Chapter Summaries

Tang Jingxiu reprimanded Tang Jingyuan and Tang Yuezhi for her danger in the Combat Arena, then sent Tang Jingyuan to thank Lin Bai for sparing her. After discovering his two kinds of divine lightning had grown stronger together, Lin Bai found Tang Yuezhi at his residence, where she asked about his lightning and teased him about touching her.

• Tang Yuezhi took responsibility for going to the Combat Arena, explaining that she wanted to help the Tang Family contend for the City Lord position.
• Tang Jingxiu let the matter end because Tang Yuezhi was safe and ordered Tang Jingyuan to bring gifts to Lin Bai in thanks for sparing her.
• Lin Bai cultivated the Blackwater Divine Lightning alongside the Azure Wood Divine Lightning and realized their combined power could defeat a martial artist at the pinnacle of the Death Reversal Realm.
• Tang Yuezhi visited Lin Bai after leaving the main hall and thanked him for showing mercy in the Combat Arena.
• Tang Yuezhi asked Lin Bai how he controlled the Blackwater Divine Lightning, then said he should compensate her for touching her twice; Lin Bai told her she could touch him back.

Lin Bai refused to teach Tang Yuezhi how to control the Blackwater Divine Lightning, and she stayed outside his courtyard for five days. When Nie Yifeng and other High-Level Guest Elders confronted Lin Bai for snubbing her, their insults provoked his killing intent, leaving Tang Yuezhi shocked.

• Lin Bai refused Tang Yuezhi's demand to learn how to control the Blackwater Divine Lightning and went back to cultivating, while she vowed not to leave.
• Tang Yuezhi remained at Lin Bai's doorway for five days, drawing the attention and gossip of the guest elders.
• Nie Yifeng and more than a dozen High-Level Guest Elders came to Lin Bai's courtyard and accused him of disrespecting Tang Yuezhi.
• Lin Bai told the group to leave for disturbing his cultivation, but Nie Yifeng threatened to teach him a lesson and insulted his parents.
• Lin Bai stopped and released killing intent, warning Nie Yifeng that he would die if he tried to teach him a lesson; Tang Yuezhi's smile vanished in shock.

Lin Bai wounded Nie Yifeng after Nie and the other guest elders demanded an apology, then revealed that he would face the Blade Sovereign in three days. As the duel approached, Blackwater City buzzed with speculation over whether Lin Bai could survive the undefeated fighter's three blades.

• Lin Bai warned Nie Yifeng and the guest elders to leave, but they refused and demanded that he apologize to Tang Yuezhi.
• Lin Bai drew the Demon Sword and severed Nie Yifeng's arm, then drove the other guest elders out of his courtyard.
• Lin Bai told Tang Yuezhi that he would not reveal how to control the Blackwater Divine Lightning Art and explained that he would fight the Blade Sovereign in three days.
• Tang Yuezhi warned Lin Bai that the Blade Sovereign had won 120 Combat Arena battles with three blades each, then left so Lin Bai could prepare.
• As the duel drew near, rumors swept Blackwater City, while underground gambling odds remained at one-to-two.

Madam Yang bet twenty million merits on the Sword Devil to win against the Blade Sovereign, whose odds remained low. The Blade Sovereign’s first blade sent Lin Bai flying and left him bleeding, and he launched his second blade, Seeking Immortality, as the chapter ended.

• Madam Yang ordered her four attendants to bet ten million merits on the Sword Devil and arrange another ten-million-merit outside bet.
• Lin Bai met Madam Yang at the Combat Arena, then entered the arena after referee Ning Zheng called the fighters forward.
• The Blade Sovereign told Lin Bai he would admit defeat if Lin Bai survived his three blade techniques and began with the first blade, Annihilating a Nation.
• Lin Bai used Protective Lightning to block the first blade but was thrown a thousand meters and spat out blood.
• The Blade Sovereign raised his ordinary steel blade and launched his second blade, Seeking Immortality.

Lin Bai faced the Blade Sovereign’s final, deadly blade without drawing the Demon Sword, relying instead on his lightning techniques. As the Blade Sovereign’s countless blade-intent afterimages overwhelmed his defenses, Lin Bai revealed Azure Wood Divine Lightning alongside his Blackwater Divine Lightning, shocking everyone watching.

• Lin Bai endured the Blade Sovereign’s first two blades, blocking Seeking Immortality with Ninthfold Lightning Storm but suffering severe injuries.
• The Blade Sovereign warned Lin Bai that his third blade, Ascending Heaven, could not be withdrawn and urged him to admit defeat, but Lin Bai refused.
• The Blade Sovereign unleashed Ascending Heaven, sending a river of blade intent and successive afterimages rushing toward Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai used Ten Directions of Annihilation to destroy several afterimages, but many continued charging toward him.
• Lin Bai revealed Azure Wood Divine Lightning alongside Blackwater Divine Lightning, astonishing the Blade Sovereign, Madam Yang, Tang Yuezhi, and the spectators.
• A white-haired old man in the Martial Arts Arena recognized Lin Bai’s second lightning as Azure Wood Divine Lightning.

Lin Bai defeated Blade Sovereign with Azure Wood Divine Lightning and Blackwater Divine Lightning, then returned to the Tang Family. Tang Yuezhi confronted him about the Azure Wood Divine Lightning and begged him to teach her how to control lightning.

• Lin Bai unleashed Ten Directions of Annihilation with both kinds of divine lightning, overpowered Blade Sovereign, and won the battle.
• Blade Sovereign admitted defeat and praised Lin Bai's strength, while the Combat Arena's spectators reacted in shock.
• Lin Bai collected his points and returned to the Tang Family, where Ban Ye and Fat Uncle celebrated their winning bets on Sword Demon.
• Lin Bai planned to enter seclusion, but Tang Yuezhi followed him into his courtyard and questioned him about his second kind of lightning.
• Lin Bai identified the lightning as Azure Wood Divine Lightning, and Tang Yuezhi begged him to teach her lightning control and the technique.

Lin Bai agreed to fight Xu Guang in the Combat Arena seven days later, while Madam Yang planned to profit by betting the Zhao Family’s reserves against Sword Demon. Ban Ye and the chubby uncle reacted with terror when Lin Bai mentioned Xu Guang, and Ban Ye began to explain who he was.

• Lin Bai refused to teach Tang Yuezhi how to control Divine Lightning, then returned to his secret chamber to cultivate.
• Madam Yang and the four pretty men struggled to find a suitable opponent for Sword Demon’s final Combat Arena match.
• Xu Guang arrived and asked Madam Yang to arrange a fight with Sword Demon seven days later, and she agreed.
• Madam Yang ordered the fight publicized throughout the surrounding cities and planned to bet the Zhao Family’s reserves on Xu Guang.
• Lin Bai received news of the match from Madam Yang and agreed to fight Xu Guang.
• Ban Ye and the chubby uncle were shocked when Lin Bai mentioned Xu Guang, and Ban Ye began to explain his identity.

Lin Bai learned that Xu Guang, Blackwater City's undefeated Invincible General, would fight Sword Demon, and revealed to Ban Ye that he was Sword Demon. Ban Ye wagered all his remaining merit points on Lin Bai as the odds climbed, while the fat man hesitated to risk his own points.

• Ban Ye and the fat man told Lin Bai that Xu Guang was the Combat Arena's Invincible General, undefeated in more than two thousand fights over fifty years.
• Ban Ye realized Lin Bai was Sword Demon and Lin Bai urged him to bet all his merit points on the coming match.
• The fat man was shocked to learn Lin Bai was Sword Demon but chose not to follow Ban Ye's bet yet.
• Ban Ye went to the Combat Arena and waited until the odds peaked before betting his million remaining merit points on Lin Bai.
• News of the fight stirred Blackwater City, and the odds reached one to ten with six days still remaining before the match.

With two days remaining before Lin Bai, known as Sword Demon, fought Xu Guang, bets on Xu Guang flooded the Combat Arena, driving his odds sharply down while Sword Demon’s odds climbed. Madam Yang and the Zhao Family increased their wager on Xu Guang as Taiyi and Ning Zheng discussed the enormous bets from the Eight Great Families and martial artists from other cities.

• Four men told Madam Yang that Sword Demon’s odds had risen to one to seventeen, while Xu Guang’s had fallen to one to seven zi.
• Madam Yang ordered another one hundred million merit points wagered on Xu Guang, and the Zhao Family approved the additional bet, bringing its total to two hundred million.
• Taiyi told Ning Zheng that the Eight Great Families had wagered heavily on Xu Guang, with the Qian Family betting five hundred million merit points.
• Taiyi explained that wealthy martial artists from more than a dozen cities had also bet heavily on Xu Guang, pushing the Combat Arena to lower his odds further.
• Taiyi said the Combat Arena could manipulate the betting market but could not interfere with its fights, which had to remain fair.

Ahead of Lin Bai’s duel with Xu Guang, the Combat Arena changed the betting odds to draw in gamblers, and several wealthy bettors backed Sword Demon despite the risk. On the morning of the duel, Lin Bai entered the arena while Madam Yang and the Zhao Family revealed they had invested heavily in Xu Guang.

• Taiyi told Ning Zheng that the Combat Arena would raise Sword Demon’s odds to one to one hundred and lower Xu Guang’s to one to one.
• Ban Ye bet one million merit points on Sword Demon, and Fatty followed with a three-hundred-thousand-point bet.
• Tang Yuezhi wagered five million merit points on Sword Demon, while the young lord of Houtu City bet a total of one billion merit points on Xu Guang.
• Lin Bai arrived at the Combat Arena on the morning of the duel and went to Number One Yellow Suite after putting on Sword Demon’s makeup.
• Madam Yang introduced Lin Bai to Zhao Yuntian and other Zhao Family elders, who encouraged him while privately discussing their seven-hundred-million-merit-point bet on Xu Guang.

The Sword Demon, Lin Bai, entered the Combat Arena to face Xu Guang, Blackwater City's famed Invincible General, before a huge crowd of spectators. Xu Guang revealed that he had lost three times in his career, leaving Lin Bai increasingly wary as their battle was about to begin.

• Martial artists and powerful figures from Blackwater City and elsewhere packed the Combat Arena to watch Lin Bai fight Xu Guang.
• The young city lord of Houtu City asked Jiang Yang how Xu Guang compared to him, and Jiang Yang said they seemed evenly matched.
• Lin Bai and Xu Guang entered the arena, and referee Ning Zheng left them to begin their fight.
• Lin Bai asked Xu Guang about his undefeated reputation, and Xu Guang admitted that he had suffered three defeats.
• Xu Guang described how those losses had taught him lessons, and Lin Bai recognized him as a formidable opponent.

Xu Guang challenged Lin Bai to reveal his full strength, and the two began a fierce battle in the Combat Arena. Xu Guang effortlessly countered Lin Bai’s attacks and sent him crashing into the arena wall, but Lin Bai claimed neither of them had used much of their power yet.

• Xu Guang said he had challenged Lin Bai because he wanted to learn exactly how strong Lin Bai was, and promised to give the battle everything.
• Lin Bai attacked Xu Guang with his strongest Lightning Storm Fist, but Xu Guang caught the punch and dispelled its power with one hand.
• Lin Bai surrounded Xu Guang with afterimages and unleashed hundreds of punches, but Xu Guang caught every attack without moving from his spot.
• Lin Bai used Ten Directions of Annihilation, but Xu Guang waved away its destructive force and then struck Lin Bai with a palm that pinned him against the arena wall.
• Lin Bai said Xu Guang’s palm was not enough to make him use his full strength, and Xu Guang revealed that he had used less than three-tenths of his power.
• Lin Bai claimed he had used less than one-tenth of his strength and urged Xu Guang to push him further, shocking Xu Guang.

Lin Bai fought Xu Guang in the Combat Arena, where Xu Guang used the first form of the Ancient Star Shattering Fist to break Lin Bai’s lightning defense and badly injure him. After revealing how he discovered and mastered the ancient technique, Xu Guang launched another devastating punch, leaving Lin Bai facing its full force.

• Xu Guang vanished in a sudden attack and smashed through Lin Bai’s Protective Lightning with the first form of the Ancient Star Shattering Fist.
• Lin Bai counterattacked with dragons formed from Azure Wood Divine Lightning and Blackwater Divine Lightning, but Xu Guang’s punch crushed them and sent Lin Bai flying, bleeding and injured.
• The martial artists and the observers in the private room recognized the Ancient Star Shattering Fist and were shocked by its power.
• Xu Guang recounted how he found the seven murals in a cliffside cave as a child, trained in the technique, and rose to become the Invincible General.
• Xu Guang asked whether his first punch had made Lin Bai use his full strength, then rose into the air and unleashed another terrifying punch.

Lin Bai used his newly created Lightning Annihilation techniques to break through Xu Guang’s Ancient Star Shattering Fist and land a powerful blow. Xu Guang rose from the crater and unleashed the second form of his fist technique, Earth Rend, sending a space-shattering force toward Lin Bai.

• Xu Guang’s Ancient Star Shattering Fist pressed down on Lin Bai, who countered with Lightning Annihilation, but Xu Guang shattered the two lightning sword-lights.
• Xu Guang attacked again, and Lin Bai unleashed Three Thousand Lightning Annihilations, slicing apart the fist technique before closing in with Lightning Shadow.
• Lin Bai struck Xu Guang with the tenth stage of Lightning Storm Fist, sending him into a deep crater and astonishing the spectators.
• Xu Guang admitted he had underestimated Lin Bai, then rose and used the second form of Ancient Star Shattering Fist, Earth Rend.
• Xu Guang’s blow split the space ahead, and Lin Bai retreated through the air to evade the oncoming force.

Lin Bai endured Xu Guang’s devastating attacks until he summoned his demonic sword and revealed that he was a swordsman. He began combining his sword techniques with Azure Wood Divine Lightning and Blackwater Divine Lightning, turning the battle toward a new stage.

• Xu Guang struck Lin Bai with the third form of the Ancient Star Shattering Fist, while cracks in the void attacked him from behind, leaving Lin Bai gravely injured.
• Xu Guang unleashed the fourth form, Moon-Gazing, expecting to end the battle, but Lin Bai called for his sword.
• Lin Bai drew his demonic sword and used a slash to destroy Xu Guang’s incoming punch, shocking the fighters and spectators.
• The Slovenly Old Man recognized Lin Bai’s sword as forged from Immaculate Divine Iron and mocked the crowd for being surprised that Sword Demon was a swordsman.
• Lin Bai coated his demonic sword with Azure Wood Divine Lightning and Blackwater Divine Lightning and attacked Xu Guang with the Dragon Slayer Swordplay.

Lin Bai defeated Xu Guang in the Combat Arena with his Five Elements Divine Lightning and Dragon Slayer sword arts, forcing the injured elder to concede. Ning Zheng declared Lin Bai the winner, leaving spectators and bettors shocked as the contest ended.

• Lin Bai shattered Xu Guang’s Nine Suns attack with the Dragon Slayer Drawing Sword Art, then met Xu Guang’s Plucking the Stars punch with the Dragon Slayer Imprisoning Heaven Art.
• Xu Guang was knocked back, and the Sword Qi and lightning Lin Bai had planted inside him erupted, leaving him gravely injured and unable to continue.
• Xu Guang admitted defeat, and Lin Bai agreed to end the battle rather than make him throw his final punch.
• Ning Zheng announced that the Sword Demon had won, stunning the martial artists who had bet on Xu Guang.
• The young lord of Houtu City raged over losing more than ten billion merit points, while Tang Yuezhi celebrated her five-million-point wager on Lin Bai at one-to-one-hundred odds.

Lin Bai defeated Xu Guang in the Combat Arena, but learned that Xu Guang had challenged him to find a successor for the Ancient Star Shattering Fist. Xu Guang considered Lin Bai an ideal candidate apart from one obstacle: he was a sword cultivator.

• The Zhao Family elders blamed Zhao Jun for the family's losses and demanded that Zhao Yuntian punish her.
• Zhao Yuntian called Zhao Jun shameless and left her fate to the Elders Council, which ordered her to return in three days to receive punishment.
• After defeating Xu Guang, Lin Bai thanked him and asked why he had arranged their battle.
• Xu Guang explained that he had searched for years for someone to inherit the Ancient Star Shattering Fist and had tested Lin Bai's strength in the arena.
• Xu Guang regretted that Lin Bai was a sword cultivator, believing a true sword cultivator could not make room for another path.

Lin Bai defeated Xu Guang, completed his three matches for Madam Yang, and learned that the Houtu Divine Thunder Art was guarded by the Wang Family of Houtu City. After refusing offers from Blackwater City's major families, he agreed to meet Houtu City's young lord, Wang Qian, at the Celestial Fairy Pavilion.

• Lin Bai collected his merits after defeating Xu Guang and found Madam Yang in a wrecked suite, where she admitted she had not bet on him.
• Madam Yang told Lin Bai that the Houtu Divine Thunder Art was inherited by the Wang Family in Houtu City and was nearly impossible for outsiders to obtain.
• Lin Bai left Madam Yang after reminding her that he had promised not to lose, while Ban Ye, the Fatty, and Tang Yuezhi celebrated their huge winnings.
• Taiyi told Lin Bai that major figures wanted to meet him, but Lin Bai declined everyone except Wang Qian, Houtu City's young lord.
• Taiyi arranged a meeting between Lin Bai and Wang Qian at the Celestial Fairy Pavilion that night, and Lin Bai returned to the Tang Family.

Lin Bai met Houtu City's young city lord, Wang Qian, at the Celestial Fairy Pavilion after Wang Qian invited him to join the Wang Family. Lin Bai asked for the Wang Family's ancestral Houtu Divine Thunder Art, but Wang Qian refused to give the treasured technique to an outsider.

• Lin Bai disguised himself and went to the Celestial Fairy Pavilion, which Wang Qian had booked for the night.
• A guard led Lin Bai to Wang Qian, who was surrounded by dancers and beauties, while Jiang Yang watched Lin Bai closely.
• Wang Qian offered Lin Bai a million merit points each month and promised the Wang Family could give him whatever Blackwater City could provide.
• Lin Bai said he would consider joining the Wang Family if they gave him the Houtu Divine Thunder Art.
• Wang Qian refused, explaining that the Wang Family would never hand its ancestral treasured technique to an outsider.

Lin Bai refused Wang Qian’s recruitment and fought off his guards and Jiang Yang, an Invincible General, at the Celestial Fairy Pavilion. Zhao Wuji’s warning forced Wang Qian to let Lin Bai leave, while Wang Qian turned his attention to securing the Blackwater City Lord’s position for the Qian Family before the Dragon City Tournament.

• Lin Bai rejected Wang Qian’s offer and prepared to leave, but Wang Qian threatened him over the merit points lost in the Combat Arena.
• Wang Qian ordered his guards to attack Lin Bai, and Lin Bai knocked more than a dozen warriors aside with his black lightning.
• Jiang Yang revealed himself as the Houtu City Combat Arena’s Invincible General and fought Lin Bai, whose sword strike shattered much of the Celestial Fairy Pavilion.
• Zhao Wuji warned Wang Qian not to cause trouble in Blackwater City, and Wang Qian let Lin Bai leave.
• Wang Qian told Jiang Yang that they would pursue placing someone from the Qian Family in the Blackwater City Lord’s seat before the Dragon City Tournament, which was ten days away.