Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai struggled to restore his dantian and divine pill by absorbing spirit medicines, so he agreed to travel with Zhao Yue to the Southern Province and seek the Spirit Pool. After more than three months of travel under the Shadow Division’s protection, they safely reached the Southern Province.

• Lin Bai found that refining spirit medicines was so slow that recovering his cultivation could take five to ten years, and Zhao Yue urged him to seek the Spirit Pool in the Southern Province.
• Lin Bai agreed to travel with Zhao Yue, and she told him to bid farewell to Emperor Xiao before they departed the next day.
• Bai Xiaoxiao worried that Zhao Yue might endanger Lin Bai, but Lin Bai reassured her that Lin Ye would accompany them and protect him.
• Lin Bai left at dawn with Zhao Yue aboard a spirit boat, while Bai Xiaoxiao ordered Chu Jiangliu to send the Shadow Division to protect him.
• The Shadow Division guarded Lin Bai and Zhao Yue as they traveled for more than three months and safely entered the Southern Province.

Lin Bai entered Southern Province with Zhao Yue, who described its mountain-bound tribes and the Poison God Family’s reliance on poisonous objects. As Lin Bai admired the region’s scenery, he asked about the Spirit Pool, and Zhao Yue warned him that it could run away.

• Lin Bai crossed into Southern Province aboard a spirit ship and saw its vast mountains and peaks.
• Zhao Yue explained that Southern Province was home to the seventy-two Great Tribes and that its people lived among mountains and forests.
• Zhao Yue told Lin Bai that Little White was her poison beast and described how the Poison God Family judged disciples by their poisonous objects.
• Lin Bai watched tribes, forests, and cliffside palaces pass beneath the spirit ship and admired Southern Province’s scenery.
• Lin Bai asked where the Spirit Pool was, and Zhao Yue said she had found it in a desolate forest ten thousand years earlier.
• Zhao Yue told Lin Bai that the Spirit Pool could run away.

Zhao Yue brought Lin Bai to the Southern Province to find the Spirit Pool, but the site had changed beyond recognition and was now occupied by a powerful tribe. They entered the Azure Dragon Tribe seeking information, where a shopkeeper said Lin Bai’s ruined dantian and divine pill could only be healed by entering the Dragon Pool.

• Zhao Yue explained that the Spirit Pool was an intelligent remnant of the Primordial Era, and Lin Bai remembered that Old Turtle had promised to bring Bao'er to the Southern Province to find the Dragon Tomb.
• After a month of travel, Zhao Yue and Lin Bai reached the Spirit Pool’s former location and found a large tribe where she had once seen only wilderness.
• Zhao Yue said she could no longer locate the Spirit Pool because the terrain had changed and the area was protected by formations and restrictions, so she and Lin Bai entered the tribe to investigate.
• Lin Bai noticed Azure Dragon totems throughout the tribe, and Zhao Yue took him and Lin Ye to a pharmacy to ask about medicine for his injuries.
• The pharmacy owner examined Lin Bai and said ordinary medicine could not restore his dantian and divine pill, but entering the Dragon Pool might help.

Lin Bai and Zhao Yue learned that Dragon Pool, the Azure Dragon Tribe’s healing spring, was their only hope of curing Lin Bai’s severe injuries, but outsiders could not access it. After investigating the tribe, Zhao Yue secured permission for them to stay and began pursuing a longer-term plan to get Lin Bai into Dragon Pool.

• An old shopkeeper explained that Dragon Pool could heal severe injuries, but only qualified Azure Dragon Tribe elders and heaven’s favorites could enter it.
• The shopkeeper said the tribe’s three annual auctions each offered ten drops of Dragon Pool water, but major tribes reserved them in advance.
• Zhao Yue identified Dragon Pool as the Spirit Pool and told Lin Bai they would find a way to obtain access.
• Lin Bai and Zhao Yue spent many days investigating the Azure Dragon Tribe and confirmed that entering Dragon Pool was his only realistic chance to recover.
• Zhao Yue told Lin Bai she had secured permission for them to stay in the tribe and led him to their new residence.

Lin Bai waited in the Azure Dragon Tribe while carving wooden swords, as Zhao Yue worked to secure him entry to the Spirit Pool. An uninvited young woman fled into his courtyard, and when six men cornered her over a Sword Intent Pill, Lin Bai guided her strike against one of them.

• Zhao Yue told Lin Bai that she would need about a month to get him into the Spirit Pool, and warned him not to wander around the Azure Dragon Tribe.
• Lin Bai stayed in the courtyard, grieving the shattered demonic sword and repeatedly carving wooden swords while Zhao Yue came and went.
• A young woman vaulted over the courtyard wall, followed by six men who forced open the gate and demanded that she return their Sword Intent Pill.
• The six men attacked the woman, whose weaker cultivation left her badly outnumbered and injured.
• Lin Bai told the woman where to strike, and she drove her sword into one attacker three inches below the chest.

Lin Bai guided a girl through a sword fight, helping her kill four pursuers and drive off the two survivors. After learning about Lin Bai's past swordsmanship, the girl declared herself his disciple, leaving him at a loss.

• A voice guided the girl as she killed four of the six burly men attacking her.
• Lin Bai ordered the two surviving men to leave his residence, and they withdrew after warning that they would report him to Young Master Yu.
• The girl thanked Lin Bai and asked whether he had guided her swordsmanship.
• Lin Bai said he had once been powerful enough to kill hundreds of opponents in the same realm with one strike.
• The girl knelt and declared herself Lin Bai's disciple without waiting for his agreement.

A young thief fled after asking Lin Bai to teach her swordsmanship, while Young Master Yu ordered his men to recover the stolen Sword Intent Pill. When Senior Meng and dozens of martial artists smashed Lin Bai’s new gate and confronted him, Lin Bai ordered Lin Ye to slaughter them.

• The girl knelt before Lin Bai, asked him to teach her swordsmanship, then hurried away before she was punished at home.
• Lin Bai finished carving a wooden sword like his old Demon Sword and had Lin Ye clear the bloodstained earth from the courtyard.
• The two brawny men told Young Master Yu that a thief had taken the Sword Intent Pill and that a powerful expert had helped her, so Young Master Yu ordered them to find the thief and retrieve the pill.
• At Young Master Yu’s banquet, Zhao Yue asked him why he looked angry, and he dismissed the matter before raising a toast.
• Senior Meng led more than fifty martial artists to Lin Bai’s courtyard, where they smashed the new gate and the two brawny men identified Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai angrily ordered Lin Ye to slaughter the intruders, and Lin Ye released his Death Reversal Realm aura.

Lin Bai ordered Lin Ye to kill the men who smashed his handmade gate, and Lin Ye overwhelmed their leader, Senior Meng. Long Xian and Lin Bai’s young disciple arrived before the confrontation could finish, letting Senior Meng and his men escape while Lin Bai began carving another gate.

• Lin Bai flew into a rage over his shattered gate and ordered Lin Ye to kill the intruders.
• Lin Ye struck Senior Meng with one punch, sending the Yin Saint flying and frightening the men accompanying him.
• Senior Meng pleaded with Lin Ye and Lin Bai, offering a gold gate and invoking Young Master Yu, but Lin Bai refused to forgive him for destroying his handmade door.
• Long Xian arrived with Lin Bai’s young disciple and ordered Senior Meng, as an Azure Dragon Tribe guest elder, to answer for fighting on tribal territory.
• Senior Meng announced he would accept punishment at the Hall of Law Enforcement, then fled with the other martial artists as Lin Bai began carving a new gate.

Long Xian brought Long Beibei to Lin Bai to apologize for the trouble she had caused and offered to help if anyone threatened him again. Long Beibei asked Lin Bai to teach her swordsmanship so she could defeat Young Master Yu, but Long Xian took her away without explaining why that victory mattered.

• Long Xian realized Lin Bai had no detectable spiritual power and brought Long Beibei to his courtyard to address the trouble she had caused.
• Long Xian apologized to Lin Bai and offered to protect him from anyone who came after him.
• Long Beibei asked Lin Bai to teach her swordsmanship, claiming his brief pointers were more effective than the lessons from Celestial Storage Peak's sword cultivators.
• Lin Bai learned that Long Beibei had to defeat Young Master Yu, though she did not know why.
• Long Xian refused to explain the family matter and forcibly took Long Beibei away.

Zhao Yue took Lin Bai and Lin Ye to the Azure Dragon Tribe’s annual contest between native- and foreign-clan disciples, where Lin Bai learned about the tribe’s leading figures and Long Yu’s strength. The contest began as Long Jie and Cai Fei were announced for the first match.

• Zhao Yue returned to Lin Bai’s residence, told him she was close to finding a way into the Dragon Pool, and invited him to watch the next day’s martial contest.
• Zhao Yue explained the difference between native- and foreign-clan disciples as she led Lin Bai and Lin Ye to Sky Peak, the contest venue.
• Lin Bai spotted Long Beibei, Long Xian, and Long Yu among the tribe’s leaders and learned that Long Yu was the Grand Elder’s son and a powerful prodigy despite having a ninth-grade Profound Grade martial soul.
• Long Huihuang announced that the contest was a friendly exchange and an assessment of the disciples’ cultivation, then declared it open.
• An elder announced that native-clan disciple Long Jie would face foreign-clan disciple Cai Fei in the first match.

Lin Bai watched the Azure Dragon Tribe’s daylong martial competition and realized that the geniuses he had fought before were far stronger than the tribe’s young martial artists. At dusk, Long Beibei challenged Dou Nianhua, but he struck her down with one punch.

• Long Jie narrowly defeated Cai Fei after a thousand exchanges in the opening match.
• Lin Bai told Zhao Yue that watching the Azure Dragon Tribe’s fighters had made him recognize the true strength of Li Chuyi, Li Buzheng, Dugu Yitian, Dugu Hao, Li Jiuge, and Shi Zhongxian.
• Nearly a thousand matches took place, with the tribe’s native martial artists winning almost every time.
• Long Beibei faced Dou Nianhua, the leading fighter among the outside clans, whom Lin Bai judged to be deadly and difficult to defeat.
• Dou Nianhua dodged Long Beibei’s sword and punched her in the shoulder, sending her flying and spitting blood.

Long Beibei kept challenging Dou Nianhua despite his overwhelming strength, while he condemned her privilege and lack of ability. When Dou Nianhua prepared to deliver a potentially fatal blow, Long Huihuang intervened, declared him the winner, and carried his injured daughter away.

• Dou Nianhua repeatedly knocked Long Beibei down, but she rose each time and insisted she had not lost.
• Dou Nianhua berated Long Beibei for wasting the Azure Dragon Tribe’s resources and complained that her future as first heir threatened the tribe.
• Grand Elder Long Ying warned Dou Nianhua to mind his words and explained that a competition in three months would decide whether Long Beibei remained first heir.
• Long Beibei stood up again and charged at Dou Nianhua, who raised his palm to strike her.
• Long Huihuang blocked Dou Nianhua’s palm, sent him flying with the recoil, declared him the winner, and carried Long Beibei away.
• Lin Bai watched Long Huihuang leave and remarked that he was very strong.

Lin Bai watched Long Yu defeat Miao Zhi and judged him a capable but ordinary opponent, while Zhao Yue explained that Long Beibei had three months to defend her claim as the Azure Dragon Tribe’s heir. The chapter ended with an injured Long Beibei arriving at Lin Bai’s courtyard and insisting she would defeat Long Yu.

• Zhao Yue explained that Long Beibei and Long Yu would fight for the position of the Azure Dragon Tribe’s first heir in about three months.
• Long Yu defeated Miao Zhi after hundreds of exchanges by revealing a concealed sword and placing it at Miao Zhi’s throat.
• Lin Bai recognized Long Yu as a sword cultivator but considered his abilities unimpressive compared with the Eastern Continent Academy’s Quasi-Holy Sons.
• Lin Bai returned to his residence and practiced with his wooden sword, while Zhao Yue left early the next morning without explanation.
• An injured Long Beibei climbed over Lin Bai’s courtyard wall, and Lin Bai told her she could not defeat Long Yu; she angrily insisted she would win.

Lin Bai agreed to let Long Beibei stay and began teaching her basic swordsmanship, determined to correct her poor fundamentals. The chapter ended with Long Beibei enduring his harsh training as he made her practice the sword thrust.

• Long Beibei told Lin Bai she was determined to defeat Long Yu and prove she was not a good-for-nothing, even if she died trying.
• Long Beibei admitted she had nowhere else to go and asked Lin Bai if she could stay with him for a while, and he agreed.
• After Long Beibei sobbed for half an hour, Lin Bai asked her to show him her swordsmanship and offered to give her pointers.
• Lin Bai repeatedly struck Long Beibei's wrist as he taught her how to hold her sword correctly, until she managed to maintain the proper posture.
• Lin Bai began teaching Long Beibei the basic sword thrust and struck her shoulder when her form was wrong or too slow.

Lin Bai trained Long Beibei in basic swordsmanship for more than twenty days, while Lin Ye secretly mastered the same moves with exceptional skill. When Long Beibei failed to arrive one day, Lin Bai grew concerned and went to Celestial Storage Peak to look for her.

• Lin Bai spent the day teaching Long Beibei swordsmanship and criticized her poor technique, though he valued her perseverance.
• Long Beibei returned the next morning to practice, and Lin Bai continued correcting her mistakes and striking her when she performed the moves incorrectly.
• For more than twenty days, Long Beibei kept attending Lin Bai's lessons despite leaving covered in injuries and tears.
• Lin Bai noticed Long Beibei's progress and decided she was ready to learn new techniques, while Lin Ye demonstrated perfect basic swordsmanship with a huge wooden post.
• When Long Beibei did not show up by noon or explain her absence, Lin Bai took Lin Ye and headed to Celestial Storage Peak to find her.

Lin Bai and Lin Ye went to Celestial Storage Peak to find Long Beibei, forcing a guard to lead them to the summit. They arrived as Long Beibei credited her recent improvement to a different master, and Lin Huihuang sensed their approach.

• Lin Bai asked a guard whether Long Beibei was at Celestial Storage Peak, but the guard challenged his identity and tried to turn him away.
• Lin Ye caught the guard's punch and crushed his hand until the guard admitted Long Beibei was on the peak and led them upstairs.
• At the Wu Yun Bi Zhang Palace, Long Beibei defeated a sparring opponent with one sword strike, impressing Long Huihuang and the gathered martial artists.
• Long Beibei said her progress came from her master, not the martial artists she called teachers, leaving Long Huihuang to wonder who her master was.
• Lin Huihuang sensed Lin Bai and Lin Ye approaching, and the pair entered the palace.

Lin Bai arrived at Celestial Storage Peak to take Long Beibei away, but Long Huihuang and the martial artists there challenged his right to teach her. After Long Beibei defended Lin Bai’s swordsmanship, he agreed to spar with the martial artists after they sealed their cultivation.

• Lin Bai found Long Beibei at Celestial Storage Peak and reprimanded her for missing cultivation, then told her to leave with him.
• Long Huihuang stopped Long Beibei and asked who Lin Bai was; Lin Bai introduced himself and dismissed Long Huihuang’s authority to question him.
• The martial artists accused Lin Bai of being a mortal swindler who sought the Azure Dragon Tribe’s rewards, while Long Beibei insisted his teaching had improved her swordsmanship.
• A middle-aged martial artist proposed a swordsmanship contest with everyone’s cultivation sealed, and Lin Bai accepted the challenge.

Lin Bai defeated two challengers in swordsmanship after they sealed their cultivation, including Yue Bing of the Heaven's Might Tribe, and challenged the gathered martial artists to face him. After the crowd fell silent, another fighter stepped forward.

• A middle-aged martial artist challenged Lin Bai, but Lin Bai stopped his sword from hitting Long Beibei and defeated him with a wooden sword.
• Yue Bing of the Heaven's Might Tribe challenged Lin Bai after sealing his cultivation and attacked with his Illusory Sword Technique.
• Lin Bai pierced through Yue Bing's sword shadows and knocked him down, revealing that he had seen through the illusion.
• Lin Bai asked whether anyone else wanted to challenge him, and after a long silence, another figure stepped forward.

Lin Bai defeated Su Dingan in a sword spar, knocking away his King Grade Spirit Artifact with a wooden sword and stopping its edge at Su Dingan’s throat. As Lin Bai prepared to leave with Long Beibei, Su Dingan accused him of cheating and appealed to Long Huihuang.

• Su Dingan challenged Lin Bai, and the surrounding martial artists expected him to win with his King Grade Spirit Artifact.
• Lin Bai ignored Su Dingan’s taunts and agreed to spar, then met the King Grade sword head-on with his wooden sword.
• Lin Bai struck Su Dingan’s sword from his grasp and held his wooden sword at Su Dingan’s throat, forcing him to admit defeat.
• Lin Bai asked whether anyone else wanted to spar, then turned to leave with Long Beibei as the other martial artists lowered their heads.
• Su Dingan shouted that Lin Bai had cheated, claimed his wooden sword was a treasure comparable to a King Grade Spirit Artifact, and asked Long Huihuang to uphold justice.

Lin Bai left the hall with Long Beibei after Lin Ye stopped Su Dingan’s attempt to kill him and seized Su Dingan’s sword. Back at the residence, Lin Bai resumed training Long Beibei, while Long Huihuang watched from above and saw how harshly he corrected her.

• Su Dingan and the martial artists accused Lin Bai of using a hidden treasure and demanded that his wooden sword be inspected, but Lin Bai rejected their complaints and walked out.
• Su Dingan attacked Lin Bai from behind, and Lin Ye caught his sword, kicked him away, and returned the seized King Grade Spirit Artifact to Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai spared Su Dingan, claimed the sword for the time being, and left with Long Beibei after Long Huihuang allowed her to go with him.
• Lin Bai returned to the courtyard and had Long Beibei practice swordsmanship while he watched with a tree branch in hand.
• Long Huihuang watched from above as Lin Bai struck Long Beibei whenever she made a mistake, and he felt pained by the harsh training.