Recaps

Lin Bai left Du Shan City with Lin Ye and vowed to return in twelve days to take Ye Suxin from the Poison God Family or destroy it. He then summoned his avatars, while the Sword Demon—Lin Bai’s Demon Avatar—killed Zhang Tianqing at the Faceless Ones’ headquarters and announced he would leave the Eastern Continent for a while.

• Lin Bai departed Du Shan City with Lin Ye and told the waiter to keep watch on the Poison God Family until he returned in twelve days.
• Lin Bai insisted Ye Suxin was alive and vowed to take her from the Poison God Family, threatening to destroy the family if he failed.
• Lin Bai prepared to summon his Demon Avatar and Giant God Avatar, wondering how much their cultivation had advanced.
• At the Faceless Ones’ headquarters, Zhang Tianqing offered the Sword Demon three hundred million spirit liquids to assassinate his second uncle, a third-stage Apex Realm martial artist.
• The Sword Demon refused the contract and killed Zhang Tianqing with a single sword strike after Zhang Tianqing threatened him.
• The Sword Demon said he would leave the Eastern Continent for a while and accept no missions during that time.

Sword Demon sensed Lin Bai’s call and headed for Southern Province as Lin Bai’s conflict with the Poison God Family drew in the Crown Prince’s schemes. Lin Bai reached the Burial River and confronted its guardian, declaring that he had come to negotiate.

• Sword Demon killed Zhang Tianqing, then left the Eastern Continent for the Poison God Family after sensing Lin Bai’s call.
• Lin Bai’s colossal clone left Ice Lake Sea, and Lan Ling learned that Lin Bai had fallen out with the Poison God Family.
• Xu Li reported Lin Bai’s conflict with the Poison God Family to the Crown Prince, who ordered five Army Marquises and fifty million troops into Southern Province and told Xu Li to use Lin Bai against the family.
• Lin Bai traveled across Southern Province and reached the Burial River after three days.
• The Burial River churned as Black Warriors surrounded Lin Bai’s spirit boat, and an old man accused him of returning to die.
• Lin Bai told the old man that he had come to negotiate terms.

Lin Bai negotiated with Black Heaven Old Ancestor, offering to undo the curse that trapped the Black Warriors in the Burial River in exchange for five favors. Black Heaven Old Ancestor explained that the Netherworld Ghost Lantern had saved his lineage after they were caught in a battle between the Heaven Swallowing Race and the Giant God Race, but enslaved them in the process.

• Lin Bai offered to free the Black Warriors from their curse, and Black Heaven Old Ancestor agreed that they would owe Lin Bai five favors.
• Black Heaven Old Ancestor recounted how a battle between the Heaven Swallowing Race and the Giant God Race destroyed his lineage’s home and swept the survivors into the Barren Ancient Continent.
• Black Heaven Old Ancestor explained that his severely wounded people discovered the Netherworld Ghost Lantern and accepted its offer to save their lives in exchange for becoming its slaves.

Lin Bai followed Black Heaven Old Ancestor beneath the Burial River to see the Netherworld Ghost Lantern, hoping to find a way to break the curse trapping the Black Warriors. The lamp offered Lin Bai overwhelming power in exchange for his submission, and the chapter ended with its temptation hanging over him.

• Black Heaven Old Ancestor explained that the Netherworld Ghost Lantern had cursed the Black Warriors, preventing them from leaving the Burial River, and Lin Bai asked to see it before agreeing to help.
• Black Heaven Old Ancestor led Lin Bai beneath the Burial River and into a White Bone Palace, where the Netherworld Ghost Lantern stood.
• Lin Bai noticed the lamp's lotus-shaped bowl resembled a hand and suspected that the Netherworld Ghost Lantern and the Demon Sword had been refined from the left and right hands.
• The Netherworld Ghost Lantern spoke to Lin Bai and offered him power enough to rule the Barren Ancient Continent if he agreed to its demand.
• The Netherworld Ghost Lantern tempted Lin Bai by invoking the loved ones and friends he had lost or would lose, urging him to accept its power.

Lin Bai resisted the Netherworld Ghost Lantern’s bewitchment and offered to destroy it in exchange for Black Heaven Old Ancestor’s help against the Poison God Family. Black Heaven Old Ancestor refused unless Lin Bai first freed his people from their curse, and Lin Bai turned to leave.

• The Netherworld Ghost Lantern tempted Lin Bai with power to rescue his parents and Ye Suxin, but the Devouring Sword Soul struck the lantern and jolted him back to his senses.
• Lin Bai wondered whether the tempting voice came from the lantern or his own desires, then decided that destroying the lantern could lift the curse on Black Heaven Old Ancestor and his clansmen.
• Lin Bai claimed that his Heaven Swallowing Race martial soul could destroy the Netherworld Ghost Lantern and offered to free the cursed people if they helped him.
• Black Heaven Old Ancestor said his 1,200 clansmen could not leave the Burial River for long and were no match for the Poison God Family without first being freed.
• Lin Bai refused to lift the curse before securing their help and turned to leave, prompting Black Heaven Old Ancestor to call him back.

As Lin Bai's deadline to rescue Ye Suxin drew near, martial artists and major factions gathered in Du Shan City to witness his challenge to the Poison God Family. Ye Suxin prepared the Demon Sect to support him, while Li Jiuge, Lan Yuxin, Dugu Yitian, and Dugu Hao discussed whether their factions would take sides.

• Lin Bai's name and his threat to the Poison God Family spread across the Southern Province, drawing tens of thousands of onlookers to Du Shan City.
• Ye Suxin told the Snake King that Lin Bai would return, then ordered the Lion King, Tiger King, Wolf King, and thirty thousand Demon Sect elites to aid him when he attacked.
• Li Jiuge, Lan Yuxin, Dugu Yitian, and Dugu Hao met at the Fated Inn after arriving in Du Shan City to learn more about Lin Bai's coming clash.
• Lan Yuxin said she would not pass up her chance to get involved, while Dugu Yitian and Li Jiuge discussed how their families might choose sides.

Lin Bai arrived in Du Shan City on the final day of his one-month deadline and confronted the Poison God Family at the Myriad Poisons Mountain Range. The family had prepared for battle, and Lin Bai demanded that they hand over the person he sought.

• Li Jiuge warned Dugu Yitian that the Sword God Family should stay out of the conflict if it had not made up its mind, while Lan Yuxin remained troubled.
• Yu Ru ordered the Poison God Family’s disciples into the Myriad Poisons Mountain Range and called its Apex Realm elders to stand by, while arranging for three Army Marquises and their forces to arrive.
• At dawn, Ye Suxin told the Snake King to ready the Lion King, Wolf King, and Tiger King to fight the Poison God Family even if Lin Bai did not appear.
• Lin Bai arrived by spirit boat as the gathered martial artists watched and followed him toward the Myriad Poisons Mountain Range.
• Lin Bai stood before the mountain range, saw Poison God Family disciples hidden in the poisonous fog, and demanded to know where the person he sought was.

Lin Bai confronted the Poison God Family over Ye Suxin’s disappearance, but the family denied responsibility and tried to seize him. As Lin Bai prepared to fight, Lion King and Wolf King intervened, demanding that the Poison God Family return Ye Suxin.

• Lin Bai arrived at the Myriad Poisons Mountain Range with Lin Ye and demanded that the Poison God Family reveal Ye Suxin’s whereabouts.
• The Second Elder and Ninth Elder claimed Ye Suxin had died in the Ten Thousand Poisons Cave, while Lin Bai accused the family of refusing to investigate her disappearance.
• The Second Elder tried to force Lin Bai into the mountain range, but Lin Bai blocked his attack with his wooden sword and declared he would not leave without finding Ye Suxin.
• The Second Elder and Ninth Elder attacked Lin Bai, but Ye Suxin ordered Lion King and Wolf King to stop them.
• Lion King struck the Second Elder, and Wolf King wounded the Ninth Elder before the two introduced themselves as Devil Sect warriors and demanded Ye Suxin’s return.

The Lion King and Wolf King arrived to rescue Ye Suxin, fighting the Poison God Family elders while Lin Bai advanced toward the Myriad Poisons Mountain Range. Lin Bai left the Poison God Family’s legendary grand formation split open with a single sword strike.

• The Lion King and Wolf King overwhelmed the Second Elder and Ninth Elder, revealing themselves as Demon Sect Guardian Kings who had come for Ye Suxin.
• The Lion King asked Lin Bai to lead the Demon Sect disciples waiting outside while he and the Wolf King fought the elders.
• The Wolf King used the Nether Sword to destroy the Ninth Elder’s poisonous creatures and attack her.
• Lin Bai flew above the Myriad Poisons Mountain Range and unleashed his Martial Soul Secret Method: Break the Ban.
• Yu Ru ordered the Myriad Poisons Grand Formation activated, but Lin Bai split the formation open with one sword.

Lin Bai destroyed the Myriad Poisons Grand Formation with one sword, allowing the Devil Sect to invade the Poison God Family’s territory and search for their missing Sect Master. The two forces began a fierce battle throughout the Myriad Poisons Mountain Range, with neither side gaining the upper hand.

• Lin Bai cleaved apart the Myriad Poisons Grand Formation, shocking the watching martial artists and leaving Yu Ru furious.
• Ye Suxin ordered the Devil Sect disciples to follow Lin Bai into the mountains and leave no Poison God Family disciple alive.
• The Snake King led more than thirty thousand Devil Sect martial artists into the Myriad Poisons Mountain Range, and Lin Bai entered after them.
• Yu Ru ordered the Poison God Family disciples to kill all intruders, and they sent poisonous beasts against the Devil Sect forces.
• The Devil Sect and Poison God Family clashed across the mountain range, suffering casualties as both sides fought without gaining the upper hand.

Lin Bai entered the Poison God Family’s ancestral territory while the Demon Sect fought the family’s forces, and Yu Ru sent four of the family’s young prodigies to stop him. Lin Bai battled Li Wen, Gou Chen, San Le, and Bai Qing as Lan Yuxin was held back from intervening.

• Lin Bai advanced through the Myriad Poisons Mountain Range while Yu Ru ordered Gou Chen, San Le, Bai Qing, and Li Wen to confront him.
• The four Young Lords surrounded Lin Bai, and he revealed that he had been the sword cultivator who defeated Gou Chen in the Ten Thousand Poisons Cave.
• Gou Chen summoned Vermilion Bird, and all four Young Lords unleashed their natal poisonous creatures against Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai fought back with his Flying Swords, Three-Colored Divine Lightning, and wooden sword, beginning a fierce battle with the four prodigies.
• Lan Yuxin tried to rush to Lin Bai’s aid, but Li Jiuge stopped her, and Dugu Yitian agreed they should wait for the Poison God Family’s next move.

Lin Bai fought the four Young Masters until Elder Qi Hai and a group of Apex Realm elders joined the battle, overwhelming him and destroying his wooden sword. Hu Qi arrived to help and delivered a sword case from his master, leaving Lin Bai with a new weapon as the fight continued.

• Dugu Yitian denied that his offer to fight Lin Bai was meant to support the Crown Prince, calling it an ordinary martial exchange.
• Lin Bai held his own against the four Young Masters, but Yu Ru ordered Elder Qi Hai and more than a dozen Apex Realm elders to help capture him.
• The combined attackers knocked away Lin Bai's flying swords, shattered his Three-Colored Divine Lightning, and burned his wooden sword to ashes.
• As the Poison God Family's fighters closed in, Hu Qi arrived, knocked them back, and said he had come to help Lin Bai fight.
• Hu Qi told Lin Bai that his master had ordered him to deliver a sword case before leaving on his travels.

Hu Qi delivered the Heaven Swallowing Demon Sword, forged from Chaos Divine Iron, to Lin Bai before they faced the Poison God Family’s fighters. Lin Bai began his assault and killed Qi Hai with a single strike, while reinforcements were still on their way.

• Hu Qi gave Lin Bai the sword forged by True Monarch of Myriad Treasures, and Lin Bai named it the Heaven Swallowing Demon Sword.
• Hu Qi explained that the sword could devour heaven and earth’s spiritual power and the spirituality of spirit artifacts to grow stronger.
• Hu Qi told Lin Bai that Yin Jiuling, A Ning, and their other brothers were coming to the Poison God Family.
• Lin Bai charged the sixteen Apex Realm powerhouses and four young masters after declaring he would send them to the afterlife.
• Qi Hai attacked Lin Bai, but Lin Bai pierced his throat with one strike of the Heaven Swallowing Demon Sword and killed him.

Lin Bai killed Qi Hai with his newly strengthened demon sword as the battle against the Poison God Family intensified. Li Jiuge and Hu Qi joined the fight, and Lan Yuxin froze Lin Bai’s attackers long enough for him to kill fifteen Apex Realm experts, while San Le and Li Wen remained frozen.

• Lin Bai killed Qi Hai with the demon sword, prompting the Poison God Family’s remaining experts and the Four Young Masters to attack him.
• Hu Qi confronted Gou Chen and Bai Qing, and Li Jiuge joined him as a Quasi-Holy Son of the Eastern Continent Academy before fighting Gou Chen.
• Dugu Yitian decided that the Sword God Family would hold back for now because the battle had become entangled with the struggle for the throne.
• Lan Yuxin entered Lin Bai’s battle against fifteen Apex Realm experts and the Young Masters San Le and Li Wen, but Lin Bai told her to stay away.
• Lan Yuxin used Heaven Sealing Three Breaths to freeze the battlefield, and Lin Bai killed all fifteen Apex Realm experts with the Dragon Slayer Imprisoning Heaven Art.

Lin Bai and his companions reached the Poison God Family’s mountain gate after fighting through its forces, demanding that Yu Ru hand over Ye Suxin. Yu Ru refused and ordered more than a hundred Apex Realm experts to kill them, leaving the four surrounded and preparing for battle.

• Lan Yuxin used her Martial Soul Secret Method to immobilize fifteen Apex Realm experts, and Lin Bai killed them with one sword while San Le and Li Wen escaped the attack badly injured.
• Li Wen rescued Gou Chen and Bai Qing from Li Jiuge and Hu Qi, then San Le and Li Wen retreated with them into the Myriad Poisons Mountain Range.
• Lin Bai told Li Jiuge, Hu Qi, and Lan Yuxin to leave, but all three chose to follow him toward the Poison God Family.
• Yu Ru confronted Lin Bai at the family’s mountain gate with hundreds of Apex Realm elders, and Lin Bai demanded to see Ye Suxin.
• Yu Ru claimed Ye Suxin was dead, rejected Lin Bai’s threat, and ordered his elders to kill the four and feed their corpses to the poisonous beasts.
• As the elders surrounded them, Lin Bai, Li Jiuge, Lan Yuxin, and Hu Qi prepared to fight, and Hu Qi urged the others not to show mercy.

Lin Bai and his companions fought hundreds of Poison God Family experts to rescue Ye Suxin, while Li Jiuge revealed his longing for a worthy opponent. The chapter ended with Li Jiuge burning his blood through a secret technique called Transformed Demon Dragon.

• The Poison God Family’s Grand Elder ordered Lin Bai and his companions to surrender, then led the attack when Lin Bai refused to leave without Ye Suxin.
• Lin Bai, Lan Yuxin, Li Jiuge, and Hu Qi fought the surrounding experts and poisonous creatures, but the overwhelming numbers quickly put them at a disadvantage.
• Li Jiuge was poisoned and badly wounded, then told Lin Bai how lonely he had been without a rival in the Eastern Continent Academy.
• Lin Bai promised to return to the Eastern Continent and fight Li Jiuge after dealing with the Poison God Family.
• Li Jiuge rose and activated his secret technique, Transformed Demon Dragon, by burning his blood.

Li Jiuge transformed into a demon dragon and challenged Lin Bai to fight him in the Eastern Continent, while Hu Qi unleashed the unsealed Godslaying Blade. The blade overwhelmed Hu Qi’s control and devastated the Poison God Family, leaving the battle’s survivors facing the weapon’s destructive power.

• Li Jiuge transformed into a golden-scaled demon dragon, reached the seventh level of the Apex Realm, and told Lin Bai to meet him for a fight in the Eastern Continent.
• The Seventh Elder charged Li Jiuge, and the two began a fierce battle that isolated them from the other martial artists.
• Hu Qi revealed the power of his black saber and struck the Fifth Elder, gravely wounding him and cleaving open the Poison God Family’s mountain gate.
• Shangguan Cun recognized Hu Qi’s saber as the unsealed Godslaying Blade, one of the Ten Great Demonic Weapons, and suspected the True Monarch of Myriad Treasures had removed its seal.
• The Godslaying Blade became difficult for Hu Qi to control, and Hu Qi warned Lin Bai, Li Jiuge, and Lan Yuxin to flee as it swept across the battlefield.
• The blade’s slash killed more than twenty Apex Realm experts, flattened everything within ten thousand li, and destroyed half the Poison God Family.

Lin Bai used the Soul Refining Banner and its Quasi-Dao Realm Gold Soul to fight the Poison God Family, but Yu Ru nearly shattered the Gold Soul. Lin Bai then revealed an Azure Gourd and prepared to summon the cursed people inside it.

• Hu Qi lost control of the Godslaying Blade, and Lan Yuxin warned Lin Bai that the Mad Blade could turn its wielder into a murderous maniac.
• Lin Bai deployed the Soul Refining Banner and released its souls to attack the Poison God Family’s fighters and poisonous beasts.
• Lin Bai awakened the Quasi-Dao Realm Gold Soul, which rampaged through the enemy ranks until Yu Ru struck it with his Quasi-Dao Realm power.
• Lin Bai stopped Lan Yuxin from using the Heaven Sealing Art against Yu Ru and took out the Azure Gourd.
• Lin Bai told Lan Yuxin that he could borrow the cursed people inside the gourd to fight the Poison God Family.

Lin Bai unleashed the Burial River from the Azure Gourd and ordered Black Heaven Old Ancestor and the Black Warriors to attack the Poison God Family. The flood devastated the Myriad Poisons Mountain Range, and Yu Ru ended the chapter retreating as his family faced destruction.

• Yu Ru suppressed the Gold Soul and taunted Lin Bai, who revealed the Azure Gourd as his trump card.
• Lin Bai released the Burial River above the Poison God Family, and Black Heaven Old Ancestor arrived with more than a thousand Black Warriors.
• Black Heaven Old Ancestor reminded Lin Bai that his clan would complete five tasks in return for freedom, then ordered the Black Warriors to kill the Poison God Family's disciples.
• Black Heaven Old Ancestor attacked Yu Ru, forcing him to abandon the Gold Soul, which then turned on the Poison God Family's experts.
• The Burial River swallowed the family’s grounds and killed more than a hundred Apex Realm martial artists as the elders begged Yu Ru to act.
• Yu Ru retreated helplessly from the flood and vowed that the Poison God Family would never coexist with Lin Bai.

Lin Bai demanded that the Poison God Family return Ye Suxin, but its Dao Realm Old Ancestor Xu Jiang refused and prepared to fight. Xu Jiang revealed the family’s hidden forces, leaving Lin Bai facing several thousand Apex Realm experts and countless poisonous creatures.

• Black Heaven Old Ancestor flooded the Poison God Family with the Burial River until Xu Jiang emerged and pushed the waters back with his Dao Realm power.
• Lin Bai told Xu Jiang that he had ordered the attack to force the Poison God Family to return his fiancée, Ye Suxin, alive or provide her corpse.
• Xu Jiang said Ye Suxin had died in the Ten Thousand Poisons Cave and rejected Lin Bai’s demand, then declared that the Poison God Family would fight.
• Xu Jiang summoned thousands of Apex Realm powerhouses from their secluded cultivation in the Ten Thousand Poisons Cave.
• Xu Jiang opened the Ten Thousand Poisons Cave and released countless poisonous creatures, then challenged Lin Bai to continue fighting.

The Dao Gu Tribe arrived at the Myriad Poisons Mountain Range to aid Lin Bai against the Poison God Family, bringing Bao'er and a formidable force of disciples and puppets. Gu Qi placed the tribe’s forces at Lin Bai’s disposal as the confrontation with Xu Jiang continued.

• Dugu Yitian judged that Lin Bai had forced the Poison God Family to reveal most of its strength and warned Dugu Hao not to provoke him.
• As Lin Bai faced Xu Jiang and the Poison God Family’s assembled forces, Old Turtle declared that they should fight, and the Dao Gu Tribe’s puppets appeared above the mountain range.
• Bao'er jumped into Lin Bai’s arms, then reunited emotionally with Lan Yuxin.
• Gu Qi greeted Lin Bai and explained that the Dao Gu Tribe had come to repay his kindness and honor its oath to follow him.
• Gu Qi listed the tribe’s ten thousand disciples and 15,321 puppets, including one comparable to a Dao Realm powerhouse, and offered them all to Lin Bai.

Lin Bai gathered the Dao Gu Tribe’s vast puppet army and the Black Warriors to challenge the Poison God Family, while Black Heaven Old Ancestor stopped Hu Qi’s Godslaying Blade. Xu Jiang refused to back down, and both sides prepared for a battle that could destroy one orthodoxy.

• Gu Qi revealed that the Dao Gu Tribe had brought thousands of powerful puppets to help Lin Bai fight the Poison God Family.
• Black Heaven Old Ancestor suppressed the Godslaying Blade’s demonic nature, and Li Jiuge helped Hu Qi withdraw from the battle.
• Lin Bai confronted Yu Ru and Xu Jiang, asking whether the Poison God Family still wanted to fight; Xu Jiang accepted the challenge.
• Ye Suxin told Snake King that the clash would end with either Lin Bai’s side or the Poison God Family destroyed.
• Lin Bai ordered Black Heaven Old Ancestor and Gu Qi to ready their forces, and Xu Jiang commanded the Poison God Family to advance.

Lin Bai and the Poison God Family began a battle in the Myriad Poisons Mountain Range after Xu Jiang refused to hand over Lin Bai’s people. Lin Bai severely wounded the Grand Elder with his strongest techniques, but the elder survived as the fighting continued.

• Yu Ru learned that the three Army Marquises had encountered trouble, apparently because the Crown Prince had also sent Army Marquises to Southern Province.
• Lin Bai demanded that Xu Jiang hand over his people, and when Xu Jiang refused, Lin Bai ordered his forces to flatten the Poison God Family.
• Black Heaven Old Ancestor clashed with Xu Jiang, while Yu Ru and the Grand Elder attacked Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai used the Soul Refining Banner to keep Yu Ru occupied and unleashed his sword techniques, divine lightning, and the fifth layer of the Invincible Sword Art against the Grand Elder.
• Lin Bai’s assault blasted the Grand Elder into a badly wounded state, but the elder survived, while the backlash left Lin Bai in pain.

Lin Bai was cornered by Yu Ru and the Grand Elder until the Southern Province Divine Gate intervened, then the Earth Emperor Tribe and Sword Pavilion Tribe arrived to support the Poison God Family. The battle widened into a clash between the factions, leaving the Poison God Family surrounded by powerful forces.

• The Grand Elder survived Lin Bai's attack, recognized that Lin Bai's secret art had harmed him, and joined Yu Ru in attacking again.
• Lin Bai prepared to unleash the seventh layer of the Invincible Sword Art despite knowing it could cost him his life and cultivation.
• Deng Yuchun of the Southern Province Divine Gate arrived, stopped Yu Ru and the Grand Elder, and led hundreds of experts in an attack on the Poison God Family.
• Yan Long led the Earth Emperor Tribe to aid the Poison God Family, while Su Yongfei and Su Wusi led the Sword Pavilion Tribe into battle.
• The Earth Emperor Tribe and Sword Pavilion Tribe explained that they had come to prevent the Poison God Family's destruction and protect Southern Province.

Lin Bai fought Su Tingzong, Yan Ji, and the Poison God Family’s Four Young Masters as the battle at the Myriad Poisons Mountain Range spiraled beyond his control. Yan Ji used his Eyes of Heaven’s Gaze to expose Lin Bai’s weaknesses, leaving Lin Bai badly wounded as the fight continued.

• Yan Long told Lin Bai that the Earth Emperor Tribe had intervened to protect the Poison God Family, and Lin Bai said he did not blame them.
• Su Tingzong, Yan Ji, Gou Chen, Bai Qing, San Le, and Li Wen surrounded Lin Bai, but Lin Bai drove back their attacks despite his injuries.
• Yan Ji urged Lin Bai to stop fighting, but Lin Bai explained that neither side could withdraw without suffering heavy losses and that the battle would end only when one side was annihilated.
• As fighting devastated the Myriad Poisons Mountain Range, Yan Ji used his Eyes of Heaven’s Gaze to identify Lin Bai’s left abdomen as a weakness, and Su Tingzong stabbed him there.
• Su Tingzong demanded that Yan Ji reveal more weaknesses, and Yan Ji reluctantly called out several more vulnerable points on Lin Bai’s body.