Chapter Summaries

Yan Ji defeated Ye Jing after a prolonged duel, revealing his formidable ability to read opponents and seemingly vast spiritual power. Su Tingzong then defeated the irritable woman with one sword stroke, leaving the warriors stunned.

• Yan Ji and Ye Jing began the first duel, while Lin Bai watched with Shangguan Cun and Ye Suxin.
• Lin Bai recognized that Yan Ji appeared to anticipate Ye Jing’s techniques, and Shangguan Cun explained that Yan Ji’s Eyes of Heaven’s Gaze could see through an opponent’s moves.
• After thousands of exchanges, Yan Ji struck Ye Jing off the lotus platform and won the duel.
• Lin Bai noted that Ye Jing’s spiritual power was nearly depleted while Yan Ji still seemed to have plenty, and concluded that Yan Ji was truly powerful.
• Su Tingzong defeated the irritable woman with a single sword stroke, stunning the watching warriors.

Su Tingzong defeated Qin Yijun with one sword strike, and Li Can won after Liu Yuan appeared to deliberately give him an opening. Lin Bai questioned the strange defeats before facing Feng Siyun, whose attack his Three-Colored Divine Lightning easily blocked.

• Su Tingzong defeated Qin Yijun with a single sword strike, leaving True Monarch of Myriad Treasures wondering whether Su Tingzong had come seeking a weapon.
• Li Can fought Liu Yuan for hundreds of exchanges, then seized a deliberate opening and knocked him off the lotus platform.
• Lin Bai told Shangguan Cun that Liu Yuan and the Celestial Mystery Tribe's other fighters seemed to have lost unusually, and he questioned whether Qin Yijun's defeat was genuine.
• Lin Bai took the platform to face Feng Siyun after Ye Suxin said she expected him to win.
• Feng Siyun attacked Lin Bai with a freezing palm strike, but his Three-Colored Divine Lightning shield blocked it and sent her flying backward.

Lin Bai defeated Feng Siyun on the lotus platform with Dragon Slayer Swordplay after overcoming her Three-Colored Divine Lightning and King Grade Spirit Artifact. With the strongest fighters decided, True Monarch of Myriad Treasures announced that they would draw lots for the next round.

• Lin Bai struck Feng Siyun with Three Thousand Lightning Annihilations, leaving her badly wounded before she used the Wind Breath Blade to unleash her strongest attack.
• Lin Bai drew a wooden sword and used Dragon Slayer Returning Sea Art to shatter Feng Siyun's blade attack and send her off the lotus platform.
• Feng Siyun asked about Lin Bai's sword technique, then admitted defeat and returned to her seat.
• True Monarch of Myriad Treasures identified Lin Bai's technique as Lin Duo's Dragon Slayer Swordplay, while Seventeenth Prince and Mo Wenshen showed no surprise.
• True Monarch of Myriad Treasures announced that the four remaining fighters would draw two white and two black pearls to determine the next round's groups.

Lin Bai and Su Tingzong were paired in the black-pearl match at the True Monarch of Myriad Treasures’ birthday tournament. After Yan Ji defeated Li Can, Lin Bai faced Su Tingzong as the crowd underestimated him, and Su Tingzong challenged him to draw his sword.

• Yan Ji, Su Tingzong, Li Can, and Lin Bai drew their pearls, pairing Yan Ji against Li Can and Su Tingzong against Lin Bai.
• Yan Ji defeated Li Can after several thousand exchanges, and Li Can returned to his seat injured and disappointed.
• Lan Yuxin told Li Jiuge that Lin Bai could defeat Su Tingzong in only a few swords, while Mo Wenshen warned the Seventeenth Prince that Su Tingzong would likely struggle against Lin Bai.
• The True Monarch of Myriad Treasures began the black-pearl match, and Lin Bai and Su Tingzong stepped onto the lotus platform.
• Su Tingzong dismissed Lin Bai’s greeting, demanded that he draw his sword, and said he would not show mercy; Lin Bai told him to make the first move.

Lin Bai confronted Su Tingzong, who demanded a duel and grew enraged when Lin Bai mocked his arrogance and the Sword Pavilion Tribe’s Azure Thunder Sword. Su Tingzong attacked with the Abyssal Phantom Sword, but Lin Bai blocked it with his wooden sword and sent him flying back.

• Lin Bai refused to show fear of Su Tingzong and taunted him as they prepared to fight.
• Lin Bai revealed the Azure Thunder Sword, explaining that it had fallen into his hands and that he had challenged the Sword Pavilion Tribe to send someone worthy to reclaim it.
• Lin Bai drove the Azure Thunder Sword into the ground and dismissed it as worthless, provoking Su Tingzong.
• Su Tingzong drew a King Grade Spirit Artifact and vowed to defeat Lin Bai with one sword, while Lin Bai boasted that Su Tingzong’s arrogance could not match his own.
• Su Tingzong unleashed the Abyssal Phantom Sword, one of the Sword Pavilion Tribe’s Nine Ghostgod Swords.
• Lin Bai stopped the attack with his wooden sword, shattered Su Tingzong’s technique, and forced him back three hundred meters.

Lin Bai used the Mist Sword Art to deduce Su Tingzong’s Abyssal Phantom Sword and then his Nine Divine Dragon Slashes during their battle. The Sword Pavilion Tribe accused Lin Bai of stealing its secret techniques, raising the prospect of trouble beyond the fight.

• Lin Bai’s sword strike forced Su Tingzong back, and True Monarch of Myriad Treasures recognized Dao Resonance in Lin Bai’s swordsmanship.
• Su Tingzong wounded Lin Bai with the Abyssal Phantom Sword, but Lin Bai then deduced the technique with the Mist Sword Art and fought back with a copy of it.
• Lin Bai left Su Tingzong more badly wounded and explained that his deduced Abyssal Phantom Sword had reached eighty percent of its power.
• Su Tingzong accused Lin Bai of stealing the Sword Pavilion Tribe’s secret art and attacked with the Nine Divine Dragon Slashes.
• Lin Bai deduced the Nine Divine Dragon Slashes and met Su Tingzong’s nine dragon strikes with an identical technique.
• Dugu Yitian warned that the Sword Pavilion Tribe might pursue Lin Bai because its members would mistake his deductions for stolen techniques.

Lin Bai and Su Tingzong’s duel escalated when Su Tingzong revealed his God-Rank Soul, the God-Slaying Sword. As the onlookers reacted to the revelation and an ancient prophecy, Lin Bai faced the sword’s power on the ruined lotus platform.

• Su Tingzong wondered why Lin Bai’s weaker Nine Divine Dragon Slashes kept gaining the upper hand, then rejected the idea that Lin Bai surpassed him in sword talent and combat experience.
• Su Tingzong unleashed his God-Rank Soul, shocking the spectators and prompting the Seventeenth Prince to order Mo Wenshen to arrange a meeting with the Sword Pavilion Tribe so he could recruit him.
• The Sword Pavilion Tribe’s elders said they had protected Su Tingzong until he reached the consummate stage of the Death Reversal Realm and could safely reveal his strength.
• Shangguan Cun told Ye Suxin that the Eternal Tablet had prophesied at least nine God-Rank Souls would emerge in the Southern Continent, possibly ushering in prosperity or chaos.
• Lin Bai saw a rust-covered, bloodstained sword in the black mist above Su Tingzong as a Sword Pavilion Tribe elder identified it as the God-Rank Soul, the God-Slaying Sword.

Su Tingzong unleashed his God-Rank Soul and used Martial Soul Secret Methods against Lin Bai, who revealed that he had killed another God-Rank Soul wielder. Lin Bai broke free from Su Tingzong’s control, but the chapter ended with him badly wounded by an explosive sword technique.

• Su Tingzong summoned his God-Rank Soul and challenged Lin Bai, who said he had killed Ye Jianjun, another wielder of a God-Rank Soul.
• The surrounding martial artists doubted Lin Bai’s claim, while Ye Suxin believed he was telling the truth and Dugu Hao predicted Lin Bai might kill Su Tingzong.
• Su Tingzong used the Coiling Dragon Martial Soul Secret Method to control Lin Bai and slash at him.
• Lin Bai activated the Devouring Sword Soul to break free, then blocked most of Su Tingzong’s sword strike and was knocked a hundred meters away.
• Su Tingzong used Hundred-Mile Sword Burial, causing his scattered Sword Qi to explode and leave Lin Bai covered in wounds.

Lin Bai defeated Su Tingzong, proving that a God-Rank Soul was not invincible, but spared his life at True Monarch of Myriad Treasures' celebration. He kept both King Grade Spirit Artifacts and challenged the Sword Pavilion Tribe to send someone worthy to win them back.

• Su Tingzong's Hundred-Mile Sword Burial struck Lin Bai, but Lin Bai emerged unharmed and said a God-Rank Soul could not kill him.
• Lin Bai used the Three Extinction Sword's World-Annihilating Sword to wound Su Tingzong and nearly shatter his God-Rank Soul.
• Lin Bai followed with Exterminate the Immortals, destroying Su Tingzong's soul and knocking him from the lotus platform, where he lay gravely injured but alive.
• Lin Bai stopped attacking to avoid angering the Sword Pavilion Tribe and True Monarch of Myriad Treasures, and the Sword Pavilion Tribe elders confirmed Su Tingzong would recover.
• Lin Bai took the Azure Thunder Sword and Su Tingzong's King Grade Spirit Artifact, telling the Sword Pavilion Tribe to send a worthy disciple to challenge him for their return.

After defeating Su Tingzong, Lin Bai began his final battle against Yan Ji, who secretly recognized him as the former Saint of East Continent. Their fight remained at a stalemate until Lin Bai revealed a three-sword attack designed to overcome Yan Ji’s Eyes of Heaven’s Gaze, and Yan Ji committed to countering Lin Bai’s wooden sword.

• The True Monarch of Myriad Treasures defended Lin Bai’s claim to the Azure Thunder Sword and Everlasting Song Sword, and the Sword Pavilion Tribe elders promised to reclaim them someday.
• Lin Bai refused the offered rest and called Yan Ji to begin the final decisive battle.
• Yan Ji privately revealed that he had guessed Lin Bai was the former Saint of East Continent, and Lin Bai agreed to fight.
• Lin Bai and Yan Ji exchanged a thousand attacks, with Yan Ji’s Eyes of Heaven’s Gaze evading Lin Bai’s swordsmanship and Lin Bai’s defenses stopping Yan Ji’s palms.
• Lin Bai launched two flying swords alongside his wooden sword, and Yan Ji judged the flying swords flawed before focusing on countering the wooden sword.

Lin Bai defeated Yan Ji in the birthday celebration martial contest by exploiting the limits of Yan Ji’s Eyes of Heaven’s Gaze, becoming the contest’s final victor. The True Monarch of Myriad Treasures invited Lin Bai to Fire Lotus Mountain in three days to discuss forging a weapon, while five former disciples recognized him as the person behind a deadly omen.

• Lin Bai distracted Yan Ji with a smile and struck his throat with his wooden sword, forcing Yan Ji to concede.
• Lin Bai explained that all three swords were killing moves and that Yan Ji’s Eyes of Heaven’s Gaze could not read the human heart; Yan Ji accepted the lesson and declared Lin Bai the victor.
• Yan Ji told Yan Long that Lin Bai could have killed him with three swords, and Yan Long praised Lin Bai as the Eastern Continent’s strongest prodigy.
• The True Monarch of Myriad Treasures offered to forge Lin Bai a weapon and asked him to visit Fire Lotus Mountain at dawn three days later.
• Hu Qi recognized Lin Bai as the former Eastern Continent Saint Heir whom Master’s divination had linked to a Nine Deaths omen.

After winning the martial competition, Lin Bai left the birthday celebration with True Lord of Myriad Treasures to have the Demon Sword reforged. He presented an unusual black divine metal as the sword’s primary material, leaving True Lord of Myriad Treasures puzzled by its nature.

• Lin Bai returned from his victories, and Shangguan Cun praised his growing reputation as the birthday celebration continued.
• On the second day, True Lord of Myriad Treasures summoned Lin Bai and took him to Fire Lotus Mountain, foiling Luo Jia and the other disciples’ plans to intercept him.
• Lin Bai told Ye Suxin to be careful at the celebration and asked Lin Ye to protect her before departing with True Lord of Myriad Treasures.
• In his palace, True Lord of Myriad Treasures recognized Lin Bai as the Eastern Continent Saint and identified the blueprint as the Demon Sword Purple Radiance.
• Lin Bai explained that the Demon Sword had been destroyed and asked True Lord of Myriad Treasures to reforge it, but declined to use Immaculate Divine Iron as the primary material.
• Lin Bai presented a fist-sized black lump as his chosen divine metal, and True Lord of Myriad Treasures examined it in confusion.

True Monarch of Myriad Treasures recognized Lin Bai’s Black Charcoal Iron as Chaos Divine Iron and agreed to forge it into a sword after learning Lin Bai insisted on using it as the main material. He explained the Pangu Sect’s history with Chaos Divine Iron weapons, then said he would forge Lin Bai’s sword on several conditions.

• True Monarch of Myriad Treasures examined the Black Charcoal Iron and consulted a Pangu tome, identifying it as Chaos Divine Iron.
• Lin Bai insisted that the Chaos Divine Iron itself be the sword’s main material because only such a weapon could kill his intended enemy.
• True Monarch of Myriad Treasures agreed to forge the sword after a long silence.
• True Monarch of Myriad Treasures explained that the Pangu Sect had once forged a Chaos Divine Iron weapon for the Heaven Swallowing Race to destroy the Giant God Race, and that the weapon’s creation led to the sect’s calamity.
• True Monarch of Myriad Treasures said he would forge Lin Bai’s sword but required him to agree to several conditions.

Lin Bai commissioned the True Monarch of Myriad Treasures to forge a demon sword and promised to help the Pangu Sect return to the Spirit World. After learning that the forging was fated to bring disaster, Lin Bai tried to cancel it, but the True Monarch insisted on going through with it.

• The True Monarch of Myriad Treasures agreed to forge Lin Bai’s sword after Lin Bai accepted three conditions, including helping the Pangu Sect return to the Spirit World if he reached the pinnacle of the Spirit World.
• The True Monarch estimated the forging would take six months to ten years, and Lin Bai set a six-month deadline and arranged for the sword to be delivered to Emperor Xiao if he left the Southern Continent.
• At the foot of Fire Lotus Mountain, Lin Bai met Hu Qi, Luo Jia, Chen Zhixiao, and Miss Qinxin, who told him the True Monarch was Hu Qi’s master and a disciple of the Pangu Sect.
• Hu Qi revealed that divination had predicted a Nine Blacks configuration, meaning the forging would bring certain death, and explained that the True Monarch had expelled his disciples to protect them.
• Lin Bai hurried back to ask the True Monarch to stop the forging, but the True Monarch refused, calling the sword a rare fortune for a weapon refiner and the Pangu Sect.
• The True Monarch told Lin Bai to wait for the finished sword and summoned Luo Jia, Chen Zhixiao, Qinxin, Nong Shuang, and Hu Qi to the summit.

The Monarch of Myriad Treasures explained Pangu Sect’s history and why he had chosen to forge a Divine Weapon despite his disciples’ objections. After hearing his reasons, the five disciples accepted his decision and stopped trying to dissuade him.

• Luo Jia led the five disciples back up Fire Lotus Mountain, where they found the Monarch of Myriad Treasures paying respects to his ancestor.
• The Monarch of Myriad Treasures revealed that Pangu Sect had fled the Spirit World after forging a weapon for the Heaven Swallowing Race, which angered the Giant God Race.
• Luo Jia, Chen Zhixiao, Qinxin, Nong Shuang, and Hu Qi pleaded with their master not to forge the weapon, offering other ways to compensate Lin Bai.
• The Monarch of Myriad Treasures reminded each disciple of their ambitions and asked Hu Qi whether he would choose a life of ordinary forging or forge a Divine Weapon for the ages; Hu Qi chose the latter.
• The Monarch of Myriad Treasures said he had spent 520 years unable to restore Pangu Sect to the Spirit World and asked to make this choice for himself.
• Luo Jia admitted his mistake, and Chen Zhixiao, Qinxin, Nong Shuang, and Hu Qi bowed with him and stopped opposing their master.

Hu Qi told Lin Bai that True Monarch of Myriad Treasures had chosen to forge Lin Bai’s sword, then shared the history of his master and their scattered companions. He revealed that the Longevity Tablet and the Ten Great Demonic Weapons might be tied to an ancient tomb connected to the Ancient Forebears.

• Hu Qi told Lin Bai that True Monarch of Myriad Treasures had decided to forge the sword and would likely withdraw from the world afterward, while his five disciples stayed to help.
• Hu Qi reassured Lin Bai that the decision to forge the sword and their choice to fight the Great Wu Dynasty were their own, then recounted how True Monarch of Myriad Treasures had adopted him.
• Hu Qi told Lin Bai that Yin Jiuling and A Ning were in South Continent, Tian Can had returned to Qi Tian Domain, and the old man and Manzi had gone elsewhere.
• Hu Qi said that the old man and Manzi possessed the Longevity Tablet, one of the Ten Great Demonic Weapons, which had come from an ancient tomb.
• Hu Qi explained that the ancient tomb might be connected to the Ancient Forebears, who had come from the Primordial Era and opened up the Barren Ancient Continent.
• Hu Qi glanced at Lin Bai’s black chopping knife as he and Lin Bai discussed the unknown origins of the Ten Great Demonic Weapons.

Shangguan Cun visited the True Monarch of Myriad Treasures to discuss the Ancestral Temple’s warning about Lin Bai, but the True Monarch refused to interfere with fate and entered seclusion to refine artifacts. As the Poison God Family left Fire Lotus Mountain, Ye Suxin, the Wolf King, and the Snake King ambushed them, and Nine Serpent joined the fight.

• Shangguan Cun told the True Monarch of Myriad Treasures that the Ancestral Temple’s Eternal Tablet had foretold a heaven-defying person and weapon bringing chaos to Southern Continent, and the True Monarch said the calamity was fate.
• The True Monarch of Myriad Treasures entered seclusion to refine artifacts as martial artists departed Fire Lotus Mountain.
• Ye Suxin learned that the Poison God Family would leave that evening and told the Wolf King to prepare an ambush.
• The Wolf King split the Poison God Family’s three spirit boats with a sword strike, and Ye Suxin revealed herself and ordered the attack.
• The Poison God Family’s peak Apex Realm elder knocked the Wolf King back, but Ye Suxin summoned Nine Serpent, which swallowed several experts and slaughtered more than a dozen Apex Realm fighters.

Ye Suxin killed Xia Qiu, a Third Generation Disciple of the Poison God Family, and let Wang Jingxuan escape to report the death. Later, Lin Bai reunited with his friends, returned the Water Mirror Sword to Dugu Yitian, and invited everyone to drink.

• The Wolf King and Nine Serpent defeated the Poison God Family’s forces, leaving Xia Qiu and Wang Jingxuan alive.
• Ye Suxin identified Xia Qiu as a Third Generation Disciple and crushed his throat despite his pleas for help.
• Wang Jingxuan escaped with a blood talisman and vowed the Poison God Family would pursue Ye Suxin, while she said his escape was part of her plan.
• Ye Suxin collected the fallen enemies’ Storage Bags and Beast-Taming Pouches, then left and warned the Nine Serpent not to follow too closely lest Lin Bai notice.
• Half a month later, Wang Jingxuan reported Xia Qiu’s death to the Poison God Family, shocking its members.
• Li Jiuge, Lan Yuxin, Dugu Yitian, and Dugu Hao visited Lin Bai; he returned the Water Mirror Sword to Dugu Yitian and invited everyone to drink.

Lin Bai and his friends discussed the Eastern Continent, where Wu He had become Holy Son, while Dugu Yitian revealed the Sword God Family was preparing to confront the Ye Clan. Meanwhile, a black-clothed chubby stranger invaded the Eastern Continent Academy, defeated Wu He with one punch, and introduced himself as Zhao Ba.

• Lin Bai heard that Wu He had become the Eastern Continent Holy Son, while Li Jiuge said he still considered Lin Bai the true number-one figure.
• Hu Qi and Dugu Hao dismissed Wu He's strength, and the group discussed staying in the Southern Continent after the birthday celebration.
• Dugu Yitian told Lin Bai that the Ye Clan remained unaware the Sword God Family had learned about ancient events and that Sword Venerable was gathering strength.
• A black-clothed chubby young man fought his way into the Eastern Continent Academy and went to the Sacred Island looking for its Holy Son.
• Wu He confronted the intruder, but the young man defeated him with one punch and identified himself as Zhao Ba.

Lin Bai learned that a Dragon Tomb had appeared in the Seven Stars Mountain Range and left Fire Lotus Mountain with Ye Suxin and Lin Ye to investigate, hoping to learn news of Bao'er. Aboard the passenger ship, the Celestial Mystery Tribe plotted against him, and the bald old man confronted him about the Dragon Slaying Skill and Cosmic Beast Taming Art.

• Hu Qi told Lin Bai that a Dragon Tomb had appeared in the Seven Stars Mountain Range near the Dao Gu Tribe, and Lin Bai decided to go there, thinking of Bao'er and Old Turtle.
• Lin Bai, Ye Suxin, and Lin Ye left Fire Lotus Mountain aboard a Heavenly Treasure Pavilion passenger ship bound for the Dao Gu Tribe.
• The bald old man and members of the Celestial Mystery Tribe boarded the same ship, and Liu Yuan asked when they would attack Lin Bai; the bald old man said they would wait until the ship had left Fire Lotus Mountain.
• As the ship sailed along the Man Wu River, the bald old man asked Lin Bai whether he remembered obtaining the Dragon Slaying Skill and Cosmic Beast Taming Art in the Green Cloud Mountain Range.
• Lin Bai shielded Ye Suxin and denied understanding what the bald old man meant.