Recaps

In the Ascension Celestial Palace, observers watched Lin Bai defeat the Crown Prince of Thousand Water Kingdom twice and make him write an IOU for one million immortal jades. When Thousand Water Kingdom’s elders challenged Tianshui Sect, Prince Chen defended Lin Bai and rebuked the Crown Prince’s arrogance toward Chu Kingdom.

• The martial artists watching the light screens saw the Crown Prince of Thousand Water Kingdom approach Lin Bai after Lin Bai killed a roc, and Lin Bai showed him ten aberrations.
• Lin Bai defeated the Crown Prince twice, leaving him gravely wounded in the second fight, and the Crown Prince wrote an IOU for one million immortal jades.
• Thousand Water Kingdom’s elders confronted Pan Qing, who argued that their Crown Prince had brought the defeat on himself by scheming to take advantage of Lin Bai and Qian Hen.
• Prince Chen intervened, saying the Crown Prince had repeatedly provoked Lin Bai and disrespected Chu Kingdom, and told Thousand Water Kingdom to make him reflect on his conduct.
• Thousand Water Kingdom’s experts swallowed their anger and acknowledged Prince Chen’s rebuke.

The Chu Emperor publicly approved Prince Chen’s defense of Tianshui Sect by rewarding him with Nine Heavens Immortal Dew. As the hunt neared its end, gambling matches over captured exotic species began early at Cloud Peak, with the major sects’ top prodigies not yet participating.

• Prince Chen ended the dispute between Tianshui Sect and the Thousand Water Kingdom, and the Chu Emperor rewarded him with Nine Heavens Immortal Dew.
• The Third Prince was shocked and resentful when he realized the Chu Emperor’s gift signaled approval of Prince Chen’s actions.
• By the eleventh day of the hunt, teams began targeting other participants’ exotic species as the hunting period entered its final days.
• Several sects among the Twenty-Seven Sects of Chu and smaller Lineages started gambling matches at Cloud Peak, while the top prodigies remained absent.
• The Chu Emperor, the Third Prince, Prince Chen, Patriarch Pan Qing, and other spectators watched the battles at Cloud Peak through a light screen.

The hunting gambling battles reached Cloud Peak, where Chen Yule arrived injured and prepared to face rivals from Chu’s Five Great Families and Seven Sects. Yan Han of the Heaven and Earth Gate then confronted Chen Yule, hinting that his real target was someone else.

• The Twenty-Seven Sects of Chu began the gambling battles a day early, and the fighting ended without any deaths.
• On the traditional hunting day, the participants gathered at Cloud Peak for the final gambling battles.
• Chen Yule and the Chen Family martial artists arrived bloodied, and Chen Yule told the weaker sects he had no interest in fighting them.
• Yan Han and the Heaven and Earth Gate arrived, and Chen Yule challenged Yan Han after noticing his cold gaze.
• Yan Han said his target was not the Chen Family, and Chen Yule mocked him by questioning whether he could defeat that target.

Lin Bai and Qian Hen learned about the hunting wager and set off for Cloud Peak, where hunters would compete for each other’s exotic beasts. Emperor Chu then ordered Lin Bai to investigate a suspicious battle far to the southeast, leaving their destination—and the cause of the disturbance—uncertain.

• Lin Bai killed a Five-Headed Golden Lion and learned from Qian Hen that the final three days of the hunt would feature a wager in which martial artists staked their exotic beasts.
• Lin Bai and Qian Hen decided to go to Cloud Peak, hoping to join the wager and meet the Tianshui Sect’s group.
• Emperor Chu saw smoke obstructing his formation’s view of a battle and ordered Lin Bai to investigate seven hundred thousand li southeast.
• Lin Bai told Qian Hen about the order, and Qian Hen turned the Black Awning Boat toward the indicated location.
• The martial artists watching the light screens noticed Lin Bai and Qian Hen’s sudden change of direction, and the Third Prince, Prince Chen, Xiao Cangsheng, and Liang Wang grew suspicious.

Lin Bai and Qian Hen reached a vast cloud of Forbidden Sea Dark Wind Sand that blocked divine sense and formations. Suspecting someone had raised it for a hidden purpose, Lin Bai entered the storm to investigate while Qian Hen stayed behind.

• Qian Hen drove the Black Awning Boat hundreds of thousands of li to reach the source of the thunderous rumbling and smoke.
• Lin Bai used his Asura Dharma Eyes but could not see through the smoke and dust.
• Qian Hen identified the cloud as Forbidden Sea Dark Wind Sand, a costly substance that isolated divine sense and obstructed formations.
• Lin Bai and Qian Hen reasoned that whoever had deployed the sand likely had a purpose beyond hunting exotic beasts.
• Lin Bai stepped into the storm, where fierce astral winds tossed him about, and used the Taiji Two Forms Sword Formation to advance.

Lin Bai entered the Forbidden Sea Dark Wind Sand and discovered Shu Yunyu, Ge Qishan, and the True Self Sect disciples secretly preparing to smuggle the dead Dark Nether Flying Bird out of the Southern Sky Hunting Garden. When they sensed someone approaching, Ge Qishan ordered his disciples to enter the sandstorm and eliminate the intruder.

• Lin Bai used his flying swords to pass through the Forbidden Sea Dark Wind Sand.
• Shu Yunyu and the True Self Sect disciples finished killing the Dark Nether Flying Bird and prepared a teleportation formation to smuggle its corpse outside the hunting garden.
• Ge Qishan used a formation disk to activate the hidden teleportation formation.
• A True Self Sect martial artist sensed someone approaching through the sandstorm.
• Ge Qishan ordered the disciples not needed for the formation to take their jade talismans into the sandstorm and kill the approaching intruder.

Lin Bai entered the Forbidden Sea Dark Wind Sand and discovered that Taiyi Dao and the True Self Sect were hiding a secret there. Taiyi Dao ordered his followers to delay Lin Bai while they prepared to teleport away the Dark Nether Flying Bird’s corpse, and Lin Bai prepared to stop wasting time.

• Lin Bai spotted figures in the astral wind and continued toward them, wondering whether they would dare attack him.
• The True Self Sect disciples recognized Lin Bai and informed Taiyi Dao, who ordered them to hold Lin Bai back for fifteen minutes without killing him.
• Taiyi Dao’s followers formed a sand dragon from the Forbidden Sea Dark Wind Sand and attacked Lin Bai, but he sensed they were only trying to delay him.
• Lin Bai shattered the sand dragon with his Primal Chaos Unification Sword Formation, then fought off attacks from high-grade Great Principles Fruit Realm experts.
• Frustrated by the wind, sand, and repeated attacks, Lin Bai sent out both Sword Qi and prepared to push through to discover what Taiyi Dao was doing.

Lin Bai fought through the Forbidden Sea Dark Wind Sand to stop Ge Qishan and the True Self Sect from completing their teleportation array. After Lin Bai overwhelmed Ge Qishan, the Saint summoned a strange python whose power seemed to reach the Superior-Grade Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm, leaving Lin Bai facing an unfamiliar threat.

• Lin Bai broke through the yellow-sand barrier despite seven True Self Sect disciples trying to hold him back.
• A disciple warned Ge Qishan that they could not stop Lin Bai, and Ge Qishan went to confront Lin Bai while the teleportation array remained unfinished.
• Ge Qishan attacked Lin Bai with a fist strengthened by the Forbidden Sea Dark Wind Sand, but Lin Bai cut it apart and pursued him with the Primal Chaos Unification Sword Formation.
• Lin Bai's flying swords broke through Ge Qishan's defensive treasures and drove him to use a green talisman.
• Ge Qishan's talisman summoned a hundred-zhang python wreathed in black smoke, and Lin Bai sensed that its seemingly Superior-Grade Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm power was strange.

Lin Bai fought a hundred-zhang python made of divine soul that seemed to carry the Innate Dao Sect’s talisman aura, then met Ge Qishan, Saint Son of the True Self Sect. After Ge Qishan claimed he had been hunting a rare beast, Lin Bai left without learning what had really happened.

• A hundred-zhang python attacked Lin Bai, and he identified it as a Soul Body with an aura resembling the Innate Dao Sect’s talisman arts.
• Lin Bai fought the python with his Demon Sword and Taiji Two Forms Sword Formation as it repeatedly dispersed and re-formed, then it fled into the yellow sand.
• Ge Qishan, the Saint Son of the True Self Sect, approached Lin Bai and claimed he had been hunting a black-feathered flying beast that escaped.
• Ge Qishan drew the Forbidden Sea Dark Wind Sand into a treasure box, and Lin Bai inspected the bloodied battlefield before accepting Ge Qishan’s explanation.
• Lin Bai said he would leave, and Ge Qishan bid him farewell with a cold smile as he turned away.

Lin Bai discovered that Ge Qishan and the True Self Sect disciples had destroyed a formation after secretly completing it, and he reported their suspicious actions to the Emperor of Chu. The Emperor awarded him credit and sent the Zhao Xing Office to investigate, while Lin Bai and Qian Hen continued toward Cloud Peak.

• After Lin Bai and Qian Hen departed, Ge Qishan ordered the True Self Sect disciples to clean up the ruins and head to Cloud Peak.
• Lin Bai returned to the ruins with Qian Hen and sensed traces of a formation beneath the dust.
• Lin Bai told the Emperor of Chu that Ge Qishan's account of hunting an exotic beast seemed suspicious because the formation had been destroyed and the disciples had attacked him only to delay him.
• The Emperor of Chu agreed with Lin Bai's suspicions, awarded him credit, and said the Zhao Xing Office would investigate.
• Qian Hen declined to ask what the Emperor had discussed with Lin Bai, explaining that the Qian family survived by not meddling in matters beyond its place.

Lin Bai questioned Qian Hen about the Qian Family’s role in the information trade and wondered whether the family was supporting Prince Chen. At Cloud Peak, the gathered factions watched a Heaven and Earth Gate disciple defeat the badly injured Li Juenian of the Tianshui Sect.

• Lin Bai inferred that the Qian Family had left the information business to the Dark World, and Qian Hen acknowledged his interpretation while describing the wider world’s complexity.
• Lin Bai considered whether Qian Hen’s decision to hunt with him signaled that the Qian Family intended to favor Prince Chen, but he remained unsure of Qian Hen’s purpose.
• The major sects, families, kingdoms, and Liang Wang’s forces gathered at Cloud Peak, where Bai Yifei, Zhou Xinjin, and the Tianshui Sect disciples were isolated without Lin Bai or a guardian elder.
• A white-haired Heaven and Earth Gate disciple shattered Li Juenian’s limbs in a platform battle, leaving the Tianshui Sect swordsman unable to rise.

The Heaven and Earth Gate exploited the Tianshui Sect’s exhausted state to defeat its disciples and nearly kill Li Juenian. Bai Yifei rescued Li Juenian and stepped forward to challenge Jiang Wei, his power surging as their fight began.

• The Heaven and Earth Gate’s disciples repeatedly defeated the injured Tianshui Sect disciples, and Li Juenian refused to leave the combat area despite his severe injuries.
• Chen Yule, Yi Song, Huang Qingyun, and Shui Mo Dan objected to Jiang Wei humiliating Li Juenian, but Yan Han warned them not to interfere in the sects’ private feud.
• Yan Han ordered Jiang Wei to kill Li Juenian, and Bai Yifei rushed in to save him, trading a powerful strike with Jiang Wei.
• Bai Yifei sent Li Juenian to Qiao Mo and Qin Yao, then challenged Jiang Wei on behalf of the Tianshui Sect.
• Jiang Wei taunted Bai Yifei, who gathered his power and astonished the onlookers with his formidable aura.

Bai Yifei defeated Jiang Wei in a duel, but Yan Han joined Jiang Wei and together they severely wounded Bai Yifei. As Jiang Wei prepared to attack the Tianshui Sect disciples, Lin Bai’s Dragon Eye Flying Sword arrived and severed Jiang Wei’s arm.

• Bai Yifei fought Jiang Wei and knocked him down with a punch, then sent him flying again when he resumed attacking.
• Jiang Wei called on Yan Han, and the two joined forces to strike Bai Yifei down.
• Chen Yule, Yi Song, Huang Qingyun, and Shui Mo Dan condemned the Heaven and Earth Gate’s actions, while Yan Han declared that its disciples would kill everyone from the Tianshui Sect.
• Jiang Wei challenged the Tianshui Sect disciples and moved to attack Qiao Mo when no one stepped forward.
• An azure sword ray cut through the sky and severed Jiang Wei’s arm, and Chen Yule recognized Lin Bai’s Dragon Eye Flying Sword.

Lin Bai arrived at Cloud Peak and rescued the Tianshui Sect disciples from the Heaven and Earth Gate’s attack. After ordering his injured sectmates to rest, he confronted the Heaven and Earth Gate and demanded to know who had threatened to slaughter them.

• Lin Bai’s golden flying sword severed Jiang Wei’s arm, and his Black Awning Boat arrived at Cloud Peak with Qian Hen.
• The Tianshui Sect disciples welcomed Lin Bai, whose arrival restored their confidence, while the Heaven and Earth Gate disciples reacted with wariness.
• Lin Bai checked on the injured Tianshui Sect disciples, praised Bai Yifei for his fight, and told them to withdraw and heal.
• The martial artists from the Twenty-Seven Sects of Chu made room for the Tianshui Sect disciples after Lin Bai arrived, and Qian Hen joined Chen Yule’s group.
• Lin Bai confronted the Heaven and Earth Gate disciples over their threat against his sect, and Jiang Wei challenged him by asking if he was the Tianshui Sect’s Holy Son.

At Cloud Peak, Jiang Wei repeatedly defeated and nearly killed Tianshui Sect disciples while Bai Yifei intervened to save them, until Yan Han secretly helped Jiang Wei severely wound Bai Yifei. Lin Bai arrived, severed Jiang Wei’s arm with a flying sword, and faced the Heaven and Earth Gate disciples as a battle loomed.

• Jiang Wei challenged the injured Tianshui Sect disciples and defeated Yi Zien and Zhou Xinjin, while Bai Yifei stopped him from killing them.
• Jiang Wei severely wounded Li Juenian, but Bai Yifei rescued him and defeated Jiang Wei.
• Yan Han secretly joined Jiang Wei to severely wound Bai Yifei, provoking Pan Qing to condemn the Heaven and Earth Gate.
• Lin Bai and Qian Hen arrived at Cloud Peak, and Lin Bai’s flying sword severed Jiang Wei’s arm.
• Lin Bai reassured the Tianshui Sect disciples, then stood against the Heaven and Earth Gate with killing intent as the martial artists anticipated a fight.

Lin Bai confronted the Heaven and Earth Gate at Cloud Peak, defeated Jiang Wei, and killed Zhao Yian with one sword. His killing shocked the gathered sects and clans and escalated the feud between the Heaven and Earth Gate and the Tianshui Sect.

• Lin Bai challenged the Heaven and Earth Gate over its threat against the Tianshui Sect and blasted Jiang Wei through nine defensive shields with Dragon Eye Flying Sword.
• Lin Bai offered ten exotic creatures as stakes for a duel, and Yan Han sent Zhao Yian to test him.
• Lin Bai mocked Zhao Yian and killed him with the Primal Chaos Unification Sword Formation before Zhao Yian could withstand a single attack.
• The gathered martial artists reacted with shock at Lin Bai's killing and recognized how powerful his sword technique was.

After Lin Bai killed Zhao Yian with one decisive sword, Yan Han, the Saint Son of Heaven and Earth Gate, stepped forward to challenge him, wielding power connected to Earth Demon's remnant soul. The chapter left Lin Bai facing Yan Han as the royal family and sect leaders watched.

• Chu Tinghan reconsidered Lin Bai's strength after witnessing him kill Zhao Yian with a single sword.
• Pan Qing celebrated Zhao Yian's death, while the Ancestor and elders of Heaven and Earth Gate blamed Jiang Wei's earlier failure to kill his opponents decisively.
• Lin Bai took Zhao Yian's Storage Bag and demanded ten exotic beasts as the price of his victory.
• A furious disciple of Heaven and Earth Gate tried to challenge Lin Bai, but Yan Han stopped him and said he would fight instead.
• Yan Han entered the arena surrounded by black mist, and Pan Qing recognized the face in it as Earth Demon, whose remnant soul Yan Han could wield.

At Cloud Peak, Chen Yule and Qian Hen discussed Yan Han’s Earth Demon remnant-soul and the hidden reserves of Chu’s young talents as Lin Bai and Yan Han began their duel. Lin Bai’s attacks cut through Yan Han’s black smoke, but the sinister laughter from the remnant soul disrupted his concentration and continued even after he sealed his six senses.

• Chen Yule asked Qian Hen who would win, and Qian Hen said Yan Han could threaten Lin Bai if he used the Earth Demon’s remnant-soul power.
• Qian Hen told Chen Yule that Lin Bai and the other Saint Sons and Saint Daughters had secrets and reserves they had not revealed.
• Qian Hen explained that the Qian family collected extensive information and that the Dark World handled information sales in Chu.
• Chen Yule asked why Lu Qingjun, Yi Heze, Meng Qinxian, and Nie Shang were absent, and Qian Hen said he had notified them about the betting matches.
• Lin Bai and Yan Han charged at each other and exchanged punches and sword strikes across the mountains.
• The Earth Demon’s remnant soul laughed at Lin Bai, disrupting his focus; sealing his six senses failed to silence it, and anger rose within him.

Yan Han used the Earth Demon's remnant Soul Power to torment Lin Bai with bizarre laughter, driving the demon flower in Lin Bai's heart to revive. Lin Bai entered the white-mist world and met Xuantong, whose fading remnant image explained how it had appeared.

• Yan Han's laughter disrupted Lin Bai's mind, and he struck Lin Bai down while Chen Yule, Yi Song, and Huang Qingyun recognized the Earth Demon's influence.
• The Heaven and Earth Gate Ancestor insisted Yan Han would kill Lin Bai, while Pan Qing maintained that the battle was not over.
• The laughter intensified as a blood-red seed formed in Lin Bai's eyes, and the world around him shattered into a white-mist space.
• Lin Bai found Xuantong beneath the crooked-neck tree and realized the demon flower had revived despite his having cut it out before.
• Xuantong explained that the demon flower would return as long as Lin Bai retained emotions and desires, and that the fading figure was a remnant image he had left behind.

Lin Bai resisted the Earth Demon's remnant-soul influence and turned the fight against Yan Han, leaving Yan Han badly wounded. Yan Han unleashed Heaven and Earth Gate's Dragon Riding Returns to the Sea as Lin Bai continued his attack with four flying swords.

• Xuantong told Lin Bai that he would claim Lin Bai's life when they met again, then vanished from Lin Bai's sea of consciousness.
• Lin Bai returned to his body unaffected by the Earth Demon's eerie laughter, and Chu Emperor and Liang Wang recognized the demonic flower in his eyes as a forbidden art.
• Yan Han attacked Lin Bai with the Purple Rainbow Overlord Seal, but Lin Bai's Heaven's Will Four Symbols Sword Formation shattered it and sent Yan Han flying.
• Lin Bai slashed Yan Han with the Azure Lotus Sword Intent, destroying his defensive treasures and leaving him gravely wounded.
• Lin Bai pursued Yan Han with his four flying swords, while Yan Han summoned a savage dragon shadow using Dragon Riding Returns to the Sea.

Lin Bai shattered Yan Han’s Dao Art with the Mount Tai Sword, but Yan Han’s body was taken over by a powerful remnant soul. Huang Qingyun identified it as a remnant of the Earth Demon, leaving Lin Bai facing a newly awakened foe capable of catching a Grand Yi Divine Weapon with one hand.

• Yan Han unleashed a dragon-shaped Dao Art, and Lin Bai charged into it instead of retreating.
• Lin Bai used a blue-white bead to shield himself and the Mount Tai Sword to sever the dragon shadow’s head, breaking Yan Han’s Dao Art.
• Lin Bai swung the Mount Tai Sword at Yan Han, but eerie laughter spread across Cloud Peak and disturbed the martial artists’ minds.
• Yan Han caught the Mount Tai Sword with one hand as an unknown power awakened and took control of his body.
• Huang Qingyun told Chen Yule and Yi Song that the being was not the Earth Demon himself, but his remnant soul.

The Earth Demon's remnant soul unleashed an eerie laugh that drove beasts across the Southern Sky Hunting Garden into a frenzy, while Chu Emperor chose to watch Lin Bai face him. Lin Bai realized the Earth Demon was using the power of a Demonic Dao Fruit to render attacks useless, and prepared to fight back with his Demon Sword.

• The Earth Demon's eerie laughter spread across the Southern Sky Hunting Garden, tormenting people and driving its exotic beasts into a rampage.
• Eunuch Gui urged Chu Emperor to suppress the Earth Demon's remnant soul, but Chu Emperor decided to see how Lin Bai handled him.
• Lin Bai attacked Yan Han with his flying swords, Azure Lotus Sword Intent, Heaven Measuring Ruler, and Mount Tai Sword, but every strike passed through Yan Han without harm.
• Lin Bai recognized that Yan Han's Demonic Dao Fruit let him ignore attacks, and Yan Han challenged Lin Bai to kneel and beg for mercy.
• Lin Bai put away his weapons except for the Demon Sword and claimed he had killed Demonic Dao Fruit wielders before.
• Yan Han dismissed Lin Bai's boast and gathered a terrifying power to attack him.

Lin Bai fought Yan Han, whose body carried the revived power of the Earth Demon's remnant soul, and defeated him with the Dragon Slaying Skill. Yan Han died with his soul scattered, leaving the Heaven and Earth Gate devastated and the Tianshui Sect celebrating.

• The Earth Demon overwhelmed Lin Bai with fierce winds, battered him, and hurled him into a mountain.
• Lin Bai recovered, challenged the Earth Demon, and unleashed the Dragon Slaying Skill's First Sword.
• The sword pierced Yan Han's brow and destroyed the Earth Demon's remnant soul.
• Yan Han regained control of his body, but his soul dissipated before Lin Bai kicked his corpse toward Cloud Peak.
• The Heaven and Earth Gate Ancestor and disciples mourned Yan Han, while Pan Qing toasted his death and celebrated with the Tianshui Sect.

After killing Yan Han, Lin Bai slaughtered the entire Heaven and Earth Gate team at Cloud Peak and took their Storage Bags and exotic creatures. His brutality shocked the gathered martial artists, especially the Saint Son of the Undying Holy Sect, who reconsidered Lin Bai’s earlier question about whether he could be killed.

• Lin Bai returned to Cloud Peak, took Yan Han’s Storage Bag, and ordered the Heaven and Earth Gate disciples to face him.
• The Heaven and Earth Gate disciples fled, but Lin Bai pursued them and killed the Dao God Realm martial artists and a white-haired Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm elder.
• Lin Bai used his flying swords and Heaven Measuring Ruler to kill the remaining Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm disciples, wiping out the entire team.
• Lin Bai gathered the Heaven and Earth Gate’s twenty-nine exotic creatures and set aside their Storage Bags to count later.
• The gathered martial artists were shocked by Lin Bai’s actions, and the Saint Son of the Undying Holy Sect recalled Lin Bai asking whether he was impossible to kill.

At the Ascension Celestial Palace, Emperor Chu rejected the Heaven and Earth Gate’s demand for justice against Lin Bai and stopped its ancestor from dueling Pan Qing. As Lin Bai’s victory over the Heaven and Earth Gate’s disciples became the talk of the hunt, the Tianshui Sect began rising in prestige, while the Third Prince and his allies were left humiliated.

• The Heaven and Earth Gate’s ancestor accused Pan Qing and Lin Bai of going too far, but Prince Chen argued that the hunt had no rule against deadly fights.
• The Third Prince and Prince Chen clashed over whether the imperial clan should intervene, as the Heaven and Earth Gate’s ancestor challenged Pan Qing to a duel.
• Emperor Chu warned that the Heaven and Earth Gate’s ancestor was no match for Pan Qing and then used the Third Prince’s own words to dismiss the deaths as a minor scuffle between juniors.
• The Heaven and Earth Gate’s ancestor withdrew his complaint, while the Third Prince fell silent and the Heaven and Earth Gate’s elders sat dispirited.
• The sect leaders toasted Pan Qing, who watched Lin Bai on the light screen and credited him with the Tianshui Sect’s resurgence.