Recaps

Lin Bai absorbed the great tree’s vitality and spirit-vein energy, reaching the middle stage of the Half-Step Divine Core Realm before the tree died. Its death opened the way into the Forbidden Zone, and the demon kings rushed toward the temple.

• Lin Bai expanded his dantian into a Pill Lake and broke through to the early stage of the Half-Step Divine Core Realm, then advanced to the middle stage half a day later.
• Lin Bai’s Devouring Power split the great tree apart, and he absorbed its remaining vitality and soul, healing his injuries as the tree perished.
• Lin Bai dressed, gathered his thoughts, and cautiously surveyed the Forbidden Zone.
• Tiger King, Eagle King, and the other demon kings sensed that the Old Divine Tree had vanished and wondered whether the way to the temple was clear.
• Eagle King entered the Forbidden Zone Forest and flew toward the temple; Tiger King and the other demon kings followed.

After healing, Lin Bai followed Eagle King and Tiger King toward the temple, where Forbidden Zone Lifeforms overwhelmed the Demon Kings. With the Headless Knight and Fallen Sword Cultivator pursuing their foes, Lin Bai reached the temple unhindered and prepared to explore it.

• Lin Bai realized his flying sword was missing, sensed it was far away, and followed Eagle King and Tiger King toward the temple instead of searching for it.
• Eagle King and Tiger King entered the Forbidden Zone Forest after the Old Divine Tree died, while Lin Bai and more than ten other Demon Kings followed.
• A Headless Knight killed one Demon King with a single spear thrust and drove the others into a panic.
• The Fallen Sword Cultivator cut Eagle King in two with his Demon Sword, and Lin Bai realized the sword supplied the cultivator's power.
• Tiger King fled toward the temple with the Fallen Sword Cultivator in pursuit, while the Headless Knight chased the other Demon Kings.
• Lin Bai reached the temple without obstruction and was glad the Demon Kings had drawn away its guardians.

Lin Bai sought answers about his Devouring Sword Soul in an ancient temple, where a monk’s remnant explained the Demon Sword and its wielder, Ji Xiang. The monk asked Lin Bai to activate a hidden formation to suppress Ji Xiang, offering him a vision of the future in return.

• Lin Bai entered the temple and heard an elderly voice direct him to the dry well as the Fallen Sword Cultivator rushed back and attacked him.
• Lin Bai escaped the Fallen Sword Cultivator by jumping into the well, where he met the remnant soul of an old monk.
• The old monk told Lin Bai that the Fallen Sword Cultivator was Ji Xiang, a once-renowned sword cultivator driven mad by the Demon Sword, one of the Ten Great Demonic Weapons.
• The old monk explained that he had imprisoned Ji Xiang in the temple and hidden a Four Locks Trapping God Formation beneath the pool.
• The old monk asked Lin Bai to activate the formation to suppress Ji Xiang and offered to show him a fragment of the future in exchange.

Lin Bai agreed to the old monk’s Mirror Flower Water Moon and witnessed a vision of himself gravely wounded beneath a giant who vowed to destroy the Devouring Sword Soul. The vision vanished before its outcome was revealed, and the chapter ended when the Fallen Sword Cultivator fell into the pool.

• The old monk explained that the Mirror Flower Water Moon could show Lin Bai a fragment of a possible future, and Lin Bai agreed to see it.
• Lin Bai saw Jian Ruohan, the Grand Princess, Miss Hong Su, and Ye Suxin watching a battle from a distant mountain.
• Lin Bai witnessed his future self lying bloodied as a giant attacked him and declared that the Devouring Sword Soul was intolerable to Heaven and earth.
• The illusion shattered before Lin Bai saw whether the giant’s punch killed him, and the old monk warned him that the vision might not come to pass.
• Lin Bai realized Ling Tianzi had sent him to learn about the Mirror Flower Water Moon, then saw the Fallen Sword Cultivator fall into the pool.

Lin Bai discovered that the old monk had deceived him into activating a mechanism that would release the monk, whom he identified as a demon monk and powerful sword cultivator. The old monk revealed that he knew Lin Bai possessed the Devouring Sword Soul and called it a cursed martial soul.

• Ji Xiang descended into the pool, and the old monk urged Lin Bai to activate the Four Locks Trapping God Formation at the bottom.
• Lin Bai found the mechanism but refused to press it, questioning the old monk about the Buddha statue and the divine temple.
• Lin Bai accused the old monk of being a demon monk and a sword cultivator whose killing intent he had sensed.
• Ji Xiang and the old monk were blasted apart, and Ji Xiang stopped attacking as Lin Bai concluded the mechanism would undo the old monk's seal.
• The old monk admitted he had waited over a hundred years for someone to enter and urged Lin Bai to reveal the fate of his Devouring Sword Soul.
• The old monk told Lin Bai that his martial soul was cursed and that it would make his future rich and colorful.

The old monk tried to tempt Lin Bai into undoing his seal by promising answers about the Devouring Sword Soul, but Lin Bai refused and attempted to leave. The Fallen Sword Cultivator rescued Lin Bai from the old monk’s attack, and Lin Bai left the Forbidden Zone Forest after hearing the cultivator’s warning to protect his loved ones.

• The old monk told Lin Bai that the Devouring Sword Soul meant he would die before reaching the Divine Core, then offered answers and power if Lin Bai broke his seal.
• Lin Bai rejected the old monk’s offer, declared that he did not believe in fate, and tried to leave the pool.
• The old monk attacked Lin Bai with his Third-Order Sword Intent, but the Fallen Sword Cultivator cut through the water sword and carried Lin Bai out of the pool.
• The Fallen Sword Cultivator warned Lin Bai never to return and told the Headless Knight to let him pass.
• The Fallen Sword Cultivator urged Lin Bai to protect his family and loved ones, and Lin Bai left the Forbidden Zone Forest.

Lin Bai escaped the temple’s forbidden zone, learned that a giant would come for him because of his Devouring Sword Soul when he reached the Divine Core Realm, and returned to hunt Dragon One and Hu Jiang. He found Dragon One in the forest and confronted him.

• Lin Bai left the Forbidden Zone Forest and decided not to risk freeing the old monk, while concluding that the giant in the illusion had targeted him because of his Devouring Sword Soul.
• After five days of searching, Lin Bai left the central region and vowed to avenge himself on Dragon One and Hu Jiang.
• News spread that the Ashen Squad and Sky Dragon Squad had been devastated, the temple’s disturbances had killed more than a dozen demon kings, and Qin Hai had taken control of Qi Mountain.
• Dragon One told his followers that Hu Jiang had taken Lin Bai’s flying sword and complained that Lin Bai had not died by his hand.
• Lin Bai appeared before Dragon One and his gathered martial artists, announcing his return with a mocking greeting.

Lin Bai returned to the Ten Thousand Mountains and killed Dragon One with a single sword strike. After learning that Hu Jiang was at the Ashen Mountains, Lin Bai headed there and entered Hu Jiang’s stronghold.

• Dragon One summoned his River-Turning Flood Dragon Martial Soul and attacked Lin Bai with Dragon’s Wrath.
• Lin Bai unleashed the Instant Kill Sword and killed Dragon One in one strike, then took his Storage Bag.
• Lin Bai spared Dragon One’s terrified followers and learned that Hu Jiang was at the Ashen Mountains.
• News of Dragon One’s death spread through the Ten Thousand Mountains, along with rumors that Lin Bai could challenge Master Yishan.
• Lin Bai arrived at the Ashen Mountains, Hu Jiang’s base of more than three hundred powerful martial artists, and entered while announcing his return.

Lin Bai attacked the Ashen Mountains headquarters to find Hu Jiang, cutting down its guards and confronting the Wolf Fang Captain and the Amber Captain. He killed them with Instant Kill Sword, leaving the gathered martial artists facing the same deadly threat.

• Lin Bai killed two patrolling martial artists who warned him away from the Ashen Mountains.
• Lin Bai killed hidden sentries as he made his way into the headquarters, and a red signal flare alerted the gathered martial artists to an enemy attack.
• Lin Bai walked toward the crowd and asked where Hu Jiang was.
• The Wolf Fang Captain and the Amber Captain attacked Lin Bai together, but he countered with Instant Kill Sword.
• The two captains recognized Instant Kill Sword and tried to flee, but Lin Bai's sword swept across their necks.

Lin Bai killed the martial artists guarding Hu Jiang in the Ashen Mountains and confronted Hu Jiang, who had been studying the Dragon Eye Flying Sword. Hu Jiang attacked with the sword, but it stopped three inches from Lin Bai’s throat.

• Lin Bai killed the captains of Wolf Fang Squad and Amber Squad, then slaughtered nearly all the martial artists who charged him.
• Lin Bai learned from Captain Dragonfly that Hu Jiang was studying a treasured sword in a cave and let Captain Dragonfly flee.
• Lin Bai entered the cave and found Hu Jiang examining the Dragon Eye Flying Sword.
• Hu Jiang learned that Lin Bai had survived the Forbidden Zone and killed Dragon One, then discovered his squads were not answering his calls.
• Hu Jiang thrust the Dragon Eye Flying Sword at Lin Bai’s throat, but the blade stopped three inches away.

Lin Bai reclaimed his flying sword, killed Hu Jiang, and destroyed the Ashen Squad before heading toward Qi Mountain. On the way, he found Meng Yunchuan surrounded by Qi Mountain martial artists and intervened as they tried to capture him.

• Lin Bai called the flying sword back to himself and used it to kill Hu Jiang.
• Lin Bai collected the martial artists’ Storage Bags, then left the Ashen Mountains with more than eighty demonic-beast corpses and over ten million spirit stones.
• News spread that the Ashen Squad and Sky Dragon Squad had disappeared, and Lin Bai flew toward Qi Mountain.
• Lin Bai saw Meng Yunchuan wounded and surrounded by more than a hundred Qi Mountain martial artists led by Qu Lang, who planned to take him back to watch Meng Yunxiang marry Qin Hai.
• As Qu Lang’s men rushed to seize Meng Yunchuan, Lin Bai’s golden sword light descended and killed them in one stroke.

Lin Bai rescued Meng Yunchuan from a force led by Qu Lang and learned that Qin Hai had killed Meng Yunchuan’s father and planned to marry Meng Yunxiang to seize control of Qi Mountain. Lin Bai agreed to return to Qi Mountain with Meng Yunchuan to save his sister.

• Qu Lang led more than a hundred martial artists to capture Meng Yunchuan, who prepared to kill himself rather than be taken back to Qi Mountain.
• Lin Bai’s golden flying sword killed the attackers and beheaded Qu Lang, then Lin Bai arrived and reunited with Meng Yunchuan.
• Meng Yunchuan begged Lin Bai to save Meng Yunxiang and explained that Qin Hai had poisoned Meng Yuanhan, driven him from Qi Mountain, and planned to marry his sister.
• Lin Bai promised to help Meng Yunchuan and set out with him for Qi Mountain to rescue Meng Yunxiang.

Lin Bai and Meng Yunchuan infiltrated Qin Hai’s wedding on Qi Mountain to rescue Meng Yunxiang. As Qin Hai announced that Qi Mountain would become a branch of the Moving Mountain Family, Meng Yunxiang rejected the marriage and challenged his claim to rule.

• Lin Bai and Meng Yunchuan arrived at Qi Mountain in disguise, where Meng Yunchuan recognized Qin Hai as the man marrying his sister.
• Chen De Kuai and Master Yishan arrived, and Lin Bai’s hidden sword intent made Master Yishan pause and search the crowd.
• Qin Hai and Chen De Kuai began the wedding and announced that Qi Mountain would be absorbed into the Moving Mountain Family.
• Meng Yunxiang arrived in bridal robes, threw down her phoenix crown, and refused to marry Qin Hai, arguing that he would lose his claim to lead Qi Mountain.

Meng Yunxiang refused to marry Qin Hai and revealed that she had taken poison, dying in Lin Bai’s arms despite his attempt to save her. Grief-stricken, Meng Yunchuan attacked Qin Hai, and Lin Bai moved to fight him with the Azure Song Sword.

• Meng Yunxiang rejected Qin Hai’s demand that she marry him and declared she could control her own life.
• Qin Hai tried to restrain Meng Yunxiang, but she revealed that she had taken poison the previous night and began coughing black blood.
• Lin Bai struck Qin Hai with his Dragon Eye Flying Sword, then tried to control the poison while Meng Yunchuan held his dying sister.
• Meng Yunxiang asked Meng Yunchuan whether she had upheld the Meng Clan’s honor, then shared a tender farewell with Lin Bai and died.
• Meng Yunchuan charged at Qin Hai, but Lin Bai pushed him aside and attacked Qin Hai with the Azure Song Sword.

Lin Bai returned to face Qin Hai and Chen De Kuai, killing Qin Hai with his Instant Kill Sword before Master Yishan intervened to protect his father. The chapter ended with Master Yishan attacking Lin Bai.

• Lin Bai threw Meng Yunchuan aside and struck Qin Hai, then challenged him to a fight to the death.
• Qin Hai and Chen De Kuai joined forces against Lin Bai, while Master Yishan accused Lin Bai of killing his second brother.
• Lin Bai used the Instant Kill Sword to decapitate Qin Hai, but Chen De Kuai escaped its reach by retreating.
• Lin Bai pursued Chen De Kuai with another Instant Kill Sword, but Master Yishan's attack forced Lin Bai to withdraw.
• Master Yishan confronted Lin Bai and swept toward him with his sword.

Lin Bai fought Master Yishan, enduring his powerful sword attacks and discovering that the gap between them was small. After Master Yishan unleashed the final move of Tianshan Swordplay, Lin Bai counterattacked with Wind Slasher, and the chapter ended as his sword split through the wind.

• Master Yishan challenged Lin Bai to kill himself, but Lin Bai refused and met his first sword strike, which knocked him back and drew blood.
• Lin Bai mocked Master Yishan for failing to kill him with one strike, provoking Master Yishan to unleash Mountain Suppressing the Heavens.
• Lin Bai blocked Master Yishan's first Tianshan Swordplay move with Mountains and Rivers Eternal Silence.
• Master Yishan followed with Stone Filling the Sea and Dust Extinguishing Immortals, while Lin Bai used Gentle Sword and assessed his opponent's strength.
• Lin Bai decided he could win and charged at Master Yishan with Second-Order Sword Intent and Wind Slasher.

Lin Bai counterattacked Master Yishan and revealed himself as the Demon Sword Cultivator wanted under the Ten-Day Bloodhunt Edict. He defeated Master Yishan with a coordinated strike from his own sword and Flying Sword, leaving the renowned sword cultivator furious and unable to accept his loss.

• Lin Bai forced Master Yishan back with a sword strike, and the watching martial artists recognized him as the Demon Sword Cultivator.
• Lin Bai attacked with Withered Flower, but Master Yishan summoned his ninth-grade Earth-level Stone Sword Martial Soul and unleashed Thousand Mountains with his Third-Order Sword Intent.
• Master Yishan shattered Lin Bai's Withered Flower strike and assumed Lin Bai had no other moves.
• Lin Bai sent out his Flying Sword, activated the Wind Lightning Divine Wings, and attacked alongside the sword with two Withered Flower strikes.
• Lin Bai's twin sword strikes broke through Thousand Mountains and sent Master Yishan flying a hundred meters, spitting blood as he refused to believe he had lost.

Lin Bai defeated the threats to Qi Mountain, mourned Meng Yunxiang, and left the Ten Thousand Mountains for Famous Sword Manor. After his departure, Ling Tianzi arrived at the temple and confronted his registered disciple Ji Xiang, who had failed to kill the old monk.

• Chen De Kuai died protecting Master Yishan, who fled into the Ten Thousand Mountains after threatening Lin Bai's family and clan.
• Lin Bai pursued Master Yishan but found him gone through a hidden, broken one-way teleportation formation.
• Lin Bai returned to Qi Mountain, where Meng Yunchuan retook control and the Meng Clan mourned Meng Yunxiang.
• Lin Bai visited Meng Yunxiang's grave, accepted two hundred million spirit stones from Meng Yunchuan, and left for his path beyond the Ten Thousand Mountains.
• Ling Tianzi arrived at the temple, where Ji Xiang knelt and admitted he had failed to kill the old monk.
• Ling Tianzi told Ji Xiang that Lin Bai was his fourth disciple, leaving Ji Xiang bitterly shocked.

Ling Tianzi rebuked Ji Xiang for wasting a century seeking revenge, taught him the Soul Severing Swordplay, and ended their master-disciple bond. Meanwhile, the Five Venoms Sect learned that Lin Bai had taken the key to its treasure vault in the Ten Thousand Mountains and sent Master Yishan and the Holy Daughter to recover it.

• Ling Tianzi told Ji Xiang that he had wasted his potential by stubbornly waiting to kill the monk, then taught him the Soul Severing Swordplay and severed their bond.
• After Ling Tianzi left, Ji Xiang wept for three days, took the Demon Sword, and jumped down the dry well; three days later, the temple collapsed.
• Master Yishan told the Five Venoms Sect's Guardian Supreme that Lin Bai had killed his father and taken the treasure-vault key from his Storage Bag.
• The Guardian Supreme explained that the Ten Thousand Mountains vault held nearly one hundred billion spirit stones meant to fund the Five Venoms Sect's war against Divine Relic Ridge.
• The Guardian Supreme gave Master Yishan a Serpent God Talisman and sent him to kill Lin Bai and retrieve the key.
• The Holy Daughter volunteered to accompany Master Yishan, and the Guardian Supreme approved her plan.

Lin Bai discovered that Chen De Kuai’s Storage Bag held a half-seal that might serve as a key, then continued toward Famous Sword Manor for its Sword Assembly. Nearing his destination, he met a purple-robed elder who mistook Lin Bai’s flying sword for an extraordinarily costly Soaring Spirit Sword.

• Lin Bai found a half of a Vermillion Bird Seal in Chen De Kuai’s Storage Bag and suspected its missing half could complete a key.
• Lin Bai resumed his journey and entered the Heaven Sword Dynasty after nearly flying to the Saint Night Dynasty by mistake.
• Lin Bai rested before continuing toward Famous Sword Manor, where martial artists were gathering for the Sword Assembly.
• A purple-robed elder approached Lin Bai in the clouds and identified his flying sword as a mid-grade Soaring Spirit Sword.
• The elder questioned how Lin Bai, who came from the Divine Martial Nation, could possess such an expensive sword.

Lin Bai accepted the Purple-Robed Elder’s challenge to race to Famous Sword Manor, taking a ten-breath head start as the elder sped away. Lin Bai caught up and flew alongside him, leaving the shocked elder stunned by his speed.

• The Purple-Robed Elder challenged Lin Bai to race to Famous Sword Manor and promised him a fortune if Lin Bai won.
• Lin Bai agreed to give the Purple-Robed Elder a ten-breath head start, and the elder took off at great speed.
• After ten breaths, Lin Bai used the Sword Control Art to drive his flying sword forward at tremendous speed.
• The Purple-Robed Elder assumed Lin Bai had fallen far behind and continued toward Famous Sword Manor.
• Lin Bai caught up with the Purple-Robed Elder and flew beside him, shocking the elder.

Lin Bai repeatedly outpaced the Purple-Robed Elder on the way to Famous Sword Manor, leaving the Sky Realm expert furious and humiliated. The Purple-Robed Elder kept making excuses as Lin Bai waited for him, and the race remained unresolved.

• The Purple-Robed Elder accelerated away from Lin Bai, but Lin Bai caught up after waiting ten breaths and matched his pace.
• Lin Bai offered to go ahead to Famous Sword Manor and told the Purple-Robed Elder not to hurry, enraging the elder with his consolation.
• Lin Bai sped fifty thousand li ahead, while the Purple-Robed Elder pushed himself to his maximum speed but could not find him.
• Lin Bai waited an hour in the clouds and claimed he had stopped so the Purple-Robed Elder would not get lost.
• The Purple-Robed Elder suggested Lin Bai go ahead, and Lin Bai offered to give him a ten-breath or half-hour head start, deepening the elder's humiliation.

Lin Bai raced the Purple-Robed Elder to Famous Sword Manor and reached the gate first, but the elder never showed up. After Lin Bai waited for hours, a fiery red-haired Crown Prince and his entourage arrived and challenged him.

• Lin Bai offered to let the Purple-Robed Elder start ahead, but the elder kept making excuses before agreeing to race to Famous Sword Manor.
• Lin Bai flew at full speed toward the manor, while the Purple-Robed Elder took a detour to avoid losing to him.
• Lin Bai reached the manor’s sword-shaped stele first and waited for the Purple-Robed Elder, but five hours passed without him appearing.
• A fiery red-haired Crown Prince arrived at the manor with more than a dozen companions and demanded to know who Lin Bai was, threatening to cut him down.

Lin Bai clashed with the Fire Sword Crown Prince outside Famous Sword Manor, but Su Xingmang intervened before they could fight. The Crown Prince entered the manor, and Lin Bai turned his attention to the coming Sword Assembly and the Purple-Robed Elder’s absence.

• The Fire Sword Crown Prince threatened Lin Bai and demanded that he kneel and kowtow, but Lin Bai refused and mocked him.
• The Fire Sword Crown Prince attacked Lin Bai with a flame-wreathed sword, and Su Xingmang blocked the strike from inside Famous Sword Manor.
• Su Xingmang introduced himself as Star Sword Master and reminded the Fire Sword Crown Prince that private fighting near the manor was forbidden during the Sword Assembly.
• The Fire Sword Crown Prince agreed to follow the rules, threatened Lin Bai, and entered Famous Sword Manor with Su Xingmang.
• Lin Bai concluded that the Purple-Robed Elder was not coming and entered Famous Sword Manor to see which experts had arrived for the Sword Assembly.

Lin Bai arrived at Famous Sword Manor for the Sword Assembly, where Su Xingmang and Fire Sword Crown Prince tried to humiliate him by downgrading his lodging. Lin Bai revealed Famous Sword Manor’s Golden Sword Jade Scroll and asked the clerk to recognize it as an invitation.

• Lin Bai passed Su Xingmang and Fire Sword Crown Prince on the steps, then ignored their insults and entered the Guest Hall.
• Su Xingmang interrupted Lin Bai’s registration to arrange a superior residence for Fire Sword Crown Prince, then ordered Lin Bai to be given a low-grade room.
• Lin Bai insisted that, as a Sword Assembly participant, he should receive an inferior residence under the rules, despite Su Xingmang’s threat.
• Lin Bai asked what lodging invited martial artists received and learned they stayed in special-grade rooms.
• Lin Bai presented the Golden Sword Jade Scroll and asked the clerk whether it was Famous Sword Manor’s invitation letter.