Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai explored the Eternal Devil Sect’s Scripture Repository with Li Yumen and Jiang Xuansu, searching for a Mystic Art and Dao Art suited to him. After rejecting techniques that demanded too much spiritual power, he found the Nine Steps Chasing the Gods Swordplay and read its preface.

• Jiang Xuansu explained that the Repository’s final three levels contained powerful secret techniques and that the Four Intentions of Extinction was kept on the eighth level.
• Lin Bai found the Four Intentions of Extinction on the eighth level but left it where it was.
• Lin Bai considered his existing attack, defense, and movement techniques and concluded that the strongest arts would drain too much spiritual power for regular use.
• Lin Bai and Li Yumen searched the Repository’s levels for techniques suited to them, and Lin Bai eventually returned to the seventh level.
• Lin Bai took the Nine Steps Chasing the Gods Swordplay from a shelf and read its preface, which described nine steps capable of chasing gods above and slaying immortals below.

Lin Bai chose the Nine Steps Chasing the Gods Swordplay and the Heaven Concealing Leaf, then tested the leaf’s ability to hide aura and fashioned it into a jade pendant. He began cultivating the swordplay in seclusion with the Heaven Concealing Jade Pendant ready to conceal his presence.

• Lin Bai selected the Nine Steps Chasing the Gods Swordplay after Jiang Xuansu warned him that coordinating its movement and sword techniques would be difficult.
• Li Yumen chose his own Mystic Arts and Dao Arts, and Lin Bai and Li Yumen left the Scripture Repository as their Sect Master's jade tokens shattered.
• Lin Bai returned to the Sword Hiding Hermitage and began studying the swordplay and Heaven Concealing Leaf in seclusion.
• Lin Bai tested the Heaven Concealing Leaf on Tiger Demon Gu Yuanshan and found that it hid Gu Yuanshan so completely that he could approach unseen.
• Lin Bai carved two pieces of fine jade into a pendant, set the Heaven Concealing Leaf inside, and named it the Heaven Concealing Jade Pendant.

Lin Bai emerged from seclusion and prepared to attend Qin Yuyan’s auction at Spring Wind Valley in disguise as Yin Jiuling. He arrived just before the auction began and entered the valley with Qin Yuyan, where hundreds of wealthy guests had gathered.

• Lin Bai studied the Nine Steps Chasing the Gods Swordplay and began cultivating it in seclusion.
• Li Yumen told Lin Bai that Qin Yuyan had summoned them to the auction at Spring Wind Valley and advised him to take the Bone Shift Pill.
• Lin Bai took the Bone Shift Pill and transformed his appearance into Yin Jiuling’s, impressing Li Yumen and drawing Jiang Xuansu’s curiosity.
• Lin Bai left the Sword Hiding Hermitage and traveled to Spring Wind Valley, while Jiang Xuansu and Li Yumen stayed behind.
• Qin Yuyan greeted Lin Bai at the valley entrance, relieved he had arrived, and escorted him inside to meet the gathered auction guests.

Lin Bai attended Qin Yuyan’s private auction in Spring Wind Valley, where she set rules to protect him from unfairly low bids. The auction began with his divine and spirit medicines, and the Cauldron Immortal Crystals sold for fifty-six thousand Devil Orbs.

• Qin Yuyan introduced Lin Bai to the gathered magnates and explained that the seller could reject bids and reclaim any treasure.
• Qin Yuyan gave Lin Bai Qin Pavilion’s appraisal scroll and arranged for Seventh Uncle to bid on behalf of Qin Pavilion.
• Lin Bai presented hundreds of Storage Bags of treasures sorted into categories, and Qin Yuyan began auctioning the divine and spirit medicines.
• Qin Yuyan offered one hundred Cauldron Immortal Crystals for bidding, and Lin Bai checked their value against Qin Pavilion’s records.
• The bids rose from forty thousand to fifty-six thousand Devil Orbs, and the buyer paid Lin Bai on the spot.

Lin Bai’s treasures from the Bone Clan sold for twelve million Devil Orbs at Qin Yuyan’s three-day auction, and he paid Qin Pavilion its commission. Qin Yuyan revealed that Qin Pavilion knew he had seized the treasures and hoped he would repay its favor in the future, while promising to keep his secret.

• Qin Yuyan auctioned Lin Bai’s medicines and treasures to wealthy buyers over three days, driving the bids higher than their estimated value.
• Lin Bai counted twelve million Devil Orbs from the sales and gave Qin Yuyan six hundred thousand as Qin Pavilion’s five-percent commission.
• Lin Bai thanked Qin Yuyan, who explained that Qin Pavilion had favored him because it believed in his potential and hoped he would help the merchant house someday.
• Qin Yuyan told Lin Bai that Qin Pavilion had investigated the White Bone Battlefield and deduced that he had taken the treasures from the Bone Clan.
• Qin Yuyan promised Qin Pavilion would keep Lin Bai’s secret, and Lin Bai acknowledged that he would owe the merchant house another favor.

Lin Bai returned to Sword Hiding Hermitage while Young Master Lu argued with the Bone Race over their exposed deal. Qin Yuyan thwarted Shen Ci’s attempt to learn about the Dao God Relics, and the Second Elder later identified Shen Ci as the fish who had surfaced.

• Lin Bai avoided being followed for several days before restoring his appearance and returning to Sword Hiding Hermitage.
• Young Master Lu told the Bone Race Honored Ones he would recover the lost treasures and asked them not to reveal his identity.
• Shen Ci visited Qin Yuyan to ask about the Dao God Relics, but Qin Yuyan refused to disclose the seller’s identity and destroyed jade talismans before they could be sent.
• Shen Ci reported to his unseen senior that Qin Yuyan had shown no reaction, and the senior told him to seek other clues.
• The Second Elder told Li Mojun that Shen Ci was the little fish who had surfaced.

Lin Bai returned to the Sword Hiding Hermitage with twelve million Devil Orbs from selling treasures and shared four million each with Li Yumen and Jiang Xuansu. He then went to Qin Pavilion to rent the Tribulation-Passing Immortal Garment and buy other tribulation treasures, but Qin Yuyan said an attendant would have to accompany him, complicating his plan to undergo his lightning tribulation in secret outside the Eternal Thirteen Provinces.

• Lin Bai returned after staying away to avoid being followed and reported that selling the treasures had earned twelve million Devil Orbs after commission.
• Lin Bai offered four million Devil Orbs each to Li Yumen and Jiang Xuansu, and they accepted after he persuaded them.
• Li Yumen planned to use his share to attempt a breakthrough to the Dao Immortal realm, while Lin Bai intended to buy treasures to withstand his lightning tribulation.
• Lin Bai and Li Yumen went to Qin Pavilion, where Lin Bai asked to rent the Tribulation-Passing Immortal Garment and buy additional tribulation treasures for Zhou Xi and Sun Yao.
• Qin Yuyan explained that Qin Pavilion would send an attendant to carry the garment and retrieve it after the tribulation, and Lin Bai revealed that he planned to undergo his tribulation outside the Eternal Thirteen Provinces.

Lin Bai bought more than fifty tribulation-warding treasures from Qin Pavilion and other merchants, spending over five million Devil Orbs to prepare for his upcoming tribulation. He returned to the Sword Hiding Hermitage to study the treasures while Li Yumen told Jiang Xuansu about his extravagant purchases.

• Lin Bai told Qin Yuyan he needed the Tribulation-Passing Immortal Garment and several other powerful treasures, then asked to buy them.
• Qin Yuyan brought eleven treasures, and Lin Bai inspected them before paying 1.2 million Devil Orbs; he arranged to rent the Tribulation-Passing Immortal Garment when he was ready to undergo tribulation.
• Lin Bai and Li Yumen visited merchant organizations around Qilin Town, where Lin Bai spent more than five million Devil Orbs on tribulation-warding treasures.
• Two days later, Lin Bai returned to the Sword Hiding Hermitage with more than fifty treasures and began familiarizing himself with their powers.
• Li Yumen animatedly told Jiang Xuansu about Lin Bai's recent purchases and denounced him as a wastrel.

After mastering his tribulation-warding treasures, Lin Bai learned that the Eternal Devil Sect would depart for the Crimson Moon Divine Sect’s martial competition in five days, with him joining as an accompanying disciple. Before leaving, he asked Sect Master Li Mojun to protect Sword Hiding Hermitage and Zhou Xi and Sun Yao while Lin Bai prepared to face his lightning tribulation.

• Lin Bai finished studying the treasures that could ward off the lightning tribulation and met Sect Master Li Mojun and Jiang Xuansu in the pavilion.
• Li Mojun gave Lin Bai the competition roster and said the team would leave for the Crimson Moon Divine Sect in five days under the Third Elder’s leadership.
• Lin Bai saw that Li Yumen was among the 130 Dao Sovereign competitors and found his own name among the more than 500 accompanying disciples.
• Li Mojun agreed to arrange for someone from Qin Pavilion to bring Lin Bai the Tribulation-Passing Immortal Garment and for an elder to guard Sword Hiding Hermitage.
• Lin Bai asked Li Mojun to care for Zhou Xi and Sun Yao if he died during his lightning tribulation, then vowed to reclaim what the Heng Province Alliance had taken if he returned alive.

Five days after leaving the Sword Hiding Hermitage, Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu arrived at Dragon Ascension Peak to join the delegation traveling to the Crimson Moon Divine Sect. Lin Bai met Qin Yuyan, who agreed to bring the Tribulation-Passing Immortal Garment and accompany him on his journey to undergo tribulation.

• Jiang Xuansu explained that Dragon Ascension Peak served as the Eternal Devil Sect's departure point for major battles and that they would travel aboard a Kun Long.
• Lin Bai learned that the Kun Long had been gifted to the Eternal Devil Sect by the Evil Moon Sect after its victory at the Evil Moon Grand Feast.
• Lin Bai spotted Qin Yuyan and went with Jiang Xuansu to ask about the Tribulation-Passing Immortal Garment.
• Qin Yuyan said she had arranged to bring the garment herself and would accompany Lin Bai, leaving Qin Pavilion's affairs to her family.

Lin Bai, Jiang Xuansu, and Qin Yuyan joined the Eternal Devil Sect’s delegation traveling to the Crimson Moon Divine Sect for a Dao-discussing martial competition. After the Third Elder announced the journey, they boarded Kun Long and settled into the Flying Cloud Pavilion.

• Qin Yuyan joined Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu, saying she planned to relax while handling Qin Pavilion business along the way.
• Li Yumen introduced Lin Bai to the Lian Province Alliance disciples, who questioned how he had gained the Sword Hiding Hermitage.
• The Third Elder announced that the Eternal Devil Sect and Crimson Moon Divine Sect had agreed to peace and would hold a martial competition for Dao Venerables.
• The Third Elder ordered the disciples to board Kun Long and travel to the Crimson Moon Divine Sect.
• Lin Bai, Jiang Xuansu, and Qin Yuyan received residence tokens and took neighboring rooms in the Flying Cloud Pavilion.

Lin Bai traveled with Jiang Xuansu, Qin Yuyan, and the Eternal Devil Sect disciples toward the Crimson Moon Divine Sect, spending the journey refining his tribulation-avoiding treasures. After emerging from seclusion, he joined his companions to watch the martial contests on Kun Long’s Seventh Mountain.

• Kun Long departed the Eternal Devil Sect with the disciples and was expected to reach the Crimson Moon Divine Sect after several months of travel.
• Lin Bai practiced controlling his tribulation-avoiding treasures, including the Mountain-Swallowing Toad, while Kun Long crossed into the Crimson Moon Divine Sect’s territory.
• As the disciples grew more sociable, Li Yumen repeatedly invited Lin Bai to watch contests, while Jiang Xuansu and Qin Yuyan also received invitations.
• Li Yumen, Jiang Xuansu, and Qin Yuyan visited Lin Bai, and he agreed to go with them to the Seventh Mountain’s martial arena.
• The group found seats on a cliff and watched the martial contests as Qin Yuyan drew excited calls from the crowd.

Lin Bai grew bored watching the arena matches until Qin Yuyan offered Yun Fusheng's Dao Realm cultivation insights as a prize for winning ten consecutive fights. He accepted and entered the arena, challenging anyone below the Dao Venerable level as the crowd jeered at his Quasi-Dao Realm cultivation.

• Lin Bai watched several matches, lost interest, and admitted the fighters seemed to drag out their bouts instead of ending them decisively.
• Qin Yuyan offered Yun Fusheng's cultivation insights to Lin Bai if he won ten consecutive arena matches.
• Jiang Xuansu and Li Yumen warned that the wager was unfair because Lin Bai had only Quasi-Dao Realm cultivation.
• Lin Bai accepted Qin Yuyan's challenge and leaped onto the arena after a match ended.
• Lin Bai announced his cultivation and invited anyone below the Dao Venerable level to fight him, prompting jeers from the onlookers.

Lin Bai entered the martial contest despite the crowd’s mockery and defeated a Two-Calamity Dao Realm opponent with one punch. He remained on the arena and called for challengers as he pursued his agreement with Qin Yuyan to win ten consecutive battles.

• Martial artists mocked Lin Bai for entering the contest with Quasi-Dao Realm cultivation, but he refused to leave the arena.
• A Two-Calamity Dao Realm young man challenged Lin Bai and offered to let him strike first.
• Lin Bai shattered the young man’s spiritual shield with one punch and sent him crashing into the mountain below the arena.
• Jiang Xuansu recognized that Lin Bai’s physical strength had reached the Seven-Calamity Dao Realm, while Qin Yuyan realized his body-refining technique explained his strength.
• After the defeated young man admitted his loss, Lin Bai announced that he still needed nine more victories and invited anyone below Dao Venerable level to fight.

Lin Bai continued his arena challenge, defeating five martial artists with single punches despite his Quasi-Dao Realm cultivation. As he neared his goal of ten consecutive victories, Qin Yuyan tried to make the challenge harder by openly flirting with him in front of the crowd.

• A Three Tribulation Dao Realm body refiner challenged Lin Bai, but Lin Bai shattered his arm with one punch and won.
• A Five Tribulation Dao Realm martial artist used an illusion technique, but Lin Bai found his true body and knocked him from the arena.
• Lin Bai defeated two more challengers with single punches, including a sword cultivator, reaching five consecutive victories.
• Jiang Xuansu and Li Yumen reacted with surprise to Lin Bai's strength as Qin Yuyan remarked that she could make his challenge more difficult.
• Qin Yuyan publicly called Lin Bai an unparalleled hero and said she dreamed of marrying a peerless powerhouse, leaving Lin Bai suspecting she was cheating.

Qin Yuyan provoked the disciples by implying she and Lin Bai were intimate, drawing furious challengers to Lin Bai’s competition on Seventh Mountain. Lin Bai defeated two Nine Tribulation Dao Realm opponents with one punch, while an eighth challenger began interrogating him about Qin Yuyan.

• Qin Yuyan teased Lin Bai in front of the crowd, making the disciples believe he had a close relationship with her.
• A Nine Tribulation Dao Realm disciple challenged Lin Bai and was knocked off the arena with one punch.
• Jiang Xuansu realized Lin Bai’s physical strength might exceed the Nine Tribulation Dao Realm, while Qin Yuyan accepted that she might lose their wager.
• A second Nine Tribulation Dao Realm disciple warned Lin Bai to stay away from Qin Yuyan, but Lin Bai punched him off the arena.
• The eighth challenger demanded to know whether Lin Bai had ever held hands with Qin Yuyan.

Lin Bai won his ninth consecutive arena match, drawing praise and Murong Ting’s hostility over his supposed connection to Qin Yuyan. Murong Ting sent Bu Xian to challenge him, and Bu Xian warned Lin Bai that pursuing Qin Yuyan would bring deadly consequences.

• Lin Bai rejected a challenger’s demand to prove he had never held Qin Yuyan’s hand, then knocked him off the arena to win his eighth match.
• Murong Ting arrived with his followers and learned that Lin Bai was fighting ten consecutive matches after making an agreement with Qin Yuyan.
• Lin Bai defeated his ninth challenger with overwhelming strength, prompting the crowd to praise his talent.
• Murong Ting ordered Bu Xian to teach Lin Bai a lesson and deliver a warning about Qin Yuyan.
• Bu Xian introduced himself and told Lin Bai that a weak man who pursued Qin Yuyan would be hunted down and killed.

Lin Bai defeated Bu Xian after Murong Ting sent him to teach Lin Bai a lesson, then claimed the cultivation insights Qin Yuyan had promised. Murong Ting apologized and learned that Lin Bai was Qing Luo, the new master of the Sword Hiding Hermitage.

• Lin Bai rejected Murong Ting’s claim that he was unworthy of Qin Yuyan and declared that he would become famous throughout the world.
• Bu Xian attacked Lin Bai, who caught his sword between two fingers and punched him off the arena.
• Lin Bai told Murong Ting to challenge him himself, then collected the cultivation insights from Qin Yuyan.
• Murong Ting greeted Qin Yuyan and apologized to Lin Bai, who accepted without concern.
• Murong Ting asked Lin Bai’s name and discovered that he was Qing Luo, the new master of the Sword Hiding Hermitage.

After the contest at the Seventh Mountain, Qin Yuyan rebuffed Murong Ting and privately discussed using Qing Luo as a shield amid the political tensions in Heng Province. Lin Bai studied Yun Fusheng’s ancient cultivation text and gained new insight into Dao Realm cultivation, especially sword cultivation and the Sword Heart.

• Lin Bai left the Seventh Mountain with Jiang Xuansu after no one else stepped forward to compete, while Li Yumen went to the Lian Province Alliance’s cliffside.
• Murong Ting urged Qin Yuyan to favor his cousin Murong Yunqing over Qing Luo, but Qin Yuyan sharply rebuked him and told him the Murong Family could not interfere in her choice of husband.
• Qin Yuyan privately told an aged voice that Qing Luo could become formidable after reaching the Dao Realm and could serve as her shield against marriage alliances and political threats.
• Lin Bai read the ancient text containing Yun Fusheng’s cultivation insights and spent several days studying its lessons on Dao Realm cultivation and the Sword Heart.

Lin Bai read Yun Fusheng’s cultivation insights and discovered that his Heaven Concealing Jade Pendant might help him evade lightning tribulations by hiding his aura. He also learned how Dao intent was cultivated and was shocked that the Heaven Swallowing Race’s Dao Fruits retained their ability to devour other Dao Fruits.

• Lin Bai realized his preparations for the lightning tribulations were incomplete after reading how Yun Fusheng had used treasures to escape them.
• Lin Bai recognized that his Heaven Concealing Jade Pendant might conceal his aura and fool the tribulations into believing he was dead.
• Lin Bai read Yun Fusheng’s account of how Dao intent arose and how martial artists could cultivate it through comprehension, Dao Fields, treasures, or empowerment.
• Lin Bai was startled to learn that the Heaven Swallowing Race’s Dao Fruits could still devour other Dao Fruits and Dao intent.
• Lin Bai read that Heaven Swallowing Race members advanced slowly because they needed an enormous number of Dao Fruits to break through.