Recaps

Dugu Yun defended Lin Bai and hinted that he could take Ye Jianjun’s Holy Son position, prompting Lin Bai to agree to a life-or-death duel with Ye Jianjun in half a year. After recovering at the Kang Family Estate, Lin Bai reaffirmed his goal and told Dugu Yun he had comprehended the eighth form of the Supreme Sword; he then said he had a request.

• Dugu Yun declared that Ye Jianjun might lose the Holy Son position in two years, and Lin Bai claimed he would become unrivaled on Divine Relic Ridge within half a year.
• Ye Jianjun challenged Lin Bai to fight for the Holy Son position in half a year, with the loser required to kneel and beg for mercy; Lin Bai accepted a life-or-death duel on the third day of the ninth month.
• Zhao Longtu and Ye Wuhuan left, while Bai Xiaoxiao helped Lin Bai and Jian Ruohan leave the Holy Son's Mansion, and Dugu Yun sent Pei Ji to escort them back to the Sword Dao Institute.
• At the Kang Family Estate, Lin Bai thanked Kang Xiao, Wen Yue, and Dugu Yun for their help and said the Kang Family's debt to him was settled.
• Lin Bai told Dugu Yun that he had comprehended the eighth form of the Supreme Sword and would claim the Holy Son position within half a year, then said he had a request.

Lin Bai learned that Kang Xiao was Divine Relic Ridge’s greatest artifact refiner and entrusted him with repairing Emperor’s Heart Sword. Afterward, Lin Bai gave Bai Xiaoxiao an Ascension Fruit, which she prepared to eat so her spirit could transcend Heaven’s Mandate.

• Lin Bai asked Dugu Yun to help find someone who could repair Emperor’s Heart Sword, and Wen Yue revealed that Kang Xiao was Divine Relic Ridge’s number one artifact refiner.
• Kang Xiao agreed to examine Emperor’s Heart Sword and took it into seclusion, though he warned Lin Bai that he might not be able to repair the grandmaster-forged weapon.
• Bai Xiaoxiao left the Kang Family Estate with Lin Bai and Jian Ruohan, then teased Lin Bai about his closeness to Jian Ruohan and Kang Shiyun.
• Lin Bai brought Bai Xiaoxiao to Tempest Cave and gave her an Ascension Fruit, explaining that it could transform her spirit beyond Heaven’s Mandate.
• Bai Xiaoxiao decided to eat the Ascension Fruit while Lin Bai waited to see what her spirit would become.

Bai Xiaoxiao consumed the Ascension Fruit and awakened the powerful Nethergod Seal, then told Lin Bai about her time in Southern Ridge and her decision to abandon her ambition to become emperor. They agreed to seek a quiet life together after finding Lin Bai’s parents, though Lin Bai remained burdened by the Giant God Race.

• Bai Xiaoxiao’s Martial Authority Seal shattered after she consumed the Ascension Fruit, and she awakened the Nethergod Seal as her cultivation rose to the ninth level of the Heaven Core Realm.
• Bai Xiaoxiao tested the Nethergod Seal’s command over Lin Bai, but his Devouring Sword Soul resisted its pressure.
• Bai Xiaoxiao told Lin Bai that her grandmother had taken her to Southern Ridge, where she saw a thriving martial world filled with experts and powerful dynasties.
• Bai Xiaoxiao said she had abandoned her ambition to become emperor and wanted to find Lin Bai’s parents before settling somewhere peaceful with him.
• Lin Bai agreed to their plan but ended the chapter thinking of the Giant God Race as an enemy he still had to face.

Lin Bai prepared for his six-month agreement to defeat Ye Jianjun by focusing on cultivation and beginning to comprehend the Ancient God Scripture. After spending all his points on body-tempering pills without reaching its entry stage, he received word that Gong Chan had found the seller of the Eternal Sand.

• Lin Bai planned to raise his cultivation to the pinnacle of the Heaven Core Realm before facing Ye Jianjun and entering the Divine Creation Palace.
• Bai Xiaoxiao left Tempest Cave with Lin Bai's map to explore the Crimson Immortal Sect battlefield while he secluded himself to study the Ancient God Scripture.
• Lin Bai spent half a month organizing the scripture's teachings about cultivating physical strength and flesh rather than spiritual power.
• Lin Bai spent more than fifty million points on body-tempering pills, but despite growing to three meters tall, he still had not reached the Ancient God Scripture's entry stage.
• Gong Chan told Lin Bai she had found the seller of the Eternal Sand and arranged a meeting for the next afternoon at the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion.

Lin Bai met Jin Liang and the All-Seeing Eyes team to ask about the golden sand, then agreed to join them on an expedition to find its source and a rumored Spirit Herb Garden. After learning that the team’s dead former member, Ke Han, had been favored by the Holy Son, Lin Bai suspected the expedition could be dangerous and began planning to prepare.

• Gong Chan introduced Lin Bai to Jin Liang and his five sworn brothers, the treasure hunters known as the All-Seeing Eyes.
• Jin Liang refused to reveal where the team had found the golden sand, but offered to take Lin Bai there on their next trip.
• Jin Liang revealed that the site might contain a large Spirit Herb Garden, and Lin Bai agreed to join the expedition departing in three days.
• Lin Bai thanked Gong Chan with a token worth one hundred thousand points, and she warned him that the team might not protect him if danger arose.
• Gong Chan told Lin Bai that the team’s deceased former member was Ke Han, a favorite of the Holy Son, and Lin Bai resolved to prepare carefully before leaving.

Lin Bai discovered that Jin Liang had led him to Crimson Immortal Sect’s inner sect Treasures Pavilion, where Jin Liang’s group hoped to learn about the Eternal Sand. The group entered a hidden canyon containing two intact mountains of rare spirit medicines and ores, while Lin Bai secretly left behind a streak of black light.

• Lin Bai checked Crimson Immortal Sect’s map and realized their destination was the inner sect Treasures Pavilion.
• Jin Liang told his companions to let Lin Bai find something valuable before attacking him, so he would not become suspicious and flee.
• Jin Liang brought Lin Bai to a ruined area and had Ling Yu open the concealment formation hiding a canyon.
• Lin Bai followed the group through the portal and secretly left behind a streak of black light.
• Lin Bai saw a mountain of rare spirit medicines and a mountain of ores, including Eternal Sand, and wondered why they remained intact.

Jin Liang brought Lin Bai to two treasure mountains and tried to learn the origin of the golden sand, but Lin Bai saw through the trap and fled. Jin Liang and his companions pursued him as Wen Shi ordered them to kill Lin Bai before he could escape.

• Jin Liang explained that powerful restrictions protected the spirit medicines and divine metals on the two treasure mountains.
• Lin Bai questioned why the treasures had been left in plain sight and pointed out that their spiritual nature had continued to grow.
• Jin Liang and the other five pressed Lin Bai to reveal what he knew about the golden sand, but Lin Bai refused and suddenly fled toward the mountain.
• Jin Liang ordered his companions to pursue Lin Bai and told Wen Shi through a Sound Transmission Talisman that Lin Bai had entered the array.
• Wen Shi blamed Jin Liang for the failed ambush and ordered the group to kill Lin Bai, while Jin Liang revealed his ambition to seize the treasures and overthrow Ye Jianjun.

Ye Jianjun’s allies plotted to kill Lin Bai at the treasure mountain, while Lin Bai reached Spirit Herb Mountain and was struck back by its powerful formation guardian. Surrounded by Wen Shi, Jin Liang, and nearly thirty peak Heaven Core Realm warriors, Lin Bai refused to flee and faced them.

• Ye Jianjun told Yan Yu and Chu Yue that his true self wanted him to guard the treasure mountain and wait for his arrival in Dongzhou.
• Lin Bai ignored Jin Liang’s pursuit and rushed toward Spirit Herb Mountain, hoping to collect spirit medicines and advance his cultivation.
• A demon tiger formed from the mountain’s black mist struck Lin Bai and knocked him off the stone path.
• Wen Shi arrived with nearly thirty peak Heaven Core Realm warriors, and Jin Liang and five other allies joined him to confront Lin Bai.
• Jin Liang revealed that the All-Seeing Eyes served Ye Jianjun, and Wen Shi admitted that they had eliminated potential rivals to support him.
• Lin Bai rejected Wen Shi’s claim that he would die and declared that he was not going to escape.

Lin Bai broke through Spirit Herb Mountain’s restrictions with the Purple Cloud Sword and devoured its precious herbs to raise his cultivation. After reaching the seventh level of the Heaven Core Realm, he prepared to face Wen Shi and Jin Liang, just as Jian Ruohan and Bai Xiaoxiao finally arrived.

• Lin Bai used the Purple Cloud Sword to breach Spirit Herb Mountain’s restrictions, while Ling Yu mistook it for a Formation Breaking weapon.
• Lin Bai broke through the restrictions around spirit herbs and swallowed them directly, including a seventy-thousand-year-old Netherworld Divine Spirit Flower and a ninety-thousand-year-old Bone-Eating Mysterious Mushroom.
• The formation spirit stopped Wen Shi, Jin Liang, and their companions from pursuing Lin Bai as he consumed more herbs and advanced to the seventh level of the Heaven Core Realm.
• Lin Bai turned to confront Wen Shi and Jin Liang, saying he could now fight a Heaven Core Realm grand completion cultivator.
• Jian Ruohan and Bai Xiaoxiao arrived beneath the treasure mountains, and Lin Bai angrily asked why they had taken so long.
• Jian Ruohan and Bai Xiaoxiao released their powerful auras as they stood at the foot of the mountain.

Jian Ruohan and Bai Xiaoxiao arrived to help Lin Bai, and Wen Shi ordered Ling Yu’s group to fight the women while he and Jin Liang went after Lin Bai. Jian Ruohan and Bai Xiaoxiao overwhelmed their attackers with their Transcendent Souls, leaving Ling Yu’s forces at the mercy of Bai Xiaoxiao’s corpse puppets.

• Wen Shi recognized Jian Ruohan and Bai Xiaoxiao, then ordered Ling Yu to attack them while he and Jin Liang went to kill Lin Bai.
• Jian Ruohan charged into Ling Yu’s group and killed several martial artists with her ice-powered sword.
• Bai Xiaoxiao summoned the Nethergod Seal and raised the martial artists Jian Ruohan had killed as corpse puppets.
• The corpse puppets turned on Ling Yu and his companions, and Bai Xiaoxiao ordered them to slaughter the group.
• Jian Ruohan and Bai Xiaoxiao acknowledged each other’s formidable Transcendent Souls.

Lin Bai defeated Wen Shi and Jin Liang while Jian Ruohan and Bai Xiaoxiao's corpse puppets killed the other warriors who had surrounded them. After the battle, the three met at the treasure mountains and wondered what the place was.

• Lin Bai reflected on Jian Ruohan and Bai Xiaoxiao's Transcendent Souls before Wen Shi and Jin Liang attacked him.
• Lin Bai sent Jin Liang flying, then killed him when Jin Liang begged for mercy.
• Wen Shi attacked Lin Bai with his Hundred Might Spear, but Lin Bai killed him with Sword Heart...One Thought.
• Jian Ruohan and Bai Xiaoxiao watched their corpse puppets tear apart Ling Yu and the other warriors, then Bai Xiaoxiao recalled the puppets.
• Lin Bai complained that the women had arrived late, and Bai Xiaoxiao blamed him for leaving only a tiny opening in the formation.
• Jian Ruohan and Bai Xiaoxiao asked Lin Bai why two treasure mountains stood before them.

Lin Bai, Bai Xiaoxiao, and Jian Ruohan discovered two treasure mountains in the Crimson Immortal Sect's inner sect and gathered precious spirit herbs and ores. Lin Bai found Eternal Sand needed to forge Jian Ruohan's flying sword and spotted Destiny Stone farther up the mountain.

• Lin Bai used his Devouring Sword Soul's secret method to break the seals on Spirit Herb Mountain, and the three gathered its spirit herbs.
• Lin Bai explained that blood, especially demon blood, best nourished his Devouring Sword Soul, while directly devouring spirit herbs was wasteful.
• Bai Xiaoxiao and Jian Ruohan gave Lin Bai the spirit herbs they had collected, and the three moved to the mountain of ores.
• Jian Ruohan and Bai Xiaoxiao recognized rare divine metals among the ores, while Lin Bai focused on golden sand and identified it as Eternal Sand for Jian Ruohan's flying sword.
• Lin Bai broke the seals around the Eternal Sand and stored it, then spotted Destiny Stone near the mountaintop.

Lin Bai, Jian Ruohan, and Bai Xiaoxiao collected rare materials from the treasure mountains, then searched them for the secret behind their unnatural preservation. They discovered a hidden underground plaza and met Hua Yuxian there, who claimed it was empty.

• Lin Bai collected the Eternal Sand, Destiny Stones, and Soaring Sky Divine Iron, while Jian Ruohan chose Ten Thousand Year Ice Crystal and Bai Xiaoxiao chose Human Emperor Bone for their flying swords.
• Lin Bai and the two women took all the remaining ores and divine iron from both treasure mountains.
• Lin Bai proposed searching the emptied mountains for the secret that had kept their herbs and ores from decaying.
• Bai Xiaoxiao found a hidden cave beneath Spirit Herb Mountain, and Lin Bai, Jian Ruohan, and Bai Xiaoxiao followed its passage to an enormous underground plaza.
• Hua Yuxian entered the plaza and said she had found a hidden formation, then remarked that the plaza was empty.

Lin Bai and the others discovered a Giant God Race divine bone beneath the treasure mountains, and Dugu Yun arrived after Hua Yuxian left. Dugu Yun revealed that he had identified Lin Bai’s Demonic Martial Soul, leaving Lin Bai to confront the threat of exposure.

• Lin Bai recognized the enormous bone embedded in the cave as part of a Giant God Race spine and realized it had nourished the treasure mountains for millennia.
• Jian Ruohan and Bai Xiaoxiao urged Lin Bai to kill Hua Yuxian and claim the divine bone, but Dugu Yun suddenly appeared.
• Dugu Yun ordered Hua Yuxian to leave and keep the cave’s secrets, and she departed without resistance.
• After Hua Yuxian was gone, Dugu Yun told Lin Bai he had recognized his Demonic Martial Soul and challenged him over concealing it.
• Jian Ruohan and Bai Xiaoxiao prepared to fight Dugu Yun, while Lin Bai asked whether he intended to capture or kill him.

Dugu Yun confronted Lin Bai over his Demonic Martial Soul but let him leave and warned him to keep it hidden. Lin Bai returned to the Five Peaks to prepare for his next goals, while Hua Yuxian reported finding what the Five Venoms Sect had been seeking.

• Dugu Yun revealed that he guarded the divine bone beneath the treasure mountains and warned Lin Bai not to reveal his Demonic Martial Soul or the bone’s location.
• Dugu Yun allowed Lin Bai, Bai Xiaoxiao, and Jian Ruohan to leave after they agreed not to expose the divine bone.
• Lin Bai said he would defeat the Holy Son, visit Su Yanhua, and seize the Divine Creation Palace before heading south.
• Lin Bai returned to Tempest Cave for closed-door cultivation, while Bai Xiaoxiao went to study the Transcendent Soul and Jian Ruohan prepared to train on the battlefield.
• Hua Yuxian told Blade Fiend that she had found what the Five Venoms Sect sought and ordered him to notify the Sect Leader and prepare for battle.

After waiting in vain for Dugu Yun, Lin Bai refined flying swords for Jian Ruohan and Bai Xiaoxiao and taught them how to use them. With the swords named and the women prepared to leave, Lin Bai turned to cultivating the Ancient God Scripture and raising his cultivation.

• Lin Bai waited ten days for Dugu Yun to explain why he had spared him, but Dugu Yun never appeared, so Lin Bai decided to resume cultivating.
• Lin Bai rented a first-grade chamber at Refining Volcano and spent a month refining two flying swords from rare materials.
• Lin Bai gave Jian Ruohan and Bai Xiaoxiao their flying swords and taught them to fuse their souls with them and use Sword Control Art.
• Jian Ruohan gave Bai Xiaoxiao a copy of the Myriad Swords Technique, and the women named their swords White Spirit Sword and Di Xiao Sword.
• After Jian Ruohan and Bai Xiaoxiao left Tempest Cave, Lin Bai prepared to cultivate the Ancient God Scripture and increase his cultivation.

Lin Bai bought an alchemy furnace and spirit fire, then refined Azure Flame Pills to raise his cultivation to the peak of the ninth level of the Heaven Core Realm. He began refining Dragon-Tiger Golden Embryo Pills to cultivate the Ancient God Scripture and prepare to face Ye Jianjun.

• Lin Bai spent his remaining points on a Grade Nine Spirit Tool Alchemy Furnace and spirit fire, then prepared to refine two King-Grade Pills.
• Lin Bai refined thirteen Azure Flame Pills over half a month and swallowed them to advance to the peak of the ninth level of the Heaven Core Realm.
• Lin Bai found he lacked enough spirit herbs to make more Azure Flame Pills and reserved the remaining herbs for Dragon-Tiger Golden Embryo Pills.
• Lin Bai resumed refining pills, beginning the Dragon-Tiger Golden Embryo Pill so he could cultivate the Ancient God Scripture and challenge Ye Jianjun.

Lin Bai consumed nine Dragon-Tiger Golden Embryo Pills and cultivated the Ancient God Scripture to the One-Star Giant God level, reaching strength comparable to the peak of the Heaven Core Realm. He then turned to comprehending the Supreme Sword’s final form, Mo Wen, but could not yet grasp its meaning.

• Lin Bai swallowed nine Dragon-Tiger Golden Embryo Pills, which tempered his body and helped him condense a purple-gold divine star above his brow.
• Lin Bai stabilized the divine star and became a One-Star Giant God, unleashing a powerful aura across Divine Relic Ridge.
• Qing He sensed Lin Bai’s breakthrough and hoped he would be able to quell the blood demon calamity, while warning him that the road ahead was perilous.
• Lin Bai crushed a distant mountain using only his physical strength and judged his Giant God cultivation equal to the peak of the Heaven Core Realm.
• Lin Bai returned to his residence to ponder the Supreme Sword’s ninth form, Mo Wen, but could not understand what the two words meant.

Hua Yuxian returned to the Five Venoms Sect and learned its plan to exploit Lin Bai and Ye Jianjun’s duel, seize the divine bone, and revive the Holy Ancestor. As the duel began, Lin Bai left his cave abode with Jian Ruohan and Bai Xiaoxiao, determined to face Ye Jianjun.

• Hua Yuxian returned to the Five Venoms Sect’s headquarters with Blade Fiend and reported that Dugu Yun guarded the divine bone.
• The Five Venoms Sect Leader ordered Hua Yuxian to use Serpent Heart Poison to control Divine Relic Ridge’s geniuses, especially Lin Bai and Ye Jianjun, during their upcoming duel.
• The Five Venoms Sect Leader planned to seize resources from the Divine Creation Palace, destroy the eastern region’s dynasties, and take the divine bone to revive the Holy Ancestor.
• The Five Venoms Sect Leader told Hua Yuxian to summon Xiu'er back to headquarters and reveal the truth to him.
• Jian Ruohan and Bai Xiaoxiao visited Lin Bai on the day of his duel with Ye Jianjun, and Lin Bai said he was ready to fight.

Lin Bai arrived at First Peak’s crowded Martial Arts Arena for his unavoidable battle with Holy Son Ye Jianjun, while his friends and the Five Peaks’ most prominent figures gathered to watch. The chapter ended with Lin Bai standing alone on the Martial Arts Platform, composed beneath the crowd’s attention, as the battle was about to begin.

• Lin Bai headed for the Martial Arts Arena with Bai Xiaoxiao and Jian Ruohan, and Tang Bufan caught up with them after arriving at the Five Peaks.
• Kang Yiyang and Kang Shiyun apologized that Kang Xiao had not emerged from seclusion to finish repairing Lin Bai’s Emperor’s Heart Sword, but Lin Bai refused to postpone the battle.
• Lin Bai and his companions entered the packed arena, where Ye Wuhuan, Ye Suxin, Hong Su, and Su Cang watched from a stone platform.
• Hua Yuxian and Blade Fiend spotted Ji Guan and the rising geniuses Long Qingfeng, Qin Beiao, and Ye Banqiu, and Hua Yuxian ordered Blade Fiend to recruit the three after the battle.
• Lin Bai exchanged salutes with Ji Guan, parted from his friends, and stepped onto the Martial Arts Platform to await Ye Jianjun.

Lin Bai and Ye Jianjun began their long-awaited battle before a crowd of Divine Relic Ridge experts, with Ye Jianjun wielding the Crimson Emperor Sword and Lin Bai fighting without his unrepaired Emperor's Heart Sword. Lin Bai's opening attacks approached Sky Realm power, but Ye Jianjun shattered his first strike as the clash continued.

• Zhao Longtu arrived with Ye Jianjun and promised to protect him if he killed Lin Bai, while Ye Jianjun's followers urged him to avenge their fallen brothers.
• Hua Yuxian predicted Ye Jianjun would win and planned to recruit Lin Bai into the Holy Church after his defeat.
• Lin Bai and Ye Jianjun exchanged taunts, and Ye Jianjun demanded that Lin Bai use the Emperor's Heart Sword, which Kang Xiao had not finished repairing.
• Ye Jianjun drew the Crimson Emperor Sword and released perfected ninth-grade sword intent, while Lin Bai prepared the Purple Cloud Sword and Azure Song Sword.
• Lin Bai attacked with Supreme Sword: God-Slaying, but Ye Jianjun casually shattered the strike with the Crimson Emperor Sword.
• Lin Bai followed with Flying Sword: One Sword Transforms into a Thousand, attacking Ye Jianjun with both swords.

Lin Bai’s threefold sword attack failed to injure Ye Jianjun, who broke the Purple Cloud Sword and drove Lin Bai into retreat. Kang Xiao arrived with the restored Emperor’s Heart Sword, and Lin Bai counterattacked with a black gleam that made Ye Jianjun’s Crimson Emperor Sword recoil.

• Lin Bai unleashed three sword attacks on Ye Jianjun, but Ye Jianjun emerged unharmed and revealed his formidable defenses.
• Ye Jianjun used his Crimson Sun sword strike to shatter the Purple Cloud Sword and send Lin Bai flying.
• Ye Jianjun suppressed Lin Bai, while Jian Ruohan and Bai Xiaoxiao blamed the gap between their weapons.
• Kang Xiao arrived and tossed Lin Bai the restored Emperor’s Heart Sword.
• Lin Bai wielded the Emperor’s Heart Sword and used the Martial Soul Secret Method, Cease War, against Ye Jianjun’s Crimson Emperor Sword.

Lin Bai countered Ye Jianjun’s Nine Stars Shattering Moon Sword Finger with the Myriad Swords Technique and wounded him, turning the battle in his favor. Lin Bai declared the fight had only been a warm-up, and both combatants prepared to get serious.

• Ye Jianjun retreated from Lin Bai’s black radiance, then attacked with the Three Stars and Six Stars Shattering Moon Sword Fingers.
• Lin Bai answered with the Myriad Swords Technique, transforming his flying sword into ten thousand shadows and forcing Ye Jianjun to unleash the Nine Stars Shattering Moon Sword Finger.
• Lin Bai gathered the sword shadows into a giant black sword and struck down Ye Jianjun’s nine sword-shadow stars, injuring him and sending him flying.
• Ye Wuhuan, Zhao Longtu, Dugu Yun, Yan Yu, and Chu Yue reacted with shock as they saw Ye Jianjun wounded.
• Lin Bai told Ye Jianjun that the warm-up was over, and both fighters gathered their strength for the next clash.

Lin Bai comprehended Mo Wen, the ninth form of the Supreme Sword, and used it to shatter Ye Jianjun’s Golden Crow Sword and send him flying. As Lin Bai recognized Ye Jinghong’s phantom and bid farewell to his legacy, Ye Jianjun rose and unleashed Blazing Fire Intent, setting up another assault.

• Ye Jianjun attacked Lin Bai with the Crimson Sun technique, then unleashed the Golden Crow Sword as golden flames and nine sword shadows engulfed the arena.
• Facing the Golden Crow Sword, Lin Bai recalled his goal and recognized the meaning of his twin swords, then charged forward with a seemingly ordinary strike.
• Lin Bai’s Mo Wen sword shattered Ye Jianjun’s Golden Crow Sword and sent him flying, astonishing the spectators and revealing that Lin Bai had comprehended the Supreme Sword’s ninth form.
• Lin Bai saw Ye Jinghong’s phantom bow to him, returned the bow, and reflected that his mastery of the Supreme Sword had ended Ye Jinghong’s era.
• Ye Jianjun stood up and announced that he would use Blazing Fire Intent with the Golden Crow Sword, summoning nine golden suns and their Golden Crows over the arena.

Ye Jianjun overwhelmed Lin Bai after revealing his Blazing Fire Intent, leaving Lin Bai badly injured and apparently unable to match his power. Lin Bai refused to surrender, put away his swords, and faced Ye Jianjun with his fists as a violet-gold divine star began to circulate on his forehead.

• Ye Jianjun unleashed the Blazing Fire Intent, greatly strengthening his Golden Crow Sword and sending Lin Bai flying with a single strike.
• Dugu Yun and the others recognized that Ye Jianjun had comprehended intent, while Lin Bai realized that his sword attacks could not overcome it.
• Ye Jianjun shattered Lin Bai's attacks, including his flying sword, and the onlookers concluded that Lin Bai was bound to lose.
• Ye Jianjun taunted Lin Bai and demanded that he kneel and beg for mercy, but Lin Bai refused to give up.
• Lin Bai stored his swords, clenched his fists, and faced Ye Jianjun as a violet-gold divine star appeared on his forehead.
• Ye Jianjun unleashed nine Golden Crows toward Lin Bai with his Golden Crow Sword technique.