Recaps

Lin Xuan fought the Demon Spirit of Southern Bright Separation Fire and subdued it with help from Yue'er and his magical treasures. He left the demon unconscious, delighted at finding what he believed was an extraordinary treasure thought extinct in this realm.

• Lin Xuan summoned the Floating Cloud Falling Snow Sword and Iron-Armored Refined Corpses to counter the Demon Spirit.
• Lin Xuan used the Spirit-Absorbing Mirror to drain the demon's spiritual power while the corpses trapped it in corpse aura.
• Yue'er covered the corpse cloud with the Magic Banner and sent ghost fire and black threads against the demon.
• Lin Xuan swallowed the demon with the Beast Soul Banner, then worked with Yue'er to restore the banner after it absorbed the demon.
• Lin Xuan drew the unconscious demon from the banner and told Yue'er he believed it was an extraordinary treasure thought extinct.

Lin Xuan captured a sentient Demon Spirit whose original body was Southern Bright Separation Fire, a rare material he needed to refine the Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring. As he prepared to leave before the Ghost Kings returned with reinforcements, a Ghost Emperor’s divine sense locked onto him.

• Lin Xuan explained to Yue'er that the little person had formed from Southern Bright Separation Fire and had cultivated a Demon Spirit body.
• Lin Xuan realized the Southern Bright Separation Fire could supply the key material for his Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring and might have other uses as well.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er gathered the scattered refining materials, and Lin Xuan recovered the formation plate and flags from the battlefield.
• Lin Xuan sensed a powerful, icy divine sense approaching and recognized that the Ghost Emperor had found him.

Lin Xuan and Yue'er used the Joint Evasion Technique to flee from Ghost Emperor Haotian, but their magic power was running low and he continued to pursue them. When Lin Xuan sensed another powerful presence nearby, he recognized it as the Peacock Fairy and flew toward her.

• Lin Xuan fled from Ghost Emperor Haotian, who pursued him with a faster escape technique.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er used the Beast Soul Banner and the Joint Evasion Technique to increase their speed.
• After three hours of flight, Lin Xuan realized the technique consumed magic power too quickly and that Haotian would eventually catch them.
• Lin Xuan sensed another powerful divine sense nearby and initially feared that a second Ghost Emperor had appeared.
• Lin Xuan recognized the presence as the Peacock Fairy, put away the Magic Banner, and flew toward her.

Lin Xuan raced toward Peacock Fairy, hoping to escape Ghost Emperor Haotian by forcing the two powerful pursuers to clash. He slipped past Peacock Fairy’s attack, but she prepared a deadly strike before Haotian intervened to keep Lin Xuan alive so he could seize the treasure.

• Lin Xuan flew toward Peacock Fairy as Ghost Emperor Haotian continued pursuing him at increased speed.
• Peacock Fairy tried to capture Lin Xuan with colored rosy light, but he destroyed the Mystic Fire Divine Pearl to block it and sped past her with the Floating Cloud Falling Snow Sword.
• Enraged, Peacock Fairy formed a seven-colored demon sword and sent it slashing toward Lin Xuan.
• Ghost Emperor Haotian summoned a huge ghost hand to stop the sword, intending to capture Lin Xuan and search for the precious treasure.

Lin Xuan escaped while Ghost Emperor Haotian and Peacock Fairy fought, but Haotian sent an External Incarnation after him. Unable to outrun it, Lin Xuan stopped and prepared to destroy it himself.

• A ghostly claw struck Lin Xuan's sword, giving him time to flee as Peacock Fairy blocked Ghost Emperor Haotian.
• Ghost Emperor Haotian attacked Peacock Fairy, discovered she was stronger than him, and severed his little finger to create an External Incarnation.
• Ghost Emperor Haotian sent the incarnation after Lin Xuan while he held Peacock Fairy back with Ghost Flood Dragons and fought her across the surrounding land.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er used the Joint Evasion Technique, but the incarnation kept pace with them.
• Lin Xuan stopped to face the pursuing incarnation and sent the Floating Cloud Falling Snow Sword stabbing toward it.

Lin Xuan and Yue'er fought the Ghost Emperor's incarnation, whose formidable defenses and strange demonic insects made the battle difficult. With the distant duel between the Ghost Emperor and Peacock Fairy still unresolved, Lin Xuan sought to destroy the Ghost King quickly so they could escape, and launched the Immortal Binding Ball at him.

• Lin Xuan and Yue'er struck the phantom with their treasures, but he endured the attacks and blocked them with spiked skulls.
• The phantom released poisonous demonic insects, which Lin Xuan countered with Iron-Armored Corpses while Yue'er trapped the insects with her Beast Soul Banner.
• Lin Xuan worried that the distant duel between the Ghost Emperor and Peacock Fairy could turn against them and decided he had to defeat the Ghost King before fleeing.
• Lin Xuan brought out the Immortal Binding Ball and sent silver threads coiling toward the phantom.

Lin Xuan and Yue'er destroyed Ghost Emperor Haotian’s clone and absorbed its remaining ghostly energy. When Haotian sensed the loss, he attacked Peacock Fairy in anger, but she held him off as Lin Xuan escaped.

• Yue'er and Lin Xuan joined their treasures and abilities to bind the illusory figure, while Lin Xuan’s Ancient Mirror drained its yin energy.
• Lin Xuan, Yue'er, and the Iron-Armored Refined Corpses unleashed a barrage that crippled the bound figure, then Lin Xuan cut it apart.
• Yue'er used the Beast Soul Banner to absorb the figure’s remaining ghostly energy, and she and Lin Xuan fled using the Joint Evasion Technique.
• Ghost Emperor Haotian sensed his clone’s destruction and attacked Peacock Fairy in anger.
• Peacock Fairy mocked Haotian and sent spirit birds to meet his yin-energy weapons.

Lin Xuan escaped Ghost Emperor Haotian and Peacock Fairy, then recovered in a hidden cave and refined the Green Light Thunder Fire Array. He planned to gather the remaining materials for his lifebound magic treasure and improve his and Yue'er's cultivation before returning to Spirit Herb Mountain.

• Lin Xuan fled more than ten thousand li over three days, changing direction repeatedly to evade Ghost Emperor Haotian and Peacock Fairy.
• Lin Xuan hid in a cave, recovered his strength, and had Yue'er keep watch while he rested.
• Lin Xuan refined the formation flags and disk of the Green Light Thunder Fire Array over three days.
• Lin Xuan told Yue'er he still needed several supplementary materials before refining his lifebound magic treasure.
• Lin Xuan rejected Yue'er's suggestion to return to Spirit Herb Mountain and planned to improve their cultivation first.

Lin Xuan explained that he planned to return to Spirit Herb Mountain for the Heaven Dust Pill formula, then decided to seek the Morning Sun Sect’s help finding a secret market. Near their stronghold, he sensed a battle and cautiously flew closer to assess the situation.

• Lin Xuan told Yue'er he intended to obtain the Heaven Dust Pill formula from Spirit Herb Mountain, despite the extreme difficulty of refining it.
• Lin Xuan proposed finding a secret market to gather the remaining materials for the Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring, and decided to contact the Morning Sun Sect for help.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er realized they were near the Morning Sun Sect’s stronghold and flew toward it.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er sensed intense Yin energy and spiritual power fluctuations near the stronghold, suggesting a fight between cultivators and Yinhun.
• Lin Xuan concealed his presence and flew closer to inspect the battle, prepared to help only if the threat was manageable.

Lin Xuan rescued the Morning Sun Sect from a yin soul attack and learned that a traitor had revealed their hiding place. After Luo Tianren gave him an invitation token, Lin Xuan prepared to visit Qingxiang Sect’s secret market.

• Lin Xuan appeared at the Morning Sun Sect and swiftly destroyed the attacking yin ghosts with his core fire and Beast Soul Treasure.
• Luo Tianren and the disciples rallied, defeated the remaining yin souls, and thanked Lin Xuan for saving them.
• Luo Tianren explained that a Foundation Establishment Realm elder had betrayed the sect and disclosed its location to the yin souls.
• Lin Xuan asked about a nearby market, and Luo Tianren gave him an invitation token to Qingxiang Sect’s secret market.
• Luo Tianren told Lin Xuan that Qingxiang Sect had grown powerful by preserving its strength and recruiting cultivators displaced by the invasion.

Lin Xuan learned that the Qingxiang Sect would hold a secret market in three days and set out to search nearby for materials to refine his life-bound magic treasure. Before he could reach the market, he sensed two powerful cultivators fighting and hurried toward them, concealing his strength as other cultivators gathered.

• Luo Tianren told Lin Xuan that the Qingxiang Sect held the largest secret market in the fallen region and marked its location on a Jade Slip.
• Lin Xuan left the Morning Sun Sect and spent two days searching nearby for rare materials, but found nothing.
• As Lin Xuan prepared to travel to the market, he sensed two Core Condensation Realm cultivators fighting about a hundred li away.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er ruled out the Ghost Emperor and Peacock Fairy, then rushed toward the clash, suspecting the fighters had found a treasure.
• Lin Xuan recognized one of the auras as familiar and sped up after a powerful shockwave erupted; he took a Hidden Spirit Pill to disguise his cultivation while watching the fighters summon a rainbow phoenix and a Flood Dragon.

Lin Xuan discovered that Ouyang Qinxin was fighting Sword Immortal Taibai and intervened to help her. After Taibai killed the cultivators watching the battle, he recognized Lin Xuan, who revealed his Golden Core cultivation and attacked with an ancient treasure.

• Lin Xuan recognized Ouyang Qinxin's Sound Wave Technique and prepared to intervene as Taibai's attack broke through her defenses.
• Taibai revealed himself and injured Ouyang Qinxin, while Lin Xuan recognized him as Sword Immortal Taibai.
• Taibai sent sword lights against the nearby onlookers, killing them despite their protective spirit tools.
• Taibai noticed Lin Xuan had survived and was astonished to learn he had reached Core Condensation.
• Lin Xuan summoned the Floating Cloud Falling Snow Sword and attacked Taibai, who sent his sword lights to meet it.

Lin Xuan and Sword Immortal Taibai exchanged powerful attacks, while Ouyang Qinxin prepared to join Lin Xuan. The fight escalated when Taibai unleashed a three-headed Iron-Armored Giant Python.

• Sword Immortal Taibai used the Sword into Silk Technique, but Lin Xuan blocked its sword-light threads with his Runic Ancient Shield.
• Taibai summoned dozens of flying swords, and Lin Xuan countered with the Spirit-Absorbing Mirror and talismans.
• Taibai's swords destroyed Lin Xuan's fireball attack, then struck at him, but the Runic Ancient Shield stopped them.
• Ouyang Qinxin attacked Taibai with golden musical notes and prepared to use an ancient dagger.
• Taibai's dragon-like howl swept away Ouyang Qinxin's musical notes and leveled nearby rocks and trees.
• Taibai summoned a high-grade third-rank, three-headed Iron-Armored Giant Python from a pouch.

Lin Xuan used the Spirit-Absorbing Mirror against Zhang Taibai’s flying swords, briefly draining their spiritual energy before Zhang Taibai countered with sword light. Lin Xuan then took out an emerald jade flute, while he and Zhang Taibai remained evenly matched.

• Zhang Taibai fed a blood-infused poisonous spirit herb to his giant python and sent it to attack Ouyang Qinxin.
• Lin Xuan recalled the Ancient Shield and released black birds from the Spirit-Absorbing Mirror at Zhang Taibai’s flying swords.
• The black birds attached themselves to the swords and drained their spiritual energy, but Zhang Taibai shattered them and recalled his blades.
• Zhang Taibai countered Lin Xuan’s second wave of birds with sword light, destroying them before they could gain an advantage.
• Lin Xuan put away the Spirit-Absorbing Mirror and took out an emerald jade flute as the two combatants remained evenly matched.

Lin Xuan and Zhang Taibai rushed to end their battle before more dangers arrived, and Zhang Taibai unleashed a weakened version of Azure Cloud Mountain’s legendary Four Sacred Beasts Sword Formation. The formation began releasing terrifying spiritual pressure, leaving Lin Xuan to face its imminent attack.

• Lin Xuan sensed waves of yin energy approaching, while Zhang Taibai feared pursuit by Azure Cloud Mountain, and both decided to use their strongest techniques.
• Zhang Taibai boosted his spiritual power and began assembling the Four Sacred Beasts Sword Formation as Lin Xuan raised his defenses.
• Ouyang Qinxin recognized the formation and warned Lin Xuan to strike before Zhang Taibai finished setting it up.
• Lin Xuan decided to fight, summoned his Beast Soul Treasure, and sent the Floating Cloud Falling Snow Sword at Zhang Taibai.
• Zhang Taibai delayed Lin Xuan with a summoned beast, completed the formation, and sacrificed essence blood to sustain its power.

Lin Xuan fought Zhang Taibai’s four imitation sacred beasts as the battle’s shockwaves drew the attention of Yinhun and human cultivators across the region. The Qingxiang Sect’s cultivators feared that Taixu Master had discovered their plan.

• Zhang Taibai transformed his magic treasures into imitations of the Azure Dragon, Black Tortoise, Vermilion Bird, and White Tiger, then sent them after Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan used his giant python and Floating Cloud Falling Snow Sword to hold off the Azure Dragon while blocking the Black Tortoise’s water arrows with the Ancient Shield.
• The Black Tortoise charged the shield, and Lin Xuan poured in spiritual power and blood essence to enlarge it; their collision unleashed a devastating shockwave.
• A Ghost King and several Yinhun sensed the shockwave, withdrew, and planned to report the battle to the Ghost Emperor under His Majesty Hao Tian’s decree.
• A group of human cultivators suspected two Nascent Soul Realm experts were fighting, and one warned that Taixu Master of Azure Cloud Mountain might have arrived and discovered the Qingxiang Sect’s plan.

Lin Xuan used Shift and Swap and the Immortal Binding Ball to hold off Zhang Taibai’s Sacred Beasts, then summoned Yue’er to battle the Vermilion Bird. Yue’er unleashed the Beast Soul Banner and Bone Netherfire, leaving Zhang Taibai horrified by her power.

• The Qingxiang Sect’s cultivators learned Zhang Taibai had defected and withdrew to report to their sect master rather than risk a fight involving Nascent Soul Realm experts.
• Zhang Taibai empowered the White Tiger with his blood essence, but Lin Xuan escaped its claw-shadows using Shift and Swap.
• Lin Xuan used the Immortal Binding Ball to trap the White Tiger in silver threads while Zhang Taibai sent the Fire Bird to attack him.
• Lin Xuan summoned Yue’er, who used the Beast Soul Banner to hold off the Vermilion Bird as Lin Xuan fought the other Sacred Beasts.
• Yue’er attacked the Vermilion Bird with black blades and Bone Netherfire, shocking Zhang Taibai with her ability to use a Ghost King divine ability.

Lin Xuan and Yue'er defeated Zhang Taibai’s summoned beasts, and Lin Xuan used an Earth-Saint Spirit Talisman to kill the fleeing Sword Immortal Taibai. The chapter left Ouyang Qinxin astonished by Lin Xuan’s strength as he retained several uses of the talisman.

• Yue'er trapped and destroyed the Vermilion Bird, while Ouyang Qinxin beheaded the Iron-Armored Monster Python.
• Zhang Taibai recalled the Black Tortoise and Azure Dragon into flying swords and fled east.
• Lin Xuan used the Earth-Saint Spirit Talisman to launch a golden blade that cut Zhang Taibai in two.
• Yue'er captured Zhang Taibai’s Primordial Spirit in the Magic Banner and retrieved his Storage Bag.
• Ouyang Qinxin stared in disbelief at Lin Xuan’s strength, while Lin Xuan noted that the talisman could still be used three or four times.

Lin Xuan rescued Ouyang Qinxin, reunited with her, and accompanied her to a concealed Azure Cloud Mountain branch altar in fallen territory. The chapter ended as five cultivators emerged to greet Ouyang Qinxin.

• Lin Xuan restored the dimmed Gold Talisman and met Ouyang Qinxin, reflecting on the Sound Wave Technique and its benefits.
• Ouyang Qinxin thanked Lin Xuan for saving her, and they congratulated each other on their progress before leaving the battle site.
• Lin Xuan recalled Yue'er to his sleeve and told Ouyang Qinxin that his ghost servant had Core Condensation stage cultivation, asking her to keep it confidential.
• Lin Xuan and Ouyang Qinxin flew to a desolate mountain, where Ouyang Qinxin used a silver command token to reveal Azure Cloud Mountain's concealed branch altar.
• Three men and two women flew out of the branch altar and greeted Ouyang Qinxin with surprise and joy.

Lin Xuan visited Ouyang Qinxin at Azure Cloud Mountain and learned that several sects were gathering materials in the fallen region while dealing with the Yinhun invasion. After she gave him a map to Spirit Herb Mountain’s branch altar, Ouyang Qinxin revealed that she needed to discuss a secret affecting Azure Cloud Mountain’s fortunes, leaving Lin Xuan poised to hear her request.

• Ouyang Qinxin told Hui Jing that Zhang Taibai had been executed and ordered her to recall the searching disciples.
• Lin Xuan accompanied Ouyang Qinxin to her cave residence, where he asked about the fallen region and the Yinhun invasion.
• Ouyang Qinxin explained that Taixu Master was responsible for apprehending Zhang Taibai and that several factions, including Spirit Herb Mountain, were collecting materials in the fallen region.
• Ouyang Qinxin gave Lin Xuan a Jade Slip map to Spirit Herb Mountain’s branch altar.
• Ouyang Qinxin sealed their conversation with a soundproofing barrier and told Lin Xuan she wanted his help with a secret concerning Azure Cloud Mountain’s fortunes.

Ouyang Qinxin told Lin Xuan how Taixu Master was ambushed by Peacock Fairy and later injured by Ghost Emperor Haotian while pursuing Zhang Taibai. Taixu Master’s Nascent Soul was being corroded by Yin energy, and Azure Cloud Mountain had found a pill that could cure him but needed Lin Xuan’s help.

• Ouyang Qinxin explained that Taixu Master had pursued Zhang Taibai into fallen territory after he escaped Azure Cloud Mountain.
• Peacock Fairy attacked Taixu Master after Lin Xuan and Ghost Emperor Haotian each escaped her, forcing Taixu Master to flee using a costly secret art.
• Taixu Master encountered Ghost Emperor Haotian soon afterward and escaped back to his sect badly injured.
• Ouyang Qinxin told Lin Xuan that Haotian’s ghost claw had sent Yin energy into Taixu Master’s body, where it was corroding his Nascent Soul.
• Ouyang Qinxin said ancient records revealed that a Nine Suns Heaven-Returning Pill could remove the Yin energy, and Lin Xuan asked whether its ingredients were difficult to gather.

Lin Xuan learned that Azure Cloud Mountain wanted his help refining a pill for Martial Uncle Taixu, but he hesitated over the request and its terms. Ouyang Qinxin explained that the righteous and demonic factions had overlooked the many cultivation clans in You Province, whose combined strength formed a third major force.

• Ouyang Qinxin asked Lin Xuan to refine a pill for Martial Uncle Taixu, explaining that even Azure Cloud Mountain's alchemy disciples lacked confidence.
• Lin Xuan questioned why Azure Cloud Mountain had not sought help from his master, Perfected Master Tongyu, and Ouyang Qinxin appealed to their friendship before answering.
• Ouyang Qinxin told Lin Xuan that Spirit Herb Mountain had stood as a force comparable to the righteous and demonic factions during the conflict with Extreme Demon Cave.
• Ouyang Qinxin explained that the sects had drawn smaller groups into the war but had failed to account for the cultivation clans.
• Ouyang Qinxin said that cultivation clans were individually weak but far more numerous than the sects, and Lin Xuan was surprised by their potential combined strength.

Lin Xuan learned that Perfected Master Tongyu had secretly united most of You Province’s cultivation families, making Azure Cloud Mountain wary of asking him to treat Senior Taixu. Ouyang Qinxin persuaded Lin Xuan to help, and Senior Taixu summoned him to the Exquisite Pagoda.

• Ouyang Qinxin told Lin Xuan that Perfected Master Tongyu had spent decades drawing cultivation families and Rogue Cultivators into his sect’s sphere of influence.
• Ouyang Qinxin explained that Azure Cloud Mountain feared trusting Perfected Master Tongyu with Senior Taixu’s treatment because their sects now rivaled each other in strength.
• Lin Xuan considered the request and decided he would help only if Azure Cloud Mountain offered sufficient benefits.
• Ouyang Qinxin received a Sound Transmission Talisman saying Senior Taixu wished to see Lin Xuan.
• Ouyang Qinxin led Lin Xuan to the Exquisite Pagoda, and they teleported from its first floor.

Lin Xuan met the injured Taixu Master, who asked him to refine a Nine Suns Heaven-Returning Pill. After Taixu Master offered him a Saint Origin Token, Lin Xuan agreed and received ingredients for ten pills.

• Lin Xuan and Ouyang Qinxin arrived in the pagoda’s top chamber and greeted Taixu Master.
• Taixu Master pressed Lin Xuan to refine a Nine Suns Heaven-Returning Pill, and Lin Xuan cautiously voiced doubts about his skill.
• Taixu Master offered Lin Xuan a Saint Origin Token as payment, and Lin Xuan accepted the offer and agreed to refine the pill.
• Lin Xuan asked Taixu Master for cultivation guidance while Ouyang Qinxin fetched the ingredients.
• Ouyang Qinxin delivered a jade box containing enough rare ingredients for ten pills, though Taixu Master said he needed only one.

Lin Xuan agreed to refine the Nine Suns Heaven-Returning Pill for Taixu Master, who revealed that his worsening yin energy left him only half a month to live. At Ouyang Qinxin’s treasure chamber, Lin Xuan acquired the Purple Dragon Cauldron and a Ten-Thousand-Year Snow Crystal, then gave her Spirit Returning Dew in return for the crystal.

• Taixu Master and a middle-aged man discussed Lin Xuan’s skill at pill refining and revealed that Taixu Master could survive for at most half a month if his yin energy remained unresolved.
• Ouyang Qinxin escorted Lin Xuan to Azure Cloud Mountain’s treasure chamber so he could find a cauldron for refining the pill.
• Lin Xuan recognized and took the Purple Dragon Cauldron from the chamber’s collection.
• Lin Xuan asked for the Ten-Thousand-Year Snow Crystal, and Ouyang Qinxin agreed to give it to him despite another disciple’s plans for it.
• Lin Xuan accepted the Snow Crystal without paying and offered Ouyang Qinxin a bottle of Spirit Returning Dew as a return gift.