Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai learned that Zhao Longtu had sent experts into the Primordial Wilds to capture him, then spent half a month hunting demonic beasts and pursuing a breakthrough to the eighth level of the Human Core Realm. The chapter ended as Hua Jingcheng and more than a dozen ninth-level experts cornered him.

• Lin Bai stopped just short of killing Sui Zirui, who revealed that Zhao Longtu had sent Zhu Kun, Wu Qing, Bai Chen, Chu Yi, Hua Jingcheng, Ning Yunlong, and others to capture Lin Bai for a chance to enter the Five Peaks.
• Lin Bai used Soul Search on Sui Zirui, confirmed his account, and killed him.
• Lin Bai resolved to reach the eighth level of the Human Core Realm, then hunted ninth-level demonic beasts and killed Hunter's List experts who tried to capture him.
• After half a month of hunting, Lin Bai killed an Eight-Horned Beast and realized he was close to breaking through.
• Hua Jingcheng arrived with more than a dozen ninth-level Human Core Realm experts and charged at Lin Bai.

Lin Bai fought the Blood Sword Squad after Hua Jingcheng found him in the Primordial Wilds. He killed Zhang Yun, Song Huan, and six other squad members, then attacked Hua Jingcheng.

• Hua Jingcheng found Lin Bai and ordered the Blood Sword Squad to capture him for a reward.
• Zhang Yun and Song Huan attacked Lin Bai, but Lin Bai killed Zhang Yun and then killed Song Huan after severing his arm.
• Hua Jingcheng and the six remaining Blood Sword Squad members surrounded Lin Bai and planned to cripple his dantian.
• Lin Bai unleashed his Flying Sword and killed all six ninth-level Human Core Realm members.
• Lin Bai challenged Hua Jingcheng and launched his Flying Sword at him.

Lin Bai battled Hua Jingcheng, using the Great Barren Art to turn the fight around after Hua Jingcheng’s powerful divine ability sent him flying. After killing Ning Yunlong and his companions, Lin Bai caught and killed Hua Jingcheng, leaving more than twenty academy powerhouses dead across the mountains.

• Hua Jingcheng’s Myriad Shadows clashed with Lin Bai’s One Sword into a Thousand, but Hua Jingcheng then struck Lin Bai with the mid-grade divine ability Star Shatter.
• As Hua Jingcheng moved to cripple Lin Bai’s dantian, Lin Bai unleashed the Great Barren Art and repelled his attack.
• Hua Jingcheng called on Ning Yunlong for help, and Ning Yunlong arrived with more than a dozen peak Human Core Realm Ninth-Layer martial artists.
• Lin Bai killed the charging martial artists with one slash, then beheaded Ning Yunlong when he tried to threaten him.
• Lin Bai caught Hua Jingcheng as he fled and killed him after breaking through his Myriad Shadows secret method.

Lin Bai killed Gu Hao, a demon from the Seventy-Two Demon Caves, and refined his demon blood to break through to the eighth level of the Human Core Realm. After the Great Barren Art’s power faded, Lin Bai was left weak as Ye Suxin and Hong Su arrived.

• Lin Bai exposed Gu Hao’s hiding place and learned that the rat demon ranked fifty-sixth on the Bounty List.
• Gu Hao attacked Lin Bai from within demonic mist and repeatedly ambushed him from underground, leaving five bloody gashes on his back.
• Lin Bai used an afterimage to bait Gu Hao, then killed him with Sweep of a Thousand Armies before he could escape underground.
• Lin Bai refined Gu Hao’s demon blood and reached the eighth level of the Human Core Realm.
• After the Great Barren Art ended, Lin Bai meditated to recover and warned the arriving Ye Suxin and Hong Su that he could not fight back yet.

Lin Bai sat helplessly in a mountain valley while Hunter's List experts gathered to capture him. As his pursuers and powerful figures from the Demon Race arrived, Lin Bai struggled to recover before Zhu Kun, Wu Qing, and the others reached him.

• Ye Suxin and Hong Su found Lin Bai injured, but left the valley after realizing he could not escape and other martial artists were closing in.
• Martial artists spread word that Lin Bai had been found, drawing Hunter's List experts from across the Primordial Wilds toward the valley.
• Gu Qiufeng and Meng Jinfei arrived, followed by Black Dragon, Fire Finch, and the Man-Eating Demon.
• Wu Qing, Zhu Kun, Bai Chen, and Chu Yi reached the valley with powerful allies, including Liu Jingfeng and Wu Qiu.
• Liu Jingfeng urged Wu Qing to cripple Lin Bai, while Wu Qiu told Chu Yi he had come to see Lin Bai's defeat.

As the academies and Demon Race gathered to capture Lin Bai, his Great Barren Art left him too weak to fight. Ye Suxin saved him from Wu Qing, then defied Zhu Kun as the Sword Dao Academy’s Nine Swords joined the battle.

• Wu Qing, Zhu Kun and the Nine Swords of Yun Hai, Chu Yi, and Bai Chen led forces toward Lin Bai while Black Dragon ordered the Demon Race to wait for the combatants to weaken each other.
• Wu Qing struck Lin Bai, who could not summon strength to retaliate because of the Great Barren Art’s effects.
• Ye Suxin rushed in and deflected Wu Qing’s attack as he tried to cripple Lin Bai’s dantian.
• Ye Suxin declared that no one would kill Lin Bai, and refused Zhu Kun’s order to step aside.
• Zhu Kun ordered the Nine Swords of Yun Hai to attack Ye Suxin and cripple Lin Bai.

Wu Qing, Zhu Kun, and the others tried to reach Lin Bai, but Hong Su intervened with her Thunder Control Tune. After Wu Qiu and Cai Yunqi attacked Hong Su, Ye Suxin’s guard Ling Wu revealed his Heaven Core Realm strength and clashed with Liu Jingfeng.

• Wu Qing and the others agreed to cripple Lin Bai, but Hong Su’s Thunder Control Tune summoned lightning that scattered them and badly wounded Qi Bing.
• Wu Qiu and Cai Yunqi attacked Hong Su together, drawing her attention away from Ye Suxin.
• Wu Qing, Zhu Kun, Bai Chen, and Chu Yi charged toward Lin Bai, but Ling Wu appeared and broke Wu Qing’s arm with a single punch.
• Liu Jingfeng confronted Ling Wu, and the two Heaven Core Realm experts fought to a standstill outside the mountain range.

Ye Suxin repeatedly risked her life to shield the helpless Lin Bai from Wu Qing and the other attackers. Just as Wu Qing’s final punch was about to kill her, Lin Bai rose and blocked it, vowing to kill everyone present.

• After Ling Wu was dragged from the mountains by Liu Jingfeng, Wu Qing and the other experts attacked Ye Suxin, who was quickly overwhelmed.
• Ye Suxin refused to leave Lin Bai despite his pleas, and Wu Qing struck him, shattering the wooden carving of Ye Suxin that he carried.
• Wu Qing crushed the carving and prepared to cripple Lin Bai, but Ye Suxin took attacks from both Zhu Kun and Wu Qing to protect him.
• Gravely injured, Ye Suxin kept standing between Lin Bai and the attackers, insisting that she would not let him die.
• As Wu Qing’s punch neared Ye Suxin’s head, Lin Bai extended an arm, blocked the blow, and roared that everyone present would die.

After recovering from the Great Barren Art’s weakness, Lin Bai avenged Ye Suxin by slaughtering Wu Qing and the other attackers, along with everyone else in the mountain valley. As the Demon Race watched, Black Dragon, Fire Finch, and Man-Eating Demon launched a new attack on Lin Bai and the human experts.

• Lin Bai caught the grievously injured Ye Suxin, then returned to the fight and killed Qi Bing, Kang Gang, and Ni Ming.
• Lin Bai fought Zhu Kun, Wu Qing, Bai Chen, and Chu Yi, killing Bai Chen and Chu Yi before reducing Wu Qing to ashes with his Flying Sword.
• Zhu Kun and the surviving academy disciples tried to retreat, but Lin Bai killed every martial artist in the mountain valley with one sword.
• Black Dragon, Fire Finch, and Man-Eating Demon decided Lin Bai was too dangerous to leave alive and led an attack against him.
• Black Dragon ordered Fire Devil, Water Demon, Rock King, Yellow Wind, and White Snake to target the three chief disciples, while the remaining cave masters moved to exterminate the human experts.

Lin Bai’s Supreme Sword killed the experts from Divine Relic Ridge’s nine academies, but Zhu Kun survived and accused him of stealing the forbidden art. Just as Lin Bai pursued Zhu Kun, Long Yuan—the Black Dragon and the bounty list’s top target—blocked his way.

• Lin Bai’s Supreme Sword strike killed the renowned experts, while Zhu Kun survived because his defensive gemstone absorbed the blow.
• Zhu Kun recognized Lin Bai’s technique as the Supreme Sword and told the gathered martial artists that Lin Bai had stolen the Sword Dao Institute’s forbidden teachings.
• Lin Bai emerged from the mountains carrying Ye Suxin and tried to kill Zhu Kun before he could report the Supreme Sword to the elders.
• A powerful attack forced Lin Bai to retreat, allowing Zhu Kun to escape into the Honghuang Realm’s jungle.
• The man in black introduced himself as Long Yuan, known as the Black Dragon, and Lin Bai recognized him as the bounty list’s two-hundred-thousand-point target.

Lin Bai faced Black Dragon, Fire Finch, and the Man-Eating Demon after revealing that he had killed Long Lie, but the three demons trapped him in Fire Finch’s Flame Prison and attacked together. The chapter left Lin Bai surrounded by their combined lethal techniques, with his fate unresolved.

• Lin Bai set Ye Suxin down in a safe place and refused her warning to flee from Black Dragon, who was first on the Bounty List.
• Lin Bai asked Black Dragon about Divine Dragon Blood, then revealed he had killed Long Lie and attacked him with his sword.
• Lin Bai and Black Dragon exchanged powerful blows that sent both of them flying, while Lin Bai recognized Fire Finch and the Man-Eating Demon as they joined the fight.
• The Man-Eating Demon attacked Lin Bai with a Grade Nine Spirit Tool, and Fire Finch enclosed him in a Flame Prison using her Nine-Colored Flames.
• Black Dragon and the Man-Eating Demon entered the fire prison and attacked Lin Bai together with Heaven-Piercing Spear and Mountain-Shaking Hammer.

Lin Bai fought off the Black Dragon, the Man-Eating Demon, and Fire Finch, killing each of them despite being trapped in Fire Finch’s Nine-Colored Flames. After defeating them, he absorbed the Black Dragon’s demonic blood.

• The Black Dragon, the Man-Eating Demon, and Fire Finch attacked Lin Bai while other Demon Race members ambushed the martial artists on the cliffs.
• Lin Bai killed the Man-Eating Demon with a lightning-charged sword strike after the demon transformed into a giant black tiger.
• Lin Bai used his flying sword to escape Fire Finch’s fire prison and killed her with a storm of sword shadows.
• The Black Dragon fled, but Lin Bai caught up with him and killed him with one sword.
• Lin Bai used the Devouring Sword Soul to absorb and refine the Black Dragon’s demonic blood.

Lin Bai reached the ninth level of the Human Core Realm after refining the demons’ blood, then rushed to protect Hong Su when a fresh group of demons attacked. He cut down demons across the mountain while Ye Suxin and Hong Su discussed the secret that Ye Wuhuan had sealed Lin Bai’s child.

• Lin Bai refined Black Dragon’s, the Fire Finch’s, and the Man-Eating Demon’s blood, advanced to the ninth level of the Human Core Realm, and collected their bodies for their bounties.
• Ye Suxin rejected Lin Bai’s help and deflected his questions about why she had saved him.
• Five demons ambushed Hong Su, Wu Qiu, and Cai Yunqi, and Wu Qiu and Cai Yunqi fled as demons overwhelmed the mountain.
• Lin Bai killed Rock King before he could strike down Hong Su, then charged into the fighting to rescue the martial artists.
• Hong Su joined Ye Suxin and warned that Lin Bai would storm the Five Peaks if he learned Ye Wuhuan had sealed his child using the Ice Hibernation Art.

Lin Bai saved the besieged martial artists at Dragon Burial Ravine, killing more than thirty Demon Race members and driving off the rest. The battle made his name famous across War Soul City and the Primordial Wilds, while he remained unaware that he had been placed on the Demon Race’s Bounty List.

• Lin Bai slew more than thirty Demon Race members, forcing the survivors to flee, and the rescued martial artists thanked him.
• Ling Wu defeated Liu Jingfeng, who retreated after threatening Lin Bai, while Ye Suxin left with Ling Wu and Hong Su before Lin Bai could reach her.
• Lin Bai returned to War Soul City, and the ravine was named Dragon Burial Ravine after nearly three hundred experts died in the battle.
• The surviving Demon Race members reported the losses to Dragon Emperor, and Lin Bai was placed ninth on the Demon Race’s Bounty List with a reward of one hundred thousand points.
• Lin Bai entered War Soul City’s points exchange hall carrying more than twenty Bounty List demonic beasts, including Black Dragon, Man-Eating Demon, and Fire Finch.

Lin Bai exchanged the corpses of thirty-seven Bounty List demons for 1.3 million points at War Soul City’s Points Exchange Hall. After evading people who followed him, he returned under another identity to exchange Long Lie’s corpse for another 100,000 points, then headed to the Black Market to sell more demons.

• Lin Bai brought thirty-seven Bounty List demon corpses to the Points Exchange Hall, astonishing Qin Lu and the martial artists there.
• Qin Lu calculated the reward and transferred 1.3 million points to Lin Bai’s Identity Token.
• Lin Bai noticed several martial artists following him and used the Ghostly Disguise Technique to return to the Points Exchange Hall unnoticed.
• Lin Bai exchanged Long Lie’s corpse for 100,000 points using Wu Song’s Identity Token.
• Lin Bai decided to visit the Black Market and sell the ninth-level Human Core Realm demons in his Storage Bag.

Lin Bai entered the Black Market in War Soul City and sold a huge haul of demon beasts for five hundred thousand points. After hearing that a major auction was being held ahead of the Hero Ranking competition, he decided to attend in search of a Spirit Tool and a body-tempering technique.

• Lin Bai followed directions to the Black Market's underground plaza and entered the Demon Slayer Hall to sell his demon beasts.
• Lin Bai brought out nine batches of ninth-level Human Core Realm demon beasts, astonishing the appraiser, Hong Liang.
• Hong Liang valued the beasts at five hundred thousand points, which he transferred to Lin Bai's Identity Token.
• Hong Liang told Lin Bai about the Black Market's annual large-scale auction before the Hero Ranking competition at Divine Relic Ridge.
• Lin Bai agreed to attend the auction to look for a suitable Spirit Tool and a body-tempering technique.

Lin Bai attended the Black Market’s large auction, where Gong Chan guided him to a VIP room and explained the value of the first item. The auction began with the Blood Emperor Blade, and Zhao Yongsheng introduced Python Dragon Transformation as a later lot.

• An old man introduced Gong Chan to Lin Bai, and she escorted him to the auction while trying to learn which academy he belonged to.
• Gong Chan brought Lin Bai to an exclusive VIP room and explained that host Zhao Yongsheng’s appearances usually signaled valuable treasures.
• Zhao Yongsheng opened the auction with the Grade Nine Spirit Tool Blood Emperor Blade, which Gong Chan estimated would sell for around seventy thousand points.
• After fierce bidding, a VIP buyer purchased the Blood Emperor Blade for seventy-seven thousand points.
• Zhao Yongsheng announced the body-refining technique Python Dragon Transformation as the next auction item.

Lin Bai recognized the Python Dragon Transformation as a body-tempering technique he wanted and entered a bidding war with Wu Qiu, the chief disciple of the Hatchling Dragon Academy. The bids climbed to two hundred thousand points, and Lin Bai stood to face Wu Qiu after Wu Qiu challenged him to reveal himself.

• Gong Chan explained that the Python Dragon Transformation could let its practitioner fight opponents up to the Heaven Core Realm, though it became useless beyond that realm.
• The auction for the Python Dragon Transformation began at five thousand points, and bidding in the square rose to thirty thousand.
• Wu Qiu bid fifty thousand points from the VIP area, and Gong Chan identified him as the chief disciple of the Hatchling Dragon Academy and a body-tempering martial artist.
• Lin Bai recognized Wu Qiu as an enemy and repeatedly outbid him, driving the price past one hundred thousand points.
• Wu Qiu raised his bid to one hundred and ninety thousand points, and Lin Bai answered with two hundred thousand.
• Wu Qiu stood and asked Lin Bai to reveal himself, so Lin Bai rose and faced him without backing down.

Lin Bai outbid Wu Qiu for the Python Dragon Transformation manual, then recognized a grain of Eternal Sand at auction and resolved to obtain it. Cai Yunqi also wanted the sand for a weapon he was forging, setting up a bidding contest.

• Lin Bai revealed himself to Wu Qiu and outbid him for Python Dragon Transformation, while Cai Yunqi suggested they could kill Lin Bai and reclaim the manual.
• Wu Qiu stopped bidding, and Lin Bai paid two hundred thousand points to take the manual.
• Zhao Yongsheng presented a grain of golden sand, and Lin Bai recognized it as the rare Eternal Sand needed to refine flying swords.
• Cai Yunqi told Wu Qiu he was determined to obtain the Eternal Sand because it was the last material he needed for a weapon.
• Zhao Yongsheng opened bidding for the Eternal Sand.

Lin Bai recognized a grain of Eternal Sand at the Black Market auction and outbid Cai Yunqi to obtain it for two hundred thousand points. He asked Gong Chan to find the seller, then turned his attention to the next auction item, a Purple Cloud Sword.

• Lin Bai recognized the golden sand as Eternal Sand, then waited as Cai Yunqi drove the bidding to fifty thousand points and asked the crowd not to compete.
• Lin Bai bid sixty thousand points just before Zhao Yongsheng closed the auction, starting a bidding war with Cai Yunqi.
• Lin Bai raised his bid to two hundred thousand points, and Cai Yunqi gave up after Wu Qiu advised him to stop.
• Lin Bai paid two hundred thousand points for the Eternal Sand and asked Gong Chan to find its anonymous seller, offering her thirty thousand points for the help.
• Gong Chan gave Lin Bai a Voice Transmission Command Talisman, and Zhao Yongsheng presented a Purple Cloud Sword forged by Xun Han.