Vol. 38The Azure Ruins Battlefield

Lin Bai pursued power through the Ancient Dao Divine Scripture, demon hunting, and the treasures of the Azure Ruins Battlefield, while facing ghost cultivators and rival factions. He left the Sea of Weapons as his Demon Sword neared Divine Weapon level and chaos erupted around him.

  • Gu Rong advanced to the Dao Realm while Hong Ding brought Lin Bai to Barren Mountain Dragon City to explore the Tomb of the Demon Gods.
  • Lin Bai escaped the tomb with the Iron Box containing the Ancient Dao Divine Scripture, pursued by the Mountain Dragon Clan woman and a General Automaton.
  • Lin Bai studied the Ancient Dao Divine Scripture and used the Mountain and Rivers Map to hunt demons and strengthen his God Seal.
  • Lin Bai refined a sword heart, joined Gu Rong’s group bound for the Azure Ruins Battlefield, and was summoned by Elder Gu Tong.
  • Lin Bai captured Yue Shuang, took a jade fragment, and left Monarch’s Slope after Gou Hong attacked Gu Rong and the survivors.
  • Lin Bai found Liu Hang attacking wildly beside the dead Xiao Wu, Li Le, and Tang Chui, while Wu Xuan asked him to save Liu Hang.
  • Lin Bai rescued Liu Hang, found the true Southern Bright Sword Sutra and Bright Moon, and restored the Dao Divine Weapon’s spirituality.
  • Lin Bai used the Devouring Sword Soul to raise his Demon Sword toward Divine Weapon level as rival factions converged and the Sea of Weapons erupted into chaos.
Chapters 3701–3800 Read from Ch. 3701

Arc 149The Tomb of the Demon Gods

Lin Bai entered Barren Mountain Dragon City with Hong Ding, stole the Peacock Mirror, and sought a way to gain Dao Realm power after failing its simulated tribulation. He entered the Tomb of the Demon Gods and escaped with the Iron Box containing the Ancient Dao Divine Scripture, while the Mountain Dragon Clan woman and a General Automaton pursued him.

  • Gu Rong survived her tribulation and advanced to the Dao Realm, while Hong Ding brought Lin Bai to Barren Mountain Dragon City to explore the Tomb of the Demon Gods.
  • Lin Bai and the Crow found the Peacock Mirror in Bai Niao Mountain, but a black-clad woman ambushed Lin Bai, and the Peacock Clan discovered the mirror was missing.
  • Lin Bai failed to survive the Peacock Mirror’s simulated Dao Realm tribulation, so the Crow offered to teach him the Ancient Dao Divine Scripture, which could grant him immense power while he remained at the Quasi-Dao Realm.
  • When the Peacock Clan sealed Barren Mountain Dragon City, Lin Bai persuaded Hong Ding to let him enter the tomb alone and prepared with the Crow before its opening.
  • Lin Bai outmaneuvered the demons in the tomb’s trapped passages, escaped a giant puppet, and continued deeper with a Mountain Dragon Clan woman following him.
  • Lin Bai passed up the first level’s treasure rooms and learned from the Crow that the Ancient Dao Divine Scripture was on the third level among chambers guarded by powerful automatons.
  • Lin Bai broke into the chamber containing the Iron Box, took it from the Mountain Dragon Clan woman, and escaped the tomb with the Crow as the woman and a General Automaton pursued him.
Chapters 3701–372525 summaries Read

Arc 150Journey to the Azure Ruins

Lin Bai escaped the Tomb of the Demon Gods, trained with the Ancient Dao Divine Scripture and Mountain and Rivers Map, and strengthened his God Seal by hunting demons. After returning to Silver Moon City, he refined a sword heart and joined Gu Rong’s group bound for the Azure Ruins Battlefield, where the journey ended with Elder Gu Tong summoning them.

  • Lin Bai escaped the Tomb of the Demon Gods with the Crow’s help, then concealed what he had found from the Four Demon Emperors while Hong Ding helped him leave.
  • Lin Bai studied the Ancient Dao Divine Scripture and rented the Mountain and Rivers Map, using it to weaken demons and gather Dao Fruit power for his God Seal.
  • Lin Bai killed the Demon Wolf King and took Dao Fruit power from surviving demons before returning to Silver Moon City.
  • Lin Bai learned that the Azure Ruins Battlefield held treasures and the second half of the Sword Canon, then decided to go there despite Dugu Xu’s warnings.
  • At Greedy Wolf Commerce, Lin Bai sold demon beast remains and agreed to accompany Gu Rong’s group, while Hong Ding arranged for Gu Rong to obtain the Frost Spirit Sword.
  • Lin Bai studied Hong Ding’s sword manuals, refined a sword heart, and recognized flaws in the techniques he had learned.
  • Lin Bai joined Gu Rong’s group aboard the Gu Family vessels, and Elder Gu Tong summoned them for a meeting shortly before their arrival at the Azure Ruins Battlefield.
Chapters 3726–375025 summaries Read

Arc 151Monarch’s Slope and Red Leaf Valley

Lin Bai captured Yue Shuang, seized a jade fragment, and left Monarch’s Slope after defeating Gou Hong. In Red Leaf Valley, he followed a new frigid yin aura to a cottage where Liu Hang had gone mad after finding a book.

  • Lin Bai wounded the Black Fox aboard the Gu family’s ship, then reached Monarch’s Slope and began searching for treasure apart from Gu Rong.
  • Lin Bai used the Soul Refining Banner to capture an old ghost, learned about the Ghost King, and practiced the Thunder Seal with the Crow’s guidance.
  • Lin Bai entered Moon Gazing Cave after humans and demons clashed, rescued Gu Rong from the Black Fox, and warned the gathered fighters that the Ghost King had faked her death.
  • Lin Bai used Divine Lightning and the Soul Refining Banner to capture Yue Shuang, then made her lead him and the Crow to her ghost manor.
  • Lin Bai kept a green jade fragment from Yue Shuang’s treasure vault and left Monarch’s Slope after Gou Hong attacked Gu Rong, Xu Ci, and the wounded survivors.
  • Lin Bai searched Red Leaf Valley for the South Clarity Dao Lord’s inheritance and followed a frigid yin aura to a newly appeared mountain.
  • Lin Bai reached a cottage and found Liu Hang attacking wildly beside the bodies of Xiao Wu, Li Le, and Tang Chui, while Wu Xuan lay gravely wounded and asked him to save Liu Hang.
Chapters 3751–377525 summaries Read

Arc 152The Sea of Weapons

Lin Bai restored the Dao Divine Weapon Bright Moon, overcame ghost cultivators, and condensed his second God Seal before venturing into the Azure Ruins Battlefield. He claimed Netherdark Divine Iron and used the Devouring Sword Soul to elevate his Demon Sword in the Sea of Weapons, as rival factions closed in and chaos erupted.

  • Lin Bai rescued Liu Hang from cultivation deviation, found the true Southern Bright Sword Sutra and Bright Moon, then restored the sword’s spirituality while the Crow pursued treasures.
  • After the Crow’s thefts drew ghost cultivators to Red Leaf Valley, Lin Bai defeated their leaders with Bright Moon and took two-thirds of their Dao Fruit power.
  • The Netherworld Ghost King sent Bai Meng with an apology and thousands of Dao Fruits, which Lin Bai refined to condense his second God Seal.
  • Lin Bai traveled to Star Luo Domain, where he found Netherdark Divine Iron beneath a pool and escaped with it after fighting White Fire General and rival human and Demon Race groups.
  • At the Sea of Weapons, Lin Bai planted the Demon Sword and fused it with the Devouring Sword Soul to drain the spirituality from weapons across the region.
  • The Demon Sword advanced from a King Grade Spirit Artifact to a supreme Emperor Artifact, while Centipede Daoist, General Gu Xi, and other factions searched unsuccessfully for Lin Bai.
  • Lin Bai continued absorbing weapon spirituality for more than a month as the Demon Sword neared the Divine Weapon level and the Sea of Weapons erupted into chaos.
Chapters 3776–380025 summaries Read
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