Recaps

After Lin Xuan and Tian Xiaojian refused to become his disciples, the Red-Haired Ancestor took Xu Han as a servant instead. Xu Han accepted for the sake of cultivation guidance and protection for the declining Xu Family, though he remained uncertain whether he had made the right choice.

• Lin Xuan told the Red-Haired Ancestor by voice transmission that he already had a master, and the Ancestor grew frustrated after being refused twice.
• The Red-Haired Ancestor offered Xu Han the position of servant, promising occasional guidance but not his mantle.
• After consulting with Xu Lian, Xu Han accepted, hoping to gain cultivation advice and secure the Xu Family's protection from its enemies.
• The Red-Haired Ancestor told Xu Han to rise and promised benefits if he remained loyal, while Xu Han worried about serving the moody old cultivator.

After the trade fair ended without the Myriad Phenomenon Herb appearing, Lin Xuan prepared himself for a midnight visit from Tian Xiaojian. Tian Xiaojian proposed cooperation, but Lin Xuan pressed him to explain what he meant.

• Red-Haired Ancestor took Xu Han as his servant and left the trade fair, which True Person Withered Wood then resumed.
• The Heavenly Eye Sect’s trade fair ended with no Myriad Phenomenon Herb offered, and True Person Withered Wood invited the cultivators to stay overnight.
• Lin Xuan returned to the Welcome Pavilion, pretended to sleep, then rose at midnight to meditate and prepare himself.
• Tian Xiaojian visited Lin Xuan and revealed that he knew Lin Xuan had come seeking the Myriad Phenomenon Herb.
• Lin Xuan guessed Tian Xiaojian was the young master of Extreme Demon Cave and beloved disciple of the Demon Venerable, then challenged him to explain his proposed cooperation.

Tian Xiaojian asked Lin Xuan to help him infiltrate the Heavenly Eye Sect’s Strange Herb Valley, destroy the Spirit Vein springhead, and obtain Myriad Phenomenon Herb. Lin Xuan questioned Tian Xiaojian’s motives and the risks, and the chapter ended with Tian Xiaojian claiming he had a foolproof plan.

• Tian Xiaojian proposed that he and Lin Xuan raid the Heavenly Eye Sect’s Strange Herb Valley to destroy its Spirit Vein springhead.
• Tian Xiaojian explained that the springhead powered the Cloud Sea Splitting Light Array and that destroying it would leave the Heavenly Eye Sect vulnerable for several years.
• Lin Xuan said he would not inform on Tian Xiaojian but asked what reward he would receive.
• Tian Xiaojian promised Lin Xuan the Myriad Phenomenon Herb and all the valley’s other rare herbs, while he destroyed the springhead.
• Lin Xuan questioned why Tian Xiaojian needed his help, and Tian Xiaojian reacted with a burst of baleful aura before refusing to explain his private affairs.
• Lin Xuan warned that the valley’s defenses could be deadly, and Tian Xiaojian assured him that he had a foolproof plan.

Lin Xuan and Tian Xiaojian entered Strange Herb Valley with the help of Duan San, who had betrayed the Heavenly Eye Sect and secretly drugged Elder Liu Yuzhou. They reached the valley’s inner buildings, where Tian Xiaojian began preparing for their next move.

• Lin Xuan agreed to cooperate with Tian Xiaojian, and the two slipped out of the VIP Building to visit Strange Herb Valley.
• Tian Xiaojian revealed the illusion concealing the valley and summoned Duan San, an inside man who had poisoned Elder Liu Yuzhou’s food with Bone-Softening Powder.
• Duan San recognized Lin Xuan, then led him and Tian Xiaojian safely through the valley’s restrictions.
• Lin Xuan and Tian Xiaojian saw the Spirit Vein, Herb Garden, and the buildings where Elder Liu lived.
• Tian Xiaojian said they could not approach Moon-Watching Pavilion as they were and took several items from his Storage Bag.

Lin Xuan and Tian Xiaojian infiltrated Heavenly Eye Mountain and used a ruse to weaken Elder Liu Yuzhou, then attacked him to seize the advantage. Liu protected himself with a rare talisman, and Tian Xiaojian prepared a thick stack of talismans as the fight continued.

• Lin Xuan and Tian Xiaojian disguised themselves as Heavenly Eye Mountain disciples and followed Duan San to Elder Liu Yuzhou's pavilion.
• Tian Xiaojian presented Liu Yuzhou with an empty wooden box, while Bone-Softening Powder and Luo Lian Fragrance weakened Liu's magic power.
• Lin Xuan revealed that he had sealed the pavilion against reinforcements, and Tian Xiaojian explained how the substances had incapacitated Liu.
• Tian Xiaojian attacked Liu with a black top-grade spiritual artifact, but Liu used a Silver Light Technique talisman to shield himself.
• Tian Xiaojian produced a thick stack of talismans as Liu faced the attack in shock and panic.

Tian Xiaojian and Lin Xuan defeated Liu Yuzhou, but Duan San revealed that he had poisoned them with a Seven Absolute Vermilion Fruit and was a spy from Azure Cloud Mountain. As the poison took hold, Lin Xuan questioned how the spy had endured twenty years undercover.

• Tian Xiaojian killed Liu Yuzhou with a barrage of talismans and divided the contents of his Storage Bag with Lin Xuan.
• Duan San attacked Tian Xiaojian and Lin Xuan with a top-grade double-bladed battle-axe, then revealed that he had poisoned them.
• Duan San said he was a disciple of Azure Cloud Mountain who had infiltrated Heavenly Eye Mountain under his real name for about twenty years.
• Lin Xuan asked why a promising Azure Cloud Mountain disciple had spent so long undercover in a remote place.

Duan San revealed that he had poisoned Lin Xuan and Tian Xiaojian as part of a plot to kill them and provoke a war against Heavenly Eye Mountain. The poison failed, and Tian Xiaojian attacked Duan San, whose fate was left unclear as screams faded inside the ghostly mist.

• Duan San explained that Azure Cloud Mountain had sent him undercover at Heavenly Eye Mountain and promised to help him improve his cultivation if he rendered great service.
• Duan San revealed his plan to kill Tian Xiaojian and Lin Xuan, frame Heavenly Eye Sect, and draw the demonic path into an attack.
• Duan San confessed that he had poisoned their clothes with Seven Absolute Vermilion Fruit poison activated by Qilin Powder.
• Tian Xiaojian and Lin Xuan recovered from the poison, and Tian Xiaojian revealed his Whale Sea Divine Pearl could dispel poisons.
• Duan San tried to escape with an Earth Escape Talisman, but Tian Xiaojian trapped him in ghostly mist, where his screams soon faded.

Lin Xuan and Tian Xiaojian cleared the remaining guards and plundered the Herb Garden in Strange Herb Valley. They prepared to destroy the Spirit Spring Eye, which sustained Heavenly Eye Mountain’s spirit vein and defenses.

• After Tian Xiaojian destroyed Duan San, Lin Xuan and Tian Xiaojian split up to eliminate the guards in Strange Herb Valley.
• Lin Xuan and Tian Xiaojian found the guards already dead from poison, apparently killed by Duan San to shift the blame.
• Tian Xiaojian used Elder Liu’s waist token to disable the Herb Garden’s restriction, and Lin Xuan collected the mature spirit herbs, including the Myriad Phenomenon Herb.
• Lin Xuan and Tian Xiaojian reached the Spirit Spring Eye and agreed to attack it together.
• Tian Xiaojian enlarged his black flying sword and prepared to strike the Spirit Spring Eye.

Lin Xuan and Tian Xiaojian destroyed the Spirit Spring in Strange Herb Valley after defeating its spiritual-energy guardian, but the blast alerted the Heavenly Eye Sect. True Person Withered Wood and seven Core Condensation elders recognized that the sect’s spiritual energy was leaking away and feared the loss of their important site.

• Lin Xuan transformed his Hook Sword into an Evil Flood Dragon and agreed to attack the Spirit Spring alongside Tian Xiaojian.
• The Spirit Spring formed a giant tiger from spiritual energy, which fought Tian Xiaojian’s black greatsword and Lin Xuan’s Evil Flood Dragon to a stalemate.
• Tian Xiaojian used a black Skull Artifact to trap and consume the giant tiger, then struck the weakened Spirit Spring with his greatsword.
• The Spirit Spring vanished in a tremendous blast that scattered spiritual energy and sent pale azure gases into the sky.
• True Person Withered Wood left his cave dwelling and gathered seven Core Condensation elders, who suspected the Spirit Spring had been destroyed despite its defenses.

True Person Withered Wood learned that Junior Brother Liu had been killed and led Heavenly Eye Sect experts toward Strange Herb Valley, where the fate of the Spirit Spring remained uncertain. As nearby sects watched the crisis unfold, Fu Biao urged Snow Shadow Sect to seize the opportunity, but Yue Tong feared Heavenly Eye Sect was still too powerful.

• True Person Withered Wood confirmed that Junior Brother Liu was dead after his Sound Transmission Talismans went unanswered.
• True Person Withered Wood warned the Heavenly Eye Sect experts to stay together and led them toward Strange Herb Valley.
• The spiritual energy disturbance alarmed Heavenly Eye Mountain's disciples, while visiting cultivators at the Welcome Pavilion considered the sect's possible downfall.
• Fu Biao argued that Snow Shadow Sect should exploit the damage to Heavenly Eye Sect's Spirit Vein and weakened array.
• Yue Tong hesitated, warning Fu Biao that Heavenly Eye Sect still far surpassed Snow Shadow Sect in strength.

Fu Biao and Yue Tong agreed to join forces with other sects against the Heavenly Eye Sect, then sparked a fight at the Welcome Pavilion when Yu Yang ordered outsiders to stay put. As reinforcements closed in, Ning Yufan was sent to deal with the disturbance.

• Fu Biao persuaded Yue Tong to ally with other sects and gamble on dividing the Heavenly Eye Sect's resources.
• Yu Yang delivered the sect master's order that outside cultivators remain in the Welcome Pavilion until the mountain was secure.
• Fu Biao attacked Yu Yang, and Heavenly Eye Sect disciples formed a coordinated formation to resist him.
• Yue Tong and two other Core Condensation cultivators joined Fu Biao, overwhelming the disciples' formation as Yu Yang sent a Sound Transmission Talisman for help.
• True Person Withered Wood read Yu Yang's message and sent Ning Yufan to the Welcome Pavilion.

After destroying the Spirit Spring, Lin Xuan and Tian Xiaojian split up to escape the Heavenly Eye Sect’s pursuit. Lin Xuan killed and impersonated a sect disciple, then hid in the man’s cave residence, where he found an intriguing object.

• Lin Xuan and Tian Xiaojian fled Strange Herb Valley in opposite directions after the Spirit Spring’s destruction alerted Heavenly Eye Sect.
• Lin Xuan ambushed Liu Guang, a Foundation Establishment Early Stage disciple, knocked him unconscious, and used the Soul-Searching Technique to read his memories.
• Lin Xuan killed Liu Guang, took his robe, and used a Hidden Spirit Pill and the Heavenly Demon Appearance Alteration Technique to impersonate him.
• Lin Xuan traveled to Liu Guang’s remote cave residence, intending to hide there until the search died down.
• Lin Xuan searched the cave residence and found an object in Liu Guang’s Storage Bag that caught his interest.

Lin Xuan found an ancient Jade Slip containing powerful earth-rank talisman-crafting techniques, then was summoned to join Heavenly Eye Sect forces amid a crisis at Strange Herb Valley. The valley’s Spirit Spring had been destroyed and its herbs stolen, leaving True Person Withered Wood scrambling to find the culprit and defend the weakened sect.

• Lin Xuan broke the restriction on the ancient Jade Slip and discovered it contained talisman techniques capable of increasing earth-rank spell power to one hundred and fifty percent.
• Gao Yang arrived with more than twenty cultivators and told Lin Xuan that the sect master had ordered him to travel with them.
• Gao Yang told Lin Xuan that trouble had erupted at Strange Herb Valley and that Heavenly Eye Sect cultivators had clashed with guests at the Welcome Pavilion.
• True Person Withered Wood and the other Core Condensation cultivators reached Strange Herb Valley after Lin Xuan and Tian Xiaojian had left, finding the Spirit Spring destroyed and the spiritual herbs stolen.
• True Person Withered Wood resolved to search for the culprit and strengthen defenses because the Cloud Sea Splitting Light Array had lost most of its power.

Lin Xuan slipped away from his patrol to escape Heavenly Eye Mountain through a weak point in the Cloud Sea Splitting Light Array, but Gu Feng caught him at the barrier and demanded to see his order from True Person Withered Wood. The chapter left Lin Xuan facing Gu Feng’s suspicion without a decree to show him.

• Gao Yang encouraged the patrol group as they flew toward the southern foothills.
• The group found a market gorge engulfed in a chaotic battle, and Lin Xuan slipped away while Gao Yang spoke with Deng Xiang.
• Lin Xuan searched for a weak point in the Cloud Sea Splitting Light Array and chose to escape through the southeast.
• Gu Feng appeared behind Lin Xuan and recognized him as Liu Guang, then questioned why he was near the array.
• Lin Xuan claimed he was carrying out a secret mission from True Person Withered Wood, but Gu Feng demanded to see the decree.

Lin Xuan’s disguise failed, forcing him into a fight with Gu Feng, Heavenly Eye Mountain’s strongest second-generation disciple. After their spells clashed, Gu Feng mistook Lin Xuan for a demonic cultivator connected to the Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil.

• Lin Xuan’s disguise expired, and he summoned the Water Cloud Mother-Child Swords as Gu Feng accused him of impersonating a sect disciple.
• Lin Xuan attacked with two child swords while Gu Feng countered with a Short Halberd and an ice spell that began freezing the blades.
• Lin Xuan used the mother sword to break the ice and the Hundred Soul Banner to trap Gu Feng’s Short Halberd in ghost mist.
• Gu Feng set the ghost hand ablaze, freeing his Short Halberd, then stopped the fight to ask whether Lin Xuan was a demonic cultivator.
• Lin Xuan gave an ambiguous answer, and Gu Feng asked what relationship he had with the Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil.

Lin Xuan tried to escape Gu Feng by pretending to be the young master of Extreme Demon Cave, but Gu Feng recognized him as the disciple of Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil and attacked. Gu Feng summoned a powerful Tianlan Bird Beast Talisman, and Lin Xuan prepared to meet its fiery charge with a water dragon.

• Lin Xuan pretended to be the young master of Extreme Demon Cave, and Gu Feng feigned deference while approaching him.
• Lin Xuan sensed danger and dodged Gu Feng’s Thunder Fire Pearl, which shattered after missing him.
• Gu Feng revealed his grudge against Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil and decided to kill Lin Xuan rather than capture him.
• Gu Feng summoned a silver Beast Talisman that transformed into a giant Tianlan Bird resembling the legendary Bi Fang.
• The Tianlan Bird charged at Lin Xuan through a wave of scorching heat, and Lin Xuan formed a water dragon with his swords to defend himself.

Lin Xuan fought Gu Feng and used the Hundred Soul Banner and his sword techniques to counter the Tianlan Bird’s fire. Gu Feng lost his contempt and tried to summon help, but Lin Xuan disrupted him and pressed the attack with Yin Spirits, a Skull Artifact, and a female ghost.

• Gu Feng’s Tianlan Bird dissolved Lin Xuan’s Water Dragon with fiery rain, but Lin Xuan blocked the flames with ghost mist from the Hundred Soul Banner.
• Gu Feng sent the burning Tianlan Bird and his Short Halberd at Lin Xuan, who trapped the bird in a silver net formed by the Sword into Silk Technique and used the Hook Sword to intercept the halberd.
• Lin Xuan wrapped the Tianlan Bird and silver net in ghost mist, then summoned Yin Spirits that formed a Skull Artifact and a seductive female ghost.
• Gu Feng recovered from the female ghost’s soul-shaking music and tried to activate a Sound Transmission Talisman, but Lin Xuan’s Ice Needle Technique forced him to dodge.
• Lin Xuan sent the Skull Artifact and the female ghost’s demonic sound after Gu Feng, who countered with a short-staff spiritual artifact before the ghost’s hair transformed into venomous snakes and reached for him.

Lin Xuan used the Mystic Fire Divine Pearl to absorb the Tianlan Bird’s soul and pursued Gu Feng as he fled. He killed Gu Feng with the pearl’s flames and the Water Cloud Mother-Child Swords.

• Gu Feng used his Brocade Handkerchief to block Lin Xuan’s Gold Brick, but the artifact shattered and he began to retreat.
• Lin Xuan revealed the Mystic Fire Divine Pearl and used it to absorb the Tianlan Bird’s soul.
• Gu Feng fled, but Lin Xuan sent the Water Cloud Mother-Child Swords after him and pursued with the ancient treasure.
• Lin Xuan trapped Gu Feng and attacked him with Fire Snakes and the flying swords.
• Gu Feng lost an arm to the flames, then the swords and Fire Snakes killed him and reduced his corpse to ash.

Lin Xuan escaped Heavenly Eye Mountain with his gains and headed back toward Spirit Herb Mountain to prepare for Core Condensation. On the way, he learned that the Heavenly Eye Sect had lost its Spirit Spring and that the Snow Shadow Sect and its allies had launched an attack to seize its Spirit Vein.

• Lin Xuan escaped the Cloud Sea Splitting Light Array and left Heavenly Eye Mountain after reflecting on his dangerous gains.
• Lin Xuan traveled toward Spirit Herb Mountain, intending to refine the Spirit-Condensing Pill and advance his cultivation.
• Lin Xuan sold items at a market city for nearly ten thousand crystal stones and heard news about the Heavenly Eye Sect.
• True Person Withered Wood mobilized the Heavenly Eye Sect after the Spirit Spring was destroyed, but the search for the culprit and missing herbs failed.
• Fu Biao persuaded the Snow Shadow Sect and its allies to reject True Person Withered Wood's proposal and attack Heavenly Eye Mountain for its Spirit Vein.
• The Heavenly Eye Sect prepared to defend Heavenly Eye Mountain despite the weakened Cloud Sea Splitting Light Array.

Lin Xuan returned to Spirit Herb Mountain amid rising tensions in You Province and focused on preparing for Core Formation. After refining the Mystic Fire Divine Pearl and cultivating with ancient pills, he reached great perfection in the Foundation Establishment Realm, while Yue'er advanced to the late stage.

• Lin Xuan learned that Tian Xiaojian had escaped Heavenly Eye Mountain and sold his spiritual artifacts for unusually high prices amid the growing conflict.
• Lin Xuan returned to Spirit Herb Mountain, read a message from Perfected Master Tongyu urging him to cultivate and form a Golden Core, and found that the beast egg still had not hatched.
• Lin Xuan refined the Mystic Fire Divine Pearl and gathered the ingredients needed for the ancient Spirit-Condensing Pill formula.
• Lin Xuan cultivated with the ancient pills for five years and advanced to great perfection in the Foundation Establishment Realm.
• Yue'er congratulated Lin Xuan after reaching the fifth layer of the Mystic Demon True Scripture and Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
• Lin Xuan said he would deepen his magic power further before attempting to condense a Golden Core.

After seven years of seclusion, Lin Xuan reached False Core and prepared to condense a Golden Core away from Spirit Herb Mountain. Learning that the cultivation world was bracing for war, he traveled to a barren mountain to begin his breakthrough.

• Lin Xuan emerged from seclusion after reaching the pinnacle of Foundation Establishment and bought restrictions to conceal spiritual energy.
• Lin Xuan learned that Extreme Demon Cave had absorbed Fierce Ghost Gang and Yin Baleful Sect, while the righteous sects were organizing for an impending war.
• Lin Xuan packed his belongings and the dormant beast egg, then left Spirit Herb Mountain to avoid interference while forming his core.
• Lin Xuan crossed a wasteland and found a barren mountain with no abnormalities as a place to condense his Golden Core.

Lin Xuan purified three Heaven Dust Pills and used them to prepare for Core Condensation, entering prolonged seclusion to break through. As Yue'er concealed the celestial anomaly signaling his Golden Core was forming, a powerful spiritual force approached the mountain.

• Lin Xuan built a temporary cave dwelling, protected it with an array and illusions, and gave Yue'er a talisman to use if a spiritual-energy anomaly appeared.
• Lin Xuan purified the three Heaven Dust Pills with the Blue Star Sea, then refined them further before taking them to aid his breakthrough.
• Lin Xuan began cultivating with the pills and spent eighty-one days assaulting the Core Condensation bottleneck.
• Yue'er noticed the sky darken and spiritual energy surge, recognized that Lin Xuan was reaching the critical stage of forming his Golden Core, and activated the talisman to hide the mountain.
• Yue'er sensed a powerful surge of spiritual force rapidly approaching the mountain.

Yue'er tried to drive off Zhao Shouguang, who had come to investigate the signs of Core Condensation and planned to kill the cultivator in seclusion. After Zhao attacked Yue'er, she summoned a ghostly fog that transformed into thousands of Poisonous Insects, and the confrontation remained unresolved.

• Yue'er sensed an intruder and flew away from the formation to keep a fight from disturbing her master's Core formation.
• Zhao Shouguang investigated the vanished heavenly phenomenon and decided a cultivator was condensing a Golden Core, making them a tempting target.
• Yue'er met Zhao Shouguang and warned him to stay away from her master's forbidden ground.
• Zhao Shouguang attacked Yue'er with a short sword, but she dodged and brought out a top-grade spiritual artifact.
• Yue'er cast a spell that filled the sky with black qi and transformed the ghostly fog into thousands of Poisonous Insects.

Yue'er fought Zhao Shouguang to keep him from interrupting Lin Xuan's Core Condensation, but both revealed powerful treasures and defenses. Zhao Shouguang chose to press the attack with a talisman designed to restrain yin souls, and Yue'er answered by sending sixteen Jade Snow Rings at him.

• Yue'er sent an insect cloud formed from ghost mist at Zhao Shouguang, but his Cyan Scale Gourd unleashed Jade Nether Spirit Fire that burned the insects and the ghost mist.
• Zhao Shouguang prepared to move toward the strange phenomenon, but Yue'er emerged from the flames with Ghost Shadow Silent and struck at him with a supreme-grade spiritual artifact dagger.
• Zhao Shouguang blocked Yue'er's dagger with an earth-rank talisman, and the two assessed each other's abilities as Yue'er aimed to delay him until Lin Xuan finished Core Condensation.
• Zhao Shouguang chose to keep fighting and began activating a talisman with powerful effects against yin souls and ghost mist.
• Yue'er released the Jade Snow Ring, which split into sixteen rings and charged toward Zhao Shouguang.

Lin Xuan successfully condensed his Golden Core while Yue'er fought Zhao Shouguang outside, keeping the battle away from his secluded chamber. After discovering that his beast egg had awakened, Lin Xuan sensed Yue'er was in danger and flew to her aid.

• Zhao Shouguang activated a Seal Talisman that released a Buddhist statue, and Yue'er summoned a Ghost Immortal remnant to hold off its Buddhist light.
• Lin Xuan used two Heaven Dust Pills to condense spiritual energy into a Golden Core and refined it with Pure Yang Pill Fire.
• Lin Xuan's beast egg absorbed the spiritual power escaping his body and developed a strong life reaction as his Golden Core stabilized.
• Lin Xuan emerged from seclusion, sensed Yue'er fighting Zhao Shouguang several dozen li away, and discovered she was at a disadvantage.
• Lin Xuan flew toward Yue'er to help her.