Recaps

Lin Bai defeated the Twelve Asuras and earned the Wolf Marquis title, but Emperor Chu then pressed him to attend the Imperial Autumn Hunt and become entangled in imperial factions. Lin Bai faked an injury to avoid the hunt, while his suspicions about the princes’ deaths sharpened and he turned to strengthening his demon sword.

• Lin Bai killed eleven of the Twelve Asuras, and White Deer Guard captured the survivors as the battle at Aqi District ended.
• Emperor Chu rewarded Lin Bai with the Wolf Marquis title, then revealed that the Imperial Autumn Hunt could draw him into a marriage alliance and a rival prince’s faction.
• After Emperor Chu ordered Lin Bai to attend despite his existing marriage, Lin Bai and his companions staged an attack by supposed Nine Underworlds Demon Palace remnants to make him appear badly injured.
• Emperor Chu saw through the ruse but agreed that Lin Bai’s attendance would depend on his recovery, while Liang Wang and his daughters arrived in the capital and Chu Tinghan vowed to defeat Lin Bai at the hunt.
• Lin Bai stayed hidden, tested the Dao Fruits he had taken from the Asuras, and used their origin power to improve the demon sword’s spirituality.
• Tianshui Sect disciples arrived for the hunt, and Lin Bai learned that Emperor Chu had sent Ye Danyang to expose his feigned injury and ensure he recovered in time.
• Lin Bai questioned Ye Danyang about the deaths of the First and Second Princes and suspected the God-Devil Calamity Poison, but Ye Danyang denied knowing anything and left to report to Emperor Chu.
• Lin Bai concluded Ye Danyang knew more about the princes’ deaths, planned to retrieve his files after the hunt, and decided to use his nine Dao Fruits to advance the demon sword toward a half-step Grand Yi Divine Weapon.

Lin Bai and the Tianshui Sect arrived at the Southern Sky Hunting Garden, where political rivalries, an infiltration plot, and the Imperial Autumn Hunt unfolded. The hunt began without Lin Bai, while Fallen Immortal prepared to return to Prince Hong Estate and Bai Yifei’s group faced a powerful Godstone Serpent.

• Patriarch Pan Qing announced the Imperial Autumn Hunt, and Lin Bai warned the Tianshui Sect disciples about Yan Han and the risk of being drawn into an imperial marriage alliance.
• Lin Bai reunited with old friends at the Nine Heavens Waterfall, where rivalries between Chu martial artists and visiting powers escalated before Zhu Mo stopped Chen Yule and Huo Chunqiu from fighting.
• Lin Bai spotted a black-clad intruder evading the hunting ground’s formations, and Emperor Chu granted him permission to enter the main peak while Prince Chen investigated the guests.
• Lin Bai clashed with Princess Chu Tinghan over Meng Qinxian, then challenged her to fight as she vowed to prove her strength without relying on marriage for political gain.
• At Emperor Chu’s banquet, Chu martial artists volunteered for the hunt, and Yan Han’s aura led Lin Bai to suspect that the Earth Demon’s remnant soul dwelled within him.
• Chen Yule’s group encountered the Camel Mountain Demon Turtle and Yellow Springs Ancient Tree, then retreated as Huo Chunqiu mocked them and the Chen Family revealed its history with Shuixian Kingdom.
• Emperor Chu and his confidant discussed using Fallen Immortal and Prince Hong Estate to restrain Liang Wang, while Prince Chen warned Fallen Immortal that Nine Underworlds Demon Palace remnants might target her estate.
• Fallen Immortal joined Lin Bai, Prince Chen, and Qian Hen in a toast to her taking charge of Prince Hong Estate, while Lin Bai watched Bai Yifei’s group confront a Godstone Serpent.

Lin Bai led the Chu Kingdom’s team into the Southern Sky Hunting Garden, hunting powerful beasts and defeating rivals who tried to seize their prey. He secured a signed debt from the Thousand Water Kingdom’s Crown Prince as the hunt continued.

• Lin Bai accepted the Chu Emperor’s challenge and chose Meng Qinxian, Lu Qingjun, Yi Heze, Nie Shang, and Qian Hen to join his team against the Undying Holy Sect’s hunters.
• Lin Bai and Qian Hen recruited Chen Yule to help defeat the Yellow Springs Ancient Tree and Camel Mountain Demon Turtle, with Lin Bai claiming the tree for his shattered Yellow Springs Demon Bone.
• Lin Bai and Qian Hen rescued the injured Meng Qinxian from Zhao Xiantu and Li Mo, then joined Nie Shang to defeat them and take their Grand Yi Divine Weapons.
• After the Chu Emperor ordered Lin Bai to return the weapons after the hunt, Lin Bai resumed hunting with Qian Hen and collected fifteen second- and third-tier beasts.
• Lin Bai challenged the Crown Prince of the Thousand Water Kingdom to a wager over ten rare beasts and defeated him after he attacked with water dragons and a secret mystic art.
• Lin Bai demanded the ten beasts from the wager, and when the Crown Prince could provide only eight, Qian Hen made him sign an IOU for one million immortal jades before Lin Bai let him leave.

Lin Bai uncovered the True Self Sect’s suspicious operation, then returned to Cloud Peak and defended the Tianshui Sect against the Heaven and Earth Gate. After killing Yan Han and wiping out the opposing team, Lin Bai left the Heaven and Earth Gate’s elders unable to secure imperial intervention.

• Lin Bai defeated the Thousand Water Kingdom’s Crown Prince twice and secured an IOU for one million immortal jades, while Prince Chen rebuked the kingdom’s elders and settled the dispute.
• Lin Bai investigated a Forbidden Sea Dark Wind Sand storm and discovered Ge Qishan and the True Self Sect disciples hiding a teleportation formation after killing a Dark Nether Flying Bird.
• Lin Bai returned to the ruins and reported his suspicions to the Emperor of Chu, who awarded him credit and ordered the Zhao Xing Office to investigate.
• At Cloud Peak, the Heaven and Earth Gate repeatedly attacked the Tianshui Sect disciples, and Bai Yifei defended them until Lin Bai arrived and severed Jiang Wei’s arm.
• Lin Bai killed Zhao Yian in a single attack, then fought Yan Han, whose Earth Demon remnant soul disrupted Lin Bai with eerie laughter.
• Lin Bai overcame the Earth Demon remnant soul with the Dragon Slaying Skill, killing Yan Han and ending the threat at Cloud Peak.
• Lin Bai pursued the fleeing Heaven and Earth Gate team and killed its Dao God Realm and Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm fighters, taking their exotic creatures.
• The Heaven and Earth Gate’s ancestor protested to the Emperor of Chu, but Prince Chen and the Emperor rejected intervention, and Pan Qing celebrated Lin Bai’s victory.