Chapter Summaries

Kang Yiyang and Kang Shiyun tried to get the gravely wounded Lin Bai out of the teleportation point, but Zhang Xiao exposed him and a horde of martial artists gave chase. The siblings split up to protect Lin Bai, and Kang Shiyun hid with him while he recovered, leaving them worried about Kang Yiyang’s fate.

• Zhang Xiao grew suspicious of Kang Yiyang carrying an injured companion toward the battlefield and tore away the robe covering Lin Bai, revealing his identity to the martial artists at the teleportation point.
• Su Cang, Meng Yue, Shi Banhu, the nine Spirit Children, and more than a thousand martial artists rushed after Lin Bai to seize the treasures from the Personal Disciple Hall.
• Kang Yiyang handed Lin Bai to Kang Shiyun, then carried a wood-stuffed robe as a decoy and fled in another direction to draw most of the pursuers away.
• Kang Shiyun carried Lin Bai into a dense forest, where he apologized for involving her and said he expected his injuries to heal in three days.
• Kang Shiyun dug a small cave into a mountainside and concealed its entrance so Lin Bai could recover while she waited to look for Kang Yiyang.

Lin Bai recovered from the Great Barren Art’s side effects while hiding with Kang Shiyun, but Weng Wei and his men discovered their cave. Weng Wei recognized Lin Bai and threatened Kang Shiyun, intending to toy with her before taking Lin Bai’s treasures.

• Lin Bai and Kang Shiyun discussed the Kang Lineage’s code of repaying debts and the cost of Lin Bai’s escape from the Personal Disciple Hall.
• Two days passed, and Lin Bai’s weakness from the Great Barren Art began to fade.
• Kang Shiyun spotted Weng Wei and several fifth-stage Earth Core Realm martial artists approaching, then smeared mud on Lin Bai’s face to hide him.
• Weng Wei cut through the branches at the cave entrance and found Kang Shiyun and Lin Bai.
• Weng Wei’s men identified Lin Bai, and Weng Wei demanded Kang Shiyun endure three palm strikes while he and his men planned to seize Lin Bai’s treasures.

Weng Wei tricked Kang Shiyun into enduring three palms, then broke his promise and attacked her while she was badly injured. As Weng Wei and the other disciples closed in, Lin Bai emerged from the cave and struck Weng Wei between the legs.

• Lin Bai warned Kang Shiyun that Weng Wei was setting a trap, but she agreed to take three palms in exchange for his leaving.
• Weng Wei struck Kang Shiyun three times, severely injuring her, and then refused to honor his promise.
• Kang Shiyun attacked Weng Wei with her spear, but he knocked her down and the disciples surrounded her.
• Lin Bai emerged from the cave with two swords and wounded Weng Wei between the legs.

Lin Bai killed Weng Wei and five Earth Core Realm martial artists, then fled from Wei Tianyi, whose Flying Dragon Fish Martial Soul let him pursue through the air. An anti-airborne formation forced them down in a strange mountain range, where Lin Bai escaped into the forest as Wei Tianyi and other Spirit Sons searched for him; Su Cang arrived carrying the battered Kang Yiyang.

• Lin Bai severed Weng Wei's manhood, killed the five martial artists who attacked him, and then killed Weng Wei as Wei Tianyi's group approached.
• Lin Bai picked up the weakened Kang Shiyun and escaped on his flying sword, while Wei Tianyi activated his Flying Dragon Fish Martial Soul and pursued them through the sky.
• An anti-airborne formation forced Lin Bai and Wei Tianyi to land in an unfamiliar black mountain range, where Wei Tianyi shattered Lin Bai's attacks.
• Lin Bai used the sixth revolution of the Nine Revolution Sword Step to vanish into the forest, and Wei Tianyi began searching for him.
• Shi Banhu, Meng Yue, Su Cang, Zhang Xiao, and other Spirit Sons arrived in the mountain range, with Su Cang carrying the badly wounded Kang Yiyang.

Lin Bai brought the badly injured Kang Shiyun into the newly appeared Black Mountain Range as martial artists entered it in search of the Crimson Immortal Sect’s lost foundation. With Wei Tianyi still pursuing them, Lin Bai prepared to swallow the pills he had taken from the Personal Disciple Hall to strengthen himself.

• Su Cang, Wei Tianyi, Zhang Xiao, and the other Sword Children entered the Black Mountain Range, followed by thousands of powerful martial artists who suspected it held a Crimson Immortal Sect relic.
• Lin Bai carried Kang Shiyun deeper into the range, set her down, and gave her healing pills for her severe injuries.
• Lin Bai began treating his own wounds and decided to refine the pills from the Personal Disciple Hall to raise his cultivation before Wei Tianyi caught up.
• Kang Shiyun warned Lin Bai that swallowing many pills at once was wasteful, but Lin Bai said he did not need a cultivation method to refine them.
• Lin Bai gave Kang Shiyun more high-grade healing pills, and she began recovering while acknowledging that the pills made his pursuers’ greed understandable.

Lin Bai used the ancient pills to advance to the sixth level of the Earth Core Realm and complete the second layer of Python Dragon Transformation. He then searched the personal disciple’s skeleton and discovered a damaged Supreme Martial Spirit Tool, the Emperor’s Heart Sword.

• Lin Bai swallowed pills until he advanced from the third to the sixth level of the Earth Core Realm, while Kang Shiyun watched in shock.
• Lin Bai used the remaining body-refinement pills to cultivate the second layer of Python Dragon Transformation, enduring a painful shedding of his skin.
• Lin Bai explained that the completed technique let him withstand attacks from Heaven Core Realm experts, and Kang Shiyun worried about his growing strength.
• Lin Bai examined the personal disciple’s skeleton and found a Storage Bag containing a cracked sword, a blueprint, and a thick book.
• Lin Bai and Kang Shiyun recognized the sword as the Supreme Martial Spirit Tool Emperor’s Heart, which could unleash its power only three more times.

Lin Bai found Emperor's Heart Sword, a complete map of the Crimson Immortal Sect, and the diary of its former personal disciple, Li Ze. The diary revealed how the sect fell to monsters, leaving Lin Bai and Kang Shiyun with the account of its destruction.

• Lin Bai learned that Emperor's Heart Sword could be used three more times before it shattered, then stored it away.
• Lin Bai and Kang Shiyun discovered that the sheepskin scroll was a complete map of the Crimson Immortal Sect, and Lin Bai decided to keep it.
• Lin Bai opened Li Ze's diary and learned that the Crimson Immortal Sect required at least a first-grade Heaven-level Martial Soul for entry.
• Lin Bai and Kang Shiyun read how Li Ze forged Emperor's Heart Sword, placed third among more than nine hundred thousand inner disciples, and became a personal disciple.
• Li Ze's diary recounted a fifteen-year battle against monsters, the deaths of the sect's disciples and Sect Master, and the Crimson Immortal Sect's destruction.

After reading Li Ze’s diary about the Crimson Immortal Sect’s destruction, Lin Bai and Kang Shiyun realized they were in Black Radiance Soul Mountain and set out to find its altar to awaken a second spirit. Their search was interrupted by Shi Banhu, and Lin Bai attacked him to test his new strength.

• Lin Bai and Kang Shiyun read Li Ze’s diary, which described the Crimson Immortal Sect fighting an unknown monster for fifteen years before being destroyed.
• Lin Bai recognized the Black Mountain Range on their map as Black Radiance Soul Mountain, where Crimson Immortal Sect personal disciples could attempt to awaken a second spirit.
• Lin Bai and Kang Shiyun searched the mountain for its altar but found no trace of it after half a day.
• Shi Banhu arrived and confronted Lin Bai and Kang Shiyun over their past encounter.
• Though Kang Shiyun urged him to flee, Lin Bai drew his swords and charged at Shi Banhu.

Lin Bai defeated and killed Shi Banhu, then learned that Su Cang was the only Heaven Core Realm martial artist nearby and that the Spirit Child Battle would take place in a month. As Kang Shiyun explained the Saint Child challenge, Lin Bai spotted what might be the Second Martial Soul Altar.

• Lin Bai overpowered Shi Banhu with his sword techniques and sent him flying despite Shi Banhu's God Slaying Blade martial soul secret method.
• Lin Bai questioned Shi Banhu, learned that Su Cang was the only Heaven Core Realm martial artist present, and killed him.
• Kang Shiyun told Lin Bai that the Spirit Child Battle was a month away and explained how martial artists could challenge the Saint Child.
• Lin Bai pointed toward a distant structure and asked Kang Shiyun if it was the Second Martial Soul Altar.

Lin Bai activated the Second Martial Soul Altar using the rune Fisherman had left on him, which identified him as a direct disciple of the Crimson Immortal Sect. He entered the Soul Storage Space to challenge the Martial Soul Awakening Road, while Fisherman revealed that Lin Bai belonged to the Devouring Clan.

• Lin Bai and Kang Shiyun found the Second Martial Soul Altar, but it recognized Lin Bai as a Crimson Immortal Sect direct disciple and cast Kang Shiyun off.
• Lin Bai recalled that Fisherman had left the rune on his forehead and realized it granted him access to the altar.
• The altar transported Lin Bai to the Soul Storage Space, where a voice explained the martial soul grades and the challenge to awaken a second martial soul.
• Lin Bai stepped onto the Martial Soul Awakening Road and attacked the first Spirit Puppet with his Purple Cloud Sword.
• Fisherman told an ancient white-haired elder that Lin Bai was a member of the Devouring Clan, and the elder said they should prepare for events to end through him.

Lin Bai fought through ever larger waves of Spirit Puppets in the Martial Soul Path, searching for recognition from a powerful Martial Soul. After killing 360 more puppets, he received recognition from a Yellow Grade Ninth-Rank Martial Soul, rejected it, and continued onward.

• Lin Bai discovered that the Spirit Puppets' strength matched his own and defeated the first five without lighting any Martial Soul lamps.
• Lin Bai fought increasingly numerous groups of Spirit Puppets, eventually cutting down 108 while suffering severe injuries and exhausting his spiritual power.
• Lin Bai used his flying sword to kill waves of 180 and 240 Spirit Puppets, then defeated another 360.
• A lamp revealed that the Spirit Light Battle Axe was a Yellow Grade Ninth-Rank Martial Soul, but Lin Bai rejected its recognition and pressed farther into the path.

Lin Bai fought through the Martial Soul Path and passed up an Emperor Grade Ancient Dragon Soul because he wanted to find a God-Rank Soul. After defeating more than two thousand four hundred Spirit Puppets, he saw a Near God-Rank Martial Soul called the God-Seizing Soul.

• Lin Bai battled through more than seven hundred and twenty Spirit Puppets while the white-haired old man and Fisherman discussed his strength and the Martial Soul Path’s collection of souls.
• As Lin Bai pressed onward, lamps revealed Martial Souls of increasingly high grades, including the Emperor Grade Ancient Dragon Soul.
• Lin Bai chose not to claim the Ancient Dragon Soul, deciding to continue in search of a God-Rank Soul rather than settle for an Emperor Grade one.
• Lin Bai fought through a horde of more than two thousand four hundred Spirit Puppets, causing the lamps across the black space to light up.
• After finding no God-Rank Soul among the lamps, Lin Bai spotted a Near God-Rank Martial Soul named the God-Seizing Soul.

Lin Bai chose the Near God-Rank God-Seizing Soul, which could plunder and absorb the abilities of other Martial Souls. As he was sent away, he learned that Crimson Immortal Sect would choose a new Sect Master in a year and that the sect believed the Heaven Swallowing Race owed it a debt.

• Lin Bai chose the God-Seizing Soul and discovered it could seize other Martial Souls and gain their abilities, making him think of Xu Jiangsheng's Essence of Scorching Fire.
• Fisherman told the white-haired old man to send Lin Bai out and discussed reviving Crimson Immortal Sect, choosing a Sect Master in a year, and Lin Bai's potential role.
• The white-haired old man told Lin Bai that Ye Jianjun had also obtained an Emperor Grade Martial Soul and announced that the Divine Creation Palace would open in a year.
• Lin Bai asked about the monsters that had threatened Crimson Immortal Sect, and the artifact spirit told him to seek answers at the Divine Creation Palace.
• The artifact spirit revealed that the Heaven Swallowing Race owed Crimson Immortal Sect a debt, then sent Lin Bai away from the darkness.

After emerging from the altar, Lin Bai learned that Su Cang had captured and tortured Kang Yiyang to lure him out. Lin Bai went with Kang Shiyun to confront Su Cang, who had been waiting for him atop a mountain peak, and greeted him as he arrived.

• Kang Shiyun overheard Zhang Xiao's group say Su Cang had captured Kang Yiyang and hung him from a southern peak, so she set out to rescue her brother.
• Lin Bai emerged from the altar, stopped Kang Shiyun, and learned what had happened to Kang Yiyang.
• Lin Bai promised to accompany Kang Shiyun and went with her toward the southern peak to confront Su Cang.
• Su Cang told Wei Tianyi he knew Lin Bai was still in the Black Mountain Range and was certain he would come to save Kang Yiyang.
• Lin Bai arrived and called out to Su Cang, remarking that he had missed him for more than a year.

Lin Bai confronted Su Cang and the Divine Prodigies, defeating Wei Tianyi in their opening exchange before the group attacked him together. He unleashed his flying sword against all seven, and Liu Baoshen charged in with a spear as the battle escalated.

• Lin Bai arrived at the mountain and traded taunts with Su Cang, who asked where Kang Shiyun was.
• Wei Tianyi attacked Lin Bai, who blocked his palm and then struck him back with a sword, forcing him to retreat in shock.
• Lin Bai challenged Su Cang and the other Divine Prodigies to attack him together.
• Su Cang and the six other Divine Prodigies launched a combined assault, and Lin Bai countered with his flying sword technique, One Sword Becomes a Thousand.
• Liu Baoshen charged at Lin Bai with a spear, declaring that he would be the one to kill him.

Lin Bai distracted Su Cang and the other spirit sons long enough for Kang Shiyun to rescue Kang Yiyang, then fled the mountaintop despite being badly wounded. He disguised himself as Wu Song to evade pursuit and headed south to reunite with Kang Shiyun and Kang Yiyang.

• Lin Bai used Heavenfall Earthrend to repel Wei Tianyi and Liu Baoshen, but Su Cang struck him with a sword and left him badly wounded.
• Lin Bai revealed that he had only meant to divert the spirit sons' attention, and they discovered Kang Yiyang had disappeared from the cliff.
• Lin Bai escaped down the mountain while Su Cang, Wei Tianyi, Liu Baoshen, and the other spirit sons pursued him.
• Lin Bai disguised himself as a bearded Sword Dao Institute disciple named Wu Song, and the pursuing spirit sons failed to recognize him.
• Lin Bai continued south, intending to reunite with Kang Shiyun and Kang Yiyang after their escape from the Black Mountain Range.

Lin Bai, disguised as Wu Song, saved Kang Shiyun and the critically wounded Kang Yiyang from Zhang Xiao and helped them escape the Black Mountain Range. As they headed for a teleportation point, Lin Bai kept his disguise and the Devouring Sword Soul’s identity secret.

• Kang Shiyun carried the gravely wounded Kang Yiyang through the forest, but Zhang Xiao intercepted them and attacked.
• Lin Bai, disguised as the bearded young man Wu Song, struck Zhang Xiao with his Devouring Sword Soul, severed his left arm, and forced him to flee.
• Lin Bai told Kang Shiyun to take Kang Yiyang away, then rejoined them at their agreed meeting place after returning to his usual appearance.
• Lin Bai carried Kang Yiyang toward a teleportation point while Kang Shiyun worried about the disguised rescuer’s fate.
• Lin Bai decided to use Wu Song’s identity to conceal the Devouring Sword Soul and its connection to the Heaven Swallowing Race.

Lin Bai brought the badly injured Kang Yiyang to the Kang Family Estate on First Peak, where he promised Kang Xiao he could restore Kang Yiyang’s dantian. Kang Xiao gave Lin Bai half a month to produce the pill and offered him a chance to cultivate in the Heavenly Pearl Secret Realm if he succeeded.

• Lin Bai learned that Kang Shiyun and Kang Yiyang lived on First Peak in the Kang Family Estate, where their father was Third Peak Master Kang Xiao.
• Lin Bai examined Kang Yiyang and found his dantian destroyed and divine pellet shattered, then resolved to find a way to heal him.
• Kang Xiao treated Kang Yiyang and restored his life and limbs, but said his cultivation was lost because his dantian and divine pellet were shattered.
• Kang Yuhai blamed Lin Bai for Kang Yiyang’s injuries, while Lin Bai accepted responsibility and promised to restore Kang Yiyang’s dantian.
• Lin Bai promised Kang Xiao he would bring a miraculous pill within half a month, and Kang Xiao offered him a chance to cultivate in the Heavenly Pearl Secret Realm if he succeeded.

Lin Bai learned about the Heavenly Pearl Secret Realm and agreed to bring a pill to heal Kang Yiyang within half a month in exchange for entry qualifications. After Lin Bai left, Kang Yuhai was persuaded by Diao Yiran to kill him before he could restore Kang Yiyang’s dantian.

• Kang Shiyun explained that martial artists could enter the Heavenly Pearl Secret Realm by reporting a high-level ruin, completing missions, or paying one million points, and Kang Xiao offered Lin Bai free entry if he healed Kang Yiyang.
• Lin Bai promised Kang Xiao he would deliver the pill within half a month, while Kang Yuhai threatened him if he failed.
• Outside the Kang Family Estate, Kang Shiyun told Lin Bai that Kang Yuhai resented her and Kang Yiyang and had previously tried to harm them; she also asked Lin Bai to keep their parentage secret.
• Lin Bai assured Kang Shiyun he could heal Kang Yiyang and planned to have Gu Yueqing refine the Heaven Mending Pill at the Ninth Academy.
• Kang Yuhai complained to Diao Yiran that Lin Bai might restore Kang Yiyang’s dantian, and Diao Yiran urged him to kill Lin Bai.
• Kang Yuhai agreed and decided to use his influence to dispatch martial artists against Lin Bai.

Kang Xiao demanded to learn who had injured Kang Yiyang, then sent Chou Hao to investigate after Kang Shiyun refused to name anyone. Lin Bai went to Second Peak seeking spirit herbs and reunited with Su Xianmei at the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, where Dou Ning prepared to sell his treasures.

• Kang Shiyun told Kang Xiao that Kang Yiyang could name his attacker when he woke, and she denied that Kang Yuhai was involved.
• Kang Xiao summoned Chou Hao and ordered him to investigate for the name of the person who injured Kang Yiyang.
• Lin Bai went to Second Peak to find spirit herbs for refining the Heaven Mending Pill and met Jian Ruohan, Ye Jianqiu, Dou Ning, and their companions.
• Jian Ruohan said the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion was on Second Peak, and Lin Bai joined the group on its way there.
• Su Xianmei recognized Lin Bai at the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion and invited him and his friends into a private room.
• Dou Ning introduced himself to Su Xianmei and offered to sell Grade Nine Spirit Tools and ten-thousand-year-old spirit herbs.