Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai and the leaders of Divine Relic Ridge uncovered the Five Venoms Sect’s agents and learned why the sect had sought the divine bone. Zhao Longtu revealed that the sect planned to use it to activate a formation and resurrect its Sacred Ancestor, while its attacks on East Ridge were meant to draw Divine Relic Ridge’s experts away.

• Zhao Longtu named the Five Venoms Sect’s agents, and Ye Wuhuan and Dugu Yun ordered the fleeing elders on the list killed.
• Lin Bai questioned Zhao Longtu about the sect’s purpose, and Zhao Longtu revealed its plan to activate the Inverted Yin-Yang Formation.
• Zhao Longtu explained that the Five Venoms Sacred Ancestor had entered hibernation in her tomb and that the formation could reverse life and death to give her another lifetime.
• Zhao Longtu said the sect believed the divine corpse at Divine Relic Ridge held enough energy to power the formation, so it sent three hundred agents to find the divine bone.
• Zhao Longtu explained that the Five Venoms Sect attacked East Ridge’s royal clans to provoke chaos and lure Divine Relic Ridge’s experts away from the divine bone.

Lin Bai, Ye Wuhuan, and Dugu Yun learned that the Five Venoms Sect planned to draw Divine Relic Ridge’s experts into Eastern Ridge while pursuing the divine bone and resurrecting its Sacred Ancestor. Zhao Longtu revealed the sect’s location, but after he tried to escape, Ye Wuhuan and Dugu Yun recaptured him.

• Zhao Longtu explained how destroying the dynasties’ imperial clans could plunge Eastern Ridge into chaos and draw Divine Relic Ridge’s experts away.
• Dugu Yun revealed that the Five Venoms Sacred Ancestor had possessed a Five-Life Martial Soul and warned her resurrection could threaten the entire Barren Ancient Continent.
• Ye Wuhuan and Dugu Yun insisted that the divine bone must be recovered and the Sacred Ancestor must not be resurrected.
• Zhao Longtu agreed to reveal the Five Venoms Sect’s location in exchange for his freedom, and Ye Wuhuan unlocked his chains.
• Zhao Longtu named Rift Sky Valley in the Ten Thousand Mountains of the Fengyun Dynasty as the sect’s location, then fled the hall.
• Ye Wuhuan and Dugu Yun caught Zhao Longtu and brought him back barely alive, while he accused them of breaking their word.

After learning that the Five Venoms Sect planned to revive the Five Venoms Sacred Ancestor, Lin Bai and the sect leaders prepared to attack its headquarters in the Fengyun Dynasty. Lin Bai discovered that the dynasty’s Emperor was the Five Venoms Sect’s leader, and the gathered forces advanced into the Ten Thousand Mountains.

• Dugu Yun and Ye Wuhuan explained that the Five Venoms Sect sought the divine bone to activate the Inverted Yin-Yang Formation and revive the Five Venoms Sacred Ancestor, who could destroy the Myriad Kingdoms Domain.
• Lin Bai and the sect leaders agreed to reclaim the divine bone and stop the revival, while Ye Wuhuan ordered Ye Suxin to stay behind on Divine Relic Ridge.
• Lin Bai used Soul Search on the wounded Zhao Longtu, learned that Zhao Longtu did not know Lin Duo’s whereabouts, and discovered that the Emperor of the Fengyun Dynasty led the Five Venoms Sect.
• Lin Bai joined Dugu Yun, Ye Wuhuan, and the others as they headed for the Fengyun Dynasty, while forces from Divine Relic Ridge, the Saint Night Dynasty, and Chu Jiangliu’s guards gathered in the Ten Thousand Mountains.
• The assembled forces advanced toward Rift Sky Valley, a hidden location in the northwest of the Ten Thousand Mountains.

Hua Yuxian delivered a divine bone to Fengyun Wuji as Divine Relic Ridge and Saint Night Dynasty surrounded Rift Sky Valley. Fengyun Wuji began the resurrection plan and revealed that he knew Lin Bai was Lin Duo’s son, but kept his intentions for Lin Bai secret.

• Hua Yuxian gave Fengyun Wuji the divine bone and reported that Miao Shang had died and Zhao Longtu had been captured.
• Blade Fiend reported that he had escaped alone, and scouts warned that Divine Relic Ridge and Saint Night Dynasty had surrounded Rift Sky Valley.
• Fengyun Wuji ordered Xuan Bo to activate the formation and sent the Five Venoms Sect disciples to prepare for battle.
• Fengyun Wuji confronted Feng Yunwei and Lin Yue in the dungeon, demanding that Feng Yunwei kill Lin Yue and announcing that Tie Haitang would become the Holy Ancestor’s vessel.
• Fengyun Wuji told Lin Yue that he knew Lin Bai was Lin Duo’s son, then said Lin Bai was too useful to kill.

Feng Yunwei revealed that the Five Venoms Sect planned to resurrect its Sacred Ancestor in Tie Haitang’s body, and she told Lin Yue she suspected their lost daughter was the sect’s Holy Daughter. At Rift Sky Valley, Meng Po offered to surrender if Divine Relic Ridge defeated the Five Venoms Sect’s guards in five formations, while warning that a direct assault could unleash the Poison Abyss.

• Feng Yunwei told Lin Yue that the Five Venoms Sect planned to use Tie Haitang as the vessel for the Five Venoms Sacred Ancestor and that their daughter might be the Holy Daughter.
• Nearly three hundred thousand martial artists and soldiers surrounded Rift Sky Valley, and Ye Wuhuan ordered them to prepare to attack.
• Meng Po appeared and proposed that Divine Relic Ridge break five formations to make the Five Venoms Sect surrender.
• Dugu Yun explained that opening the Poison Abyss would release deadly poisonous creatures and threaten everyone in the Ten Thousand Mountains.
• Ye Wuhuan agreed to challenge the formations and planned to have other experts search for the Poison Abyss while the fight distracted the sect.
• Meng Po scheduled the challenge for three hours later.

Lin Bai and the others entered the Five Venoms Sect’s five formations, expecting to confront their guardians. Lin Bai discovered the formations had been arranged specifically for him, and the Five Venoms Sect Leader demanded that he guard them.

• Ye Wuhuan assigned Lin Bai and the others to break through the five formations while Dugu Yun searched for the Poison Abyss.
• When poisonous mist rose and the formations activated, the group entered their assigned formations, with Lin Bai going to the First Formation and Bai Xiaoxiao and Jian Ruohan entering the Third.
• Lin Bai found the First Formation empty, then turned to see the Five Venoms Sect Leader, Meng Po, Blade Fiend, and Hua Yuxian behind him.
• Hua Yuxian revealed that the other formations were empty too, and the Five Venoms Sect Leader said all five had been set up specifically for Lin Bai.
• The Five Venoms Sect Leader demanded that Lin Bai guard the formations and told him to look at someone, while Lin Bai rejected the demand.

The Five Venoms Sect Leader forced Lin Bai to agree to defend the first barrier and kill Divine Relic Ridge martial artists by threatening Lin Yue’s life. After the sect merged the formations and cleared the poisonous fog, Lin Bai emerged before Ye Wuhuan and the others, ready to fight them.

• Blade Fiend brought out the grievously wounded Lin Yue, and the Five Venoms Sect Leader threatened to kill him if Lin Bai attacked.
• Lin Yue tried to reveal that his wife was imprisoned and begin telling Lin Bai about his daughter, but the Five Venoms Sect Leader cut out his tongue.
• To spare Lin Yue, Lin Bai agreed to guard the barrier, kill intruders within three hours, conceal their deal, and join the Five Venoms Sect; the Sect Leader also ordered him to marry Hua Yuxian.
• The Five Venoms Sect Leader ordered Meng Po to merge the five formations and disperse the poisonous fog so Divine Relic Ridge’s martial artists and the Saint Night Dynasty army could see what happened.
• Ye Wuhuan, Bai Xiaoxiao, Jian Ruohan, and the others discovered the formations had merged, then recognized Lin Bai as he emerged from the fog and invited them to attack.

Lin Bai claimed he had joined the Five Venoms Sect and confronted Ye Wuhuan, Bai Xiaoxiao, Jian Ruohan, and the others at Rift Sky Valley. After the Five Venoms Sect Leader left, Lin Bai fought his former allies and revealed Ye Jianqiu had once joined the attack on him.

• The poisonous mist dispersed, revealing Lin Bai facing Ye Wuhuan and the others inside the formation.
• The Five Venoms Sect Leader appeared, identified himself as Fengyun Wuji, and announced that Lin Bai had joined the Five Venoms Sect and was Hua Yuxian's fiancé.
• Lin Bai confirmed his allegiance, and the Five Venoms Sect Leader left with his companions after giving Lin Bai three hours.
• Bai Xiaoxiao attacked Lin Bai, while Jian Ruohan challenged him over Hua Yuxian; Lin Bai blocked Bai Xiaoxiao and knocked Jian Ruohan back.
• Ye Jianqiu attacked Lin Bai, who accused him of being the masked man involved in the earlier ambush at the Divine Creation Palace.
• Lin Bai and Ye Jianqiu clashed, and Lin Bai unleashed Supreme Sword: Sword Heart...One Thought.

Lin Bai fought Pei Ji, Lin Baoyu, Xue Qing, and Ji Guan while trying to convince the Five Venoms Sect Leader that he had betrayed the Sword Dao Institute. His staged attack left Ji Guan apparently dead and Lin Bai disgraced across Divine Relic Ridge and East Ridge, while Jian Ruohan began the Telepathic Sword Formation with him.

• Pei Ji, Lin Baoyu, Xue Qing, and Ji Guan attacked Lin Bai, who drove the first three back with his Supreme Sword techniques.
• Lin Bai slashed Ji Guan’s throat in front of the Five Venoms Sect Leader, but Pei Ji, Lin Baoyu, and Xue Qing discovered Ji Guan was unconscious with damaged meridians rather than dead.
• Ye Wuhuan and the martial artists watching Rift Sky Valley denounced Lin Bai as a traitor, while the Five Venoms Sect Leader declared his scheme had made Lin Bai infamous.
• Blade Fiend told the Five Venoms Sect Leader that Lin Bai had only injured Ji Guan, but the leader dismissed his concern and said Lin Bai’s reputation was ruined.
• Jian Ruohan realized Lin Bai might be signaling her to use the Telepathic Sword Formation, charged at him, and began calling out the formation; Lin Bai eagerly rushed to meet her.

Lin Bai and Jian Ruohan secretly communicated through the Telepathic Sword Formation and agreed to stage her defeat so she could infiltrate the Five Venoms Sect and rescue Lin Bai’s Third Uncle. Jian Ruohan left the formation, while Lin Bai remained to stall Ye Wuhuan and the others.

• Jian Ruohan attacked Lin Bai, and their Telepathic Sword Formation let them share thoughts and speak privately.
• Lin Bai told Jian Ruohan that the Five Venoms Sect was holding his Third Uncle hostage and had ordered him to kill the martial artists in the formations.
• Lin Bai explained that Ji Guan was alive but temporarily incapacitated, and Jian Ruohan agreed to help rescue his Third Uncle.
• Lin Bai struck Jian Ruohan and sent her out of the formation, making their staged falling-out appear convincing.
• Ye Wuhuan attacked Lin Bai, who asked him to keep him occupied for three hours and insisted that Ji Guan would recover.

Lin Bai fought Ye Wuhuan at the Five Venoms Sect to buy time while Jian Ruohan infiltrated the sect to rescue Lin Yue. Jian Ruohan found Lin Yue and broke open his cell, but Hua Yuxian’s unexplained cooperation left the rescue uncertain.

• Ye Wuhuan fought Lin Bai alone as the Five Venoms Sect watched, and Lin Bai held out for two hours without a victor.
• Hua Yuxian went to check on Xuan Bo’s preparations and ordered the Poison Abyss to make final preparations.
• Jian Ruohan entered the Five Venoms Sect’s restricted grounds and confronted Hua Yuxian near the dungeon.
• Jian Ruohan overpowered Hua Yuxian and forced her to lead the way to Lin Yue and Feng Yunwei’s cell.
• Jian Ruohan confirmed Lin Yue’s identity, struck Hua Yuxian aside, and broke open the cell while Hua Yuxian made no attempt to stop her.

Jian Ruohan rescued Lin Yue from the dungeon but discovered he had been poisoned, while Feng Yunwei revealed that Hua Yuxian was her daughter. Meanwhile, the Five Venoms Sect Leader realized Lin Bai and Ye Wuhuan's prolonged duel was a ruse, just as Jian Ruohan returned with Lin Yue.

• Jian Ruohan freed Lin Yue and learned from Feng Yunwei that Lin Bai had used a scheme to arrange the rescue.
• Hua Yuxian revealed that Jian Ruohan had contracted the deadly Ice Jade Poison and said the Five Venoms Sect had no antidote.
• Feng Yunwei told Hua Yuxian that she and Lin Yue were her parents, and Hua Yuxian set out to question the Five Venoms Sect elders.
• After two and a half hours of fighting without either man being injured, the Five Venoms Sect Leader realized Lin Bai and Ye Wuhuan's duel was a ruse and threatened to intervene.
• Jian Ruohan arrived with Lin Yue, and Lin Bai's sudden excitement prompted Ye Wuhuan to suspect that Lin Yue was the reason for the deception.

Lin Bai revealed that his apparent betrayal and attack on Ji Guan had been a ruse to protect his family and buy time while Jian Ruohan rescued his Third Uncle and Dugu Yun searched for the Poison Abyss. With the Five Venoms Sect’s final weapon found, Ye Wuhuan ordered Divine Relic Ridge to destroy the sect, leaving the Five Venoms Sect Leader’s scheme in ruins.

• The Five Venoms Sect Leader realized Lin Bai had deceived him, while Ji Guan recovered and learned that Lin Bai had staged the apparent betrayal.
• Lin Bai explained his actions to the gathered fighters and apologized to Ji Guan and Jian Ruohan, who understood his reasons.
• Dugu Yun returned after finding the Poison Abyss, and Ye Wuhuan ordered Divine Relic Ridge to wipe out the Five Venoms Sect.
• Ye Wuhuan praised Lin Bai for helping delay the Five Venoms Sect while Dugu Yun searched, and the fighters learned the sect’s ultimate weapon had been found.
• Tang Bufan explained how the Five Venoms Sect Leader, Lin Bai, and Ye Wuhuan had each laid a scheme, with Lin Bai and Ye Wuhuan ultimately succeeding.

The Five Venoms Sect Leader realized Lin Bai and Ye Wuhuan had outmaneuvered him, then ordered his forces to defend the Poison Abyss and Xuan Bo's formation. After arranging to reclaim the divine bone and confront the Five Venoms Sect, Lin Bai learned Hua Yuxian was his cousin and entered Rift Sky Valley for the decisive battle.

• The Five Venoms Sect Leader sent Meng Po to guard the Poison Abyss and ordered Blade Fiend to secure the area outside Xuan Bo's formation.
• Dugu Yun joined Lin Bai and Ye Wuhuan, while Pei Ji, Xue Qing, and Lin Baoyu recognized that Lin Bai had only pretended to fight them.
• Ye Wuhuan assigned Dugu Yun to seize the Poison Abyss and took Lin Bai to reclaim the divine bone from the Five Venoms Sect's formation.
• Jian Ruohan told Lin Bai that Lin Yue was stable but would need more pills to heal, and Lin Bai thanked her for rescuing his Third Uncle.
• Feng Yunwei revealed that Hua Yuxian was her and Lin Yue's daughter, and Lin Bai promised to keep his cousin safe.
• Lin Bai asked Chu Jiangliu to watch over Lin Yue and Feng Yunwei, then entered Rift Sky Valley to face the Five Venoms Sect.

Lin Bai fought through the Five Venoms Sect’s Underground Palace and defeated its guardian Wu Xun, who fled to a hall guarded by all eighteen guardians. Lin Bai followed him there and confronted the guardians.

• Ye Suxin and Hong Su entered Rift Sky Valley without telling Ye Wuhuan, hoping to find the Five Saints Mocking Heaven Scripture and undo the Ice Hibernation Art.
• Ye Wuhuan sent Lin Bai ahead to map the Underground Palace while Divine Relic Ridge’s martial artists fought the Five Venoms Sect’s disciples.
• Lin Bai encountered Wu Xun, one of the Five Venoms Sect’s eighteen guardians, and overpowered him with his sword techniques.
• Wu Xun escaped to a great hall where the eighteen guardians were ordered to stand guard, then told them Lin Bai was formidable.
• Lin Bai tracked Wu Xun to the hall and entered, thanking him for leading the way.

Lin Bai pursued Wu Xun to a hidden hall and killed the guardians who attacked him before entering the passage beyond its stone door. In the Five Venoms Sect’s underground palace, Hua Yuxian seized the Divine Bone as the Sect Leader’s formation remained unfinished.

• Lin Bai found the hall guarded by Wu Xun and the other seventeen guardians, who attacked him rather than reveal what lay beyond the stone door.
• Lin Bai killed three guardians with his sword and cut down eight more with his Flying Sword technique, while Wu Xun escaped through the stone door.
• Lin Bai slew the surviving guardians and followed Wu Xun through the stone door into the underground palace.
• The Five Venoms Sect Leader learned that Divine Relic Ridge’s warriors had fought their way in after Lin Bai rescued Lin Yue, while Xuan Bo said the formation would take about seven more days to complete.
• Hua Yuxian suddenly took the Divine Bone from above the bound Tie Haitang, and the Five Venoms Sect Leader ordered her to return it.

Hua Yuxian confronted the Five Venoms Sect Leader about her parents and learned that he had treated her and her mother as tools for the Five Venoms Sect’s ambitions. As he choked her, Lin Bai arrived and demanded that he release his cousin.

• Hua Yuxian seized the divine bone and asked the Five Venoms Sect Leader whether Feng Yunwei was her mother and Lin Yue was her father.
• The Five Venoms Sect Leader revealed that Feng Yunwei had been chosen as the Sacred Ancestor’s new body, then called Hua Yuxian and her mother worthless and began choking her.
• Wu Xun reported that Lin Bai had killed the other seventeen protectors in the front hall and fought his way into the Underground Palace.
• Lin Bai entered the great hall, defended his family’s bloodline, and demanded that the Five Venoms Sect Leader release Hua Yuxian.

Lin Bai fought Xuan Bo and the Five Venoms Sect Leader inside the Five Venoms Sect, then rescued Hua Yuxian from the Sect Leader’s grasp. He sent Hua Yuxian away and turned back to face both Sky Realm opponents.

• Xuan Bo attacked Lin Bai, who fought back with the Supreme Sword but was driven into the hall wall.
• Lin Bai used the Supreme Sword and flying swords against Xuan Bo’s poisonous water and fire dragons, but the battle continued.
• Lin Bai feigned retreat from Xuan Bo’s water dragon, then struck the Five Venoms Sect Leader and freed Hua Yuxian.
• Lin Bai told Hua Yuxian that her father had missed her and urged her to leave before Divine Relic Ridge’s martial artists arrived.
• Xuan Bo sent his water dragon at Lin Bai again, and Lin Bai prepared to fight both opponents without restraint.

Lin Bai used Hua Yuxian’s knowledge of the Five Saints Mocking Heaven Scripture to wound Xuan Bo and counter his Mystic Arts. When the Five Venoms Sect Leader struck Hua Yuxian down, Lin Bai transformed into a hundred-zhang giant and crushed Xuan Bo’s water-and-fire dragons.

• Hua Yuxian warned Lin Bai that Xuan Bo’s Water-Fire Dragon Extinguish Curse was vulnerable to close combat, and Lin Bai rushed in and slashed Xuan Bo across the face.
• Xuan Bo attacked Hua Yuxian, but she identified his True Flame Rending Cloud Palm and told Lin Bai how to evade it.
• Xuan Bo asked the Five Venoms Sect Leader to kill Hua Yuxian and recover the divine bone while he held Lin Bai back.
• The Five Venoms Sect Leader struck Hua Yuxian with the Five Venoms Immortal Palm, sending her crashing into a stone wall and coughing blood.
• Lin Bai unleashed the Ancient God Scripture, grew a hundred zhang tall, and crushed Xuan Bo’s water-and-fire dragons underfoot.

Lin Bai used Giant God Power to overpower Xuan Bo and battle the Five Venoms Sect Leader, surviving the Poison God Finger and badly injuring the sect leader. The Five Venoms Sect Leader then struck Hua Yuxian, stole her Storage Bag containing the divine bone, and fled the great hall.

• Lin Bai crushed Xuan Bo's spiritual shield with a punch and sent him crashing into a wall.
• Lin Bai struck the Five Venoms Sect Leader, injuring his arm and driving him back with a barrage of punches.
• The Five Venoms Sect Leader used the Poison God Finger to pierce Lin Bai's chest, but Lin Bai healed the wound and retaliated with a devastating punch.
• The Five Venoms Sect Leader knocked Hua Yuxian away, snatched her Storage Bag, and fled the great hall.