Recaps

Lin Bai challenged Murong Yeshen, who attacked and nearly killed him while he was already gravely injured from fighting Ye Suxin. Ji Bei intervened, but Lin Bai concealed what happened and agreed to face Murong Yeshen at the Cliff of No Return the next day, intending to kill him.

• Murong Yeshen introduced himself and demanded respect, but Lin Bai refused and challenged him to fight at the Cliff of No Return.
• Murong Yeshen attacked Lin Bai, worsening his injuries and mocking his Yellow Rank One Martial Soul before moving to deliver a fatal blow.
• Ji Bei arrived in time to knock Murong Yeshen away and supported Lin Bai as he treated his injuries.
• Murong Yeshen claimed they had only been exchanging pointers, and Lin Bai backed him up despite Ji Bei offering to punish him.
• Lin Bai and Murong Yeshen agreed to meet at the Cliff of No Return the next day, while Lin Bai told Ji Bei his injuries had not come from Murong Yeshen.

As the Spirit Sword Sect expected Lin Bai to die at the Cliff of No Return, Su Cang assembled the Divine Alliance’s top-ranked experts and promised lavish rewards to whoever killed him. The chapter ended with Ye Suxin sharpening her sword and holding a fierce killing intent.

• Divine Alliance martial artists brought Qian Dongjin back and vowed to kill Lin Bai at the Cliff of No Return.
• Spirit Sword Sect martial artists discussed the coming battle and predicted that Lin Bai would die against the Divine Alliance’s many powerful experts.
• Su Cang told Qi Yang why Lin Bai threatened his ambitions and promised Core Disciple status and cultivation resources to the top-ranked fighters who killed him.
• Su Cang ordered the Divine Alliance experts to ensure Lin Bai was dead by sunset, while Zhang Yao, Sun Qing, and others argued over who would defeat him.
• Su Cang summoned Murong Yeshen and Li Daohan, who both expressed confidence that Lin Bai would die if they intervened.
• Ye Suxin polished her sword in the Divine Alliance’s eastern loft, her eyes filled with killing intent.

After recovering from his injuries, Lin Bai went to Cliff of No Return to face the Spirit Sword Sect’s Earth Martial Realm experts. The Divine Alliance and Sword Alliance gathered to watch, and Lin Bai arrived as the rival alliances traded insults.

• Lin Bai healed his injuries overnight with pills and the Grand Five Elements Art, then practiced the Three Immortal Fingers and recovered to his peak condition.
• Martial artists gathered at Cliff of No Return, where Zhao Mao and other Divine Alliance experts arrived, followed by Young Sect Master Su Cang and Qi Yang.
• Su Cang urged the Divine Alliance to kill Lin Bai, while the Second Elder and Ji Bei led more than five hundred Sword Alliance members to the opposite mountain.
• The Divine Alliance and Sword Alliance exchanged insults as the crowd wondered whether Lin Bai would dare to appear.
• Lin Bai arrived at Cliff of No Return, searched the Divine Alliance formation for Ye Suxin without understanding why, then greeted the Second Elder and Ji Bei.

Lin Bai began his challenge against the Divine Alliance at the Cliff of No Return and defeated its first opponent decisively. He killed Sun Xiaoquan with one sword and left the watching martial artists stunned as the battle continued.

• Lin Bai declared that Earth Martial Realm experts could challenge him at the Cliff of No Return, where only one fighter would leave alive.
• Su Cang sent Sun Xiaoquan to fight first, while the Sword Alliance prepared to rescue Lin Bai if he lost.
• Lin Bai struck Sun Xiaoquan with one sword, severely wounding him and astonishing the spectators.
• Sun Xiaoquan begged for mercy and threatened Lin Bai with punishment under the sect rules, but Lin Bai said the cliff lay beyond the sect's jurisdiction.
• Lin Bai beheaded Sun Xiaoquan and kicked his head and body over the precipice, winning the first battle.

Lin Bai defeated Sun Xiaoquan and challenged Murong Yeshen, who agreed to fight only if Lin Bai reached the top twenty of the Inner Sanctum Top 100 Ranking. Lin Bai then faced Xuan Feng, who had killed Ji Bei’s disciple Zhao Xu, and struck him down with the Three Immortal Fingers.

• Lin Bai killed Sun Xiaoquan, then taunted Murong Yeshen; Murong Yeshen refused to fight until Lin Bai entered the ranking’s top twenty.
• Su Cang sent Xuan Feng, ranked forty-eighth, to challenge Lin Bai, while Ji Bei and the Second Elder hoped Lin Bai would avenge Zhao Xu.
• Xuan Feng revealed that he had killed Ji Bei’s disciple Zhao Xu and attacked Lin Bai with a flexible sword and hidden silver needles.
• Lin Bai expelled Xuan Feng’s first needles, then countered a second volley with the Three Immortal Fingers.
• Lin Bai’s three pillars of true qi destroyed Xuan Feng’s needles and struck him, leaving three bloody wounds and sending him flying.

Lin Bai killed Xuan Feng after breaking the Shadow Serpent Spirit’s strongest attack, further damaging the Divine Alliance’s morale. Su Cang sent Sun Qing to fight next, promising him pills and cultivation resources if he killed Lin Bai.

• Xuan Feng unleashed the Shadow Serpent Spirit’s Nine Dragons Devour the Heavens, but Lin Bai severed all nine serpents with Gale Shakes the Sea.
• Lin Bai cut apart the Shadow Serpent Spirit and killed Xuan Feng in three breaths, then kicked his corpse off the cliff.
• Lin Bai taunted Su Cang as the Divine Alliance’s martial artists struggled to accept the deaths of Sun Xiaoquan and Xuan Feng.
• Su Cang claimed Lin Bai had won by luck and rallied the Divine Alliance’s fighters.
• Sun Qing stepped forward to challenge Lin Bai, and Su Cang promised him a Heaven Martial Pill and cultivation resources if he won.

Lin Bai defeated Sun Qing and Lin Tiansheng in succession on the Cliff of No Return, then killed another Divine Alliance fighter who attacked him. The Divine Alliance’s remaining members were left stunned as Su Cang watched with open hostility.

• Sun Qing challenged Lin Bai, boasting that killing him would earn a place among the core disciples, and attacked with the Azure Sky White Sun Swordplay.
• Lin Bai’s Surging Wind Swordplay reached great accomplishment, and he shattered Sun Qing’s two sword techniques before beheading him.
• Lin Tiansheng, ranked thirty-first on the Inner Sanctum Top 100 Ranking, challenged Lin Bai and attacked with Flying Blossom Sword Rain.
• Lin Bai blocked Lin Tiansheng’s attack, countered with a swift sword strike, and cut his neck, killing him.
• Another Divine Alliance martial artist attacked Lin Bai, who split the attacker in two with a single counterstrike.
• The watching martial artists were stunned that Sun Qing and Lin Tiansheng had fallen without using their martial souls, while Su Cang watched Lin Bai with killing intent.

Di Jian announced that Swallowing Heaven Sword Emperor was going live and asked readers to subscribe and support it. He promised to keep updating despite his demanding job and released twenty chapters at once.

• Di Jian received notice from his editor that Swallowing Heaven Sword Emperor would go live at noon.
• Di Jian recalled writing three chapters daily while working at an e-commerce company, including through three all-nighters after Singles' Day.
• Di Jian thanked readers and editor Tiger for their encouragement and support.
• Di Jian promised to keep writing the book, aiming for two to five chapters a day and at least three guaranteed.
• Di Jian announced a twenty-chapter release and asked readers to subscribe.

Lin Bai continued killing Divine Alliance challengers on the Cliff of No Return, astonishing the Spirit Sword Sect with his strength. As the Divine Alliance sent Li Daohan, the notorious Killing Maniac ranked seventeenth, to fight him, the battle reached a new threat.

• Lin Bai killed Jiang Lian, ranked twenty-eighth, with a single overwhelming sword strike.
• Second Elder celebrated Lin Bai’s prospects and recalled Jian Xuan’s disappearance, while Ling Tianzi and Li Shanqing discussed Lin Bai’s potential and the coming core martial artist examination.
• Lin Bai slew more challengers from the Inner Sanctum’s top ranks, including Wen Citian, and pushed into the top thirty.
• Su Cang sent Li Daohan to stop Lin Bai, and Li Daohan stepped onto the Cliff of No Return radiating a deadly blade aura.

Li Daohan, the Spirit Sword Sect’s feared “Killing Maniac,” stepped onto the Cliff of No Return to face Lin Bai. After revealing his formidable Blade Intent, he launched a lightning-fast attack, leaving Lin Bai facing a devastating blow.

• The Spirit Sword Sect warriors recalled Li Daohan’s bloody frontier upbringing and his rise to become a powerful Divine Alliance disciple known as the “Killing Maniac.”
• Li Daohan returned to the Spirit Sword Sect after a year of battlefield training, and the crowd feared he could challenge Murong Yeshen.
• Li Daohan faced Lin Bai on the Cliff of No Return and ordered him to draw his sword.
• Li Daohan’s Blade Intent surged through the arena, and Lin Bai drew the Evil Wind Sword and prepared to fight.
• Li Daohan vanished at terrifying speed, appeared behind Lin Bai, and brought down a blade strike powerful enough to approach the first level of the Heaven Martial Realm.

Lin Bai and Li Daohan clashed atop the Cliff of No Return, with Lin Bai using his Silver War Body and Heaven-Shocking Storm to block Li Daohan’s powerful saber strike. Both fighters remained standing, and they charged at each other again, beginning another exchange.

• Li Daohan’s saber strike amazed the gathered martial artists, while the Divine Alliance rallied behind him and declared itself invincible.
• Lin Bai activated his Silver War Body and unleashed the fifth form of Surging Wind Swordplay to meet Li Daohan’s saber head-on.
• Their attacks collided in a massive shock wave that damaged the Cliff of No Return and forced the watching martial artists to retreat.
• As the smoke cleared, Lin Bai and Li Daohan were both still standing, surprising Su Cang and reassuring the Second Elder and Ji Bei.
• Lin Bai and Li Daohan praised each other’s weapons, then charged forward and began their next exchange.

Lin Bai and Li Daohan fought to a stalemate on the Cliff of No Return until Li Daohan, running low on true qi, announced a final strike. Li Daohan unleashed his Golden Blade Soul, Blade Intent, and Demonic Blade Dragon Slayer, leaving Lin Bai facing a blow powerful enough to kill a Heaven Martial Realm expert.

• Lin Bai and Li Daohan exchanged over a thousand moves, with Lin Bai retaining more stamina and true qi.
• Li Daohan admitted he was nearly exhausted and said he would surrender if Lin Bai survived his strongest move.
• Su Cang insulted Li Daohan, but Lin Bai's reminder helped Li Daohan steady his mind.
• Li Daohan warned Lin Bai that he had used his final strike to kill a first-level Heaven Martial Realm expert.
• Li Daohan summoned his Golden Blade Soul and combined it with Blade Intent and the Demonic Blade Dragon Slayer secret method.

Lin Bai defeated Li Daohan with his superior Sword Intent and spared him after learning he had served the Divine Alliance out of gratitude. As Li Daohan left amid the alliance’s insults, Murong Yeshen stepped onto the Cliff of No Return to challenge Lin Bai.

• Li Daohan unleashed Demonic Blade Dragon Slayer, but Lin Bai countered with Mountains and Rivers Eternal Silence and struck him down.
• Su Cang insulted the defeated Li Daohan, prompting Lin Bai to condemn his treatment and offer Li Daohan his freedom.
• Lin Bai spared Li Daohan on the condition that he neither challenge Lin Bai nor attack him for ten years, and Li Daohan agreed before leaving.
• The Divine Alliance martial artists shouted insults at Li Daohan as he calmly walked back to the Spirit Sword Sect.
• Murong Yeshen stepped onto the Cliff of No Return, and the onlookers recognized the Inner Sanctum legend as Lin Bai’s next opponent.

Lin Bai faced Murong Yeshen on the Cliff of No Return after Murong arrived boasting that he could defeat him with one punch. Lin Bai used Gentle Sword to break Murong’s attack, and Murong recognized the power of Lin Bai’s Martial Intent as he unleashed his strongest technique.

• Murong Yeshen slowly climbed the Cliff of No Return while the gathered martial artists watched in awe, and Lin Bai impatiently urged him to hurry.
• Murong Yeshen boasted that he could defeat Lin Bai with one move and attacked with the Black Fiend God Fist.
• Lin Bai released his sword intent and Gentle Sword, leaving Murong Yeshen momentarily dazed before rushing at him with his sword.
• Murong Yeshen regained his senses and tried to repel Lin Bai’s strike, but Lin Bai’s sword shattered his fist’s radiance.
• Murong Yeshen recognized the Martial Intent Power in Lin Bai’s sword and unleashed the ninth form of the Black Fiend God Fist, Heavenly Fiend Emperor Fist.

Lin Bai defeated Murong Yeshen with one sword after Murong used his Martial Soul, then killed him after he begged for mercy. Su Cang realized the Divine Alliance had lost its standing, while Lin Bai emerged as one of the Spirit Sword Sect’s strongest disciples.

• Murong Yeshen summoned his Sky-Rending Demon Ape Martial Soul and unleashed the strongest form of the Black Fiend God Fist, but Lin Bai shattered his attack and slashed his throat with Gentle Sword.
• The gathered warriors, Su Cang, Ji Bei, and the Sword Alliance disciples reacted in shock as Murong Yeshen staggered away and pleaded for his life.
• Lin Bai reminded Murong Yeshen that he had attacked him while he was injured and declared that Li Daohan was far stronger than Murong.
• Murong Yeshen knelt and repeatedly begged Lin Bai to spare him, while Divine Alliance warriors watched their champion lose their respect and Su Cang lamented the Alliance’s collapse.
• Lin Bai condemned Murong Yeshen for abandoning a warrior’s dignity, then cut off his head with the Evil Wind Sword.

After killing Murong Yeshen, Lin Bai denounced the Divine Alliance for humiliating him over his Yellow Rank One Martial Soul and invited more challengers to the Cliff of No Return. As the crowd fell silent and Su Cang plotted revenge, a White-Robed Woman stepped forward with murderous intent.

• Lin Bai mourned Murong Yeshen, then declared that the Divine Alliance had driven him to fight and vowed to cut down anyone who humiliated him.
• Lin Bai carved a vast sword scar into the Cliff of No Return and challenged any martial artist below the Earth Martial Realm to face him.
• Ling Tianzi and Li Shanqing discussed Lin Bai's difficult path and revealed that Li Shanqing possessed an Emperor Grade Martial Soul.
• Su Cang resolved to wait until Lin Bai descended from the cliff, then capture and kill him with the Divine Alliance's remaining forces.
• A White-Robed Woman gripped her treasured sword and walked onto the Cliff of No Return to challenge Lin Bai.

After Lin Bai killed Murong Yeshen, Ye Suxin challenged him on the Cliff of No Return, insisting that only one of them would leave alive. Lin Bai dodged her attacks without striking back, leaving the onlookers to suspect he loved her and Su Cang to erupt in fury.

• After Murong Yeshen's death, Ye Suxin walked onto the Cliff of No Return and confronted Lin Bai.
• Su Cang and Qi Yang urged Ye Suxin to return, but she ignored them and drew her sword against Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai offered to marry Ye Suxin and said he would not kill her, but she attacked anyway.
• Lin Bai evaded Ye Suxin's fierce attacks without fighting back, confusing the martial artists watching.
• Su Cang concluded that Lin Bai loved Ye Suxin and grew furious, while a martial artist suggested Lin Bai would not fight the person he loved most.

Lin Bai and Ye Suxin fought on the Cliff of No Return, but her rejection made him give up on pursuing her and walk away. Ling Tianzi believed their past hatred would take time to overcome, while Su Cang ordered Qi Yang to kill Lin Bai as soon as he left the Spirit Sword Sect.

• Ling Tianzi and Li Shanqing watched Lin Bai defend himself against Ye Suxin, and Ling Tianzi discussed arranging a marriage for Lin Bai with his second senior sister.
• Lin Bai offered to stop fighting if Ye Suxin agreed to become his woman, but she rejected him and said she hated him.
• Lin Bai sent Ye Suxin flying without injuring her, then left the Cliff of No Return as she wondered why his departure hurt her.
• Ling Tianzi told Li Shanqing that Lin Bai and Ye Suxin needed time to let go of their hatred before they could be together.
• Su Cang saw Ye Suxin's heartbroken expression and ordered Qi Yang to watch Lin Bai and kill him when he left the Spirit Sword Sect.

Lin Bai planned to strengthen himself for the Spirit Sword Sect core warrior examination and the Four Great Sects Tournament, then received Ling Tianzi’s Heaven Grade movement technique, the Wind Lightning Divine Wings. After learning to fly with it, Lin Bai discovered that it rapidly consumed his true qi, while Ling Tianzi told him to find a suitable weapon himself.

• Lin Bai returned to White Cloud Peak and planned to raise his cultivation before the core warrior examination and the Four Great Sects Tournament.
• Lin Bai paid his respects to Ling Tianzi, who praised his Surging Wind Swordplay and Martial Intent Power and noted that his movement technique and weapon needed improvement.
• Ling Tianzi offered to teach Lin Bai the Heaven Grade first-grade movement technique, the Wind Lightning Divine Wings.
• Ling Tianzi helped Lin Bai comprehend the technique, and Lin Bai later formed the wings and flew above the clouds.
• Lin Bai’s true qi ran out mid-flight, but he re-formed the wings with his last trace of energy and landed safely.
• Ling Tianzi said the wings would serve Lin Bai until the Human Core Realm and told him to find a suitable weapon, since the weapons he owned were too powerful for Lin Bai to control.

After Ye Suxin left with Senior Ling, Su Cang blamed Lin Bai for his losses and swore revenge. Lin Bai learned that two disciples had information about a Myriad Year Spirit Herb and found Ye Guxing and Nan Lidao waiting to speak with him.

• Ye Suxin told Su Cang she was returning to Divine Relic Ridge, then left with Senior Ling, who warned Su Cang to keep his distance from her.
• Su Cang raged after they left, vowing to repay Ling Wu and Ye Suxin and to kill Lin Bai for destroying his plans.
• A Mission Hall martial artist told Lin Bai that Elder Zhang had news about the spirit item he sought, so Lin Bai hurried to the Mission Hall.
• Elder Zhang told Lin Bai that Ye Guxing and Nan Lidao knew the whereabouts of a Myriad Year Spirit Herb and led him to their private room.
• Nan Lidao recognized Lin Bai as the person who had posted the bounty, while Ye Guxing silently studied him.

Lin Bai met Nan Lidao and Ye Guxing, who told him where he could find three spirit treasures needed for his cultivation. He planned to seek the Beacon Fire City Flower at the royal Year-End Ceremony, then look for the Spirit Spring Sea overseas, while leaving the distant Heaven Sword Dynasty for later.

• Lin Bai reunited with Nan Lidao and Ye Guxing and offered to pay them through the Mission Hall if their information led him to the Myriad Year Spirit Herb.
• Ye Guxing revealed that the Beacon Fire City Flower grew in the Royal Hunting Garden, which Lin Bai could enter by attending the royal family's Year-End Ceremony.
• Nan Lidao told Lin Bai that the Spirit Spring Sea had appeared beyond the Eastern Sea and could provide abundant water-attribute spiritual energy.
• Nan Lidao revealed that Famous Sword Manor in the Heaven Sword Dynasty awarded the Wooden Sword Spring Grass to the top-ranked sword cultivator.
• Lin Bai decided to seek the Beacon Fire City Flower first, then travel overseas for the Spirit Spring Sea, and consider the Heaven Sword Dynasty afterward.

Lin Bai learned from Nan Lidao and Ye Guxing where he might find spiritual objects, then discussed his plans and the famed sword gathering at Famous Sword Manor. After rewarding Elder Zhang, Lin Bai learned that the Sword Mound was the only place in the sect with weapons above Grade Three, leaving him poised to seek a replacement for Evil Wind Sword there.

• Nan Lidao explained that he and Ye Guxing had learned about three spiritual objects while traveling through neighboring nations, and Lin Bai paid them three million spirit stones for the information.
• Ye Guxing invited Lin Bai to join them at Famous Sword Manor in Heaven Sword Dynasty for a gathering of sword cultivators, and Lin Bai said he would go if he could not find a wood-attribute spiritual object in time.
• Lin Bai gave Elder Zhang five hundred thousand spirit stones as thanks, and Elder Zhang accepted after explaining that he needed the resources for a breakthrough.
• Lin Bai told Elder Zhang he planned to secure a Royal Hunting Garden quota and visit the Armory Pavilion to replace Evil Wind Sword.
• Elder Zhang told Lin Bai that the Armory Pavilion had no weapons above Grade Three and that the Sword Mound held higher-grade spirit tools, including legendary Grade Six weapons.

Lin Bai learned that the Sword Burial Ground held powerful spirit swords and then asked the Second Elder to let him join the Divine Martial Nation’s Year-End Ceremony. Despite the danger to Spirit Sword Sect disciples at the Royal Hunting Garden, the Second Elder agreed to secure Lin Bai a place.

• Elder Zhang explained that Spirit Sword Sect disciples could enter the Sword Burial Ground, where Lin Bai might gain a stronger spirit sword.
• Lin Bai visited the Sword Alliance and asked Li Jianxing to take him to the Second Elder.
• Lin Bai asked about the Year-End Ceremony and learned that Spirit Sword Sect disciples had repeatedly been killed by rival sects in the Royal Hunting Garden.
• Lin Bai insisted on attending this year to obtain the Beacon Fire City Flower, despite being only at the eighth stage of the Earth Martial Realm.
• The Second Elder agreed to get Lin Bai a place and said he would notify him when the sect’s group departed for the imperial capital.

The Spirit Sword Sect's elders debated whether to attend Divine Martial Nation's Year-End Ceremony despite years of losses at the Royal Hunting Garden. Su Cang proposed Lin Bai as their representative, and the Grand Elder approved the choice while the Second Elder agreed, leaving the Sword Alliance elders alarmed.

• The Second Elder arrived at the Elders Council, where Su Cang revealed Bai Huatian's invitation to the Year-End Ceremony and Royal Hunting Garden.
• The elders recalled how Spirit Sword Sect disciples had been crippled or killed in past competitions, and the Third Elder argued that the sect should not participate.
• The Grand Elder insisted that the Spirit Sword Sect had to attend and asked whom they should send.
• Su Cang nominated Lin Bai, citing his rapid cultivation, victories, and growing reputation, while presenting him as expendable.
• The Grand Elder selected Lin Bai to represent the sect, and the Second Elder agreed despite the Sword Alliance elders' shock.

Lin Bai visited Sword Burial Mountain to choose a spirit sword and learned how the swords’ grades corresponded to the mountain’s heights. After watching Zhu Ziling settle for a Grade Four Spirit Tool, Lin Bai prepared to make his own ascent.

• Lin Bai asked an inner-sect disciple how to gain a spirit sword’s recognition and learned that he had to fly up the mountain and draw a sword.
• Zhu Ziling climbed to the mountainside, drew the Grade Four Wandering Sword, and descended despite having hoped to reach the summit.
• An elder comforted Zhu Ziling and recalled how Jian Xuan had obtained a Grade Six Spirit Tool before defecting with the sect’s sword techniques.
• Lin Bai observed that Grade Three swords were at the foot, Grade Four swords at the mountainside, Grade Five swords near the mountaintop, and Grade Six swords at the summit.
• Lin Bai walked toward the mountain as disciples gathered to watch and speculate about the sword he would obtain.