Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan decided to stay near the lava lake and claim the extraordinary ring once its refinement was complete. He prepared defenses around Scorpion Mountain and returned to the underground cavern to rest while the treasure continued to be refined.

• Lin Xuan judged that the ring was likely a top-tier Xuan Tian treasure and chose to wait for it rather than leave.
• Lin Xuan searched Scorpion Mountain with his divine sense, found no cultivators nearby, and arranged nine formations to conceal and protect the area.
• Lin Xuan used a Transformation Concealment Talisman to hide the nearby mountain range beneath an illusion.
• Lin Xuan returned to the cavern, found the ring's refinement unchanged, and meditated to recover his energy, vitality, and physical strength.

After half a year of waiting at Scorpion Mountain, Lin Xuan watched the ring-shaped Dharma Treasure and Spirit-Sealing Jade react as the refining neared completion. The Jade Bottle opened and released something that the formation immediately imprisoned, leaving Lin Xuan to discover what had been sealed inside.

• Lin Xuan remained on guard in the underground cavern while the treasure continued to be refined for half a year.
• The ring-shaped Dharma Treasure trembled and rang out, prompting Lin Xuan to notice its cry resembled a Phoenix's.
• The Spirit-Sealing Jade bottle began trembling, but Lin Xuan's divine sense and Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye could not see through it.
• Lin Xuan chose not to remove the bottle, fearing he would disrupt the formation and the ring's refining.
• The bottle's stopper shot off and a streak of radiance burst out, but a fluctuation from the formation imprisoned it before Lin Xuan could identify it.

Lin Xuan watched the soul of a Vermilion Bird become fused with a ring-shaped treasure whose refinement was powered by Immortal Stones. Just as the Vermilion Bird Ring neared completion, a powerful Tribulation Transcendence Stage cultivator broke through Lin Xuan’s outer formation and approached.

• Lin Xuan discovered that the Spirit-Sealing Jade held the soul of a Vermilion Bird, which struggled against the formation restraining it.
• Lin Xuan realized the formation’s power had increased more than tenfold and suspected it was drawing energy from Immortal Stones.
• Over nearly a hundred days, Lin Xuan watched the Vermilion Bird’s soul merge into the ring and named the treasure the Vermilion Bird Ring.
• As the Vermilion Bird Ring neared completion, Lin Xuan sensed a powerful cultivator approach and break through his outer formation.
• Lin Xuan concluded that the intruder was at the Tribulation Transcendence Stage and feared the treasure’s refiner might be a late-stage cultivator.

Lin Xuan split his main body from his Internal Incarnation as he prepared to confront a powerful ghostly being while the Vermilion Bird Ring was being refined. After meeting the newcomer, Lin Xuan suspected the apparent Tribulation Transcendence Early Stage opponent was an avatar of a far more powerful Underworld king.

• Lin Xuan decided to stay and face the approaching enemy, leaving his Internal Incarnation to guard the treasure and take the Vermilion Bird Ring once it was refined.
• Lin Xuan flew to the surface as the black rainbow shattered his formations on its way to Scorpion Mountain.
• A black-robed ghostly being arrived and revealed that he was at the Tribulation Transcendence Early Stage.
• The stranger deduced that Lin Xuan was an outsider who had defeated his subordinates and asked whether he knew Guanghanzi, Guhongzi, Nailong, or Baihua.
• Lin Xuan suspected the stranger was an avatar of a Tribulation Transcendence Late Stage expert, possibly one of the Six Kings of the Underworld.

Lin Xuan tried to delay a powerful black-robed cultivator by claiming several famous figures as his masters, while suspecting the cultivator might be an Avatar of one of the Underworld’s Six Kings. The cultivator saw through each lie and threatened to extract Lin Xuan’s soul to learn his origins.

• Lin Xuan steadied himself and reasoned that the black-robed cultivator might be using his identity to intimidate him, while the cultivator remained unconcerned because the Immortal Trapping Ring was still being refined safely.
• Lin Xuan claimed that Guanghan True Person was his master, but the cultivator exposed the lie by pointing out Lin Xuan lacked the required aptitude and Nine Spirit Sacred Body.
• The cultivator wondered how Lin Xuan had reached late-stage Spirit Division and defeated a Ghost Saint, while Lin Xuan tried to learn the cultivator’s identity and buy time.
• Lin Xuan claimed Nailong True Person as his master, but the cultivator dismissed the claim because Nailong was too lazy to take disciples.
• Lin Xuan then claimed to be Hundred Flowers Fairy’s disciple, enraging the cultivator, who threatened to draw out Lin Xuan’s soul and refine his spirit.

Lin Xuan fought the powerful Black-Robed Ghost, surviving a law-infused attack and countering with a punch and his Nine Palaces Instantaneous Swords. When the enemy’s robe was destroyed, Lin Xuan discovered that the Black-Robed Ghost was a Yin Spirit and suspected he might be the Nether Dark King.

• The Black-Robed Ghost used spatial laws to attack Lin Xuan, then bound his movements and struck him with another blow.
• Lin Xuan endured the hit, surged forward, and landed a powerful punch on the Black-Robed Ghost.
• Lin Xuan followed with the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Swords, but every sword missed the enemy.
• The Black-Robed Ghost’s destroyed robe revealed a gray, human-shaped light and shadow, and Lin Xuan recognized it as a Yin Spirit.
• Lin Xuan recalled that the Nether Dark King had been born a low-grade Yin Spirit and wondered whether this opponent was that Underworld king.

Lin Xuan tried to delay a powerful opponent who might be one of the Six Kings of the Underworld, but his sneak attack failed to do more than briefly stagger the enemy. The opponent recognized his techniques and pressed the assault, leaving Lin Xuan fighting to hold his ground.

• Lin Xuan wondered how the Nether Dark King could have entered the Lost Realm, then focused on delaying the formidable enemy while a treasure was refined.
• The old monster identified Lin Xuan's complete Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword and asked about his connection to the Ink Moon Tribe and the Heavenly Witch Goddess.
• The old monster gathered Yin energy into a massive black Trident and attacked, while Lin Xuan unleashed hundreds of sword lights.
• Lin Xuan transformed his sword lights into numerous silver threads to evade the enemy's sweeping attack.
• The old monster recognized Lin Xuan's Sword into Silk Technique and speculated that he might be connected to Hundred Flowers Fairy.

Lin Xuan fought a powerful Yin Spirit, using his sword techniques and Space Laws against the opponent’s black bead and mysterious Laws of Heaven and Earth. After his law-based attack was overwhelmed, he unleashed his strongest defenses and fled diagonally, still unsure whether he could survive.

• Lin Xuan attacked the Yin Spirit with countless sword threads, but the opponent’s black bead formed a light curtain that withstood them.
• Lin Xuan gathered his sword threads into a giant sword and embedded a trace of Space Laws in its strike.
• The Yin Spirit countered with a far more profound power of law, easily breaking Lin Xuan’s spatial attack and sending a deadly force toward him.
• Lin Xuan used golden vortices, the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword, and the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire to try to obstruct the incoming law.
• Lin Xuan flared with azure light and fled diagonally to avoid the brunt of the attack.

Lin Xuan was nearly killed by a Yinhun's power of law, but the Vermilion Bird Ring emerged just in time and gave him an opening to escape. He regrouped for the coming fight while his Internal Incarnation prepared the hidden formation.

• Lin Xuan used the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword and Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire to resist the Yinhun's power of law, but both defenses were destroyed and his life-bound treasure shattered.
• The Vermilion Bird Ring appeared as the Lava Lake erupted, distracting the Yinhun and weakening his control over the power of law.
• Lin Xuan seized the opening with Nine Heavens Micro-Steps and escaped over a thousand zhang away.
• The Yinhun focused on the newly emerged treasure and dismissed Lin Xuan as a threat, while Lin Xuan prepared another treasure for the coming fight.
• Lin Xuan's Internal Incarnation waited at the formation, ready to use the hidden move Lin Xuan had prepared.

Lin Xuan seized the newly refined Vermilion Bird Ring while his Avatar escaped through the cavern, then stayed behind to delay the Yinhun powerhouse. Lin Xuan unleashed Meteor Fire Rain and transformed the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Swords into a massive Phoenix, leaving its attack to clash with the Yinhun.

• Lin Xuan's Avatar grabbed the Vermilion Bird Ring and flew toward a prepared arrangement in the cavern.
• The Yinhun realized Lin Xuan had an accomplice and flew toward the underground cavern to reclaim the treasure.
• Lin Xuan summoned the Spirit Formula Cauldron and cast Meteor Fire Rain to hold the Yinhun back.
• Lin Xuan's Nine Palaces Instantaneous Swords reappeared, and he fused them into a giant Phoenix using the True Spirit Transformation Sword Art.
• Lin Xuan sent the Phoenix and its raging flames toward the Yinhun, whose ability to withstand the attack remained uncertain.

Lin Xuan used a hidden Teleportation Array to send his Avatar away with the treasure while drawing the Yinhun’s attention. After replenishing his power, he coordinated his Phoenix sword art with Meteor Fire Rain and launched an all-out attack, as the Yinhun prepared to stake everything in the clash.

• Lin Xuan revealed a concealed Teleportation Array and sent his Avatar into it with the treasure.
• The Yinhun detected the escape attempt and rushed to stop the Avatar, leaving Lin Xuan an opening.
• Lin Xuan drank Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk and restored the power needed to strengthen his attack.
• Lin Xuan’s Phoenix used its mastery of space to confront the Yinhun, forcing him into a fierce close-quarters clash.
• Lin Xuan combined Meteor Fire Rain with the Phoenix’s attack, while the Yinhun’s eyes showed he was ready to stake everything.

Lin Xuan unleashed a devastating attack against the Yinhun ghost creature, but the enemy survived and revealed that it was only an Avatar capable of using an even greater divine ability. As the creature began transforming, Lin Xuan tried to disrupt it with Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire.

• Lin Xuan combined Meteor Fire Rain with his enormous Phoenix, engulfing the Yinhun ghost creature in an overwhelming blaze.
• Lin Xuan drank several drops of Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk to replenish his magical power while he waited for the attack's results.
• Lin Xuan spotted a small region of black Qi surviving in the red light and realized the enemy was still alive.
• The enemy laughed and told Lin Xuan that he had nearly destroyed its Avatar, that its accomplice had taken the treasure, and that it would now use a more powerful divine ability.
• Lin Xuan recognized that the enemy was an Avatar and suspected it might be the Nether Dark King as bones began cracking inside its Yin Spirit form.
• Lin Xuan sent out Five-Colored Glaze, which transformed into a giant python, and used Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire to attack the enemy as it prepared its spell.

Lin Xuan unleashed his treasures and the True Spirit Puppet against the Yin energy, but they barely affected it. The armored enemy revealed his true form and summoned a strange weapon, leaving Lin Xuan facing an opponent whose power far exceeded his attacks.

• Lin Xuan sent more than ten treasures and the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire into the Yin energy, but they vanished without harming it.
• Lin Xuan released the True Spirit Puppet and powered it with three Immortal Stones, but its dragon-like attacks also failed to affect the Yin energy.
• Lin Xuan summoned an enormous claw through a vortex, and although it shook the Yin energy, a black flame melted the claw away.
• The Yin energy parted to reveal a black-armored figure with blood-red eyes and flame-wreathed wings.
• The armored figure gathered black runes in his hand and formed a strange weapon resembling both a long spear and a giant axe.

Lin Xuan faced an opponent whose power had surged and who used a domain-like technique to trap him. After Lin Xuan failed to break through the barrier, the opponent admitted the domain was only an imitation and challenged him to find its weaknesses.

• The opponent used Scale Transformation, increasing his spiritual pressure, and attacked Lin Xuan with black radiance.
• Lin Xuan noticed the attacks were badly aimed, while the black streaks tore open spatial rifts around them.
• The connected rifts sealed off several li of space, and an invisible wall blocked Lin Xuan from escaping.
• Lin Xuan's Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword and Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire failed to damage the barrier.
• The opponent revealed that the sealed space was a flawed imitation of a domain and claimed Lin Xuan could not find its weaknesses.

Lin Xuan realized the Yinhun ghost had trapped him inside a counterfeit domain whose power let it create laws, but he could find no way to overcome it. The ghost immobilized Lin Xuan and sucked him into a mysterious black vortex.

• Lin Xuan reasoned that the Yinhun ghost's domain was counterfeit, but still dangerous enough that he could not identify a way to counter it.
• The Yinhun ghost shot a black dot toward Lin Xuan, then used spatial laws to freeze him in place.
• Lin Xuan tried every method he could think of, but remained unable to move or escape the domain.
• The black dot expanded into a bottomless vortex, and its suction pulled Lin Xuan inside.

Lin Xuan survived Yinhun's spatial vortex and emerged holding the Five Dragon Seal. Yinhun abandoned his pursuit of the Immortal Trapping Ring and prepared to kill Lin Xuan to seize the legendary treasure.

• Yinhun withdrew his domain after believing the vortex had killed Lin Xuan, but reopened it when the vortex reappeared.
• The vortex expanded and then collapsed as a powerful force crushed its chaotic laws.
• Lin Xuan flew out of the vortex, battered but confident, with the Five Dragon Seal before him.
• Yinhun recognized the Five Dragon Seal and rejoiced at finding the treasure he had sought for millions of years.
• Yinhun decided to kill Lin Xuan and take the Five Dragon Seal, no longer caring about the Immortal Trapping Ring.

Lin Xuan used the Five Dragon Seal to break Yinhun’s domain and kill him. After searching for spoils, Lin Xuan razed Scorpion Mountain and the surrounding area, then gathered fire-attribute Yuan Qi.

• Yinhun attacked Lin Xuan with the chaotic laws of his domain.
• Lin Xuan poured the specks of light from his dantian into the Five Dragon Seal and sent it crashing toward the domain.
• The Five Dragon Seal dissolved the laws and broke through the domain, then struck Yinhun and turned him to ash.
• Lin Xuan reclaimed the Five Dragon Seal and searched the area, finding no treasures left by Yinhun.
• Lin Xuan unleashed Sword Qi to flatten Scorpion Mountain and everything within a hundred li, then gathered fire-attribute Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi into a huge fireball.

Lin Xuan destroyed the traces at his location and left, while the story shifted to the Nether Dark King's Palace in the Lost Realm. The Nether Dark King emerged from seclusion in a fury, and three of his subordinates came to him.

• Lin Xuan struck the area with a fireball, then used his Escape Light to leave.
• The narration described a Yin-filled mountain range in the Lost Realm and the Palace built at the bottom of its Spirit Spring.
• The Nether Dark King erupted in anger and destroyed part of his Palace.
• Armored guards and Maidservants knelt as the Nether Dark King appeared, radiating power close to a Loose Immortal.
• Two men and a woman flew to the Nether Dark King, including a burly warrior, a scholarly adviser, and a female official.

The Nether Dark King told his three Tribulation Transcendence subordinates that a young Spirit Division cultivator had taken his Immortal Trapping Ring and destroyed both Fourth Brother and his External Incarnation. He ordered them to locate the cultivator, while secretly intending to pursue the Five Dragon Seal himself.

• The Nether Dark King summoned three powerful subordinates and revealed that someone had taken the Immortal Trapping Ring.
• The Nether Dark King said the thief had also destroyed Fourth Brother and his External Incarnation.
• The Nether Dark King identified the thief as a young Spirit Division cultivator from the Spirit World, leaving his subordinates stunned.
• The Nether Dark King gave his subordinates Jade Slips with the cultivator’s appearance and clues, and ordered them to track him without confronting him.
• The three subordinates withdrew, while the Nether Dark King concealed his interest in the Five Dragon Seal and planned to pursue the cultivator himself.

Lin Xuan reunited with his avatar after escaping the Yin Soul Ghost, then destroyed the damaged Teleportation Array and decided to hide in a remote part of the Lost Realm. He obtained a map from a nomadic tribe and studied it to choose a secluded refuge.

• Lin Xuan returned to the grassland and reunited with his avatar, who had guarded the damaged Teleportation Array.
• Lin Xuan considered the threat of the Yin Soul Ghost’s main body and decided to avoid it by hiding somewhere remote.
• Lin Xuan destroyed the Teleportation Array and flew away from the site.
• Lin Xuan encountered a nomadic tribe under attack by Sand Worm Beasts and, disguised as an old immortal master, killed the beasts.
• Lin Xuan asked the tribe for a map engraved on a Jade Slip, resumed his ordinary appearance, and studied it to choose a hiding place.