Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai left Purple Gold City determined to uncover his parents’ past and grow stronger, then traveled with the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect recruits toward the sect. After the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion named him and Zhang Jianxing prodigy-level geniuses, Lin Bai learned that Ye Jianjun was studying a sword and suspected he possessed the flying sword.

• Lin Bai vowed to investigate what happened to his parents and added Long Lingxiao to the list of people he intended to kill.
• Lin Bai met Xue Qing and Gu Jianyun at the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect’s foothold and learned that he was the only new inner disciple among the recruits.
• After three days, Gui Jing led the recruits through a teleportation array into the Litian Dynasty and continued with them aboard a spirit boat toward the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect.
• The Heavenly Treasure Pavilion announced that Dongfang Bai and Zhang Jianxing were prodigy-level geniuses, a rank above the Young Lord Tier.
• Gui Jing told Lin Bai that Ye Jianjun was one of the sect’s five Sword Paragons and had secluded himself to study a sword; Lin Bai suspected Ye Jianjun had the flying sword.

Lin Bai arrived at the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect with Gui Jing and learned how the sect ranked its inner disciples. After completing his registration, he set out with Jiang Jing to tour the sect.

• Gui Jing brought the recruits to the Sword Cloud Mountains and explained that outer disciples could advance to the inner sect by passing an assessment.
• Lin Bai left Gu Jianyun and Xue Qing with the outer disciples, and Gui Jing took him into the inner sect.
• Gui Jing explained the five inner-disciple tiers and revealed that the Azure Wood Divine Lightning was kept in the Purple Robe Pavilion.
• At the inner sect's Affairs Hall, Jiang Jing welcomed Lin Bai and said his name and Zhang Jianxing's were known across Lingnan.
• Lin Bai completed his sect registration, received his token, robes, and manuals, then agreed to let Jiang Jing show him around.

Jiang Jing showed Lin Bai Enlightenment Mountain and the Five-Colors Pavilion, explaining how the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect’s resources were divided by inner-disciple rank and paid for with Contribution Points. Lin Bai then asked how to earn those points, and Jiang Jing led him to another place.

• Jiang Jing brought Lin Bai to Enlightenment Mountain and explained that its caves held sword intent left by past experts and required Contribution Points to enter.
• Jiang Jing explained that access to Enlightenment Mountain’s caves was restricted by inner-disciple rank because powerful sword intent could harm weaker disciples.
• Jiang Jing took Lin Bai to the Five-Colors Pavilion and described its vast collection of martial arts and writings, with the best resources reserved for Purple-Robed disciples.
• Lin Bai asked Jiang Jing how to obtain Contribution Points, and Jiang Jing led him toward another place.

Lin Bai visited the Treasure Pavilion with Jiang Jing and learned how Contribution Points governed advancement in the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect. Elder Zhang Ji posted a sect mission to avenge East Shuang City, and Lin Bai accepted it alongside Jiang Jing.

• Jiang Jing showed Lin Bai the Treasure Pavilion and explained that Contribution Points were used to advance through the sect’s disciple ranks.
• Jiang Jing led Lin Bai to the ninth floor, where sect missions were posted and quickly claimed by disciples.
• Elder Zhang Ji posted a mission to send disciples to East Shuang City and exterminate the demons of Ten Thousand Demons Valley for Contribution Points and a Bodhi Pill.
• Jiang Jing claimed a blue mission Jade Slip, and Lin Bai followed by taking a white one.

Lin Bai took a sect mission to East Shuang City with Jiang Jing, but Zhu Meng tried to seize his Jade Slip and attacked him. Lin Bai wounded Zhu Meng before Zhu Lie intervened, and the confrontation ended with Zhu Lie accusing Lin Bai of using a vicious sword technique.

• Lin Bai accepted the East Shuang City mission, and Jiang Jing agreed to accompany and protect him.
• Jiang Jing and Lin Bai discussed the danger posed by the Crushing Mountain Demon Saint and Ten Thousand Demons Valley as they prepared to leave the Treasure Pavilion.
• Zhu Meng grabbed Lin Bai, demanded his Jade Slip, and attacked him with a heavy sword after Lin Bai refused.
• Lin Bai struck back and cut Zhu Meng's neck, but Zhu Lie intervened before Lin Bai could kill him.
• Zhu Lie rebuked Lin Bai for using a vicious sword technique, and Lin Bai pointed out that Zhu Meng had attacked him first.

Lin Bai’s confrontation with the Zhu Family in the Treasure Pavilion ended when Zhu Lie learned he was a Prodigy-level Genius personally brought back by Gui Jing. As Jiang Jing escorted Lin Bai away, he explained how the five Sword Paragons and their factions shaped the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect’s succession, then offered to find Lin Bai a place to stay.

• Zhu Lie threatened Lin Bai for entering the inner sect, but Jiang Jing explained that Dongfang Bai was an inner sect disciple and a Prodigy-level Genius personally brought back by Gui Jing.
• Zhu Meng insisted Lin Bai should die for offending the Zhu Family, but Zhu Lie let him go and warned that he would test Lin Bai’s skills someday.
• Jiang Jing told Lin Bai that Zhu Lei led the Zhu Family and was one of the five Sword Paragons, whose factions the sect tolerated as part of assessing future Sect Masters.
• Jiang Jing explained that Zhu Lei, Qi Xuan, and Ye Jianjun had factions, while Ling Luo and Lin Anyang did not; he thought Ye Jianjun’s Twelve Swordguards had the sect’s favor.
• Jiang Jing offered to take Lin Bai to find a place to stay, and Lin Bai agreed.

Lin Bai settled into Jiang Jing’s residence at Small Spirit Creek and used the Aura Spirit Bracelet’s stored spiritual power to advance his cultivation. He reached the Grand Completion of the Sky Realm and, as the East Shuang City demon-hunting mission began, prepared to meet Jiang Jing at South Peak.

• Jiang Jing brought Lin Bai to Small Spirit Creek and offered him a vacant bamboo house before leaving to prepare for their trip to East Shuang City.
• Lin Bai cleaned the house, sealed it with a formation, and resolved to strengthen himself, earn Contribution Points, and prepare to face Ye Jianjun.
• Lin Bai activated the Aura Spirit Bracelet and spent two days refining its stored spiritual power, reaching the Grand Completion of the Sky Realm.
• Lin Bai read the sect’s books, changed into his White Robe Disciple robes, and checked his Identity Token, which identified him as Dongfang Bai.
• Jiang Jing called Lin Bai to gather at South Peak for the mission, and Lin Bai opened the door to meet him.

Lin Bai and Jiang Jing joined a Reaching Heaven Sword Sect mission headed for East Shuang City, led by Zhu Lie, Bao Jun, and Zhao Qing. After arriving in Zhu Xian City, the disciples accepted Zhu Lie’s invitation to stay overnight at the Zhu Family before continuing their journey.

• At South Peak, Jiang Jing explained the status of Red and Purple Robe Disciples and warned Lin Bai that Zhu Lie and the Zhu Family could act brutally outside the sect.
• An elder sent the gathered disciples through a teleportation formation to Zhu Xian City, where Zhu Shang welcomed them and offered a banquet.
• Zhao Qing and Bao Jun wanted to depart for East Shuang City immediately, but Zhu Lie persuaded the group to rest overnight because the city was only three days away.
• Zhu Shang led the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect disciples through Zhu Xian City toward the Zhu Family as onlookers admired them.

At a Zhu Family banquet, Zhu Lie tried to provoke Lin Bai into performing with his sword for the guests, while Jiang Jing attempted to shield him. Lin Bai finally drew his demon sword and warned that someone might die, as Zhu Lie eyed the weapon greedily.

• At the banquet, Jiang Jing gave Lin Bai half of his healing pills and Spirit Protection Talismans, insisting that staying alive mattered most.
• After the guests had eaten and drunk, Zhu Lie announced Lin Bai as a Prodigy-level Genius and demanded that he dance with his sword for entertainment.
• Lin Bai refused, warning that his sword was made for killing, while Zhu Lie insisted he would take responsibility if anyone was hurt.
• Jiang Jing tried to defuse the confrontation and offered to perform instead, but Zhu Lie insulted him.
• Angered by Zhu Lie's rebuke of Jiang Jing, Lin Bai stood, drew his demon sword, and warned that someone might lose their life; Zhu Lie watched the sword with concealed greed.

Lin Bai and Jiang Jing learned that the Zhu Family was tied to the Immaculate Divine Iron Mine and the destruction of East Shuang City. Zhu Lie and Zhu Shang revealed their plan to kill the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect disciples entering the city and use the mine’s ten thousand jin of Immaculate Divine Iron to expand the Zhu Family’s power.

• Jing Shu intervened when Zhu Lie pressured Lin Bai to perform a sword dance, then danced in his place; Jiang Jing took Lin Bai from the banquet to drink elsewhere.
• At a tavern, Lin Bai and Jiang Jing overheard guests say the Lin Family had discovered the Immaculate Divine Iron Mine before Ten Thousand Demons Valley destroyed East Shuang City.
• Jiang Jing doubted that the Zhu Family had conspired with Ten Thousand Demons Valley, reasoning that a deliberate alliance would not have caused a massacre that drew the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect’s attention.
• Zhu Lie told Zhu Shang that he would help Crushing Mountain Demon Saint in East Shuang City and ensure none of the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect disciples there returned alive.
• Zhu Shang confirmed the mine was real and could yield about ten thousand jin of Immaculate Divine Iron, and Zhu Lie celebrated the prospect of the Zhu Family dominating the Litian Dynasty and the lands south of the Ridge.

Lin Bai and the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect disciples traveled to East Shuang City, where they found the city devastated by Ten Thousand Demons Valley’s beasts. Despite Lin Bai’s lingering suspicions about the Zhu Family’s role and his sense of danger, he joined the assault as the disciples moved to confront the demons and rescue survivors.

• Zhu Shang sent Lin Bai, Jiang Jing, and the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect disciples toward East Shuang City, while entrusting Zhu Lie to be careful.
• On the spirit boat, Lin Bai questioned whether rumors about the Zhu Family conspiring with Ten Thousand Demons Valley were true, but Jiang Jing dismissed them as tavern gossip.
• The disciples reached East Shuang City and saw corpses nailed to its walls, ruined buildings, and demon beasts roaming among the dead.
• Zhao Qing, Zhu Lie, and Bao Jun ordered the disciples to kill the beasts, rescue any surviving martial artists, and leave the Crushing Mountain Demon Saint to them.
• Jiang Jing urged Lin Bai to stay with him for protection, but Lin Bai cast aside his doubts and entered East Shuang City with his demon sword.

Lin Bai hunted demon beasts and transformed Demon Race fighters in East Shuang City, using their blood to strengthen himself and earn Contribution Points. After splitting from Jiang Jing, he killed a group of seven with one sword, and Jing Shu recognized his prowess.

• Lin Bai killed a first-level Yin Saint black snake, absorbed its demon blood, and collected its corpse for Contribution Points.
• Lin Bai met Jiang Jing and persuaded him to hunt separately so they could pursue stronger demon beasts.
• Lin Bai killed a transformed Demon Race man disguised as a martial artist, then absorbed the demon tiger's blood.
• Lin Bai slew the Seven Fiends of Yellow Dragon Cave with one sword and refined their demon blood.
• Jing Shu praised Lin Bai's skill from a rooftop, and Lin Bai greeted her as Senior Sister Jing Shu.

Lin Bai joined Jing Shu and Zhuo Lian in fighting demonic beasts at the Zhang Family, secretly refining their blood as he killed them. After a message reported that Zhao Qing and Bao Jun were gravely wounded at the Lin Family, Jing Shu and Zhuo Lian left to provide support while Lin Bai stayed behind to keep fighting.

• Jing Shu invited Lin Bai to join her after receiving Zhuo Lian's message about a horde of demonic beasts at the Zhang Family.
• Lin Bai and Jing Shu reached the Zhang Family and found more than a thousand Reaching Heaven Sword Sect disciples fighting more than a thousand demonic beasts.
• Lin Bai killed more than a dozen demonic beasts with his demonic sword and secretly refined their blood, impressing Jing Shu and Zhuo Lian.
• Lin Bai, Jing Shu, and Zhuo Lian received a summons to the Lin Family, where Zhao Qing and Bao Jun were gravely wounded.
• Jing Shu and Zhuo Lian flew to the Lin Family to support the sect's disciples, while Lin Bai stayed at the Zhang Family to continue fighting.

Lin Bai searched the ruined Zhang residence for survivors, killed a demon fish, and discovered Lin family heir Lin Rong concealed behind a Bronze Gate. Lin Rong warned that the Lin family was trapped by Crushing Mountain Demon Saint’s sealing formation and urged Lin Bai to warn the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect disciples not to enter.

• Lin Bai searched the ruins of the Zhang residence for survivors after the other Reaching Heaven Sword Sect disciples left.
• A strange fish ambushed Lin Bai in a pond, but Lin Bai killed it and uncovered a concealed Bronze Gate beneath the mud.
• Lin Bai broke the gate’s formation restriction and entered a dark chamber, where he subdued a wounded man’s sword attack.
• Lin Bai identified himself as Dongfang Bai, and the wounded man revealed that he was Lin Rong, the second young master of the Lin family.
• Lin Rong explained that Crushing Mountain Demon Saint had sealed the Lin family and that he had escaped the massacre only because he had been away from home.
• Lin Rong warned Lin Bai that the Lin family was a trap and told him to keep the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect disciples away.

Lin Rong revealed that the Zhu Family had conspired with Crushing Mountain Demon Saint to destroy the Lin Family, capture Reaching Heaven Sword Sect disciples, and claim the Immaculate Divine Iron Mine beneath East Shuang City. As Zhu Lie and the demons searched for Lin Bai, he remained outside the surrounded Lin Family with Lin Rong.

• Lin Rong warned Lin Bai that the demons had sealed the Lin Family and planned to capture sect disciples for sale to the Han Hai Demon Kingdom.
• Lin Bai learned that Zhu Lie had already summoned the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect disciples to the Lin Family, and Lin Rong blamed the Zhu Family for arranging the trap.
• Lin Rong explained that the Zhu Family had sought a share of the Immaculate Divine Iron Mine, then colluded with Crushing Mountain Demon Saint after the Lin Family refused; he revealed that the mine lay beneath East Shuang City.
• At the Lin Family, Zhu Lie and Crushing Mountain Demon Saint held more than ten thousand surrounded sect disciples and discussed selling them to the Han Hai Demon Kingdom.
• When Zhu Lie discovered Lin Bai was missing, Crushing Mountain Demon Saint sent the Azure Dragon Mountain Five Demons to find him, and Zhu Lie went after them.

Lin Bai emerged from the Bronze Gate to contact Reaching Heaven Sword Sect, but Crane Demon ambushed him and destroyed his Sound Transmission Talisman. Trapped between Crane Demon and Tiger Demon, Lin Bai unleashed the Devouring Sword Soul and broke through to the Yin Saint realm.

• Lin Bai learned that the Bronze Gate blocked communication and left to alert Reaching Heaven Sword Sect's elders.
• Crane Demon confronted Lin Bai as he emerged from the lake and snatched away the Sound Transmission Talisman before he could call for help.
• Crane Demon revealed that the demons planned to use Lin Bai in a deal with the White Snake clan of Han Hai Demon Kingdom, then struck him with a palm.
• Lin Bai feinted with a sword strike and tried to escape, but Tiger Demon blocked his path and Crane Demon caught up behind him.
• Lin Bai activated the Devouring Sword Soul, wounded Crane Demon and Tiger Demon, and broke through to the Yin Saint realm.

Lin Bai was defeated by Zhu Lie and captured with the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect disciples, who were drugged with Peaceful Slumber Pills before being taken toward the Han Hai Demon Kingdom. Zhu Lie stayed behind in East Shuang City, planning to deceive the sect and exploit the Immaculate Divine Iron Mine beneath the ruins.

• Lin Bai broke through into the Yin Saint Realm by absorbing the demons’ blood, but Zhu Lie ambushed and badly wounded him.
• Zhu Lie revealed his family’s collusion with Ten Thousand Demons Valley, and Tiger Demon carried Lin Bai to the captured Reaching Heaven Sword Sect disciples.
• Crushing Mountain Demon Saint ordered the disciples to take Peaceful Slumber Pills, killing one who resisted and explaining that the pills would keep them asleep without an antidote.
• Jiang Jing fed Lin Bai a pill and promised to explain what he knew about the demons’ trade in captured martial artists after they were safe; Lin Bai fell unconscious.
• Crushing Mountain Demon Saint led the demons and drugged disciples toward the Han Hai Demon Kingdom, while Zhu Lie planned to deceive the sect and mine the Immaculate Divine Iron beneath East Shuang City.

Lin Bai and the other Reaching Heaven Sword Sect disciples awoke in the Han Hai Demon Kingdom, where the White Snake clan had taken them as prisoners. As they were led toward the clan’s Combat Arena, Jiang Jing revealed that he had been born in the demon kingdom and suggested the humans were meant to fight in the Reincarnation Field.

• Zhu Lie returned to the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect with a false account of the massacre in East Shuang City, prompting the Sword Venerable and the Litian Dynasty to declare war on the Ten Thousand Demons Valley.
• Lin Bai and the other supposedly slain disciples awoke in a dungeon in the Han Hai Demon Kingdom, far from the Litian Dynasty.
• Bai Ba, a member of the White Snake clan, told the captives they were in his territory and ordered them out of the dungeon.
• Jiang Jing told Lin Bai that he had stopped him in East Shuang City to prevent the Crushing Mountain Demon Saint from killing him, and that the White Snake clan likely planned to make them fight in the Reincarnation Field.
• Jiang Jing revealed that he was human but had been born in the Han Hai Demon Kingdom, then identified the cheering venue ahead as the White Snake clan’s Combat Arena.

Lin Bai and the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect disciples were forced to watch Zhao Qing and Sun Xin fight members of the White Snake clan in the arena, where both disciples were defeated. Bai Feng then challenged Lin Bai, and after an opening claw strike sent him flying, Lin Bai warned that Bai Feng was the one who should be careful.

• Lin Bai and Jiang Jing entered the arena and saw Zhao Qing fighting Bai Ling beside Bao Jun's corpse; Bai Ling defeated Zhao Qing and sent him back to the cage for treatment.
• Zhao Qing told the disciples that he and Bao Jun had been forced to fight Bai Ling, who had killed Bao Jun.
• Bai Feng chose Sun Xin as his opponent, fought him for several hundred exchanges, and killed him by twisting off his head.
• Bai Feng called out Dongfang Bai, and Lin Bai left the cage to face him.
• Bai Feng struck Lin Bai with a claw and sent him flying, but Lin Bai inspected his chest wounds and warned Zhao Qing that Bai Feng should be careful.

Lin Bai defeated Bai Feng, but Bai Ling spared him and assigned him to the White Snake Legion. Lin Bai and the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect disciples were taken to White Snake Valley, where Bai Zhan explained that the Legion was a death squad for prisoners too weak for the Reincarnation Field.

• Lin Bai struck Bai Feng across the face, but Bai Ba blocked his follow-up attack, and Bai Ling ordered Bai Feng taken for treatment.
• Bai Ling assigned prisoners above the fifth level of the Yin Saint Realm to the Reincarnation Field and sent the weaker martial artists to the White Snake Legion.
• Bai Ling recognized Jiang Jing and summoned him to discuss the world beyond the Han Hai Demon Kingdom, while the other Reaching Heaven Sword Sect disciples learned Jiang Jing belonged to the White Snake clan.
• Three days later, Bai Ba led qualified martial artists toward the Reincarnation Field and took Lin Bai and the others to the Yunxi Mountains.
• Bai Zhan welcomed the newcomers to White Snake Valley and explained that the White Snake Legion carried out dangerous missions for the White Snake clan.
• Lin Bai saw that White Snake Valley held more than ten thousand human martial artists, many of them badly injured or disabled.