Recaps

Lin Bai bet Pan Hun and Zhang Xiuwen that he could pull the Soaring Sky Sword from Stormwind Cliff, while Yi Gu opened a betting pool among the gathered martial artists. Lin Bai pulled out the sword and sensed that he had taken on the karma of avenging Li Lingtian.

• Lin Bai confronted Pan Hun and agreed to wager against him, offering to leave the Tianshui Sect if he failed to pull out the Soaring Sky Sword.
• Zhang Xiuwen added eight thousand Contribution Points to the bet and demanded that Lin Bai kneel and call him Grandpa if he lost.
• Yi Gu opened a betting pool, and the martial artists gathered at Stormwind Cliff wagered heavily that Lin Bai would fail.
• Lin Bai grasped the Soaring Sky Sword and promised to avenge Li Lingtian, calming the sword's unwilling intent.
• Lin Bai pulled the Soaring Sky Sword free, and its sharp sword intent swept across Hundred Saints Mountain.
• Lin Bai sensed karma winding around him, and the martial artists at Stormwind Cliff erupted in astonishment.

Lin Bai drew the Soaring Sky Sword, won a large Contribution Point wager, and rejected Pan Hun’s demands to hand it over. He agreed to fight Pan Hun on Slaughter God Island in one month, then hinted to Yi Gu that he had a plan.

• Lin Bai drew the Soaring Sky Sword and sealed Li Lingtian’s Four Revolution Sword Heart sword intent inside it.
• Lin Bai won 20,000 Contribution Points, while Yi Gu received 30,000 from the wager.
• Pan Hun demanded the Soaring Sky Sword, but Lin Bai refused and challenged him to stake 500,000 Contribution Points on a fight in one month.
• Pan Hun accepted the wager and chose Slaughter God Island as the venue for their duel.
• After leaving Hundred Saints Mountain, Lin Bai told Yi Gu that his challenge was carefully considered and began explaining his plan.

Lin Bai explained that he needed to raise his rank in Tianshui Sect to obtain immortal jade, and prepared to challenge Pan Hun before entering seclusion to refine Li Lingtian's sword intent. Meanwhile, Tianshui Sect's elders reviewed Lin Bai's performance and discussed whether he deserved the sect's support.

• Lin Bai told Yi Gu that defeating Pan Hun could raise his disciple rank, earn him Contribution Points, and bring him closer to obtaining immortal jade.
• Lin Bai returned to Bright Moon Island, allowed the crow to visit Yi Gu, and began refining the Four Revolution Sword Heart's sword intent from the Soaring Sky Sword.
• The Tianshui Sect Sect Master and elders watched a Water Mirror recording of Lin Bai defeating Zhao Jie and the others in the examination secret realm.
• Li Zai'en reported Lin Bai's background and argued that his strength and determination made him worthy of closer attention and possible cultivation by the sect.

The Tianshui Sect elders learned that Lin Bai had drawn the Soaring Sky Sword and decided to wait for his duel with Pan Hun before choosing whether to cultivate him or Pan Hun. After refining the sword’s power without reaching the Four Revolution Sword Heart, Lin Bai sought a way to break through to the Dao God Peak before the fight.

• Li Zai'en told the Sect Master and elders that Lin Bai had agreed to a life-and-death battle with Pan Hun on Slaughter God Island one month later.
• Li Zai'en revealed that Lin Bai had drawn the Soaring Sky Sword, shocking the hall and changing the elders’ view of him.
• The Sect Master decided that the sect would spare no effort to cultivate Lin Bai if he defeated Pan Hun, and would cultivate Pan Hun if Lin Bai lost.
• After thirteen days of refining the Soaring Sky Sword’s Four Revolution Sword Heart intent, Lin Bai reached the peak of the Third Revolution but failed to break through.
• Lin Bai asked Lady Water Mirror how to reach the Dao God Peak, and she recommended buying herbs for the Sky Peak Divine Radiance Pill with his Contribution Points.

Lin Bai learned that the Sky Peak Divine Radiance Pill was the easiest of seven peak-level Dao God pills to assemble, though its main ingredients remained scarce. As he prepared for his coming match against Pan Hun, he discovered Yi Gu and the Crow at Sure Win Hall urging people to bet against him.

• Lady Water Mirror showed Lin Bai the seven pill formulas and explained that the Sky Peak Divine Radiance Pill required three exceptionally rare main ingredients and 712 supplementary ingredients.
• Lin Bai learned that the supplementary ingredients would cost nearly 50,000 Contribution Points, while a Sky Peak Dragon Flower cost 100,000 and a single Divine Spirit Tear had sold for 270,000; no one knew where to find the Seven-Colored Splendor Immortal Leaf.
• Lin Bai asked Lady Water Mirror to notify him if she heard of the Seven-Colored Splendor Immortal Leaf, then heard sect members discussing his upcoming match with Pan Hun and Pan Hun's efforts to borrow Contribution Points.
• Lin Bai entered Sure Win Hall and saw Yi Gu and the Crow telling the crowd that Pan Hun would certainly defeat him.

Lin Bai discovered that Yi Gu and Qiao Mo had arranged a betting pool on his upcoming fight with Pan Hun, with Qiao Mo backing him despite nearly everyone expecting him to lose. Qiao Mo’s support was tied to a struggle over control of Hundred Victories Pavilion, leaving Lin Bai to learn about the forces opposing her.

• Yi Gu and the Crow disparaged Lin Bai at Sure Win Hall to draw bettors toward Pan Hun, and Lin Bai confronted Yi Gu about the betting pool.
• Yi Gu explained that Sure Win Hall had set odds of three to one on Lin Bai and one to one on Pan Hun, then took Lin Bai to meet Qiao Mo.
• Qiao Mo revealed that Yi Gu had offered his fortune and five thousand years of service to secure Hundred Victories Pavilion’s betting pool, while she had agreed because Lin Bai had slain six ranked experts in the examination secret realm.
• Yi Gu explained that Qiao Mo’s father, the late Pavilion Lord, had prepared her to succeed him, but the two surviving elders were now trying to seize control of Hundred Victories Pavilion.

Qiao Mo explained how the Grand Elders had taken control of Hundred Victories Pavilion after her father died, and she planned to use Lin Bai’s duel with Pan Hun to regain influence. Yi Gu revealed his plan to expand the betting pool and earn a fortune, while Lin Bai sought information about a rare ingredient for his cultivation breakthrough.

• Qiao Mo told Lin Bai that her father had founded Hundred Victories Pavilion and that the Grand Elders had obstructed her attempt to inherit its management.
• Qiao Mo said she was staking her chance to reclaim power on Lin Bai defeating Pan Hun, and Lin Bai assured her he would win.
• Qiao Mo gave Lin Bai a booklet detailing Pan Hun’s abilities and promised to help him find the Seven-Colored Splendor Immortal Leaf.
• Yi Gu reported that the betting pool already held over three hundred thousand Contribution Points and predicted he could raise the total to at least a million.
• Yi Gu said he would split his share of the profits with Lin Bai, while Qiao Mo hoped the earnings would help her secure her position in Hundred Victories Pavilion.

As Lin Bai prepared in seclusion for his battle with Pan Hun, the match drew attention across Tianshui Sect and its betting pool grew to nearly six million Contribution Points. Li Yunmu, Li Lu, and Zhao En visited Pan Hun, revealed their heavy bets on his victory, and pressured him to kill Lin Bai.

• Lin Bai returned to Bright Moon Island and entered secluded cultivation while interest in his upcoming battle with Pan Hun spread through Tianshui Sect and the Water Mirror Sea.
• The betting pool at Hundred Victories Pavilion reached nearly six million Contribution Points, with almost everyone betting on Pan Hun.
• Li Yunmu, Li Lu, and Zhao En visited Pan Hun and asked how confident he was about defeating Lin Bai.
• Li Yunmu explained that the pavilion's higher-ups hoped Pan Hun's victory would ruin Qiao Mo's position, and promised him a reward of one hundred thousand Contribution Points.
• Li Lu and Zhao En revealed their personal grudges against Lin Bai, while all three visitors disclosed that they had wagered their fortunes on Pan Hun.
• Pan Hun promised the three that he would kill Lin Bai on Slaughter God Island.

On the way to Slaughter God Island for his match against Pan Hun, Lin Bai learned how Yi Gu had built a ten-million-Contribution-Point betting pool by making Pan Hun seem certain to win. Yi Gu warned Lin Bai that the plan depended on him winning, as a loss would ruin Qiao Mo and leave them in debt.

• Yi Gu and Zuo Xintang woke Lin Bai and accompanied him to Slaughter God Island, where the one-month deadline for his battle with Pan Hun had arrived.
• Yi Gu told Lin Bai that more than fifty thousand people had contributed ten million Contribution Points to the betting pool, whose profits he and Lin Bai would split.
• Yi Gu explained that he kept Pan Hun's odds attractive and promoted him while disparaging Lin Bai, drawing bettors who believed Pan Hun was a sure winner.
• Yi Gu said he recruited wealthy disciples and elders by arranging for the Ninth Elder, the Seventh Elder, and the Second Elder to publicly bet on Pan Hun with Qiao Mo's help.
• Zuo Xintang praised Yi Gu's scheme, and Yi Gu reminded Lin Bai that losing would ruin Qiao Mo and leave them with a huge debt.

Lin Bai arrived at Slaughter God Island to face Pan Hun in a heavily publicized duel over the Soaring Sky Sword and five hundred thousand Contribution Points. With the crowd watching and the stakes for the Hundred Victories Pavilion and Lin Bai’s future set, the two prepared to begin their fight.

• Martial artists from inside and outside the Tianshui Sect gathered on Slaughter God Island to watch Lin Bai and Pan Hun’s duel.
• Pan Hun arrived with Zhao En, Li Lu, Li Muyun, Zhao Jie, and Zhang Xiuwen, then went to the sparring platform to wait for Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai arrived with Zuo Xintang and Yi Gu, and Qiao Mo warned him that the Hundred Victories Pavilion could collapse if he lost.
• Lin Bai placed the Soaring Sky Sword at the center of the platform, and Pan Hun showed that he had prepared five hundred thousand Contribution Points as the wager.
• Lin Bai challenged Pan Hun to make the first move as the gathered martial artists turned their attention to the platform.

On Slaughter God Island, Lin Bai faced Pan Hun and proved he could withstand the Tianshui Sect disciple’s powerful fist without injury. Pan Hun then drew his sword and revealed his First Revolution Sword Heart, preparing to continue the fight.

• Pan Hun unleashed his Nine Demon Serpent Dragon Fist, and the blow shattered the arena as spectators assumed Lin Bai had been killed.
• Lin Bai emerged unharmed, having caught Pan Hun’s punch with his chest, and mocked his strength and ranking.
• The crow reassured Yi Gu and Qiao Mo that Lin Bai could even contend with a Great Purity Dao Fruit expert.
• Pan Hun dismissed the punch as a secondary skill, drew a supreme-grade Dao Divine Weapon, and declared that sword dao was his specialty.

Pan Hun unleashed his strongest sword technique against Lin Bai, but Lin Bai emerged unharmed and effortlessly evaded his follow-up attacks. After half an hour, Pan Hun was nearly exhausted, and Lin Bai asked whether he had run out of tricks.

• Pan Hun used Dragon's Cry of the Nine Seas, revealing his First Revolution Sword Heart as he attacked Lin Bai with a devastating sword strike.
• Lin Bai stopped Pan Hun's sword qi with his Four Revolution Sword Heart and stood unharmed amid the destruction of Slaughter God Island.
• Lin Bai taunted Pan Hun and challenged him to keep fighting, while Pan Hun hid his uncertainty behind threats.
• Pan Hun attacked Lin Bai with a barrage of sword techniques and other abilities, but Lin Bai remained in place and evaded every attack.
• After fighting for half an hour and using up much of his spiritual power, Pan Hun was nearly exhausted, and Lin Bai asked if he had run out of tricks.

Lin Bai defeated Pan Hun with a single punch after recognizing that Pan Hun’s sword techniques could not threaten him. He took Pan Hun’s Identity Token and Contribution Points, then left Slaughter God Island as Yi Gu and Qiao Mo realized his strength might surpass the top three on the Tianshui Dao God Rankings.

• Lin Bai taunted Pan Hun for repeating Dragon's Cry of the Nine Seas, and Pan Hun suspected Lin Bai’s Sword Dao surpassed his own.
• Lin Bai shattered Pan Hun’s sword net and supreme-grade Dao Divine Weapon with one punch, severely injuring him and leaving him unconscious.
• Lin Bai took Pan Hun’s Identity Token, transferred his five hundred thousand Contribution Points, and left Slaughter God Island while the crowd reacted in disbelief and anger.
• Lin Bai told Yi Gu and Qiao Mo that he had won, and Qiao Mo concluded his strength might exceed that of the top three on the Tianshui Dao God Rankings.

After defeating Pan Hun, Lin Bai used his winnings to buy the remaining ingredients for the Sky Peak Divine Radiance Pill. He found the last ingredient, Millennial Phoenix Brow, at Holy Heart Pavilion and agreed to purchase it for ten thousand Contribution Points.

• Lin Bai defeated Pan Hun, and Yi Gu and Qiao Mo agreed to divide the betting pool's profits after Hundred Victories Pavilion finished its accounting.
• Lin Bai, Zuo Xintang, and Yi Gu left Slaughter God Island, then parted ways when they returned to the Tianhe Archipelago.
• Lin Bai bought nearly all the supplementary ingredients for the Sky Peak Divine Radiance Pill in the Water Mirror World.
• Lin Bai visited Holy Heart Pavilion and asked for Millennial Phoenix Brow, the final ingredient he still needed.
• The woman at Holy Heart Pavilion quoted ten thousand Contribution Points, and Lin Bai agreed to buy the Millennial Phoenix Brow.

Lin Bai bought the Millennial Phoenix Brow from Qin Yao, who invited him to join the Holy Heart Pavilion’s expedition to seize Divine Spirit Tears from the Deep Sea Spring. After Qin Yao learned he was the victor of the battle on Slaughter God Island, she predicted he would draw the sect’s attention and the Heaven and Earth Gate’s hostility; the chapter ended with the Heaven and Earth Gate Master noticing Lin Bai.

• Lin Bai paid Qin Yao ten thousand Contribution Points for the Millennial Phoenix Brow.
• Qin Yao offered to help Lin Bai obtain the Sky Peak Dragon Flower and invited him to join her team’s trip to the Deep Sea Spring for Divine Spirit Tears.
• Lin Bai accepted the invitation, and Qin Yao gave him a Holy Heart Pavilion jade pendant and said the group would depart in about ten days.
• After Lin Bai left, Qin Yao showed a man the Image Recording Pearl of Lin Bai’s battle against Pan Hun and said Lin Bai might surpass everyone on the Tianshui Dao God Rankings and become a Holy Son.
• Qin Yao warned that Lin Bai’s growing fame would attract the Heaven and Earth Gate, and the Heaven and Earth Gate Master noticed him.

Tianshui Sect’s elders debated whether to cultivate Lin Bai after his victory over Pan Hun, while the Grand Elder urged caution and questioned Lin Bai’s motives. The Sect Master raised Lin Bai’s disciple rank to first-grade so he could access a needed divine herb, but postponed any decision on further support.

• The elders discussed Lin Bai’s strength after the battle at Slaughter God Island, while the Grand Elder remained displeased because Pan Hun was his nominal disciple.
• The Grand Elder argued that Lin Bai’s background and motives were uncertain and that the sect should observe him before investing in him.
• Li Zai'en cited the Sincerity Paper examination and reports from the Water Mirror World as evidence that Lin Bai sought sect resources to break through his cultivation bottleneck.
• The Sect Master agreed that Lin Bai’s background should be investigated but said the sect should still recognize his talent.
• The Sect Master promoted Lin Bai from fifth-grade to first-grade disciple, allowing him to exchange for the Sky Peak Dragon Flower, while postponing further cultivation support.

After defeating Pan Hun, Lin Bai was promoted to first-class disciple, but learned that the Grand Elder had blocked a greater reward because Pan Hun was his nominal disciple. Li Zai'en questioned Lin Bai about his motives and loyalty to the Tianshui Sect, leaving Lin Bai to argue that loyalty depended on how the sect treated him.

• Lin Bai reviewed his collected auxiliary ingredients and reflected that defeating Pan Hun had drawn the sect's attention, which could help him obtain the remaining principal ingredients.
• Li Zai'en visited Lin Bai and told him that the Sect Master had promoted him to first-class disciple after the battle on Slaughter God Island.
• Li Zai'en explained that the Grand Elder had opposed giving Lin Bai additional cultivation resources because Pan Hun had studied under him for nearly a thousand years.
• Li Zai'en asked why Lin Bai had joined the Tianshui Sect, and Lin Bai said he had come to cultivate while waiting for Leng Xingguang at the Chu Emperor's birthday banquet.
• Li Zai'en asked how Lin Bai would prove his loyalty to the sect, and Lin Bai replied that loyalty depended on how the sect treated him and that gaining something required giving something first.

After Li Zai'en advised Lin Bai on obtaining the ingredients for the Sky Peak Divine Radiance Pill, Lin Bai spent most of his Contribution Points on pill ingredients and cultivation resources before training in seclusion. When Qin Yao summoned him to East Sea City, he joined a group of Dao God Ranking experts preparing for a journey.

• Li Zai'en told Lin Bai he could exchange for the Sky Peak Dragon Flower and seek Divine Spirit Tears, and offered to refine the pill for him once he gathered its ingredients.
• Lin Bai bought the Sky Peak Dragon Flower, Five Elements spiritual materials, and sword-path manuals in the Water Mirror World, spending nearly all his Contribution Points.
• Lin Bai cultivated his Five Elements Dao Body and studied the sword-path manuals, further improving his sword-path attainments.
• Qin Yao summoned Lin Bai to the Tide Inn, where she introduced him to Elder Liang, Grandma Liu, Fang Yuanshu, Ye Guqing, and Ye Guyu as their companion for the journey.
• Ye Guyu praised Lin Bai for defeating Pan Hun, embarrassing her brother Ye Guqing.

Qin Yao led the team toward the Nine Demon Sea to seek the Divine Spirit Tear, warning them about the Flood Dragon Clan and rival teams. As the spirit boat entered demon territory, Lin Bai learned about its Ferocious Beasts and the dangers ahead.

• Qin Yao explained that the Deep Sea Spring was about to erupt in the Nine Demon Sea, where the Flood Dragon Clan and numerous teams, including Zhao En's, were competing for the Divine Spirit Tear.
• Qin Yao took Lin Bai and the others aboard her spirit boat and set course for the Nine Demon Sea.
• Fang Yuanshu discussed Lin Bai's swordsmanship and warned him that Pan Hun could retaliate with the Grand Elder's support.
• After a day of travel, the team encountered violent storms and Ferocious Beasts, and Fang Yuanshu explained that the Nine Demon Sea lay ahead within the Three Great Demon Clans' territory.

Lin Bai and his companions entered the Nine Demon Sea, where the Flood Dragon Clan had blocked the route while claiming to hunt a traitor. After Qin Yao accepted Lin Bai’s plan to evade the blockade, the group abandoned their spirit vessel and reached the seabed, deep in the territory of the Three Great Demon Clans.

• A Flood Dragon Clan member stopped Qin Yao’s spirit vessel and ordered the group to take another route while the clan hunted a supposed traitor.
• Qin Yao turned the vessel away, and the Flood Dragon Clan member followed it at a distance before leaving.
• Qin Yao and the others discussed how to reach the Deep Sea Spring without drawing the Flood Dragon Clan’s attention.
• Lin Bai proposed abandoning the spirit vessel and secretly slipping through the blockade, and Qin Yao agreed.
• The seven companions entered the water, descended to the seabed, and traveled through the brightly illuminated territory of the Three Great Demon Clans.

Lin Bai and the others traveled through the Nine Demon Sea toward the Deep Sea Spring, learning that the Flood Dragon Clan had sent Prince Yan and two Quasi-Dragon Sons to guard it. They reached the spring’s heavily fortified mountain range and faced the challenge of getting past its guards and formations.

• Lin Bai spotted a patrol of Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals, and the group hid until the soldiers passed without noticing them.
• The patrol revealed that Prince Yan, Ao Qing, and Ao Jie had arrived to defend the Flood Dragon Clan’s interests.
• Fang Yuanshu explained Prince Yan’s strength and the reputations of Ao Qing and Ao Jie, prompting the group to weigh whether to retreat.
• Qin Yao offered to let anyone withdraw, but Elder Liang and Grandma Liu chose to continue with the others.
• After passing more than a dozen Demon Race defensive lines, the group reached the mountains surrounding the Deep Sea Spring.
• Lin Bai saw that the mountains were guarded by numerous Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals and sealed by hundreds of linked formations.

Lin Bai and his companions used Ye Guyu’s barrier and Ye Guqing’s Formation Breaking Pearl to sneak through the Flood Dragon Clan’s defenses toward the Deep Sea Spring. The spring erupted early, and Lin Bai’s Fang Source Heaven Swallowing Dao Fruit began reacting as they approached.

• Qin Yao and the others found the Nine Demon Sea surrounded by Flood Dragon Clan forces and realized they needed to enter the mountain range to obtain Divine Spirit Tears.
• Ye Guyu concealed the group with a barrier while Ye Guqing used his Formation Breaking Pearl to open a path through the formations.
• The siblings led Lin Bai and the others into the mountain range without alerting the guards, evading powerful divine senses along the way.
• The Deep Sea Spring erupted several days early, sending a blue pillar of light through the sea’s surface.
• As the group approached the spring, Lin Bai felt a surge of spiritual power and his Fang Source Heaven Swallowing Dao Fruit began spinning on its own.

Lin Bai and the others witnessed the Deep Sea Spring erupt and watched Zhao En seize four Divine Spirit Tears from the Flood Dragon Clan. Prince Yan let the theft happen and sent the Quasi-Dragon Sons after Zhao En, convincing Lin Bai that the Flood Dragon Clan was guarding a different treasure; meanwhile, the pursuit ended in Zhao En’s defeat.

• The Deep Sea Spring erupted, releasing nine Divine Spirit Tears, and the Flood Dragon Clan collected five.
• Zhao En and more than twenty Tianshui Sect martial artists seized the remaining four Divine Spirit Tears and fled.
• Prince Yan allowed Zhao En to escape before sending the two Quasi-Dragon Sons and Flood Dragon Clan experts after him.
• Qin Yao persuaded Ye Guyu and the others to follow Zhao En, while Lin Bai suspected the Deep Sea Spring held a treasure beyond the Divine Spirit Tears.
• The Quasi-Dragon Sons intercepted Zhao En’s group northwest of the spring, and Ao Qing crushed a Dao God martial artist’s throat as the Tianshui Sect disciples were defeated.

Lin Bai watched Zhao En and Li Lu flee after they were defeated by Ao Qing and Ao Jie, then stayed behind to confront the two Quasi-Dragon Sons for a Divine Spirit Tear. The chapter left Lin Bai facing Ao Jie after surviving his first punch.

• Ao Qing and Ao Jie overwhelmed Zhao En and Li Lu, who surrendered four Divine Spirit Tears and escaped as their companions fell.
• Qin Yao decided her group should withdraw, but Lin Bai separated from them and stayed behind.
• Lin Bai donned a Rose Mask and waited on a seabed mountain for Ao Qing and Ao Jie to pass.
• Lin Bai stopped the two Quasi-Dragon Sons with a punch and said he wanted one Divine Spirit Tear.
• Ao Jie attacked Lin Bai, but Lin Bai met his punch and survived, prompting Ao Jie to challenge him again.

Lin Bai defeated Ao Jie and Ao Qing and took all nine Divine Spirit Tears from them. After he left, Ao Qing guessed that Lin Bai was a Holy Son, though neither brother knew his identity.

• Ao Qing warned Ao Jie that Lin Bai was no ordinary opponent, but Ao Jie dismissed the warning and attacked.
• Lin Bai withstood Ao Jie's punches, then struck him so hard that Ao Jie was sent flying and transformed into his flood-dragon form.
• Lin Bai shattered one of Ao Jie's horns, and Ao Qing joined the fight in his own flood-dragon form.
• Lin Bai overpowered both flood dragons, battered them into submission, and demanded the Divine Spirit Tears.
• Ao Qing handed over all nine Divine Spirit Tears, and Lin Bai left the seabed.
• Ao Jie vowed revenge, while Ao Qing cautioned him and guessed that Lin Bai was a Holy Son from one of the powerful sects or families.