Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai was forced by the four Demon Races to scout a deadly passage, but he followed the Crow’s directions to find a hidden door. He left the pursuers trapped amid the passage’s activated mechanisms as he escaped through the door.

• Kong Jing and the other Demon Races ordered Lin Bai to walk ahead, while Shan Ning quietly warned him not to step on a stone slab ten paces forward.
• Lin Bai relied on the Crow to guide him across the trapped passage and learned that a hidden door led to safety.
• The Demon Races followed Lin Bai’s path, with Shan Ning keeping close behind him, so Lin Bai sped up to leave them behind.
• Lin Bai reached the ninth stone slab and opened the hidden door by striking the wall.
• Lin Bai tossed Supreme Martial Spirit Tool swords onto several slabs, triggering the traps against the pursuing Demon Races, then entered the hidden door.

Lin Bai used the Crow’s guidance to escape the trapped passage and entered a hidden armory with a woman from the Mountain Dragon Clan. After she confronted him over the Demon Race casualties, they continued deeper into the Tomb of the Demon Gods, leaving the weapons behind as the woman grew suspicious of Lin Bai’s knowledge of the traps.

• The Crow guided Lin Bai through the passage, where Lin Bai triggered a mechanism behind him and escaped through a hidden door as a giant puppet awakened.
• The woman from the Mountain Dragon Clan followed Lin Bai through the closing door and attacked him, demanding to know why he had caused the deaths of her Demon Race companions.
• Lin Bai explained that the Demon Race had intended to use him as a scout and kill him, and that he had allowed the woman to follow because she had warned him of danger.
• Lin Bai and the woman explored a chamber filled with Supreme Martial Spirit Tools, while the Crow urged Lin Bai to continue through the passage ahead.
• The woman followed Lin Bai onward, wondering why he ignored the valuable weapons and seemed so familiar with the Tomb’s mechanisms.

Lin Bai followed the Crow through the Tomb of the Demon Gods, avoiding treasure chambers that were often deadly traps, while the woman from the Mountain Dragon Clan pursued him. The Crow revealed that the true treasures lay on the third level, and Lin Bai secured a seven-three share of the loot before they continued deeper.

• Lin Bai passed up the Hidden Alchemy Rooms and Divine Armories as the woman from the Mountain Dragon Clan followed him.
• Members of the Peacock Clan entered a Hidden Alchemy Room and were killed by its traps.
• The Crow explained that the first level's treasure chambers were bait and that the second level mixed real treasures with traps.
• The Crow told Lin Bai that the Ancient Dao Divine Scripture and other true treasures were on the third level.
• Lin Bai demanded seven shares of the treasures to the Crow's three, and the Crow reluctantly agreed.

Lin Bai reached the sealed chambers containing the Ancient Dao Divine Scripture and opened one despite its powerful formations and restrictions, awakening an Eight Tribulation Dao Realm General Automaton. As Lin Bai fought it, the Mountain Dragon Clan woman slipped past him into another chamber.

• Lin Bai followed the crow to nine sealed stone doors and learned that the Ancient Dao Divine Scripture lay behind the ninth door on the left.
• The crow warned Lin Bai about the doors' deadly formations and restrictions, then urged him to open one and take its treasure.
• Lin Bai used the Restriction Break skill to breach a stone door, and the crow remembered that an Eight Tribulation Dao Realm automaton guarded each chamber.
• A General Automaton charged out and attacked Lin Bai with a great saber, forcing him into a fierce battle.
• The Mountain Dragon Clan woman bypassed Lin Bai and the automaton and entered the second stone door.

Lin Bai fought the Mountain Dragon Clan woman and the General Automaton to take the Iron Box containing the Ancient Dao Divine Scripture. He escaped the Tomb of the Demon Gods badly injured, planning to return for the other treasures after improving his cultivation.

• A Mountain Dragon Clan woman entered the second stone chamber, and Lin Bai risked injury to follow her after the Crow warned him the Ancient Dao Divine Scripture was inside the Iron Box.
• The woman claimed the Iron Box for her clan and attacked Lin Bai, but he broke its formation restriction with the Devouring Sword Soul and stored the box in his Storage Bag.
• Lin Bai fled the chamber while the Crow grabbed several ancient books, but the General Automaton blocked his path and the Mountain Dragon Clan woman joined the fight.
• Lin Bai used the Five-Colored Divine Lightning to withstand the General Automaton's saber and propel himself toward the passage.
• Lin Bai flew out of the Tomb of the Demon Gods, telling the Crow he would return for the other chamber treasures after his cultivation improved.

Lin Bai escaped the Tomb of the Demon Gods with the Ancient Dao Divine Scripture after fleeing a battle with the General Automaton and the Mountain Dragon Clan woman. Outside, Hong Ding tried to take him away, but the Four Demon Emperors stopped them and demanded to know what had happened inside.

• Lin Bai broke away from the fight, and the Crow reluctantly agreed to leave the other treasures behind and return for them later.
• The Crow guided Lin Bai through the traps and automatons to the hidden exit, and Lin Bai emerged from the Tomb of the Demon Gods alone.
• Hong Ding hurried to Lin Bai and offered to leave without asking what treasure he had found.
• The Four Demon Emperors questioned Lin Bai about their clansmen and the treasures inside the tomb, while their hidden experts prepared to block his departure.
• Lin Bai claimed that he had found no treasures and began describing the deadly traps and losses among the Demon Race.

Lin Bai escaped the Four Demon Emperors by claiming the Tomb of the Demon Gods had injured him, but the Demon Clan leaders later revealed that he had taken a treasure from its deepest chamber. The Mountain Dragon Demon Emperor ordered the others to pursue him before he could reach Silver Moon City.

• Lin Bai told the Four Demon Emperors that traps and a guarded Divine Armory had injured him, and Hong Ding took him away.
• The Peacock Demon Emperor suspected Lin Bai was lying but believed a Quasi-Dao Realm martial artist could not have obtained much from the tomb.
• Kong Qing, Kong Jing, Leng Xuan, Xia Qing, and a Mountain Dragon Clan woman emerged injured and reported that Lin Bai had triggered traps and escaped with a treasure.
• Shan Ning said Lin Bai had navigated the tomb with ease, opened one of nine stone doors, and taken the treasure inside despite its restrictions.
• The Mountain Dragon Demon Emperor urged the other Demon Emperors to chase Lin Bai before he returned to Silver Moon City.

Lin Bai and Hong Ding parted after leaving Barren Mountain Dragon City, and Lin Bai hid in a remote forest to heal while Hong Ding continued toward Silver Moon City. The Four Demon Emperors ambushed Hong Ding to force him to reveal Lin Bai’s whereabouts and treasures, and Hong Ding brought out the Azure Lotus Pagoda to face them.

• Lin Bai shared what he had learned about the Tomb of the Demon Gods with Hong Ding, angering the crow, and Hong Ding thanked him for the information.
• Lin Bai and Hong Ding parted ways on a Lonely Mountain, and Lin Bai flew hundreds of thousands of li to a secluded forest to heal.
• The Four Demon Emperors intercepted Hong Ding on his way to Silver Moon City and demanded to know where Lin Bai had gone.
• Hong Ding denied being able to retrieve Lin Bai or his treasures, and Mountain Dragon Demon Emperor attacked him.
• Hong Ding fought back and revealed the Azure Lotus Pagoda, shocking the Four Demon Emperors.

After recovering in Demon God Ridge, Lin Bai opened the Ancient Dao Divine Scripture and learned how it could let him condense God Seals by drawing power from other martial artists’ Dao Fruits. He mastered its foundations and prepared to begin condensing the seals.

• Lin Bai recovered from his injuries in a hidden tree hollow while the crow lamented the treasures they had left behind in the Tomb of the Demon Gods.
• Lin Bai promised to help the crow claim treasures from the Celestial God Tomb once he was strong enough, and the crow urged him to cultivate the Ancient Dao Divine Scripture.
• Lin Bai opened the Iron Box and read the Ancient Dao Divine Scripture, learning that it could grant up to nine God Seals by drawing power from other people’s Dao Fruits.
• Lin Bai learned that later cultivators had abused the scripture by draining their victims’ Dao Fruit power, causing it to be reviled and nearly erased from the Spirit World.
• Lin Bai cultivated for nearly half a month, mastered the scripture’s foundations, and prepared to condense his God Seals.

Lin Bai used his withered Dao Fruit to condense only a hazy, unstable Dao Seal and realized he needed far more Dao Fruit power to strengthen it. The Crow offered to rent him a treasure that could help him overcome stronger opponents, and revealed a Mountain and Rivers Map.

• Lin Bai refined his withered Dao Fruit, but it yielded only enough power to form a blurry phantom Dao Seal.
• The Crow explained that Lin Bai needed an enormous supply of Dao Fruit power to stabilize and strengthen the seal.
• Lin Bai said he could not easily obtain Dao Fruit power from others or defeat Dao Realm opponents at his current cultivation.
• The Crow offered its knowledge of formations and a treasure, claiming it could help Lin Bai deal with Dao Realm enemies.
• The Crow quoted rental prices of one million Vermillion Bird Pills per use, one hundred million per month, or ten billion per year.
• At Lin Bai's request, the Crow produced a scroll and unfurled a magnificent Mountain and Rivers Map.

The Crow showed Lin Bai the Mountain and Rivers Map, a treasure that revealed nearby terrain and could suppress cultivators’ realms. Lin Bai rented it for a month, while learning that the Demon Sword may have come from the Celestial God Tomb and the Spirit Realm.

• The Crow revealed that the Mountain and Rivers Map depicted the surrounding fifty thousand kilometers and could lower cultivators’ realms, then demonstrated it by suppressing Lin Bai from the Quasi-Dao Realm to the Great Perfection of the Apex Realm.
• The Crow recalled that he had obtained the map alongside other taboo treasures, including a sword forged from a person’s eye and right hand, but could not remember who took the sword or where they went.
• Lin Bai recognized the Crow’s description as matching the Demon Sword and concluded that it had come from the Celestial God Tomb, possibly from the Spirit Realm.
• Lin Bai agreed to rent the Mountain and Rivers Map for a month and let the Crow add the cost to his existing debt, bringing the total to two hundred million Vermillion Bird Pills.
• The Crow gave Lin Bai the map and its controlling incantation, and Lin Bai learned to use it within half an hour.

Lin Bai learned that the Mountain and Rivers Map had been sealed by the Giant God Race and could only access a fraction of its power through the Crow’s incantation. He stayed in Demon God Ridge to cultivate with the map, using it to weaken demons and harvest their Dao Fruit power for his God Seal.

• Lin Bai questioned the Crow about the Mountain and Rivers Map, learning that the Giant God Race had sealed it and that his incantation could unleash only one ten-thousandth of its power.
• The Crow could not explain its own origins or remember who had stolen the map, but reminded Lin Bai that he owed it two hundred million Vermillion Bird Pills.
• Lin Bai remained in Demon God Ridge to cultivate, seeking Dao Fruit power from demons while making use of the Mountain and Rivers Map’s costly rental period.
• Seven days later, a two-headed serpent at the peak of the First Calamity Dao Realm attacked Lin Bai, but the Mountain and Rivers Map suppressed its strength to below the Quasi-Dao Realm.
• Lin Bai killed the serpent and absorbed its Dao Fruit power, strengthening his First Calamity God Seal.

The Demon Wolf King learned that a human had been killing his subordinates and ordered a search through the Floating Cloud Mountains. Lin Bai, having advanced his First Tribulation God Seal to Minor Accomplishment, discovered the demons closing in and moved on.

• The Demon Wolf King questioned the demons who had fled their mountains and learned that their attacker was a Quasi-Dao Realm human in white.
• The Demon Wolf King ordered his forces to find Lin Bai and vowed to kill him.
• Lin Bai completed two weeks of cultivation and brought his First Tribulation God Seal to Minor Accomplishment.
• The Crow warned Lin Bai that using the God Seal would drain its power and that he would need Dao Fruits to replenish it.
• Lin Bai sensed enemies approaching, hid as their scouts searched the ravine, and realized a demon king was seeking revenge.
• The Crow warned Lin Bai that the demon kings in the depths could be stronger than the Mountain and Rivers Map could suppress, and Lin Bai continued forward.

Lin Bai confronted Demon Wolf King and tested the power of his newly strengthened First Tribulation God Seal against the demons attacking him. He killed one demon and absorbed its Dao Fruit, confirming that the God Seal’s power matched the First Tribulation Dao Realm.

• Demon Wolf King searched the ravine for Lin Bai while Green Ram warned that Eagle King might object to their presence near the Green Vine Mountains.
• Eagle King learned that Demon Wolf King’s forces had gathered near his territory and rushed toward the ravine with a host of demons.
• After hearing from the crow that Demon Wolf King’s cultivation had only recently stabilized, Lin Bai left the ravine and approached the mountain peak.
• Lin Bai admitted to Demon Wolf King that he had killed the leaders of several mountain strongholds, and Demon Wolf King ordered more than twenty First Tribulation Dao Realm demons to attack him.
• Lin Bai activated his First Tribulation God Seal instead of using the Mountain and Rivers Map, killed an attacking demon with his sword, and absorbed its Dao Fruit.

Lin Bai fought through the Demon Wolf King's forces and challenged the third-stage Calamity Dao Realm ruler. He used the Mountain and Rivers Map to weaken the Demon Wolf King, then killed him with the Demon Sword.

• Lin Bai killed the attacking demons and seized a Dao Fruit as the surviving fighters fled to the Demon Wolf King.
• The Demon Wolf King attacked Lin Bai with bronze hammers, and their clash injured Lin Bai but left the Demon Sword unharmed.
• After several hundred rounds, the Demon Wolf King revealed that he had been testing Lin Bai's blade and unleashed his full strength.
• Lin Bai used the Mountain and Rivers Map to lower the Demon Wolf King's cultivation, then distracted him with the Taiji Two Forms Sword Formation.
• Lin Bai pierced the Demon Wolf King's throat with the Demon Sword and killed him.

Lin Bai killed the Demon Wolf King and forced the surviving Ram Demon to surrender two-thirds of his Dao Fruit power. After Eagle King claimed the Floating Cloud Mountains, Lin Bai decided to avoid provoking more demons and return to Silver Moon City once the four great Demon Race clans’ blockade loosened.

• Lin Bai killed the Demon Wolf King, took his Dao Fruit, and demanded two-thirds of the surviving demons’ Dao Fruit power in exchange for their lives.
• Three demons refused and attacked or fled, so Lin Bai killed them; the Ram Demon surrendered two-thirds of his Dao Fruit power and was spared.
• After Lin Bai left, Eagle King arrived, learned the Demon Wolf King was dead, and accepted the Ram Demon’s offer to rule the Floating Cloud and Green Luo Mountains.
• Lin Bai told the Crow he would avoid large-scale fights with the Demon Race and return to Silver Moon City after another half month.

After advancing his God Seal and ending his Mountain and Rivers Map rental, Lin Bai returned to Silver Moon City with the Crow. There he learned that crowds were heading north to the Azure Ruins Battlefield, and the chapter ended with Lin Bai asking Dugu Xu about its dangers.

• Lin Bai spent half a month cultivating in Demon God Ridge, advanced his first God Seal to major mastery, and returned the Mountain and Rivers Map to the Crow rather than incur more debt.
• Lin Bai left Demon God Ridge and heard that the Four Demon Emperors of Barren Mountain Dragon City had searched for something there and fought Hong Ding, who was gravely wounded after a three-day battle.
• Lin Bai and the Crow flew for nine days to Silver Moon City, where they saw many warriors heading north.
• At Microstar Hall, Lin Bai encountered Dugu Xing arguing with Dugu Xu because Dugu Xing wanted to go to the Azure Ruins Battlefield with Big Brother Xiao Long Hai.
• The Crow recognized the Azure Ruins Battlefield as the destination drawing the crowds, and Lin Bai asked Dugu Xu what it was and why he opposed Dugu Xing going there.

Dugu Xu explained the dangers and treasures of the Azure Ruins Battlefield to Lin Bai. After learning that Red Leaf Valley and the second half of the Sword Canon were there, Lin Bai decided to go to the battlefield.

• Dugu Xu warned Lin Bai that the journey to the Azure Ruins Battlefield and the battlefield itself were perilous, with deadly hazards and powerful rivals.
• Dugu Xu explained that the Azure Ruins was a vast burial pit containing the remains and treasures of experts who died in the battle that shattered the Celestial God Tomb.
• Dugu Xu told Lin Bai that the Azure Lotus Pagoda had come from the Azure Ruins Battlefield and that its treasures drew humans, demons, and demonic cultivators there.
• The Crow told Lin Bai that Red Leaf Valley was inside the Azure Ruins Battlefield and that it held the second half of the Sword Canon.
• The Crow urged Lin Bai to enter the battlefield to find treasures and seize Dao Fruits, and Lin Bai decided to go.

Lin Bai went to Greedy Wolf Commerce in Silver Moon City to sell demon beast bones, but Xiao Jiushan and Xu Cheng recognized him as the man who had taken the divine medicine from Dragon King Mountain. Xiao Jiushan confronted Lin Bai over the medicine, and Lin Bai denied knowing anything about it.

• Dugu Xu warned Lin Bai about the dangers of the Azure Ruins Battlefield, then left to stop Dugu Xing from going there.
• Dugu Xu directed Lin Bai to Greedy Wolf Commerce, where Lin Bai planned to sell demon beast bones.
• The Crow demanded a private room, refreshments, the commerce manager, and at least a billion Vermillion Bird Pills, angering the girl in green.
• Xu Cheng recognized Lin Bai as the man who had taken the Yin-Yang Creation Two-Life Flower from Dragon King Mountain and alerted Xiao Jiushan.
• Xiao Jiushan offered Lin Bai a million Vermillion Bird Pills for the divine medicine, but Lin Bai denied knowing about it.
• Xu Cheng accused Lin Bai of ruining his alliance's prospects, and Xiao Jiushan threatened him.

Lin Bai was confronted by Xiao Jiushan at Greedy Wolf Commerce, but Hong Ding arrived and used his reputation to make Xiao Jiushan back down. Lin Bai reunited with Hong Ding and thanked him for separating from him after Barren Mountain Dragon City, which had helped Lin Bai escape the Four Demon Emperors.

• Xiao Jiushan threatened Lin Bai over their dispute at Greedy Wolf Commerce, but Gu Rong arrived with Gu Wen and Hong Ding.
• Hong Ding called Lin Bai an old friend, prompting Xiao Jiushan to abandon the dispute and leave with Xu Cheng and his companions.
• Gu Rong asked Lin Bai how he had provoked Xiao Jiushan, while the Crow imitated Lin Bai and joked about arranging a marriage for him for a fee.
• Lin Bai greeted Gu Wen and Hong Ding, then told Hong Ding he had returned to Silver Moon City that day.
• Lin Bai thanked Hong Ding for sending him away after Barren Mountain Dragon City, and Hong Ding dismissed the favor as minor.