Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai found Yue Qing surrounded by Lang Ning and more than a hundred martial artists, while Li Zong watched from nearby. Yue Qing fought back, but Li Zong intervened and stood ready to kill her.

• Lin Bai saw Li Zong on a rooftop, then continued searching for Yue Qing instead of pursuing him.
• Lin Bai found Lang Ning's forces surrounding Yue Qing, Butler Zhuo Yi, and her trusted fighters.
• Lang Ning demanded that Yue Qing accept Yue Zheng's demands, but she refused and condemned Lang Ning for betraying her father's kindness.
• Lang Ning ordered his forces to attack, and Butler Zhuo Yi was badly wounded while defending Yue Qing.
• Yue Qing struck Lang Ning with her sword, but Li Zong suddenly attacked and forced her back.
• Li Zong told Yue Qing that Yuehua had ordered him to ensure she never left, then raised his sword to kill her.

Lin Bai arrived just as Li Zong was about to kill the wounded Yue Qing, interrupting the Silver Moon Merchant Guild’s attack. He found Butler Zhuo Yi near death and faced Li Zong and Lang Ning.

• Li Zong defeated Yue Qing with the Life-Seeking Sword and left her unable to move.
• Butler Zhuo Yi tried to shield Yue Qing, but Lang Ning stopped him and shattered his heart meridians.
• Li Zong slaughtered Yue Qing’s more than twenty guards and prepared to kill her.
• Lin Bai appeared and blocked Li Zong’s sword, surprising Li Zong and Lang Ning.
• Lin Bai examined Zhuo Yi’s grave injuries while Zhuo Yi urged him to take Yue Qing and flee.

Lin Bai rescued Yue Qing from Li Zong and escaped the Limitless Peak estate, though Li Zong believed the poison on his sword would kill her within seven days. Meanwhile, Song Zi and Gao Rui joined Lang Ning and captured Fang Jin and Lu Ao to lure Lin Bai into a trap.

• Butler Zhuo Yi asked Lin Bai to save Yue Qing, and Lin Bai stopped Li Zong's attack before carrying her away.
• Li Zong used the Thousand Shadows Phantom Sword, but Lin Bai countered with the Sun-Swallowing Sword Art and escaped with Yue Qing.
• Lang Ning learned that Li Zong's Life-Seeking Sword had poisoned Yue Qing and that she would die within seven days.
• Song Zi brought Gao Rui to Lang Ning, and Gao Rui offered to use Fang Jin and Lu Ao to draw Lin Bai out.
• Gao Rui revealed that he had captured Fang Jin and Lu Ao, who furiously condemned his betrayal.

Lin Bai fled the Limitless Peak estate with the gravely wounded Yue Qing, learning that Li Zong’s Life-Seeking Sword had poisoned her and that Butler Zhuo Yi was unlikely to survive. Li Zong intercepted them and revealed his hatred for the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect before attacking Lin Bai with the Thousand Shadows Phantom Sword.

• Lin Bai carried Yue Qing away from the estate after discovering Li Zong had severed seven of her main meridians.
• Yue Qing explained that the Life-Seeking Sword’s poison could only be drawn out by the sword itself and begged to return for Zhuo Yi, but Lin Bai told her Zhuo Yi would not survive more than three hours.
• Yue Qing revealed that Zhuo Yi had been the last family she had left, and Lin Bai continued toward the estate’s exit as pursuers closed in.
• Li Zong intercepted Lin Bai and recognized the Sun-Swallowing Sword Art, while Lin Bai identified Li Zong’s Thousand Shadows Phantom Sword; they realized they were both Purple Robe Disciples of the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect.
• Li Zong declared his hatred for the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect and attacked Lin Bai with Sword Shadow Prison.

Lin Bai fought Li Zong and refused to surrender Yue Qing, despite Lang Ning threatening Lu Ao and Fang Jin. Surrounded by thousands of martial artists, Lin Bai drew the demon sword and launched a counterattack, while Li Zong recognized the legendary weapon.

• Lin Bai defended Yue Qing from Li Zong's attacks as martial artists gathered around them.
• Lang Ning revealed that Lu Ao and Fang Jin had been captured and beaten, then demanded that Lin Bai hand over Yue Qing.
• Lin Bai pretended to surrender Yue Qing, but struck at Lang Ning; Gao Rui rescued him, and Lang Ning ordered everyone to attack.
• Lin Bai set Yue Qing down, drew the demon sword, and killed several hundred martial artists with a single slash.
• Li Zong recognized the demon sword and was stunned by its legendary rank among the Supreme Martial Spirit Tools.

Lin Bai revealed himself as Dongfang Bai, the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect’s Sword Paragon, while protecting Yue Qing from the Silver Moon Merchant Guild. Young Master Yue Hua ordered the guild to kill them both, and Li Zong began his attack.

• Lin Bai drew the Demon Sword Purple Radiance, and Li Zong and the surrounding martial artists recognized him as Dongfang Bai, the Sword Paragon.
• Lang Ning consulted Young Master Yue Hua through a Sound Transmission Talisman and told him Dongfang Bai had intervened to protect Yue Qing.
• Young Master Yue Hua ordered Lang Ning to kill Lin Bai and Yue Qing and silence everyone involved.
• Lang Ning offered Lin Bai a chance to leave, but Lin Bai refused to abandon Yue Qing.
• Lang Ning commanded the guild’s fighters to attack, and Li Zong charged at Lin Bai with the Life-Seeking Sword.

Lin Bai killed Li Zong with a single sword after the former Reaching Heaven Sword Sect disciple attacked him, then swiftly killed Gao Rui and freed Lu Ao and Fang Jin. Song Zi surrendered and blamed Young Master Yuehua as Lin Bai’s companions learned he was the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect’s Sword Paragon, Oriental Bai.

• Li Zong attacked Lin Bai with Ten Thousand Shadows Seizing Souls, but Lin Bai shattered his technique with the Sun-Swallowing Sword Art.
• Li Zong charged again, and Lin Bai combined the Aurora, Slaughter, and Rainstorm Intents in Slaying Immortals to cleave him in two.
• Lin Bai appeared before Gao Rui and killed him with a swift sword strike.
• Song Zi begged Lin Bai for her life, blamed Young Master Yuehua, and released Lu Ao and Fang Jin.
• Lu Ao and Fang Jin joined Lin Bai and realized that he was Oriental Bai, the Sword Paragon of the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect.

Lin Bai defeated Li Zong, while Lu Ao and Fang Jin killed Song Zi, leaving Lang Ning to rally the Silver Moon Merchant Guild’s forces against him. The attack stalled when Tang Biao and more than three hundred sword cultivators revealed themselves as outer sect disciples of the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect and saluted Lin Bai as the Sword Paragon.

• Lin Bai left Song Zi to Lu Ao and Fang Jin, who killed her after a hundred moves.
• Lang Ning ordered the martial artists to attack Lin Bai and promised them rewards from Young Master Yuehua.
• Tang Biao killed a martial artist who moved to attack Lin Bai, then identified himself as an outer sect disciple and saluted Lin Bai as the Sword Paragon.
• Lang Ning urged the remaining martial artists to attack, but Che Lun and more than three hundred sword cultivators joined Tang Biao and paid their respects to Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai recognized that the sword cultivators were outer sect disciples, and Yue Qing realized that their arrival had given them a chance to survive.

Lin Bai’s identity as the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect’s Sword Paragon prompted Tang Biao and more than three hundred outer sect disciples to defend him against the Silver Moon Merchant Guild’s attackers. After the fight, Tang Biao explained the Sword Paragon’s authority across Lingnan, leaving Lin Bai newly aware of the influence he could wield.

• Tang Biao and the sword cultivators confronted Butler Langning, who ordered the martial artists to attack rather than risk the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect’s retaliation.
• The sword cultivators fought the larger force to a standstill, while Butler Langning fled and Lin Bai pursued and killed him.
• Tang Biao and the sword cultivators defeated the remaining martial artists, then reunited with Lin Bai and pledged their loyalty to the sect.
• Lin Bai thanked the disciples and declined Tang Biao’s offer to rally more outer sect members against the Silver Moon Merchant Guild.
• Tang Biao explained that the Sword Paragon could call on outer sect disciples throughout Lingnan, and Lin Bai realized the full authority of his position.

After rescuing Yue Qing, Lin Bai agreed to help her reclaim the Silver Moon Merchant Guild because she wanted to recover her father’s remains. Tang Biao proposed that Yue Qing and Lin Bai pretend to be husband and wife so she could return to Haijie City under the protection of Lin Bai’s status as Sword Paragon.

• Lu Ao and Fang Jin thanked Lin Bai for rescuing them, and Lin Bai remembered that Yue Qing was still poisoned by the Life-Seeking Sword.
• Yue Qing offered Lin Bai one strand of Sword Qi as payment for saving her and another in exchange for helping her take the Silver Moon Merchant Guild back from Yue Zheng.
• Tang Biao warned Lin Bai that openly using the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect’s influence to install Yue Qing as guild master could damage the sect’s reputation and bring punishment from the Sect Leader Sword Reverent.
• Yue Qing refused Lin Bai’s offer to treat her poison and insisted on returning to Haijie City to reclaim her father’s remains and protect the guild he had founded.
• Moved by Yue Qing’s words about being someone’s child, Lin Bai accepted her Sword Qi and agreed to help her.
• Tang Biao proposed that Lin Bai and Yue Qing pretend to be husband and wife, giving Yue Qing protection while she worked to win the guild’s upper ranks through her ability to earn profits.

Lin Bai agreed to pose as Yue Qing’s husband to help protect her as she returned to Haijie City and challenged Yue Zheng. After healing her with the Life-Seeking Sword, the group neared the city, where Lu Ao and Fang Jin remarked that Lin Bai and Yue Qing made a well-matched couple.

• Tang Biao proposed that Lin Bai and Yue Qing pretend to be husband and wife so Yue Qing could borrow the Sword Paragon’s reputation, and both agreed.
• Lin Bai invited Lu Ao and Fang Jin to accompany them to Haijie City, while Tang Biao and the three hundred sword cultivators departed.
• Lin Bai gave Yue Qing the Life-Seeking Sword, and she used it to draw out the poison and heal her wounds.
• After three days aboard the spirit boat, Lin Bai and Yue Qing saw Haijie City approaching, and Lin Bai promised to help her.
• Lu Ao and Fang Jin saw Lin Bai and Yue Qing standing together and called them a match made in heaven.

Lin Bai and Yue Qing arrived in Haijie City, where they pretended to be a married couple before heading to the Silver Moon Merchant Guild headquarters. Yue Qing announced her return and summoned its senior figures, while Tian Kun secretly revealed his hostility toward her.

• Lu Ao and Fang Jin urged Lin Bai and Yue Qing to act more convincingly as a married couple, so Lin Bai put an arm around Yue Qing and she agreed to the pretense.
• Yue Qing explained the Divine Weapon Banquet’s two rankings and said Lin Bai’s Demon Sword ranked third on the Supreme Martial Spirit Tool Ranking.
• Lin Bai and Yue Qing began calling each other Bai Lang and Qing Er as the Spirit Boat crossed Haijie City toward the Silver Moon Merchant Guild headquarters.
• Yue Qing met administrator Tian Kun, identified herself as the guild’s heir, and ordered him to summon her second uncle and the senior figures to the council hall while arranging rooms for her friends.
• After Yue Qing left, Tian Kun mocked her and said Vice Guild Master Yue Zheng would soon become guild master, leaving Yue Qing with little value.

Yue Qing returned to the Silver Moon Merchant Guild and summoned its higher-ups, disrupting Yue Zheng and Young Master Yuehua’s plan to claim the Guild Master position. Yue Zheng went to confront her in the council hall, where he masked his hostility by pretending to welcome her warmly.

• Yue Zheng and Young Master Yuehua discussed how they had secured support for Yue Zheng to become Guild Master and revealed that Yue Zheng had poisoned the former Guild Master.
• Tian Kun reported that Yue Qing had returned with Lin Bai, Lu Ao, and Fang Jin, and that she had called the guild’s higher-ups to a meeting.
• Yue Zheng blamed Young Master Yuehua for failing to prevent Yue Qing’s return and ordered him to the council hall.
• Yue Zheng found Yue Qing seated in the Guild Master’s chair, with Lin Bai beside her, and concealed his hostility by warmly welcoming her and scolding Young Master Yuehua for not escorting her home.

Yue Qing convened the Silver Moon Merchant Guild's senior members to seek a vote on becoming guild master, arguing that her lineage and success at the Eastern Branch qualified her. Yue Zheng rallied more than half the members against her, but a representative of the Lin Hai Dynasty's imperial family arrived and declared support for Yue Qing.

• Yue Qing took the guild master's seat and directed Yue Zheng to sit in his vice guild master's place as the senior members gathered.
• Yue Qing called for a vote on her becoming guild master, citing her father's legacy and the Eastern Branch's strong sales under her leadership.
• Yue Zheng realized Yue Qing's years at the branch had built her influence, then objected to her taking over and called her too young and impulsive.
• More than half of the senior members joined Yue Zheng in opposing Yue Qing, while the others remained silent.
• A woman outside the council hall announced that the Lin Hai Dynasty's imperial family supported Yue Qing as guild master.

Princess Yin Shuang arrived at the Silver Moon Merchant Guild council and backed Yue Qing’s bid for the presidency. Her threats silenced the gathered leaders, but Lin Bai and Lu Ao realized her heavy-handed tactics could turn their resentment against Yue Qing.

• Princess Yin Shuang entered the council with the Lin Hai Dynasty’s imperial guards and greeted Yue Qing, while Yue Zheng and the other leaders paid her their respects.
• Princess Yin Shuang announced that the royal family supported Yue Qing and ordered the leaders to vote; Yue Zheng was the only one to openly oppose her.
• Princess Yin Shuang ordered a guard to record anyone who voted against Yue Qing and threatened to visit them, frightening a leader into leaving the hall.
• Lin Bai and Lu Ao noted that Silver Frost’s intimidation could anger the guild leaders and push them toward Yue Zheng, who remained confident and silent.
• When the leader who had left returned, Princess Yin Shuang demanded his vote, and he stammered without answering.

Lin Bai warned Yue Qing that Silver Frost’s pressure was turning the Silver Moon Merchant Guild’s higher-ups against her. When Yue Zheng tried to have Lin Bai expelled, Yue Qing introduced him as her husband, Dongfang Bai, the Sword Paragon of the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect, leaving Yue Zheng unable to dismiss him easily.

• Lin Bai quietly warned Yue Qing to call for a vote before Silver Frost’s pressure further angered the higher-ups.
• Yue Zheng ordered Lin Bai and his companions out of the council hall, and several higher-ups backed him.
• Yue Qing introduced Lin Bai as her husband, Dongfang Bai, and identified him as the Sword Paragon of the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect.
• Silver Frost reacted with disbelief and watched Lin Bai with unexplained killing intent.
• Lin Bai presented the Five-Colored Disciple Robe as proof of his identity, shocking Yue Zheng.

Lin Bai proved that he was Dongfang Bai, the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect's Sword Paragon, and used his authority to rally the Silver Moon Merchant Guild behind Yue Qing. Yue Zheng still resisted her appointment but proposed an examination, leaving Yue Qing to hear what she must do to qualify.

• Lin Bai presented the Five-Colored Disciple Robe, Sword Paragon Token, and Demon Sword Purple Radiance to prove his identity to Yue Zheng.
• Lin Bai urged the Silver Moon Merchant Guild's leaders to support Yue Qing as president, and nearly all of them agreed.
• Yue Zheng conceded that he could not oppose Lin Bai but argued that Yue Qing needed more training before taking charge.
• Yue Qing cited her five years of strong results at the Eastern Branch and demanded that Yue Zheng state what would prove her qualifications.
• Yue Zheng proposed an examination and promised to support Yue Qing wholeheartedly if she passed, and Yue Qing asked what it was.

Yue Qing accepted Yue Zheng’s test: she had one month to make the Silver Moon Merchant Guild’s divine iron sales exceed twice the sales of previous Divine Weapon Banquets. With the senior figures agreeing to support her if she succeeded, she secured time to pursue the guild master position and went to retrieve her father’s body.

• Yue Zheng challenged Yue Qing to double the guild’s previous Divine Weapon Banquet sales within a month, and she accepted.
• The senior figures agreed to support Yue Qing as guild master if she met the sales target.
• Yue Qing asked Yue Zheng for her father’s body so she could bury him, and the council meeting ended.
• Yue Zheng arranged lodging for Lin Bai, Lu Ao, Fang Jin, and Silver Frost, while Yue Qing invited Lin Bai to stay with her.
• Yue Qing requested the guild’s account books and divine iron inventory records for the next day.
• Lin Bai told Yue Qing about his deceased close friend, then left her to manage the test while she went to retrieve her father’s body.

After Yue Qing and Lin Bai discussed their determination to face danger, Princess Yin Shuang arrived and learned why Yue Qing had brought Lin Bai to the courtyard. Lin Bai cultivated for half a month, reached the perfection of the Yin Saint Realm, and then set out with Lu Ao and Fang Jin to see the Divine Iron Ranking announced, where he hoped to find Chai Xu.

• Lin Bai considered searching Haijie City for Chai Xu, who could repair his Demon Sword, and Ye Fenghuo, whom he intended to kill.
• Yue Qing returned after her father's funeral and told Lin Bai that Yue Zheng had poisoned her father, then discussed their persistence in pursuing their goals.
• Princess Yin Shuang burst into the courtyard and threatened Lin Bai, but Yue Qing explained the events at the Limitless Peak estate, and Yin Shuang apologized for misunderstanding him.
• Yue Qing said she would regain control of the Ten Guardians after becoming guild master, while Yin Shuang agreed not to act impulsively against Yue Zheng.
• Lin Bai cultivated in the courtyard for half a month and broke through to the perfection of the Yin Saint Realm.
• Lu Ao and Fang Jin invited Lin Bai to see the Divine Iron Ranking announcement, and he agreed, hoping Chai Xu would be there.

Lin Bai, Lu Ao, and Fang Jin visited Heavenly Treasure Pavilion to inspect the Divine Iron Ranking and ask about Chai Xu and Ye Fenghuo. Lin Bai paid two billion spirit stones for their whereabouts, and Si Yu promised to provide their addresses once they arrived in Haijie City.

• Lin Bai learned that Yue Qing had boosted Silver Moon Merchant Guild's sales through military orders and the support of Reaching Heaven Sword Sect's outer sect disciples.
• Lin Bai, Lu Ao, and Fang Jin examined the Divine Iron Ranking, where Immaculate Divine Iron remained first and Starfall Iron Essence ranked second.
• The eight great merchant guilds announced upcoming auctions of highly ranked divine irons, including Silver Moon Merchant Guild's Starfall Iron Essence.
• Lin Bai asked Heavenly Treasure Pavilion's maid Si Yu to find Chai Xu and Ye Fenghuo, paying two billion spirit stones for their addresses.