Recaps

Lin Xuan refined Hundun Taiyin Qi into the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire for several months, greatly increasing its power, until the remaining qi awakened and destroyed its gourd. He fought the resulting Ghost Face and cut it into pieces, but it began gathering itself together again.

• Lin Xuan refined wisps of Hundun Taiyin Qi into the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire over several months, doubling its power and changing its attributes.
• When Lin Xuan tried to draw out the last bit of Hundun Taiyin Qi, the gourd cracked and burst apart.
• The remaining Hundun Taiyin Qi took the form of a Ghost Face and attacked Lin Xuan with a freezing yin wind.
• Lin Xuan evaded the wind through a spatial crack, then trapped the Ghost Face with Illusionary Yin Divine Thunder and struck it with the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword.
• The Ghost Face was chopped into pieces, but its fragments began gathering together again.

Lin Xuan attempted to refine all the remaining Hundun Taiyin Qi into the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire at once, but the fire turned berserk. Refusing to flee and abandon the power he had cultivated, he swallowed the unstable Phoenix into his body.

• Lin Xuan sent the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire to swallow the remaining Hundun Taiyin Qi.
• The Phoenix became violently unstable, and Lin Xuan's techniques failed to calm it.
• Lin Xuan considered escaping but stayed to protect Red Silk and Lu Ying'er and to save the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire.
• Lin Xuan swallowed the berserk Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire, taking the unrefined Hundun Taiyin Qi into his body.

Lin Xuan swallowed the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire and tried to refine the Hundun Taiyin Qi inside his dantian, risking possession and death. Three years passed without anyone disturbing him, while the struggle remained unresolved.

• Lin Xuan recalled his Second Nascent Soul and swallowed the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire to refine the Hundun Taiyin Qi in his dantian.
• Lin Xuan's Main Nascent Soul and Second Nascent Soul restrained the fire as the True Spirit Inner Core summoned True Spirit Void Shadows to attack it.
• The Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire revealed that the Hundun Taiyin Qi had taken control and fought back, gaining the upper hand against the True Spirit Void Shadows.
• The Golden Moon True Toad recovered after falling into Lin Xuan's sea of spiritual power and returned to battle, while Lin Xuan's Nascent Souls continued restraining the enemy.
• Three years passed as Lin Xuan remained locked in the dangerous struggle, undisturbed by other cultivators.

Fairy Shi brought formation grandmaster Brother Xu and their followers to the valley, believing its powerful Restriction concealed an ancient cultivator’s cave. Lin Xuan and Fairy Hongling were both occupied in seclusion, leaving Lu Ying'er unable to respond as the outsiders prepared to investigate.

• Fairy Shi told Brother Xu that she had discovered the valley’s powerful Restriction and suspected an ancient cave abode lay within.
• Fairy Shi explained that her Spirit Measuring Disk had found only an ordinary Spirit Vein, so she had ruled out the possibility that a Tribulation Transcendence Stage cultivator still lived there.
• The narration revealed that Fairy Shi had previously struggled to escape Lin Xuan’s formation and mistook the valley’s silence for proof that it was uninhabited.
• Lin Xuan remained focused on refining Hundun Taiyin Qi, while Fairy Hongling was also in seclusion and Lu Ying'er stayed hidden rather than interrupt them.
• Fairy Shi sought help from her formation-grandmaster friend, agreed to share half the treasures, and brought him and her followers to the valley.

Lin Xuan finished refining the Hundun Taiyin Qi and truly comprehended the Law of Extreme Cold, greatly increasing his strength. When he sensed intruders breaking the valley’s restrictions, he took Lu Ying'er with him to confront them, while the attackers continued their assault.

• Lin Xuan examined the transformed Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire and realized he had mastered the Law of Extreme Cold.
• Lin Xuan sensed that someone was close to breaking through his restrictions and left his cultivation cave.
• Lin Xuan reunited with Lu Ying'er, who greeted him as her master.
• Lin Xuan took Lu Ying'er toward the valley’s entrance to investigate the intruders.
• Under the Brocade-Clad Big Man’s command, Brother Xu broke another restriction, and Fairy Shi praised his skill.

Lin Xuan confronted Fairy Shi and her companions after they broke through the restriction around his cultivation cave, revealing his Tribulation Transcendence Stage cultivation. He learned that the Brocade-Clad Big Man was a renowned Formation Grandmaster and offered to forgive their trespass if he completed a task.

• A passage opened through the fog, and Lin Xuan and the young woman emerged before Fairy Shi and the other cultivators.
• Lin Xuan revealed his Tribulation Transcendence Stage aura, terrifying the group and demanding to know how they had broken his restriction.
• Fairy Shi and the Brocade-Clad Big Man admitted that he had used opportunistic methods to bypass the formation rather than break it by force.
• Fairy Shi identified the Brocade-Clad Big Man as one of the Lost Realm's top five Formation Masters, and he confirmed his reputation.
• Lin Xuan declared their trespass an unforgivable crime but offered to let it go if the Brocade-Clad Big Man did one thing for him.

Lin Xuan spared the cultivators who had trespassed into his cultivation cave, but assigned them tasks and planted restrictions on them. He left the Brocade-Clad Big Man to study an ancient formation and sent Fairy Shi to gather formation materials, promising to forgive their offense if they succeeded.

• Lin Xuan brought the Brocade-Clad Big Man, Fairy Shi, and their disciples into the valley and sent Lu Ying'er away.
• Lin Xuan gave the Brocade-Clad Big Man a jade slip containing an ancient formation and ordered him to study it for three days.
• Lin Xuan planted restrictions on the cultivators before assigning the Brocade-Clad Big Man his task.
• Lin Xuan gave Fairy Shi a list of rare formation materials and three years to collect them in exchange for forgiving their trespass.
• Lin Xuan provided Fairy Shi with a Storage Bag to cover expenses and promised further benefits if she completed the task.

Lin Xuan learned the requirements for leaving the Lost Realm and tasked the Brocade-Clad Big Man and Fairy Shi with arranging the Small Xuyu Universe Array. While they worked on it, Lin Xuan traveled to investigate an ancient cultivator’s ruins and bought pills and medicines for Lu Ying'er, ending near his destination.

• Lin Xuan learned that leaving the Lost Realm required Tribulation Transcendence Stage cultivation, the World-Breaking Bead, and the Small Xuyu Universe Array.
• Lin Xuan assigned the Brocade-Clad Big Man and Fairy Shi to arrange the formation, then left to investigate the ruins marked on his Treasure Map.
• Lin Xuan traveled for about a year, visiting several Marketplaces along the way.
• Lin Xuan bought many miraculous pills and wondrous medicines for Lu Ying'er, and a spirit medicine shop owner offered him the supplies for free after discovering his cultivation.

After Lin Xuan bought spiritual medicines in Mengyue City, the shop owner sent word of the mysterious Tribulation Transcendence cultivator to Muyun Sect. One of the sect’s Supreme Elders decided to investigate Lin Xuan’s unusual interest in Foundation Establishment pills.

• Lin Xuan refused the shop owner’s offer of free medicines but accepted a favorable price.
• The shop owner reported Lin Xuan’s identity and purchases to Muyun Sect as part of his intelligence duties.
• Muyun Sect’s two Tribulation Transcendence Supreme Elders received the report in Demon Cloud Valley.
• The loose-haired Supreme Elder decided to follow Lin Xuan and investigate what benefits might lie behind his search.

A loose-haired Muyun Sect cultivator set out to secretly follow Lin Xuan despite Muyun Demon Venerable's warnings. Lin Xuan reached the hidden ancient ruins and activated the treasure map, whose imagery stirred a sense of familiarity.

• Muyun Demon Venerable warned his junior brother not to provoke Lin Xuan, but the loose-haired cultivator claimed a secret technique would let him follow unseen.
• The loose-haired cultivator left to pursue Lin Xuan, while Muyun Demon Venerable stayed behind to manage the sect.
• Lin Xuan traveled slowly, stopping at marketplaces and gathering medicinal pills for Lu Ying'er but finding no treasures for himself.
• Lin Xuan reached a remote mountain, confirmed the location with an ancient jade slip, and activated the treasure map.
• The treasure map revealed a colorful image that seemed familiar to Lin Xuan as spiritual light and worldly essence energy gathered around it.

Lin Xuan opened an ancient cultivator’s Palace and entered, unaware that Old Devil Xu had followed him inside. Lin Xuan faced three powerful Ancient Beasts in the ruins and prepared to confront them.

• Lin Xuan used the Treasure Map to reveal a Palace hidden inside a mountain and flew inside before the entrance vanished.
• Old Devil Xu appeared after the Palace began fading, revealed that he had secretly followed Lin Xuan, and entered the ruins himself.
• Lin Xuan found himself surrounded by a three-headed python, a lightning-wielding lion, and a giant bat, which he recognized as Ancient Beasts.
• The lion, python, and bat attacked Lin Xuan together, but he remained calm and dismissed them as fools.

Lin Xuan used the advanced Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire to kill three Ancient Beasts, then found a Spirit Eye Lake and uncovered a hidden Palace with his Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye. Elsewhere in the mysterious space, Old Devil Xu discovered a powerful rune-sealed cocoon and sensed that the treasure hunt concealed a secret.

• Lin Xuan froze and killed the Lion, the Bat, and the Python with the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire’s Law of Extreme Cold.
• Lin Xuan explored the strange space and found a Spirit Eye Lake atop a great mountain.
• Lin Xuan used his Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye to locate a hidden spatial barrier and opened it into a vortex.
• Lin Xuan revealed a vast Palace whose doors bore familiar images of birds, beasts, insects, and fish.
• Old Devil Xu examined a rune-covered cocoon beside several Ancient Beast corpses and suspected the treasure hunt hid a secret.

Old Devil Xu discovered that the cocoon emitted treasure qi and concluded it contained a Xiantian Demon Treasure, then attacked it in hopes of claiming it. Meanwhile, Lin Xuan faced a sudden attack as the Palace doors opened and vanished with Nine Heavens Micro-Steps.

• Old Devil Xu recognized the cocoon’s radiance as treasure qi and believed it concealed a Xiantian treasure.
• Old Devil Xu suspected the cocoon held a Xiantian Demon Treasure after its runes neutralized his demonic attack.
• Old Devil Xu sent several treasures to assault the cocoon and break its seal.
• Lin Xuan saw the Palace doors open, then dodged a burst of golden light by using Nine Heavens Micro-Steps.

Lin Xuan fought off a barrage from Golden Armored Puppets while Old Devil Xu broke the seal on a cocoon he believed held a Xiantian Demon Treasure. The cocoon burst apart in an explosion of devil qi, and Xu Old Devil shielded himself as the blast struck.

• Lin Xuan dodged the Golden Armored Puppets’ first volley and recognized them as valuable Spirit Division-level constructs.
• The Puppets launched a second volley, and Lin Xuan used Nine Heavens Micro-Steps to evade before sending out sword lights.
• Old Devil Xu attacked the cocoon with several treasures until its golden seal and runes vanished.
• Old Devil Xu sensed pure true-demonic aura from the cocoon and became convinced it contained a Xiantian Demon Treasure.
• The cocoon cracked, spun rapidly, and exploded, sending pitch-black devil qi in every direction.
• Xu Old Devil summoned a shield that expanded into a curtain of light to protect him from the blast.

Lin Xuan defeated the Golden Armored Warriors and entered the Palace, where the shifting scenery left him stunned. Elsewhere, Old Devil Xu was trapped by demonic qi and Magic Beasts, while a hidden ghostly face slipped past his defenses and attacked him.

• Lin Xuan used the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword and his fists to destroy the Puppets surrounding him.
• Lin Xuan entered the Palace Gate, endured the shifting scenery, and saw something that made his expression change drastically.
• Old Devil Xu realized the Cocoon had been a trap and found himself surrounded by demonic qi and conjured Magic Beasts.
• Old Devil Xu challenged the hidden attacker, unaware that a nearly invisible wisp of demonic qi had become a ghostly face and pounced at him.

Lin Xuan broke through a powerful illusion in the ancient cultivator ruin using his illusion-attribute flying swords. He returned to a palace and began searching its shelves for treasures.

• Lin Xuan recognized the village from his childhood as an illusion but found that his Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye could not pierce it.
• Lin Xuan summoned nine illusion-attribute swords from the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword and combined them into a silver lotus.
• Lin Xuan unleashed the lotus’s Sword Qi, shattered the illusion, and returned to the palace.
• Lin Xuan surveyed the palace’s shelves, chests, and cauldron, then approached the fragrant dark-red wooden shelves.

Lin Xuan searched the ancient hall and collected its Dharma Treasures and boxes of valuable Ancient Spirit Stones. He found only an ordinary Spirit Tool Cauldron, and remained focused on locating cultivation methods used by ancient cultivators with rare Spirit Roots.

• Lin Xuan swept the hall’s Dharma Treasures from the wooden shelves into his possession.
• He opened the boxes and discovered that they contained top-grade wind-attribute spirit stones, then recognized them as unusually pure Ancient Spirit Stones.
• Lin Xuan opened the remaining boxes and found top-grade Ancient Spirit Stones of the eight common attributes, which he packed into his Storage Bag.
• He inspected the enormous Cauldron, judged it to be no more than a Spirit Tool, and continued seeking cultivation methods suited to rare Spirit Roots.

Lin Xuan found treasures on the Palace’s first floor and went upstairs to search for cultivation methods for his disciple. Meanwhile, Old Devil Xu was possessed by an Outer-Domain Heavenly Demon, which set its sights on Lin Xuan; Lin Xuan searched the second floor but had not found the cultivation method.

• Lin Xuan searched the first-floor hall, found nothing more, and headed up the staircase.
• An Outer-Domain Heavenly Demon possessed Old Devil Xu and learned from his memories that Lin Xuan was also in the Palace.
• The Outer-Domain Heavenly Demon disappeared into the air, intending to hunt Lin Xuan and obtain a treasure.
• Lin Xuan broke through the second-floor Restriction with the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword and entered the upper floor.
• Lin Xuan saw five statues of women and hoped the cultivation methods there would suit his disciple.
• Lin Xuan searched the second floor and found only ordinary treasures, with no sign of the cultivation method he sought.

Lin Xuan searched the Palace for the missing treasure and realized its jade statues and mysterious patterns were connected to the Ink Moon Tribe. An intruder triggered a Palace Restriction, and Lin Xuan discovered that the powerful cultivator outside was possessed by an Outer-Domain Heavenly Demon.

• Lin Xuan found no treasure and examined the statues, recognizing their jade as the same kind used for the Heavenly Witch Goddess statue in the Ink Moon Tribe ruins.
• Lin Xuan connected the statues and the Palace's patterns to the Ink Moon Tribe and wondered whether the reclusive seniors had been its Witchers.
• An explosion came from the Palace Gate, and Lin Xuan flew there to investigate the triggered Restriction.
• Lin Xuan saw a powerful, disheveled-haired cultivator outside the golden barrier and recognized him as a host possessed by an Outer-Domain Heavenly Demon.
• The Heavenly Demon was surprised that Lin Xuan had identified it.

Lin Xuan fought the Outer-Domain Heavenly Demon, whose power easily destroyed his first attack. Lin Xuan’s hidden Nine Palaces Moment strike also failed to harm the demon, who remained hovering strangely as Lin Xuan flew away.

• The Outer-Domain Heavenly Demon broke the golden shield with black lightning and sneered at Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan sent a fiery-red Immortal Sword at the demon, but the demon cut it down with a black sword and swallowed the flames.
• Lin Xuan used his Avatar to distract the demon while his true body launched the Nine Palaces Moment ambush.
• The Immortal Swords struck the demon without harming him, and Lin Xuan flew away at an angle.
• The Outer-Domain Heavenly Demon did not pursue Lin Xuan and continued hovering with a strange expression.

Lin Xuan fought an Outer-Domain Heavenly Demon who used Illusion Spirit Transformation into Void and other powerful techniques. After the demon’s punch sent Lin Xuan flying, Lin used spatial movement to reappear beside him and launched a palm strike as the demon counterattacked.

• Lin Xuan recognized that the Outer-Domain Heavenly Demon had used Illusion Spirit Transformation into Void to evade his Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword.
• The demon questioned Lin Xuan about the Heavenly Witch Goddess and summoned nine identical copies to attack him.
• Lin Xuan swept his eighty-one swords across all nine copies, forcing them to merge back into one demon.
• The demon used a lightning-based technique and punched Lin Xuan, sending him flying but leaving him relatively unharmed.
• The demon paused in surprise at Lin Xuan’s resilience, and Lin used spatial movement to appear beside him and strike with a palm.
• The demon dismissed Lin Xuan’s palm and threw another punch, anticipating that Lin’s attack might have a follow-up.

Lin Xuan used the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire to freeze and cripple the Outer-Domain Heavenly Demon, then decapitated him with a concealed Immortal Sword. The demon self-destructed and sent a strand of black qi toward Lin Xuan to possess him.

• Lin Xuan unleashed the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire, which overpowered the Outer-Domain Heavenly Demon's black ripples.
• The Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire invoked the Law of Extreme Cold and froze half the Outer-Domain Heavenly Demon's body as he escaped several dozen zhang away.
• Lin Xuan feigned confidence to distract the wounded demon while his concealed Immortal Sword cut off the demon's head.
• Lin Xuan tried to burn the ruined corpse with azure flame, but the Outer-Domain Heavenly Demon self-destructed.
• A ghost face formed from the demon's black qi and lunged at Lin Xuan to possess him.

Lin Xuan used Illusionary Yin Divine Thunder to counter Ghost Face’s attempt to seize his body, forcing the Outer-Domain Heavenly Demon to retreat and expend power. As Lin Xuan prepared to finish the fight, Ghost Face began transforming the surrounding spiritual energy into devil qi.

• Ghost Face sent Skull Artifacts toward Lin Xuan while attempting to seize his body, but Lin Xuan’s Illusionary Yin Divine Thunder destroyed them.
• Ghost Face escaped the Divine Thunder by turning into black mist and forming a smaller body, then exchanged taunts with Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan struck with more Illusionary Yin Divine Thunder, but Ghost Face countered it with Demon Flame that weakened him.
• Lin Xuan sensed danger and prepared another secret technique, but Ghost Face announced he would reveal his true strength and began converting the surrounding spiritual energy into devil qi.

Lin Xuan attacked a mysterious demon as it began condensing its True Demon Body, but its Demon Domain repelled his strongest attacks. He realized the ancient records about Outer-Domain Heavenly Demons were accurate, leaving him racing to find a way through the barrier before the demon finished transforming.

• Lin Xuan discovered that spiritual power around the stranger had transformed into pure Demonic Qi and attacked with the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword.
• The stranger’s Demon Domain deflected Lin Xuan’s sword, and his Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire froze the barrier without damaging it.
• The stranger taunted Lin Xuan, explaining that the Demon Domain would protect him until he completed his True Demon Body.
• Lin Xuan recalled an ancient classic describing Outer-Domain Heavenly Demons, their bodies, and the protective Demon Domain formed during transformation.
• Lin Xuan concluded that his attacks could not break the barrier and feared the demon would complete its transformation before he could act.

Lin Xuan brought out the Five Dragon Seal to stop an Outer-Domain Heavenly Demon from completing its True Demon Body. The seal absorbed the world’s origin energy, disrupted the Demon Domain, and appeared before the demon to strike.

• As the Outer-Domain Heavenly Demon’s True Demon Body took shape, Lin Xuan’s attacks failed to pierce the Demon Domain.
• Lin Xuan decided to use the Five Dragon Seal and drove it with the silver light spots in his Star Sea.
• The Five Dragon Seal released True Dragon Void Shadows that absorbed the nearby world’s origin energy and weakened the demonic qi.
• The True Dragon Void Shadows merged into the seal, which grew to the size of a house and filled with dazzling runes.
• The Five Dragon Seal vanished and reappeared before the Outer-Domain Heavenly Demon, then smashed down at him.