Chapter Summaries

Gu Rong survived the tribulation and entered the Dao Realm, while Lin Bai realized how far he was from enduring his own tribulation. After Hong Ding proposed traveling with Crown Prince Kongqing to Barren Mountain Dragon City, Kongqing revealed that Gu Rong’s parents had arranged for humans and the city to explore the Tomb of the Demon Gods together.

• A terrifying tribulation struck Gu Rong, and Lin Bai recognized that he was not ready to face even an ordinary tribulation, much less Heaven’s Wrath Tribulation.
• After the lightning and dust cleared, Gu Rong emerged with her wounds healed and her cultivation advanced to the Dao Realm.
• Hong Ding and Gu Wen welcomed Gu Rong, and Lin Bai congratulated her on surviving the tribulation.
• Crown Prince Kongqing offered Gu Rong congratulations before Hong Ding asked him to wait outside the Soul-Seizing Wasteland.
• After leaving with his attendant, Kongqing concluded that Hong Ding had come for the Tomb of the Demon Gods and explained that Gu Rong’s parents had agreed with the Demon Emperor Lords to have humans and Barren Mountain Dragon City explore it jointly.

Hong Ding told Lin Bai about the Tomb of the Demon Gods and the deaths of Gu Rong’s parents at the hands of the Peacock Clan. He and Lin Bai traveled toward Barren Mountain Dragon City to negotiate with the Demon Emperors, while Gu Rong and Gu Wen returned to Silver Moon City to gather martial artists for the tomb’s opening.

• Hong Ding praised Gu Rong for surviving her tribulation and instructed Gu Wen to bring suitable Gu Lineage martial artists to Barren Mountain Dragon City when the Tomb of the Demon Gods opened.
• Gu Rong and Gu Wen returned to Silver Moon City, while Lin Bai chose to accompany Hong Ding to Barren Mountain Dragon City.
• Hong Ding and Lin Bai met Kong Qing and the old man outside the Soul-Seizing Wasteland, and the four set off together.
• Hong Ding explained that the Peacock Clan’s Demon Emperor had killed Gu Rong’s parents and their companions after they revealed the tomb’s location, and that he had survived a tribulation while trying to avenge them.
• Hong Ding told Lin Bai that the tomb was the former mountain gate of a Spirit Realm lineage in Demon God Ridge, separate from the Three Thousand Dao Lords’ treasure in the Celestial God Tomb.

Lin Bai learned that the Human Race and Demon Race planned a joint exploration of the sealed tomb manor in Demon God Ridge, whose treasures could provoke conflict if powerful experts entered. Hong Ding brought him to Barren Mountain Dragon City and offered him a chance to explore, where Lin Bai was struck by the city’s magnificent mountain scenery.

• Hong Ding explained that Demon God Ridge contained the sealed ruins of a Spirit Realm lineage and that Demon Emperors had spent decades unlocking its protective formations.
• Hong Ding told Lin Bai that the Demon Race planned to open the first layer within half a year, while fully unlocking the formations could draw powerful humans and demons into a major conflict.
• Lin Bai realized that the Human Race needed to enter alongside the Demon Race, and Hong Ding confirmed that the Demon Emperors had sworn to explore the tomb jointly.
• Hong Ding offered Lin Bai the chance to join the exploration, and Lin Bai thanked him.
• Hong Ding and Lin Bai arrived at Barren Mountain Dragon City, and Lin Bai marveled at its palaces, cliffs, and mountain scenery.

Hong Ding and Lin Bai entered Barren Mountain Dragon City with Crown Prince Kongqing, who explained the Peacock Clan’s territory and the Demon Race’s reliance on pledged allies because its bloodlines reproduce slowly. Kongqing brought them to Selfless Mountain to wait while he reported Hong Ding’s arrival to the Peacock Demon Emperor.

• Hong Ding described Barren Mountain Dragon City’s four ruling Demon Races and revealed that the Tomb of the Demon Gods lay within the city.
• Lin Bai asked how Hong Ding had found the tomb, and Hong Ding recounted how he and his companions had stumbled upon it while fleeing the four Demon Races.
• As Kongqing guided them through the Peacock Clan’s territory, Hong Ding explained why demons pledged themselves to powerful clans, and Kongqing confirmed that the Peacock Clan had few direct descendants.
• Kongqing took Hong Ding and Lin Bai to a palace on Selfless Mountain and said he would notify his father, the Peacock Demon Emperor.
• Hong Ding asked Kongqing to inform the other Demon Emperors so they could discuss how to deal with him, then Lin Bai and Hong Ding inspected the palace and settled in.

Lin Bai and Hong Ding received Fox Clan women sent by Crown Prince Kongqing, whom Lin Bai suspected were meant to monitor them. That night, Lin Bai rejected a Fox Clan woman who tried to share his bed, and Hong Ding came in laughing.

• Tianlang brought a dozen Fox Clan women to serve Hong Ding and gave Lin Bai a Voice Transmission Token.
• Hong Ding accepted the women, and he and Lin Bai ate, drank, and retired for the night.
• A Fox Clan woman slipped into Lin Bai’s bed and said Crown Prince Kongqing had ordered her to attend to him.
• Lin Bai ordered the woman out, refusing her advances.
• Hong Ding entered Lin Bai’s room, drunk and laughing, and joked that the woman had chosen Lin Bai because he was handsome.

Lin Bai learned from Hong Ding about the Fox Clan’s oppression in Demon God Ridge and the Demon Race’s brutal history. Later, a crow came to demand repayment of Lin Bai’s debt and claimed it knew how to leave the Celestial God Tomb, but had forgotten the way; it became excited when Lin Bai mentioned Fox Clan women.

• Hong Ding explained that the Fox Clan had been nearly wiped out by the Four Great Demon Clans and that its people were exploited and killed when they approached the Dao realm.
• Hong Ding described the Demon Race’s cruelty toward humanity and compared its stalemate with humanity to the war between the Heaven Swallowing Race and the Giant God Race, leaving Lin Bai silent.
• Hong Ding left Lin Bai to cultivate, and Lin Bai sat down to practice after finding himself unable to sleep.
• A crow appeared at Lin Bai’s door, accused him of causing the Wild Bull King to chase it, and demanded that he repay his debt.
• The crow claimed it knew how to leave the Celestial God Tomb but admitted it had forgotten the way, then lit up when Lin Bai mentioned the Fox Clan women.

Lin Bai asked the crow about the Peacock Mirror, hoping to use it to prepare for his heavenly tribulation, and learned that it was kept in the Peacock Clan's forbidden ground. The crow offered to help steal it but could not remember how to reach the forbidden ground unless he could wander around the Peacock Clan.

• The crow urged Lin Bai to take the Fox Clan women to Silver Moon City and sell them, but Lin Bai avoided agreeing and changed the subject.
• The crow charged Lin Bai ten thousand Vermillion Bird Pills per question, and Lin Bai asked where the Peacock Clan's Peacock Mirror was.
• The crow revealed that he had previously tried and failed to steal the Peacock Mirror, along with other supreme treasures from Barren Mountain Dragon City's great Demon Race clans.
• The crow described the Ten Thousand Dragons Battle Robe and Blood God Banner, then offered to waive two hundred Vermillion Bird Pills if Lin Bai helped him steal the Peacock Mirror.
• The crow said the Peacock Mirror was in the Peacock Clan's forbidden ground but claimed he had forgotten how to get there, adding that he might remember if he could wander around the Peacock Clan.

Lin Bai obtained a Special Permit Token and a map from Skywolf so he could travel through Barren Mountain Dragon City. Though the map marked forbidden grounds to avoid, Lin Bai intended to seek them out with the crow.

• Lin Bai asked Skywolf for a permit token to explore the Peacock Clan’s territory, and Hong Ding confirmed that he had suggested it.
• Hong Ding explained that the token could protect Lin Bai from ordinary members of the Demon Race and warned him not to stray into dangerous places.
• Hong Ding asked about the crow, and Lin Bai hurriedly apologized when the crow insulted him.
• Lin Bai waited for the token because the crow wanted to explore and try to remember the route to the Peacock Mirror’s forbidden ground.
• Skywolf returned with a Special Permit Token and a map marking forbidden grounds, both prepared at Crown Prince Kongqing’s direction.
• Crown Prince Kongqing intended the map to keep Lin Bai away from forbidden grounds, unaware that Lin Bai planned to seek them out.

Lin Bai searched the Peacock Clan’s forbidden areas for the Peacock Mirror, avoiding Kong Jing after learning the First Crown Prince wanted the divine medicine he carried. He found a secluded mountain missing from Sky Wolf’s map and cautiously entered it, suspecting it was the place he sought.

• Lin Bai studied Sky Wolf’s map and set out to search the Peacock Clan’s forbidden areas while wearing his Special Permit Token.
• The Crow recognized the path ahead as leading to Seven Seas Mountain, Kong Jing’s residence, and warned Lin Bai that Kong Jing wanted the Yin-Yang Creation Two-Life Flower.
• Lin Bai turned back to avoid Kong Jing and spent several days searching the mapped forbidden areas, finding no sign of the Peacock Mirror.
• Lin Bai abandoned the map and found a weed-covered path leading to a mountain that did not appear on it.
• Lin Bai suspected the unmapped mountain was the place he sought, checked that no one was nearby, and entered it with the Crow.

Lin Bai discovered that the Peacock Mirror was hidden in Bai Niao Mountain, a forbidden treasure vault guarded by a powerful former patriarch. He pretended to abandon the plan, exposing the Crow’s eagerness to help in exchange for a million Vermillion Bird Pills.

• Lin Bai reached Bai Niao Mountain, where Crown Prince Kongqing warned him away from the Peacock Clan’s forbidden ground.
• After Lin Bai left, Heavenly Wolf told Crown Prince Kongqing that Lin Bai seemed to be searching for something, and Kongqing ordered him watched.
• The Crow revealed that the Peacock Mirror and other treasures were inside Bai Niao Mountain, but a Nine Tribulation Dao Realm expert guarded it.
• Lin Bai feigned giving up on the Peacock Mirror, prompting the Crow to offer a way inside and demand one million Vermillion Bird Pills.
• Lin Bai refused to pay and said he no longer wanted the Peacock Mirror.

Lin Bai bargained with the Crow over a trip to Bai Niao Mountain to steal the Peacock Mirror, reducing his debt in exchange for a chance to use it. After learning that Lin Bai could break formations and restrictions, the Crow saw him as a partner for raiding treasures, while Lin Bai wondered whether he could trust the Crow.

• The Crow demanded Vermillion Bird Pills to take Lin Bai to Bai Niao Mountain, but Lin Bai refused and drove the price down through relentless haggling.
• Lin Bai offered to help steal the Peacock Mirror in exchange for using it and reduced his debt to the Crow from 148,890,000 to 100,000,000 Vermillion Bird Pills.
• The Crow explained that Bai Niao Mountain's formations and restrictions had trapped him before and would seal the mountain if they removed the Peacock Mirror.
• Lin Bai revealed that his Devouring Sword Soul's Martial Soul Secret Method, Break Restriction, could undo formations and restrictions, then demonstrated it on a small formation.
• The Crow excitedly proposed that they join forces to take treasures throughout the Celestial God Tomb, while Lin Bai considered visiting Kong Lu Tomb but worried the Crow might betray him.

Lin Bai and the Crow planned to steal the Peacock Mirror from Bai Niao Mountain, using the Crow’s feather to hide Lin Bai’s aura while the Crow lured away the Nine Tribulation Dao Realm guardian. Lin Bai reached the hidden chamber and found the mirror, unaware that another black-clad man was watching him.

• The Crow gave Lin Bai a feather that concealed his aura for three hours and warned him not to overstay in Bai Niao Mountain.
• Lin Bai drank with Hong Ding, then slipped out of the palace with the Crow under cover of night.
• The Crow drew the guardian away, and Lin Bai waited until the old monster had left before entering Bai Niao Mountain.
• Lin Bai followed the Crow’s map to a cliffside crack and silently broke through the formation restrictions with his Devouring Sword Soul.
• Lin Bai entered the hidden stone chamber, identified the jade mirror as the Peacock Mirror, and failed to notice a black-clad man watching him from behind.

Lin Bai took the Peacock Mirror from Bai Niao Mountain, but a black-clad woman attacked him and triggered the mountain’s sealing formation. Lin Bai escaped while the woman fought Crown Prince Kongqing, and the Peacock Clan discovered its treasure was missing.

• A black-clad woman ambushed Lin Bai in a cavern and tried to seize the Peacock Mirror, injuring his shoulder.
• The woman’s attack struck the cavern walls and triggered Bai Niao Mountain’s formations, prompting Lin Bai to flee as the mountain-sealing formation began to close.
• Crown Prince Kongqing blocked Lin Bai and the woman with a storm from his divine folding fan, but Lin Bai broke through and escaped.
• The black-clad woman shattered Kongqing’s attack with a punch, wounded him, and disappeared into the darkness.
• The old patriarch returned to Bai Niao Mountain and told the gathered Peacock Clan experts that the Peacock Mirror was gone.

After stealing the Peacock Mirror from Bai Niao Mountain, Lin Bai returned injured to Selfless Mountain and insisted he would enter the Dao Entry Realm despite the Crow’s warnings. When Lin Bai went to bid farewell to Hong Ding, Hong Ding revealed that he knew Lin Bai had stolen the mirror.

• Lin Bai returned to his room with serious wounds and treated them with pills.
• The Crow visited Lin Bai, and Lin Bai recounted the dangerous fight at Bai Niao Mountain and showed him the Peacock Mirror.
• Lin Bai and the Crow argued over who would keep the Peacock Mirror, and Lin Bai said he needed it to prepare for his tribulation and reach the Dao Entry Realm.
• Lin Bai spent several days healing and studying the Peacock Mirror, then decided to leave Barren Mountain Dragon City before investigating it further.
• Lin Bai went to bid farewell to Hong Ding, who confronted him with the knowledge that he had stolen the Peacock Mirror.

Lin Bai stayed in Barren Mountain Dragon City after Hong Ding warned that the Peacock Clan would kill him if he left while the Peacock Mirror theft remained unresolved. He entered the mirror to practice facing Dao Realm tribulation thunder, but its first three roars destroyed his avatar and left him shaken.

• Hong Ding warned Lin Bai that the Peacock Clan suspected humans and offered to protect him if he stayed in the city.
• After Hong Ding left to meet the Peacock Demon Emperor about the Tomb of the Demon Gods, Lin Bai and the crow agreed that leaving would be too dangerous.
• Lin Bai used the Peacock Mirror and sent an avatar into its world to face a simulated Dao Realm tribulation.
• The first two roars of the tribulation thunder badly injured Lin Bai's avatar, and his Demon Sword could not stop the second roar.
• The third roar blasted Lin Bai's avatar apart, and Lin Bai opened his eyes outside the mirror, pale and desolate.

Lin Bai sank into despair after realizing he could not overcome the Dao Realm lightning tribulation, fearing he would fail to protect his family and the Divine Martial Nation from the Ancient Immortal Sect. The crow offered him a way to wield Dao Realm power through the Ancient Dao Divine Scripture, though it carried serious limits.

• The crow tried to console Lin Bai by proposing that they use his formation-breaking ability and the crow’s knowledge to plunder treasures in the Celestial God Tomb.
• Lin Bai brooded over his failed tribulation, drank the crow’s strong wine, and feared that Bai Xiaoxiao, Lin Duo, Li Subai, and the others would die if he could not gain enough power.
• After hours of searching for a way to restore Lin Bai’s resolve, the crow revealed that he could teach him to wield Dao Realm strength while remaining at the Quasi-Dao Realm.
• The crow explained that the Ancient Dao Divine Scripture could raise Lin Bai’s power as high as the Nine Tribulation Dao Realm, but could not grant him a Dao Realm lifespan or let him advance further.

Lin Bai learned that the Ancient Dao Divine Scripture could let him wield Dao Realm strength while still in the Quasi-Dao Realm, and the Crow revealed it was hidden in the Tomb of the Demon Gods. Lin Bai decided to explore the tomb, and the Crow offered to lead him there.

• The Crow explained that the Ancient Dao Divine Scripture used power from Dao Fruits to create a God Seal, but reckless cultivators had turned it into a notorious demonic technique.
• Lin Bai said that a cultivation technique was not inherently righteous or demonic, since its practitioners determined how it was used.
• The Crow recalled finding the scripture inside a sealed, dangerous place in Barren Mountain Dragon City while fleeing the Mountain Dragon Clan.
• Lin Bai identified the place as the Tomb of the Demon Gods, where the Crow also remembered seeing Hong Ding and other human martial artists.
• Lin Bai resolved to explore the Tomb of the Demon Gods for the scripture, and the Crow volunteered to guide him and search for its treasures.

Lin Bai learned the Tomb of the Demon Gods would open in five days, too soon for the human experts from Silver Moon City to arrive, and asked Hong Ding to let him enter alone. Hong Ding warned that the Quasi-Dao Realm Lin Bai would face mortal danger but finally agreed.

• Hong Ding told Lin Bai the Peacock Clan had sealed Barren Mountain Dragon City and was searching for the three thieves who stole the Peacock Mirror.
• Hong Ding explained that the Four Demon Emperors had agreed to let humans explore the Tomb of the Demon Gods but scheduled its opening for five days later, preventing the Silver Moon City experts from arriving.
• Lin Bai recognized the timing as a scheme to exclude the human race from the tomb.
• Lin Bai asked Hong Ding for permission to enter the tomb alone, despite the danger from First Tribulation Dao Realm demons.
• Hong Ding warned Lin Bai he could be killed immediately but eventually agreed to let him go.

Lin Bai prepared with the Crow to enter the Tomb of the Demon Gods in search of the Ancient Dao Divine Scripture, and Hong Ding led him to the guarded entrance. There, Hong Ding identified the four Demon Races’ dangerous fighters, leaving Lin Bai on the verge of entering the tomb with their names in mind.

• The Crow reported that experts from the four great Demon Races guarded the tomb, and Lin Bai said he had a way to get inside with Hong Ding’s help.
• Lin Bai spent five days healing and preparing with the Crow, who made a map of the tomb’s dangers, passages, puppets, and treasures.
• Hong Ding escorted Lin Bai toward the tomb and promised to protect him after he emerged, whatever treasures he found.
• At the entrance, Hong Ding pointed out Shan Ning of the Mountain Dragon Clan and warned Lin Bai about the Stone Ghoul Clan, Xia Qing, Leng Xuan, and the Peacock Clan’s Crown Princes Kongqing and Kong Jing.

Lin Bai entered the Tomb of the Demon Gods behind the four great Demon Races and relied on the Crow’s knowledge to navigate its trap-filled passage. After the entrance sealed shut, the Demon leaders turned their attention to Lin Bai, apparently intending to make him test the dangers ahead.

• The Demons mocked Lin Bai, while Kong Jing confronted him about a possession and threatened to take his life when he reclaimed it.
• Hong Ding and the four great Demon Races opened the Tomb of the Demon Gods and were ordered to return within three hours.
• Lin Bai followed the Demon races into the tomb, where the Crow warned him that the passage ahead was filled with deadly traps and formations.
• The entrance slammed shut after Lin Bai entered, and several Demons were found pinned to the walls by long hairs.
• The Demon leaders gathered at a trap and turned toward Lin Bai, while the Crow offered to guide him safely through the passage.