Chapter Summaries

The Qian Family ambushed and nearly wiped out the Tang Family, while Tang Yuezhi escaped and Tang Yang was captured. Lin Bai found the battlefield, realized both were missing, and eventually located Tang Yuezhi near Dragon City.

• Qian Ruyu and the Qian Family surrounded the Tang Family, killing most of its martial artists as Tang Yang and the others held them back so Tang Yuezhi could escape.
• The Qian Family captured the gravely wounded Tang Yang and planned to hand him over to the Zhao Family.
• Lin Bai arrived at the battlefield, found the Tang Family dead, and noticed that Tang Yuezhi and Tang Yang were missing.
• Lin Bai searched the Dragon City Mountains for survivors and, after nightfall, found Tang Yuezhi in a weed-choked valley.

After the Qian Family slaughtered the Tang Family's warriors, Lin Bai found the devastated Tang Yuezhi and refused to let her abandon the Dragon City Tournament. He took her to Dragon City, seized the Commander's Flag from Zhao Wuji, and faced the prospect of defending it against the other families.

• Lin Bai found Tang Yuezhi in a canyon, where she broke down and cried after the Qian Family killed several hundred Tang Family martial artists.
• Tang Yuezhi explained that she was the Tang Family's only survivor and believed she had no chance of competing for the Commander's Flag.
• Lin Bai insisted that he could turn the defeat around and dragged Tang Yuezhi toward Dragon City to claim the flag.
• Lin Bai and Tang Yuezhi reached Dragon City before the other families and found Zhao Wuji guarding the Commander's Flag.
• Zhao Wuji let Lin Bai take the Commander's Flag, then rose into the clouds to watch how the two of them would defend it.

Lin Bai and the injured Tang Yuezhi waited beneath Dragon City's central stele as the Li Family arrived to seize the Commander's Flag. Lin Bai killed a Li Family martial artist who attacked him, and Li Xiao's forces faced him at the square.

• Lin Bai planted the Commander's Flag beside Tang Yuezhi, who sat beneath the stele to heal, while he watched the streets from above.
• Li Xiao learned that only Tang Yuezhi and Lin Bai were in Dragon City, then led three to four hundred Li Family martial artists into the city with Mao Xin.
• Tang Yuezhi recognized Li Xiao and Mao Xin as the Li Family approached the central square, and warned Lin Bai about the enemy's numbers and Mao Xin's array skills.
• Li Xiao offered Tang Yuezhi a chance to surrender the flag and help the Li Family defend it, but Lin Bai refused on her behalf and challenged his forces.
• A Li Family martial artist charged Lin Bai and struck with a palm, but Lin Bai killed him with two swords that flew from his gaze.

Lin Bai defended Tang Yuezhi and the stone stele from the Li Family, slaughtering dozens of their martial artists with flying swords and divine lightning. Li Xiao recognized Lin Bai as the Sword Demon, realizing the Tang Family had brought him in to help.

• Lin Bai declared a hundred-meter forbidden zone and killed Li Yun and seven more Li Family martial artists who entered it.
• Mao Xin urged Li Xiao to overwhelm Lin Bai, and Li Xiao ordered more than three hundred Li Family martial artists to attack.
• Lin Bai stopped the injured Tang Yuezhi from joining the fight and used his flying swords to kill more than thirty attackers.
• When some Li Family martial artists rushed Lin Bai directly, he unleashed Three-Colored Divine Lightning and killed more than fifty within the forbidden zone.
• Li Xiao ordered the survivors to retreat beyond a hundred meters and recognized Lin Bai as the Sword Demon.

Lin Bai and Tang Yuezhi defended the Commander's Flag as the Li, Sun, Wu, and Zheng Families converged on Dragon City's central square. With the other three Great Families still absent, the four forces launched an assault, and Lin Bai prepared to face them all.

• The Li Family realized Lin Bai was Sword Demon, but Tang Yuezhi refused Li Xiao's offer to hand over the Commander's Flag.
• Sun Xiaodie and the Sun Family arrived with their guest elder, Zuo Kai, and Lin Bai called on the hidden forces to reveal themselves.
• The Wu Family arrived with Wu Xingyue and Blood Butcher, followed by the Zheng Family with Zheng Shanhe and Hou Dahai.
• Sun Xiaodie ordered the Sun Family to attack, prompting the Wu and Zheng Families to join the assault.
• Li Xiao led the Li Family into the battle, and Lin Bai welcomed the attackers with a threat to kill them.

Lin Bai held the hundred-meter area around the stone stele against thousands of martial artists attacking him and Tang Yuezhi. He killed more than two hundred attackers, leaving the onlookers astonished as the battle continued.

• Lin Bai summoned nine kinds of Intent power and declared the area within a hundred meters forbidden to the approaching martial artists.
• Thousands of martial artists from the Four Great Clans charged Lin Bai and Tang Yuezhi, while Tang Yuezhi trembled and the clan heads expected them to die.
• Lin Bai sent his flying swords into the attackers, blasted the leading Zheng Family martial artists with lightning, and used his sword and Great Sun-Chasing Art to kill those who crossed the boundary.
• Lin Bai slew more than two hundred attackers without letting any enter the hundred-meter radius, and Tang Jingyuan, Tang Jingxiu, and the outside spectators watched in shock.

Lin Bai slaughtered the warriors who tried to breach his hundred-meter boundary around the stele, stunning Tang Yuezhi and the Four Great Clans. Mao Xin recognized the boundary as a deadly domain, and the clans faced a choice between sacrificing countless warriors to exhaust Lin Bai or waiting until dawn and letting the Tang Family claim the City Lord position.

• Lin Bai used his Mystic Arts to kill more than two hundred attackers and drove the remaining warriors away from the stele.
• Tang Yuezhi and the Four Great Clans watched in disbelief as Lin Bai stood amid the corpses and blood.
• Mao Xin explained to Li Xiao that Lin Bai had turned the hundred meters around the stele into a restricted domain where his speed, techniques, and flying sword made him nearly invincible.
• Mao Xin described two ways to defeat Lin Bai: exhaust him through repeated attacks or overwhelm him with an Apex Realm expert, but the Dragon City battle’s rules barred the latter.
• Li Xiao and Mao Xin realized that exhausting Lin Bai would cost too many lives, while waiting risked the Tang Family claiming the City Lord position at dawn.
• With only two hours until dawn, Li Xiao, Sun Xiaodie, Wu Xingyue, and Zheng Shanhe hesitated to challenge Lin Bai.

Li Xiao tried to use the Great Clans to exhaust Lin Bai while secretly holding his own warriors back, but Sun Xiaodie sent Zuo Kai to stop Lin Bai and seize the Commander's Flag. Lin Bai defended Tang Yuezhi and killed Zuo Kai with one strike, leaving the surrounding warriors terrified.

• Li Xiao feigned an attack and secretly withdrew his warriors as the other three Great Clans charged Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai fought off the Great Clans with his flying swords and the Great Sun-Chasing Art, killing their warriors for a quarter of an hour.
• Sun Xiaodie ordered Zuo Kai to tie up Lin Bai while she went after Tang Yuezhi and the Commander's Flag.
• Zuo Kai attacked Lin Bai, but Lin Bai knocked him back and then rushed to protect Tang Yuezhi from Sun Xiaodie.
• Lin Bai broke Zuo Kai's sword and killed him with a single strike, shocking the surrounding warriors.

Lin Bai killed Sun Xiaodie, Zuo Kai, Wu Xingyue, Blood Butcher, Hou Dahai, and Zheng Shanhe as he tore through the rival families’ forces. When he moved to kill Li Xiao, Tang Yuezhi called for him to spare Li Xiao, and Lin Bai stopped his sword at Li Xiao’s throat.

• Lin Bai killed Zuo Kai and Sun Xiaodie while defending Tang Yuezhi and the Commander’s Flag.
• Lin Bai sought out Wu Xingyue and Blood Butcher, killing both with his sword.
• Lin Bai killed Hou Dahai with a lightning-wreathed punch and slew Zheng Shanhe with a long-range sword strike.
• Lin Bai confronted Li Xiao and raised his sword to kill him, but Tang Yuezhi called for him to spare Li Xiao, so he stopped the blade at his throat.

Lin Bai defeated the Li Family and routed the Sun, Zheng, and Wu Families, leaving Tang Yuezhi alive and the Commander's Flag still contested. The Zhou, Zhao, and Qian Families arrived with powerful new fighters, setting the stage for another confrontation.

• Tang Yuezhi asked Lin Bai to spare Li Xiao, and Lin Bai wounded him before allowing the Li Family to withdraw.
• Lin Bai threatened the remaining Sun, Zheng, and Wu Family warriors, who retreated after their leaders were killed.
• Cai Chi and Zhou Tianhao arrived with the Zhou Family, and Zhou Tianhao demanded that Tang Yuezhi surrender the Commander's Flag.
• Zhao Siyun, Zhao Siyuan, and Zhao Zheng arrived with a confident blue-robed swordsman whose sword might drew Lin Bai's attention.
• Qian Ruyu and Jiang Yang led the Qian Family into Dragon City, stirring Tang Yuezhi's hatred over the Tang warriors they had killed.

In Dragon City, the Zhao, Qian, and Zhou Families competed for the Commander's Flag as Qian Ruyu presented the wounded Tang Yang to Zhao Siyuan. Tang Yang revealed that Qian Ruyu had orchestrated the incident involving the Zhao siblings’ mother, and Zhao Siyuan ordered the Zhao Family to attack the Qian Family.

• Zhao Siyuan, Qian Ruyu, and Zhou Tianhao each claimed that their family would take the Commander's Flag.
• Qian Ruyu brought out the badly wounded Tang Yang, and Lin Bai rescued him from Zhao Siyuan’s attack.
• Tang Yang said Qian Ruyu had gotten him drunk and arranged for him to wake beside Madam Zhao, prompting Qian Ruyu to try to silence him.
• Zhao Siyuan grew suspicious of Qian Ruyu, who ordered the Qian Family warriors to attack the Tang Family and seize the Commander's Flag.
• Zhao Siyuan declared that the Zhao Family would destroy the Qian Family and ordered his warriors to attack.

Zhao Siyuan turned the Dragon City Tournament into a battle against the Qian Family, while Zhou Tianhao tried to seize the Commander's Flag. Lin Bai stopped the Zhou Family warriors and killed Cai Chi, leaving the battle for the flag still unresolved.

• Zhao Siyuan ordered more than eight hundred Zhao Family warriors to attack the Qian Family, and Qian Ruyu confronted him as the families clashed.
• Lin Bai killed any Zhao Family or Qian Family warrior who entered his hundred-meter forbidden zone while Zhou Tianhao sent the Zhou Family toward the Commander's Flag.
• Lin Bai slew several hundred Zhou Family warriors, prompting Zhou Tianhao to ask Cai Chi to attack him.
• Cai Chi exchanged blows with Lin Bai, who battered his armor with repeated sword strikes before piercing his chest and killing him.
• The cyan-robed man watched Lin Bai defeat Cai Chi and remarked that his swordsmanship rivaled the upper ranks of the Sword God Family.

Lin Bai killed Cai Chi and seized Zhou Tianhao, forcing the Zhou Family to retreat. As the Zhao Family wiped out the Qian Family, Duan Hao revealed himself as a Sword Child of the Sword God Family and killed Jiang Yang, leaving Qian Ruyu to be executed by Zhao Siyuan.

• Lin Bai killed Cai Chi, then cut down more than a dozen Zhou Family martial artists as he rushed Zhou Tianhao.
• Lin Bai seized Zhou Tianhao and forced the Zhou Family martial artists to retreat by threatening his life.
• The Zhao Family overwhelmed the Qian Family, and Zhao Siyuan asked Duan Hao to stop Jiang Yang from rescuing Qian Ruyu.
• Duan Hao identified himself as one of the Sword God Family's nine Sword Children and killed Jiang Yang with the Sword Reverent Sky-Slaying Hand.
• Zhao Siyuan killed Qian Ruyu, completing the Qian Family's defeat.

After the Zhao Family wiped out the Qian Family, its warriors moved to seize the Commander's Flag from Lin Bai. Lin Bai fought off their advance, killed Zhao Zheng, and launched a lethal attack on Zhao Siyun.

• The Zhao Family destroyed the Qian Family’s remaining warriors and turned toward Lin Bai, Tang Yuezhi, and the Commander's Flag.
• Zhao Siyuan ignored warnings about Zhou Tianhao, while Lin Bai left Zhou Tianhao with Tang Yuezhi and ordered her to kill him if a Zhou Family warrior entered the restricted zone.
• Zhao Siyuan ordered the Zhao Family warriors to attack, but Lin Bai used his flying swords and Great Sun-Chasing Art to cut down those entering his hundred-meter restricted zone.
• Zhao Siyuan, Zhao Siyun, and Zhao Zheng attacked Lin Bai together, but he used the Heaven Measuring Ruler to shatter their combined strike.
• Lin Bai killed Zhao Zheng with the demon sword and then attacked Zhao Siyun with both the demon sword and the Heaven Measuring Ruler.

Lin Bai cut down Zhao Zheng and wounded Zhao Siyun, then faced Duan Hao to stop the Zhao Family from reaching Tang Yuezhi. After enduring Duan Hao’s three sword techniques, Lin Bai struck him with Zhu Xian and sent the Sword God Family’s Sword Child crashing outside Dragon City.

• Lin Bai killed Zhao Zheng and the Zhao Family warriors in the restricted zone, then wounded Zhao Siyun despite her jade talisman.
• Duan Hao blocked Lin Bai while Zhao Siyuan and the others charged toward Tang Yuezhi, and challenged Lin Bai to withstand three swords.
• Duan Hao attacked with White Crane Chaoyang, Spirit Monkey Moon Snatch, and Dragon Emerges from the Azure Sea, wounding Lin Bai with the final strike.
• Lin Bai fused his nine levels of intent and unleashed Zhu Xian, sending Duan Hao flying out of Dragon City with grievous injuries.
• Zhao Yuntian and Zhao Wuji were shocked when they saw Lin Bai defeat Duan Hao with one sword.

Lin Bai fought Duan Hao after Tang Yuezhi recovered enough to face Zhao Siyuan and Zhao Siyun. Duan Hao revealed the Mist Sword Art and struck Lin Bai down, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Lin Bai drove Duan Hao beyond Dragon City and killed more than a dozen Zhao Family warriors, giving Tang Yuezhi time to recover.
• Tang Yuezhi repelled Zhao Siyuan and Zhao Siyun with her Ten Directions of Annihilation and prepared to fight them herself.
• Duan Hao returned battered and furious, and Lin Bai turned his attention to the duel between them.
• Duan Hao unleashed the Mist Sword Art, and Lin Bai countered his waves of sword shadows with the Heaven Splitting Sword Method and Dragon Slayer Drawing Sword Art.
• Tang Jingxiu recognized the Mist Sword Art as a secret technique of the Sword God Family, reserved for its Sword Child.
• Duan Hao spread white mist across half of Dragon City and struck Lin Bai in the chest, sending him flying and leaving him badly wounded.

Lin Bai used the Reaching Heaven Sword Art and Five Thunder Righteous Method to defeat Duan Hao, who was rescued through a collapsing void. He then saved Tang Yuezhi, killed the Zhao siblings and their forces, and stood amid Dragon City’s battlefield challenging the survivors.

• Lin Bai rose after Duan Hao’s Mist Sword Art struck him, activated the Reaching Heaven Sword Art, and attacked with the Heaven Measuring Ruler.
• Lin Bai summoned three-colored divine lightning and nearly killed Duan Hao with a sword strike, but a giant hand pulled Duan Hao into the void.
• Lin Bai reached Tang Yuezhi just in time to block Zhao Siyuan’s killing punch and told the Zhao siblings that Duan Hao had been defeated.
• Lin Bai killed nearly all the Zhao Family martial artists, then beheaded Zhao Siyuan and stabbed Zhao Siyun.
• The surviving martial artists retreated from Lin Bai as he stood among the corpses and asked whether anyone else wanted to fight.

Lin Bai defeated the rival families in Dragon City and secured the Commander's Flag for the Tang Family, leaving it poised to rule Blackwater City. At sunrise, the battle ended, and Lin Bai declared, "It's over!"

• Lin Bai's victory left the Zhao Family defeated, while the Qian, Sun, Wu, and Zheng Families had been annihilated and the Li Family had withdrawn.
• Li Xiao refused Mao Xin's suggestion to ambush Lin Bai and chose not to risk the Li Family's remaining warriors.
• Lin Bai sat atop the stone stele to recover as Tang Yuezhi, Tang Yang, and the watching warriors recognized that he had won the Commander's Flag for the Tang Family.
• Tang Jingxiu celebrated the Tang Family's victory, while Zhao Yuntian and Zhao Wuji accepted that the Zhao Family had lost its chance to control Blackwater City.
• At sunrise, Lin Bai watched the light fall over Dragon City and said, "It's over!"

After helping the Tang Family win the city lord position, Lin Bai left Blackwater City for Sky Sword City and the Sword God Family's Ancient Sword Discussion tournament. Tang Yuezhi watched him go and later discovered that his parting gift was the Grand Five Elements Art.

• Tang Yuezhi claimed the Blackwater City Lord token, and Lin Bai escorted her and Tang Yang out of the Dragon City Mountains.
• Lin Bai recovered for five days while Tang Jingxiu took over Blackwater City, then learned the Tang Family knew he was the Eastern Continent's Holy Son.
• Lin Bai told Tang Yuezhi he was leaving for Sky Sword City, accepted her map of Northern Continent, and departed with Lin Ye.
• Tang Jingxiu realized Tang Yuezhi had feelings for Lin Bai, while she returned to her courtyard and opened his gift: the Grand Five Elements Art.

Lin Bai and Lin Ye struggled to cross the desolate Northern Continent on their way to Sky Sword City for a martial competition. They joined a spirit boat carrying Southern Continent sword cultivators to the Sword Discussion Tournament, where they were left to stay on deck.

• Lin Bai realized Lin Ye could not keep pace with his travel speed and decided to find a city to buy a spirit boat.
• After failing to find a city in the Northern Continent's wasteland, Lin Bai and Lin Ye followed a passing spirit boat.
• Elder Liang questioned Lin Bai and Lin Ye, then learned they were headed to Sky Sword City and sought passage.
• The White-Robed Woman permitted Lin Bai and Lin Ye to board the spirit boat bound for the Sword Discussion Tournament.
• Lin Bai and Lin Ye boarded the boat, which carried hundreds of sword cultivators under a Frostfire flag, and settled on the deck.