Chapter Summaries

After drinking with Zhang Jianxing at the Sword Hermitage, Lin Bai headed for the Icy Peaks to find and kill Zhao Hansheng before the Ice family's Blood Ginseng Banquet. He reached the mountains with the talkative Yue Yang, who explained how guests were housed according to their status.

• Zhang Jianxing told Lin Bai that the Blood Ginseng could only be consumed once and offered to help him if needed.
• Lin Bai bid farewell to Old Man Lone Boat and left the Sword Hermitage for the Ice family's territory.
• After three days of flying through the blizzard, Lin Bai reached the Icy Peaks with Yue Yang, a martial artist who had joined him on the way.
• Yue Yang explained that the Ice family had prepared City of Immortals for the Seventy-Two Dynasties, City of Earth for the seven major sects, and City of Mortals for ordinary martial artists.

Lin Bai and Yue Yang reached the Icy Peaks and entered the City of Mortals ahead of the Blood Ginseng Banquet. Lin Bai spotted Su Lihai and Su Cang arriving in the City of Immortals and resolved to deal with them, and possibly Dong Qian, during the trip.

• Yue Yang guided Lin Bai toward the three cities on the Icy Peaks and explained that uninvited martial artists stayed in the City of Mortals.
• A maidservant escorted Lin Bai and Yue Yang toward the City of Mortals, where the Blood Ginseng Banquet was due to begin in five days.
• Lin Bai saw Su Lihai and Su Cang arrive aboard a Su Dynasty spirit vessel, and Su Cang recognized him as Dongfang Bai.
• Su Cang dismissed Lin Bai and focused on obtaining the Blood Ginseng to advance his cultivation, while Su Lihai agreed with him.
• Lin Bai said he might deal with Su Lihai, Zhao Hansheng, and Dong Qian if they all came, then entered the City of Mortals with Yue Yang.

Lin Bai absorbed the Flood Dragon Blood and broke through to the fourth level of the Yang God Realm. After learning which powerful martial artists would compete for the Blood Ginseng, he prepared to kill Dong Qian, Su Lihai, Su Cang, and others at the banquet.

• Lin Bai absorbed one hundred drops of Flood Dragon Blood and advanced to the fourth level of the Yang God Realm.
• Four days later, Yue Yang told Lin Bai that Zhao Hansheng, Su Lihai, Su Cang, and Dong Qian would compete in the Yang God Realm battlefield.
• Lin Bai resolved to kill Dong Qian, Su Lihai, and Su Cang at the Blood Ginseng banquet.
• Yue Yang left Lin Bai's room late at night, and Lin Bai prepared himself for the coming battle.
• The next morning, Yue Yang woke Lin Bai, and they left the City of Mortals together.

Lin Bai and Yue Yang attended the Ice Clan’s Blood Ginseng Banquet, where Bing Lingtian explained the token-based martial competition and opened Wormhole Passages to two battlefields. As the competitors entered, Lin Bai stayed behind, watching Dong Qian.

• Lin Bai and Yue Yang arrived at the Ice Clan Leader’s main peak with the martial artists gathered for the banquet.
• Lin Bai spotted Zhao Hansheng, Su Lihai, Su Cang, and Dong Qian, while Su Cang and Dong Qian sensed Lin Bai’s attention.
• Bing Lingtian announced the rules for the Yin Saint Realm and Yang God Realm competitions and opened two Wormhole Passages.
• Su Cang, Su Lihai, and Zhao Hansheng entered the Yang God Realm battlefield as other competitors rushed into the passages.
• Lin Bai remained where he was and stared at Dong Qian instead of entering either battlefield.

Lin Bai followed Dong Qian into the Yang God battlefield wormhole and revealed his identity, confronting him over the deaths of his wife and child. After their fight threatened to collapse the passage, a white-robed man emerged carrying Dong Qian’s head.

• Lin Bai waited until Dong Qian entered the Yang God battlefield, then followed him into the wormhole while Yue Yang warned him against provoking the Holy Seal Sect guardian.
• Dong Qian offered compensation for joining the hunt against Lin Bai in the Southern Chu Dynasty, but Lin Bai revealed his true face and accused him of causing his wife and child’s deaths at Divine Relic Ridge.
• Lin Bai attacked Dong Qian inside the fragile wormhole with the Four Gods Sword Slash, badly wounding him as Dong Qian fled toward the exit.
• Dong Qian counterattacked with the Void Seal and his Thunder Python Martial Soul Secret Method, and Lin Bai met his assault with Slaying Immortals.
• As the martial artists outside cursed at the battle in the wormhole, a white-robed man emerged holding a sharp sword and a human head.

Lin Bai entered the Extreme Northern Ice Crystal Valley carrying Dong Qian’s severed head and revealed himself as Dongfang Bai, then pursued Zhao Hansheng through the blizzard. He confronted Zhao Hansheng and revealed his true face, preparing to explain why he meant to kill him.

• Lin Bai emerged from the Wormhole Passage with Dong Qian’s head, alarming the Yang God Realm experts gathered outside.
• A Holy Seal Sect expert attacked Lin Bai, and Lin Bai killed him with one sword; the crowd recognized him as Dongfang Bai and saw that he had reached the fourth stage of the Yang God Realm.
• Su Lihai and Su Cang chose to search for the token instead of confronting Lin Bai, and the other experts left to search as well.
• Lin Bai spotted Zhao Hansheng leaving and pursued him into the blizzard after the Wormhole Passage closed.
• Zhao Hansheng blocked Lin Bai’s sword strike and asked why Lin Bai wanted to kill him; Lin Bai revealed his true face and said he would explain before killing him.

Lin Bai confronted Zhao Hansheng in the Extreme Northern Ice Crystal Valley and killed him after overcoming his ice-based powers and Frost Moon martial soul. He then set off to find Su Lihai and Su Cang, while Zhao Hansheng’s dying message alerted the Zhao Dynasty that Lin Bai was his killer.

• Lin Bai revealed himself to Zhao Hansheng and declared that he was avenging the deaths of his wife and child at Divine Relic Ridge.
• Lin Bai and Zhao Hansheng fought in the blizzard, and Zhao Hansheng unleashed his Extreme Ice Domain and Ice Profound Force.
• Lin Bai’s sword strikes shattered Zhao Hansheng’s Frost Moon secret technique and pierced his throat.
• Zhao Hansheng warned Lin Bai that the Zhao Dynasty would seek revenge, then sent a final message naming Lin Bai before he died.
• Lin Bai took Zhao Hansheng’s Storage Bag and left to search for Su Lihai and Su Cang.
• Several hidden Yang God Realm experts emerged and reacted in shock that Dongfang Bai had killed the Zhao Dynasty’s ancestor.

Lin Bai searched the Ice Crystal Valley for Su Lihai and Su Cang while collecting thousands of tokens and defeating anyone who tried to rob him. After learning where the two men were, he reached them as they celebrated their token haul and plans to obtain the Blood Ginseng.

• Lin Bai collected more than two thousand tokens by finding them and taking them from Yang God Realm martial artists who challenged him.
• A martial artist attacked Lin Bai, but Lin Bai defeated him and learned that Su Lihai and Su Cang were northwest of them.
• Lin Bai took the defeated martial artist's tokens and rode his flying sword northwest to find Su Lihai and Su Cang.
• Su Cang gave Su Lihai their combined total of more than five thousand tokens, and the two discussed using the Blood Ginseng to make pills that would help them break through to the sixth stage of the Yang God Realm.
• Lin Bai arrived and mocked Su Lihai and Su Cang, who recognized him and realized he had come with hostile intentions.

Lin Bai revealed his identity to Su Lihai and Su Cang and demanded their heads, then confronted Su Cang over his father’s death. Su Cang attacked with the Su Dynasty’s king-grade sword technique, but Lin Bai defeated him with one strike.

• Lin Bai told Su Lihai and Su Cang to hand over their heads and listed the powerful figures he had killed, including Ye Jianjun’s nine clones.
• Lin Bai shed his Dongfang Bai disguise and revealed himself to Su Lihai and Su Cang.
• Su Cang accused Lin Bai of killing his father, Su Zhan, and vowed to avenge him.
• Su Cang attacked Lin Bai with Gale Wind Swordplay, boasting that his strength had surpassed what it was on Divine Relic Ridge.
• Lin Bai shattered Su Cang’s sword technique with Four Gods Sword Slash and sent him flying, leaving Su Lihai to catch him.

Lin Bai defeated Su Cang and Su Lihai in Ice Crystal Valley, but Su Lihai sacrificed himself to help Su Cang escape with a Greater Teleportation Talisman. Lin Bai killed Su Lihai and vowed to pursue Long Ba.

• Su Lihai encouraged Su Cang to blame his defeat on Lin Bai's demon sword, and they joined forces to attack him.
• Lin Bai broke through Su Lihai's sword techniques and martial soul defenses, then wounded him and defeated Su Cang.
• Su Cang begged Lin Bai for mercy and blamed Su Lihai for Ye Suxin's death, so Lin Bai struck at him.
• Su Lihai shielded Su Cang from Lin Bai's sword and gave him a Greater Teleportation Talisman, which Su Cang used to escape.
• Lin Bai cut off Su Lihai's head and said he would soon send Long Ba to join him.

Lin Bai collected 8,500 tokens in the Extreme Northern Ice Crystal Valley and won the Blood Ginseng. After leaving the Ice Clan, he flew toward the Su Dynasty to pursue Su Cang.

• Lin Bai took the tokens from Su Lihai's Storage Bag, bringing his total to more than 8,000, while Su Cang escaped with a Greater Teleportation Talisman.
• When the Wormhole Passage reopened, Lin Bai returned to the Ice Clan square and presented his tokens.
• The Ice Clan Leader counted 8,500 tokens and declared Lin Bai the winner, awarding him the Blood Ginseng.
• Lin Bai declined the Ice Clan Leader's banquet, stored the Blood Ginseng, and flew toward the Su Dynasty.

Lin Bai stayed in Jiangshan Tower in Su Dynasty, searching for news of Su Cang and learning that he might have entered the imperial city's forbidden grounds. The chapter left Lin Bai surprised by news that Emperor Xiao had taken over Flying Cloud Dynasty and renamed it Divine Martial Nation.

• Lin Bai asked a maid whether Jiangshan Tower had found any trace of Su Cang, but she said its searches had found nothing.
• The maid explained that Su Cang might have entered Su Dynasty's heavily guarded imperial city's forbidden grounds, which even Jiangshan Tower could not investigate.
• Lin Bai paid the maid a billion spirit stones to prepare a map to the forbidden grounds, then rejected her attempt to seduce him.
• Several Yang God Realm martial artists said Emperor Xiao had taken over Flying Cloud Dynasty without bloodshed and renamed it Divine Martial Nation.
• Lin Bai overheard the news and murmured in surprise that Flying Cloud Dynasty had changed hands.

Lin Bai learned that Bai Xiaoxiao had taken control of the Flying Cloud Dynasty and renamed it the Divine Martial Nation. He remained in the southern lands, reflecting on her rise before failing to advance to the fifth stage of the Yang God Realm with a Blood Ginseng.

• A maid told Lin Bai that the Flying Cloud Dynasty's imperial clan had submitted to Bai Xiaoxiao, who renamed the dynasty the Divine Martial Nation.
• The maid recounted how Bai Xiaoxiao had unified the eastern lands, taken Divine Relic Ridge, and expanded her rule into the southern lands without bloodshed.
• The maid revealed that Lin Bai was remembered as Bai Xiaoxiao's husband and the Iron-Blooded Sword King, believed to have died at Divine Relic Ridge.
• Lin Bai rewarded the maid with one hundred million spirit stones and asked her to prepare the map he had requested.
• Back in his residence, Lin Bai praised Bai Xiaoxiao's achievement and used Devouring Sword Soul to refine a Blood Ginseng, but it was not enough to reach the fifth stage of the Yang God Realm.

After memorizing a map, Lin Bai infiltrated the Su Dynasty’s Forbidden Grounds of the Imperial City to find Su Cang and collect a debt of two lives. When the old guardian refused to reveal Su Cang’s whereabouts, Lin Bai attacked him with the Demon Sword.

• Lin Bai received a map from a maid, memorized its routes, and left Jiangshan Tower.
• Lin Bai used his Breaking Restrictions secret technique to bypass the imperial city’s formations and enter its Forbidden Grounds.
• Lin Bai found rows of imperial clan graves and confronted an old man with a dragon-headed cane, asking where Su Cang was.
• Lin Bai said Su Cang owed him two lives, but the old man refused to give up his location.
• Lin Bai drew the Demon Sword and flashed forward, bringing its blade to the old man’s throat.

Lin Bai fought the dying elders in the Su Dynasty’s forbidden imperial grounds after they tried to seize the Demon Sword. He killed seven of them, but Su Wang appeared and blasted him backward.

• An old man with a dragon-headed cane attacked Lin Bai to take the Demon Sword, and seven more dying elders emerged to help him.
• The eight elders charged Lin Bai, who used Four Gods Sword Slash to kill four of them and then slew three more.
• Lin Bai spared the old man with the cane so he could obtain information from his memories, but the old man called for his ancestor.
• Su Wang appeared and identified himself as the Su Dynasty’s eighteenth emperor, then struck Lin Bai with his peak seventh-level Yang God Realm power.
• Lin Bai was hurled back more than a hundred meters and spat blood as he remarked that Su Wang remained powerful despite his soul having been taken by a soul-reaping envoy.

Lin Bai fought Su Wang in the Su Dynasty’s forbidden grounds and revealed the power of his Zhu Xian Sword to wound the ancestor. Su Wang refused to reveal Su Cang’s whereabouts and prepared to fight Lin Bai to the death.

• Lin Bai and Su Wang exchanged attacks, while their battle shook the imperial city and prompted the Su Dynasty Emperor to dispatch fifty thousand guards to the forbidden grounds.
• Su Wang recognized Lin Bai’s Single Word Sword Art and summoned the Bloodsea Sword to unleash his King-grade sword art.
• Lin Bai fused his three intents with the Devouring Sword Soul and struck Su Wang with the Zhu Xian Sword, sending him crashing into a crater.
• Lin Bai demanded Su Cang’s whereabouts, but Su Wang refused to let him kill one of the Su Dynasty’s hopes.
• Su Wang declared that he would drag Lin Bai down with him and gathered power for another attack.

Lin Bai killed Su Wang in the Su Dynasty’s forbidden grounds but learned that shattering Su Wang’s Necro Curse had afflicted him with a deadly poison. He left to seek a cure, while the Su Dynasty’s Emperor discovered Su Wang’s death and vowed revenge.

• Su Wang unleashed the Necro Curse, but Lin Bai shattered its seal and pierced Su Wang’s heart with his sword.
• Su Wang revealed that the curse would rot Lin Bai’s body, and Lin Bai discovered that he could not force its power from his body.
• Lin Bai searched Su Wang’s and the old man’s memories, found no cure or trace of Su Cang, and killed them both.
• When the Su Dynasty’s Emperor and Imperial Guards arrived, Lin Bai escaped the Imperial City on his flying sword.
• The Emperor found Su Wang dead and vowed that the Su Dynasty would not rest until Dongfang Bai was dead.

After Dongfang Bai slaughtered the Su Dynasty’s forbidden grounds, the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect discussed his intentions while the Su Dynasty searched for him. Su Cang reached the Azure Dragon Empire and revealed to Long Lingxiao and Long Ba that Dongfang Bai was Lin Bai, ending by claiming Lin Bai knew where a coveted fragment was.

• The Su Dynasty issued a manhunt for Dongfang Bai, offering ten billion spirit stones and a princess to anyone who captured or informed on him.
• Sect Leader Sword Reverent and Gui Jing concluded that Dongfang Bai had left the sect to protect it, and Sect Leader Sword Reverent ordered them to monitor his movements.
• Sect Leader Sword Reverent learned that Elder Sui An had gone to Lingnan to search for Dongfang Bai.
• Su Cang appeared before Long Lingxiao and Long Ba in the Azure Dragon Empire and identified Dongfang Bai as Lin Bai, the killer of Long Qingfeng.
• Su Cang recounted Lin Bai’s killings across Lingnan and said Lin Bai knew the whereabouts of the fragment that had drawn them to Divine Relic Ridge and Lingdong.

Su Cang persuaded Long Lingxiao to use Ji Bei and the Spirit Sword Sect to lure Lin Bai to the Azure Dragon Empire, and Long Lingxiao assigned Long Ba to help him. Meanwhile, Chu Jiangliu reported that the former Flying Cloud Dynasty had been pacified, and the Emperor Xiao rewarded him with the title of Three-Star King Chu.

• Su Cang claimed he could provoke Dongfang Bai into revealing that he was Lin Bai and offered to lure him out by capturing people from the Spirit Sword Sect.
• Su Cang proposed taking Ji Bei hostage, and Long Lingxiao ordered Long Ba to help him capture Ji Bei and bring him to the Azure Dragon Empire.
• Su Cang privately celebrated the plan, believing the Dragon Emperor would kill Lin Bai for his son's death and the fragment's whereabouts.
• In the Divine Martial Nation, Chu Jiangliu reported that the Chu Family Army had crushed the rebels in the former Flying Cloud Dynasty.
• Shang Lang hinted that Chu Jiangliu's troops might be disloyal, but Chu Jiangliu rejected the insinuation.
• The Emperor Xiao ordered rewards for the army and named Chu Jiangliu Three-Star King Chu.

Bai Xiaoxiao learned that Lin Bai had returned to her palace, but discovered that the Necro Curse was killing him. She ordered the palace secured and summoned healers, determined to save his life.

• Chu Jiangliu told Bai Xiaoxiao that Lin Bai had entered the Su Dynasty's forbidden grounds and was being hunted by the Su Dynasty and the Three Great Sects.
• Bai Xiaoxiao ordered Chu Jiangliu to keep watch for Lin Bai and prepare the Chu Family Army for battle.
• Lin Bai surprised Bai Xiaoxiao in her palace, and the two reunited after she dismissed concerns about the imperial guards.
• Lin Bai coughed blood and revealed that the Necro Curse was corroding his body; Giant God Power had suppressed half its strength, leaving him weakened and unable to wield a sword.
• Bai Xiaoxiao summoned every alchemist and physician in the Divine Martial Nation and ordered one hundred thousand Chu Family Army soldiers to surround her palace.