Recaps

Lin Bai fought through ever larger waves of Spirit Puppets in the Martial Soul Path, searching for recognition from a powerful Martial Soul. After killing 360 more puppets, he received recognition from a Yellow Grade Ninth-Rank Martial Soul, rejected it, and continued onward.

• Lin Bai discovered that the Spirit Puppets' strength matched his own and defeated the first five without lighting any Martial Soul lamps.
• Lin Bai fought increasingly numerous groups of Spirit Puppets, eventually cutting down 108 while suffering severe injuries and exhausting his spiritual power.
• Lin Bai used his flying sword to kill waves of 180 and 240 Spirit Puppets, then defeated another 360.
• A lamp revealed that the Spirit Light Battle Axe was a Yellow Grade Ninth-Rank Martial Soul, but Lin Bai rejected its recognition and pressed farther into the path.

Lin Bai fought through the Martial Soul Path and passed up an Emperor Grade Ancient Dragon Soul because he wanted to find a God-Rank Soul. After defeating more than two thousand four hundred Spirit Puppets, he saw a Near God-Rank Martial Soul called the God-Seizing Soul.

• Lin Bai battled through more than seven hundred and twenty Spirit Puppets while the white-haired old man and Fisherman discussed his strength and the Martial Soul Path’s collection of souls.
• As Lin Bai pressed onward, lamps revealed Martial Souls of increasingly high grades, including the Emperor Grade Ancient Dragon Soul.
• Lin Bai chose not to claim the Ancient Dragon Soul, deciding to continue in search of a God-Rank Soul rather than settle for an Emperor Grade one.
• Lin Bai fought through a horde of more than two thousand four hundred Spirit Puppets, causing the lamps across the black space to light up.
• After finding no God-Rank Soul among the lamps, Lin Bai spotted a Near God-Rank Martial Soul named the God-Seizing Soul.

Lin Bai chose the Near God-Rank God-Seizing Soul, which could plunder and absorb the abilities of other Martial Souls. As he was sent away, he learned that Crimson Immortal Sect would choose a new Sect Master in a year and that the sect believed the Heaven Swallowing Race owed it a debt.

• Lin Bai chose the God-Seizing Soul and discovered it could seize other Martial Souls and gain their abilities, making him think of Xu Jiangsheng's Essence of Scorching Fire.
• Fisherman told the white-haired old man to send Lin Bai out and discussed reviving Crimson Immortal Sect, choosing a Sect Master in a year, and Lin Bai's potential role.
• The white-haired old man told Lin Bai that Ye Jianjun had also obtained an Emperor Grade Martial Soul and announced that the Divine Creation Palace would open in a year.
• Lin Bai asked about the monsters that had threatened Crimson Immortal Sect, and the artifact spirit told him to seek answers at the Divine Creation Palace.
• The artifact spirit revealed that the Heaven Swallowing Race owed Crimson Immortal Sect a debt, then sent Lin Bai away from the darkness.

After emerging from the altar, Lin Bai learned that Su Cang had captured and tortured Kang Yiyang to lure him out. Lin Bai went with Kang Shiyun to confront Su Cang, who had been waiting for him atop a mountain peak, and greeted him as he arrived.

• Kang Shiyun overheard Zhang Xiao's group say Su Cang had captured Kang Yiyang and hung him from a southern peak, so she set out to rescue her brother.
• Lin Bai emerged from the altar, stopped Kang Shiyun, and learned what had happened to Kang Yiyang.
• Lin Bai promised to accompany Kang Shiyun and went with her toward the southern peak to confront Su Cang.
• Su Cang told Wei Tianyi he knew Lin Bai was still in the Black Mountain Range and was certain he would come to save Kang Yiyang.
• Lin Bai arrived and called out to Su Cang, remarking that he had missed him for more than a year.

Lin Bai confronted Su Cang and the Divine Prodigies, defeating Wei Tianyi in their opening exchange before the group attacked him together. He unleashed his flying sword against all seven, and Liu Baoshen charged in with a spear as the battle escalated.

• Lin Bai arrived at the mountain and traded taunts with Su Cang, who asked where Kang Shiyun was.
• Wei Tianyi attacked Lin Bai, who blocked his palm and then struck him back with a sword, forcing him to retreat in shock.
• Lin Bai challenged Su Cang and the other Divine Prodigies to attack him together.
• Su Cang and the six other Divine Prodigies launched a combined assault, and Lin Bai countered with his flying sword technique, One Sword Becomes a Thousand.
• Liu Baoshen charged at Lin Bai with a spear, declaring that he would be the one to kill him.

Lin Bai distracted Su Cang and the other spirit sons long enough for Kang Shiyun to rescue Kang Yiyang, then fled the mountaintop despite being badly wounded. He disguised himself as Wu Song to evade pursuit and headed south to reunite with Kang Shiyun and Kang Yiyang.

• Lin Bai used Heavenfall Earthrend to repel Wei Tianyi and Liu Baoshen, but Su Cang struck him with a sword and left him badly wounded.
• Lin Bai revealed that he had only meant to divert the spirit sons' attention, and they discovered Kang Yiyang had disappeared from the cliff.
• Lin Bai escaped down the mountain while Su Cang, Wei Tianyi, Liu Baoshen, and the other spirit sons pursued him.
• Lin Bai disguised himself as a bearded Sword Dao Institute disciple named Wu Song, and the pursuing spirit sons failed to recognize him.
• Lin Bai continued south, intending to reunite with Kang Shiyun and Kang Yiyang after their escape from the Black Mountain Range.

Lin Bai, disguised as Wu Song, saved Kang Shiyun and the critically wounded Kang Yiyang from Zhang Xiao and helped them escape the Black Mountain Range. As they headed for a teleportation point, Lin Bai kept his disguise and the Devouring Sword Soul’s identity secret.

• Kang Shiyun carried the gravely wounded Kang Yiyang through the forest, but Zhang Xiao intercepted them and attacked.
• Lin Bai, disguised as the bearded young man Wu Song, struck Zhang Xiao with his Devouring Sword Soul, severed his left arm, and forced him to flee.
• Lin Bai told Kang Shiyun to take Kang Yiyang away, then rejoined them at their agreed meeting place after returning to his usual appearance.
• Lin Bai carried Kang Yiyang toward a teleportation point while Kang Shiyun worried about the disguised rescuer’s fate.
• Lin Bai decided to use Wu Song’s identity to conceal the Devouring Sword Soul and its connection to the Heaven Swallowing Race.

Lin Bai brought the badly injured Kang Yiyang to the Kang Family Estate on First Peak, where he promised Kang Xiao he could restore Kang Yiyang’s dantian. Kang Xiao gave Lin Bai half a month to produce the pill and offered him a chance to cultivate in the Heavenly Pearl Secret Realm if he succeeded.

• Lin Bai learned that Kang Shiyun and Kang Yiyang lived on First Peak in the Kang Family Estate, where their father was Third Peak Master Kang Xiao.
• Lin Bai examined Kang Yiyang and found his dantian destroyed and divine pellet shattered, then resolved to find a way to heal him.
• Kang Xiao treated Kang Yiyang and restored his life and limbs, but said his cultivation was lost because his dantian and divine pellet were shattered.
• Kang Yuhai blamed Lin Bai for Kang Yiyang’s injuries, while Lin Bai accepted responsibility and promised to restore Kang Yiyang’s dantian.
• Lin Bai promised Kang Xiao he would bring a miraculous pill within half a month, and Kang Xiao offered him a chance to cultivate in the Heavenly Pearl Secret Realm if he succeeded.

Lin Bai learned about the Heavenly Pearl Secret Realm and agreed to bring a pill to heal Kang Yiyang within half a month in exchange for entry qualifications. After Lin Bai left, Kang Yuhai was persuaded by Diao Yiran to kill him before he could restore Kang Yiyang’s dantian.

• Kang Shiyun explained that martial artists could enter the Heavenly Pearl Secret Realm by reporting a high-level ruin, completing missions, or paying one million points, and Kang Xiao offered Lin Bai free entry if he healed Kang Yiyang.
• Lin Bai promised Kang Xiao he would deliver the pill within half a month, while Kang Yuhai threatened him if he failed.
• Outside the Kang Family Estate, Kang Shiyun told Lin Bai that Kang Yuhai resented her and Kang Yiyang and had previously tried to harm them; she also asked Lin Bai to keep their parentage secret.
• Lin Bai assured Kang Shiyun he could heal Kang Yiyang and planned to have Gu Yueqing refine the Heaven Mending Pill at the Ninth Academy.
• Kang Yuhai complained to Diao Yiran that Lin Bai might restore Kang Yiyang’s dantian, and Diao Yiran urged him to kill Lin Bai.
• Kang Yuhai agreed and decided to use his influence to dispatch martial artists against Lin Bai.

Kang Xiao demanded to learn who had injured Kang Yiyang, then sent Chou Hao to investigate after Kang Shiyun refused to name anyone. Lin Bai went to Second Peak seeking spirit herbs and reunited with Su Xianmei at the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, where Dou Ning prepared to sell his treasures.

• Kang Shiyun told Kang Xiao that Kang Yiyang could name his attacker when he woke, and she denied that Kang Yuhai was involved.
• Kang Xiao summoned Chou Hao and ordered him to investigate for the name of the person who injured Kang Yiyang.
• Lin Bai went to Second Peak to find spirit herbs for refining the Heaven Mending Pill and met Jian Ruohan, Ye Jianqiu, Dou Ning, and their companions.
• Jian Ruohan said the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion was on Second Peak, and Lin Bai joined the group on its way there.
• Su Xianmei recognized Lin Bai at the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion and invited him and his friends into a private room.
• Dou Ning introduced himself to Su Xianmei and offered to sell Grade Nine Spirit Tools and ten-thousand-year-old spirit herbs.

Dou Ning sold treasures from a four-star relic for three million points at the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, while Lin Bai bought rare spirit medicines for a King-Grade pill. Geng Hao priced Lin Bai’s order at fifteen million points.

• Geng Hao arrived and Dou Ning identified him as the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion’s Pavilion Lord, while Su Xianmei revealed she was an inspection envoy.
• Dou Ning sold Grade Nine Spirit Tools, rare ores, and spirit medicines from a four-star relic for three million points.
• Dou Ning urged Lin Bai to show off the treasures he had found in the Seven Stars Relic, but Lin Bai said he had come to buy spirit medicines instead.
• Lin Bai listed nearly a thousand spirit medicines, and Geng Hao gathered everything he needed from the Pavilion’s stock.
• Geng Hao told Lin Bai that the spirit medicines cost fifteen million points.

Lin Bai struggled to pay for fifteen million points’ worth of spirit medicines until Su Xianmei offered to lend him the points in exchange for answering a question. She asked whether he was the White-Robed Swordsman who fought seven Spirit Sons in the Black Mountain Range, and Lin Bai admitted it.

• Geng Hao told Lin Bai that the spirit medicines for the Heaven Mending Pill cost fifteen million points, and Dou Ning taunted Lin Bai over his inability to pay.
• Su Xianmei offered to cover the cost, then made the points a loan in exchange for one answer from Lin Bai.
• Su Xianmei asked Lin Bai whether he was the sixth-level Earth Core Realm White-Robed Swordsman who battled seven Spirit Sons in the Black Mountain Range.
• Lin Bai admitted that he was, shocking Dou Ning, Jian Ruohan, Ye Jianqiu, and the other martial artists.
• Su Xianmei explained that the seven Spirit Sons had explored the Seven Stars Relic, and Dou Ning realized Lin Bai had gained treasures there.

Lin Bai said goodbye to Su Xianmei and his companions, then secured approval to return to the Nine Courts with Luo Haiyang escorting him. After Lin Bai left the Five Peaks, Kang Yuhai ordered Luo Haiyang to kill him if he refined a pill that could repair a dantian.

• Su Xianmei told Lin Bai she was leaving for Lingnan and urged him to find her there, while Lin Bai promised to repay the fifteen million points he owed her.
• Jian Ruohan asked Lin Bai about his relationship with Su Xianmei, and he explained that she had cared for him since they first met in Spirit Rhino City.
• Lin Bai told Jian Ruohan he planned to return to the Nine Courts and submitted an application at Mortal Dust Hall.
• Luo Haiyang informed Lin Bai that his application had been approved and accompanied him out of the Five Peaks aboard a spirit boat.
• A disciple reported Lin Bai's departure to Kang Yuhai, who ordered Luo Haiyang to kill Lin Bai if he refined a pill capable of repairing a dantian.

Lin Bai returned to the Nine Institutes and asked Gu Yueqing to refine a Heaven Mending Pill while teaching her to make Earth Venerable and Heaven Saint Pills. After ten days, Luo Haiyang discovered what they were doing and attacked the pill furnace as Gu Yueqing neared completion.

• Lin Bai returned to the Nine Institutes with Luo Haiyang and went to the Pill Dao Academy to find Gu Yueqing.
• Lin Bai sent Luo Haiyang away and gave Gu Yueqing the ingredients to refine a Heaven Mending Pill.
• Lin Bai taught Gu Yueqing to refine Earth Venerable and Heaven Saint Pills, and she made both before beginning the Heaven Mending Pill.
• Lin Bai took an Earth Venerable Pill and broke through to the seventh level of the Earth Core Realm while Gu Yueqing worked on the Heaven Mending Pill.
• Luo Haiyang burst into the quiet room and attacked the pill furnace, and Lin Bai drew the Azure Song Sword to stop him.

Lin Bai killed Luo Haiyang after stopping him from sabotaging Gu Yueqing’s pill refinement, then stayed with Gu Yueqing while she recovered. After returning to the Five Peaks, Lin Bai went straight to the Kang Family Estate.

• Luo Haiyang attacked Lin Bai and tried to disrupt Gu Yueqing’s refinement, but Lin Bai defeated him with the sixth form of the Supreme Sword and beheaded him after learning Kang Yuhai had ordered the attack.
• Gu Yueqing completed the Heaven Mending Pill and gave it to Lin Bai before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Lin Bai carried Gu Yueqing to her bamboo house and stayed beside her until she recovered, where they discussed the Five Peaks and Hong Su’s departure there.
• Lin Bai disposed of Luo Haiyang’s corpse, took the points and spirit boat from his Storage Bag, and returned to the Five Peaks, telling the formation guard that Luo Haiyang would remain in the Nine Academies.
• Lin Bai went straight to the First Peak and arrived at the Kang Family Estate.

Lin Bai visited the Kang family and gave Kang Xiaofeng a King-grade Heaven-Mending Pill to restore Kang Yiyang’s dantian, earning a qualification for the Heavenly Pearl Secret Realm. He learned that the Spirit Child Battle would begin in three days and became determined to compete for a chance to cultivate in the Sacred Heart Spirit Pool.

• Lin Bai confronted Kang Yuhai, accusing him of arranging Luo Haiyang’s attempt on his life and refusing Kang Yuhai’s offer to buy the pill.
• Kang Xiaofeng and Kang Shiyun arrived, and Lin Bai handed Kang Xiaofeng a King-grade Heaven-Mending Pill for Kang Yiyang.
• Kang Xiaofeng granted Lin Bai a qualification for the Heavenly Pearl Secret Realm in return for the pill.
• Kang Xiaofeng told Lin Bai that the Spirit Child Battle would begin in three days and that Spirit Children could cultivate in the Sacred Heart Spirit Pool for ten days.
• Lin Bai learned that the Sacred Heart Spirit Pool could greatly accelerate cultivation and resolved that he needed to reach it.

Lin Bai warned Kang Xiao that Kang Yuhai had ordered Luo Haiyang to attack him, then chose to enter the Spirit Child Battle rather than visit the Heavenly Pearl Secret Realm first. After preparing for three days and refining his sword techniques, Lin Bai headed to the Martial God Stage for the battle.

• Lin Bai asked Kang Xiao about Luo Haiyang, prompting Kang Xiao to learn that Luo Haiyang was Kang Yuhai's trusted aide and to realize Lin Bai was warning him.
• Lin Bai told Kang Shiyun that Kang Yuhai had ordered Luo Haiyang to attack him over the Heaven Mending Pill.
• Lin Bai declined to enter the Heavenly Pearl Secret Realm immediately and decided to compete in the Spirit Child Battle for a chance to cultivate in the Sacred Spirit Pool.
• Lin Bai returned to the Fifth Peak, found Jian Ruohan still absent, and prepared for the battle by refining the Supreme Sword and training the Nine Revolution Sword Step.
• Three days later, Lin Bai went to the Martial God Stage on the Second Peak for the Spirit Child Battle.

Lin Bai arrived at the Martial God Stage for the Spirit Child Battle and learned who the leading candidates were. When he heard Xu Jiangsheng was among them, he resolved to claim his Essence of Scorching Fire Martial Soul; the ceremony then began with Ye Wuhuan’s arrival.

• Lin Bai saw Jian Ruohan, Ye Jianqiu, and Dou Ning at the Martial God Stage, all of whom had advanced several cultivation levels in the Heavenly Pearl Secret Realm.
• Lin Bai greeted Kang Yiyang and Kang Shiyun, and Kang Yiyang thanked him for the Heaven Mending Pill and warned him that the Spirit Child Battle left its participants badly injured.
• Kang Yiyang named Di Xia, Shi Yezhou, Xu Jiangsheng, and Tong Ji as the candidates with the strongest support.
• Lin Bai recognized Xu Jiangsheng as an enemy he had killed twice and coveted his Essence of Scorching Fire Martial Soul.
• Ye Wuhuan descended onto the Martial God Stage, and Lin Bai identified him as one of Divine Relic Ridge’s three supreme figures.

Ye Wuhuan opened the Spirit Child Battle and explained its qualification-token and arena rounds, with Spirit Children earning a chance to cultivate in the Sacred Spirit Pool. Lin Bai claimed the final qualification token despite his low cultivation, drawing shocked attention from friends, rivals, and former Spirit Children.

• Ye Wuhuan announced the Spirit Child Battle rules and said that thirty-two token holders would advance to the arena battle.
• Di Xia seized the first token, followed by Shi Yezhou, Tong Ji, and Xu Jiangsheng among the early qualifiers.
• After more than three hours, Lin Bai used the seventh revolution of the Nine Revolution Sword Step to seize the thirty-second token and take the last chair.
• Jian Ruohan, Ye Jianqiu, Ye Suxin, and Hong Su reacted to Lin Bai’s unexpected participation, while Ye Suxin worried about his chances.
• Su Cang, Liu Baoshen, Wei Tianyi, and Zhang Xiao recognized Lin Bai among the new qualifiers and glared at him angrily.

Lin Bai claimed the thirty-second Qualification Token and faced the martial artists who challenged his right to compete in the Spirit Child Battle. After defeating Yu Tienan with one punch, he returned to his seat, while Xu Jiangsheng met his gaze with murderous intent.

• Lin Bai sat in Chair Thirty-Two, drawing anger and ridicule from Yu Tienan, Tang Jin, and the other chair holders because of his cultivation level.
• Lin Bai challenged Yu Tienan to take the token from him and declared that he would withdraw from the Spirit Child Battle if Yu Tienan succeeded.
• Yu Tienan attacked Lin Bai, but Lin Bai knocked him back with one punch and earned his respectful acknowledgment.
• Lin Bai returned to Chair Thirty-Two and challenged Tang Jin's claim that he lacked the qualifications to compete; Tang Jin said Lin Bai was still far from becoming the Spirit Child.
• Lin Bai and Xu Jiangsheng exchanged looks filled with killing intent.

Kang Xiao began the arena battles to decide who would advance to the top sixteen, and Di Xia defeated Mao Xiaofeng in the first match. Lin Bai was drawn against Tang Jin, who had previously boasted that he could beat Lin Bai in three moves, and the two prepared to fight.

• Kang Xiao explained the random draws and warned that anyone who maliciously injured an opponent would be disqualified.
• Di Xia defeated Mao Xiaofeng with a punch and advanced to the top sixteen.
• Kang Xiao drew pairs for the remaining matches, and the competitors fought before an amazed crowd.
• Kang Xiao drew numbers 9 and 32, sending Tang Jin and Lin Bai to the arena.
• Lin Bai reminded Tang Jin of his three-move boast and challenged him to begin.

Lin Bai faced Tang Jin in the Spirit Child Battle and survived two powerful blade strikes without being harmed, revealing that his movement technique let him evade the attacks. The chapter ended as Tang Jin grew furious and summoned his Deathly Demon Blade for his third strike.

• Lin Bai rejected Tang Jin's offer to surrender, and Tang Jin charged with his Grade Nine Spirit Tool battle blade, promising to defeat him within three moves.
• Tang Jin's first strike shook the arena, but Lin Bai emerged from the dust unharmed and challenged him to use his remaining moves.
• Tang Jin's second strike appeared to tear Lin Bai apart, but Lin Bai walked out unharmed again as Kang Yiyang explained that he had evaded the blade with his movement technique.
• Tang Jin became enraged, released his Baleful Intent, and summoned his Deathly Demon Blade martial soul.

Lin Bai survived Tang Jin’s Deathly Demon Blade and defeated him with the Overlord Dragon Fist, advancing to the round of sixteen. Xu Jiangsheng and Su Cang both saw Lin Bai as a growing threat, and Su Cang began forming a plan to stop him.

• Tang Jin summoned his Deathly Demon Blade and struck Lin Bai, but Lin Bai stood again with only a flesh wound.
• Lin Bai reminded Tang Jin that his three moves had failed, then attacked with Dragon Venerable Dominates the World.
• Lin Bai shattered Tang Jin’s Deathly Demon Blade and punched him out of the arena, securing victory.
• Tang Jin conceded and left, while the martial artists recognized Lin Bai as a formidable dark horse in the round of sixteen.
• Xu Jiangsheng and Su Cang privately resolved that Lin Bai could not be allowed to keep growing, and Su Cang began forming a plan.

Lin Bai faced Tong Ji in the sixteen-way tournament and revealed that he was a sword cultivator after Tong Ji’s Wind-Thunder Sword Soul drove him back. Lin Bai then used the Supreme Sword to overpower Tong Ji, leaving Ye Wuhuan and Kang Xiao stunned.

• Kang Xiao announced the sixteen-way tournament matchups, pairing Lin Bai with Tong Ji.
• Tong Ji used his Wind-Thunder Sword Soul to suppress Lin Bai with swift, powerful attacks.
• Lin Bai drew the Purple Cloud Sword and revealed that he was also a sword cultivator, surprising Tong Ji and the spectators.
• Lin Bai and Tong Ji exchanged rapid blows, with Tong Ji’s Wind-Thunder Sword Soul matching Lin Bai’s speed.
• Tong Ji unleashed Thunder Fury, but Lin Bai shattered his Sword Qi and forced him back with Wandering the World with a Sword: Heaven’s Collapse.
• Tong Ji recognized Lin Bai’s technique as the Supreme Sword, and Ye Wuhuan and Kang Xiao reacted with shock.

Lin Bai defeated Tong Ji with the Supreme Sword, and the quarterfinals began after the round of sixteen concluded. As Lin Bai prepared to face Meng Yue, he learned that Sun Zhihao had once fought Lin Duo for the Spirit Child title.

• Lin Bai and Tong Ji clashed with their strongest sword techniques, and Tong Ji was injured and admitted defeat.
• Tong Ji warned Lin Bai to watch out for Di Xia and Shi Yezhou, and Lin Bai returned to his seat.
• After the quarterfinal matchups were announced, Di Xia defeated Sun Zhihao, who had competed in the Spirit Child Battle for nearly thirty years.
• Meng Yue told Lin Bai that Sun Zhihao had lost to Lin Duo and Ye Jianjun while pursuing the Spirit Child title, prompting Lin Bai to wonder whether Sun knew something about his father.