Chapter Summaries

Su Jiannan described Azure Cloud Terrace Palace’s formidable contestants, especially Duan Canghai and the Heaven-Rank Soul wielder Lin Zier. Lin Bai recalled his past hard-fought victories over Lin Zier and wondered whether he could defeat her again when they met at Azure Sea Cloud Sky Palace.

• Su Jiannan said Azure Cloud Terrace Palace’s Four Inner Palace Emperors had reached the Half-Step Divine Core Realm, while Wu Jian had been killed by Lin Bai.
• Su Jiannan explained that Duan Canghai had been Azure Cloud Terrace Palace’s Holy Son and a renowned sword prodigy, but he had entered seclusion to break through.
• Su Jiannan recounted Lin Zier’s rapid rise, her defeats of the Four Emperors and Duan Canghai, and her three-day battle ending in a draw with Zhao Xiansheng.
• Su Jiannan revealed that Lin Zier possessed a fifth-grade Heaven-Rank Soul and warned that no Heaven-Rank Soul should be underestimated.
• Lin Bai remembered facing Feng Yunxiu, Ye Jianqiu, and Lin Zier, and recalled that his two victories over Lin Zier had both nearly cost him his life.
• Lin Bai wondered whether he could defeat Lin Zier again and resolved to do everything he could to prepare.

Lin Bai and Duan Qinghong chose to enter the deadly Four Great Sects Tournament despite the formidable opponents, while Li Xuanqing and Sun Qiaomei withdrew. Su Jiannan ended the meeting and summoned Lin Bai and Duan Qinghong to the Spirit Sword Sect’s forbidden ground.

• After Su Jiannan listed the tournament’s powerful contenders, Li Xuanqing and Sun Qiaomei lost their nerve, while Lin Bai remained determined to face Lin Zier.
• Su Jiannan offered Duan Qinghong, Li Xuanqing, and Sun Qiaomei the choice to withdraw, and Lin Bai said he had to go because someone was waiting for him.
• Li Xuanqing and Sun Qiaomei declined to participate, but Duan Qinghong chose to go so he could pursue a chance to advance beyond the perfected Half-Step Divine Core Realm.
• Su Jiannan approved Duan Qinghong’s decision and said he would go with Lin Bai to the tournament.
• Su Jiannan dismissed the meeting, then summoned Lin Bai and Duan Qinghong to the forbidden ground, startling the assembled martial artists.

Su Jiannan brought Lin Bai and Duan Qinghong to Myriad Thunder Cave, where the Spirit Sword Sect's founding Patriarch was said to have left the Thunder Sword Art. Duan Qinghong was driven back by the cave's thunder, while Lin Bai faced the same attack and refused Su Jiannan's help.

• Su Jiannan explained that the Thunder Sword Art was engraved in Myriad Thunder Cave and invited Lin Bai and Duan Qinghong to try to comprehend it.
• Su Jiannan led Lin Bai and Duan Qinghong through the sect's restrictions to the thunder-filled mountain range around Myriad Thunder Cave.
• Duan Qinghong approached the cave but was attacked by thunder, and Su Jiannan pulled him to safety.
• Su Jiannan told Lin Bai to try, and Lin Bai advanced to within a hundred meters of the cave.
• When thunder surged toward Lin Bai, he signaled Su Jiannan not to interfere.

Lin Bai saw through the illusion around Myriad Thunder Cave and met the lingering image of Spirit Sword Sect’s founding patriarch, who promised to teach him the Divine Sword Thunder Control Art. The patriarch also revealed that a precious fragment hidden in the Patriarch’s Token could help Spirit Sword Sect rise again, and Lin Bai explained that the token had been lost.

• Lin Bai used his Devouring Sword Soul to recognize the thunder around Myriad Thunder Cave as an illusion, then entered while Su Jiannan and Duan Qinghong believed the thunder had killed him.
• The founding patriarch’s lingering image scolded generations of Spirit Sword Sect disciples for fleeing the illusion and praised Lin Bai for seeing through it.
• The patriarch agreed to teach Lin Bai the Divine Sword Thunder Control Art and explained that he had left the illusion to test the younger disciples’ courage.
• The patriarch revealed that a fragment he had embedded in the Patriarch’s Token had helped him comprehend powerful sword techniques and asked Lin Bai to have Spirit Sword Sect recover it.
• Lin Bai told the patriarch that the token and many sword techniques had been lost after Jian Xuan’s betrayal and that Spirit Sword Sect was now threatened by Azure Cloud Terrace Palace.

Lin Bai received the Divine Sword Thunder Control Art from the Spirit Sword Sect grandmaster’s remnant image in Myriad Thunder Cave and promised to recover the sect’s lost fragment. After keeping the inheritance secret, he prepared to face Lin Zier, who awaited the Four Great Sects Tournament in seven days.

• The grandmaster told Lin Bai that a mysterious fragment had let him comprehend a supreme sword art and urged him to recover it from Senior Brother Jian Xuan.
• The grandmaster demonstrated the Divine Sword Thunder Control Art and passed it on to Lin Bai, warning him not to reveal or use it carelessly until the Spirit Sword Sect regained its strength.
• Su Jiannan worried that Lin Bai had died in the thunder, but Lin Bai emerged safely from Myriad Thunder Cave and concealed what he had learned.
• Lin Bai returned to White Cloud Peak, found Ji Xiang gone, and thought about his coming reunion with Lin Zier.
• At Azure Cloud Terrace Palace, Lin Zier listened to white-robed figures urge her to avenge their people, then learned from the Purple-Robed Man that the Four Great Sects Tournament would begin in seven days.
• Lin Zier declared that she had been waiting for Lin Bai and hoped he would be shocked when they met again.

Lin Bai arrived at Side Cloud Peak, where the Spirit Sword Sect’s disciples welcomed him as East Ridge’s Premier Sword Cultivator, then set out with Su Jiannan and other sect members for Azure Cloud Terrace Palace. After five days of flight, they neared the palace, where Lin Bai hoped to find Lin Zier.

• Lin Bai arrived at Side Cloud Peak, and the Spirit Sword Sect’s disciples greeted him with awe and respect.
• Lin Bai reflected on how the sect’s attitude toward him had changed and resolved to become stronger.
• Su Jiannan explained that the sect was taking disciples to broaden their horizons, and Lin Bai boarded a Flying Roc with him.
• Lin Bai saw Lu Yuan among the other travelers and learned that the Spirit Sword Sect had paid for medicine to reconnect Lu Yuan’s severed arm.
• The Flying Roc fleet traveled for five days, then approached Azure Cloud Terrace Palace at noon.

Zhu Can tricked Azure Cloud Terrace Palace into firing its Iron Crossbow Sky Formation at the arriving Spirit Sword Sect delegation. Lin Bai rescued the falling disciples and then flew toward the palace in fury.

• Murong Qi left Zhu Can to welcome Spirit Sword Sect, and Zhu Can vowed to avenge Yi Han by targeting Lin Bai.
• Zhu Can falsely claimed the approaching Flying Roc was a demonic beast and ordered the Iron Crossbow Sky Formation to fire.
• The arrow rain struck the Flying Rocs, killing one and sending Li Jianxing, Wang Hao, Sun Qian, Lu Yuan, and other disciples plunging toward the ground.
• Lin Bai used his flying sword to catch the falling disciples and guide them safely down.
• Lin Bai flew toward Azure Cloud Terrace Palace, furious about the attack.

Lin Bai confronted Azure Cloud Terrace Palace after its disciples attacked Spirit Sword Sect’s Flying Rocs. He defeated more than a hundred formation guards with one sword strike, while Zhu Can demanded that he apologize and threatened Spirit Sword Sect.

• Lin Bai rescued the Spirit Sword Sect disciples, then rode toward Azure Cloud Terrace Palace as Su Jiannan led the others there to seek justice.
• Zhu Can ordered Azure Cloud Terrace Palace disciples to fire the Iron Crossbow Sky Formation at the mountain forest, but Lin Bai arrived at the gate and challenged them.
• Zhu Can denied knowing Lin Bai and ordered the formation to shoot him, but Lin Bai dodged the arrows and charged the disciples.
• Lin Bai used Mountains and Rivers Eternal Silence to break the disciples’ combined attack and wound more than a hundred of them.
• Zhu Can demanded that Lin Bai kneel and apologize, threatening that Azure Cloud Terrace Palace would destroy Spirit Sword Sect if he refused.

Lin Bai killed more than one hundred Azure Cloud Terrace Palace disciples after they demanded that he kneel and kowtow, then turned on Zhu Can. Blood Blade stopped Lin Bai from killing Zhu Can, and the confrontation escalated when Murong Qi and Su Jiannan arrived at the palace’s southern mountain gate.

• Azure Cloud Terrace Palace disciples taunted Lin Bai and demanded that he kneel, so Lin Bai killed them with a single sword strike.
• Zhu Can threatened Lin Bai and tried to flee for help, but Lin Bai attacked him until Blood Blade appeared and blocked the strike.
• Blood Blade identified himself and clashed verbally with Lin Bai, who told him to get lost.
• Murong Qi, Huo Lingtian, Fire Lord, Fire Spirit, Ling Xiao, and other martial artists arrived and found the bodies at the mountain gate.
• Zhu Can begged Murong Qi to avenge the dead disciples, while Su Jiannan arrived with Spirit Sword Sect disciples and challenged Azure Cloud Terrace Palace to war.

Lin Bai confronted Azure Cloud Terrace Palace over its attack on the Spirit Sword Sect and its past grievances, then fought Blood Blade and moved to kill Murong Qi. As Lin Bai’s sword neared Murong Qi, a Human Core Realm powerhouse intervened.

• Su Jiannan and Murong Qi accused each other’s sects of attacks and killings, while Zhu Can admitted he had ordered the Iron Crossbow Sky Formation to fire at the Spirit Sword Sect’s Flying Roc.
• Lin Bai dismissed Murong Qi’s appeal to Azure Cloud Terrace Palace’s authority and reminded him of their agreement in the Southern Border, demanding that Murong Qi pay his life.
• Blood Blade blocked Lin Bai, but Lin Bai defeated him with a sword clash and a kick to the chest; the Edgeless Sect’s master stopped Blood Blade from continuing the fight.
• Lin Bai killed Zhu Can with a sword strike and chased down Murong Qi, who fled and begged for his life.
• As Lin Bai’s sword moved toward Murong Qi’s throat, a furious voice rang out and a Human Core Realm force descended.

Lin Bai confronted Zhao Xiansheng after the Azure Cloud Terrace Palace attacked the Spirit Sword Sect’s Flying Roc, but Su Jiannan intervened and overwhelmed him. Zhao Xiansheng called the attack a misunderstanding and punished those responsible, then Lin Bai destroyed the palace’s mountain gate and Iron Crossbow Sky Formation, calling his retaliation a misunderstanding too.

• Zhao Xiansheng arrived to save Murong Qi and pressed Lin Bai with his Human Core Realm power.
• Su Jiannan stepped in, revealed he had reached the second stage of the Human Core Realm, and sent Zhao Xiansheng flying.
• Murong Qi explained that Zhu Can had activated the Iron Crossbow Sky Formation without authorization, and Zhao Xiansheng expelled the offenders and crippled their cultivation.
• Lin Bai objected that the attack had endangered Spirit Sword Sect disciples, but Zhao Xiansheng refused further concessions.
• Lin Bai used the Martial Soul Secret Art to destroy the Azure Cloud Terrace Palace’s mountain gate and Iron Crossbow Sky Formation, then called it a misunderstanding.

Lin Bai destroyed Azure Cloud Terrace Palace’s southern gate and Iron Crossbow Sky Formation, then declared that he would kill Lin Zier at the Four Great Sects Tournament. His declaration shocked Grand Princess Bai Xiaoxiao, Chu Jiangliu, and the Blood Sword Master as the tournament’s start approached.

• Lin Bai destroyed Azure Cloud Terrace Palace’s mountain gate and formation, then dismissed Zhao Xiansheng’s anger as a misunderstanding.
• Zhao Xiansheng ordered the Spirit Sword Sect guests to their quarters and warned Lin Bai that someone would deal with him on the tournament platform.
• Blood Blade threatened to kill Lin Bai, who mocked him and said Lin Zier was his only opponent at Azure Cloud Terrace Palace.
• Bai Xiaoxiao, Chu Jiangliu, and the Blood Sword Master visited Lin Bai and congratulated him on becoming East Ridge’s Premier Sword Cultivator.
• Lin Bai told the visitors that he intended to kill Lin Zier after the tournament, leaving them shocked by the danger this would bring.

Lin Bai declared that he would defeat and kill Lin Zier at Azure Cloud Terrace Palace the next day, despite warnings that the palace would retaliate. The Grand Princess and Blood Sword Master secretly mobilized vast forces, leaving Azure Cloud Terrace Palace facing a possible battle.

• Chu Jiangliu, the Blood Sword Master, and the Grand Princess warned Lin Bai that killing Lin Zier inside Azure Cloud Terrace Palace would likely get him killed, but Lin Bai insisted he would defeat and kill her the next day.
• The Blood Sword Master left Azure Cloud Terrace Palace, and the Grand Princess ordered Chu Jiangliu to take her military tally and bring twenty million troops to the palace before dawn.
• The Blood Sword Master ordered Zhao Lin to summon Eastern Sea martial artists to gather outside Azure Cloud Terrace Palace before dawn and to invite his master, Blood Sea Venerable.
• Zhao Lin noted that nearly fifty million Eastern Sea martial artists were already gathered nearby for the Four Great Sects Tournament, while the Blood Sword Master warned that Azure Cloud Terrace Palace might not survive the next day.

Azure Cloud Terrace Palace planned to destroy the Spirit Sword Sect and use the martial competition to kill Lin Bai. As the competition began, Lin Bai arrived ready to face Lin Zier, but she was absent and Duan Canghai challenged him instead.

• Qing Hantian ordered Song King and Ning King to lead elite disciples in a secret attack on the Spirit Sword Sect, while he planned to kill Su Jiannan after Lin Zier defeated Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai spent the night cultivating, then joined Su Jiannan and the Spirit Sword Sect disciples on their way to the martial arena.
• The four great sects and thousands of spectators gathered at Azure Cloud Terrace Palace's arena, where the Spirit Sword Sect arrived beneath its flag.
• Lin Bai searched for Lin Zier but did not see her, and Duan Canghai scorned him and declared that he would kill him himself.

Lin Bai waited for Lin Zier at the Four Great Sects Tournament as the other sects mocked the Spirit Sword Sect. After Qing Hantian explained the banner-capturing contest and welcomed Zhao Longtu, Lin Bai finally saw Lin Zier arrive with him.

• Su Jiannan left Lin Bai and Duan Qinghong beneath the Spirit Sword Sect banner while he took the other disciples to the spectator stands, and Lin Bai searched for Lin Zier.
• The disciples of the Azure Cloud Terrace Palace, Blazing Fire Palace, and Edgeless Sect mocked the Spirit Sword Sect for bringing only two competitors, and Duan Qinghong challenged them to prove their strength in the tournament.
• Qing Hantian announced that the sects would compete on Floating Island to plant their banners atop Sky Pillar Mountain before dusk, with killing permitted.
• Qing Hantian introduced Zhao Longtu of Divine Relic Ridge, who arrived with a young woman, and Lin Bai recognized her as Lin Zier.

Zhao Longtu arrived at the martial arena with Lin Zier and used his authority to warn everyone not to harm her. Lin Bai and Lin Zier exchanged hostile words before the Four Great Sects began choosing flag bearers for the contest to reach Sky Pillar Mountain.

• Zhao Longtu praised Lin Zier for mastering the Wind Riding Art in three months and brought her down to the martial arena.
• Zhao Longtu announced that he would select outstanding martial artists for Divine Relic Ridge and warned the competitors not to injure Lin Zier.
• Lin Zier stood beneath the Azure Cloud Terrace Palace banner, called Lin Bai trash, and provoked him into vowing to defeat her.
• Qing Hantian explained that the sects’ flag bearers had to protect their banners on the way to Sky Pillar Mountain and that the first-place winner could claim a treasure from Azure Cloud Terrace Palace’s vault.
• Qing Hantian called on the Four Great Sects to choose their flag bearers.

The Four Great Sects chose their flag bearers before entering the teleportation array to Floating Island, while Lin Bai declined Spirit Sword Sect’s banner because he intended to confront Lin Zier. Qing Hantian and Zhao Xiansheng secretly altered the array to send Spirit Sword Sect, Edgeless Sect, and Blazing Fire Palace together, hoping the other disciples would weaken Lin Bai before he reached Lin Zier.

• Azure Cloud Terrace Palace chose Lin Zier, who promised Duan Canghai he could follow her if he defeated Lin Bai; Blazing Fire Palace chose Fire Lord, and Edgeless Sect chose Blood Blade.
• Lin Bai refused Spirit Sword Sect’s flag and told Duan Qinghong to carry it, explaining that he might not go to Sky Pillar Mountain after fighting Lin Zier.
• Zhao Longtu praised the other flag bearers but dismissed Duan Qinghong, while spectators questioned why Lin Bai had not carried Spirit Sword Sect’s banner.
• Qing Hantian and Zhao Xiansheng revealed that they had tampered with the teleportation array to group Spirit Sword Sect, Edgeless Sect, and Blazing Fire Palace together and wear Lin Bai down.
• Qing Hantian ordered the disciples to begin, and Lin Zier entered the array first, taunting Lin Bai that she would wait for him at Sky Pillar Mountain.

Lin Bai entered the teleportation array alongside Azure Cloud Terrace Palace’s disciples but landed in a canyon with a large force from Edgeless Sect and Blazing Fire Palace. As the warriors realized they had been gathered there to attack him, one of them launched a strike at Lin Bai.

• Lin Bai rushed into the teleportation array after Lin Zier, but arrived alone in a canyon far from Azure Cloud Terrace Palace’s disciples.
• More than thirty warriors from Edgeless Sect and Blazing Fire Palace, including the Blood Man and Fire Lord, landed around Lin Bai.
• Su Jiannan accused Qing Hantian and Zhao Xiansheng of arranging the gathering, while Zhao Longtu dismissed his objections and watched the contest.
• Duan Qinghong landed near Sky Pillar Mountain and cautiously began making his way toward it.
• Lin Bai suspected Azure Cloud Terrace Palace had arranged the gathering, and an Edgeless Sect or Blazing Fire Palace warrior attacked him.

Fire Spirit attacked Lin Bai to avenge his defeat on the Southern Border battlefield, but Lin Bai proved far stronger than he expected. Lin Bai wounded Fire Spirit and pressed forward with a potentially fatal sword strike.

• Fire Spirit ambushed Lin Bai, and Zhao Longtu praised him before inviting him and Fire Lord to join him at Divine Relic Ridge after the tournament.
• Fire Spirit told Fire Lord that Lin Bai had injured him on the Southern Border battlefield and insisted on fighting Lin Bai alone.
• Fire Spirit attacked Lin Bai with the Blazing Fire Art, shattered his Sword Qi, and unleashed the Fire Dragon Sky-Burning Fist as Blazing Fire Palace martial artists mocked Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai released his Third-Order Sword Intent and broke through Fire Spirit's flames, striking him hard enough to make him spit blood and stagger backward.
• Lin Bai declared that Fire Spirit had mistaken his restraint for weakness, then surged forward and thrust his sword toward Fire Spirit's chest.

Lin Bai killed Fire Lord and defeated the remaining Blazing Fire Palace fighters in the canyon. Blood Blade recognized Lin Bai’s Instant Kill Sword and secretly planned to seize it, leaving him as the only watching threat.

• Lin Bai killed Fire Lord with the Instant Kill Sword, and Blood Blade recognized the technique and coveted its complete version.
• Fire Lord attacked Lin Bai in revenge, but Lin Bai struck him with Mountains and Rivers Eternal Silence and sent him crashing into the mountainside.
• Fire Lord ordered more than twenty Blazing Fire Palace martial artists to attack Lin Bai together.
• Lin Bai countered their combined strike with Wind Severance, then swept the Instant Kill Sword across the battlefield and killed them all.