Recaps

Lin Xuan visited Wu Yun'er, told her that Ouyang Qinxin had ascended to the Spirit World, and promised to support Wu Yun'er's cultivation. He then went to punish the Thousand Shadows Sect, but found it already under attack by the Ji Clan and secretly watched as the sect admitted to robbing them.

• Lin Xuan visited Wu Yun'er's cave residence and reassured her that Ouyang Qinxin was safe and had ascended to the Spirit World through teleportation.
• Lin Xuan named Wu Yun'er Baisuan Pavilion's third Pavilion Master, promised to guide her to Nascent Soul Formation, and gave her pills and cultivation insights to share with Lu Ying'er.
• Lin Xuan traveled to the Thousand Shadows Sect to take revenge, but found its Sect Protection Array destroyed and a group of Ji Clan cultivators waiting outside.
• The Thousand Shadows Sect's demon-cultivator reinforcements arrived, and the Ji Clan head accused Wang old monster of stealing their goods and abducting female disciples.
• Wang old monster admitted that the Thousand Shadows Sect had robbed the Ji Clan, then described Ji Haitang, prompting her worried relative to ask what had happened to her.

Lin Xuan watched the Ji Clan lose ground against the Thousand Shadows Sect before a powerful Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator arrived and struck at Wang. The battle remained unresolved as Wang struggled to fend off the newcomer’s attack.

• Wang revealed that he had taken Haitang as a Cauldron, provoking the Ji Clan and escalating their confrontation with the Thousand Shadows Sect.
• Wang threatened to destroy the Ji Clan, and the scarred big man attacked him with a golden Broadsword.
• Wang transformed through Demonification and gained the upper hand, while the Thousand Shadows Sect’s elders attacked the Ji Clan’s disciples.
• Lin Xuan considered joining the battle but sensed an approaching Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator and remained concealed.
• A milky-white ball of light attacked Wang, and his claw-beam collided with it, forcing him back and leaving him injured.

Ji Yueru arrived to save the Ji Clan and turned the battle against the Thousand Shadows Sect, while Lin Xuan recognized the terrifying presence of Huitong. Huitong appeared in a replacement body, having recovered most of his power, and had come seeking revenge.

• Ji Yueru arrived at the Ji Clan's battlefield and challenged the Thousand Shadows Sect's leader, then attacked him with her Jade Comb.
• Ji Yueru and the Ji Clan's cultivators overwhelmed the Thousand Shadows Sect, while Lin Xuan watched and wondered about Ji Yueru's origins.
• A powerful aura descended, and Lin Xuan recognized it as Huitong's as the fighting stopped.
• Ji Yueru killed the Thousand Shadows Sect's leader with her Jade Comb before Huitong appeared from a vortex of wind and gathered Yuan Qi.
• Lin Xuan realized Huitong had obtained a new body after his former one was destroyed and had come out seeking revenge.

Huitong threatened Ji Yueru and the Ji Clan, then discovered Lin Xuan had been hiding nearby. Lin Xuan challenged Huitong, and the two began fighting as their attacks collided.

• Huitong recognized Ji Yueru as a senior figure of Horizon Sea Pavilion and decided to kill her and the Ji Clan to strike at the rival faction.
• Huitong threatened Ji Yueru, while the Thousand Shadows Sect cultivators welcomed his intervention and the Ji Clan prepared to resist.
• Huitong sensed someone concealed nearby and called for them to reveal themselves.
• Lin Xuan emerged, and Huitong recognized him as the enemy he had long sought and threatened to torment him.
• Lin Xuan mocked Huitong, who attacked with a fiery-red monk's staff and a barrage of staff shadows.
• Lin Xuan countered with Azure Fire Sword, forming a dense curtain of sword shadows to meet Huitong's attack.

Lin Xuan fought Huitong, proving he could stand against the Lihe Realm monk with his treasures and battle armor. Huitong unleashed a powerful formation of thirty-six Flying Daggers, forcing Lin Xuan to evade its attacks and bring out the Purple Cauldron Whip.

• Lin Xuan's Azure Fire clashed evenly with Huitong's Zen Staff, convincing Lin Xuan that he could fight the Lihe Realm monk.
• Huitong summoned thirty-six Flying Daggers while Lin Xuan equipped the Green Flame Qilin Armor.
• Lin Xuan attacked with the Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring, whose ring-shadows formed a mountain that shattered Huitong's Buddha phantom.
• Huitong completed a Heavenly Dipper formation with the Flying Daggers, and its enormous light spheres destroyed Lin Xuan's mountain.
• Lin Xuan evaded a teleporting light sphere with Nine Heavens Micro-Steps and produced the Purple Cauldron Whip.

Lin Xuan and Huitong unleashed their strongest attacks, and the resulting explosion injured them both. Lin Xuan survived with the help of the Green Flame Qilin Armor, while Huitong emerged gravely wounded and missing his left hand and foot.

• Lin Xuan used the Purple Cauldron Whip to block two teleporting daggers and drew the Demonic Fate Sword to face Huitong’s formation.
• Huitong gathered the remaining thirty-four Flying Daggers into a golden Buddha-shaped sphere and strengthened it with his vital blood.
• Lin Xuan and Huitong’s sword strike and golden sphere clashed, then exploded into a cloud of gold-and-silver light that injured nearby cultivators.
• Lin Xuan’s Green Flame Qilin Armor activated and shielded him from most of the explosion, leaving him pale and slightly injured.
• Huitong survived the blast but lost his left hand and left foot.

Lin Xuan overpowered Monk Huitong by exploiting his injuries and the rejection between his stolen body and Nascent Soul. Huitong escaped in Nascent Soul form with a secret teleportation technique, leaving Lin Xuan to collect the spoils and face the watching cultivators.

• Lin Xuan attacked Huitong with the Purple Cauldron Whip, Azure Phantom Nether Fire, the Snow Fox King's Long Spear, and his Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens Art.
• Huitong defended himself with his Wooden Fish, a Buddha-shaped spell, and a Silver Hook, but his wounded body began rejecting his Nascent Soul.
• Lin Xuan caught Huitong after a chase and punched a hole through his chest, prompting Huitong to explode his body and send his Nascent Soul fleeing.
• Lin Xuan used the Long Spear to interrupt Huitong's teleportation once, but Huitong activated a secret technique and escaped with his next attempt.
• Lin Xuan put away his treasures, took Huitong's Storage Bag, and turned toward the cultivators watching from afar.

Lin Xuan destroyed the Thousand Shadows Sect’s Nascent Soul elders and left the Ji Clan to finish off the sect, then showed Ji Yueru an object that shocked her. Meanwhile, the fleeing Huitong sensed a hair-raising presence behind him as he prepared to rest far from the battlefield.

• Lin Xuan told Ji Yueru that he had come to destroy the Thousand Shadows Sect and stopped its elders from fleeing.
• Lin Xuan killed the Thousand Shadows Sect’s Nascent Soul elders with waves of five-colored sword lights, while Ji Yueru ordered the Ji Clan to leave no sect cultivators alive.
• Lin Xuan left the remaining Thousand Shadows Sect cultivators to the Ji Clan and tossed Ji Yueru an object she appeared to recognize.
• Huitong fled tens of thousands of li from the battlefield, regretted losing his body, and planned to bring his senior brother when he next sought revenge on Lin Xuan.
• Huitong stopped to rest after traveling about a hundred thousand li, then sensed a hair-raising presence behind him.

Taowu killed Huitong and learned through a soul search that Lin Xuan had defeated him and that Princess Xinyue was with Lin Xuan. The chapter then shifted to Sky Continent, where Tian Xiaojian had arrived several months earlier.

• Huitong fled from Taowu, but Taowu broke his teleportation and overwhelmed his attacks.
• Taowu pierced Huitong's Nascent Soul with its tongue, devoured him, and discovered that Lin Xuan had destroyed Huitong's body.
• Taowu learned that Princess Xinyue was also with Lin Xuan and hesitated to seek revenge because of her father's power and Lin Xuan's strength.
• The narration described Sky Continent's former prosperity, the Luo Clan's defeat by the Seven Sects, and the province's decline.
• Tian Xiaojian arrived at Sky Continent several months earlier.

After destroying the Thousand Shadows Sect, Lin Xuan spoke with Ji Yueru and learned that Qin Yan was secluded at Horizon Sea Pavilion under Meng Ruyan’s guidance. He asked Ji Yueru to deliver a letter personally to Meng Ruyan as she returned to the sect.

• The Scar-faced Man reported that the Luo Clan’s main altar had been taken and invited Lin Xuan and Ji Yueru to the hall.
• Ji Yueru asked Lin Xuan where he had obtained Qin Yan’s jade pendant, and Lin Xuan said he and Qin Yan had known each other before she joined Horizon Sea Pavilion.
• Lin Xuan learned that Qin Yan was in seclusion with Meng Ruyan guiding her and confirmed that Meng Ruyan had returned to Horizon Sea Pavilion.
• Lin Xuan asked Ji Yueru to take a letter to Meng Ruyan and deliver it to her personally.

Lin Xuan entrusted Ji Yueru with a sealed Jade Slip for her martial uncle, while the Ji Clan finished wiping out Thousand Shadows Sect and was warned to keep his visit secret. On Sky Continent, Tian Xiaojian searched the Demon Domain Mountains for the secret marked on an ancient map, but had found nothing after several months.

• Lin Xuan gave Ji Yueru a Jade Slip to deliver personally to her martial uncle, and the two exchanged cultivation insights before he departed.
• Ji Yueru resisted the urge to inspect the Jade Slip and learned that the Ji Clan had killed every member of Thousand Shadows Sect.
• Ji Yueru warned the Scar-faced Man not to investigate Lin Xuan and ordered the clan to keep his visit secret, then hurried back to Horizon Sea Pavilion.
• Tian Xiaojian recalled killing a Nascent Soul Late Stage elder of Li Soul Valley and finding an ancient map in the elder's Storage Bag.
• Tian Xiaojian traveled to the Demon Domain Mountains on Sky Continent to search for the map's secret, but found no clues after several months.

Lin Xuan traveled to the Heavenly Ingenuity Sect to seek Nascent Soul Realm puppets for Baisuan Pavilion. After breaking through the sect’s protective formation, he was recognized as a Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator and escorted into the sect to discuss business.

• Lin Xuan decided to strengthen Baisuan Pavilion with puppets because he could not recruit Nascent Soul Realm cultivators to protect it.
• Lin Xuan traveled through Mystic Ice Prefecture, recalling Qin Xin and worrying about Yuanyuan and Peacock.
• Lin Xuan entered the Ice Plain and broke through a powerful formation with his Nine Heavens Spirit Shield and five-colored Sword Qi.
• Pang Bo and two other Heavenly Ingenuity Sect patrol cultivators arrived, and Pang Bo recognized Lin Xuan’s Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivation.
• Lin Xuan explained that he had come to do business, and Pang Bo escorted him into the heartland of the Heavenly Ingenuity Sect.

Tian Xiaojian found an Iron Essence gate at the hidden Luo Clan treasure site, but its unexplained opening made him suspect a trap. Meanwhile, Lin Xuan visited the Heavenly Ingenuity Sect under the alias Li Yaotian to buy a Nascent Soul Realm Puppet, and Xue Qiaoyun said an exception might be possible for the right price.

• Tian Xiaojian followed the treasure map into a mountain in the Demon Domain Mountains, believing the Luo Clan's hidden inheritance lay inside.
• Tian Xiaojian reached an Iron Essence gate, and it opened by itself before his Nether Heart-Shattering Sword could strike, making him wonder whether the map had led him into a trap.
• Pang Bo guided Lin Xuan through the Heavenly Ingenuity Sect's main altar and explained that its Crystal Might Cannons could threaten even powerful cultivators.
• Lin Xuan met outer hall elder Xue Qiaoyun under the alias Li Yaotian and asked to buy a Nascent Soul Realm Puppet.
• Xue Qiaoyun explained that the sect ordinarily did not sell Nascent Soul Realm Puppets, but she suggested an exception could depend on the price Lin Xuan could pay.

Tian Xiaojian was caught in a strange Iron Essence prison and found an unfathomable figure sealed inside. Meanwhile, Lin Xuan discussed buying a Nascent Soul Realm Puppet and Crystal Might Cannons from the Heavenly Ingenuity Sect, then went to inspect its other wares.

• Tian Xiaojian entered a trap when a rosy glow swept him and the Nether Heart-Shattering Sword into an Iron Essence prison.
• Tian Xiaojian saw a complex formation, a black cauldron, and an androgynous figure whose cultivation he could not discern.
• Lin Xuan asked Xue Qiaoyun about buying a Nascent Soul Realm Puppet, and she warned that only a heaven-defying treasure might secure one.
• Lin Xuan asked to buy Crystal Might Cannons, but Xue Qiaoyun said the Heavenly Ingenuity Sect did not sell them.
• Lin Xuan agreed to inspect the sect's other treasures, and he and Xue Qiaoyun flew through the ice city past other visiting Nascent Soul Realm cultivators.

Lin Xuan visited the Heavenly Ingenuity Sect’s market district and examined its Wood Falcon weapons, then offered to buy three thousand of them for nine million Spirit Stones. He proposed paying with treasures instead, and Xue Qiaoyun brought him to meet the sect’s appraiser, Elder Huang.

• Xue Qiaoyun led Lin Xuan through a restricted archway into a small market reserved for visiting Nascent Soul cultivators.
• Lin Xuan examined the Artifact Refining Pavilion’s wares and watched Xue Qiaoyun demonstrate a Wood Falcon.
• Lin Xuan asked to buy three thousand Wood Falcons, and Xue Qiaoyun quoted a discounted total of nine million Spirit Stones.
• Lin Xuan said he did not have that many Spirit Stones on hand but offered other treasures as collateral.
• Xue Qiaoyun took Lin Xuan to a private room, where Elder Huang arrived to appraise his treasures.

Lin Xuan spent nine million Spirit Stones on three thousand Wood Falcons to impress the Heavenly Ingenuity Sect and draw out its decision-makers about the Crystal Might Cannon and Nascent Soul Realm Puppet. Elsewhere, Tian Xiaojian met a strange figure named Feng Liang, who had lured him into a formation after waiting eight hundred years for someone named Wang Tinglou.

• Lin Xuan had Old Huang appraise thirty-four treasures, accepted a total valuation of nine million Spirit Stones, and completed the purchase of three thousand Wood Falcons.
• Lin Xuan stayed at the Heavenly Ingenuity Sect’s VIP Building, reasoning that his lavish purchase would attract the sect’s true decision-maker and help him negotiate for its prized weapons.
• Xue Qiaoyun arranged Lin Xuan’s lodging and gave him a Command Token, while Lin Xuan declined the attention of a young steward disciple.
• Tian Xiaojian found himself trapped before an unfathomable figure and cautiously apologized for disturbing its cultivation.
• The figure revealed that it was named Feng Liang and had deliberately lured Tian Xiaojian there, hoping to find Wang Tinglou after waiting eight hundred years.

Lin Xuan was on his way to Snowy Crystal Pavilion to discuss buying weapons and puppets from the Heavenly Ingenuity Sect when Meng Ruyan suddenly stormed into its headquarters. After recognizing Lin Xuan, Meng Ruyan demanded to see Taiyin, leaving Lin Xuan worried that Horizon Sea Pavilion might become an enemy of the sect.

• Lan’er told Lin Xuan that Ancestor Xue had sent her to guide him to Snowy Crystal Pavilion.
• Lin Xuan carried Lan’er through the air and noticed a powerful female cultivator entering Ice City in a flash of light.
• Long Yu and six other Nascent Soul cultivators confronted the intruder, but her divine sense overwhelmed Long Yu.
• Meng Ruyan revealed herself, demanded that the sect bring out Taiyin, and accepted Long Yu’s offer to lead her to Taiyin’s cave residence.
• Lin Xuan continued toward Snowy Crystal Pavilion and wondered what had caused Meng Ruyan’s anger and whether she would clash with Taiyin.

Phantom Rain thanked the readers and moderators who supported Hundred Refinements in the monthly-ticket contest and helped it place ninth in Origin Point’s book review competition. He vowed to keep fighting for the monthly-ticket honor and to make the novel even better.

• Phantom Rain credited Tinglou, Milk Dragon, and Zhiruo MM with helping Hundred Refinements gain readers and thanked them for their work.
• Phantom Rain described how Tinglou, Fairy Tutu, Alliance Master Moon, Alliance Master Frost Centipede, Milk Dragon, Brother Biao, and many other readers contributed monthly tickets and rewards.
• Phantom Rain said Hundred Refinements had reached eighth place in the monthly-ticket contest and promised to fight until the end despite his busy schedule and wedding preparations.
• Phantom Rain reported that Hundred Refinements had ranked ninth in Origin Point’s book review competition and thanked the readers who campaigned for it.
• Phantom Rain promised to work hard and make Hundred Refinements better, saying the honor belonged to all the Raindrops.

Lin Xuan met Mo Xuesong at Snowy Crystal Pavilion to negotiate for Nascent Soul Realm Puppets and a Crystal Might Cannon. He placed a sealed Brocade Box on the table, leaving Mo Xuesong unable to identify what Lin Xuan had brought to trade.

• Lan'er led Lin Xuan to Snowy Crystal Pavilion, where Mo Xuesong welcomed him inside.
• Mo Xuesong brought Lin Xuan to his grotto-heaven and showed him a Puppet disguised as a young maid.
• Mo Xuesong said the sect did not normally sell Nascent Soul Realm Puppets or the Crystal Might Cannon, and asked what Lin Xuan would offer in exchange.
• Lin Xuan placed a sealed Brocade Box on the table, and Mo Xuesong's divine sense could not penetrate its restrictions.

Tian Xiaojian faced the powerful Feng Liang, who asked him to become her disciple and explained how Wang Tinglou and Meng Rubing had trapped her eight hundred years earlier. Meanwhile, Lin Xuan offered Mo Xuesong three ancient-looking battle armor sets in exchange for puppets and cannons, and Mo Xuesong reacted with intense interest.

• Feng Liang recognized Tian Xiaojian's talent and asked him to take her as his master, leaving him wary of her motives.
• Tian Xiaojian questioned Feng Liang about her imprisonment, and she claimed that Wang Tinglou and Meng Rubing had captured her after she tried to take advantage of Meng Rubing.
• Feng Liang explained that her restriction on Meng Rubing wore off during her battle with Wang Tinglou, allowing the sisters to join forces against her.
• Lin Xuan showed Mo Xuesong a complete battle armor set, and Mo Xuesong examined it with astonishment because the Heavenly Ingenuity Sect had lost the ancient refining technique.
• Lin Xuan said he had found the armor in an ancient cultivator's cave abode, then revealed two more sets, prompting Mo Xuesong to ask whether he had any others.

Lin Xuan traded three battle armors and a restricted copy of ancient Armor Refining insights to Heavenly Ingenuity Sect for ten Nascent Soul Realm Puppets and a hundred Crystal Might Cannons, leaving the sect to prepare the exchange. Elsewhere, Feng Liang recounted how he killed Meng Rubing, and Tian Xiaojian asked whether Meng Ruyan's elder sister had fallen by his hand.

• Lin Xuan demanded ten Nascent Soul Realm Puppets and one hundred Crystal Might Cannons from Mo Xuesong in exchange for three battle armors.
• Lin Xuan offered restricted Armor Refining insights, and Mo Xuesong agreed to the trade despite its steep cost.
• Mo Xuesong asked Lin Xuan to wait three days while the sect gathered the requested items, and Lin Xuan left the pavilion.
• Xin Mei suggested killing Lin Xuan to take the treasures, but Mo Xuesong rejected the idea and warned that Lin Xuan was no ordinary rogue cultivator.
• Feng Liang told Tian Xiaojian how he had killed Meng Rubing during his conflict with Wang Tinglou, and Tian Xiaojian asked whether Meng Ruyan's elder sister had fallen by his hand.

Feng Liang explained how Wang Tinglou imprisoned him after he killed Meng Rubing, while Tian Xiaojian feared the old cultivator’s real intentions. Lin Xuan searched for Meng Ruyan with his divine sense but found nothing, as True Person Taiyin’s secluded cultivation place was revealed in Ice City.

• Feng Liang told Tian Xiaojian that he had been trapped for eight hundred years in a soul-corroding formation after killing Meng Rubing and being captured by Wang Tinglou.
• Tian Xiaojian suspected Feng Liang intended to possess him, but Feng Liang warned that resistance would be futile and said he had another purpose for taking him as a disciple.
• Lin Xuan returned to the VIP Building, set up Formation Flags, and searched for Meng Ruyan with his divine sense without finding her.
• Lin Xuan concluded that no sign of a battle between Meng Ruyan and the Heavenly Ingenuity Sect’s Grand Elder meant their conflict might still be resolved peacefully.
• The chapter revealed that an old pavilion in Ice City was a forbidden cultivation site where True Person Taiyin lived in seclusion.

Meng Ruyan confronted Taiyin over attacks on Horizon Sea Pavilion, and the two agreed to investigate the mysterious Nascent Soul Late Stage Puppets together. Their discussion was interrupted by news that Huitong had been killed, leaving them alarmed by the possibility that an unknown force could threaten Lihe Realm cultivators.

• Meng Ruyan arrived at the Heavenly Ingenuity Sect and challenged Taiyin, who appeared as a Shadow Servant Avatar while cultivating his seventh-level Shadow-Splitting Phantom Dragon Art.
• Meng Ruyan accused the Heavenly Ingenuity Sect of using Nascent Soul Late Stage Puppets to attack Qin Yan and Horizon Sea Pavilion, and Taiyin denied responsibility but agreed to investigate.
• Meng Ruyan revealed that she wanted the Heavenly Ingenuity Sect’s help uncovering the force behind the attacks, and Taiyin accepted her proposal to stay at the sect.
• Taiyin received a flying sword message announcing Huitong’s death, and he and Meng Ruyan realized an unknown enemy might be capable of killing Lihe Realm cultivators.

Lin Xuan completed his exchange with Mo Xuesong, receiving ten Nascent Soul Realm puppets and Crystal Might Cannons in return for an Armor Refining Technique he had secretly tampered with. After Lin Xuan departed, Mo Xuesong and his wife discussed arranging to kill and rob him once he was far from the Heavenly Ingenuity Sect.

• Lin Xuan greeted Mo Xuesong and inspected the puppets and Crystal Might Cannons, confirming that the items were genuine and in order.
• Lin Xuan gave Mo Xuesong the Jade Slip containing the Armor Refining Technique, which Mo Xuesong judged to be acceptable without noticing Lin Xuan's alterations.
• Lin Xuan ended the transaction and flew away from the Heavenly Ingenuity Sect.
• Mo Xuesong's wife, Xin Mei, emerged from his miniature Heavenly Mystery Mansion and questioned why he had let Lin Xuan leave with the sect's treasures.
• Mo Xuesong said they would wait until Lin Xuan was a hundred thousand li from the sect before killing him and taking the treasures.

Feng Liang offered Tian Xiaojian a way to gain Lihe Realm strength so he could help free her, while Lin Xuan was ambushed by Mo Xuesong and his allies. Meanwhile, Meng Ruyan secured a promise from True Person Taiyin to help deal with the force targeting Horizon Sea Pavilion.

• Feng Liang told Tian Xiaojian she could grant him temporary early Lihe Realm strength and said the Asura Gate held a treasure that could free her from confinement.
• Lin Xuan left the Heavenly Ingenuity Sect and hurried toward Baisuan Pavilion, worried about Yue'er’s cultivation.
• Mo Xuesong caught up with Lin Xuan and revealed his Dao companion Xin Mei and five elemental Puppets as reinforcements for an ambush.
• Meng Ruyan pressed True Person Taiyin to explain the attacks on Horizon Sea Pavilion and her disciple.
• True Person Taiyin promised that the Heavenly Ingenuity Sect would help eliminate the mysterious force if Meng Ruyan found clues, and she left after securing his pledge.