Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai fought Long Ba, whose Flood Dragon Clan inheritance let him wield the Overturning Seas Palm, and defeated him with Azure Lotus Swordplay. After capturing Long Ba, Lin Bai searched his memories for the palm technique but found no trace of it.

• Long Ba shattered the island with a palm and pressed Lin Bai with the Flood Dragon Clan’s Overturning Seas Palm.
• Long Ba used Overturning Heavens to injure Lin Bai and trap him under crushing force.
• Lin Bai unleashed Chaotic World Mire and a powerful sword strike, breaking Long Ba’s attack and wounding him in Flood Dragon form.
• Long Ba fled underwater, but Lin Bai pursued, struck him with his sword, and dragged him from the sea.
• Lin Bai used Soul Search on Long Ba to find the Overturning Seas Palm, but discovered no related memories.

Lin Bai killed Long Ba and learned that Li Yuanzong and many other Tianshui Sect fighters had been defeated and captured by the Quasi-Dragon Sons. While heading to Xuanhuo Island to check on Qiao Mo and Qin Yao, he met Lei Lin, who invited him to travel together.

• Lin Bai killed Long Ba after learning that the Overturning Seas Palm was a bloodline-inherited Dragon Clan art, then took his token and searched his memories.
• Lin Bai learned that Li Yuanzong and numerous other top-ranked Tianshui Sect martial artists had lost to the three Quasi-Dragon Sons and been captured or humiliated.
• Worried about Qiao Mo and Qin Yao, Lin Bai left for Xuanhuo Island.
• On the way, Lin Bai encountered Lei Lin ripping the sinews from a dead Flood Dragon.
• Lei Lin greeted Lin Bai and invited him to accompany him to Xuanhuo Island to meet Wang Xin and Zhou Gu; Lin Bai asked what he planned to do there.

Lei Lin set out for Xuanhuo Island with Lin Bai to join the Tianshui Sect disciples gathering for a battle against the Flood Dragon Clan. Meanwhile, the humiliation of Li Yuanzong and seventeen other disciples was watched across Haizhou, and the Tianshui Sect’s leaders observed the island through the Water Mirror.

• Lei Lin told Lin Bai he was going to Xuanhuo Island to defend the sect’s honor, despite knowing the Flood Dragon Clan had set a trap.
• Lei Lin said Tianshui Sect disciples and Flood Dragon Clan members across the Fanged Sea Region were converging on Xuanhuo Island for a decisive battle.
• Lin Bai agreed to accompany Lei Lin, warning that he might only be able to protect himself if fighting broke out.
• Millions of martial artists in Storm City watched Li Yuanzong, Wu Di, and sixteen other Tianshui Sect disciples hanging from a cliff while the three Quasi-Dragon Sons and Flood Dragon Clan members sat nearby.
• Former Tianshui Sect disciples in Central Square raged at the humiliation, while Haizhou elders questioned whether Tianshui Sect was losing its standing.
• The Sect Master and elders watched Xuanhuo Island through Tianshui Sect’s Water Mirror.

Tianshui Sect reeled from its defeat as Prince Yan ordered the Flood Dragon Clan to eliminate its remaining disciples and spread news of its decline. Lin Bai and Lei Lin regrouped with surviving Tianshui Sect fighters, who feared the rest had been killed.

• The Sect Master and Tianshui Sect elders lamented their humiliation and feared the sect could not withstand another defeat.
• Prince Yan praised Ao Hai’s victory, ordered the Flood Dragon Clan to kill every Tianshui Sect disciple in the Fanged Sea Region, and demanded that news of the defeat be spread.
• Lin Bai and Lei Lin saw captured Tianshui Sect disciples and Flood Dragon Clan fighters on Xuanhuo Island, then left to meet their fellow disciples.
• Lei Lin and Lin Bai reunited with Wang Xin, Zhou Gu, Qiao Mo, Qin Yao, and other survivors on a forested island.
• Zhou Gu said the missing Tianshui Sect fighters had probably been killed, shocking the survivors and weakening their morale.

After the Flood Dragon Clan challenged the Tianshui Sect disciples on Xuanhuo Island, Qin Yao urged Lin Bai to seek the Holy Son position and offered her support, but he showed little interest in the role. Lin Bai chose to go to Xuanhuo Island for Contribution Points, with Qin Yao and Qiao Mo accompanying him.

• Ao Hai invited the Tianshui Sect disciples to Xuanhuo Island after the Flood Dragon Clan discovered their gathering place.
• Lei Lin led Wang Xin and Zhou Gu toward Xuanhuo Island to salvage the sect's honor, while some disciples chose to hide until the contest ended.
• Qin Yao offered to support Lin Bai as a candidate for Holy Son, explaining that restoring the sect's honor could bring him recognition and backing from the elders.
• Lin Bai told Qin Yao that the Holy Son position did not tempt him because he lacked a deep bond with the sect, though he agreed to go to Xuanhuo Island for Contribution Points.
• Lin Bai set off for Xuanhuo Island with Qin Yao and the displeased Qiao Mo following him.

Tianshui Sect’s disciples arrived on Xuanhuo Island to challenge the Flood Dragon Clan and restore their sect’s reputation. Lei Lin was badly outmatched by an ordinary Flood Dragon Clan fighter, leaving the battle—and the sect’s standing—uncertain.

• Lin Bai and the other Tianshui Sect disciples reached Xuanhuo Island and saw Li Yuanzong and his companions hanging injured from a cliff.
• The Flood Dragon Clan mocked the newcomers, and Lei Lin and Wang Xin challenged them to a battle.
• A Flood Dragon Clan martial artist accepted Lei Lin’s challenge and knocked him into a ravine with one punch.
• Lei Lin returned to fight, but Qin Yao and Lin Bai saw that he was battling through his injuries and might end in mutual destruction.
• Qiao Mo explained that the contest was Tianshui Sect’s first external martial competition in five thousand years, following Li Lingtian’s death at the hands of Heaven and Earth Gate.

Lei Lin and Wang Xin challenged Long Xue on Xuanhuo Island but were defeated and nailed to a cliff, while Long Xue taunted the Tianshui Sect disciples. As Zhou Gu prepared to fight him, Lin Bai stopped him and offered to take Long Xue on himself.

• Lei Lin fought Long Xue for several hundred exchanges before Long Xue knocked him unconscious and nailed him to the cliff.
• Wang Xin attacked Long Xue with Mystic Arts, Dao Arts, and a supreme-grade flame spear, but Long Xue transformed into a Flood Dragon, defeated him, and nailed him beside Lei Lin.
• Long Xue challenged the remaining Tianshui Sect disciples and insulted Qin Yao and Qiao Mo, provoking Zhou Gu.
• Lin Bai pressed down on Zhou Gu's shoulder and said he would fight Long Xue instead.

Lin Bai defeated and killed Long Xue on Xuanhuo Island, provoking the Flood Dragon Clan. In Storm City, Prince Yan recognized Lin Bai and revealed his murderous intent.

• Lin Bai stepped forward to face Long Xue despite Zhou Gu's warning.
• Long Xue attacked Lin Bai, but Lin Bai caught his punch and hurled him into a hillside.
• Long Xue transformed into a Flood Dragon and charged a dragon breath, but Lin Bai struck him down and crushed his skull, killing him.
• The Flood Dragon Clan angrily confronted Lin Bai, who challenged the three Quasi-Dragon Sons over their treatment of Tianshui Sect disciples.
• In Storm City, Li Zai'en recognized Lin Bai with delight, while Prince Yan remembered him, crushed his teacup, and released killing intent.

Lin Bai killed another Flood Dragon Clan powerhouse by crushing him beneath one foot, proving his earlier victory over Long Xue was no fluke. The three Quasi-Dragon Sons stopped their clansmen from attacking as the confrontation on Xuanhuo Island continued.

• The Tianshui Sect elders celebrated Lin Bai's victory, while the Grand Elder grew resentful that Lin Bai might surpass Li Yuanzong and become the sect's Saint Son.
• A peak Dao God from the Flood Dragon Clan attacked Lin Bai with the Overturning Seas Palm, but Lin Bai evaded the strike and crushed the man's head with one kick.
• Storm City's spectators reacted in shock, Prince Yan worried Lin Bai could wipe out the Flood Dragon Clan on Xuanhuo Island, and Li Zai'en rejoiced.
• The Flood Dragon Clan's clansmen demanded revenge, but Ao Jie and the other Quasi-Dragon Sons ordered them to fall back because they were no match for Lin Bai.

Lin Bai overwhelmed Ao Jie in their duel, but Prince Yan's warning allowed Ao Hai and Ao Qing to rescue him before Lin Bai could kill him. The three Quasi-Dragon Sons then transformed and prepared to attack Lin Bai together on Xuanhuo Island.

• Ao Jie stopped the Flood Dragon Clan warriors and challenged Lin Bai, who mocked him into attacking.
• Lin Bai shattered Ao Jie's punch and knocked him from the sky in his Flood Dragon form, then tried to stomp on his head.
• Prince Yan sent a warning aura from Storm City, giving Ao Hai and Ao Qing time to force Lin Bai back and rescue Ao Jie.
• Ao Jie admitted he could not defeat Lin Bai alone, while Ao Hai and Ao Qing resolved to annihilate the Tianshui Sect disciples on Xuanhuo Island.
• Ao Hai, Ao Qing, and Ao Jie transformed into giant Flood Dragons and prepared to fight Lin Bai together.

The three Quasi-Dragon Sons joined forces against Lin Bai, hoping to crush the Tianshui Sect, but Lin Bai faced them alone. After Ao Hai’s Dragon Breath appeared to kill him, Lin Bai reappeared unharmed high above Xuanhuo Island, leaving the three Flood Dragons stunned.

• Qin Yao, Qiao Mo, Elder Liang, and the others stood with Lin Bai when the three Quasi-Dragon Sons transformed and attacked together.
• Lin Bai told his companions to stand back, then broke through the Flood Dragons’ wave attack with a punch and charged at them.
• Ao Hai struck Lin Bai with Dragon Breath, and the watching Tianshui Sect disciples and martial artists believed Lin Bai had died.
• Lin Bai appeared alive atop a flying sword above Xuanhuo Island, and Ao Hai, Ao Jie, and Ao Qing stared at him in disbelief.

Lin Bai escaped Ao Hai’s Dragon Breath and defeated the three Quasi-Dragon Sons with three sword strikes. Ao Jie recognized Lin Bai as the swordsman who had nearly killed him and Ao Qing at the Deep Sea Spring.

• Lin Bai used the Sword Control Art to escape Ao Hai’s Dragon Breath, stunning the witnesses watching from Storm City, Tianshui Sect, and the sea.
• Ao Hai attacked Lin Bai with Thunderfall Over a Thousand Seas, but Lin Bai cleaved through the thunder and wounded him with one sword.
• Lin Bai broke through Ao Qing’s frost defenses and cut away much of his dragon head and one horn.
• Lin Bai split Ao Jie’s Dragon Breath and nearly severed his head with a sword strike, leaving all three Quasi-Dragon Sons severely wounded.
• Lin Bai mocked the Quasi-Dragon Sons, and Ao Jie recognized him as the man who had nearly killed him and Ao Qing at the Deep Sea Spring.

Lin Bai recognized the three Quasi-Dragon Sons who had once fought him and pursued them as they fled. He killed Ao Jie and Ao Qing and continued after Ao Hai, while Prince Yan and Li Zai'en rushed toward the Fanged Sea Region.

• Ao Jie and Ao Qing recognized Lin Bai as the masked fighter who had nearly killed them at the Deep Sea Spring, and the three Quasi-Dragon Sons fled in different directions.
• Lin Bai caught up with Ao Jie near the edge of the Fanged Sea Region and killed him, then took his Storage Bag.
• Prince Yan raged at Ao Jie's death as the scene appeared on the jade wall, and the onlookers saw Lin Bai pursue Ao Qing.
• Lin Bai caught Ao Qing before he could leave the region and beheaded him despite his pleas for mercy.
• Prince Yan flew toward the Fanged Sea Region to seek revenge, and Li Zai'en hurried after him to protect Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai continued his pursuit of Ao Hai, intent on killing all three Quasi-Dragon Sons.

After killing Ao Jie and Ao Qing, Lin Bai intercepted Ao Hai and fought to finish him off, but Prince Yan intervened and overwhelmed him. Li Zai'en arrived in time to block Prince Yan's attack, leaving the two sides facing off.

• Ao Hai fled while planning to have the Flood Dragon Clan investigate Lin Bai, but he heard Ao Jie and Ao Qing die in succession.
• Lin Bai appeared before Ao Hai with dragon blood on his sword and taunted him about the Flood Dragon Clan's earlier claim that killing was part of the martial competition.
• Ao Hai unleashed thunder attacks, but Lin Bai evaded them and struck with his sword.
• Prince Yan shattered Lin Bai's Sword Qi, rescued Ao Hai, and attacked Lin Bai with the power of his Great Purity Dao Fruit.
• Li Zai'en arrived beside Lin Bai and broke Prince Yan's wave attack with a palm strike.

Prince Yan tried to kill Lin Bai after Lin Bai slew Ao Jie and Ao Qing, but Zhang Bailiu intervened and overwhelmed him. A gaunt old Daoist from the Heaven and Earth Gate then arrived and asked Zhang Bailiu to spare Prince Yan because Prince Yan had helped the sect.

• Prince Yan demanded that Li Zai'en hand over Lin Bai, but Li Zai'en refused and stood between them.
• Prince Yan attacked Li Zai'en, and Zhang Bailiu struck from beyond the clouds, wounding Prince Yan and stopping the attack.
• Zhang Bailiu seized Prince Yan in his Flood Dragon form and battered him until he begged for mercy.
• Prince Yan sent a signal for help, and a gaunt Old Daoist arrived over the sea.
• The Old Daoist identified Prince Yan as someone who had helped the Heaven and Earth Gate and asked Zhang Bailiu to spare him.

After the Tianshui Sect Ancestor drove away the danger on Water Mirror Sea, Ma Qiuming of Heaven and Earth Gate tried to recruit Lin Bai with the Rotwood Sword Sutra. Lin Bai refused to leave Tianshui Sect, and Ma Qiuming departed after inviting him to meet again at the Ancient Wasteland Secret Realm.

• Ma Qiuming asked Zhang Bailiu to spare Prince Yan, and Zhang Bailiu released him before ordering Li Zai'en to gather the Tianshui Sect disciples.
• Qin Yao and Qiao Mo checked on Lin Bai, who reflected that Tianshui Sect's aging Ancestor might soon die.
• Ma Qiuming praised Lin Bai's body refinement and swordsmanship, then offered to teach him the Rotwood Sword Sutra, an inheritance created by Zhao Xiumu.
• Tianshui Sect's Ancestor accused Ma Qiuming of poaching a disciple, but Ma Qiuming told Lin Bai that no one could stop him from leaving with Heaven and Earth Gate.
• Lin Bai thanked Ma Qiuming and refused to leave Tianshui Sect, and Ma Qiuming departed after mentioning the upcoming Ancient Wasteland Secret Realm.

After the Heaven and Earth Gate interrupted the martial contest, Lin Bai returned to the Tianshui Sect and worried that it had learned about the Celestial Vein. Qin Yao and Qiao Mo explained that the Ancient Wasteland Secret Realm was a secluded place for cultivating spirit medicines, leaving Lin Bai with more questions about the Heaven and Earth Gate’s plans.

• The martial contest ended without a victor or a decision about distributing the Celestial Vein after two Grand Luo Dao Fruit experts intervened.
• Li Zai'en told Lin Bai the Tianshui Sect would honor its promise, then went to discuss the Heaven and Earth Gate’s appearance with the sect’s leaders.
• Lin Bai returned to Bright Moon Island with five Ordinary Tokens and a Commander Token, but did not know whether the tokens could still be exchanged for Contribution Points.
• Qin Yao and Qiao Mo told Lin Bai that the Heaven and Earth Gate’s experts had caused the sect’s leaders to gather at the Overturned Water Hall, and the Old Daoist might have emerged from seclusion.
• Qin Yao and Qiao Mo explained that the Ancient Wasteland Secret Realm had belonged to the Ancient Desolate Sect and was used to cultivate spirit medicines and divine medicines.

Qin Yao and Qiao Mo explained why the Ancient Wasteland Secret Realm had become a deadly trial for the declining Tianshui Sect, while Lin Bai weighed whether to enter it. Three days later, Li Zai'en warned that the Heaven and Earth Gate might discover the Celestial Vein and said the sect would fight to the death if it already had.

• Qin Yao and Qiao Mo explained that the Tianshui Sect and Heaven and Earth Gate shared access to the Ancient Wasteland Secret Realm, where the Heaven and Earth Gate had slaughtered all three hundred Tianshui Sect disciples sent there ten years earlier.
• Qiao Mo said the secret realm would open in three months, and Qin Yao assured Lin Bai that the sect would not send him because he had joined recently and served well in the Fanged Sea Region.
• Lin Bai considered entering the secret realm for its spirit medicines and Contribution Points, while the crow privately planned to take everything it could.
• After three days of recovery and swordplay practice on Bright Moon Island, Lin Bai received a visit from Li Zai'en.
• Li Zai'en reasoned that the ambitious Flood Dragon Clan had probably kept the Celestial Vein secret from the Heaven and Earth Gate, and said the sect was awaiting the clan's response to secret talks.
• When Lin Bai asked what the sect would do if the Heaven and Earth Gate already knew about the Celestial Vein, Li Zai'en answered that they would fight to the death.

Lin Bai pressed Li Zai'en about the rewards Tianshui Sect had promised him for revealing the Celestial Vein. After the sect agreed to a sixty-forty share with the Flood Dragon Clan, its elders argued over whether to honor Lin Bai’s promised rewards, and Li Zai'en clashed with the Grand Elder over keeping their word.

• Lin Bai reminded Li Zai'en that Tianshui Sect still owed him five million Contribution Points and information about the Void Ancient Road, and Li Zai'en said the rewards and Sky Peak Divine Radiance Pill should arrive soon.
• Tianshui Sect’s negotiators returned with confirmation that the Flood Dragon Clan had not revealed the Celestial Vein to the Heaven and Earth Gate.
• The Sect Master proposed dividing the Celestial Vein sixty-forty in the Flood Dragon Clan’s favor, and Li Zai'en and the elders approved the arrangement.
• Li Zai'en asked the Sect Master to fulfill the sect’s promises to Lin Bai, but several elders and the Grand Elder argued that Lin Bai had only done his duty as a disciple.
• Li Zai'en defended the promise and his support for Lin Bai, while the Grand Elder accused him of conspiring with Lin Bai for a share of the profits.

The Tianshui Sect rewarded Lin Bai for his service and approved a new Tianshui Dao God Rankings list with him at the top. Li Zai'en proposed Lin Bai as Saint Son, but the Sect Master postponed the decision pending further investigation.

• The Sect Master ordered Li Zai'en to give Lin Bai five million Contribution Points and said he would consult the ancestor about revealing information on the Void Ancient Road.
• Li Zai'en presented an updated Tianshui Dao God Rankings list, and the Sect Master approved it with Lin Bai first and Li Yuanzong second.
• The Grand Elder challenged Lin Bai's top ranking, but Li Zai'en defended it by citing Lin Bai's victories against the Flood Dragon Clan in the Fanged Sea Region.
• Li Zai'en recommended Lin Bai for Saint Son, while the Grand Elder objected and questioned Lin Bai's origins and motives.
• The Sect Master agreed that Lin Bai needed further investigation before the Saint Son matter could be decided and ordered the rankings published as presented.