Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai killed Fire Ling, Fire Lord, and more than twenty Blazing Fire Palace warriors in the canyon, devastating the Blazing Fire Palace and enraging Huo Lingtian. Huo Lingtian vowed revenge on the Spirit Sword Sect, but Su Jiannan challenged his hypocrisy over the tournament’s deaths.

• Lin Bai slaughtered more than twenty Blazing Fire Palace warriors with a single sword strike.
• Lin Bai pierced Fire Lord through the chest, then killed him after Fire Lord begged for mercy and attacked with Fire Demon Fist.
• Huo Lingtian watched Fire Ling, Fire Lord, and the other Blazing Fire Palace geniuses die, then collapsed in grief over the sect’s ruined future.
• Huo Lingtian blamed the Spirit Sword Sect and vowed to repay its blood debt in blood.
• Su Jiannan rebuked Huo Lingtian, pointing out that Blazing Fire Palace had killed thousands of Spirit Sword Sect disciples over the years.

Lin Bai defeated the Blazing Fire Palace’s geniuses, but Blood Edge ambushed him with the Blood Hell Thousand Shadow Kill and drove him into a canyon. Surrounded by Blood Edge’s phantoms and Edgeless Sect assassins, Lin Bai faced what seemed to be a desperate dead end.

• Zhao Longtu criticized Lin Bai’s heavy killing intent after Lin Bai killed the Blazing Fire Palace’s geniuses.
• Blood Edge attacked Lin Bai from the shadows, but Lin Bai anticipated the ambush and blocked his sword strike.
• Blood Edge unleashed the Martial Soul Secret Method, Blood Hell Thousand Shadow Kill, sending more than a thousand phantoms and sword rays at Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai fought off some of the attacks, but several sword rays cut him despite the Golden War Body’s protection.
• Lin Bai rushed down into the canyon, where Blood Edge’s phantoms and the Edgeless Sect assassins surrounded him.
• Lin Bai offered the assassins a chance to leave, but they refused and closed in around him.

Trapped in a canyon by Blood Blade and the assassins of Edgeless Sect, Lin Bai unleashed his Divine Ability, Wind, Flower, Snow, Moon, and killed them with four sword strikes. He collapsed the canyon over the warriors and emerged as East Ridge’s Premier Sword Cultivator, while his legend continued toward the Giant God Race.

• Blood Blade demanded the Instant Kill Sword manual, and Lin Bai baited the assassins by pretending to show it to them.
• Blood Blade and the assassins of Edgeless Sect attacked Lin Bai in the canyon, but Lin Bai used his purple-and-cyan wings to break through their encirclement.
• Lin Bai unleashed Divine Ability, Wind, Flower, Snow, Moon, and his first sword strike killed the fleeing assassins and destroyed Blood Blade’s phantoms.
• Blood Blade tried to escape and begged Lin Bai for mercy, but Lin Bai’s remaining sword strikes killed him and collapsed the canyon over the warriors.
• Lin Bai left the destroyed canyon as East Ridge’s Premier Sword Cultivator, with his legend still unfolding toward the Giant God Race.

After defeating the assassins and leveling the canyon, Lin Bai flew toward Sky Pillar Mountain to confront Lin Zier. He reached the guarded mountain path and shouted her name, while Zhao Longtu accepted Qing Hantian’s false account of their past and two Azure Cloud Terrace Palace disciples moved to attack him.

• Lin Bai continued toward Sky Pillar Mountain as martial artists in Azure Sea Cloud Sky Palace marveled at his strength and speculated that he meant to find Lin Zier.
• Lin Bai flew across Floating Island, passed surviving disciples, and wondered where Duan Qinghong had gone.
• Two Azure Cloud Terrace Palace disciples guarding the mountain path mocked Spirit Sword Sect and Duan Qinghong.
• Lin Bai arrived beneath Sky Pillar Mountain and roared for Lin Zier, drawing astonished reactions from the watching martial artists.
• Qing Hantian told Zhao Longtu that Lin Bai had pursued Lin Zier and angered her, prompting Zhao Longtu to condemn Lin Bai.
• Two Azure Cloud Terrace Palace disciples sneered at Lin Bai and rushed toward him.

Lin Bai climbed Sky Pillar Mountain and slaughtered Azure Cloud Terrace Palace disciples who tried to stop him. He confronted Duan Canghai, the palace’s Holy Son, and their fight began with Duan Canghai’s powerful sword strike forcing Lin Bai back.

• Lin Bai killed two Half-Step Divine Core Realm warriors with a gray sword gleam and continued toward Sky Pillar Mountain.
• Lin Bai used his Wind Lightning Divine Wings and Instant Kill Sword to kill more than twenty Azure Cloud Terrace Palace disciples on the mountain path.
• Lin Bai spared one disciple long enough to learn that Lin Zier was at the summit, then tried to kill him.
• Duan Canghai descended from the mountaintop, stopped Lin Bai’s attack, and confronted him over the slain disciples.
• Duan Canghai revealed his Third-Order Sword Intent and used the Azure Sea Sword Art to drive Lin Bai back more than a dozen steps.
• Lin Bai mocked Duan Canghai, calling him only a little stronger than a stupid pig and, at most, a dog.

Lin Bai defeated Duan Canghai and crippled him while demanding to know where Duan Qinghong was. At the summit of Sky Pillar Mountain, Lin Bai confronted Lin Zier, who revealed that she had chosen the venue to recreate their clash from a year earlier.

• Duan Canghai unleashed his sword arts and martial soul, but Lin Bai countered his attacks and overwhelmed him with divine abilities.
• When Duan Canghai threatened Duan Qinghong, Lin Bai shattered his dantian, severed one of his arms, and forced him to reveal that Duan Qinghong was at the mountaintop.
• Lin Bai dragged Duan Canghai toward the summit as martial artists below anticipated his coming fight with Lin Zier.
• Lin Bai reached the mountaintop and saw Duan Qinghong wounded beneath Lin Zier's feet.
• Lin Zier told Lin Bai she had arranged for the competition to take place at Sky Pillar Mountain so their confrontation would resemble their battle at Qingyou Mountain a year earlier.

Lin Zier killed Duan Qinghong and revealed her ambition to become the god of the world before unleashing her overwhelming power against Lin Bai. She sent Lin Bai flying with her aura alone, leaving the duel’s outcome in doubt.

• Lin Bai offered to exchange Duan Canghai for Duan Qinghong, but Lin Zier rejected the deal and killed Duan Qinghong in front of him.
• Lin Bai condemned Lin Zier for her cruelty, while she boasted that her powerful Soul would let her rule over all martial artists.
• Lin Zier explained that she had chosen Sky Pillar Mountain to recreate their earlier encounter and vowed to kill Lin Bai to break her inner demon.
• Lin Zier released her perfected third-stage martial intent, and its force shook Lin Bai until he vomited blood and flew a hundred meters.
• The martial artists watching the duel were shocked by Lin Zier's strength, while Zhao Longtu laughed at Lin Bai for challenging her.

At Sky Pillar Mountain, Lin Bai and Lin Zier resumed their fight from the previous year, trading powerful attacks until their collision shattered the mountain. Lin Zier then summoned an ancient altar and called upon heroic spirits, while Ling Tianzi revealed that the Great Wilderness War God she was summoning was named Xing.

• Lin Zier attacked Lin Bai with Primordial Divine Palm, and Lin Bai cast Duan Canghai aside before declaring that he would defeat her.
• Lin Bai unleashed sword attacks, but Lin Zier countered them with Primordial God Extinction Light and Dream of Primordial Times.
• Lin Bai and Lin Zier's next clash destroyed Sky Pillar Mountain, leaving them hovering opposite each other as Lin Zier claimed she had only been warming up.
• Lin Zier summoned an ancient altar and called forth Tiger Bone, Deer Antlers, Snake Fangs, Bull Horns, and Eagle Talons to summon heroic spirits into her body.
• Ling Tianzi told Li Shanqing that the Great Wilderness War God Lin Zier was summoning was named Xing.

Lin Zier summoned the Great Wilderness War God Xing from the ancient Hall of Heroes, and Ling Tianzi explained the origins of the Primordial Goddess Path and Sentient Wishpower. After Xing possessed Lin Zier and vastly increased her power, she struck Lin Bai down with one palm, leaving the duel in her favor.

• Lin Zier summoned the Great Wilderness War God Xing, whose appearance terrified the demonic beasts and stunned the martial artists.
• Ling Tianzi explained that ancient tribes enshrined fallen heroes in Halls of Heroes and that Goddesses could borrow their power through Sentient Wishpower.
• Xing merged into Lin Zier, raising her strength to the Human Core Realm and challenging Lin Bai to continue fighting.
• Lin Bai raised the Azure Song Sword and accepted Lin Zier's challenge.
• Lin Zier crossed the arena in a single step and sent Lin Bai flying hundreds of meters with one palm, while Zhao Longtu celebrated her apparent victory.

Lin Bai fought Lin Zier despite her overwhelming power and her Punishment shield and axe, then unleashed the Divine Sword Thunder Control Art to break her defenses and strike her down. The battle remained unresolved as Lin Zier was left with a grievous wound.

• Lin Bai attacked Lin Zier with his sword techniques, but she shattered his Sword Qi and blocked his attacks with the Shield of Punishment.
• Lin Bai’s Flying Sword forced Lin Zier back, but she retaliated with the Axe of Punishment and battered him into the ground.
• Lin Bai rose and declared that he would reclaim everything he had lost before summoning the Divine Sword Thunder Control Art.
• Lin Bai’s lightning strike shattered Lin Zier’s bronze shield and pierced her shoulder, but Lin Zier answered with another Axe of Punishment attack.
• Lin Bai used his Flying Swords to shatter Lin Zier’s axe, then struck her abdomen with a lightning sword ray, leaving a charred hole.

Lin Bai defeated and killed Lin Zier in the arena, despite Zhao Longtu's attempt to intervene. Zhao Longtu then struck Lin Bai with overwhelming force, leaving him gravely injured as he vowed revenge.

• Lin Bai used the Thunder Sword Art and his flying swords to overpower Lin Zier, while Zhao Longtu prepared to intervene.
• Lin Bai struck Lin Zier with a thunderous sword attack that pierced her chest and shattered her heart.
• Zhao Longtu arrived beside Lin Zier's corpse, mourned her, and swore to exterminate Lin Bai's clan.
• Zhao Longtu blasted Lin Bai more than a thousand meters away with a palm strike, shattering his bones and leaving him coughing blood.

Lin Yue appeared to save Lin Bai from Zhao Longtu and revealed that he was a Sky Realm expert before fighting Zhao Longtu and shattering Floating Island. Lin Bai returned to the martial arena, where Azure Cloud Terrace Palace surrounded him and Spirit Sword Sect, intent on killing them.

• Lin Yue arrived as Zhao Longtu was about to kill Lin Bai, healed Lin Bai with a pill, and said he had arranged the one-year agreement.
• Lin Yue challenged Zhao Longtu, and the two Sky Realm experts fought, breaking Floating Island apart before flying toward the Eastern Sea.
• Lin Bai escaped the collapsing island with his flying sword and returned to Azure Sea Cloud Sky Palace's martial arena.
• Qing Hantian and Zhao Xiansheng ordered Azure Cloud Terrace Palace's disciples to surround Lin Bai and Spirit Sword Sect, while Huo Lingtian demanded revenge for his son.
• Lin Bai accused Azure Cloud Terrace Palace of arranging the teleportation to put him in danger, and Qing Hantian ordered the other martial artists to leave before dealing with Spirit Sword Sect.

Qing Hantian ordered the slaughter of everyone connected to Lin Bai, but the Grand Princess and the Blood Sword Master stood against him. The chapter ended with both leaders threatening war if Azure Cloud Terrace Palace tried to kill Lin Bai.

• Qing Hantian ordered Azure Cloud Terrace Palace disciples to annihilate Lin Bai and everyone connected to him.
• Bai Xiaoxiao declared that Lin Bai was her betrothed and warned Qing Hantian that she would not let the attack go unanswered.
• The Blood Sword Master revealed that Lin Bai was Blood Sword Sect’s Guardian Supreme and drew his sword in support of him.
• Qing Hantian demanded that Bai Xiaoxiao and the Blood Sword Master stay out of the conflict, but both offered to let Spirit Sword Sect leave and refused to allow Lin Bai’s death.
• Bai Xiaoxiao declared that Qing Hantian’s insistence meant war, and the Blood Sword Master threatened to kill any Azure Cloud Terrace Palace martial artists who entered the Eastern Sea.

The Grand Princess and Blood Sword Master surrounded Azure Cloud Terrace Palace with overwhelming forces, leaving Qing Hantian and Zhao Xiansheng facing a war they could not hope to win. The Grand Princess threatened to send five million soldiers to exhaust the sect’s fighters, and Azure Cloud Terrace Palace’s martial artists began to waver.

• The fifty-thousand-strong Dragonhawk Legion arrived, and Chu Jiangliu reported that more than two million imperial troops were surrounding or marching toward Azure Cloud Terrace Palace.
• A messenger told Blood Sword Master that ninety thousand Eastern Sea warships had arrived, carrying a vast force of martial artists.
• The Grand Princess declared that she would send five million people for Azure Cloud Terrace Palace to kill before her armies attacked at their leisure.
• Azure Cloud Terrace Palace’s martial artists panicked and some sought mercy, while Blood Sword Master vowed that the Eastern Sea’s martial artists would fight to the end.
• Qing Hantian and Zhao Xiansheng were left livid and nearly speechless as the Grand Princess’s threat weakened their side.

Azure Cloud Terrace Palace backed down under pressure from the Grand Princess and Blood Sword Master, allowing Spirit Sword Sect to leave. Lin Bai insisted on claiming his tournament prize, only to discover Azure Cloud Terrace Palace had led him to a fake treasury.

• Qing Hantian chose to spare Lin Bai and ordered Azure Cloud Terrace Palace’s disciples to withdraw, while secretly planning to kill Lin Bai later.
• The Grand Princess confirmed Spirit Sword Sect could leave, but Lin Bai stopped to demand the treasure promised to the tournament’s first-place winner.
• Qing Hantian reluctantly ordered a disciple to take Lin Bai to the treasury while the others remained in a tense standoff.
• Lin Bai recognized that Azure Cloud Terrace Palace had brought him to its fake treasury, where he spotted a round stone propping up a table.

Lin Bai found the Heaven Blessing Stone Mirror disguised as a worthless stone in Azure Cloud Terrace Palace’s treasury and departed with the Spirit Sword Sect under escort. Qing Hantian and Zhao Xiansheng plotted to ambush them in the Behemoth Mountain Range as the group neared the Spirit Sword Sect.

• Lin Bai recognized the cracked round stone as the damaged Heaven Blessing Stone Mirror, took it, and mocked Qing Hantian for failing to recognize its value.
• Su Jiannan led Lin Bai and the Spirit Sword Sect disciples away on the Flying Roc while the Grand Princess and Blood Sword Master escorted them.
• After the group left, Qing Hantian ordered Zhao Xiansheng to prepare an ambush in the Behemoth Mountain Range and told the other Supreme Elders to guard Azure Cloud Terrace Palace.
• Three days later, the escorts and Spirit Sword Sect reached the Behemoth Mountain Range, where the Blood Sword Master agreed to watch for Lin Bai’s Third Uncle and Zhao Longtu in the East Sea.
• The Blood Sword Master and Grand Princess departed after warning Lin Bai to beware Azure Cloud Terrace Palace’s retaliation and stay within the Spirit Sword Sect.

Lin Bai and Su Jiannan traveled toward the Spirit Sword Sect while discussing Jian Xuan’s possible return and Lin Bai’s place in the sect. Qing Hantian ambushed them, and Lin Bai flew off to stop Zhao Xiansheng from pursuing the fleeing Spirit Sword Sect disciples.

• Su Jiannan praised Lin Bai for killing Lin Zier and said Li Qingxuan had found clues to Jian Xuan’s whereabouts in the Great Moon Kingdom.
• Su Jiannan told Lin Bai that the Spirit Sword Sect would always be his home, and Lin Bai accepted his words warmly.
• Qing Hantian struck their Flying Roc out of the sky, while Zhao Xiansheng pursued the fleeing Spirit Sword Sect disciples.
• Lin Bai flew after Zhao Xiansheng to hold him back, leaving Su Jiannan to face Qing Hantian.

Lin Bai returned to face Zhao Xiansheng and sent the Spirit Sword Sect disciples fleeing to safety. Their battle began with Zhao Xiansheng unleashing a powerful water-based attack at Lin Bai.

• Zhao Xiansheng pursued the Spirit Sword Sect disciples as Lu Yuan led them back to seek Ji Bei's help.
• As Zhao Xiansheng attacked the fleeing disciples, Lin Bai arrived, shattered his palm strike, and ordered Lu Yuan and the others to leave.
• Lin Bai confronted Zhao Xiansheng over their old grudge and vowed to kill him.
• Zhao Xiansheng attacked with his water spiritual power, but Lin Bai countered with Wind, Flower, Snow, Moon and blocked his palm.
• Zhao Xiansheng used Azure Sea's Smile, firing a piercing stream of water spiritual power toward Lin Bai's chest.

Lin Bai fought Zhao Xiansheng, whose Divine Core Realm spirit body initially withstood Lin Bai’s attacks. Lin Bai broke through Zhao Xiansheng’s defenses with the Divine Sword Thunder Control Art and killed him with a lightning sword through the heart.

• Zhao Xiansheng’s attacks battered Lin Bai, and his spirit body shrugged off Lin Bai’s Azure Song Sword strike.
• Lin Bai wounded Zhao Xiansheng’s spirit body with the Divine Sword Thunder Control Art, then pressed his attack and struck the same chest wound again.
• Lin Bai used nine flying swords to block Zhao Xiansheng’s escape routes as he aimed another lightning sword at the wound.
• Lin Bai’s sword pierced Zhao Xiansheng’s heart and destroyed his internal organs, killing him.

After killing Zhao Xiansheng, Lin Bai joined Su Jiannan against Qing Hantian and helped wound him, but Qing Hantian escaped after revealing that Azure Cloud Terrace Palace forces were attacking the Spirit Sword Sect. Lin Bai hurried back to defend the sect while Su Jiannan remained behind to recover.

• Lin Bai absorbed Zhao Xiansheng's spiritual blood, took his belongings, and flew toward Su Jiannan's battle with Qing Hantian.
• Lin Bai arrived and revealed Zhao Xiansheng's corpse, shocking Qing Hantian, then joined Su Jiannan in the fight.
• Lin Bai's attacks wounded and drove Qing Hantian back, allowing Su Jiannan to strike him hard.
• Qing Hantian announced that Human Core Realm experts and elite disciples from Azure Cloud Terrace Palace had been sent to attack the Spirit Sword Sect, then fled.
• Su Jiannan urged Lin Bai to return to the sect instead of pursuing Qing Hantian, and Lin Bai flew off to help.