Chapter Summaries

Li Musheng caught the Hidden Kill Pavilion's master and Killing Saint after they fled, suppressed them, and used the Soul-Seizing Technique to uncover their secrets. He learned that they sought the White Tiger inheritance and clues to immortality, then bound them with Life-Death Seals and ordered them to find the Tomb of the White Emperor.

• Li Musheng realized the Hidden Kill Pavilion's master and Killing Saint were hiding something after they fled at the mention of the Soul-Seizing Technique.
• The Hidden Kill Pavilion's master decided to announce Li Musheng as the new pavilion master, hoping the White Tiger Divine Hall would turn against him.
• Li Musheng appeared in the alley and sealed the area, preventing the Hidden Kill Pavilion's master and Killing Saint from escaping.
• Li Musheng defeated the pair with a single move and used the Soul-Seizing Technique to inspect their memories.
• Li Musheng discovered that the pair wanted the complete White Tiger inheritance to break through their cultivation limits, and learned of a secret scheme tied to the White King, the Apocalypse Emperor, the White Tiger, and immortality.
• Li Musheng placed Life-Death Seals on the Hidden Kill Pavilion's master and Killing Saint, who accepted him as their master, and ordered them to find the Tomb of the White Emperor.

Li Musheng tasked the Big Black Cat, the Hidden Kill Pavilion Master, and the Kill Saint with finding the Tomb of the White Emperor, then officially took control of the Hidden Kill Pavilion. Meanwhile, a group of hooded figures in White Emperor City worried that A Xiu and the Fifth Elder had not reported back about obtaining the White Tiger's Fang.

• Li Musheng sent the Big Black Cat with the Hidden Kill Pavilion Master and the Kill Saint to locate the Tomb of the White Emperor.
• The Hidden Kill Pavilion Master formally passed the Pavilion Master position to Li Musheng, then left with the Kill Saint and the Big Black Cat to investigate the tomb.
• Li Musheng and Cang Yinyue's group settled in the residence while news of his succession spread through White Emperor City.
• A group of hooded figures learned that A Xiu and the Fifth Elder had been seen with Li Musheng and that he had become the new Pavilion Master.
• The hooded group discussed its plan to obtain the White Tiger's Fang, and the Third Elder decided to consult the clan elders while a young man kept watch.

The Third Elder learned that White Tiger's Fang had fallen into the hands of Great Li's Eighth Prince, and the clan elders chose to pursue another way to open the Tomb of the White Emperor. The clan's Sixth Ancestor then enlisted Green Mountain Tower's master to cooperate, in exchange for his promise to leave the Western Desert after the matter was settled.

• A young messenger told the Third Elder that the Fifth Elder had failed to obtain White Tiger's Fang and that Great Li's Eighth Prince now possessed it.
• The Third Elder reported the news to the clan elders, who told him to monitor the Eighth Prince and said they had another way to open the Tomb of the White Emperor.
• The Sixth Ancestor summoned Green Mountain Tower's master and asked him to repay the clan for saving his life.
• Green Mountain Tower's master agreed to help the clan seize the Tomb of the White Emperor and promised to lead his tower out of the Western Desert afterward.

The master of Green Mountain Tower negotiated with the Sixth Ancestor of Exquisite Ancient City over entering the Tomb of the White Emperor, promising to find its true entrance within two days. Afterward, he told a young man that Green Mountain Tower would have to leave the Western Desert and prepare to seize the coming turmoil to grow stronger.

• The master of Green Mountain Tower asked the Sixth Ancestor to help enter the Tomb of the White Emperor, claiming he knew royal secrets and would find the tomb’s true entrance within two days.
• The Sixth Ancestor suspected the master of Green Mountain Tower had spread news of White Tiger’s Fang to manipulate the clan, but the master denied it and kept his purpose secret.
• The Sixth Ancestor warned the master of Green Mountain Tower that hidden schemes would not withstand absolute strength, then agreed to act once the tomb was found.
• After the master of Green Mountain Tower left, elders debated destroying Green Mountain Tower, but the Sixth Ancestor said restoring their clan took priority and they would honor their word if the master knew when to advance and retreat.
• The master of Green Mountain Tower told a young man that the clan had seen through some of their plans and Green Mountain Tower could not remain in the Western Desert after the tomb matter was settled.
• The young man agreed that Green Mountain Tower must leave the Western Desert and take advantage of the instability surrounding Great Li to strengthen itself.

The Green Mountain Tower Master discussed the Tomb of the White Emperor with a young man, while Li Musheng told A Xiu that he had the key and would decide what could be taken from the tomb. After A Xiu left, Li Musheng learned that people from the White Tiger Divine Hall had arrived.

• The Green Mountain Tower Master said the Tomb of the White Emperor held what Great Qi needed to restore its nation and hinted that it was also the mausoleum of the Great Qi ancestor, the White King.
• A Xiu asked Li Musheng to let her and her companions leave, and he revealed that he had the key to the Tomb of the White Emperor and would find its location himself.
• Li Musheng warned A Xiu that her Exquisite Ancient City Remnant Clan would need his permission to take anything from the tomb, and she agreed to relay his terms to her elders.
• Li Musheng sent A Xiu away with the Hidden Kill Pavilion's people and then heard that people from the White Tiger Divine Hall had arrived.

Li Musheng refused to meet the White Tiger Divine Hall’s messengers and forced them to kneel outside his residence, prompting the Hall to send five Divine Hall Elders against him. As the Elders attacked with White Tiger phantoms and Geng Metal killing light, Li Musheng answered with demonic arts, while observers debated what his victory might mean for the Hidden Kill Pavilion.

• Li Musheng ignored the two White Tiger Divine Hall messengers, then used unseen power to make them kneel helplessly before his residence.
• Lian Xing and Phantom Swan discussed Li Musheng’s confidence and the Hidden Kill Pavilion’s uncertain future as word of the incident reached the White Tiger Divine Hall.
• The White Tiger Divine Hall sent five Divine Hall Elders, whose attempt to reach the kneeling messengers was stopped by Li Musheng’s power.
• Li Musheng struck one Divine Hall Elder with a palm of demonic qi and filled the sky with a demonic vortex.
• The five Divine Hall Elders summoned White Tiger phantoms and unleashed Geng Metal killing light toward Li Musheng’s demonic vortex.
• As the battle began, the former Hidden Kill Pavilion Master and the Kill Saint discussed their hopes and fears for Li Musheng, while hidden Demon Dao figures condemned the White Tiger Divine Hall.

Li Musheng used the Heaven-Devouring Demon Art to defeat five White Tiger Divine Hall elders without leaving his residence, stripping them of their cultivation and leaving them kneeling at his gate. His display of power inspired hidden Demon Dao practitioners to approach him and pledge their allegiance, while righteous martial artists chose not to interfere.

• Li Musheng swallowed the platinum flames and Geng Metal killing light unleashed by the White Tiger Divine Hall elders.
• Li Musheng crushed the five elders’ White Tiger phantoms, devoured their martial cultivation, and left them kneeling outside his residence.
• Demon Dao practitioners in White Emperor City celebrated Li Musheng’s victory and set out in a group to join his command.
• Yi Yangzi warned his companions against attacking the approaching Demon Dao practitioners, suspecting Li Musheng stood behind them.
• Righteous martial figures watched without intervening, and a senior and a woman in green lamented that Li Musheng had entered the Demon Dao.

Li Musheng rebuffed the demonic cultivators who gathered outside his residence, causing them to flee, while a woman from the Six Desires Demon Sect remained to speak with him. Nearby jianghu masters debated how to deal with Li Musheng and decided to watch him carefully before acting.

• Shangguan Yan, Song Wanchao, and Hu Yidao rejected a proposal to attack Li Musheng immediately and agreed to observe the conflict between him and the White Tiger Divine Hall.
• Demonic cultivators gathered outside Li Musheng’s residence to submit to him, but the former Blood River Demon Sect Protector Elder criticized Li Musheng and questioned his authority.
• A red-robed woman rebuked the Protector Elder and urged the crowd to honor Li Musheng as the Demon Lord.
• Li Musheng threatened to absorb the crowd’s cultivation and blood vitality with the Heaven-Devouring Demon Art, and nearly all the demonic cultivators fled.
• The red-robed woman stayed behind, identified herself as a member of the Six Desires Demon Sect, and entered Li Musheng’s residence after he opened its gates.
• Shangguan Yan’s companions discussed Li Musheng’s actions, and Hu Yidao proposed pursuing the fleeing demonic cultivators.

Li Musheng received Han Meiyan’s message about Qilin Blood discovered in Great Chu and decided to travel there, while the White Tiger Divine Hall made no immediate move against him. A Xiu warned her clan elders that Li Musheng could locate the Tomb of the White Emperor, then suggested his true interest might be the ancient White Tiger itself.

• A woman in red delivered Han Meiyan’s letter, which told Li Musheng that Six Desires Demon Sect experts had found Qilin Blood in Great Chu before dying mysteriously and losing it.
• Li Musheng told the woman to tell Han Meiyan he would meet her in Great Chu, intending to pursue the Qilin Blood and visit his sworn younger sister.
• The White Tiger Divine Hall did not act for half a day after its elders were forced to kneel, prompting the Western Desert martial artists to wonder whether it feared Li Musheng.
• The former Pavilion Master of the Hidden Kill Pavilion and the Killing Saint suspected the White Tiger Divine Hall was planning to eliminate Li Musheng, while Big Black Cat stayed focused on locating the tomb.
• A Xiu told the Third Elder that Li Musheng possessed the White Tiger’s Fang and could find the Tomb of the White Emperor, so the Third Elder took her to meet the clan elders.
• A Xiu told the Sixth Ancestor that Li Musheng seemed more interested in the ancient White Tiger than in the Hidden Kill Pavilion or the White Tiger Divine Hall.

The Sixth Ancestor ordered A Xiu to remain with him, learn martial cultivation, and report everything she knew about Li Musheng before the clan entered the Tomb of the White Emperor. As White Emperor City debated Li Musheng and the Jiang Family’s genius youth, mysterious musicians appeared outside a tavern, and someone upstairs identified their visitor as the White Cloud Fairy of Half-Cloud City.

• The Sixth Ancestor warned the Third Elder not to provoke Li Musheng and told him to monitor the Hidden Kill Pavilion.
• The Sixth Ancestor asked A Xiu to stay with him for martial training and agreed to take her into the Tomb of the White Emperor if she shared everything she knew about Li Musheng.
• News spread that the Jiang Family’s genius youth recruitment tournament would take place the day after tomorrow, prompting martial artists to compare the youth’s talent with Li Musheng’s.
• Musicians veiled in gauze appeared amid mist outside a tavern, and their music silenced the patrons inside.
• A voice from upstairs asked whether the visitor was the White Cloud Fairy of Half-Cloud City.

White Cloud Fairy met Earth-Attracting Ancestor in a private room in White Emperor City and offered to help him recruit the Jiang Family youth as a disciple in exchange for his help dealing with Hidden Kill Pavilion’s new Pavilion Master. Earth-Attracting Ancestor refused to risk his life, but White Cloud Fairy hinted she had a bargaining chip he could not refuse.

• White Cloud Fairy appeared outside the tavern, and Earth-Attracting Ancestor called her upstairs to speak with him.
• White Cloud Fairy asked whether Earth-Attracting Ancestor had come for the Jiang Family youth, and he noted that she had regained her youthful appearance with an Appearance-Reforming Pill.
• White Cloud Fairy offered to yield the Jiang Family youth to Earth-Attracting Ancestor if he helped her deal with Hidden Kill Pavilion’s new Pavilion Master.
• Earth-Attracting Ancestor warned that the Pavilion Master was dangerous and refused to cooperate, but White Cloud Fairy claimed she had an irresistible bargaining chip.
• White Cloud Fairy revealed that she desired the Pavilion Master’s youthful body, leaving Earth-Attracting Ancestor to consider her offer.

White Cloud Fairy recruited the Earth-Attracting Ancestor to help enter the Tomb of the White Emperor, then left to meet the Hidden Kill Pavilion master. The Earth-Attracting Ancestor reunited with the blind Prince Xun and resolved to return to Great Chu to seek revenge on Prince Ling.

• White Cloud Fairy offered to take the Earth-Attracting Ancestor into the Tomb of the White Emperor with help from someone who knew how to find it.
• The Earth-Attracting Ancestor agreed to work with White Cloud Fairy, who said she would first meet the Hidden Kill Pavilion master and might not need his help.
• After White Cloud Fairy departed, the Earth-Attracting Ancestor called out the blind man hiding in the inn and recognized him as Prince Xun.
• The Earth-Attracting Ancestor reminded Prince Xun that Prince Ling had seized the throne and destroyed the General's family and followers.
• Prince Xun offered to accompany the Earth-Attracting Ancestor to Great Chu, but the General said he would go himself and test the imperial family's blade.

Earth-Attracting Ancestor agreed to take the blind man into the Tomb of the White Emperor, while Li Musheng studied the Demonic Scripture and Longevity Scripture in White Emperor City. White Cloud Fairy arrived at Li Musheng’s residence to meet him, and he let her inside after taking her excuse for sincere admiration at face value.

• The blind man asked Earth-Attracting Ancestor to take him into the Tomb of the White Emperor, and the general agreed without learning his reasons.
• Earth-Attracting Ancestor and the blind man resumed their conversation about the blind man’s years away.
• Li Musheng continued studying the Longevity Scripture and the Demonic Scripture, considering how to refine the latter without its demonic nature.
• White Cloud Fairy arrived at Li Musheng’s residence and introduced herself as an admirer from Half-Cloud City.
• Li Musheng opened the gates and invited White Cloud Fairy inside, while she considered using further tricks to win him over.

White Cloud Fairy visited Li Musheng and tried to charm him, while Shen Anran and Cang Yinyue watched warily. Li Musheng admired her beauty but then remarked that she had little time left to live.

• White Cloud Fairy entered Li Musheng’s residence and asked Shen Anran and Cang Yinyue where his room was.
• Shen Anran and Cang Yinyue suspected White Cloud Fairy wanted to seduce Li Musheng, and Shen Anran stayed outside his room to keep watch.
• White Cloud Fairy met Li Musheng, was captivated by his looks, and deliberately praised him to win his favor.
• White Cloud Fairy introduced herself as Yun’er from Half-Cloud City and explained that she had come to pay her respects after hearing Li Musheng was in White Emperor City.
• Li Musheng admired White Cloud Fairy’s beauty, then said she had little time left to live.

Li Musheng confronted White Cloud Fairy about the dense aura of twilight death surrounding her, and she claimed she was dying from a curse planted in her as a child. After she agreed to let him inspect her meridians, his aura entered her body and triggered an overwhelming warning of danger from her martial perception.

• Li Musheng told White Cloud Fairy that he sensed a dense aura of twilight death around her.
• White Cloud Fairy claimed her father's enemy had planted an evil art in her when she was young, leaving her with a fatal illness.
• White Cloud Fairy nearly fell toward Li Musheng but caught herself, secretly using the moment to keep him guessing about her intentions.
• Li Musheng offered to inspect White Cloud Fairy's elixir palace and meridians, and she agreed while concealing that she had taken a Power-Dispersing Pill.
• Li Musheng sent his martial aura into White Cloud Fairy, whose Cloud-Sensing perception immediately warned her of an unprecedented danger.

Li Musheng examined White Cloud Fairy and found he could not help with the aging and deathly aura within her body. White Cloud Fairy asked to stay by his side, then made herself lose consciousness and fall toward him.

• Li Musheng examined White Cloud Fairy with his aura, found no way to treat her condition, and told her he could not help.
• White Cloud Fairy hid her relief that Li Musheng's aura had left her body and resolved to win him over.
• White Cloud Fairy asked Li Musheng to let her serve at his side during her remaining days.
• Li Musheng hesitated and glanced toward Shen Anran and Cang Yinyue, who watched from the courtyard with hostile gazes.
• White Cloud Fairy brought forth a thread of deathly aura, feigned collapse, and fell toward Li Musheng.

Li Musheng treated the ailing White Cloud Fairy and sent her away with Hidden Kill Pavilion assassins, while Shen Anran and Cang Yinyue suspected her intentions. White Cloud Fairy revealed that his vital aura had sealed her meridians and dantian, then went to seek Earth-Attracting Ancestor's help.

• Li Musheng suppressed the decaying deathly energy in White Cloud Fairy and agreed to let her return to see her father before deciding whether to stay.
• Li Musheng sent White Cloud Fairy away with Hidden Kill Pavilion assassins, and Shen Anran and Cang Yinyue warned him that something seemed wrong with her.
• Li Musheng admitted he sensed White Cloud Fairy wanted him intensely, but chose not to dwell on possible schemes.
• In the carriage, White Cloud Fairy discovered Li Musheng's vital aura had sealed her meridians and dantian, leaving her unable to recover her martial cultivation unless she broke through it.
• White Cloud Fairy directed her carriage to the inn where Earth-Attracting Ancestor was staying and went inside to seek his help.

Earth-Attracting Ancestor tried to remove the trace of Li Musheng’s aura from White Cloud Fairy, but the aura violently repelled his power and nearly overwhelmed him. The chapter ended with Earth-Attracting Ancestor using his Earth-Vein Protective Divine Art to hold it back.

• Earth-Attracting Ancestor ushered White Cloud Fairy into his room and asked why Hidden Kill Pavilion assassins were following her.
• White Cloud Fairy said she had contacted the Eighth Prince of Great Li and asked Earth-Attracting Ancestor to erase the aura he had left inside her.
• Earth-Attracting Ancestor warned that the aura seemed like a minor wisp, but White Cloud Fairy cautioned him that Li Musheng was far stronger than she had expected.
• Earth-Attracting Ancestor guided a martial gleam into White Cloud Fairy, and it turned berserk when it touched Li Musheng’s aura.
• The rebounding gleam shattered Earth-Attracting Ancestor’s true-qi palm, forcing him to use the Earth-Vein Protective Divine Art to block it.

Earth-Attracting Ancestor tried to remove the martial aura Li Musheng had left inside White Cloud Fairy, but his efforts failed to affect it. White Cloud Fairy realized he might be overreaching and urged him to stop before he harmed her.

• Earth-Attracting Ancestor contained and ground away the martial true radiance that had erupted in the inn.
• Earth-Attracting Ancestor examined White Cloud Fairy and admitted that Li Musheng’s lingering martial aura was formidable.
• White Cloud Fairy asked Earth-Attracting Ancestor to remove some of the aura from her body.
• Earth-Attracting Ancestor sealed the room and used earth-vein true qi to try to suppress and disperse the aura, but it remained unmoved.
• White Cloud Fairy saw Earth-Attracting Ancestor struggling and told him to stop before he got her killed.

Earth-Attracting Ancestor failed to remove the martial aura Li Musheng had left inside White Cloud Fairy, leaving her unable to restore her cultivation without his help. White Cloud Fairy rejected the idea of giving up and decided to seduce Li Musheng instead.

• Earth-Attracting Ancestor stopped trying to erase Li Musheng's martial aura because he feared injuring White Cloud Fairy, but the aura remained untouched.
• Earth-Attracting Ancestor warned White Cloud Fairy that Li Musheng was too powerful for them to handle and urged her to give up on him.
• White Cloud Fairy insisted that she must have Li Musheng and said she would make him remove the aura.
• White Cloud Fairy abandoned her plan to use drugs and force, deciding to rely on seduction to win Li Musheng over.