Recaps

Lin Bai forced the Great Moon Kingdom to withdraw, exposed King Qi’s treachery, and returned to the capital as the Iron-Blooded Sword King. At Fengyue Brothel, a contest over Hong Su’s zither drew him into a confrontation with Long Fei.

• Lin Bai escaped the Great Moon Kingdom with Consort Yun, broke through its forces, and made the emperor halt the invasion before defeating Tuoba Feng in a martial contest at Jiayue Pass.
• The Great Moon Kingdom withdrew under a ten-year peace agreement, while Diao Cheng invited Lin Bai to Divine Relic Ridge and the Hatchling Dragon Academy.
• Lin Bai returned to the capital with the Grand Princess, uncovered King Qi’s role in sabotaging the defenses, and accepted King Qi’s surrender before the prince died.
• Bai Huatian named Lin Bai the hereditary Iron-Blooded Sword King, and Lin Bai confronted the Xu Family Patriarch over the Scorching Fire Nation.
• At Fengyue Brothel, Lin Bai recognized Hong Su’s zither and won her challenge by identifying its materials, prompting Long Jianxiao and his companions to attack.
• Li Jianxing and Sun Qian threw Long Jianxiao and his companions from the second floor, and Long Fei arrived with soldiers before recognizing Chu Jiangliu as King Chu.

Lin Bai returned to the Spirit Sword Sect and confronted the Divine Alliance’s rigged Core Disciple assessment. After fighting his way through the Martial God Pagoda and defeating several challengers, he was left badly wounded when Cai Xuan attacked him from behind.

• Lin Bai refused the Grand Princess’s attempts to keep him from Hong Su and learned that both Heavenly Sound Academy and Hatchling Dragon Academy wanted to recruit him at Divine Relic Ridge.
• Lin Bai returned to the Spirit Sword Sect determined to become a Core Disciple and challenged Su Cang after the Divine Alliance mocked him at the Martial God Pagoda.
• The Grand Elder replaced the neutral pagoda guards with Divine Alliance loyalists, and the Twentieth Elder crippled Lu Yuan during the assessment.
• Lin Bai entered the pagoda, defeated its elders floor by floor, and won all nine Pass Tokens, while the Sword Alliance rallied behind him.
• Lin Bai faced the Divine Alliance’s fighters in the ranking battle, defeating Luo Qixiao and Hua Wei with his strength and speed.
• Cai Xuan attacked Lin Bai with his blade techniques, but Lin Bai countered and defeated him without killing him.
• After Lin Bai turned away, Cai Xuan launched another strike with his martial soul, broke through Lin Bai’s Silver War Armor, and left him with a severe chest wound.

Lin Bai defeated the Divine Alliance and Su Cang, but Su Zhan’s intervention exposed the Spirit Sword Sect’s corruption and led to Ling Tianzi accepting Lin Bai as his final disciple. After the Second Elder began rebuilding the sect, Lin Bai learned the Flying Sword Dao and returned for the succession ceremony.

• Lin Bai killed Cai Xuan, then challenged the Divine Alliance and defeated its gathered warriors, including Qu Feng, in a brutal battle.
• Lin Bai fought Su Cang, survived his Dragon Sword attack, and won after using his bow and Withered Flower, but Su Zhan interrupted before Lin Bai could kill him.
• Li Jianxing, Kong Wang, the Second Elder, Ji Bei, Ji Bai, and other disciples testified that the Divine Alliance had rigged the assessment, while Su Zhan still ordered Lin Bai executed.
• The Second Elder took Su Zhan’s attack to save Lin Bai, and Ling Tianzi arrived, declared Lin Bai his fourth and final disciple, and escaped with him after Lin Bai asked him to spare Su Zhan and Su Cang.
• The Second Elder recovered, defeated the Grand Elder, and took charge of reviving the Spirit Sword Sect, while Su Zhan and Su Cang fled and pursued their separate plans.
• Ling Tianzi took Lin Bai to the Cold Mountain Range, demonstrated the Flying Sword Dao, and taught him to fuse a fragment of his soul with a flying sword.
• Lin Bai named his sword Dragon Eye, learned the Sword Control Art, and flew back toward the Spirit Sword Sect for the succession ceremony.

Lin Bai defended the Spirit Sword Sect against the Sacred Moon Sect and earned Jian Ruohan’s invitation to Famous Sword Manor. After leaving the sect, he found Tie Feng tortured and dead, promised to protect Tie Haitang, and set out for the Ten Thousand Mountains while Tie Haitang began pursuing revenge.

• Ling Tianzi helped Lin Bai improve his Sword Control Art, planted a protective force in him, and sent him to Su Jiannan’s succession ceremony as Li Shanqing feared the tribulation Lin Bai might face.
• At the ceremony, Wang Yingjie and the Sacred Moon Sect provoked the Spirit Sword Sect, but Lin Bai defeated Wang Yun, Liu Qingfeng, Wang Yingjie, and Di Huayue, then accepted Tang Tianhao’s challenge for a rematch in three months.
• Lin Bai fought Jian Ruohan to a draw, accepted her invitation to Famous Sword Manor’s Sword Assembly, and learned that Feng Yunxiu had once defeated her in three swords.
• After bidding farewell to the Spirit Sword Sect, Lin Bai trained his flying sword with Li Shanqing and Ling Tianzi, who told him to seek a mysterious temple in the Ten Thousand Mountains connected to his Demonic Martial Soul.
• Lin Bai crippled a Lin family disciple who insulted him, warned Lin Taiyue to collect Lin Zier’s corpse in two months, and traveled to the Demon Slayer Alliance to find Tie Feng.
• Lin Bai discovered that Zhao Rong had destroyed the Demon Slayer Alliance and tortured Tie Feng, killed the attackers and Zhao Rong, and found Tie Feng imprisoned and mutilated.
• Tie Feng asked Lin Bai to find and protect Tie Haitang, then killed himself, and Lin Bai buried him and promised to keep Tie Haitang safe.
• Lin Bai learned from Thunder Frog that Tie Haitang possessed the Dragon Hunter Spirit and flew toward the Fengyun Dynasty to seek the temple, while Tie Haitang returned, mourned Tie Feng, and set out to avenge him.