Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai defeated Wen Shi and Jin Liang while Jian Ruohan and Bai Xiaoxiao's corpse puppets killed the other warriors who had surrounded them. After the battle, the three met at the treasure mountains and wondered what the place was.

• Lin Bai reflected on Jian Ruohan and Bai Xiaoxiao's Transcendent Souls before Wen Shi and Jin Liang attacked him.
• Lin Bai sent Jin Liang flying, then killed him when Jin Liang begged for mercy.
• Wen Shi attacked Lin Bai with his Hundred Might Spear, but Lin Bai killed him with Sword Heart...One Thought.
• Jian Ruohan and Bai Xiaoxiao watched their corpse puppets tear apart Ling Yu and the other warriors, then Bai Xiaoxiao recalled the puppets.
• Lin Bai complained that the women had arrived late, and Bai Xiaoxiao blamed him for leaving only a tiny opening in the formation.
• Jian Ruohan and Bai Xiaoxiao asked Lin Bai why two treasure mountains stood before them.

Lin Bai, Bai Xiaoxiao, and Jian Ruohan discovered two treasure mountains in the Crimson Immortal Sect's inner sect and gathered precious spirit herbs and ores. Lin Bai found Eternal Sand needed to forge Jian Ruohan's flying sword and spotted Destiny Stone farther up the mountain.

• Lin Bai used his Devouring Sword Soul's secret method to break the seals on Spirit Herb Mountain, and the three gathered its spirit herbs.
• Lin Bai explained that blood, especially demon blood, best nourished his Devouring Sword Soul, while directly devouring spirit herbs was wasteful.
• Bai Xiaoxiao and Jian Ruohan gave Lin Bai the spirit herbs they had collected, and the three moved to the mountain of ores.
• Jian Ruohan and Bai Xiaoxiao recognized rare divine metals among the ores, while Lin Bai focused on golden sand and identified it as Eternal Sand for Jian Ruohan's flying sword.
• Lin Bai broke the seals around the Eternal Sand and stored it, then spotted Destiny Stone near the mountaintop.

Lin Bai, Jian Ruohan, and Bai Xiaoxiao collected rare materials from the treasure mountains, then searched them for the secret behind their unnatural preservation. They discovered a hidden underground plaza and met Hua Yuxian there, who claimed it was empty.

• Lin Bai collected the Eternal Sand, Destiny Stones, and Soaring Sky Divine Iron, while Jian Ruohan chose Ten Thousand Year Ice Crystal and Bai Xiaoxiao chose Human Emperor Bone for their flying swords.
• Lin Bai and the two women took all the remaining ores and divine iron from both treasure mountains.
• Lin Bai proposed searching the emptied mountains for the secret that had kept their herbs and ores from decaying.
• Bai Xiaoxiao found a hidden cave beneath Spirit Herb Mountain, and Lin Bai, Jian Ruohan, and Bai Xiaoxiao followed its passage to an enormous underground plaza.
• Hua Yuxian entered the plaza and said she had found a hidden formation, then remarked that the plaza was empty.

Lin Bai and the others discovered a Giant God Race divine bone beneath the treasure mountains, and Dugu Yun arrived after Hua Yuxian left. Dugu Yun revealed that he had identified Lin Bai’s Demonic Martial Soul, leaving Lin Bai to confront the threat of exposure.

• Lin Bai recognized the enormous bone embedded in the cave as part of a Giant God Race spine and realized it had nourished the treasure mountains for millennia.
• Jian Ruohan and Bai Xiaoxiao urged Lin Bai to kill Hua Yuxian and claim the divine bone, but Dugu Yun suddenly appeared.
• Dugu Yun ordered Hua Yuxian to leave and keep the cave’s secrets, and she departed without resistance.
• After Hua Yuxian was gone, Dugu Yun told Lin Bai he had recognized his Demonic Martial Soul and challenged him over concealing it.
• Jian Ruohan and Bai Xiaoxiao prepared to fight Dugu Yun, while Lin Bai asked whether he intended to capture or kill him.

Dugu Yun confronted Lin Bai over his Demonic Martial Soul but let him leave and warned him to keep it hidden. Lin Bai returned to the Five Peaks to prepare for his next goals, while Hua Yuxian reported finding what the Five Venoms Sect had been seeking.

• Dugu Yun revealed that he guarded the divine bone beneath the treasure mountains and warned Lin Bai not to reveal his Demonic Martial Soul or the bone’s location.
• Dugu Yun allowed Lin Bai, Bai Xiaoxiao, and Jian Ruohan to leave after they agreed not to expose the divine bone.
• Lin Bai said he would defeat the Holy Son, visit Su Yanhua, and seize the Divine Creation Palace before heading south.
• Lin Bai returned to Tempest Cave for closed-door cultivation, while Bai Xiaoxiao went to study the Transcendent Soul and Jian Ruohan prepared to train on the battlefield.
• Hua Yuxian told Blade Fiend that she had found what the Five Venoms Sect sought and ordered him to notify the Sect Leader and prepare for battle.

After waiting in vain for Dugu Yun, Lin Bai refined flying swords for Jian Ruohan and Bai Xiaoxiao and taught them how to use them. With the swords named and the women prepared to leave, Lin Bai turned to cultivating the Ancient God Scripture and raising his cultivation.

• Lin Bai waited ten days for Dugu Yun to explain why he had spared him, but Dugu Yun never appeared, so Lin Bai decided to resume cultivating.
• Lin Bai rented a first-grade chamber at Refining Volcano and spent a month refining two flying swords from rare materials.
• Lin Bai gave Jian Ruohan and Bai Xiaoxiao their flying swords and taught them to fuse their souls with them and use Sword Control Art.
• Jian Ruohan gave Bai Xiaoxiao a copy of the Myriad Swords Technique, and the women named their swords White Spirit Sword and Di Xiao Sword.
• After Jian Ruohan and Bai Xiaoxiao left Tempest Cave, Lin Bai prepared to cultivate the Ancient God Scripture and increase his cultivation.

Lin Bai bought an alchemy furnace and spirit fire, then refined Azure Flame Pills to raise his cultivation to the peak of the ninth level of the Heaven Core Realm. He began refining Dragon-Tiger Golden Embryo Pills to cultivate the Ancient God Scripture and prepare to face Ye Jianjun.

• Lin Bai spent his remaining points on a Grade Nine Spirit Tool Alchemy Furnace and spirit fire, then prepared to refine two King-Grade Pills.
• Lin Bai refined thirteen Azure Flame Pills over half a month and swallowed them to advance to the peak of the ninth level of the Heaven Core Realm.
• Lin Bai found he lacked enough spirit herbs to make more Azure Flame Pills and reserved the remaining herbs for Dragon-Tiger Golden Embryo Pills.
• Lin Bai resumed refining pills, beginning the Dragon-Tiger Golden Embryo Pill so he could cultivate the Ancient God Scripture and challenge Ye Jianjun.

Lin Bai consumed nine Dragon-Tiger Golden Embryo Pills and cultivated the Ancient God Scripture to the One-Star Giant God level, reaching strength comparable to the peak of the Heaven Core Realm. He then turned to comprehending the Supreme Sword’s final form, Mo Wen, but could not yet grasp its meaning.

• Lin Bai swallowed nine Dragon-Tiger Golden Embryo Pills, which tempered his body and helped him condense a purple-gold divine star above his brow.
• Lin Bai stabilized the divine star and became a One-Star Giant God, unleashing a powerful aura across Divine Relic Ridge.
• Qing He sensed Lin Bai’s breakthrough and hoped he would be able to quell the blood demon calamity, while warning him that the road ahead was perilous.
• Lin Bai crushed a distant mountain using only his physical strength and judged his Giant God cultivation equal to the peak of the Heaven Core Realm.
• Lin Bai returned to his residence to ponder the Supreme Sword’s ninth form, Mo Wen, but could not understand what the two words meant.

Hua Yuxian returned to the Five Venoms Sect and learned its plan to exploit Lin Bai and Ye Jianjun’s duel, seize the divine bone, and revive the Holy Ancestor. As the duel began, Lin Bai left his cave abode with Jian Ruohan and Bai Xiaoxiao, determined to face Ye Jianjun.

• Hua Yuxian returned to the Five Venoms Sect’s headquarters with Blade Fiend and reported that Dugu Yun guarded the divine bone.
• The Five Venoms Sect Leader ordered Hua Yuxian to use Serpent Heart Poison to control Divine Relic Ridge’s geniuses, especially Lin Bai and Ye Jianjun, during their upcoming duel.
• The Five Venoms Sect Leader planned to seize resources from the Divine Creation Palace, destroy the eastern region’s dynasties, and take the divine bone to revive the Holy Ancestor.
• The Five Venoms Sect Leader told Hua Yuxian to summon Xiu'er back to headquarters and reveal the truth to him.
• Jian Ruohan and Bai Xiaoxiao visited Lin Bai on the day of his duel with Ye Jianjun, and Lin Bai said he was ready to fight.

Lin Bai arrived at First Peak’s crowded Martial Arts Arena for his unavoidable battle with Holy Son Ye Jianjun, while his friends and the Five Peaks’ most prominent figures gathered to watch. The chapter ended with Lin Bai standing alone on the Martial Arts Platform, composed beneath the crowd’s attention, as the battle was about to begin.

• Lin Bai headed for the Martial Arts Arena with Bai Xiaoxiao and Jian Ruohan, and Tang Bufan caught up with them after arriving at the Five Peaks.
• Kang Yiyang and Kang Shiyun apologized that Kang Xiao had not emerged from seclusion to finish repairing Lin Bai’s Emperor’s Heart Sword, but Lin Bai refused to postpone the battle.
• Lin Bai and his companions entered the packed arena, where Ye Wuhuan, Ye Suxin, Hong Su, and Su Cang watched from a stone platform.
• Hua Yuxian and Blade Fiend spotted Ji Guan and the rising geniuses Long Qingfeng, Qin Beiao, and Ye Banqiu, and Hua Yuxian ordered Blade Fiend to recruit the three after the battle.
• Lin Bai exchanged salutes with Ji Guan, parted from his friends, and stepped onto the Martial Arts Platform to await Ye Jianjun.

Lin Bai and Ye Jianjun began their long-awaited battle before a crowd of Divine Relic Ridge experts, with Ye Jianjun wielding the Crimson Emperor Sword and Lin Bai fighting without his unrepaired Emperor's Heart Sword. Lin Bai's opening attacks approached Sky Realm power, but Ye Jianjun shattered his first strike as the clash continued.

• Zhao Longtu arrived with Ye Jianjun and promised to protect him if he killed Lin Bai, while Ye Jianjun's followers urged him to avenge their fallen brothers.
• Hua Yuxian predicted Ye Jianjun would win and planned to recruit Lin Bai into the Holy Church after his defeat.
• Lin Bai and Ye Jianjun exchanged taunts, and Ye Jianjun demanded that Lin Bai use the Emperor's Heart Sword, which Kang Xiao had not finished repairing.
• Ye Jianjun drew the Crimson Emperor Sword and released perfected ninth-grade sword intent, while Lin Bai prepared the Purple Cloud Sword and Azure Song Sword.
• Lin Bai attacked with Supreme Sword: God-Slaying, but Ye Jianjun casually shattered the strike with the Crimson Emperor Sword.
• Lin Bai followed with Flying Sword: One Sword Transforms into a Thousand, attacking Ye Jianjun with both swords.

Lin Bai’s threefold sword attack failed to injure Ye Jianjun, who broke the Purple Cloud Sword and drove Lin Bai into retreat. Kang Xiao arrived with the restored Emperor’s Heart Sword, and Lin Bai counterattacked with a black gleam that made Ye Jianjun’s Crimson Emperor Sword recoil.

• Lin Bai unleashed three sword attacks on Ye Jianjun, but Ye Jianjun emerged unharmed and revealed his formidable defenses.
• Ye Jianjun used his Crimson Sun sword strike to shatter the Purple Cloud Sword and send Lin Bai flying.
• Ye Jianjun suppressed Lin Bai, while Jian Ruohan and Bai Xiaoxiao blamed the gap between their weapons.
• Kang Xiao arrived and tossed Lin Bai the restored Emperor’s Heart Sword.
• Lin Bai wielded the Emperor’s Heart Sword and used the Martial Soul Secret Method, Cease War, against Ye Jianjun’s Crimson Emperor Sword.

Lin Bai countered Ye Jianjun’s Nine Stars Shattering Moon Sword Finger with the Myriad Swords Technique and wounded him, turning the battle in his favor. Lin Bai declared the fight had only been a warm-up, and both combatants prepared to get serious.

• Ye Jianjun retreated from Lin Bai’s black radiance, then attacked with the Three Stars and Six Stars Shattering Moon Sword Fingers.
• Lin Bai answered with the Myriad Swords Technique, transforming his flying sword into ten thousand shadows and forcing Ye Jianjun to unleash the Nine Stars Shattering Moon Sword Finger.
• Lin Bai gathered the sword shadows into a giant black sword and struck down Ye Jianjun’s nine sword-shadow stars, injuring him and sending him flying.
• Ye Wuhuan, Zhao Longtu, Dugu Yun, Yan Yu, and Chu Yue reacted with shock as they saw Ye Jianjun wounded.
• Lin Bai told Ye Jianjun that the warm-up was over, and both fighters gathered their strength for the next clash.

Lin Bai comprehended Mo Wen, the ninth form of the Supreme Sword, and used it to shatter Ye Jianjun’s Golden Crow Sword and send him flying. As Lin Bai recognized Ye Jinghong’s phantom and bid farewell to his legacy, Ye Jianjun rose and unleashed Blazing Fire Intent, setting up another assault.

• Ye Jianjun attacked Lin Bai with the Crimson Sun technique, then unleashed the Golden Crow Sword as golden flames and nine sword shadows engulfed the arena.
• Facing the Golden Crow Sword, Lin Bai recalled his goal and recognized the meaning of his twin swords, then charged forward with a seemingly ordinary strike.
• Lin Bai’s Mo Wen sword shattered Ye Jianjun’s Golden Crow Sword and sent him flying, astonishing the spectators and revealing that Lin Bai had comprehended the Supreme Sword’s ninth form.
• Lin Bai saw Ye Jinghong’s phantom bow to him, returned the bow, and reflected that his mastery of the Supreme Sword had ended Ye Jinghong’s era.
• Ye Jianjun stood up and announced that he would use Blazing Fire Intent with the Golden Crow Sword, summoning nine golden suns and their Golden Crows over the arena.

Ye Jianjun overwhelmed Lin Bai after revealing his Blazing Fire Intent, leaving Lin Bai badly injured and apparently unable to match his power. Lin Bai refused to surrender, put away his swords, and faced Ye Jianjun with his fists as a violet-gold divine star began to circulate on his forehead.

• Ye Jianjun unleashed the Blazing Fire Intent, greatly strengthening his Golden Crow Sword and sending Lin Bai flying with a single strike.
• Dugu Yun and the others recognized that Ye Jianjun had comprehended intent, while Lin Bai realized that his sword attacks could not overcome it.
• Ye Jianjun shattered Lin Bai's attacks, including his flying sword, and the onlookers concluded that Lin Bai was bound to lose.
• Ye Jianjun taunted Lin Bai and demanded that he kneel and beg for mercy, but Lin Bai refused to give up.
• Lin Bai stored his swords, clenched his fists, and faced Ye Jianjun as a violet-gold divine star appeared on his forehead.
• Ye Jianjun unleashed nine Golden Crows toward Lin Bai with his Golden Crow Sword technique.

Lin Bai revealed his Giant God transformation after Ye Jianjun's Golden Crow attack failed to harm him, then destroyed all nine Golden Crows. He turned his overwhelming power on Ye Jianjun, leaving his opponent facing a crushing blow.

• Ye Jianjun unleashed nine Golden Crows and their flaming sword rain at Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai stood his ground and revealed a gigantic form that the observers identified as either an ancient bloodline or the Celestial Phenomenon.
• Giant God Lin Bai crushed one Golden Crow underfoot, grabbed and destroyed another, then smashed the remaining crows with a punch.
• Lin Bai charged at Ye Jianjun and brought down a mountain-sized fist.

Lin Bai defeated Ye Jianjun, became the Five Peaks’ new Holy Son, and claimed his giant transformation came from an ancient art called the Celestial Phenomenon. As Lin Bai prepared to recover before visiting the successive patriarchs, Hua Yuxian planned a banquet to ensnare Divine Relic Ridge’s geniuses with Serpent Heart Poison.

• Lin Bai knocked Ye Jianjun unconscious with his final punch, winning their battle and earning the title of the Five Peaks’ new Holy Son.
• Ye Wuhuan gave Lin Bai half a month to recover before accompanying him to pay respects to Divine Relic Ridge’s successive patriarchs, where he hoped to see Su Yanhua.
• Lin Bai said he had learned the Celestial Phenomenon from Li Ze’s cave dwelling, then challenged Zhao Longtu to fight; Zhao Longtu refused and left with a warning.
• Hua Yuxian told Blade Fiend to announce a banquet for peerless geniuses on Fifth Peak in half a month, planning to control those who attended with Serpent Heart Poison.
• Hua Yuxian assigned Blade Fiend to invite Ye Jianjun and said she would invite Lin Bai herself.

After recovering from his injuries, Lin Bai celebrated becoming the Five Peaks Holy Son with his friends, then went out alone to reflect on his parents and the truth he hoped to learn from Su Yanhua. There he found the White-Robed Woman drowning her sorrows and learned she was to marry Su Cang, leaving them together in grief.

• Lin Bai recovered and hosted Kang Yiyang, Kang Shiyun, Tang Bufan, Jian Ruohan, Bai Xiaoxiao, and the others for a three-day feast.
• Bai Xiaoxiao asked Jian Ruohan whether she liked Lin Bai, leaving Jian Ruohan flustered.
• Lin Bai sat beneath the moon and reflected on defeating Ye Jianjun, becoming the Five Peaks Holy Son, and seeking the truth about Lin Duo from Su Yanhua.
• Lin Bai spotted the White-Robed Woman drinking alone on a cliff and flew over to join her.
• The White-Robed Woman told Lin Bai she was going to marry Su Cang, and the two shared a bitter laugh.

Lin Bai gave Ye Suxin an Ascension Fruit, then realized her claim that it tasted bitter might reveal her true feelings about marrying Su Cang. Furious and determined to confront the situation, he broke through the Five Peaks’ formation and flew to the Heavenly Sound Academy, demanding to see Hong Su.

• Lin Bai gave Ye Suxin an Ascension Fruit, which transformed her martial soul into a phoenix reborn from fire.
• Ye Suxin accepted Lin Bai’s wedding present, said the fruit was bitter, and left the cliff in tears.
• Back at Tempest Cave, Lin Bai learned from Bai Xiaoxiao and Jian Ruohan that the Ascension Fruit tasted sweet, and he concluded that Ye Suxin’s answer meant something was troubling her.
• Lin Bai flew beyond the Five Peaks, broke through its concealing formation, and headed for the Heavenly Sound Academy.
• Lin Bai confronted the Heavenly Sound Academy’s experts and called for Hong Su.

Lin Bai went to Heavenly Sound Academy to ask Hong Su about an urgent matter, but Hong Su refused to meet him and claimed to be in seclusion. When Xiu Jin challenged Lin Bai’s right to insist, he unleashed his power and drew his swords.

• Lin Bai arrived at Heavenly Sound Academy and asked its dean to let him see Hong Su.
• The dean visited Hong Su, who told her to say she was in seclusion and did not wish to see Lin Bai.
• The dean returned and told Lin Bai that Hong Su could not receive him, but offered to notify him when she emerged from seclusion.
• Lin Bai questioned whether Hong Su was truly in seclusion and said he would not leave without seeing her.
• Xiu Jin rebuked Lin Bai for trespassing and threatened him with the consequences of defying the academy and Zhao Longtu.
• Lin Bai apologized for his intrusion but warned that he would show no mercy if the academy kept obstructing him, then drew the Emperor's Heart Sword and Azure Song Sword.