Recaps

Emperor Xiao prepared the Divine Martial Nation for threats from the Central Sacred Nation while Lin Bai and Su Xianmei arrived at the palace. After learning that Lin Bai’s uncle and aunt were imprisoned in the Black Prison, Bai Xiaoxiao offered the nation’s strength to help him reach them.

• Emperor Xiao ordered Chu Jiangliu to reorganize the military and sent the Dragon Legion to camp near the Central Sacred Nation’s border.
• Bai Xiaoxiao’s guards mistook Lin Bai and Su Xianmei for intruders, but Chu Jiangliu recognized Lin Bai as the Sword King and the guards withdrew.
• Bai Xiaoxiao welcomed Lin Bai and Su Xianmei, then dismissed the attendants so she could speak privately with them.
• Lin Bai told Bai Xiaoxiao that his uncle and aunt were in the Black Prison beneath the Emperor’s Throne and described how difficult it would be to enter.
• Bai Xiaoxiao offered the Divine Martial Nation’s tens of thousands of warriors above the Apex Realm to help Lin Bai.

Lin Bai learned the Divine Martial Nation’s remaining strength and ordered Bai Xiaoxiao to prepare forces for his plan to rescue Lin Duo and Li Subai. After hearing how the Eastern Continent Academy had protected the Great Wu Dynasty, he decided to confront Gu Daozhi and demand justice.

• Lin Bai told Bai Xiaoxiao he was prepared to stake everything to rescue Lin Duo and Li Subai, then asked what forces she could mobilize.
• Bai Xiaoxiao explained that the Divine Martial Nation had suffered heavy losses in its war with the Great Wu Dynasty but still had three main legions, nine Celestial Armors of the Dao, and over thirty thousand Apex Realm experts.
• Lin Bai ordered Bai Xiaoxiao to station at least one hundred million troops on the Eastern Continent border and send the Apex Realm experts into the Central Sacred Nation in batches.
• Bai Xiaoxiao told Lin Bai that Gu Daozhi had forced the Divine Martial Nation to withdraw from the Great Wu Dynasty and Jianghai Domain to protect Wu He, the Eastern Continent Academy’s Saint Son.
• Lin Bai told Bai Xiaoxiao and Chu Jiangliu to accompany him to the Eastern Continent Academy the next day so he could demand justice from Gu Daozhi.

Lin Bai arrived at the Eastern Continent Academy and found Li Jiange being blocked from seeking justice over the Eastern Courtyard’s seizure of the Southern Courtyard’s share of an ore vein. He confronted the Eastern Courtyard disciples and challenged Li Jiange to recover the boldness he had lost.

• Lin Bai led hundreds of spirit vessels from Lingnan Imperial City toward the Eastern Continent Academy after learning Gu Daozhi had injured Chu Jiangliu.
• Li Jiange went to the Eastern Courtyard to question its elders about Situ Feiyi driving Southern Courtyard disciples away from a jointly owned ore vein.
• Zhang Shengan and Li Lulin dismissed Li Jiange’s complaint and blocked him from entering the Eastern Courtyard.
• Lin Bai arrived with the spirit vessels, recognized the dispute, and mocked the Eastern Courtyard Quasi-Holy Sons for provoking Li Jiange.
• Lin Bai reminded Li Jiange of his past exploits and criticized him for becoming timid and hesitant.

Lin Bai arrived at the Eastern Continent Academy with the Divine Martial Nation’s fleet and forced his way toward Gu Daozhi after defeating Zhang Shengan and Li Lulin. As Lin Bai and Li Jiuge discussed Li Jiuge’s changed outlook and the academy’s role in the conflict, Situ Feiyi appeared with several thousand martial artists.

• Lin Bai brushed aside Zhang Shengan’s threat, then sent him flying when he attacked.
• Zhang Shengan and Li Lulin joined forces against Lin Bai, but Lin Bai wounded both with a single sword strike and continued toward Gu Daozhi with Li Jiuge.
• Lin Bai and Li Jiuge spoke about Li Jiuge’s father’s death and his decision to avoid hurting others unless necessary.
• Li Jiuge explained that Gu Daozhi had intervened in the Great Wu Dynasty–Divine Martial Nation conflict to protect Wu He’s clan and the academy’s reputation.
• Situ Feiyi arrived ahead of several thousand martial artists, and Li Jiuge told Lin Bai about his unusual birth and flame-filled spiritual power.

Lin Bai and Li Jiange confronted Situ Feiyi over the Eastern Courtyard’s seizure of divine iron, and Lin Bai challenged the arrogant Quasi-Holy Son. Gu Daozhi intervened before they could fight, greeted Lin Bai as an old acquaintance, and the assembled martial artists realized who he was.

• Situ Feiyi claimed the divine iron belonged to the Eastern Courtyard because it was stronger and demanded an explanation from the Divine Martial Nation’s spirit vessels.
• Lin Bai echoed Situ Feiyi’s argument and said he could enter the Eastern Courtyard as he pleased, then challenged him and other veteran Quasi-Holy Sons.
• Situ Feiyi accepted Lin Bai’s challenge and charged at him, but a powerful force pushed him back before they could clash.
• Gu Daozhi arrived with Eastern Courtyard elders and Quasi-Holy Sons, stopped Situ Feiyi, and greeted Lin Bai.
• Situ Feiyi, Zhang Shengan, Li Lulin, and the others recognized Lin Bai as the former invincible Holy Son of the Eastern Continent.

Lin Bai returned to Eastern Continent as Divine Martial Nation’s Iron-Blooded Sword King and demanded that Eastern Continent Academy stop protecting Jianghai Domain and the Great Wu Dynasty. He proposed a wager against Gu Daozhi and Wu He, leaving Wu He under pressure to accept the challenge.

• Zhang Shengan, Li Lulin, Situ Feiyi, and the others recognized Lin Bai and recalled his legendary feats in Eastern Continent.
• Lin Bai introduced Bai Xiaoxiao as Divine Martial Nation’s emperor and said he had come on two matters, including settling Gu Daozhi’s old injury to Chu Jiangliu.
• Lin Bai explained that Divine Martial Nation sought to unify Eastern Continent while leaving Eastern Continent Academy and the Sea of Gods and Demons independent.
• Gu Daozhi refused to abandon the academy’s protection of Jianghai Domain and the Great Wu Dynasty and told Lin Bai to leave.
• Lin Bai wagered that if he cut off one strand of Wu He’s hair while Gu Daozhi protected him, the Great Wu Dynasty would submit; if he failed, Divine Martial Nation would withdraw and leave it unharmed for ten years.
• Gu Daozhi accepted the wager, but Lin Bai insisted Wu He agree too, and Gu Daozhi angrily pressed Wu He to accept.

Lin Bai challenged Gu Daozhi and Wu He to a wager: he would win if he cut off one of Wu He’s hairs within ten breaths, and the Eastern Continent Academy would then stop interfering in the conflict between the Divine Martial Nation and the Great Wu Dynasty. The fight began, and Gu Daozhi struck only Lin Bai’s afterimage.

• Lin Bai proposed the wager, leaving Wu He to choose between risking the Jianghai Domain and Great Wu Dynasty or facing criticism for refusing.
• Wu He agreed to the wager and set a quarter-hour limit, but accepted Lin Bai’s ten-breath limit after Lin Bai insisted on it.
• Wu He agreed that a Lin Bai victory would require the Eastern Continent Academy to stop interfering in the struggle between the Divine Martial Nation and the Great Wu Dynasty.
• Lin Bai drew the Demon Sword and used its sword might to clear a vast arena around himself, Gu Daozhi, and Wu He.
• When the fight began, Gu Daozhi punched at Lin Bai, only to realize that he had hit an afterimage.

Lin Bai defeated Wu He in a wager before Gu Daozhi and forced Eastern Continent Academy to stop interfering in the conflict between the Divine Martial Nation and the Great Wu Dynasty. Gu Daozhi accepted the terms, leaving Wu He fearing for his clan.

• Lin Bai used his afterimage to evade Gu Daozhi and appear behind Wu He, then fought them both at once.
• Lin Bai held Gu Daozhi back with Night Ends, Dawn Arrives and defeated Wu He in seven breaths, cutting off a lock of his hair instead of killing him.
• Lin Bai told Gu Daozhi that Eastern Continent Academy should stay out of the struggle between Jianghai Domain, the Great Wu Dynasty, and the Divine Martial Nation.
• Gu Daozhi agreed that Eastern Continent Academy would no longer interfere in the conflict between the Divine Martial Nation and the Great Wu Dynasty.
• Wu He pleaded with Gu Daozhi to keep protecting his clan from being massacred.

Lin Bai negotiated with Gu Daozhi to secure Jianghai Domain and the Great Wu Dynasty’s submission, while sparing their people but demanding the Great Wu Emperor’s death. Bai Xiaoxiao sent the Divine Martial Nation’s forces to take control, bringing its unification of the Eastern Continent within reach.

• Wu He begged Gu Daozhi to protect Jianghai Domain and the Great Wu Dynasty, and Gu Daozhi offered both territories to the Divine Martial Nation in exchange for sparing the Great Wu imperial clan.
• Lin Bai agreed to spare the imperial clan except the Great Wu Emperor and allow Wu He to live, provided Gu Daozhi helped stabilize the continent and negotiate with the Four Hidden Families.
• Gu Daozhi accepted Lin Bai’s terms and ordered Wu He confined to the Eastern Courtyard for ten years.
• Lan Yuxin invited Lin Bai and the Divine Martial Nation’s delegation to the Lan Clan, and Lin Bai brought Li Jiuge along.
• Bai Xiaoxiao ordered Chu Jiangliu to deploy the Chu Family Army, and its commanders sent tens of millions of troops toward Jianghai Domain and the Great Wu Dynasty.
• Su Xianmei and Li Jiuge remarked that Bai Xiaoxiao would be remembered as the first female emperor to unify the Eastern Continent.

Lin Bai and Bai Xiaoxiao agreed that the Divine Martial Nation would rule the unified Eastern Continent with benevolence while keeping the Great Wu Dynasty’s imperial clan under watch. After parting from Lin Bai, Li Jiuge began to consider leaving the Southern Courtyard, while Lin Bai arrived at the Lan Clan to visit Lan Ling.

• Lin Bai urged Bai Xiaoxiao to spare those in the Great Wu Dynasty who had committed no serious crimes, and she outlined a policy of benevolent governance with the imperial clan confined under the Divine Martial Nation’s supervision.
• Lin Bai explained that his harsh stance toward the Great Wu Dynasty had been meant to secure the Eastern Continent Academy’s support and warn other powers, since unrest would persist after unification.
• At the Southern Courtyard, Lin Bai advised Li Jiuge to leave the academy, see the wider world, and pursue a change in state of mind; Li Jiuge thanked him and said he would consider it.
• Li Jiuge walked through the Southern Courtyard, reflected on how far he and Lin Bai had grown apart, and wondered if it was time to leave.
• Lin Bai asked Lan Yuxin to arrange lodging for the Divine Martial Nation’s soldiers, then went with Bai Xiaoxiao and Su Xianmei to meet Lan Ling by the lake.

Lin Bai met with Lan Ling and Bai Xiaoxiao, then asked Gu Daozhi to help Divine Martial Nation stabilize the Eastern Continent. He revealed that Bai Xiaoxiao’s ambitions extended to the entire Barren Ancient Continent, setting the stage for a conflict with the Central Sacred Nation.

• Lan Ling congratulated Bai Xiaoxiao on Divine Martial Nation’s impending unification and urged her to spare the common people from further slaughter.
• Lin Bai told Lan Ling that Wen Jia had learned his identity and was no longer likely to remain loyal to Mo Wenshen, while keeping the Central Sacred Nation’s plans secret.
• After Lin Bai left, Lan Ling realized Lin Bai had excluded him from the plan to protect the Lan Clan and the Eastern Continent’s Kunxu from another devastating blow.
• Lin Bai thanked Gu Daozhi for holding back during their martial contest and asked him to help Divine Martial Nation stabilize the Eastern Continent by visiting the Four Hidden Families.
• Lin Bai told Gu Daozhi that Divine Martial Nation intended to unify the Barren Ancient Continent, prompting Gu Daozhi to recognize that this meant a battle against the Central Sacred Nation.

Lin Bai sought an alliance with Gu Daozhi, explaining that the Divine Martial Nation aimed to conquer the Barren Ancient Continent and needed the Eastern Continent Academy’s support. After Lin Bai left, Gu Daozhi considered the Ancient Immortal Sect’s control over the Central Sacred Nation and wondered whether it was time to challenge it.

• Lin Bai asked Gu Daozhi to consider allying with the Divine Martial Nation, promising the Eastern Continent Academy a place of prominence if the nation unified the world.
• Gu Daozhi questioned Lin Bai’s ability to defeat the Central Sacred Nation, but Lin Bai urged him to wait and observe before deciding.
• Lin Bai left the academy, telling Gu Daozhi that his name alone would be enough to flatten the Barren Ancient Continent.
• Gu Daozhi reflected that the Ancient Immortal Sect had thwarted past challengers to the Central Sacred Nation and restricted martial artists from entering the upper realm.
• Gu Daozhi considered that someone might need to challenge the Ancient Immortal Sect and give the Barren Ancient Continent a chance to ascend.

Lin Bai traveled to Burial River to ask the Black Warriors to help him oppose the Central Sacred Nation. Black Heaven Old Ancestor agreed and revealed that Descent Mountain in the Central Sacred Nation's Imperial City held a passage to the Spirit Realm, whose far end lay in the Ancient Immortal Sect's grounds.

• Lin Bai and Su Xianmei left Lingnan Imperial City for Southern Province, while Bai Xiaoxiao stayed behind to govern Divine Martial Nation.
• At Burial River, Black Heaven Old Ancestor met Lin Bai and reminded him that four of their five promised tasks remained.
• Lin Bai asked the Black Warriors to help him oppose the Central Sacred Nation, despite the Ancient Immortal Sect's backing.
• Black Heaven Old Ancestor agreed on the condition that Lin Bai free the Black Warriors after the dangerous mission, and Lin Bai said he first needed to find the passage to the Spirit Realm.
• Black Heaven Old Ancestor revealed that the passage was a teleportation wormhole in Descent Mountain, inside the Central Sacred Nation's Imperial City, and explained the Ancient Immortal Sect had restricted travel from the Barren Ancient Continent.

Black Heaven Old Ancestor explained how the Spirit Realm’s ancient sects claimed lower realms to recruit their strongest martial artists, and why the Ancient Immortal Sect might not care that the Barren Ancient Continent’s promotion qualification had been blocked. Lin Bai learned that the Spirit Realm controlled over three thousand minor worlds and left the conversation with the name Azure Firmament World in mind.

• Lin Bai promised to help Black Heaven Old Ancestor oppose the Central Sacred Nation in exchange for restoring the Black Warrior clan’s freedom, and Black Heaven Old Ancestor agreed to explain the promotion qualification.
• Black Heaven Old Ancestor explained that the Ancient Immortal Sect had claimed the Barren Ancient Continent and set up a teleportation wormhole so its strongest martial artists could ascend and become sect disciples.
• Black Heaven Old Ancestor said the Spirit Realm had recorded more than three thousand minor worlds, and the Ancient Immortal Sect controlled over a hundred of them.
• Black Heaven Old Ancestor said the Barren Ancient Continent ranked near the bottom among those worlds and identified Azure Firmament World as a likely source of many of the sect’s strongest lower-realm prodigies.
• Lin Bai considered whether lower realms were merely playthings and trading currency for the Spirit Realm’s powerful forces, and Black Heaven Old Ancestor warned him that the Spirit Realm was far more dazzling and cruel.

Lin Bai returned from Southern Continent and brought the Black Warriors with him in the Azure Gourd, but he diverted to Extraterrestrial Mountain Villa after learning Mo Wenshen was searching for him. Facing Prince Rong’s deadline, Mo Wenshen abandoned his search and went to the imperial palace with news of a fragment.

• Lin Bai used the Azure Gourd to carry away more than half of the Burial River’s water and the Black Warriors, then set off for the Central Sacred Nation.
• After Su Xianmei told him Mo Wenshen had searched the Divine Capital for months, Lin Bai changed course and returned to Extraterrestrial Mountain Villa.
• Prince Rong berated Mo Wenshen for failing to find Lin Bai and threatened to execute him on the Dragon Slayer Platform if Lin Bai was not found within a month.
• Concluding that Prince Rong would not reward him even if he captured Lin Bai, Mo Wenshen went to the imperial palace to seek an audience.
• Mo Wenshen met the Great General of the Dragon Martial Army and was brought to Descent Mountain, where the Sacred Emperor asked whether he had news of the fragment.

Mo Wenshen revealed to the Sacred Emperor that Lin Bai was the son of Li Subai and Lin Duo and might know the fragment’s whereabouts. Hoping to win the Sacred Emperor’s support and a place in the Ancient Immortal Sect, Mo Wenshen received sweeping authority to hunt Lin Bai, while the Sacred Emperor admitted he had only two years left to live.

• Mo Wenshen reported that Lin Bai was studying in Divine Capital and had evaded capture after Mo Wenshen discovered him.
• Mo Wenshen urged the Sacred Emperor to pursue the fragment by promising that the Ancient Immortal Sect would reward whoever recovered it.
• Mo Wenshen asked to serve the Sacred Emperor and requested to be taken along to the Ancient Immortal Sect if the Sacred Emperor entered the Spirit World.
• Mo Wenshen proposed using Wen Jia, the son of Wen Cheng and Jin Lu, to lure Lin Bai out of hiding.
• The Sacred Emperor gave Mo Wenshen the Sacred Token and authorized him to command military forces and the Hanging Sword Bureau and Dragon Slaying Bureau in the search for Lin Bai.
• The Sacred Emperor ordered Mo Wenshen to find the fragment within two years and revealed that he had only that long left to live.

Mo Wenshen used a Sacred Edict from the Sacred Emperor to force Prince Rong and the princes of the Divine Capital to assist him in capturing Lin Bai and searching for a treasure. The Crown Prince and the Seventeenth Prince accepted the order while suspending their rivalry as they continued investigating the Dragon Slayer Platform attack.

• Mo Wenshen presented Prince Rong with the Sacred Edict and Sacred Command, and struck Su Linghai when he tried to seize them.
• Prince Rong confirmed the edict was genuine and agreed to register his residence’s experts for Mo Wenshen to command.
• The Crown Prince received an edict ordering him to assist Mo Wenshen, and the Young Master Qian could not determine the Sacred Emperor’s intentions.
• The Seventeenth Prince received the same order, while Zhao Yue and the Second Young Master Qian examined the edict and discussed the princes’ uneasy truce.

Mo Wenshen exposed Wen Jia’s connection to Lin Bai, crippled him, and announced a public execution to lure Lin Bai out. The news spread across the Central Sacred Nation, and Xun Zhizang realized Mo Wenshen had made his move.

• After receiving the Sacred Emperor’s edict, Mo Wenshen gathered powerful figures in the divine capital to help capture Lin Bai and recover the treasure.
• Mo Wenshen confronted Wen Jia and revealed that he knew Wen Jia had met Lin Bai and Su Xianmei at Cloudwater Abode.
• Wen Jia attacked Mo Wenshen, but Mo Wenshen defeated him and admitted he had killed Wen Jia’s parents.
• Mo Wenshen ordered Su Linghai and Tan Gang to keep Wen Jia alive and publicize his execution at the Dragon Slayer Platform one month later.
• The execution announcement spread throughout the Central Sacred Nation, and Xun Zhizang recognized that Mo Wenshen had made the first move.

At Extraterrestrial Mountain Villa, Lin Bai and the others planned to rescue Wen Jia and attack the imperial city during his execution. After spending days refining their strategy, they slipped into Divine Capital to prepare for the operation.

• Xun Zhizang returned to Extraterrestrial Mountain Villa and learned that Seventh Young Master had already warned everyone about the trap in Divine Capital.
• Fu Qingshuang insisted that they save Wen Jia, and Lin Bai agreed, proposing that they use the execution day to strike the imperial city.
• Lin Bai assigned Fu Qingshuang, the Peach Mountain Eighteen Immortals, and himself to rescue Wen Jia at Dragon Slayer Platform while Yin Jiuling, A Ning, Chu Jiangliu, and Seventh Young Master's experts attacked the imperial city.
• Lin Bai ordered the imperial city force to reach the Hall of All Living Beings at the right time, wait for him, and retreat before reinforcements arrived.
• After half a month of refining their plan, everyone left Extraterrestrial Mountain Villa and secretly entered Divine Capital.

Lin Bai finalized his plan to rescue Wen Jia and his parents from the Central Sacred Nation, then sent the Sword Alliance to assassinate corrupt officials in the Divine Capital and create a diversion. The assassinations began as the execution day approached.

• Lin Bai told the Sword Alliance leaders that their assassinations of notorious officials would distract the Divine Capital’s forces during the rescue.
• Lin Bai laid out the plan to free Wen Jia at the Dragon Slayer Platform, break into the Hall of All Living Beings, rescue his parents from the Black Prison, and escape with Seventh Young Master’s help.
• The Sword Alliance began killing officials across the Divine Capital to draw troops away from the rescue operation.
• Sword Alliance assassins read Grand Secretary Zhang Nianghua’s crimes aloud and killed him at his residence in Star River Prefecture.

Lin Bai orchestrated the killings of more than a hundred officials in the Divine Capital, plunging the court and its residents into panic. He then arranged attacks on the Crown Prince and Seventeenth Prince’s residences, framing Prince Rong and leaving the Seventeenth Prince wounded and furious.

• Bai Ye told the Crown Prince and Seventeenth Prince that more than a hundred officials had been murdered, including the Imperial General.
• The Crown Prince ordered Bai Ye to take command of the Imperial General’s troops and work with the Hanging Sword Bureau to investigate the killings.
• Lin Bai told White Crane to continue the assassinations and stage attacks on the Crown Prince and Seventeenth Prince, planting evidence to implicate Prince Rong.
• Hundreds of black-clad men attacked both princes’ residences and injured the Crown Prince and Seventeenth Prince before guards stopped them.
• Captured attackers claimed they served Prince Rong, and the wounded Seventeenth Prince blamed him.

Mo Wenshen presided over Wen Jia’s execution at Dragon Slayer Platform, expecting Lin Bai to intervene. Just as the executioner’s saber fell, a streak of Sword Qi shattered it, and Mo Wenshen welcomed the arrival of the attackers.

• Lin Bai had earlier sent Yi Ersan to recruit Prince Rong’s aides for a plan to assassinate the Seventeenth Prince and the Crown Prince, and the captured attackers were identified as Prince Rong’s men.
• The Divine Capital’s residents discussed the murders of ministers and the attempted assassinations as Wen Jia’s execution day approached.
• The Four Great Princes, imperial officials, the Crown Prince, the Seventeenth Prince, and Mo Wenshen gathered to witness Wen Jia’s execution, with Mo Wenshen seated at the center.
• Mo Wenshen ordered the execution after Lin Bai and Fu Qingshuang failed to appear during the long wait.
• A streak of Sword Qi shattered the executioner’s saber before it could strike Wen Jia, and Mo Wenshen reacted with delight.

Lin Bai stormed the Dragon Slayer Platform to rescue Wen Jia and revealed himself as Lin Duo’s son. After Mo Wenshen revealed that the execution was a trap backed by thousands of Apex Realm martial artists and a ten-million-strong army, Lin Bai refused to surrender and called for the Sword Alliance.

• Lin Bai announced his identity as Lin Duo’s son and walked toward the Dragon Slayer Platform to save Wen Jia.
• Mo Wenshen ordered hundreds of Apex Realm martial artists to seize Lin Bai, but the Soaring White God Formation killed more than fifty and gravely wounded the rest.
• Xun Zhizang appeared beside Lin Bai and urged him to rescue Wen Jia quickly, and Lin Bai cut Wen Jia’s shackles and helped him down from the platform.
• Prince Rong surrounded the Dragon Slayer Platform with thousands of Apex Realm experts, while Mo Wenshen revealed that the execution had been bait to lure Lin Bai into a trap.
• Lin Bai rejected Mo Wenshen’s demand to surrender and called out for the Sword Alliance.

Lin Bai revealed that he was the Sword Alliance’s Night Emperor, and its martial artists fought the Crown Prince’s forces to help him leave the Dragon Slayer Platform with Wen Jia. The Dragon Lord obeyed the Sacred Emperor’s edict and moved to seize Lin Bai, but Dong Dian intervened to protect him.

• Lin Bai summoned the Sword Alliance, whose martial artists surrounded him and confirmed that he was their Night Emperor.
• Lin Bai acknowledged the Sword Alliance’s assassinations of corrupt ministers and rejected the Crown Prince’s demand that its members surrender.
• The Sword Alliance fought the Crown Prince’s and Prince Rong’s forces while Lin Bai escorted Wen Jia away from the Dragon Slayer Platform.
• Mo Wenshen invoked the Sacred Emperor’s edict, compelling the Dragon Lord to pursue Lin Bai despite his reluctance.
• Dong Dian broke the Dragon Lord’s restraining force and declared that he had to protect Lin Bai.

Dong Dian sided with Prince Rong and fought the Dragon Lord while Lin Bai and his allies broke through the Dragon Slayer Platform. Mo Wenshen revealed that he had drawn out Fu Qingshuang to ensnare the Peach Mountain remnants, and trusted the army surrounding the platform to capture them.

• Dong Dian chose to fight the Dragon Lord, while Prince Rong ordered officials and marquises to attack Lin Bai.
• Feng Lingzi, Su Yanhua, Bai Mu, and Monk Jiufeng blocked the Dragon Slaying Bureau Chief, Iron Sword Marquis, Phoenix Lord, and Wude Marquis, while Xun Zhizang stopped the Hanging Sword Bureau Chief.
• Fu Qingshuang struck Mo Wenshen and revealed himself; Mo Wenshen then claimed he had drawn Fu Qingshuang out so the Peach Mountain remnants could not escape.
• Lin Bai led Wen Jia and the Sword Alliance warriors away from the Dragon Slayer Platform according to their plan, joined by Fu Qingshuang and the others.
• Mo Wenshen stayed confident that the eighteen Army Marquises' troops would exhaust and capture Lin Bai and Fu Qingshuang.