Recaps

Iron Tyrant King learned that powerful beings’ Split Souls could descend to the lower world and reach the Lihe realm, while Lin Xuan confirmed his map was genuine and found a Buddhist-protected cave abode. After the restriction’s Great Thunder Sound Technique stunned him, Yue'er offered to try breaking it.

• The blue-robed old man warned Iron Tyrant King that Split Souls of powerful beings could descend and cultivate up to Lihe, prompting him to wait for his subordinates before seeking the treasure.
• Lin Xuan hurried through Penglai Mountain to check whether his map was genuine and saw that even an ordinary green bamboo had become useful for refining a Dharma Treasure.
• Lin Xuan found an ancient cultivator's cave abode and triggered a golden restriction covered in azure lightning, confirming that the map was real.
• Lin Xuan's Azure Fire Sword failed to damage the restriction, and its Great Thunder Sound Technique stunned him for several breaths.
• Lin Xuan prepared his Black Gold Dragon Scale Shield and hesitated to use the Demonic Fate Sword, fearing its power could destroy the cave abode.
• Yue'er emerged from the Heavenly Mystery Mansion and offered to try breaking the restriction, surprising Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan and Yue'er broke through the cave residence’s golden barrier and discovered the remains of an eminent monk, along with a rare Vajra Sarira. The chapter left Lin Xuan wondering why a monk of such extraordinary power had died in meditation on Penglai Mountain.

• Yue'er summoned Ice Moon Butterflies and explained that she could command only about two hundred at once because each consumed her divine sense.
• The Ice Moon Butterflies froze the golden barrier, and Lin Xuan shattered it with the Azure Fire Sword.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er entered the cave residence and found a peaceful old monk who had died in seated meditation.
• Lin Xuan discovered a Vajra Sarira in a small bottle and recognized its rarity and power.
• Lin Xuan wondered why the eminent monk had passed away in meditation on Penglai Mountain rather than in the Spirit World.

Lin Xuan found a Diamond Sutra and a Spirit-Communicating Buddhist Treasure in the cave residence, then studied the Jade Slip for a possible teleportation point. He decided to meet Fairy Ruyan before pursuing it further.

• Lin Xuan stored the Vajra Sarira and examined the Diamond Sutra, which appeared ordinary but which he kept because he suspected it had a hidden use.
• Lin Xuan followed the old monk's posture to a stone wall, where he found a crimson monk's staff and recognized it as a Spirit-Communicating Buddhist Treasure.
• Lin Xuan searched the cave residence, confirmed he had found everything, and left with the staff and other treasures.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er examined the Jade Slip and found an unusual mark deep in Penglai that might indicate the teleportation point Fairy Ruyan had mentioned.
• Lin Xuan chose to meet Fairy Ruyan before investigating the possible teleportation point, mindful of his limited time in the Asura Gate and his goal of reaching the Spirit World.

Lin Xuan chose to climb toward Heavenly Immortal Pavilion, hoping to find Meng Ruyan while seeking its treasures. As Meng Ruyan fought a monster’s plant-spirit avatars, Iron Tyrant King’s group advanced through the mountain, where an Ancient Demon and Wang Tinglou met in a tense standoff.

• Lin Xuan and Yue'er decided to head for Heavenly Immortal Pavilion because they hoped to find Meng Ruyan there, and Lin Xuan concealed his aura before setting off.
• Meng Ruyan battled several dozen plant spirits that repeatedly revived, then unleashed her Floating Cloud Falling Snow Sword and Sword Qi.
• Iron Tyrant King and the green-robed old man broke through a powerful restriction and continued climbing with their Evil Ghosts.
• An Ancient Demon emerged after Iron Tyrant King’s group left and revealed that it had used North Nether True Lord as cannon fodder before killing and eating his escaped Nascent Soul.
• Wang Tinglou appeared before the Ancient Demon, and both powerful cultivators sized each other up without attacking.

Wang Tinglou agreed to help an Ancient Demon pursue a treasure at Penglai, while privately telling Nailong True Person he did not trust the demon. Nailong explained that his Split Soul had survived Spatial Turbulence, hinting at the extraordinary strength of his true body.

• The Ancient Demon offered Wang Tinglou a share of a treasure at Penglai and promised to help him advance to Dongxuan in the Saint World.
• Wang Tinglou accepted the offer, and he and the Ancient Demon concealed themselves to follow the Yinhun group.
• Wang Tinglou revealed that he was using a bell-shaped treasure to hide his presence, while the Ancient Demon mistook it for a cultivated concealment art.
• Wang Tinglou spoke with Nailong True Person inside his dantian and said he had no intention of trusting the Ancient Demon.
• Nailong claimed he was a famous, powerful figure in the Spirit World, then explained that Spatial Turbulence had nearly destroyed his Split Soul while it crossed realms.

Wang Tinglou learned that Nailong True Person had descended to Penglai Mountain to obtain a treasure for a marriage proposal, and agreed to help him. Meanwhile, Lin Xuan encountered the Ten Thousand Flood Dragon King and sought a way to escape, noticing that the old monster could not detect Yue'er.

• Nailong True Person told Wang Tinglou that he had come to Penglai Mountain to obtain a treasure for Xianxian Fairy, hoping it would help him win her favor.
• Wang Tinglou sympathized with Nailong True Person and agreed to help him obtain the treasure in exchange for becoming sworn brothers after ascending to the Spirit World.
• Wang Tinglou and Nailong True Person quietly followed the Ancient Demon.
• Lin Xuan encountered the Ten Thousand Flood Dragon King, who threatened to refine Lin Xuan's soul and make Meng Ruyan his Cauldron.
• Lin Xuan realized the Ten Thousand Flood Dragon King had not detected Yue'er and focused on finding a way to escape.

Lin Xuan struck the Ten Thousand Flood Dragon King with the Demonic Fate Sword and fled, but the late-stage Lihe cultivator quickly caught up using the Golden Evasion Technique. Lin Xuan used Nine Heavens Micro-Steps to keep escaping, while relying on Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk to replenish his Magic Power and outlast his pursuer.

• Lin Xuan attacked the transforming Ten Thousand Flood Dragon King with the Demonic Fate Sword, then immediately fled.
• The Ten Thousand Flood Dragon King survived behind his Round Disc's protective light curtain and decided to pursue Lin Xuan for his imitation Spirit Treasure.
• The Ten Thousand Flood Dragon King tracked Lin Xuan with Divine Sense and used the Golden Evasion Technique to catch up at tremendous speed.
• Lin Xuan discovered the pursuer had caught up and used Nine Heavens Micro-Steps to increase their distance.
• The Ten Thousand Flood Dragon King expected Lin Xuan to run out of Magic Power first, but Lin Xuan relied on his Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk to replenish it.

Lin Xuan escaped the Ten Thousand Flood Dragon King by using a Teleportation Array and tricking him into wasting his chance to interrupt it. The furious king found Tian Xiaojian instead, stopping him as he tried to flee with his stolen treasures.

• Lin Xuan stopped fleeing and prepared to fight the Ten Thousand Flood Dragon King, but Yue'er pointed out a Teleportation Array nearby.
• Lin Xuan activated the array and feigned an attack with the Demonic Fate Sword, making the Ten Thousand Flood Dragon King release his defensive treasure too late to stop the teleportation.
• The Ten Thousand Flood Dragon King arrived at the array after Lin Xuan vanished, then destroyed it and searched the area with his divine sense.
• Tian Xiaojian celebrated his successful killings of Nascent Soul cultivators and his discovery of a treasure-filled cave residence.
• Tian Xiaojian sensed the approaching late-stage Lihe expert and tried to flee, but the Ten Thousand Flood Dragon King struck him and blocked his escape.

Lin Xuan escaped the Ten Thousand Flood Dragon King by teleporting into Asura Gate, where he found three cultivators battling a Nascent Soul Late Stage opponent. He recognized Perfected Master Tongyu among the losing group and wondered how he had ended up there.

• The Ten Thousand Flood Dragon King attacked Tian Xiaojian, who fought back with the Nether Heart-Shattering Sword.
• Lin Xuan teleported more than a hundred thousand li away and destroyed the Teleportation Array to prevent the Ten Thousand Flood Dragon King from following.
• Lin Xuan sensed a battle nearby and flew there under concealment to learn where he was.
• Lin Xuan found two men and a woman struggling against a red-robed Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator who wielded flaming wheels.
• Lin Xuan recognized the elderly cultivator being targeted as Perfected Master Tongyu.

Lin Xuan watched as Perfected Master Tongyu and two companions fought a Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator who sought revenge on Tongyu. When the enemy failed to divide the group, he unleashed more power and struck the old monk, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Lin Xuan recognized Perfected Master Tongyu as his former master and decided to observe before intervening.
• The red-robed cultivator offered Tongyu’s companions a chance to leave, but the old woman and monk stayed to preserve their chance of escape.
• The red-robed cultivator’s flames made his aura surge, revealing that he had more strength than the three had expected.
• The red-robed cultivator sent his Wind Fire Wheels at the old monk, whose blue-glowing Long Spear blocked the attack but left him vomiting blood.

Princess Xinyue and her companions confronted Taowu’s Split Soul, which revealed its grudge against her royal father and prepared to fight. Meanwhile, a late-stage cultivator maneuvered Perfected Master Tongyu and the old woman into position to attack them with flames.

• Princess Xinyue, a man, and a woman encountered Taowu’s Split Soul, which said it hated Xinyue’s royal father, one of the Three Great Loose Immortals.
• Xinyue argued that Taowu was bound by the Human World’s laws and stood at the same realm as her, while the two Nascent Soul cultivators offered to assist her.
• Xinyue launched a flower basket treasure, releasing more than a hundred immortal swords toward Taowu.
• The late-stage cultivator struck Perfected Master Tongyu, who spat blood, then sent a Wind Fire Wheel rushing toward the old woman.
• The late-stage cultivator forced the old woman to retreat, then unleashed fierce flames from his sleeve while preparing to capture and torture Tongyu.

Lin Xuan revealed his Lihe Realm cultivation when he saved Perfected Master Tongyu from the Red-Robed Cultivator’s attack. He overwhelmed the Nascent Soul Late Stage enemy and killed him, leaving Tongyu and the others stunned by Lin Xuan’s return and transformation.

• The Red-Robed Cultivator’s fiery hand nearly struck Perfected Master Tongyu, but a streak of azure Sword Qi from Lin Xuan destroyed it.
• Lin Xuan appeared and revealed his Lihe Realm cultivation, shocking Perfected Master Tongyu, the Red-Robed Cultivator, Monk, and Old Crone.
• The Red-Robed Cultivator tried to flatter Lin Xuan, then launched the Wind Fire Wheels and thunderfires when he sensed Lin Xuan’s killing intent.
• Lin Xuan countered with weapons formed from heaven and earth origin Qi and used Nine Heavens Micro-Steps to catch the fleeing Red-Robed Cultivator.
• The Red-Robed Cultivator knelt and begged for his life, but Lin Xuan killed him with a streak of Sword Qi.

Lin Xuan captured a Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator and reunited with Perfected Master Tongyu, revealing that he was Tongyu’s long-lost disciple. After acknowledging Tongyu’s former Senior Brother Xu had died, Lin Xuan and Tongyu agreed to associate as peers.

• Lin Xuan stopped the Nascent Soul’s escape, sealed its magic power, and stored it in a Jade Box for the Beast Soul Banner.
• The Old Crone and the Monk thanked Lin Xuan, while Perfected Master Tongyu wondered whether the Lihe Realm cultivator was his former disciple.
• Lin Xuan called Tongyu “Master” and confirmed he was the same Lin Xuan who had parted from him three hundred years earlier.
• Tongyu told Lin Xuan that Senior Brother Xu had died and ended their master-disciple relationship because Lin Xuan had surpassed him.
• Lin Xuan agreed not to call Tongyu Master or Senior, and they decided to associate as peers.

Lin Xuan met Perfected Master Tongyu, Master Ming Zhong, and Lady Long, who had been afflicted by a strange poison after exploring an ancient cultivator’s tomb. As Tongyu recounted how they disturbed a swarm of Jade Luo Bees, Lin Xuan realized their poison and misfortune might be tied to a powerful, unusually large bee.

• Lin Xuan led Perfected Master Tongyu, Master Ming Zhong, and Lady Long to a hidden cave so they could explain their poison in private.
• Perfected Master Tongyu said Lady Long had brought him a treasure map over ten years earlier, and the four of them had followed it to an ancient cultivator’s tomb.
• Tongyu explained that the group had gathered burial treasures before opening the tomb’s central coffin, from which nearly a thousand Demon Insects emerged.
• Lady Long identified the insects as Jade Luo Bees, and Lin Xuan recognized them as the same species he had been raising.
• Tongyu said the swarm included one Jade Luo Bee about the size of a baby’s head, and Lin Xuan wondered how powerful a fully mature bee could be.

Lin Xuan learned that a mature Jade Luo Bee’s poison rapidly consumed lifespan and that the surviving cultivators needed a hundred-thousand-year-old Aster Herb to cure it. He revealed that he had one, leaving Perfected Master Tongyu, the Monk, and the Old Crone overjoyed.

• Perfected Master Tongyu recounted how a Jade Luo Bee stung Senior Brother Xu and resisted their attacks as the group fled the Ancient Tomb.
• The Monk explained that the bee’s poison accelerated aging, causing Xu to spend his remaining lifespan and die within days.
• The Old Crone said she and the others had received only lingering poison, which made their lifespans pass at twice the normal rate.
• Perfected Master Tongyu said he had researched a cure but needed a hundred-thousand-year-old Aster Herb, prompting the group to enter Asura Gate in search of one.
• Lin Xuan told the three cultivators he had obtained an Aster Herb and showed them the mature purple herb.

Lin Xuan gave Perfected Master Tongyu a two-hundred-thousand-year-old Aster Herb and obtained a Jade Slip containing the pill formula for curing Jade Luo Bee poison. After Lin Xuan left, Tongyu and his companions recognized that his name seemed familiar.

• Perfected Master Tongyu was shocked by the age of Lin Xuan’s Aster Herb, and Lin Xuan gave it to him as a token of gratitude for their former master-disciple bond.
• Lin Xuan advised Perfected Master Tongyu and the other two cultivators to hide until the Asura Gate ended, and Tongyu agreed.
• Lin Xuan asked Perfected Master Tongyu for a copy of the pill formula that could cure Jade Luo Bee poison, and Tongyu handed him the Jade Slip.
• Lin Xuan took the Jade Slip and flew away, leaving Perfected Master Tongyu, Monk, and the Old Crone behind.
• Monk asked whether Lin Xuan’s name sounded familiar, and Lady Long began to ponder where she had heard it.

Perfected Master Tongyu, Monk Ming Zhong, and Lady Long confirmed the Aster Herb could cure their poison and decided not to risk searching for more treasure in the Asura Gate. They prepared to conceal their cave and wait until the gate ended, while Lin Xuan flew toward the summit by another route.

• Monk Ming Zhong and another companion reminded Perfected Master Tongyu that Lin Xuan was the renowned Lihe Realm cultivator who had killed Kong Xuan.
• Perfected Master Tongyu confirmed the Aster Herb was suitable for refining poison-curing pills and asked whether his companions would continue treasure hunting.
• After Tongyu warned them about the Asura Gate's dangers and recalled their disastrous expedition ten years earlier, Monk Ming Zhong and Lady Long agreed to stop searching for treasure.
• Monk Ming Zhong proposed staying in their current cave and hiding it with Formation Flags, and Perfected Master Tongyu accepted the plan.
• Monk Ming Zhong brought out his Formation Flags and a round disc as Lin Xuan, unaware of their preparations, flew toward the mountain summit.

Lin Xuan followed a path cleared by a powerful cultivator through Penglai Mountain, then discovered that several Lihe Realm cultivators were fighting ahead. He hid among the rocks at Chaos Slope and was astonished when he recognized the combatants.

• Lin Xuan found a mountain restriction split apart by a single powerful strike and realized a Lihe Realm cultivator had cleared the way ahead.
• Lin Xuan concealed his aura and followed the destroyed restrictions, then inferred from a damaged Formation Flag that several cultivators were traveling together.
• Lin Xuan sensed a fierce battle about a thousand li away and chose to investigate rather than take a safer detour.
• Lin Xuan reached Chaos Slope and hid among the rocks as the battle shook the area with spiritual attacks and astral wind.
• Lin Xuan recognized the cultivators fighting and was astonished to see familiar figures.

Lin Xuan recognized Princess Xinyue, who shared a body with his sworn sister Xiahou Lan, fighting Taowu with two badly injured Nascent Soul cultivators. Though Xinyue was outmatched and wounded, she refused to surrender and warned Taowu that her father would avenge her.

• Lin Xuan recognized the endangered woman as Princess Xinyue, whose other soul was his sworn sister Xiahou Lan, and resolved that he could not let either identity die.
• Lin Xuan identified Xinyue's opponent as Taowu, a powerful Split Soul of one of the Four Evils whom he had fought centuries earlier.
• Taowu's greater combat experience and brutality left Xinyue and her two Nascent Soul Late Stage allies at a disadvantage, with both allies missing an arm and Xinyue covered in blood.
• Taowu urged Xinyue to surrender, promising to eat her flesh while possibly sparing her Primordial Spirit and soul.
• Xinyue rejected Taowu's offer and warned that her father would pursue it if it harmed her.

Princess Xinyue fought Taowu with the Hundred Flowers Fragrant Array, while Lin Xuan watched the Spirit World spell’s power. Taowu revealed its blood feud with Xinyue’s master and blasted the array into disarray, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Taowu gathered heaven-and-earth origin energy into a powerful sphere as Xinyue prepared to resist.
• Xinyue transformed more than a hundred immortal swords into flowers and formed the Hundred Flowers Fragrant Array.
• Taowu revealed that it had a blood feud with Xinyue’s master, the Hundred Flowers Fairy, and threatened Xinyue because she was her disciple.
• Xinyue released poisonous petals and spun them into a sharp whirlwind, which sliced apart Taowu’s two treasures.
• Taowu launched its sphere of energy at the petal whirlwind, and the collision blasted the Hundred Flowers Fragrant Array into disarray without breaking it.

Taowu nearly killed Xinyue, but Baihe sacrificed himself to delay the beast so she could flee. Xueling stayed behind to buy her more time, determined to protect her own children and the families of her companions.

• Taowu rushed Xinyue, who froze in terror, while Lin Xuan realized he could not reach her in time.
• Baihe used the Earth-Shrinking Technique to block Taowu and urged Xinyue to escape.
• After Taowu destroyed his shield, Baihe charged the beast and self-detonated, buying Xinyue time to flee.
• Xinyue continued escaping, shaken by Baihe's death, while Xueling remained behind to hold off Taowu.
• Xueling accepted that she might die so Xinyue could escape and her own children and companions' families could be protected.

Taowu killed Xueling and pursued the fleeing Princess Xinyue, but Lin Xuan ambushed it to protect the soul within Xinyue and avenge his past enmity. After wounding Taowu, Lin Xuan launched a fierce assault and summoned a massive Nine-Headed Snake from the earth.

• Taowu used demonic claws to tear Xueling apart, then pierced her escaping Nascent Soul with a Flying Needle-shaped Dharma Treasure.
• Lin Xuan decided to save Xinyue because Xiahou Lan’s soul was inside her, and took advantage of Taowu’s weakened state to ambush it.
• Lin Xuan’s Azure Fire Sword cut off Taowu’s left ear, and Taowu recognized him as a cultivator who had advanced to Lihe.
• Lin Xuan attacked Taowu with Sword Qi and earth primordial Qi, summoning a Nine-Headed Snake from the ground.
• Taowu faced the Nine-Headed Snake without retreating and struck forward with its two front claws.

Lin Xuan used a series of feints to draw Taowu into a close-range clash, then unleashed Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire against its Split Soul. The fire overwhelmed Taowu’s defenses and began destroying its claw, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Taowu destroyed Lin Xuan’s Azure Fire and nine-headed serpent attacks, unaware they were meant to distract it.
• Lin Xuan used Nine Heavens Micro-Steps to appear beside Taowu and transformed his right hand into a Phoenix claw.
• Lin Xuan concealed Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire around his claw and baited Taowu into meeting him head-on.
• The Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire devoured Taowu’s black radiance, froze and poisoned its claw, and began eroding it with its deathly power.

Lin Xuan and Yue'er cornered Taowu, whose Split Soul was driven to flee before Yue'er froze it with her Ice Moon Butterflies. Lin Xuan captured Taowu's Demon Core and prepared to destroy the frozen beast, while suspecting its fear of the butterflies was connected to Yue'er's past life as the Asura King.

• Lin Xuan tore open Taowu's chest with his claw and attacked its head with the Azure Fire Sword.
• Taowu used its Demon Core to block the sword and fled, but Yue'er appeared in its path.
• Yue'er released her Ice Moon Butterflies, and Taowu recognized them before being frozen in black ice.
• Lin Xuan suspected Taowu knew of the butterflies through their connection to Yue'er's previous life as the Asura King.
• Lin Xuan recalled the Azure Fire, captured Taowu's Demon Core, and sealed it in a Jade Box.
• Lin Xuan enlarged the Azure Fire Sword and swung it down at the frozen Taowu.

Lin Xuan killed Taowu’s Split Soul and rescued Xueling’s barely surviving Nascent Soul, learning that she and Baihe had come from the Spirit World to find Xinyue. Xueling revealed that Xinyue had sought a treasure in the Asura Gate, but Lin Xuan doubted her claim and demanded the truth.

• Lin Xuan and Yue'er destroyed Taowu’s body and sealed its Split Soul in the Beast Soul Banner despite its threats and promises.
• Lin Xuan found Xueling’s surviving Nascent Soul and used a spell to give her enough strength to speak.
• Lin Xuan questioned Xueling about her identity and why she had come to the Human World.
• Xueling said she and Baihe were Spirit World cultivators sent by their master to find the princess, and that Xinyue had insisted on obtaining a treasure in the Asura Gate.
• Xueling admitted that only Xinyue knew what the treasure was, and Lin Xuan accused her of continuing to hide the truth.