Recaps

After returning to the Human World through a spatial rift, Lin Xuan recovered his magical power and sought a nearby city to learn where he had arrived. At a roadside tea stall, a merchant caravan stopped, and its elderly master reacted with shock upon seeing Lin Xuan.

• Lin Xuan recovered for three days while Yue'er kept watch, then sensed a nearby settlement and flew with her toward it.
• Lin Xuan approached the city on foot and paused at a roadside tea stall to rest and eat.
• A large merchant caravan arrived, and Lin Xuan and Yue'er sensed that the young woman accompanying its elderly master was a Spirit Movement Stage cultivator.
• A steward offered Lin Xuan silver to give up his table, but the elderly caravan master saw Lin Xuan's face and trembled with excitement.

Lin Xuan met Zhang Changsheng, a mortal he had saved decades earlier, and learned that he might have returned to You Province. Zhang Xiaoying’s mention of the Separation Medicine Palace deepened his doubts about where he was and how much the cultivation world had changed.

• Zhang Changsheng recognized Lin Xuan as the cultivator who had saved him and his sister as children, then kowtowed to him in gratitude.
• Zhang Changsheng introduced his granddaughter, Zhang Xiaoying, who doubted Lin Xuan was a cultivator because she sensed no spiritual energy from him.
• Lin Xuan considered that he might have returned to You Province and wondered whether the Yinhun threat had been resolved.
• Zhang Changsheng described his lingering illness, and Lin Xuan offered to restore his health.
• Zhang Xiaoying asked whether Lin Xuan belonged to the Separation Medicine Palace, but Lin Xuan said he had never heard of it and questioned whether he was truly in You Province.

Lin Xuan learned from Zhang Xiaoying and her grandfather about You Province’s recent history and the disastrous war against the Yinhun. Zhang Xiaoying began explaining the heaven-and-earth upheaval that had led to the human race’s victory, leaving Lin Xuan awaiting the details.

• Lin Xuan revealed his overwhelming spiritual pressure, convincing Zhang Xiaoying that he was a powerful cultivator and prompting her to answer his questions.
• Lin Xuan gave the grandfather and granddaughter Blue Wind Pills and gifted Zhang Xiaoying a top-grade spiritual tool.
• Zhang Xiaoying explained that the Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil had been lured into a trap by the four great Ghost Emperors and killed.
• Zhang Xiaoying recounted how the righteous and demonic paths fell into conflict after the Demon Sovereign’s death, allowing the Yinhun to regain the advantage.
• Lin Xuan asked how the human race eventually drove back the Yinhun, and Zhang Xiaoying began describing the heaven-and-earth upheaval thirty years earlier.

Lin Xuan learned that the realms were now understood to include nine Human Worlds and six Underworld Realms, then heard how You Province’s desperate war against the Yinhun changed thirty years ago. Zhang Changsheng recounted a vast spatial rift that seemed to erase the sky, leaving Lin Xuan shaken and searching for an explanation.

• Zhang Xiaoying told Lin Xuan that current cultivation theory recognized nine Human Worlds and six Underworld Realms.
• Zhang Xiaoying explained that the Yinhun had occupied most of You Province after the Demonic Path collapsed and mankind weakened.
• Zhang Changsheng took over the account, saying his family had fled near Thunder Cloud Villa to escape the Yinhun.
• Zhang Changsheng recalled that thirty years earlier the sky darkened and appeared to tear open into an enormous rift.
• Lin Xuan recognized the phenomenon as a spatial rift but was stunned by its seemingly impossible scale.

Lin Xuan learned that a continent from another Human World had crossed over and joined You Province and Yanzhou, creating the vast Twelve Heavenly Cloud Provinces, where Demon Cultivators also flourished. After Zhang Xiaoying explained the new cultivation world and received his guidance, she offered to help Lin Xuan reach a nearby market town.

• An old man recounted how a continent emerged through a hole in the sky during the upheaval thirty years earlier.
• Zhang Xiaoying explained that the new continent had joined You Province and Yanzhou to form the Twelve Heavenly Cloud Provinces, whose sects and cultivation resources vastly surpassed those of the former You Province.
• Lin Xuan learned that the Twelve Heavenly Cloud Provinces included powerful Confucian, Buddhist, and Demon Cultivator forces, and he realized Demon Veins could have come from the other Human Worlds.
• Lin Xuan discovered that Zhang Xiaoying had reached the middle Spirit Movement Stage after nine years of cultivation, reviewed her water-attribute cultivation method, and gave her guidance.
• When Lin Xuan asked for directions to a nearby market town before leaving, Zhang Xiaoying offered to accompany him and asked whether he wanted to buy something.

Lin Xuan visited Baisuan Pavilion’s hidden market in Qingyang City with Zhang Xiaoying and learned how much You Province had changed since his departure. At the market, they went to meet Elder Xue, whose reaction to Lin Xuan ended the chapter in sudden fury.

• Zhang Xiaoying told Lin Xuan that Baisuan Pavilion had established a concealed cultivators’ market in Qingyang City, and Lin Xuan agreed to stay overnight at Zhang Xiaoying’s family residence.
• The next morning, Lin Xuan followed Zhang Xiaoying through an illusion formation into the market and observed its many cultivators and shops.
• Zhang Xiaoying led Lin Xuan to Qingfeng Pavilion, where they learned that Elder Xue was present and Fairy Cao had returned to the main altar.
• Elder Xue greeted Zhang Xiaoying, noticed Lin Xuan, and abruptly turned from surprise and confusion to towering rage.

Lin Xuan was mistaken for a Tianyuan Boat cultivator and confronted by Baisuan Pavilion stewards, but Elder Xue recognized him as the missing benefactor who had founded the pavilion. Lin Xuan learned that Lu Ying'er and Liu Xin had transformed his small shop into You Province’s leading merchant alliance, and he prepared to learn more about their affairs.

• Elder Xue summoned four Baisuan Pavilion cultivators to surround Lin Xuan, while Zhang Xiaoying protested that he was her ancestor’s benefactor.
• Lin Xuan revealed his Nascent Soul Realm cultivation and used a sleeping restriction to knock out the cultivators and Zhang Xiaoying.
• Elder Xue recognized Lin Xuan from portraits in the Pavilion Masters’ residences and knelt to welcome him back as their young master.
• Elder Xue explained that Baisuan Pavilion had grown from the Baishan Hall Lin Xuan gave Lu Ying'er and Liu Xin to manage.
• Elder Xue said he had mistaken Lin Xuan for a Tianyuan Boat cultivator, a rival merchant alliance encroaching on Baisuan Pavilion’s business.

At Floating Cloud Valley, now the Baisuan Pavilion’s main altar, Lu Ying'er and Liu Xin discussed growing pressure from Tianyuan Boat and the deeper threats to their sect. They remained worried about Lin Xuan, whose whereabouts had been unknown for years, and faced the prospect of relying on themselves after Azure Cloud Mountain moved away.

• Baisuan Pavilion had established its main altar at the former site of Floating Cloud Valley in Yanzhou, where Lu Ying'er and Liu Xin led the sect despite their False Core cultivation.
• Liu Xin told Lu Ying'er that Tianyuan Boat had taken another deal from them and attacked their marketplace in Qingyuan City, killing and injuring more than a dozen disciples.
• Liu Xin urged Lu Ying'er to retaliate, but Lu Ying'er said the greater crisis lay within Baisuan Pavilion rather than with Tianyuan Boat.
• Lu Ying'er and Liu Xin recalled how Baishan Hall had grown with Elder Xue's management and Azure Cloud Mountain's support through the Saint Origin Token.
• Liu Xin worried that they had heard nothing from Lin Xuan for many years, while Lu Ying'er reasoned that their Blood Pact meant he was still alive.
• Lu Ying'er and Liu Xin acknowledged that they would have to manage alone after Azure Cloud Mountain moved its main altar to Cloud Province seven years earlier.

Lu Ying'er and Liu Xin faced internal unrest and the threat of Tianyuan Boat after Azure Cloud Mountain’s departure, but learned that Lin Xuan had returned. Lin Xuan arrived at Baisuan Pavilion’s main altar, where the two women welcomed him with a grand procession and knelt before him.

• Lu Ying'er and Liu Xin worried that their Core Condensation elders might rebel now that Azure Cloud Mountain no longer backed Baisuan Pavilion, while Tianyuan Boat posed an external threat.
• Lu Ying'er received a message that Lin Xuan had returned to You Province and was in Qingyang City, and she and Liu Xin decided to wait for him at the main altar.
• Three days later, Lin Xuan reached Baisuan Pavilion at the former site of Floating Cloud Valley with Zhang Xiaoying, and a patrol sent word of his arrival.
• Lu Ying'er and Liu Xin led a lavish welcoming procession of cultivators and trained beasts to greet Lin Xuan.
• Lu Ying'er and Liu Xin knelt before Lin Xuan and respectfully addressed him as Young Master.

Lin Xuan reunited with Lu Ying'er and Liu Xin, learned that Azure Cloud Mountain had relocated and that Baisuan Pavilion was facing trouble, and told them about his years away. He discovered the sisters had reached the great circle of Foundation Establishment but were struggling to advance because of their poor aptitude.

• Lu Ying'er and Liu Xin welcomed Lin Xuan as their Young Master, shocking Baisuan Pavilion's cultivators when they saw the Pavilion Masters defer to a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator.
• Lu Ying'er and Liu Xin credited Lin Xuan and the Saint Origin Token for Baisuan Pavilion's growth, then explained that Azure Cloud Mountain had relocated to Cloud Province and the pavilion had begun encountering trouble.
• Lin Xuan wondered about Ouyang Qinxin and asked why Azure Cloud Mountain had moved, but Lu Ying'er said she knew nothing of the sect's reasons.
• Liu Xin asked where Lin Xuan had been, and he briefly recounted his experiences, leaving the two women astonished at his achievements.
• Lin Xuan praised Lu Ying'er and Liu Xin for reaching the great circle of Foundation Establishment, but they revealed their poor aptitude was keeping them from Core Condensation.

Lin Xuan gave Lu Ying'er and Liu Xin Heaven Dust Pills to help them form Golden Cores, deepening their loyalty. Lu Ying'er then asked him to protect Baisuan Pavilion from threats within and outside.

• Lu Ying'er and Liu Xin told Lin Xuan that repeated attempts to form Golden Cores had failed and their chances were poor.
• Lin Xuan presented the women with two Heaven Dust Pills and explained that the pills could greatly improve their chances of forming Golden Cores.
• Lu Ying'er and Liu Xin recognized the pills, thanked Lin Xuan, and grew even more devoted to him.
• Lu Ying'er asked Lin Xuan to help Baisuan Pavilion, which faced pressure from Tianyuan Boat and covetous Core Condensation Realm elders.
• Lin Xuan narrowed his eyes and asked whether Lu Ying'er wanted him to intervene personally.

Lin Xuan reassured Lu Ying'er and Liu Xin that they could handle Baisuan Pavilion’s internal troubles after advancing. Meanwhile, Baisuan Pavilion’s elders debated rebellion and Ma proposed working with Tianyuan Boat, leaving the gathered elders alarmed and opposed.

• Lin Xuan told Lu Ying'er and Liu Xin to focus on cultivation, promising to handle the threats to Baisuan Pavilion himself.
• At Baisuan Pavilion’s largest You Province branch, Ma gathered the elders to discuss rebellion against the two Pavilion Masters.
• Zhou warned that the Pavilion Masters might have a Nascent Soul Realm backer, but Sima and Ma dismissed the warning as a bluff.
• Ma claimed he had a way to deal with even a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator and revealed that Tianyuan Boat could be involved.
• Zhou and the other elders objected to cooperating with Tianyuan Boat, citing its rivalry with Baisuan Pavilion and the losses it could cause them.

Baisuan Pavilion’s elders agreed to eliminate Lu Ying'er and Liu Xin in exchange for joining Separation Medicine Palace’s You Province branch. Meanwhile, Lin Xuan returned to the Heart Refining Path to investigate its ancient restrictions, and his overwhelming power caused the entire formation to momentarily freeze.

• Ma revealed that Separation Medicine Palace had agreed to make Baisuan Pavilion and Tianyuan Boat its You Province branch if they eliminated the two girls, and the elders accepted the plan.
• Lin Xuan entered the Heart Refining Path at Floating Cloud Valley’s rear mountain, intending to explore it and resolve Baisuan Pavilion’s troubles while Lu Ying'er and Liu Xin cultivated in seclusion.
• Lin Xuan passed through the path’s fire and ice illusions without being harmed, reflecting on his past and remembering Yuanke and Xiang'er.
• Lin Xuan entered the netherworld illusion and shattered its attacking vengeful souls with his spiritual pressure, causing the entire restriction to briefly stagnate.

Lin Xuan defeated a ghost face that attacked him on the Heart Refining Path and realized the threat was real, not an illusion. He explained that the path was a powerful Composite Array combining an illusion array with a Ghost Path killing array, and continued onward with a new understanding of its danger.

• A Nascent Soul-level ghost face appeared, and Lin Xuan attacked it with the Azure Fire Sword and Azure Phantom Nether Fire.
• The Azure Phantom Nether Fire slipped past the ghost face’s defenses and burned it to gray smoke from within.
• Yue'er asked whether the ghost face had been real, and Lin Xuan confirmed that it was.
• Lin Xuan explained that the Heart Refining Path was a Composite Array in which an illusion array concealed a Ghost Path killing array.
• Lin Xuan realized his caution had kept him from falling for the array’s trap and allowed him to destroy the ghost face.

Lin Xuan survived the Heart Refining Path and found an ancient cultivator’s remains in a hidden cave, but the treasures beside them were a trap that badly injured his Corpse Demon. He searched the cave for the valuable treasure he believed the ancient array master had hidden elsewhere.

• Lin Xuan cautiously advanced through the Heart Refining Path and reached a cave containing a cultivator’s skeleton.
• Lin Xuan sent his Corpse Demon to search the area, uncovering a Storage Bag filled with a sword, jade bottles, and Jade Slips.
• Lin Xuan kept his Nine Heavens Spirit Shield active as the Corpse Demon collected the treasures, which suddenly exploded.
• Lin Xuan used Nine Heavens Micro-Steps to escape the blast and then repaired the damaged cave wall with an earth-element Petrification Technique.
• Lin Xuan recalled the wounded Corpse Demon and searched the cave with his divine sense for the ancient cultivator’s hidden treasure.

Lin Xuan obtained an ancient cultivator’s Heaven Origin Array Book and studied its difficult array techniques at Floating Cloud Valley. A month later, Lu Ying'er and Liu Xin formed their Golden Cores at the same time and appeared before him after the heavenly signs passed.

• Lin Xuan refined the ancient cultivator’s remains and found a pearl containing the cultivator’s lifetime knowledge, including the Heaven Origin Array Book.
• Lin Xuan spent a month studying the array book in his cave dwelling, especially the Composite Array.
• Lin Xuan sensed the signs of Golden Core Formation and flew out to watch the rear mountain of Floating Cloud Valley.
• Lu Ying'er and Liu Xin formed their Golden Cores simultaneously, astonishing the valley’s cultivators and earning Lin Xuan’s elders’ respect.
• After the storm passed, Lu Ying'er and Liu Xin arrived before Lin Xuan with newly changed auras.

Lu Ying'er and Liu Xin thanked Lin Xuan for helping them reach Golden Core Formation, then reported that Ma Yuntong’s rebellion had ties to the powerful Separation Medicine Palace. Lin Xuan promised to deal with the sect’s backing and questioned the women’s choice of cultivation methods, leaving them to explain that they prioritized powerful abilities over prospects for further advancement.

• Lu Ying'er and Liu Xin visited Lin Xuan’s cave residence after reaching Golden Core Formation and proposed moving against the rebels.
• Lu Ying'er told Lin Xuan that Ma Yuntong had recruited many followers and appeared to have ties to Separation Medicine Palace.
• Liu Xin explained that Separation Medicine Palace was one of the seven great sects of the Twelve Heavenly Cloud Provinces and had several Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivators.
• Lin Xuan told the women to leave Separation Medicine Palace to him while they dealt with the traitors.
• Lin Xuan examined Lu Ying'er and Liu Xin’s chosen cultivation methods and warned that their power would make future advancement difficult.
• Lu Ying'er explained that the women had chosen powerful methods because they expected to struggle to advance beyond Core Condensation.

Lin Xuan promised Lu Ying'er and Liu Xin that he would help them advance on the immortal path, then chose the Jade Maiden Seven-Heart Technique for them despite its weak combat abilities. After explaining its rapid cultivation and bottleneck breakthroughs, he gave them powerful magical treasures to compensate for its shortcomings.

• Lin Xuan won Lu Ying'er and Liu Xin's willing loyalty by promising to support their cultivation and help them reach Late Core Condensation, with a chance of eventually forming Nascent Souls.
• Lin Xuan gave the women the Jade Maiden Seven-Heart Technique and explained that its rapid progress, easier breakthroughs, and lack of spirit-root restrictions made it suitable for them.
• Lu Ying'er and Liu Xin accepted Lin Xuan's cultivation advice, and he asked what magical treasures they wanted to cultivate.
• Lin Xuan presented Liu Xin with the Amber Vermilion Sword as her life-bound treasure, a saber as a supplementary weapon, and a white jade umbrella for defense.

Lin Xuan equipped Lu Ying'er and Liu Xin with powerful magic treasures, then prepared to deal with the rebels threatening Baisuan Pavilion. After rewarding their followers and allowing the women time to stabilize their cultivation, he traveled with them to Horned Python Mountain to assess Tianyuan Boat’s main altar before acting.

• Lin Xuan gave Liu Xin and Lu Ying'er magic treasures suited to their abilities and explained how the items could strengthen and protect them.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er discussed the unclear reasons Separation Medicine Palace wanted to establish a branch in You Province, and Lin Xuan decided to investigate before making a move.
• During the women’s three months in seclusion, Lin Xuan rewarded Baisuan Pavilion’s loyal cultivators, raising morale throughout Floating Cloud Valley.
• After Lu Ying'er and Liu Xin stabilized their realms and refined their treasures, Lin Xuan set out with them to eliminate the rebels’ outside support.
• Lin Xuan and the women reached Horned Python Mountain, where Tianyuan Boat’s main altar stood, and Lin Xuan chose to assess the situation before attacking.

Lin Xuan spent several days indulging in mortal pleasures near Horned Python Mountain while gathering information about Separation Medicine Palace and tempering his state of mind. He finally spotted a Foundation Establishment cultivator connected to the newly arrived elder, giving him a chance to investigate the threat to Tianyuan Boat.

• Li Si saw Lin Xuan arrive at Drunken Immortal Pavilion with Liu Xin and Lu Ying'er, and mistook the two respectful women for his servants.
• Lin Xuan ordered a feast and told Liu Xin and Lu Ying'er to sit with him, then explained that remaining calm mattered more than worrying about Separation Medicine Palace.
• Lin Xuan spent seven days dining and sightseeing while secretly using his divine sense to gather information and temper his state of mind through worldly indulgence.
• Lin Xuan sensed three cultivators enter the city, including a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage man named Fang who was related to Separation Medicine Palace's new elder.
• Two Spirit Movement Stage disciples flattered Fang and urged him to visit Drunken Immortal Pavilion, knowing he was gluttonous and lustful.

After learning from Hua Fu’s memories that the Separation Medicine Palace had little interest in You Province, Lin Xuan infiltrated Tianyuan Boat’s main altar to confront its leader, Fang. Fang discovered him in his residence and recognized him, leaving their encounter unresolved.

• Lin Xuan captured and soul-searched Hua Fu and two other cultivators, then learned that Fang had been sidelined by the Separation Medicine Palace and was stationed in You Province.
• Lin Xuan sent Lu Ying'er and Liu Xin back to Fuyang City despite their objections.
• Lin Xuan disguised himself as Hua Fu and used his identity token to enter Tianyuan Boat’s main altar.
• Lin Xuan followed Hua Fu’s memories to Fang’s secluded residence and entered through its illusion restrictions.
• Fang sensed the intruder, and Lin Xuan removed his disguise; Fang recognized Lin Xuan with astonishment.

Lin Xuan learned that Tian Xiaojian had become Separation Medicine Palace’s Young Master and decided to kill Fang Xinhe before word of his return reached him. Lin Xuan ambushed Fang Xinhe in his cave dwelling, but Fang Xinhe countered with Infant Fire and tried to retreat.

• Fang Xinhe recognized Lin Xuan from a portrait and revealed that Tian Xiaojian was Separation Medicine Palace’s Young Master.
• Lin Xuan concealed his killing intent and accepted Fang Xinhe’s invitation to his cave dwelling.
• Lin Xuan suddenly attacked Fang Xinhe with the Azure Fire Sword.
• Fang Xinhe raised a wall of Infant Fire and flashed backward to escape the strike.

Lin Xuan killed Fang Xinhe in the Tianyuan Boat main altar and escaped without revealing his identity. He returned to Fuyang City, leaving Tianyuan Boat intact to avoid drawing suspicion from Separation Medicine Palace.

• Lin Xuan severed Fang Xinhe's arm, burned away his body with the Azure Phantom Nether Fire, and disrupted his Nascent Soul's attempts to teleport.
• Lin Xuan summoned the Corpse Demon, which caught Fang Xinhe's Nascent Soul and devoured it.
• Lin Xuan searched Fang Xinhe's belongings, disguised himself as the dark, thin man surnamed Fang, and left the Tianyuan Boat main altar.
• Lin Xuan explained to Yue'er that destroying Tianyuan Boat would make others suspect Baisuan Pavilion, while Fang Xinhe's death could be blamed on other enemies.
• Lin Xuan flew from Horned Python Mountain back to Fuyang City.

Ma Yuntong plotted to seize Baisuan Pavilion and believed a Nascent Soul elder from Separation Medicine Palace could help him overcome Lu Ying'er and Liu Xin. Lu Ying'er appeared at his stronghold, and Ma Yuntong recognized Xiao Qi's spiritual artifact in her hand.

• Ma Yuntong reviewed intelligence that Lu Ying'er and Liu Xin had both advanced to Core Condensation Realm, then dismissed them as threats because he believed their powerful Nascent Soul ally had weakened himself helping them.
• Ma Yuntong worried that his envoy, Xiao Qi, had been gone for five days without sending word.
• Lu Ying'er entered Ma Yuntong's heavily guarded hall without warning and confronted him about his plan to rebel.
• Ma Yuntong noticed Xiao Qi's spiritual artifact in Lu Ying'er's hand and demanded to know why she had it.

Lu Ying'er confronted Ma Yuntong while Yue'er secretly possessed her to fight him, following Lin Xuan's plan to make the two pavilion masters defeat the traitors themselves. As their magical battle drew a crowd of cultivators into the hall, Yue'er had gained the upper hand, but the fight had not yet ended.

• Lu Ying'er revealed that she had killed Ma Yuntong's disciple for colluding with outsiders, then challenged Ma Yuntong without calling on Lin Xuan.
• Ma Yuntong summoned his Purple Blood Blade and attacked Lu Ying'er, who met it with the Azure Jade Green-Light Bracelet.
• Lin Xuan's plan was explained: Yue'er possessed Lu Ying'er so she could defeat Ma Yuntong while the two pavilion masters built their own authority.
• Yue'er took control of Lu Ying'er's body and used the bracelet to suppress Ma Yuntong's Purple Blood Blade.
• Hundreds of cultivators entered the hall after sensing the battle's spiritual-power fluctuations.