Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan used his powerful divine sense to view the ancient battlefield hidden inside the Image Pearl, where he saw Yue’er’s previous life as the Asura King and many mighty figures from the Three Realms. The vision ended with one of Bingpo’s loyal guards suddenly attacking her.

• Lin Xuan released his full divine sense and overcame the Image Pearl’s threshold, despite the strain it caused him.
• Lin Xuan saw a devastating ancient battlefield where cultivators wielded power capable of shattering space and overturning the Laws of Heaven and Earth.
• Lin Xuan recognized Yue’er’s previous life as the Asura King among the Underworld ghosts, Spirit World powerhouses, demon kings, and Ancient Demons gathered in battle.
• Lin Xuan identified Bingpo among the combatants and watched her Tribulation Transcendence Stage guards protect her from attacks.
• One of Bingpo’s guards abruptly turned on her and launched a deadly attack.

Lin Xuan viewed the Image Pearl’s incomplete recording of Bingpo and the Three Realms’ ancient conflict, then was expelled from it before learning the secrets he sought. After reassuring the Cloud Hidden Sect cultivators, he questioned Niece Ge about something she knew.

• Bingpo killed a frenzied Iron Guard while Lin Xuan watched humans, demons, Ancient Demons, and Yinhun beings fight and aid one another amid unexplained madness.
• Lin Xuan connected the scene to the Asura King’s plans and the secrets between the Three Realms, but the Image Pearl’s recording ended before he could learn more.
• Lin Xuan emerged from the Image Pearl visibly distressed, alarming Niece Ge and the two other Cloud Hidden Sect cultivators.
• Lin Xuan assured them he was fine and rebuked the refined-looking man for questioning him.
• Lin Xuan warned Niece Ge to answer honestly, and she promised to tell him everything she knew.

Lin Xuan questioned a young woman about the Image Pearl she had offered and learned that she had bought it by chance at a pawnshop in Qingmu City. He accepted the pearl in exchange for three questions and gave her a bottle of Nine-Curve Spirit Pills, leaving her delighted and the old man astonished.

• Lin Xuan reassured the woman and asked where she had obtained the Image Pearl.
• The woman explained that she had bought it at Hundred Treasures Pavilion, a small pawnshop in Qingmu City, and had found no other similar pearls there.
• Lin Xuan questioned her further, then accepted the Image Pearl and granted her three more questions.
• Lin Xuan gave the woman a bottle of pills as additional compensation for the pearl.
• The woman opened the bottle, and the old man recognized the pills as Nine-Curve Spirit Pills; Lin Xuan confirmed it.

After learning the Image Pearl held a secret tied to ancient events, Lin Xuan decided to send his incarnation to Qingmu City to investigate while his main body continued cultivating. He equipped the incarnation with powerful treasures and supplies, then watched it depart with an uneasy premonition.

• Lin Xuan rewarded the young woman with a Nine-Curve Spirit Pill, answered her cultivation questions, and watched her and her companions leave.
• Lin Xuan decided his incarnation would investigate the Image Pearl's secrets in Qingmu City while his main body remained in seclusion.
• Lin Xuan spent half a month refining the Ten Thousand Soul Banner and gave it and the Sword Gourd to his incarnation.
• Lin Xuan supplied the incarnation with other treasures, Spirit Stones, pills, and cultivation items before it departed as a streak of Demon Light.
• Lin Xuan felt that the incarnation's journey might not go smoothly, but dismissed the premonition.

Lin Xuan examined twelve pieces of waste Immortal Stone and prepared to use the Blue Star Sea to purify them. Unsure whether even its Silver Light Spots could refine treasures of such a high grade, he began carefully gathering the light spots for his first attempt.

• Lin Xuan returned to his cultivation cave and opened the box delivered by his martial nephews.
• Lin Xuan found twelve waste Immortal Stones inside and grew excited at the possibility of refining them.
• Lin Xuan considered the risks of purification and the Blue Star Sea’s limits, then decided to attempt it.
• Lin Xuan inspected the Blue Star Sea and saw that Silver Light Spots made up nearly one-fifth of its volume.
• Lin Xuan began mobilizing dense Blue Light Spots followed by Blue and Silver Light Spots mixed in a two-to-one ratio.

Lin Xuan spent three days attempting to purify a discarded Immortal Stone, but the first attempt failed. After recovering and analyzing what he had learned, he began a second attempt with the next stone.

• Lin Xuan used his Blue and Silver Light Spots to try purifying a discarded Immortal Stone, enduring intense strain on his divine sense for three days.
• Lin Xuan failed to purify the first stone, though the attempt gave him useful experience and insights.
• Lin Xuan concluded that Blue Light Spots alone were ineffective, while Silver Light Spots worked best but were consumed too quickly; mixing the two could separate impurities and reduce Silver Light Spot consumption.
• Lin Xuan rested and recovered, then returned to the Cultivation Room and began working on the second Immortal Stone.

Lin Xuan endured a grueling purification process and succeeded in refining several defective Immortal Stones, though failures remained unpredictable. After half a year, he had purified eight of twelve stones and possessed nine Immortal Stones in total.

• Lin Xuan emerged from the Cultivation Room after half a month and revealed that he had successfully purified an Immortal Stone.
• Lin Xuan rested and celebrated, then began purifying another stone, but his third attempt ended in failure.
• Lin Xuan recovered, learned from the setback, and successfully purified the next Immortal Stone.
• Over nearly half a year, Lin Xuan purified eight of his twelve defective Immortal Stones, bringing his total to nine.
• Lin Xuan recalled seeing Nailong True Person ride in a several-hundred-zhang boat made entirely of Spirit-Nurturing Wood.

Lin Xuan used three Immortal Stones to activate the True Spirit Puppet in a remote desert. The puppet manifested amid a storm as a terrifying, dragon-like presence, and Lin Xuan began testing its power.

• Lin Xuan realized his small cultivation cave could not contain the True Spirit Puppet and flew to a vast, uninhabited desert.
• Lin Xuan brought out the miniature puppet and prepared three Immortal Stones with fire, earth, and water attributes to power it.
• Lin Xuan followed the Jade Slip’s instructions and watched the puppet absorb the three stones.
• Dark clouds and lightning gathered as the puppet’s pressure descended, but Lin Xuan dispelled the discomfort with spiritual light.
• Two enormous red lights appeared in the sky, revealing the puppet’s ferocious, True Dragon-like form.

Lin Xuan tested the giant puppet, confirmed its power, and returned to his cultivation cave to refine treasures and practice secret arts while the Cloud Hidden Sect expanded across Tianshuang Prefecture. Meanwhile, his incarnation traveled to Qingmu City to seek information about the Image Pearls, while an unknown presence stirred beneath the desert sands.

• Lin Xuan enlarged the puppet to a colossal size, judged its strength comparable to an early-stage Tribulation Transcendence cultivator, then dismissed it and left the desert.
• After Lin Xuan departed, a human face formed from the sand and spoke of breaking through the final layer of its seal after sensing Immortal Stones and immortal spiritual power.
• Lin Xuan returned to his cultivation cave and began refining treasures, including plans to fuse the Outer-Domain Heavenly Gold and Illusionary Yin Demon Flower into his life-bound treasures, while studying Sword Spirit Transformation into Void.
• Over the passing years, the Cloud Hidden Sect expanded rapidly with the Three Sects Alliance's support, taking Spirit Veins and resources from nearby sects and clans.
• Lin Xuan's incarnation traveled to Qingmu City to investigate the whereabouts of the other Image Pearls and arrived after two days.

Lin Xuan entered Qingmu City disguised as a Nascent Soul cultivator and went to Hundred Treasures Pavilion to investigate the Image Pearl. The shopkeeper recognized his hidden cultivation, leaving Lin Xuan surprised as he explained that his Mystic Clarity Body let him see through the concealment.

• Lin Xuan concealed his appearance and cultivation before entering Qingmu City.
• Lin Xuan hired a Beast Carriage to take him to Hundred Treasures Pavilion.
• Lin Xuan asked to meet the shopkeeper and was shown to a private room.
• The shopkeeper arrived, saw through Lin Xuan's concealment, and bowed to him as a senior.
• The shopkeeper explained that his Mystic Clarity Body allowed him to see through Lin Xuan's disguise.

Lin Xuan questioned the shopkeeper of Hundred Treasures Pavilion about an Image Pearl that might reveal what happened in ancient times. He learned the shop had acquired it from an unknown cultivator years ago, leaving his investigation without a clear lead.

• The shopkeeper used his Mystic Clarity Body to see through Lin Xuan’s concealment, and Lin Xuan revealed his Spirit Division Stage cultivation.
• Lin Xuan showed the shopkeeper an Image Pearl and asked whether the pavilion had any more like it.
• The shopkeeper confirmed the pearl had come from the pavilion but said it was the only one and could not be opened.
• Lin Xuan asked where the pearl had come from, and the shopkeeper recalled buying it from an unknown Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator about twenty years earlier.
• The shopkeeper could provide no information about the cultivator, leaving Lin Xuan with no further lead.

After failing to uncover the ancient secrets at Hundred Treasures Pavilion, Lin Xuan sensed an overwhelming danger approaching Qingmu City. A clash of powers tore open the sky, and the resulting shockwaves devastated the city and surrounding region as Primordial Demon Qi appeared through the rupture.

• Lin Xuan left Hundred Treasures Pavilion after learning that the trail to the ancient secrets had gone cold, and decided he would need to reach the Tribulation Transcendence Stage to learn more.
• Lin Xuan felt an intensifying sense of danger despite the calm surroundings and suspected something might be breaking through space.
• The sky turned grayish-white and churned with multiple chaotic laws, alarming Lin Xuan.
• A tremendous boom collapsed Qingmu City's walls and destroyed buildings, killing many low-level cultivators.
• A second shockwave reduced Qingmu City and everything within ten thousand li to ruins as mountains collapsed and lakes were filled.
• The sky split open, revealing a black spot surrounded by Primordial Demon Qi that Lin Xuan recognized.

Lin Xuan witnessed the Golden Moon True Toad crash into the Nailong Realm, destroying Qingmu City, and hid nearby to watch. The True Spirit, already at a disadvantage against an unseen opponent, struck toward the sky with its enormous tongue.

• Lin Xuan sensed Primordial Demon Qi and suspected a True Spirit was battling another powerful being.
• The Golden Moon True Toad fell from another interface, and its impact razed Qingmu City and killed tens of thousands of cultivators.
• Lin Xuan survived behind a ruined wall and chose to remain hidden rather than flee, hoping to find an opportunity.
• The Golden Moon True Toad emerged atop a pillar of lava, and Lin Xuan recognized it as a True Spirit facing a formidable opponent.
• The Golden Moon True Toad extended its tongue more than a thousand feet toward the sky in a law-powered strike.

Lin Xuan watched as a late-stage Tribulation Transcendence cultivator fought the Golden Moon True Toad over the stolen Taiyi Immortal Herb. After the woman wounded the toad, it offered compensation, but she showed no sign of letting it go.

• A mysterious woman in white arrived and confronted the Golden Moon True Toad while Lin Xuan hid nearby.
• The woman struck with a law-infused sword technique and sliced off part of the toad’s tongue.
• The Golden Moon True Toad asked the woman to stop pursuing it, and she revealed that it had stolen her Taiyi Immortal Herb.
• The toad admitted it had eaten the herb and offered compensation, while the woman remained intent on punishing it.

A white-robed woman demanded that the Golden Moon True Toad become her servant to repay the Taiyi Immortal Herb it had swallowed. When it refused, she attacked, and Lin Xuan watched from hiding as the True Spirit prepared to fight back.

• The white-robed woman rejected the Golden Moon True Toad’s offer of compensation and demanded a Master-Servant Blood Pact instead.
• The Golden Moon True Toad refused to submit, furious that the woman wanted to make it her Spirit Beast.
• Lin Xuan confirmed that the woman was a late-stage Tribulation Transcendence cultivator but could not identify her.
• The white-robed woman summoned her transparent Immortal Sword and unleashed tens of thousands of Sword Qi strikes at the Golden Moon True Toad.
• The Golden Moon True Toad roared and prepared to fight the woman rather than become her servant.

Lin Xuan watched the Golden Moon True Toad battle a mysterious female cultivator whose sword techniques and Flower Basket revealed overwhelming power. Their attacks collided without producing an outward shockwave, leaving Lin Xuan to witness a fight between experts far beyond his level.

• The Golden Moon True Toad reflected the female cultivator's Sword Qi with mirror-like treasures formed from sound waves, while Lin Xuan realized she had vanished from his sight.
• The woman reappeared near the toad and used her Sword into Silk Technique, forcing it to spend origin power to resist her crystalline thread.
• The woman summoned a Flower Basket that released more than a hundred thin Immortal Swords, terrifying the Golden Moon True Toad.
• The Golden Moon True Toad unleashed its restored, law-empowered tongue, filling the sky with Void Shadows as it met the woman's swords.
• Lin Xuan tried to retreat, but he saw that the two experts' attacks produced almost no outward aftermath.

Lin Xuan watched the Golden Moon True Toad and a mysterious female cultivator battle, trying to understand their profound abilities. After the toad shattered her Immortal Sword and appeared to kill her, she reappeared and wounded it with a law-infused pillar of light, leaving Lin Xuan puzzled by how she avoided the treasure’s backlash.

• Lin Xuan realized the Golden Moon True Toad had reinforced its tongue with its source power, making it hard enough to pierce the female cultivator’s Sword Qi.
• The toad’s tongue shattered the female cultivator’s Immortal Sword, and it followed up with a frog cry and a blast of turbid qi that pierced her dantian.
• Lin Xuan saw the wounded woman vanish into specks of starlight and questioned whether she had truly been defeated.
• The woman reappeared nearby and struck the Golden Moon True Toad with a blazing white pillar of light, piercing its body.
• Lin Xuan wondered how the woman could act normally despite the destruction of her Life-Bound Dharma Treasure.

Lin Xuan recognized the woman fighting the Golden Moon True Toad as Hundred Flowers Fairy, who wielded the Hundred Flowers Immortal Sword and a powerful law-based technique. Her giant crystal sword shattered the toad’s bone spear, leaving Lin Xuan injured by the clash and wondering how her power of law had suppressed the True Spirit’s.

• Hundred Flowers Fairy formed hundreds of flying swords from a flower basket, and Lin Xuan recognized her identity and her Sword Spirit Transformation into Void.
• Hundred Flowers Fairy merged the swords into a giant immortal sword and unleashed a powerful technique that compressed space.
• The Golden Moon True Toad fired its blood-red bone spikes, merging them into a giant Bone Spear to meet the sword head-on.
• The collision’s shockwave pulverized the ruins and pierced Lin Xuan’s protective devil qi, so he summoned the Ten Thousand Soul Banner and suffered a mouthful of blood.
• Hundred Flowers Fairy’s crystal sword shattered the Bone Spear, and Lin Xuan wondered how her power of law had overwhelmed the toad’s.

Lin Xuan watched the Hundred Flowers Fairy use her domain to overpower the Golden Moon True Toad, who survived by spending nearly half its accumulated source power. The Fairy then formed crystalline sword silk and sent it away with the power of space, leaving Lin Xuan stunned by her mastery.

• Lin Xuan realized the Hundred Flowers Fairy had comprehended a domain that could reverse and control the Laws of Heaven and Earth.
• The Hundred Flowers Fairy split the Golden Moon True Toad in two with a crystalline giant sword, but the True Spirit escaped using another divine ability.
• The Golden Moon True Toad reappeared weakened and shrunken after losing nearly half its source power to escape the domain.
• The Hundred Flowers Fairy dissolved her giant sword into flying swords, absorbed crystalline runes, and transformed the swords into sword silk.
• The Hundred Flowers Fairy sent the sword silk forward using the Space Laws, astonishing Lin Xuan.

The Golden Moon True Toad surrendered to the Hundred Flowers Fairy to avoid being killed, offering its soul, spirit, and mysterious Origin Body for a Master-Servant Blood Pact. As the Hundred Flowers Fairy drew them toward her, the Origin Body transformed into a tiny toad and released True Toad Poison, catching her before she could evade it.

• The Golden Moon True Toad begged the Hundred Flowers Fairy to spare its life and offered to become her Spirit Beast.
• The Hundred Flowers Fairy demanded its soul, spirit, and Origin Body, and the Golden Moon True Toad shrank and approached her.
• The Golden Moon True Toad spat out three balls of light, and Lin Xuan recognized the largest as its mysterious Origin Body.
• The Hundred Flowers Fairy drew the three balls of light toward herself and lowered her guard.
• The Origin Body revealed itself as a tiny reddish-gold toad and engulfed the Hundred Flowers Fairy in True Toad Poison.