Recaps

Lin Xuan recognized the spirit beast in Hongling’s jade tube as the same creature he had lost two hundred years earlier and learned that Spirit World cultivators had fought over its kind. After Hongling left, Yue'er questioned his decision to let her go, and Lin Xuan revealed that he had secretly planted a fallback on her.

• Hongling sent Lin Xuan the jade tube, and he recognized its spirit beast as one he had once owned and lost.
• Lin Xuan wondered about the little beast’s origins after learning that Spirit World cultivators had fought over it.
• Lin Xuan asked Hongling about her plans, and she declined to join a sect and chose to travel in hopes of reaching the Spirit World.
• Hongling thanked Lin Xuan and flew away, while Lin Xuan revealed that Yue'er had been hiding nearby.
• Yue'er worried that Hongling might expose the Jade Talisman and suggested killing her, but Lin Xuan said Hongling had no reason to betray him.
• Lin Xuan told Yue'er he had secretly planted a fallback on Hongling while helping her suppress her cultivation deviation.

Lin Xuan resolved the Luo Clan crisis and returned to Stream Leap Ravine to investigate You Province’s many ancient mysteries. Meanwhile, Tian Xiaojian endured Feng Liang’s Demonic Qi Infusion and advanced to Lihe.

• Lin Xuan sent Liu Xin a Ten Thousand Mile Talisman confirming the Luo Clan’s defeat, then traveled to Stream Leap Ravine with Yue'er.
• Liu Xin received Lin Xuan’s message, ordered Baisuan Pavilion’s disciples to act, and privately lamented her unrequited feelings for him.
• At Stream Leap Ravine, Lin Xuan considered the Jade Talisman, Blue Star Sea, and Yue'er's reincarnation evidence that You Province concealed a remarkable ancient history.
• In the Demon Domain Mountains, Feng Liang continued the painful Demonic Qi Infusion despite severe injury, while Tian Xiaojian's agony broke the seal on his Primordial Spirit.
• After more than half a day, Tian Xiaojian roared as he advanced to Lihe.

Lin Xuan uncovered an ancient underground plaza and city beneath Stream Leap Ravine, where the remains of a battle among humans, the Demon Race, Ancient Demons, and Underworld beings lay scattered. He entered the ruins after finding evidence that a woman had arrived before him, and continued exploring while dealing with the ghostly beings inside.

• Lin Xuan destroyed a mountain peak at Stream Leap Ravine and revealed a hidden cave protected by a formation that shielded divine sense.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er discovered a vast underground plaza covered with ancient remains, including a skeleton and Dharma Treasure fragments infused with powerful Yin energy.
• Lin Xuan followed a passage from the plaza to an ancient city and found a delicate footprint suggesting a woman had entered before him.
• Lin Xuan sent Yue'er into the Heavenly Mystery Mansion, concealed his aura, and entered the city on foot.
• Lin Xuan killed a Vengeful Spirit and several weaker ghostly beings as he explored the ruins, while Yue'er wondered whether the city was connected to the Underworld Realm.

Lin Xuan found Qin Yan battling a powerful Bone Demon in the ancient ruins and destroyed it with his Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire. Qin Yan cried out in terror even after the monster vanished, leaving Lin Xuan startled.

• Lin Xuan followed the sounds of explosions to the center of the ruined city and discovered Qin Yan fighting a Bone Demon.
• The Bone Demon struck Qin Yan and sent her crashing through the ruins, then lunged to finish her off.
• Lin Xuan used the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire to freeze, poison, and corrode the Bone Demon until nothing remained.
• Lin Xuan was pleased by the fire’s power, but Qin Yan cried out in terror, startling him.

Lin Xuan tried to save Qin Yan after a hidden formation trapped her and opened a Spatial Rift, but heavenly lightning thwarted his efforts and carried her away. He survived the clash by countering the lightning with the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire, then found a disc-shaped treasure embedded in the formation that resembled one in his Storage Bag.

• Qin Yan accidentally triggered a hidden formation, and its barrier trapped her as eerie radiance began to surround her.
• Lin Xuan attacked the barrier with Azure Fire, but it repelled the sword ray before the formation opened a Spatial Rift overhead.
• Lin Xuan used a five-colored hand of light to keep Qin Yan from being pulled into the rift, but heavenly lightning destroyed it and drew her toward the opening.
• Lin Xuan pursued Qin Yan and blocked another bolt of heavenly lightning with the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire, gaining a vague insight into the Laws of Heaven and Earth.
• Qin Yan was sucked into the Spatial Rift, and Lin Xuan concluded that she had not gone to the Spirit World.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er examined the formation and found a disc-shaped treasure embedded in it that resembled one in Lin Xuan's Storage Bag.

Lin Xuan learned that the array in the ancient ruin was a Reverse-World Array that could connect parallel Human Worlds, but crossing between them required a Star-Fixing Compass. After realizing he could not return if he followed Qin Yan, he chose to leave her fate to chance.

• Lin Xuan recognized the disc in the array as matching the mysterious treasure he had taken from Master Ku.
• Xiao Tao awoke, reunited with Yue'er, and explained that the Reverse-World Array enabled travel between parallel Human Worlds.
• Xiao Tao revealed that each crossing required one of the nine Star-Fixing Compasses, and Lin Xuan realized the array would be a one-way trip for him.
• Lin Xuan retrieved the compass and decided not to pursue Qin Yan, believing she could protect herself and that they might meet again in the Spirit World.

Tian Xiaojian reached the Lihe Realm with Feng Liang’s help, only for her to try to seize his body; a hidden source of True Demonic Qi instead devoured her. Lin Xuan left You Province after searching for clues, and prepared to move Baisuan Pavilion to Cloud Province while entrusting the Tianxuan Sect with managing his holdings.

• Feng Liang bound Tian Xiaojian after helping him reach the Lihe Realm and revealed that she had spent a century preparing his body as a vessel for herself.
• Feng Liang’s Nascent Soul entered Tian Xiaojian’s body and fought his Nascent Soul, nearly overwhelming him.
• True Demonic Qi emerged from Tian Xiaojian and formed a Magic Snake that captured Feng Liang; Tian Xiaojian’s Nascent Soul swallowed her.
• Lin Xuan searched the underground ruins and Floating Cloud Valley for clues, then returned toward Azure Cloud Mountain.
• After more than three years in You Province, Lin Xuan decided to move Baisuan Pavilion to Cloud Province and leave the region’s affairs to the Tianxuan Sect.
• Xu Yin thanked Lin Xuan for his support, which had helped her successfully form her Nascent Soul.

After Xu Yin’s Nascent Soul Formation, Lin Xuan moved Baisuan Pavilion from You Province to Cloud Province and learned how Lu Ying’er had expanded the sect’s trade and alliances. The chapter ended with Lin Xuan approving her plans, confirming Ye Ping’er’s loyalty, and reminding the women to prioritize their cultivation.

• Xu Yin’s success in Nascent Soul Formation led Lin Xuan to entrust You Province to her and order Xin’er to move Baisuan Pavilion’s wealth and people to Cloud Province.
• Lin Xuan and Yue’er left You Province with Baisuan Pavilion, while Zheng Xuan stayed behind with her mother, Yue’er, in You Province.
• A month later, Lu Ying’er, Wu Yun’er, and Liu Xin welcomed Lin Xuan and Yue’er to Baisuan Pavilion’s Cloud Province headquarters.
• Lu Ying’er reported that she had expanded trade routes and built ties with many sects while preserving Horizon Sea Pavilion’s support and arranging profitable trade with Kuijin Island Market.
• Wu Yun’er told Lin Xuan that Ye Ping’er had proved loyal and capable during the previous three years.
• Lin Xuan praised Lu Ying’er’s management and urged the women to delegate their duties and focus on cultivation.

Lin Xuan promised the women a strong chance of reaching Nascent Soul and then spent twenty years cultivating at Jiuling Mountain. Unable to advance in the Human World because Lihe cultivation required rare medicines and pure energy, he turned his attention to improving his insect-control techniques as the Asura Gate's opening drew nearer.

• Lin Xuan told the women that his medicines could give them a seventy-to-eighty percent chance of forming Nascent Souls, and they vowed to work hard.
• Lin Xuan returned to Jiuling Mountain and spent twenty years cultivating without leaving.
• Lin Xuan found that Lihe cultivation was extremely slow in the Human World because its primordial energy was too impure.
• Lin Xuan tried to rely on cultivation pills purified by the Blue Star Sea, but could obtain only a few suitable pills and gave up on further advancement before the Asura Gate opened.
• Lin Xuan studied Insect Controlling Insights and improved his techniques, including the Mystical Insect Armor Technique and shaping his Jade Luo Bees into forms such as Dharma Treasures.

Lin Xuan prepared to refine a Transformation Late Stage Beast Talisman from Shi Zheng’s imprisoned soul as the Asura Gate drew near. Baisuan Pavilion had grown stronger, while Liu Xin still worked toward Nascent Soul Formation.

• Lin Xuan discovered that cultivating the Lesser Luo Heaven Dharma Image had turned some Blue Star Sea light spots silver and strengthened their purifying effect.
• Lu Ying'er and Wu Yun'er condensed their Nascent Souls, while Lin Xuan promised to help Liu Xin do the same.
• Lin Xuan made Ye Ping'er Baisuan Pavilion’s fourth pavilion master as the organization grew strong enough to stand without Horizon Sea Pavilion’s support.
• With less than ten years until the Asura Gate, Lin Xuan prepared Beast Talisman materials gathered by Baisuan Pavilion disciples.
• Lin Xuan released Shi Zheng’s soul from a Jade Box and restrained it, intending to seal it into a Transformation Late Stage Beast Talisman.

Lin Xuan refined Shi Zheng’s soul into a Beast Soul Talisman, helped Liu Xin condense a Nascent Soul, and left Jiuling Mountain after receiving a message from his elder sister. He reached Yingzhou Island and was welcomed by Horizon Sea Pavilion disciples, where he asked his sister why she had come in person.

• Lin Xuan subdued Shi Zheng’s soul and refined it into a Beast Soul Talisman over three days.
• Lin Xuan used Marrow Cleansing on Liu Xin, helping her break through and condense a Nascent Soul.
• Lin Xuan received a Flying Sword Message from his elder sister and left Jiuling Mountain, leaving the women a Jade Slip.
• Lin Xuan traveled to Yingzhou Island, where Horizon Sea Pavilion disciples recognized and welcomed him.
• Lin Xuan greeted his elder sister and asked why she had come to receive him in person.

Lin Xuan learned that Horizon Sea Pavilion would be vulnerable when its three Lihe cultivators entered the Asura Gate, and Meng Ruyan hoped to strengthen the sect before they left. He gave her a Hundred Herb Pill to help Liu Ying break through, securing Liu Ying’s future support for Baisuan Pavilion.

• Meng Ruyan told Lin Xuan that she feared Horizon Sea Pavilion would be surrounded by enemies after its Supreme Elders entered the Asura Gate.
• Yue'er suggested giving up territory, but Lin Xuan explained that retreat would expose the sect’s weakness without undoing the enemies it had made.
• Meng Ruyan revealed that Liu Ying was in death seclusion, attempting to break through to the Lihe Realm, and had failed several times.
• Meng Ruyan asked Lin Xuan for one of his Hundred Herb Pills to aid Liu Ying, and he handed her a jade bottle containing one.
• Lin Xuan privately planned to use the favor to ensure Liu Ying would protect Baisuan Pavilion after he left for the Asura Gate.

Three years later, Lin Xuan and Meng Ruyan traveled to Silver Shark Island to wait for the Asura Gate to open, hoping to ascend to the Spirit World. After half a month, the Ten Thousand Flood Dragon King arrived, and the siblings recognized the powerful Demon Race cultivator as a threat.

• Lin Xuan and Meng Ruyan flew to Silver Shark Island, one of the Asura Gate's teleportation points, after Liu Ying's advancement had resolved Baisuan Pavilion's crisis.
• Lin Xuan and Meng Ruyan waited on the island for half a month, carrying Asura Jade Tokens whose countdown had reached zero.
• Lin Xuan sensed a powerful Demon Race cultivator approaching, though Meng Ruyan initially detected nothing.
• Meng Ruyan identified the arrival as the Ten Thousand Flood Dragon King, the Demon Race's number one expert and a late-stage Lihe cultivator.
• Meng Ruyan recalled the old grudge involving the stolen Dinghai Divine Bell and feared the Ten Thousand Flood Dragon King's arrival might lead to conflict.

The Ten Thousand Flood Dragon King arrived at Silver Shark Island and concealed his plan to capture Meng Ruyan and Yue'er during the Asura Gate expedition. Meanwhile, a Devil Ancestor Soul Fragment advanced to Lihe, attacked Haoshi City, and confronted the city’s ruler, North Nether True Lord.

• The Ten Thousand Flood Dragon King appeared before Lin Xuan, Fairy Ruyan, and Yue'er, using his dragon might to pressure them.
• Lin Xuan resisted the pressure with the Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens Art, and the Ten Thousand Flood Dragon King discovered Yue'er inside Heavenly Mystery Mansion.
• The Ten Thousand Flood Dragon King considered taking Meng Ruyan and Yue'er as cultivation cauldrons, but held back after learning all three Horizon Sea Pavilion Supreme Elders planned to enter the Asura Gate.
• The Devil Ancestor Soul Fragment broke free from its cocoon, advanced to Lihe, and flew toward Haoshi City.
• The Devil Ancestor slaughtered Haoshi City’s cultivators, devouring their Nascent Souls, Golden Cores, and Primordial Spirits.
• North Nether True Lord appeared before the Devil Ancestor and questioned why he was killing the city’s people.

As the Asura Gate neared opening, powerful cultivators from the Human World and other realms prepared to enter in search of its treasure. North Nether True Lord followed the Ancient Demon, while Princess Xinyue, Taowu, Wang Tinglou, Tian Xiaojian, and many others headed toward the dangerous gate.

• The Ancient Demon persuaded North Nether True Lord to help obtain a treasure, promising him advancement and a long life, and the two flew toward the Asura Gate.
• Princess Xinyue anticipated entering the Asura Gate to claim its treasure, accompanied by two Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivators from the Spirit World.
• Taowu revealed itself in the wilderness, where it had reached the Lihe Realm and waited near a teleportation point to the Asura Gate.
• Wang Tinglou told his junior brother that he had to enter the Asura Gate and might not return, then vanished without explaining his reason.
• Tian Xiaojian prepared to enter the Asura Gate after reaching the Lihe Realm, hoping to find pills and medicines that could help him ascend.
• More than twenty Lihe Realm cultivators and countless Nascent Soul cultivators prepared to enter, facing rivals, dangers within the gate, and ghosts from the Underworld Realm.

Lin Xuan, Yue'er, and Meng Ruyan entered the Asura Gate through its Ghost Face entrance, but Lin Xuan awoke in a vast, verdant land without Meng Ruyan. He suspected the enormous mountain landscape was Penglai Mountain, one of the Three Sacred Lands.

• A blood-red rune formed a Ghost Face in the sky, and the Ten Thousand Flood Dragon King used his Asura Jade Token to pass through its Yin Fire and enter.
• Lin Xuan, Meng Ruyan, and Yue'er followed through the Ghost Face using their Jade Pendants and lost consciousness during the passage.
• Lin Xuan awoke in a grassland with Yue'er nearby, but Meng Ruyan was missing.
• Lin Xuan flew up to survey the seemingly endless green landscape, then told Yue'er he suspected they had arrived at Penglai Mountain.
• Yue'er explored the view herself and agreed that the vast mountain could be Penglai.

Lin Xuan and Yue'er explored Penglai Mountain behind the Asura Gate and discovered an ancient cave abode that turned out to be a trap. Yue'er sent an Evil Ghost inside to scout, suspecting the cave held more than traps.

• Lin Xuan and Yue'er realized the Asura Gate led to the vast, spiritually rich Penglai Mountain.
• Lin Xuan spotted a concealed ancient cave abode and sent a Jade Luo Bee inside to investigate.
• Lin Xuan learned through his divine sense connection that the cave was a trap and warned Yue'er not to trust its appearance.
• Yue'er summoned an Evil Ghost from the Beast Soul Banner despite Lin Xuan's concern about risking it.
• Yue'er sent a spell seal into the Evil Ghost's forehead and directed it into the cave.

Lin Xuan entered an Ancient Cave after Yue'er and was trapped in an illusion that exploited his memories and fear of losing her. Two mysterious Jade Pendants saved him from the Inner Demon, and he emerged with an ancient Jade Slip while Yue'er remained unharmed.

• Lin Xuan followed Yue'er into the Ancient Cave and found himself alone in a desolate, illusion-like space.
• The illusion showed Lin Xuan his childhood hardships, his failures at Floating Cloud Valley, and his death at Zhou Yan's hands before the ghosts of those he had killed attacked his soul.
• The illusion made Yue'er appear as the Asura King, who condemned Lin Xuan and trapped his soul in Sacredflame, breaking his will.
• Two Jade Pendants flew from Lin Xuan's Storage Bag and pulled him out of the illusion, preventing him from falling into qi deviation.
• Lin Xuan found a withered Jade Slip in the cave, then discovered Yue'er outside, safe and unaware of any restriction.

Lin Xuan and Yue'er found an ancient map of Penglai Mountain and decided to test whether its treasure markings were genuine. Meanwhile, the Ten Thousand Flood Dragon King avoided a fake cave abode, while True Person Taiyin escaped another at great cost.

• Lin Xuan examined the Jade Slip and realized it was a rough map of Penglai Mountain with hundreds of marked locations.
• Lin Xuan chose to investigate the nearest marking to determine whether the map was real, while Yue'er returned to the Heavenly Mystery Mansion and he flew cautiously onward.
• Lin Xuan worried about finding Fairy Ruyan before the Ten Thousand Flood Dragon King could harm her.
• The Ten Thousand Flood Dragon King encountered an Ancient Cultivator Cave Abode, recognized it as a likely trap from past experience, and flew around it.
• True Person Taiyin escaped a cave-abode trap involving Heavenly thunder and Earth Fire, but lost two Nascent Soul Late Stage Puppets.

True Person Taiyin flew off in search of treasures to help him break through his cultivation bottleneck. Elsewhere in the Asura Gate, a powerful demon ghost slaughtered three Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivators and cautiously continued on its way.

• True Person Taiyin left after lamenting the loss of his two Nascent Soul Late Stage Puppets and hoped to find pills or elixirs that could help him advance.
• Three Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivators encountered a Nascent Soul Late Stage demon ghost in a secluded canyon and prepared to fight it together.
• The demon ghost teleported past their coordinated attack and killed two cultivators, swallowing their Nascent Souls.
• The brocade-robed big man used two Bagua Diamond Talismans, but the demon ghost pierced his body and swallowed his Nascent Soul as well.
• The demon ghost took the three cultivators' Storage Bags and flew onward cautiously, wary of stronger opponents and the Asura Gate's dangers.

Lin Xuan encountered a snake demon entering an illusory bamboo forest, which turned out to be the disguised maw of a gigantic Ancient Beast. After the beast devoured the snake demon and attacked Lin Xuan, he summoned Yue'er to help defeat it.

• Lin Xuan concealed himself near the bamboo forest and watched a Green Snake demon approach.
• The snake spirit sent her toad spirit beast into the forest, then followed after it seemed safe.
• An Ancient Beast disguised as a bamboo forest revealed itself and devoured the snake spirit.
• Lin Xuan decided to fight the Ancient Beast so he could continue verifying the map in his Jade Slip.
• Lin Xuan's Sword Qi failed to pierce the beast's scales, and he blocked its red light attack with the Nine Heavens Spirit Shield.
• Lin Xuan summoned Yue'er to join him in fighting the Ancient Beast.

Lin Xuan and Yue'er attacked the Giant Crocodile, but their first assault failed against its immensely tough hide. Lin Xuan then unleashed the Demonic Fate Sword, and its Qilin-shaped Sword Qi struck the beast and sank into its forehead, leaving it frozen in place.

• Lin Xuan summoned wind blades while Yue'er unleashed black-red thunderfire from her eighteen Prayer Beads against the Giant Crocodile.
• Lin Xuan trapped the Giant Crocodile in a cage of earth pillars, but their attacks failed to penetrate its hide.
• Lin Xuan brought out the Demonic Fate Sword as the Giant Crocodile tried to flee, and Yue'er blocked its escape with yin wind and ghostly qi.
• Lin Xuan formed a Qilin from Sword Qi and sent it charging into the Giant Crocodile's forehead, where it sank into the beast and left it motionless.

Lin Xuan killed the Ancient Beast and harvested its inner core, scales, and a rare Spirit Bone. Yue'er then used the Beast Soul Banner and the Asura True Explanation to convert Five Elements vitality into Yin Spirit power, before releasing countless ghosts toward the corpse.

• Lin Xuan killed the Ancient Beast with the Demonic Fate Sword and cut valuable materials from its enormous corpse.
• Lin Xuan found a golden Spirit Bone among the remains and recognized it as a rare treasure suitable for refining a powerful artifact.
• Yue'er offered to take the corpse, then summoned the Beast Soul Banner and performed mysterious incantations.
• Lin Xuan realized Yue'er was converting Heaven and Earth vitality into Yin Spirit power, a basic ability of the Asura True Explanation.
• Yue'er pointed toward the corpse, and countless Yin souls and ghosts poured from the vortex.

Yue'er used the Beast Soul Banner’s ghosts to devour an Ancient Beast, strengthening the banner as Lin Xuan continued through Penglai Mountain. Elsewhere, the first wave of slaughter began, Tian Xiaojian killed Daoist Huangsang, and Wang Tinglou swiftly defeated a powerful Underworld Realm monster.

• Yue'er sent nearly ten thousand ghosts to devour the Ancient Beast’s corpse, and the strengthened ghosts returned to the Beast Soul Banner.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er flew onward while slaughter erupted across Penglai Mountain between cultivators, demons, and ghosts.
• Daoist Huangsang tried to kill the young-looking Tian Xiaojian for his treasures, but Tian Xiaojian revealed his Lihe Realm strength and killed him with a skull-shaped spell.
• Tian Xiaojian smugly anticipated meeting Lin Xuan again, unaware that Lin Xuan had also reached the Lihe Realm.
• A Two-Headed Four-Armed Monster ambushed Wang Tinglou, who cut it in half with two Sword Rays.

Wang Tinglou killed the demon ghost Green Erosion and continued onward through the Asura Gate. On Penglai Mountain, the peak Lihe Realm ghost Wu and the Corpse Demon Iron Tyrant King discussed a hidden treasure and prepared to seek it.

• Wang Tinglou took Green Erosion’s Storage Bag and Demon Core, then destroyed its body and flew onward.
• On Penglai Mountain, Wu noticed Green Erosion had been killed and told Iron Tyrant King.
• Wu explained that the Human World cultivators and their Underworld Realm subordinates had been scattered by random teleportation inside the Asura Gate.
• Iron Tyrant King questioned Wu’s claim that a treasure lay on Penglai Mountain and asked how he had learned of it from the Bloodthirsty Ghost King.
• Wu said the Spirit World and Underworld Realm were restraining each other because taking the treasure could reignite an ancient war between realms.
• Iron Tyrant King urged Wu to join him in seeking the treasure, confident that their combined strength would protect them.