Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan and Mo Mang opened the ancient cultivator’s cave residence and found a room filled with magical treasures and rare refining materials. As Mo Mang tried to break the barrier protecting the loot, the room sealed itself and strange figures appeared around them.

• Lin Xuan used the two men’s blood and spells deciphered from the stone door to remove its restriction, then opened the door with Mo Mang.
• Lin Xuan and Mo Mang searched the cave residence and found an ornate pagoda that appeared to be an ancient treasure, but postponed investigating it.
• Lin Xuan and Mo Mang discovered a stone room containing more than a dozen magical treasures and rare refining materials, then agreed to split them equally.
• Mo Mang tried to break the blue light barrier while Lin Xuan watched warily, but his strike failed to open it.
• The entrance sealed shut, red light barriers appeared around the room, and illusory figures emerged; Lin Xuan recognized them and was shocked.

Mo Mang revealed that his clan’s sacred Spirit Bell controlled the demon-soul restrictions in the Immortal Mine, then used it to trap Lin Xuan and Lin Yue'er. Lin Xuan fought back with his treasures and summoned allies, but powerful third-rank beast souls overwhelmed them, leaving them surrounded.

• Mo Mang told Lin Xuan that he was descended from a Transformation Realm demon ancestor and that his clan’s Spirit Bell controlled the mine’s demon souls.
• Mo Mang rang the bell and sent more than a thousand beast souls to attack Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan summoned his protective fan, zombies, Mystic Fire Divine Pearl, and Lin Yue'er, and the flames destroyed several demon souls.
• Mo Mang’s beast souls counterattacked with volleys of light, forcing Lin Xuan to dodge while Lin Yue'er and the zombies struggled against the swarm.
• Lin Xuan made his zombies self-destruct to blast nearby souls, but several third-rank beast souls—including a Single-Horned Flying Snake—joined the battle.
• Surrounded by the beast souls, Lin Yue'er asked Lin Xuan what they should do.

Lin Xuan used the Ancient Jade to absorb Mo Mang’s demon souls and turn the tables, then fought Mo Mang with transformed treasures and powerful secret arts. The battle continued as Lin Xuan sent the golden Mystic Fire Divine Pearl crashing toward Mo Mang.

• As the demon souls overwhelmed Lin Xuan’s barrier, the Ancient Jade emerged and absorbed the attacking souls.
• Lin Xuan recalled the jade, discovered it had changed, and launched an assault on Mo Mang with Fire Snakes and a black flood dragon formed from the Carefree Fan.
• Mo Mang revealed his giant serpent form and fought the flood dragon while Lin Xuan struck him with thousands of golden needles.
• Lin Xuan infused the Mystic Fire Divine Pearl with his core fire and hurled the blazing golden pearl at Mo Mang.

Lin Xuan defeated Mo Mang and tried to claim the ancient treasures and minerals sealed behind two barriers. After losing the Green Scale Needle inside the first barrier, he discovered that his poisonous green mist could weaken it and shattered it, leaving the second barrier still to be dealt with.

• Lin Xuan killed Mo Mang with the Mystic Fire Divine Pearl, captured the demon snake's Primordial Spirit with the Ancient Jade, and collected its Demon Core and surviving remains.
• Lin Xuan tried Sword Qi, the Mystic Fire Divine Pearl, and the Green Scale Needle against the treasure barrier, but could not break it and lost control of the needle inside.
• Lin Xuan found that a piece of Mo Mang's remains weakened the barrier, then used green mist from the jade bottle to thin it further.
• Lin Xuan stopped the remaining mist and shattered the weakened barrier with a strike, while the second barrier remained.

Lin Xuan tested three ordinary ancient treasures among the relics and discovered that the Spirit-Absorbing Mirror could drain spiritual power, while the Floating Cloud Falling Snow Sword wielded an ice ability. After collecting the treasures and rare refining materials, he searched the stone room and left satisfied.

• Lin Xuan identified the Spirit-Absorbing Mirror and tested it on the Mystic Fire Divine Pearl, confirming that it absorbed spiritual power from treasures and cultivators.
• Lin Xuan tested a strange white sphere, finding that it produced extremely fine, durable threads that resisted both great force and Pure Yang Pill Fire.
• Lin Xuan used the Floating Cloud Falling Snow Sword to break the red barrier and discovered that the sword had an ice-attribute ability.
• Lin Xuan stored the remaining ancient treasures, including unusable life-bound treasures he could later melt down or sell.
• Lin Xuan released the Green Glow Maggot's poisonous mist to dissolve the blue barrier, collected the rare refining materials, and left after searching the stone room.

Lin Xuan took the Exquisite Pagoda after discovering its treasure-filled barrier was a trap, then spent months studying a way through the Immortal Mine’s sea of fire. He broke the ancient restriction and teleported to an unfamiliar place, where he began examining his surroundings.

• Lin Xuan sent a walking corpse into the Exquisite Pagoda, discovered that its apparent treasures were an illusion guarding a deadly flame trap, and used a Storage Bag to collect the pagoda itself.
• Lin Xuan followed the map copied from Mo Mang to the end of the Immortal Mine, where a sea of fire blocked his way and repelled his divine sense.
• Lin Xuan studied Xuanji Insights for three months and learned a method to break the ancient restriction by combining equal amounts of yin and yang spiritual power.
• Lin Xuan fused azure Sword Qi with yin spiritual power, sent the resulting light into the sea of fire, and waited as the restriction collapsed.
• Lin Xuan recognized the purple mist as an Ancient Teleportation Array, entered its vortex, and arrived unharmed in an unfamiliar place.

Lin Xuan returned toward Ye Family Fortress and heard that the Liu Family was attacking it while Ye Ru and the defenders were in grave danger. Ye Qinghai sacrificed himself to stop Liu Junhao, but Immortal Kunshan entered the fortress to capture Ye Ru as his cultivation vessel.

• Lin Xuan flew toward Ye Family Fortress and stopped when he heard fighting there.
• The Liu Family attacked the fortress, and Ye Ru's defenders struggled after traitors sabotaged the Yin-Yang Thunder Fire Array.
• Ye Qinghai ordered Ye Xing to escort Ye Ru away, then self-destructed to attack Liu Junhao.
• Immortal Kunshan shielded Liu Junhao from the blast and agreed to seize Ye Ru as his cultivation vessel.
• Immortal Kunshan flew toward the fortress while Liu Junhao watched him and took a jade box from his Storage Bag.

Liu Junhao attacked the Ye Family Fortress with Kunshan Shangren, who sought to take Ye Ru as a cultivation furnace. As the Ye Family fought back despite learning of Ye Qingcheng’s death, Kunshan Shangren killed Ye Xing and Ye Qingsong and turned his attention to Ye Ru and the remaining disciples.

• Liu Junhao agreed to give Ye Ru to Kunshan Shangren as a cultivation furnace and led the Liu Family’s assault on the Ye Family Fortress.
• Ye Ru refused to flee, but Kunshan Shangren attacked her and killed Ye Xing when he stepped in to protect her.
• Ye Ru struck Kunshan Shangren with her spiritual artifact, but his Golden Armor Technique stopped the blade from injuring him.
• Ye Qingsong arrived and told Ye Ru that Ye Qingcheng was dead, then stayed behind to hold off Kunshan Shangren while she escaped.
• Kunshan Shangren pierced Ye Qingsong with a magic treasure, killing him despite the protection of his Heaven-Blurring Shield.
• Ye Ru and several young Ye Family disciples attacked Kunshan Shangren in grief, refusing to retreat.

Lin Xuan intervened when Kunshan Shangren threatened the Ye Family disciples and defeated the Core Condensation cultivator with powerful treasures and techniques. Ye Ru and the surviving disciples were left stunned by Lin Xuan’s strength and his unexpected return.

• Kunshan Shangren killed seven Ye Family disciples with golden Sword Qi and threatened the survivors.
• Lin Xuan appeared and challenged Kunshan Shangren, then blocked his Sword Qi with the Nine Heavens Spirit Shield.
• Lin Xuan used the Floating Cloud Falling Snow Sword to destroy Kunshan Shangren’s Blue Light Cone.
• Kunshan Shangren attacked with his Buddhist Prayer Beads, but Lin Xuan’s Ancient Mirror drained their power and began absorbing Kunshan Shangren’s magic power.
• Kunshan Shangren broke free and tried to flee, but Lin Xuan pierced his heart with the Green Scale Needle and burned his body to ash with Core Fire.
• Ye Ru and the surviving Ye Family disciples watched in shock as Lin Xuan defeated Kunshan Shangren in minutes.

Lin Xuan answered Ye Ru’s plea for vengeance by infiltrating the battle at Ye Family Fortress and killing Liu Junhao with the Green Scale Needle. He recovered the crystal stones Liu Junhao had taken from the Immortal Mine, leaving the surviving Ye elders to witness the Liu leader’s death.

• Ye Ru told Lin Xuan that Liu Junhao had killed her father and asked him to destroy the Liu Family; Lin Xuan promised to kill Liu Junhao.
• Liu Junhao overwhelmed the three Ye elders, destroyed their spiritual tools, and killed Ye Qingshi with his Ghost Head Blade.
• Lin Xuan appeared behind Liu Junhao and killed him with the Green Scale Needle, then burned his body to ash.
• Lin Xuan took Liu Junhao’s Storage Bag and found five or six hundred mid-grade crystal stones inside, which he recognized as the stones from the Immortal Mine.

Lin Xuan defeated the Liu Family’s forces and saved the Ye Family, then refused Ye Ru’s offer to become his maidservant. Seven days later, an elder from Spirit Herb Mountain arrived, leaving Lin Xuan surprised by her identity and respectful attitude.

• Lin Xuan killed the Liu Family elders and Liu Jian, routing their forces from Ye Family Fortress.
• Ye Ru asked Lin Xuan to pursue the retreating Liu Family, but he refused and ordered the Ye Family disciples to hold their positions.
• Three days later, Ye Ru asked Lin Xuan for help protecting the weakened Ye Family, and he said he had sent a letter to Spirit Herb Mountain.
• Ye Ru offered to serve Lin Xuan as his maidservant, but he declined and told her not to raise the matter again.
• Seven days later, Wanqiu arrived as an elder from Spirit Herb Mountain, and Lin Xuan was surprised by her age, cultivation, and deference toward him.

After returning from Green Leaf Mountain, Lin Xuan reported to Perfected Master Tongyu while concealing most of his discoveries in the Immortal Mine. Back in his cave, he considered using the demon souls sealed in the Ancient Jade to refine a Ten Thousand Soul Banner.

• Lin Xuan left the Ye family after accepting their gifts and returned to Spirit Herb Mountain seven days later.
• Lin Xuan told Perfected Master Tongyu that he had found Millennium Copper Essence in an abandoned ancient mine, and Tongyu let him keep it.
• After Lin Xuan left, Xu Jinqing and Perfected Master Tongyu agreed that he had likely hidden some of his discoveries.
• Lin Xuan reviewed his rare materials and lamented that he lacked the Southern Bright Separation Fire needed to refine his desired lifebound magic treasure.
• Lin Xuan examined the Ancient Jade, which had absorbed more than a thousand demon souls, and considered refining a Ten Thousand Soul Banner with demon-beast souls.

Lin Xuan studied how to refine the Ten Thousand Soul Banner with beast souls and began forging it from Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Jade. His first attempt failed, but he purified the ruined materials with the Blue Star Sea and left them ready for another try before visiting the strange beast that had hatched from the egg.

• Lin Xuan spent half a year researching the Ten Thousand Soul Banner and tested that beast souls could be used to refine it.
• Lin Xuan began forging the banner with Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Jade and auxiliary materials, but the first refinement produced a mottled, failed rod.
• Lin Xuan used the Blue Star Sea to purify the failed materials over five days and five nights, preserving the Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Jade.
• Lin Xuan told Yue'er that the refinement had failed but reassured her he could purify the materials and try again.
• Lin Xuan visited the Spirit Beast Room, where the round, furry creature hatched from the Heavenly Sha Devil Lord's egg rolled to his feet.

Lin Xuan spent three years refining the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, then sealed more than a thousand beast souls into it over the following year. After completing the lifebound magic treasure, he renamed it the Beast Soul Banner.

• Lin Xuan put off studying the demonic beast he had blood-bound as his master and resumed refining the Ten Thousand Soul Banner after resting.
• Lin Xuan endured eight or nine failed attempts over three years before successfully forging the banner's short rod.
• Lin Xuan bought the hide of a lower-grade level-four Soul-Leaving Beast for fifty thousand crystal stones and shaped it into the banner cloth.
• Lin Xuan bound the rod and cloth with his essence blood, then confirmed the banner could absorb beast souls by sealing an Iron-Armored Explosive Flame Tiger's soul inside it.
• Lin Xuan spent more than three hundred days sealing over a thousand souls from the Ancient Jade into the banner, defeating four third-rank beast souls before absorbing them.
• Lin Xuan drew the completed treasure into his body to nourish it and renamed it the Beast Soul Banner.

After spending years refining the Beast Soul Banner, Lin Xuan learned that the righteous and demonic factions had plunged You Province into war. He returned to his cave residence to strengthen himself and began studying the ancient talisman-making art sealed in an Ancient Jade Slip.

• Lin Xuan left his cave residence and was surprised that Yue'er had reached the great perfection of the Foundation Establishment Realm.
• Lin Xuan noticed Spirit Herb Mountain was crowded with frightened cultivators seeking healing pills and pills that could temporarily boost their strength.
• A cultivator told Lin Xuan that the righteous and demonic factions had gone to war about three months earlier, drawing most of You Province's sects into the conflict.
• Lin Xuan decided to use the time before Spirit Herb Mountain was dragged into the fighting to improve his abilities and nurture the Beast Soul Banner with his Primordial Spirit.
• Lin Xuan took out the Ancient Jade Slip and began considering its ancient talisman-making art as a way to increase his strength.

Lin Xuan used a rare jade slip to learn how to make earth-rank Blazing Fireball talismans, then abruptly left his secluded work when he sensed Yue'er was in danger. He found her suffering amid ghost fog and used the Yin-Yang Art to wrap her in black qi, leaving her condition unresolved.

• Lin Xuan chose talisman making over formations and battle armor, then studied how to seal his Blazing Fireball spell into spirit talismans.
• After half a year of practice, Lin Xuan produced several dozen talismans despite many failed attempts.
• Lin Xuan sensed trouble, rushed to Yue'er's stone room, and shattered its protective barrier with the Floating Cloud Falling Snow Sword.
• Lin Xuan found Yue'er trembling on a stone platform amid ghost fog and discovered that her condition was severe but not life-threatening.
• Lin Xuan used the Yin-Yang Art to send seven streams of black qi around Yue'er, enclosing her in a cocoon.

Lin Xuan rescued Yue'er after her attempt to form a Golden Core went disastrously wrong, but her spiritual power kept relapsing despite his efforts to stabilize it. Searching for a solution, he went to the Library Pavilion and headed for its fourth floor.

• Lin Xuan absorbed the black qi from Yue'er's cocoon, helped her wake, and replenished his own vitality after the treatment.
• Yue'er told Lin Xuan that she had attempted Core Condensation alone, and her forming Golden Core had collapsed, sending her spiritual power into chaos.
• Lin Xuan explained that he had stabilized Yue'er's injuries using his knowledge of their shared cultivation arts, then checked on her several times a day.
• Seven days later, Yue'er's spiritual power began raging again, forcing Lin Xuan to repeatedly spend his true essence to keep her alive.
• Unable to find an explanation in the Mystic Demon True Scripture, Lin Xuan went to the Library Pavilion and headed for the fourth floor.

Lin Xuan searched the Library Pavilion for a way to restore Yue'er after her failed Core Condensation and learned that she needed the inner core of a Ghost King with over a thousand years of cultivation. He prepared to seek one in Yinhun Canyon, the place in You Province where ghosts and yin mist gathered.

• Lin Xuan used a Spirit Herb Mountain banner to reveal hidden ancient Jade Slips on the Library Pavilion's fourth floor and studied a Ghost Path text.
• Lin Xuan learned that Yue'er could be restored only by using the inner core of a thousand-year Ghost King to nourish her Primordial Spirit.
• Lin Xuan left the Library Pavilion and began preparing for a long journey.
• Lin Xuan recalled that Yinhun Canyon was a region of You Province where escaped ghosts and yin mist had settled after a cultivator named Mo Yan broke into the netherworld and self-destructed.
• Lin Xuan recognized Yinhun Canyon as his best hope for finding a Ghost King and saving Yue'er.

Lin Xuan traveled toward Yinhun Canyon through a province increasingly consumed by war and lawlessness. When Yue'er's injuries suddenly flared, he concealed himself with a formation and used his Golden Core to help treat her.

• Lin Xuan left Spirit Herb Mountain and traveled cautiously toward Yinhun Canyon while the righteous and devil factions remained at war.
• Lin Xuan learned from a rescued Rogue Cultivator that the fighting had spread, neutral groups were being destroyed, and lawlessness was growing.
• Yue'er's injuries suddenly worsened at a busy crossroads, so Lin Xuan set up and concealed an Extreme Yin Evil Spirit Array.
• Lin Xuan released Yue'er and used his Golden Core and spiritual power to guide her in suppressing her injuries.

Lin Xuan continued treating Yue'er while Lei Hong attacked their concealed array, believing an injured Demon Cultivator was hiding inside. When Lei Hong’s ancient treasure began overwhelming the array, Lin Xuan used his array disc to alter the black mist.

• Lin Xuan kept healing Yue'er as an attacker battered the array, and he told her to focus on suppressing her injuries.
• Lei Hong, an elder of the Sea Dragon Sect, saw through Lin Xuan’s illusion and guessed that a gravely injured Demon Cultivator was inside.
• Lei Hong attacked the array with his short-blade magic treasure, then brought out the Heaven-Turning Seal when the array resisted.
• Lei Hong enlarged the Heaven-Turning Seal and smashed it into the array, forcing its black mist and array flags to strain.
• Lin Xuan saw that the array might not hold and sent a streak of azure light into his array disc, changing the black mist.