Recaps

Lin Bai killed the White Fur Ape and let Tang Bufan claim its corpse, then went alone into Little Black Mountain to face the Red Fang Serpent King. The tiny serpent ambushed him and vanished after its first attack, leaving Lin Bai searching for his unseen enemy.

• Lin Bai killed the fifth-level White Fur Ape with one sword strike, refined its blood, and gave its corpse to Tang Bufan for the assessment.
• Tang Bufan had the Black Hide Boar lead them to another fifth-level demonic beast, and it brought them to Little Black Mountain to find the Red Fang Serpent King.
• Lin Bai entered the mountain alone while Tang Bufan waited outside, and the Black Hide Boar secretly hoped the serpent would kill him.
• The Red Fang Serpent King spoke from hiding, then shot at Lin Bai's neck and revealed its red fangs.
• Lin Bai dodged the strike with the Wind Lightning Divine Wings, but the serpent vanished and taunted him as it prepared to attack again.

Lin Bai forced the Red Fang Serpent King out of its mountain lair and faced its enormous true form. He beheaded the serpent with a single sword, leaving Tang Bufan delighted and Black Hide Boar stunned.

• Lin Bai destroyed the Red Fang Serpent King's mountain lair with repeated sword strikes until the serpent attacked.
• Lin Bai anticipated the Red Fang Serpent King's attack and struck it down, severely injuring it.
• The Red Fang Serpent King revealed that its tiny body had been an illusion and transformed into a hundred-zhang python.
• Tang Bufan worried at the sight of the giant serpent while Black Hide Boar celebrated, certain Lin Bai would die.
• Lin Bai used Heaven and Earth Silent Extinction to sever the Red Fang Serpent King's head with one sword.
• Tang Bufan rode over to Lin Bai as Black Hide Boar stared in disbelief at the serpent's corpse.

Lin Bai claimed the Red Fang Serpent King's corpse and continued hunting fifth-level Human Core Realm demonic beasts with Black Hide Boar after Tang Bufan returned to the assembly point. He headed toward Spider Queen despite a warning that it commanded more than a hundred fourth-level spiders, leaving Lin Ling and the Advanced Group martial artists behind.

• Lin Bai claimed the Red Fang Serpent King's corpse, and Tang Bufan gave him Black Hide Boar before leaving for the assembly point.
• Lin Bai ordered Black Hide Boar to lead him to another fifth-level Human Core Realm demonic beast, and the boar chose the strongest one it knew.
• Lin Bai and Black Hide Boar encountered Advanced Group martial artists waiting near Spider Queen's territory.
• The Advanced Group martial artists mocked Lin Bai for heading toward Spider Queen, while Lin Ling warned him that the beast and its many spiders made the swamp extremely dangerous.
• Lin Bai thanked Lin Ling for the warning but continued toward Spider Queen, and Lin Ling watched him go reluctantly.

Lin Bai entered the Spider Queen’s cave and killed the Eight-Eyed Demon Spider and her offspring after refining the Nirvana Sword Manual in battle. As Lin Bai left with the beasts’ corpses, the advanced-group disciples headed to the marshland to ambush him and claim his points, while Lin Ling stayed behind.

• Lin Bai entered the web-covered cave, and Black Hide Boar tried to flee until Lin Bai warned him not to move.
• Lin Bai fought the Eight-Eyed Demon Spider, using their battle to finish refining the Nirvana Sword Manual.
• The Spider Queen summoned more than a hundred young spiders, but Lin Bai killed them and slew the Spider Queen with the third form of the Nirvana Swordplay.
• Lin Bai absorbed the demonic blood, collected the beasts’ corpses in his Storage Bag, and left the cave.
• The advanced-group disciples plotted to kill the weakened Lin Bai and take his points, but Lin Ling refused to join them and waited for the prodigy-group senior brothers.

Lin Bai returned from killing the Spider Queen and found Jia Biao and the advanced-group martial artists beating the Black Hide Boar. After demanding an apology, Lin Bai killed all twelve men with one sword strike.

• Lin Ling worried about Lin Bai and cautiously headed toward the marshland.
• Jia Biao and the eleven other advanced-group martial artists decided to wait outside the Spider Queen's cavern and attacked the Black Hide Boar instead.
• Lin Bai returned, said he had killed the Spider Queen, and found the Black Hide Boar badly injured.
• Lin Bai ordered Jia Biao and the others to kneel and apologize for beating his pig, but they refused.
• Lin Bai killed Jia Biao and the other eleven martial artists with a single sword strike.

Lin Bai killed twelve Advanced Group warriors and confronted Black Hide Boar about leading him toward dangerous demon beasts. Black Hide Boar offered to take Lin Bai to Severing Sky Cliff, where the demon king Three-Headed Fire Crow had gathered demon beasts to fight the human martial artists.

• Lin Bai looted the twelve warriors’ Storage Bags and warned Black Hide Boar that he knew it had led him to stronger demon beasts in hopes they would kill him.
• Lin Bai promised to free Black Hide Boar after the examination if it behaved, then gave it half an hour to recover before continuing their hunt.
• Lin Ling emerged from the forest, saw the twelve corpses, recognized Lin Bai, and left after he greeted her kindly.
• A yellow bird delivered a message to Black Hide Boar, which offered to guide Lin Bai to a gathering of Human Core Realm fifth-stage demon beasts in exchange for being freed.
• Black Hide Boar revealed that Three-Headed Fire Crow had summoned demon beasts to Severing Sky Cliff to fight the human martial artists to the death, and Lin Bai smiled at the news.

Lin Bai headed to Severing Sky Cliff, where the beasts of New Green Mountain had gathered for a final stand against the human martial artists. As thousands of Sword Dao Institute disciples assembled outside, Black Hide Boar revealed that Crown Prince Long Lie was waiting within the cliff alongside the Three-Headed Fire Crow.

• Black Hide Boar told Lin Bai that the Three-Headed Fire Crow had gathered the powerful beasts at Severing Sky Cliff, and Lin Bai decided to go there for points.
• A Sword Dao Institute martial artist announced that the beasts had gathered beneath Severing Sky Cliff and urged the disciples to assemble there.
• Lin Bai rode Black Hide Boar to the cliff, then let him go as more than four thousand martial artists gathered outside.
• Black Hide Boar privately revealed that Crown Prince Long Lie had come to hunt human martial artists and expected the cliff to become their burial ground.
• Crown Prince Long Lie appeared on a parasol tree inside Severing Sky Cliff, and the Three-Headed Fire Crow predicted that no Sword Dao Institute disciples would survive.

The Three-Headed Fire Crow reported the Sword Dao Institute’s strongest disciples to Long Lie, who dismissed all but Long Qingfeng as opponents. As Liu Xuan led the gathered disciples into Severing Sky Cliff to attack the demon beasts, Lin Bai and the other powerful martial artists followed, beginning a chaotic battle.

• The Three-Headed Fire Crow told Long Lie that Long Qingfeng had slain six fifth-stage Human Core Realm demon beasts with one strike each and could fight a sixth-stage expert.
• The Three-Headed Fire Crow described Jian Ruohan, Ye Jianqiu, Liu Xuan, and other disciples, but Long Lie dismissed them and said he would face Long Qingfeng himself.
• Ye Jianqiu sensed Long Lie’s attention and recognized that a powerful Earth Dragon Clan member had arrived.
• Liu Xuan rallied the Sword Dao Institute disciples to attack the demon beasts at Severing Sky Cliff, presenting the plan as mutual support among fellow disciples.
• Lin Bai, Jian Ruohan, Ye Jianqiu, Long Qingfeng, and the others followed Liu Xuan into Severing Sky Cliff, where the melee began.

Lin Bai entered Severing Sky Cliff and rapidly killed fifth-level Human Core Realm monster beasts to earn points. Liu Xuan ambushed him, but Lin Bai easily defeated him and sent a warning to Liu Tian.

• Nearly five thousand Sword Dao Institute disciples charged into Severing Sky Cliff as the Three-Headed Fire Crow rallied the monster beasts against them.
• Lin Bai raced through the battlefield, killing fifth-level Human Core Realm monster beasts with single strikes and collecting their blood and corpses.
• Jian Ruohan recognized Lin Bai, Ye Jianqiu noted his presence, and Liu Xuan decided to use the battle's chaos to kill him.
• After Lin Bai killed his ninth monster beast, Liu Xuan attacked and challenged him, boasting that he had improved and mastered the first move of Mo Wen Sword.
• Lin Bai repelled Liu Xuan with a single sword strike, then spared him and told him to tell Liu Tian to come face him himself.

Lin Bai and Long Qingfeng fought fiercely during the newcomer assessment, while Long Lie recognized Long Qingfeng's sword technique as Lin Duo's Dragon Slaying Sword and ordered a massive demonic beast attack. The chapter ended with thousands of beasts surrounding Severing Sky Cliff as Ye Jianqiu realized the Crown Prince of the Earth Dragon Clan had arrived.

• Lin Bai defeated Liu Xuan, and Long Qingfeng challenged him to prove himself as a genius from Lingnan.
• Long Qingfeng attacked Lin Bai, and the two fought for a quarter of an hour without either gaining the upper hand.
• Long Lie recognized Long Qingfeng's sword technique as Lin Duo's Dragon Slaying Sword and ordered the demonic beasts to surround Severing Sky Cliff and attack the Sword Dao Institute's disciples.
• Lin Bai and Long Qingfeng unleashed their strongest sword techniques against each other, but both survived the clash.
• Thousands of demonic beasts gathered outside Severing Sky Cliff, and Ye Jianqiu identified the Crown Prince of the Earth Dragon Clan as their leader.

The Sword Dao Institute disciples were surrounded by beasts summoned from across the region, and Lin Bai urged them to escape Severing Sky Cliff. The Earth Dragon Clan Crown Prince Long Lie revealed himself and attacked Long Qingfeng, leaving the disciples facing a powerful enemy as they tried to break through.

• Lin Bai, Jian Ruohan, Ye Jianqiu, and Long Qingfeng realized the beasts surrounding Severing Sky Cliff had been gathered by a powerful figure rather than drawn by a territorial dispute.
• Lin Bai called for a breakout, and Long Qingfeng ordered Liu Xuan to gather the Sword Dao Institute disciples and lead them out.
• Long Lie emerged from a parasol tree and revealed himself as the Crown Prince of the Earth Dragon Clan.
• Long Lie targeted Long Qingfeng, who answered with the Dragon Slayer Sword, but Long Lie broke his sword momentum and wounded him with a single punch.

Lin Bai faced the Three-Headed Fire Crow’s devastating tricolored flames while Jian Ruohan, Ye Jianqiu, and Long Qingfeng joined forces against Long Lie. The chapter ended as the flames struck Lin Bai and Jian Ruohan cried out a warning.

• Long Lie defeated Long Qingfeng, while the Three-Headed Fire Crow burned more than twenty Sword Dao Institute martial artists to ash with its tricolored flames.
• Lin Bai dodged the Three-Headed Fire Crow’s attacks but was blasted into the ground and injured by an explosion.
• Jian Ruohan moved to help Lin Bai, but Ye Jianqiu persuaded her to join him and Long Qingfeng against Long Lie.
• Lin Bai fought the Three-Headed Fire Crow alone, using the Divine Sword Thunder Control Art and the Nirvana Sword Manual, but the bird blocked his attacks with its flames.
• The Three-Headed Fire Crow launched another streak of flame at Lin Bai, and Jian Ruohan shouted a warning as it struck him.

Lin Bai survived the Three-Headed Fire Crow’s flames, killed it, and fought Long Lie after helping Jian Ruohan and Ye Jianqiu escape. Long Lie proved overwhelmingly powerful, and Lin Bai realized even his Flying Sword could barely damage the scales protecting him.

• Long Lie defeated Jian Ruohan, Long Qingfeng, and Ye Jianqiu while Lin Bai reappeared unharmed from the Three-Headed Fire Crow’s flames.
• Lin Bai killed the Three-Headed Fire Crow with the Nirvana Sword Manual and refined its demonic blood.
• Jian Ruohan charged Long Lie to protect Lin Bai, but Long Lie knocked him unconscious, and Lin Bai blocked Long Lie’s attack on him.
• Lin Bai told Ye Jianqiu to carry Jian Ruohan away, then stayed behind to fight Long Lie as Ye Jianqiu escaped.
• Long Lie struck Lin Bai with a devastating punch, but Lin Bai retaliated with his Flying Sword and knocked him away.
• Long Lie stood up with only a white mark on his scales, and Lin Bai realized how formidable his opponent was.

Lin Bai fought Long Lie, whose Earth Dragon Lizard form and scales initially withstood Lin Bai’s attacks. Lin Bai wounded him with powerful sword techniques, then used the Devouring Sword Soul to drain Long Lie’s Divine Dragon Blood and break through to the peak of the fifth level of the Human Core Realm as Long Lie fled.

• Long Lie transformed into his Earth Dragon Lizard form and struck Lin Bai into a boulder, but Lin Bai rose and activated his Golden War Body.
• Lin Bai dodged Long Lie’s attack with Sword Control Art and unleashed sword shadows that failed to penetrate Long Lie’s scales.
• Lin Bai struck Long Lie with Divine Sword Thunder Control Art and Sword Heart Clarity, piercing his scales and collapsing part of Severing Sky Cliff.
• Long Lie shattered Lin Bai’s next sword attacks with golden flames and charged to kill him.
• Lin Bai released the Devouring Sword Soul, which drained some of Long Lie’s Divine Dragon Blood and forced him to flee, while Lin Bai advanced to the peak of the fifth level of the Human Core Realm.

Lin Bai used the Devouring Sword Soul to drain Long Lie’s demon blood, then disguised himself and lured the Crown Prince of the Earth Dragon Clan into another fight. The chapter ended with Lin Bai’s Devouring Domain extracting Long Lie’s blood once more.

• Lin Bai learned that devouring part of Long Lie’s unusual Nine Thread Divine Dragon Blood had raised his cultivation, while Long Lie retreated and realized three threads of his blood had been taken.
• Lin Bai decided to fight Long Lie but worried that the Sword Dao Institute disciples might recognize the Devouring Sword Soul, so he fled into the darkness.
• Lin Bai used the Ghostly Disguise Technique and changed into bloodstained clothes, concealing his identity and cultivation.
• Lin Bai unleashed the Devouring Sword Soul above Severing Sky Cliff, alarming the martial artists and demon beasts as its suction force threatened to draw out their blood.
• Long Lie chased Lin Bai into the darkness, where the disguised Lin Bai attacked him; Long Lie revealed that he was the Crown Prince of the Earth Dragon Clan.
• Lin Bai activated the Devouring Domain around Long Lie, and the demonic sword began absorbing Long Lie’s blood again.

Lin Bai killed Crown Prince Long Lie and discovered that merging the Devouring Sword Soul into a spirit tool greatly increased its power. As he fought to escape Severing Sky Cliff, five powerful demonic beasts arrived outside, determined to reach Long Lie.

• Crown Prince Long Lie burned his dragon blood and struck Lin Bai with enough force to send him flying.
• Lin Bai unleashed the Great Barren Art, cut off Crown Prince Long Lie's head, and stored his scarlet lizard corpse in his Storage Bag.
• Lin Bai merged the Devouring Sword Soul into a Grade Five Spirit Tool, transforming it into a black sword with the power of a Grade Nine Spirit Tool.
• Lin Bai rushed toward the exit of Severing Sky Cliff while the Devouring Sword Soul followed him.
• Ye Jianqiu refused Long Qingfeng's offer to join forces, and Long Qingfeng charged alone toward the southeast as the Sword Dao Institute disciples fought the demonic beasts.
• Five ninth-level Human Core Realm demonic beasts appeared and urged Lei Peng to join them in charging into Severing Sky Cliff to protect Crown Prince Long Lie.

Lin Bai arrived at Severing Sky Cliff, killed the transformed ninth-stage demon beast Lei Peng with one sword, and learned that reinforcements would take about fifteen minutes to arrive. When the remaining four powerful demon beasts charged in, Lin Bai flew into the beast tide alone and left Ye Jianqiu to organize the defense.

• Lei Peng charged into Severing Sky Cliff and knocked Ye Jianqiu aside with a single blow.
• Lin Bai emerged from the cliff and killed Lei Peng with the Demonic Sword, draining his demon blood.
• Lin Bai told Ye Jianqiu they should break out, but Ye Jianqiu said they needed to hold out for reinforcements from the Great Wall.
• The remaining four ninth-stage demon beasts charged into Severing Sky Cliff, and Lin Bai told Ye Jianqiu to organize the defensive line.
• Lin Bai plunged alone into the beast tide as the Sword Dao Institute disciples watched in shock.

Lin Bai used his demonic sword to slaughter the four powerful demonic beasts attacking him, though Hua Hun escaped after being wounded. When the Great Wall's garrison arrived and the Great Barren Art's time limit neared, Lin Bai secretly returned to Severing Sky Cliff and disguised himself as a gravely injured man.

• Lin Bai cut through the beast tide and killed Wolf King and Poisonous Bee with his demonic sword.
• Hua Hun and Qingshan Yao tried to flee, but Lin Bai killed Qingshan Yao and wounded Hua Hun, who escaped.
• Lin Bai continued fighting the surrounding demonic beasts as spirit ships carrying the Great Wall's garrison arrived.
• Lin Bai let the beast tide swallow him, secretly returned to Severing Sky Cliff, and changed back into his original appearance.
• Lin Bai hid his bloodstained clothes and collapsed among the rubble after the power of the Great Barren Art receded.

After the Great Wall Guard rescued the surviving Sword Dao Institute disciples from New Green Mountain, Jian Ruohan searched Severing Sky Cliff for Lin Bai. She found him barely alive beneath a boulder and carried him back to the spirit boat.

• Lin Baoyu and Xue Qing slaughtered the demon beasts surrounding New Green Mountain and gathered the surviving disciples onto the spirit boat.
• Jian Ruohan learned Lin Bai was missing and begged Lin Baoyu to let her search for him.
• Jian Ruohan and Ye Jianqiu searched Severing Sky Cliff but initially found no sign of Lin Bai.
• Jian Ruohan sensed Lin Bai’s aura in a hidden crack, broke the boulder blocking it, and found him gravely wounded but alive.
• Lin Bai asked Jian Ruohan why she had cried, and she carried him back to the spirit boat.

Jian Ruohan brought the gravely injured Lin Bai back from New Green Mountain, where Fang Hai mocked him for hiding instead of fighting. Lin Bai accepted Fang Hai’s bet over their demon-beast kills and wagered his life; the spirit boat returned to the Sword Dao Institute with most of the newcomers missing, leaving Dugu Yun concerned.

• Jian Ruohan supported Lin Bai onto the spirit boat after finding him trapped in a crevice, and Lin Baoyu confirmed they were preparing to return.
• Fang Hai and other disciples ridiculed Lin Bai as greedy for life and fearful of death, but Jian Ruohan defended him.
• Fang Hai challenged Lin Bai to bet a thousand points on whose Storage Bag held more demon-beast corpses, claiming he had collected over thirty.
• Lin Bai accepted and added his life to the wager, while Jian Ruohan worried he had killed few beasts after Long Lie wounded him.
• The spirit boat returned to the Sword Dao Institute, where Dugu Yun saw how few disciples had survived and wondered what had happened.

After the survivors returned from New Green Mountain, Dugu Yun addressed them before the Sword Dao Institute counted their demonic beast kills to determine the assessment results. Fang Hai challenged Lin Bai to compare scores, but Lin Bai produced a mountain of corpses, leaving Fang Hai stunned.

• Lin Baoyu reported what had happened at New Green Mountain, and Dugu Yun ordered him to receive punishment in the Hall of Law Enforcement.
• Dugu Yun praised the surviving disciples and announced that the demonic beast counts would determine the assessment winner and eligibility for the Sword Dao Institute.
• The genius group’s scores were counted, with Long Qingfeng leading at 2,250 points, while Qi Yao and He Qian stood out in the advanced group.
• Fang Hai scored 950 points, then demanded that Lin Bai kneel and kowtow, but Lin Bai refused and challenged him to wait to be slaughtered.
• Lin Bai released a nearly hundred-meter-high pile of demonic beast corpses, shocking Fang Hai and asking whether they still needed to compare.

Lin Bai decisively won the new disciple assessment and became a formal disciple of the Sword Dao Institute. After collecting his rewards and settling his wager with Fang Hai, he openly challenged Liu Xuan and the person backing him, leaving Liu Xuan plotting to take Lin Bai’s points.

• Lin Bai presented enough monster corpses to earn 9,700 points, silencing Fang Hai’s accusation that he had avoided the fighting.
• Lin Bai forced Fang Hai to hand over 1,300 points, then Lin Baoyu declared Lin Bai first place and awarded him 10,000 points, making him a formal disciple.
• Lin Baoyu announced Long Qingfeng, Ye Jianqiu, and Liu Xuan in second, third, and fourth place, while Jian Ruohan placed tenth; the top ten received 5,000 points each.
• Liu Xuan demanded that Lin Bai fulfill the matter Liu Tian had raised, but Lin Bai asked whether Liu Xuan had found a burial ground and told Liu Tian to come find him.
• Liu Xuan vowed to tell Liu Tian that Lin Bai had more than 30,000 points and plotted to seize them.

Lin Bai prepared for Liu Tian’s attack after revealing that he had reached the sixth level of the Human Core Realm and learned to fuse the Devouring Sword Soul into his sword. Liu Tian arrived at Shadow Mountain seeking Lin Bai’s points, and the two faced off, ready to fight.

• Lin Bai reunited with Tang Bufan, who had left New Green Mountain after obtaining a fifth-level Human Core Realm demonic beast’s corpse.
• Lin Bai sent Tang Bufan away and revealed he was waiting for the man in black, while Tang Bufan warned him that the intruder was a seventh-level Human Core Realm martial artist.
• Lin Bai revealed his cultivation had reached the peak of the sixth level of the Human Core Realm and tested fusing the Devouring Sword Soul into the Azure Song Sword, raising it to the peak of Grade Nine Spirit Tool power.
• Liu Tian arrived at Lin Bai’s courtyard at night, eager to seize the more than thirty thousand points Liu Xuan had told him Lin Bai possessed.
• Lin Bai challenged Liu Tian to take the points by force, and Liu Tian declared that he would kill him.

Lin Bai defeated Liu Tian in a fight at Residence Number Eighty-One on Shadow Mountain and killed him after Liu Tian begged for mercy. Yuan Qing appeared after the killing and accused Lin Bai of breaking Divine Relic Ridge's rules.

• Liu Tian attacked Lin Bai, but Lin Bai repelled him and urged him to use his strongest technique before other elders arrived.
• Liu Tian unleashed the Bloodflame Overlord Sword, and Lin Bai countered with the Nirvana Sword Manual, destroying Residence Number Eighty-One and defeating him.
• Lin Bai refused to let Liu Tian leave and ignored his threats that the Sword Dao Institute would punish him for killing an elder.
• Liu Tian called for Yuan Qing to save him, but Yuan Qing did not appear, and Lin Bai cut Liu Tian's throat.
• Yuan Qing appeared after Liu Tian's death and accused Lin Bai of defying Divine Relic Ridge's rules, while Lin Bai suggested Yuan Qing had been waiting in the shadows.

Lin Bai defeated Yuan Qing after Yuan Qing tried to arrest him for killing Liu Tian, then exposed Yuan Qing’s ties to Murong Xu. Dean Dugu Yun arrived, revealed he had witnessed Yuan Qing’s complicity in the attempted assassination, and furiously demanded to know whether Murong Hai had given him the nerve to act.

• Yuan Qing confronted Lin Bai and demanded that he surrender, relying on his eighth-level Human Core Realm cultivation.
• Lin Bai and Yuan Qing clashed with Sword Heart Clarity, and Lin Bai defeated Yuan Qing and held the Azure Song Sword to his throat.
• Lin Bai inferred that Murong Xu had ordered Yuan Qing to target him and called for Dean Dugu Yun, who was nearby.
• Yuan Qing accused Lin Bai of breaking the rules by killing Liu Tian and asked Dugu Yun to punish him.
• Dugu Yun revealed that he had seen Yuan Qing meet Liu Tian and let him go after Lin Bai, then accused Yuan Qing of helping an elder assassinate a disciple and demanded to know if Murong Hai was behind it.