Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai and the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect disciples met Bai Zhan and Bai Feng on Immortal Cave Mountain as the White Snake arrived to collect the Spirit Awakening Grass. Bai Feng antagonized Lin Bai and his companions, while Lin Bai planned to return when the grass was planted again.

• Bai Zhan arrived with Bai Feng and White Snake warriors, and Lin Bai recognized Bai Feng as the man whose face he had cut three months earlier.
• Bai Zhan said the Spirit Awakening Grass had matured and ordered the White Snake warriors to collect it, telling Lin Bai and the others to rest before returning to the White Snake Legion.
• Lin Bai asked to remain and guard the mountain, but Bai Feng insulted and threatened him; Bai Zhan said they might return in three or four months when the grass was planted again.
• Lin Bai told the injured Reaching Heaven Sword Sect disciples to heal while Bai Zhan explained that Bai Feng had delayed their arrival by visiting a pleasure house.
• Bai Zhan identified Xiang Lei as Bai Feng's ninth-stage Yin Saint protector, while Bai Feng leered at Jing Shu and she turned away in disgust.

After Bai Feng demanded that Jing Shu join his spirit ship, she agreed to protect the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect disciples’ plans, despite Lin Bai’s offer to undo the White Snake Bracelet. As the group flew toward the White Snake clan, Lin Bai watched the moon turn blood red and hinted at imminent slaughter.

• Bai Feng collected the Spirit Awakening Grass and ordered Bai Zhan and the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect disciples to travel on a separate spirit ship.
• Bai Feng demanded that Jing Shu board his ship, provoking Nie Xiong, Zhuo Lian, and the other disciples to draw their swords.
• Jing Shu agreed to go with Bai Feng, telling Lin Bai not to sacrifice their larger plans and asking him to kill Zhu Lie, destroy the Zhu Family, and wipe out Ten Thousand Demons Valley.
• Lin Bai ordered the disciples to stand down, and Bai Zhan’s spirit ship followed Bai Feng’s toward the White Snake clan.
• Lin Bai watched the moon turn into a blood moon and spoke of slaughter.

Lin Bai and the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect disciples prepared a night raid on Bai Feng’s spirit ship to rescue Jing Shu and kill Bai Feng. After freeing their White Snake Bracelets, they set out in disguise, and Lin Bai entered the ship while the powerful Demons were drinking nearby.

• Lin Bai told the disciples he would attack Bai Feng’s spirit ship rather than risk confronting the White Snake clan in public, and they insisted on joining him.
• Lin Bai removed the formation restrictions on the disciples’ White Snake Bracelets and assigned the targets, including having Li Feng hold Bai Zhan back.
• Lin Bai ordered the raiders to wear black, and more than seventy disciples flew toward Bai Feng’s spirit ship.
• Lin Bai told Zhuo Lian and Luo Xuan to find Jing Shu, then entered the ship and killed a Demon who spotted him.
• Lin Bai approached a room where the Demons of the seventh Yin Saint realm and above were drinking, including fifteen eighth-level-or-higher Demons and the ninth-level Xiang Lei.

Lin Bai slaughtered the White Snake clan experts aboard the spirit ship and killed Xiang Lei. He reunited with Jing Shu and the others after they rescued her from Bai Feng, whom Jing Shu killed when he threatened her.

• Lin Bai entered a room where Xiang Lei and more than a dozen eighth-stage Yin Saint experts were gathered, then killed them with his sword, leaving Xiang Lei alive.
• Lin Bai defeated Xiang Lei with the final sword of the Nameless Sword Art and collected the Demon Race corpses.
• Lin Bai contacted Luo Xuan and Zhuo Lian, who directed him to the luxurious room where they had found Jing Shu.
• Zhuo Lian told Lin Bai that the group had arrived in time to rescue Jing Shu from Bai Feng, whose cultivation had been sealed.
• Bai Feng insulted Jing Shu and threatened the group, so Jing Shu took Zhuo Lian's sword and beheaded him.

Lin Bai rescued Jing Shu, wiped out Bai Feng’s spirit boat, and concealed the massacre after returning to the White Snake Clan. Bai Ling discovered Bai Feng was missing and blamed rival clans, while Bai Zhan later confronted Lin Bai about the attack.

• Lin Bai sent Jing Shu back to Immortal Cave Mountain after freeing her from the White Snake Bracelet, while Nie Xiong reported that Bai Feng’s spirit boat had been cleared and recovered the Spirit Awakening Grass.
• Seven days later, Bai Ling welcomed the returning spirit boats and asked Bai Zhan to fetch Bai Feng, but Bai Zhan found bloodstains, no bodies, and evidence of a sword strike aboard the empty boat.
• Bai Ling concluded that the attackers had left no survivors and said he would notify his parents, while Bai Zhan erased the sword mark before reporting Bai Feng missing.
• The White Snake Clan declared war on the Sky Eagle Demon Clan, and the two clans began fighting across the Han Hai Demon Kingdom.
• Bai Zhan confronted Lin Bai, accusing the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect disciples of wiping out Bai Feng’s spirit boat and asking whether they struck while Li Feng distracted him.

Lin Bai struck a deal with Bai Zhan, who had discovered evidence linking Lin Bai’s group to Bai Feng’s death, and began refining the Spirit Awakening Grass. Meanwhile, Bai Feng’s parents hired Linggan Zhenjun to investigate his murder.

• Bai Zhan confronted Lin Bai about a sword mark at Bai Feng’s murder scene, but promised to conceal it in exchange for Lin Bai taking him back to the human dynasty.
• Lin Bai agreed to take Bai Zhan back if he helped ensure the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect disciples went to Immortal Cave Mountain when the White Snake Clan planted Spirit Awakening Grass again.
• Lin Bai entered seclusion to refine the hundred thousand stalks of Spirit Awakening Grass he had obtained.
• Bai Ling, Bai Huang, and Bai Hou brought Linggan Zhenjun to Bai Feng’s bloodstained spirit boat and asked him to identify the murderer.
• Bai Huang and Bai Hou had stopped blaming the Sky Eagle Demon Clan and turned to Linggan Zhenjun for help investigating Bai Feng’s death.

Linggan Zhenjun investigated the spirit boat and determined that a young human sword cultivator at the sixth level of the Yin Saint Realm had killed Xiang Lei and numerous Demon Race experts. Bai Ling recognized the description as matching someone in the White Snake Clan, leaving Bai Huang and Bai Hou with a likely suspect in Bai Feng’s death.

• Linggan Zhenjun sensed killing intent aboard the spirit boat and traced it to the room where Xiang Lei had died.
• Linggan Zhenjun determined that a young human sword cultivator had killed fifteen eighth-level Yin Saint Realm experts and Xiang Lei with four swift strikes.
• Bai Ling led Linggan Zhenjun, Bai Huang, and Bai Hou to Bai Feng’s room, where Linggan Zhenjun sensed the same sword cultivator and three other human martial artists had been present.
• Bai Huang asked Linggan Zhenjun for a portrait, but Linggan Zhenjun said he could only sense the killer’s aura.
• Bai Ling said a White Snake Clan martial artist matched the description and had inherited his cultivation from the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect.

After refining the Spirit Awakening Grass into one hundred bottles of Spirit Awakening Fluid, Lin Bai distributed most of it to the Immortal Cave Mountain disciples and prepared to return to the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect. Bai Ling then took Lin Bai away to meet the White Snake clan’s leaders, leaving his companions behind to wait for news.

• Bai Ling identified Dongfang Bai as the swordsman who killed his younger brother and agreed to bring him to Bai Hou and Bai Huang.
• Lin Bai finished refining one hundred bottles of Spirit Awakening Fluid and gave ninety bottles to Nie Xiong to distribute among the disciples, reserving one for Jing Shu.
• Lin Bai told his companions to use the Creation Spirit Vein and Spirit Awakening Fluid before preparing to return to the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect.
• Bai Ling arrived at White Snake Valley with powerful experts and ordered Lin Bai to come with him to see Bai Hou and Bai Huang.
• Lin Bai went with Bai Ling, while Bai Zhan urged the others not to attempt a rescue and left to investigate what had happened.

Bai Huang and Bai Hou confronted Dongfang Bai over the deaths of Bai Feng and others, while Linggan Zhenjun identified him as the killer. Dongfang Bai admitted to the killings, then challenged the evidence and exposed contradictions that made Bai Huang doubt Linggan Zhenjun.

• Bai Ling brought Dongfang Bai before Bai Huang, Bai Hou, and Linggan Zhenjun, and Bai Hou accused him of killing Bai Feng.
• Linggan Zhenjun claimed Dongfang Bai’s aura matched the sword cultivator who killed fifteen Demon Race Yin Saints and Xiang Lei.
• Dongfang Bai admitted that he killed the fifteen Yin Saints, Xiang Lei, and Bai Feng, prompting Bai Hou to order Bai Ling to kill him.
• Dongfang Bai argued that a matching aura could have been disguised or belonged to Linggan Zhenjun, and questioned why he would kill Bai Feng for a Spirit Awakening Grass useless to humans.
• Dongfang Bai removed the White Snake Bracelet and explained that he had already broken its array, giving him no reason to return to the White Snake Clan if he had killed Bai Feng.
• Bai Huang noticed the contradictions in Linggan Zhenjun’s accusation and began to suspect him.

Bai Huang sent Lin Bai to the Reincarnation Field instead of killing him, suspecting that the Sky Eagle Demon Clan had framed him. He planned to recruit Lin Bai if he survived, then ordered Bai Ling to kill Linggan Zhenjun.

• Linggan Zhenjun urged Bai Hou to kill Lin Bai, but Lin Bai questioned whether Linggan Zhenjun was framing him and pointed out that Bai Huang held the White Snake Clan’s true authority.
• Bai Huang sentenced Lin Bai to the Reincarnation Field and invited Linggan Zhenjun to a banquet.
• After Linggan Zhenjun left, Bai Huang told Bai Ling and Bai Hou that Lin Bai lacked a motive to kill Bai Feng and that Linggan Zhenjun’s claim about sensing Lin Bai’s aura was unverified.
• Bai Huang suspected the Sky Eagle Demon Clan had framed Lin Bai to prevent the White Snake Clan from recruiting him, and said Lin Bai could be recruited if he survived the Reincarnation Field.
• Bai Huang ordered Bai Ling to kill Linggan Zhenjun.

White Ling ambushed and killed Linggan Zhenjun, then returned to the White Snake clan with his corpse. In White Snake Valley, Bai Zhan told the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect disciples that Dongfang Bai had been sent to the Reincarnation Field and urged Nie Xiong and Zhuo Lian to go to Immortal Cave Mountain as planned, hoping they could later bring back help to rescue him.

• White Ling waited for Linggan Zhenjun outside the White Snake clan and demanded his head.
• Linggan Zhenjun attacked White Ling with his full strength, but White Ling caught the punch and killed him in one blow.
• White Ling brought Linggan Zhenjun's corpse back to the White Snake clan.
• Bai Zhan told Nie Xiong, Zhuo Lian, and the others that Dongfang Bai had survived Bai Huang and Bai Hou's attack but had been sent to the Reincarnation Field.
• Bai Zhan explained that no one had ever escaped the Reincarnation Field and said the disciples should cultivate, return to the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect, and seek help for Dongfang Bai.
• Nie Xiong and Zhuo Lian agreed to go to Immortal Cave Mountain the next day and hoped Dongfang Bai could hold on until they returned with reinforcements.

Lin Bai was brought to the Reincarnation Field, where entrants were trapped until they won a thousand battles. After witnessing Xing Hu execute Zhao Qing for trying to escape, Lin Bai was assigned the temporary code name Heaven Rank 9527.

• Xing Hai brought Lin Bai to the Reincarnation Field and warned him that anyone who tried to leave would be killed.
• Lin Bai saw Xing Hu tear off the head of a prisoner who had attempted to escape and recognized him as Zhao Qing, his fellow sect member.
• Xing Hai explained that no one had escaped the Reincarnation Field in over two hundred years and led Lin Bai to his new room.
• Xing Hai assigned Lin Bai the code name Heaven Rank 9527 and told him that he would receive a new title after ten victories.

Lin Bai learned about the Reincarnation Field and met Xiang Yun, the last surviving disciple from their group. Xiang Yun warned him that the Twelve Reincarnation Envoys guarded the field and that escape was impossible, leaving Lin Bai to face the danger ahead.

• Lin Bai recalled that the Reincarnation Field served as a prison and arena whose gambling revenues benefited the Eight Great Demon Races.
• Xiang Yun came from the adjoining room and told Lin Bai that he was the only one of their disciples still alive there, while Zhao Qing had been killed by Xing Hu.
• Xiang Yun explained that more than three thousand peak Yin Saint Realm experts were trapped in the Reincarnation Field.
• Xiang Yun warned Lin Bai that the Twelve Reincarnation Envoys guarded the field and could kill even its strongest fighters; Xing Hu was one of them.
• Xiang Yun urged Lin Bai not to attempt escape and offered to help him, then returned to his room.

Lin Bai prepared to survive the Reincarnation Field by improving his Aurora Intent, but Xing Hai led him to his first battle before he could make much progress. The chapter ended as Lin Bai faced the willing combatant Magma Demon in front of millions of spectators.

• Lin Bai decided to focus his remaining resources on Aurora Intent so he could challenge peak Yin Saint Realm opponents.
• Lin Bai cultivated with Spirit Awakening Fluid while Nie Xiong and Zhuo Lian trained at Immortal Cave Mountain, hoping to bring back help for him.
• Xing Hai took Lin Bai from his cell to fight his first battle in the Reincarnation Field.
• Xing Hai explained that Lin Bai would be forced to fight again after a month and that no one had ever won a thousand battles.
• Lin Bai entered the arena before a crowd of more than three million, where Magma Demon introduced himself as his opponent.

Lin Bai entered the Reincarnation Field to fight the Magma Demon, while the crowd heavily bet against him. After the Magma Demon struck Lin Bai and sent him flying, Su Xianmei wagered on Lin Bai and predicted he would kill the Magma Demon within three swords.

• The Demon Race spectators saw Lin Bai's sixth-level Yin Saint Realm cultivation and rushed to bet on the consummate Yin Saint Realm Magma Demon.
• Su Xianmei bet one million spirit stones on Heaven Rank 9527, while the handsome young man bet on the Magma Demon.
• Xing Shu announced that the victor would live and the loser would die, then vanished from the battlefield.
• The Magma Demon attacked Lin Bai with powerful Blazing Fire Intent, and Lin Bai dodged his first punch.
• Lin Bai drew the Demon Sword, but the Magma Demon shattered his sword light and blasted him more than a hundred meters, leaving his chest charred.
• Su Xianmei predicted that Lin Bai would kill the Magma Demon within three swords, while the handsome young man predicted the Magma Demon would kill Lin Bai within three punches.

Lin Bai studied the Magma Demon's overwhelming flame and close-combat strength, then used the demon's confidence against him. The Magma Demon celebrated what he thought was victory, but Lin Bai appeared behind him and pierced his throat with the Demon Sword.

• Lin Bai tested the Magma Demon's close-combat power and was blasted back more than five hundred meters.
• Lin Bai's Specters and Phantoms Sword Qi failed to break through the Magma Demon's defenses, and he realized how to counter him.
• Lin Bai charged through the Magma Demon's strongest attack as spectators and Su Xianmei watched.
• The Magma Demon believed his punch had killed Lin Bai and celebrated with the crowd.
• Lin Bai appeared behind the Magma Demon and stabbed through his throat with the Demon Sword.

Lin Bai defeated Magma Demon in the Reincarnation Field, winning despite being at a lower cultivation level, and secretly absorbed the demon's blood and qi. After his victory, he returned to his residence and learned he would have a month before his next scheduled match.

• Lin Bai exploited Magma Demon's undefended back to kill him with a sword strike, then declared his victory before the stunned crowd.
• Xing Shu announced Lin Bai as the winner, while Su Xianmei collected her billion-spirit-stone winnings and discussed attending a banquet with Master Yun.
• Xing Hai praised Lin Bai's tactics and questioned him about absorbing Magma Demon's blood and qi; Lin Bai attributed the ability to his repaired demon sword.
• Xing Hai told Lin Bai he would not be scheduled for another match for a month, then escorted him back to his residence, where Xiang Yun welcomed him.

After surviving a duel with a Magma Demon, Lin Bai spent nearly a month cultivating before discovering that the marks on his room’s walls concealed an astonishing number of overlapping sword strikes. As he realized there were eleven thousand sword marks, an enraged voice rang out and shook his mind.

• Xiang Yun learned that Lin Bai had survived a duel against a perfected Demon Race opponent and told him that he was the first martial artist below the perfected Yin Saint realm he had seen return alive from the Reincarnation Field.
• Lin Bai decided to strengthen his Aurora Intent with Spirit Awakening Fluid and devoted the following month to cultivation rather than entering another duel.
• Lin Bai noticed sword intent hidden in the marks on his room’s walls when one mark peeled away and slashed at him.
• Lin Bai studied the overlapping marks and realized that the walls concealed eleven thousand sword marks, far more than the nine hundred visible to the naked eye.
• An enraged male voice shouted “Kill!” in Lin Bai’s mind, and he drew his demon sword and searched the room warily.

Lin Bai heard a terrifying Killing Word Sound while studying the sword marks covering his room, and the voice’s sword intent and killing intent repeatedly injured him. After enduring another, stronger outburst while taking Spirit Awakening Fluid, he collapsed and remained unconscious as the voice echoed in his mind.

• Lin Bai heard a despairing voice shout “kill,” but Xiang Yun could not hear it and warned him not to overtax himself in cultivation.
• Lin Bai suspected the Killing Word Sound came from the sword intent in the hundred and ten thousand sword marks on the walls.
• When Lin Bai studied the marks again, the voice struck him with overwhelming killing intent and sword intent, leaving him gravely injured.
• After recovering for three days, Lin Bai used Spirit Awakening Fluid and looked at the sword marks again, forcing himself to endure the increasingly fierce voice.
• The voice recited its intent to kill demons, gods, immortals, and all beings beneath the heavens, and Lin Bai spat blood and fell unconscious.
• Lin Bai remained unconscious for three days while the voice’s song of mourning echoed through his mind.

Lin Bai recovered from studying the sword scars and learned that Xiang Yun had been sent to fight the undefeated Man-Tearing Lion. After Xiang Yun died in the arena, Lin Bai demanded that his next fight be against Man-Tearing Lion, and Xing Hai agreed.

• Lin Bai reflected on the sword scars and concluded that their words expressed a state of mind rather than a cultivation technique.
• Xiang Yun told Lin Bai he would fight Man-Tearing Lion and gave him his belongings, including the Ten-Step Sword, asking him to protect his younger sister Xiang Qin.
• Xiang Yun was taken away to fight, and Lin Bai waited for him to return.
• Xing Hai told Lin Bai that Xiang Yun had died, and Lin Bai asked to fight Man-Tearing Lion.
• Xing Hai warned that Man-Tearing Lion had eleven victories, but agreed to arrange the match after Lin Bai insisted.