Chapter Summaries

Second Master Yishan ambushed Meng Yunchuan at Tiger Leap Cliff with a force from the Moving Mountain Family, seeking the spirit stones in his Storage Bag. As the two sides fought and Meng Yunchuan faced Second Master Yishan, Qin Meng secretly turned his blade toward Qi Mountain’s fighters.

• Lin Bai warned Meng Yunchuan of an unseen arrow, and Meng Yunchuan dodged before it shattered his kettle.
• Second Master Yishan revealed his ambush and offered rewards for killing Meng Yunchuan and taking his Storage Bag.
• Meng Yunchuan promised Qi Mountain’s fighters one hundred thousand spirit stones each if they returned safely, and the two forces clashed.
• Meng Yunchuan left Lin Bai to protect Meng Yunxiang, who rejected Lin Bai’s advances.
• Second Master Yishan attacked Meng Yunchuan with a Grade Five Spirit Tool sword, while Qin Meng turned his blade toward Qi Mountain’s fighters.

Lin Bai stopped Qin Meng from ambushing Meng Yunchuan, but Second Master Yishan’s forces overwhelmed the Qi Mountain fighters and wounded Meng Yunchuan and Meng Yunxiang. As Second Master Yishan cornered Meng Yunxiang, an unknown speaker declared that he and his men should be the ones to run.

• Lin Bai intercepted Qin Meng’s saber strike against Meng Yunchuan and fought him with Overlord Dragon Fist.
• Second Master Yishan pierced Meng Yunchuan’s shoulder while fighters from Qi Mountain were slaughtered at Tiger Leap Cliff.
• Meng Yunchuan urged Meng Yunxiang to escape with the spirit stone and seek their father’s help.
• Second Master Yishan chased Meng Yunxiang with his Wind Chasing Serpent Martial Soul and struck her down.
• A cold voice behind Second Master Yishan said that Meng Yunxiang did not need to run and that his side should flee.

Lin Bai rescued Meng Yunxiang and Meng Yunchuan from Second Master Yishan and the Moving Mountain Family, crushing their forces with overwhelming strength. After Lin Bai killed Second Master Yishan despite his warning about Master Yishan, Meng Yunchuan’s father arrived with Qi Mountain’s reinforcements and defeated the remaining enemies.

• Second Master Yishan attacked Lin Bai, but Lin Bai caught his sword and sent him flying with a kick.
• Lin Bai shattered Second Master Yishan’s arm with the Overlord Dragon Fist and killed the warriors who rushed to protect him.
• Lin Bai drew the Azure Song Sword and decapitated more than a hundred Moving Mountain Family warriors with one strike.
• Second Master Yishan begged for his life and threatened Lin Bai with his brother Master Yishan, but Lin Bai beheaded him.
• Meng Yunchuan’s father arrived with Qi Mountain’s warriors, who slaughtered the remaining Moving Mountain Family fighters.

Lin Bai exposed Qin Meng as the traitor who had tipped off the Moving Mountain Family and tried to kill Meng Yunchuan. When Meng Yuanhan demanded to inspect Qin Meng’s Storage Bag, Qin Meng tried to flee, and Lin Bai killed him.

• Qin Hai accused Lin Bai of being a spy and charged at him, but Meng Yunchuan stepped in to defend Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai said Qin Meng had attacked Meng Yunchuan from behind, and Meng Yunxiang confirmed that she had seen it.
• Meng Yuanhan ordered Qin Meng to open his Storage Bag and asked whether it held a Shadow Transmission Compass used to contact the Moving Mountain Family.
• Qin Meng tried to run, and Lin Bai pierced his throat with a sword, killing him.

Lin Bai’s conflict with Qin Hai was interrupted when Meng Yuanhan examined evidence proving Qin Meng’s collusion with the Moving Mountain Family. Meng Yuanhan took Lin Bai to Qi Mountain for rest and an investigation, where Meng Yunxiang gave him an impossible condition if he wanted to pursue her.

• Lin Bai provoked Qin Hai into a fight, but Meng Yuanhan stopped Qin Hai and used two Shadow Transmission Compasses to reveal evidence against Qin Meng.
• Qin Hai denied involvement, then urged Meng Yuanhan to kill Lin Bai as a suspected spy; Meng Yuanhan rejected the accusation and warned Qin Hai not to interfere with the investigation.
• Meng Yuanhan ordered Qin Hai’s connections to be investigated and told Lin Bai to go to Qi Mountain while his identity was verified.
• Lin Bai traveled with Meng Yuanhan’s party to Qi Mountain, where Meng Yunchuan offered to take him to rest.
• Meng Yunxiang told Lin Bai to kill ten perfected Half-Step Divine Core Realm demon beasts before she would consider his pursuit, then left as Lin Bai tried to explain.

Meng Yunxiang complained to Zhang Weijie about Lin Bai, while Lin Bai toured the Ten Thousand Mountains with Meng Yunchuan and prepared to hunt demonic beasts. Meng Yunchuan warned him about Qin Hai, Master Yishan, and the dangers in the mountains, but Lin Bai set off regardless.

• Meng Yunxiang rejected Zhang Weijie's white orchids and told him that Lin Bai had behaved rudely toward her, prompting Zhang Weijie to vow revenge.
• Meng Yunchuan showed Lin Bai the Ten Thousand Mountains and explained that its demonic beasts were powerful and its depths were home to transformed demonic kings.
• Meng Yunchuan warned Lin Bai that Qin Hai and Master Yishan might target him, and that Master Yishan was the strongest in the Ten Thousand Mountains.
• Lin Bai said he would face Qin Hai and was willing to spar with Master Yishan, then suggested Qi Mountain keep watch on Qin Hai.
• Lin Bai said he would leave to hunt demonic beasts, and Meng Yunchuan warned him not to enter the mountains' depths in search of the divine temple.

Lin Bai accepted Zhang Weijie's challenge after Zhang accused him of violating Meng Yunxiang, though Lin Bai explained that he had only protected her from arrows. Lin Bai defeated Zhang with the Overlord Dragon Fist, leaving him barely alive.

• Zhang Weijie confronted Lin Bai at Qi Mountain and demanded a duel over what he believed Lin Bai had done to Meng Yunxiang.
• Lin Bai explained that he had protected Meng Yunxiang from a volley of arrows, and Meng Yunchuan confirmed the incident had been a misunderstanding.
• Zhang Weijie insisted on fighting, and Lin Bai agreed while Meng Yunchuan promised to supervise the duel.
• Zhang Weijie attacked with his Grade Five Spirit Tool and the Serpent Fury Spear Technique, but Lin Bai met his first strike with a punch.
• Zhang Weijie summoned his Coiling Dragon Spear martial soul and unleashed Calamity of the Mad Serpent.
• Lin Bai countered with Overlord Dragon Fist: Ten Thousand Dragons Devour the Heavens, sending Zhang Weijie flying a hundred meters and leaving him barely alive.

Lin Bai defeated Zhang Weijie, then left for the Ten Thousand Mountains while the Moving Mountain Family placed a million-spirit-stone bounty on his head. As Lin Bai flew toward a divine temple in the mountains, black lightning struck at him from the sky.

• Lin Bai refused Zhang Weijie's challenge, and Meng Yunchuan stopped Zhang from attacking him again before Lin Bai hurried into the forest.
• Meng Yunchuan warned the witnesses to keep quiet, but news of Lin Bai spread throughout Qi Mountain.
• Chen De Kuai learned that Lin Bai had killed Second Master Yishan and ordered a million-spirit-stone bounty, authorizing a Ten-Day Bloodhunt Edict if necessary.
• Moving Mountain Family martial artists rushed into the Ten Thousand Mountains to hunt Lin Bai for the reward.
• Lin Bai rode his flying sword toward the divine temple, hoping to learn more about the Devouring Sword Soul, but black lightning suddenly struck at him.

Lin Bai was attacked by an Azure Sky Demon Eagle while flying through the Ten Thousand Mountains, then fled from a flock of more than a hundred of them. As the pursuit drove him into the outer regions, he encountered a mountain range full of powerful Eight-Winged Dragon Serpents and fled again.

• Lin Bai recognized an Azure Sky Demon Eagle as a Half-Step Divine Core Realm great perfection beast and fought off its Black Divine Lightning.
• More than a hundred Azure Sky Demon Eagles joined the attack, forcing Lin Bai to flee on his sword as their lightning devastated the forest.
• Martial artists saw the flock and fled, while some warned Qi Mountain and the Moving Mountain Family that the Azure Sky Demon Eagles were rioting.
• Lin Bai flew low through the outer regions to escape the eagles, then stopped when he sensed danger in the forest ahead.
• A Half-Step Divine Core Realm great perfection Eight-Winged Dragon Serpent emerged, followed by several hundred more, and Lin Bai turned to flee.

Lin Bai took advantage of a battle between the Azure Sky Demon Eagle and Eight-Winged Dragon Serpent clans to collect demon blood and corpses. He killed a fallen eagle and a group of martial artists competing over a dragon serpent, then absorbed the serpent’s blood and stored its body.

• The Azure Sky Demon Eagle attacked the Eight-Winged Dragon Serpent territory, provoking the Eight-Winged Dragon Serpent King and starting a battle between the clans.
• Lin Bai watched from a distance, then flew into the forest beneath the battle to take advantage of the falling demon beasts.
• Lin Bai killed a wounded Azure Sky Demon Eagle, refined its blood with the Devouring Sword Soul, and stored its corpse.
• When an Eight-Winged Dragon Serpent crashed nearby, Lin Bai killed more than a dozen martial artists who raced to claim it.
• Lin Bai refined the Eight-Winged Dragon Serpent’s blood and qi, then stored its corpse in his Storage Bag.

After the Eight-Winged Dragon Serpent and Azure Sky Demon Eagle battle ended, Lin Bai decided to raise his cultivation before venturing deeper into the Ten Thousand Mountains. He killed a Mountain Devourer Armor and neared a breakthrough, but an ambush interrupted him.

• Lin Bai used the battle’s chaos to capture nearly forty Eight-Winged Dragon Serpents and forty Azure Sky Demon Eagles, bringing his cultivation to the peak of the eighth level of the Heaven Martial Realm.
• After the two monster kings withdrew, Lin Bai decided to reach the ninth level of the Heaven Martial Realm and find a map to the Ten Thousand Mountains’ depths in Qi Mountain before seeking the divine temple.
• Lin Bai spotted a Mountain Devourer Armor, lured it from the mountain, and killed it by striking its head and driving his flying sword into its wound.
• Lin Bai refined the Mountain Devourer Armor’s vital blood essence and felt that he was close to breaking through to the ninth level of the Heaven Martial Realm.
• A sharp arrow flew toward Lin Bai from the forest, but he caught it and confronted a group of martial artists led by a burly man in the middle stage of the Half-Step Divine Core Realm.

Lin Bai encountered Scarface Squad in the Ten Thousand Mountains, where Scarface demanded his flying sword and then recognized him as a bounty worth one million spirit stones. After Lin Bai cut down several attackers, Scarface used his Instant Kill Sword and lunged for Lin Bai’s neck.

• Scarface and more than twenty martial artists surrounded Lin Bai and demanded that he hand over his flying sword.
• Lin Bai refused Scarface’s demand and said he had never heard of Scarface Squad or its rival groups.
• One of Scarface’s men recognized Lin Bai from a portrait, and Scarface decided to kill him for the one-million-spirit-stone bounty.
• Scarface ordered his squad to attack Lin Bai, who cut down the front ranks with Azure Song Sword and revealed his sword intent.
• Scarface sent his squad aside and lunged at Lin Bai’s neck with the Instant Kill Sword, startling Lin Bai with its speed.

Lin Bai faced Scarface and endured the bizarre One-Breath Instant Kill Sword before discovering how to predict its attacks. He killed Scarface after crippling him, searching his memories to learn the sword art, while Scarface Squad warriors prepared to avenge their leader.

• Scarface attacked Lin Bai with the One-Breath Instant Kill Sword, and Lin Bai barely dodged the first strike with Wind Lightning Divine Wings.
• Lin Bai was cut at the throat by Scarface's next attack but realized the sword art could not be used while flying and could be sensed when Scarface's feet touched the ground.
• Lin Bai predicted Scarface's attack and blocked the Instant Kill Sword, then struck Scarface's abdomen with Flying Sword and crippled his dantian.
• Scarface revealed that he had destroyed the manual, so Lin Bai used Soul Search to obtain the sword art from his memories and then killed him.
• Scarface Squad warriors cried out and charged to avenge their leader.

Lin Bai killed Scarface Squad, but one survivor activated the Ten-Day Bloodhunt Edict and marked him for a million-spirit-stone bounty from the Moving Mountain Family. With warriors across the Ten Thousand Mountains converging on him, Lin Bai headed for the dangerous central region, hoping to survive until the bloodlight vanished after ten days.

• Lin Bai killed more than half of Scarface Squad with a single sword strike, then moved to finish the survivors.
• A Scarface Squad warrior crushed a blood talisman, marking Lin Bai with the Ten-Day Bloodhunt Edict before Lin Bai killed the remaining squad members.
• The bloodlight appeared above Lin Bai, and warriors across the Ten Thousand Mountains set out to claim the bounty for his head.
• Hu Jiang of Ashen Squad and the members of Sky Dragon Squad learned that the Bloodlight Hunt Order had been activated and moved to pursue Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai learned that the bloodlight could not be hidden or removed for ten days, so he traveled on foot toward the central region to escape the gathering warriors.

Lin Bai mastered the Instant Kill Sword and used it to cut through squads of martial artists pursuing the bounty on his head. He raced toward the Ten Thousand Mountains' central region as the Ashen Squad and Sky Dragon Squad moved to intercept him.

• Lin Bai rapidly mastered the Instant Kill Sword, including its gray sword ray and the command, "Die!"
• Lin Bai killed the six members of the Flying Dragon Squad with a single strike, then killed a dozen more pursuers as he fled.
• Lin Bai sped toward the central region, prompting other martial artists to gather at the junction and try to block him.
• The gentle-looking leader of the Ashen Squad sent his team flying toward Lin Bai with Butterfly's martial soul.
• The Sky Dragon Squad set off after the Ashen Squad, intending to join the hunt for Lin Bai.

Wounded and pursued, Lin Bai fought off multiple attacks while racing toward the central region of the Ten Thousand Mountains. The Ashen Squad and Sky Dragon Squad cornered him, leaving him trapped between them with nowhere to flee.

• Lin Bai killed a bow-wielding martial artist with his Flying Sword as he flew through a canyon.
• Sun Yao used a Beast-Trapping Formation to block Lin Bai, but Lin Bai shattered it with the Forbidden-Breaking Secret Method.
• Butterfly attacked Lin Bai with her Soul-Shifting Arrow, but he destroyed it with Wind-Slaying and continued onward.
• Dragon One sent Eagle Five to intercept Lin Bai, and Eagle Five struck him down into the forest.
• The Ashen Squad blocked Lin Bai's path ahead while the Sky Dragon Squad sealed his retreat behind him.

Lin Bai faced the Ashen Squad and the Sky Dragon Squad, who planned to kill him for his head and spirit stones. After revealing that he had reached the Heaven Martial Realm ninth layer, he killed Eagle Five, and Dragon One and Hu Jiang prepared to attack him together.

• Hu Jiang told Lin Bai that the Ashen Squad wanted his head for a reward, while Dragon One proposed that the two squads kill him and divide the spoils.
• Lin Bai refused to surrender, and Eagle Five attacked him with his Martial Soul Secret Method.
• Lin Bai revealed his Heaven Martial Realm ninth-layer cultivation and killed Eagle Five with Divine Ability: Wind Severance.
• Dragon One and his three surviving brothers vowed revenge, while Hu Jiang urged them to attack Lin Bai quickly and leave.
• Dragon One rejected the suggestion to attack together and declared that he would personally torture Lin Bai.

Lin Bai fought the Sky Dragon Squad and Ashen Squad after they joined forces to kill him. He killed Panther Four and Sun Yao, but the battle continued with the remaining fighters still surrounding him.

• Butterfly warned Hu Jiang that more martial artists were gathering, and Hu Jiang ordered the Ashen Squad to attack Lin Bai alongside the Sky Dragon Squad.
• Lin Bai used Sword Intent and Wind Lightning Divine Wings to evade the squads’ attacks as the watching martial artists reacted to the two squads joining forces.
• Lin Bai dodged Butterfly’s Soul-Shifting Arrow, causing it to strike Panther Four, then killed the wounded Panther Four with Instant Kill Sword.
• Hu Jiang and Dragon One argued over Panther Four’s death, while Hu Jiang ordered Sun Yao to use formations to slow Lin Bai.
• Sun Yao trapped Lin Bai with the Mud Pit Formation and Celestial Mountain Formation, but Lin Bai killed him with his Flying Sword after it pierced through his talismans.

Lin Bai fought the Ashen Squad and Sky Dragon Squad, killing most of their members despite suffering severe injuries. He escaped after Hu Jiang wounded him, leaving Hu Jiang and Dragon One as the only survivors.

• Lin Bai killed Sun Yao, then broke Tiger Three's arm with Overlord Dragon Fist and killed him with the Instant Kill Sword.
• Lin Bai endured the Soul-Shifting Arrow and killed two Ashen Squad sword cultivators and a Blade Cultivator with Withered Flower.
• Lin Bai used his flying sword to kill Butterfly after she attacked him with the Soul-Shifting Arrow.
• Lin Bai lured Serpent Two into an attack and killed him with Gentle Sword, leaving Hu Jiang and Dragon One alive.
• Hu Jiang wounded Lin Bai's shoulder, and Lin Bai vowed to return and kill him before preparing to leave.

Lin Bai fled toward the central region of the Ten Thousand Mountains while Dragon One and Hu Jiang pursued him, but hundreds of bounty hunters ambushed him in Black Soul Forest. Lin Bai massacred or crippled most of them and escaped into the central region, while Dragon One and Hu Jiang continued after him.

• Dragon One struck Lin Bai from behind, badly injuring him, and Lin Bai fled toward the central region as Dragon One and Hu Jiang pursued him.
• Martial artists hiding in Black Soul Forest ambushed Lin Bai, hoping to claim the spirit-stone bounty on his head.
• Lin Bai used his flying sword and Azure Song Sword to kill and cripple hundreds of attackers, forcing a path through the forest.
• Lin Bai entered the central region and continued toward its depths, while the surviving attackers called him a Demon Sword Cultivator.
• Dragon One and Hu Jiang arrived at Black Soul Forest, saw the carnage, and continued pursuing Lin Bai to avenge their fallen comrades.