Recaps

Lin Xuan encountered Yue Hua, a cultivator descended from his former acquaintance Jin Ling, and learned that Jin Ling had died without reaching the Nascent Soul Realm. He asked Yue Hua's family for a sea chart and left them to wonder why he needed one.

• Lin Xuan stopped Yue Hua, her husband, and their son, and asked how Yue Hua was related to Jin Ling.
• Yue Hua recognized Lin Xuan as the former Young Master her grandmother had spoken of and knelt to pay her respects.
• Yue Hua said Jin Ling had come to the Spirit World but died more than a hundred years earlier without forming a Nascent Soul.
• Lin Xuan wondered why Jin Ling had failed to advance despite her exceptional aptitude but chose not to question Yue Hua further.
• Lin Xuan asked Yue Hua's family for a sea chart, explaining that there were no nearby islands where he could buy one.

Lin Xuan bought supplies at the Shayang Sect Marketplace and unexpectedly encountered Red Leaf Fairy, only to see Shayang Sect cultivators surround her. As a Shayang Sect elder arrived to invite her as an honored guest, Lin Xuan watched the situation unfold.

• Lin Xuan gave Yue Hua and her husband a bottle of Spirit-Cleansing Pills to protect their son, then left with the sea chart.
• Lin Xuan disguised himself and entered the Shayang Sect Marketplace, where he purchased pills and materials in bulk.
• Lin Xuan spotted Red Leaf Fairy but chose not to approach her, glad to see that she had advanced to the early Lihe stage.
• Shayang Sect soldiers surrounded Red Leaf Fairy, who stayed cautious rather than fight them at the sect's main altar.
• A Shayang Sect elder arrived and rebuked the soldiers for treating an honored guest improperly.

Lin Xuan returned to see why Xia Tianhao and the Shayang Sect were blocking Red Leaf Fairy. Xia Tianhao revealed that he intended to take her to True Person Shayang as a birthday gift, while Lin Xuan watched from the crowd and weighed whether to intervene.

• Xia Tianhao arrived in the Marketplace and drew a crowd of curious cultivators.
• Lin Xuan heard the commotion, returned, and decided to learn what was happening before acting.
• Xia Tianhao told Red Leaf Fairy that he wanted her to come to the Shayang Sect's main altar for a supposed good fortune.
• Xia Tianhao revealed that his master, True Person Shayang, expected beautiful women as gifts for his birthday.
• Red Leaf Fairy realized Xia Tianhao meant to present her as a concubine, while nearby cultivators urged her to accept and Xia Tianhao rejected their offers to volunteer.

Red Leaf Fairy rejected Xia Tianhao’s offer to become Old Devil Shayang’s concubine, and Xia Tianhao tried to seize her by force. Xianmu Yi Lan intervened, while Lin Xuan recognized him and held back to watch what happened next.

• Red Leaf Fairy refused Xia Tianhao’s proposal and started to leave.
• Xia Tianhao threatened to abduct Red Leaf Fairy and summoned a huge black hand to seize her.
• Xianmu Yi Lan appeared and challenged the Shayang Sect for trying to take Red Leaf by force.
• Lin Xuan recognized Xianmu Yi Lan, noted his advancement to the peak of the middle Lihe Realm, and decided not to reveal himself yet.
• Xianmu Yi Lan mocked Xia Tianhao and declared that he would help Red Leaf, enraging Xia Tianhao.

Xianmu Yi Lan fought Xia Tianhao after Xia Tianhao attacked him, then unleashed a black-flamed Fire Bird that overwhelmed Xia Tianhao’s demonic mist and threatened him. The battle ended with the Fire Bird’s attack closing in on Xia Tianhao.

• Xia Tianhao redirected his Black Giant Hand toward Xianmu Yi Lan, but Xianmu Yi Lan dispelled it with a wave of his Folding Fan.
• Xianmu Yi Lan struck back with a Willow Leaf Blade, and Xia Tianhao countered with a Steel Claw and a Gourd Artifact that released demonic mist.
• Red Leaf Fairy prepared to join Xianmu Yi Lan, while the nearby cultivators fled or watched from a distance.
• Xianmu Yi Lan summoned a black-flamed Fire Bird from an egg-shaped treasure, and it burned away Xia Tianhao’s demonic mist.
• The Fire Bird’s Demon Flame killed several Core Condensation Realm cultivators and forced Xia Tianhao to defend himself with an Evil Ghost shield.
• The Fire Bird grew larger and attacked Xia Tianhao with black flame blades and a powerful phoenix cry.

Xianmu Yi Lan killed Xia Tianhao and fled the Shayang Sect headquarters with Red Leaf Fairy, while Lin Xuan secretly followed them. At the sect, Old Devil Shayang discovered his eldest disciple’s death and flew into a rage as a black-robed cultivator arrived.

• Xia Tianhao tried to escape, but Xianmu Yi Lan tore open space, pursued him, and burned him to ashes with a Demon Lotus.
• Red Leaf Fairy and the cultivators at the scene fled, while Xianmu Yi Lan urged Red Leaf Fairy to escape with him.
• Lin Xuan followed Red Leaf Fairy in secret as she and Xianmu Yi Lan raced away from the Marketplace.
• Old Devil Shayang saw that the pearl linked to Xia Tianhao had cracked, realized his eldest disciple had died, and dismissed the frightened attendants.
• A black-robed cultivator arrived in Old Devil Shayang’s hall.

Old Devil Shayang set out to pursue the people responsible for killing his disciple, while Lin Xuan secretly followed Xianmu Yi Lan and Red Leaf Fairy as they fled. When Xianmu Yi Lan sensed Shayang’s approach, he abandoned Red Leaf and escaped alone, leaving Lin Xuan to weigh whether helping her was worth the danger.

• A disciple told Old Devil Shayang that Tianhao had been killed, and Shayang left to capture the murderer himself.
• Lin Xuan followed Xianmu Yi Lan and Red Leaf Fairy as they fled through Shayang Sect territory.
• Lin Xuan sensed Old Devil Shayang approaching and concealed himself on a barren reef to watch what happened.
• Xianmu Yi Lan detected Shayang and told Red Leaf Fairy to fend for herself before fleeing at increased speed.
• Lin Xuan considered Xianmu Yi Lan’s choice sensible and decided that he would also hesitate to risk himself for a stranger.

Lin Xuan rescued Red Leaf Fairy from Shayang Old Devil’s pursuit and redirected the chase toward Xianmu Yi Lan, hoping to exploit the conflict. The chapter ended with Shayang Old Devil confronting Xianmu Yi Lan, who stood firm under the Dongxuan cultivator’s pressure.

• Red Leaf Fairy fled after Xianmu Yi Lan abandoned her, while Lin Xuan decided not to leave her behind.
• Lin Xuan brought Red Leaf Fairy to shelter, told her to conceal herself, and flew off while mimicking her spiritual aura to draw Shayang Old Devil away.
• Shayang Old Devil pursued Xianmu Yi Lan using a secret mark, while Lin Xuan’s false trail made Xianmu Yi Lan think Red Leaf Fairy was following him.
• Lin Xuan changed direction, but Shayang Old Devil ignored him and continued after Xianmu Yi Lan, sending a spirit talisman to track Lin Xuan.
• Xianmu Yi Lan stopped fleeing and faced Shayang Old Devil as the old cultivator arrived in a storm of black radiance and spiritual pressure.

Xianmu Yi Lan fought Shayang Old Devil after admitting he had killed the old devil’s disciple. He unleashed a demonic transformation and revealed a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure, leaving Shayang Old Devil wary as the battle continued.

• Xianmu Yi Lan admitted to killing Shayang Old Devil’s disciple and launched an attack with his cone-shaped treasures and Jade Gourd.
• Shayang Old Devil blocked the attacks, destroyed the Jade Gourd’s tiger form, and counterattacked with a scythe formed from Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi.
• Xianmu Yi Lan used seven Blood-colored Runes to transform, raising his cultivation to the peak of the Lihe Realm and revealing demonic wings and markings.
• Shayang Old Devil recognized that Xianmu Yi Lan’s transformed appearance resembled an Ancient Demon and grew solemn at his increased strength.
• Xianmu Yi Lan revealed a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure, prompting Shayang Old Devil to stop underestimating him and feel wary.

Lin Xuan stayed behind after Shayang Old Devil continued pursuing Xianmu Yi Lan, hoping to profit from the conflict. When Shayang Sect pursuers arrived, he confronted them confidently, and their attacks began as he remained unruffled.

• Lin Xuan stopped fleeing and destroyed a tracking talisman, but noticed more than ten Shayang Sect cultivators approaching.
• The Shayang Sect group surrounded Lin Xuan, bringing three Lihe cultivators and more than twenty Nascent Soul cultivators equipped with formation flags.
• Lin Xuan taunted the pursuers and said he would release their souls to reincarnate, angering the three Lihe cultivators.
• The black-robed cultivator launched his flying sword, the woman summoned a hairpin treasure, and the scholar raised his Golden Ripple Brush.
• The Nascent Soul cultivators activated their formation, summoning demonic fog and sending attacks toward Lin Xuan, who did not flinch.

Lin Xuan overwhelmed the Demon Sect cultivators and trapped the survivors inside a massive ice prison. After the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire killed many of them, one Nascent Soul cultivator begged Lin Xuan to spare his life.

• Lin Xuan used his demon-transformed claws and a sword strike to kill the black-robed Lihe Realm cultivator.
• The two remaining Lihe Realm cultivators and the Nascent Soul cultivators tried to flee, but Lin Xuan raised a thousand-li water barrier and froze it into an ice prison.
• Seventeen Nascent Soul cultivators charged the ice wall and were consumed by the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire.
• The surviving cultivators found themselves trapped, and one Nascent Soul cultivator knelt and begged Lin Xuan to spare him.

Lin Xuan killed the cultivators who pretended to submit, while Shayang Old Devil struggled against Xianmu Yi Lan and began to lose the upper hand. The chapter left Shayang Old Devil facing Xianmu Yi Lan’s blade after his defensive treasure was cut apart.

• Lin Xuan shattered the ice wall and used Heavenly Thunder Sand and Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire to kill the cultivators, collecting their Storage Bags.
• Lin Xuan recalled the four-colored Phoenix and carefully searched the area with his divine sense.
• Shayang Old Devil struggled to withstand Xianmu Yi Lan’s attacks and considered retreating, then learned that three more of his disciples had died.
• Xianmu Yi Lan exploited Shayang Old Devil’s distraction, attacked with black needles, and then ambushed him alongside the Demonic Bird.
• Shayang Old Devil used a bone sword and essence blood to hold off the Demonic Bird, but Xianmu Yi Lan’s blade cut his Wolf-Tooth Mace in two.

After Xianmu Yi Lan and Shayang Old Devil wounded each other and agreed to stop fighting, Lin Xuan ambushed the injured Shayang Old Devil. Shayang broke the first sword strike, but Lin Xuan followed with a relentless barrage that overwhelmed him.

• Xianmu Yi Lan and Shayang Old Devil exchanged devastating attacks, each suffering severe injuries.
• Xianmu Yi Lan proposed ending their fight, and Shayang Old Devil agreed before returning toward the Shayang Sect's main altar.
• Lin Xuan launched a surprise sword attack on Shayang Old Devil as he flew over the sea.
• Shayang Old Devil summoned a huge Ghost Claw that shattered Lin Xuan's first Sword Qi strike.
• Lin Xuan followed with another sword strike and the Hundred Dragon Fangs, drowning Shayang Old Devil in successive attacks.

Lin Xuan survived Shayang Old Devil’s body-destroying explosion and caught up with his fleeing Nascent Soul. Shayang pleaded to be spared, claiming he had no intention of seeking revenge, while Lin Xuan weighed his words.

• Shayang Old Devil self-destructed his damaged body to destroy Lin Xuan’s attack and give his Nascent Soul a chance to escape.
• Lin Xuan fled the blast with the Nine Heavens Micro-Steps and Mystic Cyan Mother-Child Shield, then used the Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye to locate Shayang’s Nascent Soul.
• Lin Xuan pursued Shayang and used a spatial treasure to interrupt his Teleportation, forcing him to appear.
• Shayang asked Lin Xuan to spare him and argued that his remaining lifespan and injuries left him with no desire to seek revenge.
• Lin Xuan judged that Shayang seemed sincere and considered why an old cultivator nearing the end of his life might choose to yield.

Lin Xuan demanded that True Person Shayang gather seven rare materials needed to refine the Fire Sword in exchange for being spared. Shayang agreed, but Lin Xuan refused to let him leave on a mere promise and explained why a Heart Demon Oath would not secure compliance.

• Lin Xuan sent True Person Shayang a Jade Slip listing seven materials he still needed for the Fire Sword.
• Shayang protested that the materials, including Magma Fire Jade, were impossibly rare, but Lin Xuan challenged his claim and insisted on his terms.
• Lin Xuan explained that Shayang could use the Shayang Sect and its many disciples to search for the materials while Lin Xuan focused on cultivation.
• Shayang agreed to gather the materials and tried to leave, but Lin Xuan stopped him and rejected a Heart Demon Oath as inadequate proof.

Lin Xuan forced Shayang Old Devil to surrender one soul and one spirit through the Soul Prohibition Technique, then sent him to search for rare materials for the Fire Sword. Lin Xuan reunited with Red Leaf Fairy, who told him that Poison Dragon Old Ancestor had occupied Red Leaf Island.

• Lin Xuan rejected Shayang Old Devil’s attempt to bargain and demanded one soul and one spirit as security for his cooperation.
• Shayang Old Devil yielded, and Lin Xuan sealed the surrendered soul and spirit in the Soul-Sealing Tablet.
• Lin Xuan promised to return them once Shayang Old Devil found the rare materials, then warned him to search quickly and sent him away with talisman paper for messages.
• Lin Xuan concluded that the Shayang Sect could likely find most of the materials needed to reforge his Fire Sword and flew to Red Leaf Fairy’s hiding place.
• Red Leaf Fairy rejoiced at Lin Xuan’s safe return and told him that Poison Dragon Old Ancestor had occupied Red Leaf Island.

Lin Xuan reunited with Red Leaf Fairy, learned that Poison Dragon Old Ancestor had targeted Red Leaf Island for reasons she did not know, and heard that she planned to join the Nine Immortals Palace. He gave her pills and a flying sword before they parted, leaving their next reunion uncertain.

• Lin Xuan comforted Red Leaf Fairy over Red Leaf Island’s likely loss and recounted how he had defeated Poison Dragon Old Ancestor, astonishing her.
• Lin Xuan asked why Poison Dragon Old Ancestor had targeted the remote island, but Red Leaf Fairy said she did not know.
• Red Leaf Fairy told Lin Xuan that she planned to visit Bibo Fairy and join the Nine Immortals Palace, while Lin Xuan declined to go with her.
• Lin Xuan gave Red Leaf Fairy two bottles of Jade Spirit Pills and a powerful flying sword before the two parted on warm terms.

Lin Xuan returned safely to Black Wind Island, where the Hundred Herb Sect welcomed him with relief and gratitude. Back at his cultivation cave, he began studying a secret art to refine the Corpse Demon into a powerful helper.

• Lin Xuan took a cautious, winding route back to Black Wind Island and arrived seven days later.
• The Hundred Herb Sect disciples, Shangguan Muyu, Shangguan Ling, and Shangguan Yan welcomed Lin Xuan home.
• Lin Xuan gave the sect supplies from several Storage Bags and advised his two disciples on cultivation.
• Lin Xuan returned to his cave and brought out the empty Corpse Demon shell from the Spirit Ghost Bag.
• After studying a secret art for three days, Lin Xuan concluded that refining the Corpse Demon could make it a formidable combatant.

Lin Xuan prepared to transform the Shark Race's Sick Demon Nascent Soul into a Corpse Infant for refining a Corpse Demon puppet. After setting up a demanding formation with five top-grade Spirit Stones, he activated it to begin the ritual.

• Lin Xuan recovered his strength and arranged the rare materials needed for the Corpse Infant ritual.
• Lin Xuan released the Shark Race's Sick Demon from a Jade Box and imprisoned his escaping Nascent Soul.
• Sick Demon pleaded to become Lin Xuan's slave, but Lin Xuan rejected him as a potential threat.
• Lin Xuan immobilized the Nascent Soul with fine needles and spent a day and night constructing the formation.
• Lin Xuan placed five elemental top-grade Spirit Stones into the formation and activated it.

Lin Xuan erased Sick Demon’s divine sense and unexpectedly devoured it, then spent two months absorbing the power. He emerged with divine sense that reached 5,500 li, surpassing the middle-stage Lihe Realm range.

• Lin Xuan used a formation and his Dual Infants to erase Sick Demon’s divine sense, leaving the Nascent Soul intact and suitable for refining a Corpse Infant.
• Sick Demon’s divine sense emerged from his Nascent Soul, and Lin Xuan trapped and devoured it with his Dual Infant One Core.
• Lin Xuan stored the emptied Nascent Soul in a Wooden Box and spent two months digesting the absorbed divine sense.
• Lin Xuan tested his enhanced divine sense and sensed everything within 5,500 li.

After thirty years of seclusion, Lin Xuan emerged with a Nether Corpse Demon refined and a cultivation bottleneck still blocking his progress. He found Shangguan Muyu forming her Nascent Soul, then left Black Wind Island to travel and seek a way through his bottleneck.

• Lin Xuan entered seclusion after sending Shangguan Muyu a message, and she forbade the Hundred Herb Sect disciples from approaching Hundred Flower Valley.
• After thirty years, Lin Xuan emerged having refined the Nether Corpse Demon into a powerful helper, but he had failed to overcome his own cultivation bottleneck.
• Lin Xuan discovered that Shangguan Muyu was forming her Nascent Soul and met his disciples Shangguan Ling and Shangguan Yan, whose cultivation had advanced to the middle stage of Core Condensation.
• The Hundred Herb Sect held a banquet to celebrate Lin Xuan's return and Shangguan Muyu's breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Lin Xuan guided Shangguan Ling and Shangguan Yan, gave them pills and treasures, then left Black Wind Island to travel and seek a breakthrough.

After six months of unsuccessful cultivation, Lin Xuan decided to travel to Red Leaf Island to investigate why Poison Dragon Old Ancestor and Giant Whale King had taken an interest in it. Two months into the journey, he sensed a powerful Demon Race creature and was stunned by the person facing it.

• Lin Xuan learned that the Chaotic Sea Region had stayed neutral in the war and that mysterious experts had helped the Humans turn the tide.
• After failing to break through through ordinary life, Lin Xuan chose to seek danger and investigate the secrets of Red Leaf Island.
• Lin Xuan left his island under an assumed identity and traveled toward the Red Leaf Sea Region, avoiding other cultivators along the way.
• Two months later, Lin Xuan sensed a powerful Demon Race aura in an uninhabited sea region and went to investigate.
• Lin Xuan found a strange dragon-headed, fish-bodied creature confronting someone, and he stared in shock at the other figure.

Lin Xuan recognized the mysterious fluffy pet he had lost years ago, now in the Spirit World and facing down a powerful Ancient Beast. He watched cautiously as the beast attacked, but the pet looked frightened, leaving its strength uncertain.

• Lin Xuan realized the little fellow confronting the Dragon-Headed Fish Monster was the pet he had lost after it vanished from the Cloud Sea of Seven Star Island.
• Lin Xuan recalled the pet's unusual origins and decided to observe its abilities before approaching, wary that it might have grown strong enough to threaten him.
• The little fellow looked at Lin Xuan with confusion, apparently no longer recognizing him despite their lingering Blood Pact.
• The Dragon-Headed Fish Monster gathered Demon Qi and electricity, then launched its scales at the little fellow like a rain of arrows.
• The little fellow's fur stood on end and it showed fear, while Lin Xuan held back because he suspected there was another explanation for its reaction.

Lin Xuan watched Little Fur Ball face the Dragon-Headed Fish Monster and discovered that the small creature could wield the power of laws. The monster’s blades turned into flower petals, leaving Lin Xuan to investigate Little Fur Ball’s mysterious ability.

• Little Fellow dodged the Dragon-Headed Fish Monster’s arrow-like scales without using a treasure or spell, and Lin Xuan watched to judge his strength.
• Little Fellow spun and released a milky-white light curtain that trapped the monster but allowed Lin Xuan to pass through unhindered.
• The Dragon-Headed Fish Monster attacked Little Fellow with thousands of blades, and Lin Xuan recognized a strange fluctuation as the power of laws.
• Little Fur Ball gestured, transforming the incoming blades into fragrant flower petals, and Lin Xuan activated the Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye to examine him.

Lin Xuan witnessed Little Fur Ball use a flawed law domain to slaughter an Ancient Beast and learned from the Spirit Control Insights that its light screen controlled Demon Race beasts. He began activating their old master-recognition pact, but Little Fur Ball resisted.

• Little Fur Ball bound the Ancient Beast with an iron chain, killed it with a flying sword, and swallowed its escaping demon soul.
• Lin Xuan searched the Spirit Control Insights and found a record describing a fur-ball spirit creature whose light screen could dominate Demon Race beasts in their original forms.
• Lin Xuan realized Little Fur Ball’s light screen resembled a flawed domain of laws and decided to reclaim the spirit beast.
• Lin Xuan strengthened their old master-recognition pact, prompting Little Fur Ball to wake, bare its teeth, and resist as he poured in more magic power.