Recaps

In Dragon City, the Zhao, Qian, and Zhou Families competed for the Commander's Flag as Qian Ruyu presented the wounded Tang Yang to Zhao Siyuan. Tang Yang revealed that Qian Ruyu had orchestrated the incident involving the Zhao siblings’ mother, and Zhao Siyuan ordered the Zhao Family to attack the Qian Family.

• Zhao Siyuan, Qian Ruyu, and Zhou Tianhao each claimed that their family would take the Commander's Flag.
• Qian Ruyu brought out the badly wounded Tang Yang, and Lin Bai rescued him from Zhao Siyuan’s attack.
• Tang Yang said Qian Ruyu had gotten him drunk and arranged for him to wake beside Madam Zhao, prompting Qian Ruyu to try to silence him.
• Zhao Siyuan grew suspicious of Qian Ruyu, who ordered the Qian Family warriors to attack the Tang Family and seize the Commander's Flag.
• Zhao Siyuan declared that the Zhao Family would destroy the Qian Family and ordered his warriors to attack.

Zhao Siyuan turned the Dragon City Tournament into a battle against the Qian Family, while Zhou Tianhao tried to seize the Commander's Flag. Lin Bai stopped the Zhou Family warriors and killed Cai Chi, leaving the battle for the flag still unresolved.

• Zhao Siyuan ordered more than eight hundred Zhao Family warriors to attack the Qian Family, and Qian Ruyu confronted him as the families clashed.
• Lin Bai killed any Zhao Family or Qian Family warrior who entered his hundred-meter forbidden zone while Zhou Tianhao sent the Zhou Family toward the Commander's Flag.
• Lin Bai slew several hundred Zhou Family warriors, prompting Zhou Tianhao to ask Cai Chi to attack him.
• Cai Chi exchanged blows with Lin Bai, who battered his armor with repeated sword strikes before piercing his chest and killing him.
• The cyan-robed man watched Lin Bai defeat Cai Chi and remarked that his swordsmanship rivaled the upper ranks of the Sword God Family.

Lin Bai killed Cai Chi and seized Zhou Tianhao, forcing the Zhou Family to retreat. As the Zhao Family wiped out the Qian Family, Duan Hao revealed himself as a Sword Child of the Sword God Family and killed Jiang Yang, leaving Qian Ruyu to be executed by Zhao Siyuan.

• Lin Bai killed Cai Chi, then cut down more than a dozen Zhou Family martial artists as he rushed Zhou Tianhao.
• Lin Bai seized Zhou Tianhao and forced the Zhou Family martial artists to retreat by threatening his life.
• The Zhao Family overwhelmed the Qian Family, and Zhao Siyuan asked Duan Hao to stop Jiang Yang from rescuing Qian Ruyu.
• Duan Hao identified himself as one of the Sword God Family's nine Sword Children and killed Jiang Yang with the Sword Reverent Sky-Slaying Hand.
• Zhao Siyuan killed Qian Ruyu, completing the Qian Family's defeat.

After the Zhao Family wiped out the Qian Family, its warriors moved to seize the Commander's Flag from Lin Bai. Lin Bai fought off their advance, killed Zhao Zheng, and launched a lethal attack on Zhao Siyun.

• The Zhao Family destroyed the Qian Family’s remaining warriors and turned toward Lin Bai, Tang Yuezhi, and the Commander's Flag.
• Zhao Siyuan ignored warnings about Zhou Tianhao, while Lin Bai left Zhou Tianhao with Tang Yuezhi and ordered her to kill him if a Zhou Family warrior entered the restricted zone.
• Zhao Siyuan ordered the Zhao Family warriors to attack, but Lin Bai used his flying swords and Great Sun-Chasing Art to cut down those entering his hundred-meter restricted zone.
• Zhao Siyuan, Zhao Siyun, and Zhao Zheng attacked Lin Bai together, but he used the Heaven Measuring Ruler to shatter their combined strike.
• Lin Bai killed Zhao Zheng with the demon sword and then attacked Zhao Siyun with both the demon sword and the Heaven Measuring Ruler.

Lin Bai cut down Zhao Zheng and wounded Zhao Siyun, then faced Duan Hao to stop the Zhao Family from reaching Tang Yuezhi. After enduring Duan Hao’s three sword techniques, Lin Bai struck him with Zhu Xian and sent the Sword God Family’s Sword Child crashing outside Dragon City.

• Lin Bai killed Zhao Zheng and the Zhao Family warriors in the restricted zone, then wounded Zhao Siyun despite her jade talisman.
• Duan Hao blocked Lin Bai while Zhao Siyuan and the others charged toward Tang Yuezhi, and challenged Lin Bai to withstand three swords.
• Duan Hao attacked with White Crane Chaoyang, Spirit Monkey Moon Snatch, and Dragon Emerges from the Azure Sea, wounding Lin Bai with the final strike.
• Lin Bai fused his nine levels of intent and unleashed Zhu Xian, sending Duan Hao flying out of Dragon City with grievous injuries.
• Zhao Yuntian and Zhao Wuji were shocked when they saw Lin Bai defeat Duan Hao with one sword.

Lin Bai fought Duan Hao after Tang Yuezhi recovered enough to face Zhao Siyuan and Zhao Siyun. Duan Hao revealed the Mist Sword Art and struck Lin Bai down, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Lin Bai drove Duan Hao beyond Dragon City and killed more than a dozen Zhao Family warriors, giving Tang Yuezhi time to recover.
• Tang Yuezhi repelled Zhao Siyuan and Zhao Siyun with her Ten Directions of Annihilation and prepared to fight them herself.
• Duan Hao returned battered and furious, and Lin Bai turned his attention to the duel between them.
• Duan Hao unleashed the Mist Sword Art, and Lin Bai countered his waves of sword shadows with the Heaven Splitting Sword Method and Dragon Slayer Drawing Sword Art.
• Tang Jingxiu recognized the Mist Sword Art as a secret technique of the Sword God Family, reserved for its Sword Child.
• Duan Hao spread white mist across half of Dragon City and struck Lin Bai in the chest, sending him flying and leaving him badly wounded.

Lin Bai used the Reaching Heaven Sword Art and Five Thunder Righteous Method to defeat Duan Hao, who was rescued through a collapsing void. He then saved Tang Yuezhi, killed the Zhao siblings and their forces, and stood amid Dragon City’s battlefield challenging the survivors.

• Lin Bai rose after Duan Hao’s Mist Sword Art struck him, activated the Reaching Heaven Sword Art, and attacked with the Heaven Measuring Ruler.
• Lin Bai summoned three-colored divine lightning and nearly killed Duan Hao with a sword strike, but a giant hand pulled Duan Hao into the void.
• Lin Bai reached Tang Yuezhi just in time to block Zhao Siyuan’s killing punch and told the Zhao siblings that Duan Hao had been defeated.
• Lin Bai killed nearly all the Zhao Family martial artists, then beheaded Zhao Siyuan and stabbed Zhao Siyun.
• The surviving martial artists retreated from Lin Bai as he stood among the corpses and asked whether anyone else wanted to fight.

Lin Bai defeated the rival families in Dragon City and secured the Commander's Flag for the Tang Family, leaving it poised to rule Blackwater City. At sunrise, the battle ended, and Lin Bai declared, "It's over!"

• Lin Bai's victory left the Zhao Family defeated, while the Qian, Sun, Wu, and Zheng Families had been annihilated and the Li Family had withdrawn.
• Li Xiao refused Mao Xin's suggestion to ambush Lin Bai and chose not to risk the Li Family's remaining warriors.
• Lin Bai sat atop the stone stele to recover as Tang Yuezhi, Tang Yang, and the watching warriors recognized that he had won the Commander's Flag for the Tang Family.
• Tang Jingxiu celebrated the Tang Family's victory, while Zhao Yuntian and Zhao Wuji accepted that the Zhao Family had lost its chance to control Blackwater City.
• At sunrise, Lin Bai watched the light fall over Dragon City and said, "It's over!"

After helping the Tang Family win the city lord position, Lin Bai left Blackwater City for Sky Sword City and the Sword God Family's Ancient Sword Discussion tournament. Tang Yuezhi watched him go and later discovered that his parting gift was the Grand Five Elements Art.

• Tang Yuezhi claimed the Blackwater City Lord token, and Lin Bai escorted her and Tang Yang out of the Dragon City Mountains.
• Lin Bai recovered for five days while Tang Jingxiu took over Blackwater City, then learned the Tang Family knew he was the Eastern Continent's Holy Son.
• Lin Bai told Tang Yuezhi he was leaving for Sky Sword City, accepted her map of Northern Continent, and departed with Lin Ye.
• Tang Jingxiu realized Tang Yuezhi had feelings for Lin Bai, while she returned to her courtyard and opened his gift: the Grand Five Elements Art.

Lin Bai and Lin Ye struggled to cross the desolate Northern Continent on their way to Sky Sword City for a martial competition. They joined a spirit boat carrying Southern Continent sword cultivators to the Sword Discussion Tournament, where they were left to stay on deck.

• Lin Bai realized Lin Ye could not keep pace with his travel speed and decided to find a city to buy a spirit boat.
• After failing to find a city in the Northern Continent's wasteland, Lin Bai and Lin Ye followed a passing spirit boat.
• Elder Liang questioned Lin Bai and Lin Ye, then learned they were headed to Sky Sword City and sought passage.
• The White-Robed Woman permitted Lin Bai and Lin Ye to board the spirit boat bound for the Sword Discussion Tournament.
• Lin Bai and Lin Ye boarded the boat, which carried hundreds of sword cultivators under a Frostfire flag, and settled on the deck.

Lin Bai overheard Southern Continent martial artists discussing the Sky Sword City tournament and accepted their challenge to spar with Lin Ye. Lin Ye brutally overpowered their first challenger on the spirit vessel’s deck as the other passengers gathered to watch.

• Lin Bai recovered his spiritual power during the spirit vessel’s journey toward Sky Sword City and overheard Southern Continent martial artists discussing the tournament and the dangers outsiders faced.
• A young martial artist accused Lin Bai of eavesdropping, and the group proposed a spar to pass the time.
• Lin Bai agreed to the challenge and directed the martial artists to spar with Lin Ye instead.
• The first challenger attacked Lin Ye with his sword, but Lin Ye dodged, seized his wrist, and smashed him repeatedly against the deck.
• Elder Liang, the White-Robed Woman, and nearly a hundred other martial artists gathered to watch as Lin Ye left the challenger badly mangled.

Lin Ye defeated two martial artists from the Frostfire Tribe aboard the spirit vessel, angering the White-Robed Woman. She called out Pan Tang to continue the sparring, determined to defeat Lin Ye.

• Lin Ye ignored Elder Liang’s order to stop until Lin Bai told him to release the badly injured martial artist.
• The White-Robed Woman accepted Lin Bai’s explanation that the fight had been a spar and ordered Song Zixuan to face Lin Ye.
• Lin Bai warned Lin Ye not to kill Song Zixuan, but Lin Ye charged straight at him and defeated him with one punch.
• Lin Bai apologized and tried to end the sparring, but the White-Robed Woman called Pan Tang forward to fight.

Lin Ye defeated Pan Tang and the White-Robed Woman in sparring aboard the spirit boat, taking her King Grade Spirit Artifact white bone sword. The White-Robed Woman demanded that Lin Bai return it.

• The White-Robed Woman sent Pan Tang to fight Lin Ye, but Lin Ye shattered his Sword Qi and knocked him into the spirit boat's edge.
• The White-Robed Woman challenged Lin Ye with her King Grade white bone sword and used the Silver Feather Swordplay to suppress him.
• At Lin Bai's command, Lin Ye caught the sword between his palms and slammed the White-Robed Woman away.
• Lin Ye handed the bone sword to Lin Bai, while Elder Liang caught the injured White-Robed Woman.
• The White-Robed Woman glared at Lin Bai and demanded her sword back.

After Lin Ye defeated the White-Robed Woman in their sparring match, Lin Bai examined Lin Ye and discovered that he possessed the Dragon Elephant Heaven Devouring Body. Lin Bai realized Lin Ye’s extraordinary strength and healing came from this rare divine physique, while recalling Zhao Tiedan, who had another of the continent’s three strongest physiques.

• Lin Bai returned the White-Robed Woman’s bone sword after Lin Ye defeated her, then told her that no one aboard the spirit boat could beat Lin Ye.
• Elder Liang calmed the White-Robed Woman and guided her back to her room as the other martial artists left the deck.
• Lin Bai examined Lin Ye’s body, but a powerful roar from within Lin Ye shattered his spiritual power and nearly made him vomit blood.
• Lin Bai examined Lin Ye again and found that his powerful Dragonic Blood Qi and vast dantian came from the Dragon Elephant Heaven Devouring Body.
• Lin Bai recalled that Zhao Tiedan possessed the Eternal War God Body and wondered how he was progressing under the War God Elder.

Lin Bai taught Lin Ye the Dragon Elephant Prajna Sutra while they traveled to Sky Sword City, and An Chuxue of the Frostfire Tribe tried to recruit Lin Ye. The chapter ended with Lin Bai naming an outrageous price, leaving An Chuxue furious.

• Lin Bai imparted the Dragon Elephant Prajna Sutra to Lin Ye and patiently explained the cultivation technique to him.
• An Chuxue discussed with Elder Liang how Lin Ye could become a valuable member of the Frostfire Tribe.
• Elder Liang brought Lin Bai and Lin Ye to meet An Chuxue, who introduced herself and offered to recruit Lin Ye on any terms Lin Bai named.
• Lin Bai demanded ten divine-grade spirit artifacts, a hundred divine-grade pills, and a thousand divine-grade cultivation techniques and divine abilities, enraging An Chuxue.

Lin Bai refused An Chuxue’s attempt to bargain for Lin Ye, and the Frostfire Tribe’s spirit vessel continued toward Mengu City. Nearing its destination, the vessel was surrounded by the Lounan Dynasty’s fleet, whose Fifth Prince ordered his men to punish the outsiders and noticed An Chuxue.

• Lin Bai rejected An Chuxue’s offer and left with Lin Ye, insisting that the Frostfire Tribe could not meet his demand.
• After more than ten days of travel, Elder Liang told An Chuxue that they would reach Mengu City by dawn and she ordered the vessel to hurry.
• Five golden spirit vessels bearing Lounan flags surrounded the Frostfire Tribe’s vessel and accused it of flying ahead of the Fifth Prince.
• An Chuxue explained that she and her companions were members of the Frostfire Tribe from the Southern Continent.
• The Fifth Prince ordered Jiang Ping to shatter the Frostfire Tribe’s vessel and make its occupants walk to Mengu City, then showed interest in An Chuxue.

The Fifth Prince targeted An Chuxue after seeing her beauty and ordered his soldiers to attack the Frostfire Tribe when they refused to send her alone to his vessel. As An Chuxue fell after Jiang Ping poisoned her, Lin Bai caught her, leaving her in his arms and at his mercy.

• Jiang Ping showed the Fifth Prince An Chuxue, and the prince ordered him to bring her aboard alone.
• Elder Liang refused to let An Chuxue go by herself, so Jiang Ping ordered more than four hundred soldiers to attack the Frostfire Tribe.
• An Chuxue and the Frostfire Tribe's warriors fought back, while Lin Bai remained aboard his spirit vessel.
• Jiang Ping poisoned An Chuxue with Limpening Powder, weakening her until she began to fall.
• Lin Bai caught An Chuxue, and she stopped struggling after he warned he might hand her over to the Fifth Prince.

Lin Bai and Lin Ye fought to protect An Chuxue and the Frostfire Tribe from the Lounan Dynasty’s attack. After the Fifth Prince shot Lin Ye with a bronze arrow, Lin Bai caught him and turned his furious gaze toward the prince.

• Jiang Ping threatened Lin Bai over An Chuxue, but Lin Ye struck him and chased him off.
• Lin Bai carried An Chuxue onto the Frostfire Tribe’s spirit boat and killed a soldier who tried to seize her.
• Lin Bai joined the battle, killing Lounan Dynasty soldiers with his Sword Finger as Frostfire Tribe warriors fell around him.
• Jiang Ping fled to the Fifth Prince’s spirit boat, where Lin Ye pursued him.
• The Fifth Prince shot Lin Ye through the chest with a bronze arrow, and Lin Bai caught him before he hit the ground.
• Lin Bai stabilized Lin Ye’s injuries and looked toward the Fifth Prince with killing intent.

Lin Bai prepared to attack the Fifth Prince for wounding Lin Ye, but Prince Zhennan Mo Chang intervened and forced the Fifth Prince to withdraw. Lin Bai resented Mo Chang for stopping him, believing Mo Chang had saved the Fifth Prince rather than the Frostfire Tribe.

• Lin Bai recognized the Fifth Prince's golden bow and bronze arrow as the King Grade Spirit Artifact that had injured Lin Ye, and vowed to kill him.
• The Fifth Prince ordered Lin Bai to kneel and beg for mercy, but Lin Bai defied him and rose to face him.
• Mo Chang arrived with black-armored soldiers and urged the Fifth Prince to end the fight, warning that the Sword God Family and the Emperor might hear of it.
• After Jiang Ping warned him of the risks, the Fifth Prince agreed to leave and took his forces toward Mengu City.
• Lin Bai tried to pursue the Fifth Prince, but Mo Chang stopped him and warned him against provoking the Lounan Dynasty.
• An Chuxue thanked Mo Chang, but Lin Bai accused him of saving the Fifth Prince and returned to check Lin Ye's injuries.

Mo Chang brought Lin Bai and the injured Lin Ye aboard the Zhennan Royal Estate’s spirit vessel, where a physician began treating Lin Ye’s wounds from the Solitary Sun Bow and Cold Moon Arrows. As Mo Chang hosted a banquet for the Frostfire Tribe, An Chuxue grew angry that Lin Bai had refused his invitation and went to confront him.

• An Chuxue accepted Mo Chang’s offer to take the wounded Frostfire Tribe warriors to Mengu City aboard the Zhennan Royal Estate’s spirit vessels.
• Mo Chang explained that the Solitary Sun Bow and Cold Moon Arrows had left dangerous ice and fire spirit power in Lin Ye’s body, then offered to have his physician treat him.
• The physician examined Lin Ye and began expelling the residual power, estimating that his injuries would take about two days to treat.
• Lin Bai thanked Mo Chang but refused his banquet invitation, choosing to stay beside Lin Ye.
• At the banquet, Mo Chang introduced Zhennan Royal Estate experts to An Chuxue, who became angry when she learned Lin Bai had declined the invitation.
• An Chuxue went to confront Lin Bai, and Mo Chang hurried after her.

Lin Bai rejected Mo Chang’s banquet and argued with An Chuxue about his contempt for the Lounan Dynasty and its vassals. Later, Mo Chang and Wan Qing discussed Lin Bai’s strength, and Mo Chang revealed a report identifying him as the Demon Sword Purple Radiance and Saint of the Eastern Continent.

• An Chuxue confronted Lin Bai for refusing Mo Chang’s banquet, and Lin Bai insisted that attending was his choice and that he had no goodwill toward the Lounan Dynasty.
• Mo Chang arrived and defended the Zhennan Royal Estate, while Lin Bai thanked him for arranging treatment for Lin Ye and then returned to his quarters.
• Mo Chang and Wan Qing discussed Lin Bai’s cultivation and sword intent, and Wan Qing confidently claimed he would defeat him.
• Mo Chang showed Wan Qing the Zhennan Royal Estate’s report, which identified Lin Bai as the Demon Sword Purple Radiance and Saint of the Eastern Continent.

Mo Chang learned that Lin Bai was the Eastern Continent's Holy Son and told Wan Qing not to expose his identity or force him to serve the Zhennan Royal Estate. After Lin Bai accompanied the injured Lin Ye to Mengu City, the city's formation revealed six-foot sword radiance above Lin Bai, marking him as a capable sword cultivator.

• Mo Chang told Wan Qing that Heaven's Secret Pavilion had identified Lin Bai as the Eastern Continent's Holy Son and advised him to help Lin Bai without pressuring him to join the Zhennan Royal Estate.
• Lin Bai stayed with the Zhennan Royal Estate after its spirit ship reached Mengu City because Lin Ye needed more treatment.
• Lin Bai carried Lin Ye off the spirit ship, and the Sword God Family's formation drew out his sword intent and formed six-foot sword radiance above his head.
• An Chuxue explained that the radiance measured sword cultivators' strength and talent, while Mo Chang noted that Lin Bai's six-foot radiance made him a powerhouse in Mengu City.
• Lin Bai noticed Mo Chang's five-foot radiance and chose not to reveal the full extent of his sword intent.

Lin Bai arrived in Dream Ancient City with the Prince of Zhennan’s sword cultivators and settled at Southern King Manor, where he focused on getting Lin Ye’s injuries treated. As he learned that the Sword God Clan’s citywide formation was already assessing the gathered sword cultivators, the competition’s start date remained unannounced.

• Lin Bai and the Prince of Zhennan’s group entered Dream Ancient City, where the six-foot sword radiance above Lin Bai, Wan Qing, and An Chuxue drew attention.
• Mo Chang brought the group to Southern King Manor and assigned Lin Bai a secluded residence called Swordheart Courtyard.
• Lin Bai asked Shuixian to fetch a physician, who began treating Lin Ye and promised his injuries would heal within half a day.
• Shuixian told Lin Bai that the Sword God Clan’s formation made sword intent appear as radiance above each cultivator and that the radiance helped rank potential recruits.
• An Chuxue took the Frostfire Tribe’s martial artists out to explore Dream Ancient City and gather intelligence while others also toured the city.

After Lin Ye recovered from his wound, Lin Bai was harassed by drunken retainers acting on Hu Han's orders. The chapter ended as they presented him with food and wine named to insult his lineage and family.

• A physician removed the lingering ice-and-fire energy from Lin Ye, who woke up and soon ate before falling asleep.
• Drunken martial artists came to Lin Bai's courtyard with rotten food and swill, claiming Hu Han had sent them; Lin Bai refused their offering and returned inside.
• The drunks returned and presented Lin Bai with meat carved into a eunuch and a jug of fragrant wine.
• The martial artists named the offerings Lineage Severing Meat and Family Ruining Wine, and Lin Bai's expression turned icy.

Lin Bai punished eight drunken guest sword cultivators who had humiliated him, then brought them to the Zhennan Royal Estate’s banquet. He entered the crowded hall and challenged the assembled sword cultivators, drawing Hu Han and Wan Qing’s attention.

• Lin Bai ordered Lin Ye to beat eight drunken men after they mocked him, and Lin Ye broke their bones.
• Shuixian warned Lin Bai that the injured men were guests of the Zhennan Royal Estate, but Lin Bai dismissed the warning and decided to attend their gathering.
• Lin Bai had Lin Ye carry the injured men and told Shuixian to bring the food and wine they had sent.
• At the banquet, Hu Han toasted the Zhennan Royal Estate and the Sword God Family while An Chuxue and the other sword cultivators joined him.
• Lin Bai, Lin Ye, and Shuixian burst into the hall with the injured men, and Lin Bai called the assembled cultivators ants who dared call themselves sword cultivators.