Recaps

Lin Bai and the Chu forces broke through the statue and Yin Mountain formations, but suffered heavy losses before regrouping with the other Eastern Region territories. The Eastern and Northern Region leaders then entered the main formation, where their strongest fighters faced off for a decisive battle.

• Lin Bai led the Chu forces against the statue formation, and Cai Huan seized the jade before the black crow broke the formation and brought Lin Bai the Black Water Clan’s treasures.
• Luan Tang’s Yin Mountain Formation unleashed Corpse Puppets and Corpse Demons, but Lin Bai and the others fought their way to the altar as their forces took heavy casualties.
• The Sect’s Saint Son destroyed the white flag and collapsed the Yin Mountain Formation, trapping Luan Tang with the Six Paths Lotus Seal while a strange shadow vanished.
• Lin Bai regrouped with Chu Tinghan, Qi Lingyu, Wang Zhengyang, and Yi Jinyun, while the Soul Refining Sect’s forces also gathered at the main formation.
• The Eastern Region leaders selected Holy Sons and Holy Daughters to enter the main formation, and Lin Bai ordered the injured Chen Yule and Yi Song to recover before joining them.
• After Chen Yule and Yi Song recovered, Lin Bai entered the main formation with the Eastern Region fighters, followed by Qi Lingyu, Wang Zhengyang, and the Northern Region’s leading geniuses.
• Qi Lingyu surveyed the Northern Region’s gathered Holy Sons and Holy Daughters, including Mu Huo, An Jie, Zhu Gui, Fang Zong, and Dai Hu, as both sides prepared to fight.

Lin Bai and Bu Junfeng fought a devastating duel that shattered the Hunting Realm’s main array and triggered a wider battle between the regions. The survivors returned to the Ascension Celestial Palace, where Lin Bai ended the celebration without naming an heir and Prince Chen publicly asked to become crown prince.

• Bu Junfeng declared himself the main array’s formation eye and challenged the Eastern Region, while Lin Bai challenged him to a battle that would decide their sides’ fate.
• Lu Qingjun, Yan Zhuangyun, Huang Qingyun, Qi Lingyu, and other fighters clashed across the battlefield as the Grand Yi Divine Weapons and Eternal Night Oil Lamps turned the fights deadly.
• Dong Nanshu killed Lu Qingjun with the Righteous Qi sword, and Bu Junfeng stopped the Grand Yi Divine Weapons’ attacks with his bare hands before defeating the Northern Region swordsmen who challenged him.
• Lin Bai rescued Yi Heze and faced Bu Junfeng, who wounded him with the Life Severing Three Blades before their later clashes shattered the main array and collapsed mountains across the Great Snow Mountain.
• After Lin Bai and Bu Junfeng fell, Northern and Eastern Region fighters battled over who would reach them, while Chu Tinghan and the Black Tortoise Battalion broke through the encirclement and the forces eventually withdrew.
• The Chu Emperor ordered everyone to leave the Hunting Realm early, and the survivors returned to the Ascension Celestial Palace after both regions had lost more than a thousand prodigies.
• Lin Bai ended the birthday celebration without naming an heir, and Prince Chen knelt with Chu Tianxin before asking Lin Bai to establish him as crown prince.

Lin Bai accepted the Chu imperial family's gifts while trying to secure a way to find his family, then investigated a wave of attacks on departing sects and lineages. As suspicion fell on several factions, Emperor Chu moved to bring those still in Chu territory back to the Imperial Capital.

• Lin Bai named Chu Junyou Crown Prince as Prince Chen’s succession took shape, while the Imperial Ancestors urged Chu Tianxin and Prince Chen to keep Lin Bai in Chu and promised help reaching the Heavenly Realm if he remained loyal.
• After the Hunting Realm losses, Lin Bai accepted the Third Prince’s gifts, including treasures for his sword formation and the Star-Slaying Three Swords, after learning Chu had sent people to search for his family in the Dao Ruins World.
• Lin Bai discovered that the Soul Refinement Sect had captured Leng Xingguang, then saw the Qi Tian Sect and Eternal Devil Sect depart the Imperial Capital with new ties between them.
• The Crown Prince and Third Prince told Lin Bai that attackers had struck Worship Heaven Sect, killing disciples and making Yun Zhou and other leaders vanish, and further attacks left the Overturning Heavens Sect and Seven Absolutes City devastated.
• Lin Bai investigated Dragon Mountain City and learned that the God-Devil Calamity Poison had killed the Little Prince and Seventh Prince, while Xing Si and Jiang Yu raised questions about Carefree Powder and the attackers’ possible identities.
• Lin Bai warned the Crown Prince and Third Prince that Carefree Powder had been used, while the princes considered the Four Gloom Demon Palace and other suspects and ordered interrogations.
• The Eighth Prince explained that the royal ancestors approved of a deadly succession struggle and that Cangsheng, despite being suited to inherit the throne, was waiting for a chance to challenge the current Bailu.
• Emperor Chu ordered the return of sects and lineages still in Chu territory, while Mountain Sea Sect and Southern Border Insect Valley headed back to the Imperial Capital and Western Region dynasties hurried away.

Lin Bai and the Chu imperial clan investigated the abductions as the Northern Region and Nine Underworlds Demon Palace maneuvered to turn the Eastern Region’s powers against Chu. Lin Bai warned Emperor Chu that the enemy might use captives left in the capital to frame the empire.

• Lin Bai learned that the Imperial Clan had announced his marriage to Fallen Immortal without informing him or Tianshui Sect, while Chu’s factions investigated the announcement and the missing prodigies.
• Old Man Wuchuan presented Lin Bai with four flying swords, then obeyed Emperor Chu’s order to remain in the capital and forge weapons for the military.
• Lin Bai completed the flying swords and cultivated in seclusion as Tianshui Sect struggled to reclaim its lands and the Heaven and Earth Gate resisted returning its holdings.
• The Li Family investigated the capital’s sealed-off news and prepared to replace Li Mo as Holy Son, while the Zhao Xing Office searched for the captives and their destination.
• Prince Chen met Di Youyan and revealed that the imperial clan had used the abductions to expose the alliance between the Four Gloom Demon Palace and the Northern Region.
• Lin Bai learned that the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace had infiltrated the imperial intelligence network, then warned that its alliance with the Northern Region threatened Chu and the Eastern Region.
• Lin Bai proposed blaming the Northern Region for the abductions to unite the sects, but the Overturning Heavens and Worship Heaven Sect leaders suspected Chu and demanded answers about their missing heirs.
• Lin Bai exposed the possibility that the sect leaders’ information came from compromised Zhao Xing Office agents, then warned Emperor Chu that captives still in the capital might be killed and planted there to frame Chu.