Chapter Summaries

Peacock Fairy used Heaven Mirror Bright Light to plant a deadly sword inside Lin Xuan’s dantian, then revealed that her injuries had left her with only Foundation Establishment-level strength. She demanded that Lin Xuan serve as her temporary bodyguard, leaving him forced to consider cooperation while his life remained under her control.

• Peacock Fairy endured the backlash from borrowing the Peacock Great Wisdom King’s power and shot golden light at the fleeing Lin Xuan.
• The golden light bypassed Lin Xuan’s defenses and entered his mind, where he later discovered it had formed a controllable sword in his dantian.
• Lin Xuan stopped fleeing and questioned Peacock Fairy, who warned him that she could use the sword to kill him.
• Lin Xuan realized Peacock Fairy had a purpose for keeping him alive and asked how he could earn her mercy.
• Peacock Fairy said her current strength was only equivalent to a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator and asked Lin Xuan to act as her bodyguard.

Lin Xuan refused to serve the injured Peacock Fairy as her bodyguard unless they agreed to cooperate on equal terms. He made her swallow the Absolute Poison Pill as leverage, leaving both of them bound to help the other.

• Lin Xuan concealed his interest in the golden glow inside his dantian and rejected the Peacock Fairy's demand that he become her bodyguard.
• He warned that he could restrain the golden glow briefly and fight her despite his injuries, making her reconsider killing him.
• Lin Xuan demanded a way to restrain the Peacock Fairy as a condition for cooperation.
• He used the Azure Phantom Nether Fire and a secret technique to extract the essence of the Absolute Poison Pill.
• The Peacock Fairy swallowed the poison, and Lin Xuan agreed to help detoxify her after she removed the golden glow from his dantian.

Lin Xuan offered to help Peacock Fairy recover from her injuries and revealed that the Jingyang Divine Pill in Spirit Herb Mountain’s Treasure Pavilion could cure her. He hoped to enlist her in a plan to enter the pavilion and obtain the Heaven Dust Pill formula, leaving Peacock Fairy astonished by his proposal.

• Lin Xuan examined Peacock Fairy and found that a strange spiritual power remained in her body alongside her injuries.
• Peacock Fairy grew angry when Lin Xuan questioned how long her recovery would take, but he explained that he knew a way to heal her quickly.
• Lin Xuan told Peacock Fairy about the Jingyang Divine Pill, which could fully restore injured demon beasts within three days.
• Lin Xuan revealed that Spirit Herb Mountain’s Treasure Pavilion held the pill, and Peacock Fairy reacted with astonishment.
• Lin Xuan planned to use Peacock Fairy’s help to enter the heavily guarded Treasure Pavilion and obtain the Heaven Dust Pill formula.

Lin Xuan secured Peacock Fairy’s promise to remove the Life Essence Light restraining him if he helped her obtain the Jingyang Divine Pill. Meanwhile, Tian Xiaojian fled toward his meeting place but was ambushed by three formidable cultivators.

• Peacock Fairy agreed to travel with Lin Xuan to seek the Jingyang Divine Pill, and Lin Xuan asked her to compensate him for his help.
• Peacock Fairy revealed that the golden light inside Lin Xuan was Life Essence Light and promised to release it if he helped her obtain the pill.
• Tian Xiaojian fled by a winding route toward his meeting place, wondering whether Lin Xuan had escaped and reflecting on their rivalry.
• A black beam narrowly missed Tian Xiaojian, who turned and saw three cultivators standing about a hundred zhang away.
• Tian Xiaojian recognized the three attackers and turned pale with fear.

Lin Xuan and Peacock Fairy infiltrated Spirit Herb Mountain to steal the Heaven Dust Pill formula, with Lin Xuan using a Snow Ginseng Pill to restore her magic power temporarily. They reached the hidden Treasure Pavilion, though its entrance remained undiscovered.

• Ghost Emperor Haotian learned Tian Xiaojian was the Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil's beloved disciple and attacked him with a giant skeleton formed from ghostly fog.
• Lin Xuan gave Peacock Fairy a Snow Ginseng Pill that suppressed her injuries and restored most of her magic power for two hours.
• Lin Xuan disguised himself and asked Peacock Fairy to avoid killing Spirit Herb Mountain cultivators unless necessary, and she agreed.
• Lin Xuan and Peacock Fairy secretly crossed Spirit Herb Mountain's defenses and arrived at a seemingly unremarkable mountain.
• Peacock Fairy could not sense the Treasure Pavilion, while Lin Xuan explained that he had uncovered its location after a Rogue Cultivator once broke in to steal treasure.

Lin Xuan and Peacock Fairy entered Spirit Herb Mountain’s secret Treasure Pavilion to seek the Jingyang Divine Pill, only to encounter a blood-red mist that blocked divine sense and inflicted vivid illusions of pain. Lin Xuan recognized the mist as an illusion formation and endured it until he emerged on the other side, while Peacock Fairy’s progress remained unknown.

• Lin Xuan explained how Spirit Herb Mountain’s Library Pavilion was a decoy and revealed that he had found the hidden Treasure Pavilion.
• Lin Xuan used a command token to open the mountain entrance, and Peacock Fairy agreed to enter despite suspecting danger.
• Lin Xuan and Peacock Fairy flew into the mountain and found blood-red mist that resisted their divine senses.
• Peacock Fairy entered the mist first behind her seven-colored barrier, and Lin Xuan followed with his sword and Runic Ancient Shield.
• Blood-colored lightning appeared to shatter Lin Xuan’s shield and strike him, but he realized the attacks and pain were illusions created by the mist.
• Lin Xuan endured the changing illusions and walked through the blood mist until he emerged from it.

Lin Xuan and Peacock Fairy escaped the illusion formation and found an ancient chamber filled with puppets. After destroying the weaker puppets, they faced a swift Nascent Soul Realm Naga puppet, and Peacock Fairy attacked it with a golden sword.

• Lin Xuan and Peacock Fairy left the illusion formation and gathered strange plants as they made their way through the mountain.
• Lin Xuan and Peacock Fairy entered a cavern and discovered that its statues were ancient puppets.
• Lin Xuan and Peacock Fairy destroyed the Foundation Establishment Realm puppets, leaving the Nascent Soul Realm Naga as their main enemy.
• The Naga puppet vanished and struck at Lin Xuan, but his Runic Ancient Shield blocked the attack.
• Peacock Fairy summoned a golden sword of demonic power and sent it toward the Naga puppet.

Lin Xuan escaped a surprise attack while Peacock Fairy fought the intelligent Naga, then crossed the poisonous underground river and reached the Treasure Pavilion. He hid when he heard human voices nearby.

• Peacock Fairy and Naga traded powerful spells and weapons as Lin Xuan decided to search ahead alone.
• A shattered Wolf-Headed Puppet ambushed Lin Xuan, but he melted its spear with the Azure Phantom Nether Fire and escaped.
• Peacock Fairy held off the Naga while Lin Xuan crossed the poisonous underground river and passed the third trial.
• Lin Xuan reached the Treasure Pavilion, heard human voices, and concealed himself.

Lin Xuan secretly listened as Elder Hu revealed his revenge plot and the hidden purpose of the Treasure Pavilion. Elder Hu planned to exploit an ancient Forbidden Array against Spirit Herb Mountain, while Lin Xuan remained concealed outside.

• Lin Xuan swallowed a Hidden Spirit Pill and used a thread of divine sense to eavesdrop through the Treasure Pavilion’s barrier.
• Lin Xuan recognized Elder Hu, a peak Core Condensation Realm Enforcement Elder, and realized the seemingly blunt old man had concealed his true nature.
• Elder Hu told his Seventh Brother that Spirit Herb Mountain had destroyed their Hu Family and manipulated him into nurturing hatred and seeking revenge.
• Elder Hu explained that he and his brother had infiltrated Spirit Herb Mountain and that the Treasure Pavilion’s pill formulas were mostly unusable to them.
• Elder Hu revealed that the Treasure Pavilion concealed an ancient Forbidden Array that gathered Earth Fire and would serve as the key to their revenge.

Lin Xuan overheard Elder Hu and his accomplice planning to unleash an ancient formation that would destroy Spirit Herb Mountain, so he confronted them before they could act. He battled Elder Hu while Yue'er went after the hidden accomplice.

• Lin Xuan learned that Elder Hu was a spy who intended to use an ancient array to destroy Spirit Herb Mountain and avenge his family.
• Elder Hu and the short, stout cultivator agreed to activate the array, but Lin Xuan broke through the manor's warning restriction and confronted them.
• Lin Xuan attacked Elder Hu with the Floating Cloud Falling Snow Sword, while Elder Hu defended himself with a self-repairing earthen wall.
• The short, stout cultivator vanished using an ancient invisibility art, and Lin Xuan sent Yue'er to deal with him.

Lin Xuan faced Elder Hu, who unleashed a powerful Corpse Talisman, and countered with an ancient golden talisman enhanced by Azure Phantom Nether Fire. The two enormous hands clashed as Elder Hu sent his ghost claw sweeping toward Lin Xuan.

• Lin Xuan recognized Elder Hu's Corpse Talisman as a rare earth-rank evil talisman capable of threatening even Nascent Soul Realm cultivators.
• Elder Hu activated the Corpse Talisman, forming a vast ghost claw from corpse fire while Lin Xuan protected himself with a fiery-red shield.
• Lin Xuan summoned a golden talisman and shaped its flames into a giant golden hand to match the ghost claw.
• Lin Xuan added Azure Phantom Nether Fire to the golden hand, unsettling Elder Hu with its enhanced power.
• Elder Hu sent the gray-white ghost claw sweeping toward Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan fought Elder Hu while Yue'er countered a concealed attack from Elder Hu's younger brother. The younger brother died, and Elder Hu prepared another treasure as he faced Lin Xuan.

• Lin Xuan used the Gold Talisman and Azure Phantom Nether Fire to contend with Elder Hu's Corpse Flood Dragon and corpse fire.
• Lin Xuan drew out a Jade Flute, but the short, fat cultivator emerged from concealment and launched the Purple Lightning Shadowless Needle at him.
• Yue'er appeared and killed the short, fat cultivator with two streaks of cold light.
• Lin Xuan kept the Purple Lightning Shadowless Needle at bay with his Runic Ancient Shield and used the Jade Flute to transform into a giant python that attacked the Corpse Flood Dragon.
• Elder Hu mourned his younger brother, recognized Lin Xuan's strength, and took another treasure from his chest, making Lin Xuan's expression turn strange.

Lin Xuan broke free of Elder Hu’s porcelain Demon-Trapping Treasure before its thunderfire could kill him, then destroyed Elder Hu’s defenses as he tried to activate the Forbidden Array. Elder Hu continued setting up the array eye, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Elder Hu trapped Lin Xuan and Yue'er beneath his porcelain bowl, then fled to the room containing the Forbidden Array’s central array eye.
• Lin Xuan summoned his Nine Heavens Bright Moon Rings and broke the porcelain bowl, revealing it to be Elder Hu’s life-bound magic treasure.
• Elder Hu suppressed his injuries with a talisman and raised the Yellow Kerchief Ancient Treasure to hold Lin Xuan back while continuing to arrange the formation flags.
• Lin Xuan’s Nine Heavens Bright Moon Rings shattered the earthen wall and broke the Yellow Kerchief into pieces.

Lin Xuan destroyed Elder Hu’s talisman attacks and cornered him, prompting Elder Hu to mistake the Ice-Fire Twin Rings for Spirit World treasures and beg for mercy. Lin Xuan ignored his pleas and sent an ice-and-snow Evil Flood Dragon to attack him.

• Elder Hu fled after Lin Xuan destroyed his Yellow Kerchief and threw eight attacking talismans behind him.
• Lin Xuan used the Ice-Fire Twin Rings’ Southern Bright Separation Fire to consume the fire ants and defeat the golden lightning bolts.
• Lin Xuan caught up with Elder Hu, who realized he could neither fight nor escape.
• Elder Hu mistook Lin Xuan for a Lihe-stage senior and knelt, begging him to spare his life.
• Lin Xuan sent an ice-and-snow Evil Flood Dragon to bite Elder Hu.

Lin Xuan killed Elder Hu, recovered the medicinal pill and Jade Slip he had sought, and fled as the tampered Forbidden Array destabilized. On his way back, he found Peacock Fairy fighting Xu Jinqing after she had defeated the Naga.

• Lin Xuan froze Elder Hu, destroyed his body, and took a jade box and Jade Slip containing the items he had come to find.
• Lin Xuan discovered that Elder Hu had tampered with the Forbidden Array, and underground fire began erupting around the manor.
• Lin Xuan took Elder Hu’s golden and Corpse Talismans and raced through the poisonous underground river toward the exit.
• Lin Xuan heard fighting ahead and found Peacock Fairy battling Xu Jinqing, with the Naga already smashed to pieces.
• Peacock Fairy and Xu Jinqing remained evenly matched as she worried about her limited time and Lin Xuan’s return.

Lin Xuan returned from the Treasure Pavilion with the spirit pills and stopped Peacock Fairy and Xu Jinqing from continuing their fight. They escaped the collapsing pavilion, but Spirit Herb Mountain was still shaking as the Earth Fire grew increasingly violent.

• Xu Jinqing and Peacock Fairy prepared their strongest attacks while the ground shook and Xu Jinqing feared the ancient formation had been damaged.
• Lin Xuan arrived in demonic clouds, and Xu Jinqing received a Sound Transmission Talisman before flying away.
• Lin Xuan told Peacock Fairy he had obtained the treasure, and she stopped pursuing Xu Jinqing.
• Lin Xuan and Peacock Fairy left the Treasure Pavilion and found Spirit Herb Mountain in chaos as the destroyed formation made the Earth Fire more violent.
• Peacock Fairy questioned what was happening, while Lin Xuan worried whether Xu Jinqing could save Spirit Herb Mountain.

As strange phenomena shook Spirit Herb Mountain, the Law Enforcement Hall concealed the unexplained absence of Martial Uncle Xu and sent patrols across the mountain. Lin Xuan and Peacock Fairy encountered a patrol, subdued its disciples, and left as the tremors intensified.

• Three law enforcement elders hid Martial Uncle Xu's disappearance and ordered the disciples to stay alert and patrol Spirit Herb Mountain.
• Elder Ma led a patrol west and spotted Lin Xuan and Peacock Fairy, mistaking them for the source of the strange phenomena.
• Elder Ma tried to send a Sound Transmission Talisman and ordered his disciples to flee, but Lin Xuan destroyed the talisman.
• Peacock Fairy bound Elder Ma and the patrol with demonic chains, and Lin Xuan confirmed that they had only been knocked unconscious.
• As the shaking grew more violent, Lin Xuan urged Peacock Fairy to leave.

Lin Xuan escaped Spirit Herb Mountain with the injured Peacock Fairy and gave her the Jingyang Divine Pill and an antidote. After recovering, she absorbed the lingering power of the Peacock Great Wisdom King, advanced to the peak of Transformation Mid-Stage, and grew closer to Lin Xuan; he began to ask her about the spiritual-light restriction inside his body.

• Lin Xuan and Peacock Fairy slipped away from Spirit Herb Mountain as its strange phenomena worsened, then traveled a thousand li to a remote wilderness.
• Lin Xuan showed Peacock Fairy the Jingyang Divine Pill and the pill that would remove the deadly poison he had planted in her, and she swallowed both.
• While Lin Xuan rested, Peacock Fairy healed and absorbed the remaining power of the Peacock Great Wisdom King, advancing to the peak of Transformation Mid-Stage.
• Peacock Fairy thanked Lin Xuan for helping her, and he recognized that their new friendship gave him a powerful ally.
• Lin Xuan began asking Peacock Fairy about the spiritual-light restriction inside his body.

Peacock Fairy temporarily paralyzed Lin Xuan so she could lend him her Demon Core and remove the restriction on his Life Essence Light. The process unexpectedly fused his yin and yang spiritual powers, helping him break through to the late stage of Core Condensation, and he began to recover his movement.

• Peacock Fairy agreed to remove the restriction on Lin Xuan's Life Essence Light but hesitated because the process required her to lend him her Demon Core.
• Peacock Fairy struck Lin Xuan with pink demonic mist, paralyzing his body and Primordial Spirit, then approached him without any intent to kill.
• Peacock Fairy spat out her Demon Core and helped remove the restriction, while Lin Xuan's Golden Core absorbed clashing blue-green and black spiritual powers.
• Lin Xuan's yin and yang spiritual powers fused into a new form, cleansing and remolding his body as he advanced to the late stage of Core Condensation.
• Lin Xuan focused on escaping the demonic mist's restraint and found that he could move again.

Lin Xuan mistook Peacock Fairy’s attempt to remove his Spirit Light Restriction for an effort to hand over her Demon Core and attacked her. After realizing his error and fearing her strength, he watched as she withdrew the Demon Core and began performing a ritual to remove the restriction.

• Lin Xuan attacked Peacock Fairy after sensing the demon mist restriction lift, believing he could take her Demon Core.
• Peacock Fairy held back from retaliating, and the two stopped fighting several zhang apart.
• Lin Xuan reconsidered Peacock Fairy’s actions and realized she had intended to remove the Spirit Light Restriction.
• Lin Xuan feared that Peacock Fairy would kill him for attacking her, but she showed less hostility and retrieved her Demon Core.
• Peacock Fairy formed ancient hand gestures and sent golden runes into Lin Xuan’s body.