Recaps

Lin Bai and Xiao Cangsheng discovered that the Heaven and Earth Gate had laid humiliating traps along the path to Yunyan Valley. Lin Bai effortlessly neutralized the formations, leaving their scheming disciples waiting as the pair stopped before the final trap.

• Ma Qiuming escorted Xiao Cangsheng and Lin Bai to the path leading to Yunyan Valley, then left them to continue alone.
• Lin Bai used his Asura Dharma Eyes to spot formations filled with ink pouches and stink-gas bags, and Xiao Cangsheng recognized that the traps were meant to embarrass Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai advanced through the path, shattering each formation with the Devouring Heaven Dao Method without triggering any of the hidden mechanisms.
• Zhang Lingxuan and other Heaven and Earth Gate disciples watched from above the clouds and discussed their plan to disgrace Lin Bai, which they said the sect had tacitly approved.
• Lin Bai and Xiao Cangsheng reached the final formation, but stopped just before entering it, frustrating Zhang Lingxuan.

Lin Bai discovered Heaven and Earth Gate disciples hiding above a trap-filled path and turned their ink and stench sacs against them. After humiliating Zhang Lingxuan, Lin Bai and Xiao Cangsheng entered Yunyan Valley cautiously, while Zhang warned that Heaven and Earth Gate had prepared an inescapable net for the martial arts debate five days later.

• Lin Bai pulled hundreds of ink and stench sacs out of the formation and sent them flying at Zhang Lingxuan and the Heaven and Earth Gate disciples hiding in the clouds.
• Lin Bai used sword intent to pin the disciples in place, causing the sacs to explode and cover them in ink and foul stench.
• Lin Bai mocked Zhang Lingxuan and accused the hidden disciples of setting crude traps, while Zhang threatened him over the upcoming martial arts debate.
• Zhang Lingxuan left with his companions, who restrained him when he nearly attacked Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai and Xiao Cangsheng discussed the Heaven and Earth Gate elder's scheme, then inspected Yunyan Valley for traps before settling there.

Lin Bai continued stabilizing his Crimson Lotus Sword Intent while Xiao Cangsheng explained the Heaven and Earth Gate’s Heaven and Earth Two Gates Nine Tribulations contest. They arrived at Dragon Slayer Mountain to find tens of thousands of spectators mocking Lin Bai, and he resolved to answer them with his strength.

• Lin Bai cultivated in Yunyan Valley as Xiao Cangsheng spent his days reading, while the Heaven and Earth Gate prepared a contest intended to keep Lin Bai from leaving alive.
• The Heaven and Earth Gate arranged its Heaven and Earth Two Gates Nine Tribulations contest, and its disciples invited Lin Bai to compete and Xiao Cangsheng to observe.
• Xiao Cangsheng explained that challengers had to pass the Earth Gate formation, defeat nine opponents on the Heavenly Ladder, and break through the Heaven Gate to win.
• Lin Bai and Xiao Cangsheng arrived at Dragon Slayer Mountain, where tens of thousands of Heaven and Earth Gate disciples and martial artists jeered at Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai ignored the insults and resolved to defeat the Heaven and Earth Gate with his strength.

Lin Bai endured hours of insults before Heaven and Earth Gate began its martial competition and Dao discussion. He faced the first trial, the Earth Gate, as one hundred and eight disciples formed the Celestial Fiends' Hundred and Eight Slashes Formation.

• Zhang Lingxuan threatened Lin Bai, who mocked him and ignored the crowd's taunts.
• Heaven and Earth Gate delayed the competition for four hours while Lin Bai stood in the square enduring abuse.
• Old Daoist Ma Qiuming announced the competition, and Lin Bai identified himself as Tianshui Sect's Holy Son and agreed to continue.
• Ma Qiuming introduced the Earth Gate as the first of the Heaven and Earth Two Gates Nine Tribulations and summoned one hundred and eight disciples to form the Celestial Fiends' Hundred and Eight Slashes Formation.
• Xiao Cangsheng explained the formation's history to the Heaven and Earth Gate Master while Lin Bai prepared to attack.

Lin Bai faced the Heaven and Earth Gate’s first trial, the Celestial Fiends' Hundred and Eight Slashes Formation, and charged into it head-on. The formation’s sword barrage seemed to destroy him, but a cold voice from the smoke revealed he was still alive.

• The Crow warned Lin Bai that the formation could both attack and defend, but Lin Bai drew his Demon Sword and charged in with his four flying swords.
• Zhang Lingxuan ordered the formation to change into Ten Thousand Swords Slaughter Demons, and its disciples unleashed a rain of deadly Sword Qi.
• Lin Bai tried to break out east and west, but the formation’s power blocked each attempt and kept him trapped.
• The Sword Qi struck Lin Bai, and the watching warriors and formation disciples assumed he had been reduced to dust and mocked him.
• A cold laugh came from the smoke as Lin Bai declared that he was not dead.

Lin Bai survived the Heaven and Earth Gate disciples’ formation and used the Asura Dharma Eyes to make them attack one another. As the formation fell apart, Xiao Cangsheng recognized the long-lost Mystic Eye Technique, while the Heaven and Earth Gate Master remained confused.

• Lin Bai emerged unharmed after dodging and shattering the formation’s Sword Qi.
• Lin Bai activated the Asura Dharma Eyes, trapping the one hundred and eight Heaven and Earth Gate disciples in illusions.
• The disciples attacked one another, leaving more than twenty grievously injured and more than ten dead.
• Lin Bai realized the Asura Dharma Eyes could break a Combined Attack Formation by disrupting the disciples’ unity.
• Xiao Cangsheng recognized the Asura Dharma Eyes and looked away to avoid being caught by them.
• The Heaven and Earth Gate Master watched the chaos without understanding what Lin Bai had done.

Lin Bai’s Asura Dharma Eyes drove the Heaven and Earth Gate disciples to kill one another until the Heaven and Earth Gate Master’s snort broke the illusion. When the surviving disciples turned on Lin Bai, he slaughtered them across the summit platform as the onlookers shouted threats and demands for him to stop.

• The Heaven and Earth Gate Master’s thunderous snort awakened many disciples from Lin Bai’s illusion, and Xiao Cangsheng silently judged the interference.
• Zhang Lingxuan realized he had killed fellow disciples, accused Lin Bai, and charged him with a sword.
• Lin Bai killed Zhang Lingxuan with a single sword strike after dodging his attack.
• More than seventy Heaven and Earth Gate disciples attacked Lin Bai, who killed them with his Demon Sword and four flying swords.
• Lin Bai continued fighting as the survivors dwindled to around fifty, while the onlookers threatened him and demanded that he stop.

Lin Bai slaughtered the Heaven and Earth Gate fighters after Ma Qiuming reluctantly declared that he had passed the Earth Gate trial. He asked Ma Qiuming whether his victory now counted as more than a barely passing grade.

• More than a hundred peak Dao God Realm fighters failed to stop Lin Bai, who killed over fifty and injured the rest.
• The Heaven and Earth Gate Master ordered Ma Qiuming to count Lin Bai as having passed the Earth Gate and send him to the Nine Tribulations.
• Lin Bai rejected Ma Qiuming’s reluctant verdict and charged at the surviving fighters again.
• The remaining Heaven and Earth Gate disciples unleashed secret arts and forbidden techniques, but Lin Bai killed them all over half an hour.
• Lin Bai asked Ma Qiuming whether the Heaven and Earth Gate still considered his victory a barely passing grade.

Lin Bai passed the first trial and entered the Nine Tribulations, where a white-robed Heaven and Earth Gate disciple attacked him with the Thunder Tribulation Token. The Crow revealed the token’s origins and explained why its Grand Yi Divine Weapon power was incomplete.

• Lin Bai passed the Celestial Fiends' Hundred and Eight Slashes Formation and climbed the stairway toward the Nine Tribulations as Heaven and Earth Gate disciples urged their warriors to kill him.
• A white-robed young man attacked Lin Bai with a thunder dragon, and Lin Bai cut it apart with the Demon Sword.
• The young man used the Thunder Tribulation Token to summon a cage of lightning around Lin Bai.
• The Crow identified the token as one of the Nine Tribulations Tokens, a magical treasure made by the Nine Tribulations Old Ancestor.
• The Crow explained that the token was a half-finished product: its creator had failed to refine the entire set into a true Grand Yi Divine Weapon.

Lin Bai faced Ge Yuan, who wielded the Thunder Tribulation Token and its Myriad Corpse Fiend Lightning. After Lin Bai broke through Ge Yuan’s defenses, Ge Yuan swallowed the lightning to activate a secret technique, bringing his strength close to the Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm.

• The Crow explained the Nine Tribulations Token’s nine powers and urged Lin Bai to seize its tokens.
• Ge Yuan, ranked third on the Heaven and Earth Gate’s Heavenly Rankings, summoned the Myriad Corpse Fiend Lightning with the Thunder Tribulation Token.
• Lin Bai blocked Ge Yuan’s first lightning strike, but it wounded his palm and sent a freezing force into his body.
• Lin Bai shattered Ge Yuan’s nine thunder dragons and shield with a sword strike and charged at him.
• Ge Yuan swallowed the Myriad Corpse Fiend Lightning and used it to activate a secret technique that raised his strength close to the Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm.

Lin Bai defeated and killed Ge Yuan after the Heaven and Earth Gate expert used the Myriad Corpse Fiend Lightning, while the crow seized the Thunder Tribulation Token. The Heaven and Earth Gate Master held back from retaliating because Xiao Cangsheng was present, but Ma Qiuming demanded that Lin Bai hand over the token.

• Ge Yuan swallowed the Myriad Corpse Fiend Lightning and attacked Lin Bai with a punch enhanced by a secret technique.
• Lin Bai activated his Five Elements Dao Body and struck Ge Yuan head-on, shattering his arm and sending him flying.
• Lin Bai beheaded Ge Yuan as the crow snatched the Thunder Tribulation Token and stored it in its ring.
• The Heaven and Earth Gate disciples demanded that the Master execute Lin Bai, but he restrained himself because Xiao Cangsheng was watching.
• Ma Qiuming ordered Lin Bai to hand over the Thunder Tribulation Token.

Lin Bai refused to return the Thunder Tribulation Token and faced eight Heaven and Earth Gate disciples wielding the other Nine Tribulations Tokens after the sect’s master changed the rules so they could attack together. As the tokens unleashed a storm of overwhelming power, Lin Bai strode forward to fight them all at once.

• Ma Qiuming demanded that Lin Bai return the Thunder Tribulation Token, but Lin Bai said Heaven and Earth Gate could win it back in a future martial arts debate.
• Eight Heaven and Earth Gate disciples appeared on the heavenly ladder with the other eight Nine Tribulations Tokens, completing the set.
• Xiao Cangsheng challenged the Heaven and Earth Gate Master for having the eight disciples attack together, and the master claimed the rules had changed.
• Lin Bai dismissed the eight disciples as trash and advanced to fight them all at once.
• The eight disciples activated their tokens, filling the battlefield with storms, flames, waves, and lightning as Lin Bai strode toward them.

Lin Bai fought the eight Heaven and Earth Gate disciples wielding the Nine Tribulations Tokens on the Celestial Ladder, using their attacks against one another to break through their formation. The battle grew more dangerous as the Void, Earth, and Metal Tribulation Tokens joined in, leaving Lin Bai surrounded while the Poison Tribulation Token remained unused.

• The Fire, Water, and Wind Tribulation Tokens combined their powers to drive Lin Bai back with flaming beasts, frost, and tornadoes.
• Lin Bai dodged the tornadoes so they collided with the flaming beasts, injuring the warriors holding the Wind and Fire Tribulation Tokens, then cut through the Water Token's frost arrows.
• A warrior empowered by the Earth Tribulation Token appeared behind Lin Bai through the Void Tribulation Token's spatial shift and punched him a thousand meters backward.
• The Crow explained the Void and Metal Tribulation Tokens' abilities as a giant-sword wielder attacked Lin Bai and split the earth with a Sword Qi strike.
• The Earth and Metal Token wielders trapped Lin Bai between them while the Fire, Water, and Wind Token wielders resumed their assault, supported by the Void Token; only the Poison Token wielder had yet to act.

Lin Bai fought the martial artists wielding the Nine Tribulations Tokens and tried to defeat the Metal and Earth token holders first. After the Void and Wood Tribulation Tokens rescued and healed his opponent, the Crow explained the World Tree’s role in creating worlds and revealed that fragments had been found in the collapsed Demon and Spirit Realms.

• Lin Bai charged the Metal and Earth Tribulation Token holders, endured their attacks and the elemental assaults, then struck the Metal token holder’s arms with the Demon Sword.
• The Void Tribulation Token holder opened a spatial wormhole and moved the wounded swordsman a thousand meters away.
• The Crow explained that the Void Tribulation Token allowed its wielder to teleport people within a ten-thousand-mile range.
• The Wood Tribulation Token holder healed the swordsman’s injuries with emerald light.
• The Crow explained that a World Tree nurtured a world’s laws and said fragments had been found in the Demon and Spirit Realms, shocking Lin Bai.

Lin Bai fought the warriors wielding the Nine Tribulations Tokens while avoiding using the Heaven Swallowing Domain, and he killed Zhang Yuan by trapping the Void Tribulation Token wielder with his flying swords. The surviving enemy warriors reacted to Zhang Yuan’s death, and the Earth Tribulation Token wielder began a powerful counterattack.

• The Crow warned Lin Bai that the Demon Realm and Spirit Realm were connected to the Heaven Swallowing Race, then alerted him that the Nine Tribulations Token warriors were attacking.
• Lin Bai evaded the attackers’ elemental powers and used the Heaven’s Will Four Symbols Sword Formation to keep the Void Tribulation Token wielder occupied.
• Lin Bai charged Zhang Yuan, the Metal Tribulation Token wielder, while three flying swords pursued his ally and prevented interference.
• Lin Bai used the Primal Chaos Unification Sword Formation to pierce Zhang Yuan’s greatsword and kill him, and the Crow collected the Metal Tribulation Token.
• After the warriors recognized Zhang Yuan as a Heavenly Rankings expert and mourned his death, the Earth Tribulation Token wielder activated his token and struck with the phantom of an ancient colossal beast.

Lin Bai killed the warriors holding the Earth, Wind, Fire, Water, and Void Tribulation Tokens, leaving only the Wood and Poison token holders alive. As he confronted the final two, the Poison token holder activated his token and unleashed a dangerous aura.

• Lin Bai killed Su You, who held the Earth Tribulation Token, and the Crow collected the token.
• Lin Bai broke through the Wind token holder’s nine tornadoes, killed him, and took the Wind Tribulation Token.
• Lin Bai charged through the frost and flames unleashed by the Fire and Water token holders and killed them both.
• Lin Bai severed the Void token holder’s arm, took his token, and then killed him with a flying sword.
• Lin Bai confronted the Wood and Poison token holders, and the Poison token holder activated his token, releasing a dangerous aura.

News from the Heaven and Earth Gate reached the Imperial Capital, where Prince Chen and the Third Prince considered Lin Bai’s growing influence and the struggle for imperial favor. Old Huo urged the Third Prince to strike at Prince Chen, and the Third Prince resolved to kill him.

• Prince Chen learned that Lin Bai had overcome the Earth Tribulation and killed one hundred and eight Dao God realm experts, then ordered further reports from the Heaven and Earth Gate.
• The Second Elder and Third Elder reassured Prince Chen that Xiao Cangsheng was accompanying Lin Bai, while warning that the Third Prince might seek another chance to eliminate him.
• The Third Prince heard that Lin Bai had overwhelmed the Heaven and Earth Gate, while Sun Moon Pavilion experts mocked the sect’s failure.
• The Third Prince worried that Prince Chen’s recent achievements had won the Chu Emperor’s favor and might lead to the seal inside Prince Chen’s body being unlocked.
• Old Huo told the Third Prince that Prince Chen’s power depended on the Chu Emperor’s favor, and the Third Prince declared that this time he wanted Prince Chen dead.

At the Heaven and Earth Gate’s Heavenly Stairway, Lin Bai faced Dong Yi, the Poison Tribulation Token’s master, whose deadly poison corroded Lin Bai’s Sword Qi and forced him to change tactics. The Crow recognized Dong Yi’s technique as the forbidden Myriad Poisons Divine Art, and the duel remained unresolved.

• The Tianshui Sect learned that Lin Bai had killed seven opponents at the ninth tribulation and discussed Dong Yi’s role in Li Lingtian’s defeat and wrongful execution.
• Li Zai'en explained that Dong Yi wielded the Poison Tribulation Token and was now the Heaven and Earth Gate’s top Heavenly Rankings expert.
• Dong Yi attacked Lin Bai with poisonous smoke dragons that corroded his Sword Qi, forcing Lin Bai to retreat.
• Lin Bai charged at Dong Yi to attack the token’s wielder, but Dong Yi enveloped himself and Lin Bai’s demon sword in poison, making Lin Bai pull back.
• Dong Yi swallowed the poison around him, and the Crow identified his technique as the Southern Border Insect Valley’s forbidden Myriad Poisons Divine Art.

Lin Bai fought Dong Yi, who wielded the Myriad Poisons Divine Art and Poison Tribulation Token, but his attacks were undermined by deadly poison. As Lin Bai weighed his options while hiding his strongest abilities from the watching crowd, he began to form a countermeasure.

• The Crow warned Lin Bai that Dong Yi’s Myriad Poisons Divine Art made his body and attacks deadly with poison.
• Dong Yi unleashed the Myriad Poison Soulchase Palm, and Lin Bai dodged as it devastated Dragon Slayer Mountain and poisoned the surrounding land.
• Dong Yi sent a poisonous fog dragon and a swarm of black mosquitoes after Lin Bai, who destroyed the insects with rapid sword strikes.
• Lin Bai explained that the Poison Tribulation Token’s fog corroded his Sword Qi and that he could not reveal the Heaven Swallowing Domain or Supreme Avatar before the onlookers.
• After the Crow suggested they might be doomed, Lin Bai declared that he had a possible countermeasure.

Lin Bai fought Dong Yi, whose Poison Tribulation Token unleashed swarms of poisonous creatures and deadly poison mist. Lin Bai pierced the poison mist with his Dragon Eye Flying Sword, but after Dong Yi regenerated his severed arm with a snake, the battle resumed with Lin Bai surrounding him with attacks from every direction.

• Dong Yi summoned poisonous creatures and smoke dragons from the Poison Tribulation Token as Lin Bai blocked them with the Taiji Two Forms Sword Formation and charged toward him.
• Lin Bai’s Dragon Eye Flying Sword pierced Dong Yi’s poison-mist barrier, forcing Dong Yi to choose between holding back the sword and facing Lin Bai’s descending strike.
• Dong Yi let Lin Bai sever his left arm, knocked away the Dragon Eye Flying Sword, and retreated, then used a small snake to restore his arm.
• Lin Bai attacked Dong Yi with the Primal Chaos Unification Sword Formation and the Azure Lotus Sword Intent, seeking an opening as Dong Yi dodged the pursuing sword.
• Lin Bai spread the swords of the Taiji Two Forms Sword Formation around Dong Yi, sealing off his escape routes while attacks closed in from the front, rear, left, and right.

Lin Bai defeated Dong Yi, who self-detonated his Dao Fruit and unleashed poison across the area before Xiao Cangsheng contained it. As Xiao Cangsheng questioned whether the Heaven and Earth Gate would continue the fight, Qin Mo arrived with six others and revealed he had fused with the Earth Demon’s remnant Soul Power.

• Lin Bai changed the Taiji Two Forms Sword Formation into a killing move and trapped Dong Yi despite his severed arm.
• Dong Yi self-detonated his Dao Fruit, killing the woman with the Wood Tribulation Token and poisoning the surrounding martial artists.
• Xiao Cangsheng gathered the poison spread across a hundred thousand miles and cast it into a rift in the void.
• The Crow returned to Lin Bai after taking all the Nine Tribulations Tokens, while Xiao Cangsheng challenged the Heaven and Earth Gate Master to end the battle.
• Qin Mo arrived with six figures, demanded that the fight continue, and confirmed he had fused with the Earth Demon’s remnant Soul Power.

The Heaven and Earth Gate sent Qin Mo and six Saint Disciple-level fighters to continue the contest and kill Lin Bai. Lin Bai confronted Qin Mo, who revealed that he had killed Li Lingtian, and the two prepared to fight.

• Qin Mo assured the Heaven and Earth Gate Master that he and the other six would kill Lin Bai, and the master ordered them to proceed.
• Qin Mo challenged Lin Bai on the Heavenly Stairway, while the Heaven and Earth Gate Master continued the battle to protect the sect’s reputation and obey the Third Prince’s order.
• Lin Bai climbed to the plaza and asked where Ke Ling was; Qin Mo told him Ke Ling was dead and introduced himself as the former Saint Disciple.
• Qin Mo revealed that he had personally killed Li Lingtian, prompting Lin Bai to raise his Demon Sword and vow to leave Qin Mo’s corpse disfigured.
• Qin Mo surrounded himself with black flames carrying the Earth Demon’s aura as he and Lin Bai prepared to fight.

Qin Mo emerged from five thousand years of seclusion with six Holy Son-level followers to kill Lin Bai and restore the Heaven and Earth Gate’s reputation. Lin Bai faced their assault and badly wounded one of the six, but the battle remained underway.

• The Heaven and Earth Gate Master ordered Qin Mo to leave seclusion and kill Lin Bai after Ke Ling’s defeat brought shame on the sect.
• Qin Mo told his six followers to show no mercy, and they surrounded Lin Bai at the final gate of the martial contest.
• The six Holy Son-level fighters shattered Lin Bai’s Heaven’s Will Four Symbols Sword Formation and trapped him with their attacks.
• Lin Bai drove the attackers back with his Demon Sword, then attacked one man with Zhu Xian.
• The man survived Lin Bai’s sword but was sent flying with his meridians and bones shattered.

Lin Bai seriously injured the six martial artists accompanying Qin Mo, revealing strength at the Dao-Seer level. Qin Mo recognized Lin Bai as a rival of equal rank after their first exchange of blows.

• Lin Bai used his sword formation and Five Elements Dao Body to defeat two of Qin Mo’s companions.
• A woman trapped Lin Bai in the Demon Subduing Tribulation Formation and struck him with crimson divine lightning, but Lin Bai endured it and wounded her.
• A saber wielder and a sword cultivator attacked Lin Bai together, but his Azure Lotus Sword Intent repelled them and left all six companions seriously injured.
• Qin Mo rushed at Lin Bai and exchanged a powerful blow with him, sending them both flying back.
• Qin Mo realized Lin Bai had reached the Dao-Seer level, and Lin Bai sensed how powerful Dao-Seer-level strength was.

Lin Bai and Qin Mo fought a fierce Dao-level battle near Dragon Slayer Mountain, where Qin Mo used Heaven and Earth Gate techniques and overwhelming force to pressure him. Lin Bai revealed his Crimson Lotus Sword Intent and wounded Qin Mo with a strike that pierced his shoulder and began destroying him from within.

• Lin Bai and Qin Mo exchanged powerful techniques and fought to a standstill as onlookers cheered Qin Mo on.
• Qin Mo's relentless attacks forced Lin Bai to defend, but Lin Bai then declared he had finished testing Qin Mo and unleashed a far stronger sword might.
• Qin Mo used Heaven and Earth Infinity to gather spiritual power into a colossal vortex and punched toward Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai countered with Crimson Lotus Sword Intent and Azure Sea Torrent, and their collision flattened the surrounding area and injured nearby disciples.
• Lin Bai used the aftermath to close in and pierce Qin Mo's left shoulder, severely injuring him with the sword intent.