Recaps

Changsun Yun, Wu Ming, and Meng Li won six matches in succession for Fang Yiyun, and Shu Xiang then narrowly defeated Ying Tianchao. Tanjing overwhelmed Shu Xiang in their match and attacked her even after she tried to surrender, leaving her badly injured at Fang Yiyun's feet.

• Changsun Yun, Wu Ming, and Meng Li defeated six of Su Ling and Bei Haiyan's disciples without losing a match.
• Fang Yiyun sent Shu Xiang to fight, and she defeated Ying Tianchao after a lengthy struggle.
• Su Ling and Bei Haiyan sent Tanjing to face Shu Xiang, hoping he would secure a victory for their side.
• Tanjing struck Shu Xiang hard enough to make her vomit blood and fly across the arena.
• Shu Xiang tried to surrender, but Tanjing kicked her out of the arena and she crashed at Fang Yiyun's feet.

After Tan Jing brutally attacked Shu Xiang even after she surrendered, Fang Yiyun decided to send Lin Bai into the martial contest. The chapter ended with Lin Bai agreeing and walking toward the arena.

• Tan Jing kicked the injured Shu Xiang out of the arena, provoking anger from Meng Li, Changsun Yun, and Wu Ming.
• Su Ling and Bei Haiyan argued that Tan Jing had followed the contest rules, then asked Fang Yiyun about Shu Xiang's condition.
• Fang Yiyun reassured everyone that Shu Xiang would recover and announced that he would teach Su Ling and Bei Haiyan's disciples a lesson.
• Fang Yiyun ordered Lin Bai to go up and beat them to death.
• Lin Bai said, "All right," and walked toward the Martial Arts Arena.

Lin Bai faced Tan Jing in the Martial Arts Arena after Fang Yiyun accepted the challenge on his behalf. Tan Jing unleashed the mid-grade King Grade Martial Skill Palm Thunder and believed he had won, but Fang Yiyun told him to look behind him.

• Fang Yiyun agreed to let Lin Bai and Tan Jing settle the challenge while the mentors watched from the sidelines.
• Tan Jing attacked Lin Bai with Palm Thunder, a mid-grade King Grade Martial Skill that Bei Haiyan had taught him.
• Tan Jing's strike exploded across the Martial Arts Arena, and the spectators assumed Lin Bai had been defeated.
• Tan Jing celebrated his victory and challenged Fang Yiyun to send up another disciple.
• Fang Yiyun questioned whether Tan Jing had really won and told him to look behind him.

Lin Bai survived Tan Jing’s Palm Thunder with Protective Lightning and then overwhelmed him with a single punch. Tan Jing admitted defeat, but Lin Bai slapped out all his remaining teeth anyway.

• Tan Jing’s Palm Thunder failed to hurt Lin Bai, and Fang Yiyun recognized Lin Bai’s Protective Lightning.
• Fang Yiyun explained Protective Lightning as a natural defense formed through a symbiotic bond with the power of heaven and earth.
• Tan Jing attacked again, but Lin Bai’s lightning web stopped him ten meters away.
• Lin Bai declared he could defeat Tan Jing without a sword and knocked him flying with one punch.
• Lin Bai slapped Tan Jing across the face, knocking out all his teeth, as Tan Jing begged him to stop.

Lin Bai continued beating Tan Jing despite his surrender, relying on rules Bei Haiyan and Su Ling had established. When Bei Haiyan tried to attack Lin Bai, Fang Yiyun severed his arm, and Tan Jing apologized to Shu Xiang and fled; Lin Bai then challenged the remaining disciples, including Ouyang Jing.

• Lin Bai beat Tan Jing around the Martial Arts Arena and demanded that he kneel and apologize to Shu Xiang.
• Bei Haiyan ordered Lin Bai to stop, but Lin Bai and Fang Yiyun pointed out that Bei Haiyan and Su Ling had set no rule against attacking after surrender.
• Bei Haiyan charged into the arena to cripple Lin Bai, and Fang Yiyun severed Bei Haiyan's arm with a single sword strike.
• Bei Haiyan apologized to Fang Yiyun, who spared him after warning him to leave.
• Tan Jing knelt before Shu Xiang, apologized, and fled after Lin Bai let him go.
• Lin Bai challenged the other disciples, while Ouyang Jing avoided his gaze and showed no desire to fight.

After Fang Yiyun and Lin Bai won the contest on Spirit Master Island, Lan Ling told Lan Yuxin about Fang Yiyun’s former rivalry with Lin Duo and learned that the Crimson Tower and other intruders had returned to the Sea of Gods and Demons. Back on Nine Heavens Island, Lin Bai asked Fang Yiyun where he could obtain spirit liquid quickly.

• Su Ling and Bei Haiyan admitted defeat after Lin Bai and Fang Yiyun won, and Fang Yiyun left with Lin Bai and the others.
• Lan Ling recounted how Lin Duo had defeated Fang Yiyun seven times in the Death Reversal Realm, driving Fang Yiyun to shatter his cultivation and swear not to enter that realm until Lin Duo reached its summit.
• Lan Yuxin told Lan Ling that the Crimson Tower had returned to the Sea of Gods and Demons and that its members and other infiltrators had killed disciples who discovered them.
• Fang Yiyun cooked Azure Spirit Fish for Lin Bai and the others on Nine Heavens Island.
• Lin Bai told Fang Yiyun that his trip to Evil Dragon Island had shown him that he needed spirit liquid, then asked where he could obtain it quickly.

After learning that the Island of Destiny offered missions for spirit liquid, Lin Bai returned to Dragon Breeding Island to recover and plan his next move. He found the island destroyed and confronted Zhu Jingyi and his men, who attacked him on orders to seize the Dragon Blood Crystal.

• Fang Yiyun told Lin Bai that he could earn spirit liquid by selling treasures at the Heavenly Treasure Islands or accepting missions on the Island of Destiny.
• Lin Bai thanked Fang Yiyun, said farewell to Changsun Yun, Meng Li, Wu Ming, and Shuxiang, then returned to Dragon Breeding Island.
• Lin Bai found Dragon Breeding Island's defensive formation shattered and its buildings and landscape reduced to ruins.
• Zhu Jingyi appeared with more than a dozen martial artists and admitted they had destroyed the island as a gift for Lin Bai.
• Zhu Jingyi ordered his men to kill Lin Bai and bring the Dragon Blood Crystal to Senior Brother Li, and Lin Bai fought back with his sword arts.

Lin Bai returned to Dragon Breeding Island and attacked Zhu Jingyi and his men for destroying it and seeking the Dragon Blood Crystal. After Lin Bai defeated Zhu Jingyi and killed the others, Senior Brother Li appeared behind him.

• Lin Bai recognized that Zhu Jingyi had destroyed Dragon Breeding Island after Lin Yuanrong alerted him that Lin Bai was alive.
• Lin Bai killed the first five attackers with the Single Word Sword Art and struck Zhu Jingyi down with Three Foot Edge.
• Zhu Jingyi urged his remaining men to attack for Senior Brother Li's reward, but Lin Bai killed them with the Taiji Two Forms Sword Formation.
• Lin Bai pressed his sword to Zhu Jingyi's throat and dismissed his threats about Senior Brother Li.
• Senior Brother Li appeared behind Lin Bai as Zhu Jingyi called for his help.

Li Jiuge arrived at Dragon Breeding Island and demanded that Lin Bai surrender the Dragon Blood Crystal and his Storage Bag. Lin Bai refused, and Li Jiuge prepared to attack him himself.

• Li Jiuge appeared above the ruins of Dragon Breeding Island as martial artists surrounded the island.
• Li Jiuge blasted Lin Bai away with a flick of his finger, allowing Zhu Jingyi to escape and report that Lin Bai had the Dragon Blood Crystal.
• Li Jiuge demanded the Dragon Blood Crystal, claiming that anything he wanted belonged to him, but Lin Bai said he had already refined it.
• Zhu Jingyi argued that Lin Bai could not have refined the crystal and urged Li Jiuge to search Lin Bai's Storage Bag.
• Lin Bai refused to surrender his Storage Bag, and Li Jiuge extended a finger to attack him himself.

Li Jiange attacked Lin Bai on Dragon Breeding Island and demanded the Dragon Blood Crystal, while Myriad Stars Island’s fighters prevented Lin Bai from escaping. Just as Li Jiange moved to kill him, Zhang Xianqi arrived and asked him to spare Lin Bai in return for his younger brother’s debt of gratitude.

• Li Jiange struck Lin Bai with overwhelming force, but Lin Bai refused to surrender the Dragon Blood Crystal.
• Li Jiange attacked Lin Bai again, and Lin Bai tried to flee on his flying sword before a ninth-level Life Extinction Realm martial artist knocked him back onto the island.
• Li Jiange took Lin Bai’s two flying swords and threatened to kill him, while Lin Bai vowed to return if he survived.
• Zhang Xianqi appeared and asked Li Jiange to let Lin Bai go because his younger brother owed Lin Bai a favor.
• Zhang Quan descended onto Dragon Breeding Island and helped the badly injured Lin Bai to his feet.

Zhang Xianqi, Lan Yuxin, and Fang Yiyun intervened to save Lin Bai from Li Jiuge, who gave him three months to surrender the Dragon Blood Crystal. After the others left, Lin Bai refused Fang Yiyun’s offer of shelter and chose to remain on Dragon Breeding Island with Lan Yuxin.

• Li Jiuge rejected Zhang Xianqi’s attempt to repay his debt to Lin Bai, but Zhang Xianqi vowed to protect Lin Bai.
• Lan Yuxin arrived and declared that she would protect Lin Bai, then challenged Li Jiuge when he questioned her motives.
• Fang Yiyun appeared, confronted Li Jiuge, and forced him to spare Lin Bai for the time being.
• Li Jiuge gave Lin Bai three months to send the Dragon Blood Crystal to Myriad Stars Island, then left with his followers.
• Zhang Xianqi thanked Lin Bai for the dragon scale, warned him about Li Jiuge, and departed with Zhang Quan.
• Fang Yiyun offered to take Lin Bai to Nine Heavens Island, but Lin Bai refused to leave Dragon Breeding Island.

After Li Jiug e destroyed Dragon Breeding Island and pursued the Dragon Blood Crystal, Lin Bai learned why the powerful Quasi-Holy Son wanted it. The chapter left Lin Bai determined to grow stronger over the next three months and kill Li Jiug e.

• Lin Bai walked through the ruins of Dragon Breeding Island despite his severe wounds, while Lan Yuxin urged him to move to Fang Yiyun’s Nine Heavens Island.
• Lan Yuxin explained that Li Jiug e was one of the Southern Courtyard’s five Quasi-Holy Sons and had powerful allies, exceptional talent, and a father who was an elder of the Order Divine Court.
• Lan Yuxin revealed that Li Jiug e wanted the Dragon Blood Crystal to complete the fourth transformation of the Nine Transformations of the Divine Dragon.
• Lin Bai declared that he would kill Li Jiug e and use the next three months to become strong enough to surprise him.

After Li Jiuge attacked Dragon Breeding Island over Lin Bai’s Dragon Blood Crystals, Lan Yuxin reported the incident to Lan Ling, who chose not to shelter Lin Bai and instead gave him the final six forms of the Dragon Slayer Swordplay. As Lin Bai prepared to leave the ruined island, he discovered a cave where his blood was drawn into a glowing red egg.

• Lan Yuxin thanked Lin Bai for his help, offered him the Lan Clan’s support, and left Dragon Breeding Island.
• Lan Yuxin told Lan Ling how Li Jiuge had attacked Lin Bai over the Dragon Blood Crystals and destroyed Dragon Breeding Island.
• Lan Ling refused to have the Lan Clan protect Lin Bai, calling Li Jiuge a whetstone, and sent Lan Yuxin with a Jade Slip containing the final six forms of the Dragon Slayer Swordplay.
• Lin Bai watched the sunset, restrained his murderous intent, and vowed to wait for Li Jiuge.
• Lin Bai found a newly exposed cave beneath the cliff and discovered that his blood was flowing into a glowing red egg beside several skeletons.
• A startled voice behind Lin Bai asked what the egg was.

Lin Bai and Lan Yuxin were trapped in a cave as a mysterious egg drained their blood, but Lin Bai’s Devouring Sword Soul stopped the suction. The egg hatched into a little red dragon who transformed into a child and called them “Daddy” and “Mommy.”

• Lan Yuxin returned to Dragon Breeding Island and found Lin Bai beside a glowing egg surrounded by bones.
• The egg began draining Lin Bai and Lan Yuxin’s blood, and Lan Yuxin sealed space and time to give Lin Bai a chance to escape.
• Lin Bai refused to leave Lan Yuxin behind and activated his Devouring Sword Soul, causing the egg’s suction to stop.
• The egg cracked open, revealing a little red dragon that flew around Lin Bai and Lan Yuxin before transforming into a little girl.
• The girl hugged Lin Bai and Lan Yuxin’s legs and called them “Daddy” and “Mommy,” leaving them stunned.

Lin Bai and Lan Yuxin discovered that the girl who called them Daddy and Mommy was a dragon named Bao'er, and they learned that her eggshell held her mother's life force. Lin Bai realized the eggshells could greatly strengthen his cultivation, while Bao'er stayed hungry and attached to Lan Yuxin.

• Bao'er clung to Lin Bai and Lan Yuxin, called them Daddy and Mommy, and asked for food.
• Lan Yuxin fed Bao'er pills and named her, while Lin Bai searched the skeletons' Storage Bags and found nothing useful.
• Lin Bai absorbed the power from a piece of eggshell with his Devouring Sword Soul and felt his cultivation advance considerably.
• When Bao'er complained of hunger, Lin Bai gave her eggshell to eat, but she spat it out and cried in Lan Yuxin's arms.
• Lin Bai explained that Bao'er's mother had likely sealed her inside the egg with her life force, leaving the eggshell to nourish her until she hatched.

Lin Bai and Lan Yuxin left the newly born Bao'er on Dragon Breeding Island, where Lin Bai studied the Dragon Slayer Swordplay and refined the eggshells until he broke through to the second stage of the Life Extinction Realm. He later found Bao'er hungry and crying by a pool, realizing he had neglected her need for food.

• Lin Bai and Lan Yuxin agreed to hide Bao'er on Dragon Breeding Island because her dragon heritage could attract dangerous attention.
• Lan Yuxin gave Lin Bai a Jade Slip containing the Dragon Slayer Swordplay formula before leaving to get Bao'er candy.
• Lin Bai healed his injuries, refined two-thirds of Bao'er's eggshells, and advanced to the second stage of the Life Extinction Realm.
• Lin Bai discovered Bao'er had disappeared from the palace and searched Dragon Breeding Island for her.
• Lin Bai found Bao'er by a pool, where she was hungry and crying because she wanted to eat the fish.

Lin Bai left Bao'er on Dragon Breeding Island with a large supply of pills after promising not to abandon her. Determined to repair the island and strengthen its defenses, he headed for the Heavenly Treasure Islands to buy what he needed to refine Cosmos Pills for Bao'er and himself.

• Bao'er ate Lin Bai's Qi Return Pills and told him she had grown hungry as the nourishment inside her egg ran out.
• Lin Bai reassured Bao'er that he would not abandon her, then left her in the palace with piles of pills and promised to bring her tasty candies.
• Lin Bai resolved to stay on Dragon Breeding Island and replace its broken protective formation with a stronger one.
• Lin Bai found a suitable ninth-grade Cosmos Pill in the Great Devil's pill-refining memories and memorized its ingredients and method.
• Lin Bai flew toward the Heavenly Treasure Islands to buy an Alchemy Furnace and spiritual medicines, hoping his remaining spiritual fluid would be enough.

Lin Bai visited the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion on the Heavenly Treasure Islands to find spiritual herbs and an Alchemy Furnace, but found that the furnaces were far beyond his budget. Ling Xiang directed him to the cheaper Blackrock Island black market and warned him that its goods might be stolen from slain owners.

• Lin Bai arrived at the Heavenly Treasure Islands and asked Ling Xiang to help him find spiritual herbs and an Alchemy Furnace.
• Ling Xiang showed Lin Bai the palace of Alchemy Furnaces and explained the qualities and prices of several furnaces.
• Lin Bai realized that the furnaces cost at least ten thousand catties of spirit liquid, far more than he could afford.
• Ling Xiang told Lin Bai that Blackrock Island had a cheaper black market but warned that its goods were often taken from dead martial artists and could bring trouble.
• Ling Xiang explained that alchemists on the Sea of Gods and Demons belonged to either the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion or the Eastern Continent Academy.

Lin Bai learned that uncertified Alchemists could only sell pills through the Black Market, so he went to Blackrock Island to find an Alchemy Furnace. Unable to afford one, he accepted the Black Market’s offer to provide a furnace and herbs in exchange for half the payment from a pill bounty.

• Ling Xiang explained that Alchemists needed certification to sell pills openly and told Lin Bai that the next assessment would take place on Pill Island in a month.
• Lin Bai and Ling Xiang traveled to Blackrock Island and disguised themselves before entering its underground Black Market.
• A Black Market trader told Lin Bai that the cheapest Alchemy Furnace cost eight thousand measures of spirit liquid, beyond his budget.
• The trader offered to supply Lin Bai with an Alchemy Furnace and spiritual herbs if he refined a pill listed on the Black Market’s bounty board, with the reward split evenly.
• Ling Xiang warned Lin Bai to pursue certification as a Heavenly Treasure Alchemist or Academy Alchemist, then left as Lin Bai followed the trader deeper into the Black Market.

Lin Bai entered Black Pill City under the alias Eastern and received an alchemy chamber from the Black Market. A martial artist brought him materials for a Demon Soul Pill, and Lin Bai offered to refine it in three hours.

• Lin Bai followed a black-clad martial artist through Blackrock Island’s passages to Black Pill City, where the man brought him in despite his lack of alchemist certification.
• Lin Bai chose the name Eastern and received a Pill Refining Chamber, a jade tablet, and a Jade Slip containing the Flame Control Art and a city map.
• Lin Bai studied the Jade Slip and mastered the Flame Control Art while waiting to begin refining pills.
• A black-clad martial artist asked Lin Bai to refine a Demon Soul Pill using supplied materials and offered ten thousand catties of spirit liquid.
• Lin Bai explained the pill’s dangerous effects, then promised to finish it in three hours instead of the ten days the customer expected.

Lin Bai began refining a Demon Soul Pill in the Black Market, aiming to produce a Supreme-Grade pill and build his reputation. Meanwhile, Senior Brother Zhang learned that the ungraded Eastern Alchemist was handling the costly ingredients and feared the batch would be ruined.

• Lin Bai used the spiritual herbs and a fifth-stage Life Extinction Realm demon soul to begin refining a Demon Soul Pill, intending to make a Supreme-Grade pill.
• Senior Brother Zhang told his two junior brothers that the Eastern Alchemist had promised to finish the pill in three hours.
• The junior brothers warned Senior Brother Zhang that even Luo Tian Alchemist needed at least seven days to refine a Demon Soul Pill.
• Senior Brother Zhang and his junior brothers asked the Black Market martial artist about Eastern Alchemist's qualifications.
• The Black Market martial artist revealed that Eastern Alchemist had no alchemist grade and had arrived that day, leaving Senior Brother Zhang and his junior brothers in despair.

Lin Bai completed a Demon Soul Pill in just over two hours, and the Black Market martial artist identified it as a Supreme-Grade pill. After Senior Brother Zhang and his companions backed down from their threats, the Black Market took the pill in exchange for three mid-grade Demon Soul Pills, while Lin Bai secured a foothold as an alchemist in the Black Market.

• Senior Brother Zhang and his two junior brothers tried to cancel the refinement and recover their spirit herbs, fearing Lin Bai would ruin them.
• Lin Bai opened the chamber door and told the three that the pill was already finished, then handed them a jade bottle.
• Senior Brother Zhang opened the bottle and revealed a Supreme-Grade Demon Soul Pill, which impressed the Black Market martial artist and the three customers.
• Senior Brother Zhang apologized to Lin Bai and accepted the Black Market's offer of three mid-grade Demon Soul Pills in exchange for the supreme-grade pill.
• The Black Market martial artist praised Lin Bai and said his success would attract many customers, while Lin Bai invited future clients to seek him out before returning to his chamber.

Lin Bai, known as Alchemist Eastern, drew attention across the Heavenly Treasure Islands after news spread that he could refine Supreme-Grade Demon Soul Pills. During three days in the Black Market, he refined nearly twenty batches, earned three hundred thousand spirit liquids, and agreed to take on more clients.

• News that a Black Market pill refiner could make Supreme-Grade Demon Soul Pills spread across the Heavenly Treasure Islands.
• Sun De delivered Lin Bai five thousand spirit liquids and arranged clients after Lin Bai set his prices and said he would stay for three days.
• Lin Bai refined a Supreme-Grade Demon Soul Pill for Sun De, then successfully fulfilled another client's request.
• Sun De brought more clients to Lin Bai, who refined nearly twenty batches of Supreme-Grade Demon Soul Pills in three days and earned three hundred thousand spirit liquids.
• Lin Bai gave Sun De ten thousand spirit liquids as thanks, and Sun De brought three more martial artists seeking pills.
• Lin Bai agreed to receive the three new clients.

Luo Tian returned to Black Pill City expecting to attract pill seekers, but learned they had all gone to the Eastern Alchemist, who could refine Supreme-Grade Demon Soul Pills cheaply. Angered by the threat to his livelihood, Luo Tian joined Fang Zheng and Qi Hua and planned to confront the Eastern Alchemist.

• Luo Tian arrived at Black Pill City and found that none of the waiting martial artists had come to seek his pills.
• A Black Market martial artist explained that the pill seekers preferred the Eastern Alchemist, whose Supreme-Grade Demon Soul Pills surpassed Luo Tian’s high-grade pills.
• Luo Tian invited the waiting martial artists to visit his chamber, but they dismissed him and continued seeking the Eastern Alchemist.
• Fang Zheng and Qi Hua told Luo Tian that the Eastern Alchemist’s low prices had also driven customers away from them.
• Luo Tian proposed suppressing the Eastern Alchemist in front of everyone and set out with Fang Zheng and Qi Hua to meet him.

After three days of refining pills, Lin Bai had become Black Pill City’s most sought-after alchemist, but Luo Tian Alchemist confronted him with accusations of using Triangle Grass. Luo Tian challenged Lin Bai to a public pill-refining contest and offered three hundred thousand units of spirit liquid, which caught Lin Bai’s interest.

• Lin Bai ended three days of pill refining, gave Sun De the finished pills, and said he would rest before opening the furnace again.
• Sun De warned Lin Bai that Luo Tian, Qi Hua, and Fang Zheng had come to cause trouble.
• Luo Tian questioned whether Lin Bai had used Triangle Grass to make his Demon Soul Pills appear Supreme-Grade, and Lin Bai denied the accusation.
• Luo Tian challenged Lin Bai to refine pills publicly against him, Qi Hua, and Fang Zheng, but Lin Bai initially refused because he was tired.
• Qi Hua and Fang Zheng accused Lin Bai of relying on trickery, and Luo Tian offered three hundred thousand units of spirit liquid if Lin Bai defeated him; Lin Bai became interested.