Recaps

Lin Xuan used a top-grade Marrow Cleansing Pill and his own magic power to help Shangguan Yan establish her foundation in less than half an hour. After warning her that this was only the first step of cultivation, he told the astonished Shangguan Ling that it was her turn next.

• Shangguan Yan doubted she could establish her foundation so quickly and worried that she lacked a foundation-establishment item.
• Lin Xuan gave Shangguan Yan a top-grade Marrow Cleansing Pill, which she recognized from ancient records.
• Shangguan Yan swallowed the pill, and Lin Xuan guided its medicinal power through her meridians with the Nine Heavens Profound Art.
• Shangguan Yan broke through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, thanked Lin Xuan, and promised to cultivate diligently.
• Lin Xuan told Shangguan Ling it was her turn, leaving her surprised because she had only recently reached Foundation Establishment Late Stage.

Lin Xuan helped Shangguan Ling break through into the Foundation Establishment Realm, then turned to purifying the Waste Pills he had found at the Danyue Sect's main altar. His experiments showed that Silver Light Spots were needed to refine pills into mid-grade ones, but their supply was limited.

• Lin Xuan used pills and guided Shangguan Ling through a breakthrough into the Foundation Establishment Realm.
• Lin Xuan sent Shangguan Ling and her elder sister away to stabilize their new realms, then considered the dangers posed by the Holy City of the Human Race and the Six Kings of the Sea Race.
• Lin Xuan took out a jar of Waste Pills from the Danyue Sect's main altar and began purifying them with the Blue Star Sea.
• Lin Xuan purified a Waste Pill into a Jade Spirit Pill, then tested whether he could refine it into a mid-grade pill.
• Lin Xuan used Silver Light Spots to remove stubborn impurities and found that pure Silver Light Spots worked best, though he had too few to rely on them.

Lin Xuan discovered that the Spirit Boat was nearing a massive battle between Human Race cultivators and the Shark King's faction, forcing him to decide how to protect the Hundred Herb Sect disciples traveling with him. He stopped the concealed boat and chose to remain still rather than risk fleeing with such a large group.

• Lin Xuan found that combining Blue Light Spots and Silver Light Spots in a nine-to-one ratio purified pills most efficiently, then sensed trouble and left his quiet room.
• Hundred Herb Sect disciples gathered on deck and respectfully greeted Lin Xuan, hoping he might offer them guidance or benefits.
• Lin Xuan stopped the Spirit Boat with a spell and told Shangguan Muyu that nearly ten thousand Human Race cultivators and nearly ten thousand Sea Race cultivators from the Shark King's faction were fighting ahead.
• Lin Xuan judged that the Spirit Boat and its passengers could not escape detection if they fled, so he decided they should stay where they were.

Lin Xuan hid the Hundred Herb Sect’s Spirit Boat from the fighting Human and Sea Races by ordering the disciples to meditate and using Auxiliary Talismans to spread concealing fog. As he watched the distant battle, he spotted Holy City cultivators and focused on a fierce duel between two late-stage fighters.

• Shangguan Muyu entrusted the Hundred Herb Sect’s migration to Lin Xuan and agreed to follow his instructions.
• Lin Xuan told the disciples to return to their quiet rooms and meditate to conceal their auras.
• Lin Xuan activated several fine-grade Auxiliary Talismans, surrounding the Spirit Boat with concealing fog.
• Lin Xuan used his divine sense to observe the battle about a thousand li away and noticed several Holy City cultivators.
• Lin Xuan focused on a duel between two late-stage cultivators, including an ugly Buddhist mendicant wielding a fiery-red Zen Staff.

Lin Xuan watched the Holy City envoys battle the Mad Shark Clan and suspected the Sea Race’s attack concealed another purpose. The battle turned against the Human Race when a demonic fog arrived carrying tens of thousands of sharks.

• The Sea Race old man and his allies fought the Ascetic Monk and other Human Race cultivators while both sides remained locked in a stalemate.
• The old man told the Ascetic Monk that the Mad Shark King had ordered the attack to seize the Great Wilderness Sea and strike before the Human Race could unite.
• Lin Xuan stayed aboard his conspicuous Spirit Boat, wary of the Sea Race’s unusual tactics and unable to leave without attracting attention.
• A demonic fog descended, and Lin Xuan and the human cultivators discovered it contained tens of thousands of trained sharks ranging from Foundation Establishment to the Transformation Realm.
• The sharks joined the battle, forcing nearly every Human Race cultivator to face several sea beasts of comparable strength.

Sick Demon, a Dongxuan Realm expert of the Shark Race, arrived on the battlefield and killed the Ascetic Monk by draining his life and magic power. As the defeated Human Race cultivators fled toward Lin Xuan’s Spirit Boat, Lin Xuan decided he had to leave before the Sea Race noticed him.

• Sick Demon appeared above the battlefield, and the cultivators recognized him as a powerful Shark Race expert.
• The Ascetic Monk fled without his lifebound Dharma Treasure, but Sick Demon sent blood mist after him.
• Sick Demon’s blood mist pierced the Ascetic Monk’s defenses and drained him until he fell dead with his Nascent Soul.
• The Human Race cultivators scattered, and thousands of survivors fled toward Lin Xuan’s Spirit Boat.
• Lin Xuan realized the pursuing Sea Race might discover his boat and chose to leave.

Lin Xuan fled with the Hundred Herb Sect aboard the Spirit Boat, but the Sick Demon pursued them after sensing delicious vitality on board. Lin Xuan realized he could not use Phantom Escape while protecting Ling'er and Yan'er, leaving him facing a powerful enemy with few chances of victory.

• Lin Xuan abandoned concealment and sped away aboard the Spirit Boat while the Human Race continued fleeing and the Sea Race noticed the vessel.
• The Sick Demon ordered the Sea Race elder to deal with the scattered stragglers and set off after the Spirit Boat himself.
• The Sick Demon pursued the Spirit Boat, while Lin Xuan worried that he could not flee without abandoning his disciples, Ling'er and Yan'er.
• Lin Xuan recalled that his earlier victory against the Poison Dragon Old Ancestor's avatar had depended on luck and the unexplained power of the Five Dragon Seal.

Lin Xuan weighed whether to flee from Sick Demon and the Shark Race or protect the Hundred Herb Sect, especially his disciples Shangguan Yan and Shangguan Ling. Their willingness to sacrifice themselves moved him to stay and prepare to use a mysterious pill that could temporarily raise his cultivation to the Dongxuan Realm.

• Lin Xuan recognized that he could not defeat Sick Demon and the Shark Race alone, while fleeing would mean abandoning the Hundred Herb Sect and his disciples.
• Shangguan Yan urged Lin Xuan to escape and promised that she and the others would not hold him back.
• Shangguan Ling knelt and joined her sister in asking Lin Xuan to leave and avenge them later.
• Lin Xuan resolved to stay after being moved by his disciples' loyalty.
• Lin Xuan recalled the medicinal pill hidden in the shrine that could raise his cultivation to the Dongxuan Realm for a limited time.

Lin Xuan reconsidered using his life-saving pill and remembered the Giant Whale King’s Command Token, hoping it could keep the arriving Sea Race elder from attacking. As terrifying spiritual pressure approached, he sent Shangguan Muyu and his two disciples into the cabin while preparing to face the threat.

• Lin Xuan decided not to use his treasured pill and recalled that he had once saved the Giant Whale King’s princess, who had given him her father’s Command Token.
• Lin Xuan told his disciples he had another way to protect them and sealed their magic power when Shangguan Yan tried to argue.
• Lin Xuan asked Shangguan Muyu to take the two girls into the cabin as the Dongxuan Realm elder’s spiritual pressure arrived.
• The pressure immobilized Shangguan Muyu, but Lin Xuan dispelled its effects with his magic power.
• Shangguan Muyu brought her two daughters into the cabin, leaving Lin Xuan to face the approaching elder.

Lin Xuan faced the Shark Race's Sick Demon and used the Giant Whale King's Command Token to persuade him to spare the Spirit Boat. Sick Demon accepted Lin Xuan's explanation and decided to give the Giant Whale King's two princesses some face, though the chapter's author note warned that the crisis was not over.

• Lin Xuan stopped the Spirit Boat and faced the approaching Sick Demon without showing fear.
• Lin Xuan offered Sick Demon the Giant Whale King's Command Token, and Sick Demon recognized it as genuine.
• Sick Demon questioned Lin Xuan about his connection to the Giant Whale King, and Lin Xuan said he was friends with the king's daughters.
• Lin Xuan named the princesses Dongfang Mingyu and Dongfang Mingqi, convincing Sick Demon that he was telling the truth.
• Lin Xuan asked Sick Demon to spare the Spirit Boat's passengers, and Sick Demon decided to let them go for the princesses' sake.

Lin Xuan’s attempt to leave after Sick Demon agreed to spare him ended when the old monster sensed something aboard the Spirit Boat and attacked his disciples. Lin Xuan blocked Sick Demon, but Shangguan Yan was inexplicably injured, and Sick Demon revealed that he had changed his mind because of the Shangguan sisters.

• Sick Demon sniffed toward the Spirit Boat, abruptly changed his expression, and sent an attack through its defenses into a pavilion.
• Lin Xuan rushed to shield Shangguan Muyu and her two disciples, then used heaven and earth origin energy to dissolve Sick Demon’s gale.
• Lin Xuan noticed blood at the corner of Shangguan Yan’s mouth, though he could not determine what had injured her.
• Sick Demon admitted he had changed his mind and stared greedily at the Shangguan sisters.

Sick Demon demanded that Lin Xuan hand over Shangguan Yan and Shangguan Ling, revealing that he needed their Thunder Soul Body and Ice Soul Body to break through his bottleneck. After deciding to kill everyone to conceal his actions from the Giant Whale King, he faced Lin Xuan’s defiance and prepared to demonstrate the power of the Dongxuan Realm.

• Sick Demon demanded that Lin Xuan surrender Shangguan Yan and Shangguan Ling, and he refused to be swayed by the Giant Whale King's Command Token.
• Shangguan Yan broke Lin Xuan's seal despite injuring herself and offered to go with Sick Demon if he spared her younger sister, but he demanded both girls.
• Shangguan Ling offered to go with her sister if Sick Demon released their mother and Master, while Lin Xuan gripped the Jade Bottle containing the mysterious Medicine Spirit.
• Sick Demon explained that he planned to kill Lin Xuan and the others to hide his taking the sisters, despite the risk of offending the Giant Whale King.
• Lin Xuan mocked Sick Demon's plan and warned that Sick Demon would be the one to die, prompting Sick Demon to prepare to show him the power of the Dongxuan Realm.

Lin Xuan countered Sick Demon’s Blood-Transforming Divine Mist with the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire, freezing and poisoning its Ghost Face. Sick Demon tried to rescue his mist, but Lin Xuan blocked him with the Landscape Fan, which Sick Demon’s blood-red sword then split apart.

• Sick Demon unleashed spiritual pressure on Lin Xuan, then sent out his Blood-Transforming Divine Mist when intimidation failed.
• Lin Xuan used the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire to meet the mist, but Sick Demon transformed it into a Ghost Face that swallowed the flame and lunged at him.
• Lin Xuan froze the Ghost Face with the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire, whose poison turned the ice sculpture black and left Sick Demon unable to control his mist.
• Sick Demon rushed to save the Blood-Transforming Divine Mist, but Lin Xuan summoned a massive jade peak with the Landscape Fan to stop him.
• Sick Demon summoned his blood-red Immortal Sword and cleaved the jade peak in two, dimming Lin Xuan’s Landscape Fan.

Lin Xuan used the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire to devour Sick Demon's Blood-Transforming Divine Mist, then swallowed a mysterious Medicine Spirit as Sick Demon prepared to kill him. The Medicine Spirit trapped Lin Xuan's magical power but raised a gray shield that survived Sick Demon's combined attacks, leaving the old monster stunned.

• Lin Xuan's three-colored flame devoured the Blood-Transforming Divine Mist, enraging Sick Demon.
• Lin Xuan tore open the Jade Bottle, seized the Medicine Spirit, and swallowed it, causing a gray protective shield to appear.
• Sick Demon attacked Lin Xuan with his blood-red Demon Sword and two Thunder Beads while Lin Xuan found he could not move his magical power.
• The Sword Ray and Thunder Beads struck Lin Xuan's shield, but the barrier remained intact after the smoke cleared.
• Sick Demon realized his attacks had failed to destroy Lin Xuan, whose shield had only dimmed slightly.

Sick Demon’s imitation Spirit Treasure and Yin-Yang Floating Iron Thunder Beads failed to break Lin Xuan’s barrier, so he launched another attack with the Blood-Transforming Demon Sword and a giant axe. Unable to move and enduring immense pain, Lin Xuan recognized that his temporary breakthrough into the Dongxuan Realm could help him understand future breakthroughs.

• The chapter explained that Xiantian Spirit Treasures were exceptionally rare treasures made from heaven-defying materials, while Houtian Spirit Treasures developed through cultivation and had practical limits.
• Sick Demon realized his imitation Spirit Treasure and two Yin-Yang Floating Iron Thunder Beads had failed to break Lin Xuan’s defense, leaving him shocked and uneasy.
• Sick Demon sent the Blood-Transforming Demon Sword back to attack the barrier and summoned a rune-covered black axe, which grew enormous and gathered lightning and Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi.
• Lin Xuan remained immobilized as his sealed magic power and the pain of his temporary breakthrough overwhelmed him.
• Lin Xuan endured the agony because experiencing the Dongxuan Realm’s breakthroughs could help him when he advanced for real.

Lin Xuan comprehended his breakthrough while trapped behind a failing barrier and used the Medicine Spirit to rise from the Lihe Realm into the Dongxuan Realm. Sick Demon realized Lin Xuan had become his equal, but remained unwilling to retreat because he wanted to capture the two sisters.

• Lin Xuan endured the pain and focused on understanding the spiritual power flowing through his breakthrough while Sick Demon attacked the barrier.
• Lin Xuan broke through the middle-stage and late-stage Lihe bottlenecks as Sick Demon recognized the threat and unleashed a barrage of treasures.
• Sick Demon stopped attacking after Lin Xuan's aura vanished, but a gray cocoon emerged from the smoke and split open to reveal Lin Xuan alive.
• Lin Xuan released Dongxuan Realm spiritual pressure, nearly reaching the peak of the early stage, and Sick Demon asked how he had advanced.
• Lin Xuan prepared to kill Sick Demon, while Sick Demon considered retreating but stayed because he wanted the two sisters and their special physiques.

The Sick Demon stayed to fight Lin Xuan, believing Lin Xuan’s Dongxuan Realm cultivation was temporary, but confirmed it was genuine when Lin Xuan summoned the Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring. The Sick Demon awakened the Black Water Leech sealed in his Blood-Transforming Demon Sword, and Lin Xuan prepared to face it.

• The Sick Demon chose to stay and surrounded himself with shields and armor to defend against Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan sent out the Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring and drew Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi toward it.
• The Sick Demon realized Lin Xuan had truly reached the Dongxuan Realm and decided to attack instead of relying only on defense.
• The Sick Demon fed his blood to the Blood-Transforming Demon Sword, awakening its Black Water Leech Artifact Spirit.
• Lin Xuan recognized the leech as a powerful ancient insect but remained confident he could defeat it.

Lin Xuan overwhelmed Sick Demon, destroying his Blood-Transforming Demon Sword and dissolving his Black Short Axe as Sick Demon tried to stall for time. Lin Xuan then used the Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye to see through Sick Demon’s illusion fog and discovered that his Long Spear could unleash an attack infused with spatial laws.

• Lin Xuan unleashed nearly a thousand Ice Flood Dragons and Fire Dragons, tearing apart Sick Demon’s Black Water Leech and destroying the Blood-Transforming Demon Sword.
• Sick Demon decided to keep fighting, hoping to outlast the pill empowering Lin Xuan and seize the two women he needed to break through his bottleneck.
• Lin Xuan charged at Sick Demon and caught the enormous Black Short Axe with his bare arm, then dissolved it with his demonic three-colored flame.
• Sick Demon hid behind a gray fog illusion formation, but Lin Xuan used the Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye merged with the Heavenly Eye Technique to see through it.
• Lin Xuan activated his Long Spear and sent a crescent blade of light through the fog, using spatial laws to sweep it away.

Lin Xuan pursued the Sick Demon after his powerful attack forced the old monster to flee. He caught up and delayed him with a strike, leaving the chase unresolved.

• Lin Xuan's blade of light swept away the Sick Demon's defenses, forcing him to escape using a technique that created lifelike copies.
• Lin Xuan used the Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye to identify the Sick Demon's real location and pursued him with the Nine Heavens Micro-Steps.
• The Sick Demon abandoned his plan to capture the two women and tried to flee, but Lin Xuan kept closing the distance.
• Lin Xuan mocked the Sick Demon as they raced toward the horizon, then formed a giant hand from heaven and earth vital energy.
• The Sick Demon blocked Lin Xuan's punch with a gray shield, but the impact delayed his movement.

Lin Xuan defeated Sick Demon, captured his Nascent Soul, and returned to reassure the Shangguan sisters and Shangguan Muyu. He then flew toward the battlefield to fight the Sea Race, leaving the three women aboard the Spirit Boat.

• Lin Xuan broke through Sick Demon's defenses and survived the poison on Blood Drinker, while Sick Demon was gravely wounded.
• Lin Xuan beat Sick Demon's physical body to death, captured his Nascent Soul, and sealed it inside a Jade Box.
• Lin Xuan took Sick Demon's Storage Bag, Blood Drinker, and damaged Blood-Transforming Demon Sword before returning to the Spirit Boat.
• Lin Xuan reassured the Shangguan sisters and Shangguan Muyu, then told them to stay aboard while he went to fight the Sea Race.
• Lin Xuan flew toward the distant battlefield to aid the Human Race and gain experience with his Dongxuan Realm form.

Lin Xuan turned the battle around by killing the Sea Race’s Lihe Realm experts and giving the human cultivators a chance to counterattack. He returned to the Spirit Boat to leave with the three girls, but black qi appeared between his brows as he boarded.

• Lin Xuan assessed the battlefield and decided to eliminate the Sea Race’s Lihe Realm cultivators.
• Lin Xuan rescued Mu Ji from three sharks and told her that Sick Demon had died by his hand.
• Lin Xuan killed the Sea Race fighters and beasts around a human elder, then continued eliminating the Sea Race’s Lihe Realm experts.
• The human cultivators regrouped and began counterattacking as the Sea Race lost its leaders and command.
• Lin Xuan returned to the Spirit Boat, told Shangguan Ling, Shangguan Yan, and Shangguan Muyu to leave, and developed black qi between his brows.

Lin Xuan escaped after defeating the Sea Race experts, then removed the Blood Drinker’s poison as the Medicine Spirit’s effect wore off. Though he regretted losing the Medicine Spirit, his firsthand experience of the Dongxuan Realm gave him valuable insight as he began restoring his strength.

• Lin Xuan cloaked the Spirit Boat in spiritual light and fled before his temporary Dongxuan Realm power expired.
• Lin Xuan inspected his wound and expelled the Blood Drinker’s poison with his magic power and the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire.
• Lin Xuan considered why the Shark Race old monster had pursued Ling'er and Yan'er, and decided to search the Nascent Soul in his possession later.
• The Medicine Spirit’s effect faded, returning Lin Xuan to his mid-stage Lihe Realm cultivation.
• Lin Xuan recognized that experiencing the Dongxuan Realm had taught him how to approach its bottleneck and could save him years of cultivation.
• Lin Xuan swallowed pills from a Jade Bottle to recover while he was still in the Great Wilderness Sea.

Lin Xuan recovered and confronted Sick Demon to learn how the Shark Race forces were deployed and secure an escape route. He agreed to spare Sick Demon in exchange for his help, then bound him by placing one soul and one spirit on a Soul-Restricting Tablet.

• Lin Xuan recovered his magic power, opened the Jade Box, and released Sick Demon's Nascent Soul.
• Lin Xuan prepared to use the Soul Searching Technique, but Sick Demon offered intelligence about the Shark Race's army and a way to escape with the cultivators.
• Lin Xuan agreed to spare Sick Demon if he helped them escape and handed over one soul and one spirit.
• Sick Demon tried to substitute a blood oath, but Lin Xuan insisted and made him place one soul and one spirit on the Soul-Restricting Tablet.

Lin Xuan questioned Sick Demon about why he had abducted the Shangguan sisters, and learned that Yan'er and Ling'er possessed extraordinarily rare Thunder Soul and Ice Soul constitutions. Sick Demon explained that ancient cultivation methods could unlock their potential and reassured Lin Xuan that few cultivators could detect or exploit their constitutions.

• Lin Xuan demanded to know why Sick Demon had abducted his two disciples, and Sick Demon admitted he wanted to absorb their life force and magic power to break through his bottleneck.
• Sick Demon explained that the sisters had Second-Turn constitutions—Thunder Soul and Ice Soul—so rare that they might appear only once among a billion cultivators.
• Sick Demon told Lin Xuan that the sisters' potential required specialized ancient cultivation methods, and cited the powerful Spirit World cultivator Nailong True Person as another possessor of a Second-Turn constitution.
• Lin Xuan asked whether other Dongxuan Realm cultivators might target the sisters, and Sick Demon said their constitutions were difficult to detect and useful only to cultivators with certain unorthodox Demonic Path abilities.

Lin Xuan chose to avoid the Holy Star Sea Region and the war, ordering Sick Demon to lead the group to the Chaotic Sea Region instead. After three months of detours to evade the Sea Race, they arrived safely.

• Sick Demon offered to guide Lin Xuan past the Shark Race blockade and suggested the Holy Star Sea Region as a destination.
• Lin Xuan rejected the Holy Star Sea Region because he wanted to avoid the war and protect the Hundred Herb Sect from being used as cannon fodder.
• Lin Xuan ordered Sick Demon to take them to the Chaotic Sea Region, and Sick Demon concealed his hope that the region's turmoil might create a chance to regain his freedom.
• Sick Demon led Lin Xuan and Shangguan Muyu on a cautious route, and their Spirit Boat reached the Chaotic Sea Region after three months.