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The Best Episodes of Back From the Brink

Every episode of Back From the Brink ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Back From the Brink!

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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 maiden who holds the key to help him regain his

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Back From the Brink Season 1 Episode 32 - Episode 32
    9.9/10(14 votes)

    #1 - Episode 32

    S1:E32

    Yanhui jumps in the Obsidian River, shocking the world. She directly rushes into the Dragon Vein Formation at the foot of Sanchong Mountain, and rescues Tianyao. He breaths weakly since he used his Life-Swapping Spell and finally turned into a dragon egg.

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  2. Back From the Brink Season 1 Episode 6 - Episode 6
    9.8/10(12 votes)

    #2 - Episode 6

    S1:E6

    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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  3. Back From the Brink Season 1 Episode 8 - Episode 8
    9.8/10(13 votes)

    #3 - Episode 8

    S1:E8

    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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  4. Back From the Brink Season 1 Episode 9 - Episode 9
    9.8/10(13 votes)

    #4 - Episode 9

    S1:E9

    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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  5. Back From the Brink Season 1 Episode 10 - Episode 10
    9.8/10(11 votes)

    #5 - Episode 10

    S1:E10

    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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  6. Back From the Brink Season 1 Episode 11 - Episode 11
    9.8/10(12 votes)

    #6 - Episode 11

    S1:E11

    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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  7. Back From the Brink Season 1 Episode 13 - Episode 13
    9.8/10(13 votes)

    #7 - Episode 13

    S1:E13

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. Back From the Brink Season 1 Episode 14 - Episode 14
    9.8/10(12 votes)

    #8 - Episode 14

    S1:E14

    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. Back From the Brink Season 1 Episode 15 - Episode 15
    9.8/10(12 votes)

    #9 - Episode 15

    S1:E15

    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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  10. Back From the Brink Season 1 Episode 16 - Episode 16
    9.8/10(12 votes)

    #10 - Episode 16

    S1:E16

    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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  11. Back From the Brink Season 1 Episode 18 - Episode 18
    9.8/10(11 votes)

    #11 - Episode 18

    S1:E18

    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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  12. Back From the Brink Season 1 Episode 20 - Episode 20
    9.8/10(12 votes)

    #12 - Episode 20

    S1:E20

    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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  13. Back From the Brink Season 1 Episode 21 - Episode 21
    9.8/10(11 votes)

    #13 - Episode 21

    S1:E21

    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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  14. Back From the Brink Season 1 Episode 25 - Episode 25
    9.8/10(12 votes)

    #14 - Episode 25

    S1:E25

    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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  15. Back From the Brink Season 1 Episode 28 - Episode 28
    9.8/10(11 votes)

    #15 - Episode 28

    S1:E28

    Changlan deliberately provokes a battle between the two clans. Yanhui and others discuss the plan to stop imminent war. Everyone joined forces, took back Changlan's power and broke the visual spell that Changlan had cast, restoring peace to the Qingqiu.

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  16. Back From the Brink Season 1 Episode 30 - Episode 30
    9.8/10(13 votes)

    #16 - Episode 30

    S1:E30

    Lingxiao brings Yanhui back to Chenxing Mountain, and is trapped on the Starfall Terrace. Suying wants to kill Yanhui. Lingxiao resignedly damages her Heart Protecting Scale with his Soul-Annihilating Whip to destroy her spiritual power.

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  17. Back From the Brink Season 1 Episode 33 - Episode 33
    9.8/10(12 votes)

    #17 - Episode 33

    S1:E33

    When Yanhui completely collects dragon consciousness, she brings it back to Qingqiu. The Leader Chenyi tells her that she needs to wait for him to be reborn, and when he would wake up, that is written in the stars.

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  18. Back From the Brink Season 1 Episode 35 - Episode 35
    9.8/10(12 votes)

    #18 - Episode 35

    S1:E35

    Yanhui noticed the abnormality in Tongluo Village, and thought it was related to the dark aura. Unexpectedly, she met the lost and delirious Master Qiyun on the road. Lingxiao found out that Master Qiyun had been hit by the Frost Blossom Technique, and Tianyao used fire magic to resolve, but he couldn't succeed.

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  19. Back From the Brink Season 1 Episode 38 - Episode 38
    9.8/10(16 votes)

    #19 - Episode 38

    S1:E38

    When Dark Phantom learned that Xuelin was studying her own skills and fell in love with Chenyi, he felt resentful, attacked the two and spread the plague everywhere. Fuyin wanted to gain more power, so he went to the Dragon Valley to harvest evil dragon's scales and extract his inner core, but was injured by Tianyao.

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  20. Back From the Brink Season 1 Episode 4 - Episode 4
    9.7/10(11 votes)

    #20 - Episode 4

    S1:E4

    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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  21. Back From the Brink Season 1 Episode 5 - Episode 5
    9.7/10(12 votes)

    #21 - Episode 5

    S1:E5

    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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  22. Back From the Brink Season 1 Episode 7 - Episode 7
    9.7/10(7 votes)

    #22 - Episode 7

    S1:E7

    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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  23. Back From the Brink Season 1 Episode 12 - Episode 12
    9.7/10(11 votes)

    #23 - Episode 12

    S1:E12

    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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  24. Back From the Brink Season 1 Episode 17 - Episode 17
    9.7/10(12 votes)

    #24 - Episode 17

    S1:E17

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. Back From the Brink Season 1 Episode 19 - Episode 19
    9.7/10(11 votes)

    #25 - Episode 19

    S1:E19

    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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Best Episodes Summary

"Episode 32" is the best rated episode of "Back From the Brink". It scored 9.9/10 based on 14 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 6/5/2023. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Episode 6".