Recaps

Lin Xuan reached Hanxiang Valley and found Xiang'er fighting the Cold Mouse King and Multi-Armed Bear to protect her sister Yuanke. As the enemies shattered most of the valley’s defenses, the Cold Mouse King unleashed his Dharma Image against Xiang'er.

• Lin Xuan sensed the ongoing battle and hurried toward Hanxiang Valley.
• Lin Xuan saw that Xiang'er had become a Six-Tailed Spirit Fox and was fighting two powerful enemies using the valley’s Arrays.
• The Cold Mouse King explained that he had attacked Xiang'er to prevent her from growing into a threat.
• The Multi-Armed Bear urged Xiang'er to marry him, but she answered with a storm of ice blades.
• The Cold Mouse King broke most of the restrictions and used his giant rat Dharma Image to blow Xiang'er's ice blades into disarray.

Lin Xuan arrived in time to rescue Princess Xiang'er from Cold Mouse King and the Multi-Armed Bear, then revealed that he had captured Ice Old Demon's soul. The two demons realized the threat before them, but the Multi-Armed Bear refused to submit and prepared to fight.

• Cold Mouse King slowed Princess Xiang'er while the Multi-Armed Bear cast a black net to capture her.
• Lin Xuan destroyed the Multi-Armed Bear's flower-basket Dharma Treasure with a silver gleam and appeared before the demons.
• Princess Xiang'er teleported to Lin Xuan, and he reassured her that he had returned safely.
• Cold Mouse King and the Multi-Armed Bear questioned Lin Xuan about Ice Old Demon, so Lin Xuan showed them a jade bottle containing Ice Old Demon's soul.
• Lin Xuan demanded that the demons surrender, but the Multi-Armed Bear refused and threatened to refine Lin Xuan's soul.

Lin Xuan unleashed his three-attribute Hundred Dragon Fangs against the Multi-Armed Bear and Cold Mouse King, overwhelming them with flood dragons of fire, ice, and lightning. The attack engulfed both demons, leaving their fate unclear amid the blazing spiritual light and thick Demon Qi.

• The Multi-Armed Bear transformed into a giant bear and charged Lin Xuan with heavy weapons while the Cold Mouse King attacked with a lightning-wrapped beam.
• Lin Xuan summoned the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword and transformed its sword light into fire, ice, and lightning flood dragons.
• Lin Xuan multiplied the flood dragons sevenfold and unleashed them against the two demons.
• The Multi-Armed Bear enlarged himself and charged through the attack while the Cold Mouse King raised defensive treasures and used his Dharma Idol to shield himself.
• The flood dragons engulfed the two demons in lightning, ice, and thunderfire, obscuring what happened to them.

Lin Xuan killed the Ice Bear King and gravely wounded the Cold Mouse King with the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword. He halted his next attack after the Cold Mouse King offered to meet any demand, then revealed a Soul-Sealing Tablet.

• Lin Xuan’s attack turned the Ice Bear King’s body to sand and killed him.
• Lin Xuan found the Cold Mouse King alive but severely wounded and unable to escape.
• The Cold Mouse King begged Lin Xuan and Princess Xiang’er for mercy, but Lin Xuan refused his initial offer of compensation.
• Lin Xuan sent the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword toward the Cold Mouse King, then stopped it when he promised to meet any demand.
• Lin Xuan produced a black wooden tablet, and the Cold Mouse King recognized it as a Soul-Sealing Tablet.

Lin Xuan forced the Cold Mouse King to surrender his soul and spirit, then gave control of him to Xiang'er. With the Snow Fox, Cold Mouse, and Ice Bear clans allied under Snow Fox leadership, Xiang'er’s influence spread across the Cold Soul Ice Plain, leaving other powers scrambling to learn what had happened.

• Lin Xuan threatened the Cold Mouse King until he surrendered his soul and spirit, which Lin sealed in a Soul-Sealing Tablet.
• Lin Xuan gave the tablet containing the Cold Mouse King to Xiang'er, saying he could help the Snow Fox clan.
• Rumors spread that the Snow Fox, Cold Mouse, and Ice Bear clans had formed an alliance and recovered their stolen treasure.
• The three clans swept through smaller tribes on the Cold Soul Ice Plain, forcing them to submit or leave as their influence expanded.
• Other Demon Race groups and human sects sent people to investigate and learned that the Snow Fox Clan led the alliance.
• The Sacred Hall reportedly named Princess Xiang'er its holy maiden, strengthening her authority over the Cold Soul Ice Plain.

The major powers gradually accepted that the Snow Fox Clan had become the Cold Soul Ice Plain’s overlord after repeated reports and deadly losses among their investigators. Princess Xiang'er then walked with Lin Xuan and warned him about the dangers of his coming trip to the Ethereal Immortal Palace.

• The major powers sent successive investigators to verify reports that the Snow Fox Clan ruled the Cold Soul Ice Plain, and each wave confirmed them.
• Elite disciples who ventured toward the ice plain were attacked by its united Demon Race forces, and most perished.
• The major powers restrained their disciples, while news of the deaths spread and cultivators avoided the Cold Soul Ice Plain.
• Princess Xiang'er accompanied Lin Xuan through the snow and urged him to be careful on his dangerous journey to the Ethereal Immortal Palace.
• Lin Xuan’s role in resolving the Snow Fox Clan’s crisis was revealed: Ice Old Demon and Multi-Armed Bear had fallen, while Cold Mouse King had become Xiang'er’s servant.

Lin Xuan learned that Xiang'er could save her frozen sister Yuanke only with the Piaomiao Nine Immortal Pill, so he set out for Misty Immortal Palace to obtain it. He returned to Mingxue City in disguise, where cultivators had gathered to watch the upheaval on the Cold Soul Ice Plain.

• Lin Xuan demonstrated that the Ink Moon Heaven Witch Art could melt Yuanke's mystic ice, but Xiang'er learned that melting it without first protecting Yuanke could kill her.
• Xiang'er explained that Yuanke needed the Piaomiao Nine Immortal Pill to survive being freed from the ice.
• Xiang'er wanted to accompany Lin Xuan, but stayed behind to maintain control of the newly united demon tribes and agreed to seek rare sentient flowers and grasses for him.
• Lin Xuan left for Misty Immortal Palace, intending to obtain the pill and investigate its composite puppets.
• Lin Xuan reached Mingxue City, concealed his cultivation, and entered without attracting attention as cultivators watched the Cold Soul Ice Plain.

Lin Xuan traveled across the Boundless Sea toward Misty Immortal Island, home of the Ethereal Immortal Palace. After weeks of flight, he finally spotted an enormous island ahead.

• Lin Xuan hired a Beast Carriage to reach the Instant Pavilion and paid the driver generously.
• Lin Xuan asked to teleport to Misty Immortal Island, but learned there was no direct array, so he paid for a series of transfers.
• At his final teleportation stop, Lin Xuan discovered Misty Immortal Island had no Teleportation Array and bought a sea chart instead.
• Lin Xuan flew through the Boundless Sea, ignored cultivator disputes, and defeated those who provoked him.
• After roughly half a month of flight, Lin Xuan saw an enormous island ahead.

Lin Xuan arrived at Misty Immortal Island, headquarters of Ethereal Immortal Palace, and entered through its designated dock after recalling the fate of the Blood Toad Master, who had trespassed there. He explored the island from the air, taking in its varied terrain.

• Lin Xuan sensed the abundant spiritual energy around Misty Immortal Island and saw mortal fishing boats in the nearby waters.
• Lin Xuan recalled how Blood Toad Master had trespassed, killed law-enforcement cultivators, and been defeated by Ethereal Immortal Palace elders.
• Lin Xuan put away his Spirit Boat and entered through a dock passage for Dongxuan Realm cultivators, where the guards let him through without difficulty.
• Lin Xuan flew over the island and surveyed its forests, mountains, flatlands, lakes, wetlands, and distant hills.

Lin Xuan traveled to Nine Immortals Marketplace to gather intelligence on Ethereal Immortal Palace and seek combination Puppets as he planned how to obtain the Piaomiao Nine Immortal Pill. He entered the marketplace and began questioning an attendant.

• Lin Xuan arrived at a small marketplace, startling its low-level cultivators with his Dongxuan Realm presence.
• Lin Xuan asked a few questions at a shop, then left with a Jade Slip map of Immortal Island.
• Lin Xuan flew toward Nine Immortals Marketplace, intending to learn about Ethereal Immortal Palace and purchase combination Puppets.
• Lin Xuan paid the entrance fee and entered the marketplace, where he noticed that its shops sold spirit pills and miraculous medicines.
• Lin Xuan asked an attendant to answer his questions, and the attendant agreed to tell him what he knew.

Lin Xuan explored Nine Immortals Marketplace and learned more about the power of Ethereal Immortal Palace. He headed to Tingfeng Pavilion, an Ethereal Immortal Palace shop, to buy puppet mechanisms and gather information.

• Lin Xuan questioned a shop assistant, learned that Nine Immortals Marketplace was divided into nine districts, and obtained a map.
• Lin Xuan flew to the western district, where thousands of shops sold puppet mechanisms, and considered the costs and rarity of high-quality puppets.
• Lin Xuan surveyed the shops and chose Tingfeng Pavilion for its size, prominent location, and Ethereal Immortal Palace emblem.
• Lin Xuan entered Tingfeng Pavilion to shop for puppets and investigate Ethereal Immortal Palace.

Lin Xuan visited Tingfeng Pavilion to buy Puppets and probe for information about the Piaomiao Nine Immortal Pill, but learned nothing useful from its staff. He continued gathering rumors at Xianke Residence, still hoping to avoid infiltrating the Ethereal Immortal Palace.

• Lin Xuan asked a Tingfeng Pavilion attendant about its strongest Puppets and learned that Spirit Division Stage Puppets were not sold to outsiders.
• Lin Xuan bought several ordinary and combination Puppets while avoiding an extravagant purchase that might draw attention.
• Lin Xuan searched other shops and spent half a month gathering information in Nine Immortals Marketplace without making progress.
• Lin Xuan began regularly visiting Xianke Residence to listen for useful rumors from the cultivators there.
• Lin Xuan returned to Xianke Residence one morning and quietly used his divine sense to eavesdrop on nearby conversations.

Lin Xuan overheard that the Ethereal Immortal Palace was offering a reward for mortals who were exceptionally beautiful, just over twenty, and skilled enough in martial arts to lift a ten-thousand-jin boulder. Suspecting the search might help his scheme for the Piaomiao Nine Immortal Pill, he tracked the cultivator who had revealed the news.

• Lin Xuan sat in Xianke Residence and listened to cultivators talking while keeping his own cultivation concealed.
• Yun told Fang that he had failed to find a mortal who met the Ethereal Immortal Palace’s strict requirements.
• Yun explained that he sought the reward to improve his chances of forming a Nascent Soul, while Fang said the Palace’s purpose was unknown.
• Lin Xuan considered whether the search could aid his plan for the Piaomiao Nine Immortal Pill and decided the opportunity looked promising.
• Lin Xuan left the tea house and followed Yun, having secretly planted a tracking mark on him.

Lin Xuan traded a Heavenly Fragrance Spiritual Rhinoceros Pill for details about the Ethereal Immortal Palace’s search for Mortals. The information gave him a way to enter the palace openly by disguising himself as a mortal.

• Lin Xuan stopped the disheveled-haired cultivator and offered to trade for news about the Ethereal Immortal Palace’s search for Mortals.
• Lin Xuan gave the cultivator a Heavenly Fragrance Spiritual Rhinoceros Pill in exchange for a Jade Slip containing the bounty details.
• The cultivator revealed that friends in the Ethereal Immortal Palace had shared the information early and that the palace would announce the bounty in two months.
• After Lin Xuan confirmed the Jade Slip’s contents, the cultivator left with the pill to prepare for condensing a Nascent Soul.
• Lin Xuan realized he could disguise himself as a mortal and use the bounty search to enter the Ethereal Immortal Palace openly.

Lin Xuan disguised himself as a mortal martial arts grandmaster and approached Ethereal Immortal Palace with a Core Condensation Realm guide. He left the story climbing toward the sect under cover of the Heavenly Demon Infant Transformation Art.

• Lin Xuan left Nine Immortals Marketplace and flew toward Nine Immortals Mountain, the headquarters of Ethereal Immortal Palace.
• Lin Xuan and a Thin Old Man arrived at the mountain, where a No-Fly Restriction required them to climb the long stone staircase.
• The Thin Old Man ordered Lin Xuan, disguised as a Heavenly Dao expert, to hurry toward the mountain gate before dark.
• Lin Xuan concealed his mockery as the Thin Old Man scolded him for questioning the rules of the immortal cultivation world.
• Lin Xuan relied on the Heavenly Demon Infant Transformation Art, which dispersed his magic power and made his Nascent Soul formless, to avoid detection inside the sect.

Lin Xuan prepared to infiltrate the Ethereal Immortal Palace by posing as a mortal who met the palace’s demanding conditions. After he showed himself to attract people who could take him there, several cultivators fought over him.

• Lin Xuan decided the Heavenly Demon Infant Transformation Art’s loss of magical power would not leave him helpless, thanks to his formidable physical strength.
• Lin Xuan determined he could meet the mortal requirements by relying on his martial arts training, pills to preserve a youthful appearance, and a transformed face modeled on Tian Xiaojian.
• Lin Xuan spent half a month preparing, disguising his age and appearance before heading to a crowded place to draw the attention of cultivators seeking eligible mortals.
• Several cultivators spotted Lin Xuan and began fighting fiercely over him.

Lin Xuan traveled to Ethereal Immortal Palace disguised as a mortal, escorted by a lucky Core Condensation Realm elder who hoped to claim a reward. At the palace gate, a Spirit Division Stage cultivator arrived in person, reinforcing Lin Xuan’s suspicion that the gathering of mortals served an important purpose.

• After several Nascent Soul Realm cultivators died or fled, the Core Condensation Realm elder brought Lin Xuan toward Ethereal Immortal Palace.
• Lin Xuan and the elder reached Nine Immortals Mountain and climbed its long staircase for two days and two nights.
• The elder sent a Sound Transmission Talisman from the palace entrance, and a mountain gate appeared.
• A Spirit Division Stage cultivator emerged, and Lin Xuan inferred that the palace’s gathering of mortals was tied to a major secret and might help him steal the Ethereal Nine Immortals Pill.
• The elder was stunned when his Realm Compass identified the newcomer as a Spirit Division Stage cultivator.

Lin Xuan disguised himself as a young mortal martial artist and was brought into the Ethereal Immortal Palace by a Spirit Division Stage elder. The elder led him to a valley, while Lin Xuan memorized the route and prepared for his plans to steal treasure or escape if exposed.

• A Spirit Division Stage man examined Lin Xuan’s wrist and confirmed his apparent age and status as a rare young Heavenly Dao martial artist.
• The man accepted Lin Xuan for the Ethereal Immortal Palace and gave the Core Condensation Realm old man a Jade Pendant to collect the promised bounty at Flying Cloud Pavilion.
• The man wrapped Lin Xuan in spiritual light and carried him through the palace grounds without obstruction.
• Lin Xuan memorized the surroundings as they traveled, preparing to steal treasure or flee if his identity was exposed.
• The man brought Lin Xuan to a valley, where a beautiful young girl greeted him as Grand-Master.

Lin Xuan stayed in Hidden Hero Valley under Xueling’s watch while he waited for a chance to investigate Ethereal Immortal Palace. Elsewhere, the palace’s Supreme Elders gathered on Spirit Controlling Peak to discuss a grave matter.

• The Bearded Man entrusted Lin Xuan to Xueling, warning her that she would be held responsible if anything happened to him.
• Xueling welcomed Lin Xuan to Hidden Hero Valley, and Lin Xuan introduced himself as field Xiaojian while posing as a mortal.
• Over the next month, Lin Xuan gained Xueling’s trust and tried to learn information from her, but she knew nothing useful.
• Lin Xuan stayed in the quiet valley because his magic power and divine sense were unusable, leaving him unable to investigate elsewhere safely.
• More than ten Supreme Elders of Ethereal Immortal Palace gathered in a cultivation cave on Spirit Controlling Peak, with three late-stage great cultivators leading them.

Grand Elder Lingxu gathered his fellow elders to discuss the search for mortal martial artists and revealed that it was connected to the sect’s secret treasure, the Piaomiao Nine Immortal Pill. He left them questioning what the pill truly was and why the sect needed the martial artists.

• Lingxu rebuked Junior Brother He for failing to find enough qualifying mortal martial artists.
• The Bearded Man reported that a Rogue Cultivator had brought in one young Heavenly Dao martial artist and that disciples were pursuing two more.
• The elders asked Lingxu why the sect was searching for mortal martial artists, and he warned them to keep the answer secret.
• Lingxu revealed that the search concerned the sect-protecting Piaomiao Nine Immortal Pill, which even he had never seen.
• The elders recited the pill’s many legendary effects, then realized that its supposed uses seemed contradictory.

True Person Lingxu explained that the Piaomiao Nine Immortal Pill was a collective name for naturally occurring treasures in Lingmiao Garden, a place within a Spatial Rift. He revealed that the sect’s founding patriarch had discovered the garden, and the gathered cultivators admitted they would not have left its treasures for later disciples.

• The Spirit Division Stage cultivators doubted that a single pill could have all the miraculous effects attributed to the Piaomiao Nine Immortal Pill.
• True Person Lingxu confirmed the legends were accurate and explained that the name referred to several different spirit pills used together.
• True Person Lingxu revealed that the pills were naturally born treasures rather than medicines refined by cultivators.
• True Person Lingxu said the treasures came from Lingmiao Garden, a place in a Spatial Rift discovered by the sect’s founding patriarch.
• The Bearded Man and the other cultivators admitted they would not have left such treasures to later disciples.

True Person Lingxu explained that the Piaomiao Nine Immortal Pill had reappeared and required three late Spirit Division Stage cultivators and three mortal Heavenly Dao Martial Artists to retrieve it. Unaware of the plan, Lin Xuan was taken from Hidden Hero Valley by a Daoist acting on the Grand Elder’s command.

• True Person Lingxu told the cultivators that the Piaomiao Nine Immortal Pill could reform over time and that the Ancestral Master’s artifact would signal its return.
• True Person Lingxu explained that retrieving the pill required three late Spirit Division Stage cultivators and three young, attractive mortal Heavenly Dao Martial Artists.
• Lin Xuan spent more than a month waiting in Hidden Hero Valley, unable to gather information because he had lost his magic power.
• A middle-aged Daoist priest arrived with the Grand Elder’s Command Token and told Xueling that he had come to take Lin Xuan away.
• The Daoist priest flew Lin Xuan to the open summit of a mountain.

Lin Xuan was brought before Ancestor Ye, who recruited him for a sect mission alongside other mortal Heavenly Dao Martial Artists. Ancestor Ye flew him toward a desolate island, where their group was to gather.

• A middle-aged Daoist brought Lin Xuan to Ancestor Ye, who examined him without detecting his concealed abilities.
• Ancestor Ye dismissed the Daoist and told Lin Xuan that her sect needed mortal Heavenly Dao Martial Artists to help retrieve a treasure.
• Lin Xuan pretended to accept her promise of lifespan-extending medicines while privately doubting she would reward him.
• Ancestor Ye summoned a Painted Boat, and Lin Xuan boarded it using his movement technique.
• After several hours of flight, the Painted Boat slowed near a desolate island.

Lin Xuan overheard the cultivators discussing the Piaomiao Nine Immortal Pill and its possible aid in reaching the Tribulation Transcendence stage. The Great Elder Lingxu arrived fleeing demonic clouds, handed two Mortals to the Palace-Robed Girl, and turned back to face the pursuers.

• The Palace-Robed Girl and Lin Xuan landed on an uninhabited island and met Senior Brother Yun.
• Senior Brother Yun told the Palace-Robed Girl that Great Elder Lingxu had gone to receive two Mortals after the disciples escorting them encountered trouble.
• Lin Xuan secretly listened as Senior Brother Yun and the Palace-Robed Girl discussed the Piaomiao Nine Immortal Pill and its possible value for breaking through to the Tribulation Transcendence stage.
• Senior Brother Yun and the Palace-Robed Girl spotted an escaping figure pursued by demonic clouds and recognized the figure as Great Elder Lingxu.
• The Palace-Robed Girl caught the two Mortals Lingxu sent toward her, while Lingxu turned back toward the demonic clouds.

Lingxu True Person explained why he had fled from a late-stage Spirit Division ancient demon while protecting two mortal warriors, then ordered his junior sister not to interfere. He began fighting the demon alone, destroying its Wind Dragons with summoned Tigers.

• Lingxu True Person recounted how he had avenged his two slain disciples and decided to eliminate the demons emerging from a Spatial Rift.
• A late-stage Spirit Division ancient demon emerged, and Lingxu True Person fled while protecting the two mortal warriors needed for his plan to retrieve the Piaomiao Nine Immortal Pill.
• Lingxu True Person explained that he had intended to hand the mortals to Junior Brother Yun before turning to fight, and said his junior sister's arrival had helped matters.
• The Palace-Robed Woman returned to help, but Lingxu True Person ordered her to watch the formation and leave the fight to him.
• The ancient demon sent Wind Dragons at Lingxu True Person, who summoned white-browed Tigers that quickly tore them apart.