Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai ambushed six Poison God Family disciples leaving Myriad Poisons Mountain Range and killed five with one sword, sparing the quietest man to deliver a warning. The survivor returned to the Poison God Family with the corpses and Lin Bai’s message: fifteen days left.

• Six Poison God Family disciples discussed their family’s support for the Seventeenth Prince and headed toward the Earth Emperor Tribe to observe its allegiance.
• Lin Bai appeared on the road and told the six men that one of them would live, choosing the thin, silent warrior.
• The six disciples unleashed their Poison Arts and poisonous creatures, but Lin Bai killed five men and their creatures with one sword.
• Lin Bai spared the thin warrior and ordered him to take the corpses back with the warning, “fifteen days left.”
• The thin warrior saw the warning carved across the five men’s chests and hurried back to the Poison God Family.

Shangguan Cun warned Yu Ru that Lin Bai’s ties to the Peach Mountain Eighteen Immortals made him a dangerous enemy. After Lin Bai killed five Poison God Family disciples, Yu Ru ordered his people to hunt him down and send his corpse to the Eastern Continent Academy.

• Shangguan Cun told Yu Ru that the Poison God Family had provoked Lin Bai by refusing to help him search for a woman.
• A disciple reported that Lin Bai had killed five Poison God Family members and carved words into their chests.
• Shangguan Cun explained that the Peach Mountain Eighteen Immortals stood behind Lin Bai and compared his domineering nature to Lin Duo’s arrogance.
• Yu Ru inspected the five bodies and ordered Elder He Yu to find and kill Lin Bai.
• Yu Ru planned to send Lin Bai’s corpse to the Eastern Continent Academy as a warning amid the coming conflict between the two factions.

Lin Bai continued ambushing Poison God Family martial artists to force the family to respond. Elder Sun Yu and three other elders lured him into a trap outside the Myriad Poisons Mountain Range, where Lin Bai fought back against their overwhelming force.

• Elder Sun Yu received five more bodies marked “Thirteen days remaining” and ordered Poison God Family martial artists and elders to gather.
• The waiter told Lin Bai that the Poison God Family was in turmoil but had not begun searching for Ye Suxin.
• Lin Bai left Du Shan City and confronted eight Poison God Family martial artists on the ancient road outside the Myriad Poisons Mountain Range.
• The eight martial artists summoned Elder Sun Yu, Elder Qin, Elder Meng, Elder Zhang, and more than a hundred disciples to surround Lin Bai.
• Elder Sun Yu ordered the Poison God Family forces to kill Lin Bai, and the disciples unleashed poisonous creatures.
• Lin Bai summoned his wooden sword, Flying Swords, and Three-Colored Divine Lightning, then charged into the attacking crowd.

Lin Bai fought the Poison God Family’s warriors and elders after they refused to help search for Ye Suxin. He killed Elder Zhang, Elder Qin, and Elder Meng, then sent his flying swords after the wounded survivors as Elder Sun Yu begged him to stop.

• Several hundred Poison God Family warriors attacked Lin Bai while Elder Sun Yu, Elder Qin, Elder Zhang, and Elder Meng watched.
• Lin Bai urged the warriors to help search for Ye Suxin, but they refused and continued attacking him.
• Lin Bai unleashed his sword techniques and Three-Colored Divine Lightning, killing more than ninety warriors and gravely wounding the rest.
• Elder Zhang charged at Lin Bai, who raised his cultivation to the second level of the Apex Realm and killed him with a single strike.
• Elder Qin and Elder Meng attacked together, and Lin Bai killed them both.
• Lin Bai ordered his flying swords to attack the wounded warriors, and Elder Sun Yu pleaded with him to stop.

Lin Bai defeated the Poison God Family’s ambush and gave it twelve days to hand over Ye Suxin or face destruction. The family learned that the Seventeenth Prince had sent troops to support it, and its elders decided to wait for Lin Bai and kill him.

• Lin Bai killed the wounded martial artists and spared Sun Yu to carry his ultimatum to the Poison God Family.
• Sun Yu returned with the bodies and reported that Lin Bai would come back in twelve days unless the family handed over Ye Suxin.
• The Second Elder warned Yu Ru that the conflict could draw in the Crown Prince and the Eastern Continent Academy, while the Ninth Elder confirmed that Ye Suxin had died in the Ten Thousand Poisons Cave.
• Yu Ru consulted the Seventeenth Prince and learned that three monarchs and thirty million soldiers were heading to the Southern Province, expected to arrive within ten days.
• The Poison God Family’s elders agreed to wait for Lin Bai’s return and kill him.

Lin Bai left Du Shan City with Lin Ye and vowed to return in twelve days to take Ye Suxin from the Poison God Family or destroy it. He then summoned his avatars, while the Sword Demon—Lin Bai’s Demon Avatar—killed Zhang Tianqing at the Faceless Ones’ headquarters and announced he would leave the Eastern Continent for a while.

• Lin Bai departed Du Shan City with Lin Ye and told the waiter to keep watch on the Poison God Family until he returned in twelve days.
• Lin Bai insisted Ye Suxin was alive and vowed to take her from the Poison God Family, threatening to destroy the family if he failed.
• Lin Bai prepared to summon his Demon Avatar and Giant God Avatar, wondering how much their cultivation had advanced.
• At the Faceless Ones’ headquarters, Zhang Tianqing offered the Sword Demon three hundred million spirit liquids to assassinate his second uncle, a third-stage Apex Realm martial artist.
• The Sword Demon refused the contract and killed Zhang Tianqing with a single sword strike after Zhang Tianqing threatened him.
• The Sword Demon said he would leave the Eastern Continent for a while and accept no missions during that time.

Sword Demon sensed Lin Bai’s call and headed for Southern Province as Lin Bai’s conflict with the Poison God Family drew in the Crown Prince’s schemes. Lin Bai reached the Burial River and confronted its guardian, declaring that he had come to negotiate.

• Sword Demon killed Zhang Tianqing, then left the Eastern Continent for the Poison God Family after sensing Lin Bai’s call.
• Lin Bai’s colossal clone left Ice Lake Sea, and Lan Ling learned that Lin Bai had fallen out with the Poison God Family.
• Xu Li reported Lin Bai’s conflict with the Poison God Family to the Crown Prince, who ordered five Army Marquises and fifty million troops into Southern Province and told Xu Li to use Lin Bai against the family.
• Lin Bai traveled across Southern Province and reached the Burial River after three days.
• The Burial River churned as Black Warriors surrounded Lin Bai’s spirit boat, and an old man accused him of returning to die.
• Lin Bai told the old man that he had come to negotiate terms.

Lin Bai negotiated with Black Heaven Old Ancestor, offering to undo the curse that trapped the Black Warriors in the Burial River in exchange for five favors. Black Heaven Old Ancestor explained that the Netherworld Ghost Lantern had saved his lineage after they were caught in a battle between the Heaven Swallowing Race and the Giant God Race, but enslaved them in the process.

• Lin Bai offered to free the Black Warriors from their curse, and Black Heaven Old Ancestor agreed that they would owe Lin Bai five favors.
• Black Heaven Old Ancestor recounted how a battle between the Heaven Swallowing Race and the Giant God Race destroyed his lineage’s home and swept the survivors into the Barren Ancient Continent.
• Black Heaven Old Ancestor explained that his severely wounded people discovered the Netherworld Ghost Lantern and accepted its offer to save their lives in exchange for becoming its slaves.

Lin Bai followed Black Heaven Old Ancestor beneath the Burial River to see the Netherworld Ghost Lantern, hoping to find a way to break the curse trapping the Black Warriors. The lamp offered Lin Bai overwhelming power in exchange for his submission, and the chapter ended with its temptation hanging over him.

• Black Heaven Old Ancestor explained that the Netherworld Ghost Lantern had cursed the Black Warriors, preventing them from leaving the Burial River, and Lin Bai asked to see it before agreeing to help.
• Black Heaven Old Ancestor led Lin Bai beneath the Burial River and into a White Bone Palace, where the Netherworld Ghost Lantern stood.
• Lin Bai noticed the lamp's lotus-shaped bowl resembled a hand and suspected that the Netherworld Ghost Lantern and the Demon Sword had been refined from the left and right hands.
• The Netherworld Ghost Lantern spoke to Lin Bai and offered him power enough to rule the Barren Ancient Continent if he agreed to its demand.
• The Netherworld Ghost Lantern tempted Lin Bai by invoking the loved ones and friends he had lost or would lose, urging him to accept its power.

Lin Bai resisted the Netherworld Ghost Lantern’s bewitchment and offered to destroy it in exchange for Black Heaven Old Ancestor’s help against the Poison God Family. Black Heaven Old Ancestor refused unless Lin Bai first freed his people from their curse, and Lin Bai turned to leave.

• The Netherworld Ghost Lantern tempted Lin Bai with power to rescue his parents and Ye Suxin, but the Devouring Sword Soul struck the lantern and jolted him back to his senses.
• Lin Bai wondered whether the tempting voice came from the lantern or his own desires, then decided that destroying the lantern could lift the curse on Black Heaven Old Ancestor and his clansmen.
• Lin Bai claimed that his Heaven Swallowing Race martial soul could destroy the Netherworld Ghost Lantern and offered to free the cursed people if they helped him.
• Black Heaven Old Ancestor said his 1,200 clansmen could not leave the Burial River for long and were no match for the Poison God Family without first being freed.
• Lin Bai refused to lift the curse before securing their help and turned to leave, prompting Black Heaven Old Ancestor to call him back.

As Lin Bai's deadline to rescue Ye Suxin drew near, martial artists and major factions gathered in Du Shan City to witness his challenge to the Poison God Family. Ye Suxin prepared the Demon Sect to support him, while Li Jiuge, Lan Yuxin, Dugu Yitian, and Dugu Hao discussed whether their factions would take sides.

• Lin Bai's name and his threat to the Poison God Family spread across the Southern Province, drawing tens of thousands of onlookers to Du Shan City.
• Ye Suxin told the Snake King that Lin Bai would return, then ordered the Lion King, Tiger King, Wolf King, and thirty thousand Demon Sect elites to aid him when he attacked.
• Li Jiuge, Lan Yuxin, Dugu Yitian, and Dugu Hao met at the Fated Inn after arriving in Du Shan City to learn more about Lin Bai's coming clash.
• Lan Yuxin said she would not pass up her chance to get involved, while Dugu Yitian and Li Jiuge discussed how their families might choose sides.

Lin Bai arrived in Du Shan City on the final day of his one-month deadline and confronted the Poison God Family at the Myriad Poisons Mountain Range. The family had prepared for battle, and Lin Bai demanded that they hand over the person he sought.

• Li Jiuge warned Dugu Yitian that the Sword God Family should stay out of the conflict if it had not made up its mind, while Lan Yuxin remained troubled.
• Yu Ru ordered the Poison God Family’s disciples into the Myriad Poisons Mountain Range and called its Apex Realm elders to stand by, while arranging for three Army Marquises and their forces to arrive.
• At dawn, Ye Suxin told the Snake King to ready the Lion King, Wolf King, and Tiger King to fight the Poison God Family even if Lin Bai did not appear.
• Lin Bai arrived by spirit boat as the gathered martial artists watched and followed him toward the Myriad Poisons Mountain Range.
• Lin Bai stood before the mountain range, saw Poison God Family disciples hidden in the poisonous fog, and demanded to know where the person he sought was.

Lin Bai confronted the Poison God Family over Ye Suxin’s disappearance, but the family denied responsibility and tried to seize him. As Lin Bai prepared to fight, Lion King and Wolf King intervened, demanding that the Poison God Family return Ye Suxin.

• Lin Bai arrived at the Myriad Poisons Mountain Range with Lin Ye and demanded that the Poison God Family reveal Ye Suxin’s whereabouts.
• The Second Elder and Ninth Elder claimed Ye Suxin had died in the Ten Thousand Poisons Cave, while Lin Bai accused the family of refusing to investigate her disappearance.
• The Second Elder tried to force Lin Bai into the mountain range, but Lin Bai blocked his attack with his wooden sword and declared he would not leave without finding Ye Suxin.
• The Second Elder and Ninth Elder attacked Lin Bai, but Ye Suxin ordered Lion King and Wolf King to stop them.
• Lion King struck the Second Elder, and Wolf King wounded the Ninth Elder before the two introduced themselves as Devil Sect warriors and demanded Ye Suxin’s return.

The Lion King and Wolf King arrived to rescue Ye Suxin, fighting the Poison God Family elders while Lin Bai advanced toward the Myriad Poisons Mountain Range. Lin Bai left the Poison God Family’s legendary grand formation split open with a single sword strike.

• The Lion King and Wolf King overwhelmed the Second Elder and Ninth Elder, revealing themselves as Demon Sect Guardian Kings who had come for Ye Suxin.
• The Lion King asked Lin Bai to lead the Demon Sect disciples waiting outside while he and the Wolf King fought the elders.
• The Wolf King used the Nether Sword to destroy the Ninth Elder’s poisonous creatures and attack her.
• Lin Bai flew above the Myriad Poisons Mountain Range and unleashed his Martial Soul Secret Method: Break the Ban.
• Yu Ru ordered the Myriad Poisons Grand Formation activated, but Lin Bai split the formation open with one sword.

Lin Bai destroyed the Myriad Poisons Grand Formation with one sword, allowing the Devil Sect to invade the Poison God Family’s territory and search for their missing Sect Master. The two forces began a fierce battle throughout the Myriad Poisons Mountain Range, with neither side gaining the upper hand.

• Lin Bai cleaved apart the Myriad Poisons Grand Formation, shocking the watching martial artists and leaving Yu Ru furious.
• Ye Suxin ordered the Devil Sect disciples to follow Lin Bai into the mountains and leave no Poison God Family disciple alive.
• The Snake King led more than thirty thousand Devil Sect martial artists into the Myriad Poisons Mountain Range, and Lin Bai entered after them.
• Yu Ru ordered the Poison God Family disciples to kill all intruders, and they sent poisonous beasts against the Devil Sect forces.
• The Devil Sect and Poison God Family clashed across the mountain range, suffering casualties as both sides fought without gaining the upper hand.

Lin Bai entered the Poison God Family’s ancestral territory while the Demon Sect fought the family’s forces, and Yu Ru sent four of the family’s young prodigies to stop him. Lin Bai battled Li Wen, Gou Chen, San Le, and Bai Qing as Lan Yuxin was held back from intervening.

• Lin Bai advanced through the Myriad Poisons Mountain Range while Yu Ru ordered Gou Chen, San Le, Bai Qing, and Li Wen to confront him.
• The four Young Lords surrounded Lin Bai, and he revealed that he had been the sword cultivator who defeated Gou Chen in the Ten Thousand Poisons Cave.
• Gou Chen summoned Vermilion Bird, and all four Young Lords unleashed their natal poisonous creatures against Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai fought back with his Flying Swords, Three-Colored Divine Lightning, and wooden sword, beginning a fierce battle with the four prodigies.
• Lan Yuxin tried to rush to Lin Bai’s aid, but Li Jiuge stopped her, and Dugu Yitian agreed they should wait for the Poison God Family’s next move.

Lin Bai fought the four Young Masters until Elder Qi Hai and a group of Apex Realm elders joined the battle, overwhelming him and destroying his wooden sword. Hu Qi arrived to help and delivered a sword case from his master, leaving Lin Bai with a new weapon as the fight continued.

• Dugu Yitian denied that his offer to fight Lin Bai was meant to support the Crown Prince, calling it an ordinary martial exchange.
• Lin Bai held his own against the four Young Masters, but Yu Ru ordered Elder Qi Hai and more than a dozen Apex Realm elders to help capture him.
• The combined attackers knocked away Lin Bai's flying swords, shattered his Three-Colored Divine Lightning, and burned his wooden sword to ashes.
• As the Poison God Family's fighters closed in, Hu Qi arrived, knocked them back, and said he had come to help Lin Bai fight.
• Hu Qi told Lin Bai that his master had ordered him to deliver a sword case before leaving on his travels.

Hu Qi delivered the Heaven Swallowing Demon Sword, forged from Chaos Divine Iron, to Lin Bai before they faced the Poison God Family’s fighters. Lin Bai began his assault and killed Qi Hai with a single strike, while reinforcements were still on their way.

• Hu Qi gave Lin Bai the sword forged by True Monarch of Myriad Treasures, and Lin Bai named it the Heaven Swallowing Demon Sword.
• Hu Qi explained that the sword could devour heaven and earth’s spiritual power and the spirituality of spirit artifacts to grow stronger.
• Hu Qi told Lin Bai that Yin Jiuling, A Ning, and their other brothers were coming to the Poison God Family.
• Lin Bai charged the sixteen Apex Realm powerhouses and four young masters after declaring he would send them to the afterlife.
• Qi Hai attacked Lin Bai, but Lin Bai pierced his throat with one strike of the Heaven Swallowing Demon Sword and killed him.

Lin Bai killed Qi Hai with his newly strengthened demon sword as the battle against the Poison God Family intensified. Li Jiuge and Hu Qi joined the fight, and Lan Yuxin froze Lin Bai’s attackers long enough for him to kill fifteen Apex Realm experts, while San Le and Li Wen remained frozen.

• Lin Bai killed Qi Hai with the demon sword, prompting the Poison God Family’s remaining experts and the Four Young Masters to attack him.
• Hu Qi confronted Gou Chen and Bai Qing, and Li Jiuge joined him as a Quasi-Holy Son of the Eastern Continent Academy before fighting Gou Chen.
• Dugu Yitian decided that the Sword God Family would hold back for now because the battle had become entangled with the struggle for the throne.
• Lan Yuxin entered Lin Bai’s battle against fifteen Apex Realm experts and the Young Masters San Le and Li Wen, but Lin Bai told her to stay away.
• Lan Yuxin used Heaven Sealing Three Breaths to freeze the battlefield, and Lin Bai killed all fifteen Apex Realm experts with the Dragon Slayer Imprisoning Heaven Art.

Lin Bai and his companions reached the Poison God Family’s mountain gate after fighting through its forces, demanding that Yu Ru hand over Ye Suxin. Yu Ru refused and ordered more than a hundred Apex Realm experts to kill them, leaving the four surrounded and preparing for battle.

• Lan Yuxin used her Martial Soul Secret Method to immobilize fifteen Apex Realm experts, and Lin Bai killed them with one sword while San Le and Li Wen escaped the attack badly injured.
• Li Wen rescued Gou Chen and Bai Qing from Li Jiuge and Hu Qi, then San Le and Li Wen retreated with them into the Myriad Poisons Mountain Range.
• Lin Bai told Li Jiuge, Hu Qi, and Lan Yuxin to leave, but all three chose to follow him toward the Poison God Family.
• Yu Ru confronted Lin Bai at the family’s mountain gate with hundreds of Apex Realm elders, and Lin Bai demanded to see Ye Suxin.
• Yu Ru claimed Ye Suxin was dead, rejected Lin Bai’s threat, and ordered his elders to kill the four and feed their corpses to the poisonous beasts.
• As the elders surrounded them, Lin Bai, Li Jiuge, Lan Yuxin, and Hu Qi prepared to fight, and Hu Qi urged the others not to show mercy.