Chapter Summaries

Shao Tao learned that the Devil Realm Eastern Region faced threats from the Northern, Southern, and Western Regions while its own factions remained divided. The Four Gloom Demon Palace gave him resources to pursue a breakthrough, leaving him to wait as the crisis developed.

• Lin Bai asked Liu Huan whether Ten Thousand Saints Mountain would go to war with the Western Domain Seventy-Two Kingdoms, and Liu Huan said both it and Qi Tian Sect hoped to avoid war amid the Eastern Region's turmoil.
• Shao Tao read the Armament Tower's information and concluded that the Eastern Region's forces would struggle to oppose the alliance of three domains while fighting among themselves.
• Shao Tao left the Armament Tower without asking Li Gu about the Four Gloom Demon Palace's plans, deciding the palace did not trust him enough to reveal them.
• Lin Baixian visited the Imperial Palace and gave Shao Tao one million immortal jades and other resources prepared to help him break through to the Great Qi Tian Sect Realm.
• Shao Tao returned to his cultivation chamber and accepted that, with the Devil Realm in chaos and little he could do, he could only wait.

Li Guxian gave Lin Bai a million immortal jades and a Nine Apertures Profound Pill to aid his breakthrough, while hinting that the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s next plan might begin within half a year. Lin Bai accepted the treasures and pledged to help the Demon Palace with two matters, then prepared to enter seclusion as Li Guxian departed without revealing the palace’s plans.

• Li Guxian gave Lin Bai a million immortal jades and a Nine Apertures Profound Pill made with the rare Nine Aperture Cloud Flower.
• Li Guxian said she hoped Lin Bai would break through within half a year so he could witness a major event, but she did not explain the Demon Palace’s next plan.
• Lin Bai felt guilty about accepting the treasures and promised to help the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace with two matters, provided the requests did not violate his Dao heart or exceed his abilities.
• Li Guxian accepted Lin Bai’s offer on the Demon Palace’s behalf and left, telling him to wait for what came next.
• Lin Bai resolved to focus on his breakthrough, believing the two treasures would help him reach the Grand Luo Dao Fruit realm.

Lin Bai failed to break through to the Grand Luo Dao Fruit realm with the Nine Apertures Profound Pill and turned to refining immortal jades in a cultivation room that trapped and recycled their spiritual energy. After consuming hundreds of thousands of immortal jades, he finally grasped a breakthrough opportunity and made another attempt, but the chapter left the result unresolved.

• Lin Bai stabilized at the half-step Grand Luo Dao Fruit realm after the Nine Apertures Profound Pill's medicinal power ran out.
• Lin Bai spent half a month restoring himself, then shattered immortal jades and used the cultivation room's formations and meditation cushion to absorb their spiritual energy without waste.
• Lin Bai consumed nearly five hundred thousand immortal jades before his cultivation loosened enough for him to sense a breakthrough opportunity.
• Lin Bai refined another fifty thousand immortal jades to grasp that opportunity, then focused the Heaven Swallowing Dao Fruit's power and attempted to break through again.

After more than half a year in seclusion, Lin Bai emerged having reached the Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm and asked Yu You for news from outside. He learned who had visited and focused on the unsettled situation in the One Night Divine Sect’s territory.

• Lin Bai left the Imperial Palace cultivation chamber after raising his cultivation to the Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm, and Yu You congratulated him.
• Yu You told Lin Bai that Lin Baixian had visited most often, while Li Siyuan had offered more resources if Lin Bai had failed to break through.
• Yu You reported visits from Luo Daoguo, Luo Yuanjing, Ji Canghai, and several elders, and Lin Bai reviewed the visitor register.
• Lin Bai asked Yu You about developments outside and considered the vacant Flourishing Sect seat and the other sects’ plans after the One Night Divine Sect’s destruction.
• With Lin Bai’s permission, Yu You accessed information in the Armament Pavilion to report on events during his seclusion.

Yu You told Lin Bai that the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s territory had fallen to the Pure Yang Sect and Phoenix Valley, while Yi Gu and Yi Jinyun rallied resistance. The Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect also chose to resist, gaining broad support after accusing their enemies of colluding with outside forces.

• Yu You told Lin Bai that the Pure Yang Sect and Phoenix Valley had occupied the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s mountain gate and were hunting its escaped disciples.
• Yu You reported that Yi Gu and Yi Jinyun had rallied more than ten million martial artists, many of whom sought to exploit the unrest or protect their own interests.
• Yu You explained that the Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect had rescued members of the Yi family’s main branch and issued a proclamation calling for resistance.
• The Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect accused the Pure Yang Sect and Phoenix Valley of conspiring with the Northern Region and the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace, drawing widespread support from angry martial artists.

Lin Bai learned that Seven Nights Divine Sect's territory had descended into widespread chaos, possibly fueled by Li Guxian and Nine Underworlds Demon Palace. He also learned that Li Guxian had left to negotiate with the Northern Region and had secured his freedom to leave Nine Underworlds City.

• Yu You told Lin Bai that Chu, Qi Tian Sect, and Ten Thousand Saints Mountain backed Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect's accusation that Pure Yang Sect and Phoenix Valley had conspired with Nine Underworlds Demon Palace and the Northern Region.
• Lin Bai concluded that the war had spread throughout Seven Nights Divine Sect's territory and suspected Li Guxian was secretly encouraging the chaos.
• Yu You explained that Pure Yang Sect and Phoenix Valley wanted independence from Nine Underworlds Demon Palace, were struggling to contain rebellions, and had received little real help from the Demon Palace or the Northern Region.
• Yu You told Lin Bai that Li Guxian had left three days earlier to negotiate with the Northern Region over Seven Nights Divine Sect's territory.
• Yu You revealed that Li Guxian had arranged with the Council of Elders for Lin Bai to leave Nine Underworlds City whenever he wished.

Lin Bai learned that Li Guxian had arranged for him to leave Nine Underworlds City and heard that she wanted him to meet her at Eternal Night Pass. Yu You explained that Qi Tian Sect and Ten Thousand Saints Mountain had withdrawn their envoys while Chu still held its forces in the One Night Divine Sect’s territory, leaving Lin Bai to wonder what Chu intended.

• Lin Bai questioned why Li Guxian had persuaded the Council of Elders to let him leave Nine Underworlds City, suspecting she had another motive.
• Yu You told Lin Bai that Qi Tian Sect and Ten Thousand Saints Mountain had withdrawn their envoys three months earlier as fighting and border probes intensified.
• Yu You said Li Guxian wanted Lin Bai to go to Eternal Night Pass after leaving the city and meet her there to negotiate.
• Lin Bai learned that Chu still occupied more than a dozen major cities in the One Night Divine Sect’s territory, while the Southern Region had not yet launched a full-scale invasion.
• Lin Bai wondered what Chu was planning and decided to leave Nine Underworlds City if the Demon Palace allowed it.

Lin Bai learned that the Northern Region and Nine Underworlds Demon Palace were nearing a decisive negotiation while prodigies from the Northern Region and Demon Realm gathered in Four Gloom City. After hearing that Li Siyuan had been crushed by a purple-haired youth, Lin Bai decided to visit the Saint Elder and arrange to leave the city.

• Yu You told Lin Bai that Li Guxian was negotiating with the Northern Region at Eternal Night Pass over Seven Nights Divine Sect's territory, and that failure could trigger a wider war.
• Yu You explained that martial artists from the Northern Region and Demon Realm had gathered in Four Gloom City and challenged the Four Gloom Demon Palace's prodigies.
• Lin Bai learned that Li Siyuan had lost in fewer than three moves to a purple-haired youth from the Demon Race, despite using all his strength.
• Zhu Fushun warned Lin Bai that he wanted to leave Four Gloom City before the Four Gloom Demon Palace changed its mind.
• Lin Bai decided to visit the Saint Elder and ask for arrangements to leave Four Gloom City.

At Four Gloom City, a Purple-haired Elder and the Black-Robed Old Man nearly fought over their clans’ rivalry, while the Four Gloom Demon Palace weighed whether to let Li Gu leave. A Purple-haired Youth kept humiliating the palace’s warriors, and Pang Jinqi began considering how Li Gu might compare with him.

• The Purple-haired Elder and the Black-Robed Old Man traded insults over their inherited techniques and prepared to fight before Luo Yuanjing mediated.
• Yu You arrived on the Cloud Platform and whispered to Yue Chuanming, who learned that Goddess Lin Baixian had arranged for Li Gu to leave Four Gloom City.
• Luo Yuanjing and Pang Jinqi agreed to let Li Gu leave, reasoning that forcing him to stay would only make him resent the Four Gloom Demon Palace.
• The Black-Robed Old Man and the Purple-haired Elder restrained themselves, while the Four Gloom Demon Palace warriors endured the dispute without intervening.
• The Purple-haired Youth defeated several Four Gloom Demon Palace challengers, prompting Pang Jinqi to ask Yue Chuanming how Li Gu’s strength compared with his.

Lin Bai’s identity as the possessor of the Supreme Avatar and the Imperial Son of the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace stunned the gathered Spirit Realm and Demon Realm powerhouses. The Purple-haired Youth challenged the God Child of the First Divine Hall, while the Purple-haired Elder reconsidered his grandson’s chances.

• The Black-Robed Old Man asked how Lin Bai had inherited the Imperial Son’s position, prompting the gathered powerhouses to scrutinize him.
• Prince Qin confirmed that Lin Bai was the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s Imperial Son and possessed the Supreme Avatar.
• Yue Chuanming linked Lin Bai to the titles Wolf Marquis of Chu and Yue Chuanming of Chu, making the gathered Great Mystic Art Users recognize his identity.
• The Purple-haired Elder grew solemn and worried that his grandson might lose to Lin Bai.
• The Purple-haired Youth shouted toward the clouds, asking whether the person above was the First God Child of the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace.

Lin Bai agreed to fight the Purple-haired Youth after the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s elders discussed the risks and encouraged him to gain experience. He entered the arena confidently, leaving the two sides poised for a duel.

• Luo Yuanjing and Yue Chuanming worried that Lin Bai’s defeat would further damage the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s morale, and they asked him whether he was willing to fight.
• He Ying promised to arrange for Lin Bai to leave Four Gloom City after the matter was settled, while suggesting that a duel could help him improve.
• Luo Yuanjing told Lin Bai that his Supreme Avatar made him one of the Myriad Realms’ peerless prodigies, and Lin Bai decided to accept the challenge.
• Lin Bai descended onto the arena and introduced himself to the Purple-haired Youth, asking to exchange pointers.
• The Purple-haired Old Man watched tensely as Lin Bai’s entrance silenced the crowd and drew the attention of the Great Mystic Adepts.

Lin Bai used the Five Elements Dao Body to overpower the Purple-haired Youth in a contest of physical strength, shattering his arm and forcing him to regrow it with an Undying Body ability. The Purple-haired Youth admitted defeat in strength but prepared to reveal his own trump cards and continue fighting.

• Yue Chuanming and Luo Yuanjing discussed Lin Bai's many powerful inheritances and worried that he might be unable to master them all.
• Lin Bai and the Purple-haired Youth traded punches, and their physical strength initially proved evenly matched.
• Lin Bai revealed he had used only seventy percent of his strength and unleashed a full-power punch that shattered the Purple-haired Youth's arm.
• The Purple-haired Youth regrew his arm with his Undying Body ability, which consumed substantial vital energy and Dao Fruit Essence.
• The Purple-haired Youth conceded the contest of physical strength but declared that he would fight on without holding back.

The Purple-haired Youth used his Great Mystic Art, Heaven-Shaking Divine Sound, to disorient Lin Bai and punch him toward the edge of the arena. Lin Bai recovered before falling out, returned to the arena, and evaded the Youth’s second sound attack with the Void Evasion Art.

• The Purple-haired Youth regenerated his severed arm and prepared to use the Heaven-Shaking Divine Sound, a technique Li Siyuan recognized from their earlier fight.
• The Purple-haired Youth’s sound waves struck Lin Bai, blurring his consciousness and nearly shaking his soul from his body.
• The Purple-haired Youth rushed in and punched Lin Bai toward the arena’s edge, believing he had secured victory.
• Lin Bai regained consciousness in midair, stopped himself just short of falling beyond the arena, and walked back onto it.
• The Purple-haired Youth unleashed the Heaven-Shaking Divine Sound again, but Lin Bai vanished with the Void Evasion Art.

Lin Bai used the Void Evasion Art to escape the Purple-haired Youth’s Heaven-Shaking Divine Sound, shocking the spectators and revealing that he had acquired a rare Netherworld secret art. The Old Eagle Demon offered to take Lin Bai as his disciple, but Yue Chuanming and Luo Yuanjing rejected him as the debate over transforming humans into Demon Race martial artists continued.

• Lin Bai evaded the Purple-haired Youth’s Heaven-Shaking Divine Sound with the Void Evasion Art, leaving the Purple-haired Youth frightened and confused.
• Yan Wenjing and Xie Lan identified Lin Bai’s movement art as the Void Evasion Art, and Yue Chuanming confirmed that Lin Bai had not been the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s Imperial Son for long.
• The Old Eagle Demon revealed that he had witnessed the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s Holy Lord use the Nine Yuan Devil God Art a hundred thousand years earlier.
• The Old Eagle Demon offered to take Lin Bai to the Demon Realm and teach him, but Yue Chuanming and Luo Yuanjing declined.
• The Purple-haired Youth argued that Lin Bai could not cultivate Demon Race techniques as a human, and the Old Eagle Demon retorted that humans could become members of the Demon Race.

Lin Bai avoided the Purple-haired Youth’s Heaven-Shaking Divine Sound with the Void Evasion Art, then the two exchanged the names and origins of their techniques. The Purple-haired Youth revealed his Purple-maned Lion true form and attacked again, while Lin Bai countered with the Reverse Five Elements Sword Formation.

• The Purple-haired Youth repeatedly unleashed the Heaven-Shaking Divine Sound, but Lin Bai evaded it each time and wore down his spiritual power.
• Lin Bai and the Purple-haired Youth exchanged information about the Heaven-Shaking Divine Sound and the Void Evasion Art.
• Lin Bai warned the Purple-haired Youth that the sound attack would not work on him and prepared to fight with his Demon Sword.
• The Purple-haired Youth revealed his true form as a Purple-maned Lion, increasing the Heaven-Shaking Divine Sound’s power.
• Lin Bai evaded the lion’s roar and sent five flying swords into the surrounding void, prompting the Purple-haired Youth to recognize the Reverse Five Elements Sword Formation.

After Lin Bai used the Reverse Five Elements Sword Formation, Spirit Realm experts recognized it as a Flying Sword Immortal Sect technique and debated whether he was a lost disciple or had learned it secretly. The Nine Underworlds Demon Palace elders realized the Spirit Realm factions might try to claim Lin Bai, leaving his future in the Devil Realm uncertain.

• Xie Lan identified Lin Bai’s Reverse Five Elements Sword Formation as part of the Flying Sword Immortal Sect’s lineage and argued that Lin Bai must know several earlier sword formations as well.
• Yan Wenjing questioned whether Lin Bai was a lost Flying Sword Immortal Sect disciple, and Xie Lan proposed asking two visiting Great Mystic Art Users from that sect to identify him.
• Yan Wenjing warned that the Flying Sword Immortal Sect might punish Lin Bai if he had secretly learned its unique technique, while the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace elders discussed the risk of the Spirit Realm taking him away.
• Luo Yuanjing and Yue Chuanming concluded that Lin Bai could not be kept hidden and that the orthodox and Devil Dao factions would compete over him because his talent could strengthen either side.

Lin Bai used the Reverse Five Elements Sword Formation and Azure Lotus Swordplay to badly wound the Purple-maned Lion, which unleashed Bewitching Purple Light that trapped Lin Bai in an illusion. In the vision, Lin Bai saw Bai Xiaoxiao killed by a Giant God Race figure and faced the figure’s devastating punch.

• Lin Bai attacked the Purple-maned Lion with the Reverse Five Elements Sword Formation and Azure Lotus Swordplay, leaving it drenched in blood.
• The Purple-maned Lion unleashed Bewitching Purple Light, which pierced Lin Bai’s defenses and blurred his vision.
• Lin Bai found himself on a war-ravaged battlefield and heard Bai Xiaoxiao calling for help.
• A Giant God Race figure stomped Bai Xiaoxiao into ash just as she neared Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai recognized the Giant God Race and watched the figure raise a fist to strike him.

Lin Bai escaped the Giant God Race illusion by awakening his Demon Eyes, then used them to trap the Purple-maned Lion and everyone nearby in an illusion of an ancient war. Yan Wenjing recognized Lin Bai’s Demon Eyes and sent word to Lihun Heaven, drawing the Spirit World sects’ attention to him.

• Lin Bai realized the Giant God Race and Bai Xiaoxiao were part of an illusion and used his Demon Eyes to make that world collapse.
• Lin Bai awoke in the real world with a deep claw wound after the Purple-maned Lion attacked him, then trapped the beast in an imagined ancient battle between humans and demons.
• The illusion spread across Nine Underworlds City, startling the martial artists and Great Mystic Art Users who saw the battlefield around them.
• Yan Wenjing recognized Lin Bai’s blood-red eyes as the Demon Eyes of Lihun Heaven, while Xie Lan realized Lin Bai was connected to both orthodox and devil sects.
• Yan Wenjing sent a message to Lihun Heaven announcing that the Demon Eyes had appeared, noting that its fellow Daoists were in the Devil World.

Lin Bai trapped the Purple-maned Lion in an illusory battlefield fused with reality and nearly killed him with the Reverse Five Elements Sword Formation. A powerful figure intervened, shattered the illusion, and stopped Lin Bai’s attack.

• Xie Lan sent a message with his Command Talisman after seeing Yan Wenjing use a special Sound Transmission Talisman.
• Lin Bai’s illusory battlefield overwhelmed the Purple-maned Lion with attacks from human martial artists, and the lion realized he was trapped in an illusion.
• The Purple-maned Lion struggled to find a flaw in Lin Bai’s realm and reflected on how his own Bewitching Purple Light had once seemed invincible.
• Lin Bai appeared above the Purple-maned Lion and attacked with the Reverse Five Elements Sword Formation and an azure sword strike.
• Four chains bound the Purple-maned Lion’s limbs as Lin Bai’s sword neared his neck, but a domineering figure descended, shattered the illusory realm, and blocked the strike.

The Purple-Haired Elder intervened to save the Purple-haired Youth from Lin Bai, then healed him with a rare Purple Yang Flower. The chapter explained how the Demon Realm preserved its resources and why the resource-poor Demon Realm sought to invade the Spirit Realm instead of the powerful, insular Demon Realm.

• The Purple-Haired Elder shattered Lin Bai’s illusion and pulled the Purple-maned Lion away before Lin Bai could kill him.
• Yue Chuanming offered healing items, but the Purple-Haired Elder refused and gave the Purple-haired Youth a five-colored spirit medicine.
• The Purple-haired Youth swallowed the medicine, which quickly stopped his injuries from worsening and made his wounds scab over.
• Yue Chuanming recognized the medicine as a Purple Yang Flower and remarked on the Demon Realm’s abundance of preserved spirit medicines.
• The chapter explained that the Demon Realm had few resources after past wars and overharvesting, while the Demon Realm protected its natural treasures and was difficult to invade.