Recaps

Lin Xuan won Zheng Xuan at the Heavenly Corpse Sect auction, then revealed his identity and freed her from Old Monster Fire Cloud’s restriction. Zheng Xuan began explaining how she had reached the Spirit World, leaving Lin Xuan startled when she mentioned an ancient city in Yanzhou.

• Lin Xuan bid fifty million mid-grade Spirit Stones for Zheng Xuan, and Old Monster Gu stopped bidding; Lin Xuan completed the purchase and received a Heavenly Mystery Mansion as a gift.
• After the auction, Lin Xuan returned to the Post House, set a restriction, and released Zheng Xuan from the Heavenly Mystery Mansion.
• Zheng Xuan recognized Lin Xuan as Ancestor Lin and cried with relief; he removed the restriction sealing her magic power.
• Zheng Xuan asked about her master, Yue'er, and Lin Xuan explained that Yue'er was separated from him after they entered the Asura Gate with Fairy Ruyan.
• Lin Xuan asked how Zheng Xuan had reached the Spirit World, and she recounted traveling to Yanzhou and finding an ancient cultivator city beneath Stream Leap Ravine; Lin Xuan recognized the place and wondered if she had used its Teleportation Array.

Zheng Xuan told Lin Xuan how she had reached the Spirit World and been captured by Fire Cloud Venerable, while Old Devil Gu secretly plotted to seize her and kill Lin Xuan after they left the Heavenly Corpse Sect’s territory.

• Zheng Xuan recounted that she had advanced to Lihe in the Spirit World before Fire Cloud Venerable recognized her Five Yin Absolute Pulse and captured her.
• Lin Xuan listened to Zheng Xuan’s account and learned that Fire Cloud Venerable had brought her to the Heavenly Corpse Sect for the Ten Thousand Treasures Assembly.
• Zheng Xuan warned Lin Xuan that Old Devil Gu was a powerful elder of the sect and might retaliate for her rescue.
• Old Devil Gu rejected his disciples’ suggestion to capture Lin Xuan at the sect, saying it would harm the sect’s reputation.
• Old Devil Gu ordered three Dongxuan Realm disciples to ambush Lin Xuan after he left the sect’s sphere of influence and bring Zheng Xuan back unharmed.

Lin Xuan left the Ten Thousand Treasures Assembly, unaware that a Heavenly Corpse Sect disciple had secretly marked him and alerted Old Devil Gu’s hunters. He fled far from the sect’s territory and replenished his magic power with Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk, but worried that his supply would soon run out.

• Lin Xuan left the assembly aboard a Bone Boat after spending two days keeping up appearances.
• A Core Condensation Realm Heavenly Corpse Sect disciple secretly used a Soul-Marking Orb to place a tracking mark on Lin Xuan and lit Message-Transmitting Incense to summon Old Devil Gu’s three Dongxuan Realm disciples.
• The hunters confirmed the mark on a tracking artifact and pursued Lin Xuan, while Lin Xuan unknowingly sped away from the Corpse Qi Swamp.
• Lin Xuan used Phantom Escape and Thousand-Mile Instantaneous to travel fifty or sixty thousand li from the Heavenly Corpse Sect’s main altar.
• Lin Xuan drank several drops of Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk to restore his magic power and worried that his supply was dwindling.

Lin Xuan used a Random Teleportation Talisman to escape the Heavenly Corpse Sect pursuers, but they followed him to a nearby teleportation point. Rather than flee again, he confronted the three Dongxuan Realm cultivators, and their attack began.

• Lin Xuan stored his Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk and used Phantom Escape to teleport tens of thousands of li away.
• The three Heavenly Corpse Sect cultivators identified the teleportation as a low-grade Random Teleportation Talisman and learned Lin Xuan was heading toward Ivory Mountain.
• Lin Xuan replenished his magic power with a Top-grade Spirit Stone, sensed three powerful spiritual pressures appear nearby, and deduced they had used a sect teleportation point.
• Instead of fleeing, Lin Xuan flew toward the three pursuers, who were surprised by his approach.
• Lin Xuan arrived and asked whether the three cultivators had come to see him off; the Confucian scholar summoned a bone sword and slashed at his head.

Lin Xuan ambushed three Heavenly Corpse Sect cultivators, badly injuring the scholar and destroying their Teleportation Array. The scholar then used the Six-Word Evil Ghost Curse to summon a green-faced evil ghost from the Underworld Realm.

• Lin Xuan teleported behind the scholar and struck him with claw rays and a cyan sword light, heavily wounding him.
• Lin Xuan evaded the other two cultivators' attacks and destroyed the Teleportation Array to prevent reinforcements from arriving.
• The scholar treated his injuries and confronted Lin Xuan, while Lin Xuan summoned the Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring.
• The scholar transformed his White Bone Sword into a writing brush and used the Six-Word Evil Ghost Curse to tear open a spatial rift.
• A green-faced, tusked evil ghost emerged from the rift into the Human World.

The Confucian-robed cultivator fused with a Fierce Ghost and overwhelmed Lin Xuan in close combat. Lin Xuan secretly feigned weakness and drew his opponent tens of thousands of zhang away from the other Heavenly Corpse Sect cultivators, preparing to strike while they could not intervene.

• The Confucian-robed cultivator fused with his Yinhun ghost creature, healing his injuries and greatly increasing his strength.
• The cultivator used spatial techniques to counter Lin Xuan's Teleportation, so Lin Xuan underwent Phoenix Transformation to meet his attack.
• The ghost-fused cultivator battered Lin Xuan and appeared to have him at a disadvantage, while the heavily made-up woman and the sinister cultivator watched from afar.
• Lin Xuan avoided serious injury as he let the fight carry them tens of thousands of zhang from the other two cultivators.
• The Confucian-robed cultivator grew overconfident and lunged at Lin Xuan, who revealed that his apparent weakness had been a ploy to isolate him before striking.

Lin Xuan revealed that he had been feigning weakness and killed the monster formed from the Confucian scholar and Fierce Ghost with the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire. He then countered the woman’s ghostly treasures and hidden Flying Fork, vanished with Nine Heavens Micro-Steps, and attacked her with a punch.

• Lin Xuan unleashed the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire, defeating the monster’s Demon Pythons and Mysterious Yin Shield before burning the monster to nothingness.
• The sinister cultivator and the woman in gaudy makeup arrived too late to save their companion and decided they had to fight Lin Xuan to carry out their master’s task.
• The woman in gaudy makeup summoned a multitude of skulls from her silk handkerchief, and Lin Xuan sent his Iron Feather Locust Blades to clash with them.
• Lin Xuan sensed and intercepted the woman’s concealed Flying Fork, then used the Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring to strike it again after she hid it.
• Lin Xuan vanished with Nine Heavens Micro-Steps and punched at the woman in gaudy makeup as she raised a White Bone Shield.

Lin Xuan fought off the heavily made-up woman and the sinister cultivator with overwhelming attacks and several treasures. As their insect swarms were destroyed, the sinister cultivator summoned hundreds of Skeleton Soldiers, and Lin Xuan sent the Blood Fire Ants to meet them.

• Lin Xuan shattered the heavily made-up woman's White Bone Shield and broke her left shoulder with a punch.
• A strange beast attacked Lin Xuan, but his Heavenly Thunder Sand revealed it was the sinister cultivator's Wolf-Tooth Mace and destroyed its spiritual power.
• The sinister cultivator emerged and used an Ancient Treasure shaped like a bone-covered mountain to withstand the Heavenly Thunder Sand.
• The heavily made-up woman unleashed Corpse Insects, and Lin Xuan countered with Blood Fire Ants from his Ten Thousand Soul Tower.
• Lin Xuan used the Hundred Spirit Bell to weaken the Corpse Insects, then made the Blood Fire Ants self-detonate and destroy them.
• The sinister cultivator raised hundreds of Lihe-level Skeleton Soldiers from the mountain, and Lin Xuan sent his Blood Fire Ants toward them.

Lin Xuan used the Spirit-Devouring Sword to destroy the mountain treasure and kill the late Dongxuan cultivator. He pursued the fleeing female cultivator, who tried to slow him with several magic tools.

• The Heavenly Corpse Sect cultivators trapped Lin Xuan’s Nine Heavens Micro-Steps with a bluish-gray bead and sent a mountain-shaped treasure crashing toward him.
• Lin Xuan summoned the Spirit-Devouring Sword and unleashed four spiritual beasts, which melted the mountain and overwhelmed the sinister cultivator’s defenses.
• The sinister cultivator was swallowed by the sword’s attack, and the heavily made-up woman fled in fear.
• Lin Xuan chased the woman and rapidly closed the distance between them.
• The woman fired several black-lit blades, spears, swords, and halberds at Lin Xuan to buy time.

Lin Xuan killed the heavily made-up woman with his Ink Spirit Drill, but she left a tracking mark on him before he escaped using a Random Teleportation Talisman. Old Devil Gu learned that his three disciples had died and discovered that they had marked Lin Xuan before their deaths.

• The heavily made-up woman destroyed her treasures and tried to activate a silver talisman, but Lin Xuan killed her with the Ink Spirit Drill.
• Lin Xuan caught the woman’s Nascent Soul, but she self-destructed and sent two streaks of black light away, one marking Lin Xuan and the other fleeing into the distance.
• Lin Xuan found the woman’s intact Random Teleportation Talisman and used it to vanish from the area.
• At the Heavenly Corpse Sect’s main helm, Old Devil Gu received the black light and learned that his three disciples had died after planting a tracking mark on Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan used a Random Teleportation Talisman to escape the Heavenly Corpse Sect, but landed only about three hundred thousand li from the Huiyin Mountain Range. As he fled and searched for a way to evade Old Devil Gu, the pursuer caught up behind him.

• Lin Xuan emerged in a desolate wilderness after using a Random Teleportation Talisman and checked that no danger was nearby.
• Lin Xuan found a group of cultivators in the Gravel Wilderness and asked the red-faced old man for the location and a map.
• Lin Xuan learned he was only about three hundred thousand li from the Huiyin Mountain Range, took the Jade Slip, and left a top-grade Spirit Tool in exchange.
• Lin Xuan continued fleeing and considered returning to the Cloud Hidden Sect, but decided the journey would take too long.
• Lin Xuan sensed Old Devil Gu approaching from about ten thousand li behind him.

Lin Xuan used Phantom Escape repeatedly to flee Old Devil Gu, but after more than three months he still could not shake his pursuer. With his Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk running low, he considered using the Five Dragon Seal but feared exposing it to powerful figures in the Nailong Realm.

• Lin Xuan replenished his magic power and used Phantom Escape to create nearly a hundred lifelike copies before teleporting away in rapid succession.
• Old Devil Gu pursued Lin Xuan and was astonished by the vast distance his escape art covered.
• Lin Xuan teleported several dozen times, then used Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk and medicinal pills to recover while continuing to flee.
• More than three months after the Ten Thousand Treasures Assembly, Lin Xuan remained unable to lose Old Devil Gu, who repeatedly blocked his route back to the Cloud Hidden Sect.
• Lin Xuan considered using the Five Dragon Seal to kill Old Devil Gu but feared that revealing it would attract powerful enemies.

After three months of fleeing Old Devil Gu, Lin Xuan planned to hide in Tianfeng City, where cultivators were forbidden, and Zheng Xuan gave him an ancient art that might conceal his cultivation. Lin Xuan headed for the city to study it while Old Devil Gu continued his pursuit.

• Lin Xuan studied a map and decided to try entering Tianfeng City, hoping its Demon-Transformed residents would make pursuit difficult.
• Zheng Xuan gave Lin Xuan a Jade Slip containing the Heavenly Demon Infant Transformation Art, which could conceal magic power and make a Nascent Soul formless.
• Lin Xuan sent Zheng Xuan to rendezvous with him in Yueluo City, then set off toward Tianfeng City while studying the art.
• Lin Xuan considered using the Ink Moon Heaven Witch Art and Qi Concealment Technique if he could not master the new art, and resolved to destroy the Heavenly Corpse Sect if he escaped.
• Old Devil Gu reflected on his frustrating three-month pursuit and remained determined to capture Lin Xuan for the Five Yin Absolute Pulse Cauldron.

Lin Xuan used the Heavenly Demon Infant Transformation Art to hide his cultivation and entered Tianfeng City, hoping its Demon-Transformed defenders would help him escape Old Devil Gu. Old Devil Gu continued pursuing him, unaware of whether Lin Xuan’s plan would work.

• Old Devil Gu noticed Lin Xuan’s pace had slowed but dismissed the possibility that his schemes could threaten a Spirit Division cultivator.
• Lin Xuan mastered the Heavenly Demon Infant Transformation Art and used it to make his magic power, Nascent Soul, and Demon Core undetectable.
• Lin Xuan approached Tianfeng City and hoped its powerful defenses and Demon-Transformed inhabitants would hinder Old Devil Gu.
• Lin Xuan walked through the city gate without triggering its restrictions.
• Old Devil Gu continued toward Tianfeng City, confident that he could overcome Lin Xuan’s trap.

Old Devil Gu pursued Lin Xuan to Tianfeng City, where the city’s ancient restriction concealed Lin Xuan and barred immortal cultivators. As the Seven Elders debated whether to resist the powerful intruder, Old Devil Gu’s patience ran out at the city gate.

• Old Devil Gu sensed Lin Xuan inside Tianfeng City, while Lin Xuan ate in a restaurant and waited for the pursuit to unfold.
• Tianfeng City’s warning bell sounded, its protective barrier began to rise, and the Demon-Transformed learned that a Spirit Division cultivator had arrived.
• Old Devil Gu demanded that the city hand over his enemy, but a white-haired elder denied that an immortal cultivator could have entered unnoticed.
• The Seven Elders received a message about Old Devil Gu’s demand and debated whether defending the city’s principles was worth risking a clash with him.
• The Seven Elders flew toward the city gate as Old Devil Gu demanded entry and threatened the white-haired elder.

Old Devil Gu broke through Tianfeng City's ancient protection array and slaughtered its defenders after accusing them of sheltering Lin. He summoned a vast Corpse Cloud filled with armored Refined Corpses to destroy the city and prevent anyone from escaping.

• Old Devil Gu summoned two Single-Horned Giant Pythons and attacked Tianfeng City's defenders, but the ancient restrictions repelled them.
• Old Devil Gu used a lightning-covered Sharp Cone Dharma Treasure to pierce the Sect Protection Array and rushed through the shrinking gap.
• Old Devil Gu released Corpse Poison, killing several hundred Demon-Transformed as the survivors fled.
• Old Devil Gu summoned a black pouch and filled the sky above Tianfeng City with a Corpse Cloud containing countless armored soldiers.
• The armored Refined Corpses emerged from the Corpse Cloud as Old Devil Gu prepared to raze the city and eliminate all witnesses.

Old Devil Gu attacked Tianfeng City with tens of thousands of refined corpses, but seven elders used the Black Tortoise Seven Heroes Formation to draw him into a battle inside its cloud-shaped formation. While the fighting continued, Lin Xuan slipped away and removed his disguise, keeping his identity concealed with the Qi Concealment Technique.

• Old Devil Gu sent his Copper Armored Corpses to attack the city wall, and they overwhelmed the Demon-Transformed defending that section.
• Seven Dongxuan Realm elders arrived, and Old Devil Gu wounded the bald elder with a surprise attack before the elders activated the Black Tortoise Seven Heroes Formation.
• The formation formed a vast Black Tortoise-shaped cloud and pulled Old Devil Gu inside, where he fought the seven elders.
• Lin Xuan judged that the formation could hold Old Devil Gu, then left the crowd and secretly undid the Heavenly Demon Infant Transformation Art.
• Lin Xuan immediately used the Qi Concealment Technique so his identity remained hidden.

Lin Xuan searched Tianfeng City for its treasure vault, found it guarded by a Dongxuan-stage Demon-Transformed, and learned its location after defeating him. As Old Devil Gu’s battle with Tianfeng City’s elders worsened, Lin Xuan reached the cliff concealing the vault.

• Lin Xuan searched Tianfeng City for treasures and flew to the mountain where the seven Dongxuan-level Demon-Transformed had come from.
• Lin Xuan spotted a hunchbacked Demon-Transformed guarding the summit and froze him with Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire.
• Lin Xuan used the Soul-Searching Technique to learn that the Demon-Transformed had guarded the treasure vault, then shattered the ice sculpture and killed him.
• The Silver-Haired Elder realized Fellow Daoist Hu had fallen and accused Old Devil Gu of sending an accomplice into Tianfeng City for the treasure.
• Old Devil Gu released his Silver-Winged Corpse King, intensifying the battle as the elders faced a grave crisis and the Demon-Transformed gained the upper hand inside the city.
• Lin Xuan used the dead guard’s memories to find the cliff face concealing the treasure vault.

Lin Xuan found a hidden hall and struggled to break through the blue barrier protecting its treasures. Outside Tianfeng City, the Silver-Winged Corpse King killed one of the Demon-Transformed, and the white-haired old woman fled as the others faced defeat.

• Lin Xuan entered a cave whose restrictions blocked his divine sense and found a hall containing several racks and boxes behind a blue protective barrier.
• Lin Xuan's Sword Qi failed to affect the barrier, so he unleashed the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire, but its freezing power was blocked.
• Lin Xuan infused the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire with more magic power and used its poison, devouring, and corrosion attributes against the barrier.
• The Silver-Winged Corpse King fatally wounded the bald Demon-Transformed, leaving the remaining fighters alarmed and trapped between fleeing and staying to fight.
• The white-haired old woman, Fellow Daoist Long, turned and fled, shocking and enraging the remaining Demon-Transformed.

Old Devil Gu killed the fleeing Old Crone and a black-clothed Demon-Transformed, leaving the remaining defenders of Tianfeng City to unleash a life-sacrificing formation. The formation sealed Old Devil Gu inside a dense dark cloud, trapping him as it continued to absorb the region’s spiritual energy.

• The Old Crone fled, but a Ghost Claw seized and killed her before Old Devil Gu appeared beside her.
• Old Devil Gu attacked the black-clothed man with a Lightning Dragon and killed him, leaving four of the seven defenders alive.
• The Silver-Haired Elder and the other three defenders activated their final move with Formation Flags and sacrificed their lives to create a Black Tortoise-shaped dark cloud.
• Old Devil Gu tried to escape the shrinking cloud, but its barrier repelled him and his Sharp Cone treasure could not break through.
• The dark cloud continued drawing spiritual energy from across ten thousand li while Old Devil Gu remained trapped inside.

Lin Xuan broke into a hidden treasury and gathered ancient martial arts manuals, demon beast crystal cores, and rare Spirit Division-stage materials. A devastating explosion then destroyed nearly half of Tianfeng City, and just as Lin Xuan assumed Old Devil Gu had died, a gray-white pillar of light shot toward him.

• Lin Xuan broke the treasury’s barrier and collected its ancient manuals, including the Bixue Luoyu Manual, which taught top-tier martial arts for Demon-Transformed.
• Lin Xuan opened the first chest and found over two hundred demon beast crystal cores, including more than a dozen from Dongxuan-level beasts.
• Lin Xuan found Spirit Division-stage demonic beast materials in the second chest and stored the chest away without inspecting all its boxes.
• A tremendous explosion shook the area, so Lin Xuan left the cave and saw that nearly half of Tianfeng City had been destroyed.
• Lin Xuan realized the remaining four elders had sacrificed themselves to unleash the Black Tortoise Seven Heroes Formation’s final attack against Old Devil Gu, and he assumed the old devil had perished.
• A gray-white pillar of light burst from the cloud layer and shot straight toward Lin Xuan’s head.

Lin Xuan narrowly dodged Old Devil Gu’s surprise attack, then faced the battered Spirit Division cultivator after the Silver-Winged Corpse King had shielded him from an explosion. Lin Xuan taunted Old Devil Gu into attacking, but the old devil’s next strike sent Lin and his defensive treasure flying.

• Lin Xuan dodged a gray-white pillar of light that blasted a huge hole into the ground.
• Lin Xuan found Old Devil Gu alive but badly injured, while the Silver-Winged Corpse King was too damaged to fight and was returned to the Spirit Ghost Bag.
• Old Devil Gu blamed Lin Xuan for the battle’s losses, including the destruction of his Copper Armored Corpses, and vowed revenge.
• Lin Xuan mocked Old Devil Gu to provoke him and watched for an attack.
• Old Devil Gu fired a black spiritual radiance at Lin Xuan, who blocked it with the Mystic Cyan Mother-Child Shield, but the impact hurled him dozens of zhang away.

Lin Xuan used the Five Elements Spirit-Nurturing Formation to conceal the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire and freeze Old Devil Gu, then attacked the immobilized Spirit Division cultivator with the Spirit-Devouring Sword. As the Sword Ray struck, Old Devil Gu revealed a fierce glint, leaving Lin Xuan unsure whether his opponent had another trick.

• Lin Xuan tested Old Devil Gu with a giant sword and Flying Daggers, but the Spirit Division cultivator easily blocked both attacks.
• Lin Xuan brought out the Five Elements Spirit-Nurturing Formation and filled the area with ice crystals, disguising the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire among them.
• The concealed Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire caught Old Devil Gu off guard and froze him inside Mystic Ice.
• Lin Xuan summoned the Spirit-Devouring Sword and unleashed a silver Sword Ray at the trapped Old Devil Gu.
• Just as the Sword Ray struck, Old Devil Gu's eyes flashed fiercely, hinting that he might still resist.

Lin Xuan’s sword strike failed to harm Old Devil Gu, who escaped the explosion with a spatial secret art and broke free of the Mystic Ice. The two continued their desperate fight, leaving Lin Xuan injured by the old monster’s Bone Spear.

• Lin Xuan watched Old Devil Gu vanish from the explosion and reappear unharmed, realizing he had used a spatial secret art that weakened him.
• Lin Xuan prepared to attack again, but Old Devil Gu shattered the Mystic Ice and broke free.
• Lin Xuan decided to press his advantage and fight Old Devil Gu rather than flee, while Old Devil Gu renewed his attack in a fury.
• Old Devil Gu launched a grayish-white Bone Spear that pierced the Mystic Cyan Mother-Child Shield.
• Lin Xuan used Nine Heavens Micro-Steps to escape the Bone Spear, but the attack still wounded his right shoulder.

Lin Xuan used a succession of treasures and techniques to fend off Old Devil Gu, but the Spirit Division-stage cultivator overpowered each attack. The chapter ended as Lin Xuan unleashed a vast swarm of Blood Fire Ants from the Ten Thousand Soul Tower, forcing Old Devil Gu to face a new threat.

• Lin Xuan healed his wound and sent the Iron Feather Locust Blades and Zen Staff to intercept Old Devil Gu's Bone Spear.
• Old Devil Gu's Bone Spear damaged the Zen Staff with black liquid, so Lin Xuan detonated the treasure to knock the spear off course.
• Lin Xuan unleashed the Hundred Dragon Fangs, but Old Devil Gu emerged from the attack and continued pressing him.
• Lin Xuan used the Lesser Luo Heaven Dharma Image to destroy Old Devil Gu's five balls of light, then saw the old devil summon a three-headed, six-armed Void Shadow with the Six-Word Evil Ghost Curse.
• Lin Xuan opened the Ten Thousand Soul Tower and released more than a hundred million Blood Fire Ants, while Old Devil Gu chose to fight rather than retreat.