Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai entered Tianshui Sect’s Water Mirror World, where its artifact spirit, Lady Water Mirror, explained the realm and pointed him toward its key locations. After exploring the markets without any Contribution Points to spend, he entered the Mission Hall to look for missions.

• Lin Bai used his Identity Token to enter the Water Mirror World and met Lady Water Mirror, its artifact spirit.
• Lady Water Mirror explained the Water Mirror World’s markets and missions, and recommended that Lin Bai visit the Mission Hall and Hundred Saints Mountain.
• Lin Bai spent a day or two browsing market stalls but could not buy anything because he had no Contribution Points.
• Lin Bai found the Mission Hall, entered it, and saw scrolls listing missions and their Contribution Point rewards.

Lin Bai explored the Task Hall and learned how sect tasks and disciple promotions worked. He found that reaching the top thirty of the Tianshui Dao God Rankings could make him a fourth-class disciple, but realized the ranking battles would be fierce.

• Lin Bai inspected private and sect-issued tasks, including a mission to exterminate the Demon Cloud Pirates and one to hunt the traitor Liu Feiyun.
• Lin Bai observed that most sect tasks involved pursuing traitors or fighting pirates and demon clans, and reflected on the Tianshui Sect's troubles.
• Lady Water Mirror explained that disciples could rise in rank by completing Promotion Tasks or making a major contribution to the sect.
• Lin Bai examined Promotion Tasks and found that placing in the Tianshui Dao God Rankings could earn promotions, with higher placements required for higher disciple ranks.
• Lin Bai decided the rankings offered a promising route to promotion, then realized that many other disciples would compete just as fiercely.

Lin Bai explored the Tianshui Sect’s Treasure Pavilion and learned that access to its best resources depended on disciple rank. He then entered Hundred Saints Mountain and followed a crowd drawn by news that Senior Brother Pan Hun had obtained Li Lingtian’s inheritance.

• Lin Bai entered the Treasure Pavilion and browsed its first-level lists of mystic arts, weapons, elixirs, and rare treasures.
• Lady Water Mirror told Lin Bai that immortal jade was available only on the seventh level and that personal disciples among the Three Wonders Disciples could enter it.
• Lin Bai concluded that he needed to raise his disciple rank to access better missions and treasures, then headed for Hundred Saints Mountain.
• Lin Bai learned that Hundred Saints Mountain held inheritance trials left by powerful Tianshui Sect seniors who had entered final seclusion.
• Lin Bai heard martial artists say that Senior Brother Pan Hun had obtained the Soaring Sky Sword and might have gained the inheritance of Li Lingtian, the sect’s top Dao God expert five thousand years earlier.
• Lin Bai followed the crowd going to see Pan Hun’s discovery.

Lin Bai encountered Zuo Xintang on the way to Hundred Saints Mountain, but Zhang Xiuwen insulted him and prompted Lin Bai to cut ties with her. At Stormwind Cliff, Lin Bai sensed the sword intent left by Li Lingtian and realized that refining it might advance his Sword Heart.

• Lin Bai met Zuo Xintang and Zhang Xiuwen, who accused him of currying favor with her and her family.
• Lin Bai told Zuo Xintang they no longer needed to contact each other and left.
• Lin Bai reached Stormwind Cliff and saw a blue-robed man struggle to pull Li Lingtian’s sword from the ground.
• Lady Water Mirror explained that Li Lingtian had died there five thousand years earlier, leaving his sword and sword-arts attainments behind.
• Lin Bai resonated with Li Lingtian’s sword intent, sensed its Four Revolution Sword Heart, and considered refining it to strengthen his own.

Lin Bai and Yi Gu watched Pan Hun fail to draw the Soaring Sky Sword, then confronted him after Zhang Xiuwen falsely accused them of seeking Zuo Xintang’s favor. Lin Bai blocked Pan Hun’s sword intent as the argument turned into a clash.

• Yi Gu recognized the Soaring Sky Sword’s powerful sword intent and told Lin Bai that Pan Hun could not draw it.
• Pan Hun drew the sword only three inches before noticing Zuo Xintang and letting it sink back into the ground.
• Zhang Xiuwen introduced Zuo Xintang to Pan Hun, then falsely claimed Lin Bai and Yi Gu were trying to curry favor with her.
• Pan Hun warned Lin Bai and Yi Gu to stay away from Zuo Xintang, and Yi Gu rejected the accusation and mocked Pan Hun’s failure.
• Pan Hun released his sword intent at Yi Gu, and Lin Bai stepped forward to block it with his own sword intent.

Lin Bai bet Pan Hun and Zhang Xiuwen that he could pull the Soaring Sky Sword from Stormwind Cliff, while Yi Gu opened a betting pool among the gathered martial artists. Lin Bai pulled out the sword and sensed that he had taken on the karma of avenging Li Lingtian.

• Lin Bai confronted Pan Hun and agreed to wager against him, offering to leave the Tianshui Sect if he failed to pull out the Soaring Sky Sword.
• Zhang Xiuwen added eight thousand Contribution Points to the bet and demanded that Lin Bai kneel and call him Grandpa if he lost.
• Yi Gu opened a betting pool, and the martial artists gathered at Stormwind Cliff wagered heavily that Lin Bai would fail.
• Lin Bai grasped the Soaring Sky Sword and promised to avenge Li Lingtian, calming the sword's unwilling intent.
• Lin Bai pulled the Soaring Sky Sword free, and its sharp sword intent swept across Hundred Saints Mountain.
• Lin Bai sensed karma winding around him, and the martial artists at Stormwind Cliff erupted in astonishment.

Lin Bai drew the Soaring Sky Sword, won a large Contribution Point wager, and rejected Pan Hun’s demands to hand it over. He agreed to fight Pan Hun on Slaughter God Island in one month, then hinted to Yi Gu that he had a plan.

• Lin Bai drew the Soaring Sky Sword and sealed Li Lingtian’s Four Revolution Sword Heart sword intent inside it.
• Lin Bai won 20,000 Contribution Points, while Yi Gu received 30,000 from the wager.
• Pan Hun demanded the Soaring Sky Sword, but Lin Bai refused and challenged him to stake 500,000 Contribution Points on a fight in one month.
• Pan Hun accepted the wager and chose Slaughter God Island as the venue for their duel.
• After leaving Hundred Saints Mountain, Lin Bai told Yi Gu that his challenge was carefully considered and began explaining his plan.

Lin Bai explained that he needed to raise his rank in Tianshui Sect to obtain immortal jade, and prepared to challenge Pan Hun before entering seclusion to refine Li Lingtian's sword intent. Meanwhile, Tianshui Sect's elders reviewed Lin Bai's performance and discussed whether he deserved the sect's support.

• Lin Bai told Yi Gu that defeating Pan Hun could raise his disciple rank, earn him Contribution Points, and bring him closer to obtaining immortal jade.
• Lin Bai returned to Bright Moon Island, allowed the crow to visit Yi Gu, and began refining the Four Revolution Sword Heart's sword intent from the Soaring Sky Sword.
• The Tianshui Sect Sect Master and elders watched a Water Mirror recording of Lin Bai defeating Zhao Jie and the others in the examination secret realm.
• Li Zai'en reported Lin Bai's background and argued that his strength and determination made him worthy of closer attention and possible cultivation by the sect.

The Tianshui Sect elders learned that Lin Bai had drawn the Soaring Sky Sword and decided to wait for his duel with Pan Hun before choosing whether to cultivate him or Pan Hun. After refining the sword’s power without reaching the Four Revolution Sword Heart, Lin Bai sought a way to break through to the Dao God Peak before the fight.

• Li Zai'en told the Sect Master and elders that Lin Bai had agreed to a life-and-death battle with Pan Hun on Slaughter God Island one month later.
• Li Zai'en revealed that Lin Bai had drawn the Soaring Sky Sword, shocking the hall and changing the elders’ view of him.
• The Sect Master decided that the sect would spare no effort to cultivate Lin Bai if he defeated Pan Hun, and would cultivate Pan Hun if Lin Bai lost.
• After thirteen days of refining the Soaring Sky Sword’s Four Revolution Sword Heart intent, Lin Bai reached the peak of the Third Revolution but failed to break through.
• Lin Bai asked Lady Water Mirror how to reach the Dao God Peak, and she recommended buying herbs for the Sky Peak Divine Radiance Pill with his Contribution Points.

Lin Bai learned that the Sky Peak Divine Radiance Pill was the easiest of seven peak-level Dao God pills to assemble, though its main ingredients remained scarce. As he prepared for his coming match against Pan Hun, he discovered Yi Gu and the Crow at Sure Win Hall urging people to bet against him.

• Lady Water Mirror showed Lin Bai the seven pill formulas and explained that the Sky Peak Divine Radiance Pill required three exceptionally rare main ingredients and 712 supplementary ingredients.
• Lin Bai learned that the supplementary ingredients would cost nearly 50,000 Contribution Points, while a Sky Peak Dragon Flower cost 100,000 and a single Divine Spirit Tear had sold for 270,000; no one knew where to find the Seven-Colored Splendor Immortal Leaf.
• Lin Bai asked Lady Water Mirror to notify him if she heard of the Seven-Colored Splendor Immortal Leaf, then heard sect members discussing his upcoming match with Pan Hun and Pan Hun's efforts to borrow Contribution Points.
• Lin Bai entered Sure Win Hall and saw Yi Gu and the Crow telling the crowd that Pan Hun would certainly defeat him.

Lin Bai discovered that Yi Gu and Qiao Mo had arranged a betting pool on his upcoming fight with Pan Hun, with Qiao Mo backing him despite nearly everyone expecting him to lose. Qiao Mo’s support was tied to a struggle over control of Hundred Victories Pavilion, leaving Lin Bai to learn about the forces opposing her.

• Yi Gu and the Crow disparaged Lin Bai at Sure Win Hall to draw bettors toward Pan Hun, and Lin Bai confronted Yi Gu about the betting pool.
• Yi Gu explained that Sure Win Hall had set odds of three to one on Lin Bai and one to one on Pan Hun, then took Lin Bai to meet Qiao Mo.
• Qiao Mo revealed that Yi Gu had offered his fortune and five thousand years of service to secure Hundred Victories Pavilion’s betting pool, while she had agreed because Lin Bai had slain six ranked experts in the examination secret realm.
• Yi Gu explained that Qiao Mo’s father, the late Pavilion Lord, had prepared her to succeed him, but the two surviving elders were now trying to seize control of Hundred Victories Pavilion.

Qiao Mo explained how the Grand Elders had taken control of Hundred Victories Pavilion after her father died, and she planned to use Lin Bai’s duel with Pan Hun to regain influence. Yi Gu revealed his plan to expand the betting pool and earn a fortune, while Lin Bai sought information about a rare ingredient for his cultivation breakthrough.

• Qiao Mo told Lin Bai that her father had founded Hundred Victories Pavilion and that the Grand Elders had obstructed her attempt to inherit its management.
• Qiao Mo said she was staking her chance to reclaim power on Lin Bai defeating Pan Hun, and Lin Bai assured her he would win.
• Qiao Mo gave Lin Bai a booklet detailing Pan Hun’s abilities and promised to help him find the Seven-Colored Splendor Immortal Leaf.
• Yi Gu reported that the betting pool already held over three hundred thousand Contribution Points and predicted he could raise the total to at least a million.
• Yi Gu said he would split his share of the profits with Lin Bai, while Qiao Mo hoped the earnings would help her secure her position in Hundred Victories Pavilion.

As Lin Bai prepared in seclusion for his battle with Pan Hun, the match drew attention across Tianshui Sect and its betting pool grew to nearly six million Contribution Points. Li Yunmu, Li Lu, and Zhao En visited Pan Hun, revealed their heavy bets on his victory, and pressured him to kill Lin Bai.

• Lin Bai returned to Bright Moon Island and entered secluded cultivation while interest in his upcoming battle with Pan Hun spread through Tianshui Sect and the Water Mirror Sea.
• The betting pool at Hundred Victories Pavilion reached nearly six million Contribution Points, with almost everyone betting on Pan Hun.
• Li Yunmu, Li Lu, and Zhao En visited Pan Hun and asked how confident he was about defeating Lin Bai.
• Li Yunmu explained that the pavilion's higher-ups hoped Pan Hun's victory would ruin Qiao Mo's position, and promised him a reward of one hundred thousand Contribution Points.
• Li Lu and Zhao En revealed their personal grudges against Lin Bai, while all three visitors disclosed that they had wagered their fortunes on Pan Hun.
• Pan Hun promised the three that he would kill Lin Bai on Slaughter God Island.

On the way to Slaughter God Island for his match against Pan Hun, Lin Bai learned how Yi Gu had built a ten-million-Contribution-Point betting pool by making Pan Hun seem certain to win. Yi Gu warned Lin Bai that the plan depended on him winning, as a loss would ruin Qiao Mo and leave them in debt.

• Yi Gu and Zuo Xintang woke Lin Bai and accompanied him to Slaughter God Island, where the one-month deadline for his battle with Pan Hun had arrived.
• Yi Gu told Lin Bai that more than fifty thousand people had contributed ten million Contribution Points to the betting pool, whose profits he and Lin Bai would split.
• Yi Gu explained that he kept Pan Hun's odds attractive and promoted him while disparaging Lin Bai, drawing bettors who believed Pan Hun was a sure winner.
• Yi Gu said he recruited wealthy disciples and elders by arranging for the Ninth Elder, the Seventh Elder, and the Second Elder to publicly bet on Pan Hun with Qiao Mo's help.
• Zuo Xintang praised Yi Gu's scheme, and Yi Gu reminded Lin Bai that losing would ruin Qiao Mo and leave them with a huge debt.

Lin Bai arrived at Slaughter God Island to face Pan Hun in a heavily publicized duel over the Soaring Sky Sword and five hundred thousand Contribution Points. With the crowd watching and the stakes for the Hundred Victories Pavilion and Lin Bai’s future set, the two prepared to begin their fight.

• Martial artists from inside and outside the Tianshui Sect gathered on Slaughter God Island to watch Lin Bai and Pan Hun’s duel.
• Pan Hun arrived with Zhao En, Li Lu, Li Muyun, Zhao Jie, and Zhang Xiuwen, then went to the sparring platform to wait for Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai arrived with Zuo Xintang and Yi Gu, and Qiao Mo warned him that the Hundred Victories Pavilion could collapse if he lost.
• Lin Bai placed the Soaring Sky Sword at the center of the platform, and Pan Hun showed that he had prepared five hundred thousand Contribution Points as the wager.
• Lin Bai challenged Pan Hun to make the first move as the gathered martial artists turned their attention to the platform.

On Slaughter God Island, Lin Bai faced Pan Hun and proved he could withstand the Tianshui Sect disciple’s powerful fist without injury. Pan Hun then drew his sword and revealed his First Revolution Sword Heart, preparing to continue the fight.

• Pan Hun unleashed his Nine Demon Serpent Dragon Fist, and the blow shattered the arena as spectators assumed Lin Bai had been killed.
• Lin Bai emerged unharmed, having caught Pan Hun’s punch with his chest, and mocked his strength and ranking.
• The crow reassured Yi Gu and Qiao Mo that Lin Bai could even contend with a Great Purity Dao Fruit expert.
• Pan Hun dismissed the punch as a secondary skill, drew a supreme-grade Dao Divine Weapon, and declared that sword dao was his specialty.

Pan Hun unleashed his strongest sword technique against Lin Bai, but Lin Bai emerged unharmed and effortlessly evaded his follow-up attacks. After half an hour, Pan Hun was nearly exhausted, and Lin Bai asked whether he had run out of tricks.

• Pan Hun used Dragon's Cry of the Nine Seas, revealing his First Revolution Sword Heart as he attacked Lin Bai with a devastating sword strike.
• Lin Bai stopped Pan Hun's sword qi with his Four Revolution Sword Heart and stood unharmed amid the destruction of Slaughter God Island.
• Lin Bai taunted Pan Hun and challenged him to keep fighting, while Pan Hun hid his uncertainty behind threats.
• Pan Hun attacked Lin Bai with a barrage of sword techniques and other abilities, but Lin Bai remained in place and evaded every attack.
• After fighting for half an hour and using up much of his spiritual power, Pan Hun was nearly exhausted, and Lin Bai asked if he had run out of tricks.

Lin Bai defeated Pan Hun with a single punch after recognizing that Pan Hun’s sword techniques could not threaten him. He took Pan Hun’s Identity Token and Contribution Points, then left Slaughter God Island as Yi Gu and Qiao Mo realized his strength might surpass the top three on the Tianshui Dao God Rankings.

• Lin Bai taunted Pan Hun for repeating Dragon's Cry of the Nine Seas, and Pan Hun suspected Lin Bai’s Sword Dao surpassed his own.
• Lin Bai shattered Pan Hun’s sword net and supreme-grade Dao Divine Weapon with one punch, severely injuring him and leaving him unconscious.
• Lin Bai took Pan Hun’s Identity Token, transferred his five hundred thousand Contribution Points, and left Slaughter God Island while the crowd reacted in disbelief and anger.
• Lin Bai told Yi Gu and Qiao Mo that he had won, and Qiao Mo concluded his strength might exceed that of the top three on the Tianshui Dao God Rankings.

After defeating Pan Hun, Lin Bai used his winnings to buy the remaining ingredients for the Sky Peak Divine Radiance Pill. He found the last ingredient, Millennial Phoenix Brow, at Holy Heart Pavilion and agreed to purchase it for ten thousand Contribution Points.

• Lin Bai defeated Pan Hun, and Yi Gu and Qiao Mo agreed to divide the betting pool's profits after Hundred Victories Pavilion finished its accounting.
• Lin Bai, Zuo Xintang, and Yi Gu left Slaughter God Island, then parted ways when they returned to the Tianhe Archipelago.
• Lin Bai bought nearly all the supplementary ingredients for the Sky Peak Divine Radiance Pill in the Water Mirror World.
• Lin Bai visited Holy Heart Pavilion and asked for Millennial Phoenix Brow, the final ingredient he still needed.
• The woman at Holy Heart Pavilion quoted ten thousand Contribution Points, and Lin Bai agreed to buy the Millennial Phoenix Brow.

Lin Bai bought the Millennial Phoenix Brow from Qin Yao, who invited him to join the Holy Heart Pavilion’s expedition to seize Divine Spirit Tears from the Deep Sea Spring. After Qin Yao learned he was the victor of the battle on Slaughter God Island, she predicted he would draw the sect’s attention and the Heaven and Earth Gate’s hostility; the chapter ended with the Heaven and Earth Gate Master noticing Lin Bai.

• Lin Bai paid Qin Yao ten thousand Contribution Points for the Millennial Phoenix Brow.
• Qin Yao offered to help Lin Bai obtain the Sky Peak Dragon Flower and invited him to join her team’s trip to the Deep Sea Spring for Divine Spirit Tears.
• Lin Bai accepted the invitation, and Qin Yao gave him a Holy Heart Pavilion jade pendant and said the group would depart in about ten days.
• After Lin Bai left, Qin Yao showed a man the Image Recording Pearl of Lin Bai’s battle against Pan Hun and said Lin Bai might surpass everyone on the Tianshui Dao God Rankings and become a Holy Son.
• Qin Yao warned that Lin Bai’s growing fame would attract the Heaven and Earth Gate, and the Heaven and Earth Gate Master noticed him.