Recaps

Chu Jiangliu impeached King Qi for imprisoning the feudal lords’ Young Lords and Princesses, and presented evidence that Qi Fang and Qi Family Army soldiers had been involved. Bai Huatian spared King Qi’s life but ordered him to hand over eight million troops to the Grand Princess.

• Chu Jiangliu accused King Qi of ordering the capture and imprisonment of the feudal lords’ Young Lords and Princesses in the Qi Tian Mountains.
• Chu Jiangliu presented the corpses of Qi Family Army soldiers, including Qi Fang, as evidence, and accused King Qi of using the captives to force their fathers to surrender military authority.
• Bai Huatian ordered the Imperial Guards to execute King Qi, but King Qi blamed Qi Fang and pleaded for mercy.
• Bai Huatian spared King Qi after officials and feudal kings pleaded for him, but demanded that he transfer eight million troops to the Grand Princess.

Bai Huatian stripped Qi King Manor of authority over eight million troops and kept King Qi and Qi Rui in the imperial city while Bai Xiaoxiao took control. King Qi vowed that Qi King Manor would recover and ordered Qi Rui to kill Lin Bai, leaving Lin Bai facing the hostility of Qi Rui and the military clan's geniuses before the state banquet competition.

• Lin Bai explained to Zhang Lingdao that reclaiming eight million troops' authority weakened Qi King Manor without provoking King Qi into immediate rebellion.
• King Qi surrendered eight golden military tallies to Bai Huatian, who gave them to Bai Xiaoxiao and ordered her to take over the troops.
• Bai Huatian ordered King Qi and Qi Rui to remain in the imperial city for three months, and King Qi returned to his seat supported by Qi Rui.
• The Xu Clan head reflected on Xu Jiangsheng's absence and expected him to be reborn stronger after Lin Bai killed him.
• King Qi reassured Qi Rui that Qi King Manor could still make a comeback and ordered him to kill Lin Bai.
• Chen Gong warned Lin Bai that Qi Rui and the military clan's geniuses would target him at the state banquet martial competition, but Lin Bai remained unfazed.

After Lin Bai’s actions helped the imperial family strip Qi King Manor of eight million troops, Bai Xiaoxiao thanked him and offered him a place in the Divine Martial Nation. Lin Bai reaffirmed his loyalty to his homeland but said his path lay beyond it, as the national banquet martial competition was about to begin.

• Bai Huatian announced that the national banquet martial competition would begin at midnight and gave its participants time to prepare.
• Bai Xiaoxiao asked Lin Bai what had happened in the Qi Tian Mountains, and Lin Bai explained how he rescued the young nobles and helped the imperial family win their allegiance.
• Bai Xiaoxiao thanked Lin Bai for helping the imperial family regain military command, while Lin Bai credited Chu Jiangliu’s role in impeaching King Qi.
• Bai Xiaoxiao offered Lin Bai a fief and a title if he joined the Divine Martial Nation, but Lin Bai declined and promised to return if his homeland ever needed him.
• Bai Xiaoxiao warned Lin Bai that Qi Rui and Qi King Manor’s military geniuses would target him in the competition, and Lin Bai accepted the challenge.
• After the banquet guests finished drinking, Bai Huatian invited the young talents under twenty to compete for everyone’s entertainment.

At the state banquet, Lin Bai fought Qi Rui and won, nearly killing him before King Qi intervened. Lin Bai claimed Qi Rui’s points, while King Qi ordered Zhan Feng and the other military-family geniuses to wear Lin Bai down and kill him.

• Bai Huatian opened the state banquet’s martial competition, where victors could claim their opponents’ Hunting Grounds points.
• Qi Rui challenged Lin Bai, blaming him for the Qi King Manor’s troubles and vowing to kill him.
• Lin Bai and Qi Rui exchanged attacks, and Lin Bai’s Sword Intent and Azure Song Sword overwhelmed Qi Rui’s Hundred Battles Fist.
• Lin Bai wounded Qi Rui severely and tried to kill him, but King Qi intervened and Chen Gong stopped King Qi’s attack.
• Bai Huatian ruled that Lin Bai would not be punished, awarded him Qi Rui’s points token, and ordered Qi Rui taken for treatment.
• King Qi instructed the military-family geniuses to challenge Lin Bai in succession and told Zhan Feng to strike last and kill him.

After defeating Qi Rui, Lin Bai challenged the Four Great Sects but was met by Xiao Jian, a military-clan genius from the Qi King Manor. Lin Bai defeated Xiao Jian with one sword and took his points, while King Qi prepared to send another fighter against him.

• Lin Bai invited Wan Xia, Yi Han, and Luo Qixing to fight, but they refused and directed his attention to the Qi King Manor's remaining geniuses.
• Xiao Jian stepped onto the martial stage and declared that he would kill Lin Bai with one saber.
• Xiao Jian summoned his Martial Soul Mantis and unleashed Army Sweeping Strike, but Lin Bai countered with Gale Shakes the Sea.
• Lin Bai shattered Xiao Jian's blade aura and Martial Soul, struck him off the stage, and claimed his points.
• Xiao Jian apologized to King Qi, who dismissed his defeat and asked who would fight Lin Bai next.

After defeating Xiao Jian, Lin Bai faced Wang Fang, a Qi Family Army centurion who used the Netherwind Movement Technique. Wang Fang wounded Lin Bai with a surprise attack, but Lin Bai prepared to answer the challenge with his own speed.

• Lin Bai defeated Xiao Jian with a single sword strike, and Bai Huatian decided to win him over by offering beauty after ruling out power, wealth, and prestige.
• Wang Fang challenged Lin Bai, and the martial artists identified his Netherwind Movement Technique as a ninth-grade Earth-rank technique.
• Wang Fang vanished from the arena and cut Lin Bai's arm with a black dagger when Lin Bai failed to track him.
• King Qi promoted Wang Fang to Myriad Commander and promised him the rank of Commandant if he defeated Lin Bai.
• Chu Jiangliu warned Lin Bai about Wang Fang's movement technique, and Lin Bai said he would show Wang Fang what true speed meant.

Lin Bai faced Wang Fang’s Netherwind Movement Technique and stunned the crowd by catching Wang Fang’s wrist before his attack could land. He then outsped Wang Fang, struck him down, and left the audience wondering whether Lin Bai’s movement technique was Heaven-Rank.

• Wang Fang used his Netherwind Movement Technique to vanish repeatedly and taunted Lin Bai, announcing that he would cut off Lin Bai’s right arm.
• Wang Fang’s slash nearly reached Lin Bai, but Lin Bai caught his wrist and stopped the blade three feet above his shoulder.
• Wang Fang dismissed the catch as luck and vanished into his movement technique again.
• Lin Bai disappeared from the platform, kept pace with Wang Fang, and struck him with the Azure Song Sword.
• Wang Fang was blasted out of his movement technique, fell bleeding onto the platform, and the martial artists concluded that Lin Bai’s speed far surpassed his.

After defeating Wang Fang with his speed, Lin Bai faced Zhan Ying, a renowned body cultivator sent by King Qi to wear him down. Lin Bai agreed to a three-punch contest, leaving the onlookers wondering whether he could withstand Zhan Ying’s physical strength.

• Lin Bai defeated Wang Fang with his speed and demanded his points token before the guards carried Wang Fang away for treatment.
• King Qi sent Zhan Ying to fight next, intending to exhaust Lin Bai through successive battles.
• Chu Jiangliu warned Lin Bai that Zhan Ying was a powerful body cultivator whose flesh could resist even an ordinary Grade Four Spirit Tool.
• Lin Bai proposed that he and Zhan Ying each throw three punches to see who fell first, and Zhan Ying insisted on striking first.
• Lin Bai put away the Azure Song Sword and let Zhan Ying prepare to strike, while Chen Gong and Bai Huatian worried about the contest.

Lin Bai endured Zhan Ying’s three powerful Tyrant Fist attacks with his Silver War Body, then answered with a single punch that sent Zhan Ying crashing through Chaoyang Palace’s wall. The assembled officials and royals were left stunned by Lin Bai’s physical strength.

• King Qi urged Zhan Ying to kill Lin Bai, and Zhan Ying opened with Tyrant Supremacy of the Four Directions, but Lin Bai took the punch without injury.
• Zhan Ying struck Lin Bai with Tyrant King Lifts the Cauldron, yet Lin Bai remained unmoved and invited him to use his final attack.
• Zhan Ying unleashed Tyrant Supremacy Under Heaven, which made Lin Bai retreat half a step and draw a trace of blood.
• Lin Bai declared that he would defeat Zhan Ying with one punch and struck him with overwhelming force.
• Lin Bai’s punch shattered Zhan Ying’s bones and sent him flying through a hole in Chaoyang Palace’s wall.

Lin Bai defeated Zhan Ying with one punch, but Zhan Feng challenged him while his true qi was nearly exhausted. After three sword strikes, Lin Bai appeared unable to fight back, leaving Zhan Feng poised to cripple him.

• Lin Bai punched Zhan Ying through the wall of Chaoyang Palace, shattering his bones, and Zhan Feng carried his barely living brother to the imperial physicians.
• King Qi ordered Zhan Feng to kill Lin Bai, believing Lin Bai had nearly exhausted his true qi, while Chen Gong urged Lin Bai to return and rest.
• Zhan Feng intercepted Lin Bai on the martial platform, and Lin Bai demanded Zhan Ying’s points token; Zhan Feng kept both tokens and taunted Lin Bai about crippling Xu Laifeng.
• Zhan Feng attacked Lin Bai three times, and Lin Bai’s sword strikes only forced him back or were dodged as the onlookers concluded Lin Bai’s true qi was running out.
• Zhan Feng prepared to cripple Lin Bai and summoned his Black Soul Demon Wolf Martial Soul.

Lin Bai defeated Zhan Feng after revealing that he had plenty of true qi left, then crippled him to repay the injury Zhan Feng had inflicted on Xu Laifeng. The chapter ended with Lin Bai calling Zhan Feng’s defeat retribution and returning with the points tokens.

• Zhan Feng unleashed his Black Soul Demon Wolf’s Demon Wolf Swallows the Sun, believing Lin Bai had exhausted his true qi.
• Lin Bai revealed the strength of his Golden Spirit Vortex and overwhelmed the Demon Wolf with Heaven-Shocking Storm.
• Zhan Feng gathered the black smoke into Heavenly Wolf Claw and attacked Lin Bai with a lethal strike.
• Lin Bai countered with Gentle Sword, severed Zhan Feng’s tendons, crippled his dantian, and took his two points tokens.
• Zhan Feng charged at Lin Bai in fury, but Lin Bai kicked him into Chaoyang Palace’s stone wall and declared it retribution for Xu Laifeng.

Lin Bai defeated Zhan Feng and returned to the Spirit Sword Sect’s seats, where King Qi challenged the sect to send out its other disciples. Chen Gong and Lin Bai refused the bait and invited Qi King Manor to send any remaining challengers, leaving King Qi furious with no military talents left to fight.

• Lin Bai crippled Zhan Feng, took his points token, and returned to the Spirit Sword Sect’s seats to recover his true qi.
• King Qi raised a toast to the Spirit Sword Sect, then suggested that Lu Yuan and Zhang Lingdao take the stage.
• Chen Gong said that only Lin Bai was worth mentioning, and Lin Bai declared he would accept any military talent who wished to challenge the Spirit Sword Sect.
• Chen Gong taunted King Qi, asking whether Qi King Manor had any more talents who dared to fight.
• King Qi crushed his bronze wine cup, knowing that his remaining military talents had already been defeated by Lin Bai.

After Lin Bai restored the Spirit Sword Sect’s standing, Blazing Fire Palace challenged the sect and Wang Lie forced Zhang Lingdao into a fight. Lin Bai recovered his true qi just as Wang Lie struck Zhang Lingdao hard, leaving his condition uncertain.

• Chen Gong thanked Lin Bai for bringing respect back to the Spirit Sword Sect, and Lin Bai began recovering his true qi.
• Murong Qi announced the Four Great Sects’ contest, and Blazing Fire Palace sent Wang Lie to challenge the Spirit Sword Sect.
• Wang Lie mocked Zhang Lingdao and the Spirit Sword Sect, while King Qi and his allies urged Zhang Lingdao to accept.
• Zhang Lingdao accepted the challenge despite Chen Gong and Lu Yuan’s warnings, determined not to undo Lin Bai’s efforts.
• Lin Bai recovered his true qi and saw Zhang Lingdao fighting Wang Lie, who then struck Zhang Lingdao in the chest and severely injured him.

After Wang Lie brutally burned Zhang Lingdao’s meridians, Lin Bai challenged him and defeated him with one sword strike. Lin Bai then shattered Wang Lie’s limbs’ meridians and threatened to destroy his dantian as Wang Lie begged for mercy.

• Wang Lie defeated Zhang Lingdao, then ignored his surrender and burned his meridians until a hidden strand of Sword Qi forced Wang Lie to release him.
• Zhang Lingdao survived with his foundations intact, and Lin Bai stepped onto the fighting stage to challenge Wang Lie.
• Lin Bai shattered Wang Lie’s flaming fist with a single sword strike and sent him flying.
• When Wang Lie tried to leave after admitting defeat, Lin Bai slammed him to the ground and severed the meridians in his hands and feet.
• Lin Bai raised his sword toward Wang Lie’s dantian, and Wang Lie pleaded with him not to cripple him.

At the Divine Martial Nation's state banquet, Lin Bai killed Wang Lie despite the prohibition, prompting ministers to demand his execution. Bai Huatian spared him by ordering him to kneel at the Imperial Mausoleum and offering him a princess in marriage, but Lin Bai objected while Chen Gong accepted on his behalf.

• Lin Bai crippled Wang Lie's dantian and then beheaded him after Wang Lie threatened his family.
• King Qi and other ministers demanded that Bai Huatian sentence Lin Bai to death for violating the state banquet's rules.
• Bai Huatian spared Lin Bai the death penalty and ordered him to kneel at the Imperial Mausoleum for three days to seek the ancestors' forgiveness.
• Bai Huatian offered Lin Bai one of his daughters in marriage so Lin Bai could enter the Imperial Mausoleum as a prince consort.
• Lin Bai declined, citing his missing parents and his intention not to remain in the Divine Martial Nation, but Chen Gong accepted the marriage proposal on his behalf and asked which princess Bai Huatian intended to marry him to.

Bai Huatian betrothed Bai Xiaoxiao to Lin Bai, and Lin Bai reluctantly accepted to avoid provoking the emperor during the state banquet. He later fought Wan Xia and left him gravely wounded, with his dantian and meridians destroyed.

• Chen Gong accepted Bai Huatian's proposal to marry Lin Bai to the Grand Princess, Bai Xiaoxiao, while Bai Zhiyuan fled the palace in tears.
• Lin Bai objected to the marriage, but Chen Gong persuaded him to accept until the state banquet ended.
• After other matches continued, Lin Bai challenged Yi Han, but Wan Xia stepped forward to fight him instead.
• Wan Xia dismissed Lin Bai's opening attack, and Lin Bai answered with Sword Intent and Mountains and Rivers Eternal Silence.
• Lin Bai's sword strike shattered Wan Xia's Meteoric Firestorm, destroyed his dantian and meridians, and left him barely alive.

At the state banquet, Lin Bai crippled Wan Xia and fought Yi Han in a fierce duel. Lin Bai overwhelmed Yi Han with his sword, but Yi Han’s hidden trump card remained to be revealed.

• Lin Bai shattered Wan Xia’s dantian, and the Blazing Fire Palace elder vowed revenge.
• Lin Bai challenged Yi Han, who stepped onto the combat stage after Murong Qi ordered him to kill Lin Bai at any cost.
• Yi Han and Lin Bai exchanged more than a dozen attacks, fighting evenly as Yi Han used the Azure Wave Palm.
• Yi Han unleashed the third form of the Azure Wave Palm, but Lin Bai answered with Sword Intent and Mountains and Rivers Eternal Silence, sending Yi Han flying and leaving him bloodied.
• Spectators praised Lin Bai’s strength, while Lu Yuan and Zhang Lingdao cheered and Chen Gong credited Ji Bei with bringing Lin Bai into the Spirit Sword Sect.

Yi Han used the Ghost Immortal Talisman to gain power comparable to the fourth level of the Heaven Martial Realm and badly wounded Lin Bai. Lin Bai’s sword techniques failed to break Yi Han’s defenses, and the chapter ended as Yi Han launched the second form of Azure Wave Palm.

• Yi Han revealed the Ghost Immortal Talisman, which Murong Qi recognized as a powerful talisman that could let an evil spirit possess its wielder.
• Yi Han merged the talisman into his body, then struck Lin Bai with a punch that shattered three of his ribs and sent him flying.
• Lin Bai evaded Yi Han’s attacks and countered with several sword techniques, but none could penetrate Yi Han’s enhanced defenses.
• After exchanging hundreds of blows, Lin Bai remained unable to defeat Yi Han, who chased him around the arena.
• Yi Han announced his turn and unleashed the second form of Azure Wave Palm, Boundless Sea, cracking the arena with its force.

Lin Bai endured Yi Han’s devastating attack, then killed him with a single use of the Gentle Sword divine ability. Still badly wounded, Lin Bai counted the points he needed before accepting Luo Qixing’s challenge and walking back onto the platform.

• Yi Han unleashed another Azure Wave Palm attack, but Lin Bai vanished beneath it and severed his head with the Gentle Sword.
• Lin Bai retrieved Yi Han’s points token and returned to the Spirit Sword Sect’s seats, where his severe injuries left him unable to speak.
• Lin Bai counted his points tokens and realized he still needed more than a hundred thousand points.
• Luo Qixing challenged Lin Bai despite his injuries, and Lin Bai declared that defeating him would bring his total to one million and thirty thousand points.
• Lin Bai broke free from Chen Gong and walked toward the platform, leaving a trail of bloody footprints.

Despite his grievous wounds, Lin Bai killed Luo Qixing and two Blazing Fire Palace challengers. He then challenged the remaining Blazing Fire Palace and Edgeless Sect fighters to attack him together, and they surged onto the platform as their techniques converged on him.

• Lin Bai feigned weakness, then used the Wind Lightning Divine Wings and his Gentle Sword Divine Ability to overpower and kill Luo Qixing.
• After Murong Qi urged the Blazing Fire Palace to attack, one of its disciples ambushed Lin Bai and was cut down.
• Lin Bai killed another Blazing Fire Palace challenger, then invited all its remaining disciples and the Edgeless Sect assassins to face him together.
• The Blazing Fire Palace and Edgeless Sect fighters rushed Lin Bai from all sides, unleashing a storm of attacks.

At the state banquet, Lin Bai killed the challengers from the Three Great Sects, then returned to Spirit Sword Sect’s seats as his injuries worsened. Bai Huatian protected him by ordering him to kneel at the Imperial Mausoleum, while Chen Gong threatened anyone who called for Lin Bai’s execution.

• Lin Bai used Gentle Sword and Wind Lightning Divine Wings to kill the martial artists attacking him, then took their points tokens and challenged the remaining sects.
• After no one else came forward, Lin Bai left the arena, and Chen Gong helped stabilize his worsening injuries.
• King Qi and the ministers demanded Lin Bai’s execution, but Chen Gong vowed Spirit Sword Sect would retaliate against anyone who harmed him.
• Bai Huatian ordered Lin Bai to kneel at the Imperial Mausoleum for three days per person he had killed, and Murong Qi persuaded the Blazing Fire Palace Elder not to resist.
• Lin Bai’s victories at the state banquet made him famous after he defeated the five military-clan champions and killed the sect geniuses.

After overwhelming his opponents at the state banquet, Lin Bai exchanged his points for the Beacon Fire City Flower and six Spirit Pearls. He recovered from his injuries and used the herb to form a second spirit vortex.

• At the treasury, Bai Xiaoxiao examined Lin Bai's severe injuries, and Lin Bai explained why he had fought despite the risk of death.
• Lin Bai exchanged more than 1.3 million points for the Beacon Fire City Flower and received six Spirit Pearls, while Chu Jiangliu chose a Grade Four Spirit Tool saber.
• Chen Gong took Lin Bai back to Hidden Dragon Pavilion, where Lin Bai secluded himself to heal.
• After five days, Lin Bai used the Beacon Fire City Flower with the Grand Five Elements Art and successfully formed a second spirit vortex.

After recovering from his injuries, Lin Bai broke through to the second level of the Heaven Martial Realm and planned to seek the Water Spirit Vortex overseas. Bai Xiaoxiao visited him to say she would lead an army to defend Nanning Pass, which the Great Moon Kingdom had nearly overwhelmed; Lin Bai remained worried and asked whether she was sure she did not need him.

• Lin Bai refined six Spirit Pearls, reached the second level of the Heaven Martial Realm, and stabilized his Fire Spirit Vortex.
• Lin Bai planned to travel overseas to find the Water Spirit Vortex after recovering in the imperial capital for seven days.
• Bai Xiaoxiao and Chu Jiangliu visited Lin Bai, and Chen Gong welcomed them to the Hidden Dragon Pavilion.
• Chu Jiangliu told Lin Bai that the Great Moon Kingdom had attacked Nanning Pass with five million troops and brought it close to falling.
• Bai Xiaoxiao said she would lead seven million troops with Chu Jiangliu to defend Nanning Pass, while Lin Bai offered to accompany her.
• Bai Xiaoxiao assured Lin Bai that her father could handle King Qi, but Lin Bai still asked whether she was certain she did not need him.

Lin Bai parted from Bai Xiaoxiao as she led seven million soldiers to the frontier, then chose to travel overseas in search of the Spirit Spring Sea before the Spirit Sword Sect’s core martial artist selection. As Lin Bai headed for July Wharf alone, Qi Yang watched him and plotted to prevent him from returning.

• Bai Xiaoxiao told Lin Bai she would dissolve their engagement after the frontier war, and Lin Bai promised to help if she needed him.
• Seven million soldiers departed the imperial capital under Bai Xiaoxiao’s command, while Lin Bai and Chen Gong suspected the invasion might involve King Qi.
• Chen Gong told Lin Bai that the core martial artist selection was about a month away, and Lin Bai decided to travel overseas and return before it began.
• Lin Bai parted from Chen Gong and the other Spirit Sword Sect disciples and headed for July Wharf, while they set off for the sect.
• Qi Yang revealed himself as one of the Spirit Sword Sect’s nine core martial artists and vowed that Lin Bai would never return.

The Spirit Sword Sect awaited the return of its Year-End Ceremony delegation, and Su Cang and the Grand Elder assumed Lin Bai had died. Chen Gong announced that the sect had won first place in Chaoyang Palace, leaving the crowd astonished and Su Cang and the Grand Elder in disbelief.

• The Second Elder and Ji Bei worried about the returning disciples while Su Cang and the Grand Elder mocked the prospect of Lin Bai's return.
• Chen Gong arrived on the Flying Roc with Lu Yuan, who had lost an arm, and Zhang Lingdao, but Lin Bai was nowhere to be seen.
• Su Cang and the Grand Elder declared Lin Bai dead and criticized him, while Chen Gong silently rejected their claims.
• Chen Gong announced that the Spirit Sword Sect had taken first place in the Chaoyang Palace martial contest.
• Chen Gong defended the result and said the Divine Martial Nation would confirm it within three days, leaving Su Cang and the Grand Elder stunned.