Recaps

Lin Xuan broke through the Herb Garden’s restriction and collected its rare spirit herbs before claiming Spirit Fox Venerable’s treasury. He arranged for Gongsun Yu'er to establish a Cloud Hidden Sect branch at Spirit Fox Mountain, then began examining treasures taken from Baoshe and another powerful opponent.

• Lin Xuan combined the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword to shatter the Herb Garden’s restriction.
• Lin Xuan collected the matured Heavenly Luo Immortal Fruit and Heaven-Mending Lingzhi, along with the garden’s other valuable herbs.
• Lin Xuan discovered Spirit Fox Venerable’s treasury and summoned Cloud Hidden Sect disciples to take possession of the site.
• Lin Xuan instructed Gongsun Yu'er to oversee a Cloud Hidden Sect branch headquarters at Spirit Fox Mountain.
• Lin Xuan began inspecting treasures from Baoshe and another old monster, including a Xiantian Remnant Treasure taken from Baoshe’s Avatar.

Lin Xuan discovered three Nine-Turn Spirit Snake Pills and an Ice Soul Snow-Melting Pill among Baoshe’s relics, then finished sorting Spirit Fox Venerable’s treasures. With the Space Node to the Underworld Realm destroyed, his search for Yue'er was delayed, and he considered what to do next.

• Lin Xuan sent his dark-skinned incarnation to refine the Snake Sword-shaped Xiantian Remnant Treasure.
• Lin Xuan searched Baoshe’s Storage Bag and found three Nine-Turn Spirit Snake Pills and one Ice Soul Snow-Melting Pill.
• Lin Xuan finished sorting Spirit Fox Venerable’s treasures but found nothing as valuable as the rare pills.
• Lin Xuan realized the destroyed Space Node made it impossible to travel to the Underworld Realm and search for Yue'er.
• Lin Xuan ruled out seclusion and looked toward something that entered his field of vision.

Lin Xuan discovered that Spirit Fox Venerable’s jade invitation contained the coordinates to the Heavenly Sound Realm, giving him a chance to search for clues about Qin Xin and attend a gathering of Tribulation Transcendence cultivators. After helping establish the Cloud Hidden Sect branch, he prepared to leave and gave Gongsun Yu'er a True Spirit Puppet to protect and assist her.

• Lin Xuan examined the Jade Talisman and discovered that it contained the coordinates to the Heavenly Sound Realm and an invitation to an Exchange Meeting.
• Lin Xuan decided to visit the Heavenly Sound Realm to look for clues about Qin Xin and to seek treasures, ancient secrets, and information about the Underworld Realm node.
• Lin Xuan stayed several days to help Gongsun Yu'er establish the Cloud Hidden Sect branch, which soon began to take shape.
• Lin Xuan prepared to leave and gave Gongsun Yu'er a True Spirit Puppet and several Immortal Stones.

Lin Xuan gave Gongsun Yu'er a True Spirit Puppet before leaving the Cloud Hidden Sect, then used a Jade Token to Shatter the Void and travel elsewhere. At a secluded lakeside, cultivators gathered to compete for a chance to hear Fairy Qing's music, and Zhao tried to buy Old monster Wu's withdrawal with a Fragrant Jade-Shattering Pill.

• Lin Xuan gave Gongsun Yu'er the True Spirit Puppet and urged her to manage the Cloud Hidden Sect branch and keep cultivating.
• Lin Xuan flew to a deserted canyon, checked the Jade Token's coordinates, and opened a Spatial Rift with his law power.
• Lin Xuan passed through the rift and arrived near bamboo huts by a lake, where more than a dozen injured Dongxuan Realm cultivators had gathered.
• Old monster Wu and Zhao argued over the chance to hear Fairy Qing's immortal melody, which was believed to help cultivators overcome bottlenecks and Heavenly Tribulations.
• Zhao offered Old monster Wu a Fragrant Jade-Shattering Pill to stop him from competing, and Old monster Wu hesitated over the tempting offer.

Cultivators gathered to compete for the chance to hear Fairy Qing play, but Old Monster Chihuo attacked and seized her. He flew away with Fairy Qing as the other cultivators struggled to resist his assault.

• Zhao persuaded the cultivator surnamed Wu to withdraw from the competition by offering him a Fragrant Jade-Shattering Pill and a favor.
• Old Monster Chihuo appeared in a scarlet cloud, killed the wide-robed old man, and took the Fragrant Jade-Shattering Pill.
• Old Monster Chihuo sent hundreds of light blades at the gathered cultivators and charged toward Fairy Qing's bamboo huts.
• Fairy Qing attacked the cloud with notes transformed into weapons, but Old Monster Chihuo's hurricane shattered her attacks.
• Old Monster Chihuo bound Fairy Qing with a chain and carried her away.

Old Monster Chihuo attacked the cultivators who had witnessed him capture Fairy Qing, but Lin Xuan arrived through a Spatial Rift and halted the confrontation. When Chihuo tried to flee with Fairy Qing, Lin Xuan pulled them back, leaving Chihuo demanding to know why he had intervened.

• Old Monster Chihuo sent Wind Blades at the gathered cultivators to silence them, and they fought back with their treasures.
• Chihuo summoned a swarm of Flying Daggers, but a Spatial Rift opened and stopped the fighting.
• Lin Xuan emerged from the rift, asked the cultivators to pause, and ordered Chihuo to release Fairy Qing.
• Chihuo decided to flee with Fairy Qing rather than risk being exposed to Heavenly Sound Palace.
• Lin Xuan pointed toward Chihuo and pulled him and the freed Fairy Qing back, prompting Chihuo to demand an explanation.

Lin Xuan confirmed that he had reached the Heavenly Sound Realm and learned that Ouyang Qinxin was in trouble. After Fairy Qing recognized him as a possible savior, he took her somewhere secluded to hear what had happened.

• Lin Xuan killed Old Monster Chihuo with a single finger, then asked the gathered cultivators where he was.
• The cultivators identified the place as Floating Cloud Valley and confirmed it was the Heavenly Sound Realm.
• Lin Xuan noticed that the veiled woman holding a harp resembled Qin Xin, and she recognized him as Ancestor Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan rendered the other cultivators unconscious so Fairy Qing could speak without fear of getting into trouble.
• Fairy Qing said that Ouyang Qinxin needed saving, and Lin Xuan flew with her to a secluded place to discuss the matter.

Lin Xuan learned from Fairy Qing that Ouyang Qinxin had become Fairy Miaoyin’s disciple because of her Nine Spirit Zither Body. He discovered that Fairy Miaoyin planned to use Qinxin as a substitute to bear her Heavenly Tribulation, leaving Qinxin’s life in grave danger.

• Lin Xuan urged Fairy Qing to explain what she knew about Qinxin.
• Fairy Qing recounted how she and Qinxin had joined the Heavenly Sound Palace and become close friends.
• Fairy Qing explained that Fairy Miaoyin had taken Qinxin as her disciple, then later revealed her true motive to Qinxin.
• Fairy Qing said Qinxin possessed the Nine Spirit Zither Body, which Fairy Miaoyin could use for the Deceiving the Heavens Technique.
• Lin Xuan learned that Qinxin would bear the full force of Fairy Miaoyin’s Heavenly Tribulation as her substitute.

Lin Xuan learned that Fairy Miaoyin planned to use Qin Xin as a sacrifice during her Heavenly Tribulation and resolved to save his wife. After learning Miaoyin was a mid-stage Tribulation Transcendence cultivator, he began planning a careful rescue from Heavenly Sound Palace.

• Lin Xuan concealed his anger and decided to rescue Qin Xin without rushing into conflict with Heavenly Sound Palace.
• Fairy Qing explained that she warned Lin Xuan because Qin Xin had saved her, despite the risk of angering Fairy Miaoyin.
• Lin Xuan asked Fairy Qing to call him Big Brother and gave her Snowflake Clear Dew Pills as a gift.
• Fairy Qing told Lin Xuan that Fairy Miaoyin was a reclusive mid-stage Tribulation Transcendence Supreme Elder.
• Lin Xuan judged that he could contend with Fairy Miaoyin but could not safely storm Heavenly Sound Palace, so he began devising a plan.

Lin Xuan learned more about the Heavenly Sound Palace and gave Gu Qing supplies to help them stay in contact before setting out alone. After stopping to sleep in a mountain cave, he woke to a battle and discovered a young woman fighting several powerful Demonic Beasts.

• Gu Qing told Lin Xuan that the Heavenly Sound Palace had immense power and more than a thousand Branch Altars across the Heavenly Sound Realm.
• Lin Xuan resolved to rescue Qin Xin, gave Gu Qing pills, treasures, and Ten Thousand Mile Talismans, and parted from her.
• Lin Xuan flew through the empty wilderness, made a cave in a mountain, and went to sleep.
• After sensing a clash of yuan energy, Lin Xuan traveled to its source and concealed himself to investigate.
• Lin Xuan saw a young woman in white holding off several powerful Demonic Beasts, including a giant python.

Lin Xuan watched a young woman fight three Demonic Beasts before stepping in when she was badly wounded. He killed all three with one strike, leaving the woman to wonder whether he was a Spirit Division Stage cultivator.

• Lin Xuan observed the young woman hold her own against three same-rank Demonic Beasts.
• The young woman used her trump-card secret art, but the beasts counterattacked and left her badly wounded.
• As the beasts moved in to kill her, Lin Xuan appeared and blocked their path.
• Lin Xuan killed the Lion-bodied Wolf-headed Beast, the wild ox, and the python with one Sword Ray.
• The young woman recovered enough to release her divine sense and suspected Lin Xuan was a Spirit Division Stage cultivator.

Lin Xuan rescued Zhou Ling, the sect master’s granddaughter, and persuaded her to bring him to Heavenly Sound Palace’s main headquarters so he could pursue his plans there. As they arrived, he sensed a powerful cultivator nearby and wondered whether his identity had been exposed.

• Zhou Ling mistook Lin Xuan for a Spirit Division Stage cultivator and introduced herself as a disciple of Heavenly Sound Palace.
• Lin Xuan learned that Zhou Ling’s grandfather was Heavenly Sound Palace’s sect master and decided to use her connections to enter the palace and help rescue Qin Xin.
• Lin Xuan persuaded Zhou Ling to recommend him to Heavenly Sound Palace, and she escorted him to its headquarters on Zhenhuan Mountain.
• Lin Xuan surveyed the vast headquarters but could not encompass it with his divine sense.
• Lin Xuan sensed an aura on his level nearby, briefly suspected his identity had been discovered, then concluded the encounter was likely coincidental.

Lin Xuan encountered Fairy Miaoyin at Heavenly Sound Palace's headquarters and weighed whether to seize her to rescue Qin Xin, but chose to wait for a safer opportunity. After Miaoyin apparently saw through his concealment, Lin Xuan was left deciding whether to flee and expose himself or stay and risk capture.

• A magnificent Beast Carriage arrived, and the cultivators recognized its passenger as Old Ancestor Miaoyin.
• Lin Xuan considered capturing Fairy Miaoyin to rescue Qin Xin, but decided the risk of confronting her at Heavenly Sound Palace was too great.
• The cultivators bowed to Miaoyin, and Lin Xuan reluctantly joined them to avoid drawing suspicion.
• An icy divine sense swept over Lin Xuan, and he realized Miaoyin had discovered him.
• Lin Xuan weighed fleeing against staying, knowing either choice could endanger his plan to rescue Qin Xin.

Lin Xuan remained at Heavenly Sound Palace after Fairy Miaoyin recognized him but chose not to expose him. That night, Miaoyin secretly visited his courtyard, leaving Lin Xuan to hear what she wanted from him.

• Lin Xuan questioned Zhou Ling about Fairy Miaoyin and learned that the Tribulation Transcendence Stage elder rarely appeared before the disciples.
• Zhou Ling arranged a secluded courtyard for Lin Xuan, who decided not to investigate the palace at night while Miaoyin's intentions remained unclear.
• Lin Xuan detected Miaoyin outside his door and struck her concealed position with his Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye.
• Fairy Miaoyin appeared, recognized Lin Xuan's divine eye, and accepted his invitation to come inside.

Lin Xuan met Fairy Miaoyin, who confirmed his identity and discussed his search for an Inter-boundary Teleportation Array. She showed him a damaged immortal sword fragment and revealed that she had discovered a ruin left by a True Immortal.

• Fairy Miaoyin asked whether Lin Xuan came from another realm, and he explained that he was from the Nailong Realm and had arrived by accident while Shattering the Void.
• Miaoyin revealed that she had learned Lin Xuan was the Cloud Hidden Sect's Supreme Elder and asked why he had entered Heavenly Sound Palace in secret.
• Lin Xuan explained that he sought an Inter-boundary Teleportation Array to return safely, and Miaoyin said its use could be discussed.
• Miaoyin offered Lin Xuan a chance to assist her in a matter that could benefit them both and showed him a broken sword blade with an immortal aura.
• Lin Xuan recognized the blade as an immortal object, and Miaoyin revealed that she had found a ruin left behind by a True Immortal.

Fairy Miaoyin recruited Lin Xuan to help explore the True Immortal Ruins, and he agreed while hiding his real intentions. Lin Xuan planned to use the expedition as an opportunity to rescue Qin Xin and deal with Miaoyin, then left the Cloud Hidden Sect headquarters.

• Fairy Miaoyin told Lin Xuan about the True Immortal Ruins and explained she wanted a small group of capable cultivators to explore them without alerting Heavenly Sound Palace’s elders.
• Lin Xuan agreed to cooperate with Fairy Miaoyin, concealing his suspicion and his plan to rescue Qin Xin.
• After Fairy Miaoyin left, Lin Xuan decided to postpone acting against her and first follow her to the ruins, where he hoped to gain treasures and save Qin Xin.
• At daybreak, Lin Xuan told Zhou Ling he had matters to attend to, left the Cloud Hidden Sect headquarters, and bade her farewell.

Lin Xuan crossed the Azure Cloud Desert on his way to meet Fairy Miaoyin and explore the True Immortal Ruins, rescuing cultivators from a swarm of Demon Insects along the way. After looting an ancient cultivator’s cave, he reached the rendezvous point deep in the desert.

• Lin Xuan entered the Azure Cloud Desert and considered its abundant resources and deadly dangers as he traveled toward Fairy Miaoyin’s meeting place.
• Lin Xuan saw cultivators fleeing a black-red insect cloud and destroyed the Demon Insects with his Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire.
• Lin Xuan continued through the desert, easily defeating strange beasts that attacked him.
• Lin Xuan discovered an ancient cultivator’s cave, forced open its Restriction, and took its Ancient Treasures, cultivation methods, and secret arts.
• Lin Xuan arrived at the rendezvous point in a small valley deep within the Azure Cloud Desert.

Lin Xuan waited at the meeting place for Fairy Miaoyin’s search for the True Immortal Ruins and unexpectedly encountered Fairy Xiao, an old acquaintance from Black Phoenix Mountain. Suspecting Miaoyin might betray the group to claim the ruins’ treasures, Lin Xuan began probing Fairy Xiao about cooperating with him.

• Lin Xuan arrived early at the meeting place, searched the gorge, and meditated while waiting for Fairy Miaoyin and the other cultivators.
• Fairy Xiao appeared on a concealed Fire Sun Bird, and Lin Xuan recognized her as one of the Tribulation Transcendence cultivators who had visited Cloud Hidden Sect.
• Lin Xuan learned that Fairy Xiao had also come in response to Fairy Miaoyin’s invitation to search for the True Immortal Ruins.
• Lin Xuan considered the danger of facing Miaoyin and the other invited cultivators together, and saw Fairy Xiao as a possible ally.
• Lin Xuan suggested that Miaoyin might intend to keep the ruins’ treasures for herself and asked Fairy Xiao what they should do.

Lin Xuan persuaded the Black Phoenix Demoness to form an alliance with him and sign a Primordial Spirit Contract, secretly using his Second Nascent Soul to bear any backlash. Several days later, a powerful turtle-riding cultivator arrived, and the chapter left Lin Xuan and Fairy Xiao watching him settle in.

• Lin Xuan proposed that he and the Black Phoenix Demoness join forces to guard against Miaoyin, and she voiced her doubts about trusting him.
• Lin Xuan suggested a Primordial Spirit Contract, and he and the Black Phoenix Demoness agreed on its terms and signed it.
• Lin Xuan secretly used his Second Nascent Soul for the contract, leaving his Main Nascent Soul protected from any backlash.
• After several days of meditation, Lin Xuan noticed the sky darken and spotted a gigantic turtle-type Demonic Beast approaching across the desert.
• A bald, barefoot big man arrived atop the beast, stored it in his Spirit Beast Bag, greeted Lin Xuan and Fairy Xiao, and sat down without introducing himself.

Lin Xuan and the others waited for Fairy Miaoyin, who arrived with the unexpected Withered Stone Elder and explained that five cultivators were needed to open the True Immortal Ruins. The group set out across the Azure Cloud Desert, where a vast swarm of Demon Lizards forced them to prepare for a fight.

• Lin Xuan, the Black Phoenix Demoness, and Brother Feng waited more than a month for Fairy Miaoyin to arrive.
• Fairy Miaoyin arrived with Withered Stone Elder and said the True Immortal Ruins' Restrictions required at least five cultivators to open.
• Fairy Miaoyin introduced the group, and Withered Stone Elder recognized Lin Xuan's reputation and recalled refusing Baoshe Saint Ancestor's request to kill him.
• Fairy Miaoyin took the group aboard her Painted Boat and headed toward the True Immortal Ruins.
• After several days of travel, the group encountered a huge swarm of Demon Lizards, and Fairy Miaoyin proposed that they fight together.

Lin Xuan and the four other Tribulation Transcendence cultivators encountered a Blood Moon Demon Toad after it destroyed their Painted Boat over a swamp in the Azure Cloud Desert. The group dodged its first attack and prepared to fight the True Spirit for its treasures.

• Fairy Miaoyin, Lin Xuan, and the other three old monsters cut through the Demon Lizards blocking their path.
• After half a month of travel, the five crossed a swamp, where a Toad's tongue pierced and destroyed the Painted Boat.
• Lin Xuan sensed Primordial Demon Qi rising from the swamp and realized a True Spirit was nearby.
• The bald big man identified the emerging monster as a Blood Moon Demon Toad and revealed that it had killed his junior sister.
• The bald big man offered the others all the treasures if they helped slay the toad, and the group grew tempted by the reward.
• The Blood Moon Demon Toad attacked with its tongue, and the five Tribulation Transcendence cultivators dodged its strike.

Lin Xuan and the other Tribulation Transcendence Stage cultivators were drawn into the Blood Moon Demon Toad’s True Spirit Space, where the lack of Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi weakened them. The Blood Moon Demon Toad attacked, and Fairy Miaoyin’s first counterstrike left her at a disadvantage.

• A black vortex appeared and pulled Lin Xuan into an unfamiliar realm, where he found that the other cultivators had also been drawn in.
• Lin Xuan reunited with the Black Phoenix Demoness, Fairy Miaoyin, the bald big man, and Withered Stone Elder, who suspected they were inside the Blood Moon Demon Toad’s True Spirit Space.
• Lin Xuan warned that the lack of Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi might not weaken the Blood Moon Demon Toad as it weakened them, and resolved to remain cautious.
• The Blood Moon Demon Toad attacked with its tongue, and Fairy Miaoyin countered with a Jade Ruyi transformed into a fierce tiger.
• Fairy Miaoyin’s attack ended in a clash that damaged her Jade Ruyi and left her pale, showing that the depleted Yuan Qi had put her at a disadvantage.

Lin Xuan and the other cultivators joined the battle against the Blood Moon Demon Toad after Fairy Miaoyin was put at a disadvantage. Withered Stone Elder revealed his alliance with the toad and ambushed Lin Xuan, the Black Phoenix Demoness, and the bald big man, leaving Lin Xuan to meet the falling stone head-on.

• The bald big man attacked the Blood Moon Demon Toad with yellow streaks and a giant axe, drawing its attention away from Fairy Miaoyin.
• Fairy Miaoyin called on the group to attack, and Lin Xuan, the Black Phoenix Demoness, and Withered Stone Elder deployed their techniques while holding back some of their strength.
• Withered Stone Elder used a dark rock that vanished through lightning escape and appeared above Lin Xuan instead of striking the Blood Moon Demon Toad.
• Lin Xuan realized Withered Stone Elder and the Blood Moon Demon Toad had conspired against him, the Black Phoenix Demoness, and the bald big man.
• With no time to dodge, Lin Xuan roared and swung both fists at the rock to withstand its blow.

Lin Xuan survived the Withered Stone Elder’s attack and returned to the battle, where he began rescuing his allies from Fairy Miaoyin and the Blood Moon Demon Toad. He relieved the Black Phoenix Demoness and then flew to aid the bald big man.

• The Withered Stone Elder struck Lin Xuan with his Life-Bound Spirit Stone, blasting him into the earth, while Fairy Miaoyin ambushed the Black Phoenix Demoness and the Blood Moon Demon Toad overwhelmed the bald big man.
• Lin Xuan erupted from a pit atop a pillar of magma, unharmed, and startled the Withered Stone Elder.
• The Withered Stone Elder fired spatially charged stone arrows at Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan blocked them with Sword Qi.
• Lin Xuan flashed to the Black Phoenix Demoness and used Sword Qi to shield her from Fairy Miaoyin’s attack.
• The Black Phoenix Demoness recovered enough to keep fighting, and Lin Xuan flew toward the bald big man to help him.

Lin Xuan rescued the bald big man from the Blood Moon Demon Toad’s attack, then took charge of his group and proposed splitting up to stall their opponents while he fought Withered Stone Elder. Lin Xuan’s sword attack broke through Withered Stone Elder’s signature sand technique, and their battle continued.

• Lin Xuan arrived in time to save the bald big man, using several Supernatural Powers to end his crisis.
• Miaoyin and the others stopped their failed sneak attack, and Lin Xuan’s group gathered to plan their next move.
• Lin Xuan told the bald big man and the Black Phoenix Demoness to delay their opponents while he tried to defeat Withered Stone Elder.
• Both sides paired off again, with the bald big man and the Black Phoenix Demoness stalling Miaoyin and the Blood Moon Demon Toad.
• Lin Xuan’s Nine Palaces Instantaneous Swords pierced Withered Stone Elder’s gourd’s storm of giant sand grains and rushed toward him.