Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai's witnesses turned the Spirit Sword Sect disciples against Su Zhan, but Su Zhan refused to punish the Divine Alliance and ordered Lin Bai executed. The Second Elder died shielding Lin Bai, leaving him to find Jian Xuan and revive the Spirit Sword Sect.

• The Spirit Sword Sect disciples supported Lin Bai, condemned the Divine Alliance, and more than half of the sect's disciples left after Su Zhan defended it and ordered Lin Bai's execution.
• The Second Elder challenged the Grand Elder, while Ji Bei and Ji Bai tried to protect Lin Bai from Su Zhan but were hurled aside.
• Su Zhan shattered Lin Bai's attacks with the Limitless Sky-Covering Palm and prepared to kill him.
• The Second Elder broke away from the Grand Elder and took Su Zhan's palm for Lin Bai, suffering fatal injuries.
• The Second Elder urged Lin Bai to survive, find Jian Xuan, recover the Spirit Sword Sect's secret manuals, and revive the sect.

As the Second Elder lay dying, he urged Lin Bai to survive and restore the Spirit Sword Sect, while Su Zhan prepared to kill him. Ling Tianzi arrived in time to protect Lin Bai and claim him as his final direct disciple, but let Su Zhan and Su Cang escape after Lin Bai insisted on killing them himself.

• The Second Elder asked Lin Bai to survive, find Jian Xuan, recover the Spirit Sword Sect's lost secret manuals, and make the sect strong again.
• Su Zhan mocked the Second Elder's ideals and struck at Lin Bai, who began to summon the Devouring Sword Soul.
• Ling Tianzi appeared and repelled Su Zhan's palm strike, while Li Shanqing treated the Second Elder with a pill.
• Ling Tianzi declared Lin Bai his fourth official disciple and final direct disciple, then threatened to kill Su Zhan and destroy the Su Dynasty.
• Lin Bai asked Ling Tianzi to spare Su Zhan and Su Cang so he could take revenge himself, and the two escaped using a Jade Slip.

After Ling Tianzi and Li Shanqing left, Lin Bai helped the Second Elder recover and watched him break through to the Human Core Realm. The Second Elder defeated the Grand Elder’s bid for power, took charge of Spirit Sword Sect, and declared that the sect would rise again.

• Li Shanqing told Lin Bai that the Second Elder would recover with Ling Tianzi’s pill, while Ling Tianzi invited Lin Bai to White Cloud Peak the next morning.
• The Grand Elder declared himself Spirit Sword Sect’s Sect Master and demanded that Lin Bai kneel, but Lin Bai sent him flying with a slap.
• The Second Elder woke, broke through to the Human Core Realm, and thanked Lin Bai and Ling Tianzi for saving him.
• Lin Bai refused the Second Elder’s offer to become Sect Master, saying he would keep pursuing a path beyond the Divine Martial Nation and Eastern Continent.
• The Grand Elder attacked the Second Elder, who defeated him and ordered the Sword Alliance disciples to strip him of his elder position and imprison him.
• The Second Elder announced that Su Zhan had fled and the Divine Alliance was destroyed, and vowed to lead Spirit Sword Sect’s revival.

After Ling Tianzi drove Su Zhan and Su Cang from the Spirit Sword Sect, Su Zhan revealed that he had spent over a hundred years searching for a mysterious treasure fragment taken by Jian Xuan. Su Cang left for the Divine Relic Ridge to seek Ye Suxin's support while Su Zhan stayed in the Divine Martial Nation to search for Jian Xuan.

• Su Zhan collapsed after escaping with Su Cang and admitted that Ling Tianzi had far surpassed him in strength.
• Su Zhan told Su Cang to go to the Divine Relic Ridge and curry favor with Ye Suxin for cultivation resources, despite Su Cang's resentment toward her.
• Su Zhan revealed that he had infiltrated the Spirit Sword Sect to find a treasure fragment, but Jian Xuan had taken it when he escaped after being poisoned.
• Su Zhan explained that finding the fragment could earn their father and son recognition from the Su Dynasty, and that he planned to search for Jian Xuan across the Divine Martial Nation.
• Su Cang set off for the Divine Relic Ridge, while Su Zhan remained behind to search for Jian Xuan.

Ye Suxin revealed that she was pregnant with Lin Bai’s child, and Ye Wuhuan tried to protect the Saint Night Dynasty’s standing by proposing that she freeze the child until after marrying Su Cang. Ye Suxin refused to give up her child, and the chapter ended with her recognizing that she could not marry Su Cang.

• Ye Wuhuan discovered that Ye Suxin was pregnant and mistakenly believed Su Cang was the father.
• When Ye Suxin’s tears made clear the child was not Su Cang’s, Ye Wuhuan ordered Ling Wu to prepare an attack on Divine Martial Nation, but Ye Suxin stopped him.
• Ye Wuhuan urged Ye Suxin to abort the child to protect the Saint Night Dynasty’s reputation, but she vowed to keep it and leave if necessary.
• Ye Wuhuan proposed using the Ice Hibernation Art to halt the child’s growth until Ye Suxin married Su Cang.
• Ye Suxin was shocked by the danger of the forbidden art and knew she could not marry Su Cang, whom she no longer loved.

Ye Wuhuan sealed Ye Suxin’s unborn child with the Ice Hibernation Art and insisted she marry Su Cang, while Lin Bai became Ling Tianzi’s fourth disciple and was taken to the Cold Mountain Range. Ling Tianzi began teaching Lin Bai his ancient sword path and summoned a horde of demon beasts, telling Lin Bai to watch without fighting.

• Ye Wuhuan froze Ye Suxin’s unborn child with the Ice Hibernation Art and forbade her from seeing the child’s father, while ordering her to marry Su Cang.
• After Lin Bai’s upheaval at Spirit Sword Sect, the new Sect Master announced a succession ceremony to be held in half a month.
• Ling Tianzi accepted Lin Bai as his fourth disciple and declared that he would inherit his sword path.
• Ling Tianzi took Lin Bai from White Cloud Peak to the Cold Mountain Range in a single step and promised to teach him Shrinking Space to an Inch when he was ready.
• Ling Tianzi described his ancient sword path to Lin Bai, then summoned surrounding demon beasts and told Lin Bai to watch without intervening.

Ling Tianzi demonstrated the Flying Sword Dao to Lin Bai by slaughtering more than a thousand demon beasts and killing an Ironclad Rhinoceros from afar. Lin Bai agreed to learn the ancient technique, which Ling Tianzi said was known by fewer than five martial artists across the Barren Ancient Continent.

• Ling Tianzi used a silver-white flying sword to kill more than a thousand ninth-level Heaven Martial Realm demon beasts in three breaths.
• Lin Bai absorbed the demon beasts’ blood with his Devouring Sword Soul and broke through to the eighth level of the Heaven Martial Realm.
• Ling Tianzi showed Lin Bai an image of an Ironclad Rhinoceros bathing thirty thousand li away and commanded his sword to kill it from afar.
• Ling Tianzi described the Flying Sword Dao’s power and asked whether Lin Bai wanted to learn it; Lin Bai eagerly agreed.
• Ling Tianzi named the technique the Flying Sword Technique and said it originated before the ancient era and was known by no more than five martial artists across the Barren Ancient Continent.

Ling Tianzi taught Lin Bai about the Flying Sword Dao and gave him the sword he had forged for him. Lin Bai chose to risk dividing his soul to cultivate the art, and Ling Tianzi prepared to protect him as he began.

• Ling Tianzi explained that he had passed his alchemy, Extinction Blade, and formation arts to his senior disciples, then offered to teach Lin Bai the Flying Sword Dao.
• Ling Tianzi gave Lin Bai the flying sword he had forged with the Dragonbone Gold and explained that cultivating it required dividing a fragment of his divine soul and fusing it with the sword.
• Ling Tianzi warned that a shattered flying sword would severely damage Lin Bai’s divine soul, while explaining that the sword would grow stronger alongside its wielder.
• Ling Tianzi taught Lin Bai a soul-dividing incantation and explained the danger of a mistake tearing his divine soul apart.
• Lin Bai decided to proceed, citing his need to become stronger to face Lin Zier, find his parents, and protect his family and friends.
• Ling Tianzi promised to protect Lin Bai as he began dividing his soul.

Lin Bai split off a third of his soul and fused it with a flying sword, entering the Flying Sword Dao. Ling Tianzi then passed on the knowledge and forging methods for Nine Myriad Flying Swords, leaving Lin Bai with the ability to forge replacements himself.

• Lin Bai used the soul-splitting method to divide off a third of his soul, and Ling Tianzi helped him fuse it with the flying sword.
• Lin Bai controlled the flying sword to rise, shatter a boulder, and return to his body, where it fused with his soul and eased his pain.
• Lin Bai summoned the flying sword again and cut through the clouds above the cliff, demonstrating his new control.
• Ling Tianzi explained that flying-sword materials were nearly extinct and told Lin Bai he would teach him to forge Nine Myriad Flying Swords.
• Ling Tianzi praised Lin Bai's humility and potential, then implanted the materials and forging methods in his mind.

Ling Tianzi taught Lin Bai the essential materials and methods for forging flying swords, passing his Flying Sword Dao inheritance to him. Lin Bai vowed to protect his master and preserve the art, while Ling Tianzi urged him to cultivate it and eventually pass it on.

• Ling Tianzi explained that the three indispensable flying sword materials were Destiny Stone, Soaring Sky Divine Iron, and Eternal Sand.
• Ling Tianzi said Destiny Stone had appeared only nine times on the Barren Ancient Continent and described the rarity and powers of the other two materials.
• Ling Tianzi taught Lin Bai how special divine iron, such as Dragonbone Gold, Heart of Flames, and Frost Aura, could give flying swords additional powers.
• Lin Bai thanked Ling Tianzi and vowed inwardly to protect him in return for the inheritance.
• Ling Tianzi urged Lin Bai to cultivate the Flying Sword Dao and said it would be better still if he established a sect and passed the art down.

Ling Tianzi named Lin Bai’s flying sword Dragon Eye and taught him the Sword Control Art, which Lin Bai mastered and used to fly and slay a demon snake. Ling Tianzi then explained that Dragon Eye could be self-detonated as a last resort, but doing so would destroy Lin Bai’s soul fragment in the sword and severely damage his divine soul.

• Ling Tianzi named Lin Bai’s flying sword Dragon Eye and taught him the Sword Control Art.
• Lin Bai learned the Sword Control Art, enlarged Dragon Eye, and rode it ten thousand miles through the air.
• Lin Bai used Dragon Eye to kill a fifth-level Heaven Martial Realm demon snake that tried to flee.
• Lin Bai returned to Ling Tianzi, who praised his progress and told him to keep comprehending the Flying Sword Dao on his own.
• Ling Tianzi warned Lin Bai that self-detonating Dragon Eye could kill a peak Heaven Core Realm martial artist but would destroy Lin Bai’s soul fragment and severely damage his divine soul.

After half a month of cultivation with Ling Tianzi, Lin Bai learned the Sword Control Art and Flying Sword Dao and raced his master back to the Spirit Sword Sect for the new sect master’s succession ceremony. The chapter ended with Lin Bai nearing White Cloud Peak, where Li Shanqing welcomed him.

• Ling Tianzi told Lin Bai that he would have to rely on his own comprehension from then on and said they would return to the Spirit Sword Sect for the succession ceremony.
• Lin Bai challenged Ling Tianzi to a race, and Ling Tianzi gave him a half-hour head start, promising a gift if he won.
• Lin Bai flew through the Cold Mountain Range on his sword, marveling at his new strength as the Sword Control Art rapidly consumed his true qi.
• Li Shanqing drank alone on White Cloud Peak and reflected on how he, Ling Tianzi, and Lin Bai would eventually pursue separate paths.
• Li Shanqing spotted Lin Bai approaching at tremendous speed and called out to him, while Lin Bai continued toward the cliff with a strange smile.

Lin Bai raced Ling Tianzi to the Spirit Sword Sect, where they competed to catch Li Shanqing, and Ling Tianzi gave Lin Bai a hidden force as a gift. After Lin Bai left, Ling Tianzi explained that the force was meant to help him survive a great tribulation when he broke through to the Human Core Realm, leaving Li Shanqing alarmed at what that calamity might be.

• Lin Bai chased Li Shanqing with his flying sword, but Ling Tianzi caught Li Shanqing first and won their race back to the Spirit Sword Sect.
• Ling Tianzi explained that the Grand Five Elements Art helped supply the true qi needed for Lin Bai's Sword Control Art and praised his progress.
• Ling Tianzi sent a hidden force into Lin Bai's body, saying it could help him withstand a great tribulation once.
• Ling Tianzi told Lin Bai to attend the Spirit Sword Sect's celebrations for the Second Elder's succession as Sect Master.
• Li Shanqing accused Ling Tianzi of planting a force to restrain Lin Bai's Devouring Sword Soul, but Ling Tianzi said it was a safeguard for Lin Bai's Human Core Realm breakthrough.
• Li Shanqing realized what the great tribulation might be and worried that Lin Bai might not survive it.

The Spirit Sword Sect hosted envoys arriving for its sect master succession ceremony, but the Sacred Moon Sect came with hostile intentions. After Wang Yingjie gravely injured Sun Qian, Li Jianxing confronted him and prepared to fight.

• Li Jianxing welcomed Crown Prince Tuoba Xiu of the Great Moon Kingdom and escorted him into the Spirit Sword Sect.
• Wang Hao received Chu Jiangliu and the Grand Princess of the Divine Martial Nation, who asked after Lin Bai.
• Tang Tianhao led the hostile Sacred Moon Sect delegation to the Spirit Sword Sect, where Wang Yingjie insulted the sect and declared they had come to destroy it.
• Wang Yingjie attacked Sun Qian with one punch, severely injuring him, then made Sun Qian escort the Sacred Moon Sect inside.
• Li Jianxing and Wang Hao saw Sun Qian's injuries, and Wang Yingjie mocked him; Li Jianxing angrily prepared to draw his sword against Wang Yingjie.

At the Spirit Sword Sect’s succession ceremony, the Sacred Moon Sect’s disciples insulted the hosts and injured Sun Qian, while Wang Yingjie set his sights on Grand Princess Bai Xiaoxiao and planned to kill Lin Bai. Lin Bai arrived at the ceremony ready to confront them and spoke with the Grand Princess, who asked about his injuries.

• Li Jianxing led the guests to the ceremony, and Tuoba Xiu warned him that the Sacred Moon Sect’s disciples seemed intent on causing trouble.
• Wang Yingjie pursued Grand Princess Bai Xiaoxiao, while his disciples threatened the Divine Martial Nation’s royal family; Wang Yingjie vowed to kill Lin Bai and reclaim the Overlord Dragon Fist manual.
• Wang Hao brought the injured Sun Qian to Lin Bai and explained that Sacred Moon Sect disciples had hurt him under the guise of exchanging pointers.
• Lin Bai said he was ready to deal with the Sacred Moon Sect and went to the ceremony with Sun Qian and Wang Hao.
• Lin Bai greeted King Chu and Grand Princess Bai Xiaoxiao, who asked whether he had recovered from his fight with Su Cang and Su Zhan.

Lin Bai reunited with the Grand Princess, discussed the Prime Minister and faced the hostility of Wang Yingjie and Di Huayue at the Spirit Sword Sect’s succession ceremony. The ceremony began as Su Jiannan arrived to take his place as Sect Master.

• The Grand Princess told Lin Bai that her efforts against the Prime Minister had failed, and Lin Bai offered help before she urged him to focus on rebuilding the Spirit Sword Sect.
• Lin Bai noticed Wang Yingjie of the Sacred Moon Sect glaring at him, and the Grand Princess warned that Wang Yingjie had recently injured Sun Qian.
• Di Huayue of Azure Cloud Terrace Palace glared at Lin Bai while he held the Grand Princess, and she revealed that she had rejected Di Huayue when he once pursued her.
• Ji Bei welcomed the guests and announced the succession ceremony, while Lin Bai and the Grand Princess reflected on the Spirit Sword Sect’s decline and hopes for its revival.
• The Spirit Sword Sect’s disciples welcomed Su Jiannan, who entered the plaza in purple robes with a golden sword and the pressure of the Human Core Realm.

Su Jiannan took over as Sect Master of the Spirit Sword Sect and began the succession ceremony. He called Lin Bai to join him in the Heaven-Worshipping Ceremony, while guests from rival sects and hidden visitors judged Lin Bai and discussed their plans.

• Su Jiannan revealed his Human Core Realm cultivation, intimidated the guests, and received their congratulations as the Spirit Sword Sect’s new Sect Master.
• Su Jiannan called Lin Bai to the altar, drawing the attention of the assembled guests and prompting the Grand Princess to urge Lin Bai to go.
• Wang Yingjie vowed to kill Lin Bai, and Tang Tianhao planned to push for a martial sparring competition after the ceremony.
• Di Huayue dismissed Lin Bai, while a prince of the Divine Wind Nation and Tuoba Xiu watched him with interest and gratitude.
• A black-robed old man suggested inviting Lin Bai to the Sword Assembly, but the white-robed Ruohan called him average.
• Lin Bai agreed to join Su Jiannan and the Spirit Sword Sect’s elders and core martial artists in worshipping Heaven.

Su Jiannan completed his succession ceremony as the Spirit Sword Sect’s new Sect Master, then accepted the Sacred Moon Sect’s proposal for a martial contest. Zhang Haoyun stepped forward as the first challenger, leaving the Spirit Sword Sect to choose a disciple to face him.

• Su Jiannan offered his golden sword to Heaven and swore to restore the Spirit Sword Sect before completing the succession ceremony.
• Ye Mobei told Lin Bai that he had abandoned the Divine Alliance and remained loyal to the Spirit Sword Sect.
• Tang Tianhao proposed a contest between the sects’ disciples, and Su Jiannan agreed after glancing at Lin Bai.
• Ji Bei and Ji Bai recognized that the Sacred Moon Sect had come with hostile intentions, while Lin Bai and the Grand Princess discussed the pressure on Su Jiannan to accept the challenge.
• Tang Tianhao introduced Zhang Haoyun, a ninth-level Heaven Martial Realm disciple, and asked the Spirit Sword Sect to send someone to face him.

Ye Mobei stepped forward to answer Zhang Haoyun’s challenge instead of Lin Bai, and the two began a fierce duel. Lin Bai predicted to the Grand Princess that they would decide the fight within three exchanges and draw, while Zhang Haoyun vowed to win within three moves.

• Su Jiannan called for a Spirit Sword Sect disciple to fight, but Lin Bai stayed back as the Grand Princess urged him not to act recklessly.
• Zhang Haoyun taunted the Spirit Sword Sect and demanded that Lin Bai face him.
• Ye Mobei stepped into the arena and revealed that he had fought against the Sacred Moon Sect in the Southern Border.
• Zhang Haoyun and Ye Mobei clashed with their swords as Lin Bai and the Grand Princess watched.
• Lin Bai bet that the fight would end in a draw within three exchanges, and Zhang Haoyun declared that he would admit defeat if he could not win within three moves.

Zhang Haoyun and Ye Mobei fought to a draw after unleashing their strongest sword techniques, then Wang Yun defeated Li Jianxing with a single punch that shattered his treasured sword. Lin Bai sensed that Wang Yun's strength could suddenly rise to near the Half-Step Divine Core Realm, but he could not explain the change.

• Zhang Haoyun and Ye Mobei exchanged their trump-card techniques, both suffered injuries, and Tang Tianhao and Su Jiannan accepted the duel as a draw.
• Zhang Haoyun and Ye Mobei returned to their seats after trading threats, and Wang Yun challenged the Spirit Sword Sect's disciples.
• Lin Bai sensed that Wang Yun's power fluctuated unpredictably, sometimes reaching the ninth level of the Heaven Martial Realm.
• Li Jianxing attacked Wang Yun with the Meteor Sword Technique, but Wang Yun shattered his Grade Four Spirit Tool sword with one punch and injured him severely.
• Lin Bai realized that Wang Yun's punch had reached the peak of the ninth level of the Heaven Martial Realm, near the initial stage of the Half-Step Divine Core Realm, but could not determine why.