Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai discovered that three Green Jade Fragments had merged into his heart, spine, and sea of spiritual consciousness, while Liao Lu revealed the Crow still possessed nine fragments. Liao Lu then led Lin Bai to five pavilions and entrusted the palace and its stores to him, hoping he would survive.

• Lin Bai used his spiritual power to discover that three Green Jade Fragments had merged with his heart, spine, and sea of spiritual consciousness.
• Liao Lu told Lin Bai that the fragment he had obtained stayed hidden in his flesh, unlike Lin Bai's fragments, which had entered his body.
• Liao Lu revealed that the Crow had nine Green Jade Fragments, but Lin Bai refused to hand over his own fragments and learned no one knew how many existed in total.
• Lin Bai told Liao Lu he had come to pay his respects and ask for help, and Liao Lu led him into the rear hall.
• Liao Lu showed Lin Bai the Scripture Pavilion, Divine Armory Pavilion, Pill Pavilion, Elixir Pavilion, and Primal Chaos Pavilion, then left the palace to him and urged him to live.

Lin Bai sought Liao Lu’s help against the injured Giant God waiting outside and received the complete Five Elements Dao Body Chapter. He searched the palace for more ways to grow stronger and found tens of thousands of Dao Fruits, including some at the Dao Lord level.

• Liao Lu told Lin Bai about the Heaven Swallowing Race’s persecution and urged him to protect his loved ones.
• Lin Bai revealed that an injured Giant God was waiting outside the palace and said he needed treasures to fight him.
• Liao Lu gave Lin Bai the complete Five Elements Dao Body Chapter and control of the palace.
• Lin Bai decided he lacked time to learn more techniques and found no useful weapons, pills, or elixirs.
• Lin Bai searched the Primal Chaos Pavilion and discovered Storage Bags containing tens of thousands of Dao Fruits, including Dao Lord-level ones.

Lin Bai gathered Dao Fruits in the White Jade Palace as the Giant God Gou Yu arrived outside the Devouring Domain and challenged the Heaven Swallowing Race. Liao Lu prepared to face him, sent Lin Bai a teleportation token, and urged him to escape during the ensuing fight.

• Lin Bai refined Dao Fruits to condense God Seals while searching the White Jade Palace for more treasures.
• Gou Yu of the Giant God Race arrived with He Zong and other ghost cultivators, and the human and Demon Race cultivators recognized the continent as the hidden treasure ground of the Celestial God Tomb.
• Gou Yu called on the Heaven Swallowing Race to reveal themselves and fight, and his voice reached Liao Lu and Lin Bai inside the White Jade Palace.
• Liao Lu gave Lin Bai a token that could return him to the Celestial God Tomb and told him to escape amid the coming battle.
• Liao Lu absorbed the Devouring Domain's power, sent the White Jade Palace into Lin Bai's palm, and accepted Gou Yu's challenge.

Giant God Gou Yu fought Liao Lu after the devouring space collapsed, while He Zong led the escaping cultivators away from the shattered void continent. Liao Lu was ultimately crushed, but not before telling Lin Bai to live well and protect those beside him.

• Purple Emperor, Ninth Uncle-Master, Evil Flood Dragon, Ye Qianjiao, and the others fled the devouring space as it contracted and vanished.
• Liao Lu emerged and challenged Giant God Gou Yu, who attacked him and revealed that Liao Lu was only a phantom body.
• Giant God Gou Yu’s escalating power shattered the void continent, and He Zong led the human, demon, and ghost cultivators into the void to escape.
• Liao Lu summoned Heaven Swallowing Mountain, but Giant God Gou Yu crushed it and seized him.
• Liao Lu saw Lin Bai and told him to live well and protect the people beside him before Giant God Gou Yu crushed him to ashes.

After Liao Lu was killed, Lin Bai escaped the Giant God's attack by teleporting to Silver Moon City, though the punch's shockwave left him gravely wounded. Expecting a deadly confrontation, Lin Bai sent the Crow away to find Bai Xiaoxiao, while the Giant God pursued him into the Celestial God Tomb.

• The Giant God crushed Liao Lu, and Lin Bai activated Liao Lu's token to teleport away after promising to avenge him.
• The Giant God nearly struck Lin Bai before the teleportation carried him away, then vowed to track him by his aura.
• Lin Bai arrived near Silver Moon City with severe injuries caused by the Giant God's punch and sensed the Giant God approaching.
• Lin Bai returned his black feathered robe to the Crow and asked him to find Bai Xiaoxiao if Lin Bai died.
• The Crow warned Lin Bai that the Giant God would search the Celestial God Tomb within three months, then followed him from a distance.

After the Giant God entered the Celestial God Tomb to hunt Lin Bai, Lin Bai recovered and refined his Dao Fruits, reaching six God Seals. Knowing he remained no match for the Giant God, he considered ways to grow stronger and searched the White Jade Palace for five-element spiritual objects.

• The Giant God left the Dragon Burial Abyss and headed into the Celestial God Tomb in search of Lin Bai, while human, demon, and ghost cultivators followed him.
• Lin Bai healed his injuries in Demon God Ridge and refined tens of thousands of Dao Fruits, condensing three more God Seals for a total of six.
• Lin Bai assessed his strength and realized it was far from enough to face the Giant God, while using the Devouring Sword Soul risked mutual destruction because of the Burial God Curse.
• Lin Bai considered forging a third flying sword to unlock the next Sword Formation Tower level and studied the Five Elements Dao Body Chapter.
• Lin Bai entered the White Jade Palace to search for spiritual objects of the four elements he still needed.

Lin Bai searched the White Jade Palace for Five Elements resources and refined elemental power from divine weapons to cultivate the Five Elements Dao Body. He reached the early Dao Body stage, strengthening his organs and body as he prepared to face the Giant God.

• Lin Bai found the Seven-Colored Crystal Flower and the Pure Yang Geng Metal Axe, then realized he could refine elemental power from divine weapons with his Devouring Sword Soul.
• Lin Bai searched the Divine Armory Pavilion and gathered divine weapons containing metal, wood, water, fire, and earth power.
• Lin Bai refined the weapons and Mystic Fire Dao Aura, channeling the five elements into his organs through the Five Elements Dao Body Chapter.
• After seven days, Lin Bai's organs and physical body transformed, and his vitality and lifespan increased.
• Lin Bai opened his eyes and announced that he had reached the early Dao Body stage, Divinity Infused Organs.

Lin Bai forged the Netherworld Flying Sword and bonded it to his divine soul, then awoke to find the sword had protected him while he was unconscious. He confirmed that the Immaculate Flying Sword remained in the Dragon Burial Abyss but postponed summoning it until he was ready to face the Giant God.

• Lin Bai stabilized his newly reached initial-stage Five Elements Dao Body and prepared to forge a flying sword.
• Lin Bai used the White Jade Palace’s smelting furnace, divine flame, and Netherdark Divine Iron to shape, quench, and sharpen the Netherworld Flying Sword.
• Lin Bai tore off a fragment of his divine soul and infused it into the sword, then collapsed from exhaustion.
• Two days later, Lin Bai awoke and found the Netherworld Flying Sword had guarded him and answered his call.
• Lin Bai sensed that the Immaculate Flying Sword remained in the Dragon Burial Abyss but decided not to summon it until he was prepared to face the Giant God.

Lin Bai mastered the Black and White Chessboard, a formation plate that let him sense and reshape the terrain across a hundred thousand li. He used it to trap Xu Cheng and the Heaven Tramplers Alliance in a deadly formation, leaving Xu Cheng badly injured by lightning and earthfire.

• Lin Bai reviewed the Dragon Slaying Skill, one of his prepared weapons against the Giant God Race.
• Lin Bai took the Black and White Chessboard from the White Jade Palace treasury, claimed it as his own, and activated its Eye of the Heavens formation.
• Lin Bai spotted Xu Cheng and the Heaven Tramplers Alliance fighting demons near Demon God Ridge and used the chessboard to shift the surrounding mountains.
• Lin Bai filled the forest with mist and attacked the Heaven Tramplers Alliance disciples with arrows formed from the power of heaven and earth.
• Lin Bai struck Xu Cheng with heavenly lightning and earthfire, leaving him charred and badly wounded.

Lin Bai studied the Black and White Chessboard and prepared several treasures to help him fight the Giant God. He began a risky attempt to command millions of Golden Armor Beetles, ending as he drew out a drop of blood to feed them.

• Lin Bai left the wounded Xu Cheng alive and focused on mastering the Black and White Chessboard for his coming battle with the Giant God.
• Lin Bai discovered nine Dawn Break Siege Engines in the White Jade Palace and placed them at locations he had chosen.
• Lin Bai examined a round cauldron containing several million Golden Armor Beetles that had multiplied over countless years.
• Lin Bai found a technique to make the beetles obey him temporarily by feeding them blood, but feared the process might drain his vitality.
• Lin Bai decided to try the technique and squeezed a drop of blood from his fingertip.

Lin Bai prepared his weapons and formations for a final battle with the giant god, then entrusted two letters to the Crow in case he died. The Crow discovered that Lin Bai was Ling Tianzi’s disciple, awakening a powerful memory.

• Lin Bai used his blood to refine nearly all the Golden Armor Beetles, recovering from the ordeal before completing control over them.
• Lin Bai entered the Sword Formation Tower and learned the Three Kill Sword Formation.
• Lin Bai chose the scorched mountain on Demon God Ridge as the battleground and prepared his flying swords, beetles, formations, and siege engines for the giant god’s arrival.
• Lin Bai wrote final letters to his friends and family and to Ling Tianzi, then gave them to the Crow to deliver if he died.
• The Crow read Ling Tianzi’s name on the letter and remembered a majestic figure who ruled over the world across the ages.

After two months of searching the Celestial God Tomb, Gou Yu followed the Immaculate Flying Sword to Nine Cloud Mountain, where he found Lin Bai. Gou Yu declared war on the Heaven Swallowing Race, and Lin Bai accepted his challenge.

• Lin Bai called the Immaculate Flying Sword back from Dragon Burial Abyss, and its sword intent drew the attention of nearby ghost cultivators.
• The Giant God sensed the flying sword and realized it would lead him to Lin Bai, whom he had sought across the Celestial God Tomb for two months.
• Gou Yu crossed Silver Moon City and headed toward Nine Cloud Mountain as powerful human, demon, and ghost cultivators hurried after him.
• Gou Yu announced that he had come to challenge the Heaven Swallowing Race, alarming the experts who feared the battle could destroy the Celestial God Tomb.
• Lin Bai answered Gou Yu from Nine Cloud Mountain and accepted his challenge.

As Lin Bai prepared to face the Giant God, the crow withdrew its concealment and Ling Tianzi watched the unavoidable battle from afar. In the lower realm, Bai Xiaoxiao sensed Lin Bai bidding her farewell, and Jian Ruohan arrived at the Golden Hall as another strange woman appeared beside the throne.

• The experts of the Nine Tribulation Dao Realm feared that the Heaven Swallowing Race and the Giant God Race might clash inside the Celestial God Tomb.
• The Immaculate Flying Sword returned to Lin Bai, signaling that he was ready to fight the Giant God, while the crow ended its concealment and disappeared.
• Ling Tianzi watched Lin Bai from the Spirit Realm and recognized that the battle against the Giant God Race had begun.
• Bai Xiaoxiao felt Lin Bai bidding her farewell and ordered Chu Jiangliu to secure the Golden Hall.
• Jian Ruohan broke into the Golden Hall and told Bai Xiaoxiao that Lin Bai was bidding them farewell, as a ghostlike woman appeared beside the throne.

Lin Bai’s loved ones across the Barren Ancient Continent sensed his sorrowful farewell and feared he faced a deadly crisis as the Giant God Race approached. Yin Jiuling forced his way into Dragon Court and Phoenix Pavilion to demand entry to the Celestial God Tomb so he could help Lin Bai or avenge him.

• Ye Suxin’s soul awakened within Zhao Yue, and Jian Ruohan confronted Bai Xiaoxiao after sensing Lin Bai’s farewell.
• Bai Xiaoxiao said the Giant God Race was coming and that God had descended; Su Xianmei hurried back to the Eastern Continent after sensing something was wrong.
• Lin Duo, Li Subai, and the Peach Mountain Eighteen Immortals sensed Lin Bai’s farewell, and Lin Duo swore to punish whoever threatened his son.
• Hu Qi, A Ning, Wen Jia, Zhao Tiedan, Mo Qing, and Lin Bai’s other friends arrived and confirmed they had felt his farewell too.
• Yin Jiuling entered Dragon Court and Phoenix Pavilion, subdued their experts with a glance, and demanded a slot in the Celestial God Tomb to help Lin Bai or avenge him.

Lin Bai revealed himself as the Swallowing Heaven Race member the Giant God had come to challenge, and the two prepared to fight across the mist-covered Celestial God Tomb. The Giant God launched the first attack, leaving Lin Bai injured as a devastating punch tore toward Nine Cloud Mountain.

• Lin Bai opened his eyes, regained his sharp sword intent, and spread a vast white-mist domain around Nine Cloud Mountain.
• The Giant God stopped outside the mist, while Peacock Demon Emperor, Hong Ding, and the other cultivators recognized Lin Bai.
• The Giant God announced himself as Gou Yu and challenged the Swallowing Heaven Race member, prompting the observers to retreat from the coming battle.
• Lin Bai rose with his demon sword and declared that he accepted the challenge.
• The Giant God roared and struck Lin Bai with a sound wave, making him vomit blood, then charged through the mist and hurled a punch toward Nine Cloud Mountain.

Lin Bai used the Black and White Chessboard to evade the Giant God’s attacks and struck it repeatedly with the Demon Sword, discovering that wounds to its abdomen could make it feel pain. As the fight continued, the Nine Tribulation Dao Realm experts realized Lin Bai possessed extraordinary treasures and began coveting them.

• The Giant God smashed Nine Cloud Mountain, but Lin Bai escaped by using the Black and White Chessboard’s Mountain Moving Sea Filling Formation.
• Lin Bai used the Demon Sword to wound the Giant God’s back, then evaded its counterattack by shifting positions with the chessboard.
• Lin Bai changed positions after each sword strike and inflicted hundreds of wounds on the Giant God, making it scream when he cut its abdomen.
• Prince Mu, the Peacock Demon Emperor, and He Zong recognized that Lin Bai’s chessboard was a powerful treasure, while the Rakshasa Ghost Emperor of Qingxu suspected he held the Three Thousand Dao Lord’s treasures.
• The Nine Tribulation Dao Realm experts grew greedy, and Tong Wuji arrived with other experts to witness the battle.

Lin Bai nearly defeated the Giant God with the Black and White Chessboard and Dragon Slaying Skill, but the Giant God revealed that he had only been playing with him and healed his wounds instantly. After a single punch left Lin Bai near death, the Giant God approached to finish him off.

• The Crow watched Lin Bai fight and plotted to claim his treasures if Lin Bai died.
• Lin Bai battered the Giant God and struck with Dragon Slaying Skill: Sword One, confident that he could win.
• The Giant God caught and crushed Lin Bai’s sword attack, then healed his wounds in moments.
• The Giant God mocked Lin Bai, revealed that he had been fighting for only a drop of blood, and punched Lin Bai through more than a dozen mountains.
• The Giant God recognized Lin Bai’s Five Elements Dao Body and walked up to the badly injured Lin Bai, preparing to kill him.

Lin Bai lay gravely wounded as Giant God Gou Yu began using his blood and bone to hunt down everyone connected to him. Lin Bai’s Dawn Break Siege Engines struck and pinned the Giant God, but a strange rustling sound left Purple Emperor stunned.

• Giant God Gou Yu stood over Lin Bai and used his blood and bone to trace the karma linking him to his friends and relatives.
• Lin Bai summoned a Dawn Break Siege Engine bolt from ten thousand miles away, and it pierced through the Giant God’s back and chest.
• The Giant God tried to pull the first siege engine toward him, but another bolt pierced his thigh, followed by bolts that struck his other limbs.
• Lin Bai activated the remaining Dawn Break Siege Engines, and three more bolts pierced the Giant God’s chest, abdomen, and hand.
• The Nine Tribulation Dao Realm experts watched in shock as the Giant God screamed in pain.
• The Peacock Demon Emperor and Purple Emperor heard a rustling sound, and Purple Emperor looked up in stunned silence.

Lin Bai used the Golden Armor Beetles to gnaw through the Giant God's flesh while the Dawn Break Siege Engines held him in place. The Giant God unleashed his bloodline power, donned Azure Sky Divine Ancient Gold armor, and drew a bronze sword, leaving the battle poised to continue at his strongest.

• Millions of Golden Armor Beetles swarmed over the immobilized Giant God, biting through his flesh despite dying from the Burial God Curse.
• Lin Bai recovered enough to approach the Giant God, who admitted that Lin Bai had forced him into a dire state.
• The Giant God erupted with bloodline power, blasting away the beetles and sending Lin Bai flying.
• Bronze armor forged from Azure Sky Divine Ancient Gold appeared over the Giant God's body, and Crow recognized it as a rare treasure.
• The armored Giant God destroyed the seven Dawn Break Siege Engines and drew a bronze longsword from the void.

The Giant God devastated the Celestial God Tomb with a single sword strike, leaving Lin Bai badly wounded and destroying much of his arsenal. Lin Bai still launched every remaining attack against the Giant God, who dismissed his efforts as the power of an ant.

• Lin Bai overcame his fear and sent the Golden Armor Beetles to attack the armored Giant God.
• The Giant God swept his sword, annihilating the beetles, injuring Lin Bai, leveling more than two hundred thousand miles, and killing the martial artists below the Nine Tribulation Dao Realm.
• The Giant God pursued Lin Bai and split Demon God Ridge with a downward strike, shattering the Black and White Chessboard and destroying Lin Bai's siege engines.
• Lin Bai counterattacked with the Three Kill Sword Formation, Bright Moon Sword, Fuling Pagoda, and Dragon Slaying Skill.
• The Giant God sneered at Lin Bai's assault and called it the ridiculous power of an ant.