Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai and Chu Zimo learned that the Three Great Sects’ allied army had suffered five consecutive defeats against Pure Yang Sect and Phoenix Valley, including a devastating rout at Xuanqing Riverbank after the enemy deployed a Primal Chaos Divine Weapon. Lin Bai concluded that the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace and the Northern Region were using a blitzkrieg while Azure Lotus Sect delayed Chu Kingdom’s reinforcements, leaving the Seven Nights Divine Sect and its allies in grave danger.

• A middle-aged man told Lin Bai and Chu Zimo that upper-echelon leaders across Shangyuan City and nearby regions had left their lineages and sects.
• The middle-aged man reported that the Three Great Sects’ allied army had lost five battles in half a month, including the rout at Xuanqing Riverbank after Pure Yang Sect and Phoenix Valley used a Primal Chaos Divine Weapon.
• Chu Zimo worried that the Chu Kingdom’s army might arrive too late to save the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s territory, especially if Azure Lotus Sect obstructed its advance.
• Lin Bai reasoned that the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace and Northern Region were helping Pure Yang Sect and Phoenix Valley attack swiftly while Azure Lotus Sect held back reinforcements.
• Lin Bai feared the allied army would be overwhelmed before the Seven Nights Divine Sect, Overturning Heavens Sect, and Worship Heaven Sect could deploy their hidden resources.

Lin Bai learned that the Chu forces planned to attack hundreds of thousands of ambushers in the Dragon Mountain Range, but the battle could not end quickly enough to save the Seven Nights Divine Sect from a Northern Region lightning war. Chu Tingxue proposed asking the Qi Tian Sect and Ten Thousand Saints Mountain to send elite martial artists to buy the Chu army time to arrive.

• Lin Bai asked Chu Zimo to contact the Princesses and said he might have to head north because the Seven Nights Divine Sect could not afford to wait.
• Chu Tinghan and Princess Chenxian reported that they had discovered hundreds of thousands of martial artists hidden beneath the Dragon Mountain Range and planned a joint attack at midnight.
• Chu Tinghan and Princess Chenxian explained that defeating the ambushers and advancing into the Seven Nights Divine Sect's territory could take a long time, while sending a small Chu army ahead would be ineffective.
• Chu Zimo explained that the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace and the Northern Region intended to end the conflict within two or three months, alarming Chu Tingxue and Lin Bai.
• Chu Tingxue suggested that the Qi Tian Sect and Ten Thousand Saints Mountain send several thousand elite martial artists to reinforce the Seven Nights Divine Sect and buy the Chu army time.

Lin Bai lost his way while traveling through the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s territory and reached Cloud Heaven Thousand Provinces, where he discovered that the Li Lineage had attacked the Lin Bai and Wang Lineages. He learned the Li Lineage had seized the chance to expand while their rivals’ elders were away, and he continued seeking a city with a teleportation array.

• Lin Bai traveled north from Shangyuan City, lost his way, and searched for a city where he could ask for directions.
• Lin Bai spotted a battle and black smoke near a city, then stopped several fleeing martial artists to question them.
• The martial artists told Lin Bai that the city was in Cloud Heaven Thousand Provinces and that the Li Lineage had attacked the Lin Bai and Wang Lineages.
• Lin Bai learned that the Li Lineage had launched the war after its elder reached the Great Purity Dao Realm and news arrived that the other lineages’ experts had suffered severe losses on the battlefield.
• Lin Bai understood the Li Lineage’s plan to become the sole hegemon of Cloud Heaven Thousand Provinces and continued looking for a city with a working teleportation array.

Lan Hong saved Wang Huo from Li Qian and demanded a map of an ancient teleportation array in exchange for helping the Li family. He defeated the Li family guard who tried to stop him and prepared to face the approaching Lin family martial artists.

• Li Qian nearly killed Wang Huo, but Lan Hong intervened and sent Li Qian flying.
• Lan Hong used four flying swords to cut down a Lin family martial artist and drive the others back.
• Wang Huo questioned Li Qian about the Li family's vault and learned that it was a decoy, while a map of an ancient teleportation array was in Lan Hong's possession.
• Lan Hong offered to give Wang Huo the map if he helped him deal with the people attacking the Li family.
• After Wang Huo warned that Lin family Greater Purity Dao Fruit Realm martial artists were on their way, Lan Hong raised his defenses and prepared to finish the battle quickly.

The Old Ancestor helped the Wang Family by trapping and killing Lin Bai Wang Huo, then took the family’s treasures. After the Li Family began organizing a counterattack, he left the estate and confronted a Lin Family martial artist who arrived seeking vengeance.

• Wang Huo asked Lin Bai to hold back the Li Family Old Ancestor so the Wang Family could escape, but Lin Bai refused to remain and left the sword formation.
• Lin Bai Wang Huo attacked the Old Ancestor, who wounded him with the Heaven Measuring Ruler and forced him back into the Chaotic Seven Elements Sword Formation.
• The Old Ancestor killed Lin Bai Wang Huo inside the formation, took four Storage Bags, and left the Li Family to send word of the Wang Family patriarch’s death.
• The Wang Family began organizing a counterattack, while the Old Ancestor departed with the family’s treasures.
• A Lin Family martial artist arrived demanding vengeance for a slain elder, and the Old Ancestor killed him with the Chaotic Seven Elements Sword Formation.

Lin Bai rescued Yi Jinyun from Qu Ling Sect pursuers and learned that the sect was trying to prove its loyalty to the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace by capturing her. Yi Jinyun explained why the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s alliance had suffered repeated defeats, while Lin Bai considered how it might regain the initiative.

• Lin Bai severely injured the emaciated old man, planted Sword Qi inside him as a restriction, and took him and Yi Jinyun to a nearby city.
• After Yi Jinyun recovered somewhat at an inn, she told Lin Bai that Qu Ling Sect had pursued her to prove its intent to submit to the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace.
• Lin Bai concluded that Qu Ling Sect might not be the only lineage within the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s territory considering rebellion.
• Lin Bai and Yi Jinyun discussed the alliance’s repeated defeats, and Yi Jinyun explained that Pure Yang Sect and Phoenix Valley had prepared for war in advance and planted disciples inside the alliance’s bases.
• Yi Jinyun said Pure Yang Sect and Phoenix Valley had deployed formidable weapons and were willing to exhaust their foundations, but could not destroy the Seven Nights Divine Sect, Overturning Heavens Sect, and Worship Heaven Sect completely in the short term.

Lin Bai learned that the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s Alliance Army had been caught unprepared but had since stabilized, and he traveled with Yi Jinyun to its headquarters in the Victory Heaven Mountain Range. He arrived at Soaring Peak to await further arrangements and learned that the Alliance Army offered treasures in exchange for slain enemy experts.

• Yi Jinyun invited Lin Bai to the Victory Heaven Mountain Range, and they set out together to discuss the war.
• Yi Jinyun explained that the Seven Nights Divine Sect, Overturning Heavens Sect, and Worship Heaven Sect each commanded one of three fronts, with their joint headquarters at the Victory Heaven Mountain Range.
• Lin Bai and Yi Jinyun passed through more than fifty teleportation arrays and reached the heavily guarded headquarters.
• Yi Jinyun went to report Qu Ling Sect’s betrayal to her sect’s elders and arranged for Lin Bai to rest at Soaring Peak.
• A martial artist escorting Lin Bai said he could exchange slain enemy experts for treasures in the Treasure Pagoda, leaving Lin Bai puzzled about what it was.

A maid explained to Lin Bai how the Three Great Sects’ Treasure Pagoda rewarded contributions for killing opposing martial artists and offered treasures, including rare pill formulas for high-level cultivation. Lin Bai settled into a loft on Soaring Peak and waited to meet with the Three Great Sects.

• The maid told Lin Bai that the Seven Nights Divine Sect, Overturning Heavens Sect, and Worship Heaven Sect had stocked the Treasure Pagoda and awarded Contribution Points for defeating opposing martial artists.
• The maid described the pagoda’s treasures, including Divine Weapons, Great Luo Divine Weapons, and pill formulas for Great Purity and Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm martial artists.
• Lin Bai became interested in the Grand Luo breakthrough pill formula and asked why the pagoda offered formulas rather than the pills themselves.
• The maid escorted Lin Bai to Soaring Peak and chose a loft near the summit for him.
• Lin Bai settled into the loft and waited to meet with the Three Great Sects.

Lin Bai met the three former Sect Masters of the Seven Nights Divine Sect, Overturning Heavens Sect, and Worship Heaven Sect in the Victory Heaven Mountain Range and discussed Chu’s reinforcements. He revealed that the Azure Lotus Sect was obstructing Chu’s army, though he assured the elders that Chu’s forces could handle them.

• Lin Bai arrived at a gathering of hundreds of martial artists and recognized the three former Sect Masters of the Great Sects.
• The three former Sect Masters welcomed Lin Bai and congratulated him on becoming a prince with his own fief.
• Lin Bai told the elders that Chu had sent an army led by him, Chu Tinghan, and Chenxian to reinforce the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s territory.
• The former Sect Masters reacted angrily when Lin Bai explained that Chu’s army had to pass through the Azure Lotus Sect’s territory.
• Lin Bai said Chu’s army numbered at least tens of millions and that Chu Tinghan and Chenxian could withstand the Azure Lotus Sect’s interference.

Lin Bai learned that Nine Underworlds Demon Palace and Northern Region martial artists had joined the war against Seven Nights Divine Sect’s alliance, making the conflict a fight to the death. He urged the alliance’s leaders to secure a decisive victory and immediately seek stronger reinforcements, leaving them with a plan to hold out until help arrived.

• Lin Bai told the three leaders that Chu Kingdom’s reinforcements were approaching and explained why he had come to assess the alliance’s defeats.
• The former Sect Master of Seven Nights Divine Sect described how Pure Yang Sect and Phoenix Valley had seized the initiative, and the three leaders resolved to draw on their sects’ foundations.
• The leaders confirmed that unknown Great Purity Dao Fruit and Grand Luo Dao Fruit martial artists had joined Pure Yang Sect and Phoenix Valley, leading Lin Bai to conclude that Nine Underworlds Demon Palace and Northern Region forces were fighting on the front lines.
• The former Sect Master of Seven Nights Divine Sect said she had ordered Qu Ling Sect destroyed after it pursued Yi Jinyun, but Lin Bai argued that the alliance needed a crushing victory to restore morale.
• Lin Bai revealed that Chu Kingdom, Qi Tian Sect, and Ten Thousand Saints Mountain had pledged aid, then urged the leaders to contact all three and report that Nine Underworlds Demon Palace and Northern Region forces had joined the battle.

Lin Bai advised the Qiye Divine Sect to tell Chu, Qi Tian Sect, and Ten Thousand Saints Mountain that the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace and Northern Region martial artists had joined the frontal battlefield, emphasizing the war’s wider stakes. The Qiye Divine Sect’s leaders then revealed plans for a surprise attack on Pure Yang Sect in half a month, hoping to kill its Sect Master or Saint and restore morale.

• Lin Bai explained that framing the conflict as a war between the Devil Realm Eastern Region and the Northern Region would persuade Chu, Qi Tian Sect, and Ten Thousand Saints Mountain to provide stronger support.
• The previous Sect Master of the Qiye Divine Sect agreed to write a new aid request stating that the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace and Northern Region martial artists had joined the frontal battlefield.
• The previous Sect Master of Worship Heaven Sect said the alliance needed a major victory and revealed that the three great sects had secretly moved part of their foundations to the front lines.
• The previous Sect Master of Worship Heaven Sect explained that the alliance planned to redeploy experts to the Eastern Front and launch a surprise attack on Pure Yang Sect in half a month.
• Lin Bai questioned whether the alliance could kill Pure Yang Sect’s Sect Master and Saint without risking another devastating defeat, and the previous Sect Master of Worship Heaven Sect said they had to gamble on killing at least one.

Lin Bai agreed to assist the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s territory and accepted a mission to head to the Eastern Front, where several allied sects’ Saint Sons were already stationed. Reviewing the Treasure Pagoda’s exchange list, he found the Profound Heaven Spirit Enhancement Pill formula he wanted, but its rare ingredients posed a serious obstacle.

• Lin Bai agreed to help the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s territory and prepare to head to the Eastern Front within the next few days.
• The previous Sect Master of the Seven Nights Divine Sect explained that Yi Gu had become its Saint Son with support from the Overturning Heavens Sect and the Worship Heaven Sect.
• The previous Sect Master gave Lin Bai a Jade Slip detailing the Treasure Pagoda’s treasures, Contribution Points, and mission rewards.
• Lin Bai found the Profound Heaven Spirit Enhancement Pill formula, which greatly increased the chance of reaching the Grand Luo Dao Fruit.
• Lin Bai saw that the pill’s required Natural Treasures were exceptionally rare and difficult to obtain.

Lin Bai studied the Profound Heaven Spirit Enhancement Pill formula and realized that the Three Great Sects’ war rewards might let him gather its rare ingredients and eventually break through to the Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm. He planned to search the Chu Kingdom Hunting Realm for Natural Treasures that had gone extinct elsewhere.

• Lin Bai memorized the known ingredients for the Profound Heaven Spirit Enhancement Pill and learned that the complete formula cost five thousand Contribution Points.
• Lin Bai decided to earn Contribution Points on the Eastern Front and negotiate with the Three Great Sects for rare or extinct Natural Treasures.
• Lin Bai noticed the Thousand Mountains Pagoda cost one hundred thousand Contribution Points and also memorized formulas for pills suited to Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm cultivation.
• The previous Sect Master told Lin Bai that Yi Jinyun would escort pills and Divine Weapons to the Eastern Front the next day, and Lin Bai agreed to travel with her.
• Lin Bai realized the Chu Kingdom Hunting Realm might contain the ancient Natural Treasures needed for the Profound Heaven Spirit Enhancement Pill.

Lin Bai set out with Yi Jinyun aboard a Seven Nights Divine Sect cloud boat for the Eastern Front, a journey expected to take half a month. On the way, he met several of the sect’s Core Disciples, including Zhang Boyan, who greeted him as an equal.

• Lin Bai recovered overnight at Soaring Peak, then met Yi Jinyun and boarded the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s cloud boat.
• Yi Jinyun explained that the journey to the Eastern Front would take half a month and include several teleportation formations.
• Lin Bai watched the scenery from the bow as the cloud boat sped through Seven Nights Divine Sect territory, while its martial artists whispered about his titles and Supreme Avatar.
• Yi Jinyun introduced Lin Bai to several Core Disciples of the Seven Nights Divine Sect, including Zhang Boyan.
• Zhang Boyan greeted Lin Bai as Brother Lin rather than Prince Qin, signaling that he considered himself Lin Bai’s equal.

Lin Bai confronted Zhang Boyan, a Secluded Prodigy of the Seven Nights Divine Sect, after Zhang challenged his role in Yi Gu becoming Holy Son. Yi Jinyun admitted she had brought Zhang Boyan to Lin Bai so his reputation would rein him in, while Lin Bai intended his warning to reach the Zhang family.

• Zhang Boyan boasted of his talent and hinted that he wanted to challenge Lin Bai over Yi Gu's promotion.
• Lin Bai reflected that he had cultivated for less than three hundred years yet had reached the Superior-Grade Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm.
• Lin Bai acknowledged that he had helped Yi Gu become Holy Son and warned Zhang Boyan that a challenge could cost him his life.
• Yi Jinyun sent Zhang Boyan and the other martial artists away after Lin Bai's threat made Zhang freeze.
• Yi Jinyun admitted she had used Lin Bai's reputation to curb Zhang Boyan, and Lin Bai revealed he had wanted the Zhang family to hear his warning.

Lin Bai and the others crossed a tense city to deliver medicinal pills, while Lin Bai learned that Azure Light Armor had become standard equipment for the front lines. At the Pill Pavilion, Yi Jinyun confronted wounded disciples who had disobeyed orders, then relented and gave them healing pills.

• Lin Bai and his companions left the teleportation plaza after Yi Jinyun satisfied the strict inspection, and they passed through a city filled with armed martial artists.
• Yi Jinyun explained that the three major sects had developed Azure Light Armor for frontline fighters, and Taiyi Dao said the war had already consumed enormous Contribution Points.
• Lin Bai and the others reached the Pill Pavilion, where the Red-Clad Woman angrily refused medicine to wounded fighters who had ignored orders and gone out to battle.
• Core Disciple Zhang Bo greeted Yi Jinyun, who scolded him for delaying the pills and accused the wounded disciples of bringing their injuries upon themselves.
• The Red-Clad Woman eventually gave the wounded fighters several healing pills, and Kang Fengxiang revealed that Yi Jinyun was her biological elder sister.

Lin Bai arrived in Lin Bai City, where he learned that the eastern-front operation would begin in three days and saw the forces gathering for war. He and Taiyi Dao visited the city’s military council hall, where Lord Lin recognized Taiyi Dao and questioned Lin Bai.

• Yi Qinghuang told Lin Bai and Yi Jinyun that the operation would begin in three days and said Meng Qinxian and Nie Shang had secretly arrived in Ning'an City.
• Taiyi Dao led Lin Bai through East City and explained that hundreds of Great Yi Jinyun Realm martial artists from major sects and smaller lineages had gathered to support the front.
• Lin Bai saw the council hall, where only powerful martial artists and lineage representatives could enter, and learned it had been built for military discussions.
• Lord Lin appeared before Lin Bai and Taiyi Dao after sensing them, recognized Taiyi Dao, and asked Lin Bai where he was from.

Lin Bai and Yi Jinyun met Lord Lin in Lin Bai City, where Lord Lin recognized Lin Bai as Chu’s Holy Son and Prince Qin and praised his extraordinary cultivation speed. Nie Shang, Taiyi Dao, and Feng Hang then arrived to help One Night Divine Sect prepare for a plan against Pure Yang Sect, and Nie Shang reunited with Lin Ning'an, Ning'an, and Yi Gu.

• Yi Jinyun introduced Lin Bai to Lord Lin, who was astonished that Lin Bai had reached his cultivation at such a young age.
• Lord Lin arranged a guarded residence in East City for Nie Shang, Taiyi Dao, and their companions, and briefed them on the rival sects’ locations.
• Lord Lin brought Nie Shang and Taiyi Dao to the council hall, where leaders were discussing One Night Divine Sect’s response to its recent defeats.
• Taiyi Dao explained that they had come to deal with Pure Yang Sect, and Lord Lin said the plan would begin in three days.
• Nie Shang entered the council hall and reunited with Lin Ning'an, Ning'an, and Yi Gu, who appeared worn and changed.

Lin Bai and Yang Zong arrived at the One Night Divine Sect’s war council, where the sect leaders explained their detailed plan to defeat the Pure Sect. The decisive battle was set to begin on the Mutian Plains in three days, with the story leaving Yang Zong ready to follow their arrangements.

• Lin Bai and Yang Zong greeted the leaders and martial artists gathered in the grand hall.
• Yi Qingxue introduced herself to Lin Bai, and the Sect Master invited her to advise on the plan against the Pure Sect.
• The Sect Master of the Worship Heaven Sect outlined a frontal assault on the Mutian Plains, where the One Night Divine Sect would draw out the Pure Sect’s main force before hidden reinforcements attacked.
• The leaders described a second battlefield in which specialist teams would target the Pure Sect’s Lin Bai, holy sons, Core Disciples, elders, and other powerful figures.
• Yang Zong agreed to follow the One Night Divine Sect’s arrangements as the decisive battle was set to begin in three days.

Lin Bai reviewed the Mystic Arts and treasures he might need for the coming battle, weighing their power against the risks of exposing them. After securing his equipment, he left Ning'an City to meet Meng Qinxian, Nie Shang, and the others at Lonely Mountain.

• Lin Bai identified the fourth stage of Azure Lotus Swordplay, the Star-Slaying Three Swords, and the Reverse Five Elements Sword Formation as his main combat techniques, while deciding he would not use the Heaven Swallowing Domain unless forced.
• Lin Bai assessed the limits and risks of the Astonishing Immortal Sword Intent, Yellow Springs Demon Bone, Taiyi Divine, and other Mystic Arts and treasures.
• Lin Bai set aside the Mount Tai Sword, Overlord Sky Halberd, Sea God Pearl, Alarming Seal, and Chaos Divine Lightning among the treasures he might use in battle.
• After night fell, Lin Bai concealed his appearance and left Ning'an City for Lonely Mountain to meet Meng Qinxian, Nie Shang, and the others.