Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan agreed to duel the Ancient Demon Heaven Origin and negotiated terms with Baoshe and Bingpo. If he won, they would leave him alone and Baoshe would give him a Nine-Turn Spirit Snake Pill; if he lost, they could do as they pleased.

• Qingqiu Kingdom Lord judged that Lin Xuan’s late Spirit Division strength might rival Heaven Origin’s, though she left the choice of a duel to Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan agreed to face Heaven Origin and asked Baoshe and Bingpo what would happen if he won or lost.
• Bingpo said Lin Xuan would die if he lost, and Lin demanded that the two leave him alone if he won.
• Lin Xuan also demanded a Nine-Turn Spirit Snake Pill from Baoshe as part of the wager.
• Lin Xuan provoked Baoshe into agreeing to the terms, and she threatened him if he lost.

Lin Xuan provoked Heaven Origin into a duel, and Nailong True Person opened his Moment Cave Heaven Map as their battleground. Lin Xuan entered the map with the watching guests, and the chapter ended as he arrived among its mountains.

• Baoshe condemned Lin Xuan for provoking her, while Nine-Tailed Sky Fox recognized his risky plan and wondered whether he had the strength to survive it.
• Bingpo asked Nailong True Person to provide a suitable place for the duel, and he revealed the Moment Cave Heaven Map.
• Nailong True Person opened the map and entered with Qianqian Fairy, Baoshe, Bingpo, and Heaven Origin.
• Heaven Origin taunted Lin Xuan before entering the map, and Lin Xuan reassured Xiang'er and Xiahou Lan before following him.
• Xiang'er, Xiahou Lan, Guanghanzi, Nine-Tailed Sky Fox, and the other guests entered the map to watch the duel.
• Lin Xuan arrived in the map and saw a range of undulating mountains.

Lin Xuan and Heaven Origin prepared to duel in a valley inside the Moment Cave Heaven Map, where Bingpo objected that the spiritual-energy-rich setting favored Lin Xuan. She used a simplified Xuantian Demon-Gathering Array to fill the valley with devilish energy, balancing the environment before the fight.

• Nailong True Person led Lin Xuan, Heaven Origin, and the gathered guests to a protected valley for the duel.
• Lin Xuan accepted the valley, while Heaven Origin showed confidence that its abundant spiritual energy would not help Lin win.
• Bingpo challenged Nailong True Person over the lack of devilish energy and decided to adjust the setting herself.
• Bingpo planted Formation Flags and used a simplified Xuantian Demon-Gathering Array to spread devilish energy through the valley.
• The spiritual and devilish energy became nearly equal, and the observers recognized Bingpo's array as a powerful technique.

Lin Xuan faced Heaven Origin in a duel for his freedom and the Nine-Turn Spirit Snake Pill, while the Spirit World cultivators worried over Bingpo’s treasure. Heaven Origin launched a punch concealing the Laws of Heaven and Earth, but Lin Xuan saw through the attack and prepared to turn the ambush against him.

• Bingpo revealed a powerful treasure, leaving the Spirit World cultivators concerned about a future conflict with the Demon World.
• Heaven Origin demanded that Lin Xuan surrender, but Lin Xuan taunted him and stood by his decision to fight for his freedom and the Nine-Turn Spirit Snake Pill.
• Heaven Origin attacked with an ordinary-looking punch that secretly contained a trace of the Laws of Heaven and Earth.
• Lin Xuan recognized the hidden power from his past encounters with law-wielding opponents and chose not to dodge, intending to turn Heaven Origin’s sneak attack against him.

Lin Xuan turned Heaven Origin Saint Ancestor’s attempted sneak attack against him and cut the Ancient Demon in half with a single sword strike. Heaven Origin survived by using a demonic escape art, but the costly escape left him weakened.

• Lin Xuan met Heaven Origin’s punch with a seemingly casual sweep of his hand, drawing scorn from most of the gathered cultivators.
• Lin Xuan’s silver sword thread sliced through Heaven Origin’s fist wind and its concealed law power.
• Lin Xuan’s strike cleaved Heaven Origin in two, stunning the onlookers who had expected Lin Xuan to lose.
• Heaven Origin’s body exploded into black blood threads, which gathered at a distance and restored him to life.
• Lin Xuan recognized Heaven Origin’s escape art and saw that it had drained the Ancient Demon’s strength and confidence.

Heaven Origin Saint Ancestor began transforming into his ancient demon true body after Lin Xuan foiled his sneak attack. Lin Xuan struck before the transformation was complete with a powerful sword technique modeled on Hundred Flowers Fairy’s, leaving Heaven Origin shocked and furious.

• Heaven Origin Saint Ancestor absorbed the surrounding devilish Qi and began using Demonic Transformation.
• Lin Xuan recognized that Heaven Origin was transforming and decided to attack before the process finished.
• Lin Xuan summoned his Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword and compressed a vast Sword Qi into a silver blade-like streak.
• Guanghan True Person recognized the sword technique as resembling Hundred Flowers Fairy’s, while Heaven Origin was stunned by Lin Xuan’s fierce attack.

Lin Xuan’s Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword nearly killed Heaven Origin Saint Ancestor, who fought back with blood-refined blades before completing his transformation into an Ancient Demon. Heaven Origin then unleashed a barrage of bone spikes and a poisoned tail toward Lin Xuan.

• Heaven Origin Saint Ancestor formed a demon-qi shield, but Lin Xuan’s Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword destroyed it and nearly struck his head.
• Heaven Origin refined his essence blood into two light blades and clashed with Lin Xuan’s Sword Ray, leaving the blades dimmed after the exchange.
• Lin Xuan concluded that his strength and treasures let him contend with a Tribulation Transcendence cultivator, while still recognizing the Sword Ray as a trump-card technique.
• Heaven Origin revealed his enormous Ancient Demon true body, gaining a surge of power and displaying poisoned tail spikes and blood-red bone spikes.
• Heaven Origin launched the bone spikes and extended his tail to stab at Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan fought Heaven Origin Saint Ancestor and used several treasures to survive a series of attacks, but the battle turned against him when his Nine Palaces Instantaneous Swords shattered. Heaven Origin saw Lin Xuan injured and rushed in to press his advantage.

• Lin Xuan used Nine Heavens Micro-Steps to evade Heaven Origin Saint Ancestor's attack, but Heaven Origin's black sound waves exposed him.
• Lin Xuan summoned the Black Tortoise True Spirit Inkstone and used his Life Essence to strengthen its defenses against Heaven Origin's Bone Spike and tail.
• Lin Xuan stopped Heaven Origin's tail with the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Swords, which formed a shield.
• Heaven Origin lengthened his body and hammered the sword formation until the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Swords shattered.
• Lin Xuan spat blood after the swords broke, and Heaven Origin pounced on him while he was injured.

Lin Xuan revealed that his shattered Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword had been restored through Sword Spirit Transformation into Void, turning Heaven Origin Saint Ancestor’s attempted ambush into a trap. The swords surrounded and killed Heaven Origin Saint Ancestor, leaving the watching experts stunned by Lin Xuan’s skill.

• Heaven Origin Saint Ancestor attacked Lin Xuan with a powerful punch, believing Lin Xuan was helpless after his Life-Bound Dharma Treasure shattered.
• Lin Xuan dropped his act of despair and revealed that his spiritual qi remained abundant.
• Lin Xuan used Sword Spirit Transformation into Void to restore the shattered Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword into eighty-one Immortal Swords.
• Guanghan True Person recognized the technique as Hundred Flowers Fairy’s signature art and wondered about her relationship with Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan sent the Immortal Swords against Heaven Origin Saint Ancestor, cut through his demonic shields, and took his head.

Lin Xuan killed Heaven Origin Saint Ancestor after trapping him in a relentless combination of attacks, winning the duel against the odds. He demanded that Baoshe honor their full wager, including giving him a Nine-Turn Spirit Snake Pill.

• Lin Xuan burned Heaven Origin Saint Ancestor's corpse with the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire while the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword continued to strike.
• Heaven Origin Saint Ancestor's Demon Infant failed to resist, and his soul scattered; Lin Xuan realized his victory had depended on luck and catching his enemy off guard.
• The assembled cultivators noticed Lin Xuan had used Hundred Flowers Fairy's secret art, Sword Spirit Transformation into Void, and wondered how he had learned it.
• Lin Xuan asked Baoshe and Bingpo to keep their promise, and Baoshe agreed not to trouble him again.
• Lin Xuan reminded Baoshe that the wager also required her to give him a Nine-Turn Spirit Snake Pill, leaving her shocked and furious.

Lin Xuan insisted that Baoshe honor her promise, and Bingpo persuaded her to hand over a Nine-Turn Spirit Snake Pill rather than start a fight. Baoshe and Bingpo left Penglai Immortal Island, and the wedding banquet resumed.

• Baoshe grew furious at Lin Xuan's demand, prompting Guanghan True Person to step between them as a battle seemed imminent.
• Bingpo stopped Baoshe and insisted she keep her promise to give Lin Xuan a Nine-Turn Spirit Snake Pill.
• Baoshe handed Lin Xuan the pill, and he confirmed its quality and thanked her.
• Baoshe threatened Lin Xuan before departing, and Bingpo followed her from the gathering.
• Lin Xuan and the others left the Moment Cave Heaven Map, then learned Baoshe and Bingpo had already left Penglai Immortal Island.
• Nailong True Person had the cups and dishes rearranged, and the wedding banquet continued.

After Lin Xuan earned the respect of the guests at Nailong True Person’s wedding, Baoshe and Bingpo left Penglai Immortal Island with the Vanity Box. Bingpo revealed that the treasure was tied to the Asura Seven Treasures and that the Asura King might have survived his famed battle against three True Immortals.

• Lin Xuan recognized that his victory over Heaven Origin had earned him the old monsters’ respect and acceptance as an equal.
• Baoshe and Bingpo traveled toward a weak spatial node to return from the Spirit World to the Demon World.
• Baoshe asked Bingpo why she valued the Vanity Box so highly, and Bingpo secured their surroundings before answering.
• Bingpo told Baoshe about the Asura Seven Treasures and challenged the claim that the Asura King had died in his battle against three True Immortals.
• Bingpo explained that the Asura King had not brought the Mysterious Yin Treasure Box to the battle and suggested that he might have had another plan.

Bingpo explained that the Asura King sealed her power, beauty, and memories in the Asura Seven Treasures before reincarnating, and that only someone of her royal bloodline could undo the seals. The chapter left Baoshe wondering why the Asura King had sealed her memories, a question Bingpo could not answer.

• Bingpo told Baoshe that the Asura King had arranged to reincarnate after sealing her power, beauty, and memories in the Asura Seven Treasures.
• Bingpo explained that recovering all seven treasures would not be enough unless the bearer had a close blood relationship to the Asura King.
• Baoshe realized the Vanity Box Bingpo held was one of the treasures and was stunned when Bingpo said she could undo its seal.
• Baoshe asked why the Asura King had sealed her memories, and Bingpo admitted she did not know.

Bingpo revealed that she sought the Asura Seven Treasures to claim the Asura King's power, and Baoshe agreed to help her. As they prepared to return to the Saint World, Baoshe explained that the High-Grade Nine-Turn Spirit Snake Pill she gave Lin Xuan was likely too powerful for him to withstand.

• Bingpo told Baoshe that gathering the Asura Seven Treasures could let her claim the Asura King's power, and Baoshe pledged to help.
• Bingpo and Baoshe reached a desolate valley where a spatial node would let them return to the Saint World.
• Bingpo worried that Lin Xuan's rapid growth and the Nine-Turn Spirit Snake Pill might make him a future threat.
• Baoshe said the Nine-Turn Spirit Snake Pill she gave Lin Xuan was genuine, but its High-Grade potency could cause him to suffer cultivation deviation if he swallowed it.

At the Exchange Meeting following Nailong True Person and Qianqian Fairy’s ceremony, True Person Tianji displayed a jade box made from supreme-grade Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Jade. Lin Xuan wondered what extraordinary treasure it contained as the exchange began.

• Baoshe explained that the Nine-Turn Spirit Snake Pill would overwhelm Lin Xuan’s cultivation, and she and Bingpo prepared to return to the Ancient Demon Realm.
• The guests at Penglai Immortal Island agreed to hold an Exchange Meeting after Nailong True Person and Qianqian Fairy’s dual cultivation ceremony.
• Nailong True Person gave the guests permission to use his immortal mountain for the Exchange Meeting, which drew the eager attention of Lin Xuan.
• True Person Tianji began the exchange by revealing a jade box made from supreme-grade Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Jade.
• Lin Xuan recognized the jade box’s exceptional material and wondered what it contained.

Lin Xuan watched True Person Tianji offer a hundred-thousand-year Cold Soul Snow Ginseng, but the exchange failed when no one could meet his demands. Venerable Macaque then revealed genuine True Dragon Blood, leaving Lin Xuan shocked and delighted.

• True Person Tianji displayed a hundred-thousand-year Cold Soul Snow Ginseng, the main ingredient for the Xuanyuan Cold Soul Pill, and explained that he wanted top-tier Wood-attribute pill-refining materials or pills.
• A veiled female cultivator and several others proposed alternative treasures, but True Person Tianji rejected them and the exchange fell through.
• Venerable Macaque, a mid-stage Tribulation Transcendence Demon Cultivator, brought out a small Jade Bottle.
• Venerable Macaque opened the bottle, releasing golden liquid that transformed into a small dragon, which the cultivators recognized as genuine True Dragon Blood.
• Lin Xuan was shocked and delighted by the sight of the True Dragon Blood.

Lin Xuan learned that genuine True Dragon Spirit Blood could help him cultivate the True Spirit Transformation Sword Art, and watched Venerable Macaque struggle to trade it after demanding an exceptionally high price. When no one else seemed willing to make an offer, Lin Xuan stood up to act.

• Lin Xuan recognized that genuine True Dragon Spirit Blood was a rare opportunity to cultivate the True Spirit Transformation Sword Art.
• Venerable Macaque offered the blood for an exchange without naming what treasure he wanted, hoping the guests would bid against one another.
• More than ten cultivators proposed exchanges, but Venerable Macaque rejected every offer.
• Venerable Macaque grew anxious as the gathered cultivators stopped coming forward, yet he still refused offers he considered inadequate.
• Lin Xuan surveyed the crowd and stood up when no one else appeared ready to make an offer.

Lin Xuan negotiated with Venerable Macaque for the True Dragon Spirit Blood, offering Taixu Spirit Milk in exchange. After Lin Xuan refused to add more, Venerable Macaque accepted the three bottles, and they agreed to trade.

• Lin Xuan approached Venerable Macaque and asked to inspect the True Dragon Spirit Blood.
• Lin Xuan examined the Jade Bottle, then privately offered Taixu Spirit Milk for the spirit blood.
• Venerable Macaque tried to demand several bottles, but Lin Xuan said he had only three and began to walk away.
• Venerable Macaque called Lin Xuan back and agreed to exchange the True Dragon Spirit Blood for the three bottles.

The exchange meeting at Nailong True Person’s wedding concluded after Yun Ruoyan traded the Yun Family’s Fire Cloud Sword for a pill to help her advance. Lin Xuan thanked Nailong True Person and prepared to leave.

• Lin Xuan completed his exchange with Venerable Macaque, trading purified Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk for True Dragon Spirit Blood and drawing envy from the other guests.
• Yun Ruoyan offered the Fire Cloud Sword, once wielded by her Yun Family ancestor, in exchange for medicine that could help break through the Tribulation Transcendence Stage bottleneck.
• Several cultivators made offers, and Yun Ruoyan chose a medicinal pill to complete her trade.
• Nailong True Person, Qianqian Fairy, Guanghanzi, and the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox also exchanged treasures as the meeting continued for more than half a day.
• After the meeting ended, the guests took their leave, and Lin Xuan approached Nailong True Person to say goodbye and express his gratitude.

After leaving Cloud Sea Plaza, Lin Xuan parted from Xiang'er and was transported to a vast wilderness after exiting Penglai Immortal Island. As he traveled, he realized he had been led into an Illusion Formation and challenged the hidden Tribulation Transcendence Stage senior to reveal themselves.

• Lin Xuan thanked Nailong True Person, Guanghan True Person, and the Qingqiu Kingdom Lord for protecting him before leaving Cloud Sea Plaza.
• The Nine-Tailed Sky Fox left Lin Xuan and Xiang'er alone, and Lin Xuan promised Xiang'er he would return for her one day.
• The Nine-Tailed Sky Fox comforted Xiang'er after Lin Xuan departed.
• Lin Xuan left the Cloud Sea Immortal Realm and found himself in an endless wilderness rather than the desert where he had expected to appear.
• After traveling for days and sensing that something was wrong, Lin Xuan stopped and accused a hidden Tribulation Transcendence Stage senior of guiding him into an Illusion Formation.