Recaps

Lin Xuan entered a prosperous city in the Cloud Sea of Seven Star Island and questioned local cultivators about the region after pretending to have lost his memory. The short, sturdy cultivator began explaining how the Cloud Sea came to be, leaving Lin Xuan to learn its history.

• Lin Xuan noticed cultivators mingling with mortals and adjusted his Qi Concealment Technique to appear to have mid-stage Spirit Movement cultivation.
• At a teahouse, Lin Xuan overheard cultivators discussing the Yanying Sect's recruitment and its search for male dual-cultivation partners.
• Lin Xuan introduced himself to three cultivators, and they assumed he came from a great sect on another island.
• Lin Xuan claimed he had lost his memory and asked the three cultivators to explain the Cloud Sea's geography, customs, and major powers.
• The short, sturdy cultivator began recounting how the region had once been part of Zhao State before a heavenly disaster split the empire and a strange cloud lifted the province into the sky.

Lin Xuan learned about the Cloud Sea, its islands, and the dangers of Cloud Beasts, then gathered information about Cangcui Island’s cultivation forces. He left the teahouse weighing whether to join a sect, cultivate alone, or travel elsewhere, but found no good option on the island.

• Lin Xuan heard that the Cloud Sea was scattered with islands, including the vast Seven Star Island, and learned that teleportation or flying between islands carried costs and dangers from Cloud Beasts.
• A short, stocky rogue cultivator explained that Cangcui Island was a second-grade island ruled chiefly by the Yanying Sect, whose sect master and nine protector elders were in the Core Condensation Realm.
• Lin Xuan learned that the Yanying Sect was a branch of the Hehuan Sect and specialized in dual cultivation, while the island’s lesser factions controlled its remaining Spirit Veins.
• Lin Xuan left the teahouse and considered joining a sect, cultivating in seclusion, or traveling to another island, but concluded that none of the choices seemed appealing.

Lin Xuan visited a Yanying Sect market and recognized that the young girl Lan'er possessed the ancient Natural Charm cultivation art. He entered the market cautiously, while Lan'er grew wary that he might have seen through her secrets.

• Lin Xuan disguised his cultivation as Foundation Establishment Late Stage and headed to the Yanying Sect market to gather information and shop.
• At the entrance, Lin Xuan saw Lan'er surrounded by men who fawned over her and insulted him when she greeted him respectfully.
• Lin Xuan realized Lan'er's Natural Charm was unconsciously influencing those nearby, but decided not to investigate further in the unfamiliar Cloud Sea.
• Lin Xuan paid one crystal stone and entered the market, leaving Lan'er visibly shaken by how frightening and perceptive he seemed.
• Lan'er revealed to her attendants that she was the Holy Venerable's granddaughter and had come to the small island despite their warnings.

Lin Xuan explored the market on Seven Star Island and entered Huan Shi Pavilion, where he learned it was a branch of a major merchant alliance rather than a Yanying Sect shop. He asked to inspect cultivation methods to gauge the quality available in Cloud Sea, and requested the most precious, highest-grade method the level-two island branch carried.

• Lin Xuan arrived at the market and, impressed by its size and variety, entered the enormous shell-shaped Huan Shi Pavilion.
• A green-clad attendant explained that Huan Shi Pavilion was one of Cloud Sea's top five merchant alliances and had branches across the islands.
• Lin Xuan asked whether the shop sold pills that could increase cultivation, but the attendant said it stocked only ordinary auxiliary pills.
• Lin Xuan asked to see cultivation methods, and the attendant explained that the branch carried Foundation Establishment Realm methods but required a trip to a larger island for Core Condensation Realm methods.
• Lin Xuan told the attendant he would accept a Foundation Establishment method and asked her to bring him the most precious, highest-grade one available.

Lin Xuan bought a top-grade cultivation art and a sea chart before leaving Cangcui Island to seek a remote place to cultivate. After three days at sea, he found an uncharted island with a huge iceberg that continuously erupted magma and flames.

• Lin Xuan paid ten thousand Spirit Stones for a top-grade cultivation art at Huan Shi Pavilion, and the shopkeeper gave him a sea chart.
• Lin Xuan decided to leave Cangcui Island and find an uninhabited island where he could stabilize his Late Core Condensation Realm.
• Lin Xuan flew through the Cloud Sea for three days without encountering any Cloud Beasts.
• Lin Xuan spotted a large crescent-shaped island with varied terrain and a towering iceberg that erupted flames and magma, recognizing it as Ice Fire Island.

Lin Xuan established a secluded cave residence on an uncharted island and spent three years cultivating, refining pills, and studying formations with Yue'er. After Yue'er suggested exploring Ice Fire Mountain, Lin Xuan considered approaching the dangerous-looking peak.

• Lin Xuan found a powerful Spirit Vein on an undiscovered island, built a cave residence near a lake, and set up protective formations.
• Lin Xuan studied a top-tier metal-attribute cultivation method and wondered how Lan'er had learned the ancient Natural Charm art, then set aside his suspicions and began closed-door cultivation.
• Lin Xuan refined pills and studied Xuanji Insights with Yue'er, who quickly proved more talented at formations than he was.
• Lin Xuan discovered that the fluffy beast hatched from the Heavenly Sha Devil Lord's egg was spinning silver threads into a cocoon that emitted strange spiritual fluctuations.
• Three years passed as Lin Xuan and Yue'er cultivated; Yue'er reached the peak of the middle Core Condensation Realm while Lin Xuan made only slight progress.
• Yue'er suggested exploring Ice Fire Mountain, and Lin Xuan considered the idea because he had sensed a dangerous aura from the peak.

Lin Xuan and Yue'er explored the crater of the icy mountain while a group of cultivators searching for a fugitive encountered dangerous Cloud Beasts nearby. The fugitive reached the island with a jade box, and Lin Xuan's sleeping spirit beast suddenly awakened and sensed him.

• Lin Xuan and Yue'er flew to the icy mountain, and Lin Xuan used the Wind Dragon Technique to clear the mist before descending into the crater.
• Geng and the red-clothed woman searched for a fugitive when a Scissor Fish and an Overlord Demon Octopus appeared and attacked their group.
• Geng ordered the cultivators to retreat and form the Three Talents Water Wave Formation against the two Cloud Beasts.
• The sharp-eared, monkey-cheeked fugitive reached the island carrying a jade box, but nearby demon beasts began closing in on him.
• In Lin Xuan's Spirit Beast Room, the little fellow awoke from its three-year sleep and sensed the fugitive and his mysterious box.

Lin Xuan fought through the beasts and the draining Yin-Yang Strange Wind to reach the bottom of Ice Fire Mountain, where he discovered an illusion-hidden array. He prepared to investigate it, but stopped when he sensed something.

• Lin Xuan used the Floating Cloud Falling Snow Sword and devilish Qi to kill two strange birds, then collected two mysterious red beads from their skulls.
• Lin Xuan continued down the iceberg, fighting off vicious beasts as the alternating hot and cold winds drained his magic power.
• Lin Xuan reached a vast lava hall at the mountain's base, where Yue'er found nothing unusual.
• Lin Xuan detected an array concealed beneath an illusion and told Yue'er they would investigate it.
• Lin Xuan stopped his descent when he sensed something.

Lin Xuan and Yue'er fought a Fire Charm that drew power from the magma pool, and Yue'er identified the creature while Lin Xuan worked out how its abilities depended on its fiery surroundings. The Fire Charm summoned a fire giant, but Yue'er ensnared it with her Mandarin Duck Blades as Lin Xuan rushed to attack.

• Lin Xuan summoned an ice Flood Dragon and Iron-Armored Corpses to attack the monster, while it turned magma into fire beasts.
• Yue'er recognized the monster as a Fire Charm, and Lin Xuan recalled that its strength depended on the fire spiritual energy around it.
• The Fire Charm formed a fire giant from the magma pool, and it swung a blazing axe at Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan blocked the fire giant's crescent-shaped attack with the Runic Ancient Shield.
• Yue'er used the Mandarin Duck Blades' Sword into Silk Technique to ensnare the fire giant, and Lin Xuan rushed toward the Fire Charm.

A red-clothed Sword Nether Palace cultivator and her companions fought several Cloud Beasts until Master Ku arrived and killed the Overlord Demon Octopus. The group feared why the notorious Nascent Soul cultivator had come, and the chapter ended with his history as a brutal, demonized former Buddhist who served the palace master.

• The red-clothed woman wounded the Overlord Demon Octopus, but it used the Bloodlust Technique and trapped her between its ink and tentacles.
• The woman tried to escape behind her Brocade Handkerchief, but the monster’s ink corroded the treasure and left her in mortal danger.
• Master Ku arrived, shielded the woman, killed the Overlord Demon Octopus with a single cleaver strike, and took its Demon Core.
• The other Cloud Beasts fled, while cultivator Geng, the woman, and the disciples bowed to Master Ku in fear.
• The cultivators recalled that Master Ku had entered the demonic path after a Buddhist cultivation disaster, slaughtered a temple and nearby sects, and was subdued and enlisted by Sword Nether Palace’s palace master.

Master Ku spared the cultivators who had lost the ancient treasure, ordering them to recover it and atone for their failure. Meanwhile, Lin Xuan used the Azure Phantom Nether Fire to overpower the Fire Charm, leaving its spirit fire about to be devoured.

• Master Ku stopped Geng Biao from self-destructing and told the cultivators that Eldest Miss had ordered them to recover the stolen treasure as atonement.
• The woman in red and the other cultivators thanked Eldest Miss and hurried off in pursuit of the treasure.
• Lin Xuan summoned nine Azure Phantom Nether Fire flames and fused them into a spirit bird that destroyed the beast called by the Fire Charm.
• The Fire Charm released its purple natal spirit fire, and its goshawk fought the Azure Phantom Nether Fire bird to a standstill.
• Lin Xuan fed the bird his vital blood, causing it to grow and overwhelm the purple goshawk.

Lin Xuan temporarily restrained Fire Charm and began breaking a hidden formation on Ice Fire Island. Meanwhile, Master Ku and the Sword Nether Palace cultivators approached the island, while a sharp-eared cultivator activated a formation that transported him away.

• Lin Xuan froze the magma pool with the Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring and had the Azure Phantom Nether Fire swallow Fire Charm, temporarily restraining it.
• Lin Xuan detected a concealed formation and began trying to break it.
• Master Ku slaughtered a Sickle Ape Beast with his skull prayer bead and led the Sword Nether Palace cultivators toward Ice Fire Island.
• The sharp-eared, monkey-cheeked cultivator reached the island and used a jade plate and arranged stones to activate a hidden formation.
• A beam of yellow light enveloped the sharp-eared, monkey-cheeked cultivator, and he disappeared.

Lin Xuan broke through a reflective mountain-wall restriction with a Forbidden-Breaking Bead and opened an ancient cultivator's cave, where golden light knocked him unconscious. He awoke in an unfamiliar, peaceful place and began exploring, while the Sword Nether Palace party pursued a mysterious surge of spiritual energy toward the iceberg.

• Lin Xuan used a red Forbidden-Breaking Bead to create a brief opening in the mountain wall, passed through, and found an ancient cave residence.
• Lin Xuan had Iron-Armored Corpses pull open the stone gate after discovering the tiny ancient characters that indicated brute force was needed.
• Golden light poured from the cave and overwhelmed Lin Xuan, while the cocooned little fellow began glowing with azure light and released a powerful surge of spiritual energy.
• The Sword Nether Palace party saw the distant spiritual surge, then watched an azure rainbow plunge into an iceberg; Master Ku led them toward it.
• Lin Xuan regained consciousness in an unfamiliar grassy place, confirmed that he was unharmed, and set out to explore and find a way out.

Lin Xuan and Yue'er discovered the Jade Profound Sect’s mountain gate in a vast, apparently separate space and discussed how powerful reclusive sects could sustain themselves apart from the world. Lin Xuan wondered how prosperous the sect had once been, but doubted it could have survived for more than a million years.

• Lin Xuan sensed restrictions and unusually dense spiritual energy, then flew to a vast white-jade plaza.
• Lin Xuan read the ancient characters on the memorial archway and recognized the name Jade Profound Sect.
• Lin Xuan explained to Yue'er how powerful reclusive sects could use an independent space to live self-sufficiently.
• Lin Xuan examined the archway and reflected that the Jade Profound Sect had likely once been prosperous but probably had not survived for more than a million years.

Sword Nether Palace’s Master Ku and his companions reached a self-repairing ice barrier, while Lin Xuan identified the Jade Profound Sect’s protective formation as a Restoration Array. Lin Xuan prepared his defenses and entered the array, where whirlwinds immediately attacked him.

• The woman in red persuaded Master Ku to send the Foundation Establishment cultivators back to search the island while the three senior cultivators continued onward.
• Master Ku’s ghostly beam melted part of the ice wall, but blue light restored it, so he summoned the Wraith Human Bone Staff to attack the barrier.
• Lin Xuan identified a protective formation near the small mountain and used Yue’er’s Beast Soul Banner to locate its formation eye in the southeast corner.
• Lin Xuan recognized the formation as a Restoration Array and activated the Nine Heavens Spirit Shield, Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring, and Runic Ancient Shield.
• Lin Xuan stepped into the formation, where seven or eight whirlwinds appeared, and he responded by flicking out several streaks of Sword Qi.

Lin Xuan survived the ancient array’s attack and discovered that the mountain had been an illusion hiding a vast plaza littered with the remains of a massacre. He began searching the plaza for a way out and any surviving treasures, while an apparently powerful Sword Nether Palace traitor emerged elsewhere and flew away with a jade box.

• Lin Xuan used his ancient shield to withstand the whirlwind as he advanced toward the array core.
• A sharp-faced cultivator emerged from a teleportation array holding a jade box; despite his supposed low cultivation, he was at the peak of the Core Condensation Realm and flew away.
• Lin Xuan escaped a spiritual-energy explosion, and the illusion of a mountain vanished to reveal a vast white-jade plaza.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er found hundreds of skeletons and signs of a fierce battle, which they suspected had involved an external enemy attacking the Jade Profound Sect.
• Lin Xuan set aside questions about the sect’s ancient downfall and searched the plaza for an exit and valuable items among the scattered remains.

Lin Xuan explored the Jade Profound Sect ruins, collected spirit tools, and discovered a mature Seven-Heart Snow Lotus. Meanwhile, Master Ku and the Sword Nether Palace group were teleported to an underground water dungeon, where their first attempt to break out was reflected by the barred exit.

• Lin Xuan gathered the scattered spirit tools and burned the remains of the ancient cultivators before continuing through the ruins.
• Lin Xuan found a Seven-Heart Snow Lotus in a flower garden and warned Yue'er not to touch its deadly poison.
• Lin Xuan prepared to collect the mature Seven-Heart Snow Lotus using a wooden box.
• Master Ku and the Sword Nether Palace group broke through the restriction and opened the cave residence, then were teleported to an underground lake.
• Cultivator Geng and the red-clothed woman suspected they were in a water dungeon, while Master Ku's attack on the iron bars rebounded off their restrictions.

Master Ku and the two Sword Nether Palace cultivators struggled to escape the Immortal Binding Prison before a Transformation Mid-Stage Mystic Turtle revealed itself. The Turtle Demon explained that it had cultivated in the sealed prison for a million years, and Master Ku asked where they were.

• Master Ku failed to break the prison’s restriction, and an unseen voice mocked him for thinking he could escape.
• A huge Mystic Turtle emerged from the lake, revealing cultivation above Master Ku’s, then transformed into a sturdy man.
• Master Ku and the other two cultivators learned that the Turtle Demon was a genuine fourth-rank Demon Cultivator despite the Mystic Turtle’s poor bloodline.
• The Turtle Demon explained that it had spent a million years cultivating safely in the prison and still could not break free.
• Master Ku asked the Turtle Demon where the prison was located.

Master Ku learned that Jade Profound Sect had survived in a hidden space and was famed for its Longevity Pill. The Turtle Demon began showing them how to escape the Water Prison, revealing a formation powered by five Top-grade Spirit Stones.

• The woman in red told Master Ku that Jade Profound Sect was an ancient sect known for its Longevity Pill, which could grant a cultivator a hundred years of life.
• The Turtle Demon explained that Jade Profound Sect’s Nascent Soul cultivators had joined forces with treasures and formations to move the sect into an independent space.
• Master Ku agreed to cooperate with the Turtle Demon to escape the Water Prison, hoping to obtain a Longevity Pill.
• The Turtle Demon used a demonic sword to tear away restrictions on a mountain wall and expose a small formation.
• Master Ku and the woman in red recognized the formation’s five dimmed Spirit Stones as Top-grade Spirit Stones.

Lin Xuan and Yue'er encountered a deadly Demon Bee while collecting the Seven-Heart Snow Lotus, then secured the lotus and left the mountain hollow. Meanwhile, the Turtle Demon, Master Ku, and two Core Condensation Realm cultivators attacked the Water Prison’s formation hub.

• The Turtle Demon identified the formation hub holding them in the Water Prison and sent his Snake Sword to attack it.
• The formation summoned lightning beasts to fight back, and Master Ku and two Core Condensation Realm cultivators joined the assault.
• A Demon Bee ambushed Lin Xuan as he prepared to harvest the Seven-Heart Snow Lotus, but Yue'er pierced it with the Purple Lightning Shadowless Needle.
• Lin Xuan trapped the wounded Demon Bee and destroyed it, then saw its remains release corrosive black liquid that damaged the light sphere.
• Lin Xuan cut the Seven-Heart Snow Lotus, sealed it in a jade box with a golden talisman, searched the hollow, and left.

The Turtle Demon and Master Ku rested from their assault on the Immortal Binding Prison’s formation and agreed to cooperate in searching the Jade Profound Sect for treasures. Elsewhere, the sharp-eared, monkey-cheeked cultivator fought through a group of Puppets, reached a courtyard, and was hurled away when he touched its gate.

• The Turtle Demon called a break after he, Master Ku, and the two Core Condensation Realm cultivators weakened the prison formation with repeated attacks.
• The Turtle Demon proposed that he and Master Ku search the Jade Profound Sect for Longevity Pills and other treasures after escaping.
• Master Ku agreed to split their gains equally, while both he and the Turtle Demon secretly kept their own plans.
• The sharp-eared, monkey-cheeked cultivator destroyed nearly a hundred Puppets blocking his way into the depths of the Jade Profound Sect.
• The sharp-eared, monkey-cheeked cultivator touched a courtyard gate and was suddenly flung into the distance by a powerful force.

A Pointy-Eared Cultivator used the Jade Pendant to open a restricted building, confirming it was a Command Token of the Jade Profound Sect. Lin Xuan explored the sect’s outer gate and suspected its ancient destruction came from internal conflict, then considered whether a coveted treasure had caused the fighting.

• The Pointy-Eared Cultivator tested the building’s restriction, then used the Jade Pendant stolen from Sword Nether Palace to open its gate.
• The Pointy-Eared Cultivator recognized the Jade Pendant as a Jade Profound Sect Command Token and entered the courtyard.
• Lin Xuan walked through the outer gate area, finding corpses and magical treasures as he followed the bluestone path.
• Lin Xuan examined two preserved twin brothers who had killed each other with Little Swords and pointed out their different faction emblems.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er speculated that internal strife, perhaps over a treasure, had destroyed the Jade Profound Sect.

Lin Xuan and Yue'er continued deeper into Jade Profound Sect in search of the sect’s lost treasures, but their attempt to retrieve a sword awakened a demon corpse. Lin Xuan and Yue'er attacked it as it tried to withstand their combined assault.

• Lin Xuan decided to press farther into Jade Profound Sect to investigate its secrets and search for treasure.
• Yue'er used Ghost Mist to retrieve the swords from two cultivators’ corpses, awakening one corpse when it absorbed the mist.
• Lin Xuan identified the creature as a naturally formed zombie and explained how such beings could gain sentience and cultivate.
• Lin Xuan sent the Floating Cloud Falling Snow Sword at the zombie while Yue'er attacked with the Mandarin Duck Blades.
• The zombie’s eyes flared red, its body grew green fuzz, and it wrapped itself in corpse qi as it prepared to take the attacks head-on.

Lin Xuan and Yue'er destroyed the Demon Corpse’s body, only for a Corpse Infant to escape and teleport away. The Corpse Infant’s history revealed that it was a trapped Nascent Soul of the younger brother from a pair of Jade Profound Sect cultivators who had slain each other, and it had been seeking a way to escape for a thousand years.

• Lin Xuan and Yue'er overwhelmed the Demon Corpse with sword strikes, flames, and water dragons, breaking its corpse-qi barrier and dismembering its body.
• A small figure escaped the attacks, glared at Lin Xuan, and teleported dozens of zhang away.
• Lin Xuan suspected the figure was a Corpse Infant, and Yue'er feared they could not survive a fight against one.
• The chapter explained that the younger brother’s Nascent Soul had remained trapped in his body after a secret art prevented it from escaping, eventually transforming into a Corpse Infant.
• The Corpse Infant had awakened a thousand years earlier but remained bound by its own body and the secret art, despite repeatedly trying to escape.

Lin Xuan and Yue'er drove off the Corpse Infant and pursued him, while the Turtle Demon and Master Ku escaped the ancient formation and faced the Stone Lion guardians blocking their way. The battle began as they tried to reach the Jade Profound Sect’s treasures.

• The Corpse Infant used Yue'er's ghostly qi to demonize a corpse, but Lin Xuan and Yue'er destroyed it, forcing him to flee.
• Lin Xuan suspected the Corpse Infant was racing toward a secret treasure and set off after him with Yue'er.
• The Turtle Demon, Master Ku, and two Core Condensation Realm cultivators broke the ancient formation and left the Water Prison.
• Master Ku and the Turtle Demon agreed to retrieve the Jade Profound Sect's Longevity Pills and other treasures.
• The Turtle Demon attacked one Stone Lion, while the other shattered Master Ku's purple tornado and Master Ku prepared a blood-colored technique.