Recaps

Xu Bai uncovered and defeated the Dark Building’s plot against Yunlai Prefecture, then traveled toward the Capital City as bait for hidden enemies. In Purple Wood Prefecture, he confronted a string of hostile families and temple monsters, uncovered Ji Xiaojian’s suspected deception, and reached Fourth Rank while preparing to join forces against him.

• Xu Bai exposed the Dark Building’s scheme in Yunlai Prefecture, killed You Mu, and helped Yun Zihai secure the prefecture before accepting the Emperor’s mission to travel to the Capital City.
• Xu Bai set out with the Nameless Saber Scripture and drew Pigeon Tower assassins into the open, then killed their tower master’s successor and completed another portion of the scripture.
• Xu Bai met Ji Xiaoshan, agreed to work with the Ingenious Craft Pavilion, and killed the Nan Family after discovering its plan to ambush him.
• Xu Bai fought the monk at Graceful Light Temple, resisted his Thousand Sound Gu, and learned that the Miao Family had been ordered to keep him from leaving Purple Wood Prefecture alive.
• Xu Bai tracked the old monk to the slaughtered Miao Family, but Ji Xiaoshan revealed that Ji Xiaojian had destroyed the family while trying to draw out evildoers, prompting Xu Bai to demand secret manuals as compensation.
• A conical-hatted figure and Ji Xiaojian plotted to kill Xu Bai and seize the Ingenious Craft Pavilion, while Ji Xiaoshan gave Xu Bai the Machinery Secret Technique and a fake Hundred Steps Piercing Willow manual.
• Xu Bai completed the Nameless Saber Scripture, comprehended the Armor Breaking Heart Sutra, fused it into the Inverted Purple Firmament Gale Wind Yin Yang Break, and advanced to Fourth Rank.
• Pavilion Master Ji agreed to cooperate with Xu Bai against Ji Xiaojian and disclosed his need for imperial medicine, while a Bureau of Surveillance officer received an unsigned letter bearing Xu Bai’s name.

Xu Bai uncovered plots against him across several prefectures, gained new techniques, and entered the Demon-Strange Entity Market through a Diverting Water Altar remnant. After killing City Lord Huang and escaping, he learned that Ye Zi had left to follow his path and that the Female Daoist Abbot had taken her away briefly.

• Song De investigated Xu Bai's connection to the Purple Wood Prefecture extermination, while Xu Bai exposed the families who had falsely accused him and defeated Wang Shu and the Twelve Sword Formation.
• Xu Bai met Shen He, who was used as a chess piece, then joined forces with Ye Zi in Pottery Earth Prefecture and killed Xiao Nuan after she tried to enslave him.
• Xu Bai traveled with Ye Zi to Wind Chime Prefecture, where he foiled Ye Yu's attempt to kill Kong Xu and uncovered a demon plot tied to the LeShui Festival.
• Xu Bai exposed Lin Yong and the Prefectural Governor's collusion with demons, diverted the XunLe River to reveal an empty underwater dwelling, and learned the Water Adaptation Method.
• Lin Yong used the Diverting Water Altar remnant to trap Xu Bai in the Demon-Strange Entity Market, where Xu Bai survived its soul-destroying force and met Wang Fu and City Lord Huang.
• Xu Bai gained an improved Undying Body from the great palm print, exposed City Lord Huang's scheme, and killed him before stronger figures approached the market.
• Xu Bai returned to the Ye Family and learned that Ye Zi had left to follow his path, while the Female Daoist Abbot had taken her away briefly and let her go after hearing her play a soul-related piece.

Xu Bai dismantled plots by the grave robber and the Gu God Sect, advanced to Transcendent, and reached the Capital City. There, he entered the imperial court’s struggle for succession while preparing to build a First Rank puppet and saber.

• Xu Bai reunited with Ye Zi, traced the grave robber’s scheme to a tomb, and defeated the blood-haired being that emerged from the coffin before killing Wen Si.
• Xu Bai and Wu Hua investigated the Gao Family’s disappearance, uncovered the Gu God Sect’s use of villagers and gu poison, and exposed the Prefectural Commander of Ying’s complicity.
• Xu Bai and his companions destroyed the Li Fire Altar’s plan to drag Soaring Cloud Prefecture into the Human-Strange Entity Market, but Xu Bai entered the market and killed Chen Ting after she became a danger.
• The Female Daoist Abbot helped Xu Bai test Grafting Flowers onto Trees, and Xu Bai fused his completed skills before grinding his remaining saber scriptures.
• Xu Bai reached First Rank, defeated thousands of fighters blocking his road, and entered the Capital City, where the Chu Emperor offered him access to the Imperial Treasury.
• Xu Bai advanced to Transcendent and tested his strength against Eunuch Wei while the Ninth Princess and the Sixth Prince sought his support.
• The Ninth Princess explained the Emperor’s plan to enfeoff his children, while the Chu Emperor arranged a test involving the Seventh Prince and the Prime Minister’s Everlasting Righteousness.
• Xu Bai created the Tier 9 Mechanism Puppet True Explanation, secured the Ninth Princess’s help gathering materials, and shut the door on the Seventh Prince.

Xu Bai became King Xu, uncovered threats from the Strange Entity Markets, and defeated the Saint Buddha before joining the Rising Dusk King at the Ruins. Inside the Ruins, he climbed Three Lives Mountain, killed its Thought Gods, and prepared to avenge Gao Guan.

• Xu Bai accepted the title of King Xu and its authority over other kings, then traveled to Jiangnan Province and reunited with Liu Xu at Azure Cloud Academy.
• Xu Bai learned that the Dean’s junior sister had possessed Liu Xu, let her enter his body, and used his regenerating soul to destroy her after discovering the Strange Entity Markets planned to unite.
• Xu Bai studied the Evil Book and traveled to Vajra Temple, where he helped the monks defeat the resurrecting Saint Buddha and later gained the Undying Demon Soul Buddha Body.
• Xu Bai intervened in the Border Pass conflict, joined the Rising Dusk King, and agreed to enter the Ruins despite Great Yue Kingdom and the barbarians trying to bar him.
• Xu Bai revealed himself inside the Ruins and used Blade Sword Three Absolutes to annihilate the Great Yue Kingdom and barbarian forces before climbing the mountain alone.
• Xu Bai killed the Thought Gods disguised as an old Taoist, Trevally, and the Shi Kingdom Princess, then learned from the Corpse Collector that the mountain’s inhabitants risked madness when they reached their limits.
• Xu Bai mastered the Deity Summoning methods and met Gao Guan, who passed on his Corpse Collector inheritance before setting out to confront a madman.
• Xu Bai found Gao Guan’s severed head in the white-haired madman’s hands and vowed to avenge him.