Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan swallowed the Heavenly Demon Core Xiang'er gave him, then teased her until their playful chase became a contest of spatial abilities. They stopped when a group from the Ice Bear Clan approached, and Lin Xuan revealed he had just killed a Giant Bear Venerable.

• Xiang'er gave Lin Xuan a Heavenly Demon Core, and he swallowed it without hesitation, saying he trusted her.
• Lin Xuan teased Xiang'er by comparing her to a little dog, so she chased him through the air.
• Xiang'er revealed her six-tailed snow fox form and used a spatial ability, while Lin Xuan answered with Nine Heavens Micro-Steps.
• Lin Xuan and Xiang'er sensed approaching demonic forces and stopped their chase.
• Xiang'er identified the approaching group as Ice Bear Clan members, and Lin Xuan told her he had just killed a Giant Bear Venerable.

Lin Xuan confronted the Ice Bear King after Xiang'er insulted him and his companions, and the two fought to a draw with their first blows. Lin Xuan then summoned the Mountain Black Gold Scroll and sent nine peaks crashing down on the Ice Bear King, while Xiang'er guarded against the other demons.

• Xiang'er identified the Ice Bear King's companions as the King of Ten Thousand Corpses and Thousand-Legged Venerable, and denounced the Ice Bear Clan.
• The Ice Bear King ignored Xiang'er's rebuff until Lin Xuan challenged him, then attacked Lin Xuan with a massive fist.
• Lin Xuan met the Ice Bear King's blow with the Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens Art, and their attacks collided in a draw.
• Lin Xuan summoned the Mountain Black Gold Scroll and sent nine enlarged mountain peaks down toward the Ice Bear King.
• Xiang'er stayed beside Lin Xuan and watched for a sneak attack from the Ice Bear King's companions.

Lin Xuan overwhelmed the Ice Bear King with the Mountain-Peak Golden Crow Scroll, but the bear escaped destruction using a costly blood-splitting technique. Lin Xuan prepared to finish him as the King of Ten Thousand Corpses and the Thousand-Legged Venerable joined the fight, while Xiang'er hesitated over whether to support Lin Xuan.

• The Ice Bear King revealed his Multi-Armed Bear form and used his many arms to withstand Lin Xuan's nine descending mountain peaks.
• Lin Xuan sent hundreds of Golden Crows against the Ice Bear King's demon bears, forcing the bear to spend his Demon Qi and falter beneath the peaks.
• The Ice Bear King self-destructed into blood threads and re-formed more than a hundred zhang away, weakened but alive.
• Lin Xuan decided to kill the Ice Bear King and summoned several dozen Immortal Swords.
• The King of Ten Thousand Corpses revealed his corpse-king form, while the Thousand-Legged Venerable brought out a huge Gourd Artifact.
• Xiang'er hesitated between aiding Lin Xuan and avoiding a fight that could endanger the Snow Fox Clan.

Princess Xiang'er chose to stand by Lin Xuan as the Cold Mouse King arrived and brokered a halt to the fighting. When asked about his origins, Lin Xuan claimed to be a descendant of a True Spirit and confirmed that he carried Golden Crow blood, leaving the Demon Race experts astonished.

• Princess Xiang'er stayed beside Lin Xuan and prepared to face the Demon Race rather than abandon him.
• The Cold Mouse King arrived and asked why the Multi-Armed Bear and Princess Xiang'er were fighting.
• The Multi-Armed Bear explained the dispute, and the Cold Mouse King persuaded both sides to let it go as a misunderstanding.
• The Cold Mouse King asked Lin Xuan about his origin, and Lin Xuan claimed to be a descendant of a True Spirit.
• The Multi-Armed Bear guessed that Lin Xuan possessed Golden Crow blood, and Lin Xuan confirmed it.

Lin Xuan and Xiang'er left the Cold Mouse King and Multi-Armed Bear after avoiding a fight, then Xiang'er began telling Lin Xuan about the Snow Fox Clan's hardships in the Ice Sea Realm. She revealed that her older sister Yuanke was still with the clan but hinted that something was wrong, leaving Lin Xuan concerned as Xiang'er explained how the clan had arrived there.

• The Cold Mouse King and Lin Xuan ended their confrontation peacefully, and Xiang'er and Lin Xuan departed.
• The Multi-Armed Bear questioned why the Cold Mouse King had let Lin Xuan go, and the Cold Mouse King explained that fighting would disrupt his plans for Princess Xiang'er.
• The Cold Mouse King said he had notified a powerful lord about the Sacred Hall's stolen treasure, while the Multi-Armed Bear looked forward to capturing Xiang'er and killing Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan caught up with Xiang'er and asked about the Snow Fox Clan and her older sister Yuanke, whose situation Xiang'er declined to explain in detail.
• Xiang'er told Lin Xuan that the Snow Fox Clan had reached the Ice Sea Realm after Demon Spirit Island was swept into Spatial Turbulence, but settling there had been difficult.

Xiang'er told Lin Xuan how the Snow Fox Clan fought to settle in the Cold Soul Ice Plain and survived the Snow Crow Clan’s attack with help from her foster father, an incarnation of the Mystic Ice Ancestor. She revealed that the Ice Bear Clan and Cold Mouse Clan were also backed by incarnations of the same being, leaving Lin Xuan to wonder why they opposed one another.

• Yuanke led the Snow Fox Clan to challenge the Snow Crow Clan for territory on the Cold Soul Ice Plain, but the clan’s hidden Spirit Division Stage expert overwhelmed them.
• Xiang'er explained that her foster father, an incarnation of the Mystic Ice Ancestor, helped the Snow Fox Clan escape destruction.
• Lin Xuan questioned why the Ice Bears and cold mice had mistreated Xiang'er if the Mystic Ice Ancestor supported her.
• Xiang'er revealed that the Ice Bear Clan and Cold Mouse Clan also had incarnations of the Mystic Ice Ancestor backing them.

Lin Xuan learned that the Snow Fox Clan faced pressure from the Ice Bear Clan and Cold Mouse, backed by an incarnation of the Mystic Ice Ancestor. Xiang'er brought him to see her frozen sister Yuanke, who had been sealed by Hundun Taiyin Qi two hundred years earlier.

• Lin Xuan considered how an External Incarnation could develop its own emotions and turn against its main body, but concluded his self-cultivated Second Nascent Soul avoided that danger.
• Xiang'er explained that the Snow Fox Clan's adoptive father and elder sister had perished or suffered misfortune, leaving the clan threatened by the Ice Bear Clan, the Cold Mouse, and the Mystic Ice Ancestor's incarnation.
• Lin Xuan and Xiang'er reached the Snow Fox Clan's homeland, where patrol members welcomed the princess.
• Xiang'er led Lin Xuan into a guarded secret chamber, where he saw Yuanke preserved inside a massive block of ice.
• Xiang'er said Yuanke had been frozen by Hundun Taiyin Qi during a treasure search two hundred years earlier, and Lin Xuan reacted with astonishment.

Lin Xuan learned that the ice was condensed Hundun Taiyin Qi and realized it could help him pursue the great-completion realm of Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire. He recalled that even the Heavenly Witch Goddess had failed to reach that realm, and the chapter ended as the Ink Moon Heaven Witch Art began to describe its power.

• Mystic Ice Ancestor identified the block of ice as condensed Hundun Taiyin Qi, and Lin Xuan accepted his judgment.
• Lin Xuan recalled that Hundun Taiyin Qi was an exceptionally rare form of yin qi and considered its significance for his cultivation.
• Lin Xuan reviewed the harsh requirements for bringing Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire to great completion, which required both yin and yang qi.
• Lin Xuan recalled that even the Heavenly Witch Goddess had not gathered the required qi or completed the art before she disappeared.
• Lin Xuan reached the Ink Moon Heaven Witch Art's final sentence describing the power of Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire at great completion.

Lin Xuan recalled the legendary power of the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire and considered whether the Hundun Taiyin Qi might let him master it, but kept his hopes of rescuing Princess Yuanke to himself. A sudden urgent message reached Xiang'er, who hurried away from the cultivation cave in alarm.

• Lin Xuan remembered that the fully mastered Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire was said to be capable of slaying Immortals.
• He compared the spell’s potential with accounts of True Immortals and realized the Hundun Taiyin Qi might make mastering it possible.
• Lin Xuan decided not to tell Xiang'er about his plans until he had confidence he could free Princess Yuanke from the Mystic Ice.
• A streak of firelight arrived through the cave’s restrictions, and Xiang'er read its message with shock before flying away.

Lin Xuan secretly followed Xiang'er into an icy pavilion, where the Cold Mouse King and Multi-Armed Bear confronted her over a stolen Sacred Hall treasure. The Cold Mouse King accused Xiang'er of stealing it in collusion with a human immortal cultivator.

• Lin Xuan concealed himself and followed Xiang'er to a pavilion in the Snow Fox Clan's territory.
• Lin Xuan discovered Xiang'er meeting with the Cold Mouse King, the Multi-Armed Bear, and experts from their clans.
• The Cold Mouse King said they had found clues about the Sacred Hall treasure stolen during the Snow Fox Clan's watch.
• The Cold Mouse King accused Xiang'er of stealing the treasure with the help of a human immortal cultivator.

The Cold Mouse King provoked Xiang'er by accusing her of stealing a treasure, but a mysterious Teleportation Array appeared before she could attack him. Mystic Ice Ancestor arrived, exposed Lin Xuan's hiding place, and attacked him, leaving Lin Xuan to counter with Yin Thunder and retreat to safety.

• The Cold Mouse King accused Xiang'er of taking a treasure and urged her to hand it over, provoking her into attacking him with a dagger of Demon Qi.
• Xiang'er's dagger dissolved, and a Teleportation Array formed in the hall, bringing a white-robed Demon Cultivator whom the gathered demons addressed as Ancestor.
• Lin Xuan recognized the newcomer as possibly Mystic Ice Ancestor's avatar, but the Ancestor detected him hiding nearby and struck at him.
• Lin Xuan blocked the attack with Azure Glow, saw the strange power absorb his magic, then used two refined Yin Thunder beads to blast it and retreat to safety.

Lin Xuan’s identity as a human cultivator was exposed before the Demon Race, giving Mystic Ice Ancestor and the Cold Mouse and Ice Bear clans a powerful pretext to accuse the Snow Fox Clan of stealing Sacred Hall treasures. Lin Xuan decided to stand with the Snow Fox Clan as Mystic Ice Ancestor pressed Xiang’er to explain.

• Mystic Ice Ancestor saw Lin Xuan and revealed that he was a human cultivator, while Multi-Armed Bear and Cold Mouse King reacted with hostility and delight.
• Mystic Ice Ancestor used Lin Xuan’s presence to reinforce the accusation that the Snow Fox Clan had colluded with a human and stolen treasures from the Sacred Hall.
• Xiang’er realized that the Snow Fox Clan had been drawn into a trap and asked her sister what to do.
• Lin Xuan recognized how dangerous the Snow Fox Clan’s situation had become and decided he could not leave them to face it alone.
• Mystic Ice Ancestor demanded an explanation from Xiang’er, who faltered before answering.

Lin Xuan challenged Ice Old Demon’s accusation that the Snow Fox Clan had stolen the Sacred Hall’s treasure and accused him of plotting with Cold Mouse King and Multi-Armed Bear. Ice Old Demon attacked, and Lin Xuan countered with Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire and a giant sword strike.

• Lin Xuan defied Ice Old Demon and claimed the accusation against the Snow Fox Clan was a pretext for a conspiracy.
• Multi-Armed Bear moved to attack Lin Xuan, but Cold Mouse King held him back and urged him to let Ice Old Demon decide what to do.
• Lin Xuan accused Ice Old Demon, Cold Mouse King, and Multi-Armed Bear of conspiring against the Snow Fox Clan, and Multi-Armed Bear reacted with shock.
• Ice Old Demon attacked Lin Xuan with a powerful force that twisted space.
• Lin Xuan released Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire to freeze the force, then formed a giant sword from Sword Qi and struck at Ice Old Demon.

Lin Xuan drew Ice Old Demon away from the Snow Fox Clan to face him alone, while Princess Xiang'er and the clan fought the Ice Bears and Cold Mice. On a desolate ice plain, Lin Xuan prepared to test his transformed Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword against Ice Old Demon’s incarnation.

• Lin Xuan and Ice Old Demon exchanged attacks, but neither gained an advantage.
• Lin Xuan told Xiang'er he would draw Ice Old Demon away, then fled to lure him from the Snow Fox Clan.
• Ice Old Demon ordered the Cold Mouse King and Multi-Armed Bear to capture Xiang'er alive and attack the Snow Fox Clan before pursuing Lin Xuan.
• Princess Xiang'er refused to surrender and led the Snow Fox Clan in a fight that quickly turned against them.
• Lin Xuan and Ice Old Demon flew more than ten thousand li to a desolate ice plain, where Lin Xuan resolved to test his three-attribute Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword.

Lin Xuan and Ice Old Demon exchanged taunts before launching their first attacks, but Ice Old Demon trapped Lin Xuan’s treasures and struck him with a powerful secret technique. Ice Old Demon believed Lin Xuan had been killed, then sensed an enormous danger and retreated.

• Lin Xuan mocked Ice Old Demon and said he had chosen the place as Ice Old Demon’s burial ground.
• Lin Xuan attacked with the Thunder Fire Awl, Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire, and fiery-red sand from his gourd.
• Ice Old Demon gathered Demon Qi and heaven-and-earth Yuan Qi into a vortex that froze Lin Xuan’s attacks and flew toward him.
• Lin Xuan summoned the Black Tortoise True Spirit Inkstone to defend himself, but the vortex burst apart near him and swallowed him in an explosion.
• Ice Old Demon declared that his Spinning Thought True Thunder had killed Lin Xuan, then sensed danger and retreated.

Lin Xuan saw through Ice Old Demon’s staged death and turned the old monster’s sneak attack into a counterstrike. Ice Old Demon’s body was riddled with holes, but he still threatened to extract and refine Lin Xuan’s soul.

• Lin Xuan pierced Ice Old Demon with the Ink Spirit Drill, then struck him with the Thunder Fire Awl and burned his body to ash with the Five-Colored Demon Flame.
• Lin Xuan suspected Ice Old Demon’s death was a trick and used the Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye to detect the old monster’s faint Void Shadow approaching him.
• Lin Xuan pretended to believe Ice Old Demon had fallen and nearly let the old monster’s claw reach his heart before dodging at the last moment.
• Lin Xuan turned and engulfed Ice Old Demon in a storm of sword light, leaving his body riddled with holes.
• Ice Old Demon admitted he had underestimated Lin Xuan and threatened to draw out his soul and refine his spirit.

Lin Xuan destroyed Ice Old Demon's body, but the demon's voice persisted and the Ice Plain transformed around him. The chapter left Lin Xuan facing a split in the ice as something stirred beneath it.

• Lin Xuan retreated and raised the Black Tortoise True Spirit Inkstone when Ice Old Demon appeared to self-destruct.
• Ice Old Demon's body burst into blood mist, but his voice threatened to draw out Lin Xuan's soul and refine his spirit.
• Lin Xuan searched for Ice Old Demon and shredded the ice that had absorbed the blood mist, but found nothing unusual.
• The scenery shifted, and Lin Xuan used Azure Glow swords to reveal and destroy Ice Swords attacking from the void.
• The Ice Plain arched upward and split open before Lin Xuan could act.

Lin Xuan fought off Ice Old Demon’s attacks in the frozen domain but could not locate his hidden opponent. After destroying the surrounding ice and stopping the assault, he heard Ice Old Demon threaten him and remained on guard.

• Lin Xuan’s Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword quickly destroyed the Demon Spirits that emerged from a fissure.
• Ice Old Demon sent a storm of spinning ice and falling ice spears at Lin Xuan, who used the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire to reinforce his defenses.
• Lin Xuan failed to find Ice Old Demon with his divine sense or Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye and suspected the old monster had merged with the Ice Plain.
• Lin Xuan unleashed hundreds of Nine Palaces Instantaneous Swords to shred the nearby ice and collapse several ice mountains, causing the attacks to stop.
• Ice Old Demon spoke from an untraceable location, taunted Lin Xuan, and threatened to capture him and refine his spirit.

Lin Xuan considered the claim that his hidden opponent possessed a domain, recalling how domains worked and how few powerful beings in the Three Realms had attained one. He decided the opponent was bluffing, but the Heaven Wind Divine Eyes could not reveal where the enemy was hiding, leaving Lin Xuan to find a way to win.

• Lin Xuan was shocked when his opponent claimed to possess a domain and reflected on the power of domains.
• Lin Xuan recalled that even Old Devil Gu had wielded the Laws of Heaven and Earth clumsily, while Little Fur Ball had once released a flawed domain.
• Lin Xuan reviewed ancient records showing that domains were exceedingly rare and generally belonged to Tribulation Transcendence powerhouses.
• Lin Xuan concluded that his opponent was bluffing, since even the true body of Mystic Ice Ancestor had no domain.
• Lin Xuan found that the Heaven Wind Divine Eyes could not expose the opponent's hiding place and searched for a way to overcome the enemy.

Lin Xuan realized Ice Old Demon’s apparent endless attacks were sustained by absorbing the surrounding heaven and earth origin energy, and he prepared to cut off that supply. The Five Elements Spirit-Nurturing Formation flags landed across the icy plain, while Ice Old Demon’s attempt to stop them failed.

• Lin Xuan destroyed Ice Old Demon’s ice dragons, but they reformed and multiplied as the demon taunted him from within his domain.
• Lin Xuan deduced that Ice Old Demon, whose physical body was gone, was drawing on nearby heaven and earth origin energy to sustain his attacks and wear Lin Xuan down.
• Lin Xuan took out the Formation Flags of the Five Elements Spirit-Nurturing Formation to isolate the surrounding origin energy.
• Ice Old Demon sent ice spears to intercept the flags, but they smashed the spears and sank into the icy plain.