Chapter Summaries

Gu Yueqing refined a King-Grade Heaven-Mending Pill, which restored Lin Bai's dantian as he began condensing five spiritual vortexes. The Five Venoms Sect broke into the Underground Palace while Lin Bai was still cultivating, and the chapter ended with the Saint Son entering the quiet room to confront them.

• Gu Yueqing collapsed after refining the Heaven-Mending Pill, and Old Master He gave her medicine to stabilize her condition.
• Lin Bai swallowed the pill, restored his dantian, and began condensing five spiritual vortexes with five Myriad Year Spirit Herbs.
• The Saint Son taunted Lin Bai from outside as the Five Venoms Sect attacked the Underground Palace's stone gate.
• Old Master He prepared the He Family martial artists for battle, while He Yunfei warned that Qilin Smoke had overwhelmed their defenses and nearly all their fighters had been killed.
• The Five Venoms Sect forced open the quiet room's stone gate, and the Saint Son entered with Zhang Pengyi and Bao Xuanming.

Lin Bai’s cultivation returned as he reached the Human Core Realm, and he defeated the Holy Son while rescuing Gu Yueqing from the Underground Palace. He fled Pill King City with her, and the Holy Daughter recognized him as the East Ridge’s Premier Sword Cultivator.

• The Holy Son attacked Lin Bai while Zhang Pengyi and Bao Xuanming fought Old Master He and He Yunfei.
• Gu Yueqing took the Holy Son’s palm to protect Lin Bai and collapsed, gravely wounded.
• Lin Bai awakened with his power restored and sent the Holy Son flying with a punch.
• Lin Bai carried Gu Yueqing out of the collapsing Underground Palace on his flying sword.
• The Holy Daughter saw Lin Bai’s golden streak leave Pill King City and recognized his return.

Lin Bai returned to the Underground Palace after taking Gu Yueqing to safety and confronted the Holy Son, Zhang Pengyi, and Bao Xuanming as they attacked the He Family. He challenged the three stronger opponents to withstand one sword, promising to spare their lives if any of them could.

• Lin Bai took Gu Yueqing to a safe peak in the Vast Wilderness Mountain Range, gave her his Dragon Eye Flying Sword for protection, and flew back to Pill King City to kill his enemies.
• After Lin Bai escaped, the Holy Son ordered Zhang Pengyi to destroy the He Family before they pursued Lin Bai.
• Zhang Pengyi and Bao Xuanming attacked Old Master He and He Yunfei together, leaving the two on the verge of death.
• Lin Bai returned to the Underground Palace and struck Zhang Pengyi and Bao Xuanming with a sword, sending them flying and wounding them.
• Lin Bai dismissed the gathered martial artists as ants and challenged them to take one sword from him, promising to spare their lives if any of them could.

Lin Bai returned to the Underground Palace and confronted Bao Xuanming, Zhang Pengyi, and the Holy Son despite Old Master He and He Yunfei urging him to flee. He killed Bao Xuanming and Zhang Pengyi with swift sword strikes, leaving the Holy Son as the remaining threat.

• Old Master He and He Yunfei urged Lin Bai to leave, but Lin Bai stood his ground as Bao Xuanming attacked him.
• Lin Bai used Wind Severance to break Bao Xuanming's palm attack and cleaved him in two.
• Zhang Pengyi tried to ambush Lin Bai while he was supposedly weakened, but Lin Bai countered with the Azure Song Sword and blasted Zhang Pengyi into fragments.
• Old Master He and He Yunfei stared in shock at Lin Bai's strength.

Lin Bai confronted Holy Son Miao Shang in the He Family’s Underground Palace and met his Five Venoms Immortal Palm with his Wind, Flower, Snow, Moon sword technique. Their attacks collided and the Underground Palace collapsed, leaving the battle’s outcome unclear.

• Lin Bai killed Bao Xuanming and Zhang Pengyi, then challenged Holy Son Miao Shang.
• Miao Shang unleashed the Five Venoms Immortal Palm, shaking the Underground Palace and threatening to bring it down.
• Old Master He ordered He Yunfei to send the He Family’s martial artists outside while the impending collapse created a chance to escape.
• Lin Bai used his Wind, Flower, Snow, Moon sword technique to counter Miao Shang’s palm.
• The attacks collided, and the He Family’s Underground Palace collapsed.

Lin Bai broke through Holy Son Miao Shang’s Five Venoms Immortal Palm and forced him to reveal his Heavenly Centipede Martial Soul. Their next clash sent golden light and lightning into the sky, while the Holy Daughter recognized Miao Shang’s long-unseen power.

• The collision between Lin Bai and Miao Shang’s attacks collapsed the He Family’s Underground Palace, forcing the Five Venoms Sect disciples and He Family martial artists to flee.
• Old Master He ordered He Yunfei to lead the He Family fighters in a charge against the retreating Five Venoms Sect disciples.
• Lin Bai shattered Miao Shang’s Five Venoms Immortal Palm and drove a sword toward his throat.
• Miao Shang activated his Martial Soul, revealing a golden Heavenly Centipede with a human face, then attacked Lin Bai with a powerful punch.
• Lin Bai countered with the Divine Sword Thunder Control Art, and their clash burst from the ruins into the sky, clearing the clouds and exposing the full moon.
• The Holy Daughter watched the explosion and remarked that Lin Bai had forced Miao Shang to use the Heavenly Centipede Martial Soul.

Lin Bai defeated Holy Son Miao Shang in the ruined He Family manor, but a mysterious woman rescued Miao Shang before Lin Bai could kill him. The Five Venoms Sect withdrew from Pill King City, and Lin Bai reflected on the blood feud between the sect and his family.

• Lin Bai sent Miao Shang flying from the Underground Palace and left him gravely wounded, shocking the Five Venoms Sect followers and Holy Daughter.
• Lin Bai moved to finish Miao Shang, but a mysterious woman intervened, rescued him, and promised that he would return to reclaim his humiliation.
• The Five Venoms Sect followers withdrew from Pill King City without leaving a trace.
• Old Master He thanked Lin Bai for saving the He Family, while He Yunfei counted the injured and organized the manor's rebuilding.
• Lin Bai recalled that his father, Lin Duo, had nearly destroyed the Five Venoms Sect twenty years earlier and feared its revenge if his identity became known.

After defeating the Five Venoms Sect in Pill King City, Lin Bai left for the Manghuang Mountain Range, while Gu Yueqing used his Dragon Eye Flying Sword to find him. They reunited, and Lin Bai said they would return to Divine Relic Ridge so he could teach her to refine the Human Sovereign Pill.

• Lin Bai apologized to Old Master He for the destruction of the He Family, then departed Pill King City after Old Master He promised to explain his actions to Divine Relic Ridge.
• The Dragon Eye Flying Sword sensed a venomous snake near the weakened Gu Yueqing and killed it before returning to her hand.
• Gu Yueqing asked the sword to take her to Lin Bai, and it transformed into a giant flying sword and carried her away from Absolute Peak.
• Lin Bai saw Gu Yueqing riding the Dragon Eye Flying Sword and was astonished that it obeyed her.
• Gu Yueqing reunited with Lin Bai and asked about Pill King City, and he said he had killed Zhang Pengyi and Bao Xuanming and driven off the Five Venoms Sect disciples.
• Lin Bai invited Gu Yueqing to return to Divine Relic Ridge with him, where he would teach her to refine the Human Sovereign Pill.

Lin Bai and Gu Yueqing returned to Divine Relic Ridge while discussing the Five Venoms Sect’s plans and its ties to Pill King City. Lin Bai resolved to strengthen himself before the sect’s next move, and Gu Yueqing asked him to call her Qing Er.

• Lin Bai piloted the spirit boat from Pill King City toward Divine Relic Ridge with the still-injured Gu Yueqing aboard.
• Lin Bai reflected on the Five Venoms Sect’s resurfacing, its Holy War, and the blood feud connecting it to his family.
• Gu Yueqing explained that the Five Venoms Sect sought to destroy the He Family and use the Zhang Family to control Pill King City’s resources and gain influence over the Pill Dao Academy.
• Gu Yueqing revealed that Divine Relic Ridge had planted forces throughout Lingdong, including Famous Sword Manor and the Pill Dao Academy, to monitor the Five Venoms Sect.
• Lin Bai decided to accelerate his cultivation and hunt demonic beasts in the Primordial Wilds to strengthen his Devouring Sword Soul.
• Gu Yueqing asked Lin Bai to call her Qing Er, but he said the name was reserved for close relatives or people with especially good relationships.

After returning to the Pill Dao Academy, Lin Bai recovered his Five Elements Divine Pill and considered how to retrieve Ji Xiang’s Demon Sword from Divine Relic Ridge. He told Lu Qingyu that the trip to Pill King City had gone smoothly in refining the Heaven Mending Pill, but that the Five Venoms Sect had caused trouble.

• Lin Bai brought the exhausted Gu Yueqing back to the Purple Bamboo Grove and waited while she recovered; Chou Yun Kui heard she had returned injured and rushed to the Pill Dao Academy.
• Lin Bai condensed the Five Elements Divine Pill and reflected on its risks, his other ways of increasing his strength, and the Demon Seed’s reaction when he held the Demon Sword.
• Lin Bai resolved to find Ji Xiang’s Demon Sword, which he believed had flown into the Primordial Wilds atop Divine Relic Ridge.
• A bamboo leaf attacked Lin Bai, and he countered with a sword strike before Lu Qingyu emerged from the grove.
• Lin Bai told Lu Qingyu that he and Gu Yueqing had refined the Heaven Mending Pill, then revealed that the Five Venoms Sect had caused trouble in Pill King City.

Lin Bai told Lu Qingyu that the Five Venoms Sect had grown powerful enough to suggest a spy at the highest levels of Divine Relic Ridge. After Chou Yun Kui tried to visit the injured Gu Yueqing and threatened Lin Bai over their pill-making wager, Lin Bai confidently promised Lu Qingyu that he and Gu Yueqing could refine a Human Sovereign Pill.

• Lin Bai recounted the Five Venoms Sect's strength in Pill King City, and he and Lu Qingyu suspected that a high-ranking Divine Relic Ridge figure was helping the sect.
• Chou Yun Kui barged into the Purple Bamboo Grove despite a disciple telling him Gu Yueqing was receiving no visitors.
• Lin Bai ordered Chou Yun Kui to leave, and Chou Yun Kui grew furious when Lin Bai pointed out that Gu Yueqing had invited him but not Chou Yun Kui.
• Chou Yun Kui threatened Lin Bai over their half-month wager, but Lu Qingyu's force suppressed him and drove him away.
• Lu Qingyu asked whether Lin Bai could teach Gu Yueqing to refine a Human Sovereign Pill, and Lin Bai confidently said they could even make a King-Grade Pill together.

After half a month of healing and discussing alchemy, Lin Bai taught Gu Yueqing and Lu Qingyu how to refine the Human Sovereign Pill. Gu Yueqing prepared to attempt the pill the next day, with Lin Bai watching over her.

• Lu Qingyu praised Lin Bai's alchemy skills and offered him the position of vice dean, but Lin Bai refused to leave the Sword Dao Institute.
• Gu Yueqing recovered and asked to postpone her pill-refining appointment with Chou Yun Kui, but Lin Bai said he could teach her in one night.
• Gu Yueqing asked Lin Bai to call her Qing Er, and Lu Qingyu encouraged them to drop their formalities.
• Lin Bai explained that they should avoid the Crimson Sun Cauldron and taught Gu Yueqing and Lu Qingyu the proper methods for refining the Human Sovereign Pill.
• Lu Qingyu thanked Lin Bai, and Lin Bai said he would guide Gu Yueqing at the Pill Dao Academy arena the next day.

Disciples gathered at the Pill Dao Academy to watch Gu Yueqing attempt to refine a Human Sovereign Pill, a feat Lin Bai had bet his life on. Chou Yun Kui arrived with Sword Ranking fighter Tang Zong, who vowed to crush Lin Bai before the pill refinement began.

• A huge crowd gathered at the Pill Dao Academy arena to witness Gu Yueqing's pill refinement.
• Jian Ruohan reunited with Ye Jianqiu, who teased her about Lin Bai staying in Gu Yueqing's boudoir; she reacted coldly.
• Hong Su suggested Lin Bai might help Ye Suxin undo the Ice Hibernation Art, but Ye Suxin refused to tell him about it.
• Chou Yun Kui arrived with Tang Zong, the Heaven Splitting Sword ranked ninety-eighth on the Sword Ranking.
• Tang Zong promised Chou Yun Kui that he would suppress Lin Bai and crush his spirit.

Lin Bai accompanied Gu Yueqing to the Pill Dao Academy arena, where she announced that she had a ninety percent chance of successfully refining the Human Sovereign Pill after receiving his guidance. As Gu Yueqing began preparing, Tang Zong challenged Lin Bai, who dismissed him and drew an angry demand to show respect.

• Chou Yun Kui and Tang Zong arrived at the arena with Blade Dao Academy disciples, while Lin Bai and Gu Yueqing entered together and drew the crowd’s attention.
• Hong Su and Ye Suxin noticed that Lin Bai’s cultivation had recovered, and Chou Yun Kui urged Tang Zong to humiliate him in his place.
• Gu Yueqing thanked the audience and declared that Lin Bai’s guidance had given her a ninety percent chance of refining the Human Sovereign Pill.
• Gu Yueqing brought out a new pill furnace and prepared her medicines as Lin Bai watched.
• Tang Zong introduced himself as a Sword Dao Institute disciple ranked ninety-eighth on the Sword Ranking, but Lin Bai said he did not know him.
• After the crowd laughed at Tang Zong, he angrily demanded that Lin Bai address him as Senior Brother.

Lin Bai rejected Tang Zong and Chou Yun Kui’s demands that he kneel, then mocked them and warned Tang Zong that the Sword Dao Institute’s elders could punish him for aiding an outsider. The chapter left Tang Zong panicking after Lin Bai called out to Elder Pei Ji, who had been watching nearby.

• Tang Zong ordered Lin Bai to kneel and admit his mistake to Chou Yun Kui, while Chou Yun Kui said he would settle for Lin Bai kneeling.
• Ye Jianqiu questioned Tang Zong’s conduct, and Jian Ruohan said Lin Bai would never kneel and condemned Tang Zong for helping an outsider.
• Lin Bai mocked Tang Zong by suggesting he demonstrate how to kneel and beg for mercy, drawing laughter from the martial artists present.
• Lin Bai insulted Chou Yun Kui and warned Tang Zong that the Sword Dao Institute’s Elders Council could strip him of his Sword Ranking status.
• Lin Bai called out to Elder Pei Ji, and Tang Zong frantically searched for him.

Pei Ji appeared at the Pill Dao Academy and confronted Chou Yun Kui over the plot against Lin Bai and Tang Zong. As Pei Ji moved to punish Chou Yun Kui, two high-ranking elders of the Blade Dao Academy intervened, leaving the conflict between the academies poised to escalate.

• Pei Ji arrived at the arena, and Lu Qingyu defended Lin Bai while acknowledging the stakes for the Sword Dao Institute.
• Lin Bai told Pei Ji that Tang Zong might not survive if the matter were left to him, and Tang Zong knelt to beg forgiveness.
• Pei Ji questioned Chou Yun Kui, then unleashed his sword intent and pressured him until he spat blood.
• Ye Suxin recalled how Pei Ji had once protected Lin Duo by fighting elders from four academies.
• Pei Ji accused Chou Yun Kui of inciting conflict among Sword Dao Institute disciples and intensified his pressure.
• Yun Xun and Yun Hai of the Blade Dao Academy appeared, shattered Pei Ji's pressure, and answered Chou Yun Kui's plea for help.

Blade Dao Academy and Fist Dao Academy elders moved against Lin Bai and Tang Zong, while Sword Dao Institute elders arrived to defend them. As the academies gathered in the Pill Dao Academy arena, the rival elders prepared to fight.

• Chou Yun Kui appealed to Yun Xun and Yun Hai, who attacked Lin Bai and Tang Zong and sent them flying.
• Pei Ji drew his sword, and Yun Xun and Yun Hai challenged him to fight.
• Lin Baoyu arrived and joined Pei Ji, prompting Liu Jingfeng and Zuo Kai of the Fist Dao Academy to enter the dispute.
• Hong Su used her Sound Transmission Lute, and Ling Wu appeared to protect Lin Bai at Ye Suxin's request.
• Liu Jingfeng called for Lin Bai and Tang Zong to be crippled, but Pei Ji and Lin Baoyu stood in their way and challenged the Blade and Fist Dao Academy elders.

Lu Qingyu stopped the six high-ranking elders from fighting in the Pill Dao Academy arena and revealed that Lin Bai was the academy’s honorary vice dean. Liu Jingfeng abandoned his attempt to kill Lin Bai and left, while Gu Yueqing prepared to refine the Human Sovereign Pill.

• Lu Qingyu used his power to halt the elders’ clash and rebuked them for fighting in the Pill Dao Academy arena.
• Liu Jingfeng invoked Divine Relic Ridge’s rules to demand that Lin Bai and Tang Zong be punished, but Lu Qingyu said Lin Bai was the Pill Dao Academy’s honorary vice dean and threatened the Fist Dao Academy if he was harmed.
• Niu Wenbo joined Lu Qingyu in protecting Lin Bai, and Liu Jingfeng left the arena with Zuo Kai without attacking.
• Lu Qingyu criticized Pei Ji for nearly provoking a conflict among the academies and told him to apologize to Dugu Yun.
• Lu Qingyu asked Gu Yueqing to begin refining the Human Sovereign Pill and said Lin Bai had helped her learn how to refine it, astonishing Pei Ji and Lin Baoyu.

After the Sword Dao Academy settled the public dispute, Gu Yueqing began refining the Human Sovereign Pill while Lin Bai stood by her. The chapter ended with Chou Yun Kui leaving to await the result of his deadly wager with Lin Bai.

• Lu Qingyu ended the confrontation, and Lin Baoyu took Tang Zong back to the Sword Dao Academy for punishment while ordering Lin Bai to report to the Hall of Law Enforcement.
• Lin Bai dismissed Chou Yun Kui’s objections to using an ordinary pill furnace, and Gu Yueqing asked Chou Yun Kui to leave while she refined the pill.
• Lin Bai and Chou Yun Kui restated their wager: if Gu Yueqing failed, Chou Yun Kui could kill Lin Bai; if she succeeded, Chou Yun Kui would kneel and acknowledge Lin Bai as his master.
• Pei Ji agreed not to interfere in the private wager, and Chou Yun Kui left the arena.
• Gu Yueqing used the Prosperity Lotus Flame and began refining the Human Sovereign Pill as the gathered disciples watched.

Gu Yueqing refined the Human Sovereign Pill under Lin Bai’s guidance, and the furnace exploded just as the pill was forming. Lin Bai revealed seven finished pills in the ashes, leaving Chou Yun Kui refusing to believe the result.

• Gu Yueqing followed Lin Bai’s instructions while refining the Human Sovereign Pill, and its medicinal fragrance signaled that it was nearly complete.
• The pill furnace exploded, and Chou Yun Kui celebrated the apparent failure and demanded that Lin Bai pay their wager.
• Lin Bai explained the Heavenly Furnace Pill Refinement Art and swept away the ashes, revealing seven Human Sovereign Pills.
• Gu Yueqing joyfully gathered the pills, and Lu Qingyu confirmed that they were upper-grade Human Sovereign Pills.
• Chou Yun Kui denied that the pills were real and accused Lin Bai of secretly planting them.