Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yuan watched the battle from the Frozen Hell Imprisonment Formation’s control point while the Purple River Clan waited for both sides to weaken. Lin Bai’s group suddenly appeared at the formation eye, where they found the blood pool and beating heart, and Jiang Yuan prepared to fight them.

• Jiang Yuan and the Purple River Clan warriors watched the Northern Region and Chu Empire forces fight, hoping to attack after both sides were exhausted.
• Jiang Yuan noticed Lin Bai leave the main battlefield with more than twenty warriors, but the formation-control compass could not track them.
• Jiang Yuan ordered his warriors to find Lin Bai, then heard Lin Bai’s voice and saw him arrive with Chen Yule, Huang Qingyun, Yi Song, and other Chu Empire experts.
• Lin Bai used his Asura Dharma Eyes to spot the bloody light and recognized that the group had found the formation eye.
• Jiang Yuan recovered from his surprise, judged that his more than forty Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm warriors could win, and declared the place Lin Bai’s burial ground.

Lin Bai and his allies found a blood pool and heart behind the Purple River Clan, which Huang Qingyun believed might be the formation’s eye. As the factions clashed, Lin Bai headed for the blood-lit area to investigate while Huang Qingyun held off Jiang Yuan.

• Huang Qingyun identified the blood pool and heart through the gray mist, and Lin Bai agreed with Chen Yule and Yi Song to destroy them even though they were unsure whether they were the formation’s eye.
• Jiang Yuan ordered more than forty Purple River Clan martial artists to attack after Chen Yule and Yi Song taunted him.
• Chen Yule and Yi Song led their forces into battle while Lin Bai and Huang Qingyun guided the Sacred Lotus Palace and Tianshui Sect disciples toward the blood light.
• Jiang Yuan intercepted Lin Bai, but Huang Qingyun blocked his palm strike and stayed behind to hold him off.
• Lin Bai ordered the Tianshui Sect disciples to assist the others, then continued toward the blood pool and heart alone.

Lin Bai reached the heart of the Blood Pool and discovered a beating heart from the Giant God Race powering the Frozen Hell Imprisonment Formation. An old man revealed the Purple River Clan’s role in the Northern Region’s plan and explained that killing Lin Bai would earn the clan a prime piece of land in the Eastern Region.

• Huang Qingyun held off Jiang Yuan as Lin Bai entered the gray mist alone and approached the altar at the Blood Pool’s heart.
• Lin Bai climbed the altar and found a still-beating Giant God Race heart submerged in the pool.
• An old man told Lin Bai that the Purple River Clan had used the heart of a dying Giant God to build the formation and prevent the dead race member from becoming a monster.
• The old man explained that the Purple River Clan had joined the Northern Region’s plan to earn the right to choose fertile land after the conquest.
• The old man said that killing Lin Bai would be enough to secure the Purple River Clan’s priority in choosing land in the Eastern Region.

Lin Bai confronted a Lower-Grade Primal Chaos Dao Fruit Realm elder of the Purple River Clan at the blood pool, while the elder revealed the Northern Region’s ambition to seize the Eastern Region. As the elder attacked Lin Bai, Huang Qingyun turned to face Jiang Yuan, who had been keeping her from reaching the blood pool.

• The Purple River Clan elder told Lin Bai that the Chu forces were tied down and that Wolf Marquis had no chance of changing the battle’s outcome.
• Lin Bai learned that the elder was a Lower-Grade Primal Chaos Dao Fruit Realm ancestor who hoped to advance by taking the Eastern Region’s resources.
• Lin Bai challenged the elder’s confidence, and the elder attacked him with Primal Chaos Dao Fruit Realm power.
• Chu Tinghan and Qian Hen realized that Lin Bai and his companions had found the Formation Eye and that the elder was likely moving against them.
• Jiang Yuan revealed that he had deliberately let Lin Bai go toward the blood pool because the elder was waiting there, then kept Huang Qingyun from reaching Lin Bai.
• Huang Qingyun stopped trying to reach the blood pool and faced Jiang Yuan with a chilling, unfamiliar killing intent.

Lin Bai fought the low-grade Primal Chaos Dao Fruit Realm elder of the Purple River Clan, using the Yellow Springs Demon Bone to raise his cultivation and gain the upper hand. He sent the elder flying with One Sword Obscures the Heavens, but their battle remained unresolved.

• The Purple River Clan elder summoned ice dragons and attacked Lin Bai, whose weapons shattered one dragon but could not overcome the cultivation gap.
• The elder created nine ice dragons, prompting Lin Bai to fuse with the Yellow Springs Demon Bone and raise his cultivation to the high-grade Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm.
• Lin Bai attacked with his four flying swords, demon sword, and Heaven Measuring Ruler, destroying the ice dragons as he advanced on the elder.
• The elder retreated and tried to cast more techniques, but Lin Bai used the Void Evasion Art to close in and unleash One Sword Obscures the Heavens.
• Lin Bai shattered the elder's spiritual power shield and sent him flying a thousand meters.

Lin Bai fought the Purple River Clan elder, who wielded a Grand Yi Divine Weapon and overwhelmed him with the Purple River Clan’s North Wind Swordsmanship. After revealing that he could wield three Grand Yi Divine Weapons, Lin Bai realized that their power alone could not defeat a Primal Chaos Dao Fruit Realm opponent and devised a new plan.

• The Purple River Clan elder was forced back by Lin Bai, then drew his black-ice sword and attacked with the North Wind Swordsmanship.
• The elder’s sword Qi wounded Lin Bai, but Lin Bai used the Sea God Pearl to shield himself from the barrage.
• Lin Bai brought out the Overlord Sky Halberd and Mount Tai Sword, using them to break through the elder’s attacks.
• The Purple River Clan elder caught the Mount Tai Sword’s blow with one hand and declared that Grand Yi Divine Weapons could not defeat him.
• Lin Bai recognized that his weapons could at least hold the elder back and came up with a plan.

Lin Bai used the Mount Tai Sword and the Overlord Sky Halberd to distract a Purple River Clan elder before summoning his Supreme Avatar. As the battle continued, the Ascension Celestial Palace watched the Northern Region’s attempt to kill Lin Bai unfold, while the Purple River Clan’s ancestors denied responsibility.

• Lin Bai realized the Grand Yi Divine Weapons could not kill the Purple River Clan elder, so he used them to occupy the elder’s attention and summoned his Supreme Avatar.
• Bu Junfeng sensed Lin Bai’s Supreme Avatar awakening and waited within the core formation, confident Lin Bai would survive and that they would have a chance to fight their opponents.
• The Ascension Celestial Palace observed that Qi Lingyu, Wang Zhengyang, and Yi Jinyun had entered the general formation, while the Chu Kingdom’s martial artists remained trapped in the Frozen Hell Imprisonment Formation.
• The observers concluded that the Purple River Clan was trying to kill Lin Bai and noted that its Primal Chaos Dao Fruit Realm elder had forced him to use the Supreme Avatar.
• Purple River Clan ancestors denied ordering the attack and promised Emperor Chu they would punish the clan members responsible.

Lin Bai’s Supreme Avatar overwhelmed the Purple River Clan elder’s ancestral Talisman Finger Bone, shattering its golden shield after six strikes. With his protective treasure destroyed, the elder unleashed the Purple River Sword Intent and charged at Lin Bai.

• Lin Bai summoned his Supreme Avatar while the Purple River Clan elder used a Talisman Finger Bone to create a golden shield that repelled the Overlord Sky Halberd and Mount Tai Sword.
• Lin Bai struck the shield repeatedly with the Supreme Avatar’s black jade greatsword, gradually dimming its light and cracking the finger bone.
• The sixth strike shattered the golden shield and broke the Talisman Finger Bone.
• The Purple River Clan elder prepared to fight Lin Bai to the death and unleashed the Purple River Sword Intent, sending a surging river of Sword Qi toward him.

Lin Bai defeated the Purple River Clan elder, discovered that the Supreme Avatar could unleash only nine swords, and destroyed the altar sustaining the Frozen Hell Imprisonment Formation. The heart teleported away, but the formation collapsed and the trapped martial artists returned to normal.

• Lin Bai used the Supreme Avatar’s seventh and eighth swords to shatter the Purple River Clan elder’s dao art and physical body, but the elder’s soul escaped with the Grand Yi Divine Weapon.
• Lin Bai realized the Supreme Avatar had nearly exhausted its power and concluded that it could unleash at most nine swords before dissipating.
• Lin Bai took a vital-energy-restoring pill prepared by His Highness Prince Chen and recovered some strength as the Supreme Avatar faded.
• Lin Bai destroyed the altar, causing the blood pool to evaporate and the heart within it to teleport away through a hidden formation.
• The Frozen Hell Imprisonment Formation lost its power, its gray mist dispersed, and the Northern Territory martial artists returned to their original forms.

Huang Qingyun emerged after the Frozen Hell Imprisonment Formation broke, carrying Jiang Yuan’s head and revealing that she had killed both his body and soul. Emperor Chu and the Sacred Lotus Palace publicly apologized to the Northern Region, but their exchange made clear they were celebrating Jiang Yuan’s death.

• The Giant God Race’s heart was teleported away, breaking the Frozen Hell Imprisonment Formation, and Chu Kingdom martial artists slaughtered the weakened Northern Region fighters.
• Huang Qingyun came out of the gray mist carrying Jiang Yuan’s severed head and told Lin Bai she had rushed to help him after sensing his danger.
• Huang Qingyun confirmed that Jiang Yuan’s body and soul were both dead, and Lin Bai reassured her that the Sacred Lotus Palace would have Emperor Chu’s support if the Purple River Clan sought revenge.
• Emperor Chu pretended to rebuke Huang Qingyun for killing his guest, then privately celebrated her victory.
• A Sacred Lotus Palace elder apologized to the Purple River Clan and promised to punish Huang Qingyun, while the Northern Region martial artists recognized the performance.

Huang Qingyun killed Jiang Yuan, the Purple River Clan's Divine Son, as the Eastern Region broke through the Frozen Hell Imprisonment Formation. After regrouping and resting, Lin Bai and the Chu Kingdom warriors prepared to enter the next formation while learning that the other territories faced dangerous, unexplained General Formations.

• Huang Qingyun's killing of Jiang Yuan drew cheers from Eastern Region warriors and Chu Kingdom spectators, while the Purple River Clan's elders grieved but could not demand punishment after Emperor Chu rebuked Huang Qingyun and Sacred Lotus Palace apologized.
• The Frozen Hell Imprisonment Formation dissipated, and the Eastern Region warriors regrouped around Lin Bai and Huang Qingyun, learning that Huang Qingyun had killed Jiang Yuan.
• Chu Tinghan ordered the Eastern Region warriors to rest for an hour before attacking the next formation, and Lin Bai contacted the other territories through his Command Talisman.
• Qi Lingyu, Wang Zhengyang, and Yi Jinyun described their territories' General Formations as a devouring sea of blood, a freezing cavern filled with monsters, and an ancient battlefield haunted by wandering souls.
• After asking the other territories to stay in contact, Lin Bai and the Chu Kingdom warriors finished resting and set out for their General Formation.

Lin Bai and the Chu warriors entered the General Formation, where Tang Xia of the Heavenly Dao Clan challenged them to break the Wind and Snow Formation. The formation’s blizzard separated Lin Bai from the others, leaving him alone in the storm.

• After resting, Lin Bai and Chu Tinghan led the Chu warriors toward the General Formation on the next snow mountain.
• Tang Xia, Holy Son of the Heavenly Dao Clan, introduced the Wind and Snow Formation and invited Lin Bai to break it.
• Lin Bai and Chu Tinghan realized the Northern Region’s formations differed from their intelligence, and Lin Bai warned the other territories that the simplified formation might still be powerful.
• Lin Bai and the Chu warriors entered the Wind and Snow Formation, where freezing winds and swirling snow attacked their defenses.
• Lin Bai heard someone cry out behind him, but when he turned, the Chu warriors had vanished and only the storm remained.

Lin Bai was isolated from the other Chu Empire martial artists inside the Wind and Snow Mountain Formation, where strange sword-wielding figures attacked him. He encountered seven Northern Region martial artists who planned to fight him together with the formation’s power.

• Lin Bai discovered that the formation had separated him from his companions, and the other three territories warned him that it was likely designed to kill its victims one by one.
• Transparent figures with formidable swordsmanship attacked Lin Bai from the wind and snow, but he destroyed them with his flying swords.
• Lin Bai tried to pursue one of the figures for clues, then sped away when more appeared and continued attacking him.
• Seven Northern Region martial artists confronted Lin Bai and claimed they could challenge his Supreme Avatar by fighting together with the formation’s power.
• One of the seven dismissed the idea that the Supreme Avatar made Lin Bai invincible and argued that only those who survived could be called true heaven’s favored.

Lin Bai refused the seven Heavenly Dao Clan disciples’ offer to withdraw from the Wind and Snow Formation, so they attacked him together. Emperor Chu learned that the fighters belonged to the secret Blood Blade Hall and that their leader was Meng Qing.

• The seven disciples of the Heavenly Dao Clan urged Lin Bai to stop interfering in the Northern Region’s invasion, but he refused to leave the Wind and Snow Formation.
• The seven surrounded Lin Bai and launched a coordinated attack that kept him on the defensive.
• Meng Qing used the Grand Yi Divine Weapon Alarming Seal against Lin Bai, who dodged with the Void Evasion Art and relied on the Sea God Pearl for protection.
• Emperor Chu ordered Eunuch Gui to investigate the seven warriors’ origins.
• Eunuch Gui reported that the seven were members of the Heavenly Dao Clan’s Blood Blade Hall and identified their leader as Meng Qing of the Meng Clan.

Lin Bai faced Meng Qing and six other attackers, struggling against their coordinated tactics and Meng Qing's Alarming Seal. He deliberately let Hua Niang wound him, then used her trapped sabers to strike her and bait the sword-wielding young man into his attack, as the remaining fighters rushed to help.

• Eunuch Gui reported Meng Qing's history as a former Meng Clan Holy Son candidate to Emperor Chu, who noted that the Zhao Xing Office had recorded him.
• Meng Qing attacked Lin Bai with the Alarming Seal, and Lin Bai blocked it with the Heaven Measuring Ruler while his flying swords forced back the six other attackers.
• Lin Bai repeatedly tried to attack the six, but they fled whenever he turned on them while Meng Qing kept pressuring him with the seal.
• Lin Bai deliberately exposed an opening, and Hua Niang struck his shoulder with her twin sabers, which he held in place with spiritual power.
• Lin Bai sent Hua Niang flying with the Heaven Measuring Ruler, then feigned pursuit and struck the young swordsman who rushed to rescue her.
• The other four attackers moved to rescue the injured pair, and Meng Qing warned them that Lin Bai was luring them to their deaths.

Lin Bai used himself as bait to break the Blood Blade Hall martial artists’ formation, then killed four of the seven as the rest fled. The short martial artist called for Holy Son Tang Xia, who watched from a distant snow mountain.

• Meng Qing realized Lin Bai had used his own wounds to lure opponents and their rescuers into a layered trap, then warned the remaining four not to approach.
• Lin Bai killed the wounded man and woman, leaving five Blood Blade Hall martial artists alive.
• Lin Bai deflected the short martial artist’s Alarming Seal and pursued the fleeing group, killing the obese man and another companion.
• The short martial artist called for Holy Son Tang Xia, who stood beneath a banner atop a distant snow mountain.

Tang Xia mobilized the Wind and Snow Formation to attack Lin Bai, briefly weakening the storm across the formation and allowing the scattered Chu warriors to reunite. Lin Bai survived the assault, killed the two fleeing men, and cracked the short warrior’s Alarming Seal, but the battle remained underway.

• After Meng Qing called for help, Tang Xia waved the white jade flag and concentrated the Wind and Snow Formation’s power into Sword Qi aimed at Lin Bai.
• Chen Yule and Qian Hen realized the formation’s power had been redirected, while Huang Qingyun and other Chu warriors used the lull to search for their companions.
• Lin Bai abandoned his pursuit when Tang Xia’s transparent Sword Qi struck, and the short warrior used the Alarming Seal to force him back into the attack’s range.
• Lin Bai survived a Sword Qi strike that tore open the back of his neck, unleashed his Crimson Lotus Sword Intent, escaped the attack, and killed the two fleeing men.
• Lin Bai attacked the short warrior again, and his Heaven Measuring Ruler cracked the Alarming Seal in their clash.

Lin Bai battled the short warrior while Tang Xia repeatedly unleashed the Wind and Snow Formation, ultimately defeating and killing him. The short warrior's final words left Lin Bai reflecting that the Northern and Eastern Domains were fighting for their own people, and that only victory would decide their fate.

• Lin Bai damaged the short warrior's Alarming Seal and pressed his attack, while the short warrior called to Tang Xia for help.
• Tang Xia sent the Wind and Snow Formation's power down again, and Lin Bai drew the short warrior into its range.
• Lin Bai dodged the formation's assault and broke through the Alarming Seal's defense, severely wounding the short warrior.
• Lin Bai pursued the short warrior as the formation's power faded, leaving him unable to resist.
• The short warrior told Lin Bai that conflict with the Northern Domain was inevitable, and Lin Bai reflected on both sides' reasons for fighting before killing him.

Lin Bai killed the short Northern Region martial artist and used the Heaven Swallowing Dao Fruit to claim and refine the damaged Alarming Seal. After Huang Qingyun joined him, they set off through the Wind and Snow Formation to seek its Formation Eye, but soon encountered fleeing Eastern Region martial artists pursued by enemies.

• Lin Bai swallowed the Alarming Seal, suppressed its spirit, removed the Heavenly Dao Clan's mark, and branded the weapon as his own.
• Huang Qingyun arrived after sensing the Wind and Snow Formation's power gather, and she confirmed Lin Bai's injuries were not serious.
• Lin Bai reasoned that the gathered power's direction might lead to the Formation Eye, and he and Huang Qingyun set out without waiting for him to rest.
• Lin Bai healed while he and Huang Qingyun traveled through the snowstorm, then heard a furious voice ahead and saw several bloodied martial artists fleeing.
• One fleeing martial artist recognized Lin Bai and Huang Qingyun and begged them to save him.

Lin Bai and Huang Qingyun rescued a Li Family martial artist from Northern Region pursuers in the Wind and Snow Formation. Huang Qingyun revealed her tremendous strength, but the formation’s controller struck with overwhelming force, leaving Lin Bai determined to find a way to break the formation.

• A bloodied Li Family martial artist asked Lin Bai and Huang Qingyun for help after Northern Region fighters killed his companions and pursued him.
• Lin Bai and Huang Qingyun agreed to protect him, and five Northern Region martial artists confronted them before retreating upon recognizing the pair.
• Huang Qingyun pinned the Northern Region fighters with her power, surprising Lin Bai with her strength.
• The trapped Northern Region fighters called for Holy Son Tang Xia, who unleashed the formation’s power across the area and allowed them to escape.
• Lin Bai and Huang Qingyun dodged the strike, and Lin Bai said he had begun to understand the formation and needed to find a way to break it.