Vol. 16The Sword Paragon’s Journey

Lin Bai helped Yue Qing seize control of the Silver Moon Merchant Guild, avenged his family by killing Ye Fenghuo, and learned that his parents were alive but controlled. He returned to the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect and challenged its decision to shield Qi Xuan after exposing his abuses.

  • Lin Bai exposed the Zhu Family’s alliance with Ten Thousand Demons Valley, survived Zhu Shang’s birthday banquet trap, and killed the Heaven Splitting Marquis while the masked swordsman escaped after killing Zhu Shang.
  • After five months of cultivating Rainstorm Intent, Lin Bai left for Haijie City, joined Fang Jin’s caravan, and passed Gao Rui’s guard trial.
  • Lin Bai joined Yue Qing’s journey as Dongfang, created Slaying Immortals, and helped her survive Yue Hua’s ambush at Limitless Peak.
  • Lin Bai defeated the attackers, and he agreed to help Yue Qing reclaim the Silver Moon Merchant Guild.
  • Lin Bai helped Yue Qing pursue the guild master position while Chai Xu repaired his Demon Sword and revealed Ye Fenghuo’s place in the Wolf Pack Merchant Guild.
  • Lin Bai killed Ye Fenghuo on Sky Wolf Island, and Yue Zheng prepared to move against him at Demon Saint Hantian’s urging.
  • Lin Bai learned from Su Xianmei that his parents were alive but controlled, then killed Demon Saint Hantian, Yue Zheng, Yue Hua, and their allies.
  • Back at the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect, Lin Bai exposed Qi Xuan’s interference and challenged Sui An’s ruling that confined Qi Xuan and Elder Chen.
Chapters 1501–1600 Read from Ch. 1501

Arc 61The Zhu Family’s Downfall

Lin Bai exposed the Zhu Family’s alliance with Ten Thousand Demons Valley and fought his way through the birthday banquet’s deadly trap. After leaving the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect for Haijie City, he joined Fang Jin on a merchant caravan and encountered the arrogant Gao Rui.

  • Lin Bai killed Zhu Yi and the four Demon Saints, then sent evidence of their alliance with Zhu Yi to the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect, the Litian Dynasty’s emperor, and the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion.
  • At Zhu Shang’s birthday banquet, Nie Xiong exposed the Zhu Family’s dealings with Ten Thousand Demons Valley, and Lin Bai recovered the ledger proving the family had sold martial artists for more than a century.
  • Zhu Shang trapped the guests in the Heaven Sealing Grand Formation and unleashed his death warriors, but Lin Bai opened a gap and helped the guests escape.
  • Lin Bai and the Seventy-Two Sword Cultivators fought toward Zhu Shang while Lin Bai battled the Heaven Splitting Marquis, and Lin Anyang arrived to confront the marquis and a masked swordsman.
  • Lin Bai killed the Heaven Splitting Marquis, while the masked swordsman killed Zhu Shang and escaped, and Lin Anyang took command of the Heaven Splitting Army and spared the Zhu Family survivors for judgment.
  • The Heavenly Treasure Pavilion publicized the Zhu Family’s crimes, and Lin Bai left the search for Ten Thousand Demons Valley to Nie Xiong while the Sword Reverent ordered him to remain at the sect for a year.
  • After five months of cultivating Rainstorm Intent, Lin Bai learned that Ye Fenghuo would present a flying sword at Haijie City’s Divine Weapon Banquet and secretly left for the Lin Hai Dynasty.
  • In Mangshan Ridge, Lin Bai met Fang Jin and joined his search for a caravan to Haijie City, where he watched Gao Rui test prospective guards and advised Fang Jin how to pass.
Chapters 1501–152525 summaries Read

Arc 62The Limitless Peak Ambush

Lin Bai joined Yue Qing’s journey to Haijie City and helped her survive Yue Hua’s betrayal at Limitless Peak. After defeating the attackers with help from Reaching Heaven Sword Sect disciples, Lin Bai agreed to help Yue Qing reclaim the Silver Moon Merchant Guild.

  • Lin Bai passed Gao Rui’s sword trial, joined the Silver Moon Merchant Guild’s guards, and began studying how to fuse his three Intents into one sword technique.
  • Yue Qing gave Lin Bai a quasi-Sword God’s insights, helping him create Slaying Immortals, and secured his promise to help her three times while he traveled under the name Dongfang.
  • Song Zi secretly aided Yue Hua’s plot as Yue Qing returned to Limitless Peak, where Yue Hua’s forces attacked her after she refused to marry Young Master Qian.
  • Lin Bai rescued Yue Qing from Li Zong and Lang Ning, but Li Zong’s Life-Seeking Sword poisoned her and gravely wounded Butler Zhuo Yi.
  • Lin Bai defeated Li Zong and Gao Rui, while Song Zi freed Fang Jin and Lu Ao and Reaching Heaven Sword Sect disciples rallied to his side.
  • Lin Bai killed Lang Ning and helped the sword cultivators defeat the remaining attackers, then declined to summon more disciples against the Silver Moon Merchant Guild.
  • Yue Qing insisted on returning to Haijie City to reclaim her father’s remains and guild, and Lin Bai accepted her offer of Sword Qi and agreed to help her.
  • Tang Biao proposed that Lin Bai and Yue Qing pretend to be husband and wife while she won the guild’s upper ranks through her business success.
Chapters 1526–155025 summaries Read

Arc 63The Sky Wolf Island Battle

Lin Bai helped Yue Qing pursue the Silver Moon Merchant Guild leadership while arranging to repair his sword and confronting Ye Fenghuo over his family’s murder. After Lin Bai killed Ye Fenghuo and the Wolf Pack Merchant Guild’s attackers, Yue Zheng prepared to move against him with Demon Saint Hantian’s urging.

  • Lin Bai and Yue Qing arrived in Haijie City, where Yue Qing sought the guild master position and presented Lin Bai as her husband, the Sword Paragon.
  • Yue Zheng challenged Yue Qing to double the guild’s previous Divine Weapon Banquet sales within a month, and she accepted while seeking her father’s body for burial.
  • Lin Bai had Chai Xu repair the Demon Sword and learned that Ye Fenghuo held a high position in the Wolf Pack Merchant Guild.
  • As Yue Qing’s sales approached the target, Yue Zheng arranged with the Wolf Pack Merchant Guild to intercept her shipment of Supreme Martial Spirit Tools.
  • Lin Bai and Silver Frost went to Sky Wolf Island, where Ye Fenghuo’s forces ambushed the shipment and killed most of its guards and defenders.
  • Lin Bai killed the seven Yang God Realm experts and fought Ye Fenghuo, then revealed Longjing and destroyed Ye Fenghuo’s cultivation before killing him.
  • Silver Frost brought Lin Bai and Yang Yuan back to Haijie City, where Yue Qing tended Lin Bai’s wounds and Lin Bai warned her about Yue Zheng’s hidden plans.
  • Demon Saint Hantian urged Yue Zheng and Yue Hua to kill Lin Bai without waiting, after Yue Zheng vowed to settle accounts with him.
Chapters 1551–157525 summaries Read

Arc 64The Sword Paragon’s Return

Lin Bai learned that his parents were alive but controlled, then helped Yue Qing defeat Yue Zheng’s scheme before returning to the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect. There, he confronted Qi Xuan over his abuse of the Immortal Cave Mountain cultivators and challenged the sect’s decision to shield him.

  • Demon Saint Hantian recruited Yue Zheng to lure Lin Bai and Yue Qing into a trap, while Lin Bai asked Su Xianmei for information about his parents.
  • Su Xianmei told Lin Bai that Lin Duo and Li Subai were controlled and that he was their last hope, then warned him to hide his identity and grow stronger.
  • Lin Bai and Yue Qing discovered Yue Zheng’s plot at the Black Gold Gang, where Lin Bai killed Demon Saint Hantian, Yue Zheng, Yue Hua, and their allies.
  • Yue Qing took leadership of the Silver Moon Merchant Guild, while Lin Bai commissioned seventy-two swords and then left Haijie City.
  • A group of pursuers attacked Lin Bai on the road, but Gui Jing rescued him from a powerful swordsman and brought him back to the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect.
  • Lin Bai backed Nie Xiong in his contest against Meng Chunrui for Li Chou’s sword, wagered the Demon Sword against Qi Xuan, and recorded Qi Xuan’s attempts to interfere.
  • Lin Bai used Blood Sea Seven Steps to crush Qi Xuan and Elder Chen after they attacked him, but Sui An stopped his final blow and ordered the pair to confinement.
  • Lin Bai presented the Image Recording Pearl as evidence and challenged Sui An’s ruling, demanding that Qi Xuan sever his arms or let Lin Bai do it.
Chapters 1576–160025 summaries Read
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