Chapter Summaries

After winning his freedom from the Reincarnation Field, Lin Bai was welcomed to the imperial capital as the Demon Emperor tried to recruit him and kept him under watch. The Demon Emperor and the Eight Kings summoned him to a banquet at Star Invitation Palace, where Lin Bai expected their competing factions to make their moves.

• Lin Bai left the Reincarnation Field after defeating the Twelve Reincarnation Envoys, earning the title Thousand-Win King and drawing the Demon Race experts’ awe.
• A eunuch took Lin Bai to Sword Washing Manor, a residence the Demon Emperor had prepared for him beside the imperial capital.
• Lin Bai recovered from his injuries and consolidated his Slaughter Intent during his stay at the manor.
• Lin Bai realized the eunuch was monitoring him on the Demon Emperor’s orders and that the emperor intended to prevent him from leaving the Han Hai Demon Kingdom.
• The eunuch invited Lin Bai to the banquet jointly hosted by the Demon Emperor and the Eight Kings at Star Invitation Palace.

At a banquet hosted by the Demon Emperor, Lin Bai tried to leave the Han Hai Demon Kingdom but learned that the rulers might not let him return to human territory. Eagle Emperor offered him protection and cultivation resources in exchange for a hundred years of allegiance, and Lin Bai was left weighing his options as Bai Ling and Jiang Jing approached.

• The Demon Emperor welcomed Lin Bai to Star Invitation Palace and granted his request to leave, while Eagle Emperor hinted that departing might not be so easy.
• Lin Bai spotted Bai Huang, Bai Ling, and his Senior Brother Jiang Jing among the rulers; Jiang Jing silently signaled him not to act rashly.
• Eagle Emperor offered Lin Bai cultivation resources and protection from rival factions if he pledged allegiance to the Sky Eagle Demon Clan for a hundred years.
• Eagle Emperor warned that Lin Bai could not safely leave the imperial capital and that the rulers might kill him rather than let him return to human territory.
• Lin Bai asked for time to consider Eagle Emperor's offer, and Bai Ling and Jiang Jing approached him to ask how he would choose.

Jiang Jing revealed that he was a half-demon whose human father and White Snake Clan mother had been executed, and Lin Bai chose to trust him. Jiang Jing planned to help Lin Bai and the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect disciples escape the Han Hai Demon Kingdom, while Lin Bai kept the demon factions’ offers undecided.

• Bai Ling offered Lin Bai twice whatever the Sky Eagle Demon Clan could provide and urged him to consider joining the White Snake Clan.
• Jiang Jing admitted that he was half human and half demon, described his parents’ deaths and his escape to the human dynasties, and explained how he joined the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect.
• Lin Bai said he believed Jiang Jing, and Jiang Jing warned him not to accept or reject any demon faction’s offer because either choice could put his life in danger.
• Jiang Jing told Lin Bai that disciples from Immortal Cave Mountain had reached the imperial capital and outlined a plan to escape with them in five days.
• Lin Bai agreed to keep the demon clans and the Demon Emperor waiting, then continued telling their representatives he needed time to consider their invitations.

Lin Bai waited until deep into the night, then killed the Demon Emperor’s guards at Sword Washing Manor and escaped to reunite with Jiang Jing and the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect disciples. With the Demon Emperor’s hidden agents outside the manor defeated as well, the group set out to leave the Imperial City and return to the sect.

• For five days, Lin Bai toured the Imperial City with the eunuch, concealing his plans to escape.
• At deep into the night, Lin Bai sensed sword intent and killing intent outside Sword Washing Manor and confronted the eunuch and eighteen imperial guards.
• Lin Bai killed the eunuch and all eighteen guards with one sword, then collected their bodies and left the manor.
• Nie Xiong, Zhuo Lian, Jing Shu, Jiang Jing, Bai Zhan, and the other human experts met Lin Bai outside the manor after defeating the hidden agents there.
• Jiang Jing led the group toward the Imperial City’s outskirts so they could return to the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect.

Lin Bai and the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect disciples tried to escape the Imperial City, but Yang God Realm commander Wan Peng blocked their route. Lin Bai fought Wan Peng while the others battled the Imperial City Patrol Battalion, and his Hundred-Step Kill tore off Wan Peng’s arm as the fight continued.

• Jiang Jing gave Lin Bai Demon Qi Pills to disguise his human aura as the group headed for the southern gate.
• Wan Peng and more than a thousand Imperial City Patrol Battalion soldiers surrounded Lin Bai and the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect disciples.
• Lin Bai told the others to break through while he fought Wan Peng, and the disciples charged into battle.
• Lin Bai shattered Wan Peng’s palm attack and struck with Hundred-Step Kill, tearing off one of Wan Peng’s arms.

After Lin Bai severed one of Wan Peng’s arms, the wounded commandery officer summoned Yin Shan and Bai Ling, who revealed that the Sky Eagle Demon Clan, White Snake Clan, and Demon Emperor all wanted Lin Bai to choose a side. Lin Bai refused to submit and prepared to face the three powerful men.

• Lin Bai’s sword, combining Slaughter Intent, Aurora Intent, and Rainstorm Intent, severed one of Wan Peng’s arms, though Wan Peng survived.
• Lin Bai warned Wan Peng to stand aside or die, and Wan Peng called for Yin Shan and Bai Ling to emerge from hiding.
• Yin Shan offered Lin Bai the Sky Eagle Demon Clan’s protection if he accepted the Eagle Emperor’s conditions, while Bai Ling renewed the White Snake Clan’s offer.
• Wan Peng said the Demon Emperor would not let Lin Bai leave the imperial capital until he made his choice, and Yin Shan threatened to kill him if he refused.
• Lin Bai recognized that the three had come to force his decision, rejected their pressure, and raised his demon sword against them.

Lin Bai refused to remain in the Han Hai Demon Kingdom and fought six Yang God Realm experts and Bai Ling as Jiang Jing led his companions toward escape. After his killing intent surged, Lin Bai repelled Fan Jianglong’s spear and beheaded him with one sword.

• Yin Shan and Bai Ling attacked Lin Bai, while Lin Bai ordered Nie Xiong and Zhuo Lian to flee with Jiang Jing.
• Wan Peng summoned Fan Jianglong, Cheng Zhihua, and Lin Lang, and Jiang Jing led the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect disciples through the soldiers toward the imperial capital’s exit.
• Wan Peng revealed the Demon Emperor’s order to kill Lin Bai if he tried to leave, and Yin Shan offered to spare him if he stayed.
• Lin Bai refused to remain in the Han Hai Demon Kingdom and warned the commanders to move aside.
• Fan Jianglong attacked Lin Bai, who knocked away his spear and then beheaded him with a sword strike.

Lin Bai killed Fan Jianglong and Wan Peng while battling the Han Hai Demon Kingdom’s forces, but their counterattacks left him gravely wounded. Meanwhile, Jiang Jing sent the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect disciples toward a damaged teleportation array at Yuanqing Mountain, and the chapter ended with Lin Bai collapsed at the city gates.

• Lin Bai killed Fan Jianglong with a single sword strike, then Yin Shan, Bai Ling, Cheng Zhihua, Lin Lang, and Wan Peng attacked him together.
• The Reaching Heaven Sword Sect disciples reached the city gates and decided to turn back to aid Dongfang Bai, but Jiang Jing stayed behind and urged them to escape through the teleportation array at Yuanqing Mountain.
• Jiang Jing gave Nie Xiong a map and instructed the disciples to leave if he and Dongfang Bai had not returned within an hour, while warning them to avenge the sect if they died.
• Nie Xiong led the disciples toward Yuanqing Mountain, insisting they had to survive to avenge their fallen companions and rescue the sect’s honor.
• After more than a thousand exchanges against five Yang God Realm experts and Bai Ling, Lin Bai killed Wan Peng with a Hundred-Step Kill sword strike.
• Cheng Zhihua and Lin Lang struck Lin Bai’s back together, shattering his spine and leaving him bloodied on the ground with only a faint aura.

Lin Bai survived a deadly attack from Bai Ling, but Bai Ling wounded him with the broken Poseidon Halberd. Jiang Jing rescued Lin Bai with a Universe Shift Talisman, leaving their fate unknown as they vanished before the Imperial City.

• Bai Ling decided to kill Lin Bai rather than let him join the White Snake Clan, then attacked him while he was gravely wounded.
• Lin Bai countered Bai Ling with his three fused layers of Intent, leaving Bai Ling badly injured despite his block.
• Bai Ling hurled the broken Poseidon Halberd, which shattered the Demon Sword’s defenses and pierced Lin Bai’s shoulder.
• Bai Ling threw the Poseidon Halberd again, but Jiang Jing arrived, grabbed Lin Bai, and activated a Universe Shift Talisman.
• The talisman transported Lin Bai and Jiang Jing away as the Poseidon Halberd struck, leaving Yin Shan, Bai Ling, Cheng Zhihua, and Lin Lang to find the bloodied wasteland before the Imperial City.

Lin Bai escaped the imperial capital with the dying Jiang Jing, who entrusted him with the swords of fallen Reaching Heaven Sword Sect disciples and urged him to return to human territory. Lin Bai reunited with the surviving disciples at Yuanqing Mountain and carried Jiang Jing through the teleportation array, leaving the Han Hai Demon Kingdom and vowing revenge.

• Lin Bai found Jiang Jing gravely wounded after they escaped, and Jiang Jing told him to regroup with the disciples and return to human territory.
• Jiang Jing gave Lin Bai a Storage Bag containing the collected swords of their fallen fellow disciples and asked him to avenge them before dying.
• At Yuanqing Mountain, Nie Xiong ordered the disciples to activate the teleportation array, but they waited until Lin Bai arrived carrying Jiang Jing's body.
• Lin Bai told the disciples they were going home, and they entered the array and vanished from the Han Hai Demon Kingdom.
• Bai Zhan and the one-armed veteran followed through the array, which collapsed after transporting them.

Lin Bai and the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect disciples returned from the Han Hai Demon Kingdom to the Furnace Mountain Range and set off for their sect. As the sect’s annual recruitment was underway, Lin Bai’s group arrived at the Reaching Heaven Stairway and announced their return.

• Lin Bai led more than ninety Reaching Heaven Sword Sect disciples out of a vortex in the Furnace Mountain Range, carrying the corpse of Dongfang Bai.
• Nie Xiong recognized the Furnace Mountain Range, and Lin Bai ordered him to guide the group back to the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect.
• Brother Zhang recognized the returning disciples’ bloodied state and heard that the man carrying the corpse might be Dongfang Bai, whose disappearance had sparked a year-long conflict between the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect and Ten Thousand Demons Valley.
• Wen Jiang and another young man reached the front of the recruitment line and prepared to climb the Reaching Heaven Stairway.
• Lin Bai’s group descended onto the Reaching Heaven Stairway, and the disciples joyfully declared that they had returned.

Lin Bai and the returning inner sect disciples reached the Reaching Heaven Staircase during the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect’s outer sect recruitment, where Wen Jiang accused them of cutting in line. After Peng Yu recognized them as inner sect disciples, Luo Xuan urged him to judge applicants by their virtue, and Peng Yu expelled Wen Jiang and more than a dozen others.

• Lin Bai and the others arrived at the Reaching Heaven Staircase, where Wen Jiang and the applicants waiting for disciple recruitment accused them of cutting in line.
• Nie Xiong explained that the third month was when the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect recruited outer sect disciples, but Lin Bai continued up the staircase.
• Wen Jiang called on Elder Peng Yu to punish the group, but Peng Yu recognized their inner sect clothing and bowed respectfully to them.
• Luo Xuan told Peng Yu to assess applicants’ virtue and purge the unworthy before catching up with Lin Bai.
• Peng Yu declared Wen Jiang and more than a dozen other applicants unqualified and sent them away.

Lin Bai and more than seventy Reaching Heaven Sword Sect disciples went to Ningwu Mountain to confront Zhu Lie and avenge their fellow disciples. Zhu Lie was away training, and Gui Jing arrived to stop the fighting before recognizing Lin Bai.

• Lin Bai led the disciples toward the Zhu Family’s base at Ningwu Mountain, despite Zhuo Lian’s warning about the sect’s rules.
• Nie Xiong challenged Gu Ziyun, and Lin Bai demanded to know where Zhu Lie was.
• Nie Xiong defeated Gu Ziyun with one sword and warned the Zhu Family disciples not to interfere.
• Gu Ziyun revealed that Zhu Lie had left to train and would not return for another seven days.
• Gui Jing descended from the clouds to stop the private fight and recognized Lin Bai as Dongfang Bai.

Lin Bai returned to the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect with the seventy-two survivors of the East Shuang City mission and revealed that Zhu Lie and the Zhu Family had sold them to the Han Hai Demon Kingdom. After Lin Bai exposed the Zhu Family’s crimes, Gui Jing left to report them to the Sword Paragon, while Lin Bai warned that he would act if the sect delayed.

• Gui Jing found Lin Bai and the returning disciples at Ningwu Mountain, where Lin Bai split the mountain with one sword and warned Zhu Lie to prepare for death.
• Lin Bai and the seventy-two sword cultivators went to Small Spirit Creek, where Gui Jing saw Jiang Jing’s corpse and asked what had happened in East Shuang City.
• Lin Bai told Gui Jing that Zhu Lie and the Zhu Family had conspired with Crushing Mountain Demon Saint to capture the disciples and sell them to the White Snake clan.
• Lin Bai explained that most disciples had died in the Reincarnation Field or as slaves, and that only the seventy-two survivors had returned.
• Gui Jing revealed that the Zhu Family could suppress reports through its ties to the Sword Paragon and the Litian Dynasty’s emperor, then left to report the matter.
• Lin Bai warned Gui Jing that he would kill Zhu Lie and the Zhu Family himself if the sect acted too slowly.

Lin Bai gathered the surviving sword cultivators to mourn their fallen companions and vowed revenge before leading them to exchange the demon beast corpses they had collected for Contribution Points. At Treasure Seeking Tower, their East Shuang City mission shocked Elder Zhang Ji and the Yellow Robe Disciples who had mocked them.

• Lin Bai and the seventy-one survivors honored Jiang Jing and the other dead, swearing to avenge them against Zhu Lie, the Zhu Family, Crushing Mountain Demon Saint, and Ten Thousand Demons Valley.
• Lin Bai met Bai Zhan and the other veterans, who chose to leave and return to their home dynasties, and promised they could seek his help later.
• Lin Bai led the seventy-two sword cultivators from Small Spirit Creek to Treasure Seeking Tower to exchange their demon beast corpses for Contribution Points.
• Yellow Robe Disciples shoved past Lin Bai's group and mocked them after receiving seven million Contribution Points apiece, so Nie Xiong challenged them to watch his mission exchange.
• Elder Zhang Ji inspected Nie Xiong's Jade Slip, recognized the forbidden East Shuang City mission, and stared at him in shock.

Nie Xiong and the other disciples submitted Demon Race corpses from the East Shuang City mission and earned enough Contribution Points to become Purple Robe Disciples, humiliating the Yellow Robe Disciples who had mocked them. Jing Shu then gave Lin Bai a Storage Bag of corpses, also enough to qualify him for Purple Robe status.

• Elder Zhang Ji counted Nie Xiong's Demon Race corpses and awarded him 1.1 billion Contribution Points, turning his Identity Token purple.
• Nie Xiong confronted the Yellow Robe Disciples about their promise to eat feces, and Zhuo Lian submitted enough corpses to become a Purple Robe Disciple as well.
• The seventy-one sword cultivators beside Lin Bai submitted their missions and corpses, earning hundreds of millions or more Contribution Points each.
• Nie Xiong told Lin Bai that the White Snake Clan and Sky Eagle Demon Clan had fought after Bai Feng's death, and the disciples had collected corpses from the battlefield.
• Jing Shu gave Lin Bai a Storage Bag of Demon Race corpses sufficient for Purple Robe status, and Lin Bai praised the group for collecting them.

Lin Bai and the surviving sword cultivators turned in their missions and became Purple Robe Disciples. After Nie Xiong told him about the Sword Reverent Tower, Lin Bai declined to challenge it and headed to the Five-Colors Pavilion to obtain the Azure Wood Divine Lightning cultivation method.

• Zhang Ji checked the mission rewards and credited Lin Bai with 1.3 billion Contribution Points, changing his Identity Token to purple.
• Nie Xiong confronted the Yellow Robe Disciples, but Lin Bai told him to let the dispute go, and the sword cultivators left for the Five-Colors Pavilion.
• Lin Bai asked Nie Xiong to watch for Zhu Lie's return, and Nie Xiong warned him that Zhu Lie's brother Zhu Lei was the Sword Paragon.
• Nie Xiong explained that challengers had to pass all ninety-nine levels of the Sword Reverent Tower to become a Sword Paragon, but Lin Bai said he had no interest in the title.
• Lin Bai and Nie Xiong went to the Five-Colors Pavilion, where Lin Bai headed to the Purple Robe Pavilion to exchange for the Azure Wood Divine Lightning cultivation method.

Lin Bai visited the Purple Robe Pavilion and exchanged one billion Contribution Points for the Azure Wood Divine Lightning Art, the eighth-ranked treasure on the Hundred Treasures List. He cultivated the art at Small Spirit Creek and found that its powerful lightning-enhanced strike consumed nearly all the lightning force he had built up.

• Lin Bai asked the white-robed elder in the Purple Robe Pavilion for the Azure Wood Divine Lightning Art and learned it cost one billion Contribution Points.
• The elder showed Lin Bai the Hundred Treasures List and explained the value and requirements of the Reaching Heaven Sword Art and other rare treasures.
• Lin Bai exchanged one billion Contribution Points for the Azure Wood Divine Lightning Art, leaving three hundred million in his Identity Token.
• Lin Bai returned to Small Spirit Creek and studied the art until he thoroughly mastered its cultivation method.
• Lin Bai cultivated the art for two days, forming azure thunderclouds around his Five Elements Divine Pill.
• Lin Bai tested the art with a sword strike that charred a boulder, then realized the attack had consumed nearly all his accumulated lightning force.

Zhu Lie returned to Ningwu Mountain with a Seven-Colored Longevity Flower for his father, only to learn that Dongfang Bai had returned and split the mountain with a sword. Fearing Dongfang Bai could expose the Zhu Family’s dealings with Ten Thousand Demons Valley, Zhu Lie led his followers toward Small Spirit Creek to kill him.

• Zhu Lie and Zhu Meng returned to Ningwu Mountain with a Seven-Colored Longevity Flower intended as a birthday gift for the Zhu Family Patriarch.
• Zhu Lie discovered that Ningwu Mountain had been cleaved in two and demanded to know who had done it.
• Gu Ziyun told Zhu Lie that Dongfang Bai had returned with the Immortal Cave Mountain Seventy-Two Sword Cultivators and had left a message threatening revenge.
• Zhu Lie realized Dongfang Bai could expose the Zhu Family’s cooperation with Ten Thousand Demons Valley and resolved to kill him and the returning cultivators.
• Zhu Lie gathered more than a hundred Red Robe Disciples and over thirty Purple Robe Disciples to march on Small Spirit Creek.

Lin Bai demonstrated the destructive power of his Azure Wood Divine Lightning before Zhu Lie returned and challenged him over their blood feud. Lin Bai and the Immortal Cave Mountain Seventy-Two Sword Cultivators followed Zhu Lie to Deathmatch Valley, where the two sides prepared to fight.

• Lin Bai unleashed Azure Wood Divine Lightning through his sword, blasting immense waves from Small Spirit Creek and impressing the watching sword cultivators.
• Nie Xiong told Lin Bai that Zhu Lie had returned, and Lin Bai ordered his brothers to prepare.
• Zhu Lie arrived with Zhu Family disciples, and Nie Xiong, Jing Shu, Zhuo Lian, and the others confronted him over their past betrayal and blood debts.
• Zhu Lie proposed settling the dispute in Deathmatch Valley, and Lin Bai accepted before both groups flew there.
• Lin Bai, Zhu Lie, and their followers faced off in Deathmatch Valley as other sect disciples gathered to watch.