Recaps

Lin Bai rescued the Azure Lotus Sect’s captives, then faced a Nine Underworlds Demon Palace ambush while carrying refugees toward Shangyuan City. As the war spread and the Chu army fell behind, he traveled north and became caught in a local struggle between the Li, Wang, and Lin Lineages.

• Lin Bai and Yun Ke freed the Azure Lotus Sect Master, Prince Qin, and other captives, allowing the Sect Master to regain control and root out traitors while Lin Bai left the sect.
• Lin Bai told Chu Tinghan and Chu Tingxue about the infiltration and his doubts, while the Taiyi Dao Sect continued plotting an ambush against Chu’s army.
• Lin Bai and Chu Zimo welcomed refugees aboard their cloudship, but the newly established Black Wind Stronghold attacked in Bottleneck Pass and used a pearl to blind and deafen the passengers.
• Li Siyuan and other Nine Underworlds Demon Palace fighters targeted Lin Bai, who fought them with his sword formations before escaping their barrier as Li Siyuan fled.
• Lin Bai reached Shangyuan City and learned that the Three Great Sects’ allied army had suffered repeated defeats while the Azure Lotus Sect obstructed reinforcements.
• Chu Tinghan and Princess Chenxian reported hundreds of thousands of ambushers under the Dragon Mountain Range, while Chu Tingxue proposed sending elite forces to buy the Chu army time.
• Traveling north, Lin Bai found the Li Lineage attacking the Lin and Wang Lineages in Cloud Heaven Thousand Provinces over a bid for regional dominance.
• Lan Hong fought the Li and Lin forces for a map of an ancient teleportation array, while the Li Family Old Ancestor killed Wang Huo and a Lin Family martial artist as the Wang Family prepared to counterattack.

Lin Bai joined the Three Great Sects’ war effort, helped prepare a strike against Pure Yang Sect, and joined Nie Shang’s team to target Shen Haoyue. After Shen Haoyue’s formation withdrew from the battlefield, Lin Bai intercepted him and prepared to fight.

• Lin Bai learned that Qu Ling Sect had pursued Yi Jinyun to demonstrate its intent to submit to the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace, and he warned the Three Great Sects that Northern Region forces had joined the war.
• Lin Bai reached the alliance headquarters, learned of its planned surprise attack on Pure Yang Sect, and chose to earn Contribution Points and seek rare ingredients for the Profound Heaven Spirit Enhancement Pill.
• Lin Bai traveled with Yi Jinyun to the Eastern Front, where he warned Zhang Boyan against challenging him and met Yi Qinghuang, Nie Shang, and other allies in Ning'an City.
• Lin Bai and Nie Shang gathered a team to target Shen Haoyue during the coming battle, while tensions over the One Night Divine Sect’s weakness and infighting threatened to divide them.
• Pure Yang Sect and its Northern Region allies agreed to fight the One Night Divine Sect on the Mutian Plains while the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace raided Ning'an City with help from hidden agents.
• Shen Haoyue drove the Pure Yang Demon Extinction Formation through the battlefield, killing many fighters before Nie Shang and Yang Zong waited for it to weaken and led their forces toward him.
• Yi Qinghuang and Nie Shang failed to combine their attacks as Shen Haoyue escaped, but Lin Bai revealed himself in the mountains ahead and confronted him.
• Shen Haoyue secretly used pills and defensive treasures to recover while Lin Bai offered him the chance to take his own life, then prepared to attack.

Lin Bai killed Shen Haoyue and witnessed the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s attack amid the wider war. Ji Canghai brought him to the Demon Palace’s underground headquarters, where Lin Bai learned why the Palace had summoned him and how it was organized.

• Shen Haoyue used the Pure Yang Demon Extinction Formation to attack Lin Bai, then fled after Lin Bai survived and pursued him.
• Shen Haoyue transformed with forbidden pills and battered Lin Bai, but Lin Bai destroyed his body and sealed his escaping soul within his flying swords.
• Lin Bai returned to find Azure Lotus Sect under attack, then watched the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace assault Ning'an City and its defenses devastate the attackers.
• Ji Canghai revealed that the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace was rebuilding, while its forces withdrew after their surprise attack failed and the One Night Divine Sect prepared to return to Prince Qin.
• Ji Canghai took Lin Bai through the void despite resistance from four Chu Kingdom experts, then brought him through a Space Node to Ten Thousand Saints Mountain.
• Ji Canghai led Lin Bai to Nine Underworlds City, the Demon Palace’s underground headquarters, and Manor Lord Mei explained its ranks and the vacant Imperial Son position.
• Hua Qianshu explained the properties of Violet Affinity Stone after Lin Bai revived an insect sealed inside one and gave the insect to him.
• Hua Qianshu told Lin Bai that the Demon Palace had ordered him brought back alive and explained its Council of Elders, branch leaders, and Nine Great Palaces.

Lin Bai entered the white mist and became trapped in a temple mural, where he met the Demoness of Separation’s Sorrow Heaven and learned about her past. After she trained his swordsmanship and sent him out of the illusion, Lin Bai awoke beside the temple wall with a new understanding of his cultivation.

• Lin Bai followed a mysterious figure through the white mist with the Aloof Swordsman, Lian'er, and others, then took shelter in an ancient temple as Living Corpses gathered outside.
• Lin Bai entered the temple’s mural and found himself in the ancient era, where the Demoness of Separation’s Sorrow Heaven defeated her enemies and trapped him in her world.
• Lin Bai learned that the Demoness’s world preserved her fading memories, and she taught him the Demon Eyes while he searched for a way out.
• The Demoness used remembered Giant God Race warriors to test Lin Bai, then helped him hone his swordsmanship and perfect his Crimson Lotus Sword Intent.
• Lin Bai created a new technique by combining his Crimson Lotus Sword Intent with Zhu Xian Sword and advanced to the peak of the Superior-Grade Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm.
• The Demoness inscribed a rune on Lin Bai and sent him out of the illusion, where he awoke before the temple wall beside the Red Candle Hall courtesan.