Chapter 1110

Hui Feng Zi laughs and leaves, matching Chu Du as the only two who dare deny Heavenly Lord Bai Zu face. Nobody else dares to go. Hei tribe’s first supreme elder reports that Chu Du has taken the thirteenth nest and the Hei Fan true inheritance inside it. Heavenly Lord Bai Zu answers with calm indifference that he already knows. The second supreme elder worries the crumbling blessed land cannot hold a banquet even half a day. The three Bai Zu tribe Gu Immortals, who had watched from the side on Heavenly Lord Bai Zu’s orders to settle the aftermath, then use an immortal killer move never seen before to stabilize it at once. The feat proves Bai Zu tribe’s strength runs deeper than its lord alone. ^{ch. 1110}

Gong tribe’s Gong Er alone comes forward to pay respects, since with no rank nine present a rank eight rules. Proud as he is, he must be polite. During the battle he wanted Golden Dawn Hall to seize resources, and Bai Zu tribe’s Gu Immortals smilingly told him not to act rashly, which he had no intention of heeding. Prince Feng Xian then warned him that attacking Heavenly Lord Bai Zu would earn no help if he were killed for it. Gong Er backs down, humiliated, and fails to make the other Huang Jin tribes accept him as the righteous path’s leader; Bai Zu tribe’s three Gu Immortals accept his hospitality with their own hidden purpose. ^{ch. 1110}

Prince Feng Xian is secretly a Spirit Affinity House spy planted to oversee Imperial Court blessed land and control Eighty-Eight True Yang Building. He married into Gong tribe, then rose to rank eight with hidden help. He ignores his Gong tribe wife, living instead in his own grotto-heaven with two attendants, You Lan and Le Yao. Gong tribe resents this but can do nothing, since a rank eight cannot be forced. ^{ch. 1110}

Gong tribe hoped to use Feng Xian’s reputation after Old Ancestor Xue Hu defeated Yao Huang and Heavenly Lord Bai Zu together, claiming only Feng Xian could beat Xue Hu. The plan aimed to raise Gong tribe’s standing and provoke a fight that would benefit Gong tribe either way. But a rank eight cannot be schemed against so easily. Feng Xian secretly struck his own deal with Heavenly Lord Bai Zu, hid it from Gong tribe, kept the gains, and warned Gong Er off without leaving evidence. Gong tribe can only endure this in silence, since Heavenly Lord Bai Zu gives face to Feng Xian alone. ^{ch. 1110}

For three days Iron Eagle blessed land holds a banquet declaring Bai Zu tribe’s rise from Hei tribe’s former headquarters. Nearly everyone attends except Chu Du, Hui Feng Zi, and possibly the unknown wielder of Modest Thatched Hut, who may have slipped away already. Righteous path Gu Immortals mostly leave after the first day, Gong Er departing dejected despite his confident stride. Only two Nian Er tribe immortals came at all: Nian Er Fu and Nian Er Ping Zhi, the Sword Child, who won fame here but paid a hefty price. Old Monster Corpse Poison still watches him with undimmed hatred, their grudge now immense. Meng tribe, Yuan tribe, Nu Er tribe, Ye Lui tribe and others leave one by one; Liu tribe, Yao tribe and Guan tribe stay all three days, their lands close to Bai Zu’s new domain. The demonic path and lone immortals leave once the three days end, the strongest first, though a few linger to court Bai Zu tribe, which accepts them since its lord was once a lone immortal too. ^{ch. 1110}

Iron Eagle blessed land is completely repaired within the three days. Hei tribe and Bai Zu tribe’s Gu Immortals stand together to see off every departing guest. Heavenly Lord Bai Zu makes Hei tribe’s Gu Immortals send off the invaders of their home, humiliating them. Hei tribe’s first supreme elder feels it worst: alone left unhealed after the battle’s heaviest injuries, he sees the guests off pale and spitting blood. He now understands why: he had leaked the Hei Fan true inheritance hoping Bai Zu would attack Chu Du for Hei tribe’s revenge, but Bai Zu saw through the scheme and has quietly punished him ever since. ^{ch. 1110}

Afterward, Hei tribe and Bai Zu tribe’s Gu Immortals meet Heavenly Lord Bai Zu in Hei tribe’s former hall. He declares that Hei tribe’s Gu Immortals will take the Bai Zu surname, and that losing their resources is final, the result of his own bargain with the other rank eights, never to be avenged. He adds that the Hei Fan true inheritance is no small matter. It involves a rank eight expert, and he can use it for reference even without cultivating time path. For now he leaves Chu Du alone, since he already knows where Hei Fan grotto-heaven lies and means to seize its treasures later. ^{ch. 1110}

Hei tribe’s first supreme elder is shocked, since only the top four supreme elders knew that location, and he fears a secret betrayal. He kneels at once, confessing failure before Bai Zu can ask what it is. He shifts to a different failure: Hei tribe used investigative methods throughout the battle but never found Fang Yuan, whom they had hoped would appear for a share of the spoils. Hei tribe and Heavenly Lord Bai Zu had in fact agreed beforehand to trap Fang Yuan, whose Fixed Immortal Travel made his arrival seem certain, and neither side knows Heavenly Court now holds that Immortal Gu. Those methods trace back to an otherworldly demon Hei tribe once harbored, a mortal Gu Master of incredible talent who devised the tribe’s Quartet Sparrow Battle Tactic. Hei tribe later exposed him and, at the cost of his life, extracted a killer move that can expose an otherworldly demon. Heavenly Lord Bai Zu answers that Fang Yuan likely never came, and that capturing him would have offset the price he himself has paid. ^{ch. 1110}

Heavenly Lord Bai Zu reassures them that joining his tribe was wise, promises to remove their problem in three days, and to notice and reward loyal service. The elders respond with grateful acknowledgment. Hei tribe’s first supreme elder kowtows in tears, praising Bai Zu’s magnanimity, while privately he still feels an icy chill. ^{ch. 1110}

The problem Heavenly Lord Bai Zu means to remove is Green City Rampage, which will no longer belong to Hei tribe’s top four supreme elders. Alone afterward, he judges the tribe needs time to settle. The first supreme elder’s changed attitude has earned him his life. He regrets only that Fang Yuan never came, since capturing him would have spared the price paid to keep the other rank eights out, but counts the new foothold in Northern Plains worth it. He will move on Hei Fan grotto-heaven later to recoup his losses, but not yet, since attacking too soon would draw the other rank eights’ suspicion. For now, every faction is satisfied enough with its own gains, and their mutual restraint keeps Bai Zu tribe safe. ^{ch. 1110}