Recaps

Lin Xuan faced Taowu, a powerful Tribulation Transcendence-stage True Spirit, and chose to fight high above the Snow Fox Clan to protect them and take advantage of the chaotic conditions. He prepared his treasures as Taowu appeared, leaving the battle about to begin.

• Lin Xuan overcame his despair and resolved to fight Taowu for a chance to survive and return to Yue'er and the others.
• Lin Xuan told the Snow Fox sisters to stay behind and flew tens of thousands of li into the sky to keep the battle away from the Snow Fox Clan.
• Lin Xuan chose the high-altitude battlefield because its violent, chaotic origin energy would hinder Taowu more than it hindered him.
• Lin Xuan summoned dozens of Flying Swords and the Black Tortoise True Spirit Inkstone to prepare for the fight.
• Taowu appeared more than a hundred zhang away, radiating immense pressure and killing intent.

Lin Xuan fought Taowu, a terrifying Tribulation Transcendence-stage foe, while preparing a vast sword technique that might overwhelm even his own power. Below, Yuanke stopped Xiang'er from rushing to his aid and urged her to trust Lin Xuan and wait for a chance to help.

• Lin Xuan met Taowu's attack with a punch that warped and collapsed space, but realized the enemy was stronger than he had expected.
• Lin Xuan summoned hundreds of enormous swords with the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword and the Giant Sword Technique, risking dangerous magic-power backlash.
• Xiang'er tried to fly up and help Lin Xuan, but Yuanke held her back and explained that their opponent was Taowu, likely acting through an incarnation.
• Yuanke told Xiang'er that rushing into the fight would only hinder Lin Xuan, and urged her to trust him and wait for the right moment to help.

Lin Xuan battled Taowu in the sky, using giant swords, the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire, and the Black Tortoise True Spirit Inkstone against Taowu’s powerful attacks. Taowu’s strike swallowed Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan reappeared more than a hundred zhang away, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Lin Xuan’s giant swords descended on Taowu, who met them with his Wave-Shaking Demonic Art, Wild Savage Fierce Flame, and claws that tore open Spatial Rifts.
• Lin Xuan countered with the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire and the Black Tortoise True Spirit Inkstone, while the sword formation shielded him from Taowu’s roar.
• Taowu’s Spatial Rifts annihilated Lin Xuan’s giant swords, and Lin Xuan coughed up blood.
• Taowu swallowed the surrounding origin qi and fired a black wave of light that broke through Lin Xuan’s defenses and swallowed him.
• Taowu sensed Lin Xuan had survived, and Lin Xuan reappeared more than a hundred zhang away.

Lin Xuan recovered from Taowu’s devastating blow and used several treasures to evade its next attack before casting the ancient fire spell Meteor Fire Rain. The meteors descended on Taowu, leaving the outcome of the attack unknown.

• Taowu mocked Lin Xuan and threatened to keep him alive to suffer, but Lin Xuan used a Resurrection Talisman to heal his grievous injuries.
• Taowu launched countless black claw lights at Lin Xuan, who summoned three Ancient Treasures to slow the attack before escaping its range.
• Lin Xuan brought out the Spirit Formula Cauldron, an Xuantian Spirit Treasure, and chose not to reveal the Five Dragon Seal.
• Lin Xuan cast Meteor Fire Rain, sending countless blazing meteors toward Taowu.

Lin Xuan used Meteor Fire Rain against Taowu, who blocked the ancient secret art with a costly demonic technique. Taowu thought Lin Xuan had exhausted his magic power, but Lin Xuan restored it with Taixu Spirit Milk, leaving Taowu stunned.

• Taowu recognized Meteor Fire Rain as a dangerous ancient secret art and enlarged his body to nearly a thousand zhang.
• Lin Xuan poured more magic power into the Spirit Formula Cauldron and intensified Meteor Fire Rain.
• Taowu fired black, blood-lightning-wreathed spheres from his mouth, and their collision with Meteor Fire Rain devastated the surrounding area.
• Taowu survived the attack but nearly exhausted his magic power, while Lin Xuan's spell failed to defeat him.
• Lin Xuan drank purified Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk and rapidly restored his magic power.
• Taowu recognized the Spirit Milk as Taixu Spirit Milk and stared at Lin Xuan in shock.

Lin Xuan trapped Taowu with Absolute Freezing and unleashed the full Nine Stars in a Row, forcing Taowu to spend his life essence defending against the meteors. The final meteor struck Taowu and sent him crashing into the Snow Fox Clan’s territory.

• Taowu realized Lin Xuan’s Taixu Spirit Milk and many treasures made him a threat who could not be allowed to live.
• Lin Xuan used the Spirit Formula Cauldron to lure Taowu into attacking a rune, then transformed it into four runes that froze Taowu and the surrounding space.
• Lin Xuan drank Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk to recover his spiritual power and cast Meteor Fire Rain while Taowu was trapped.
• Taowu broke free and used his life essence to block the first eight meteors.
• The ninth meteor struck Taowu, sending him crashing into the Snow Fox Clan’s territory.

Lin Xuan’s Nine Stars in a Row sent Taowu crashing through the earth, devastating the Snow Fox Clan’s city, but Taowu survived and rose from the magma badly wounded. He faced Lin Xuan and revealed that he was about to use a costly ultimate move.

• Lin Xuan’s Meteor Fire Rain struck Taowu and blasted him into the ground, destroying the Snow Fox Clan’s city with its shockwaves.
• Xiang'er and Yuanke watched from the ruins, unable to tell whether Taowu had been killed.
• Magma erupted from the enormous crater, and Taowu rose from it alive, badly wounded but not stopping his bleeding.
• Lin Xuan descended to face Taowu and sensed that the wounded monster was hiding a dangerous plan.
• Taowu told Lin Xuan that he had forced him to use a move that would cost him dearly in the Spirit World.

Lin Xuan tried to interrupt Taowu’s forbidden spell, but Taowu stopped time and charged at him while he was helpless. Xiang’er knocked Lin Xuan out of the way at the last moment, leaving Taowu shocked by the rescue.

• Lin Xuan attacked Taowu with the Sea-Overturning Halberd to stop him from completing a dangerous spell.
• Taowu shrank his body, shed blood to form countless runes, and cast Time Stop.
• Taowu froze Lin Xuan in time and charged at him, leaving Lin Xuan unable to dodge.
• Xiang’er struck Lin Xuan aside, helping him evade Taowu’s charge as time resumed.
• Taowu realized his costly spell could stop time for only an instant and affect only one person.

Xiang'er sacrificed herself to save Lin Xuan from Taowu, but the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox appeared and effortlessly destroyed the beast. Taowu vanished in her flames, leaving Lin Xuan alive and bewildered by the powerful being who had intervened.

• Xiang'er knocked Lin Xuan aside and took his place before Taowu as it charged.
• Space shattered in front of Xiang'er, and a mysterious woman appeared between her and Taowu.
• The woman raised a thin curtain of light that blocked Taowu's full-force collision.
• Taowu recognized the woman as the Qingqiu Kingdom Lord, the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox, and reacted with terror.
• The Nine-Tailed Sky Fox pointed at Taowu, engulfing him in white flames until he disappeared.

The Nine-Tailed Sky Fox annihilated Taowu’s incarnation and revealed that she had come for Xiang'er. She asked Xiang'er to take her as her master, leaving the Little Princess stunned by the offer.

• The Nine-Tailed Sky Fox killed Taowu’s Tribulation Transcendence Stage incarnation with a single move.
• Lin Xuan suspected the mysterious woman was the Qingqiu Kingdom Lord, then realized she had likely come for Xiang'er rather than him or Taowu.
• Xiang'er felt an inexplicable closeness to the woman, who asked her name.
• The Nine-Tailed Sky Fox praised Xiang'er and asked her to take her as her master.
• Xiang'er understood the offer was an immense opportunity but remained stunned by the request.

Xiang'er accepted the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox as her master and learned that the Qingqiu Kingdom Lord believed she could eventually surpass her and reach the level of a True Immortal. The Nine-Tailed Sky Fox invited Xiang'er to return with her to the resource-rich Qingqiu Realm, while Lin Xuan remained silent with questions about the ancient battle.

• Xiang'er bowed and accepted the mysterious woman as her master.
• The woman identified herself as Nine-Tailed, confirming that she was the Qingqiu Kingdom Lord.
• The Nine-Tailed Sky Fox told Xiang'er she could inherit Qingqiu and perhaps advance to the level of a True Immortal.
• The Nine-Tailed Sky Fox recalled that she had been born without three tails and angrily mentioned a past great battle and a rival Lin Xuan suspected was the Asura King.
• The Nine-Tailed Sky Fox invited Xiang'er to return with her to the Qingqiu Realm, where abundant resources would support her cultivation.

Xiang'er hesitated to accept the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox's offer because she could not bear to leave her elder sister, Yuanke. The Sky Fox gave Yuanke a Xuantian Spirit Treasure that would let her visit Xiang'er, and Xiang'er then looked to Lin Xuan as she prepared to depart.

• The Nine-Tailed Sky Fox offered to take Xiang'er as her disciple, but Xiang'er worried about being separated from Yuanke.
• Yuanke urged Xiang'er to go, explaining that she had to stay with the Spirit-Connecting Snow Fox Clan and fulfill her responsibility as the Snow Fox King's daughter.
• The Nine-Tailed Sky Fox gave Yuanke a jade pendant that would let her enter the Kingdom of Qingqiu and visit Xiang'er.
• Lin Xuan recognized the jade pendant as a Xuantian Spirit Treasure and realized the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox had acknowledged Yuanke and the Snow Fox Clan.
• Xiang'er looked at Lin Xuan without speaking, and Lin Xuan understood the depth of her feelings as she prepared to leave.

Lin Xuan accepted Xiang'er's feelings as she left with the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox, promising to find her in the Kingdom of Qingqiu. After parting from Yuanke, he returned to the Nailong Realm to resume cultivating, but found himself lost in a desolate place.

• Lin Xuan promised Xiang'er that he would go to the Kingdom of Qingqiu to bring her back, and Xiang'er told him she would wait for him.
• The Nine-Tailed Sky Fox took Xiang'er away by tearing open space, while Yuanke remained behind.
• Lin Xuan rested for two days, then left Yuanke; over the following century, Yuanke used the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox's support to make the Snow Fox Clan the Ice Sea Realm's leading force.
• Lin Xuan returned to the Nailong Realm, determined to grow stronger after witnessing the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox's power.
• Lin Xuan found himself in a desolate area with no immortal cultivators nearby, so he flew off to find someone who could give him directions.

Lin Xuan arrived in the Nailong Realm after a difficult cross-realm teleportation and saved the Thunder Scale Sect from a Nascent Soul Realm demon beast. With a map and a set of Formation Flags from the sect, he continued toward the Cloud Hidden Sect, which he had not seen in over a hundred years.

• A Nascent Soul Realm demon beast attacked the Thunder Scale Sect, leaving its Sect Protection Array close to collapse.
• Lin Xuan arrived and killed the demon beast with a single strike of Sword Qi.
• The Thunder Scale Sect's Supreme Elder thanked Lin Xuan, who asked for a map of the area.
• Lin Xuan copied the map and gave the sect a set of Formation Flags before leaving.
• Lin Xuan traveled through a gathering place and a large Immortal City, then neared the Cloud Hidden Mountain Range after more than ten days.

Lin Xuan returned to the Cloud Hidden Sect after a century in the Ice Sea Realm, astonishing his fellow cultivators by reaching the mid-stage Spirit Division. After the sect welcomed him, he met with the Silver-Eyed Maiden and the youth surnamed Long, but an arrogant voice interrupted their conversation and demanded to see him.

• Lin Xuan arrived near the Cloud Hidden Sect and sang loudly, drawing the attention of the sect’s patrols.
• Lin Yujiao recognized Lin Xuan, paid her respects, and joined the cultivators gathering to welcome him.
• The Silver-Eyed Maiden and the youth surnamed Long greeted Lin Xuan and were stunned to learn he had advanced to the mid-stage Spirit Division.
• Lin Xuan entered the sect’s main hall and thanked the Silver-Eyed Maiden for telling him about the Ice Sea Realm, where he had found gains for refining an incarnation.
• An arrogant voice called Lin Xuan a turtle and demanded that he come out to meet its speaker.

Lin Xuan learned that Young Master Wu, an arrogant cultivator backed by Fire Spirit Old Ancestor, had repeatedly come to the Cloud Hidden Sect to challenge him over his fame. Lin Xuan went out to meet him, with the Youth surnamed Long and the Silver-Eyed Maiden following close behind.

• The Youth surnamed Long explained that Young Master Wu had come to challenge Lin Xuan after Lin Xuan defeated Old Monster Tianjue and gained fame as the realm's strongest below the Tribulation Transcendence Stage.
• The Silver-Eyed Maiden and the Youth surnamed Long recounted how Young Master Wu had defeated the Silver-Eyed Maiden, entered the sect, and returned repeatedly seeking Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan decided to meet Young Master Wu rather than hide, despite the danger of provoking Fire Spirit Old Ancestor.
• Lin Xuan flew out of the hall, and the Youth surnamed Long and the Silver-Eyed Maiden followed him toward the approaching figure.

Lin Xuan confronted Young Master Wu, who proposed a wager on their duel and offered a contract for a Top-grade Mineral Vein. The Silver-Eyed Maiden then staked Cloud Hidden Sect’s Treasure Vault, leaving Lin Xuan to face the challenge with the sect’s inheritance at risk.

• Young Master Wu arrived to challenge Lin Xuan, and Lin Xuan answered his threats without concern.
• Young Master Wu proposed a wager and handed Lin Xuan a contract for a Top-grade Mineral Vein.
• Lin Xuan examined the extravagant stake and asked Young Master Wu if he had truly considered it.
• When Lin Xuan hesitated over what to wager, the Silver-Eyed Maiden offered Cloud Hidden Sect’s Treasure Vault.
• The Silver-Eyed Maiden told Lin Xuan she had confidence in him.

The Silver-Eyed Maiden backed Lin Xuan in a duel against Young Master Wu, hoping to secure Lin Xuan’s loyalty to Cloud Hidden Sect. The duel began in a remote desert, where Young Master Wu’s overwhelming Burning Heaven Demon Fire filled the sky as Lin Xuan’s small Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire flew toward him.

• The Silver-Eyed Maiden revealed that she had wagered the sect treasury to support Lin Xuan and strengthen his ties to Cloud Hidden Sect.
• Lin Xuan, Young Master Wu, the Silver-Eyed Maiden, and the youth surnamed Long flew to a vast desert to avoid damaging Cloud Hidden Sect’s headquarters.
• Lin Xuan confirmed that Young Master Wu had truly staked a top-grade Spirit Vein, then summoned his Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire.
• Young Master Wu, contemptuous of Lin Xuan’s small flame, unleashed a massive Burning Heaven Demon Fire that spread across half the sky.
• The Silver-Eyed Maiden and the other Cloud Hidden Sect elders recognized that Young Master Wu had inherited Fire Spirit Old Ancestor’s authentic teachings.

Lin Xuan overwhelmed Young Master Wu’s Burning Heaven Demon Fire with the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire, then faced his volley of Soul-Snatching Needles with silver sword lights. The sword lights vanished and became silver threads around Lin Xuan, leaving the duel’s outcome unresolved.

• Long worried that Junior Brother Lin was underestimating Young Master Wu, but knew no one could interfere in the duel.
• Lin Xuan’s Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire froze Young Master Wu’s Burning Heaven Demon Fire, then changed into a vortex and devoured it.
• Young Master Wu attacked Lin Xuan with hundreds of Flying Needle-type treasures after deciding to try a different divine ability.
• Lin Xuan withdrew the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire and sent out countless silver sword lights to meet the Soul-Snatching Needles.
• Young Master Wu fed blood essence into his needles and prepared to kill Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan’s sword lights vanished and strands of silver thread appeared around him.

Lin Xuan defeated Young Master Wu in a duel and accepted his concession without seriously injuring him. He gave the beast-hide deed for a Top-grade Spirit Stone mineral vein to Cloud Hidden Sect to manage, agreeing to receive seventy percent of its proceeds before returning to the sect headquarters.

• Lin Xuan used the Sword into Silk Technique to match Young Master Wu’s Soul-Snatching Needles and wrap the Flying Needle Dharma Treasures, severing Young Master Wu’s connection to them.
• Lin Xuan vanished, broke through Young Master Wu’s Body-Protecting Spirit Light, and placed a hand on his shoulder; Young Master Wu admitted defeat.
• Young Master Wu took his leave, and the Silver-Eyed Maiden and the youth surnamed Long were relieved that he had not been seriously hurt.
• Lin Xuan gave the Silver-Eyed Maiden the beast hide representing the Top-grade Spirit Stone mineral vein and offered to let Cloud Hidden Sect manage it.
• Lin Xuan and the Silver-Eyed Maiden agreed to divide the mineral vein’s proceeds seventy-thirty, with Lin Xuan receiving seventy percent, and the two elders escorted him back to Cloud Hidden Sect’s main headquarters.

Lin Xuan accepted a secluded cultivation cave in Hundred Flower Valley from the Silver-Eyed Maiden and secured it with powerful formations. After witnessing the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox's might, he returned to the Cultivation Room intent on refining his Internal Incarnation.

• The Silver-Eyed Maiden showed Lin Xuan a small but exceptionally high-quality Spirit Vein in Hundred Flower Valley and offered it as his new cultivation cave.
• Lin Xuan gladly accepted the cave, and Fairy Caiyun reported that the valley had been trouble-free before being released from her assignment.
• Lin Xuan inspected the prepared cave, thanked the Silver-Eyed Maiden, and escorted her out.
• Lin Xuan set up the Five Elements Spirit-Nurturing Formation and the Inverted Universe Formation to protect his new residence.
• Lin Xuan returned to the Cultivation Room, determined to refine his Internal Incarnation so he could grow stronger.

Lin Xuan spent three years refining an Internal Incarnation using the sentient Medicine Spirit from a Piaomiao Nine Immortal Pill. He entered Demon Lake to test its abilities and faced a Spirit Division-level Ancient Beast.

• Lin Xuan prepared the Medicine Spirit and erased its divine sense to use it as the body for his Internal Incarnation.
• After more than three years, Lin Xuan emerged from his sealed cultivation cave having successfully refined the incarnation.
• Lin Xuan traveled to Demon Lake to test the incarnation's divine abilities.
• A Shark-like Ancient Beast attacked Lin Xuan shortly after he entered the lake.
• Lin Xuan separated from his incarnation, dodged with Nine Heavens Micro-Steps, and watched as the incarnation reached toward the beast.

Lin Xuan tested his Internal Incarnation against the Ancient Beasts of Demon Lake and found it greatly strengthened his power. Back in his cultivation cave, he separated the Second Nascent Soul and chose the Snow Shadow True Demon Art for it to cultivate.

• Lin Xuan demonized his incarnation's arm, struck down an Ancient Beast, and collected its Demon Core.
• Lin Xuan spent three months fighting Ancient Beasts in Demon Lake to test the Internal Incarnation's strength.
• Lin Xuan returned to his cultivation cave, separated the Second Nascent Soul from the Main Nascent Soul, and sent it to cultivate on its own.
• Lin Xuan reviewed demon-realm Jade Slips and selected the Snow Shadow True Demon Art, which the Snowflake Saint Ancestor had practiced.

Lin Xuan comprehended the Snow Shadow True Demon Art and began cultivating it with his Second Nascent Soul in a demonic-qi-rich Instantaneous Cave Abode. After a century of seclusion, a fleeing cultivator pursued by two attackers raced toward the valley where Lin Xuan lived.

• Lin Xuan chose the Snow Shadow True Demon Art as the cultivation art for his Second Nascent Soul and Internal Incarnation.
• After three months of study, Lin Xuan recognized that the art could cultivate its user from the Spirit Movement Stage to the great completion of the Tribulation Transcendence Stage.
• Lin Xuan spent another half a year comprehending the art, then entered an Instantaneous Cave Abode supplied with demonic qi by thousands of Demon Eye Jade stones.
• Lin Xuan and his true body remained in seclusion, cultivating separately, while the Cloud Hidden Sect elders left him undisturbed.
• A hundred years passed without anyone visiting Lin Xuan's valley, until a fleeing cultivator pursued by two attackers headed toward it.

Lin Xuan appeared just as the Heavenly Fate Twin Devils were about to capture Lin Yujiao, saving her and revealing himself to the startled fiends. The chapter ended with the devils recognizing him as the Cloud Hidden Sect’s famed Lin Xuan.

• Lin Yujiao fled the Heavenly Fate Twin Devils, but their bracelet treasure slowed her and trapped her between them.
• The Heavenly Fate Twin Devils demanded that Lin Yujiao surrender, and she fought back with her Green Brilliance Sword.
• The yellow-robed man shattered Lin Yujiao’s Life-Bound treasure, leaving her unable to resist as the bewitching woman sent the Blood Demon Rope to bind her.
• A silver thread cut the Blood Demon Rope into pieces, and Lin Xuan appeared from concealment.
• Lin Yujiao greeted Lin Xuan as her uncle-master, and the Heavenly Fate Twin Devils recognized him as the renowned cultivator who had defeated Old Monster Tianjue.