Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai crossed Mo Feng’s gale using Protective Divine Lightning, then discovered that Azure Wood Divine Lightning could automatically defend him. He defeated Mo Feng with a lightning sword attack and flew toward the Seventh Island.

• Lin Bai walked through Mo Feng’s gale with lightning protecting his body and entered the Martial Arts Arena.
• Mo Feng revealed that his sixth-level Protective Gale could repel attacks and demanded that Lin Bai join the Eastern Academy or leave.
• Lin Bai used Azure Wood Divine Lightning as a protective art, and its lightning web blocked Mo Feng’s punch and sent him flying.
• Lin Bai struck Mo Feng with Azure Wood Divine Lightning Sword, piercing through Protective Gale and making Mo Feng concede.
• Lin Bai sheathed his sword and flew toward the Seventh Island.

Lin Bai fought his way across the Seventh through Tenth Islands and reached the Eleventh Island, where most of the gathered martial artists had joined the Eastern Courtyard after losing to its guardian. He learned that only Hei Luo Jian Jiu and Yin Jiuling had passed the Eleventh Island, leaving Lin Bai to face the formidable Ren Yu.

• Lin Bai defeated Mo Feng with one sword strike, and He Wei let him pass the Seventh Island without a fight.
• Lin Bai defeated the Eighth Island's guardian and passed the Ninth Island before fighting for more than three hundred exchanges to defeat the Northern Courtyard guardian on the Tenth Island.
• The Northern Courtyard guardian again invited Lin Bai to join, but Lin Bai declined and flew to the Eleventh Island.
• Lin Bai found the Heaven's Pride Alliance and Monster Alliance martial artists gathered on the Eleventh Island, where most had accepted invitations to join the Eastern Courtyard after losing to Ren Yu.
• A Ning told Lin Bai that only Hei Luo Jian Jiu and Yin Jiuling had defeated Ren Yu and passed the Eleventh Island.

Lin Bai challenged Ren Yu on the Eleventh Island, where Ren Yu had defeated every previous challenger. Ren Yu offered him three uncontested moves, and Lin Bai used them to badly injure Ren Yu, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Lin Bai learned about Ren Yu's victories from A Ning and the others, then entered the Martial Arts Arena despite their warnings.
• Ren Yu recognized Lin Bai as the examination's number-one sword cultivator and offered him the first three moves, confident Lin Bai could not defeat him.
• Lin Bai attacked with two techniques from the Dragon Slayer Swordplay and unleashed the Taiji Two Forms Sword Formation's Killing Formation.
• Ren Yu blocked Lin Bai's first move but was struck by the next attacks, sent flying, and left spitting blood.
• The surrounding warriors were astonished by Lin Bai's strength, while A Ning and the Heavenly Crippled Four Brothers remarked on Ren Yu's arrogance and Lin Bai's many trump cards.

Lin Bai injured Ren Yu with his first three moves, then used azure lightning to withstand Ren Yu’s attacks before defeating him with the Azure Wood Divine Lightning Sword. Ren Yu admitted Lin Bai had passed, and Lin Bai flew to the Twelfth Island.

• Hu Qi realized the Heavenly Crippled Four Brothers had lost to Ren Yu because they had not merged into their strongest form.
• Lin Bai wounded Ren Yu within the three moves Ren Yu had granted him, and Ren Yu angrily began attacking.
• Lin Bai’s protective lightning blocked Ren Yu’s punches and kept him from coming within three meters.
• Lin Bai said he had let Ren Yu have twelve moves, then struck him with the Azure Wood Divine Lightning Sword.
• Ren Yu admitted Lin Bai had passed, and Lin Bai flew to the Twelfth Island.

Lin Bai reached the Twelfth Island, where Lan Yuxin waited after defeating Hei Luo Jian Jiu and Yin Jiuling. Their battle began, and Lan Yuxin effortlessly evaded Lin Bai’s first attacks, leaving him stunned by her ability.

• Lin Bai left the Eleventh Island as Shi Zhongxian and Wu He lamented their failure, while A Ning and the Monster Alliance celebrated his progress.
• Lin Bai met Hei Luo Jian Jiu and Yin Jiuling on the Twelfth Island and learned that both had lost to Lan Yuxin.
• Hei Luo Jian Jiu warned Lin Bai to beware of Lan Yuxin’s Martial Soul before Lin Bai entered the arena.
• Lan Yuxin told Lin Bai he would lose, and Lin Bai drew the Demon Sword and challenged her.
• Lin Bai’s Single Word Sword Art thrust missed as Lan Yuxin dodged, and she then slipped through the Four Gods Sword Slash’s Sword Qi.

Lin Bai struggled to land a hit on Lan Yuxin, who effortlessly read and dodged his sword attacks before knocking him back twice. He discovered her ability had a blind spot and struck her from behind with the Taiji Two Forms Sword Formation, leaving her wounded as she faced him coldly.

• Lan Yuxin dodged Lin Bai's attacks with ease, then rushed in and struck him with her palm, sending him flying.
• Lin Bai tried to catch Lan Yuxin off guard with Three Foot Edge, but she dodged again and struck him down a second time.
• Lin Bai noticed a blue radiance in Lan Yuxin's eyes as she evaded his sword and suspected it let her see through his attacks.
• Lin Bai unleashed a sword net, then activated the Taiji Two Forms Sword Formation's Killing Formation to attack Lan Yuxin from behind.
• Lan Yuxin's protective shield shattered under the two flying swords, and she landed injured before glaring coldly at Lin Bai.

Lin Bai gained the advantage over Lan Yuxin with his swordplay and flying swords, but she turned the battle around by unleashing her Time-Space God Eyes and Heaven Sealing Breath. The fight ended with Lin Bai badly thrown aside, while Senior Brother Hou revealed that Lord Lan Ling could use the technique for nine breaths.

• Lin Bai injured Lan Yuxin with a surprise attack using flying swords buried underground, then pressed her with attacks from three directions.
• Lin Bai’s sword techniques and flying swords forced Lan Yuxin to retreat and left her vulnerable to a strike from behind.
• Lan Yuxin activated her Time-Space God Eyes and Heaven Sealing Breath, freezing time and space within ten thousand li.
• Lan Yuxin broke Lin Bai’s frontal attack, struck him into a crater, and knocked his flying swords away.
• Senior Brother Hou explained that Lan Yuxin had only reached the level of Heaven Sealing Breath, then said Lord Lan Ling could use Heaven Sealing Nine Breaths.

Lin Bai continued fighting Lan Yuxin on the Twelfth Island, but her Heaven Sealing Breath let her evade his attacks and strike him while time and space were frozen. He realized he had to overcome her Martial Soul ability, while Yin Jiuling still believed Lin Bai could win.

• Senior Brother Hou explained that Lan Ling could use Heaven Sealing Breath for nine breaths, enough to devastate the Eastern Continent Academy's high-ranking members, and Ren Tiangao privately recalled that he remained in contact with Lan Ling.
• Lan Yuxin urged Lin Bai to admit defeat, but he insisted on passing through the Twelfth Island, and she promised to cripple him.
• Lan Yuxin struck Lin Bai and evaded his flying swords and sword techniques by freezing time and space with Heaven Sealing Breath, then wounded him with a palm strike.
• Lin Bai recognized that he needed to break through Lan Yuxin's Martial Soul ability, while Yin Jiuling expressed confidence that Lin Bai would defeat her.

Lin Bai and Lan Yuxin both suffered severe injuries in their duel after Lin Bai countered her Heaven Sealing Breath with a concealed, timed attack. They struggled back to their feet, and Lin Bai claimed he had won because Lan Yuxin could use her divine ability only once more while he could survive another blow.

• Lin Bai used a thunder-based body-protecting technique to repel Lan Yuxin during her Heaven Sealing Breath.
• Lin Bai unleashed his three-intent Zhu Xian Sword and flying-sword formation, but Lan Yuxin froze heaven and earth and shattered his lightning defense, breaking several of his ribs.
• Lin Bai's concealed sword technique and two flying swords struck Lan Yuxin as time returned to normal, and both fighters crashed to the ground severely injured.
• Senior Brother Hou, Ren Tiangao, Hei Luo Jian Jiu, and Yin Jiuling discussed Lin Bai's strategy while the spectators wondered who had won.
• Lin Bai and Lan Yuxin rose slowly, and Lin Bai said he had won because she could use her divine ability only once more and he could withstand another attack.

Lin Bai defeated Lan Yuxin and became the first martial artist this year to break through the Flying Dragon Twelve Islands. After the Welcoming Assembly ended, the martial artists chose their Dao Academies, leaving Lin Bai with the right to choose any academy.

• Lan Yuxin conceded that Lin Bai had won, and both she and Lin Bai healed their injuries.
• The Flying Dragon Twelve Islands announced that Lin Bai was the first martial artist this year to break through all twelve islands, astonishing the guardians and novice martial artists.
• At dusk, Senior Brother Hou ended the Welcoming Assembly and had the veteran disciples bring the remaining novices back to the first island.
• Hei Luo Jian Jiu and Yin Jiuling congratulated Lin Bai before returning with him to the first island.
• Senior Brother Hou began the academy assignments, and most of the martial artists, including members of the Heaven's Pride Alliance and Monster Alliance, joined the Eastern Academy.
• Lin Bai was the only martial artist left to choose an academy, with the right to forcibly join any Dao Academy.

Lin Bai chose the Southern Courtyard despite Lan Yuxin's warning, becoming the only new martial artist to select it after passing through the Flying Dragon Twelve Islands. Before departing for their separate academies, he shared a farewell banquet with his friends, who urged him to stay cautious and promised to help if needed.

• Senior Brother Hou told Lin Bai he could choose any of the four courtyards, and Lin Bai firmly chose the Southern Courtyard.
• Senior Brother Hou confirmed Lin Bai's assignment and ended the Welcoming Assembly; Ren Yu and Lan Yuxin announced when their disciples would assemble the next morning.
• Old Eccentric, Feng Wenjun, Hu Qi, A Ning, Yin Jiuling, and the others gathered at Lin Bai's residence to celebrate and bid farewell over wine.
• Yin Jiuling warned Lin Bai that the Southern Courtyard would bring danger and advised him to keep a low profile; Lin Bai thanked him and they pledged to help each other.
• At dawn, A Ning and the others prepared to leave for the Eastern Courtyard, and Lin Bai bid them farewell.

Lin Bai arrived at the Southern Courtyard and set out to find Lan Ling, while Lan Yuxin avoided speaking to him. After receiving his disciple supplies, he chose a secluded island to live on, but Shang Xiaobing reacted with shock when he saw Lin Bai’s selection.

• Lin Bai watched the other courtyards leave Welcoming Island, then boarded the Southern Courtyard’s spirit ship with the new disciples.
• The spirit ship traveled for ten days across the Star Sand Archipelago before arriving at the Southern Courtyard’s Affairs Hall.
• Lan Yuxin left without speaking to Lin Bai, and Shang Xiaobing distributed disciple tokens, robes, and books to the newcomers.
• Shang Xiaobing showed the new disciples a chart of the Southern Courtyard Archipelago so they could choose where to live.
• Lin Bai chose a remote island near the edge of the archipelago, and Shang Xiaobing froze when he identified it as Dragon Breeding Island.

Lin Bai chose the secluded Dragon Breeding Island as his residence despite Shang Xiaobing warning that five previous residents had mysteriously disappeared. He used his Identity Token to enter the island and settled into the place where he would establish himself at the Eastern Continent Academy.

• Lin Bai selected Dragon Breeding Island, and Shang Xiaobing told him that its residents had vanished and that rumors blamed a hidden divine dragon.
• Lin Bai insisted on taking the island, so Shang Xiaobing fused its Residence Token with Lin Bai's Identity Token and reminded him to attend the mentor selection on Spirit Master Island in one month.
• Lin Bai learned the history of the vanished dragon breeder and the five later residents as he flew toward the island.
• Lin Bai used his Identity Token to pass through Dragon Breeding Island's formation and declared it his new home at the Eastern Continent Academy.

Lin Bai settled into Dragon Breeding Island, confronted his loneliness, and renewed his resolve to reunite with his family and friends. After training alone for several days, he studied books about Eastern Continent Academy and learned about its three rings and the Lan Family’s connection to the Southern Courtyard.

• Lin Bai cleaned a secluded palace on Dragon Breeding Island and made it his home.
• Lin Bai drank alone on a cliff, mourned his absent family and friends, and vowed to find them and live peacefully with them.
• Lin Bai practiced his sword arts, intents, and cultivation techniques alone until dawn on the third day.
• Lin Bai studied the academy’s map and learned how its outer, middle, and inner rings differed in residents and cultivation levels.
• Lin Bai read that the Southern Courtyard existed mainly because of the Lan Family, one of the academy’s four ancient families.

Lin Bai traveled to the South Sea Archipelago to ask Lan Ling about his parents and the events of more than twenty years ago, but Lan Yuxin refused to arrange a meeting. He left determined to become the number one person in the Eastern Continent Academy and meet Lan Ling himself.

• Lin Bai learned that the Lan Clan lived on the South Sea Archipelago and flew there to find Lan Ling.
• Lin Bai met Lan Feng, who told him that Lan Ling refused to receive visitors and that only Lan Yuxin could see him directly.
• Lin Bai intercepted Lan Yuxin and asked to see her father, but she said Lan Ling was in secluded cultivation and would not meet him.
• Lin Bai called himself the son of one of Lan Ling's old friends, prompting Lan Yuxin to warn him that the old friends had perished and the matter was taboo.
• Lan Yuxin challenged Lin Bai to earn his own way to Lan Ling, saying her father would not meet him unless he became the Eastern Continent Academy's number one person.
• Lin Bai left the South Sea Archipelago and vowed to claim that position and make Lan Ling meet him.

Lan Yuxin returned to her father, Lan Ling, after meeting Lin Bai, and they discussed why Lan Ling was delaying the truth about Lin Bai’s parents. Lan Ling accepted Yuxin’s demand that Lin Bai become the Eastern Continent Academy’s number one before seeing him, while explaining that Li Subai had arranged his marriage contracts and that the Lan Family owed him and Lin Duo a debt.

• Lan Yuxin returned to Lan Ling, who said Lin Bai had come seeking answers about his past but was not ready to hear the truth.
• Lan Ling explained that he was testing Lin Bai’s resolve and believed revealing the dangers facing him and his parents would overwhelm him at the Yang God Realm.
• Lan Yuxin admitted she had told Lin Bai that Lan Ling would see him only after he became the Eastern Continent Academy’s number one, and Lan Ling decided to let the challenge stand.
• Lan Ling told Yuxin that Li Subai had forced him and others to arrange marriage contracts for her unborn child, and that the contracts became serious after Kunxu was destroyed and Lin Duo and Li Subai suffered.
• Lan Ling reminded Yuxin that the Lan Family owed Lin Bai and Lin Duo, and Yuxin agreed.

Lan Ling chose Fang Yiyun to mentor Lin Bai, and Fang agreed to help while warning that he would show no mercy if Lin Bai proved useless. A month later, Lin Bai arrived at Spirit Master Island for the mentor selection, determined to rise to the top of the Eastern Continent Academy as the mentors arrived.

• Lan Ling rejected Su Ling and Bei Yanhai as unsuitable mentors for Lin Bai and sent Lan Yuxin to ask Fang Yiyun to take the role.
• Lan Yuxin found Fang Yiyun, who agreed to mentor Lin Bai but warned that he would not tolerate a useless disciple and would sever ties with the Lan Family afterward.
• After a month of sword training on Dragon Breeding Island, Lin Bai headed to Spirit Master Island for the mentor selection.
• Lin Bai arrived among more than a thousand new martial artists, who no longer regarded him with the same awe they had before.
• Lin Bai resolved to become the number-one person in the Eastern Continent Academy as the mentors arrived at Spirit Master Island.

Lan Feng introduced the Southern Courtyard’s cultivation resources and oversaw the new martial artists’ meeting with their mentors. Several mentors competed to recruit Lin Bai, but just as he was about to choose between Su Ling and the sword cultivator Bei Haiyan, an unknown arrival approached Spirit Master Island.

• Lan Feng welcomed the new disciples and explained that their mentors would help plan their cultivation and find resources.
• Su Ling introduced himself and invited Lin Bai to study under him, then Bei Haiyan offered to teach Lin Bai swordsmanship.
• The other mentors also sought Lin Bai as their student, drawing resentment from some of the new martial artists.
• Lan Feng advised Lin Bai to choose Su Ling for martial realm advancement or Bei Haiyan for swordsmanship.
• Lin Bai prepared to make his choice when someone arrived, cursing that he could no longer find the way to Spirit Master Island.

Fang Yiyun arrived at Spirit Master Island and insisted that Lin Bai become his disciple, interrupting Lin Bai’s choice between Su Ling and Bei Haiyan. Lan Feng revealed that Fang Yiyun was known as the Eastern Continent Academy’s number one sword cultivator of the Life Extinction Realm, leaving Lin Bai stunned by his reputation.

• Fang Yiyun arrived late, announced that he had come to be a mentor, and called for Lin Bai.
• Fang Yiyun told Lin Bai to cultivate under him and persuaded Lan Feng to add his name to the mentor list.
• Su Ling and Bei Haiyan objected when Fang Yiyun tried to take Lin Bai away, and Fang Yiyun challenged them to withstand his sword strike.
• Lin Bai hesitated because he had planned to choose Bei Haiyan, and Fang Yiyun urged him to ask whether Su Ling or Bei Haiyan could match him.
• Lan Feng told Lin Bai that Fang Yiyun was the Life Extinction Realm’s foremost sword cultivator in the Eastern Continent Academy and that neither Death Reversal Realm mentor could likely withstand one of his strikes.

Fang Yiyun, Su Ling, and Bei Haiyan challenged one another to a contest testing their skill as mentors, agreeing to have five disciples compete after five months. Fang Yiyun chose Lin Bai and four of the weakest newcomers, while Su Ling and Bei Haiyan selected promising Sub-Geniuses.

• Lan Feng revealed that Fang Yiyun was the First Sword Cultivator of the Life Extinction Realm in the Eastern Continent Academy.
• Su Ling proposed that he, Bei Haiyan, and Fang Yiyun each train five new disciples and hold a competition in five months, and Fang Yiyun accepted.
• Fang Yiyun chose Lin Bai, Meng Li, Changsun Yun, Wu Ming, and Shu Xiang as his disciples.
• Su Ling selected Pan Feiyang, Ouyang Jing, Chou Tong, Ying Tianchao, and Song Shuan, while Bei Haiyan selected Tan Jing, Chang Yunzai, Su Boyuan, Luo Song, and Luo Yu.
• Su Ling set the final contest for Spirit Master Island in five months, with five matches and the first mentor's team to win three taking victory.