Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai planned an escape route for the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace in case the Soul Refinement Sect sealed off the Northern Region. He arranged for operatives to secure the teleportation arrays in the God Burial Clan and Black Water Clan, leaving the Third God Child to organize preparations as the gathered warriors awaited the mission.

• Lin Bai asked the Second God Child and Third God Child whether the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace had operatives who could control the God Burial Clan's teleportation arrays, and they confirmed it did.
• Lin Bai instructed the God Burial Clan operatives to keep its teleportation arrays running so the group could escape after their operation against the Soul Refinement Sect.
• Lin Bai ordered the Second God Child and Third God Child to secure the Black Water Clan's teleportation arrays as well, explaining that its extensive network offered more escape routes than the Ting Mountain Clan.
• The Second God Child and Third God Child agreed with Lin Bai's route through the Black Water Clan, and the Third God Child promised to make the arrangements.
• The Second God Child said nearly all Nine Underworlds Demon Palace warriors stationed in the Northern Region would arrive within two days, while Lin Bai left the mission's risks to Goddess Li Guxian.

Lin Bai gathered the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace martial artists in the Northern Region and launched the operation targeting the Soul Refinement Sect. As the group traveled through the deadly snowstorm, Lin Bai began to suspect that the Northern Region’s natural laws had been shaped by an immortal.

• Lin Bai counted the assembled forces, asked the martial artists to give their all, and spent two days refining the operation plan with the Second God Child and the Third God Child.
• Before setting out, Lin Bai asked Senior Gu Yun to approach the Soul Refinement Sect, investigate the Abyssal Fissure, and act when he received instructions.
• Lin Bai, the Second God Child, the Third God Child, and Old Wen left the God Burial Clan after the other martial artists departed in batches.
• Gu Yun praised Lin Bai’s planning, then set out through the snowstorm to meet his old friends.
• Lin Bai struggled against the Northern Region’s snowstorm until the Third God Child gave him beast hides, which helped shield him from the cold.
• Lin Bai sensed the snowstorm’s overwhelming laws and wondered whether an immortal had created them.

Lin Bai and the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace martial artists reached the snowy forest near the Soul Refinement Sect, where they prepared to enter its territory in disguise. Shi Yanguang arrived with disciple robes and identity tokens, ready to guide them to the mountain gate and the Abyssal Fissure.

• Lin Bai and the Second and Third God Children reached the Azure God Mountain after traveling through the blinding snow.
• The group gathered with the Demon Palace martial artists and contacted the Soul Refinement Sect undercover agent.
• Lin Bai warned the martial artists of the dangers ahead and told them they could retreat if they lost their ability to fight or completed their tasks.
• Shi Yanguang arrived and gave the group Soul Refinement Sect disciple robes and identity tokens.
• Shi Yanguang said he would lead them to the mountain gate region and the Abyssal Fissure, leaving them to handle what came next.

Lin Bai and the Second God Child infiltrated the Soul Refinement Sect with Shi Yanguang, who guided them through the sect under the pretext of serving Elder Li Yuanlin. They reached the inner disciple area and continued toward the Abyssal Fissure without raising an alarm.

• Lin Bai and the others put on Soul Refinement Sect robes and tokens, then followed Shi Yanguang toward the sect.
• The Second God Child promised Shi Yanguang an escape through Eternal Night Pass after the operation began.
• Shi Yanguang led the group through the defensive array and across the outer disciple area toward the Abyssal Fissure.
• After passing into the inner disciple area, the group encountered Zhao Kun, who questioned their purpose.
• Shi Yanguang claimed Elder Li Yuanlin had requested the group, and Zhao Kun let them pass.

Lin Bai and his companions reached the outskirts of the Abyssal Fissure in the Soul Refinement Sect, where Old Wen contacted Senior Gu Yun to begin the next step of their plan. As Gu Yun prepared to infiltrate the sect, he reflected on the buried Azure God Mountain and the dangers of the Land Beyond the Heavens.

• Lin Bai learned how the Northern Region's harsh climate shaped its sects and drove its martial artists to cultivate relentlessly.
• Shi Yanguang bluffed past inspections and led Lin Bai and the God Children to the narrow path near the Abyssal Fissure, where fear stopped him from going farther.
• Lin Bai confirmed their location using the map, found a secluded place to rest, and ordered Old Wen to contact Senior Gu Yun.
• Senior Gu Yun waited outside the Soul Refinement Sect and reflected on Azure God Mountain, the Calamity Wind and Calamity Snow, and the rumored immortal buried in the Land Beyond the Heavens.
• After receiving Old Wen's transmission, Gu Yun agreed to infiltrate the Soul Refinement Sect quietly and investigate its experts and defenses.

Gu Yun infiltrated the Soul Refinement Sect and descended into the Abyssal Fissure using rare tokens that bypassed its formations. He found the Eastern Region’s abducted Saint Sons and Holy Daughters frozen in natural prison cells and discovered that Mo Nan did not respond to his calls.

• Gu Yun used a token to slip through the Soul Refinement Sect’s defensive formation, and its experts mistook the breach for a flaw.
• Gu Yun used a second token to enter the Abyssal Fissure and descended past snow-covered martial artists sitting in recesses along its walls.
• Gu Yun chose one of the two passages at the fissure’s bottom and entered a cavern filled with ice prisons.
• Gu Yun recognized Mo Nan and Li Xuanqiu among the frozen prisoners and realized the Eastern Region’s abducted Saint Sons and Holy Daughters were all there.
• Gu Yun called to Mo Nan from outside her prison, but she did not respond, leaving him to wonder whether she was dead.

Senior Gu Yun discovered that Mo Nan and the other Eastern Region Saint Sons and Saint Daughters were alive but sealed in Soul Refinement Sect’s ice prisons. Mo Nan learned that Lin Bai had become the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s Imperial Son, and Gu Yun left to report that she needed rescuing before the seal froze her again.

• Senior Gu Yun found Mo Nan frozen in an ice prison and awakened her with spiritual power.
• Mo Nan learned that Gu Yun had come ahead of the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s Imperial Son, Lin Bai, to investigate and rescue the captives.
• Mo Nan recognized Lin Bai as the former Wolf Marquis of the Chu Kingdom and Saint Son of Tianshui Sect, but struggled to believe he had joined the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace.
• Mo Nan explained that Soul Refinement Sect had sealed the captives in ice, and she demonstrated that touching the prison barrier triggered a formation that trapped her inside.
• Senior Gu Yun said the Demon Palace’s Formation Daoists could break the prison formation, then left to notify Lin Bai while Mo Nan warned that she would soon be frozen again.

Senior Gu Yun investigated the Ice Prison beneath the Abyssal Fissure, found a Heaven Swallowing Race prisoner held in a cell made of Devouring Stone, and confirmed the Eastern Region’s Holy Sons and Holy Daughters were imprisoned on the first level. After promising Mo Nan that he would notify the Imperial Son, he continued toward the fissure’s other end to search for Soul Refinement Sect powerhouses.

• Senior Gu Yun discovered a staircase below the cells holding the Eastern Region’s Holy Sons and Holy Daughters and went down to investigate.
• Senior Gu Yun found a single prisoner on the second level, whose Devouring Power melted the ice around him.
• Senior Gu Yun recognized the prisoner as a member of the Heaven Swallowing Race and realized the cell was built from Devouring Stone.
• Senior Gu Yun searched the second level, found no further staircase, and returned to the first level.
• Senior Gu Yun told Mo Nan he would notify the Imperial Son, then headed toward the other end of the Abyssal Fissure to search for Soul Refinement Sect powerhouses.

Senior Gu Yun used a swarm of spirit mosquitoes to scout the depths beneath the Abyssal Fissure and uncovered the Soul Refinement Sect’s hidden forces. He escaped after a Great Mystic Art User detected the swarm and sent his findings to Lin Bai and Old Wen, leaving them to decide whether to proceed or withdraw.

• Senior Gu Yun determined that the cavern beyond the ice prison likely led to the Soul Refinement Sect’s secluded experts and chose to scout it with spirit mosquitoes instead of entering himself.
• Senior Gu Yun sent the mosquitoes through the winding passages and discovered numerous experts, including martial artists with Chaos and Supreme Dao Fruits.
• A Great Mystic Art User detected the mosquitoes, destroyed the swarm, and challenged the unseen visitor, so Senior Gu Yun concealed himself and fled.
• Senior Gu Yun transmitted his findings to Old Wen, reporting hundreds of cultivators, dozens of powerful experts, and at least one Great Mystic Art User beneath the Abyssal Fissure.
• Old Wen relayed Senior Gu Yun’s report to Lin Bai and the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace martial artists, who learned that the Eastern Region’s Holy Sons and Holy Daughters and a mysterious young man were held in the ice prison.

Lin Bai ordered the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace martial artists to begin their rescue operation at the Soul Refinement Sect while Gu Yun drew away the sect’s Great Mystic Art User. The enemy had left the Abyssal Fissure, and Lin Bai prepared to move against the remaining defenders.

• Gu Yun reported that the Soul Refinement Sect had numerous powerful defenders beneath the Abyssal Fissure, including one Great Mystic Art User.
• Lin Bai decided to start the operation and asked Gu Yun to keep the Great Mystic Art User away from the sect for three hours.
• Lin Bai instructed the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace martial artists to rescue the Eastern Region’s Holy Sons and Holy Daughters, hold off pursuers if discovered, and regroup after escaping the Abyssal Fissure.
• Gu Yun appeared at the Soul Refinement Sect’s mountain gate, called out Old Freak Li, and lured the sect’s Great Mystic Art User away into the snowstorm.
• Lin Bai sensed the Great Mystic Art User leave the Abyssal Fissure and announced that the operation could proceed.

Lin Bai led the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace warriors into the Soul Refinement Sect’s Abyssal Fissure after Senior Gu Yun lured away a Great Mystic Art User. They broke through the formation and descended toward the imprisoned Eastern Region Saint Sons and Holy Daughters as Soul Refinement Sect experts discovered them.

• Lin Bai waited for the Soul Refinement Sect’s high-level warriors to settle after Senior Gu Yun drew away a Great Mystic Art User, then ordered the group to rescue the Eastern Region’s Saint Sons and Holy Daughters and withdraw.
• The Nine Underworlds Demon Palace Formation Daoist struggled to break the Abyssal Fissure’s formation, so Lin Bai silently cut open a crack with his devouring power.
• Lin Bai, Old Wen, the Second God Child, the Third God Child, and the other warriors entered the fissure and began falling toward its bottom.
• The Second God Child assigned several Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm warriors to hold back the awakening Soul Refinement Sect warriors along the rock walls while Lin Bai led the others onward.
• Soul Refinement Sect experts discovered the intruders and called out for them to identify themselves as Lin Bai plunged deeper into the fissure.

Lin Bai and the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace warriors reached the bottom of the Abyssal Fissure, where Soul Refinement Sect experts confronted them over the Demon Palace’s broken alliance. Lin Bai rushed onward to rescue the Eastern Region’s Holy Sons and Holy Daughters while Old Wen held off the sect’s two Supreme Dao Fruit Realm warriors.

• A powerful voice from the darkness made Lin Bai and the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace warriors vomit blood as Soul Refinement Sect experts appeared.
• Lin Bai explained that he had come to retrieve the Eastern Region’s Holy Sons and Holy Daughters, while the two Supreme Dao Fruit Realm warriors accused the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace of breaking its alliance.
• Lin Bai signaled Old Wen, then headed toward the other end of the fissure to find the captives.
• Old Wen blocked the two Supreme Dao Fruit Realm warriors and used his Undying Soul Divine Art to briefly immobilize them and the other Soul Refinement Sect experts.
• The two Supreme Dao Fruit Realm warriors recovered and charged at Old Wen, arguing that he had spread his power too thin.

Lin Bai fought through the Soul Refinement Sect’s defenders and reached the ice prison where the Eastern Region’s Holy Sons and Holy Daughters were being held. He broke the entrance restriction and found them frozen inside, including a woman in white robes.

• The Second God Child and Third God Child led the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace martial artists in holding back the Soul Refinement Sect’s pursuers while Lin Bai raced toward the ice prison.
• Three Soul Refinement Sect martial artists caught up with Lin Bai, but his Crimson Lotus Zhu Xian Sword wounded them and forced them to retreat.
• Lin Bai found that the ice prison’s formation restriction resisted his sword strike, while an unseen force beneath the ground drew away much of his Devouring Power.
• Lin Bai used the Devouring Heaven Dao Method to break the ice gate and entered the prison, where he saw the Eastern Region’s Holy Sons and Holy Daughters frozen in ice, including a woman in white robes.

Lin Bai entered Soul Refinement Sect’s ice prison and rescued several Eastern Region Holy Sons and Holy Daughters, while a mysterious force beneath the ground drained most of his Devouring Power. After freeing Wu Chen with his final strand of Forbidden-Breaking Sword Qi, Lin Bai continued toward the other cells despite running short on power.

• Lin Bai found Mo Nan, used his Devouring Heaven Dao Method to break her prison restriction, and watched her escape the ice.
• Lin Bai conserved his dwindling power by turning it into Sword Qi and freed Li Xuanqiu from the second cell.
• Lin Bai worried that something beneath the ground was absorbing his Devouring Power and restricting his movements.
• Lin Bai used his final strand of Forbidden-Breaking Sword Qi to free Wu Chen, then moved on to the next ice prison.

Lin Bai rescued Leng Xingguang from a Devouring Stone prison in the Soul Refinement Sect’s ice prison, then reunited with the Eastern Region’s imprisoned Holy Sons and Holy Daughters. As the group escaped, they emerged into a battle between powerful experts and Lin Bai ordered the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace fighters to withdraw.

• Lin Bai gave Mo Nan, Li Xuanqiu, and Wu Chen Forbidden-Breaking Sword Qi so they could free the other prisoners while he went to the ice prison’s second level.
• Lin Bai discovered that Devouring Stone was draining his Devouring Power and found Leng Xingguang imprisoned inside a massive stone enclosure.
• After his Forbidden-Breaking Sword Qi was absorbed, Lin Bai used the Demon Sword and spiritual power to shatter the prison and free Leng Xingguang.
• Lin Bai and Leng Xingguang returned to the first level, where the rescued Holy Sons and Holy Daughters questioned Lin Bai’s ties to the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace and some showed hostility toward him.
• The group left the ice prison and saw powerful martial artists battling in the Abyssal Fissure; Lin Bai shouted for the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace fighters to withdraw and led the escape.

Lin Bai and the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace rescued Leng Xingguang and the Eastern Region God Children and Holy Daughters from the ice prison, but the Soul Refinement Sect sealed its territory before they could escape. Surrounded by the sect’s forces, Lin Bai crushed the divine sense crystal and summoned the Palace Lord of the Demon Palace.

• Lin Bai led the rescued prisoners and the retreating Nine Underworlds Demon Palace warriors out of the Abyssal Fissure while Old Wen held off the Soul Refinement Sect’s Supreme Dao Fruit warriors.
• The Soul Refinement Sect sealed its mountain gate, so Lin Bai contacted the Palace Lord of the Demon Palace and asked him to teleport the group away before the formation became impassable.
• Lin Bai and the others emerged from the fissure and faced a Soul Refinement Sect force led by a white-haired Supreme Dao Fruit Realm warrior.
• Lin Bai learned that most of the Soul Refinement Sect’s strongest warriors were absent, but three Supreme Dao Fruit Realm experts still threatened his group.
• Lin Bai told Old Wen to hold back the three experts while the Palace Lord gathered power, then crushed the divine sense crystal as the group prepared to fight.
• The Palace Lord of the Demon Palace descended amid rolling black clouds, alarming the Soul Refinement Sect’s three Supreme Dao Fruit Realm warriors.

The Palace Lord of the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace stalled the Soul Refinement Sect long enough to teleport Lin Bai and the rescued Devil Realm Eastern Region Holy Sons and Holy Daughters beyond the sect. With the Soul Refinement Sect pursuing them and sealing off the Northern Region, Lin Bai led the group toward the God Burial Clan to escape by its teleportation array.

• The Palace Lord of the Demon Palace appeared through a spiritual sense crystal and negotiated with the Soul Refinement Sect's Sect Master while secretly preparing a spatial-transference spell.
• The Soul Refinement Sect demanded the return of the seventy-two great continents, while the Palace Lord refused to decide the matter and revealed that both sides had been stalling for time.
• The Soul Refinement Sect's legacy treasure unleashed a terrifying Devouring Power, but the Palace Lord completed his spell and transported Lin Bai and the others away before it could swallow them.
• The Soul Refinement Sect's three Supreme Dao Fruit realm warriors ordered a pursuit, sealed off the Northern Region, and offered rewards for information about Lin Bai and the rescued Holy Sons and Holy Daughters.
• The Palace Lord's spiritual sense incarnation left the group in the snowy mountains and instructed them to contact hidden agents and seek help from the Devil Palace.
• Lin Bai learned from the Second God Child that they were a few hours from the God Burial Clan, then led everyone there at full speed while carrying the slower Leng Xingguang.

After rescuing the Eastern Region God Children and Holy Daughters from the Soul Refinement Sect, Lin Bai led the wounded group toward the God Burial Clan and prepared to escape back to the Eastern Region. The group chose to follow him despite their suspicions, and Lin Bai waited for the Third God Child to arrange their entry into the clan.

• The Second God Child gave the Eastern Region God Children and Holy Daughters plain Northern Region clothing, and Lin Bai ordered them to change and disguise themselves while the group rested in a snowy valley.
• Lin Bai sent the Third God Child ahead to investigate the God Burial Clan and check the teleportation formation, while Old Wen recovered from his injuries and Lin Bai counted the losses from the rescue.
• Dugu Ming and Mei Lin proposed separating from the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace, but Kong Qiwen and the Qi Tian Sect group chose to follow Lin Bai because they needed a safe route out of the Northern Region.
• Mo Nan revealed that her divination foretold danger but said she trusted Lin Bai, and Li Xuanqiu and most of the other Eastern Region God Children and Holy Daughters agreed to stay with the group temporarily.
• The Third God Child reported that the Soul Refinement Sect had sealed the Northern Region and the God Burial Clan was searching for strangers, so Lin Bai decided to enter the clan once the Third God Child had made arrangements.

Lin Bai brought the rescued Eastern Region Holy Sons and Holy Daughters to the God Burial Clan, only to find the Soul Refinement Sect’s blockade had made escape difficult. After learning the teleportation array was heavily guarded, he began investigating their options and left the group hidden in the Eternal Youth Pavilion.

• Lin Bai offered the Eastern Region Holy Sons and Holy Daughters the choice to split up or follow the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace, and they agreed to follow his arrangements despite Dugu Ming’s resentment.
• Lin Bai’s group waited outside the sealed God Burial Clan until a frail Nine Underworlds Demon Palace warrior opened the formation and led them safely to the Eternal Youth Pavilion.
• The Third God Child told Lin Bai that the teleportation array remained under their control but was now guarded by God Burial Clan warriors, including a Chaos Dao Fruit Realm warrior.
• Lin Bai decided hiding in the God Burial Clan would not work and went out disguised with the Third God Child and Old Wen to inspect the teleportation array.
• Lin Bai found the teleportation cavern sealed off and guarded, leaving escape through the array nearly impossible.

Lin Bai and his companions searched for a way past the God Burial Clan’s sealed teleportation array while the Third God Child ordered hidden operatives to investigate the region’s history. When the clan’s guards searched their restaurant room, Lin Bai disguised himself as a wealthy young master and tried to win over their imposing captain with food.

• Lin Bai asked the Third God Child to have the Devil Palace’s hidden operatives search historical records for clues about sealed teleportation arrays and the Northern Region.
• Lin Bai and Old Wen changed their appearances after Old Wen detected God Burial Clan guards investigating nearby rooms.
• The Third God Child claimed that Lin Bai was the owner of Eternal Youth Pavilion and a martial artist from the Black Mountain Clan.
• The armored brawny man, captain of the God Burial Clan’s Eighth Search Team, entered the room and questioned Lin Bai and his companions as suspected newcomers.
• Lin Bai invited the guards to sit and ordered more meat, noticing that the captain was eager to eat and seeking an opening to handle the investigation.