Recaps

Lin Bai raced Ling Tianzi to the Spirit Sword Sect, where they competed to catch Li Shanqing, and Ling Tianzi gave Lin Bai a hidden force as a gift. After Lin Bai left, Ling Tianzi explained that the force was meant to help him survive a great tribulation when he broke through to the Human Core Realm, leaving Li Shanqing alarmed at what that calamity might be.

• Lin Bai chased Li Shanqing with his flying sword, but Ling Tianzi caught Li Shanqing first and won their race back to the Spirit Sword Sect.
• Ling Tianzi explained that the Grand Five Elements Art helped supply the true qi needed for Lin Bai's Sword Control Art and praised his progress.
• Ling Tianzi sent a hidden force into Lin Bai's body, saying it could help him withstand a great tribulation once.
• Ling Tianzi told Lin Bai to attend the Spirit Sword Sect's celebrations for the Second Elder's succession as Sect Master.
• Li Shanqing accused Ling Tianzi of planting a force to restrain Lin Bai's Devouring Sword Soul, but Ling Tianzi said it was a safeguard for Lin Bai's Human Core Realm breakthrough.
• Li Shanqing realized what the great tribulation might be and worried that Lin Bai might not survive it.

The Spirit Sword Sect hosted envoys arriving for its sect master succession ceremony, but the Sacred Moon Sect came with hostile intentions. After Wang Yingjie gravely injured Sun Qian, Li Jianxing confronted him and prepared to fight.

• Li Jianxing welcomed Crown Prince Tuoba Xiu of the Great Moon Kingdom and escorted him into the Spirit Sword Sect.
• Wang Hao received Chu Jiangliu and the Grand Princess of the Divine Martial Nation, who asked after Lin Bai.
• Tang Tianhao led the hostile Sacred Moon Sect delegation to the Spirit Sword Sect, where Wang Yingjie insulted the sect and declared they had come to destroy it.
• Wang Yingjie attacked Sun Qian with one punch, severely injuring him, then made Sun Qian escort the Sacred Moon Sect inside.
• Li Jianxing and Wang Hao saw Sun Qian's injuries, and Wang Yingjie mocked him; Li Jianxing angrily prepared to draw his sword against Wang Yingjie.

At the Spirit Sword Sect’s succession ceremony, the Sacred Moon Sect’s disciples insulted the hosts and injured Sun Qian, while Wang Yingjie set his sights on Grand Princess Bai Xiaoxiao and planned to kill Lin Bai. Lin Bai arrived at the ceremony ready to confront them and spoke with the Grand Princess, who asked about his injuries.

• Li Jianxing led the guests to the ceremony, and Tuoba Xiu warned him that the Sacred Moon Sect’s disciples seemed intent on causing trouble.
• Wang Yingjie pursued Grand Princess Bai Xiaoxiao, while his disciples threatened the Divine Martial Nation’s royal family; Wang Yingjie vowed to kill Lin Bai and reclaim the Overlord Dragon Fist manual.
• Wang Hao brought the injured Sun Qian to Lin Bai and explained that Sacred Moon Sect disciples had hurt him under the guise of exchanging pointers.
• Lin Bai said he was ready to deal with the Sacred Moon Sect and went to the ceremony with Sun Qian and Wang Hao.
• Lin Bai greeted King Chu and Grand Princess Bai Xiaoxiao, who asked whether he had recovered from his fight with Su Cang and Su Zhan.

Lin Bai reunited with the Grand Princess, discussed the Prime Minister and faced the hostility of Wang Yingjie and Di Huayue at the Spirit Sword Sect’s succession ceremony. The ceremony began as Su Jiannan arrived to take his place as Sect Master.

• The Grand Princess told Lin Bai that her efforts against the Prime Minister had failed, and Lin Bai offered help before she urged him to focus on rebuilding the Spirit Sword Sect.
• Lin Bai noticed Wang Yingjie of the Sacred Moon Sect glaring at him, and the Grand Princess warned that Wang Yingjie had recently injured Sun Qian.
• Di Huayue of Azure Cloud Terrace Palace glared at Lin Bai while he held the Grand Princess, and she revealed that she had rejected Di Huayue when he once pursued her.
• Ji Bei welcomed the guests and announced the succession ceremony, while Lin Bai and the Grand Princess reflected on the Spirit Sword Sect’s decline and hopes for its revival.
• The Spirit Sword Sect’s disciples welcomed Su Jiannan, who entered the plaza in purple robes with a golden sword and the pressure of the Human Core Realm.

Su Jiannan took over as Sect Master of the Spirit Sword Sect and began the succession ceremony. He called Lin Bai to join him in the Heaven-Worshipping Ceremony, while guests from rival sects and hidden visitors judged Lin Bai and discussed their plans.

• Su Jiannan revealed his Human Core Realm cultivation, intimidated the guests, and received their congratulations as the Spirit Sword Sect’s new Sect Master.
• Su Jiannan called Lin Bai to the altar, drawing the attention of the assembled guests and prompting the Grand Princess to urge Lin Bai to go.
• Wang Yingjie vowed to kill Lin Bai, and Tang Tianhao planned to push for a martial sparring competition after the ceremony.
• Di Huayue dismissed Lin Bai, while a prince of the Divine Wind Nation and Tuoba Xiu watched him with interest and gratitude.
• A black-robed old man suggested inviting Lin Bai to the Sword Assembly, but the white-robed Ruohan called him average.
• Lin Bai agreed to join Su Jiannan and the Spirit Sword Sect’s elders and core martial artists in worshipping Heaven.

Su Jiannan completed his succession ceremony as the Spirit Sword Sect’s new Sect Master, then accepted the Sacred Moon Sect’s proposal for a martial contest. Zhang Haoyun stepped forward as the first challenger, leaving the Spirit Sword Sect to choose a disciple to face him.

• Su Jiannan offered his golden sword to Heaven and swore to restore the Spirit Sword Sect before completing the succession ceremony.
• Ye Mobei told Lin Bai that he had abandoned the Divine Alliance and remained loyal to the Spirit Sword Sect.
• Tang Tianhao proposed a contest between the sects’ disciples, and Su Jiannan agreed after glancing at Lin Bai.
• Ji Bei and Ji Bai recognized that the Sacred Moon Sect had come with hostile intentions, while Lin Bai and the Grand Princess discussed the pressure on Su Jiannan to accept the challenge.
• Tang Tianhao introduced Zhang Haoyun, a ninth-level Heaven Martial Realm disciple, and asked the Spirit Sword Sect to send someone to face him.

Ye Mobei stepped forward to answer Zhang Haoyun’s challenge instead of Lin Bai, and the two began a fierce duel. Lin Bai predicted to the Grand Princess that they would decide the fight within three exchanges and draw, while Zhang Haoyun vowed to win within three moves.

• Su Jiannan called for a Spirit Sword Sect disciple to fight, but Lin Bai stayed back as the Grand Princess urged him not to act recklessly.
• Zhang Haoyun taunted the Spirit Sword Sect and demanded that Lin Bai face him.
• Ye Mobei stepped into the arena and revealed that he had fought against the Sacred Moon Sect in the Southern Border.
• Zhang Haoyun and Ye Mobei clashed with their swords as Lin Bai and the Grand Princess watched.
• Lin Bai bet that the fight would end in a draw within three exchanges, and Zhang Haoyun declared that he would admit defeat if he could not win within three moves.

Zhang Haoyun and Ye Mobei fought to a draw after unleashing their strongest sword techniques, then Wang Yun defeated Li Jianxing with a single punch that shattered his treasured sword. Lin Bai sensed that Wang Yun's strength could suddenly rise to near the Half-Step Divine Core Realm, but he could not explain the change.

• Zhang Haoyun and Ye Mobei exchanged their trump-card techniques, both suffered injuries, and Tang Tianhao and Su Jiannan accepted the duel as a draw.
• Zhang Haoyun and Ye Mobei returned to their seats after trading threats, and Wang Yun challenged the Spirit Sword Sect's disciples.
• Lin Bai sensed that Wang Yun's power fluctuated unpredictably, sometimes reaching the ninth level of the Heaven Martial Realm.
• Li Jianxing attacked Wang Yun with the Meteor Sword Technique, but Wang Yun shattered his Grade Four Spirit Tool sword with one punch and injured him severely.
• Lin Bai realized that Wang Yun's punch had reached the peak of the ninth level of the Heaven Martial Realm, near the initial stage of the Half-Step Divine Core Realm, but could not determine why.

Wang Yun defeated Spirit Sword Sect disciples with a single punch each, using power Lin Bai judged to be at the ninth level of the Heaven Martial Realm despite Wang Yun’s claimed fourth-level cultivation. After seven consecutive losses, Su Jiannan stopped the injured Ye Mobei from fighting and called on Lin Bai to take the field.

• Wang Yun defeated Li Jianxing and then Wang Hao with one punch each, leaving both injured and shocking the watching sect leaders.
• Wang Yun challenged the Spirit Sword Sect to send a ninth-level Heaven Martial Realm fighter, while Lin Bai told the Grand Princess that Wang Yun’s attacks carried ninth-level power.
• Su Xiaosheng, Baili Hua, and other Spirit Sword Sect disciples challenged Wang Yun and each fell to a single punch, bringing the sect’s losses to seven.
• Su Jiannan prevented the injured Ye Mobei from fighting and announced that Lin Bai would take the field.

After the Spirit Sword Sect lost seven matches, Su Jiannan sent Lin Bai to face Wang Yun, whose strength surged to the ninth level of the Heaven Martial Realm when he attacked. Lin Bai entered the arena and challenged Wang Yun to strike without drawing his sword, and the chapter ended as they launched a fist-to-fist clash.

• The guests discussed the Spirit Sword Sect's losing streak as Ye Mobei stood to take the field, but Su Jiannan stopped him and called for Lin Bai instead.
• The Grand Princess warned Lin Bai that losing to Wang Yun would disgrace the Spirit Sword Sect, and Lin Bai entered the arena to face him.
• The guests recognized Lin Bai and recalled his past feats, while Tang Tianhao glared at him with hatred and the White-Robed Woman watched with interest.
• Li Jianxing and Wang Hao warned Lin Bai that Wang Yun's power rose to the ninth level of the Heaven Martial Realm when he attacked.
• Wang Yun challenged Lin Bai to draw his sword, but Lin Bai refused and invited him to attack.
• Wang Yun unleashed a powerful punch, and Lin Bai met it with his own fist as the guests watched the collision.

Lin Bai defeated Wang Yun, exposing how Wang Yun used his Flower Shifting Martial Soul to borrow Tang Tianhao’s strength. When the Sacred Moon Sect demanded Lin Bai surrender the Overlord Dragon Fist manual and cripple his arms, he challenged them, and Liu Qingfeng stepped forward to fight.

• Lin Bai defeated Wang Yun with the Overlord Dragon Fist, while Tang Tianhao also vomited blood from the injury Wang Yun suffered.
• Su Jiannan revealed that Wang Yun’s Flower Shifting Martial Soul let him borrow half of Tang Tianhao’s strength, and Tang Tianhao confirmed the secret.
• Liu Qingfeng accused Lin Bai of stealing the Sacred Moon Sect’s Overlord Dragon Fist and demanded the manual and Lin Bai’s arms.
• Lin Bai challenged the Sacred Moon Sect disciples to defeat him for the manual and his arms, and Liu Qingfeng attacked with the Myriad Rending Sky Palm.
• Lin Bai countered with the Overlord Dragon Fist, and both fighters were forced back three steps before exchanging taunts.

Lin Bai defeated Liu Qingfeng with a single sword strike during the Spirit Sword Sect's succession ceremony, drawing the attention of Famous Sword Manor's observers. Wang Yingjie and Di Huayue then challenged him, and Lin Bai demanded that they attack together.

• Lin Bai exchanged blows with Liu Qingfeng, then drew the Azure Song Sword and defeated him with one strike.
• The Black-Robed Old Man and the White-Robed Woman discussed Lin Bai's swordsmanship and decided to keep watching before considering an invitation.
• Lin Bai told Liu Qingfeng that the Sacred Moon Sect no longer qualified to take the Overlord Dragon Fist or his arms.
• Wang Yingjie and Di Huayue stepped forward to challenge Lin Bai, each letting the other go first.
• Lin Bai impatiently told Wang Yingjie and Di Huayue to attack him together.

Lin Bai challenged Di Huayue and Wang Yingjie to attack him together, then defeated Wang Yingjie with a single sword strike. As Di Huayue’s punch closed in from behind, Lin Bai released the Dragon Eye Flying Sword to counter her.

• Lin Bai dismissed Di Huayue and Wang Yingjie’s threats and demanded that they attack him together.
• Di Huayue and Wang Yingjie launched coordinated attacks, and Wang Yingjie revealed that he had injured Sun Qian.
• Lin Bai charged Wang Yingjie and used Wind Severing to shatter his sword attack and send him flying.
• Di Huayue’s punch reached Lin Bai from behind as Wang Yingjie laughed, expecting him to be gravely injured.
• Lin Bai declared that he could withstand the punch and released the Dragon Eye Flying Sword toward Di Huayue.

Lin Bai used his flying sword to defeat Wang Yingjie and Di Huayue at the same time, stunning the arena. He then accepted a wager to fight the Sacred Moon King in three months at the Forbidden City Summit.

• Di Huayue attacked Lin Bai from behind, but Lin Bai's Dragon Eye Flying Sword broke through his palm technique and pinned him at the throat while Lin Bai subdued Wang Yingjie with the Azure Song Sword.
• The martial artists and guests, including Su Jiannan, marveled at the flying sword, and Su Jiannan realized Lin Bai had learned the Flying Sword Dao from Ling Tianzi.
• Tang Tianhao challenged the Spirit Sword Sect to a rematch against the Sacred Moon Sect, wagering nine first-grade Heaven-level martial arts manuals against the return of the Overlord Dragon Fist manual.
• Lin Bai accepted the challenge and set the match for three months later, after the Four Great Sects Tournament, at the Forbidden City Summit in the Great Moon Kingdom's imperial capital.

At Spirit Sword Sect's succession ceremony, Di Huayue warned Lin Bai that Lin Zier had grown powerful enough to draw with Zhao Xiansheng, prompting Lin Bai to resolve to obtain the Myriad Year Spirit Herb. A mysterious White-Robed Woman then challenged Lin Bai to a duel, and the two prepared to clash.

• Di Huayue told Lin Bai that Lin Zier had reached the mid-stage of the Half-Step Divine Core Realm and fought Zhao Xiansheng to a draw.
• Lin Bai decided he needed to obtain the Myriad Year Spirit Herb from Famous Sword Manor and condense a fifth spiritual vortex before facing Lin Zier.
• The White-Robed Woman emerged from the crowd, and her icy Martial Dao Will chilled the arena.
• The White-Robed Woman challenged Lin Bai to a contest between sword cultivators and revealed her Ice Crystal Sword and Third-Order Sword Intent.
• Lin Bai accepted the challenge, drew the Azure Song Sword, and faced the White-Robed Woman as she prepared to attack.

The White-Robed Woman overwhelmed Lin Bai with her Third-Order Sword Intent and icy Sword Domain, but he fought back with powerful techniques and his Dragon Eye Flying Sword. Lin Bai’s flying sword pierced through her ice walls, though the duel’s outcome remained unresolved.

• The White-Robed Woman’s Sword Intent shattered Lin Bai’s defense, injured him, and trapped him in a blizzard-filled Sword Domain.
• Lin Bai unleashed Divine Ability Withered Flower, but his strike shattered only three of the White-Robed Woman’s fifteen ice walls.
• The White-Robed Woman attacked with Icy Heaven Snow Cellar, and Lin Bai countered with Overlord Dragon Fist and Withered Flower, forcing her back two hundred meters.
• Lin Bai used Mountains and Rivers Eternal Silence, but the White-Robed Woman raised more ice walls to block his sword.
• Lin Bai summoned the Dragon Eye Flying Sword and poured True Qi into it, awakening Long Wei; the flying sword pierced through the ice walls one after another.

Lin Bai fought Jian Ruohan to a draw at the Spirit Sword Sect’s succession ceremony, impressing her despite his weaker cultivation and inexperience with his flying sword. Jian Ruohan revealed she came from Famous Sword Manor and invited Lin Bai to its Sword Assembly, leaving the sect’s leader elated.

• Lin Bai and Jian Ruohan clashed with their swords and were both driven back, ending their fight in a draw.
• Su Jiannan challenged the uninvited visitors, while Lin Bai apologized to Jian Ruohan and acknowledged her strength.
• Jian Ruohan praised Lin Bai’s flying sword and revealed her identity and beauty to the gathered guests.
• Jian Ruohan presented Lin Bai with a Golden Sword Jade Scroll inviting him to Famous Sword Manor’s Sword Assembly on the third day of the third month.
• Su Jiannan celebrated that the Spirit Sword Sect had received an invitation from Famous Sword Manor for the first time in a hundred years.

Lin Bai accepted Jian Ruohan’s invitation to the Sword Assembly at Famous Sword Manor, where he learned that the formidable Feng Yunxiu would also attend. After the other sects departed the Spirit Sword Sect’s succession ceremony, Lin Bai resolved to test himself against the strongest sword cultivators in the East Ridge Seven Hundred Kingdoms.

• Lin Bai accepted Jian Ruohan’s invitation to Famous Sword Manor for the Sword Assembly on the third day of the third month.
• The Black-Robed Old Man revealed that Lin Bai was only the second sword cultivator Jian Ruohan had invited, after Feng Yunxiu, and the guests recounted Feng Yunxiu’s extraordinary talent and achievements.
• Jian Ruohan told Lin Bai that Feng Yunxiu had defeated her in three swords and urged Lin Bai to hone his flying sword at Famous Sword Manor.
• Tang Tianhao presented Wang Yingjie as a distinguished sword cultivator, but Jian Ruohan’s cold glance made Wang Yingjie retreat, and the Black-Robed Old Man mocked the Sacred Moon Sect’s sword cultivators.
• The Sacred Moon Sect and the other visiting sects left the Spirit Sword Sect, and Lin Bai resolved to compete against the strongest sword cultivators at Famous Sword Manor.

After the Spirit Sword Sect ceremony, Lin Bai and the Grand Princess spent the night in Frostwind City and discussed his plans for the Sword Assembly at Famous Sword Manor. The Grand Princess returned to the capital with Chu Jiangliu while Lin Bai set out alone to prepare for the competition.

• Lin Bai and the Grand Princess flew to Frostwind City, where they stayed at an inn for the night.
• The next morning, Lin Bai told the Grand Princess he planned to compete at the Sword Assembly at Famous Sword Manor and seek a Myriad Year Spirit Herb if needed.
• The Grand Princess warned Lin Bai about Ye Jianqiu and Feng Yunxiu, and told him Jian Ruohan had ranked seventy-second in the previous sword competition.
• Chu Jiangliu arrived with the Divine Martial Nation’s imperial guards, and the Grand Princess ordered the three armies to return to the capital.
• Lin Bai said farewell to the Grand Princess and flew off with the Sword Control Art, while she departed with Chu Jiangliu.

Lin Bai honed his flying-sword skills, then prepared to travel to the Heaven Sword Dynasty by way of the Fengyun Dynasty’s Ten Thousand Mountains. Ling Tianzi directed him to seek a mysterious temple connected to the Demonic Martial Soul, and Lin Bai left the Spirit Sword Sect to begin his journey.

• Lin Bai flew away after escorting the Grand Princess, while she teased Chu Jiangliu about his marriage to the Fifth Princess and ordered him punished with three thousand military lashes.
• Lin Bai spent half a month training with Li Shanqing and improving his flying-sword control under Ling Tianzi’s guidance.
• Ling Tianzi told Lin Bai to find a mysterious temple in the Ten Thousand Mountains that was connected to the Demonic Martial Soul and might reveal knowledge about his martial soul and future.
• Lin Bai bid farewell to Ling Tianzi, Li Shanqing, Su Jiannan, Li Jianxing, Ji Bei, Ji Bai, and the others before leaving the Spirit Sword Sect.
• Lin Bai flew toward the Azure Spirit Mountain Range, hoping to obtain Thunder God Seals from the Thunder Frog.

Lin Bai returned to Spirit Rhino City, where he punished a Lin family disciple for insulting him and sent a threat to Lin Taiyue about Lin Zier. He then went to the Demon Slayer Alliance to visit Tie Feng, but the gathered members greeted him with apprehension, as though he were an enemy.

• Lin Bai overheard Lin family disciples mock him and praise Lin Zier outside the Lin family residence.
• After Lin Bai revealed his identity, a disciple boasted of his rank and threatened him with the clan rules, so Lin Bai struck him and crippled his dantian.
• Lin Bai told the remaining disciples to tell Lin Taiyue to collect Lin Zier's corpse at the Azure Cloud Terrace Palace in two months, then left Spirit Rhino City.
• Lin Bai traveled to the Demon Slayer Alliance and asked to see Tie Feng, waiting while the watchtower martial artist went to report his arrival.
• A martial artist escorted Lin Bai into the canyon, where thousands of Alliance members watched him with shock and apprehension.

Lin Bai returned to the Demon Slayer Alliance, only to discover Zhao Rong had taken it over as the Soaring Heavens Alliance and tortured Tie Feng for information. After Lin Bai revealed his Heaven Martial Realm strength and slaughtered the attackers, Zhao Rong and her two Black-Robed Men remained before him.

• Lin Bai detected Serpent Heart Poison in the wine and exposed the ambush of more than a hundred True Martial Realm martial artists.
• A Soaring Heavens Alliance fighter revealed the Demon Slayer Alliance had fallen six months earlier, and Zhao Rong appeared with two ninth-level Earth Martial Realm Black-Robed Men.
• Zhao Rong admitted she had tortured Tie Feng for five months to learn Lin Bai's whereabouts, and Lin Bai demanded to know where Tie Feng was.
• Zhao Rong ordered her fighters and the two Black-Robed Men to kill Lin Bai, but he repelled the men and revealed his Heaven Martial Realm power.
• Lin Bai used his sword intent to kill the charging martial artists, while Zhao Rong and the Black-Robed Men remained alive.

Lin Bai slaughtered the Black-Robed Men and more than a thousand martial artists who attacked him, then forced Zhao Rong to lead him to Tie Feng. Zhao Rong hurried into a cave in the ravine with Lin Bai following close behind.

• Lin Bai killed the two fleeing Black-Robed Men with his flying sword and demanded that Zhao Rong reveal Tie Feng's whereabouts.
• Zhao Rong begged Lin Bai to spare her, then led him outside and ordered the gathered martial artists to kill him for a reward.
• Lin Bai warned the crowd to retreat, but the martial artists charged him, and his flying sword killed more than a thousand of them.
• Lin Bai threatened Zhao Rong against further tricks and ordered her to take him to Tie Feng.
• Zhao Rong hurried into a cave deep in the ravine, with Lin Bai following her.

Lin Bai found Tie Feng imprisoned and horribly mutilated by Zhao Rong, then killed her and heard Tie Feng’s final request to protect Tie Haitang. Tie Feng died after Lin Bai promised to find and care for his daughter.

• Lin Bai followed Zhao Rong into the cavern and found the mutilated Tie Feng in a prison cell.
• Tie Feng warned Lin Bai that Zhao Rong had destroyed the Demon Slayer Alliance and urged him to escape, but Lin Bai said he had subdued her.
• Zhao Rong tried to flee, and Lin Bai killed her with his flying sword.
• Tie Feng told Lin Bai he had endured torture while waiting for him and asked him to find and protect Tie Haitang.
• Lin Bai promised to protect Tie Haitang, and Tie Feng killed himself before Lin Bai could stop him.

Lin Bai visited Tie Feng’s grave, thanked Thunder Frog, and learned that Tie Haitang possessed the Dragon Hunter Spirit before leaving to seek a divine temple in the Fengyun Dynasty. After Tie Haitang returned and learned of the Demon Slayer Alliance’s destruction, she left to pursue revenge, and Thunder Frog sensed that her Dragon Hunter Spirit had transformed for a second time.

• Lin Bai promised Tie Feng at his grave that he would find and protect Tie Haitang.
• Lin Bai visited Thunder Frog, learned it had inherited hidden memories through Return to Ancestry, and discovered that Tie Haitang possessed the Dragon Hunter Spirit.
• Lin Bai asked Thunder Frog to direct Tie Haitang to the Spirit Sword Sect if she returned, then flew toward the Fengyun Dynasty to find the divine temple.
• Ten days later, Tie Haitang returned to the Azure Spirit Mountain Range, saw Tie Feng’s grave, and mourned him for three days.
• Thunder Frog told Tie Haitang about Zhao Rong’s revenge, the Demon Slayer Alliance’s destruction, and Lin Bai’s actions against the Soaring Heavens Alliance.
• Tie Haitang left to seek revenge on the Five Venoms Sect and everyone connected to Zhao Rong, while Thunder Frog sensed that her Dragon Hunter Spirit had undergone its second transformation.