Recaps

A living statue with strength near the Grand Luo realm trapped Lin Bai and the injured Chu Tinghan in the underground chamber. Lin Bai recognized it as an Immortal One and, after its sand sword blocked their escape, revealed his Dragon Slaying Skill as he struck back.

• The statue awakened, knocked Chu Tinghan and Lin Bai aside, and pursued them with powerful attacks.
• Lin Bai repeatedly rescued Chu Tinghan while dodging the statue, then discovered that it healed by absorbing yellow sand.
• Lin Bai identified the statue as an Immortal One, and he and Chu Tinghan found that yellow sand had blocked all eighteen passages.
• Lin Bai set Chu Tinghan aside and confronted the statue with the Demon Sword after it attacked them with a giant sand sword.
• Lin Bai shattered the sand sword with Sword One, and Chu Tinghan recognized his Dragon Slaying Skill.

Lin Bai defeated the stone statue with the Dragon Slaying Skill and discovered that it was guarding a Mountain Heart. He and the injured Chu Tinghan remained underground, with Lin Bai searching for a way out and moving closer to completing the Reverse Five Elements Sword Formation.

• The experts in the Ascension Celestial Palace recognized Lin Bai's Dragon Slaying Skill and feared that ancient powers reappearing signaled a coming catastrophe.
• Lin Bai severed the stone statue's arm and shattered its body with repeated strikes, but suspected its yellow sand had returned to a main body elsewhere.
• Lin Bai seized a glowing crystal before it could disappear into the ground, and Chu Tinghan identified it as a Mountain Heart.
• Chu Tinghan explained that Mountain Hearts were ancient treasures of pure earth-element spiritual essence, and Lin Bai put it away as an ingredient for his Reverse Five Elements Sword Formation.
• Chu Tinghan asked Lin Bai to teach her the Dragon Slaying Skill, but he refused and began clearing the passage to search for an exit.

Lin Bai and the badly injured Chu Tinghan found that all eighteen passages led deeper into the underground world, not out, and chose one to explore. They discovered another Immortal statue, and Chu Tinghan realized Lin Bai hoped to find a way out while also hunting Immortals for their Mountain Hearts.

• In a hidden Underground Palace, a divine statue shattered, alerting the guards and the yellow-robed Crown Prince, who ordered them to stop intruders from disturbing his summoning of the Yellow Sand Goddess.
• Lin Bai cleared the sand from the eighteen passageways while Chu Tinghan stabilized her injuries, then concluded that every passage led deeper underground.
• Lin Bai chose the nearest passage, explaining that danger awaited them whichever route they took, and Chu Tinghan followed with her guard raised.
• After about half an hour, Lin Bai and Chu Tinghan entered another vast chamber containing a divine statue.
• Chu Tinghan realized Lin Bai intended to hunt the Immortals for their Mountain Hearts as they searched for a way out.

Lin Bai and Chu Tinghan found another Immortal statue, but two Golden Imperial Guards from the Sand Sea Hailong Kingdom appeared before Lin Bai could claim its Mountain Heart. The guards ordered them to stay in the chamber, leaving Lin Bai curious about the kingdom’s plans and facing a threat of force.

• Chu Tinghan demanded that Lin Bai help her claim the Mountain Heart, but he refused unless she agreed that one Mountain Heart would settle her debt to him.
• Lin Bai approached the Immortal statue, sensed hidden people nearby, and called for them to reveal themselves.
• Two heavily armored martial artists emerged from separate passages, and Chu Tinghan identified them as Golden Imperial Guards of the Sand Sea Hailong Kingdom.
• The guards admitted they had lit the Merfolk Fish Oil and refused to explain their purpose in the chamber.
• The Golden Imperial Guards ordered Lin Bai and Chu Tinghan to remain where they were, threatening to use force if they refused.

Lin Bai and Chu Tinghan confronted two Golden Imperial Guards in the underground labyrinth and tried to determine what the Hailong Kingdom of the Sands was seeking. Emperor Chu secretly responded to Lin Bai’s request for guidance with permission to investigate.

• Warriors in the Ascension Celestial Palace questioned the Hailong Kingdom of the Sands’ princes about their search beneath the yellow sands, but the princes gave evasive answers.
• Two Golden Imperial Guards confronted Lin Bai and Chu Tinghan, debating whether to keep them from interfering with the Crown Prince’s plan.
• Lin Bai asked Chu Tinghan what the Hailong Kingdom of the Sands was doing, but she said she did not know.
• Lin Bai reasoned that Emperor Chu might have tacitly approved the Hailong Kingdom of the Sands’ actions and hinted for him to give an order.
• Emperor Chu transmitted four words to Lin Bai: “Go take a look.”

Lin Bai fought the Hailong Kingdom of the Sands' Golden Imperial Guards after they refused to let him take the Mountain Heart from the statue. The clash awakened the statue, leaving the battle and its purpose unresolved.

• Lin Bai asked the two Golden Imperial Guards for the Mountain Heart, but they refused to let him damage the statue and would not explain why.
• With Emperor Chu's permission behind him, Lin Bai drew his Demon Sword and attacked the guards with four flying swords.
• The guards blocked Lin Bai's attack with their armor and countered with weapons containing Yutian Immortal Gold, knocking him into a wall.
• Chu Tinghan warned Lin Bai about the guards' powerful weapons and armor, while Lin Bai continued to fight them.
• Lin Bai blocked a halberd strike with the Heaven Measuring Ruler, and the resulting shockwave struck the statue and brought it to life.

Lin Bai and Chu Tinghan escaped the Golden Imperial Guards by letting an undying statue keep them occupied, then headed deeper into the ruins to investigate the Hailong Kingdom of the Sands. Lin Bai warned Chu Tinghan that the Crown Prince might be waiting ahead, but she insisted on going with him.

• The awakened statue attacked Lin Bai and the two Golden Imperial Guards indiscriminately, and its sand body repeatedly restored itself after they shattered it.
• Lin Bai took Chu Tinghan through a passageway while the statue trapped the Golden Imperial Guards, who tried to contact reinforcements and warn the Crown Prince of the Hailong Kingdom of the Sands.
• After reaching a safer stretch of passage, Lin Bai told Chu Tinghan to find her own way out because he planned to investigate the extreme depths.
• Lin Bai explained that the Crown Prince might be there and that Chu Tinghan would face greater danger if she followed him.
• Chu Tinghan insisted on going with Lin Bai, claiming she had ways to protect herself, and the two set off together despite their argument.

Lin Bai and Chu Tinghan discovered Shangguan Xiu seated on an ancient altar in the Yellow Sand World, and Emperor Chu identified it as the Death Altar, which could open a passage to the Netherworld. Lin Bai learned that Shangguan Xiu was likely trying to connect to the Netherworld, and Emperor Chu ordered him to stop Shangguan Xiu while warning him not to pursue the Immortal.

• Lin Bai and Chu Tinghan entered a vast underground space and found Shangguan Xiu sitting on a rune-covered altar.
• Lin Bai and Chu Tinghan examined the altar, while Shangguan Xiu remained focused on a critical task and could not respond to them.
• Emperor Chu revealed that the altar was the Death Altar and explained that an ancient dynasty had sacrificed its population to activate it.
• Emperor Chu explained that the Yellow Sand Goddess was the Yellow Sand World itself and that the Death Altar could open a passage to the Netherworld.
• Lin Bai asked what Shangguan Xiu was doing, and Emperor Chu said he was probably connecting to the Netherworld and ordered Lin Bai to stop him.
• Emperor Chu told Lin Bai to leave the Immortal alone because he had already obtained a Mountain Heart.

Lin Bai learned that the Death Altar in the Hunting Realm connected to the Netherworld and that the Hailong Kingdom of the Sands had spent years preparing to use it. Emperor Chu ordered Lin Bai to stop the Crown Prince, whose exact plan remained unknown.

• The Hailong Kingdom of the Sands' princes worried that Lin Bai and Chu Tinghan would disrupt their plan involving Shangguan Xiu.
• The chapter explained that the Netherworld was an ancient world inhabited by a race of divine-soul beings who could enter the Spirit Realm through Divine Descent and Death Altars.
• Lin Bai discovered that the Death Altar in the Hunting Realm was controlled by the Chu Kingdom and could serve as a means to bargain for the Netherworld's power.
• Emperor Chu told Lin Bai that the Hailong Kingdom of the Sands had prepared for years to operate the altar and that the Crown Prince had bypassed the Undying guarding it.
• Emperor Chu ordered Lin Bai to stop the Crown Prince, while Lin Bai questioned why Emperor Chu had not intervened himself.

Lin Bai interrupted Shangguan Xiu’s Death Altar ritual and seized the bone tablet it produced. After Shangguan Xiu attacked and was defeated while weakened by the altar’s backlash, Lin Bai held him hostage as the Hailong Kingdom of the Sands’ Golden Imperial Guard arrived.

• Lin Bai saw the Death Altar’s runes flare as dark green smoke gathered into a cracked bone tablet above Shangguan Xiu.
• Lin Bai attacked Shangguan Xiu, seized the bone tablet, and forced him off the altar, ending the ritual and triggering its backlash.
• Lin Bai refused Shangguan Xiu’s demand to return the tablet, saying he would take it to the Chu Emperor for investigation.
• Shangguan Xiu attacked Lin Bai, but Lin Bai repelled him and left him vomiting blood.
• Lin Bai put his sword to Shangguan Xiu’s neck as more than ten Golden Imperial Guard warriors arrived and demanded that he release their Crown Prince.

Lin Bai took Shangguan Xiu hostage to learn how to escape the desert, then fled with Chu Tinghan and emerged from the buried city. He found the three unconscious Pacifying Heaven Sword Sect disciples and invited them to leave with him.

• Lin Bai threatened Shangguan Xiu with his sword and asked how to escape the desert; Shangguan Xiu told him to follow the bright star in the southwest after nightfall.
• Lin Bai struck Shangguan Xiu toward the Golden Imperial Guards, seized Chu Tinghan, and escaped; Shangguan Xiu warned his guards not to pursue and vowed to settle the score after recovering.
• Lin Bai and Chu Tinghan raced through the underground passages, and Lin Bai said Shangguan Xiu's injuries made pursuit unlikely.
• Lin Bai blasted through the sand and emerged near the buried city where he had encountered the Pacifying Heaven Sword Sect disciples.
• Lin Bai found the three disciples unconscious beneath a wall and told them he had found a way to leave and that they should come with him.

Lin Bai rescued three Pacifying Heaven Sword Sect disciples and used his Azure Lotus Sword Intent to split the gloom over the Yellow Sand World, guiding the trapped martial artists out by a prominent southwestern star. After leaving the desert, he tried to part ways with the injured Chu Tinghan, but she insisted on staying with him.

• Lin Bai and Chu Tinghan found three Pacifying Heaven Sword Sect disciples nearly buried in the sand, and Lin Bai lifted them onto his flying sword.
• Lin Bai realized the Yellow Sand World was the Yellow Sand Goddess and, unable to see the southwestern star, cleaved open the gloom with his Azure Lotus Sword Intent.
• Lin Bai told the lost martial artists to follow the prominent southwestern star, and he and Chu Tinghan led them toward it with the rescued disciples.
• Lin Bai and the other martial artists left the Yellow Sand World and reached a barren Gobi, where they thanked him before going their separate ways.
• Lin Bai handed the rescued disciples back to their sectmates and left with Chu Tinghan, then told her they should part after crossing the Gobi.
• Chu Tinghan insisted on accompanying Lin Bai until her injuries healed or they left the Hunting Realm, while Lin Bai refused.

Lin Bai agreed to help Chu Tinghan search for Prince Liang's Estate’s martial artists and let her travel on his flying sword while she recovered. After Lu Qingjun contacted him about an Azure Mist Kun Peng, Lin Bai set off to meet him and hunt the enormous creature.

• Lin Bai agreed to bring the injured Chu Tinghan along while they searched for her younger siblings or other martial artists from Prince Liang's Estate.
• Chu Tinghan climbed onto Lin Bai's enlarged flying sword and, claiming the wind was too strong, wrapped her arms around his waist.
• Lu Qingjun contacted Lin Bai through the Telepathic Bracelet and said he had found an Azure Mist Kun Peng.
• Lin Bai eagerly flew toward Lu Qingjun to hunt the Azure Mist Kun Peng, while Chu Tinghan asked where they were going.

Lin Bai and Chu Tinghan entered the Giantwood Forest while following the Telepathic Bracelet’s signal toward Lu Qingjun, and learned that the towering trees were Sky-Pillar Giantwood. The Azure Mist Kun Peng attacked them, and Lin Bai realized it was using its superior speed to wear them down.

• Lin Bai followed the Telepathic Bracelet east, cutting down several aberrant species on Tianshui Sect’s hunting list before entering the Giantwood Forest.
• Chu Tinghan identified the thousand-zhang trees as Sky-Pillar Giantwood and suggested taking some, but Lin Bai’s Sword Qi failed to damage one, so they continued onward.
• Lin Bai and Chu Tinghan cautiously searched the foggy, thorn-covered forest for Lu Qingjun, guided by the Telepathic Bracelet.
• The Azure Mist Kun Peng burst through the treetops and chased Lin Bai and Chu Tinghan through the forest.
• Lin Bai sent four flying swords at the Azure Mist Kun Peng, but it dodged the sword formation and continued its pursuit.
• Lin Bai judged the beast to be at least at the Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm and realized it was trying to exhaust them rather than block their path.

Lin Bai and Chu Tinghan realized the Azure Mist Kun Peng was trying to exhaust their spiritual power, so Lin Bai stopped fleeing and fought it. He injured the beast with the Heaven Measuring Ruler, but its innate divine ability severely wounded him before it fled into the clouds.

• Lin Bai explained to Chu Tinghan that the Azure Mist Kun Peng was keeping its distance to drain their spiritual power, and they decided to fight instead of continuing to flee.
• The Azure Mist Kun Peng attacked Lin Bai with a roar and wind blades, while his four flying swords became trapped in its steel-like feathers.
• Lin Bai's Demon Sword could not pierce the beast's defenses, but his Heaven Measuring Ruler shattered feathers on its left wing and drew blood.
• The Azure Mist Kun Peng unleashed its innate divine ability, blasting Lin Bai a thousand miles away and destroying the surrounding giant trees.
• Lin Bai survived with severe injuries, and the wounded Azure Mist Kun Peng flew into the clouds, leaving blood behind.

Lin Bai and Princess Tinghan fought the Azure Mist Kun Peng, but it escaped, drawing a crowd of powerful martial artists. Ling Wen and the concealed Shen Xinghe appeared, and Lin Bai learned that the Kun Peng had attracted many experts who had yet to capture it.

• Lin Bai let the injured Azure Mist Kun Peng escape rather than risk pursuing it, and Princess Tinghan joined him.
• Lu Qingjun arrived with Seven Absolutes City martial artists and learned that Lin Bai had fought the Kun Peng.
• Ling Wen, the Witch Sect's Holy Son, greeted Lin Bai and revealed the hidden presence of Shen Xinghe, the Soul Refining Sect's Holy Son.
• Ling Wen declared that he would compete with Lin Bai for the Azure Mist Kun Peng, collected a drop of its blood, and left.
• Lin Bai asked Lu Qingjun why so many experts had gathered, and Lu Qingjun explained that the elusive Kun Peng had drawn them all.

Lin Bai and Lu Qingjun discussed how to find the Azure Mist Kun Peng, while Chu Tinghan publicly claimed Lin Bai was her husband and stirred up gossip. After Lin Bai followed the beast’s flight path, Chu Tinghan warned him that the Demon Realm would not let him leave for the Spirit Realm.

• Lu Qingjun told Lin Bai that the Azure Mist Kun Peng had repeatedly escaped their traps and that they had not found its lair.
• Lin Bai and Lu Qingjun agreed to search Giantwood Forest for the beast’s lair, and Lu Qingjun cautioned Chu Tinghan against straying because she was injured.
• Chu Tinghan called Lin Bai her husband in front of Lu Qingjun, then claimed they had consummated their marriage when Lin Bai protested.
• Lin Bai told Lu Qingjun he would follow the blood trail from the Azure Mist Kun Peng’s wound, then flew into the clouds with Chu Tinghan following.
• Lin Bai told Chu Tinghan he might leave the Demon Realm, but she warned that the Chu Empire and the wider Demon Realm would treat his departure for the Spirit Realm as betrayal.

Lin Bai and Chu Tinghan searched Giantwood Forest for Azure Mist Kun Peng after realizing the Witch Sect Holy Son Ling Wen might use its blood to track it. They found nothing, and Lu Qingjun warned that Seven Absolutes City might abandon the hunt if another day passed without a trace.

• Chu Tinghan challenged Lin Bai's faith that Prince Chen would let him leave the Chu Empire, but stopped when Lin Bai warned her not to bring it up again.
• Chu Tinghan suggested Ling Wen had taken Azure Mist Kun Peng's blood to track its location, prompting Lin Bai to resume searching carefully.
• Lin Bai and Chu Tinghan searched Giantwood Forest for a full day but found no sign of Azure Mist Kun Peng.
• Lu Qingjun summoned Lin Bai and Chu Tinghan and said many hunters had already left; he asked Lin Bai whether Seven Absolutes City should give up if they found nothing the next day.

Lin Bai concluded that the Azure Mist Kun Peng’s lair was probably not in Giantwood Forest but on a nearby peak higher than the forest canopy. He led Lu Qingjun, Chu Tinghan, and the Seven Absolutes City disciples to an immense mountain, hoping it was the beast’s lair.

• After the search of Giantwood Forest failed, Lin Bai realized the Azure Mist Kun Peng’s lair might lie outside the forest, since it could fly vast distances and had fled upward into the sky.
• Lin Bai reasoned that the lair was likely on a nearby high mountain too large for the beast to hide in ordinary terrain.
• Lin Bai revealed that he had previously passed a towering mountain and led Chu Tinghan, Lu Qingjun, and the Seven Absolutes City disciples toward it.
• Lin Bai and the group found the immense mountain rising far above the surrounding peaks and headed for its summit to investigate.

Lin Bai, Lu Qingjun, and the Seven Absolutes City disciples found the Azure Mist Kun Peng’s blood on a towering mountain, then encountered Ling Wen of the Witch Sect. Ling Wen exposed a Soul Refining Sect Lingering Soul tracking the group and confronted a hidden Soul Refining Sect martial artist, whose appearance left the conflict between the sects unresolved.

• Lin Bai spotted the Azure Mist Kun Peng’s blood on the mountainside, confirming it had returned to its cave on the peak.
• Ling Wen arrived with Witch Sect disciples and told Lin Bai that someone had secretly followed his group.
• Ling Wen plucked a Lingering Soul from a Seven Absolutes City disciple’s hair and explained that it was a tracking method used by the Soul Refining Sect.
• Ling Wen devoured the Lingering Soul with a mouth that appeared in his palm, then called for the hidden Soul Refining Sect members to reveal themselves.
• A Soul Refining Sect martial artist emerged from twisted space and challenged Ling Wen, who said he was helping Lin Bai and accused the Soul Refining Sect of stealing Witch Sect techniques.

Lin Bai confronted Shen Xinghe, the Holy Son of the Soul Refining Sect, after Ling Wen helped expose the Northern Region’s ambush. As the others headed toward the Azure Mist Kun Peng, Lin Bai stayed behind and asked whether the Northern Region had decided to make war on the Eastern Region.

• Ling Wen threatened Shen Xinghe, revealing the shadowy figure as the Holy Son of the Soul Refining Sect, and claimed Lin Bai owed him a favor for exposing the danger.
• Lin Bai thanked Ling Wen, and Ling Wen declared that each group would compete for the Azure Mist Kun Peng by its own ability.
• Ling Wen warned Lin Bai about Shen Xinghe and left with the Witch Sect disciples for the mountaintop.
• Lin Bai sent Lu Qingjun and the Seven Absolutes City disciples ahead, then remained alone with Shen Xinghe.
• Lin Bai questioned Shen Xinghe about the Northern Region’s hostility and asked whether it had decided to act against the Eastern Region.

Lin Bai faced Shen Xinghe, the Soul Refining Sect's Divine Son, after the Witch Sect's Divine Son disrupted Shen Xinghe's plan to use the Azure Mist Kun Peng against him. As their first clash began, the Chu Emperor and the sect ancestors watched, and the Eastern Region's leaders recognized that war with the Northern Region might be unavoidable.

• Shen Xinghe abandoned his plan to hunt the Azure Mist Kun Peng and targeted Lin Bai, but Ling Wen exposed the Yin Soul he had hidden in a Seven Absolutes City disciple.
• Lu Qingjun, Ling Wen, and their companions went to the mountaintop while Lin Bai and Shen Xinghe confronted each other in the clouds.
• The martial artists watching from Ascension Celestial Palace anticipated the first battle between high-rank Divine Sons in the Hunting Realm.
• Eunuch Gui told the Chu Emperor that Shen Xinghe had mastered the Nether Void Art, and the Chu Emperor watched the confrontation with interest.
• The Chu Emperor exchanged glances with the ancestors of Seven Nights Divine Sect, Qi Tian Sect, and Ten Thousand Saints Mountain, who recognized they might need to prepare for war with the Northern Region.

Lin Bai confronted Shen Xinghe of the Soul Refining Sect in the Hunting Realm and learned that the war between the Northern and Eastern Regions had already begun. Shen Xinghe trapped Lin Bai in his Netherworld Hell Dao Art and seized his soul with a chain.

• Lin Bai questioned Shen Xinghe about the Northern Region's plans, and Shen Xinghe said the war had already begun.
• Shen Xinghe declared Lin Bai his enemy and spread a mass of shadow to trap him.
• Lin Bai cut through the shadows with his demonic sword, but Shen Xinghe vanished from sight.
• Lin Bai used his four flying swords to fend off ghostly hands before Shen Xinghe's Netherworld Hell enveloped him.
• Shen Xinghe summoned black and white figures whose chain pierced Lin Bai's flying swords and wrapped around his neck, threatening to drag away his soul.

Lin Bai fought the Soul Refining Sect's Holy Son, whose soul attacks and shadowy forms resisted Lin Bai's sword techniques until Lin Bai wounded him and exposed his true body. Enraged, the Holy Son unleashed a powerful Dao Art, and Lin Bai activated his Five Elements Dao Body to withstand the attack.

• The Soul Refining Sect's Holy Son used soul-hooking chains and a mourning staff to attack Lin Bai's soul, but Lin Bai resisted and struck back with his sword techniques.
• Lin Bai's Dragon Slaying Skill shattered the Holy Son's shadowy forms, dispelling the chains and forcing the Holy Son to reveal his true body.
• Lin Bai mocked the Holy Son's appearance as observers in the Ascension Celestial Palace reacted, and the Holy Son grew furious.
• The Soul Refining Sect's Holy Son summoned the Judge of Hell and sent its brush crashing down at Lin Bai, injuring his soul and body.
• Lin Bai activated his minor-success Five Elements Dao Body as the brush strike descended.

Emperor Chu recognized Lin Bai's Five Elements Scripture and ordered a secret investigation into his Spirit Realm connections and possible ties to the Heaven Swallowing Race. Meanwhile, Lin Bai fought the Soul Refining Sect's Saint Son, who summoned the Soul Refining Banner and unleashed silver souls as the battle continued.

• Emperor Chu recognized that Lin Bai had cultivated a complete Five Elements Scripture and ordered Eunuch Gui to investigate Lin Bai's background in the Spirit Realm.
• Emperor Chu instructed Eunuch Gui to secretly check whether Lin Bai appeared in the Heaven Swallowing Race's clan register without alerting its higher-ups.
• Emperor Chu concluded that Lin Bai was the Child of Tribulation and worried that the coming age of great contention would threaten the Chu Nation's future.
• Lin Bai blocked the Soul Refining Sect's Saint Son's Judge of Hell strike, shattered the phantom, and wounded the Saint Son with a sword slash.
• The Soul Refining Sect's Saint Son summoned Yama's Descent and clashed with Lin Bai's Heaven Measuring Ruler, sending both fighters flying and coughing blood.
• The Soul Refining Sect's Saint Son unleashed the Soul Refining Banner, but Lin Bai's four flying swords cut down the ordinary souls before the Saint Son summoned several hundred silver souls.