Chapter Summaries

The Silver-Eyed Maiden and the remaining Cloud Hidden Sect elders prepared to fight to the death, but Zhang Luo arrived with news that the Three Sects Alliance had withdrawn. The Youth surnamed Long suspected Junior Brother Lin was responsible, though the elders doubted one cultivator could defeat the alliance’s many Spirit Division Stage experts.

• The Silver-Eyed Maiden and the Cloud Hidden Sect’s remaining high-level cultivators braced themselves to resist the enemy after the fighting outside fell silent.
• Zhang Luo arrived and bowed to the Silver-Eyed Maiden, the Youth surnamed Long, and the other elders.
• Zhang Luo reported that the Three Sects Alliance had fled in panic, leaving the elders stunned.
• The Youth surnamed Long reasoned that the withdrawal was genuine and suggested it had something to do with Junior Brother Lin.
• An elderly Dongxuan Realm cultivator argued that Junior Brother Lin could not defeat the alliance’s twenty-five or twenty-six Spirit Division Stage cultivators alone, leaving the Silver-Eyed Maiden uncertain.

The Cloud Hidden Sect’s elders debated whether Lin Xuan had caused the Three Sects Alliance to withdraw, then learned that he had come to the mine alone and forced the alliance back. The chapter ends with Zhang Luo reporting that Lin Xuan’s whereabouts had been exposed to the three sects’ elders.

• The Youth surnamed Long argued that Lin Xuan could have defeated more than twenty cultivators, citing his earlier miracles, and the other cultivators reconsidered their doubts.
• The Silver-Eyed Maiden ended the argument, learned that only 952 of the sect’s more than ten thousand disciples had survived, and ordered them to recover while scouts investigated the withdrawal.
• Cloud Hidden Sect scouts captured stragglers from the three sects and used Soul Searching Technique to learn why the alliance had retreated.
• Zhang Luo reported that Lin Xuan alone had arrived as reinforcement and forced the Three Sects Alliance to withdraw, astonishing the Silver-Eyed Maiden and the Youth surnamed Long.
• Zhang Luo explained that Lin Xuan had also resolved a siege of the sect’s headquarters, but the three sects’ elders had learned he was heading to the mine.

After hearing how Lin Xuan overcame the Three Sects Alliance’s ambush and defeated more than twenty cultivators, the Cloud Hidden Sect’s elders accepted that his strength was beyond their understanding. The next morning, the Silver-Eyed Maiden’s poison suddenly worsened, and she admitted she had concealed the truth about how she had suppressed it.

• Zhang Luo reported that the Three Sects Alliance had lured Lin Xuan into the Spirit Ghost Five Elements Array, poisoned him with Styx Poison, and sent a traitor to attack him, but Lin Xuan broke free and drove off more than twenty opponents.
• The Silver-Eyed Maiden and the youth surnamed Long struggled to believe the report, then agreed that Lin Xuan’s joining was great fortune for the Cloud Hidden Sect.
• The two Supreme Elders arranged the injured disciples’ recovery and ordered the others to secure the mineral vein and search for survivors.
• The next morning, the Silver-Eyed Maiden’s poison flared up, leaving her face covered in black qi and her eyes dim.
• The Silver-Eyed Maiden told the youth surnamed Long that she had used a secret art to suppress the poison while expecting to die defending the sect, and that she had not told him the truth.

Lin Xuan arrived at the valley where the Silver-Eyed Maiden was sheltering and learned that a deadly poison had spread through her body. After examining her, he said he could save her as long as the poison had not invaded her sea of qi.

• The Silver-Eyed Maiden's poison erupted, spreading through her organs and meridians as she gathered her magic power in her dantian to hold it back.
• The youth surnamed Long and the other disciples found themselves unable to treat the poison, leaving him desperate for his senior sister's life.
• Lin Xuan arrived at the valley, where the disciples knelt and cheered to greet him as their savior.
• The youth surnamed Long hurried Lin Xuan to the cave dwelling, where Lin Xuan saw the Silver-Eyed Maiden's severed arm and examined her wound.
• Lin Xuan told the youth surnamed Long that he had the Art of Returning to Heaven if the poison had not reached the Silver-Eyed Maiden's sea of qi.

Lin Xuan used a rare Piaomiao Nine Immortal Pill to try to save the Silver-Eyed Maiden from a deadly poison that had spread throughout her body. She took the pill, leaving its promised cure to be tested as she refined its medicinal power.

• Lin Xuan reassured the Silver-Eyed Maiden and the Youth surnamed Long that he could save her, though he knew his own abilities could not remove the deeply rooted poison.
• Lin Xuan decided to use one of his three pink Piaomiao Nine Immortal Pills, which could cure a hundred poisons.
• Lin Xuan explained the pill's power and handed it to the Silver-Eyed Maiden despite the Youth surnamed Long's doubts.
• The Silver-Eyed Maiden thanked Lin Xuan and took the pill.

Lin Xuan gave the Silver-Eyed Maiden a precious pill that cured her poison, earning her deep gratitude and Cloud Hidden Sect’s allegiance. With the Three Sects Alliance defeated but still a threat, he urged the other Supreme Elders to eliminate the three sects completely.

• The Silver-Eyed Maiden recognized the pill’s value, accepted it from Lin Xuan, and went into the cave to expel her poison while Lin Xuan and the Youth surnamed Long stood guard.
• After two days, the Silver-Eyed Maiden emerged with her poison cured and thanked Lin Xuan by kowtowing to him.
• The Silver-Eyed Maiden’s gratitude strengthened Lin Xuan’s standing with Cloud Hidden Sect, and he considered the sect effectively subordinate to him.
• Lin Xuan explained to the Silver-Eyed Maiden and the Youth surnamed Long that they should seize the advantage and destroy the Three Sects Alliance before it could recover.

Lin Xuan persuaded the other Cloud Hidden Sect Supreme Elders to strike first against the Three Sects Alliance and explained why Spirit Ghost Sect was their best target. They agreed to exploit the sect’s leadership crisis and internal power struggle.

• The Silver-Eyed Maiden and the Youth surnamed Long agreed with Lin Xuan that Cloud Hidden Sect should take the initiative against the Three Sects Alliance.
• Lin Xuan chose Spirit Ghost Sect as their breakthrough point and explained that it was the easiest of the three sects to attack.
• Lin Xuan revealed that he had killed the Spirit Ghost Sect Master and his dual cultivation companion, prompting the other two elders to welcome the opportunity to strike.
• Lin Xuan explained that the Zhong Family had lost its advantage after the deaths, leaving rival cultivation clans poised to contest its control of Spirit Ghost Sect.

Lin Xuan and his senior brother and senior sister returned to the Cloud Hidden Sect to plan an attack on the Spirit Ghost Sect, but the Spirit Ghost Sect’s elders were relying on the Zhong Family’s hidden strength and the return of Elder Zhong, who had been in seclusion for twelve thousand years. The chapter left the elders uncertain whether Elder Zhong could defeat Lin Xuan.

• Lin Xuan agreed with his senior brother and senior sister that the Three Sects Alliance would attack the Spirit Ghost Sect before it could recover.
• The three Supreme Elders returned to the Cloud Hidden Sect, where the disciples welcomed them, and summoned the Five Peaks Master to plan the campaign.
• The story revealed that the Hundred Thousand Mountains were the Spirit Ghost Sect’s headquarters, concealed behind rumors of ghosts, Zombies, and the Netherworld.
• The Spirit Ghost Sect’s elders gathered at the cold pool and remained united because the Zhong Family held overwhelming power within the sect.
• The elders discussed Elder Zhong’s twelve-thousand-year seclusion and wondered whether his strength would be enough to deal with Lin Xuan.

The Spirit Ghost Sect’s allies refused to help against Lin Xuan, leaving its elders to depend on Elder Zhong, who remained silent in seclusion. As the threat grew, Silver-Haired Elder proposed forcing their way into the Mysterious Yin Cold Pool to reach him.

• Lin Xuan’s plan against the Spirit Ghost Sect became known, but Taixuan Sect and Heavenly Crystal Valley refused to intervene and chose to wait for the fighting to weaken both sides.
• The Spirit Ghost Sect’s elders sent Elder Zhong a message describing the crisis and the deaths of the sect master and his wife, but received no response.
• After waiting five days as reports showed the danger worsening, the elders worried that Elder Zhong could not emerge or had suffered an accident.
• Silver-Haired Elder proposed forcing their way into Elder Zhong’s seclusion, shocking the others because disturbing him could ruin his cultivation and bring punishment.

The Spirit Ghost Sect elders hesitated to disturb Elder Zhong’s seclusion, fearing the danger, until he emerged from the Mysterious Yin Cold Pool. His youthful appearance and overwhelming spiritual pressure convinced them that he had reached Tribulation Transcendence, leaving the sect hopeful that he could defeat Lin Xuan.

• The Silver-Haired Elder urged the Spirit Division Stage elders to force their way into Elder Zhong’s seclusion, but none agreed to risk their lives.
• The Mysterious Yin Cold Pool erupted, its waters forming a flood dragon that carried Elder Zhong into the air.
• The gathered cultivators noticed Elder Zhong looked younger than before and wondered whether he had advanced to Tribulation Transcendence.
• Elder Zhong released terrifying spiritual pressure that forced the Spirit Ghost Sect elders back and convinced them his realm surpassed their understanding.
• The elders bowed to Elder Zhong and congratulated him on reaching Tribulation Transcendence.

Elder Zhong revealed that he had not reached Tribulation Transcendence, but had instead entered the hidden Minor Tribulation Transcendence Stage. The Spirit Ghost Sect elders learned that the new realm made him far stronger than a Spirit Division cultivator, though it carried serious hidden dangers.

• The Spirit Ghost Sect elders celebrated when they mistook Elder Zhong's breakthrough for Tribulation Transcendence.
• Elder Zhong corrected them, saying he had not advanced to that stage, and the elders grew anxious about facing Lin Xuan.
• Elder Zhong dismissed their warnings and claimed Lin Xuan would be helpless against someone a realm above him.
• Elder Zhong explained that he was no longer a Spirit Division cultivator, revealing the existence of the Minor Tribulation Transcendence Stage.
• Elder Zhong's explanation established that the realm offered roughly one-third the strength of true Tribulation Transcendence, had only one level, and came with terrifying hidden dangers.

Elder Zhong emerged from ten thousand years of seclusion after reaching the Minor Tribulation Transcendence Stage, intent on taking revenge on Lin Xuan and confident he could easily defeat him. Unaware of Elder Zhong’s arrival, Lin Xuan led a small elite force toward the Spirit Ghost Sect headquarters, planning to attack alone while the Youth surnamed Long waited nearby.

• Elder Zhong recalled finding a secret path to the Minor Tribulation Transcendence Stage and spending over ten thousand years cultivating it before consolidating his new realm.
• After learning that Lin Xuan had killed his son and daughter-in-law and that the Spirit Ghost Sect was in danger, Elder Zhong left seclusion to seek revenge.
• Elder Zhong told the Spirit Ghost Sect elders about his new realm, and they flattered him as he confidently dismissed Lin Xuan’s strength.
• Lin Xuan left the Silver-Eyed Maiden at the Cloud Hidden Sect headquarters to recover and guard it while he and the Youth surnamed Long set out with a little over a hundred elites.
• After traveling by Teleportation Arrays and escape light, Lin Xuan’s group approached the Spirit Ghost Sect, where the Youth surnamed Long was to hide with the force while Lin Xuan attacked alone.

Lin Xuan infiltrated the Spirit Ghost Sect by secretly taking the identities of its cultivators. After learning that the sect’s elders were gathered at Heaven Ghost Pavilion, he headed there to try to eliminate its remaining Supreme Elders.

• Lin Xuan left the Cloud Hidden Sect alone and concealed his presence as he approached the Spirit Ghost Sect’s headquarters.
• Lin Xuan waited near the headquarters, then subdued a lone Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator, searched his soul, and assumed his appearance and identity.
• Lin Xuan repeated the process with a lone Lihe cultivator and eventually took the identity of a Dongxuan-level cultivator.
• Lin Xuan learned from his latest target that the Spirit Ghost Sect’s elders were meeting at Heaven Ghost Pavilion and decided to attack them there.
• Lin Xuan passed the sect’s security checks using his assumed identity and reached Heaven Ghost Pavilion.

Lin Xuan entered Heaven Ghost Pavilion and discovered Spirit Ghost Sect had lured him into a confrontation with Elder Zhong, who claimed to be a Minor Tribulation Transcendence Stage cultivator. After the two exchanged taunts, Lin Xuan summoned the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword to fight him.

• Lin Xuan broke through Heaven Ghost Pavilion’s stone door and found the vast hall empty.
• Lin Xuan sensed someone hidden in the hall and challenged them to appear.
• Elder Zhong materialized and praised Lin Xuan’s courage before claiming he could defeat him alone.
• Lin Xuan mocked Elder Zhong’s strange cultivation realm, and Elder Zhong revealed he was at the Minor Tribulation Transcendence Stage.
• Lin Xuan judged Elder Zhong to be Spirit Ghost Sect’s trump card and summoned the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword.

Lin Xuan fought Elder Zhong inside a sealed space, where Elder Zhong unleashed thousands of swords from his Sword Gourd. Lin Xuan’s Nine Palaces Instantaneous Swords overwhelmed the first wave, but Elder Zhong restored the shattered swords and sent them at Lin Xuan again.

• Elder Zhong transported Lin Xuan into a sealed ice plain, saying he wanted to fight without interruption.
• Lin Xuan attacked Elder Zhong with his Nine Palaces Instantaneous Swords, and Elder Zhong brought out his Sword Gourd.
• Elder Zhong’s Sword Gourd released thousands of solid Flying Swords, prompting Lin Xuan to summon all eighty-one of his Nine Palaces Instantaneous Swords.
• Lin Xuan used the Sword into Silk Technique to turn his swords into countless silver threads that shattered Elder Zhong’s Flying Swords.
• Elder Zhong restored the shattered swords with a spell seal and sent them charging at Lin Xuan again.

Lin Xuan and old monster Zhong's Life-Bound Treasures clashed, with neither the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword nor the Sword Gourd able to overwhelm the other. Zhong then unleashed Illusionary Yin Divine Thunder, which dimmed Lin Xuan's sword threads and disrupted his control of his treasure.

• Lin Xuan used silver sword threads from the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword to defend against old monster Zhong's fiery-red Immortal Swords and Sword Gourd.
• Old monster Zhong grew furious that his treasured Sword Gourd could not defeat Lin Xuan's Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword.
• Old monster Zhong cast an insidious spell seal, causing black lightning to spring from the Immortal Swords.
• The black lightning dimmed Lin Xuan's sword threads and made his mental connection with the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword sluggish.
• Lin Xuan recognized the black lightning as the legendary Illusionary Yin Divine Thunder, which could defile cultivators' treasures.

Lin Xuan escaped Elder Zhong's Sword Gourd attack and countered with a fist and claw, forcing Elder Zhong to use a costly ability that Lin Xuan suspected involved the Laws of Heaven and Earth. The two remained locked in a dangerous fight, with Lin Xuan realizing Elder Zhong's power came at a significant price.

• Lin Xuan used Nine Heavens Micro-Steps to evade Elder Zhong's thousands of scarlet swords.
• Lin Xuan struck Elder Zhong with a fist, damaging his Ghost Face shield.
• Lin Xuan followed with a claw attack that overwhelmed Elder Zhong's weakened defense.
• Elder Zhong released gray mist that erased Lin Xuan's claw shadows and left him unharmed.
• Lin Xuan suspected Elder Zhong had used the Laws of Heaven and Earth at great cost after noticing his weakened aura.

Lin Xuan unleashed the Spirit-Devouring Sword against Elder Zhong, who answered with his Ten Thousand Soul Banner and overwhelmed the sword’s Four Spirits with ghostly flames. Lin Xuan shielded himself with the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire, but Elder Zhong’s Ten Thousand Soul Ghost Fire swallowed him whole.

• Lin Xuan attacked Elder Zhong with the Spirit-Devouring Sword and summoned the Four Spirits’ Void Shadows.
• Elder Zhong brought out his Ten Thousand Soul Banner, which released a gloomy cloud containing three powerful Refined Corpses.
• The Refined Corpses transformed into one hundred and eight Skull Artifacts, whose Demonic Path fire quickly devoured the Four Spirits’ Void Shadows.
• Lin Xuan sent out the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire to form a protective barrier around himself.
• Elder Zhong intensified the ghost fire until it engulfed Lin Xuan, then claimed the flames would reduce him to ashes.

Lin Xuan faced Elder Zhong’s Ten Thousand Soul Ghost Fire and countered with his Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire, then deployed more treasures against Elder Zhong’s attacks. The battle continued as Lin Xuan’s fire birds clashed with the skulls, while the sword fight remained unresolved.

• Elder Zhong intensified the Ten Thousand Soul Ghost Fire and trapped Lin Xuan inside it, but Lin Xuan reinforced his Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire barrier.
• Elder Zhong fed the skulls his essence blood, yet the strengthened ghost fire failed to break Lin Xuan’s barrier and was absorbed into it.
• Elder Zhong recalled the ghost fire and sent the skulls and Demon Sword at Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan restored the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword by releasing its lightning and flames, then sent its nine lotus flowers to fight the Demon Sword.
• Lin Xuan unfurled an ancient scroll that summoned twelve fiery mountain peaks and hundreds of fire birds, which clashed with Elder Zhong’s skulls.

Lin Xuan pressed his attack on Old Freak Zhong with the Mountain-Peak Golden Crow Scroll, the Nine Heavens God Luo Image, and the Sea-Overturning Halberd. Old Freak Zhong survived the halberd strike by using the power of the Laws, but the effort badly drained his magic power and Life Essence.

• The Mountain-Peak Golden Crow Scroll gained the upper hand over Old Freak Zhong's Ten Thousand Soul Banner, and a teleported mountain peak forced him to summon a Dharma Image to escape.
• The mountain crushed Old Freak Zhong's strange bird Dharma Image, injuring him, while Lin Xuan sent more peaks crashing down.
• Old Freak Zhong transformed the skulls into three Zombies; two cut apart the descending mountains while the third drove back Lin Xuan's Fire Birds.
• Lin Xuan manifested the Nine Heavens God Luo Image and fought the two Refined Corpses with its eighteen weapons.
• Lin Xuan attacked Old Freak Zhong with the Sea-Overturning Halberd, and Old Freak Zhong dissolved its blade with the power of the Laws at the cost of much magic power and Life Essence.