Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai rescued Li Buxian and Li Fugui from Bai Yu, but the High Priest of the Heavenly Blade Tribe ordered Crow to pursue them and capture Li Buxian. As Lin Bai fled with the two, he warned Li Buxian that falling into the tribe’s hands would be worse than death.

• Bai Yu ordered his warriors to pursue Lin Bai and take Li Zhaoyun and the other Li Family disciples to the High Priest.
• The High Priest learned that Lin Bai had injured Bai Yu and sent Crow to capture Li Buxian.
• Lin Bai carried Li Buxian and Li Fugui away rather than risk fighting the Heavenly Blade Tribe while the others remained behind.
• Li Buxian questioned why Lin Bai had not rescued Li Zhaoyun, and Lin Bai warned her that the Heavenly Blade Tribe would treat her cruelly.

Lin Bai escaped Dragon Mountain with Li Buxian and Li Fugui and contacted Li Buzheng, who promised to send the Sky Dragon Hall to help. Before they could reach safety, a Blood Blade Hall powerhouse known for controlling crows confronted them and stole Lin Bai’s Voice Transmission Token.

• Lin Bai took Li Buxian and Li Fugui toward the Li family and used Li Buzheng’s Voice Transmission Token to report what had happened at Dragon Mountain.
• Li Buzheng scolded Li Buxian and Li Fugui for leaving Kunxu, then told them to return with Lin Bai while he sent the Sky Dragon Hall to rescue them.
• Lin Bai sensed killing intent and spotted a crow watching them from a dead tree, then killed it with a streak of sword light.
• A vast flock of crows filled the sky, and a black-clothed young man appeared among them as Lin Bai warned Li Buxian and Li Fugui that he had arrived.
• Li Buzheng identified the man as a Death Reversal Realm powerhouse from the Heavenly Blade Tribe’s Blood Blade Hall and urged Lin Bai to flee.
• The black-clothed man sent a crow to snatch Lin Bai’s Voice Transmission Token and disappear into the flock.

Lin Bai faced Crow, a Death Reversal Realm assassin from the Blood Blade Hall, while Li Buxian and Li Fugui sought a way to escape. He stayed behind to hold Crow off as they fled toward a hidden cave, and Li Buxian was reminded of her brother Li Buzheng by Lin Bai’s silhouette.

• Li Fugui and Li Buxian explained the fearsome reputations of the Blood Blade Hall, Black Sword Hall, and Gold Silver Mountain to Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai decided that escaping Crow’s encircling crows was impossible and asked whether there was a safe place nearby.
• Li Buxian described a hidden cave three days away and gave Lin Bai a Jade Slip with the route.
• Lin Bai told Li Buxian and Li Fugui to flee while he held Crow back, and Li Fugui led Li Buxian away.
• As Li Buxian watched Lin Bai face Crow, his silhouette reminded her of Li Buzheng protecting her.

Lin Bai fought Raven to let Li Buxian and Li Fugui escape, but his strongest attacks failed to kill the sixth-stage Death Reversal Realm warrior. Raven prepared to use the ravens to activate a formation as Lin Bai’s strength ran low.

• Lin Bai killed the ravens Raven sent after Li Buxian and Li Fugui, allowing them to escape.
• Raven wounded Lin Bai with a punch and shattered his Dragon Slayer Swordplay attack.
• Lin Bai combined the Overlord Sword Dao and Spirit Sword Dao, then struck Raven with the Heaven Splitting Sword Method.
• Lin Bai unleashed the Zhu Xian Sword with ninefold Intent and carved a deep wound across Raven’s chest.
• Raven survived, revealed he had raised the ravens to set up a formation, and threatened to kill Lin Bai.

Lin Bai broke free of Crow’s sound-wave formation and escaped after deciding not to use the Blood God Robe or Demon Seed. Crow failed to catch him and returned to the Heavenly Blade Tribe, where Bai Yu and his group also headed back.

• Crow used the crows’ shrieks to trap Lin Bai in the Demonic Sound Disorienting Formation, inflicting severe internal injuries.
• Lin Bai used the Devouring Sword Soul’s Martial Soul Secret Method—Break the Bans to tear open the formation and destroy many crows.
• Lin Bai decided against using the Blood God Robe or Demon Seed and escaped with the Sword Control Art.
• Crow pursued Lin Bai but could not catch him, then suspected Lin Bai’s sword techniques were connected to the Broken Sword Tribe.
• Bai Yu arrived at the battlefield, learned Crow would report to the High Priest, and led his group back to the Heavenly Blade Tribe.

The Heavenly Blade Tribe's High Priest learned that Lin Bai used techniques linked to the Broken Sword Tribe and ordered an investigation while preparing for Kunxu's retaliation. In Kunxu, Li Zhengyi ordered the Sky Dragon Hall and one hundred elders to mobilize against the Heavenly Blade Tribe and rescue Li Zhaoyun and the other captives.

• The black-clad martial artist reported his failed attempt to capture Lin Bai and Li Buxian to the High Priest.
• The High Priest suspected Lin Bai had a connection to the Broken Sword Tribe and ordered agents in Kunxu to investigate his background.
• The High Priest told the Heavenly Blade Tribe to prepare for Kunxu's retaliation after its fighters captured Li Zhaoyun and other Li Family members at Dragon Mountain.
• Li Buzheng recounted the events at Dragon Mountain to Li Zhengyi, Mo Wenshen, and the Li Family elders.
• Li Zhengyi ordered the Sky Dragon Hall and one hundred elders, including the Grand Elder, to march against the Heavenly Blade Tribe and demand the captives and Dragon Mountain's resources.

Li Buxian and Li Fugui hid in a cave after escaping the Heavenly Blade Tribe, where they found the severely wounded Lin Bai and helped him recover. As they slept, Lin Bai discovered a hidden sword mark on the cave wall that reacted to his blood.

• Li Buxian reassured Li Fugui that the hidden cave would keep them safe and worried about Li Zhaoyun and Lin Bai.
• A crash at the cave entrance led Li Buxian and Li Fugui to find Lin Bai unconscious and covered in blood.
• Li Fugui examined Lin Bai and found that nearly all his bones were broken, eighteen meridians severed, and his organs badly damaged.
• Lin Bai woke, blamed his injuries on a formidable Heavenly Blade Tribe Blood Blade Hall martial artist, and began healing with Earth Profound Pills.
• After three days, Lin Bai had recovered half his strength, while Li Buxian and Li Fugui slept in the cave.
• Lin Bai uncovered a sword mark on the wall, and his blood flowed through it as crimson lines came alive.

Lin Bai awakened traces of his parents in the cave while fighting the blood-colored sword rays and learning Dragon Slayer Swordplay. He heard the missing ninth form named, then watched Lin Duo and Li Subai argue in the projection.

• Lin Bai discovered that the blood-colored sword rays targeted only him and recognized their attacks as moves from Dragon Slayer Swordplay.
• Lin Bai used Dragon Slayer Swordplay to defeat the sword rays after half an hour of studying and practicing them.
• Lin Duo's voice revealed the name of the missing ninth form: Dragon Slaying.
• Lin Bai recognized the figures of Lin Duo and Li Subai as his parents and realized his blood and swordplay had awakened traces they left behind.
• Lin Duo teased Li Subai about her strength and the Kunxu Disciples, prompting her to call him a wooden fish and a rotten wooden fish.

Lin Bai watched Lin Duo demonstrate the ninth move of Dragon Slayer Swordplay, revealing that it was a Dao Art divided into three swords. Lin Duo predicted their future son, Lin Bai, would master and surpass the technique, leaving Lin Bai moved by the revelation and puzzled by the iron sword’s connection to A Ning.

• Lin Duo explained to Subai that he had withheld the ninth move because it was a Dao Art too dangerous for cultivators without a strong foundation.
• Lin Bai recognized the rust-covered iron sword Lin Duo held as the sword A Ning treasured.
• Lin Duo demonstrated Dragon Slayer Drawing Sword Art, Dragon Slayer Imprisoning Heaven Art, and Dragon Slayer Returning Sea Art, explaining that together they formed the ninth move.
• Lin Bai realized the sword marks on the cavern walls had been made by the second sword, which contained the first eight moves as its foundation.
• Lin Duo told Subai that their future son, Lin Bai, would master the Three Swords Technique and might surpass him, while Subai shyly denied agreeing to bear him a son.

Lin Bai relived a memory of his parents and vowed to rescue them, while his blood awakened Lin Duo’s sword intent in Kunxu. The Central Sacred Nation discovered Lin Bai’s location and ordered Mo Wenshen to find him.

• Lin Bai watched the phantoms of Lin Duo and Li Subai leave the cave, then vowed to save his parents and surpass his father’s Dragon Slayer Swordplay with his Zhu Xian Swordplay.
• Li Buxian and Li Fugui woke to Lin Bai’s cries, but he reassured them and began cultivating the ninth move of the Dragon Slayer Swordplay.
• Lin Bai’s blood touched the sword marks in the cave, and Lin Duo sensed the disturbance from his prison on a floating island beyond East Continent.
• Lin Duo told Li Subai that their son was in Kunxu, and the man in black realized the Central Sacred Nation had also sensed Lin Duo’s sword intent.
• The man in black threw Li Subai’s bronze lamp into a pool of magma and ordered Mo Wenshen to find Lin Bai; Mo Wenshen was stunned by the message.

Li Zhengyi and Li Buzheng found Lin Bai and Li Buxian hiding in a cave after their battle with the Heavenly Blade Tribe's martial artist. Li Zhengyi recognized Lin Bai, then invited him to accompany them to the Heavenly Blade Tribe as the Li family prepared to confront it.

• Li Buzheng reported that he and Li Zhengyi had found the battle site but no trace of Lin Bai or Li Buxian, and that the Grand Elder was confronting the Heavenly Blade Tribe over seized resources and prisoners.
• Li Zhengyi led Li Buzheng to a hidden cave, where Lin Bai attacked them with his sword before recognizing them and withdrawing.
• Li Buxian reunited with her father and brother, and Li Zhengyi ordered her to copy every book on the Scripture Repository's second floor as punishment.
• Li Zhengyi questioned Lin Bai about his connection to Lan Ling and the Dragon Slayer Swordplay, then stared at him in silence after seeing his face.
• Li Zhengyi sent Li Buxian and Li Fugui back to the clan territory and invited Lin Bai to accompany him and Li Buzheng to the Heavenly Blade Tribe, which Lin Bai accepted.

Li Zhengyi, Li Buzheng, and Lin Bai arrived at the Heavenly Blade Tribe, where the Li family was preparing to force the tribe to surrender Dragon Mountain’s resources and Li Zhaoyun’s group. Mo Wenshen arrived and suddenly fixed a hostile gaze on Lin Bai.

• Li Buzheng thanked Lin Bai for helping Li Buxian and explained that the Li family had surrounded the Heavenly Blade Tribe.
• Li Zhengyi told Lin Bai that Lin Duo had occupied the cave more than twenty years earlier and warned him not to mention Lin Duo again.
• Li Zhengyi, Li Buzheng, and Lin Bai reached the Heavenly Blade Tribe and met the Grand Elder, who reported that the tribe had refused to surrender.
• The Grand Elder described four groups sent into the tribe to locate its protective formation, rescue Li Zhaoyun, assassinate its leaders, and capture its outstanding disciples.
• The Grand Elder told Li Zhengyi that Mo Wenshen had arrived, and Mo Wenshen rushed over and turned a cold gaze on Lin Bai.

Mo Wenshen accused Lin Bai of being Lin Duo’s son and tried to take him away for a reward from the Central Sacred Nation. Li Zhengyi defended Lin Bai, but Mo Wenshen continued to taunt him after Lin Bai denied the connection, leaving Lin Bai poised to say something with killing intent in his eyes.

• Mo Wenshen rushed to Li Zhengyi, then charged toward Lin Bai after spotting him, but Li Zhengyi blocked his path.
• Mo Wenshen told Li Zhengyi by voice transmission that the Central Sacred Nation suspected Lin Bai was Lin Duo’s son and would reward whoever captured him.
• Li Zhengyi publicly argued that Lin Bai’s resonance with Lin Duo’s sword intent came from their shared Dragon Slayer Swordplay, not family ties, and Li Buzheng noted that many outsiders had recently entered Kunxu.
• Mo Wenshen asked Lin Bai whether he was Lin Duo’s son, and Lin Bai calmly denied it.
• Mo Wenshen taunted Lin Bai for disowning his father, and Lin Bai, furious but composed, said he had one more thing to tell him.

Lin Bai defended Lin Duo against Mo Wenshen, who left to investigate outsiders in Kunxu after Li Zhengyi intervened. As the Li Family prepared to negotiate with the Heavenly Blade Tribe, Li Zhengyi hinted that Lin Duo had once explained why the Li Family’s ancestors had not conquered all of Kunxu.

• Lin Bai declared that he regarded Lin Duo as his master and threatened Mo Wenshen for disrespecting him.
• Mo Wenshen nearly attacked Lin Bai, but Li Zhengyi stopped him; Mo Wenshen then left to investigate everyone who had entered Kunxu in the past three days.
• Li Zhengyi told Lin Bai that martial artists could die at any time, and Lin Bai accepted his warning.
• The Li Family Grand Elder reported that the groups searching for the tribe’s formation and rescuing Li Zhaoyun had failed, while the group capturing the Heavenly Blade Tribe’s descendants and disciples had succeeded.
• Lin Bai argued that the Heavenly Blade Tribe would not exchange its captives for Li Zhaoyun and the others, and Li Zhengyi explained that the captives gave the Li Family leverage for negotiations.
• Li Zhengyi said that a remark from Lin Duo had helped him understand why the Li Family’s ancestors had not wiped out Kunxu’s tribes, then asked Lin Bai to guess what it was.

Li Zhengyi explained why the Li family had spared the Kunxu tribes, arguing that external rivals had prevented the family from falling into internal strife. He promised to help Lin Bai with the Dragon Slaying Swordplay, then approached the Heavenly Blade Tribe after negotiations failed, leaving the High Priest alarmed by his arrival.

• Li Zhengyi told Lin Bai that Lin Duo had warned the Li family that eliminating every Kunxu rival would eventually lead to internal conflict and weaken the family.
• Li Zhengyi praised Lin Duo and offered to teach Lin Bai the Dragon Slaying Swordplay whenever he needed help.
• Lin Bai asked what had caused the deaths of so many Kunxu experts over twenty years earlier, but Li Zhengyi deferred his answer when the Grand Elder returned.
• The Grand Elder reported that the Heavenly Blade Tribe had refused to hand over Dragon Mountain's cultivation resources or Li Zhaoyun and the others.
• Li Zhengyi led Lin Bai, Li Buzheng, and the Grand Elder to the Heavenly Blade Tribe's Mountain Protection Formation, where the tribe's martial artists and High Priest reacted with alarm.

Li Zhengyi proposed seven martial contests to settle the Li Family’s dispute with the Heavenly Blade Tribe over Dragon Mountain’s resources and captured clansmen. After both sides prepared their fighters and captives, Li Buzheng stepped forward to fight first while Lin Bai watched.

• Li Zhengyi confronted the Heavenly Blade Tribe’s High Priest and proposed seven contests, with each victory earning the Li Family one-seventh of the spiritual medicine and the return of a core disciple.
• Li Zhengyi released the captured Heavenly Blade Tribe warriors, and the High Priest agreed to the contests and asked for three hours to prepare.
• The High Priest returned with seven portions of spiritual medicine and presented Li Zhaoyun and six other captured Li Family members.
• The Li Family Grand Elder objected to Lin Bai fighting first and urged Li Buzheng to take the opening match instead.
• Li Buzheng stepped forward to face the Heavenly Blade Tribe, while Lin Bai remained on the sidelines.

Li Buzheng fought Qing Yun in the first round, but Qing Yun broke his cultivation seal and severely injured him before Li Zhengyi killed him. As the Heavenly Blade Tribe sent Kumu to face Lin Bai in the second round, Lin Bai recognized the High Priest’s scheme.

• The High Priest sent Qing Yun, a Blood Blade Hall martial artist with suppressed Death Reversal Realm cultivation, to fight Li Buzheng.
• Li Zhengyi accepted the arrangement but warned that any fighter who exceeded the Life Extinction Realm would be killed and cost the Heavenly Blade Tribe the round.
• Li Buzheng gained the upper hand against Qing Yun, but Qing Yun erupted with seventh-stage Death Reversal Realm power and struck him.
• Li Zhengyi killed Qing Yun, while the High Priest conceded the round and returned a Li Family Core Disciple and part of the spirit medicines.
• The High Priest sent Kumu to fight in the second round, and Lin Bai went to Li Buzheng and said he had understood the Heavenly Blade Tribe’s scheme.

Lin Bai faced Kumu in the second battle, knowing the Heavenly Blade Tribe intended to wound him and preserve its advantage in the contest. He defeated Kumu before the old man could unleash his Death Reversal Realm power, securing another victory for the Li Family.

• Kumu challenged Lin Bai, and Li Zhengyi allowed Lin Bai to fight despite the Grand Elder's objections.
• Lin Bai recognized the High Priest's scheme and resolved to defeat Kumu quickly or steadily.
• Lin Bai charged into Kumu's blade-light storm and split it apart with Dragon Slayer Swordplay: Buddha's Wrath.
• As Kumu began to release his Death Reversal Realm power, Lin Bai used Wishful Ring to appear behind him and subdue him.
• The High Priest acknowledged Lin Bai's tactic, while the Li Family celebrated the victory and Li Buzheng praised Lin Bai.

Lin Bai defeated Kumu and began his third match against Blood Moon, who broke his cultivation seal and nearly killed him with a powerful arrow. The arrow vanished just before striking Lin Bai, leaving him stunned and looking toward Li Zhengyi.

• Lin Bai defeated Kumu, and Li Zhengyi rewarded him with ten Flower Moon Pills.
• The High Priest returned one-seventh of the spirit medicines and a Li family martial artist after Lin Bai won the match.
• The High Priest sent Blood Moon to fight Lin Bai in the third match.
• Blood Moon unleashed crimson arrows while Lin Bai evaded and defended against them.
• Blood Moon broke his cultivation seal and fired a ninth-level Death Reversal Realm arrow that shattered Lin Bai's defenses.
• The arrow vanished just before hitting Lin Bai, and Lin Bai looked toward Li Zhengyi in confusion.

Li Zhengyi saved Lin Bai from Blood Moon and killed Blood Moon with the Great Star Plucking Hand. With Li Zhengyi guarding against Death Reversal Realm attacks, Lin Bai defeated Crow in the third battle and challenged the Heavenly Blade Tribe to send out a fighter for the fourth.

• Li Zhengyi stopped Blood Moon's arrow from killing Lin Bai, then killed the fleeing Blood Moon with the Great Star Plucking Hand.
• Li Zhengyi reassured Lin Bai that he would stop any opponent above the Life Extinction Realm from harming him, and Lin Bai prepared to fight without holding back.
• The High Priest sent Crow to fight Lin Bai in the third match, and Crow attacked with the Demonic Sound Disorienting Formation.
• Lin Bai used Martial Soul Secret Method—Break the Ban to shatter Crow's formation, then struck him down without letting him unleash Death Reversal Realm cultivation.
• Lin Bai kicked Crow back to the High Priest, vowed to kill him before leaving Kunxu, and called for the Heavenly Blade Tribe's fourth fighter.