Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai and the others were ambushed by the Eight Great Families, whose leaders revealed why they had tried to free the great demon and explained the costly seal they needed to repair. The chapter left Lin Bai and his wounded allies surrounded by the families’ experts, with the great demon still refusing to undo their Slave Seals.

• Sha Tongtian declared that the Eight Great Families wanted to leave the East Sea, and the Poison Dragon Island Lord attacked him.
• Sha Lang and more than thirty ninth-level Heaven Martial Realm experts emerged from the darkness, struck down the Poison Dragon Island Lord, and attacked Lin Bai and his allies.
• Hua Qinghai appeared and admitted that he and the Eight Great Families had set a trap for Lin Bai and the others.
• Hua Qinghai explained that their ancestors had been bound by Slave Seals to guard the great demon and that the families wanted the demon to remove those seals so they could leave the East Sea.
• Hua Qinghai revealed that the great demon had refused their request and that repairing the opening in the seal would cost fifty-six billion spirit stones.

Hua Qinghai revealed how the Eight Great Families had deceived the East Sea into donating spirit stones and planned to frame the Poison Dragon Island Lord and Blood Sword Master. Jin Qiu betrayed Lin Bai and joined Hua Qinghai, while the Great Devil rejected Hua Qinghai’s final offer.

• Hua Qinghai said the Eight Great Families had spread fear of the Great Devil and collected ten quadrillion spirit stones from East Sea martial artists, keeping the surplus after buying the Sea-Suppressing Jade Talisman.
• Hua Qinghai explained that the Eight Great Families planned to kill Lin Bai, the Poison Dragon Island Lord, and the Blood Sword Master, then blame them for breaking the seal and claim credit for saving the East Sea.
• Jin Qiu ambushed Lin Bai and revealed he was one of the Seven Kings of Azure Cloud Terrace Palace, hired by Hua Qinghai for ten billion spirit stones and seeking revenge for Yi Han.
• Hua Qinghai described how the Eight Great Families would use the deaths of the Poison Dragon Island Lord and the Blood Sword Master to become heroes and advance their plan to undo the Slave Seal.
• Hua Qinghai offered the Great Devil one final chance to help remove the Slave Seal, but the Great Devil laughed dismissively.

The Great Demon rejected Hua Qinghai’s offer and warned that he would one day escape and destroy the world. After Hua Qinghai resealed the formation, he turned against Lin Bai and his allies, and Zhou Yang stayed behind so the others could flee and expose the Eight Great Families.

• The Great Demon condemned Hua Qinghai and the Eight Great Families, claiming the weakening seal would not hold him forever.
• At Hua Qinghai’s command, Sha Tongtian used the Sea-Suppressing Jade Talisman to seal the cracks and silence the Great Demon.
• Hua Qinghai gathered the Eight Great Families’ experts against Lin Bai, the Poison Dragon Island Lord, the Blood Sword Master, and Xiang Tian.
• The Poison Dragon Island Lord, whose real name was Zhou Yang, urged the others to escape and reveal the Eight Great Families’ deception.
• The Blood Sword Master fled, and Hua Qinghai sent Qiu Family and Azure Wave Gate experts after him.
• Lin Bai vowed that if Zhou Yang died, the Eight Great Families would pay for it.

Lin Bai watched the Poison Dragon Island Lord and Xiang Tian die while the Eight Great Families hunted him through the Lost Sea. Cornered and badly wounded, he broke through the Chaotic Stone Formation’s barrier and escaped inside as his pursuers mistakenly declared him dead and left.

• Sha Lang wounded Lin Bai, while the Poison Dragon Island Lord died fighting the attackers after Hua Qinghai killed his Poison Dragon Beast and the Dragon Gate leader pierced him with arrows.
• Xiang Tian shielded Lin Bai from Sha Lang and Hua Qinghai’s attacks, then forced Lin Bai to leave; Hua Qinghai and Sha Lang killed Xiang Tian as Lin Bai fled.
• Experts from the Qiu Family and Azure Wave Gate wounded Lin Bai and reported that they had killed the Blood Sword Master.
• Surrounded by the Eight Great Families, Lin Bai vowed to avenge the dead and destroy them, then used his Martial Soul Secret Method to break through the Chaotic Stone Formation’s barrier.
• The Eight Great Families’ attacks struck the formation barrier without harming it, and Hua Qinghai led them away believing Lin Bai was dead.

After recovering from his injuries in the Chaotic Stone Formation, Lin Bai tried to leave but was forced to fight the great demon’s Black Smoke Wolves. He revealed his Devouring Sword Soul, absorbed the wolves’ spiritual energy, and reached the sixth level of the Heaven Martial Realm, prompting the demon to declare that Lin Bai would become its new body.

• Lin Bai spent three days healing while the great demon watched and spoke to him from within the Chaotic Stone Formation.
• When Lin Bai tried to leave, the great demon summoned a Black Smoke Wolf and ordered it to attack him.
• Lin Bai killed the wolf with Wind Severing, but the great demon unleashed thousands more and sent them charging at him.
• As the wolves began tearing into him, Lin Bai revealed his Devouring Sword Soul and absorbed them all.
• The spiritual energy from the wolves advanced Lin Bai to the sixth level of the Heaven Martial Realm, and the great demon recognized his Demonic Martial Soul and announced it would use Lin Bai as its new body.

The Great Devil’s Hermit Crab Martial Soul possessed Lin Bai and began devouring his soul, seeking to take his body. Lin Bai used the Devouring Sword Soul to damage the Great Devil, devour much of his memories, and escape the Chaotic Stone Formation, leaving the Great Devil trapped and furious.

• The Great Devil emerged from the Chaotic Stone Formation as a giant lobster and merged into Lin Bai’s body, intending to seize it with his Hermit Crab Martial Soul.
• As the Great Devil gnawed at Lin Bai’s soul, Lin Bai summoned the Devouring Sword Soul and slashed apart the Great Devil’s martial soul.
• Lin Bai used the Martial Soul Secret Method, Soul Search, to devour much of the Great Devil’s memories and force him out of Lin Bai’s body.
• Lin Bai cut open the formation and escaped into the Lost Sea, while the formation sealed behind him and trapped the Great Devil.
• The Great Devil raged inside the formation, unable to remember which parts of his past Lin Bai had devoured.

After escaping the Lost Sea, Lin Bai recovered and sorted through the memories his Devouring Sword Soul had taken from the Great Demon. He learned about the demon’s body-seizing Martial Soul, inherited the memories of an alchemy grandmaster, and discovered a cultivation technique called Heart Demon Implantation.

• Lin Bai used Hua Wanqing’s sea chart to leave the Lost Sea, found an uninhabited island, and healed his injuries.
• Lin Bai sorted through the Great Demon’s memories and realized the Devouring Sword Soul had defeated the demon’s Demonic Martial Soul.
• Lin Bai learned that the Great Demon’s Martial Soul let him devour souls, take over bodies, and acquire their memories, and he feared the demon would come after him.
• Lin Bai discovered that the Great Demon had been an alchemy grandmaster and had left behind extensive knowledge, experience, and pill recipes.
• Lin Bai found a small portion of the memories describing a cultivation technique called Heart Demon Implantation.

Lin Bai cultivated Heart Demon Implantation, condensed its uncontrollable Demon Seed, and resolved to take revenge on the Eight Great Families after reaching the sixth level of the Heaven Martial Realm. He boarded Feng Hua's ship to travel to the City of a Thousand Islands and attend the families' celebration banquet.

• Lin Bai learned that Heart Demon Implantation could triple his combat power when its Demon Seed bloomed, but he could not control when it happened and demonic transformation made cultivators bloodthirsty.
• Lin Bai cultivated the art on a deserted island and condensed a Demon Seed in his right eye, deciding to treat it as a trump card.
• After devouring the Black Smoke Wolf, Lin Bai reached the sixth level of the Heaven Martial Realm and set out to avenge Poison Dragon Island Lord, Xiang Tian, and Blood Sword Master by killing martial artists of the Eight Great Families.
• Feng Hua and Mu Wan offered Lin Bai passage to the City of a Thousand Islands, where the Eight Great Families were holding a celebration banquet.
• Lin Bai accepted the ride and said he planned to attend the banquet, concealing his intent for revenge.

Lin Bai traveled toward the City of a Thousand Islands with Feng Hua and Mu Wan, who admired the famous Lin Bai without recognizing him. Their journey was interrupted when Sha Tongtian and the Mad Shark Gate ship blocked their vessel, and Sha Tongtian demanded that Feng Hua send Mu Wan aboard.

• Feng Hua hosted Lin Bai in his cabin, where Mu Wan praised Lin Bai and revealed the couple was hurrying to the City of a Thousand Islands to see him.
• Lin Bai realized the Eight Great Families had not announced the deaths of the Poison Dragon Island Lord, Blood Sword Master, Xiang Tian, and himself.
• A loud crash rocked the Wu Feng Island ship, and Lin Bai and Mu Wan joined Feng Hua on deck to investigate.
• Lin Bai recognized Sha Tongtian aboard the Mad Shark Gate ship and concealed his killing intent.
• Sha Tongtian boasted about the Eight Great Families' victory, then leered at Mu Wan and demanded that she come aboard for a drink; Feng Hua angrily challenged him.

Sha Tongtian attacked Feng Hua and abducted Mu Wan, prompting Lin Bai to slaughter Mad Shark Gate’s warriors and confront Sha Tongtian. The chapter ended as Sha Tongtian charged Lin Bai with his saber.

• Sha Tongtian struck Feng Hua, seized Mu Wan, and ordered his men to kill everyone aboard the Wu Feng Island ship.
• Lin Bai flew into the air and killed more than a hundred Mad Shark Gate disciples with a single sword strike.
• Lin Bai stormed Mad Shark Gate’s ship and slaughtered its warriors as Feng Hua watched in astonishment.
• Sha Tongtian carried Mu Wan toward the cabin, but Lin Bai’s sword attack forced him to throw her aside and face his attacker.
• Lin Bai revealed himself to Sha Tongtian, who recognized the man he believed had died and charged him with his saber.

Lin Bai killed Sha Tongtian after rescuing Mu Wan, then set off for the City of a Thousand Islands with Sha Tongtian’s head as a warning to the Eight Great Families. Feng Hua and Mu Wan returned to Wu Feng Island, while Sha Lang discovered the massacre and the message carved on his brother’s corpse.

• Lin Bai defeated Sha Tongtian, destroyed his dantian, and killed him with the Azure Song Sword.
• Lin Bai rescued Mu Wan, and Feng Hua thanked him before deciding to return with her to Wu Feng Island.
• Lin Bai left for the City of a Thousand Islands carrying Sha Tongtian’s head, while Mu Wan told Feng Hua who he was.
• Feng Hua and Mu Wan changed course and headed home, and Feng Hua predicted that Lin Bai would soon shake the world.
• Sha Lang found Sha Tongtian’s corpse aboard the bloodied ship and saw “Blood for blood!” carved into his chest.

Sha Lang showed Hua Qinghai and the other Eight Great Families the murdered Sha Tongtian, whose body bore a message that pointed toward a powerful sword cultivator. As the leaders prepared to celebrate the sealing of the great demon, Lin Bai arrived in City of a Thousand Islands intending to expose their deception and take revenge at the victory banquet.

• Sha Lang displayed Sha Tongtian's headless corpse, and Hua Qinghai identified the chest inscription as the work of a formidable sword cultivator.
• Sha Lang accused Peach Blossom Island, while Hua Qinghai denied responsibility and named Blood Sword Master and Lin Bai as other possible sword wielders.
• Hua Qinghai urged the Eight Great Families to postpone their suspicions until after the victory banquet, where they planned to claim the Eastern Sea's faith and divide hidden spirit stones.
• Lin Bai arrived in City of a Thousand Islands, learned Su Xianmei was away, and remembered Xiang Tian's plea for revenge.
• Lin Bai rejected the martial artists' praise of the Eight Great Families and headed for the victory banquet, where he joined the morning crowd carrying a dark-red wooden box.

Lin Bai attended the Eight Great Families’ celebration banquet in disguise and listened as Hua Qinghai took credit for sealing the great demon and blamed the dead Poison Dragon Island Lord, Blood Sword Master, and Xiang Tian. As the crowd praised the Eight Great Families and cursed the three men, Lin Bai held back his anger, his hand on his Storage Bag.

• Lin Bai concealed his face with a hood and joined the crowd at the banquet, where he saw the leaders and experts of the Eight Great Families.
• Hua Qinghai thanked the gathered martial artists and claimed the Eight Great Families had raised fifty-six billion spirit stones to seal the great demon.
• Hua Qinghai named the Poison Dragon Island Lord, Jin Qiu, Xiang Tian, the Blood Sword Master, and Lin Bai as participants in the sealing effort.
• Hua Qinghai claimed the Poison Dragon Island Lord, the Blood Sword Master, and Xiang Tian had tried to release the demon, and said Lin Bai, Hua Wanqing, and Jin Qiu had killed them.
• The crowd denounced the three dead martial artists while Lin Bai clenched his fist and pressed a hand against his Storage Bag.

Lin Bai returned to the City of a Thousand Islands and exposed the Eight Great Families' deception about the Great Demon and the sealing effort. As the martial artists learned the truth, the Eight Great Families attacked him, but he evaded them and continued revealing their crimes.

• Lin Bai presented Sha Tongtian's head to the Eight Great Families and revealed his identity, shocking Hua Qinghai, Sha Lang, and the crowd.
• Lin Bai declared that the Great Demon crisis and the supposed sealing were a scheme orchestrated by the Eight Great Families.
• Hua Qinghai ordered Lin Bai killed, and Sha Lang and more than thirty Heaven Martial Realm experts attacked him.
• Lin Bai evaded the combined attack with his Wind Lightning Divine Wings and explained that the Eight Great Families had deliberately damaged the seal to bargain with the Great Demon.
• Lin Bai accused the Eight Great Families of killing the Poison Dragon Island Lord, Blood Sword Master, and Xiang Tian, framing them, and pocketing most of the spirit stones raised for the Sea-Suppressing Jade Talisman.

Lin Bai and Blood Sword Master exposed the Eight Great Families’ scheme to the martial artists of the Eastern Sea. Blood Sword Master revealed he had survived by using a doppelgänger and returned the stolen spirit stones, leaving the Eight Great Families’ reputation in ruins.

• Hua Qinghai demanded proof from Lin Bai, and Blood Sword Master arrived alive in the square.
• Blood Sword Master explained that the man the Eight Great Families had killed was his Twin Fish Spirit doppelgänger.
• Blood Sword Master produced the forty-four billion spirit stones and said he had found them after Long Hai revealed their location.
• Blood Sword Master confirmed Lin Bai’s account, accusing the Eight Great Families of shattering the seal for their own benefit and deceiving the Eastern Sea.
• The Eight Great Families demanded the spirit stones, while the martial artists condemned them and their reputation collapsed.

Blood Sword Master exposed the Eight Great Families’ stolen spirit stones and returned them to the warriors, sparking a battle against their leaders. Lin Bai fought the gathered experts while Blood Sword Master engaged Jin Qiu, and the chapter ended with Hua Wanqing unleashing his Sword Blossom Martial Soul and strongest attack against Lin Bai.

• Blood Sword Master scattered the Eight Great Families’ forty-four billion spirit stones over the crowd and declared that he was returning the warriors’ contributions.
• The warriors scrambled for the spirit stones as they realized the Eight Great Families had framed Poison Dragon Island Lord and Xiang Tian.
• Lin Bai charged Sha Lang and Hua Qinghai while Blood Sword Master separated Jin Qiu from the battlefield to fight him.
• Lin Bai used Sword Intent and Mountains and Rivers Eternal Silence to kill three ninth-level Heaven Martial Realm warriors with one strike.
• Hua Wanqing revealed his Sword Blossom Martial Soul and attacked Lin Bai with Peach Blossom Swordplay, Merciless Falling Flowers.

Lin Bai killed Hua Wanqing and then defeated Hua Qinghai, Sha Lang, and the Eight Great Families’ experts who attacked him. The square fell silent as the East Sea’s powerful leaders lay dead beneath his sword.

• Lin Bai pierced Hua Wanqing’s throat and beheaded him, sending his head to Hua Qinghai.
• Hua Qinghai and Sha Lang joined forces against Lin Bai, but Lin Bai’s Gentle Sword gravely wounded both of them.
• The Eight Great Families’ experts charged Lin Bai, and he used Wind Severing to kill more than twenty ninth-level Heaven Martial Realm martial artists in one strike.
• Hua Qinghai recognized Wind Severing as the divine ability Lin Bai had obtained from the Peach Blossom Island stone stele.
• Lin Bai used Gentle Sword to kill the remaining ninth-level Heaven Martial Realm experts, leaving the square strewn with the leaders’ corpses.

Lin Bai killed Hua Qinghai after defeating the Eight Great Families’ forces, then forced Sha Lang to reveal the truth about their scheme to the East Sea martial artists. Sha Lang agreed to endure two strikes in exchange for his life, leaving his fate unresolved.

• Blood Sword Master killed Jin Qiu with a sword strike from the front and a clone attacking from behind.
• Hua Qinghai explained that Lin Bai had disrupted his plan to use the Great Devil and make the Eight Great Families the East Sea’s new gods.
• Hua Qinghai attacked Lin Bai, who shattered his sword and cut his throat.
• Sha Lang surrendered and confessed that Hua Qinghai had planned the deal with the Great Devil, the destruction of the seal, and the theft of more than forty billion spirit stones.
• Lin Bai offered to spare Sha Lang if he survived two strikes, and Sha Lang agreed despite Blood Sword Master’s warning.

Lin Bai killed Sha Lang to avenge Xiang Tian and the Poison Dragon Island Lord, then agreed to help Blood Sword Master stabilize the Eastern Sea after the Eight Great Families fell. Three days later, the factions had accepted Blood Sword Master’s new sect, and Lin Bai was named Guardian Supreme.

• Lin Bai defeated Sha Lang and beheaded him, fulfilling his promise of two sword strikes while avenging Xiang Tian and the Poison Dragon Island Lord.
• Lin Bai and Blood Sword Master drank together, and Blood Sword Master explained that he planned to establish a sect to prevent war and guard the seal.
• Blood Sword Master asked Lin Bai to lend his name and support to help stabilize the Eastern Sea, and Lin Bai agreed.
• Blood Sword Master returned to the plaza to announce his plans while Lin Bai stayed behind and drank for three days.
• Blood Sword Master summoned Lin Bai to the plaza, where more than five hundred thousand martial artists bowed and hailed him as Guardian Supreme.

Lin Bai returned from the East Sea to the Spirit Sword Sect and learned how to find the Earth Spirit Pearl needed for his cultivation. As he prepared to leave for the borderlands, Ling Tianzi gave him a mysterious brocade pouch and reflected on Lin Bai’s rapid advancement.

• The Blood Sword Master founded the Blood Sword Sect, appointed Lin Bai as Guardian Supreme, and established more than twenty halls to run the sect.
• Lin Bai left the East Sea aboard a ship and returned to the Spirit Sword Sect, where he found many disciples and Li Shanqing missing.
• Lin Bai visited Ling Tianzi, who told him that the Earth Spirit Pearl was inside the Mount Tai Seal possessed by a prince of the Great Moon Kingdom.
• Ling Tianzi gave Lin Bai a brocade pouch to open only if he fell into despair and reminded him of the coming core martial warrior assessment.
• After Lin Bai left, Ling Tianzi noted that Lin Bai had risen from the first to the sixth level of the Heaven Martial Realm in less than a month and wondered whether his actions were right.