Recaps

Lin Bai navigated growing distrust among the sects and the Chu court while the Prince Liang’s Estate organized a search for the abducted Holy Sons and Ancestors. The investigation uncovered possible Demon Palace agents within Tianshui Sect and placed Princess Li Guxian under suspicion.

• The Emperor of Chu gave Lin Bai command of the Blood Dragon Legion, but Lin Bai refused to investigate the imperial clan and the Emperor instead assigned Prince Liang to do so.
• Northern Region demanded answers about the Hunting Realm incident and Princess Chenxian’s marriage, while Jiang Lan'ai granted it one month and promised to report any trace of the missing leaders.
• Qi Lingyu and Wang Zhengyang asked Lin Bai for evidence about their missing leaders, and Lin Bai warned that even false evidence from the Chu imperial clan could become real.
• Lin Bai and his companions met Prince Chen and the Third Prince, where the Chu Emperor promised Qi Lingyu and Ten Thousand Saints Mountain an answer within half a month.
• A clash involving Ling Wen and Tuoba brought the Witch Sect’s Evil God phantom over the capital, but Tuoba destroyed it and White Deer Academy dispersed its lingering power.
• Chu Zimo hosted Lin Bai, Qi Lingyu, and Wang Zhengyang at Moon Palace, while Lin Bai suspected Chu Zimo was using his standing to build ties with powerful figures.
• Prince Liang’s Estate and Tianshui Sect prepared a half-month search of capital residences, and Lin Bai saw how extensively the Zhao Xing Office had monitored the sects.
• Lin Bai and Prince Liang reviewed dossiers of suspected Nine Underworlds Demon Palace agents, found Tianshui Sect disciples and elders on the lists, and marked Princess Li Guxian as a major target.

Lin Bai uncovered Li Guxian’s role in the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s abduction plot and negotiated to free the captured Saint Sons and Saint Daughters. After the capital’s investigation exposed multiple infiltrators, Lin Bai learned that Lu Qingjun’s younger sister and other people from Seven Absolutes City were still missing.

• Prince Liang named Li Guxian a major target, but Lin Bai rejected the suspicion that she was a hidden agent and feared an investigation would harm the Marquis.
• Lin Bai had suspected Chen Family members and residents captured, and the Zhao Xing Office found no useful clues in their homes or its first round of searches.
• Emperor Chu announced the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s involvement in the abduction, prompting Xing Sixian to realize the capital was no longer safe.
• Lin Bai confronted Li Guxian at her estate, where she admitted her ties to the Demon Palace and revealed that her group had abducted the Holy Sons and Holy Daughters for a planned public execution.
• Li Guxian’s people captured Lin Bai with Carefree Powder and Dragon Binding Spikes, but Lin Bai negotiated a deal that let the captives leave the estate while Meng Qinxian’s forces moved in.
• Lin Bai broke free of the Dragon Binding Spikes and searched Li Guxian’s memories, while Nie Shang disrupted another Four Gloom Demon Palace operation and Lu Qingjun escaped.
• Prince Liang learned of Lin Bai’s role in rescuing the four Saint Sons and ordered a wider investigation and tighter security across Chu.
• Lin Bai left Tianshui Sect disciples to support Prince Liang and found Lu Qingjun and Yi Heze under Blood Dragon Legion protection, but learned that Lu Lingjun and other Seven Absolutes City people were missing.

Lin Bai helped unite the Eastern Region’s leaders against the Northern Region while trying to resolve divisions within Seven Nights Divine Sect and negotiate for the captured Holy Sons. After the summit failed to reach a settlement, war loomed and Phoenix Valley and Pure Yang Sect defected, leaving the eastern alliance under threat.

• Prince Chen gathered the Eastern Region’s leaders at Star Plucking Platform to discuss the crisis after the attack on Horizon Pass.
• Lin Bai met Wang Zhengyang and Qi Lingyu, then worked with them to support Yi Gu’s claim to lead Seven Nights Divine Sect and unite its divided territory.
• Lin Bai helped persuade Worship Heaven Sect and Overturning Heavens Sect to support Yi Gu, while the leaders weighed war against the Northern Region and the rescue of their captured Holy Sons.
• Lin Bai exposed the alliance between Chu Emperor and Nine Underworlds Demon Palace and revealed that the Holy Sons had been abducted, prompting debate over whether to fight or negotiate.
• Envoys Lu Yunzhe and Bu Junfeng arrived to demand the Demon Palace’s return and the restoration of seventeen territories, but the negotiations failed.
• The Eastern Region’s leaders pledged forces to the northern expedition, and Chu Emperor declared that war would begin in three months unless the captured Holy Sons were returned.
• Lin Bai learned that Phoenix Valley and Pure Yang Sect had defected and attacked Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect, while Nine Underworlds Demon Palace and the Northern Region secretly aided them.

Lin Bai and Chu Zimo investigated the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s war and sought passage through the Azure Lotus Sect’s territory, where they uncovered the Four Gloom Demon Palace’s infiltration and a planned ambush against Chu’s army. The Azure Lotus Sect set out to verify the captives beneath Prince Qin’s Estate while Shi Chen ordered scouts through the Dragon Mountain Range.

• Chu Emperor named Lin Bai Qin King, granted him Ancient Qin Thousand Provinces, and appointed him to lead an expedition to aid the Seven Nights Divine Sect.
• Lin Bai contacted the Tianshui Sect to arrange its management of Ancient Qin Prefecture, then departed with Chu Zimo and the Black Tortoise Battalion for the war zone.
• Lin Bai and Chu Zimo investigated the Li Family in Yong'en City, but the family head chose to stay out of the conflict as the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace forced the city’s clans to submit.
• Chu Zimo warned that the Azure Lotus Sect might be waiting to attack Chu’s army, and Lin Bai’s group was intercepted by Four Gloom Demon Palace forces before capturing several of their fighters.
• Lin Bai and Chu Zimo entered the Azure Lotus Sect, where the Grand Elder promised Chu’s army passage through its territory but said the Sect Master and Yun Zhou were in seclusion.
• A possessed Taiyi Dao disciple revealed that the Four Gloom Demon Palace had infiltrated the Taiyi Dao and prepared a concealed army to ambush Chu’s forces in the Dragon Mountain Range.
• The disciple said the Azure Lotus Sect’s Sect Master and Lady Yun Ke were imprisoned beneath Prince Qin’s Estate, and Shi Chen ordered scouts through the Dragon Mountain Range as the Sect Master set out to verify the warning.