Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai demonstrated how a simple sword technique could transform into a devastatingly complex attack, drawing praise from Bu Junfeng. Bu Junfeng arrived at Eternal Night Pass and reunited with Lin Bai, while the First God Child made clear that he intended to challenge him.

• Lin Bai transformed his basic sword technique into countless flying blades that shattered the ground, and Bu Junfeng praised his grasp of its profundity.
• Bu Junfeng arrived at Eternal Night Pass, where Old Wen and Yu You moved behind Lin Bai as He Gongji watched him closely.
• Bu Junfeng greeted He Gongji and Wu Qisheng, and Wu Qisheng praised him as an outstanding prodigy of the Lu Yun Empire.
• The First God Child introduced himself to Bu Junfeng and expressed his desire to spar with him on the battlefield, but Bu Junfeng ignored his provocation.
• Bu Junfeng exchanged warm greetings with Lin Bai, mentioned the Bitter Wine he had sent, and said he had missed Lin Bai since their parting in the imperial capital.

Bu Junfeng invited Lin Bai to Heaven Sword Peak for a friendly contest, offering to teach him the Heaven Sword Peak Finger if he lost. Lin Bai accepted, despite warnings that the peak lay in Wang Tianyi's territory, and the gathering prepared to race there within an hour.

• Bu Junfeng offered to help Lin Bai refine his sword technique, but Lin Bai politely declined before showing interest in the challenge.
• Bu Junfeng invited Lin Bai and the other martial artists to Heaven Sword Peak, about five hundred thousand li away, and set a one-hour deadline before sealing the peak.
• Lin Bai offered to exchange pointers on his Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire Slash if he lost, and Bu Junfeng offered to teach him the Heaven Sword Peak Finger if he lost.
• Old Wen and Lu Yuanchang warned Lin Bai that Wang Tianyi might ambush him at the peak, but Bu Junfeng promised to escort him safely back.
• Lin Bai agreed to race Bu Junfeng to Heaven Sword Peak, and Wang Tianyi and Old Wen decided to go there as well.

Lin Bai and Bu Junfeng wagered their original Mystic Arts and Dao Arts on a contest while inviting others to reach He Gongji within an hour. The warriors set out for the mountain as Yan Xue and Bu Junfeng began their journey, leaving Lin Bai ready to follow.

• Lin Bai and Bu Junfeng put their original Mystic Arts and Dao Arts up as wagers, and Bu Junfeng announced that anyone who reached He Gongji within an hour could ascend the mountain.
• Shen Xinghe and Old Wen assured Yan Xue that they would accompany and protect him, while Yan Xue said he trusted Bu Junfeng to honor the rules.
• The First God Child offered a treasured sword as a wager, but Bu Junfeng said only he and Lin Bai would participate in the contest.
• Bu Junfeng gave the gathered warriors fifteen minutes to prepare, and many, including Dao Child Wu Qisheng and Dao Child Yu You, set off toward He Gongji.
• Yan Xue and Bu Junfeng asked Lin Bai if he was ready, then flew north as the countdown began.

Lin Bai and Bu Junfeng discussed the rising danger of war between the Northern and Eastern Territories, but Lin Bai could offer no guarantee that the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace would act peacefully. As Bu Junfeng and the Imperial Son raced deeper into the Northern Territory, Bu Junfeng accepted that his meeting had yielded no result and looked ahead to the final calm before battle.

• Lin Bai told Bu Junfeng that the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace did not trust him, and Bu Junfeng warned that war would be unavoidable if the palace gave no reasonable explanation within a year.
• Lin Bai promised to do what he could after returning to the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace, while Bu Junfeng said he hoped they could settle the matter peacefully despite being swept up in events beyond their control.
• Bu Junfeng said he preferred Lin Bai to the First God Child as the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace's leader, and the Imperial Son explained that the First God Child had many supporters while he himself lacked influence.
• Bu Junfeng realized the Imperial Son could not help him and stopped pressing for answers, acknowledging that his private meeting had produced no result.
• Bu Junfeng sped ahead through the snowstorm, and the Imperial Son followed on his flying sword as the Eastern Territory warriors struggled with the worsening weather.

Lin Bai adapted to the Northern Region’s law-filled snowstorms and caught up with the other competitors, though Bu Junfeng remained far ahead. He shared his method for avoiding the storms with Dao Child Yu You and lent her a flying sword before continuing toward Heaven Sword Peak.

• Lin Bai realized the Northern Region’s snowstorms contained powerful laws that made survival difficult for anyone without sufficient cultivation.
• After adjusting to the storms, Lin Bai accelerated and passed several prodigies, including Mu Huo, then caught up with Dao Child Yu You and Dao Child Wu Qisheng.
• Lin Bai saw that Yu You was struggling and advised her to find gaps in the snowstorms rather than resist them directly.
• Lin Bai lent Yu You a flying sword and rode ahead, weaving through the snow without being hindered.
• Yu You watched Lin Bai pass through the storm with ease and marveled at how quickly he had mastered it.

Lin Bai used his Demon Eyes to navigate the Northern Region’s storm and passed the First God Child, while Song Hong and Wu Qisheng also caught up after learning tricks from Feijian. The First God Child realized Feijian had helped them and decided to use a trick of his own as the racers continued through the storm.

• Lin Bai opened his Demon Eyes, found gaps in the storm more quickly, and overtook the First God Child.
• The First God Child grew resentful as Lin Bai and then Song Hong passed him, and he blamed Feijian for teaching them how to move through the wind and snow.
• Song Hong told the First God Child that he had learned his method from Feijian, while Wu Qisheng also caught up using tricks he had learned.
• The First God Child recognized that Feijian had helped Wu Qisheng too, then resolved to use a trick of his own.
• The First God Child activated his speed-enhancing treasures, but another racer overtook him again.

Lin Bai overcame the snowstorm of the Lin Bai Realm and caught up with Bu Junfeng near Luo Daoguo, where they tested their movement techniques. They reached the summit together, called the contest a draw, and Lin Bai gave Bu Junfeng a Jade Slip containing Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire Slash.

• Lin Bai used his Demon Eyes and Sword Control Art to find his way through the snowstorm and spot Bu Junfeng ahead.
• Bu Junfeng revealed a movement technique that carried him tens of thousands of li at a time, and Lin Bai pursued with the Void Evasion Art and Sword Control Art.
• Lin Bai caught up with Bu Junfeng, and both arrived at Luo Daoguo's summit at the same time.
• Lin Bai praised Bu Junfeng's technique, and they agreed to call their contest a draw.
• Lin Bai imprinted Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire Slash onto a Jade Slip and handed it to Bu Junfeng.

Lin Bai and Bu Junfeng exchanged sword techniques and studied them while other experts prepared to seal He Gongji. As their enlightenment continued, the First God Child and Dao Child Heaven Sword Peak considered attacking them, while Yu You arrived at Heaven Sword Peak.

• Lin Bai and Bu Junfeng exchanged cultivation methods, then focused on studying each other's techniques.
• Lin Bai examined Tang Xiong's sword art and wondered whether it was incomplete, while Bu Junfeng found that his technique required Wu Qisheng's intent.
• Crimson Lotus Sword, Old Wen, and Lin Bai arrived and decided that Lin Bai and Crimson Lotus Sword would seal He Gongji together.
• Yu You arrived on a flying sword, which returned to Lin Bai's body after she landed.
• Dao Child Heaven Sword Peak urged the First God Child to attack Lin Bai and Bu Junfeng while they were absorbed in enlightenment.

Daoist Wu Qisheng urged the First God Child to kill Lin Bai and Bu Junfeng while they were in enlightenment, and the First God Child and Daoist Heaven Sword Peak attacked Bu Junfeng. Bu Junfeng’s Crimson Lotus Sword Intent repelled them, and Lin Bai condemned the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace as the attackers faced the others’ anger.

• Daoist Wu Qisheng proposed joining forces with the First God Child to kill Lin Bai and Bu Junfeng while they were vulnerable.
• The First God Child decided to target Bu Junfeng because Old Wen would prevent an easy attack on Lin Bai.
• The First God Child and Daoist Heaven Sword Peak struck Bu Junfeng from behind, but his Crimson Lotus Sword Intent blasted them away and injured them.
• Bu Junfeng drove the First God Child and Daoist Heaven Sword Peak away and denounced their ambush as dishonorable.
• Lin Bai checked on Bu Junfeng, then challenged Daoist Wu Qisheng over the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s conduct.

Lin Bai and Bu Junfeng exchanged techniques at Heaven Sword Peak, and Lin Bai demonstrated how he had adapted Bu Junfeng’s Finger of Heaven’s Gaze and developed his own Dao Domain. The chapter ended as Lin Bai combined his mystic arts into a giant palm to show Bu Junfeng.

• Bu Junfeng demonstrated a sword technique based on Lin Bai’s Crimson Lotus Sword Intent, giving Lin Bai insight into its potential.
• Lin Bai thanked Bu Junfeng and demonstrated his version of Finger of Heaven’s Gaze, which he transformed into the Heaven-Gazing Sword Finger.
• Lin Bai revealed that he had created another mystic art and unleashed a ten-thousand-mile Dao Domain called the Heaven Swallowing Domain.
• Lin Bai displayed Spring Thunder, Setting Sun, Flower Burial, and Biting Winter, then combined them with Finger of Heaven’s Gaze into five enormous fingers that formed a giant palm.

Lin Bai and Bu Junfeng exchanged Mystic Arts and Dao Arts at Heaven Sword Peak, helping each other develop their techniques. After three months of discussion, Bu Junfeng offered to perfect the first four moves of Lin Bai’s sword art, while Lin Bai agreed to complete the final four moves of Bu Junfeng’s Finger of Heaven’s Gaze.

• Lin Bai used Palm Dimension to shatter the Dao Domain’s space, revealing hidden Devil Realm martial artists, then restored the area without confronting them.
• Lin Bai demonstrated his newly comprehended sword technique, and Bu Junfeng named it the Crimson Lotus Myriad Sword Seal.
• Bu Junfeng demonstrated his self-created Void Walk, astonishing Lin Bai, Dao Child Yu You, Saint Child Mu Huo, and the others.
• Lin Bai and Bu Junfeng spent three months demonstrating and refining their self-created Mystic Arts and Dao Arts, while the observers gained insights.
• Bu Junfeng said Lin Bai’s first three sword techniques were nearing a complete system and offered to perfect the first four moves; Lin Bai agreed to complete the final four moves of Bu Junfeng’s Finger of Heaven’s Gaze.

After six months of exchanging techniques, Lin Bai and Bu Junfeng perfected several sword and finger arts and discussed leaving their duties to travel across the realms. The chapter ended with the two considering journeys to the Heavenly Realm, Spirit Realm, Demon Realm, and Netherworld.

• Lin Bai refined his first four sword moves, renaming Zhu Xian as the Crimson Lotus Zhu Xian Sword and developing the Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire Slash, Life-Creating Domain Palm, and Crimson Lotus Myriad Sword Seal.
• Lin Bai and Bu Junfeng exchanged insights, with Lin Bai helping Bu Junfeng develop Sword Art Annihilation and Bu Junfeng helping Lin Bai improve his techniques.
• Lin Bai extrapolated Bu Junfeng's Finger of Heaven's Gaze into a set of four finger arts, including Star Shattering Finger and Karma Finger, which could combine into Sword Art Annihilation.
• Lin Bai and Bu Junfeng drank bitter wine together after ending their discourse on the Dao, and Bu Junfeng suggested they resign from their responsibilities and travel.
• Lin Bai and Bu Junfeng discussed visiting the Heavenly Realm, Spirit Realm, Demon Realm, and Netherworld to explore their mysteries.

Lin Bai and Bu Junfeng discussed their missing pasts and the ties between the Soul Refining Sect, the Corpse Refinement Sect, and the Heaven Swallowing Race. Bu Junfeng asked whether they could remain friends despite serving opposing sides, while Lin Bai faced the danger of entering the Seven Realms of the Heavens.

• Bu Junfeng told Lin Bai that he had appeared as an adult Dao Realm martial artist with no memories of his birth, childhood, relatives, or past, and that he had searched the Northern Region for what he had lost.
• Bu Junfeng said the Soul Refining Sect, the Corpse Refinement Sect, and another sect's inherited arts all bore traces of the Heaven Swallowing Race's Devouring Power, though he could not determine their exact connection.
• Bu Junfeng explained that news about the Heaven Swallowing Race was erased in both the Devil Realm and the Spirit Realm, leaving little evidence in ancient records.
• Bu Junfeng said the Soul Refining Sect had treated him courteously so far but still held things back from him, and Lin Bai recognized that neither could freely choose his fate.
• Bu Junfeng warned that the Giant God Race would discover and try to annihilate Lin Bai if he entered the Seven Realms of the Heavens, then asked whether they could remain friends despite serving different masters.

After half a year discussing the Dao with Bu Junfeng on Heaven Sword Peak, Northern Region and the others emerged to find Chu's army waiting outside Four Gloom City to take him back. Northern Region agreed to return to Chu with Heaven Sword Peak, leaving the Four Gloom Demon Palace and Chu's intentions unresolved.

• Bu Junfeng ended the discussion of the Dao, removed the sealing formation around Heaven Sword Peak, and led the group out into the snowstorm.
• Heaven Sword Peak appeared with an army from Prince Liang's Estate and announced that he had come under Prince Liang's orders to bring Song Shunhua home.
• Prince Qin objected that Northern Region was the Four Gloom Demon Palace's Imperial Son, while Heaven Sword Peak insisted that Song Shunhua return to Chu.
• Northern Region stepped forward and told Prince Qin that he would return to Chu with Heaven Sword Peak for a visit.
• Heaven Sword Peak halted the army's advance as Northern Region agreed to go with him, and Lin Bai warned that Northern Region's people would grow anxious if he delayed returning.

Lin Bai and his companions arrived at Horizon Pass, where Chu had prepared formidable defenses against the Northern Region. The Northern Region Prince's steward brought Lin Bai and Prince Qin to the City Lord's Mansion to wait for the Prince, while Old Wen and Dao Child Yu You were assigned lodgings.

• Old Wen told Lin Bai that they had expected the Imperial Son's return and had agreed to let him come back.
• Lin Bai and the others traveled to Horizon Pass, where they saw Chu's heavily fortified border city and its strict wartime preparations.
• Lu Xiong and Prince Qin led the returning army through the pass's defenses and into the city.
• The Northern Region Prince's steward welcomed Lin Bai and Prince Qin and arranged lodgings for Old Wen and Dao Child Yu You.
• The steward led Lin Bai and Prince Qin to the study to wait while the Northern Region Prince discussed military affairs.

Lin Bai questioned Prince Liang about the Zhao Xing Office’s announcement that he had betrayed Chu, and learned how the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s scheme turned rumors into public condemnation. Prince Liang explained that one Zhao Xing Office commander had declared Lin Bai a traitor without authorization, and the story left Lin Bai confronting the injustice and the Office’s compromised credibility.

• Lin Bai asked Prince Liang why the Zhao Xing Office had announced that he betrayed Chu Emperor of the Devil Realm.
• Prince Liang recounted that rumors about Lin Bai spread after Ji Canghai abducted him from Seven Nights Divine Sect territory and took him to Nine Underworlds City.
• The imperial clan ordered the Zhao Xing Office to investigate Lin Bai’s origins, but one commander publicly declared him a traitor without reporting to the Office.
• The Nine Underworlds Demon Palace announced that Lin Bai had joined it and become its Imperial Son, intensifying public resentment and damaging the Zhao Xing Office’s credibility.
• Prince Liang said Chu had been unable to respond effectively because its attention was fixed on the Northern Region’s army, while Lin Bai recognized the Palace’s plan to keep him trapped.

Prince Liang tried to persuade Lin Bai to return to Chu and clear his name while Lin Bai and Dongyu discussed the Four Gloom Demon Palace’s campaign to seize the One Night Divine Sect’s territory. The forces remained at a tense standoff, and an angry voice outside City Lord’s Mansion called Dongyu out to face death.

• Prince Liang summoned Lin Bai and insisted that he return to Chu, promising to seek a way to clear his name after Chu resolved its crisis.
• Lin Bai asked about the forces gathered at Eternal Night Pass and Horizon Pass, and Dongyu explained how the Four Gloom Demon Palace had allied with Cheng Zhi and Lin Bai’s martial artists to exploit the One Night Divine Sect’s turmoil.
• Dongyu said the Four Gloom Demon Palace had rebuilt its power in the One Night Divine Sect’s territory but kept delaying its promise to give Lin Bai twelve provinces, leaving the armies in a stalemate.
• Heaven Sword Peak and Liang Wang questioned Dongyu about the Demon Palace’s plans, but Dongyu said he did not know its deeper strategy.
• A hostile voice outside City Lord’s Mansion demanded that Dongyu come out and face death, causing Heaven Sword Peak, Dongyu, the beast king, and King Zhao to turn toward the entrance.

Tens of thousands of soldiers surrounded the City Lord's Mansion and demanded that Prince Qin surrender Lin Bai, whom they considered a traitor. Lin Bai went out to face them as Prince Liang mobilized troops, leaving the city on the brink of a military mutiny.

• Soldiers surrounded the City Lord's Mansion after hearing that Lin Bai had returned to Horizon Pass, and they demanded that Prince Qin hand him over.
• Prince Qin and the others questioned how the news had spread despite their efforts to keep Lin Bai's return secret.
• Prince Liang ordered four camps to enter the city while Prince Qin and Beast King prepared for the unrest.
• Lin Bai insisted on meeting the soldiers, and the three Army Kings went with him to confront the crowd.
• Prince Qin demanded that the soldiers identify their commanders, but they instead continued pressing him to explain why he was protecting Lin Bai.

A premeditated mutiny at Horizon Pass demanded that Prince Liang hand Lin Bai over, leaving Lin Bai convinced he could no longer remain in Chu. With Old Wen and Dao Child Yu You helping him escape, he left the city while Prince Liang’s troops moved to suppress the rebels.

• Several hundred thousand soldiers gathered outside the City Lord's Mansion and demanded that Prince Liang hand Lin Bai over.
• Prince Liang, Prince Shou, and King Zhao concluded that the mutiny had been planned, and Prince Qin ordered Prince Liang to exterminate the rebels once his army entered the city.
• Lin Bai rejected the idea of living in hiding under the Chu royal family's protection and stepped through the mansion's defensive formation to face the soldiers.
• Old Wen and Dao Child Yu You appeared, blasted aside the soldiers pursuing Lin Bai, and led him along a prepared escape route.
• Lin Bai and his companions passed through the city's defenses and escaped, while Prince Liang's seven military camps entered the city and suppressed the rebel forces.

Chen Yule explained that extraordinary talents such as Yi Song’s Supreme Avatar were signs of calamity, and that their sudden appearance across the Demon Realm, Spirit Realm, and Netherworld heralded a catastrophe affecting all living beings. She said the Demon Realm already had several such talents and that forces might recruit or try to exterminate them, leaving Lin Bai and the others to confront the scale of the coming upheaval.

• Lin Bai recalled that Huang Qingyun had been reborn through the Sacred Lotus Palace’s secret art, with an awakened ancestor’s soul and memories intertwined with her own.
• Huang Qingyun explained that extraordinary talents were often concealed and that historical accounts recorded them only after their owners became famous.
• Chen Yule said extraordinary talents such as the Supreme Avatar had appeared throughout ancient history, and their eras had invariably been marked by turmoil.
• Chen Yule revealed that signs of calamity had emerged across the Demon Realm, Spirit Realm, and Netherworld, an unprecedented occurrence she called a catastrophe for all living beings.
• Chen Yule said the Demon Realm had several talents like Yi Song’s and that forces might recruit them or seek to exterminate them, while the realms’ major powers prepared for war.