Chapter Summaries

Emperor Xiao led the Divine Martial Nation’s forces to Sky Desolate City to confront the resurrected Ye Suxin. After Bai Xiaoxiao told Ye Suxin that Lin Bai had visited her, Ye Suxin reacted in agony and threatened Bai Xiaoxiao.

• Chu Jiangliu joined the army, and the Emperor Xiao departed Lingnan Imperial City with five hundred thousand Immaculate Army troops and three million Chu Family Army soldiers.
• The Emperor Xiao learned from the Shadow Division that Ye Suxin was in Sky Desolate City and ordered the army to hurry there.
• Old Ancestor Ding reported the approaching forces to Ye Suxin, who revealed herself and agreed to meet the Emperor Xiao.
• The Emperor Xiao reached Sky Desolate City and climbed its wall alone to meet Ye Suxin.
• Bai Xiaoxiao told Ye Suxin that Lin Bai had visited her, and Ye Suxin suffered a painful reaction before warning Bai Xiaoxiao never to mention his name again.

Bai Xiaoxiao confronted Ye Suxin atop Sky Desolate City’s walls, but realized a strange presence was hiding within Ye Suxin’s body and tormenting her whenever Lin Bai’s name was spoken. The presence taunted Bai Xiaoxiao about Lin Bai’s feelings as she demanded to know its identity.

• Chu Jiangliu told Chun Han that Ye Suxin’s connection to Lin Bai had driven him to destroy dynasties and raid Divine Relic Ridge.
• Bai Xiaoxiao mentioned Lin Bai, causing Ye Suxin to clutch her head in severe pain and warn her not to speak his name.
• Ye Suxin questioned why Bai Xiaoxiao had brought her army to the Eight Desolations Domain, and Bai Xiaoxiao answered that she had come for Lin Bai.
• Ye Suxin told Bai Xiaoxiao that she would no longer compete for Lin Bai, while Bai Xiaoxiao sensed her chaotic aura and demanded that the presence inside her leave.
• The presence in Ye Suxin’s body taunted Bai Xiaoxiao about whose place in Lin Bai’s heart was greater, and Bai Xiaoxiao unleashed her Death Reversal Realm power across ten thousand miles.

Ye Suxin confronted Emperor Xiao in Sky Desolate City, denied interest in the Southern Corner Domains, and revealed her plans to take revenge on the Eastern Continent. After Emperor Xiao withdrew to monitor her, Ye Suxin ordered her forces toward the Dragon Ascension Dynasty and resolved to kill Lin Bai to suppress Ye Suxin’s soul.

• Ye Suxin warned Emperor Xiao that fighting her could leave them both gravely wounded and said she would not interfere in the Southern Corner Domains.
• Emperor Xiao threatened to kill Ye Suxin if she harmed Lin Bai, then questioned her about the Demon Sect remnants gathered in Sky Desolate City.
• Ye Suxin said the Eastern Continent was her enemy and left the city wall; Emperor Xiao withdrew with his million troops and ordered the Shadow Division to watch her forces.
• Ye Suxin told Old Ancestor Ding that she planned to move against the Eastern Continent and ordered him to begin with the Ten Dynasties by going to the Dragon Ascension Dynasty.
• Ye Suxin said she intended to kill Lin Bai because his death would weaken the soul resisting her control, and millions of martial artists vanished from Sky Desolate City by dawn.

Lin Bai followed the Kunxu Token’s route to Li Family Village in the Azure Sky Domain, hoping to find Kunxu. After confirming he had reached the village, he asked Old Drunkard whether any cultivators lived there and how to reach Kunxu.

• Lin Bai traveled through the Azure Sky Domain and used the Kunxu Token to locate the area around Li Family Village.
• Lin Bai spotted the village’s entrance sign and entered, finding its residents to be ordinary mortals.
• Old Drunkard teased Lin Bai and traded information for wine from Lin Bai’s Azure Gourd.
• Old Drunkard told Lin Bai about Widow Li beating Wang Tiangao after he tried to assault her, until Widow Li shouted him into silence.
• Lin Bai confirmed that this was Li Family Village and asked Old Drunkard whether it had any martial artists and how to get to Kunxu.

Lin Bai learned that Kunxu would not open again until the fifteenth of next month, so he agreed to stay with Old Drunkard in Li Family Village. After seeing Old Drunkard’s ramshackle home, Lin Bai reflected on how he had no home of his own.

• Old Drunkard told Lin Bai that Kunxu opened only on the fifteenth of each month, meaning Lin Bai had to wait until next month despite having a token.
• Old Drunkard offered Lin Bai a place to stay in exchange for wine and housework, and Lin Bai accepted after hearing that staying in the mountains might make him miss Kunxu’s opening.
• Old Drunkard led Lin Bai through Li Family Village, where the villagers scorned him and Butcher Li chased him after he insulted the butcher’s meat.
• Old Drunkard showed Lin Bai his three dilapidated houses and called them a grand mansion.
• Lin Bai said Old Drunkard was fortunate to have a home, while he himself had nothing but the sword in his hand.

Lin Bai stayed with Old Drunkard, cleaned his filthy home, and went to Widow Li’s house to beg for rice. As he cooked, Lin Bai felt his mind grow calm, unknowingly advancing his Gale Wind Intent to the middle stage.

• Old Drunkard made Lin Bai clean his house in exchange for staying there.
• After Lin Bai finished cleaning, Old Drunkard sent him to Widow Li to ask for rice, meat, and wine.
• Widow Li gave Lin Bai a basin of rice, and he returned to cook for himself and Old Drunkard.
• While the rice cooked, Lin Bai noticed his heart had become calm and did not know his Gale Wind Intent had advanced to the middle stage.

Lin Bai settled into daily life in Li Family Village, hunting with the village team and relying on Widow Li for rice. As he searched the mountains like an ordinary person, his Earth Intent advanced to the late stage, and he finally brought home a rabbit to share with Old Drunkard and Widow Li.

• Lin Bai enjoyed his first restful sleep in years and spent five days adjusting to village life while Old Drunkard urged him to ask Widow Li for rice.
• Lin Bai joined the hunting team, caught three rabbits, cooked one for Old Drunkard, and gave the other two to Widow Li in exchange for rice.
• Lin Bai hunted with the team for several days but returned empty-handed as game grew scarce around the village.
• While Lin Bai searched the mountains without using his cultivation, his Earth Intent advanced from the early stage to the middle stage and then the late stage.
• Widow Li gave Lin Bai rice when he returned empty-handed, and the next morning he caught a rabbit and split it between Old Drunkard and Widow Li.

After rain sparked a breakthrough in Lin Bai’s Water Drop Intent, he went hunting and returned with a wild boar to find Wang Tiangao threatening Widow Li over a forged debt. Lin Bai intervened and offered the boar to settle the five-tael claim, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Rain falling from the eaves prompted Lin Bai’s Water Drop Intent to break through.
• The hunting party teased Lin Bai about Widow Li, and he hunted a large wild boar in the mountains.
• Lin Bai returned to find Wang Tiangao accusing Widow Li of owing him five taels and threatening to take her away.
• Lin Bai pushed Wang Tiangao’s men away from Widow Li and challenged Wang Tiangao.
• Lin Bai threw his wild boar at Wang Tiangao’s feet and offered it as payment for Widow Li’s alleged debt.

Lin Bai fought Wang Tiangao and lost his prey, then faced rejection from the villagers and struggled to hunt alone. After arguing with Old Drunkard, Lin Bai accepted Widow Li’s food and wine, and she offered him a place to stay and prepared hot water for him.

• Lin Bai defeated Wang Tiangao’s men, but Wang Tiangao took the wild boar and threatened revenge.
• The villagers feared the Wang family and avoided Lin Bai, while Widow Li treated his wounds; his Blazing Fire Intent began to break through.
• The hunting party left without Lin Bai, and he returned from the mountains empty-handed for several days.
• Old Drunkard mocked Lin Bai for failing to hunt, and Lin Bai argued with him before leaving the house.
• Widow Li invited Lin Bai in for meat soup and fruit wine, offered to let him stay with her, and prepared hot water for him.

Lin Bai remembered Bai Xiaoxiao and resolved to leave Li Family Village for Kunxu, despite Widow Li warning that Old Drunkard had invented it. On the mountain, Lin Bai comprehended the four intents he had been cultivating and reached grand perfection in them before returning to Old Drunkard's home with nine rabbits.

• Widow Li begged Lin Bai to stay or take her with him, but Lin Bai remembered Bai Xiaoxiao and decided to leave for Kunxu.
• Widow Li told Lin Bai that Kunxu did not exist and that Old Drunkard deceived martial artists to get their wine, but Lin Bai still left her home and walked out of Li Family Village.
• As rain fell on the mountain, Lin Bai reflected on cultivation and reached grand perfection in Gale Wind Intent, Blazing Fire Intent, Water Drop Intent, and Earth Intent.
• Lin Bai spent the day on the mountain, then resumed hunting after the sky cleared.
• At dusk on the second day, Lin Bai returned to Old Drunkard's home carrying nine wild rabbits.

Lin Bai left Li Family Village after Old Drunkard told him Kunxu would not open until next month. At the village entrance, Fu Qingshuang revealed that the villagers were powerful gatekeepers trapped by a labyrinth formation, then gave Lin Bai his name.

• Lin Bai prepared nine pickled rabbits for Old Drunkard, said he was leaving, and departed Li Family Village.
• Old Drunkard and Widow Li discussed Lin Bai’s firm resolve, then Old Drunkard ordered that Li Buzheng receive the Eastern Continent Academy’s Holy Son.
• Old Drunkard wondered why Lin Bai possessed Primal Fiend Ancestor’s gourd and said Lin Bai would have to understand its mysteries himself.
• At the village entrance, Lin Bai met Hu Xin'er and a black-clad middle-aged man who tried to take him away from Kunxu.
• The man explained that Li Family Village’s residents were powerful old monsters trapped by its labyrinth formation and warned Lin Bai not to provoke Old Drunkard or Widow Li.
• After Lin Bai asked who he was and how he knew his father, the man identified himself as Fu Qingshuang.

Lin Bai refused Fu Qingshuang’s offer to leave with him, determined to enter the Kunxu and learn what happened more than twenty years ago. Fu Qingshuang gave Lin Bai the Blood God Robe before departing, and Li Buzheng led Lin Bai through the hidden path into the Kunxu.

• Fu Qingshuang revealed that someone from the Kunxu had arrived and urged Lin Bai to leave with him, but Lin Bai refused to go without answers about his past.
• Fu Qingshuang gave Lin Bai the Blood God Robe and warned him that using it consumed life force and vital blood before leaving with Hu Xin'er.
• Li Buzheng greeted Lin Bai outside Li Family Village and invited him to enter the Kunxu.
• Li Buzheng explained that the villagers were powerful martial artists trapped at the Kunxu entrance, and Lin Bai recognized several familiar residents.
• Li Buzheng filled Li Family Village with mist, revealing a stone-paved street, and led Lin Bai toward the Kunxu.

Li Buzheng brought Lin Bai into Kunxu and revealed that it was a vast mountain range from the Spirit World, displaced into a minor world near the Barren Ancient Continent after a battle between the Giant God Race and the Heaven Swallowing Race. As Li Buzheng showed Lin Bai the Li family’s settlement, Lin Bai learned about Kunxu’s scale and the Li family’s lineages.

• Li Buzheng warned Lin Bai to keep everything he encountered in Kunxu secret, and Lin Bai agreed before entering.
• Li Buzheng revealed that Kunxu was a mountain range in the Spirit World that had sunk into the void after a battle between the Giant God Race and the Heaven Swallowing Race.
• Lin Bai learned that Kunxu was hundreds of millions of li long and roughly half the size of Eastern Continent, leaving him eager to reach the Spirit World.
• Li Buzheng explained that over a million Li family members lived in Kunxu, mostly from collateral and branch lines, and identified Li Daoyuan as a notable collateral-line disciple.

Li Buzheng showed Lin Bai around Kunxu, explained its history and tensions with the tribes, and brought him to Cloud Heaven Mountain, where he described Kunxu’s resources and Seventy-Two Arts. Lin Bai learned that he would need to earn Contribution Points himself to access the Kunxu Pagoda’s treasures during his year of cultivation.

• Li Buzheng told Lin Bai that he and his younger sister were the only members of Kunxu’s direct lineage, then led him toward the collateral-lineage area.
• A group of martial artists set out to retaliate after the Heavenly Blade Tribe looted a medicinal herb garden near Dragon Mountain and killed their companions.
• Li Buzheng explained that Kunxu’s tribes descended from Spirit Realm martial artists and had long fought the Li Family over control of Kunxu.
• Li Buzheng took Lin Bai to Cloud Heaven Mountain, his residence for the year he would cultivate in Kunxu.
• Li Buzheng explained that the Kunxu Pagoda held the Li Family’s cultivation resources and Kunxu’s Seventy-Two Arts, which Lin Bai could obtain with Contribution Points.
• Li Buzheng told Lin Bai that, as an outsider, he would receive no monthly Contribution Points and would have to earn them himself.

After Li Buzheng introduced Lin Bai to Kunxu, Lin Bai began planning how to uncover the truth about his parents, Lin Duo and Li Subai. The next day, Li Buxian gathered a group of young people and pulled Lin Bai along on a mysterious outing.

• Li Buzheng gave Lin Bai a Voice Transmission Token and explained that his disciple token could be used to store Contribution Points before leaving to handle the Heavenly Blade Tribe's attack on the Li Family's medicinal garden.
• Lin Bai decided to investigate his mother Li Subai's past in Kunxu, beginning by finding out which branch she belonged to and seeking out her old friends.
• Lin Bai rested in his palace for several days, then heard Li Buxian calling for him the next morning.
• Li Buxian took Lin Bai to a bamboo forest, where seven other young men and women appeared, and announced that they were ready to set off.
• Lin Bai asked Li Buxian where she and the others were going.

Lin Bai joined Li Buxian and her friends as they sneaked out of the Li family to support the fighting at Dragon Mountain. After the group passed the guards and set out, Li Zhaoyun boasted about killing tribal warriors, while Lin Bai silently recalled the many battles he had survived.

• Li Buxian told Lin Bai that she and her friends planned to sneak out to Dragon Mountain, where the Heavenly Blade Tribe had attacked a medicine garden.
• Lin Bai advised Li Buxian and the others to stay behind, but Li Zhaoyun called him a coward and urged the group to leave.
• Lin Bai caught up with the group and promised to do his best to protect Li Buxian if they encountered danger.
• Li Fugui bribed the guards at the Li family's boundary, allowing the young disciples to leave and head for Dragon Mountain.
• Li Zhaoyun bragged about killing tribal warriors and mocked Lin Bai, who remembered the many corpses left in his wake.

Lin Bai traveled with Li Buxian and Li Zhaoyun toward Dragon Mountain, learning about the Li Family’s forces and its conflict with Kunxu’s tribes. Sensing an ambush ahead, he ordered the group to turn back.

• Li Zhaoyun led Lin Bai, Li Buxian, and their companions out of the Li Family’s ancestral lands on Dragon Scale Horses toward Dragon Mountain.
• Li Buxian explained that the War God Battalion had mobilized against the Heavenly Blade Tribe and described the Li Family’s military strength.
• As the group neared Dragon Mountain, Li Zhaoyun noticed the smell of blood, and Lin Bai sensed tens of thousands of celebrating martial artists beyond a mountain.
• An old man in hemp clothing detected Lin Bai’s presence and sent Bai Yu with several thousand people to intercept the group.
• Lin Bai sensed danger, held Li Buxian, took control of the reins, and ordered everyone to turn back.

Lin Bai warned Li Buxian and the others that the Li family’s War God Battalion had been defeated, but they dismissed him and rode on. At the mountaintop, they saw the massacre at Dragon Mountain and were surrounded by Bai Yu and thousands of Heavenly Blade Tribe warriors.

• Lin Bai stopped the group and warned Li Buxian, Li Zhaoyun, and the others that the War God Battalion had lost and the Heavenly Blade Tribe lay ahead.
• Li Zhaoyun attacked Lin Bai, then rode toward the mountaintop with Li Buxian and the others, leaving Lin Bai behind.
• Li Buxian, Li Zhaoyun, and their companions reached the summit and saw the War God Battalion’s corpses scattered across Dragon Mountain beneath the Heavenly Blade Tribe’s flag.
• Li Buxian realized Lin Bai had told the truth as the Heavenly Blade Tribe warriors looted the dead and cleared the battlefield.
• Bai Yu emerged from the woods as thousands of Heavenly Blade Tribe warriors surrounded Li Buxian and the others.

Bai Yu and the Heavenly Blade Tribe surrounded Li Buxian, Li Zhaoyun, and Li Fugui, intending to capture the valuable Kunxu heirs. Lin Bai arrived and drove the attackers back, then demanded that Bai Yu let him take Li Buxian.

• Li Buxian recognized Bai Yu, and he revealed that her bounty made her valuable to the Heavenly Blade Tribe.
• Bai Yu ordered his fighters to capture Li Buxian, Li Zhaoyun, and Li Fugui unharmed, and they advanced on the frightened group.
• Lin Bai's flying sword struck the attackers near Li Buxian and forced them back, and he descended from the clouds to confront Bai Yu.
• Lin Bai scolded Li Buxian for disobeying him, while Li Zhaoyun angrily blamed him for arriving without calling Kunxu reinforcements.
• Lin Bai told Bai Yu he would take Li Buxian and had no interest in the others.

Lin Bai rejected Bai Yu’s offer to keep Li Buxian behind and defeated him when he unleashed the Heavenly Blade Tribe’s secret art. Lin Bai escaped with Li Buxian and Li Fugui as Bai Yu ordered his warriors to pursue them.

• Lin Bai struck Bai Yu with Dragon Slayer Swordplay: Buddha's Wrath, forcing him back, then proposed leaving with Li Buxian while sparing the others.
• Bai Yu refused Lin Bai’s proposal and offered to release everyone except Li Buxian; Li Zhaoyun agreed to abandon her, but Lin Bai rejected the deal.
• Bai Yu attacked Lin Bai with Heavenly Blade: Moonbreaker, and Li Buxian warned Lin Bai that he could not block it.
• Lin Bai countered with Heaven Splitting Sword Method: Mountain Cleaver, shattered Bai Yu’s attack, and badly wounded him.
• Lin Bai grabbed Li Buxian and Li Fugui and flew away, while Bai Yu ordered his warriors to chase them.