Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai learned that Chai Xu was in Haijie City and that Ye Fenghuo held a high position in the Wolf Pack Merchant Guild, where he had brought a renowned flying sword. The Heavenly Treasure Pavilion arranged a meeting with Chai Xu, and its inspection envoy hinted that Ye Fenghuo was about to make a move in Haijie City.

• Si Yu returned Lin Bai’s two hundred million spirit stones and told him Chai Xu had been living quietly in Haijie City for three months.
• Si Yu revealed that Ye Fenghuo had arrived in Haijie City half a year earlier, held a high position in the Wolf Pack Merchant Guild, and had brought a flying sword expected to rank in the top ten of the Supreme Martial Spirit Tool Ranking.
• Lin Bai asked the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion to arrange a meeting with Chai Xu, and Si Yu agreed to act as intermediary.
• After Lin Bai left, Si Yu reported to the qipao-clad inspection envoy, who ordered her to arrange the meeting and wondered whether Ye Fenghuo planned to make his first move in Haijie City.
• Five days later, a Heavenly Treasure Pavilion martial artist told Lin Bai that Chai Xu had agreed to meet him at the pavilion the following day.

Lin Bai visited Chai Xu at the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion to ask him to repair the cracked Demon Sword. Chai Xu said the repair would be difficult but possible, then demanded to know what had damaged the sword.

• Lin Bai arrived alone at the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, where Si Yu brought him to meet the disheveled artificer Chai Xu.
• Chai Xu said he would only forge a weapon worthy of the top ten on the Supreme Martial Spirit Tool Ranking, and Lin Bai assured him his request concerned a peerless weapon.
• Lin Bai showed Chai Xu the cracked Demon Sword and asked him to restore it.
• Chai Xu explained that the sword had been forged by Grandmaster Zhang Zhong, whose work had drained the seventh-stage Yang God Realm artificer to death.
• Chai Xu said he could repair the Demon Sword, then questioned Lin Bai about what had damaged it.

Lin Bai negotiated with Chai Xu to repair the cracked Demon Sword and potentially forge seventy-two swords from Immaculate Divine Iron. Chai Xu kept the Demon Sword for a half-month repair, while Lin Bai stayed in Haijie City and learned that Zhuo Lian and Jing Shu were on their way there.

• Lin Bai told Chai Xu that the Demon Sword had clashed with a broken Poseidon Halberd, and Chai Xu agreed to attempt its repair.
• Lin Bai gave Chai Xu a Jade Slip describing a request to forge seventy-two swords using Immaculate Divine Iron, and Chai Xu agreed to consider long-term cooperation.
• Lin Bai left the Demon Sword with Chai Xu, who promised to repair it within half a month and gave Lin Bai his address.
• Lin Bai contacted Zhuo Lian, learned that Zhuo Lian and Jing Shu would reach Haijie City in about half a month, and told them to travel carefully.
• Lin Bai returned to the Silver Moon Merchant Guild.

Yue Zheng plotted with the Wolf Pack Merchant Guild to stop Yue Qing’s shipment of Supreme Martial Spirit Tools after her sales surged and threatened his bid to retain power. The Heavenly Treasure Pavilion’s envoy learned of the attack plan and sent Si Yu to warn Dongfang Bai.

• Yue Qing’s sales nearly doubled the Silver Moon Merchant Guild’s previous annual total, winning support from guild leaders and alarming Yue Zheng and Yue Hua.
• Yue Hua revealed that Yue Qing had ordered more than eight hundred thousand weapons from Seven Luminaries Starfall Mountain, due to arrive in Haijie City the next evening.
• Yue Zheng ordered Yue Hua to contact the Wolf Pack Merchant Guild and prevent the shipment from reaching the city.
• The Wolf Pack Merchant Guild’s guild master met secretly with Yue Zheng, then dispatched five hundred Yin Saint Realm martial artists led by Ye Fenghuo and accompanied by seven Yang God Realm experts toward the White Dragon Sea.
• The Heavenly Treasure Pavilion envoy learned of the deployment and ordered Si Yu to warn Dongfang Bai at the Silver Moon Merchant Guild.

Lin Bai received his restored demon sword from Chai Xu and arranged for his friends to meet the weaponsmith about forging their weapons. Si Yu warned Yue Qing that the Wolf Pack Merchant Guild had sent a large force toward the White Dragon Sea, and Yue Qing suspected Yue Zheng was about to act against her.

• Chai Xu brought Lin Bai the fully repaired demon sword and agreed to wait for Lin Bai's friends to arrive before discussing their weapons.
• Lin Bai told Yue Qing that the spirit tools she had ordered would let her meet Yue Zheng's requirements before the Supreme Martial Spirit Tool Ranking was announced.
• Si Yu informed Lin Bai and Yue Qing that Ye Fenghuo had left Haijie City for the White Dragon Sea with seven Yang God Realm experts and five hundred peak Yin Saint Realm experts.
• Si Yu noted Yue Qing's large order of Supreme Martial Spirit Tools, then left without explaining the connection to the Wolf Pack Merchant Guild.
• Yue Qing concluded that Yue Zheng was about to make his move and ordered someone to invite Princess Yin Shuang.

Yue Qing learned that Yue Zheng might be targeting her shipment of Supreme Martial Spirit Tools, so she sent Silver Frost and Lin Bai to protect it. Lin Bai deduced that the Wolf Pack Merchant Guild would ambush the shipment at Sky Wolf Island, and the Imperial Guards changed course to confront them.

• Yue Qing told Silver Frost that the Wolf Pack Merchant Guild had sent forces toward the White Dragon Sea and asked her to protect the shipment.
• Lin Bai volunteered to accompany Silver Frost, and Yue Qing gave them Jade Slips containing the shipping route.
• Yue Qing summoned the Silver Moon Merchant Guild's senior members after Lin Bai and Silver Frost departed.
• Lin Bai studied the route and concluded that the Wolf Pack Merchant Guild would ambush the spirit vessel at Sky Wolf Island rather than Returning Dragon Bay.
• Silver Frost ordered the Imperial Guards to head for Sky Wolf Island and prepare for combat.

Ye Fenghuo and the Wolf Pack Merchant Guild ambushed a Seven Luminaries Starfall Mountain spirit ship carrying Supreme Martial Spirit Tools at Sky Wolf Island. With sound transmissions blocked, Yang Yuan and the other escorts were forced into battle against the guild’s stronger forces.

• Ye Fenghuo ordered the Wolf Pack Merchant Guild’s death warriors to slaughter the travelers on Sky Wolf Island and prepared the island for an ambush.
• Ye Fenghuo explained that Yue Zheng had revealed the shipment’s route and that Sky Wolf Island was the best place to attack it.
• The Wolf Pack Merchant Guild attacked the approaching spirit ship, but its five Yang God Realm elders drove back the first wave of attackers.
• The Soul-Reaping Scholar revealed that a formation prevented anyone from sending a sound transmission, and Yang Yuan realized the ship could not call for help.
• The Wolf Pack Merchant Guild’s seven Yang God Realm experts attacked Yang Yuan and the other four elders while the death warriors fought the ship’s guards.

Yang Yuan’s escort was wiped out by Wolf Pack Merchant Guild, and Ye Fenghuo revealed that he wanted the Supreme Martial Spirit Tools Yue Qing had ordered. Just as Ye Fenghuo was about to kill Yang Yuan, Sword Paragon Dongfang Bai arrived, and the two enemies faced each other.

• White-Faced Scholar and the Wolf Pack Merchant Guild fighters killed nearly all of Seven Luminaries Starfall Mountain’s guards and Yang God Realm experts, leaving Yang Yuan to fight alone.
• Yang Yuan detonated the Sky Yang Bracelet, but Ye Fenghuo split its flames with a sword strike and appeared on Sky Wolf Island.
• Ye Fenghuo demanded the Supreme Martial Spirit Tools from Yang Yuan, who held up the Storage Bag and refused to surrender without a fight.
• Ye Fenghuo struck at Yang Yuan, but a hundred-zhang Sword Qi forced him to retreat and cleaved Sky Wolf Island in two.
• Dongfang Bai arrived in a Five-Colored Disciple Robe, recognized Ye Fenghuo as the enemy tied to his wife and child’s deaths, and faced him as Ye Fenghuo greeted him as Sword Paragon.

Lin Bai arrived on Sky Wolf Island to protect Yang Yuan and the Supreme Martial Spirit Tools, then openly challenged Ye Fenghuo. Ye Fenghuo ordered his allies to kill Lin Bai, and Lin Bai began fighting all seven Yang God Realm experts at once.

• Lin Bai told Yang Yuan that Princess Yin Shuang was bringing reinforcements and promised to protect him and the Supreme Martial Spirit Tools.
• Lin Bai confronted Ye Fenghuo, his killing intent revealing his hatred over Ye Suxin’s death.
• Ye Fenghuo decided Lin Bai had to die and ordered Soul-Reaping Scholar to attack him while Ye Fenghuo went after Yang Yuan.
• The White-Faced Scholar and the other six Yang God Realm experts joined the attack on Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai drew the Demonic Sword and sent seven sword shadows against the seven attackers, beginning a fierce battle.

Lin Bai survived the combined assault of seven Yang God Realm experts and killed them with a single sword strike. He then turned his killing intent toward Ye Fenghuo, who was left stunned by Lin Bai’s strength.

• The grizzled old man attacked Lin Bai with the Asura Finger, but Lin Bai dodged and severed his left arm.
• The seven Yang God Realm experts attacked together, blasting Lin Bai away and shattering Sky Wolf Island, but Lin Bai emerged unharmed.
• Lin Bai used the Reaching Heaven Sword Art to raise his strength to the Yang God Realm and united three intents in his Immortal Execution strike.
• Lin Bai’s sword killed the grizzled old man, the Blue-Faced Brute, the White-Faced Scholar, and the other four Yang God Realm experts.
• Lin Bai turned his killing intent toward Ye Fenghuo, who stared at the dead experts in disbelief.

Lin Bai arrived as Ye Fenghuo was about to kill Yang Yuan and revealed that he had slain seven Yang God Realm experts, including the White-Faced Scholar and the Blue-Faced Brute. Driven by the deaths of his wife and son, Lin Bai confronted Ye Fenghuo, who answered with a powerful King Grade sword technique.

• Ye Fenghuo wounded Yang Yuan and prepared to finish him, but Lin Bai roared his name and interrupted the attack.
• Ye Fenghuo saw that Lin Bai had killed the seven Yang God Realm experts, and Lin Bai forced him back with several sword strikes.
• Yang Yuan warned Lin Bai that Ye Fenghuo had reached the second stage of the Yang God Realm and urged him to join forces, but Lin Bai refused.
• Lin Bai declared that Ye Fenghuo had to die for murdering his wife and son, and his killing intent formed a blood-red mist around him.
• Ye Fenghuo unleashed the King Grade Azure Feather Swordplay, Thousand Plumes, and Yang Yuan warned Lin Bai not to face it head-on.

Lin Bai fought Ye Fenghuo through the latter’s King Grade Azure Feather Swordplay, sustaining severe wounds before blinding him and answering his White Phoenix technique with Annihilate the Immortals. Their strongest attacks collided above Sky Wolf Island, leaving Yang Yuan stunned by their power.

• Ye Fenghuo used the Azure Feather Swordplay, a King Grade Martial Skill he had earned after revealing the mysterious fragment to the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect.
• Lin Bai charged through Ye Fenghuo’s sword rays despite his injuries, and the two fought through hundreds of exchanges as Sky Wolf Island broke apart beneath them.
• Lin Bai pierced Ye Fenghuo’s left eye, provoking Ye Fenghuo to unleash Azure Feather: White Phoenix.
• Lin Bai merged Slaughter Intent, Rainstorm Intent, and Aurora Intent into Annihilate the Immortals.
• Ye Fenghuo’s White Phoenix and Lin Bai’s Annihilate the Immortals clashed in the sky as Yang Yuan realized either attack could kill him.

Lin Bai and Ye Fenghuo were both gravely wounded after their swords collided, and Ye Fenghuo tried to kill Lin Bai with a sentient flying sword. The sword recognized Lin Bai as its master, leaving Ye Fenghuo to suspect that Lin Bai was someone he believed had died three years earlier.

• Lin Bai and Ye Fenghuo's sword techniques collided, leaving them both severely injured and nearly out of spiritual power.
• Ye Fenghuo summoned a sentient golden flying sword from his Storage Bag and commanded it to kill Lin Bai.
• The flying sword stopped before Lin Bai, who revealed that it was his sword, Longjing.
• Longjing joyfully circled Lin Bai, astonishing Ye Fenghuo and Yang Yuan.
• Ye Fenghuo recognized Lin Bai as someone he thought had died in Lingdong and struggled to believe he had become the Sword Paragon in only three years.

Lin Bai revealed his identity to Ye Fenghuo and killed him after learning that Ye Fenghuo had helped slaughter Lin Bai’s wife and unborn child. Lin Bai then wiped out the Wolf Pack Merchant Guild fighters on Sky Wolf Island, where Silver Frost found him kneeling in grief.

• Lin Bai proved his identity to Ye Fenghuo by sending his flying sword through Ye Fenghuo’s dantian and destroying his cultivation.
• Lin Bai shattered Ye Fenghuo’s limbs one by one as he confronted him about the past.
• Ye Fenghuo taunted Lin Bai by revealing that Lin Bai’s wife and unborn child had been slaughtered, and Lin Bai reduced Ye Fenghuo to dust with his flying sword.
• Lin Bai’s flying sword hunted down and killed the Wolf Pack Merchant Guild members who had participated in the mission around Sky Wolf Island.
• Silver Frost arrived with the Lin Hai Dynasty imperial guards, found Lin Bai kneeling in a pool of blood, and brought him and Yang Yuan toward the Silver Moon Merchant Guild.

After killing Ye Fenghuo on Sky Wolf Island, Lin Bai returned to Haijie City and continued recovering while Yue Qing and Silver Frost considered the secrets behind his hatred. Yue Zheng vowed revenge, but Demon Saint Hantian of Ten Thousand Demons Valley appeared and offered him a chance to kill Lin Bai immediately.

• Silver Frost and Yang Yuan returned to Haijie City with Lin Bai, and Yang Yuan recounted how Lin Bai had killed seven Yang God Realm experts and brutally slain Ye Fenghuo.
• Yue Qing brought healing pills to Lin Bai, who said he had reasons for killing Ye Fenghuo and warned her to watch for Yue Zheng’s hidden cards.
• After Yue Qing left, Lin Bai reflected that five targets remained and began healing his injuries.
• Yue Zheng and Yue Hua blamed Lin Bai for ruining their shipment plans, and Yue Zheng vowed to settle accounts with him after becoming guild president.
• Demon Saint Hantian of Ten Thousand Demons Valley blasted open Yue Zheng’s study doors and urged him to kill Lin Bai without waiting.

Demon Saint Hantian and Yue Zheng secretly agreed to work together to kill Dongfang Bai, with Yue Zheng plotting to frame Yue Qing as the killer. After recovering from his fight with Ye Fenghuo, Lin Bai went to the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion to seek information about Li Subai.

• Demon Saint Hantian asked Yue Zheng to arrange a one-on-one fight with Dongfang Bai, offering to kill him in exchange for Yue Zheng’s help.
• Yue Zheng agreed to lure Dongfang Bai to Haijie City’s western district within ten days and keep their partnership secret.
• Yue Zheng told Yue Hua he planned to make Yue Qing appear responsible for Dongfang Bai’s death, ensuring both Yue Qing and Dongfang Bai would die.
• After recovering from his wounds with Yue Qing’s healing pills, Lin Bai visited the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion.
• Lin Bai asked Si Yu to find information about Li Subai, saying he would pay any price.

Lin Bai sought news of his mother, Li Subai, from the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion and was summoned to meet its emissary after sunset. He discovered that the emissary was Su Xianmei, who teased him about becoming the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect’s Sword Paragon.

• Si Yu reported to the cheongsam-clad emissary that Lin Bai had asked the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion for information about Li Subai, and the emissary dropped her teacup upon hearing the name.
• The emissary told Si Yu to arrange for Lin Bai to meet her after sunset, claiming there was news about the person he sought.
• Lin Bai waited anxiously at the Silver Moon Merchant Guild until sunset, then flew to the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion with his sword.
• Si Yu led Lin Bai to the highest floor and sent him into the emissary’s room, while she went to investigate who Li Subai was.
• Lin Bai recognized the woman behind the screen as Su Xianmei, and she teased him about his new status as Sword Paragon.

Lin Bai visited Su Xianmei at the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion to ask about his parents, but she refused and warned him to hide his identity until he was strong enough. She revealed that Lin Duo and Li Subai were alive but imprisoned, and the chapter ended with Su Xianmei recalling that her father had once called Lin Bai her future husband.

• Su Xianmei teased Lin Bai about their fathers arranging a betrothal, then told him the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion would not reveal anything about Lin Duo and Li Subai.
• Su Xianmei warned Lin Bai that asking about his parents or revealing his identity could endanger him and them, and she described his parents as kings of the Barren Ancient Continent.
• Lin Bai asked whether his parents were alive, and Su Xianmei said they were being controlled and that he was their last hope of rescuing them.
• Lin Bai promised not to ask about his parents or reveal his identity until he had enough strength.
• Su Xianmei recalled meeting Lin Bai as a baby and said her father had called him her future husband.

Su Xianmei warned Lin Bai that investigating his parents’ past could endanger them, and shared what she had learned about the Six Fiends of Lingnan. Lin Bai resolved to grow stronger and focus on Ye Jianjun, while Su Xianmei agreed to watch Zhao Hansheng’s whereabouts.

• Lin Bai vowed to investigate the incident that separated him from Su Xianmei and go to Eastern Continent, but she urged him to conceal his identity and protect his parents until he became stronger.
• Su Xianmei explained that the Inverted Yin-Yang Formation was tied to the Poison God Family and warned Lin Bai not to challenge Dong Qian or Long Ba, who had reached the fifth stage of the Yang God Realm.
• Su Xianmei said Su Cang was still in seclusion at the grand completion of the Yin Saint Realm and might be attempting a breakthrough, while Su Lihai had reached the fourth stage of the Yang God Realm and remained within the Su Dynasty.
• Su Xianmei reported that Zhao Hansheng was cultivating in the Northern Han Dynasty, likely at the third or fourth stage of the Yang God Realm, and agreed to track his whereabouts.
• Su Xianmei named Ye Jianjun as Lin Bai’s best target, and Lin Bai recognized him as the Sword Paragon of the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect and one of Lingnan’s nine Prodigy-level Geniuses.

Lin Bai learned that Ye Jianjun had spent years studying the sealed Demon Sword and resolved to confront him after returning from Haijie City. Before Lin Bai left to help Yue Qing, Su Xianmei killed Si Yu for overhearing the secret of Lin Bai’s parents, Li Subai and Lin Duo.

• Su Xianmei warned Lin Bai that Ye Jianjun was studying the Demon Sword and could become immensely powerful if he broke its seals.
• Lin Bai decided to deal with Ye Jianjun as soon as he returned to the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect, while Su Xianmei discussed having an heir with him and he grieved for his lost child.
• Si Yu reported that Yue Qing had requested help in Haijie City's western district, and Lin Bai left to assist her.
• Lin Bai thanked Su Xianmei for protecting him and wondered what his parents had done to inspire such loyalty from her.
• Su Xianmei confronted Si Yu for overhearing the names Li Subai and Lin Duo, and killed her when she tried to flee.