Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan escaped the third-floor trade fair by destroying teleportation formations and using his Nascent Soul Realm Corpse Demon to deter the guards. He reached Mang Mountain’s exit, but its guards had sealed it and refused to let him leave while they searched for the fugitive.

• Lin Xuan destroyed the second-floor teleportation formations and used his Corpse Demon to frighten the guards before teleporting to the first floor.
• The stewards speculated that Lin Xuan was a disguised Nascent Soul Realm expert and connected the disturbance to the red-clad woman who had caused trouble at Mang Mountain.
• Lin Xuan destroyed the first-floor teleportation formation and hurried through the panicked trade fair toward the exit.
• Lin Xuan restored his original appearance and reached the exit, where guards confirmed he was not the fugitive described in their alert.
• The guard in charge refused Lin Xuan’s request to leave, citing orders to keep everyone inside until the fugitive was found.

Lin Xuan revealed his Nascent Soul Realm strength, killed the cultivators guarding a restriction, and used their Command Token to escape. Nascent Soul Realm Enforcement Envoys investigated the scene and suspected he was the same hidden expert who had disrupted the Mang Mountain Assembly, but decided not to pursue him.

• Lin Xuan attacked the cultivators who refused to let him pass and revealed his Nascent Soul Realm strength.
• Lin Xuan killed the fleeing cultivators, took their Storage Bag, and found the Command Token.
• Lin Xuan used Azure Phantom Nether Fire to erase the Command Token's former owner's imprint and lift the restriction, then escaped.
• Bailu Boy and four other Nascent Soul Realm Enforcement Envoys arrived and examined the traces of battle.
• The Enforcement Envoys suspected Lin Xuan was the hidden Nascent Soul Cultivator who controlled a Nascent Soul Realm Corpse Demon and disrupted the exchange meeting.
• The hunchbacked old man argued against pursuing Lin Xuan, warning that the conflict over the Longevity Pill could reignite war between the human race and the Demon Race.

After the Mang Mountain Assembly, Lin Xuan traveled to Li Python Valley to meet Madam Black Python and obtain the Qilin Fire Vein. Madam Black Python welcomed him with unexpected courtesy, and Lin Xuan entered her domain despite suspecting she had another purpose.

• Lin Xuan left the Mang Mountain area and resolved to raise his cultivation before pursuing the Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens Art.
• Lin Xuan arrived at Li Python Valley and sent a Sound Transmission Talisman through the poisonous purple mist.
• Xiaoling met Lin Xuan and questioned whether he truly knew Madam Black Python.
• Madam Black Python recognized Lin Xuan, welcomed him, and ordered Xiaoling to escort him to the Blood Python Pavilion.
• Lin Xuan rejected Yue'er's suspicion that Madam Black Python had seen through his concealment and chose to enter the valley to pursue the Qilin Fire Vein.

Lin Xuan visited Madam Black Python in Li Python Valley and waited aboard her painted pleasure boat while she remained away. After nearly two hours, a woman dressed in black entered the room.

• Lin Xuan entered Li Python Valley and observed its narrow Demon Vein and countless pythons.
• A Core Condensation Realm woman led Lin Xuan through the inner-valley barrier to the painted boat by Madam Black Python’s mountain dwelling.
• The woman offered Lin Xuan Hundred Flower Cake and Li Python Tea, which he sampled without concern after checking for danger with his divine sense.
• Lin Xuan ended the conversation and meditated while the woman waited quietly beside him.
• Nearly two hours later, a woman dressed in black entered the room.

Lin Xuan met Madam Black Python to discuss breaking the restrictions guarding the Fire Qilin’s cave estate. After learning why she needed his pure yang spiritual power, he demanded safeguards against betrayal and proposed placing her soul and spirit in a Soul-Restricting Tablet, leaving her furious.

• Madam Black Python dismissed her Core Condensation Realm disciple and met with Lin Xuan.
• Madam Black Python explained that three Nascent Soul cultivators and a Core Condensation cultivator trained in the Daoist School were needed to break the Qilin cave’s restrictions.
• Lin Xuan questioned Madam Black Python’s intentions and rejected her Heart Demon Oath as insufficient protection.
• Lin Xuan asked Madam Black Python to place one soul and one spirit in his Soul-Restricting Tablet.
• Madam Black Python flew into a rage and demanded that Lin Xuan explain his proposal.

Lin Xuan forced Madam Black Python to hand over one soul and one spirit as protection against betrayal, then discovered she had tampered with them. After more than half a month of waiting in Li Python Valley, a Sound Transmission Talisman arrived, leaving him about to learn what came next.

• Lin Xuan insisted that Madam Black Python give him a protective guarantee before he helped her find the Qilin's treasure, and she eventually agreed to hand over one soul and one spirit.
• Lin Xuan used the Soul-Restricting Tablet to absorb Madam Black Python's soul and spirit, and she told him to wait until the other two Nascent Soul Cultivators arrived.
• After leaving Lin Xuan, Madam Black Python endured a painful cultivation episode and vowed to make him regret restraining her.
• Lin Xuan told Yue'er that the restriction would be effective in his hands, then detected a faint wisp of gray-white qi and realized Madam Black Python had tampered with her soul and spirit.
• Lin Xuan stayed in the painted pleasure boat for more than half a month, until a Sound Transmission Talisman flew in through the window.

Lin Xuan arrived at a meeting hosted by Madam Black Python and unexpectedly encountered Bailu Boy and the notorious Old Devil Kunnan. Madam Black Python revealed that she had invited Kunnan after Fellow Daoist He died, leaving Bailu Boy displeased but facing the prospect of working with the more powerful devil.

• Lin Xuan went to the mountaintop pavilion and greeted Madam Black Python and Bailu Boy, concealing that he recognized Bailu Boy.
• After half a day, a vast cloud of demonic qi arrived, and Madam Black Python revealed that Old Devil Kunnan had come.
• Lin Xuan recalled Kunnan's brutal history, including his slaughter of mortals and his revenge against the cultivators who had nearly killed him.
• Bailu Boy demanded to know why Madam Black Python had invited Kunnan instead of Fellow Daoist He.
• Madam Black Python explained that Fellow Daoist He had died and argued that Kunnan's greater cultivation would improve their chances of success.

Madam Black Python revealed that the Ancient Qilin Cave lay in the Ice Desert Wasteland beyond Ice Soul Peak, and the group agreed to continue despite the danger. She began explaining the wasteland to Lin Xuan, leaving the peril of crossing Ice Soul Peak still ahead.

• Bailu Boy and Patriarch Kunnan challenged Madam Black Python about leading them north into the Ice Desert Wasteland without explaining their destination.
• Madam Black Python confirmed the Ancient Qilin Cave was beyond Ice Soul Peak, and Lin Xuan recalled an Ice Fire Mountain that made her claim plausible.
• Patriarch Kunnan calmed the quarrel, and Madam Black Python apologized; Bailu Boy agreed to continue the expedition but warned her not to hide anything else.
• Lin Xuan asked Madam Black Python to explain the Ice Desert Wasteland and Ice Soul Peak, and she described a vast, freezing region inhabited by ice-attribute demonic beasts.
• Madam Black Python explained that Nascent Soul Realm cultivators avoided crossing Ice Soul Peak, which stood deep within the wasteland.

Lin Xuan learned that the land beyond Ice Soul Peak weakened cultivators by suppressing five-element treasures, then continued with the three old monsters into the Ice Desert Wasteland. Their journey was interrupted by a swarm of Ice Bats, which Patriarch Kunnan attacked with his three-headed Strange Tiger.

• Bailu Boy gave Lin Xuan a Jade Slip describing the perilous region north of Ice Soul Peak, where five-element treasures could not be used and demonic beasts held the advantage.
• Lin Xuan accepted the danger without considering giving up, and the group set out the next morning.
• Three days later, the group reached the snowy Ice Desert Wasteland and used Spirit Power Shields to withstand its freezing weather.
• Madam Black Python stopped when a gray-white cloud of Ice Bats appeared on the horizon.
• Patriarch Kunnan sent a three-headed Strange Tiger made from black qi to attack the Ice Bats, killing several as the swarm charged fearlessly.

Lin Xuan and the three Nascent Soul Realm cultivators continued toward Ice Soul Peak after Patriarch Kunnan used a black fan to destroy a swarm of Ice Bats. Lin Xuan sensed more danger ahead, while two hidden demons discussed the remarkable birth of the Snow Fox Clan’s three-tailed princess and the powerful guests expected at her celebration.

• Patriarch Kunnan opened a black fan and sent out whirlwinds that devoured and killed several dozen Ice Bats.
• Lin Xuan sensed more demon beasts nearby, but Bailu Boy and the other old monsters dismissed his warning and flew on.
• Lin Xuan used a Spirit Division secret art to possess the Jade Luo Bee and sent it into the snow before following the others.
• After the party departed, a mammoth-linked demon and a leopard-headed female demon emerged from a hidden cloud and speculated that the cultivators might be seeking treasure.
• Brother Xiang told the Leopard Demon that the Snow Fox King’s newborn daughter already had three tails, prompting invitations to powerful demon beasts including the Poison Flood Dragon King and Green-Eyed Patriarch.

The Elephant Demon and the female demon decided to follow Lin Xuan’s group and attack only if they crossed Ice Soul Peak. Lin Xuan’s Jade Luo Bee was accidentally killed after overhearing their plan, and the chapter ended as the four cultivators reached a colossal ice mountain.

• The female demon persuaded the Elephant Demon to wait and see whether Lin Xuan’s group crossed Ice Soul Peak before deciding to attack.
• The Elephant Demon and the female demon turned into a cloud of demonic mist and continued following the cultivators.
• A white lizard swallowed Lin Xuan’s Jade Luo Bee, and the bee’s venom killed them both, destroying Lin Xuan’s Spirit Division.
• Lin Xuan concealed his pain from Madam Black Python and continued onward, unwilling to abandon the search for the Heaven Dust Pill.
• Half an hour later, Lin Xuan and the others arrived at an ice mountain more than ten thousand zhang tall.

Lin Xuan and his companions crossed Ice Soul Peak into the frozen lands near the Snow Fox Clan, where Five Elements treasures could no longer be controlled. Two Transformation Realm demons pursued them, forcing the group to split up as Madam Black Python fled with Lin Xuan toward the Ancient Qilin Cave.

• Madam Black Python, Bailu Boy, Patriarch Kunnan, and Lin Xuan crossed Ice Soul Peak, while two demons followed in pursuit.
• Lin Xuan tested an immortal sword and found that an inexplicable force severed his connection to it, making it fall like ordinary iron.
• Two Transformation Realm demons caught up with the group, and Bailu Boy proposed that they flee separately and meet again.
• Madam Black Python arranged for Patriarch Kunnan and Bailu Boy to delay the pursuers while she escaped with Lin Xuan, giving them a map and a meeting place for the next day.
• Madam Black Python fled with Lin Xuan, and Patriarch Kunnan and Bailu Boy moved to intercept the two demons.

Madam Black Python fled with Lin Xuan while the Elephant Demon and Bailu Boy kept two Nascent Soul cultivators occupied, but the Leopard-Headed Demoness caught up. After Madam Black Python threw Lin Xuan away as a distraction, he pretended to be subdued and secretly followed the chase to profit from the conflict.

• The Elephant Demon attacked Bailu Boy and Patriarch Kunnan, preventing them from stopping the Leopard-Headed Demoness from pursuing Madam Black Python and Lin Xuan.
• Madam Black Python used her escape light to flee with Lin Xuan, but the Leopard-Headed Demoness rapidly closed the distance.
• Madam Black Python threw Lin Xuan toward the demoness to distract her and aid her own escape.
• Lin Xuan pretended to fall unconscious under the demoness's restriction, then freed himself and followed them, telling Yue'er he intended to profit from the situation.
• The Leopard-Headed Demoness caught up with Madam Black Python as she continued fleeing.

Madam Black Python faced the Leopard Demon on Demon Spirit Island, where five-element artifacts could not be used, and revealed a secret art that transformed her severed arm into a horned python. Lin Xuan watched from hiding nearby as the two prepared to resume their battle.

• Madam Black Python tried to dissuade the Leopard Demon, but the demon refused to let her go because she wanted to consume her Nascent Soul.
• Madam Black Python attacked with a two-headed black python, which split into two snakes after the Leopard Demon cut it apart.
• The Leopard Demon brought out her Demon Core, so Madam Black Python cut off her own arm and used a rune and vital essence to transform it into a horned python.
• The Leopard Demon grew wary of Madam Black Python's strange secret art, and the two faced off for another battle.
• Lin Xuan hid behind an ice boulder nearby and told Yue'er he had no reason to intervene.

Lin Xuan and Yue'er watched as Madam Black Python fought the Leopard-Headed Demoness, who revealed her Wind Escape and Body of Hundred Transformations. Madam Black Python gained a slight advantage with poison moths and an Infant Fire Needle Transformation, but the battle remained undecided.

• Yue'er questioned whether Madam Black Python's death would jeopardize Lin Xuan's search for the Qilin Fire Vein, and Lin Xuan said he would wait for the right moment to act.
• Madam Black Python attacked with the Silver-Horned Python's demon fog, but the Leopard-Headed Demoness used Wind Escape to evade it and transformed into a vulture.
• The demoness changed into a giant bear and battered Madam Black Python's protective barrier, while Madam Black Python released Five-Colored Poison Moths from a Spirit Beast Bag.
• Madam Black Python's python unleashed the Infant Fire Needle Transformation, piercing the demoness after the moths occupied her attention.
• The demoness crushed several poison moths, turned back into a vulture, and escaped several dozen zhang away, leaving the fight unresolved.

Madam Black Python pressed the demoness into a desperate fight while Patriarch Kunnan revealed his demonic power and captured Bailu Boy’s Nascent Soul. The Elephant Demon learned that Kunnan was once a Demon Race soul, and Kunnan began recounting how he came to possess a human body.

• Madam Black Python and her creatures drove the demoness into revealing her leopard form and continued their fierce battle.
• Patriarch Kunnan secretly struck Bailu Boy, then revealed his pure demonic power and transformed into a bizarre one-eyed beast.
• Patriarch Kunnan trapped Bailu Boy’s escaping Nascent Soul in the Heaven Origin Net, which prevented it from using magic power.
• Patriarch Kunnan told the Elephant Demon that he had once been a Transformation Mid-Stage Demon Race being whose body was destroyed, leaving only his damaged demon soul.
• Patriarch Kunnan explained that, unable to find a body of his rare original kind, he encountered a human Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Patriarch Kunnan successfully possessed Bailu Boy and began rebuilding his strength in the stolen body. Meanwhile, Madam Black Python revealed a grotesque transformation during her fight with the Leopard Demon, leaving Lin Xuan and Yue'er stunned.

• Patriarch Kunnan successfully merged his demon soul with Bailu Boy's body and planned to demonize it as his cultivation recovered.
• The Leopard Demon gained the advantage over Madam Black Python, whose preparations could not match the power of her long-cultivated magic treasure.
• Madam Black Python tried to negotiate, but the Leopard Demon rejected her plea and attacked again.
• Madam Black Python allowed the Leopard Demon to wound her, then trapped her with the Silver-Horned Giant Python and the remaining Poison Moths.
• Madam Black Python's wounds sprouted barbed tentacles, and her body became covered in demonic features as Lin Xuan and Yue'er watched in shock.

Madam Black Python used an irreversible full-body demonization technique to defeat the Leopard Demon and capture her escaping soul with its Demon Core. As Madam Black Python prepared to abandon her failing body, she sensed someone hiding behind an ice rock.

• Lin Xuan explained to Yue'er that Madam Black Python had demonized her entire body, staking everything on a temporary increase in strength.
• Madam Black Python fought through the Leopard Demon's attacks, using her tentacles and monstrous body to overpower her.
• The Leopard Demon asked to stop, but Madam Black Python refused; both suffered grave wounds before Madam Black Python cut them apart with her Bone Blade.
• The Leopard Demon's soul fled with its Demon Core, but Madam Black Python trapped it in demonic mist and sealed it inside a jade box.
• Madam Black Python sensed someone behind an ice rock and demanded that they come out.

Lin Xuan confronted Madam Black Python after the treasure hunt fell apart and used her expiring Demonic Transformation Body to force her Nascent Soul out. He revealed his own Nascent Soul-level power and cornered her with a Corpse Demon, but her desperate Sword Qi strike destroyed part of its corpse qi.

• Madam Black Python decided to abandon the treasure hunt, but Lin Xuan demanded the location of Ancient Qilin Cave and threatened her with the soul wisp he held.
• Lin Xuan activated the Soul-Restricting Tablet, which could not affect Madam Black Python in the five-element-rejecting area, and revealed he had only been delaying her until her Demonic Transformation Body failed.
• Madam Black Python's body suffered wounds, forcing her Nascent Soul to flee, and Lin Xuan revealed his Nascent Soul Realm cultivation.
• Madam Black Python tried to teleport away, but Lin Xuan sent an azure hand after her and a Nascent Soul Realm Corpse Demon appeared in her path.
• Madam Black Python unleashed dozens of sword lights in a desperate attack, destroying nearly half of the Corpse Demon's corpse qi.

Lin Xuan defeated Madam Black Python, searched her Nascent Soul, and fled with her Storage Bag, while the Elephant Demon and Patriarch Kunnan failed to track him and continued toward the Snow Fox Clan. At Hundred Flower Mountain, the Snow Fox King received a message that made him leap to his feet in alarm.

• Lin Xuan trapped Madam Black Python’s Nascent Soul with the Spirit Restricting Technique, searched it, and let the Corpse Demon consume it before fleeing with her Storage Bag.
• The Elephant Demon and Patriarch Kunnan discovered the Leopard Demon’s corpse and failed to find Lin Xuan or Madam Black Python with their search.
• Patriarch Kunnan persuaded the Elephant Demon to attend the Snow Fox King’s ceremony before pursuing their enemies.
• The Snow Fox King received a streak of firelight in his cave residence, read its message, and sprang to his feet in shock.