Recaps

Lin Xuan watched Azure Cloud Mountain cultivators kill a Daoist with the Seven-Colored Sword Formation and search his belongings for a strange dagger. The dagger came alive, killed their Junior Sister, and flew away, leaving the two men unable to find it.

• A spiked Thorn Demon ambushed a Daoist, who stabbed it with a black dagger that made it wither.
• Azure Cloud Mountain cultivators activated the Seven-Colored Sword Formation and killed the Daoist while Lin Xuan hid nearby.
• Three Foundation Establishment disciples searched the Daoist's Storage Bag and found the dagger.
• The dagger pierced Junior Sister's heart and flew away as the two male disciples tried to help her.
• The two men searched for the dagger with divine sense but could not find it.

At the Post House, Lin Xuan discovered that the dagger he had taken from the Herb Garden was a rare beyond-grade spiritual artifact. After erasing its former owner’s imprint and making it recognize him as its master, he copied the Heavenly Thunder Art into a new Jade Slip.

• Lin Xuan settled into a pavilion at the Post House, sealed the room, and examined the dagger he had taken from the Herb Garden.
• Lin Xuan recalled the Herb Garden’s Seven-Colored Sword Formation and decided he would have to seek an opportunity rather than act rashly.
• Lin Xuan identified the dagger as a beyond-grade spiritual artifact refined from a Venomous Demon Snake and learned that it needed to recognize a master.
• Lin Xuan erased the Daoist’s divine sense imprint, completed the master-recognition ceremony, and removed the dagger’s restrictions.
• Lin Xuan took out the Daoist book of the Heavenly Thunder Art and copied its cultivation method into a new Jade Slip.

Lin Xuan copied the Heavenly Thunder Art before attending Azure Cloud Mountain’s Nascent Soul Formation Assembly, where he focused on finding a chance to steal the immortal herb. The gathering grew tense when a black cloud of Extreme Evil Demonic Qi arrived, and Lin Xuan recognized it as the aura of a demonic cultivator who had once robbed the Treasure Hunting Fair.

• Lin Xuan copied the Heavenly Thunder Art to study later before going to bed.
• Lin Xuan received Azure Cloud Mountain’s invitation and went to the Cloud Sea plaza for the assembly.
• Lin Xuan surveyed the assembled factions, greeted Xu Feng, and asked about Azure Cloud Mountain’s Herb Garden.
• A black cloud carrying Extreme Evil Demonic Qi drifted into the plaza, and Azure Cloud Mountain’s sect master sent two Foundation Establishment disciples to stop it.
• Lin Xuan recognized the black cloud as the same demonic cultivation method used by the cultivator who had robbed the Treasure Hunting Fair.

At Azure Cloud Mountain’s Nascent Soul Formation Assembly, Lin Xuan learned that Sword Immortal Taibai was occupied and seized the chance to disguise himself as him. He flew toward the Herb Garden to steal the Seven-Star Grass, but someone recognized Taibai and called out to him.

• A Core Condensation demonic cultivator arrived at the assembly, and Sword Immortal Taibai invited him to sit after hearing his message about the Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil.
• Nascent Soul cultivator Zhao released overwhelming spiritual pressure over the gathered cultivators, then disappeared after Azure Cloud Mountain’s sect master called it a greeting.
• As the assembly opened for free exchanges, Lin Xuan watched Taibai and saw that other Core Condensation cultivators were keeping him occupied.
• Lin Xuan left Cloud Sea, disguised himself as Taibai with an alteration technique and illusion talisman, and flew toward the Herb Garden.
• Someone shouted, “Senior Brother Taibai!” as a wisp of pale blue mist approached Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan accompanied Ouyang Qinxin to the Herb Garden, where they discovered that intruders had slaughtered its guards and plundered its plants. Ouyang Qinxin engaged the former Azure Cloud Mountain cultivator Liu Hai while Lin Xuan slipped toward the garden’s central area.

• Ouyang Qinxin asked Lin Xuan to accompany her to the Herb Garden to obtain Mind-Calming Grass.
• Lin Xuan and Ouyang Qinxin found corpses outside the garden, and Ouyang Qinxin determined that an insider had broken the Seven-Colored Sword Formation.
• They entered the ravaged garden and found Ouyang Qinxin’s disciples fighting the Core Condensation cultivator Liu Hai.
• Ouyang Qinxin recognized Liu Hai and told Lin Xuan to intercept his accomplice Liu Tong.
• Lin Xuan avoided the fight and headed for the central area of the Herb Garden while Ouyang Qinxin battled Liu Hai.

Lin Xuan stole the Seven-Star Grass from Azure Cloud Mountain’s inner courtyard after the Jade Pendant pacified its guardian, a Lion-Tiger Beast. In a mountain cave, he examined the pendant and began testing it with a Sky-Soaring Bird Beast Talisman.

• Lin Xuan found a dead Core Condensation cultivator and a peak grade-three Lion-Tiger Beast guarding the Seven-Star Grass.
• Lin Xuan tried to lure the beast away with crystals, but it attacked him when he reached for the herb.
• Lin Xuan accidentally revealed the Jade Pendant, whose light calmed the Lion-Tiger Beast and allowed him to take the Seven-Star Grass and the dead cultivator’s magic treasure fragment.
• Lin Xuan left Azure Cloud Mountain by another route, restored his original appearance, and traveled to a hidden cave, where he released Lin Yue'er to keep watch.
• Lin Xuan examined the Jade Pendant and began channeling his magic power into it while holding a Sky-Soaring Bird Beast Talisman.

Lin Xuan discovered that the Jade Pendant had replenished the energy in his Sky-Soaring Bird Beast Talisman by absorbing a demon beast’s soul essence. He traveled to You Province’s great market to buy additional herbs for refining Meridian-Strengthening Pills.

• Lin Xuan found that his Sky-Soaring Bird Beast Talisman’s energy had been restored and inferred that the Jade Pendant had transferred energy from the Lion-Tiger Beast’s soul essence.
• Lin Xuan meditated through the night, then called Lin Yue'er back and flew southeast toward a nearby market city.
• Lin Xuan entered You Province’s largest market city, which was jointly operated by many small sects and clans.
• Lin Xuan explored the market’s shops, auction houses, Gathering Immortal Pavilion, and teahouses.
• Lin Xuan stopped at a medicinal herb shop to purchase more ingredients for Meridian-Strengthening Pills.

Lin Xuan gathered ingredients for the Meridian-Strengthening Pill but failed to find more Beast Talismans, then learned at a teahouse that Azure Cloud Mountain had quietly ended its search after someone stole spiritual herbs from its Herb Garden. He left relieved that the theft had not brought suspicion onto him.

• Lin Xuan bought the common ingredients for the Meridian-Strengthening Pill but found no Beast Talismans for sale in the market square.
• Lin Xuan learned that Beast Talismans usually appeared only at auctions and decided to focus on refining the pill and improving his strength.
• Lin Xuan entered the Immortal Guest House and overheard Rogue Cultivator Yuan describe Azure Cloud Mountain restricting departures from Cloud Sea Plaza after a thief stole precious spiritual herbs.
• Yuan said Azure Cloud Mountain's sect master returned, apologized to the cultivators, and allowed them to leave without inspecting them.
• Lin Xuan felt relieved that no inspections had taken place, while other cultivators speculated about who had stolen the herbs.

Lin Xuan witnessed Ouyang Qinxin cripple a Rogue Cultivator who tried to flee, then left the market and hid from Zhang Taibai and a demonic cultivator meeting in the wilderness. He learned that Zhang Taibai had arranged to obtain the Heavenly Extreme Map from Ouyang Qinxin for the Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil, while seeking Sea-Blue Algae to treat his hidden ailment.

• Ouyang Qinxin arrived at the Immortal Guest House and crippled the Confucian scholar after he tried to escape her.
• Lin Xuan left the market and flew to a remote wilderness, where he hid after sensing someone approaching.
• Zhang Taibai arrived and waited in the wilderness until Miao Ai Shangren appeared with a Storage Bag from the Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil.
• Zhang Taibai checked the item in the Storage Bag, and Miao Ai Shangren asked him to deliver the Heavenly Extreme Map to the Demon Venerable.
• Zhang Taibai said he had arranged to meet Ouyang Qinxin, who possessed the map, and rejected Miao Ai Shangren's offer to join Extreme Demon Cave.

Lin Xuan discovered Miao Ai Shangren preparing to ambush Ouyang Qinxin, warned her, and escaped the first attack. Ouyang Qinxin and Miao Ai Shangren began fighting, while Lin Xuan watched from behind his layered defenses with an uneasy premonition.

• Miao Ai Shangren set up the White Bone Yin-Baleful Array and concealed himself to ambush Ouyang Qinxin.
• Ouyang Qinxin arrived, and Lin Xuan warned her before she stepped into the array.
• Miao Ai Shangren attacked Lin Xuan, who dodged and fled toward Ouyang Qinxin for protection.
• Ouyang Qinxin and Miao Ai Shangren faced off, and Lin Xuan put up several defenses before watching from a distance.
• Ouyang Qinxin used her golden harp to send countless spiritual needles at Miao Ai Shangren, who countered with wind blades from his fog-shrouded magic treasure.

Lin Xuan helped Ouyang Qinxin defeat Miao Ai Shangren by secretly giving her a Spirit Replenishing Pill, then joined the fight to stop the demonic cultivator from escaping. After Miao Ai Shangren fell, Ouyang Qinxin thanked Lin Xuan and invited him to treat her as an equal.

• Ouyang Qinxin summoned a spiritual Bi Fang to battle Miao Ai Shangren's transformed Evil Flood Dragon, while their magic treasures clashed for a day and a night.
• Lin Xuan secretly gave Ouyang Qinxin a Spirit Replenishing Pill, restoring her strength as Miao Ai Shangren grew exhausted and tried to flee.
• Miao Ai Shangren abandoned his magic treasure to escape, but Lin Xuan blocked his path with talismans and Beast Talismans.
• Ouyang Qinxin caught up and killed Miao Ai Shangren with her golden dagger after Lin Xuan helped keep him from escaping.
• Lin Xuan took Miao Ai Shangren's Storage Bag, and Ouyang Qinxin recognized him as Spirit Herb Mountain's young sect master and asked to interact as peers.

Lin Xuan befriended Ouyang Qinxin, returned to Spirit Herb Mountain, and refined thousands of Meridian-Strengthening Pills using the Seven-Star Grass he had stolen. He used the pills to accelerate his cultivation, and five years passed as he trained and took part in the mountain’s affairs.

• Ouyang Qinxin offered Lin Xuan Miao Ai Shangren’s Storage Bag, a Jade Slip of cultivation insight, and a jade zither he could use to seek her help.
• Lin Xuan vaguely warned Ouyang Qinxin to beware of Sword Immortal Taibai, then returned to Spirit Herb Mountain after a day and night of flight.
• Perfected Master Tongyu summoned Lin Xuan and asked about his trip, while Lin Xuan concealed the Seven-Star Grass and his encounter with Ouyang Qinxin.
• Lin Xuan refined thousands of Meridian-Strengthening Pills over several months and preserved the remaining Seven-Star Grass.
• Lin Xuan used the pills to raise his daily Foundation Establishment Pill intake to fifteen, cultivated, and helped with Spirit Herb Mountain’s affairs for five years.

Lin Xuan reached the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage and left seclusion to find a proper ghost-cultivation art for Lin Yue'er. He traveled to Heavenly Demon City and turned down a pair of Rogue Cultivators who offered to accompany him, keeping their Sound Transmission Talisman as he approached the city.

• Lin Xuan advanced to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage after three months of seclusion.
• Lin Xuan learned that Lin Yue'er had reached the Foundation Establishment Early Stage and exhausted her crude ghost-cultivation manual, so he decided to seek a suitable art in Heavenly Demon City's market.
• Lin Xuan traveled toward Heavenly Demon City and passed through a forest where demon cultivators hunted demon beasts.
• A white-robed scholar and his red-clothed wife offered to travel with Lin Xuan, warning that lone cultivators faced danger in Heavenly Demon City.
• Lin Xuan declined their offer, accepted the scholar's Sound Transmission Talisman, and stored it in his Storage Bracelet.

Lin Xuan entered Heavenly Demon City using Spirit Herb Mountain’s Jade Token and found Xu Yin being harassed by Yuan Song. He chose to intervene, and as Yuan Song attacked, Lin Xuan dodged while carrying Xu Yin aside.

• Lin Xuan presented his Spirit Herb Mountain Jade Token at Heavenly Demon City’s gate and received permission to enter as an honored guest.
• Lin Xuan heard a commotion, recognized Xu Yin, and decided to assess her predicament because he hoped to gain favor with her elder brother Xu Feng.
• Yuan Song pressured Xu Yin to dual cultivate with him, and Xu Yin ran to Lin Xuan for help.
• Lin Xuan warned Yuan Song to leave Xu Yin alone, and Yuan Song attacked him with a dark-green thread of light.
• Lin Xuan turned into white mist and carried Xu Yin aside to evade Yuan Song’s strike.

Lin Xuan killed Yuan Song with the Thousand Illusion Transformation, a secret art that made his Hook Swords take the form of a fire dragon. As Lin Xuan and Xu Yin tried to leave, three black-clad demonic cultivators arrived and surrounded them.

• Lin Xuan overwhelmed Yuan Song’s sawtoothed flying sword with his Hook Swords and transformed them into a fire dragon.
• Yuan Song’s defensive talismans failed, and Lin Xuan burned him and his Primordial Spirit to ashes.
• Xu Yin admired Lin Xuan’s strength while two hidden Core Condensation cultivators debated whether to capture him, then decided against acting rashly.
• Lin Xuan told Xu Yin to leave with him, but three black-clad demonic cultivators flew over and surrounded them.

Lin Xuan was confronted by the Heavenly Demon Guard after killing a rogue cultivator, but Long Jun, the Yin Baleful Sect’s young sect master, arrived and protected him. Lin Xuan accepted Long Jun’s invitation to stay with him and urged Xu Yin to leave Heavenly Demon City.

• Three members of the Heavenly Demon Guard surrounded Lin Xuan over the fight and killing in the city.
• Long Jun arrived on a Black Gold Roar and greeted Lin Xuan as an old friend.
• Long Jun ordered the Heavenly Demon Guard to leave, and they dispersed without challenging him.
• Two hidden elders decided not to move against Lin Xuan and continued watching him because the Demon Venerable’s plan took priority.
• Lin Xuan accepted Long Jun’s invitation to visit his residence so he could ask about ghost-cultivation methods.
• Lin Xuan warned Xu Yin that Heavenly Demon City was too dangerous for her and told her to leave.

After failing to find a Foundation Establishment ghost-cultivation art in Heavenly Demon City, Lin Xuan rescued a pair of Dao companions from a demonic cultivator and learned they could lead him to the infamous Yin Ghost Master. They offered to give Lin Xuan the ghost-cultivation art and all of Yin Ghost Master’s treasures if he helped them take revenge.

• Lin Xuan asked Long Jun for a Foundation Establishment ghost-cultivation art, but Long Jun could not help him and told him the Fierce Ghost Gang possessed top-tier ghost-cultivation arts.
• Lin Xuan searched the Fierce Ghost Gang’s shops without success and left Heavenly Demon City.
• Lin Xuan encountered the white-robed scholar and his wife fighting a demonic cultivator, then killed their opponent and took his Storage Bracelet after the scholar promised a precious reward.
• The white-robed scholar and his wife explained that they had overheard Lin Xuan seeking a ghost-cultivation art at Fierce Ghost Pavilion.
• The couple revealed that Yin Ghost Master was a powerful ghost cultivator with the art Lin Xuan needed, and offered him all of Yin Ghost Master’s treasures in exchange for helping them take revenge.

Lin Xuan refused to help a husband and wife attack Yin Ghost Master, then secretly followed them as they recruited three more cultivators. He watched the five confront Yin Ghost Master and began preparing his own plans as the battle erupted.

• Lin Xuan overheard the couple plotting to use him, took a Hidden Spirit Pill, and secretly watched them for more than ten days.
• The couple recruited three cultivators, and Lin Xuan followed the group to Yin Ghost Master's remote cave dwelling.
• Fu Qian questioned the lack of warning restrictions, but the white-robed scholar persuaded the group to continue.
• Lin Xuan released Little Yin Soul and instructed her before following the group toward the cave.
• Yin Ghost Master emerged, and the five attacked him with spiritual artifacts and spells.
• Yin Ghost Master unleashed a Shadow Fiend Ghost that defiled the red-clad woman's ring, while Lin Xuan quietly arrived nearby.

Lin Xuan entered Yin Ghost Master's cave residence, found it empty of cultivation arts, and prepared a formation before returning to watch the battle. Outside, the White-Robed Scholar and his allies attacked Yin Ghost Master, whose Mystic Fire Divine Pearl turned the fight into a struggle over the rumored ancient treasure.

• Lin Xuan received a message from Lin Yue'er and slipped into Yin Ghost Master's cave residence while the cultivators fought outside.
• Lin Xuan discovered the cave stood on a Yin Vein, found no cultivation arts, and laid a Fire Dragon Eight Trigrams Array to trap Yin Ghost Master.
• Lin Xuan gave the Jade Snow Ring to Lin Yue'er and instructed her before returning to the cave entrance.
• The White-Robed Scholar revealed his Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivation, and he and his allies drove Yin Ghost Master into a defensive position.
• Yin Ghost Master summoned the Mystic Fire Divine Pearl, and the White-Robed Scholar claimed it was an ancient treasure that he would give to the others.
• Fu Qian, her brother, and Elder Feng attacked Yin Ghost Master again after hearing the White-Robed Scholar's claim.

Yin Ghost Master revealed that he was Xiao Hen, the young master of the Fierce Ghost Gang, and his reinforcements overwhelmed the cultivators who had confronted him. After the White-Robed Scholar summoned a Yin Baleful Skeleton with a life-sacrificing art, Lin Xuan seized the chance to follow Xiao Hen into his hidden treasure room.

• Three Fierce Ghost Gang cultivators arrived and addressed Yin Ghost Master as their young master, revealing his identity as Xiao Hen.
• Yin Ghost Master and his three reinforcements attacked; Feng Yuan was poisoned, the Fu siblings were defeated, and Fu Qian was captured.
• Xiao Hen and the ghost cultivators cornered the White-Robed Scholar and captured his red-clothed wife.
• The White-Robed Scholar used Blood Sacrifice Ghost Devouring to summon a Yin Baleful Skeleton, which devoured him and attacked the ghost cultivators.
• Xiao Hen ordered the three cultivators to hold off the skeleton while he returned to the cave abode, and Lin Xuan followed him under an Invisibility Talisman.
• Xiao Hen opened a concealed treasure room behind a stone wall.

Lin Xuan ambushed Yin Ghost Master in his cave residence, but the young master of the Fierce Ghost Gang survived and countered with the Mystic Heaven Demonic Flame. Lin Xuan’s Hook Sword was lost, and his defensive shield held off the flame as he secretly signaled Yue'er to act.

• Yin Ghost Master gathered the cave’s treasures into a Storage Bag, but Lin Xuan struck him with the Hook Sword and revealed himself.
• Lin Xuan attacked with the Gold Binding Rope, talismans, and a formation, while Yin Ghost Master defended himself with the Ghost Fork, White Bone Shield, and Mystic Fire Divine Pearl.
• Lin Xuan summoned a Sky-Soaring Bird with a Beast Talisman and enhanced the Hook Sword with Innate Fire as the Fierce Ghost Gang cultivators struggled outside against the Yin Baleful Skeleton.
• Yin Ghost Master used the Mystic Fire Divine Pearl to unleash Mystic Heaven Demonic Flame, which severed Lin Xuan’s connection to the Hook Sword and burned through his defensive talisman.
• Lin Xuan held back the black fire with a top-grade defensive shield and secretly signaled Yue'er to act.

Lin Xuan killed Xiao Hen, seized the Spirit Yin Nine Transformations and the Mystic Fire Divine Pearl, then returned safely to Spirit Herb Mountain. Unable to refine the pearl yet, he put it away and turned his attention to the Heavenly Thunder Art.

• Lin Yue'er ambushed Xiao Hen, giving Lin Xuan the opening to wound him, burn his body with the Flame Rhinoceros, and capture his Primordial Spirit in the Hundred Soul Banner.
• Lin Xuan took Xiao Hen's Storage Bag and Jade Slip, recovered the Mystic Fire Divine Pearl, and escaped as the Fierce Ghost Gang cultivators struggled against the Yin Baleful Ghost.
• Lin Xuan returned to Spirit Herb Mountain and gave Lin Yue'er the Spirit Yin Nine Transformations cultivation method.
• Lin Xuan failed to refine the Mystic Fire Divine Pearl and learned from Xiao Hen's records that it was a clan heirloom too powerful for him to use fully at his current cultivation level.
• Lin Xuan put away the pearl and took out the Heavenly Thunder Art, considering how to strengthen himself through his spiritual artifacts.

Lin Xuan tried to extract Mother of Profound Iron from the Heavenly Thunder Art book, discovering that his Blue Star Sea could purify crafting materials but that he lacked the magical power to do so. After investigating the book and the Jade Pendant, he left Spirit Herb Mountain to search for demonic beasts and replenish the Beast Soul Talisman.

• Lin Xuan tried to melt the Heavenly Thunder Art book with Earth Vein Fire but failed to separate the Mother of Profound Iron.
• Lin Xuan used the Blue Star Sea on the book and discovered that it could purify crafting materials, though extracting the Mother of Profound Iron required more magical power than he had.
• Lin Xuan read the Heavenly Thunder Art several times but found no clue to explain why the Thunder Sword Sect had preserved it in such a valuable book.
• Lin Xuan discovered that the Jade Pendant needed to absorb demonic beasts' soul energy before it could replenish the Beast Soul Talisman.
• Lin Xuan left Spirit Herb Mountain and flew southeast to search for demonic beasts.

Lin Xuan entered the Kui Yin Mountain Range to hunt demon beasts and found three cultivators at the Ghost Moon Spider’s cave. He learned that the beast had advanced into a powerful Moon Demon Spider, leaving the group to consider how to face a creature stronger than they could safely handle.

• Lin Xuan consulted a Jade Slip map and entered the Kui Yin Mountain Range to hunt a Moon Demon Spider.
• Lin Xuan disguised himself after sensing that three cultivators had reached the spider’s cave before him.
• A yellow-robed cultivator invited Lin Xuan to join their group and explained how maps of the mountain range were compiled and why they could be inaccurate.
• The yellow-robed cultivator revealed that the Ghost Moon Spider had advanced into a top-grade level-two Moon Demon Spider.
• The three cultivators admitted they were too weak to defeat the Moon Demon Spider easily but did not want to abandon the chance to hunt it.

Lin Xuan joined Zhou Liang, Huang Zhong, and Ma Jin to hunt a Moon Demon Spider, but he suspected the other two cultivators had hidden motives and prepared a powerful array talisman as a precaution. The spider detected their trap, and the chapter ended as it attacked Zhou Liang from above.

• Zhou Liang invited Lin Xuan to join the hunt, and Lin Xuan agreed while doubting Huang Zhong and Ma Jin's intentions.
• Huang Zhong brought out array tools, and the four cultivators set up a Five Tigers Herd Sheep Array near the Moon Demon Spider's lair.
• Lin Xuan secretly observed Huang Zhong and Ma Jin exchanging voice transmissions, then laid down a Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Array Talisman as a backup.
• The Moon Demon Spider returned, sensed the trap, and spat poisonous water at the ground.
• Huang Zhong ordered the group to attack and force the spider into the array, but it dodged their weapons and appeared above Zhou Liang, lunging at him.