Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai refined the secret realm’s fortune and broke through to the third level of the Earth Core Realm, then was transported back to the Nine Academies’ central square. Dugu Yun shielded him from the hostility of the academy leaders, while Hua Yuxian and the Blade Fiend left to pursue their plans at the Five Peaks.

• Hua Yuxian and the Blade Fiend discussed Lin Bai’s victory, crossed dead geniuses off a list, and added Lin Bai as a valuable prospect for the Holy Sect.
• Hua Yuxian told the Blade Fiend to go with her to the Five Peaks and have their hidden agents investigate what they were seeking.
• Lin Bai refined seventy-two zhang of fortune and advanced from the ninth level of the Human Core Realm to the third level of the Earth Core Realm.
• The Spirit Breaking Pearl shattered and transported Lin Bai out of the secret realm to the central square, where seven figures directed killing intent at him.
• Dugu Yun stepped in front of Lin Bai, apologized to the other academies, and defused their hostility by promising gifts.
• The Fist Dao Academy’s dean congratulated Dugu Yun and predicted that Lin Bai would become Divine Relic Ridge’s fourth Sect Master.

Lin Bai topped the Hero Ranking after the secret-realm fortune battle, and five Sword Dao Institute disciples made the list. At the Elders Council, Dugu Yun asked the five Earth Core Realm disciples whether they wanted to go to the Five Peaks, and Lin Bai accepted so he could pursue a meeting with Su Yanhua.

• Zhao Longtu announced Lin Bai as first on the Hero Ranking with seventy-two zhang of fortune, followed by Ye Jianqiu and Jian Ruohan, while five Sword Dao Institute disciples placed in the top ten.
• Zhao Longtu said Earth Core Realm martial artists could choose to go to the Five Peaks, and Lin Bai resolved to become the Five Peaks Holy Son to meet Su Yanhua and learn about Lin Duo.
• Dugu Yun brought Lin Bai, Jian Ruohan, Ye Jianqiu, Long Qingfeng, and Hua Yuxian to the Elders Council and asked whether they wished to cultivate at the Five Peaks.
• Lin Bai confronted Long Qingfeng about the Dragon Slayer Sword, but Long Qingfeng insisted it was his family's inherited art.
• Lin Bai immediately said he wished to go to the Five Peaks.

Lin Bai and four other disciples chose to leave the Sword Dao Institute for the Five Peaks, which Dugu Yun revealed was a battlefield. Lin Bai accepted protective Sword Qi, disclosed that he had mastered the Supreme Sword, and prepared to depart after promising to stay alive and meet Tang Bufan at the Five Peaks.

• Lin Bai, Jian Ruohan, Ye Jianqiu, Long Qingfeng, and Hua Yuxian chose to go to the Five Peaks, and Dugu Yun said envoys would arrive in ten days to take them there.
• Lin Bai reminded Pei Ji of their agreement and said he had won first place on the Hero Ranking for the Sword Dao Institute.
• Dugu Yun told Lin Bai that the Five Peaks were a battlefield and gave him three strands of Sword Qi capable of killing ninth-level Heaven Core Realm martial artists.
• Lin Bai revealed that he had mastered the Supreme Sword, and Dugu Yun warned him that the Fist Dao Academy might target him for it.
• Lin Bai returned to Shadow Mountain, where he learned Tang Bufan and Lin Ling had both reached the ninth level of the Human Core Realm.
• Lin Bai drank with Tang Bufan and promised to wait for him at the Five Peaks.

Lin Bai and the other Sword Dao Institute disciples left for the Five Peaks, where Jiang Jun brought them through a hidden formation. They arrived before five enormous mountains filled with cities and martial artists.

• Tang Bufan saw Lin Bai off as Lin Bai prepared to leave Shadow Mountain No. 81.
• Lin Bai met Jian Ruohan, Ye Jianqiu, Hua Yuxian, Long Qingfeng, and the others at the Sword Dao Institute before Jiang Jun arrived to escort them.
• Dugu Yun told the disciples to take care and Lin Bai bowed to him before boarding Jiang Jun's spirit boat.
• After nine days of travel, Jiang Jun announced the group's return and voices opened a hidden passage through the forest.
• Lin Bai and the others passed through the formation and saw the Five Peaks, five towering mountains containing vast cities.

Jiang Jun brought Lin Bai, Ye Jianqiu, and Jian Ruohan to the Fifth Peak and explained that the enormous battlefield nearby was the long-lost ruins of the Crimson Immortal Sect. As the group prepared to land, Long Qingfeng decided to report the ruins to the Azure Dragon Empire.

• Jiang Jun piloted the spirit boat toward the Fifth Peak and told Lin Bai and his companions that the surrounding wasteland was the Crimson Immortal Sect's former territory.
• Jiang Jun explained that the powerful sect had vanished overnight and that Luo Qi later uncovered its sealed ruins, where tens of millions of disciples had died.
• Jiang Jun said Luo Qi founded the Divine Relic Ridge Martial Artists' Alliance to explore the ruins, which humans and the Demon Race now shared under an agreement barring Sky Realm experts.
• Jiang Jun warned Lin Bai and the others of powerful demons and a rumored disaster connected to the Crimson Immortal Sect's destruction.
• Long Qingfeng resolved to send news of the ruins to the Azure Dragon Empire so it could seize them and rise to power.

Lin Bai and the others registered as members of the Martial Alliance of Divine Relic Ridge and learned about the dangers and hierarchy of the Five Peaks. Lin Bai set his sights on becoming the Holy Son, then heard that Ye Jianjun had won the title five years earlier.

• Jiang Jun brought Lin Bai and the others to complete their registration, where Senior Brother Tan warned them that demons had slaughtered more than a hundred martial artists at a newly discovered Seven Stars Relic.
• Senior Brother Tan inscribed their Identity Tokens, gave them guides and a map, and explained that they could settle only on Third Peak, Fourth Peak, or Fifth Peak.
• Jiang Jun explained that the Holy Son was the strongest martial artist beneath the three Sect Masters and was also known as the future Fourth Sect Master; Lin Bai resolved to pursue the title.
• Jiang Jun explained that Spirit Sons were chosen as the strongest Earth Core Realm martial artists and that Ye Jianjun had risen from Spirit Son to Holy Son five years earlier.
• Ye Jianqiu reacted to Ye Jianjun's name with a faint, strange smile.

Lin Bai and the others chose their residences on the Five Peaks, and Lin Bai settled into Tempest Cave. He studied the Five Peaks Essentials to learn how the peaks were organized and how relics in the Crimson Immortal Sect battlefield were ranked.

• Jiang Jun explained that Spirit Children were the Five Peaks’ backbone and compared them to the Demon Race’s great demons, while Demon Commanders and the Holy Son stood higher in their respective hierarchies.
• Lin Bai chose Tempest Cave on the Fifth Peak, Jian Ruohan chose a nearby residence, Ye Jianqiu and Long Qingfeng chose residences on the Fourth Peak, and Hua Yuxian chose an isolated cave on the Fifth Peak.
• Jiang Jun departed after giving the new disciples their residence tokens and information, and the group headed toward their chosen homes.
• Lin Bai told Jian Ruohan that he intended to become a Spirit Child and then the Holy Son, but kept his reasons secret to protect Lin Duo.
• Lin Bai reached Tempest Cave, tidied it, and read about the Five Peaks, the Spirit Child Hall, and the one-to-nine-star relic classifications.

Lin Bai learned that the Five Peaks concealed the Crimson Immortal Sect’s ruins, then visited Scattering Star Hall to choose a dangerous site where he could grow stronger. He found a newly discovered seven-star direct disciple’s cave residence already contested by a Holy Son and powerful demons.

• Lin Bai read that the Crimson Immortal Sect had been a vast, powerful sect and that the Five Peaks kept its location secret to protect Divine Relic Ridge.
• Lin Bai wondered whether Bai Xiaoxiao lived on the First Peak and decided to visit Scattering Star Hall to find opportunities to improve his strength.
• Lin Bai went to Scattering Star Hall, where he examined ruins of various ranks and their dangers.
• Lin Bai discovered a newly reported seven-star cave residence belonging to a Crimson Immortal Sect direct disciple who had been an alchemist.
• Lin Bai learned that a Holy Son and great demons had already entered the ruin, and that martial artists below the seventh level of the Earth Core Realm were unlikely to survive.

Lin Bai decided to explore the newly discovered Seven Stars Relic for its pills and powerful demons, despite the dangers. Jian Ruohan and Ye Jianqiu urged him to join them at a fourth-level relic, while Dou Ning ridiculed his decision; Lin Bai left after trading insults with Dou Ning.

• Lin Bai chose the Seven Stars Relic as the best place to seek pills, fight demons, and advance his cultivation.
• Lin Bai met Jian Ruohan, Ye Jianqiu, and Dou Ning near the relic, and Dou Ning dismissed Lin Bai's Hero Ranking victory.
• Jian Ruohan invited Lin Bai to join their group in exploring a fourth-level relic, but Lin Bai said he planned to enter the Seven Stars Relic.
• Ye Jianqiu warned Lin Bai about the relic's danger, while Dou Ning mocked him and predicted he would die.
• Lin Bai retorted that Dou Ning had never qualified for the Hero Ranking, then left after cautioning Jian Ruohan and Ye Jianqiu.
• Jian Ruohan watched Lin Bai leave with a cold glint and killing intent in her eyes.

Lin Bai traveled from Second Peak to the newly discovered Seven Stars Relic, the mountain abode of a Crimson Immortal Sect direct disciple. After exploring an empty palace, he met Kang Yiyang and Kang Shiyun, who invited him to join their group for safety.

• Lin Bai used Second Peak's teleportation formation and arrived in a lifeless canyon three thousand li from the Seven Stars Relic.
• Lin Bai flew to the relic and saw martial artists battling across the mountain as they searched for the direct disciple's cave abode.
• Lin Bai entered a collapsed palace and found strange claw marks on its stone walls.
• Kang Yiyang and Kang Shiyun arrived with four other martial artists and questioned Lin Bai about why he was exploring alone.
• Lin Bai claimed he had been separated from his friends, and Kang Yiyang invited him to travel with their group.

Lin Bai joined Kang Yiyang’s group as they headed toward the mountaintop, but persuaded them to investigate a small house that others had dismissed as a latrine. Inside, Lin Bai and Kang Shiyun found an ancient stone door behind a weakened restriction, and they approached it expecting something important beyond.

• Wang Yanbo objected to Lin Bai joining the group, but Kang Yiyang insisted that they travel together.
• Lin Bai pointed out a small house beside the palace, and Kang Yiyang decided to investigate it despite Wang Yanbo’s complaints.
• Kang Yiyang’s group entered the house and found rooms that showed it had once been someone’s residence.
• Kang Shiyun broke a weakened array restriction and revealed a decayed stone door at the end of a passage.
• Lin Bai and Kang Shiyun approached the stone door, with Kang Shiyun offering to protect him.

Lin Bai and Kang Shiyun found a skeleton in a hidden room, along with treasures and an old map of the mountain’s restrictions and halls. After Lin Bai realized the map could lead him to the Personal Disciple Hall, he rushed outside to find the others facing three Demon Race figures.

• Kang Shiyun broke through the weakened restriction on a stone door, and she and Lin Bai found a dried corpse bearing the same claw marks Lin Bai had seen elsewhere.
• Kang Shiyun opened the corpse’s Storage Bag and found rare materials, treasures for forging a Supreme Martial Spirit Tool, and a Crimson Immortal Sect cultivation manual.
• Lin Bai discovered a hidden box beneath the skeleton and found a map that appeared to show the mountain’s restrictions and the location of the Personal Disciple Hall.
• Lin Bai heard a fight outside and found Kang Yiyang, Kang Shiyun, Wang Yanbo, and the others facing three powerful Demon Race figures.

Lin Bai and Kang Shiyun’s group were attacked by three sixth-level Earth Core Realm members of the Demon Race, and Wang Yanbo fled after sacrificing Wang Chong. With the others defeated and Kang Shiyun in danger, Lin Bai stepped in and revealed his ninth-grade sword intent.

• Kang Yiyang and the others fought the three demons, but Wang Chong was badly injured and Wang Yanbo shoved him toward a demon before escaping.
• The demons killed Wang Chong, then overwhelmed Kang Yiyang, Kang Shiyun, and the remaining disciples.
• A demon lunged at Kang Shiyun, but Lin Bai struck it back with a flash of sword light.
• Lin Bai refused Kang Yiyang’s plea to flee and confronted the three demons, displaying ninth-grade sword intent as he unleashed the first form of the Supreme Sword.

Lin Bai defeated and killed three demon-tiger brothers who had attacked Kang Yiyang, Kang Shiyun, and the others. After revealing his strength, he prepared to leave alone while the injured disciples returned to the Five Peaks.

• Lin Bai fought the three demons with both swords, stunning Kang Yiyang and Kang Shiyun with his strength.
• Lin Bai met one demon’s attack head-on and killed him with Wandering the World with a Sword.
• The two remaining demon tigers revealed their true forms, and Lin Bai killed them both with Heaven's Collapse.
• Lin Bai stored the three demon-tiger corpses and told Kang Yiyang and Kang Shiyun that he would leave on his own.
• Kang Yiyang and the injured disciples decided to return to the Five Peaks, while Kang Shiyun reproached Lin Bai for hiding his strength.

Lin Bai reached the Personal Disciple Hall and found warriors and demons locked in a fierce battle outside. After Meng Yue saved him and warned him to leave, Lin Bai killed a demon blocking his way and entered the hall to search for treasures.

• Kang Yiyang led the injured disciples away from the Seven Stars Relic, and Lin Bai used his map to fly toward the Personal Disciple Hall.
• Lin Bai found hundreds of powerful warriors and demons fighting outside the hall and tried to slip past them unnoticed.
• A demon attacked Lin Bai, but Meng Yue killed it and warned Lin Bai that the battlefield was too dangerous for a third-stage Earth Core Realm warrior.
• Meng Yue explained that warriors had fought the demons outside the hall for more than ten days while the great demons and spirit disciples had entered the hall.
• Lin Bai tricked Meng Yue, killed a sixth-stage Earth Core Realm demon with his two swords, and entered the Personal Disciple Hall.

Lin Bai found the Personal Disciple’s pill room, broke its Formation restriction, and collected every pill inside. Five disciples caught him in the act and attacked, leaving a battle about to erupt.

• Lin Bai followed a hidden shortcut through the Personal Disciple Hall and reached the sealed pill room.
• Lin Bai broke the Formation restriction on the stone door and entered the room, where shelves held many jade bottles of pills.
• Lin Bai identified valuable Yellow Saint Pills, Nine Forging Pills, and other rare pills, then stuffed every bottle into his Storage Bag.
• Five disciples arrived, discovered Lin Bai had taken the pills, and attacked him to seize his Storage Bag.

Lin Bai escaped the pill chamber with its pills, but a pursuit through the Personal Disciple Hall drew a crowd of martial artists and the powerful Shi Banhu. While searching for a way out, Lin Bai came face-to-face with Su Cang, who had become Divine Relic Ridge’s Spirit Son.

• Lin Bai used the Supreme Sword’s Sword Heart Clarity and the Nine Revolution Sword Step to break past five martial artists and flee the pill chamber, deciding to return for a Personal Disciple’s Storage Bag after growing stronger.
• The five men pursued Lin Bai through the Personal Disciple Hall and alerted a gathered crowd that he had taken the pill chamber’s pills, prompting the martial artists to chase him.
• Shi Banhu attacked Lin Bai for the pills, but Lin Bai tossed him a bottle of rotten pills, causing other martial artists to attack Shi Banhu before he killed them and resumed the pursuit.
• Lin Bai searched a map for an escape route as the pursuing crowd announced the Spirit Son’s arrival and claimed Lin Bai had the pills.
• Lin Bai recognized the Spirit Son as Su Cang, his former enemy from the Spirit Sword Sect, and learned that Su Cang had joined Divine Relic Ridge and become its Spirit Son.

Lin Bai fought Su Cang in the Personal Disciple Hall, but Xiang Nong’s ambush left him badly wounded and surrounded by demons and enemies. With the Great Barren Art exhausted and no escape, Lin Bai unleashed one of Dugu Yun’s lifesaving strands of Sword Qi at Su Cang and Xiang Nong.

• Su Cang confronted Lin Bai over their past feud and attacked him with a ninth-grade spirit sword.
• Lin Bai used the Great Barren Art to boost his strength, deflected Su Cang’s strike, and fought back with Sword Heart Clarity.
• Xiang Nong learned Lin Bai had taken the pills from the pill chambers and struck him with a spiked club, sending him into the ruins.
• Lin Bai tried to flee, but four great demons blocked his path while Su Cang cut off his retreat.
• As Su Cang and Xiang Nong charged at him, Lin Bai unleashed one of Dugu Yun’s Sword Qi strands, powerful enough to kill a ninth-stage Heaven Core Realm warrior.

Lin Bai used Dugu Yun's Sword Qi to escape Su Cang and Xiang Nong, then discovered and took the Personal Disciple's remains and Storage Bag as the hall collapsed. He fled the Seven Stars Relic by Flying Sword with the pills and both great fortunes, while his pursuers swore in fury and Lin Bai promised to kill them the next time they met.

• Lin Bai unleashed Dugu Yun's Sword Qi, killing two great demons and forcing Su Cang and Xiang Nong back as the Personal Disciple Hall began to collapse.
• Lin Bai found the Personal Disciple's skeleton in a hidden chamber beneath a quiet room and took the remains and Storage Bag before escaping the hall.
• Su Cang, Xiang Nong, and other martial artists attacked Lin Bai outside, but he rode his Flying Sword into the sky and escaped with the pills.
• Lin Bai warned Su Cang and the Demon Race that he would kill them in their next encounter, while the furious crowd realized he had claimed both great fortunes in the relic.

Lin Bai fell from the sky after the Great Barren Art weakened him, and Kang Yiyang and Kang Shiyun found and rescued him. When the siblings realized others were hunting the sword cultivator who had taken the Personal Disciple Hall’s treasures, they tried to leave with Lin Bai, but Spirit Son Zhang Xiao became suspicious.

• The Great Barren Art’s weakness made Lin Bai lose control of his spiritual power, and he crashed into the ground from a thousand meters up.
• Kang Shiyun recognized Lin Bai in the crater, and Kang Yiyang carried the badly injured Lin Bai toward the teleportation point.
• At the valley, martial artists discussed a flying third-level Earth Core Realm sword cultivator who had taken the Personal Disciple Hall’s treasures, and the Kang siblings realized they meant Lin Bai.
• Kang Yiyang and Kang Shiyun tried to leave the valley with Lin Bai to keep him from the nine Spirit Sons and other powerful martial artists.
• Zhang Xiao questioned Kang Yiyang about the injured person on his back and challenged his explanation that Lin Bai was a friend hurt by the Demon Race.