Recaps

Lin Bai climbed Sword Burial Mountain despite the overwhelming sword intent and rejected the spirit swords that flew out to acknowledge him, including hundreds of Grade Five Spirit Swords. The disciples suspected he was aiming for the Grade Six Spirit Swords above the peak.

• Lin Bai charged up Sword Burial Mountain as Zhu Ziling and the other disciples doubted he could pass the mountainside.
• Lin Bai shattered the sword intent pressing down on him and soared beyond the mountainside.
• Spirit swords began flying out to acknowledge Lin Bai, but he rejected a Grade Three Spirit Tool and then a Grade Four Spirit Sword.
• Hundreds of Grade Five Spirit Swords surrounded Lin Bai, but he sent them back to the mountain as Zhu Ziling watched in resentment.
• The disciples wondered whether Lin Bai was seeking the Grade Six Spirit Swords above the peak.

Lin Bai reached the summit of Sword Burial Mountain and drew the Grade Six Azure Song Sword. Its paired sword, Startling Dream, followed him from the mountain, and Lin Bai took it with him as well.

• Lin Bai passed over the Grade Five Spirit Swords and climbed into the clouds to reach the summit of Sword Burial Mountain.
• Lin Bai found Azure Song and Startling Dream, then read Jian Xuan’s warning that the paired swords were bound by fate.
• Lin Bai drew Azure Song, unleashing Sword Intent that shattered the clouds and alerted martial artists and elders throughout the Spirit Sword Sect.
• Elder Zhang concluded that Lin Bai had obtained the paired swords and decided to side with the Sword Alliance against Su Cang’s succession plans.
• Startling Dream pulled itself free and pleaded to leave with Lin Bai, who agreed and put it in his Storage Bag.

Lin Bai obtained the Azure Song Sword and Startling Dream Sword, and Li Jianxing explained their tragic history and the legend tying their masters together. Lin Bai wondered whether Ye Suxin would become the Startling Dream Sword’s chosen master.

• Lin Bai landed at the foot of Sword Burial Mountain with the Azure Song Sword, where Li Jianxing congratulated him on obtaining the Grade Six Spirit Tool.
• Li Jianxing told Lin Bai that Li Qingge, a gifted weapon forger, had fallen in love with the Spirit Sword Sect’s Holy Daughter, Su Lan, and left for ten years to forge her a sword.
• Li Jianxing explained that Su Lan killed herself with the Azure Song Sword rather than marry the sect’s Sect Master, and Li Qingge later slew the Sect Master before taking his own life with the Startling Dream Sword.
• Li Jianxing recounted that the two swords had appeared together three times, each time leading their masters to become Dao companions, and said their bond was believed to be decreed by Heaven.
• Lin Bai thought of Ye Suxin as he looked at the Startling Dream Sword, then said he hoped the sword would choose the person he wanted.

Lin Bai confronted Zhu Ziling for mistreating the Wandering Sword, and Azure Song Sword’s Grade Six power let him defeat Zhu Ziling with one strike. Lin Bai was left astonished by his sword’s strength.

• Lin Bai learned that Azure Song Sword had been reforged into a Grade Six Spirit Tool and that it was paired with Startling Dream Sword.
• Lin Bai saw Zhu Ziling pinning Wandering Sword beneath his foot and warned him to respect the sword that had chosen to follow him.
• Zhu Ziling refused Lin Bai’s demand to leave the sword and attacked him with his own sword.
• Lin Bai unleashed Azure Song Sword’s power with Surging Wind Swordplay, Mountains and Rivers Eternal Silence, and knocked Zhu Ziling unconscious with one strike.
• Lin Bai realized that Azure Song Sword’s strength could let him defeat Murong Yeshen without using a sword-intent divine ability.

Lin Bai freed the Wandering Sword, crippled Zhu Ziling, and learned he had a place in the Royal Hunting Garden, where he would face powerful Heaven Martial Realm opponents. He trained with the Azure Song Sword and hunted in the Falling Goose Mountain Range, where more than a hundred king demonic beasts were found drained of their blood.

• Lin Bai returned the Wandering Sword to Sword Burial Mountain and severed Zhu Ziling's meridians instead of killing him.
• Li Jianxing told Lin Bai that the Second Elder had reserved him a place in the Royal Hunting Garden, and warned him about its powerful participants.
• Lin Bai returned to White Cloud Peak, practiced with the Azure Song Sword for three days, then entered the Falling Goose Mountain Range to hunt and improve his cultivation.
• Martial artists discovered the Purple-Eyed Blood Lion Beast dead and drained of its demonic blood, then found other king demonic beasts killed the same way.
• Over ten days, more than a hundred king demonic beasts in the Falling Goose Mountain Range were slaughtered and drained of blood, while the killer remained unknown.

After slaying more than a hundred Heaven Martial Realm demon beasts and reaching the ninth level of the Earth Martial Realm, Lin Bai was summoned to join Spirit Sword Sect’s delegation to the Royal Hunting Garden. He arrived at Side Cloud Peak, where he learned that the sect’s disciples were often ambushed there and met Lu Yuan and Zhang Lingdao before the elders and Su Cang arrived.

• Lin Bai learned that Spirit Sword Sect was organizing a hunt for the blood-drinking monster he had been while killing demon beasts in the Falling Goose Mountain Range.
• Lin Bai reflected on his improved cultivation and prepared to travel to the imperial capital for the Royal Hunting Garden.
• A disciple summoned Lin Bai to Side Cloud Peak, where other disciples warned him that Azure Cloud Terrace Palace and Blazing Fire Palace had repeatedly attacked Spirit Sword Sect members in the Royal Hunting Garden.
• Lin Bai arrived at the plaza and met Lu Yuan, who said the Second Elder had sent him to protect Lin Bai, and Zhang Lingdao, who had been forced to go after offending Zhao Mao.
• The Grand Elder and Second Elder arrived with the other elders, and Lin Bai saw Su Cang watching him with a smug smile.

The Spirit Sword Sect sent Lin Bai, Lu Yuan, and Zhang Lingdao to the Imperial Capital for the Royal Hunting Garden, though the Grand Elder and Su Cang expected the journey to kill them. Before departing, Lin Bai wagered with Su Cang that he would place in the top three, then left with the others aboard a Flying Roc.

• The Grand Elder announced that Lin Bai, Lu Yuan, and Zhang Lingdao would represent the Spirit Sword Sect at the Royal Hunting Garden.
• The Grand Elder praised the three disciples while secretly relishing the danger they faced, and Lin Bai and Lu Yuan spoke confidently about the journey.
• Su Cang challenged Lin Bai to place in the top three, wagering that the loser would receive three slaps; Lin Bai accepted.
• The Grand Elder assigned Chen Gong to escort the group, partly to punish him for refusing to join the Divine Alliance.
• Chen Gong led Lin Bai, Lu Yuan, and Zhang Lingdao onto a Flying Roc and set out for the Imperial Capital as the sect disciples wished them victory.

Lin Bai and the Spirit Sword Sect disciples arrived in the imperial capital for the Royal Hunting Garden, where they learned that Azure Cloud Terrace Palace and Blazing Fire Palace had threatened to kill them. Su Cang also sent Qi Yang to ensure Lin Bai did not return alive.

• After Lin Bai departed, Su Cang ordered Qi Yang to go to the imperial capital and bring back Lin Bai's head, whether Lin Bai died there or survived.
• Lin Bai, Zhang Lingdao, and the others saw the imperial capital after flying for three days, and Chen Gong warned them not to kill anyone there without permission.
• The Spirit Sword Sect's arrival drew mockery from people throughout the imperial capital, and the disciples landed at Hidden Dragon Pavilion.
• Xu Changfeng welcomed Chen Gong and told him that Azure Cloud Terrace Palace and Blazing Fire Palace had threatened to kill every Spirit Sword Sect disciple who came to the Royal Hunting Garden.

Xu Changfeng showed Chen Gong, Lin Bai, Lu Yuan, and Zhang Lingdao around Hidden Dragon Pavilion and warned them about the powerful geniuses sent by the rival sects. When the Fifth Princess challenged Spirit Sword Sect to a swordsmanship spar, Zhang Lingdao stepped forward to fight her.

• Xu Changfeng told Chen Gong that Azure Cloud Terrace Palace and Blazing Fire Palace had sent far more disciples than Spirit Sword Sect, and named Wan Xia, Luo Qixing, and Yi Han as dangerous opponents.
• Chen Gong recognized Yi Han as one of Azure Cloud Terrace Palace's Seven Kings and grew concerned for Lin Bai and Lu Yuan.
• The Fifth Princess defeated a Blazing Fire Palace martial artist in the plaza and then challenged Spirit Sword Sect's disciples to a swordsmanship match.
• Chen Gong blocked the Fifth Princess's attack, but Zhang Mo taunted Spirit Sword Sect for refusing her challenge.
• Zhang Lingdao volunteered to spar with the Fifth Princess, and Chen Gong accepted to protect Spirit Sword Sect's reputation.

Zhang Lingdao lost to the Fifth Princess, and the gathered martial artists mocked Spirit Sword Sect’s decline. After recalling how the sect and its elders had supported him, Lin Bai stepped into the arena to defend its reputation and accepted the Fifth Princess’s challenge.

• The Fifth Princess defeated Zhang Lingdao with a seventh-grade Earth-level sword technique, and he admitted defeat.
• Lin Bai told Zhang Lingdao that his swordsmanship was superior but his weaker technique had cost him the match.
• The Fifth Princess insulted Spirit Sword Sect, while martial artists from Blazing Fire Palace and Azure Cloud Terrace Palace joined in challenging and mocking its disciples.
• Lin Bai told Chen Gong how Spirit Sword Sect and its elders had supported him and declared that he would not let others trample on the sect’s name.
• Lin Bai entered the arena and offered to compare swordsmanship with the Fifth Princess, who sneered at him.

Lin Bai defeated the Fifth Princess with one punch after she challenged him, then invited the other martial artists to fight him. He remained in the arena as Chen Gong worried that Lin Bai’s challenge would provoke further trouble.

• Lin Bai offered to fight the Fifth Princess and refused to draw his sword, asking her to use her full strength.
• The Fifth Princess attacked Lin Bai with Autumn Wind Ruthless, but Lin Bai shattered her Sword Qi and struck her with one punch.
• Lin Bai told the injured Fifth Princess that she was unqualified to make him draw his sword, and she was carried to the Imperial Hospital.
• Chen Gong offered Xu Changfeng a gift of atonement, while Xu Changfeng warned that the emperor might punish the Spirit Sword Sect.
• Lin Bai stayed in the arena and challenged anyone who wanted to fight a Spirit Sword Sect disciple.

Lin Bai challenged the martial artists gathered around him and easily defeated Xu Zhiduo, Jiang Junwei, Li Xiaoyun, and Zhang Mo, boosting the Spirit Sword Sect’s prestige. After the defeated trio surrendered, they ambushed Lin Bai from behind as he turned away, leaving him in danger.

• Lin Bai invited the gathered martial artists to challenge him, and Jiang Junwei, Yang Difei, Li Xiaoyun, Xu Zhiduo, and Zhang Mo stepped forward.
• Xu Zhiduo attacked Lin Bai alone, but Lin Bai caught his punch, pinned him down, and warned the others to attack together.
• Jiang Junwei, Li Xiaoyun, and Zhang Mo attacked as a group, but Lin Bai used the Azure Song Sword to injure all three and force them to surrender.
• As Lin Bai turned to rejoin Chen Gong, Jiang Junwei, Li Xiaoyun, and Zhang Mo suddenly attacked him from behind.
• Zhang Lingdao and Lu Yuan shouted a warning as Lin Bai sensed the ambush and turned in alarm.

Lin Bai survived the three sect disciples’ sneak attack by leaving an afterimage, then killed Jiang Junwei, Li Xiaoyun, and Zhang Mo in the square. He left with the Spirit Sword Sect, while rumors spread through the imperial capital that the sect was poised to rise again.

• After Lin Bai appeared unharmed, the crowd realized the three disciples had attacked his afterimage, and he warned them to run.
• Lin Bai killed Jiang Junwei with a single slash, then pursued and killed Li Xiaoyun and Zhang Mo.
• Lin Bai challenged the crowd, and the onlookers shrank back in fear as Chen Gong and Xu Changfeng discussed the sects’ coming conflict.
• Chen Gong led the Spirit Sword Sect group away, and news of Lin Bai’s killings and rumors of the sect’s resurgence spread through the imperial capital.

The Fifth Princess asked Bai Xiaoxiao to avenge her after Lin Bai injured her, and Bai Xiaoxiao went to confront the Spirit Sword Sect. The confrontation ended with Bai Xiaoxiao recognizing Lin Bai and greeting him warmly, while Qi Rui demanded that he kneel and apologize.

• The Fifth Princess went to Bai Xiaoxiao in tears and said a Spirit Sword Sect martial artist had injured her at the Hidden Dragon Pavilion.
• Bai Xiaoxiao took the Fifth Princess to the Spirit Sword Sect's residence, where Chen Gong tried to explain that the injury was a misunderstanding.
• Qi Rui arrived and insisted that the Spirit Sword Sect produce the person who had injured the Fifth Princess.
• Lin Bai came out despite Chen Gong's warning, and the Fifth Princess identified him as her attacker.
• Qi Rui ordered Lin Bai to kneel and apologize, but Bai Xiaoxiao ignored him and greeted Lin Bai with delight.

Bai Xiaoxiao reunited warmly with Lin Bai after he defeated the Fifth Princess, then explained how the Xu Family and Qi King Manor had left the imperial family close to collapse. She and Lin Bai parted after discussing Qi Rui’s crimes, the Ninth Princess, and Lin Bai’s plans for the Year-End Ceremony.

• Bai Xiaoxiao told the Fifth Princess to thank Lin Bai for sparing her life, but the Fifth Princess refused and ran off in tears.
• Bai Xiaoxiao apologized to Lin Bai for the Fifth Princess, invited herself inside, and sent Qi Rui away when he tried to stay.
• Bai Xiaoxiao told Lin Bai that the Xu Family dominated the court and Qi King Manor controlled much of the military, leaving the imperial family nearly powerless.
• Bai Xiaoxiao revealed that Qi Rui had led massacres in more than a hundred towns and said she hated him but could not kill him.
• Bai Xiaoxiao asked whether Lin Bai would visit the Ninth Princess and discussed his participation in the Year-End Ceremony; Lin Bai said he would focus on cultivation and adapt to circumstances.

After hearing Bai Xiaoxiao describe the royal family's precarious position, Lin Bai considered the threats posed by the Qi King Manor and the Xu Family. Chen Gong then explained the three stages of the Year-End Ceremony and its reward system, leaving Lin Bai determined to earn enough points for the Beacon Fire City Flower.

• Bai Xiaoxiao confided her grievances about the royal family to Lin Bai before leaving Hidden Dragon Pavilion late at night.
• Lin Bai assessed how the Qi King Manor controlled the military and the Xu Family controlled the court, then decided the royal family would have to resolve its own crisis.
• Chen Gong summoned Lin Bai, Lu Yuan, and Zhang Lingdao and explained that the Year-End Ceremony would begin with the Heaven Worship Ceremony and spirit pearl contest.
• Chen Gong described the one-day hunt in the Qi Tian Mountains, where participants would earn points by killing demonic beasts and face dangers from other sects.
• Lin Bai read the reward list and saw that the Beacon Fire City Flower cost one million points, then considered how difficult it would be to earn enough in one day.
• Chen Gong explained that martial artists could challenge one another and seize their opponents' points during the Imperial Banquet Martial Competition, and said the ceremony would begin in three days.

As the Year-End Ceremony approached, Qi Rui received orders from King Qi to capture the descendants of rival vassal kings, while Xu Jiangsheng prepared to take revenge on Lin Bai. At dawn, the ceremony began, and Spirit Sword Sect’s delegation set out for the Temple of Heaven.

• Qi Rui ordered an investigation into Lin Bai and learned that King Qi wanted him to capture more than six hundred vassal kings’ descendants during the Royal Hunting Garden event.
• Xu Jiangsheng revealed that he had returned from the dead with a Demonic Martial Soul and vowed to kill Lin Bai in the Royal Hunting Garden.
• Wan Xia and Yi Han wagered three hundred thousand spirit stones on which sect would kill Lin Bai, Lu Yuan, and Zhang Lingdao first.
• The Heaven Bell rang three days later, marking the start of the Year-End Ceremony, and Chen Gong, Lin Bai, Lu Yuan, and Zhang Lingdao followed a eunuch to the Temple of Heaven.

Lin Bai and the Spirit Sword Sect disciples faced taunts and threats from rival sects on their way to the Heaven Worship Ceremony, where Lin Bai encountered familiar enemies and watched Emperor Bai Huatian arrive. The ceremony began as the gathered martial artists bowed to the emperor.

• Azure Cloud Terrace Palace and Blazing Fire Palace disciples mocked the Spirit Sword Sect and revealed a bounty for killing its disciples, but Lin Bai claimed he had defeated Lin Zier and silenced them.
• Murong Qi warned Lin Bai about the Royal Hunting Garden, while Luo Qixing introduced himself as Luo Qianqiu’s brother and vowed to torture Lin Bai.
• The four sects arrived at the Altar of Heaven, where Lin Bai spotted a masked man he recognized and Qi Rui insulted him for having a Yellow Rank One martial soul.
• An elderly eunuch announced the start of the Heaven Worship Ceremony, and Emperor Bai Huatian entered as the assembled martial artists bowed.

During the Divine Martial Nation's Year-End Ceremony, Bai Huatian completed the Heaven Worship rites before the princes and princesses chose assistants to compete for spirit pearls. Bai Zhiyuan surprised the crowd by asking Lin Bai to assist her and proposing they split whatever spirit pearls they obtained.

• Bai Huatian led the Heaven Worship Ceremony and prayed for the Divine Martial Nation and his imperial family to turn calamity into good fortune.
• After the rites, Bai Huatian announced that the princes and princesses would choose assistants before the Mountain River Cauldron released spirit pearls.
• The princes and princesses selected powerful martial artists, including Yi Han, Li Qianfan, and Li Luobei.
• With most candidates already chosen, Bai Zhiyuan headed toward the Spirit Sword Sect while onlookers expected her to select Lu Yuan.
• Bai Zhiyuan approached Lin Bai and asked him to be her assistant, offering to split the spirit pearls they obtained.

At the Heaven Worship Ceremony, Bai Xiaoxiao chose Lin Bai as her assistant despite the Little Prince Qi Rui's offer, while Bai Zhiyuan agreed to take Lu Yuan instead. When Qi Rui insulted Lin Bai's martial soul, Lin Bai responded with icy killing intent and vowed that Qi Rui would die.

• Bai Zhiyuan reminded Lin Bai that he had promised to visit her, while Bai Xiaoxiao watched them with a trace of gloom.
• Bai Xiaoxiao rejected Qi Rui, saying she had already made an agreement with someone, then called on Lin Bai to assist her at the Heaven Worship Ceremony.
• Lin Bai agreed to help Bai Xiaoxiao and comforted Bai Zhiyuan, who had wanted to choose him first.
• Bai Zhiyuan accepted Lu Yuan as her assistant and encouraged Bai Xiaoxiao and Lin Bai to seize many spirit pearls.
• Qi Rui called Lin Bai trash because of his Yellow Rank One martial soul, and Lin Bai fixed him with a killing gaze and said, "You will die!"

Bai Xiaoxiao firmly chose Lin Bai despite the crowd mocking his Yellow Rank One Soul, provoking Qi Rui and King Qi. As the spirit pearl contest approached, she explained that the Mountain River Cauldron would suppress everyone’s cultivation, leaving Lin Bai confident in his abilities.

• Qi Rui revealed that Lin Bai had a Yellow Rank One Soul, and the gathered martial artists mocked him.
• Lin Bai nearly succumbed to murderous rage, but Bai Xiaoxiao held his hand and calmed him.
• Bai Xiaoxiao reaffirmed that she had chosen Lin Bai, and Qi Rui collapsed after she rejected him.
• King Qi confronted Bai Xiaoxiao, while Bai Huatian welcomed her choice and ordered the ceremony to begin.
• Bai Xiaoxiao explained the Mountain River Cauldron’s power and the spirit pearls’ value to Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai learned that the contest would suppress everyone to the first stage of the Earth Martial Realm and felt confident in his strength.

The Mountain River Cauldron suppressed everyone’s cultivation and erupted twice, releasing spirit beads that the princes, princesses, and their assistants fought to seize. Lin Bai stayed still through both eruptions, leaving Bai Xiaoxiao empty-handed in the second and the final eruption still to come.

• Bai Huatian activated the Mountain River Cauldron, reducing everyone in the square to the first level of the Earth Martial Realm.
• The cauldron released one spirit bead, and Bai Xiaoxiao knocked aside the others to claim it while Lin Bai watched.
• Bai Xiaoxiao and Lin Bai agreed to split their spirit beads evenly, while the other princes mocked Lin Bai for not fighting.
• The cauldron released twelve spirit beads, and Yi Han and Wan Xia restrained Bai Xiaoxiao while the princes and princesses seized them.
• Bai Xiaoxiao failed to obtain a bead in the second eruption, while Lin Bai remained calm and waited for the final eruption.

Lin Bai finally joined the Heaven Worship Ceremony battle, overpowering the Second Prince and Yi Han to seize the Second Prince’s spirit pearls. He then challenged the remaining princes, princesses, and assistants to hand over every spirit pearl.

• The Mountain River Cauldron erupted for the final time, releasing nine spirit pearls as the princes and assistants fought to claim them.
• Lin Bai vanished from his position, caught the Second Prince, and slammed him into a deep pit.
• Lin Bai broke the Second Prince’s arm and took all six of his spirit pearls before kicking him away.
• Yi Han attacked Lin Bai, but Lin Bai shrugged off his punch and struck Yi Han down with a single blow.
• Bai Xiaoxiao welcomed Lin Bai’s intervention, and Lin Bai demanded that the other princes, princesses, and assistants surrender all their spirit pearls.

Lin Bai overwhelmed the princes, princesses, and their assistants at the Heavenly Altar, taking their spirit pearls without killing anyone. He gave the pearls to Bai Xiaoxiao, who proposed splitting them among herself, Lin Bai, Bai Zhiyuan, and Lu Yuan.

• Lin Bai challenged the gathered contestants to hand over their spirit pearls, drawing cheers from the watching martial artists.
• Lin Bai swiftly defeated the Third and Fourth Princes and took their spirit pearls, then drove Wan Xia and Yi Han away from the fight.
• Lin Bai frightened the Fifth Princess into surrendering her pearl, kicked the Sixth Prince aside, and collected the remaining princes’ and princesses’ pearls.
• Lin Bai reassured Bai Zhiyuan that he would not take her pearls, then handed his gathered pearls to Bai Xiaoxiao.
• Bai Xiaoxiao counted the twenty pearls and proposed dividing them equally among herself, Lin Bai, Bai Zhiyuan, and Lu Yuan.

After the Heaven Worship Ceremony, Lin Bai and the other young martial artists set out for the Royal Hunting Garden in the Qi Tian Mountains, where they would hunt demonic beasts for points. Lin Bai left with Lu Yuan and Zhang Lingdao despite threats from multiple enemies, while Bai Xiaoxiao and Chen Gong worried over his safety.

• Lin Bai, Bai Xiaoxiao, Lu Yuan, and Bai Zhiyuan split twenty spirit pearls evenly, and Lin Bai hoped to use his share to break through to the Heaven Martial Realm.
• Bai Huatian explained the Royal Hunting Garden’s rules, point values, deadline, and the state banquet sparring, then allowed eligible martial artists to head for the Qi Tian Mountains.
• Bai Xiaoxiao warned Lin Bai that Azure Cloud Terrace Palace and Blazing Fire Palace had killed Spirit Sword Sect participants in past hunts and cautioned him to guard his spirit pearls.
• Qi Rui, Yi Han, Wan Xia, Xu Jiangsheng, and Luo Qixing threatened or stalked Lin Bai as they prepared to enter the Qi Tian Mountains.
• Chen Gong warned Lin Bai, Lu Yuan, and Zhang Lingdao to watch for both demonic beasts and other martial artists, then sent them off with his hopes that they would return alive.
• Lin Bai, Lu Yuan, and Zhang Lingdao received maps of the Qi Tian Mountains from guards outside the Temple of Heaven and set out for the hunt.