Recaps

After Cai Xuan nearly killed Lin Bai and the Grand Elder refused to intervene, Lin Bai abandoned his restraint and declared that he alone could sustain the Spirit Sword Sect. He overwhelmed Cai Xuan with his newly advanced sword intent and killed him, leaving the battle's aftermath unresolved.

• Cai Xuan insisted that the duel was not over while Lin Bai healed his chest wound and rose to face him.
• Lin Bai told the Second Elder that he would no longer show mercy, and his sword intent advanced to the mid-stage of second-grade.
• Lin Bai declared that he alone was enough to protect the Spirit Sword Sect and that no enemy could destroy it while he lived.
• Lin Bai summoned his Wind Lightning Divine Wings, vanished from Cai Xuan's sight, and struck him from behind.
• Lin Bai shattered Cai Xuan's blade technique and pierced his throat despite Cai Xuan begging for his life.

Lin Bai killed Cai Xuan during the Core Disciple examination, then defied the Grand Elder and challenged the Divine Alliance. More than a dozen Divine Alliance fighters stepped onto the combat platform to face him.

• Lin Bai ignored Cai Xuan's pleas and killed him with a sword thrust through the throat.
• The Grand Elder attacked Lin Bai, but the Second Elder, Ji Bei, and Ji Bai intervened; the Second Elder claimed responsibility for disciplining his Sword Alliance member.
• Lin Bai confronted Su Cang and challenged him to a fight to the death, then insulted the Divine Alliance and invited its fighters to attack him together.
• Qu Feng, Long Xiangtian, Jing Zhonghai, and other Divine Alliance members answered Lin Bai's challenge and leaped onto the combat platform.
• Eight Core Disciples and six experts from the Inner Sanctum's top ten gathered before Lin Bai, who raised his sword and urged them to fight.

Lin Bai fought the Divine Alliance’s geniuses alone during the Spirit Sword Sect’s core martial artist examination, refusing the Second Elder’s attempt to rescue him. Ling Tianzi watched from White Cloud Peak and revealed that defeating the examination would earn Lin Bai instruction in the Sword Dao.

• Lin Bai challenged the Divine Alliance’s warriors and attacked them with a series of powerful sword techniques as more than a dozen fighters joined the melee.
• Qu Feng unleashed his Martial Soul, while Long Xiangtian, Jing Zhonghai, Mei Heyuan, Di Yuan, Luo Yixi, Yin Jiaju, and others attacked Lin Bai; Luo Yixi wounded his back.
• The Second Elder tried to enter the battle, but the Grand Elder blocked him, and Lin Bai told the Second Elder to stand aside and watch.
• The Second Elder stopped arguing but stayed alert to rescue Lin Bai if necessary.
• Li Shanqing returned to White Cloud Peak and tried to rush to Lin Bai’s aid, but Ling Tianzi pulled him back.
• Ling Tianzi told Li Shanqing that the examination was his final test for Lin Bai and that he would teach Lin Bai the Sword Dao if he passed.

Lin Bai killed Yin Jiaju, Di Yuan, and Long Xiangtian while fighting the Divine Alliance, then faced Qu Feng’s attack and broke through his swordplay with Wind-Severing Slash. Qu Feng protected himself with a Barren Mountain Talisman, and Lin Bai launched a Gentle Sword attack as the fight continued.

• Lin Bai pierced Yin Jiaju’s throat with the Azure Song Sword after breaking through his Blazing Meteor attack.
• Lin Bai killed Di Yuan with Heaven-Shocking Storm after the Divine Alliance fighters revealed their Martial Souls.
• Lin Bai split Long Xiangtian in two with Mountains and Rivers Eternal Silence, shocking the watching martial artists.
• Qu Feng attacked Lin Bai with One Sword Shatters the Stars, but Lin Bai countered with Wind-Severing Slash and shattered his Sword Qi.
• Qu Feng used a Barren Mountain Talisman to block Lin Bai’s attack, and Lin Bai rose into the clouds and struck at him with Gentle Sword.

Lin Bai faced a combined attack from the Divine Alliance’s strongest disciples and defeated it with his Wind, Flower, Snow, Moon—Withered Flower divine art. Su Cang recognized Lin Bai’s divine art and Second-Order Sword Intent, while Lin Bai still knew nothing about Su Cang.

• Lin Bai severed Qu Feng’s arm, and Qu Feng ordered the Divine Alliance experts to attack Lin Bai together.
• Qu Feng, Jing Zhonghai, Mei Heyuan, Cai Haoji, Lin Shen, Song Zihuan, Luo Yixi, Tong Xin, and Qiao Xukun combined their strongest sword techniques into one overwhelming strike.
• As the sword descended, Lin Bai stayed in place and declared his opponents withered flowers before unleashing Wind, Flower, Snow, Moon—Withered Flower.
• Lin Bai’s sword shattered the combined strike and the dueling platform, leaving Qu Feng and the other Divine Alliance experts wounded and defeated.
• Su Cang realized Lin Bai had used a divine art and possessed at least Second-Order Sword Intent, and he assessed Lin Bai’s abilities.

Lin Bai defeated the Divine Alliance experts’ combined attack and confronted the wounded fighters as they begged him for mercy. When they tried to attack him again, he killed them all, leaving the arena stunned.

• Lin Bai’s sword strike shattered the Divine Alliance experts’ joint attack and wounded more than a dozen of them.
• Qu Feng and the others begged Lin Bai to spare them, but Lin Bai reminded them of their threats and refused.
• Qu Feng and the others turned on Lin Bai and charged, vowing to kill him and his family.
• Lin Bai used Gentle Sword to behead Qu Feng, Jing Zhonghai, Cai Haoji, Lin Shen, Luo Yixi, Qiao Xukun, and the others.
• The arena fell silent as the martial artists stared in shock at the dead Divine Alliance experts.

Lin Bai killed Qu Feng and the Divine Alliance’s other fighters, then faced Su Cang and Ye Mobei as the Spirit Sword Sect learned the extent of his abilities. The chapter left the sect’s future hanging on the coming battle between Lin Bai and the Divine Alliance’s founder.

• Lin Bai dismissed the Grand Elder’s outrage over the deaths and challenged Su Cang and Ye Mobei to fight him together or one at a time.
• Su Cang listed Lin Bai’s formidable techniques and powers as he stepped onto the martial platform.
• The crowd and elders reacted with shock, and Ji Bei and Ji Bai said Lin Bai had surpassed Jian Xuan.
• The chapter contrasted Jian Xuan’s glorious Spirit Sword Sect with Lin Bai’s corrupt, declining sect and framed the coming battle as decisive for its future.

Lin Bai challenged Su Cang and was overwhelmed by his superior speed, cultivation, and Heaven-ranked sword techniques. After Lin Bai unleashed Sword Intent, Su Cang revealed that he also wielded it at the first-stage second-order.

• Lin Bai attacked Su Cang with Wind Lightning Divine Wings, but Su Cang used One Step, Heaven and Earth to move faster and strike him with a palm.
• Lin Bai countered with Surging Wind Swordplay, but Su Cang’s Celestial Swordplay sent him crashing onto the arena.
• Lin Bai rose and defied Su Cang, then unleashed Sword Intent as he leaped into the air.
• Su Cang revealed his own Sword Intent, which was first-stage second-order, shocking Lin Bai.

Lin Bai fought Su Cang in the arena, but Su Cang’s hidden sword intent and superior cultivation let him overwhelm Lin Bai with the Su Dynasty’s Dragon Sword divine ability. Su Cang stood over the gravely wounded Lin Bai and mocked his martial soul, dignity, and life, while the watching martial artists hoped Lin Bai would rise and defeat him.

• The crowd realized that Su Cang and Lin Bai had both comprehended Martial Dao Will, revealing a hidden strength Su Cang had concealed from the rankings.
• Lin Bai and Su Cang exchanged more than three hundred blows, but Su Cang effortlessly blocked Lin Bai’s attacks.
• Su Cang launched the Dragon Sword divine ability and shattered Lin Bai’s defenses, leaving him with a deep chest wound and barely clinging to life.
• The Grand Elder and Divine Alliance martial artists celebrated Su Cang’s victory as the Second Elder, Ji Bai, Ji Bei, and others cried out in alarm.
• Su Cang insulted the fallen Lin Bai and declared that his life was worth less than a dog’s, leaving the crowd hoping Lin Bai would stand and defeat him.

Lin Bai used the Moon Piercer Bow and Quake Arrows to overwhelm Su Cang, then charged through the smoke and clashed with him in a sword duel. Both fighters ended the exchange gravely wounded, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Lin Bai rose despite his injuries and vowed to make Su Cang kneel, then summoned the Moon Piercer Bow and Quake Arrows.
• Lin Bai used a Quake Arrow to disrupt Su Cang, then unleashed hundreds of arrows across the combat platform.
• Lin Bai detonated the Quake Arrows, filling the arena with shock waves, and plunged into the smoke to attack Su Cang.
• Lin Bai and Su Cang exchanged powerful sword strikes, and both were sent flying with severe wounds.
• The martial artists praised Lin Bai’s struggle and called him a true genius.

Lin Bai and Su Cang unleashed their final attacks, and Lin Bai survived the collision while Su Cang lay helpless in the ruins. Lin Bai approached Su Cang as the onlookers celebrated his victory, and Su Cang threatened him with the power of his father and the Su Dynasty.

• Su Cang questioned Lin Bai’s resolve and attacked with the Dragon Sword, while Lin Bai answered with Withered Flower.
• The two swords collided, unleashing a shockwave that injured the Grand Elder and forced the Spirit Sword Sect disciples to retreat.
• Lin Bai rose from the wreckage alive, and the Sword Alliance celebrated as the onlookers realized Su Cang had lost.
• Lin Bai walked toward the incapacitated Su Cang, who warned that his father and the Su Dynasty would avenge him if Lin Bai killed him.

Lin Bai defeated Su Cang and prepared to kill him, but Su Zhan emerged from seclusion and knocked Lin Bai off the Martial God Pagoda. Su Cang begged his father to kill Lin Bai.

• Lin Bai forced Su Cang to announce that Lin Bai had won and shout, “Sword King! Lin Bai!”
• Lin Bai raised his sword to kill Su Cang despite pleas from the Grand Elder, the Second Elder, Ji Bei, and Ji Bai.
• Su Zhan’s roar struck Lin Bai and sent him tumbling from the Martial God Pagoda.
• Su Zhan appeared beside Su Cang as the martial artists bowed and greeted the Spirit Sword Sect’s Sect Master.
• Su Cang called on Su Zhan to kill Lin Bai.

Su Zhan arrived and ordered Lin Bai executed for killing during the core martial artist assessment, while Lin Bai accused Su Cang and the Grand Elder of rigging it. After the crowd initially stayed silent, Li Jianxing and the other disciples testified against the Divine Alliance, leaving Su Zhan facing widespread calls to investigate and punish it.

• Su Zhan blasted Lin Bai from the Martial God Pagoda, then heard the Grand Elder accuse Lin Bai of killing contestants during the assessment.
• Su Zhan declared that Lin Bai should be executed under sect rules, and Lin Bai admitted killing but challenged Su Cang and the Grand Elder's misconduct.
• Su Cang demanded that witnesses step forward, but the crowd initially fell silent under his and Su Zhan's pressure.
• Li Jianxing testified that the Divine Alliance had rigged the assessment, and Kong Wang and other disciples joined him.
• The Second Elder, Ji Bei, and Ji Bai also testified, while the gathered disciples demanded that Su Zhan punish the Divine Alliance and restore fairness.

Lin Bai's witnesses turned the Spirit Sword Sect disciples against Su Zhan, but Su Zhan refused to punish the Divine Alliance and ordered Lin Bai executed. The Second Elder died shielding Lin Bai, leaving him to find Jian Xuan and revive the Spirit Sword Sect.

• The Spirit Sword Sect disciples supported Lin Bai, condemned the Divine Alliance, and more than half of the sect's disciples left after Su Zhan defended it and ordered Lin Bai's execution.
• The Second Elder challenged the Grand Elder, while Ji Bei and Ji Bai tried to protect Lin Bai from Su Zhan but were hurled aside.
• Su Zhan shattered Lin Bai's attacks with the Limitless Sky-Covering Palm and prepared to kill him.
• The Second Elder broke away from the Grand Elder and took Su Zhan's palm for Lin Bai, suffering fatal injuries.
• The Second Elder urged Lin Bai to survive, find Jian Xuan, recover the Spirit Sword Sect's secret manuals, and revive the sect.

As the Second Elder lay dying, he urged Lin Bai to survive and restore the Spirit Sword Sect, while Su Zhan prepared to kill him. Ling Tianzi arrived in time to protect Lin Bai and claim him as his final direct disciple, but let Su Zhan and Su Cang escape after Lin Bai insisted on killing them himself.

• The Second Elder asked Lin Bai to survive, find Jian Xuan, recover the Spirit Sword Sect's lost secret manuals, and make the sect strong again.
• Su Zhan mocked the Second Elder's ideals and struck at Lin Bai, who began to summon the Devouring Sword Soul.
• Ling Tianzi appeared and repelled Su Zhan's palm strike, while Li Shanqing treated the Second Elder with a pill.
• Ling Tianzi declared Lin Bai his fourth official disciple and final direct disciple, then threatened to kill Su Zhan and destroy the Su Dynasty.
• Lin Bai asked Ling Tianzi to spare Su Zhan and Su Cang so he could take revenge himself, and the two escaped using a Jade Slip.

After Ling Tianzi and Li Shanqing left, Lin Bai helped the Second Elder recover and watched him break through to the Human Core Realm. The Second Elder defeated the Grand Elder’s bid for power, took charge of Spirit Sword Sect, and declared that the sect would rise again.

• Li Shanqing told Lin Bai that the Second Elder would recover with Ling Tianzi’s pill, while Ling Tianzi invited Lin Bai to White Cloud Peak the next morning.
• The Grand Elder declared himself Spirit Sword Sect’s Sect Master and demanded that Lin Bai kneel, but Lin Bai sent him flying with a slap.
• The Second Elder woke, broke through to the Human Core Realm, and thanked Lin Bai and Ling Tianzi for saving him.
• Lin Bai refused the Second Elder’s offer to become Sect Master, saying he would keep pursuing a path beyond the Divine Martial Nation and Eastern Continent.
• The Grand Elder attacked the Second Elder, who defeated him and ordered the Sword Alliance disciples to strip him of his elder position and imprison him.
• The Second Elder announced that Su Zhan had fled and the Divine Alliance was destroyed, and vowed to lead Spirit Sword Sect’s revival.

After Ling Tianzi drove Su Zhan and Su Cang from the Spirit Sword Sect, Su Zhan revealed that he had spent over a hundred years searching for a mysterious treasure fragment taken by Jian Xuan. Su Cang left for the Divine Relic Ridge to seek Ye Suxin's support while Su Zhan stayed in the Divine Martial Nation to search for Jian Xuan.

• Su Zhan collapsed after escaping with Su Cang and admitted that Ling Tianzi had far surpassed him in strength.
• Su Zhan told Su Cang to go to the Divine Relic Ridge and curry favor with Ye Suxin for cultivation resources, despite Su Cang's resentment toward her.
• Su Zhan revealed that he had infiltrated the Spirit Sword Sect to find a treasure fragment, but Jian Xuan had taken it when he escaped after being poisoned.
• Su Zhan explained that finding the fragment could earn their father and son recognition from the Su Dynasty, and that he planned to search for Jian Xuan across the Divine Martial Nation.
• Su Cang set off for the Divine Relic Ridge, while Su Zhan remained behind to search for Jian Xuan.

Ye Suxin revealed that she was pregnant with Lin Bai’s child, and Ye Wuhuan tried to protect the Saint Night Dynasty’s standing by proposing that she freeze the child until after marrying Su Cang. Ye Suxin refused to give up her child, and the chapter ended with her recognizing that she could not marry Su Cang.

• Ye Wuhuan discovered that Ye Suxin was pregnant and mistakenly believed Su Cang was the father.
• When Ye Suxin’s tears made clear the child was not Su Cang’s, Ye Wuhuan ordered Ling Wu to prepare an attack on Divine Martial Nation, but Ye Suxin stopped him.
• Ye Wuhuan urged Ye Suxin to abort the child to protect the Saint Night Dynasty’s reputation, but she vowed to keep it and leave if necessary.
• Ye Wuhuan proposed using the Ice Hibernation Art to halt the child’s growth until Ye Suxin married Su Cang.
• Ye Suxin was shocked by the danger of the forbidden art and knew she could not marry Su Cang, whom she no longer loved.

Ye Wuhuan sealed Ye Suxin’s unborn child with the Ice Hibernation Art and insisted she marry Su Cang, while Lin Bai became Ling Tianzi’s fourth disciple and was taken to the Cold Mountain Range. Ling Tianzi began teaching Lin Bai his ancient sword path and summoned a horde of demon beasts, telling Lin Bai to watch without fighting.

• Ye Wuhuan froze Ye Suxin’s unborn child with the Ice Hibernation Art and forbade her from seeing the child’s father, while ordering her to marry Su Cang.
• After Lin Bai’s upheaval at Spirit Sword Sect, the new Sect Master announced a succession ceremony to be held in half a month.
• Ling Tianzi accepted Lin Bai as his fourth disciple and declared that he would inherit his sword path.
• Ling Tianzi took Lin Bai from White Cloud Peak to the Cold Mountain Range in a single step and promised to teach him Shrinking Space to an Inch when he was ready.
• Ling Tianzi described his ancient sword path to Lin Bai, then summoned surrounding demon beasts and told Lin Bai to watch without intervening.

Ling Tianzi demonstrated the Flying Sword Dao to Lin Bai by slaughtering more than a thousand demon beasts and killing an Ironclad Rhinoceros from afar. Lin Bai agreed to learn the ancient technique, which Ling Tianzi said was known by fewer than five martial artists across the Barren Ancient Continent.

• Ling Tianzi used a silver-white flying sword to kill more than a thousand ninth-level Heaven Martial Realm demon beasts in three breaths.
• Lin Bai absorbed the demon beasts’ blood with his Devouring Sword Soul and broke through to the eighth level of the Heaven Martial Realm.
• Ling Tianzi showed Lin Bai an image of an Ironclad Rhinoceros bathing thirty thousand li away and commanded his sword to kill it from afar.
• Ling Tianzi described the Flying Sword Dao’s power and asked whether Lin Bai wanted to learn it; Lin Bai eagerly agreed.
• Ling Tianzi named the technique the Flying Sword Technique and said it originated before the ancient era and was known by no more than five martial artists across the Barren Ancient Continent.

Ling Tianzi taught Lin Bai about the Flying Sword Dao and gave him the sword he had forged for him. Lin Bai chose to risk dividing his soul to cultivate the art, and Ling Tianzi prepared to protect him as he began.

• Ling Tianzi explained that he had passed his alchemy, Extinction Blade, and formation arts to his senior disciples, then offered to teach Lin Bai the Flying Sword Dao.
• Ling Tianzi gave Lin Bai the flying sword he had forged with the Dragonbone Gold and explained that cultivating it required dividing a fragment of his divine soul and fusing it with the sword.
• Ling Tianzi warned that a shattered flying sword would severely damage Lin Bai’s divine soul, while explaining that the sword would grow stronger alongside its wielder.
• Ling Tianzi taught Lin Bai a soul-dividing incantation and explained the danger of a mistake tearing his divine soul apart.
• Lin Bai decided to proceed, citing his need to become stronger to face Lin Zier, find his parents, and protect his family and friends.
• Ling Tianzi promised to protect Lin Bai as he began dividing his soul.

Lin Bai split off a third of his soul and fused it with a flying sword, entering the Flying Sword Dao. Ling Tianzi then passed on the knowledge and forging methods for Nine Myriad Flying Swords, leaving Lin Bai with the ability to forge replacements himself.

• Lin Bai used the soul-splitting method to divide off a third of his soul, and Ling Tianzi helped him fuse it with the flying sword.
• Lin Bai controlled the flying sword to rise, shatter a boulder, and return to his body, where it fused with his soul and eased his pain.
• Lin Bai summoned the flying sword again and cut through the clouds above the cliff, demonstrating his new control.
• Ling Tianzi explained that flying-sword materials were nearly extinct and told Lin Bai he would teach him to forge Nine Myriad Flying Swords.
• Ling Tianzi praised Lin Bai's humility and potential, then implanted the materials and forging methods in his mind.

Ling Tianzi taught Lin Bai the essential materials and methods for forging flying swords, passing his Flying Sword Dao inheritance to him. Lin Bai vowed to protect his master and preserve the art, while Ling Tianzi urged him to cultivate it and eventually pass it on.

• Ling Tianzi explained that the three indispensable flying sword materials were Destiny Stone, Soaring Sky Divine Iron, and Eternal Sand.
• Ling Tianzi said Destiny Stone had appeared only nine times on the Barren Ancient Continent and described the rarity and powers of the other two materials.
• Ling Tianzi taught Lin Bai how special divine iron, such as Dragonbone Gold, Heart of Flames, and Frost Aura, could give flying swords additional powers.
• Lin Bai thanked Ling Tianzi and vowed inwardly to protect him in return for the inheritance.
• Ling Tianzi urged Lin Bai to cultivate the Flying Sword Dao and said it would be better still if he established a sect and passed the art down.

Ling Tianzi named Lin Bai’s flying sword Dragon Eye and taught him the Sword Control Art, which Lin Bai mastered and used to fly and slay a demon snake. Ling Tianzi then explained that Dragon Eye could be self-detonated as a last resort, but doing so would destroy Lin Bai’s soul fragment in the sword and severely damage his divine soul.

• Ling Tianzi named Lin Bai’s flying sword Dragon Eye and taught him the Sword Control Art.
• Lin Bai learned the Sword Control Art, enlarged Dragon Eye, and rode it ten thousand miles through the air.
• Lin Bai used Dragon Eye to kill a fifth-level Heaven Martial Realm demon snake that tried to flee.
• Lin Bai returned to Ling Tianzi, who praised his progress and told him to keep comprehending the Flying Sword Dao on his own.
• Ling Tianzi warned Lin Bai that self-detonating Dragon Eye could kill a peak Heaven Core Realm martial artist but would destroy Lin Bai’s soul fragment and severely damage his divine soul.

After half a month of cultivation with Ling Tianzi, Lin Bai learned the Sword Control Art and Flying Sword Dao and raced his master back to the Spirit Sword Sect for the new sect master’s succession ceremony. The chapter ended with Lin Bai nearing White Cloud Peak, where Li Shanqing welcomed him.

• Ling Tianzi told Lin Bai that he would have to rely on his own comprehension from then on and said they would return to the Spirit Sword Sect for the succession ceremony.
• Lin Bai challenged Ling Tianzi to a race, and Ling Tianzi gave him a half-hour head start, promising a gift if he won.
• Lin Bai flew through the Cold Mountain Range on his sword, marveling at his new strength as the Sword Control Art rapidly consumed his true qi.
• Li Shanqing drank alone on White Cloud Peak and reflected on how he, Ling Tianzi, and Lin Bai would eventually pursue separate paths.
• Li Shanqing spotted Lin Bai approaching at tremendous speed and called out to him, while Lin Bai continued toward the cliff with a strange smile.