Recaps

Mu Bai’s Silver-Backed Ape Clone left Qishan Canyon after helping its people repel the Beast Armies, while Huang De invited Mu Bai and Hu Meier toward Southguard Fort. The clone gave the canyon’s people a final promise of protection, and Mu Bai reunited his clones to prepare to leave.

• After three days without another Beast Army attack, the cultivators of Qishan Canyon relaxed, and Mu Bai’s clone continued teaching alchemy to the five young Alchemists.
• Huang De returned to Jiayu Fort, heard Hu Meier’s account of the attack, and thanked Mu Bai and Hu Meier for saving the city, though he privately began to suspect Mu Bai’s involvement.
• Huang De invited Mu Bai and Hu Meier to visit Southguard Fort and White Smoke Long Marsh, and Mu Bai agreed because he needed Hu Meier’s help crossing the final defensive line in Southern Marsh.
• Mu Bai’s clone said farewell to Cheng Peng, Dongming, Ya Qing, and the people of Qishan Canyon, giving the five Alchemists a Jade Slip containing the Classic of Medicinal Herbs and Thousand Divine Herb Formulas.
• Mu Bai carved “Death to all who invade this canyon!” into the cliff, then gathered his clones and prepared to depart while Hu Meier eagerly awaited their pilgrimage.

Huang De brought Mu Bai and Hu Meier to White Smoke Long Marsh, where Young Lord Chi Lun challenged Mu Bai after insulting Hu Meier. Their fight escalated into a fierce duel, and it continued as both revealed powerful armor and weapons.

• Huang De introduced Mu Bai and Hu Meier to Nangong Zhan, who led them to a banquet at White Smoke Long Marsh.
• Huang De recognized Young Lord Chi Lun aboard a pleasure boat and knelt to pay his respects; Mu Bai gave the name Qi Lin when Chi Lun questioned him.
• Chi Lun insulted Hu Meier and tried to slap her, so Mu Bai stopped him and challenged him to a fight.
• Mu Bai and Chi Lun clashed with elemental creatures and in close combat, until Mu Bai wounded Chi Lun.
• Chi Lun summoned Scarlet Qilin Armor and a Scarlet Flame Spear, while Mu Bai summoned Demonic Qi Armor, Golden Wings, and a demonic longsword.
• Mu Bai and Chi Lun launched into another exchange, churning the marsh's mist as the spectators watched in shock.

Mu Bai nearly defeated Chi Lun before Demon Marshal Red Qilin intervened, but Qi Zhenzi saved his disciple and forced Red Qilin to submit. Qi Zhenzi gave Mu Bai Gu Chen’s Star Sword and took him toward Eastern Ridge, with Hu Meier following.

• Mu Bai wounded Chi Lun in their fierce duel, but Red Qilin arrived and attacked him for injuring his son.
• Qi Zhenzi appeared, shattered Red Qilin’s palm, and forced him to beg forgiveness for bullying Mu Bai.
• Qi Zhenzi raised the waters of White Smoke Long Marsh and forged them into Gu Chen’s Star Sword, which he gave to Mu Bai.
• Mu Bai returned to his original appearance, called Qi Zhenzi Master, and left Huang De and Nangong Zhan shaken by his identity.
• Qi Zhenzi opened a portal to Eastern Ridge and entered it with Mu Bai and Hu Meier; Red Qilin then gathered Chi Lun and fled the dried marsh.

Mu Bai returned to Eastern Ridge with Qi Zhenzi and Hu Meier during the Heavenly Prodigy Battle, where sects and tribes competed for territories. After Qi Zhenzi startled the leaders and ancestors gathered at Tianmu Mountain, the crowd condemned Mu Bai for bringing a Beast Race fox demon, leaving him facing hostility.

• Qi Zhenzi brought Mu Bai and Hu Meier to Tianmu Mountain while the Eastern Ridge Heavenly Prodigy Battle was underway.
• The chapter described the contest's separate Northern and Southern Peak rankings and the factions competing for territories.
• Qi Zhenzi appeared on the Northern Peak, where Rao Xing recognized him and Lu Ping and Hundred Virtues summoned their ancestors.
• Lu Tuo and Bai Ying arrived, and Qi Zhenzi spoke familiarly to them before sharing Dao Enlightenment Fruits with Mu Bai.
• The crowd recognized Mu Bai but denounced him as a Human Race traitor for arriving with Hu Meier, a Beast Race fox demon.

Mu Bai was admitted to the prodigy tournament and challenged Lu Ling to prove he could fight a Dao Zun despite being only a Xiu Zun. Their battle began with Mu Bai evading her nearly complete Inner World, leaving his ability to counterattack untested.

• Qi Zhenzi brought Mu Bai before the ancestors, and Mu Bai identified himself as a member of Mu Lan Pavilion, drawing the crowd's anger.
• The sect masters debated which competition Mu Bai could enter, and Rao Xing argued that he could challenge a Dao Zun despite lacking an Inner World.
• Mu Bai accepted the challenge and named Lu Ling, a veteran Dao Zun of the Primordial Soul Sect, as his opponent.
• Lu Ling tested Mu Bai's Spatial Law, then unleashed mountains and rivers from her Inner World, forcing him to dodge while he studied her fighting style.

Mu Bai turned the tide against Dao Zun Lu Ling by enduring her lightning and trapping her in the Void Beast’s world, where she conceded defeat. The Kunling Sect challenged the result, and Hao Feng stepped forward to fight Mu Bai.

• Mu Bai recovered from Lu Ling’s attacks and used the True Method of Controlling Thunder to absorb her lightning and temper his body.
• Mu Bai summoned the Void Beast and brought Lu Ling into its world, where he overwhelmed her with thunder and broke her World Force defense.
• Lu Ling conceded that Mu Bai had won, and Rao Lin recognized him as a true opponent.
• Hundred Virtues disputed the outcome, and Rao Xing suggested that the Kunling Sect send another challenger.
• Hundred Virtues chose Hao Feng to accept Mu Bai’s challenge, and Hao Feng agreed to fight.

Mu Bai fought Hao Feng in a second consecutive duel, matching the Kunling Sect prodigy’s righteous sword arts with demonic qi and the Green Duckweed Sword Art. When Hao Feng unleashed a vast attack of golden characters, Mu Bai countered with a Blood Pool and Dao Ling Golden Bones, which Rao Xing recognized as the remains of Nanqing Sect ancestor Yu Lin.

• Rao Xing questioned whether Mu Bai had enough strength for another fight, but Mu Bai accepted Hao Feng’s challenge and returned to the Mu Viewing Platform.
• Mu Bai summoned his Demonic Qi Armor and fought Hao Feng, whose Haoran Righteousness Sword Art clashed with Mu Bai’s demonic sword techniques for more than a dozen exchanges.
• Hao Feng brought out an iron scroll and sword, turning ten thousand golden characters into mountains, rivers, the sun, and the moon to attack Mu Bai.
• Mu Bai summoned the Blood Pool and Golden Bones, draining the color and power from Hao Feng’s golden character-soldiers.
• Lu Ping and Bai Ying identified the remains as Dao Ling Golden Bones, and Rao Xing recognized them as the Golden Body of Nanqing Sect ancestor Yu Lin.

Mu Bai defeated Hao Feng in close combat after using his golden bones and Demonic Qi, then reunited with Mu Lan and the others. When Kunling Sect enforcers tried to seize them, Mu Bai intervened and trapped three Dao Zun Elders in the Cloud Luo Heavenly Net.

• Mu Bai broke Hao Feng's sword technique, then knocked him off the Mu Viewing Platform with an elbow strike.
• Mu Bai apologized to Hao Feng, who acknowledged the defeat while remaining resentful of Mu Bai's use of filthy blood.
• Mu Lan, Zeng Yuan, Xi Bazì, Sweet Potato Boy, and the others cheered as they reunited with Mu Bai after years apart.
• Bai Yan Dao Zun ordered the Kunling Sect enforcement team to seize Mu Lan's group, and Mu Bai rushed to protect them.
• Mu Bai fought Bai An and ignored the three Dao Zun Elders sent by Hundred Virtues Yuan Zun to seize him.
• Mu Bai's Cloud Luo Heavenly Net appeared and caught the three advancing Dao Zun Elders.

Mu Bai captured Bai An and three Kunling Sect elders, then challenged the Kunling Sect while reuniting with Mu Lan and the others. He negotiated an advance to the final eight in exchange for releasing the elders, but Hundred Virtues warned him to watch himself.

• Mu Bai pulled Bai An and the three trapped Kunling Sect elders into the Void Beast Belly, then dared the Kunling Sect to attack him.
• Hundred Virtues attacked Mu Bai, but Rao Xing intercepted him, and Lu Ping urged the sect masters to avoid restarting a war.
• Mu Bai reunited with Mu Lan, Xi Bazì, Sweet Potato Boy, and the others, then threatened anyone who complained about their reunion.
• Mu Bai refused Hundred Virtues's demand to release the elders and argued that he had earned the right to compete and capture the Kunling Sect's intruders.
• Mu Bai demanded a direct place in the contest for the final four; Hundred Virtues, Lu Ping, and Rao Xing agreed to let him advance directly, and Hundred Virtues pressed him to release the elders.
• Hundred Virtues warned Mu Bai that his strength justified his arrogance but that he was still inexperienced and should be careful.

Mu Bai returned to Tianmu Mountain South Peak and reunited with Xing Yun during her competition bout. He saved her from a sword thrust by taking the wound himself, while Du Xiang fled in fear at his return.

• Mu Bai insisted that the captives would remain imprisoned until the competition ended, then left the Northern Peak with Mu Lan and the others.
• Mu Bai hurried to the South Peak, where Xing Yun was fighting a black-clad woman, and his companions realized she was his sweetheart.
• Xing Yun spotted Mu Bai and turned toward him, leaving herself exposed to her opponent’s sword.
• Mu Bai tore through the void, embraced Xing Yun, and took the sword thrust in his back to protect her.
• Du Xiang recognized Mu Bai and fled Tianmu Mountain with Du Zhong and the other tribespeople.
• Xing Yun noticed Mu Bai’s bleeding wound, but he remained focused on holding her while the black-clad woman urged them to stop the bleeding.

Mu Bai reunited with Xing Yun after conceding his tournament match to Qiu Yu, and the two spent the night together and shared their longing. Their reunion ended with the alarming news that Wu Meng had gone missing on the day Mu Bai left the Eastern Ridge.

• Mu Bai stopped Hu Meier from attacking Qiu Yu, accepted healing pills, and gave Qiu Yu the victory by withdrawing from the match.
• Mu Lan told Mu Bai that Chen Qi had returned to the Northern Plains amid trouble at the Sword Sect and that Ye Wan was overseeing Mu Lan Pavilion.
• Mu Bai and Xing Yun reunited privately beneath Tianmu Mountain, where they discussed their separation and their future together.
• Xing Yun told Mu Bai that Wu Meng had disappeared the day he left the Eastern Ridge, and that the White Wolf Tribe had searched for her without success.

Xing Yun told Mu Bai that Wu Meng had disappeared, and the two reaffirmed their love before returning to their lodgings. Later, Mu Bai watched the Eastern Ridge Prodigies tournament with Xing Yun and recognized Tao Hang competing for the Taoyuan Tribe.

• Xing Yun told Mu Bai about Wu Meng's disappearance, and Mu Bai assured Xing Yun that his complicated feelings for Wu Meng were not love.
• Mu Bai and Xing Yun kissed beneath the night sky and returned to their lodgings at dawn.
• Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy teased Mu Bai and Mu Lan, and Zeng Yuan gave Mu Bai three Silver-Winged Tiger Might Pills.
• Mu Bai took a Silver-Winged Tiger Might Pill in his room while Hu Meier sat listlessly before her mirror.
• Mu Bai went with Xing Yun to South Peak and decided to wait until after the tournament to tell her about Xiu Zun Xing Yuan's belongings and ashes.
• Mu Bai watched Tao Hang of the Taoyuan Tribe compete at Peak Xiu Zun cultivation on the Mu Viewing Platform.

Mu Bai studied Tao Hang’s Wood Emperor inheritance and realized that plants and trees could lend him power if he returned it to them, allowing him to refine his body through a cycle of borrowing and returning. He successfully began Dao Refining cultivation ahead of schedule, gaining a new combat method but risking an unstable foundation.

• Xing Yun brought Mu Bai to watch Tao Hang compete, and Tao Hang won by drawing on the power of plants and trees.
• Mu Bai recognized how Tao Hang’s method differed from his own Five Elements cultivation and considered how to connect his body to the Origin Realm’s elements.
• Inspired by the World Tree seedling, Mu Bai realized that he had to borrow plant power and return it rather than simply absorb it.
• Mu Bai released the plant essence stored in his body, shriveling as it flowed outward before his body regained its vitality.
• Mu Bai drew in the surrounding plants’ power and returned it after use, advancing his physical cultivation while gaining a sustained source of combat strength.
• Mu Bai began Dao Refining cultivation before reading the Flying Immortal Scripture’s teachings, gaining new abilities but leaving his foundation at risk of becoming unstable.

After completing his wood- and earth-attribute experiments, Mu Bai joined the Tianmu Mountain tournament as the top-four matches were set. He drew Bai Yu, Hundred Virtues’s grandson and a Kunling Sect opponent, and prepared for their imminent battle.

• Mu Bai opened connections between his wood and earth attributes and the outside world, then ended his seven-day enlightenment and flew with Xing Yun to the Northern Peak.
• The four rising stars—Zhou Detai, Deng Yufei, Ling Jinyu, and Duan Tianshu—were celebrated, while people from Mu City and Ximu City rushed to Tianmu Mountain to support Mu Bai.
• Mu Bai reunited with Mu Lan and the others, then exchanged hostile words with Hundred Virtues and Bai Yu on the main platform.
• The draw paired Mu Bai against Bai Yu, Ling Jinyu against Deng Yufei, Rao Lin against Duan Tianshu, and Lu Ming against Zhou Detai.
• Mu Bai and Bai Yu faced each other with fighting spirit as their battle was about to begin.

Mu Bai and Bai Yu fought fiercely, with Bai Yu initially forcing Mu Bai onto the defensive before Mu Bai countered his Kunxiang arts and injured him. The bout ended with Hundred Virtues intervening to heal Bai Yu, and Mu Bai asking whether he had won.

• Mu Bai and Bai Yu exchanged dozens of attacks, and Bai Yu's spear and Earth Soul Nether Dragon kept Mu Bai on the defensive.
• Bai Yu unleashed the Nether Dragon Burial of the Ominous, but Mu Bai answered with his own Kun-earth dragon, revealing that he could use Kunxiang arts too.
• Bai Yu transformed into his Kunxiang form and knocked Mu Bai down, then threw the Dingkun Spear at him and raised his forefeet to trample him.
• Xing Yun cried out, calling Mu Bai "Husband," as Mu Bai turned Tianmu Mountain's vegetation into a huge spear and pierced Bai Yu's Kunxiang body.
• Bai Yu reverted to human form with a grievous chest wound, and Hundred Virtues tore through the protective formation to heal him.
• Mu Bai asked Hundred Virtues whether he had won the round.

Mu Bai fought Bai Yu on the Mu Viewing Platform as Hundred Virtues intervened and gave Bai Yu the Kunxiang Moon Disc. Mu Bai countered with the Star Sword and broke through Bai Yu’s moonlight attack, leaving the battle in his favor.

• Hundred Virtues tried to strike Mu Bai, then gave Bai Yu the Kunxiang Moon Disc and urged him to fight for the Kunling Earth Mother.
• Rao Lin defeated Duan Tianshu and lent Mu Bai the Human Emperor Battle Halberd, but Mu Bai returned it and accepted Rao Lin’s challenge for a later fight.
• Bai Yu attacked with the Kunxiang Moon Disc, darkening the sky and unleashing rays of moonlight from his blade.
• Mu Bai used the Star Sword to block and shatter Bai Yu’s moonlight attacks, weakening Bai Yu’s confidence.
• Mu Bai flew into the darkened sky and slashed open a rift, letting a shaft of sunlight pour through.

Mu Bai battled Bai Yu, who used two Earth Spirit Clones to overwhelm him, while Xi Bazì, Hu Meier, and Sweet Potato Boy secretly beat spectators who insulted Mu Bai. The chapter ended with Bai Yu merging his clones into a giant of metal and stone and pressing his attack, as Mu Bai prepared to counter.

• Mu Bai struck Bai Yu with the Star Sword, but Bai Yu refused to concede and created two Earth Spirit Clones to attack alongside him.
• Bai Yu and his clones forced Mu Bai onto the defensive, while Xi Bazì, Hu Meier, and Sweet Potato Boy lured hostile spectators away and beat them unconscious.
• Ling Jinyu narrowly defeated Deng Yufei and secured a place among the Eastern Ridge Prodigies tournament's final four.
• Bai Yu merged his Earth Spirit Clones into an armored giant and attacked Mu Bai alongside his own body.
• Mu Bai said Bai Yu had chosen the wrong opponent as the giant and Bai Yu continued their assault.

Mu Bai defeated Bai Yu in the tournament, prompting Hundred Virtues to end the fight and take Bai Yu back to the Kunling Sect. As Ximu City celebrated Mu Bai’s return, the Eastern Nether Great Tribe grew alarmed by his victories and considered asking the Kunling Sect for help.

• Mu Bai countered Bai Yu’s Kun-Earth Avatar Art, destroyed his true body, and overwhelmed his golden stone avatar until Hundred Virtues declared Mu Bai the winner.
• Hundred Virtues took the wounded Bai Yu away, and Mu Bai released the four Kunling Sect elders from the Void Beast’s realm before they left Tianmu Mountain.
• Xi Bazì, Sweet Potato Boy, Xing Yun, Hu Meier, and the cultivators on Northern Peak cheered Mu Bai’s victory.
• Xi Hong, Zhi Cun, and Qian Feng arrived at Tianmu Mountain as Ximu City prepared to celebrate Mu Bai’s return and his victory over the Kunling Sect’s successor.
• The Eastern Nether Great Tribe feared Mu Bai’s strength, and Du Zhong proposed seeking help from the Kunling Sect.

Du Lang urged Du Xiang to seek the Kunling Sect’s protection from Mu Bai, who had already decided to destroy the Eastern Nether Great Tribe. In the Northern Plains, Chen Shichong learned of Mu Bai’s return and faced the Sword Sect’s coercive demands through a painful confrontation with his uncle Chen Jianduan.

• Du Lang persuaded Du Xiang that the Eastern Nether Great Tribe had to seek the Kunling Sect’s protection to survive Mu Bai’s threat.
• News of Eastern Ridge’s Four Strongest spread to the Northern Plains, and Chen Shichong was glad to hear that Mu Bai had returned.
• Chen Jianduan revealed that the Chen Household was bound to the Sword Sect, and Chen Shichong condemned the sect for exploiting his family.
• Chen Shichong urged Chen Jianduan to leave the Sword Sect, but his uncle insisted that they had to endure and fight to protect their loved ones.
• Chen Jianduan stabbed and slashed Chen Shichong, who refused to fight back and said the wounds repaid his father and uncle.
• As Chen Shichong lay in the snow, he looked up at the bright sunlight and realized that even the coldest places held fierce warmth.

Chen Shichong killed his uncle Chen Jianduan in a duel orchestrated by the Sword Sect, then mourned him and marked his grave. Meanwhile, Mu Bai celebrated at Tianmu Mountain with his companions, where Ling Jinyu arrived and asked to catch up.

• Chen Jianduan and Chen Shichong fought as the Sword Sect's elders watched and planned to control whoever survived.
• Chen Shichong's Autumn Sun Sword pierced Chen Jianduan, and Chen Jianduan praised him before falling from the cliff.
• Chen Shichong carved an inscription marking his uncle's tomb and roared as avalanches buried the canyon.
• Beishan Fengyun ordered Beishan Lie to arrange a marriage for Chen Shichong.
• Ling Jinyu arrived at Mu Bai's celebration, exchanged drinks with him and his companions, and said she had come to catch up.

Mu Bai’s companions welcomed Ling Jinyu with a feast, where Ling Jinyu and Hu Meier clashed over their closeness to him. Xing Yun’s song moved the guests, and Hu Meier’s sword dance turned into a restrained exchange with Ling Jinyu, leaving the rivalry unresolved.

• Ling Jinyu arrived and exchanged toasts with Mu Bai’s companions, while Hu Meier and Ling Jinyu drank against each other in a tense contest.
• Xing Yun played her harp and sang about friendship and reunion, moving Mu Bai and the other guests to reflect on family and companions.
• Hu Meier, stirred by memories of her father’s death and her resentment toward Mu Bai, performed a sword dance but could not bring herself to strike him.
• Ling Jinyu joined Hu Meier with her sword, and the two women began a graceful, cautious duel as the guests watched.

Xing Yun ended Hu Meier and Ling Jinyu’s sword fight with a song that reminded them Mu Bai already loved her, and the banquet ended peacefully. Meanwhile, Rao Jinchuan asked Rao Lin what he thought of Mu Bai after observing his unusual powers and Star Sword.

• Xing Yun sang to urge Hu Meier and Ling Jinyu to stop fighting, then sang again to remind them that Mu Bai loved her.
• Mu Bai embraced Xing Yun and affirmed his devotion, while Mu Lan admired how Xing Yun handled the rivalry.
• Hu Meier and Ling Jinyu understood the song, stopped fighting, apologized to each other, and reconciled.
• The guests parted in good spirits, and Mu Bai carried Xing Yun back to their room.
• Rao Lin cultivated and activated his Human Emperor Bloodline, displaying the characters for white and king on his chest.
• Rao Jinchuan asked Rao Lin what he thought of Mu Bai, whose powers and Star Sword had raised suspicions about his connection to Qi Zhenzi and Gu Chen.

Rao Lin prepared to face the tournament’s challengers, rejecting the genuine Human Emperor Battle Halberd because he wanted to rely on his own strength. As the tournament approached, the Jialan Sect anticipated interference from the Venerable Domain, while Lu Ming focused on facing Mu Bai.

• Rao Jinchuan warned Rao Lin not to kill the mysterious Mu Bai and offered him the genuine Human Emperor Battle Halberd, but Rao Lin declined to rely on it.
• Rao Lin promised Rainbow Phoenix that he would choose territory near the Silver Frost Forest and take her there to explore.
• Rao Jinchuan told Rao Xing that the Kunling Sect had sent someone to the Venerable Domain, and he went to discuss a response with Lu Tuo.
• Lu Ming made his final preparations at the Primordial Soul Sect’s guest residence, privately resolved to defeat Mu Bai, and prepared for the tournament.

Zhou Dekai rushed to warn Mu Bai that the Kunling Sect was seeking help from Qianyuan Sacred Land, but Zhou Detai intercepted him and Mu Lan. Zhou Detai blocked their way and humiliated Mu Lan, leaving Zhou Dekai to confront him.

• Zhou Dekai learned that the Kunling Sect's master had gone to the Venerable Domain, and deduced that the sect planned to seek Qianyuan Sacred Land's intervention against Mu Bai.
• Zhou Dekai hurried to Tianmu Mountain and found Mu Lan at the Mu Lan Pavilion's market stall, urging her to return to Ximu City and help him reach Mu Bai.
• Mu Lan flew with Zhou Dekai toward Mu Bai's secluded cultivation spot, but Spirit Taming Sect disciples reported Zhou Dekai's arrival to Zhou Detai.
• Zhou Detai tore through the void and stopped Mu Lan and Zhou Dekai with a formation, accusing them of consorting together.
• Zhou Detai insulted Mu Lan, causing her to spit blood, and ordered her to return to the Spirit Taming Sect; Zhou Dekai condemned him.

Zhou Dekai fought Zhou Detai to reach Mu Bai, revealing that Zhou Detai had used him as a pawn and tried to silence him. Mu Bai arrived in time to save Zhou Dekai and confronted Zhou Detai, beginning a fight between them.

• Zhou Dekai demanded to see Mu Bai and accused Zhou Detai of exploiting him and arranging the robbery of the war supplies.
• Zhou Detai attacked Zhou Dekai, who fought back with lightning and Netherfrost techniques while Mu Lan sent Mu Bai a voice transmission.
• Zhou Dekai shielded Mu Lan from Zhou Detai’s giant sword and was badly injured.
• Mu Bai arrived, stopped Zhou Detai’s descending sword with his fist, and crushed his Spirit Taming Sect Elder Token.
• Mu Bai rejected Zhou Detai’s accusations and fought him, activating his Gods and Devils Transformation against the Spirit Command Sword.