Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai returned to find Qian Hen using a Grand Luo Dao Fruit realm puppet to defeat the Crown Prince of Thousand Water Kingdom. Qian Hen spared the prince, and Lin Bai accepted that the Qian Lineage would avoid making an enemy of the kingdom.

• Lin Bai returned and recognized Qian Hen's Golden Divine General as a powerful puppet that might contain something connected to Qi Longting.
• Qian Hen ordered the Golden Divine General to attack the Crown Prince of Thousand Water Kingdom, whose defenses were shattered by its first sword strike.
• The puppet raised its sword to kill the prince, but Qian Hen stopped it and recalled it to his Storage Bag.
• The terrified Crown Prince of Thousand Water Kingdom admitted defeat and promised to send a generous gift.
• Qian Hen apologized to Lin Bai for sparing the prince, and Lin Bai said he understood and did not consider Thousand Water Kingdom worth pursuing.

Lin Bai and Qian Hen watched the battle after sparing their opponents, while the Crown Prince of the Thousand Water Kingdom reeled from his defeat. As Meng Qin Xian battered the Crown Prince of the Fire Immortal Kingdom, negotiations began over his life, and Meng Qin Xian resumed his assault after hearing from the Chu Emperor.

• Qian Hen apologized for sparing the Crown Prince of the Thousand Water Kingdom and offered Lin Bai gifts, which Lin Bai refused.
• The Crown Prince of the Thousand Water Kingdom realized the Chu Kingdom’s Holy Sons had never considered him a rival, then walked away with his Dao heart damaged.
• Qian Hen asked about the missing Holy Son of the Undying Holy Sect, and Lin Bai confirmed that he had let him escape after the people in the Ascension Celestial Palace negotiated terms.
• Meng Qin Xian overwhelmed the Crown Prince of the Fire Immortal Kingdom with a brutal barrage of punches, leaving him near death.
• Lin Bai recognized that the Chu Emperor was negotiating with Meng Qin Xian and urged him to demand whatever he wanted.
• After replying to the Chu Emperor, Meng Qin Xian launched another fierce assault on the Crown Prince of the Fire Immortal Kingdom.

Meng Qinxian nearly killed the Crown Prince of the Fire Immortal Kingdom after the prince refused to admit defeat, despite his ancestors having paid for his life. Emperor Chu intervened to save him and warned the Fire Immortal Kingdom to discipline its prince.

• Meng Qinxian stopped beating the Crown Prince of the Fire Immortal Kingdom and offered to spare him if he admitted defeat, revealing that the prince's ancestors had bought his life.
• The Crown Prince of the Fire Immortal Kingdom refused to surrender and provoked Meng Qinxian, who withdrew his offer and prepared to kill him.
• Meng Qinxian unleashed the Overturning Divinity Fist, a Dao Art, as the prince finally realized he was in mortal danger.
• The Fire Immortal Kingdom's ancestor and elders begged Emperor Chu to intervene and offered a generous gift.
• Emperor Chu used the Southern Sky Hunting Garden's formation to block Meng Qinxian's punch and warned the Fire Immortal Kingdom to educate its prince.

Emperor Chu stopped Meng Qinxian from killing the Crown Prince of the Fire Immortal Kingdom, who surrendered, and the Crown Prince of the Black Domain Kingdom soon surrendered to Yi Heze as well. Lu Qingjun and Nie Shang continued fighting the Saints of the Yin-Yang Sect and the Ten Thousand Demons Corpse Cave, until both opponents unexpectedly surrendered when the battle turned against them.

• Emperor Chu blocked Meng Qinxian's punch and ordered the Crown Prince of the Fire Immortal Kingdom to surrender, sparing his life under the previously agreed conditions.
• Meng Qinxian rejoined Lin Bai and Qian Hen, while Yi Heze returned after defeating the Crown Prince of the Black Domain Kingdom and securing his surrender.
• Lu Qingjun struggled to overcome Wu Kang's illusion-and-reality technique, while Nie Shang faced the Ten Thousand Demons Corpse Cave Saint's army of Corpse Puppets.
• Lin Bai asked Lu Qingjun and Nie Shang whether they wanted help, and both refused so they could finish their own battles.
• Lu Qingjun and Nie Shang unleashed their Dao Arts, prompting the Saints of the Yin-Yang Sect and the Ten Thousand Demons Corpse Cave to surrender.

The Saints' Sons of Ten Thousand Demons Corpse Cave and the Yin-Yang Sect surrendered after seeing their allies defeated, but Meng Qinxian and Yi Heze urged Lin Bai not to let them go without a price. Lin Bai confronted the pair and prepared to fight, leaving the standoff on the verge of violence.

• The Saints' Sons of Ten Thousand Demons Corpse Cave and the Yin-Yang Sect offered to surrender, explaining that they could not match the six opponents still able to fight.
• Meng Qinxian rejected their offer, saying the battle had been declared a fight to the death, and revealed that the Fire Immortal Kingdom's ancestor had paid Emperor Chu to negotiate for the Crown Prince's life.
• Meng Qinxian and Yi Heze urged Lin Bai to demand compensation from the sects behind the two Saints' Sons and teach them a lesson.
• Lin Bai stepped forward with Qian Hen, Yi Heze, Meng Qinxian, Lu Qingjun, and Nie Shang, then challenged the two Saints' Sons for treating surrender as an easy way out.
• Lin Bai summoned his weapons and transformed his Azure Lotus Sword Intent into the bloodthirsty Red Lotus Sword Intent, while the Saint's Son of Ten Thousand Demons Corpse Cave warned him not to push them too far.

Lin Bai overwhelmed the Saint Son of the Ten Thousand Demons Corpse Cave during the battle to the death, while Emperor Chu brokered terms with the ancestors of the Ten Thousand Demons Corpse Cave and the Yin-Yang Sect. Nie Shang and Lu Qingjun accepted the sects’ revised offers, bringing the dispute close to resolution.

• Lin Bai’s four flying swords destroyed the Saint Son of the Ten Thousand Demons Corpse Cave’s corpse formation and forced him to summon a powerful Corpse Puppet.
• Lin Bai crushed the Corpse Puppet with the Heaven Measuring Ruler and struck toward the Saint Son of the Ten Thousand Demons Corpse Cave.
• Emperor Chu warned the ancestors of the Ten Thousand Demons Corpse Cave and the Yin-Yang Sect that Lin Bai would not stop without suitable terms, and they offered gifts to settle the dispute.
• Nie Shang demanded the heart of a ten-thousand-year Corpse Demon, while Lu Qingjun demanded to see the Yin-Yang Sect’s inherited secret art; the ancestors rejected both requests.
• The ancestors offered a thousand-year Corpse Monster’s heart and a sword art comparable to a Dao Art instead, and Nie Shang and Lu Qingjun agreed.

Lin Bai and his allies ended their battle with an overwhelming victory after Emperor Chu negotiated a truce, then returned with the other hunters to the Ascension Celestial Palace as the hunt ended. Lin Bai declined to pursue the prize for hunting the most exotic beasts, since he had joined the hunt to help Emperor Chu with his wager.

• Lin Bai stopped attacking the Ten Thousand Demons Corpse Cave Holy Son after Lu Qingjun and Nie Shang told him the talks were settled, and the Holy Son and Yin-Yang Sect Holy Son were relieved to avoid a fight.
• Lin Bai asked Qian Hen to collect the exotic beasts for presentation to Emperor Chu, while the Undying Holy Sect Holy Son fled and the Crown Princes of three kingdoms were gravely wounded.
• Lin Bai and his allies received congratulations, though Meng Qinxian remained frustrated that Emperor Chu's intervention had prevented him from killing the Crown Prince of the Fire Immortal Kingdom.
• At dusk, Eunuch Gui announced that the hunt had ended and escorted the Holy Sons and Holy Daughters back to the Ascension Celestial Palace, while other eunuchs gathered the hunters across the garden.
• The hunters handed their exotic beasts to Emperor Chu, and Lin Bai told Chen Yule that he probably would not enter the hunting evaluation for the million immortal jades.

Lin Bai and the other sects submitted their exotic species from the Southern Sky Hunting Garden, while the Tianshui Sect celebrated Lin Bai’s performance and welcomed guests. As Lin Bai grew dizzy from repeated toasts, he noticed Chu Zimo, Chu Tinghan, and Chu Tingxue return to Prince Liang’s Estate’s seats and wondered how many species they had caught.

• Yi Song, Chen Yule, Huang Qingyun, and Shui Mo Dan compared their sects’ modest hunting totals and acknowledged that luck had influenced their results.
• Eunuch Gui collected the participants’ exotic species, including Lin Bai’s group’s 777, Chen Yule’s group’s 175, Yi Song’s group’s 169, Huang Qingyun’s group’s 165, Shui Mo Dan’s group’s 66, and Bai Yifei’s group’s 101.
• Pan Qing praised Lin Bai for destroying the corpse demon with the Heaven Measuring Ruler and promised rewards for the Tianshui Sect participants.
• Pan Qing and the Tianshui Sect elders hosted visiting families and sects, while Lin Bai accepted repeated toasts until he became dizzy.
• Chu Zimo, Chu Tinghan, and Chu Tingxue returned to the Ascension Celestial Palace and sat behind Liang Wang, prompting Lin Bai to wonder about Prince Liang’s Estate’s hunting results.

The Chu Emperor ended the Southern Sky Hunting Garden hunt and awarded Chen Yule one million immortal jades for capturing the most exotic creatures. After the Undying Holy Sect’s Holy Son conceded his wager, the Chu Emperor awarded Lin Bai and his companions another million immortal jades, leaving Lin Bai poised to claim the condition promised by the sect.

• Lin Bai exchanged a show of killing intent with the Holy Son of the Undying Holy Sect when the Holy Son returned to the palace.
• The Chu Emperor ended the hunt and announced that Chen Yule had won first place with 175 exotic creatures, earning one million immortal jades.
• The Holy Son of the Undying Holy Sect conceded his wager after the Chu Emperor asked how many creatures his side had captured.
• The Chu Emperor’s scroll showed that Lin Bai and his companions had captured 777 creatures, while the Holy Son and his allies had captured none.
• Eunuch Gui gave Lin Bai one million immortal jades and instructed him to thank the Chu Emperor before claiming the Undying Holy Sect’s promised condition.
• Lin Bai rose, bowed, and thanked the Chu Emperor for the reward.

Lin Bai pressed the sects and kingdoms to fulfill their promises for sparing the Undying Holy Sect's Holy Son and the other heirs. He secured the Star Plucking Demonic Palm and rewards for his friends, then left the Black Domain Kingdom's payment in Yi Heze's hands.

• Lin Bai asked Emperor Chu when the Undying Holy Sect would honor its promise, and the Undying Holy Sect's Ancestor demanded that Lin Bai swear not to pass on the Star Plucking Demonic Palm.
• Lin Bai swore the Demonic Heart Oath, then made the Undying Holy Sect's Ancestor swear that the scripture was complete and correct before accepting it.
• Lin Bai collected the Yin-Yang Sect's sword technique for Lu Qingjun and a living heart from the Ten Thousand Demons Corpse Cave's Ancestor.
• Lin Bai accepted two hundred thousand immortal jades from the Fire Immortal Kingdom and learned that Meng Qinxian had negotiated the payment.
• Lin Bai received ten thousand immortal jades from the Black Domain Kingdom, and Yi Heze regretted asking for only one hundred thousand.

After winning the hunt, Lin Bai and the others claimed their chosen Primordial Wilds Breeds as rewards. His Highness Prince Chen warned Lin Bai that the imperial marriage arrangements were about to begin, leaving Lin Bai frustrated that his efforts to avoid them had failed.

• Emperor Chu invited Lin Bai and the others to choose one Primordial Wilds Breed each, and Lin Bai requested the Yellow Springs Ancient Tree to try to repair the Yellow Springs Demon Bone.
• Lu Qingjun chose the Soaring Sword Hawk, Yi Heze the Grand Xuan Fire Turtle, Nie Shang the Phoenix Ape, Meng Qinxian the Overlord Sky Centipede, and Qian Hen the Seven Star Butterfly.
• Lin Bai told the others they would distribute the immortal jades after leaving the Southern Sky Hunting Garden, and they agreed not to divide the spoils in the Ascension Celestial Palace.
• His Highness Prince Chen congratulated Lin Bai and warned him that the marriage arrangements for the imperial family were about to begin.
• Lin Bai realized he was likely to be the main target of the marriage arrangements and glared at the Saint Son of the Undying Holy Sect, whom he blamed for forcing him into the battle.

The Third Prince tried to force Lin Bai into a marriage with Princess Xiang Xian or Princess Miao Feng, hoping to drive a wedge between him and Prince Chen. Prince Chen and the Chu Emperor turned the proposal aside, but Liang Wang immediately proposed that Lin Bai marry one of his daughters instead.

• Lin Bai feared that the Chu Emperor's search for a son-in-law would pull him into a hostile faction, since he already had a family and served Prince Chen.
• The Third Prince publicly praised Lin Bai and asked the Chu Emperor to betroth him to Princess Xiang Xian or Princess Miao Feng; both princesses agreed.
• Prince Chen argued that neither princess's martial talent matched Lin Bai's and urged the Chu Emperor to choose a martial prodigy instead.
• The Chu Emperor agreed that the marriage required careful consideration, and the Third Prince reluctantly gave up his proposal.
• Liang Wang offered Chu Tinghan or Chu Tingxue as a suitable martial-prodigy bride for Lin Bai and asked the Chu Emperor to arrange the marriage.

Prince Liang asked the Chu Emperor to betroth Chu Tinghan or Chu Tingxue to Lin Bai, escalating the struggle over Lin Bai’s marriage. The Chu Emperor tried to delay his answer, but both princesses declared they wanted Lin Bai, leaving the court stunned.

• Prince Liang asked the Chu Emperor to choose one of his daughters, Chu Tinghan or Chu Tingxue, as Lin Bai’s wife.
• The Chu Emperor tried to stall, saying the young people should decide their own affairs and warning against an unwanted marriage.
• Chu Tingxue declared that she would die without regret if she could become Dao companions with Lin Bai.
• Chu Tinghan declared that she would become a nun rather than marry anyone other than Lin Bai.
• The princesses’ declarations shocked the Ascension Celestial Palace, while Lin Bai remained caught in the imperial marriage dispute.

Prince Liang pressed Emperor Chu to arrange a marriage between Chu Tinghan and Chu Tingxue and Lin Bai, while Prince Chen and the Third Prince joined forces to prevent Lin Bai from marrying into Prince Liang's Estate. Emperor Chu claimed Lin Bai already had a beloved, and Fallen Immortal unexpectedly declared that she was the one.

• Prince Liang urged Emperor Chu to grant Chu Tinghan and Chu Tingxue marriage decrees to Lin Bai, presenting the request as his final wish before retirement.
• Prince Chen and the Third Prince argued that marriage would distract Lin Bai from cultivation and jointly opposed the match with Prince Liang's daughters.
• Prince Liang promised to support Lin Bai's cultivation if he married into Prince Liang's Estate, making the gathered sects and Lineages envious.
• Emperor Chu told Prince Liang that he had refused earlier marriage proposals because Lin Bai already had a beloved.
• Fallen Immortal spoke up and identified herself as Lin Bai's beloved, leaving Lin Bai stunned.

Fallen Immortal interrupted the marriage negotiations at the Ascension Celestial Palace, and the Chu Emperor explained that Lin Bai had won her pardon and restored her status as Princess of Prince Hong Estate. Lin Bai affirmed his love for Fallen Immortal, prompting Liang Wang to accept their relationship and ask when they would marry.

• Fallen Immortal declared her presence, and the Chu Emperor told Liang Wang that Lin Bai had secured her pardon after resolving the Saint Son case.
• Chu Tinghan and Chu Tingxue glared at Fallen Immortal, but she released sword intent that forced them to look away.
• Liang Wang asked Lin Bai whether he and Fallen Immortal were truly in love, while Pan Qing feared the answer could worsen the situation.
• Lin Bai confirmed that he and Fallen Immortal loved each other and asked the Chu Emperor and Liang Wang for their blessing.
• Liang Wang accepted Lin Bai and Fallen Immortal's relationship, wished them well, and asked the Chu Emperor when they would marry.

At the Chu Emperor’s celebration, Liang Wang pressured Lin Bai and Fallen Immortal to set a wedding date, and they agreed to marry within ten years. After returning one Grand Yi Divine Weapon, Lin Bai was spared from immediately returning two more when Meng Qinxian intervened.

• Liang Wang challenged the Chu Emperor to set a wedding date for Lin Bai and Fallen Immortal, and Fallen Immortal said they would marry once they reached the Grand Luo Dao Fruit realm, within ten years.
• Lin Bai reflected that the marriage dispute was a contest among the Chu Kingdom’s upper ranks and accepted congratulations from the guests.
• The Undying Holy Sect’s old ancestor asked Lin Bai for the Nine-Section Bone Sword, and Lin Bai returned it with a warning for the sect’s Holy Son.
• The Zhao Family Old Ancestor and Li Family Old Ancestor demanded the Mount Tai Sword and Overlord Sky Halberd from Lin Bai.
• Meng Qinxian stopped Lin Bai from returning the weapons and told the two family elders that their prodigies would have to reclaim them themselves.

Lin Bai kept the Mount Tai Sword and Overlord Sky Halberd after agreeing to face challenges from the Zhao and Li Families for five years. Back at Tianshui Sect, Pan Qing gathered the elders and Lin Bai to decide how the sect should respond to the publicized marriage alliance between Lin Bai and Princess Chenxian of Prince Hong Estate.

• Meng Qinxian explained that Lin Bai had taken the Mount Tai Sword and Overlord Sky Halberd after defeating Zhao Xiantu and Li Mo.
• Lin Bai proposed a five-year term in which he would return the Grand Yi Divine Weapons if a Zhao or Li Family prodigy defeated him, and the two Old Ancestors accepted.
• Lin Bai told Pan Qing that keeping the weapons could provoke the Zhao and Li Families, while Pan Qing said Tianshui Sect had nothing to fear.
• The Southern Sky Hunt ended, and Lin Bai returned to Tianshui Sect's palace with the sect's martial artists.
• Pan Qing summoned Lin Bai and the elders to discuss how Tianshui Sect should respond to news of Lin Bai's marriage alliance with Princess Chenxian.

Lin Bai and Tianshui Sect discussed how to respond to the Emperor of Chu’s arranged marriage, then Lin Bai considered repairing the damaged Yellow Springs Demon Bone with the Yellow Springs Ancient Tree. He decided to seek Old Man Wuchuan’s help and arranged a gathering to distribute the hunting proceeds, leaving the marriage response unresolved.

• Old Ancestor Pan Qing and Tianshui Sect’s elders discussed the arranged marriage, and Sect Master and the sect’s old ancestors decided to wait and see.
• Lin Bai examined the Yellow Springs Ancient Tree and the cracked Yellow Springs Demon Bone, hoping the tree could help restore the weapon.
• Lin Bai decided to seek help from Old Man Wuchuan, the Celestial Mystery Pavilion’s chief artificer.
• Lin Bai arranged a gathering at Immortal Abode Restaurant to divide the million immortal jades among his companions and invited Chen Yule, Huang Qingyun, Yi Song, and Shui Mo Dan.

Lin Bai visited Old Man Wuchuan at the Celestial Mystery Pavilion to ask for help repairing the Yellow Springs Demon Bone. Old Man Wuchuan discussed the Third Prince’s firm political foundation and his wish to leave the Imperial Capital, and Lin Bai presented the damaged weapon and the Yellow Springs Ancient Tree.

• After returning from the Southern Sky Hunting Garden, Lin Bai went to the Celestial Mystery Pavilion and asked Meng Ye to arrange a meeting with Old Man Wuchuan.
• Old Man Wuchuan agreed to see Lin Bai and received him in the Grotto-Heaven world inside the Yellow Gourd.
• Lin Bai told Old Man Wuchuan that the Third Prince had been keeping a low profile since the Twelfth Prince’s orphan was rescued.
• Old Man Wuchuan explained that the Third Prince’s strong support across the dynasty meant that losing the Chu Emperor’s favor would not topple him.
• Old Man Wuchuan said he wanted to leave the Imperial Capital after the Chu Emperor’s Birthday Celebration, and Lin Bai explained that he had come to request repairs to a Grand Yi Divine Weapon.
• Lin Bai took out the Yellow Springs Demon Bone and the Yellow Springs Ancient Tree for Old Man Wuchuan.

Lin Bai left the Yellow Springs Demon Bone and Yellow Springs Ancient Tree with Old Man Wuchuan to be repaired, then wandered the imperial capital while searching for a way to expose the Third Prince. He ended up near Bright Moon Pavilion, where Chao Yushi and Zhang Linghu mistook his aimless walk for a visit to a pleasure house and warned him to remain faithful to their young mistress.

• Old Man Wuchuan examined the Yellow Springs Demon Bone and agreed to repair it within half a month for fifty thousand immortal jades, asking Lin Bai not to disturb his peace before the Chu Emperor's Birthday Celebration.
• Lin Bai left the Yellow Springs Demon Bone and Yellow Springs Ancient Tree with Old Man Wuchuan and gave Meng Ye a Voice Transmission Token in case he or his master needed help.
• Lin Bai wandered through the imperial capital, considering how the Third Prince's disappearance had cut off his investigation into the First Prince and Second Prince's deaths.
• Chao Yushi called out to Lin Bai from Hongtian Tavern, where Zhang Linghu warned him not to betray their young mistress by visiting places of pleasure.
• Lin Bai realized that he had wandered near Bright Moon Pavilion without intending to go there.