Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan forced Heaven Ghost Master to reveal that Medicine King Valley might contain spirit herbs needed for the Spirit Division Pill. He threatened the weakened ghost into accepting a master-slave bond, then demanded one soul and one spirit to seal the agreement.

• Heaven Ghost Master explained that he recognized Lin Xuan as a Spirit World visitor because he had once captured and refined the soul of a trial participant.
• Heaven Ghost Master said he knew places where some Spirit Division Pill ingredients grew and pointed Lin Xuan toward Medicine King Valley in Tianyuan Province.
• Lin Xuan recalled the valley’s deadly ancient restrictions, beasts, and concealed plants, then demanded proof that Heaven Ghost Master was telling the truth.
• Lin Xuan ordered Heaven Ghost Master to become his slave, and when the ghost resisted, he attacked him with Sword Rays until he begged for mercy.
• Heaven Ghost Master agreed to serve Lin Xuan as a ghost slave, and Lin Xuan produced a black wooden token and demanded one soul and one spirit.

Lin Xuan forced Heaven Ghost Master to surrender his soul and spirit, binding him with a Soul Prohibition Technique. Heaven Ghost Master revealed that Medicine King Valley might contain herbs for the Spirit Division Pill, but the Soul-Devouring Demon Mist barred entry until it receded in ten years.

• Lin Xuan threatened Heaven Ghost Master until he surrendered his soul and spirit, then sealed him into a wooden plaque with the Soul Prohibition Technique.
• Lin Xuan questioned Heaven Ghost Master about Medicine King Valley, and Heaven Ghost Master said it might contain some herbs needed to refine the Spirit Division Pill.
• Heaven Ghost Master warned Lin Xuan that the Soul-Devouring Demon Mist surrounded the valley and had reportedly killed even an Ancient Demon Saint Ancestor.
• Heaven Ghost Master explained that the mist receded every fifty years for three months and that it had been over forty years since its last retreat.
• Heaven Ghost Master said cultivators below Spirit Division could enter during the first three days, while mid-stage Spirit Division and stronger cultivators remained barred afterward.
• Lin Xuan concluded that he had ten years to prepare and planned to search the valley during its first three days without the mist.

Lin Xuan secured Heaven Ghost Master's cooperation by promising to free him after two hundred years, then learned that the old cultivator had once ascended from Seven Star Island in Cloud Sea. He placed Heaven Ghost Master inside Soul-Nurturing Wood to preserve him and conceal Lin Xuan's secrets, then began erasing the imprint on the Heaven Ghost Axe.

• Lin Xuan promised to return Heaven Ghost Master's freedom after two hundred years, and Heaven Ghost Master vowed to assist him wholeheartedly.
• Heaven Ghost Master revealed that he had ascended from Seven Star Island in Cloud Sea, and Lin Xuan said he had once traveled there through an Ancient Teleportation Array.
• Lin Xuan placed Heaven Ghost Master inside a box made from Soul-Nurturing Wood and sealed it with a Restriction Talisman.
• Lin Xuan picked up the Heaven Ghost Axe and used Infant Fire to refine away Heaven Ghost Master's divine sense imprint.

After refining the Heaven Ghost Axe, Lin Xuan decided to seek high-rank talismans from the famed Fu Family in Baifu City to prepare for Medicine King Valley. He left Demon City and chose a dangerous route through the Demon Flame Mountain Range, where powerful Magic Beasts roamed.

• Lin Xuan refined the Heaven Ghost Axe with his Infant Fire and decided to leave Demon City to prepare for Medicine King Valley.
• Heaven Ghost Master told Lin Xuan that the Fu Family of Baifu City was renowned for crafting powerful talismans and gave him a route map.
• Lin Xuan departed Demon City and killed several Devil Race members who tried to rob him along the way.
• Lin Xuan reached the Demon Flame Mountain Range and chose to travel through it despite Heaven Ghost Master's warning about its dangerous Magic Beasts.

Lin Xuan planned to test whether Little Fur Ball’s domain could subdue Magic Beasts, hoping to hunt them for materials needed by the Fu Family. He found a Nascent Soul-level Magic Beast and summoned Little Fur Ball, who woke up confused by the seemingly easy opponent.

• Lin Xuan decided that the Demon Flame Mountain Range could be a source of valuable Magic Beast materials if Little Fur Ball’s domain worked on them.
• Lin Xuan sealed Heaven Ghost Master inside the Wooden Box, then used his divine sense to locate a Nascent Soul-level Magic Beast nearby.
• Lin Xuan flew to a valley and found a boar-shaped Magic Beast that seemed to lack intelligence.
• Lin Xuan summoned Little Fur Ball from the pagoda, waking him from sleep.
• Little Fur Ball questioned why Lin Xuan had summoned him to fight such a weak opponent, and Lin Xuan told him to attack.

Lin Xuan watched Little Fur Ball defeat a wild boar, then hid when a Ghost-Face Centipede and a Red-Scaled Twin-Tailed Snake arrived at the valley. He planned to let the two rare creatures fight before claiming the surviving one’s valuable materials.

• Little Fur Ball was caught off guard by the wild boar’s bone spurs, but Lin Xuan shielded it with Azure Glow.
• Little Fur Ball unleashed its domain, roasted the wild boar, and showed Lin Xuan that its power worked on magic beasts.
• After sensing something approach, Lin Xuan concealed himself and spotted a Ghost-Face Centipede drawn by the roasted boar’s scent.
• A Red-Scaled Twin-Tailed Snake burst from the ground, and Lin Xuan recognized the value of both creatures’ materials.
• Lin Xuan stayed hidden and waited for the Ghost-Face Centipede and the Red-Scaled Twin-Tailed Snake to fight.

Lin Xuan watched the Ghost-Face Centipede and the Red-Scaled Twin-Tailed Snake battle over a roasted wild boar, then waited as they exhausted and wounded each other. He judged that the moment to act had arrived, but the chapter ended before he made his move.

• The Ghost-Face Centipede and the Red-Scaled Twin-Tailed Snake confronted each other over a fragrant roasted wild boar while Lin Xuan concealed himself nearby.
• The Ghost-Face Centipede attacked with its corrosive cold wind, melting a massive boulder and injuring the Red-Scaled Twin-Tailed Snake's head.
• The Red-Scaled Twin-Tailed Snake pounced on the Ghost-Face Centipede, and the two monsters grappled, bit, and tore at each other across the valley.
• The fighting wrecked the valley and left both monsters badly wounded, while the roasted boar disappeared.
• Lin Xuan waited until the monsters had weakened further, then decided the opportunity to act had come.

Lin Xuan hunted hundreds of Magic Beasts in the Demon Flame Mountain Range and ventured into its depths, hoping to find a Spirit Division-level beast. After Heaven Ghost Master warned that the absence of other beasts signaled a powerful creature’s territory, Lin Xuan headed farther in, intending to hunt it.

• Lin Xuan killed the Red-Scaled Twin-Tailed Snake and the Ghost-Face Centipede with the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword, then collected their valuable remains.
• Over the next month, Lin Xuan hunted hundreds of Magic Beasts, relying on Little Fur Ball against powerful foes and storing the materials in his Instantaneous Bag.
• On the forty-fifth day, Lin Xuan noticed he had found no Magic Beasts for twelve hours and summoned Heaven Ghost Master for advice.
• Heaven Ghost Master reasoned that an exceptionally powerful Magic Beast, likely at the Spirit Division level, had claimed the surrounding area as its territory.
• Lin Xuan sealed Heaven Ghost Master away and continued deeper into the mountain range, hoping to hunt the powerful beast with Little Fur Ball’s help.

Lin Xuan followed a group of Devil Race cultivators who were searching for an Earth Rhinoceros Dragon, hoping to claim the powerful beast for himself. When a vast tribulation appeared ahead, the group realized the dragon might be advancing to the Spirit Division stage, leaving them to face a far greater threat than expected.

• The scorpion-tailed old man, Lou, assured Gu that the group was searching in the right territory for an Earth Rhinoceros Dragon with a trace of Sinful Dragon bloodline.
• Lin Xuan secretly followed the cultivators in a cloud illusion and decided to pursue the beast after hearing that it was full of treasures.
• A blood-red pillar of light and a vast surge of devilish qi darkened the sky, startling Lin Xuan and the Devil Race cultivators.
• Gu guessed that the Earth Rhinoceros Dragon was undergoing tribulation, but Lou warned that it was likely a late-stage Dongxuan beast advancing to the Spirit Division stage.
• Gu grew alarmed and asked whether the group should flee before the dragon completed its advancement.

Lin Xuan followed two Ancient Demons to a valley where an Earth Rhinoceros Dragon was undergoing the Spirit Division Heavenly Tribulation. The demons waited for it to weaken, while Lin Xuan stayed hidden and watched for his chance to act.

• The Scorpion-Tailed Elder persuaded the hesitant black-faced big man to stay and hunt the Earth Rhinoceros Dragon after its tribulation.
• Lin Xuan followed the two demons, and they reached a vast valley shrouded in black fog and filled with thunder and fire.
• The demons and Lin Xuan saw the enormous Earth Rhinoceros Dragon withstand the opening attacks of its Heavenly Tribulation.
• The black-faced big man urged the Scorpion-Tailed Elder to retreat, but the elder chose to wait for the beast to weaken, and the big man agreed to watch.
• Lin Xuan remained calm and waited for the best moment to strike as the tribulation continued.

As the Earth Rhinoceros Dragon continued enduring its Heavenly Tribulation, Lin Xuan and the two Ancient Devils encountered a powerful Naga party led by an arrogant woman. She ordered her attendants to eliminate the two devils, who prepared to fight back as the women formed a battle formation.

• The Scorpion-Tailed Elder and the dark-faced big man discovered that the Earth Rhinoceros Dragon had a self-healing body and chose to wait before deciding whether to attack it.
• Lin Xuan spotted an ornate Beast Carriage approaching the valley with several dozen attendants, and recognized them as members of the Naga clan.
• A snake-featured woman at the peak of the Dongxuan Realm emerged from the carriage and declared that she would claim the Earth Rhinoceros Dragon as her devil pet if it failed its tribulation.
• The woman ordered Xuehe and the other attendants to eliminate the Scorpion-Tailed Elder and the dark-faced big man.
• The dark-faced big man and the Scorpion-Tailed Elder rejected the attendants' demand to surrender and readied themselves to fight.
• Xuehe and the other demonesses arranged themselves in a formation and summoned their weapons, leaving Lin Xuan wondering what advantage they possessed.

Lin Xuan watched as the black-faced big man overwhelmed the fifteen devil women, only for their mysterious leader to reveal herself as a late-stage Dongxuan expert. She killed him with a single attack, leaving Lin Xuan to assess the threat from the shadows.

• Lin Xuan withdrew to observe the fight while the Earth Rhinoceros Dragon continued its Heavenly Tribulation.
• The black-faced big man transformed and fought the fifteen devil women, quickly overpowering them and killing several.
• The mysterious woman condemned her maidservants and appeared before the black-faced big man as he pursued one of them.
• The black-faced big man recognized that the woman was a late-stage Dongxuan expert and called for Brother Lou while launching an all-out attack.
• The woman erased his Force Cyclone with a milky-white halo and reduced him to ashes.

The mysterious woman killed the Scorpion-Tailed Elder with overwhelming force, then exposed Lin Xuan despite his concealment. She recognized him by name, leaving Lin Xuan stunned as their confrontation began.

• The mysterious woman claimed descent from Saint Ancestor Baoshe and refused to let the Scorpion-Tailed Elder leave alive.
• The Scorpion-Tailed Elder attacked with his black gourd, but the mysterious woman defeated him with her Green Jade Bracelet and killed him with a beam of light.
• The mysterious woman sensed Lin Xuan hiding nearby and ordered him to come out.
• Lin Xuan revealed himself and challenged the woman, then prepared to kill her when he thought she had seen through his disguise.
• The mysterious woman stared at Lin Xuan in astonishment and asked whether he was Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan discovered that Magic Snake Fairy knew his identity through Tian Xiaojian and intended to capture him as a gift for him. After she threatened to extract Lin Xuan’s soul, he provoked her, and she attacked with her emerald bracelet.

• Magic Snake Fairy recognized Lin Xuan from a portrait in Tian Xiaojian’s cultivation cave and confirmed his identity by questioning him about Tian Xiaojian.
• Magic Snake Fairy recalled her unrequited affection for Tian Xiaojian and decided to capture Lin Xuan to win his favor.
• Lin Xuan learned that Magic Snake Fairy was connected to Tian Xiaojian and mocked her threat to extract his soul.
• Magic Snake Fairy flew her enlarged emerald bracelet toward Lin Xuan, preparing to trap him as she had the Scorpion-Tailed Elder.

Lin Xuan revealed himself as a human cultivator and overwhelmed Magic Snake Fairy with his lightning-and-fire treasure and sword techniques. With her Inkstone destroyed and her defenses strained, she was surrounded by his Nine Palaces Instantaneous Swords.

• Lin Xuan countered Magic Snake Fairy's bracelet with the Thunder Fire Awl, revealing that he was a human immortal cultivator.
• Magic Snake Fairy released poisonous mist and demonic snakes from her Inkstone while her Pearl Earrings shielded her from Lin Xuan's attack.
• Lin Xuan's red sword lights sliced through the snakes and combined into a giant sword that shattered the Inkstone.
• Lin Xuan split the giant sword into eighteen Nine Palaces Instantaneous Swords and surrounded the trapped Magic Snake Fairy.

Lin Xuan wounded Magic Snake Fairy and faced her defective Talisman Treasure made by Baoshe Saint Ancestor, but they halted their fight when the Earth Rhinoceros Dragon’s final tribulation began. After surviving a devastating wave of lightning and thunderfire, the dragon faced a vast net of lightning descending from the Ghost Faces in the Tribulation Cloud.

• Lin Xuan broke through Magic Snake Fairy’s defense and struck her shoulder with the Ink Spirit Drill as she attempted to ambush him.
• Magic Snake Fairy produced a defective Talisman Treasure made by Baoshe Saint Ancestor and threatened Lin Xuan, who refused to surrender.
• A tremendous crash from the valley alerted Lin Xuan and Magic Snake Fairy that the Earth Rhinoceros Dragon’s tribulation was nearing its end, so they paused their fight to watch.
• The final wave of black lightning and red thunderfire engulfed the valley, leaving the Earth Rhinoceros Dragon amid melted land and magma.
• The Tribulation Cloud split into nearly a hundred Ghost Faces, which formed a massive lightning net that descended toward the Earth Rhinoceros Dragon.

The Earth Rhinoceros Dragon used its Magic Crystal to shield itself as Ghost Faces unleashed a barrage of attacks during its Heavenly Tribulation. Lin Xuan maneuvered Magic Snake Fairy into striking the trapped beast, leaving its chances of survival uncertain.

• The Earth Rhinoceros Dragon spat out its Magic Crystal and formed a black defensive barrier against the Tribulation Lightning and the Ghost Faces' attacks.
• Lin Xuan moved to the valley entrance, prompting Magic Snake Fairy to attack him with two Flying Daggers and a pillar of light.
• Lin Xuan pretended to be cornered, then used the Nine Heavens Micro-Steps to vanish and evade the attacks.
• The Flying Daggers and pillar of light continued onward and struck the immobile Earth Rhinoceros Dragon as it underwent its tribulation.

Lin Xuan’s attack broke the Earth Rhinoceros Dragon’s barrier and drew Magic Snake Fairy into the Heavenly Tribulation. As she defended herself with a rare Chain Talisman Treasure and another mysterious technique, Lin Xuan watched and discerned what she was doing.

• Lin Xuan’s attack helped the lightning and fire shatter the Earth Rhinoceros Dragon’s barrier, leaving the beast exposed to the Heavenly Tribulation.
• Magic Snake Fairy realized Lin Xuan had shifted the disaster onto her, and a Tribulation Cloud formed over her head.
• Magic Snake Fairy used a Round Disc treasure to defend herself, but the Heavenly Tribulation destroyed it within moments.
• Magic Snake Fairy activated a Chain Talisman Treasure, summoning a shield, brick, and gauze to form three layers of defense.
• Magic Snake Fairy covered herself in churning black demonic qi, and Lin Xuan used the Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye to see through it and understand her actions.

Lin Xuan waited for Magic Snake Fairy’s Heavenly Tribulation to weaken her, then taunted her about Tian Xiaojian to distract her. Magic Snake Fairy’s venomous-snake shield was destroyed by the tribulation, leaving her exposed as Lin Xuan’s plan began to work.

• Lin Xuan held back from attacking Magic Snake Fairy during her Heavenly Tribulation so he would not draw its fire onto himself.
• Magic Snake Fairy demonized herself with Venomous Snake Armor, strengthening her magic power as her protective talisman treasures broke apart.
• Magic Snake Fairy formed a shield from countless venomous snakes and sprayed venom at the descending lightning and fire.
• Lin Xuan mocked Magic Snake Fairy’s appearance and suggested Tian Xiaojian only kept her close for her status as Baoshe’s descendant.
• Magic Snake Fairy’s doubts about Tian Xiaojian distracted her, and the Heavenly Tribulation shattered her venomous-snake shield.

Lin Xuan watched the Earth Rhinoceros Dragon survive its tribulation by awakening its Sinful Dragon bloodline and advancing to the Spirit Division stage. Magic Snake Fairy survived the thunderfire as well, but she blamed Lin Xuan and planned to attack him with her Saint Ancestor’s Talisman Treasure.

• Lin Xuan waited for the Heavenly Tribulation to finish while watching Magic Snake Fairy suffer beneath the thunderfire.
• The Earth Rhinoceros Dragon stirred a Magma Lake into a tornado, cast off the thunderfire, and awakened its Sinful Dragon bloodline.
• The Earth Rhinoceros Dragon tore apart the electric net, swept away the Tribulation Cloud, and advanced to the Spirit Division stage.
• Magic Snake Fairy survived when the Tribulation Cloud vanished, though she was badly wounded and nearly out of magic power.
• Magic Snake Fairy blamed Lin Xuan and resolved to use the Saint Ancestor’s Talisman Treasure against him.