Recaps

Lin Bai reached the ninth trial’s light gate and challenged Purple-Haired Man Liang Kun, who wanted to keep him from entering. Liang Kun overpowered Lin Bai in their first clash, and Long Hui arrived ready to confront Lin Bai.

• Purple-Haired Man Liang Kun, Long Hui, Fu Yuan, Lu Yang, Ke Han, and Hua Yuxian hurried toward the light gate after hearing that the Ascension Fruit awaited beyond it.
• Hua Yuxian searched the divine tomb for the divine bones but found none, then headed for the light gate and revealed that she had reached the pinnacle of the Heaven Core Realm.
• Lin Bai reached the light gate, where Liang Kun questioned his intent to compete for the Ascension Fruit; Lin Bai said he also wanted to meet an old bastard.
• Liang Kun warned Lin Bai to leave, then attacked him with the Supreme Martial Spirit Tool Azure Flame Blade when Lin Bai refused.
• Lin Bai met Liang Kun’s attack with Supreme Sword: Slay the Gods, but the clash sent him flying and coughing up blood.
• Long Hui arrived and told Lin Bai that he had finally found him.

Long Hui and Liang Kun joined forces with Lu Yang, Fu Yuan, and Ke Han to eliminate Lin Bai and claim the Ascension Fruit. As the five attacked Lin Bai, he revealed Sang Shuo’s Restriction Banners, exposing himself as Sang Shuo’s killer.

• Long Hui appeared, and Liang Kun called the gathered contenders out of hiding to discuss the Ascension Fruit.
• Lu Yang, Ke Han, Hua Yuxian, and Fu Yuan joined the confrontation, while Long Hui and Liang Kun agreed to target Lin Bai first.
• Lu Yang, Fu Yuan, Liang Kun, Long Hui, and Ke Han attacked Lin Bai, leaving him badly pressured and wounded as Hua Yuxian stayed out of the fight.
• Lin Bai used the Restriction Banners to block Long Hui’s Seamless Needle and shield himself from the attacks.
• Ke Han recognized Sang Shuo’s Restriction Banners and realized Lin Bai had killed Sang Shuo.

Lin Bai used the Restriction Banners to hold off his attackers and targeted Lu Yang, killing him despite the Azure Flame Gourd’s powerful flames. After Ke Han broke free of the chains and attacked, Lin Bai collected Lu Yang’s treasure and turned to fight Ke Han, while Long Hui and Liang Kun remained entangled and Fu Yuan stayed bound.

• Long Hui, Liang Kun, Fu Yuan, and Ke Han attacked Lin Bai, but he unleashed the Restriction Banners and bound Fu Yuan while using his Flying Sword to guard against the others.
• Lin Bai chose Lu Yang as his first target, bypassed the Azure Flame Gourd’s fire dragon, and killed Lu Yang with a sword strike.
• Ke Han broke through the restriction chains and attacked Lin Bai with the Heaven Covering Hand as Lin Bai reached for Lu Yang’s treasure.
• Lin Bai dodged Ke Han, collected Lu Yang’s Storage Bag and Azure Flame Gourd, then sent restriction chains after Ke Han again.
• With Fu Yuan bound and Long Hui and Liang Kun occupied by the chains, Lin Bai charged Ke Han to settle their grudges.

Lin Bai fought off Ke Han, Long Hui, and Liang Kun, then approached the opened gate to claim the Ascension Fruit. Ke Han summoned Ye Jianjun’s avatar, leaving Lin Bai facing the arrival of the Five Peaks Holy Son.

• Lin Bai used his Flying Sword and Restriction Banners to defeat and bind Ke Han, Long Hui, Liang Kun, and Fu Yuan, though he was badly wounded.
• The light gate opened, and Lin Bai chose to seek the Ascension Fruit rather than risk fighting the bound men.
• Hua Yuxian declined to challenge Lin Bai and said the Ascension Fruit was his, but Lin Bai remained wary of her.
• Ke Han crushed a jade talisman and summoned Ye Jianjun’s avatar.
• Liang Kun recognized the white-haired newcomer as the Five Peaks Holy Son, Ye Jianjun.

Ke Han summoned Ye Jianjun’s avatar, and the Saint freed him by destroying Lin Bai’s Restriction Banners. Ye Jianjun crushed Liang Kun and wounded Long Hui, then shattered Lin Bai’s strongest attacks with one finger and left him badly injured.

• Ke Han shattered Ye Jianjun’s jade talisman, and Ye Jianjun’s avatar descended into the ninth pass.
• Ye Jianjun freed Ke Han by breaking the chains of Lin Bai’s Restriction Banners and damaging the banners.
• Ye Jianjun struck Liang Kun down with one finger and blasted half of Long Hui’s body apart, forcing Long Hui to flee.
• Lin Bai attacked Ye Jianjun with the Restriction Banners and several sword techniques, but Ye Jianjun shattered them and struck Lin Bai in the chest.

Lin Bai battled Ye Jianjun’s powerful incarnation, refusing to give up the Ascension Fruit despite being badly outmatched. After Ye Jianjun’s Crimson Sun sword overwhelmed Lin Bai’s attacks, Lin Bai unleashed the Great Barren Art.

• Ye Jianjun shattered Lin Bai’s attacks with one finger and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Lin Bai rose again, determined to fight because he still needed to pass the ninth trial.
• Lin Bai attacked with the Azure Flame Gourd, the Restriction Banners, and his flying sword, while Ke Han hurried toward the teleportation gate.
• Ye Jianjun used his Crimson Sun divine ability to destroy Lin Bai’s attacks and strike at him with a powerful sword.
• Lin Bai roared and activated the Great Barren Art.

Lin Bai used the Great Barren Art to overpower Ye Jianjun’s incarnation and killed Ke Han before he could enter the light gate. After Ye Jianjun vowed revenge and ordered an investigation into Lin Bai, Lin Bai hurried to enter the gate and secure his qualification for the ninth trial.

• Lin Bai activated the Great Barren Art, broke Ye Jianjun’s Scarlet Sun Sword, and blocked his attacks while charging toward Ke Han.
• Lin Bai used one mind for two purposes to fend off Ye Jianjun while striking at Ke Han near the light gate.
• Lin Bai cut off Ke Han’s head before Ke Han could use his Bloodflame War God Armor, enraging Ye Jianjun.
• Lin Bai unleashed Supreme Sword: Sword Heart...One Thought! and shattered Ye Jianjun’s incarnation, while Ye Jianjun vowed to settle their grudge in Divine Relic Ridge.
• Ye Jianjun returned to First Peak, ordered a martial artist to investigate Lin Bai within three days, and vowed to avenge Ke Han.
• As the Great Barren Art’s power faded, Lin Bai took Ke Han’s Storage Bag and Supreme Martial Spirit Tool and rushed into the light gate.

Lin Bai escaped the Ninth Gate after killing Ye Jianjun’s avatar, then met Qing He, a fellow member of the Heaven Swallowing Race, in the darkness beyond. Qing He revealed that he was dead and had only a fading remnant soul, and asked Lin Bai for help.

• Lin Bai killed Ye Jianjun’s avatar and entered the teleportation portal, while Hua Yuxian worried that Ye Jianjun would retaliate.
• Lin Bai collapsed beyond the portal from the backlash of the Great Barren Art and saw Chang Yun guarding the Ascension Fruit.
• An unseen force carried Lin Bai away from Chang Yun and down toward a towering Steel Fork impaling a Giant God’s skull.
• Lin Bai met Qing He, recognized him as the voice from the Eighth Gate, and told him he had survived the Giant God’s Will.
• Qing He warned Lin Bai that the Giant God Race would seek him out and urged him to find protection from a great venerable one of the Heaven Swallowing Race.
• Qing He revealed that he had been dead for many years and asked Lin Bai to help him.

Qing He explained how the Giant God’s cursed corpse created the Blood Demons and how the Crimson Immortal Sect broke its pact to destroy them. He revealed that he trapped the sect and the demons inside a forbidden formation, leaving Lin Bai with the truth behind the sect’s disappearance and its grudge against the Heaven Swallowing Race.

• Qing He told Lin Bai that a Giant God had pursued him into the void, where Qing He killed him before both the corpse and Qing He fell into the Myriad Kingdoms Domain.
• Qing He explained that the Burial God Curse turned the Giant God’s blood into Blood Demons, making the divine blood poisonous to the Heaven Swallowing Race.
• Qing He said he joined forces with the Crimson Immortal Sect and raised it to power in exchange for its help exterminating the Blood Demons.
• When Chang Yun and the Crimson Immortal Sect tried to flee instead of honoring their pact, Qing He activated a forbidden formation that isolated the million-li region.
• Qing He revealed that the trapped Blood Demons forced the Crimson Immortal Sect to fight at great cost, and Chang Yun later blamed the Heaven Swallowing Race for the sect’s misfortune.

Qing He revealed how the war between the Heaven Swallowing Race and the Giant God Race led to the Blood Demon calamity and asked Lin Bai to stop the Blood Demons before his remnant soul faded. Lin Bai agreed, and Qing He offered the Divine Creation Palace’s resources to help him prepare.

• Lin Bai learned that Qing He’s fight with a Giant God led to the Blood Demons’ birth and that the Crimson Immortal Sect later broke its pact with Qing He.
• Qing He warned Lin Bai that his remnant soul would disperse within ten years, allowing nearly ten million Blood Demons beneath Divine Relic Ridge to break free.
• Lin Bai agreed to do what he could to destroy the Blood Demons as a member of the Heaven Swallowing Race.
• Qing He urged Lin Bai to build a faction and unite powerful martial artists, since Lin Bai could not defeat the Blood Demons alone.
• Qing He revealed that he had built the Divine Creation Palace, which held vast cultivation resources that could help Lin Bai establish a faction.

Lin Bai learned how to control the Divine Creation Palace from Qing He, then searched a Giant God's skull for surviving memories. He discovered a second memory that shocked him, and Qing He reacted when Lin Bai murmured, “Ancient God Scripture.”

• Qing He taught Lin Bai the method to find the Creation Token and control the Divine Creation Palace, explaining that its treasures could help him build a powerful force.
• Qing He shared stories about the Heaven Swallowing Race and the Giant God Race and gave Lin Bai cultivation advice over the course of a month.
• Lin Bai searched the Giant God's skull with his Devouring Sword Soul and found a memory of Gu Su choosing to receive the Burial God Curse.
• After searching for ten days, Lin Bai uncovered a second memory and reacted with shock.
• Lin Bai murmured “Ancient God Scripture,” and the green flames in Qing He's eyes trembled.

Lin Bai learned that the Ancient God Scripture was the Giant God Race’s supreme body-tempering method and prepared to leave after spending more than two months with Qing He. Beneath the Ascension Divine Tree, Chang Yun admitted to arranging the trials and arming Lin Bai’s enemies before giving him an Ascension Fruit.

• Lin Bai told Qing He that he had found the Ancient God Scripture in Gu Su’s memories, and Qing He explained its power and warned that the Giant God Race would not tolerate outsiders cultivating it.
• Qing He told Lin Bai that Ascension Fruits were useless to devouring-type martial souls, but could strengthen the martial souls of his friends and relatives.
• Lin Bai promised Qing He he would return within ten years to deal with the Blood Demons, and Qing He sent him beneath the Ascension Divine Tree.
• Lin Bai confronted Chang Yun about the dangers in the first three trials and the Supreme Martial Spirit Tools given to Long Hui, Liang Kun, Hua Yuxian, Lu Yang, and Sang Shuo.
• Chang Yun admitted arranging those threats and gave Lin Bai an Ascension Fruit, telling him to leave and not return.

Lin Bai collected the Ascension Fruits despite being unable to use them himself, then dug up the withered Ascension Divine Tree and left the Crimson Immortal Sect ruins. He promised Qing He he would return within ten years.

• Chang Yun mocked Lin Bai because the Ascension Fruit would be devoured by his Devouring Spirit, and Lin Bai said he would give the fruits to his friends and parents.
• Lin Bai rushed to take the remaining eight Ascension Fruits, while Qing He warned Chang Yun not to harm him and forced Chang Yun to stand down.
• Lin Bai plucked all eight fruits and stored them with the first one, despite Chang Yun's furious protests.
• Lin Bai dug up the withered Ascension Divine Tree and claimed he would revive it and return it to the Crimson Immortal Sect for a fee.
• Lin Bai searched the area, found nothing else valuable, then saluted Qing He and left through the teleportation formation, promising to return within ten years.

After returning from the Divine Creation Palace, Lin Bai reunited with Jian Ruohan and learned that she, Ye Jianqiu, and Dou Ning had explored an Eight Stars Relic. As Jian Ruohan led Lin Bai to her boudoir to discuss something privately, Wei Feng stopped him.

• Lin Bai returned to the Five Peaks with new treasures and cultivation insights, then slept for three days after his long ordeal.
• Lin Bai encountered Jian Ruohan, Ye Jianqiu, and Dou Ning, and learned they had recently explored an Eight Stars Relic together.
• Jian Ruohan invited Lin Bai and the others to her residence, while Ye Jianqiu's companions speculated about his feelings for her and Wei Feng offered to confront Lin Bai.
• Jian Ruohan led Lin Bai toward her boudoir to discuss something privately, and Wei Feng called out to stop him.

Wei Feng challenged Lin Bai after accusing him of behaving improperly toward Jian Ruohan, revealing that he wanted Lin Bai to stop associating with her. Lin Bai accepted the courtyard spar and swiftly seized Wei Feng by the face, leaving him helpless in his grip.

• Wei Feng criticized Lin Bai for entering Jian Ruohan’s residence and insulted his Lineage, while Jian Ruohan defended Lin Bai and said she had invited him.
• Wei Feng challenged Lin Bai, wagering that he would stop interfering if Lin Bai defeated him and demanding that Lin Bai admit defeat otherwise.
• Lin Bai agreed to spar with Wei Feng in the courtyard, and Jian Ruohan warned Ye Jianqiu that Lin Bai might kill Wei Feng if provoked.
• Wei Feng rushed at Lin Bai and told him to stop associating with Jian Ruohan, threatening to leave him bedridden if he refused.
• Lin Bai punched Wei Feng in the face, grabbed his head, and lifted him into the air.

Lin Bai effortlessly defeated Wei Feng after Wei Feng insulted him, then accepted Jian Ruohan’s invitation to speak privately. He gave her an Ascension Fruit and explained that it could transform her martial soul into a Transcendent Soul, leaving her stunned by the gift’s value.

• Lin Bai grabbed Wei Feng and wounded his face, then released him after Jian Ruohan reminded him they had important matters to discuss.
• Lin Bai told Wei Feng to learn proper conduct before criticizing others, and Wei Feng apologized in fear.
• Lin Bai went with Jian Ruohan to her boudoir while Wei Feng and Ye Jianqiu discussed Lin Bai’s extraordinary strength and recent arrival at Divine Relic Ridge.
• Lin Bai sealed the room and gave Jian Ruohan an Ascension Fruit as repayment for her help on Martial Intent Mountain.
• Lin Bai explained that the fruit could break the shackles of a martial soul and create a Transcendent Soul, astonishing Jian Ruohan.

Lin Bai gave Jian Ruohan an Ascension Fruit, which transformed her Ice Soul Divine Sword into the Extreme Ice Sword Soul and greatly increased her cultivation. Jian Ruohan thanked Lin Bai and realized she now had the power to catch up with him.

• Jian Ruohan hesitated to accept the precious Ascension Fruit, but Lin Bai insisted that she keep it because it was useless to him.
• Jian Ruohan swallowed the Ascension Fruit while Lin Bai watched over her, and its energy entered her Ice Soul Divine Sword.
• After more than three hours, Jian Ruohan's soul transformed into the Extreme Ice Sword Soul, and her cultivation surged from the fifth level of the Heaven Core Realm to great completion.
• Jian Ruohan tested her new soul by freezing the room, nearly freezing Lin Bai before she noticed his distress and withdrew its power.
• Jian Ruohan thanked Lin Bai for the Ascension Fruit, and Lin Bai predicted her new soul would let her advance rapidly.

Lin Bai joined Jian Ruohan and the others at the monthly Saint Son Challenge Day to observe Ye Jianjun's strength, but no challenger appeared. As Lin Bai prepared to leave, Ye Jianjun sent Meng Yue to invite him to the Holy Son's Mansion, making his hostile intentions clear.

• Lin Bai agreed to accompany Jian Ruohan, Ye Jianqiu, and the others to the First Peak to watch Ye Jianjun fight.
• Jian Ruohan explained that Ye Jianjun had defeated Ji Guan five years earlier and had not shown his full strength since, while Wen Shi, Yan Yu, and Chu Yue served as his trusted aides.
• Lin Bai met Kang Yiyang and Kang Shiyun, and learned that no one had challenged Ye Jianjun for a year because the likely challengers were unavailable or allied with him.
• After waiting until sunset without seeing anyone challenge Ye Jianjun, Lin Bai and his companions prepared to leave.
• Meng Yue approached Lin Bai and invited him to the Holy Son's Mansion on Ye Jianjun's behalf, while Ye Jianjun watched with a smile that alarmed the others.

Lin Bai was summoned to the Holy Son's Mansion, where Chu Yue threatened his friends and the Spirit Sword Sect to make him comply. Lin Bai entered alone and faced a hostile Ye Jianjun beside Ke Han's memorial tablet, while Jian Ruohan and Kang Yiyang waited outside for help.

• Chu Yue invited Lin Bai to the Holy Son's Mansion and threatened to target his friends and the Spirit Sword Sect if he refused.
• Lin Bai agreed to go, warned Chu Yue not to harm his companions, and admitted that he had killed Ke Han.
• Jian Ruohan tried to accompany Lin Bai, but Chu Yue stopped her; Kang Yiyang sent Kang Shiyun to alert her father and followed Lin Bai with Jian Ruohan.
• Chu Yue led Lin Bai into the mansion, where Ye Jianjun, Wen Shi, and Yan Yu awaited him beside Ke Han's memorial tablet.
• Jian Ruohan prepared to enter the mansion, but Kang Yiyang urged her to wait for his father to arrive.

Lin Bai confronted Ye Jianjun in the Holy Son's Mansion over Ke Han's death and refused to kneel or apologize. Chu Yue attacked him with the Mountain Shatterer Gauntlets, and as their clash shook the mansion, Jian Ruohan rushed inside while Kang Yiyang worried about the consequences.

• Ye Jianjun explained how Ke Han had repeatedly saved and helped him, then demanded that Lin Bai kneel before Ke Han's memorial tablet and accept his death.
• Lin Bai argued that Ke Han had tried to kill him and that he had done nothing wrong by fighting back.
• Chu Yue attacked Lin Bai, and Lin Bai countered with the Supreme Sword technique God-Slaying.
• After thirty exchanges, Chu Yue donned the Mountain Shatterer Gauntlets and struck Lin Bai with a powerful punch.
• Lin Bai used his flying sword technique to meet Chu Yue's punch, shaking the Holy Son's Mansion with their clash.
• Jian Ruohan rushed into the mansion despite Kang Yiyang's warning, leaving him anxious about her risking a capital offense.

Lin Bai was overwhelmed after Wen Shi and Yan Yu joined Chu Yue, but an unknown White-Robed Woman arrived and wounded Wen Shi with a single icy sword strike. She landed beside Lin Bai, leaving Chu Yue and Yan Yu facing a powerful new opponent.

• Wen Shi joined Chu Yue in attacking Lin Bai, and Lin Bai brought out his Azure Flame Gourd, Bloodflame War God Armor, and Restriction Banners to resist them.
• Yan Yu entered the fight, and the three men destroyed Lin Bai's defenses and sent him crashing into the ground with severe injuries.
• Lin Bai rose and counterattacked Chu Yue, but Wen Shi seized the opening and thrust his spear toward Lin Bai's dantian.
• A woman used Extreme Ice Sword Soul and One Sword... Seals the Heavens to strike Wen Shi, freezing and shattering his left arm.
• The White-Robed Woman landed beside Lin Bai as Chu Yue and Yan Yu reacted in alarm.

Jian Ruohan intervened when Ye Jianjun tried to kill Lin Bai in the Holy Son's Mansion, and she and Lin Bai joined forces with the Telepathic Sword Formation to escape. Ye Jianjun overwhelmed Jian Ruohan, but as he moved to kill her, Lin Bai attacked with the Emperor's Heart Sword, startling Ye Jianjun.

• Jian Ruohan arrived to protect Lin Bai and revealed that she had gained a Transcendent Soul from the Ascension Fruit he gave her.
• Lin Bai and Jian Ruohan linked their minds through the Telepathic Sword Formation and drove Chu Yue and Yan Yu back as they tried to flee.
• Ye Jianjun drew the Crimson Emperor Sword and struck at the pair, but Jian Ruohan turned to hold him off and was badly wounded.
• Ye Jianjun prepared to kill Jian Ruohan, so Lin Bai attacked him with a powerful sword strike.
• Ye Jianjun recognized the sword in Lin Bai's hand as Li Ze's Emperor's Heart Sword and demanded to know how Lin Bai had obtained it.

Lin Bai used the broken Emperor's Heart Sword to unleash a devastating strike against Ye Jianjun, but Ye Jianjun emerged unharmed and prepared to kill Lin Bai and Jian Ruohan. As Lin Bai's Demon Seed began to sprout, Peak Lord Kang Xiao intervened and knocked Ye Jianjun back.

• Ye Jianjun recognized Li Ze's Emperor's Heart Sword and tried to claim it, while Lin Bai used its second of three attacks against him.
• Lin Bai's Sword Heart...One Thought devastated the Holy Son's Mansion, but left Lin Bai gravely wounded and Ye Jianjun completely unharmed.
• Ye Jianjun announced that he would kill Lin Bai and Jian Ruohan, and Lin Bai stood up despite his injuries to face him.
• A green sprout emerged from the seed in Lin Bai's pupils as he prepared to fight Ye Jianjun to the death.
• Peak Lord Kang Xiao arrived, struck Ye Jianjun's sword aside, and sent him flying backward.

Kang Xiao and Wen Yue arrived at the Holy Son's Mansion to protect Lin Bai and Jian Ruohan from Ye Jianjun, who was preparing to fight them. Just as Wen Yue urged Ye Jianjun to end the matter, Sect Master Zhao Longtu appeared and declared that Lin Bai and Jian Ruohan had violated Divine Relic Ridge's rules.

• Kang Xiao arrived with Kang Shiyun and Kang Yiyang, stopped Ye Jianjun from attacking Lin Bai and Jian Ruohan, and said he would protect Lin Bai because of the Kang Family's debt to him.
• Ye Jianjun challenged Kang Xiao, and the two prepared to fight as Lin Bai and Jian Ruohan learned that Kang Xiao had once been the Five Peaks' Holy Son.
• Wen Yue arrived with Bai Xiaoxiao and asked Ye Jianjun to let the matter end; Bai Xiaoxiao rushed to Lin Bai, who made what he thought were his final requests.
• Kang Xiao and Wen Yue reaffirmed that they would protect Lin Bai, while Wen Yue and Kang Xiao recalled their past connection.
• Zhao Longtu appeared atop the mansion's ruins and argued that Lin Bai and Jian Ruohan had to be punished for violating the rules.

Zhao Longtu and Ye Wuhuan declared Lin Bai and Jian Ruohan guilty of trespassing and backed Ye Jianjun’s right to execute them. Dugu Yun arrived with Sword Dao Institute elders and vowed to protect Lin Bai, bringing all three Sect Masters into the confrontation.

• Zhao Longtu appeared at Holy Son’s Mansion and accused Lin Bai of wrongdoing, then challenged Ye Wuhuan to decide his fate.
• Ye Wuhuan declared that Lin Bai and Jian Ruohan had committed a capital crime, and Zhao Longtu urged Ye Jianjun to execute them.
• Ye Suxin protested her father’s decision while Ye Wuhuan remained unmoved.
• Dugu Yun arrived with Pei Ji, Lin Baoyu, and Xue Qing and openly declared that he would shield Lin Bai.
• Dugu Yun said Lin Bai’s mastery of the complete Supreme Sword was worth protecting even at the cost of his own life.