Recaps

Lin Xuan and the others killed the Moon Demon Spider, but Huang Zhong and Ma Jin revealed that they had trapped Zhou Liang and Lin Xuan to rob them. After the two bandits struck them down, the supposedly dead spider revived and began fusing with Zhou Liang’s corpse.

• Lin Xuan helped Zhou Liang evade the Moon Demon Spider, and the four cultivators drove it into Huang Zhong’s Five Tigers Herd Sheep Array.
• The Moon Demon Spider resisted the array with a protective barrier, but Huang Zhong and the others eventually killed it.
• After the battle, the array continued draining Zhou Liang and Lin Xuan’s magic power, and Huang Zhong admitted that he and Ma Jin had set a trap to rob them.
• Huang Zhong and Ma Jin attacked, killing Zhou Liang and Lin Xuan, then moved to take their Storage Bags.
• The Moon Demon Spider rose again, spoke of using Zhou Liang’s water spiritual root, and began fusing with his corpse inside black light.

After the Moon Demon Spider fused with Zhou Liang, it killed Huang Zhong and Ma Jin, then confronted Lin Xuan, who had escaped their earlier ambush with a puppet substitution. Lin Xuan lured the monster into his Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Array, where the fight escalated as the monster revealed its Three Yin Demon Fire.

• The Moon Demon Spider fused with Zhou Liang, and the possessed Zhou Liang killed Huang Zhong and shot down Ma Jin as he fled.
• Zhou Liang dispelled Lin Xuan's puppet illusion, revealing that Lin Xuan had hidden himself with the Stars Shift Technique.
• Lin Xuan used talismans and escape techniques to evade Zhou Liang's black arrows and retreat into an array he had prepared.
• Zhou Liang's black-light spider triggered the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Array, whose lightning trapped and attacked it.
• Zhou Liang brought out a black bead and summoned his Three Yin Demon Fire, while Lin Xuan launched more than a thousand ice needles against it.

Lin Xuan escaped Zhou Liang after the monster abandoned their fight, then set out for Spirit Herb Mountain. On the way, three Azure Cloud Mountain cultivators stopped him and questioned him about strange activity nearby.

• Lin Xuan used the array and his treasures to hold off Zhou Liang, who eventually retreated with his spider and Small Black Pearl.
• Lin Xuan waited three days, confirmed Zhou Liang had left, and emerged from the array, regretting the loss of the one-use Array Talisman.
• Lin Xuan decided to return to Spirit Herb Mountain and enter seclusion until he reached Foundation Establishment Late Stage and refined the Mystic Fire Divine Pearl.
• Three Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivators from Azure Cloud Mountain flew toward Lin Xuan and asked whether he had encountered anything strange.
• Lin Xuan denied seeing anything unusual and tried to leave, but the yellow-robed cultivator blocked his way and ordered him to stay.

Lin Xuan killed three Azure Cloud Mountain cultivators who tried to interrogate him, then fled along a remote route into the Kui Yin Mountain Range. He spent the night concealed as dozens of righteous and demonic cultivators, including many Core Condensation experts, flew in the same direction, leaving him wondering what had drawn them together.

• Lin Xuan pretended to accept the yellow-robed cultivator's Heart-Questioning Talisman, then killed him with a sudden sword strike.
• Lin Xuan killed the leading Azure Cloud Mountain cultivator with a dagger that broke through his Spirit Power Shield.
• Lin Xuan killed the last Azure Cloud Mountain cultivator, took the three Storage Bags, and fled by a rarely traveled route.
• Lin Xuan hid from a passing Core Condensation expert and swallowed a Hidden Spirit Pill to conceal his aura.
• Lin Xuan spent the night watching dozens of righteous and demonic cultivators fly in the same direction and wondered what had gathered them.

Lin Xuan stopped a demonic cultivator to learn why so many cultivators were heading southeast and discovered the traffic was connected to the Heavenly Sha Devil Master. The old man linked the affair to Spirit Herb Mountain, leaving Lin Xuan shocked and sensing that a major event was about to unfold.

• Lin Xuan intercepted a Foundation Establishment Early Stage demonic cultivator and demanded to know why cultivators were gathering nearby.
• The old man told Lin Xuan that the Heavenly Sha Devil Master was a famed Core Condensation great-perfection cultivator and a likely future Nascent Soul Realm expert.
• Lin Xuan wondered why demonic cultivators and righteous cultivators were both converging in the area.
• The old man mentioned Spirit Herb Mountain, and Lin Xuan realized the affair was connected to his sect.

Lin Xuan questioned an old man about the Heaven Dust Pill, a legendary medicine made by Spirit Herb Mountain’s founding ancestor that could greatly improve the chances of Core Condensation and Nascent Soul formation. The old man explained that Heavenly Sha Devil Lord died defending the pill, but his Primordial Spirit escaped with it, and Lin Xuan asked whether the old man had come searching for it.

• Lin Xuan learned that Heavenly Sha Devil Lord had found the Heaven Dust Pill and that its effects could aid cultivators in advancing to higher realms.
• The old man said the pill had been created by Spirit Herb Mountain’s founding ancestor, True Person Tianchen, but had not been passed down within the sect.
• The old man recounted that righteous and demonic cultivators attacked Heavenly Sha Devil Lord after news of the pill spread, and he died after resisting them for three days and nights.
• The old man said Heavenly Sha Devil Lord’s Primordial Spirit escaped with the Heaven Dust Pill, while Lin Xuan briefly wondered whether this was connected to the half-human, half-demon monster he had encountered.
• After hearing the old man’s remaining information, Lin Xuan asked whether he had come there hoping to find the devil lord’s escaped Primordial Spirit.

Lin Xuan chose to pursue the Heaven Dust Pill despite warning another cultivator that claiming it would invite disaster. Disguised as a Spirit Movement Stage cultivator, he headed into the Kui Yin Mountain Range and found the path filled with increasingly fierce battles.

• Lin Xuan warned an old Foundation Establishment cultivator that even obtaining the Heaven Dust Pill could get him killed, and the old man abandoned his search.
• Lin Xuan decided he would pursue the pill because he believed it could help him condense a golden core.
• Lin Xuan swallowed a Hidden Spirit Pill and used a low-grade flying sword to disguise his strength as he entered the Kui Yin Mountain Range.
• Lin Xuan passed a battle between righteous and demonic cultivators, and both sides ignored him as a minor cultivator.
• Over the next day, Lin Xuan saw dozens of battles grow larger and more frequent, including a clash involving hundreds of cultivators.
• Lin Xuan sensed another fight ahead and found that both sides were demonic cultivators.

Lin Xuan reached a gathering of cultivators competing for the Heaven Dust Pill and discovered powerful forces were hiding nearby. As a fight broke out between the Sea Dragon Sect and the Nine Righteous of the Glacier, he stayed concealed and watched for a chance to benefit.

• Lin Xuan reached the boundary of the explored area and flew toward a gathering of several hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators and Core Condensation experts.
• Lin Xuan concealed himself after noticing that the major righteous and demonic sects were absent from the gathering.
• Lin Xuan detected two hidden groups, each containing several dozen cultivators and seven or eight Core Condensation experts, then swallowed a Hidden Spirit Pill and hid his aura.
• Lan Yantian killed a cultivator and taunted Geng Sanniang after recognizing her as the dead man's companion.
• A big man from the Nine Righteous of the Glacier challenged Lan Yantian, and the Sea Dragon Sect surrounded the nine Rogue Cultivators as both sides prepared to fight.

Sword Immortal Taibai persuaded the gathered cultivators to stop fighting over the Heaven Dust Pill and search for Heavenly Sha Devil Lord before he escaped into unexplored territory. After the other cultivators left, Taibai addressed people still hiding nearby, and Lin Xuan wondered whether he had been discovered.

• Hundreds of cultivators nearly erupted into a brawl over the Heaven Dust Pill and old grudges before a powerful voice ordered them to stop.
• Sword Immortal Taibai arrived with Azure Cloud Mountain, First Line Gorge, and Thunder Cloud Villa, and the cultivators feared the three groups might seize the pill for themselves.
• Taibai warned that Heavenly Sha Devil Lord might flee into unexplored territory and persuaded the cultivators to search for him together before settling who would obtain the Heaven Dust Pill.
• The cultivators split up and left, while the people from the three giants remained behind.
• Taibai called on those hiding in the dark to reveal themselves, and Lin Xuan stayed concealed while suspecting Taibai meant the other hidden group.

The righteous and demonic sects confronted one another over Sword Immortal Taibai’s plan to recruit cultivators to search for Heavenly Sha Devil Master and his Heaven Dust Pill. After both sides admitted they would seize the treasure by force, the demonic experts left to search on their own.

• Sword Immortal Taibai challenged the demonic cultivators, and Red-Eyed Old Monster and other Core Condensation experts emerged to face the righteous sects.
• Red-Eyed Old Monster and Hundred Poisons Boy accused Taibai of pretending to protect the cultivators while intending to use them as laborers searching for Heavenly Sha Devil Master.
• Taibai denied no scheme and argued that the demonic sects would act the same, while Madam Cheng and her husband declared that treasures belonged to whoever had the strength to take them.
• Hundred Poisons Boy and Red-Eyed Old Monster departed, and Blood Demon Patriarch and the other demonic experts vanished as well.

Lin Xuan narrowly avoided discovery by Sword Immortal Taibai after Ouyang Qinxin seemed to notice him. Once he finally left his hiding place, a pale-faced scholar ambushed him, and Lin Xuan attacked with his Hook Sword.

• Sword Immortal Taibai and the other righteous cultivators ordered their disciples to search for Heavenly Sha Devil Master's Primordial Spirit and warned them not to act rashly.
• Ouyang Qinxin left after glancing toward Lin Xuan's hiding place, and Zhang Taibai grew suspicious of her behavior.
• Lin Xuan waited four hours after the cultivators departed, then fled to a forest and wondered how Ouyang Qinxin had detected him.
• A pale-faced scholar attacked Lin Xuan with a brick-shaped spiritual tool as he prepared to rest.
• Lin Xuan summoned his Hook Sword and cut through the scholar's golden brick, slashing toward the scholar's head.

As slaughter spread across the southern foothills of the Kui Yin Mountain Range, Lin Xuan killed a scholar, hid from the Core Condensation experts, and tried to recover in concealment. A powerful divine sense swept past his hiding place, leaving him uncertain whether he had been discovered.

• Lin Xuan killed the ill-intentioned scholar and took his Storage Bag before fleeing into the forest.
• Hundred Poisons Boy killed three Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators with his demonic centipedes.
• Master Wind-Thunder avenged First Line Gorge cultivators by killing several demon cultivators from Extreme Demon Cave.
• Lin Xuan hid in a concealed spot, replenished his spiritual power, and rested rather than risk encountering Core Condensation experts.
• A powerful divine sense passed near Lin Xuan, who stayed still and wondered whether its owner had detected him.

Lin Xuan tried to evade the Core Condensation cultivator watching him, but discovered the pursuer was Ouyang Qinxin, whose token had revealed his presence. Their conversation was interrupted by Red-Eyed Old Monster, who confronted Ouyang Qinxin, and she attacked rather than surrendering.

• Lin Xuan used a Wind Control Technique talisman to move discreetly, but the lingering divine sense locked onto him before he could escape.
• Ouyang Qinxin appeared and explained that the aura on the token she had given Lin Xuan had helped her find him.
• Lin Xuan and Ouyang Qinxin talked, and she shared secrets about the Heavenly Sha Devil Lord.
• Red-Eyed Old Monster arrived and threatened Ouyang Qinxin, boasting that no one there could match his late-stage Core Condensation cultivation.
• Ouyang Qinxin sent up a signal and unleashed thousands of blades of light as Red-Eyed Old Monster charged her.

Sword Immortal Taibai accepted Blood Demon Ancestor’s offer to join Extreme Demon Cave while remaining an inside agent at Azure Cloud Mountain, but he chose not to help Ouyang Qinxin when she sent a distress signal. As Ouyang Qinxin fought Red-Eyed Old Monster without aid, Lin Xuan watched nearby, unaware that the fused Moon Demon Spider creature was watching them all.

• Blood Demon Ancestor used the secret of Sword Immortal Taibai’s past dealings to recruit him, offering him a deputy cave master position and a Heaven Dust Pill; Zhang Taibai agreed to remain at Azure Cloud Mountain as an inside agent.
• Zhang Taibai saw Ouyang Qinxin’s distress signal and, hoping she would die, flew away in the opposite direction.
• Hundred Poisons Boy trapped Master Wind-Thunder in a fierce battle, while Thunder Cloud Villa’s Cheng De and his wife decided not to rescue Ouyang Qinxin for political reasons.
• Red-Eyed Old Monster’s demonic sound nearly overcame Ouyang Qinxin, but she recovered and summoned Lingxiang Birds to fight his crimson snakes as Lin Xuan watched.
• A monster formed by fusing a cultivator with a Moon Demon Spider’s corpse watched Ouyang Qinxin, Red-Eyed Old Monster, and Lin Xuan from the forest.

Lin Xuan watched as the Red-Eyed Old Monster wounded Ouyang Qinxin and prepared his Red-Eyed Divine Thunder, while a strange creature attacked and was killed. The creature’s body released the Primordial Spirit of the Heavenly Sha Devil Master, who began possessing the Red-Eyed Old Monster just as he transformed into an apparent Nascent Soul.

• Lin Xuan sensed a hidden observer in the forest and recognized the creature as the fusion of Zhou Liang and a cultivator's corpse.
• The Red-Eyed Old Monster struck Ouyang Qinxin with an ultimate move, leaving her badly wounded, then began forming his Red-Eyed Divine Thunder.
• The creature leapt from the forest to attack the Red-Eyed Old Monster but was slowed by a Wind Binding Technique and cut in two by a wind blade.
• The Heavenly Sha Devil Master's Primordial Spirit emerged from the creature's corpse and passed through the Red-Eyed Old Monster's protective barrier to possess him.
• The Red-Eyed Old Monster released his unstable divine lightning, and the Heavenly Sha Devil Master's figure transformed into a tiny infant-like form that appeared to be a Nascent Soul.

Lin Xuan and Ouyang Qinxin attacked Red-Eyed Old Monster while Heavenly Sha Devil Master possessed him, but his powerful shield held off their assault. They fled as the possession neared completion, and Heavenly Sha Devil Master pursued them to protect his plan to impersonate Red-Eyed Old Monster.

• Heavenly Sha Devil Master entered Red-Eyed Old Monster’s body and fought his Primordial Spirit for control.
• Lin Xuan and Ouyang Qinxin attacked the possessed Red-Eyed Old Monster, but his hexagonal shield withstood their strikes.
• As Heavenly Sha Devil Master overwhelmed Red-Eyed Old Monster’s Primordial Spirit, Lin Xuan and Ouyang Qinxin fled.
• Heavenly Sha Devil Master completed the possession and revealed that he intended to impersonate Red-Eyed Old Monster and escape unnoticed.
• Heavenly Sha Devil Master chased Lin Xuan and Ouyang Qinxin to silence them, recalling how a joint siege had destroyed his former body and a Moon Demon Spider had swallowed his Primordial Spirit.

The Heavenly Sha Devil Master escaped in the Red-Eyed Old Monster’s body and hunted Lin Xuan and Ouyang Qinxin, but they concealed themselves beneath the Heaven-Drying Mirror until he left. Sword Immortal Taibai arrived afterward, and Ouyang Qinxin acted as though she accepted his excuse for arriving late while remaining wary of him.

• The Heavenly Sha Devil Master recounted how he possessed the Red-Eyed Old Monster and pursued Lin Xuan and Ouyang Qinxin to prevent them from revealing his whereabouts.
• The Devil Master searched for the pair and unleashed his Extreme Devil Heaven Dao Sword across the surrounding area, but failed to find them.
• After sensing something in the distance, the Devil Master reluctantly fled, and Lin Xuan and Ouyang Qinxin emerged from hiding beneath the Heaven-Drying Mirror.
• Ouyang Qinxin asked Lin Xuan about the Hidden Spirit Pill, and he explained that he had refined it himself to conceal their auras.
• Sword Immortal Taibai arrived and explained that a level-three demonic beast had delayed him; Ouyang Qinxin pretended to accept his explanation while privately telling Lin Xuan she was keeping him at ease.
• Lin Xuan greeted Sword Immortal Taibai without revealing any suspicion, while Ouyang Qinxin admired his composure and shrewdness.

Ouyang Qinxin revealed Heavenly Sha Devil Master's powers and whereabouts to the gathered righteous and demonic cultivators, who set off in pursuit. Lin Xuan stayed behind after giving her pills, secretly planning to pursue the Heaven Dust Pill himself.

• Blood Demon Ancestor threatened to drag the righteous cultivators into a fight unless they shared what they knew about Heavenly Sha Devil Master, and Ouyang Qinxin agreed to tell them.
• Ouyang Qinxin described Heavenly Sha Devil Master's possession of Red-Eyed Old Monster and his strange Primordial Spirit, while omitting the details of her and Lin Xuan's escape together.
• The Core Condensation cultivators from both sides raced after Heavenly Sha Devil Master, leaving the Foundation Establishment cultivators behind.
• Ouyang Qinxin asked Lin Xuan about his plans, and he gave her three Spirit Replenishing Pills before she departed.
• Lin Xuan revealed that he had no intention of giving up on the Heaven Dust Pill and planned to pursue it by guile rather than force.

Lin Xuan secretly followed the cultivators pursuing the Heaven Dust Pill, then discovered that the Heavenly Sha Devil Master had lured them into a Sword-Thorn Tiger lair with an external incarnation. Trapped together, the righteous and demonic Core Condensation cultivators agreed to cooperate to escape.

• Lin Xuan sent a Cloud-Piercing Bird to follow the cultivators and secretly pursued it, keeping his distance from the Core Condensation experts.
• Lin Xuan hid when the Heavenly Sha Devil Master flew past and overheard him boast that he had lured the others to the Sword-Thorn Tiger lair.
• The righteous and demonic cultivators found themselves surrounded by nearly a thousand Sword-Thorn Tigers and discussed how to escape.
• Blood Demon Ancestor proposed that the two factions join forces because they could not easily break through the beasts alone.
• Ouyang Qinxin accepted Blood Demon Ancestor's proposal, and the other cultivators tacitly agreed to cooperate.

The righteous and demonic cultivators fought their way through the Sword-Thorn Tigers while Lin Xuan watched Heavenly Sha Devil Master reveal a hidden pavilion. As Lin Xuan waited to see what would happen, a seemingly ordinary young man arrived and filled him with inexplicable dread.

• Brother Cheng and Madam Cheng used Yin-Yang Profound Fire to blast open a path through the Sword-Thorn Tigers.
• Hundred Poisons Boy unleashed his Tyrant Poison Bees, while the other Core Condensation cultivators displayed their own techniques against the beasts.
• Lin Xuan abandoned his plan to wait for both sides to suffer heavy losses and chose to hide nearby and observe Heavenly Sha Devil Master.
• Heavenly Sha Devil Master revealed an illusion concealing a pavilion in the cliff face and flew inside.
• After several hours, a green-robed youth appeared, and Lin Xuan sensed an overwhelming danger from him despite his apparent Foundation Establishment cultivation.

Lin Xuan secretly witnessed the Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil confront the Heavenly Sha Devil Master over the Heaven Dust Pill. The Supreme Demon revealed that he had come in a second Primordial Spirit and raised his borrowed body's power to Core Condensation Middle Stage, leaving both Lin Xuan and the Devil Master facing an uncertain fight.

• The Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil dispelled the illusion hiding the pavilion and blasted its defenses until the Heavenly Sha Devil Master emerged.
• The Devil Master accused the Supreme Demon of betraying their former master and refused to surrender the Heaven Dust Pill.
• Lin Xuan realized the youth was the Supreme Demon using possession, then learned that he had cultivated a genuine second Primordial Spirit.
• The Devil Master formed the Purple Cloud Lightning Sword and challenged the Supreme Demon, arguing that his borrowed body limited his strength.
• The Supreme Demon used demonic secret arts to raise his cultivation to Core Condensation Middle Stage and pointed out that the Devil Master had not fully fused with his current body.

Heavenly Sha Devil Master and the Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil fought over the Heaven Dust Pill, revealing powerful techniques and magic treasures. The Supreme Demon surrounded his junior brother with ghosts from the Ten Thousand Soul Banner and urged him to surrender.

• The Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil countered Heavenly Sha Devil Master's Purple Cloud Lightning Sword with his own, stronger sword.
• Heavenly Sha Devil Master sacrificed blood and vital essence to create a Blood Puppet using the Blood Shadow Spirit Division Art.
• The Supreme Demon summoned the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, releasing countless yin souls and powerful evil ghosts around Heavenly Sha Devil Master.
• The Supreme Demon revealed that the banner contained ninety-nine thousand souls and demanded the Heaven Dust Pill, while Lin Xuan resisted the banner's seductive demonic voice from hiding.

Heavenly Sha Devil Master fought the Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil, but the Supreme Demon gained the upper hand and nearly trapped him. Sword Immortal Taibai and the other righteous and demonic cultivators arrived, and the Supreme Demon’s identity was revealed, leaving the gathered Core Condensation cultivators alarmed.

• Heavenly Sha Devil Master attacked the Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil with his Asura Skulls, but the Supreme Demon ensnared them with the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.
• Heavenly Sha Devil Master sent his Blood Puppet to hold off the Supreme Demon and fled, sacrificing the clone to escape.
• The Supreme Demon summoned a level-three demonic beast with a Beast Talisman to intercept the Blood Puppet, then pursued Heavenly Sha Devil Master himself.
• Sword Immortal Taibai, Ouyang Qinxin, Blood Demon Ancestor, Hundred Poisons Boy, and the other cultivators arrived after escaping the canyon, and Lin Xuan saw a chance to compete for the Heaven Dust Pill.
• Heavenly Sha Devil Master named his pursuer as the Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil, shocking the gathered cultivators, who instinctively drew away from him.

Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil revealed his identity and joined the fight over the Heaven Dust Pill, while Lin Xuan watched from hiding. The chapter ended with Heavenly Sha Devil Master showing three Heaven Dust Pills, drawing every combatant’s attention.

• Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil admitted who he was, and the gathered cultivators hesitated to challenge him over the Heaven Dust Pill.
• Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil accused Heavenly Sha Devil Master of exposing his identity and attacked him with the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.
• Master Wind-Thunder, Blood Demon Ancestor, Sword Immortal Taibai, Ouyang Qinxin, the dual-cultivation Dao companions, and Hundred Poisons Boy joined the chaotic battle against Heavenly Sha Devil Master.
• Heavenly Sha Devil Master was badly wounded and threatened to self-destruct his Primordial Spirit, forcing the attackers to pause.
• Heavenly Sha Devil Master offered the Heaven Dust Pill and revealed three pills from a jade bottle, making everyone stare at them greedily.

Heavenly Sha Devil Master fused the Heaven Dust Pill with a Red Origin Pill to ruin both medicines, then detonated his Primordial Spirit to attack the Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil and everyone nearby. After the blast, the survivors found Master Wind-Thunder dead, while the Blood Demon Ancestor anxiously called out to the Supreme Demon.

• Heavenly Sha Devil Master revealed a Red Origin Pill, and the gathered experts wondered why he had offered another medicine.
• Heavenly Sha Devil Master fused the Red Origin Pill with the Heaven Dust Pill, turning both into useless waste pills before the Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil could claim them.
• The Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil attacked Heavenly Sha Devil Master, who mocked him and then detonated his Primordial Spirit.
• Ouyang Qinxin, Sword Immortal Taibai, and the Thunder Cloud Villa dao companions survived the blast, but Master Wind-Thunder was killed by the spiritual power storm.
• The Blood Demon Ancestor called out anxiously to the Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil, prompting the righteous-path experts to wonder whether he had survived.