Recaps

Lin Bai recovered enough to attend the Ten Sons Battle, where the Seven Great Prodigies faced opponents who knew their weaknesses and the contestants fought for tokens. Li Zhengyi made Lin Bai the final judge of the Kunxu Ten Sons, and Lin Bai began testing them, exposing Li Ge’s copied techniques and defeating several finalists.

• Lin Bai recovered from his injuries and learned that the Ten Sons Battle had begun, then went with Li Buxian and Li Fugui to watch the competition.
• Lin Bai warned Li Buzheng that someone had learned the Seven Great Prodigies’ fighting styles and weaknesses, and Li Buzheng defeated Li Mei after changing his approach.
• Li Ge revealed hidden strength and advanced alongside the Seven Great Prodigies, while they suspected Li Muzhi, Li Ronghuan, and Li Renjie of scheming against them.
• The token round began, and Li Daoyuan, Li Zhaoxing, and Li Le defeated Li Renjie, Li Muzhi, and Li Ronghuan, while Li Buzheng defeated Li Zhaoxing before losing to Li Daoyuan.
• Li Zhengyi appointed Lin Bai to test the Kunxu Ten Sons, and Lin Bai defeated Li Renjie and Li Ronghuan while declaring them qualified.
• Lin Bai fought Li Ge, countered his copied Kunxu arts, and defeated him after accusing him of revealing the Seven Great Prodigies’ weaknesses.
• Lin Bai defeated Li Chuyi after a prolonged sword fight, gave him a Golden Token, and urged Li Zhengyi to let the disciples gain experience outside secluded cultivation.
• Li Tao conceded after his Asura Three Blades failed to defeat Lin Bai, and Lin Bai then defeated Li Le and called him the weakest fighter he had faced among the Kunxu Ten Sons.

After winning the Kunxu Ten Sons assessment, Lin Bai confronted Li Ge over Li Subai and pursued him into the Black Mountain Range. There Lin Bai discovered a Blood Demon and a hidden cave, then faced a coalition of enemies seeking his Flying Sword Technique and answers about what he found.

• Lin Bai defeated Li Qianqian, Li Buzheng, Li Zhaoxing, and Li Daoyuan in the Kunxu Ten Sons assessment, then received the Soul Nurturing Scabbard and restored his strength.
• Lin Bai confronted Li Ge about Li Subai and the Broken Sword Tribe ambush, but Li Ge fled after admitting he had used Li Subai to lure Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai entered the Black Mountain Tribe under the name Dongfang Bai, defeated Rong Quan with a branch, and investigated the unnatural roars and darkness in the nearby mountains.
• Lin Bai found a blood-lit cavern and fought its Blood Demon, then absorbed its vital essence with the Devouring Sword Soul and advanced to the third level of the Death Reversal Realm.
• Lin Bai searched for the hidden rift and studied the Three Origins Unite Technique, but Cui Qing accused him of concealing a cave dwelling and tried to imprison him, so Lin Bai killed five attackers and escaped.
• Li Ge joined Crow in a plot to kill Lin Bai, but Lin Bai tracked them down, destroyed Crow’s formation, killed him, and wounded Li Ge.
• Tai Biao arrived with fifteen Black Sword Hall warriors as Li Ge revealed he had hired nine assassins from Gold Silver Mountain, while Cui Qing’s warriors blocked Lin Bai’s retreat.
• Tai Biao demanded that Lin Bai surrender the Flying Sword Technique, and Cui Qing demanded to know what he had found in the Black Mountain Range.

Lin Bai fought Mo Wenshen and Kunxu’s High Priests, then lost control and killed Li Zhengyi’s elders before the Demon Seed’s influence forced him to flee. Hunted by Kunxu and the Faceless Ones, he reached the Eastern Continent Academy, where Lan Ling offered to investigate the conflict as the Devil Sect expanded its conquests.

• Lin Bai killed Cui Qing, Tai Biao, the Gold Silver Mountain assassins, and the other warriors who had attacked him, then used Soul Search on Li Ge and learned of his betrayal of the Li family.
• After Lin Bai refused Li Zhengyi’s offer to marry Li Qianqian, Mo Wenshen gathered seven High Priests to capture him as he prepared to leave Kunxu.
• Mo Wenshen and the High Priests overwhelmed Lin Bai, but the Purple-Robed Man intervened and Li Zhengyi arrived with Li Buxian and Li family experts.
• Lin Bai unleashed the Demon Flower and killed the Unreturning Sea High Priest, Gold Silver Mountain Sect Leader, Yun Yao High Priest, Wolf King High Priest, and Heaven Blade High Priest, while East One High Priest fled.
• When Li Zhengyi tried to stop him from killing Mo Wenshen, Lin Bai attacked the Li family and killed more than twenty elders and the Grand Elder before stabbing Li Zhengyi, then resisted the Demon Seed’s attempt to take control.
• Lin Bai escaped through Li Family Village as Kunxu placed a bounty on him, and Fu Qingshuang and Hu Xin'er found him gravely wounded and helped him recover.
• Fu Qingshuang killed two Faceless Ones who ambushed Lin Bai and Hu Xin'er, and Lin Bai returned to Dragon Breeding Island with Hu Xin'er.
• Lin Bai told Lan Ling about killing the Li family elders, and Lan Ling promised to seek the Order Divine Court’s help and investigate Kunxu while warning him about the Devil Sect’s growing army.

Lin Bai investigated the Devil Sect’s campaign across the Eastern Continent, uncovering how its invasions exploited refugees and local rivalries while helping the Feng Clan repel an assault. He infiltrated its ranks and followed Chen Qin to an underground chamber where the Sword of Impermanence lay beside a skeleton.

• Lin Bai created a demonic clone to preserve the Demon Seed, then joined Lan Yuxin and Hu Xin'er to investigate the Devil Sect as its forces conquered territories.
• Lin Bai deduced that the Devil Sect was driving refugees into remaining strongholds to provoke conflict, then defeated Qin Cong after finding him slaughtering refugees in Manggu Forest.
• Lin Bai reached the Feng Clan’s stronghold and learned that impostors had been posing as Devil Sect members while the real attackers targeted the family’s resources.
• Chen Qin led a massive assault on the Feng Clan, and Lin Bai and his companions joined the defense as Feng Wujun and Feng Wenjun were gravely wounded.
• The Seventh Feng Ancestor arrived, defeated Celestial Hound Zhenren, and forced the attackers to flee, then ordered Feng Wenjun to gather allies for a purge.
• Lin Bai sent his devil body into Poison Dragon Forest, posed as a recruit, and learned that Envoy Chen Qin had recruited outsiders to attack the Feng Clan.
• Lin Bai followed Chen Qin and Celestial Hound Zhenren into a hidden underground passage and overheard Chen Qin threaten Celestial Hound Zhenren with a Life-Death Talisman.
• Lin Bai entered a stone chamber and saw a skeleton with a powerful sword before it, which Chen Qin identified as the Sword of Impermanence.