Recaps

Leng Yun rescued Shi Zhongxian from the slaughter at Seven Stars City, and the two fled as the Devil Sect destroyed the city. At Heaven's Mandate Pass, Bai Xiaoxiao and Lin Bai learned that the first defense had fallen and prepared for the Devil Sect's advance toward the southern battle zone’s last stronghold.

• Leng Yun found Shi Zhongxian fighting the Devil Sect’s martial artists and dragged him away despite his determination to avenge his family.
• Leng Yun and Shi Zhongxian escaped Seven Stars City and saw the city engulfed by the Devil Sect’s attack.
• Leng Yun told Gu Daozhi that Seven Stars City had fallen, and Gu Daozhi ordered survivors to retreat to Hundred Age City.
• Gu Daozhi informed Bai Xiaoxiao that the first line of defense had been destroyed and warned that the Devil Sect could breach the second within three days.
• At Heaven’s Mandate Pass, Bai Xiaoxiao remained calm as Lin Bai and the assembled martial artists faced news of the fallen defense.

As the Demon Sect gathered to attack Heaven's Mandate Pass, Lin Bai and Bai Xiaoxiao shared a tender moment beneath the moonlight before the coming battle. Bai Xiaoxiao feared what Lin Bai would face at dawn, while he remained unsure of the reason for her unease.

• Gu Daozhi warned Bai Xiaoxiao that the Demon Sect had destroyed the second line of defense, and she ordered Heaven's Mandate Pass to prepare for battle.
• Lin Bai watched the approaching black-robed martial artists and felt an unusual unease as Bai Xiaoxiao secretly worried about what would happen when he saw someone the next day.
• The White-Haired Woman arrived outside Heaven's Mandate Pass, learned of its formidable defenders, and ordered an attack at dawn using yellow smoke as the signal.
• Bai Xiaoxiao joined Lin Bai on the city wall, reminisced about their past, and asked him to kiss her.
• Lin Bai embraced and kissed Bai Xiaoxiao, who vowed to stay by his side and support whatever decision he made.

The Demon Sect attacked Heaven's Mandate Pass with a swarm of yellow hornets, and the Eastern Continent Academy fought back under the Nine Sages Isolation Formation. Lin Bai slaughtered thousands of enemies with his Devouring Sword Soul, leaving the defenders astonished.

• Shi Zhongxian spotted the Demon Sect's yellow smoke approaching, and Gu Daozhi ordered the Nine Sages Isolation Formation reinforced.
• The yellow hornets struck the formation, and Gu Daozhi opened a gap so the Eastern Continent Academy's disciples could charge into battle.
• Lin Bai told Bai Xiaoxiao to remain at Heaven's Mandate Pass, then entered the battlefield with his demon sword and flying swords.
• Lin Bai killed hundreds of Demon Sect martial artists, forcing them to avoid him and seek easier targets.
• Lin Bai unleashed the Devouring Sword Soul, shredding enemies within a thousand meters and absorbing their blood to replenish his power.
• Gu Daozhi and the other experts praised Lin Bai after seeing his attack annihilate thousands of Demon Sect martial artists.

Lin Bai slaughtered Demon Sect fighters at Heaven's Mandate Pass, drawing the White-Haired Woman's attention and prompting her to send the Demon Sect Envoys after him. He fought Yu Liang but was surrounded by six more Envoys after Jiang Ba rescued Yu Liang.

• Lin Bai used the Devouring Sword Soul's power to kill thousands of martial artists with one palm, then continued cutting through the battlefield with his swords.
• The White-Haired Woman recognized Lin Bai and the power within him, then ordered the seven remaining Envoys to bring her his head.
• Yu Liang confronted Lin Bai and attacked with his blood-red sword, but Lin Bai broke through his defense and nearly killed him.
• Jiang Ba intervened, knocked Lin Bai back, and argued with Yu Liang about whether he had needed rescuing.
• Five more Envoys appeared, and the seven Envoys surrounded Lin Bai.

Lin Bai was surrounded by the Demon Sect’s Seven Envoys, while the Eastern Court’s Quasi-Holy Sons refused orders to support him. As Yu Liang and the others pressed their attack, Hua Yuxian secretly saved Lin Bai from a fatal strike, and Hei Luo Jian Jiu arrived to help.

• The Demon Sect’s Seven Envoys surrounded Lin Bai and attacked him together.
• Gu Daozhi ordered Gu Xi, Gu Xing, and the Eastern Court’s Quasi-Holy Sons to support Lin Bai, but they all ignored the order.
• Yu Liang found an opening and thrust his sword at Lin Bai, but Hua Yuxian shifted Lin Bai aside and struck Yu Liang’s blade with her palm.
• Hei Luo Jian Jiu burst through the enemy warriors, reached Lin Bai, and offered to help with his greatsword, Taotie.

Lin Bai faced seven emissaries with help from Hei Luo Jian Jiu and Lan Yuxin. Hei Luo Jian Jiu killed Yu Liang, while Lin Bai slew five more emissaries and deliberately let Hua Yuxian escape.

• Hei Luo Jian Jiu arrived to help Lin Bai and chose Yu Liang as his opponent.
• Lan Yuxin told Lin Bai that the other Quasi-Holy Sons had ignored Elder Gu Daozhi’s call for support.
• Hei Luo Jian Jiu killed Yu Liang with a single blow from his greatsword.
• Lan Yuxin used Heaven Sealing Breath to freeze the six remaining emissaries, and Lin Bai killed five of them with Zhu Xian.
• Lin Bai severely wounded Hua Yuxian but let her flee into the black-clad martial artists.

The White-Haired Woman sent the Heavenly Palace 108 Generals into the battle, then ordered two Apex Realm experts to kill Lin Bai. Lin Bai and Hei Luo Jian Jiu badly wounded the two with Lan Yuxin’s help, but as they tried to flee, Lan Yuxin was struck down and Lin Bai turned back in fury.

• The White-Haired Woman ordered Old Ancestor Ding to send the Heavenly Palace 108 Generals into the battlefield, shifting the battle against the Eastern Continent Academy.
• Two Apex Realm experts attacked Lin Bai, and he and Hei Luo Jian Jiu joined forces while Lan Yuxin froze their movements with Heaven Sealing Three Breaths.
• Lin Bai and Hei Luo Jian Jiu severely wounded the two experts, then fled as their enemies recovered and gave chase.
• Lan Yuxin, exhausted from using the Heaven Sealing Art twice, stayed behind to hold off the short expert, who struck her down and sent her crashing in front of Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai stopped beside the gravely wounded Lan Yuxin and turned to face the short expert as he charged at them.

Lin Bai defended the gravely wounded Lan Yuxin against a short Apex Realm expert, but his attacks failed to harm the stronger foe. With the Eastern Continent on the verge of destruction, Lin Bai used the Devouring Sword Soul to draw in the blood of fallen warriors across a million meters, preparing to turn it into power for the fight.

• Lan Yuxin fell wounded at Lin Bai's feet and urged him to escape, but he stood between her and the short Apex Realm expert.
• The short Apex Realm expert shattered Lin Bai's defenses with one punch and sent him flying, while Lan Yuxin begged him to retreat.
• Lin Bai declared that he would use the blood of fallen martial artists to fight for the Eastern Continent and pressed his palm against the earth.
• Lin Bai expanded the Devouring Sword Soul's reach from a hundred meters to a million meters, drawing blood from the surrounding battlefield toward himself.

Lin Bai absorbed the blood of fallen warriors to break through to the seventh level of the Death Reversal Realm and awakened the Devour the Divine Martial Soul Secret Method. He used the Reaching Heaven Sword Art to reach the eighth level and survived a direct clash with the short Apex Realm powerhouse, setting up their fight.

• Lin Bai drew blood-qi from the battlefield to break through from the third to the sixth level of the Death Reversal Realm.
• Hei Luo Jian Jiu discovered that blood was being sucked away beneath the earth.
• Lin Bai awakened the Devour the Divine Martial Soul Secret Method, which could turn a warrior’s cultivation into a temporary Cultivation Seal that lasted no more than three months.
• Lin Bai broke through to the seventh level before the short Apex Realm powerhouse interrupted his devouring and charged at him.
• Lin Bai used the Reaching Heaven Sword Art to reach the eighth level and met the short Apex Realm powerhouse’s punch, forcing both fighters back.

Lin Bai was overpowered by the short-statured Apex Realm expert, who captured him for the Sect Master. Lin Bai then used the Martial Soul Secret Method—Devour the Gods to drain the expert’s cultivation, leaving him a mortal as the tall Apex Realm expert looked on in shock.

• Lin Bai fought the short-statured Apex Realm expert for hundreds of rounds with Dragon Slayer Swordplay, but the expert struck him down with Heart-Devouring Fist.
• The short-statured Apex Realm expert lifted Lin Bai by the throat and prepared to take him to the Sect Master, while Lan Yuxin watched in horror.
• The tall Apex Realm expert returned after failing to find Hei Luo Jian Jiu and urged the short-statured expert to leave with Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai pressed his hand to the short-statured expert’s head and used Martial Soul Secret Method—Devour the Gods.
• The short-statured expert’s cultivation fell from the Apex Realm to that of an ordinary mortal, and he begged the tall expert to kill Lin Bai.
• The tall Apex Realm expert reacted with disbelief when the short-statured expert revealed that Lin Bai had drained his cultivation.

Lin Bai used the short Apex Realm expert's stolen cultivation to reach the first level of the Apex Realm and kill two Apex Realm opponents. After the Cultivation Seal faded and his cultivation returned to the seventh level of the Death Reversal Realm, he brought the injured Lan Yuxin into Heaven's Mandate Pass and returned to the battlefield.

• Lin Bai activated the Cultivation Seal formed from the short Apex Realm expert's power and rose to the first level of the Apex Realm.
• Lin Bai defeated the tall Apex Realm expert with a sword strike and killed him despite his defensive barrier.
• The short Apex Realm expert recognized Lin Bai's Demonic Martial Soul, warned that the world would hunt him if it was exposed, and died by Lin Bai's sword.
• The Cultivation Seal dimmed and Lin Bai's cultivation returned to the seventh level of the Death Reversal Realm.
• Lin Bai carried the injured Lan Yuxin through the Nine Sages Isolation Formation into Heaven's Mandate Pass, then returned to the battlefield.

Lin Bai used the Cultivation Seal’s Apex Realm power to return to the battlefield and rescue Hua Muqing. He continued hunting Demon Sect Apex Realm experts despite the seal rapidly cracking.

• Lin Bai realized the Cultivation Seal would collapse within three months, and that using its power would hasten its destruction.
• Lin Bai stopped circulating the Five Elements Divine Pill and activated the Cultivation Seal to gain first-level Apex Realm strength.
• Lin Bai killed the Demon Sect general who was pursuing Hua Muqing, then told her to return to Heaven's Mandate Pass to treat her injuries.
• Lin Bai found and killed another Apex Realm expert after a brief clash.
• Lin Bai ignored the spreading cracks in the Cultivation Seal and continued searching the battlefield for Apex Realm opponents.

Lin Bai hunted the demonic sect’s Apex Realm experts across the battlefield, killing many with his sword despite the damage to his Cultivation Seal. After the White-Haired Woman ordered him killed, more than thirty Heavenly Palace Generals surrounded him, and the battle left him fighting alone against their combined assault.

• Lin Bai killed a demonic sect Apex Realm expert who had been slaughtering Eastern Continent Academy martial artists, then continued searching for more enemies.
• Lin Bai slew multiple Apex Realm experts, including one who claimed he was only there to watch the battle, while his Cultivation Seal developed more cracks.
• Lion King and Wolf King noticed Lin Bai’s strength, and the White-Haired Woman ordered Old Ancestor Ding to have him killed.
• Old Ancestor Ding used a Voice Transmission Token to summon the Heavenly Palace Generals, who converged on Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai fought back against the assembled Apex Realm experts, killing several as more than thirty surrounded him and the battlefield watched their fierce clash.

Lin Bai used the power of a Cultivation Seal to fight more than thirty Apex Realm experts and killed them before the seal collapsed. Exhausted, he headed back to Heaven's Mandate Pass, but the White-Haired Woman ordered a final assault on the pass.

• Eastern Continent Academy martial artists and the Order Divine Court elders watched Lin Bai battle more than thirty Apex Realm experts, while Gu Daozhi suspected he relied on a temporary secret technique.
• Lin Bai continued killing and wounding his opponents as cracks spread across the Cultivation Seal in his dantian.
• When the Apex Realm experts scattered to wait for his power to fade, Lin Bai unleashed the Dragon Slayer Imprisoning Heaven Art and killed more than twenty with one sword.
• Lin Bai's Cultivation Seal collapsed, returning his cultivation to the seventh stage of the Death Reversal Realm, and he collected the dead experts' Storage Bags before heading to Heaven's Mandate Pass to recover.
• The White-Haired Woman ordered the Lion King, Wolf King, and Tiger King to attack Heaven's Mandate Pass and told the others to keep Lin Bai from leaving.

Lin Bai and the Eastern Continent Academy defended Heaven's Mandate Pass as Lion King and Wolf King attacked its Nine Sages Isolation Formation. Inside the pass, Tiger King and Snake King led Devil Sect forces into battle, and the chapter ended with the formation weakened and the fighting underway.

• The White-Haired Woman ordered Lion King and Tiger King to destroy Heaven's Mandate Pass, while Lin Bai entered the formation.
• Lion King used the War God Art to strike the Nine Sages Isolation Formation, breaking two of its nine layers.
• Gu Daozhi ordered the academy's Apex Realm warriors into battle, and more than fifty Devil Sect fighters emerged inside the pass to attack them.
• Lin Bai recognized Tiger King, whom Gu Daozhi identified as Old Ancestor Tu Shan, and the Outer Sect Master recognized Snake King as Old Snake of Poison Domain.
• Tiger King and Snake King led the Devil Sect's Thirty-Six Heavenly Stars against the academy's forces while Lion King and Wolf King continued attacking the formation.

The Eastern Continent Academy's reclusive powerhouses emerged to defend Heaven's Mandate Pass as the Demon Sect's infiltrators and allied kings attacked. The fighting spread across the pass and its walls, where Gu Tianxuan confronted the Lion King over his use of the War God Art.

• The Snake King and Tiger King rebelled inside Heaven's Mandate Pass as the Lion King and Wolf King attacked the Nine Sages Isolation Formation from outside.
• At Gu Daozhi's command, the Outer Sect Master summoned more than a dozen hidden powerhouses, who entered the pass and confronted Old Ancestor Tu Shan and Old Snake.
• Gu Lianxing intercepted Old Ancestor Tu Shan, while Lan Yuanshan froze Old Snake's serpent weapon and began fighting him.
• Lan Yuanqing, Gu Tianxuan, Chen Xinghe, Kong Wu, Shi Ziliang, and Zhang Xifeng confronted the Demon Sect's Thirty-Six Heavenly Stars; Zhang Xifeng and Gu Tianxuan then went outside to face the Lion King and Wolf King.
• Gu Tianxuan questioned the Lion King about possessing the War God Art, and the Lion King challenged the Gu Family's claim to know every ancient technique.

The White-Haired Woman unleashed swarms of Yellow Haze Bees and Corpse-Eating Ants on the battle at Heaven's Mandate Pass, overwhelming the fighters and collapsing every line of battle. The fighting between Gu Tianxuan and the Lion King and between Zhang Xifeng and the Wolf King continued as the battlefield descended into chaos.

• Gu Tianxuan charged the Lion King, while Zhang Xifeng confronted the Wolf King and recognized the Nether Sword Art as the Wolf King attacked with a King Grade Spirit Artifact.
• After three hours, more than half of the Demon Sect's Heavenly Stars had been killed or wounded, and the Snake King and Tiger King had been badly beaten.
• The White-Haired Woman decided to intervene and released tens of thousands of Corpse-Eating Ants and a vast swarm of Yellow Haze Bees toward the battlefield.
• The White-Haired Woman said the bees and ants could kill Yin Saint Realm and Death Reversal Realm martial artists and destroy the formation walls, though they could not kill Great Perfection Apex Realm experts.
• The Yellow Haze Bees poisoned martial artists into pus and blood, while the Corpse-Eating Ants devoured their flesh, causing the battlefield's lines to collapse.

The Devil Sect’s poisonous creatures forced the Eastern Continent Academy’s warriors to retreat to Heaven’s Mandate Pass, where both sides prepared for a full-scale battle. The Devil Sect Master finally appeared atop a giant White Snake, and Lin Bai recognized her as Ye Suxin.

• Bai Xiaoxiao ordered the Eastern Continent Academy’s warriors to retreat and the Chen Family to repair the Nine Sages Isolation Formation after the Devil Sect’s poisonous creatures caused heavy casualties.
• The Tiger King, Snake King, surviving Thirty-Six Heavenly Stars, and Devil Sect experts joined the fighting as the academy’s forces regrouped at Heaven’s Mandate Pass.
• Bai Xiaoxiao received word that reinforcements had reached the Jianghai Domain, then asked Lin Bai whether he was ready for the coming battle.
• Bai Xiaoxiao called out the Devil Sect Master, who approached through a passage in her forces atop a White Snake nearly three hundred meters long.
• Lin Bai recognized the White Snake from the past and then saw the barefoot White-Robed Woman riding it; stunned, he dropped his sword and called her Ye Suxin.

Lin Bai recognized the Devil Sect Master as Ye Suxin, the woman he had once tried to revive, and tried to leave the Nine Sages Isolation Formation to reach her. Bai Xiaoxiao stopped him and revealed that she had prepared an ambush, as allies surrounded the Devil Sect and sealed the battlefield with a powerful formation.

• Lin Bai recognized Ye Suxin and recalled how she had died saving him, how he had tried to revive her, and how she later disappeared from her tomb palace.
• Lin Bai ignored Gu Daozhi and Lan Yuxin’s warnings and tried to cross the Nine Sages Isolation Formation to meet Ye Suxin.
• Bai Xiaoxiao admitted she had known the Devil Sect Master was Ye Suxin, but insisted she was no longer the person Lin Bai remembered and blocked his way.
• Ye Suxin invited Lin Bai to join her, while Bai Xiaoxiao accused her of trying to kill him and challenged her over the Devil Sect’s attack.
• Bai Xiaoxiao summoned the Great Wu Dynasty, Sword Domain, Soul Severing Domain, and Jiang Family forces, which surrounded the Devil Sect and joined a great formation to the Nine Sages Isolation Formation.
• Ye Suxin identified the new formation as the Cosmos Sun-Moon Refining God Formation, and Chen Xinghe confirmed that the Chen Family had brought out its crowning masterpiece.

Bai Xiaoxiao’s forces confronted the White-Haired Woman at Heaven’s Mandate Pass, where Mo Qing arrived to help and recognized her as Zhao Yue, a notorious figure from ten thousand years ago. The revelation left Gu Daozhi and the Great Witch Emperor terrified as the battle loomed.

• Old Ancestor Ding reported that the Great Wu Dynasty, the Jiang Family, and warriors from the Sword Domain and Soul Severing Domain had surrounded the White-Haired Woman’s forces.
• Bai Xiaoxiao revealed that she had anticipated the White-Haired Woman’s attack and prepared an ambush at Heaven’s Mandate Pass.
• The White-Haired Woman sent Yellow Haze Bees and Corpse-Eating Ants against the formation, but a cloud of smoke forced the poisonous creatures to retreat.
• Mo Qing descended into the Nine Sages Isolation Formation, greeted Lin Bai, and joined Bai Xiaoxiao’s side.
• Mo Qing recognized the White-Haired Woman as Zhao Yue, explaining that she had once been a Poison God Family disciple who possessed the two poisonous creatures.
• Gu Daozhi and the Great Witch Emperor recognized Zhao Yue from ancient records and feared her return.

Mo Qing confronted Zhao Yue over the Poison God Family’s old pursuit and the turmoil she had caused in the Eastern Continent. He countered her poisonous creatures and captured Little White, leaving Zhao Yue defeated.

• Mo Qing told Zhao Yue he would carry out the Poison God Family’s hunting order, while Zhao Yue threatened to destroy the family after settling matters in the Eastern Continent.
• Zhao Yue sent the Yellow Haze Bees and Corpse-Eating Ants against the assembled fighters, and Mo Qing and Bai Xiaoxiao agreed to divide the battle.
• Mo Qing released Golden Armor Holy Insects to fight the Yellow Haze Bees and planted a Poison Immortal Ancient Tree to kill the Corpse-Eating Ants.
• Zhao Yue unleashed Little White’s poison, but Mo Qing drew a rust-covered iron sword and sent it through the poisonous mist.
• Mo Qing captured Little White in his Beast-Taming Pouch and told Zhao Yue that she had lost.

Bai Xiaoxiao and Mo Qing helped the allied forces defeat the Devil Sect army at Heaven's Mandate Pass, leaving Zhao Yue surrounded and outnumbered. As the other leaders prepared to deal with her, Zhao Yue mocked their clans and dynasties over their history with the Poison God Family.

• Bai Xiaoxiao ordered Gu Daozhi and the Chen Family to activate the Cosmos Sun-Moon Refining God Formation and kill the Devil Sect fighters and those posing as them.
• The allied forces attacked from all four directions while their strongest fighters engaged the Devil Sect's leaders and elite ranks.
• The battle raged for three days and three nights, ending with nearly all the Devil Sect forces dead or fled; Mo Qing destroyed Zhao Yue's insects and took her White Snake.
• Bai Xiaoxiao declared that Zhao Yue had lost, but Zhao Yue argued that Mo Qing's intervention had made the difference and urged him to trust his returning memories.
• Surrounded by the allied leaders, Zhao Yue insulted the Nether King Clan, Sword God Clan, Jiang Family, and Great Wu Dynasty for their ancestors' conduct toward the Poison God Family.

Lin Bai tried to save Ye Suxin, whose sleeping soul was bound to Zhao Yue’s, from being destroyed when the powerful factions decided to execute the Devil Sect Master. He defied them and warned that if they killed her, he would become an enemy more terrifying than Zhao Yue.

• Great Witch Emperor, the Sword God Clan, the Nether King Clan, and Gu Daozhi agreed to scatter the Devil Sect Master's soul and ordered her execution.
• Lin Bai asked the White-Haired Woman about Ye Suxin, and Mo Qing used a Soul-Seeking Insect to confirm that Ye Suxin's soul was still alive but weak and bound to the other soul.
• Mo Qing said he had no way to separate the souls without risking Ye Suxin's death, and the White-Haired Woman explained that the Inverted Yin-Yang Formation had bound their souls together.
• Lin Bai opposed the execution, saying he did not want Ye Suxin's soul destroyed with Zhao Yue's, while Gu Daozhi and the other leaders insisted on carrying out their decision.
• Lin Bai warned the assembled powerhouses that killing the woman would make him Eastern Continent's most terrifying enemy.

Lin Bai prevented the Eastern Continent’s leaders from killing Zhao Yue while another soul remained inside her, and secured six months to find a way to separate them. The chapter left Zhao Yue bound for imprisonment in the Great Wu Dynasty’s Dragon Imprisoning Abyss as Lin Bai accepted the terms.

• The Great Witch Emperor attacked Lin Bai, but Lan Yuanshan and Lan Yuanqing intervened on Lan Ling’s orders to protect him.
• Bai Xiaoxiao supported Lin Bai’s demand to spare the soul inside Zhao Yue, then clashed verbally with the Great Witch Emperor.
• Lin Bai promised to find a way to separate the souls, and Gu Daozhi gave him half a year before Zhao Yue and the other soul would be executed.
• The Great Witch Emperor demanded that Zhao Yue be held in the Dragon Imprisoning Abyss in the Jianghai Domain, and Lin Bai agreed.

After the Eastern Continent’s victory over the Demon Sect, Lin Bai faced the White-Haired Woman’s execution being delayed for six months and resolved to find a way to separate her soul from Ye Suxin’s. Bai Xiaoxiao returned to the Myriad Kingdoms Domain to prepare for a possible war against the entire Eastern Continent, while Lan Yuxin left to learn about Lin Bai’s past.

• The domains’ leaders ordered the White-Haired Woman taken to the Dragon Imprisoning Abyss and set her execution for six months later.
• Lin Bai and Bai Xiaoxiao discussed Zhao Yue and Ye Suxin’s fused souls, and Lin Bai vowed to find a way to separate them before the execution.
• Bai Xiaoxiao left the Great Wu Dynasty’s imperial capital with Chu Jiangliu and warned him to prepare for a battle against the Eastern Continent’s martial artists.
• Lan Yuxin asked Lin Bai about his past and his relationship with the White-Haired Woman; when he refused to tell her, she left Jianghai Domain to find out herself.
• At dawn, Lin Bai went to Mo Qing’s residence to meet the ally who had traveled from the Southern Continent to aid the Eastern Continent.