Recaps

Lin Xuan foiled Venerable Ten Thousand Beasts’ ambush and nearly killed him, only for Elder An to attack both of them with a treacherous Willow Leaf Blade. Lin Xuan escaped, Ten Thousand Beasts fled badly wounded, and Lin Xuan was left questioning whether Elder An had acted alone or on Red Leaf Fairy’s orders.

• Venerable Ten Thousand Beasts feinted toward Red Leaf Fairy, then revealed his Demon Cultivation and attacked Lin Xuan with transformed claws.
• Lin Xuan used the Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens Art to meet Ten Thousand Beasts’ attack in a draw, then restrained him with his nine-headed, eighteen-armed dharma idol.
• Elder An hurled a Willow Leaf Blade at Ten Thousand Beasts, but the blade split and sent two attacks toward Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan evaded the blades with Nine Heavens Micro-Steps, while Ten Thousand Beasts lost an arm and escaped.
• Lin Xuan suspected Elder An had tried to kill them both and considered whether Red Leaf Fairy had ordered the attack, though the Blood Pact made her involvement seem unlikely.

Lin Xuan and Red Leaf Fairy confronted Elder An after he attacked Lin Xuan, and Elder An claimed he had acted to help Red Leaf take control of the nearby seas. His strange arrogance revealed that he was not truly Elder An, leaving the gathered cultivators demanding to know who he was and what had happened to the real Elder An.

• Lin Xuan wondered why Elder An had tried to seize power despite his age and his granddaughter Fairy An’s limited prospects.
• Venerable Ten Thousand Beasts treated his severed arm and stayed nearby, hoping to profit from the turmoil.
• Red Leaf Fairy demanded to know why Elder An had betrayed her, and he claimed his plan was meant to help her become the nearby seas’ overlord.
• Lin Xuan rejected Elder An’s explanation, pointing out that his actions violated the Blood Curse Document and endangered Red Leaf Fairy.
• Elder An spoke as if he were a far more powerful being, prompting Red Leaf Fairy to ask who he was and what he had done with the real Uncle An.

Poison Dragon Devil Ancestor revealed that he had possessed Elder An and threatened to kill everyone on Red Leaf Island. The chapter ended with him killing Liu Qing instantly, terrifying Lin Xuan and the surviving cultivators.

• Poison Dragon Devil Ancestor shed Elder An's appearance and revealed his identity to Lin Xuan, Red Leaf Fairy, and the gathered cultivators.
• Lin Xuan challenged Poison Dragon Devil Ancestor, but the old devil insisted that even a fraction of his Dongxuan Realm power was enough to defeat them.
• Poison Dragon Devil Ancestor ordered the cultivators to kill themselves, then threatened to torture them when they refused.
• Liu Qing approached Poison Dragon Devil Ancestor and offered to serve him, hoping to spare her life.
• Poison Dragon Devil Ancestor rejected Liu Qing and used a black ribbon to cut her apart and destroy her Nascent Soul, leaving the survivors horrified.

Lin Xuan and Venerable Ten Thousand Beasts realized Poison Dragon Devil Ancestor might be limited by his Possession Technique and agreed to fight him together. Red Leaf Fairy promised to support them, but Lin Xuan remained uneasy about the Devil Ancestor’s strange calm as the confrontation began.

• Lin Xuan suspected Poison Dragon Devil Ancestor was trying to force the cultivators to kill themselves because his possessed body limited his power.
• Venerable Ten Thousand Beasts told the cultivators that the Devil Ancestor’s flawed Possession Technique prevented him from freely using his magic power.
• Poison Dragon Devil Ancestor killed several cultivators with a casual gesture, prompting Lin Xuan to propose joining forces with Venerable Ten Thousand Beasts.
• Red Leaf Fairy secretly told Lin Xuan she would support him and Venerable Ten Thousand Beasts from the side.
• Lin Xuan and Venerable Ten Thousand Beasts prepared to face Poison Dragon Devil Ancestor, while Lin Xuan wondered whether the Devil Ancestor’s calmness meant they had walked into a trap.

Lin Xuan, Venerable Ten Thousand Beasts, and Lin Xuan’s clone attacked the Poison Dragon Devil Ancestor, but the Dongxuan Realm cultivator overwhelmed their techniques and destroyed Azure Fire. Lin Xuan checked the Snake Sword with the Demonic Fate Sword, and the surrounding cultivators joined the fight as the battle continued.

• Lin Xuan launched Azure Fire with the Giant Sword Technique as Venerable Ten Thousand Beasts and Lin Xuan’s clone attacked the Poison Dragon Devil Ancestor with beast souls and a demon chain.
• The Poison Dragon Devil Ancestor summoned a massive earth Yuan Qi hand that swallowed three of Venerable Ten Thousand Beasts’ beast souls.
• Lin Xuan used his Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye to track the Old Ancestor’s black bolt, but it badly damaged Azure Fire and revealed itself as a snake-shaped treasure.
• The Snake Sword coiled around and destroyed Azure Fire, then shot toward Lin Xuan while he was reeling from the loss.
• Lin Xuan blocked the Snake Sword with the Demonic Fate Sword, and the Poison Dragon Devil Ancestor recognized it as a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure and claimed he wanted it.
• The surrounding cultivators shouted for an attack and unleashed Spirit Tools, treasures, and secret techniques against the Poison Dragon Devil Ancestor.

Poison Dragon Devil Ancestor overwhelmed the cultivators and forced Lin Xuan and Venerable Ten Thousand Beasts onto the defensive. Lin Xuan and Venerable Ten Thousand Beasts agreed to use the latter’s demonic beast avatar to distract the Old Devil while Lin Xuan struck with a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure, and the chapter ended as the avatar briefly trapped Poison Dragon.

• Poison Dragon Devil Ancestor used black light-clouds to control hundreds of cultivators, who attacked their companions and plunged the battlefield into chaos.
• Lin Xuan and Venerable Ten Thousand Beasts realized the Old Devil was too powerful to fight directly and privately agreed to a risky plan.
• Venerable Ten Thousand Beasts used a secret art to strengthen his Ox-headed Snake-bodied Monster, despite the strain threatening to destroy it.
• Poison Dragon revealed his Poison Flood Dragon claw and pierced the demonic beast, but the beast coiled around him to hold him in place.
• Venerable Ten Thousand Beasts called for Lin Xuan to attack while Poison Dragon was temporarily restrained.

Lin Xuan betrayed Venerable Ten Thousand Beasts during their apparent joint attack on Poison Dragon Old Ancestor, using him as a weapon and a distraction while escaping to Red Leaf Fairy. Ten Thousand Beasts fought desperately to survive as Lin Xuan and Red Leaf prepared their next move.

• Lin Xuan feigned an attack on Poison Dragon Old Ancestor, then appeared beside Venerable Ten Thousand Beasts and proposed they attack together.
• As Poison Dragon Old Ancestor struggled against the Sword Qi, Lin Xuan’s Lesser Luo Heaven Dharma Image restrained Ten Thousand Beasts and hurled him at the Old Devil.
• Lin Xuan escaped to Red Leaf Fairy, killed a Nascent Soul Cultivator who blocked his way, and reached her as she activated a blood-red talisman.
• Lin Xuan’s restriction on Ten Thousand Beasts dissolved near Poison Dragon Old Ancestor, but the Old Devil struck before Ten Thousand Beasts could escape.
• Ten Thousand Beasts transformed, attacked with blood-colored threads, then abandoned his body; his fleshly body exploded against Poison Dragon Old Ancestor as his Nascent Soul tried to survive.

Poison Dragon Devil Ancestor killed Ten Thousand Beasts and nearly caught Lin Xuan and Red Leaf Fairy, but they escaped using a Random Teleportation Talisman. The Old Devil disrupted their teleport and tracked Red Leaf, then vowed to catch them.

• Poison Dragon Devil Ancestor killed the Lihe Realm cultivator Ten Thousand Beasts by piercing and devouring his Nascent Soul.
• Red Leaf Fairy activated her grandfather's Random Teleportation Talisman while Lin Xuan distracted Poison Dragon Devil Ancestor with hundreds of Five Elements talismans.
• Lin Xuan and Red Leaf Fairy escaped through the talisman's teleportation array just as Poison Dragon Devil Ancestor struck at them with a space-shattering attack.
• Poison Dragon Devil Ancestor used the mark he had placed on Red Leaf Fairy to track them, believing the disrupted teleport had carried them only several tens of thousands of li away.

Lin Xuan and Red Leaf Fairy escaped Poison Dragon Devil Ancestor, but Lin Xuan discovered that the Old Devil had planted a tracking mark in Red Leaf and hurried to suppress it while taking her toward Red Leaf Island. Poison Dragon Devil Ancestor found their trail and resumed the pursuit.

• Poison Dragon Devil Ancestor killed the cultivators left behind in the devil mist and flew after Lin Xuan and Red Leaf Fairy.
• Lin Xuan reassured Red Leaf Fairy about abandoning her subordinates, then used her sea chart to choose a route around the Sea Race's forbidden territory.
• Red Leaf Fairy suddenly doubled over in pain, and Lin Xuan discovered a hidden mass of Demon Qi in her dantian that was tracking her location.
• Lin Xuan temporarily sealed the Demon Qi and flew with Red Leaf toward Red Leaf Island at full speed.
• Poison Dragon Devil Ancestor reached the place where they had stopped, caught their scent, and declared that they could not escape.

Lin Xuan and Red Leaf Fairy fled from Poison Dragon Devil Ancestor, whose tracking mark he could not remove, and Lin Xuan chose not to abandon her because he suspected she was connected to the old monster’s interest in Red Leaf Island. With the pursuer closing in, Lin Xuan sent Red Leaf away and stayed behind to face him, though his apparent self-sacrifice concealed another motive.

• Poison Dragon Devil Ancestor discovered Lin Xuan had concealed his tracking mark and pursued him and Red Leaf Fairy.
• Lin Xuan continued fleeing with Red Leaf, deciding she was worth protecting because of his suspicions about the old monster’s scheme and her connection to the island.
• After two hours, Lin Xuan sensed Poison Dragon Devil Ancestor less than a thousand li away and learned Red Leaf wanted them to split up.
• Lin Xuan told Red Leaf it was too late to escape separately and that they had to fight, then ordered her to flee while he held the pursuer back.
• Red Leaf left in gratitude, while Lin Xuan privately admitted he did not intend to sacrifice himself for her and had another reason for staying.

Lin Xuan prepared to delay Poison Dragon Old Ancestor while Red Leaf escaped, then provoked him into revealing why he had manipulated the conflict on Red Leaf Island. After stalling for as long as he could, Lin Xuan launched his attack, and Poison Dragon Old Ancestor retaliated with a Banner Flag.

• Lin Xuan prepared his treasures and concealed a cloud of Jade Luo Bees while waiting for Poison Dragon Old Ancestor to arrive.
• Poison Dragon Old Ancestor offered to spare Lin Xuan if he submitted and handed over one soul and one spirit, but Lin Xuan asked him why he had arranged for Lin Xuan and Ten Thousand Beasts to fight.
• Poison Dragon Old Ancestor explained that he had planned to turn Red Leaf Fairy into a Puppet, but Ten Thousand Beasts interfered and his own breakthrough restored his strength at the crucial moment.
• After finishing his questions, Lin Xuan mocked Poison Dragon Old Ancestor and attacked with the Hundred Dragon Fangs and the Landscape Fan.
• Poison Dragon Old Ancestor, enraged by Lin Xuan's deception, summoned a Banner Flag that released surging demonic mist.

Lin Xuan battled the Poison Dragon Old Ancestor, who used Earth Elemental Energy to summon towering giants and withstand Lin Xuan’s attacks. Lin Xuan froze one giant with Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Lin Xuan used his replica Spirit Treasure, the Landscape Fan, to summon a massive emerald mountain against the Poison Dragon Old Ancestor.
• The Poison Dragon Old Ancestor summoned two immense Earth Elemental Energy giants, and one of them held up the mountain while the other attacked Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan dodged the giant’s Wolf-Tooth Mace with Nine Heavens Micro-Steps and struck it with ice blades and arrows.
• The Poison Dragon Old Ancestor repaired the damaged giant with Earth Elemental Energy and mocked Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan sent Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire into the giant’s forehead, freezing it solid.

Lin Xuan used the Demonic Fate Sword to strike Poison Dragon Old Ancestor, then escaped as the Dongxuan Realm demon pursued him at tremendous speed. After nine days of nonstop teleportation, Lin Xuan emerged exhausted in a deserted stretch of sea, realizing he had lost his way and was still far from Red Leaf Island.

• Poison Dragon Old Ancestor used the Remote Power Transmission Technique to draw power from his true body and raise his strength.
• Lin Xuan recalled his treasures and attacked the charging Poison Dragon Old Ancestor with a Qilin-shaped Sword Qi from the Demonic Fate Sword.
• Lin Xuan fled using Nine Heavens Micro-Steps, while Poison Dragon Old Ancestor transformed and chased after him.
• Poison Dragon Old Ancestor caught up to Lin Xuan’s trail and pursued him at a speed that forced Lin Xuan to keep teleporting.
• After nine days and more than ten million li of flight, Lin Xuan emerged exhausted in a deserted stretch of sea and realized he had taken the wrong direction.

Lin Xuan fled the Poison Dragon Old Devil for nine days and nights, relying on Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk to keep going while neither could escape the other. The Old Devil stopped and began casting spells, apparently preparing a new way to kill Lin Xuan.

• Lin Xuan failed to shake the Poison Dragon Old Devil and kept fleeing farther from Red Leaf Island.
• The Poison Dragon Old Devil abandoned his plan against Red Leaf Island and focused on capturing Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan and the Old Devil flew for nine days and nights, covering over ten million li without resting.
• Lin Xuan avoided sea beasts and gained distance when an Ancient Beast attacked the Old Devil.
• The Old Devil feared Lin Xuan’s future strength and decided to kill him before he could advance further.
• The Old Devil slowed to a stop and began casting spell seals.

Lin Xuan fled the Poison Dragon Old Ancestor until the Old Devil used a blood-lotus teleportation secret technique to catch up. Just as Lin Xuan prepared to fight, the Old Devil’s possessed body collapsed and exploded, leaving Lin Xuan alive.

• The Poison Dragon Old Ancestor formed a blood-colored lotus from his blood essence and used it to teleport more than two hundred li at a time.
• Lin Xuan realized the Old Devil was closing in too quickly to escape and turned to face him.
• The Poison Dragon Old Ancestor appeared nearby and began to threaten Lin Xuan, but his possessed body suddenly twisted and swelled.
• The Poison Dragon Old Ancestor’s body burst apart in a massive explosion before he could attack Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan escaped Poison Dragon Old Ancestor, fled far from Red Leaf Island, and hid on a remote island to recover. After resting, he reflected on the danger and the shortcomings in his cultivation and treasures, especially the destroyed Azure Fire Sword.

• Lin Xuan confirmed that Poison Dragon Old Ancestor had not escaped with his Primordial Spirit, then drank Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk and fled the area.
• Poison Dragon Old Ancestor raged over his failure, destroyed a desolate island, and vowed that Lin Xuan would not have the chance to reach the Dongxuan Realm.
• After changing directions for more than a month, Lin Xuan decided not to return to Red Leaf Island and chose to stay clear of its looming troubles.
• Lin Xuan found a remote coral island, hid the Heavenly Mystery Mansion in a mountainside, and slept for three days.
• Lin Xuan recovered and considered how his encounter had exposed the limits of his abilities and treasures, including the loss of his Azure Fire Sword.

Lin Xuan reviewed the treasures and abilities he needed to improve, counted the immense wealth he had seized, and began refining Venerable Ten Thousand Beasts’s Corpse Crows. Three days later, two powerful demon cultivators arrived over Coral Island, forcing Lin Xuan to hide as trouble approached.

• Lin Xuan resolved to repair the Demonic Fate Sword, replace the Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring, and strengthen himself through cultivation and further study of escape arts.
• Lin Xuan inventoried the spoils from Ten Thousand Beasts Island and Venerable Ten Thousand Beasts’s treasury, estimating their value at no less than five or six hundred million Spirit Stones.
• Lin Xuan used the Hundred Spirit Bell to begin ritual refining of the thousand-plus Corpse Crows he had captured.
• Three days later, Lin Xuan sensed two powerful demon cultivators approaching Coral Island and concealed himself after erasing his traces.
• The two demon cultivators circled above the island, and Lin Xuan saw that one was a beautiful demoness with green eyes, fangs, and a snake’s tongue.

Lin Xuan was discovered by two Lihe Realm demons seeking the Ten-Thousand-Year Fire Coral, and he revealed his strength when they attacked him. He froze the bald demon with the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire and overwhelmed the snake demon’s Fire Snakes, leaving her frightened but unable to retreat without the treasure.

• The snake demon and the bald demon searched Coral Island for the Ten-Thousand-Year Fire Coral while Lin Xuan hid nearby and overheard them.
• The bald demon sensed something was wrong, sent Demon Qi birds to search the island, and exposed Lin Xuan’s hiding place.
• Lin Xuan tried to explain that he was only passing through, but the two demons prepared to kill him for hearing their secret.
• The bald demon attacked Lin Xuan, who evaded the axe-light and froze him with the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire despite his shield.
• The snake demon sent hundreds of Fire Snakes at Lin Xuan, but his Three-Eyed Corpse Crows defeated and swallowed them, leaving her afraid and unable to flee.

Lin Xuan defeated the Snake Demon, captured her, and searched her memories for the location of Ten-Thousand-Year Fire Coral. He learned that he was in the Chaotic Sea Region, near the perilous Sea of Ruins, and considered the riches and dangers awaiting there.

• Lin Xuan used the Landscape Fan and a summoned mountain to overwhelm the Snake Demon and knock her unconscious on the seabed.
• Lin Xuan sealed the Snake Demon and searched her soul, discovering the location of Ten-Thousand-Year Fire Coral.
• Lin Xuan learned from her memories that he was in the lawless and prosperous Chaotic Sea Region, where the Human Race, Sea Race, and Demon Race met.
• Lin Xuan recalled that the nearby Sea of Ruins was an ancient battlefield filled with treasures and deadly remnants of powerful formations.

Lin Xuan learned about the Sea of Ruins and the Nine Immortals Palace, then killed the demon snake and destroyed the bald demon’s escaping soul. He was left to retrieve the Ten-Thousand-Year Fire Coral without the item the demons had planned to use, relying instead on a powerful cold-flame ability.

• Lin Xuan considered the dangers and treasures of the Sea of Ruins and learned that the Nine Immortals Palace ruled the Chaotic Sea Region.
• Lin Xuan killed the immobilized demon snake and collected her beast hide, bones, and Demon Core.
• The bald big man detonated his body and sent his Demon Core fleeing, but Lin Xuan used his Long Spear to interrupt its teleportation.
• Lin Xuan’s Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire burned the demon soul and Demon Core to ash.
• Lin Xuan found no nearby cultivators and prepared to retrieve the Ten-Thousand-Year Fire Coral, learning that without the lost item he would need an exceedingly powerful cold-flame divine ability.

Lin Xuan set a trap to capture the Ten-Thousand-Year Fire Coral and waited for it to appear. He discovered its incarnation was a cautious little white dog, but held back from acting so he could capture it and make it lead him to its true body.

• Lin Xuan decided to risk retrieving the Ten-Thousand-Year Fire Coral and used Formation Flags to enclose Coral Island in a water-attribute formation.
• Lin Xuan concealed his aura with the Qi Concealment Technique and a red cloth that blocked divine sense, then waited for the treasure to return.
• After a day and a night, Lin Xuan spotted a small white dog and used the Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye to confirm it was the Ten-Thousand-Year Fire Coral's incarnation.
• Lin Xuan realized he needed to capture and imprison the incarnation to force it to lead him to its true body, and he refrained from acting rashly.

Lin Xuan trapped the Ten-Thousand-Year Fire Coral, which had taken the form of a puppy, inside the Four Symbols Azure Dragon Formation and fought off its tricks. As Lin Xuan reached to seize it, the puppy turned into a ball of fire and revealed that it had deliberately lured him in.

• Lin Xuan stayed concealed while the puppy searched the island with its powerful divine sense and keen nose, but the red cloth hid him.
• The puppy absorbed the pink mist from Coral Island, and Lin Xuan attacked with Sword Qi before it could escape.
• The puppy fled toward the island's edge but struck the barrier of Lin Xuan's Four Symbols Azure Dragon Formation and fell back.
• The puppy created six illusions and attacked Lin Xuan, but he identified the real one and countered its spells.
• As Lin Xuan reached to grab the puppy, it turned into a blazing ball of fire, showing that it had feigned vulnerability to bait him.

Lin Xuan captured the little dog formed from the Ten-Thousand-Year Fire Coral and learned its main body was hidden deep beneath the sea. After descending far beyond the expected seabed, he spotted a faint glimmer and pushed his Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye to its limit, revealing an inconceivable sight.

• Lin Xuan used Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire to freeze the little dog and packed away his Formation Flags.
• Lin Xuan tempted the stubborn little dog with a fire-attribute Top-grade Spirit Stone, and it revealed where its main body was located.
• Lin Xuan gave the little dog one bite of the spirit stone, restrained it, and traveled to a remote stretch of sea.
• Lin Xuan descended into the sea behind the Black Gold Dragon Scale Shield, but found no seabed after reaching an extraordinary depth.
• Lin Xuan continued downward cautiously despite the little dog's protests and the strange interference with his divine sense.
• Lin Xuan spotted a faint glimmer and activated his Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye, seeing an inconceivable scene.

Lin Xuan followed the little dog through a dangerous undersea ruin and entered an ancient palace by making it open the sealed door. Inside, he found a statue identical to the Witch God he had seen among the Ink Moon Tribe centuries earlier.

• Lin Xuan released the little dog and bribed it with a Top-grade Spirit Stone to lead him through the ruins.
• When Lin Xuan sent Jade Luo Bees toward the palace, silent white lightning-fire destroyed them, so he followed the little dog’s safe route.
• The little dog barked rhythmically at the palace door, causing its powerful restriction to vanish and allowing Lin Xuan to enter.
• Lin Xuan saw a nine-headed, eighteen-armed maiden’s statue on an altar and recognized it as the Witch God statue from the Ink Moon Tribe.

Lin Xuan followed the little dog through an Ink Moon Tribe ruin and discovered a passage to a sealed ice world. He collected rare Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Qi and Ice Marrow, then found the Ten-Thousand-Year Fire Coral, with the little dog merging into it.

• Lin Xuan recognized the statue as the Ink Moon Tribe’s Heavenly Witch Goddess and took an ordinary-looking ring from its finger.
• Lin Xuan followed the little dog through a formation and entered an independent, ice-covered space sealed beneath the sea.
• Lin Xuan reached a cave and used the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire to withstand the cold, then collected the Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Qi in a Jade Bottle.
• Lin Xuan discovered Ice Marrow embedded in the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice and cut out several chunks with the Demonic Fate Sword.
• Lin Xuan dug deeper and found the Ten-Thousand-Year Fire Coral, where the little dog leaped down and merged with it.