Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai faced the Demon Subjugation Alliance, a force of martial artists from across the Devil Realm's Eastern Region united by hatred of the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace. After its members attacked, Lin Bai blocked their combined strike and cleaved it apart, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• The Black-Robed Old Man explained that the Demon Subjugation Alliance had formed spontaneously from sects and lineages across the Eastern Region, whose members hated the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace.
• Lin Bai warned the alliance members to leave, but they accused him of betraying the sects and insisted the Demon Palace had to be suppressed.
• Lin Bai summoned his demon sword and prepared to fight as the alliance members unleashed their combined attack.
• Five flying swords formed a formation that blocked part of the attack, and Lin Bai's sword strike cleaved the remaining force apart.

Lin Bai killed nearly all the Taiyi Dao Fruit Realm martial artists who had come to assassinate him, then revealed seven Divine Weapons as he faced more than a dozen Great Purity Dao Realm opponents. He used the weapons to shatter his enemies’ defenses and continued fighting the stronger group.

• Lin Bai killed dozens of Taiyi Dao Fruit Realm martial artists, allowing their souls to escape after their physical bodies were destroyed.
• Lin Bai turned to face the Great Purity Dao Realm martial artists, who claimed their numbers and strength would overwhelm him.
• Lin Bai summoned seven Divine Weapons, including the Mount Tai Sword, the Overlord Sky Halberd, the Sea God Pearl, and the Alarming Seal.
• Lin Bai used the Sea God Pearl’s Sea God’s Tears as armor and sent the Mount Tai Sword and Overlord Sky Halberd crashing into two opponents.
• Lin Bai shattered the Great Purity Dao Realm martial artists’ protective barriers and swept through them with a sword strike.

Lin Bai and the Black-Robed Old Man traded devastating attacks, with Lin Bai wounding his opponent but suffering a shoulder injury from a blood-forged sword. The Black-Robed Old Man then unleashed eight bronze mirrors, which shattered Lin Bai’s combined sword techniques by briefly reaching Grand Yi Divine Weapon-level power, though the strain cracked the mirrors and injured their wielder.

• Lin Bai used Azure Lotus Swordplay’s Moving Mountains to bury the Black-Robed Old Man beneath a mountain of Sword Qi.
• The Black-Robed Old Man escaped by forming a scarlet sword from his blood, which pierced Lin Bai’s defenses and wounded his left shoulder.
• The Black-Robed Old Man summoned eight supreme-grade Dao Divine Weapon bronze mirrors and attacked Lin Bai with tracking beams of light.
• Lin Bai combined Filling the Sea and Moving Mountains, forcing the Black-Robed Old Man to defend against a sea and mountain of Sword Qi.
• The Black-Robed Old Man used blood to empower the eight bronze mirrors, which shattered Lin Bai’s techniques but cracked and left him coughing blood.

The Black-Robed Old Man and the remaining Demon Subjugation Alliance fighters tried to retreat after failing to kill Lin Bai, but Old Wen and Sky Dragon City's City Lord arrived and defeated them. The City Lord apologized to Lin Bai, while the captured attackers were taken away for interrogation.

• The Black-Robed Old Man ordered the surviving fighters to retreat after realizing they could not kill Lin Bai.
• As the Black-Robed Old Man prepared to disperse the barrier, Old Wen and a long-faced man tore through it and entered.
• Lin Bai recognized the long-faced man as a Chaos Dao Fruit Realm expert, and Old Wen rushed to check that Lin Bai was safe.
• The long-faced man crippled the remaining Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm attackers as they tried to flee.
• Armored soldiers surrounded the area, saluted Lin Bai, and carried the unconscious attackers to the dungeon for interrogation.
• The long-faced man introduced himself as Sky Dragon City's City Lord and apologized to Lin Bai for failing to protect him.

Lin Bai and his companions crossed into the Overturning Heavens Sect’s heavily guarded territory, where they found the sect preparing for conflict. Lin Bai approached the sect alone to visit its Holy Son, Meng Qinxian, while Old Wen and Yu You waited nearby.

• Lin Bai, Old Wen, and Yu You traveled across the provinces and entered the Overturning Heavens Sect’s capital territory, which was under martial law.
• Old Wen warned that the Pure Yang Sect and Phoenix Valley could target the Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect after destroying the Seven Nights Divine Sect.
• Lin Bai decided to visit the Overturning Heavens Sect in his own name rather than as the King of Qin or the Four Gloom Demon Palace’s Dao Child.
• Lin Bai told Old Wen and Yu You to wait in a nearby city and went to the sect’s mountain gate to ask for Meng Qinxian.
• The sect’s guards stopped Lin Bai’s flying ship, and Lin Bai requested an audience with Meng Qinxian.

Lin Bai arrived at the Overturning Heavens Sect to see Meng Qinxian, but the sect’s guards treated him as a traitor and prepared to attack. The Sect Master intervened and invited Lin Bai inside, while Meng Qinxian challenged him to a fight that left their true intentions unclear.

• The mountain gate elder accused Lin Bai of betraying the Eastern Region and said Meng Qinxian had severed ties with him.
• The elder ordered several thousand Overturning Heavens Sect martial artists to surround Lin Bai and Old Wen, and Old Wen warned them not to act rashly.
• The Overturning Heavens Sect’s Sect Master arrived, explained that the sect had publicly disavowed Lin Bai under pressure, and invited him inside.
• Lin Bai hesitated before entering, and the Sect Master promised that Zou Lanhao would be safe within the sect.
• Meng Qinxian attacked Lin Bai, and the two fought fiercely while Lin Bai asked in a voice transmission whether Meng was serious.

Lin Bai met Meng Qinxian at Overturning Heavens Sect and explained that Nine Underworlds Demon Palace had forced him to become its Imperial Son after capturing him in Four Gloom City. With his reputation ruined and his options limited, Lin Bai chose to remain within Nine Underworlds Demon Palace for now and seek a way to rescue a Holy Son kidnapped by the Northern Region.

• Rumors that Lin Bai had betrayed the Eastern Region spread, and Meng Qinxian and Nie Shang publicly distanced themselves from him to protect their sects.
• Lin Bai visited Overturning Heavens Sect but decided not to enter its mountain gate after realizing the sect could not openly associate with him.
• Lin Bai told Meng Qinxian that Nine Underworlds Demon Palace had captured him in Four Gloom City and forced him to accept the Imperial Son position.
• Meng Qinxian offered to ask his father to free Lin Bai, but Lin Bai said the Devil Realm would not believe him even if he left Nine Underworlds Demon Palace.
• Lin Bai decided to stay in Nine Underworlds Demon Palace for now and look for a chance to rescue the Holy Son kidnapped by the Northern Region.

Lin Bai, Qi Tian Sect, and Yang Sect discussed the looming regional war and Four Gloom Demon Palace’s influence over Worship Heaven Sect and Phoenix Valley. The chapter left Overturning Heavens Sect preparing to watch the crucial negotiations at Eternal Night Pass while Yi Gu rallied survivors of One Night Divine Sect.

• Yang Sect revealed that Worship Heaven Sect and Phoenix Valley had long been infiltrated by Four Gloom Demon Palace, whose agents had risen to power within both sects.
• Lin Bai explained that Worship Heaven Sect and Phoenix Valley now seemed inclined to break away from Four Gloom Demon Palace, though they had not acted on that intention.
• Lin Bai said Yi Gu, Yi Jinyun, and the younger Yi family members had survived and were gathering forces to make a final stand in One Night Divine Sect’s territory.
• Qi Tian Sect and Yang Sect discussed how failed negotiations at Eternal Night Pass could trigger a war across the Devil Realm.
• Meng Qinxian said he would inform his father, and Overturning Heavens Sect would send someone to observe the negotiations.

Lin Bai realized Old Wen had overheard his voice transmission with Meng Qinxian through the Undying Soul Incantation. Old Wen explained the Four Gloom Demon Palace’s expectations for Meng Qinxian and helped him choose to visit Lin Bai first, while Meng Qinxian remained curious about the Palace’s ten-thousand-year plan and Eternal Night Pass.

• Lin Bai recognized the Undying Soul Incantation as the art Old Wen used to spy on his conversation with Meng Qinxian.
• Old Wen explained that the Four Gloom Demon Palace knew Meng Qinxian did not truly see himself as Yi Gu but still hoped he and the Palace would eventually accept each other.
• Old Wen revealed that Princess Chu Tingxue and Princess Chenxian were with the Chu Kingdom’s reinforcements, while Meng Qinxian’s friend Lin Bai was in the One Night Divine Sect’s territory.
• Meng Qinxian asked whether the Palace’s ten-thousand-year plan was connected to Eternal Night Pass, where Lin Bai and the Chu Kingdom’s reinforcements should be found first.
• Meng Qinxian decided to visit Lin Bai first and ordered Old Wen to direct the cloud boat toward him.

Lin Bai and his companions left Azure Sky City and passed over a forest where bandits had slaughtered a merchant caravan. When the bandit leader’s son tried to stop their cloud boat, the leader recognized their immense strength, apologized, and let them pass.

• Lin Bai, Old Wen, and Dao Child Yu You bought detailed maps before leaving Azure Sky City at noon.
• The group flew over a desolate forest where bandits had massacred a caravan and were fighting over the spoils.
• A young bandit intercepted Lin Bai’s cloud boat and demanded that the travelers surrender.
• The scarred bandit leader struck his son and apologized to Lin Bai after detecting that the three travelers had at least reached the Dao God Realm.
• Lin Bai continued on without intervening in the massacre, leaving the bandits behind.

Lin Bai and Old Wen discussed Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s role in the Devil Realm’s growing chaos as their cloud boat crossed a lawless forest. Lin Bai accused the Palace of holding the Eastern Region hostage, and the conversation ended as bandits fought travelers ahead.

• Old Wen explained that bandit strongholds had flourished in the unclaimed forest amid the conflict between Overturning Heavens Sect and Pure Yang Sect.
• Old Wen argued that Nine Underworlds Demon Palace could not be responsible for turmoil involving nearly all the Devil Realm’s peak forces and outsiders from other realms.
• Lin Bai compared the Palace’s grand plan to freshly baked buns that drew hungry diners, arguing that it had released desire and attracted others to the conflict.
• Lin Bai rejected Old Wen’s claim that future war justified the Palace’s actions and blamed it for the Devil Realm’s chaos.
• Lin Bai said the grand plan held the martial artists of the Devil Realm Eastern Region hostage, and Old Wen fell silent.
• Yu You asked what Lin Bai and Old Wen were discussing, while their cloud boat approached a fight between bandits and travelers.

Old Wen and Dao Child Yu You encountered an acquaintance fleeing bandits, but Old Wen initially continued on without helping. After the bandits threatened the family and mocked Lin Bai, Lin Bai killed them from afar, and Old Wen invited the survivors aboard at his young master's request.

• A middle-aged man from Azure Sky City asked Old Wen and Dao Child Yu You to save him and his two daughters from bandits pursuing them.
• Old Wen continued piloting the cloud boat without asking Lin Bai for permission, while the bandit father and son recognized the boat and bowed to it.
• The scarred bandit and his son blocked the family, threatened them, and boasted that Lin Bai would not dare oppose Black Tiger Stronghold.
• Lin Bai sent five flying swords back from a distance and killed the bandits surrounding the family, including the young bandit.
• Old Wen appeared before the middle-aged man and his daughters and told them that his young master requested their presence.

Lin Bai’s journey through the mountains drew the attention of Black Tiger Stronghold after he killed several of its bandits and commanders. The stronghold’s leaders gathered to confront him, while Lin Bai let them approach.

• A bloodied bandit reported that a mysterious expert had slaughtered Black Tiger Stronghold’s men and several commanders.
• The fourth leader summoned the other leaders, and they emerged from seclusion to investigate.
• The first leader revealed that he had broken through to the Dao God Realm and ordered the stronghold’s forces to block Lin Bai’s route.
• Dao Child Yu You spotted people following the flying vessel and offered to deal with them, but Lin Bai told him to let them follow.
• The leaders and bandits marched to confront Lin Bai, who calmly waited aboard the vessel.

Dao Child Lin Bai destroyed Black Tiger Stronghold with the Golden Emperor Seal after Xiang Yun learned about the Nine Heavenly Might Seals. Xiang Yun spared the third chief, who revealed that the Little Thief Alliance backed the bandits.

• Dao Child Lin Bai summoned the Golden Emperor Seal and unleashed its power against Black Tiger Stronghold.
• The third chief crushed a jade pendant, called for a senior to save him, and revealed that the Little Thief Alliance backed the stronghold.
• Xiang Yun asked Dao Child Lin Bai to spare the third chief, and she followed his instruction while destroying Black Tiger Stronghold.
• Old Wen explained that the Nine Heavenly Might Seals came from Heavenly Might Gate and could fuse into powerful Dao Arts.
• Xiang Yun declined to cultivate the seals, though Old Wen offered to have Dao Child Lin Bai demonstrate them or let him search the Scripture Repository.

Lin Bai learned how the Great Thieves Alliance organized and protected bandit strongholds across the unclaimed lands. When a masked Dao Fruit Realm overseer arrived, Dao Child Yu You swiftly defeated him, leaving Lin Bai to face the alliance’s next move.

• Old Wen told Lin Bai that the Great Thieves Alliance was a small alliance of Devil Realm Eastern Region martial artists who robbed the unclaimed lands.
• The third-in-command of Black Tiger Stronghold explained that the alliance assigned strongholds routes and territories and collected one-third of their loot in exchange for protection.
• The third-in-command crushed a jade pendant to summon a Great Thieves Alliance overseer, and Lin Bai chose to wait for him.
• A skinny old man in a white robe arrived, attacked Dao Child Yu You, and was badly wounded when she dispelled his attacks.
• Dao Child Yu You intercepted the old man as he tried to flee and told him that Lin Bai wanted to see him.

Di Zi used Soul Search on a Great Thieves Alliance member and discovered that a Pure Yang Sect elder was connected to the Demon Subjugation Alliance, which was led by a Great Mystic Art User. The discovery left Lin Bai and Old Wen investigating why the Four Gloom Demon Palace had become a target.

• The martial artist invoked the Great Thieves Alliance and Demon Subjugation Alliance to threaten Lin Bai, but Di Zi attacked him and began a Soul Search.
• Di Zi learned from the man's memories that he was a Pure Yang Sect elder who had joined the Great Thieves Alliance, along with more than twenty other elders.
• Di Zi discovered that the leader of the Demon Subjugation Alliance was a Great Mystic Art User who had organized opposition to the Four Gloom Demon Palace.
• Old Wen proposed that the Great Mystic Art User's hostility could stem from a misunderstanding, an old grudge, or a private feud involving a high-ranking figure.
• Old Wen agreed to investigate the leader's identity, while Lin Bai and his companions considered why the Four Gloom Demon Palace had gained such powerful enemies.

Lin Bai used the Heaven Swallowing Race’s Soul Search Secret Art to examine a martial artist’s memories, while Old Wen compared the discovery with records of the Holy Lord’s strange behavior in his later years. They ruled out possession as the cause, and the cloud boat continued onward as Old Wen recorded the information.

• Lin Bai searched a martial artist’s memories and learned that the Great Thieves Alliance cooperated with the Demon Subjugation Alliance, though the man had never visited the thieves’ headquarters or met its master.
• Old Wen explained that records by Lin Bai, the Holy Lord’s guard and successor, described the Holy Lord becoming confused, speaking to himself, and seeming to change into another person.
• The Emperor’s Son asked whether someone had possessed the Holy Lord, but Old Wen noted that possession inside a Heaven Swallowing Race body would be crushed by its devouring power.
• The Emperor’s Son revealed that his memory-reading ability was the Heaven Swallowing Race’s Soul Search Secret Art, and Old Wen recorded its name.
• Old Wen and the Emperor’s Son continued onward in the cloud boat beyond the unclaimed land.

The Emperor's Son questioned Old Wen about Holy Lord's split personality and learned that the Four Gloom Demon Palace suspected overuse of Soul Search and the Heaven Swallowing Race's Devouring Power had caused Holy Lord's memories to become confused. He also confirmed that Lin Bai had likely been captured by the Soul Refining Sect, and the chapter left the rescue of Lin Bai and the imprisoned Eastern Region Holy Sons dependent on negotiations at Eternal Night Pass.

• The Emperor's Son and Old Wen discussed how Holy Lord's memories might have become jumbled after he used Soul Search on many powerful martial artists.
• Old Wen explained that the Four Gloom Demon Palace suspected the Heaven Swallowing Race's power was connected to Holy Lord's condition and that members of the race were difficult to identify.
• The Emperor's Son confirmed that he and Lin Bai were friends and concluded that Lin Bai had probably been captured by the Soul Refining Sect.
• The Emperor's Son asked Old Wen how to rescue Lin Bai and the imprisoned Eastern Region Holy Sons, and Old Wen said their return might depend on the negotiations at Eternal Night Pass.
• Leng Xingguang decided he needed to go to Eternal Night Pass and see whether the negotiations could succeed.

Lin Bai reached Qilin City with the martial artists he had helped escape the unclaimed land, then discovered that the crowded teleportation plaza would delay their departure. A Pure Yang Sect disciple named Ma Leiyu recognized Lin Bai and invited him, Old Wen, and Dao Child Yu You to drink after Old Wen revealed he knew Ma Leiyu’s grandfather.

• Lin Bai and the rescued martial artists arrived safely in Qilin City, where the travelers thanked him before going their separate ways.
• Lin Bai, Old Wen, and Dao Child Yu You found hundreds of thousands of people waiting to use the teleportation arrays, leaving them facing a delay of ten days or more.
• Ma Leiyu, a Core Disciple of the Pure Yang Sect, approached Lin Bai and tried to smooth over the sect’s past conflict with him.
• Old Wen recognized Ma Leiyu’s grandfather, Ma Lian'an, and learned that he remained in seclusion while the sect supplied him with life-extending items.
• Ma Leiyu invited Lin Bai, Old Wen, and Dao Child Yu You to join him for a drink.

Ma Leiyu arranged for Lin Bai and his companions to stay in Qilin City overnight while seeking a private discussion with him. Lin Bai learned that Pure Yang Sect and Phoenix Valley hoped he could help them separate peacefully from the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace, while Ma Leiyu received instructions from his father to handle a plan involving Lin Bai.

• Ma Leiyu invited Lin Bai, Old Wen, and Dao Child Yu You away from the teleportation plaza and promised to arrange their departure at dawn.
• Lin Bai and Old Wen discussed how Pure Yang Sect and Phoenix Valley wanted to secure independence from the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace without provoking retaliation.
• Old Wen told Lin Bai that the Demon Palace’s leaders recognized him as Emperor Child and would seriously consider his recommendations.
• Ma Leiyu told his father that Lin Bai had arrived in Qilin City, and his father instructed him to take full responsibility for the matter.
• Ma Leiyu listened to his father’s instructions and smiled triumphantly after ending the transmission.