Chapter Summaries

A Xiu and the others considered what Li Musheng’s Soul-Seizing Technique might have revealed, while the blind man decided to go to White Emperor City after learning the truth about White Tiger’s Fang. Back in his room, Li Musheng examined the treasure and suspected Big Black Cat was connected to the White Tiger, then reflected on the surviving clan of Exquisite Ancient City.

• A Xiu and the Fifth Elder discussed Li Musheng’s demonic cultivation and worried that he might know their clan’s secrets and plans.
• Blood Spring Holy Lord, Rakshasa Holy Lord, and Ghost Prison Holy Lord endured their defeat and hoped to join the two other Yellow Springs Tribe Holy Lords in White Emperor City.
• The blind man recalled that the Huo Family’s young lady had told him a secret about White Tiger’s Fang and resolved to go to White Emperor City without attacking Rakshasa Holy Lord.
• Big Black Cat followed Li Musheng to his room after finding White Tiger’s Fang among Blood Spring Holy Lord’s belongings, hoping for praise.
• Li Musheng praised Big Black Cat but sent it away to be bathed, then suspected the surviving clan of Exquisite Ancient City had a significant background.

Li Musheng learned that the Exquisite Ancient City Remnant Clan planned to open the Tomb of the White Emperor and set out for White Emperor City with the White Tiger’s Fang. The Yellow Springs Tribe feared his power as he left with its three captured Holy Lords, while A Xiu’s group and the blind man followed.

• Li Musheng learned from A Xiu’s memories that the Exquisite Ancient City Remnant Clan sought the White Tiger’s Fang to open the Tomb of the White Emperor and planned to gather in White Emperor City.
• Martial forces across the Western Desert spread news that Li Musheng had suppressed the three Holy Lords of the Yellow Springs Tribe, while the tribe’s protectors avoided trying to rescue them.
• After resting overnight, Li Musheng’s group prepared to leave Yellow Springs City, and Cao Gaoshan put the three Holy Lords on a camel under his watch.
• A Xiu and the Fifth Elder’s group joined Li Musheng on the road to White Emperor City, and the blind man followed behind them.
• The people of Yellow Springs City breathed a sigh of relief after Li Musheng departed, while a Yellow Springs Tribe protector worried that the tribe could not withstand the other great powers without its Holy Lords.

Li Musheng's party reached the oasis city of White Emperor, where A Xiu began explaining its history and warned him before they entered. She recounted how the White King, Great Qi's founding emperor's younger brother, came to the Western Desert and was trapped by rebel forces.

• A Xiu guided Li Musheng's group across the desert to the Wooden Plow River and the oasis surrounding White Emperor City.
• A Xiu described the Western Desert's former prosperity before a thousand-year calamity, then told Li Musheng she knew he had come to claim the Hidden Kill Pavilion's leadership and wanted to warn him about the city.
• The three Yellow Springs Holy Lords approached White Emperor City while debating whether to join their two allies and seek revenge on Li Musheng after he restored their cultivation.
• A Xiu explained that White Emperor City was founded by the White King, Apocalypse Emperor's brother, who was sent to suppress rebel forces in the Western Desert.
• A Xiu said the rebels trapped the White King in a heavenly martial array, but the White Tiger aided him, allowing him to escape and kill the rebel experts.

Li Musheng asked A Xiu about the Hidden Kill Pavilion, the White Tiger, and the Tomb of the White Emperor as they approached White Emperor City. A Xiu suggested the tomb might hold both the White King and the White Tiger, and said the White Tiger had been destroyed in ancient times; Li Musheng then asked whether her clan had records of the other divine beasts.

• A Xiu explained that the White King founded both White Emperor City and the Hidden Kill Pavilion, prompting Cang Yinyue to ask whether the pavilion was tied to Great Qi's remnants.
• A Xiu said the Hidden Kill Pavilion had seemingly acted independently and had been hired to assassinate Great Qi experts after the dynasty fell.
• Li Musheng asked whether the Tomb of the White Emperor belonged to the White King or the White Tiger, and A Xiu conjectured it was both their resting place.
• A Xiu reasoned that the White King had gained the White Tiger's inheritance and built his tomb over the beast's burial ground.
• A Xiu said ancient records described the White Tiger as a world-destroying beast killed by the Barbarian and Desolate clans, and Li Musheng asked about records of the other four divine beasts.

Li Musheng’s group crossed the Wooden Plow River and headed toward White Emperor City, where a gathering was drawing Western Desert martial artists and renowned masters. Along the way, they heard rumors about the Yellow Springs Tribe’s destruction, while the three Rakshasa Holy Lords hid their faces to avoid recognition.

• A Xiu told Li Musheng and Shen Anran that she knew little about the White Tiger or the White Tiger Divine Hall’s relationship with the Hidden Kill Pavilion.
• Li Musheng’s group crossed the bridge over the Wooden Plow River and followed the road toward White Emperor City.
• Young martial artists from Half-Cloud City discussed the city’s recruitment gathering and the famous masters and powers expected to attend.
• The three Rakshasa Holy Lords concealed their faces as the young martial artists talked about Yellow Springs Tribe and the rumors that a demon had destroyed it.
• The young martial artists speculated that the rumored demon might come to White Emperor City, and the Rakshasa Holy Lords stayed silent to hide their identities.

Li Musheng and his companions encountered young travelers on the road to White Emperor City after Cang Yinyue praised him as unmatched. The Hidden Kill Pavilion’s assassins arrived and bowed to Li Musheng, welcoming him on their Pavilion Master’s orders.

• Li Musheng heard the young travelers discussing a once-in-a-thousand-years genius, and Shen Anran and Cang Yinyue praised his talent.
• The young travelers turned around and confronted Li Musheng’s group after hearing Cang Yinyue’s remark.
• A Xiu offered to deal with the young man who challenged Li Musheng, but Li Musheng said someone was already coming.
• A terrifying killing intent poured from White Emperor City, knocking the young travelers from their horses in fear.
• Assassins from the Hidden Kill Pavilion emerged and bowed to Li Musheng, saying they had come on the Pavilion Master’s orders to welcome him.

Li Musheng arrived outside White Emperor City and was welcomed by the Hidden Kill Pavilion’s top assassins, who cleared the road with their killing intent. He rejected the grand display and continued into the city, while the shaken young martial artists realized he was likely the Eighth Prince of Great Li and the Pavilion’s future master.

• Lian Xing, Phantom Swan, and the Hidden Kill Pavilion assassins greeted Li Musheng outside White Emperor City and bowed to him as their future Pavilion Master.
• Li Musheng dismissed the assassins’ attempt to clear the road with killing intent, and they withdrew it so travelers could continue using the road.
• Li Musheng and Cang Yinyue’s group rode toward the city, leaving the young men and women to recover and speculate that he was the Eighth Prince of Great Li.
• The Hidden Kill Pavilion assassins followed Li Musheng’s group, and Lian Xing and Phantom Swan recognized the three disguised travelers atop the camel as the Holy Lords of the Yellow Springs Tribe.

Li Musheng entered White Emperor City with Hidden Kill Pavilion assassins as Lian Xing and Phantom Swan discussed the danger of his demonic cultivation and the uncertainty surrounding his succession. Their arrival drew the attention of the city’s martial world, including an old man called Martial Granduncle.

• Lian Xing warned Phantom Swan that the White Tiger Divine Hall might reject Li Musheng as Pavilion Master because he cultivated the Demon Dao Patriarch’s arts.
• Li Musheng sensed killing intent from Lian Xing and cautioned her not to choose the wrong target.
• Phantom Swan realized Lian Xing’s hatred of demons stemmed from her family’s death and feared she might have directed that intent at Li Musheng.
• Li Musheng and the Hidden Kill Pavilion assassins entered White Emperor City without a gate inspection.
• Onlookers gathered to watch Li Musheng’s arrival, and Martial Granduncle asked whether he was the Great Li prince rumored to be the Hidden Kill Pavilion’s incoming Pavilion Master.

Yi Yangzi considered challenging Li Musheng but restrained himself because he had come to White Emperor City to recruit a genius youth from the Jiang Family. Undying Confucian and Mountain Farmer arrived and revealed they had come to compete for the youth at the disciple-taking assembly.

• Yi Yangzi listened as his disciples praised Li Musheng and considered testing his strength, but they warned him that Li had defeated the Killing Saint and subdued the Yellow Springs Tribe's three Saint Lords.
• Yi Yangzi's disciples reminded him that he had come to recruit the Jiang Family genius, so he abandoned his impulse to challenge Li Musheng.
• Undying Confucian and Mountain Farmer appeared in Yi Yangzi's tavern room, and Yi Yangzi recognized the two famed martial figures.
• Undying Confucian and Mountain Farmer said they had come to compete for the Jiang Family youth, whose chosen master would be determined by strength and the youth's recognition.

Yi Yangzi discussed Li Musheng with Mountain Farmer and Undying Scholar, who chose to wait for other martial artists to test him. As Li Musheng entered White Emperor City under intense scrutiny, he kept A Xiu and Fifth Elder with his group, while the three holy lords of Yellow Springs Tribe endured public humiliation atop a camel.

• Yi Yangzi confronted Mountain Farmer and Undying Scholar, but they refused to test Li Musheng themselves and suggested waiting for other experts to act.
• Li Musheng and his group walked through White Emperor City as martial artists watched them closely, curious about the future master of Hidden Kill Pavilion.
• A Xiu asked to leave Li Musheng's group, but he warned that she and Fifth Elder would be vulnerable without his protection.
• A Xiu and Fifth Elder agreed to stay with Li Musheng, unaware that he also wanted to use A Xiu to find the surviving clan of Exquisite Ancient City.
• Rakshasa Holy Lord and the other two holy lords of Yellow Springs Tribe rode squeezed together on a camel, appearing to be paraded through the streets.

As Li Musheng’s group traveled through the city, martial artists recognized the defeated Holy Lords of the Yellow Springs Tribe and mocked them. Ghost Prison Holy Lord asked Li Musheng to restore his cultivation, and Li Musheng did so after securing his promise to bring the other two Holy Lords and reveal the complete Yellow Springs Holy Method.

• Martial artists recognized Blood Spring Holy Lord, Rakshasa Holy Lord, and Ghost Prison Holy Lord and sent them mocking voice transmissions as they rode on camels.
• Unable to bear the ridicule, Ghost Prison Holy Lord shouted at the crowd to shut up, exposing himself.
• Ghost Prison Holy Lord asked Li Musheng whether he would restore their martial cultivation, and Li Musheng restated his conditions.
• Ghost Prison Holy Lord agreed to bring the other two Yellow Springs Holy Lords and show Li Musheng the complete Yellow Springs Holy Method.
• Li Musheng restored Ghost Prison Holy Lord’s cultivation, and Ghost Prison Holy Lord rose into the air as his martial strength returned.
• Rakshasa Holy Lord and Blood Spring Holy Lord expected Li Musheng to restore them too, but he turned away without doing so.

Li Musheng restored Ghost Prison Holy Lord’s martial cultivation and ordered him to find the other two Holy Lords of the Yellow Springs Tribe. Ghost Prison instead confronted Hundred Swords Sorrow over his earlier mockery, leaving the two powerful martial artists fighting above the street as Li Musheng continued on.

• Rakshasa Holy Lord and Blood Spring Holy Lord asked Li Musheng why he had restored only Ghost Prison Holy Lord, and Li Musheng told them to wait until Ghost Prison brought the other two Holy Lords.
• Li Musheng ordered Ghost Prison Holy Lord to find the other two Holy Lords, and Ghost Prison agreed before demanding that whoever had sent him mocking messages reveal themselves.
• Ghost Prison Holy Lord attacked an inn after accusing Hundred Swords Sorrow of mocking him, and Hundred Swords Sorrow appeared and shattered his ghostly hand with sword qi.
• Ghost Prison Holy Lord and Hundred Swords Sorrow exchanged more than a hundred moves in a fierce battle above the street while Li Musheng continued onward with A Xiu and the others.
• Onlookers marveled at the Holy Lords’ strength and wondered how powerful Li Musheng must be to have defeated three of them alone.

Li Musheng continued through White Emperor City after Ghost Prison Holy Lord drove off Hundred Swords Sorrow, while the Undying Scholar and Mountain Farmer departed after observing him. A trusted servant of the Jiang Family then invited Li Musheng to attend the ceremony where his young master would take a disciple.

• Yi Yangzi, the Undying Scholar, and Mountain Farmer watched Li Musheng leave, and the Undying Scholar and Mountain Farmer vanished from the tavern room.
• Hundred Swords Sorrow escaped Ghost Prison Holy Lord, and Ghost Prison Holy Lord chased after him.
• Li Musheng and his party continued toward the center of White Emperor City through a deserted marketplace.
• An elderly Jiang Family servant stopped Li Musheng and presented an invitation to his young master's disciple-taking ceremony.
• Phantom Swan confirmed the messenger's identity, and the servant urged Li Musheng to accept the invitation.

Li Musheng accepted the Jiang Family’s invitation to its disciple-acceptance assembly while continuing toward the Hidden Kill Pavilion. At the Jiang residence, Jiang Wang revealed that he would reach the Martial Dao Celestial Realm in three days and explained that he had invited Li Musheng because of his exceptional talent.

• Cang Yinyue urged Li Musheng to keep the invitation, and he accepted it before handing it to her.
• The old man delivered news of Li Musheng’s acceptance to the Jiang Family Patriarch.
• The Jiang Family Patriarch learned that Jiang Wang expected to enter the Martial Dao Celestial Realm in three days.
• Jiang Wang reproached his two protectors for disturbing his cultivation, and they withdrew their attention.
• Jiang Wang told his father that Li Musheng’s youthful talent was also extraordinary and denied that he wanted Li Musheng as his master.
• The Jiang Family Patriarch looked at Jiang Si and recognized that Jiang Wang’s twin sister was just as talented.

Jiang Wang told his family he wanted to study under several martial masters, including the Eighth Prince of Great Li, to gain their techniques and resources. His father agreed to test the masters’ willingness, then secretly entered a hidden chamber beneath his study.

• Jiang Wang explained that he wanted to learn from the Eighth Prince of Great Li for the secrets and opportunities behind his strength.
• Jiang Wang declared that he could have several masters at once, and Jiang Si warned him that his greed could backfire.
• The Jiang Family Head supported Jiang Wang’s plan and said he would test the masters’ attitudes before they decided how to proceed.
• The Jiang Family Head left the pavilion and ordered an old servant to guard his study.
• After checking for anything unusual, the Jiang Family Head opened a concealed passage beneath the study and descended underground.

The Jiang Family head visited Zhu'er, who had been chained in an underground abyss for nearly thirteen years, and demanded the secret of the Heavenly Martial Abyss. After she refused, he left, unaware that Jiang Si had slipped into his study to investigate his secret.

• The Jiang Family head opened a hidden passage beneath his study and found Zhu'er suspended by bronze chains in an underground abyss.
• He told Zhu'er about Wang'er's upcoming disciple-taking ceremony and refused her pleas to see Wang'er and Si'er.
• The Jiang Family head offered to let Zhu'er see the children if she revealed the secret of the Heavenly Martial Abyss, but she refused.
• He accused Zhu'er of failing her children and left after she ignored him.
• The Jiang Family head checked with the old servant and departed, while Jiang Si entered the study and wondered what secret her father was hiding.

Li Musheng met with the Hidden Kill Pavilion Master and the Saint of Assassins in White Emperor City to discuss his succession to the Pavilion Master position. They explained that the White Tiger Divine Hall opposed him because he cultivated demonic arts, and asked him to give them time to negotiate.

• Li Musheng entered the Hidden Kill Pavilion’s residence while Shen Anran, Cang Yinyue, and the others waited outside.
• The Hidden Kill Pavilion Master welcomed Li Musheng and said he could decide whether to move the Pavilion’s headquarters if he became its master.
• The Hidden Kill Pavilion Master told Li Musheng that the White Tiger Divine Hall objected to his succession and asked whether he cultivated demonic arts.
• Li Musheng admitted that he cultivated multiple top-tier demonic arts and questioned whether that made him seem like a demon.
• The Hidden Kill Pavilion Master and the Saint of Assassins explained that the White Tiger Divine Hall controlled the Pavilion and feared Li Musheng’s demonic nature might cause disaster.
• The Saint of Assassins asked Li Musheng to give them time to speak with the White Tiger Divine Hall and promised him an answer.

Li Musheng demanded that the Hidden Kill Pavilion Master surrender his position and insisted that the White Tiger Divine Hall could not dictate his martial arts. The Pavilion Master agreed in principle and revealed that the Pavilion’s killing arts came from the ancient White Tiger inheritance, leaving Li Musheng poised to learn why the Pavilion was bound to the White Tiger Divine Hall.

• Li Musheng threatened to destroy the Hidden Kill Pavilion and the White Tiger Divine Hall if the Pavilion Master refused to hand over his position.
• The Killing Saint said the Pavilion’s leaders supported Li Musheng’s succession, but the White Tiger Divine Hall objected because of his demonic arts.
• Li Musheng refused to abolish his martial arts or prove himself, and demanded that the Pavilion Master step down and announce his succession.
• The Pavilion Master agreed to Li Musheng’s demands in principle but warned that the Pavilion’s connection to the White Tiger Divine Hall was deep.
• The Pavilion Master and the Killing Saint revealed that the Hidden Kill Pavilion’s path of slaughter and the martial arts of its leaders and top assassins came from the ancient White Tiger inheritance.

The Hidden Kill Pavilion Master explained that the White Tiger Divine Hall controlled the Hidden Kill Pavilion because it held the White King's complete legacy, but Li Musheng insisted on becoming the Pavilion's Master. The Pavilion Master then revealed that the Big Black Cat's reaction to the Hidden Kill Order might be linked to a Divine-Natured Person with a White Tiger Baleful Fate like the White King's.

• The Hidden Kill Pavilion Master told Li Musheng that the White Tiger Divine Hall held authority over the Pavilion and that even he could not defy it.
• The Hidden Kill Pavilion Master and a Killing Saint said they were powerless to support Li Musheng against the White Tiger Divine Hall, but Li Musheng reaffirmed that he was the Pavilion's Master.
• Li Musheng ordered the Hidden Kill Pavilion Master to announce his claim throughout the Pavilion and martial world, and the Master warned that the White Tiger Divine Hall would retaliate.
• Li Musheng took the Hidden Kill Order from the Big Black Cat and asked the Hidden Kill Pavilion Master what he had learned about it.
• The Hidden Kill Pavilion Master said the Hidden Kill Order likely came from the White Tiger's burial ground and suspected the Big Black Cat concealed a Divine-Natured Person with an exceptional White Tiger Baleful Fate like the White King's.

Li Musheng learned that the White King had possessed the rare White Tiger Baleful Fate and asked the Hidden Kill Pavilion Master about the Tomb of the White Emperor. When Li Musheng threatened to use the Soul-Seizing Technique, the Hidden Kill Pavilion Master and the Slaying Saint vanished from the hall.

• The Hidden Kill Pavilion Master told Li Musheng that the White King was a Divine-Natured Person who discovered his White Tiger Baleful Fate in the Western Desert and gained the White Tiger’s inheritance.
• Li Musheng asked whether the White King’s special fate had allowed him to enter the White Tiger’s burial ground and inherit its complete legacy, and the Hidden Kill Pavilion Master confirmed it.
• Li Musheng asked whether the Hidden Kill Pavilion Master could take him to the Tomb of the White Emperor, but the Master said no one had found it for a thousand years and suggested asking the White Tiger Divine Hall.
• The Slaying Saint said the Tomb of the White Emperor was likely both the White Tiger’s burial ground and the White King’s tomb, and that the White King had hidden it to keep others away.
• Li Musheng mentioned his Soul-Seizing Technique, prompting the Hidden Kill Pavilion Master and the Slaying Saint to disappear without disturbing the hall.