Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan used a Heaven Origin Sword Talisman and other techniques to hold Fairy Hongling back while Yue'er prepared the teleportation formation. Yue'er activated the formation, but Lin Xuan was still locked in battle with Hongling.

• Hongling attacked Lin Xuan with her jade ring, and Lin Xuan countered with the Heaven Origin Sword Talisman.
• Hongling defended herself with eighteen shields and her Brocade Handkerchief as Lin Xuan's sword lights battered her defenses.
• Lin Xuan told Yue'er to escape while he held Hongling back, and Yue'er rushed to the teleportation platform.
• Lin Xuan swallowed a Banjiu Pill to restore his magic power and summoned the Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring to keep Hongling occupied.
• Yue'er found the formation intact, activated it, and told Lin Xuan it was ready.

Lin Xuan used his demonized sword to break Fairy Hongling’s pursuit and escaped with Yue'er through the teleportation formation. Hongling and the two Nascent Soul cultivators arrived too late, leaving them behind with the damaged formation and vows of revenge.

• Lin Xuan empowered the Floating Cloud Falling Snow Sword with blood essence and a technique from the Mystic Demon True Scripture.
• Lin Xuan’s sword transformed into a blood-red flood dragon and forced Hongling to divert her attacks, letting him retreat toward Yue'er and the teleportation formation.
• Lin Xuan detonated the sword to stop Hongling from pursuing him, then reached the formation and recovered the Heaven Origin Sword.
• Yue'er activated the formation, and Lin Xuan and Yue'er teleported away; Hongling could not follow because they had destroyed the formation at the other end.
• Hongling vowed to make Lin Xuan suffer for taking the Jade Profound Sect’s treasures and vanished from the cave residence.
• Master Ku and the Turtle Demon arrived, found the teleportation formation destroyed, and swore to track Lin Xuan down.

After escaping the Jade Profound Sect, Lin Xuan returned to his cave residence and found Sword Nether Palace cultivators attacking its restrictions. He sent Yue'er to deal with them, packed to leave Ice Fire Island, then remembered something and was astonished by what he found in the Spirit Beast Room.

• Lin Xuan flew back to his cave residence after destroying the teleportation array, fearing pursuit by Fairy Hongling, Master Ku, and others.
• He discovered Sword Nether Palace cultivators led by a gray-robed False Core elder trying to break into his cave residence.
• Lin Xuan killed several attackers with radiant clouds and summoned Yue'er to finish off the rest.
• Lin Xuan entered his cave residence, packed his belongings, and prepared to leave the island.
• Realizing he had forgotten something important, Lin Xuan rushed into the Spirit Beast Room and was astonished when he opened the door.

Lin Xuan and Yue'er fled toward Cangcui Island after escaping their pursuers, and Lin Xuan entered its Instant Pavilion disguised as a middle-aged cultivator. As he learned that the teleportation array could not take him to Seven Star Island, a powerful spiritual pressure appeared.

• Lin Xuan found the little fellow gone and discovered its opened cocoon, then left the cave with Yue'er.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er used the Joint Evasion Technique to hurry toward Cangcui Island, hoping to escape their pursuers and reach its teleportation array.
• Lin Xuan disguised himself and entered the market's Instant Pavilion, where he examined a sea chart of nearby islands.
• Lin Xuan asked whether the array could send him to Seven Star Island, and the attendant explained that it was nearly a million li away.
• Lin Xuan sensed a vast spiritual pressure as he prepared to speak again.

Lin Xuan escaped the Nascent Soul cultivators pursuing him by teleporting repeatedly, then arrived at Xuankong Island. He headed for its market to learn about the island and find a place to cultivate, leaving his next plans undecided.

• Lin Xuan paid to teleport from island to island, repeatedly evading the Turtle Demon, Master Ku, and Fairy Hongling until they lost his trail.
• Lin Xuan arrived on desolate Xuankong Island and chose it over Seven Star Island because Sword Nether Palace had its main altar there.
• Lin Xuan recovered his strength, surveyed the surrounding area with his divine sense, and flew toward the island's market.
• Lin Xuan told Yue'er he wanted to gather information before deciding whether to join a local force or seek an independent cave residence.
• Lin Xuan reached a bustling market at the foot of a towering mountain.

Lin Xuan arrived at Xuankong Island and learned about a secret auction from Zhang Feng, who also explained the island’s size and ruling powers. The chapter left Lin Xuan heading toward the auction with new knowledge that Haoran Sect was made up of Confucian cultivators.

• Lin Xuan entered a busy market town on Xuankong Island and searched for a shop that sold information.
• Zhang Feng revealed himself after secretly following Lin Xuan and offered to guide him to a Secret Market auction.
• Lin Xuan paid Zhang Feng and asked him about Xuankong Island and its major forces.
• Zhang Feng explained that Xuankong Island had seventy-two mortal cities, two cultivator cities, and was jointly governed by Haoran Sect and Demon Nether Sect.
• Zhang Feng clarified that Haoran Sect consisted of Confucian cultivators rather than Daoist practitioners.

Lin Xuan entered a secret auction on Xuankong Island, where he learned about the Haoran Sect and Demon Nether Sect’s rivalry and drew the attention of the Nascent Soul rogue cultivator Hunyuan Ancestor. The auction ended with the Demon Nether Sect offering an elder Command Token that granted its winner the status of guest elder.

• Zhang Feng told Lin Xuan about Xuankong Island, the Haoran Sect, and the Demon Nether Sect before guiding him to the secret auction.
• Lin Xuan entered a concealed, formation-protected clearing filled with high-level cultivators.
• Hunyuan Ancestor arrived late, and Lin Xuan recognized that the fat newcomer was a Nascent Soul rogue cultivator known as a smiling tiger.
• The auction began with the Fire Dragon Hooks, while Hunyuan Ancestor watched Lin Xuan and Lin Xuan chose to keep a low profile.
• The auctioneer revealed a Demon Nether Sect elder Command Token, explaining that its winner could become a guest elder, and set its starting price at two hundred thousand crystal stones.

At the Seven Star Island Secret Market, Lin Xuan tried to buy a Demon Nether Sect elder’s Command Token to gain influence on Xuankong Island, but Hunyuan Ancestor outbid him and took it. Lin Xuan left the market while the reason for Hunyuan Ancestor’s unexpected bid remained unclear.

• The auctioneer Liu Er assured the crowd that the Demon Nether Sect elder’s Command Token was genuine and backed by the sect master.
• Several cultivators bid for the token, and Lin Xuan decided that becoming an elder could help him act on Xuankong Island and avoid conflict with Hunyuan Ancestor.
• Lin Xuan bid three hundred thousand spirit stones, causing most of the bidders to fall silent.
• Hunyuan Ancestor bid three hundred and ten thousand spirit stones, and Lin Xuan did not raise his offer.
• Hunyuan Ancestor won the Command Token, and Lin Xuan left the Secret Market as the other cultivators departed.

Lin Xuan stopped fleeing when Old Ancestor Hunyuan pursued him, ready to defend himself if necessary. Hunyuan revealed that he wanted to exchange for Lin Xuan’s Spirit-Awakened Peach Tree, and Lin Xuan prepared to bargain.

• Lin Xuan stopped and decided to face Old Ancestor Hunyuan rather than keep fleeing, while Yue'er offered to help him.
• Old Ancestor Hunyuan greeted Lin Xuan politely and said he wanted to exchange for something.
• Hunyuan revealed that he knew Lin Xuan carried a Ten Thousand Year Divine Wood, which Lin Xuan recognized as his Spirit-Awakened Peach Tree.
• Hunyuan showed Lin Xuan a Wood Fate Beast, explaining how it had sensed the spiritual wood.
• Lin Xuan realized the tree was of little use to him and decided to trade it, but resolved to haggle so he would not suffer a loss.

Lin Xuan exchanged his ten-thousand-year spirit wood with Hunyuan Ancestor for the Demon Nether Sect Command Token, while Hunyuan Ancestor and Grey Crane Master learned that divination had shown Lin Xuan bearing Spirit Dragon Aura. After safely claiming the token, Lin Xuan unknowingly triggered a response at the Demon Nether Sect’s main altar.

• Lin Xuan agreed to trade his ten-thousand-year spirit wood for Hunyuan Ancestor’s Demon Nether Sect Command Token, and the two verified their goods before parting.
• After Lin Xuan left, Hunyuan Ancestor confronted Grey Crane Master, who had been watching nearby.
• Hunyuan Ancestor told Grey Crane Master that his divination had revealed Spirit Dragon Aura around Lin Xuan, prompting both old monsters to decide he should not be provoked.
• Lin Xuan inspected the token from a distant mountain, set up a formation, and used his blood to complete its master-recognition process.
• At the Demon Nether Sect’s main altar on Wucang Mountain, one of twelve iron beasts lit up as Lin Xuan claimed the token.

Lin Xuan learned that the Demon Nether Sect’s Command Token named him an elder and traveled toward Huangqi Mountain, while the Ma Clan struggled to protect its territory after losing the Young Master’s favor. The chapter left Old Ma and Ma Tianming facing an unexpected message from a Sound Transmission Talisman.

• The Demon Nether Sect’s Sect Master and Junior Brother Wang discussed using twelve Life-Bound Beasts to seize the souls of Core Condensation cultivators, and they planned to auction the remaining Command Tokens.
• Lin Xuan examined the information in his Command Token, learned about the Demon Nether Sect, and flew northeast without intending to visit its main altar.
• The narration introduced Huangqi Mountain and the Ma Clan, whose territory and crystal mine were protected by the clan head’s daughter’s connection to the Demon Nether Sect’s Young Master.
• Ma Tianming told Old Ma that the Zhang Clan had offered a rival woman to the Young Master, who would no longer support the Ma Clan.
• Old Ma rejected Ma Tianming’s suggestion to share the mountain with the Zhang Clan, and a Sound Transmission Talisman arrived, leaving him looking extremely startled.

Lin Xuan arrived at Huangqi Mountain to establish a cultivation site, and the Ma Family mistook his visit for an opportunity to secure a powerful patron. After confirming his Demon Nether Sect elder credentials, Old Man Ma hosted him and waited to learn what he wanted.

• Old Man Ma learned that a Demon Nether Sect elder had arrived and told Ma Tianming to fetch spirit treasures and his younger sister so he could curry favor with the visitor.
• Lin Xuan chose Huangqi Mountain as a cultivation site and showed his elder Command Token to two patrolling Ma Family disciples, who bowed and led him to a pavilion.
• Old Man Ma arrived with several dozen cultivators and respectfully welcomed Lin Xuan after recognizing him as a high-ranking elder.
• Old Man Ma examined Lin Xuan's Command Token, confirmed it was genuine, and invited him to the family residence.
• Old Man Ma introduced Ma Tianming and Yun'er, and Lin Xuan noticed Yun'er's beauty and charm technique.
• When Old Man Ma asked why he had come, Lin Xuan said he was merely passing through and waited to see what the family wanted.

Lin Xuan accepted the Ma Family’s offer to resolve its feud with the Zhang Family in exchange for benefits, then claimed a secluded valley with an ancient restriction that concentrated spiritual energy. After settling in, he began preparing for cultivation and took out a jade bottle for an important task.

• Old Man Ma offered Lin Xuan a place to cultivate, crystal stones, spiritual herbs, and his daughter in return for help against the Zhang Family; Lin Xuan declined the woman and agreed for twenty thousand crystal stones a year.
• Lin Xuan accompanied Old Man Ma to the Zhang Family and compelled them to submit by revealing his formidable abilities.
• Old Man Ma led Lin Xuan to a valley where an ancient restriction concentrated spiritual energy, and Lin Xuan chose it for his cave residence.
• Lin Xuan carved out and secured a cave residence, then settled the Demon Bees from the Jade Profound Sect and completed their master-recognition ceremony.
• Lin Xuan returned to his Cultivation Room to pursue Core Condensation Realm great perfection, then took a jade bottle from his Storage Bag.

Lin Xuan identified three pills as Longevity Pills, then nearly lost all his magic power when he tested a mysterious jade belt. After recovering, he learned from the Alchemy Book that the belt was a Spirit Storage Belt, and began explaining its connection to the Spirit Gathering Pill.

• Lin Xuan used the Alchemy Book to identify the three white pills as Longevity Pills that could extend a cultivator’s lifespan by a hundred years.
• Lin Xuan infused magic power into the jade belt, which drained him until its suction suddenly stopped and he collapsed from exhaustion.
• Yue'er rushed to Lin Xuan, fed him a spirit pill, and stayed with him as he meditated to recover.
• Lin Xuan told Yue'er about the Longevity Pills and said the belt was more valuable than they were.
• Lin Xuan identified the belt as a Spirit Storage Belt and began explaining the Spirit Gathering Pill and its demonic-path imitation.

Lin Xuan explained the Spirit Storage Belt’s origin and limitations to Yue'er, then recovered from the damage to his magic power. The next morning, he tried to refine the Fire Charm trapped in his Azure Phantom Nether Fire, but it broke free as a small tiger, leaving Lin Xuan to confront it with a fused flame dragon.

• Lin Xuan told Yue'er that the Jade Profound Sect’s ancient patriarch had created the Spirit Storage Belt to replenish a cultivator’s magic power, and that it could only be used a few dozen times.
• Lin Xuan stored the belt and other treasures, meditated until his magic power recovered, then rested for the night.
• The next morning, Lin Xuan began refining the Fire Charm trapped inside his Azure Phantom Nether Fire, hoping to strengthen his demonic flame.
• The Fire Charm resisted Lin Xuan’s Sword Qi and the flames’ compression, forcing him to reinforce the Azure Phantom Nether Fire with his Life Core Pill Fire.
• The Fire Charm broke free and transformed into a horned purple tiger, so Lin Xuan fused his two flames into a Flood Dragon.

Lin Xuan refined the Fire Charm into the Azure Phantom Nether Fire and reached great perfection in the Core Condensation Realm after years of cultivation. He began planning how to raise his chances of forming a Nascent Soul, though the chapter left him needing to find a suitable Earth Vein Fire to refine the Heaven Dust Pill.

• Lin Xuan wounded himself and used his essence blood to strengthen the Azure Phantom Nether Fire, then cut down the Purple Tiger and began refining the Fire Charm.
• After three months, Lin Xuan completed the Fire Charm's refinement and gained a powerful new trump card.
• Lin Xuan focused on preparing for Nascent Soul Formation, using spirit medicines and the Blue Star Sea to support his cultivation.
• Over three years of closed-door cultivation, Lin Xuan reached great perfection in the Core Condensation Realm while Yue'er remained at the middle stage.
• Lin Xuan told Yue'er that he had gathered the herbs for the Heaven Dust Pill but needed an Earth Vein Fire comparable to the one at the Mountain within a Mountain.
• Lin Xuan said he would seek such a fire in the Cloud Sea of Seven Star Island and hinted that he had another way to greatly increase his strength if Nascent Soul Formation failed.

Lin Xuan decided to cultivate the Devil Infant Art as a way to strengthen himself beyond what his Talisman Treasure could provide. After studying the method for half a month, he began cultivating and, two years later, reached the dangerous stage of separating part of his Golden Core.

• Lin Xuan told Yue'er he planned to cultivate the Devil Infant Art, which could nurture a Devil Infant but fell short of a true Nascent Soul.
• Lin Xuan took out the Jade Slip containing the art and spent half a month carefully studying it for hidden dangers.
• Lin Xuan began cultivating the Devil Infant Art, using his own demonic qi instead of relying on Blood Demon to supply it.
• Lin Xuan meditated inside a black demonic cocoon for two years while Yue'er checked on him and found no cause for alarm.
• The cocoon split open as Lin Xuan reached the critical stage of separating part of his Golden Core, a perilous step he had to perform without assistance.

Lin Xuan successfully split his Golden Core while cultivating the Devil Infant Art, then searched for a way to raise the Demon Bees he had acquired. He discovered they were Jade Luo Bees, whose need for Ginseng Essence Powder made them difficult to rear, but he believed he could supply it.

• Lin Xuan completed the Golden Core-splitting stage of the Devil Infant Art and decided to nurture the second core before forming the Devil Infant.
• Lin Xuan visited Yue'er, then inspected the beehive in his Spirit Beast Room and sought a way to hasten the Demon Bees' maturity.
• Lin Xuan spent three days reading ancient Jade Slips and found that the Demon Bees were ancient Jade Luo Bees from the Ink Moon Tribe's records.
• Lin Xuan learned that Jade Luo Bees were deadly but slow to mature and required Ginseng Essence Powder to raise, and he concluded that obtaining it would not be a problem for him.

Lin Xuan had the Ma Family replace its tribute with ginseng, which he refined into Ginseng Essence Powder while waiting for his Golden Cores to stabilize. He prepared to condense a Demon Infant, and the chapter left Ma Tianming on his way to present Lin Xuan with ten-thousand-year ginseng and an unstated request.

• Lin Xuan told Old Man Ma to provide ginseng instead of crystal stones and spirit herbs, and the Ma Family delivered several thousand jin.
• Lin Xuan spent a year refining Ginseng Essence Powder, consuming some and taking foundation-strengthening pills until his two Golden Cores stabilized.
• Lin Xuan summoned Yue'er, laid down protective formations, and began the process of condensing a Demon Infant while Yue'er guarded the area.
• Ma Tianming prepared the Ma Family's ginseng tribute and brought a ten-thousand-year spiritual ginseng, hoping Lin Xuan would agree to help him.

Ma Tianming witnessed terrifying signs of demonic cultivation near Lin Xuan’s valley, while two Haoran Sect disciples diverted to investigate and considered attacking whoever was responsible. The signs faded, but Ma Tianming remained afraid to deliver the ginseng to Elder Li.

• Ma Tianming saw violent storms, snow, demonic energy, and ghostly winds erupt around Lin Xuan’s valley.
• Old Man Ma ordered his disciples to return to their cave residences and keep the strange signs secret.
• Two Haoran Sect disciples sensed the demonic energy and decided to investigate Huangqi Mountain, hoping to weaken the Demon Nether Sect.
• After the signs disappeared, Ma Tianming hesitated to approach Lin Xuan’s valley and deliver the ginseng.