Recaps

Xuantong defeated and killed the Giant God, triggering the Burial God Curse and the rise of Blood Demons in the Celestial God Tomb. Xuantong left without dealing with them, while the crow looted the Giant God's remains and decided to collect Lin Bai's debt from his relatives and friends.

• The sword clash between Xuantong and the Giant God destroyed Silver Moon City, and the Nine Tribulation Dao Realm experts watched from a safe distance.
• Xuantong approached the Giant God and saw his head fall as the Giant God bled to death; Xuantong declared that he had won.
• The Giant God's blood began spawning Blood Demons, but Xuantong chose to leave and enjoy the world instead of dealing with them.
• The crow returned after the battle, took the Giant God's armor, sword, and other treasures, and complained about the Burial God Curse.
• The crow concluded that Lin Bai's true consciousness had been suppressed by Xuantong and decided to treat Lin Bai as dead and collect their debt from his relatives and friends.

After Xuantong vanished, the Celestial God Tomb’s survivors sealed the Blood Demons and Silver Moon City descended into clan conflict. Yin Jiuling, Jian Ruohan, and Zhao Yue arrived from the Barren Ancient Continent searching for Lin Bai, and learned from a captured demon that he was known in the tomb.

• The Nine Tribulation Dao Realm experts sealed the Blood Demons inside a million li of land, while the Four Demon Emperors sought refuge and Silver Moon City’s Nine Great Families gave way to four rival clans.
• Yin Jiuling, Jian Ruohan, and Zhao Yue entered the Celestial God Tomb from the Barren Ancient Continent to find Lin Bai.
• A group of demons confronted the three in the Boundless Wasteland and threatened Jian Ruohan and Zhao Yue.
• Jian Ruohan froze a toad demon, and Yin Jiuling killed three Dao Realm demons with a word before the trio slaughtered the rest.
• Zhao Yue spared a rabbit demon and asked what he knew about Lin Bai; the demon admitted he had heard of him.

Zhao Yue, Jian Ruohan, and Yin Jiuling learned that Lin Bai had awakened Profound Eyes and was being consumed by the Demon Flower. The crow warned that Lin Bai would lose his consciousness within three months, but Yin Jiuling claimed he could defeat Profound Eyes.

• A rabbit demon told Zhao Yue, Jian Ruohan, and Yin Jiuling that Lin Bai had fought the Giant God and was believed to have died; Zhao Yue then had White Snake swallow the rabbit after realizing he had called for reinforcements.
• The three left for Demon God Ridge, while a crow watched them and remarked on their extraordinary talents and Lin Bai.
• Yin Jiuling discovered the crow and, with Zhao Yue and Jian Ruohan, blocked its escape after hearing it mention Lin Bai.
• The crow said Lin Bai had released the evil thought within him during a battle five days earlier, awakening Heart Demon Implantation and Profound Eyes, and that the Demon Flower would consume his consciousness within three months.
• After the crow asked whether they could defeat Profound Eyes, Yin Jiuling said he could, and the crow reconsidered its doubt.

Yin Jiuling, Jian Ruohan, and Zhao Yue set out with the Crow to find Xuan Tong and awaken Lin Bai’s original consciousness before the Demon Flower consumed it. Meanwhile, Xuan Tong arrived at Lingxiao City with Prince Mu, who planned to have him appointed its prince.

• The Crow told Jian Ruohan, Yin Jiuling, and Zhao Yue what had happened and pressed them to repay Lin Bai’s debts.
• Zhao Yue and Jian Ruohan asked whether Yin Jiuling could face Xuan Tong, and he said he could suppress him even if killing him would be difficult.
• Yin Jiuling, Jian Ruohan, Zhao Yue, and the Crow headed into the Celestial God Tomb to search for Xuan Tong.
• The Crow and Yin Jiuling discussed Yin Jiuling’s nine reincarnations and recalled how the Crow had once sent him back from the Netherworld to the Road to the Yellow Springs.
• The Crow warned that the Demon Flower would devour Lin Bai’s original consciousness in about three months.
• Xuan Tong arrived at Lingxiao City with Prince Mu, who promised to seek His Majesty’s approval to appoint Xuan Tong its prince.

Prince Mu brought Lord Xuan Tong to Lingxiao City, hoping to secure his support in the struggle to become the next emperor. After showing him the city, Prince Mu welcomed him to his residence and ordered preparations for his stay.

• Prince Mu decided to recruit Lord Xuan Tong after discovering he had killed the Giant God and realizing the emperor's life was nearing its end.
• Lord Xuan Tong readily agreed to travel to Lingxiao City with Prince Mu, who promised to petition the emperor to make him a prince.
• Prince Mu introduced Lord Xuan Tong to Lingxiao City's military-merit system and its stark divide between the slumlike outer city and the orderly inner city.
• Prince Mu brought Lord Xuan Tong to Prince Mu's Residence and ordered Mu Gou to prepare a feast and clean the Yaotai Waterside Pavilion for his guest.

Prince Mu brought Lord Xuan Tong to his estate and tried to win his support with lavish wine and promises, but Lord Xuan Tong showed little interest in his ambitions. Their banquet was interrupted when Jing Yun barged in and insulted Lord Xuan Tong, leaving Prince Mu alarmed.

• Prince Mu welcomed Lord Xuan Tong to his estate and ordered a hundred jars of Thousand-Year Flower Wine for him.
• Prince Mu seated Lord Xuan Tong in the honored place at Jiangshan Cloud Pavilion, where Lord Xuan Tong drank while Prince Mu discussed Lingxiao City's history and politics.
• Prince Mu offered Lord Xuan Tong unlimited Thousand-Year Flower Wine if he became emperor, but Lord Xuan Tong continued drinking without answering.
• Jing Yun pushed past Steward Mu Gou and rushed into Jiangshan Cloud Pavilion, demanding that Prince Mu stand up for her.
• Jing Yun mistook Lord Xuan Tong for an ordinary young man and threatened to have Prince Mu destroy his household for taking the seat of honor.

Jing Yun threatened Lord Xuan Tong, prompting Prince Mu to strike and offer her up to appease him. Lord Xuan Tong dismissed her as ugly and left, and Prince Mu ordered her to win Lord Xuan Tong’s forgiveness before dawn or die.

• Jing Yun threatened to have Lord Xuan Tong’s clan slaughtered, but he welcomed the challenge and frightened Prince Mu with his bloodlust.
• Prince Mu slapped Jing Yun, apologized to Lord Xuan Tong, and warned Jing Yun to beg for forgiveness or face death.
• Jing Yun apologized, and Prince Mu offered her to Lord Xuan Tong, but Lord Xuan Tong called her ugly and left for Yaotai Waterside Pavilion.
• Prince Mu gave Jing Yun a pill to restore her appearance and ordered her to obtain Lord Xuan Tong’s forgiveness before dawn or have her head cut off.

Lord Xuan Tong sought a way to escape Celestial God Tomb and considered searching its forces for a treasure capable of crossing the void. When Jing Yun tried to seduce him, he seized her by the throat and threatened her.

• Lord Xuan Tong considered how he could leave Celestial God Tomb, weighing the difficult prospect of cultivating a body strong enough to cross the void against finding a suitable treasure.
• Lord Xuan Tong recalled that the mysterious crow might possess such a treasure, but realized he could not easily locate it.
• Lord Xuan Tong decided to look for forces in Celestial God Tomb that might possess or know about a void-crossing treasure, and smiled as he gazed toward Lingxiao City.
• Jing Yun emerged from the darkness, apologized to Lord Xuan Tong, and offered herself to him.
• Lord Xuan Tong let Jing Yun approach, then grabbed her by the throat and warned that she had provoked him despite his earlier rejection.

Xuan Tong killed Steward Mu Gou after catching him spying, then confronted Prince Mu over sending Jing Yun to him. Prince Mu knelt and begged for his life, offering to become Xuan Tong’s servant.

• Xuan Tong seized Jing Yun and learned that Prince Mu had sent her to him.
• Xuan Tong caught Steward Mu Gou spying outside Yaotai Waterside Pavilion and killed him with a single attack.
• Xuan Tong brought Jing Yun to Prince Mu’s study, where Prince Mu refused to intervene when she begged for help.
• Xuan Tong accused Prince Mu of sending Jing Yun and arranging to have him monitored.
• Prince Mu knelt before Xuan Tong and offered to become his servant in exchange for his life.

Lord Xuan Tong forced Prince Mu to submit, planted a Dao Seed that would drain his cultivation, and headed for the imperial palace after hearing about Mu Yu. He arrived at Rain Pavilion and saw Mu Yu with the emperor, who had kept her confined for ten years.

• Prince Mu begged Lord Xuan Tong to spare him and revealed that Mu Yu, the Celestial God Tomb's number one beauty, lived in the imperial palace.
• Lord Xuan Tong planted a Dao Seed in Prince Mu that would gradually drain his cultivation, then left for the palace as Prince Mu collapsed in fear and regret.
• At Rain Pavilion, the emperor mocked Mu Yu's latest attempt to assassinate him and said he still hoped to find a treasure that could let him consummate their relationship.
• Lord Xuan Tong appeared on Rain Pavilion's roof beam and saw the emperor push Mu Yu to the floor.

Xu Tong watched as Emperor Ling tormented Mu Yu, who taunted him over the powerful figures preventing him from finding a way to restore his body. After Emperor Ling left, Mu Yu broke down in tears, until an unknown man appeared and said Emperor Ling would be easy to kill.

• Xu Tong watched Emperor Ling confront Mu Yu in Rain Pavilion and recalled how the emperor had abducted her and kept her imprisoned for years.
• Emperor Ling threatened to claim Mu Yu once he found a spirit medicine or treasure that could restore his body or create a clone.
• Mu Yu told Emperor Ling that other powerful figures had been blocking his search because they resented his abduction of her and wanted him to remain a eunuch.
• Emperor Ling left Rain Pavilion in anger, and Mu Yu laughed at him before collapsing into anguished sobs.
• An unknown man spoke from the darkness, saying Emperor Ling was only a Nine Tribulation Dao Realm cultivator and would not be difficult to kill.
• Mu Yu turned toward the voice as a man's figure emerged from the darkness.

Xuantong appeared inside the guarded Rain Pavilion and gave Mu Yu a strand of black smoke to help her kill Emperor Ling. He left after warning her to act before dawn, when he intended to kill Emperor Ling himself, and Mu Yu summoned the female guards to arrange a meeting with the emperor.

• Xuantong emerged from the darkness in the Rain Pavilion and told Mu Yu he had walked past the imperial city's defenses.
• Xuantong gave Mu Yu black smoke from his eye and explained that it could make a blade kill Emperor Ling with a single strike.
• Mu Yu offered to marry Xuantong in gratitude, but he refused and said he was helping only because she was beautiful.
• Xuantong warned Mu Yu to kill Emperor Ling before dawn or he would kill him himself, then vanished into the darkness.
• Mu Yu called the female guards' corps and asked them to notify Emperor Ling that she wanted to see him.

Prince Mu led the Heaven Flipping Army toward the imperial palace, while Mu Yu used a sword imbued with Profound Eyes’s Devouring Sword Soul to poison Emperor Ling. Profound Eyes then appeared in Rain Pavilion and drained Emperor Ling’s spiritual power, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Prince Mu told Prince Hai that someone had entered Rain Pavilion and ordered the Heaven Flipping Army to advance on the imperial palace.
• Emperor Ling returned to Rain Pavilion after Mu Yu asked to see him, and Mu Yu approached him with a short sword.
• Mu Yu stabbed Emperor Ling, activating the Devouring Sword Soul’s power and rapidly devouring his body from within.
• Emperor Ling struck Mu Yu and tried to kill her, but an unseen man seized his wrist and drained his spiritual power.
• Emperor Ling saw the man beside Mu Yu, and the man introduced himself as Profound Eyes.

Lord Xuan Tong killed Emperor Ling after the emperor attacked him, then the Heaven Flipping Army entered the palace. Prince Mu and Prince Hai arrived to meet Lingxiao City's new emperor.

• Emperor Ling recognized Lord Xuan Tong and begged him to spare his life, but Lord Xuan Tong refused because Mu Yu wanted him dead and he needed Lingxiao City's help.
• Emperor Ling launched a full-force attack at Lord Xuan Tong, who shattered it with a glance and fatally struck him.
• Lord Xuan Tong apologized to Mu Yu for destroying the Rain Pavilion, and she welcomed the cold wind after being freed from its confines.
• The Heaven Flipping Army surrounded the ruins, and Lord Xuan Tong said its arrival meant it had taken control of the imperial palace.
• Prince Mu and Prince Hai found Emperor Ling's corpse and went to pay respects to Lingxiao City's new emperor; Prince Hai stopped when he saw Lord Xuan Tong.

After Lord Xuan Tong killed Emperor Ling, Prince Mu and Prince Hai backed his claim to the throne, and Mu Yu chose to follow him. At the Golden Hall, the officials and princes gathered as Prince Mu announced Lord Xuan Tong as Lingxiao City’s new emperor.

• Prince Mu and Prince Hai knelt before Lord Xuan Tong and pledged to support his ascension after Emperor Ling’s death.
• Lord Xuan Tong agreed to go to the Golden Hall and take the throne, saying he had tasks for Lingxiao City.
• Mu Yu asked to accompany Lord Xuan Tong, and he allowed her to follow him.
• The officials and five other princes gathered in the Golden Hall, where Prince Xuan challenged Prince Mu and Prince Hai about the stranger on the throne.
• Prince Mu declared Lord Xuan Tong to be Lingxiao City’s new emperor.

Xuan Tong seized the throne of Lingxiao City and crushed Prince Xuan for resisting his rule. He issued his first imperial edict ordering an attack on Myriad Evil City to seek a treasure capable of crossing the void, which he needed to escape the Celestial God Tomb.

• Prince Mu announced Xuan Tong as the new Emperor Ling, and the officials and six princes pledged allegiance after Prince Yuan endorsed him.
• Xuan Tong killed Prince Xuan with an invisible force that stripped away his flesh and turned him to ash.
• Xuan Tong asked whether Lingxiao City had a void-crossing treasure, and Prince Mu said the treasury had none while Prince Hai suggested looking elsewhere.
• Xuan Tong ordered Prince Hai to lead the vanguard and Prince Mu to command an immediate attack on Myriad Evil City.
• Xuan Tong promised titles, the throne, lands, Dao Divine Weapons, and Dao Scriptures to those who offered a void-crossing treasure.

Prince Hai delivered Lingxiao City's demand for Myriad Evil City to surrender its void-crossing treasure and submit within ten days or face war. Myriad Evil City refused, and Qiu Litian declared that he would personally deliver a coronation gift to the new Emperor Ling.

• Prince Hai told Myriad Evil City's Human, Demon, and Ghost Alliance leaders that Lingxiao City demanded the treasure capable of crossing the void and would attack if the city did not surrender within ten days.
• The alliance leaders and other cultivators rejected Prince Hai's threats and argued over the new Emperor Ling, while Prince Hai warned that the Human Alliance would be slaughtered if he were killed.
• Prince Hai kept Xuantong's identity as the new Emperor Ling secret, following Prince Mu's plan to provoke Myriad Evil City into war and weaken it with Xuantong's power.
• Qiu Litian refused to retreat and told Prince Hai that he would personally deliver a coronation gift to the new Emperor Ling.
• Prince Hai accepted Qiu Litian's words and left the council hall, telling Myriad Evil City to prepare for war.

Prince Mu and Prince Hai reported that Myriad Evil City was preparing for war, while Xuan Tong questioned what demons were and what gave his life meaning. He decided to visit an old friend, though the chapter did not identify that friend.

• Prince Hai returned to Lingxiao Palace and told Prince Mu that Myriad Evil City was preparing for war under the old flood dragon’s control.
• Prince Mu and Prince Hai went to report to Emperor Ling, while Xuan Tong drank wine with Mu Yu in the palace.
• Mu Yu asked Xuan Tong what he cared about, and his inability to answer stirred loneliness and a growing bloodlust in him.
• Xuan Tong and Mu Yu debated what it meant to be a demon, as the narration explained how Lin Bai had voluntarily yielded control of his body to Xuan Tong.
• Xuan Tong said that he might have an old friend who could answer his question, and decided to visit him.

While asleep, Xuantong met Lin Bai in a strange consciousness space and argued with him about whether immortality was worth abandoning family and friends. They fought, and Xuantong appeared to defeat Lin Bai before leaving; when he awoke, he told Mu Yu that Lin Bai was a fool who could not answer his question.

• Xuantong fell asleep on the dragon throne after drinking Thousand-Year Flower Wine and encountered Lin Bai beneath a leafless jade tree in a misty space.
• Xuantong told Lin Bai that the Giant God was dead, then questioned whether Lin Bai’s family and friends were worth risking his life to protect.
• Lin Bai explained that Xuantong was the evil thought born from the Devil Flower and rejected eternal life if it required abandoning everything he cared about.
• Xuantong declared that he would seek a void-crossing treasure in the Celestial God Tomb and conquer the Spirit World, but Lin Bai challenged him to a fight.
• Xuantong and Lin Bai clashed with their sword techniques, and Xuantong left after Lin Bai fell beneath the tree, unaware of Lin Bai’s faint smile.
• Xuantong awoke on the dragon throne and told Mu Yu that Lin Bai was a fool who could not give him an answer.

After Lin Bai’s plan left Xuantong in control of Lingxiao City, Xuantong ordered an attack on Myriad Evil City and personally entered the city. He effortlessly broke through its protective formation and killed the martial artists who tried to stop him, then advanced toward the city’s heart.

• Prince Mu and Prince Hai told Xuantong that Myriad Evil City had refused to surrender and threatened to attack Lingxiao City.
• Xuantong ordered Prince Hai to lead the Heaven Flipping Army against Myriad Evil City and told Prince Mu to guide him to the city’s experts.
• Xuantong, Prince Mu, and Mu Yu reached Myriad Evil City, where Xuantong cleaved open the City Protection Formation and entered.
• Myriad Evil City’s martial artists attacked the three, but Xuantong’s flying swords killed them in a single strike.
• Prince Mu realized he had no need to fight and followed Xuantong as Xuantong headed toward the heart of Myriad Evil City.

As Myriad Evil City's factions debated whether to fight Lingxiao City, Xuantong arrived with Prince Mu and Mu Yu and slaughtered the city's assembled experts. The survivors looked to Qiu Litian for help, but he knelt before Xuantong and called him his master.

• Qiu Litian silenced the bickering factions and proposed testing Emperor Ling's strength before committing to war.
• Prince Mu, Mu Yu, and Xuantong entered the grand hall, where Qiu Litian recognized Xuantong from Demon God Ridge and froze in fear.
• After Xuantong called the assembled experts paper tigers, several Eight Tribulation Dao Realm cultivators confronted him.
• Xuantong used three flying swords to kill the challengers and then cut down many more experts, including leaders of the Human Alliance and Ghost Alliance.
• The surviving cultivators begged Qiu Litian to subdue Xuantong, but Qiu Litian knelt and addressed him as his master.

Xuan Tong spared the Evil Flood Dragon, who recognized him as the master who had once subdued him, and watched Lingxiao City conquer Myriad Evil City. After the search found no treasure capable of crossing the void, Xuan Tong ordered the Heaven Flipping Army to attack the Demon Race’s Boundless Wasteland.

• The Evil Flood Dragon knelt before Xuan Tong and explained that Lin Bai had left sword intent inside him and made him a mount in the Three Thousand Dao Lord's treasure trove.
• Xuan Tong decided not to kill the Evil Flood Dragon and left Prince Mu to oversee Myriad Evil City while he departed with Mu Yu on the dragon's back.
• The Heaven Flipping Army breached Myriad Evil City, defeated its forces, and spent several days searching its treasuries for a void-crossing treasure.
• Prince Mu, Mu Yu, and Prince Hai reported that they had found no such treasure or information about one.
• Xuan Tong ordered the Heaven Flipping Army to advance immediately and attack the Demon Race's Boundless Wasteland.

Lord Xuan Tong turned his attention to the Demon Race’s Boundless Wasteland, where countless independent demon powers made conquest difficult. He planned to make the demons search for a treasure that could cross the void, then force them to submit once he had eliminated the Celestial God Tomb’s other forces.

• Mu Yu advised Prince Mu to arrange for Lingxiao City’s Sea Overturning Army to guard Myriad Evil City while the Heaven Flipping Army moved on.
• Lord Xuan Tong, Mu Yu, and the Heaven Flipping Army departed for the Boundless Wasteland, while Prince Mu stayed behind with Prince Hai to arrange the city’s defense.
• Prince Mu and the Evil Flood Dragon explained that the Boundless Wasteland held tens of thousands of scattered demon powers and was protected by dangerous terrain, poison, and miasma.
• Mu Yu suggested attacking another force, but Lord Xuan Tong said he would gather the demon leaders and offer to help one of them unify the wasteland in exchange for finding his treasure.
• Lord Xuan Tong revealed that after destroying the other forces in the Celestial God Tomb, he would have the power and time to subdue the Boundless Wasteland by force.

Xuan Tong sent Mu Yu to manage the Boundless Wasteland while he led the Heaven Flipping Army to conquer Tianchi City and Great Snow Mountain in search of a treasure that could cross the void. With both regions submitting but neither yielding clues, he set out for his next target.

• Xuan Tong gave Mu Yu Prince Mu’s military authority and ordered her to handle the Boundless Wasteland while he marched toward Tianchi City.
• Prince Mu realized that the strongest force left in the Celestial God Tomb could claim Lingxiao City’s throne, then headed for the Three-Headed Hound Clan to reclaim his authority.
• Xuan Tong and the Heaven Flipping Army overwhelmed Tianchi City, and Ye Qianjiao submitted to him to stop the slaughter.
• Xuan Tong planted a Dao Seed in Ye Qianjiao and ordered Tianchi City’s families to search for the void-crossing treasure, but they found no clues.
• Xuan Tong led the army to Great Snow Mountain, where the Snow Petrel Demon Clan persuaded the Demon Race to submit, but they also had no information about the treasure.

Xuantong conquered nearly every force in the Celestial God Tomb while searching for a treasure that could cross the void, and he headed toward Tianyi City as his final target. Yin Jiuling, Zhao Yue, Jian Ruohan, and the crow also made for Tianyi City, where its leaders prepared for Xuantong’s arrival.

• Xuantong led the Heaven Flipping Army south, destroying the Ghost Emperors in the Azure Ruins, defeating the forces of Dragon Burial Abyss and Demon God Ridge, and accepting Silver Moon City’s surrender.
• After his campaigns, Xuantong still had no clue about a void-crossing treasure and set his sights on Tianyi City, planning to seek out the crow if he found nothing there.
• Yin Jiuling, Zhao Yue, Jian Ruohan, and the crow realized Tianyi City was Xuantong’s final target and hurried there to seek an alliance against him.
• At Star Plucking Pavilion, Ninth Uncle-Master and Tianyi City’s Lord heard reports of Xuantong’s victories and learned that Tianyi City and the Boundless Wasteland were the only forces left.