Recaps

Lin Xuan settled into Taixu Master’s former cave residence, while Xu Yin and the Tianxuan Sect Master discussed how to secure his goodwill. After accepting the sect’s gifts, Lin Xuan considered becoming its Supreme Elder to strengthen his influence in You Province and protect Baisuan Pavilion before he left for Cloud Province.

• Lin Xuan repaired Taixu Master’s former cave residence and set up a formation to guard the surrounding area.
• Xu Yin told the Tianxuan Sect Master that Lin Xuan was younger than their Eldest Brother and had already condensed a Nascent Soul.
• The Tianxuan Sect Master ordered the sect to give Lin Xuan Grand Elder-level treatment and sent him gifts, resources, and a Command Token.
• Lin Xuan accepted the gifts and told Yue'er that he might become the Tianxuan Sect’s Supreme Elder to link its strength with Baisuan Pavilion.
• Lin Xuan planned to cultivate and refine magic treasures before traveling with Yue'er to Cloud Province to seek a way for her to condense a Nascent Soul.

Lin Xuan investigated the mysterious Five Dragon Seal and discovered it was impervious to his attacks and flames, suggesting its value was far greater than he had expected. He then tested the growing power of his twin rings, merging their water- and fire-aligned blades.

• Lin Xuan visited Ouyang Qinxin’s abandoned cave abode to steady his state of mind, then returned home and resumed cultivation.
• Lin Xuan refined the Five Dragon Seal and tested its abilities against the Corpse Demon’s treasure.
• Lin Xuan withdrew his control of the seal and found the Azure Fire Sword could not damage it; his demon flame and other methods also had no effect.
• Lin Xuan summoned his Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring twin treasures and poured his magic power into them, producing two powerful Crescent Moon Blades.
• Lin Xuan merged the blue and red blades into one, combining their opposing water and fire attributes.

Lin Xuan removed the restriction from the jade tube by blood-refining Old Ancestor Hun Yuan’s Nascent Soul, then discovered that most of the secret arts recorded inside were beyond his ability to read. He began comprehending the one method he could access, which took half a month.

• Lin Xuan tested the Five Dragon Seal and found that it remained intact after a powerful strike.
• Lin Xuan released Old Ancestor Hun Yuan’s Nascent Soul, subdued him, and blood-refined him to remove the jade tube’s restriction.
• Lin Xuan discovered that the jade tube contained one readable secret art and several blurred methods that required a higher level of cultivation.
• Lin Xuan studied the readable secret art for half a month.

Lin Xuan mastered the powerful True Spirit Strike and considered how to advance his Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens Art. He visited Tianxuan Sect and confronted Sect Master Zheng about the sect’s lavish gifts and whether they were meant to recruit him as its supreme elder.

• Lin Xuan realized the Spirit Storage Belt could replenish his magic power after using the True Spirit Strike, then began cultivating the secret art alongside the Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens Art.
• After roughly seven months, Lin Xuan mastered the True Spirit Strike and tested it in a remote place, where its power astonished him and left him weakened for several days.
• Lin Xuan found that his Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens Art advanced slowly because he lacked suitable pills, and he decided to seek another way forward.
• Lin Xuan arrived at Azure Cloud Mountain and spoke with Fang Ke, a low-level disciple sweeping the plaza, before a Foundation Establishment female cultivator led him to Immortal Cloud Hall.
• Tianxuan Sect’s leaders welcomed Lin Xuan, and he dismissed the other elders before asking Sect Master Zheng whether the sect’s gifts were intended to make him its supreme elder.
• Sect Master Zheng denied daring to make such a request, but Lin Xuan said Zheng had never asked whether he was willing.

Lin Xuan joined Tianxuan Sect as its Supreme Elder and arranged for it to cooperate with Baisuan Pavilion. He discovered that Zheng Xuan’s stalled cultivation came from a rare Underworld-attribute spirit root and asked her parents about her prenatal history.

• Lin Xuan refused a grand entry ceremony and told Sect Master Zheng that Baisuan Pavilion would obey his commands and cooperate with Tianxuan Sect.
• Lin Xuan met Zheng Xuan, the daughter of Xu Yin and her husband, and noticed her cultivation had progressed unusually slowly.
• Lin Xuan examined Zheng Xuan and determined that she possessed a rare Underworld-attribute mutated spirit root.
• Lin Xuan asked Xu Yin whether she had encountered powerful beings from the Underworld Realm while carrying Zheng Xuan.

Xu Yin recounted how she encountered the wounded Ghost Emperor Miaotian while pregnant with Zheng Xuan, and Lin Xuan concluded that Miaotian had used the Inheritance Fusion Technique to pass memories and Underworld spiritual traits to the unborn girl. He explained that Zheng Xuan needed an exceptionally high-level Ghost Path cultivation method and revealed he knew someone who could teach her.

• Xu Yin told Lin Xuan that eighteen years earlier, an Ice Moon Fox had led her into a Secret Cave where she encountered the injured Ghost Emperor Miaotian.
• Xu Yin described how Miaotian immobilized her, then vanished after Xu Yin lost consciousness without harming her.
• Lin Xuan inferred that Miaotian had used the Inheritance Fusion Technique to transmit memory fragments and spiritual traits to Zheng Xuan, who was in Xu Yin's womb.
• Lin Xuan explained that Zheng Xuan's rare Underworld Spirit Root required a high-level Ghost Path cultivation method, leaving Xu Yin and her husband worried they could not find one.
• Lin Xuan reassured Zheng Xuan's parents that he knew someone skilled in Ghost Path divine abilities who could become her master.

Lin Xuan arranged for Yue'er to take Zheng Xuan as her disciple, strengthening his ties to Tianxuan Sect while giving Zheng Xuan a powerful mentor. After returning to his cave residence, he explained the political purpose of the arrangement and reassured Yue'er that she could teach her new disciple.

• Lin Xuan introduced Yue'er as a qualified master for Zheng Xuan, and Zheng Xuan accepted her as her honored master.
• Yue'er gave Zheng Xuan two bottles of high-grade pills, a Brocade Handkerchief, and a set of five flying knives as introductory gifts.
• Lin Xuan negotiated for Tianxuan Sect to search for poisonous herbs before returning to his cave residence.
• Yue'er worried that she would not teach Zheng Xuan well, and Lin Xuan reassured her that he would help guide her.
• Lin Xuan explained that taking Zheng Xuan as a disciple would bind the sect master's family more closely to him and help secure his influence over Tianxuan Sect.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er chatted before settling down to meditate.

Over ten years, Lin Xuan cultivated the Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens Art while Yue'er trained Zheng Xuan, and Tianxuan Sect and Baisuan Pavilion grew into powerful allies. A strange storm and ancient song then erupted above Lin Xuan’s cave, appearing to mark his breakthrough and the condensation of a Demon Core.

• Lin Xuan used Poison Dragon Tea and the Demon Eye jade to make progress in the Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens Art, while Yue'er guided Zheng Xuan to the peak of the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.
• Tianxuan Sect and Baisuan Pavilion secretly supported each other and expanded, forming a balance with First Line Gorge and Thunder Cloud Villa.
• Zheng Xuan visited Yue'er to ask for help with a cultivation bottleneck, but a vast demonic wind, dark clouds, lightning, and an ancient song suddenly appeared over Lin Xuan’s cave.
• Yue'er hurried toward the phenomenon, and Zheng Xuan followed as Tianxuan Sect cultivators gathered before the forbidden rear mountain.
• The sect master ordered disciples below the Core Condensation Realm to leave, while the high-level cultivators watched and wondered whether the omen indicated Golden Core Formation or a demon beast.

Lin Xuan failed to condense a Demon Core and decided to leave Azure Cloud Mountain with Yue'er for Cloud Province. Before departing, he turned to his Jade Luo Bees and planned to mature one with purified spirit stones to test its power.

• Yue'er sent the Core Condensation cultivators and Zheng Xuan away while Lin Xuan attempted to condense a Demon Core.
• Lin Xuan's attempt failed, and he told Yue'er they would leave Azure Cloud Mountain in a month and travel to Cloud Province.
• Yue'er agreed to leave and prepared cultivation methods and notes for Zheng Xuan before departing.
• Lin Xuan used the Blue Star Sea to purify high-grade spirit stones, but the resulting crystals were tiny and costly.
• Lin Xuan decided to use a large number of purified crystals to mature one Jade Luo Bee and assess its strength.

Lin Xuan arrived in Cloud Province after raising his Jade Luo Bee, securing his old allies’ safety, and making a perilous journey through a demon-infested land. He reached Haoshi City by teleportation and learned that its unusually large crowd of cultivators came from its status as one of Cloud Province’s three great cities.

• Lin Xuan tested his nearly mature Jade Luo Bee and found that it could defeat an early Core Condensation cultivator, then decided to keep raising his Poisonous Insects.
• Lin Xuan gave Xu Yin and her husband instructions, while Yue'er taught her disciple the latter half of the Profound Demon Great Art and shared her cultivation insights.
• Lin Xuan killed the Grand Elders of Thunder Cloud Villa and First Line Gorge before leaving You Province to protect Tianxuan Sect and Baisuan Pavilion.
• After spending nearly a year exploring Qing Province, Lin Xuan traveled through a dangerous region, defeated a Transformation Realm member of the Demon Race, and escaped the demonic beasts that hunted him.
• Lin Xuan learned about the interprovincial teleportation arrays, paid to travel from Qing Province, and arrived in Haoshi City, where Ma Teng welcomed him and explained the city’s importance.

Lin Xuan explored Haoshi City’s Jingyuan Market and recognized a Nascent Soul cultivator impersonating his former master, Perfected Master Tongyu. He secretly sent his devil infant to eavesdrop as the impostor requested an Ancient Treasure and the shop’s finest goods.

• Lin Xuan entered Jingyuan Market, paid the admission fee, and asked a general store for a detailed map of Cloud Province.
• A powerful spiritual pressure swept through the shop, and Lin Xuan recognized the arriving Nascent Soul cultivator as someone who looked like Perfected Master Tongyu.
• Lin Xuan told Yue'er that the visitor was an impostor and chose to observe rather than confront him.
• Lin Xuan secretly sent his devil infant into the attendant Little Jiu to listen in on the impostor’s conversation upstairs.
• The impostor asked Shopkeeper Ma to sell him an Ancient Treasure and bring him the shop’s most precious pills and materials.

Lin Xuan watched an impostor posing as Perfected Master Tongyu kill Shopkeeper Ma and frame Spirit Herb Mountain, while a disguised infiltrator named Zhou Jian murdered Enforcement Envoy Zhang Yan to help the same plot. Lin Xuan let the impostor leave after secretly marking him, intending to track him without exposing himself.

• Shopkeeper Ma realized that the supposed Perfected Master Tongyu was an impostor, but the impostor killed him and took the treasures.
• Zhou Jian poisoned and killed Zhang Yan, then concealed the murder and prepared to leave Haoshi City.
• The chapter revealed that Zhou Jian and the impostor were cooperating in a scheme to frame Spirit Herb Mountain.
• Yue'er urged Lin Xuan to stop the impostor, but Lin Xuan refused to expose himself before learning who stood behind the plot.
• Lin Xuan recalled the Demon Infant and followed the departing impostor using a mark he had secretly planted.

After leaving Haoshi City, a disguised Demon Corpse was confronted by Lin Xuan, who had followed him to stop his scheme against Spirit Herb Mountain. Their battle began with both sides revealing formidable abilities, and the Demon Corpse showed signs of preparing an unexpected technique.

• The disguised old man changed his appearance after fleeing Haoshi City and reflected on how his scheme had gone smoothly, including killing Zhou Jian to erase evidence.
• The old man sensed Lin Xuan following him, and Lin appeared, refusing the offer of benefits and concealing his identity.
• Lin Xuan pretended to consider the old man's warning before suddenly attacking with dozens of Sword Qi.
• The old man blocked Lin Xuan's Sword Qi with claw lights, and Lin recognized him as a high-level sentient Demon Corpse.
• The Demon Corpse revealed his corpse-like body and resisted Lin Xuan's Azure Phantom Nether Fire with Sanhuai Corpse Fire.
• As Lin Xuan's Azure Fire Sword struck at him, the Demon Corpse punched his own mouth twice and knocked out his fangs.

Lin Xuan battled a Demon Corpse avatar whose strength and threats failed to make him back down. The Demon Corpse used a powerful illusion to create a chance to escape, leaving Lin Xuan impressed by the cultivation arts of Cloud Province.

• Lin Xuan’s Azure Fire Sword overpowered the Demon Corpse’s fangs, and the Demon Corpse threatened him to make him stop.
• Lin Xuan rejected the threat and resolved to finish the fight rather than trust the Demon Corpse’s promises.
• The Demon Corpse summoned two apparent Fire Flood Dragons with a talisman, then used the distraction to retrieve his fangs and try to flee.
• Lin Xuan’s Sword Qi pierced the flood dragons, revealing them as convincing illusions rather than real beast souls.
• Lin Xuan recognized the Demon Corpse’s formidable illusion arts and felt encouraged that Cloud Province might hold what he sought.

Lin Xuan disrupted the Demon Corpse’s escape and prepared to finish the fight, while Haoshi City’s elders debated the political danger caused by the market robbery. The chapter left both the battle and the city’s response unresolved.

• The Demon Corpse used black blood and corpse qi to strengthen himself, then tried to escape with the Earth-Shrinking Technique, but Lin Xuan’s Long Spear disrupted it.
• Lin Xuan caught up with the Demon Corpse and prepared to attack with the Azure Phantom Nether Fire, Azure Fire Sword, and Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring.
• The Demon Corpse threatened to abandon his incarnation and began using a secret art to raise his cultivation, prompting Lin Xuan to prepare to end the fight quickly.
• In Haoshi City, the Grand Elder and other Nascent Soul cultivators discussed the robbery of White Phoenix Hall and the rumors spreading through the city.
• The monk argued that the robbery was likely a scheme by an impostor intended to provoke conflict between Separation Medicine Palace, Spirit Herb Mountain, and Haoshi City.
• The monk advised informing both sects and responding cautiously to Separation Medicine Palace’s likely demands, while the elders considered the city’s growing strength.

Haoshi City's elders responded to reports of two Nascent Soul-level beings fighting in the Gravel Wasteland, suspecting the clash might be connected to the impostor threatening the city. Meanwhile, Lin Xuan faced the Corpse Demon after it used a secret art to swell its corpse qi to a level nearing that of a late-stage great cultivator.

• A formation monitor reported immense spiritual power fluctuations seven thousand li southwest of Haoshi City, where two Nascent Soul-level beings appeared to be fighting.
• The grand elder sent Master Conghui and Fairy Mo to investigate, then ordered the other elders to inspect their subordinates for spies after the incident involving Zhang Yan.
• Lin Xuan was shocked when the Corpse Demon transformed into a towering monster with bone spikes and corpse qi exceeding his own spiritual power.
• Lin Xuan realized the Corpse Demon's secret art had raised its power near that of a late-stage great cultivator, though the Refined Corpse would be destroyed after several hours.
• Lin Xuan considered how the Second Primordial Spirit could be recreated more easily than a destroyed Second Nascent Soul, despite the loss of some vitality.

Lin Xuan defeated a powerful Demon Corpse with the Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring, only to discover it was a Second Primordial Spirit and that its true body remained unknown. After hiding from two cultivators drawn by the battle, he watched a monk and a red-clad woman arrive at the scene.

• The Demon Corpse transformed and attacked, but Lin Xuan unleashed nearly a hundred ring shadows from the Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring and crushed its defenses.
• Lin Xuan tried to extract the Demon Corpse’s Nascent Soul, but it revealed that it was only a Second Primordial Spirit; Lin Xuan then burned it to ashes and took its Storage Bag.
• Lin Xuan told Yue'er that the Demon Corpse’s true body was likely a late-stage cultivator and warned that Cloud Province’s cultivation world was unusually powerful.
• Sensing two approaching Nascent Soul cultivators, Lin Xuan concealed himself underground and used a Jade Luo Bee to observe them.
• A Buddhist monk and a red-clad woman arrived, identified the battle site, and began examining its traces.

Lin Xuan watched as Perfected Master Tongyu arrived at the Gravel Wasteland and was mistaken by two Haoshi City elders for the force behind a recent conflict. The chapter left Tongyu surrounded and pressured to return with them to Haoshi City, while Lin Xuan remained hidden and unsure how to intervene.

• Lin Xuan and Yue'er recognized the approaching Nascent Soul cultivator as Perfected Master Tongyu, Lin Xuan's master.
• Perfected Master Tongyu explained that he had come to the Gravel Wasteland to gather a rare spiritual herb and investigate the spiritual power fluctuations.
• The two Haoshi City elders, Master Conghui and Fairy Mo, grew suspicious of Tongyu despite his apparent lack of involvement.
• Fairy Mo moved behind Tongyu and demanded that he submit and accompany them to Haoshi City.
• Tongyu prepared himself for a fight as he realized he faced two Nascent Soul Cultivators, including Conghui, who was stronger than him.

Perfected Master Tongyu was cornered by Master Conghui and the Red-Clad Beauty over a suspected market killing and tried to escape using the Fragrant Divine Needle Talisman. Its power had nearly run out, and the two elders closed in on him again, leaving his fate uncertain as Lin Xuan watched from underground.

• Master Conghui and the Red-Clad Beauty demanded that Perfected Master Tongyu return to Haoshi City to answer for a market killing and treasure seizure, which he denied.
• Perfected Master Tongyu attacked the two elders and unleashed the Fragrant Divine Needle Talisman, which Master Conghui recognized as Master Divine Talisman's rare, repeatable spirit talisman.
• Master Conghui raised his kasaya as a defense and retreated, while the Red-Clad Beauty avoided the talisman's needles and sent her spirit beast's net toward Tongyu.
• Perfected Master Tongyu used a fiery immortal sword to tear the net apart, but the brief delay let the two elders surround him again.
• The Red-Clad Beauty mocked the talisman's weak attack, and Tongyu realized its power had nearly been exhausted after earlier use against a powerful demonic beast.
• Lin Xuan watched from underground as Tongyu remained trapped between the two elders.

Lin Xuan sent his Nascent Soul Realm Corpse Demon to rescue Perfected Master Tongyu from Conghui and the Red-Clad Beauty. With Conghui occupied by the Corpse Demon, an unseen ally told Tongyu to escape while they held off the remaining enemies.

• Perfected Master Tongyu refused Conghui’s offer of protection and prepared to face the Red-Clad Beauty’s giant silkworm.
• The Red-Clad Beauty attacked Tongyu with the silkworm as Conghui struck from behind with the Vajra of Great Strength Palm.
• Lin Xuan sent his Corpse Demon out from underground, and it intercepted Conghui’s palm strike.
• The Corpse Demon battled Conghui using Master Ku’s bone treasure while Tongyu recovered from the Red-Clad Beauty’s attack.
• An unseen voice told Tongyu to leave while it blocked the two enemies, startling him with its concealed presence.

Lin Xuan rescued Perfected Master Tongyu from Haoshi City's elders while concealing his identity, as the Fourth Elder of Li Soul Valley learned of Taowu's divided soul and sent Ghost Emperor Haotian to Haoshi City. Lin Xuan began to break off the battle after giving Tongyu time to escape.

• Lin Xuan and the Corpse Demon held off the Red-Clad Beauty and Master Conghui, allowing Perfected Master Tongyu to escape.
• The Fourth Elder of Li Soul Valley recovered from the destruction of his Corpse Demon Puppet and worried that the mysterious cultivator might disrupt his plan for the Asura Gate's opening.
• Ghost Emperor Haotian told the Fourth Elder that the Great Elder's treasure had sealed a divided soul of Taowu, then agreed to serve him in exchange for protection.
• The Fourth Elder gave Haotian Three Origin Cleansing Pills and ordered him to go to Haoshi City and investigate the mysterious cultivator.
• After waiting nearly half an hour for Tongyu to get away, Lin Xuan launched a ghostly Sword Qi attack at the Red-Clad Beauty and Master Conghui as they retreated.

Lin Xuan escaped the battle over Perfected Master Tongyu and decided to help Spirit Herb Mountain only if doing so remained safe. He returned to Haoshi City under an assumed identity and began looking for a temporary cave residence while staying hidden from the city’s leaders.

• Lin Xuan fled after the Red-Clad Beauty and Monk Conghui suspected his Ghost Path abilities resembled Tian Xiaojian’s, though they could not explain the apparent connection.
• On a distant mountain, Lin Xuan told Yue'er he might help Spirit Herb Mountain but would not risk his life, and chose to return to Haoshi City rather than go back to the sect.
• Lin Xuan approached Haoshi City from another direction and entered as a Nascent Soul Middle Stage rogue cultivator, receiving a jade pendant from the gate guard.
• Lin Xuan asked a patrol squad about renting a Spirit Vein and flew toward the buildings where cultivators could register for cave residences.

Lin Xuan visited Lingxu Hall in Haoshi City to find a cave residence and learned how the city assigned residences to cultivators of different realms. On the third floor, he sensed a familiar and overwhelming danger from one of five Nascent Soul cultivators, leaving him unsure of the man’s true identity.

• Lin Xuan arrived at Lingxu Hall and asked a steward about available spiritual lands and cave residences.
• The steward explained that Foundation Establishment cultivators rented residences at set prices, while Core Condensation cultivators obtained them through auctions.
• Lin Xuan asked how Nascent Soul cultivators obtained residences, and the steward led him to the third floor to speak with an elder.
• Lin Xuan entered a reception hall with five Nascent Soul cultivators and sensed extreme danger when one of them looked at him.
• Lin Xuan suspected the square-faced cultivator had disguised his appearance when his Demon Infant began trembling in the man’s presence.

Lin Xuan met Monk Conghui again in Haoshi City, where Conghui showed the visiting Nascent Soul cultivators available cave residences and invited them to join the city. Lin Xuan offered to join as a Rogue Cultivator from Qing Province, and the dangerous old monster also volunteered, leaving Conghui with two powerful newcomers to consider.

• Monk Conghui arrived and greeted Lin Xuan and the other Nascent Soul cultivators, without recognizing him.
• Conghui displayed Haoshi City's available Spirit Vein cave residences and described their benefits.
• Conghui recognized Madam Crane and invited her to join the city, but she refused.
• Lin Xuan expressed interest in joining and told Conghui he came from Qing Province.
• The dangerous old monster said that he would also join Haoshi City.

Lin Xuan settled into his new cave residence as an elder of Haoshi City and decided he might strike first against the mysterious cultivator Fang, who seemed hostile. Meanwhile, North Nether True Lord approved the decision to accept Lin Xuan and another Nascent Soul cultivator as elders, ordering that they be investigated and kept away from important affairs while they were tested.

• Lin Xuan reached his new cave residence, reinforced its restrictions with his own arrays, and remained puzzled by the hostile cultivator surnamed Fang and the Demon Infant's reaction to him.
• Lin Xuan told Yue'er that Fang was a threat and said he would look for an opportunity to kill him before Fang could act.
• The chapter revealed that North Nether True Lord was a half-demon whose human mother and Demon Race father had been killed after their relationship violated both races' rules.
• Monk Huicong visited North Nether True Lord and reported that he had accepted several Nascent Soul cultivators as elders, including Lin Xuan.
• North Nether True Lord approved Huicong's decision and ordered him to investigate the new elders, keep them from important affairs, and test them before trusting them.