Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai overpowered the Divine Alliance elders as he climbed the Martial God Pagoda, while his victory over the Seventeenth Elder prompted the elder to abandon the Divine Alliance and return to the Spirit Sword Sect. Lin Bai cleared eight floors and reached the ninth, where the Half-Step Divine Core Realm Eleventh Elder awaited him.

• Lin Bai endured the Seventeenth Elder’s sword strike and defeated him with one punch, then spared his life because of the Second Elder’s order.
• The Seventeenth Elder withdrew from the Divine Alliance, vowed to serve the Spirit Sword Sect, and left to repent in the rear mountain; the Second Elder recalled their friendship and called him Zhao Chang.
• Lin Bai defeated the Sixteenth Elder with one punch and warned him that the Divine Alliance was pushing the Spirit Sword Sect toward destruction.
• Lin Bai cleared the sixth, seventh, and eighth floors in succession, shocking the Divine Alliance warriors watching below.
• Lin Bai reached the ninth floor, where the Divine Alliance warriors expected the Eleventh Elder to defeat him, and the Second Elder, Ji Bei, and Ji Bai watched tensely.

Lin Bai defeated the Eleventh Elder on the Martial God Pagoda’s ninth floor and secured the final Pass Token, earning entry into the ranking battle. Facing nineteen Divine Alliance geniuses alone, he declared that he would take them all on with one man and one sword.

• The Eleventh Elder demanded that Lin Bai submit to the Divine Alliance, but Lin Bai refused and challenged him to make Su Cang kneel instead.
• The Eleventh Elder attacked Lin Bai with the Myriad Souls Nether Finger and Storm Sword Technique, while Lin Bai fought back with his Overlord Dragon Fist without drawing his sword.
• Lin Bai struck the Eleventh Elder in the chest, defeated him, and took the Pass Token from the ninth floor.
• Lin Bai presented all nine Pass Tokens, and the Grand Elder confirmed that he could join the ranking battle.
• The Grand Elder announced Lin Bai as a participant alongside eight core warriors and eight Inner Sanctum ranking leaders, all aligned with the Divine Alliance.
• Su Cang taunted Lin Bai about facing nineteen opponents, and Lin Bai raised the Azure Song Sword and vowed to fight them all.

Lin Bai entered the core martial artist ranking battle after clearing all nine levels of the Martial God Pagoda, despite the Grand Elder mocking his low cultivation and weak martial soul. With the Divine Alliance’s nineteen powerful experts facing him, Lin Bai took the initiative and challenged them to fight.

• The Grand Elder explained that the ranking battle would proceed through challenges, with Pass Tokens wagered and no one allowed to refuse.
• Su Cang led eighteen Divine Alliance experts onto the arena, and the Grand Elder introduced them as holders of nine Pass Tokens each.
• The Grand Elder mocked Lin Bai’s Yellow Rank One martial soul and seventh-level Heaven Martial Realm cultivation as he joined the second round.
• Lin Bai reassured the Second Elder that he would fight for the Sword Alliance and the Spirit Sword Sect, then promised to return victorious.
• Lin Bai stepped onto the arena and challenged any member of the Divine Alliance to come fight him.

Lin Bai entered the martial contest and defeated Luo Qixiao with the Overlord Dragon Fist, revealing a technique the Second Elder recognized as the Sacred Moon Sect’s supreme art. The Divine Alliance’s experts watched as Lin Bai proved far stronger than they had expected, and the contest continued with his nine Pass Tokens at stake.

• Su Cang and the Divine Alliance experts mocked Lin Bai, but Lin Bai challenged them to send warriors of the ninth level of the Heaven Martial Realm or above.
• Luo Qixiao stepped onto the arena, wagered nine Pass Tokens against Lin Bai’s, and accepted the Grand Elder’s order to kill him.
• Luo Qixiao attacked Lin Bai with the Earth Grade Eight technique Void Piercing Thrust.
• Lin Bai countered with the Overlord Dragon Fist, overwhelmed Luo Qixiao, and knocked him off the platform, leaving him unable to fight.
• Ji Bei identified Lin Bai’s fist technique as the Overlord Dragon Fist, and the Second Elder recognized it as the Sacred Moon Sect’s signature art.

Lin Bai defeated Luo Qixiao and Hua Wei in succession, winning Pass Tokens and shocking the Divine Alliance and the spectators. After crushing Hua Wei’s speed with his own, Lin Bai remained on the arena as the crowd wondered whether he could break through the Divine Alliance’s challenge.

• Lin Bai defeated Luo Qixiao with one punch, and the Grand Elder reluctantly handed over eighteen Pass Tokens.
• Lin Bai kept nine Pass Tokens and left the other nine as stakes, then challenged the Divine Alliance to send up its remaining fighters.
• Hua Wei, an eighth-level Heaven Martial Realm expert ranked in the Inner Sanctum’s top ten, challenged Lin Bai and boasted that he could last thirty moves.
• Hua Wei unleashed his Blackwind Divine Bee Martial Soul and vanished into a blur, but Lin Bai caught up to him and knocked him off the arena with one punch.
• The spectators marveled that Lin Bai had beaten Luo Qixiao with strength and Hua Wei with speed, and wondered whether he could escape the Divine Alliance’s encirclement.

After Lin Bai defeated two Divine Alliance fighters, Cai Xuan entered the Core Disciple matches to challenge him, backed by Su Cang’s order to kill. The chapter ended as Cai Xuan unleashed his strongest blade technique and Lin Bai charged straight toward it.

• The Divine Alliance’s consecutive defeats fueled the Sword Alliance disciples’ cheers and angered Su Cang.
• Su Cang stopped Qiao Xukun and ordered Cai Xuan to defeat Lin Bai, telling him to kill if possible.
• Cai Xuan, the ninth-level Heaven Martial Realm expert ranked first on the Inner Sanctum Top 100 Ranking, stepped onto the fighting platform and challenged Lin Bai.
• Cai Xuan unleashed the Heavenly Dragon Harmonious Gate Blade, while Lin Bai advanced toward the attack using his Wind Lightning Divine Wings.
• Cai Xuan used the technique’s mightiest strike, Dragon Blade Sky Sever, as the Grand Elder stepped back without intending to save Lin Bai.

Lin Bai defeated Cai Xuan in the assessment, but Cai Xuan attacked him from behind after refusing to accept the loss. Lin Bai survived the blow, while the Grand Elder showed no intention of intervening.

• Lin Bai countered Cai Xuan's blade techniques with the Azure Song Sword and defeated him without pursuing or killing him.
• Cai Xuan refused to accept defeat and, after Lin Bai turned away, summoned his martial soul and launched his strongest blade strike at Lin Bai.
• The strike broke through Lin Bai's Silver War Armor and left him with a severe chest wound.
• The Second Elder condemned Cai Xuan and accused the Grand Elder of failing to stop the attack, but the Grand Elder claimed he had no time and mocked Lin Bai's injuries.

After Cai Xuan nearly killed Lin Bai and the Grand Elder refused to intervene, Lin Bai abandoned his restraint and declared that he alone could sustain the Spirit Sword Sect. He overwhelmed Cai Xuan with his newly advanced sword intent and killed him, leaving the battle's aftermath unresolved.

• Cai Xuan insisted that the duel was not over while Lin Bai healed his chest wound and rose to face him.
• Lin Bai told the Second Elder that he would no longer show mercy, and his sword intent advanced to the mid-stage of second-grade.
• Lin Bai declared that he alone was enough to protect the Spirit Sword Sect and that no enemy could destroy it while he lived.
• Lin Bai summoned his Wind Lightning Divine Wings, vanished from Cai Xuan's sight, and struck him from behind.
• Lin Bai shattered Cai Xuan's blade technique and pierced his throat despite Cai Xuan begging for his life.

Lin Bai killed Cai Xuan during the Core Disciple examination, then defied the Grand Elder and challenged the Divine Alliance. More than a dozen Divine Alliance fighters stepped onto the combat platform to face him.

• Lin Bai ignored Cai Xuan's pleas and killed him with a sword thrust through the throat.
• The Grand Elder attacked Lin Bai, but the Second Elder, Ji Bei, and Ji Bai intervened; the Second Elder claimed responsibility for disciplining his Sword Alliance member.
• Lin Bai confronted Su Cang and challenged him to a fight to the death, then insulted the Divine Alliance and invited its fighters to attack him together.
• Qu Feng, Long Xiangtian, Jing Zhonghai, and other Divine Alliance members answered Lin Bai's challenge and leaped onto the combat platform.
• Eight Core Disciples and six experts from the Inner Sanctum's top ten gathered before Lin Bai, who raised his sword and urged them to fight.

Lin Bai fought the Divine Alliance’s geniuses alone during the Spirit Sword Sect’s core martial artist examination, refusing the Second Elder’s attempt to rescue him. Ling Tianzi watched from White Cloud Peak and revealed that defeating the examination would earn Lin Bai instruction in the Sword Dao.

• Lin Bai challenged the Divine Alliance’s warriors and attacked them with a series of powerful sword techniques as more than a dozen fighters joined the melee.
• Qu Feng unleashed his Martial Soul, while Long Xiangtian, Jing Zhonghai, Mei Heyuan, Di Yuan, Luo Yixi, Yin Jiaju, and others attacked Lin Bai; Luo Yixi wounded his back.
• The Second Elder tried to enter the battle, but the Grand Elder blocked him, and Lin Bai told the Second Elder to stand aside and watch.
• The Second Elder stopped arguing but stayed alert to rescue Lin Bai if necessary.
• Li Shanqing returned to White Cloud Peak and tried to rush to Lin Bai’s aid, but Ling Tianzi pulled him back.
• Ling Tianzi told Li Shanqing that the examination was his final test for Lin Bai and that he would teach Lin Bai the Sword Dao if he passed.

Lin Bai killed Yin Jiaju, Di Yuan, and Long Xiangtian while fighting the Divine Alliance, then faced Qu Feng’s attack and broke through his swordplay with Wind-Severing Slash. Qu Feng protected himself with a Barren Mountain Talisman, and Lin Bai launched a Gentle Sword attack as the fight continued.

• Lin Bai pierced Yin Jiaju’s throat with the Azure Song Sword after breaking through his Blazing Meteor attack.
• Lin Bai killed Di Yuan with Heaven-Shocking Storm after the Divine Alliance fighters revealed their Martial Souls.
• Lin Bai split Long Xiangtian in two with Mountains and Rivers Eternal Silence, shocking the watching martial artists.
• Qu Feng attacked Lin Bai with One Sword Shatters the Stars, but Lin Bai countered with Wind-Severing Slash and shattered his Sword Qi.
• Qu Feng used a Barren Mountain Talisman to block Lin Bai’s attack, and Lin Bai rose into the clouds and struck at him with Gentle Sword.

Lin Bai faced a combined attack from the Divine Alliance’s strongest disciples and defeated it with his Wind, Flower, Snow, Moon—Withered Flower divine art. Su Cang recognized Lin Bai’s divine art and Second-Order Sword Intent, while Lin Bai still knew nothing about Su Cang.

• Lin Bai severed Qu Feng’s arm, and Qu Feng ordered the Divine Alliance experts to attack Lin Bai together.
• Qu Feng, Jing Zhonghai, Mei Heyuan, Cai Haoji, Lin Shen, Song Zihuan, Luo Yixi, Tong Xin, and Qiao Xukun combined their strongest sword techniques into one overwhelming strike.
• As the sword descended, Lin Bai stayed in place and declared his opponents withered flowers before unleashing Wind, Flower, Snow, Moon—Withered Flower.
• Lin Bai’s sword shattered the combined strike and the dueling platform, leaving Qu Feng and the other Divine Alliance experts wounded and defeated.
• Su Cang realized Lin Bai had used a divine art and possessed at least Second-Order Sword Intent, and he assessed Lin Bai’s abilities.

Lin Bai defeated the Divine Alliance experts’ combined attack and confronted the wounded fighters as they begged him for mercy. When they tried to attack him again, he killed them all, leaving the arena stunned.

• Lin Bai’s sword strike shattered the Divine Alliance experts’ joint attack and wounded more than a dozen of them.
• Qu Feng and the others begged Lin Bai to spare them, but Lin Bai reminded them of their threats and refused.
• Qu Feng and the others turned on Lin Bai and charged, vowing to kill him and his family.
• Lin Bai used Gentle Sword to behead Qu Feng, Jing Zhonghai, Cai Haoji, Lin Shen, Luo Yixi, Qiao Xukun, and the others.
• The arena fell silent as the martial artists stared in shock at the dead Divine Alliance experts.

Lin Bai killed Qu Feng and the Divine Alliance’s other fighters, then faced Su Cang and Ye Mobei as the Spirit Sword Sect learned the extent of his abilities. The chapter left the sect’s future hanging on the coming battle between Lin Bai and the Divine Alliance’s founder.

• Lin Bai dismissed the Grand Elder’s outrage over the deaths and challenged Su Cang and Ye Mobei to fight him together or one at a time.
• Su Cang listed Lin Bai’s formidable techniques and powers as he stepped onto the martial platform.
• The crowd and elders reacted with shock, and Ji Bei and Ji Bai said Lin Bai had surpassed Jian Xuan.
• The chapter contrasted Jian Xuan’s glorious Spirit Sword Sect with Lin Bai’s corrupt, declining sect and framed the coming battle as decisive for its future.

Lin Bai challenged Su Cang and was overwhelmed by his superior speed, cultivation, and Heaven-ranked sword techniques. After Lin Bai unleashed Sword Intent, Su Cang revealed that he also wielded it at the first-stage second-order.

• Lin Bai attacked Su Cang with Wind Lightning Divine Wings, but Su Cang used One Step, Heaven and Earth to move faster and strike him with a palm.
• Lin Bai countered with Surging Wind Swordplay, but Su Cang’s Celestial Swordplay sent him crashing onto the arena.
• Lin Bai rose and defied Su Cang, then unleashed Sword Intent as he leaped into the air.
• Su Cang revealed his own Sword Intent, which was first-stage second-order, shocking Lin Bai.

Lin Bai fought Su Cang in the arena, but Su Cang’s hidden sword intent and superior cultivation let him overwhelm Lin Bai with the Su Dynasty’s Dragon Sword divine ability. Su Cang stood over the gravely wounded Lin Bai and mocked his martial soul, dignity, and life, while the watching martial artists hoped Lin Bai would rise and defeat him.

• The crowd realized that Su Cang and Lin Bai had both comprehended Martial Dao Will, revealing a hidden strength Su Cang had concealed from the rankings.
• Lin Bai and Su Cang exchanged more than three hundred blows, but Su Cang effortlessly blocked Lin Bai’s attacks.
• Su Cang launched the Dragon Sword divine ability and shattered Lin Bai’s defenses, leaving him with a deep chest wound and barely clinging to life.
• The Grand Elder and Divine Alliance martial artists celebrated Su Cang’s victory as the Second Elder, Ji Bai, Ji Bei, and others cried out in alarm.
• Su Cang insulted the fallen Lin Bai and declared that his life was worth less than a dog’s, leaving the crowd hoping Lin Bai would stand and defeat him.

Lin Bai used the Moon Piercer Bow and Quake Arrows to overwhelm Su Cang, then charged through the smoke and clashed with him in a sword duel. Both fighters ended the exchange gravely wounded, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Lin Bai rose despite his injuries and vowed to make Su Cang kneel, then summoned the Moon Piercer Bow and Quake Arrows.
• Lin Bai used a Quake Arrow to disrupt Su Cang, then unleashed hundreds of arrows across the combat platform.
• Lin Bai detonated the Quake Arrows, filling the arena with shock waves, and plunged into the smoke to attack Su Cang.
• Lin Bai and Su Cang exchanged powerful sword strikes, and both were sent flying with severe wounds.
• The martial artists praised Lin Bai’s struggle and called him a true genius.

Lin Bai and Su Cang unleashed their final attacks, and Lin Bai survived the collision while Su Cang lay helpless in the ruins. Lin Bai approached Su Cang as the onlookers celebrated his victory, and Su Cang threatened him with the power of his father and the Su Dynasty.

• Su Cang questioned Lin Bai’s resolve and attacked with the Dragon Sword, while Lin Bai answered with Withered Flower.
• The two swords collided, unleashing a shockwave that injured the Grand Elder and forced the Spirit Sword Sect disciples to retreat.
• Lin Bai rose from the wreckage alive, and the Sword Alliance celebrated as the onlookers realized Su Cang had lost.
• Lin Bai walked toward the incapacitated Su Cang, who warned that his father and the Su Dynasty would avenge him if Lin Bai killed him.

Lin Bai defeated Su Cang and prepared to kill him, but Su Zhan emerged from seclusion and knocked Lin Bai off the Martial God Pagoda. Su Cang begged his father to kill Lin Bai.

• Lin Bai forced Su Cang to announce that Lin Bai had won and shout, “Sword King! Lin Bai!”
• Lin Bai raised his sword to kill Su Cang despite pleas from the Grand Elder, the Second Elder, Ji Bei, and Ji Bai.
• Su Zhan’s roar struck Lin Bai and sent him tumbling from the Martial God Pagoda.
• Su Zhan appeared beside Su Cang as the martial artists bowed and greeted the Spirit Sword Sect’s Sect Master.
• Su Cang called on Su Zhan to kill Lin Bai.

Su Zhan arrived and ordered Lin Bai executed for killing during the core martial artist assessment, while Lin Bai accused Su Cang and the Grand Elder of rigging it. After the crowd initially stayed silent, Li Jianxing and the other disciples testified against the Divine Alliance, leaving Su Zhan facing widespread calls to investigate and punish it.

• Su Zhan blasted Lin Bai from the Martial God Pagoda, then heard the Grand Elder accuse Lin Bai of killing contestants during the assessment.
• Su Zhan declared that Lin Bai should be executed under sect rules, and Lin Bai admitted killing but challenged Su Cang and the Grand Elder's misconduct.
• Su Cang demanded that witnesses step forward, but the crowd initially fell silent under his and Su Zhan's pressure.
• Li Jianxing testified that the Divine Alliance had rigged the assessment, and Kong Wang and other disciples joined him.
• The Second Elder, Ji Bei, and Ji Bai also testified, while the gathered disciples demanded that Su Zhan punish the Divine Alliance and restore fairness.