Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan and Yue'er improved the Beast Soul Banner by refining the Ghost King's remnant soul into it, then emerged from seclusion to find a large group of powerful cultivators gathering nearby. Lin Xuan hid and watched as forty-two cultivators arrived, including seven or eight at Core Condensation.

• Yue'er refined the Beast Soul Banner with Lin Xuan's help, overcoming the banner's backlash of devil fog and ghostly qi.
• Yue'er bound the Ghost King's remnant soul in chains and burned it with yin fire, while Lin Xuan lent her spiritual power.
• After three days, the Ghost King's remnant soul became pure yin qi and was absorbed into the Beast Soul Banner.
• Half a month later, Lin Xuan emerged from seclusion with an improved banner that could directly absorb fierce-ghost souls.
• Lin Xuan sensed approaching cultivators, concealed himself behind a boulder, and saw forty-two cultivators arrive, including seven or eight at Core Condensation.

Lin Xuan watched a group of cultivators prepare an ambush for a ghost convoy, hoping to learn whether they would uncover valuable treasure. As darkness fell and the convoy failed to appear, the group began to doubt Fairy Ning’s information.

• Lin Xuan overheard Fairy Ning, Brother Zhou, and a red-robed old man discuss robbing a convoy of ghosts carrying treasure.
• Lin Xuan recalled that Ghost Emperor Haotian had used false information to lure cultivators into deadly traps.
• The three leaders agreed to proceed, and the cultivators hid around the area while Brother Zhou set up a formation.
• As the sky darkened without any ghosts appearing, Brother Zhou asked Fairy Ning whether her information was wrong.

Lin Xuan joined a group of cultivators ambushing yin souls to seize a ghost carriage, but the Ghost Kings’ suspicious retreat and the carriage’s powerful defenses deepened his unease. As Zhou unleashed an ancient treasure against the carriage, the chapter ended with three gourds firing beams at its barrier.

• Lin Xuan sensed a squad of yin souls approaching and stayed with the hidden cultivators as they prepared an ambush.
• Fairy Ning and the other cultivators attacked the yin souls after Zhou activated his formation, and the three Ghost Kings unexpectedly fled.
• The cultivators wiped out the remaining ghosts and captured the carriage, then agreed to let Zhou break its restrictions for an extra share of the contents.
• Zhou revealed a powerful ancient treasure gourd and fired at the carriage, but its black-mist barrier barely reacted.
• Lin Xuan felt an ominous danger as Zhou split the gourd into three and sent three beams toward the barrier.

Lin Xuan watched as the cultivators broke through the Ghost Carriage’s restriction and divided its treasures, only to discover a sealed brocade box. When it opened, a powerful being inside attacked and fatally wounded the red-robed old man.

• The disheveled-haired cultivator used his ancient gourd treasure to destroy the ghostly restriction around the Ghost Carriage.
• The cultivators opened the carriage’s boxes and found crystal stones and rare artifact-refinement materials, while Lin Xuan watched from hiding.
• The red-robed old man proposed dividing the spoils by value, giving the disheveled-haired cultivator an extra share, and the others agreed.
• The red-robed old man found a talisman-covered white jade brocade box in a hidden compartment and tried to open it.
• A powerful voice came from the box, which broke apart and released a red beam that pierced the red-robed old man’s protective barrier and left a fatal wound in his chest.

Lin Xuan watched a strange stone reveal a tiny flame-wielding figure that the other cultivators mistook for a Nascent Soul cultivator. After it killed its pursuers, Lin Xuan confronted it, recognizing a hidden opportunity and provoking its wary attention.

• The pale blue stone revealed a tiny, childlike figure that used terrifying Yin Fire to kill the Ghost Path female cultivator.
• The remaining cultivators fled, and the figure caught and burned the disheveled-haired cultivator after he begged for mercy.
• Lin Xuan used azure rosy light to take the disheveled-haired cultivator's Storage Bag and found a palm-sized gourd inside.
• Lin Xuan told the figure that he knew it was not a Nascent Soul cultivator and declared that he would claim the great opportunity.
• The tiny figure's arrogance vanished, and it regarded Lin Xuan with intense vigilance.

Lin Xuan fought the Demon Spirit of Southern Bright Separation Fire and subdued it with help from Yue'er and his magical treasures. He left the demon unconscious, delighted at finding what he believed was an extraordinary treasure thought extinct in this realm.

• Lin Xuan summoned the Floating Cloud Falling Snow Sword and Iron-Armored Refined Corpses to counter the Demon Spirit.
• Lin Xuan used the Spirit-Absorbing Mirror to drain the demon's spiritual power while the corpses trapped it in corpse aura.
• Yue'er covered the corpse cloud with the Magic Banner and sent ghost fire and black threads against the demon.
• Lin Xuan swallowed the demon with the Beast Soul Banner, then worked with Yue'er to restore the banner after it absorbed the demon.
• Lin Xuan drew the unconscious demon from the banner and told Yue'er he believed it was an extraordinary treasure thought extinct.

Lin Xuan captured a sentient Demon Spirit whose original body was Southern Bright Separation Fire, a rare material he needed to refine the Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring. As he prepared to leave before the Ghost Kings returned with reinforcements, a Ghost Emperor’s divine sense locked onto him.

• Lin Xuan explained to Yue'er that the little person had formed from Southern Bright Separation Fire and had cultivated a Demon Spirit body.
• Lin Xuan realized the Southern Bright Separation Fire could supply the key material for his Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring and might have other uses as well.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er gathered the scattered refining materials, and Lin Xuan recovered the formation plate and flags from the battlefield.
• Lin Xuan sensed a powerful, icy divine sense approaching and recognized that the Ghost Emperor had found him.

Lin Xuan and Yue'er used the Joint Evasion Technique to flee from Ghost Emperor Haotian, but their magic power was running low and he continued to pursue them. When Lin Xuan sensed another powerful presence nearby, he recognized it as the Peacock Fairy and flew toward her.

• Lin Xuan fled from Ghost Emperor Haotian, who pursued him with a faster escape technique.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er used the Beast Soul Banner and the Joint Evasion Technique to increase their speed.
• After three hours of flight, Lin Xuan realized the technique consumed magic power too quickly and that Haotian would eventually catch them.
• Lin Xuan sensed another powerful divine sense nearby and initially feared that a second Ghost Emperor had appeared.
• Lin Xuan recognized the presence as the Peacock Fairy, put away the Magic Banner, and flew toward her.

Lin Xuan raced toward Peacock Fairy, hoping to escape Ghost Emperor Haotian by forcing the two powerful pursuers to clash. He slipped past Peacock Fairy’s attack, but she prepared a deadly strike before Haotian intervened to keep Lin Xuan alive so he could seize the treasure.

• Lin Xuan flew toward Peacock Fairy as Ghost Emperor Haotian continued pursuing him at increased speed.
• Peacock Fairy tried to capture Lin Xuan with colored rosy light, but he destroyed the Mystic Fire Divine Pearl to block it and sped past her with the Floating Cloud Falling Snow Sword.
• Enraged, Peacock Fairy formed a seven-colored demon sword and sent it slashing toward Lin Xuan.
• Ghost Emperor Haotian summoned a huge ghost hand to stop the sword, intending to capture Lin Xuan and search for the precious treasure.

Lin Xuan escaped while Ghost Emperor Haotian and Peacock Fairy fought, but Haotian sent an External Incarnation after him. Unable to outrun it, Lin Xuan stopped and prepared to destroy it himself.

• A ghostly claw struck Lin Xuan's sword, giving him time to flee as Peacock Fairy blocked Ghost Emperor Haotian.
• Ghost Emperor Haotian attacked Peacock Fairy, discovered she was stronger than him, and severed his little finger to create an External Incarnation.
• Ghost Emperor Haotian sent the incarnation after Lin Xuan while he held Peacock Fairy back with Ghost Flood Dragons and fought her across the surrounding land.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er used the Joint Evasion Technique, but the incarnation kept pace with them.
• Lin Xuan stopped to face the pursuing incarnation and sent the Floating Cloud Falling Snow Sword stabbing toward it.

Lin Xuan and Yue'er fought the Ghost Emperor's incarnation, whose formidable defenses and strange demonic insects made the battle difficult. With the distant duel between the Ghost Emperor and Peacock Fairy still unresolved, Lin Xuan sought to destroy the Ghost King quickly so they could escape, and launched the Immortal Binding Ball at him.

• Lin Xuan and Yue'er struck the phantom with their treasures, but he endured the attacks and blocked them with spiked skulls.
• The phantom released poisonous demonic insects, which Lin Xuan countered with Iron-Armored Corpses while Yue'er trapped the insects with her Beast Soul Banner.
• Lin Xuan worried that the distant duel between the Ghost Emperor and Peacock Fairy could turn against them and decided he had to defeat the Ghost King before fleeing.
• Lin Xuan brought out the Immortal Binding Ball and sent silver threads coiling toward the phantom.

Lin Xuan and Yue'er destroyed Ghost Emperor Haotian’s clone and absorbed its remaining ghostly energy. When Haotian sensed the loss, he attacked Peacock Fairy in anger, but she held him off as Lin Xuan escaped.

• Yue'er and Lin Xuan joined their treasures and abilities to bind the illusory figure, while Lin Xuan’s Ancient Mirror drained its yin energy.
• Lin Xuan, Yue'er, and the Iron-Armored Refined Corpses unleashed a barrage that crippled the bound figure, then Lin Xuan cut it apart.
• Yue'er used the Beast Soul Banner to absorb the figure’s remaining ghostly energy, and she and Lin Xuan fled using the Joint Evasion Technique.
• Ghost Emperor Haotian sensed his clone’s destruction and attacked Peacock Fairy in anger.
• Peacock Fairy mocked Haotian and sent spirit birds to meet his yin-energy weapons.

Lin Xuan escaped Ghost Emperor Haotian and Peacock Fairy, then recovered in a hidden cave and refined the Green Light Thunder Fire Array. He planned to gather the remaining materials for his lifebound magic treasure and improve his and Yue'er's cultivation before returning to Spirit Herb Mountain.

• Lin Xuan fled more than ten thousand li over three days, changing direction repeatedly to evade Ghost Emperor Haotian and Peacock Fairy.
• Lin Xuan hid in a cave, recovered his strength, and had Yue'er keep watch while he rested.
• Lin Xuan refined the formation flags and disk of the Green Light Thunder Fire Array over three days.
• Lin Xuan told Yue'er he still needed several supplementary materials before refining his lifebound magic treasure.
• Lin Xuan rejected Yue'er's suggestion to return to Spirit Herb Mountain and planned to improve their cultivation first.

Lin Xuan explained that he planned to return to Spirit Herb Mountain for the Heaven Dust Pill formula, then decided to seek the Morning Sun Sect’s help finding a secret market. Near their stronghold, he sensed a battle and cautiously flew closer to assess the situation.

• Lin Xuan told Yue'er he intended to obtain the Heaven Dust Pill formula from Spirit Herb Mountain, despite the extreme difficulty of refining it.
• Lin Xuan proposed finding a secret market to gather the remaining materials for the Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring, and decided to contact the Morning Sun Sect for help.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er realized they were near the Morning Sun Sect’s stronghold and flew toward it.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er sensed intense Yin energy and spiritual power fluctuations near the stronghold, suggesting a fight between cultivators and Yinhun.
• Lin Xuan concealed his presence and flew closer to inspect the battle, prepared to help only if the threat was manageable.

Lin Xuan rescued the Morning Sun Sect from a yin soul attack and learned that a traitor had revealed their hiding place. After Luo Tianren gave him an invitation token, Lin Xuan prepared to visit Qingxiang Sect’s secret market.

• Lin Xuan appeared at the Morning Sun Sect and swiftly destroyed the attacking yin ghosts with his core fire and Beast Soul Treasure.
• Luo Tianren and the disciples rallied, defeated the remaining yin souls, and thanked Lin Xuan for saving them.
• Luo Tianren explained that a Foundation Establishment Realm elder had betrayed the sect and disclosed its location to the yin souls.
• Lin Xuan asked about a nearby market, and Luo Tianren gave him an invitation token to Qingxiang Sect’s secret market.
• Luo Tianren told Lin Xuan that Qingxiang Sect had grown powerful by preserving its strength and recruiting cultivators displaced by the invasion.

Lin Xuan learned that the Qingxiang Sect would hold a secret market in three days and set out to search nearby for materials to refine his life-bound magic treasure. Before he could reach the market, he sensed two powerful cultivators fighting and hurried toward them, concealing his strength as other cultivators gathered.

• Luo Tianren told Lin Xuan that the Qingxiang Sect held the largest secret market in the fallen region and marked its location on a Jade Slip.
• Lin Xuan left the Morning Sun Sect and spent two days searching nearby for rare materials, but found nothing.
• As Lin Xuan prepared to travel to the market, he sensed two Core Condensation Realm cultivators fighting about a hundred li away.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er ruled out the Ghost Emperor and Peacock Fairy, then rushed toward the clash, suspecting the fighters had found a treasure.
• Lin Xuan recognized one of the auras as familiar and sped up after a powerful shockwave erupted; he took a Hidden Spirit Pill to disguise his cultivation while watching the fighters summon a rainbow phoenix and a Flood Dragon.

Lin Xuan discovered that Ouyang Qinxin was fighting Sword Immortal Taibai and intervened to help her. After Taibai killed the cultivators watching the battle, he recognized Lin Xuan, who revealed his Golden Core cultivation and attacked with an ancient treasure.

• Lin Xuan recognized Ouyang Qinxin's Sound Wave Technique and prepared to intervene as Taibai's attack broke through her defenses.
• Taibai revealed himself and injured Ouyang Qinxin, while Lin Xuan recognized him as Sword Immortal Taibai.
• Taibai sent sword lights against the nearby onlookers, killing them despite their protective spirit tools.
• Taibai noticed Lin Xuan had survived and was astonished to learn he had reached Core Condensation.
• Lin Xuan summoned the Floating Cloud Falling Snow Sword and attacked Taibai, who sent his sword lights to meet it.

Lin Xuan and Sword Immortal Taibai exchanged powerful attacks, while Ouyang Qinxin prepared to join Lin Xuan. The fight escalated when Taibai unleashed a three-headed Iron-Armored Giant Python.

• Sword Immortal Taibai used the Sword into Silk Technique, but Lin Xuan blocked its sword-light threads with his Runic Ancient Shield.
• Taibai summoned dozens of flying swords, and Lin Xuan countered with the Spirit-Absorbing Mirror and talismans.
• Taibai's swords destroyed Lin Xuan's fireball attack, then struck at him, but the Runic Ancient Shield stopped them.
• Ouyang Qinxin attacked Taibai with golden musical notes and prepared to use an ancient dagger.
• Taibai's dragon-like howl swept away Ouyang Qinxin's musical notes and leveled nearby rocks and trees.
• Taibai summoned a high-grade third-rank, three-headed Iron-Armored Giant Python from a pouch.

Lin Xuan used the Spirit-Absorbing Mirror against Zhang Taibai’s flying swords, briefly draining their spiritual energy before Zhang Taibai countered with sword light. Lin Xuan then took out an emerald jade flute, while he and Zhang Taibai remained evenly matched.

• Zhang Taibai fed a blood-infused poisonous spirit herb to his giant python and sent it to attack Ouyang Qinxin.
• Lin Xuan recalled the Ancient Shield and released black birds from the Spirit-Absorbing Mirror at Zhang Taibai’s flying swords.
• The black birds attached themselves to the swords and drained their spiritual energy, but Zhang Taibai shattered them and recalled his blades.
• Zhang Taibai countered Lin Xuan’s second wave of birds with sword light, destroying them before they could gain an advantage.
• Lin Xuan put away the Spirit-Absorbing Mirror and took out an emerald jade flute as the two combatants remained evenly matched.

Lin Xuan and Zhang Taibai rushed to end their battle before more dangers arrived, and Zhang Taibai unleashed a weakened version of Azure Cloud Mountain’s legendary Four Sacred Beasts Sword Formation. The formation began releasing terrifying spiritual pressure, leaving Lin Xuan to face its imminent attack.

• Lin Xuan sensed waves of yin energy approaching, while Zhang Taibai feared pursuit by Azure Cloud Mountain, and both decided to use their strongest techniques.
• Zhang Taibai boosted his spiritual power and began assembling the Four Sacred Beasts Sword Formation as Lin Xuan raised his defenses.
• Ouyang Qinxin recognized the formation and warned Lin Xuan to strike before Zhang Taibai finished setting it up.
• Lin Xuan decided to fight, summoned his Beast Soul Treasure, and sent the Floating Cloud Falling Snow Sword at Zhang Taibai.
• Zhang Taibai delayed Lin Xuan with a summoned beast, completed the formation, and sacrificed essence blood to sustain its power.