Recaps

Lin Xuan prepared to leave the East Sea and gave Shangguan Ling and Shangguan Yan treasures and his cultivation insights, while he gave Shangguan Muyu high-grade Puppets to protect the Hundred Herb Sect. After spending half a month with his disciples on Black Wind Island, he departed as the two sisters and their mother saw him off.

• Lin Xuan gave Shangguan Ling and Shangguan Yan numerous treasures and warned them to be careful after he left.
• Lin Xuan handed Shangguan Ling a Jade Slip containing his cultivation insights, which he told the sisters to keep secret.
• Lin Xuan gave Shangguan Muyu pills, treasures, and three Storage Bags filled with high-grade Puppets for the Hundred Herb Sect.
• Lin Xuan stayed on Black Wind Island for about half a month with Shangguan Ling and Shangguan Yan before leaving the East Sea.
• Shangguan Ling, Shangguan Yan, and their mother saw Lin Xuan off from Black Wind Island.

Lin Xuan said farewell to Shangguan Yan and Shangguan Ling, then returned to Nine Immortals Palace to arrange protection for his descendants before leaving for another interface through its Ancient Teleportation Array. He and Gu Tianyang reached the array’s underground location, with the teleportation preparations complete.

• Lin Xuan comforted Shangguan Yan and Shangguan Ling, gave them a jade pendant they could use to seek Red Leaf Fairy’s help, and departed the East Sea.
• Lin Xuan returned to Nine Immortals Palace, where Red Leaf Fairy welcomed him and learned that he planned to leave for another interface.
• Lin Xuan gave Red Leaf Fairy a matching jade pendant and asked her to help his descendants if they came to Nine Immortals Palace in danger.
• Gu Tianyang confirmed that the Ancient Teleportation Array was ready, though he warned Lin Xuan that using it carried great risks.
• Gu Tianyang led Lin Xuan through Nine Immortals Palace’s guarded restrictions to an underground karst cave where the array was located.

Lin Xuan activated an ancient Inter-boundary Teleportation Array and returned to the Human World, where the Ancient Demons had devastated Cloud Province. The chapter left him unseen after teleporting as a fleeing group of cultivators feared the pursuing demon and the fate of their world.

• Lin Xuan examined the nine-array composite teleportation formation and chose to use it despite Elder Wu's inability to guarantee a safe teleport.
• Elder Wu activated the array with Spirit Stones and Demon Cores, and Lin Xuan vanished in a burst of spiritual light.
• A group of cultivators, led by Martial Uncle Zhao, flew across a desolate plain while fleeing a powerful demon.
• Martial Uncle Zhao reassured the young cultivators that their Three Yang Eight Trigrams Array might hold the demon back, though he doubted it could stop the threat.
• The chapter revealed that the Ancient Demons had ravaged Cloud Province, leaving Pine Wind Academy, Horizon Sea Pavilion, and Baisuan Pavilion struggling to survive.

A group of cultivators fleeing an Ancient Demon was caught by the demon and his Magic Crows. After Wang Kun tried to escape and was killed, the survivors faced the approaching enemy with no clear way out.

• The Ancient Demon arrived on a flock of Magic Crows and closed in on the cultivators trapped by the Three Yang Eight Trigrams Array.
• Zhao ordered Wang Kun and Qin Hong to stay behind with him while Junior Brother Ye led the other disciples back to the sect.
• Wang Kun refused to fight and fled alone, but the Ancient Demon pursued him and killed him with a crescent-shaped devil artifact.
• The Magic Crows devoured Wang Kun's corpse as the remaining cultivators watched in terror.
• With the Ancient Demon only a few hundred zhang away, Zhao and the others had no answer when the young disciples asked what they should do.

Lin Xuan emerged from a cross-realm teleportation into a battle between an ancient devil and a group of human cultivators, then discovered that his arrival might have brought him to the Ancient Demon Realm. When the ancient devil attacked, Lin Xuan killed him with a single glance.

• The old man urged his young cultivators to fight the ancient devil and charged with a top-grade Spirit Tool, while the others hesitated.
• A black vortex tore open in the sky, and Lin Xuan appeared inside a cyan ball of light surrounded by purple lightning.
• The ancient devil sent more than a hundred Magic Crows to attack Lin Xuan, but the lightning vaporized them and the resulting blast destroyed the rest.
• Lin Xuan wondered whether he had been teleported to the Ancient Demon Realm and noted that the devil and cultivators posed no threat to him.
• The ancient devil lunged at Lin Xuan, who glanced at him and made his body and the remaining Magic Crows melt into nothingness.

Lin Xuan discovered that his journey to the Spirit World had inexplicably returned him to the Human World, where his immense power led local cultivators to mistake him for a True Immortal. After learning he had arrived in the Twelve Heavenly Cloud Provinces he once knew, he wondered how his old acquaintances, including Peacock, were doing.

• Lin Xuan killed the ancient demon with a glance, leaving the human cultivators stunned and convinced he might be a True Immortal.
• The cultivators knelt and greeted Lin Xuan with reverence, and he asked whether he was in the Spirit World or the Ancient Demon Realm.
• The old man told Lin Xuan that they were in the Human World, and Lin Xuan realized he had somehow been teleported back there.
• Lin Xuan accepted that the teleportation had sent him to the Human World and resolved to find another way to the Spirit World.
• The old man identified their location as Cloud Province and described the Twelve Heavenly Cloud Provinces, revealing that Lin Xuan had returned to the region he once left.
• Lin Xuan felt relieved to be somewhere familiar and wondered how Peacock and his other old acquaintances were doing.

Lin Xuan rescued Sea Peak Sect cultivators and learned that the Twelve Heavenly Cloud Provinces had suffered a demonic tribulation for more than fifty years. After hearing that an inter-realm passage had let ancient demons invade and devastate Cloud Province, he asked why the provinces had been unable to resist, and the old man blamed the will of Heaven.

• Lin Xuan questioned the Sea Peak Sect cultivators about changes in Cloud Province and how they encountered ancient demons.
• A Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivator explained that a demonic tribulation began more than fifty years ago when a vast inter-realm passage opened above the Twelve Heavenly Cloud Provinces.
• The old man said the invading Demon Monsters had killed over a million cultivators, devastated the region, and left only Pine Wind Academy and Horizon Sea Pavilion still holding on among the Five Great Powers.
• Lin Xuan was shocked to hear that Heavenly Ingenuity Sect, Spirit Control Sect, and Separation Medicine Palace had fallen, and questioned why the provinces could not repel the invaders.
• The old man said the provinces would have resisted more effectively if the demonic tribulation had begun five or six hundred years earlier, calling their weakness the will of Heaven.

Lin Xuan learned how badly the demon calamity had weakened Cloud Province and discovered that Baisuan Pavilion had risen to become one of its three great powers. After learning its headquarters was in Linglong Valley, he set off to find it.

• Lin Xuan recalled how the past conflicts and the Asura Gate had depleted Cloud Province’s strongest cultivators before the Ancient Demons invaded.
• Lin Xuan learned that Horizon Sea Pavilion and Pine Wind Academy were under heavy attack, then asked about Baisuan Pavilion.
• A Foundation Establishment cultivator told Lin Xuan that Baisuan Pavilion was now one of Cloud Province’s three great powers and was based in Linglong Valley.
• Lin Xuan learned that the cultivator did not know the way, advised the group to return safely to their sect, and vanished.
• The old man warned the young cultivators that Lin Xuan was likely a mighty cultivator from an upper realm and ordered them not to discuss him carelessly.

Lin Xuan hurried toward Linglong Valley, killing Ancient Demons along the way, but learned that Baisuan Pavilion and the other two remaining major sects in Cloud Province had been under siege for a month. He joined a large force of cultivators heading to reinforce them, shocked by how long the crisis had already lasted.

• The old man led his recovered martial nephews away from the area, trusting Lin Xuan's warning that no Devil Race was nearby.
• Lin Xuan flew toward Linglong Valley, intent on protecting Baisuan Pavilion and its people.
• Over three days, Lin Xuan learned the route to Linglong Valley and killed several thousand Ancient Demons while traveling.
• Lin Xuan encountered several thousand cultivators and asked their leaders where they were headed.
• The Old Monk and the Bearded Man told Lin Xuan that Baisuan Pavilion, Pine Wind Academy, and Horizon Sea Pavilion were surrounded by Ancient Demon armies.
• The Palace-dressed Woman revealed that the sieges had begun a month earlier, leaving Lin Xuan stunned.

Lin Xuan learned that Ancient Demons had besieged Baisuan Pavilion and raced toward Linglong Valley, where Lu Ying'er, Liu Xin, Wu Yun'er, and Ye Ping'er faced an overwhelming attack. As the pavilion prepared to defend against another assault, Lu Ying'er concluded it could not survive and resolved that its lineage must not end with them.

• The Bearded Man described how cultivators across Cloud Province had rallied to aid the three sects against the Ancient Demons.
• Lin Xuan hurried toward Linglong Valley after hearing it was under siege, leaving the gathered cultivators astonished by his extraordinary speed.
• The Ancient Demons prepared an all-out attack on Linglong Valley, while tens of thousands of defenders activated their formations and gathered their weapons.
• Liu Xin and Ye Ping'er warned Lu Ying'er that Baisuan Pavilion was suffering heavy losses and could not withstand continued attrition.
• Lu Ying'er said Baisuan Pavilion could not be preserved and insisted that its lineage must survive because Lin Xuan had entrusted them with it.

With Linglong Valley surrounded by Ancient Demons, Lu Ying'er revealed that Lady Long had completed a one-use giant Teleportation Array, but it could evacuate only a thousand people. Lu Ying'er planned to send Liu Xin and Ye Ping'er with 998 chosen disciples while she and Yun'er stayed to lead the defense.

• Lu Ying'er summoned Lady Long and revealed that she had built a one-way Teleportation Array from Baisuan Pavilion's headquarters.
• Lady Long explained that the array could be used only once because she lacked the materials to build another.
• Lu Ying'er told Liu Xin and Ye Ping'er to select 998 promising disciples and evacuate with them through the array.
• Liu Xin and Ye Ping'er insisted they would stay if Lu Ying'er and Yun'er remained, but Lu Ying'er rebuked them and said their presence could not overcome the Ancient Demons.
• Lu Ying'er explained that she had to stay as First Pavilion Master to hold the defense together and prevent the Ancient Demons from breaking the Twelve Heavenly Cloud Provinces' morale.

As Lu Ying'er and Wu Yun'er prepared to die defending Baisuan Pavilion, Phantom Demons disguised as cultivators attacked the giant Teleportation Array and destroyed it. Lu Ying'er and the others killed the infiltrators, but with their escape route gone, the pavilion masters did not know how to preserve Baisuan Pavilion's inheritance.

• Lu Ying'er and Wu Yun'er explained that they intended to stay and fight, while Liu Xin and Ye Ping'er were meant to survive and preserve Baisuan Pavilion's inheritance.
• An explosion shook Linglong Valley, and Lady Long revealed that the giant Teleportation Array was under attack by infiltrated Phantom Demons.
• Lu Ying'er rushed to the array and found it badly damaged, then killed the Phantom Demon leader with a Phoenix-shaped attack.
• The four pavilion masters and Lady Long defeated all the remaining Phantom Demons, but the Teleportation Array was beyond repair.
• Lady Long knelt and blamed herself for allowing the Phantom Demons to infiltrate, while Lu Ying'er told her to rise.

After pardoning Lady Long, Lu Ying'er prepared Baisuan Pavilion for the Ancient Demons’ all-out assault on Linglong Valley. The defenders met the attack with their formations, Puppets, and Crystal Might Cannons, but the demon army’s first wave already began destroying their defenses.

• Lu Ying'er spared Lady Long, and Wu Yun'er explained that keeping her alive would help kill more Ancient Demons.
• Lu Ying'er told her sisters to escape if they found a chance, so Baisuan Pavilion might preserve its inheritance.
• When the Demon Drum signaled an all-out attack, Lu Ying'er led her sisters and the cultivators to Linglong Valley’s entrance.
• The women saw the Ancient Demons assaulting the valley with Magic Beasts and tens of thousands of demonized cultivators.
• Baisuan Pavilion’s Crystal Might Cannons blasted thousands of attackers, but the enemy’s counterattack destroyed many cannons.

Baisuan Pavilion faced a full-scale Ancient Demon assault as elite forces including the Dragon Demon Cavalry broke into the battle. Lu Ying'er ordered the entire pavilion to fight and joined the melee, while the Ancient Demon siege commander watched from a distant devil cloud.

• Baisuan Pavilion's puppets were overwhelmed, so its cultivators took the field to hold the line.
• Li Haotian ordered the reserve force to attack when the Dragon Demon Cavalry charged from the devil fog.
• Stone Demons, Iron-Winged Demons, Two-Headed Demons, and other monsters joined the assault in a full-scale attack.
• Lu Ying'er ordered every Baisuan Pavilion disciple to join the battle, then led the four Pavilion Masters and other elites into the melee.
• More than a hundred Nascent Soul cultivators helped stabilize the front as the Ancient Demon commander and several hundred powerful Devil Race members gathered in a distant devil cloud.

The Two-Headed Four-Armed Monster, the Butterfly Demon, and the Round Demon joined the assault on Baisuan Pavilion, hoping to seize it before their rivals and earn merit from Devil Ancestor Bingpo. They attacked Linglong Valley and badly weakened its protective barrier, leaving the defenders under renewed pressure.

• The Butterfly Demon and Round Demon agreed with the Two-Headed Four-Armed Monster to send their forces against Baisuan Pavilion before Devil Ancestor Bingpo's Split Soul descended.
• The Two-Headed Four-Armed Monster led the Ancient Demons to Linglong Valley and used his roar to disrupt weaker cultivators.
• The Two-Headed Four-Armed Monster merged hundreds of black light balls and smashed the resulting attack into Linglong Valley's barrier, dimming it considerably.
• The Butterfly Demon sent black wind blades through the defenders, killing dozens of cultivators and further weakening the barrier.
• The Round Demon spun up a deadly devil wind that killed cultivators in its path, while the defenders relied on concentrated volleys from several hundred Crystal Might Cannons to threaten the Ancient Demons.

With Baisuan Pavilion on the verge of collapse, Lu Ying'er led its Nascent Soul cultivators in a desperate attempt to destroy the Ancient Demons by self-detonating, while Lin Xuan raced toward Linglong Valley. The Ancient Demons thwarted the plan, leaving Lu Ying'er and her allies unable to detonate as Lin Xuan entered the devil fog nearby.

• As the defenses failed and the Ancient Demons killed cultivators unchecked, Lu Ying'er persuaded the Nascent Soul cultivators to join her in a mass self-detonation against the enemy.
• Lu Ying'er led more than a hundred Nascent Soul cultivators out to confront the three Lihe Realm Ancient Demons, while Lin Xuan hurried toward Linglong Valley from fifty thousand li away.
• Lin Xuan used Nine Heavens Micro-Steps to speed up, killed hundreds of low-level Devils with his spiritual pressure, and charged into the devil fog.
• The Two-Headed Four-Armed Monster advanced with the Butterfly Demon and the Round Demon, drawing Lu Ying'er's group close as she prepared to detonate.
• Lu Ying'er and the other cultivators discovered they could not self-detonate, and the Two-Headed Four-Armed Monster revealed that he had anticipated their tactic and taken precautions.

Lin Xuan appeared on the battlefield just as the ancient demons were about to capture Lu Ying'er, revealing a cultivation level that terrified their leaders. He reunited with the Baisuan Pavilion women, then challenged the demon army to end their own lives as the demons debated whether to fight.

• The ancient demon defeated Lu Ying'er's attempts to escape and threatened to turn her into a demonized puppet, driving Baisuan Pavilion's morale to the brink.
• Lin Xuan's voice interrupted the demons as their rear formation fell into chaos and many demons died.
• Lin Xuan appeared amid the ancient demons, and Lu Ying'er and the other pavilion masters recognized him and wept with relief.
• The Two-Headed Four-Armed Monster and his assistants realized Lin Xuan was a Dongxuan Realm cultivator and struggled to decide whether to fight or retreat.
• Lin Xuan ordered the demons to end their lives, prompting outrage among the Lihe Realm ancient demons.

Lin Xuan used the gathered Five Elements energy to devastate the Devil Race army and save Baisuan Pavilion from being overrun. As the Two-Headed Four-Armed Monster sent more Ancient Demons against him, Lin Xuan recognized the enemy leader’s plan to wear him down.

• The Two-Headed Four-Armed Monster sent tens of thousands of rhino-shaped Magic Beasts at Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan’s spiritual pressure frightened them into charging the Devil Race’s own ranks.
• Lin Xuan gathered the Five Elements Yuan Qi and used earth spikes, fire, vines, water dragons, and metal weapons to slaughter nearly half the Devil Race army.
• The surviving cultivators rejoiced at Lin Xuan’s arrival, while Lu Ying'er, Liu Xin, and the other two pavilion masters recognized their long-awaited Young Master.
• Lin Xuan realized that his first attack had drained the Five Elements energy within a hundred li, leaving him unable to draw on it again until it recovered.
• The Two-Headed Four-Armed Monster noticed Lin Xuan’s temporary limitation, ordered low-ranking Ancient Demons to attack, and secretly retreated; Lin Xuan saw through his attempt to exhaust him.

Lin Xuan slaughtered the Ancient Demon army with overwhelming Sword Qi, shattering its morale and capturing the Two-Headed Four-Armed Monster, the Butterfly Demon, and the Round Demon. The remaining demons fled, but Lin Xuan declared that none would escape.

• Lin Xuan unleashed thousands of five-colored Sword Qi and killed thousands of Ancient Demons in moments.
• The Two-Headed Four-Armed Monster urged the army to keep fighting, but the demons lost heart as Lin Xuan continued cutting them down.
• When a low-level Ancient Demon fled, the Two-Headed Four-Armed Monster killed him, but the rest of the army soon scattered in panic.
• The Two-Headed Four-Armed Monster, the Butterfly Demon, and the Round Demon tried to escape, while Lin Xuan seized the Two-Headed Four-Armed Monster with a cyan hand and sealed his magic power.
• Lin Xuan captured the Butterfly Demon and Round Demon as well, then turned toward the fleeing Ancient Demons and vowed to kill them all.

Lin Xuan used his Blood Fire Ants to wipe out the Ancient Demons attacking Linglong Valley, saving Baisuan Pavilion and its cultivators. He reunited with Lu Ying'er, Liu Xin, Wu Yun'er, and Ye Ping'er, then met with them in the Exquisite Pagoda and learned how far they had advanced.

• Lin Xuan released over a hundred million Blood Fire Ants, which killed the fleeing Ancient Demons while he kept three leaders alive.
• The cultivators outside Linglong Valley knelt to thank Lin Xuan for defeating the invasion, and some recognized his connection to Baisuan Pavilion.
• Lu Ying'er reunited with Lin Xuan and wept in his arms; Liu Xin, Wu Yun'er, and Ye Ping'er soon joined them.
• Lu Ying'er and the other women escorted Lin Xuan to the seventh floor of the Exquisite Pagoda and served him tea and refreshments.
• Lin Xuan asked how the women had fared and learned that Lu Ying'er and one other had reached Nascent Soul Late Stage, while Liu Xin and Ping'er had reached Nascent Soul Middle Stage.

Lin Xuan reunited with Lu Ying'er and the other women, told them how he had reached the Spirit World and become separated from Yue'er, and vowed to find her. A disturbance outside the Exquisite Pagoda interrupted their reunion, and they went to investigate.

• Lu Ying'er asked Lin Xuan what had happened after he entered the Asura Gate, and he explained that he had ascended to the Spirit World.
• Lin Xuan told the women that Yue'er had been separated from him during cross-interface teleportation and vowed to find her.
• Lu Ying'er grew quiet as she worried that her age and limited lifespan would prevent her from serving Lin Xuan for long.
• A commotion outside the great hall angered Lu Ying'er, but Lin Xuan chose to go see what was happening with her and the other women.
• Lin Xuan and the four women reached the entrance of the Exquisite Pagoda, where three law-enforcement cultivators faced a man and a woman.

Lin Xuan and Lu Ying'er learned that the liaison envoys from Horizon Sea Pavilion and Pine Wind Academy had forced their way into the Exquisite Pagoda to ask for help. Remembering his ties to both factions, Lin Xuan acknowledged his oversight and prepared to consider their plea.

• Lu Ying'er recognized Fairy Wang of Horizon Sea Pavilion and Fellow Daoist Qiu of Pine Wind Academy as liaison envoys who had helped Baisuan Pavilion resist the Ancient Demons.
• Fairy Wang and Fellow Daoist Qiu knelt before Lin Xuan and Lu Ying'er, then explained that their factions remained under siege.
• The envoys asked Lu Ying'er to request Lin Xuan's aid because they feared approaching the powerful senior themselves.
• Lu Ying'er and the other Pavilion Masters realized they had neglected the plight of the other two factions while celebrating Lin Xuan's return.
• Lin Xuan admitted he had overlooked the sieges and recalled his bonds with Fairy Ruyan and Horizon Sea Pavilion.

Lin Xuan agreed to lift the sieges of Horizon Sea Pavilion and Pine Wind Academy, revealing his identity as Horizon Sea Pavilion’s Ancestor to Fairy Wang. He left Baisuan Pavilion protected by a force of powerful Puppets and set out to aid both sects at once.

• Lin Xuan recognized his obligations to Horizon Sea Pavilion and Pine Wind Academy and asked Fairy Wang about Horizon Sea Pavilion’s situation.
• Lin Xuan showed the Horizon Sea Pavilion Supreme Elder’s Command Token, and Fairy Wang recognized him as Ancestor Lin.
• Lin Xuan reassured the Confucian-robed cultivator that he would assist both sects simultaneously.
• Lin Xuan summoned more than a hundred powerful Puppets to protect Baisuan Pavilion from a possible Ancient Demon counterattack.
• Lin Xuan prepared to leave for Pine Wind Academy and Horizon Sea Pavilion while Lu Ying'er and the other women wished him well.

Lin Xuan split up to rescue Horizon Sea Pavilion and Pine Wind Academy, sending his Second Nascent Soul toward Pine Wind Academy while he hurried to Horizon Sea Pavilion with Fairy Wang. He reached the besieged sect and found its defenses still holding, though its cultivators faced relentless attacks.

• Lin Xuan sent his Second Nascent Soul to aid Pine Wind Academy and traveled with Fairy Wang toward Horizon Sea Pavilion.
• The Second Nascent Soul summoned a blue Flood Dragon with the Five Elements Spirit-Nurturing Formation flags and carried a scholar-robed cultivator toward Pine Wind Academy.
• Lin Xuan and Fairy Wang passed through the ruined Sea Entry City, where Ancient Demons had slaughtered the inhabitants.
• At Horizon Sea Pavilion, Liu Ying used the Nine Palaces Moment Sword Formation to hold off the late-Lihe Iron-Winged Demon.
• The Iron-Winged Demon ordered Magic Beasts, Demon Insects, and demonized Puppet cultivators to continue attacking Horizon Sea Pavilion's defenses day and night.

Liu Ying gathered Horizon Sea Pavilion’s cultivators to assess the Ancient Demon siege and learned that their Nine Palaces Moment Sword Formation would fail within three days without more rare resources. She reassured them that reinforcements were being brought, but a Heaven Soul Transmission Talisman arrived bearing the remnant soul of Senior Sister Lu.

• A purple-clad cultivator reported that Horizon Sea Pavilion’s disciples had suffered heavy casualties during a month of siege.
• Jing Qing told Liu Ying that the formation’s Top-grade Spirit Stones and Demon Cores were more than eighty percent depleted and would last only three days.
• Liu Ying calmed the gathered cultivators by revealing that she had sent people to collect more supplies.
• A Heaven Soul Transmission Talisman arrived with the remnant soul of Senior Sister Lu, and the cultivators recognized her and grieved.