Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai broke through to the ninth level of the Life Extinction Realm and advanced the Crimson Moon Nine Tribulation Body to its fourth layer while cultivating at the Divine Peak Spirit Pool. As the Celestial Abode Realm neared opening, Qin Tang remarked that Lin Bai had become powerful enough to defeat him in three swords.

• Lin Bai broke through to the ninth level of the Life Extinction Realm, then stabilized his cultivation and began practicing the Crimson Moon Nine Tribulation Body.
• Gu Lingqi recognized Lin Bai's technique and greedily planned to take it for the Gu Family of the Eastern Courtyard and its Ancient and Modern Pavilion, while Qin Tang noticed his intentions.
• Lin Bai broke through to the fourth layer of the Crimson Moon Nine Tribulation Body and spent the remaining time consolidating his gains.
• At dawn on the final day before the Celestial Abode Realm opened, Lin Bai learned that only he, Qin Tang, and Gu Lingqi had reached the Divine Peak.
• Qin Tang told Lin Bai that his strength had grown so much he could likely defeat him with three swords.

After becoming the Southern Courtyard’s Quasi-Holy Son, Lin Bai rejected Gu Lingqi’s offer to buy his techniques and said he would not visit the Gu Family. His deeds spread across the Eastern Continent, while Mo Wenshen was sent from the Central Sacred Nation to investigate Lin Duo and his wife and search for something.

• Gu Lingqi offered to buy Lin Bai’s cultivation technique and the Crimson Moon Nine Tribulation Body, but Lin Bai refused and agreed to Gu Lingqi’s bet that he would visit the Gu Family within three months.
• Qin Tang warned Lin Bai that Gu Lingqi and the Gu Family were dangerous, while Lin Bai said he planned to enter seclusion for six months to a year.
• Lan Yuxin congratulated Lin Bai on becoming the Southern Courtyard’s Quasi-Holy Son, and he returned to the Southern Courtyard with her as Qin Tang left for the Eastern Courtyard.
• News spread that Lin Bai had defeated three sword cultivators, crippled Gu Jianfeng, and crippled Wang Qing, making him famous across the Eastern Continent.
• A prince in the Central Sacred Nation sent Mo Wenshen back to the Eastern Continent to investigate Lin Duo and his wife and search for something.

After returning from the Celestial Abode Realm, Lin Bai cared for Bao'er and trained on Dragon Breeding Island, mastering the Heaven Splitting Sword Method with the Heaven Measuring Ruler and Demon Sword. He left the island afterward to visit Fang Yiyun on Nine Heavens Island, while Old Turtle secretly planned to take Bao'er to Southern Province.

• Lin Bai returned the Lan Clan warriors' situation to Lan Yuxin, then went back to Dragon Breeding Island and reunited with Bao'er.
• Lin Bai spent time with Bao'er, earned more than a million spirit liquids in the Black Market, and refined pills for her.
• Lin Bai found he could lift the Heaven Measuring Ruler with one hand and practiced the Twin Swords Dao with it and the Demon Sword.
• Old Turtle praised Lin Bai's talent and decided to take Bao'er to Southern Province to seek the dragon clan's bloodline cultivation method.
• Lin Bai practiced for a month, mastered the Heaven Splitting Sword Method, and left Dragon Breeding Island the next day to visit Fang Yiyun on Nine Heavens Island.

Lin Bai visited Fang Yiyun on Nine Heavens Island and asked to spar so he could improve his Twin Swords Dao. Their battle lasted three days and three nights before they finally stopped.

• Lin Bai found Fang Yiyun mourning the absence of his disciples, who had entered secluded cultivation after returning from the Divine Demon Realm.
• Fang Yiyun told Lin Bai that the Gu Family had pressured the Eastern Courtyard to make the Southern Courtyard hand him over, but assured him he was safe.
• Lin Bai asked Fang Yiyun to spar with him, revealing that he had cultivated the Crimson Moon Nine Tribulation Body to the fourth layer.
• Lin Bai and Fang Yiyun fought on a mountain peak, and the battle's commotion drew Wu Ming, Changsun Yun, Shu Xiang, and Meng Li to watch.
• Lin Bai and Fang Yiyun fought for three days and three nights before stopping.

After sparring with Fang Yiyun, Lin Bai went to Exiled Immortal City to bring Wen Jia to him for instruction. He arrived as laborers were beating Wen Jia for believing Lin Bai would free him from his Sin Slave status, and intervened just as they tried to cripple him.

• Lin Bai and Fang Yiyun ended their three-day spar, and Fang Yiyun admitted he had won by only half a move.
• Lin Bai left Nine Heavens Island for Exiled Immortal City to find Wen Jia and bring him to Fang Yiyun.
• Laborers mocked Wen Jia for waiting for Lin Bai and doubted he could ever escape his Sin Slave status.
• Wen Jia insisted Lin Bai would keep his promise, but the laborers beat him and threatened to cripple his cultivation.
• A surge of spiritual energy sent the laborers flying, and an icy voice warned them they were looking to die.

Lin Bai rescued Wen Jia from servants who were beating him and let him retaliate before asking whether his anger had faded. When Exiled Immortal City’s guards tried to imprison Wen Jia and dismissed his rights as a Sin Slave, Lin Bai confronted them, his killing intent rising.

• Lin Bai arrived as servants tried to cripple Wen Jia’s cultivation, blasted them away, and identified himself as the Southern Courtyard’s Quasi-Holy Son.
• Wen Jia recognized Lin Bai, cried with relief, and beat the servants who had bullied him while they begged for mercy.
• Exiled Immortal City guards arrived and ordered Wen Jia seized for assaulting the servants.
• Lin Bai reassured Wen Jia, asked if his anger had faded, and prepared to take him away when Wen Jia said it had.
• The guard captain demanded Wen Jia be imprisoned for a year, but Lin Bai pointed out that the servants had attacked first and tried to cripple him.
• The guards insisted Wen Jia was only a Sin Slave and declared him guilty, prompting Lin Bai’s killing intent to emerge.

Lin Bai protected Wen Jia from Exiled Immortal City's guards and revealed himself as the Southern Courtyard's Quasi-Holy Son. He declared Wen Jia his sworn younger brother and refused to let anyone mistreat him, even someone in the Death Reversal Realm.

• Lin Bai struck the guards' captain with a flying sword after the captain threatened him and dismissed Wen Jia as a Sin Slave.
• Lin Bai overwhelmed the guards with his cultivation and showed his Identity Token, revealing that he was the Southern Courtyard's Quasi-Holy Son.
• The guards recognized Lin Bai and begged him for mercy, while Ren Tiangao arrived and greeted him.
• Lin Bai criticized the guards for accusing Wen Jia without investigating, and Ren Tiangao dismissed Wen Jia as a lowly Sin Slave.
• Lin Bai told Ren Tiangao that he and Wen Jia had sworn brotherhood and warned that he would not let anyone bully Wen Jia.
• Wen Jia wept behind Lin Bai, moved by the protection he had never received before.

Lin Bai took Wen Jia out of Exiled Immortal City despite Ren Tiangao’s warning and brought him to Fang Yiyun for instruction. Fang Yiyun agreed to teach Wen Jia his parents’ secret arts, though he denied taking him as a disciple.

• Lin Bai declared Wen Jia his brother and threatened to fight Ren Tiangao if he tried to stop him from leaving Exiled Immortal City.
• Lin Bai took Wen Jia away, and Ren Tiangao reported the matter to Lan Ling before leaving to inform the Eastern Continent Academy.
• Lan Ling recalled Wen Jia’s parents and vowed to keep their child safe.
• Lin Bai brought Wen Jia to Fang Yiyun, who initially rejected him and warned Lin Bai not to reveal his connections to Lan Ling or Lin Duo.
• Fang Yiyun agreed to teach Wen Jia the secret arts his parents had practiced, and Wen Jia knelt and called him Master despite Fang Yiyun’s protests.

More than a hundred black-clad martial artists broke into Dragon Breeding Island to capture Bao'er while Lin Bai was away. Lin Bai returned in time to kill the first intruder and left Bao'er with Old Turtle as he went to confront the rest.

• More than a hundred black-clad martial artists used Formation Breaking Pearls to breach Dragon Breeding Island and searched for Bao'er.
• Old Turtle noticed the intruders heading for Bao'er and watched as one found her sleeping and prepared to take her away.
• Old Turtle challenged the intruder, but the man dismissed him and reached for Bao'er.
• Lin Bai appeared in the room and killed the intruder with the Demonic Sword.
• After confirming Bao'er was safe, Lin Bai asked Old Turtle to watch over her and went to face the remaining intruders.

Lin Bai returned to Dragon Breeding Island and fought more than one hundred black-clad martial artists who tried to seize or kill Bao'er. He killed them all, but their suicides and poison kept him from learning who had sent them.

• Lin Bai returned to Dragon Breeding Island, sensed intruders, and went to check on Bao'er as the black-clad martial artists learned he was back.
• The attackers split into two groups: one engaged Lin Bai while the other rushed into Bao'er's palace to take or kill her.
• Lin Bai sent two flying swords to guard Bao'er, and they killed the more than twenty martial artists who entered her room; Old Turtle recognized Lin Bai as Ling Tianzi's successor in the sword dao.
• Lin Bai used his Demon Sword and flying swords to kill the attackers who remained outside the palace.
• The surviving attackers fled, but each one Lin Bai caught either killed himself or died from poison before he could reveal their employer.
• Lin Bai killed the final attacker in the forest and learned nothing about who had sent the intruders.

After black-clad martial artists attacked Dragon Breeding Island to capture Bao'er, Lin Bai suspected Li Jiuge and set out alone for Myriad Stars Island to confront him. He left Lan Yuxin to protect Bao'er while Old Turtle secretly planned to persuade her to take Bao'er to the Southern Province.

• Lin Bai told Lan Yuxin that the organized group of 108 Life Extinction Realm martial artists had come for Bao'er, and they suspected Li Jiuge had sent them to use her as leverage for the Dragon Blood Crystal and other treasures.
• Lin Bai declared he would make Li Jiuge pay for targeting Bao'er and decided to go to Myriad Stars Island alone.
• Lan Yuxin offered to accompany Lin Bai, but he asked her to stay and guard Bao'er in case more attackers came.
• Old Turtle reassured Lan Yuxin about Lin Bai and secretly decided to persuade her to take Bao'er to the Southern Province.
• Lin Bai arrived alone at Myriad Stars Island, the Southern Courtyard's gathering place for prodigies.

Lin Bai arrived at Myriad Stars Island and cleaved apart its famed defensive formation with one sword strike. As more than a hundred experts converged on him, he demanded that Li Jiuge come out or he would bathe the island in blood.

• A young man told his younger companion that Southern Courtyard disciples could enter Myriad Stars Island by passing Ascension Island’s test.
• Lin Bai walked toward Myriad Stars Island, ignored the young man’s warning, and gathered black radiance around himself.
• The young man recognized Lin Bai as the sword cultivator who had defeated three opponents in the Celestial Abode Realm.
• Lin Bai formed an enormous sword phantom and shattered the Myriad Stars Grand Formation with a single strike.
• More than a hundred experts flew toward Lin Bai as he entered Myriad Stars Island and demanded that Li Jiuge appear.

Lin Bai invaded Myriad Stars Island and demanded that Li Jiuge face him. After killing more than fifty attackers with his flying swords, he confronted the survivors, and Miss Xuan arrived.

• Lin Bai split the Myriad Stars Grand Formation and entered the island, demanding to see Li Jiuge.
• More than a hundred Myriad Stars Island martial artists attacked Lin Bai despite his warning to stay back.
• Lin Bai used his flying swords to kill over fifty attackers, forcing the survivors to retreat beyond a hundred meters.
• Lin Bai threatened to bathe Myriad Stars Island in blood unless Li Jiuge appeared.
• Miss Xuan arrived, and the surviving martial artists greeted her with relief.

Lin Bai stormed Myriad Stars Island and demanded to see Li Jiuge, but Miss Xuan said Li Jiuge was away and tried to stop him. When Miss Xuan attacked, Lin Bai crushed her strike and seized her by the throat.

• Lin Bai confronted Miss Xuan and demanded to know where Li Jiuge was.
• Miss Xuan said Li Jiuge was not on Myriad Stars Island and ordered Lin Bai to leave.
• Lin Bai ignored Miss Xuan's warnings and continued toward her, insisting he would not leave without seeing Li Jiuge.
• Miss Xuan revealed that she was one of Myriad Stars Island's three great experts and attacked Lin Bai with a powerful palm strike.
• Lin Bai used his physical strength to crush Miss Xuan's attack, pull her toward him, and grab her throat.

Lin Bai defeated Miss Xuan and entered Li Jiuge’s secluded courtyard to wait for him. After overpowering Miss Xuan again when she used her Martial Soul Secret Method, Lin Bai discovered a Spirit Field filled with rare herbs.

• Lin Bai shattered Miss Xuan’s attack, seized her, and carried her into the heartland of Myriad Stars Island as its martial artists watched in fear.
• Lin Bai entered Li Jiuge’s secluded courtyard despite Miss Xuan’s warning, and the martial artists outside surrounded it rather than follow him in.
• Miss Xuan broke free with her Martial Soul Secret Method and attacked Lin Bai, but he struck her down with Dragon Seeker and warned her not to attack again.
• Lin Bai spotted a Spirit Field containing more than a hundred kinds of rare spirit herbs and realized their fragrance had drawn his attention.

Lin Bai broke into Myriad Stars Island, defeated Miss Xuan, and drained the spirit herbs in Li Jiuge's courtyard to strengthen himself. Li Jiuge returned to find his formation destroyed and rushed into the courtyard after learning Lin Bai was there.

• Lin Bai absorbed spirit herbs from Li Jiuge's Spirit Herb Courtyard, breaking through to the fifth layer of the Crimson Moon Nine Tribulation Body.
• Li Jiuge returned to Myriad Stars Island after Wang Qing refused to help him oppose Lin Bai.
• Li Jiuge discovered the Myriad Stars Grand Formation had been destroyed and found hundreds of martial artists gathered around his Spirit Herb Courtyard.
• A martial artist told Li Jiuge that Lin Bai had killed more than fifty defenders and defeated Miss Xuan with one punch.
• Li Jiuge learned Miss Xuan was in the Spirit Herb Courtyard and rushed inside, fearing for his spirit herbs.

Lin Bai plundered the Spirit Herb Courtyard and destroyed Li Jiuge’s treasured Myriad Dragon Form Flower, absorbing its power to reach the Ninth-Level Peak of the Life Extinction Realm. Li Jiuge confronted him in a rage, and Lin Bai prepared to settle their grudges.

• Lin Bai absorbed the medicinal herbs in the Spirit Herb Courtyard and plucked the nearly mature Myriad Dragon Form Flower despite Miss Xuan’s warning.
• Li Jiuge arrived and explained that the flower was meant to help him complete the fourth transformation of the Nine Transformations of the Divine Dragon.
• Lin Bai absorbed the Myriad Dragon Form Flower in front of Li Jiuge, turning it to ashes.
• The flower’s power raised Lin Bai’s cultivation to the Ninth-Level Peak of the Life Extinction Realm.
• Lin Bai faced the enraged Li Jiuge and declared that they would settle their debts.

Li Jiuge attacked Lin Bai after Lin Bai absorbed the Myriad Dragon Form Flower, and the two unleashed their strongest techniques in a battle that devastated Myriad Stars Island. Their clash was felt across the four courtyards, and Lan Ling watched the fight through an image in a lake.

• Li Jiuge transformed with the third form of the Nine Transformations of the Divine Dragon, struck Lin Bai with a punch, and nearly crushed him with the World Extinguishing Dragon God Finger.
• Lin Bai evaded the finger attack and countered with Seeking the Dragon, but Li Jiuge caught his sword barehanded and sent three divine dragons after him.
• Lin Bai and Li Jiuge exchanged sword techniques, formations, and dragon arts as the battle shook Myriad Stars Island.
• Their fight destroyed all one hundred and eight islands and sent a powerful shockwave across the Southern, Western, Northern, and Eastern Courtyards.
• Lan Ling sensed the disturbance and used spiritual light to reveal an image of Lin Bai and Li Jiuge fighting on Myriad Stars Island.

Lin Bai and Li Jiuge fought a battle so powerful that most of Myriad Stars Island was destroyed, and neither could gain the upper hand. Li Jiuge unleashed his strongest killing moves as Lin Bai gathered three sword intents into Zhu Xian, leaving their clash poised to escalate.

• Lan Ling and Old Turtle reacted to Lin Bai fighting Li Jiuge, while Old Turtle reassured Lan Yuxin that neither fighter could kill the other.
• Experts from all four courtyards sensed the battle’s power and rushed to Myriad Stars Island to watch.
• Lin Bai and Li Jiuge continued fighting for half an hour, destroying most of the islands without deciding a victor.
• Li Jiuge summoned his White Dragon Holy Sword martial soul and combined it with the Three Dragon Seal as Miss Xuan fled the area.
• Lin Bai merged Aurora Intent, Slaughter Intent, and Rainstorm Intent into Zhu Xian as Li Jiuge charged at him.

Lin Bai and Li Jiuge’s battle destroyed the 108 islands of Wan Xing, but Courtyard Head Chen intervened before either could kill the other. As Lin Bai and Li Jiuge accused each other, Li Jiuge denied sending attackers after Lin Bai’s family, leaving Lin Bai to question who had done it.

• Lin Bai and Li Jiuge’s killing moves collided, wrecking the 108 islands of Wan Xing and leaving both fighters gravely injured.
• Lin Bai and Li Jiuge took pills and resumed fighting, with Lin Bai’s flying swords knocking Li Jiuge back.
• Courtyard Head Chen descended and used his Apex Realm power to force Lin Bai and Li Jiuge to stop.
• Lin Bai accused Li Jiuge of sending more than a hundred experts to Dragon Breeding Island to kill his family, while Li Jiuge denied it.
• Lin Bai realized that Li Jiuge might be telling the truth and wondered who else could have sent the attackers.