Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai helped Yi Jinyi negotiate a truce between the Seven Nights Divine Sect and the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace, overruling Old Wen’s tougher demands. The Seven Nights Divine Sect accepted a ten-thousand-year covenant not to oppose the palace, securing a chance to survive and rebuild.

• Old Wen demanded that the Seven Nights Divine Sect support the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s reestablishment, but Lin Bai agreed to the sect’s first condition and told Old Wen to let that demand go.
• Yi Jinyi asked that the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace not interfere if the Seven Nights Divine Sect later sought revenge against the Pure Yang Sect and Phoenix Valley, and Lin Bai said those factions might not survive long enough to face such revenge.
• Old Wen asked what the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace would gain, and Lin Bai proposed an alliance covenant in which the Seven Nights Divine Sect would not oppose the palace for ten thousand years.
• Yi Jinyi accepted the covenant on behalf of the Seven Nights Divine Sect and thanked Lin Bai, while Old Wen agreed to the terms.

After Lin Bai secured Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s agreement to Seven Nights Divine Sect’s demands, Yi Jinyi escorted him out of White Horse City and explained how gatherings of prodigies helped young warriors form important connections. The cloud boat departed for Eternal Night Pass, leaving Lin Bai to understand why Yi Gu’s birthday had drawn so many powerful young talents.

• Lin Bai felt relieved when Yi Jinyi confirmed that Nine Underworlds Demon Palace had accepted Seven Nights Divine Sect’s two demands.
• Yi Jinyi stopped her younger sister from confronting Lin Bai and insisted on escorting him out of White Horse City herself.
• Yi Jinyi explained that prodigy gatherings let young warriors meet and build friendships with peers from other territories.
• Lin Bai realized that these gatherings were meant to create connections among the younger generation.
• Lin Bai and Old Wen boarded the cloud boat and departed for Eternal Night Pass.

Lin Bai and Dao Child Yu You were confronted by Yi Jinyi and more than twenty martial artists she had gathered to kill him. Yi Jinse arrived to stop the attack, but the group prepared to fight, leaving Lin Bai ready to face them.

• Yi Jinyi returned to White Horse City with Yi Gu, discovered Yi Jinse was missing, and hurried after her.
• Yi Jinyi and more than twenty martial artists caught up with Lin Bai’s cloud boat and blocked its path in the mountains.
• Yi Jinyi accused Lin Bai of harming her sect and lineage and introduced the gathered experts, including five Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm martial artists.
• Yi Jinse arrived and tried to restrain Yi Jinyi, while Lin Bai rejected her explanations and warned Yi Jinyi to leave.
• Yi Jinse drew her sword as the gathered martial artists took battle stances, and Lin Bai agreed to give Yi Jinyi the chance to attack.

Lin Bai challenged Yi Jinse to withstand one sword strike, and she accepted, confident that the One Night Divine Sect's treasures would protect her. As Yi Jinse prepared behind layers of defenses, Lin Bai readied his Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire Slash, leaving Yi Jinyi worried about the outcome.

• Yi Jinyi tried to prevent a fight by declaring surrender, but Yi Jinse rejected her decision and insisted on facing Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai offered to spare Yi Jinse if she could withstand one sword strike, and Yi Jinse accepted the challenge.
• Yi Jinse activated her protective spiritual light and surrounded herself with dozens of defensive treasures from the One Night Divine Sect.
• Old Wen and Dao Child Yu You judged Yi Jinse's defenses formidable, while Yi Jinyi feared Lin Bai might seriously injure her.
• Lin Bai prepared to test his Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire Slash against Yi Jinse's defenses.

Lin Bai tested his refined Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire Slash against Yi Jinse, shattering all her protective treasures and nearly killing her before he halted the strike. The onlookers marveled at his sword art as Yi Jinse and the One Night Divine Sect martial artists recoiled in fear.

• Lin Bai decided to test the power of his refined Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire Slash against Yi Jinse's protective treasures.
• Lin Bai stepped from the Cloud Boat, unleashed his cultivation, and formed a blood-red sword intent that shook heaven and earth.
• Lin Bai's sword strike shattered Yi Jinse's protective layers one by one and reached her neck.
• Yi Gu shouted for Lin Bai to stop, and Lin Bai regained his clarity and halted the blade half an inch from Yi Jinse's neck.
• Old Wen praised Lin Bai's Mystic Art and Dao Art, while Dao Child Yu You noted how much stronger the sword strike had become since Four Gloom City.

Lin Bai defeated Yi Jinse and left White Horse City after the One Night Divine Sect abandoned its pursuit. He and his companions continued toward Eternal Night Pass, while the Ma and Shen families fought over control of the Pure Cloud Boat.

• Lin Bai stopped his sword after wounding Yi Jinse, then accused her of repeatedly trying to kill him and surrounding him with fighters.
• Yi Jinyi thanked Lin Bai for sparing Yi Jinse, and Yi Gu apologized on behalf of the One Night Divine Sect.
• Lin Bai departed White Horse City aboard the Pure Cloud Boat and ordered Old Wen to take a remote route toward Eternal Night Pass.
• Ma family martial artists told Lin Bai that the Devil Palace had appointed Ma Leiyu Holy Son, while the Ma and Shen families struggled for control of the Pure Cloud Boat.
• Lin Bai and his companions crossed the Pure Cloud Boat and Overturning Heavens Sect territories, then entered the One Night Divine Sect's lands.
• Old Wen reported that the One Night Divine Sect had stopped pursuing them as the Pure Cloud Boat continued toward Eternal Night Pass.

Lin Bai and his companions approached Eternal Night Pass, where the Northern Region’s law-infused snow brought an extraordinary cold. As they neared the border, they discussed the pass’s guardian, Elder He Gongji, and the Four Gloom Demon Palace’s control of the region.

• Lin Bai felt the unnatural chill as his cloud boat traveled through the frozen, barren lands near Eternal Night Pass.
• Old Wen explained that the Northern Region’s endless snowfall gathered the Power of Laws and could harm even powerful martial artists.
• Dao Child Yu You complained that the cold resisted their cultivation, while Old Wen gave Lin Bai a sable-fur coat.
• Old Wen identified Elder He Gongji as the elder responsible for Eternal Night Pass and described his standing within the Four Gloom Demon Palace.
• Lin Bai saw the mountain barrier separating the Devil Realm Eastern Region from the Northern Region as the cloud boat neared Eternal Night Pass.

Lin Bai entered Eternal Night Pass, where Old Wen explained that the armored Four Gloom Guards were an elite force of the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace created with special pills copied from the Chu Kingdom. Lin Bai and his companions were escorted to the Guest Hall while the pass remained on high alert.

• Armored guards stopped Lin Bai's cloud boat and demanded to know their business at Eternal Night Pass.
• Old Wen identified Lin Bai as the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace's Imperial Son, and the guards apologized and offered to escort him to the Guest Hall.
• Old Wen explained that the guards belonged to the Four Gloom Guards, a force made from martial artists whose cultivation had been raised with special pills.
• Old Wen said the pills came from a formula the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace had obtained by infiltrating the Chu Kingdom and studying its secret for thousands of years.
• Lin Bai followed the guards through the heavily patrolled pass to the Guest Hall.

Lin Bai arrived at Eternal Night Pass and met He Gongji, Li Guxian, Lu Yunzhe, and the First God Child, Yan Congjiao. Yan Congjiao called Dao Child Yu You away from Lin Bai, leaving him some peace and quiet.

• Lin Bai exchanged cautious pleasantries with He Gongji, who praised his reputation and suggested they might spar once Lin Bai reached his cultivation level.
• Li Guxian teased Lin Bai about traveling to the Overturning Heavens Sect and White Horse City before coming to Eternal Night Pass, revealing that the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace had tracked his movements.
• Lu Yunzhe greeted Lin Bai and reported that Bu Junfeng considered Lin Bai one of the Devil Realm's two greatest prodigies.
• Yan Congjiao snorted at Lu Yunzhe's praise, and Old Wen identified him to Lin Bai as the God Child of the First Divine Hall.
• Yan Congjiao rebuked Dao Child Yu You for serving as Lin Bai's maid and ordered her to stand beside him, and she obeyed.

Lin Bai arrived at Eternal Night Pass and learned that God Children from several Divine Halls were stationed across different territories. Lin Baixian said she would explain her plan after he rested, while Old Wen went to meet someone overlooking the Northern Region.

• The First God Child, Yan Congjiao, showed hostility toward Lin Bai, and Lin Baixian provoked him by saying he was not Lin Bai.
• He Gongji listed the God Children present at Eternal Night Pass and described where others had been sent, prompting Lin Bai to suspect a new Devil Palace arrangement.
• Lin Baixian said Lin Bai had been invited by her and asked him to rest before she explained her plan.
• Lin Bai returned to his residence, activated its formation, and slept for a day and a night.
• Old Wen left his residence and met someone beneath a cliff overlooking the Northern Region.

Old Wen and He Gongji reunited at Eternal Night Pass and discussed dwindling cultivation resources, Lin Bai’s appointment as Imperial Son, and rumors about his identity. Old Wen argued that Lin Bai was better suited to the position than the First God Child, partly because the First God Child had grown arrogant.

• Old Wen joined He Gongji on the cliff, and they lamented their failure to become Great Mystic Art Users and the scarcity of resources across the realms.
• He Gongji questioned why Lin Bai had become the Devil Palace’s Imperial Son, arguing that the Supreme Avatar alone did not justify the choice.
• Old Wen revealed that Lin Bai belonged to the Heaven Swallowing Race but said he was not the Holy Lord’s reincarnation.
• He Gongji questioned why the First God Child had been passed over, and Old Wen said his arrogance made him unsuitable to win people’s allegiance.
• Old Wen suggested that supporting Lin Bai might also serve to suppress the First God Child.

He Gongji inferred that the Palace Master’s approval had been decisive in making Lin Bai the God Child, while Old Wen refused to reveal more about the mysterious Palace Master. They discussed the stalemate at Eternal Night Pass and awaited Lin Bai’s arrival to carry out Goddess Li Guxian’s plan.

• He Gongji concluded that the Palace Master’s approval, rather than the elders’ support or the Holy Lord reincarnation rumor, had made Lin Bai the God Child.
• Old Wen recalled that the Palace Master rescued him eleven thousand years earlier, then warned He Gongji not to pry into the Palace Master’s identity.
• He Gongji told Old Wen that Northern Region martial artists demanded the seventy-two great provinces behind Eternal Night Pass, while the Chu Kingdom’s army at Horizon Pass deterred them from attacking.
• Old Wen said the Palace Master had forbidden ceding any Eastern Devil Realm territory, and He Gongji explained that Goddess Li Guxian’s plan depended on God Child Lin Bai arriving.

After arriving at Eternal Night Pass, Lin Bai watched Devil Realm martial artists provoke its defenders into duels. The defenders lost most of the contests, and the chapter left Lin Bai assessing the Devil Realm fighters’ combat skill and experience.

• Lin Bai woke after a day and night on Eternal Night Pass and struggled with the Northern Region’s bitter cold.
• Devil Realm martial artists gathered outside the pass and cursed its defenders through the defensive array.
• Wang Wei answered the provocation and challenged the Devil Realm fighters, but a burly opponent killed him with one strike.
• Lin Bai watched dozens of duels and observed that Eternal Night Pass’s martial artists had advantages in arts and weapons but lost most fights to the Devil Realm fighters’ practical experience.

Lin Bai bathed in the freezing North Region while watching its martial artists fight outside Eternal Night Pass, and Old Wen explained the region’s harsh customs and the Four Gloom Demon Palace’s control of the pass. The chapter left Lin Bai relaxing in the bath as he learned how the North Region’s hardship shaped its people and their saying about sweetness before bitterness.

• Old Wen had hot water, food, and wine brought to Lin Bai, who chose to bathe beside the window and watch the contest outside.
• Lin Bai experienced the contrast between the freezing North Region and the warm bath, then sampled its famous Bitter Wine.
• Old Wen told Lin Bai that the Four Gloom Demon Palace secretly controlled Eternal Night Pass while the One Night Divine Sect still held it in name.
• Old Wen explained that the North Region’s harsh conditions bred fierce martial artists, while the Eastern Region’s rules prevented large-scale conflict but encouraged indulgence.
• Lin Bai listened as Old Wen described the North Region’s saying, sweetness before bitterness, and its people’s way of enduring hardship.

Yu You challenged the Northern Region martial artists at Eternal Night Pass, escalating the bouts to the level of prodigies and prompting an elder to confront her. Lin Bai and Old Wen discussed the Devil Palace’s orders as Yu You struck first against the elder.

• Yu You appeared before the Northern Region martial artists and demanded that a Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm fighter face her.
• Lin Bai recognized Yu You and asked Old Wen about the Devil Palace’s orders, which treated ordinary fighters and prodigies differently.
• The Northern Region martial artists summoned an elder after recognizing Yu You’s cultivation and realizing they could not face her themselves.
• The elder confronted Yu You and asked whether she served the One Night Divine Sect or the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace.
• Yu You dismissed the elder’s questions and slashed at him with her sword.

Dao Child Lin Bai fought a Great Luo Dao Fruit Realm warrior from the Four Gloom and defeated him with the Golden Emperor Seal, lifting the defenders’ morale. The battle left Dao Child Yu You still fighting in anger, while Lin Bai’s side wondered what had provoked her.

• Dao Child Yu You entered the battle on her own and ignored Elder He Gongji’s message to return, continuing to fight despite her anger.
• Dao Child Lin Bai exchanged thirty rounds with a gaunt Four Gloom warrior, then seized an opening and unleashed the Golden Emperor Seal.
• The Golden Emperor Seal broke through the old man’s defenses and struck him in the chest, forcing him to flee rather than risk being killed.
• Dao Child Lin Bai stopped short of pursuing the retreating enemy into Four Gloom territory, and the defenders of Eternal Night Pass cheered her victory.
• Dao Child Luo Daoguo praised Lin Bai’s improved Golden Emperor Seal and suggested she had received guidance from the Northern Region Imperial Son, while the First God Child approved of her performance.

At the Eastern Region’s army camp by the East Ice River, martial artists debated how to answer Dao Child Yu You, a mysterious young woman who had defeated several Great Luo Dao Fruit Realm fighters. The camp suspected she belonged to the Four Gloom Demon Palace and sought a way to challenge her without provoking an even stronger response.

• A Great Luo Dao Fruit Realm martial artist returned to the camp wounded after losing to Dao Child Yu You, following another fighter’s defeat.
• The Eastern Region’s martial artists discussed whether Yu You was a Holy Maiden or Dao Child of the Four Gloom Demon Palace, and considered how to respond to her challenge.
• Tang Xiong listened as the fighters argued over sending a stronger cultivator, while others warned that using a Primal Chaos Dao Fruit Realm expert against her would violate martial-world conventions.
• Mu Huo identified Yu You as a likely member of the Four Gloom Demon Palace, prompting the camp to discuss restricting the confrontation to Great Luo Dao Fruit Realm fighters.

A burly Yu You fighter and his Three-Headed Savage Bull Beast challenged the exhausted Dao Child Niu Shou at Eternal Night Pass. Niu Shou’s attacks could not overcome the beast’s defenses, leaving her on the verge of defeat.

• The Red-Clad Woman retreated after losing to Li Yun and warned the others that she was no match for her.
• A burly fighter released a Three-Headed Savage Bull Beast and rode it into battle against Dao Child Niu Shou.
• The beast’s frost breath and the burly fighter’s attacks drove Niu Shou onto the defensive, while her sword strikes barely harmed it.
• Niu Shou used the Bai Yu Dragon and the Taiyi Dao, but the beast endured her attacks and remained in the fight.
• Old Wen identified the beast as a rare Yu You creature, and the Northern Domain ordered an investigation into the burly fighter’s origins.

Yu You intervened to rescue the gravely injured Dao Child Niu Shou from the Northern Territory martial artists, but the burly man attacked again to stop her. A powerful sword strike from Eternal Night Pass forced him to retreat, and Hua Ying emerged to carry Niu Shou back.

• The burly man and the Three-Headed Savage Bull Beast attacked Dao Child Yu You, ignoring a voice from Eternal Night Pass ordering them to stop.
• Yu You appeared and saved Dao Child Niu Shou, who had closed her eyes and accepted her apparent death.
• A sword beam from Eternal Night Pass struck Eight-Headed Savage Lin Bai and drove it back, while the burly man chose to defend himself from the follow-up threat.
• Hua Ying came out from Eternal Night Pass, picked up the still-living Niu Shou, and began walking back.
• The burly man challenged Yu You as she turned to leave, and Yu You dismissed him as too weak to fight her.

Lin Bai rescued Dao Child Yu You at Eternal Night Pass and killed a Northern Territory martial artist’s prized Three-Headed Savage Bull Beast with one sword. After Li Yunbing recognized Lin Bai as the Devil Palace Imperial Son, he let Lin Bai carry Yu You back into the pass, though a dark glint crossed his eyes as they left.

• The burly man ordered the Three-Headed Savage Bull Beast to attack Lin Bai with blasts of frost.
• Lin Bai summoned his Demon Sword from his Storage Bag and split the beast in two with a single strike.
• The burly man prepared to fight Lin Bai in fury over his spirit beast, but Li Yunbing stopped him.
• Li Yunbing identified Lin Bai as the former Prince of Qin and current Devil Palace Imperial Son, astonishing the Northern Territory martial artists.
• Lin Bai picked up the nearly unconscious Dao Child Yu You and returned to Eternal Night Pass while Li Yunbing let them go.