Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan captured the Yangzhi Bird’s crystal soul and spent months trying to purify Heavenly Phoenix True Blood from it without success. After he tried using Silver Light Spots from his Blue Star Sea, the Crystal Core finally began to shine, though what that change produced remained unknown.

• Lin Xuan restrained the Yangzhi Bird’s escaping crystal soul and subdued it with a streak of lightning.
• Lin Xuan tried several methods over more than three months to purify Heavenly Phoenix True Blood from the crystal soul, but none worked.
• Lin Xuan wondered whether the Silver Light Spots in his Blue Star Sea could purify the True Spirit Blood and sent them into the Crystal Core.
• Lin Xuan continued feeding Silver Light Spots into the unresponsive Core until most of them were gone.
• The Crystal Core suddenly blazed with dazzling spiritual radiance, which lasted for the time it took to drink a cup of tea before melting away.

Lin Xuan purified the Yangzhi Bird's Crystal Core and unexpectedly obtained the Heavenly Phoenix True Blood, which entered his body and transformed into a Phoenix inside his dantian. The Phoenix broke through Lin Xuan's defenses and reached the Blue Star Sea, leaving the chapter on the brink of a threat to his most important treasure.

• Lin Xuan discovered that the Crystal Core had melted and realized the crimson substance inside the silver liquid was purified Heavenly Phoenix True Blood.
• The Phoenix True Blood entered Lin Xuan's body on its own and traveled toward his dantian despite his attempts to stop it.
• Inside Lin Xuan's dantian, the true blood became a Phoenix, which melted the Nascent Soul's azure defenses and flew deeper into the sea of qi.
• Lin Xuan recognized that the Phoenix was heading for the Blue Star Sea and rushed after it.
• The Phoenix tore through space, reached the Blue Star Sea, and plunged onto the Five Dragon Seal.

Lin Xuan watched the Five Dragon Seal undergo a transformation involving several True Spirits and the Blue Star Sea, which revealed the Ink Moon Heaven Witch Art’s Tribulation Transcendence Chapter. He began memorizing the cultivation method while wondering how the seal, the Blue Star Sea, and Yue'er’s past were connected.

• Lin Xuan saw the Phoenix merge with the Five Dragon Seal, which released runes from the Spirit World, Demon World, Underworld Realm, and Demon Race.
• The Golden-Winged Great Peng and qilin True Spirits separated from Lin Xuan’s body, merged with the Five Dragon Seal, and sent more runes into the Blue Star Sea.
• Lin Xuan watched the Blue Star Sea turn silver and reveal the Ink Moon Heaven Witch Art: Tribulation Transcendence Chapter.
• Lin Xuan considered the ancient war, Yue'er’s identity as the reincarnated Asura King, and his lack of knowledge about the secrets behind them.
• Lin Xuan noticed the displayed words were fading and began memorizing the cultivation method.

Lin Xuan memorized the Tribulation Transcendence chapter of the Ink Moon Heaven Witch Art and survived a strange change in his body as the True Spirit bloodlines entered his meridians. Missing Yue'er, he recorded the complete art and discovered the Nine Heavens God Luo Image secret technique, which he understood with unexpected ease.

• Lin Xuan memorized the Ink Moon Heaven Witch Art as the Five Dragon Seal released the True Spirit blood, which flowed into his meridians and improved his body.
• Lin Xuan found that the Blue Star Sea, Five Dragon Seal, and his body were all unharmed, then wondered about their connection to the Ink Moon Tribe and the Asura King.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er each longed for the other across the distance between realms.
• Lin Xuan recorded the complete Ink Moon Heaven Witch Art in a Jade Slip and studied its Tribulation Transcendence-stage secret technique.
• Lin Xuan discovered the Nine Heavens God Luo Image and understood its obscure description with ease.

Lin Xuan discovered that the Lesser Luo Heaven Dharma Image and the Ink Moon Heaven Witch Art were prerequisites for cultivating the Nine Heavens God Luo Image. He learned that the new art could draw on the power of refined True Spirit blood, and considered how difficult such blood was to obtain.

• Lin Xuan realized that the Lesser Luo Heaven Dharma Image was the foundation for the Nine Heavens God Luo Image, and wondered how Qin Xin had obtained its manual.
• Lin Xuan spent three days and nights studying the Nine Heavens God Luo Image and confirmed that the Ink Moon Heaven Witch Art was another prerequisite.
• Lin Xuan learned that refining True Spirit blood let the Nine Heavens God Luo Image borrow and stack the power of different True Spirits.
• Lin Xuan concluded that obtaining True Spirit blood was the main obstacle, since True Spirits were immensely powerful and dwelled in the True Spirit Space.
• Lin Xuan recognized that rare opportunities could leave True Spirit blood in the Three Realms, as had happened with his Qilin and Golden-Winged Great Peng True Blood.

Lin Xuan cultivated the Nine Heavens God Luo Image and discovered its ability to transform his Dharma Image into True Spirit forms and armor. After mastering the basics, he stopped to avoid rushing his progress.

• Lin Xuan realized the Blue Star Sea could refine True Spirit Blood and suspected it was connected to the Ink Moon Heaven Witch Art.
• After three months of cultivation, Lin Xuan manifested a golden Dharma Image with nine heads, eighteen arms, and rune-like arrays.
• Lin Xuan transformed the Dharma Image into forms of the Golden-Winged Great Peng, Phoenix, and Qilin.
• Lin Xuan merged the Qilin Dharma Image into his body and formed a suit of armor bearing a qilin head.
• Lin Xuan considered how future True Spirit Blood could strengthen the armor, then decided to pause his cultivation and improve gradually.

Lin Xuan inventoried the Tianlan Twin Devils’ Storage Bags and found that their Demon Treasures did not suit his cultivation, though he kept their defensive Formation Flags. He then examined the female devil’s Black Water Asura Blade, intending to use it to strengthen his incomplete Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword.

• Lin Xuan emptied both Storage Bags and gathered their high-grade Magic Stones and valuable materials.
• Lin Xuan put away the unfamiliar pills and rejected the Demon Treasures because they were unsuitable for his cultivation.
• Lin Xuan kept the Formation Flags for warning and defense around his cultivation cave.
• Lin Xuan reflected on his gains in the Demon World, including his advancement, the Phoenix’s spirit blood, and the completed Ink Moon Heaven Witch Art.
• Lin Xuan brought out the Black Water Asura Blade and decided to use it as material for his Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword.

Lin Xuan studied a simplified method for refining the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword and set out for Ice-Fire Valley to find Three-Eyed Saint Ancestor’s buried treasure. Meanwhile, Tian Xiaojian learned that his recent advancement to the Spirit Division Stage was temporary and would carry a severe cost.

• Lin Xuan decided that refining the complete Nine Swords would take too long and studied how to add attributes to his existing fire sword through the simplified method.
• Lin Xuan recognized that the Black Water Cultivation Blade could help add the water attribute, then examined a map to Three-Eyed Saint Ancestor’s treasure.
• Lin Xuan left his cultivation cave and flew toward Ice-Fire Valley, where the treasure was buried.
• Tian Xiaojian confronted his foster father’s Void Shadow for withholding the danger of his advancement.
• Tian Xiaojian’s foster father explained that Tian Xiaojian would regress to Dongxuan in ten years and would find advancing to Spirit Division Stage again more than ten times harder.

Tian Xiaojian learned that advancing to the Spirit Division Stage carried a risk, but the Split Soul said Ice-Fire Grass could avert it and directed him to Ice-Fire Valley. Meanwhile, Lin Xuan arrived in Scorpion Tail City to prepare for his search for Three-Eyed Saint Ancestor’s treasure in the valley’s inner reaches.

• The Split Soul told Tian Xiaojian that consuming Ice-Fire Grass would remedy the danger of his advancement and that the grass grew in Ice-Fire Valley.
• Tian Xiaojian accepted the explanation and immediately flew toward Ice-Fire Valley.
• After four months of travel, Lin Xuan reached Black Flame Province and approached Scorpion Tail City, the city nearest Ice-Fire Valley.
• Lin Xuan recalled that ordinary Devil Race visitors only gathered herbs on the valley’s outskirts, leaving the inner-valley treasure undiscovered.
• Lin Xuan entered Scorpion Tail City, bought a map from a pig-headed ancient demon with a top-grade Magic Stone, and headed to an inn.

Lin Xuan prepared to travel to Ice-Fire Valley, but Scorpion Tail Master invited him to a ceremony for taking a concubine, and Lin Xuan decided to attend. At the City Lord's Mansion, Lin Xuan took his place among the guests and noticed the weak magic power of the Ancient Demon seated beside him.

• Lin Xuan spent the day gathering supplies and information in Scorpion Tail City for his trip to Ice-Fire Valley.
• A servant of Scorpion Tail Master invited Lin Xuan to attend his master's concubine-taking ceremony, and Lin Xuan accepted.
• Lin Xuan went to the City Lord's Mansion the next morning and presented an ordinary Demon Treasure as a congratulatory gift.
• Lin Xuan entered the main hall, where Scorpion Tail Master hosted the ceremony without any other Spirit Division Stage guests.
• A maid seated Lin Xuan at the third low table on the left, beside an early-Dongxuan Realm Ancient Demon whose magic power seemed unusually weak.

Lin Xuan attended Scorpion Tail Master’s wedding and discovered that the bride was Lin Yujiao, a fellow Cloud Hidden Sect cultivator who had disappeared in the Demon World. After seeing that she was under a restriction, he decided to disrupt the wedding and intervene.

• Lin Xuan met Meng Luo, who told him that Scorpion Tail Master’s new concubine was a human immortal cultivator.
• Scorpion Tail Master led the guests out to welcome the bride, whose procession included trained beasts and powerful Demon Origin Guards.
• Lin Xuan watched the wedding ceremony and recognized the veiled bride by her familiar figure.
• Lin Xuan used his Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye to see that the bride was Lin Yujiao and discovered she was under an unknown restriction.
• Lin Xuan decided he could not leave without interfering, and prepared to make a scene at the wedding feast.

Lin Xuan prepared to interrupt Scorpion Tail Master's wedding to save Lin Yujiao, but a mysterious devil-mist-wreathed intruder burst into the courtyard first and attacked the groom. The clash left Scorpion Tail Master wary and the guests silent, while Lin Xuan held back to see how events unfolded.

• Lin Xuan decided he could no longer wait and stepped forward to stop Lin Yujiao's wedding.
• An unknown figure blasted open the courtyard gate, knocking two Nascent Soul Devil Race guards aside and halting the ceremony.
• Lin Xuan withdrew his step and chose to observe while the unexpected disturbance muddied the situation.
• Scorpion Tail Master attacked the intruder with black devil-qi tentacles, but the stranger shattered them with a palm strike and knocked him into the offering table.
• Scorpion Tail Master recognized the intruder as an Ancient Demon of the same rank and suppressed his anger, while the guests feared getting caught in the conflict.

Old Devil Jia confronted Scorpion Tail Master at his celebratory ceremony, revealed he had reached the mid Spirit Division Stage, and demanded the Thunder Roc Token in exchange for sparing him. Scorpion Tail Master agreed to hand it over, but Lin Xuan recognized a dangerous talisman sealing the box as the scene remained unresolved.

• Old Devil Jia revealed that he had survived the White Stone Mountain battle and had killed Five Poisons, then showed Scorpion Tail Master that he had advanced to the mid Spirit Division Stage.
• Lin Xuan decided to delay rescuing Lin Yujiao and watch for a chance to take advantage of the conflict.
• Old Devil Jia offered to spare Scorpion Tail Master if he surrendered the Thunder Roc Token, which could protect its bearer from the Thunder Roc spirit in Ice-Fire Valley.
• Scorpion Tail Master admitted he had the token and agreed to hand it over.
• Scorpion Tail Master produced a sealed Wooden Box, and Lin Xuan recognized its Better Shattered Than Intact Talisman could explode if anyone but its owner touched it.

Old Devil Jia took the Thunder Roc Command Token from Scorpion Tail Master, then broke his promise and threatened to kill everyone who had witnessed it. As the guests faced his threat, one Ancient Demon made a sudden attempt to flee.

• Old Devil Jia opened the box with the Jade Shatter Talisman, seized the Thunder Roc Command Token, and confirmed it was genuine.
• Scorpion Tail Master demanded that Old Devil Jia honor their agreement, but Old Devil Jia openly refused and explained that past betrayals had made him abandon his former principles.
• Old Devil Jia declared that he would draw out Scorpion Tail Master's soul and refine his spirit, then threatened to kill the watching guests to protect his reputation.
• The Ancient Demons realized Old Devil Jia was serious, but none dared challenge him as he demanded that they kill themselves.
• One Ancient Demon declared that he was only there to watch and flew toward the horizon in a streak of yellow light.

Lin Xuan revealed his Spirit Division Stage cultivation and sided with Scorpion Tail Master against the Wood-Crowned Elder, disguising his self-serving plans as a stubborn demand for justice. The Wood-Crowned Elder rejected Lin Xuan’s demands and prepared to fight as the Ancient Demons rallied behind Scorpion Tail Master.

• The Wood-Crowned Elder killed a fleeing cultivator with demonic qi, leaving Scorpion Tail Master and the other Ancient Demons too afraid to attack.
• Lin Xuan revealed his Spirit Division Stage cultivation and declared he would join Scorpion Tail Master to resist the Wood-Crowned Elder.
• The Wood-Crowned Elder offered to let Lin Xuan leave, but Lin Xuan refused and demanded that he return the Thunder Roc Token, apologize, and promise not to trouble Scorpion Tail Master again.
• The Wood-Crowned Elder called Lin Xuan an idiot and warned him that Scorpion Tail Master might betray him, while Scorpion Tail Master and the other Ancient Demons urged Lin Xuan to uphold justice.
• The Wood-Crowned Elder decided to fight Lin Xuan and Scorpion Tail Master rather than abandon his thousand-year-old revenge.

Lin Xuan destroyed the Wood-Crowned Elder’s Void Shadow Dharma Image while Scorpion Tail Master battled Old Devil Jia. The Wood-Crowned Elder, surprised by Lin Xuan’s strength, faced a choice between retreating and fighting both opponents.

• The Wood-Crowned Elder summoned a Void Shadow Dharma Image, which attacked Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan dodged and let two Ancient Demons take the blows.
• Scorpion Tail Master transformed into a scorpion-like form and fought Old Devil Jia, while many Ancient Demons fled the battle.
• Lin Xuan used the Heaven Ghost Axe and Nine Heavens Micro-Steps to get past the Dharma Image’s defenses and punch through its lower abdomen.
• Lin Xuan followed with a series of attacks that chopped the Void Shadow into pieces, then flew to join the battle between the two old devils.
• Scorpion Tail Master praised Lin Xuan and urged him to help defeat Old Devil Jia, while the Wood-Crowned Elder hesitated over whether to retreat or fight them both.

Lin Xuan used Scorpion Tail Master’s attack on the Wood-Crowned Elder to wound both demons, then killed Scorpion Tail Master with the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire and Sword Qi. He confronted the grievously injured Wood-Crowned Elder, who threatened to self-destruct, but Lin Xuan’s Demon Insects struck before he could react.

• Scorpion Tail Master kept the Wood-Crowned Elder occupied, and Lin Xuan struck with the Heaven Ghost Axe, chopping Old Devil Jia in two at the waist while Scorpion Tail Master lost an arm.
• Lin Xuan revealed his full strength and attacked Scorpion Tail Master with the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire and Sword Qi, destroying him and his Nascent Soul before taking his Storage Bag.
• Lin Xuan explained that he had manipulated the two Ancient Demons to obtain the Thunder Roc Token and weaken both opponents while rescuing Lin Yujiao.
• The Wood-Crowned Elder threatened to self-destruct unless Lin Xuan let him leave, but Lin Xuan invited him to do so.
• Several dozen bee-shaped Demon Insects suddenly swarmed the Wood-Crowned Elder before he could summon his Dharma Treasure.

Lin Xuan killed the Wood-Crowned Elder with his Jade Luo Bees and lifebound sword, then searched Scorpion Tail Master’s residence for the newly taken concubine. Meanwhile, two of Heaven Origin’s trusted aides reported that they had seen someone matching Lin Xuan’s appearance, leaving his identity uncertain.

• Lin Xuan used the Jade Luo Bees to overwhelm the Wood-Crowned Elder, then split him and his Nascent Soul in two with the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword.
• Two Ancient Demons discussed whether Lin Xuan was the person Heaven Origin had ordered them to find and sent him a report with a Ten Thousand Mile Talisman.
• Lin Xuan searched with his divine sense and flew to the rear residence of the City Lord’s Mansion.
• Lin Xuan shattered the rear residence’s protective formation and asked the frightened maids where Scorpion Tail Master’s new concubine was.
• The maids said they did not know.

Lin Xuan found Lin Yujiao in the City Lord's Mansion after killing Scorpion Tail Master and rescued her from captivity. Lin Yujiao learned that Lin Xuan had reached the Spirit Division Stage, and he began breaking the restrictions sealing her magic power.

• A maid told Lin Xuan that Lin Yujiao was hidden in a pavilion behind Fangting Pavilion, and he left without harming the servants.
• After news spread that Scorpion Tail Master had fallen, the maids packed their valuables and fled.
• Lin Xuan reached the pavilion, knocked out a maid, and found Lin Yujiao waiting in despair.
• Lin Yujiao recognized Lin Xuan and asked what had happened to Scorpion Tail Master; he told her he had destroyed him.
• Lin Yujiao sensed Lin Xuan's realm and realized he had advanced to the Spirit Division Stage, then addressed him as Martial Uncle.
• Lin Xuan sent Azure Glow into Lin Yujiao to smash the restrictions sealing her magic power.

After rescuing Lin Yujiao from Scorpion Tail Old Devil, Lin Xuan parted ways with her and continued to Ice-Fire Valley to seek Three-Eyed Saint Ancestor's treasures. He entered the narrow gorge that would teleport him into the inner valley.

• Lin Xuan and Lin Yujiao left Scorpion Tail City after sweeping the City Lord's Mansion clean.
• Lin Yujiao told Lin Xuan that Scorpion Tail Old Devil had captured her while she searched for spiritual herbs, and she asked how he had reached the Spirit Division Stage.
• Lin Xuan and Lin Yujiao parted ways, and she set out to search for treasures needed to refine a Spirit Division Pill.
• Lin Xuan reached Ice-Fire Valley, rested overnight, then flew through the outer valley while ignoring low-level Demonic Beasts and spiritual herbs.
• Lin Xuan arrived at the narrow gorge between the outer and inner valleys and entered, knowing its spatial cracks would transport him into the inner valley.