Recaps

Lin Bai entered the Extreme Northern Ice Crystal Valley carrying Dong Qian’s severed head and revealed himself as Dongfang Bai, then pursued Zhao Hansheng through the blizzard. He confronted Zhao Hansheng and revealed his true face, preparing to explain why he meant to kill him.

• Lin Bai emerged from the Wormhole Passage with Dong Qian’s head, alarming the Yang God Realm experts gathered outside.
• A Holy Seal Sect expert attacked Lin Bai, and Lin Bai killed him with one sword; the crowd recognized him as Dongfang Bai and saw that he had reached the fourth stage of the Yang God Realm.
• Su Lihai and Su Cang chose to search for the token instead of confronting Lin Bai, and the other experts left to search as well.
• Lin Bai spotted Zhao Hansheng leaving and pursued him into the blizzard after the Wormhole Passage closed.
• Zhao Hansheng blocked Lin Bai’s sword strike and asked why Lin Bai wanted to kill him; Lin Bai revealed his true face and said he would explain before killing him.

Lin Bai confronted Zhao Hansheng in the Extreme Northern Ice Crystal Valley and killed him after overcoming his ice-based powers and Frost Moon martial soul. He then set off to find Su Lihai and Su Cang, while Zhao Hansheng’s dying message alerted the Zhao Dynasty that Lin Bai was his killer.

• Lin Bai revealed himself to Zhao Hansheng and declared that he was avenging the deaths of his wife and child at Divine Relic Ridge.
• Lin Bai and Zhao Hansheng fought in the blizzard, and Zhao Hansheng unleashed his Extreme Ice Domain and Ice Profound Force.
• Lin Bai’s sword strikes shattered Zhao Hansheng’s Frost Moon secret technique and pierced his throat.
• Zhao Hansheng warned Lin Bai that the Zhao Dynasty would seek revenge, then sent a final message naming Lin Bai before he died.
• Lin Bai took Zhao Hansheng’s Storage Bag and left to search for Su Lihai and Su Cang.
• Several hidden Yang God Realm experts emerged and reacted in shock that Dongfang Bai had killed the Zhao Dynasty’s ancestor.

Lin Bai searched the Ice Crystal Valley for Su Lihai and Su Cang while collecting thousands of tokens and defeating anyone who tried to rob him. After learning where the two men were, he reached them as they celebrated their token haul and plans to obtain the Blood Ginseng.

• Lin Bai collected more than two thousand tokens by finding them and taking them from Yang God Realm martial artists who challenged him.
• A martial artist attacked Lin Bai, but Lin Bai defeated him and learned that Su Lihai and Su Cang were northwest of them.
• Lin Bai took the defeated martial artist's tokens and rode his flying sword northwest to find Su Lihai and Su Cang.
• Su Cang gave Su Lihai their combined total of more than five thousand tokens, and the two discussed using the Blood Ginseng to make pills that would help them break through to the sixth stage of the Yang God Realm.
• Lin Bai arrived and mocked Su Lihai and Su Cang, who recognized him and realized he had come with hostile intentions.

Lin Bai revealed his identity to Su Lihai and Su Cang and demanded their heads, then confronted Su Cang over his father’s death. Su Cang attacked with the Su Dynasty’s king-grade sword technique, but Lin Bai defeated him with one strike.

• Lin Bai told Su Lihai and Su Cang to hand over their heads and listed the powerful figures he had killed, including Ye Jianjun’s nine clones.
• Lin Bai shed his Dongfang Bai disguise and revealed himself to Su Lihai and Su Cang.
• Su Cang accused Lin Bai of killing his father, Su Zhan, and vowed to avenge him.
• Su Cang attacked Lin Bai with Gale Wind Swordplay, boasting that his strength had surpassed what it was on Divine Relic Ridge.
• Lin Bai shattered Su Cang’s sword technique with Four Gods Sword Slash and sent him flying, leaving Su Lihai to catch him.

Lin Bai defeated Su Cang and Su Lihai in Ice Crystal Valley, but Su Lihai sacrificed himself to help Su Cang escape with a Greater Teleportation Talisman. Lin Bai killed Su Lihai and vowed to pursue Long Ba.

• Su Lihai encouraged Su Cang to blame his defeat on Lin Bai's demon sword, and they joined forces to attack him.
• Lin Bai broke through Su Lihai's sword techniques and martial soul defenses, then wounded him and defeated Su Cang.
• Su Cang begged Lin Bai for mercy and blamed Su Lihai for Ye Suxin's death, so Lin Bai struck at him.
• Su Lihai shielded Su Cang from Lin Bai's sword and gave him a Greater Teleportation Talisman, which Su Cang used to escape.
• Lin Bai cut off Su Lihai's head and said he would soon send Long Ba to join him.

Lin Bai collected 8,500 tokens in the Extreme Northern Ice Crystal Valley and won the Blood Ginseng. After leaving the Ice Clan, he flew toward the Su Dynasty to pursue Su Cang.

• Lin Bai took the tokens from Su Lihai's Storage Bag, bringing his total to more than 8,000, while Su Cang escaped with a Greater Teleportation Talisman.
• When the Wormhole Passage reopened, Lin Bai returned to the Ice Clan square and presented his tokens.
• The Ice Clan Leader counted 8,500 tokens and declared Lin Bai the winner, awarding him the Blood Ginseng.
• Lin Bai declined the Ice Clan Leader's banquet, stored the Blood Ginseng, and flew toward the Su Dynasty.

Lin Bai stayed in Jiangshan Tower in Su Dynasty, searching for news of Su Cang and learning that he might have entered the imperial city's forbidden grounds. The chapter left Lin Bai surprised by news that Emperor Xiao had taken over Flying Cloud Dynasty and renamed it Divine Martial Nation.

• Lin Bai asked a maid whether Jiangshan Tower had found any trace of Su Cang, but she said its searches had found nothing.
• The maid explained that Su Cang might have entered Su Dynasty's heavily guarded imperial city's forbidden grounds, which even Jiangshan Tower could not investigate.
• Lin Bai paid the maid a billion spirit stones to prepare a map to the forbidden grounds, then rejected her attempt to seduce him.
• Several Yang God Realm martial artists said Emperor Xiao had taken over Flying Cloud Dynasty without bloodshed and renamed it Divine Martial Nation.
• Lin Bai overheard the news and murmured in surprise that Flying Cloud Dynasty had changed hands.

Lin Bai learned that Bai Xiaoxiao had taken control of the Flying Cloud Dynasty and renamed it the Divine Martial Nation. He remained in the southern lands, reflecting on her rise before failing to advance to the fifth stage of the Yang God Realm with a Blood Ginseng.

• A maid told Lin Bai that the Flying Cloud Dynasty's imperial clan had submitted to Bai Xiaoxiao, who renamed the dynasty the Divine Martial Nation.
• The maid recounted how Bai Xiaoxiao had unified the eastern lands, taken Divine Relic Ridge, and expanded her rule into the southern lands without bloodshed.
• The maid revealed that Lin Bai was remembered as Bai Xiaoxiao's husband and the Iron-Blooded Sword King, believed to have died at Divine Relic Ridge.
• Lin Bai rewarded the maid with one hundred million spirit stones and asked her to prepare the map he had requested.
• Back in his residence, Lin Bai praised Bai Xiaoxiao's achievement and used Devouring Sword Soul to refine a Blood Ginseng, but it was not enough to reach the fifth stage of the Yang God Realm.

After memorizing a map, Lin Bai infiltrated the Su Dynasty’s Forbidden Grounds of the Imperial City to find Su Cang and collect a debt of two lives. When the old guardian refused to reveal Su Cang’s whereabouts, Lin Bai attacked him with the Demon Sword.

• Lin Bai received a map from a maid, memorized its routes, and left Jiangshan Tower.
• Lin Bai used his Breaking Restrictions secret technique to bypass the imperial city’s formations and enter its Forbidden Grounds.
• Lin Bai found rows of imperial clan graves and confronted an old man with a dragon-headed cane, asking where Su Cang was.
• Lin Bai said Su Cang owed him two lives, but the old man refused to give up his location.
• Lin Bai drew the Demon Sword and flashed forward, bringing its blade to the old man’s throat.

Lin Bai fought the dying elders in the Su Dynasty’s forbidden imperial grounds after they tried to seize the Demon Sword. He killed seven of them, but Su Wang appeared and blasted him backward.

• An old man with a dragon-headed cane attacked Lin Bai to take the Demon Sword, and seven more dying elders emerged to help him.
• The eight elders charged Lin Bai, who used Four Gods Sword Slash to kill four of them and then slew three more.
• Lin Bai spared the old man with the cane so he could obtain information from his memories, but the old man called for his ancestor.
• Su Wang appeared and identified himself as the Su Dynasty’s eighteenth emperor, then struck Lin Bai with his peak seventh-level Yang God Realm power.
• Lin Bai was hurled back more than a hundred meters and spat blood as he remarked that Su Wang remained powerful despite his soul having been taken by a soul-reaping envoy.

Lin Bai fought Su Wang in the Su Dynasty’s forbidden grounds and revealed the power of his Zhu Xian Sword to wound the ancestor. Su Wang refused to reveal Su Cang’s whereabouts and prepared to fight Lin Bai to the death.

• Lin Bai and Su Wang exchanged attacks, while their battle shook the imperial city and prompted the Su Dynasty Emperor to dispatch fifty thousand guards to the forbidden grounds.
• Su Wang recognized Lin Bai’s Single Word Sword Art and summoned the Bloodsea Sword to unleash his King-grade sword art.
• Lin Bai fused his three intents with the Devouring Sword Soul and struck Su Wang with the Zhu Xian Sword, sending him crashing into a crater.
• Lin Bai demanded Su Cang’s whereabouts, but Su Wang refused to let him kill one of the Su Dynasty’s hopes.
• Su Wang declared that he would drag Lin Bai down with him and gathered power for another attack.

Lin Bai killed Su Wang in the Su Dynasty’s forbidden grounds but learned that shattering Su Wang’s Necro Curse had afflicted him with a deadly poison. He left to seek a cure, while the Su Dynasty’s Emperor discovered Su Wang’s death and vowed revenge.

• Su Wang unleashed the Necro Curse, but Lin Bai shattered its seal and pierced Su Wang’s heart with his sword.
• Su Wang revealed that the curse would rot Lin Bai’s body, and Lin Bai discovered that he could not force its power from his body.
• Lin Bai searched Su Wang’s and the old man’s memories, found no cure or trace of Su Cang, and killed them both.
• When the Su Dynasty’s Emperor and Imperial Guards arrived, Lin Bai escaped the Imperial City on his flying sword.
• The Emperor found Su Wang dead and vowed that the Su Dynasty would not rest until Dongfang Bai was dead.

After Dongfang Bai slaughtered the Su Dynasty’s forbidden grounds, the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect discussed his intentions while the Su Dynasty searched for him. Su Cang reached the Azure Dragon Empire and revealed to Long Lingxiao and Long Ba that Dongfang Bai was Lin Bai, ending by claiming Lin Bai knew where a coveted fragment was.

• The Su Dynasty issued a manhunt for Dongfang Bai, offering ten billion spirit stones and a princess to anyone who captured or informed on him.
• Sect Leader Sword Reverent and Gui Jing concluded that Dongfang Bai had left the sect to protect it, and Sect Leader Sword Reverent ordered them to monitor his movements.
• Sect Leader Sword Reverent learned that Elder Sui An had gone to Lingnan to search for Dongfang Bai.
• Su Cang appeared before Long Lingxiao and Long Ba in the Azure Dragon Empire and identified Dongfang Bai as Lin Bai, the killer of Long Qingfeng.
• Su Cang recounted Lin Bai’s killings across Lingnan and said Lin Bai knew the whereabouts of the fragment that had drawn them to Divine Relic Ridge and Lingdong.

Su Cang persuaded Long Lingxiao to use Ji Bei and the Spirit Sword Sect to lure Lin Bai to the Azure Dragon Empire, and Long Lingxiao assigned Long Ba to help him. Meanwhile, Chu Jiangliu reported that the former Flying Cloud Dynasty had been pacified, and the Emperor Xiao rewarded him with the title of Three-Star King Chu.

• Su Cang claimed he could provoke Dongfang Bai into revealing that he was Lin Bai and offered to lure him out by capturing people from the Spirit Sword Sect.
• Su Cang proposed taking Ji Bei hostage, and Long Lingxiao ordered Long Ba to help him capture Ji Bei and bring him to the Azure Dragon Empire.
• Su Cang privately celebrated the plan, believing the Dragon Emperor would kill Lin Bai for his son's death and the fragment's whereabouts.
• In the Divine Martial Nation, Chu Jiangliu reported that the Chu Family Army had crushed the rebels in the former Flying Cloud Dynasty.
• Shang Lang hinted that Chu Jiangliu's troops might be disloyal, but Chu Jiangliu rejected the insinuation.
• The Emperor Xiao ordered rewards for the army and named Chu Jiangliu Three-Star King Chu.

Bai Xiaoxiao learned that Lin Bai had returned to her palace, but discovered that the Necro Curse was killing him. She ordered the palace secured and summoned healers, determined to save his life.

• Chu Jiangliu told Bai Xiaoxiao that Lin Bai had entered the Su Dynasty's forbidden grounds and was being hunted by the Su Dynasty and the Three Great Sects.
• Bai Xiaoxiao ordered Chu Jiangliu to keep watch for Lin Bai and prepare the Chu Family Army for battle.
• Lin Bai surprised Bai Xiaoxiao in her palace, and the two reunited after she dismissed concerns about the imperial guards.
• Lin Bai coughed blood and revealed that the Necro Curse was corroding his body; Giant God Power had suppressed half its strength, leaving him weakened and unable to wield a sword.
• Bai Xiaoxiao summoned every alchemist and physician in the Divine Martial Nation and ordered one hundred thousand Chu Family Army soldiers to surround her palace.

Emperor Xiao summoned every alchemist and physician to the palace and ordered Chu Jiangliu to bring a hundred thousand troops to her sleeping quarters. As Chu Jiangliu guarded the palace, physicians failed to cure a poisoned person, and Emperor Xiao had one executed while hundreds of bodies already lay outside.

• Emperor Xiao summoned all alchemists and physicians and ordered Chu Jiangliu to bring a hundred thousand soldiers to the imperial palace.
• Shang Lang learned of the summons, went to the palace, and was stopped by Chu Jiangliu’s soldiers because he had no imperial edict.
• Emperor Xiao angrily summoned Chu Jiangliu from inside her sleeping quarters, and he left Shang Lang outside the guarded perimeter.
• A physician failed to dispel the poison in a person’s body, and Emperor Xiao ordered soldiers to execute him.
• Chu Jiangliu saw several hundred corpses lying outside the sleeping quarters.

Bai Xiaoxiao ordered the physicians and alchemists to investigate the Necro Curse afflicting Lin Bai, while Chu Jiangliu mobilized the Chu Family Army and its military physicians to help. After three days, they learned the curse had no known cure, and Chu Jiangliu continued urging them to search as he waited outside Bai Xiaoxiao's bedchamber.

• Bai Xiaoxiao gave the physicians and alchemists three days to learn about the Necro Curse and find a cure, and Emperor Xiao ordered Chu Jiangliu to assign soldiers to guard them.
• Chu Jiangliu discovered Lin Bai poisoned and weakened in Bai Xiaoxiao's bedchamber, then left to organize a search for a cure.
• Chu Jiangliu confronted Shang Lang, warned him not to overstep his position, and returned to Chu King Manor to summon the Chu Family Army's military physicians.
• After three days, the physicians reported that the Necro Curse had first appeared in the Su Dynasty and had no known cure.
• Chu Jiangliu asked the physicians and alchemists to keep searching, then waited outside Emperor Xiao's bedchamber without disturbing Lin Bai.

Lin Bai and Bai Xiaoxiao discussed his incurable Necro Curse, while Bai Xiaoxiao prepared to seek an antidote by attacking the Su Dynasty. The chapter ended when Chu Jiangliu reported that something had happened to the Spirit Sword Sect.

• Bai Xiaoxiao comforted Lin Bai and promised to search for a cure, while Lin Bai explained that the Devouring Sword Soul would only strengthen the Necro Curse.
• Bai Xiaoxiao vowed to kill Lin Bai's enemies, destroy the Azure Dragon Empire, and find his parents if she could not save him.
• A month passed as Bai Xiaoxiao stayed beside Lin Bai, and officials wondered why she and Chu Jiangliu had stopped attending court.
• Chu Jiangliu told Bai Xiaoxiao that the million-strong Chu Family Army was ready to march against the Su Dynasty and search for an antidote.
• Bai Xiaoxiao ordered Chu Jiangliu to set out in three days, and he reported that something had happened to the Spirit Sword Sect.

Lin Bai learned that Su Cang and Azure Dragon Empire experts had destroyed the Spirit Sword Sect and captured Ji Bei, who was to be publicly executed at Long Lingxiao’s birthday. Enraged, Lin Bai set out for the Azure Dragon Empire despite the Necro Curse, and Bai Xiaoxiao joined him while Chu Jiangliu prepared the Chu Family Army.

• Chu Jiangliu told Bai Xiaoxiao that Su Cang and more than a hundred experts had slaughtered the Spirit Sword Sect, captured Ji Bei, and announced his execution at Long Lingxiao’s birthday.
• Lin Bai heard the news, unleashed a storm of sword intent, and cried out over the destruction of his homeland’s sect and Ji Bei’s capture as the Necro Curse began rotting his flesh.
• Lin Bai flew toward the Azure Dragon Empire, and Bai Xiaoxiao ordered Chu Jiangliu to bring the Chu Family Army there within a month before pursuing Lin Bai.
• Bai Xiaoxiao caught up with Lin Bai and urged him to stop using his spiritual power, warning that the Necro Curse could destroy his body before he arrived.
• Lin Bai boarded Bai Xiaoxiao’s flying sword, and she carried him toward the Azure Dragon Empire.

As the Azure Dragon Empire prepared to publicly execute Ji Bei to lure Lin Bai into a trap, factions across Lingnan reacted and made plans. Meanwhile, a million-strong Chu Family Army and a spear-wielding woman headed toward the empire, and a weary white-robed man returned to the Myriad Kingdoms Domain.

• Long Lingxiao, Long Ba, and Su Cang confirmed that news of Ji Bei’s execution had spread and expected Lin Bai to come, while Su Cang said they had destroyed the Spirit Sword Sect.
• Su Yanhua and Xun Zhizang realized Ji Bei was bait for Lin Bai, sent Su Xianmei to find and warn him, and left Purple Gold City to prepare for a possible intervention.
• The Sect Leader Sword Reverent suspected the Azure Dragon Empire was targeting Dongfang Bai, ordered Gui Jing to warn him through Sui An, and decided to attend Long Lingxiao’s birthday himself.
• A million-strong Chu Family Army marched toward the Azure Dragon Empire, while a wild-looking woman carrying a flaming spear also headed there.
• A weary white-robed man crossed from the Profound Heaven Domain into the Myriad Kingdoms Domain and declared that he had returned.

Lin Bai met Su Xianmei in the Azure Dragon Empire’s Imperial Capital and learned that Ji Bei was being held by the Azure Dragon War God Battalion. Despite the Necro Curse weakening him and the danger surrounding Long Lingxiao’s birthday celebration, Lin Bai left determined to rescue Ji Bei and avenge the Spirit Sword Sect’s dead.

• Bai Xiaoxiao told Lin Bai that the Imperial Capital was gathering emperors and sect leaders for Long Lingxiao’s birthday, and that Ji Bei was guarded by the Azure Dragon War God Battalion at an unknown location.
• Lin Bai realized Su Xianmei had used news of Ji Bei’s custody to warn him against acting rashly, then went with Bai Xiaoxiao to meet her at the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion.
• Su Xianmei discovered Lin Bai had been poisoned by the Necro Curse, and Bai Xiaoxiao explained that fighting or using spiritual power could make it consume his body.
• Lin Bai asked Su Xianmei to look after Bai Xiaoxiao, then sealed Bai Xiaoxiao’s senses with a strike so she could not follow him.
• Lin Bai told Su Xianmei he had to save Ji Bei and avenge the tens of thousands of Spirit Sword Sect disciples, then left the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion despite her warning.

Su Xianmei contacted Mo Qing about the Necro Curse afflicting Bai Xiaoxiao, and he agreed to come to the Azure Dragon Empire before Long Lingxiao’s birthday. Lin Bai prepared to face the empire’s trap at the Dragon Emperor’s birthday celebration, where Su Cang held Ji Bei captive as bait.

• Su Xianmei told Mo Qing that Lin Bai was alive but endangered by the Necro Curse, and Mo Qing set out for the imperial capital before the sixth day of the eighth month.
• Lin Bai ordered Chu Jiangliu to return the Chu Family Army to the Divine Martial Nation, then prepared himself for the coming confrontation.
• On Long Lingxiao’s birthday, Lin Bai entered the Azure Dragon Empire’s imperial city disguised in white robes and a bamboo hat.
• Su Cang and Long Ba discussed luring Lin Bai into their trap to seize the fragments he carried, then Su Cang went to check on Ji Bei.
• Su Cang taunted the imprisoned Ji Bei, who urged Lin Bai not to come and hoped the Spirit Sword Sect could survive.

Lin Bai attended Dragon Emperor Long Lingxiao’s birthday celebration, where the rulers of the Seventy-Two Dynasties and leaders of the seven great sects gathered. As the feast reached its latter half, Dragon Emperor announced he had a matter to address before the young talents’ martial competition, and Lin Bai’s killing intent stirred.

• Dragon Emperor Long Lingxiao arrived at Azure Dragon Hall and welcomed the gathered martial artists, while Lin Bai remained seated and concealed beneath his white cloak.
• Rulers of the Seventy-Two Dynasties arrived to offer birthday congratulations, including the ruler of the Litian Dynasty with Crown Prince Lin Anyang.
• Sword Reverent, Sect Leader of Reaching Heaven Sword Sect, arrived with Gui Jing, Sui An, and other peak masters, followed by Holy Seal Sect’s Supreme Elder Qin Wuyan.
• Lin Bai watched the arrivals and searched the gathering for signs of Ji Bei as the remaining sect leaders and the head of the Bing family entered the hall.
• Dragon Emperor’s birthday celebration began with wine, singing, and dancing, and he later announced a matter to address before the young talents’ martial competition.
• Lin Bai raised his gaze as Dragon Emperor spoke, and killing intent spilled out from him.

At the Azure Dragon Empire’s public proceedings, Dragon Emperor Long Lingxiao and Su Cang used the tortured Ji Bei to draw out Lin Bai, blaming his sect for Crown Prince Long Qingfeng’s death. As Su Cang moved to kill Ji Bei, Lin Bai’s voice rang out and ordered him to stop.

• Long Lingxiao announced that he would publicly execute Ji Bei for the Spirit Sword Sect’s alleged role in Long Qingfeng’s death.
• Su Cang dragged the battered Ji Bei before Azure Dragon Hall, where the gathered leaders and warriors condemned him.
• Su Cang revealed that he had slaughtered all 35,123 members of the Spirit Sword Sect and threatened to destroy everyone connected to Lin Bai.
• Su Cang called Lin Bai out and pointed his sword at Ji Bei, while Ji Bei urged Lin Bai not to risk himself.
• Su Cang thrust his sword toward Ji Bei’s head, but Lin Bai’s voice suddenly commanded him to stop.

Lin Bai abandoned his Dongfang Bai disguise and revealed himself to save Ji Bei, accepting responsibility for the deaths that had brought danger to Spirit Sword Sect. He openly admitted killing Long Qingfeng and numerous powerful figures, and the rulers of the dynasties and great sects gathered against him.

• Lin Bai stepped forward to stop Su Cang from killing Ji Bei, and Su Cang revealed that Dongfang Bai was Lin Bai, the sword cultivator wanted for multiple killings.
• Ji Bei tried to stop Lin Bai from exposing himself, but Lin Bai used the Ghostly Disguise Technique to reveal his true face and declared, “I! Am Lin Bai!”
• Lin Bai apologized to Ji Bei and Spirit Sword Sect for the deaths and suffering caused by his actions.
• Lin Bai told Dragon Emperor Long Lingxiao and Long Ba that he had killed Long Qingfeng and that no one else was responsible.
• Lin Bai admitted killing Qin Beiao, Dong Qian, Zhao Hansheng, Su Lihai, Su Wang, and others, then summoned the Demon Sword as the gathered sect leaders and dynasty rulers turned their killing intent on him.