Chapter Summaries

Xuan Tong seized the throne of Lingxiao City and crushed Prince Xuan for resisting his rule. He issued his first imperial edict ordering an attack on Myriad Evil City to seek a treasure capable of crossing the void, which he needed to escape the Celestial God Tomb.

• Prince Mu announced Xuan Tong as the new Emperor Ling, and the officials and six princes pledged allegiance after Prince Yuan endorsed him.
• Xuan Tong killed Prince Xuan with an invisible force that stripped away his flesh and turned him to ash.
• Xuan Tong asked whether Lingxiao City had a void-crossing treasure, and Prince Mu said the treasury had none while Prince Hai suggested looking elsewhere.
• Xuan Tong ordered Prince Hai to lead the vanguard and Prince Mu to command an immediate attack on Myriad Evil City.
• Xuan Tong promised titles, the throne, lands, Dao Divine Weapons, and Dao Scriptures to those who offered a void-crossing treasure.

Prince Hai delivered Lingxiao City's demand for Myriad Evil City to surrender its void-crossing treasure and submit within ten days or face war. Myriad Evil City refused, and Qiu Litian declared that he would personally deliver a coronation gift to the new Emperor Ling.

• Prince Hai told Myriad Evil City's Human, Demon, and Ghost Alliance leaders that Lingxiao City demanded the treasure capable of crossing the void and would attack if the city did not surrender within ten days.
• The alliance leaders and other cultivators rejected Prince Hai's threats and argued over the new Emperor Ling, while Prince Hai warned that the Human Alliance would be slaughtered if he were killed.
• Prince Hai kept Xuantong's identity as the new Emperor Ling secret, following Prince Mu's plan to provoke Myriad Evil City into war and weaken it with Xuantong's power.
• Qiu Litian refused to retreat and told Prince Hai that he would personally deliver a coronation gift to the new Emperor Ling.
• Prince Hai accepted Qiu Litian's words and left the council hall, telling Myriad Evil City to prepare for war.

Prince Mu and Prince Hai reported that Myriad Evil City was preparing for war, while Xuan Tong questioned what demons were and what gave his life meaning. He decided to visit an old friend, though the chapter did not identify that friend.

• Prince Hai returned to Lingxiao Palace and told Prince Mu that Myriad Evil City was preparing for war under the old flood dragon’s control.
• Prince Mu and Prince Hai went to report to Emperor Ling, while Xuan Tong drank wine with Mu Yu in the palace.
• Mu Yu asked Xuan Tong what he cared about, and his inability to answer stirred loneliness and a growing bloodlust in him.
• Xuan Tong and Mu Yu debated what it meant to be a demon, as the narration explained how Lin Bai had voluntarily yielded control of his body to Xuan Tong.
• Xuan Tong said that he might have an old friend who could answer his question, and decided to visit him.

While asleep, Xuantong met Lin Bai in a strange consciousness space and argued with him about whether immortality was worth abandoning family and friends. They fought, and Xuantong appeared to defeat Lin Bai before leaving; when he awoke, he told Mu Yu that Lin Bai was a fool who could not answer his question.

• Xuantong fell asleep on the dragon throne after drinking Thousand-Year Flower Wine and encountered Lin Bai beneath a leafless jade tree in a misty space.
• Xuantong told Lin Bai that the Giant God was dead, then questioned whether Lin Bai’s family and friends were worth risking his life to protect.
• Lin Bai explained that Xuantong was the evil thought born from the Devil Flower and rejected eternal life if it required abandoning everything he cared about.
• Xuantong declared that he would seek a void-crossing treasure in the Celestial God Tomb and conquer the Spirit World, but Lin Bai challenged him to a fight.
• Xuantong and Lin Bai clashed with their sword techniques, and Xuantong left after Lin Bai fell beneath the tree, unaware of Lin Bai’s faint smile.
• Xuantong awoke on the dragon throne and told Mu Yu that Lin Bai was a fool who could not give him an answer.

After Lin Bai’s plan left Xuantong in control of Lingxiao City, Xuantong ordered an attack on Myriad Evil City and personally entered the city. He effortlessly broke through its protective formation and killed the martial artists who tried to stop him, then advanced toward the city’s heart.

• Prince Mu and Prince Hai told Xuantong that Myriad Evil City had refused to surrender and threatened to attack Lingxiao City.
• Xuantong ordered Prince Hai to lead the Heaven Flipping Army against Myriad Evil City and told Prince Mu to guide him to the city’s experts.
• Xuantong, Prince Mu, and Mu Yu reached Myriad Evil City, where Xuantong cleaved open the City Protection Formation and entered.
• Myriad Evil City’s martial artists attacked the three, but Xuantong’s flying swords killed them in a single strike.
• Prince Mu realized he had no need to fight and followed Xuantong as Xuantong headed toward the heart of Myriad Evil City.

As Myriad Evil City's factions debated whether to fight Lingxiao City, Xuantong arrived with Prince Mu and Mu Yu and slaughtered the city's assembled experts. The survivors looked to Qiu Litian for help, but he knelt before Xuantong and called him his master.

• Qiu Litian silenced the bickering factions and proposed testing Emperor Ling's strength before committing to war.
• Prince Mu, Mu Yu, and Xuantong entered the grand hall, where Qiu Litian recognized Xuantong from Demon God Ridge and froze in fear.
• After Xuantong called the assembled experts paper tigers, several Eight Tribulation Dao Realm cultivators confronted him.
• Xuantong used three flying swords to kill the challengers and then cut down many more experts, including leaders of the Human Alliance and Ghost Alliance.
• The surviving cultivators begged Qiu Litian to subdue Xuantong, but Qiu Litian knelt and addressed him as his master.

Xuan Tong spared the Evil Flood Dragon, who recognized him as the master who had once subdued him, and watched Lingxiao City conquer Myriad Evil City. After the search found no treasure capable of crossing the void, Xuan Tong ordered the Heaven Flipping Army to attack the Demon Race’s Boundless Wasteland.

• The Evil Flood Dragon knelt before Xuan Tong and explained that Lin Bai had left sword intent inside him and made him a mount in the Three Thousand Dao Lord's treasure trove.
• Xuan Tong decided not to kill the Evil Flood Dragon and left Prince Mu to oversee Myriad Evil City while he departed with Mu Yu on the dragon's back.
• The Heaven Flipping Army breached Myriad Evil City, defeated its forces, and spent several days searching its treasuries for a void-crossing treasure.
• Prince Mu, Mu Yu, and Prince Hai reported that they had found no such treasure or information about one.
• Xuan Tong ordered the Heaven Flipping Army to advance immediately and attack the Demon Race's Boundless Wasteland.

Lord Xuan Tong turned his attention to the Demon Race’s Boundless Wasteland, where countless independent demon powers made conquest difficult. He planned to make the demons search for a treasure that could cross the void, then force them to submit once he had eliminated the Celestial God Tomb’s other forces.

• Mu Yu advised Prince Mu to arrange for Lingxiao City’s Sea Overturning Army to guard Myriad Evil City while the Heaven Flipping Army moved on.
• Lord Xuan Tong, Mu Yu, and the Heaven Flipping Army departed for the Boundless Wasteland, while Prince Mu stayed behind with Prince Hai to arrange the city’s defense.
• Prince Mu and the Evil Flood Dragon explained that the Boundless Wasteland held tens of thousands of scattered demon powers and was protected by dangerous terrain, poison, and miasma.
• Mu Yu suggested attacking another force, but Lord Xuan Tong said he would gather the demon leaders and offer to help one of them unify the wasteland in exchange for finding his treasure.
• Lord Xuan Tong revealed that after destroying the other forces in the Celestial God Tomb, he would have the power and time to subdue the Boundless Wasteland by force.

Xuan Tong sent Mu Yu to manage the Boundless Wasteland while he led the Heaven Flipping Army to conquer Tianchi City and Great Snow Mountain in search of a treasure that could cross the void. With both regions submitting but neither yielding clues, he set out for his next target.

• Xuan Tong gave Mu Yu Prince Mu’s military authority and ordered her to handle the Boundless Wasteland while he marched toward Tianchi City.
• Prince Mu realized that the strongest force left in the Celestial God Tomb could claim Lingxiao City’s throne, then headed for the Three-Headed Hound Clan to reclaim his authority.
• Xuan Tong and the Heaven Flipping Army overwhelmed Tianchi City, and Ye Qianjiao submitted to him to stop the slaughter.
• Xuan Tong planted a Dao Seed in Ye Qianjiao and ordered Tianchi City’s families to search for the void-crossing treasure, but they found no clues.
• Xuan Tong led the army to Great Snow Mountain, where the Snow Petrel Demon Clan persuaded the Demon Race to submit, but they also had no information about the treasure.

Xuantong conquered nearly every force in the Celestial God Tomb while searching for a treasure that could cross the void, and he headed toward Tianyi City as his final target. Yin Jiuling, Zhao Yue, Jian Ruohan, and the crow also made for Tianyi City, where its leaders prepared for Xuantong’s arrival.

• Xuantong led the Heaven Flipping Army south, destroying the Ghost Emperors in the Azure Ruins, defeating the forces of Dragon Burial Abyss and Demon God Ridge, and accepting Silver Moon City’s surrender.
• After his campaigns, Xuantong still had no clue about a void-crossing treasure and set his sights on Tianyi City, planning to seek out the crow if he found nothing there.
• Yin Jiuling, Zhao Yue, Jian Ruohan, and the crow realized Tianyi City was Xuantong’s final target and hurried there to seek an alliance against him.
• At Star Plucking Pavilion, Ninth Uncle-Master and Tianyi City’s Lord heard reports of Xuantong’s victories and learned that Tianyi City and the Boundless Wasteland were the only forces left.

Tianyi City debated whether to surrender or fight the approaching Heaven Flipping Army, led by Mysterious Eyes. Yin Jiuling, Zhao Yue, and Jian Ruohan offered a plan that convinced Ninth Uncle-Master to prepare for battle.

• Tianyi City's lord told the elders that Mysterious Eyes and the Heaven Flipping Army would reach the city within three days, and the elders debated whether to resist or surrender.
• Xiong Xueqing and other experts said Mysterious Eyes was the real threat, and Ninth Uncle-Master suggested temporarily surrendering because Tianyi City had little chance of victory.
• A disciple announced that three visitors claimed they could deal with Mysterious Eyes, and Yin Jiuling, Zhao Yue, and Jian Ruohan entered the Star Plucking Pavilion.
• Zhao Yue warned that Mysterious Eyes would likely massacre Tianyi City if he failed to find the treasure he sought there, while Yin Jiuling said they could not kill him but could make him lay down his butcher's knife.
• Zhao Yue explained their plan, and after half a day of deliberation, Ninth Uncle-Master chose to fight; Tianyi City began preparing for battle.

Lord Xuan Tong breached Tianyi City's defenses and entered Star Plucking Pavilion to confront Yin Jiuling, Jian Ruohan, and Zhao Yue, while Mu Yu led the Heaven Flipping Army into battle outside. Yin Jiuling revealed the power of a Reincarnation Seal and called on the crow to face Lord Xuan Tong, who recognized it as a possible bearer of a void-crossing treasure.

• Lord Xuan Tong rode the Evil Flood Dragon through the City Protection Formation and demanded Tianyi City's submission or death.
• Ninth Uncle-Master told Lord Xuan Tong that old acquaintances from the Barren Ancient Continent wished to meet him, and Lord Xuan Tong entered Star Plucking Pavilion.
• Mu Yu summoned Ye Qianjiao, the Evil Flood Dragon, and other forces, then ordered them to seize Tianyi City, triggering a battle with the city's defenders.
• Lord Xuan Tong confronted Yin Jiuling, Jian Ruohan, and Zhao Yue, and his power overwhelmed Jian Ruohan and Zhao Yue.
• Yin Jiuling used the power of a Nine Reincarnation Seal to break Lord Xuan Tong's attack, then called for the crow to act.
• The crow appeared, and Lord Xuan Tong said he had searched the Celestial God Tomb for a void-crossing treasure and believed the crow possessed one.

Yin Jiuling, Crow, Jian Ruohan, and Zhao Yue trapped Profound Eye in an illusion using the Reincarnation Altar and prepared to send Zhao Yue into Lin Bai’s consciousness. Zhao Yue reached Lin Bai and called to him, causing him to awaken from meditation.

• Yin Jiuling and the others used Crow’s Mind-Confusing Powder to briefly disorient Profound Eye while Jian Ruohan and Zhao Yue completed the Reincarnation Altar around him.
• Profound Eye tried to escape with his Devouring Sword Soul, but the Infinite Reincarnation Art trapped him in layers of identical worlds while his real body remained seated in the Star Plucking Pavilion.
• Yin Jiuling asked Jian Ruohan and Crow to guard them and used the Dream Inception Technique to send Zhao Yue into Lin Bai’s consciousness space.
• Zhao Yue entered Lin Bai’s consciousness space and called his name, causing the sword-technique afterimages to vanish and Lin Bai to open his eyes.

Trapped in his consciousness by Xuantong, Lin Bai continued honing his sword techniques as his awareness slowly weakened. Ye Suxin and Zhao Yue entered with a way to bring him back, but Lin Bai refused, fearing that fighting Xuantong for control would destroy both their minds and leave his body a mindless killer.

• Lin Bai tried and failed to escape the endless space of consciousness, then continued deducing the strike “Slay the Immortals” as his consciousness weakened.
• Ye Suxin appeared after Yin Jiuling sent her into Lin Bai’s consciousness, and Zhao Yue arrived with her true face revealed.
• Zhao Yue explained that Yin Jiuling had left a Reincarnation Imprint that could guide Lin Bai out of the sealed space.
• Lin Bai refused to use the imprint because he feared that he and Xuantong would clash for control of his body and lose their reason.

Yin Jiuling pulled Lin Bai, Zhao Yue, and Ye Suxin out of Xuantong’s consciousness space, but Lin Bai’s consciousness collided with Xuantong’s and collapsed. As Lin Bai lost his reason and attacked those around him, the Star Plucking Pavilion became a battlefield and his companions faced a deadly threat.

• Xuantong entered the consciousness space and warned Lin Bai that leaving would make their consciousnesses collide and leave him a slaughtering monster.
• Yin Jiuling activated his secret technique, and Zhao Yue used the rune in her palm to pull Lin Bai and Ye Suxin out with her.
• Lin Bai’s consciousness collapsed as the Devouring Sword Soul revived, and he began destroying the Star Plucking Pavilion.
• Lin Bai broke Yin Jiuling’s Infinite Reincarnation with a sword strike and wounded him.
• Zhao Yue rode White Snake toward Lin Bai, but Lin Bai struck her down and cleaved White Snake in two.

Lin Bai lost control as the Devouring Sword Soul overwhelmed him, and he slaughtered everyone in Tianyi City. Yin Jiuling, Zhao Yue, and Jian Ruohan cornered the crow and demanded that he stop Lin Bai, leaving the crow facing Yin Jiuling’s threat.

• Jian Ruohan froze Lin Bai, but he broke free, wounded her, and unleashed the Devouring Sword Soul to consume the Star Plucking Pavilion.
• Lin Bai emerged from the ruins and killed Ninth Uncle-Master with one sword strike before attacking everyone in sight, including Tianyi City’s forces and Xuan Tong’s followers.
• Zhao Yue and Jian Ruohan asked Yin Jiuling how to stop Lin Bai, and he said the crow was their only option.
• The crow tried to flee, but Yin Jiuling, Zhao Yue, and Jian Ruohan intercepted him; the crow refused, fearing the karmic consequences of saving Lin Bai.
• Yin Jiuling threatened to drag the crow through hell unless he saved Lin Bai.

Yin Jiuling frightened the Crow into using a Buddha Sharira to suppress the Heart Demon Implantation and drive Profound Eye from Lin Bai’s consciousness. Lin Bai regained control amid Tianyi City’s ruins, but Zhao Yue remained unsure who was in his body.

• Yin Jiuling invoked the Reincarnation Sutra, and the Crow surrendered rather than risk being dragged into Hell.
• The Crow sent a Buddha Sharira above Tianyi City, where its sacred light and Sanskrit chanting descended on Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai tried to destroy the Sharira, but its chanting weakened the demonic flower and drove Profound Eye back toward the old tree in his consciousness.
• Lin Bai fell and later woke amid Tianyi City’s ruins, unable to remember what had happened while Profound Eye controlled him.
• The Crow mourned as the Sharira turned to ash, and Zhao Yue asked Lin Bai who he was because she still could not tell whether Lin Bai or Profound Eye controlled his body.

Lin Bai reunited with Jian Ruohan, Zhao Yue, and Yin Jiuling after the Crow used a Sharira to save him, and learned that he could control the Dao Seeds Xuan Tong had planted in the experts. As the survivors regrouped in Tianyi City, Lin Bai kept his identity concealed and ordered them to find a treasure to cross the void.

• Lin Bai confirmed his identity, and Jian Ruohan embraced him before promising to follow him wherever he went.
• The Crow demanded fifty billion Vermillion Bird Pills for the Sharira he had used to save Lin Bai, and Lin Bai promised to repay him when he had money.
• Lin Bai and his companions returned to Tianyi City as the battle ended, and Yin Jiuling urged them to leave before trouble arrived.
• Lin Bai realized he could control the Dao Seeds Xuan Tong had planted in the experts and reassured his companions that they posed no threat.
• Mu Yu and the other experts sensed that Lin Bai was no longer Xuan Tong, but Lin Bai imitated Xuan Tong's cold manner and ordered them to find a treasure capable of crossing the void.

Lin Bai returned to Lingxiao City after the Heaven Flipping Army unified the Celestial God Tomb, then secluded himself to contain Xuantong and later reunited with Yin Jiuling and Jian Ruohan. He comforted Jian Ruohan over her changed appearance, telling her they were a perfect match as a monster and a fiend.

• Lin Bai ordered the search for a treasure capable of crossing the void, and the Evil Flood Dragon recognized that he had returned.
• After the search of Tianyi City yielded no clues, Lin Bai led the Heaven Flipping Army back to Lingxiao City and delegated its affairs to Prince Hai and Mu Yu.
• Lin Bai entered secluded cultivation to seal his consciousness space and considered seeking a way to destroy or separate Xuantong from his body in the Spirit World.
• Lin Bai shared wine with Yin Jiuling, who explained his reincarnation method and reminded Lin Bai that they were brothers.
• Lin Bai visited Jian Ruohan, who confessed she was ashamed of her monstrous appearance, and he embraced her, saying they were a perfect match.

Lin Bai and Jian Ruohan shared a moonlit conversation about the poison fused with her martial soul and their feelings for each other. Lin Bai planned to return alone to the Barren Ancient Continent while Jian Ruohan and the others stayed in the Celestial God Tomb to cultivate.

• Lin Bai examined Jian Ruohan and found that the Ice Jade Poison had fused with her Extreme Ice Sword Soul, giving her power while leaving her in a corpse-like state.
• Jian Ruohan said she wanted to accept the poison's power so she could help Lin Bai fight the Giant God Race, and Lin Bai promised to seek a cure, including from his master.
• Lin Bai reproached Jian Ruohan for hiding from him for ten years, and she admitted she had cared about showing him her appearance.
• Jian Ruohan told Lin Bai that Famous Sword Manor had prospered under Emperor Xiao's rule and that its people had joined the Divine Martial Nation.
• Lin Bai said he would return alone to the Barren Ancient Continent while Jian Ruohan, Yin Jiuling, and Zhao Yue remained in the Celestial God Tomb to cultivate with Lingxiao City's resources.