Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai killed Xu Jiangsheng before he could reveal that Lin Bai possessed a Demonic Martial Soul, then faced punishment for breaking the Spirit Child Battle arena’s rules. Ye Wuhuan sent Lin Bai to the dungeon pending a decision by the Hall of Law Enforcement, while Kang Xiao was ordered to return to First Peak and face the wall for a year.

• Xu Jiangsheng began to reveal Lin Bai’s Demonic Martial Soul, so Lin Bai used the Eighth Revolution of the Nine Revolution Sword Step to rush at him.
• Lin Bai beheaded Xu Jiangsheng before he could finish speaking, keeping the secret of the Devouring Sword Soul safe.
• Ye Wuhuan condemned Lin Bai for killing on the arena and pressured him with his Sky Realm power, while Kang Xiao pleaded for leniency.
• Kang Xiao accepted responsibility for failing to stop Lin Bai, but Ye Wuhuan ordered him to return to First Peak and face the wall for one year.
• Ye Wuhuan ordered Lin Bai locked in the dungeon until the Hall of Law Enforcement discussed his punishment, and armored martial artists escorted him away.

Lin Bai awaited Divine Relic Ridge’s punishment after killing Xu Jiangsheng, while Ye Suxin pleaded with Ye Wuhuan to spare him. Ye Wuhuan agreed to save Lin Bai and preserve his spirit child position, but only if Ye Suxin married Su Cang, stayed away from Lin Bai, and kept the child’s paternity secret.

• Lin Bai realized the dungeon’s formations could not hold him and decided to await Divine Relic Ridge’s judgment unless it sentenced him to death.
• Ye Wuhuan told Ye Suxin that the Hall of Law Enforcement had sentenced Lin Bai to death, with his execution set for seven days later.
• Ye Suxin begged Ye Wuhuan to spare Lin Bai and offered to marry Su Cang in exchange.
• Ye Wuhuan deduced that Lin Bai was the father of the child sealed in Ye Suxin’s womb and insisted Lin Bai must die to protect the family’s honor.
• Ye Suxin knelt and pleaded for Lin Bai’s life, and Ye Wuhuan agreed to spare him and retain his spirit child position under three conditions.
• Ye Suxin accepted that she must marry Su Cang, never see Lin Bai again, and never tell him that the child was his.

After Ye Wuhuan declared Lin Bai innocent, Lin Bai returned to Divine Relic Ridge and headed for the Heavenly Pearl Secret Realm to advance his cultivation. There, he encountered the ninth-level Earth Core Realm demon Jiuyun and attacked the vulture, hoping to learn where the great demons were.

• Ye Wuhuan released Lin Bai from the dungeon, declared him innocent, and told him he could still enter the Sacred Spirit Pool.
• Lin Bai returned to Tempest Cave and decided to cultivate in the Heavenly Pearl Secret Realm before using the Sacred Spirit Pool to break through to the Heaven Core Realm.
• Jian Ruohan, Ye Jianqiu, Kang Shiyun, and Kang Yiyang visited Lin Bai during his recovery.
• Lin Bai traveled to the Heavenly Pearl Secret Realm, where Jiuyun, a ninth-level Earth Core Realm demon, attacked the gathered martial artists.
• Lin Bai summoned the Purple Cloud Sword, charged Jiuyun, and taunted the vulture for information about the great demons.

Lin Bai forced Jiuyun to guide him to the Demon Race's great demons, while Jiuyun secretly used him to settle old grudges. After Lin Bai killed Yu Ming, he confronted Jiuyun about exploiting him, leaving Jiuyun exposed.

• Lin Bai defeated Jiuyun and threatened to kill him unless he led Lin Bai to the great demons.
• Jiuyun took Lin Bai through the Heavenly Pearl Secret Realm for ten days, guiding him to powerful demons without attempting to escape.
• Jiuyun led Lin Bai to Yu Ming, a ninth-level Earth Core Realm demon, and Lin Bai killed him with his sword.
• Lin Bai absorbed Yu Ming's demonic blood with the Devouring Sword Soul, while Jiuyun tore apart Yu Ming's corpse.
• Lin Bai realized Jiuyun had been using him to kill his enemies and demanded to know how many enemies remained.

Lin Bai forced Jiuyun to take him to the Heavenly Pearl Tomb, where he intended to hunt great demons and spirit children. As Lin Bai arrived at its Eighth Gate, Su Cang learned of his location and sent Wei Tianyi, Zhang Xiao, and Liu Baoshen to kill him.

• Lin Bai threatened Jiuyun until Jiuyun agreed to lead him to a great demon at the Heavenly Pearl Tomb.
• Jiuyun explained that the Heavenly Pearl Tomb spawned Spirit Puppets and was frequented by seven great demons, including Xiang Nong, whom Lin Bai recognized as an old enemy.
• After traveling for three days, Lin Bai and Jiuyun reached the Heavenly Pearl Tomb, where Lin Bai eagerly anticipated fighting its demons and martial artists.
• Martial artists at the Eighth Gate recognized Lin Bai as the White-Robed Swordsman who had killed dozens of Demon Race experts.
• Su Cang confirmed that Lin Bai was in the Heavenly Pearl Secret Realm and ordered Wei Tianyi, Zhang Xiao, Liu Baoshen, and other spirit children to bring back Lin Bai's head.

Jiuyun brought Lin Bai to the Eighth Gate of the Heavenly Pearl Tomb, and Lin Bai entered alone. After quickly passing through the lower levels, he entered the tenth level, where peak Earth Core Realm experts and great demons fought.

• Jiuyun left Lin Bai at the human-controlled Eighth Gate and flew to the Demon Race's Thirteenth Gate.
• Lin Bai entered the Heavenly Pearl Tomb, killed a first-level Spirit Puppet, and absorbed its Heavenly Pearl.
• Lin Bai rushed through the first eight levels, finding their Spirit Puppets too weak to interest him.
• Lin Bai entered the ninth level, killed a ninth-level Earth Core Realm Spirit Puppet, and absorbed its Heavenly Pearl.
• Human martial artists warned Lin Bai not to enter the tenth level, but he ignored them and went in seeking great demons.

Lin Bai reached the eighth level of the Earth Core Realm, then disguised himself and hunted great demons on the tenth level as the Sword Demon. His killings sparked a war between the Demon Race and the human martial artists, leaving the tenth level engulfed in battle.

• Lin Bai absorbed Heavenly Pearls while killing Spirit Puppets and broke through to the eighth level of the Earth Core Realm.
• Lin Bai killed a great demon elder who transformed into a demon tiger, then absorbed its demonic blood and decided to hunt demons for faster cultivation.
• Lin Bai disguised himself as a stubbled young man, turned a low-grade Grade Nine Spirit Tool into a Demon Sword, and set out to find Xiang Nong.
• Lin Bai killed a great demon at the Earth Core Realm grand completion stage, and over seven days he slew more than thirty great demons as the Sword Demon.
• The enraged great demons began attacking human martial artists, who fought back, spreading a fierce war across the tenth level.

Lin Bai used his Wu Song identity to hunt demons and strengthen his cultivation, then came upon Xi Feng attacking Yue Jing and a group of human martial artists. He challenged Xi Feng and charged into the battle with his demonic sword.

• Lin Bai killed another Demon Race warrior, nearing the ninth level of the Earth Core Realm while avoiding the weapons and techniques associated with his Lin Bai identity.
• Lin Bai decided to keep using Wu Song and reveal the Devouring Sword Soul rather than hide it forever.
• Lin Bai found Yue Jing and other martial artists battling Xi Feng and his demons, and learned that Xi Feng was a great demon of the Thirty-Six Demon Mountains and a genius of the Sky Finch Clan.
• Xi Feng defeated Yue Jing, ordered his demons to kill the human martial artists, and mocked them to summon a human powerhouse.
• Lin Bai answered Xi Feng's challenge, charged into the battlefield, and swung his demonic sword.

Lin Bai rescued Yue Jing and her companions, killing Xi Feng and fifteen Demon Race warriors with his demonic sword. After learning that the Demon Race had nailed hundreds of human corpses to a city wall, Lin Bai headed southeast to retrieve them, and Yue Jing and the others followed to join the fight.

• Lin Bai arrived to save Yue Jing and her companions, then killed fifteen peak Earth Core Realm Demon Race warriors with one sword strike.
• Lin Bai pursued and killed Xi Feng, absorbing his demonic blood and breaking through to the ninth level of the Earth Core Realm.
• Yue Jing told Lin Bai that the Demon Race had retaliated against humans and nailed hundreds of warriors' corpses to the city walls.
• Lin Bai took down the nearby corpses and headed southeast to retrieve the others.
• Yue Jing and Hong Yang led the hesitant warriors after Lin Bai, and they set out to fight the Demon Race together.

Martial artists gathered on the tenth level to avenge their comrades, while fighting between them and the Demon Race spread throughout the Heavenly Pearl Tomb. Le Tian spotted Jiuyun in the Demon Race camp and nailed him to the wall, and Poison Fang revealed that Jiuyun had killed Le Tian’s fiancée.

• Ye Jianqiu, Jian Ruohan, and Dou Ning discussed how the martial artists could defeat the Demon Race’s great demons and recover the bodies nailed to the wall.
• Martial artists across the Heavenly Pearl Tomb began attacking the Demon Race after news spread of the killings on the tenth level.
• Jiuyun fled from the ninth level to the Demon Race camp on the tenth, hoping to escape the fighting.
• Le Tian recognized Jiuyun and ordered him nailed to the city wall with two spears.
• Poison Fang told Xiang Nong that Jiuyun was wanted for killing a Sky Finch Clan genius who had been Le Tian’s fiancée.

Meng Chuan, Lin Miao, and Nan Hui led the warriors in a counterattack against the Demon Race in the Heavenly Pearl Tomb. As the fighting spread across the levels, the Second Peak's Peak Master sent more Spirit Children to the secret realm, while great demons also headed there.

• Meng Chuan arrived with Lin Miao and Nan Hui, learned that the Demon Race had hung hundreds of warriors on the city wall, and rallied the gathered warriors to attack.
• Meng Chuan, Lin Miao, and Nan Hui charged Xiang Nong, Le Tian, and Poison Fang as the other warriors fought the powerful demons.
• A warrior reported the massacre to the Peak Master of the Second Peak, who ordered the remaining Earth Core Realm Spirit Children to gather at the teleportation point.
• The Peak Master sent the Spirit Children into the Heavenly Pearl Tomb and offered a Sky Piercing Pill for each great demon's head.
• Seven or eight Earth Core Realm great demons left the Thirty-Six Demon Mountains and headed for the Heavenly Pearl Secret Realm.

Lin Bai and Yue Jing arrived at the southeastern battlefield, where Xiang Nong and Jinghai had overwhelmed Meng Chuan and the other spirit sons. As Xiang Nong moved to kill Meng Chuan, Lin Bai intervened with a sudden sword strike.

• Xiang Nong called Jinghai to help him, and together they suppressed Meng Chuan.
• Lin Bai flew southeast and met Yue Jing, who told him that Jinghai was a powerful great demon of the Thirty-Six Demon Mountains.
• Lin Bai spotted Jian Ruohan and Ye Jianqiu, then charged toward Xiang Nong and Jinghai despite Yue Jing's warning.
• Jinghai and Xiang Nong badly wounded Meng Chuan, while Le Tian and Hundred Birds defeated Lin Miao and Nan Hui.
• Xiang Nong struck at Meng Chuan, but Lin Bai appeared in a flash and forced Xiang Nong to dodge with a black sword ray.

Lin Bai arrived in time to save Meng Chuan and fought Jinghai, revealing the power of his Supreme Martial Spirit Tool. As Xiang Nong and Jinghai teamed up against him, Lin Bai charged at Jinghai, who transformed into a hundred-meter python-dragon.

• Lin Bai intercepted Xiang Nong's attack and rescued Meng Chuan, then told him to leave the fight to him.
• Lin Bai shattered Jinghai's green dragon attack with one sword strike, and the martial artists realized his sword was a Supreme Martial Spirit Tool.
• Meng Chuan's group treated their wounded while Meng Chuan ordered Yue Jing to retrieve the corpses from the city wall.
• Jinghai and Xiang Nong joined forces against Lin Bai, but Lin Bai refused Meng Chuan's help and charged at Jinghai.
• Jinghai transformed into a hundred-meter python-dragon with an impure Earth Dragon Clan bloodline.

Lin Bai fought Jinghai and Xiang Nong while they tried to surround him, then killed Jinghai with the Demon Sword despite being unable to use his sword techniques. With the battlefield stunned, Lin Bai turned his attention to the terrified Xiang Nong.

• Jinghai revealed his true form as a green flood dragon and joined Xiang Nong in attacking Lin Bai from both sides.
• Lin Bai shattered Jinghai’s demonic aura and Dragon Flame with the Demon Sword, then swept away Xiang Nong’s Heart Devour attack.
• Lin Bai struck Jinghai, destroyed his scales, and severed his head, killing the strongest Earth Core Realm great demon in the Thirty-Six Demon Mountains.
• Lin Bai faced Xiang Nong and declared that he would be next, making Xiang Nong recoil in terror.

Lin Bai faced four of the Thirty-Six Demon Mountains’ great demons, who joined forces after he killed Jinghai. He slew Poison Fang and Hundred Birds with two swift sword strikes, leaving Xiang Nong and Le Tian as his remaining opponents, while Jian Ruohan sensed that Lin Bai’s sword path was familiar.

• Xiang Nong called on Poison Fang, Hundred Birds, and Le Tian to attack Lin Bai, and all four revealed their true forms to surround him.
• Lin Bai dodged Poison Fang’s attack and killed him with a single sword strike.
• Hundred Birds recognized that Lin Bai’s sword was extraordinarily fast, then launched Thousand Feathers Break the Boundary against him.
• Lin Bai shattered Hundred Birds’ thousand-feather attack and killed him with another sword strike.
• Ye Jianqiu judged that Lin Bai’s sword intent had reached ninth-stage perfection, while Jian Ruohan said Lin Bai’s sword path felt familiar to her.

Lin Bai defeated Le Tian and Xiang Nong after they unleashed their hidden techniques, then drained their demon blood without quite reaching the Great Perfection of the Earth Core Realm. He decided to leave the Heavenly Pearl Secret Realm and prepare to break through to the Heavenly Core Realm at the Sacred Spirit Pool.

• Lin Bai absorbed the demon blood of Poison Fang and the Hundred Birds, reaching the peak of the ninth level of the Earth Core Realm.
• Le Tian used Phoenix Dance Across the Nine Heavens, while Xiang Nong unleashed Slaughter the World, and the two attacked Lin Bai together.
• Lin Bai countered with Sword Heart Clarity, sending Le Tian and Xiang Nong flying and breaking their combined assault.
• Lin Bai killed Le Tian and drained his demon blood as Xiang Nong attempted to flee.
• Lin Bai caught up with Xiang Nong, who recognized him as the sword cultivator from the Personal Disciple Hall, and killed him with a sword strike.
• After absorbing Xiang Nong's demon blood without breaking through, Lin Bai decided to return and prepare for the Heavenly Core Realm at the Sacred Spirit Pool.

After returning to the battlefield in white, Lin Bai joined the survivors and learned that the demons had been nearly wiped out. He pleaded for Jiuyun’s life, but the martial artists objected, leaving Jiuyun’s fate uncertain.

• Lin Bai changed back into his white-robed identity while Meng Chuan organized the survivors to clear the battlefield and hunt the remaining demons.
• Jian Ruohan and Ye Jianqiu joined the fight, and the martial artists killed nearly all the demons on the tenth level, though a few escaped.
• Lin Bai met Jian Ruohan, Ye Jianqiu, and Meng Chuan, who praised him for coming to help despite his claim that he had arrived too late.
• The martial artists found Jiuyun pinned to the city wall, and Lin Miao explained that the timid demon had frightened people but was not known to have eaten anyone.
• Lin Bai asked Meng Chuan to spare Jiuyun, but Dou Ning and the surrounding martial artists demanded that every demon be killed.

Lin Bai freed Jiuyun and defended his decision against the other martial artists, with Jian Ruohan and Meng Chuan supporting him. Before Jiuyun could leave, Liu Baoshen and a group of Spirit Children arrived, accused Lin Bai of colluding with the Demon Race, and prepared to attack him.

• Lin Bai cut Jiuyun free and told him to leave, insisting that Jiuyun had not earned the right to die by his sword.
• Dou Ning and Ye Jianqiu condemned Lin Bai, but Jian Ruohan stood by him, and Meng Chuan agreed to let Jiuyun go.
• As Jiuyun thanked Lin Bai, Liu Baoshen and more than a dozen Spirit Children arrived and accused Lin Bai of being a Demon Race spy.
• Liu Baoshen attacked Jiuyun, but Lin Bai blocked the punch with the Azure Song Sword.
• Jie Yu, Liu Baoshen, Zhang Xiao, and Wei Tianyi ordered Lin Bai to surrender, but Lin Bai accused them of acting on Su Cang's orders and challenged them to fight together.

Lin Bai refused to flee when thirteen Spirit Sons attacked him over Jiuyun and fought them alone. He killed Zhang Xiao with one sword, leaving the gathered martial artists stunned as the battle continued.

• Jie Yu and twelve other Spirit Sons charged Lin Bai after he refused to hand over Jiuyun, despite martial artists urging them to stop.
• Jian Ruohan offered to fight alongside Lin Bai, but he told her to stand aside and faced the attackers alone.
• Lin Bai drew the Azure Song Sword and Purple Cloud Sword and attacked the thirteen Spirit Sons.
• Zhang Xiao struck at Lin Bai, who cut through his attacks and killed him with a single sword strike.
• The Spirit Sons and gathered martial artists reacted in shock to Lin Bai's strength, unaware that he was also the Black-Robed Swordsman known as Sword Demon.

Lin Bai killed Zhang Xiao with one strike, then defeated Xiu Feng by exploiting the weakness behind his speed-focused attacks. As Jie Yu charged in to save Xiu Feng, Lin Bai blocked him with one sword and cut Xiu Feng’s throat with the other.

• Lin Bai killed Zhang Xiao with a single sword strike, shocking the surrounding Spirit Children.
• Xiu Feng attacked Lin Bai with his fast blade and Thousand Blade Phantoms, but Lin Bai dodged every strike.
• Xiu Feng revealed his Gale Serpent Martial Soul and launched a deadly attack, but Lin Bai identified the weakness in his speed-focused style.
• Lin Bai used the Supreme Sword—Sixth Form, Shattering the Void, to strike Xiu Feng down.
• Jie Yu rushed to intervene, but Lin Bai repelled him with the Purple Cloud Sword and slashed Xiu Feng’s throat with the Azure Song Sword.