Recaps

Lin Bai survived the Old Devil’s attack with the Stone Throne, then became entangled in the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s debate over recruiting him and its plan to restore its power. As war spread and forces from other realms entered the Devil Realm, Lin Bai searched for a way out while remaining wary of the Palace.

• Lin Bai warned the others away from the mural, but a young man looked at it and died when its red light destroyed his consciousness.
• The temple’s divine statue revealed that Corpse Old Demon wanted Lin Bai and the others, then explained that the Holy Lord had suppressed him in the Mist Sea.
• Lin Bai fought Corpse Old Demon’s avatar, and the Stone Throne appeared, lent Lin Bai its power, and helped him shatter the avatar.
• Yao Daogu brought Lin Bai and Zhao Fengxia to Nine Underworlds City, where Zhao Fengxia carried Li Gu into the Dark Hall and placed him in Yu Yanlan’s seat.
• The elders debated whether Lin Bai should become a Divine Son or Saint Son, while Lin Bai remained stuck on the Stone Throne and refused to join the Palace.
• Luo Yuanjing ended the council, and the Stone Throne took Lin Baixian to a hidden chamber before bringing Lin Bai to her residence, where she identified it as a Divine Weapon forged by Holy Lord Qin Su.
• Lin Bai learned that the Palace intended to restore its power despite opposition and that the Demon Tower warned of forces from other realms entering the Devil Realm.
• As the war spread and the Chu Kingdom’s forces advanced, Lin Bai searched the War Pavilion’s reports for an escape route but found the upper floors restricted.

Lin Bai entered the Star Abode Pagoda, studied the Nine Underworlds Devil Scripture, and demonstrated his dangerous Defend Kill Technique. As the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace fought over how to secure him, Lin Bai agreed to join and set out to prove himself on the Holy Lord’s Ancient Road.

• Li Guxian brought Lin Bai into the Star Abode Pagoda, where he watched martial contests and learned about the Nine Underworlds Devil Scripture.
• Lin Bai read the scripture, discovered its author was Zhao Beiliu, and chose the Defend Kill Technique to control his accumulated Killing Intent.
• Li Guxian faced challenges from rival halls, while Lin Bai used the Defend Kill Technique against Xu Zheng and revealed black flames of Karmic Fire.
• Yao Daogu and Zhao Fengxia proposed making Lin Bai the Emperor’s Son, and the elders agreed he must attempt the Holy Lord’s Ancient Road and light the Eternal Night Ancient Lamp.
• Li Guxian proposed making Lin Bai a public enemy so the Chu Kingdom would be unable to protect him, while reports showed the war spreading across the Devil Realm.
• Lin Bai agreed to join the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace, and Li Guxian arranged to announce his break with the Chu Kingdom and Tianshui Sect.
• The Demon Palace publicized Lin Bai’s new allegiance, provoking condemnation across the Devil Realm, and Lin Bai traveled with the elders to the Holy Lord’s Ancient Road.
• Saint Elder Luo Yuanjing explained the dangers of the road through Burial Earth, and Lin Bai used his Demon Eyes to see bone-covered mountains and skulls kindling green flames.

Lin Bai broke through the Holy Lord’s Ancient Road, lit the Eternal Night Ancient Lamp, and became the Four Gloom Demon Palace’s imperial heir. As the Divine Medicine War approached, he entered the palace’s power struggles and began investigating the Northern Region.

• Lin Bai used the Devouring Heaven Dao Method to suppress the Ancient Road’s formations, then fought through its Automaton Puppets and entered the Holy Lord’s Mausoleum.
• In the Sacred Hall, Lin Bai defeated the soul guardians and met Gu Jing, who revealed her connection to the Holy Lord and showed him the immature Four-Colored Immortal Transformation Lotus.
• Gu Jing explained that divine medicines were drawing powerful beings toward the Burial Earth and that the Sun Moon Divine Flower’s approaching maturity would bring a new Divine Medicine War.
• Lin Bai lit the Eternal Night Ancient Lamp, completed the trial, and became the Four Gloom Demon Palace’s imperial heir, while Corpse Old Demon attacked the mausoleum and demanded the lamp.
• Lin Bai and Gu Jing discussed the Mist Sea’s old monsters and the coming conflict before leaving the mausoleum, and the palace reopened its ascending-to-immortality ground for Lin Bai.
• Luo Yuanjing told Lin Bai that the elders wanted the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace restored and had spread news of his succession, while Lin Bai moved into the Imperial Palace and learned about its resources and the First God Child.
• Lin Bai weighed accepting the palace’s resources against severing ties with it, and Li Guxian told him that senior palace leaders knew of his Heaven Swallowing Race identity.
• Lin Bai learned that the Seven Nights Divine Sect had fallen and entered the War Tower’s sixth floor with his Emperor Child Jade Token, where he found intelligence labeled Northern Region.

As the regions mobilized for war over the Seven Nights Divine Sect’s territory, Lin Bai broke through to the Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm and left Nine Underworlds City. In Four Gloom City, he accepted a challenge from a Purple-maned Lion and revealed powerful techniques before a mysterious figure interrupted their duel.

• Lin Bai uncovered the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s secret alliance with the Northern Region and learned that they had planned to invade the Eastern Region and abduct its holy sons and daughters.
• Lin Bai read reports of armies gathering across the regions and learned that Chu had sent forces to Horizon Pass while the Western Region and Southern Region moved toward conflict.
• Li Guxian gave Lin Bai a million immortal jades and a Nine Apertures Profound Pill, and Lin Bai promised to help the Demon Palace with two matters that did not violate his Dao heart or exceed his abilities.
• Lin Bai consumed hundreds of thousands of immortal jades and broke through to the Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm during his seclusion.
• After Lin Bai emerged, Yu You reported that the Pure Yang Sect and Phoenix Valley were hunting escaped Seven Nights Divine Sect disciples, while the Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect rallied resistance.
• Lin Bai learned that Li Guxian was negotiating with the Northern Region at Eternal Night Pass and had arranged for him to leave Nine Underworlds City and meet her there.
• In Four Gloom City, Lin Bai accepted the Purple-haired Youth’s challenge after the youth defeated several challengers and the gathered powerhouses recognized Lin Bai as the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s Imperial Son.
• Lin Bai fought the Purple-maned Lion with the Void Evasion Art and Reverse Five Elements Sword Formation, then trapped it in an illusory battlefield before a domineering figure shattered the illusion and blocked his finishing strike.