Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai fought the eighteen Sword Lords of Famous Sword Manor after refusing to surrender, holding them off until they unleashed their Myriad Stars World-Illuminating Sword Formation. He was struck down and left bloodied in the ruins of the Sword Immortal Tavern.

• Lin Bai insulted Long Guihai and the other Sword Lords, then clashed evenly with Long Guihai and sent Su Xingmang flying with one strike.
• The eighteen Sword Lords surrounded Lin Bai and attacked together, but he fought them off for a quarter of an hour using his sword techniques and Sword Intent.
• Long Guihai ordered the Sword Lords to form the Myriad Stars World-Illuminating Sword Formation, which gathered starlight and unleashed a devastating combined strike.
• Lin Bai countered with his Fallen Flowers divine ability, but the formation's sword strike overpowered him and sent him crashing through the Sword Immortal Tavern.
• Lin Bai lay bloodied and covered in sword wounds among the tavern's ruins.

Lin Bai attacked Su Xingmang after Su Xingmang wounded Bai Zhiyuan, but a powerful newcomer intervened before Lin Bai could kill him. The newcomer was identified as Crown Prince Fengyun, who stood between Lin Bai and the fallen Su Xingmang.

• Bai Zhiyuan apologized to Lin Bai and stepped between him and Su Xingmang, taking Su Xingmang’s sword through her shoulder.
• Lin Bai caught the unconscious Bai Zhiyuan, discovered that Sword Qi had injured her internally, and confronted Su Xingmang in fury.
• Lin Bai overwhelmed Su Xingmang with three sword attacks and launched his Instant Kill Sword at Su Xingmang’s throat.
• A young man wielding a Grade Six Spirit Tool sword struck Lin Bai away and saved Su Xingmang.
• Long Guihai thanked Crown Prince Fengyun for rescuing Su Xingmang.

Lin Bai clashed with Feng Yunxiu after Feng Yunxiu saved Su Xingmang and tried to recruit Lin Bai as his servant. Ye Jianqiu and Jian Ruohan stopped their fight, and after Jian Ruohan heard how Su Xingmang had wounded Lin Bai’s sister, Lin Bai moved to kill him.

• Feng Yunxiu arrived to save Su Xingmang, then challenged Lin Bai and demanded that he become his servant.
• Feng Yunxiu and Lin Bai prepared to fight until Ye Jianqiu and Jian Ruohan intervened; Feng Yunxiu withdrew and promised to meet Lin Bai in Sword Assembly City.
• Jian Ruohan questioned Long Guihai and learned that Qingfeng Layman had lost an arm and Su Xingmang had accidentally stabbed Lin Bai’s younger sister.
• Jian Ruohan ordered Long Guihai to take Qingfeng Layman for treatment and promised him an explanation from Famous Sword Manor.
• Lin Bai stopped Su Xingmang from leaving and declared that he wanted Su Xingmang’s life.

Lin Bai threatened to destroy Famous Sword Manor if Bai Zhiyuan died, then hurried back to Sword River Palace to treat her injuries. After stabilizing her, he went to meet Ji Bei, Nan Lidao, and Ye Guxing, who had come to see him.

• Lin Bai confronted Jian Ruohan and threatened to kill Su Xingmang over Bai Zhiyuan's injuries, but withdrew to save his sister after Ye Jianqiu urged him to act.
• Lin Bai whispered to Jian Ruohan that he would wash Famous Sword Manor in blood within a year if Bai Zhiyuan died, then left with her.
• Jian Ruohan told the eighteen Sword Masters that she would report the Sword Immortal Tavern incident to the Enforcement Hall.
• Jian Qianqiu and the Purple-Robed Elder watched the confrontation from Sword Assembly City and disagreed about Lin Bai's potential.
• Lin Bai treated Bai Zhiyuan with spirit pills and removed the remaining Sword Qi from her body over five hours.
• Li Shu'an told Lin Bai that Ji Bei, Nan Lidao, and Ye Guxing had arrived, and Lin Bai went to meet them.

Lin Bai told Ji Bei, Nan Lidao, and Ye Guxing that he aimed to win the Sword Assembly Tournament, naming Feng Yunxiu, Jian Ruohan, and Ye Jianqiu as his only rivals. Later, Bai Zhiyuan woke and worried that Lin Bai had been punished for defending her, while he reassured her and stayed by her side.

• Lin Bai reunited with Ji Bei, Nan Lidao, and Ye Guxing and declared that he was aiming for first place in the tournament.
• Ye Guxing and Nan Lidao warned Lin Bai about Wu Jian, but Lin Bai dismissed him and said his only opponents were Feng Yunxiu, Jian Ruohan, and Ye Jianqiu.
• Ji Bei, Nan Lidao, and Ye Guxing left Sword River Palace, and Ji Bei celebrated Lin Bai as the Spirit Sword Sect's hope for revival.
• Bai Zhiyuan woke late that night and asked Lin Bai whether Famous Sword Manor had blamed him for cutting off Qingfeng Layman's arm.
• Lin Bai reassured Bai Zhiyuan, and she teased him about his fair appearance and the meaning of his name.

Lin Bai comforted Bai Zhiyuan, then prepared for the Sword Assembly by cultivating and buying an Extreme Spirit Pill. After identifying its hidden ingredients and swallowing it, he felt his cultivation nearing a breakthrough to the late stage of the Half-Step Divine Core Realm.

• Lin Bai promised Bai Zhiyuan he would keep her past behavior secret and encouraged her to stop using degrading tricks to win love; after he left, she tearfully begged him not to leave her.
• Lin Bai reflected on his complicated relationship with Bai Zhiyuan and practiced the third sword of Wind, Flower, Snow, Moon, while weighing the formidable sword cultivators he would face at the Sword Assembly.
• Lin Bai asked Li Shu'an about pills for breaking through and bought an Extreme Spirit Pill for five million spirit stones.
• Lin Bai recognized the Extreme Spirit Pill's hidden ingredients, prompting Li Shu'an to suspect he knew its lost formula and might be an alchemist.
• Lin Bai swallowed the Extreme Spirit Pill, felt his cultivation rapidly advance, and ordered Li Shu'an to buy thirty-nine more.

Lin Bai prepared to compete in the Sword Assembly, while Li Shu'an used Lin Bai’s casual instructions to successfully refine the Extreme Spirit Pill and saw a path to wealth. Lin Bai then set out for Sword-Serving Cliff as the competition began.

• Lin Bai gave Li Shu'an more than two hundred million spirit stones and asked him to buy Extreme Spirit Pills and medicines for Bai Zhiyuan.
• Li Shu'an followed Lin Bai’s pill instructions, refined an Extreme Spirit Pill, and realized he could make a fortune from the formula.
• On the third day of the third month, Lin Bai dressed for the competition and told Bai Zhiyuan to stay with Ji Bei and the others.
• Ji Bei, Nan Lidao, and Ye Guxing encouraged Lin Bai and promised to protect Bai Zhiyuan before he continued toward Sword-Serving Cliff with Li Shu'an.
• Lin Bai arrived at the starting point of the road to Sword Assembly City, where sword cultivators would begin their contest to become East Ridge’s Premier Sword Cultivator.

Lin Bai arrived at Sword-Serving Cliff for Famous Sword Manor’s martial competition and faced hostility from sword cultivators who looked down on his cultivation. As Jian Qianqiu began explaining the competition rules, Lin Bai’s enemies and rivals were gathered around him.

• Li Shu'an warned Lin Bai that he could not turn back after stepping onto the stone path, and Lin Bai crossed it to reach Sword-Serving Cliff.
• Sword cultivators mocked Lin Bai for receiving an invitation despite being only at the mid-stage Half-Step Divine Core Realm, while Ye Jianqiu warned him that some competitors might sabotage others during the three trials.
• Ye Jianqiu pointed out Jian Ruohan, Fu Yiling, Wu Wei, and Yuwen Jianguo as Famous Sword Manor’s Four Sword Emperors, who regarded Feng Yunxiu as their main opponent.
• Qingfeng Layman urged his companions to kill Lin Bai, while Master Yishan and Hua Yuxian discussed recovering the treasury key and killing him if they found an opportunity.
• Jian Qianqiu appeared on Sword-Serving Cliff, received the sword cultivators’ greeting, and began explaining the martial competition rules.

Jian Qianqiu announced the Sword Assembly Tournament’s deadly trials, the Wood Sword Spring Grass prize, and the chance to be invited to Divine Relic Ridge. Lin Bai resolved to win the herb to strengthen himself against Lin Zier, and Jian Qianqiu rang the bell to begin the tournament.

• Jian Qianqiu explained the route through Ten Thousand Beast Ridge, Sword Saint Mountain, and Suspended Heights, warning that competitors could die during the trials.
• Jian Qianqiu announced that only nine thousand sword cultivators could enter Sword Assembly City and that the first-place winner would receive the Wood Sword Spring Grass.
• Lin Bai decided he had to claim first place and obtain the herb, even if it meant exposing his Devouring Sword Soul.
• Jian Qianqiu revealed that an expert from the Sword Dao Institute of Divine Relic Ridge might invite outstanding competitors to Divine Relic Ridge.
• Bai Zhiyuan, Ji Bei, Nan Lidao, and Ye Guxing urged Lin Bai on as Jian Qianqiu struck the bell and began the tournament.

Lin Bai raced through the first trial at Ten Thousand Beast Ridge, determined to overtake the leaders without using his flying sword. After a sword cultivator attacked him and caused another racer to be killed by a beast, Lin Bai endured the attacker’s next strike and killed him, then charged onward.

• Ye Jianqiu warned Lin Bai not to reveal his strongest methods, then sped ahead with an impressive movement technique.
• Lin Bai entered Ten Thousand Beast Ridge and followed the stone path, where a broadcast announced Feng Yunxiu as the leader and Ye Jianqiu in third place.
• Motivated by the standings, Lin Bai unleashed his speed and surged past the racers ahead of him.
• A sword cultivator attacked Lin Bai with Sword Qi, which Lin Bai dodged; the attack struck another racer, who fell into the forest and was killed by a tiger.
• Lin Bai used his Silver War Body to withstand the sword cultivator’s next attack, then killed him with Overlord Dragon Fist and raced onward.

Lin Bai accelerated along the stone path at Ten Thousand Beast Ridge, surging from outside the top thousand into the top five hundred. His sudden burst shocked the watching martial artists and left Murong Qi stunned as the race continued.

• The martial artists watching the race saw Feng Yunxiu lead, with Jian Ruohan and Ye Jianqiu close behind, while Lin Bai initially remained outside the top thousand.
• Murong Qi boasted that Wu Jian had reached the top hundred with powerful cultivation, a Heaven-level martial technique, and two Grade Five Spirit Tools.
• A report announced that Feng Yunxiu had flown halfway across Ten Thousand Beast Ridge and listed the current top ten, including Wu Jian in fifth place.
• Lin Bai decided to reveal more of his Wind Lightning Divine Wings' speed and shot forward like purple-and-cyan lightning.
• Bai Zhiyuan and Ji Bei saw Lin Bai enter the top five hundred, and Ji Bei cheered for him to overtake Wu Jian.
• Murong Qi watched Lin Bai's rapid rise in shock, unable to understand how he had gained so many places.

Lin Bai surged through the Sword Assembly Tournament, caught up with Wu Jian, and knocked him off the stone path after Wu Jian attacked him. He continued racing toward first place while Ji Bei mocked Murong Qi over Wu Jian's defeat.

• Lin Bai accelerated into the top three hundred as Ji Bei celebrated and Murong Qi urged Wu Jian to catch up.
• Wu Jian drew his sword and attacked Lin Bai with Long River Swordplay, Horizon's Hue.
• Lin Bai charged through Wu Jian's Sword Qi with his White Shadow Battle Body and struck him with Ten Thousand Dragons Devour the Heavens, sending him flying off the stone path.
• Lin Bai continued forward without checking whether Wu Jian had survived, determined to reach first place.
• Ji Bei taunted Murong Qi about Wu Jian's defeat, while Nan Lidao and Ye Guxing laughed.

Lin Bai surged through the sword cultivator competition rankings and broke into the top three, thrilling Ji Bei and the Spirit Sword Sect while alarming Azure Cloud Terrace Palace. Murong Qi warned that Lin Zier remained a formidable threat, and Azure Cloud Terrace Palace’s disciples grew furious after Lin Bai defeated Wu Jian.

• Murong Qi warned Ji Bei that Lin Zier’s Heaven-Rank Five Soul could doom Lin Bai when their one-year appointment arrived.
• Lin Bai climbed from beyond the thousandth place into the top thirty, and Ji Bei declared that Lin Bai would defeat Lin Zier.
• Lin Bai passed the other leading competitors and entered the top three, prompting Ji Bei, Nan Lidao, and Ye Guxing to celebrate.
• The Spirit Sword Sect disciples and Su Jiannan watched Lin Bai reach the top three and urged him to take first place.
• Azure Cloud Terrace Palace’s martial artists raged after Lin Bai punched Wu Jian away and called for an attack on the Spirit Sword Sect.

Lin Bai surged through the first trial and challenged Feng Yunxiu for first place as they neared Sword Saint Mountain. Feng Yunxiu attacked him from behind and sped past, leaving Lin Bai injured before the finish line.

• Lin Zier told Zhao Xiansheng that she had defeated Feng Yunxiu and planned to kill Lin Bai after the Four Great Sects Tournament.
• Lin Bai overtook Ye Jianqiu and Jian Ruohan, then caught up with Feng Yunxiu near Sword Saint Mountain.
• Lin Bai raced toward the finish line, determined to take first place, while Feng Yunxiu struggled with dwindling true qi.
• Feng Yunxiu struck Lin Bai with Sword Qi, sending him flying and making him spit blood.
• Feng Yunxiu passed the fallen Lin Bai and told him to get behind him.

Feng Yunxiu struck Lin Bai from behind just as Lin Bai took the lead, causing Lin Bai to fall far behind and drawing outrage from spectators. Lin Bai reached Sword Saint Mountain as the second trial began, where the sword intent halted many contestants and triggered a bloody battle among those unable to climb farther.

• Feng Yunxiu struck Lin Bai on the stone path, then raced onto Sword Saint Mountain as Lin Bai fell behind hundreds of martial artists.
• Ji Bei, Nan Lidao, Ye Guxing, Bai Zhiyuan, and other spectators condemned Feng Yunxiu's attack, while his supporters defended him.
• Lin Bai recovered and reached the foot of Sword Saint Mountain as Hong Liang announced the first-trial results and the contestants' positions in the second trial.
• Lin Bai saw Feng Yunxiu leading the climb and roared his name, consumed by killing intent.
• The sword intent on Sword Saint Mountain stopped many contestants on the lower steps, and the blocked sword cultivators began slaughtering one another.

Lin Bai began climbing Sword Saint Mountain, where sword intent weighed down every cultivator, and fought off those who tried to stop him. After hearing that Feng Yunxiu had reached the fifty-first step, Lin Bai unleashed his second-grade sword intent and pressed upward toward him.

• The Purple-Robed Elder condemned Feng Yunxiu for attacking Lin Bai from the shadows and abandoned his plan to recruit him into Divine Relic Ridge.
• Lin Bai stepped onto Sword Saint Mountain and discovered that his mid-second-grade sword intent could counter the mountain’s crushing pressure.
• A consummate Half-Step Divine Core Realm cultivator attacked Lin Bai, but Lin Bai sent him flying and killed him with the Azure Song Sword.
• Lin Bai cut down more than a dozen sword cultivators with Instant Kill Sword as the mountain announced that Feng Yunxiu led at the fifty-first step, followed by Jian Ruohan at the forty-ninth.
• Lin Bai drove back those attacking him with his second-grade sword intent and climbed from the first step to the thirtieth.

Lin Bai climbed Sword Saint Mountain by enduring its increasingly powerful Sword Intent, then used his Devouring Sword Soul to ease the pressure. At the summit, the Azure Sky Sword stirred and a voice commanded him to destroy the sword soul.

• Lin Bai climbed past the seventy-fifth step, where his mid-stage Second-Order Sword Intent could no longer withstand the mountain's pressure alone.
• Lin Bai used his true qi, physical strength, Silver War Body, and Sword Intent techniques to reach the eighty-sixth step, suffering severe injuries along the way.
• Lin Bai activated the Devouring Sword Soul, which swallowed the Sword Intent and let him continue climbing with little pressure.
• The Azure Sky Sword embedded at Sword Saint Mountain's peak trembled, and a voice ordered Lin Bai to destroy his Devouring Sword Soul.

Lin Bai recognized the words spoken from Sword Saint Mountain as the same ones from his vision of the future, then learned that the mountain’s overwhelming Sword Qi was targeting him. After killing the martial artists who mocked his fall, he charged back toward the summit and met a rain of swords head-on.

• Lin Bai heard the Azure Sky Sword’s words about the Devouring Sword Soul and Heaven’s mandate, recalling the vision in which a giant had spoken the same sentence before killing him.
• The Azure Sky Sword rose partway from the earth, and its Sword Qi struck Lin Bai, knocking him from the eighty-sixth step down to the fifty-fifth.
• Feng Yunxiu, Jian Ruohan, and Ye Jianqiu continued toward the summit while Lin Bai’s fall drew jeers from the martial artists nearby.
• Lin Bai killed the martial artists who mocked him, then swore to discover who was trying to stop him and resumed climbing with his Silver War Body activated.
• A rain of transparent swords descended from the summit toward Lin Bai, and he struck back with the Azure Song Sword, shaking Sword Saint Mountain with the clash.

Lin Bai fought his way up Sword Saint Mountain despite its lethal sword intent, while the Azure Sky Sword unexpectedly moved from its place on the summit. Wounded and surrounded by rivals who seized the chance to attack, Lin Bai faced an escalating ambush as Hua Yuxian ordered Master Yishan to kill him and take his Storage Bag.

• Jian Qianqiu and the Purple-Robed Elder saw the Azure Sky Sword move, though neither knew why it had suddenly pulled free after remaining planted for a thousand years.
• Lin Bai rose from the fifty-fifth step, shattered a rain of illusory swords, and pressed onward toward the mountaintop.
• Sword Saint Mountain's sword intent struck Lin Bai and hurled him backward, leaving him badly wounded and furious about being targeted.
• Qingfeng Layman attacked Lin Bai while he was injured, then called on his friends to help kill him.
• Wu Jian, the Fire Sword Crown Prince, and Su Xingmang also sent attacks toward Lin Bai as he was besieged on the mountain.
• Hua Yuxian told Master Yishan to kill Lin Bai while she seized his Storage Bag.

Lin Bai survived the combined assault of more than a dozen sword cultivators by unleashing the third layer of the War God Art, the Golden War Body. He stood amid the smoke on Sword Saint Mountain, while Hua Yuxian discovered he was alive and Lin Bai ordered her out of his way.

• Wu Jian, Qingfeng Layman, Fire Sword Crown Prince, and more than a dozen other sword cultivators attacked Lin Bai from all sides as Bai Zhiyuan and Ji Bei watched in horror.
• The combined Sword Qi engulfed Lin Bai, and the crowd, Murong Qi, and his enemies assumed he had been killed.
• Hua Yuxian rushed into the smoke to take Lin Bai's Storage Bag, but found him alive and radiating golden light.
• Hua Yuxian offered Lin Bai healing pills, but Lin Bai refused them and told her to get out of his way.
• Lin Bai swept his Azure Song Sword to clear the smoke and revealed his Golden War Body, the third layer of the War God Art.