Chapter Summaries

Nie Xiong and Lin Bai encountered Zhang Ye and his mother, Yuan Feng, at the Lu Family estate, where Lu Si’s butler tried to summon Yuan Feng to Lu Si’s bedroom. Zhang Ye refused to let his mother go alone, and the confrontation ended with Lu Si approaching after Zhang Ye drew his sword.

• Nie Xiong told Lin Bai that he had guided Zhang Ye in swordsmanship and considered himself half Zhang Ye’s master.
• Nie Xiong and Lin Bai greeted Zhang Ye, who introduced Nie Xiong to Yuan Feng as a Reaching Heaven Sword Sect inner disciple and one of the Immortal Cave Mountain Seventy-Two Sword Cultivators.
• The Lu Family Butler invited Yuan Feng to Lu Si’s bedroom, but Zhang Ye insisted on accompanying her and condemned Lu Si’s past conduct.
• The Lu Family Butler admitted that Lu Si wanted Yuan Feng and demanded she go with him, claiming it was a blessing for her and the Zhang Family.
• Zhang Ye drew his sword in fury, and Lu Si walked over and challenged him for drawing a blade on Lu Family territory.

Lu Si threatened Yuan Feng into going with him by targeting her son Zhang Ye and the Zhang Clan, while Zhang Ye fought back and was gravely injured by the Lu Family Butler. Just as the Butler attacked Zhang Ye again, someone from the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect intervened and sent him flying.

• Lu Si confronted Zhang Ye and demanded that Yuan Feng go with him, threatening the Zhang Clan and Zhang Ye with his future power as Celestial Net Sect Holy Son and Lu Clan heir.
• Zhang Ye attacked Lu Si, but the Lu Family Butler struck him down and left him bleeding.
• Lu Si ordered the Butler to kill Zhang Ye, and Yuan Feng agreed to go with Lu Si to protect her son.
• Zhang Ye rose and charged at Lu Si again, but the Lu Family Butler struck at him with a ruthless palm.
• A sword intercepted the Butler's attack and sent him flying, while a Reaching Heaven Sword Sect figure challenged the Lu Clan.

Dongfang Bai revealed himself at the Lu Family entrance and defended Zhang Ye by attacking Lu Si. After Lu Si threatened him and his companions, Dongfang Bai seized him and charged into the Lu Family, declaring that he had come to kill.

• Dongfang Bai struck the Lu Family Butler and confronted Lu Si while Zhang Ye and Yuan Feng watched in shock.
• Nie Xiong identified Dongfang Bai as the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect's Sword Paragon and the Demon Sword Cultivator who had killed the Celestial Net Sect's former Holy Son, Yan Tuo.
• Dongfang Bai promised Zhang Ye justice, then slapped Lu Si for insulting his parents.
• Lu Si threatened Dongfang Bai, Zhang Ye, and Yuan Feng, but Dongfang Bai grabbed him by the throat and flew into the Lu Family.
• Yuan Feng warned Dongfang Bai that Lu Si's father and master were powerful, but Dongfang Bai said he had come to kill; Nie Xiong, Li Chou, and the others followed them inside.

Lin Bai confronted Yan Lin at the Lu Family banquet, where Yan Lin attacked him with the Celestial Net Great Hand Seal. The chapter ended as Lin Bai prepared to counter with One Horizontal Stroke, testing whether his enhanced strength could defeat a sixth-stage Yang God Realm expert without using Giant God Power.

• The Lu Family Butler reported that Lin Bai had injured Lu Si and entered the estate, interrupting the banquet hosted by the Lu Family Head and Yan Lin.
• Lin Bai descended into the banquet while holding Lu Si, alarming the guests, and the Lu Family Head and Yan Lin demanded that he release him.
• Lin Bai kicked Lu Si back to the Lu Family Head and challenged Yan Lin to face him, declaring that he would avenge Elder Xuanhuo.
• Yan Lin revealed his sixth-stage Yang God Realm cultivation and attacked Lin Bai with the Celestial Net Great Hand Seal.
• Lin Bai activated the Reaching Heaven Sword Art, Five Elements Divine Pill, and Azure Wood Divine Lightning, then swung the Demon Sword with One Horizontal Stroke.

Lin Bai killed Yan Lin and Lu Si after Yan Lin wounded him and Lu Si threatened his family, then led the destruction of the Lu Family at its banquet. He awarded the family’s industries and resources to Yuan Feng and set his sights on Blade Master Leng Hai.

• Lin Bai wounded Yan Lin with the Single Word Sword Art, but Yan Lin countered with his Martial Soul Secret Method, Hand of Heaven, and sent Lin Bai flying.
• After Lu Si threatened Lin Bai’s family, Lin Bai used Zhu Xian to kill Yan Lin and cleave Sky Citadel City in two.
• Lin Bai killed Lu Si despite his claims that the Celestial Net Sect would retaliate, prompting the Lu Family Head to order an attack.
• Lin Bai, Nie Xiong, Li Chou, and Zhang Ye slaughtered the Lu Family’s attackers, and Lin Bai killed the Lu Family Head.
• Lin Bai declared that the Lu Family’s industries and resources belonged to Yuan Feng, then set out to find Blade Master Leng Hai.

Lin Bai, Nie Xiong, and Li Chou traveled into the Blade River Dynasty to seek Blade Master Leng Hai at the Icy River Sea. They arrived at his glacial home, where Leng Hai watched Lin Bai approach.

• The Celestial Net Sect's Sect Leader brought experts to the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect, where the Sect Leader Sword Reverent said he would investigate Dongfang Bai's actions after he returned.
• Lin Bai told Nie Xiong he would not return to the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect while the Celestial Net Sect and Burning Heart Sect leaders waited for him there.
• Lin Bai and his companions entered the Blade River Dynasty and set course for the Icy River Sea to meet Blade Master Leng Hai.
• After traveling across the freezing Icy River Sea, Lin Bai's spirit vessel reached Leng Hai's glacial mountain home.
• Lin Bai led Nie Xiong toward the highest peak, where Leng Hai watched them approach.

Lin Bai confronted Blade Master Leng Hai at the Icy River Sea and killed him after a fierce battle. He then set out to pursue Ye Jianjun and Dong Qian, while the Heavenly Blade Sect later discovered Leng Hai’s death and suppressed the matter.

• Lin Bai met Blade Master Leng Hai on a frozen mountaintop and demanded that he answer for attacking him in the Southern Chu Dynasty.
• Blade Master Leng Hai unleashed his Frost Intent and Ice Bone Blade, and he and Lin Bai fought across the glaciers of the Icy River Sea.
• Blade Master Leng Hai used his Martial Soul Secret Method, but Lin Bai’s Zhu Xian strike shattered his attack and cleaved the mountain range in two.
• Lin Bai rejoined Nie Xiong and Li Chou, drank wine, and announced that only Ye Jianjun and Dong Qian remained.
• Three days later, Holy Daughter Ling Yu found Blade Master Leng Hai dead with a sword mark across his throat, and the Heavenly Blade Sect suppressed the news without seeking revenge.

Lin Bai traveled to the Seven Luminaries Starfall Mountain to oversee the forging of seventy-one swords and learned that his Demon Sword could be reforged in the Eastern Continent. After half a month, a maid sent by Su Xianmei arrived from the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, and Lin Bai asked why she had come.

• Dong Qian realized Lin Bai was pursuing the people who had hunted him, and feared that Lin Bai would come for him next.
• Lin Bai and Nie Xiong reached the Seven Luminaries Starfall Mountain, where Lin Bai met Chai Xu, Jing Shu, and Zhuo Lian at the Weapon Refinement Academy.
• Chai Xu told Lin Bai that the seventy-one swords would be powerful but weaker than the Five Swords of Gods, Demons, Immortals, and Ghosts.
• Chai Xu explained that the Demon Sword could be reforged, but Lin Bai would need to find a weapon refiner in the Eastern Continent.
• After Lin Bai stayed at the Seven Luminaries Starfall Mountain for half a month, Ningxiang arrived on Su Xianmei's behalf, and Lin Bai asked her why she had come.

Lin Bai returned to the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect with newly forged swords and Su Xianmei’s Nether Compass, intending to confront Ye Jianjun. The Sect Leaders of the Burning Heart Sect and the Celestial Net Sect attacked him, but Sword Reverent intervened and summoned him to Sword Reverent Peak.

• Ningxiang delivered Lin Bai a Storage Bag from Su Xianmei containing a Nether Compass that could track an opponent using their blood.
• Lin Bai decided to return to the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect despite Nie Xiong warning that the Sect Leaders of the Burning Heart Sect and the Celestial Net Sect were still there.
• Chai Xu finished forging the swords, and Zhuo Lian gave treasured swords to Nie Xiong and Li Chou as the group traveled back to the sect.
• Lin Bai returned to Small Spirit Creek, ordered Zhuo Lian to distribute swords to the Immortal Cave Mountain Seventy-Two Sword Cultivators, and told him to watch for Ye Jianjun.
• The Sect Leaders of the Burning Heart Sect and the Celestial Net Sect confronted Lin Bai, and the Celestial Net Sect's Sect Leader attacked him.
• Sword Reverent broke the attack, wounded the Sect Leader of the Celestial Net Sect, and ordered Lin Bai to come to Sword Reverent Peak.

Lin Bai faced demands from the Burning Heart Sect Leader and the Celestial Net Sect Leader over the deaths of their people. To keep the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect from becoming entangled in his future conflicts, he chose to withdraw and sever his ties with it.

• Lin Bai returned to Sword Reverent Hall, where the Burning Heart Sect Leader and the Celestial Net Sect Leader demanded an explanation from the Sect Leader Sword Reverent.
• Lin Bai argued that his enemies had attacked him first and challenged the two leaders to account for their own sect members’ actions.
• When the leaders demanded that the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect execute him or hand him over, Lin Bai offered to withdraw from the sect instead.
• Lin Bai explained that leaving would keep his chosen path of vengeance from making enemies for the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect, and both leaders accepted his offer.
• Lin Bai formally severed his ties with the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect and asked it not to intervene in his future or avenge his death.

Lin Bai voluntarily withdrew from the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect to keep the sect from being dragged into his conflicts with the other major sects. After the Sect Leader Sword Reverent announced his expulsion, Lin Bai left the sect and entrusted the seventy-two sword cultivators of Immortal Cave Mountain to his companions.

• Lin Bai asked the Sect Leader Sword Reverent to strip him of his Sword Paragon position and expel him from the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect, while promising to return if the sect ever faced a crisis.
• The Burning Heart Sect and Celestial Net Sect leaders demanded Lin Bai's expulsion, and the Sect Leader Sword Reverent reluctantly agreed.
• Lin Bai left his Five-Colored Disciple Robe and Sword Paragon token, and the Sect Leader Sword Reverent's expulsion announcement spread throughout the lands south of the Nanling Mountains.
• Lin Bai returned to Small Spirit Creek and told the gathered sword cultivators not to seek justice or involve the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect in his path.
• Lin Bai entrusted the seventy-two sword cultivators of Immortal Cave Mountain to Nie Xiong, Zhuo Lian, and Jing Shu, then left the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect and vanished into the Litian Dynasty.

Lin Bai waited at Mangshan Ridge for Ye Jianjun, who had followed him after he left the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect. When Ye Jianjun arrived, Lin Bai revealed that he knew about the Blood Shadow Demon Body and identified himself through his sword technique.

• Lin Bai sat on a mountain in Mangshan Ridge and told a band of Sky Dragon Gang martial artists he was waiting for someone.
• The gang leader attacked Lin Bai, who unleashed his Yang God Realm power and forced the Yin Saint Realm martial artists to their knees.
• Ye Jianjun arrived, and Lin Bai dismissed the gang after explaining that he had been waiting for him.
• Lin Bai named Ye Jianjun's secret as the Blood Shadow Demon Body, and they agreed to answer each other's questions truthfully.
• Ye Jianjun said he was not the true Ye Jianjun, then asked Lin Bai who he was.
• Lin Bai wounded Ye Jianjun with Supreme Sword: Sword Heart—One Thought, and Ye Jianjun recognized him as Lin Bai.

Lin Bai fought Ye Jianjun at Mangshan Ridge, revealed himself by transforming into a giant, and killed Ye Jianjun’s clone. Using the Nether Compass, Lin Bai located seven other clones, then left to pursue them.

• Ye Jianjun attacked Lin Bai with the Four Gods Sword Slash, and the two fought across Mangshan Ridge until Ye Jianjun overwhelmed Lin Bai and sent him crashing into a crater.
• Lin Bai transformed into a giant, shattered Ye Jianjun’s Sword Qi, and defeated him with the Blood Sea Seven Steps and a punch that destroyed his divine core and meridians.
• Lin Bai used Ye Jianjun’s blood and the Nether Compass to discover seven other clones, including one in Thunderwind City and another in the Eternal Night Mountains.
• Lin Bai killed Ye Jianjun’s incapacitated clone, took his Storage Bag and a drop of blood, and flew away from Mangshan Ridge.
• A bearded man emerged from hiding after Lin Bai left and realized Lin Bai intended to take Ye Jianjun’s life.

Lin Bai traveled across Lingnan, hunting down Ye Jianjun’s clones after leaving the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect. The Sect Leader Sword Reverent learned of the killings and ordered the sect to monitor Lin Bai while leaving him alone for now.

• Lin Bai found a residence in Thunderwind City and killed a fleeing man, then said six targets remained.
• Half a month later, Lin Bai fought in New Moon City and departed after declaring five targets remained.
• Reports spread of sword battles and destruction across the Blade River Dynasty, the Su Dynasty, and the Zhao Dynasty.
• Sui An told the Sect Leader Sword Reverent that Lin Bai had killed one person in each location and that all the victims were Ye Jianjun’s clones.
• Lin Anyang questioned how Ye Jianjun could possess so many clones, while Ling Luo remained calm.
• The Sect Leader Sword Reverent ordered Sui An and Gui Jing to have traveling disciples track Lin Bai, but not interfere.

Lin Bai traveled toward the Land of Exile and heard rumors that a Life Extinction Realm demon expert was recovering there after being injured by a heaven-defying sword cultivator. He intervened when Sun Ji attacked Gao Lin and asked the old man to continue his story.

• Gao Lin told the spirit boat passengers that the Myriad Demon Holy Kingdom was the South Continent’s strongest demon kingdom and was rumored to shelter a Life Extinction Realm expert.
• Sun Ji challenged Gao Lin’s claims and said his Sun family had never discovered such an expert or the sword cultivator who supposedly visited the Land of Exile twenty years earlier.
• Gao Lin said the sword cultivator had injured the Life Extinction Realm demon expert, then insulted Sun Ji’s family, provoking Sun Ji to attack him.
• Lin Bai stepped in and sent Sun Ji flying with one palm.
• Gao Lin hesitated to continue, but Lin Bai promised that no one would hurt him and asked him to tell the story of the sword cultivator.

Lin Bai protected Gao Lin and learned that Lin Duo, a powerful sword cultivator, had visited the Land of Exile twenty years earlier. After Sun Ji attacked him, Lin Bai revealed himself as Dongfang Bai, and Sun Ji demanded his Demon Sword and flying sword.

• Lin Bai stopped Sun Ji from attacking Gao Lin and asked Gao Lin about the heaven-defying sword cultivator.
• Gao Lin said the cultivator was Lin Duo, whose battle in the Land of Exile had left many dead and helped the Three Great Clans rise.
• Sun Ji accused Gao Lin of slandering the Sun Family and attacked him, but Lin Bai intervened.
• Sun Ji struck Lin Bai with the Holy Seal Art's Heaven Flipping Seal, and Lin Bai pierced through it with the Demon Sword.
• Sun Ji recognized Lin Bai as Dongfang Bai and demanded that he surrender the Demon Sword and flying sword.

Lin Bai defeated Sun Ji aboard the spirit boat and learned that the Godfall Mountains, rumored to hold a Life Extinction Realm expert’s treasures, were about to appear. He joined Gao Lin in seeking information about their location and the black-clothed sword cultivator who had found them, suspecting that cultivator was Ye Jianjun.

• Lin Bai shattered Sun Ji’s Overturning Sea Seal with Wind God Slash, then wounded him with First Horizontal Stroke and let him flee using a phantom-clone escape technique.
• Half a day later, Lin Bai arrived at the Land of Exile and prepared to search for Ye Jianjun.
• Gao Lin warned Lin Bai that Sun Ji’s powerful family might retaliate and explained that Sun Ji had returned for the Godfall Mountains.
• Gao Lin said the Godfall Mountains were believed to contain the treasures of a Life Extinction Realm powerhouse whom Lin Duo had wounded, and that a black-clothed sword cultivator had found the sealed site three months earlier.
• Lin Bai suspected the black-clothed sword cultivator was Ye Jianjun and agreed to go with Gao Lin to seek information from his friends.

Lin Bai and Gao Lin arrived at Mercenary City, where the Dragon Hunt Mercenary Group was gathering to explore the newly discovered Godfall Mountains. Lin Bai was stunned to find the group’s captain, Tie Haitang, whom he had lost track of after the battle against the Five Venoms Sect.

• Gao Lin told Lin Bai that mercenary groups and the Myriad Demon Holy Kingdom were preparing to search the Godfall Mountains for the tomb of a Life Extinction Realm powerhouse.
• Gao Lin brought Lin Bai to Mercenary City and introduced him to the Dragon Hunt Mercenary Group, whose members were astonished to meet the Sword Paragon Dongfang Bai.
• Yang Qingyun introduced himself as an inner disciple of the East Ripple Sword Sect and greeted Lin Bai without warmth.
• Tie Haitang came out to meet the group, and Lin Bai recognized her as the woman he had entrusted to Hua Yuxian after rescuing her from the Five Venoms Sect.
• Lin Bai greeted Tie Haitang and told her he had never expected to meet her there.

Lin Bai, disguised as Dongfang Bai, reunited with Tie Haitang, whom he had been searching for since the tragedies involving her father and the Demon Slayer Alliance. Tie Haitang explained how she came to live in the Land of Exile, while Lin Bai remained concerned about Hua Yuxian and his Third Uncle, whose whereabouts were unknown.

• Lin Bai greeted Tie Haitang, but she and the others initially failed to recognize him because he was disguised as Dongfang Bai.
• Lin Bai reminded Tie Haitang of their time hunting demonic beasts and told her that he had erected her father's grave, prompting her to remember him and embrace him in tears.
• Tie Haitang took Lin Bai inside, where he removed his disguise and apologized for the fate of her father and the Demon Slayer Alliance.
• Tie Haitang explained that Hua Yuxian had taken her and Lin Bai's Third Uncle from Eastern Ridge, and that she later settled in the Land of Exile after hearing Lin Bai had died.
• Tie Haitang said Hua Yuxian and Lin Bai's Third Uncle had gone searching for Lin Bai and then traveled to Southern Ridge, leaving their current whereabouts unknown.
• Tie Haitang told Lin Bai she had heard stories of his exploits as Dongfang Bai across Southern Ridge.

Lin Bai told Tie Haitang about Ye Suxin and his hunt for Ye Jianjun, while Yang Qing grew jealous of their reunion. When news came that the Godfall Mountains’ formation had been unlocked, the Dragon Hunt Mercenary Group set out for the mountains, and a black-clad sword cultivator headed there as well.

• Lin Bai told Tie Haitang that he still needed the complete Inverted Yin-Yang Formation Diagram to revive Ye Suxin and explained that Ye Jianjun used clones created by his Blood Shadow Demon Body.
• Tie Haitang said the black-clad sword cultivator who had revealed the Godfall Mountains was feared in the Land of Exile, and Lin Bai suspected he was Ye Jianjun’s true body.
• Yang Qing became resentful as Lin Bai and Tie Haitang laughed together, then threatened Lin Bai and left.
• Lin Bai and Tie Haitang talked through seven days and seven nights before Gao Lin brought word that the Three Great Clans and mercenary groups were heading to the Godfall Mountains.
• Lin Bai transformed into Dongfang Bai, and Tie Haitang led the Dragon Hunt Mercenary Group toward the Godfall Mountains.
• A black-clad sword cultivator watched the Godfall Mountains from a distant peak, then flew toward them.