Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan confronted Lei Hong, who tried to kill him and seize Yue'er after discovering her rare yin soul body. Lin Xuan revealed multiple ancient treasures and launched a fierce attack, but Lei Hong activated a mysterious scroll that gathered spiritual power, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Lin Xuan and Yue'er emerged from the formation, and Lei Hong recognized Yue'er as a powerful yin soul body he wanted as a ghost servant.
• Lei Hong accused Lin Xuan of being a demonic cultivator and attacked him to seize Yue'er, but Lin Xuan struck back with the Green Scale Needle.
• Lei Hong used a short saber to fight the Green Scale Needle, then realized Lin Xuan also possessed the Mystic Fire Divine Pearl.
• Lin Xuan unleashed a sea of golden flames filled with fire snakes and firebirds, while Lei Hong produced an ancient scroll depicting an Evil Flood Dragon.
• Lei Hong activated the scroll, which radiated blue light and drew visible droplets of spiritual power toward it.

Lin Xuan fought Lei Hong and his ancient Beast Soul Talisman, using the Spirit-Absorbing Mirror to weaken its Evil Flood Dragon and the Ancient Jade to capture it. He successfully sealed the flood dragon soul inside the Jade Pendant, leaving Lei Hong pale with shock.

• Lei Hong activated the ancient Beast Soul Talisman, summoning water beasts and an Evil Flood Dragon to attack Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan used the Ancient Jade to try to capture the flood dragon, but it tore apart the giant hand formed from the jade’s light.
• Lin Xuan used the Spirit-Absorbing Mirror to drain the flood dragon’s energy, while Lei Hong spent essence blood to help it break free.
• Lin Xuan targeted Lei Hong with the mirror’s black light balls, weakening the flood dragon while forcing Lei Hong to defend himself.
• Lin Xuan used the Ancient Jade’s strands of light to bind the weakened flood dragon and pull it into the Jade Pendant.

Lin Xuan killed Lei Hong with the newly refined Beast Soul Banner and then prepared to add the Evil Flood Dragon’s soul to it. He began refining the soul at a remote mountain while preparing for his trip to Yinhun Canyon to confront a Ghost King.

• Lei Hong fled after Lin Xuan defeated the Evil Flood Dragon’s soul, but Lin Xuan pursued him and summoned hundreds of beast souls from the Beast Soul Banner.
• Lei Hong tried to escape on his short-blade magic treasure, but the beast souls’ combined attack reduced him to ashes.
• Lin Xuan collected Lei Hong’s Storage Bag and was impressed by the Beast Soul Banner’s power and its ability to replenish its beast souls.
• That evening, Lin Xuan set up the Extreme Yin Evil Spirit Array at a remote mountain and brought the Evil Flood Dragon’s soul out of the Ancient Jade.
• The weakened Evil Flood Dragon tried to flee, and Lin Xuan trapped it in a net of black qi from the Beast Soul Banner.

After refining the Flood Dragon soul, Lin Xuan hurried to Yinhun Canyon with Yue'er, whose condition had worsened, but chose to enter nearby Guiluo City first to gather information before attempting to save her. He arrived in the tense city, paid the entry fee, and began looking over its defenses.

• Lin Xuan emerged from his cave after refining the Flood Dragon soul and found Yue'er's condition had deteriorated.
• Lin Xuan traveled to Yinhun Canyon, stabilized Yue'er with Yin Spirit Qi, and then headed toward Guiluo City.
• Lin Xuan considered the dangers of entering the canyon alone and decided to seek information in Guiluo City.
• Lin Xuan removed his Spirit Herb Mountain markings, entered Guiluo City as a Rogue Cultivator, and paid ten crystal stones for a three-month token.
• Lin Xuan observed that the city's buildings and unusual spiritual Qi fluctuations reflected its defenses against Yin souls and ghosts.

Lin Xuan searched Guiluo City's ghost cultivator market for medicine that could heal Yue'er, but found none. He overheard news of a secret auction selling yin souls as ghost servants and learned that such sales were kept private to avoid provoking the ghosts of Yinhun Canyon.

• Lin Xuan visited Guiluo City's market and learned that ghost cultivators gathered there because they benefited from the yin fog near Yinhun Canyon.
• Lin Xuan searched the shops for medicine to heal Yue'er, but the Ghost Spirit Hall and the other stores had nothing suitable.
• Lin Xuan overheard two cultivators discussing a secret auction that night, where several yin souls would be sold as ghost servants.
• Lin Xuan learned that public ghost servant auctions had been banned under an agreement between human cultivators and the three great Ghost Emperors to prevent renewed war.

Lin Xuan tracked down Seven Absolutes Heaven’s secret auction near Guiluo City, hoping to find treasures that could help Yue’er’s injuries. After revealing his Core Condensation cultivation and overpowering the guards, he was welcomed inside.

• Lin Xuan stabilized Yue’er’s injuries, recovered his magic power, and flew north from Guiluo City to search for the secret auction.
• Lin Xuan spotted a scholar who used a Sound Transmission Talisman to open a hidden entrance in the wasteland.
• Lin Xuan stopped Huang Yin from summoning help and explained that he only wanted to attend the auction.
• Huang Yin welcomed Lin Xuan and explained that Seven Absolutes Heaven sometimes killed unexpected visitors but let powerful cultivators attend to avoid trouble.

Lin Xuan attended Seven Absolutes Heaven’s underground auction, where the Blue Ice Sword’s unusual ability to freeze Innate True Fire drew the crowd’s interest. A wealthy Foundation Establishment Middle Stage youth won the sword, and the auction continued with expectations rising.

• Huang Yin led Lin Xuan and the Green-Robed Scholar to the underground trade fair, where Lin Xuan received a seat among the Core Condensation cultivators.
• Lie Haipeng began the auction after most invited cultivators had arrived.
• Lie Haipeng revealed the Blue Ice Sword and demonstrated that it could freeze his Innate True Fire.
• Bidders drove the Blue Ice Sword’s price up to three thousand five hundred crystal stones, and a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage youth bought it.

At the Seven Absolutes Heaven auction, Lin Xuan bought Yin Spirit Pills to help treat Yue'er’s injuries. After the auction ended without the promised ghost servants being sold, a maid invited him to meet her master, and Lin Xuan followed her to learn why.

• The auction offered rare treasures, including an ancient treasure that a short, stout cultivator bought for twenty thousand crystal stones.
• Lie Haipeng presented Yin Spirit Pills, and Lin Xuan bought the bottle for five thousand crystal stones after judging the pills genuine and useful for Yue'er.
• Two hours later, Lie Haipeng ended the auction without explaining why no ghost servants had been sold, despite the cultivators’ complaints.
• A palace-dressed maid invited Lin Xuan to meet her master and hinted at information about the missing ghost servants, so he agreed to follow her.
• The maid led Lin Xuan through the vast underground passages to an open space, where he reacted with surprise.

Lin Xuan entered Seven Absolutes Heaven’s Bamboo Listening Pavilion after the auction and met the Core Condensation cultivators who had been invited there. As You Province’s conflicts pushed sects to recruit more cultivators, Yuan Dahai urged Lin Xuan to join the Sea Sand Sect, but Lin Xuan delayed giving an answer; then two more guests arrived.

• Lin Xuan followed Lie Haipeng through a bamboo-forest formation to the Bamboo Listening Pavilion and found five Core Condensation cultivators waiting inside.
• Yuan Dahai introduced himself to Lin Xuan and invited him to join the Sea Sand Sect after learning that Lin Xuan claimed to be a Rogue Cultivator.
• Lin Xuan considered the sects’ efforts to recruit cultivators amid the chaos spreading across You Province and recognized Yuan Dahai’s wish to strengthen his sect.
• Lin Xuan told Yuan Dahai he would consider the invitation and answer in a few days, avoiding a direct refusal.
• Lie Haipeng brought in a haughty man and woman, addressing them as Senior Fu and Senior Liao.

Lie Haipeng told the Core Condensation cultivators that a high-grade Ghost King had stolen Seven Absolutes Heaven’s eight ghost servants and asked them to join forces to retrieve them. The cultivators agreed after negotiating compensation, leaving the group poised to confront the Ghost King.

• Lie Haipeng gathered the auction’s eight Core Condensation cultivators and explained that the promised ghost servants had been seized.
• Lie Haipeng revealed that a Ghost King had stolen the servants and lived in a mountain hollow a hundred li away, outside Yinhun Canyon.
• The cultivators learned the thief was a high-grade Ghost King whose strength could rival a great-perfection Core Condensation expert.
• Lie Haipeng offered each cultivator one ghost servant in exchange for helping defeat the Ghost King.
• Fu challenged the offer, so Lie Haipeng added five thousand crystal stones for each cultivator, and the group accepted.

Lin Xuan tested a Yin Spirit Pill on Yue'er before joining Lie Haipeng and the others on their journey to the Ghost King's cave residence. As they traveled, Yuan Dahai tried to recruit Lin Xuan and dismissed concerns about the mission, while Lin Xuan questioned why Seven Absolutes Heaven needed outside help.

• Lin Xuan inspected his lodging, set up an alarm formation, and brought Yue'er out to check her injuries.
• Lin Xuan gave Yue'er a Yin Spirit Pill, which slightly stabilized her injuries but could not heal her fully.
• Lin Xuan gave Yue'er another pill to refine overnight, and she apologized for troubling him before they meditated.
• Lie Haipeng gathered the cultivators the next morning, and they set out toward the Ghost King's cave residence.
• Yuan Dahai tried to recruit Lin Xuan during the journey and claimed that eight Core Condensation cultivators could easily defeat the Ghost King.
• Lin Xuan questioned why Seven Absolutes Heaven had hired them if the task was so easy, and Yuan Dahai speculated that the alliance lacked enough experts in Guiluo City.

Lin Xuan and the other cultivators attacked the Ghost King’s cave at Hundred Flower Valley, but the supposedly high-grade Ghost King seemed much weaker than expected while its vicious ghosts fought with surprising strength. As the battle continued, Lin Xuan suspected that Seven Absolutes Heaven’s intelligence concealed a deeper problem.

• Lin Xuan inspected the mountains and recognized the area as a suitable Yin Vein where the Ghost King had built its cave residence.
• Lie Haipeng led the cultivators to Hundred Flower Valley, where they broke through the illusion spells and charged into the flower-filled valley.
• The Ghost King emerged in a cloud of black mist and withstood the cultivators’ combined attack before calling for help.
• Seven or eight vicious ghosts appeared, and the cultivators split up to fight them while Lin Xuan joined Yuan Dahai, the hooked-nosed cultivator, and the beautiful middle-aged woman against the Ghost King.
• Lin Xuan noticed that the Ghost King seemed far weaker than Lie Haipeng had claimed, while the vicious ghosts fought at unexpectedly high strength, and he began to doubt Seven Absolutes Heaven’s intelligence.

Lin Xuan and the other cultivators discovered that Lie Haipeng had lured them into an ambush with four additional ghost kings. Lie Haipeng revealed that Seven Absolutes Heaven was allied with the yin souls and planned to use the cultivators’ Golden Cores to create a Fourth Ghost Emperor.

• Lin Xuan noticed Lie Haipeng’s anxiety and quietly moved toward the canyon entrance as the group battled a ghost king.
• Four mid-stage Core Condensation yin souls arrived, and Lie Haipeng fled to join them, revealing his hidden cultivation.
• Lie Haipeng admitted that Seven Absolutes Heaven served the yin souls and described their alliance with human ghost cultivators.
• Lie Haipeng revealed that the yin souls had trapped the cultivators to consume their Golden Cores and help a ghost king reach the Nascent Soul Realm.

Lin Xuan and the other cultivators discovered that Lie Haipeng and the Ghost Kings had trapped them for the newly advanced Ghost Emperor Haotian. As the cultivators were overwhelmed and escape routes closed, Lin Xuan fled deeper into Hundred Flower Valley while Yuan Dahai ran into an ambush at the entrance.

• Lie Haipeng and the Ghost Kings attacked the cultivators, but Lin Xuan suspected they were waiting for the Fourth Ghost Emperor.
• A short, thin cultivator wounded a Ghost King and tried to escape, but Ghost Emperor Haotian appeared and seized him, extracting his Golden Core.
• Yuan Dahai urged the cultivators to attack Haotian together, then used their assault as a diversion to flee toward the valley entrance.
• Lin Xuan saw through Yuan Dahai's plan and fled deeper into the valley, reasoning that the entrance was likely guarded.
• Yuan Dahai reached the entrance and discovered a formation and a host of monsters waiting for him.

Lin Xuan lured Gu Lian away from Hundred Flower Valley and killed him with the Immortal Binding Ball and Floating Cloud Falling Snow Sword, obtaining the inner core Yue'er needed. Ghost Emperor Haotian learned that Gu Lian had died but dismissed the danger of Lin Xuan exposing Seven Absolutes Heaven.

• Lin Xuan failed to shake the pursuing Ghost King and stopped to confront him; Gu Lian introduced himself and attacked.
• Lin Xuan trapped Gu Lian with the Immortal Binding Ball, preventing him from turning into mist, then killed him with the Floating Cloud Falling Snow Sword.
• Lin Xuan collected Gu Lian's black-red inner core, stored it for Yue'er, and flew away.
• Ghost Emperor Haotian discovered that Gu Lian had died after he and Lie Haipeng killed Yuan Dahai and the other cultivators in Hundred Flower Valley.
• Lie Haipeng worried that Lin Xuan would reveal Seven Absolutes Heaven, but Ghost Emperor Haotian said no one would believe him.

After escaping Ghost Emperor Haotian, Lin Xuan gathered ingredients and rented an Earth Fire room in Guiluo City to prepare a healing pill for Yue'er while waiting out possible pursuit. On his way to the Earth Fire site, he recognized Elder Li, a fugitive from Yanzhou's fallen Fire Spirit Sect.

• Ghost Emperor Haotian ordered his Ghost Kings to leave him in seclusion while he stabilized his Nascent Soul cultivation and consumed Golden Cores.
• Lin Xuan escaped to Guiluo City with the Ghost King's inner core and bought the ingredients needed to treat Yue'er.
• Lin Xuan rented a high-quality Earth Fire room for three months so he could refine the Yangyuan Pill without exhausting his magic power.
• Lin Xuan chose to remain in Guiluo City to avoid possible pursuit by Haotian's subordinates while the inner core's medicinal power remained usable.
• At the extinct volcano where he planned to refine the pill, Lin Xuan recognized Elder Li, a middle-stage Core Condensation cultivator who had fled Yanzhou after the Fire Spirit Sect was destroyed.

Lin Xuan rented a fire cavern in Guiluo City and spent forty-nine days refining a Yangyuan Pill to help Yue'er recover from her injuries. After she took it and began refining its power, Lin Xuan reflected on how much harder it would be to advance his cultivation now that he had reached Core Condensation.

• Lin Xuan met Li Yaotian of the Fire Spirit Sect, who invited him to visit his cave abode before leaving after receiving a message.
• Lin Xuan rented a stone chamber in the small volcano, set up the Extreme Yin Evil Spirit Array, and began refining a Yangyuan Pill.
• After forty-nine days, Lin Xuan completed and tempered the Yangyuan Pill with Pure Yang True Fire.
• Lin Xuan summoned Yue'er, who swallowed the pill and began circulating the Profound Demon Great Art while he guarded her.
• Lin Xuan cultivated beside Yue'er and considered his ambition to reach the Nascent Soul Realm and the difficulty of finding enough resources as a Core Condensation cultivator.

Lin Xuan sought a way to cultivate despite having no spiritual roots and pinned his hopes on an ancient medicine that could grant mortals spiritual roots. The complete pill formula required an Origin Gold Fruit, which seemed extinct in his realm, leaving him without a practical way forward.

• Lin Xuan considered using an ancient spirit medicine to gain spiritual roots and cultivate more effectively.
• Lin Xuan learned that a Nascent Soul cultivator had created the medicine to give his mortal beloved spiritual roots, but the pill produced only poor-quality roots in mortals and had no effect on cultivators.
• Lin Xuan found the complete pill formula in a damaged Jade Slip and discovered that it required nine ingredients, including the scarce Origin Gold Fruit.
• Lin Xuan searched for Origin Gold Fruit during his travels, but the evidence suggested it had vanished from his realm.
• Lin Xuan considered substituting another ingredient for Origin Gold Fruit, but the option was only theoretical and would not work in practice.

Lin Xuan discovered that Yue'er’s Yangyuan Pill was driving her toward Core Condensation, despite her recent injuries. He worked to conceal the heavenly omens around their cave in Guiluo City, but as his defenses strained, the Spirit Beast Bag at his waist suddenly moved.

• Lin Xuan meditated with a Red Origin Pill and found Yue'er’s injuries had improved after taking the Yangyuan Pill.
• Five-colored light and surging spiritual energy revealed that Yue'er was entering Core Condensation, which she said she could not stop because the pill’s power was swelling inside her.
• Lin Xuan realized the Yangyuan Pill might help ghostly beings form a Golden Core and told Yue'er to focus on condensing hers.
• Lin Xuan began concealing the heavenly omens by igniting formation talismans and using his Beast Soul Banner to create a dark-green shield around the cave.
• As Lin Xuan strained to reinforce the shield, the Spirit Beast Bag at his waist suddenly moved.

Lin Xuan helped Yue'er through a dangerous Golden Core formation after her newly formed core began to collapse. Yue'er succeeded, while the Red-Haired Ancestor had already noticed the strange attempt near Guiluo City, and Lin Xuan was left astonished by something after Yue'er awoke.

• Lin Xuan released a strange spirit beast that absorbed the spiritual energy spilling from Yue'er and concealed the signs of her Core Formation from nearby cultivators.
• The Red-Haired Ancestor sensed a yin soul forming a Core near the volcano but stayed in meditation because his Six-Pulse Golden Sun Art had reached a critical juncture.
• After a week, Yue'er told Lin Xuan that her newly formed Golden Core was beginning to collapse, and he decided to help her with his own magical power.
• Lin Xuan sent black mist into Yue'er, and they worked together for thirty days to stabilize her Golden Core.
• Yue'er successfully formed her Golden Core, while the strange spirit beast expanded and absorbed the escaping spiritual energy.
• Yue'er thanked Lin Xuan with a smile, and Lin Xuan raised his head in astonishment at something he had noticed.