Recaps

Lin Bai defeated Lin Tianfeng and more than twenty Divine Alliance martial artists after they attacked him, then demanded compensation for disrupting the Sword Alliance’s cultivation. When Lin Tianfeng cursed Lin Bai’s parents and refused to pay, Lin Bai tore off both his arms and began threatening to take his legs.

• Lin Bai struck Lin Tianfeng down, then challenged the Divine Alliance martial artists to attack together.
• Lin Bai used the first form of Surging Wind Swordplay to overwhelm the Divine Alliance attackers, stopping only when the chamber elder warned him that killing was forbidden.
• Lin Bai stomped on Lin Tianfeng and demanded twenty-one million spirit stones to compensate the Sword Alliance for its wasted cultivation time.
• Lin Tianfeng refused to pay, threatened Lin Bai through his connection to Li Dao, and cursed Lin Bai’s parents.
• Lin Bai ripped off both of Lin Tianfeng’s arms, and Lin Tianfeng finally offered to pay and begged Lin Bai to spare him.
• Lin Bai demanded that Lin Tianfeng apologize to the Sword Alliance.

Lin Bai forced Lin Tianfeng and the Divine Alliance to compensate the Sword Alliance, then cultivated in room No. 79 and reached the peak of the third stage of the Earth Martial Realm. His Devouring Sword Soul drained most of the Spirit Sword Sect’s spirit vein, forcing the cultivation rooms to close.

• Lin Bai made Lin Tianfeng apologize to the Sword Alliance, took the spirit stones in his Storage Bag, and ordered the other Divine Alliance martial artists to surrender theirs.
• Lin Bai gave the collected Storage Bags to Wang Hao and learned that Li Qingxuan had left the Spirit Sword Sect to gain experience.
• Lin Bai cultivated in room No. 79 for seven days and perfected the first volume of the Grand Five Elements Art.
• Lin Bai summoned the Devouring Sword Soul, which drew spiritual energy from the spirit vein and helped him reach the peak of the third stage of the Earth Martial Realm.
• The spirit vein entered a self-protective state after losing much of its energy, so the Second Elder and the Grand Elder closed the cultivation rooms temporarily.

After draining much of a spiritual vein, Lin Bai visited the Sword Alliance and learned that the Wind God Sect’s ancient ruins had been discovered at Withered Mountain Ridge. He agreed to join the alliance’s expedition the next morning, then headed to White Cloud Peak to see his master while thinking about the core martial artist selection in five months.

• Lin Bai left the cultivation room as Elders Council elders rushed to inspect the depleted spiritual vein.
• Wang Hao took Lin Bai to the Sword Alliance headquarters, where Lin Bai reunited with Li Jianxing, who had reached the first level of the Earth Martial Realm.
• Li Jianxing and Wang Hao told Lin Bai that the Wind God Sect ruins had been discovered at Withered Mountain Ridge and that major factions were heading there.
• Lin Bai agreed to join the Sword Alliance’s expedition, which would depart the next morning.
• Lin Bai left for White Cloud Peak to visit his master and considered the upcoming selection of core martial artists.

Su Cang and Ye Suxin planned to kill Lin Bai at the Wind God Sect ruins in Withered Mountain Ridge, while Lin Bai showed Ling Tianzi his unusual Martial Soul. Ling Tianzi recognized it as the Devouring Sword Soul and reacted with shock.

• Su Cang explained that the Elders Council’s scrutiny prevented him from openly killing Lin Bai, and Ye Suxin volunteered to do it for him.
• Ye Suxin learned that Lin Bai would leave with Li Jianxing for the Wind God Sect ruins and declared that Withered Mountain Ridge would be his burial ground.
• Su Cang urged Ye Suxin to search the ruins for the Wind God Sect’s Heaven-grade cultivation method and offered to send Divine Alliance martial artists with her.
• Lin Bai visited Ling Tianzi, who questioned how he had advanced so quickly despite having a Yellow Rank One Martial Soul.
• Lin Bai summoned his Martial Soul, and Ling Tianzi recognized the Devouring Sword Soul and reacted in terror.

Lin Bai revealed the Devouring Sword Soul to Ling Tianzi and Li Shanqing, who warned him that its devouring power marked it as a Demonic Martial Soul hunted across the Barren Ancient Continent. Lin Bai resolved to conceal it, while Ling Tianzi trusted that he would guard his principles and master its power.

• The Devouring Sword Soul appeared above Lin Bai and damaged White Cloud Peak, and Li Shanqing was injured when he probed it with his spiritual power.
• Lin Bai withdrew the Devouring Sword Soul at Ling Tianzi's direction and explained that it devoured everything and could raise his cultivation by consuming demon blood.
• Ling Tianzi and Li Shanqing told Lin Bai that Demonic Martial Soul possessors were hunted and killed before they could grow, and warned him to keep his soul and its abilities secret.
• Ling Tianzi cautioned Lin Bai that devouring anything could also make him absorb its harmful properties, and Lin Bai resolved not to use the sword soul unless necessary.
• After Lin Bai left, Li Shanqing worried about the danger he faced, but Ling Tianzi said he believed Lin Bai would guard his principles and avoid falling into the demonic path.

After reflecting on the risks and power of his Devouring Sword Soul, Lin Bai joined the Sword Alliance expedition to Withered Mountain Ridge. The group arrived after a swift journey, where Kong Fang warned them that many powerful factions and rogue cultivators had gathered.

• Lin Bai spent the night thinking about the Devouring Sword Soul and resolved to stay true to his principles.
• Kong Fang and the Sword Alliance warriors waited for Lin Bai before departing for Withered Mountain Ridge.
• Lin Bai arrived, met Kong Fang and the Second Elder, and thanked the Second Elder for protecting him during the Outer Sect competition.
• The Second Elder summoned Lin Jiangxian's Flying Roc, and the Sword Alliance group flew toward Withered Mountain Ridge.
• The group reached Withered Mountain Ridge, where Kong Fang cautioned everyone to remain vigilant around the assembled factions and rogue cultivators.

Lin Bai investigated the Mountain Protection Formation around the Wind God Sect ruins and discovered that old disciple tokens could grant entry through its barriers. After he hurried back to inform the Sword Alliance, Ye Suxin, Zhang Qun, and Lin Zier spotted him and showed hostile intent.

• Lin Bai tested the Mountain Protection Formation, found it impervious to his attack, and decided to search for its Formation Eye rather than rely on formation experts.
• Lin Bai descended a cliff and uncovered a skeleton bearing Chen Song's Outer Sect Disciple Token, which allowed entry to the Mountain Protection Formation and Outer Sect region.
• Lin Bai noticed more skeletons scattered beneath the cliff and hurried back to notify the Sword Alliance about the tokens.
• Ye Suxin and Zhang Qun recognized Lin Bai among the crowd, while Zhang Qun and the Divine Alliance martial artists showed hostility toward him.
• Lin Zier spotted Lin Bai from the Azure Cloud Terrace Palace's territory and glared at him with killing intent.

Lin Bai found a way for the Sword Alliance to enter the Wind God Sect ruins using disciple tokens hidden beneath a cliff. As he led them toward the tokens, Ye Suxin and the Divine Alliance attacked him, while the Sword Alliance continued without him.

• Ye Suxin and the Bai sisters recognized Lin Bai among the gathered forces, and Bai Xiaoxiao cautioned Bai Zhiyuan not to reveal that he had killed Li Yunsuan, Shang Tian, and Xu Jiangsheng.
• Lin Bai told Li Jianxing, Kong Fang, Wang Hao, and Sun Qian that former Wind God Sect martial artists beneath a western cliff carried tokens that could bypass the Mountain Protection Formation.
• Lin Bai led the Sword Alliance toward the hidden tokens and spotted Ye Suxin in the crowd.
• Ye Suxin charged Lin Bai with her sword, and Zhang Qun followed with Divine Alliance martial artists.
• Lin Bai told Kong Fang to lead the Sword Alliance to search for core disciples' tokens while he dealt with their pursuers, and Kong Fang led the group toward the cliff.

Lin Bai was surrounded by Lin Zier, Ye Suxin, and their allies, and he fled after their attacks left him badly injured. He headed for the cliff, where the discovery of Wind God Sect disciple tokens drew the martial artists into a scramble.

• Ye Suxin attacked Lin Bai, while Zhang Qun and Lin Zier joined the confrontation and their forces surrounded him.
• Lin Bai fought back against Ye Suxin, but Zhang Qun deflected his sword and wounded him.
• Lin Zier struck Lin Bai with Primordial God Extinction Light, badly injuring him and forcing him to flee.
• Lin Zier and Ye Suxin pursued Lin Bai as he flew toward the cliff, where martial artists discovered bones and Wind God Sect disciple tokens below.
• A martial artist announced the discovery, prompting the crowd to rush toward the tokens, and Lin Bai feared the competition would turn bloody.

Lin Bai entered the crowded ruins beneath the cliff, where martial artists slaughtered one another over disciple tokens. He rescued a Sword Alliance fighter from the Blazing Fire Palace and set off to find the scattered members of his group.

• Bai Xiaoxiao and Bai Zhiyuan arrived, and Bai Xiaoxiao followed Lin Bai beneath the cliff after promising to protect him.
• Lin Bai saw martial artists kill one another over disciple tokens as he searched for the Sword Alliance.
• A Blazing Fire Palace martial artist attacked Zhang Daniu, who threw his tokens to a companion and prepared to die fighting.
• Lin Bai killed Chen Yu with a sword strike, then wiped out the Blazing Fire Palace martial artists who attacked him.
• The Sword Alliance martial artists told Lin Bai they had found a Core Token but were scattered, so Lin Bai sent them into the ruins and went to search for Li Jianxing, Kong Fang, Wang Hao, and Sun Qian.

Lin Bai fought through the slaughter at Withered Mountain Ridge, secured a Blue Token, and searched for a Core Token to enter the Wind God Sect ruins freely. After learning Kong Fang was battling Liu Liang over one, Lin Bai went to help him.

• Ye Suxin and Lin Zier abandoned their search for Lin Bai and led their groups to seek disciple tokens and the Martial Intent Monument.
• Lin Bai guided scattered Sword Alliance members toward the Wind God Sect and caught a Blue Token thrown into the crowd.
• Lin Bai killed a fifth-level Earth Martial Realm martial artist with his Divine Dragon Arm, frightening off the other challengers.
• Lin Bai reunited with Li Jianxing, Wang Hao, and Sun Qian, then learned Kong Fang was fighting Liu Liang for a Core Token.
• Lin Bai headed toward Kong Fang as the exhausted Kong Fang faced Liu Liang’s demand to surrender the Core Token.

Kong Fang gave Lin Bai the two Core Martial Tokens while besieged by Liu Liang and other ninth-level Earth Martial Realm martial artists. Lin Bai escaped the attackers, leaving Kong Fang with one token and drawing Liu Liang and Ye Suxin after him toward the Wind God Sect ruins.

• Lin Bai approached the battle and urged Kong Fang to throw him the two Purple Tokens, which Kong Fang did as he broke out of the encirclement.
• Lin Bai caught the tokens and fled, while Liu Liang abandoned Kong Fang to chase him; Lin Bai blocked Liu Liang's fist with a sword strike but was wounded.
• Ye Suxin attacked Lin Bai from ahead, and Lin Bai clashed with her as Liu Liang pursued him from behind.
• Kong Fang caught up, and Lin Bai gave him one Purple Token and told him to enter the ruins while Lin Bai made his own escape.
• Lin Bai challenged Liu Liang and Ye Suxin to pursue him to the Wind God Sect ruins, then used the completed Qilin Step to race away as both chased him.

Lin Bai escaped his pursuers and entered the Wind God Sect ruins, where he found a map that could lead him to the sect’s treasures. After killing a martial artist who tried to rob him, he headed for the Spirit Herb Garden.

• Lin Bai cut down the martial artists blocking his escape, and Bai Xiaoxiao intervened to hold off Lin Zier, Ye Suxin, and Liu Liang while he fled.
• Lin Bai passed through the Mountain Protection Formation using a core martial artist’s disciple token and entered the Wind God Sect ruins.
• Lin Bai found a beast-hide map in a Storage Bag beside a skeleton and used it to locate the Spirit Herb Garden.
• A fifth-stage Earth Martial Realm martial artist tried to rob Lin Bai, but Lin Bai killed him and took his Storage Bag.
• Lin Bai flew toward the Spirit Herb Garden, hoping to find Myriad Year Spirit Herbs.

Bai Xiaoxiao tried to kill Lin Zier but was stopped by Zhao Xiansheng, who kept her occupied with a chess game. Meanwhile, Lin Bai entered the Spirit Herb Garden, where he learned the Divine Alliance was searching for him and challenged them to come find him.

• Lin Zier threatened Bai Xiaoxiao, and Ye Suxin ordered the Divine Alliance martial artists to scatter through the Wind God Sect ruins and search for Lin Bai.
• Bai Xiaoxiao attacked Lin Zier, but Zhao Xiansheng displaced her to a mountain peak and invited her to play chess so she could not interfere.
• Zhao Xiansheng revealed through his conversation with Bai Xiaoxiao that he wanted to keep her from helping Lin Bai and limit the imperial family's gains in the ruins.
• Lin Bai found Divine Alliance followers collecting herbs in the Spirit Herb Garden and learned they had been ordered to watch for him.
• Lin Bai struck a young martial artist and told him to inform the Divine Alliance that Lin Bai was waiting for them.

Lin Bai searched the Spirit Herb Garden and found a ten-thousand-year-old Gilded Ancient Divine Tree, a supreme metal-attribute spirit herb he could use to cultivate the Golden Spirit Vortex. As martial artists began fighting over their harvests, Lin Bai killed an attacker and tried to leave, but Qin Yu ordered him to surrender his Storage Bag.

• Lin Bai collected the surviving spirit herbs in the garden, then used his sword intent to discover a hidden stone chamber containing the Gilded Ancient Divine Tree.
• Lin Bai took the tree, recognized that it would help him cultivate the Golden Spirit Vortex, and decided to leave the garden.
• After the martial artists finished gathering herbs, they began attacking one another and robbing their opponents of their Storage Bags.
• A martial artist tried to rob Lin Bai as he left, but Lin Bai killed him with a single strike of his sword.
• Qin Yu of Azure Cloud Terrace Palace robbed the surrounding martial artists and then confronted Lin Bai, demanding his Storage Bag.

Lin Bai defeated Qin Yu after he tried to seize Lin Bai’s Storage Bag, then stopped short of killing him when Qin Yu offered information about the Wind God Sect’s treasures. The chapter ended with Lin Bai learning where two treasures were kept and hearing about a tower that could accelerate cultivation time.

• Qin Yu blocked Lin Bai and demanded his Storage Bag, but Lin Bai refused and fought back.
• Qin Yu attacked with the Icefire Fist, but Lin Bai shattered it with the Surging Wind Swordplay and held his sword at Qin Yu’s throat.
• Qin Yu offered information about the Wind God Sect’s supreme treasures in exchange for his life, and Lin Bai forced him to reveal it.
• Qin Yu said the Wind God Art and Martial Intent Monument were in the Martial Arts Pavilion, and Lin Bai became eager to find the monument.
• Qin Yu revealed that the Time Cultivation Tower could let someone cultivate for a year while only one day passed outside, then asked Lin Bai to spare him.

Lin Bai learned that the Wind God Art and Martial Intent Monument were in the Wind God Sect's Martial Arts Pavilion, while the Time Cultivation Tower lay in the core region. After killing Qin Yu, Lin Bai reached the ruined Martial Arts Pavilion and prepared to search for the treasures before heading to the tower.

• Qin Yu told Lin Bai where the Wind God Sect's treasures were and handed over his Storage Bag, which fired poison arrows at Lin Bai when he opened it.
• Lin Bai blocked the arrows with his sword intent, pursued Qin Yu, and killed him after Qin Yu attacked with Icefire Fist.
• Lin Bai left the Spirit Herb Garden and headed toward the inner sect, while the martial artists there lamented that powerful disciples had arrived to claim the treasures.
• Lin Bai found the ruined Martial Arts Pavilion and confirmed its location on the map, then approached it to search for the Martial Intent Monument before going to the Time Cultivation Tower.

Lin Bai entered the Wind God Sect's Martial Arts Pavilion ruins and followed the other martial artists into its trial grounds. There, Liu Liang explained how to challenge a mechanical puppet, while Lin Zier searched the crowd for someone who had not appeared.

• Lin Bai searched the gathered martial artists for Lin Zier, Ye Suxin, and Liu Liang while pretending to dig through the ruins.
• A martial artist uncovered the entrance to the pavilion, and Lin Bai rushed inside before the three leaders could discover him.
• Lin Bai and the other martial artists reached a trial ground sealed by a formation, where Lin Zier, Ye Suxin, and Liu Liang joined the crowd.
• Liu Liang explained that challengers had to ask the mechanical puppet to open the trial ground, and the puppet transformed from a wooden log.
• The puppet pulled a Rogue Cultivator into the trial, while Lin Zier searched the crowd and thought that her intended target had not come.

Lin Bai observed the Wind God Sect’s trial grounds, where an Automaton Puppet awarded martial skills suited to each challenger’s performance. After several martial artists tested the trial, Liu Liang entered and began battling hundreds of puppets.

• Lin Bai concealed his intent toward Lin Zier and watched a Rogue Cultivator begin the trial against Automaton Puppets.
• The Rogue Cultivator defeated three puppets before conceding, earning the Earth Grade Two martial skill Cloud Dispelling Palm.
• The Automaton Puppet showed the Rogue Cultivator a separate exit, while eager martial artists crowded to take their turns.
• Lin Bai recognized that the trial assessed each challenger’s needs and provided an appropriate martial skill, and he praised the Wind God Sect’s system.
• After hours of trials and a steady flow of visitors, Liu Liang entered the grounds and unleashed the Blazing Fire Art against hundreds of Automaton Puppets.

Liu Liang reached a total of one hundred puppets and chose the chance to comprehend the Martial Intent Monument instead of a sixth-grade Earth Grade martial skill. Ye Suxin then entered the trial and unleashed her army of demonic beasts, including the powerful Three-Headed Dragonhawk.

• Liu Liang used his Flame Beast Martial Soul to destroy two more puppets, bringing his total to one hundred before reaching his limit.
• The mechanical man offered Liu Liang a sixth-grade Earth Grade offensive martial skill or an opportunity to comprehend the Martial Intent Monument, with the Wind God Art promised if he comprehended Martial Intent Power.
• Liu Liang chose to wait for the Martial Intent Monument opportunity, while the other disciples learned that his performance had earned him the chance.
• Ye Suxin entered the trial arena and asked what was required to qualify for the Martial Intent Monument, but the mechanical man told her to display her talent and combat power.
• Ye Suxin opened her Beast-Taming Pouch, releasing more than a hundred demonic beasts, including her ninth-stage Earth Martial Realm Three-Headed Dragonhawk.

Ye Suxin cleared the trial arena with her demonic beasts, while Lin Zier was excused from the trial because of her exceptional martial soul. Lin Bai then stepped forward to begin his own trial as Ye Suxin and Lin Zier fixed him with killing looks.

• Ye Suxin sent her demonic beasts through the arena, passed the trial, and was told to join Liu Liang later to comprehend the Martial Intent Monument.
• Liu Liang invited Ye Suxin to admire plum blossoms, but she rejected him and said she would return to the Spirit Sword Sect.
• Lin Zier entered the arena and was excused from the trial after the mechanism warrior recognized her fifth-grade Heaven-level Saintly Dao martial soul.
• Liu Liang resented Lin Zier's proud contempt as she joined him and Ye Suxin among those qualified to comprehend the Wind God Art.
• Lin Bai stepped forward and asked the mechanism warrior to open the trial arena, drawing killing looks from Ye Suxin and Lin Zier.

Lin Bai entered the trial arena and faced threats from Lin Zier, Ye Suxin, and Liu Liang, then began the puppet test to prove his strength. He quickly destroyed fifteen puppets and vowed to surpass Liu Liang’s score of one hundred.

• Lin Zier, Ye Suxin, and Liu Liang threatened Lin Bai, who dismissed them and challenged their ability to catch him.
• Liu Liang demanded that the mechanism man expel Lin Bai, but the mechanism man allowed him to take the test.
• Lin Bai began the trial and discovered the puppets were stronger than him, each at the fifth level of the Earth Martial Realm.
• Lin Bai destroyed three puppets with one sword strike, then used Qilin Step to cut down more than a dozen others.
• Lin Bai told Liu Liang he would kill one hundred puppets to prove himself and charged into the crowd of puppets.

Lin Bai surpassed Liu Liang’s puppet-slaying record and continued fighting, revealing that he still had strength after killing more than a hundred puppets. He left Liu Liang furious and warned him and Lin Zier that they were not worthy of standing beside him.

• Lin Bai killed one hundred puppets, tying Liu Liang’s record, then destroyed three more and surpassed it.
• Liu Liang conceded that Lin Bai had earned the qualification to comprehend the Martial Intent Monument, but claimed his lead would only be temporary.
• Lin Bai rejected Liu Liang’s claim of superiority and charged back into the puppets to demonstrate his strength.
• Lin Bai used Wind Silence to kill the puppets around him, bringing his total to one hundred and fifteen.
• Liu Liang accused Lin Bai of using pills, but Lin Bai denied needing them and declared that Liu Liang and Lin Zier would never catch up to him.

Lin Bai was denied access to the Martial Intent Monument because the puppet judged his Yellow Rank One Martial Soul insufficient, and the crowd mocked him. Enraged, he continued the trial and annihilated more than a hundred puppets with one sword, then demanded to know whether he had earned qualification.

• The puppet offered Lin Bai a Profound Grade Five movement technique instead of qualification to comprehend the Martial Intent Monument.
• The puppet explained that Lin Bai's Yellow Rank One Martial Soul made his displayed talent insufficient, prompting Liu Liang and the other martial artists to ridicule him.
• Lin Bai refused to leave and asked the puppet to continue the test despite its warning that he was unlikely to gain approval.
• As the crowd laughed, Lin Bai unleashed the fourth stance of Surging Wind Swordplay and destroyed more than a hundred charging puppets with one strike.
• The arena fell silent, and Lin Bai angrily demanded that the puppet declare whether he was qualified.

Lin Bai unleashed overwhelming sword techniques against the trial puppets, proving his strength to the martial artists who had mocked him. After he slaughtered a thousand more puppets with sword intent, the puppet mechanism declared him qualified to comprehend the Martial Intent Monument, and Lin Bai stood apart from the others.

• Lin Bai killed more than four hundred puppets with two powerful forms of Surging Wind Swordplay and demanded to know if that was enough.
• The Sword Alliance martial artists cheered Lin Bai, while Ye Suxin recognized that he was revealing his true strength.
• Lin Bai used the sixth form of Surging Wind Swordplay to kill more than five hundred puppets and carve a deep trench through the trial grounds.
• When another thousand puppets appeared, Lin Bai vowed to keep killing until the mechanism was satisfied, then beheaded them all with his sword intent.
• The puppet mechanism declared Lin Bai qualified to comprehend the Martial Intent Monument, and the watching martial artists stared at him in disbelief.
• Li Jianxing witnessed Lin Bai's strength and declared that the Sword Alliance would rise; Lin Bai then stood alone, keeping his distance from Ye Suxin, Lin Zier, and Liu Liang.