Recaps

Lin Bai defeated the rival academy chiefs, claimed first place on the Hero Ranking, and chose to travel to the Five Peaks. There, he learned that the region held the ruins of the vanished Crimson Immortal Sect, which humans and the Demon Race shared under a fragile agreement.

• Lin Bai defended his cultivation of the Supreme Sword before the elders, challenged Murong Fei for the chief senior disciple position, and prepared for their duel at the Hero Ranking tournament.
• Lin Bai entered the secret realm and waited at Mount Yun Ding, where the rival academies’ chief disciples gathered to confront him.
• Lin Bai fought the gathered chiefs, killed Chou Yun Kui, Cai Yunqi, and the Fist Dao Academy disciples, then defeated Wu Qiu.
• Lin Bai revealed the Supreme Sword’s fourth form, killed Murong Fei and Tian Changlin, and took first place with seventy-two zhang of fortune.
• Lin Bai refined his fortune to reach the third level of the Earth Core Realm, and Zhao Longtu announced him as the Hero Ranking’s top contestant.
• Lin Bai chose to go to the Five Peaks with Jian Ruohan, Ye Jianqiu, Long Qingfeng, and Hua Yuxian, while Dugu Yun gave him three strands of Sword Qi and warned him about the Fist Dao Academy.
• Jiang Jun escorted Lin Bai and the others to the Five Peaks and explained that the region contained the Crimson Immortal Sect’s ruins, which the human and Demon Race alliances shared under an agreement barring Sky Realm experts.
• Long Qingfeng resolved to report the ruins to the Azure Dragon Empire so it could seize them.

Lin Bai entered the Seven Stars Relic, seized its pill and personal disciple treasures, and escaped pursuit with Kang Shiyun. After growing stronger in the Black Mountain Range, he found the Second Martial Soul Altar and began its trial, while Fisherman revealed that Lin Bai belonged to the Devouring Clan.

• Jiang Jun registered Lin Bai and the others at Divine Relic Ridge, and Lin Bai resolved to pursue the Holy Son title before choosing Tempest Cave as his residence.
• Lin Bai learned of a dangerous Seven Stars Relic and entered it alone, where Kang Yiyang invited him to join his group and Kang Shiyun helped uncover a hidden map to the Personal Disciple Hall.
• When three demons attacked Kang Yiyang’s group, Lin Bai killed them and followed the map to the Personal Disciple Hall, where he took its pills and a personal disciple’s remains and Storage Bag.
• Su Cang, Xiang Nong, and the pursuing martial artists tried to seize Lin Bai’s gains, but Lin Bai used Dugu Yun’s Sword Qi to escape before collapsing from the Great Barren Art’s backlash.
• Kang Yiyang and Kang Shiyun helped Lin Bai flee, but Weng Wei’s group found them, injured Kang Shiyun, and forced Lin Bai to fight back before Wei Tianyi pursued them into the Black Mountain Range.
• Lin Bai recovered with Kang Shiyun, advanced to the sixth level of the Earth Core Realm, and learned from Li Ze’s diary about the Crimson Immortal Sect’s destruction and the Second Martial Soul Altar.
• Lin Bai killed Shi Banhu and found the Second Martial Soul Altar, which admitted him as a Crimson Immortal Sect direct disciple and sent him into the Soul Storage Space to begin its awakening trial.
• Lin Bai attacked the first Spirit Puppet on the Martial Soul Awakening Road as Fisherman told an ancient elder that Lin Bai was a member of the Devouring Clan.

Lin Bai chose the God-Seizing Soul, rescued Kang Yiyang, and secured a Heaven-Mending Pill despite Kang Yuhai’s attempt to stop him. He entered the Spirit Child Battle and advanced to the quarterfinals, where a veteran’s history with Lin Duo raised questions about his father.

• Lin Bai rejected the Emperor Grade Ancient Dragon Soul, chose the Near God-Rank God-Seizing Soul, and learned that the Divine Creation Palace might hold answers about the monsters threatening Crimson Immortal Sect.
• Lin Bai rescued Kang Yiyang from Su Cang’s group and promised Kang Xiao he would restore Kang Yiyang’s shattered dantian with a Heaven-Mending Pill.
• Lin Bai obtained the pill ingredients from the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion with Su Xianmei’s loan and returned to the Nine Institutes to have Gu Yueqing refine the pill.
• Lin Bai killed Luo Haiyang after discovering Kang Yuhai had sent him to disrupt the refinement, then delivered the finished Heaven-Mending Pill to Kang Yiyang and earned entry to the Heavenly Pearl Secret Realm.
• Lin Bai chose to compete in the Spirit Child Battle for a chance to cultivate in the Sacred Heart Spirit Pool and claimed the final qualifying token.
• Lin Bai defeated Tang Jin after evading his three attacks and shattering his Deathly Demon Blade, then beat Tong Ji to reach the quarterfinals.
• After Di Xia defeated Sun Zhihao, Meng Yue told Lin Bai that Sun had previously lost to Lin Duo and Ye Jianjun while pursuing the Spirit Child title, leaving Lin Bai wondering what Sun knew about his father.

Lin Bai won the Spirit Child final, killed Xu Jiangsheng to keep his Demonic Martial Soul secret, and entered the Heavenly Pearl Secret Realm to hunt demons. After defeating Xiang Nong’s forces and helping the human martial artists, he freed Jiuyun and turned his swords against the Spirit Sons sent by Su Cang.

• Lin Bai defeated Meng Yue, then beat Di Xia and killed Xu Jiangsheng in the final before Xu could reveal Lin Bai’s Demonic Martial Soul.
• Ye Wuhuan sentenced Lin Bai to death, but spared him after Ye Suxin accepted conditions that included marrying Su Cang and never telling Lin Bai about their child.
• Lin Bai entered the Heavenly Pearl Secret Realm, hunted demons with Jiuyun’s guidance, and reached the ninth level of the Earth Core Realm.
• Disguised as Wu Song, Lin Bai killed Xi Feng and joined the human martial artists in battle against the Demon Race’s forces.
• Lin Bai killed Jinghai, Poison Fang, Hundred Birds, Le Tian, and Xiang Nong, then reached the peak of the ninth level of the Earth Core Realm.
• Lin Bai freed Jiuyun from the city wall despite objections, but Liu Baoshen and the other Spirit Children arrived and accused Lin Bai of being a Demon Race spy.
• Lin Bai fought the Spirit Sons sent by Su Cang, killed Zhang Xiao, and struck down Xiu Feng with Shattering the Void.