Recaps

Lin Xuan defeated the Ghost Saint and his Yinhun subordinates before finding an unfinished ring being refined beneath Scorpion Mountain. As the Vermilion Bird Ring neared completion, a powerful ghostly cultivator arrived, and Lin Xuan tried to stall him with false claims about his masters.

• Lin Xuan used the Space Laws to overcome the Ghost Saint’s defenses and destroy him, then continued toward Scorpion Mountain despite his depleted strength.
• Fifth Sister led the Yinhun to intercept Lin Xuan, but Lin killed the ghosts and pursued the Brocade-Clad Scholar toward the treasure’s radiance.
• Luo Feng and the Demon Insects drained the Brocade-Clad Scholar’s lifespan, while Lin Xuan exposed an illusory passage and reached the cavern beneath Scorpion Mountain.
• Lin Xuan discovered that three dead artifact refiners had left an array working on a ring above a lava lake, so he concealed the mountain and waited for the treasure to finish.
• After half a year, the Spirit-Sealing Jade released a Vermilion Bird’s soul, which the formation drew into the ring as Lin Xuan watched it near completion.
• A black-robed Tribulation Transcendence cultivator broke through Lin Xuan’s formations, and Lin Xuan left his Internal Incarnation to guard the treasure while he confronted the stranger.
• The cultivator questioned Lin Xuan about Guanghanzi, Guhongzi, Nailong, and Baihua, and Lin claimed each in turn as his master until the stranger threatened to refine his spirit.

Lin Xuan defeated the Nether Dark King’s incarnation and escaped with the Five Dragon Seal, then recovered in seclusion and searched for a place to advance. An invitation to an Exchange Meeting led him into Venerable Qingyan’s gathering, where Lingbo Valley became the focus.

• Lin Xuan battled the Yin Spirit at Scorpion Mountain, using his Avatar to escape with the Vermilion Bird Ring while he fought off the enemy.
• The Yin Spirit revealed a counterfeit domain and trapped Lin Xuan in a vortex, but Lin Xuan escaped with the Five Dragon Seal and used it to destroy the opponent.
• The Nether Dark King learned that Lin Xuan had taken the Immortal Trapping Ring and destroyed his subordinate’s incarnation, then ordered three subordinates to track him without engaging.
• Lin Xuan reunited with his Avatar, hid in a mountain cave, and spent years recovering and refining True Dragon Spirit Blood before preparing to advance.
• Lin Xuan exposed and killed two Yin Soul Ghosts sent to follow him, learning that their true body was the Nether Dark King.
• After helping a Robe-Clad Elder kill a Mountain-Opening Crab, Lin Xuan accepted an invitation to True Person Leikong’s Exchange Meeting.
• At the meeting, True Person Leikong revealed that his master had summoned the cultivators, and Venerable Qingyan appeared and silenced the hall with his spiritual pressure.
• Venerable Qingyan raised Lingbo Valley, prompting the cultivators to recall its vanished entrance and the Nether Dark King’s failed attempt to enter it.

Lin Xuan became trapped in the Nightmare Desert and joined Tian Chenxi, the Robe-Clad Elder, and Iron Pagoda Venerable to search the Asura Palace for a way out. After the palace’s treasures killed Tian Chenxi and the Robe-Clad Elder with Illusion Moon Poison, Lin Xuan exposed Iron Pagoda Venerable as an Ancient Demon and stopped his Demon Infant from escaping.

• Venerable Qingyan sent more than a hundred Spirit Division cultivators into Lingbo Valley to find a Bracelet for Bingpo, and Lin Xuan entered the Nightmare Desert while searching for it.
• Lin Xuan survived the desert’s deadly scorpions, killed their king, and learned from its memories that no cultivator had escaped the desert.
• Lin Xuan followed the scorpion’s memories to an oasis, where he helped the Robe-Clad Elder, Tian Chenxi, and Iron Pagoda Venerable defeat stone Puppets.
• The four cultivators reached the Asura Palace ruins, where Lin Xuan recognized the name and wondered whether Yue'er had left a treasure there.
• At the summit, the group found four apparent treasures and agreed to divide them, but the Bamboo Tube and Jade Bowl released Illusion Moon Poison that killed Tian Chenxi and the Robe-Clad Elder.
• Lin Xuan realized the treasures were likely transformed Illusion Moon Poison and suspected Iron Pagoda Venerable had arranged the trap.
• Lin Xuan exposed Iron Pagoda Venerable as an Ancient Demon and attacked him, then used Space Laws to stop his fleeing Demon Infant from teleporting away.

Lin Xuan endured the Heavenly Tribulation and Inner Demon trial to advance to the Tribulation Transcendence Stage, then discovered that the Nine-Headed Bird’s Fire of the True Spirit had entered his body. After absorbing the bird’s inherited memories, he woke with its fire branded into his divine soul and turned an Immortal Sword toward his right hand.

• Lin Xuan used a Puppet to retrieve the Asura Seven Treasure Bracelet, then found a Jade Slip that explained Lingbo Valley’s origins and used a Round Disc to lift the restriction on his mountain.
• Lin Xuan cultivated for more than fifty years to reach the peak of the Spirit Division Stage, then broke through his bottleneck and faced the Heavenly Tribulation.
• Lin Xuan battled the Nine-Headed Bird formed by the tribulation, ultimately destroying it with his swords, artifacts, and True Spirit Puppet.
• The Nine-Headed Bird’s Fire of the True Spirit entered Lin Xuan’s body, and he fought the apparent possession before realizing the struggle had been an Inner Demon trial.
• Lin Xuan endured the fire’s marrow cleansing for half a year and advanced to the Tribulation Transcendence Stage, but his attempts to remove the fire failed and left him unconscious.
• Lin Xuan absorbed the Nine-Headed Bird’s memories, woke with the fire branded into his divine soul and fiery-red and silver patterns on his skin, then slashed an Immortal Sword toward his right hand.