Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai confronted Fang Ji, Long Qingfeng, and Qin Beiao over their injuries to Bai Xiaoxiao, then killed Fang Ji with a single sword. Long Qingfeng and Qin Beiao fled in terror as the onlookers stood stunned.

• Lin Bai emerged from the forest after slaughtering more than a thousand martial artists, shocking everyone watching from Star Observation Peak.
• Lin Bai demanded to know who had injured Bai Xiaoxiao, and Long Qingfeng, Qin Beiao, and Fang Ji each claimed responsibility for one of her wounds.
• Lin Bai challenged all three men and declared that he intended to kill them, but Fang Ji insisted on fighting him alone.
• Fang Ji attacked with his Death Saber, and Lin Bai answered with Mountains and Rivers Eternal Silence, destroying Fang Ji with one sword.
• Long Qingfeng and Qin Beiao fled while Jian Ruohan, Ye Suxin, Hong Su, and the other spectators stared in astonishment.

After killing Fang Ji, Lin Bai faced Qin Beiao, who rejected Long Qingfeng’s offer to join forces and boasted that he could win in three punches. Qin Beiao’s Heaven Grade Nine martial technique sent Lin Bai flying, but Lin Bai rose to continue the fight as He Qian broke through to fourth-rank Sword Intent.

• Lin Bai killed Fang Ji and turned his attention to Qin Beiao and Long Qingfeng.
• Long Qingfeng urged Qin Beiao to join forces against Lin Bai, but Qin Beiao dismissed the advice and challenged Lin Bai alone.
• Qin Beiao unleashed the Heaven Mountain Star-Picking Hand and struck Lin Bai with a Heaven Grade Nine technique, sending him flying and bloodying his palm.
• He Qian let go of his attachment to fame and gain, causing his Sword Intent to break through to the fourth rank.
• Lin Bai dismissed Qin Beiao’s strength as a product of his martial technique, then advanced with his flying sword and vowed to use more methods to kill him.

Lin Bai blocked Qin Beiao’s punch, wounded him with One Sword Transforms into Nine, and then faced Qin Beiao’s Heaven Flipping Seal. As the seal’s force bore down on him, Lin Bai declared he would break it with Myriad Swords Technique: One Sword Transforms into Hundreds.

• Lin Bai countered Qin Beiao’s punch with Wind, Flower, Snow, Moon and the Divine Sword Thunder Control Art, stopping its full force.
• Lin Bai struck Qin Beiao with One Sword Transforms into Nine, leaving four bloody holes in his chest.
• Qin Beiao began forming hand seals as his remaining flying swords attacked, and Hong Su recognized the Heaven Flipping Seal.
• Qin Beiao unleashed the Heaven Flipping Seal, destroying Lin Bai’s five flying swords and blasting Lin Bai backward.
• Lin Bai announced that he would break the seal with Myriad Swords Technique: One Sword Transforms into Hundreds.

Lin Bai defeated Qin Beiao’s Heaven Flipping Seal with the Myriad Swords Technique, but Long Qingfeng intervened before the flying swords could kill Qin Beiao. When Long Qingfeng attacked with Dragon Slaying, Lin Bai recognized it as the swordplay his father, Lin Duo, had created and taught only to him.

• Lin Bai’s hundred flying swords shattered Qin Beiao’s Heaven Flipping Seal and drove him to the brink of defeat.
• Long Qingfeng struck with a Grade Nine Spirit Tool sword and destroyed Lin Bai’s weakened flying-sword phantoms, saving Qin Beiao.
• Qin Beiao and Long Qingfeng discussed Qin Beiao’s loss and his plan to kill Lin Bai within three months.
• Long Qingfeng challenged Lin Bai, offered to help him reach the Heaven Core Realm, and then attacked when Lin Bai refused.
• Lin Bai recognized Long Qingfeng’s Dragon Slaying swordplay as the incomplete technique created by his father, Lin Duo, who had said only he knew it.

Lin Bai fought Long Qingfeng after recognizing that Long Qingfeng’s secret swordplay was Dragon Slayer Swordplay, which Lin Duo had created. As the battle continued, Hong Su discovered Ye Suxin was pregnant with Lin Bai’s child and learned that Ye Wuhuan had used the harmful Ice Hibernation Art on her; Lin Bai and Long Qingfeng were still fighting when the chapter ended.

• Lin Bai accused Long Qingfeng’s Lineage of stealing Lin Duo’s Dragon Slayer Swordplay and attacked him, determined to uncover their connection through his memories.
• Lin Bai and Long Qingfeng clashed hundreds of times, while Jian Ruohan judged that Long Qingfeng’s Grade Nine Spirit Tool and powerful swordplay gave him an advantage.
• Hong Su noticed Ye Suxin’s protective gesture and discovered that she was pregnant with Lin Bai’s child, whose life was endangered by Ye Wuhuan’s Ice Hibernation Art.
• Ye Suxin asked Hong Su to keep the pregnancy secret from Lin Bai, and Hong Su agreed that telling him could provoke him to attack Divine Relic Ridge.
• Lin Bai, wounded by Long Qingfeng’s Sword Qi, charged back into the fight and vowed to defeat him and uncover his Lineage’s connection to Lin Duo.

Lin Bai fought Long Qingfeng while weakened from earlier battles, then used two swords and his flying swords to catch him off guard. Long Qingfeng was left badly wounded beneath Lin Bai’s barrage of sword attacks.

• Lin Bai and Long Qingfeng traded powerful sword attacks, and their clash sent Lin Bai flying while forcing Long Qingfeng back.
• Long Qingfeng taunted Lin Bai and believed his depleted strength would make victory certain; He Qian and Bai Xiaoxiao also worried that Lin Bai was weakening.
• Lin Bai asked Bai Xiaoxiao for her treasured sword, then faced Long Qingfeng with two swords and his flying swords.
• Lin Bai used Wind, Flower, Snow, Moon to draw Long Qingfeng’s defense before cutting his throat with his other sword.
• Lin Bai’s flying swords struck Long Qingfeng and battered him until he was covered in blood.

Lin Bai defeated Long Qingfeng and pursued him and Qin Beiao, who tried to buy time by offering a Heaven Grade Nine fist martial technique to anyone who stopped Lin Bai. The chapter left their escape hanging on whether the martial artists ahead would accept the offer and attack.

• Qin Beiao intervened to save Long Qingfeng, but both men fled after Long Qingfeng warned that he could no longer fight.
• Lin Bai chased Qin Beiao and Long Qingfeng because he needed clues about Lin Duo and feared Long Qingfeng would become a future threat.
• The watching martial artists praised Lin Bai for defeating Fang Ji, Qin Beiao, and Long Qingfeng, while Ye Banqiu and Zhao Lingshen boasted about their own chances against him.
• As Lin Bai gained on them, Qin Beiao offered a Heaven Grade Nine fist martial technique to anyone who would hold Lin Bai back.
• Long Qingfeng doubted anyone would risk fighting Lin Bai, but Qin Beiao insisted the reward would tempt the martial artists of Eastern Ling.

Lin Bai killed the Eight Ghosts of You Mountain after they blocked his pursuit of Qin Beiao and Long Qingfeng, but the two escaped. With enough Pass Tokens secured for Lin Bai to enter Divine Relic Ridge, Bai Xiaoxiao prepared to leave, and Lin Bai warned her not to rescue him outside the Heaven Defense Divine Formation, no matter how badly he was injured.

• Qin Beiao offered a Heaven Grade Rank 9 Martial Art to anyone who stopped Lin Bai, and the Eight Ghosts of You Mountain ambushed Lin Bai to claim the reward.
• Qin Beiao and Long Qingfeng fled while the Eight Ghosts attacked Lin Bai, but Lin Bai swiftly killed all eight.
• Lin Bai searched the Spirit Mortal Mountain Range for Qin Beiao and Long Qingfeng but failed to find them.
• Bai Xiaoxiao told Lin Bai that she had collected enough Pass Tokens for him to enter Divine Relic Ridge.
• Lin Bai told Bai Xiaoxiao to leave before dusk and not rescue him outside the Heaven Defense Divine Formation, even if she found him gravely injured.

Lin Bai stayed inside the Spirit Mortal Mountain Range after the other martial artists left and broke through to the Human Core Realm by condensing the Five Elements Divine Pill. The Giant God's Will descended in the form of a colossal figure, as Bai Xiaoxiao and others watched in alarm.

• Lin Bai sent Bai Xiaoxiao away with all the Pass Tokens, and she left the Spirit Mortal Mountain Range with He Qian.
• Qin Beiao vowed revenge on Lin Bai, while Long Qingfeng urged him to focus on reaching the Human Core Realm.
• Bai Xiaoxiao left the range, and Ye Suxin chose not to warn Lin Bai that the formation's exit was closing, hoping the year inside would keep him safe while she sought to undo the Ice Hibernation Art.
• After the Heaven Defense Divine Formation closed, Lin Bai merged his five spirit vortices into a Five Elements Divine Pill and broke through to the Human Core Realm.
• A giant formed above the clouds as the Giant God's Will descended, and Lin Bai, Ling Tianzi, Li Shanqing, and the martial artists at Star Observation Peak looked on.

A towering Giant God appeared above the Spirit Mortal Mountain Range and declared that Lin Bai’s Devouring Sword Soul had to be destroyed. Lin Bai prepared to face him, but the Giant God’s first punch shattered the Heaven Defense Divine Formation and devastated the surrounding land.

• Ling Tianzi told Li Shanqing that he had understated the Giant God Race’s strength to keep Lin Bai from losing confidence.
• The Giant God appeared above the clouds, alarming the martial artists, while Ye Suxin realized he had come for Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai drew Azure Song Sword, unleashed his full strength, and braced himself as the Giant God declared his intent to destroy the Devouring Sword Soul.
• The Giant God raised his fist and struck at Lin Bai, who relied on the Heaven Defense Divine Formation to withstand the first attack.
• The Giant God’s punch shattered the Heaven Defense Divine Formation and flattened everything within ten thousand li of the Spirit Mortal Mountain Range.

Lin Bai faced the giant god’s second attack after the Heaven Defense Divine Formation shattered, while witnesses debated whether he was a Heaven Defier or Child of Slaughter. The chapter revealed to Bai Xiaoxiao, Li Shanqing, and Ling Tianzi that Lin Bai’s ordeal came from the ancient conflict between the Heaven Swallowing Race and the Giant God Race.

• The giant god destroyed the Heaven Defense Divine Formation with its first punch, shocking the martial artists and academy elders.
• Pei Ji identified Lin Bai as a Heaven Defier, and Liu Jingfeng dismissed the title as a label for a weak martial artist who had provoked heaven’s wrath.
• Ling Tianzi told Li Shanqing that Lin Bai’s fate was concealed and that, despite his preparations, Lin Bai still faced danger and unknown variables.
• Lin Bai summoned his cultivation power and swung the Azure Song Sword against the giant god’s second punch.
• Witnesses speculated that Lin Bai was a Child of Slaughter or another being destined to draw the giant god’s attack.
• Bai Xiaoxiao, Li Shanqing, and Ling Tianzi knew that Lin Bai was a member of the Heaven Swallowing Race, caught in its fated conflict with the Giant God Race.

Lin Bai faced the Giant God's attacks, using the Five Elements Divine Pill to withstand the second punch and his sword techniques to meet the third. He unleashed the Divine Sword Thunder Control Art and severed one of the Giant God's arms, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Lin Bai used the power of the Five Elements Divine Pill to resist the Giant God's second attack and survived its punch, though he was badly injured.
• The Giant God spoke to Lin Bai and declared that its third punch would kill him.
• Lin Bai attacked with the Gentle Sword and the Four Swords of Wind, Flower, Snow, and Moon, but the Giant God shattered them.
• Lin Bai unleashed the Divine Sword Thunder Control Art and severed one of the Giant God's arms.
• Pei Ji praised Lin Bai's final sword as peerless in elegance.

Lin Bai endured the Giant God's fourth punch with the Thousand Star Pearl, which shattered, and rose again despite being near death. As he crushed a golden flower to heal himself, the Giant God unexpectedly launched his sixth attack with both fists.

• Lin Bai's sword strike failed to stop the Giant God, whose third punch drove him ten feet underground and left him gravely wounded.
• Lin Bai used the Thousand Star Pearl to shield himself from the fourth punch, but it shattered and the blow hurled him through a mountain.
• Ye Suxin tried to rush to Lin Bai, but Hong Su restrained her and urged her to trust that Lin Bai had prepared for the Giant God.
• The martial artists thought Lin Bai was dead, but he stood up and said he had five attacks left to endure.
• The Giant God began his fifth punch, and Lin Bai crushed the golden flower to heal his injuries.
• The Giant God announced a sixth punch and struck with both fists, startling Lin Bai.

Lin Bai survived the Giant God's fifth and sixth punches, then relied on the Heaven Blessing Stone Mirror to protect him from the final three. The mirror shattered under the next punch, leaving Lin Bai badly wounded with two attacks still to face.

• Lin Bai crushed the golden flower, restored his strength, and blocked the Giant God's fifth and sixth punches with powerful sword attacks.
• Lin Bai's allies believed the Heaven Blessing Stone Mirror would let him survive the final three attacks, and Lin Bai prepared to use it.
• Lin Bai activated the Heaven Blessing Stone Mirror, but the Giant God's punch shattered it and sent Lin Bai flying into a pool of blood.
• Ling Tianzi, Li Shanqing, and Bai Xiaoxiao realized Lin Bai had no protection against the Giant God's remaining two punches.

Lin Bai survived the Giant God's ninth punch after Ling Tianzi's spiritual radiance destroyed the eighth, but the final attack left him grievously injured and his Five Elements Divine Pill cracked. As Lin Bai celebrated surviving the calamity, the Giant God announced a tenth punch that could annihilate him.

• The Giant God's eighth punch shattered Lin Bai's Heaven Blessing Stone Mirror, but Ling Tianzi's spiritual radiance awakened and broke the Giant God's arm.
• The Giant God launched his ninth punch, and Lin Bai exhausted his Five Elements Divine Pill and techniques to defend himself, leaving the pill cracked and his body shattered.
• Bai Xiaoxiao and Ling Tianzi feared for Lin Bai while the dust settled over the ruined Spirit Mortal Mountain Range.
• Lin Bai was found alive in a crater and declared that he had survived the nine-punch calamity.
• The Giant God told Lin Bai that he would deliver a tenth punch to destroy his body and soul.

Lin Bai lay helpless beneath the Giant God's unexpected tenth punch as his loved ones sensed his farewell. The Giant God threatened to destroy Lin Bai's family and friends, provoking him to demand who the Giant God served as Heaven.

• The Giant God unleashed a tenth punch, surprising Lin Bai and Ling Tianzi because the Giant God Compass was believed to permit only nine attacks.
• Ling Tianzi resolved to protect Lin Bai and take him away, even if it meant confronting the Giant God Race.
• As Lin Bai believed he was about to die, Bai Xiaoxiao rejected Wu Song and vowed never to be with another man, while Su Jiannan and Lin Bai's other friends sensed his farewell.
• The Giant God threatened to torment Lin Bai and annihilate his relatives, friends, wife, and children.
• Lin Bai regained his fury and demanded to know whose command the Giant God followed, and the Giant God declared that the Giant God Race was Heaven.

Lin Bai, battered and near death, defied the Giant God and begged him to spare his innocent family and friends. Just as the Giant God's fist was about to kill him, Ji Xiang intervened and took the blow, leaving Lin Bai unharmed but himself mortally wounded.

• Lin Bai rose from the pool of blood, took up the Azure Song Sword, and vowed to protect his family and friends from the Giant God.
• Lin Bai unleashed the desperate power of his cracked Five Elements Divine Pill and charged the Giant God, but his Sword Qi was shattered by the Giant God's punch.
• Lin Bai begged to bear all blame and punishment alone, while the Giant God vowed to kill his family and friends after killing him.
• Ji Xiang suddenly appeared and blocked the Giant God's fist, sending himself and Lin Bai crashing into the Spirit Mortal Mountain Range.
• Lin Bai found Ji Xiang gravely injured, and Ji Xiang explained that the punch had shattered his heart meridians.
• When the Giant God threatened to exterminate Ji Xiang's clan, Ji Xiang replied that his entire clan had already been exterminated.

Ji Xiang died after entrusting his Demon Sword to Lin Bai, who awakened the fully bloomed Demon Seed and rose to face the Giant God. Lin Bai severed the Giant God’s arm and head, declaring a personal blood feud with the Giant God Race.

• Ji Xiang told Lin Bai that death freed him from his grief and urged Lin Bai to protect his loved ones with his sword.
• Ji Xiang passed the Demon Sword to Lin Bai and died in his arms, prompting Ling Tianzi to reclaim him as his disciple and vow vengeance on the Giant God Race.
• As Lin Bai gripped the Demon Sword, the Demon Seed in his right eye blossomed into a demon flower, turning his hair blood-red and filling him with strength and a single urge to kill.
• Lin Bai rose from the crater and declared that the Giant God Race’s blood feud was now personal, then charged the Giant God’s eleventh punch.
• Lin Bai slashed upward with the Demon Sword, severing the Giant God’s arm and head.

Lin Bai defeated the Giant God's Will, but the final clash shattered his Divine Pill, destroyed his dantian, and left him crippled. As Bai Xiaoxiao stayed by his side, Ling Tianzi and Li Shanqing departed, leaving Lin Bai to find his own way to recover and prepare for the Giant God Race.

• Lin Bai's sword strike shattered the Giant God's Will, but the shock destroyed his Divine Pill and dantian and broke his bones and meridians.
• Bai Xiaoxiao found Lin Bai, gave him pills, and held him as he declared he would return home with her.
• Ling Tianzi recovered wisps of black smoke from Ji Xiang's body, then told Li Shanqing that Lin Bai had to walk his own path.
• Ling Tianzi and Li Shanqing left the Barren Ancient Continent, while Li Shanqing promised to return if Lin Bai needed help.
• Ye Suxin saw that Lin Bai was still alive and left, while Bai Xiaoxiao remained beside him.

Lin Bai survived the Giant God Race’s attack but was left crippled, with his cultivation destroyed. Bai Xiaoxiao carried him to Sky Walled City, where rivals hoped he would be barred from Divine Relic Ridge, as Liu Jingfeng began counting Pass Tokens for the examination rankings.

• After Lin Bai shattered the towering giant, Bai Xiaoxiao used healing pills to stabilize him, and he told her his meridians, bones, divine pill, and dantian were ruined.
• Bai Xiaoxiao carried Lin Bai through rain that turned to snow, and he promised he would never let her down.
• Bai Xiaoxiao brought Lin Bai back to Sky Walled City, where Qin Beiao and Long Qingfeng discussed how his injuries might keep him out of Divine Relic Ridge.
• At Ascension Tower, Pei Ji pitied Lin Bai while Liu Jingfeng declared that no academy would accept a cripple.
• Liu Jingfeng announced that the warriors’ Divine Relic Ridge examination rankings would be decided by their Pass Tokens, with one hundred points awarded for first place.