Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai arrived at the imperial capital to face the Sacred Moon King while the Spirit Sword Sect prepared to rescue Jian Xuan from the Sacred Moon Sect. He planned to fight publicly, then fly to the Sacred Moon Sect, leaving the Grand Princess to wait at the Divine Martial Nation’s border.

• Lin Bai and the Grand Princess watched the twelve Sacred Moon Sect Human Core Realm martial artists gathered in the Forbidden City.
• Lin Bai told Su Jiannan that two of the twelve experts were at the second level of the Human Core Realm, and Su Jiannan prepared to act while keeping the Spirit Sword Sect’s involvement secret.
• Lin Bai explained to the Grand Princess that he needed to fight the Sacred Moon King publicly before rushing to rescue Jian Xuan.
• The Grand Princess said she would return to the Divine Martial Nation’s border and help stop any pursuers.
• Lin Bai stepped onto his flying sword and descended toward the Forbidden City.

Lin Bai arrived at the Forbidden City Summit to face the Sacred Moon King, while the Great Moon Kingdom’s emperor and Consort Yun watched from below. The Sacred Moon King challenged Lin Bai over his relationship with Bai Xiaoxiao, and the chapter ended with their saber intent and sword intent colliding.

• Lin Bai greeted Crown Prince Tuoba Xiu and the others before telling the Grand Princess to remember his warning and flying to the Forbidden City Summit.
• Lin Bai appeared before the Sacred Moon King as the crowd and Sacred Moon Sect experts reacted to his arrival.
• The Sacred Moon King questioned whether Lin Bai and Bai Xiaoxiao had slept together, then threatened to spare Lin Bai only if he left her.
• Lin Bai claimed that everything between him and Bai Xiaoxiao had happened and mocked the Sacred Moon King by saying he was working toward having a baby with her.
• The Sacred Moon King drew his saber, Lin Bai drew the Azure Song Sword, and their saber intent and sword intent collided.

Lin Bai and the Sacred Moon King fought atop the Forbidden City Summit, with both initially matching each other’s Martial Dao Will and strength. The Sacred Moon King’s Mountain-Cleaving Strike failed to break Lin Bai’s Golden War Body, and Lin Bai began his counterattack with Wind-Sundering Strike.

• The Sacred Moon King and Lin Bai exchanged blade and sword attacks for a quarter of an hour without either gaining the advantage.
• Lin Bai decided to end the duel quickly so he could support the Sect Master and the others.
• The Sacred Moon King unleashed his divine technique, Mountain-Cleaving Strike, as Consort Yun and the Grand Princess exchanged taunts below.
• Lin Bai used Golden War Body to withstand the slash, which only forced him back three steps without injuring him.
• Lin Bai announced his counterattack and launched Wind-Sundering Strike at the Sacred Moon King.

Lin Bai and the Sacred Moon King clashed at the Forbidden City Summit, where the Sacred Moon King unleashed his strongest saber technique, Opening Heaven and Earth. As the devastating attack descended, Lin Bai smiled, leaving the battle's outcome unresolved.

• Lin Bai struck the Sacred Moon King with his sword and drove him backward, cutting his robes and marking his face.
• The Sacred Moon King invoked his secret saber technique, Opening Heaven and Earth, and brought down a blow that crushed palaces along the Forbidden City Summit.
• The watching martial artists, the Fire King, and Sacred Moon Sect elders believed Lin Bai was doomed, while the Grand Princess worried over the attack.
• Consort Yun wagered with the Grand Princess that Lin Bai would die, demanding that she serve as her maid if he lost.
• Crown Prince Tuoba Xiu said Lin Bai had already slain three Human Core Realm experts and dismissed the Sacred Moon King's chances.
• The Sacred Moon King's saber crashed toward Lin Bai, who smiled as it descended.

Lin Bai overwhelmed and killed the Sacred Moon King at the Forbidden City Summit, then fought the Fire King when he tried to intervene. Lin Bai pierced the Fire King's heart with the Divine Sword Thunder Control Art.

• Lin Bai unleashed his full sword force and defeated the Sacred Moon King's blade, leaving him gravely wounded.
• Lin Bai pursued the Sacred Moon King and cut off his head with the Instant Kill Sword despite the Fire King's attempt to stop him.
• Lin Bai drove the Fire King back with nine flying swords and the Four Swords of Wind, Flower, Snow, and Moon.
• Lin Bai used the Divine Sword Thunder Control Art to pierce the Fire King's heart and kill him.

Lin Bai killed Fire King and escaped Liu Wang, completing his martial contest in the Great Moon Kingdom. As the Sacred Moon Sect considered attacking the Spirit Sword Sect, its experts were already closing in on the place where Jian Xuan was held.

• Lin Bai killed Fire King, then flew away as Liu Wang pursued him but failed to stop him.
• Witnesses marveled that Lin Bai had slain the Sacred Moon King and Fire King and escaped a second-level Human Core Realm expert.
• Grand Princess reminded Consort Yun of their wager and slapped her, then left the Great Moon Kingdom with Chu Jiangliu and the Divine Martial Nation's army.
• News of Lin Bai's victories spread through the Great Moon Kingdom, damaging the Sacred Moon Sect's reputation.
• The Sacred Moon Sect's eleven remaining experts returned to discuss attacking the Spirit Sword Sect, while Spirit Sword Sect experts approached Jian Xuan's place of confinement.

Su Jiannan led Spirit Sword Sect fighters into the Sacred Moon Sect to rescue Jian Xuan, but the sect discovered their infiltration and stopped them before they could reach the forbidden grounds. Su Jiannan was left fighting the Sacred Moon Sect's Sect Master as the rescue party faced a growing force of defenders.

• Su Jiannan led more than a hundred Spirit Sword Sect fighters into the Sacred Moon Sect, with Li Qingxuan guiding them toward the forbidden grounds where Jian Xuan was held.
• The Sacred Moon Sect's Sect Master noticed the Thousand Star Pearl glowing and ordered the elders to search the sect after the Heavenly Moon Bell rang three times.
• Su Jiannan ordered Li Qingxuan and the others to press on while he fought the Sect Master, concealing his identity and avoiding the Spirit Sword Sect's sword arts.
• Li Qingxuan, Ji Bei, Ji Bai, and the others charged toward the forbidden grounds but were blocked by Sacred Moon Sect fighters.
• The Sacred Moon Sect's Sect Master recognized that the intruders were targeting the forbidden grounds and declared that they would pay with their lives.

Lin Bai arrived at the Sacred Moon Sect, rescued Li Qingxuan, and fought his way into the forbidden ground to save Jian Xuan. Su Jiannan kept the Sacred Moon Sect Master occupied and described their group as an ancient sword sealed away for years.

• The Sacred Moon Sect elders overwhelmed the Spirit Sword Sect’s forces, while the Sacred Moon Sect Master wounded Su Jiannan and Li Qingxuan was struck down.
• Lin Bai appeared and killed the Sacred Moon Sect elder who was about to finish Li Qingxuan, then confirmed he had completed his task.
• Su Jiannan urged Lin Bai to rescue Jian Xuan, and Lin Bai charged toward the forbidden ground as more than thirty elders attacked him.
• Lin Bai killed the elders with a single sword strike and entered the forbidden ground while Su Jiannan wounded the distracted Sacred Moon Sect Master.
• The Sacred Moon Sect Master demanded to know who they were, and Su Jiannan answered that they were an ancient sword sealed away for years.

Ling Tianzi visited the imprisoned Jian Xuan, collected the location of the fragment, and revealed a healing spring he had left for the Spirit Sword Sect. Lin Bai arrived, broke Jian Xuan’s enchanted chains, and carried him out to return home.

• Ling Tianzi reminded Jian Xuan that their hundred-year pact was complete and learned that the fragment and the Spirit Sword Sect’s manuals were hidden at the Yue River near Ghost Mountain.
• Jian Xuan told Ling Tianzi that the fragment concerned immortality, and Ling Tianzi revealed he had left a Mountain Spirit Spring atop White Cloud Peak for the Spirit Sword Sect.
• Lin Bai entered the dungeon and met Jian Xuan, whose sword intent clashed with his as the two recognized each other as fellow disciples.
• Jian Xuan urged Lin Bai to retrieve the sect’s manuals and find the spring, explaining that the restricted chains could not be broken by ordinary means.
• Lin Bai used the Martial Soul Secret Method to break the chains, then carried the weakened Jian Xuan out as they resolved to return to the Spirit Sword Sect.

Lin Bai rescued Jian Xuan from the Sacred Moon Sect’s forbidden grounds and helped the Spirit Sword Sect elders begin their retreat, but three mysterious Human Core Realm men attacked them. Lin Bai stood against the attackers so Su Jiannan could carry Jian Xuan away, leaving Jian Xuan furious and vowing revenge after Lin Bai was badly injured.

• The Sacred Moon Sect Master claimed the Moon Locking Iron Chains could not be broken, but Lin Bai emerged from the forbidden grounds carrying the rescued Jian Xuan.
• Su Jiannan ordered the Spirit Sword Sect elders to withdraw, and the Sacred Moon Sect Master raged that Lin Bai had broken the ancestral chains.
• A mysterious Human Core Realm second-level man and two Human Core Realm first-level men appeared, attacked Lin Bai, and demanded Jian Xuan.
• Su Jiannan prepared to carry Jian Xuan away while Lin Bai offered to hold off the attackers, despite Jian Xuan urging them to leave without him.
• The three mysterious men blasted Lin Bai aside as they pursued Su Jiannan and Jian Xuan, and Jian Xuan swore to return and destroy the Sacred Moon Sect.

Lin Bai used the Great Barren Art to defeat and kill Qing Hantian and the other mysterious attackers, then pursued the Sacred Moon Sect's master into the forbidden grounds to claim the Thousand Star Pearl. The master fled, hoping to exploit the art's limited duration, while Lin Bai followed him to find the pearl.

• Su Jiannan escaped the Sacred Moon Sect with Jian Xuan as Lin Bai stopped the three mysterious men from pursuing them.
• Lin Bai unleashed the Great Barren Art and struck the Sacred Moon Sect's master, blasting him through a palace.
• Lin Bai killed two mysterious men with the Instant Kill Sword and fatally wounded the last one, who revealed himself as Qing Hantian and offered to make the Azure Cloud Terrace Palace submit.
• Lin Bai beheaded Qing Hantian and turned to confront the Sacred Moon Sect's master, who fled toward the forbidden grounds with the Thousand Star Pearl.
• Lin Bai followed the Sacred Moon Sect's master into the forbidden grounds, intending to use him to locate the Thousand Star Pearl.

Lin Bai killed the Sacred Moon Sect Leader and took the Thousand Star Pearl, collapsing the sect’s Mountain Protection Formation as he escaped. After the Great Barren Art left him nearly powerless, Spirit Sword Sect members caught him, and the group set out for the border to meet the Grand Princess.

• The Sacred Moon Sect Leader fled to the Thousand Star Pearl, but Lin Bai stabbed him from behind before he could reach it.
• Lin Bai took the Thousand Star Pearl from the formation’s eye, causing the Sacred Moon Sect’s Mountain Protection Formation to collapse.
• As the Great Barren Art’s power faded, Lin Bai fought through the Sacred Moon Sect and escaped, then flew away on his flying sword while more than a hundred thousand disciples searched for him.
• Lin Bai lost control of his flying sword, and Ji Bei and Ji Bai caught him before he hit the ground.
• Lin Bai told Su Jiannan to take the Spirit Sword Sect to the border, where the Grand Princess was waiting.
• Jian Xuan vowed to stand against Lin Bai’s enemies, and Su Jiannan declared that the Spirit Sword Sect would defend both disciples.

The Grand Princess received Lin Bai and the Spirit Sword Sect survivors in White Sand City, where Jian Xuan learned that Consort Xiang had died. After recovering from the Great Barren Art’s side effects, Lin Bai gave the Grand Princess valuable treasures and discussed the Xu family and his mother’s mysterious past with her.

• Chu Jiangliu escorted Su Jiannan and the Spirit Sword Sect survivors into Divine Martial Nation on the Grand Princess’s command.
• The Grand Princess took the weakened Lin Bai to White Sand City and recognized his condition as a side effect of the Great Barren Art.
• Jian Xuan learned that the Grand Princess was Consort Xiang’s daughter and that Consort Xiang had died of lovesickness twenty years earlier.
• The Grand Princess teased Lin Bai while he appeared powerless, but he quickly recovered and playfully turned the tables on her.
• Lin Bai gave the Grand Princess cultivation methods and other treasures, and offered to forge her a flying sword for protection.
• The Grand Princess told Lin Bai not to interfere in the political struggle with Prime Minister Xu and explained that she still did not know what had happened to her mother.

Lin Bai returned to the Spirit Sword Sect with Jian Xuan and helped him begin recovering in the mountain spirit spring. After learning that Lin Yue had returned, Lin Bai went to meet his third uncle, who was teaching Li Jianxing swordsmanship.

• Lin Bai returned to the Spirit Sword Sect with Su Jiannan and Jian Xuan, then led them to the mountain spirit spring on White Cloud Peak.
• Su Jiannan placed Jian Xuan in the spring, where his body began to recover, and Lin Bai said he would leave for Divine Relic Ridge once Jian Xuan was well enough.
• Lin Bai revealed that Qing Hantian and other Azure Cloud Terrace Palace experts had been killed, leaving the sect far weaker.
• Ji Bei told Lin Bai that his third uncle had been staying at the sect, and Su Jiannan sent Lin Bai to meet him while warning Ji Bei that Lin Yue was a Sky Realm expert.
• Lin Bai found Lin Yue defeating Li Jianxing in a swordsmanship practice and greeted his returning third uncle.

Lin Yue told Lin Bai about Zhao Longtu’s grudge against the Lin family and revealed that Su Yanhua knew what had happened to Lin Duo in South Ridge. After Lin Bai pointed Lin Yue toward possible Five Venoms Sect branches, Lin Yue left, and Lin Bai prepared to travel to Divine Relic Ridge.

• Ji Bei and Li Jianxing left after Lin Yue praised Li Jianxing as a future East Ridge's Premier Sword Cultivator.
• Lin Yue told Lin Bai that Lin Duo had turned Zhao Longtu into a eunuch, giving Zhao Longtu a blood feud with their Lineage.
• Lin Yue explained that Su Yanhua had traveled with Lin Duo and later became Divine Relic Ridge’s Saint Elder, and that she knew what happened to Lin Duo in South Ridge.
• Lin Bai told Lin Yue that the Five Venoms Sect might have branches in the Fengyun Dynasty and the Heaven Sword Dynasty, giving Lin Yue a lead in his search.
• Lin Yue departed, and Lin Bai returned to White Cloud Peak to wait with Su Jiannan before setting out for Divine Relic Ridge.

Jian Xuan recovered, explained why he had been imprisoned, and joined Lin Bai in destroying the Sacred Moon Sect before secretly returning to the Spirit Sword Sect. After they helped restore the sect’s resources, Lin Bai and Jian Xuan prepared to leave, and Su Jiannan asked Jian Xuan what he would do now that the Martial World believed him dead.

• Jian Xuan emerged from seclusion fully healed and at the second level of the Human Core Realm, then told Lin Bai and Su Jiannan that he had been imprisoned after escaping Su Zhan with the Sect Master's secret manuals and a fragment.
• Jian Xuan agreed that the fragment belonged to Ling Tianzi, who had protected the Spirit Sword Sect for a hundred years in exchange for it.
• Jian Xuan decided to attack the Sacred Moon Sect under disguise and fake his death, while Lin Bai accompanied him to provide support.
• Lin Bai witnessed Jian Xuan massacre the Sacred Moon Sect, and the two secretly returned to the Spirit Sword Sect with Jian Xuan's hidden manuals and other resources.
• Lin Bai and Jian Xuan spent time training together, then told Su Jiannan they intended to leave after he explained that the Spirit Sword Sect would recover before confronting the Azure Cloud Terrace Palace.
• Su Jiannan asked Jian Xuan what he planned to do now that the Martial World believed him dead.

Jian Xuan and Lin Bai left the Spirit Sword Sect, with Jian Xuan setting out to hunt Su Zhan and Lin Bai traveling to the imperial capital to bid farewell to the Grand Princess. At her residence, Lin Bai confronted a haughty young master who attacked a guard, and the chapter ended with the young master challenging Lin Bai to withstand three moves.

• Jian Xuan told Su Jiannan he had to leave the Spirit Sword Sect to avoid detection and search for Su Zhan, while Lin Bai said he would leave for Divine Relic Ridge.
• Su Jiannan bid farewell to Jian Xuan and Lin Bai, promising to guard the Spirit Sword Sect until they returned.
• Jian Xuan left that night to search for Su Zhan, and Lin Bai departed the next morning after saying goodbye to his friends.
• Lin Bai reached the imperial capital and went to the Grand Princess's residence, where the guards recognized him as the Sword King.
• A haughty young master in the Human Core Realm attacked a guard after insulting Lin Bai, but Lin Bai stopped his strike with the Azure Song Sword.
• The young master challenged Lin Bai to withstand three moves before he would reveal his name.

Lin Bai fought a rich young master and was badly wounded by Wu Song, who demanded that Lin Bai abandon his engagement to Bai Xiaoxiao. Lin Bai accepted Wu Song’s challenge to fight in one year, while Wu Song threatened to destroy the Divine Martial Nation if Bai Xiaoxiao still refused him.

• Lin Bai defeated the rich young master, but Wu Song intervened and struck Lin Bai through a wall, severely injuring him.
• The Grand Princess stopped Wu Song from killing Lin Bai and declared that Lin Bai was her fiancé.
• Wu Song announced that he would force Bai Xiaoxiao to become his woman and ordered Lin Bai to cripple himself and end the engagement.
• Lin Bai refused and agreed to challenge Wu Song in one year.
• Wu Song left with the rich young master after threatening to flatten the Divine Martial Nation if Bai Xiaoxiao did not accept him.

Lin Bai reassured the Grand Princess that he would kill Wu Song within a year, then revealed that the Giant God Race was his true enemy. Meanwhile, the Holy Seal Sect planned to send disciples to Divine Relic Ridge to find Jian Xuan and recover a fragment.

• The Grand Princess received an imperial edict annulling her engagement to Lin Bai, and Lin Bai comforted her that their feelings remained unchanged.
• The Grand Princess lamented that strength determined right and wrong, while Lin Bai promised to kill Wu Song within a year.
• Lin Bai told the Grand Princess that he had an enemy stronger than Wu Song: the Giant God Race.
• The Holy Seal Sect elders watched Jian Xuan's attack on the Sacred Moon Sect and concluded that he had the fragment and was likely headed to Divine Relic Ridge.
• The Holy Seal Sect leader rejected a large-scale expedition and ordered disciples to enter Divine Relic Ridge undercover to search for the fragment.

Lin Bai and the Grand Princess arranged passage to Divine Relic Ridge aboard a flying spiritual artifact, where Huo Lingtian secretly planned to kill Lin Bai. As the passengers prepared to board, they learned the ship was commanded by a powerful martial artist.

• The Grand Princess decided to seek greater strength at Divine Relic Ridge, and Lin Bai agreed to travel with her.
• Lin Bai paid for two seats aboard a flying spiritual artifact scheduled to depart from the imperial capital within an hour.
• Huo Lingtian spotted Lin Bai in the waiting hall and resolved to kill him during the journey without exposing himself to Su Jiannan.
• Lin Bai sensed a hostile gaze, but the Grand Princess suggested that someone had merely recognized him.
• Treasure Pavilion opened the hall for boarding, and Qin Bao announced that the ship would head directly to Divine Relic Ridge.
• The Grand Princess sensed that Qin Bao was at least above the fifth level of the Human Core Realm.