Recaps

As blood rain from the Blood God World Sealing Formation endangered Ke Province, Li Guxian resolved to protect its vulnerable martial artists while Prince Chen fought at Bone Mountain. She opened Azure Lotus City to refugees and used the Azure Lotus Grace Token to order every force in Ke Province to shelter those in need.

• Li Guxian worried that the formations protecting major cities would not save the people in Ke Province's smaller cities, villages, and towns.
• Li Guxian decided to save as many people as possible and ordered Azure Lotus City to open its gates to refugees.
• Azure Lotus City's formation opened, and the waiting martial artists rushed inside.
• Li Guxian broadcast a decree across Ke Province requiring cities, sects, Lineages, and other forces to shelter vulnerable martial artists.
• Li Guxian invoked the Azure Lotus Grace Token, compelling the forces named on it to honor her request.

Li Guxian invoked the Azure Lotus Grace Token to order Ke Province’s cities, sects, and lineages to shelter warriors fleeing the Blood God World Sealing Formation. As their gratitude reached her in Azure Lotus City, she gained Sentient Wishpower and mastered the second stage of the Azure Lotus Swordplay.

• The lord of Zhennan City recognized the Azure Lotus Grace Token and ordered the city to open its gates to vulnerable warriors.
• Cities, sects, and lineages across Ke Province obeyed Li Guxian’s order and admitted refugees despite the risks of sheltering so many people.
• Warriors caught in the blood rain thanked Li Guxian as they hurried into places of refuge throughout Ke Province.
• He Qiyun noticed holy radiance around Li Guxian and identified it as Sentient Wishpower.
• Li Guxian discovered that her cultivation bottlenecks were loosening and demonstrated One Sword Obscures the Heavens, the second stage of the Azure Lotus Swordplay.

As Prince Chen led the forces against the Blood God Sect, its leaders gathered at Bone Mountain and prepared to delay the assault while the Sect Leader attempted to possess Lin Bai. The chapter revealed that the Sect Leader had founded the sect to find a cure for his poison and that Lin Bai was his ideal new body, with Chen Yule as a backup.

• Prince Chen ordered his warship to Bone Mountain and summoned King Chai Ning, relying on Celestial Mystery Pavilion formation masters to help him enter Ke Province.
• The Blood God Sect's warriors converged on Bone Mountain as Wu En City's City Lord and the protectors learned that Prince Chen's forces and other opponents were closing in.
• Wu En City's City Lord and the protectors agreed to buy time for the Sect Leader's rebirth and planned to use Bone Mountain's formations, including the God King Scattering Stars Formation.
• The chapter explained that the Sect Leader had founded the Blood God Sect to find a way to neutralize the Five Signs of Decay poison that kept him trapped beneath Bone Mountain.
• After repeated possession attempts destroyed potential hosts, Wu En City's City Lord identified Lin Bai as a Heaven Swallowing Race member and the Sect Leader's ideal vessel, while Chen Yule remained the backup target.

Lin Bai fought the Sect Leader of the Blood God Sect beneath Bone Mountain while the Blood God Sect sealed the region in a deadly mist. Lin Bai realized the Sect Leader was trying to exhaust him and suspected that the seemingly powerful enemy was secretly near his limit.

• The City Lord of Wu En City and the Blood God Sect warriors activated the God-King Star Scattering Formation, covering Bone Mountain and Fengling City in mist that trapped everyone who entered.
• Zhao Xing Office warriors and righteous men tried to investigate the mist but failed to return, until His Highness Prince Chen arrived outside Bone Mountain.
• Lin Bai fought the Sect Leader of the Blood God Sect for six hours, but none of his attacks injured the Sect Leader, who focused on wearing down Lin Bai rather than killing him.
• Lin Bai recognized the Sect Leader was obstructing his attempts to recover his strength and learned that the enemy’s Devouring Power could overwhelm his own.
• Lin Bai accused the Sect Leader of being weakened by years spent suppressing the Five Signs of Decay poison, and the Sect Leader’s expression darkened when Lin Bai struck a nerve.

Lin Bai discovered that the Sect Leader of the Blood God Sect was weakened by poison, but the Sect Leader still overpowered him and invaded his sea of consciousness to seize his body. As their battle continued within Lin Bai, Prince Chen prepared a four-sided assault on Bone Mountain for dawn.

• Lin Bai realized that the Sect Leader of the Blood God Sect had spent years suppressing the Five Signs of Decay poison and had little strength left.
• The Sect Leader unleashed his remaining power, severely injured Lin Bai, and sent his divine soul into Lin Bai's body to begin the body seizure.
• Lin Bai followed the Sect Leader into his sea of consciousness and fought to drive him out, while the Sect Leader marveled at its strange, worldlike landscape.
• Prince Chen's forces surrounded Bone Mountain and spent several days searching the mist for a way in, with few scouts returning alive.
• Prince Chen assigned Zhu Mo and the families and sects to attack from four directions at dawn the next day.

After learning that the Blood God Sect had taken Lin Bai, the Tianshui Sect joined the Chen Family and other forces in an assault on Bone Mountain. Deep beneath the mountain, Lin Bai’s Soul Body neared collapse under the Blood God Sect Sect Leader’s attacks, but Lin Bai summoned a Supreme Avatar.

• Qiao Mo and Qin Yao told the Third Elder and Zheng Yuan that Lin Bai had vanished, and the Third Elder went to question the Chen Family Elder.
• Chen Yule told the Third Elder that the Blood God Sect had taken Lin Bai and urged the Tianshui Sect to join the Chen Family’s attack on Bone Mountain.
• The Third Elder agreed to fight alongside the Chen Family, and the next morning the Zhao Xing Office and the Five Great Families and Seven Sects attacked through the mist.
• The attacking forces and the Blood God Sect fought amid shifting arrays as the outsiders gradually broke the formations and dispersed the mist around Bone Mountain.
• The Blood God Sect Sect Leader battered Lin Bai’s Soul Body in his sea of consciousness, but Lin Bai roared and summoned his Supreme Avatar.

Lin Bai used his Supreme Avatar to attack the Sect Leader of the Blood God Sect inside his sea of consciousness, forcing the remnant soul to flee back into its ruined body. Both were badly injured, and the Sect Leader of the Blood God Sect prepared to unleash another technique.

• Lin Bai summoned his Supreme Avatar, and the Sect Leader of the Blood God Sect recognized its extraordinary potential and coveted Lin Bai's body and abilities.
• An old man who had sensed Lin Bai's Supreme Avatar searched for him near Chu, then crossed a rift and disappeared.
• Lin Bai's Supreme Avatar struck the Sect Leader of the Blood God Sect's remnant soul twice, severely damaging it while Lin Bai's physical body suffered from the clashes.
• As Lin Bai's third sword descended, the Sect Leader of the Blood God Sect escaped the sea of consciousness and returned to his ruined body.
• Lin Bai faced the Sect Leader of the Blood God Sect in his bloodied state, and the Sect Leader of the Blood God Sect roared, "Devouring Heaven Dao Method! Blood God!"

The Blood God Sect Leader failed to seize Lin Bai’s body and unleashed the Devouring Heaven Dao Method to draw power from the Blood Gods in his followers. As the Blood God Sect warriors were drained, the Sect Leader’s strength and aura rose toward the peak of the Primal Chaos Dao Fruit Realm.

• The Blood God Sect Leader launched the Devouring Heaven Dao Method, while Lin Bai, too badly wounded to stop him, absorbed nearby blood and qi to recover.
• Protector Zhang reported that the eastern and southern formations would collapse within hours, and the Wu En City Lord learned that the Chen Family Elder had wounded him.
• The Blood God Sect Leader rose above Bone Mountain in a blood-red radiance, but the Wu En City Lord and the others realized he had not taken Lin Bai’s body.
• The Blood God Sect Leader awakened the Blood Gods inside the Blood God Sect warriors and caused them to drain their hosts.
• The freed Blood Gods merged into the Blood God Sect Leader, restoring his vitality and suppressing the Five Signs of Decay as his power approached its peak.

The Sect Leader of the Blood God Sect awakened the Blood Gods within his followers and absorbed their power, causing the formation around Bone Mountain to collapse. He began restoring his strength, leaving the Zhao Xing Office and the Five Great Families and Seven Sects facing a powerful Primal Chaos Dao Fruit Realm enemy with no comparable expert present.

• The Blood God Sect martial artists around Bone Mountain lost the Blood Gods within them, and the God King Scattering Stars Formation collapsed.
• Protector Zhang and Protector Zhao died after their Blood Gods emerged and merged into the Sect Leader of the Blood God Sect, while their cultivation fell away.
• The Sect Leader of the Blood God Sect gathered blood-colored power from his followers as the Zhao Xing Office and the Five Great Families and Seven Sects realized he was awakening.
• A Chen Family elder attacked the Sect Leader of the Blood God Sect, but he shattered the elder's sword radiance and gravely wounded him.
• Zhu Mo attacked with a blade formation, but the Sect Leader of the Blood God Sect broke it with one palm and wounded him.
• Zhu Mo and the Chen Family elder warned the gathered forces that the Sect Leader of the Blood God Sect was a Primal Chaos Dao Fruit expert, leaving them alarmed for the Holy Sons and Holy Daughters present.

The Sect Leader of the Blood God Sect pressured the City Lord of Wu En City into activating a hidden Formation Eye beneath Bone Mountain, summoning the God King Avatar despite the destruction of most of the formation. The avatar devastated the attacking experts and forced Prince Chen’s guards to carry him out of its path.

• The Sect Leader of the Blood God Sect told the City Lord of Wu En City to stall the assembled experts while he recovered, but the City Lord resented being manipulated and regretted betraying Chu.
• The City Lord of Wu En City protested that the Blood God Sect’s forces and formation defenses had been destroyed, leaving him unable to hold off the attackers alone.
• The Sect Leader of the Blood God Sect revealed that he had secretly placed the God King Scattering Stars Formation’s Formation Eye beneath Bone Mountain, and the City Lord activated it with formation flags.
• Lin Bai sensed the formation’s power from beneath Bone Mountain and recognized it as an imitation of the Supreme Avatar.
• The God King Avatar struck down dozens of Great Purity Dao Fruit experts and sent a spear attack toward Prince Chen’s camp, killing those who could not escape.
• Zhao Xing Office experts carried Prince Chen away from the spear, and he marveled at the formation’s power.

King Chai Ning arrived with his fleet and overwhelmed the Blood God Sect forces at Bone Mountain. As the Sect Leader of the Blood God Sect threatened to surrender and reveal what he knew to Chu, figures hidden in the void began to stir.

• The Lord of Wu En City used the God King Scattering Stars Formation to injure and kill several Great Purity Dao Fruit experts, until King Chai Ning arrived with his fleet.
• King Chai Ning struck the God King Avatar with his halberd, forcing the Lord of Wu En City to spit blood, and Prince Chen handed the battlefield over to him.
• King Chai Ning ordered his warships to fire their God of War Cannons, destroying Bone Mountain and the God King Avatar; Lin Bai escaped on his flying sword.
• The Lord of Wu En City demanded that the Sect Leader of the Blood God Sect call on his promised allies, but the Sect Leader mocked him and called out to those hiding in the void.
• The Sect Leader of the Blood God Sect threatened to surrender and tell Chu everything he knew, prompting ripples to appear in the surrounding void.

Prince Chai Ning attacked Bone Mountain and nearly killed the Blood God Sect's Sect Leader, but three black-mist Primal Chaos Dao Fruit experts intervened. As they prepared to fight Prince Chai Ning, the Blood God Sect's Sect Leader plunged toward the ground to pursue Lin Bai, and the other forces withdrew from the battlefield.

• Prince Chai Ning charged the Blood God Sect's Sect Leader and struck at him with his halberd.
• One of three concealed Primal Chaos Dao Fruit experts appeared and blocked Prince Chai Ning's attack.
• The three experts agreed to give the Blood God Sect's Sect Leader a quarter of an hour to capture Lin Bai before taking him away.
• The three concealed experts blocked Prince Chai Ning and announced that they would fight him together.
• Prince Chen, the Five Great Families and Seven Sects, and the Zhao Xing Office withdrew from Bone Mountain.
• The clash between the four Primal Chaos Dao Fruit experts sent a devastating wave across a hundred thousand miles and shook Ke Province.

Lin Bai was captured by the Sect Leader of the Blood God Sect while King Chai Ning battled three Primal Chaos Dao Fruit experts. King Chai Ning used the King's Seal to trap them and launched a devastating counterattack.

• Lin Bai fled the battle but the Sect Leader of the Blood God Sect caught him and struck him down, leaving him too weak to resist.
• The Sect Leader of the Blood God Sect picked Lin Bai up and prepared to leave with the three other experts after they disengaged from King Chai Ning.
• King Chai Ning activated the King's Seal, sealing the space and preventing the four enemies from escaping.
• King Chai Ning attacked with his halberd, crushing half of one expert's body and shattering another's physical form.
• The second expert's soul struck the King's Seal's spatial barrier and bounced back as the four enemies realized King Chai Ning was far stronger than they had expected.

King Chai Ning defeated the Sect Leader of the Blood God Sect and the three attackers, killing the sect leader when a Nine Underworlds Demon Palace powerhouse tried to rescue them. He brought Lin Bai back to Prince Chen, then ordered Zhu Mo to pursue the fleeing Blood God Sect members.

• King Chai Ning overwhelmed the Sect Leader of the Blood God Sect and the three men, who sent a distress signal to the palace for reinforcements.
• A giant hand used the Great Underworld Hand to seize the four fighters, but King Chai Ning shattered its finger and killed the Sect Leader of the Blood God Sect.
• A gentle force freed Lin Bai and carried him onto the Flood Dragon, while the black hand withdrew into the void.
• King Chai Ning brought Lin Bai to Prince Chen, and Chu Junyou gave the badly injured Lin Bai pills to stabilize his condition.
• King Chai Ning ordered Zhu Mo and the Zhao Xing Office warriors to pursue the scattered Blood God Sect members and capture or kill them.

After the Blood God Sect's defeat at Bone Mountain, Lin Bai woke in Fengling City and explained why the Sect Leader had taken him. The cleanup in Ke Province continued, while Lin Bai stayed under guard to recover from his severe injuries.

• Prince Chen stationed the central camp in Fengling City as the Zhao Xing Office and King Chai Ning's army hunted the Blood God Sect's fleeing disciples.
• Lin Bai awoke at the Tianshui Sect's residence, where the Third Elder and Zheng Yuan watched over him as his companions came to visit.
• The Third Elder and Zheng Yuan explained that the Blood God Sect's remnants and corrupted officials still had to be dealt with, though the Zhao Xing Office would handle the investigations.
• The Third Elder asked why the lord of Wu En City had taken Lin Bai, and Lin Bai claimed the Blood God Sect's Sect Leader intended to seize his body to escape the Five Signs of Decay poison.
• The Third Elder said Chen Yule had escaped Bone Mountain and alerted Prince Chen, and that his contribution might earn him a marquisate.
• The Third Elder ordered Lin Bai to remain in Fengling City and recover, since his injuries would take at least half a month to heal.

As Lin Bai recovered, Qin Yao recounted how King Chai Ning rose from a Qian family prodigy to one of Chu’s Twelve Army Kings through three decisive military campaigns. She then explained Chu’s noble ranks and what the title of High Minister meant.

• Lin Bai, Qiao Mo, and Yi Gu discussed King Chai Ning’s strength after his battle against four enemies.
• Qin Yao described King Chai Ning’s early cultivation, his victory in the Hunting Realm, and his appointment as a High Minister and general.
• Qin Yao recounted how King Chai Ning crushed the Qi River Thousand Provinces rebellion and earned the title of An Tian Marquis.
• Qin Yao explained how King Chai Ning rescued the Chu Emperor from a rebellion in the Hunting Realm and later defeated the Qi Tian Sect after a century of border fighting, earning the title of king.
• Qin Yao listed Chu’s noble ranks and explained the limited privileges of Chu Scholars and the standing of High Ministers.

Qin Yao explained how the Kingdom of Chu’s noble titles granted martial artists access to cultivation resources through taxes and fiefs. Lin Bai learned that marquis titles could not be inherited, while kings could pass theirs down, and that fewer than a hundred people in the capital held kingly titles.

• Yi Gu asked why martial artists sought noble titles, and Qin Yao explained that titles brought cultivation resources.
• Qin Yao described the four noble ranks and how City Marquises, Two-Character Marquises, and One-Character Marquises collected taxes from their territories.
• Qin Yao explained that Two-Character Kings received a province’s taxes, while One-Character Equal Kings received taxes from ten provinces, and warned that imperial princes were members of the royal clan.
• Lin Bai noted that fiefs outside the Imperial Authority Eighteen Provinces could be poor, and Qin Yao agreed that most noble fiefs lay beyond those provinces.
• Qin Yao said kings could pass their titles down, marquises could not, and fewer than a hundred martial artists in the capital held kingly titles.

After the blood-light array over Ke Province was destroyed, the Chen Family invited Lin Bai and other Tianshui Sect members to a banquet in Fengling City. The gathering began with polite exchanges between the elders, while Lin Bai discovered the extraordinary value and effects of the wine and dishes.

• The Celestial Mystery Pavilion’s Formation Daoists and Zhao Xing Office warriors located and destroyed more than a dozen Blood God Sealing Pagodas, dispersing the blood-light array over Ke Province.
• Third Elder told Lin Bai and the others that the Chen Family had specifically invited them to a gathering, and they agreed to attend despite Lin Bai’s recovering injuries.
• Bai Yifei objected to Lin Bai being brought along, but Third Elder insisted the group attend to broaden their horizons.
• A Chen Family elder welcomed the Tianshui Sect party and exchanged courteous apologies with Third Elder over their earlier dispute at the Bone Mountain camp.
• Lin Bai tasted the banquet’s spiritually potent dishes and learned from Qin Yao that the Fairy Brew cost one hundred thousand purple gold per jug.
• Bai Yifei mocked Lin Bai for being astonished by the wine’s price.

At the Chen Family banquet, Chen Yun fixed Lin Bai with a hostile stare, then proposed a martial competition between the Chen Family and Tianshui Sect disciples. Bai Yifei eagerly accepted, hoping to prove himself to Chen Yule.

• Lin Bai saw Chen Yun arrive with Chen Yule and was surprised by her restored beauty and maturity.
• Chen Yun glared at Lin Bai with killing intent, leaving him confused about why she seemed to resent him.
• Chen Yule publicly toasted Lin Bai and thanked him for helping Prince Chen, while a Chen Family elder probed the Tianshui Sect's political ties.
• Chen Yun interrupted the tense conversation and proposed a friendly martial competition between the Chen Family and Tianshui Sect disciples.
• Bai Yifei accepted the competition, believing it would give him a chance to impress Chen Yule and establish his reputation.

Chen Yun arranged a martial contest between the Chen Family and the Tianshui Sect, where Bai Yifei won the opening match but the Tianshui Sect lost eight of nine bouts. Chen Yun then pointedly asked to see Chen Yule fight Lin Bai, but Chen Yule offered to spar with Bai Yifei instead.

• Chen Yule and the elders agreed to hold a friendly martial contest between the Chen Family and the Tianshui Sect.
• Bai Yifei defeated Chen Molin after the two exchanged hundreds of moves.
• The Tianshui Sect lost eight of the nine contests, including matches fought by Qiao Mo and Qin Yao.
• Chen Yun said the bouts were boring and pointed at Lin Bai, asking to watch Chen Yule fight him.
• Chen Yule noted that Lin Bai was injured and offered to fight Bai Yifei instead, and Bai Yifei accepted.

Chen Yule humiliated Bai Yifei with a casual burst of sword intent, then ended their duel when Chen Yun lost interest. Lin Bai challenged Chen Yule next, leaving the banquet stunned as the chapter ended with the two preparing to fight.

• Chen Yun remained resentful toward Lin Bai over Luo Cong’s downfall, while Bai Yifei eagerly accepted a chance to spar with Chen Yule.
• Chen Yule repelled Bai Yifei’s domineering fist techniques with a casual strand of sword intent and revealed it was not the Chen Family’s Lingbo Sword Intent.
• Chen Yule stopped the duel because Chen Yun was bored, humiliating Bai Yifei before the gathered guests.
• The Chen Family elder apologized to the Tianshui Sect’s Third Elder, while Bai Yifei returned to his seat in anger and Chen Yun continued to ignore Chen Yule.
• Lin Bai challenged Chen Yule despite his injuries, and Chen Yun urged Yule to accept; Lin Bai said he could handle him easily.

Lin Bai challenged Chen Yule to a duel despite his injuries, and Chen Yule suspected he was the masked sword cultivator who had defeated him years earlier. As they prepared to fight on the water, Lin Bai proposed adding stakes to their contest.

• Lin Bai dismissed warnings from Qiao Mo, Qin Yao, and Yi Gu, then provoked Chen Yun and agreed to fight Chen Yule.
• Chen Yule displayed the Dragon Gate Sword, forged from Burial Dragon Emperor Gold, and spoke about his devotion to the sword.
• Chen Yule asked whether Lin Bai was the mysterious sword cultivator who had defeated him beside Embrace Moon Riverside in Sang Province, but Lin Bai refused to confirm it.
• Chen Yule invited Lin Bai to make the first move, and Lin Bai stopped him to suggest adding stakes to their duel.

Lin Bai and Chen Yule wagered over their duel, with Lin Bai asking for Dragon Blood Wine and Chen Yule seeking an honest answer about whether Lin Bai was the person he had asked about earlier. As Chen Yule unleashed the Chen Family’s Slaughter Sword Intent, Lin Bai prepared to face his powerful attack.

• Lin Bai asked Chen Yule to wager Dragon Blood Wine on their duel, and Chen Yule offered him a jar of the potent liquor.
• Lin Bai drank half the jar at once, astonishing Chen Yule, Chen Yun, and the Chen Family’s elder with his ability to withstand it.
• Chen Yule promised to send Lin Bai a hundred jars of Dragon Blood Wine after returning to the capital, while asking for an honest answer about whether Lin Bai was the person he had asked about earlier if he won.
• Lin Bai accepted the wager and told Chen Yule to attack without holding back, promising to do the same when he struck.
• Chen Yule gathered his sword intent across Fengling City and condensed it into the Dragon Gate Sword, prompting Qiao Mo, Qin Yao, and Yi Gu to identify his technique as the Chen Family’s Slaughter Sword Intent.

Chen Yule unleashed the Chen Family’s dangerous Slaughter Sword Intent against Lin Bai, who answered with his own azure lotus sword intent. Their powers clashed in a stalemate that shook Fengling City, drawing its leading experts to witness the fight.

• Yi Gu identified Chen Yule’s sword intent as a fragment of the Slaughter Sword Immortal’s inheritance, while the Chen Family Elder worried that Chen Yule could not fully control it.
• Chen Yule attacked Lin Bai with the Dragon Gate Sword, unleashing a blow that devastated the courtyard and shook Fengling City.
• Lin Bai drank the last of his wine, then raised an azure lotus sword intent using his three-revolution Sword Heart.
• Lin Bai and Chen Yule’s sword intents collided and remained evenly matched, forcing nearby elders and martial artists to retreat.
• The Five Great Families and Seven Sects’ experts, Prince Chen, and their Holy Sons and Holy Daughters arrived and watched Lin Bai hold Chen Yule to a draw.

During Lin Bai and Chen Yule’s escalating sword-intent clash, Lin Bai glimpsed the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal and nearly broke through to the third stage of the Azure Lotus Swordplay. The experts intervened to save Fengling City and stop Chen Yule from losing his reason, but their suppression ended Lin Bai’s chance to advance.

• Lin Bai saw a phantom of the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal, and the Azure Lotus Swordplay showed signs of entering its third stage.
• Chen Yule’s Slaughter Sword Intent consumed his reason as both sword intents surged and devastated several streets of Fengling City.
• Prince Chen ordered Zhu Mo to gather the elders and separate Lin Bai and Chen Yule before the city fell into chaos.
• The two sword intents shattered the eleven experts’ first attempt to suppress them, revealing the powerful wills hidden within them.
• The eleven experts suppressed the sword intents on their second attempt, restoring Chen Yule’s reason and interrupting Lin Bai’s comprehension.