Recaps

Lin Bai traveled from Tianshui Sect toward Ke Province, passing Xuanhuo Island, where the sect had memorialized his dragon-slaying feat. Meanwhile, Bai Yifei learned that Lin Bai had been sent ahead alone, and his expression darkened.

• After recovering from his injuries, Lin Bai received orders to go to Ke Province, while the Sect Master and Li Zai'en arranged for him to travel separately from the sect's party.
• Lin Bai left Bright Moon Island, crossed the Water Mirror Sea, and heard fellow disciples praise his victory over the Flood Dragons.
• The spirit boat detoured past Xuanhuo Island, where murals of Lin Bai slaying dragons inspired the travelers and embarrassed Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai reached Storm City late the following night.
• The next day, Zheng Yuan led a second group toward Ke Province, and Bai Yifei learned Lin Bai had already gone ahead alone.

Bai Yifei suspected Lin Bai had fled and sent the Five Immortals of East Isle to capture him, while the Sect Master chose not to intervene and prepared to enter seclusion. Lin Bai traveled through the teleportation arrays toward Ke Province and reached its borderlands safely.

• Zheng Yuan refused Bai Yifei permission to leave the spirit boat, so Bai Yifei sent a message asking the Five Immortals of East Isle to capture Lin Bai.
• Elder Liu and the other four agreed to hunt Lin Bai, gathered their supplies, and departed Tianhe Archipelago.
• Li Zai'en reported their departure to the Sect Master, who decided Lin Bai could handle them and announced she would enter seclusion for two or three months.
• The Sect Master left Flower Valley in disguise after assigning Li Zai'en and the Grand Elder authority to decide matters during her seclusion.
• Lin Bai left Storm City and traveled through Haizhou and other provinces by teleportation array, reaching the borderlands outside Ke Province.

Lin Bai arrived at Xiu Ling City and found its teleportation plaza in chaos as martial artists tried to flee the fighting in Ke Province. Three wounded men claiming to be Zhao Xing Office agents accused the Li Family of joining the Blood God Sect, but the Li Family persuaded the crowd to reject their claims, and someone finally called for the family to stop.

• Lin Bai teleported to a city outside Ke Province as martial artists crowded the plaza, desperate to leave the province.
• A powerful clash shook Xiu Ling City and destroyed buildings in the East City, sending the plaza into panic and disorder.
• Several hundred Li Family martial artists pursued three wounded men to the teleportation plaza, where the men identified themselves as Zhao Xing Office agents and accused the Li Family of joining the Blood God Sect.
• A Li Family elder called the three men Blood God Sect infiltrators who had tried to destroy the city’s main teleportation array, and the crowd accepted his account.
• The three men pleaded for help and displayed a Zhao Xing Office Golden Token, but the crowd stayed silent to avoid offending the Li Family.
• As the Li Family moved to take the men away, someone in the plaza shouted, “Wait!”

At the teleportation array plaza, Li Family elder tried to seize three men accused of being Blood God Sect agents, while the men insisted they were Zhao Xing Office martial artists with information that could save Ke Province. As fighting erupted, Lin Bai secretly stopped the men carrying them away and demanded proof of their identities.

• A burly man named Zhang Yi challenged the Li Family elder’s account, but the elder defended the capture and ordered the three men taken away.
• The three men appealed to the crowd’s concern for Ke Province, prompting martial artists to secretly aid them and several hundred to attack the Li Family.
• Lin Bai saw six Li Family martial artists take the three men away and slipped out of the plaza after them.
• In a secluded alley, Lin Bai knocked all six Li Family martial artists unconscious with a single Sword Qi.
• Lin Bai asked the three men whether they were from the Zhao Xing Office, then demanded to know why he should believe them.

Lin Bai rescued three Zhao Xing Office agents from the Li Family and verified their identities by examining Jiang Lie’s memories. The memories revealed that the Blood God Sect had infiltrated the Li Family and that the agents had uncovered a major secret in Wu En City, which Lin Bai asked Xu Zhong to explain.

• Lin Bai knocked out the six Li Family warriors and questioned the three agents, who showed him their Zhao Xing Office gold badges.
• Lin Bai introduced himself as a Tianshui Sect Three Wonders Disciple and offered to examine the agents’ memories to establish whether they were Blood God Sect members.
• Jiang Lie volunteered for the memory examination despite its potentially fatal consequences, and Lin Bai searched his memories.
• Lin Bai learned that Jiang Lie, Xu Zhong, and Zhou He had formed a covert investigation squad and fled to the Li Family after uncovering a major secret in Wu En City and being hunted by the Blood God Sect.
• Jiang Lie died after Lin Bai examined his memories, and Lin Bai asked Xu Zhong what the squad had discovered in Wu En City.

Lin Bai rescued Xu Zhong and Zhou He from the Li Family in Xiu Ling City, then learned that the Blood God Sect’s forces had infiltrated much of Ke Province. As they flew toward Azure Lotus City, where Prince Chen commanded the allied forces, a Li Family spirit ship caught up to them.

• Xu Zhong questioned Lin Bai’s identity and withheld information, while Lin Bai demanded to know what the investigators had discovered in Wu En City.
• When Li Family martial artists converged on them, Lin Bai took Xu Zhong and Zhou He away on his flying sword.
• The Li Family elder learned that a man in white had rescued the investigators and ordered his people to search for and kill them.
• Xu Zhong told Lin Bai that the allied forces were gathering in Azure Lotus City under Prince Chen, Chu Junyou.
• A spirit ship flying the Xiu Ling City Li Family banner pursued Lin Bai, Xu Zhong, and Zhou He as they traveled toward Azure Lotus City.

Lin Bai, Xu Zhong, and Zhou He fled from Xiu Ling City, but the Li Family's spirit boat repeatedly tracked them down. Xu Zhong suspected a Blood God Sect traitor among them, and the chapter ended with him offering Lin Bai permission to search his memories and asking him to kill Zhou He if Xu Zhong died.

• Lin Bai spotted the Li Family of Xiu Ling City's spirit boat pursuing them and sped away with Xu Zhong and Zhou He.
• Xu Zhong said neither he nor Zhou He bore any tracking marks, and Lin Bai confirmed the spirit boat kept finding them despite repeated changes of direction.
• Lin Bai and Xu Zhong concluded the Li Family was either using a hidden tracking mark or receiving secret information from a traitor.
• Xu Zhong accused Zhou He of being the traitor, citing the Blood God Sect's discoveries in Wu En City and Xiu Ling City.
• Zhou He denied the accusation and refused Lin Bai's memory-searching technique, fearing it could kill him or leave him a fool.
• Xu Zhong offered to let Lin Bai search his memories and asked him to take their intelligence to Prince Chen in Azure Lotus City, then kill Zhou He if Xu Zhong died.

Lin Bai exposed Zhou He as a Blood God Sect spy and killed him after Zhou unleashed his Blood God. The Li family’s martial artists caught up and surrounded Lin Bai and Xu Zhong, leaving them trapped.

• Lin Bai prepared to perform Soul Search on Zhou He, who suddenly attacked him with a dagger, but Lin Bai crushed Zhou He’s arm and stopped him.
• Zhou He summoned a Blood God and confessed that he had infiltrated the Zhao Xing Office and supplied information to the Blood God Sect.
• Lin Bai used the Primal Chaos Unification Sword Formation to destroy the Blood God and kill Zhou He, then collected his Storage Bag.
• The Li family’s experts caught up with Lin Bai and Xu Zhong and surrounded them after arriving on their spirit vessel.

The Li Family surrounded Lin Bai and Xu Zhong, intending to capture them before Xu Zhong could report the family’s ties to the Blood God Sect. Lin Bai slaughtered the ordinary Dao God fighters and faced the seven Dao God Peak elders, then summoned a four-sword formation to counter their attack.

• The Li Family’s seven Dao God Peak experts and more than twenty other fighters surrounded Lin Bai and Xu Zhong.
• Xu Zhong threatened to report the Li Family to the Zhao Xing Office for serving the Blood God Sect, making the Li Family determined to kill them before he could escape.
• The Li Family elder ordered his fighters to seize Lin Bai and Xu Zhong, and Xu Zhong apologized for dragging Lin Bai into the conflict.
• Lin Bai summoned four flying swords and killed the charging Dao God fighters with ease.
• The seven Dao God Peak elders coordinated an attack on Lin Bai, who formed a sword formation with four divine-beast phantoms to meet them.

Lin Bai fought off seven Li Family Dao God Peak martial artists, then faced the Li Family Old Ancestor, a Great Purity Dao Fruit expert. Unable to win before reinforcements could arrive, Lin Bai took Xu Zhong and fled.

• Lin Bai used the Heaven's Will Four Symbols Sword Formation to kill five of the seven Li Family attackers and badly wound the other two.
• The Li Family Old Ancestor appeared, learned Lin Bai was from the Tianshui Sect, and attacked him without fear of retaliation.
• Lin Bai defended against the Old Ancestor's palm strike and was blasted back a thousand meters with only a trace of blood.
• Lin Bai decided the fight risked leaving him trapped when reinforcements arrived, so he used three flying swords to force the Old Ancestor back, grabbed Xu Zhong, and fled.

Lin Bai rescued Xu Zhong from the Li Family Old Ancestor and carried him into war-torn Ke Province. As Xu Zhong revealed the Blood God Sect’s plans and a prince’s secret support, he neared death and left Lin Bai to carry the intelligence to Prince Chen in Azure Lotus City.

• Lin Bai distracted the Li Family Old Ancestor with flying swords and escaped with Xu Zhong, while the Old Ancestor ordered a pursuit and an investigation into Lin Bai’s identity.
• Lin Bai flew through ruined cities in Ke Province and saw the devastation caused by the war between the Blood God Sect and the Chu Kingdom.
• Xu Zhong’s injuries worsened, and he told Lin Bai to deliver his intelligence to Prince Chen in Azure Lotus City.
• Xu Zhong revealed that the Blood God Sect had spent centuries embedding itself in Ke Province and had three schemes, beginning with building Blood God Sealing Pagodas to isolate the province.
• Xu Zhong explained that a prince of the dynasty secretly backed the Blood God Sect and expected it to help him ascend the throne.

Lin Bai learned that the Zhao Xing Office had suspected the Blood God Sect was reviving in Ke Province for more than a thousand years, but its investigations were repeatedly suppressed. Xu Zhong connected the cover-up to the Third Prince, whose celebrated military campaign in Ke Province coincided with the sect’s return, leaving Lin Bai uncertain whether the powerful prince was behind it.

• Xu Zhong told Lin Bai that a prince had ties to the Blood God Sect and that the Zhao Xing Office had recorded signs of the sect’s resurgence in Ke Province more than a thousand years earlier.
• Xu Zhong explained that Zhao Xing Office spies sent to investigate Ke Province disappeared, and its Director was executed for deceiving the emperor after attempting a prolonged secret inquiry.
• Xu Zhong revealed that the Third Prince had accused the Director and was therefore a likely suspect in suppressing the investigation.
• Lin Bai noted the Third Prince’s standing at court and in the military, while Xu Zhong said Prince Chen’s return had weakened the prince’s position and questioned the source of his military reputation.
• Xu Zhong said the Third Prince had earned his greatest military achievement by suppressing bandits in Ke Province, and that reports of the Blood God Sect’s return arrived soon after his campaign.

Lin Bai learned from the dying Xu Zhong that the Third Prince was suspected of having ties to the Blood God Sect, which was pursuing a mysterious third plan in Ke Province. Xu Zhong died after Lin Bai searched his memories and confirmed his account, but the nature of the Blood God Sect’s third matter remained unknown.

• Lin Bai listened as Xu Zhong explained why he suspected the Third Prince was connected to the Blood God Sect, while admitting he had no proof.
• Lin Bai asked about the Blood God Sect’s third matter, and Xu Zhong said he had not heard it but believed it was more important than the first two plans.
• Xu Zhong revealed that he had overheard Wu En City’s City Lord He Yi speaking with two Blood God Sect protectors, Zhao and Zhang, all three of them in the Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm.
• As Xu Zhong neared death, Lin Bai searched his memories and confirmed that the intelligence was true, seeing Xu Zhong observe He Yi and the two protectors in the City Lord’s Mansion.

Lin Bai buried Xu Zhong and fled toward the heart of Ke Province after learning that the Blood God Sect and the Li Family would pursue him. The Li Family Old Ancestor discovered Xu Zhong’s corpse, destroyed it, and continued the hunt, while Lin Bai sensed that the pursuit was still underway.

• Lin Bai buried Xu Zhong in an auspicious grave and hurried toward the heart of Ke Province with information about the Blood God Sect.
• Protector Zhang contacted the Li Family Old Ancestor and demanded that he capture the three escaped Zhao Xing Office members and eliminate anyone connected to them.
• The Li Family Old Ancestor recalled how the Blood God Sutra had raised his family’s standing while binding them to serve the Blood God Sect.
• The Li Family Old Ancestor found Xu Zhong’s corpse, crushed it into blood mist, and ordered his people to contact the Dark World for Lin Bai’s whereabouts.
• Lin Bai sensed that the Li Family had found Xu Zhong and was still pursuing him, confirming the signal he had secretly left behind.

Lin Bai traveled toward Azure Lotus City and witnessed the Zhao Xing Office destroy the Zhou family in Snowdrift City for colluding with the Blood God Sect. He learned that Chu Junyou had ordered Ke Province’s teleportation arrays closed, leaving Lin Bai to seek another way to reach Azure Lotus City.

• Lin Bai entered Snowdrift City, bought a map of Ke Province, and prepared to continue toward Azure Lotus City.
• The Zhao Xing Office pursued and killed the Zhou family's young master, declaring that His Highness Prince Chen had authorized the extermination of the entire family.
• Lin Bai saw the ruined Zhou family estate and realized Chu Junyou was acting on Li Guxian's roster to eliminate Blood God Sect allies.
• Lin Bai went to Snowdrift City's teleportation array, where Ling family disciples told him it had been closed and partly dismantled by order of His Highness Prince Chen.
• Lin Bai identified himself as a Tianshui Sect disciple and asked whether another teleportation array could take him to Azure Lotus City.

Lin Bai traveled from Snowdrift City to Zhennan City, hoping to use its teleportation array to reach Azure Lotus City. The Five Immortals of East Isle and the Li Family pursued him there, while Lin Bai learned the overloaded array operated only once every seven days.

• The Ling Family Elder told Lin Bai that Zhennan City's teleportation array remained open for travel to Azure Lotus City, so Lin Bai left Snowdrift City for Zhennan City.
• The Five Immortals of East Isle and the Li Family learned Lin Bai's route from the Dark World and headed to Zhennan City to intercept him.
• The Li Family Old Ancestor read about Lin Bai's strength and, fearing the Blood God Sect, ordered his people to capture Lin Bai and hand him over.
• Lin Bai reached Zhennan City amid a flood of martial artists seeking refuge and waited in line to enter rather than claim special treatment.
• A city soldier verified Lin Bai's Tianshui Sect Identity Token and explained that the teleportation array opened once every seven days, but offered to arrange the soonest available trip for him.

Lin Bai arrived in Zhennan City and learned that its teleportation array would not open for three days, so he accepted a free stay at Heroes Abode. There, he encountered sheltered young nobles taking refuge from the Blood God Sect crisis and settled into a crowded tavern because the hostel had no private rooms left.

• Chu Junyou sealed Ke Province’s city teleportation arrays to prevent Blood God Sect martial artists from joining forces, while he continued purging corrupt officials using Li Guxian’s roster.
• A soldier told Lin Bai that the teleportation array to Azure Lotus City would next open in three days and gave him a jade token for the journey.
• The soldier brought Lin Bai to Heroes Abode, where Gu Chaoyun welcomed him and explained that disciples of the Five Great Families and Seven Sects could stay for free.
• Several young men questioned Lin Bai’s presence and warned that the hostel should investigate newcomers for Blood God Sect ties.
• Gu Chaoyun explained that Heroes Abode had become a refuge for prominent young people from across Ke Province, many of whom would not fight the Blood God Sect.
• Gu Chaoyun showed Lin Bai to a crowded tavern in the hostel, where Lin Bai agreed to stay until the teleportation array opened.

Lin Bai arrived at Zhennan City and checked into the Heroes Abode, where the Blood God Sect and the Li Family learned he would leave for Azure Lotus City in three days. The Li Family Old Ancestor planned to kill him before then, while the Five Immortals of East Isle arrived at the same inn in pursuit of Lin Bai.

• Lin Bai reached the Heroes Abode and saw young aristocrats indulging in wine and entertainment while Ke Province faced the Blood God Sect’s turmoil.
• Two Blood God Sect martial artists recognized Lin Bai from a portrait and reported his whereabouts to their allies.
• The Li Family Old Ancestor brought his people to Zhennan City under the pretense of reinforcing Prince Chen and checked into the Heroes Abode.
• Blood God Sect martial artists warned the Li Family Old Ancestor that his family would be destroyed if Lin Bai reached Azure Lotus City, and he ordered his people to find a chance to kill Lin Bai.
• The Five Immortals of East Isle checked into the Heroes Abode after tracking Lin Bai from the Tianshui Sect.

At Heroes Abode, the Li Family Old Ancestor confronted Lin Bai and offered him a chance to survive by joining the Blood God Sect, but Lin Bai refused. After the old man left, five strangers arrived and introduced themselves as Tianshui Sect’s Five Immortals of East Isle.

• The Li Family Old Ancestor tracked Lin Bai to Heroes Abode through intelligence from the Dark World and questioned him about what Xu Zhong had revealed.
• Lin Bai told the old man that he would assume Lin Bai knew everything regardless, and the old man offered to recommend him to the Blood God Sect for protection.
• Lin Bai rejected the offer and challenged the old man’s ability to kill him, so the Li Family Old Ancestor left with a threat.
• Lin Bai considered how Heroes Abode and the Yellow Springs Demon Bone could protect him from the Li Family Old Ancestor.
• Five martial artists came to Lin Bai’s room, and their leader identified them as Tianshui Sect’s Five Immortals of East Isle.

Lin Bai confronted five former Tianshui Sect disciples who accused him of killing Mu Huaqing and challenged him to prove himself before facing Bai Yifei. He rejected their claims and insulted them, leaving the Five Immortals of East Isle enraged and the confrontation on the verge of a fight.

• The hunchbacked old man and four others revealed they had come to avenge Mu Huaqing, whom they believed Lin Bai had killed.
• The Five Immortals of East Isle accused Lin Bai of fleeing because he feared Bai Yifei, and the hunchbacked old man cited Bai Yifei's place on the Chu Kingdom Dao God Rankings.
• Lin Bai denied fleeing and said he would settle the question of his strength by fighting Bai Yifei, while wondering what rank Chen Yule held.
• The middle-aged man demanded that Lin Bai defeat the five before challenging Bai Yifei, and Lin Bai mocked their stagnant cultivation and inferior status.
• Lin Bai told the Five Immortals of East Isle to fight or leave, enraging them.

Lin Bai was confronted by the Five Immortals of East Isle, then became caught in a fight with Zhennan City's garrison after a wounded man gave him the stolen Zhennan City Garrison Map. The garrison surrounded him as he stood amid the ruins, still unwilling to kill the soldiers.

• The Five Immortals of East Isle threatened Lin Bai and left his residence, while he resolved to wait out the three days until the next teleportation.
• A blood-covered martial artist gave Lin Bai a scroll and urged him to take it away, saying it was important to the Holy Sect.
• Zhennan City soldiers arrived and accused the wounded man of stealing the Zhennan City Garrison Map for the Blood God Sect.
• The soldiers mistook Lin Bai for the man's accomplice and attacked him, ignoring his claim that he was a Three Wonders Disciple of the Tianshui Sect.
• Lin Bai held back until the soldiers pressed him into fighting, then unleashed four flying swords that destroyed the building and forced them back.
• Hundreds of soldiers surrounded Lin Bai in midair as martial artists gathered to watch.

The Li Family Old Ancestor’s scheme framed Lin Bai as a Blood God Sect fiend and prompted Commander Sun to attack him at Heroes Abode. After Lin Bai recognized the plot, the Old Ancestor unleashed his Great Purity Dao Fruit power against him.

• The Li Family Old Ancestor revealed that he had helped the Blood God Sect steal Zhennan City's defensive map and arranged to frame Lin Bai.
• Commander Sun refused Lin Bai’s request to explain and ordered the garrison soldiers to seize him.
• The Li Family Old Ancestor offered to help capture Lin Bai, and Commander Sun withdrew his soldiers from the fight.
• Lin Bai realized the Li Family Old Ancestor had orchestrated the accusation and confronted him.
• The Li Family Old Ancestor attacked Lin Bai with the overwhelming power of the Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm.

The Li Family Old Ancestor attacked Lin Bai with a powerful ancestral lightning technique, determined to kill him before he could escape the Heroes Abode. Lin Bai met the blow with his Five Elements Dao Body, and their collision reduced the Heroes Abode to ruins as Great Purity Dao Fruit experts rushed to investigate.

• Commander Sun surrounded the Heroes Abode and blocked Lin Bai's escape routes while the Li Family Old Ancestor prepared to fight him.
• The Li Family Old Ancestor charged Lin Bai with a lightning-wreathed punch using the Li Family's ancestral techniques.
• Lin Bai activated his Five Elements Dao Body and Heaven Swallowing Dao Fruit, then punched back against the Li Family Old Ancestor.
• Their punches collided with enough force to shake Zhennan City and collapse buildings throughout the Heroes Abode.
• Great Purity Dao Fruit experts from Zhennan City hurried to the ruins, believing the Blood God Sect might have attacked.

Lin Bai survived the Li Family Old Ancestor’s devastating attack, but the City Lord of Zhennan City arrived with twenty-eight Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm experts and began questioning the battle. Lin Bai identified himself as a Tianshui Sect disciple, and the City Lord accused him of serving the Blood God Sect.

• Lin Bai used his Five Elements Dao Body and Taiji Two Forms Sword Formation to block the Li Family Old Ancestor’s punch, suffering severe injuries.
• The Li Family Old Ancestor prepared to attack Lin Bai again, but a furious voice interrupted him as twenty-eight Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm experts appeared in the clouds.
• The City Lord of Zhennan City arrived at Heroes Abode, and Commander Sun explained that the defense map had been stolen and Lin Bai was the suspected Blood God Sect fiend.
• The City Lord rebuked Commander Sun for losing the defense map, then questioned Lin Bai after noticing his fight with the Li Family Old Ancestor.
• Lin Bai introduced himself as a Three Wonders Disciple of the Tianshui Sect, and the City Lord accused the sect of letting its disciples become Blood God Sect lackeys.

Lin Bai explained to the Zhennan City Lord that the Li Family had hunted him to suppress what he had learned about the Blood God Sect. As the City Lord approached to hear the secrets privately, a hidden Blood God Sect expert attacked him and ordered the Li Family Old Ancestor to kill Lin Bai.

• The Zhennan City Lord stopped the Li Family Old Ancestor from killing Lin Bai and gave Lin Bai a chance to explain himself.
• Lin Bai described how he encountered the Li Family hunting Blood God Sect agents in Xiu Ling City and verified that some of the targets were Zhao Xing Office martial artists.
• Lin Bai said the Blood God Sect had pursued him to prevent him from revealing its secrets, while the Li Family Old Ancestor denied his accusations.
• The Zhennan City Lord asked Lin Bai to share the secrets privately and moved toward him despite the Li Family Old Ancestor's warnings.
• A hidden expert among the twenty-eight Dao Fruit experts attacked the Zhennan City Lord with a sword and sent the Li Family Old Ancestor a voice transmission ordering him to kill Lin Bai.