Chapter Summaries

The Snow Fox King ordered a secret search for his missing infant daughter, Xiang'er, while Lin Xuan continued toward the Qilin Fire Vein. Lin Xuan reached the far north and uncovered the entrance to the Ancient Qilin Cave ruins.

• The Snow Fox King learned Xiang'er had gone missing and ordered the clan to search for her while keeping the incident secret.
• Lin Xuan dismissed Yue'er's concerns about the cave's restrictions, relying on his knowledge of formations to find another way in.
• Lin Xuan hid as two Transformation Realm demons flew past and learned that at least seventeen or eighteen such demons had appeared nearby.
• Lin Xuan traveled cautiously for three days, then flew north at full speed after the demons stopped appearing.
• Lin Xuan used the Corpse Demon to move a massive ice boulder, revealing a deep hole that he identified as the entrance to the ruins.

Lin Xuan descended into the underground cave and discovered the Qilin Cave Mansion behind a powerful fiery restriction. He used his Azure Phantom Nether Fire and Demon Infant to attack the barrier, but it began to counterattack and swallow his flame.

• Lin Xuan sent the Corpse Demon into the cave to scout, then entered and found human and Demon Race remains along the way.
• Lin Xuan reached a vast cavern, broke the illusion hiding a jade pavilion, and saw the fiery-red barrier around the Qilin Cave Mansion.
• Lin Xuan checked the Xuanji Insights but found no information about the restriction, then decided to try breaking it with his Azure Phantom Nether Fire.
• Lin Xuan fed blood essence to the poisonous flame, shaped it into a bird, and sent it against the barrier.
• Lin Xuan summoned his Demon Infant to assist, and their attacks opened a crack that widened to about a finger's width before the barrier's flames counterattacked and swallowed the Azure Phantom Nether Fire.

Lin Xuan struggled to break the restriction blocking the Fire Vein at the Ancient Qilin Cave, but every attack failed. After three days of exhausting his methods, he and Yue'er were left with no way forward.

• Lin Xuan used the Corpse Demon to draw the restriction's fire spirit energy away from the Azure Phantom Nether Fire, then severed the Corpse Demon's burning arms to save it.
• Lin Xuan studied the Xuanji Insights and discovered that he could summon the Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring inside the Ancient Qilin Cave.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er attacked the restriction with ice awls, flames, and beast-soul beams, but could not break through it.
• Lin Xuan spent three days trying magic treasures, formation-breaking tools, and secret techniques, then admitted that he had exhausted his options.

Lin Xuan used two jade talismans to break the barrier sealing the pavilion, then entered despite the thick mist inside severing his connection to the Corpse Demon. The chapter left him stepping into the mist-covered pavilion under layers of protection.

• Lin Xuan discovered that the Jade Profound Sect command token reacted to the barrier and brought out a second, identical jade talisman.
• Lin Xuan spent most of his magical power charging the jade talismans, then used the Spirit Storage Bag to replenish it and continue.
• The talismans released small fish and birds that entered the barrier and caused it to vanish.
• Lin Xuan found the pavilion built from Blood Jade and discovered that thick white mist inside suppressed his divine sense and swallowed his Sword Qi.
• Lin Xuan sent the Corpse Demon into the pavilion, lost his mental connection to it, then used the Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring and defensive talismans before entering himself.

Lin Xuan explored the Ancient Qilin Cave in search of the Fire Vein and uncovered several treasures hidden in its chambers. He reached the Fire Cloud Cave and activated its ancient formation, leaving the Earth Fire below still to be accessed.

• Lin Xuan entered the cave, found three Ancient Treasures in an Iron Mother chest, and identified the chambers leading to the Cultivation Room, Treasure Vault, and Fire Cloud Cave.
• Lin Xuan searched the Treasure Vault with Yue'er and found a concealed mechanism that revealed three jade boxes containing Transformation Realm Demon Cores.
• Lin Xuan entered the Fire Cloud Cave and recognized the complex formation that sealed the Earth Fire beneath the hall.
• Lin Xuan located the formation's disk, placed nine spirit stones in its grooves, and triggered a violent shaking of the ground.

Lin Xuan prepared the Earth Vein Fire and began refining the Heaven Dust Pill in Fire Cloud Cave. Far away, Poison Flood Dragon King told Green-Eyed Patriarch that the Snow Fox Clan’s newborn princess had gone missing, and the two discussed finding her.

• Lin Xuan shaped Iron Mother into a Beast Head, joined it to the fire outlet, and confirmed the Earth Vein Fire could refine the Heaven Dust Pill.
• Lin Xuan rested overnight, then returned to Fire Cloud Cave and set up the Purple Dragon Cauldron and its formation for the pill-making process.
• Lin Xuan added rare ingredients to the cauldron and carefully controlled the Earth Fire as he began refining the Heaven Dust Pill.
• Poison Flood Dragon King told Green-Eyed Patriarch that the Snow Fox Clan’s newborn girl had gone missing, and Green-Eyed Patriarch questioned his motives for sharing the information.
• Poison Flood Dragon King suggested that Green-Eyed Patriarch wanted to find the missing princess.

The Poison Flood Dragon King and Green-Eyed Patriarch secretly agreed to search for the missing Snow Fox princess and seize the opportunity to weaken the Snow Fox Clan. Meanwhile, Lin Xuan struggled to finish refining the Heaven Dust Pill when his Earth Fire and Infant Fire proved too weak, and he brought out a rare crimson crystal as a possible solution.

• The Poison Flood Dragon King persuaded the Green-Eyed Patriarch to secretly search for the missing Snow Fox princess and join forces against the Snow Fox Clan.
• The two patriarchs agreed to attend the Snow Fox Clan gathering while leaving the search to their subordinates.
• After forty-nine days of refining, Lin Xuan discovered that the Earth Fire could not reach the temperature needed for the Heaven Dust Pill’s final fusion.
• Lin Xuan used his Nascent Soul’s Infant Fire to raise the flame’s temperature, but it still fell short.
• Lin Xuan took a rare crimson crystal he had obtained from the Poison Flood Dragon King in exchange for Longevity Pills.

Lin Xuan used his only Top-grade Spirit Stone to raise the Earth Fire temperature and continued refining the Heaven Dust Pill while Yue'er left the cave and chased a clever Little Fox. At Hundred Flower Mountain, the Snow Fox King remained worried about his missing daughter Xiang'er as his son Jian'er arrived with news related to her.

• Lin Xuan shattered his Top-grade Spirit Stone and carefully fed its fire spiritual power into the Earth Fire, stabilizing the Purple Dragon Cauldron as the Heaven Dust Pill continued to brew.
• Yue'er left Lin Xuan to watch over the pill, heard a strange sound, and found a Little Fox playing with a walnut.
• Yue'er tried to lure the Little Fox with a Fragrance Pill, but it stole the bottle and broke her Sword Qi with rosy light before fleeing.
• Yue'er chased the Little Fox out of the cave while Lin Xuan remained unaware of their encounter.
• At Hundred Flower Mountain, the Snow Fox King rebuked his subordinates for failing to find Xiang'er after more than fifty days.
• Jian'er arrived and told the Snow Fox King that he had news related to Xiang'er, prompting the King to dismiss the other demons.

The Snow Fox King learned that unfamiliar demonic beasts had gathered in the Ice Desert Wasteland and suspected a traitor had exposed Xiang'er’s disappearance. While he sent Jian'er to search for her and secretly attack the outsiders, Xiang'er remained with Yue'er near Hundred Flower Mountain, unaware of the danger.

• Jian'er told the Snow Fox King that many flood dragons and other demonic beasts from the southern Swamp had appeared in the Ice Desert Wasteland.
• The Snow Fox King and Jian'er suspected that a traitor had revealed Xiang'er’s disappearance to the Poison Flood Dragon King and the Green-Eyed Patriarch.
• The Snow Fox King ordered Jian'er to split reliable clansmen between searching for Xiang'er and secretly slaughtering the foreign demonic beasts.
• Xiang'er played with Yue'er near Hundred Flower Mountain and eagerly ate spirit pills while Lin Xuan continued refining the Heaven Dust Pill.
• Yue'er sensed something just as Xiang'er returned to ask for another spirit pill.

Lin Xuan finished refining a batch of ruined black pills that he planned to purify with the Star Sea, while Yue'er remained unaware that Xiang'er’s identity had made them targets. Two demon leaders learned that their subordinates had found the little princess and were killed, but they knew only her approximate location.

• Lin Xuan completed the pill refinement, stored the black pills, and began meditating with crystal stones.
• Yue'er burned the corpses of several demon beasts and wondered why they had reacted strangely to Xiang'er.
• Blue Flood Dragon discovered that his demon subordinates had died, and the old man told him that other demon cultivators had also been killed, including Fellow Daoist He of White Stone Cave.
• Blue Flood Dragon revealed that his subordinates had found the little princess and that their killer was not from the Snow Fox Clan.
• The old man urged Blue Flood Dragon to pursue the princess, but Blue Flood Dragon explained that his subordinates had sent only her approximate location, tens of thousands of li to the north.

Lin Xuan finished purifying the Heaven Dust Pills and befriended Xiang'er, a newborn Three-Tailed Demon Fox whose extraordinary potential made her a valuable future ally. He explained to Yue'er that he was cultivating Xiang'er's trust for the day they might both reach the Spirit World.

• Blue Flood Dragon and the one-horned old man left the snowy wasteland to search for the girl.
• Lin Xuan successfully purified the Heaven Dust Pills, though he had ruined two of the spiritual medicines.
• Yue'er introduced Xiang'er to Lin Xuan, who recognized her as a Three-Tailed Demon Fox with extraordinary potential.
• Lin Xuan gave Xiang'er Blood Extension Pills, and the fox eagerly ate them as candy.
• Yue'er asked whether Lin Xuan planned to make Xiang'er his spirit beast, and he explained that her Sky Fox bloodline made a contract with a human impossible.
• Lin Xuan told Yue'er he was befriending Xiang'er in hopes of gaining a powerful ally in the Spirit World.

Lin Xuan began forming his Nascent Soul in Fire Cloud Cave, using Heaven Dust Pills and the Devil Infant Art to refine his Golden Core. As his cultivation entered the crucial heart-devil tempering stage, Blue Flood Dragon and a gray-robed old man searched the northern wilderness for the Snow Fox Clan’s runaway princess.

• Lin Xuan sent Yue'er away, set up defensive formations, and summoned the Corpse Demon to guard him in Fire Cloud Cave.
• Lin Xuan spent several days preparing, then began consuming Heaven Dust Pills and guiding their power through his dantian.
• Blue Flood Dragon and the gray-robed old man encountered the Snow Fox Clan’s Seventh Elder and sent out flying ants and fire birds to search for the runaway princess.
• On the ninth day, Lin Xuan swallowed a high-grade Heaven Dust Pill, causing violent changes in his dantian as the Devil Infant used Infant Fire to temper his Golden Core.
• Lin Xuan entered an illusion and recognized that he had reached the heart-devil tempering stage of Nascent Soul Formation.

Lin Xuan endured visions of humanity’s ancient struggle and fought Demon Monsters during his Nascent Soul tribulation, while Yue'er and Xiang'er watched the celestial anomaly outside the Ancient Qilin Cave. The signs suggested Lin Xuan had succeeded, but Xiang'er swallowed the Five-Colored Lotus, leaving Yue'er afraid that she had endangered Young Master.

• Yue'er waited anxiously outside the Ancient Qilin Cave as Lin Xuan's Nascent Soul Formation stirred spiritual energy and transformed the sky.
• Xiang'er absorbed the gathered spiritual motes, while the Blue Flood Dragon and the gray-robed elder noticed the anomaly and flew toward it.
• Lin Xuan saw visions of humanity's ancient origins and cultivation, then fought attacking Demon Monsters to resist the heart demon.
• The ground caved in near Yue'er and Xiang'er, and spiritual energy formed a Five-Colored Lotus amid signs that Lin Xuan might have succeeded.
• Xiang'er swallowed the Five-Colored Lotus, and Yue'er feared that the little fox had caused trouble for Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan successfully formed his Nascent Soul, but the celestial phenomenon drew two Transformation Realm demons to the Ancient Qilin Cave. The demons recognized the little snow fox as the Snow Fox Clan’s princess, and Lin Xuan faced them alone.

• Yue'er saw Lin Xuan awaken after forming his Nascent Soul, with his Nascent Soul and Demon Infant returning to his dantian.
• Lin Xuan sensed two Transformation Realm demons approaching and told Yue'er to stay out of the fight.
• Blue Flood Dragon and Brother Zhu learned from a Fire Bird that the Snow Fox Clan’s girl was at the center of the strange phenomenon and assumed Lin Xuan had captured her.
• Lin Xuan flew out of the Ancient Qilin Cave with the little demon fox and met the two demons, who recognized her and positioned themselves on either side of him.

Lin Xuan fought the two Transformation Realm Demon Race monsters and demonstrated the power of his newly mastered Nine Heavens Micro-Steps and other abilities. After his attacks threatened the gray-robed monster, it revealed its true form and unleashed a storm of yellow sand against Lin Xuan’s Azure Phantom Nether Fire.

• Lin Xuan sent crescent blades from the Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring, wounding Blue Flood Dragon’s scaled arms and startling both monsters.
• The gray-robed old monster attacked with a Ghost Head and demonic flame, but Lin Xuan evaded with Nine Heavens Micro-Steps.
• Lin Xuan appeared behind the gray-robed monster and attacked its protective barrier with a blue Sword Ray, then set the barrier alight with an emerald-green flame.
• The gray-robed monster transformed into an ugly demonic beast and filled the sky with yellow sand to attack Lin Xuan’s Azure Phantom Nether Fire.

Lin Xuan survived Blue Flood Dragon’s devastating sneak attack and killed him with the Immortal Binding Rope, Banana Leaf Fan, and Demon Infant. The gray-robed elder’s transformed monster remained nearby, apparently waiting to strike at Lin Xuan’s exposed Nascent Soul.

• Lin Xuan burned away the sand flood dragon, but Blue Flood Dragon opened a spatial rift and sent a demonic blade at him.
• Lin Xuan used the Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring and talismans to withstand the strike long enough to escape with Nine Heavens Micro-Steps.
• Blue Flood Dragon revealed that he had used a flood dragon secret art to summon an upper-realm divine will, but the attack left him heavily wounded.
• Lin Xuan trapped Blue Flood Dragon with the Immortal Binding Rope and corroded his body with the Banana Leaf Fan’s Yin-Yang Strange Wind.
• Blue Flood Dragon’s soul fled, but Lin Xuan’s Demon Infant intercepted and burned it to ash with Infant Fire.
• The gray-robed elder’s transformed monster stayed to attack Lin Xuan, believing his exposed Nascent Soul made him vulnerable.

Lin Xuan fought a powerful demonic beast that wielded a Demon Core, a refined horn, and a soul banner, then forced it to flee. He let the injured monster escape because his newly formed Nascent Soul was unstable, but collected the treasures it left behind.

• Lin Xuan used the Azure Phantom Nether Fire, the Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring, and his Gourd Artifact to attack the demonic beast.
• The beast revealed a Demon Core, a refined Magic Banner, and a single horn, while Lin Xuan brought out the Beast Soul Banner to oppose it.
• Lin Xuan and the beast exchanged attacks, but their powers reached a stalemate as the beast's Demon Core held off his Ice Flood Dragons and fireballs.
• The beast abandoned its Demon Core, horn, and Magic Banner and fled, while Lin Xuan stopped pursuing because his Nascent Soul was unstable.
• Lin Xuan used incantation gestures to collect the abandoned Demon Core, horn, and Magic Banner.

Lin Xuan fled after capturing the Demon Core and recovering from his battle, but the Snow Fox Clan began searching for their missing little princess. He found a hidden place to recuperate, where he used Heaven Dust Pills and his spiritual power to stabilize his two Nascent Souls.

• Lin Xuan captured the Demon Core, Magic Banner, and Single Horn, then fled with the little snow fox.
• The young master of the Snow Fox Clan found a hair belonging to Little Sister Xiang'er and ordered the clan elders to search for her.
• After flying more than a thousand li, Lin Xuan felt the damage caused by using his true essence soon after condensing his Nascent Soul and swallowed pills to treat it.
• Lin Xuan continued flying for half a day before asking Yue'er to carve a hidden cave beneath the ice.
• Lin Xuan swallowed Heaven Dust Pills and began refining their medicinal power as Yue'er and the little snow fox watched.
• Lin Xuan saw his weak white Nascent Soul opposite the vigorous black Demon Infant, which wrapped the white Nascent Soul in Infant Fire as spiritual power flowed into them.

Lin Xuan continued stabilizing his Nascent Soul while the Snow Fox King and the Poison Flood Dragon King’s group learned that a human cultivator had defeated the gray-robed old man. The Poison Flood Dragon King and the Green-Eyed Patriarch set out to pursue the human and the Snow Fox Clan’s princess.

• Lin Xuan spent a day and night refining his Nascent Soul, which began to stabilize.
• The Snow Fox King received a message about Xiang'er and decided to act personally despite the risk of conflict.
• The Poison Flood Dragon King and the Green-Eyed Patriarch restored the gray-robed old man, who thanked them for saving him from losing his Demon Core and intelligence.
• The gray-robed old man revealed that an unfamiliar human cultivator with a Second Nascent Soul had defeated him and captured the Snow Fox Clan's little princess.
• The Poison Flood Dragon King learned that the Snow Fox King was heading toward the area, so he and the Green-Eyed Patriarch decided to pursue the girl and confront the human.

Lin Xuan stabilized his newly formed Nascent Soul while Yue'er watched over him and Xiang'er slept, unaware of the connection forming between them. The Snow Fox King discovered Lin Xuan’s Mystic Phoenix Sect token and learned he had Xiang'er, setting plans in motion to retrieve her; after three months, Lin Xuan was ready to leave the Ice Cave.

• Lin Xuan continued tempering his Nascent Soul as Yue'er meditated nearby and Xiang'er slept, with a Five-Colored Lotus appearing in the snow fox’s sea of consciousness.
• The Snow Fox King’s forces found the Ancient Qilin Cave and learned that a Nascent Soul cultivator had clashed with the Poison Flood Dragon King’s subordinates.
• The Snow Fox King concluded that Lin Xuan had Xiang'er and ordered his son Jian'er to contact the Mystic Phoenix Sect and seek her return.
• The Snow Fox Clan found Lin Xuan’s Mystic Phoenix Sect Guest Elder Command Token, allowing the Snow Fox King to identify his sect and threaten force if negotiations failed.
• After ninety days of cultivation, Lin Xuan stabilized his Nascent Soul, while Yue'er finished meditating and he sensed a faint new connection with Xiang'er.