Recaps

Lin Xuan purified and consumed the Flat Peach, reaching the middle stage of Spirit Division before rescuing Princess Yuanke and strengthening the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire. As he prepared to refine an Internal Incarnation, Taowu returned and attacked him near Ice City.

• Lin Xuan settled in a hidden cave, sorted the treasures taken from Ethereal Immortal Palace, and found a Flat Peach tainted with dangerous impurities.
• Lin Xuan purified the Flat Peach with the Blue Star Sea and consumed it after preparing his cave and refining Lingxu True Person's Puppets.
• After a hundred years of cultivation, Lin Xuan advanced to the middle stage of Spirit Division, while his Second Nascent Soul and Demon Core reached the early stage.
• Lin Xuan killed Old Devil Jia to save fleeing Ethereal Immortal Palace disciples, then made them swear to keep his whereabouts secret.
• Lin Xuan returned to the Cold Soul Ice Plain, reunited with Xiang'er, and used the Piaomiao Nine Immortal Pill to help rescue Princess Yuanke from Mystic Ice.
• Lin Xuan refined a strand of Hundun Taiyin Qi into the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire, then began preparing to refine his Internal Incarnation.
• Taowu's aura descended on Ice City, and Lin Xuan dodged its attack as the strike collapsed a nearby iceberg.

Lin Xuan survived Taowu’s attack with help from the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox, who took Xiang'er to Qingqiu, then returned to Cloud Hidden Sect and strengthened himself by refining an incarnation. After a century of secluded cultivation, Lin Xuan emerged when Lin Yujiao was cornered by the Heavenly Fate Twin Devils.

• Lin Xuan drew Taowu away from the Snow Fox Clan and fought him with swords, treasures, and Meteor Fire Rain, but Taowu survived and used a time-stopping spell.
• Xiang'er struck Lin Xuan clear of Taowu’s charge, and the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox appeared and killed Taowu’s incarnation with white flames.
• The Nine-Tailed Sky Fox took Xiang'er as her disciple and brought her to the Kingdom of Qingqiu, while Lin Xuan promised to go there and bring her back.
• Lin Xuan returned to Cloud Hidden Sect, defeated Young Master Wu in a wagered duel, and arranged to share the proceeds from a top-grade Spirit Vein with the sect.
• Lin Xuan settled in a new cave, refined an Internal Incarnation, and tested its power against Ancient Beasts in Demon Lake.
• Lin Xuan chose the Snow Shadow True Demon Art for his Second Nascent Soul and Internal Incarnation, then entered a century of secluded cultivation.
• Lin Yujiao fled the Heavenly Fate Twin Devils, but they destroyed her Life-Bound treasure and bound her until Lin Xuan appeared and cut their Blood Demon Rope.

Lin Xuan returned to find the Cloud Hidden Sect under attack by an alliance seeking its Immortal Stones, then pursued the alliance’s leaders after uncovering their betrayal and ambush. He broke their formation and fought the fleeing elders, ending the stretch in battle with two powerful demons.

• Lin Xuan destroyed the Heavenly Fate Twin Devils and learned from Lin Yujiao that the Cloud Hidden Sect headquarters had fallen under attack.
• Lin Xuan reached the besieged headquarters, killed Old Monster Wu, and drove off the attackers before learning that three sects coveted the mine’s Immortal Stones.
• Lin Xuan traveled to the mine and found Su Ru, who led him to the trapped Cloud Hidden Sect cultivators before betraying him as part of a planned ambush.
• Lin Xuan killed the Spirit Ghost Sect Master, accepted Su Ru’s request to die without her memories, and killed the cultivators who refused Liberation by Violence.
• The Three Sects Alliance trapped Lin Xuan in the Spirit Ghost Five Elements Array, but he defeated its attacks and broke the formation with a World-Breaking Bead.
• Lin Xuan pursued the fleeing elders, killing Lady Black and other alliance cultivators with help from his Blood Fire Ants and Internal Incarnation.
• A long-eared demon and a Snake Demon confronted Lin Xuan, who fought them with the Heaven Ghost Axe, his Demon Arm, and spells from an ancient scroll.

Lin Xuan drove off the Three Sects Alliance, saved the wounded Silver-Eyed Maiden, and led Cloud Hidden Sect toward a counterattack on Spirit Ghost Sect. He infiltrated the sect and fought Elder Zhong, whose Minor Tribulation Transcendence Stage powers and treasures turned their battle into a fierce contest.

• Lin Xuan killed the Snake Demon and the Long-Eared Green-Eyed Demon, then left the defeated Three Sects Alliance as it withdrew from Cloud Hidden Sect’s stronghold.
• The Alliance’s retreat saved the badly outnumbered Cloud Hidden Sect disciples, and Zhang Luo reported that Lin Xuan had forced the enemy to flee.
• Lin Xuan cured the poisoned Silver-Eyed Maiden with a Piaomiao Nine Immortal Pill and urged Cloud Hidden Sect to attack the weakened Three Sects Alliance.
• Lin Xuan chose Spirit Ghost Sect as their target after revealing that he had killed its sect master and his companion, while Elder Zhong emerged from seclusion with the Minor Tribulation Transcendence Stage.
• Lin Xuan approached Spirit Ghost Sect in disguise, reached Heaven Ghost Pavilion, and confronted Elder Zhong, who transported him to a sealed ice plain for their duel.
• Elder Zhong used his Sword Gourd and Illusionary Yin Divine Thunder against Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan countered with his Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword and other attacks.
• Elder Zhong unleashed the Ten Thousand Soul Banner and its ghost fire, but Lin Xuan’s Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire absorbed the flames and his Mountain-Peak Golden Crow Scroll overwhelmed the banner.
• Elder Zhong summoned three Zombies and used the Laws of Heaven and Earth to dissolve Lin Xuan’s Sea-Overturning Halberd, spending much magic power and Life Essence as their battle continued.