Chapter Summaries

Dou Ning sold treasures from a four-star relic for three million points at the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, while Lin Bai bought rare spirit medicines for a King-Grade pill. Geng Hao priced Lin Bai’s order at fifteen million points.

• Geng Hao arrived and Dou Ning identified him as the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion’s Pavilion Lord, while Su Xianmei revealed she was an inspection envoy.
• Dou Ning sold Grade Nine Spirit Tools, rare ores, and spirit medicines from a four-star relic for three million points.
• Dou Ning urged Lin Bai to show off the treasures he had found in the Seven Stars Relic, but Lin Bai said he had come to buy spirit medicines instead.
• Lin Bai listed nearly a thousand spirit medicines, and Geng Hao gathered everything he needed from the Pavilion’s stock.
• Geng Hao told Lin Bai that the spirit medicines cost fifteen million points.

Lin Bai struggled to pay for fifteen million points’ worth of spirit medicines until Su Xianmei offered to lend him the points in exchange for answering a question. She asked whether he was the White-Robed Swordsman who fought seven Spirit Sons in the Black Mountain Range, and Lin Bai admitted it.

• Geng Hao told Lin Bai that the spirit medicines for the Heaven Mending Pill cost fifteen million points, and Dou Ning taunted Lin Bai over his inability to pay.
• Su Xianmei offered to cover the cost, then made the points a loan in exchange for one answer from Lin Bai.
• Su Xianmei asked Lin Bai whether he was the sixth-level Earth Core Realm White-Robed Swordsman who battled seven Spirit Sons in the Black Mountain Range.
• Lin Bai admitted that he was, shocking Dou Ning, Jian Ruohan, Ye Jianqiu, and the other martial artists.
• Su Xianmei explained that the seven Spirit Sons had explored the Seven Stars Relic, and Dou Ning realized Lin Bai had gained treasures there.

Lin Bai said goodbye to Su Xianmei and his companions, then secured approval to return to the Nine Courts with Luo Haiyang escorting him. After Lin Bai left the Five Peaks, Kang Yuhai ordered Luo Haiyang to kill him if he refined a pill that could repair a dantian.

• Su Xianmei told Lin Bai she was leaving for Lingnan and urged him to find her there, while Lin Bai promised to repay the fifteen million points he owed her.
• Jian Ruohan asked Lin Bai about his relationship with Su Xianmei, and he explained that she had cared for him since they first met in Spirit Rhino City.
• Lin Bai told Jian Ruohan he planned to return to the Nine Courts and submitted an application at Mortal Dust Hall.
• Luo Haiyang informed Lin Bai that his application had been approved and accompanied him out of the Five Peaks aboard a spirit boat.
• A disciple reported Lin Bai's departure to Kang Yuhai, who ordered Luo Haiyang to kill Lin Bai if he refined a pill capable of repairing a dantian.

Lin Bai returned to the Nine Institutes and asked Gu Yueqing to refine a Heaven Mending Pill while teaching her to make Earth Venerable and Heaven Saint Pills. After ten days, Luo Haiyang discovered what they were doing and attacked the pill furnace as Gu Yueqing neared completion.

• Lin Bai returned to the Nine Institutes with Luo Haiyang and went to the Pill Dao Academy to find Gu Yueqing.
• Lin Bai sent Luo Haiyang away and gave Gu Yueqing the ingredients to refine a Heaven Mending Pill.
• Lin Bai taught Gu Yueqing to refine Earth Venerable and Heaven Saint Pills, and she made both before beginning the Heaven Mending Pill.
• Lin Bai took an Earth Venerable Pill and broke through to the seventh level of the Earth Core Realm while Gu Yueqing worked on the Heaven Mending Pill.
• Luo Haiyang burst into the quiet room and attacked the pill furnace, and Lin Bai drew the Azure Song Sword to stop him.

Lin Bai killed Luo Haiyang after stopping him from sabotaging Gu Yueqing’s pill refinement, then stayed with Gu Yueqing while she recovered. After returning to the Five Peaks, Lin Bai went straight to the Kang Family Estate.

• Luo Haiyang attacked Lin Bai and tried to disrupt Gu Yueqing’s refinement, but Lin Bai defeated him with the sixth form of the Supreme Sword and beheaded him after learning Kang Yuhai had ordered the attack.
• Gu Yueqing completed the Heaven Mending Pill and gave it to Lin Bai before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Lin Bai carried Gu Yueqing to her bamboo house and stayed beside her until she recovered, where they discussed the Five Peaks and Hong Su’s departure there.
• Lin Bai disposed of Luo Haiyang’s corpse, took the points and spirit boat from his Storage Bag, and returned to the Five Peaks, telling the formation guard that Luo Haiyang would remain in the Nine Academies.
• Lin Bai went straight to the First Peak and arrived at the Kang Family Estate.

Lin Bai visited the Kang family and gave Kang Xiaofeng a King-grade Heaven-Mending Pill to restore Kang Yiyang’s dantian, earning a qualification for the Heavenly Pearl Secret Realm. He learned that the Spirit Child Battle would begin in three days and became determined to compete for a chance to cultivate in the Sacred Heart Spirit Pool.

• Lin Bai confronted Kang Yuhai, accusing him of arranging Luo Haiyang’s attempt on his life and refusing Kang Yuhai’s offer to buy the pill.
• Kang Xiaofeng and Kang Shiyun arrived, and Lin Bai handed Kang Xiaofeng a King-grade Heaven-Mending Pill for Kang Yiyang.
• Kang Xiaofeng granted Lin Bai a qualification for the Heavenly Pearl Secret Realm in return for the pill.
• Kang Xiaofeng told Lin Bai that the Spirit Child Battle would begin in three days and that Spirit Children could cultivate in the Sacred Heart Spirit Pool for ten days.
• Lin Bai learned that the Sacred Heart Spirit Pool could greatly accelerate cultivation and resolved that he needed to reach it.

Lin Bai warned Kang Xiao that Kang Yuhai had ordered Luo Haiyang to attack him, then chose to enter the Spirit Child Battle rather than visit the Heavenly Pearl Secret Realm first. After preparing for three days and refining his sword techniques, Lin Bai headed to the Martial God Stage for the battle.

• Lin Bai asked Kang Xiao about Luo Haiyang, prompting Kang Xiao to learn that Luo Haiyang was Kang Yuhai's trusted aide and to realize Lin Bai was warning him.
• Lin Bai told Kang Shiyun that Kang Yuhai had ordered Luo Haiyang to attack him over the Heaven Mending Pill.
• Lin Bai declined to enter the Heavenly Pearl Secret Realm immediately and decided to compete in the Spirit Child Battle for a chance to cultivate in the Sacred Spirit Pool.
• Lin Bai returned to the Fifth Peak, found Jian Ruohan still absent, and prepared for the battle by refining the Supreme Sword and training the Nine Revolution Sword Step.
• Three days later, Lin Bai went to the Martial God Stage on the Second Peak for the Spirit Child Battle.

Lin Bai arrived at the Martial God Stage for the Spirit Child Battle and learned who the leading candidates were. When he heard Xu Jiangsheng was among them, he resolved to claim his Essence of Scorching Fire Martial Soul; the ceremony then began with Ye Wuhuan’s arrival.

• Lin Bai saw Jian Ruohan, Ye Jianqiu, and Dou Ning at the Martial God Stage, all of whom had advanced several cultivation levels in the Heavenly Pearl Secret Realm.
• Lin Bai greeted Kang Yiyang and Kang Shiyun, and Kang Yiyang thanked him for the Heaven Mending Pill and warned him that the Spirit Child Battle left its participants badly injured.
• Kang Yiyang named Di Xia, Shi Yezhou, Xu Jiangsheng, and Tong Ji as the candidates with the strongest support.
• Lin Bai recognized Xu Jiangsheng as an enemy he had killed twice and coveted his Essence of Scorching Fire Martial Soul.
• Ye Wuhuan descended onto the Martial God Stage, and Lin Bai identified him as one of Divine Relic Ridge’s three supreme figures.

Ye Wuhuan opened the Spirit Child Battle and explained its qualification-token and arena rounds, with Spirit Children earning a chance to cultivate in the Sacred Spirit Pool. Lin Bai claimed the final qualification token despite his low cultivation, drawing shocked attention from friends, rivals, and former Spirit Children.

• Ye Wuhuan announced the Spirit Child Battle rules and said that thirty-two token holders would advance to the arena battle.
• Di Xia seized the first token, followed by Shi Yezhou, Tong Ji, and Xu Jiangsheng among the early qualifiers.
• After more than three hours, Lin Bai used the seventh revolution of the Nine Revolution Sword Step to seize the thirty-second token and take the last chair.
• Jian Ruohan, Ye Jianqiu, Ye Suxin, and Hong Su reacted to Lin Bai’s unexpected participation, while Ye Suxin worried about his chances.
• Su Cang, Liu Baoshen, Wei Tianyi, and Zhang Xiao recognized Lin Bai among the new qualifiers and glared at him angrily.

Lin Bai claimed the thirty-second Qualification Token and faced the martial artists who challenged his right to compete in the Spirit Child Battle. After defeating Yu Tienan with one punch, he returned to his seat, while Xu Jiangsheng met his gaze with murderous intent.

• Lin Bai sat in Chair Thirty-Two, drawing anger and ridicule from Yu Tienan, Tang Jin, and the other chair holders because of his cultivation level.
• Lin Bai challenged Yu Tienan to take the token from him and declared that he would withdraw from the Spirit Child Battle if Yu Tienan succeeded.
• Yu Tienan attacked Lin Bai, but Lin Bai knocked him back with one punch and earned his respectful acknowledgment.
• Lin Bai returned to Chair Thirty-Two and challenged Tang Jin's claim that he lacked the qualifications to compete; Tang Jin said Lin Bai was still far from becoming the Spirit Child.
• Lin Bai and Xu Jiangsheng exchanged looks filled with killing intent.

Kang Xiao began the arena battles to decide who would advance to the top sixteen, and Di Xia defeated Mao Xiaofeng in the first match. Lin Bai was drawn against Tang Jin, who had previously boasted that he could beat Lin Bai in three moves, and the two prepared to fight.

• Kang Xiao explained the random draws and warned that anyone who maliciously injured an opponent would be disqualified.
• Di Xia defeated Mao Xiaofeng with a punch and advanced to the top sixteen.
• Kang Xiao drew pairs for the remaining matches, and the competitors fought before an amazed crowd.
• Kang Xiao drew numbers 9 and 32, sending Tang Jin and Lin Bai to the arena.
• Lin Bai reminded Tang Jin of his three-move boast and challenged him to begin.

Lin Bai faced Tang Jin in the Spirit Child Battle and survived two powerful blade strikes without being harmed, revealing that his movement technique let him evade the attacks. The chapter ended as Tang Jin grew furious and summoned his Deathly Demon Blade for his third strike.

• Lin Bai rejected Tang Jin's offer to surrender, and Tang Jin charged with his Grade Nine Spirit Tool battle blade, promising to defeat him within three moves.
• Tang Jin's first strike shook the arena, but Lin Bai emerged from the dust unharmed and challenged him to use his remaining moves.
• Tang Jin's second strike appeared to tear Lin Bai apart, but Lin Bai walked out unharmed again as Kang Yiyang explained that he had evaded the blade with his movement technique.
• Tang Jin became enraged, released his Baleful Intent, and summoned his Deathly Demon Blade martial soul.

Lin Bai survived Tang Jin’s Deathly Demon Blade and defeated him with the Overlord Dragon Fist, advancing to the round of sixteen. Xu Jiangsheng and Su Cang both saw Lin Bai as a growing threat, and Su Cang began forming a plan to stop him.

• Tang Jin summoned his Deathly Demon Blade and struck Lin Bai, but Lin Bai stood again with only a flesh wound.
• Lin Bai reminded Tang Jin that his three moves had failed, then attacked with Dragon Venerable Dominates the World.
• Lin Bai shattered Tang Jin’s Deathly Demon Blade and punched him out of the arena, securing victory.
• Tang Jin conceded and left, while the martial artists recognized Lin Bai as a formidable dark horse in the round of sixteen.
• Xu Jiangsheng and Su Cang privately resolved that Lin Bai could not be allowed to keep growing, and Su Cang began forming a plan.

Lin Bai faced Tong Ji in the sixteen-way tournament and revealed that he was a sword cultivator after Tong Ji’s Wind-Thunder Sword Soul drove him back. Lin Bai then used the Supreme Sword to overpower Tong Ji, leaving Ye Wuhuan and Kang Xiao stunned.

• Kang Xiao announced the sixteen-way tournament matchups, pairing Lin Bai with Tong Ji.
• Tong Ji used his Wind-Thunder Sword Soul to suppress Lin Bai with swift, powerful attacks.
• Lin Bai drew the Purple Cloud Sword and revealed that he was also a sword cultivator, surprising Tong Ji and the spectators.
• Lin Bai and Tong Ji exchanged rapid blows, with Tong Ji’s Wind-Thunder Sword Soul matching Lin Bai’s speed.
• Tong Ji unleashed Thunder Fury, but Lin Bai shattered his Sword Qi and forced him back with Wandering the World with a Sword: Heaven’s Collapse.
• Tong Ji recognized Lin Bai’s technique as the Supreme Sword, and Ye Wuhuan and Kang Xiao reacted with shock.

Lin Bai defeated Tong Ji with the Supreme Sword, and the quarterfinals began after the round of sixteen concluded. As Lin Bai prepared to face Meng Yue, he learned that Sun Zhihao had once fought Lin Duo for the Spirit Child title.

• Lin Bai and Tong Ji clashed with their strongest sword techniques, and Tong Ji was injured and admitted defeat.
• Tong Ji warned Lin Bai to watch out for Di Xia and Shi Yezhou, and Lin Bai returned to his seat.
• After the quarterfinal matchups were announced, Di Xia defeated Sun Zhihao, who had competed in the Spirit Child Battle for nearly thirty years.
• Meng Yue told Lin Bai that Sun Zhihao had lost to Lin Duo and Ye Jianjun while pursuing the Spirit Child title, prompting Lin Bai to wonder whether Sun knew something about his father.

Lin Bai defeated Meng Yue in a one-move contest to claim the final top-four spot in the Spirit Child Battle. Meng Yue recognized Lin Bai’s strength, while the spectators learned that Lin Bai had fought seven Spirit Children at Black Mountain.

• Meng Yue and Lin Bai entered the arena as the final contenders for the remaining top-four spot.
• Meng Yue revealed that he had seen Lin Bai at the Seven Stars Relic, at the teleportation point, and at Black Mountain, prompting the spectators to recognize Lin Bai as the swordsman who fought seven Spirit Children.
• Meng Yue proposed that they decide the match with one move, and Lin Bai agreed while drawing the Purple Cloud Sword.
• Meng Yue summoned his Heaven-Rank Soul, the Eight-Legged Blade Demon Beast, and unleashed Eight Lifetimes Reincarnation, splitting his blade ray into eight attacks.
• Lin Bai used Flying Sword and Myriad Swords Technique: One Sword Becomes a Thousand to shatter Meng Yue’s attacks and leave him battered.
• Meng Yue admitted defeat and said Lin Bai could contend for the Spirit Child position; Lin Bai withdrew his flying sword and returned to his seat.

Xu Jiangsheng defeated Shi Yezhou with one punch, confirming Lin Bai's prediction, and the top-four battle between Lin Bai and Di Xia began. Di Xia's fierce opening attack forced Lin Bai to draw his second sword, leaving their match unresolved.

• Kang Xiao announced the top-four matchups: Shi Yezhou versus Xu Jiangsheng and Di Xia versus Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai told Kang Yiyang he believed Xu Jiangsheng would beat Shi Yezhou and that the final would be between Xu Jiangsheng and himself; he also worried Xu Jiangsheng knew about his Demonic Martial Soul.
• Xu Jiangsheng defeated Shi Yezhou with a single punch, shocking the spectators and confirming Lin Bai's prediction.
• Kang Xiao called Lin Bai and Di Xia to fight, and Di Xia launched a fierce attack as the match began.
• Lin Bai felt immense pressure from Di Xia, drew his second sword, and charged to meet the attack.

Lin Bai defeated Di Xia in the Spirit Child Battle after a fierce exchange, forcing him to admit defeat. After an hour of rest, Lin Bai and Xu Jiangsheng began the final, facing each other with intense killing intent.

• Di Xia revealed his Heaven-Rank Soul, the Heaven Splitting Demon Ape, and attacked Lin Bai with overwhelming force.
• Lin Bai repeatedly countered Di Xia with Supreme Sword techniques, and both fighters were injured in their clashes.
• Di Xia admitted defeat when Lin Bai prepared another strike, leaving Lin Bai and Xu Jiangsheng as the final two contenders.
• Kang Xiao announced the final would decide the new Spirit Child, and Lin Bai and Xu Jiangsheng took their places on the arena.
• Lin Bai and Xu Jiangsheng met each other's gaze, and killing intent spread between them.

Lin Bai and Xu Jiangsheng fought a deadly battle in the arena, with both unleashing powerful techniques that devastated their surroundings. Lin Bai revealed the Supreme Sword’s sixth form, Shattering the Void, and wounded Xu Jiangsheng, who then began summoning a Demonic Martial Soul in front of the crowd.

• Lin Bai and Xu Jiangsheng exchanged killing intent and charged at each other, declaring their intent to settle their blood debt.
• Lin Bai and Xu Jiangsheng unleashed their sword arts and fire techniques, tearing apart the arena and forcing Kang Xiao to evacuate nearby martial artists.
• Xu Jiangsheng used the Heavenly Fire Forbidden Art to transform into a flame dragon and attack Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai dodged with the Nine Revolution Sword Step and struck Xu Jiangsheng with the Supreme Sword’s sixth form, Shattering the Void.
• Xu Jiangsheng fell badly wounded, then roared at Lin Bai and began summoning his Demonic Martial Soul, Essence of Scorching Fire.

Lin Bai tried to plunder Xu Jiangsheng’s Essence of Scorching Fire before Xu could reveal that Lin Bai possessed a Demonic Martial Soul, but Xu self-detonated his Martial Soul. Lin Bai then tried to kill Xu, but Kang Xiao intervened, and Xu began exposing Lin Bai to Ye Wuhuan.

• Xu Jiangsheng summoned the Essence of Scorching Fire and challenged Lin Bai to another contest of Martial Souls.
• Lin Bai used the God-Seizing Soul to plunder Xu Jiangsheng’s Martial Soul, but Xu retained control of part of it.
• Xu Jiangsheng self-detonated the Essence of Scorching Fire, destroying it and engulfing the arena in flames.
• Lin Bai charged through the flames and attacked Xu Jiangsheng, but Kang Xiao stopped his sword before it killed Xu.
• Xu Jiangsheng warned Lin Bai that the three Sovereigns of Divine Relic Ridge could kill him, then began telling Ye Wuhuan that Lin Bai possessed a Demonic Martial Soul.