Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai arranged to attend White Xiao’s martial gathering at Cloudwater Abode, hoping to find a chance to reach Mo Wenshen and Wen Jia. He arrived with Su Xianmei and won White Xiao’s trust, leaving his past schemes involving White Xiao concealed.

• Su Xianmei asked to accompany Lin Bai, and he agreed to leave the Central Sacred Nation with her, first for Eastern Continent and then Southern Continent.
• Su Xiaotian told Lin Bai that Wen Jia and Mo Wenshen would attend White Xiao’s gathering at Cloudwater Abode, and explained that White Xiao had invited them to watch martial contests.
• Lin Bai decided to attend as a Dragon Court disciple rather than as the Night Emperor, and White Xiao accepted his request to join the banquet.
• Two days later, Lin Bai and Su Xianmei arrived at Cloudwater Abode, where White Xiao warmly welcomed Lin Bai and praised his Dragon Platform victory.
• White Xiao led Lin Bai into Cloudwater Abode, and Lin Bai concealed that he had previously used White Xiao to eliminate officials in Badlands Prefecture.

Lin Bai attended Bai Xiao’s martial banquet at Cloudwater Abode, where the young talents gathered to compete for food. He learned the contests would decide which pavilions received the seventeen dishes, while one pavilion would go hungry.

• Bai Xiao showed Lin Bai the Eighteen Pavilions and seated him in the main pavilion overlooking the competition platform.
• Lin Bai spotted Wen Jia and Mo Wenshen in the fifth pavilion, and Wen Jia resolved to prove himself and surpass Lin Bai.
• Bai Xiao introduced Lin Bai as the Champion Marquis and praised his record, while Feng Mu asked whether Lin Bai would fight.
• Bai Xiao made clear Lin Bai had come only to watch, and the young martial artists regarded him with awe.
• A maid presented the first dish, and Bai Xiao explained that the guests would fight to seize seventeen dishes, leaving one pavilion without food.

At Bai Xiao's martial competition, Chou Lu won a dish by defeating Feng Mu, then fought Wen Jia for a jug of wine. Wen Jia crippled Chou Lu's limbs with vicious swordsmanship, leaving Lin Bai angered by the resemblance to Mo Wenshen's techniques.

• Chou Lu narrowly defeated Feng Mu after three hundred rounds and won the fish platter.
• Bai Xiao presented a jug of wine bestowed by the Sacred Emperor as the next prize.
• Chou Lu stepped forward to claim the wine, and Wen Jia challenged him.
• Wen Jia overwhelmed Chou Lu with swift sword strikes and severed the sinews in all four limbs.
• Lin Bai condemned Wen Jia's ruthless techniques, while Bai Xiao ordered healing pills for Chou Lu.

At Bai Xiao’s banquet, Wen Jia’s increasingly vicious victories culminated in him challenging Lin Bai. Lin Bai effortlessly defeated him and left Mo Wenshen convinced that Lin Bai was Lin Duo’s son.

• Wen Jia repeatedly entered the tournament and defeated opponents with brutal swordsmanship, drawing disapproval from Bai Xiao and the guests.
• When no one else would fight, Wen Jia challenged Lin Bai, and Lin Bai rose and approached the platform with overwhelming Sword Dao King pressure.
• Wen Jia thrust at Lin Bai, but Lin Bai vanished and reappeared with the Demon Sword against Wen Jia’s neck, then told him he had disappointed him.
• Lin Bai returned toward the main building and cast a cold glance at Mo Wenshen, who recognized Lin Duo’s hatred in his expression and concluded Lin Bai was Lin Duo’s son.

Lin Bai and Su Xianmei confronted Wen Jia about Mo Wenshen’s lies and revealed the truth about Wen Jia’s parents and the danger that had shaped his life. The chapter ended with Lin Bai identifying himself as the son Mo Wenshen had been searching for.

• After Lin Bai defeated Wen Jia, the competition at Cloudwater Abode ended, and Lin Bai and Su Xianmei walked to a pavilion by the lake.
• Wen Jia followed them and apologized to Lin Bai, who criticized him for using vicious sword techniques.
• Wen Jia said Mo Wenshen had told him that Lin Duo and Li Subai caused his parents’ deaths, but Su Xianmei explained that Mo Wenshen had killed Wen Cheng and Jin Lu.
• Su Xianmei and Lin Bai told Wen Jia that Lan Ling had left him in Exiled Immortal City to protect him from Mo Wenshen and the people hunting the Peach Mountain Eighteen Immortals.
• Lin Bai revealed that he was Lin Duo and Li Subai’s only son and the person Mo Wenshen most wanted to find.

Lin Bai revealed to Wen Jia that Mo Wenshen had killed Wen Jia’s parents and had raised him to use him as bait, but Wen Jia refused to leave before learning the truth for himself. When Mo Wenshen tried to stop Lin Bai from leaving the Cloudwater Abode, Lin Bai defended himself against his attack.

• Wen Jia questioned Lin Bai’s account, and Lin Bai urged him to join him in avenging his parents.
• Su Xianmei explained that Mo Wenshen had kept Wen Jia close to lure out the surviving Peach Mountain Eighteen Immortals.
• Wen Jia chose to stay in Divine Capital and investigate Mo Wenshen, then returned to his seat beside him.
• Mo Wenshen told Wen Jia he had identified Lin Bai as the son of his parents’ killer and had summoned Tan Gang and Su Linghai to capture him.
• Bai Xiao confronted Mo Wenshen and offered to escort Lin Bai out of the Cloudwater Abode.
• Mo Wenshen attacked Lin Bai from behind, and Lin Bai pushed Bai Xiao and Su Xianmei aside and blocked the strike with lightning and flying swords.

Lin Bai fought Mo Wenshen after Mo attacked him at Cloudwater Abode, then defeated him in a fierce aerial duel over Tong'an Prefecture. Lin Bai escaped before Su Linghai, Tan Gang, and Bai Ye arrived, leaving Mo Wenshen alive for a future reckoning.

• Lin Bai pushed Su Xianmei and Bai Xiao out of harm's way, then confronted Mo Wenshen as Mo tried to capture him.
• Lin Bai told Su Xianmei to meet him in Cloud City, Rong King Prefecture, and she quietly left Cloudwater Abode while he drew Mo away.
• Bai Xiao summoned his father, the Crown Prince, and other allies after Mo Wenshen pursued Lin Bai into the sky.
• Mo Wenshen revealed that he wanted to capture Lin Bai, the son of Lin Duo, and attacked with his Soul Hooking Sword Art.
• Lin Bai countered with Slaying Immortals and sent Mo Wenshen crashing into a pavilion, badly wounded.
• Lin Bai fled as Su Linghai, Tan Gang, and Bai Ye arrived.

Prince Rong gave Mo Wenshen three months to capture Lin Bai and obtain the treasure hidden by Lin Duo and Li Subai, threatening him with death if he failed. Mo Wenshen set out to find Lin Bai, but Lin Bai had already left the Divine Capital and reunited with Su Xianmei in Cloud City before they headed back to East Continent.

• Prince Rong reprimanded Mo Wenshen for the disturbance in Tong'an Prefecture and learned that Mo Wenshen believed Lin Bai was the son of Lin Duo and Li Subai.
• Prince Rong gave Mo Wenshen three months to capture Lin Bai and uncover the treasure's location, assigning Tan Gang and Su Linghai to assist him.
• Mo Wenshen left with Tan Gang and Su Linghai to search for Lin Bai at the Dragon Court, unaware that Lin Bai had already left the Divine Capital.
• Lin Bai arrived at Cloud City, where Su Xianmei had been staying, and reassured her that he was unharmed.
• Lin Bai and Su Xianmei left Cloud City together and set out for East Continent.

Mo Qing encountered Zhao Yue and Jian Ruohan in the Divine Capital, where Jian Ruohan confronted him for the Ice Jade Beast to treat the deadly poison afflicting her. After Mo Qing handed it over, Jian Ruohan forbade him from telling Lin Bai about her condition and asked whether he was doing well.

• After searching unsuccessfully for Lin Bai, Mo Qing entered the Divine Capital and confronted Zhao Yue and Hong Su, who demanded the Ice Jade Beast.
• Jian Ruohan suddenly appeared and held her sword to Mo Qing’s brow, demanding to know where the Ice Jade Beast was.
• Zhao Yue explained that the beast’s poison had left Jian Ruohan near death, though she had followed Lin Bai from the shadows and hidden her condition from him.
• Mo Qing gave Zhao Yue the Beast-Taming Pouch containing the Ice Jade Beast, and Zhao Yue welcomed the White Snake back.
• Jian Ruohan told Mo Qing not to tell Lin Bai she was in the Divine Capital or poisoned, then asked whether Lin Bai was doing well.

Lin Bai and Su Xianmei returned to the Eastern Continent to seek reinforcements from Bai Xiaoxiao, only to learn that the Divine Martial Nation had nearly unified the region. They headed for the imperial palace to meet her, with Su Xianmei carefully dressing for the visit.

• Jian Ruohan asked Mo Qing to keep her condition from Lin Bai, and Mo Qing ultimately did not tell him about her.
• Lin Bai and Su Xianmei traveled from Rong King Prefecture back to the Eastern Continent, and Lin Bai said he intended to seek help from Bai Xiaoxiao rather than Lan Ling or Li Zhengyi.
• In Lingnan Imperial City, Lin Bai and Su Xianmei heard that the Divine Martial Nation had driven the Great Wu Dynasty into Jianghai Domain and taken control of most of the Eastern Continent.
• Lin Bai decided to visit the imperial palace, but Su Xianmei insisted they rest for the night so she could prepare before meeting Bai Xiaoxiao.
• The next morning, Su Xianmei proudly showed off her appearance and set out with Lin Bai for the imperial palace.

Emperor Xiao prepared the Divine Martial Nation for threats from the Central Sacred Nation while Lin Bai and Su Xianmei arrived at the palace. After learning that Lin Bai’s uncle and aunt were imprisoned in the Black Prison, Bai Xiaoxiao offered the nation’s strength to help him reach them.

• Emperor Xiao ordered Chu Jiangliu to reorganize the military and sent the Dragon Legion to camp near the Central Sacred Nation’s border.
• Bai Xiaoxiao’s guards mistook Lin Bai and Su Xianmei for intruders, but Chu Jiangliu recognized Lin Bai as the Sword King and the guards withdrew.
• Bai Xiaoxiao welcomed Lin Bai and Su Xianmei, then dismissed the attendants so she could speak privately with them.
• Lin Bai told Bai Xiaoxiao that his uncle and aunt were in the Black Prison beneath the Emperor’s Throne and described how difficult it would be to enter.
• Bai Xiaoxiao offered the Divine Martial Nation’s tens of thousands of warriors above the Apex Realm to help Lin Bai.

Lin Bai learned the Divine Martial Nation’s remaining strength and ordered Bai Xiaoxiao to prepare forces for his plan to rescue Lin Duo and Li Subai. After hearing how the Eastern Continent Academy had protected the Great Wu Dynasty, he decided to confront Gu Daozhi and demand justice.

• Lin Bai told Bai Xiaoxiao he was prepared to stake everything to rescue Lin Duo and Li Subai, then asked what forces she could mobilize.
• Bai Xiaoxiao explained that the Divine Martial Nation had suffered heavy losses in its war with the Great Wu Dynasty but still had three main legions, nine Celestial Armors of the Dao, and over thirty thousand Apex Realm experts.
• Lin Bai ordered Bai Xiaoxiao to station at least one hundred million troops on the Eastern Continent border and send the Apex Realm experts into the Central Sacred Nation in batches.
• Bai Xiaoxiao told Lin Bai that Gu Daozhi had forced the Divine Martial Nation to withdraw from the Great Wu Dynasty and Jianghai Domain to protect Wu He, the Eastern Continent Academy’s Saint Son.
• Lin Bai told Bai Xiaoxiao and Chu Jiangliu to accompany him to the Eastern Continent Academy the next day so he could demand justice from Gu Daozhi.

Lin Bai arrived at the Eastern Continent Academy and found Li Jiange being blocked from seeking justice over the Eastern Courtyard’s seizure of the Southern Courtyard’s share of an ore vein. He confronted the Eastern Courtyard disciples and challenged Li Jiange to recover the boldness he had lost.

• Lin Bai led hundreds of spirit vessels from Lingnan Imperial City toward the Eastern Continent Academy after learning Gu Daozhi had injured Chu Jiangliu.
• Li Jiange went to the Eastern Courtyard to question its elders about Situ Feiyi driving Southern Courtyard disciples away from a jointly owned ore vein.
• Zhang Shengan and Li Lulin dismissed Li Jiange’s complaint and blocked him from entering the Eastern Courtyard.
• Lin Bai arrived with the spirit vessels, recognized the dispute, and mocked the Eastern Courtyard Quasi-Holy Sons for provoking Li Jiange.
• Lin Bai reminded Li Jiange of his past exploits and criticized him for becoming timid and hesitant.

Lin Bai arrived at the Eastern Continent Academy with the Divine Martial Nation’s fleet and forced his way toward Gu Daozhi after defeating Zhang Shengan and Li Lulin. As Lin Bai and Li Jiuge discussed Li Jiuge’s changed outlook and the academy’s role in the conflict, Situ Feiyi appeared with several thousand martial artists.

• Lin Bai brushed aside Zhang Shengan’s threat, then sent him flying when he attacked.
• Zhang Shengan and Li Lulin joined forces against Lin Bai, but Lin Bai wounded both with a single sword strike and continued toward Gu Daozhi with Li Jiuge.
• Lin Bai and Li Jiuge spoke about Li Jiuge’s father’s death and his decision to avoid hurting others unless necessary.
• Li Jiuge explained that Gu Daozhi had intervened in the Great Wu Dynasty–Divine Martial Nation conflict to protect Wu He’s clan and the academy’s reputation.
• Situ Feiyi arrived ahead of several thousand martial artists, and Li Jiuge told Lin Bai about his unusual birth and flame-filled spiritual power.

Lin Bai and Li Jiange confronted Situ Feiyi over the Eastern Courtyard’s seizure of divine iron, and Lin Bai challenged the arrogant Quasi-Holy Son. Gu Daozhi intervened before they could fight, greeted Lin Bai as an old acquaintance, and the assembled martial artists realized who he was.

• Situ Feiyi claimed the divine iron belonged to the Eastern Courtyard because it was stronger and demanded an explanation from the Divine Martial Nation’s spirit vessels.
• Lin Bai echoed Situ Feiyi’s argument and said he could enter the Eastern Courtyard as he pleased, then challenged him and other veteran Quasi-Holy Sons.
• Situ Feiyi accepted Lin Bai’s challenge and charged at him, but a powerful force pushed him back before they could clash.
• Gu Daozhi arrived with Eastern Courtyard elders and Quasi-Holy Sons, stopped Situ Feiyi, and greeted Lin Bai.
• Situ Feiyi, Zhang Shengan, Li Lulin, and the others recognized Lin Bai as the former invincible Holy Son of the Eastern Continent.

Lin Bai returned to Eastern Continent as Divine Martial Nation’s Iron-Blooded Sword King and demanded that Eastern Continent Academy stop protecting Jianghai Domain and the Great Wu Dynasty. He proposed a wager against Gu Daozhi and Wu He, leaving Wu He under pressure to accept the challenge.

• Zhang Shengan, Li Lulin, Situ Feiyi, and the others recognized Lin Bai and recalled his legendary feats in Eastern Continent.
• Lin Bai introduced Bai Xiaoxiao as Divine Martial Nation’s emperor and said he had come on two matters, including settling Gu Daozhi’s old injury to Chu Jiangliu.
• Lin Bai explained that Divine Martial Nation sought to unify Eastern Continent while leaving Eastern Continent Academy and the Sea of Gods and Demons independent.
• Gu Daozhi refused to abandon the academy’s protection of Jianghai Domain and the Great Wu Dynasty and told Lin Bai to leave.
• Lin Bai wagered that if he cut off one strand of Wu He’s hair while Gu Daozhi protected him, the Great Wu Dynasty would submit; if he failed, Divine Martial Nation would withdraw and leave it unharmed for ten years.
• Gu Daozhi accepted the wager, but Lin Bai insisted Wu He agree too, and Gu Daozhi angrily pressed Wu He to accept.

Lin Bai challenged Gu Daozhi and Wu He to a wager: he would win if he cut off one of Wu He’s hairs within ten breaths, and the Eastern Continent Academy would then stop interfering in the conflict between the Divine Martial Nation and the Great Wu Dynasty. The fight began, and Gu Daozhi struck only Lin Bai’s afterimage.

• Lin Bai proposed the wager, leaving Wu He to choose between risking the Jianghai Domain and Great Wu Dynasty or facing criticism for refusing.
• Wu He agreed to the wager and set a quarter-hour limit, but accepted Lin Bai’s ten-breath limit after Lin Bai insisted on it.
• Wu He agreed that a Lin Bai victory would require the Eastern Continent Academy to stop interfering in the struggle between the Divine Martial Nation and the Great Wu Dynasty.
• Lin Bai drew the Demon Sword and used its sword might to clear a vast arena around himself, Gu Daozhi, and Wu He.
• When the fight began, Gu Daozhi punched at Lin Bai, only to realize that he had hit an afterimage.

Lin Bai defeated Wu He in a wager before Gu Daozhi and forced Eastern Continent Academy to stop interfering in the conflict between the Divine Martial Nation and the Great Wu Dynasty. Gu Daozhi accepted the terms, leaving Wu He fearing for his clan.

• Lin Bai used his afterimage to evade Gu Daozhi and appear behind Wu He, then fought them both at once.
• Lin Bai held Gu Daozhi back with Night Ends, Dawn Arrives and defeated Wu He in seven breaths, cutting off a lock of his hair instead of killing him.
• Lin Bai told Gu Daozhi that Eastern Continent Academy should stay out of the struggle between Jianghai Domain, the Great Wu Dynasty, and the Divine Martial Nation.
• Gu Daozhi agreed that Eastern Continent Academy would no longer interfere in the conflict between the Divine Martial Nation and the Great Wu Dynasty.
• Wu He pleaded with Gu Daozhi to keep protecting his clan from being massacred.

Lin Bai negotiated with Gu Daozhi to secure Jianghai Domain and the Great Wu Dynasty’s submission, while sparing their people but demanding the Great Wu Emperor’s death. Bai Xiaoxiao sent the Divine Martial Nation’s forces to take control, bringing its unification of the Eastern Continent within reach.

• Wu He begged Gu Daozhi to protect Jianghai Domain and the Great Wu Dynasty, and Gu Daozhi offered both territories to the Divine Martial Nation in exchange for sparing the Great Wu imperial clan.
• Lin Bai agreed to spare the imperial clan except the Great Wu Emperor and allow Wu He to live, provided Gu Daozhi helped stabilize the continent and negotiate with the Four Hidden Families.
• Gu Daozhi accepted Lin Bai’s terms and ordered Wu He confined to the Eastern Courtyard for ten years.
• Lan Yuxin invited Lin Bai and the Divine Martial Nation’s delegation to the Lan Clan, and Lin Bai brought Li Jiuge along.
• Bai Xiaoxiao ordered Chu Jiangliu to deploy the Chu Family Army, and its commanders sent tens of millions of troops toward Jianghai Domain and the Great Wu Dynasty.
• Su Xianmei and Li Jiuge remarked that Bai Xiaoxiao would be remembered as the first female emperor to unify the Eastern Continent.

Lin Bai and Bai Xiaoxiao agreed that the Divine Martial Nation would rule the unified Eastern Continent with benevolence while keeping the Great Wu Dynasty’s imperial clan under watch. After parting from Lin Bai, Li Jiuge began to consider leaving the Southern Courtyard, while Lin Bai arrived at the Lan Clan to visit Lan Ling.

• Lin Bai urged Bai Xiaoxiao to spare those in the Great Wu Dynasty who had committed no serious crimes, and she outlined a policy of benevolent governance with the imperial clan confined under the Divine Martial Nation’s supervision.
• Lin Bai explained that his harsh stance toward the Great Wu Dynasty had been meant to secure the Eastern Continent Academy’s support and warn other powers, since unrest would persist after unification.
• At the Southern Courtyard, Lin Bai advised Li Jiuge to leave the academy, see the wider world, and pursue a change in state of mind; Li Jiuge thanked him and said he would consider it.
• Li Jiuge walked through the Southern Courtyard, reflected on how far he and Lin Bai had grown apart, and wondered if it was time to leave.
• Lin Bai asked Lan Yuxin to arrange lodging for the Divine Martial Nation’s soldiers, then went with Bai Xiaoxiao and Su Xianmei to meet Lan Ling by the lake.