Recaps

Lin Xuan followed Three-Eyed Saint Ancestor's treasure map into a tomb and encountered an intelligent substitute body that hunted him through Ice-Fire Valley. After the demon destroyed the only exit and overwhelmed him, Lin Xuan lured it to the Thunder Roc's remains, where the Thunder Roc Soul destroyed it.

• Lin Xuan entered Ice-Fire Valley's inner valley, collected a Lava Snow Lotus, and followed the Treasure Map to a hidden tomb.
• Lin Xuan discovered that the tomb's Mysterious Youth was a substitute body prepared for Three-Eyed Saint Ancestor that had developed intelligence.
• Lin Xuan fled the Mysterious Youth and met Tian Xiaojian, who was fleeing Heaven Origin Saint Ancestor.
• The Mysterious Youth divided into three incarnations and attacked Lin Xuan, Tian Xiaojian, and Heaven Origin Saint Ancestor.
• Lin Xuan and Tian Xiaojian each destroyed an incarnation, while the Black-Robed Youth devoured Heaven Origin Saint Ancestor's incarnation.
• The Black-Robed Youth destroyed Ice-Fire Valley's only exit, fought Lin Xuan, and badly injured him after undoing his body's restriction.
• Lin Xuan delayed the Black-Robed Ancient Demon with Jade Luo Bees and lured him to the Thunder Roc's burial valley.
• The Black-Robed Ancient Demon tried to seize the Thunder Roc Spirit Bone, and the Thunder Roc Soul reduced him to ashes and destroyed his soul.

Lin Xuan escaped the Demon World, returned to find Cloud Hidden Sect under attack, and arranged a duel with Old Monster Tianjue to protect the sect. The duel turned into a fierce clash, with Lin Xuan weakening Tianjue’s light attack but still facing the remaining force.

• Little Fur Ball transformed into a tiny true Phoenix, defeated and swallowed the Thunder Roc Soul, and Lin Xuan collected the Thunder Roc remains before finding Snowflake Saint Ancestor’s hidden treasure cache near Cold Conch Fairy’s cenotaph.
• Lin Xuan used the World-Breaking Bead to leave the Demon World and reach the Nailong Realm, then arranged to return to Cloud Hidden Sect after trading a Ghost Demon Luo Flower to Venerable Qingling for a promise.
• Lin Xuan returned to find Cloud Hidden Sect devastated by Tianjue Sect’s invasion, killed its attackers, and saved the two Supreme Elders, including removing Asura Bone Poison from the youth surnamed Long.
• Lin Xuan proposed a duel with Old Monster Tianjue to prevent a wider war, defeated the Silver-Eyed Maiden and Long in a test, and set conditions meant to protect Cloud Hidden Sect if he won.
• Lin Xuan and Long traveled to Star-Moon City, where Lin Xuan faced Old Monster Tianjue in a sealed Spatial Rift under the eyes of Master Jingkong and Lu Yun.
• Lin Xuan’s attacks cut Tianjue in two, but Tianjue’s body became thousands of tiny incarnations that resisted Lin Xuan’s swords and fired beams of light at him.
• Lin Xuan summoned the Four Spirits to meet Tianjue’s attack, then used the Black Tortoise True Spirit Inkstone to weaken its pillars of light before its shield burst.

Lin Xuan defeated Old Monster Tianjue, traded Taixu Spirit Milk with the True Lord of the North Sea, and strengthened his sword and cultivation. Seeking a suitable body for his Second Nascent Soul, he traveled to the Ice Sea Realm, where he arrived during a fight between local cultivators and a Demon Cultivator.

• Lin Xuan endured Old Monster Tianjue’s sword formation with his many treasures and Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk, then defeated Tianjue’s final attacks and forced him to admit defeat.
• Lin Xuan declined the Grand Elder position and returned to the Cloud Hidden Sect, where his victory made him famous and brought the sect many prospective disciples.
• The True Lord of the North Sea traded with Lin Xuan for his Taixu Spirit Milk, and Lin Xuan later purified Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk to produce more.
• Lin Xuan reforged the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword with water, fire, and lightning attributes, then studied ways to give his Second Nascent Soul an independent body.
• The Silver-Eyed Maiden told Lin Xuan that the Ice Sea Realm had plants suited to Internal Incarnations and gave him the location of a super teleportation array.
• Lin Xuan traveled through the array to another realm, while a group of cultivators in the Ice Sea Realm searched for a snow fox and were attacked by a Demon Cultivator.
• The cultivators used their combined puppets to fight the Demon Cultivator until Lin Xuan emerged from a spatial crack and struck the fleeing demon down with Sword Qi.
• Lin Xuan examined the Giant Ape-shaped puppet and asked its three controllers to come out so he could learn about the plane.

Lin Xuan joined a group seeking Spirit Flower Fairy’s cultivation cave, uncovered their betrayal, and found no herb suited to his goal. After fighting his way through the Demon Race’s pursuit, he reunited with Xiang'er, who offered to help disguise him as a demon.

• Lin Xuan entered Mingxue City, learned about the Ice Sea Realm, and joined Fan’s expedition to find Spirit Flower Fairy’s cultivation cave and its psychic plants.
• A Demon Race Beast Tide attacked the group, and Lin Xuan revealed his Spirit Division Stage cultivation to defeat the demons directing it.
• Fan led the surviving cultivators to the cave, where a strange forest formation transported them before they overcame its guardian and found a sentient Polygonum Multiflorum.
• Fan and the Old Crone betrayed the group, sacrificing their companions’ Nascent Souls to open the cave’s restriction, but Lin Xuan faked his death and killed Fan.
• Lin Xuan collected the cave’s spirit herbs, found none suitable for his Internal Incarnation, and fought the Bear Demon and its allies while escaping the Cold Soul Ice Plain.
• Lin Xuan recognized Xiang'er, told her Spatial Turbulence had separated him from Yue'er, and accepted her invitation to visit the Snow Fox Clan.
• Xiang'er warned that Lin Xuan’s human identity could draw trouble after the Sacred Hall treasure was stolen and offered the Heavenly Demon Core to disguise him as a demon.