Recaps

Lin Bai expected to awaken a powerful martial soul, but received a Yellow Rank One soul and was mocked and abandoned by Lin Zier. Humiliated by the Lin Clan, he left vowing to make everyone regret their treatment of him.

• Lin Bai and Lin Zier went to the Martial Arts Arena for their awakenings, where Lin Hai received a Yellow Rank Five Swift Thunder Cheetah soul.
• Lin Zier awakened a Heaven Rank Five Primordial Goddess Path soul, and Lin Bai expected his stronger soul power to earn him an even higher rank.
• Lin Bai awakened a Yellow Rank One Sword Martial Soul, prompting the crowd to ridicule him.
• Lin Zier slapped away Lin Bai's hand, insulted him, and admitted she had only stayed close to him because she expected his talent to help her.
• Lin Bai left the arena amid jeers and vowed to make everyone who mocked him regret it.

After discovering that his Yellow Rank One Martial Soul was the powerful Devouring Sword Soul, Lin Bai went to claim the cultivation resources his father had left for him, only to learn the Lin Family elders had given them to Lin Zier. He challenged Lin Zier to a duel at the sect disciple acceptance ceremony in two months and left determined to reclaim what was his.

• Lin Bai learned that his Devouring Sword Soul could absorb medicinal power and demon-beast qi and blood, and pills helped him reach Martial Dao Third Level in three days.
• Lin Bai asked the Elders Council to hand over the resources Lin Duo had left for him, but Grand Elder Lin Taiheng said the elders had assigned them to Lin Zier.
• Lin Bai argued with the elders and insulted Lin Zier, who entered and challenged him to prove himself at the disciple acceptance ceremony in two months.
• Lin Bai accepted Lin Zier's challenge and stormed out of the Elders Council, vowing to defeat her and make the family regret taking his resources.
• Lin Zier told Lin Taiheng she was confident in her Heaven-Rank Soul and planned to use the stolen resources to reach Martial Dao Ninth Level before joining Azure Cloud Terrace Palace.

After the Lin family blocked Lin Bai from accessing his father's cultivation resources, a weapon, and martial techniques, Lin Yue gave him a map to Spirit-Bearing Fruit and a manual to help him cultivate. Lin Bai stole a sword and learned Blood Weeping Swordplay by using his newly awakened Soul Search talent, then left for the Azure Spirit Mountain Range.

• Lin Yue encouraged Lin Bai and gave him a map to a Spirit-Bearing Fruit tree and the Dragon Emperor's Divine Dragon Arm manual.
• Lin Bai was denied a weapon and a martial technique because Lin Taiheng and Lin Zier had pressured the pavilion elders.
• Lin Xuanqing provoked Lin Bai and attacked him with his Spirit Severing Sword, but Lin Bai seized the sword and knocked him down.
• Lin Bai used Soul Search on Lin Xuanqing, learned Blood Weeping Swordplay, and killed him.
• Lin Bai left Spirit Rhino City for the Azure Spirit Mountain Range to hunt demonic beasts and search for heavenly thunder and earthly fire.

Lin Bai hunted demon beasts across the Azure Spirit Mountain Range, using the Devouring Sword Soul to strengthen his cultivation until he reached the fourth level. He found and claimed three Spirit-Bearing Fruits, but members of the Soaring Heavens Alliance confronted him and demanded them.

• Lin Bai entered the Azure Spirit Mountain Range and killed a third-level Black Scale Leopard with Blood Weeping Swordplay, then absorbed its qi-blood power with the Devouring Sword Soul.
• Over more than half a month, Lin Bai searched nearly half the mountain range, killed over a hundred demon beasts, and advanced to the fourth level of Martial Dao cultivation.
• Lin Bai found the Spirit-Bearing Fruit tree on a mountaintop and fought off a fifth-level White-Headed Eagle using the third form of Blood Weeping Swordplay.
• Lin Bai devoured the White-Headed Eagle's demon blood and plucked three Spirit-Bearing Fruits from the tree.
• Members of the Soaring Heavens Alliance appeared behind Lin Bai and claimed they wanted the fruits in his hands.

Lin Bai killed the Soaring Heavens Alliance warriors who tried to take his Spirit-Bearing Fruits, including their hall master, Yang Tian, after he ambushed Lin Bai with the Sky Dragon Fist. The alliance leader arrived afterward, learned a powerful sword cultivator had killed Yang Tian, and ordered a search for Lin Bai while Lin Bai left to refine the fruits.

• A group of Soaring Heavens Alliance warriors demanded Lin Bai hand over his Spirit-Bearing Fruits, but he refused and killed them with Blood Weeping Swordplay.
• The surviving leader attacked Lin Bai with the Yellow Rank Seventh Grade Sky Dragon Fist and injured him, but Lin Bai countered with his swordplay and gained the upper hand.
• The leader threatened Lin Bai with the Soaring Heavens Alliance and claimed to be its leader’s illegitimate son, but Lin Bai killed him with a thrust through the throat.
• Lin Bai took the warriors’ valuables and left to find a safe place to refine the Spirit-Bearing Fruits.
• The Soaring Heavens Alliance leader found Yang Tian’s body, learned that a skilled sword cultivator had killed the group, and ordered his men to hunt Lin Bai down.

Lin Bai cultivated the ninth-grade Earth-rank Dragon Emperor's Divine Dragon Arm using the blood essence of more than a hundred demonic beasts, then used it to kill Hall Master Zhang and the Soaring Heavens Alliance martial artists who invaded his cave. He planned to seek maps from the Demon Slayer Alliance to find stronger beasts and raise his cultivation before facing Lin Zier in a month.

• Lin Bai killed one of two Martial Dao Sixth Level Crimson Spotted Lizards, while the other escaped, and brought the corpse back to his valley.
• Lin Bai extracted blood essence from his stored demonic beast corpses and successfully cultivated the Dragon Emperor's Divine Dragon Arm.
• Hall Master Zhang and the Soaring Heavens Alliance martial artists entered Lin Bai's cave, demanded its treasure, and attacked him.
• Lin Bai killed Hall Master Zhang and the other intruders with a single Divine Dragon Arm punch.
• Lin Bai resolved to raise his cultivation to Martial Dao Ninth Level and seek a map of the Azure Spirit Mountain Range from the Demon Slayer Alliance.

Lin Bai intervened when Qin Xiang poisoned and cornered Tie Haitang, the Demon Slayer Alliance leader’s daughter. After their first exchange ended evenly, Qin Xiang launched another attack, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Lin Bai heard fighting in the forest and saw Qin Xiang pursuing Tie Haitang after killing her companions and poisoning her with Limpening Powder.
• Tie Haitang collapsed, and Qin Xiang stopped her from biting her tongue before sending his followers away.
• Lin Bai stepped in and challenged Qin Xiang, who attacked him with the Surging Thunder Fist.
• Lin Bai dodged Qin Xiang’s punch and countered with One Sword Bloodspray, forcing both fighters back five steps.
• Qin Xiang rejected Lin Bai’s warning and launched the Thunder God Fist.

Lin Bai overcame Qin Xiang’s poison-induced illusion and killed him with a sword strike, then freed Tie Haitang from her poison. He learned Tie Haitang was the Demon Slayer Alliance leader’s daughter after asking her how to find the Alliance.

• Qin Xiang poisoned Lin Bai with Carefree Powder, leaving him unable to circulate his true qi and trapping him in an illusion of his childhood and Lin Zier.
• Tie Haitang warned Lin Bai as Qin Xiang launched his Thunder God Fist, and Lin Bai broke free of the illusion and purged the poison from his body.
• Lin Bai countered Qin Xiang’s attack with Cold-Blooded Strike, piercing his chest and killing him.
• Lin Bai removed the poison from Tie Haitang and introduced himself before preparing to leave.
• Lin Bai turned back to ask Tie Haitang where to find the Demon Slayer Alliance, and she revealed she was the Alliance leader’s daughter.

Lin Bai returned to the Demon Slayer Alliance with Tie Haitang after helping her kill the Soaring Heavens Alliance martial artists and received Qin Xiang’s storage ring. At the alliance’s mountain gate, Qi Sheng accused Lin Bai of being a spy and attacked him, and their fight was halted by a voice from inside the leader’s cave.

• Tie Haitang promised to help Lin Bai obtain a map of the Azure Spirit Mountain Range, then killed the returning Soaring Heavens Alliance martial artists with Lin Bai.
• Tie Haitang gave Lin Bai Qin Xiang’s storage ring, and the two traveled to the Demon Slayer Alliance’s mountain gate.
• Tie Haitang went to report the Soaring Heavens Alliance’s actions to her father while Lin Bai waited outside his cave mansion.
• Qi Sheng returned with several demon beasts and questioned Lin Bai, who said he had come to join the Demon Slayer Alliance as a Core Disciple.
• Qi Sheng called Lin Bai a spy and punched at him, so Lin Bai dodged and slashed Qi Sheng’s shoulder with his sword.
• Lin Bai prepared to fight Qi Sheng, but a voice from the cave mansion ordered them to stop.

Qin Xiangtian learned that the deaths of his sons and other Soaring Heavens Alliance martial artists pointed to fighters from the Demon Slayer Alliance, and he ordered Scholar Li to investigate. At the Demon Slayer Alliance, Lin Bai was accepted as a core martial artist, but Qi Sheng challenged his appointment and demanded a duel.

• Scholar Li told Qin Xiangtian that sword wounds linked the deaths of Qin Xiang and Hall Master Zhang, while spear wounds suggested Tie Haitang had also fought there.
• Qin Xiangtian concluded that the killer was likely in the Demon Slayer Alliance and ordered Scholar Li to find him through their planted informant.
• Qi Sheng accused Lin Bai of being a spy and tried to attack him, but Tie Feng intervened and confirmed Lin Bai was not an enemy agent.
• Tie Feng offered Lin Bai core martial artist status and access to the Martial Skills Tower and Azure Spirit Map, which Lin Bai wanted to hunt demon beasts.
• Qi Sheng objected to Lin Bai's promotion and challenged him to a duel, wagering that the loser would leave or stop interfering.

Lin Bai defeated Qi Sheng in a sparring match after overpowering his martial skills and cutting through his Heavenly Dragon Roar with one sword. Tie Feng accepted Lin Bai into the Demon Slayer Alliance and sent Tie Haitang to help him settle in before he consulted the Azure Spirit Mountain Range map.

• Tie Haitang warned Lin Bai that Qi Sheng had mastered Heavenly Dragon Roar, but Lin Bai entered the arena and refused to draw his sword first.
• Qi Sheng attacked with Charging Bull Force, and Lin Bai stopped him with a punch and sent him flying.
• Qi Sheng used Mountain-Quelling Dragon Fist, but Lin Bai defeated him with another punch.
• Qi Sheng unleashed Heavenly Dragon Roar, and Lin Bai drew the Spirit Severing Sword to split its beam and stop the blade at Qi Sheng's throat.
• Tie Feng welcomed Lin Bai into the Demon Slayer Alliance and told Tie Haitang to help him settle in before he viewed the map.
• Qi Sheng swore to avenge his defeat as Tie Haitang and Lin Bai left together.

Lin Bai explored Qin Xiang’s storage ring, learned Thunder God Fist, and adapted it into a sword technique before choosing a dangerous beast to hunt. Tie Haitang tried to accompany him to One-Inch Mountain, but after he left alone, Tie Feng teased her about her feelings for Lin Bai.

• Tie Haitang showed Lin Bai his cave abode and reminded him to be wary of Qi Sheng.
• Lin Bai examined Qin Xiang’s storage ring, destroyed its poisons while keeping the Half-Life Toxin antidote, and found the Thunder God Fist manual.
• Lin Bai adapted Thunder God Fist into Thunder God Sword, then set out to study the Azure Spirit Mountain Range map at Life and Death Cave.
• Lin Bai chose the eighth-level Three-Headed Serpent on One-Inch Mountain as his target despite Tie Haitang’s warning.
• Tie Haitang offered to accompany Lin Bai, but he left the Demon Slayer Alliance alone.
• Tie Feng teased Tie Haitang about having fallen for Lin Bai, and she blushed and chased him with her spear.

Lin Bai killed the Three-Headed Serpent at One-Inch Mountain and continued hunting demon beasts to strengthen his cultivation, while Tie Haitang worried about him and tried to join his hunts. After returning with a Martial Dao Ninth Level demon beast, Lin Bai faced Tie Haitang’s renewed request to accompany him.

• Lin Bai entered One-Inch Mountain, fought the Three-Headed Serpent, and killed it with his Thunder God Sword and Cold-Blooded Strike.
• Lin Bai devoured the serpent’s vital essence and blood, but his cultivation only loosened and did not break through to the Martial Dao Seventh Level.
• Lin Bai returned to the Demon Slayer Alliance with the serpent and exchanged it for contribution points, earning the martial artists’ respect as Qi Sheng scoffed at his achievement.
• Tie Haitang met Lin Bai at the Life and Death Cave and asked about his hunt, but he left immediately to find another demon beast; Tie Feng concluded that Lin Bai would not stay in the Azure Spirit Mountain Range.
• Five days later, Lin Bai returned carrying a lion whose fur burned like flames and refused Tie Haitang’s request to join his next hunt, then returned four days later with a Martial Dao Ninth Level demon beast.
• Tie Haitang, wearing leather armor and carrying a spear, again asked Lin Bai to let her accompany him, saying she was strong enough to fight a Martial Dao Ninth Level demon beast.

Lin Bai rejected Tie Haitang and left the Demon Slayer Alliance to return for his promised showdown with Lin Zier. While he was away, the Soaring Heavens Alliance destroyed the Demon Slayer Alliance and captured Tie Feng and Tie Haitang, whom Zhao Rong took toward the Thunder Swamp to force her to reveal Lin Bai’s whereabouts.

• Lin Bai told Tie Haitang they were not meant for each other, and she ran from the Life and Death Cave in tears.
• Lin Bai told Tie Feng he would leave the Demon Slayer Alliance within seven days and return to face Lin Zier, then departed along the river.
• Qin Xiangtian led the Soaring Heavens Alliance in a surprise attack on the Demon Slayer Alliance after Qi Sheng reported that Lin Bai had left again.
• The Soaring Heavens Alliance defeated the Demon Slayer Alliance, killed hundreds of its warriors, and captured Tie Feng and Tie Haitang.
• Tie Haitang insisted Lin Bai would not return and claimed responsibility for Qin Xiang’s death, but Zhao Rong seized her and took her toward the Thunder Swamp.

Lin Bai killed a Black Armor Divine Horned Rhino while trying to advance to the Martial Dao Ninth Level, but he failed to break through and headed for Spirit Rhino City. On the way, he learned the Soaring Heavens Alliance had attacked the Demon Slayer Alliance and set out to avenge it.

• Lin Bai killed the Black Armor Divine Horned Rhino and refined its blood, but remained at the Martial Dao Eighth Level.
• Lin Bai decided not to return to the Demon Slayer Alliance and headed toward Spirit Rhino City to confront Lin Zier.
• Lin Bai found an injured Demon Slayer Alliance martial artist, who told him the Soaring Heavens Alliance had poisoned the Alliance and taken control of it.
• Lin Bai killed the five Soaring Heavens Alliance martial artists pursuing the injured man and promised to avenge the Demon Slayer Alliance.
• Lin Bai turned toward the Demon Slayer Alliance.

Lin Bai slaughtered the ambushers laid by Qin Xiangtian and Scholar Li, then confronted Qin Xiangtian to learn where Tie Haitang and Tie Feng were. He overwhelmed Qin Xiangtian with an improved Thunder God Sword, but Qin Xiangtian unleashed Thunder God's Annihilation, forcing Lin Bai to retreat.

• Scholar Li explained the archers and Soaring Heavens Alliance Hall Masters he had hidden to ambush Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai threw the Hall Masters' severed heads into the cave dwelling, then revealed he had killed the archers and the fighters in the gorge.
• Lin Bai demanded to know where Tie Haitang and Tie Feng were, but Qin Xiangtian attacked him instead.
• Lin Bai's improved Thunder God Sword shattered Qin Xiangtian's Thunder God Fist and struck him down.
• Qin Xiangtian transformed into the Thunder God with Thunder God's Annihilation, and Lin Bai withdrew his sword and retreated.

Lin Bai killed Qin Xiangtian and Scholar Li, then rushed to Thunder Swamp to save Tie Haitang. He found Zhao Rong torturing Tie Haitang there and confronted her.

• Lin Bai severed Qin Xiangtian's left arm and killed him after learning that Zhao Rong had taken Tie Haitang to Thunder Swamp.
• Lin Bai forced Scholar Li to release Tie Feng, then killed Scholar Li as he fled.
• Lin Bai treated Tie Feng's poison and hurried toward Thunder Swamp.
• Zhao Rong beat Tie Haitang and threw her into Thunder Swamp, demanding that she reveal Lin Bai's whereabouts.
• Lin Bai arrived at Thunder Swamp and revealed his identity to Zhao Rong.

Lin Bai fought Zhao Rong to save Tie Haitang, drove Zhao Rong off, and jumped into the Thunder Swamp after Tie Haitang. He shielded her from a lightning strike, but the Devouring Sword Soul provoked every bolt in the swamp to attack him.

• Lin Bai revealed his identity to Zhao Rong, who blamed him for her son's death and attacked him with poison arts.
• Zhao Rong overwhelmed Lin Bai with the Five Venoms Immortal Palm and knocked him down, but Lin Bai struck back with the Divine Dragon Arm and shattered her left shoulder.
• Zhao Rong kicked Tie Haitang into the Thunder Swamp and fled when Lin Bai rushed to save Tie Haitang.
• Lin Bai found Tie Haitang in the swamp and pulled her away from a lightning bolt, taking the strike himself.
• Lin Bai's Devouring Sword Soul absorbed the lightning, provoking every bolt in the Thunder Swamp to crash toward him.

Lin Bai and Tie Haitang discovered a Thunder Frog enduring a heavenly tribulation in Thunder Swamp. When the final bolt threatened to kill it, Lin Bai stepped in and used the Devouring Sword Soul to absorb the strike, leaving him gravely wounded.

• Lin Bai noticed red lightning gathering above Thunder Swamp and realized a heavenly tribulation had formed.
• Lin Bai and Tie Haitang found a mountain-sized Thunder Frog that had been battered by eight bolts of tribulation lightning.
• Tie Haitang wondered why Heaven punished the Thunder Frog, which had quietly cultivated without hunting humans.
• As the ninth bolt gathered, Lin Bai rushed beneath it to shield the Thunder Frog.
• Lin Bai activated the Devouring Sword Soul and absorbed the final bolt, then collapsed, vomiting blood and covered in wounds.

After surviving the heavenly tribulation and reaching Martial Dao Ninth Level, Lin Bai received a lethal Thunder God Seal from Thunder Frog and led an assault on the Soaring Heavens Alliance. The chapter ended as Lin Bai clashed with its First Level of the True Martial Realm old Alliance Leader, Qin Meng.

• Lin Bai survived the heavenly tribulation, broke through to Martial Dao Ninth Level, and left Thunder Swamp with Tie Haitang.
• Thunder Frog gave Lin Bai a Thunder God Seal that could kill anyone below the Divine Core Realm with one use.
• Lin Bai volunteered to lead the Demon Slayer Alliance's attack on the Soaring Heavens Alliance while Tie Feng recovered.
• Qi Sheng returned to Soaring Heavens Alliance and told Qin Meng that Lin Bai had killed Qin Xiangtian, Qin Xiang, and Hall Master Zhang.
• Lin Bai set the Soaring Heavens Alliance's buildings ablaze, and Qin Meng attacked him in fury.
• Lin Bai and Qin Meng exchanged attacks, and Qin Meng launched Fist Annihilates the Heavens.

Lin Bai destroyed the Soaring Heavens Alliance, killed Qin Meng and Qi Sheng, and left the Azure Spirit Mountain Range to return and settle accounts with his enemies. As Spirit Rhino City’s families prepared for the Four Great Sects’ discipleship ceremony, Lin Bai arrived in the city.

• Lin Bai defeated Qin Meng with Divine Dragon Arm, learned that Qin Meng had abducted more than a hundred women, and killed him; Qin Meng warned him that the Five Venoms Sect would come after him.
• Lin Bai killed Qi Sheng, and the Demon Slayer Alliance destroyed the Soaring Heavens Alliance and took its territory.
• Lin Bai said farewell to Tie Feng and rode away, while Tie Haitang secretly followed after him.
• Lin Zier told Lin Taiheng she had reached the ninth level of the Martial Dao and planned to enter Azure Cloud Terrace Palace, and she vowed to kill Lin Bai if he appeared at the ceremony.
• Ye Rulong reached the ninth level of the Martial Dao, while Spirit Rhino City’s great families prepared for the discipleship tournament.
• Lin Bai walked into Spirit Rhino City.

Lin Bai returned to the Lin family, stopped two servants from abusing Lin Yue, and revealed that he had reached Martial Dao Ninth Level. Lin Yue explained that the Five Venoms Sect had poisoned him and taken away his wife and child, and Lin Bai vowed to find them.

• Lin Bai found two servants forcing Lin Yue to wash clothes and beat them, destroyed their dantians, and threw them out of the courtyard.
• Lin Bai told Lin Yue that he had consumed the Spirit-Bearing Fruit and reached Martial Dao Ninth Level.
• Lin Yue explained that Lin Zier had suppressed her cultivation ahead of the disciple-recruitment martial competition so she could dominate the competitors.
• Lin Yue revealed that the Five Venoms Sect Leader had poisoned him with the Serpent Heart Poison after Lin Yue fell in love with his daughter and she became pregnant.
• Lin Bai promised to grow strong enough to bring Lin Yue's wife and child back from the Five Venoms Sect.

Lin Bai went to Treasure Pavilion seeking an antidote for Lin Yue’s Serpent Heart Poison, but found one only through a timid youth who had made the pills himself. After Lin Yue confirmed the antidote worked, Lin Bai returned with the youth to buy back the rusted sword the youth said had been stolen from him.

• Lin Bai learned from Aileen that Treasure Pavilion had sold its only Serpent Heart Poison antidote and that the poison’s original antidote had been lost when the Five Venoms Sect was destroyed.
• A timid youth offered Lin Bai two antidote pills in exchange for a rusted sword at Treasure Pavilion, claiming he had refined the pills himself and that a bandit had stolen the sword from him.
• Lin Bai brought the youth and the pills to Lin Yue, who examined them and confirmed they were superior-grade antidotes.
• Lin Yue swallowed a pill and, an hour later, expelled black blood and said the poison had begun to leave his body, though purging it completely would take a day.
• Lin Bai agreed to help the youth buy the sword back and returned with him to Treasure Pavilion.

Lin Bai returned to the Treasure Pavilion to buy the rusted sword for the youth, but Ye Rulong challenged him to a bidding contest and mocked his ability to pay. Lin Bai offered three thousand spirit stones and produced a pile of monster corpses for Aileen to appraise, leaving their value and Ye Rulong’s wager unresolved.

• Lin Bai offered Aileen a thousand spirit stones for the rusted sword, but Ye Rulong arrived and tried to take it for himself.
• Ye Rulong mocked Lin Bai’s poverty and raised the bid, while Lin Bai repeatedly outbid him.
• Lin Bai jumped the price to three thousand spirit stones and challenged Ye Rulong to kowtow if he could pay.
• Lin Bai asked Aileen whether the Treasure Pavilion bought monster corpses, then emptied a huge pile from his Storage Ring onto the floor.

Lin Bai sold 150 monster corpses at the Treasure Pavilion and used the proceeds to obtain an embroidered sword, while Su Xianmei revealed she knew of his deeds in the Azure Spirit Mountain Range. After forcing Ye Rulong to honor their wager and leave, Lin Bai parted from the youth who had supplied the antidote and prepared for the disciple-recruitment ceremony, where he planned to settle matters with Lin Zier.

• Lin Bai presented 150 monsters to the Treasure Pavilion, and Su Xianmei offered him 3,000 spirit stones for them.
• Ye Rulong insulted Su Xianmei, then knelt and begged for mercy after Aileen identified her as the branch manager and an elder of the Treasure Pavilion.
• Lin Bai demanded that Ye Rulong kowtow as agreed, and Ye Rulong spat blood before kowtowing three times and leaving with a threat.
• Su Xianmei said she wanted to befriend Lin Bai because of his deeds in the Azure Spirit Mountain Range, and Lin Bai used the transaction to obtain an embroidered sword for the youth.
• Lin Bai thanked the youth for the antidote, wondered whether the youth was a Poison Master, and watched him disappear into the crowd.
• Lin Bai returned to prepare for the disciple-recruitment ceremony and resolved to settle his score with Lin Zier.