Recaps

Lin Bai traveled toward the City of a Thousand Islands with Feng Hua and Mu Wan, who admired the famous Lin Bai without recognizing him. Their journey was interrupted when Sha Tongtian and the Mad Shark Gate ship blocked their vessel, and Sha Tongtian demanded that Feng Hua send Mu Wan aboard.

• Feng Hua hosted Lin Bai in his cabin, where Mu Wan praised Lin Bai and revealed the couple was hurrying to the City of a Thousand Islands to see him.
• Lin Bai realized the Eight Great Families had not announced the deaths of the Poison Dragon Island Lord, Blood Sword Master, Xiang Tian, and himself.
• A loud crash rocked the Wu Feng Island ship, and Lin Bai and Mu Wan joined Feng Hua on deck to investigate.
• Lin Bai recognized Sha Tongtian aboard the Mad Shark Gate ship and concealed his killing intent.
• Sha Tongtian boasted about the Eight Great Families' victory, then leered at Mu Wan and demanded that she come aboard for a drink; Feng Hua angrily challenged him.

Sha Tongtian attacked Feng Hua and abducted Mu Wan, prompting Lin Bai to slaughter Mad Shark Gate’s warriors and confront Sha Tongtian. The chapter ended as Sha Tongtian charged Lin Bai with his saber.

• Sha Tongtian struck Feng Hua, seized Mu Wan, and ordered his men to kill everyone aboard the Wu Feng Island ship.
• Lin Bai flew into the air and killed more than a hundred Mad Shark Gate disciples with a single sword strike.
• Lin Bai stormed Mad Shark Gate’s ship and slaughtered its warriors as Feng Hua watched in astonishment.
• Sha Tongtian carried Mu Wan toward the cabin, but Lin Bai’s sword attack forced him to throw her aside and face his attacker.
• Lin Bai revealed himself to Sha Tongtian, who recognized the man he believed had died and charged him with his saber.

Lin Bai killed Sha Tongtian after rescuing Mu Wan, then set off for the City of a Thousand Islands with Sha Tongtian’s head as a warning to the Eight Great Families. Feng Hua and Mu Wan returned to Wu Feng Island, while Sha Lang discovered the massacre and the message carved on his brother’s corpse.

• Lin Bai defeated Sha Tongtian, destroyed his dantian, and killed him with the Azure Song Sword.
• Lin Bai rescued Mu Wan, and Feng Hua thanked him before deciding to return with her to Wu Feng Island.
• Lin Bai left for the City of a Thousand Islands carrying Sha Tongtian’s head, while Mu Wan told Feng Hua who he was.
• Feng Hua and Mu Wan changed course and headed home, and Feng Hua predicted that Lin Bai would soon shake the world.
• Sha Lang found Sha Tongtian’s corpse aboard the bloodied ship and saw “Blood for blood!” carved into his chest.

Sha Lang showed Hua Qinghai and the other Eight Great Families the murdered Sha Tongtian, whose body bore a message that pointed toward a powerful sword cultivator. As the leaders prepared to celebrate the sealing of the great demon, Lin Bai arrived in City of a Thousand Islands intending to expose their deception and take revenge at the victory banquet.

• Sha Lang displayed Sha Tongtian's headless corpse, and Hua Qinghai identified the chest inscription as the work of a formidable sword cultivator.
• Sha Lang accused Peach Blossom Island, while Hua Qinghai denied responsibility and named Blood Sword Master and Lin Bai as other possible sword wielders.
• Hua Qinghai urged the Eight Great Families to postpone their suspicions until after the victory banquet, where they planned to claim the Eastern Sea's faith and divide hidden spirit stones.
• Lin Bai arrived in City of a Thousand Islands, learned Su Xianmei was away, and remembered Xiang Tian's plea for revenge.
• Lin Bai rejected the martial artists' praise of the Eight Great Families and headed for the victory banquet, where he joined the morning crowd carrying a dark-red wooden box.

Lin Bai attended the Eight Great Families’ celebration banquet in disguise and listened as Hua Qinghai took credit for sealing the great demon and blamed the dead Poison Dragon Island Lord, Blood Sword Master, and Xiang Tian. As the crowd praised the Eight Great Families and cursed the three men, Lin Bai held back his anger, his hand on his Storage Bag.

• Lin Bai concealed his face with a hood and joined the crowd at the banquet, where he saw the leaders and experts of the Eight Great Families.
• Hua Qinghai thanked the gathered martial artists and claimed the Eight Great Families had raised fifty-six billion spirit stones to seal the great demon.
• Hua Qinghai named the Poison Dragon Island Lord, Jin Qiu, Xiang Tian, the Blood Sword Master, and Lin Bai as participants in the sealing effort.
• Hua Qinghai claimed the Poison Dragon Island Lord, the Blood Sword Master, and Xiang Tian had tried to release the demon, and said Lin Bai, Hua Wanqing, and Jin Qiu had killed them.
• The crowd denounced the three dead martial artists while Lin Bai clenched his fist and pressed a hand against his Storage Bag.

Lin Bai returned to the City of a Thousand Islands and exposed the Eight Great Families' deception about the Great Demon and the sealing effort. As the martial artists learned the truth, the Eight Great Families attacked him, but he evaded them and continued revealing their crimes.

• Lin Bai presented Sha Tongtian's head to the Eight Great Families and revealed his identity, shocking Hua Qinghai, Sha Lang, and the crowd.
• Lin Bai declared that the Great Demon crisis and the supposed sealing were a scheme orchestrated by the Eight Great Families.
• Hua Qinghai ordered Lin Bai killed, and Sha Lang and more than thirty Heaven Martial Realm experts attacked him.
• Lin Bai evaded the combined attack with his Wind Lightning Divine Wings and explained that the Eight Great Families had deliberately damaged the seal to bargain with the Great Demon.
• Lin Bai accused the Eight Great Families of killing the Poison Dragon Island Lord, Blood Sword Master, and Xiang Tian, framing them, and pocketing most of the spirit stones raised for the Sea-Suppressing Jade Talisman.

Lin Bai and Blood Sword Master exposed the Eight Great Families’ scheme to the martial artists of the Eastern Sea. Blood Sword Master revealed he had survived by using a doppelgänger and returned the stolen spirit stones, leaving the Eight Great Families’ reputation in ruins.

• Hua Qinghai demanded proof from Lin Bai, and Blood Sword Master arrived alive in the square.
• Blood Sword Master explained that the man the Eight Great Families had killed was his Twin Fish Spirit doppelgänger.
• Blood Sword Master produced the forty-four billion spirit stones and said he had found them after Long Hai revealed their location.
• Blood Sword Master confirmed Lin Bai’s account, accusing the Eight Great Families of shattering the seal for their own benefit and deceiving the Eastern Sea.
• The Eight Great Families demanded the spirit stones, while the martial artists condemned them and their reputation collapsed.

Blood Sword Master exposed the Eight Great Families’ stolen spirit stones and returned them to the warriors, sparking a battle against their leaders. Lin Bai fought the gathered experts while Blood Sword Master engaged Jin Qiu, and the chapter ended with Hua Wanqing unleashing his Sword Blossom Martial Soul and strongest attack against Lin Bai.

• Blood Sword Master scattered the Eight Great Families’ forty-four billion spirit stones over the crowd and declared that he was returning the warriors’ contributions.
• The warriors scrambled for the spirit stones as they realized the Eight Great Families had framed Poison Dragon Island Lord and Xiang Tian.
• Lin Bai charged Sha Lang and Hua Qinghai while Blood Sword Master separated Jin Qiu from the battlefield to fight him.
• Lin Bai used Sword Intent and Mountains and Rivers Eternal Silence to kill three ninth-level Heaven Martial Realm warriors with one strike.
• Hua Wanqing revealed his Sword Blossom Martial Soul and attacked Lin Bai with Peach Blossom Swordplay, Merciless Falling Flowers.

Lin Bai killed Hua Wanqing and then defeated Hua Qinghai, Sha Lang, and the Eight Great Families’ experts who attacked him. The square fell silent as the East Sea’s powerful leaders lay dead beneath his sword.

• Lin Bai pierced Hua Wanqing’s throat and beheaded him, sending his head to Hua Qinghai.
• Hua Qinghai and Sha Lang joined forces against Lin Bai, but Lin Bai’s Gentle Sword gravely wounded both of them.
• The Eight Great Families’ experts charged Lin Bai, and he used Wind Severing to kill more than twenty ninth-level Heaven Martial Realm martial artists in one strike.
• Hua Qinghai recognized Wind Severing as the divine ability Lin Bai had obtained from the Peach Blossom Island stone stele.
• Lin Bai used Gentle Sword to kill the remaining ninth-level Heaven Martial Realm experts, leaving the square strewn with the leaders’ corpses.

Lin Bai killed Hua Qinghai after defeating the Eight Great Families’ forces, then forced Sha Lang to reveal the truth about their scheme to the East Sea martial artists. Sha Lang agreed to endure two strikes in exchange for his life, leaving his fate unresolved.

• Blood Sword Master killed Jin Qiu with a sword strike from the front and a clone attacking from behind.
• Hua Qinghai explained that Lin Bai had disrupted his plan to use the Great Devil and make the Eight Great Families the East Sea’s new gods.
• Hua Qinghai attacked Lin Bai, who shattered his sword and cut his throat.
• Sha Lang surrendered and confessed that Hua Qinghai had planned the deal with the Great Devil, the destruction of the seal, and the theft of more than forty billion spirit stones.
• Lin Bai offered to spare Sha Lang if he survived two strikes, and Sha Lang agreed despite Blood Sword Master’s warning.

Lin Bai killed Sha Lang to avenge Xiang Tian and the Poison Dragon Island Lord, then agreed to help Blood Sword Master stabilize the Eastern Sea after the Eight Great Families fell. Three days later, the factions had accepted Blood Sword Master’s new sect, and Lin Bai was named Guardian Supreme.

• Lin Bai defeated Sha Lang and beheaded him, fulfilling his promise of two sword strikes while avenging Xiang Tian and the Poison Dragon Island Lord.
• Lin Bai and Blood Sword Master drank together, and Blood Sword Master explained that he planned to establish a sect to prevent war and guard the seal.
• Blood Sword Master asked Lin Bai to lend his name and support to help stabilize the Eastern Sea, and Lin Bai agreed.
• Blood Sword Master returned to the plaza to announce his plans while Lin Bai stayed behind and drank for three days.
• Blood Sword Master summoned Lin Bai to the plaza, where more than five hundred thousand martial artists bowed and hailed him as Guardian Supreme.

Lin Bai returned from the East Sea to the Spirit Sword Sect and learned how to find the Earth Spirit Pearl needed for his cultivation. As he prepared to leave for the borderlands, Ling Tianzi gave him a mysterious brocade pouch and reflected on Lin Bai’s rapid advancement.

• The Blood Sword Master founded the Blood Sword Sect, appointed Lin Bai as Guardian Supreme, and established more than twenty halls to run the sect.
• Lin Bai left the East Sea aboard a ship and returned to the Spirit Sword Sect, where he found many disciples and Li Shanqing missing.
• Lin Bai visited Ling Tianzi, who told him that the Earth Spirit Pearl was inside the Mount Tai Seal possessed by a prince of the Great Moon Kingdom.
• Ling Tianzi gave Lin Bai a brocade pouch to open only if he fell into despair and reminded him of the coming core martial warrior assessment.
• After Lin Bai left, Ling Tianzi noted that Lin Bai had risen from the first to the sixth level of the Heaven Martial Realm in less than a month and wondered whether his actions were right.

Lin Bai returned to the Spirit Sword Sect and learned that Nanning Pass had fallen to the Great Moon Kingdom, while the Grand Princess’s forces had retreated to Jiayue Pass. After reading her three letters, ending with “Lin Bai, I need you,” he set out for the frontier.

• Lin Bai found the Spirit Sword Sect and Sword Alliance nearly empty and asked the Second Elder where the disciples had gone.
• The Second Elder explained that Ji Bei had led most Sword Alliance disciples to the frontier after Nanning Pass fell and the Great Moon Kingdom invaded with ten million troops.
• Lin Bai suspected King Qi had caused the imperial capital to delay the Grand Princess’s request for reinforcements.
• The Second Elder gave Lin Bai three letters from the Grand Princess describing her defeats, retreat to Jiayue Pass, and urgent need for his help.
• Lin Bai left for the frontier with killing intent, and the Second Elder watched him go.

Lin Bai traveled toward Jiayue Pass to help Bai Xiaoxiao and rescued a messenger carrying a request for imperial reinforcements. He learned that King Qi had ordered the assassinations and sent the messenger onward while continuing toward the pass himself.

• Lin Bai stopped in a forest for the night and worried that Bai Xiaoxiao was in desperate straits.
• A wounded messenger from the Tianlang Legion told Lin Bai that attackers had ambushed his group while he carried a secret request for reinforcements.
• Lin Bai used his Sword Intent to find the ambushers and used Soul Search on their leader, Zhang Shui, discovering that he served Zhan Ying of the Qi Family Army.
• Lin Bai killed Zhang Shui and the other attackers, then learned that King Qi had been eliminating the Grand Princess's messengers.
• Lin Bai gave his horse to the messenger so he could deliver the secret letter to His Majesty, and set out for Jiayue Pass to help Bai Xiaoxiao hold it.

Lin Bai arrived at Jiayue Pass and learned that Great Moon Kingdom’s Sacred Moon Sect had defeated the Divine Martial Nation’s challengers for seven straight days, leaving the army demoralized. On the eighth day, challenges continued outside the pass as Lin Bai headed to meet the Grand Princess, Bai Xiaoxiao.

• Lin Bai entered Jiayue Pass and met Li Jianxing, who told him that the Four Great Sects had sent experts to join the war.
• Li Jianxing explained that the Grand Princess was facing Great Moon Kingdom’s Second Prince, Tuoba Feng, at the front lines.
• Li Jianxing described how the Sacred Moon Sect had sent thousands of experts to support Tuoba Feng’s invasion.
• Lin Bai learned that Divine Martial Nation’s fighters had lost every challenge for seven days, and more than a hundred thousand soldiers had fled.
• On the eighth day, Great Moon Kingdom’s army continued issuing challenges outside Jiayue Pass.

As the Divine Martial Nation suffered its eighth straight battlefield defeat, Bai Xiaoxiao asked Wu Jian and Fire Spirit to fight and restore morale. They agreed only if she spent a night with them, leaving her facing their degrading demand.

• Lin Bai and Li Jianxing reached Jiayue Pass's wall as Sun Jie defeated and killed a Spirit Sword Sect disciple.
• Tuoba Feng, Tang Tianhao, and Zhao Liu discussed the Great Moon Kingdom's repeated victories and the collapse of the Divine Martial Nation's morale.
• Lin Bai and Li Jianxing warned that another defeat could leave the defenders unable to resist an attack.
• Chu Jiangliu and the vassal kings' Young Lords asked Bai Xiaoxiao for permission to lead the troops into battle, but she and Ji Bei said they needed a victory rather than a futile charge.
• Bai Xiaoxiao asked Wu Jian and Fire Spirit to fight, and Wu Jian demanded that she spend a night with them in exchange.

Lin Bai returned to the battlefield just as Sun Jie’s taunts left Grand Princess Bai Xiaoxiao desperate, and answered the Sacred Moon Sect’s challenge. His arrival gave Bai Xiaoxiao hope, while his enemies recognized him and renewed their hostility.

• Wu Jian and the Fire Spirit refused to help Bai Xiaoxiao unless she accepted their demands, so she vowed to deal with their sects after the rebellion.
• Sun Jie mocked Bai Xiaoxiao and challenged her to become his concubine, while the Great Moon Kingdom army joined in the humiliation.
• As Bai Xiaoxiao despaired, Lin Bai called out to the Sacred Moon Sect and leaped from the city wall onto the battlefield.
• Bai Xiaoxiao wept with relief, and Ji Bei, Ji Bai, Chu Jiangliu, and others recognized Lin Bai as the Royal Consort who had returned from overseas.
• Murong Qi and Zhan Ying renewed their hatred of Lin Bai, while Wu Jian dismissed him as unimpressive.

Lin Bai defeated and killed Sun Jie in a duel, restoring some of the Divine Martial Nation’s morale. Tuoba Feng ordered Tang Tianhao to arrange another fighter to kill Lin Bai.

• Wu Jian and Huo Ling discussed Lin Bai’s past killings as he entered the battlefield to challenge Sun Jie.
• Sun Jie attacked Lin Bai with the Heavenly Fire Swordplay, while Tuoba Feng and his advisers assumed Sun Jie would win.
• Lin Bai drew a Grade Six Spirit Tool, broke Sun Jie’s sword, and killed him with Wind Shaking the Sea.
• The Divine Martial Nation’s soldiers cheered Lin Bai’s victory, and Bai Xiaoxiao smiled as the army regained some morale.
• Tuoba Feng rebuked Tang Tianhao and Zhao Liu over the victory, and Tang Tianhao promised to send another fighter to kill Lin Bai.

Lin Bai killed Wang Zhan with one sword, then challenged the Sacred Moon Sect’s Core Disciples to attack him together, promising to admit defeat if he could not kill each challenger within three swords. Tuoba Feng offered a huge reward for Lin Bai’s death, and Song Long stepped forward to fight him.

• Wang Zhan attacked Lin Bai from behind, but Lin Bai killed him with one sword despite Wang Zhan’s seventh-level Heaven Martial Realm cultivation.
• The Divine Martial Nation’s soldiers cheered Lin Bai as their morale rose, while Ji Bai and Ji Bei recognized his strength.
• Lin Bai pointed his sword at Tuoba Feng and invited anyone from the Sacred Moon Sect to challenge him, promising to cut off his own head if he failed to kill them within three swords.
• Grand Princess worried that Lin Bai was acting rashly, while Chu Jiangliu explained that Lin Bai’s arrogance was part of his nature and reflected his confidence.
• Tuoba Feng offered five hundred thousand spirit stones and the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households to whoever killed Lin Bai.
• Song Long accepted the challenge and charged out of the Great Moon Kingdom’s formation toward Lin Bai.

Lin Bai killed Song Long and Su Tie, two of the Sacred Moon Sect’s Great Moon Seven Fists, in succession at the border. As the Sacred Moon Sect’s morale faltered, Tuoba Feng ordered Tang Tianhao to kill Lin Bai.

• Song Long, one of the Great Moon Seven Fists, attacked Lin Bai with his Fierce Dragon Fist.
• Lin Bai withstood Song Long’s punch and killed him with a single sword strike.
• Su Tie charged out to avenge Song Long, but Lin Bai’s sword cut off his head despite his body cultivation.
• The deaths of Song Long and Su Tie weakened the Sacred Moon Sect’s morale, while Chu Jiangliu and the soldiers cheered Lin Bai.
• Tuoba Feng saw his army’s morale declining and ordered Tang Tianhao to kill Lin Bai.

Lin Bai faced Tang Yuan, who entered the battle to avenge his father’s allies and unleashed the Sacred Moon Sect’s Overlord Dragon Fist. After surviving its first two forms, Lin Bai prepared a decisive sword strike as Tuoba Feng reminded him of his three-sword wager.

• Tang Yuan volunteered to fight Lin Bai, and Tang Tianhao approved, hoping his son would win glory and a fief.
• Tang Yuan taunted Chu Jiangliu about injuring him during the massacre at Nanning Pass, prompting Lin Bai to vow revenge for him.
• Tang Yuan used the first form of the Overlord Dragon Fist, but Lin Bai met it with his Surging Wind Swordplay and the two attacks were evenly matched.
• Tang Yuan’s second form drove Lin Bai and himself back, but Lin Bai withstood the blow and prepared to counterattack.
• Tang Yuan unleashed the third form, Ten Thousand Dragons Devour the Heavens, while Tuoba Feng invoked Lin Bai’s three-sword wager; Lin Bai declared that his next sword would kill Tang Yuan.

Lin Bai killed Tang Yuan with his third sword, shocking the spectators and enraging Tang Tianhao. Zhao Liu then accepted the challenge to kill Lin Bai within two swords and confronted him on the battlefield.

• Lin Bai used his Gentle Sword divine ability to behead Tang Yuan, despite Tang Yuan seeming poised to win.
• Lin Bai took Tang Yuan’s Storage Bag and found the manual for Overlord Dragon Fist, while Tuoba Feng and Tang Tianhao offered Zhao Liu rewards to kill him.
• Zhao Liu accepted their offers and descended from the dragon throne to face Lin Bai as Chu Jiangliu and others warned of his reputation as one of the Sacred Moon Three Swords.
• Zhao Liu vowed to kill Lin Bai within two swords or sever his own heart meridians, and Lin Bai invited him to try.

Lin Bai defeated Zhao Liu in a duel after surviving the Sacred Moon Three Swords expert’s two powerful strikes. He ended the battle by cutting Zhao Liu in half, then challenged the Great Moon Kingdom’s forces.

• Zhao Liu challenged Lin Bai to kneel for mercy, then attacked with the Mountains and Rivers Reversal Swordplay.
• Lin Bai blocked Zhao Liu’s Mountain Shift strike with Surging Wind Swordplay and Sword Intent.
• Zhao Liu unleashed Sea Fill, but Lin Bai destroyed the descending mountain with his Gentle Sword divine ability.
• Lin Bai reminded Zhao Liu that he had promised to sever his heart meridian if his two swords failed to kill Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai used Wind Severance, shattered Zhao Liu’s two sword strikes, and cut him in half.
• Lin Bai pointed his sword toward the Great Moon Kingdom and demanded to know who else would fight.

Lin Bai overwhelmed the Great Moon Kingdom’s forces at Jiayue Pass, then wounded Tuoba Feng with a sword from a thousand meters away. When Tuoba Feng ordered the million-strong army to attack, Lin Bai’s roar and sword might stopped the troops in their tracks.

• Lin Bai’s successive victories over Great Moon Kingdom fighters rallied the defenders of Jiayue Pass and demoralized Tuoba Feng’s army.
• An old man and a young man from Divine Relic Ridge watched Lin Bai, and the young man fixed his attention on Bai Xiaoxiao.
• After Tuoba Feng threatened Lin Bai’s family, Lin Bai struck him from a thousand meters away and wounded him despite his Mount Tai Seal.
• Tuoba Feng ordered his army to kill Lin Bai, but Lin Bai faced the charge without fear and shouted for the troops to come.
• The million-strong army stopped in unison, stunning the Grand Princess and prompting the old man to praise Lin Bai.

Lin Bai forced Tuoba Feng’s million-strong army to retreat from Jiayue Pass, then returned to a jubilant welcome from the Divine Martial Nation’s soldiers and the Grand Princess. The Grand Princess ordered preparations to reward the troops, while Lin Bai learned that Wu Jian and Huo Ling had insulted her and vowed to make them pay.

• Lin Bai’s roar and display of power terrified Tuoba Feng’s army, and Tang Tianhao persuaded Tuoba Feng to withdraw and regroup for an attack five days later.
• The Divine Martial Nation’s soldiers cheered Lin Bai as he entered Jiayue Pass, and the Grand Princess ran into his arms in relief.
• Ji Bei and Ji Bai welcomed Lin Bai back and told him the Second Elder had worried about him during his absence.
• Chu Jiangliu told Lin Bai that Wu Jian and Huo Ling had disrespected the Grand Princess, and Lin Bai vowed to kill them.
• The Grand Princess ordered Chu Jiangliu to reward the troops, while Ji Bei and Ji Bai volunteered to patrol the area.
• The Grand Princess invited Lin Bai to talk with her in the main tent.