Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai confronted Zhao Yue about Ye Suxin’s body, and Zhao Yue refused to give it up, saying she no longer cared about her former ambitions. After Lin Bai left her under his watch, Ye Suxin told Zhao Yue that the person she wanted beside her was Lin Bai.

• Lin Bai found Zhao Yue drinking in the palace courtyard and asked what she wanted; Zhao Yue said she wanted immortality.
• The chapter recounted how the Poison God Family abducted Zhao Yue, sealed her away, and later raised her before she learned they had destroyed her family and sought revenge.
• Zhao Yue told Lin Bai she had freed the other children sealed by the Poison God Family and would keep Ye Suxin alive, but refused to surrender Ye Suxin’s body.
• Lin Bai offered to help Zhao Yue obtain a new body and ordered her to remain within his sight while he settled matters in the Celestial God Tomb.
• After Lin Bai left, Zhao Yue confessed to Ye Suxin that revenge had not brought her happiness and that she felt lonely.
• Ye Suxin told Zhao Yue that she wanted Lin Bai by her side, and Zhao Yue crushed the wine jug in her hand.

Zhao Yue and Ye Suxin discussed Zhao Yue’s feelings for Lin Bai, while Lin Bai sought a way to cross the void and began planning how to take control of the Celestial God Tomb. He ordered the powerful figures of Lingxiao City to attend the next morning’s court.

• Zhao Yue denied being interested in Lin Bai, but Ye Suxin compared her feelings to her own past and reminded her that she had once taken a sword strike for him.
• Zhao Yue admitted she was curious about Lin Bai and asked to keep borrowing Ye Suxin’s body, which Ye Suxin accepted.
• Lin Bai questioned the crow about a treasure that could cross the void, then bargained with him until the crow agreed to a price of six hundred million Vermillion Bird Pills per use.
• Lin Bai planned to meet the powerful figures in the Celestial God Tomb and use a passage between it and the Divine Martial Nation to strengthen the nation and stabilize the tomb.
• Lin Bai returned to his residence and ordered Mu Yu to summon all the powerful figures in Lingxiao City to the next morning’s court.

Mu Yu gathered experts from the Celestial God Tomb and told them that Lin Bai had replaced Lord Xuan Tong, then urged them to kill Lin Bai and free Lord Xuan Tong. With promises that Lord Xuan Tong might remove their Dao Seeds, she secured the experts’ support for a planned attack at court the next morning.

• Lin Bai ordered Mu Yu to summon the experts in Lingxiao City, and Mu Yu privately concluded that he was not Lord Xuan Tong.
• Mu Yu gathered more than twenty Nine Tribulation Dao Realm experts and revealed that she believed Lin Bai and Lord Xuan Tong were separate divine souls.
• Peacock Demon Emperor said he had recognized Lin Bai’s return, and Mu Yu asked the experts to kill Lin Bai and free Lord Xuan Tong.
• Rakshasa Ghost Emperor asked about removing the Dao Seeds, and Mu Yu promised to seek their removal in exchange for the experts’ loyalty.
• Purple Emperor and Ye Qianjiao agreed to act, and Mu Yu told them to attack Lin Bai together at court the next morning.

At court, Mu Yu exposed Lin Bai as the one on the dragon throne and demanded that he release Xuan Tong. When Mu Yu’s allies attacked, Purple Emperor, Peacock Demon Emperor, and Nangong Qingxuan intervened to protect Lin Bai.

• Lin Bai announced that he would reform the rules of the Celestial God Tomb after Lord Xuan Tong’s campaigns had left Lingxiao City dominant.
• Mu Yu accused Lin Bai of being from the Heaven Swallowing Race rather than Xuan Tong and challenged his right to rule.
• Lin Bai admitted his identity, said Xuan Tong was still alive, and refused to let the gathered experts see him.
• Mu Yu ordered the Nine Tribulation Dao Realm experts to capture Lin Bai, while Qiu Litian stood by Lin Bai and declared him his master.
• Purple Emperor, Peacock Demon Emperor, and Nangong Qingxuan appeared before the dragon throne and repelled the attackers.

Lin Bai revealed that he could control the Dao Seeds, turning the planned attack in the Golden Hall against Mu Yu’s faction. After stripping eleven attackers of their cultivation and sending them away, he prepared to confront Mu Yu and the remaining powerful figures.

• Purple Emperor, Peacock Demon Emperor, and Nangong Qingxuan knelt before Lin Bai and pledged to serve him, shocking Mu Yu and the other powerful figures.
• Lin Bai explained that the three had changed sides because they suspected he could control the Dao Seeds as well as Xuan Tong.
• When eleven powerful figures charged Lin Bai, he used Heart Demon Implantation to awaken their Dao Seeds and drain their cultivation.
• Lin Bai collected the eleven Dao Seeds and removed the men’s Dao Fruits, then ordered Purple Emperor to send them out of the Golden Hall.
• Lin Bai sat back on the dragon throne and told Mu Yu and the remaining powerful figures they could now talk.

After defeating Mu Yu’s rebellion, Lin Bai took control of the Celestial God Tomb and appointed leaders to govern its human, demon, and ghost cultivator factions. The new policies began the work of restoring order, while Prince Hai acknowledged that the realm now belonged to Lin Bai.

• Lin Bai sent Mu Yu to the dungeon to face trial for treason and spared the other captured experts for the time being.
• Lin Bai declared that he would govern the human race and appointed Fuyang, Ye Qianjiao, and Nangong Qingxuan as city lords.
• Lin Bai placed Purple Emperor in charge of the ghost cultivators and Peacock Demon Emperor in charge of the Demon Race.
• Lin Bai ordered the leaders to recall their factions and rebuild or restore order in their territories.
• After the officials left the Golden Hall at dusk, Prince Hai reflected that Lin Bai had secured control of the Celestial God Tomb.

Lin Bai prepared to leave the Celestial God Tomb after its forces began carrying out his policies, and he gathered treasures that could restore Li Subai's body. He obtained the Void Piercing Sword Boat and a map to the Barren Ancient Continent from the Crow, but the chapter left him without yet beginning his journey.

• Lin Bai observed the Celestial God Tomb's efforts to stabilize under Purple Emperor, Peacock Demon Emperor, Ye Qianjiao, Fuyang, and Nangong Qingxuan, then decided to return to the Barren Ancient Continent.
• Lin Bai ordered Prince Hai to search for treasures to reconstruct Li Subai's body and gathered Vermillion Bird Pills to trade with the Crow.
• Peacock Demon Emperor sent Lin Bai a Life-Reversing Soul-Nourishing Flower, while Purple Emperor sent him a Heavenly Spirit Embryo.
• Lin Bai paid the Crow six hundred million Vermillion Bird Pills for the Void Piercing Sword Boat, a Flying Sword Immortal Sect treasure that could carry a hundred people between worlds.
• The Crow pointed out that Lin Bai needed a Void Map to reach the Barren Ancient Continent, then sold him one for four hundred million Vermillion Bird Pills.

Lin Bai examined the Void Map and learned how to link Celestial God Tomb to the Barren Ancient Continent so it could guide him through the void. The Crow explained the origins of the Spirit Realm’s three great wars and the Netherworld, leaving Lin Bai with the revelation that the Heaven Swallowing Race and Giant God Race had driven the Creation War.

• Lin Bai studied the Void Map, located Celestial God Tomb and the Barren Ancient Continent, and linked their stars with spiritual power to create a guiding blue light.
• Lin Bai asked about the great realms shown on the map, and the Crow recounted how the Creation War shattered the original Spirit Realm into the Three Thousand Minor Worlds.
• The Crow described the Demon Subjugation War, in which the Demon Race split away from the Spirit Realm and established the Demon Realm.
• The Crow explained that a later conflict over forbidden arts and Demonic Martial Souls divided the Spirit Realm again, creating the Demon Realm, and said Lin Bai’s Dragon Slaying Skill had been devised to fight those hard-to-kill opponents.
• The Crow told Lin Bai that the Netherworld was a neighboring world inhabited only by bodiless ghost cultivators.
• The Crow revealed that the Heaven Swallowing Race and Giant God Race were the protagonists of the Creation War that formed the Three Thousand Minor Worlds.

Lin Bai entrusted Yin Jiuling, Jian Ruohan, and Zhao Yue with governing the Celestial God Tomb while he prepared to return to the Barren Ancient Continent. Instead, he traveled to Silver Moon City, where he reunited with the Nangong and Gu families and Hong Ding.

• Lin Bai explained that the Spirit Realm, Demon Realm, Demon Realm, and Netherworld had once been neighboring realms before ancient wars reshaped the Spirit Realm.
• Prince Hai delivered treasures and cultivation resources, and Lin Bai told Yin Jiuling, Jian Ruohan, and Zhao Yue to remain in the Celestial God Tomb and maintain order until Bai Xiaoxiao could take over.
• Lin Bai declined to attempt a Dao Realm breakthrough, fearing his tribulation would exceed what the available treasures could withstand.
• Lin Bai gathered the Celestial God Tomb's experts and placed its affairs under Yin Jiuling, Jian Ruohan, and Zhao Yue before departing Lingxiao City.
• Lin Bai traveled with Nangong Qingxuan, Qiu Litian, and the Crow to Silver Moon City, where the Nangong and Gu families welcomed him.
• Lin Bai greeted Gu Rong and Nangong Mo, then warmly reunited with Hong Ding.

Lin Bai summoned Tong Xiuyun and Seventh Sister to fulfill the promise he had made to Pill Demon. After the two arrived in Silver Moon City, Lin Bai questioned Seventh Sister before the gathered families.

• Lin Bai reassured Hong Ding and the assembled families that he had come to Silver Moon City to kill only Tong Xiuyun and Seventh Sister.
• Gu Wen explained that Tong Xiuyun was a Tong family elder and that he had killed Seventh Sister's husband before taking her as a concubine.
• Nangong Qingxuan and Gu He sent their people together to seize Tong Xiuyun and Seventh Sister from the Tong family.
• Tong Wuji hurried to the hall and bowed to Lin Bai after the two captives were brought before him.
• Lin Bai asked Seventh Sister to confirm her identity, then remarked on her beauty in her youth.

Lin Bai traveled to Silver Moon City to avenge Pill Demon by confronting Tong Xiuyun and Seventh Sister, while weighing whether to punish Tong Wuji as well. After the guilty pair died, Lin Bai warned Tong Wuji without openly killing him.

• Lin Bai confronted Tong Xiuyun and Seventh Sister over their betrayal of Pill Demon, and Tong Wuji chose not to defend them.
• Seventh Sister begged Tong Xiuyun for help and blamed him for seducing her and drugging her, so Tong Xiuyun killed her.
• Tong Xiuyun confessed responsibility for Pill Demon's fate, asked Lin Bai to spare the Tong family, and then killed himself.
• Lin Bai said Pill Demon had only asked him to kill Tong Xiuyun and Seventh Sister, and he felt the unseen shackles on him loosen after their deaths.
• Lin Bai stared down Tong Wuji, then asked Hong Ding whether a clever man should pretend to be dumb, leaving Tong Wuji terrified.

Lin Bai left Silver Moon City aboard the Void Piercing Sword Boat, secretly heading from the Celestial God Tomb back to the Barren Ancient Continent. The boat entered the dark void, beginning a journey expected to take two or three months.

• Lin Bai warned Tong Wuji, then departed Silver Moon City for Lingxiao City while concealing his real destination from the Celestial God Tomb.
• Lin Bai summoned the Void Piercing Sword Boat and traveled aboard it with the Crow, the Evil Flood Dragon, and Qiu Litian.
• The Crow explained the Automaton Maiden’s role, and Lin Bai gave her a Void Map route to the Barren Ancient Continent.
• The Automaton Maiden piloted the boat through the Celestial God Tomb’s barrier and into the dark void.
• The Crow estimated the voyage would take two or three months, and Lin Bai went to the boat’s luxurious living area, where the Evil Flood Dragon awaited him.

Lin Bai traveled toward the Barren Ancient Continent aboard the Void Piercing Sword Boat, refining his strength and planning to use Qiu Litian and the Crow as allies. The chapter ended as Gong Jun arrived at an island in the Ying Tian Divine Sea to report to Lord Qing Ying.

• Lin Bai explored the Void Piercing Sword Boat and chose a quiet courtyard to stay in during the journey.
• Lin Bai told Qiu Litian to live in a courtyard until they reached the Barren Ancient Continent, while keeping him under the control of the Dao Seed and supreme sword intent.
• Lin Bai cultivated the Five Elements Dao Body, Sword Heart, and Three Kill Sword Formation, and refined eleven Dao Fruits to condense his seventh God Seal.
• Lin Bai decided to bring the Crow to the Barren Ancient Continent because he needed the Crow's help and wanted access to his many treasures.
• Gong Jun, captain of the border patrol, came ashore in the Ying Tian Divine Sea, knelt before Lord Qing Ying, and paid his respects.

Lord Qing Ying learned that Gou Yu had died while pursuing a remnant of the Heaven Swallowing Race and concluded that the Flying Sword Immortal Sect had protected the culprit. He ordered Gong Jun to hunt the remnant across the lower realms, then confronted the sect, which faced his accusations and wrath.

• Gong Jun reported Gou Yu’s death and said Gou Yu had traced a Heaven Swallowing Race remnant to the Celestial God Tomb, where a flying sword had pierced him.
• Lord Qing Ying learned the remnant was the same person the Giant God Compass had detected fifteen years earlier and ordered Gong Jun to find and kill him, even if lower realms had to be destroyed.
• Gong Jun received the compass’s predicted route for the remnant, which pointed toward the Azure Firmament World, the Xuan Kong World, or the Savage Ancient World.
• Lord Qing Ying went to the Flying Sword Immortal Sect and accused it of sheltering the remnant because Gou Yu had identified its flying sword as the weapon that struck him.
• The sect’s white-haired elder denied knowing of any wrongdoing, but Lord Qing Ying insisted that only one of its ancestors could have made the attack.

After Qing Ying accused the Flying Sword Immortal Sect of helping the Heaven Swallowing Race, its ancestors ordered investigations and searches for the powerful Flying Sword Dao expert who had wounded a Giant God. Elsewhere, an old man admitted to secretly helping Lin Bai, while an old woman warned that he had brought Lin Bai serious trouble.

• Qing Ying gave the Flying Sword Immortal Sect ten years to explain its suspected ties to the Heaven Swallowing Race, then departed after splitting a mountain with his voice.
• Elder Song called the sect’s elders and ancestors to Moon Ascent Peak, where they denied helping the Heaven Swallowing Race and concluded the culprit was outside the sect.
• The Flying Sword Immortal Sect’s ancestors ordered three searches: investigate Flying Sword Dao experts across the Spirit World, check the sect for lies, and seek the Heaven Swallowing Race member in the Savage Ancient World.
• The Flying Sword Immortal Sect purged suspected traitors and dispatched one group to investigate the Spirit World and another toward the lower realms.
• An old woman asked an old man whether he had secretly helped Lin Bai with the Flying Sword Dao, and he admitted that his sword had prevented Lin Bai’s death.
• The old woman warned that the old man’s intervention had brought Lin Bai enormous trouble.

Ling Tianzi learned that the Giant God Race and Flying Sword Immortal Sect were mobilizing against Lin Bai, but planned to let others protect his disciple while he avoided intervening directly. After nearly two months crossing the dark void, Lin Bai approached the Barren Ancient Continent, where the Dragon Legion and Loulan Ancient Kingdom were already fighting.

• An old woman told Ling Tianzi that Qing Ying had ordered the Giant God Race's border patrol to kill Lin Bai and destroy the Barren Ancient Continent if necessary.
• The old woman reported that the Flying Sword Immortal Sect had sent out three groups, including Ling Yue and sect prodigies who appeared to be heading to the lower realm.
• Ling Tianzi said Li Shanqing and Leng Yun would help Lin Bai against the Flying Sword Immortal Sect, while an unnamed ally would deal with the Giant God Race.
• After nearly two months in the dark void, Lin Bai heard the Automaton Maiden say they were almost at their destination and saw a speck of light ahead.
• At the Northern Furnace Mountains, the Dragon Legion and the Loulan Ancient Kingdom fought a fierce battle between the Eastern and Northern Continents.

Zhuo Lian and the Immortal Cave Mountain Seventy-Two Sword Cultivators fought the Loulan Ancient Kingdom’s forces, only to be ambushed by Eastern Continent rebels. As they faced defeat, a colossal black sword crashed into the Northern Furnace Mountains, and Lin Bai emerged with another figure.

• The Qilin Crown Prince tried to persuade Zhuo Lian and the sword cultivators to surrender, but they refused and condemned Loulan’s invasion.
• The Qilin Crown Prince revealed that he had delayed them while the Eastern Continent rebel army attacked from behind.
• Zhuo Lian ordered his people to break through east toward a border city, but Loulan’s forces and the rebels surrounded them and inflicted heavy losses.
• A gigantic black sword fell from the sky and crashed into the Northern Furnace Mountains, stopping the battle.
• Lin Bai and another figure emerged from the black sword and recognized that they had returned to the border between the Eastern and Northern Continents.

Lin Bai returned to the Eastern Continent with the Evil Flood Dragon and reunited with Zhuo Lian and the Divine Martial Nation's forces during their battle against the Loulan Ancient Kingdom. After learning the Qilin Crown Prince had invaded and allied with rebels, Lin Bai drove his army from the border with a shout.

• A giant sword descended over the battlefield, and Zhuo Lian and the other Immortal Cave Mountain Seventy-Two Sword Cultivators recognized Lin Bai as he emerged from it.
• Lin Bai greeted Zhuo Lian, and the Divine Martial Nation's soldiers and cultivators knelt to welcome the Sword King home.
• Zhuo Lian told Lin Bai that the Qilin Crown Prince had joined forces with Eastern Continent rebels to attack the Ninth Legion of the Dragon Legion.
• Lin Bai confronted the Qilin Crown Prince, whose guards he sent flying with his voice.
• Lin Bai shouted at the Qilin Crown Prince to leave, and the prince immediately withdrew his army from Eastern Continent territory.

After returning to the Barren Ancient Continent, Lin Bai had Evil Flood Dragon annihilate the Eastern Continent rebels and set out for Lingnan Imperial City with Zhuo Lian and the surviving army. Zhuo Lian explained how invasions and internal rebellions had left the Divine Martial Nation surrounded by enemies, and Lin Bai vowed to demand answers and punish those responsible.

• Lin Bai ordered Evil Flood Dragon to attack the Eastern Continent rebels despite Zhuo Lian's warning that their army was badly depleted.
• Evil Flood Dragon slaughtered the rebels, then Lin Bai rode on its head as Zhuo Lian rallied the survivors and led the fleet toward Lingnan Imperial City.
• Lin Bai asked Zhuo Lian what had happened during his four-year absence, and Zhuo Lian recounted invasions by the Central Sacred Nation, Southern Continent tribes, and Loulan Ancient Kingdom.
• Zhuo Lian said Western Continent monks had swayed officials and helped spur generals and aristocratic families to rebel against the Divine Martial Nation.
• Lin Bai questioned why the Savage Soul Society had failed to prevent the Central Sacred Nation's invasion, then vowed to confront those responsible after reaching Lingnan Imperial City.

Lin Bai returned to the Lingnan Imperial City and learned that the Divine Martial Nation faced invasions and political unrest while the Savage Soul Society had failed to keep its promise of peace. He also discovered that Buddha's Fate Temple monks were pressuring the court to make Emperor Xiao surrender, leaving Lin Bai concerned for Xiao Xiao.

• Zhuo Lian told Lin Bai that the Divine Martial Nation was besieged by several powers and that the Savage Soul Society had not protected it as promised.
• Lin Bai and his companions returned to the Lingnan Imperial City, where he saw Buddhist ascetics receiving gifts from the people.
• Zhuo Lian explained that Buddha's Fate Temple monks were urging Emperor Xiao to surrender to the Central Sacred Nation and had influenced ministers to oppose him.
• Zhuo Lian recounted how Chu Jiangliu had tried to expel the monks, but ministers accused him of rebellion and Emperor Xiao ordered him to stay home for a year.
• Lin Bai learned that the Buddha's Fate Temple had countless outer disciples and sighed that Xiao Xiao must have suffered greatly.