Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai forced his way into the Heavenly Sound Academy to find Hong Su and fought Xiu Jin and Zhao Longtu when they tried to stop him. After Lin Bai badly injured Zhao Longtu, Hong Su appeared and led him away to talk.

• Lin Bai demanded to see Hong Su, but the Heavenly Sound Academy Master insisted she was in closed-door cultivation.
• Xiu Jin attacked Lin Bai with her jade flute, and Lin Bai broke it and nearly struck her before the Heavenly Sound Academy Master objected.
• Zhao Longtu arrived, clashed with Lin Bai, and was sent flying by Lin Bai’s giant transformed body and powerful punch.
• Hong Su appeared and stopped Lin Bai from pursuing Zhao Longtu, who left after threatening him.
• Hong Su took Lin Bai away to speak, while the Heavenly Sound Academy Master scolded Xiu Jin for nearly bringing disaster upon the academy.

Zhao Longtu told Hua Yuxian that Lin Bai was Lin Duo’s son and had a blood feud with the Five Venoms Sect, complicating the Holy Sect’s plans for him. Lin Bai learned that Ye Suxin had agreed to marry Su Cang, while Ye Wuhuan insisted the match was best for her.

• Zhao Longtu told Hua Yuxian that Lin Bai’s father was Lin Duo, who had destroyed the Five Venoms Sect, and that Lin Yue was Lin Bai’s uncle.
• Hua Yuxian said she would question the Sect Leader and Miao Shang after the banquet, while Zhao Longtu regretted missing his chance to kill Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai asked Hong Su whether Ye Suxin had willingly agreed to marry Su Cang, and Hong Su confirmed that she had.
• Hong Su questioned what answer Lin Bai had hoped to hear and mentioned the Ice Hibernation Art after he left.
• Ye Wuhuan told Ye Suxin that Su Cang was the best match for her, and Ye Suxin smiled desolately.

Hong Su learned that Ye Suxin’s wedding to Su Cang had been set for three months later, while Lin Bai visited Divine Relic Ridge’s ancestral portraits and discovered that Saint Elder Su Yanhua had left for Southern Ridge. The chapter ended with Lin Bai wondering whether Su Yanhua had left to avoid him.

• Hong Su asked Ye Suxin whether she had told Lin Bai about her situation, and Ye Suxin explained that her father had arranged her wedding to Su Cang for three months later with the Su Dynasty’s involvement.
• Bai Xiaoxiao, Jian Ruohan, Kang Yiyang, Kang Shiyun, and Tang Bufan visited Lin Bai, declined Hua Yuxian’s banquet, and decided to search the Crimson Immortal Sect battlefield for opportunities.
• Lin Bai declined to join them and went to First Peak to meet Ye Wuhuan and pay respects to the successive patriarchs of Divine Relic Ridge.
• Lin Bai bowed to Luo Qi’s portrait and asked Ye Wuhuan to take him to see Saint Elder Su Yanhua.
• Ye Wuhuan told Lin Bai that Su Yanhua had left for Southern Ridge half a month earlier, on the night Lin Bai defeated Ye Jianjun.

Lin Bai found that Su Yanhua had left Divine Relic Ridge for the southern territories and suspected that others knew his identity, so he planned to retrieve the Divine Creation Palace before departing. Meanwhile, Su Cang gathered powerful southern-territory heirs and disciples at Ye Jianjun’s former residence to discuss a fragment connected to Lin Bai and Jian Xuan.

• After five days of searching, Lin Bai confirmed that Su Yanhua was no longer on Divine Relic Ridge and wondered who had told him Lin Bai’s identity.
• Lin Bai decided to retrieve the Divine Creation Palace and then head to the southern territories, where he hoped to uncover secrets involving his father and Long Qingfeng’s Dragon Slayer Sword.
• Su Cang arrived at Ye Jianjun’s former mansion and joined Ye Jianjun, Ye Banqiu, Qin Beiao, Long Qingfeng, and Zhao Lingshen.
• The group introduced themselves, and Ye Jianjun revealed that he was the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect’s Sword Paragon.
• Su Cang began the meeting by raising the fragment within the Spirit Sword Sect, which he said concerned Lin Bai and Jian Xuan.

Su Cang revealed that Lin Bai might possess the fragment coveted by the Central Sacred Nation and formed the Divine Alliance to capture him. The alliance planned to strike when Lin Bai entered the Divine Creation Palace in half a month.

• Su Cang explained that Jian Xuan had taken the fragment from the Spirit Sword Sect and that Lin Bai had rescued him from the Sacred Moon Sect.
• Su Cang argued that Lin Bai’s rapid growth suggested the fragment was in his possession, leading the gathered leaders to suspect he held a great secret.
• Su Cang proposed that the southern region’s talented martial artists form the Divine Alliance and capture Lin Bai alive to force Jian Xuan and the Spirit Sword Sect to reveal the fragment.
• Ye Jianjun said his defeated opponent had only been a clone and claimed his true body could kill Lin Bai.
• The alliance agreed to capture Lin Bai in the Divine Creation Palace when it opened in half a month.

Hua Yuxian received the Five Venoms Sect Leader’s orders to secure the divine bone after the Divine Creation Palace closed, while Lin Bai and other martial artists entered the palace to seek the Creation Token and its resources. The Divine Alliance followed Lin Bai inside, planning to cripple him, as other forces and watchers also converged on the palace.

• The Five Venoms Sect Leader told Hua Yuxian not to harm Lin Bai yet and ordered her to seize the divine bone at Divine Relic Ridge after the Divine Creation Palace closed.
• Three days later, the Divine Creation Palace appeared, and its announcement declared that Heaven Core Realm martial artists and members of the Demon Race could enter to seek the Creation Token and become the Crimson Immortal Sect’s Sect Leader.
• Lin Bai explained the palace’s importance to Jian Ruohan and Bai Xiaoxiao, then joined them and the crowds heading inside.
• Su Cang and the Divine Alliance watched Lin Bai enter and agreed to cripple him if they encountered him, without killing him.
• Qing He and Chang Yun watched the palace from the Dark World, while the spirit within the Martial Soul Altar and the Fisherman waited inside it.

Lin Bai entered the Divine Creation Palace and learned that its Blood Trial forced entrants to kill ten people to advance, revealing the Crimson Immortal Sect’s plan to choose a new Sect Master. After surviving the first trial and reaching the treasure hall, he searched for spiritual blood to strengthen his cultivation.

• Lin Bai, Bai Xiaoxiao, and Jian Ruohan entered the red pillar, but the trial separated them into a vast arena with seventy-two thousand martial artists.
• A voice announced that entrants had to kill ten people to reach the next level and could claim a treasure after each trial, while the last survivor would become the Divine Creation Palace’s master.
• Lin Bai retreated from the slaughter and killed ten attackers who ambushed him, then advanced without finding Bai Xiaoxiao or Jian Ruohan.
• Lin Bai entered the transition hall, where survivors could choose one treasure from eighteen categorized stone walls.
• Lin Bai searched the spiritual objects and found eighteen drops of Divine Dragon Blood, which could help raise his cultivation.

Lin Bai exchanged for eighteen drops of Divine Dragon Blood, then refused to hand them over to Long Hui despite the Demon Commander’s threats. As the artifact spirit opened the gate to the second level, Lin Bai entered, with Long Hui and the other Demon Race experts following him.

• Lin Bai chose the Divine Dragon Blood from the stone stele and received a jade bottle containing eighteen drops.
• Long Hui arrived with five powerful Demon Commanders and demanded that Lin Bai give him the blood to awaken his dragon bloodline.
• Lin Bai stored the bottle away, mocked Long Hui, and refused to hand over the Divine Dragon Blood.
• Lin Bai told Long Hui that their grudge had begun when Long Hui chased him through Blood Mountain and challenged him to come to the second level.
• The artifact spirit opened the gate to the second level and announced that entrants would need to kill ten people to reach the third trial.
• Lin Bai entered the gate, and Long Hui and the other Demon Race experts followed him.

Lin Bai entered the second level of the Divine Creation Palace and was ambushed by Long Hui and a group of Demon Race experts seeking the Divine Dragon Blood. He killed them all, passed the level, and began searching the stone steles for a treasure related to cultivating artistic conception.

• Lin Bai entered the second level, dismissed a martial artist who apologized for attacking him, and prepared to refine the Divine Dragon Blood.
• Long Hui led five other Demon Commanders and more than a dozen peak Heaven Core Realm experts in an attack on Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai fought back with the Emperor's Heart Sword, killing the Demon Race experts and the five Demon Commanders with his Supreme Sword.
• Lin Bai killed Long Hui with Sword Heart...One Thought and refined the demons' blood with the Devouring Sword Soul.
• Lin Bai passed the second level after killing eighteen members of the Demon Race and began browsing its eighteen stone steles for a treasure.

Lin Bai chose the Thatched Hut Rainstorm Painting and discovered that its raindrops changed as he examined it, hinting at a path to comprehending Rainstorm Intent. He then joined Jian Ruohan and Bai Xiaoxiao as the survivors entered the Divine Creation Palace’s final battle for the Creation Token.

• Lin Bai exchanged for Li Changshui’s Thatched Hut Rainstorm Painting, which contained rare Rainstorm Intent.
• Lin Bai watched the painting’s single raindrop multiply to nine before pain forced him to withdraw his mind, and he put the scroll away to study later.
• Jian Ruohan told Lin Bai that she had obtained a pill and Supreme Martial Spirit Tool inner armor, while Bai Xiaoxiao had chosen an inner armor and a cultivation technique.
• The artifact spirit announced that only one person could leave the third level alive and claim the Creation Token, though contestants could crush jade tablets to leave the Divine Creation Palace.
• Lin Bai entered the third level with Jian Ruohan and Bai Xiaoxiao to face the remaining martial artists.

Lin Bai entered the third and final level of the Blood Trial and searched for Jian Ruohan and Bai Xiaoxiao, while Su Cang gathered the Divine Alliance to hunt him. The chapter ended with Lin Bai facing nine powerful Southern Ridge disciples, including several old enemies and the masked Jian Han.

• Lin Bai entered the third level and spent more than half a day searching for Jian Ruohan and Bai Xiaoxiao.
• Su Cang urged the Divine Alliance to find Lin Bai and cripple him so they could learn where Jian Xuan and the fragment were.
• Ye Jianjun persuaded Ye Jianqiu to join their attack, and the group set out after learning Yan Yu had found Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai confronted Yan Yu, but Ye Jianjun struck him away as the other Divine Alliance members appeared.
• Su Cang introduced the nine members of his alliance, including Ye Jianjun, Yan Yu, and the masked Jian Han, and taunted Lin Bai about their strength.

Su Cang and eight allies from Lingnan attacked Lin Bai to force him to reveal Jian Xuan’s whereabouts. Lin Bai fought back with several treasures and techniques but was badly wounded, and Su Cang gloated over finally having him at his mercy.

• Lin Bai realized Su Cang had gathered the Lingnan geniuses to seek Jian Xuan and refused to cripple his dantian or go with them.
• Su Cang led the eight others in surrounding Lin Bai and sealing the area with their combined power.
• Lin Bai repelled Su Cang’s sword thrust, but Long Qingfeng struck his back and exposed the Bloodflame War God Armor.
• Lin Bai used the Restriction Banners and Azure Flame Gourd, but Ye Jianjun broke the chains and shattered the fire dragon before injuring him.
• Lin Bai countered Ye Banqiu with his Flying Sword, then Zhao Lingshen and Qin Beiao struck him in succession, leaving him covered in wounds and shattering his armor.
• Ye Banqiu and Qin Beiao mocked Lin Bai as Su Cang gloated that he had waited two years to take revenge.

Lin Bai activated the Celestial Phenomenon and fought Ye Banqiu, whose Gale Wind Intent let him exploit Lin Bai’s inability to use sword techniques in giant form. Lin Bai found Ye Banqiu’s hidden position and brought a crushing palm down on him as Ye Jianjun rushed to intervene.

• Lin Bai transformed into a hundred-zhang giant and warned Ye Banqiu that the Celestial Phenomenon would make him much stronger.
• Ye Banqiu attacked Lin Bai with sword lights, but Lin Bai’s giant body withstood them and knocked Ye Banqiu back with a powerful kick.
• Ye Banqiu revealed his Gale Wind Intent and wounded Lin Bai with a swift sword strike, while Ye Jianjun pointed out that Lin Bai could not use sword techniques in giant form.
• Lin Bai declared that his sword understanding let him see through Ye Banqiu’s movements and slammed his palm toward the spot where Ye Banqiu appeared.
• Ye Banqiu cried out for help, and Ye Jianjun rushed beneath Lin Bai’s descending palm to save him.

Lin Bai killed Ye Banqiu, Chu Yue, and Yan Yu, then was badly wounded in a clash with Zhao Lingshen. He gave up his Giant God form, used Divine Dragon Blood to break through to Heaven Core Realm great perfection, and cut Zhao Lingshen down with Ask Not.

• Lin Bai killed Ye Banqiu after exploiting the weaknesses in his Gale Wind Intent, while Ye Jianjun arrived too late to save him.
• Su Cang led the others in attacking Lin Bai, who killed Chu Yue with a punch and chased down and killed Yan Yu.
• Zhao Lingshen struck Lin Bai with the Ancient God Fist, and Lin Bai returned to his normal form as Su Cang and Qin Beiao thought his Celestial Phenomenon had been defeated.
• Lin Bai chose to abandon the Giant God Power, swallowed Divine Dragon Blood through his Devouring Sword Soul, and advanced to Heaven Core Realm great perfection.
• Zhao Lingshen charged to cripple Lin Bai's dantian, but Lin Bai drew the Emperor's Heart Sword and killed him with Ask Not.

Lin Bai revealed his breakthrough to grand completion of the Heaven Core Realm and began fighting the Divine Alliance’s remaining martial artists. He survived Qin Beiao’s ambush and Ye Jianjun’s fiery assault, then raced toward Qin Beiao with Sword Heart—One Thought.

• Lin Bai beheaded Zhao Lingshen with one strike of the Supreme Sword’s ninth form, stunning Ye Jianjun and the others.
• Lin Bai declared that he would destroy the Divine Alliance, demanded the origins of Dragon Slayer Sword from Long Qingfeng, and challenged the remaining martial artists.
• Su Cang attacked Lin Bai but was knocked back, while Qin Beiao ambushed Lin Bai with Heaven Flipping Seal and blasted him through a mountain.
• Lin Bai walked out of the ruins unharmed, and Ye Jianjun attacked with Golden Crow Sword as Qin Beiao prepared another Heaven Flipping Seal.
• Lin Bai evaded Qin Beiao’s second charge with Nine Revolution Sword Step and unleashed Sword Heart—One Thought.

Lin Bai killed Qin Beiao and fought Ye Jianjun and masked Jian Han, recognizing Jian Han’s ill-suited Cloud Soaring Sword style before defeating him. As Lin Bai moved to unmask Jian Han, Ye Jianjun and Long Qingfeng attacked together, and Lin Bai turned his fury on Long Qingfeng.

• Lin Bai killed Qin Beiao with a sword strike to the throat, then repelled Ye Jianjun’s Golden Crow Sword attack.
• Jian Han drew a Supreme Martial Spirit Tool and attacked Lin Bai with the Cloud Soaring Sword techniques.
• Lin Bai recognized Jian Han’s sword style as Ye Jianqiu’s and criticized Jian Han for choosing a technique that clashed with his temperament.
• Lin Bai severed Jian Han’s sword and wounded his chest, then questioned him about his mask and his reasons for seeking a fight.
• Ye Jianjun and Long Qingfeng attacked Lin Bai together, but Lin Bai cut down their attacks and charged at Long Qingfeng.

Lin Bai defeated and killed Ye Jianjun, who revealed that his true body had become the Sword Paragon of the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect. Su Cang tricked Long Qingfeng into holding Lin Bai off, then escaped the Divine Creation Palace, leaving Lin Bai to confront the wounded Long Qingfeng.

• Lin Bai defeated Ye Jianjun in battle and killed him despite Ye Jianjun's threat that his true body would seek revenge.
• Ye Jianjun revealed that his true body had left Divine Relic Ridge and become the Sword Paragon of the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect.
• Su Cang asked Long Qingfeng to hold Lin Bai back while he prepared a one-time killing weapon, and Long Qingfeng agreed.
• Lin Bai severely wounded Long Qingfeng, who demanded to know whether Su Cang was ready.
• Su Cang crushed an exit token and escaped the Divine Creation Palace, then Lin Bai turned toward Long Qingfeng.

Lin Bai killed Long Qingfeng and the other Divine Alliance attackers, then learned the Dragon Slayer Sword was truly the Azure Dragon Empire’s imperial clan secret art and wondered how it connected to his father. After becoming the sole survivor on the Divine Creation Palace’s third level, he was named Sect Master of the Crimson Immortal Sect, while news of deaths at Divine Relic Ridge set powerful figures in Lingnan moving.

• Lin Bai searched Long Qingfeng’s memories, confirmed the Dragon Slayer Sword was the Azure Dragon Empire’s imperial clan secret art, and killed him; Masked Jian Han escaped while Lin Bai was distracted.
• Lin Bai recovered among the ruins, where Jian Ruohan and Bai Xiaoxiao joined him, and the three headed to the Divine Creation Palace to persuade the remaining martial artists to leave.
• The remaining experts departed, and Jian Ruohan and Bai Xiaoxiao gave up their qualifications, leaving Lin Bai as the only survivor on the third level; the artifact spirit declared him Sect Master of the Crimson Immortal Sect.
• In Lingnan, the Purple-Robed Man learned that his Ye Jianjun avatar had died and set out for Divine Relic Ridge to investigate.
• In the Azure Dragon Empire’s Ancestral Temple, the Crown Prince’s life lamp shattered, and an old eunuch rushed to tell the emperor.

Lin Bai claimed the Creation Token and took control of the Divine Creation Palace, rejecting the Crimson Immortal Sect’s demand that he revive it and destroying Water Wraith. As the Fisherman led him toward the palace’s treasures, powerful factions learned of deaths at Divine Relic Ridge and began preparing their next moves.

• The Azure Dragon Emperor discovered that Long Qingfeng’s life lamp had shattered and ordered the Ninth Prince summoned, while Qin Yunteng learned that Qin Beiao had died in Divine Relic Ridge and vowed revenge.
• The Holy Seal Sect’s Sect Master summoned Guardian Supreme Dong Qian, and the Zhao Dynasty and Reaching Heaven Sword Sect dispatched experts after learning of Zhao Lingshen’s and Ye Banqiu’s deaths.
• The Fisherman and Water Wraith presented Lin Bai with the Creation Token and explained that claiming it meant taking responsibility for reviving the Crimson Immortal Sect.
• Lin Bai refined the Creation Token, declared that he would claim the Divine Creation Palace to quell the Blood Demon Calamity rather than revive the Crimson Immortal Sect, and annihilated Water Wraith.
• The Fisherman led Lin Bai to see the Divine Creation Palace’s treasures, while Hua Yuxian instructed Blade Fiend to have Zhao Longtu gather the hidden agents and await her orders.

Lin Bai explored the Divine Creation Palace’s Intent cultivation chambers and treasure collection, then learned about the Heavenly Spirit Embryo, which could create a clone to let him separate his Ancient God Scripture training from sword cultivation. The Fisherman also explained how Ye Jianjun’s Blood Shadow Demon Body Martial Soul created temporary clones.

• The Fisherman led Lin Bai through the cultivation area and explained that its seventy-five chambers included rare Intent chambers.
• Lin Bai entered the Rainstorm Intent chamber, found its scenery familiar from the Thatched Hut Rainstorm Painting, and left without gaining insight.
• The Fisherman showed Lin Bai the treasure area, and Lin Bai asked for something that could solve the conflict between his giant-form technique and sword path.
• The Fisherman presented the Heavenly Spirit Embryo, which could use Lin Bai’s blood, bone, and soul to create a clone.
• The Fisherman explained that Ye Jianjun’s Blood Shadow Demon Body Martial Soul could split off clones that matched his cultivation but survived only five years.