Arc 167The White Bone Battlefield

Lin Bai defended the Sword Hiding Hermitage from the Heng Province Alliance, learned the Eternal Devil Sect’s situation from Li Mojun, and entered the White Bone Battlefield to earn Devil Orbs and find tribulation treasures. After discovering a plot to trade information about the battlefield’s seal for treasures worth three million Devil Orbs, he told Li Mojun and left the sect master furious.

  • Old Mei offered Lin Bai protection in exchange for the Hermitage’s resources, but Lin Bai refused and proposed a sales split that the Heng Province Alliance rejected.
  • Hundreds of Heng Province Alliance martial artists invaded the Sword Hiding Hermitage, and Lin Bai defeated them with his nine God Seals and Demon Sword before revealing that he had noticed the hidden observers.
  • Li Mojun identified himself as the sect master, explained the tests he had arranged for Lin Bai, and described the Eternal Devil Sect’s internal and external threats.
  • Lin Bai went to Qilin Town seeking tribulation protection, learned that the Tribulation-Passing Immortal Garment was available only for rent, and chose the White Bone Battlefield as a way to earn Devil Orbs.
  • Lin Bai fought Bone Clan members, found twelve Yellow Springs Flowers in a cavern near Luoshui, and escaped the valley after luring most of its defenders away.
  • Lin Bai overheard two Golden Bone Clan members discuss a White Dragon Ridge trade worth more than three million Devil Orbs in exchange for information about the battlefield’s seal.
  • Lin Bai sold Spirit Bones, bought Profound Spirit Dao Pills, returned to the Sword Hiding Hermitage, and began planning how to seize the trade’s treasure.
  • Lin Bai told Li Mojun that an Eternal Devil Sect disciple planned to trade clues to the White Bone Battlefield’s seal for the treasures, and Li Mojun crushed his wine jug in anger.
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Ch. 4151First Courtesy, Then Force!

The Heng Province Alliance planned to negotiate with Lin Bai over the Sword Hiding Hermitage’s rare resources, while secretly considering killing him outside the sect if he refused. Old Mei went to meet Lin Bai, who welcomed the envoy into the hermitage.

  • Vice-Alliance Leader Wu and the Heng Province Alliance discussed the value of the Sun Moon Divine Flower, Ten-Thousand Year Spirit Milk, and eastern Spirit Herb Garden.
  • An elder proposed that the alliance offer Lin Bai support in exchange for managing the hermitage’s resources, then arrange his death outside the sect if he refused.
  • Old Mei volunteered to approach Lin Bai, and Vice-Alliance Leader Wu sent him to sound out Lin Bai’s strength.
  • Lin Bai told Zhou Xi and Sun Yao that people were flying over the hermitage to see its new master, then joked about his unsuccessful fishing.
  • Old Mei arrived, recognized the Myriad Formation Banner, and asked to meet Lin Bai; Zhou Xi welcomed him and led him inside.

Ch. 4152Old Mei!

Lin Bai met with Old Mei of the Heng Province Alliance and challenged the alliance’s claims over resources in the Sword Hiding Hermitage. The meeting ended with Lin Bai demanding the locations of the Sun Moon Divine Flower and Ten-Thousand Year Spirit Milk, making his position clear.

  • Zhou Xi brought Old Mei to Moon Gazing Pond, where Lin Bai greeted him and hosted him for tea.
  • Old Mei questioned Lin Bai about his origins and the Sword Hiding Hermitage, while Lin Bai tried to learn about the sect and the alliance.
  • Zhou Xi and Sun Yao suspected Lin Bai was deliberately appearing to lose ground to draw out information from Old Mei.
  • Old Mei explained the Thirteen Provinces Alliance’s annual martial competition and claimed the Heng Province Alliance had won cultivation resources on Five Elements Mountain.
  • Lin Bai revealed that he knew the Heng Province Alliance controlled the Sun Moon Divine Flower and Ten-Thousand Year Spirit Milk, then demanded Old Mei tell him where they were.

Ch. 4153A Capable One!

Lin Bai rejected Old Mei’s offer to give the Heng Province Alliance the cultivation resources at Sword Hiding Hermitage in exchange for protection, proposing instead to share the proceeds from selling them. Old Mei left warning that the alliance would test whether Lin Bai could defend the estate.

  • Old Mei explained that the Heng Province Alliance was controlled by the Eight Great Noble Families of Heng Province and offered Lin Bai protection if he surrendered the Spirit Herb Garden, Sun Moon Divine Flower, and Ten-Thousand Year Spirit Milk.
  • Lin Bai asked how many magic pearls he would receive, but Old Mei said the alliance’s sales of the resources were an internal matter.
  • Lin Bai refused to surrender the resources and proposed a seventy-thirty split of sales, with seventy percent going to him.
  • Old Mei rejected the proposal and warned that the Heng Province Alliance would test whether Lin Bai could hold Sword Hiding Hermitage.
  • After Old Mei left, Lin Bai told Sun Yao that he could not yield to the alliance or risk losing control of the estate’s resources.

Ch. 4154Seven Great Daoist Grounds!

Lin Bai learned why the provincial alliances had stayed quiet after he refused the Heng Province Alliance’s demands: they were waiting to see whether he would yield. Li Yumen and other Lian Province cultivators then explained the status of the Seven Great Daoist Grounds and revealed that the Heng Province Alliance leader, Murong Chuan, had once been granted the Golden Leaf Manor for his talent.

  • Lin Bai concluded that retreating before the Heng Province Alliance would invite the other provincial alliances to challenge his authority over the Sword Hiding Hermitage.
  • After two peaceful days, Zhou Xi brought Li Yumen, Duan Kun, Ji Taining, and Yi Mei to meet Lin Bai.
  • Li Yumen and the others questioned whether Lin Bai had powerful connections, but Lin Bai denied the rumors that he was the Sect Master's illegitimate son.
  • Li Yumen explained that the Sword Hiding Hermitage, Peaceful Retreat, Golden Leaf Manor, Eternal Palace, Immortal Buddha Grotto, Myriad Ages Mountain, and Thousand Autumns Lake were the Eternal Devil Sect's seven treasured daoist grounds.
  • Yi Mei described the prominent masters of the Eternal Palace, Peaceful Retreat, and Immortal Buddha Grotto, while Li Yumen said Murong Chuan had received the Golden Leaf Manor after entering the Dao realm in eighty-nine years.
  • Lin Bai compared Murong Chuan's achievement with his own progress and judged that his talent was greater.

Ch. 4155Jealousy!

Lin Bai learned about the Sword Hiding Hermitage’s hidden treasures and joined the Lian Province Alliance. After the others left, Li Yumen admitted that he, too, resented Lin Bai’s appointment as its owner, leaving Lin Bai to face the question of whether he deserved it.

  • Senior Sister Yi Mei explained that the Sword Hiding Hermitage held renowned treasures and might conceal even greater riches, making Lin Bai eager to explore it.
  • Li Yumen invited Lin Bai to join the Lian Province Alliance, and Lin Bai agreed partly because Xiao Ji had helped him enter the sect under the identity of Qing Luo.
  • Senior Sister Yi Mei, Duan Kun, and Ji Taining left, while Li Yumen stayed to admire the Sword Hiding Hermitage.
  • Lin Bai asked Li Yumen why Duan Kun and Ji Taining seemed hostile, and Li Yumen said they were jealous of Lin Bai’s cultivation ground.
  • Li Yumen confessed that he also resented Lin Bai’s appointment and questioned what made the newly arrived disciple worthy of the Sword Hiding Hermitage.

Ch. 4156The Unwelcome Guest Who Wouldn't Come in Person!

Lin Bai and Li Yumen discussed the Lian Province Alliance’s weakness and the threat posed by the Heng Province Alliance after talks over the Sword Hiding Hermitage failed. The Heng Province Alliance sent hundreds of martial artists to pressure Qing Luo, while the Eternal Devil Sect’s Sect Master chose not to intervene and waited to see whether Qing Luo could withstand the attack.

  • Li Yumen urged Lin Bai to accept the Sword Hiding Hermitage and explained that the Lian Province Alliance was bullied because it was the weakest of the thirteen provincial alliances.
  • Elder Li reported that Qing Luo had driven off the Heng Province Alliance’s envoy with the Myriad Formation Banner and that the alliance was preparing to attack him.
  • The Sect Master ordered Elder Li not to interfere, saying Qing Luo had to withstand the Heng Province Alliance’s assault to prove useful to him.
  • Several hundred Heng Province Alliance martial artists gathered outside the Sword Hiding Hermitage and were told to punish Qing Luo without killing him.
  • A senior brother explained that the alliance wanted to make Qing Luo submit, seize the Hermitage’s resources, and investigate rumors that he was the Sect Master’s illegitimate son.

Ch. 4157The Show Is Over, Everyone May Leave!

Lin Bai confronted hundreds of Heng Province Alliance martial artists who infiltrated the Sword Hiding Hermitage to cripple him. He defeated them without killing anyone, then told the hidden observers in the sky that the show was over and they could leave.

  • Hundreds of Heng Province Alliance martial artists broke through the Myriad Formation Banner’s defenses and entered the Sword Hiding Hermitage while Elder Li, other Thirteen Provinces Alliance experts, and the concealed headmaster of the Eternal Devil Sect watched from the sky.
  • Lin Bai sensed the intruders while drinking with Li Yumen, sent Li Yumen back to his seat, and went to meet the attackers alone.
  • The Heng Province Alliance martial artists revealed they intended to teach Lin Bai a lesson and cripple him, then attacked him in the forest.
  • Lin Bai activated the power of his nine God Seals and used the Demon Sword to defeat the attackers, leaving them wounded but alive.
  • Lin Bai let the Heng Province Alliance martial artists withdraw and called out to the hidden observers, saying the show was over and they could leave.

Ch. 4158Li Mojun!

Lin Bai defeated Heng Province Alliance’s attackers at Five Elements Mountain, then learned that the mysterious guest who came to drink with him was Li Mojun, the Eternal Devil Sect’s sect master. Li Mojun asked whether Lin Bai had recognized him, and Lin Bai explained how he had guessed.

  • Experts from the Thirteen Provinces Alliance watched Heng Province Alliance retreat from Five Elements Mountain and left after Lin Bai told them to go.
  • Li Yumen, Zhou Xi, and Sun Yao anxiously welcomed Lin Bai back, and Lin Bai concealed the fight by claiming that lost disciples had wandered into the mountain.
  • Lin Bai drank with Li Yumen until after midnight, then helped the drunken Li Yumen back to rest and praised his loyalty.
  • A white-robed man appeared undetected in the pavilion, introduced himself as Li Mojun, and shared wine with Lin Bai.
  • Lin Bai suspected Li Mojun was the sect master of the Eternal Devil Sect, and Li Mojun confirmed it.
  • Li Mojun asked whether Lin Bai had known his identity, and Lin Bai explained that Li Yumen’s description of the sect master had made him recognize the man’s bearing and aura.

Ch. 4159Internal and External Troubles!

Li Mojun explained why he had tested Lin Bai and revealed that the Eternal Devil Sect accepted him despite knowing he belonged to the Heaven Swallowing Race. He warned Lin Bai that the sect faced serious internal and external troubles and said it needed someone with the potential to overturn the situation.

  • Li Mojun admitted he had arranged tests for Lin Bai, including the Heavenly Ladder trial and the Sword Hiding Hermitage, to judge his loyalty and strength.
  • Li Mojun explained that the Heng Province Alliance had sent only Dao Realm fighters because he had influenced a guardian within the alliance.
  • Li Mojun revealed that the sect knew Lin Bai possessed the Devouring Spirit and had accepted him despite the risks associated with the Heaven Swallowing Race.
  • Li Mojun warned that Lin Bai's approaching Dao Realm breakthrough would bring a Heaven's Wrath Tribulation, but promised the sect would protect him while Li Mojun and the current leadership remained in power.
  • Li Mojun said the Eternal Devil Sect needed Lin Bai's potential to overcome its crises and described how the Eight Great Noble Families of Heng Province had become a growing internal threat.
  • Li Mojun began explaining the sect's external threats by asking Lin Bai what he knew about the situation in Lian Province.

Ch. 4160Turning Heaven and Earth Upside Down!

Li Mojun explained how the Crimson Moon Divine Sect had weakened Lian Province over centuries and how the Evil Moon Sect’s favor kept the Eternal Devil Sect from intervening. He told Lin Bai that the sect needed him to help confront its many enemies, while their mutual leverage ensured neither side would turn against the other for now.

  • Li Mojun told Lin Bai that Xuan Province had repeatedly invaded Lian Province, leaving it and its alliance within the Eternal Devil Sect depleted.
  • Li Mojun explained that the Evil Moon Sect had suppressed the Eternal Devil Sect’s past attempt to defend Lian Province, partly because the Crimson Moon Divine Sect offered it Crimson Moon Spirit Liquid.
  • Li Mojun described the Eternal Devil Sect’s threats from the Crimson Moon Divine Sect, Heng Province’s Eight Great Noble Families, the Evil Moon Sect, and the Thirteen Provinces Alliance.
  • Li Mojun said he believed Lin Bai could help the Eternal Devil Sect overcome its predicament and assured him that the sect would not act against him.
  • Li Mojun warned that the sect could expose Lin Bai as a member of the Heaven Swallowing Race if he betrayed it, and Lin Bai understood that they held each other in check.

Ch. 4161Crimson Moon Divine Sect! Mountain of the Seated Immortal!

Lin Bai agreed to serve the Eternal Devil Sect after Li Mojun promised to protect his secret, and learned that the Sect Master planned for him to undergo tribulation at the Crimson Moon Divine Sect’s Mountain of the Seated Immortal. After Li Mojun departed, Lin Bai asked Li Yumen where to find treasures to withstand tribulation lightning, and Li Yumen pointed him toward Qilin Town.

  • Lin Bai pledged not to betray the Eternal Devil Sect as long as the sect did not betray him, and Li Mojun promised to keep his Heaven Swallowing Race secret safe.
  • Li Mojun named the Crimson Moon Divine Sect’s Mountain of the Seated Immortal as Lin Bai’s ideal secluded place to undergo tribulation and admitted he also hoped Lin Bai’s tribulation would pressure the Crimson Moon Divine Sect.
  • Li Mojun said he would arrange for Lin Bai to travel with the Eternal Devil Sect’s disciples to a ceasefire martial competition within half a year, while Lin Bai searched for treasures to ward off tribulation lightning.
  • Lin Bai and Li Mojun spoke until dawn, then Li Mojun left; Zhou Xi and Sun Yao went up Five Elements Mountain to continue searching for the Sun Moon Divine Flower and Ten-Thousand Year Spirit Milk.
  • Lin Bai asked Li Yumen where he could obtain treasures to resist tribulation lightning, and Li Yumen told him to buy them in Qilin Town.

Ch. 4162Qilin Town! Qin Pavilion!

Li Yumen took Lin Bai to Qilin Town to browse its shops and learn about its treasures. He brought Lin Bai to Qin Pavilion and led him through its Treasure Tablets, stopping at the one titled “Lightning Tribulation.”

  • Lin Bai arranged for Zhou Xi and Sun Yao to guard the Sword Hiding Hermitage and temporarily entrusted them with the Myriad Formation Banner.
  • Li Yumen guided Lin Bai to Qilin Town, where he explained how the town had developed and described its different districts.
  • Li Yumen told Lin Bai that Qin Pavilion was a renowned treasure pavilion and brought him inside.
  • Miao Yu greeted Lin Bai and Li Yumen, then gave them Sound Transmission Talismans when they said they would browse on their own.
  • Li Yumen led Lin Bai to Qin Pavilion’s rear courtyard and explained that the stone tablets listed the pavilion’s greatest treasures.
  • Li Yumen stopped with Lin Bai before the Treasure Tablet titled “Lightning Tribulation.”

Ch. 4163Tribulation-Passing Immortal Garment!

Lin Bai learned about the Thunder Tribulation Stele and the rare Tribulation-Passing Immortal Garment, which could greatly improve his chances of surviving a lightning tribulation. With only six Devil Orbs and a need to prepare for both an ordinary lightning tribulation and Heaven's Wrath Tribulation, he asked Li Yumen how to earn more.

  • Lin Bai and Li Yumen examined Qin Pavilion's Thunder Tribulation Stele, where every listed treasure cost one hundred thousand Devil Orbs.
  • Li Yumen explained that the rankings came from martial artists' recommendations and that the Tribulation-Passing Immortal Garment offered nearly an eighty percent chance of surviving a lightning tribulation.
  • Li Yumen said that only two Tribulation-Passing Immortal Garments existed, both available only for rent, and that Qin Pavilion would not charge for one damaged during a tribulation.
  • Lin Bai considered selling the Sun Moon Divine Flower and Ten-Thousand Year Spirit Milk but worried that the Heng Province Alliance would interfere.
  • Lin Bai realized he had only six Devil Orbs and asked Li Yumen where members of the Eternal Devil Sect could earn more.

Ch. 4164The Cursed Domain!

Li Yumen explained the origins of the Eternal Devil Sect and the dangers and rewards of the White Bone Battlefield to Lin Bai, who needed a way to earn Devil Orbs. Lin Bai became interested in entering the battlefield as Li Yumen recounted his own visits.

  • Li Yumen told Lin Bai that the sect's ordinary ways to earn Devil Orbs offered little profit and suggested the White Bone Battlefield.
  • Li Yumen explained that the Bone Race arose from a forbidden curse that transformed the dead into living bones and once threatened the Eternal Thirteen Provinces.
  • Li Yumen described how the Evil Moon Sect sealed the cursed territory in a void paradise and how Su Yong founded the Eternal Devil Sect to guard it.
  • Li Yumen said the sect later opened the White Bone Battlefield to disciples seeking Devil Orbs and treasures, though many disciples had died there.
  • Lin Bai asked whether Li Yumen had visited the battlefield, and Li Yumen recounted his three trips there.

Ch. 4165White Bone Battlefield!

Lin Bai learned how to enter the White Bone Battlefield and traveled there to cultivate, leaving the Sword Hiding Hermitage under Li Mojun’s watch. He arrived at Moonless City and recognized Wu Yuanlin among a group of Heng Province Alliance martial artists.

  • Li Yumen told Lin Bai that anyone could enter the White Bone Battlefield through a cavern beneath Black White Mountain, with no rules or protections.
  • Lin Bai told Zhou Xi and Sun Yao to guard the Sword Hiding Hermitage, then asked Li Mojun to watch for threats from the Heng Province Alliance and other provincial alliances.
  • Lin Bai flew to Black White Mountain and entered the dark cavern, passing through a barrier into the pale, painted world of the White Bone Battlefield.
  • Lin Bai followed the other martial artists to Moonless City, where he learned that the War Soul Pavilion provided maps and information about the Bone Race.
  • Lin Bai recognized Wu Yuanlin among the Heng Province Alliance martial artists who entered Moonless City.

Ch. 4166Moonless City!

Lin Bai entered Moonless City to learn about the White Bone Battlefield and discovered how its Bone Race yielded Devil Orbs and other resources. After preparing, he left the city and headed for the nearby ruins of Luoshui Town to investigate and hunt the Bone Race.

  • Lin Bai concealed his identity from the Heng Province Alliance and explored Moonless City, a supply hub for martial artists on the White Bone Battlefield.
  • At the War Soul Pavilion, an elder recognized Lin Bai as Qing Luo, gave him books and maps, and offered help as a member of Li Mojun's faction.
  • Lin Bai kept his connection to Li Mojun secret, then studied the map and learned that Bone Race Spirit Bones could be exchanged for Devil Orbs, while natural treasures also offered a way to earn them.
  • Lin Bai left Moonless City and flew toward Luoshui Town, a nearby ruin occupied by relatively weak Bone Race members.

Ch. 4167First Encounter with the Bone Clan!

Lin Bai encountered a Bone Clan member in the White Bone Battlefield and discovered that it could reshape its bones into weapons and reassemble itself unless its Spirit Bone was destroyed. After Qin Yuzhu saved him, Lin Bai met her and Qin Yuheng’s group from the Le Province Alliance.

  • Lin Bai traveled from Moonless City toward Luoshui Town, observing the growing silence and considering the Bone Clan’s connection to ghost cultivators.
  • A Bone Clan member ambushed Lin Bai with bone arrows, then attacked by reshaping its bones into spikes and weapons.
  • Lin Bai shattered the skeleton but watched it reassemble around its intact Spirit Bone, realizing that the Spirit Bone was key to killing it.
  • Qin Yuzhu shot the Bone Clan member’s Spirit Bone, turning it to ashes, and arrived with Qin Yuheng and three other martial artists.
  • Qin Yuheng introduced himself and Qin Yuzhu to Lin Bai, while Qin Yuzhu questioned why a Quasi-Dao Realm martial artist had entered the battlefield alone.

Ch. 4168A Terrifying Moment!

Lin Bai learned that Yellow Springs Flowers near Luoshui Town could earn him three thousand Devil Orbs, so he headed there alone. After a bone clan ambush nearly overwhelmed him, he escaped and continued toward the town more cautiously.

  • Qin Yuzhu told Lin Bai that the group was heading to Luoshui Town to hunt the bone clan and search for Yellow Springs Flowers, then Qin Yuheng led them away.
  • Lin Bai read that Yellow Springs Flowers near Luoshui Town were worth three thousand Devil Orbs and set out for the town.
  • Hundreds of bone clan members ambushed Lin Bai in the forest, and their numbers swelled to several thousand as they repeatedly recovered from his attacks.
  • Lin Bai used Immortal-Slaying to break through the bone clan's bone-arrow storm and escaped after flying tens of thousands of li.
  • Lin Bai concluded that he must avoid being surrounded and resumed his journey toward Luoshui Town.

Ch. 4169Luoshui Lake!

Lin Bai followed the Netherworld Flying Sword’s pull to Luoshui Lake, hoping to find the Yellow Springs Flower in a place of extreme yin. After discovering a vast Bone Clan horde beneath the lake and narrowly escaping, he returned to search elsewhere, certain the flower was not there.

  • Lin Bai used the Netherworld Flying Sword to trace frigid yin energy northwest to Luoshui and followed the river to its source.
  • At Luoshui Lake, Lin Bai judged the water too dangerous to enter himself and sent the Netherworld Flying Sword below to scout.
  • The flying sword revealed countless Bone Clan members lurking at the lake bottom, and Lin Bai recalled it before they could surround him.
  • Tens of thousands of Bone Clan members surged from the lake after Lin Bai, who escaped on his flying sword as they chased him.
  • Half a day later, Lin Bai returned to the lake and concluded that the Yellow Springs Flower did not grow there.

Ch. 4170Yin-Yang in Harmony!

Lin Bai deduced that Luoshui Town and Luoshui Lake formed a yin-yang pattern and searched the intervening mountains for Yellow Springs Flowers. After finding no flowers, he followed a hunch to a valley crowded with Bone Clansmen and spotted a dark cave.

  • Lin Bai realized Luoshui Lake was the place of extreme yin and Luoshui Town the place of extreme yang, identifying the mountains between them as the likely home of the Yellow Springs Flowers.
  • Lin Bai descended into the mountains, killed several hundred Bone Clansmen, and collected their Spirit Bones.
  • Lin Bai passed the Qin siblings and Wu Yuanlin among groups of martial artists searching the mountain range.
  • Lin Bai searched the mountains for hours without finding Yellow Springs Flowers, then reasoned that the largest gathering of Bone Clansmen might mark their location.
  • Lin Bai went to a valley filled with Bone Clansmen, saw a pitch-black cave at the foot of a cliff, and wondered whether the flowers were inside.

Ch. 4171A Narrow Escape from One's Nemesis!

Lin Bai attacked the Bone clansmen in the valley to draw them away so he could investigate a cave, but his escape brought him face-to-face with the Heng Province Alliance martial artists who held a grudge over the Myriad Formation Banner. After they attacked him, he fled and left them to confront the pursuing Bone army.

  • Lin Bai decided to lure the Bone clansmen away from the valley, attacked them, and fled on his flying sword as they pursued him.
  • Lin Bai encountered Senior Brother Wu, Wu Yuanlin, and other Heng Province Alliance martial artists searching for Yellow Springs Flowers, and warned them that the Bone clansmen were coming.
  • Senior Brother Wu and Wu Yuanlin recognized Lin Bai and attacked him to reclaim the Myriad Formation Banner, while the others joined in.
  • Lin Bai dodged their attacks and escaped, taunting Wu Yuanlin that he would have to survive the coming calamity before they could settle their grudge.
  • The Heng Province Alliance group saw thousands of Bone clansmen charging toward them, and Senior Brother Wu turned and fled.

Ch. 4172Mysteries in the Cave!

Lin Bai lured most of the bone clansmen away from the valley, then entered a cavern and found twelve Yellow Springs Flowers. When the bone clansmen returned and blocked the exit, he waited for half a day before deciding he would have to fight his way out.

  • Lin Bai drew the bone clansmen out of the valley, circled back, and killed the few hundred left behind.
  • Lin Bai explored the cavern and found a karst cave filled with twelve Yellow Springs Flowers.
  • Lin Bai harvested the flowers with his flying swords and sealed them in a treasure box.
  • Lin Bai found the bone clansmen gathered at the cavern entrance and retreated into the darkness rather than risk fighting them.
  • After waiting half a day for someone else to draw the bone clansmen away, Lin Bai decided to fight his way out himself.

Ch. 4173Strange Human Voices!

Lin Bai overheard two Golden Bone Clan members discussing a secret trade with Eternal Devil Sect disciples and a plan to discover the seal of the White Bone Battlefield. He realized someone had betrayed the sect and became fixated on the treasures’ value, which exceeded three million Devil Orbs.

  • Lin Bai heard human voices in the valley but saw no martial artists, so he searched for their source.
  • Lin Bai spotted two Golden Bone Clan members speaking about monitoring Moonless City and carrying out their Venerable’s plan.
  • The Golden Bone Clan members discussed a trade at White Dragon Ridge in three months, exchanging valuable treasures for information about the pocket dimension’s seal.
  • One Golden Bone Clan member left, and Lin Bai retreated into the shadows, concluding that someone had betrayed the Eternal Devil Sect.
  • Lin Bai checked an ancient text and calculated that the planned trade was worth more than three million Devil Orbs.

Ch. 4174A Windfall!

Lin Bai escaped the White Bone Battlefield with severe injuries after realizing the deal at White Dragon Ridge could bring him the fortune he needed to survive his lightning tribulation. Back at the Sword Hiding Hermitage, he recovered enough to begin planning how to seize the three million Devil Orbs.

  • Lin Bai decided that although the White Dragon Ridge deal was too dangerous for him to confront directly, its treasure could fund the Tribulation-Passing Immortal Garment and other protections.
  • After waiting for the golden bone clan member to leave, Lin Bai launched his flying swords as a decoy and fought his way out of the valley, suffering numerous bone-arrow wounds.
  • Lin Bai reached Moonless City, traded more than three hundred Spirit Bones for Devil Orbs, kept the Yellow Springs Flower, and bought Profound Spirit Dao Pills before leaving the White Bone Battlefield.
  • Lin Bai returned to the Sword Hiding Hermitage and used the pills to recover about seventy percent of his injuries.
  • Lin Bai began planning how to seize the three million Devil Orbs at White Dragon Ridge, reasoning that the money had come from a traitor to the Eternal Devil Sect.

Ch. 4175Reunion with Li Mojun!

Lin Bai told Eternal Devil Sect Master Li Mojun that a sect disciple planned to betray the sect by trading clues to the White Bone Battlefield’s seal for rare treasures. Li Mojun reacted with fury, but the traitor’s identity remained unknown.

  • Zhou Xi and Sun Yao returned from a lecture at Immortality Seeking Peak, excited by their progress in cultivation, and reported that they had found neither the Sun Moon Divine Flower nor the Ten-Thousand Year Spirit Milk.
  • Lin Bai told Zhou Xi and Sun Yao that he was recovering from injuries sustained in the White Bone Battlefield and instructed them not to disturb him while he waited for a guest.
  • Li Mojun arrived at Moon Gazing Pond, and Lin Bai asked him about golden Bone Race members communicating in a way that sounded like human speech.
  • Li Mojun explained that the golden Bone Race used a secret form of communication detectable by those with powerful Martial Souls or Divine Souls, and asked Lin Bai what he had heard.
  • Lin Bai revealed that a disciple of the Eternal Devil Sect planned to trade clues to the White Bone Battlefield’s seal for treasures worth three million Devil Orbs, and Li Mojun crushed his wine jug in anger.
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