Recaps

After Five Demon City’s forces retreated from Moonrise City, Lin Bai pursued them and confronted the Fox Demon Queen. He overpowered her and forced her to lead him to Great Elephant City in search of Xuan Qing.

• Xuan Qing ordered the remaining Five Demon City troops to retreat after Lan Yuxin and Hua Muqing returned to Moonrise City.
• The Fox Demon Queen, Crane Demon King, and Serpent Demon King discussed their defeat and the Boar Demon King’s death as they fled.
• A demon warned the Demon Kings that Lin Bai was pursuing them, and the Fox Demon Queen went to intercept him.
• The Fox Demon Queen tried to seduce Lin Bai, but he resisted and defeated her with his sword.
• Lin Bai seized the Fox Demon Queen and ordered her to take him to Great Elephant City, where Xuan Qing might have gone.

Lin Bai followed the Fox Demon Queen east, but she tricked him into bringing him to Five Demon City instead of Great Elephant City. He arrived with her captive and wounded, confronting the Wolf, Crane, and Serpent Demon Kings as the Wolf Demon King attacked him.

• Lin Bai forced the Fox Demon Queen to point out the route to Great Elephant City and carried her east.
• The Crane and Serpent Demon Kings returned to Five Demon City, reporting that the Boar Demon King had died and that the Fox Demon Queen had stayed behind to deal with Lin Bai.
• The Wolf Demon King prepared to search for the Fox Demon Queen, but Lin Bai arrived at Five Demon City with her in his grip.
• Lin Bai realized the Fox Demon Queen had deliberately led him to Five Demon City, then released and severely wounded her.
• The Wolf Demon King charged at Lin Bai after seeing the Fox Demon Queen hurt.

Lin Bai defeated the Fox Demon Queen’s three remaining allies and captured her alive after killing them. When thousands of demons pursued him, he destroyed Five Demon City with a single sword and escaped with the Fox Demon Queen.

• The Wolf, Crane, and Serpent Demon Kings attacked Lin Bai together, but he drove them back with Dragon-Seeking.
• Lin Bai killed the Crane Demon King and Serpent Demon King, then severed the Wolf Demon King’s head despite the Fox Demon Queen urging him to flee.
• Lin Bai seized the Fox Demon Queen and flew away as thousands of demons charged out of Five Demon City to attack him.
• Lin Bai unleashed Immortal Execution, annihilating the pursuing demons and destroying Five Demon City before fleeing with the Fox Demon Queen.

After destroying Five Demon City, Lin Bai kept the Fox Demon Queen alive because he wanted her to watch him confront Xuan Qing in Great Elephant City. Hu Xin'er agreed to take him there after he accepted her conditions not to kill or force himself on her, but she stopped him before they left.

• Lin Bai destroyed Five Demon City with the Zhu Xian Sword after the other demons fled.
• Lin Bai carried the Fox Demon Queen to a lonely mountain and restrained her when she attacked him.
• Lin Bai told the Fox Demon Queen he wanted her as an audience for his confrontation with Xuan Qing in Great Elephant City.
• Hu Xin'er agreed to guide Lin Bai to Great Elephant City on the conditions that he would not kill her or force himself on her.
• Lin Bai accepted both conditions and told Hu Xin'er to lead the way, but she stopped him again.

Lin Bai brought Hu Xin'er to Great Elephant City, intending to find Xuan Qing, while news of Five Demon City’s destruction spread through the Wildlands Secret Realm. At the city, Lin Bai recognized Uncle Yuan, defeated him, and killed the Demon Race fighters who attacked.

• Hu Xin'er guided Lin Bai toward Great Elephant City while warning that Xuan Qing might not be there.
• Lin Bai carried Hu Xin'er to the city and found it less populated than he expected.
• Uncle Yuan confronted Lin Bai, recognized him as the human sword cultivator from outside Nanxi City, and attacked.
• Lin Bai wounded Uncle Yuan with a sword strike.
• The Demon Race fighters charged Lin Bai, who killed them with a single slash.

Lin Bai searched for Xuan Qing by destroying Great Elephant City and then Demon Tiger City, growing stronger as he absorbed demon blood. He and Hu Xin'er headed next for Ice Heart City, where she hoped another Demon Race lord could stop him.

• Lin Bai killed more than a hundred Demon Race fighters, severed Uncle Yuan's arm to force him to answer, then killed him after learning Xuan Qing was absent from Great Elephant City.
• Lin Bai absorbed the demons' blood and broke through to the fourth level of the Life Extinction Realm before destroying Great Elephant City and threatening to raze all eighteen main Demon Race cities unless they handed over Xuan Qing.
• Hu Xin'er led Lin Bai to Demon Tiger City, where Lin Bai defeated its lord in three strikes and killed him.
• Lin Bai cleaved Demon Tiger City apart and absorbed demon blood from its fleeing inhabitants before asking Hu Xin'er to take him to the next city.
• Hu Xin'er named Ice Heart City as their next destination, and Lin Bai carried her toward it.

After Lin Bai destroyed sixteen Demon Race cities, Xuan Qing saw a chance for Great Elephant City to unite the demons under Xuan Ling and sent everyone to gather at Sky Desolate City. Hu Xin'er secretly redirected Lin Bai to Barbaric Mountain City, but he stopped at a canyon to collect rare spirit herbs, giving her more time to assemble the demons against him.

• Xuan Ling and Xuan Kong learned that Lin Bai had destroyed sixteen cities and that the demons were demanding they hand over Xuan Qing.
• Xuan Qing urged his father and brother to gather the Demon Race at Sky Desolate City, defeat Lin Bai, and use the crisis to unify the demons under Great Elephant City.
• Hu Xin'er secretly read a message and persuaded Lin Bai to head for Barbaric Mountain City instead of Sky Desolate City.
• A Mountain-Moving Rabbit attacked Lin Bai, who destroyed its boulder and killed it as Hu Xin'er explained Barbaric Mountain City's spirit medicines.
• Lin Bai collected more than a hundred stalks of Hundred Refinements Grass and entered a cave to rest, while Hu Xin'er welcomed the delay as time to gather tens of thousands of demons at Sky Desolate City.

Lin Bai reached Great Perfection in the First Tribulation Moon of the Crimson Moon Nine Tribulation Body after repeatedly tempering his body with Hundred Refinements Grass. He and Hu Xin'er then found Barbaric Mountain City deserted, and Lin Bai destroyed it before heading with her toward Sky Desolate City, where the Demon Race had gathered to kill him.

• Lin Bai cultivated the First Tribulation Moon in a cave, using Hundred Refinements Grass to heal his body until the first layer of the Crimson Moon Nine Tribulation Body reached Great Perfection.
• Lin Bai tested his strength by lifting the Heaven Measuring Ruler, but could hold it for only three breaths, and he wondered how to cultivate the second layer without Hundred Refinements Grass.
• Lin Bai met Hu Xin'er, who was astonished by his improved physique, and the two flew to Barbaric Mountain City.
• Lin Bai found Barbaric Mountain City empty because its Demon Race members had followed Xuan Ling's order to gather in Sky Desolate City, then destroyed the city.
• Lin Bai took Hu Xin'er toward Sky Desolate City, while she privately believed it would be his burial ground.

Xuan Qing gathered the Demon Race in Sky Desolate City and prepared the Ten Tribulations Demon Formation to kill Lin Bai. Lin Bai arrived with Hu Xin'er, faced the assembled army, and demanded that Xuan Qing be handed over.

• Xuan Qing took control of Sky Desolate City and ordered Jade Slips describing the Ten Tribulations Demon Formation distributed among more than fifty thousand Demon Race members.
• The Demon Race set up the formation outside Sky Desolate City, and Xuan Qing waited for Lin Bai to arrive.
• Lin Bai reached the city with Hu Xin'er, who explained the formation's purpose and warned that escape would be impossible once he entered it.
• The Demon Race recognized Lin Bai as the White-Haired Sword Cultivator and accused Hu Xin'er of betraying them, while Xuan Kong reacted in disbelief.
• Lin Bai demanded that the Demon Race hand over Xuan Qing, and Xuan Qing stepped forward and greeted him by name.

Lin Bai entered Xuan Qing’s Ten Tribulations Demon Formation and broke through its first five formations with his sword. As he advanced into the black mist, Xuan Qing activated the sixth formation, sending towering black mountains crashing down on him.

• Xuan Qing gathered more than fifty thousand Demon Race members before Sky Desolate City and used them to form the Ten Tribulations Demon Formation.
• Lin Bai left Hu Xin'er behind and entered the black mist, where Xuan Qing activated the First Formation, Formation of a Million Mighty Lions.
• Lin Bai shattered the First Formation with Slay the Immortals; Break the Formation and destroyed the iron spheres of the Second Formation with Seeking the Dragon.
• Lin Bai defeated the ghosts of the Third Formation with Rainstorm Intent and blasted apart the warrior monks of the Fourth Formation with a sword strike.
• Lin Bai erased the seventy-two Demon Sages conjured by the Fifth Formation, then faced the sixth formation as black mountains came crashing down toward him.

Lan Yuxin arrived at Sky Desolate City as Lin Bai fought through the Demon Race’s Ten Tribulations Demon Formation. After Lin Bai broke the eighth formation and rescued her, Xuan Qing unleashed the ninth formation.

• Lan Yuxin and thousands of martial artists arrived outside Sky Desolate City, where they recognized the black fog as the Ten Tribulations Demon Formation.
• Lan Yuxin learned that Lin Bai had entered the formation and charged inside despite Lan Feng’s warning.
• Lin Bai shattered the sixth and seventh formations, while Xuan Ling recalled how a White-Haired Sword Cultivator had once reached the ninth formation before being defeated.
• Lan Yuxin reached Lin Bai as the eighth formation attacked, but the Four Saintly Images struck her and sent her flying.
• Lin Bai rescued Lan Yuxin and destroyed the four statues with one sword strike.
• Xuan Qing called forth the ninth formation, the Demon Dragon Formation.

Lin Bai broke Xuan Qing’s Ten Tribulations Demon Formation, including its final Demon God Finger, and left Xuan Qing defeated. As the Demon Race began to withdraw, Lin Bai charged toward Xuan Qing atop Sky Desolate City.

• Xuan Qing activated the ninth formation, the Demon Dragon Formation, but Lin Bai cleaved the dragon apart and suffered no harm.
• Xuan Qing ignored Xuan Kong and Xuan Ling’s warnings and used a golden skull to summon the tenth formation, the Demon God Finger.
• Hu Xin'er recognized the finger’s Death Reversal Realm power as it descended toward Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai used his Devouring Sword Soul and Martial Soul Secret Method to split the Demon God Finger and disperse the black mist covering Sky Desolate City.
• Xuan Qing collapsed after the formation shattered and ordered the Demon Race to withdraw and scatter; Lin Bai charged toward him.

After breaking the Ten Tribulations Demon Formation, Lin Bai pursued and killed Xuan Qing and his father, Xuan Ling, reaching the fifth level of the Life Extinction Realm. He then turned on Hu Xin'er and attacked her as she arrived in the forest.

• Lan Yuxin led the human martial artists in an assault on the Demon Race after the Ten Tribulations Demon Formation was broken.
• Lin Bai killed Xuan Kong with one sword and pursued Xuan Ling and Xuan Qing as Hu Xin'er followed him.
• Lin Bai struck Xuan Ling with sword rays, then killed him when he attacked.
• Lin Bai killed Xuan Qing and refined his demonic blood, breaking through to the fifth level of the Life Extinction Realm.
• Hu Xin'er arrived, and Lin Bai attacked her with his sword before she could defend herself.

As the Demon Flower began to wither, Lin Bai’s strength declined, but he sealed Hu Xin’er before she could take revenge and escaped to recover. He realized the Demon Flower had bloomed for eighteen days—longer than ever—and feared it might one day never wither.

• Lin Bai’s strength suddenly declined as the Demon Flower began to wither, interrupting his attempt to kill Hu Xin’er.
• Hu Xin’er tried to strike Lin Bai, but he counterattacked and wounded her before his weakening power prevented him from killing her.
• Lin Bai sealed Hu Xin’er’s dantian and demon core, then flew away while the Demon Flower completely withered.
• Lin Bai reached a secluded cave on Lonely Mountain, swallowed an Earth Profound Pill, and spent half a day recovering.
• Lin Bai recalled that the Demon Flower had bloomed for eighteen days and worried that the Demon Seed was increasingly affecting his mind and might one day never wither.

Lin Bai worried that the Demon Flower would eventually consume him and decided to destroy it before entering the Dao. As he prepared to leave the Wildlands Secret Realm, he spotted the sealed Fox Demon Queen in danger from two Demon Race members.

• Lin Bai reflected on the Demon Flower's eighteen-day bloom and resolved not to let it bloom again before he entered the Dao.
• Lin Bai reviewed his gains in the Wildlands Secret Realm, recovered for half a day, and set out for Moonrise City to leave the Southern Courtyard.
• Hu Xin'er, still unable to use her cultivation after Lin Bai sealed it, encountered a rat demon and a toad demon in a canyon.
• The two demons threatened Hu Xin'er and the toad demon caught her with his tongue as she tried to flee.
• Hu Xin'er despaired and vowed to take revenge on Lin Bai if she was defiled.

Lin Bai rescued Hu Xin'er from two demons and negotiated to take her out of the Wildlands Secret Realm in exchange for her blood soul. Hu Xin'er agreed after Lin Bai promised not to force her to serve him in bed, leaving her life in his hands.

• Lin Bai cut off the toad's tongue, then killed the toad and rat as they begged for mercy.
• Hu Xin'er accused Lin Bai of humiliating her and demanded that he kill her if he would not undo her seal.
• Lin Bai refused to undo Hu Xin'er's seal because her recovered cultivation would make her stronger than him, but he also said he did not want to kill her.
• Lin Bai offered to take Hu Xin'er out of the Wildlands Secret Realm and return her blood soul a year later if she handed it over.
• Hu Xin'er agreed to give Lin Bai her blood soul on the condition that he take her out and never force her to serve him in bed; Lin Bai accepted.

Lin Bai took Hu Xin'er, now bound to him by her blood soul, toward Moonrise City after restoring her cultivation. They entered the city in disguise, where rumors about the White-Haired Sword Cultivator were spreading.

• Hu Xin'er surrendered her blood soul, and Lin Bai freed her from the seal suppressing her cultivation.
• Lin Bai and Hu Xin'er flew toward Moonrise City as she explained how his destruction of eighteen Demon Cities and the Ten Tribulations Demon Formation had shattered the Demon Race’s strength and morale.
• After three days, Lin Bai and Hu Xin'er neared Moonrise City and saw martial artists returning to the city from across the Wildlands Secret Realm.
• Hu Xin'er warned Lin Bai that she was a widely known Demon Race leader, so he gave her a black robe that concealed her aura.
• Lin Bai and Hu Xin'er entered Moonrise City, where few people recognized him, though martial artists were discussing the White-Haired Sword Cultivator.

Lin Bai returned to Moonrise City with Hu Xin'er and arranged a token to help her leave the Wildlands Secret Realm, despite the risks to himself and Wu Ming. They entered the teleportation array bound for the Southern Courtyard, where Hu Xin'er finally left the secret realm she had always felt trapped in.

• Lin Bai and Hu Xin'er heard martial artists praise the White-Haired Sword Cultivator, while most of them failed to recognize Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai found Wu Ming, Changsun Yun, and Meng Li, then checked on Shu Xiang, whose life was no longer in danger but who still needed to recover.
• Lin Bai asked Wu Ming for a token to help Hu Xin'er pass through the teleportation array, and Wu Ming warned him that assisting a Demon Race member could bring severe punishment.
• Wu Ming gave Lin Bai an identity token bearing the name Zhang Yun, and Lin Bai thanked him before heading to the teleportation array with Hu Xin'er.
• Lin Bai and Hu Xin'er entered the array to return to the Southern Courtyard, and Hu Xin'er felt overjoyed to be leaving the Wildlands Secret Realm.

Lin Bai brought Hu Xin'er out of the Wildlands Secret Realm but kept her blood soul, promising to return it after one year. Hu Xin'er insisted on staying with him on Dragon Breeding Island, where she began reading about the Eastern Continent and wondered whether someone she sought was still in the Southern Courtyard.

• Lin Bai and Hu Xin'er arrived on Secret Realm Island, and Hu Xin'er wept as she experienced the Eastern Continent's sunlight for the first time.
• Lin Bai told Hu Xin'er he would keep her blood soul for a year, and she warned that she might still kill him afterward.
• Hu Xin'er refused to leave Lin Bai, threatening to expose his role in bringing her out unless he let her follow him.
• Lin Bai reluctantly took Hu Xin'er to Dragon Breeding Island and gave her Jade Slips about the Barren Ancient Continent, the Eastern Continent, and the Eastern Continent Academy.
• After Lin Bai went to cultivate, Hu Xin'er wondered whether someone she sought was still in the Southern Courtyard.

Lin Bai counted the loot from the Demon Race and found it yielded little spiritual liquid, so he decided to seek more and ask Fang Yiyun about cultivating the Second Tribulation Moon. He reached Fang Yiyun on Nine Heavens Island and revealed that he had perfected the first layer of the Crimson Moon Nine Tribulation Body, shocking Fang Yiyun and Meng Li.

• Lin Bai checked Bao'er, then opened more than a hundred Storage Bags taken from peak Life Extinction Realm Demon Race members and found only about one hundred thousand jin of spiritual liquid and few other treasures.
• Lin Bai calculated that he had only three hundred thousand jin of spiritual liquid left and decided to pursue alchemist certification so he could sell pills for more.
• Lin Bai saw Hu Xin'er watching the sunrise on a cliff before leaving Dragon Breeding Island for Nine Heavens Island.
• Meng Li told Fang Yiyun that Lin Bai had swept through the Demon Race's eighteen cities and broken the Ten Tribulations Demon Formation.
• Lin Bai gave Fang Yiyun a Mountain-Moving Rabbit and asked which spirit medicine could aid his cultivation of the Second Tribulation Moon.
• Lin Bai said he had perfected the first layer of the Crimson Moon Nine Tribulation Body, leaving Fang Yiyun and Meng Li stunned.

Lin Bai learned that he needed the White Bone Pill to cultivate the Crimson Moon Nine Tribulation Body’s second layer and decided to qualify as an alchemist so he could access its formula. He registered for the Pill Island assessment, then reluctantly agreed to bring Hu Xin'er along after she threatened to expose his help in her escape from the Wildlands Secret Realm.

• Fang Yiyun told Lin Bai that the White Bone Pill was needed for the second layer and that its formula was restricted to qualified alchemists.
• Lin Bai decided to take the Pill Island assessment, registered for it, and returned to Dragon Breeding Island to cultivate until the assessment day.
• Hu Xin'er asked Lin Bai what he had been doing and learned he was going to the Pill Island assessment.
• Hu Xin'er threatened to tell Southern Courtyard experts that Lin Bai had helped her escape the Wildlands Secret Realm unless he took her along.
• Lin Bai agreed to bring Hu Xin'er to Pill Island, warning her not to cause trouble, and they left Dragon Breeding Island together.

Lin Bai and Hu Xin'er arrived on Dan Island for the alchemy assessment, where Hu Xin'er drew the attention of the crowd. Zhao Tian became infatuated with her and ordered someone to investigate her, then told Sun Ning that he wanted her.

• Lin Bai and Hu Xin'er arrived at Dan Island, where many martial artists had gathered for the alchemy assessment.
• Hu Xin'er attracted widespread attention with her beauty, and Lin Bai urged her to be more restrained.
• Zhao Tian approached Hu Xin'er, learned she belonged to the Southern Courtyard, and ordered a martial artist to investigate her.
• Lin Bai and Hu Xin'er waited on the viewing platform as the crowd continued staring at her.
• Zhao Tian met Sun Ning in a private pavilion and said he had become obsessed with another woman and would rather die than fail to have her.

Lin Bai reunited with Zi Donglai and Xie Changqing at the Pill Refiner examination, where he learned that Leng Qianxue and Cai Yu were attempting to reach Grade Nine. Zhao Tian approached Hu Xin'er and invited her to his elegant pavilion, while Lin Bai went to take the examination.

• Zhao Tian learned Hu Xin'er was in the square and hurried there with Sun Ning to invite her to his elegant pavilion.
• Lin Bai told Hu Xin'er her beauty was drawing too much attention, and she teased him in return.
• Zi Donglai and Xie Changqing greeted Lin Bai and explained that they were taking or watching the Pill Refiner examination.
• Xie Changqing told Lin Bai that Leng Qianxue and Cai Yu were the examination's main attractions as they sought Grade Nine certification.
• Zhao Tian invited Hu Xin'er to his elegant pavilion, and she agreed to go while warning Lin Bai to come get her after his examination.

Lin Bai let Hu Xin'er leave with Zhao Tian, explaining that they had only met by chance, while learning about Zhao Tian’s powerful family background. At the alchemy assessment, Luo Tian mistook Xie Changqing for the Eastern Alchemist and joined Cai Yu in surrounding him, leaving Lin Bai wary as the assessment began.

• Hu Xin'er left with Zhao Tian after warning him not to forget their private matter, and the crowd insulted Lin Bai for not stopping them.
• Xie Changqing and Zi Donglai warned Lin Bai about Zhao Tian, but Lin Bai said Hu Xin'er was only an acquaintance.
• Leng Qianxue arrived with Cai Yu, while Lin Bai recognized Luo Tian as the Black Market alchemist who had mistaken Xie Changqing for the Eastern Alchemist.
• Luo Tian threatened Xie Changqing, then the assessment officials summoned the alchemists into the arena.
• Cai Yu appeared between Lin Bai and Xie Changqing as Luo Tian and Cai Yu positioned alchemists around Xie Changqing, making Lin Bai's eyes turn cold.

Lin Bai and the other Alchemists began Pill Island’s half-day assessment, with several choosing to refine Rank Nine pills. Two hours into the refining, Cai Yu and Luo Tian attacked Xie Changqing’s furnace by manipulating the earthfire, threatening to ruin his pills.

• The old man explained that Alchemists could choose any of the nine pill ranks and had half a day to refine their pills.
• Leng Qianxue, Xie Changqing, Cai Yu, Luo Tian, and Lin Bai each chose to refine a Rank Nine pill.
• Cai Yu recognized Lin Bai’s Seven Moon Cauldron and accused him of being connected to his Third Junior Brother’s death, threatening to settle the score after the assessment.
• Lin Bai began refining the Myriad Yuan Pill while the Alchemists focused on their furnaces.
• Two hours later, Cai Yu and Luo Tian secretly manipulated the earthfire beneath Xie Changqing’s furnace, and other Alchemists joined them in trying to destroy his batch of pills.