Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai fled the Seven Fiends of Tongxin Mountain, avoiding their attacks as he searched for the passage to the tenth level. He reached it only to find the Corpse King blocking the way, with the Seven Fiends closing in behind him.

• Lin Bai decided to avoid fighting the Seven Fiends and used his sword flight to escape their pursuit.
• Madam Yue tried to slow Lin Bai with her seduction technique, but his perfected sword heart severed it.
• The Seven Fiends sent Old Tree’s roots and vines after Lin Bai, but he evaded their attacks and continued flying.
• Lin Bai asked Tiger and Xia Song where the passage to the tenth level was, then changed course toward it.
• Lin Bai arrived at the passage and found the Corpse King waiting there as the Seven Fiends caught up behind him.

Lin Bai escaped the Corpse King and seven demons by giving the Mystic Fire Dao Aura to the Crow and throwing him into their path. The Crow led his pursuers on a chase across the ninth level, where the Corpse King eventually killed four of the demons, while Lin Bai reached the tenth level.

• Lin Bai realized the Corpse King blocked his way forward while seven demons pursued him from behind, and he decided to find another way out rather than reveal the Devouring Sword Soul.
• Lin Bai handed the Mystic Fire Dao Aura to the Crow, threw him away from the passage, and used the distraction to enter the tenth level.
• The seven demons and the Corpse King chased the Crow, who repeatedly evaded them with his escape techniques.
• The Crow disappeared in a forested mountain after leading his pursuers across the ninth level.
• The Corpse King and the seven demons fought after losing the Crow, and only three demons escaped while four died.
• The Corpse King continued wandering through the ninth level.

After escaping the ninth level, Lin Bai recovered the Mystic Fire Dao Aura from the crow and went to Dead Island to search for Shan Xiao. Tong Wuji and his Tong family tried to seize Lin Bai’s treasures, and Lin Bai fled as cultivators from all three paths pursued him.

• Lin Bai met the crow on Life Island and traded a promise of one hundred million Vermillion Bird Pills for the Mystic Fire Dao Aura.
• Lin Bai sealed the Mystic Fire Dao Aura in a treasure box, rested, and went to Dead Island to search for Shan Xiao.
• Tong Wuji and the Tong family surrounded Lin Bai and demanded the Mystic Fire Dao Aura and a Dao Divine Weapon.
• Lin Bai tossed Tong Wuji an empty treasure box and escaped while the Tong family chased him.
• Lin Bai saw ghost cultivators searching the island for him, and the crow explained that his treasures had made him a target.

Lin Bai encountered Gu Citian on the Tenth Level, where the Gu Family had gathered after hearing that Lin Bai took the Ninth Level’s treasures. Gu Citian warned him that the Demon Race and ghost cultivators had sealed the lower exits and human factions were also seeking him, leaving Lin Bai to continue upward rather than remain on the Tenth Level.

• Lin Bai spotted Gu Citian among the Gu Family martial artists gathered on a mountaintop and secretly approached him.
• Gu Citian lamented that the Gu Family’s elders kept him under protection, then recognized Lin Bai as the Quasi-Dao Realm martial artist who had taken the Mystic Fire Dao Aura and Dao Divine Weapon.
• Gu Citian apologized because Elder Gu He had connected Lin Bai to the theft, but Lin Bai said he did not mind.
• Gu Citian told Lin Bai that the Demon Race and ghost cultivators had sealed the lower nine levels’ exits and that human factions were also looking for him.
• Lin Bai decided he had no need to leave the Eighteen Levels Palace yet, but concluded that the Tenth Level was no longer safe.

Lin Bai learned that human cultivators and the Demon Race were hunting him for his Dao Divine Weapon, so he decided to travel directly to the Eighteenth Level. On the Seventeenth Level, he asked the Crow to find a route onward, despite the danger posed by Fuling Dao Lord’s remnant soul.

• Gu Citian warned Lin Bai that human cultivators would keep pursuing him through the Eighteen Levels Palace, then promised not to reveal their meeting.
• Lin Bai told Gu Citian he was leaving, but secretly decided to head for the Eighteenth Level instead of stopping on the Eleventh.
• Lin Bai used the teleportation passages to travel upward through the levels, with Tiger and Xia Song guiding him and helping him avoid ghost cultivators.
• On the Seventeenth Level, Lin Bai learned there was no known passage to the Eighteenth Level and sent Tiger and Xia Song back into the Soul Refining Banner.
• The Crow warned Lin Bai that Fuling Dao Lord’s remnant soul guarded the Eighteenth Level, but Lin Bai told it to find a way onward and said he could handle the danger.

Lin Bai entered the eighteenth level of the Fuling Pagoda and confronted Fuling Dao Lord's remnant soul to claim control of the pagoda. He used the Devouring Sword Soul to defeat the remnant soul, and the Crow later came to ask whether it was dead.

• Lin Bai used the Devouring Sword Soul while the Crow located the entrance to the eighteenth level in a seaside cave.
• Lin Bai met Fuling Dao Lord's remnant soul and demanded control of the Fuling Pagoda.
• Fuling Dao Lord's remnant soul attacked Lin Bai with flames, but Lin Bai absorbed them with the Devouring Sword Soul.
• The remnant soul recognized Lin Bai as a member of the Heaven Swallowing Race and begged him to spare it.
• Lin Bai unleashed the Devouring Sword Soul and spent roughly fifteen minutes devouring the remnant soul.
• The Crow flew over and asked Lin Bai whether the remnant soul was dead.

Lin Bai began refining the Fuling Pagoda after the crow found no trace of the remnant soul. Meanwhile, a Giant God tracking the Devouring Clan discovered the sealed Barren Ancient Continent, inspected it, and continued toward the Celestial God Tomb.

• Lin Bai asked the crow to check whether the remnant soul had survived, and the crow found no trace of it and passed him the method for controlling the Fuling Pagoda.
• Lin Bai sat down to refine the Fuling Pagoda while the crow sensed a Giant God striding through the Chaotic Void toward the source of the vanished devouring power.
• The Giant God noticed the World Sealing Formation around the Barren Ancient Continent and pushed his face through it to inspect the world.
• Bai Xiaoxiao and Jian Ruohan met the Giant God's gaze without bowing, while martial artists across the continent trembled and Yin Jiuling and Lin Bai's Giant God Race clone went unnoticed.
• After a quarter-hour, the Giant God withdrew, sent his findings to the Giant God Race, and continued toward the Celestial God Tomb.

Lin Bai awakened and imprinted the Fuling Pagoda, drawing the three Ghost Emperors and their forces to surround it. He remained trapped inside, while the Crow warned him that the Giant God was approaching the Celestial God Tomb and withheld further details until Lin Bai escaped.

• Lin Bai awakened the Fuling Pagoda’s spiritual nature as he refined it, and the three Ghost Emperors sensed its power.
• The three Ghost Emperors failed to subdue the Fuling Pagoda and ordered ghost cultivators to surround it, trapping the cultivators who fled from inside.
• Lin Bai left a spiritual imprint on the Fuling Pagoda but did not finish refining it, intending to continue after leaving the Azure Ruins Battlefield.
• The Crow told Lin Bai that the three Ghost Emperors had surrounded the pagoda and that the Giant God was heading toward the Celestial God Tomb.
• The Crow advised Lin Bai to keep the entrance closed while he devised a way to escape.

After refining the Fuling Pagoda, Lin Bai confronted the Corpse King and offered him a year of freedom in exchange for help drawing the three Ghost Emperors' attention. The Corpse King accepted the deal, though he remained wary of Lin Bai.

• Lin Bai sensed that the Corpse King was the strongest ghost cultivator still inside the Fuling Pagoda and went to meet him.
• The Corpse King attacked Lin Bai, but Lin Bai evaded him and used the pagoda to suppress him.
• Lin Bai released the Corpse King and asked him to distract the three Ghost Emperors so Lin Bai could escape.
• The Corpse King demanded freedom, and Lin Bai offered to release him after ten years, then shortened the deal to one year.
• The Corpse King agreed to help for a year but warned Lin Bai that he did not trust him.

Lin Bai emerged from Fuling Pagoda after refining it and faced the three Ghost Emperors, who demanded that he hand it over. He summoned Corpse King to stand beside him, leaving the Ghost Emperors shocked.

• Lin Bai prepared to leave Fuling Pagoda and rejected the Crow's warning that his plan was not foolproof.
• The three Ghost Emperors waited outside Fuling Pagoda while the human, demon, and ghost cultivators remained trapped in a nearby canyon.
• Lin Bai emerged holding the shrunken Fuling Pagoda, and Gu Citian recognized him from the canyon.
• Icy-faced Ghost Emperor and Netherworld Ghost Emperor offered Lin Bai rewards for Fuling Pagoda, while Rakshasa Ghost Emperor urged them to kill him.
• Lin Bai refused to surrender Fuling Pagoda and brought Corpse King out of the pagoda, startling the three Ghost Emperors.

Lin Bai fled the Azure Ruins with the Fuling Pagoda while the three Ghost Emperors were held off by the Corpse King. After using one of the Crow’s feathers to hide his aura and evade the pursuing ghost cultivators, Lin Bai escaped into the barren mountains beyond the battlefield.

• Lin Bai ordered the Corpse King to delay the three Ghost Emperors, then flew away with the Fuling Pagoda as ghost cultivators pursued him.
• The Gu family and other practitioners used the weakened blockade to fight their way out of the valley.
• Lin Bai drove back an Eight Tribulation Dao Realm ghost cultivator with Divine Thunder but continued to be attacked as he crossed the central region.
• Lin Bai paid the Crow one hundred million Vermillion Bird Pills for a feather that concealed his aura and escaped the ghost cultivators’ search.
• Lin Bai crossed the outskirts, left the Azure Ruins Battlefield, and disappeared into the surrounding barren mountains.

After escaping the Azure Ruins, Lin Bai recovered in the wilderness and set out to find the Kong Lu Tomb. A Giant God then tore into the Celestial God Tomb, and the Crow revealed that he had come for Lin Bai, who fled to prepare for the coming confrontation.

• Lin Bai spent seven days riding away from the Azure Ruins, then rested for two days to heal and recover his spiritual power.
• Corpse King emerged from the mist, and Lin Bai returned him to the Fuling Pagoda before setting out to find the Kong Lu Tomb.
• The Celestial God Tomb began shaking as a Giant God emerged from a black hole at Cloud Heaven Peak, badly wounded by a sword through his body.
• The Crow told Lin Bai that the Giant God had sensed his Devouring Sword Soul in the Azure Ruins and had come for him.
• Lin Bai fled without using the Devouring Sword Soul and resolved to strengthen himself before the injured Giant God recovered.

A wounded Giant God arrived at the Burial Dragon Abyss and promised its ghost cultivators a path to the Netherworld if they helped him hunt a member of the Heaven Swallowing Race. As He Zong led the ghosts into conflict with Tianyi City, Lin Bai learned that a mysterious flying sword from beyond the heavens had injured the giant.

• The Giant God descended on the Burial Dragon Abyss, where He Zong offered him refuge and asked for guidance to the Netherworld in return for the ghost cultivators’ service.
• The giant gave He Zong and the other ghosts compasses and ordered them to find members of the Heaven Swallowing Race, then settled beside a lake to heal.
• He Zong rallied the Burial Dragon Abyss ghosts, who attacked Tianyi City’s investigators and began spreading across the Celestial God Tomb.
• The giant left He Zong to receive the many experts seeking him, raising He Zong from an outcast to a ruler in the Celestial God Tomb.
• Lin Bai asked the Crow about the giant’s strength and learned that a flying sword from beyond the heavens had pierced and wounded him near the Celestial God Tomb.

Lin Bai traveled to Tianchi City to search for Kong Lu Tomb, guided by the Crow and avoiding the Demon Race’s territory. After renting a room at the Azure Pine Inn and falling asleep from exhaustion, he woke to a strange noise in his room.

• The Crow located Kong Lu Tomb near Tianchi City, between the Boundless Wasteland and the Icefield Snow Mountains.
• Lin Bai chose to head directly to Tianchi City instead of returning to Silver Moon City, wary of attracting attention over his Dao Divine Weapons.
• Lin Bai reached Tianchi City after more than half a month of travel and entered the damaged, quiet city at night.
• Lin Bai paid fifteen thousand Vermillion Bird Pills for a month at the Azure Pine Inn, while the attendant praised the city’s demon-meat delicacies.
• The Crow flew out to search for Kong Lu Tomb, and Lin Bai fell asleep before a strange noise came from inside his room.

Lin Bai woke to Ning Rou trying to frame him for molestation so her accomplices could extort him at the Azure Pine Inn. He drove off the six men who attacked him and blocked Ning Rou as she tried to flee.

• Lin Bai caught Ning Rou undressing beside his bed and recognized her attempt to set him up.
• Ning Rou called for help, and six burly men burst in and accused Lin Bai of molesting her.
• Lin Bai offered the men a chance to leave, but they demanded fifty thousand Vermillion Bird Pills and attacked him.
• Lin Bai used two flying swords and three God Seals to beat the six men and send them fleeing.
• Lin Bai stopped Ning Rou from escaping and rejected her claim that the men had forced her to help.

Lin Bai stopped Ning Rou after she and the inn waiter tried to rob him, then questioned her about the area around Tianchi City and Ziwei Mountain. Her account of a war that had destroyed nearby mountain ranges made Lin Bai suspect Pill Demon had concealed the truth about the Kong Lu Tomb, leaving him bound by his oath to avenge Pill Demon even if the tomb was fake.

• The six burly men fled, while Lin Bai trapped Ning Rou with his flying swords and forced her to explain the scheme she had arranged with the inn waiter.
• Ning Rou told Lin Bai she had lived in Tianchi City for over two hundred years but had never heard of the Fallen Star Mountain Range or Ziwei Mountain.
• Ning Rou recalled that a war ten years earlier had destroyed many mountain ranges near Tianchi City, and Lin Bai considered that the range might have been among them.
• Lin Bai showed Ning Rou a portrait of Pill Demon, but she did not recognize him, so Lin Bai let her leave.
• Lin Bai concluded that Pill Demon had withheld information about the Kong Lu Tomb and wondered whether it existed, but he still had to avenge Pill Demon because he had sworn the Demonic Heart Oath.

Ning Rou reported Lin Bai’s interest in the Fallen Star Mountain Range and Ziwei Mountain to the White-Bearded Elder, who gave her a map and ordered her to pass it to Lin Bai. The next morning, Ning Rou brought the scroll to Lin Bai but demanded a share of whatever he found.

• Ning Rou left Lin Bai’s room and told the White-Bearded Elder that Lin Bai was asking about the Fallen Star Mountain Range, Ziwei Mountain, and Pill Demon Wang Ci.
• The White-Bearded Elder seized Ning Rou until she revealed that Lin Bai was staying at the Azure Pine Inn, then ordered her to deliver him a scroll without revealing their meeting.
• Ning Rou secretly examined the scroll, which showed the outline of a mountain range, before visiting Lin Bai the following morning.
• Ning Rou showed Lin Bai the scroll but held onto it and demanded thirty percent of whatever he obtained on the trip.

Lin Bai negotiated with Ning Rou over a damaged map that could lead to the Kong Lu Tomb, agreeing to travel with her and let them each claim treasures by their own abilities. Three days later, Ning Rou arrived at Tianchi City's East City Gate with about twenty companions, and the group set out for the Fallen Star Mountain Range.

• Ning Rou showed Lin Bai a map with its crucial section torn away and demanded thirty percent of any treasures they found.
• Lin Bai refused to promise a share and instead agreed to take Ning Rou along, while she offered to guide him using the map she had memorized.
• Ning Rou said the map belonged to a martial artist friend who had given it to her after she told him Lin Bai was investigating the Fallen Star Mountain Range.
• Lin Bai realized that Ning Rou's map and the old map from the Pill Demon had to be combined to locate the Kong Lu Tomb in Ziwei Mountain.
• After waiting three days at the inn, Lin Bai met Ning Rou at the East City Gate, where she had gathered roughly twenty martial artists, including a Five Tribulation Dao Realm man.
• Lin Bai and Ning Rou led the group out of Tianchi City toward the Fallen Star Mountain Range.

Lin Bai, Ning Rou, and their companions reached the Icy Valley Mountain Range, the former Fallen Star Mountain Range, and prepared to search for the treasure. Lin Bai kept the map hidden from Ning Rou and led the group into White Cat Snow Beast territory, while Uncle Yuan continued to harbor murderous intentions toward him.

• Lin Bai and the Crow noticed that more than fifty powerful figures had followed them from Tianchi City, but Lin Bai chose to let them trail the group.
• After crossing the ice plains for several days, Ning Rou identified the Icy Valley Mountain Range as their destination and warned the group that the White Cat Snow Beasts lived there.
• Lin Bai recognized the range from the Pill Demon's map as the former Fallen Star Mountain Range, and Ning Rou confirmed its history and the strength of its inhabitants.
• Lin Bai studied his map while hiding its markings from Ning Rou and Uncle Yuan, provoking Uncle Yuan to consider killing him for it.
• Ning Rou stopped Uncle Yuan from attacking Lin Bai, and Lin Bai flew into the mountain range, telling the others to follow if they wanted to find the treasure.

Lin Bai led Ning Rou and her group into the White Cat Snow Beasts’ territory in search of a treasure, despite Uncle Yuan’s warnings. He identified the clan’s Sacred Mountain as the likeliest location and went ahead alone, leaving Ning Rou and the others to decide whether to follow.

• Lin Bai avoided White Cat Snow Beast patrols as he crossed the Icy Valley Mountain Range, while Uncle Yuan warned him not to enter their territory.
• Lin Bai and Ning Rou’s group found the White Cat Snow Beasts’ snowy valley and discovered that the map placed Ziwei Mountain near its single peak, where powerful clan experts were cultivating.
• Uncle Yuan explained that the peak was the clan’s forbidden Sacred Mountain, but Lin Bai said its terrain and formations made it a possible hiding place for the treasure.
• Lin Bai declared that their agreement with Ning Rou was fulfilled and that everyone would rely on themselves, then concealed his presence and approached the Sacred Mountain alone.
• Ning Rou watched Lin Bai infiltrate the territory and asked Uncle Yuan whether the location seemed likely to contain a treasure.