Recaps

Lin Bai joined Dragon Court, mastered new sword and lightning techniques, and challenged Cloudsoar Tower before escorting spiritual medicine with Shui Yunmeng. The mission revealed a secret about the Eternal Sky Defense Formation and ended with Lin Bai fighting Xiao Zong after the attackers slaughtered Mo Lang’s people.

• Lin Bai passed Dong Dian’s three-move assessment, became his disciple, and learned the Azure Bamboo Sword and Five Elements Divine Lightning Manual.
• Lin Bai cleared Cloudsoar Tower’s early floors, defeated Situ Qingmu on the twentieth floor, and claimed the Dragon Bone Pill before using Myriad Flow Pills to reach the fourth level of the Apex Realm.
• Lin Bai joined Xiao Zong and Shui Yunmeng to escort spiritual medicine from Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, where Qian Duoduo and Su Xianmei warned him about the attacks on Dragon Court’s shipments.
• Sword Lake remnants ambushed the group in the Tianbei Mountains, and Lin Bai turned back to rescue Shui Yunmeng after Xiao Zong and Shui Yunmeng were injured.
• Lin Bai found Shui Yunmeng surrounded, killed the attackers and Zhu Jing, and carried her to Heavenly Might City, where she revealed that the spirit medicine concealed information about a gap in the Eternal Sky Defense Formation.
• Xiao Zong attacked the courtyard, admitted he served the Seventeenth Prince, and tried to seize the spirit medicine, and Lin Bai sent Shui Yunmeng away and destroyed the City Lord’s Mansion after its defenders were slaughtered.
• Lin Bai caught up with Xiao Zong as he attacked Shui Yunmeng, wounded him with flying swords, and began fighting him until Xiao Zong unleashed his Starfall Fist.

Lin Bai advanced his cultivation while learning Purgatory Seventy-Two Kills, then used the Sword Alliance to purge rival forces and seize control of Badlands Prefecture. After returning to Dragon Court, he clashed with Tang Shu and prepared to spar with him.

• Lin Bai killed Xiao Zong, protected Shui Yunmeng, and escorted her to the divine capital with Wang Ge, where Crown Prince Zhao Zhiyu and Dragon Lord Ke Yan awaited them.
• Lin Bai learned of Dong Dian’s wager with the Divine Capital Sword Saint, agreed to challenge the Sword Saint’s disciple Gongyang Hao, and climbed Cloudsoar Tower to cultivate.
• Lin Bai reached the sixth stage of the Apex Realm, formed a solidified Dao Resonance, and learned Purgatory Seventy-Two Kills from Dong Dian.
• Lin Bai ordered the Sword Alliance to reopen its businesses and used the Jade Slip to force the Prefectural Assistant to stop targeting it, then sent assassins after the Imperial General’s and Right Prime Minister’s agents.
• Lin Bai lured the Imperial General’s ten thousand soldiers into an ambush, captured him, and took control of Badlands Prefecture as Daoist Tianxin avenged his fellow disciples by killing Pang Bai.
• Bai Xiao exposed Ye Qingxue’s plot with the Imperial General, and the Crown Prince’s forces arrested Hua Zu and pursued the Prefectural Assistant while Si Ce became the new Prefectural Assistant of Badlands Prefecture.
• Lin Bai used eight thousand Immortal Azure Pills to reach the seventh stage of the Apex Realm, then confronted Tang Shu at Swordless Mountain and agreed to spar at equal cultivation.

Lin Bai entered the Divine Capital’s martial competition, defeated Gu Tiancheng and Liu Yuqing, and advanced to the quarterfinals. Shui Yunmeng agreed to marry him if he won first place, leaving Lin Bai set to face Liu Yushan.

• Dong Dian stopped Lin Bai from killing Tang Shu and declared their grudge settled, then told Lin Bai about the Celestial God Tomb qualification as Lin Bai prepared for the tournament.
• Shui Yunmeng warned Lin Bai about the competition’s formidable contenders, and Lin Bai qualified by cutting a Celestial Fiend Puppet in half with one strike.
• The princes and powerful officials gathered at Dragon Phoenix Pavilion as the tournament opened, and Lin Bai entered the Dragon Arena against Gu Tiancheng.
• Lin Bai defeated Gu Tiancheng with Purgatory Seventy-Two Kills, advanced through successive rounds, and accepted Gongyang Hao’s challenge to fight if they met.
• Lin Bai defeated Liu Yuqing after Liu Yushan secretly coached him, then exposed Liu Yushan’s interference and advanced to the top eight.
• The Crown Prince proposed that Lin Bai marry Shui Yunmeng and offered him the position of Great General, while Shui Yunmeng made her acceptance depend on Lin Bai winning first place.
• The Dragon Platform Elder announced Lin Bai’s quarterfinal against Liu Yushan, and Lin Bai remained determined to claim the title.

Lin Bai won the martial contest, refused his arranged marriage, and obtained Sword Immortal Hongnong’s Dao Bone before Mo Ling’s poison let Dark Eye take control of him. After the Dao Heart Ring restored him, Lin Bai learned of Yi Gong’s support and left to deal with Su Jin’s imminent execution.

• Lin Bai defeated Gongyang Hao by using the Devouring Sword Soul to break through his Azure Lotus defense, then won the Champion Marquis title and refused the marriage decree to Shui Yunmeng.
• Dugu Xinghe challenged Lin Bai in an alley, defeated his sword techniques, and revealed that Dong Dian had withheld the true teachings of Purgatory Seventy-Two Kills.
• After learning Su Jin would be executed in seven days, Lin Bai began preparing the Sword Alliance and entered the Dao Tower to seek cultivation insights.
• Lin Bai comprehended the four murals in Sword Immortal Hongnong’s cave and obtained a golden Dao Bone, but rejected Dong Dian’s demand that he hand it over.
• Mo Ling poisoned Lin Bai with Carefree Corpse Bone Powder, and Dark Eye took control of his body as Xuantong, who killed Liu En, Mo Ling, and Tang Shu before planting Dao Seeds in Army Marquises.
• The Dao Heart Ring trapped Xuantong and returned control of Lin Bai to him, while Yi Gong explained his connection to Ling Tianzi and offered to support Lin Bai’s claim to the throne.
• Lin Bai learned that Su Jin’s execution was two days away, left Yi Gong’s residence, and found Dong Dian sitting beside the bodies of Liu En, Mo Ling, and Tang Shu.