Recaps

Lin Xuan went to meet three Tribulation Transcendence Stage cultivators who had arrived near the Cloud Hidden Sect, while the Silver-Eyed Maiden and the Youth surnamed Long followed to support him. After hearing rumors of Lin Xuan’s past, the visitors began assessing his strength, and he recognized Old Demon Xue and Wanxiao True Person among them.

• Lin Xuan decided to meet the visitors, and the Silver-Eyed Maiden and the Youth surnamed Long followed him.
• In the Cloud Hidden Mountain Range, Old Demon Xue, Wanxiao True Person, and Fairy Xiao discussed whether Lin Xuan was as formidable as rumors claimed.
• Fairy Xiao recounted stories of Lin Xuan’s deeds at the Spirit Division Stage, leaving the two others astonished.
• Lin Xuan arrived before the three cultivators at startling speed and identified Old Demon Xue and Wanxiao True Person.
• Wanxiao True Person confirmed his identity after Lin Xuan greeted him.

Lin Xuan met Wanxiao True Person and Fairy Xiao of Black Phoenix Valley, whose surprise at his apparent youth turned to curiosity about his talent. Old Demon Xue demanded that Lin surrender Cloud Hidden Sect’s status as the Nailong Realm’s leading sect, and when Lin refused, the two flew into the sky to fight.

• Lin Xuan exchanged courteous greetings with Wanxiao True Person and recognized Fairy Xiao of Black Phoenix Valley.
• Fairy Xiao used her innate ability to discern Lin Xuan’s true age and was astonished that he had reached Tribulation Transcendence after only a few thousand years.
• Old Demon Xue challenged Lin Xuan and demanded that he surrender Cloud Hidden Sect’s title as the Nailong Realm’s number one sect.
• Lin Xuan refused Old Demon Xue’s demand, and Old Demon Xue released his Demon Qi in preparation for battle.
• The Silver-Eyed Maiden and the Youth surnamed Long expressed concern, but Lin Xuan reassured them and flew above the clouds.
• Old Demon Xue followed Lin Xuan into the sky, and the two faced each other from a distance.

Lin Xuan confronted Old Demon Xue in a battle watched by Wanxiao True Person, the Black Phoenix Demoness, the Silver-Eyed Maiden, and the Youth surnamed Long. Old Demon Xue unleashed five Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures, and Lin Xuan summoned strange flower-shaped runes whose true nature surprised his fellow disciples.

• Wanxiao True Person and the Black Phoenix Demoness watched Lin Xuan and Old Demon Xue prepare to fight, hoping to learn from their clash.
• Old Demon Xue doubted the rumors of Lin Xuan's strength but chose to attack rather than retreat.
• Old Demon Xue released immense Demon Qi and summoned an ancient cauldron, a Purple Mirror, a Bronze Furnace, a Jade Ruyi, and a Small Bell.
• Lin Xuan resolved to defeat Old Demon Xue decisively to strengthen the Cloud Hidden Sect's standing and test the Nine Palaces Moment.
• Lin Xuan sent silver light and immortal music from his sleeve, revealing flower-shaped runes that startled the Silver-Eyed Maiden and the Youth surnamed Long.

Lin Xuan confronted Old Demon Xue, who transformed into a Flood Dragon and trapped him in the Five Elements Heaven-Extinguishing Great Array. The onlookers recognized it as a powerful formation tied to the Ancient Demon Emperor’s inheritance, leaving Lin Xuan’s fate uncertain.

• Lin Xuan summoned the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword and displayed a mastery of Laws that shocked Old Demon Xue.
• Old Demon Xue revealed his Flood Dragon form and launched a Demon Qi attack while Lin Xuan gathered sword rays into a Taiji Diagram.
• Old Demon Xue infused five treasures with Demon Qi and used their power to seal Lin Xuan inside the Five Elements Heaven-Extinguishing Great Array.
• The Black Phoenix Demoness and Wanxiao True Person identified the array as an ancient formation that Old Demon Xue had recreated using secret arts.
• The Silver-Eyed Maiden and the Youth surnamed Long feared that Lin Xuan might not escape the formation.

Lin Xuan was trapped in Old Demon Xue’s Five Elements Heaven-Extinguishing Great Array, but his Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword broke through its shifting worlds and defended him from the Yin Soul Ghosts. He unleashed Primordial Demon Qi to shatter the formation, leaving the Palace-Robed Woman from Black Phoenix Valley stunned by his power.

• Old Demon Xue used Demon Qi to turn the Five Elements Heaven-Extinguishing Great Array into a small world and sealed Lin Xuan inside.
• Lin Xuan used the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword to cut through an endless desert, only to find himself in a sea of blood surrounded by Yin Soul Ghosts.
• The Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword independently slew the ghosts as Old Demon Xue realized how formidable Lin Xuan was.
• Lin Xuan decided to end the battle quickly and unleashed Primordial Demon Qi.
• The Palace-Robed Woman from Black Phoenix Valley recognized the power as unique to True Spirits and wondered how a human cultivator could wield it.

Lin Xuan transformed into a Nine-Headed Bird and combined the power of the Phoenix and Vermilion Bird with his own True Spirit inheritance while fighting Old Demon Xue’s Styx River array. The chapter ended with Lin Xuan’s Nine-Headed Bird form surging with the gathered powers, poised to face the deadly array.

• Old Demon Xue unleashed the Water of the Styx River through the Five Elements Heaven-Extinguishing Great Array, forcing Lin Xuan to seek a way out.
• Lin Xuan transformed into an enormous Nine-Headed Bird, shocking the Black Phoenix Demoness and the observers.
• Lin Xuan infused the Nine-Headed Bird with the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword’s power and manifested a Phoenix through another transformation.
• Lin Xuan brought out the Vermilion Bird Ring and summoned a Vermilion Bird, revealing a third true-spirit-level bird.
• The Vermilion Bird and Phoenix merged into Lin Xuan’s Nine-Headed Bird form, which gained Phoenix plumes, Red Lotus Fire, and black lightning.

Lin Xuan transformed into a Nine-Headed Bird and overwhelmed Old Demon Xue’s Styx River attack, then broke free of the Five Elements Heaven-Extinguishing Great Array. Old Demon Xue fled, but Lin Xuan blocked his escape and unleashed the Nine-Headed Bird’s lightning speed.

• Lin Xuan fused the power of the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword and Vermilion Bird Ring into his transformation, gaining strength close to an ancient True Spirit.
• Lin Xuan’s lightning and Red Lotus Fire clashed with Old Demon Xue’s Styx River, gravely wounding the Flood Dragon.
• Old Demon Xue sacrificed his Life Origin Qi to empower six Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures, damaging them further in an effort to hold Lin Xuan inside the array.
• Lin Xuan tore open the Five Elements Heaven-Extinguishing Great Array, leaving Old Demon Xue badly wounded and the six treasures nearly destroyed.
• Old Demon Xue fled through the void, but Lin Xuan used Space Laws to stop him and prepared to pursue with the Nine-Headed Bird’s lightning speed.

Lin Xuan transformed into a Nine-Headed Bird and killed Old Demon Xue, then claimed his Demon Core, corpse, and Storage Bag. Afterward, Wanxiao True Person and the Black Phoenix Demoness avoided a confrontation with Lin Xuan and hurriedly departed.

• Lin Xuan stopped Old Demon Xue’s escape and tore the black Flood Dragon apart with his Nine-Headed Bird form.
• Lin Xuan trapped Old Demon Xue’s fleeing Demon Core with the Heaven-Net Trap and collected it along with the Flood Dragon’s corpse and Storage Bag.
• Wanxiao True Person, the Black Phoenix Demoness, the Silver-Eyed Maiden, and the Youth surnamed Long were relieved that Lin Xuan had defeated Old Demon Xue.
• Lin Xuan questioned Wanxiao True Person and the Black Phoenix Demoness about their arrival, and they denied having hostile intentions.
• Lin Xuan invited Wanxiao True Person and the Black Phoenix Demoness to the Cloud Hidden Sect, but both declined and quickly left.

After Lin Xuan slew Old Demon Xue, the two surviving challengers backed down, and Cloud Hidden Sect was left secure from further threats. News of the battle spread across the Spirit World, making Lin Xuan famous and attracting the attention of powerful figures, including Saint Ancestor Bingpo in the Demon World.

• Lin Xuan killed Old Demon Xue with the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword, and the other two mighty beings pretended they had come to congratulate him before leaving.
• Lin Xuan returned to Cloud Hidden Sect’s headquarters with the Silver-Eyed Maiden and the Youth surnamed Long, confident that his victory would deter future challengers.
• News of Old Demon Xue’s death spread through the Spirit World, and Cultivators argued over Lin Xuan’s strength and his connections to powerful figures.
• Lin Xuan’s victory made Cloud Hidden Sect a force no one dared dismiss, but it also drew the attention of peerless powerhouses.
• The chapter described Saint Ancestor Bingpo’s Ice Plain in the Demon World as a treasured cultivation ground that no one dared covet.

Baoshe Saint Ancestor and Bingpo discussed how Lin Xuan had become too dangerous to ignore, but Bingpo could not act against him and other Spirit World powers refused to help. Bingpo revealed that she had found clues to another Asura King treasure, and Baoshe agreed to help her pursue it instead.

• Baoshe Saint Ancestor urged Bingpo to stop Lin Xuan before he grew into a greater threat.
• Bingpo explained that she could not freely enter the Spirit World, and the great powers she had approached had withdrawn after Lin Xuan killed Old Demon Xue.
• Bingpo said she could not deal with Lin Xuan because clues had emerged to another of the Asura King's secret treasures.
• Baoshe Saint Ancestor agreed to assist Bingpo in finding the Asura King's treasures.

After defeating Old Demon Xue, Lin Xuan refined Outer-Domain Heavenly Gold into the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword to strengthen himself before searching for Yue'er. The sword reached the realm of spirit-channeling, with the potential to become an Immortal Mansion Treasure.

• Lin Xuan returned to his cultivation cave and rested before preparing to refine the Outer-Domain Heavenly Gold.
• Lin Xuan used a formation and the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire to refine the Outer-Domain Heavenly Gold in a magic cauldron.
• A remnant demonic thought from the Outer-Domain Heavenly Demon tried to make the cauldron escape, but Lin Xuan sealed it and refined the cauldron into the treasure.
• Lin Xuan merged the golden liquid into the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword and completed the refinement after another day and night.
• The Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword rose to the realm of spirit-channeling and gained the potential to become an Immortal Mansion Treasure.

Lin Xuan prepared to search for Yue'er by refining the Ink Moon Witch Palace, an ancient Innate spatial treasure inherited by the Ink Moon Tribe. As he drew out its Treasure-Controlling Formula, he found its ancient wording difficult to understand.

• Lin Xuan decided to strengthen himself before setting out to search for Yue'er and began refining the Ink Moon Witch Palace.
• Lin Xuan recalled that the palace was an ancient Innate Treasure capable of storing resources, aiding cultivation, and attacking or defending against enemies.
• Lin Xuan reviewed his powerful treasures, including the Immortal Sword Map, Vermilion Bird Ring, Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword, and Five Dragon Seal, which he kept secret as a final trump card.
• Lin Xuan used spell seals to draw the Ink Moon Witch Palace's Treasure-Controlling Formula from its spiritual radiance.
• Lin Xuan committed the formula's mysterious characters to memory but found their ancient wording difficult to comprehend.

Lin Xuan comprehended the Treasure-Controlling Formula and accidentally summoned the Ink Moon Witch Palace, destroying his cultivation cave but leaving him unharmed. He went to the Flying Cloud Wasteland to practice the Xiantian Spirit Treasure far from Cloud Hidden Sect.

• Lin Xuan realized the Treasure-Controlling Formula was tied to the Ink Moon Heaven Witch Art and began comprehending it.
• After a day of study, Lin Xuan accidentally summoned the Ink Moon Witch Palace, which destroyed his cultivation cave and an area within ten li.
• Lin Xuan emerged unharmed, reassured the Cloud Hidden Sect cultivators, and decided to practice the treasure away from the sect.
• Lin Xuan traveled to the Flying Cloud Wasteland, a remote region inhabited by powerful Ancient Beasts.

Lin Xuan refined the Ink Moon Witch Palace in the depths of the Flying Cloud Wasteland, gaining a deeper comprehension of the Space Laws and making solid progress in his cultivation. After completing the refinement, he ventured farther into the wasteland in search of a Primordial King Beast and encountered several formidable Ancient Beasts bearing traces of Kui Ox blood.

• Lin Xuan traveled deep into the Flying Cloud Wasteland and carved out a crude cultivation cave to safely refine the Ink Moon Witch Palace.
• Over the next month, the refining process repeatedly caused destructive outbursts, but Lin Xuan endured them with the protection of rare treasures.
• Lin Xuan completed the refinement, sealed a small heaven and earth inside the inch-sized Ink Moon Witch Palace, and deepened his comprehension of the Space Laws.
• Lin Xuan continued deeper into the wasteland, searching for a Primordial King Beast despite the growing danger and finding none.
• Several enormous Ancient Beasts with a trace of Kui Ox bloodline charged at Lin Xuan, displaying strength that shattered the void.

Lin Xuan risked his life fighting several savage Ancient Beasts to break through his limits and comprehend the Law of Power. After defeating them, he spent a day and night deepening his understanding of the newly comprehended law.

• Lin Xuan faced several savage bull Ancient Beasts without using treasures, hoping to gain insight through battle.
• The beasts overwhelmed Lin Xuan with Ox Demon Great Strength, leaving him gravely wounded and forcing him to protect his vital points with magic power.
• As the beasts charged again, Lin Xuan awakened the True Spirit Blood he had refined and appeared to be near death while sensing the Dao.
• At the moment the beasts attacked, Lin Xuan opened his eyes, unleashed his divine strength, and comprehended the Law of Power between life and death.
• Lin Xuan struck the beasts with the newly comprehended law and sent them flying, then stood motionless for a day and night as he pondered his insight.

After mastering the Law of Power through half a year of battles, Lin Xuan continued deeper into the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Area in search of the Primordial King Beast. He found a colossal battle between a Primordial King Beast and Taowu.

• Lin Xuan chose to press farther into the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Area, hoping to find the Primordial King Beast and its Inner Core.
• He fought powerful Ancient Beasts for half a year, mastering the Law of Power and strengthening his body despite repeatedly risking death.
• After going three days without seeing any Ancient Beasts, Lin Xuan suspected he had reached the King Beast’s domain.
• Lin Xuan sensed a tremendous battle and concealed his aura as he approached the shattered space.
• Lin Xuan identified one fighter as a Primordial King Beast and saw that its opponent was Taowu.

Lin Xuan encountered Taowu’s true body in the Flying Cloud Desert as it fought and killed a Primordial King Beast. After Lin Xuan seized the beast’s Inner Core, he broke Taowu’s attack and prepared to face the furious ancient beast.

• Lin Xuan recognized Taowu, recalling their past clashes and the danger posed by its true body.
• Taowu overwhelmed the Primordial King Beast, blasted apart most of its body, and tried to seize its Inner Core.
• Lin Xuan secretly grabbed the Inner Core with a blue-green hand before Taowu could claim it.
• Taowu attacked Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan shattered its black glow with a punch and revealed his Tribulation Transcendence strength.
• Lin Xuan decided to risk fighting Taowu to eliminate a powerful enemy and potentially obtain its Inner Core.

Lin Xuan confronted Taowu over the King Beast Inner Core and matched its enormous strength with the Law of Power. He then unleashed the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword, and the two began a fierce clash of sword-light and black blade-light.

• Taowu recognized Lin Xuan and vowed to kill him for their past grudges and his theft of the King Beast Inner Core.
• Taowu attacked with its sharp claws, and Lin Xuan met the blow with a punch empowered by the Law of Power.
• Their collision devastated the surrounding landscape but ended in an apparent draw, shocking Taowu.
• Lin Xuan summoned the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword and sent its silver blades against Taowu.
• Taowu spat out black blade-lights, and the two forces collided in the sky.

Lin Xuan battled the Taowu, whose black Banner Flag blocked his Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword. He unleashed the Immortal Sword Map, and as its countless swords emerged, the Taowu prepared to resist them head-on.

• Lin Xuan’s Taiji Diagram of immortal swords overpowered the Taowu and forced it to retreat, bleeding.
• The Taowu summoned a black Banner Flag, whose Demon Light shield stopped Lin Xuan’s Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword.
• Lin Xuan brought out the Immortal Sword Map, shocking the Taowu with its Xiantian Spirit Treasure aura.
• Lin Xuan unfurled the map and summoned nine jade-green mountains that released thousands of law-filled Immortal Swords.
• The Taowu spat out its natal essence and began chanting, preparing to withstand the Immortal Sword Map’s attack.

Lin Xuan struggled against Taowu, whose Ten Thousand Beast Banner blocked the Immortal Sword and whose Law of Time then immobilized him. With Taowu’s lethal attack closing in, Lin Xuan had not yet found a way to break free.

• Lin Xuan attacked Taowu with the Immortal Sword, but Taowu revealed the Ten Thousand Beast Banner and unleashed the souls of ancient ferocious beasts to stop the sword’s advance.
• Lin Xuan realized that the beast souls had blocked his attack while exhausting his magical power, leaving him at a disadvantage in a prolonged fight.
• Taowu gathered vicious qi and used the Law of Time to stop time in Lin Xuan’s small world, immobilizing him and sealing his magic power.
• Lin Xuan recognized Taowu’s time-stopping technique from their earlier encounter in the Ice Plain Realm and searched for a way to overcome it without outside help.
• Taowu sent enormous claw-shadows crashing toward Lin Xuan, who remained unable to move as the attack threatened to kill him.

Lin Xuan struggled to escape Taowu’s Law of Time while trapped and unable to move. A sliver of his spiritual power began flowing on its own, and the Momentary Treasure emerged from his head, leaving his fate unresolved.

• Taowu held Lin Xuan immobile with the Law of Time and taunted him, threatening to extract and refine his soul.
• Lin Xuan tried to find a way to break free, but could not use his treasures or powerful techniques while his magical power remained frozen.
• A faint crack sounded, and some of the power within Lin Xuan began to loosen, though he still could not move or unleash a decisive attack.
• Lin Xuan refused to give up, and the loosened spiritual power began flowing on its own.
• The Momentary Treasure shot from Lin Xuan’s crown, radiating divine light and the pressure of an innate spiritual object.

The Ink Moon Witch Palace awakened on its own and protected Lin Xuan from Taowu’s time-law imprisonment and devastating attacks. Lin Xuan remained unable to fight back as Taowu’s assault failed, leaving Taowu to suspect the treasure was a uniquely compatible Xiantian Spirit Treasure.

• Lin Xuan recognized the Ink Moon Witch Palace as the treasure that had emerged to help him, while Taowu realized it carried the might of a Xiantian Spirit Treasure.
• Taowu unleashed the Soul-Detaining Demon Lock and claw-shadows that tore through space as Lin Xuan remained trapped by the Law of Time.
• The Ink Moon Witch Palace awakened, expanded, shielded Lin Xuan, and broke Taowu’s time restraint.
• Lin Xuan poured his newly restored magic power into the Ink Moon Witch Palace while Taowu’s chains and claw-shadows closed in.
• The treasure’s aura melted away Taowu’s attacks, and Taowu began to suspect it was the exceptional Xiantian Spirit Treasure described in an ancient legend.

Lin Xuan and Taowu fought over control of space and time, with Lin Xuan gaining the upper hand through the Ink Moon Witch Palace. Taowu summoned nearly a hundred Primordial King Beast souls and then exploded into dazzling spiritual light, revealing something Lin Xuan had not yet identified.

• Taowu recognized the Ink Moon Witch Palace and resolved to kill Lin Xuan before he could grow stronger.
• Lin Xuan used the Ink Moon Witch Palace to shield himself and clash with Taowu’s Law of Time, gradually gaining the advantage.
• Taowu summoned nearly a hundred Primordial King Beast souls, forcing Lin Xuan to prepare to counter them.
• Taowu’s body swelled and exploded into dazzling spiritual light without spilling blood or killing him.
• Lin Xuan scattered the light with a strike, revealing what had been inside it.

Lin Xuan faced Taowu’s illusionary Avatars, only to discover that Taowu had revived the souls of Primordial King Beasts to trap him. He fought back with his treasures, but the beasts overwhelmed his defenses and controlling two Xiantian Spirit Treasures strained his power.

• Taowu created countless Void Shadow Avatars that distracted Lin Xuan while its true body revived nearly a hundred Primordial King Beasts.
• Lin Xuan used the Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye to recognize the Void Shadows and the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword to destroy them.
• Trapped by the revived beasts, Lin Xuan attacked with the Ink Moon Witch Palace’s Space Laws, but the beasts broke through his assault.
• Lin Xuan unfurled the Immortal Sword Map while the Ink Moon Witch Palace shielded him from the beasts’ combined attacks.
• Lin Xuan struggled to control the Ink Moon Witch Palace and the Immortal Sword Map at once as the Palace’s defenses neared collapse.

Lin Xuan fought a desperate battle against the souls of nearly a hundred Primordial King Beasts, using his treasures and secret arts to survive their assault. After destroying several enemies with the Spirit Formula Cauldron, he still faced more Ancient Beasts closing in from every direction.

• Lin Xuan poured his essence blood into the Immortal Sword Map, but its swords could not stop the approaching beast souls.
• The Three-Headed Giant Lion and other Ancient Beasts attacked Lin Xuan, forcing him to pour his magic power into the Ink Moon Witch Palace.
• The Giant Ape struck at Lin Xuan, who met it with a punch imbued with the law of force and sent it flying.
• Lin Xuan froze the attacking Giant Python with the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire, but another blow sent him flying and left him spitting blood.
• Lin Xuan summoned the Spirit Formula Cauldron and unleashed Nine Stars in a Row, killing the Ancient Beasts that had ambushed him as more enemies rushed toward him.