Recaps

Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu followed the Zhao Family remnants and the Yunling Li Family into the Dusk Mountains, where the Li Family surrounded the wounded fugitives. The Zhao Family elder revealed the God-Demon Heart, leaving the Li Family to face the danger of taking it through the rival forces gathered around them.

• Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu watched the Zhao Family remnants break through Dusk City's defensive formation, followed by Li Family experts and martial artists from other forces.
• Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu entered the Dusk Mountains and followed the sounds of fighting between the pursuing factions.
• Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu found several hundred Li Family experts surrounding a dozen badly wounded martial artists while other forces watched from the perimeter.
• A skinny old man from the Zhao Family remnants revealed the God-Demon Heart and warned that the Li Family would struggle to carry it away safely.

Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu waited for the forces competing for the God-Demon Heart to weaken one another, then moved to intercept the fleeing Zhao family. Lin Bai struck at the last moment as the Li family's middle-aged man was about to kill the Zhao family elder.

• The Zhao family's elder revealed the God-Demon Heart, prompting the Li family's middle-aged man to reach for it as other forces attacked from the forest.
• The Zhao family's elder reclaimed the God-Demon Heart and led his wounded family members out of the encirclement while Li family martial artists were drawn away.
• Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu disguised themselves and waited for a chance to seize the God-Demon Heart, judging that taking it amid the initial chaos would leave them trapped.
• Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu pursued the Zhao family survivors after the Li family resumed its attack and reduced them to a handful of wounded fighters.
• As the Li family's middle-aged man struck at the Zhao family elder, Lin Bai rushed from the forest and slashed at him with the Violet Sword.

Lin Bai helped Jiang Xuansu seize the God-Demon Heart and flee the Dusk Mountains, then drew off one of her pursuers to conceal her trail. Jiang Xuansu escaped into the forest as Lin Bai lost the pursuer and vanished.

• Lin Bai interrupted the Li clan middle-aged man's attack on the Zhao clan martial artist, then fled when the man retaliated.
• Jiang Xuansu struck the Li clan middle-aged man, took the God-Demon Heart, and fled while he killed the Zhao clan martial artist and pursued her.
• Lin Bai realized that several concealed martial artists were hunting Jiang Xuansu and decided to hold them back while she escaped.
• Lin Bai attacked one concealed old man and kept him occupied until the man lost track of Jiang Xuansu.
• Lin Bai slipped away from the old man, who then lost both Lin Bai's and Jiang Xuansu's auras and furiously flattened part of the forest.

Lin Bai found Jiang Xuansu surrounded by eight peak Dao God martial artists and joined the fight to help her escape with the God-Demon Heart. He stayed behind to hold off the pursuers while Jiang Xuansu prepared to leave, and the battle intensified.

• Lin Bai concealed his aura with the Heaven Swallowing Dao Fruit and hurried through the Dusk Mountains toward Jiang Xuansu.
• Lin Bai discovered that Jiang Xuansu was fighting eight peak Dao God martial artists who were pursuing the God-Demon Heart.
• Lin Bai split the battlefield with a sword strike and told Jiang Xuansu to escape while he held off the pursuers.
• The Li family middle-aged man threatened Lin Bai, claiming the God-Demon Heart belonged to the Li family.
• One of the Dao God martial artists ignored the threat and charged at Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu to seize the God-Demon Heart.

Lin Bai fought eight Dao God experts to help Jiang Xuansu escape with the God-Demon Heart, but Wan Zizhen intervened, reclaimed the treasure, and ordered the Yunling Li Family to lift the seal on Qi Province. Wan Zizhen announced that the Evil Moon Sect would offer the God-Demon Heart as a reward at the Evil Moon Grand Feast.

• Lin Bai held off eight Dao God martial artists while Jiang Xuansu fled, concealing his signature abilities to avoid revealing his identity.
• After Jiang Xuansu escaped, the eight Dao Gods turned their full strength on Lin Bai and left him gravely wounded.
• Just as Lin Bai prepared to use the powers of the Heaven Swallowing Dao Fruit and Supreme Avatar, Wan Zizhen arrived with Jiang Xuansu and stopped the fight.
• Jiang Xuansu told Lin Bai that Wan Zizhen had intercepted her, taken the God-Demon Heart, and brought her back.
• Wan Zizhen identified himself as the former top-ranked expert on the Evil Moon Dao God Rankings and ordered the Yunling Li Family to lift Qi Province's World Sealing Formation.
• Wan Zizhen said the Evil Moon Sect would place the God-Demon Heart in the Evil Moon Grand Feast reward pool for the winning talents.

Wan Zizhen stopped the battle in the Dusk Mountains, took the God-Demon Heart, and announced that it would be awarded at the Evil Moon Grand Feast. Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu returned to their sect’s spirit boat, while Jiang Xuansu reflected on how much stronger the geniuses of the Evil Moon Thousand Provinces were.

• Wan Zizhen overwhelmed the eight Dao Gods, took the God-Demon Heart from Jiang Xuansu, and challenged anyone who wanted it to compete at the Evil Moon Grand Feast.
• The eight Dao Gods and the Li family's middle-aged man accepted Wan Zizhen’s decision and departed, while Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu withdrew into the forest.
• Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu regrouped with Liu Fuyun, Meng Qi, Gong Jian, and the others, who discussed the Evil Moon Sect’s strength and the contest for the God-Demon Heart.
• The Li family reported the events to its ancestral grounds, Qi Province lifted its travel ban, and the Eternal Devil Sect party set off for the Evil Moon Sect.
• Lin Bai secluded himself to heal, while Jiang Xuansu cultivated after realizing how small the Eternal Thirteen Provinces’ geniuses were beside those of the Evil Moon Thousand Provinces.

After Jiang Xuansu’s defeat by Wan Zizhen left her questioning her talent, Lin Bai tried to help her accept failure and regain her awe of the world. He left her to reflect before the Evil Moon Grand Feast, while explaining how the Evil Moon Sect planned to use the God-Demon Heart to restrain the Yunling Li Family and weaken rival forces.

• Seven days after recovering, Lin Bai learned from Meng Qi that Jiang Xuansu had remained in her room since the defeat in the Dusk Mountains.
• Lin Bai visited Jiang Xuansu and reassured her that losing to Wan Zizhen was no disgrace, but she lamented her failure and questioned whether Lin Bai had always thought her foolish.
• Lin Bai told Jiang Xuansu that the Eternal Devil Sect’s excessive protection had weakened her and might be holding back her breakthrough to the Great Purity Dao Fruit.
• Lin Bai urged Jiang Xuansu to accept failure and warned that the Evil Moon Grand Feast would claim the lives of many sheltered geniuses; he then left her to reflect.
• Lin Bai reasoned that the Evil Moon Sect had placed the God-Demon Heart in the Grand Feast’s prize pool to keep it from the Yunling Li Family and divert conflict toward whichever rival obtained it.

Wan Zizhen returned the God-Demon Heart to the Evil Moon Sect and reported that the Yunling Li Family had avoided confronting him. He revealed that Jiang Xuansu and a member of the Heaven Swallowing Race were in Qi Province, prompting the sect to consider alliances and investigate the new threat.

• Wan Zizhen delivered the God-Demon Heart to the cave and explained that the Yunling Li Family's powerhouses had withdrawn rather than confront him.
• Wan Zizhen told the cave's occupant that he had encountered Jiang Xuansu and another impressive martial artist in Qi Province.
• Wan Zizhen identified the second martial artist as a member of the Heaven Swallowing Race, shocking the person in the cave.
• Wan Zizhen proposed using the Returning Moon Sect against Wind and Snow Villa and the Purple Dawn Sect against the Eternal Devil Sect.
• The person in the cave ordered Wan Zizhen to investigate when the Heaven Swallowing Race member had joined the Eternal Devil Sect and uncover that person's purpose before deciding what to do.

The Eternal Devil Sect arrived in the Evil Moon Sect’s Moon Province for the Evil Moon Grand Feast and traveled to its lodgings in Star City. The feast was half a month away, and several rival sects had already arrived.

• The Eternal Devil Sect’s spirit vessel crossed peaceful Moon Province and approached the Evil Moon Sect’s Moon God Mountain.
• Wu Bo greeted Liu Fuyun and guided the spirit vessel through Moon God Mountain, explaining that other sects and families were arriving for the feast.
• The Eternal Devil Sect’s disciples saw the ancient Star City, where some residents mocked their sect as coming from a remote, impoverished land.
• Wu Bo brought the spirit vessel to the Eternal Devil Sect’s usual residence in Star City, and Liu Fuyun approved of the lodgings.

Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu explored Star City and received the Star Ranking, a booklet listing the strongest participants in the Evil Moon Grand Feast. They discovered that Jiang Xuansu ranked fifty-fourth and Lin Bai ranked one hundredth among Dao Gods.

• Lin Bai woke after a night of rest, and Jiang Xuansu invited him to explore Star City with the other disciples.
• Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu browsed the city's lively street stalls before following a crowd to the Star Pavilion.
• Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu received free copies of the Star Ranking, which the Evil Moon Sect had compiled on prominent Grand Feast participants.
• Lin Bai studied the Dao God Rankings and memorized the names of the powerful martial artists listed there.
• Jiang Xuansu spotted her own name at fifty-fourth, and Lin Bai found himself ranked one hundredth as a seventh-grade Dao God.

The Evil Moon Sect placed Lin Bai last on the Star Ranking’s Dao God Rankings, exposing his identity as Qing Luo and drawing suspicion from other sects. Liu Fuyun tried to shield him as visitors arrived to investigate, while Lin Bai stayed in the Eternal Devil Sect’s residence awaiting the Evil Moon Grand Feast.

• Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu saw that the Evil Moon Sect had ranked Lin Bai, a seventh-grade Dao God, one hundredth on the Dao God Rankings.
• Liu Fuyun warned Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu that the ranking was deliberate and that the Evil Moon Sect might know Lin Bai was a member of the Heaven Swallowing Race.
• Liu Fuyun advised Lin Bai to stay inside the residence, and Lin Bai decided to cultivate in seclusion until the Evil Moon Grand Feast began.
• Daoist Zhang of Skywind Mountain visited Liu Fuyun and tried to learn about Qing Luo, but Liu Fuyun dismissed the ranking as a mistake and avoided answering.
• Other sect elders came to question Liu Fuyun about Lin Bai, leaving him overwhelmed with visitors for days.

Lin Bai studied the Star Ranking and the Evil Moon Grand Feast schedule while Qing Luo’s unexpected ranking stirred up Star City. After half a month of quiet, the Eternal Devil Sect’s disciples set out for the Moon God sacrifice, formally opening the feast.

• Qing Luo’s placement at one hundredth on the Star Ranking sparked rumors, questions, and resentment among martial artists across Star City.
• Liu Fuyun fielded visitors who questioned Qing Luo’s ranking, while Lin Bai studied the Star Ranking booklet and learned that the Dao God competition would take place last.
• Lin Bai learned that the Evil Moon Grand Feast would begin with a Moon God sacrifice, followed by competitions for Dao Venerable, Dao Immortal, and Dao God disciples.
• The Yunling Li Family arrived in Star City on the seventh day after the Eternal Devil Sect, completing the arrival of the participating sects and lineages.
• After the Evil Moon Sect invited them to the Moon God sacrifice, Liu Fuyun warned the Eternal Devil Sect disciples not to cause trouble, and they boarded a flying boat bound for Moon God Mountain.

Lin Bai and the Eternal Devil Sect arrived at the Evil Moon Sect’s Ancestral Temple for the Moon God sacrifice, where the Sect Leader opened the temple and entered alone. A powerful gaze then focused on something inside Lin Bai, leaving the reason unclear.

• Liu Fuyun led the Eternal Devil Sect disciples from their flying boat to their assigned place at the rear of the Ancestral Temple square.
• The Evil Moon Sect’s Sect Leader, Zhao, greeted the assembled sects and opened the Ancestral Temple’s doors.
• Several martial artists who used the Mystic Eye Technique to peer inside suffered painful backlash, and Lin Bai recognized the Evil Moon Sect’s warning as a show of dominance.
• The Sect Leader entered the temple as the Evil Moon Sect disciples knelt and worshipped outside.
• A mysterious gaze swept across the square and then focused on something inside Lin Bai’s body.

At the Evil Moon Sect’s sacrificial ceremony, the Moon God’s gaze fixed on Lin Bai and led him to realize that the Green Jade Fragments within him had slipped from his memory. The Ancestral Temple then attacked him, but the fragments repelled its force, leaving the cause of its reaction unresolved.

• Lin Bai felt the Moon God’s gaze single him out, though he could not tell what it was examining.
• Lin Bai concluded that the gaze was focused on the three Green Jade Fragments inside his body rather than the Heaven Swallowing Dao Fruit.
• Lin Bai realized he had completely forgotten the Green Jade Fragments for a time, which terrified him.
• The Ancestral Temple shook, drained the world’s spiritual energy, and sent an invisible force that bound Lin Bai.
• The three Green Jade Fragments flashed together and shattered the force, restoring calm around the Ancestral Temple.

The Moon Goddess awakened briefly within the Evil Moon Sect’s ancestral statue during a sacrificial prayer, then fell silent again. Liu Chongen asked the sect’s ancestor to guard the temple and seek a way to contact her remnant soul.

• Liu Chongen opened the Ancestral Temple and began the sect’s sacrificial prayer before the Moon Goddess’s statue.
• The statue radiated golden light, and Liu Chongen recognized the woman’s phantom as the Moon Goddess before bowing to her.
• The statue’s right arm broke off and crumbled, and Liu Chongen realized the Moon Goddess’s remnant soul had awakened for the first time since the sect was founded.
• After waiting a day without another sign, Liu Chongen told the assembled sects that the Moon Goddess had awakened and ordered them to return for the martial competition the next day.
• Liu Chongen summoned the Evil Moon Sect’s ancestor, explained what had happened, and asked him to guard the temple and try to contact the Moon Goddess’s remnant soul.

After the Moon Goddess tried to seize Lin Bai, the Green Jade Fragments saved him, and he realized they might have been affecting his memories. When he tried to force them out with his Heaven Swallowing Dao Fruit, they transported his soul to a desolate land suspended in a dark void.

• Lin Bai remembered the three Green Jade Fragments in his heart, sea of consciousness, and spine, and recalled how their power had broken the Moon Goddess's hold on him.
• Lin Bai failed to communicate with the fragments and threatened to hand them over to the Evil Moon Sect, but they could not be removed from his body.
• Lin Bai used the Heaven Swallowing Dao Fruit to attack the fragments, and they released green light that knocked him unconscious.
• Lin Bai awoke in a bleak, lifeless land and found his perception confined within his body.
• Lin Bai discovered that golden chains crossed the dark void, connecting his isolated land to another stretch of land.

Lin Bai used the Green Jade Fragments to witness an ancient battle between the Heaven Swallowing Race, the dragons, and the Giant God Race over a mysterious green object. Back in his body, he realized the fragments had gone dim and decided to seek the Crow, who had nine more.

• Lin Bai tested the golden chains with a stone, then abandoned his plan to cross them when the chain collapsed under its weight.
• The Green Jade Fragments restored the desolate land and showed Lin Bai a vision of the ancient world before a destructive wave ruined it again.
• Lin Bai witnessed the Heaven Swallowing Race clash with the dragons and the Giant God Race, who joined forces to pursue a fleeing Heaven Swallowing Race member.
• The wounded member threw a green object, which shattered into fragments as all three races fought to seize it.
• Lin Bai returned to his body in Star City and found the Green Jade Fragments dimmed, then resolved to find the Crow and obtain its nine fragments.

Lin Bai and the Eternal Devil Sect arrived at Star City’s arena for the Dao Venerable competition at the Evil Moon Grand Feast. As the crowd filled the stands, Evil Moon Sect elder Luo Wuling appeared to welcome the gathered martial artists, leaving the competition poised to begin.

• Liu Fuyun briefed the Dao Venerable martial artists on the five-day competition and the Evil Moon Sect’s ban on participating sects placing bets.
• Lin Bai, Jiang Xuansu, and the Eternal Devil Sect disciples traveled with Liu Fuyun to the crowded arena and took their assigned seats.
• Meng Qi explained how the arena’s spectators were divided among the Evil Moon Sect’s provinces, rogue cultivators, Evil Moon Sect disciples, and competing sects.
• Lin Bai surveyed the other sects’ sections, including Wind and Snow Villa, while the Eternal Devil Sect waited for the matches to start.
• Luo Wuling of the Evil Moon Sect descended into the arena and welcomed the gathered martial artists, prompting cheers from the crowd.

Luo Wuling explained the Evil Moon Grand Feast competition rules, safety restrictions, and reward system, revealing that the Dao God reward pool included the God-Demon Heart, which could enable a martial artist to undergo a second awakening. Lin Bai recognized that lower-ranked sects might be left with no rewards after higher-ranked competitors redeemed their treasures.

• Luo Wuling announced that 128 sects and lineages would draw lots and compete in ten bouts per match, with points determining advancement and ties settled by an extra bout.
• Luo Wuling warned competitors to stop once they scored a point and said he would intervene if martial arts techniques could not be halted in time.
• Luo Wuling described the rewards for the Dao Sovereign, Dao Immortal, and Dao God levels, exciting the participating martial artists with the rare treasures on offer.
• Luo Wuling revealed that the Dao God reward pool included the God-Demon Heart, which could grant a second awakening and the path to becoming a Young Supreme; Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu reacted with concern.
• Luo Wuling explained that sects would redeem treasures in order of ranking and that the Evil Moon Sect would not replenish the pool, leaving Lin Bai to realize that lower-ranked competitors could get nothing.

The Eternal Devil Sect drew the Wind and Snow Villa as its first opponent at the Evil Moon Grand Feast, alarming its already weakened disciples. Lin Bai suspected the Evil Moon Sect had rigged the draw to pit him against another member of the Heaven Swallowing Race, while Liu Fuyun told him not to blame himself.

• Luo Wuling explained the martial contest rules, and elders from the participating sects drew numbered spheres.
• Liu Fuyun drew number 29, matching the number held by an elder of the Wind and Snow Villa.
• Meng Qi identified the white-robed elder as being from the Wind and Snow Villa, and the Eternal Devil Sect disciples grew fearful of facing the powerful sect.
• Luo Wuling announced that the contests would begin in half an hour, and Liu Fuyun urged his disciples to fight without regret despite their disadvantage.
• Lin Bai suspected the Evil Moon Sect had rigged the draw to target him, and he apologized to Liu Fuyun for bringing trouble to the sect.
• Liu Fuyun told Lin Bai that the Eternal Devil Sect had accepted him knowing the risks and that he should not blame himself.

The Evil Moon Grand Feast’s Dao Venerable matches began as sects competed to advance, while Lin Bai and the Eternal Devil Sect disciples considered their bleak prospects against Wind and Snow Villa. After the Snow Sect narrowly defeated the Cloud Top Daoist Temple, the Eternal Devil Sect’s warriors grew more fearful of their upcoming match.

• Luo Wuling began the matches, and the True Dragon Palace defeated the Yellow Sand Gate eight matches to two.
• Lin Bai considered the sect rankings as Liu Fuyun worried that the Eternal Devil Sect would fall further after drawing Wind and Snow Villa.
• Luo Wuling called the number-two sects, and the Snow Sect faced the Cloud Top Daoist Temple.
• The Snow Sect won an additional match after the two sects tied five to five, advancing while the Cloud Top Daoist Temple was eliminated.
• The Eternal Devil Sect’s Dao Venerable warriors watched the Cloud Top Daoist Temple lose and feared their coming match against Wind and Snow Villa.

Eternal Devil Sect faced Wind and Snow Villa at the Evil Moon Grand Feast, despite being heavily favored to lose. Li Yumen won the opening match, giving the sect an early lead.

• Martial artists placed overwhelmingly on Wind and Snow Villa after hearing Eternal Devil Sect was a bottom-ranked sect weakened by internal upheaval.
• Liu Fuyun asked Eternal Devil Sect’s Dao Venerable disciples to volunteer for the first match, but they were too intimidated to step forward.
• Li Yumen volunteered, and Liu Fuyun sent him to face a young Wind and Snow Villa disciple.
• Li Yumen used his combat experience to find an opening and defeat his opponent after more than thirty exchanges.
• Luo Wuling declared Eternal Devil Sect the winner of the first match, and Li Yumen returned to his sect’s seats in triumph.

The Eternal Devil Sect lost its first-round contest against Wind and Snow Villa by one win to nine, ending its hopes of advancing. As Lin Bai worried about the sect’s upcoming Dao God matches, Leng Xingguang wondered whether the Eternal Devil Sect truly had another member of the Heaven Swallowing Race.

• A young Wind and Snow Villa disciple asked to travel and gain experience, and Leng Xingguang offered to take him along after the competition.
• Xiao Ji lost his match to a Wind and Snow Villa woman, tying the score at one win apiece.
• Wind and Snow Villa won the remaining matches, defeating the Eternal Devil Sect one to nine and eliminating it from the first round.
• Lin Bai reflected that the sect’s Dao God fighters would need to win enough matches to advance, despite the team’s poor results so far.
• The Wind and Snow Villa elder and Leng Xingguang suspected the Evil Moon Sect had arranged the matchup because both sects might have a member of the Heaven Swallowing Race.

With the Eternal Devil Sect facing Wind and Snow Villa in the Dao God tournament, Lin Bai and the other disciples worried about securing the six victories needed to advance. Jiang Xuansu, Gong Jian, Meng Qi, and Lin Bai pledged to fight for four wins, while the remaining disciples were urged to train for the two more the sect needed.

• Lin Bai worried that the Eternal Devil Sect’s limited Dao God roster would struggle against Wind and Snow Villa.
• Jiang Xuansu brought Lin Bai to Meng Qi’s gathering of the sect’s Dao God tournament participants to discuss a countermeasure.
• Meng Qi explained that the sect needed six victories from ten matches to advance and that Wind and Snow Villa’s fighters were formidable.
• Jiang Xuansu, Gong Jian, Meng Qi, and Lin Bai each promised to give their all and try to win a match.
• Meng Qi urged the remaining disciples to win at least one or two matches and offered help with training and sparring.

After the Dao Sovereign matches ended, Wind and Snow Villa visited the Eternal Devil Sect to meet Qing Luo, whom they suspected belonged to the Heaven Swallowing Race. Lin Bai agreed to meet Leng Xingguang, and the chapter ended with the two men locking eyes.

• The Evil Moon Sect won first place in the Dao Sovereign matches, followed by the Yunling Li Family and Wind and Snow Villa.
• Elder Zhou brought Wind and Snow Villa disciples to apologize for injuring an Eternal Devil Sect disciple and asked to meet Qing Luo.
• Elder Zhou revealed that Leng Xingguang, a disciple of Wind and Snow Villa, belonged to the Heaven Swallowing Race and hoped to meet someone of his kind.
• Liu Fuyun avoided confirming Qing Luo's identity and sent a maid to inform Lin Bai of the visitors' purpose.
• Lin Bai decided to meet Leng Xingguang, and he and Jiang Xuansu went to the main hall.
• Lin Bai and Leng Xingguang met and exchanged a deep, searching gaze.