Recaps

Bai Xiaowen built up White Stone City, formed the White Phoenix Team, and led it to decisive victories in its first professional matches. During a new Spirit Realm expedition, the team discovered Waterbreak Manor’s destruction and became entangled in the conflict surrounding the Blood God Palace and Demon-Slaying Assembly.

• Bai Xiaowen recruited Cecilia as a Follower, entrusted her with White Stone City, and returned to Earth with Li Shuyi and Qiao Rui.
• Bai Xiaowen formed the White Phoenix Team, while Cecilia trained Li Shuyi and helped her prepare for her Hero Trial.
• Li Shuyi passed the Hero Trial, received the growth-type Oni Mask, and advanced to the Hero Class Oni Warrior.
• The White Phoenix Team defeated Jiangnan’s Youth Team in Resource Raid Mode and then won the Conquest Mode match, with Li Shuyi, Cecilia, and Bai Xiaowen securing key victories.
• Qiao Rui arranged a B-Tier Spirit Realm Ticket for the team, and Bai Xiaowen, Li Shuyi, Qiao Rui, and Han Xu chose identities tied to Waterbreak Manor in the Swordsong Plane.
• The team found Waterbreak Manor destroyed and Bai Hanjiang dead, then buried the manor’s slain residents and traveled to Luanzhou City.
• At the Grand White Tower restaurant, Yan the Boss blamed the Blood God Palace for Bai Hanjiang’s death, triggering the team’s quest to join the Demon-Slaying Assembly and kill a renowned figure.
• Ying Jianfan fought Yan the Boss and his companions until Changsun Ming, Zhan Yan, and Wu Ang intervened, while Bai Xiaowen used Insight to assess the ensuing battle.

Bai Xiaowen uncovered the truth behind the Waterbreak Manor massacre and killed Changsun Ming and He Xiyuan, then joined Gu Yulian to help her claim leadership of the Blood God Palace. The arc left them competing against the division masters, with Bai Xiaowen facing Sheng Zhiyu’s mechanical beasts.

• Bai Xiaowen accused Ying Jianfan of the Waterbreak Manor massacre, then traveled with the Boundless Sword Sect toward Blood God Peak and helped defeat Ten Thousand Snakes Valley’s forces.
• Bai Xiaowen’s squad killed Chu Zhongheng and Nie Jing, resisted Ji Mingjue’s poison, and drove Poison-Hand Guanyin into retreat.
• Bai Xiaowen left the alliance, confronted Changsun Ming, Gu Zhen, and He Xiyuan, and killed Changsun Ming and He Xiyuan after they attacked him and his companions.
• Gu Yulian offered Bai Xiaowen protection and help with his revenge, and he agreed to join the Blood God Palace and help her gain control of its seven divisions.
• Gu Yulian reunited Bai Xiaowen with Qiao Rui and brought him to meet the division masters, who challenged her claim to lead the palace.
• Bai Xiaowen proposed six contests in the division masters’ specialties, and Gu Yulian’s side won the lightness, sword, and hidden-weapons matches.
• Sheng Zhiyu challenged Bai Xiaowen to a contest of mechanical skill, and Bai Xiaowen summoned Butcher and his corpse-based creatures to face Sheng Zhiyu’s four Mechanical Beasts.

Bai Xiaowen helped Gu Yulian defeat Qin Hui and repel the Seven Righteous Sects, while uncovering Zuo Yunxuan’s role in the Waterbreak Manor massacre. After Tang Valley’s envoys brought a new threat, Gu Yulian led the palace to Mount Mogu, where Bai Xiaowen joined her search for Yin Fei and prepared to gather intelligence in Changxi City.

• Bai Xiaowen burned the Celestial Silkworm Silk threads controlling Sheng Zhiyu’s Mechanical Beasts, won the puppet contest, and watched Gu Yulian defeat Kuang Wei in their martial challenge.
• Qin Hui used poisoned Black Guards to attack the gathering and escaped, so Gu Yulian tasked Bai Xiaowen with killing him before he could contact the Seven Righteous Sects.
• Bai Xiaowen led the White Phoenix Squad through the Armory Secret Passage, defeated Qin Hui and his guards, and returned Qin Hui’s head to Gu Yulian.
• At Sword-Washing Valley, Bai Xiaowen fought the Seven Righteous Sects as Gu Yulian’s forces sprang their poison and crossbow ambush, and he killed Gu Zhen after learning Zuo Yunxuan had ordered the Waterbreak Manor massacre.
• Gu Yulian secured the division chiefs’ allegiance, while Bai Xiaowen completed his quests and chose the Jade Tempering Formula from the Armory.
• The New Moon Envoy and three Star Envoys accused Wei Siqin of abducting Tang Valley’s mistress, and Bai Xiaowen solved their letter’s riddle as pointing to Yin Fei at Sword Song Waterfall on Mount Mogu.
• The Spirit Realm Rules gave the squad the S-tier [Decisive Battle at Mogu Mountain] quest, and Gu Yulian’s party found Tang Muyao at the waterfall, where she revealed Yin Fei had placed a Reverse Blood Seal on her.
• Yin Fei returned and welcomed Bai Xiaowen to the Blood God Palace, and Bai volunteered to travel with his companions to Changxi City to gather intelligence while Gu Yulian warned him about Zuo Yunxuan.

Bai Xiaowen exposed Zuo Yunxuan’s crimes and defeated him at Sword Song Waterfall, though Zuo Yunxuan’s final strike left Bai badly injured. Back in the Spirit Realm, the White Phoenix Squad collected their rewards and began using their new loot to strengthen themselves.

• Bai Xiaowen learned that Tu Mengjiao had recognized him, then worked with Wu Ang to draw out Zuo Yunxuan, who confessed to the Waterbreak Manor massacre and killed Wu Ang.
• Zuo Yunxuan framed Bai Xiaowen for Wu Ang’s murder, and the White Phoenix Squad fought their way out of Changxi City before Zuo Yunxuan confronted them and killed Butcher.
• Yin Fei stopped Zuo Yunxuan with her Blood-Reversing Heartburn Melody, then challenged Wang Shuhan to a five-match contest at Sword Song Waterfall, with Tang Muyao and a divorce letter at stake.
• Bai Xiaowen and his allies fought in the wager: Kuang Wei drew with Li Daotong, Ying Jianfan lost an eye but secured a concession, and Gu Yulian defeated Lei Sheng.
• Bai Xiaowen accused Zuo Yunxuan of the massacres and Wu Ang’s murder, presented Tu Mengjiao and Wu Ang’s spirit as witnesses, then fought Zuo Yunxuan and brought him down with Kitz’s help and his Scorching End strike.
• Zuo Yunxuan’s final sword technique badly injured Bai Xiaowen, but Ming King confirmed that Zuo Yunxuan’s sword had killed Wu Ang, and Wang Shuhan freed Tang Muyao before Qiankun Zhenren stopped him from taking his own life.
• The White Phoenix Squad returned to the Spirit Realm, where Bai Xiaowen received major rewards and the Lord Slayer title, and the team opened Zuo Yunxuan’s loot chest.
• Bai Xiaowen and his teammates acquired new equipment and manuals, Qiao Rui began learning the Jade Tempering Formula, and Bai upgraded Winter’s Wrath Wand to +7.