Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai went to the West City with Tian Kun after learning that the Black Gold Gang had attacked the Silver Moon Merchant Guild and Yue Qing had gone to confront them. At the gang’s blood-soaked, empty lair, Lin Bai met Demon Saint Hantian, who declared he would kill him; Yue Qing then arrived, and both she and Lin Bai realized they had mistaken the other’s reason for coming.

• Tian Kun told Lin Bai that the Black Gold Gang had detained more than a hundred Silver Moon Merchant Guild martial artists and that Yue Qing had gone to the West City.
• Tian Kun led Lin Bai to the Black Gold Gang, where Lin Bai found blood throughout the lair but no bodies or living people.
• Demon Saint Hantian revealed himself as the killer of Chen Pan and threatened to kill Lin Bai as well.
• Yue Qing arrived with more than a hundred martial artists, believing Lin Bai had provoked a powerful enemy and needed help.
• Lin Bai and Yue Qing realized they had each come to the Black Gold Gang to help the other, and an old man began to explain the confusion.

Lin Bai and Yue Qing discovered that Yue Zheng had lured them to the Black Gold Gang to kill them and seize control of the Silver Moon Merchant Guild. Yue Zheng confessed to poisoning Yue Qing’s father, then launched his attack as the Black Gold Gang’s fighters moved against Yue Qing’s allies.

• Lin Bai realized Yue Zheng had arranged for him and Yue Qing to be lured away from the Silver Moon Merchant Guild and framed for their deaths.
• Yue Zheng revealed his plan to spread a false story about Yue Qing and Lin Bai, then confessed that he had poisoned Yue Qing’s father.
• Yue Zheng ordered Tian Kun to kill Yue Qing’s allies, and more than a hundred Yin Saint Realm martial artists charged out to attack them.
• Demon Saint Hantian brought out the Star Shattering Hammer and attacked Lin Bai, while Yue Zheng and Yue Hua rushed toward Yue Qing.

Lin Bai survived Demon Saint Hantian’s Star Shattering Hammer with the Azure Wood Divine Lightning and struck back with the Reaching Heaven Sword Art. After Demon Saint Hantian revealed his White Fur Ape true form, Lin Bai recognized it and asked what connection he had to Crushing Mountain Demon Saint.

• Lin Bai shoved Yue Qing out of danger, but caught Demon Saint Hantian’s hammer strike with one hand as Azure Wood Divine Lightning covered his body.
• Yue Qing drew the Life-Seeking Sword and fought Yue Hua and Yue Zheng while Demon Saint Hantian believed Lin Bai had been killed.
• Lin Bai used the Azure Wood Divine Lightning to blast Demon Saint Hantian through a building, then unleashed Sun-Swallowing with the Reaching Heaven Sword Art and Rainstorm Intent.
• Demon Saint Hantian shattered Lin Bai’s sword storm by transforming into a White Fur Ape.
• Lin Bai recognized Demon Saint Hantian’s true form and asked what he was to Crushing Mountain Demon Saint.

Lin Bai fought Demon Saint Hantian after learning that Crushing Mountain Demon Saint was his brother, hoping to discover Crushing Mountain Demon Saint’s whereabouts. He killed Demon Saint Hantian with his Azure Wood Divine Lightning Sword, but Crushing Mountain Demon Saint’s location remained unknown.

• Demon Saint Hantian revealed his true form and attacked Lin Bai with the Star Shattering Hammer.
• Lin Bai used the Primal Chaos Unification Sword Formation to pierce the Star Shattering Hammer and wound Demon Saint Hantian.
• Lin Bai demanded to know where Crushing Mountain Demon Saint was, but Demon Saint Hantian refused and tried to flee Haijie City.
• Lin Bai used the Azure Wood Divine Lightning Sword to pierce Demon Saint Hantian’s heart and kill him.

Lin Bai saved Yue Qing, then killed Yue Hua, Yue Zheng, Tian Kun, and the martial artists who had attacked her. With Yue Zheng dead, Yue Qing faced no remaining obstacles in the Silver Moon Merchant Guild, while Lin Bai prepared to leave Haijie City after the Supreme Martial Spirit Tool Rankings were announced.

• Lin Bai rescued Yue Qing from Yue Zheng and Yue Hua, criticized her swordsmanship, and told her to watch as he demonstrated sword dao.
• Yue Zheng tried to bargain with Lin Bai, then sent Yue Hua away and charged Lin Bai when the offer failed.
• Lin Bai used his Flying Sword to kill Yue Hua, then defeated and killed Yue Zheng with the Demon Sword.
• Lin Bai killed Tian Kun and more than a hundred martial artists outside the Black Gold Gang with his Flying Sword.
• Lin Bai told Yue Qing to return to the Silver Moon Merchant Guild with him and said he would leave for the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect after the rankings were announced.

After killing Yue Zheng and Demon Saint Hantian, Lin Bai learned that Yue Qing had taken over the Silver Moon Merchant Guild and that his Flying Sword had become the top-ranked Supreme Martial Spirit Tool. As Lin Bai prepared to return to the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect, Zhuo Lian and Jing Shu arrived to meet him.

• Silver Frost arrived with soldiers, and Yue Qing had the Silver Moon Merchant Guild warriors’ corpses collected while Lin Bai took Demon Saint Hantian’s corpse and refined its demon blood.
• Yue Qing convened a meeting of the guild’s senior leadership, and the next morning news spread that she had been chosen to lead the Silver Moon Merchant Guild.
• Lu Ao and Fang Jin told Lin Bai that his Flying Sword ranked first on the Supreme Martial Spirit Tool Ranking, while his Demon Sword ranked fourth and the broken Nether Sword ranked seventh.
• Lin Bai explained that he had cut apart the Nether Sword and that Sword Reverent had taken it, then agreed with Lu Ao that owning two top-ranked weapons could attract trouble.
• A maid announced that Zhuo Lian and Jing Shu had come to see Lin Bai, and he asked for them to be let in.

Lin Bai arranged for Chai Xu to forge seventy-two swords from Immaculate Divine Iron at Seven Luminaries Starfall Mountain, with Zhuo Lian and Jing Shu supervising. He later learned Su Xianmei had already left Haijie City, then told Yue Qing that he was preparing to depart.

• Zhuo Lian and Jing Shu congratulated Lin Bai on the attention surrounding his ranked flying sword and demon sword, and he introduced them to Lu Ao and Fang Jin.
• Lin Bai learned that Lu Ao and Fang Jin had agreed to work for Yue Qing’s Silver Moon Merchant Guild, and they parted ways after Chai Xu arrived.
• Lin Bai gave Chai Xu seven thousand two hundred jin of Immaculate Divine Iron and commissioned seventy-two swords, asking Zhuo Lian and Jing Shu to supervise the forging.
• Chai Xu took Zhuo Lian and Jing Shu to Seven Luminaries Starfall Mountain, where he planned to forge the swords.
• Lin Bai visited the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion to see Su Xianmei but learned she had left Haijie City the previous night.
• Lin Bai returned to the courtyard and told Yue Qing he was leaving, dampening her joy.

Lin Bai left Haijie City and rode his flying sword toward the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect, while the Wolf Pack Merchant Guild's guild master and eight recruited experts pursued him to seize his swords. Lin Bai waited for them at the Lin Hai Dynasty border, where the pursuers confronted him without revealing their identities.

• Lin Bai bade farewell to Yue Qing, advised her to trust Lu Ao and Fang Jin, and departed Haijie City on his flying sword.
• Yue Qing treasured the final strand of Sword Qi Lin Bai had given her and recalled how she had used the first two strands.
• After learning Lin Bai had left, the Wolf Pack Merchant Guild's guild master set out with eight recruited experts to avenge Ye Fenghuo and take Lin Bai's swords.
• Lin Bai flew past Limitless Peak to the Lin Hai Dynasty border and stopped on a Lonely Mountain when he noticed a spirit boat following him.
• Ten Black-Robed Men arrived on the Wind Chasing Spirit Boat after pursuing Lin Bai for three days and three nights, and Lin Bai challenged them to reveal their faces.

Lin Bai fought ten black-robed Yang God Realm martial artists who had come to kill him and seize his swords. After defeating several attackers, he killed the practitioner who used Blood Sea Seven Steps and took the Mystic Art from his Storage Bag.

• A black-robed man attacked Lin Bai, but Lin Bai severed his arm with Ten-Step Sword: A Thousand Steps, Certain Death.
• Nine black-robed martial artists joined forces against Lin Bai, who raised his cultivation to the first level of the Yang God Realm and struck them with Ten-Step Sword: Ten Thousand Steps, Certain Death.
• Zhao Wei escaped Lin Bai’s sword on his Wind Chasing Spirit Boat, and Lin Bai identified him as an elder of the Zhao Clan of the Northern Han Dynasty.
• A second-level Yang God Realm martial artist used Blood Sea Seven Steps to pin Lin Bai beneath crushing pressure and a giant blood-colored foot.
• Lin Bai used Azure Wood Divine Lightning to escape, killed the martial artist with a sword strike, and took the Blood Sea Seven Steps book from his Storage Bag.

Lin Bai killed several of the experts who had come to hunt him, while Zhao Wei fled on the Wind Chasing Spirit Boat. The last Black-Robed Man revealed himself as a powerful sword cultivator from the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect and wounded Lin Bai, who recognized him as the swordsman who had helped the Zhu Family in Zhu Xian City.

• Lin Bai killed Old Ancestor Dongshan and several other attackers, and Zhao Wei fled rather than face him.
• Lin Bai confronted the president of the Wolf Pack Merchant Guild, who identified the dead attackers and Zhao Wei.
• The Black-Robed Man who had stayed out of the fight killed the merchant guild president before he could reveal the man's identity.
• Lin Bai deduced that the Black-Robed Man was from the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect, and the man confirmed it before attacking.
• The Black-Robed Man shattered Lin Bai's sword techniques and sent him tumbling backward, and Lin Bai recognized him as the swordsman who had helped the Zhu Family in Zhu Xian City.

Lin Bai fought a Black-Robed Man who sought to kill him, but Gui Jing arrived and forced the attacker to flee. Gui Jing identified the man as a possible Peak Elder of the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect and warned Lin Bai to return and face punishment for leaving without permission.

• The Black-Robed Man attacked Lin Bai with Fourth Level of the Yang God Realm strength, and Lin Bai countered with his flying sword and Ten-Step Sword.
• As the Black-Robed Man unleashed a devastating sword strike, Gui Jing intervened and saved Lin Bai.
• The Black-Robed Man fled after clashing swords with Gui Jing, who recognized his technique as the First Yang of the Sword Yang Art.
• Gui Jing reasoned that the attacker could be Cao Ling or Shui Zhong and said he would report the attempted assassination to Sect Leader Sword Reverent.
• Gui Jing scolded Lin Bai for disobeying the order to stay at the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect and told him to return to await punishment.

Lin Bai returned to Reaching Heaven Sword Sect with Gui Jing and began studying the Blood Sea Seven Steps technique. Five days later, he followed Nie Xiong and a group of angry sword cultivators as they left Small Spirit Creek to confront members of Qi Faction.

• Gui Jing found Lin Bai near the border of Lin Hai Dynasty and brought him back to Reaching Heaven Sword Sect after warning him to stay in Small Spirit Creek.
• Lin Bai reunited with the sword cultivators living there, learned they still had no news from Ten Thousand Demons Valley, and returned to his cottage.
• Lin Bai studied Blood Sea Seven Steps, a technique created by Old Freak Tiancan, and decided it might suit his Slaughter Intent.
• Five days later, Nie Xiong led more than twenty sword cultivators out of Small Spirit Creek, threatening to cripple members of Qi Faction.
• Lin Bai left his cottage and followed Nie Xiong's group to find out what they planned to do.

Lin Bai followed Nie Xiong and the Immortal Cave Mountain Seventy-Two Sword Cultivators to Martial God Mountain, where Nie Xiong confronted Sword Paragon Qi Xuan over Li Chou losing his treasured sword. Qi Xuan denied interfering and provoked Nie Xiong to fight Meng Chunrui, while Lin Bai sought to learn what had happened.

• Lin Bai followed Nie Xiong and more than twenty sword cultivators to Martial God Mountain and saw Sword Paragon Qi Xuan watching a contest from the viewing platform.
• Nie Xiong accused Qi Xuan of secretly helping Meng Chunrui defeat Li Chou and take his treasured sword.
• Meng Chunrui challenged Nie Xiong to fight for Li Chou's sword, but Luo Xuan warned Nie Xiong that Qi Xuan might interfere.
• Qi Xuan and Elder Chen denied that Qi Xuan had interfered, and Qi Xuan taunted Nie Xiong to defeat Meng Chunrui or return to Small Spirit Creek.
• Lin Bai asked a nearby spectator what had happened, and the man began explaining Qi Xuan's actions.

After learning that Qi Xuan had secretly injured Li Chou to help Meng Chunrui win his treasured sword, Lin Bai arrived at Martial God Mountain to confront the Qi Faction. He promised to help Li Chou reclaim his sword and challenged the faction before its gathered spectators.

• A martial artist told Lin Bai that Qi Xuan had arranged Li Chou's fight with Meng Chunrui and secretly wounded Li Chou during their match.
• The martial artist recognized Lin Bai as Dongfang Bai, while Meng Chunrui mocked Nie Xiong and the Immortal Cave Mountain sword cultivators.
• Lin Bai arrived, reassured Li Chou that he would help recover the treasured sword, and brought him to the spectator stand.
• Qi Xuan greeted Lin Bai, who said he had come to seek pointers from the Qi Faction.

Lin Bai challenged Qi Xuan to let Nie Xiong fight Meng Chunrui, then accepted Qi Xuan’s wager of the demon sword. He demanded that Qi Xuan wager the arms of himself and the Qi Faction martial artists who had insulted the Immortal Cave Mountain Seventy-Two Sword Cultivators, leaving Qi Xuan to answer his challenge.

• Lin Bai cut off Elder Chen and reminded Qi Xuan that he had agreed Nie Xiong could fight Meng Chunrui for Li Chou’s sword.
• Lin Bai sent Nie Xiong into the arena and promised that no one, including Elder Chen, could interfere; Nie Xiong’s sword intent frightened Meng Chunrui.
• Qi Xuan tried to withdraw from the fight, but Lin Bai accused him of going back on his word, so Qi Xuan proposed wagering the demon sword.
• Despite Li Chou, Luo Xuan, and the Immortal Cave Mountain sword cultivators urging him not to, Lin Bai put the demon sword forward as his wager.
• Qi Xuan offered his personal sword, but Lin Bai rejected it and demanded that the Qi Faction members who had insulted the Immortal Cave Mountain cultivators sever an arm, along with both of Qi Xuan’s arms.

Lin Bai wagered the Demon Sword against Qi Xuan’s arms and the Qi Faction’s arms, then watched Nie Xiong gain the upper hand against Meng Chunrui. When Qi Xuan secretly attacked Nie Xiong, Lin Bai destroyed the sword light and publicly challenged him.

• Lin Bai demanded that Qi Xuan and the Qi Faction martial artists sever their arms if they lost, and Qi Xuan accepted the wager.
• Qi Xuan ordered Meng Chunrui to defeat Nie Xiong, while Lin Bai encouraged Nie Xiong to fight without holding back.
• Nie Xiong and Meng Chunrui fought, and Nie Xiong gradually gained the advantage.
• As Nie Xiong’s sword threatened Meng Chunrui, Qi Xuan secretly sent a sword light toward Nie Xiong’s back.
• Lin Bai used his flying sword to shatter Qi Xuan’s attack and roared at him for his shameless interference.

Lin Bai exposed Qi Xuan’s repeated attempts to interfere in Nie Xiong and Meng Chunrui’s match, but Elder Chen denied the accusation despite the crowd’s outrage. As Lin Bai recorded Qi Xuan’s next attempt and protected Nie Xiong, Qi Xuan’s jealousy of Lin Bai’s status and power hardened into hatred, while Meng Chunrui called for help.

• Lin Bai cut down Qi Xuan’s sword light and accused him of secretly helping Meng Chunrui attack Nie Xiong.
• Elder Chen claimed Qi Xuan had not interfered and ordered the match to continue, prompting the gathered sword cultivators to denounce both men.
• Lin Bai told Nie Xiong to resume fighting, and Nie Xiong again forced Meng Chunrui onto the defensive.
• Qi Xuan sent another sword light toward the arena, but Lin Bai cut it down and secretly recorded the incident with an Image Recording Pearl.
• Lin Bai warned that he would punish anyone who disrupted the match, and Nie Xiong promised to defeat Meng Chunrui within three swords.
• Qi Xuan grew envious of Lin Bai’s weapons, fame, status, and potential as Meng Chunrui panicked and called for his help.

Qi Xuan and Elder Chen attacked Lin Bai after he stopped Qi Xuan from interfering in Nie Xiong and Meng Chunrui’s duel, while the clash spread into a battle between Immortal Cave Mountain and the Qi Faction. As Qi Xuan and Elder Chen closed in to capture Lin Bai, he unleashed his Slaughter Intent and began Blood Sea Seven Steps.

• Qi Xuan used the Reaching Heaven Sword Art to attack Nie Xiong, but Lin Bai’s Primal Chaos Unification Sword Formation broke the attack and destroyed the viewing platform.
• Lin Bai accused Qi Xuan and Elder Chen of violating the sect rules, then sent his flying sword at both of them.
• Nie Xiong defeated Meng Chunrui and led the Immortal Cave Mountain sword cultivators to help Lin Bai, while Meng Chunrui ordered the Qi Faction to attack them.
• Qi Xuan and Elder Chen joined forces against Lin Bai and drove him back, then advanced together to capture him.
• Lin Bai’s Slaughter Intent erupted, and he slammed his foot down to begin Blood Sea Seven Steps.

Lin Bai unleashed Blood Sea Seven Steps against Qi Xuan and Elder Chen after they attacked him, crushing them beneath escalating gravity. He began the seventh step as they lay bloodied and helpless beneath the descending foot.

• Lin Bai summoned a blood-red foot with Blood Sea Seven Steps, startling the sword cultivators and forcing Qi Xuan and Elder Chen to spit blood.
• Lin Bai used Reaching Heaven Sword Art to raise his strength to the first stage of the Yang God Realm, then struck Qi Xuan and Elder Chen with the second through fourth steps.
• Elder Chen activated a defensive Jade Slip as Lin Bai's fifth step shattered his barrier and drove Qi Xuan into the ground.
• Lin Bai's sixth step crushed both men, and Elder Chen begged him to stop and admitted his mistake.
• Lin Bai rejected Elder Chen's plea and unleashed the seventh step of Blood Sea Seven Steps upon Qi Xuan and Elder Chen.

Lin Bai confronted First Peak Master Sui An after Sui An stopped his fight with Qi Xuan and Elder Chen. Sui An ordered the pair to reflect in confinement, but Lin Bai insisted Qi Xuan honor the wager and ended the chapter demanding that he surrender his arms.

• Sui An arrived with nearly fifty powerful elders and shattered Lin Bai's attack on Qi Xuan and Elder Chen.
• Elder Chen and Qi Xuan accused Lin Bai of starting the fight, while Sui An rebuked Lin Bai for breaking sect rules.
• Lin Bai accused Qi Xuan of cheating and Elder Chen of shielding him, then offered an Image Recording Pearl as evidence.
• Sui An ordered Qi Xuan and Elder Chen to confine themselves and reflect for one month, but refused to enforce the wager.
• Lin Bai challenged Sui An, drew the Demon Sword, and demanded that Qi Xuan sever his own arms or let Lin Bai do it.