Chapter Summaries

After Lin Bai wiped out Heaven and Earth Gate’s Southern Heavens Hunt participants, Chen Yule challenged Sun Miao to a wagered battle on Cloud Peak. Sun Miao accepted Chen Yule’s ten-beast stake, and the two prepared to fight.

• Lin Bai collected Heaven and Earth Gate’s Storage Bags and returned to Tianshui Sect, where Bai Yifei and the others praised him.
• No one challenged Lin Bai, so Chen Yule stepped forward and called on Sun Miao to fight for ten exotic beasts.
• Sun Miao’s Dao Protector urged him to reduce the wager to three beasts, but Chen Yule mocked Sun Miao and insulted the Sun family’s ancestors.
• Angered, Sun Miao accepted the ten-beast wager and faced Chen Yule on Cloud Peak.
• Chen Yule drew the Dragon Gate Sword as Sun Miao summoned a black-iron staff and shattered the surrounding clouds with its force.

Chen Yule and Sun Miao fought to a standstill on Cloud Peak as Lin Bai learned about the Sun family’s connection to the Great Sage Equaling Heaven. Qian Hen shared a legend about the family’s origins and revealed that its founder, Sun Qianqi, was honored as one of the Nine Heroes on the Demon Subjugation Monument.

• Chen Yule and Sun Miao exchanged hundreds of attacks on Cloud Peak without either gaining the upper hand.
• Bai Yifei told Lin Bai that the Sun family carried a trace of the Great Sage Equaling Heaven’s bloodline and had risen to prominence after its founder helped defeat the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace.
• Qian Hen told Lin Bai a family-vault legend that a Demon Realm powerhouse fathered the Sun family’s founding ancestor with an Eastern Continent woman.
• Qian Hen recounted that Sun Qianqi was one of the Nine Heroes honored on the Demon Subjugation Monument for his deeds in the battle against the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace.
• Lin Bai realized that Sun Qianqi’s achievements explained Chen Yule’s criticism of the Sun family’s descendants, while Tianshui Sect had no ancestor honored on the monument because Chu suppressed it for exploiting the war.

Chen Yule defeated Sun Miao in a gambling duel, then Yi Song beat Shangguan Tong as the duels on Cloud Peak continued. The Azure Thunder Sect’s holy heir challenged Shui Mo Dan, drawing ridicule and a cold look from Ye Danyang.

• Chen Yule defeated Sun Miao after several hundred exchanges, and Sun Miao conceded ten exotic creatures before returning to heal.
• Chen Yule told Lin Bai that the Chen and Sun Families had once been friendly, but the Sun Family had grown increasingly unruly.
• Yi Song challenged Shangguan Tong with ten exotic creatures at stake, then defeated him with a barrage of Mystic Arts and Dao Arts.
• Huang Qingyun easily defeated her challengers, while Shui Mo Dan struggled as the Azure Thunder Sect’s holy heir challenged her.
• Ye Danyang watched Shui Mo Dan and looked toward her challenger with cold killing intent.

Wang Ai, the Holy Son of the Azure Thunder Sect, challenged Shui Mo Dan, expecting the Danxia Sect’s Holy Daughter to be an easy target. Shui Mo Dan overwhelmed him, tossed him into the Spirit Refining Furnace, and lit it with the Undying Flame of the Myriad Ages, leaving the crowd stunned.

• Wang Ai challenged Shui Mo Dan to a wager battle, prompting Yi Song, Chen Yule, and Lin Bai to criticize the Azure Thunder Sect for targeting the Danxia Sect.
• Shui Mo Dan accepted Wang Ai’s challenge despite Lin Bai and the others offering to step in.
• Wang Ai attacked Shui Mo Dan with powerful lightning arts, but she seized the lightning and smashed him into the ground with one palm.
• Shui Mo Dan brought out the Great Luo Divine Weapon, the Spirit Refining Furnace, threw Wang Ai inside, and shut the lid.
• Shui Mo Dan placed the furnace over the Undying Flame of the Myriad Ages as the onlookers wondered if she intended to refine Wang Ai.

Lin Bai learned about Danxia Sect’s Spirit Refining Furnace and Eternal Undying Fire as Water Ink Pill trapped the Azure Thunder Sect’s Holy Son inside the furnace. Danxia Sect’s ancestor accepted an Azure Sky Profound Thunder Flower in exchange for his life, and Water Ink Pill reluctantly released him.

• Qian Hen and Chen Yule explained the power and history of Danxia Sect’s Spirit Refining Furnace and Eternal Undying Fire to Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai reflected on the deep resources of Chu’s major sects and the Tianshui Sect’s long decline.
• The Azure Thunder Sect’s ancestor pleaded with Danxia Sect’s ancestor to spare the Holy Son trapped in Water Ink Pill’s furnace.
• Danxia Sect’s ancestor agreed to intervene after the Azure Thunder Sect offered an Azure Sky Profound Thunder Flower as an apology.
• After receiving a voice transmission that her ancestor wanted the Holy Son released, Water Ink Pill withdrew the fire and opened the Spirit Refining Furnace.

Shui Mo Dan defeated the Azure Thunder Sect Holy Son with the Spirit Refining Furnace, and Cloud Peak's battles continued until the final day. Lu Qingjun, Yi Heze, Meng Qinxian, and Nie Shang arrived and prepared to challenge the remaining martial artists, who considered joining forces against Lin Bai.

• Shui Mo Dan's Spirit Refining Furnace left the Azure Thunder Sect Holy Son charred and barely alive, and her Dao Protectors soothed her with a precious pill.
• Zhao Xiantu and Li Mo won their battles, while no one dared challenge Lin Bai after he killed Yan Han.
• On the hunt's final day, Lu Qingjun, Yi Heze, Meng Qinxian, and Nie Shang arrived at Cloud Peak after Qian Hen had sent them a message.
• Lin Bai and Qian Hen explained the royal hunting battles to the newcomers, who decided to fight the martial artists still sitting out.
• The Holy Sons and Crown Princes discussed how to handle the challenges, and Wu Kang proposed that they join forces rather than face Lin Bai one-on-one.

The six outsiders challenged Lin Bai and his companions to a group melee on Cloud Peak, believing that fighting together gave them the best chance against Lin Bai. Before the battle began, Meng Qinxian revealed that he had hunted 116 exotic species, leaving the Crown Prince of the Fire Immortal Kingdom stunned.

• Wu Kang urged the six outsiders to avoid fighting Lin Bai one-on-one, and they agreed to face Lin Bai's group together.
• The six outsiders entered the arena and proposed a six-on-six melee, while Qian Hen joined Lin Bai's side.
• Lin Bai asked how many exotic species the outsiders were willing to wager, and the Crown Prince of the Fire Immortal Kingdom taunted him.
• Meng Qinxian produced a huge pile of exotic corpses and declared that he had hunted 116, including several powerful First Tier species.
• The Crown Prince of the Fire Immortal Kingdom reacted with shock after seeing Meng Qinxian's haul.

Lin Bai and the Crown Prince of the Fire Immortal Kingdom’s groups compared their aberrant beast counts and agreed to wager 260 beasts on a decisive battle. The Crown Prince of the Fire Immortal Kingdom demanded that the fight be to the death, and Lin Bai’s allies urged him to accept.

• Meng Qinxian mocked the Crown Prince of the Fire Immortal Kingdom for having hunted fewer aberrant beasts, and Lin Bai and the Holy Son of the Undying Holy Sect stopped them from fighting.
• Lin Bai’s group revealed 485 aberrant beasts, while the Holy Son of the Undying Holy Sect’s group had around 260.
• Lin Bai proposed wagering 260 aberrant beasts, and the Holy Son of the Undying Holy Sect agreed.
• The Crown Prince of the Fire Immortal Kingdom demanded a fight to the death and said neither side could seek revenge if someone died.
• Meng Qinxian, Lu Qingjun, Nie Shang, and Yi Heze urged Lin Bai to accept the life-or-death battle.

Lin Bai accepted the Crown Prince of the Fire Immortal Kingdom’s challenge to a fight to the death after Emperor Chu left the decision to him. Meng Qinxian and the Crown Prince began battling, and Lu Qingjun stopped Wu Kang’s sneak attack on Meng Qinxian.

• The Crown Prince of the Fire Immortal Kingdom proposed a fight to the death, and Lin Bai looked to Emperor Chu for permission.
• Emperor Chu told Lin Bai to decide for himself, and Lin Bai accepted the challenge.
• Meng Qinxian charged the Crown Prince of the Fire Immortal Kingdom, and their fierce battle began on Cloud Peak.
• Meng Qinxian tore apart the Crown Prince’s fire dragons and struck him back, drawing cheers from the spectators.
• Wu Kang secretly attacked Meng Qinxian with Yin-Yang Thrust, but Lu Qingjun intercepted the strike with his sword.

Meng Qinxian, Lu Qingjun, Nie Shang, and Yi Heze entered battle against the enemy Holy Sons and Crown Princes while Lin Bai organized the remaining fights. The chapter left Lin Bai preparing to fight the Undying Holy Sect's Holy Son as Qian Hen volunteered to face the Crown Prince of the Thousand Water Kingdom.

• Lu Qingjun blocked the Yin-Yang Sect's Holy Son's sneak attack on Meng Qinxian, then challenged him and began fighting against his Yin-Yang Escape Technique.
• Qian Hen explained that the Yin-Yang Sect's Holy Son used the Yin-Yang Sacred Texts' unusual escape art, while Yi Heze urged the group to attack before their enemies could strike first.
• Nie Shang chose the Holy Son of Ten Thousand Demons Corpse Cave and fought him, breaking open a coffin and battling the dried corpses released from it.
• Lin Bai assigned Yi Heze the Crown Prince of the Black Domain Kingdom and said he would handle the Undying Holy Sect's Holy Son and the Crown Prince of the Thousand Water Kingdom.
• Qian Hen revealed he could fight and offered to face the Crown Prince of the Thousand Water Kingdom, leaving Lin Bai to challenge the Undying Holy Sect's Holy Son.

Lin Bai and Qian Hen agreed to face the remaining opponents, with Qian Hen volunteering to hold off the Crown Prince of the Thousand Water Kingdom. Lin Bai confronted the Undying Holy Sect's Holy Son, and their battle began as the gathered factions watched.

• Qian Hen offered to help Lin Bai fight the Crown Prince of the Thousand Water Kingdom, and Lin Bai agreed after warning him not to risk his life.
• Lin Bai and the other fighters settled on their opponents, leaving Lin Bai to face the Undying Holy Sect's Holy Son and Qian Hen to face the Crown Prince of the Thousand Water Kingdom.
• Spectators discussed the Undying Holy Sect's secret art and watched the clash between Lin Bai and the sect's Holy Son with keen interest.
• The Undying Holy Sect's Holy Son urged Lin Bai to choose the Crown Prince instead, but Lin Bai insisted on fighting him and said he wanted to see the sect's Sacred Art.

Lin Bai fought the Undying Holy Sect's Crown Prince after their sparring match became a life-and-death duel. As the Crown Prince's Star Plucking Demonic Palm closed around him, Lin Bai recognized its resemblance to his own Palm-Sized World technique and gained new insight into refining it.

• Lin Bai drew his demon sword and challenged the Undying Holy Sect's Crown Prince, who gathered his power and attacked.
• Lin Bai deflected the Crown Prince's opening attacks with his Azure Lotus Sword Intent, prompting the Crown Prince to unleash the Star Plucking Demonic Palm.
• The demonic palm shattered Lin Bai's sword-intent shield, but Lin Bai cut through the palm with One Sword Obscures the Heavens.
• The Crown Prince reformed the severed palm and tried to seize Lin Bai as its fingers closed around him.
• Lin Bai recognized the Star Plucking Demonic Palm's similarity to his Palm-Sized World technique and felt newly enlightened about improving his Heaven Swallowing Five Techniques.

Lin Bai escaped the Undying Holy Sect's Saint Son's Star Plucking Demonic Palm by revealing his Crimson Lotus Sword Intent, then destroyed the palm and appeared to kill his opponent with a devastating sword strike. Lin Bai doubted that the supposedly undying Saint Son had truly died, and the chapter ended as his suspicion was about to be confirmed.

• The Undying Holy Sect's Saint Son trapped Lin Bai in the Star Plucking Demonic Palm and tried to crush him, but Lin Bai's Five Elements Dao Body held out.
• Lin Bai unleashed crimson sword intent, blossoming into a Crimson Lotus that let him break free of the demonic palm.
• Emperor Chu and Liang Wang recognized that Lin Bai had transformed the Azure Lotus Swordplay into his own Crimson Lotus path.
• The Undying Holy Sect's Saint Son attacked again, but Lin Bai combined Crimson Lotus Sword Intent with Heaven Startling Sword Momentum and destroyed the Star Plucking Demonic Palm.
• Lin Bai's blood-red sword momentum engulfed the Undying Holy Sect's Saint Son and reduced him to ashes, while the sect's elders showed little alarm.
• Lin Bai questioned whether the Saint Son was really dead because of the Undying Holy Sect's reputation for immortality.

Lin Bai faced the Undying Holy Sect's Holy Son, who revealed a secret art that let him revive from drops of blood. Lin Bai overwhelmed him with his weapons and repeatedly killed him, leaving the Holy Son weakened and terrified after his fourth rebirth.

• The Undying Holy Sect's Holy Son revived from a drop of blood after Lin Bai had reduced him to ashes, revealing the sect's Blood Rebirth secret art.
• The Undying Holy Sect's Holy Son attacked with a Grand Yi Divine Weapon, the Nine-Section Bone Sword, and two bone spikes pierced Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai brought out his demon sword, Heaven Measuring Ruler, and four flying swords, then smashed the Holy Son's body apart with the Heaven Measuring Ruler.
• The Holy Son revived and tried to flee while attacking with the Nine-Section Bone Sword, but Lin Bai pursued him and split him in two with his demon sword.
• Lin Bai continued striking down the Holy Son each time he revived, and the Holy Son screamed before emerging from his fourth rebirth noticeably weaker and more afraid.

Lin Bai repeatedly killed the Undying Holy Sect's Holy Son, whose rebirth secret art let him return again and again, until the Holy Son fled in fear. As the chase moved away from Cloud Peak, the Undying Holy Sect's Ancestor appealed to Chu Emperor, who warned the Southern Region guests to follow Chu Nation's rules.

• The Undying Holy Sect's Holy Son was reborn repeatedly as Lin Bai killed him, and after his eighth rebirth he offered the exotic beasts in exchange for peace.
• Lin Bai recognized the Holy Son's fear, rejected his attempt to reconcile, and smashed him with the Heaven Measuring Ruler.
• After his ninth rebirth, the Holy Son tried to escape, but Lin Bai pursued and struck him down again; the chase continued away from Cloud Peak.
• The Holy Sons on Cloud Peak and the powerful figures in the Ascension Celestial Palace were shaken by Lin Bai's strength and the Holy Son's repeated rebirths.
• The Undying Holy Sect's elders warned their Ancestor that further use of the secret art could damage the Holy Son's vitality and Dao foundation.
• The Undying Holy Sect's Ancestor addressed Chu Emperor, who reminded him that the Southern Region guests were in the Eastern Region and should follow Chu Nation's arrangements.

Chu Emperor relayed the Undying Holy Sect Ancestor’s plea for mercy to Lin Bai while Lin Bai continued killing the Undying Holy Sect’s Holy Son. Lin Bai agreed to spare him in exchange for any one of three demands, leaving the Undying Holy Sect Ancestor to face an outrageous price as Chu Emperor used the dispute to warn the visiting sects.

• The Undying Holy Sect Ancestor pleaded with Chu Emperor to stop Lin Bai from killing the Undying Holy Sect’s Holy Son and offered compensation.
• Chu Emperor refused to intervene in the agreed life-and-death duel but offered to ask Lin Bai whether he would stop.
• Lin Bai pursued and killed the Undying Holy Sect’s Holy Son again, who underwent his sixteenth rebirth and showed growing fear.
• Chu Emperor told Lin Bai about the Undying Holy Sect Ancestor’s offer, and Lin Bai demanded any one of three things: the Star Plucking Demonic Palm method, access to the Undying Holy Sect’s inheritance grounds, or one million immortal jades.
• Chu Emperor announced Lin Bai’s demands to the Ascension Celestial Palace, provoking an uproar and angering the Undying Holy Sect’s Ancestor and Elders.
• Pan Qing suspected Chu Emperor was using the dispute to warn the sects and Holy Sons from other territories.

The Undying Holy Sect debated Lin Bai’s demands and chose to offer one million immortal jades rather than reveal its secret Dao Art or inherited scripture. When the sect tried to delay payment until returning home, Chu Emperor consulted Lin Bai, who was still pursuing its Holy Son.

• The Undying Holy Sect’s elders argued over Lin Bai’s three conditions as their Holy Son approached his eighteenth and final rebirth.
• The ancestor ruled out handing over the Undying Holy Scripture and, after weighing the remaining options, agreed to offer one million immortal jades.
• The ancestor told Chu Emperor that the sect would pay after returning home, but Chu Emperor saw through the attempt to evade payment and said he would ask Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai continued pursuing the Holy Son without using his full strength while negotiations remained unresolved.
• Chu Emperor asked Lin Bai about the weather in the Southern Sky Hunting Garden, and Lin Bai replied that it was pleasant and breezy.

Lin Bai continued pursuing the Undying Holy Sect's Saint Son until Emperor Chu relayed the sect's offer to hand over the Star Plucking Demonic Palm. Lin Bai accepted, and the Undying Holy Sect agreed to provide the genuine cultivation method after the hunt, once Lin Bai swore not to pass it on.

• Lin Bai mistook Emperor Chu's question about the weather for a negotiation message and continued pursuing the Undying Holy Sect's Saint Son.
• Emperor Chu told the Undying Holy Sect that Lin Bai had rejected its proposal and demanded either a million immortal jades or one of his other conditions.
• The Undying Holy Sect's ancestor and elders decided they could offer the Star Plucking Demonic Palm, but required Lin Bai to swear a Demonic Heart Oath not to pass it on.
• Emperor Chu explained the offer to Lin Bai, who accepted it and stopped pursuing the Saint Son.
• The Undying Holy Sect's ancestor promised to give Lin Bai the genuine Star Plucking Demonic Palm after the hunt and after Lin Bai swore the oath.

Lin Bai ended his battle with the Holy Son of the Undying Holy Sect, recovered the Nine-Section Bone Sword, and returned to Cloud Peak. There, Qian Hen faced the Crown Prince of the Thousand Water Kingdom and revealed the Longting Shield, a top-tier Great Luo Divine Weapon.

• Lin Bai judged that the Holy Son of the Undying Holy Sect could be reborn only a few more times before dying for good.
• Lin Bai found the Nine-Section Bone Sword among the ruins of a shattered mountain and stored it, planning to return it only if the Undying Holy Sect gave him the Star Plucking Demonic Palm cultivation method.
• At Cloud Peak, Meng Qinxian, Lu Qingjun, Nie Shang, and Yi Heze fought their opponents while the Crown Prince of the Thousand Water Kingdom turned his attention to Qian Hen.
• Qian Hen asked to stop once a winner was decided, but the Crown Prince of the Thousand Water Kingdom attacked him with waves and thunder.
• Qian Hen blocked the attack with the Longting Shield, which the martial artists identified as a top-tier Great Luo Divine Weapon once wielded by Qi Longting.

Qian Hen used the Longting Shield, one of the Great Qi Ancient Kingdom’s legendary supreme treasures, to withstand the Thousand Water Kingdom Crown Prince’s attacks. When the prince proposed a draw, Qian Hen revealed an enormous golem modeled after Qi Longting, leaving its Great Luo Dao Fruit power poised to enter the fight.

• The chapter recounted how Qi Longting forged three top-grade Great Luo Divine Weapons, used them to save the Great Qi Ancient Kingdom, and ultimately lost the kingdom and its treasures after Chu sowed conflict among its descendants.
• Qian Hen blocked the Thousand Water Kingdom Crown Prince’s waves with the Longting Shield and challenged him to try ten moves against it.
• Chen Yule, Yi Song, Huang Qingyun, and Shui Mo Dan reacted to the shield, while the Thousand Water Kingdom Crown Prince realized he could not break through its defenses.
• The Thousand Water Kingdom Crown Prince proposed a draw, but Qian Hen said he could still hurt him because he had other treasures.
• Qian Hen summoned a hundred-zhang golden golem modeled after Qi Longting, and its formations drew in spiritual power before it awakened with a Great Luo Dao Fruit aura.