Chapter Summaries

Bibi Dong severed the Rakshasa's connection to the battlefield, sacrificing her Divine Position and much of her power to stop the dark patterns from reaching the armies. After surviving the loss, she ordered the troops to withdraw under Bai Jin's command.

• Qian Renxue and Xiao Wu helped restrain the afflicted officer and evacuate wounded soldiers while Bibi Dong held back the Rakshasa's dark patterns.
• Qian Renxue urged Bibi Dong to stop drawing power from the battlefield, and Bibi Dong chose to sever her connection despite the danger.
• Bibi Dong cut the dark pattern from her chest and pulled the remaining pathways inward as Bai Jin, Qian Renxue, and Tang San stopped them from reconnecting to the armies.
• Bibi Dong lost her Rakshasa Godhood and fell to Level 94, while Bai Jin repaired what wounds he could and Qian Renxue held her.
• Bai Jin called for the troops to withdraw, and Bibi Dong ordered the Imperial officer to follow his command.

Bai Jin helped oversee the ceasefire, the return of prisoners and wounded, and the public accounting of Bibi Dong’s past orders as the armies withdrew. After the new arrangements were set, he revealed to Qian Renxue that he had reached Level 99 and asked to take leave to handle his own affairs.

• Bai Jin supervised a wounded-soldier exchange at Jialing Pass and waited until it was complete before resting.
• Tang San, Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, Xiao Wu, Bai Jin, and the representatives negotiated a ceasefire, prisoner returns, and public accountability for Bibi Dong’s orders.
• Bibi Dong acknowledged signing the Arrest Warrant, accepted responsibility, abdicated, and surrendered military authority and private assets for restitution.
• Qian Renxue signed the Ceasefire Order, while Xiao Wu secured a written hunting ban protecting transformed Soul Beasts and refused compensation in her mother’s name.
• Both armies withdrew to their defensive lines, and the wounded soldiers’ corridor and Coastal Trade Route reopened as the sects maintained their independence.
• Bai Jin told Qian Renxue he had reached Level 99 and asked for leave to take care of his own affairs.

Bai Jin and Qian Renxue prepared for their wedding, arranged a quieter ceremony, and invited friends and family, including Bibi Dong. After they married, Qian Renxue approved Bai Jin’s long-awaited leave request, and he changed the number of people accompanying him to two.

• Bai Jin signed off on his duties and granted Yan, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena a few days off while preparing to leave his Elder post temporarily for his wedding.
• Bai Jin and Qian Renxue adjusted their wedding clothes and ceremony plans, held a memorial for her grandfather, and delivered an invitation to Bibi Dong.
• Friends and family arrived for the wedding, including Ning Fengzhi, Ning Rongrong, Oscar, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun, Dugu Bo, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Bibi Dong.
• Bai Jin and Qian Renxue exchanged vows in their courtyard, and Qian Renxue stamped his leave request.
• Bai Jin crossed out the original number of people accompanying him on the leave request and wrote two.

Three months after their wedding, Bai Jin and Qian Renxue set off on a leisurely coastal trip while their friends and former allies resumed their lives. After Bai Jin used his powers to protect passengers from a falling beam, the couple reached a riverside inn and planned to visit a lake the next morning.

• Bai Jin and Qian Renxue boarded an ordinary coastal boat and reflected on how their friends and the wider world had settled after the war.
• Bai Jin read letters from Hu Liena, Yan, Xie Yue, and his other friends while he and Qian Renxue continued their journey.
• When a beam fell toward children on the boat, Bai Jin used Azure and Limitless to move it safely away and stop a loose rope.
• Bai Jin accepted a boy's small fish, shared the resulting hot soup with Qian Renxue, and returned the captain's offer to refund their tickets.
• Bai Jin and Qian Renxue checked into an inn for three days and decided to visit a nearby lake the next morning.