Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai learned from the Crow that Xia Jingzhi had fused with a poison toad using the Insect Scripture’s Symbiotic Dao Art, making him powerful enough to threaten the Nine Seas Dragon Hunt Formation. Unable to defeat Xia Jingzhi from outside and knowing the toad’s poison could not be refined by his Devouring Power, Lin Bai resolved to enter the toad and attack from within.

• Lin Bai dodged the Netherworld Demon Toad’s poisoned arrows, which gouged deep holes in the ground and corroded space.
• Lin Bai summoned the Crow to identify Xia Jingzhi’s techniques rather than to fight.
• The Crow explained that Xia Jingzhi used the Insect Scripture’s Symbiotic Dao Art to merge with his painstakingly cultivated toad and reach Grand Luo Dao Fruit strength.
• The Crow told Lin Bai that the Heaven Swallowing Race could not refine strange poisons, and that Xia Jingzhi’s Ant Saint Pill caused unbearable pain.
• Lin Bai realized he had to enter the poison-filled toad and cut it open from the inside.

Lin Bai discovered that Xia Jingzhi had poisoned the surrounding Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm martial artists with Carefree Powder and warned them to purge it. As they did, Lin Bai attacked Xia Jingzhi while simultaneously driving the poison from his own body, and the Crow flew off to watch.

• The Crow warned Lin Bai not to surround Southern Border Insect Valley martial artists and identified the undetectable poison as Carefree Powder.
• Lin Bai explained that Carefree Powder would temporarily paralyze its victims and urged everyone to purge it before it took effect.
• Bai Yifei, Zhou Xinjin, and the other martial artists began circulating their cultivation to search for and expel the poison.
• Lin Bai continued purging the poison from his body while charging Xia Jingzhi with his demon sword and four flying swords.
• The Crow saw Lin Bai split his attention between attacking Xia Jingzhi and chasing the poison through his body, then flew away to watch.

Lin Bai entered Xia Jingzhi’s poisonous Netherworld Demon Toad and killed it from within, then pursued Xia Jingzhi and shattered his dantian and Dao Fruit. As Xia Jingzhi fled, the barrier broke apart.

• Lin Bai used his flying swords to force open the toad’s mouth and charged into its poisonous body.
• Lin Bai unleashed the Heaven’s Will Four Symbols Sword Formation, cleaved the toad in two, and escaped from its corpse.
• Lin Bai spotted Xia Jingzhi’s true body fleeing and pursued him with his Asura Dharma Eyes.
• Lin Bai pierced Xia Jingzhi’s abdomen, breaking his dantian and shattering his Dao Fruit.
• The barrier cracked across its surface and shattered with a thunderous boom.

Uncle Yuan defied the Chu Emperor’s order by shattering the barrier around Star Plucking Mountain, allowing the Sun Moon Pavilion to reach the crippled Xia Jingzhi. As the Emperor’s enforcer pursued Uncle Yuan, the Pavilion’s martial artists moved to rescue Xia Jingzhi.

• The Black-Robed Old Man warned Uncle Yuan to stop interfering, citing the Chu Emperor’s command, while Uncle Yuan hesitated over whether to abandon Xia Jingzhi.
• Uncle Yuan pretended to leave, then struck the weakened barrier and shattered it, exposing Lin Bai and Xia Jingzhi inside.
• The Black-Robed Old Man attacked Uncle Yuan, who fled through space after telling the Sun Moon Pavilion martial artists to rescue the person wanted by the Third Prince.
• The Black-Robed Old Man pursued Uncle Yuan into the void, while the Sun Moon Pavilion martial artists recognized Xia Jingzhi and rushed to take him away.

Lin Bai tried to capture Xia Jingzhi, but Sun Moon Pavilion warriors intervened and helped him flee. Lin Bai fought through the Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm warriors with two Grand Yi Divine Weapons and intercepted Xia Jingzhi again, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Lin Bai charged toward Xia Jingzhi, but a black-robed, masked warrior blocked him with a powerful defensive barrier.
• Sun Moon Pavilion warriors surrounded Lin Bai while others carried Xia Jingzhi away, and Xia Jingzhi vowed revenge against Tianshui Sect.
• Lin Bai used the Mount Tai Sword, the Overlord Sky Halberd, and his flying swords to kill or wound several attackers and break through their defenses.
• Lin Bai pursued Xia Jingzhi and sent the Mount Tai Sword ahead to block his escape.
• The Mount Tai Sword shattered the warriors' protective curtain, and Lin Bai caught up with Xia Jingzhi and declared that none of them would leave.

As Lin Bai overwhelmed the Sun Moon Pavilion’s forces, the Third Prince weighed the risks of rescuing Xia Jingzhi despite the Chu Emperor’s warning. He ordered allied powers to intervene, while the Zhao family debated whether to obey.

• Lin Bai used two Grand Yi Divine Weapons and four flying swords to overpower the Sun Moon Pavilion martial artists escorting Xia Jingzhi.
• The Third Prince learned that the Chu Emperor had sent a Primal Chaos Dao Fruit Realm martial artist to stop Uncle Yuan and weighed the danger of defying his father against losing Xia Jingzhi.
• Old Huo urged the Third Prince to call on his pledged allies, and the Third Prince ordered several families and sects, including the Southern Border Insect Valley, to help rescue Xia Jingzhi.
• The Zhao family elders discussed the clash between Prince Chen and the Third Prince, and most supported obeying the Third Prince’s expected order to assist him.

The Zhao Family and other major forces sent reinforcements to the eastern outskirts' mountain forest to aid the Sun Moon Pavilion, while Emperor Chu hesitated over whether to intervene. Lin Bai learned that a vast force was approaching but vowed to take Xia Jingzhi regardless.

• The Zhao Family agreed to support the Third Prince and dispatched more than fifty Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm martial warriors, five Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm martial warriors, and one Primal Chaos Dao Fruit Realm martial warrior.
• The Li Family, Sun Family, Wen Tian Sect, Heaven and Earth Gate, and Southern Border Insect Valley sent their experts toward the eastern outskirts' mountain forest, creating an uproar across the region.
• Emperor Chu learned that the forces had mobilized and remained silent when asked whether he would let the Third Prince rescue Xia Jingzhi or intervene for His Highness Prince Chen.
• His Highness Prince Chen warned Lin Bai that nearly two hundred Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm martial warriors and more than twenty Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm martial warriors were approaching.
• Lin Bai said he would take Xia Jingzhi even if the Heavenly King came to stop him.

Eunuch Gui stopped Primal Chaos Dao Fruit Realm experts from reaching the eastern outskirts, while Lin Bai fought to capture Xia Jingzhi. Southern Border Insect Valley seized Xia Jingzhi under the pretense of arresting its own traitor, and Lin Bai attacked to stop them from leaving.

• Eunuch Gui relayed the Chu Emperor’s order barring Primal Chaos Dao Fruit Realm martial artists from the eastern outskirts, so the Zhao family ancestor sent the others onward without them.
• Lin Bai drove back the Sun Moon Pavilion martial artists with his weapons and charged at the wounded Xia Jingzhi.
• A Golden Toad from Southern Border Insect Valley dragged Xia Jingzhi away with its tongue as Lin Bai tried to seize him.
• Southern Border Insect Valley claimed Xia Jingzhi was its traitor and said it would take him away, but Lin Bai struck at the Golden Toad to prevent its escape.

Lin Bai confronted Southern Border Insect Valley’s experts to stop them from taking Xia Jingzhi, but they fought back and the Golden Toad carried Xia away. As the battle turned against him, Lin Bai used his Sword Heart and unleashed the first sword of the Dragon Slaying Skill.

• Lin Bai blocked the Golden Toad and demanded that Southern Border Insect Valley hand over Xia Jingzhi, but its martial artists refused.
• Eight Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm martial artists, including Rong Yunxin, surrounded Lin Bai while another drove the Golden Toad and Xia Jingzhi away.
• Southern Border Insect Valley’s experts attacked with poisonous insects, venomous fog, and Poison Dragon Dao Laws, briefly suppressing Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai activated his Sword Heart and used the Demon Sword, Heaven Measuring Ruler, and Azure Lotus Sword Intent to destroy the three poisonous dragons.
• As a centipede-transformed martial artist charged him, Lin Bai unleashed the first sword of the Dragon Slaying Skill.

Lin Bai fought through the Southern Border Insect Valley’s encirclement to pursue Xia Jingzhi, but Rong Yunxin poisoned him with a Grand Yi Divine Weapon. The chapter left Lin Bai struggling against the poison as the Southern Border Insect Valley’s Ancestor and Rong Yunxin continued toward the Imperial Capital.

• Lin Bai used the Dragon Slaying Skill to force the seven Southern Border Insect Valley martial artists back and broke through their encirclement to chase Xia Jingzhi.
• The Southern Border Insect Valley’s Ancestor warned Lin Bai that he had been poisoned, while Lin Bai insisted that he would capture Xia Jingzhi.
• Rong Yunxin opened a jade bottle and sent a purple python after Lin Bai, forcing him to abandon his pursuit of the Golden Toad and cut the python apart.
• The purple python quickly regenerated, and Lin Bai realized that Rong Yunxin’s jade bottle was a Grand Yi Divine Weapon and that poison had already entered his body.
• The Southern Border Insect Valley’s Ancestor drove the Golden Toad toward the Imperial Capital as Rong Yunxin pursued Lin Bai.

Rong Yunxin used the Five Vices Bottle to poison Lin Bai and block his pursuit of Xia Jingzhi, but Lin Bai fought back with the Heaven Measuring Ruler. She then protected herself with a Golden Toad Dao Art and attacked him with two White Snakes as he switched to Crimson Lotus Sword Intent.

• Rong Yunxin explained that Violet Vice fused with Lin Bai's killing intent and warned him that the Five Vices Bottle contained four deadlier poisons.
• Lin Bai suppressed the poison, decided to defeat Rong Yunxin quickly, and struck through her corrosive purple smoke with the Heaven Measuring Ruler.
• Rong Yunxin summoned a Poison Dragon, which Lin Bai crushed with his Heaven's Will Four Symbols Sword Formation and Heaven Measuring Ruler.
• Rong Yunxin changed the bottle's smoke to Azure Poison and used Golden Toad Swallowing the Sun to shield herself, forcing Lin Bai to flee its deadly reach.
• Rong Yunxin sent two White Snakes at Lin Bai with Serpent God's Blessing, and Lin Bai changed his sword intent to Crimson Lotus Sword Intent.

Lin Bai defeated Rong Yunxin with his Crimson Lotus Sword Intent despite the Azure Poison, spared her because she was Southern Border Insect Valley’s Holy Daughter, and took the Five Vices Bottle. He pursued the Golden Toad and caught up with Southern Border Insect Valley’s old ancestor, who questioned what had happened to Rong Yunxin.

• Lin Bai’s Crimson Lotus Sword Intent severed Rong Yunxin’s thumbs, and he pressed his attack even after the Azure Poison invaded his body.
• Lin Bai struck Rong Yunxin and sent her crashing into a mountain, leaving her gravely wounded.
• Lin Bai spared Rong Yunxin because she was Southern Border Insect Valley’s Holy Daughter, took the Five Vices Bottle, and warned her not to interfere again.
• Lin Bai realized Chao Yushi had chosen Star Plucking Mountain to create time for him before reinforcements could reach the imperial capital.
• Lin Bai caught up with the old ancestor of Southern Border Insect Valley on the Golden Toad, and the old ancestor asked what he had done to Rong Yunxin.

Lin Bai fought the Southern Border Insect Valley Ancestor to rescue Xia Jingzhi, despite being poisoned by the Azure Poison and facing a Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm opponent. He continued attacking with his sword talisman and Sun-Shooting Ballista, leaving the duel unresolved.

• The Southern Border Insect Valley Ancestor warned Lin Bai that losing his temper or releasing killing intent would make the Azure Poison spread through his body.
• Lin Bai demanded that the Southern Border Insect Valley Ancestor hand over Xia Jingzhi, who was inside the Golden Toad, and refused to back down despite the poison.
• The Southern Border Insect Valley Ancestor shattered Lin Bai's Heaven's Will Four Symbols Sword Formation and destroyed his sword talisman.
• Lin Bai brought out the Sun-Shooting Ballista and fired a black-iron spear, blasting the Southern Border Insect Valley Ancestor off the Golden Toad without injuring him.
• Lin Bai recalled the spear and prepared to fire again, while the Southern Border Insect Valley Ancestor marveled at his abundant spiritual power.

Lin Bai used the Sun-Shooting Ballista, Nine Dragons Truefire Shroud, and Chaos Divine Lightning against the Southern Border Insect Valley Ancestor. The Ancestor’s body was destroyed, but his soul escaped and fled into the distance.

• Lin Bai repeatedly fired the Sun-Shooting Ballista, shattering the Southern Border Insect Valley Ancestor’s defenses and sending him flying.
• The Southern Border Insect Valley Ancestor attacked Lin Bai with his Demonic Poison Palm, while the Golden Toad sprayed poisonous mist and interrupted Lin Bai’s channeling.
• Lin Bai trapped the Southern Border Insect Valley Ancestor and the Golden Toad beneath the Nine Dragons Truefire Shroud.
• Lin Bai hurled the Chaos Divine Lightning, and the Southern Border Insect Valley Ancestor used the Golden Toad to block it, destroying the toad and freeing Xia Jingzhi.
• Lin Bai fired the Sun-Shooting Ballista again and blasted apart the Southern Border Insect Valley Ancestor’s remaining body, but the Ancestor’s soul escaped and fled.

Lin Bai captured the grievously wounded Xia Jingzhi but was poisoned and weakened after driving off the Southern Border Insect Valley Ancestor. As reinforcements from the Li, Zhao, and Sun Families blocked his route to the imperial capital, Bai Yifei and the others arrived to hold them off while Lin Bai carried Xia Jingzhi onward.

• Lin Bai used his Grand Yi Divine Weapons to drive off the Southern Border Insect Valley Ancestor, then collected his weapons while the Chaos Divine Lightning visibly weakened.
• Lin Bai seized Xia Jingzhi, whose dantian and Dao Fruit he had shattered, and set off toward the imperial capital while suffering from Azure Poison.
• A divine light knocked Lin Bai from his flying sword, and Li Mo and Zhao Xiantu confronted him alongside reinforcements from the Li, Zhao, and Sun Families.
• A powerful fist struck Li Mo and Zhao Xiantu and sent them flying as Lin Bai's allies arrived from the Heavenly Guard Battalion and Tianshui Sect.
• Bai Yifei and the others offered to hold off the family forces while Lin Bai took Xia Jingzhi toward the imperial capital.

Lin Bai left the battle at Star Plucking Mountain for the Imperial Capital while Bai Yifei and the others held off the Three Great Clans. On the way, Lin Bai detected an ambush in the mountain forest and faced the encircling warriors.

• Lin Bai agreed to leave for the Imperial Capital while Bai Yifei and the others distracted the Li, Zhao, and Sun Clans.
• Bai Yifei, Yi Zien, and Qin Yao fought Zhao Xiantu, Li Mo, and Sun Miao as the battle began.
• Lin Bai sped toward the Imperial Capital on his flying sword while several hundred clan warriors pursued him.
• Lin Bai stopped before entering a prepared trap and called out the hidden attackers.
• Warriors rose from the surrounding forest and half-surrounded Lin Bai.

At Star Plucking Mountain, Lin Bai faced forces assembled by the Third Prince and prepared to leave with the captured Xia Jingzhi. Chen Yule arrived with the Chen Family’s forces to hold off Wen Tian Sect and Heaven and Earth Gate, while the Chu Emperor’s agents blocked the Primal Chaos Dao Fruit Realm reinforcements.

• Lin Bai identified the Zhao Family, Li Family, Sun Family, Wen Tian Sect, Heaven and Earth Gate, and Southern Border Insect Valley among the forces confronting him, and told them he would take Xia Jingzhi to the Zhao Xing Office.
• Shangguan Tong threatened Lin Bai, but Chen Yule appeared and declared that the Chen Family would protect him.
• Chen Yule brought ninety Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm martial artists and five Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm martial artists; he told Lin Bai that Eunuch Gui had stopped the Primal Chaos Dao Fruit Realm reinforcements at the city gate.
• Chen Yule prepared to fight Shangguan Tong and the disciples of Wen Tian Sect and Heaven and Earth Gate while Lin Bai carried Xia Jingzhi toward the imperial capital.

Lin Bai rescued Xia Jingzhi and fought his way through the Third Prince’s forces toward the Imperial Capital, while the Third Prince struggled to stop him. As Lin Bai neared the city, the Third Prince could only hope that two unidentified allies would intervene.

• Chen Yule led eighty or ninety Grand Purity Dao Fruit Realm experts from the Chen Family to reinforce the Wolf Marquis, and Lin Bai sped toward the Imperial Capital.
• The Third Prince received reports that Lin Bai had rescued Xia Jingzhi, fought the Southern Border Insect Valley experts, wounded Rong Yunxin, and seized the Five Vices Bottle.
• The Third Prince deployed the Li Family, Zhao Family, Sun Family, Wen Tian Sect, Heaven and Earth Gate, and Sun Moon Pavilion to block Lin Bai, while the Chu Emperor’s forces intercepted Primal Chaos Dao Fruit Realm martial artists.
• Lin Bai broke through the encirclement and continued toward the Imperial Capital as the Chen Family held back Wen Tian Sect and Heaven and Earth Gate.
• The Third Prince realized that the Blood Dragon Legion would take custody of Xia Jingzhi if Lin Bai entered the city, and he said they could only rely on two people to stop Lin Bai.

Lin Bai was trapped in the Sun Moon Pavilion’s Dream Shadow Barrier while taking Xia Jingzhi back to the Imperial Capital. Facing the Pavilion’s powerful Two Moons, he refused to surrender, and the confrontation turned toward a fight over Xia Jingzhi.

• Lin Bai flew toward the Imperial Capital with Xia Jingzhi but struck the Dream Shadow Barrier and saw the city vanish as an illusion.
• A middle-aged man revealed that Lin Bai had been lured into a trap and that the barrier’s creators had prepared a burial ground for him.
• Lin Bai sensed two Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm experts behind him and turned to face them.
• The white-robed man offered to spare Lin Bai if he surrendered, then demanded Xia Jingzhi; Lin Bai asked who they were.
• The white-robed man identified himself and his companion as the Two Moons of the Sun Moon Pavilion, and the black-robed man challenged Lin Bai to fight for Xia Jingzhi.

Lin Bai tried to escape the sealed battlefield with Xia Jingzhi, but the Third Prince’s two top-tier Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm experts stopped him. The chapter ended with Lin Bai pinned against the barrier and Xia Jingzhi confident that he had won.

• Lin Bai assessed the White-Robed Man and Black-Robed Man as far stronger than the Southern Border Insect Valley Ancestor and realized he faced two upper-grade Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm martial artists.
• Lin Bai merged with the Yellow Springs Demon Bone, used the Sea God’s Tears to protect himself, and cleaved a long fissure in the barrier with his sword.
• Lin Bai tried to race through the opening, but the Black-Robed Man struck him with a massive handprint and shattered his attacks.
• The Black-Robed Man pinned Lin Bai against the barrier, while the White-Robed Man approached to take Xia Jingzhi.
• Xia Jingzhi laughed at Lin Bai’s defeat and vowed to make him suffer once his injuries healed.