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Li Zhilan, a destitute orphan returning to Horizon Sea Pavilion, feared Lin Xuan had approached her for sinister reasons, but he only wanted to buy a bag of mysterious purple rice. Lin Xuan recognized that the rice might help his Jade Luo Bees mature, and Li Zhilan agreed to go with him so he could pay her safely; he then searched for Yue'er, who had wandered away.

• Li Zhilan failed to sell her shabby goods at the temporary market and grew wary when Lin Xuan, a powerful cultivator, approached her stall.
• Lin Xuan examined Li Zhilan's purple rice and learned it was a relic her Outer Seas cultivator parents had left her.
• Lin Xuan sensed that the Jade Luo Bees were excited by the rice and decided to buy it, hoping to learn more about it at Horizon Sea Pavilion.
• Lin Xuan explained that paying Li Zhilan at the market could attract thieves, and she cautiously agreed to go with him.
• Li Zhilan packed her few possessions, and Lin Xuan closed his eyes to search for Yue'er with his divine sense.

Lin Xuan found Yue'er being harassed by Lu Wuyi and his companions on Quiet Moon Island, and intervened while she playfully complained that she had been bullied. A group of Horizon Sea Pavilion enforcers arrived to stop the confrontation, led by Lin Xuan’s old acquaintance Zhu Qianru.

• Lin Xuan discovered that Lu Wuyi and three other cultivators had surrounded Yue'er and angrily flew to her side with Li Zhilan.
• Yue'er rejected Lu Wuyi's invitation, and Lin Xuan mocked his backing and promised to punish the men.
• Lu Wuyi threatened Lin Xuan and drew a Ghost Head Steel Fork to attack him.
• Zhu Qianru arrived with Horizon Sea Pavilion disciples and warned both sides not to fight on Quiet Moon Island.
• Lin Xuan recognized Zhu Qianru, who had once been the young mistress of Xueming Sect.

Lin Xuan reunited with Zhu Qianru at Quiet Moon Island as she investigated a disturbance involving Horizon Sea Pavilion. After Lu Wuyi blamed others for the trouble, Lin Xuan revealed his overwhelming aura, leaving the gathered cultivators prostrate and his opponents terrified.

• Li Zhilan worried about being caught in the conflict, while Yue'er questioned Lin Xuan about her.
• Lu Wuyi falsely accused two cultivators of insulting Horizon Sea Pavilion, and Zhu Qianru turned to confront them.
• Zhu Qianru recognized Lin Xuan, who stopped hiding his cultivation and released his spiritual pressure across Quiet Moon Island.
• The pressure forced nearly everyone within twenty li to the ground, and Lu Wuyi and the other young masters begged for mercy.
• Zhu Qianru bowed to Lin Xuan and congratulated him on reaching the Nascent Soul Late Stage.

Lin Xuan killed the cultivators who had insulted him and Yue'er, then reunited with Ji Yueru, who treated him with great deference. As Ji Yueru prepared to lead him to Horizon Sea Pavilion, Li Zhilan asked to speak, and Lin Xuan arranged to finish a transaction with her under Ji Yueru's protection.

• Lin Xuan executed Lu Wuyi and the other cultivators, extracted their Primordial Spirits, and sealed them in a jade bottle.
• Ji Yueru arrived and recognized Lin Xuan, welcoming him respectfully after learning who he was.
• Ji Yueru mentioned Lin Xuan's relationship with Meng Ruyan, and Lin Xuan clarified that they were sworn siblings.
• Lin Xuan asked Ji Yueru to lead him to Horizon Sea Pavilion so he could meet with Meng Ruyan.
• Li Zhilan interrupted, and Lin Xuan said he had a transaction to complete with her and asked Ji Yueru to protect her.

Li Zhilan revealed that she was Qing Ning’s daughter and was accepted into Horizon Sea Pavilion with Ji Yueru’s approval. At Pure Moon Pool, Hui Xuan learned that Lin Xuan had appeared at the matchmaking ceremony and prepared to join Li Soul Valley in an attack on Horizon Sea Pavilion.

• Li Zhilan showed Ji Yueru a Jade Pendant and revealed that her mother, Qing Ning, had sent her to return to Horizon Sea Pavilion.
• Li Zhilan told Ji Yueru that Qing Ning had died, and Lin Xuan supported her admission to the sect.
• Ji Yueru accepted Li Zhilan into Horizon Sea Pavilion, and the group flew away from Quiet Moon Island.
• A scout told Hui Xuan that Lin Xuan had appeared at Horizon Sea Pavilion and advanced to the Nascent Soul Late Stage.
• Hui Xuan dismissed rumors that Lin Xuan rivaled Lihe cultivators and said Li Soul Valley had agreed to join the attack on Horizon Sea Pavilion next month.

Lin Xuan arrived at Horizon Sea Pavilion’s Yingzhou Island as Ji Yueru escorted him to Meng Ruyan’s valley. After rewarding Li Zhilan for her gift, he entered the bamboo grove where Meng Ruyan was meditating and waited to meet her.

• Ji Yueru led Lin Xuan to Yingzhou Island, where the patrol cultivators let him pass after learning he was Meng Ruyan’s honored guest.
• Ji Yueru brought Lin Xuan to Meng Ruyan’s flower-filled valley and sent a signal to announce his arrival.
• Meng Ruyan told Lin Xuan to enter alone while she finished meditating.
• Li Zhilan offered Lin Xuan a pouch, and he gave her the Yin-Yang Mother-Child Swords in return.
• Lin Xuan entered the valley and reached the bamboo houses where Meng Ruyan had cultivated in seclusion.

Lin Xuan visited Meng Ruyan and learned about the Ten Thousand Flood Dragon King and the Demon Race’s strength. As Horizon Sea Pavilion faced a possible attack from the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect, Meng Ruyan rejected a direct fight and revealed she had another plan based on alliances.

• Lin Xuan waited outside Meng Ruyan’s cottage until she finished meditating, then joined her for tea.
• Meng Ruyan told Lin Xuan that the Ten Thousand Flood Dragon King was a high-grade fifth-rank demon and that the Demon Race had Lihe Realm experts comparable in number and strength to the Human Race.
• Lin Xuan asked what Meng Ruyan planned to do about the conflict between Horizon Sea Pavilion and the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect, which might attack Yingzhou Island.
• Meng Ruyan explained that the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect remained stronger despite its losses, and that a direct battle could devastate Horizon Sea Pavilion.
• Lin Xuan questioned whether caution would cost them a chance, and Meng Ruyan disclosed that her plan relied on alliances between sects.

Meng Ruyan revealed that Horizon Sea Pavilion’s matchmaking assembly was a smokescreen for her planned alliance with the Demon Race’s Five-Colored Fairy against the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect. Lin Xuan agreed to accompany her, then learned that Qin Yan had advanced after consuming a Seven-Orifice Dragon-Snake Gall but was recovering from severe meridian damage.

• Lin Xuan realized that the matchmaking assembly was unlikely to win Horizon Sea Pavilion meaningful allies, and Meng Ruyan explained that she had arranged it to mislead the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect’s spies.
• Meng Ruyan told Lin Xuan she planned to seek an alliance with the Demon Race’s Five-Colored Fairy, whom she had befriended after fighting her five hundred years earlier.
• Meng Ruyan said she would travel to Five-Colored Spirit Mountain in three days, and Lin Xuan agreed to accompany her.
• Lin Xuan asked whether Qin Yan was on Yingzhou Island and explained that he had known her since they entered Floating Cloud Valley in Yanzhou two hundred years earlier.
• Meng Ruyan told Lin Xuan that Qin Yan had consumed a Seven-Orifice Dragon-Snake Gall, advanced to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, and suffered severe meridian damage that was still healing.

Phantom Rain thanked readers and supporters after Hundred Refinements won the category monthly vote prize, crediting their votes and efforts. He announced his February 26 wedding, promised to keep updating around the ceremony, and asked readers for recommendation votes.

• Phantom Rain celebrated Hundred Refinements reaching one thousand monthly votes and winning the category prize.
• Phantom Rain thanked Tinglou, Milk Dragon, Zhiruo MM, the alliance leaders, and other readers for campaigning and voting.
• Phantom Rain announced that his wedding date was set for February 26 and said the ceremony and family visit might briefly delay updates.
• Phantom Rain promised to work hard on the novel after the wedding and asked readers to keep casting monthly and recommendation votes.

Lin Xuan and Meng Ruyan left Horizon Sea Pavilion’s matchmaking assembly in secret and traveled toward Five-Colored Spirit Mountain to meet the Five-Colored Fairy. Hearing that she was a Peacock stirred Lin Xuan’s memories of Yuanyuan, and the chapter ends as a sudden storm erupts around them.

• As the matchmaking assembly began, Meng Ruyan and Lin Xuan slipped away from Yingzhou Island and flew toward Five-Colored Spirit Mountain.
• After traveling nonstop for a day and night, Meng Ruyan was impressed by Lin Xuan’s stamina and strength.
• Lin Xuan asked about the Five-Colored Fairy, and Meng Ruyan revealed that she was a Peacock.
• The news reminded Lin Xuan of his wife Yuanyuan, who had left him because her Primordial Demon Qi could harm him; he resolved to reach the Dongxuan stage and find her.
• As Lin Xuan and Meng Ruyan continued onward, a tremendous roar sounded and a violent storm rose from the sea.

Lin Xuan and Meng Ruyan discovered a Deep Sea Mystic Turtle trapped by a Demon Race formation, then watched the Five-Colored Fairy’s disciple attempt to subdue it. When the turtle entered its berserk state and neared Lihe strength, Meng Ruyan and Lin Xuan prepared to claim its valuable shell and inner core.

• Lin Xuan and Meng Ruyan followed the disturbance and found a gigantic Ancient Beast, the Deep Sea Mystic Turtle, trapped in a Demon Race formation.
• A young early-stage Transformation Demon Race woman, the Five-Colored Fairy’s nominal disciple, arrived with several Tier Three subordinates and tried to strengthen the formation.
• Meng Ruyan told Lin Xuan that the Mystic Turtle’s inner core could extend her lifespan and its shell could become a powerful defensive treasure.
• The Mystic Turtle activated its rare berserk body, raising its strength to nearly the Lihe Realm.

Lin Xuan and Meng Ruyan fought the Ancient Beast after it escaped the Demon Race’s formation, and together they killed the Deep Sea Mystic Turtle. The chapter left them with the beast’s severed head as the battle ended.

• The Ancient Beast shattered the Demon Race’s restriction and killed the demons guarding it, including the transformed snake demon.
• Lin Xuan took the snake demon’s core from her corpse, angering the Ancient Beast.
• Lin Xuan attacked the Ancient Beast with the Azure Fire Sword while Meng Ruyan restrained its water dragons and dispelled its water arrows.
• Lin Xuan used Meng Ruyan’s distraction to accelerate the Azure Fire Sword and sever the Ancient Beast’s head.

Lin Xuan and Meng Ruyan killed an Ancient Deep Sea Mystic Turtle and shared its treasures before reaching the Five-Colored Spirit Mountain. A gatekeeper demon challenged them, but Meng Ruyan revealed herself and addressed him as Xiao Hei.

• Lin Xuan destroyed the Mystic Turtle's head with Azure Phantom Nether Fire and retrieved its Demon Core.
• Lin Xuan gave the Demon Core to Meng Ruyan as a New Year's gift, and she gave him the Mystic Turtle's shell.
• The siblings flew toward the Five-Colored Spirit Mountain, and Meng Ruyan declined to explain how they might ascend together until Lin Xuan reached the Lihe Realm.
• A Transformation Mid-Stage Pig Demon blocked their approach and attacked with pillars of light, but Lin Xuan shattered them with qi swords.
• Meng Ruyan revealed herself beside Lin Xuan and warned Xiao Hei for failing to recognize her and daring to attack her younger brother.

Lin Xuan and Meng Ruyan encountered Master Sky Lion and his entourage at Five-Colored Spirit Mountain. After Meng Ruyan introduced Lin Xuan as her sworn younger brother, Lin Xuan greeted Sky Lion as an equal.

• The Pig Demon apologized to Meng Ruyan for failing to sense her presence, and she asked whether his master was nearby.
• Lin Xuan sensed a group of powerful demon beasts approaching, including a cultivator at Meng Ruyan's level and several Transformation Realm demons.
• Master Sky Lion arrived in an ornate Beast Carriage with his son, Shi Zheng, and introduced him to Meng Ruyan.
• Sky Lion expressed surprise that Meng Ruyan had a sworn younger brother, and Lin Xuan introduced himself as a fellow Daoist.

Five-Colored Fairy welcomed Meng Ruyan, Master Sky Lion, and Lin Xuan to her mountain, where the guests shared a banquet before discussing their reasons for visiting. Master Sky Lion revealed he had come to seek a marriage for his talented son, leaving Five-Colored Fairy and Meng Ruyan astonished by the young demon’s rapid cultivation.

• Five-Colored Fairy descended from Five-Colored Spirit Mountain and greeted Meng Ruyan, Master Sky Lion, and Lin Xuan.
• Five-Colored Fairy led the guests into her great hall, where they enjoyed a feast and performances.
• Five-Colored Fairy asked Meng Ruyan and Master Sky Lion to state the purpose of their visit, and Meng Ruyan hesitated to discuss her plans in front of him.
• Master Sky Lion said he had come to seek a marriage for his only son and boasted that his son had reached late-stage transformation in a thousand years.
• Five-Colored Fairy and Meng Ruyan reacted with astonishment at the son’s exceptional cultivation speed.

Master Sky Lion proposed a marriage alliance between Shi Zheng and the Five-Colored Fairy’s adopted daughter, presenting rare betrothal gifts to win her favor. The final gift, an unfamiliar pill identified by Lin Xuan’s elder sister as the Allure Heaven Profound Pill, left her shocked and anxious.

• The Five-Colored Fairy recognized Shi Zheng’s extraordinary potential, and Master Sky Lion praised his son while seeking a marriage alliance with her adopted daughter.
• Shi Zheng asked the Five-Colored Fairy to marry her adopted daughter to him, and Master Sky Lion argued that the alliance would benefit their clans amid Cloud Province’s turmoil.
• Master Sky Lion revealed a fire-attribute Top-grade Spirit Stone as his first betrothal gift.
• Master Sky Lion presented a rare ancient suit of battle armor as his second gift, and Meng Ruyan challenged its practical value before conceding that its rarity made it precious.
• Master Sky Lion opened the final box to reveal an unfamiliar medicinal pill, which Lin Xuan’s elder sister identified as the Allure Heaven Profound Pill and reacted to with shock and anxiety.

Master Sky Lion offered the Five-Colored Fairy three treasures, including the Allure Heaven Profound Pill she needed to overcome her Heart Demon Barrier, hoping to secure a marriage alliance for Shi Zheng. The Five-Colored Fairy refused to decide for her adopted daughter and left the choice to the two juniors, prompting Shi Zheng to object.

• Meng Ruyan realized that Master Sky Lion's Allure Heaven Profound Pill had undercut the rare materials she had brought to persuade the Five-Colored Fairy to ally against the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect.
• The Five-Colored Fairy considered the pill, which could help her advance from the early to the mid Lihe stage by overcoming her dangerous Heart Demon Barrier.
• Master Sky Lion asked the Five-Colored Fairy whether his three betrothal gifts showed sufficient sincerity, and she acknowledged their value.
• The Five-Colored Fairy said she could not choose a dual cultivation partner for her adopted daughter and insisted that the two juniors decide for themselves.
• Shi Zheng grew anxious because he had once fallen for the fierce, beautiful woman, been rejected, and then decided to pursue her by force.

Shi Zheng and Master Sky Lion visited Five-Colored Spirit Mountain to arrange Shi Zheng’s marriage to Yuanyuan, but Yuanyuan arrived and reunited with Lin Xuan, her husband, who had been disguised as Fairy Ruyan. The chapter ended as the two recognized each other and called out to one another.

• Shi Zheng and Master Sky Lion traveled to Five-Colored Spirit Mountain to propose a marriage between Shi Zheng and Yuanyuan.
• Five-Colored Fairy insisted that Yuanyuan should decide for herself, while Master Sky Lion secretly assured Shi Zheng he would handle the matter.
• Meng Ruyan recognized that Master Sky Lion possessed an Allure Heaven Profound Pill and worried he might disrupt her plans.
• Yuanyuan entered the hall, and Lin Xuan recognized his wife after decades apart, concealing his anger toward Master Sky Lion and Shi Zheng.
• Five-Colored Fairy introduced Yuanyuan to Fairy Ruyan, and Yuanyuan recognized Lin Xuan; they called out to each other as “Yuanyuan” and “Husband.”

Lin Xuan revealed that he was Peacock’s husband and stood up to Master Sky Lion when Shi Zheng challenged their marriage. After Lin Xuan matched Sky Lion’s Lihe Realm pressure, the Five-Colored Fairy stopped them from fighting, and Sky Lion said he would question Lin Xuan before deciding whether to make things difficult for him.

• Peacock confirmed that Lin Xuan was her husband, surprising the Five-Colored Fairy, Master Sky Lion, and the others.
• Shi Zheng rejected Lin Xuan’s claim because he was human, and Lin Xuan retorted that their marriage was none of his business.
• Master Sky Lion released his Lihe Realm pressure, but Lin Xuan met it head-on without yielding.
• Master Sky Lion prepared to attack with fire, and Lin Xuan began gathering his Azure Phantom Nether Fire.
• The Five-Colored Fairy intervened before they could clash, and Master Sky Lion agreed to stop fighting in her traveling palace.
• Master Sky Lion told Lin Xuan he would ask him several questions and would not make things difficult for him if his answers satisfied him.

Lin Xuan confronted Master Sky Lion over his attempt to arrange Peacock’s marriage to Shi Zheng, and used the Demonic Fate Sword to repel the elder’s attack. Master Sky Lion then shifted to a battle of wits, demanding that Lin Xuan produce betrothal gifts for Yuanyuan.

• Shi Zheng tried to interrupt Master Sky Lion, but his father ordered him to stay quiet.
• Lin Xuan rejected Master Sky Lion’s questions and declared that he and Yuanyuan loved each other.
• Master Sky Lion attacked Lin Xuan, who used the Demonic Fate Sword to overwhelm the strike and force him to defend himself with a shield.
• Master Sky Lion recognized the sword as a possible Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure and grew wary of Lin Xuan and Meng Ruyan.
• Master Sky Lion argued that Lin Xuan needed to present betrothal gifts to marry Yuanyuan, comparing him with the three gifts he had brought on Shi Zheng’s behalf.

Lin Xuan answered Master Sky Lion’s challenge to provide betrothal gifts by revealing five Top-grade Spirit Stones, one for each of the Five Elements. His first gift humiliated the Lion King and his son, but the contest continued, with Master Sky Lion expecting Lin Xuan to fail to match the remaining treasures.

• Master Sky Lion mocked Lin Xuan for being unable to offer suitable betrothal gifts and promised to leave if Lin Xuan produced gifts as precious as his own.
• Lin Xuan accepted the challenge and opened a Jade Box, revealing a Top-grade Spirit Stone that shocked the gathered cultivators.
• Shi Zheng ridiculed Lin Xuan, but his mockery faltered when Lin Xuan cracked the stone and its spiritual energy was exposed.
• Lin Xuan opened four more boxes to reveal Top-grade Spirit Stones of wood, water, earth, and metal, completing the Five Elements set.
• Lin Xuan presented all five stones as his first betrothal gift to the Five-Colored Fairy, leaving Master Sky Lion and Shi Zheng humiliated.
• Master Sky Lion reassured himself that Lin Xuan would not match the ancient battle armor and Allure Heaven Profound Pill that remained to be presented.

Lin Xuan presented a Five-Colored Battle Armor as his second betrothal gift, shocking everyone and outclassing Master Sky Lion’s offering. When Lin Xuan admitted he lacked the Allure Heaven Profound Pill, Sky Lion claimed victory, but Lin Xuan said he could still provide a third gift with some trouble.

• Lin Xuan presented the Five-Colored Battle Armor to the Five-Colored Fairy, and the others were astonished by its beauty and suitability for a Nascent Soul Cultivator.
• Master Sky Lion was enraged by Lin Xuan’s superior gift but held on to the hope that his Allure Heaven Profound Pill would decide the contest.
• Lin Xuan said he had never heard of the Allure Heaven Profound Pill, prompting the Lion King and son to celebrate and Sky Lion to claim the betrothal contest was still his to win.
• Meng Ruyan rebuked Sky Lion for dismissing Lin Xuan’s first two gifts, but Sky Lion argued that the pill mattered most to the Five-Colored Fairy.
• Lin Xuan said he lacked the pill but could still offer a third betrothal gift, leaving the Lion King and son wary.

Lin Xuan promised to refine an Allure Heaven Profound Pill as the third betrothal gift, despite Master Sky Lion’s doubts. After securing the Five-Colored Fairy’s failed pills and an alchemy room, he secretly prepared to begin refining.

• Lin Xuan told Master Sky Lion he could refine the Allure Heaven Profound Pill from the materials Meng Ruyan had gathered, and Meng Ruyan gave him the ingredients.
• Lin Xuan asked the Five-Colored Fairy for failed pills to study, and she provided him with three waste pills and access to an Alchemy Room.
• Lin Xuan and Master Sky Lion exchanged insults as the Five-Colored Fairy led them and the others to the alchemy buildings.
• Lin Xuan entered the alchemy hall, set up Formation Flags to prevent anyone from spying, and examined the Earth Fire apparatus.

Lin Xuan secretly purified the rare ingredients and a Waste Pill into an Allure Heaven Profound Pill, then raised its quality to middle grade. He brought the pill out to present it, leaving the Lion King and son stunned and the Five-Colored Fairy’s alliance prospects strengthened.

• Lin Xuan recognized the rare ingredients for the Allure Heaven Profound Pill and secretly kept them, then began purifying the Waste Pill with the Blue Star Sea.
• Lin Xuan successfully purified the Waste Pill into an Allure Heaven Profound Pill and decided to raise its quality to humiliate the Lion King and son while winning the Five-Colored Fairy’s favor for an alliance.
• Lin Xuan spent the night purifying the pill until its quality rose by a level.
• Lin Xuan flew out of the Alchemy Chamber with the pill in a Jade Box, and the Lion King and son grew alarmed when they saw his calm smile.

Lin Xuan presented the Five-Colored Fairy with a mid-grade Allure Heaven Profound Pill, winning the bet and humiliating Master Sky Lion and Shi Zheng. After the Lion King and his son fled, Lin Xuan and Fairy Ruyan pursued them to prevent them from allying with the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect.

• Lin Xuan opened the Jade Box and revealed a mid-grade Allure Heaven Profound Pill, astonishing the cultivators and delighting the Five-Colored Fairy.
• The Five-Colored Fairy accepted the pill as Lin Xuan's third betrothal gift, while Master Sky Lion conceded the bet and left with Shi Zheng.
• As they flew away, Shi Zheng urged his father to retaliate, and Master Sky Lion considered joining forces with the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect against Lin Xuan and Meng Ruyan.
• Master Sky Lion sensed two powerful cultivators approaching and suspected they were Lin Xuan and Meng Ruyan.
• Lin Xuan and Fairy Ruyan pursued the Lion King and his son, intent on intercepting and killing them before they could escape.