Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai raced toward the Inheritance Palace but was stopped by Qin Tang, the top-ranked martial artist on the Life Extinction Rankings, who demanded his Purple Token. Lin Bai defeated Qin Tang with Slaying the Immortals and reached the palace, while Qin Tang was left wondering how Lin Bai had merged three intents into one.

• Lin Bai left the Old Eccentric and the others to hold off their opponents and hurried toward the Inheritance Palace.
• Qin Tang blocked Lin Bai’s path and demanded the Purple Token, revealing his mastery of four intents.
• Lin Bai and Qin Tang exchanged hundreds of blows, leaving both injured, though Lin Bai was worse off.
• Lin Bai used Slaying the Immortals, merging his three intents with the Devouring Sword Soul’s power and grievously wounding Qin Tang.
• Lin Bai fled toward the Inheritance Palace, and Qin Tang wondered how Lin Bai had merged his intents.
• Lin Bai arrived at the Inheritance Palace and stepped inside.

Lin Bai entered the Inheritance Palace after escaping the fighting on Dead Island. His entry ended the struggle over the Purple Token, while the other martial artists resumed fighting over newly appeared tokens and several rivals vowed to pursue him.

• Lin Bai reached the nine-story Inheritance Palace, opened its gates with the purple mark between his brows, and entered as the purple pillar of light vanished.
• A Ning, Old Eccentric, Yin Jiuling, and their allies withdrew after their battle with the six Quasi-Holy Sons of the Eastern Academy left them injured.
• Lan Yuxin forced the bloodied Situ Yuntian to retreat, and he vowed to challenge her again during the Holy Son Battle.
• Li Jiuyge learned Lin Bai had entered the Inheritance Palace and swore to kill him and reclaim his treasures.
• Yellow, green, and blue pillars of light appeared, and martial artists across Dead Island began fighting for the new tokens.

Lin Bai entered the Inheritance Palace with his Purple Token and learned how its cultivation techniques were selected. After seeing the vast collections on the lower floors, he continued upward to explore the palace’s more valuable treasures.

• Lin Bai entered the Inheritance Palace and learned that his Purple Token let him choose one cultivation technique from any floor.
• Lin Bai found a tiny young man inside the bronze lamp, who explained that the first floor held hundreds of thousands of techniques and martial skills.
• The young man advised Lin Bai not to waste time on the first two floors and explained that the third floor held low-grade King-level cultivation techniques.
• Lin Bai passed through the second floor without stopping and reached the third floor.

Lin Bai reached the seventh floor of the Demon Sect’s Inheritance Palace, where he learned about Emperor-level cultivation techniques and the importance of one’s Dao heart. After revealing the Demon Sect’s fall and his status as its final disciple, he chose to climb to the eighth floor despite the danger.

• Lin Bai passed the floors holding King-level cultivation techniques and learned that the seventh floor contained one scroll of ninety-nine Emperor-level techniques.
• The young man in the bronze lamp explained that at the Emperor level, cultivation depends on oneself, one’s heart, and one’s Dao rather than external techniques or Martial Souls.
• Lin Bai became more interested in the eighth floor than in studying the Emperor-level techniques, and the young man said he was afraid others would discover his Demon Sect identity.
• The young man revealed that he could see the Demon Sect disciple mark within Lin Bai but could not see through his Martial Soul.
• Lin Bai explained that the Demon Sect had been defeated by the Divine Sect five thousand years earlier and that he was its final disciple.
• Lin Bai decided to climb to the eighth floor to see what treasures awaited him.

Lin Bai reached the eighth level of the Demon Sect Inheritance Palace and learned that it held the Yuanmo Sutra, a compendium of techniques created by Yuanmo. As he studied its contents, he recognized arts connected to people he had met and wondered about their ties to the Demon Sect.

• Lin Bai crossed into the eighth level using the Demon Sect disciple mark and found the Yuanmo Sutra on the table.
• The lamp's young man explained that the sutra collected techniques Yuanmo had studied and created, spanning many fields and rivaling divine-grade techniques.
• Lin Bai read about the Life and Death Lamp Flame Art and realized it explained how Old Ancestor Ding and others had preserved their souls and returned from the dead.
• Lin Bai found the Life-Death Curse Seal and recalled that Old Ancestor Ding had used it on him before Lin Bai destroyed it.
• Lin Bai read the Reincarnation Curse and wondered whether Yin Jiuling had used it to reincarnate nine times and sought Lin Bai because of it.
• Lin Bai considered whether the Heavenly Crippled Four Brothers and the Old Eccentric had cultivated techniques from the sutra.

Lin Bai explored the Yuanmo Sutra in the Inheritance Palace and learned that he could study only one technique there. After choosing the Heaven Splitting Sword Method, he resolved to seek the Demon Seal, which could make him Sect Master of the Demonic Sect and let him change the palace’s rules.

• Lin Bai discovered that the Yuanmo Sutra contained the Crimson Moon Nine Tribulation Body and the Heaven Splitting Sword Method, which suited his Overlord Sword Dao.
• The Lantern-Fire Youth explained that Lin Bai could not take or copy the sutra and could cultivate only one art from it in the Inheritance Palace.
• The Lantern-Fire Youth revealed that whoever obtained the Demon Seal would become Sect Master of the Demonic Sect and could alter the palace’s rules.
• Lin Bai learned that the Gods and Demons Seal was an Emperor-grade spirit artifact split into the Divine Seal and Demon Seal, and that the Demon Seal could brand new Demonic Sect disciples.
• Lin Bai questioned whether the battle fifty thousand years ago had really been about finding Yuanmo, then chose the Heaven Splitting Sword Method and resolved to search for the Demon Seal.

Lin Bai chose the Heaven Splitting Sword Method and studied its techniques and cultivation insights in the Inheritance Palace before leaving after one day. On Dead Island, he encountered four familiar members of the Profound Heaven Sect.

• Lin Bai chose the Heaven Splitting Sword Method, which the lantern-lit youth explained was suited to his Crimson Moon Nine Tribulation Body and the Overlord Sword Dao.
• The lantern-lit youth told Lin Bai that nine divine wills were watching Dead Island but could not enter the Inheritance Palace, then left to greet new disciples.
• Lin Bai studied the Heaven Splitting Sword Method’s five moves and the insights left by its former cultivators.
• The other six token holders entered the Inheritance Palace, while martial artists who tried to force their way inside died and most others left Dead Island.
• After one day, Lin Bai left the Inheritance Palace and wondered whether Yin Jiuling and the others were safe from the Eastern Court’s Quasi-Holy Sons.
• Lin Bai spotted Lin Xiaoqing, Gu Yuan, Lei Chong, and Chai Ming among martial artists gathered in the forest.

Lin Bai confronted Lin Xiaoqing and Gu Yuan on Dead Island after discovering they had not left his friends’ bodies. They escaped after collecting the Demon Sect Inheritance Palace, and the Order Divine Court issued a bounty for their capture.

• Lin Xiaoqing ordered Lei Chong and Chai Ming to collect the Inheritance Palace while she and Gu Yuan held Lin Bai back.
• Lin Bai defeated Gu Yuan and pinned Lin Xiaoqing with his sword, but she warned that killing her would kill his friend.
• The Demon Sect Inheritance Palace shrank and was collected, and six martial artists were thrown from it.
• Gu Yuan and Lin Xiaoqing escaped from Dead Island, with Lin Xiaoqing declaring that her Life-Death Demon Sect would return for Lin Bai.
• The Order Divine Court offered a King Grade Spirit Artifact to anyone who found the Inheritance Palace and hunted down Lin Xiaoqing, Lei Chong, Gu Yuan, and Chai Ming.
• An elder angrily blamed the goateed old man for the Inheritance Palace’s disappearance, while Lan Ling appeared relieved.

After completing his three-month journey through the Divine Demon Realm, Lin Bai returned to Dragon Breeding Island, where he found Hu Xin'er with Bao'er. He reclaimed Bao'er and returned Hu Xin'er's blood soul, leaving Hu Xin'er astonished by his strength and rapid cultivation breakthrough.

• The Order Divine Court elders vowed to recover the Demon Sect's Inheritance Palace and planned to kill Lin Xiaoqing, Hu Xin'er, Lan Yuxin, and Chai Ming.
• Lin Bai left Dead Island and spent the remaining half month searching for Lin Xiaoqing and the others, but could not find them.
• Lin Bai reached the eighth level of the Life Extinction Realm, obtained the Heaven Splitting Sword Method, and strengthened his Crimson Moon Nine Tribulation Body before leaving the Divine Demon Realm.
• Lin Bai waited on Secret Realm Island until Lan Yuxin, Wu Ming, Changsun Yun, Meng Li, and the others returned, then went back to Dragon Breeding Island.
• Lin Bai attacked Hu Xin'er and took Bao'er from her, but stopped when Bao'er explained that Hu Xin'er had kept her company.
• Lin Bai warned Hu Xin'er not to scheme against Bao'er and returned her blood soul, prompting Hu Xin'er to question how he had grown so strong in three months.

Lin Bai returned after three months and found that Hu Xin'er had cared for Bao'er while he was away. He let Hu Xin'er stay for Bao'er's sake, discovered Bao'er's rapid cultivation and dragon fire, and began teaching her the Five Elements Scripture.

• Hu Xin'er marveled at Lin Bai's cultivation breakthrough, and Lin Bai told her to hand over her Blood Soul and leave.
• Hu Xin'er reminded Lin Bai that she had cared for Bao'er, and Bao'er pleaded with him to let her stay.
• Lin Bai agreed to let Hu Xin'er remain and learned that she had reassured Bao'er while he and Bao'er's mother were away.
• Lin Bai refined batches of pills for Bao'er and discovered that she had reached the full-circle Yin Saint Realm and possessed fierce flames around her divine pill.
• Lin Bai began teaching Bao'er to read, but she recited the Five Elements Scripture because Hu Xin'er had already taught her the characters.
• Lin Bai instructed Bao'er to use the scripture to control her spiritual power and to keep their lessons secret from everyone, including Hu Xin'er.

Lin Bai confronted Hu Xin'er over leaving Dragon Breeding Island, then raced to rescue Bao'er after an intruder abducted her. The black-clad martial artist escaped through Lin Bai's formation and demanded the cultivation method Lin Bai had obtained from the Demon Sect's Inheritance Palace in exchange for Bao'er's life.

• Lin Bai ordered Hu Xin'er to stay on Dragon Breeding Island for Bao'er's sake and warned her not to reveal Bao'er's identity.
• Hu Xin'er challenged Lin Bai, but he swiftly held his Demonic Sword to her throat and stopped her attack.
• Lin Bai agreed to help Hu Xin'er find the person she was seeking and asked her to teach Bao'er good things.
• Lin Bai and Hu Xin'er heard Bao'er cry out, then discovered that someone had taken her from the palace.
• Lin Bai caught up with a black-clad martial artist carrying Bao'er as he passed through the Heavenly Intent Five Elements Formation.
• The black-clad martial artist threatened to kill Bao'er unless Lin Bai gave him a copy of the cultivation method from the Demon Sect's Inheritance Palace.

A black-clad martial artist captured Bao'er and demanded the imperial-grade cultivation method Lin Bai had obtained from the Demon Sect’s Inheritance Palace. Lin Bai gave him the Heaven Splitting Sword Method, but the man took Bao'er and Hu Xin'er as hostages and ordered Lin Bai to meet him at the Ghost Prison Ship in three days.

• The black-clad martial artist seized Bao'er and threatened to kill her unless Lin Bai handed over the cultivation method.
• Lin Bai gave him a Jade Slip containing the Heaven Splitting Sword Method, but the martial artist demanded time to verify it and set a meeting for three days later.
• The black-clad martial artist demanded Hu Xin'er as well, and she agreed to go with him to protect Bao'er.
• The martial artist left with Bao'er and Hu Xin'er, taunting Lin Bai as he went.
• Lin Bai vowed to rescue Bao'er, then went to the Heavenly Treasure Islands to sell spiritual treasures and buy spiritual medicines.

Lin Bai refined an Exploding Divine Pill and spent three days watching the sun before setting out for the Storm Sea Region to rescue Hu Xin'er and Bao'er. Meanwhile, Ghost Shadow returned with his captives to the Ghost Prison Ship, where the Ghost King warned him that provoking Lin Bai could endanger their major undertaking.

• Lin Bai refined an Exploding Divine Pill, stored it away, and watched the sun rise and set for three days before heading to the Storm Sea Region.
• Ghost Shadow brought Hu Xin'er and Bao'er to the Ghost Prison Ship and revealed that he was its Second Leader, known as Ghost Shadow.
• Ghost Shadow boasted to the Ghost King that he had captured Lin Bai's daughter, taken his woman, and seized his emperor-grade cultivation technique.
• The Ghost King rebuked Ghost Shadow for disobeying orders and risking their major undertaking by provoking an inner-sect disciple.
• Ghost Shadow dismissed the Eastern Continent Academy's disciples as cowards, while the Ghost King insisted that its inner-sect disciples were truly powerful.

Lin Bai entered the Storm Sea Region and rescued Su Lingsu and Su Lingshan from pirates attacking their vessel. Meanwhile, Ghost King and Ghost Shadow Second Leader sailed toward Turtle Island, leaving Hu Xin'er and Bao'er imprisoned aboard the Ghost Prison Ship.

• Ghost Shadow Second Leader told Ghost King that Lin Bai was coming to find him, and Ghost King agreed to kill Lin Bai if he appeared.
• Ghost King said Red Chamber had located a treasure on Turtle Island and ordered their pirate ships to sail there; Ghost Shadow Second Leader had Hu Xin'er and Bao'er locked in the water prison.
• Lin Bai flew into the Storm Sea Region and saw Li Jian and his pirates attacking Su Lingsu and Su Lingshan's spirit vessel.
• Li Jian's men killed the other outer disciples, and Li Jian raised his sword against Su Lingshan before Lin Bai struck him and sent him into the sea.
• Lin Bai recognized Su Lingsu and Su Lingshan, then used his flying sword to kill every pirate aboard the ship except Li Jian.

Lin Bai rescued Su Lingsu and Su Lingshan from Li Jian and learned that the Ten Pirate Ships had gathered in the Storm Sea Region to search for something near Turtle Island. He headed there alone to find Bao'er, while the pirate ships converged on the island.

• Lin Bai killed hundreds of pirates and rescued Su Lingsu and Su Lingshan, who told him pirates had grown unusually active in the outer sect region.
• Li Jian admitted he belonged to the Sky Eagle Pirate Ship and revealed that the Ten Pirate Ships had ordered pirates to guard the Storm Sea Region while they searched for something near Turtle Island.
• Li Jian identified the Ghost Prison Ship as one of the Ten Pirate Ships and said its leader, the Ghost King, had cultivation comparable to a Quasi-Holy Son.
• Lin Bai sent Su Lingsu and Su Lingshan back to the outer sect with Li Jian and flew alone into the Storm Sea Region toward Turtle Island to find Bao'er.
• The ten pirate ships gathered near Turtle Island, including the Ghost Prison Ship and the Red Ship, whose captain was Red Chamber.

Lin Bai searched the map for Turtle Island before confronting a Demon Dragon Pirate Ship crew and forcing their leader to reveal the island’s location. He headed there aboard the spirit boat, determined to reach Bao'er and face the Ghost Prison Ship.

• Lin Bai could not find Turtle Island on his map and decided to question a pirate for directions.
• The Blue-Faced Brute and more than fifty Demon Dragon pirates attacked Lin Bai, who killed the attackers with his flying swords.
• Lin Bai defeated the Blue-Faced Brute and demanded answers to his questions.
• The Blue-Faced Brute revealed that the Demon Dragon and Ghost Prison Ships had gone to Turtle Island and agreed to take Lin Bai there.
• Lin Bai traveled toward Turtle Island aboard the spirit boat, thinking of Bao'er and the Ghost Prison Ship.

Hu Xin'er escaped the Ghost Prison Ship’s water prison with Bao'er, who ran onto Turtle Island. Lin Bai arrived seeking them, fought his way past the pirates, and found the prison guards dead but Hu Xin'er and Bao'er missing.

• Hu Xin'er rescued Bao'er from the water prison and headed for the deck, where Bao'er spotted Turtle Island and ran across the sea toward it.
• Hu Xin'er followed Bao'er into Turtle Island, worried after seeing pirate ships moored around the island.
• Lin Bai reached the Ghost Prison Ship and demanded to know where Hu Xin'er and Bao'er were; when the pirates attacked, his flying sword killed more than fifty of them.
• A frightened pirate led Lin Bai to the water prison, where he found the guards dead but Hu Xin'er and Bao'er gone.
• Lin Bai recognized Hu Xin'er's handiwork in the guards' fatal wounds and wondered where she and Bao'er had escaped.

Lin Bai learned that Hu Xin'er and Bao'er might have entered Turtle Island, where the Ten Pirate Ships had gathered to search for treasure. He fought through the pirates guarding the island and hurried deeper to find them before the White Bone Pirate Ship could harm them.

• A young pirate told Lin Bai that the leaders and experts from all Ten Pirate Ships had gone to Turtle Island in search of treasure.
• Lin Bai left the Ghost Prison Ship and flew toward Turtle Island, while the surviving pirates speculated that he was the famed sword cultivator Lin Bai.
• On Turtle Island, Lin Bai overheard pirates say a little girl and a beautiful woman had run deeper into the island and that the White Bone Pirate Ship was pursuing them.
• Lin Bai killed the pirates who attacked him and forced a survivor to reveal that the woman and girl had gone into the White Bone Pirate Ship's territory.
• Lin Bai killed the survivor and rushed toward Turtle Island's depths to search for Hu Xin'er and Bao'er.

The Outer Sect Master learned that the Ten Pirate Ships had gathered the pirates at the Storm Sea Region and ordered every Outer Sect disciple to join the war. As millions of disciples set out, Lin Bai reached a mountain range on Turtle Island covered in ancient skeletons and pressed onward to investigate.

• Su Lingshan and Su Lingsu captured Li Jian, who revealed that the Ten Pirate Ships had returned to the Storm Sea Region and assembled the pirates there.
• The Outer Sect Master identified Red Pavilion as the likely force leading the pirates and ordered the Outer Sect to attack and destroy all ten pirate ships.
• The Outer Sect announced rewards and possible Inner Sect advancement for participants, prompting millions of disciples, including Su Lingshan, Su Lingsu, and Zhang Xin, to head for the Storm Sea Region.
• Lin Bai swept past the pirates’ warning martial artists on Turtle Island and found a mountain range strewn with skeletons from an ancient battle.

Lin Bai crossed a bone-strewn mountain on Turtle Island, rescued Hu Xin'er from a band of pirates, and learned that Bao'er had gone missing. He and Hu Xin'er continued toward the island's depths, where they found the main force of the Ten Great Pirates gathered ahead.

• Lin Bai found skeletons wearing Eastern Continent Academy robes and armor from the Great Wu Dynasty, then recognized other remains as soldiers of the Dragon Ascension Dynasty.
• Lin Bai killed more than a hundred pirates who had surrounded Hu Xin'er, then pursued and killed the sole survivor with his flying swords.
• Hu Xin'er told Lin Bai that Bao'er had run into the island to catch a giant tortoise and that she had not found her while searching for her.
• Lin Bai and Hu Xin'er discussed the skeletons and why Eastern Continent forces had come to Turtle Island.
• Lin Bai and Hu Xin'er saw several thousand Life Extinction Realm great perfection pirates gathered at the end of the mountain range, including a conspicuous red-haired man.