Chapter Summaries

Li Guxian asked Lin Bai to negotiate with the Seven Nights Divine Sect, the Overturning Heavens Sect, and the Worship Heaven Sect so the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace could claim the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s territory without war. Lin Bai agreed to try, then left the Demon Palace quietly with Old Wen and Dao Child Yu You.

• Li Guxian explained that the Demon Palace wanted to take over the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s territory and asked Lin Bai to seek the surrender of three major sects.
• Lin Bai considered the difficulty of finding territory for the Seven Nights Divine Sect and persuading the ambitious Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect to submit.
• Li Guxian said she would handle the Pure Yang Sect, Phoenix Valley, and Demon Subjugation Alliance, and suspected the alliance’s resources came from local or Northern Region forces.
• Lin Bai warned that a war could unite the powers of the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s territory against the isolated Demon Palace, and Li Guxian said the Demon Palace had a contingency plan.
• Lin Bai agreed to negotiate, received permission from the Demon Palace’s three Saint Elders, and departed with Old Wen and Dao Child Yu You while concealing their tracks.

Lin Bai traveled to White Horse City to negotiate with the displaced Seven Nights Divine Sect on behalf of the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace. After reuniting with Yi Gu and Yi Jinyi, he identified himself as the Devil Palace’s Emperor Child, and Yi Jinyi asked how the palace planned to deal with their sect.

• Lin Bai dismissed Dao Child Yu You’s concerns about the First God Child and explained that factions within the Devil Palace would keep competing while he was away.
• Lin Bai, Dao Child Yu You, and Old Wen decided to visit White Horse City and negotiate with the Seven Nights Divine Sect, the first of three sects Lin Bai needed to approach.
• The group entered White Horse City in disguise, saw the disorder caused by crime and the influx of martial artists, and headed for the City Lord’s Mansion.
• A hunched old man invited Lin Bai and his companions into the mansion, learned Lin Bai was the Devil Palace’s Emperor Child, and summoned Yi Gu and Yi Jinyi.
• Lin Bai told Yi Gu and Yi Jinyi that he had come as the Devil Palace’s Emperor Child to discuss the territory, and Yi Jinyi asked how the palace intended to handle the Seven Nights Divine Sect.

Lin Bai negotiated with Yi Jinyi and the Seven Nights Divine Sect over the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s plans for their former territory, exposing the sect’s weakened state and pressing for a deal. He offered the Seven Nights Divine Sect support and twenty-five Thousand Prefectures, but Yi Jinyi had asked for fifty, leaving the negotiations unresolved.

• Lin Bai told Yi Jinyi, Yi Gu, and the hunched old man that the Seven Nights Divine Sect could no longer return to its former status as a flourishing power and needed to focus on survival.
• Yi Jinyi acknowledged the sect’s decline and discussed the rival powers seeking control of its territory, while asserting that the Seven Nights Divine Sect could still rebuild into a top sect.
• Lin Bai challenged Yi Jinyi’s claims by pointing out that most of the sect’s treasures had been lost and its surviving senior cultivators were nearing the ends of their lifespans.
• The hunched old man urged Yi Jinyi to negotiate sincerely and warned Lin Bai that he could kill powerful enemies before his remaining decades ran out.
• Lin Bai offered at least twenty Thousand Prefectures, resources to help Yi Gu reach the Supreme Dao Fruit realm, and support for the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s recognition as a top sect.
• Yi Jinyi demanded fifty Thousand Prefectures, and Lin Bai countered with twenty-five, warning that the Demon Palace’s Council of Elders might offer even less.

Lin Bai negotiated with the Seven Nights Divine Sect over its return to its homeland, agreeing to grant it fifteen thousand provinces around its capital territory. The sect agreed to submit to the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace on the conditions that Lin Bai become its Palace Lord and marry Yi Gu’s elder sister Yi Jinse.

• The hunched old man accepted Lin Bai’s offer of twenty-five thousand provinces only if the Seven Nights Divine Sect could choose its own territories, and Lin Bai countered with a smaller grant for lands around its capital.
• Lin Bai and the hunched old man settled on fifteen thousand provinces surrounding the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s capital, which the old man selected on a map.
• The hunched old man said the Seven Nights Divine Sect would submit to the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace only if Lin Bai became its future Palace Lord, and Lin Bai agreed to the condition.
• The hunched old man demanded that Lin Bai marry one of Yi Gu’s unmarried elder sisters, and Lin Bai reluctantly agreed after Old Wen advised him to accept for now.
• The hunched old man chose Yi Jinse as Lin Bai’s bride, leaving Lin Bai stunned because she had previously tried to attack him with her sword.

Lin Bai accepted the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s proposal for a marriage alliance with Yi Jinse to strengthen their partnership, though he refused to hold a wedding immediately. The sect’s leaders then announced the arrangement to their martial artists, leaving Yi Jinse stunned when they named her as Lin Bai’s bride.

• Lin Bai agreed to a marriage alliance with Yi Jinse but insisted that the wedding be postponed while he handled urgent matters elsewhere.
• The hunched old man proposed that Lin Bai and Yi Jinse spend a bridal night together instead, and Lin Bai discussed staging the marriage with Old Wen and Dao Child Yu You.
• The hunched old man told the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s leaders and martial artists that Lin Bai had offered them fifteen thousand prefectures in exchange for becoming vassals of the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace.
• The Seven Nights Divine Sect’s leaders supported using a marriage alliance to secure the agreement with the Demon Palace.
• The hunched old man announced that Yi Jinse would marry Lin Bai, and Yi Jinse stared at him in shock.

The Seven Nights Divine Sect arranged a marriage alliance with Lin Bai, and Yi Jinyun volunteered after Yi Jinse refused. Lin Bai agreed to treat the match as a public pretense, but Yi Jinyun drugged him with an elixir that suppressed his cultivation and caused aphrodisiac effects.

• The Seven Nights Divine Sect's ancestor demanded that Yi Jinse marry Lin Bai to secure the sect's ties with the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace.
• Yi Jinyun offered to take Yi Jinse's place, and the ancestor accepted her offer despite his concern for her.
• Lin Bai learned at a banquet that Yi Jinyun was his marriage partner and later told her their alliance was only for appearances.
• Yi Jinyun showed Lin Bai her virginity mark, but he promised not to touch her and said he would restore her freedom once the sect's situation improved.
• Lin Bai and Yi Jinyun drank together until he became weak and unable to circulate his cultivation.
• Yi Jinyun revealed that she had combined the Immortal Journey Elixir with the wine and the room's flames, then carried Lin Bai to the bed.

Lin Bai left White Horse City after Yi Jinyun made their political marriage binding, and the Seven Nights Divine Sect prepared to return to its headquarters with the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s help. Wedding invitations revealed that Meng Qinxian and Nie Shang were also entering political marriages, so Lin Bai traveled with the Seven Nights Divine Sect toward the Overturning Heavens Sect and prepared to contact the Devil Palace.

• Yi Jinyun used Lin Bai’s weakened state to consummate their marriage, and Lin Bai awoke the next morning with his cultivation restored.
• Lin Bai and Yi Jinyun left the bridal chamber together, reassuring the Seven Nights Divine Sect that their marriage was established and that Lin Bai would help them return to their territory.
• The hunchbacked old man showed Lin Bai invitations announcing that Meng Qinxian would marry Nie He and Nie Shang would marry Meng Chungu on the same day.
• Lin Bai agreed to travel with Yi Gu, Yi Jinse, and other Seven Nights Divine Sect martial artists to the Overturning Heavens Sect.
• Aboard the cloud boat, Lin Bai told Old Wen to prepare the Sound Transmission Formation so he could contact the Devil Palace.

Lin Bai contacted the Devil Palace and secured its approval for the Seven Nights Divine Sect to receive fifteen thousand provinces in exchange for submission. The Palace Lord ordered Lin Bai to attend the Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect wedding with Saint Elder Duanmu Peng, while the Devil Palace weighed the threat of their alliance and plans to bring the Pure Yang Sect and Phoenix Valley back under its control.

• Lin Bai told the Palace Lord and three Saint Elders that the Seven Nights Divine Sect had submitted in return for fifteen thousand provinces, and they approved the arrangement.
• The Palace Lord said the Second God Child would escort the Seven Nights Divine Sect back to its capital and revealed that Meng Qinxian and Nie He, and Nie Shang and Meng Chungu, would marry in half a month.
• Luo Yuanjing explained that Lin Bai's earlier efforts to reconcile the Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect had helped them form an alliance, which might threaten the Devil Palace's plans for the Seven Nights Divine Sect's territory.
• The Palace Lord assigned Saint Elder Duanmu Peng to travel with Lin Bai to the weddings and urged Lin Bai to learn the two sects' true intentions.
• Lin Bai learned that Li Guxian had begun clearing out independent factions within the Pure Yang Sect and Phoenix Valley, and warned that the Devil Palace should secure those sects before facing the Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect.
• The Palace Lord and Saint Elders praised Lin Bai's contributions to rebuilding the Devil Palace and said they would reward his accumulated merits.

The Palace Lord of the Demon Palace rewarded Lin Bai for his past contributions with a supply of Grand Luo Spirit Pills and promised to provide resources until Lin Bai reached the Primal Chaos Dao Fruit Realm. Lin Bai was then tasked with investigating the Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect, while the Demon Palace arranged to escort the Seven Nights Divine Sect back to its territory.

• The Palace Lord of the Demon Palace promised Lin Bai the resources needed to reach the Primal Chaos Dao Fruit Realm and ordered Saint Elder Luo Yuanjing to give him one hundred Grand Luo Spirit Pills.
• The Palace Lord of the Demon Palace revealed that the Demon Palace had found and opened five of the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace's hidden treasures, and that the key Lin Bai had obtained in the Imperial Capital was fake.
• The Palace Lord of the Demon Palace tasked Lin Bai with determining the goals of the Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect, with greater rewards if he could make both sects surrender.
• Lin Bai asked the Demon Palace to return the Seven Nights Divine Sect to its capital territory as soon as possible.
• The Palace Lord of the Demon Palace ordered the Third God Child and Demon Palace martial artists to escort the Seven Nights Divine Sect home and guard against interference from the Demon Subjugation Alliance.

Lin Bai secured the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s support for the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s return to its homeland and learned how to use the Grand Sound Transmission Formation. As his cloud boat approached the Overturning Heavens Sect, Chu Zimo intercepted it and revealed that the Pure Yang Sect and Phoenix Valley were courting the Chu Empire’s royal family.

• The Palace Lord of the Demon Palace arranged for the Third God Child and Demon Palace martial artists to escort the Seven Nights Divine Sect home, and Old Wen gave Lin Bai the Grand Sound Transmission Formation manual and materials.
• Lin Bai told Yi Jinyun that the Seven Nights Divine Sect could return to its original territory, and she relayed the news to Yi Gu and Yi Jinse so they could alert their sect’s leaders in White Horse City.
• After studying the formation method, Lin Bai burned the manual and continued toward the Overturning Heavens Sect with Old Wen and the Seven Nights Divine Sect martial artists.
• Chu Zimo attacked and stopped Lin Bai’s cloud boat, then greeted Yi Jinyun as Lin Bai’s sister-in-law and teased Lin Bai about their relationship.
• Chu Zimo explained that the Pure Yang Sect and Phoenix Valley were slandering Lin Bai to his sisters and Princess Chenxian while seeking marriage alliances with Prince Liang’s Estate and Prince Hong Estate.

Lin Bai learned that Chu had ordered its armies to withdraw from the Seven Nights Divine Sect's territory and met again with Chu Tinghan, Chu Tingxue, and Princess Chenxian. He explained that he could not return to Chu because the Devil Realm now saw him as the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace's Imperial Son.

• Chu Zimo told Lin Bai that Chu's armies would withdraw after attending the weddings of Meng Qinxian and Nie Shang.
• Chu Tinghan, Chu Tingxue, and Princess Chenxian arrived aboard Lin Bai's cloudship and confronted him about his marriage alliance with Yi Jinyun.
• Chu Tingxue deduced that the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace had arranged the alliance to bind Lin Bai to the Seven Nights Divine Sect's territory.
• Princess Chenxian invited Lin Bai to return to Chu after the wedding, but Lin Bai said he could not go back because the world regarded him as the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace's Imperial Son.
• Lin Bai concluded that Li Guxian had planned to abduct him and make him the Imperial Son, regardless of whether he had traveled alone to support the Seven Nights Divine Sect.

Lin Bai and the Chu Kingdom’s party traveled to the Overturning Heavens Sect for the joint weddings of the Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect, while Chu Tingxue suspected the public ceremony was meant to gather allies. Lin Bai arrived with the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace, drawing hostility from other guests, but the Overturning Heavens Sect welcomed him and escorted him to the Demon Palace’s quarters.

• Chu Tingxue argued that the two sects’ lavish, public wedding alliance was likely a bid to recruit smaller forces and compete for power.
• Lin Bai agreed to travel with Chu Tinghan, Chu Tingxue, Princess Chenxian, and their army, and their cloud boats formed a fleet bound for the Overturning Heavens Sect.
• Lin Bai separated from the Chu Kingdom’s party and the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s martial artists en route so their association with the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace would not damage their reputations; Yi Jinyun stayed with him as his wife.
• As Lin Bai’s cloud boat approached the Overturning Heavens Sect, hostile guests threatened the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace, but an elder welcomed Lin Bai and escorted his party inside.

Lin Bai arrived at Xiantai Peak for the weddings and encountered representatives from several sects, including old acquaintances hostile to Nine Underworlds Demon Palace. After warning Pure Yang Sect and Phoenix Valley against interfering, he reunited with Nie Shang and went to meet a senior from his sect.

• Lin Bai and his companions climbed Xiantai Peak, where he greeted Miss Yun Ke but refrained from approaching the hostile Azure Lotus Sect elders.
• Lin Bai met Ji Ruoci, Shen Haoyue, and Ma Leiyu; Shen Haoyue said he wanted to turn their hostility into friendship, but Lin Bai warned them to stop meddling or face the consequences.
• Lin Bai reached the summit and greeted Nie Shang, who explained how he had met Meng Chungu and felt an immediate kinship with her.
• The Second God Child told Lin Bai that the Saint Elder wanted to see him, so Lin Bai left the others and headed to the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace residences.

Lin Bai met Saint Elder Duanmu Peng in a spatial treasure and learned why powerful martial artists avoided openly intervening in the Devil Realm’s conflicts. Duanmu Peng outlined the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s plans and gave Lin Bai his promised pills, signaling that the Palace had accepted him as its Imperial Son.

• The Second God Child led Lin Bai and Old Wen through a spatial treasure to meet Duanmu Peng, while Yu You and Yi Jinyun rested.
• Lin Bai greeted Duanmu Peng, who explained that he had come to deter the Palace’s enemies but would not appear publicly at the wedding feast.
• Duanmu Peng told Lin Bai that powerful martial artists followed unwritten rules against freely interfering in the Devil Realm to prevent another devastating war.
• Duanmu Peng said Li Guxian was ready to deal with the Pure Yang Sect and Phoenix Valley, while Lin Bai should proceed with the Palace’s arrangements concerning the Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect.
• Duanmu Peng gave Lin Bai one hundred Grand Luo Spirit Pills as his promised reward, and Lin Bai took this as proof that the Palace had recognized him as its Imperial Son.

Lin Bai tested the effects of the Grand Luo Spirit Pills and began slowly refining them while staying at the Overturning Heavens Sect. At a private gathering with Meng Qinxian and Nie Shang, he learned that the Overturning Heavens Sect and the Worship Heaven Sect planned to join forces to seize the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s former territory, and that they believed they could challenge the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace.

• Lin Bai found that his Devouring Power refined a Grand Luo Spirit Pill faster than the Five Elements Scripture, but he chose to refine it slowly to avoid drawing attention.
• After refining less than half a pill in about a day, Lin Bai noticed only slight cultivation progress and hoped the remaining pills would carry him to the middle stage of the Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm.
• The night before the wedding, Meng Qinxian invited Lin Bai and Nie Shang to Moon-Inviting Cliff, where they discussed their political marriages.
• Lin Bai explained that his marriage to Yi Jinyun was meant to secure the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s promise to grant the Seven Nights Divine Sect fifteen territories for rebuilding.
• Meng Qinxian and Nie Shang revealed that the Overturning Heavens Sect and the Worship Heaven Sect had formed an alliance to compete for the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s territory.
• Meng Qinxian said their combined forces had surpassed the former Seven Nights Divine Sect and believed they could fight the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace.

Lin Bai learned from Nie Shang and Meng Qinxian that Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect planned to seize the Seven Nights Divine Sect's territory, and he warned them that the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace had opened two ancient treasures. After concluding that war was unavoidable, Lin Bai agreed with Saint Elder Duanmu Peng to delay the two sects while Li Guxian attacked Pure Yang Sect and Phoenix Valley that day.

• Lin Bai told Nie Shang and Meng Qinxian that the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace had opened two treasures, making them wary as they confirmed their sects would pursue the Seven Nights Divine Sect's territory.
• Lin Bai returned to the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace's residence and told Saint Elder Duanmu Peng that Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect would not be persuaded to abandon war.
• Lin Bai proposed holding back Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect while the Demon Palace dealt with Pure Yang Sect, Phoenix Valley, and the Demon Subjugation Alliance first.
• Saint Elder Duanmu Peng explained that Li Guxian planned to attack Pure Yang Sect and Phoenix Valley that day, when their leaders were attending the wedding.
• Duanmu Peng asked Lin Bai to capture Holy Son Shen Haoyue and Holy Daughter Ji Ruoci alive, and Lin Bai agreed to do so if he had the chance.

Lin Bai dressed in the powerful ceremonial robes of Nine Underworlds Demon Palace and attended the wedding banquet of Meng Qinxian and Nie Shang at Overturning Heavens Sect. He told Chu Tinghan that war was inevitable, then arrived at Celestial Palace, where an attendee insulted him and challenged his choice to join the Devil Palace.

• Dao Child Yu You dressed Lin Bai in the Emperor Child robes and explained their tracking, defensive, and projection abilities.
• Lin Bai joined Old Wen, the Second God Child, Yi Jinyun, and the others in formal robes before meeting the delegations from Seven Nights Divine Sect and the Chu Kingdom.
• Chu Tinghan asked Lin Bai about his secret meeting with Meng Qinxian and Nie Shang, and Lin Bai said war was inevitable.
• The delegations boarded a cloud boat to Celestial Palace and were seated among the wedding guests, with Nine Underworlds Demon Palace given seats of honor.
• An attendee mocked Lin Bai for abandoning his position as Prince Qin to join the Devil Palace, and Lin Bai looked toward the speaker with coldness in his eyes.

At the Overturning Heavens Sect’s wedding banquet, Lin Bai answered an insult by asserting the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s authority and warning its enemies against underestimating it. He exposed Pan Zixuan’s ties to the Demon Subjugation Alliance and sought to frighten smaller lineages into abandoning it.

• A black-robed elder insulted Lin Bai, who mocked him and dismissed his attempt to announce his lineage.
• Lin Bai declared that the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace had declined from its former power and that few present would once have been worthy to sit with it.
• Chu Tingxue explained to Chu Zimo that Lin Bai’s forceful response reflected the palace’s strategy toward hostile top forces, and Chu Zimo began taking his responsibilities more seriously.
• Old Wen identified Pan Zixuan as a Pan Family ancestor who had joined the Demon Subjugation Alliance, and Lin Bai challenged him about the risks to his family.
• Lin Bai warned the gathered lineages not to meddle in conflicts beyond their power and urged them not to be used by others.
• Pan Zixuan realized the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s exposure of the Pan Family was meant to make other Demon Subjugation Alliance members fear being revealed and withdraw.

Lin Bai defended the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace against accusations by exposing the visible role of the Pure Yang Sect and Phoenix Valley, then realized Li Guxian had positioned the palace both inside and outside her long-term plan. The wedding banquet for Meng Qinxian and Nie Shang began, while Chu Tingxue suspected Lin Bai might target the two sects’ leaders.

• A patriarch accused the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace of causing the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s war, but Lin Bai challenged him and called on Shen Haoyue and Ji Ruoci to answer for the Pure Yang Sect and Phoenix Valley’s actions.
• Lin Bai recounted the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s apparent aid to the Eastern Region and inferred that Li Guxian had made the palace both part of the game and an outsider to it.
• An Overturning Heavens Sect patriarch intervened as Lin Bai’s Supreme Avatar appeared, and Lin Bai withdrew it before the wedding banquet began.
• Meng Qinxian and Nie Shang entered the ceremonial hall with their brides, completed the wedding rites, and joined the guests at the banquet.
• Chu Zimo joined Lin Bai to drink, while Chu Tingxue advised him to meet the Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect holy sons but wait before approaching Shen Haoyue and Ji Ruoci.

At the wedding banquet, Lin Bai learned that Li Guxian had begun using the Ma family to stir up a takeover within the Pure Yang Sect, while Phoenix Valley also faced an unfolding crisis. Shen Haoyue and Ji Ruoci left the banquet in haste, and Lin Bai departed with the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace, leaving Yi Jinyun behind for safety.

• Meng Qinxian and Nie He, followed by Nie Shang and Meng Chungu, toasted Lin Bai and the other guests at the wedding banquet.
• Lin Bai explained to Chu Zimo that the Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect were using the wedding to win over smaller lineages and sects.
• Lin Bai noticed Shen Haoyue and Ji Ruoci receiving urgent messages and sent Old Wen to learn what had happened.
• Old Wen told Lin Bai that Li Guxian was backing the Ma family’s uprising to seize control of the Pure Yang Sect and restore the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s influence.
• Shen Haoyue and Ji Ruoci abruptly left the banquet, and Lin Bai followed with the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s martial artists.
• Yi Jinyun stayed with the Seven Nights Divine Sect after Lin Bai warned her that his departure would be dangerous and promised to fetch her later.