Vol. 20The Road Beyond the East Sea

Lin Xuan survived the Yinhun invasion, advanced to the Dongxuan Realm, and uncovered a route to the only known Inter-boundary Teleportation Array. After restoring Nine Immortals Palace and gathering the materials he needed, he chose to leave the East Sea alone.

  • Lin Xuan entered the independent space beneath Red Leaf Island to mine a Top-grade Spirit Stone vein, where his battle with Giant Whale King awakened the Ice Demon Heart Toad.
  • Little Fur Ball injured the Ice Demon Heart Toad and then killed it, allowing Lin Xuan to escape the shifting space.
  • Lin Xuan survived Old Mo’s deadly auction, returned to Black Wind Island, and went to save his Second Nascent Soul from Lie Kong True Person.
  • Lin Xuan fought Lie Kong True Person while their spirit creatures clashed, and Lie Kong launched tens of thousands of iron feathers at him.
  • Lin Xuan used Little Fur Ball to kill Lie Kong True Person, then advanced to the Dongxuan Realm after two hundred years of seclusion.
  • Lin Xuan learned the Sea of Ruins held the sole remaining Inter-boundary Teleportation Array and gathered Fire Sword materials and a clue from Shayang Old Devil.
  • Lin Xuan defeated Flower Ancestor, freed Gu Tianyang, and helped restore Nine Immortals Palace, where he received the Snow Yang Thunder Fire Crystal and the other half of the Demonic Fate Sword.
  • Lin Xuan chose to leave the East Sea through the palace’s teleportation array and refused the Shangguan Sisters’ request to accompany him.
Chapters 1952–2059 Read from Ch. 1952

Arc 77The Ice Plain Vein

Lin Xuan infiltrated Red Leaf Island during a Yinhun siege and entered an independent space to mine a Top-grade Spirit Stone vein. His fight with Giant Whale King awakened an Ice Demon Heart Toad, and after Giant Whale King escaped, Lin Xuan summoned Little Fur Ball to confront it.

  • Lin Xuan bound Poison Dragon Old Ancestor with restrictions, then followed his directions to Red Leaf Island as the Yinhun siege began.
  • While the island's defenders fought the Yinhun, Lin Xuan slipped into the canyon, bypassed the formation, and used the Heaven Heart Toad King's Inner Core to enter the independent space.
  • Lin Xuan found the Top-grade Spirit Stone vein and began mining it, but Giant Whale King arrived and attacked him.
  • Lin Xuan fought Giant Whale King with Poison Dragon Old Ancestor and his spirit creatures, while Jade Luo Bees nearly consumed the vein's Spirit Stones.
  • The battle disturbed a monster sealed beneath the vein, and the Ice Demon Heart Toad emerged and attacked Lin Xuan and Giant Whale King.
  • The toad devoured Poison Dragon Old Ancestor and injured both fighters, while Giant Whale King used a World-Breaking Bead to escape and left Lin Xuan behind.
  • Lin Xuan summoned Little Fur Ball, whose milky-white halo hurt the Ice Demon Heart Toad while leaving Lin Xuan unharmed.
Chapters 1952–197825 summaries Read

Arc 78The Auction and the Demon Pursuit

Lin Xuan escaped the sealed space, returned to Black Wind Island, and gained treasures from a deadly underground auction where Elder Mo slaughtered the bidders. As Lin Xuan prepared for the Yinhun threat, his Second Nascent Soul was attacked, and Lin Xuan confronted Lie Kong True Person in battle.

  • Little Fur Ball killed the Ice Demon Heart Toad, swallowed its demon soul, and fell asleep.
  • Lin Xuan escaped through a shifting spatial node but emerged in the White Elephant Sea Region instead of Red Leaf Island, then traveled toward Black Wind Island as news spread of the Yinhun invasion.
  • At an underground auction, Lin Xuan watched Dong Cheng die while bidding on a Wangli Pill and recognized the Five Elements Spirit-Nurturing Formation as a treasure he wanted.
  • Old Mo revealed his old grudge against Gongsun Old Devil, poisoned the auction attendees, and killed them, but Lin Xuan survived and killed Old Mo before he could escape.
  • Lin Xuan returned to Black Wind Island, gathered the auction’s treasures, and left his Corpse Demon to recover at a Corpse Well after defeating its former owner, a late-Lihe Zombie.
  • Lin Xuan bound the Five Elements Spirit-Nurturing Formation Flags, then received word that Lie Kong True Person had attacked his Second Nascent Soul and hurried to its aid.
  • Lin Xuan rescued his Second Nascent Soul from Lie Kong True Person, who then fought Lin Xuan as a Water Dragon, a Flood Dragon, and a Demon Python clashed around them.
  • Lie Kong True Person severed part of his own arm while evading Lin Xuan’s attacks, then launched tens of thousands of iron feathers at him.
Chapters 1979–200525 summaries Read

Arc 79Breakthrough and the Sea of Ruins

Lin Xuan killed Lie Kong True Person, advanced to the Dongxuan Realm, and learned that the Sea of Ruins held the only known remaining Inter-boundary Teleportation Array. After confronting the plot against the Holy City Lord, he gathered Fire Sword materials from Shayang Old Devil and prepared to continue his search for a way out of the East Sea.

  • Lin Xuan used Little Fur Ball to trap and kill Lie Kong True Person, then recovered the Iron Feather Locust Blades and restored his Second Nascent Soul.
  • Lin Xuan spent two hundred years in seclusion as the Yinhun invasion was defeated, then endured the Four Directions Thunder Fire Tribulation and advanced to the Dongxuan Realm with the Five Dragon Seal inside him.
  • Lin Xuan stabilized his cultivation, mastered the Upper Chapter of the Ink Moon Heaven Witch Art, and accepted Shangguan Muyu’s failed Immortal Drunkenness pills.
  • Lin Xuan met the possessed Corpse Demon and helped the Holy City Lord defeat two Ancient Demons, learning that one had replaced the Lord and spread a demonic cultivation art among Holy City elders.
  • The Holy City Lord told Lin Xuan that the known teleportation arrays had been destroyed and that the sole remaining Inter-boundary Teleportation Array was in the Sea of Ruins.
  • Lin Xuan visited the Shayang Sect, where Shayang Old Devil gave him four rare Fire Sword materials and a clue to the Snow Yang Thunder Fire Crystal in the Sea of Ruins.
  • Shayang Old Devil asked Lin Xuan to remove his Soul Prohibition Technique in return for his efforts and the clue.
Chapters 2006–203225 summaries Read

Arc 80The Palace and the Crossing

Lin Xuan exposed Flower Ancestor’s rule over Nine Immortals Palace, freed Gu Tianyang, and reunited with Red Leaf Fairy. After securing the Snow Yang Thunder Fire Crystal and the other half of the Demonic Fate Sword, he chose to leave the East Sea through the palace’s teleportation array and said farewell to the Shangguan Sisters.

  • Lin Xuan reached Nine Immortals Palace, learned that Flower Ancestor had seized control and imprisoned female cultivators, then followed Cheng and Ye into Hundred Flowers Garden, where he found Red Leaf Fairy among the captives.
  • Flower Ancestor trapped Lin Xuan in a fire-filled small world and fought him, but Lin Xuan defeated him and discovered Gu Tianyang sealed inside the Heavenly Mystery Mansion.
  • Lin Xuan freed Gu Tianyang, who returned to Nine Immortals Palace, reclaimed control, released the imprisoned women, and appointed Red Leaf Caiyi Elder and his final disciple.
  • Lin Xuan received the Snow Yang Thunder Fire Crystal from Gu Tianyang and learned that Nine Immortals Palace had repaired its ancient Inter-boundary Teleportation Array.
  • Scholar gave Lin Xuan a Jade Box containing the other half of the Demonic Fate Sword and asked only to leave Nine Immortals Palace with Fairy Xue, which Lin Xuan agreed to arrange.
  • Lin Xuan chose to use the palace’s teleportation array, collected seven Storage Bags of puppets from Shayang Old Devil, and removed his Soul Prohibition Technique after leaving Shayang Sect’s territory.
  • Lin Xuan returned to Black Wind Island and refused the Shangguan Sisters’ plea to accompany him, saying that cross-realm travel would make it difficult to protect them.
Chapters 2033–205925 summaries Read
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