Recaps

Lin Bai, Ye Suxin, and Lin Ye arrived at Fire Lotus Mountain and settled into guest lodgings ahead of True Monarch of Myriad Treasures' birthday celebration. Meanwhile, Chen Zhixiao and his fellow disciples planned to stop a prophesied calamity by targeting the powerful young contestants, despite their master's apparent willingness to face it.

• Chen Zhixiao told the Nine Li Tribe's powerhouses that Yan Ji and Su Tingzong had arrived, while Bai Qing's whereabouts remained unknown.
• A Fire Lotus Mountain servant showed the visitors the Mountain Cauldron, a King Grade Spirit Artifact, and explained the mountain's defenses and the arrangements for the birthday celebration.
• Lin Bai chose quiet lodgings for himself, Ye Suxin, and Lin Ye, and they rested after their journey.
• Chen Zhixiao joined his four fellow disciples in a palace, where the stern eldest disciple said Fifth Junior Brother had predicted that a Heaven Defier seeking a weapon would bring their master a calamity.
• The eldest disciple urged the others to target Li Can, Yan Ji, Su Tingzong, and other possible contest winners, and they agreed to prepare his plan.

Lin Bai arrived at Fire Lotus Mountain and learned that the strongest young fighters from three tribes had come to compete for the chance to have a weapon reforged. A Seven-Colored Divine Light appeared near the forbidden area beneath the main peak, and Lin Bai found a group gathered around the well from which it shone.

• Lin Bai studied a map of Fire Lotus Mountain while Ye Suxin told him about the scenic spots and the powerful geniuses gathered for the birthday celebration.
• Ye Suxin named Li Can, Yan Ji, and Su Tingzong as likely rivals, and Lin Bai said he would find out how strong they were when they fought.
• A Seven-Colored Divine Light suddenly shot into the sky near the main peak, and Lin Bai left to investigate while Ye Suxin stayed behind.
• Lin Bai used the map to identify the light's source as a forbidden area and cautiously approached it.
• Lin Bai found several martial artists gathered around a well radiating the Seven-Colored Divine Light, and they turned to look at him.

Lin Bai and seven other powerful martial artists followed the Seven-Colored Divine Light into a mysterious gray world, where Qinxin, the True Monarch of Myriad Treasures’ third disciple, revealed herself. Su Tingzong demanded to know why she had lured them there.

• Yan Ji explained that only a select group of martial artists could see the Seven-Colored Divine Light and invited them to investigate the well.
• Yan Ji, Su Tingzong, Feng Siyun, and the other martial artists entered the well, followed by Lin Bai, who realized the light was a teleportation array.
• Lin Bai and the seven others arrived in a gray, hazy world, where a woman welcomed them and named several of the guests.
• Li Can challenged the unseen woman, and the mist parted to reveal Qinxin beneath a red-leaved tree.
• Yan Ji recognized Qinxin as the True Monarch of Myriad Treasures’ third disciple, and Su Tingzong asked why she had lured them there.

A middle-aged man sealed Lin Bai and seven other young talents inside the Withered Well Painting, where Miss Qinxin said they would have to stay and play chess and the zither with her. Lin Bai chose to listen to her music while Liu Yuan proposed capturing her to force their escape.

• A middle-aged man turned the Seven-Colored Divine Well into a scroll and trapped Lin Bai and the others inside the Withered Well Painting until his master's birthday celebration ended.
• Miss Qinxin told the eight newcomers that she wanted them to exchange pointers with her in chess and the zither and confirmed that they could not leave.
• Liu Yuan, the scholar, and the irritable woman each objected to staying, but Qinxin refused their requests and began playing her zither.
• Yan Ji recognized that Qinxin had deliberately lured them into the scroll world, while Su Tingzong questioned her treatment of guests.
• Lin Bai sat down to listen to Qinxin's zither, and Liu Yuan suggested that the eight of them capture her to make her let them go.

Liu Yuan and the short-tempered woman failed to harm Qinxin, who revealed that she controlled the Well-Depths Scroll and could keep the group trapped. Lin Bai suspected she was preventing them from competing at the True Monarch of Myriad Treasures’ birthday celebration, but Qinxin avoided answering and resumed playing the zither.

• Liu Yuan and the short-tempered woman attacked Qinxin together, but an invisible barrier blocked their strike.
• Yan Ji recognized the space as the Well-Depths Scroll, and Qinxin confirmed that the Emperor Artifact gave her control over the world inside it.
• Qinxin knocked Liu Yuan and the short-tempered woman away with a finger, demonstrating that the trapped martial artists could not defeat her.
• Lin Bai asked when Qinxin would release them, and she said she would let them out when she deemed the time right.
• Lin Bai suggested Qinxin was keeping them from the birthday celebration and its championship, but she declined to explain and began playing the zither again.

While Lin Bai and the others remained trapped in the Well-Depths Scroll, Zhao Yue revealed to Snake King that she had deceived Lin Bai into trusting her and intended to use him to destroy the Poison God Family. She then subdued Nine Serpent with a blood rune, adding the Primordial Behemoth to her forces.

• Snake King secretly visited Ye Suxin, who was actually Zhao Yue, and reported that the Devil Sect’s Dharma Kings were gathering in the Southern Continent.
• Zhao Yue told Snake King that Lin Bai believed Ye Suxin controlled the body and that she planned to make him destroy the Poison God Family.
• Snake King reported that Wolf King had lured Nine Serpent toward Fire Lotus Mountain, and Zhao Yue went with him to the Man Wu River.
• Zhao Yue ordered Snake King to help Wolf King wound Nine Serpent, then used a blood rune and hand seals to bring the beast under her control.
• Nine Serpent recovered from its wounds and lowered one of its heads into Zhao Yue’s hand as she laughed triumphantly.

Lin Bai explained that Qinxin’s captives could wait for the missing geniuses’ tribal elders to alert True Monarch of Myriad Treasures, forcing him to intervene. Qinxin realized her plan had failed because she trapped them seven days before the birthday celebration, and Yan Ji won their chess game while she was distracted.

• Yan Ji challenged Qinxin to another chess game, while Liu Yuan criticized him for acting carefree as they remained trapped.
• Yan Ji pointed out that Liu Yuan, an irritable woman, and a scholar seemed more desperate to escape than he and the other geniuses.
• Lin Bai told Qinxin that the four great tribes would seek out their missing geniuses and hold True Monarch of Myriad Treasures responsible.
• Qinxin lost focus on the chessboard, allowing Yan Ji to win, and Yan Ji asked Lin Bai his name.
• Lin Bai explained that Qinxin had trapped them too early, giving the elders seven days to notice the missing geniuses and prompting True Monarch of Myriad Treasures to release them.

Ye Suxin learned that Lin Bai and several Southern Lands geniuses had been missing from Fire Lotus Mountain for six days, and went to seek answers. At the Welcoming Immortals Pavilion, the elders of the Earth Emperor Tribe and Nine Li Tribe found that True Monarch of Myriad Treasures' senior disciple Luo Jia was refusing to let them meet his master.

• Ye Suxin questioned Snake King about Lin Bai, and he reported that no one had seen the Seven-Colored Divine Light or found Lin Bai.
• Snake King told Ye Suxin that Yan Ji, Su Tingzong, Li Can, and Feng Siyun had also been missing for six days.
• Ye Suxin left to investigate while Snake King stayed behind and avoided drawing attention to himself.
• Yan Long led Earth Emperor Tribe elders to the Welcoming Immortals Pavilion and asked Luo Jia to arrange a meeting with True Monarch of Myriad Treasures.
• Li Hai and the Nine Li Tribe elders revealed that Li Can had vanished too, and urged Luo Jia to summon his master.
• Luo Jia refused, claiming his master was busy preparing for the celebration and suggesting Yan Ji and Li Can would return; Yan Long and Li Hai recognized that he was fobbing them off.

Leaders and representatives from several tribes confronted Luo Jia at Fire Lotus Mountain, demanding to meet the True Monarch of Myriad Treasures and asking about missing people. Luo Jia refused, and Su Wusi attacked him with a sword strike, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Luo Jia denied that Fire Lotus Mountain was involved in the disappearances and insisted the True Monarch would not receive visitors until the next day's birthday celebration.
• Su Wusi of the Sword Pavilion Tribe arrived, followed by Feng Chun and experts from the Wind and Snow Tribe, whose Feng Siyun had also gone missing.
• Ye Suxin and the chief of the Celestial Mystery Tribe arrived to report missing people and demand answers from the True Monarch.
• Su Wusi, Li Hai, and Yan Long pressed Luo Jia to summon his master, but Luo Jia raised Fire Lotus Mountain's earthfire and refused to back down.
• Su Wusi extinguished the earthfire with his sword intent and struck at Luo Jia, making him vomit blood and stagger backward.

The True Monarch of Myriad Treasures appeared after Su Wusi’s attack on Luo Jia and learned that several young talents, including Lin Bai, had disappeared six days earlier. He demanded the Well-Depths Scroll from Luo Jia and revealed it to everyone.

• The True Monarch of Myriad Treasures stopped Su Wusi’s sword attack and appeared before the gathered elders.
• The True Monarch of Myriad Treasures offered to take Ye Suxin as his sixth disciple, but she declined.
• The True Monarch of Myriad Treasures asked why everyone had come, and the elders and Ye Suxin told him that their young talents, including Lin Bai, had vanished six days earlier.
• The True Monarch of Myriad Treasures demanded the Well-Depths Scroll from Luo Jia, who handed it over.
• The True Monarch of Myriad Treasures tossed the scroll into the air, where it unfurled to show a withered well and spreading seven-colored light.

Lin Bai and the others escaped Qinxin’s painted world and returned to the birthday gathering, while he remained puzzled by her attempt to keep them away. The True Monarch of Myriad Treasures expelled all five of his direct disciples for imprisoning the guests, and news of the decree spread across Fire Lotus Mountain.

• A doorway appeared in the painted world, and Lin Bai and the others left while Qinxin followed with her zither.
• The True Monarch of Myriad Treasures received the martial artists and sent them away after they emerged from the painting.
• Luo Jia and Qinxin knelt before the True Monarch of Myriad Treasures and accepted responsibility, while Chen Zhixiao, Nong Shuang, and Hu Qi joined them.
• The True Monarch of Myriad Treasures expelled Luo Jia, Chen Zhixiao, Qinxin, Nong Shuang, and Hu Qi from the sect and forbade them from returning to Fire Lotus Mountain.
• News of the five disciples’ expulsion spread across Fire Lotus Mountain, alarming the gathered martial artists.

Lin Bai returned to his residence with Ye Suxin after encountering Yan Ji and Su Tingzong, while the Divine Gate learned that Lin Bai possessed two treasures it wanted. The chapter ended with Lin Bai reassuring Ye Suxin about his disappearance, unaware that Zhao Yue’s divine soul was still within her.

• Yan Ji told Lin Bai he looked forward to fighting him at the birthday celebration, while Su Tingzong declared that he would win.
• Yan Ji revealed to Yan Long that Lin Bai was the former Holy Son of the Eastern Continent Academy.
• The bald elder showed Liu Yuan, Ye Jing, and Qin Yijun a recording of Lin Bai cutting off one of Nine Serpent’s heads.
• The bald elder ordered the three to recruit Lin Bai or take his Cosmic Beast Taming Art and Dragon Slaying Skill by other means.
• Ye Suxin reproached Lin Bai for disappearing, and Lin Bai explained that he had been trapped in a world by True Monarch of Myriad Treasures’ third disciple.

Lin Bai and Ye Suxin learned that True Monarch of Myriad Treasures had expelled all five of his disciples, though they could not determine why. The next morning, they headed to his birthday celebration, where a young man named Shangguan Cun explained how the Heaven and Earth Lotus could hold millions of guests.

• Lin Bai and Ye Suxin wondered why True Monarch of Myriad Treasures' disciples had imprisoned the gathered prodigies and whether that was connected to his birthday celebration.
• A messenger announced that True Monarch of Myriad Treasures had expelled all five of his disciples for violating sect rules and defying his orders.
• Lin Bai and Ye Suxin suspected that an unknown matter within Fire Lotus Mountain had led to the expulsions, then prepared to attend the celebration.
• The next morning, Lin Bai, Lin Ye, and Ye Suxin joined the crowds heading to the main peak, where Shangguan Cun told them about the Heaven and Earth Lotus.
• Lin Bai and his companions arrived at Eastern Arrival Bridge and saw warriors taking their places at tables on the enormous seven-colored lotus.

Lin Bai and Shangguan Cun found seats on the Heaven and Earth Lotus and learned about the birthday celebration’s martial competition. As their table still had room, a group arrived and eyed the four empty seats despite needing six.

• Lin Bai stepped onto the Heaven and Earth Lotus and felt its spiritual power improve his cultivation, while Shangguan Cun explained its origins and value.
• Lin Bai and Shangguan Cun saw guests argue over seating, and Shangguan Cun explained that fighting was forbidden at the celebration.
• Lin Bai, Shangguan Cun, and Ye Suxin took seats with a clear view of the martial arena, where Shangguan Cun said Yan Ji, Su Tingzong, and Li Can were expected to compete.
• As nearby tables filled, an old man and several young people arrived; a young woman complained that only four seats remained for their group of six, and the young master suggested making the occupants leave.

Shangguan Cun refused to give up seats to Wei Yu and the Heaven's Might Tribe, then revealed enough about his identity to make Old Li retreat in fear. He left Lin Bai wondering about Shangguan Cun's origins as the birthday celebration was about to begin.

• Wei Yu offered Shangguan Cun and Lin Bai spirit liquid for two seats, but Shangguan Cun refused and told him to leave.
• Old Li invoked the Heaven's Might Tribe's name, but Shangguan Cun identified Wei Yu and Wei Xin and challenged them to bring their ancestor Wei Xingshan.
• Shangguan Cun gave Old Li his compound surname, Shangguan, prompting Old Li to pull Wei Yu and the others away.
• Old Li explained that Shangguan martial artists came from the Ancestral Temple and feared the Heaven's Might Tribe would suffer a catastrophe if they stayed.
• Lin Bai asked Shangguan Cun why the group had fled, but Shangguan Cun changed the subject to the coming celebration and Fire Lotus Mountain's Blazing Flame Wine.
• Ye Suxin wondered whether Shangguan Cun's arrival beside Lin Bai was merely a coincidence.

True Monarch of Myriad Treasures welcomed the martial artists gathered for his five-hundred-and-twentieth birthday and received gifts from tribes and visitors across the continents. As representatives of the Central Sacred Nation arrived, Lin Bai grew tense.

• True Monarch of Myriad Treasures arrived at the Heaven and Earth Lotus and welcomed the guests before the birthday feast began.
• The tribes of Southern Continent presented their gifts, while Shangguan Cun told Lin Bai he would present his own gift after the celebration.
• Li Jiuge and Lan Yuxin presented a gift on behalf of the Eastern Continent Academy.
• Dugu Yitian and Dugu Hao presented a gift on behalf of the Sword God Family of Northern Continent.
• Zhao Yushan and Mo Wenshen arrived as representatives of the Central Sacred Nation, making Lin Bai tense.

At the True Monarch of Myriad Treasures’ birthday celebration, the Seventeenth Prince Zhao Yushan arrived, prompting Shangguan Cun to explain his ambitions in the Central Sacred Nation’s succession struggle. After the guests presented their gifts, the True Monarch announced a martial competition with a personally refined weapon as the prize.

• Zhao Yushan and Mo Wenshen congratulated the True Monarch of Myriad Treasures on behalf of the Central Sacred Nation.
• Shangguan Cun told Lin Bai that Zhao Yushan was gathering powerful allies and might use the birthday visit to recruit forces for the succession struggle.
• Xia Qiu presented gifts from the Poison God Family, and the True Monarch joked with him about burning the family’s poisonous creatures.
• The True Monarch of Myriad Treasures thanked the guests and announced a martial competition, offering the champion a weapon he would personally refine.

At True Monarch of Myriad Treasures's birthday celebration, he announced a martial competition where the victor would receive a custom-forged weapon. The competitors began choosing among eight lotus-seed Void Arenas, and seven arenas were claimed by leading experts, leaving one unchosen.

• True Monarch of Myriad Treasures announced that the birthday celebration's martial competition would decide who received a personally forged weapon.
• True Monarch of Myriad Treasures explained that eight Void Arenas would each hold up to one hundred competitors, with each arena's winner advancing to a one-on-one final.
• Shangguan Cun and others discussed the competition's bloody format and worried about facing Yan Ji or Su Tingzong.
• After the competitors hesitated, Yan Ji chose a Void Arena, and Su Tingzong picked a different one.
• Li Can and Feng Siyun chose arenas, followed by Liu Yuan, Ye Jing, and Qin Yijun, leaving just one of the eight arenas unclaimed.

Lin Bai entered the eighth Void Arena for the birthday contest, drawing the attention of the Sword God Family and Eastern Continent Academy. Dugu Hao abandoned his plan to compete after recognizing Lin Bai, while Li Jiuge and Lan Yuxin also spotted their old acquaintance entering the arena.

• Lin Bai entered the eighth Void Arena after deciding to compete for a chance to have True Monarch of Myriad Treasures reforge his demon sword.
• Dugu Yitian declined to compete, and Dugu Hao decided to try the eighth arena instead.
• Dugu Hao and Dugu Yitian recognized Lin Bai entering the arena, and Dugu Hao sat back down rather than face him.
• Li Jiuge and Lan Yuxin discussed the Eastern Continent Academy's new Holy Son, Wu He, and the powerful figures who had left the academy.
• Li Jiuge and Lan Yuxin recognized Lin Bai as he walked onto the Void Arena.

Lin Bai entered the eighth arena, drawing attention from the Eastern Continent and the Central Sacred Nation. As Xia Qiu joined the competition, Shangguan Cun confronted Ye Suxin about her identity and revealed a prophecy of catastrophe for the Southern Continent.

• Li Jiuge and Lan Yuxin recognized Lin Bai as he entered the eighth arena, and Li Jiuge anticipated his fight against Yan Ji and Su Tingzong.
• Mo Wenshen told the Seventeenth Prince that Lin Bai might be connected to Lin Duo, and the prince ordered him to investigate and consider recruiting Lin Bai if the connection proved false.
• Xia Qiu entered the eighth arena to compete for a place and hoped the True Monarch of Myriad Treasures would refine his poison tools.
• Shangguan Cun told Ye Suxin that a prophecy on the Eternal Tablet foretold the Southern Continent's fall and questioned whether she was Zhao Yue or Ye Suxin.
• Ye Suxin claimed Zhao Yue's soul had been destroyed by Lin Bai, while Shangguan Cun warned her not to cause trouble in the Southern Continent and wondered whether Lin Bai was the prophesied World Ender.

Lin Bai faced Xia Qiu and his swarm of Bone-Eating Spiders on the eighth Void Arena platform after the other competitors fled or were killed. Lin Bai destroyed thousands of spiders with his flying swords and prepared to force Xia Qiu to surrender.

• The eighth arena platform sealed, and True Monarch of Myriad Treasures explained that the last martial artist standing would claim the lotus seed while anyone could escape by jumping into the darkness.
• Many competitors fled when Xia Qiu demanded they leave, but nearly half charged at him after deciding to fight together.
• Xia Qiu released Bone-Eating Spiders that killed several martial artists and drove the rest from the platform.
• Lin Bai stayed behind, refused Xia Qiu's warning to flee, and accepted his challenge for the lotus seed.
• Xia Qiu sent nearly ten thousand spiders crawling toward Lin Bai, who used two flying swords to kill thousands of them.

Lin Bai effortlessly destroyed Xia Qiu’s Bone-Eating Spiders and red snakes in the eighth Void Arena, but the snake corpses began releasing deadly poison. The chapter left Lin Bai surrounded by spreading toxic fog, with Xia Qiu expecting him to flee or die.

• Lin Bai’s flying swords annihilated the Bone-Eating Spiders, astonishing Xia Qiu and the spectators.
• Xia Qiu released more spiders, but Lin Bai activated the Taiji Two Forms Sword Formation and destroyed them all.
• Xia Qiu sent thin red snakes after Lin Bai, and his flying swords cut them apart.
• Shangguan Cun identified the snakes as Corpse Worm Serpents whose corpses produced deadly poisonous fog.
• The snake corpses began rotting and filling the arena with gray-yellow smoke as Xia Qiu taunted Lin Bai to escape or perish.

Lin Bai cleared Xia Qiu’s poisonous fog with the Bloodwood Sword, then faced the Poison Corpse summoned from Xia Qiu’s third Beast-Taming Pouch. The Poison Corpse’s deadly poison and nearly indestructible body kept Lin Bai from reaching Xia Qiu, who believed the battle would end in his favor.

• After the red snakes’ corpses filled the arena with corrosive poisonous fog, Lin Bai drew the Bloodwood Sword and split the fog with a slash.
• Lin Bai charged Xia Qiu, who sent a coffin flying from his third Beast-Taming Pouch; Lin Bai cleaved it open and revealed a dried corpse.
• Shangguan Cun recognized the corpse as a Poison Corpse cultivated through the Poison God Family’s Myriad Saints Scripture.
• At Xia Qiu’s command, the Poison Corpse attacked Lin Bai with poisoned claws, forcing him to evade its rapid strikes.
• Lin Bai’s sword rays failed to break the Poison Corpse’s defenses, while Xia Qiu watched confidently as the fight dragged on.

Lin Bai used the Dragon Slaying Skill to destroy Xia Qiu’s Poison Corpse, forcing Xia Qiu to flee and earning the eighth lotus seed. He reunited with the seven other arena victors, while Xia Qiu glared at him from the Poison God Family’s side.

• Lin Bai unleashed the Dragon Slaying Skill and split Xia Qiu’s Poison Corpse in two, causing Xia Qiu to suffer a backlash.
• Lin Bai tried to kill Xia Qiu, but Xia Qiu released poisonous creatures as a distraction and escaped into the void.
• Lin Bai claimed the eighth Void Arena’s lotus seed and returned to the lotus platform.
• The other seven victors—Yan Ji, Su Tingzong, Li Can, Feng Siyun, Liu Yuan, Ye Jing, and Qin Yijun—had already gathered there.
• Yan Ji congratulated Lin Bai, while Su Tingzong dismissed his victory as taking advantage of an opportunity.

The eight victors drew beads to determine their one-on-one opponents in the next round. The draw paired Yan Ji against Ye Jing, Su Tingzong against Qin Yijun, Li Can against Liu Yuan, and Lin Bai against Feng Siyun.

• True Monarch of Myriad Treasures announced that the eight victors would draw beads marked jackal, wolf, tiger, or leopard to determine their opponents.
• Yan Ji drew jackal, Su Tingzong drew wolf, Feng Siyun drew tiger, and Li Can drew leopard.
• Qin Yijun drew wolf and became Su Tingzong's opponent, while Liu Yuan drew tiger and was paired with Li Can.
• Ye Jing drew jackal and became Yan Ji's opponent.
• Lin Bai drew the final leopard bead and was paired with Feng Siyun.