Recaps

Lin Bai completed the War God Palace trial, killed the King-Class War Soul, and formed the Bronze War Body. He refused to abandon the sword path for the full War God Art but received its first three layers after promising to find a successor for the palace, then headed toward Flying Dragon City.

• Lin Bai slaughtered more than nine thousand War Souls over seven days, forming the Bronze War Body and withstanding the King-Class War Soul's hammer strikes.
• Lin Bai killed the King-Class War Soul with the Evil Wind Sword, and its Divine Power further strengthened his Bronze War Body.
• The War God Elder asked Lin Bai to give up Sword Intent and inherit the War God Art, but Lin Bai refused to abandon the sword path.
• The War God Elder offered Lin Bai the first three War God Art layers in exchange for finding an exceptionally talented body cultivator to become the palace's successor, and Lin Bai agreed.
• The War God Elder sent Lin Bai out of the trial grounds, and Lin Bai found the broken stone marked "God of War" beneath the cliff.
• Lin Bai wondered whether Qi Shaolong was still in Flying Dragon City and headed there with killing intent.

Lin Bai returned to Flying Dragon City and confronted the Qi Clan over Qi Shaolong’s betrayal and sale of spirit medicine worth more than a hundred million spirit stones. He killed the guards sent against him and advanced toward Qi Lin, while Qi Shaolong was away at the Spirit Sword Sect.

• Lin Bai heard people praising Qi Shaolong for selling spirit medicine worth over a hundred million spirit stones and grew furious at his betrayal.
• Lin Bai went to the Qi Clan estate, where clan heads were congratulating Qi Lin and presenting gifts.
• Lin Bai gave Uncle Fu a coffin and demanded that Qi Lin come out to face death.
• Qi Lin recognized Lin Bai, said Qi Shaolong had returned to the Spirit Sword Sect, and ordered the guards to kill Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai killed one guard with a punch, then used the Qilin Step to pass through the others and kill more than thirty guards.
• The gathered guests watched in shock as Lin Bai walked toward Qi Lin.

Lin Bai stormed the Qi residence, killed its guards and Uncle Fu, and fought Qi Lin after the other guests fled. Qi Lin’s Wind Piercing Fist failed to kill Lin Bai, and Lin Bai unleashed his Dragon Emperor’s Divine Dragon Arm as their battle continued.

• Lin Bai killed more than thirty Qi family guards, then ripped off Uncle Fu’s arm and used it to kill him.
• Qi Lin struck Lin Bai and dismissed the guests, leaving the two of them to settle their dispute.
• Qi Lin attacked Lin Bai with Wind Piercing Fist, smashed through Lin Bai’s sword attack, and sent him crashing through a wall.
• Lin Bai emerged with only superficial injuries and rushed Qi Lin with Sword Intent: Starry Sky Severance.
• Qi Lin met Lin Bai’s sword with Wind Piercing Fist, and Lin Bai invoked Dragon Emperor’s Divine Dragon Arm as a dragon roar rang out.

Lin Bai killed Qi Lin and destroyed the Qi family before returning to the Spirit Sword Sect for the outer sect ranking battle. There, he found Zhao Tiedan badly injured by Qi Shaolong, Qi Xuan, and Wen Yuanjia, and vowed revenge.

• Lin Bai killed Qi Lin after learning that Qi Shaolong had taken most of the spirit stones and planned to return to the Spirit Sword Sect.
• Lin Bai slaughtered the Qi family martial artists who attacked him, while other Flying Dragon City lineages moved to seize the Qi family's assets.
• Lin Bai rode back to the Spirit Sword Sect, arriving with five days left before the outer sect disciple ranking battle.
• At Yellow Character Number Five, Lin Bai met Li Jianxing and Li Qingxuan, who told him Zhao Tiedan was near death.
• Zhao Tiedan told Lin Bai that Qi Shaolong had shattered his dantian and beaten him with Qi Xuan and Wen Yuanjia, and Lin Bai vowed to make them pay.

After Zhao Tiedan was crippled, Lin Bai vowed revenge on Qi Shaolong and the Divine Alliance, then cultivated until he broke through to the eighth level of the Profound Martial Realm. He arrived at the Outer Disciple Ranking Battles determined to claim first place and make Qi Shaolong pay, as the competition began.

• Lin Bai learned that Zhao Tiedan's dantian and meridians were destroyed, and he promised Li Qingxuan he would remember the Sword Alliance's kindness.
• Lin Bai devoured more than five hundred thousand spirit stones and broke through to the eighth level of the Profound Martial Realm by dawn.
• Lin Bai brought the injured Tiedan to the Martial Arts Arena, where Li Qingxuan explained the strength of Qi Xuan, Wen Yuanjia, Qi Shaolong, and the Divine Alliance.
• Qi Xuan and the Divine Alliance arrived at the arena, and Lin Bai recognized Qi Shaolong and promised Tiedan that he would pay for his actions.
• Ji Bei announced the elimination round and points battle rules, then called the competitors to draw their battlefields and number plates.

Lin Bai drew token number 15 for the Tenth Battlefield and watched the Divine Alliance target Sword Alliance fighters. Wearing Sword Alliance robes, he faced Fang Lin when his match was called, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Lin Bai drew token number 15 for the Tenth Battlefield and left Sun Qian to protect Tiedan.
• Lin Qiusheng defeated a Sword Alliance girl with one punch and declared that he would keep Sword Alliance fighters out of the top ten.
• Lin Bai changed into the Sword Alliance robes Li Qingxuan had prepared after seeing the conflict between the two alliances.
• Fang Lin took the platform for the match against token number 15 and challenged his opponent to accept his death.
• Lin Bai appeared before Fang Lin in his Sword Alliance robes.

Lin Bai joined the Sword Alliance’s tournament and overwhelmed the Divine Alliance’s fighters, earning a perfect score and drawing the attention of its strongest contender, Wu Ba. The chapter ended as Wu Ba struck Lin Bai in the chest, with the outcome of their match still unknown.

• Lin Bai defeated Fang Lin with one punch, crippling his right hand and severing his meridians, then declared that every Divine Alliance martial artist would die.
• Lin Bai befriended Huang Xiaoxiao and defeated several more opponents with one punch, while Qi Xuan also won his match in one punch.
• Lin Bai, Lin Qiusheng, and Wu Ba reached 78, 78, and 76 points respectively, with Lin Bai and Lin Qiusheng undefeated.
• Wu Ba accepted Lin Qiusheng’s challenge to crush Lin Bai and faced him in the next match.
• Lin Bai told Wu Ba that he would count it as a loss if Wu Ba could force him back even one step, and Wu Ba struck his chest with a punch.

Lin Bai defeated Wu Ba without drawing his sword, then faced Qi Shaolong and the Divine Alliance martial artists before his scheduled battle with Lin Qiusheng. The chapter ended as Lin Qiusheng drew his sword and sent sword aura toward Lin Bai.

• Lin Bai withstood Wu Ba’s punches, then struck him twice and sent him crashing onto the Ninth Battlefield.
• Qi Shaolong saw the injured Wu Ba and recognized Lin Bai, whom he had believed dead after being poisoned with Merit-Dissolving Deathly Powder.
• The elimination matches concluded on nine battlefields, with Qi Shaolong among the winners, while the Tenth Battlefield awaited its victor.
• Lin Bai told Qi Shaolong that the time had come to pay blood debts, and Qi Shaolong insisted Lin Bai would first have to defeat Lin Qiusheng.
• Lin Qiusheng stepped onto the arena, drew his sword, and released sword aura toward Lin Bai.

Lin Bai defeated Lin Qiusheng in the Tenth Battlefield, shattered his sword net, and killed him despite the Young Sect Master’s attempt to intervene. The Young Sect Master arrived before Lin Bai as the assembled martial artists bowed to him.

• Lin Qiusheng attacked Lin Bai with the Void Piercing Swordplay, but Lin Bai dodged his strikes and blocked one with a punch that shattered the arena.
• Lin Qiusheng unleashed Myriad Swords Piercing the Void, and Lin Bai drew the Evil Wind Sword and broke the sword net with Falling Star Moon Strike, severely injuring him.
• Lin Bai rushed to finish Lin Qiusheng, but the Young Sect Master leaped in and struck Lin Bai’s sword with one palm.
• Lin Bai used Heavenly Star of Isolation to pierce Lin Qiusheng’s throat, killing him.
• The Young Sect Master landed beside Lin Qiusheng’s corpse, and the martial artists saluted him while Lin Bai watched.

Su Cang attacked Lin Bai for killing Lin Qiusheng, but Ji Bei intervened and helped Lin Bai recover. As the free-challenge matches began, Qi Shaolong challenged Lin Bai, who vowed to punish him for betraying their friendship.

• Su Cang struck Lin Bai and broke seven of his ribs, but Ji Bei stopped him from attacking further.
• Su Cang offered a Profound Grade martial skill to any Divine Alliance fighter who killed Lin Bai in the upcoming matches.
• Ji Bei told Lin Bai that the Elders Council backed the Sword Alliance and was investigating the Spirit Sword Sect's mysterious events from a hundred years earlier.
• After taking a pill, Lin Bai said he had mostly recovered and vowed to cripple every Divine Alliance fighter.
• Qi Shaolong entered the tournament platform and challenged Lin Bai, while Tiedan condemned him for betraying their former brotherhood.
• Lin Bai confronted Qi Shaolong and declared that he would make the traitor pay for his betrayal.

Lin Bai confronted Qi Shaolong on the tournament platform and revealed that he had destroyed the Qi Lineage. Qi Shaolong’s superior martial technique left Lin Bai badly wounded, but Lin Bai stood back up as Qi Shaolong launched another attack.

• Lin Bai told Qi Shaolong that he had wiped out the Qi Lineage and condemned him for betraying their agreement over the spirit stones.
• Qi Shaolong erupted in fury and attacked Lin Bai with the ninth-grade Profound-tier Overlord Sky Dragon Fist.
• Lin Bai’s lower-grade Star Severing Swordplay failed to overcome Qi Shaolong’s punches, and Qi Shaolong struck him into the air and sent him vomiting blood.
• Su Cang mocked Lin Bai while Ji Bei remained silent, and Li Qingxuan judged that Lin Bai had little chance of surviving.
• Qi Shaolong taunted Lin Bai and unleashed Nine Dragons Devour the Heavens, but Lin Bai stood up and faced his next attack.

Lin Bai defeated Qi Shaolong, then learned Qi Xuan and Wen Yuanjia had forced Qi Shaolong to injure Zhao Tiedan. Qi Shaolong killed himself, prompting Lin Bai’s sword intent to break through before he challenged Wen Yuanjia.

• Lin Bai used the Dragon Emperor's Divine Dragon Arm to defeat Qi Shaolong and break his arm, then pierced Qi Shaolong’s dantian to destroy his cultivation and settle their grudge.
• Qi Shaolong revealed that Qi Xuan and Wen Yuanjia had forced him to injure Zhao Tiedan, then killed himself before Lin Bai could stop him.
• Lin Bai’s sword intent advanced to the mid-stage of first-grade sword intent, shocking Ji Bei, Su Cang, and Li Qingxuan.
• Lin Bai returned to the fighting platform and challenged Wen Yuanjia, who accepted and mocked Qi Shaolong before gathering his true qi.

Lin Bai defeated Wen Yuanjia with a single sword strike, but Qi Xuan intervened before it could kill him. After Su Cang blocked Ji Bei from enforcing the contest rules, Lin Bai challenged all the Divine Alliance warriors in the top ten to attack him together, and six of them surrounded him.

• Wen Yuanjia entered the arena and challenged Lin Bai, confident that his cultivation made him unbeatable except by Qi Xuan.
• Lin Bai's sword strike overwhelmed Wen Yuanjia's movement technique and fist attack, and Wen Yuanjia conceded, but Lin Bai refused to stop his strike.
• Qi Xuan shattered Lin Bai's Sword Qi and saved Wen Yuanjia, while Su Cang prevented Ji Bei from taking Qi Xuan to the Hall of Law Enforcement.
• Lin Bai challenged the Divine Alliance's top-ten warriors to attack him together, and Qi Xuan, Wen Yuanjia, Li Mo, Qi Yuanhao, Jiang Yuansheng, and Zhao Xing surrounded him.
• The six Divine Alliance warriors launched their strongest attacks at Lin Bai from all sides.

Lin Bai killed Li Mo and then defeated four Divine Alliance warriors who attacked him together, revealing the overwhelming power of his Sword Intent. As Su Cang rose in fury, Ji Bei tried to calm him.

• Lin Bai shattered Li Mo's sword, caught up with him using Qilin Step, and split him in half.
• Qi Xuan ordered Zhao Xing, Qi Yuanhao, Jiang Yuansheng, and Wen Yuanjia to attack Lin Bai with their strongest sword techniques.
• Lin Bai unleashed Sword Intent and Starry Sky Severance, overpowering the four warriors and killing Zhao Xing, Qi Yuanhao, Jiang Yuansheng, and Wen Yuanjia.
• Su Cang shattered a nearby table and stood up in anger, while Ji Bei urged the Young Sect Master not to lose his temper.

Lin Bai killed the remaining Divine Alliance warriors who had challenged him, then faced Qi Xuan in a fierce battle. He unleashed the Divine Dragon Arm to kill Qi Xuan with one punch, leaving the arena in shock.

• Lin Bai killed five of the six Divine Alliance warriors in the Martial Arts Arena, leaving Qi Xuan as the last opponent.
• After a Divine Alliance warrior cursed Lin Bai's family, Lin Bai leapt from the platform and killed him, silencing the crowd.
• Qi Xuan challenged Lin Bai, and the two exchanged hundreds of blows while both were wounded.
• At Su Cang's urging, Qi Xuan used the strongest form of Heavenly Might Swordplay against Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai's Divine Dragon Arm reached the peak of the great accomplishment stage, and he shattered Qi Xuan's Sword Qi and killed him with one punch.

After killing Qi Xuan, Lin Bai faced accusations from Su Cang and the Grand Elder, but the Second Elder declared him innocent on grounds of self-defense. Lin Bai won the outer sect ranking battle, though Su Cang vowed the Divine Alliance would retaliate.

• Su Cang tried to attack Lin Bai, but Ji Bei blocked him and insisted that sect rules be followed.
• The Grand Elder accused Lin Bai of killing fellow disciples and ordered him executed, while Ji Bei argued that he should be sent to the Hall of Law Enforcement.
• The Second Elder heard Lin Bai explain that he had killed in self-defense and declared him innocent, angering Su Cang, who threatened retaliation from the Divine Alliance.
• The Second Elder told Lin Bai that he resembled Jian Xuan, then left the arena with the Grand Elder and Su Cang.
• Li Qingxuan and Li Jianxing declined to challenge Lin Bai, and Ji Bei announced Lin Bai as the ranking battle's first-place winner.

After becoming the top outer disciple, Lin Bai was accepted by Ling Tianzi as a nominal disciple and received a powerful swordplay. Ling Tianzi set the next goal of becoming a Core Disciple and obtaining the Grand Five Elements Art, while Li Shanqing was tasked with revealing Jian Xuan’s whereabouts as Ling Tianzi prepared to leave.

• Lin Bai recovered from his battle, climbed White Cloud Peak, and knelt before Ling Tianzi, who accepted him as a nominal disciple until he became a Core Disciple.
• Ling Tianzi gave Lin Bai the ninth-grade Earth-tier Surging Wind Swordplay and urged him to obtain the Grand Five Elements Art at an upcoming auction in Cold Mountain City.
• Ling Tianzi took Lin Bai’s Dragonbone Gold to forge a treasured sword, promising it as a gift if Lin Bai became his personal disciple.
• Li Shanqing offered to protect Lin Bai from the Divine Alliance, but Ling Tianzi told her not to interfere and asked her to reveal Jian Xuan’s whereabouts to the Second Elder and Ji Bei.

Lin Bai studied Surging Wind Swordplay and planned to seek the Grand Five Elements Art at an auction in Cold Mountain City. After Zhang Nan challenged him and destroyed his house, Lin Bai killed him with one sword at Cliff of No Return, leaving the Divine Alliance martial artists frightened.

• Lin Bai began cultivating the six moves of Surging Wind Swordplay and considered taking a mission near Cold Mountain City so he could attend an auction for the Grand Five Elements Art.
• Zhang Nan challenged Lin Bai to avenge the Divine Alliance members Lin Bai had killed, then smashed Lin Bai's house when he refused to fight.
• Lin Bai followed Zhang Nan to Cliff of No Return, where more than a hundred martial artists gathered to watch their duel.
• Zhang Nan attacked with Profound Clarity Sword Qi, but Lin Bai shattered his strikes and cleaved him in two with a single sword strike.
• Lin Bai warned the Divine Alliance martial artists not to bother him again and returned to his residence.

Lin Bai divided the remaining spirit stones from the Origin Land with Tiedan and promised to help restore Tiedan’s dantian. After a Divine Alliance warrior threatened his family, Lin Bai killed him and spent ten days defeating a new challenger each day; he returned to find Li Jianxing and Li Qingxuan waiting at his residence.

• Lin Bai gave Tiedan fifty million spirit stones and promised to search for medicine that could repair his dantian.
• Xiao Yuan challenged Lin Bai at Cliff of No Return and threatened his family, but Lin Bai killed him with a sword strike.
• For the next ten days, Lin Bai killed a Divine Alliance challenger at Cliff of No Return each day, including Zhang Feng and Li Yan.
• After returning from his latest fight, Lin Bai found Li Jianxing and Li Qingxuan at his residence.

Lin Bai learned that the Divine Alliance dominated the Inner Sanctum Top 100 Ranking and that its top fighters were far beyond his current strength. To buy time to cultivate, he announced that three months later he would face any Earth Martial Realm disciple at the Cliff of No Return, and the news stirred the Spirit Sword Sect.

• Li Jianxing and Li Qingxuan told Lin Bai that the Divine Alliance controlled most of the Inner Sanctum Top 100 Ranking, whose top ten fighters had reached the Heaven Martial Realm.
• Lin Bai received another challenge letter threatening his family and resolved to raise his cultivation before the Divine Alliance sent a stronger opponent after him.
• Lin Bai asked Li Qingxuan to announce that he would accept challenges from all Earth Martial Realm disciples at the Cliff of No Return three months later and would refuse no one.
• Li Jianxing tried to dissuade Lin Bai, but Lin Bai stood by his decision, and Li Qingxuan agreed to spread the news.
• The announcement spread through the Spirit Sword Sect, where disciples mocked Lin Bai and predicted he would lose.

As Lin Bai prepared to enter the inner sect, the Divine Alliance and the Sword Alliance factions reacted to his challenge to every Earth Martial Realm warrior three months later. At the Mission Hall, Lin Bai encountered Hu Yian and beat him down after Hu Yian provoked him.

• Su Cang ordered Divine Alliance inner disciples in the Earth Martial Realm to return in three months and kill Lin Bai at the Cliff of No Return.
• The Second Elder agreed to let Lin Bai face the challenge and sent Li Qingxuan to the Great Moon Kingdom to search for Jian Xuan.
• Ling Tianzi learned of Lin Bai’s challenge and discussed how the Sword Alliance would investigate Jian Xuan’s reported whereabouts in the Great Moon Kingdom.
• Lin Bai went to the Mission Hall to accept an inner sect examination mission and met Hu Yian, a Divine Alliance inner disciple, in the examination chamber.
• Hu Yian challenged Lin Bai and demanded that he kneel and kowtow, so Lin Bai pierced his protective qi shield and slapped him repeatedly until an elder ordered him to stop.

After Lin Bai beat Hu Yian in the Mission Hall, Elder Su arranged a dangerous assessment mission in White Ram City to put him in danger. Lin Bai accepted the mission and left, while Elder Zhang decided to warn Li Qingxuan.

• Lin Bai struck Hu Yian repeatedly and defended himself to the elders, saying Hu Yian had provoked him and challenged him first.
• Elder Su ordered Elder Zhang to assign Lin Bai the White Ram City mission, a four-star task normally intended for Earth Martial Realm disciples.
• Elder Zhang explained that the mission concerned Zeng Liang, a second-level Earth Martial Realm Demonic Path Cultivator who had deceived a hundred young women.
• Lin Bai accepted the mission as his inner disciple assessment, planning to visit Cold Mountain City afterward.
• Elder Zhang watched Lin Bai leave, then decided to inform Li Qingxuan about the danger.

Lin Bai took Zhao Tiedan to War God Elder, hoping he could inherit War God Palace after his dantian was crippled. War God Elder discovered Zhao Tiedan possessed the Eternal War God Body and declared him War God Palace’s Holy Son, while Lin Bai departed for White Ram City.

• Lin Bai found Zhao Tiedan shattering a boulder with his bare strength and learned his physical power rivaled a third-level True Martial Realm warrior despite his crippled dantian.
• Lin Bai took Zhao Tiedan from Spirit Sword Sect to the War God Stone Tablet, where they entered War God Elder’s cavern.
• War God Elder examined Zhao Tiedan and discovered he possessed the Eternal War God Body, a constitution suited to inherit War God Palace.
• War God Elder named Zhao Tiedan War God Palace’s Holy Son and dragged him into the trial grounds to begin learning the War God Art.
• Lin Bai left Zhao Tiedan with War God Elder and set out for White Ram City.

Lin Bai arrived in White Ram City to accept the mission to kill the second-level Earth Martial Realm Demonic Path Cultivator Zeng Liang. He clashed with wandering cultivator Bai Zhiyuan, who wanted the mission reward for herself, and ended by warning her against provoking him further.

• Lin Bai reached White Ram City and went to the City Lord's Mansion to meet the White Ram City Lord about the mission.
• Bai Zhiyuan urged the White Ram City Lord to tell her where Zeng Liang was, insisting she could kill him despite being weaker.
• The White Ram City Lord verified Lin Bai's mission and Identity Token, then questioned whether a ninth-level Profound Martial Realm martial artist could face Zeng Liang.
• Bai Zhiyuan challenged Lin Bai and demanded that he hand the mission over to her, but Lin Bai refused to fight her and said he had come for Zeng Liang.
• Lin Bai released a chilling killing intent and warned Bai Zhiyuan not to push him further.

Lin Bai and Bai Zhiyuan agreed to join forces against Zeng Liang so Lin Bai could obtain the Mission Token and Bai Zhiyuan could claim the bounty. They reached Zeng Liang’s residence in Yellow Stone Town, where Bai Zhiyuan launched the first attack.

• White Ram City Lord brokered an agreement between Lin Bai and Bai Zhiyuan to kill Zeng Liang and divide the reward.
• Lin Bai secured White Ram City Lord’s promise to give him the Mission Token after Zeng Liang’s death, while Bai Zhiyuan offered to handle the fight herself.
• White Ram City Lord led Lin Bai, Bai Zhiyuan, and more than a hundred guards to Zeng Liang’s residence in Yellow Stone Town.
• Bai Zhiyuan kicked down the gate and challenged Zeng Liang, who mocked the group and dismissed their strength.
• Bai Zhiyuan attacked Zeng Liang with a Grade Four Spirit Tool longsword.