Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai and Ye Suxin reached Heaven and Earth Peak, where the White Cloud Tribe, Green Mountain Tribe, and Blood Robe Sect were competing for treasures. The three forces entered the mountain and began fighting over a cave, while Lin Bai continued searching for the Flower of Non-Being.

• Lin Bai learned that the Blood Robe Sect wanted the Cosmos Beast Control Art, while the two tribes claimed the treasures at Heaven and Earth Peak for themselves.
• Lin Bai asked the three leaders where to find the Flower of Non-Being, but the Blood Robe Sect and both tribes rushed into the mountain to search for treasures.
• Lin Bai, Ye Suxin, and Lin Ye entered Heaven and Earth Peak after the three forces.
• A cry announced that someone had found a treasure, drawing the forces and Lin Bai toward a dark cave.
• The three forces clashed at the cave entrance, and the area quickly filled with corpses.

Lin Bai, Ye Suxin, and Lin Ye entered Heaven and Earth Peak’s dark passages and discovered a strange force that separated them. Lin Bai was left alone in boundless darkness, unable to retrieve his flying swords or reach his companions.

• Lin Bai entered the cave dwelling with Ye Suxin and Lin Ye after Lin Ye cleared a path through the fighting at the entrance.
• The three reached nine identical passages, chose the first one on the left, and noticed that a formation seemed to isolate Heaven and Earth Peak from the outside.
• Ye Suxin heard an indistinct voice in the darkness, while Lin Bai heard only strange gusts of wind.
• A completely black cat attacked Lin Bai, and his flying swords vanished into the darkness after he sent them after it.
• A mysterious force pulled Ye Suxin and Lin Ye away from Lin Bai until both disappeared, leaving Lin Bai alone in the boundless darkness.

Lin Bai escaped the Black Cat’s boundless darkness by using Devouring Sword Soul to consume it, but he still could not find Ye Suxin or Lin Ye. He reached the end of the passageway and discovered an underground world filled with the enormous bones of Primordial Behemoths.

• Lin Bai tried to return his flying sword, find Ye Suxin, and break the darkness with Break the Restriction, but nothing worked.
• The Black Cat appeared, revealed that the nine passageways led into boundless darkness, and said Ye Suxin and Lin Ye had gone to their own destinations.
• Lin Bai summoned Devouring Sword Soul, which consumed the darkness and began draining the Black Cat’s life and cultivation.
• The Black Cat fled, the darkness vanished, and Lin Bai found himself alone in the passageway.
• Lin Bai followed the passageway to a cliff overlooking an underground world piled with enormous Primordial Behemoth bones.

Lin Bai and the other warriors escaped the darkness and discovered a vast graveyard of Primordial Behemoths, where Bai Kun and Yang Zhi suspected the Dragon Slaying Skill had been left behind. The Blood Robe Sect Master's message reached Deng Yuchun, who sent several elders toward the Green Cloud Mountain Range to seek the skill and the Beast Taming Ancestor's Cosmic Beast Taming Art.

• Lin Bai saw that the warriors had escaped the darkness but could not find Ye Suxin or Lin Ye among them.
• Bai Kun and Yang Zhi recognized the behemoth graveyard and recalled the Dragon Slaying Skill, then led their tribes into it.
• The Blood Robe Sect Master sent a paper crane to report the discovery of the graveyard.
• Deng Yuchun learned that the graveyard might hold the Dragon Slaying Skill and the Beast Taming Ancestor's Cosmic Beast Taming Art.
• Deng Yuchun and several elders set out for the Green Cloud Mountain Range.

Lin Bai pursued a black cat through the Behemoth Graveyard and found Ye Suxin and Lin Ye with the Beast Taming Ancestor, who offered to pass his Cosmos Beast Control Art to Ye Suxin. Meanwhile, warriors chasing Lin Bai believed he had found an even greater treasure.

• Across Southern Province, Yan Ji learned that Deng Yuchun and the others had appeared again and sent word to his father.
• Warriors from the Green Mountain Tribe and White Cloud Tribe rushed into the Behemoth Graveyard to loot behemoth bones, while the Blood Robe Sect Master searched for the Cosmos Beast Control Art.
• Lin Bai spotted a black cat, recovered his two flying swords, and chased it out of the Behemoth Graveyard.
• The Blood Robe Sect Master, Yang Zhi, and Bai Kun followed Lin Bai, suspecting he had found a better treasure.
• The black cat fled into the arms of an old man, and Lin Bai stopped his attack when Ye Suxin called to him.
• Ye Suxin introduced the old man as the Beast Taming Ancestor and told Lin Bai that the senior intended to pass the Cosmos Beast Control Art on to her.

The Beast Taming Ancestor explained the origins of the Behemoth Graveyard, the Dragon Slaying Skill, and the secrets of the Barren Ancient Continent to Lin Bai before passing his inheritance to Ye Suxin. When Blood Robe Sect Master and the others arrived seeking the inheritance, the Beast Taming Ancestor offered them the Dragon Slaying Skill technique “Sword One,” which caught Lin Bai’s attention.

• The Beast Taming Ancestor told Lin Bai that the Behemoth Graveyard held bones left by human warriors who hunted giant beasts, and that he had created the Cosmos Beast Control Art to tame them.
• The Beast Taming Ancestor claimed the Dragon Slaying Skill was made to kill giant beasts and Giant Gods, and hinted at secrets involving the Spirit Realm and the Central Sacred Nation.
• The Beast Taming Ancestor urged Ye Suxin to master the Cosmos Beast Control Art and eventually leave for the Spirit Realm, and she agreed to work toward that goal.
• Blood Robe Sect Master, Bai Kun, Yang Zhi, and the others arrived, and Blood Robe Sect Master asked the Beast Taming Ancestor for his inheritance.
• The Beast Taming Ancestor said he had already chosen an inheritor, then gave Blood Robe Sect Master a bone fragment containing the Dragon Slaying Skill sword technique “Sword One,” drawing Lin Bai’s interest.

Lin Bai seized the Dragon Slaying Skill bone fragment and found the Flower of Non-Being before setting out to leave with Ye Suxin and Lin Ye. When the Green Mountain Tribe attacked, he killed more than a dozen warriors with one sword, but the Blood Robe Sect Master struck at him as he departed.

• The Beast Taming Ancestor revealed the Dragon Slaying Skill, and Lin Bai snatched its bone fragment before the three factions could reach it.
• Lin Bai stored the bone fragment, asked the Beast Taming Ancestor for the Flower of Non-Being, and gathered the flower from the giant beast skeleton.
• Lin Bai and Ye Suxin prepared to leave with Lin Ye, but Yang Zhi ordered Green Mountain Tribe warriors to attack them.
• Lin Bai killed more than a dozen Death Reversal Realm warriors with one strike, frightening Yang Zhi and making Bai Kun hesitate.
• The Blood Robe Sect Master decided to stall Lin Bai until Southern Continent Divine Gate elders arrived, then attacked him with a palm of blood-red mist.

Lin Bai killed the Blood Robe Sect Master, Yang Zhi, and their warriors when they tried to seize the Dragon Slaying Skill, while Bai Kun chose to withdraw. After Lin Bai and Ye Suxin left the Behemoth Graveyard, the White Cloud Tribe took over the Green Mountain Tribe’s territory, but six elderly men arrived in the Green Cloud Mountain Range half a month later.

• Bai Kun refused to fight over the Dragon Slaying Skill, while Yang Zhi and the Blood Robe Sect Master agreed to join forces against Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai killed dozens of warriors, then slew the Blood Robe Sect Master and Yang Zhi with his wooden sword.
• Bai Kun and the White Cloud Tribe watched Lin Bai leave with Ye Suxin, then entered the Behemoth Graveyard to collect its treasures.
• Ye Suxin exchanged a knowing smile with the Beast Taming Ancestor, who said the Cosmos Beast Control Art had found its owner and asked Little Black about the Poison God Family.
• The White Cloud Tribe absorbed the Green Mountain Tribe and began trading behemoth bones for cultivation resources.
• Six elderly men arrived in the Green Cloud Mountain Range half a month later.

Deng Yuchun and five elders of the Southern Continent Divine Gate searched the Green Cloud Mountain Range for the Dragon Slaying Skill and Cosmic Beast Taming Art, then destroyed the White Cloud Tribe after learning a white-robed sword cultivator had taken the Dragon Slaying Skill. The Earth Emperor Tribe discovered the slaughter, and Yan Ji ordered an investigation into why the Divine Gate had targeted the tribe.

• Deng Yuchun and the other elders searched the Green Cloud Mountain Range and concluded that the Blood Robe Sect’s destruction confirmed the treasures were connected to the area.
• The six elders attacked the White Cloud Tribe, killing its fighters and setting the tribe ablaze.
• Bai Kun told Deng Yuchun that a white-robed sword cultivator had defeated the Blood Robe Sect and Green Mountain Tribe and taken the Dragon Slaying Skill.
• Deng Yuchun ordered the White Cloud Tribe slaughtered to keep the news of the treasures from spreading, then killed Bai Kun.
• The Earth Emperor Tribe found the White Cloud Tribe’s ruins, and Yan Ji ordered an investigation into the Divine Gate’s attack.

Lin Bai struggled to decipher the ancient characters on the bone fragment while staying with Ye Suxin and Lin Ye in the Purple Bamboo Tribe. Lin Ye’s sword practice revealed that the characters were actually sword forms, leaving Lin Bai and Ye Suxin to realize they had overcomplicated the mystery.

• Lin Bai failed to decipher the bone fragment’s ancient characters, and Ye Suxin suggested seeking someone in the Southern Continent who could read them.
• Ye Suxin told Lin Bai that the Flower of Non-Being had improved her complexion but had not fully healed her soul.
• Lin Ye suddenly focused on the bone fragment, then practiced sword forms with a wooden stick.
• Lin Bai recognized that the bone fragment’s 720 characters depicted 720 sword forms that combined into the Dragon Slaying Skill.
• Lin Bai and Ye Suxin realized that their clever attempts to interpret the characters had obscured their true purpose.

Lin Bai finished comprehending the 720 characters of the Dragon Slaying Skill and unleashed its first move, destroying much of the Wandering Dragon Estate. He recognized the technique’s immense potential and set off with Lin Ye to find Ye Suxin at the Purple Bamboo Tribe’s banquet.

• Lin Bai completed his study of all 720 characters on the bone fragment while Ye Suxin visited and invited him to the Purple Bamboo Tribe’s banquet.
• Lin Bai practiced each character’s sword path, and the 720 paths merged into one when he performed the final character.
• Lin Bai’s first attempt at the Dragon Slaying Skill unleashed a devastating sword ray that collapsed his secret chamber and ruined half of the Wandering Dragon Estate.
• Lin Ye rushed toward the ruins, and Lin Bai emerged unharmed, marveling at the technique’s power and calling the move Sword One.
• Lin Bai realized Ye Suxin had gone to the banquet without Lin Ye and said he would wash up before going to find her with him.

Lin Bai and Lin Ye went to the Purple Bamboo Tribe’s Seven Purple Banquet, where Zi Feng explained the event and its spiritual-liquid prizes. Lin Bai arrived at the brightly lit Purple Mountains with Zi Feng, ready to join the celebration.

• Lin Bai and Lin Ye left their residence and followed martial artists toward the celebration at the Purple Mountains.
• Zi Feng stopped Lin Bai and Lin Ye, explained the insignia rules, and helped them obtain red insignias for the banquet.
• Lin Bai asked Zi Feng to accompany them and learned that the Seven Purple Banquet featured seven martial arenas with bottles of Seven Purple Spiritual Liquid as prizes.
• Zi Feng explained that the banquet attracted outsiders seeking the valuable spiritual liquid and helped the tribe recruit powerful martial artists.
• Lin Bai, Lin Ye, and Zi Feng arrived at the foot of the Purple Mountains, where martial artists gathered around bonfires to celebrate.

Lin Bai and Zi Feng joined the gathering beneath Purple Mountain before the Seven Purple Banquet’s martial contest. Zi Feng learned that many renowned geniuses, including Su Min of Sword Pavilion Tribe, would compete, and Lin Bai finally reunited with Suxin.

• Guards let Lin Bai and Zi Feng pass into the area beneath Purple Mountain, where they joined martial artists gathered around a bonfire.
• Zi Feng introduced Lin Bai to Fang Lele and the other guests, who said the martial contest had not yet begun.
• The martial artists named the contestants from other tribes, including He Yunsheng, Nan An, Liu Yuhen, and Xiang Xing, as well as Purple Bamboo Tribe’s Zi Qing, Zi Han, and Zi Xia.
• Fang Lele revealed that Su Min of Sword Pavilion Tribe had come, and Zi Feng acknowledged the formidable challenge while expressing his eagerness to compete.
• Lin Bai recognized a woman walking by, called out to Suxin, and she turned around with delight at seeing him.

Lin Bai reunited with Ye Suxin at the Purple Bamboo Tribe’s banquet and rebuffed Zi Xia’s attempt to separate them. The Seven Purple Banquet’s martial competition began, with fighters taking their places on seven arenas beneath Purple Mountain.

• Ye Suxin introduced Lin Bai as her fiancé to Zi Xia, who tried to invite her to meet other prodigies without Lin Bai.
• Ye Suxin refused Zi Xia’s invitation and praised Lin Bai, prompting Zi Xia and his companions to leave in anger.
• Zi Feng warned Lin Bai that Zi Xia was vengeful, but Lin Bai said Zi Xia should worry about offending him.
• The Purple Bamboo Chieftain announced that the last fighter standing on each arena would receive a bottle of spiritual liquid and forbade deliberate killing.
• Seven flaming arenas appeared, and Zi Hai and other martial artists stepped forward to begin the competition.

Lin Bai and the others watched the martial competition as Zi Qing and He Yunsheng displayed their strength. Lin Bai dismissed Zi Qing as mediocre and refused to compete, while He Yunsheng continued defeating challengers with a single sword strike.

• Zi Hai defeated his opponent on a flame arena, and Zi Feng described him as a talented warrior of the Purple Bamboo Tribe.
• Zi Xia told Ye Suxin that the true geniuses were yet to appear and warned Lin Bai that they would astonish him.
• Zi Qing defeated his opponent by enduring a palm strike and sending the warrior flying with his cultivation power.
• Lin Bai called Zi Qing mediocre and utterly ordinary, then said he had no intention of entering the competition.
• He Yunsheng of the Great River Tribe defeated eighteen challengers in succession with a single sword strike each.

He Yunsheng and other visiting geniuses dominated the arenas while Lin Bai mocked their abilities, angering Zi Xia. After Zi Xia challenged Xiang Xing for the sixth arena and insulted Lin Bai, Lin Bai looked at him with killing intent.

• He Yunsheng defeated more than a dozen Purple Bamboo Tribe martial artists with one sword strike, and Lin Bai dismissed his swordsmanship as flashy and weak.
• Zi Xia described Liu Yuhen, Zi Han, Nan An, and Xiang Xing as formidable fighters, while Lin Bai disparaged each of them.
• Su Min kicked Zi Hai off the seventh arena, and Lin Bai called the Sword Pavilion Tribe genius an ant despite Zi Xia’s challenge.
• Zi Xia insulted Lin Bai and Ye Suxin, then rushed to challenge Xiang Xing for the sixth arena.
• Lin Bai watched Zi Xia with a cold smile as killing intent surfaced in his eyes.

Zi Xia defeated Xiang Xing and seemed poised to be declared the martial contest’s victor, but he stopped the announcement to accuse Lin Bai of insulting the arena’s strongest fighters. He pointed Lin Bai out to the crowd, leaving him and Ye Suxin surrounded by hostile attention.

• Zi Xia challenged Xiang Xing and knocked him from the blazing arena after a prolonged battle.
• Lin Bai decided to leave with Ye Suxin and Lin Ye after Zi Feng gave up on challenging the seven fighters.
• When the chief prepared to announce the contest’s victor, Zi Xia interrupted and repeated insults he claimed Lin Bai had made about the seven fighters.
• Zi Xia pointed at Lin Bai, drawing the crowd’s attention and prompting the martial artists to distance themselves from him and Ye Suxin.

Lin Bai was forced by Zi Xia and the crowd to enter the arena, where he challenged all seven arena champions. He effortlessly caught Zi Xia’s full-powered punch, and Zi Xia followed up with his Purple Qi Divine Emperor Fist.

• Zi Xia and the other arena champions taunted Lin Bai and demanded that he fight or admit he was a coward.
• Lin Bai stepped onto the arena and challenged all seven champions to attack him together.
• Zi Xia insisted on fighting Lin Bai alone and launched a full-powered punch, but Lin Bai caught it with one hand.
• Lin Bai released Zi Xia after mocking him, and Zi Xia retreated before attacking again with the Purple Qi Divine Emperor Fist.

Lin Bai overwhelmed the contenders on the flaming arena, defeating Zi Xia and Liu Yuhen with single punches before taking on the remaining fighters. He continued to dismantle their attacks and left He Yunsheng, Zi Qing, and Su Min still facing him.

• Lin Bai shattered Zi Xia's Purple Qi Divine Emperor Fist with one punch and sent him crashing off the arena.
• Liu Yuhen challenged Lin Bai with the Nine Heavens Divine Fist, but Lin Bai broke through his fist shadows and knocked him down with one punch.
• Lin Bai kicked Liu Yuhen off the arena, then called for the five remaining contenders to attack him together.
• Zi Han lashed at Lin Bai with a purple ribbon, but Lin Bai shattered it with a stomp and sent her flying off the arena.
• Nan An attacked from behind, but Lin Bai turned and punched him, badly injuring him and knocking him off the arena.

Lin Bai defeated He Yunsheng, Zi Qing, and the others on the flaming arena, leaving only Su Min to challenge him. Su Min recognized the Azure Thunder Sword Lin Bai had taken from Su Dingan and attacked to reclaim it, ending the chapter as Lin Bai identified Su Min’s Blood Shadow Soul Severing Sword.

• Lin Bai let He Yunsheng’s Great River Sword Intent hit him, then lifted He Yunsheng by the neck and kicked him off the arena.
• Zi Qing charged at Lin Bai but surrendered after meeting his killing gaze.
• Su Min challenged Lin Bai, and Lin Bai revealed the Azure Thunder Sword he had taken from Su Dingan.
• Lin Bai offered to return the sword if Su Min could defeat him, and Su Min attacked to claim it.
• Su Min unleashed the Blood Shadow Soul Severing Sword, which Lin Bai recognized.