9.0/1024 votes#1 - Episode 1
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/9/2023
Tianyao, Spirit Dragon of Luochuan is ready to marry Suying of Guanghan Sect. Actually she conspires to steal his dragon scales to forge an armor, in order to protect her true love. However, Tianyao is reluctant to give her the Heart Protecting Scale. She is furious and seals him for an eternity.
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9.5/106 votes#2 - Episode 2
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 5/9/2023
The kidnapped Yanhui wakes up in the woodshed of Tianyao's house and is told by Aunt Zhou that tonight is her wedding. But Tianyao doesn't know about the wedding. When he comes back and sees the wedding, he recalls the scene of him being hurt by Suying. He becomes abnormal. Fortunately, Mrs. Xiao comforts him.
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8.2/109 votes#3 - Episode 3
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/9/2023
The three reach a mutual agreement and visit the place where the dragon bone was sealed. The snake spirit opens the barrier with his spiritual power. Yanhui sees the formation of the barrier was unusual and starts to doubt Tianyao's identity, Tianyao tells her the truth. At the same time, Tianyao stabs her chest with his sword and finds that her blood can break the seal of the dragon bone.
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9.5/106 votes#4 - Episode 4
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/9/2023
Yanhui cannot get rid of Tianyao whatever she does. She finally get a chance to escape from his attention during the night of full moon. Because of the dragon bone, an aura of Tianyao attracts Dark practitioner to attack him. Yanhui rescues him from the danger. Then, Tianyao helps her to use the power of Heart Protecting Scale to fight with the enemy.
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9.5/106 votes#5 - Episode 5
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/9/2023
Wang Pengyuan is rejected by Yanhui again. He takes the opportunity to approach Yanhui after she drunk the Fox Incense. However, Yanhui is held hand by Tianyao. Under the influence of the Fox Incense, Yanhui loves Tianyao.
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9.7/106 votes#6 - Episode 6
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/10/2023
Yanhui finds herself become abnormal so she asks Xiange why she would act like that. Xiange thinks Yanhui should love Tianyao. When Yanhui is absent-minded, Tianyao says he needs her blood for getting the dragon horns. Yanhui wants to go with him but he is afraid that she would get hurt if her Heart Protecting Scale is discovered by Suying.
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9.7/106 votes#7 - Episode 7
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/10/2023
Tianyao and Yanhui bring Feng Qianshuo to Wangyu Tower. Feng Qianshuo dislikes Tianyao. To defend Tianyao, Yanhui satirizes Feng Qianshuo. She also scolds him as a profitter after understanding his identity, the owner of Qijue Agency.
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9.7/106 votes#8 - Episode 8
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/11/2023
Tianyao is caught. Yanhui wants to visit him in the jail so she bribes the soldier. They discuss how they could escape from the jail and Tianyau asks Yanhui to steal the spirit token. Bai Xiaosheng helps them, as a result, they become an alliance. Tianyao and Yanhui finds the room where there is the dragon horn, they stimulate Yanhui's mind's eye spiritual energy to open the door.
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9.7/106 votes#9 - Episode 9
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 5/12/2023
When Tianyao and Yanhui go to the underground city with Xiange, they see many monsters here. Since Tianyao cures them with his Spirit Dragon Spell, they recognize his identity, The Dragon King. Yanhui decides to end their master-and-servant relationship and let him fight with Suying.
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9.7/106 votes#10 - Episode 10
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 5/13/2023
Yanhui obtains more spiritual power from other familiars but it is still not enough for her to break the array of the Dragon Horn. Bai Xiaosheng tells her that he can give her a hand. Tianyao disagrees with that so Yanhui pretendedly promises him not to find Bai Xiansheng. Actually, she still wants Bai Xiansheng to help her since she thinks obtaining the Dragon Horn is the most important at this moment.
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9.7/106 votes#11 - Episode 11
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 5/14/2023
To buy for time for Yanhui, Tianyao fights against Suying. However, Yanhui is not able to break the array of the Dragon Horn and she only asks for help from Bai Xiaosheng. He tells his spiritual power may be harmful to her but she just wants to get the Dragon Horn, regardless of the danger. Hence, she absorbs his power to get the Dragon Horn for Tianyao successfully.
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9.5/106 votes#12 - Episode 12
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 5/15/2023
Yanhui becomes emoitional after coming to but Tianyao cannot comfort her with his dragon flame. Thus, he wants to enter Yanhui's mind's eye. Yet, He is stopped by Bai Xiaosheng. Tianyao finds Bai Xiaosheng, who is a dark practitioner and blames Yanhui conceal from him. Bai Xiaosheng thinks Tianyao is not understanding so Tianyao wants to apologize to her after self-reflection.
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9.7/107 votes#13 - Episode 13
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 5/15/2023
Bai Xiaosheng is afraid that Zichen would ruin his plan so he lures him to the foggy forest. Yanhui also chases to the foggy forest, they disappeared due to some mysterious power.
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9.7/106 votes#14 - Episode 14
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 5/16/2023
Zichen no longer hates the monsters. He also respects Yanhui's decision of staying with Tianyao. Yanhui tells Tianyao, whose sword is back to the Dragon Valley when rescuing her so Tianyao decides to return to the Dragon Valley with her.
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9.7/106 votes#15 - Episode 15
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 5/17/2023
Yanhui argues with the elves, and Huan Xiaoyan, tortured by Phantom King, comes out of the ring, and uses magic to let the elves know that Tianyao is the Dragon King. Master Suying blamed Bai Xiaosheng for his ineffectiveness. Bai Xiaosheng told him that he had found a way to find the secret treasure, so he sent him to find the secret treasure again.
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9.7/106 votes#16 - Episode 16
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 5/18/2023
Tianyao rescued the mad Phantom King with Flaming Dragon Fan and brought him back to his senses. The Phantom King passed away and left the ring of the Phantom Clan to Xiaoyan. At this time, Suying exchanged her powers for Lu Musheng's life, and forced him to take the pill. Lu Musheng remembered all kinds of past and Suying, but still couldn't forget the tragic death of Yunxi.
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9.5/106 votes#17 - Episode 17
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 5/19/2023
Tianyao rescued the elves and immediately went back to Dragon Valley to find Yanhui, but found that only Huan Xiaoyan was left in a coma. Bai Xiaosheng brought Yanhui back to the Hall, the Lord of Dark Aura brought Yan back to life, planted a black flower on her head, and asked her to get the Heart Protecting Scale within three months, otherwise she would die when the flower withered.
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9.7/106 votes#18 - Episode 18
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 5/22/2023
Tianyao escorted Yanhui all the way back, but was found, when he was in a stalemate, he ran into Zhuli and Lingfei and others who were chasing after him. Yanhui came up a plan, using Tianyao to hold Lingfei.
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9.5/106 votes#19 - Episode 19
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 5/22/2023
When Yanhui went back to fetch the Heart Protecting Scale, Zhuli and Huan Xiaoyan accidentally obtained the compass left by Xue Lin to inhale the black energy. They are all sucked into the geomantic compass.
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9.7/106 votes#20 - Episode 20
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 5/23/2023
Bai Xiaosheng took the Yanhui back to the place where the screen was, and told him that if he wanted to obtain "The Ghostly Eulogy", he had to work together with a pair of Taoist-spirit couple to unsolve the three screens. In the process, Bai Xiaosheng was gradually attracted by Yanhui's hard work.
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9.7/106 votes#21 - Episode 21
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/24/2023
While Zhuli and Huan Xiaoyan were still distressed about opening the compass, the compass flew away from Zhuli's hand. As they were about to enter the secret room but was blocked by Zhao Yu. Zhao deliberately smashed the geomantic compass.
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9.5/106 votes#22 - Episode 22
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/24/2023
Maobijing is obsessed with Qingqiu's rules, "The Ghostly Eulogy" requires people from the Xuan Yao and Xuan Yao clans to practice at the same time, and even asks for the two to get married. When Yanhui hesitates, Tianyao agrees to the marriage.
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9.5/106 votes#23 - Episode 23
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 5/25/2023
When Zhuli and Huan Xiaoyan were monitioring the translation process of "The Ghostly Eulogy", Zhao Yu came and said that Chang Lan wanted to summon Zhuli. Zhuli left, leaving Huan Xiaoyan alone at the scene. Not long after their departure, a mysterious person stunned Huan Xiaoyan and stole the half-translated "The Ghostly Eulogy".
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9.5/106 votes#24 - Episode 24
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 5/26/2023
Tianyao and Yanhui busy on preparing their wedding. Meanwhile, Bai Xiaosheng is missing. Zhuli tells Tianyao and Yanhui that Xiaosheng will be back when their wedding ceremony is ended as he does not want to see they get married...
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9.7/106 votes#25 - Episode 25
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 5/29/2023
Bai Xiaosheng and Tianyao was hunted down by the Qingqiu clan. Fortunately, Feng Qianshuo, dressed as a monster, helped them and took them to a hidden place. It turns out that Feng Qianshuo restored the Wangyu Tower in Qingqiu. Tianyao approached Feng Qianshuo privately, and joined The Flower Bulletin under the name of Yanhui.
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The Best Episodes of Back From the Brink Season 1
Every episode of Back From the Brink Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Back From the Brink Season 1!
Tian Yao is a dragon spirit who was betrayed by his lover and stripped of his dragon bones. He meets Yan Hui, a free-spirited young...
Genres:DramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Episode 1" is the best rated episode of "Back From the Brink" season 1. It scored 9/10 based on 24 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 5/9/2023. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Episode 2".