beasts in the Southern Sky Hunting Garden, drawing thousands of martial artists into the competition. Lin Bai, who needed immortal jades but was not participating, realized Emperor Chu had likely chosen the reward to torment him.

• Chu's martial artists petitioned to hunt in the Southern Sky Hunting Garden, and Emperor Chu granted their request.
• Emperor Chu offered a million immortal jades to whoever hunted the most exotic beasts during the fifteen-day hunt, stunning the gathered martial artists and tempting Lin Bai.
• Pan Qing warned Bai Yifei and the others to prioritize their lives despite the prize, and Lin Bai gave similar advice to Qiao Mo, Qin Yao, and the other Tianshui Sect disciples.
• The participating martial artists left the Ascension Celestial Palace for the Southern Sky Hunting Garden while Lin Bai stayed behind, regretting his decision not to join.
• Pan Qing told Lin Bai that Emperor Chu had likely announced the huge reward because he knew Lin Bai needed immortal jades and was not competing.

As the imperial hunt began in the Southern Sky Hunting Garden, the Chen Family encountered a Camel Mountain Demon Turtle carrying a powerful ancient tree. Lin Bai learned that the tree was a Yellow Springs Ancient Tree when Qian Hen identified it and offered him a scroll about ancient breeds.

• The martial artists entered the Southern Sky Hunting Garden in sect and family groups while observers watched them on screens.
• Nine poisonous vines attacked Chen Yule and the Chen Family, and Chen Yule struck back with a powerful sword technique.
• A vine sent Chen Yule flying, revealing a juvenile Camel Mountain Demon Turtle carrying a vast ancient tree.
• Pan Qing explained the turtle's nature and suggested the tree was a Primordial Wilds Breed, but could not identify it.
• Qian Hen told Lin Bai the tree was a Yellow Springs Ancient Tree and gave him a scroll depicting Primordial Wilds Breeds.

Qian Hen explained how the Yellow Springs Ancient Tree nurtured the Yellow Springs Demon Bone and described the Chu royal family's profitable system for breeding and trading exotic beasts. Lin Bai learned that Chu also secretly supplied weapons to dynasties across the Western Domain Seventy-Two Kingdoms.

• Qian Hen explained that the Camel Mountain Demon Turtle carried the Yellow Springs Ancient Tree, a deadly ancient tree that lured in and devoured living creatures.
• Qian Hen revealed that a Nine Underworlds Demon Palace expert created the Yellow Springs Demon Bone's embryonic form before the Yellow Springs Ancient Tree nurtured it for ten thousand years.
• Qian Hen said another Nine Underworlds Demon Palace remnant later retrieved the completed Yellow Springs Demon Bone from the drained tree.
• Lin Bai learned that a juvenile Camel Mountain Demon Turtle could sell for five hundred to one thousand immortal jades and realized he had been underpaid for beasts he had hunted before.
• Qian Hen explained that the Chu royal family raised juvenile exotic beasts in its Four Great Hunting Gardens, kept adults in the Hunting Realm, and sold or processed the carcasses of beasts removed from the cycle.
• Qian Hen told Lin Bai that Chu was the Devil Realm's largest arms dealer and secretly sold siege weapons and Divine Weapons to dynasties in the Western Domain Seventy-Two Kingdoms.

Lin Bai and Qian Hen discussed the Chu Kingdom’s power and the value of ancient breeds as they watched Chen Yule’s group battle the Camel Mountain Demon Turtle and Yellow Springs Ancient Tree. After Chen Yule withdrew, Huo Chunqiu insulted his choice, prompting a Chen Family ancestor to warn him against provoking anyone surnamed Chen.

• Qian Hen explained to Lin Bai how the Chu Kingdom profited from ancient breeds and maintained its influence as the Devil Realm’s leading arms dealer.
• The Camel Mountain Demon Turtle and Yellow Springs Ancient Tree overwhelmed Chen Yule and the Chen Family martial warriors, forcing Chen Yule to retreat with his group.
• Lin Bai told Qian Hen that Chen Yule had withdrawn to preserve his strength rather than risk heavy losses fighting the formidable beast.
• Huo Chunqiu mocked Chen Yule for fleeing, angering the Chen Family elders and ancestors.
• A Chen Family ancestor asked Huo Chunqiu whether his elders had warned him not to provoke anyone surnamed Chen in the imperial capital, leaving Huo Chunqiu confused.

The Chen Family Ancestor revealed that Chen Family martial artists had annihilated the Spark Army at the Battle of White Water River a hundred thousand years ago while pursuing remnants of the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace. The revelation sparked a dispute with the Fire Immortal Kingdom Crown Prince and gratitude from Shuixian Kingdom, leaving their representatives exchanging toasts.

• The Chen Family Ancestor recounted how three thousand Chen Family martial artists destroyed ten Spark Army legions at White Water River while aiding Shuixian Kingdom in exchange for information about the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace remnants.
• The Fire Immortal Kingdom Crown Prince challenged the Chen Family Ancestor and threatened the Chen Family, but an imperial uncle eased the confrontation with a toast.
• Lin Bai and Qian Hen discussed the long-hidden origin of the Battle of White Water River and speculated that the Chen Family had gained much from the destruction of the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace.
• Shui Ruzhen, the Crown Prince of Shuixian Kingdom, thanked the Chen Family Ancestor, who clarified that his family had acted under a transaction with Shuixian Kingdom.
• Shui Ruzhen offered to toast the Chen Family Ancestor three more times in gratitude.

At the Ascension Celestial Palace banquet, Chu Emperor and Liang Wang concealed their mutual suspicions while discussing Lin Bai and the Tianshui Sect’s importance. Chu Emperor decided he would have Lin Bai tested another time, as Liang Wang’s arrival had disrupted his plans for the Imperial Autumn Hunt.

• The Fire Immortal Kingdom’s Crown Prince and the Chen Family’s old ancestor ended their argument after a member of Shuixian Kingdom’s royal family intervened.
• Chu Emperor watched Lin Bai chat with Qian Hen, then noted Fallen Immortal’s aloofness and regretted that Lin Bai had avoided the Imperial Autumn Hunt.
• Chu Emperor and a hidden confidant discussed how Liang Wang had brought Chu Tinghan and Chu Tingxue to the hunt, preventing Chu Emperor from forcing Lin Bai to participate.
• Chu Emperor warned that Lin Bai must not fall into Prince Liang’s Estate’s hands because the Tianshui Sect’s forbidden grounds held powerful relics.
• Chu Emperor agreed to test Lin Bai another time, while his confidant expressed concern about involving his only daughter.

At the Imperial Autumn Hunt banquet, Prince Chen reassured Lin Bai that he would help him reach the Great Overarching stage and obtain a ticket to the Tianquan Great World. Lin Bai learned about the powerful Emperor Golden Peng and then wondered why Fallen Immortal had come to the banquet.

• Prince Chen joined Lin Bai and Qian Hen for drinks and promised to support Lin Bai’s cultivation and his goal of reaching the Tianquan Great World.
• Prince Chen, Lin Bai, and Qian Hen discussed Chen Yule’s encounter with the Camel Mountain Demon Turtle and Yellow Springs Ancient Tree.
• Qian Hen identified the Emperor Golden Peng as the hunting garden’s strongest exotic species and explained its trace of Kunpeng bloodline.
• Lin Bai read that the Emperor Golden Peng could unleash Kunpeng secret arts comparable to Dao Arts and was deeply shaken by its power.
• Lin Bai noticed that Fallen Immortal sat apart from the other guests without speaking or drinking and asked why she was there.

Chu Emperor restored Fallen Immortal’s title as Princess of Prince Hong Estate and compelled her to attend the Imperial Autumn Hunt, prompting Lin Bai to suspect the move was meant to counter Liang Wang. Chu Emperor then asked Fallen Immortal about her ties to Lin Bai and Prince Chen, leaving his intentions unclear.

• Prince Chen told Lin Bai that Chu Emperor had cleared Prince Hong Estate’s name and restored Fallen Immortal’s title, though he suspected she had been ordered to attend the hunt.
• Lin Bai reasoned that Chu Emperor was using Prince Hong Estate to restrain Liang Wang and protect the succession from a possible rebellion.
• Chu Emperor noticed Lin Bai, Qian Hen, and Prince Chen talking, then asked Fallen Immortal about her relationships with Lin Bai and Prince Chen.
• Fallen Immortal explained that Lin Bai had investigated the Moon Palace Holy Son’s death and that Prince Chen had visited her while she was confined to the Moon Palace.
• Chu Emperor recalled Prince Chen’s long-standing loyalty to Fallen Immortal and Prince Hong Estate as he listened to her account.

Fallen Immortal joined His Highness Prince Chen, Lin Bai, and Qian Hen at the banquet, where they discussed the dangers of hidden Nine Underworlds Demon Palace remnants in Prince Hong Estate. As the Southern Sky Hunting Garden hunt continued, Lin Bai watched Tianshui Sect disciples encounter a formidable Godstone Serpent.

• Emperor Chu urged Fallen Immortal to spend time with His Highness Prince Chen and Lin Bai, and she went to join them.
• His Highness Prince Chen advised Fallen Immortal to trust Zhang Linghu and warned her that Nine Underworlds Demon Palace remnants might be hiding among the people returning to Prince Hong Estate.
• Fallen Immortal agreed to be cautious, and she, His Highness Prince Chen, Lin Bai, and Qian Hen toasted her taking charge of Prince Hong Estate.
• Lin Bai watched a light screen show Bai Yifei leading Tianshui Sect disciples into a mountain range, where a giant Godstone Serpent emerged.
• Lin Bai identified the Godstone Serpent and learned from the illustrated guide that its Mystic Stone Heart made it exceptionally durable and valuable.

The hunting teams encountered powerful exotic species throughout the Southern Sky Hunting Garden, while Lin Bai watched from the Ascension Celestial Palace. The Tianshui Sect struggled against the regenerating Godstone Serpent, and other teams began fighting or avoiding their own opponents.

• Bai Yifei, Zhou Xinjin, and the Tianshui Sect disciples attacked the Godstone Serpent, but it shrugged off their strikes, regenerated after Li Juenian split it in two, and drove them back.
• Lin Bai recognized that the Tianshui Sect needed to locate and destroy or seize the Godstone Serpent's Mystic Stone Heart to kill it.
• Zhao Xiantu and the Zhao Family encountered a Phoenix Ape, which Qian Hen identified as a powerful first-tier exotic species.
• Huang Qingyun rescued Sacred Lotus Palace disciples caught in the Thousand-Eyed Demon Spider's web, then faced the spider as it charged her.
• The other hunting teams found exotic species; weaker teams fled powerful opponents and joined forces to kill weaker ones.

Chu Kingdom martial artists failed to defeat several powerful exotic beasts in the Southern Sky Hunting Garden, drawing ridicule from the guests at Chu Emperor’s birthday celebration. As the jeering continued, Chu Emperor frowned while Lin Bai learned about the Southern Region’s Undying Holy Sect and Ten Thousand Demons Corpse Cave.

• Zhao Xiantu and the Zhao Family suffered heavy casualties against the Phoenix Ape, then fled in panic and were mocked by the Crown Prince of the Fire Immortal Kingdom.
• Huang Qingyun retreated with the Sacred Lotus Palace disciples after failing to defeat the Thousand-Eyed Demon Spider.
• Bai Yifei and the Tianshui Sect withdrew from the Godstone Serpent after it repeatedly regenerated and their spiritual energy ran low.
• Ning Qingwen of the Undying Holy Sect and Dai Kun of the Ten Thousand Demons Corpse Cave mocked the Chu Kingdom’s martial artists, and Prince Chen told Lin Bai about their sects.
• Other guests jeered at the Chu Kingdom’s failed hunt, and Chu Emperor frowned in displeasure.

As Chu Kingdom’s martial artists suffered repeated setbacks and faced mockery, Lin Bai, Qian Hen, and His Highness Prince Chen suspected someone was manipulating events. Liang Wang then singled out Lin Bai, and the Holy Son of the Undying Holy Sect proposed a wager, leaving Lin Bai caught in a likely scheme.

• Lin Bai, Qian Hen, and His Highness Prince Chen concluded that the repeated setbacks and jeering were suspicious and likely orchestrated.
• Liang Wang silenced the hall and criticized those mocking Chu Kingdom’s martial artists.
• Liang Wang drew attention to Lin Bai, claiming he would have demonstrated his strength if he had not been injured before the hunt.
• Ning Qingwen questioned whether Lin Bai was truly injured and suggested he had recovered.
• The Holy Son of the Undying Holy Sect proposed a wager, and Liang Wang asked what it was.

The Chu Emperor turned the Undying Holy Sect Saint’s challenge into a wager over a hunt in the Southern Sky Hunting Garden. After the Saint assembled a team of five allies, the Chu Emperor began choosing his own team by calling on Lin Bai.

• The Undying Holy Sect Saint proposed that outsiders hunt in the Southern Sky Hunting Garden if Chu Kingdom’s martial artists failed to return within three days.
• The Chu Emperor challenged the Saint to admit his interest in the Primordial Wilds Breeds, then offered a wager: each member of the winning team could take one beast they personally hunted and receive two hundred thousand immortal jades.
• The Saint chose Dai Kun, Wu Kang, Huo Chunqiu, Feng Xingjian, and Yan Shuqing to join his team, and all five agreed.
• The Chu Emperor began selecting his six hunters and called out Wolf Marquis Lin Bai.

Chu Emperor chose Lin Bai to represent Chu in a hunting wager against the Holy Son of the Undying Holy Sect, and Lin Bai agreed despite his supposed recovery from severe injuries. Lin Bai selected four allied Holy Sons to join him, and they eagerly accepted as the hunt was about to begin.

• Chu Emperor named Lin Bai as Chu’s champion and asked whether his injuries had improved; Lin Bai said he had fully recovered and agreed to face the Undying Holy Sect’s Holy Son.
• Lin Bai’s decision shocked the gathered martial artists, while Ning Qingwen watched him with contempt and doubted his reputation.
• Chu Emperor allowed Lin Bai to choose five helpers, and Meng Qinxian, Lu Qingjun, Yi Heze, and Nie Shang volunteered.
• Lin Bai formally chose the four Holy Sons as his helpers, and all four agreed to accompany him to the Southern Sky Hunting Garden.

Lin Bai chose Qian Hen to join his team for the hunt in the Southern Sky Hunting Garden, where they would compete against the visiting powers in a wager to collect extraordinary species. As the groups set out, Lin Bai clashed verbally with Ning Qingwen, the Undying Holy Sect’s Holy Son, and hinted that he wanted to test whether Ning could truly not be killed.

• Lin Bai invited Qian Hen to join his hunting party after considering Mo Nan and Li Xuanqiu of the Starmoon Twin Sects.
• Emperor Chu approved Qian Hen’s participation and explained that the wager would be decided by counting each team’s extraordinary species after the hunt.
• Lin Bai and the other Chu Kingdom Holy Sons set off alongside Ning Qingwen, Huo Chunqiu, and the other visiting challengers.
• Ning Qingwen mocked the Chu Kingdom’s Holy Sons, and Lin Bai questioned whether the Undying Holy Sect’s sacred arts really made him impossible to kill.
• Meng Qinxian and Huo Chunqiu traded challenges as the two groups headed toward the Southern Sky Hunting Garden.

Lin Bai and his companions entered the Southern Sky Hunting Garden to hunt exotic beasts after Emperor Chu forced Lin Bai to participate. They split up to search the vast garden, while Lin Bai and Qian Hen stayed together and set their sights on an undisclosed target.

• Lin Bai said the people manipulating the Undying Holy Sect's Holy Son and the Fire Immortal Kingdom's Crown Prince were more hateful than the two men themselves, then led his companions into the hunting garden.
• The group marveled at the enormous landscape and creatures, and Qian Hen warned them to flee if they encountered the garden's powerful overlord, the Emperor Golden Peng.
• Lin Bai agreed that the group should split up and hunt, and Qian Hen handed out Telepathic Bracelets so they could communicate and locate one another.
• Meng Qinxian, Lu Qingjun, Yi Heze, and Nie Shang set off separately, leaving Lin Bai and Qian Hen together.
• Qian Hen warned Lin Bai that the four Holy Sons were stronger than they appeared, and Lin Bai said he had already chosen a hunting target without naming it.

Lin Bai and Qian Hen traveled together through the Southern Sky Hunting Garden, drawing attention because Qian Hen was considered a weak choice for Lin Bai’s team. Lin Bai headed toward the Camel Mountain Demon Turtle and Yellow Springs Ancient Tree to seek materials for repairing the Yellow Springs Demon Bone, and the chapter ended as they reached the site of Chen Yule’s lingering sword intent.

• Lin Bai and Qian Hen flew together while other members of their teams split up to explore the Southern Sky Hunting Garden.
• Martial artists in the Ascension Celestial Palace criticized Lin Bai for bringing Qian Hen, while Emperor Chu wondered why the neutral Qian Family had become involved.
• Qian Hen summoned his Black Awning Boat, and he and Lin Bai set off toward the Camel Mountain Demon Turtle and Yellow Springs Ancient Tree.
• Lin Bai told Qian Hen that he wanted to hunt the Yellow Springs Ancient Tree to help repair his shattered Yellow Springs Demon Bone.
• The Black Awning Boat carried them to a forest of fallen trees, where Lin Bai sensed the sword intent Chen Yule had left behind.

Lin Bai and Qian Hen arrived at the Yellow Springs Ancient Tree and Camel Mountain Demon Turtle, whose combined strength made them a difficult target. Lin Bai summoned Chen Yule and the Chen Family to join forces, and they prepared to hunt the creature together.

• Lin Bai and Qian Hen spotted the Yellow Springs Ancient Tree rooted in the Camel Mountain Demon Turtle’s shell.
• Lin Bai explained that the pair would need help and used the sword intent he had left behind to notify Chen Yule.
• Chen Yule arrived with martial artists from the Chen Family after hunting prey elsewhere in the Southern Sky Hunting Garden.
• Lin Bai told Chen Yule he was interested in the Yellow Springs Ancient Tree and lacked confidence in defeating it alone.
• Chen Yule agreed that the three of them should join forces to hunt the Yellow Springs Ancient Tree and Camel Mountain Demon Turtle.

Lin Bai and Chen Yule joined forces to attack the Yellow Springs Ancient Tree and the Camel Mountain Demon Turtle in the Southern Sky Hunting Garden. Chen Yule drew off the tree’s vines while Lin Bai’s sword formation was blocked, leaving the beasts unharmed for now.

• Lin Bai and Chen Yule agreed that Lin Bai would take the Yellow Springs Ancient Tree and Chen Yule would take the Camel Mountain Demon Turtle, while Qian Hen stayed out of the fight.
• Lin Bai and Chen Yule approached the beasts as spectators in the Ascension Celestial Palace watched the two famed sword cultivators prepare to fight together.
• Chen Yule struck the Yellow Springs Ancient Tree with his Dragon Gate Sword and drew its vines away from Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai unleashed the Heaven’s Will Four Symbols Sword Formation, but the Camel Mountain Demon Turtle raised stone walls and the Yellow Springs Ancient Tree knocked back his flying swords with its vines and exploding fruits.