Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan emptied the outer treasure vault of the Ethereal Immortal Palace, collecting Spirit Treasures, Ancient Treasures, Talismans, pills, Spirit Stones, and puppets. He opened the hidden inner chamber and entered, where its contents still awaited discovery.

• Lin Xuan opened the Jade Boxes and found the Thunder-Crushing Ancient Mirror, an acquired Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure, along with other powerful treasures.
• Lin Xuan collected the treasures on the shelves and the Dongxuan-level Talismans stored in iron chests.
• Lin Xuan gathered pills, Spirit Stones, high-grade puppets, and the remaining valuables until he had emptied the outer stone chamber.
• Lin Xuan used the Jade Disk to reveal a hidden stone door and opened it with the Round Disc.
• Lin Xuan entered the passage and reached a smaller inner stone chamber.

Lin Xuan examined two of the treasures left by Misty Immortal Palace’s founding ancestors: a Tribulation Transcendence-level Talisman Treasure and the powerful but difficult-to-supply True Spirit Puppet. He learned that the puppet required Immortal Stones, and the chapter ended with him smiling at the discovery.

• Lin Xuan opened the first Jade Box and found a Talisman Treasure left by True Person Piaomiao, a founding ancestor of Ethereal Immortal Palace.
• Lin Xuan read the inscription and learned True Person Piaomiao had made the treasure from his Life-Bound Dharma Treasure before dying from severe wounds.
• Lin Xuan opened the second Jade Box and found a miniature flood dragon puppet and a Jade Slip describing it.
• Lin Xuan learned that Master Baibian had created the True Spirit Puppet, which could roughly match an early Tribulation Transcendence cultivator but could not rival a true spirit.
• Lin Xuan discovered that the puppet needed Immortal Stones for power, then smiled as he read about their scarcity and poor quality in the Spirit World.

Lin Xuan found a Flat Peach in Ethereal Immortal Palace’s treasure vault but suspected it might have a hidden problem, so he sealed it away for later study. After looting the vault, he turned to Spirit Controlling Peak to search the absent elders’ Cultivation Caves and ordered the other disciples to leave for three days.

• Lin Xuan opened the final Jade Box and discovered a Flat Peach said to greatly increase a cultivator’s cultivation.
• Lin Xuan questioned why Ethereal Immortal Palace’s predecessors had left the Flat Peach behind, then resealed it to examine later.
• Lin Xuan confirmed he had emptied the treasure vault and returned to Spirit Controlling Peak to target the Supreme Elders’ Cultivation Caves.
• Lin Xuan summoned the disciples on Spirit Controlling Peak and ordered them to leave the area for three days, except those in life-or-death seclusion.

Lin Xuan sealed off Spirit Controlling Peak with defensive and illusory formations, then broke into the cultivation caves of absent elders and looted their treasures. After finishing the Spirit Division elders’ caves in less than half a day, he began targeting nearby late-stage Dongxuan cultivators’ caves.

• Lin Xuan activated formations that concealed and protected Spirit Controlling Peak after the Dongxuan Realm cultivators left.
• Lin Xuan attacked a Spirit Division elder’s water-attribute formation with his Mountain-Peak Golden Crow scroll and broke through it.
• Lin Xuan entered the cultivation cave and took the elder’s accumulated treasures and materials.
• Lin Xuan broke into another elder’s cave, which had no restrictions, and took its treasures.
• Lin Xuan looted the remaining Spirit Division elders’ caves in less than half a day, then headed for nearby late-stage Dongxuan cultivators’ caves.

After escaping Ethereal Immortal Palace with valuable pills and treasures, Lin Xuan traveled far from the Boundless Sea and planned a cautious, winding route back to the Cold Soul Ice Plain. While resting in a remote wilderness, he sensed two approaching Tribulation Transcendence-level beings and tried to conceal himself.

• Lin Xuan left Misty Immortal Palace with the Piaomiao Nine Immortal Pills, a Tribulation-Transformation Pill, and other treasures, while worrying that Ethereal Immortal Palace might discover his identity.
• Lin Xuan fled the Boundless Sea, used a Teleportation Array, and chose a circuitous route rather than returning directly to the Cold Soul Ice Plain.
• Half a month later, Lin Xuan made a cave in a barren mountain and rested on his Cold Jade Bed.
• Lin Xuan woke after sensing two enormous spiritual energies approaching, realized both beings were at the Tribulation Transcendence level, and used the Qi-Concealment Technique to hide.

Lin Xuan watched a distant battle between two Tribulation Transcendence powers and suspected one was Mystic Ice Ancestor, while the other was an unfamiliar Demon World being. The clash left Mystic Ice Ancestor at a disadvantage, and the two combatants surged toward each other again as Lin Xuan observed from safety.

• Lin Xuan concealed his aura and prepared a Random Teleportation Talisman while monitoring the two approaching powers.
• The two immense spiritual auras stopped several thousand li away, and their battle sent thunderous explosions and a frenzy of heaven and earth origin qi across the region.
• Lin Xuan identified one combatant as likely Mystic Ice Ancestor and sensed that the other wielded profound demonic qi resembling true devil qi.
• Lin Xuan watched multicolored lights flare on the horizon and saw that Mystic Ice Ancestor appeared to be losing ground to the powerful Demonic Beast.
• A deafening explosion shook the earth as a streak of white light and a wisp of black qi rushed together and collided.

Lin Xuan was caught in the aftermath of a battle between two Tribulation Transcendence beings and defended himself with the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire. After the clash, a badly injured elder appeared nearby, and Lin Xuan recognized him as Mystic Ice Ancestor.

• Lin Xuan watched two tremendous forces collide, tearing open a hundred-li rift in space and unleashing a devastating wave of light.
• Lin Xuan formed more than ten azure ice walls with the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire to shield himself from the approaching shockwave.
• The light wave melted through the ice walls, so Lin Xuan enlarged the last one into an iceberg and continually restored it until the wave passed.
• Lin Xuan saw that neither combatant had fallen, though the one resembling Mystic Ice Ancestor had weakened greatly and vanished.
• A wounded green-robed elder appeared several hundred zhang away, and Lin Xuan recognized him as Mystic Ice Ancestor from his aura.

Lin Xuan encountered the wounded Mystic Ice Ancestor and witnessed him pursued by a powerful Taowu incarnation. After recognizing Taowu and recalling their past enmity, Lin Xuan struggled to decide whether to help Mystic Ice Ancestor or escape.

• Mystic Ice Ancestor stumbled out of a Spatial Rift, and Lin Xuan prepared to flee using Phantom Escape.
• A roar from the pursuing enemy interrupted Lin Xuan’s escape art, and he hesitated to use his Random Teleportation Talisman.
• A demonic cloud arrived as Mystic Ice Ancestor refused to surrender his treasure and Demon Core, then transformed into a giant ice wolf to fight.
• Taowu emerged from the cloud, and Lin Xuan recognized it as a likely incarnation of the True Spirit.
• Lin Xuan weighed joining Mystic Ice Ancestor against escaping before Taowu discovered their past enmity.

Lin Xuan realized Mystic Ice Ancestor had deliberately kept fighting the Taowu to create an opening, while the Taowu had recognized him and blocked his escape. Lin Xuan narrowly avoided the Taowu’s space-twisting claw, and Mystic Ice Ancestor seized the brief flaw to strike.

• Lin Xuan noticed Mystic Ice Ancestor was fighting the Taowu with unwavering resolve despite being badly injured, and suspected he was waiting for an opportunity.
• Lin Xuan activated a Random Teleportation Talisman, but the Taowu recognized it and vowed to capture him.
• The Taowu struck at Lin Xuan with a claw that twisted and shattered nearby space, forcing him to flee on foot and disrupting his escape route.
• Lin Xuan realized the Taowu had recognized him earlier and intended to defeat him and Mystic Ice Ancestor separately.
• Mystic Ice Ancestor used the flaw exposed when the Taowu attacked Lin Xuan to launch the long-awaited counterattack.

Mystic Ice Ancestor used his injuries to ensnare Taowu while Lin Xuan fled, then began the forbidden Soul Burning Technique to stake his life on killing Taowu. The technique consumed more than ninety percent of his lifespan to unleash his potential and break through a bottleneck, leaving Taowu alarmed as the ritual began.

• Mystic Ice Ancestor slowed Taowu with the Ice Seal of a Thousand Miles, then sent tentacles growing from his wounds to bind him.
• Lin Xuan seized the opening and fled without using Phantom Escape or Nine Heavens Micro-Steps, while Taowu struggled against the tentacles.
• Mystic Ice Ancestor chanted an ancient incantation and drew in the vital energy from across thousands of li.
• Taowu recognized the Soul Burning Technique and warned that it could destroy Mystic Ice Ancestor's body and soul.
• Mystic Ice Ancestor accepted the risk, intending to drag Taowu down with him, as the technique consumed more than ninety percent of his lifespan to stimulate his potential and attempt a breakthrough.

Mystic Ice Ancestor sacrificed his life and soul to unleash a secret art against Taowu, while Lin Xuan sensed the danger and fled underground. As Taowu was swallowed by the Demon Qi storm, Lin Xuan prepared his strongest defensive treasure for the blast’s aftershock.

• Mystic Ice Ancestor, enraged over Taowu ruining his advancement, rejected his attempts to persuade him and fought back despite his fatal injuries.
• Taowu struck Mystic Ice Ancestor with his claws and bit his neck, but Mystic Ice Ancestor unleashed a life-burning secret art that engulfed Taowu in a storm of Demon Qi.
• Lin Xuan sensed the danger from several thousand li away, changed direction, and used the Earth Escape Technique to burrow ten thousand zhang underground.
• Lin Xuan summoned his inkstone-shaped Dharma Treasure and activated it as protection against the coming aftershock.

Lin Xuan survived the astral wind’s devastating aftershock by relying on the Black Tortoise True Spirit Inkstone, which held firm as the land and sky were torn apart. Believing Taowu and Mystic Ice Ancestor had likely perished, he considered searching for treasures they might have left behind.

• Lin Xuan layered defenses with the Black Tortoise True Spirit Inkstone and Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire as the astral wind’s aftershock approached.
• The aftershock stripped away thousands of zhang of earth and distorted space, but the inkstone’s protective films shielded Lin Xuan until the pressure vanished.
• Lin Xuan found the land reduced to an enormous pit, spiritual energy and worldly origin energy nearly absent, and the sky scarred with Spatial Rifts.
• Lin Xuan sensed no signs of life where Taowu and Mystic Ice Ancestor had fought and concluded they had probably perished together.
• Lin Xuan reasoned that their spatial Storage Bags might have survived the explosion through their self-preserving properties.

Lin Xuan went to inspect the battlefield where Taowu and Mystic Ice Ancestor had fought, hoping to find their surviving treasures. Taowu emerged from spatial rifts severely wounded but still determined to kill Lin Xuan, leaving him facing a dangerous trial.

• Lin Xuan flew to the ruined battlefield to search for the treasures of Taowu and Mystic Ice Ancestor.
• Lin Xuan noticed devilish Qi leaking from spatial rifts and prepared his flying swords for an attack.
• Taowu appeared from the rifts, reduced in size and badly injured after surviving the explosion.
• Taowu chose to attack Lin Xuan despite its injuries, and Lin Xuan braced himself against the Tribulation Transcendence Stage foe.

Lin Xuan tried to make peace with the injured Taowu, but when Taowu refused, he attacked with the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword. Taowu used spatial laws to dissolve most of Lin Xuan’s sword lights, though the Flying Swords survived with only slight damage to their spirituality.

• Lin Xuan offered to end their old grudge, but Taowu demanded that he surrender and refused to spare him.
• Lin Xuan decided to seize the initiative and unleashed the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword at Taowu.
• Taowu tore open the void with his foreclaws, using spatial laws to erase the sword lights and nearly destroy Lin Xuan’s Life-Bound Dharma Treasure.
• Lin Xuan recalled the remaining Flying Swords, which had survived but suffered some damage to their spirituality.
• Taowu recognized the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword’s resilience and revealed that he had set the spatial trap to quickly cripple Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan countered Taowu’s devastating sound-wave attack with his manifested divine sense, then launched a combined assault with the Spirit-Devouring Sword and the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword. Taowu charged into the four spirits’ shadows, leaving Lin Xuan an opening to unleash his next techniques.

• Taowu tried to damage Lin Xuan’s Life-Bound Dharma Treasure, but the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword lost only a little spirituality.
• Taowu unleashed a powerful sound-wave attack, and Lin Xuan used his manifested divine sense to weaken it without being injured.
• Lin Xuan summoned the four spirits’ shadows with an imitation of the Four Spirits Sword, enraging Taowu into charging them head-on.
• Lin Xuan poured power into the Spirit-Devouring Sword and transformed the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword’s light into dragons of water, fire, and lightning.

Lin Xuan attacked the badly wounded Taowu with the Spirit-Devouring Sword, the Four Spirits Void Shadow, and a horde of dragons, but Taowu unleashed his Three-Headed Six-Armed Dharma Image and broke free. Taowu then appeared beside Lin Xuan and struck at him, leaving Lin Xuan to meet the blow with his enlarged, Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire-wreathed arm.

• Lin Xuan poured his magic power into his treasures, using Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk to replenish it as Taowu struggled to break the Four Spirits Void Shadow.
• Lin Xuan's dragons engulfed Taowu in flames, frost, and lightning, but Taowu sacrificed essence blood to summon an Ancient Demon in the Three-Headed Six-Armed Form.
• Taowu wielded four Demon Treasures and struck with his other arms, scattering the dragons and breaking the Four Spirits Void Shadow so he could escape.
• Taowu vanished and reappeared beside Lin Xuan, who used the Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye and retreated but could not avoid Taowu's claw-strike.
• Lin Xuan enlarged his right arm, covered it in silver light, and wrapped it in Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire to withstand Taowu's attack.

Lin Xuan survived Taowu’s spatial-law and thunderflame attack by using a Perfect Substitute Tribulation Talisman. He reappeared unharmed and prepared to counter Taowu with an ancient Long Spear and his own spatial divine ability.

• Taowu unleashed spatial-law haze and dozens of Baleful Heaven Thunder attacks at Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan used the Perfect Substitute Tribulation Talisman to escape the combined attack.
• Taowu believed Lin Xuan had been destroyed, but Lin Xuan reappeared above him without injuries.
• Lin Xuan lamented the loss of the one-use talisman and chose not to reveal the Five Dragon Seal.
• Lin Xuan drew an ancient Long Spear and declared that he would show Taowu his own spatial divine ability.

Lin Xuan used a spatial-law attack against the severely injured Taowu, who eventually wore it down but then suffered a drastic collapse in realm. With Taowu reduced to early Spirit Division, Lin Xuan gained the upper hand as Taowu attempted to flee.

• Lin Xuan channeled his magic power into the Long Spear and unleashed crescent blades containing spatial laws at Taowu.
• Taowu countered with his foreclaws and repeatedly tore at space to weaken the blades, while Lin Xuan prepared Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk to restore his magic power.
• Taowu finally exhausted the attack but spat black blood as his realm plunged from Tribulation Transcendence to early Spirit Division.
• Lin Xuan realized Taowu's injuries had caused his realm to fall and concluded that he now had the advantage.
• Taowu used Blood Shadow Escape to flee, and Lin Xuan mocked him for thinking he could escape alive.

Lin Xuan defeated Taowu after its realm fell, but Taowu’s demon soul self-destructed after warning that its true body would descend upon the Spirit World. Lin Xuan collected Taowu’s corpse and searched for Mystic Ice Ancestor’s missing storage treasure, eventually finding a heavily restricted Storage Bracelet inside a Spatial Rift.

• Lin Xuan’s spatial treasure struck Taowu, and he captured Taowu’s demon soul after it failed to escape.
• Taowu’s demon soul threatened that its true body would descend upon the Spirit World, then self-destructed.
• Lin Xuan stored Taowu’s corpse, hoping to refine its True Spirit Blood.
• Lin Xuan searched for Mystic Ice Ancestor’s Storage Bag but found nothing with his divine sense.
• Lin Xuan used his Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye to spot a Spatial Rift concealing Mystic Ice Ancestor’s treasure.
• Lin Xuan opened the rift with the Sea-Overturning Halberd and retrieved an exceptionally restricted Storage Bracelet.

Lin Xuan escaped after a devastating battle, leaving three Spirit Division cultivators to investigate the wreckage and identify Mystic Ice Ancestor’s Demon Qi. A Flying Sword Message then shocked Zhang into rushing away on urgent business.

• Lin Xuan put away the storage bracelet and fled as approaching cultivators neared the battlefield.
• Zhang and two Universe Sacred Island elders arrived and were stunned by the immense destruction and shattered space.
• Zhou found a clump of Demon Qi and identified it as Mystic Ice Ancestor’s.
• Zhang received a Flying Sword Message, reacted with anger and disbelief, and hurried away without explaining its contents.