Arc 46The Fall of Red Cloud Valley

Lin Xuan refined his Demon Infant, reunited with Ouyang Qinxin and Wu Yun'er, and led an assault that destroyed the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect’s forces at Red Cloud Valley. He entered an ancient cave to pursue the sect’s hidden treasure, while cultivators from the Heavenly Ingenuity Sect approached the valley.

  • Yue'er used her inherited immortal spiritual power to heal Lin Xuan, who later advanced to the Nascent Soul Late Stage.
  • Lin Xuan rescued Ouyang Qinxin and Wu Yun'er from Yinchenzi, then refined his Demon Infant to stabilize his spiritual power.
  • Lin Xuan treated Ouyang Qinxin's Heavenly Spider Gu Poison and joined her and Wu Yun'er in returning to Red Cloud Valley.
  • Lin Xuan broke the Heavenly Dipper Arhat Array and led the fight against the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect, while Yue'er gathered the defeated cultivators' souls.
  • Lin Xuan defeated Kong Ci and the other monks, learned through soul searches that Kong Ming was pursuing a hidden treasure, and Ouyang Qinxin killed Kong Ye.
  • Lin Xuan spared the Wei Family mortals after Wu Yun'er chose to let them live, then sent Wu Yun'er back to Snow Tower City before entering the cave with Ouyang Qinxin.
  • Lin Xuan, Ouyang Qinxin, and Yue'er encountered resentful Demon Qi in the cave as Heavenly Ingenuity Sect cultivators also entered Red Cloud Valley.
  • A rock wall burst open and black lights attacked Lin Xuan and Ouyang Qinxin after the hole swallowed Lin Xuan's divine sense.
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Ch. 1140Heavenly Cloud Twelve Provinces: Immortal Mansion Rare Treasures

Yue'er learned that she was the reincarnated Asura King and that Xiao Tao was the sentient Mysterious Yin Treasure Box, then prepared to use inherited immortal spiritual power to save the badly injured Lin Xuan. Xiao Tao began a spell to give Yue'er a temporary body, while revealing that Yue'er had sealed part of Xiao Tao's memories before her previous-life battle with the True Immortals.

  • Yue'er set aside Xiao Tao's claim that she was the Asura King and asked how to save Lin Xuan, whose meridians were chaotic and spiritual power depleted.
  • Xiao Tao taught Yue'er an incantation to draw on her inherited immortal spiritual power, and Yue'er successfully produced a tiny, immensely powerful speck of light.
  • Xiao Tao explained that Yue'er would have to transfer the power into Lin Xuan through a kiss, and Yue'er agreed despite her embarrassment.
  • Xiao Tao began forming a spell to give Yue'er a temporary body so she could heal Lin Xuan.
  • Xiao Tao revealed that she was Yue'er's sentient Mysterious Yin Treasure Box, not an Artifact Spirit, and that Yue'er had sealed some of her memories before facing the True Immortals.
  • Xiao Tao said the seal would gradually lift as Yue'er's strength returned, while admitting she did not know the full reason for Yue'er's previous-life conflict with the True Immortals.

Ch. 1141The Twelve Heavenly Cloud Provinces, Yue'er's True Face, A Pair of Peerless Beauties

Xiao Tao used a secret art to give Yue'er a temporary physical body, revealing her extraordinary beauty, then fell into a slumber from the strain. Yue'er used the body’s brief remaining time to heal Lin Xuan, but when he woke as she leaned in for a kiss, she accidentally sent him flying into a mountain wall.

  • Xiao Tao formed a temporary body for Yue'er with a secret art, revealing her true appearance as a peerless beauty.
  • Yue'er learned that her ordinary appearance had been sealed and that a lasting flesh-and-blood body would resemble her usual illusory form.
  • Xiao Tao exhausted her vital energy and returned to the Mysterious Yin Treasure Box to slumber, urging Yue'er to grow stronger.
  • Yue'er used a wisp of immortal spiritual power to calm Lin Xuan's chaotic energy and repair his injuries.
  • As Yue'er's temporary body began to disappear, she leaned down to steal a kiss, but Lin Xuan woke and startled her into hurling him into the mountain wall.

Ch. 1142The Twelve Heavenly Cloud Provinces, Advancing to Nascent Soul Late Stage (Part 1)

After Yue'er secretly healed Lin Xuan with immortal-spirit power, he recovered from the Huiyuan Powder backlash and discovered his cultivation was on the verge of a breakthrough. He decided to seize the unexpected opportunity and attempt to advance to the Nascent Soul Late Stage, despite lacking breakthrough pills and still bearing the Demon Infant’s hidden danger.

  • Yue'er freed Lin Xuan from the rock wall and concealed that she had briefly become the Asura King, telling him instead that a mysterious point of light had healed him.
  • Lin Xuan confirmed his body and spiritual power had changed, then used his stored spirit pills to recover while Yue'er watched anxiously.
  • After three days of meditation, Lin Xuan found his cultivation had risen and that his spiritual power was surging toward a breakthrough.
  • Lin Xuan weighed the risk of destabilizing his yin and yang spiritual power against the rare opportunity and decided to attempt advancing to the late stage.
  • Lin Xuan began the breakthrough without any spirit medicines prepared for it, while the chapter ended before revealing the result.

Ch. 1143Twelve Heavenly Cloud Provinces - Advancing to Nascent Soul Late Stage (Part 2)

After thirty days of worrying, Yue'er watched Lin Xuan awaken from his breakthrough and learn that he had reached the Nascent Soul Late Stage. Lin Xuan chose to postpone refining the Soul-Transforming Pill and planned to check on Ouyang Qinxin before his appointment with Luo Tiancheng.

  • Yue'er anxiously waited for Lin Xuan to wake, unable to sense what was happening inside his body.
  • Lin Xuan opened his eyes, and Yue'er embraced him with relief after a month of worry.
  • Lin Xuan told Yue'er that he had advanced to the Nascent Soul Late Stage with help from a mysterious force that had since vanished.
  • Lin Xuan reassured Yue'er that the Demon Core would temporarily keep the Demon Infant's yin and yang spiritual powers balanced.
  • Lin Xuan refused to refine the Soul-Transforming Pill immediately and decided to visit Ouyang Qinxin before meeting Luo Tiancheng.

Ch. 1144Twelve Heavenly Cloud Provinces, Goodbye Qin Xin

Lin Xuan reached Snow Tower City and found Ouyang Qinxin and Wu Yun'er facing a group of cultivators who wanted them to marry Poison Dragon Venerable. The chapter ended with the weakened master and disciple in danger, while Lin Xuan approached without revealing himself.

  • Lin Xuan entered Snow Tower City under a concealment divine ability and reassured Yue'er that he would protect her, even from a true immortal.
  • Lin Xuan sensed cultivators gathered near the courtyard where Wu Yun'er and Ouyang Qinxin were staying.
  • Lin Xuan recognized Ouyang Qinxin, whose cultivation had fallen after the Heavenly Spider Gu Poison left her gravely ill.
  • A middle-stage Core Condensation cultivator demanded that Wu Yun'er and Ouyang Qinxin marry his master, Poison Dragon Venerable.
  • Wu Yun'er tried to keep Ouyang Qinxin calm and searched for a way to escape, while Lin Xuan came upon the confrontation.

Ch. 1145Twelve Heavenly Cloud Provinces: Eradicating Evil to the Last

Lin Xuan arrived in time to rescue Ouyang Qinxin and Wu Yun'er from Yinchenzi and his fellow evil-path cultivators, then sent his monsters to pursue Poison Dragon Venerable. After entering Qinxin’s estate for tea, he noticed her sigh and worried that her poison had flared up.

  • Yinchenzi threatened Ouyang Qinxin and Wu Yun'er, but Lin Xuan appeared and severed his arm with a hidden attack.
  • Wu Yun'er and Ouyang Qinxin reunited with Lin Xuan and learned he had reached Nascent Soul Late Stage.
  • Yinchenzi and the other cultivators knelt and begged for mercy, and Lin Xuan pretended to let them escape so he could track them to Poison Dragon Venerable.
  • Lin Xuan sent the Corpse Demon and Pangolin to hunt down Poison Dragon Venerable while he entered the estate with Ouyang Qinxin and Wu Yun'er.
  • Wu Yun'er left Lin Xuan and Ouyang Qinxin alone, and Lin Xuan asked whether Qinxin’s poison had flared up after she sighed.

Ch. 1146Twelve Heavenly Cloud Provinces: A Return Gift for a Peach

Lin Xuan helped Ouyang Qinxin suppress her Heavenly Spider Gu Poison, then discovered that his yin and yang spiritual power was destabilizing and that correcting it would conflict with a promise he made to help Yue'er. He secretly chose a risky, shortened Demon Infant refinement so Yue'er would not have to give up her chance at Nascent Soul Formation, and prepared to enter seclusion after arranging medicine for Qinxin.

  • Lin Xuan gave Ouyang Qinxin Qingning Powder to ease her poison injury, and an awkward moment between them was interrupted when Pangolin and the Corpse Demon returned from Poison Dragon Venerable's cave residence.
  • Over the next three days, Ouyang Qinxin learned about Lin Xuan's extraordinary rise in cultivation, while Lin Xuan hid bouts of pain caused by his spiritual power imbalance.
  • Lin Xuan told Yue'er that he needed to refine the Soul-Transforming Pill and Demon Infant to resolve the imbalance, but concealed that he would use the riskier forty-nine-day method to meet the upcoming appointment with Luo Tiancheng.
  • Lin Xuan summoned Wu Yun'er and gave her medicinal pills, asking whether Qin Xin had used up the medicines he had provided to suppress her poison.

Ch. 1147The Twelve Heavenly Cloud Provinces and the Blue Star Sea are formidable

Lin Xuan entered seclusion to refine a Soul-Transforming Pill and prepare an array to remove the hidden danger of his Demon Infant. After purifying the pill twice, he began setting up the array and reluctantly brought out two Top-grade Spirit Stones to power it.

  • Lin Xuan told Wu Yun'er he would remain in seclusion for a few dozen days and entrusted her with spiritual herbs and care of her master.
  • Lin Xuan protected the manor with Formation Flags and summoned the Corpse Demon and Pangolin to assist Yue'er.
  • Lin Xuan rapidly refined a crude Soul-Transforming Pill, then used the Blue Star Sea to purify it twice into a smaller, brighter red pill.
  • Lin Xuan laid out an array to refine his Demon Infant anew and opened two Jade Boxes containing Top-grade Spirit Stones of wood and earth attributes.
  • Lin Xuan wondered why activating the array required two Top-grade Spirit Stones when returning from Demon Spirit Island had required only one.

Ch. 1148The Twelve Heavenly Cloud Provinces, Forging the Demon Infant

Lin Xuan endured a painful refinement that used a formation and the Soul-Transforming Pill to temper his Demon Infant. After several dozen days, the refinement was complete, though the chapter left his next step unstated.

  • Lin Xuan swallowed the Soul-Transforming Pill and drew its medicinal power into his Demon Infant.
  • Lin Xuan placed the Demon Infant in the formation, where spiritual needles and blades began the painful tempering.
  • Yue'er watched anxiously as Lin Xuan endured the refinement, while Ouyang Qinxin and Wu Yun'er worried nearby.
  • Wu Yun'er gave Ouyang Qinxin the medicines Lin Xuan had left to suppress her Heavenly Spider Gu Poison.
  • After several dozen days, Lin Xuan stopped the formation and saw that the two Top-grade Spirit Stones had nearly run out of spiritual power.

Ch. 1149Twelve Heavenly Cloud Provinces, Thirty-Six Heavens

Lin Xuan emerged from seclusion after removing the Demon Infant’s hidden danger and discovered that the process had taken only thirty-six days. After explaining his cultivation to Ouyang Qinxin and Wu Yun’er, he learned that the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect’s monks remained at Azure Cloud Mountain’s former main altar and resolved to attack them despite Qinxin’s warning.

  • Lin Xuan’s Demon Infant reached the peak of the Nascent Soul Early Stage, and Yue'er told him that its refinement had taken only thirty-six days.
  • Lin Xuan reunited with Ouyang Qinxin and Wu Yun’er, declined to take Wu Yun’er as a disciple, but promised to guide her.
  • Lin Xuan explained the Dual Nascent Soul Technique and told Ouyang Qinxin that he had a lead on an antidote for her Heavenly Spider Gu Poison.
  • Wu Yun’er reported that the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect’s monks were still at Azure Cloud Mountain’s former main altar.
  • Ouyang Qinxin urged Lin Xuan not to provoke the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect, but Lin Xuan declared that he intended to take it down.

Ch. 1150The Twelve Heavenly Cloud Provinces Suppress the Heavenly Spider Gu Poison

Lin Xuan told Ouyang Qinxin that he had killed Kong Xuan and agreed to help her avenge Azure Cloud Mountain by temporarily suppressing her Heavenly Spider Gu Poison. The proposed treatment required intimate skin contact, and the chapter ended as Ouyang removed her outer robe and told Lin Xuan to begin.

  • Lin Xuan revealed that he had killed Kong Xuan and held his Nascent Soul, confirming his feud with the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect.
  • Ouyang Qinxin thanked Lin Xuan for avenging Azure Cloud Mountain, while Wu Yun'er kowtowed to him on behalf of the dead.
  • Ouyang told Lin Xuan about Azure Cloud Mountain's massacre and grieved that the Heavenly Spider Gu Poison kept her from taking revenge herself.
  • Lin Xuan explained that his Azure Phantom Nether Fire could suppress the poison temporarily, but the treatment required skin-to-skin contact and massage.
  • Ouyang agreed to the treatment, entered a quiet room with Lin Xuan, and removed her outer robe.

Ch. 1151The Twelve Heavenly Cloud Provinces: Splitting the Branch Sect

Lin Xuan helped Ouyang Qinxin suppress the Heavenly Spider Gu Poison and traveled with her and Wu Yun'er to Red Cloud Valley, Azure Cloud Mountain's former headquarters. As they arrived to take revenge on the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect, two Wei Family disciples challenged them for trespassing.

  • Lin Xuan used the poison of his Azure Phantom Nether Fire to draw out some of Ouyang Qinxin's Heavenly Spider Gu Poison and help her recover her cultivation temporarily.
  • Lin Xuan refined the extracted poison while Ouyang Qinxin meditated, and both recovered before setting out with Wu Yun'er.
  • Wu Yun'er led Lin Xuan and Ouyang Qinxin through Kunlang City toward Red Cloud Valley, intent on avenging her family and Azure Cloud Mountain.
  • The trio reached Red Cloud Valley, where Lin Xuan noted its rich spiritual energy and the remains of Azure Cloud Mountain's former headquarters.
  • Wei Xuefeng and another Wei Family disciple arrived and demanded to know who Lin Xuan and the two women were, threatening them for trespassing.

Ch. 1152Twelve Heavenly Cloud Provinces, A Mysterious Treasure

Lin Xuan, Ouyang Qinxin, and Wu Yun'er returned to Red Cloud Valley and killed the Wei Family and Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect cultivators who had attacked Azure Cloud Mountain. After learning from a captured elder that the conflict centered on a mysterious treasure, Lin Xuan asked Ouyang Qinxin about it, and she began explaining how the group had found an empty ancient ruin and a stone box.

  • Wei Xuefeng recognized Lin Xuan and Ouyang Qinxin as Nascent Soul Realm cultivators, while Wei Xuemei tried to flee with an Earth Escape Talisman and Wu Yun'er killed her.
  • Wei Xuefeng attempted to escape into Red Cloud Valley, but Wu Yun'er's Cicada Wing Sword pursued him before a Late Core Condensation Realm elder intervened.
  • The elder and his companions learned the newcomers were survivors of Azure Cloud Mountain and tried to flee, but Lin Xuan killed them and captured the elder for questioning.
  • Lin Xuan used the Soul Searching Technique on the elder, then asked Ouyang Qinxin why the Wei Family had risked so much to seize Azure Cloud Mountain's treasure.
  • Ouyang Qinxin said Senior Brother Taixu had found a treasure map, which led them to an ancient cultivator's ruins containing only a stone box.

Ch. 1153Twelve Heavenly Cloud Provinces, Heavenly Dipper Arhat Array

Lin Xuan confronted the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect at Red Cloud Valley and discovered the Heavenly Dipper Arhat Array protecting it. He forced his way into the formation with Ouyang Qinxin and Wu Yun'er, leaving the women to follow as he fought through its relentless Buddhas.

  • Ouyang Qinxin told Lin Xuan that Azure Cloud Mountain had found a black shield in a stone box, but it showed no reaction when they infused it with magic power.
  • Kong Xing and other Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect cultivators arrived, recognized Lin Xuan, and fled into Red Cloud Valley after he wounded them with Sword Qi.
  • Lin Xuan brought Ouyang Qinxin and Wu Yun'er to Red Cloud Valley, where he identified the golden barrier as the Heavenly Dipper Arhat Array.
  • Lin Xuan entered the array and used the Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens Art to overcome its interference, then cut down a Buddha with the Azure Fire Sword.
  • Lin Xuan shielded Ouyang Qinxin and Wu Yun'er with the Black Gold Dragon Scale Shield and fought the array's Buddhas with the Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring.
  • Ouyang Qinxin watched Lin Xuan withstand the formation's attacks, then pulled Wu Yun'er into her escape light to follow him through the array.

Ch. 1154The Rewards of Mirror Flowers and Water Moon in the Twelve Heavenly Cloud Provinces

Lin Xuan used the Broken Sword to destroy the Heavenly Dipper Arhat Array and advanced with Ouyang Qinxin and Wu Yun'er into Red Cloud Valley. The monks led by Kong Ci ordered the valley’s cultivators to wear Lin Xuan down, and the trio encountered a dense host of lights ahead.

  • Lin Xuan unleashed the Broken Sword’s golden-blue Sword Qi, annihilating the Buddhas and breaking the Heavenly Dipper Arhat Array.
  • Kong Ci and the other monks learned the array had fallen and ordered the valley’s cultivators to attack Lin Xuan and Ouyang Qinxin, promising a reward Kong Ci never intended to pay.
  • Lin Xuan, Ouyang Qinxin, and Wu Yun'er saw the devastation caused by his sword and flew toward the inner valley.
  • Ouyang Qinxin and Wu Yun'er recalled Azure Cloud Mountain’s destruction and its survivors’ deaths, and their killing intent rose.
  • Lin Xuan and the two women slowed when a dense mass of lights appeared on the horizon.

Ch. 1155The Twelve Heavenly Cloud Provinces: Jade Luo Bees Unleash Their Might

Lin Xuan unleashed his Jade Luo Bees against the more than ten thousand Wei Family and Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect cultivators who charged at him and Ouyang Qinxin. The bees overwhelmed the attackers, and the battle left the opposing force badly weakened from the outset.

  • Wu Yun'er and Ouyang Qinxin saw more than ten thousand cultivators advancing on them, and Lin Xuan suspected the enemy meant to wear down their magic power.
  • Lin Xuan decided to meet the attackers and considered the souls he could collect for Yue'er's Beast Soul Banner.
  • Lin Xuan released tens of thousands of Jade Luo Bees from a pouch, astonishing Wu Yun'er, Ouyang Qinxin, and the approaching cultivators.
  • A gray-robed monk rallied the attackers with promises of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect leader's tutelage and a million Spirit Stones for Lin Xuan's and Ouyang Qinxin's heads.
  • Lin Xuan directed the Jade Luo Bees into battle, where their poison and nimble attacks rapidly incapacitated many low-level disciples.

Ch. 1156Twelve Heavenly Cloud Provinces, Yue'er Makes Her Move

Lin Xuan’s Jade Luo Bees devastated the Wei Family and Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect forces, and he sent Yue'er to collect their souls with the Beast Soul Banner. With the enemy’s survivors desperate and fleeing, Ouyang Qinxin prepared to join the fight and avenge her fallen allies.

  • Foundation Establishment cultivators including Fa Yuan and a Wei Family genius were killed by the Jade Luo Bees despite their defenses and attacks.
  • Lin Xuan called Yue'er out and told her to begin collecting the enemy’s souls.
  • Yue'er enlarged the Beast Soul Banner and summoned a half-formed Giant Spirit Ghost, which devoured souls from the corpses.
  • The remaining cultivators panicked as the ghost gathered souls, while Lin Xuan showed no mercy toward the forces that had massacred the Wu Family.
  • Ouyang Qinxin brought out her Seven-Stringed Zither and prepared to attack the enemy herself.

Ch. 1157The Price of Speaking Recklessly

Lin Xuan and his companions slaughtered the cultivators sent as cannon fodder, then confronted Kong Ci and the other Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect elders. After Kong Ye threatened Ouyang Qinxin, Lin Xuan struck him down and assigned Qinxin to take revenge while the others prepared for battle.

  • Ouyang used her Sound Wave Technique as Wu Yun'er and the Jade Luo Bees helped wipe out the remaining cultivators.
  • Kong Ci and several Nascent Soul elders emerged from the inner valley, and Lin Xuan shattered Kong Ci's Buddhist palm with Sword Qi.
  • Kong Ci accused Lin Xuan and the women of killing innocents, but Lin Xuan declared that he would destroy the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect and prevent its monks from reincarnating.
  • Kong Ye boasted that he would capture and strip Ouyang, so Lin Xuan appeared before him and slapped him, knocking out his teeth and sending him flying.
  • Lin Xuan left Kong Ye for Ouyang to fight, told Wu Yun'er to stay beside Yue'er, and faced the frightened Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect elders.

Ch. 1158Twelve Heavenly Cloud Provinces, Ambush from Ten Sides and Treasure Snatching

Lin Xuan and Ouyang Qinxin fought the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect cultivators, with Ouyang facing Kong Ye and Lin Xuan confronting six elders at once. Lin Xuan seized the elders’ treasures through the Five Dragon Seal’s clouds and mist, leaving them shocked by his strength.

  • Kong Ci rallied five fellow cultivators and attacked Lin Xuan together with Buddhist treasures and coordinated techniques.
  • Ouyang Qinxin challenged Kong Ye and turned notes from her Seven-Stringed Zither into swords and pillars of light with Ambush from Ten Sides.
  • Lin Xuan used the Five Dragon Seal to surround himself in clouds and mist that blocked the elders’ control of their treasures.
  • Lin Xuan seized the six treasures with an azure hand and forced the Flood Dragon staff back into its original form.
  • The elders realized Lin Xuan’s strength rivaled that of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect’s Four Great Vajras.

Ch. 1159Twelve Heavenly Cloud Provinces - Slicing Melons and Cutting Vegetables

Lin Xuan pursued the fleeing monks of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect after defeating their group, killing five and capturing their Nascent Souls. Kong Ci escaped to a remote mountain, believing Lin Xuan could not find him, while the sect’s scheme at Red Cloud Valley remained underway under Kong Ming.

  • Kong Ci ordered the monks to retreat, but Lin Xuan intercepted two of them and killed Kong Hai and a one-armed monk, capturing both Nascent Souls.
  • Ouyang wounded Kong Ye as he tried to flee, while Lin Xuan imprisoned the two captured Nascent Souls and left the battlefield.
  • Lin Xuan pursued Kong Ru and killed him with a swarm of Sword Qi, then tracked down and executed another monk.
  • Lin Xuan burned the fifth monk’s corpse and used a Jade Luo Bee to follow Kong Ci, the only surviving opponent.
  • Kong Ci reached a remote mountain and believed he had escaped Lin Xuan, reflecting that Kong Ming was leading the Red Cloud Valley scheme and possessed Azure Cloud Mountain’s hidden treasure.

Ch. 1160Twelve Heavenly Cloud Provinces: New Discoveries

Lin Xuan defeated Kong Ci and learned through soul searching that Azure Cloud Mountain held a valuable treasure, then hurried back to Red Cloud Valley, where Qin Xin and Yue'er were safe. He captured Kong Ye and searched for an antidote to Qin Xin’s poison, then hinted that he had other plans.

  • Kong Ci recognized Lin Xuan’s Jade Luo Bee, but Lin Xuan caught up with him and defeated him with Azure Phantom Nether Fire.
  • Lin Xuan left Kong Ci’s Nascent Soul alive and searched it, learning of a treasure at Azure Cloud Mountain and a powerful Bodhi Courtyard chief seat in Red Cloud Valley.
  • Lin Xuan rushed back to Red Cloud Valley and found Qin Xin and Yue'er safe with the Banner Flag.
  • Qin Xin killed Kong Ye, but Lin Xuan intercepted his fleeing Nascent Soul and searched it for a cure to Qin Xin’s Heavenly Spider Gu Poison.
  • Lin Xuan found no cure in Kong Ye’s memories, reassured Qin Xin that he already had a lead, and said he had other things to do.

Ch. 1161The Twelve Heavenly Cloud Provinces: The Model of a Cultivation Family

Lin Xuan and his companions reached the Wei Family’s mortal residences, where Zhao Ying and thousands of frightened civilians begged them for mercy. Lin Xuan chose not to harm the mortals, who posed no threat to him.

  • The Wei Family’s mortal population waited anxiously after the family’s cultivators rushed to claim the reward for killing Lin Xuan or Ouyang Qinxin and were annihilated.
  • Lin Xuan, Wu Yun'er, and their companion arrived among the Wei Family’s mortals, and Wu Yun'er explained why cultivation families kept so many mortal descendants.
  • Zhao Ying, a martial artist who had married a Wei Family cultivator after he rescued her from the Three Demons of Cangmang, stepped forward to plead for the mortals’ lives.
  • Tens of thousands of mortals knelt and begged the three immortal masters for mercy.
  • Lin Xuan decided not to kill the mortals because they posed no threat and he did not want to create more killing karma.

Ch. 1162The Twelve Heavenly Cloud Provinces' Treasure That Even Lihe the Old Monster Covets

Lin Xuan spared the surviving mortals after Wu Yun'er chose not to punish the innocent, then revealed that the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect had targeted Red Cloud Valley for a treasure coveted by Lihe Realm cultivators. He identified Kong Ming as their next enemy and urged Wu Yun'er to return to Snow Tower City before the fight began.

  • Lin Xuan let Wu Yun'er decide the fate of the mortals, and she chose to spare them because the guilty monks and Wei Family murderers had already been executed.
  • Lin Xuan ordered the survivors to leave, then continued into Red Cloud Valley with Ouyang Qinxin and Wu Yun'er.
  • Lin Xuan revealed that a Lihe Realm treasure scheme, rather than the Wei Family conflict, had led to the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect's destruction.
  • Lin Xuan found the place where Kong Ming was retrieving the treasure and warned Wu Yun'er that he would face one of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect's Four Great Vajras.
  • Lin Xuan explained that Kong Ming could wield a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure stolen from Azure Cloud Mountain, then told Wu Yun'er to return to Snow Tower City.

Ch. 1163The Twelve Heavenly Cloud Provinces, Ouyang's Thoughts

Lin Xuan and Ouyang Qinxin uncovered a sinister Ancient Cave and entered it, while two Heavenly Ingenuity Sect cultivators raced toward Red Cloud Valley to claim a long-sought treasure. The chapter left the newcomers worried that the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect had already found the same thing.

  • Wu Yun'er said farewell to Lin Xuan and Ouyang Qinxin and flew away.
  • Lin Xuan destroyed the small mountain, uncovered a dark Ancient Cave filled with yin wind, and explained that the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect had kept its treasure search secret.
  • Lin Xuan suggested that Ouyang Qinxin return to Snow Tower City, but she objected; he reassured her, activated the Nine Heavens Spirit Shield, and entered the cave, followed by Ouyang.
  • The second elder of the Heavenly Ingenuity Sect and a masked female cultivator hurried toward Red Cloud Valley, hoping to claim a treasure they had sought for a hundred years.
  • The female cultivator warned that the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect might have discovered the treasure and asked whether they would have to clash with the sect.

Ch. 1164Twelve Heavenly Cloud Provinces: Shocking Changes

Lin Xuan and Ouyang Qinxin explored a cave filled with unnatural Yin wind while two Heavenly Ingenuity Sect cultivators entered Red Cloud Valley to search for the treasure. The cave suddenly opened into a bottomless hole that swallowed Lin Xuan’s divine sense and sent black lights attacking them.

  • A Heavenly Ingenuity Sect elder told his Junior Sister that their sect master had lent their Second Senior Brother a treasure, giving them the strength to compete for the prize.
  • Lin Xuan, Ouyang Qinxin, and Yue'er entered the cave, where Yue'er sensed resentment and Demon Qi in the fierce Yin wind.
  • The Heavenly Ingenuity Sect elder and his Junior Sister found Red Cloud Valley empty and cautiously entered under concealment.
  • Lin Xuan and Ouyang Qinxin flew deeper into the cave and wondered why they had encountered no ghosts or other dangers.
  • A rock wall exploded into a dark hole that swallowed Lin Xuan’s divine sense, and several black lights burst out and attacked the pair.
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