Recaps

Lin Bai was cornered by the Divine Alliance but fought Su Qilin and Wen Yuanjia long enough to seize the Eight-Winged Dragon Serpent's corpse. He escaped into the forest, vowing to kill his pursuers three months later.

• Hundreds of Divine Alliance martial artists, led by Xu Zailong, Xiang Tianyi, and Zheng Yuqing, pursued Lin Bai, while Su Qilin blocked his escape.
• Lin Bai clashed with Su Qilin using his Divine Dragon Arm, injuring Su Qilin but suffering severe internal damage himself.
• Lin Bai charged at Wen Yuanjia and countered his attacks with Dragon Force Sword Qi, then used the dust and confusion to slip away.
• Lin Bai stored the Eight-Winged Dragon Serpent's corpse in his Storage Ring, enraging Wen Yuanjia and the Divine Alliance leaders.
• Lin Bai escaped into the forest with Extreme Shadow Step and vowed that his pursuers would die beneath his sword in three months.

After escaping Wen Yuanjia, Lin Bai refined the Eight-Winged Dragon Serpent’s blood to advance his cultivation and condense thirteen strands of Dragon Force Sword Qi. With the Divine Alliance searching the Falling Goose Mountain Range, he trained in hiding for three months and prepared to return to face Xiang Tianyi.

• Wen Yuanjia ordered the Divine Alliance to search for Lin Bai and offered rewards for his death or location.
• Lin Bai hid in a cave and refined the Eight-Winged Dragon Serpent’s blood, reaching the sixth level of the True Martial Realm.
• Lin Bai used the serpent’s remaining blood and qi to condense thirteen strands of Dragon Force Sword Qi.
• Lin Bai spent three months hiding and training while Divine Alliance martial artists searched the Falling Goose Mountain Range.
• Lin Bai prepared to return to the Spirit Sword Sect, sell the serpent, and buy spirit pills before confronting Xiang Tianyi.

After a month in the Falling Goose Mountain Range, Lin Bai returned to the Spirit Sword Sect at the sixth level of the True Martial Realm and announced that he would face Xiang Tianyi and Xu Zailong at the Life and Death Arena in one month. Back at the Newcomer Courtyard, he reunited with Zhao Tiedan and Qi Shaolong, who had returned from a mission stronger than before.

• Lin Bai encountered six bounty hunters, defeated them with one punch, and told them to report his return and his challenge to Xiang Tianyi and Xu Zailong.
• Lin Bai returned to the Newcomer Courtyard and found that Zhao Tiedan had reached the first level of the True Martial Realm.
• Zhao Tiedan told Lin Bai that Qi Shaolong had left for a two-star, intermediate sect mission half a month earlier.
• Qi Shaolong returned to the courtyard at the third level of the True Martial Realm after completing his mission and promised to support Lin Bai at the duel.

Lin Bai sold the Eight-Winged Dragon Serpent to the Treasure Pavilion and used the deal to buy supplies for cultivation and combat. He left the Pavilion Lord preparing the requested items, with a month remaining before his life-or-death battle against Xiang Tianyi.

• Qi Shaolong reunited with Lin Bai and Tiedan, then learned Lin Bai had reached the sixth level of the True Martial Realm while he was three levels behind.
• Lin Bai left to sell the corpse of a ninth-level Profound Martial Realm demon beast and saw Qi Shaolong continuing to cultivate.
• A Treasure Pavilion attendant recognized the Eight-Winged Dragon Serpent in Lin Bai's storage ring and brought him to Pavilion Lord Bai Hua.
• Bai Hua offered Lin Bai one hundred and fifty thousand spirit stones for the serpent, despite its drained demon blood.
• Lin Bai accepted the offer and ordered ten bottles each of Spirit Enhancement Pills and Essence Solidifying Pills, plus a second-grade spirit weapon.

Lin Bai bought a seemingly useless broken sword for one spirit stone, only to awaken it as the Grade Three Spirit Tool Evil Wind Sword. After receiving his pills and returning home, he spent half a month cultivating and reached the seventh level of the True Martial Realm.

• Lin Bai chose a rusted broken sword from the Treasure Pavilion after sensing sword intent within it, and insisted on buying it from Bai Hua for one spirit stone.
• When Lin Bai gripped the sword, its rust fell away and its power shook the treasury; Lin Bai recognized it as the Grade Three Spirit Tool Evil Wind Sword.
• Bai Hua realized he had sold a Grade Three Spirit Tool for one spirit stone, while the little fatty gave Lin Bai ten bottles each of Spirit Enhancement Pills and Essence Solidifying Pills.
• Lin Bai returned home, admired the Evil Wind Sword, and began cultivating with the pills.
• After half a month, Lin Bai had reached the seventh level of the True Martial Realm.

Lin Bai used pills and spirit stones to reach the peak of the eighth level of the True Martial Realm, then went to the Life and Death Arena to face Xiang Tianyi. The battle began as the Divine Alliance and other Top Ten Outer Sect Disciples watched, intent on crippling Lin Bai and taking revenge.

• Lin Bai discovered that the Devouring Sword Soul could absorb spirit stones and broke through to the eighth level of the True Martial Realm, then spent more spirit stones consolidating his cultivation.
• After half a month, Lin Bai left for the Life and Death Arena to settle his grudge with Xiang Tianyi, while Qi Shaolong and Tiedan followed him.
• Wen Yuanjia, Xiang Tianyi, and four other Top Ten Outer Sect Disciples arrived and agreed that Xiang Tianyi should cripple Lin Bai so they could take their revenge.
• Lin Bai entered the arena, challenged Xiang Tianyi, and told Qi Shaolong and Tiedan to stay away from the coming fight.
• Xiang Tianyi entered the arena and taunted Lin Bai, who answered with contempt as Xiang Tianyi prepared to attack.

Lin Bai fought Xiang Tianyi on the Life and Death Arena, first matching him with fists before revealing his swordsmanship. He killed Xiang Tianyi with a sword strike, leaving the Divine Alliance’s supporters stunned.

• Lin Bai and Xiang Tianyi both chose to continue their life-and-death battle after an elder warned them of the rules.
• Lin Bai and Xiang Tianyi exchanged hundreds of punches without either gaining an advantage, while Li Jianxing and Sun Qian said Lin Bai’s swordsmanship was far more formidable.
• At Wen Yuanjia’s urging, Xiang Tianyi unleashed the Profound Grade fifth-rank Dragon Subduing Fist against Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai drew his sword and shattered Xiang Tianyi’s attack with Falling Star Moon Strike.
• Lin Bai pursued the retreating Xiang Tianyi with Heavenly Star of Isolation and pierced his brow, killing him.

Lin Bai killed Xiang Tianyi in a single sword strike, then challenged Xu Zailong to prove he had won fairly. He defeated and killed Xu Zailong as the Divine Alliance watched in disbelief.

• Lin Bai pierced Xiang Tianyi's skull with a lightning-fast sword strike, killing him on the Life and Death Arena.
• The Divine Alliance accused Lin Bai of cheating and shouted for him to leave the Spirit Sword Sect, so Lin Bai challenged Xu Zailong to fight.
• Xu Zailong accepted Lin Bai's challenge and entered the Life and Death Arena, vowing to kill him within three moves.
• Lin Bai used Falling Star Moon Strike to shatter Xu Zailong's sword, sever his arm, and pierce his throat.
• The Divine Alliance martial artists stared in disbelief as both Xiang Tianyi and Xu Zailong lay dead.

After killing Xu Zailong and Xiang Tianyi, Lin Bai faced a growing assault from the Divine Alliance and challenged its warriors below the Profound Martial Realm. As hundreds of enemies descended on him, Lin Bai unleashed Sword Intent and drew the Evil Wind Sword to strike back.

• Lin Bai declared his duel with Xu Zailong and Xiang Tianyi over and tried to leave the arena, but hundreds of Divine Alliance warriors blocked him.
• Li Hua challenged Lin Bai and died after Lin Bai shattered his sword with a punch and struck his chest.
• Lin Bai challenged all Divine Alliance warriors below the Profound Martial Realm, then killed Li Changfeng when he attacked.
• Hundreds of Divine Alliance warriors, including Zheng Yuqing, Huang Fei, and Su Qilin, charged Lin Bai as Wen Yuanjia urged them to kill him.
• Lin Bai released Sword Intent and drew the Evil Wind Sword as the massed attack descended on him.

Lin Bai survived the Divine Alliance’s combined attack and fought back, killing Huang Fei and Zheng Yuqing before turning his attention to Su Qilin. Su Qilin dodged Lin Bai’s ambush, and Lin Bai mocked him for warning against going too far.

• Lin Bai stood up from the crater, battered but alive, after the Divine Alliance’s combined attack.
• Huang Fei charged Lin Bai to avenge his younger brother, but Lin Bai pierced his heart and took his Storage Bag.
• Lin Bai fought the Divine Alliance martial artists and killed Zheng Yuqing with his Falling Star Moon Strike.
• Su Qilin tried to retreat, but Lin Bai cut through the crowd and attacked him; Su Qilin evaded the strike.
• Lin Bai laughed at Su Qilin for telling him not to push people too far.

Lin Bai killed Su Qilin and the Divine Alliance martial artists who attacked him in the Life and Death Arena, while the arena elder, Ji Bei, and Li Qingxuan stopped Wen Yuanjia from intervening. Wen Yuanjia threatened revenge at the upcoming Outer Disciple Ranking Battles, and Lin Bai recognized Ye Suxin among the departing crowd.

• Lin Bai condemned the Divine Alliance’s past attacks and accusations before Su Qilin stabbed him from behind.
• Lin Bai used Soul Search to learn Qilin Step from Su Qilin’s memories, then killed him and slew the Divine Alliance martial artists who begged for mercy.
• The Life and Death Arena elder, Ji Bei, and Li Qingxuan blocked Wen Yuanjia when he tried to attack Lin Bai.
• After Lin Bai killed more than a hundred Divine Alliance martial artists, Wen Yuanjia challenged him to fight at the Outer Disciple Ranking Battles in a month, and Lin Bai accepted.
• Wen Yuanjia threatened Li Qingxuan and left with the Divine Alliance, while Lin Bai recognized Ye Suxin watching him with killing intent.

After recovering from his fight with the Divine Alliance, Lin Bai learned that its inner disciples and Wen Yuanjia had vowed to target him. The Grand Elder tasked Young Sect Master Su Cang with arranging Lin Bai’s death, while Ling Tianzi watched to see whether Lin Bai could withstand the pressure and prove himself worthy of becoming his sword successor.

• Lin Bai returned to his residence badly wounded, used thirty thousand spirit stones to buy healing pills, and recovered after three days.
• News spread that Lin Bai had fought the Divine Alliance, whose inner disciples threatened him and whose Wen Yuanjia promised to kill him in the upcoming ranking battle.
• Li Shanqing told Ling Tianzi that Lin Bai had made an enemy of the Young Sect Master, and Ling Tianzi said the threat would test Lin Bai’s worth as a potential disciple.
• After learning Lin Bai had killed Xiang Tianyi and other Divine Alliance members, the Grand Elder asked Su Cang to deal with him.
• Su Cang ordered a Core Disciple to tell Qi Xuan to kill Lin Bai and bring back his head within three months.

After recovering from his injuries, Lin Bai learned that the Origin Land had appeared in the Falling Goose Mountain Range and set out to explore it with Qi Shaolong and Tiedan. Before entering, Li Shanqing told him to find the valuable Dragonbone Gold, and Lin Bai began the search determined to obtain it.

• Lin Bai learned that the Myriad Swords Bell had summoned the outer sect disciples because the Origin Land had appeared, and Ji Bei explained its treasures, seven-day limit, and danger from the Azure Sky Sect.
• Lin Bai decided to enter the Origin Land with Qi Shaolong and Tiedan, while Li Qingxuan left to lead the Sword Alliance there.
• Ling Tianzi spotted a fist-sized piece of Dragonbone Gold in the Origin Land and sent Li Shanqing to tell Lin Bai to obtain it.
• Li Shanqing explained the Dragonbone Gold's value and importance to Lin Bai, who promised to secure it.
• Lin Bai, Qi Shaolong, and Tiedan entered the Origin Land and saw the vast continent floating above the Falling Goose Mountain Range.

Lin Bai, Qi Shaolong, and Tiedan entered the Origin Land, where a fight over a Saint Sun Bloom drew them into conflict with the Divine Alliance. After Lin Bai killed the Spirit Sword Sect inner disciple Qi Yu, the three fled deeper into the Origin Land, and Lin Bai realized he could defeat first-level Profound Martial Realm opponents without using his trump cards.

• Qi Shaolong found and picked a Saint Sun Bloom, but six Divine Alliance martial artists demanded that the group hand it over.
• Qi Shaolong and Tiedan fought the Divine Alliance martial artists; after the enemies crushed a communication jade, Qi Shaolong killed the last two.
• Qi Yu arrived and attacked Qi Shaolong, but Lin Bai blocked his sword and fought him.
• Lin Bai killed Qi Yu after a prolonged clash, then led Qi Shaolong and Tiedan away before more Divine Alliance martial artists arrived.
• The three searched the Origin Land for spiritual herbs and rare ores, while Lin Bai assessed his strength against Profound Martial Realm opponents.

Lin Bai and his companions looted treasure mountains and used their spirit herbs to strengthen themselves as they searched for Dragonbone Gold. At another mountain, Lin Bai fought Yuan Shan while Qi Shaolong and Tiedan gathered the herbs, and the chapter ended as Lin Bai challenged Yuan Shan with his sword intent.

• Lin Bai, Qi Shaolong, and Tiedan emptied a treasure mountain, then counted their spoils and divided the herbs among themselves.
• Lin Bai absorbed the herbs and reached the ninth level of the True Martial Realm, while Qi Shaolong and Tiedan broke through to the first level of the Profound Martial Realm.
• The trio found another treasure mountain, where Yuan Shan of the Azure Sky Sect claimed the mountain and killed a Spirit Sword Sect disciple.
• Yuan Shan attacked Lin Bai, who shattered his punch with sword intent and sent Qi Shaolong and Tiedan to gather the herbs.
• Qi Shaolong and Tiedan killed the Azure Sky Sect disciples on the mountain, while Lin Bai blocked Yuan Shan and struck at him with Heavenly Star of Isolation.

Lin Bai killed Yuan Shan, He Qun, and the Azure Sky Sect disciples who attacked the treasure mountain, then helped Qi Shaolong and Tiedan collect its spirit herbs. After the trio fled with their spoils, Lin Bai consumed a Myriad Year Spirit Herb and broke through to the second level of the Profound Martial Realm.

• He Qun arrived with Azure Sky Sect martial artists, and Yuan Shan sent them to seize the treasure mountain while he fought Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai used Dragon Force Sword Qi to kill Yuan Shan, then killed He Qun and the other Azure Sky Sect disciples.
• Lin Bai helped Qi Shaolong and Tiedan gather the remaining spirit herbs, and the three left the now-bare treasure mountain.
• Qi Shaolong gave Lin Bai a Myriad Year Spirit Herb, and Lin Bai absorbed its power along with other herbs while Qi Shaolong and Tiedan guarded him.
• Lin Bai advanced first to the first level and then to the second level of the Profound Martial Realm.

After breaking through in the Origin Land, Lin Bai, Qi Shaolong, and Tiedan found the Sword Alliance fighting the Divine Alliance over a treasure mountain. Lin Bai teamed up with Li Qingxuan to challenge Zhao Yuan, while Qi Shaolong and Tiedan gathered herbs.

• Lin Bai, Qi Shaolong, and Tiedan consumed Myriad Year Spirit Herbs and broke through to the second, second, and first levels of the Profound Martial Realm, respectively.
• Lin Bai, Qi Shaolong, and Tiedan found Li Qingxuan and Li Jianxing of the Sword Alliance fighting Zhao Yuan and the Divine Alliance over a treasure mountain.
• Zhao Yuan attacked Li Qingxuan, and the Divine Alliance’s martial artists overwhelmed the Sword Alliance as Li Qingxuan urged her allies to gather herbs.
• Lin Bai offered to help Li Qingxuan kill Zhao Yuan in exchange for half the mountain’s spirit herbs, and she accepted.
• Qi Shaolong and Tiedan began gathering herbs as Lin Bai and Li Qingxuan joined forces against Zhao Yuan’s powerful saber attack.

Lin Bai and Li Qingxuan joined forces to defeat and kill Zhao Yuan, after which Li Qingxuan recruited Lin Bai into the Sword Alliance. She revealed the alliance’s ties to the disgraced Jian Xuan and the Spirit Sword Sect’s hidden power struggle, and Lin Bai agreed to join.

• Lin Bai and Li Qingxuan fought together, overcame Zhao Yuan’s attacks, and Lin Bai killed him with Dragon Force Sword Qi.
• Li Qingxuan invited Lin Bai to join the Sword Alliance, but he worried the Divine Alliance would target his allies.
• Li Qingxuan explained that her master, the Second Elder, was connected to the Sword Alliance and recounted how Jian Xuan had been accused of betrayal after the old Sect Master died and Su Zhan took power.
• Li Qingxuan told Lin Bai that many elders supported the Sword Alliance and that it could protect him from the Divine Alliance.
• Lin Bai agreed to join the Sword Alliance.

Lin Bai learned that all nine Spirit Herb Mountains had been claimed and waited for the Spirit Spring to emerge. He reached the spring with Qi Shaolong and Tiedan, where powerful martial artists gathered to seize its spiritual energy and treasures, and the chapter ended as Lin Bai warned his companions that falling into the spring could be fatal.

• Li Qingxuan told Lin Bai that the Divine Alliance and Azure Sky Sect had claimed three Spirit Herb Mountains each, while two had gone to unknown people.
• Lin Bai took Qi Shaolong and Tiedan to search for the Spirit Spring, and they followed a crowd to a vast pool filled with dense spiritual energy.
• Lin Bai spotted Spirit Sword Sect leaders Qi Xuan and Wen Yuanjia, as well as Azure Sky Sect leader Zhang Yuanhao, among the gathered martial artists.
• A nearby martial artist explained that the crowd waited for the Spirit Spring to erupt so they could absorb its spiritual energy and seize treasures.
• The Spirit Spring erupted, and martial artists rushed onto its surface; one man was knocked into the water and sank without a trace.
• Lin Bai warned Qi Shaolong and Tiedan to flee if attacked, then prepared to approach the spring with them.

Lin Bai entered the Spirit Spring and discovered that he could advance by refining its surging spiritual energy, while his Devouring Sword Soul let him absorb it with ease. After reaching the ninth step, he left the sect prodigies behind and sent Wen Yuanjia flying back to shore.

• Lin Bai learned that martial artists had to refine the Spirit Spring’s spiritual energy quickly to keep from being pushed backward or falling in, while Qi Shaolong and Tiedan stopped at the fourth step.
• Zhang Yuanhao and Qi Xuan competed to see who could advance farther, each pushing past the other until Zhang Yuanhao reached twenty-five steps.
• Lin Bai insulted the martial artists of both sects, then reached five steps and challenged one of them to eat shit if he succeeded.
• Wen Yuanjia punched at Lin Bai from the eighth step, but Lin Bai dodged, advanced to the ninth step, and kicked Wen Yuanjia back to shore.

Lin Bai dominated the Spirit Spring, repeatedly kicking away his rivals as he cultivated to the seventh level of the Profound Martial Realm. He obtained the Dragonbone Gold and escaped into the forest while the other martial artists pursued him.

• Lin Bai walked through the Spirit Spring’s pressure, kicked Wen Yuanjia, Qi Xuan, and Zhang Yuanhao back to the bank, and mocked them.
• Lin Bai cultivated above the vortex, breaking through to the third and fourth levels of the Profound Martial Realm while preventing the three rivals from using the Spirit Spring.
• Lin Bai continued cultivating and reached the fifth, sixth, and finally seventh levels of the Profound Martial Realm before the Origin Land sank.
• The Spirit Spring shot out Dragonbone Gold, and Lin Bai recognized it as the treasure Ling Tianzi had asked him to find.
• Lin Bai grabbed the Dragonbone Gold ahead of the pursuing martial artists, stored it, and vanished into the forest using Qilin Step.

Lin Bai escaped the Origin Land with the Dragonbone Gold after fighting off Qi Xuan, Zhang Yuanhao, Wen Yuanjia, and their pursuers. Back at the Spirit Sword Sect, he and Qi Shaolong planned to sell their huge haul of spirit herbs in Flying Dragon City, where they arrived at Qi Shaolong’s family home.

• Lin Bai stored the Dragonbone Gold, drove back Wen Yuanjia, and struck down more than a dozen pursuing disciples with Seven Dragon Force Sword Qis before escaping the Origin Land.
• Qi Shaolong and Tiedan returned to find Lin Bai safe, and the next morning Qi Shaolong reported that their spirit herbs were worth over 160 million spirit stones.
• Lin Bai proposed dividing the proceeds evenly, but agreed to travel with Qi Shaolong to Flying Dragon City to sell the herbs while Tiedan stayed behind to cultivate.
• After stabilizing his cultivation, Lin Bai left the Spirit Sword Sect with Qi Shaolong and rode with him for five days to Flying Dragon City.
• Qi Shaolong introduced Lin Bai to his father, Qi Lin, and the Qi family welcomed Lin Bai; Qi Shaolong planned to take him to the Treasure Pavilion the next day.

Lin Bai discovered that the Merit-Dissolving Deathly Powder was eroding his cultivation, then learned Qi Shaolong had poisoned and betrayed him for his spirit stones. After battling through the Qi family and fleeing Qi Lin, Lin Bai leaped from a cliff and crashed at its bottom, badly broken but still alive.

• Lin Bai found poison in his dantian that rapidly drained his cultivation and asked Qi Shaolong for Antitoxin Pills.
• Qi Shaolong revealed his betrayal by stabbing Lin Bai and confessed he had poisoned him to seize the spirit stones.
• Qi Lin and more than a hundred Qi family martial artists surrounded Lin Bai, but Lin Bai fought his way out with his sword techniques.
• Qi Lin pursued Lin Bai and repeatedly wounded him as the poison reduced his cultivation and Lin Bai used up his Dragon Force Sword Qi.
• Cornered at a cliff, Lin Bai vowed to destroy the Qi family if he survived and jumped to escape Qi Lin.
• Lin Bai struck the bottom of the cliff, shattering his bones and leaving him unable to move.

Qi Shaolong believed Lin Bai had died after Qi Lin pushed him off a cliff, but Lin Bai was rescued by the War God Elder and awakened in the War God Palace’s trial grounds. Restored to health, Lin Bai entered the trials in hopes of obtaining the War God Art.

• Qi Lin returned to Flying Dragon City and told Qi Shaolong that Lin Bai had fallen from a cliff and would become a cripple, while Qi Shaolong revealed the spirit medicines he had taken for himself.
• Qi Lin found only Lin Bai’s bloodstains at the cliff bottom and returned after searching for three hours.
• The War God Elder found Lin Bai gravely injured at the trial grounds and used his remnant power to heal him and remove the poison.
• The War God Elder explained that passing the War God Palace’s trials could earn Lin Bai the War God Art and help revive the fallen sect.
• Lin Bai recognized the War God Palace from ancient legends, thanked the War God Elder, and entered the dark passage to begin the trial.

Lin Bai began the War God Art trial in the War God Palace, where he had to cultivate the first layer, the Bronze War Body, within three hours. As War God Elder escalated the test with a King-Class War Soul and ten thousand ordinary war souls, Lin Bai revealed that he had comprehended sword intent.

• War God Elder explained that Lin Bai had to cultivate the Bronze War Body within three hours and that killing war souls would grant Divine Power to strengthen his body.
• War God Elder released war souls, and Lin Bai killed them with the Evil Wind Sword, absorbing their Divine Power and rapidly growing stronger.
• Lin Bai used the Qilin Step and his swordsmanship to slaughter hundreds of war souls, astonishing War God Elder.
• War God Elder summoned a King-Class War Soul, whose hammer strikes forced Lin Bai to dodge rather than fight head-on.
• War God Elder sent ten thousand war souls at Lin Bai, who unleashed his Sword Intent Domain and shattered the war souls that entered it.