Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai and the Crow fought their way through the awakened Gu insects on each level of the Void God Tomb and escaped Nine Bend City along the Void Ancient Road to the Evil Moon Sect. Behind them, the Insect Emperor sensed a Heavenly Dao treasure and reached into the void.

• Lin Bai fled the third level and dodged a giant centipede and other newly awakened Gu insects on the second level while the Crow warned him about their danger.
• Lin Bai and the Crow crossed the first level, where the Crow destroyed approaching Ladybug Poison insects as Lin Bai cleared a path through the mantis monsters.
• Lin Bai emerged into the insect valley, escaped the City Lord's Mansion, and entered the Void Ancient Road leading to the Evil Moon Sect.
• The Crow told Lin Bai that the treasures were likely inside the Insect Emperor's coffin cocoon and warned him that disturbing it would awaken the Emperor.
• The Insect Emperor sensed a Heavenly Dao treasure and reached into the void from within his coffin.

Lin Bai and the Crow fled through the void as the Insect Emperor pursued them, demanding the Green Jade Fragments. Lin Bai escaped through the Evil Moon Sect’s seal, but the Insect Emperor’s insects followed him out and continued their attack.

• The Insect Emperor sensed the Green Jade Fragments on Lin Bai and sent a swarm of insects after him as he fled along the Void Ancient Road.
• Lin Bai asked the Crow why the Insect Emperor wanted the fragments, and the Crow said they could help him evade the Heavenly Dao and be reborn sooner.
• Lin Bai used his Heaven Swallowing Domain to trap the insects briefly, then escaped toward the light gate at the end of the Void Ancient Road.
• Lin Bai crossed the Evil Moon Sect’s seal and emerged in the forbidden rear mountain grounds, but the insects came through the passage after him.
• The Crow explained that the insects were incarnations made from the Insect Emperor’s shed skin, and Lin Bai fled the Evil Moon Sect as they attacked again.

The Insect Emperor unleashed a swarm of mosquitoes on the Evil Moon Sect, slaughtering its disciples and forcing its elders and ancestors to retreat. The Moon Goddess destroyed the swarm with one palm, while Lin Bai and the crow watched from hiding on Moon God Mountain.

• The Insect Emperor's mosquitoes overwhelmed Liu Chongen, Old Ancestor Zhu, and Old Ancestor Huang, killing members of the Evil Moon Sect and driving its defenders back.
• Old Ancestor Zhu and Old Ancestor Huang told Liu Chongen to beg the patriarch for help, and Liu Chongen prayed before the Moon Goddess statue in the Ancestral Temple.
• The Moon Goddess formed a giant palm from spiritual power and crushed the mosquito swarm, then ordered the Insect Emperor to leave.
• The Insect Emperor retreated into his coffin in the Void God Tomb, while the Moon Goddess statue returned to normal with more cracks.
• Lin Bai and the crow watched from a hidden corner of Moon God Mountain, and the crow said the Moon Goddess was likely stronger than the Insect Emperor.

After escaping the Evil Moon Sect, Lin Bai traveled to Liang Province, hoping to find Wind and Snow Villa and take a rest. He arrived in Melting Furnace City and settled into an inn, where the locals watched him with curiosity.

• Lin Bai and the Crow slipped away from the chaotic Evil Moon Sect while its experts investigated the insect attack.
• Lin Bai spent two months traveling to Liang Province instead of returning to the Eternal Devil Sect, as the Crow complained about being owed payment.
• Lin Bai reached Melting Furnace City and entered the Night Return Inn to rest and gather information about Wind and Snow Villa.
• The inn’s guests stared at Lin Bai when he arrived, and the waiter explained that they were familiar local regulars.
• Lin Bai ordered beast meat and Iron Armor Wine, but the Crow tried to increase the order to a hundred jin and a hundred jars.

Lin Bai questioned the Crow about his family and friends, and learned that they were safe in the Dao Ruins World. The Crow explained why the world was a good place for them to grow stronger and left Lin Bai reassured about their prospects.

• Lin Bai asked the Crow whether the martial artists who entered the Void God Tomb had survived, and the Crow doubted that any besides them had escaped the revived Insect Emperor.
• Lin Bai pressed the Crow for news of his family and friends, and the Crow said they were safe in the Dao Ruins World.
• The Crow explained that the Dao Ruins World had once challenged the Spirit World and Devil World after discovering an ancient Dao Tradition.
• The Crow said the Dao Ruins World offered Lin Bai's companions room to develop, connections to other minor worlds through the Void Ancient Road, and a welcoming refuge for powerful talents.
• Lin Bai accepted the Crow's reassurances that his family and friends could look after themselves.

Lin Bai learned that his family and friends were thriving in the Dao Ruins World and that the Crow had crossed the void to find him. As they prepared to eat, the Crow sensed poison in their food and warned that an ambush might be coming.

• The Crow told Lin Bai that Bai Xiaoxiao had founded a faction, while Lin Duo, Lan Ling, Fu Qingshuang, Li Zhengyi, and others had advanced to the Nine Refinements Dao Realm.
• The Crow explained that he had come searching for Lin Bai after Lin Bai's family and friends sent him, and that he had flown through the void into the Demon Realm.
• Lin Bai worried that the Giant God Race might target his loved ones, but the Crow said Lin Bai himself would be their first target as long as he remained alive.
• The Crow insisted on staying with Lin Bai until he repaid his debt, and the two received the food and wine Lin Bai had ordered.
• The Crow detected poison in the food and wine that would temporarily stop someone from using cultivation, and Lin Bai prepared for a possible ambush.

Lin Bai left Night Return Inn and was ambushed by martial artists who had poisoned his meat. He learned that the Evil Moon Sect had placed a bounty on him, then warned his attackers that they were no match for him.

• Lin Bai left the inn despite the attendant's warnings, while the innkeeper revealed that he suspected Lin Bai was Qing Luo and had poisoned his meat with Bitterchill Powder.
• The innkeeper offered the gathered martial artists half the bounty, and more than twenty of them set out to capture Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai walked into the night and snowstorm, then noticed several figures following him and stopped in a narrow alley.
• The martial artists surrounded Lin Bai, and their leader explained that the Evil Moon Sect offered ten treasures for his capture dead or three unconditional requests for his capture alive.
• Lin Bai questioned why the sect wanted him and warned the attackers that they would lose their lives if they tried to capture him.

Lin Bai wondered why the Evil Moon Sect had placed a bounty on him, then fought off bounty hunters in Melting Furnace City. After learning the way to Wind and Snow Villa, he left the city, while a young master who had considered attacking him was left shaken by how easily Lin Bai had approached unnoticed.

• Lin Bai warned more than twenty martial artists not to attack, but they assumed the poison he had eaten had weakened him and charged for the bounty.
• Lin Bai drew the Demon Sword and killed all of the attackers with one strike.
• A young master and four servants watched from a rooftop; the young master decided against hunting Lin Bai, fearing his strength and his connection to Leng Xingguang.
• Lin Bai appeared behind the group and asked for directions to Wind and Snow Villa, startling them.
• The young master gave Lin Bai a map of Liang Province, and Lin Bai departed Melting Furnace City on his flying sword.

Lin Bai traveled toward Wind and Snow Villa while hiding from the Evil Moon Sect’s enormous bounty, and he detoured toward the dangerous Heaven Mountain Snow Pool. Leng Xingguang, Hua WuHui, and Feng Yiren learned Lin Bai was nearby and set out to find him, realizing he had likely avoided Wind and Snow Villa to keep trouble away from its disciples.

• Lin Bai investigated the Evil Moon Sect’s bounty in several cities and learned it offered ten treasures for his capture dead or three requests for his capture alive.
• Word spread that Lin Bai had appeared in Liang Province, drawing experts from across the Evil Moon Thousand Provinces to search for him.
• Feng Yiren told Leng Xingguang and Hua WuHui that a white-robed man riding a flying sword with a black crow had been seen heading toward the Heaven Mountain Snow Pool.
• Leng Xingguang wondered why Lin Bai had not come directly to Wind and Snow Villa, while Hua WuHui and Feng Yiren suggested he was protecting the villa from bounty hunters.
• Leng Xingguang accepted that Lin Bai had likely avoided the villa because its disciples might betray him or draw danger to it.

Lin Bai and the crow stopped at the Heaven Mountain Snow Pool, where Lin Bai roasted a spirit fish while hostile martial artists gathered around them. As several groups arrived to claim his head, Lin Bai waited calmly and asked whether anyone else was coming.

• The crow searched the Heaven Mountain Snow Pool and found no treasures, explaining that its spirit water and fish came from an icy frost spirit vein.
• Lin Bai roasted a spirit fish as martial artists followed him to the pool and gathered in hiding, most of them Dao God Realm experts or stronger.
• The crow suggested Lin Bai kill the pursuers, but Lin Bai chose to wait until the fish was cooked and for someone he expected to arrive.
• The Five Tigers of the Li Family of Snow Mountain City arrived and threatened Lin Bai, who asked if there were any others.
• Guang Yun of Luo Peak Mountain arrived, seeking Lin Bai's head to obtain medicine for his master.
• Cai Wu and disciples from Wind and Snow Villa arrived, claiming they wanted to invite Lin Bai to visit while intending to deliver him to the Evil Moon Sect.

Leng Xingguang, Hua WuHui, and Feng Yiren arrived at the Heaven Mountain Snow Pool and found Lin Bai surrounded by Cai Wu, Guang Yun, and the Li Family’s Five Tigers. As Leng Xingguang called for the fight to begin so they could drink afterward, Lin Bai rose and unleashed his sword domain.

• Leng Xingguang, Hua WuHui, and Feng Yiren reached the Heaven Mountain Snow Pool and saw Lin Bai besieged.
• Dai Yue joined Leng Xingguang and dismissed Lin Bai’s reputation, while Hua WuHui and Feng Yiren defended his ability.
• Leng Xingguang told the fighters to hurry up because they had drinks waiting after the battle.
• Lin Bai agreed, rose from beneath the snow, and released sword intent that transformed the Snow Pool into his domain.
• The onlookers recognized Lin Bai’s Snow Sect Dao Domain as the Domain of Frozen Winter.

Lin Bai used the Domain of Frozen Winter to defeat the Five Tigers of the Li Family, Cai Wu, and their allies with a single sword strike, sparing only Guang Yun because of his devotion to his master. He invited Leng Xingguang and the others to drink with him while hidden observers continued watching.

• Lin Bai revealed his mastery of the Snow Sect's Domain of Frozen Winter as the Five Tigers of the Li Family, Guang Yun, and Cai Wu surrounded him.
• Cai Wu refused Leng Xingguang's warning and let the Wind and Snow Villa disciples choose whether to leave or fight beside him.
• The Five Tigers attacked from behind, Cai Wu and his followers attacked from the left, and Guang Yun charged from the front.
• Lin Bai drew the Demon Sword and annihilated his attackers with one slash, leaving Guang Yun alive because of his filial devotion to his master.
• Guang Yun thanked Lin Bai and left, while Lin Bai invited Leng Xingguang, Hua WuHui, Feng Yiren, and Dai Yue to join him for a drink.

At the Heaven Mountain Snow Pool, Leng Xingguang drove away the bounty hunters and Lin Bai learned that Fei Lingzi had ordered the Evil Moon Sect to hunt him. Lin Bai was stunned because he believed Fei Lingzi had died, and he wondered why Fei Lingzi would target him when neither of them had obtained the Void God Tomb’s treasure.

• Lin Bai defeated the remaining enemies, and Dai Yue was left shaken by his strength.
• Leng Xingguang warned the hidden martial artists that he would protect Qing Luo, causing many of them to leave the Heaven Mountain Snow Pool.
• Leng Xingguang told Lin Bai that the Evil Moon Sect had issued the bounty without explaining its reason for hunting him.
• Feng Yiren revealed that Wind and Snow Villa’s spies traced the order to Fei Lingzi, who had given no explanation.
• Lin Bai told Leng Xingguang that Fei Lingzi should have died, then questioned why he would hunt Lin Bai; the Crow’s eyes gleamed strangely.

Lin Bai warned Leng Xingguang and the others that the Evil Moon Sect might be protected by its still-living founder, the Moon God, and explained why he suspected the sect was hunting him. He said he would leave Liang Province for the Devil Realm Eastern Region, where he and Leng Xingguang identified two possible locations connected to Lin Bai’s search.

• Lin Bai told Leng Xingguang, Feng Yiren, Hua WuHui, and Dai Yue about the Void God Tomb, the Insect Emperor’s failed attempt at rebirth, and the possibility that the Evil Moon Sect’s Moon God was still alive.
• Lin Bai warned Feng Yiren that the Moon God might have begun recovering and could destroy Wind and Snow Villa if it attacked the Evil Moon Sect, and Feng Yiren asked permission to tell her father.
• Leng Xingguang questioned why Fei Lingzi had put a bounty on Lin Bai, while Lin Bai privately suspected Fei Lingzi had been sent to hunt him because he carried the fragment from the Void God Tomb.
• Leng Xingguang offered to protect Lin Bai in Liang Province, but Lin Bai refused to stay and said he would leave for the Devil Realm Eastern Region to search for a way home.
• Leng Xingguang told Lin Bai that the map’s location might correspond to either Violet Star City in the Chu Kingdom or Barren Wasteland City in Ao Province, both former outposts of the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace.

Lin Bai and Leng Xingguang agreed to investigate the Yellow Springs Demon Bone’s possible locations separately, then reunite in Chu Imperial City in three years. After Wind and Snow Villa learned of the Void Ancient Road and Moon Goddess’s impending revival, Lin Bai set out for a teleportation formation that could take him out of the Evil Moon Thousand Provinces.

• Leng Xingguang chose to investigate Barren Wasteland City, while Lin Bai chose Chu’s Violet Star City, and they agreed to meet in Chu Imperial City in three years.
• Feng Yiren suggested the reunion at Chu’s Emperor’s ten-thousand-year birthday celebration, and Lin Bai and Leng Xingguang promised to wait for each other if either found the treasure.
• Lin Bai left after drinking with the others, while Leng Xingguang returned to Wind and Snow Villa to prepare for his journey.
• Feng Yiren told her father about the Void Ancient Road and Moon Goddess, prompting Wind and Snow Villa to order its disciples not to provoke the Evil Moon Sect.
• A month later, Leng Xingguang departed for Barren Wasteland City with Feng Yiren, Hua WuHui, and Lin Zhiwei, while Lin Bai headed toward Bitterwater Mountain to use its teleportation formation.

Lin Bai waited at the Bitterwater Sect ruins for Fei Lingzi and learned that the Insect Emperor had controlled him and other survivors. After clashing with Fei Lingzi, Lin Bai gave him a map to fulfill his Demonic Heart Oath and escaped with Crow through a prepared teleportation array.

• Fei Lingzi arrived at the Bitterwater Sect ruins with more than twenty peak Dao God martial artists and found Lin Bai waiting there.
• Lin Bai learned that the Insect Emperor had controlled Fei Lingzi and two Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm experts, while Fei Lingzi did not know what had happened to Wan Zizhen.
• Fei Lingzi attacked Lin Bai, and their clash razed the Bitterwater Sect ruins but left both unable to defeat the other.
• Lin Bai gave Fei Lingzi a map to the Yellow Springs Demon Bone, fulfilling the Demonic Heart Oath he had sworn to Li Songyun.
• Lin Bai and Crow escaped through a prepared teleportation array, and Fei Lingzi ordered his followers to find where it led.

Lin Bai escaped Fei Lingzi’s attack and hid in a cave to heal, while he and the Crow discussed the Insect Emperor’s pursuit of the Green Jade Fragments. After recovering, Lin Bai heard Zhang Kuai outside the cave offering a terrified young woman to the Tiger King.

• Lin Bai arrived in an unknown mountain after teleporting, badly injured by Fei Lingzi’s punch.
• The Crow explained that Fei Lingzi was a mid-stage Great Purity expert and urged Lin Bai to surrender the Green Jade Fragments.
• Lin Bai and the Crow discussed how the Insect Emperor had controlled Fei Lingzi and other powerful cultivators to obtain the fragments.
• Lin Bai killed the Divine Core Realm Tiger King occupying a cave and began healing there while the Crow sank into confused memories.
• Seven days later, Zhang Kuai came to the cave with more than twenty martial artists and a bound young woman, calling for the Tiger King.

Lin Bai discovered that the Demon Tiger he had killed had terrorized Hundred Flowers Town and enabled the Zhang Lineage to dominate it through the sacrifice of young women. After Huang Xiuqing explained the town’s history and its location, Lin Bai gave her a bottle of pills and left her with a chance to benefit from his gift.

• Zhang Kuai ordered his men to throw Huang Xiuqing into the cave as another offering to the Demon Tiger, unaware that Lin Bai had already killed it.
• Lin Bai freed Huang Xiuqing and told her he had slain the Demon Tiger, which she said had threatened Hundred Flowers Town and supported the Zhang Lineage’s rise to power.
• Huang Xiuqing explained that she was a descendant of the Huang Lineage and identified the town as part of Half-Demon City in Green Province, though she did not know what a Flourishing Sect was.
• Lin Bai gave Huang Xiuqing a bottle of pills after she answered his questions.

Lin Bai gave Huang Xiuqing a bottle of pills, then saved her from the danger of swallowing one by refining its power and raising her cultivation to the Sky Realm. After Huang Xiuqing left for Hundred Flowers Town, Lin Bai and the Crow continued their journey, reflecting on what people called gods.

• Huang Xiuqing accepted Lin Bai’s pills, and the fragrance from one helped her break through to the True Martial Realm.
• The Crow awoke and asked whether the Lianyun Thousand Provinces belonged to Qi Tian Sect or the Chu Nation.
• Huang Xiuqing swallowed a pill far beyond her cultivation, so Lin Bai refined most of its power and helped her reach the Sky Realm while sealing the rest in her dantian.
• Huang Xiuqing thanked Lin Bai, gathered the Tiger King’s bones, and flew toward Hundred Flowers Town; Lin Bai watched her go before leaving with the Crow.
• The Crow said Lin Bai’s help could change Hundred Flowers Town’s balance of power, and Lin Bai remarked that so-called gods were merely mortals with greater strength.

Lin Bai crossed the vast territories of the Qi Tian Sect and reached the border of Chu after three months of travel. As he approached Chu, Chen You told him that Chu’s imperial ranks could outrank martial cultivation, sparking Lin Bai’s curiosity about the empire.

• Lin Bai learned in Half-Demon City that Lianyun Thousand Provinces belonged to the Qi Tian Sect and had no teleportation array that could take him beyond the region.
• Lin Bai traveled through Lianyun Thousand Provinces and used teleportation arrays to cross thousands of prefecture realms.
• After three months, Lin Bai reached the border of Chu aboard a Ziwei Merchant Guild passenger vessel.
• Lin Bai befriended Chen You, a traveler from the Qi Tian Sect’s frontier who was heading to Chu.
• Chen You told Lin Bai that Chu’s strict official hierarchy could place a Dao God official above an Apex Realm official in rank, and Lin Bai grew intrigued by Chu’s imperial authority.