Vol. 5The White Emperor’s Tomb

Li Musheng traveled to White Emperor City, claimed the Hidden Kill Pavilion, and used White Tiger’s Fang to open the Tomb of the White Emperor. He entered its underground city as rival expeditions pursued treasures and the White King’s burial chamber amid awakening dangers.

  • Zhao Muning took the Great Xuan throne, while Big Black Cat received an imperial appointment as the Censorate’s official cat.
  • Li Musheng crossed the Western Desert and reached Yellow Springs City, where a blind bounty hunter attacked the Yellow Springs Tribe over Jin Chuan.
  • Li Musheng defeated and imprisoned the Rakshasa, Blood Spring, and Ghost Prison Holy Lords, then learned White Tiger’s Fang could open the Tomb of the White Emperor.
  • Li Musheng reached White Emperor City, where Hidden Kill Pavilion assassins welcomed him as their future Pavilion Master.
  • Li Musheng defeated the Hidden Kill Pavilion master and the Killing Saint, claimed the Pavilion, and ordered them to locate the tomb.
  • Li Musheng defeated the White Tiger Divine Hall’s five elders, while White Cloud Fairy sought his help and concealed a Power-Dispersing Pill.
  • Li Musheng tracked Big Black Cat to a cavern and opened the Tomb of the White Emperor with White Tiger’s Fang.
  • The tomb’s mechanisms awakened as martial artists pursued treasures, while the Exquisite Ancient City Remnant Clan searched for the White King’s burial chamber.
Chapters 404–504 Read from ch. 404

Arc 17The Yellow Springs Bounty

Li Musheng secured Great Xuan’s alliance with Great Li and traveled west toward White Emperor City with his companions. In Yellow Springs City, they encountered a blind bounty hunter attacking the Yellow Springs Tribe over a contract on Jin Chuan, while A Xiu secretly returned to her hidden associates.

  • Zhao Muning took the Great Xuan throne with the ancestor’s support, while Big Black Cat secured an imperial appointment as the Censorate’s official cat.
  • Daoist Qingye gave Li Musheng the genuine Heavenly Revelation Secret Treasury Key, and Li Musheng left Grand Profound City with his companions for White Emperor City.
  • Great Xuan allied with Great Li, and Emperor Yuanwu freed Li Zhi on the condition that he bring down one of the three great martial sects within three months.
  • Li Musheng’s group crossed the Western Desert, where A Xiu offered to guide them after Li Musheng’s traps killed the town’s attackers.
  • In Yellow Springs City, a blind bounty hunter demanded that the Yellow Springs Tribe bring him Jin Chuan, then killed the fighters who tried to stop him.
  • Jin Chuan arrived and admitted killing the people at the He Family Tavern in Bian River City, while the blind hunter fought the Yellow Springs Tribe’s experts.
  • The blind hunter broke through the Nine-Star Yellow Springs Formation and pursued the fleeing tribe members, while A Xiu slipped away to a secret chamber where the dwarf and hooded people waited.
Chapters 404–428 Summaries Read

Arc 18The Road to White Emperor City

Li Musheng defeated and imprisoned three Holy Lords of the Yellow Springs Tribe, then learned that White Tiger’s Fang was a key to the Tomb of the White Emperor. He reached White Emperor City with A Xiu’s group, where the Hidden Kill Pavilion welcomed him as its future Pavilion Master and powerful figures gathered for a recruitment contest.

  • A Xiu and the Fifth Elder’s group pursued White Tiger’s Fang while the blind man killed Young Master Jin Chuan, then fled the Rakshasa Holy Lord and crashed into Li Musheng’s inn.
  • Li Musheng repelled the Rakshasa, Blood Spring, and Ghost Prison Holy Lords, sealed their cultivation, and kept them alive so he could see all five Holy Lords use their complete technique.
  • Big Black Cat took White Tiger’s Fang from Blood Spring Holy Lord, and Li Musheng learned from the group’s memories that the relic was a key to the Tomb of the White Emperor.
  • Li Musheng set out for White Emperor City with A Xiu, the Fifth Elder, Cao Gaoshan, and the three captive Holy Lords, while the blind man followed behind.
  • A Xiu told Li Musheng that the White King founded White Emperor City and the Hidden Kill Pavilion, and that the Tomb of the White Emperor was connected to the White Tiger.
  • Hidden Kill Pavilion assassins welcomed Li Musheng outside White Emperor City as their future Pavilion Master, while Lian Xing warned that the White Tiger Divine Hall might reject his Demon Dao cultivation.
  • Yi Yangzi met Undying Confucian and Mountain Farmer, who had come to compete for the Jiang Family genius, while Li Musheng’s group entered the city under watchful eyes.
  • A Xiu and the Fifth Elder agreed to remain with Li Musheng after he warned they would be vulnerable without his protection, and the three Yellow Springs Holy Lords rode together on a camel through the streets.
Chapters 429–453 Summaries Read

Arc 19The White Emperor’s Tomb

Li Musheng claimed the Hidden Kill Pavilion, confronted the White Tiger Divine Hall, and set others searching for the Tomb of the White Emperor. As competing plans formed around the tomb, White Cloud Fairy sought Li Musheng’s help while concealing her own intentions.

  • Ghost Prison Holy Lord agreed to bring the other Yellow Springs Holy Lords to Li Musheng, who restored his cultivation but left Rakshasa Holy Lord and Blood Spring Holy Lord waiting.
  • The Jiang Family invited Li Musheng to Jiang Wang’s disciple-taking ceremony, while the Jiang Family head kept Zhu'er imprisoned beneath his study and sought the secret of the Heavenly Martial Abyss.
  • Li Musheng demanded the Hidden Kill Pavilion master’s position, defeated him and the Killing Saint, and used the Soul-Seizing Technique to uncover their scheme before ordering them to find the Tomb of the White Emperor.
  • The Green Mountain Tower Master and the Jiang clan made plans to enter the tomb, while Li Musheng told A Xiu that he had its key and would decide what her clan could take.
  • Li Musheng defeated the White Tiger Divine Hall’s five elders, devoured their cultivation, and drove most of the demonic cultivators away when they gathered to submit to him.
  • A Xiu told the Sixth Ancestor that Li Musheng possessed the White Tiger’s Fang and could locate the tomb, while White Cloud Fairy offered Earth-Attracting Ancestor a way into it in exchange for help against Li Musheng.
  • White Cloud Fairy visited Li Musheng and claimed she had a fatal illness, but he sensed the death aura around her and began examining her as she secretly concealed a Power-Dispersing Pill.
Chapters 454–479 Summaries Read

Arc 20The White Emperor’s Tomb

Li Musheng uncovered the Tomb of the White Emperor and entered its underground city, while White Cloud Fairy sent Earth-Attracting Ancestor to join a rival expedition. As the tomb’s mechanisms awakened and martial artists fought over treasures, the Exquisite Ancient City Remnant Clan continued searching for the White King’s burial chamber.

  • White Cloud Fairy failed to remove Li Musheng’s aura and resolved to win him over, then sent Earth-Attracting Ancestor to the tomb with a token to claim half of any treasure.
  • Li Musheng tracked Big Black Cat to a hidden cavern, learned that the White Tiger Divine Hall had taken the Hidden Kill Pavilion’s former Pavilion Master, and opened the Tomb of the White Emperor with the White Tiger’s Fang.
  • Li Musheng and his companions discovered an underground city, where Big Black Cat absorbed energy from jade cases and Li Musheng explored palaces with maps pointing toward a destination.
  • Earth-Attracting Ancestor joined Green Mountain Tower’s expedition, while Prince Xun of Great Chu sought the Heavenly Army Tiger Tally and the Exquisite Ancient City Remnant Clan entered in search of the White King’s burial chamber.
  • The Exquisite Ancient City Remnant Clan’s blue-clad youth identified the Mountain-Turning Seal beneath an arena, and the weapon rose into the air before escaping as martial artists pursued it.
  • The White King’s voice warned intruders away, then the tomb’s pillars of light activated mechanisms, poisonous creatures, and ancient beast phantoms across the underground city.
  • A Xiu rejected the blue-clad youth’s suggestion to ask Li Musheng for help, while the Exquisite Ancient City Remnant Clan hid and used its compass to locate the burial chamber.
  • Dragon Cave Old Ghost, Earth-Attracting Ancestor, Prince Xun, and other martial artists claimed treasures as Prince Xun warned that an unseen hand might be controlling the tomb’s dangers and prizes.
Chapters 480–504 Summaries Read
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