Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai defeated Zhao Yang in the Zhang Family’s martial contest, ending the Zhao Family’s challenge and earning the Zhang Family’s respect. Afterward, Zhang Zhengqing explained the White Dragon Secret Realm, where the families would soon compete for scarce entry spots and treasures.

• Lin Bai defeated Zhao Yang, whose strength had been combined with that of six others, and the Zhang Family martial artists celebrated.
• Zhao Zhou challenged Lin Bai, but Zhang Tianye ended the contest before they could fight; the Zhao Family Head accepted the decision and warned that Zhao Zhou could face Lin Bai in the White Dragon Secret Realm.
• Lin Bai dismissed Zhao Zhou’s threat and left the arena with Zhang Zhengqing after the Zhao Family and Hunyuan Sect departed.
• Zhang Zhengqing told Lin Bai that the White Dragon Secret Realm was an ancient White Dragon Sect stronghold that opened for three months every hundred years and admitted only a thousand martial artists.
• Zhang Zhengqing explained that most entrants were below the seventh level of the Apex Realm, while few powerful experts still sought the realm’s increasingly scarce treasures.

Lin Bai learned that the Saint Blood Pill required the rare Yin-Yang Bloom, making it impractical for him to refine the pill himself. After Zhang Zhengqing warned him that the Dragon Slayer Swordplay was tied to a feared prisoner in the Black Hell, Lin Bai decided he had to go to the Heavenly Surveillance Bureau.

• Lin Bai asked Zhang Zhengqing about the Saint Blood Pill formula, hoping to refine pills to break through the Apex Realm.
• Zhang Zhengqing explained that the Yin-Yang Bloom, monopolized by the Gourd Mountain Li Family, was essential to safely refining the pill.
• Zhang Zhengqing recognized Lin Bai's Dragon Slayer Swordplay and told him its creator was a death-row prisoner imprisoned in the Black Hell.
• Zhang Zhengqing warned that the Central Sacred Nation treated the swordplay as taboo and that its use could get Lin Bai reported.
• Lin Bai returned to the courtyard and declared to Su Jin that he had to go to the Heavenly Surveillance Bureau.

Lin Bai realized the Heavenly Surveillance Bureau held the answers about his parents and the Black Prison, and resolved to grow strong enough to investigate it. Zhang Tianye offered him a Zhang Family spot in the White Dragon Secret Realm, and Lin Bai agreed to go.

• Lin Bai concluded that Lan Ling and the others had kept his parents’ fate secret to protect him until he was strong enough to face the Heavenly Surveillance Bureau.
• Lin Bai asked Su Jin about the qualifications to enter the Heavenly Surveillance Bureau and learned that his current first-level Apex Realm cultivation was far too weak.
• Zhang Tianye thanked Lin Bai for helping the Zhang Family and offered him one of its White Dragon Secret Realm spots to avoid arousing the Zhao Family’s suspicion.
• Zhang Zhengqing explained that the White Dragon Secret Realm could still hold treasures and ancient pills capable of helping martial artists break through realms.
• Lin Bai accepted Zhang Tianye’s invitation and agreed to travel to the White Dragon Secret Realm in about half a month.

Lin Bai learned the Nine Moon Severing Swords from Su Jin as a safer sword art to use in the Central Sacred Nation. Before Lin Bai set out for the White Dragon Secret Realm, Su Jin warned him about its dangers and gave him a map to a hidden cave dwelling.

• Zhang Zhengqing and Zhang Tianye warned Lin Bai not to use the Dragon Slayer Swordplay, and Su Jin explained that the Hanging Sword Bureau might target him for it.
• Su Jin taught Lin Bai the Nine Moon Severing Swords, a sword art once passed down by the destroyed Moon Severing Mountain, and Lin Bai trained with it for more than half a month.
• Zhang Zhengqing told Lin Bai that their party would leave for the White Dragon Secret Realm the next day.
• Su Jin warned Lin Bai that many powerful forces would enter the secret realm and told him to avoid using the Dragon Slayer Swordplay or Sword Lake's sword canon where anyone could witness them.
• Su Jin revealed that Sword Lake had once found a former White Dragon Sect Supreme Elder's cave dwelling in the secret realm and gave Lin Bai a map to help him locate it.

Lin Bai and the Zhang family traveled to Green Stone Town to enter the White Dragon Secret Realm, where the secret formation concealed a mountain range of ancient ruins. After arriving, Lin Bai sensed the formation and marveled at its strange, shifting nature.

• Lin Bai met Zhang Zhengqing and learned that five Zhang family elders and several younger martial artists would travel to the White Dragon Secret Realm.
• Elder Zhang Tianxiang arrived, and the group departed Thousand Leaf City as the Zhao family set out for the same destination.
• After ten days, the Zhang family reached Green Stone Town, where Zhang Tianxiang told the juniors to stay vigilant and avoid causing trouble.
• Lin Bai went with Zhang Zhengqing, Zhang Hu, Zhang Tian, and Zhang Miao to explore the town and learn how the secret realm had been discovered and seized by powerful forces.
• At the town entrance, Zhang Zhengqing explained that the White Dragon Mountain Range appeared only when its formation weakened, while Lin Bai sensed the formation’s shifting presence with his Devouring Sword Soul.

Lin Bai and Zhang Zhengqing learned that the Shen Family of Overlord Blade City had arrived in Green Stone Town, and Zhang Tian described the region’s powerful young martial artists. Zhang Zhengqing resolved to challenge them in the White Dragon Secret Realm, while Lin Bai memorized their names and looked forward to testing his strength.

• A blade from the sky split a spirit vessel carrying Jiangning City martial artists, and the Shen Family’s vessel descended into Green Stone Town.
• Zhang Zhengqing explained that Overlord Blade City was a powerful blade lineage that adopted disciples and orphans, and that it had a longstanding feud with Jiangning City.
• Zhang Tian listed the leading young martial artists of Dragon River Prefecture, including Shen Qianlang, Li Qingxin, Jiang Yan, Yun Shenyuan, Zuo Song, Bai Man, and E Long.
• Zhang Zhengqing admitted he might not withstand a move from Shen Qianlang or E Long, while Lin Bai memorized the famous names and hoped to meet them in the White Dragon Secret Realm.
• Zhang Zhengqing clenched his fists and vowed to defeat the region’s young geniuses in the secret realm.

Lin Bai and Zhang Zhengqing returned through Green Stone Town, where Zhao Zhou and a Hunyuan Sect disciple confronted them and demanded Zhang Miao join them for wine. Zhang Zhengqing refused, and Lin Bai offered to accompany Zhang Miao in his place.

• Lin Bai and Zhang Zhengqing saw Green Stone Town’s martial artists hide as they walked back to their residence.
• Zhao Zhou and Senior Brother Cao mocked Zhang Zhengqing and the Zhang family for their ties to Sword Lake.
• Zhao Zhou demanded that Zhang Miao come upstairs to drink with Senior Brother Cao, who threatened the Zhang family.
• Zhang Zhengqing refused, while Zhang Miao worried that the Hunyuan Sect would retaliate against her family.
• Lin Bai offered to go upstairs with Zhang Miao instead.

Lin Bai confronted Senior Brother Cao after Cao insulted Zhang Zhengqing and demanded that Zhang Miao drink with him. Lin Bai brutally subdued Cao and forced him to choose between drinking all the wine in the shop and dying, leaving Cao begging to be spared.

• Zhang Zhengqing led Lin Bai and the others upstairs to confront Senior Brother Cao and Zhao Zhou.
• Senior Brother Cao mocked Zhang Zhengqing and insulted Lin Bai, who ordered the waiter to bring every jar of wine in the shop.
• Lin Bai slammed Cao's head into the floor and threatened to kill him unless he drank all the wine within an hour.
• Zhao Zhou and the others held back from attacking because Lin Bai had Cao in his grasp, while Cao threatened Lin Bai with his father and Senior Brother Zuo Song.
• Lin Bai stabbed Cao in the ribs and raised a sword toward his head, forcing Cao to agree to drink and beg for mercy.

Lin Bai forced Cao Qian to drink until he became dangerously drunk, then revealed his name and sect when Zhao Zhou threatened him. After Hunyuan Sect elders learned that Moon Severing Mountain had been destroyed with their sect’s involvement, they suspected Lin Bai had come seeking revenge.

• Lin Bai sealed Cao Qian’s dantian and made him drink, so Cao Qian staggered out and rampaged through Green Stone Town.
• Zhao Zhou threatened Lin Bai and demanded his name, and Lin Bai identified himself as Lin Bai of Moon Severing Mountain.
• Lin Bai returned to the Zhang family estate with Zhang Zhengqing, and Zhang Tianxiang told everyone to remain there until the White Dragon Secret Realm opened.
• Cao Qian told Hunyuan Sect elders that Lin Bai had attacked him and named Moon Severing Mountain as his sect.
• The elders recalled Moon Severing Mountain’s destruction and its founding matriarch’s refusal to marry the Dragon River Prefect, then concluded that Lin Bai had come for revenge.

Lin Bai learned that the Hunyuan Sect had destroyed Moon Severing Mountain and that Cao Qian and Zuo Song planned to attack him in the White Dragon Secret Realm. When the realm opened, Lin Bai entered ahead of the Zhang family and was confronted at the entrance by Cao Qian and Zuo Song.

• A Hunyuan Sect elder assigned Zuo Song to deal with Lin Bai and ordered Cao Qian to wait until they reached the White Dragon Secret Realm or left Green Stone Town before attacking.
• Lin Bai stayed at the Zhang family residence and heard reports of violent clashes among the sects and families gathered in Green Stone Town.
• The White Dragon Secret Realm opened, and Zhang Tianxiang told the Zhang family juniors to stay together and kill Zhao family experts without mercy.
• Lin Bai and the Zhang family headed for the secret realm, and Lin Bai passed through its formation ahead of the others.
• Cao Qian entered with Zuo Song, identified Lin Bai, and Zuo Song faced him with an icy expression.

Lin Bai confronted Zuo Song of the Hunyuan Sect in the White Dragon Secret Realm after Cao Qian urged Zuo Song to avenge him. Their battle reached a stalemate inside Zuo Song’s Bloodletting Sword Formation, and Lin Bai told Zhang Zhengqing and the others to leave him behind.

• Cao Qian asked Zuo Song to avenge him, and Zuo Song attacked Lin Bai with his sword.
• Lin Bai drew the Demon Sword and exchanged blows with Zuo Song, who used the Bloodletting Sword Formation to vanish among the rain.
• Lin Bai and Zuo Song fought for several thousand exchanges without either injuring the other, while many onlookers left to explore the White Dragon Mountains.
• Zhang Zhengqing, Zhang Miao, Zhang Tian, and Zhang Hu arrived and flew toward the battle to help Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai sent a voice transmission telling Zhang Zhengqing and the others to leave and said he would meet them in Green Stone Town after the secret realm.

Lin Bai fought Zuo Song in the White Dragon Mountains and gradually saw through his repeated swordplay, though Zuo Song strengthened his sword with blood and kept the battle even. Their clash sent them underground, where Lin Bai discovered a huge palace.

• Zhang Zhengqing and the others followed Lin Bai's advice and left for the White Dragon Mountains, while Lin Bai and Zuo Song continued fighting.
• Zuo Song vanished into the rain and attacked Lin Bai from behind, but Lin Bai countered with Moon Rising in the East and sent him flying.
• Lin Bai criticized Zuo Song's repetitive swordplay, then pressed his advantage after predicting his attacks.
• Zuo Song spat blood onto his sword, strengthening it, and resumed fighting Lin Bai without either gaining the upper hand.
• Lin Bai and Zuo Song's clash shattered the ground and sent them plunging into an underground cavern.
• Lin Bai searched the darkness for Zuo Song, threw luminous stones, and discovered a huge underground palace.

Lin Bai and Zuo Song discovered the Hall of Longevity and its hidden Longevity Pill, but two powerful stone dragons drove them from the steps. As Zuo Song prepared to summon Hunyuan Sect elders, Lin Bai considered risking another attempt to reach the hall.

• Lin Bai found the underground Hall of Longevity, where Zuo Song recognized it as the place Hunyuan Sect had long sought.
• Zuo Song revealed that White Dragon Sect had sealed a second Longevity Pill inside the hall, but Lin Bai refused to leave and rushed for the entrance.
• Lin Bai and Zuo Song resumed their fight, awakening the stone dragons guarding the hall.
• The dragons knocked Lin Bai and Zuo Song from the steps, leaving them injured and unable to enter.
• Zuo Song took out a Voice Transmission Token to summon Hunyuan Sect elders, while Lin Bai weighed whether to gamble on another attempt.

Lin Bai tricked Zuo Song and the stone-carved divine dragons, then seized the Longevity Pill from the Hall of Longevity and escaped. The Hunyuan Sect elders arrived too late and ordered their disciples to hunt Lin Bai and recover the pill.

• Lin Bai used Zuo Song to distract the stone-carved divine dragons and slipped into the Hall of Longevity.
• Lin Bai broke the Alchemy Furnace with the Azure Gourd and captured the Longevity Pill inside it.
• Lin Bai left Zuo Song fighting the dragons and fled the White Dragon Mountains before the Hunyuan Sect elders could catch him.
• The Hunyuan Sect elders rescued Zuo Song and learned that Lin Bai had taken the Longevity Pill.
• The elders decided to keep the pill's whereabouts secret and ordered the Hunyuan Sect's disciples in the White Dragon Secret Realm to kill Lin Bai and reclaim it.

After escaping the Hunyuan Sect, Lin Bai planned to seek a treasure marked on Su Jin’s map, but turned aside when a treasure light appeared over a ruined White Dragon Sect complex. There, he encountered Shen Qianlang of Overlord Blade City, whom he recognized as a formidable young martial artist.

• Lin Bai fled into the White Dragon Mountains and decided to travel discreetly after realizing the Hunyuan Sect might be searching for him.
• Lin Bai studied Su Jin’s map and planned to reach a treasure site discovered by Sword Lake, though it would take several days to get there.
• Lin Bai saw a dazzling treasure light in the southeast and chose to investigate it instead of heading straight for the mapped location.
• Lin Bai arrived at a ruined complex of palaces, where a formation shielded the treasure and several hundred martial artists had gathered.
• Shen Qianlang of Overlord Blade City arrived with a ring-pommel saber, and Lin Bai judged him to be a powerful expert.

Lin Bai entered the ruined palace complex, which he suspected had once served as the White Dragon Sect’s Trading Market, and searched for its treasure vault. He reached a likely location halfway up the mountain, where Li Qingxin appeared behind him.

• Lin Bai concluded that the palace complex was probably the White Dragon Sect’s Trading Market and waited with the crowd for its Golden Light Formation to fade.
• Shen Qianlang split the formation with one slash, and Li Qingxin thanked him before entering the complex.
• Lin Bai searched several empty palaces, then reasoned that the treasure vault was likely in the palace halfway up the mountain.
• Lin Bai headed to that palace, where Li Qingxin appeared and remarked that he had figured out the location before she had.

Lin Bai and Li Qingxin explored the White Dragon Sect’s mountain vault, where the pills had been cleared out, until a corpse demon emerged and attacked them. As Li Qingxin fought it, Lin Bai rushed deeper into the passage, suspecting the demon guarded a stash of pills.

• Li Qingxin led Lin Bai through the palace and into a vault hollowed out inside the mountain, where they found empty pill niches and rubble-filled chambers.
• Lin Bai noticed the ground trembling and realized something was approaching beneath the rubble.
• A corpse demon burst from the passage and struck Li Qingxin, who identified it as a powerful creature altered by pill toxins.
• Li Qingxin charged the corpse demon and began fighting it while Lin Bai suspected it guarded treasures farther inside.
• Lin Bai dashed past the battle toward the depths, and Li Qingxin shouted for him to retrieve her treasures and promised to split them.

Lin Bai searched the chambers beyond the Corpse Demon and discovered it was using the Mud Lotus Pill Refinement Art to make a powerful pill from ruined pills. He stole the newly refined pill and returned to find Li Qingxin wounded and still fighting the Corpse Demon, then fled while she held it back.

• Lin Bai passed Li Qingxin and the Corpse Demon to search the stone chambers for pills, collecting the ones that had not rotted.
• Lin Bai reached the Corpse Demon's foul-smelling chamber and found an Alchemy Furnace still burning beneath a batch of melted pills.
• Lin Bai recognized the Mud Lotus Pill Refinement Art and watched a potent pill emerge from the pill liquid.
• Lin Bai used the Azure Gourd to take the pill, and the pill fire died down.
• Lin Bai returned to find Li Qingxin badly wounded, thanked her for holding the Corpse Demon back, and escaped.

Lin Bai bargained with Li Qingxin for a hundred Saint Blood Pills in exchange for helping her escape the Corpse Demon, but she abandoned him and tried to extort his pills. Lin Bai used his speed to escape alone and left Li Qingxin fighting the Corpse Demon, then encountered Shen Qianlang outside the palace.

• The Corpse Demon struck Li Qingxin and sent her crashing to the ground as Lin Bai prepared to leave with the pill he had obtained.
• Lin Bai demanded a hundred Saint Blood Pills before helping Li Qingxin, and she handed over the pills in two batches.
• Lin Bai attacked the Corpse Demon while Li Qingxin retreated, then she demanded that he give her all his pills before she would help him.
• Lin Bai sped away from the Corpse Demon and left Li Qingxin behind, telling her to escape on her own.
• Lin Bai left the palace and came face-to-face with Shen Qianlang, who was approaching with a long saber strapped to his back.

Lin Bai left the palace with its treasures and convinced Shen Qianlang that he had found the place by chance. Shen Qianlang helped Li Qingxin defeat a corpse demon, then left believing her mock praise as she fumed over the lost treasures and his arrogance.

• Lin Bai met Shen Qianlang outside the palace and denied finding it intentionally; Shen Qianlang examined him and let him leave.
• Shen Qianlang entered the palace, found Li Qingxin fighting a corpse demon, and drove it back with a saber strike.
• Li Qingxin fled the palace, and Shen Qianlang followed her outside.
• Shen Qianlang said the treasures belonged to Li Qingxin because she had found the place first, but she told him Lin Bai had taken them.
• Shen Qianlang vowed to kill Lin Bai for deceiving him, then believed Li Qingxin's claim that he was handsome and left.
• Li Qingxin shouted in anger at Lin Bai and Shen Qianlang after he departed.