Chapter Summaries

Qian Mu flaunted his wealth at Eastern Arrival Inn to provoke Lin Bai, but Lin Bai refused to back down. He entered the inn and demanded its premium room, challenging Qian Mu’s claim that he could not afford or deserve it.

• The waiter returned Lin Bai’s spirit liquid and suggested a cheaper inn, while Qian Mu mocked Lin Bai and paid for his own lodging.
• Qian Mu announced that he would cover the hall’s drinks and all expenses at Eastern Arrival Inn for the night.
• Da Niu displayed a lingcrystal, astonishing the waiter and martial artists, who thanked Qian Mu for his generosity.
• After sensing Qian Mu’s provocation, Lin Bai changed his mind about leaving and entered the inn to get a room.
• Qian Mu claimed the last guest room was taken and sneered at Lin Bai for asking for the premium room, but Lin Bai calmly insisted he was worthy of it.

Lin Bai revealed Nine-Foot Sword Radiance at Eastern Arrival Inn, securing its premium room and making Qian Mu pay for an enormous order of Moon River Nectar. From the room, Lin Bai noticed someone watching him from a distant pavilion bearing the name Nangong, then decided to make his strength known throughout Mengu City.

• Lin Bai expanded his Six-Foot Sword Radiance to nine feet, stunning the inn's martial artists and forcing the shop assistant to grant him a premium room.
• Lin Bai reminded Qian Mu that he had offered to cover everyone's expenses, then ordered ten thousand jars of Moon River Nectar at Qian Mu's expense.
• Lin Bai went to the ninth-floor premium room, where he saw a distant pavilion marked Nangong and sensed a man looking back at him.
• The shop assistant delivered the inn's remaining 1,531 jars of Moon River Nectar, and Lin Ye rejected a taste before Lin Bai asked for meat instead.
• Lin Bai poured the wine into his Azure Gourd and said the news of his Nine-Foot Sword Radiance had likely spread across Mengu City, resolving to act even more recklessly.

Lin Bai learned that the Sky Sword City competition would begin after three days, then set out with Lin Ye to cross the dangerous Cloud Dream Marsh. He spotted Mo Chang, Wan Xing, Hu Han, and An Chuxue among the sword cultivators gathering to enter the marsh.

• Mo Chang learned that Lin Bai had checked into Eastern Arrival Inn and heard that the Sword God Family would admit several candidates this year.
• Lin Bai spent three days at the inn, while Lin Ye ate the meat delivered to their room.
• Dugu Fei announced that the three-day competition had begun and invited sword cultivators to cross Cloud Dream Marsh to reach Sky Sword City.
• Lin Bai and Lin Ye left Mengu City and reached the mountain overlooking Cloud Dream Marsh.
• Lin Bai noticed Mo Chang, Wan Xing, Hu Han, and An Chuxue among the gathered warriors.

Lin Bai and Lin Ye entered Cloud Dream Marsh and encountered a swarm of deadly white insects near a field of skeletons. At Sky Sword City, Dugu Fei and Ye Moqing discussed promising sword cultivators before an elder announced that someone had entered the Sea of White Bone region.

• Lin Bai and Lin Ye entered Cloud Dream Marsh, where powerful gravity kept them close to the ground as they traveled toward Sky Sword City.
• After an hour, Lin Bai heard cries for help and found a fleeing martial artist die and lose his flesh upon reaching him.
• Lin Bai discovered a field of skeletons and, with Lin Ye, exposed a swarm of tiny white insects hidden in the mud.
• Lin Ye fought the insects as they swarmed around him, while Lin Bai watched for the secret behind their attack.
• At Sky Sword City, Dugu Fei and Ye Moqing praised Sang Feng, Yu Jue, and Lin Chen as promising sword cultivators.
• An elder told Dugu Fei that someone had entered the Sea of White Bone region.

Lin Bai and Lin Ye crossed the Sea of White Bone using Lin Bai’s three kinds of divine lightning, then reached Sky Sword City after the Cloud Dream Marsh began to tremble. Lin Bai questioned why they had arrived so quickly and studied the city warily.

• White Bone Worms devoured a group of martial artists, while Dugu Fei and Ye Moqing watched and warned that the Sea of White Bone was deadly.
• Lin Bai used three kinds of divine lightning to protect himself and Lin Ye, clearing a path through the White Bone Worms and escaping the Sea of White Bone.
• Dugu Fei recognized Lin Bai’s lightning as the Five Elements Divine Lightning Manual, and Ye Moqing admitted he had underestimated Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai and Lin Ye continued through the marsh as the ground shook and white mist revealed Sky Sword City.
• Other martial artists rushed into Sky Sword City, but Lin Bai stayed outside and wondered why they had reached it so quickly.

Lin Bai entered Sky Sword City with Lin Ye and learned that the Sword God Family’s tournament required the last survivor to remain alive after half a day. As the city’s fighters slaughtered one another, Lin Bai discovered that the gates and walls were strange manifestations and that the city itself was preventing their escape.

• Lin Bai and Lin Ye entered the empty Sky Sword City, where an old man announced that the tournament would select the last surviving martial artist to join the Sword God Family.
• A fighter named Brother Li killed his traveling companion, while Lin Ye drove off another attacker who came after Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai watched the battles from a rooftop and saw that nearly two thousand of more than three thousand entrants had died within a quarter of an hour.
• Lin Bai decided to leave, but his sword passed through the city gate and wall until his restriction-breaking strike revealed that the gate was made of smoke and briefly split it open.
• Spikes erupted from the ground and air, forcing Lin Bai and Lin Ye away from the gate and back into the city, where Lin Bai vowed to discover what was behind the attacks.

Lin Bai and Lin Ye returned to the city and fought through its final survivors while Lin Bai searched for the force trapping them. After killing the last three opponents, Lin Bai concluded that the blood-soaked city was not Sky Sword City.

• Lin Bai and Lin Ye reentered the city after spikes blocked their escape, and Lin Bai searched for whoever was controlling the situation.
• A blood-covered young man attacked Lin Bai, but Lin Ye defeated him; after Lin Bai spared him, a black-clad martial artist killed him.
• The black-clad martial artist gathered with Li Fei and Ai Shi, and the three agreed to attack Lin Bai together.
• Lin Bai killed Li Fei and Ai Shi with Three Thousand Lightning Annihilations, then killed the black-clad martial artist after he begged for mercy.
• With only Lin Bai and Lin Ye left, Lin Bai surveyed the corpses and blood filling the city and declared that it was not Sky Sword City.

Lin Bai saw through Mirage City’s false recruitment trial and destroyed the illusion by attacking its supposed Sword God Family elder. After the creature behind the city escaped, Lin Bai continued traveling with Lin Ye and reached Sky Sword City at dawn.

• The old man told Lin Bai and Lin Ye that one had to kill the other to win a Sword God Family disciple slot, and Lin Bai turned his killing intent toward the supposed elder instead.
• Lin Bai struck the old man with Three-Colored Divine Lightning and challenged his claim to understand the Sword God Family and the sword.
• Lin Bai split Mirage City apart with two sword strikes, causing the city to vanish and revealing a black shadow that escaped.
• Lin Bai stopped pursuing the creature, then led Lin Ye onward through Cloud Dream Marsh as they encountered and defeated demonic beasts and poisonous insects.
• At dawn on the second day, Lin Bai reached a huge city emerging through the mist and recognized it as Sky Sword City.

Lin Bai reached Sky Sword City after surviving the Sea of White Bone and Mirage City, where Dugu Fei explained the Mirage Demon’s illusions. The elders closed the city gates and began the martial competition, with Dugu Fei introducing the Sword God Family’s ancient history.

• Dugu Fei told Lin Bai that Mirage City had been formed from the Mirage Demon’s illusions and welcomed him to Sky Sword City.
• Lin Bai entered Sky Sword City with his Nine-Foot Sword Radiance blazing and joined the hundreds of warriors gathered in its square.
• Dugu Fei and Ye Moqing decided to begin the competition after roughly two hundred warriors reached the city.
• The elders entered the square, the gates closed, and Dugu Fei introduced himself and Ye Moqing as the competition’s presiding elders.
• Dugu Fei welcomed the warriors and described the Sword God Family as having endured since humanity’s earliest era.

Dugu Fei explained the Sword God Family’s contest, where contestants fought in Sky Sword City and grew their sword radiance by defeating others; first place guaranteed entry into the family. Lin Bai entered the city with Lin Ye and watched from its tallest tower as the strongest contestants began gathering sword radiance.

• Dugu Fei announced that contestants would enter Sky Sword City through nine passages and compete for two days, with the greatest sword radiance determining the winner.
• Dugu Fei said the first-place winner would enter the Sword God Family directly, while other promising contestants might be selected at the judges’ discretion.
• Lin Bai entered Sky Sword City with Lin Ye and climbed to the top of its nine-story tower to survey the contest.
• Lin Bai watched contestants clash across the city and saw a cyan-robed man defeat five sword cultivators, raising his sword radiance to ten feet.
• Lin Bai suspected the cyan-robed man was Yu Jue, Sang Feng, or Lin Chen.

Lin Bai watched the martial artists fight over sword radiance in Sky Sword City while drinking with the newly arrived Mu Jing, who revealed his knowledge of Lin Bai’s journey. As Sang Feng and Lin Chen reached eleven-foot sword radiance, Lin Bai remained on the tower, unimpressed by the city’s strongest fighters.

• Lin Bai sat atop a tower with Lin Ye and watched the martial artists plunder sword radiance, as Yu Jue, Lin Chen, and Sang Feng became the first to reach ten feet.
• Mu Jing approached Lin Bai, introduced himself, and joined him for a drink despite Lin Ye’s suspicion.
• Mu Jing mentioned Lin Bai’s crossing of the Sea of White Bone and Mirage City, prompting Lin Bai to wonder how he knew about those places.
• Gu Yang reached ten-foot sword radiance, and Mu Jing identified him as the strongest fighter in Sky Sword City after Sang Feng, Lin Chen, and Yu Jue.
• Sang Feng reached eleven-foot sword radiance and continued cutting down defeated opponents, while Lin Bai called him a fairly decent sword cultivator.
• Lin Chen also reached eleven-foot sword radiance, and Mu Jing described his fierce methods and powerful father.

Lin Bai watched the martial contest in Sky Sword City as the leading fighters gathered Sword Radiance and learned more about the contenders from Mu Jing. On the final day, he saw the Fifth Prince attack Mo Chang and the Zhennan Royal Estate, then rose from the tower, saying it was about time.

• Lin Chen and Yu Jue reached fifteen-foot Sword Radiance, and Mu Jing told Lin Bai about their backgrounds and the rankings of the leading fighters.
• Lin Bai and Mu Jing watched the contest through the night and into the final day without joining the fights.
• Lin Bai spotted the Fifth Prince of the Lounan Dynasty leading more than thirty martial artists through the city, while Mu Jing identified him and explained the conflict with the Zhennan Royal Estate.
• Mo Chang and the dozen remaining sword cultivators of the Zhennan Royal Estate confronted the Fifth Prince, whose forces overwhelmed them.
• Lin Bai watched Mo Chang struggle against the Fifth Prince, looked at the blazing sun, and stood up, saying, “It's about time...”

Lin Bai arrived to rescue Mo Chang and the surviving warriors of Zhennan Royal Estate from the Fifth Prince. After killing the Fifth Prince’s fifteen guards with one sword strike, Lin Bai faced Shao Yuan, who vowed to kill him within three strikes.

• Lin Bai left the central tower and flew toward the battle between the Fifth Prince and Zhennan Royal Estate.
• The Fifth Prince’s forces overwhelmed Mo Chang’s group, and Shao Yuan wounded Mo Chang while the Fifth Prince ordered his warriors to kill the survivors.
• Lin Bai and Lin Ye arrived, and Lin Bai told the Fifth Prince he had come to avenge the injuries inflicted on his second brother.
• Lin Bai stopped Lin Ye from intervening and killed the fifteen attacking guards with a single sword strike.
• Shao Yuan warned the Fifth Prince that Lin Bai was dangerous, then promised to take Lin Bai’s head within three strikes.

Lin Bai killed Shao Yuan and the Fifth Prince after defeating their attacks, including the Fifth Prince’s King Grade Spirit Artifact. He reached a ten-foot sword ray and left with Lin Ye, while Mo Chang gave up hope of entering the Sword God Family.

• Shao Yuan claimed he could kill Lin Bai in three swords, but Lin Bai evaded his first attack and killed him with one slash.
• Shao Yuan’s sword ray and those of the other slain martial artists merged into Lin Bai’s, while the Fifth Prince’s eleven-foot sword ray remained above him.
• The Fifth Prince fired the Cold Moon Arrow from the Solitary Sun Bow, but Lin Bai struck the arrow away with the Dragon Slayer Drawing Sword Art.
• The Fifth Prince begged Lin Bai for mercy and offered him anything he wanted, but Lin Bai killed him and absorbed his sword ray, bringing his own to ten feet.
• Lin Bai took the Fifth Prince’s Storage Bag, Solitary Sun Bow, and Cold Moon Arrow, then left with Lin Ye.
• Mo Chang watched Lin Bai depart and decided the Zhennan Royal Estate’s sword cultivators should heal and wait for the tournament to end.

Lin Bai sought out Sky Sword City's strongest sword cultivators and defeated Gu Yang, taking most of his Sword Qi while sparing his life. He then asked Gu Yang where Sang Feng, Yu Jue, and Lin Chen were.

• Lin Bai left the Zhennan Royal Estate forces and decided to target martial artists with the highest Sword Qi.
• Lin Bai found Gu Yang among the corpses of martial artists Gu Yang had killed to raise his Sword Qi to fifteen feet.
• Gu Yang attacked Lin Bai, but Lin Bai countered with Three Thousand Lightning Annihilations Sword Qi and defeated him.
• Gu Yang surrendered ten feet of Sword Qi to buy his life, raising Lin Bai's Sword Qi to eleven feet.
• Lin Bai spared Gu Yang and asked where Sang Feng, Yu Jue, and Lin Chen were.

Lin Bai followed Gu Yang’s lead to Mystic Thirteen Street, found Lin Chen, and demanded ten feet of his Sword Radiance. Lin Chen refused to surrender it without a fight, and their battle began with both men unleashing powerful sword techniques.

• Gu Yang told Lin Bai that Lin Chen was hiding in Mystic Thirteen Street, hoping either that Lin Chen would defeat him or that Lin Bai would strip Lin Chen of his Sword Radiance.
• Lin Bai went to East City and found Lin Chen in the only open house on the otherwise deserted Mystic Thirteen Street.
• Lin Bai demanded ten feet of Lin Chen’s Sword Radiance, but Lin Chen agreed to hand it over only if Lin Bai defeated him.
• Lin Chen attacked with the Rainbow Sword, and Lin Bai countered with the Demon Sword and Three-Colored Divine Lightning before dodging Lin Chen’s strike.
• Lin Chen summoned nine sword shadows with Nine Souls Life Snatching.

Lin Bai defeated Lin Chen and took ten feet of his sword radiance before heading to the southern city to challenge Sang Feng. He found Sang Feng dominating an arena, and Sang Feng recognized him as Lin Bai from Eastern Arrival Inn.

• Lin Bai overcame Lin Chen's sword techniques and stopped him from using his Martial Soul Secret Method.
• Lin Chen surrendered ten feet of sword radiance, raising Lin Bai's total to twelve feet, then told him Sang Feng was in the southern city and Yu Jue was in the northern city.
• Lin Bai left Mystic Thirteen Street with Lin Ye and traveled to the southern city.
• Lin Bai found Sang Feng defeating challengers in the square and absorbing their sword radiance.
• Lin Bai stepped forward to challenge Sang Feng, who recognized him as Lin Bai from Eastern Arrival Inn.

Lin Bai defeated Sang Feng in the southern city and absorbed his ten-foot Sword Radiance, raising his sword cultivation to thirteen feet. After Lin Bai left, Sang Feng turned on the other martial artists to reclaim Sword Radiance.

• Lin Bai challenged Sang Feng, who recognized him as the Lin Bai from Eastern Arrival Inn and met his lightning attacks with the Overlord Sword Dao.
• Sang Feng sent Lin Bai flying with a powerful strike, but Lin Bai revealed he had not yet drawn the Demonic Sword.
• Lin Bai blocked Sang Feng's Tiger's Roar and Dragon's Cry sword techniques, then struck him down with the Dragon Slayer Drawing Sword Art.
• Sang Feng conceded and gave up his ten-foot Sword Radiance, which Lin Bai absorbed to reach thirteen feet.
• After Lin Bai left the arena, Sang Feng threatened the remaining martial artists and began plundering their Sword Radiance.

Lin Bai disguised himself as a beautiful woman to lure Yu Jue out, then received enough of Yu Jue’s sword radiance to reach fifteen feet and become Sky Sword City’s strongest warrior. After Lin Bai and Mu Jing watched the final clashes, Dugu Fei ended the battle and ordered everyone to return to the plaza.

• Lin Bai used the Ghostly Disguise Technique to pose as a beautiful woman, and Yu Jue appeared on the rooftop.
• Lin Bai learned Yu Jue had reached sixteen-foot sword radiance and said he had already defeated Lin Chen and Sang Feng.
• Yu Jue surrendered eleven feet of sword radiance to Lin Bai, raising Lin Bai’s total from thirteen feet to fifteen.
• Yu Jue left, and Lin Bai returned to the tower with Lin Ye to watch the warriors continue fighting.
• Mu Jing returned with fourteen-foot sword radiance and told Lin Bai he had avoided challenging the strongest cultivators.
• Two hours later, Dugu Fei announced that the battle was over and ordered all warriors to return to the plaza.

Lin Bai returned from Sky Sword City with fifteen feet of sword radiance and seemed poised to win the martial contest, but Sang Feng, Yu Jue, Lin Chen, and Gu Yang revealed that they had concealed their strength. Lin Bai then revealed his own hidden power, raising his sword radiance to nineteen feet and still climbing.

• Lin Bai left Sky Sword City with Mu Jing as the martial artists returned for the contest’s results.
• Dugu Fei disqualified contestants with less than ten feet of sword radiance and prepared to name Lin Bai champion for his fifteen feet.
• Lin Chen revealed that he had concealed strength and raised his sword radiance from fourteen feet to eighteen.
• Gu Yang raised his sword radiance to seventeen feet, while Sang Feng and Yu Jue revealed eighteen feet each.
• Sang Feng, Yu Jue, and Lin Chen mocked Lin Bai as Dugu Fei confronted a three-way tie for first place.
• Lin Bai revealed that he had concealed his strength too, raising his sword radiance past nineteen feet as it continued to grow.