Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai and Zhang Jianxing faced seven opponents in East City, where Zhang Jianxing fought Yan Tuo and Wei Tianjun while Lin Bai clashed with Yang Changdong. Lin Bai struck down Yang Changdong’s flaming dragon, and Jian Ruohan joined the battle as fire and frost divided the sky above Starry Sky City.

• Qi Xuan returned to his residence furious after failing to deal with Dongfang Bai, and Shui Zhong reminded him that powerful young fighters had gathered against Dongfang Bai.
• Lin Bai and Zhang Jianxing stood surrounded by Ye Jianqiu, Jian Ruohan, Yang Changdong, Yu Liang, Mi Rong, Wei Tianjun, and Yan Tuo, then agreed to fight them.
• Zhang Jianxing shattered Yan Tuo and Wei Tianjun’s opening attacks with one sword strike and engaged both Prodigy-level Geniuses.
• Yang Changdong attacked Lin Bai with Flame Dragon Nine Transformations, but Lin Bai used the Reaching Heaven Sword Art and struck the flaming dragon with his Demon Sword.
• Jian Ruohan unleashed a vast frost force as the flaming dragon and spreading ice divided the sky above Starry Sky City.

Lin Bai defeated Yang Changdong and the Burning Heart Sect withdrew from East City, while Jian Ruohan recognized him and left Starry Sky City. Ye Jianqiu then confronted Lin Bai over Jian Ruohan, and their fight began.

• Lin Bai used the Azure Wood Divine Lightning Sword to destroy Yang Changdong's Inferno Dragon Nine Transformations and leave him badly injured.
• A Burning Heart Sect elder rescued Yang Changdong and promised the sect would no longer interfere, while Yang Changdong vowed to kill Lin Bai in the Myriad Stars Secret Realm.
• Jian Ruohan sheathed her sword and silently left East City after recognizing Lin Bai.
• Ye Jianqiu accused Lin Bai of doing something to Jian Ruohan, then drew his sword and attacked when Lin Bai asked how she had become this way.
• Lin Bai charged at Ye Jianqiu with Ten-Step Sword—A Thousand Steps, Certain Death.

Lin Bai fought off Ye Jianqiu and then three attackers at once, nearly killing Ye Jianqiu, Mi Rong, and Yu Liang with his Ten-Step Sword before elders rescued them. With sect elders intervening and the battle escalating, a Burning Heart Sect elder called for the farce to end.

• Lin Bai countered Ye Jianqiu’s Fallen Leaf Swordplay with three fused Intents, wounding and driving him back.
• Lin Bai taunted Zhang Jianxing, who was struggling against Wei Tianjun and Yan Tuo, and Wei Tianjun called Mi Rong and Yu Liang to join the fight.
• Mi Rong, Yu Liang, and Ye Jianqiu attacked Lin Bai together, but his flying swords and Azure Wood Divine Lightning repelled them and left them spitting blood.
• Lin Bai used his Ten-Step Sword to strike at the three wounded opponents, but elders from their sects intervened and rescued them.
• Wei Tianjun and Yan Tuo broke away from Zhang Jianxing, and a Burning Heart Sect elder called for the fight to end.

After the sect elders halted the battle in East City, Lin Bai regretted not being strong enough to finish off his opponents. The Holy Sons departed vowing to settle their grudges in the Myriad Stars Secret Realm, which would open in five days.

• Lin Bai told Zhang Jianxing he blamed himself for failing to kill the opposing Holy Sons before their elders intervened.
• Seven elders of the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect arrived and backed Lin Bai’s claim that the Seventy-Two Sword Cultivators of Immortal Cave Mountain had been falsely accused.
• The other sect elders withdrew, while Yang Changdong, Yu Liang, and Ye Jianqiu threatened to fight Lin Bai in the Myriad Stars Secret Realm.
• Yan Tuo and Wei Tianjun also promised to challenge Zhang Jianxing and Lin Bai in the Secret Realm before the Holy Sons left East City.
• The Reaching Heaven Sword Sect elders warned Lin Bai that his enemies could use their full strength in the Secret Realm and urged him to be careful when it opened in five days.

The Sect Leader Sword Reverent celebrated Dongfang Bai’s victory over the five major sects’ Saint Heirs and ordered rewards for him and Zhang Jianxing. Lin Bai then sent the Immortal Cave Mountain Seventy-Two Sword Cultivators to uncover who had framed them before the Myriad Stars Secret Realm opened.

• The Sect Leader Sword Reverent told Gui Jing that the five major sects had used the deaths of several disciples as an excuse to curb the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect’s growing influence.
• The Sect Leader Sword Reverent ordered Gui Jing to record Dongfang Bai’s merit and reward him with the second volume of the Reaching Heaven Sword Art, and to visit Sword Hermitage with gifts for Old Man Lone Boat.
• Zhang Jianxing revealed to Lin Bai that Old Man Lone Boat of Sword Hermitage was his master, then shared wine from Serene Heart Tavern with him.
• Lin Bai reassured the Immortal Cave Mountain Seventy-Two Sword Cultivators and ordered them to identify the person who had plotted against them within five days.

Lin Bai learned that Meng Chunrui had gathered information on the murdered disciples for Qi Xuan, who was likely responsible for killing them and framing the Immortal Cave Mountain sword cultivators. As the Myriad Stars Secret Realm opened, Lin Bai and his allies entered, determined to capture Qi Xuan or Meng Chunrui alive and prove their innocence.

• Nie Xiong told Lin Bai that Meng Chunrui had asked a Burning Heart Sect disciple where the sect's disciples lived before many of them were killed.
• Lin Bai concluded that Meng Chunrui had passed the locations to Qi Xuan, who had killed the disciples using Sword Qi and made it look as though they had died from Sword Qi erupting inside them.
• The Immortal Cave Mountain Seventy-Two Sword Cultivators vowed to capture Qi Xuan and Meng Chunrui and avenge the damage to their reputations.
• The starry road descended, and the elders of the seven major sects announced that the Myriad Stars Secret Realm had opened for one month.
• Lin Bai saw Lin Anyang, Ling Luo, and Ye Jianjun enter the secret realm, then urged his allies to keep Qi Xuan or Meng Chunrui alive so they could prove their innocence.
• Lin Bai and the Immortal Cave Mountain sword cultivators flew onto the starry road and entered the Myriad Stars Secret Realm.

Lin Bai entered the Myriad Stars Secret Realm and found himself alone in a vast, lifeless wilderness beneath a sun and moon that seemed to watch him. He began searching for blood crystals and for Ye Jianjun, but had yet to find anyone.

• Lin Bai joined the martial artists traveling along the starry road, keeping behind the leaders as Yang Changdong and several others looked at him with hostility.
• Shui Zhong urged the disguised Reaching Heaven Sword Sect disciples to secure success for Ten Thousand Demons Valley, while Qi Xuan focused on killing Dongfang Bai.
• Lin Bai entered the black hole at the end of the road and was transported to a barren wilderness, where no other martial artists were nearby.
• Lin Bai saw the sun and full moon hanging together and briefly felt an overwhelming gaze before looking away.
• After finding no blood crystals or people during his search, Lin Bai set out to find Ye Jianjun.

Lin Bai defeated and killed a Burning Heart Sect elder who attacked him in the Myriad Stars Secret Realm. The elder’s corpse produced a blood crystal, leaving Lin Bai wondering whether the realm’s entrants were the “myriad stars” mentioned in a saying about the Astral Path.

• A Burning Heart Sect elder attacked Lin Bai, blaming him for defeating the sect’s Saint, Yang Changdong, in Starry Sky City.
• The elder used the Burning Art to form a flaming divine tiger and pounced on Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai used the Sun-Swallowing Sword Art and Ten Thousand Steps, Certain Kill to shatter the tiger and force the elder to flee.
• Lin Bai caught up with the elder and killed him with Slaughter the Gods with a Single Thought.
• A mysterious force drained the elder’s blood and formed a fist-sized blood crystal, which Lin Bai absorbed with his Devouring Sword Soul.
• Lin Bai wondered whether the blood crystals and the people in the secret realm were connected to the saying, “Tread the stars, pluck the myriad stars.”

Lin Bai discovered that blood crystals formed when martial artists died in the Myriad Stars Secret Realm, leading him to conclude that it was a slaughterhouse rather than a treasure hunt. After escaping a Black Storm that killed countless disciples, he reunited with Nie Xiong, who had also encountered its deadly effects.

• Lin Bai saw Holy Seal Sect disciples kill East Ripple Sword Sect disciples and realized their blood had condensed into blood crystals.
• Lin Bai concluded that the seven major sects sent disciples into the Myriad Stars Secret Realm to generate blood crystals through slaughter, and hurried to find the Immortal Cave Mountain Seventy-Two Sword Cultivators.
• A Black Storm swept Lin Bai and thousands of martial artists away, shredding many of them and turning their blood into crystals.
• Lin Bai used Azure Wood Divine Lightning to cut through the Black Storm and escape.
• Lin Bai met Nie Xiong, learned that wounds could not heal in the secret realm, and heard that Nie Xiong had seen Ye Jianjun.

Lin Bai pursued the Black Storm in search of Ye Jianjun and discovered that it had gathered around a gigantic Black Flag Banner, beneath which lay countless blood crystals formed from the dead martial artists. When a martial artist tried to seize the crystals, the banner unleashed nine deadly storm rings to protect them.

• Lin Bai told Nie Xiong to find the other Immortal Cave Mountain sword cultivators and warned him to avoid injuries before setting off after the Black Storm.
• Lin Bai followed the storm’s path for ten days, passing frightened survivors and other martial artists pursuing it, but he did not find Ye Jianjun.
• Lin Bai and the other pursuers discovered a towering Black Flag Banner surrounded by hundreds of thousands of blood crystals left by the storm’s victims.
• A martial artist rushed toward the blood crystals, but the Black Flag Banner killed him with a new Black Storm and turned his blood into crystals.
• The Black Storm formed nine enormous rings around the banner and its blood crystals, and Lin Bai recognized that reaching them would be dangerous.

Lin Bai watched martial artists risk the nine storm rings for the blood crystals, then spotted Ye Jianjun crossing them toward a skeleton atop the black flag banner. Realizing Ye Jianjun might find a way to control the banner, Lin Bai entered the storm rings and pursued him.

• A Holy Seal Sect martial artist entered the ninth storm ring, but the black storm destroyed his shield, drained his blood, and turned it into blood crystals.
• Martial artists began cautiously entering the storm rings while Lin Bai searched the crowd and found Ye Jianjun staring at the black flag banner.
• Ye Jianjun crossed the ninth storm ring with ease and advanced toward the banner, startling the martial artists who witnessed him.
• Lin Bai noticed a skeleton with a Storage Bag seated atop the banner and suspected the bag held a way to control it.
• Lin Bai entered the ninth storm ring and hurried after Ye Jianjun, who had already reached the sixth ring.

Lin Bai pressed deeper into the storm rings despite the dangerous astral wind, while Ye Jianjun and the arriving sect heirs advanced toward the blood crystal. As Lin Bai prepared to continue, Yan Tuo attacked him from behind.

• Lin Bai passed through the eighth and seventh storm rings, then endured the force of the sixth and fifth rings with his Five Elements spiritual power.
• A Seven Luminaries Starfall Mountain elder warned Lin Bai that he needed Yang God Realm cultivation to withstand the deeper rings, but Lin Bai refused to turn back.
• Yan Tuo and Mi Rong of the Celestial Net Sect entered the storm rings, followed by Wei Tianjun, Luo Yutong, and other heirs and experts from the major sects.
• The newly arrived Saintly Sons advanced rapidly through the rings, while Ye Jianjun remained in the third storm ring.
• Yan Tuo sneered at Lin Bai for competing for the blood crystal and struck at his back with a powerful palm.

Yan Tuo ambushed and badly injured Lin Bai in the fifth storm ring, but left to pursue Ye Jianjun and the blood crystals. As other Holy Sons and Holy Daughters pressed forward, Lin Bai refused Lin Anyang and Ling Luo’s offer to retreat and chose to continue on his own.

• Yan Tuo struck Lin Bai with the Celestial Net Palm, nearly shattering his defensive barrier, but Mi Rong urged him to pursue Ye Jianjun and the blood crystals.
• Yan Tuo and Mi Rong moved ahead, while Yan Tuo vowed to return and kill Lin Bai after seizing the blood crystals.
• Yu Liang, Ling Yu, Wei Tianjun, and Luo Yutong each confronted Lin Bai before continuing toward the storm rings ahead.
• Lin Anyang and Ling Luo arrived, and Lin Anyang offered to share the blood crystals with Lin Bai if he left the dangerous storm ring.
• Lin Bai refused to retreat or let others avenge him, and Lin Anyang and Ling Luo continued onward after warning him to be careful.

After Yang Changdong attacked Lin Bai in the fifth storm ring, Lin Anyang and Ling Luo intervened and drove him away. Lin Bai repaired his defensive shield, abandoned his pursuit of the blood crystals, and entered the fourth storm ring to kill Yang Changdong.

• Yang Changdong attacked Lin Bai, but Lin Anyang and Ling Luo returned to defend him and forced Yang Changdong and Wei Jing to leave.
• Lin Bai told Lin Anyang he had made his decision, then watched them head back into the storm rings without realizing he intended to fight.
• Lin Bai repaired his five-colored defensive shield and decided to pursue his enemies rather than the blood crystals.
• Lin Bai entered the fourth storm ring and declared that he would kill Yang Changdong.
• Lin Bai drew his demon sword and charged at Yang Changdong with a slash.

Lin Bai attacked and killed Yang Changdong in the fourth storm circle after defeating his flames, Inferno Dragon Nine Transformations, and martial soul. He then warned Yan Tuo, Yu Liang, Wei Tianjun, and the others that many more would die there.

• Lin Bai entered the fourth storm circle and attacked Yang Changdong, who countered with the Inferno Dragon Nine Transformations.
• Lin Bai broke through Yang Changdong's flaming dragon with his sword techniques and overwhelmed him with Blood Sea Seven Steps and the Ten-Step Sword.
• Yang Changdong unleashed his Earthfire Dragon Pearl martial soul, but Lin Bai shattered his defenses and pinned him beneath a blood-colored footprint.
• Lin Bai killed Yang Changdong by severing his head, shocking the martial artists watching the storm circles.
• Lin Bai looked toward Yan Tuo, Yu Liang, Wei Tianjun, and the others and warned that many people would die there.

Lin Bai killed Yang Changdong in the Myriad Stars Secret Realm and absorbed the blood crystal he left behind. Outside the realm, the Burning Heart Sect elders learned of Yang Changdong’s death, while Lin Bai moved on to attack Yu Liang.

• The elders of the seven major sects discovered that Yang Changdong’s life tablet had shattered, and the Burning Heart Sect elder vowed to hold the responsible sect accountable.
• Lin Bai seized Yang Changdong’s blood crystal from the Black Flag Banner’s pull and absorbed its power with his Devouring Sword Soul.
• Lin Bai ignored Wei Jing, who had not intervened in Yang Changdong’s fight, and charged into the third storm zone toward Yu Liang.
• Yu Liang countered Lin Bai’s sword and said he would fight him after they finished seizing the blood crystals.
• Lin Bai mocked Yu Liang’s strength and claimed that one sword would be enough to kill him.

Lin Bai killed Yu Liang with a single Zhu Xian Sword after overpowering the Heavenly Blade Sect Holy Son’s attacks and Martial Soul Secret Method. He then set his sights on Wei Tianjun in the second storm ring.

• Yu Liang abandoned his attempt to enter the second storm ring and challenged Lin Bai after Lin Bai taunted him.
• Lin Bai fused Rainstorm Intent, Slaughter Intent, and Aurora Intent to unleash Zhu Xian, which overwhelmed Yu Liang’s blade techniques and Martial Soul Secret Method.
• Lin Bai’s sword cut Yu Liang in half and shattered his divine pellet, killing the Heavenly Blade Sect Holy Son.
• After collecting Yu Liang’s Storage Bag, Lin Bai saw that Wei Tianjun and Luo Yutong had entered the second storm ring, while Ye Jianjun, Yan Tuo, and Mi Rong had reached the first.
• Lin Bai charged toward Wei Tianjun, who realized Lin Bai had come for him.

Lin Bai pursued Wei Tianjun and Luo Yutong through the storm belts as the front-runners raced to claim the blood crystals. After Ye Jianjun, Yan Tuo, Mi Rong, Wei Tianjun, and Luo Yutong reached the crystals, Yan Tuo and Wei Tianjun joined forces against Lin Bai, leaving the others to collect the rest.

• A Heaven Blade Sect Elder discovered that Yu Liang's life tablet had shattered, and a Reaching Heaven Sword Sect Elder secretly notified the Sect Leader Sword Reverent.
• Lin Bai entered the storm belts and pursued Wei Tianjun and Luo Yutong, while Lin Anyang and Ling Luo followed behind him.
• Ye Jianjun, Yan Tuo, Mi Rong, Wei Tianjun, and Luo Yutong broke out of the first storm belt, and Ye Jianjun collected blood crystals before flying away toward the skeleton.
• Yan Tuo and Wei Tianjun agreed to divide the blood crystals between the Celestial Net Sect and the Holy Seal Sect rather than fight while other experts were approaching.
• Lin Bai emerged before the Black Flag Banner, and Yan Tuo, Mi Rong, Wei Tianjun, and Luo Yutong confronted him, declaring that they would kill him before collecting the crystals.

Lin Bai fought the Holy Seal Sect’s Holy Son Wei Tianjun and Holy Daughter Luo Yutong while Lin Anyang and Ling Luo waited to assist. After revealing the power of his Single Word Sword Art, he badly wounded both opponents, but Yan Tuo intervened to stop him from killing them.

• Wei Tianjun and Luo Yutong attacked Lin Bai with the Holy Seal Sect’s seals, sending him flying and drawing the alarm of Lin Anyang and Ling Luo.
• Lin Bai countered Luo Yutong with the Single Word Sword Art’s One Horizontal Stroke, striking her down and revealing his King Grade Martial Skill.
• Lin Bai used his flying sword to break Wei Tianjun’s attack, then wounded him severely with another One Horizontal Stroke.
• Wei Tianjun warned Yan Tuo that the Holy Seal Sect would become his enemy if he let them die, and Mi Rong noted that the pair had not yet used their martial souls.
• Yan Tuo decided to protect the Holy Seal Sect’s allies and attacked Lin Bai with a powerful palm seal.

Lin Bai absorbed tens of thousands of blood crystals with his Devouring Sword Soul and broke through to the first stage of the Yang God Realm. With the other Yang God Realm experts having taken the remaining crystals, he turned to face Yan Tuo, Wei Tianjun, Mi Rong, and Luo Yutong.

• Yan Tuo, Mi Rong, Wei Tianjun, and Luo Yutong attacked Lin Bai together, but he could not harm them with his martial skills.
• Lin Bai retreated into the blood crystals and used his Devouring Sword Soul to absorb tens of thousands of them.
• Lin Anyang, Ling Luo, and other Yang God Realm powerhouses reached the Black Flag Banner and seized the remaining blood crystals before leaving.
• Lin Bai absorbed the blood-and-qi power and advanced to the first stage of the Yang God Realm.
• Lin Bai faced Yan Tuo and the others with a cold smile and declared that they could now fight properly.