Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan prepared for the journey to the Cold Soul Ice Plain while Fan and the white-haired Old Crone secretly planned to use him as a pawn and revealed they had a powerful treasure. The six cultivators reached the plain, where Fan suggested they conceal themselves before entering.

• Fan told the white-haired Old Crone that Lin Xuan was expendable and that he did not intend to share any treasure with him.
• The Old Crone warned Fan that Evil Fire Ascetic and Brocade Venerable might have their own schemes, but Fan claimed he had a powerful treasure and a foolproof plan.
• Lin Xuan bought supplies for the expedition, including more than a hundred Nascent Soul-level Puppets, then rested for two days.
• Lin Xuan met Fan and the white-haired Old Crone at the agreed place, and the other members of the group soon arrived.
• The six cultivators flew toward the Cold Soul Ice Plain and reached it after two hours; Fan proposed that they use concealment techniques, but Evil Fire Ascetic objected.

Lin Xuan and five Dongxuan Realm cultivators traveled through the Cold Soul Ice Plain in disguise, following Elder Fan’s route toward an ancient cultivator’s ruins. As they approached Ice Arrow Mountain, they prepared to cross a dangerous stretch where demon beasts and high-level Demon Cultivators might expose them.

• Elder Fan persuaded the group to use concealment arts, and the six cultivators set off into the Cold Soul Ice Plain.
• After four hours of cautious travel, the group had gone about a hundred thousand li into the outskirts, and Elder Fan said the journey to the ruins would take at least a month.
• Ten days passed without trouble, and the big man in brocade robes warned that Ice Arrow Mountain marked a more dangerous part of the route.
• The big man in brocade robes explained that numerous Ice Arrow Beasts inhabited the mountain, while Elder Fan said nearby detours were even more dangerous.
• The group rested for half an hour, then Elder Fan told everyone to fly slowly and maintain a hundred-li distance between them as they approached Ice Arrow Mountain.

Lin Xuan and the other cultivators traveled through the Cold Soul Ice Plain without meeting any demon beasts, even in areas known to be dangerous. As the group debated whether to abandon their mission to find the Druid senior’s hidden treasure, Lin Xuan argued they should continue cautiously.

• Elder Fan led Lin Xuan and the other cultivators through Ice Arrow Mountain, where they encountered no Ice Arrow Beasts.
• The group traveled for several more days toward the core region without encountering demon beasts or other dangers, leaving them increasingly uneasy.
• Elder Fan gathered everyone to discuss the strangely empty route, and the brocade-robed big man suggested that something had changed within the Demon Race.
• Lady Yi proposed giving up the mission, but Elder Fan and the brocade-robed big man objected because the group had already reached the depths of the Cold Soul Ice Plain.
• Lin Xuan reassured Lady Yi that the Demon Race’s change might benefit them and urged the group to continue with greater caution.

Lin Xuan and the other cultivators encountered a pursuing mass of low-rank demonic beasts as they traveled toward their destination. The group split up to escape and agreed to meet again in two days, leaving Lin Xuan alone and suspicious of the old man surnamed Fan’s motives.

• After two days of travel without incident, Lin Xuan spotted a vast group of demonic beasts approaching from the left, and the other cultivators sensed them too.
• The cultivators fled at full speed, but the beasts pursued them and moved faster by linking their escaping lights.
• The old man surnamed Fan warned that high-rank Demon Cultivators might be controlling the beasts, and he gave the others Jade Slips with a meeting place before proposing they split up.
• The cultivators each displayed hidden means of increasing their speed and scattered, leaving Lin Xuan behind.
• Lin Xuan suspected the old man surnamed Fan might be using the chaos to seek the treasure alone, but he had already placed tracking marks on the others.

Lin Xuan lured the Beast Tide to a secluded place and discovered that high-level Demon Cultivators were controlling it. He unleashed his Blood Fire Ants against the Snow Bats and wiped out the Beast Tide, leaving only a few ants alive.

• Lin Xuan sensed powerful auras behind the Beast Tide and realized Demon Cultivators were directing it.
• Lin Xuan stopped in a secluded place and summoned the Ten Thousand Soul Tower as the Snow Bats approached.
• Two Dongxuan-level Demon Cultivators, a man and a woman, appeared and sent the Snow Bats to attack Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan released his Blood Fire Ants, and the insect swarm collided with the Snow Bats.
• Lin Xuan made the Blood Fire Ants self-destruct, destroying the Snow Bats and clearing the Beast Tide, though only a few ants survived.

Lin Xuan revealed his Spirit Division Stage cultivation and captured the two demons who had attacked him. After interrogating the surviving demoness, he learned that the Sacred Hall’s enshrined treasure had been stolen, though she did not know what it was.

• Lin Xuan exposed his Spirit Division Stage cultivation, and the two demons fled in opposite directions.
• Lin Xuan overtook the demoness, captured her, and then caught and killed Brother Fu after using the Soul Searching Technique on him.
• Lin Xuan revived the demoness and questioned her about why the demons had been driving the low-level Demon Race.
• The demoness said the Sacred Hall’s treasure had recently been stolen, but she did not know what the treasure was.

The Cold Mouse King and Ice Bear King discussed their plot involving the Sacred Hall’s stolen treasures and Princess Xiang'er. After questioning the Snake Demon, Lin Xuan learned that the Cold Soul Ice Plain was heavily guarded against the thief, then sealed her away and continued onward to meet the other immortal cultivators.

• The Ice Bear King urged the Cold Mouse King to reveal their scheme to their lord, but the Cold Mouse King told him to wait longer.
• The Cold Mouse King blamed the Ice Bear King’s desire to marry Princess Xiang'er for forcing them to stage the theft of the Sacred Hall’s treasures.
• The Snake Demon told Lin Xuan that a human cultivator had taken the treasure and that the three clans had deployed defenses to search for the thief.
• Lin Xuan decided to continue forward rather than attempt to leave the Cold Soul Ice Plain, and he focused on finding the spiritual object for his Internal Incarnation.
• Lin Xuan sealed the Snake Demon in a wooden box after she transformed into her crimson python form, then flew toward the distant horizon.

Lin Xuan reached the group’s hidden meeting place and waited with them for Evil Fire Ascetic, whose delayed arrival raised fears that the Demon Race had caught him. Evil Fire Ascetic eventually arrived badly weakened and began explaining how he had fought several Demon Cultivators.

• Lin Xuan traveled alone through the Demon Race’s defenses and found the snowy peak where Fan, the Old Crone, the big man in brocade robes, and the Palace-dressed Woman were waiting.
• Lin Xuan learned that Evil Fire Ascetic had not arrived, and Fan explained that several cultivators were needed to open the restrictions on the senior’s cultivation cave.
• The group agreed to wait half a day before leaving, then Lin Xuan sensed Evil Fire Ascetic approaching and alerted the others.
• Fan opened the restriction and welcomed Evil Fire Ascetic, who arrived pale and weakened and said he had killed two Demon Cultivators before encountering three more.

Evil Fire Ascetic rejoined Lin Xuan and the others, and the Fan-surnamed old man led them to Spirit Flower Fairy’s hidden cultivation cave. As they opened the entrance, a strange cultivator claimed the cave as his own and attacked, but the Palace-dressed Woman effortlessly destroyed his first strike.

• Evil Fire Ascetic recounted how he had fought his way to the group, and the Fan-surnamed old man urged everyone to leave before more Demon Cultivators arrived.
• The group took a detour and, after nearly ten days of travel, reached a canyon where the Fan-surnamed old man used a beast-hide map to uncover a concealed entrance.
• A mundane mechanism shifted the snow mountain aside, revealing a deep underground opening without any magical fluctuations.
• A strange cultivator arrived and threatened the group, claiming the cave as his own, while the Fan-surnamed old man insisted it belonged to Spirit Flower Fairy.
• The strange cultivator attacked the Palace-dressed Woman with two streaks of green light, but she destroyed them with her flying swords.

Lin Xuan and the other cultivators were transported from the Ice Plain into a strange forest, where they fought a sentient plant that had attacked them. After the Palace-dressed Woman killed it, the forest vanished and they found themselves back on the Ice Plain, while Elder Fan stopped her from striking again.

• A glowing Formation Map appeared beneath Lin Xuan and the others, transporting them from the Ice Plain into a forest.
• Evil Fire Ascetic attacked the forest with his flames and Zen Staff, but vines and Giant Wood Sect repelled him.
• Elder Fan and the other cultivators joined the attack, while Lin Xuan concealed his suspicions and fought alongside them.
• The strange man launched a hidden attack on the Palace-dressed Woman, but Lin Xuan blocked it and revealed his position.
• The cultivators overwhelmed the strange man, and the Palace-dressed Woman beheaded him with her Immortal Sword.
• Elder Fan stopped the Palace-dressed Woman from attacking again as the forest disappeared and the group returned to the Ice Plain.

The cultivators claimed a sentient Polygonum Multiflorum and followed Elder Fan into the Spirit Flower Fairy’s underground cave abode. In a hall marked by mysterious stone pillars, they realized Elder Fan had visited before and began to suspect his motives.

• The cultivators identified the humanoid Polygonum Multiflorum as a sentient herb, and Elder Fan claimed it as his share for providing the treasure-hunt clue.
• Elder Fan agreed that the remaining treasures would be divided equally after the others objected to his taking the Polygonum Multiflorum.
• Elder Fan led the cultivators down a dark staircase into the cave, where Lin Xuan used his Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye to see despite the darkness.
• The group reached a circular hall containing stone pillars arranged with strange runes, and Elder Fan began to explain what he thought they were.
• Evil Fire Ascetic realized Elder Fan had visited the cave before, prompting the cultivators to question why he had brought them and suspect he had an ulterior motive.

Elder Fan and the white-haired Old Crone ambushed the other cultivators and captured their Nascent Souls, then cornered Lin Xuan. Believing Lin Xuan had self-detonated, they braced for the blast as it tore through their defenses.

• Elder Fan ambushed the brocade-robed Venerable and trapped his Nascent Soul in a Heaven-Net Trap.
• The white-haired Old Crone attacked Evil Fire Ascetic and captured his Nascent Soul.
• The white-haired Old Crone revealed that she had poisoned Lady Yi with Five Poisons Jade Silkworm Gu, then incapacitated her and took her Nascent Soul.
• Elder Fan and the white-haired Old Crone surrounded Lin Xuan and demanded his Nascent Soul.
• Lin Xuan appeared to self-detonate, and the resulting blast destroyed the pair's protective barriers one by one.

Elder Fan explained that he needed four Dongxuan Realm Nascent Souls to break the Mysterious Yin Demonic Restriction guarding Spirit Flower Fairy’s cultivation cave. After Lin Xuan self-detonated, Elder Fan killed his white-haired Junior Sister and captured her Nascent Soul to make up the missing sacrifice.

• Elder Fan and the white-haired Old Crone survived Lin Xuan’s self-detonation, and the stone chamber and its pillars remained undamaged.
• Elder Fan identified the entrance restriction as the Mysterious Yin Demonic Restriction and explained that four Dongxuan Realm Nascent Souls could remove it with a Blood Sacrifice.
• The white-haired Old Crone realized Lin Xuan’s death left them one Nascent Soul short, and Elder Fan claimed he could adjust the plan.
• Elder Fan distracted the white-haired Old Crone, beheaded her with his Immortal Sword, and bound her Nascent Soul with the Heaven-Net Trap.
• Elder Fan told his captured Junior Sister that he would use her Nascent Soul to complete the sacrifice and obtain Spirit Flower Fairy’s treasures.

Elder Fan sacrificed his companions to break the formation and searched Spirit Flower Fairy’s cave for her treasures. After finding rare spirit herbs in her boudoir, he was confronted by Lin Xuan, who revealed that he had faked his death and was a Spirit Division Stage cultivator.

• Elder Fan used the four unconscious Nascent Souls to break the formation, killing the cultivators who had accompanied him.
• Elder Fan searched the cultivation cave’s rooms but found no treasures until he entered Spirit Flower Fairy’s boudoir.
• Elder Fan discovered several rare spirit herbs on the ivory bed and celebrated over his apparent fortune.
• Lin Xuan confronted Elder Fan and condemned him for betraying his junior sister.
• Elder Fan learned that Lin Xuan had faked his self-destruction and was a Spirit Division Stage cultivator.

Lin Xuan killed Elder Fan and collected rare treasures from the Spirit Flower Fairy’s cultivation cave, but found no spirit-awakened item for refining an Internal Incarnation. As he tried to leave the dangerous Cold Soul Ice Plain in concealment, a low-rank demonic beast exposed his whereabouts, and Demon Cultivators rushed toward him.

• Lin Xuan defeated Elder Fan’s defenses with his sword lights and killed him before his Nascent Soul could escape.
• Lin Xuan took Elder Fan’s Storage Bag and gathered the rare flowers and grasses, but found none suitable for refining an Internal Incarnation.
• Lin Xuan searched the cultivation cave again, then left and began secretly making his way out of the Cold Soul Ice Plain.
• Lin Xuan avoided numerous Demon Race members for several days by using his concealment arts while traveling slowly.
• A snail-shaped low-rank demonic beast saw through Lin Xuan’s concealment and shrieked, alerting nearby Demon Cultivators.
• Lin Xuan stopped his escape light as Demon Cultivators surged toward him through the sky.

Lin Xuan confronted a peak middle-stage Spirit Division bear demon and unleashed his three-attribute Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword for the first time. His sword light swallowed the demon’s Ancient Treasure, leaving the bear demon to enlarge himself for the fight.

• Lin Xuan revealed himself as the bear demon and three Lihe Realm Demon Cultivators arrived.
• Lin Xuan killed the three demons who tried to flee and sent sword lights to destroy the nearby demon beasts.
• Lin Xuan summoned his eighty-one-sword, three-attribute Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword and attacked the bear demon.
• The bear demon launched an Ancient Treasure spear, but Lin Xuan’s sword light devoured it.
• The bear demon roared and expanded his body to more than ten times its size.

Lin Xuan’s three-attribute Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword destroyed the Bear Demon’s Vicious Blade in a single clash. The Bear Demon fled from Lin Xuan’s follow-up attack but was cut apart, and Lin Xuan caught an object that escaped from the corpse.

• The Bear Demon unleashed his Vicious Blade with the Giant Technique, enlarging the axe and releasing its bound Yinhun.
• Lin Xuan’s Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword clashed with the giant axe, and the resulting blast devastated the surrounding Ice Plain.
• The Vicious Blade broke into pieces, while all eighty-one of Lin Xuan’s Immortal Swords remained unharmed.
• Lin Xuan sent the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword after the frightened Bear Demon, who tried to flee.
• The Bear Demon sacrificed several treasures but was dismembered by Lin Xuan’s swords, and Lin Xuan summoned a giant azure hand to catch an object escaping from the corpse.

Lin Xuan captured a Demon Race member’s soul and belongings, then sensed another arrival and prepared to fight. When the newcomer’s voice reached him, he recognized a familiar tone and remembered Yue'er and the little fox Linghu Xiang'er.

• Lin Xuan sealed the giant bear demon’s soul in a jade bottle and collected its Demon Core and materials.
• Lin Xuan sensed another Demon Race member approaching and decided to wait and kill the newcomer.
• Lin Xuan mistook the pink cloud’s fragrance for Pink Peach Blossom Miasma and took precautions against the poison.
• The pink demonic cloud stopped nearby, and a familiar voice called Lin Xuan “Big Guy.”
• Lin Xuan remembered meeting Yue'er with the little fox Linghu Xiang'er on an icy plain, where Yue'er gave Xiang'er a spirit pill.

Lin Xuan reunited with Xiang'er after a thousand years, confirming that the young fox was the same mischievous companion he remembered. He told her that Spatial Turbulence had separated him from Yue'er, and Xiang'er reassured him that Yue'er was likely safe elsewhere in the Spirit World.

• Lin Xuan saw the young girl emerge from the pink demon cloud and recognized her as Xiang'er.
• Xiang'er comforted Lin Xuan when she saw him crying, and her familiar manner confirmed his suspicion.
• Lin Xuan greeted Xiang'er warmly, and she asked where Sister Yue'er was.
• Lin Xuan explained that Spatial Turbulence had separated him from Yue'er when he ascended to the Spirit World.
• Xiang'er told Lin Xuan that Yue'er was blessed and likely safe on another plane, easing his sorrow somewhat.

Lin Xuan reunited with Xiang'er after a thousand years and agreed to visit the Snow Fox Clan. As they flew there, Xiang'er explained that his Demon Cultivator techniques and a Heavenly Demon Core could help disguise him amid suspicion over the Sacred Hall treasure theft.

• Xiang'er suspected Lin Xuan of stealing the Sacred Hall treasure, but he denied knowing where the hall was.
• Lin Xuan accepted Xiang'er's invitation to visit her home and trusted that she remained the same mischievous fox he had known a thousand years earlier.
• Xiang'er led Lin Xuan toward the Snow Fox Clan as they shared selected stories about their lives over the past thousand years.
• Xiang'er said Lin Xuan's human identity could cause trouble because the Sacred Hall treasure had been stolen.
• Xiang'er explained that the Heavenly Demon Core, combined with Lin Xuan's Demon Cultivator power, could disguise him as one of the Demon Race.