Recaps

Lin Bai attended the Four Great Sects’ recruitment tournament in Spirit Rhino City, where he confronted Ye Rulong and exchanged contemptuous looks with Lin Zier. Before the contestants could leave for Sky Ghost Valley, Azure Cloud Terrace Palace elder Murong Qi announced that he intended to reserve a spot for Lin Zier.

• Lin Bai and Lin Yue arrived at the crowded City Lord’s Mansion, where Lin Yue suggested Lin Bai consider joining the Spirit Sword Sect.
• Ye Rulong mocked Lin Bai, who challenged him to settle their dispute on the tournament stage; Lin Bai then spotted Lin Zier watching him with disdain.
• The Spirit Rhino City Lord introduced the four sect elders—Murong Qi, Xiao Tianchu, Ling Han, and Ji Bei—and explained that contestants would collect tokens in Sky Ghost Valley for half a day.
• As the contestants prepared to depart, Murong Qi stopped the proceedings and asked whether Lin Zier was present so he could reserve her a spot.

At the Spirit Rhino City disciple-recruitment tournament, Lin Zier was named in advance as a disciple of Zhao Xiansheng, one of the Ten Kings, and received a spirit weapon from Murong Qi. She still entered the tournament to claim first place and defeat Lin Bai, as the competitors prepared to enter Sky Ghost Valley.

• Murong Qi announced that the Azure Cloud Terrace Palace had designated Lin Zier as a disciple before the tournament.
• Lin Zier joined Murong Qi on the platform, where he praised her fifth-grade Heavenly martial soul and gave her a second-grade spirit weapon.
• Murong Qi revealed that Zhao Xiansheng, ranked third among the Ten Kings, had chosen Lin Zier as his disciple, prompting congratulations and resentment from the gathered sect elders.
• Murong Qi taunted Ji Bei over the Spirit Sword Sect's decline, and the Spirit Rhino City Lord redirected attention to the tournament.
• Lin Zier said she would compete for first place and defeat Lin Bai, while the Spirit Rhino City Lord warned that the northwestern peak held one hundred tokens guarded by one hundred Martial Dao Ninth Level demonic beasts.

Lin Bai entered the martial competition in Sky Ghost Valley and challenged Lin Zier, who planned to claim first place before dealing with him. He pursued her toward the Northwest Mountain Range, where a Violetgold Tiger carrying a Martial Competition Token attacked him.

• Lin Bai joined the martial competition after Lin Yue encouraged him to leave Spirit Rhino City and pursue his ambitions.
• Ye Rulong challenged Lin Bai to a fight in Sky Ghost Valley over the forced apology at the Treasure Pavilion, and Lin Bai accepted.
• At the entrance to Sky Ghost Valley, Lin Zier demanded that Lin Bai cripple himself and leave; he refused and vowed to kill her.
• Lin Zier rallied Zhao Ruixue, Zhao Tianhao, Tang Feng, Sun Decai, and more than a hundred martial artists to seek first place in the Northwest Mountain Range, while Lin Bai pursued them.
• A Martial Dao Ninth Level Violetgold Tiger carrying a Martial Competition Token pounced on Lin Bai, and he drew the Spirit Severing Sword to attack it.

Lin Bai killed Ye Rulong and his men, then rushed to the Northwest Mountain Range to confront Lin Zier. He reached the foot of the mountain and headed up after learning she had taken more than two hundred martial artists there.

• Lin Bai killed a Violetgold Tiger and took its token before setting out to find Lin Zier.
• Ye Rulong ambushed Lin Bai with more than a dozen martial artists, but Lin Bai killed them and defeated Ye Rulong with the Thunder God Sword.
• Lin Bai killed Ye Rulong despite his threats and pleas, then continued toward the Northwest Mountain Range.
• At the foot of the mountain, Lin Bai learned that Lin Zier had gone up with more than two hundred martial artists, and he ran up to confront her.

Lin Bai fought his way up the mountain toward Lin Zier, killing the martial artists guarding the path and defeating Zhao Tianhao and Zhao Ruixue. With the monster hunt nearly over and Lin Zier holding 120 points, she prepared to face Lin Bai as he reached the mountaintop.

• Lin Bai cut down the martial artists blocking his climb and continued through the bodies scattered along the mountain path.
• Lin Zier learned that Lin Bai was approaching and sent Zhao Ruixue and Zhao Tianhao to kill him.
• Lin Bai killed Zhao Tianhao with Cold-Blooded Strike and split Zhao Ruixue in two with Thunder God Sword.
• Lin Zier learned that the Zhao siblings were dead and, holding 120 points, waited as Lin Bai fought his way toward the mountaintop.

Lin Bai confronted Lin Zier at the summit of Sky Ghost Valley to settle their long-standing feud, but she overpowered his sword techniques and revealed her Primordial Goddess Path Martial Soul. The battle drew the attention of Spirit Rhino City’s Grand Elders, who hurried toward the valley as Lin Zier’s fate remained uncertain.

• Lin Bai reached the mountaintop and challenged Lin Zier to a fight to the death over their past betrayal and grievances.
• Lin Zier and Lin Bai exchanged threats before Lin Zier attacked with the strength of a Martial Dao Ninth Level cultivator.
• Lin Bai unleashed all five moves of Blood Weeping Swordplay, but Lin Zier broke through his attacks with a punch and wounded him.
• Lin Zier revealed her Primordial Goddess Path Martial Soul, filling one half of the sky with holy light while dark clouds and thunder gathered over the other.
• Murong Qi recognized Lin Zier’s Martial Soul, argued with Ji Bei over the threat to her, and joined the Grand Elders as they set out for Sky Ghost Valley.

Lin Bai overcame Lin Zier's overwhelming power by unleashing the Dragon Emperor's Divine Dragon Arm, shattering her martial soul and severing her arm. Lin Zier fled toward the mountain's foot with Lin Bai in pursuit.

• Lin Zier used the Primordial Divine Palm and Primordial God Extinction Light to badly wound Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai revealed the Dragon Emperor's Divine Dragon Arm and struck Lin Zier with a punch that shattered her martial soul and drove her into the rubble.
• Lin Bai cut off Lin Zier's left arm and took her Storage Bag as she tried to escape.
• Lin Bai pursued Lin Zier toward the mountain's foot while the martial artists watched in shock.

Lin Bai defeated Lin Zier but was left gravely injured when Murong Qi intervened to save her. Just as Murong Qi moved to kill Lin Bai, Lin Yue arrived and declared that he would protect his nephew.

• Lin Bai defeated Lin Zier and prepared to kill her, rejecting her pleas and threats.
• Murong Qi struck Lin Bai from afar, breaking eight of his ribs, then arrived and vowed to kill him for injuring Lin Zier.
• Ji Bei, Xiao Tianchu, Ling Han, the Spirit Rhino City Lord, and other experts reached Sky Ghost Valley and saw Lin Zier's injuries and Lin Bai's victory.
• Murong Qi attacked the helpless Lin Bai, but an unseen fist sent him flying.
• Lin Yue revealed himself, praised Lin Bai, and declared that anyone who wanted to kill him would have to get past his fists.

Lin Yue forced Azure Cloud Terrace Palace to spare Lin Bai for one year, and Lin Bai vowed to challenge the sect after that year. Lin Yue directed him to join Spirit Sword Sect and become Ling Tianzi’s disciple, while Zhao Xiansheng accepted the yearlong reprieve after reading Lin Bai’s challenge.

• Lin Yue threatened to destroy Azure Cloud Terrace Palace if it harmed Lin Bai during the next year, and Murong Qi agreed to leave after receiving Lin Yue’s letter.
• Lin Zier vowed to kill Lin Bai in a year, and Lin Bai challenged her and promised to go to Azure Cloud Terrace Palace to kill her.
• The Spirit Rhino City Lord ended the martial competition and announced that the Four Great Sects would select disciples the next morning; Lin Bai handed over his 123 points.
• Lin Yue advised Lin Bai to join Spirit Sword Sect and become Ling Tianzi’s disciple, explaining that Ling Tianzi was powerful enough to guide him.
• Murong Qi delivered Lin Yue’s letter to Zhao Xiansheng, who read Lin Bai’s challenge and ordered that Lin Bai not be touched for a year.

Lin Bai joined the Spirit Sword Sect after the tournament, while Lin Yue set off to find his wife and children. The chapter ended with Ji Bei bringing Lin Bai and the other recruits to the Spirit Sword Sect, a large but declining sect far smaller than the Azure Cloud Terrace Palace.

• Lin Yue urged Lin Bai to train hard so he could defeat Lin Zier at the Azure Cloud Terrace Palace in a year, but kept the letter’s contents secret.
• The Spirit Rhino City Lord announced Lin Bai’s first-place score of 123 points, drawing mockery from martial artists who judged him by his Yellow Rank One martial soul.
• Li Jianxing rejected Xiao Tianchu’s invitation and joined the Spirit Sword Sect, while Zhang Yao, Bai Zhiyuan, and Sun Chaoyang joined the Blazing Fire Palace.
• Ji Bei invited Lin Bai to the Spirit Sword Sect despite Xiao Tianchu warning that accepting him could bring trouble from the Azure Cloud Terrace Palace.
• Lin Bai left with Ji Bei for the Spirit Sword Sect, while Lin Yue departed to find the Serpent God Sect and reunite with his family.
• After three days of travel, Ji Bei arrived at the Spirit Sword Sect with Lin Bai and several other disciples.

Lin Bai joined the Spirit Sword Sect and learned that he had to pass a trial in seven days to remain. After defending Li Jianxing from three bullying disciples, Lin Bai headed to his own residence, leaving Li Jianxing to ponder the martial world’s rule that the strong were respected.

• Ji Bei brought Lin Bai and the other new disciples to the Spirit Sword Sect, explained the seven-day trial, and assigned Lin Bai Yellow Character Number Five.
• Ji Bei encouraged Lin Bai, then promised to arrange a meeting with Ling Tianzi if Lin Bai performed well in the trial.
• Lin Bai found Li Jianxing being beaten by three Martial Dao Ninth Level disciples and defeated them with one sword strike.
• Lin Bai warned the three attackers not to trouble Li Jianxing again, and they vowed to retaliate during the trial.
• Lin Bai told Li Jianxing that the sect’s bullying reflected the rule that the strong were respected, then walked toward his residence.

Lin Bai arrived at Yellow Character Number Five and found Xu Rui bullying the honest Zhao Tiedan. After Xu Rui tried to force Lin Bai and Qi Shaolong to eat sewage, Lin Bai defeated him and drove him from the courtyard.

• Lin Bai met Zhao Tiedan, who was washing clothes for Senior Apprentice Xu, and told him people should wash their own clothes.
• Qi Shaolong arrived and agreed with Lin Bai, then Xu Rui introduced himself and denied making Tiedan do the laundry.
• Lin Bai and Qi Shaolong found buckets of sewage in their rooms, and Xu Rui claimed he had prepared it as food for them.
• Qi Shaolong attacked Xu Rui but was knocked aside and injured, so Lin Bai stepped in to face him.
• Lin Bai struck Xu Rui with one punch, smashed him through his house, and warned him to leave or lose his life.

After Xu Rui returned with Xu Shangjie and a group of newcomers to challenge Lin Bai and Qi Shaolong, Lin Bai learned about the Divine Alliance and Ling Tianzi’s secluded White Cloud Peak. Xu Shangjie sent his followers to fight the pair, leaving their confrontation about to begin.

• Lin Bai, Qi Shaolong, and Tiedan ate roasted beast meat while Qi Shaolong explained the Divine Alliance and its influence in the Spirit Sword Sect.
• Lin Bai asked about Ling Tianzi, and Qi Shaolong revealed that Ling Tianzi lived in seclusion on White Cloud Peak after joining the sect a hundred years earlier.
• Xu Rui kicked open the courtyard gate and returned with Xu Shangjie and a group of martial artists, demanding revenge on Lin Bai and Qi Shaolong.
• Xu Shangjie’s followers explained that newcomers fought to dominate their courtyards and attract the Divine Alliance’s notice before the trial in seven days.
• Xu Rui urged Xu Shangjie to destroy Lin Bai and Qi Shaolong’s dantians, but Xu Shangjie dismissed them as unworthy and ordered his followers to attack.

Lin Bai fought Xu Shangjie and his followers after they threatened Qi Shaolong and Tiedan, defeating Xu Shangjie with a powerful sword technique. As Lin Bai prepared to finish him, an angry voice rang out from the distance, interrupting the fight.

• Xu Shangjie ordered his martial artists to cripple Qi Shaolong and Tiedan, while Qi Shaolong shielded Tiedan from them.
• Lin Bai stepped forward, warned the attackers, and killed several of Xu Shangjie's followers when they charged him.
• Xu Shangjie attacked Lin Bai with the Hundred-Pound Fist and Thousand-Pound Fist, injuring him, but Lin Bai severed one of Xu Shangjie's fingers with the Thunder God Sword.
• Xu Shangjie unleashed his Twenty-Thousand-Pound Heavy Fist, but Lin Bai countered with Ten Steps, One Kill and struck him down.
• Lin Bai moved to deliver a fatal slash to Xu Shangjie, but an angry young man's roar interrupted him.

Lin Bai and Qi Shaolong were nearly killed by Xiang Tianyi, a powerful Divine Alliance disciple, until Elder Ji Bei intervened. Lin Bai challenged Xiang Tianyi to a life-or-death battle in three months and received medicine from Ji Bei before the trial in seven days.

• Xiang Tianyi arrived, struck Lin Bai, and demanded that Lin Bai and Qi Shaolong cripple their cultivation and kneel to Xu Shangjie.
• Xiang Tianyi attacked Lin Bai, nearly killing him, but Ji Bei appeared and stopped him.
• Lin Bai vowed to kill Xiang Tianyi in three months, and they agreed to settle their feud on the sect's Life and Death Arena.
• Ji Bei gave Lin Bai healing pills and reminded him not to let his injuries delay the trial in seven days.

Lin Bai secretly visited White Cloud Peak and encountered the Thunderous Sword Intent Scroll, whose lightning-filled image terrified him and stayed on his mind. Though Ling Tianzi dismissed Lin Bai's Yellow Rank One Martial Soul, he allowed him to return, and Lin Bai headed back to the Hall of Books that night.

• Five days after recovering from his injuries, Lin Bai sneaked onto White Cloud Peak to assess Ling Tianzi, the master his Third Uncle wanted him to follow.
• Lin Bai studied books in the Hall of Books, learned how vast the Barren Ancient Continent was, and opened the Thunderous Sword Intent Scroll.
• The scroll's lightning sword and living thunder frightened Lin Bai into fleeing, while Ling Tianzi and Li Shanqing watched and discussed his visit.
• Lin Bai spent the night haunted by the scroll, while Qi Shaolong and Tiedan later reported that new disciples were competing fiercely ahead of the trial.
• That night, Lin Bai returned to White Cloud Peak and went straight to the Hall of Books, as Li Shanqing reported to Ling Tianzi.

Lin Bai faced the Thunderous Sword Intent Scroll without fear and unknowingly comprehended sword intent, destroying the Hall of Books in the process. Over the next two days, he learned to control the mysterious power and prepared for the reexamination, still unaware that he had gained Martial Dao Will.

• Lin Bai opened the Thunderous Sword Intent Scroll and entered its storm-filled world, where he overcame his fear and shattered the thunder with his sword force.
• Lin Bai returned to the Hall of Books and used a paper sword to break its main pillar, causing the building to collapse before he fled White Cloud Peak.
• Ling Tianzi praised Lin Bai for facing his fear and beginning to comprehend sword intent, then told Li Shanqing to restore the Hall of Books.
• Lin Bai returned to his residence, credited Ling Tianzi’s scroll with granting him a mysterious power, and slept while looking forward to becoming Ling Tianzi’s disciple.
• Lin Bai spent two days mastering the power, discovering that it greatly strengthened his sword techniques as he prepared for the reexamination.

Lin Bai entered the Spirit Sword Sect’s retest, where disciples had to hunt demons in Qingyou Mountain and rival newcomers targeted him with a bounty. After Fang Mo and more than twenty martial artists attacked, Lin Bai broke their combined assault with one slash.

• Xu Shangjie and the other New Talent Kings taunted Lin Bai, while Qi Shaolong promised to stand by him.
• Ji Bei announced that disciples had to collect ten tokens in Qingyou Mountain to pass, and that the first-place disciple would receive a Profound Grade martial skill.
• Li Jianxing warned Lin Bai that Xu Shangjie had incited others to kill him and that most New Talent Kings had joined the Divine Alliance.
• At Qingyou Mountain, Fang Mo surrounded Lin Bai, Qi Shaolong, and Tiedan with more than twenty martial artists, hoping to claim Xu Shangjie’s bounty.
• Qi Shaolong protected Tiedan and Lin Bai told them to leave before he faced the attackers alone.
• Lin Bai shattered the attackers’ combined assault with one slash.

Lin Bai slaughtered the warriors who attacked him over Xu Shangjie’s bounty, then separated from Qi Shaolong and Tiedan to avoid putting them in danger. After collecting his tenth token and completing the assessment, he began hunting for Xu Shangjie and captured another warrior who might know where to find him.

• Lin Bai killed Fang Mo and many of his attackers, then let the survivors flee despite Qi Shaolong warning that Fang Mo’s elder brother was one of the ten New Talent Kings.
• Lin Bai parted ways with Qi Shaolong and Tiedan, promising to help them if they encountered danger.
• Zhao Suan and more than twenty warriors attacked Lin Bai to claim Xu Shangjie’s ten-thousand-spirit-stone bounty, but Lin Bai killed them and sent Zhao Suan away with a threat for Xu Shangjie.
• Lin Bai killed a fierce tiger, collected his tenth token, and completed the assessment before heading down the mountain to settle accounts with Xu Shangjie.
• A young man at the peak of the Martial Dao Ninth Level confronted Lin Bai, but Lin Bai wounded him and demanded to know where Xu Shangjie was.

Lin Bai killed the Hellfire Lizard King, claimed its Purple Token, and absorbed its blood essence, bringing him closer to the True Martial Realm. Three hours later, he encountered Ye Guxing, and the two New Talent Kings began a fierce sword fight.

• Lin Bai saw through a man's attempt to kill him for Xu Shangjie's reward and killed him before heading to the valley.
• Lin Bai interrupted Xu Shangjie's assault on the wounded Hellfire Lizard King, drove off Xu Shangjie, then killed the beast and took its Purple Token.
• Lin Bai absorbed the Hellfire Lizard King's blood essence and concluded that killing the trial ground's four True Martial Realm demon beasts could let him break through.
• Three hours later, Lin Bai met Ye Guxing in the forest and fought him for hundreds of exchanges, drawing the attention of nearby martial artists.

Lin Bai cleared up a misunderstanding with Ye Guxing, then killed Mo Yi, who had planned to ambush him for Xu Shangjie's bounty. At Ten Mile Slope, Ye Suxin gathered hundreds of martial artists to enrage and attack a True Martial Realm Swallowing Heaven Demon Python without killing it.

• Lin Bai and Ye Guxing stopped fighting after more than a thousand exchanges and realized they had attacked each other because of a misunderstanding.
• Lin Bai identified himself to Ye Guxing, learned his name, and watched him leave in peace.
• Mo Yi emerged from the jungle, revealed Ye Suxin's gathering at Ten Mile Slope, and attacked Lin Bai for Xu Shangjie's bounty.
• Lin Bai killed Mo Yi with Ten Steps, One Kill, took his storage space, and set off for Ten Mile Slope.
• Ye Suxin arranged for Xu Shangjie and Long Yao to guard Ten Mile Slope while she led hundreds of martial artists to awaken and enrage the Swallowing Heaven Demon Python.
• The Swallowing Heaven Demon Python erupted from underground and crushed more than a dozen martial artists, while Ye Suxin ordered the others to attack without killing it.

Lin Bai reached Ten Mile Slope and fought Xu Shangjie’s guards after learning Xu had placed a bounty on him, killing Long Yao with one sword. Xu Shangjie lied to Ye Suxin about Lin Bai’s words, and she sent Bai Huatian, Qi Ming, and Long Ba to kill him while she continued refining the Swallowing Heaven Demon Python.

• Lin Bai confronted Xu Shangjie outside Ten Mile Slope over the bounty, and Long Yao attacked him with the Dragon Demon Claw.
• Lin Bai killed Long Yao with the Thunder God Sword and let the other martial artists flee.
• Xu Shangjie ran into Ten Mile Slope and falsely claimed Lin Bai had threatened to make Ye Suxin kneel and submit.
• Ye Suxin ordered Bai Huatian, Qi Ming, and Long Ba to kill Lin Bai while she continued refining the Swallowing Heaven Demon Python.

Lin Bai killed Long Ba, Qi Ming, and Bai Huatian after they confronted him on behalf of the Divine Alliance. As he pursued Xu Shangjie into Ten Mile Slope, Ye Suxin emerged atop the Swallowing Heaven Demon Python and demanded to know whether Lin Bai had killed her allies.

• Lin Bai chased Xu Shangjie into Ten Mile Slope, where Long Ba, Bai Huatian, and Qi Ming challenged him.
• Long Ba attacked Lin Bai to avenge his brother Long Yao, but Lin Bai killed him with one sword strike.
• Qi Ming attacked Lin Bai and lost an arm, then joined Bai Huatian in a two-sided assault; Lin Bai killed both with the Thunder God Sword.
• Lin Bai warned the Divine Alliance not to provoke him and continued pursuing Xu Shangjie into Ten Mile Slope.
• Ye Suxin emerged atop the Swallowing Heaven Demon Python with Xu Shangjie behind her, saw her allies' bodies, and asked Lin Bai if he had killed them.

Lin Bai fought Ye Suxin and her True Martial Realm Swallowing Heaven Demon Python after she demanded his life for killing Divine Alliance disciples. Though Lin Bai badly injured the beast, Ye Suxin escaped with it and planned to control two more True Martial Realm demonic beasts to kill him.

• Ye Suxin confronted Lin Bai over the deaths of Bai Huatian, Long Ba, Long Yao, Mo Yi, and Qi Ming, and Xu Shangjie revealed that she was the Divine Alliance leader’s fiancée and the Spirit Sword Sect’s Young Sect Master.
• Ye Suxin ordered the Swallowing Heaven Demon Python to kill Lin Bai, and its attack sent him flying and left him wounded.
• Lin Bai used the Thunder God Sword and Dragon Emperor's Divine Dragon Arm to badly injure the Swallowing Heaven Demon Python and nearly kill it.
• Ye Suxin gave the beast her blood, revived its fighting spirit, and fled with Xu Shangjie while vowing to avenge herself on Lin Bai.
• Ye Suxin told Xu Shangjie she would subdue the two remaining True Martial Realm demonic beasts in Qingyou Mountain and return with three beasts to kill Lin Bai.

Lin Bai learned that Ye Suxin and Xu Shangjie had captured Tiedan and Qi Shaolong, and he rushed to Ten Mile Slope to save them. Xu Shangjie and Xu Rui prepared to use the two as bait, and Lin Bai arrived just as they threatened his friends.

• Lin Bai killed Liu Qing after the archer revealed that Ye Suxin and Xu Shangjie had captured Tiedan and Qi Shaolong.
• Qi Shaolong and Tiedan were captured by Xu Rui after killing twenty demonic beasts and preparing to leave the trial.
• Xu Shangjie and Xu Rui said they would kill Tiedan and Qi Shaolong to draw Lin Bai out and take revenge on him.
• Lin Bai reached Ten Mile Slope and shouted at Xu Shangjie and Xu Rui to release his friends.