Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai and Hu Xin'er joined the Ten Great Pirates, where Red Chamber revealed Lin Bai’s fearsome reputation. Lin Bai identified Ghost Prison Ship as the reason he had come, and Ghost Shadow Second Leader challenged him to a fight to the death.

• Lin Bai and Hu Xin'er arrived among more than a thousand pirates after Red Chamber called for Lin Bai.
• The pirates leered at Hu Xin'er, who leaned toward Lin Bai, and Ghost Shadow Second Leader recognized Lin Bai and mocked him over his past.
• Red Chamber introduced Lin Bai as the strongest swordsman below the Quasi-Holy Sons, alarming the pirates with accounts of his feats.
• Lin Bai told the gathering that Ghost Prison Ship had summoned him, and Ghost King began to apologize for the trouble.
• Ghost Shadow Second Leader interrupted Ghost King, boasted about capturing Lin Bai’s daughter and stealing from him, then challenged Lin Bai to a fight to the death.
• Lin Bai accepted and asked Ghost Shadow Second Leader how he wanted to die.

Lin Bai defeated the Ghost Shadow Second Leader in a sword duel after recalling how he had threatened Lin Bai’s daughter, Bao'er, and invaded Dragon Breeding Island. The Ghost King refused to let Lin Bai kill his brother and confronted him with hundreds of Ghost Prison Ship experts.

• The Ghost Shadow Second Leader challenged Lin Bai to a sword fight, and Lin Bai beat him back with their first clash.
• The Ghost Shadow Second Leader unleashed his full strength, but Lin Bai struck him down and left him bleeding a hundred meters away.
• Lin Bai declared that the Ghost Shadow Second Leader would pay for invading Dragon Breeding Island and capturing Bao'er.
• The Ghost King asked Lin Bai to spare his brother and offered compensation, but Lin Bai vowed to kill anyone who stood in his way.
• The Ghost King warned Lin Bai against making enemies of the Ghost Prison Ship, and hundreds of its experts stepped forward behind him.

Lin Bai and the Ghost Prison Ship were about to clash when an underground cave opened, revealing the Blood God Robe, one of the Ten Great Demonic Weapons. As the pirates rushed to claim it, Lin Bai drove Hong Lou back and seized the robe.

• Lin Bai prepared to fight the Ghost Prison Ship, but Ghost King held back to preserve his forces for the treasure contest.
• The ground split open, revealing a skeleton in a bloodstained white robe that the pirates identified as the Blood God Robe.
• Hong Lou, the Giant Whale Pirate Ship leader, and the other pirate groups rushed into the crack to claim the robe.
• Ghost King led the Ghost Prison Ship into the crack, while Lin Bai explained the Demonic Weapons to Hu Xin'er and followed them.
• Lin Bai and Hong Lou reached the skeleton at nearly the same time, but Lin Bai forced her back with a sword and took the Blood God Robe.

Lin Bai fought off pirates who tried to seize the Blood God Robe, killing the Giant Whale and No Return Pirate Ship leaders and slaughtering hundreds of warriors. He handed the robe to Hu Xin'er and then charged at Ghost Shadow Second Leader, while Ghost King sent the Ghost Prison Ship's pirates to stop him.

• The pirate leaders demanded the Blood God Robe, but Ghost King attacked Lin Bai before he could respond, prompting the other pirates to join the fight.
• Lin Bai used his flying swords and Demon Sword to kill the leader of the Giant Whale Pirate Ship with one strike.
• Lin Bai gave the Blood God Robe to Hu Xin'er and killed the leader of the No Return Pirate Ship before cutting down many more pirates.
• Lin Bai charged toward Ghost Shadow Second Leader, and Ghost King ordered several hundred Ghost Prison Ship pirates to attack him.

Lin Bai killed the Ghost King and Ghost Shadow after they tried to flee, while Red Chamber attacked Hu Xin'er to seize the Blood God Robe. The robe unleashed overwhelming power through Hu Xin'er, whose aura revealed that she had reached the pinnacle realm.

• The Ghost King ordered the Ghost Prison Ship warriors to attack Lin Bai and tried to escape with Ghost Shadow, but Lin Bai caught up and killed them both.
• Red Chamber demanded that Hu Xin'er hand over the Blood God Robe and struck her when she refused.
• Hu Xin'er put on the robe and used her charm technique to make Red Chamber retreat, but he attacked her again.
• The Blood God Robe repelled Red Chamber's palm and released a tremendous force that swept across Turtle Island, injuring Lin Bai and pinning the pirates to the ground.
• Hu Xin'er rose into the air as her aura surged, and Lin Bai recognized her power as that of someone who had reached the pinnacle realm.

Hu Xin'er awakened the Blood God Robe’s Apex Realm power, destroyed the pirates on Turtle Island, and confronted Lin Bai without killing him. She explained her ambitions for Bao'er before sensing several Apex Realm powerhouses approaching.

• Hu Xin'er’s Blood God Robe released Apex Realm power across Turtle Island, and Lin Bai recognized its strength.
• Hu Xin'er annihilated more than eight hundred pirates with one attack, while Hong Lou fled into the forest.
• Hu Xin'er pressed Lin Bai down and slapped him in revenge, but stopped when his Devouring Sword Soul awakened and freed him.
• Hu Xin'er told Lin Bai she would not kill him and said Bao'er could become a Demon God who would find new territories for the Demon Race.
• Hu Xin'er sensed multiple Apex Realm powerhouses approaching Turtle Island and warned Lin Bai.

Lin Bai and Hu Xin'er prepared to face three Apex Realm experts, but an awakened Ancient Divine Turtle frightened them away. Bao'er reunited with Lin Bai, while the turtle shrank and settled on her shoulder.

• Hu Xin'er sensed several Apex Realm experts approaching, and Lin Bai and Hu Xin'er prepared to leave Turtle Island and confront them.
• Turtle Island shook as an ancient voice angrily warned the approaching experts that they had disturbed its sleep.
• An enormous crocodile head emerged from beneath the seabed, and Lan Ling, the goateed old man, and the Outer Sect Master left after recognizing the danger.
• Bao'er ran to Lin Bai and said she had caught a giant turtle.
• The crocodile turtle denied being Bao'er's pet, shrank to palm size, and landed on her shoulder as Lin Bai and Hu Xin'er greeted it respectfully.

Lin Bai learned that the Blood God Robe would drain Hu Xin'er's life within three months, but Hu Xin'er chose to keep it. The Ancient Divine Turtle decided to follow Bao'er and take her as its disciple, and Lin Bai reluctantly allowed it while warning the turtle not to harm her.

• The Ancient Divine Turtle shrank to palm size and settled on Bao'er's shoulder, where Bao'er grabbed and kneaded it.
• The turtle warned Hu Xin'er that using the Blood God Robe would drain her life within three months, but Hu Xin'er chose to keep it.
• Lin Bai prepared to leave with Bao'er, but the turtle refused to leave her and announced it wanted to take her as its disciple.
• The turtle privately promised Lin Bai it would not hurt Bao'er, and Lin Bai agreed to let it follow them while threatening it if it had ulterior motives.
• Bao'er continued twisting the turtle's head, and the turtle told Lin Bai to make her stop.

Lin Bai left Turtle Island with Bao'er, Hu Xin'er, and Lord Turtle, then learned that the outer-gate disciples were fighting pirates in the Storm Sea Region. After Bao'er asked to see the battle, Lin Bai agreed to head to Tiger Island, where the pirates were making their last stand.

• Bao'er refused Lord Turtle's repeated pleas to become his disciple, and Lin Bai realized the turtle knew about the Origin Demon and Ling Tianzi.
• Lin Bai and Hu Xin'er left Turtle Island with Bao'er and Lord Turtle, traveling toward Teleportation Island through the bloodied Storm Sea Region.
• Lin Bai gave a wounded outer-gate disciple an Earth Profound Pill and learned that the outer gates had ordered an assault on the pirates.
• The wounded disciple told Lin Bai that the pirates had retreated to Tiger Island and asked him to oversee the battle, but Lin Bai initially declined because inner-gate disciples were not supposed to interfere.
• Bao'er asked Lin Bai to go see the battle, and Lin Bai agreed to take everyone to Tiger Island.

Lin Bai brought Hu Xin'er and Bao'er to Tiger Island, where the outer disciples were stalled by a pirate ambush and a confusing formation in the strait. He stayed to watch, concluding that the formation needed to be broken for the disciples to defeat the pirates, while the crowd of outer disciples continued to dwindle.

• Lin Bai took Hu Xin'er and Bao'er to Tiger Island with Chen Chen, who explained that pirates and a formation had trapped the outer disciples in a stalemate.
• Lin Bai told Chen Chen he would not join the attack, then observed the strait with Hu Xin'er and Bao'er.
• Lin Bai explained that the academy tolerated the pirates to temper the outer disciples and that its senior forces could eliminate them if they chose.
• Over several days, Lin Bai watched pirates ambush disciples who entered the strait, while the number of outer disciples gathered outside fell from more than two hundred thousand to just over one hundred thousand.
• Lin Bai identified the formation as a mist-like barrier that disoriented intruders and said the disciples needed to break it with force or protect a Formation Daoist studying it.

After seven days at Tiger Island Strait, Lin Bai watched the remaining outer disciples launch a final assault and become trapped in the pirates’ Mystic Mist Formation. The outer elders asked him to break the formation, and Lin Bai agreed to help with that alone.

• Lin Bai watched the outer disciples dwindle to around seventy thousand and predicted that they would soon abandon the operation.
• The outer disciples charged into Tiger Island Strait, where the pirates activated the Mystic Mist Formation and a chaotic battle began.
• Su Lingsu and Su Lingshan entered the mist and took antidotes as pirates attacked the disoriented disciples.
• The outer elders criticized the disciples’ failures and debated whether to intervene, then decided to ask Lin Bai to break the formation.
• Lin Bai questioned whether helping would undermine the outer sect’s trial, but agreed to break the formation without fighting the pirates.

Lin Bai used a single sword strike to break the Mystic Mist Formation trapping the outer sect disciples at Tiger Island Strait. As his spirit boat departed, Su Lingsu and Su Lingshan recognized him, and the elders sent the disciples to finish the pirate purge.

• Lin Bai agreed to help the outer sect elders and declared that one sword would break the Mystic Mist Formation.
• Lin Bai unleashed a streak of black Sword Qi at Tiger Island Strait, then returned to his spirit boat, confident the formation was broken.
• The Sword Qi split the Mystic Mist Formation and dispersed the fog, allowing the outer sect disciples to see one another and the pirates to panic.
• Su Lingsu and Su Lingshan saw Lin Bai returning to his spirit boat and recognized him as the sword cultivator who broke the formation.
• The elders arranged for the outer sect disciples to attack Tiger Island, and the disciples wiped out the pirates.

Lin Bai tested the Heaven Measuring Ruler and realized that wielding it drained his strength, while advancing his cultivation would require scarce resources. Lan Yuxin offered him a Lan Clan recommendation for the upcoming Quasi-Holy Son selection, and he agreed to participate.

• Lin Bai returned to Dragon Breeding Island, where Old Turtle tried to recruit Bao'er as his disciple and Hu Xin'er studied the Blood God Robe.
• Lin Bai lifted the Heaven Measuring Ruler and found he could use it three times before exhausting his strength, but would need to reach the fifth level of the Crimson Moon Nine Tribulation Body to wield it well.
• Lin Bai considered his shortage of natural treasures and spiritual liquid, then learned from Lan Yuxin that the Quasi-Holy Son selection was about to begin.
• Lan Yuxin explained that Quasi-Holy Sons could enter the Celestial Abode Realm and receive five million units of spiritual liquid.
• Lan Yuxin offered Lin Bai a recommendation from the Lan Clan, and Lin Bai accepted the chance to participate.

Lan Yuxin gave Lin Bai a Lan Clan Recommendation Token so he could enter the Quasi-Holy Son selection, though he would have to pose as her unmarried husband. Lin Bai accepted the token and decided to attend, while Lan Ling revealed the urgency came from old monsters in the Central Sacred Nation who had waited for more than twenty years.

• Lan Yuxin warned Lin Bai that the Quasi-Holy Son selection was brutal and gave him a Lan Clan Recommendation Token.
• Lan Yuxin explained that Lin Bai would need to participate as her unmarried husband, and Lin Bai initially returned the token to protect her reputation.
• Lan Yuxin told Lin Bai to come to the Lan Clan in ten days to leave for the Celestial Abode Realm, and Lin Bai decided to attend the selection after she left.
• Lan Yuxin told Lan Ling what had happened, and Lan Ling said Lin Bai had been right to worry about her reputation.
• Lan Ling dismissed Lan Zhaoqing's likely objections and told Lan Yuxin that the Central Sacred Nation's old monsters could not wait much longer.

Li Jiuge prepared his Southern Courtyard candidates for the Quasi-Holy Son selection and ordered them to target Lin Bai. Lin Bai arrived at the Lan Clan to join the expedition to the Celestial Abode Realm, where he accidentally walked in on a woman bathing.

• Li Jiuge introduced Ji Yun as a secretly cultivated candidate and promised rewards to anyone who killed Lin Bai.
• Li Jiuge arranged for Wang Qing, a guardian of Divine Peak, to cripple Lin Bai’s cultivation.
• Ten days later, Lin Bai left Dragon Breeding Island and traveled to the Lan Clan to join the selection candidates.
• A Lan Clan disciple led Lin Bai to a secluded courtyard to wait for the others.
• Lin Bai followed the sound of splashing water, opened a room’s door, and found a young woman bathing, prompting her to cry for help.

Lin Bai was accused of trespassing into Lan Xinghe’s residence and assaulting his wife, though he insisted the incident had been arranged to frame him. Lan Yuxin tried to investigate, but an Apex Realm elder arrived and demanded Lin Bai be punished immediately.

• Lin Bai entered a room where Lan Lier was bathing, then left after she cried out for help.
• Lan Xinghe arrived with guards, accused Lin Bai of trespassing and misconduct, and ordered them to cripple his cultivation.
• Lin Bai repelled the guards, while Lan Lier ran to Lan Xinghe and supported his accusation.
• Lan Yuxin arrived and questioned Lan Xinghe, who claimed he had married Lan Lier the previous day; she said she would investigate before judging Lin Bai.
• An Apex Realm elder descended and declared Lin Bai’s guilt proven, threatening to punish him himself if Lan Yuxin would not.

Lan Zhaoqing arrived to punish Lin Bai and take his Recommendation Token for Lan Xinghe, but Lan Yuxin defended Lin Bai and challenged the accusations. Lin Bai offered to fight Lan Xinghe and the woman together, leaving Lan Zhaoqing to decide whether to accept.

• Lan Zhaoqing descended and supported Lan Xinghe’s accusation that Lin Bai had trespassed into the Lan Clan’s inner sanctum.
• Lan Zhaoqing proposed crippling Lin Bai’s cultivation and taking his Recommendation Token for another candidate, while Lan Yuxin accused him of using underhanded tactics to favor Lan Xinghe.
• Lan Yuxin vowed to protect Lin Bai and investigate the matter, even if she had to fight Lan Zhaoqing.
• Lin Bai recognized that Lan Zhaoqing wanted his Recommendation Token for Lan Xinghe and challenged Lan Xinghe and the woman beside him to defeat him for it.
• Lan Xinghe accepted the challenge eagerly and urged Lan Zhaoqing to agree.

Lin Bai fought Lan Xinghe for the Recommendation Token and defeated him after drawing the Demon Sword. He then struck down the young woman who joined the fight and demanded to know who had sent her to frame him.

• Lan Xinghe accepted Lin Bai's challenge to decide who would get the Recommendation Token, and Lan Yuxin agreed to the contest.
• Lan Xinghe attacked Lin Bai with a punch, but Lin Bai blocked it with his physical strength before drawing the Demon Sword.
• Lin Bai urged Lan Xinghe to use the Lan Clan's Bloodline Inheritance Martial Soul, but Lan Xinghe instead attacked with One Body, Eight Shadows.
• Lin Bai shattered seven of Lan Xinghe's afterimages and struck his true body, sending him flying and spitting blood.
• At Lan Zhaoqing's order, the young woman attacked Lin Bai, but he defeated her and held his sword to her throat.
• Lin Bai demanded that the young woman reveal who had sent her to frame him.

Lin Bai exposed Lan Xinghe’s plot to frame him, but Lan Zhaoqing tried to dismiss it as a misunderstanding. After Lan Yuxin took Lin Bai to prepare for the Quasi-Holy Son selection, she told her father Lan Ling what had happened, and Lan Ling summoned Lan Zhaoqing to answer for it.

• Lin Bai cut off the woman’s arm and forced her to reveal that Lan Xinghe had paid her to frame him and take his Recommendation Token.
• Lan Zhaoqing struck the woman unconscious and dismissed her accusation as a misunderstanding, while Lin Bai left with Lan Yuxin.
• Lan Yuxin introduced Lin Bai to the Lan Clan members joining the Quasi-Holy Son selection and said they would depart for the Celestial Abode Realm in half an hour.
• Lan Yuxin told Lan Ling that Lan Zhaoqing and Lan Xinghe had attacked Lin Bai, and Lan Ling sent for Lan Zhaoqing.
• Lan Zhaoqing went to Lan Ling’s lakeside residence and faced the Lan Clan leader, a former Holy Son of the Eastern Continent Academy.

Lan Ling punished Lan Zhaoqing for making Lan Yuxin unhappy over Lin Bai, sending him into seclusion at Contemplation Cliff. Meanwhile, Lin Bai and the Southern Courtyard arrived for the Quasi-Holy Son selection, where rival martial artists recognized him and some planned to attack him for Li Jiuge’s reward.

• Lan Ling told Lan Zhaoqing that Lin Bai was Lan Yuxin’s fiancé and ordered him to resign from his positions and remain at Contemplation Cliff until the Lan Clan faced a crisis.
• Lan Zhaoqing handed over his positions to Lan Xinghe and went into seclusion at Contemplation Cliff.
• Lin Bai and the Southern Courtyard group traveled through Secret Realm Island’s teleportation array to the Celestial Abode Realm, where more than two hundred consummate Life Extinction Realm martial artists had gathered.
• Qin Tang recognized Lin Bai from their encounter on Dead Island and warned the Eastern Courtyard martial artists not to fight him.
• Ji Yun and the other martial artists recommended by Li Jiuge discussed killing Lin Bai in the Celestial Abode Realm to claim Li Jiuge’s reward.