Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan revealed that he had secretly poisoned the Corpse Demon with Jade Luo Bee venom after it devoured three cultivators, then summoned a powerful Talisman Treasure sword to finish the fight. The Corpse Demon suppressed the poison and transformed into hundreds of ghost heads, which met Lin Xuan’s sword-light barrage with demonic mist and corpse flames.

• Lin Xuan’s Beast Soul Treasure and Spirit-Absorbing Mirror battered the Corpse Demon, but it escaped the attack using its strange technique.
• Lin Xuan saw through the escape technique because Jade Luo Bee poison had erupted inside the Corpse Demon after it devoured three cultivators.
• Lin Xuan explained that he had secretly placed Jade Luo Bees inside the three cultivators as a precaution, and that the poison weakened the Corpse Demon.
• Lin Xuan summoned a blood-red Talisman Treasure and drew out its Green Edge Sword as the Corpse Demon used a secret technique to swell into a huge ball.
• Lin Xuan unleashed hundreds of azure and yellow sword lights, while the Corpse Demon exploded into hundreds of ghost heads that spewed demonic mist and corpse flames to meet them.

Lin Xuan destroyed the Corpse Demon, claimed its mysterious black pearl and other spoils, and tracked other cultivators to the demon’s lair. There he broke the formation and confronted the Ning Family Young Master, who knelt and begged him to spare his life.

• Lin Xuan overwhelmed the Corpse Demon with the Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring and his Talisman Treasure, then collected a mysterious black pearl, the Three Yin White Bone Shield, and the cultivator surnamed Xin’s Storage Bag.
• Lin Xuan sensed other cultivators on the island and flew to the Corpse Demon’s cave dwelling, where he attacked its purple-mist restriction with a Fire Bird spell and sword light.
• Inside the cave, the Ning Family Young Master admired the Banana Leaf Fan and realized the formation was under attack, fearing the old ancestor had been defeated.
• Lin Xuan destroyed the formation and split the boulder at the cave entrance, while the Ning Family Young Master gathered the cave’s treasures and tried to flee.
• Lin Xuan appeared before the Ning Family Young Master, who recognized his overwhelming power, knelt, and begged for his life.

Lin Xuan settled into a new cave residence on the small island and prepared to strengthen himself after defeating the Corpse Demon. He began refining his treasures and stabilizing his Devil Infant, discovering that the process also tempered his Golden Core and slightly improved his chances of forming a Nascent Soul.

• Lin Xuan searched the Ning Family Young Master's soul, learned of the Corpse Demon's ties to the Ning family and Heavenly Corpse Sect, then killed the young master and took his Storage Bag.
• Lin Xuan buried the Corpse Demon's cave, built a new cave residence, and set up restrictions around it with Yue'er’s help.
• Lin Xuan released the young Jade Luo Bees into their hive and fed them Ginseng Essence Powder, but found their growth too slow to be useful soon.
• Lin Xuan used his Devil Infant to refine the White Bone Shield and Banana Leaf Fan, then examined the Corpse Demon's mysterious bead and kept the jade slip containing the Heavenly Corpse Incarnation Art.
• Lin Xuan studied the Devil Infant Art and cultivated by merging Infant Fire with spiritual power from his Golden Core.
• Lin Xuan discovered that nourishing the Devil Infant also tempered his Golden Core and modestly increased his chances of condensing a Nascent Soul.

Lin Xuan, having stabilized his Demon Infant and brought his Golden Core to its limit, decided to postpone forming a Nascent Soul until he had enough Heaven Dust Pills. When two Ning Family cultivators came to investigate the swamp, he killed one and caught up with the other.

• Lin Xuan sensed two Core Condensation cultivators approaching and hid nearby.
• The two Ning Family cultivators worried that their ancestor had gone missing after attempting to advance his cultivation.
• Lin Xuan revealed his powerful spiritual pressure, and the cultivators tried to flee in opposite directions.
• Lin Xuan broke the red-robed cultivator’s Diamond Talisman with Sword Qi and killed him.
• Lin Xuan appeared in front of the fleeing gray-robed cultivator and blocked his escape.

Lin Xuan spared a Ning Family elder after learning about the Corpse Demon and bound him with the Blood Light Soul Refining Technique. The elder agreed to conceal the demon’s destruction, while Lin Xuan hinted he might help him rise to clan leadership.

• The gray-robed cultivator told Lin Xuan that the Corpse Demon had been an ancestor of the Ning Family who transformed himself through an evil art.
• The elder offered to serve Lin Xuan and conceal the Corpse Demon’s destruction by falsely reporting that the demon was breaking through a bottleneck.
• Lin Xuan rejected the Spirit Restricting Technique and imposed the Blood Light Soul Refining Technique on the elder.
• The elder pledged loyalty, and Lin Xuan hinted that he might help him become head of the Ning Family in the future.

Lin Xuan prepared to refine a thousand-year Corpse King by using the Corpse Infant’s power, then secretly destroyed the infant’s consciousness to prevent betrayal. Afterward, he checked on Yue’er and found her at a crucial bottleneck in her cultivation.

• Lin Xuan sent the gray-robed cultivator away as a subordinate and returned to his cave dwelling.
• Lin Xuan brought out the thousand-year Corpse King and set it to absorb corpse qi for forty-nine days before fusion.
• Lin Xuan tricked the Corpse Infant into swallowing a Soul Dissolving Pill, then used demonic snakes to bind it and erase its consciousness over two days and one night.
• Lin Xuan visited Yue’er’s cultivation cavern and saw that she had reached the peak of the middle stage of Core Condensation and was attempting to break through her bottleneck.

Lin Xuan helped Yue'er break through to the Late Core Condensation Realm, then spent a year refining the Nascent Soul Corpse King. He emerged with the refined corpse stored in his Spirit Ghost Bag, but Yue'er was astonished to see it had become a bald cultivator with early Core Condensation cultivation.

• Lin Xuan used his Demon Infant's Life Essence to help Yue'er overcome her bottleneck and reach the Late Core Condensation Realm.
• After recovering his Life Essence, Lin Xuan prepared a formation and began fusing with the Corpse King's husk while Yue'er guarded him.
• A year later, strange Yin energy and corpse wind signaled that Lin Xuan had finished refining the Demon Corpse.
• Lin Xuan showed Yue'er the corpse in his Spirit Ghost Bag, and she found it had become a muscular, bald cultivator rather than a zombie.

Lin Xuan showed Yue'er that his Corpse King could assume human form and reach the Nascent Soul Realm, then decided to keep cultivating at the Yin Vein while Yue'er stabilized her realm. He began teaching the Corpse King the Heavenly Corpse Incarnation Art and continued his own studies and cultivation.

• Lin Xuan transformed the bald cultivator into a Nascent Soul Realm Corpse King, and Yue'er realized he could disguise himself as an ordinary cultivator.
• Lin Xuan told Yue'er they would remain at the Yin Vein until her late-stage cultivation stabilized, then seek Earth Vein Fire and refine the Heaven Dust Pill.
• Lin Xuan checked on the Jade Luo Bees and found that their growth remained extremely slow.
• Lin Xuan studied the Heavenly Corpse Incarnation Art for a month, then taught its introductory cultivation method to the Corpse King.
• Lin Xuan continued taking pills, meditating, and studying the Xuanji Insights while spending time with Yue'er.

Lin Xuan received a specially refined Sound Transmission Talisman revealing that the Ning Family head had died, creating an opportunity for him and Yue'er. He explained that the head had fallen to a cultivation deviation, and Yue'er remembered how Lin Xuan had once saved her from the same danger.

• Lin Xuan received a specially refined Sound Transmission Talisman at his cave residence and wondered who had sent it.
• Yue'er guessed that the message concerned the Ning Family, and Lin Xuan confirmed that a great change had occurred there.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er exchanged playful remarks before he refocused on the message.
• Lin Xuan revealed that the Ning Family head had died, and Yue'er wondered whether he had been killed or reached the end of his lifespan.
• Lin Xuan explained that the head had suffered a cultivation deviation, and Yue'er remembered how Lin Xuan had saved her after she suffered one herself.

Lin Xuan and Yue'er left their secluded island to help a Ning Family elder contend for the family leadership and search for Earth Vein Fire. They reached the region near Lei Yin Mountain, where the Ning Family’s recent losses had left it vulnerable, and Lin Xuan arrived at a nearby market town disguised as an ordinary young cultivator.

• Lin Xuan decided to answer the Ning Family elder’s request for help, and he and Yue'er set out after ending their cultivation on the island.
• Lin Xuan collected his poisonous plants, Jade Luo Bees, and Corpse King, then collapsed the mountain wall and left with Yue'er.
• The chapter described how the Ning Family had grown powerful at Lei Yin Mountain but was left leaderless after its family head died and its chosen successor disappeared.
• As rival powers gathered near Lei Yin Mountain, Lin Xuan arrived at a Ning Family market town in disguise and went unnoticed by the cultivators there.

Lin Xuan infiltrated the Ning Family’s main altar after learning that Ning Wanshan had been captured amid a struggle between the family branches. He found Ning Wanshan in prison and began breaking through the restriction that held him, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• After waiting in the market for the Ning Family’s contact, Lin Xuan decided to infiltrate the family’s main altar with Yue’er.
• Ning Qi learned that Ning Wanshan had been detained and that the family’s branches were locked in a power struggle, then mistook the warning from his Command Token for an illusion.
• Lin Xuan slipped through the Sect Protection Array, knocked Ning Qi unconscious, searched his soul for information, and burned his body to conceal his entry.
• Lin Xuan used what he learned to locate Ning Wanshan in the heavily guarded prison and appeared before him.
• Ning Wanshan warned Lin Xuan about the prison’s dangerous light barrier, but Lin Xuan pressed Azure Phantom Nether Fire against it and began destroying its ghostly attacks.

Lin Xuan freed Ning Wanshan and learned that rival Ning Family branches were competing to choose the next family head. He planned to make Ning Wanshan head without weakening the family, then arrived at the selection gathering as thousands of cultivators assembled around Lei Yin Mountain.

• Lin Xuan broke the restriction imprisoning Ning Wanshan and heard how the Eldest Branch had lost power while the Second Branch and Third Branch sought the vacant family-head position.
• Ning Wanshan asked Lin Xuan to kill the rival branch leaders, but Lin Xuan rejected the plan and promised to unite the Ning Family behind him.
• Lin Xuan re-imprisoned Ning Wanshan and left Lei Yin Mountain, then revealed to Yue'er that he would disguise the Corpse King as the slain Ning Family ancestor.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er cultivated in a cave abode for three days while the Corpse King practiced the Heavenly Corpse Incarnation Art.
• On the day of the family-head selection, thousands of cultivators gathered around Lei Yin Mountain, including factions and rogues hoping to profit from the Ning Family's possible downfall.

Lin Xuan infiltrated the Ning Family ancestral hall and watched the Second Branch and Third Branch leaders dispute the succession. The two agreed to settle the contest through a duel, while Lin Xuan waited for the right moment to act.

• Lin Xuan entered Lei Yin Mountain unnoticed after finding its outer defenses undermanned.
• Lin Xuan concealed himself in a tree at the ancestral hall and identified the yellow-robed old man and red-clad woman as the rival branch leaders.
• Mr. Ning Second and the beautiful woman in red argued over the family head position and exchanged reminders of past favors.
• Mr. Ning Second proposed that the duel’s winner would become family head and the loser would accept the result, and both swore oaths.
• The two leaders flew away from the ancestral hall to fight without endangering the gathered disciples.

Lin Xuan secretly sent a message as Ning Wanshan escaped captivity and interrupted the battle between Mr. Ning Second and the beautiful woman in red over the Ning Family leadership. When the two attacked Ning Wanshan, an unknown expert intervened with overwhelming spiritual pressure, leaving the crowd to wonder if a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator had arrived.

• Lin Xuan secretly sent out a concealed Sound Transmission Talisman while the Ning Family disciples watched the impending duel.
• Mr. Ning Second and the beautiful woman in red brought out their magical treasures, but Ning Wanshan arrived with Eldest Branch cultivators and stopped their fight.
• Mr. Ning Second and the beautiful woman in red challenged Ning Wanshan over the old ancestor and the missing young master, and the branches' disciples turned against one another.
• Mr. Ning Second and the beautiful woman in red attacked Ning Wanshan while their followers blocked the Eldest Branch from helping him.
• Two black beams intercepted the attacks, and an unknown expert's spiritual pressure forced many Foundation Establishment Realm disciples to the ground.

Lin Xuan revealed himself as the Ning Family’s returning Old Ancestor and ended Mr. Ning Second and the Red-Clad Beauty’s challenge to Ning Wanshan. He appointed Ning Wanshan family head and promoted the defeated leaders to law-enforcement elders to ease tensions among the family’s branches.

• Mr. Ning Second challenged the unseen intruder, warning that the Ning Family would oppose outside interference in its internal affairs.
• The Corpse Demon arrived in a cloud of corpse aura and revealed himself as the Ning Family’s long-absent Old Ancestor.
• Ning Wanshan and the family’s elders and disciples bowed to the Old Ancestor, while Mr. Ning Second and the Red-Clad Beauty accepted that their plan had failed.
• The Old Ancestor declared that Ning Wanshan would become family head and promoted Mr. Ning Second and the Red-Clad Beauty to law-enforcement elders.
• Lin Xuan used the appointments to address the divisions between the Ning Family’s branches and strengthen the clan.

Lin Xuan used the Corpse Demon Ancestor to reconcile the Ning Family’s branches and organize them under his control. When the Zhang Family, Cloud Ghost Sect, and Mang Mountain Duo joined the attack on Lei Yin Mountain, the Corpse Demon ordered the family to defend the stronghold and said he would face their strongest cultivators himself.

• Lin Xuan appointed Ning Wanshan and the Red-Clad Beauty to serve the family, easing tensions among the Ning Family’s branches.
• The Red-Clad Beauty received a Sound Transmission Talisman reporting that attackers had breached the mountain’s defenses and were advancing.
• The Corpse Demon ordered Mr. Ning Second to investigate and sent Ning Wanshan and the Red-Clad Beauty to reinforce the patrols.
• Mr. Ning Second learned that the Zhang Family, Cloud Ghost Sect, and Mang Mountain Duo had joined thousands of Rogue Cultivators outside Lei Yin Mountain.
• The Corpse Demon told the Ning Family to meet the attackers while he faced the enemy’s high-level cultivators.

The Cloud Ghost Sect and Zhang Family prepared to attack the Ning Family on Lei Yin Mountain, each wary of the other’s motives. As the siege began, five Rogue Cultivators entered Ning territory hoping to earn rewards, despite fearing the risks and doubting the promises made to them.

• The Mysterious Yin Ghost Lady and Zhang Family Head Wu agreed to attack the Ning Family, while each suspected the other of pursuing hidden aims.
• The Mysterious Yin Ghost Lady warned Wu that the Zhang Family’s past losses to the Ning Family meant they must destroy their common enemy completely.
• After the Mysterious Yin Ghost Lady departed, Wu ordered his elders to attack from the side, avoid direct clashes, and minimize Zhang Family casualties.
• Five Rogue Cultivators cautiously entered the Ning Family’s territory, discussing the promised rewards and the dangers of joining the siege.

Invading cultivators fought the Ning Family across Lei Yin Mountain, while Lin Xuan set out to target the enemy leaders and protect the family from heavy losses. At Cangyue Peak, the Fourth Branch’s formation fell to the Mang Brothers, leaving its black-faced elder to face them as he ordered the disciples to seek a chance to escape.

• A red-clad Ning Family woman killed five invaders who attacked her with spiritual weapons.
• Seven attackers overwhelmed three Ning Family disciples, and a vicious old man’s ghostly face swallowed one of them before the other two were killed.
• Core Condensation Realm experts began probing attacks across Lei Yin Mountain, where the Ning Family’s formations helped them withstand the larger invading force.
• Lin Xuan instructed the Corpse Demon to relay orders to Ning Wanshan, then flew toward Cangyue Peak to strike at the enemy leaders.
• The Mang Brothers breached Cangyue Peak’s formation and attacked the Fourth Branch, while their allies clashed with its disciples.
• The black-faced elder ordered the Fourth Branch disciples to escape when they could, then rose to confront the Mang Brothers.

The Mang Brothers attacked the Ning Family, destroying the Fourth Branch elder’s treasures and driving him to flee before a mysterious expert intervened. The Ning Family hailed the newcomer as their Old Ancestor, and Lin Xuan prepared to reveal the Corpse Demon’s identity to the Mang Brothers.

• The Mang Brothers rejected the black-faced Fourth Branch elder’s offer and attacked him with their Mourning Staffs.
• The elder fought back with Flying Needles and a Beast Talisman, but the Mang Brothers destroyed both his treasures and forced him to flee.
• The Mang Brothers sent Soul-Devouring Snakes after the fleeing elder, but a giant gray-white hand seized the snakes.
• A black cloud appeared over Cangyue Peak, and its immense pressure pinned down the outside cultivators while the Ning Family disciples greeted their Old Ancestor.
• The Mang Brothers asked the figure in the cloud to identify himself, and Lin Xuan began revealing the Corpse Demon.

Lin Xuan and the Corpse Demon defeated the Mang Brothers and helped the Ning Family repel the invading forces. The Corpse Demon’s power won the Fourth Branch’s loyalty, and he turned to address Ning Wuxin.

• The Nascent Soul Realm Corpse Demon attacked the fleeing Mang Brothers, who used defensive treasures to block his halberds.
• Lin Xuan appeared before the brothers and killed them with sword lights after they failed to stop his assault.
• The invaders’ morale collapsed, and the Corpse Demon ordered the Ning Family disciples to kill them all.
• The Corpse Demon used ghost heads formed from his severed arm to hunt down every fleeing enemy.
• The Ning Family disciples praised the Corpse Demon, who quieted them and asked the black-faced cultivator his name; the cultivator introduced himself as Ning Wuxin.