Recaps

Lin Xuan defeated and killed Demon Venerable Bailing, turning the battle against the Moling Sect and saving the Xianyun Sect. The sect’s leaders recruited Lin Xuan as their new Supreme Elder, and he left with Moling for their main altar.

• Lin Xuan used the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire to overwhelm Demon Venerable Bailing’s Bailing Demon Fire, then killed him with sword-light after he failed to escape or fight back.
• With their Supreme Elder dead, the Moling Sect cultivators lost their will to fight and scattered, ending the threat to the Xianyun Sect.
• The Xianyun Sect’s leaders thanked Lin Xuan, and he said he was a Rogue Cultivator repaying a favor from Fellow Daoist Xuandeng.
• The middle-aged Ancient Demon offered Lin Xuan the position of Supreme Elder, promising that he would only need to deter threats in exchange for sect support and resources.
• Lin Xuan accepted the offer, and Moling accompanied him toward the sect’s main altar while the other leaders stayed to clean up the battlefield.

Lin Xuan settled into a secluded cultivation cave at the Xianyun Sect headquarters and began examining the Bailing Demon Fire he had absorbed. The sect’s leaders mistook his preference for solitude as a sign that he was an ascetic cultivator and decided to accommodate him.

• Moling showed Lin Xuan an abandoned valley and offered him the former cultivation caves of two deceased elders, but he chose to open a new cave himself and told her not to disturb him without cause.
• After Moling recounted the meeting, the two late-stage Ancient Demons concluded Lin Xuan was an ascetic cultivator and planned to follow his instructions and prepare offerings for him.
• Lin Xuan used sword-light to open a cultivation cave, then set up the Five Elements Spirit-Nurturing Formation and other restrictions around the valley.
• After bathing and resting, Lin Xuan examined his Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire and found the Bailing Demon Fire still intact inside it, which he considered refining and fusing to increase its power.

After refining the Bailing Demon Fire, Lin Xuan discovered that it had greatly strengthened the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire, but he chose to focus on advancing his cultivation before seeking more flames. When Xianyun Sect’s elders brought him an offering, he accepted it and declared that he would enter seclusion, while the elders hoped he would stay out of the sect’s affairs.

• After two months of effort, Lin Xuan refined the Bailing Demon Fire, granting the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire a Piercing attribute and increasing its power by twenty percent.
• Lin Xuan considered using other Demon Flames to strengthen his secret art, but decided that raising his magic power and advancing to the Spirit Division Stage came first.
• A Sound Transmission Talisman summoned Lin Xuan, who briefly opened his valley’s restrictions to receive the middle-aged man, the fatty, and Moling.
• The three Ancient Demons presented Lin Xuan with high-grade Magic Stones and rare Demon World materials as the sect’s annual offering.
• Lin Xuan accepted the treasures, told the three not to bring further annual offerings, and ordered them not to disturb his coming seclusion unless a major matter arose.
• After leaving the valley, the three Ancient Demons agreed that Lin Xuan was devoted to cultivation and unlikely to interfere in sect affairs, though the fatty voiced a remaining concern.

Lin Xuan spent eighty years cultivating in Xianyun Sect, briefly emerging to destroy an invading force and save the sect. By the end, his Main Nascent Soul had reached the peak of the Dongxuan realm, but he still needed one more thing to advance to the Spirit Division Stage.

• Lin Xuan spent the first decades of his seclusion cultivating, until more than ten Dongxuan Realm Ancient Demons attacked Xianyun Sect in the thirtieth year.
• Lin Xuan stayed to defend Xianyun Sect and killed every invader, earning the disciples’ awe and gratitude.
• Lin Xuan ordered the sect to conceal his strength, and Xianyun Sect kept his secret as he returned to undisturbed cultivation.
• Across the Demon World, forces linked to Saint Ancestor Bingpo and Baoshe Saint Ancestor destroyed more than a hundred groups in Yeniu Province, while rumors spread about their motives.
• Lin Xuan advanced to the peak of the Dongxuan realm and refined five Spirit Division Pills into three high-grade pills, but he still lacked one requirement to break through.

Lin Xuan left his secluded cultivation cave to seek a stronger Spirit Vein for his breakthrough to the Spirit Division Stage, then told Xianyun Sect’s leaders that he had reached the peak of the Dongxuan Realm. He reassured them he would not abandon the sect and explained that he still lacked something necessary for his breakthrough.

• Lin Xuan opened his cave after eighty years, retrieved the Five Elements Spirit-Nurturing Formation, and flew to the Xianyun Sect’s main peak.
• The middle-aged Devil Race member greeted Lin Xuan, and Moling and the fat Ancient Demon soon joined them.
• Lin Xuan said he wanted to find another excellent Spirit Vein, prompting the three sect members to fear he would leave.
• Lin Xuan reassured them that he had no intention of abandoning Xianyun Sect.
• Lin Xuan revealed that he had reached the peak of the Dongxuan Realm after eighty years of cultivation.
• Lin Xuan said he still lacked one thing needed to enter the Spirit Division Stage.

Lin Xuan asked the Xianyun Sect demons for materials to prepare for advancing to the Spirit Division Stage and learned that the sect also had a storehouse of ingredients he needed. After receiving them, he asked the three demons to find him a suitable Spirit Vein, and the Palace-Robed Woman seemed to have thought of a possibility.

• Lin Xuan named the materials he needed, and the three demons recognized them as ingredients once collected from a human cultivator killed by Xuandeng.
• Lin Xuan claimed he would use the ingredients to refine a Devil God Pill, and the middle-aged man agreed to retrieve them from the sect's treasury.
• A Nascent Soul Realm Devil Race member delivered the materials, and Lin Xuan confirmed that none were missing.
• Lin Xuan asked the three demons to find a fine Spirit Vein site where he could break through, but they struggled because the best veins were held by great powers.
• The Palace-Robed Woman appeared to have an idea, and Lin Xuan asked her to explain it.

Lin Xuan learned that Spirit Source Valley could produce Spirit Veins and rare treasures every thirty years, making it a promising place for his breakthrough to the Spirit Division Stage. The valley’s dangers and crowds threatened to disrupt his cultivation, but Lin Xuan insisted he could protect himself.

• The Palace-Robed Woman suggested Spirit Source Valley in western Tianhe Province as a place to find a Spirit Vein.
• The demons explained that the valley changed every thirty years, producing Spirit Veins and rare plants of varying quality.
• Lin Xuan learned that some Spirit Veins could support cultivation even at the Spirit Division Stage and resolved that the valley might help his breakthrough.
• The Palace-Robed Woman and the fat man warned that cultivators flocked to the valley for its treasures, making it dangerous to break through there.
• The middle-aged man offered for the three demons to accompany Lin Xuan and guard him, but Lin Xuan declined, saying he had ways to protect himself.

Lin Xuan learned that Spirit Source Valley would undergo its next change in two years and set out alone to reach it, using the journey to prepare for his breakthrough into the Spirit Division Stage. As cultivators gathered in Leiyun Prefecture, the valley’s coming transformation promised both rare treasures and deadly beasts.

• Lin Xuan refused the three Ancient Demons’ offer to accompany him, explaining that they were too weak to protect him in Spirit Source Valley.
• Moling told Lin Xuan that the valley’s next abnormal change would begin in two years and last about half a year, giving him enough time to attempt his breakthrough.
• Lin Xuan left the Xianyun Sect the next morning, while the sect announced that he had gone into seclusion to cultivate a powerful secret art.
• After flying more than a hundred thousand li, Lin Xuan switched to the Demon Boat and continued west toward Spirit Source Valley.
• Devil Race cultivators poured into Leiyun Prefecture ahead of the valley’s change, which would bring Spirit Veins, treasures, powerful Magic Beasts, and fierce competition.

Lin Xuan waited in Mofeng City for Spirit Source Valley’s anomaly, planning to use the valley’s abundant spiritual energy to break through his bottleneck rather than seek treasure. As the anomaly began, he stayed back while the Tianlan Twin Devils prepared to search the valley for Dragon Flame Grass on Heaven Origin Saint Ancestor’s orders.

• Lin Xuan studied the Xie Family’s Jade Slip about Spirit Source Valley and learned that powerful Magic Beasts would appear during the anomaly.
• Lin Xuan spent three days resting in Mofeng City and watching the gathered devil cultivators, remaining wary of Spirit Division-level cultivators who might enter the valley.
• The Tianlan Twin Devils discussed their mission to find Dragon Flame Grass for Heaven Origin Saint Ancestor and agreed that Spirit Division-level strength was needed.
• When thunder announced the start of the anomaly, many Devil Race cultivators hurried toward Spirit Source Valley, but Lin Xuan chose to wait for the initial rush to pass.

Lin Xuan discovered that Perfected Master Tongyu had become a middle-stage Ancient Demon and was losing a desperate fight against a powerful Two-Headed Four-Armed Ancient Demon. Just as Tongyu was about to be captured, Lin Xuan intervened with a concealed strike that destroyed his enemy’s demonic image.

• Lin Xuan flew toward Spirit Source Valley and noticed a fierce battle on the way.
• Lin Xuan recognized Perfected Master Tongyu, his former sect master, fighting as an Ancient Demon in the Demon World.
• The Two-Headed Four-Armed Ancient Demon overwhelmed Tongyu, deflected his Demon Blades with a demonic image, and drove him to attempt escape.
• The demonic image reached for Tongyu, who prepared to abandon his body and flee as a Nascent Soul.
• Lin Xuan struck from concealment with azure light and destroyed the demonic image, startling both combatants.

Lin Xuan reunited with Perfected Master Tongyu in Spirit Source Valley and rescued him by killing the Two-Headed Four-Armed Ancient Demon. He learned that Tongyu needed several medicinal herbs for a cultivation bottleneck and gave them to him.

• Lin Xuan appeared before the Two-Headed Four-Armed Ancient Demon and Perfected Master Tongyu, revealing his late-Dongxuan cultivation.
• The Two-Headed Four-Armed Ancient Demon tried to invoke his master’s backing, but Lin Xuan killed him and annihilated his Nascent Soul with a single strike.
• Perfected Master Tongyu thanked Lin Xuan, and Lin Xuan reminded him of their master-disciple bond.
• Lin Xuan asked why Perfected Master Tongyu had come to Spirit Source Valley, and Tongyu explained that he needed treasures to overcome a cultivation bottleneck.
• Perfected Master Tongyu named Senna Leaf, Aloe Herb, Water Buffalo Horn, and Red Peony, and Lin Xuan took the herbs from his storage and handed them over.

Lin Xuan gave Perfected Master Tongyu spirit herbs and entered Spirit Source Valley, where he exposed his cultivation to deter ambushers. In the inner valley, he found a powerful Ancient Demon slain in one strike and was attacked by a hidden enemy whose blade of light swallowed his Sword Qi.

• Lin Xuan gave Perfected Master Tongyu spirit herbs, warned him away from Spirit Source Valley, and departed as Tongyu returned the way he had come.
• Lin Xuan entered Spirit Source Valley and discovered that some Devil Race cultivators were ambushing weaker travelers in the outer valley to seize their treasures.
• After several groups targeted him, Lin Xuan captured one attacker, searched his soul, and revealed his peak Dongxuan Realm spiritual pressure to discourage further ambushes.
• Three days later, Lin Xuan entered the inner valley and flew out to search for a Spirit Vein.
• Lin Xuan found a mid-Dongxuan Ancient Demon cut in half by a single strike and sensed an unseen enemy watching him.
• A hidden attacker launched a crescent-shaped blade of light, which swallowed the Sword Qi Lin Xuan sent against it.

Lin Xuan discovered that a hidden attacker was a Yangzhi Bird capable of controlling Spatial Rifts, and fought it after Little Fur Ball proved unavailable. The chapter ended with Lin Xuan trapping the bird in a Force Cyclone.

• Lin Xuan used Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire to defeat a Spatial Rift and realized his unseen enemy could control spatial abilities.
• Lin Xuan used his Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye to locate and expose the attacker as a Yangzhi Bird descended from the Phoenix.
• Lin Xuan summoned Little Fur Ball, but found it hibernating before a possible advancement and unable to respond.
• The Yangzhi Bird enlarged itself with Giant Technique and attacked Lin Xuan with Wind Blades and a powerful claw.
• Lin Xuan dodged the bird’s assault and enveloped its massive body in a Force Cyclone.

Lin Xuan fought the Yangzhi Bird with his treasures and discovered that its strongest abilities came with severe limits. He overwhelmed the exhausted bird and declared that he would take its Crystal Core, leaving it surrounded with no clear escape.

• Lin Xuan trapped the Yangzhi Bird with the Force Cyclone and Soul-Losing Drum, then struck at it with the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword, but the bird blocked the giant blade with its wing.
• Lin Xuan sent eighty-one Immortal Swords against the Yangzhi Bird, which countered with black Demon Flame until the two attacks appeared evenly matched.
• Lin Xuan deduced that the bird could use its Spatial Rift and body-hardening secret art only at great cost, and noticed it was avoiding the swords and growing weaker.
• Lin Xuan attacked with the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword, Iron Feather Locust Blade, Soul-Losing Drum, and Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire, forcing the Yangzhi Bird to consider retreat.
• Lin Xuan cut off the bird's escape with twenty-seven Immortal Swords and announced that he would take its Crystal Core.

Lin Xuan killed the Yangzhi Bird with the Sea-Overturning Halberd and a net of sword threads, then captured its Crystal Core. While wondering whether it held Heavenly Phoenix True Blood, he realized the bird’s presence might point to the Spirit Vein he had been seeking.

• Lin Xuan waited for the Yangzhi Bird to make a mistake while his treasures and Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire kept it under pressure.
• Lin Xuan struck with the Sea-Overturning Halberd and trapped the Yangzhi Bird in a net formed by the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Swords’ Sword into Silk Technique.
• The Yangzhi Bird raised a Flame Shield, but Lin Xuan’s crescent-shaped light blade cut through it and beheaded the bird.
• Lin Xuan captured the bird’s fleeing Crystal Core, sealed it in a Jade Box, and stored it in his Instantaneous Bag.
• Lin Xuan wondered whether he could extract Heavenly Phoenix True Blood from the core, then realized the Yangzhi Bird’s appearance might mean a Spirit Vein had emerged nearby.

Lin Xuan waited near the Yangzhi Bird’s corpse until a Spirit Vein emerged with a new mountain covered in spiritual treasures. As three Dongxuan Realm Ancient Demons arrived to gather the treasures, Lin Xuan concealed himself and prepared to kill them so no one would learn of the Spirit Vein.

• Lin Xuan searched the area for a Spirit Vein, then harvested the Yangzhi Bird’s remains and waited nearby.
• After three quiet days, Lin Xuan began to leave, but the ground shook and a Spirit Vein appeared where he had been waiting.
• A mountain rose from the earth, became covered in vegetation, and revealed numerous spirit herbs and treasures.
• Lin Xuan sensed three approaching Dongxuan Realm Ancient Demons and decided to kill them to protect his secluded cultivation plans.
• Lin Xuan hid his presence as the Silver-Haired Elder, a one-eyed big man, and a Devil Race woman arrived; the big man sensed danger.

Lin Xuan ambushed three Ancient Demons in Spirit Source Valley and killed them in moments, leaving no survivors or traces of their bodies. He collected their Storage Bags and then flew toward another location after searching with his divine sense.

• The three demons grew wary when their Second Brother sensed danger, and their leader brought out Spirit Wine that could temporarily expand divine sense.
• Lin Xuan snatched the Spirit Wine, revealed himself as a late-stage Dongxuan Realm cultivator, and attacked the three demons with sword light.
• The Demon Witch and the one-eyed demon were killed by Lin Xuan's sword light before they could escape.
• Lin Xuan trapped the surviving old man with a golden Force Cyclone and cleaved him in two with a giant sword.
• Lin Xuan took the three demons' Storage Bags, burned their corpses to ash, and flew toward the horizon after releasing his divine sense.

Lin Xuan cleared the area around a Spirit Vein and prepared to break through the Spirit Division Stage in Spirit Source Valley. He sealed the site behind layered formations, an illusion, and the Silver-Winged Corpse King, then entered his cultivation cave.

• Lin Xuan killed the Devil Race members within ten thousand li and collected the nearby treasures.
• He opened a crude stone cave by the Spirit Spring to use for his breakthrough.
• Lin Xuan set up the Five Elements Spirit-Nurturing Formation, the Ghostly Array, the Ten Thousand Bat Array, and the Six-Pointed Heavenly Star Array.
• He concealed the mountain range beneath an illusion that made it appear to be a barren plain.
• Lin Xuan summoned the Silver-Winged Corpse King and placed it in a false-death state as his final defense.
• He entered the cultivation cave and closed the stone door behind him.

Lin Xuan swallowed a top-grade Spirit Division Pill and began breaking through to the Spirit Division Stage in his cultivation cave. After several months, a vast heavenly omen drew nearby Ancient Demons, including members of the Demon Ape Sect, to his concealed Spirit Vein.

• Lin Xuan recovered his strength and swallowed a top-grade Spirit Division Pill, guiding its medicinal power through his body to attack his bottleneck.
• For more than two months, Lin Xuan's cultivation cave remained silent as he continued his breakthrough.
• Thunder and surging spiritual energy exposed the hidden Spirit Mountain and formed a massive vortex above Lin Xuan's cave.
• Lin Xuan sensed the heavenly omen but remained focused on his breakthrough, hoping no powerful Ancient Demons would arrive.
• Eight demonic cultivators from the Demon Ape Sect reached the Spirit Vein and stared at the omen with alarm.

As Lin Xuan struggled through a critical bottleneck breakthrough in his cultivation cave, the strange heavenly omen drew Devil Race cultivators to Spirit Source Valley. Two middle-stage Dongxuan Realm old devils joined forces to approach the mountain, leaving Lin Xuan to rely on his formations while he feared even stronger arrivals.

• Shao volunteered to scout the mist-shrouded mountain in exchange for Sun Miaodao's Huanglong Pill, but he did not return.
• Sun Miaodao and the other Demon Ape Sect cultivators tried to leave, but a hidden dwarf Devil Race cultivator appeared and killed them with purple lightning.
• The dwarf speculated that the heavenly omen signaled an extraordinary treasure, while Blood Old Devil suggested it could be caused by someone cultivating or breaking through.
• The dwarf and Blood Old Devil agreed to join forces and rushed toward the mountain range.
• Lin Xuan sensed their approach but could not interrupt his bottleneck assault, and he worried that stronger cultivators might arrive before he reached the Spirit Division Stage.

Lin Xuan focused on breaking through while his Ghostly Array trapped two Devil Race cultivators. Nearby, Dongfang Zhuo joined the Ancient Demons gathering around the strange omen, where the newcomers learned that even a late-Dongxuan expert had vanished into the mist; then two Spirit Division Stage Ancient Demons arrived.

• Lin Xuan set aside distractions and concentrated on breaking through as the dwarf and Blood Old Devil entered his Ghostly Array and were attacked by its yin winds and wronged souls.
• Dongfang Zhuo recalled leaving her clan to seek opportunities, then risked entering Spirit Source Valley after years of hardship and little progress.
• After spotting the celestial omen, Dongfang Zhuo flew toward it and hid among the Ancient Demons gathered outside Lin Xuan's cultivation cave.
• Dongfang Zhuo overheard that several cultivators had vanished inside the mist, including a late-Dongxuan Devil Race member who entered and never returned.
• Two Ancient Demons arrived, and the gathered cultivators realized they were both at the Spirit Division Stage.

The Tianlan Twin Devils arrived at the mist-shrouded valley, where Devil Race cultivators recognized the infamous Spirit Division Stage couple. Suspecting Dragon Flame Grass lay inside and seeking to fulfill Lord Saint Ancestor’s task, they planned to use the gathered cultivators to test the arrays around the valley.

• The gathered Devil Race cultivators watched in awe as a male and female Spirit Division Stage pair arrived.
• A green-robed big man identified the pair as the Tianlan Twin Devils, whose history of slaughter terrified the surrounding cultivators.
• The Tianlan Twin Devils discussed whether Dragon Flame Grass had appeared in the valley, and the man said his divination gave it a strong chance of being there.
• The female devil said capturing the cultivator in secluded cultivation would complete Lord Saint Ancestor’s task and earn them promised benefits.
• The male devil proposed sending the gathered cultivators to probe the valley’s arrays before the couple approached.

The Tianlan Twin Devils forced a group of Ancient Demons to attack Lin Xuan’s formations, killing one who tried to flee. Lin Xuan sensed the danger but stayed focused on breaking through his bottleneck as the formations began to activate.

• The Tianlan Twin Devils ordered the Devil Race cultivators to break the formation and threatened to kill anyone who refused.
• Zhou attempted to escape, but the man of the Tianlan Twin Devils stopped him with a sonic attack and killed him.
• The Tianlan Twin Devils gave the remaining Ancient Demons a choice between attacking the formation and being massacred.
• The Ancient Demons charged toward the mist and Lin Xuan’s formations under pressure from the Tianlan Twin Devils.
• Lin Xuan sensed the invasion from his cultivation cave but continued concentrating on his breakthrough while his formations activated automatically.

The Tianlan Twin Devils forced the Ancient Demons to charge into Lin Xuan’s deadly formations, where most of them perished. The survivors agreed to join forces with Lin Xuan, who promised to emerge from seclusion soon, while the Tianlan Twin Devils noticed the demonic mist had stopped churning.

• The Tianlan Twin Devils drove the Ancient Demons forward by threatening them, and one demon died in the Spirit Division Stage man's Demon Flame.
• Lin Xuan activated all four formations, and they killed eighty to ninety percent of the demon cultivators.
• A Two-Headed Ancient Demon persuaded the survivors to resist the Tianlan Twin Devils with the formation's master, despite their fears he might turn against them.
• Lin Xuan spoke through his Second Nascent Soul and promised the demons safety once he emerged from seclusion.
• The Tianlan Twin Devils noticed that the demonic mist in the depths of the formation had stopped churning.

The Tianlan Twin Devils broke through Lin Xuan’s array and killed the ancient devils who tried to ambush them. Lin Xuan abandoned distractions and focused on advancing, while the Twin Devils prepared to destroy the array.

• The Tianlan Twin Devils charged into Lin Xuan’s array and brushed aside its Yinhun and thousands of black fireballs.
• A surviving Two-Headed Ancient Demon used the array’s cover to attack the male devil, but he dodged and burned it alive with Demon Flame.
• The female devil killed the remaining ancient devils and swallowed their Nascent Souls as Lin Xuan watched from his cultivation cave.
• Lin Xuan realized he had to advance as quickly as possible and refocused on his cultivation.
• The male devil gathered black light around himself and began expanding it into a pillar while Sister Fu prepared to cover him.