Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai and Luo Quan learned the history of the Gods and Demons Sect and the Demon Sect’s return to accepting disciples. They continued toward the selection, while Lin Bai wondered whether the fading humanoid puppet would last until the final stage.

• Luo Quan told Lin Bai that Lord Yuan Zu and Lord Yuanmo had founded the Gods and Demons Sect, once one of the Barren Ancient Continent’s great sects.
• Lin Bai recalled his ties to the Crimson Immortal Sect and War God Sect, including Zhao Tiedan’s ongoing training under War God Elder.
• Luo Quan recounted the rumor that Lord Yuan Zu sealed Lord Yuanmo, then described the God Sect and Demon Sect’s conflict and the Demon Sect’s expulsion five thousand years earlier.
• Luo Quan explained that the God Sect erased the Demon Sect’s history, closed its disciple selection, and became the Eastern Continent Academy.
• Lin Bai admitted he wanted the chance to obtain the Demon Sect’s inheritance, and he and Luo Quan continued onward together.
• Lin Bai worried that the humanoid puppet’s fading spiritual radiance might not last until the disciple selection’s final stage.

Ding Huo and his companions decided to seek true Demon Sect disciple identities in the Nine Heavens Primordial Ancestor Mountain after learning it was not Lord Yuanmo’s sealed location. Lin Bai and Luo Quan headed for the second-level Puppet Mountain to gather tributes, where Lin Bai encountered Shui Qingling and drew Huo Fentian’s hostile attention.

• Ding Huo received Old Ancestor Ding’s message urging them to obtain Demon Sect disciple identities and enter the Demon Sect Martial Hall for Lord Yuanmo’s inheritance.
• Yin Jiuling appeared on the second level after defeating Lin Yibing in three moves, revealing the nine Reincarnation Seals on his chest.
• Lin Bai and Luo Quan discovered that teleporting to the second level had consumed most of their Tribute Red Pearls, leaving them short of the three thousand needed to reach the third level.
• Lin Bai and Luo Quan went to the second-level Puppet Mountain, where more than five thousand martial artists had gathered to seek tributes from the Puppet King.
• Lin Bai recognized Shui Qingling among the Water Domain martial artists, and she glared at him angrily over his earlier trick in the Flood Dragon lair.
• Huo Fentian watched Lin Bai with killing intent because Lin Bai had taken more than three thousand tributes from the Flood Dragon Puppet.

Lin Bai and Luo Quan learned that seven top prodigies had joined forces to claim the second Puppet King's tribute for their domains. Their declaration angered the martial artists at Puppet Mountain, and the second-level Puppet King appeared as the chapter ended.

• Luo Quan told Lin Bai that several leading prodigies from the Seven Domains had gathered at Puppet Mountain.
• Jian Kong detected Luo Quan trying to eavesdrop with his martial soul power and severed the connection with a glare.
• Jian Kong and six other prodigies announced that their seven domains would slay the Puppet King and warned everyone else not to interfere.
• The martial artists around Puppet Mountain protested the prodigies' claim, while Lin Bai recognized Jian Kong's familiar overbearing tactics.
• Puppet Mountain shook, and an eight-clawed octopus-like Puppet King emerged.

Lin Bai decided to challenge the seven domains’ prodigies for the twenty thousand red pearls left by the Puppet King. After defeating Ye Yi and breaking through the perimeter, he charged toward Jian Kong and the others, who recognized him.

• Jian Kong and six other prodigies killed the Puppet King, scattering more than twenty thousand red pearls, while the seven domains’ martial artists guarded the area.
• Lin Bai rejected Luo Quan’s suggestion to leave and said he would not fear fighting the prodigies; Luo Quan retreated when Lin Bai warned him not to get involved.
• As hundreds of martial artists rushed for the pearls, Ye Yi killed one attacker and struck at Lin Bai when he joined the charge.
• Lin Bai blocked Ye Yi’s sword and wounded him with the Single Word Sword Art, then broke through the perimeter toward the pearls.
• Ye Yi warned Jian Kong that someone had broken through, and Jian Kong recognized the approaching Lin Bai.

Lin Bai confronted Huo Fentian and bypassed Jian Kong to reach the offerings, then took all the red pearls despite the assembled geniuses’ threats. Lin Yibing erupted in fury and drew his saber, leaving Lin Bai surrounded by enraged opponents.

• Huo Fentian attacked Lin Bai with Hellfire Prison, but Lin Bai broke through and forced him back.
• Lin Bai evaded Jian Kong’s sword strike with his flying sword and reached the offerings.
• Jian Kong, Chen Qin, Leng Yun, Lei Zidong, and the others threatened Lin Bai, but he swept all the red pearls into his Storage Bag.
• Martial artists outside Puppet Mountain stopped trying to seize the offerings after seeing Lin Bai take them, while Ye Yi and Luo Quan reacted with shock and admiration.
• Lin Yibing, angered by Lin Bai’s actions and his earlier defeat by Yin Jiuling, drew his saber and threatened to kill him.

Lin Bai defeated Lin Yibing with a single sword strike and left the eighth level with the offerings. The puppet overseeing the Primal Demon Eye judged Lin Bai and Yin Jiuling to be the strongest candidates for the Demon Sect, recognizing Yin Jiuling’s cultivation of the Reincarnation Curse.

• Lin Yibing attacked Lin Bai with his Snowdrift Blade Technique, determined to win in one move.
• Lin Bai unleashed his Slaughter Intent and used Three Foot Edge to smash Lin Yibing’s attack and send him flying.
• Lin Bai told Lin Yibing to challenge him on the ninth level, claimed the offerings, and flew away.
• Lin Yibing swore to find Lin Bai and avenge his humiliation, abandoning the offerings.
• The human-shaped puppet praised Lin Bai’s strength, then identified Yin Jiuling as the gray-robed youth cultivating the Demon Sect’s Reincarnation Curse.

Lin Bai rushed through the teleportation arrays to reach the sixth floor, where he hunted puppets for Tribute Red Pearls and searched for a puppet lair. He found a lair already cleared by a powerful martial artist who had destroyed more than five hundred puppets in a single move.

• Lin Bai spent more than eighteen thousand Tribute Red Pearls teleporting from the second floor to the sixth floor, leaving him with a little over three thousand.
• Lin Bai ambushed and killed a giant puppet python, collecting more than two hundred Tribute Red Pearls.
• Lin Bai searched the desolate sixth floor for two days without encountering another martial artist.
• Lin Bai entered a gorge filled with puppet fragments and realized that an unknown martial artist had killed more than five hundred puppets with a single move.
• Lin Bai wondered who the powerful martial artist was and whether they had already left the sixth floor.

Lin Bai and Hu Qi encountered one another at an ape puppet lair on the sixth level and joined forces to fight the puppets. As they battled, the Heavenly Crippled Four Brothers arrived and decided to test their strength and claim the offerings if they proved weak.

• Lin Bai discovered a jungle lair and was surrounded by hundreds of powerful ape puppets.
• Hu Qi rescued Lin Bai from an attacking puppet and introduced himself as one of the Dragon-Tiger Duelists.
• Lin Bai and Hu Qi agreed to clear the lair together and split the Tribute Red Pearls equally.
• Hu Qi shattered ape puppets with his fists while Lin Bai fought with his sword and Dragon Eye Flying Sword.
• The Heavenly Crippled Four Brothers spotted Lin Bai and Hu Qi battling and decided to challenge them for the lair's offerings.

Lin Bai and Tiger defeated more than three hundred Ape Puppets, but the Heavenly Crippled Four Brothers appeared to claim the offerings and challenge them. The brothers split up to fight, and after Ling San and Ling Si knocked Lin Bai back with a coordinated attack, Lin Bai stood and prepared to retaliate.

• Lin Bai and Tiger slew more than three hundred Ape Puppets and agreed to split the offerings evenly.
• The Heavenly Crippled Four Brothers emerged and introduced themselves as Ling Yi, Ling Er, Ling San, and Ling Si of the Ling Family in Qi Tian Domain.
• Ling Yi and Ling Er attacked Tiger while Ling San and Ling Si engaged Lin Bai.
• Ling San forced Lin Bai backward with a punch, and Ling Si struck him from behind, sending him tumbling across the ground.
• Tiger urged Lin Bai to retreat, but Lin Bai got up, recognized the brothers' coordination, and raised his demonic sword.

Lin Bai and Hu Qi fought the Heavenly Crippled Four Brothers in the sixth level’s forest, but the brothers revealed powerful limb-regenerating arts and turned the battle against them. Lin Bai and Hu Qi rose from their wreckage, ready to continue fighting.

• Ling San and Ling Si ambushed Lin Bai with coordinated attacks, but Lin Bai unleashed the Single Word Sword Art and Four Gods Sword Slash, wounding both men.
• Hu Qi held off Ling Yi and Ling Er, then sent them flying with a powerful punch as they reacted to their brothers’ injuries.
• Ling San and Ling Si regenerated their missing legs with spiritual power, while Ling Yi and Ling Er formed spiritual arms; the puppet identified their technique as the Yuanmo Sutra’s Heavenly Crippled Demon Art.
• Ling Si struck Lin Bai with a Heavenly Crippled Kick, sending him through a mountain, while Ling Yi shattered Hu Qi’s arm bones with a blow from his Spirit Arm.
• Lin Bai climbed from the mountain ruins with his Demon Sword, and Hu Qi rose with the demonic tiger’s power raging as he cursed the brothers.

Lin Bai and Tiger defeated the Heavenly Crippled Four Brothers on the sixth level, forcing them to withdraw before revealing their combined Martial Soul. The brothers vowed to settle the outcome on the ninth level.

• Tiger used Demonic Tiger Fist to shatter Ling Er's and Ling Yi's Spirit Arms with two punches.
• Lin Bai used Three Foot Edge to break Ling San's and Ling Si's Heavenly Crippled Kicks and send them flying.
• Elders watching in Exiled Immortal City marveled at Tiger's strength and Lin Bai's swordsmanship.
• Ling Yi said the brothers had only been testing their opponents and led the Heavenly Crippled Four Brothers away without using their Martial Soul.
• The brothers challenged Lin Bai and Tiger to decide victory on the ninth level, and Tiger said he wanted to see their merged strength.

Lin Bai reached the ninth level of Nine Heavens Primordial Ancestor Mountain and learned about the upcoming contest where prodigies would wager their offerings. He arrived at the White Jade Plaza, where Wu He belittled him and told him to stay out of the contest.

• Lin Bai and Hu Qi split the offerings, taking thirty thousand each, and discussed heading to the ninth level.
• Hu Qi explained that the ninth-level martial contest would let victors take their opponents’ offerings and would gather the mountain’s strongest martial artists.
• Lin Bai went directly through the seventh and eighth levels to the ninth level while Hu Qi stayed behind to hunt puppets.
• Lin Bai flew to the White Jade Plaza and met Yin Jiuling and Wu He, along with two other martial artists already waiting there.
• Wu He called Lin Bai an eighth-stage Yang God Realm ant and warned him not to participate in the martial contest.

Lin Bai arrived at White Jade Plaza and learned about the other leading examination candidates, including Yin Jiuling and the Old Eccentric. The Half-Demon Giant Beast joined them, and the Old Eccentric challenged Wu He over his insult.

• Lin Bai recognized the Old Eccentric and greeted Feng Wenjun, who explained that Yin Jiuling had nearly injured Wu He in a single exchange.
• Feng Wenjun described Yin Jiuling as a nine-reincarnation prodigy and said the mysterious Old Eccentric seemed unafraid of him and Wu He.
• The Old Eccentric announced that someone had finally arrived as the Half-Demon Giant Beast charged from the ninth level onto White Jade Plaza.
• The Old Eccentric promised Da Man meat after seven days, and Da Man sat beside him, repeating that he wanted meat.
• Wu He called the Half-Demon Giant Beast another thing that was not human, prompting Lin Bai, Yin Jiuling, and the Old Eccentric to react; the Old Eccentric demanded that Wu He explain his insult.

Wu He insulted Lin Bai, Yin Jiuling, the Old Eccentric, and the Half-Demon giant beast, then boasted that none of them could challenge him. The others answered with challenges of their own, and the chapter ended with the Old Eccentric threatening to beat Wu He and force him to eat his own filth.

• Wu He called Yin Jiuling a freak, mocked the Old Eccentric's aged appearance and the Half-Demon's bloodline, and dismissed Lin Bai as an ant because he was only at the eighth level of the Yang God Realm.
• Lin Bai drew the Demon Sword, but Feng Wenjun stopped him from acting rashly; the Half-Demon giant beast and the Old Eccentric also reacted angrily to Wu He's insults.
• Wu He claimed that only Yin Jiuling among the others could barely fight him, while Feng Wenjun accepted the challenge of facing him in the upcoming prodigy tournament.
• Lin Bai reminded Wu He that the Eastern Continent Academy had changed the examination rules after Lin Duo once slaughtered his way to the White Jade Plaza as its sole survivor.
• Yin Jiuling told Wu He that he did not even qualify to fight him, and the Old Eccentric ended by threatening to beat Wu He and make him eat his own filth.

A Ning arrived on the ninth level and clashed with Wu He after Wu He insulted him, then joined Lin Bai and Feng Wenjun. As more top geniuses gathered, Wu He and Shi Zhongxian agreed to join forces against Lin Bai’s group and other martial artists before holding their own spar.

• A Ning reached the ninth level and mocked Wu He after Wu He called him a beggar, prompting A Ning to threaten him.
• A Ning joined Lin Bai and Feng Wenjun, and the three chatted while more martial artists arrived on the ninth level.
• Five days later, Mu Song, Lu Heng, Xiang Shen, Shi Jiamu, and other top-ranked martial artists arrived.
• Shi Zhongxian met Wu He, and Feng Wenjun told Lin Bai and A Ning that Shi Zhongxian was the heir to the Shi Family of God Stone Domain.
• Wu He and Shi Zhongxian agreed to gather Jian Kong, Lin Yibing, Chen Qin, Leng Yun, and the Five Spirit Children to defeat the martial artists they considered obstacles before sparring each other.

As the prodigies gathered on the ninth level before the final battle, Wu He and Shi Zhongxian formed one faction while Lin Bai, A Ning, Feng Wenjun, and Hu Qi stood apart. The Heavenly Crippled Four Brothers arrived last and, after Wu He rejected them, joined Hu Qi’s side.

• Jian Kong and the other prodigies arrived on the ninth level and gathered with Wu He and Shi Zhongxian, while Lin Bai’s group noticed the emerging divide.
• Hu Qi declined Wu He’s invitation and joined Lin Bai, prompting Wu He to threaten him.
• Feng Xiangtian, Bing Wuling, and other prodigies joined Wu He’s faction, while Zi Donglai and Xie Changqing declined to participate in the battle.
• Nearly five thousand martial artists waited in the White Jade Plaza for the battle of prodigies to begin the next day.
• Wu He ordered the Heavenly Crippled Four Brothers to leave, so Hu Qi invited Ling Yi and his brothers to join his group.

As the final battle of heavenly prides approached, Wu He and Shi Zhongxian formed a Heaven's Pride Alliance, while Lin Bai's side was labeled the Monster Alliance. The sun rose over the Sea of Gods and Demons, signaling that the battle was about to begin.

• Shi Zhongxian invited Yin Jiuling to join the Heaven's Pride Alliance, but Yin Jiuling refused and stood with Lin Bai's group.
• The factions took shape, with Wu He and Shi Zhongxian leading the Heaven's Pride Alliance and Lin Bai's allies forming the opposing Monster Alliance.
• Hei Luo Jian Jiu arrived with Ding Huo, Lin Xiaoqing, Gu Yuan, Lei Chong, and Chai Ming, then joined Wu He's faction; Ding Huo and Hei Luo Jian Jiu fixed their attention on Lin Bai.
• Zi Donglai and Xie Changqing discussed the alliances and assessed the strengths of both sides as observers watched from Exiled Immortal City and the Eastern Continent Academy.
• At sunrise, the martial artists across Nine Heavens Primordial Ancestor Mountain, Exiled Immortal City, and the Eastern Continent Academy watched as the battle of heavenly prides was set to begin.

The Battle of Heaven's Prides began as Heaven's Pride Alliance and Monster Alliance faced off in the arena. Tu Ziyun and Hu Qi, Yin Jiuling and Lin Yibing, and Jian Kong and A Ning entered battle, while Lin Bai watched.

• Wu He announced the start of the final day of the disciple-recruitment trial and the Battle of Heaven's Prides.
• Tu Ziyun challenged Hu Qi, and the two began their dragon-and-tiger battle.
• Lin Yibing challenged Yin Jiuling, who claimed he had used only ten percent of his strength when he defeated him before.
• Jian Kong challenged the monsters' sword cultivators, and A Ning stepped forward to fight him instead of Lin Bai.
• Jian Kong mocked A Ning's rusty sword, and the two began their sword battle.

Battles broke out across White Jade Plaza as the Monster Alliance’s fighters faced Heaven’s Prides, and Huo Fentian and Hei Luo Jian Jiu both challenged Lin Bai. The Heavenly Crippled Four Brothers took on Hei Luo Jian Jiu, leaving Lin Bai to face Huo Fentian.

• Leng Yun and Feng Wenjun began exchanging powerful punches, while Chen Liang and Zuo Hao argued over who would win.
• Lin Bai observed the ongoing fights as Old Eccentric urged him and the Heavenly Crippled Four Brothers to join the battle.
• Huo Fentian and Hei Luo Jian Jiu both challenged Lin Bai, each insisting that Lin Bai was his opponent.
• The Heavenly Crippled Four Brothers offered to fight Hei Luo Jian Jiu so Lin Bai could face Huo Fentian.
• Hei Luo Jian Jiu accepted the four brothers’ challenge and pointed his massive greatsword at them.

Lin Bai faced Huo Fentian on the ninth level and survived his flames before defeating him with a single sword strike. Huo Fentian was left injured with his martial soul shattered, while the other battles continued.

• The Heavenly Crippled Four Brothers used their divine art to restore their spiritual limbs and surrounded Hei Luo Jian Jiu.
• Huo Fentian challenged Lin Bai, knocked him back, then unleashed World-Burning Flames that swallowed him.
• Lin Bai emerged unharmed from the fireball, breaking it apart with four streaks of Sword Qi.
• Lin Bai struck Huo Fentian with Three Foot Edge, sending him flying and shattering his martial soul.
• Zi Donglai and Xie Changqing expressed disbelief that Lin Bai had defeated Huo Fentian with one strike.