Recaps

Perfected Master Tongyu responded to the accusations against Spirit Herb Mountain by plotting a dangerous series of attacks that turned the great powers against one another. Lin Xuan suspected his master was behind the turmoil, stayed in Haoshi City to cultivate, and decided to eliminate the suspicious cultivator surnamed Fang.

• Perfected Master Tongyu and Xu Jinqing discussed Spirit Herb Mountain's danger after the Haoshi City robbery, then agreed to Tongyu's secret plan to muddy the waters.
• Attacks on Spirit Control Sect properties and a family protected by Li Soul Valley, followed by more assaults across southern Cloud Province, stirred suspicion among the sects.
• As the attacks continued and no Core Condensation cultivators were harmed, many people began to believe Spirit Herb Mountain had been framed, easing pressure on the sect.
• Lin Xuan guessed that Perfected Master Tongyu had orchestrated the attacks and chose to remain in Haoshi City while he searched for opportunities and prepared to cultivate.
• Lin Xuan decided to get rid of the cultivator surnamed Fang, whose proximity and past behavior made him feel dangerous.

Lin Xuan studied the Heaven Origin Array Book and successfully refined his first Formation Flag for the Three Talents Eight Trigrams Array, opening the way for him to learn Composite Arrays. A Sound Transmission Talisman summoned him to Haoshi City for an unexplained discussion, so he set out at once.

• Lin Xuan patiently waited while studying the Heaven Origin Array Book and practicing the Three Talents Eight Trigrams Array.
• Lin Xuan repeatedly failed to refine a Formation Flag, then successfully carved and assembled the first one.
• Lin Xuan realized that making the Formation Flag marked his first step into Composite Arrays and could aid his survival in the future.
• Lin Xuan received a Sound Transmission Talisman asking him to hurry to Haoshi City for a discussion.
• Lin Xuan lifted his cave residence’s restrictions and flew toward Haoshi City.

Lin Xuan and Fang were summoned to investigate a deadly cloud and mist spreading across Yunling Mountain, where hundreds of cultivators had vanished. Lin Xuan agreed after securing the Grand Elder’s promise of Nascent Soul body-tempering pill formulas, while privately considering the mission a chance to eliminate Fang.

• Lin Xuan arrived at Haoyan Pavilion and waited with the Grand Elder for Fang to arrive.
• The Grand Elder explained that a strange cloud and mist in Yunling Mountain had swallowed hundreds of cultivators, including five Enforcement Envoys whose Life-Bound Beads shattered.
• The Grand Elder offered Lin Xuan and Fang a century free from mundane duties if they investigated and resolved the danger.
• Lin Xuan asked for two or three Nascent Soul body-tempering pill formulas in exchange for accepting the mission.
• The Grand Elder agreed to provide the formulas after Lin Xuan returned, and Lin Xuan accepted while secretly plotting to kill Fang in the mist.

Lin Xuan and the Fang-surnamed cultivator left Haoyan Pavilion to inspect Yunling Mountain, while the old man revealed himself to be Blood Demon Venerable, who recognized Lin Xuan and coveted his Devil Infant and Nascent Soul. Blood Demon planned to kill Lin Xuan for the spirit medicine he could refine from both, and waited for an opportunity to strike while they were alone.

• Lin Xuan and the Fang-surnamed cultivator agreed with the Grand Elder to leave for Yunling Mountain immediately.
• Lin Xuan and the Fang-surnamed cultivator reached Yunling Mountain and went to ask nearby cultivators about the area.
• After Lin Xuan flew off to find someone, the Fang-surnamed cultivator revealed that he was Blood Demon Venerable and remembered Lin Xuan from their past encounter.
• Blood Demon Venerable recalled that Lin Xuan had reached the Nascent Soul Middle Stage and completed the Devil Infant Art, making him a rare target for a powerful spirit medicine.
• Blood Demon Venerable decided to kill Lin Xuan and take his twin infants, but planned to act cautiously because Lin Xuan was formidable.

Lin Xuan questioned the Seven Friends of Yun Mountain about the strange fog on Yunling Mountain and killed their leader when he lied about its cause. The survivors scattered, while Mo Nian decided to prey on a nearby young cultivator, unaware of the danger he might be courting.

• Lin Xuan confronted the Seven Friends of Yun Mountain and learned that cultivators were risking Yunling Mountain for its spiritual herbs.
• Lin Xuan sensed the old man's lie, used soul-searching on him, and killed him before letting the other six leave.
• Yue'er asked whether the survivors might seek revenge, and Lin Xuan dismissed the threat posed by their low cultivation.
• Mo Nian's history revealed that he and his sworn brothers had come to Yunling Mountain hoping to find treasures in an ancient cultivator site.
• After Lin Xuan killed their eldest brother, Mo Nian abandoned the treasure hunt and chose to rob a young cultivator dressed in white.

Tian Xiaojian, the young master of Separation Medicine Palace, reflected on his rise, his rivalry with Lin Xuan, and his investigation into the turmoil around Yunling Mountain. After Mo Nian tried to rob him, Tian Xiaojian destroyed the attacker’s spiritual artifact and learned that other Nascent Soul experts had come to the mountain.

• Mo Nian attacked Tian Xiaojian with a poisoned Calligraphy Brush, believing him to be a low-level cultivator.
• Tian Xiaojian recalled how he had risen from the Young Master of Ultimate Evil to become Separation Medicine Palace’s favored young master, while remaining wary of Lin Xuan.
• Tian Xiaojian had secretly sent Separation Medicine Palace disciples to hunt Lin Xuan by exploiting the hostility of his senior brothers and sisters.
• Tian Xiaojian traveled to investigate the deaths and strange events around Yunling Mountain, concealing his cultivation as he went.
• Tian Xiaojian melted Mo Nian’s Calligraphy Brush with devilish qi, and Mo Nian begged for his life.
• Tian Xiaojian asked Mo Nian whether other Nascent Soul Realm experts had come to Yunling Mountain.

Tian Xiaojian learned from Mo Nian that Lin Xuan was alive and had formed his Nascent Soul, then headed into Yunling Mountain to find him. Meanwhile, cultivators of many ranks gathered at the mountain and entered its deadly white mist in pursuit of rumored ancient treasures.

• Tian Xiaojian used a Law-Breaking Ghost Beast to stop Mo Nian's escape, searched his soul, and let the beast devour him.
• Tian Xiaojian learned that Lin Xuan was alive and had formed his Nascent Soul, then flew toward the depths of Yunling Mountain to meet him.
• Several Core Condensation Realm cultivators argued over the danger and rumors of ancient ruins before preparing to enter the mist together.
• Hundreds of Core Condensation cultivators and then several Nascent Soul Realm cultivators entered the white mist, including Master Conghui and Fairy Mo, whom Haoshi City's grand elder had sent to investigate the treasure rumors.

North Nether True Lord met with a Nascent Soul Late Stage Demon Monster and agreed to help bring the Devil Ancestor’s divided soul into the Human World in exchange for a chance to reach the upper realm. He demanded a Life and Death Pact to secure the Demon Monster’s promise, and the chapter ended with him asking why the Devil Ancestor planned to descend.

• North Nether True Lord and a Demon Monster discussed using thousands of cultivators at Yunling Mountain as blood sacrifices to activate the Ten Thousand Soul Blood Refining Array.
• The Demon Monster explained that the array required several Nascent Soul Realm souls to help the Devil Ancestor’s divided soul cross into the Human World.
• North Nether True Lord and the Demon Monster discussed the nine Human Worlds, the Devil Race’s strength in four of them, and their promise to take North Nether True Lord to the Ancient Demon World.
• North Nether True Lord demanded that the Demon Monster sign a Life and Death Pact before he would fully cooperate, and the Demon Monster eventually agreed.
• North Nether True Lord asked why the Devil Ancestor wanted to descend, and the Demon Monster denied that another invasion of the Human World was planned.

Lin Xuan and the Blood Demon entered the expanding rosy mist at Yunling Mountain, where spiritual sense was severely restricted. Lin Xuan relied on his Illusion Spirit Bird to help detect hidden threats as he pursued his own plans inside.

• The Demon Monster told North Nether True Lord that powerful beings from the human, demon, and Saint worlds shared an unknown purpose, and that Taowu had already succeeded.
• Lin Xuan and the Blood Demon reached the mist, where Lin Xuan found that it limited his spiritual sense to a little over ten li.
• Yue'er warned Lin Xuan that the Blood Demon might betray him, and Lin Xuan privately agreed to take advantage if the Blood Demon fell into danger.
• The Blood Demon volunteered to fly ahead into the mist, leaving Lin Xuan uncertain about his motives.
• Lin Xuan recalled how he had obtained and tamed the Illusion Spirit Bird, whose sensitivity to spiritual energy could reveal hidden enemies.
• Lin Xuan flew into the mist after the Blood Demon, confident that his abilities and the bird could help him face danger.

Lin Xuan discovered that Fang was the surviving Blood Demon, who had come to kill him over an old grudge. As Blood Demon attacked, Lin Xuan revealed that he had been using their conversation to launch a sneak attack with the mature Jade Luo Bee.

• Lin Xuan found a Golden Core cultivator’s corpse drained of blood, with a fist-sized hole in his chest.
• Lin Xuan called out Fang, who emerged from the mist surrounded by demonic energy.
• Fang revealed that he was Blood Demon and blamed Lin Xuan for killing Cao Yue and Zhou Mian, which had led to his capture by the Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil.
• Lin Xuan pretended to soften their enmity while secretly releasing the Jade Luo Bee.
• Blood Demon sensed the ambush and sent a giant python of demonic Qi toward the Jade Luo Bee.

Lin Xuan fought Blood Demon Venerable with the help of his Nascent Soul Realm Corpse Demon and Yue'er, while the Jade Luo Bee battled a demonic python nearby. Blood Demon revealed his Turn Treasure into Void technique and used spatial evasion, but Lin Xuan struck at him with the Long Spear's silver crescent, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Lin Xuan attacked Blood Demon Venerable with the Azure Fire Sword and summoned a Nascent Soul Realm Corpse Demon from the Spirit Ghost Bag.
• Blood Demon blocked the sword with demon qi created by Turn Treasure into Void, a technique that fused a life-bound treasure with demonic energy.
• Lin Xuan called Yue'er into the fight and told her to stay behind him while the Jade Luo Bee continued battling the demonic python.
• Blood Demon decided to use his supreme demonic art, confident that killing Lin Xuan and taking his twin Nascent Souls would justify the effort.
• The Corpse Demon struck Blood Demon, who evaded with a spatial Shift and Swap technique, and Lin Xuan attacked with a silver crescent from his Long Spear.
• Blood Demon tried to dodge the crescent, but the Corpse Demon kept him from moving, and the Long Spear's attack slashed into his demonic cloud.

Lin Xuan and Blood Demon Venerable fought fiercely in the fog, using the Jade Luo Bees and the Corpse Demon against the transformed demon. Their battle drew attention from nearby cultivators, while North Nether True Lord and a Demon Monster planned to capture Nascent Souls for their formation.

• Lin Xuan’s strike broke through Blood Demon Venerable’s Shift and Swap, but the demon transformed into his scorpion-bodied true form.
• Lin Xuan sent tens of thousands of Jade Luo Bees against Blood Demon Venerable, who trapped hundreds in demon nets and blocked the bees’ needles with the Heavenly Square Shield.
• The Corpse Demon attacked Blood Demon Venerable with its fused Jialuo arms, and Lin Xuan ordered it to entangle him.
• Blood Demon Venerable fought back with his scorpion tail and Mystic Treasure Demon Qi as the collision darkened the skies and drove nearby cultivators away.
• A red-haired Nascent Soul cultivator sensed the battle but chose to fly elsewhere rather than risk joining it.
• North Nether True Lord and a Demon Monster discussed the battle and planned to capture Nascent Souls to strengthen their formation and feed their clansmen.

Lin Xuan and Yue'er joined forces against the Blood Demon, whose desperate defenses were overwhelmed by Lin Xuan's Azure Phantom Nether Fire and their combined attacks. The final barrier began to collapse as their treasures struck it.

• The Corpse Demon entangled the Blood Demon and was injured when their magic treasures collided.
• Lin Xuan sent out his demon-flame-infused Azure Fire Sword and summoned Ice Flood Dragons and Fire Dragons, while Yue'er unleashed skull-riding female ghosts from the Beast Soul Banner.
• The Blood Demon cut off his own tail to escape the Corpse Demon's grasp, then spent his blood essence to create a thorn-covered demon curtain.
• Lin Xuan's Azure Phantom Nether Fire devoured the Blood Demon's Corpse-Rotting Fire and drove back the tentacles defending the curtain.
• The Corpse Demon, Lin Xuan's dragons, and his treasures broke through the tentacles, and several treasures charged toward the curtain's final layer.

Lin Xuan defeated Blood Demon with the Azure Phantom Nether Fire and captured his Nascent Soul. He planned to search it for secrets about the Devil Infant Art, but first sealed it away because Yunling Mountain was too dangerous.

• Lin Xuan used Nine Heavens Micro-Steps to close in on Blood Demon and shattered his body-protecting spirit light with the Azure Phantom Nether Fire.
• The Azure Phantom Nether Fire overwhelmed Blood Demon, forcing his Nascent Soul to flee from his half-demon body.
• Blood Demon split his Nascent Soul into seven copies, but Lin Xuan destroyed six with the Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring.
• Blood Demon teleported away, but Lin Xuan struck the space with his Long Spear and captured him with an azure claw.
• Lin Xuan bound Blood Demon's Nascent Soul, sealed it in a Jade Box with restriction talismans, and prepared to search it later.

Lin Xuan gave Yue'er the purified Prayer Beads before investigating a dangerous mist-filled valley, where a Tree Demon ambushed him. After surviving its explosive demonic attack, Lin Xuan recognized it as a Demon Monster thought to have gone extinct in Cloud Province, leaving its origins uncertain.

• Lin Xuan gave Yue'er the Prayer Beads after removing their demonic influence, and she began refining the treasure while the Corpse Demon guarded her.
• Lin Xuan sensed danger in the valley but found nothing unusual and started back toward Yue'er.
• A Tree Demon disguised as a tree attacked Lin Xuan with its tongue, but his illusion misled it and he counterattacked with Sword Qi.
• Yue'er and the Corpse Demon joined Lin Xuan, and the Tree Demon unleashed a massive blast of demonic Qi that strained Lin Xuan's shield but left Yue'er unharmed.
• Lin Xuan explained that the attacker was a Tree Demon, a kind of Demon Monster believed to have vanished from Cloud Province in ancient times.

Lin Xuan ventured deeper into Yunling Mountain, using his enhanced sight and careful tests to pass a strange trap of floating mouths. Elsewhere, Pan Jin pursued rumors of ancient treasures despite the dangers, and cautiously began wading across a river under an air-forbidding restriction.

• Lin Xuan decided to continue into the fog, activated his enhanced eyesight, and discovered a floating mouth that snapped shut on a tree.
• Lin Xuan tested the mouths and learned they did not attack from beyond three feet, then advanced under the protection of his Nine Heavens Spirit Shield.
• Pan Jin recalled how the woman he loved had rejected him to become Poison Dragon Old Ancestor's concubine, strengthening his resolve to form a Nascent Soul.
• Pan Jin pressed on through Yunling Mountain despite seeing Fire Cloud Daoist's corpse and the dangers along the way.
• Pan Jin found that an air-forbidding restriction prevented him from flying across a river, tested the water with his magic treasure, and entered it protected by Bright Sun Gauze.

Lin Xuan continued through the dangerous mist around Haoshi City, confirmed that Demon Monsters were laying a trap, and decided to return. After seeing a woman attacked by two Li Soul Valley cultivators, he recognized her golden harp and killed the men, leaving the woman alive with him.

• Pan Jin was swallowed by a monstrous river mouth, while other cultivators elsewhere fell to Demon Monsters and strange restrictions.
• Lin Xuan concluded the area around Haoshi City was a trap after facing several dangers and Demon Monsters, then prepared to turn back.
• Lin Xuan approached a battle and saw two early Core Condensation Realm men attacking a woman who wielded a golden harp.
• The two men identified themselves as deacons of Li Soul Valley, and Lin Xuan attacked them because of his hatred for the sect.
• Lin Xuan killed both men, collected their souls in a jade bottle, and turned to examine the woman.

Lin Xuan reunited with Ouyang Qinxin’s disciple Wu Yun'er and learned that she had found rare pills in an ancient cultivator’s cave. Deciding the treasure was worth investigating despite the Demon Monsters’ trap, he followed Wu Yun'er deeper into Yunling Mountain, while Tian Xiaojian encountered trouble elsewhere.

• Lin Xuan reassured Wu Yun'er, learned she was Ouyang Qinxin’s disciple, and heard that Qinxin had become a Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivator.
• Wu Yun'er told Lin Xuan that she had found an ancient cultivator’s cave and a bottle of Mo Cloud Pills, which he identified and returned to her.
• Lin Xuan concluded that the rumored treasure hunt was likely a Demon Monsters’ scheme but decided to continue after learning genuine treasures might be present.
• Wu Yun'er called Lin Xuan Martial Uncle and led him into the red mist as he promised to protect her.
• A hundred li away, Tian Xiaojian ran into trouble.

Tian Xiaojian encountered his Fourth Senior Sister in Yunling Mountain and fought her after she tried to ambush him. Elsewhere, Lin Xuan protected Wu Yun'er from a swarm of demonicized beasts, then examined one of their corpses and revealed something that shocked her.

• Tian Xiaojian noticed an unexpected mountain peak on his route out of Yunling Mountain and cautiously approached it.
• Tian Xiaojian avoided his Fourth Senior Sister's Shadow Puppet ambush, destroyed it, and recognized the woman as his enemy within Separation Medicine Palace.
• Tian Xiaojian and his Fourth Senior Sister began fighting after she summoned a Banner Flag and he countered with his Nether Heart-Shattering Sword.
• Lin Xuan used his Sword Qi and Nine Heavens Spirit Shield to protect Wu Yun'er while he killed thousands of flying eyeball creatures.
• Lin Xuan identified the creatures as ordinary wild beasts that had been demonicized, extracted a black bead from one, and altered its corpse, leaving Wu Yun'er astonished.

Lin Xuan and Wu Yun'er entered a vast independent space that he believed was an ancient cultivator ruin, where strange clouds attacked them. Yue'er suspected the clouds were tribulation clouds, and Lin Xuan recognized that they could unleash the Three-Nine Minor Heavenly Tribulation.

• Lin Xuan collected black beads from the slain monsters, which transformed into ordinary bats, and warned Wu Yun'er to stay close as they explored the unfamiliar landscape.
• Lin Xuan concluded they were in an independent space, likely an ancient cultivator ruin rather than a Demon Monster creation, and Wu Yun'er chose to continue with him.
• A red cloud attacked Lin Xuan and Wu Yun'er with a pillar of light, which Lin Xuan narrowly evaded using Nine Heavens Micro-Steps; his Sword Qi had no effect on the cloud.
• Yue'er suggested the strange clouds were tribulation clouds, prompting Lin Xuan to recall that such clouds released the Three-Nine Minor Heavenly Tribulation faced by cultivators ascending to the Spirit World.

Lin Xuan and Wu Yun'er encountered a Human-Faced Centipede born from a sentient tribulation cloud, and Lin Xuan fought to contain its formidable heavenly tribulation fire. He barely checked the monster’s flames by combining the Azure Fire Sword with the Azure Phantom Nether Fire, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Yue'er explained to Lin Xuan that a tribulation cloud could gain sentience, and the cloud transformed into a Human-Faced Centipede.
• Lin Xuan judged the monster to be at the Nascent Soul Middle Stage and told Wu Yun'er to retreat while he prepared to fight.
• Lin Xuan's Azure Phantom Nether Fire clashed with the monster's heavenly tribulation fire and was gradually overwhelmed.
• Lin Xuan summoned Azure Fire and talismans to counter the pursuing Fire Snakes, but the flames vaporized his attacks and talisman creatures.
• Lin Xuan merged the Azure Fire Sword's Spirit Bird with the Azure Phantom Nether Fire, barely holding the heavenly tribulation fire at bay.

Lin Xuan fought the Human-Faced Centipede, a sentient creature born from a Tribulation Cloud, and countered its spatial attacks with the Long Spear he had obtained from the Snow Fox King. Their clashes tore dangerous spatial cracks through the air, while Wu Yun'er watched in disbelief.

• The Human-Faced Centipede attacked Lin Xuan with red needles and Bone Blades that disrupted his Nine Heavens Micro-Steps.
• Lin Xuan realized the creature's threat rivaled that of a late-stage Nascent Soul monster, but resolved to defeat it for the treasures left by an ancient Lihe-stage cultivator.
• The Human-Faced Centipede slashed at Lin Xuan with black flames, and Lin Xuan met its attack with the Long Spear from the Snow Fox King.
• Their spatial abilities collided and opened a spatial crack, and their continuing exchanges produced more deadly cracks.
• Wu Yun'er watched the battle in shock and wondered how Martial Uncle Lin, a Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator, could fight the monster and produce spatial rifts.

Lin Xuan defeated the Human-Faced Centipede, captured its sentient Heavenly Tribulation Fire, and let Wu Yun'er claim some of the monster’s remains. Elsewhere, Tian Xiaojian gained the upper hand against his senior martial sister, destroying her bonded banner and leaving her shocked and wounded.

• Wu Yun'er retreated to safety as Lin Xuan continued fighting the Human-Faced Centipede.
• Lin Xuan used the Five Dragon Seal and Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring to slow and imprison the centipede, then sent the Corpse Demon to behead it.
• A sentient Heavenly Tribulation Fire escaped from the centipede’s corpse, but Lin Xuan and the Corpse Demon trapped it inside a sphere of five-colored clouds and sealed it in a Jade Box.
• Lin Xuan offered Wu Yun'er some of the centipede’s remains, and she flew over to collect them.
• Tian Xiaojian destroyed his senior martial sister’s bonded Banner Flag with the Nether Heart-Shattering Sword, leaving her injured and unable to believe his strength.

Tian Xiaojian battled the red-clad woman, whose Silver Carp Talisman restrained his sword’s ghostly shadows and resisted the sword itself. He revealed the legendary Three-Colored Profound Ice Fire, leaving her shaken as she questioned whether it was genuine.

• Tian Xiaojian attacked the red-clad woman with the Nether Heart-Shattering Sword and its ghostly shadows.
• The woman summoned a giant python with her Colored Python Ribbon and a silver carp from her earring.
• The silver carp’s bubbles dissolved the ghostly shadows, and its silver threads proved too tough for the Nether Heart-Shattering Sword to cut.
• The woman sent more silver threads toward Tian Xiaojian, who summoned the Three-Colored Profound Ice Fire.
• The woman recalled how the Mystic Ice Master had wielded the fire and been killed after battling the Seven Great Powers, then doubted that Tian Xiaojian’s flame was real.

Tian Xiaojian and other cultivators were caught in strange teleportation events across Yunling Mountain, part of the Demon Monsters’ plot to bring down the Devil Ancestor’s divided soul. Meanwhile, Lin Xuan and Wu Yun’er continued searching for the legacy of an ancient Lihe-stage cultivator after defeating a sentient Tribulation Cloud, and Lin Xuan began scanning the surrounding area with his divine sense.

• Tian Xiaojian’s Three-Colored Profound Ice Fire overwhelmed the red-clad woman’s silver lotus, and she fled while abandoning her treasures.
• A bone spike grew from a mountain and killed the red-clad woman; the mountain absorbed her corpse and activated a teleportation array that carried Tian Xiaojian away.
• Master Conghui and two hostile Nascent Soul cultivators were also caught in sudden teleportation events, while many other cultivators faced dangers throughout Yunling Mountain.
• The chapter revealed that the Demon Monsters had lured the human cultivators to Yunling Mountain to help the upper realm’s Devil Ancestor’s divided soul descend.
• Lin Xuan and Wu Yun’er resumed their search for the ancient cultivator’s legacy, and Lin Xuan used his divine sense to scan a hundred-li radius after finding nothing nearby.