Chapter Summaries

Chen Shuangbai traced the mysterious attacker to the reclusive Nascent Soul cultivator Su Po and traveled to the outer seas after learning she had abducted his disciple Gao Yi. He enlisted Gao Ling and the Gao Clan to find Su Po, then prepared to confront the Crimson Fire Cave.

• True Lord Canxia identified Su Po as the Nascent Soul cultivator whose Divine Ability matched Qu Heng’s description, though he knew nothing of her ties to the demon caves or Flood Dragon Clan.
• Chen Shuangbai followed the intermittently guiding Profound Water Banner to Ning Country, where he and Shenyang found that the demon beasts had fled.
• Chen Shuangbai and Shenyang traveled to the outer seas and met Gao Ling at the Jade Wave Immortal Market.
• Chen Shuangbai told Gao Ling that Su Po had abducted Gao Yi and asked the Gao Clan to investigate her whereabouts.
• Gao Ling vowed that the Gao Clan would find Su Po, while Chen Shuangbai set out to confront the nearby Crimson Fire Cave.

Chen Shuangbai attacked Crimson Fire Cave, freezing its inhabitants and clashing with Crimson Flame Demon Lord. Four other demon lords joined him and trapped him in a demon array, but Chen Shuangbai revealed he had anticipated the ambush and trapped all five inside a stronger array of his own.

• Gao Ling guided Chen Shuangbai to Crimson Fire Cave, where Chen Shuangbai froze the Crimson Fire Crows and their unhatched eggs with the Swaying Moon Sunken Cold Treasure Mirror.
• Crimson Flame Demon Lord attacked Chen Shuangbai with purple flames, but Chen Shuangbai's Sword Intent damaged the Bing Sun Divine Lamp.
• Demon Lord Tenggong, Demon Lord Baiyu, Demon Lord Heichan, and Demon Lord Yunhe arrived and joined Crimson Flame Demon Lord in activating the Heaven-Severing Earth-Annihilating Five Elements Demon Array.
• Crimson Flame Demon Lord revealed that the five demon lords had planned to ambush Chen Shuangbai, but Chen Shuangbai said he had known about them and summoned a Purple-Gold Heavenly Gate.
• Chen Shuangbai's twelve heavenly pillars formed a greater array inside the demons' formation, revealing that all five demon lords had been his target.

Chen Shuangbai used the power of the Truth-Revering Purple Radiance, Light-Inheriting Mystic Heavenly Gate to shatter the demons’ formation with one sword strike and block their escape. Shenyang killed Demon Lord Heichan, while the remaining demons turned to fight him.

• The five demon lords activated the Heaven-Severing, Earth-Annihilating Five Elements Demon Formation and attacked the Heavenly Gate with demonic light.
• Chen Shuangbai raised his treasured sword and cut a vast breach through the formation, triggering backlash that weakened the five demon lords and left Crimson Flame Demon Lord badly injured.
• Demon Lord Tenggong and the other demons tried to flee through the void, but the Heavenly Gate’s purple-gold barrier stopped them.
• Shenyang struck Demon Lord Heichan’s head apart and captured his demon soul.
• The remaining three demons attacked Shenyang with their strongest Divine Abilities, and he faced them with Martial Dao power and Qi and Blood.

Chen Shuangbai and the Divine Yang Martial Lord defeated the five demon lords, and Chen Shuangbai killed the Crimson Flame Demon Lord and his grandson Junli despite their pleas. After collecting the spoils, he learned from Gao Ling that there was news of Su Po’s whereabouts.

• The Divine Yang Martial Lord killed Demon Lord Baiyu, while Chen Shuangbai defeated the Crimson Fire Crow and sent four demon lords’ bodies and souls into the Purple-Gold Heavenly Gate.
• The wounded Crimson Flame Demon Lord recalled his long life and accepted defeat, but Chen Shuangbai refused to spare him.
• Demon King Junli returned to save his grandfather, but Chen Shuangbai struck him down after he tried to self-detonate.
• The Crimson Flame Demon Lord begged Chen Shuangbai to spare Junli, but Chen Shuangbai killed both of them and collected the ancient formation diagram and [Bing Sun Divine Lamp].
• Gao Ling arrived and told Chen Shuangbai that there was news of Su Po’s whereabouts.

Chen Shuangbai learned that True Lord Su Po was hiding in the Xuluo Sea Region and went there to pursue her after destroying Crimson Fire Cave. Du Taixuan arrived to mediate, revealing that Su Po had taken some of the Jade Spring Sect’s teachings from Gao and offering an oath and compensation, while Chen Shuangbai still sought to know whether his disciple was safe.

• Shenyang destroyed the volcano beneath Crimson Fire Cave, erasing its last trace.
• Gao Ling told Chen Shuangbai that True Lord Su Po had been seen near the Xuluo Sea Region, and Haoming Boy opened a gate that let them travel there.
• Du Taixuan of the Fuluo Sect arrived and asked to mediate, explaining that someone had persuaded Su Po to abduct Chen Shuangbai’s disciple in pursuit of the Jade Spring Sect’s Dao arts.
• Gao Ling challenged Du Taixuan’s account and accused Su Po of seeking peace only after learning the consequences of her actions.
• Chen Shuangbai asked whether his disciple was unharmed and whether Su Po had obtained the sect’s teachings; Du Taixuan confirmed both and relayed Su Po’s offer of an oath and spiritual resources as compensation.

Chen Shuangbai discovered Su Po had secretly placed an incantation on Du Taixuan and traced it back to her hidden extradimensional refuge. Shenyang dragged Su Po, revealed as a mixed-blood feathered serpent, out of a spatial rift, and the group sealed the space so they could confront her in person.

• Chen Shuangbai rejected Su Po's proposal and said he would personally demand Gao Yi's return.
• A white feather revealed that Su Po had placed an incantation on Du Taixuan to spy on Chen Shuangbai, and Chen Shuangbai traced the feather's presence back to her refuge.
• Chen Shuangbai entered the extradimensional space with Gao Ling and Shenyang and recognized Su Po as a feathered serpent.
• Shenyang seized Su Po's tail and endured her yin lightning as he hauled her out of the spatial rift.
• The Purple-Gold Heavenly Gate sealed the extradimensional space, and Chen Shuangbai insisted that Su Po discuss matters face-to-face.

Chen Shuangbai demanded the return of his disciple Gao Yi from Su Po, the mixed-blood Feathered Serpent, but she tried to bargain for her life and threatened to take Gao Yi with her. As Chen Shuangbai appeared willing to let his disciple die, Shenyang struck at Su Po.

• Su Po emerged from the mist and revealed that Gao Yi was asleep under the influence of her Divine Ability.
• Su Po offered compensation for Gao Yi and asked Chen Shuangbai to swear he would not pursue her after she released the disciple.
• When Chen Shuangbai refused, Su Po held Gao Yi with her tail and threatened to kill him if Chen Shuangbai attacked.
• Chen Shuangbai said he would let Gao Yi die, distracting Su Po as she tried to escape.
• Shenyang transformed in front of Su Po and brought down his golden, blade-like palm, ordering her to let go.

Chen Shuangbai fought Su Po after she abducted Gao Yi, and his comet-like sword power forced her hidden ally to intervene. The ally admitted to arranging the abduction, and Chen Shuangbai revealed that he recognized him as Martial Uncle Yan and blamed him for more than that crime.

• Su Po attacked Shenyang, who cut through her defenses and rescued the sleeping Gao Yi.
• Chen Shuangbai used black snowlight to trap Su Po and struck her with a savage red sword light.
• Su Po's black magic ring blocked Chen Shuangbai's strike, and a distant voice emerged from it to save her.
• The voice admitted that he had incited Su Po to abduct Gao Yi and steal Jade Spring Sect's Dao heritage, then offered to negotiate.
• Chen Shuangbai refused and called the voice Martial Uncle Yan, accusing him of other deeds as well.

Chen Shuangbai exposed Yan Nanlai as the hidden cultivator behind the Feathered Serpent’s abduction of Su Po and his scheme to steal Jade Spring Sect Dao heritage. Yan Nanlai possessed the serpent and attacked Chen Shuangbai, who joined forces with Haoming Boy to bind him with the Truth-Revering Purple Radiance Inheriting Brilliance Mystic Heaven Gate.

• Chen Shuangbai recognized the voice as Yan Nanlai and deduced that Yan Nanlai had used the Feathered Serpent to abduct his fourth disciple and complete his Dao Path.
• Yan Nanlai admitted Chen Shuangbai was clever but declared that his Law Treasure and strand of divine sense would be enough to escape.
• Yan Nanlai sent blue-violet light into Su Po, overcame the Feathered Serpent’s resistance, and took control of her body.
• Yan Nanlai transformed Su Po into a five-hundred-zhang demonic serpent and attacked Chen Shuangbai with a storm of demonic light and yin lightning.
• Chen Shuangbai cleaved through the attack and called on Haoming Boy, whose Mystic Heaven Gate suppressed Yan Nanlai and bound the serpent with purple-gold chains.

Chen Shuangbai subdued Yan Nanlai’s Feathered Serpent and captured the escaping Divine Sense inside the heavenly gate. He burned away its demonic network and ordered Haoming Boy to refine the other demon lords, while planning to locate Yan Nanlai’s true body.

• Chen Shuangbai used the crimson baleful sword to pierce the bound Feathered Serpent and drive Yan Nanlai’s Divine Sense from its body.
• Haoming Boy seized the escaping speck of blue-purple light and brought it into the heavenly gate, where the seventh Purple-Gold Heavenly Pillar took shape to suppress it.
• Yan Nanlai’s Divine Sense spread a network of demonic light toward the pillar, but Chen Shuangbai burned it away with Cinnabar Purple Profound Fire.
• Chen Shuangbai said he would use Yan Nanlai’s captured Divine Sense to locate his true body and ordered Haoming Boy to refine the other demon lords, sparing Purple Thunder and Tongchi.

Chen Shuangbai traveled to the Vermilion Dew Sea to confront the Flood Dragon Clan over its plot against the Jade Spring Sect. After Beigong Lin resisted him, Beigong Lan arrived and threatened to kill him, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

• Chen Shuangbai captured the mixed-blood Feathered Serpent in the Heavenly Gate Spirit Treasure after escaping Haoming Boy's manifested space.
• Chen Shuangbai and Shenyang crossed through a portal to the Vermilion Dew Sea after Haoming Boy opened it using Gao Ling's coordinates.
• Chen Shuangbai displayed the Heavenly Gate above the sea, drawing out Beigong Lin and two other flood dragons.
• Chen Shuangbai told Beigong Lin that he had come over the Flood Dragon Clan's collusion with Old Devil Hentian and defended his killing of Beigong Dong.
• Beigong Lan emerged from the sea and ordered Chen Shuangbai to leave or die.

Chen Shuangbai confronted the wounded Beigong Lan over the Vermilion Dew Sea and defeated her with a single sword strike, severing her right foreclaw. After the Flood Dragon Clan forced him back with its defenses, he left with Shenyang, declaring that the strike was punishment.

• Chen Shuangbai recognized that Beigong Lan was wounded, and she unleashed her purple lightning against him.
• Chen Shuangbai transformed his Grand Yin sword into Moon Comet and pierced through Beigong Lan’s attack, blasting off her right foreclaw.
• A white flood dragon charged Chen Shuangbai in a desperate attack, but Shenyang killed it and ripped out its dragon tendon.
• Beigong Lin activated the Vermilion Dew Sea’s defenses and forced Chen Shuangbai and his Divine Ability manifestation into the void.
• Chen Shuangbai had Haoming Boy collect Beigong Lan’s claw, left with Shenyang, and declared, “Let this sword strike serve as punishment!”

Chen Shuangbai returned to the Jade Spring Sect after defeating Beigong Lan, destroying Crimson Fire Cave, and killing several demon lords. He resumed control as Dao Child while True Person Mei warned that True Lord Qingchen and True Lord Jihai remained in danger.

• Zhanlu treated True Person Mei, who asked anxiously about Xuhong, when Zhanlu sensed Chen Shuangbai returning.
• Chen Shuangbai arrived with Shenyang and Gao Yi and recounted his battles at sea, while Shenyang displayed Beigong Lan's dragon claw and a flood dragon tendon.
• Chen Shuangbai revealed that he had destroyed Crimson Fire Cave and killed Crimson Flame Demon Lord, several other demon lords, and Su Po.
• True Person Mei warned that Green Chi might be staging his pursuit of Hentian and that the sect should remain cautious about True Lord Qingchen and True Lord Jihai.
• Chen Shuangbai took charge of the Jade Spring Sect and told the gathered Golden Core cultivators he would return authority once the two True Lords came back.

After Chen Shuangbai ordered Haoming Boy to unleash healing rain, the Jade Spring Sect recovered from its injuries and began rebuilding under his protection. Lotus Temple and the Arrayed Mystery Sect then arrived to apologize and ransom their captured cultivators, with True Lord Xuanwu requesting an audience at the sect gates.

• Chen Shuangbai commanded Haoming Boy to open the Heavenly Gate and bring healing rain to the Jade Spring Sect.
• Haoming Boy manifested the Purple-Gold Heavenly Gate and showered the sect with rain that healed its disciples, restored its plants, and dispelled demonic influence.
• The Jade Spring Sect rebuilt rapidly as the Vast Waves Alliance reclaimed territory and the Heavenly Star Alliance stayed out of the Parting Hate Gate's former lands.
• Chan Master Baolin of Lotus Temple and True Lord Xuanwu of the Arrayed Mystery Sect arrived at the Jade Spring Sect with gifts to apologize and ransom their captured people.
• True Lord Xuanwu called out to request an audience with True Lord Xuhong.

Xuanwu of the Arrayed Mystery Sect and Baolin of the Lotus Temple visited the Jade Spring Sect to ransom True Lord Purple Thunder and apologize for detaining Chen Shuangbai’s disciples. Chen Shuangbai heard their offers but had not yet accepted them.

• Xuanwu and Baolin arrived at the Jade Spring Sect, where Chen Shuangbai’s Spirit Treasure rainbow bridge ushered them into the Myriad Phenomena Hall.
• Xuanwu and Baolin saw that the Jade Spring Sect had largely recovered from the calamity and paid their respects to Chen Shuangbai.
• Xuanwu offered rare treasures, including the Pure Origin Jade Branch and rehmannia warm jade, to ransom True Lord Purple Thunder.
• Chen Shuangbai confronted Baolin over the Lotus Temple’s attempt to detain his two disciples.
• Baolin admitted the Lotus Temple’s fault and offered lotus blossom treasure liquid as an apology for the two disciples.

Chen Shuangbai received the ransom for Tongchi and Purple Thunder, then distributed the recovered treasures and resources among the Jade Spring Sect and his avatars. He gave the Pure Origin Jade Branch to the Jade Parasol Tree, which began absorbing it and growing stronger.

• True Lord Xuanwu and Chan Master Baolin retrieved Purple Thunder and Tongchi, whose cultivation had fallen to the nascent soul early stage, and departed with them.
• Chen Shuangbai gave True Person Mei Lotus Treasure Liquid to heal and prepare for a breakthrough, and ordered Ding Chengyu to place the remaining resources in the sect treasury.
• Chen Shuangbai gave the Azure Sea Mystic Pearl to Zhanlu to refine, then sent Shenyang to join Haoming Boy and strengthen his foundations with demon-lord flesh and blood.
• Chen Shuangbai brought the Pure Origin Jade Branch to the Jade Parasol Tree and sent it into the tree's trunk.
• The Jade Parasol Tree absorbed the branch, its radiance and presence grew stronger, and it fell silent.

Chen Shuangbai inspected the Supreme Origin Azure Wood branch and returned to Emerald Screen Mountain to guide his disciples and explore the possibility of a second Sword Intent. After months of teaching, Shenyang summoned him to meet an envoy from the Sword Alliance.

• Chen Shuangbai saw how the Supreme Origin Azure Wood branch benefited the Jade Parasol Tree and warned Fang Xiao to care for it.
• Chen Shuangbai returned to Emerald Screen Mountain, assessed his four disciples’ cultivation, and spent several days guiding them.
• While teaching Gao Yi, Chen Shuangbai considered comprehending Moon Comet Sword Intent alongside his Grand Yin Sword Intent.
• Chen Shuangbai continued teaching his disciples for several months until Shenyang called him back to the sect to meet an envoy from the Sword Alliance.

Nangu Yaohua reported that the Nether Sparrow Demon Lord had escaped its seal, and Chen Shuangbai agreed to help the Sword Alliance hunt it down. Afterward, he destroyed the Transformation Sect’s mountain gate in the Xu Kingdom, then prepared to search for the sect master and True Lord Jihai.

• Nangu Yaohua told Chen Shuangbai that Devil Lord Yuandu had freed the Nether Sparrow Demon Lord, which Azure Cloud Sword Lord Qingyun had wounded before pursuing into the void.
• Chen Shuangbai agreed to aid the Sword Alliance if the Nether Sparrow Demon Lord appeared, while the Great Mound Nine-Yi Sword remained behind to suppress the other sealed demon lord.
• Chen Shuangbai concluded that Yuandu must have had a hidden purpose and ordered Shenyang to visit the Transformation Sect’s mountain gate in the Xu Kingdom.
• Chen Shuangbai broke the Transformation Sect’s grand formation and captured its mountain gate, finding that Yuandu and Youluo had already removed most of its valuable resources.
• Chen Shuangbai ordered the alliance to take over the Xu Kingdom and root out its Devil Cultivators, then told True Person Mei that he would leave Shenyang behind and search for the sect master and True Lord Jihai.

Chen Shuangbai set out with Chen Yazhen and Gao Yi to find True Lords Qingchen and Jihai, while refining his [Fallen Toad Light] during their journey through the void. The Profound Water Banner led them to a frozen otherworldly space, where he found a message left by True Lord Jihai.

• Chen Shuangbai left Shenyang and True Lord Canxia to protect Jade Spring and invited his disciples to accompany him; Chen Yazhen and Gao Yi joined him, while Lu Xiangyuan and Chen Fuguang stayed behind.
• Chen Shuangbai took the Profound Water Banner True Lord Jihai had left behind and traveled through the void with Chen Yazhen and Gao Yi.
• Chen Shuangbai refined the essence in Demon Lord Heichan's Demon Core to improve his [Fallen Toad Light] while guiding his disciples during the journey.
• Changming emerged from Haoming Boy and settled into Gao Yi's hands, while Feiguang continued tempering his body and Gray Ball remained in Haoming Boy's medicinal fields.
• Chen Yazhen operated the Profound Water Banner, which guided Chen Shuangbai to a frozen otherworldly space.
• Chen Shuangbai found a Law Power imprint beneath an ancient tree and recognized it as a message left by True Lord Jihai.

Chen Shuangbai pursued the Green Chi after learning that True Lord Qingchen’s soul remained partly intact, then searched a sect in the Zheng Kingdom and captured a trace of the creature. He left with the trace, while True Lords Jixuan and Linyuan accepted that the Arrayed Mystery Sect could not challenge him.

• Chen Shuangbai learned through True Lord Jihai’s mark that the Green Chi had abandoned its pursuit of Hentian and was hiding somewhere unknown.
• Chen Shuangbai followed the Profound Water Banner into the Zheng Kingdom, where True Lords Jixuan and Linyuan came to meet him.
• Chen Shuangbai opened a gate to a small sect and searched its grounds, alarming its elders with his Nascent Soul presence.
• Chen Shuangbai found a piece of green agate containing a wisp of the Green Chi’s power, and Haoming Boy caught it as it tried to escape.
• Chen Shuangbai left with his companions, and Jixuan and Linyuan concluded that the Arrayed Mystery Sect had no practical way to oppose him.