Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan hid in an ordinary mountain cave, strengthened its defenses, and set up a Teleportation Array while recuperating from the battle at Scorpion Mountain. Twenty years later, he had replenished his depleted true essence as the Lost Realm was unsettled by the Nether Dark King’s return and a sudden influx of Yin Soul Ghosts.

• Lin Xuan chose an ordinary mountain range instead of a remote dangerous region and carved a hidden cultivation cave behind a waterfall.
• Lin Xuan installed formations around the cave and built a Teleportation Array leading to a concealed underground cavern.
• Lin Xuan took medicine and meditated to restore the true essence he had depleted by repeatedly using Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk in his battle at Scorpion Mountain.
• Twenty years passed as Lin Xuan recuperated in seclusion, unnoticed by cultivators passing nearby.
• The Nether Dark King emerged from seclusion, and Yin Soul Ghosts flooded into Human Race, Demon Race, and Devil Race territories.

Lin Xuan remained in seclusion in the Lost Realm and refined genuine True Dragon Spirit Blood to strengthen his True Spirit Transformation Sword Art. After more than twenty years, he emerged with a stronger aura and signs that he was nearing the Tribulation Transcendence Stage.

• Lin Xuan recovered from the battle’s effects and chose to stay in seclusion, wary that Old Devil Thousand Illusions still held a grudge.
• Lin Xuan opened the Jade Bottle containing genuine True Dragon Spirit Blood, which he had traded for with purified Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk.
• Lin Xuan used the True Spirit Transformation Sword Art and Ink Jade True Spirit Art to refine the spirit blood, beginning with a tiny drop that took nearly a hundred days.
• Lin Xuan spent more than twenty years refining the True Dragon Spirit Blood in seclusion.
• Lin Xuan emerged with a more powerful aura and faint signs of an impending advance to the Tribulation Transcendence Stage.

After refining True Dragon Spirit Blood, Lin Xuan gained an unexpected chance to approach a breakthrough into the Tribulation Transcendence Stage, but he worried that his foundation was not yet firm. He left his ruined cultivation cave to seek a place with abundant spiritual energy and, three days later, discovered two Yin Soul Ghosts had followed him into a wasteland.

• Lin Xuan weighed the risks of advancing so soon after reaching the late Spirit Division stage and decided to make careful use of his opportunity.
• After resting in his cultivation cave, Lin Xuan destroyed it and departed to search for a suitable place to break through.
• Lin Xuan considered the threat posed by the powerful ghost he had angered at Scorpion Mountain, while judging that the ghost might hesitate to enter Human Race territory.
• Three days after leaving, Lin Xuan found a man and a woman following him from a small cultivator city and led them to an isolated wasteland.
• Lin Xuan exposed the pair's concealed ghostly auras, and the two Yin Soul Ghosts revealed themselves.

After discovering that the Nether Dark King was behind the threat pursuing him, Lin Xuan killed two Yin Soul Ghosts and disguised himself to avoid detection. He traveled through several cities without being recognized, but noticed more Yin Soul Ghosts secretly gathering information and grew wary of the Nether Dark King’s reach.

• Lin Xuan confronted two middle-stage Dongxuan Realm Yin Soul Ghosts who had followed him and overwhelmed their defenses with Sword Qi.
• Lin Xuan subdued the White-Faced Scholar and the red-clothed woman, searched both their souls, and then destroyed them.
• Lin Xuan learned that the old monster’s true body was the Nether Dark King and resolved to stay cautious rather than regret his actions.
• Lin Xuan changed his appearance into that of a white-bearded old man and left the area.
• Lin Xuan passed through several Cultivator cities without being recognized, but saw Yin Soul Ghosts inquiring after information in Human Race territory.

Lin Xuan searched the Lost Realm for a spiritual land suitable for breaking through to the Tribulation Transcendence Stage, while avoiding the Nether Dark King and the powerful factions that controlled the best sites. Over a vast lake, he encountered a late-stage Spirit Division elder fleeing a Mountain-Opening Crab and joined their battle.

• Lin Xuan spent three years seeking a suitable spiritual land and news of the Nether Dark King but made little progress.
• Lin Xuan flew across a vast saltwater lake and spotted a Robe-Clad Elder pursued by a late-stage Spirit Division Mountain-Opening Crab.
• The Robe-Clad Elder asked Lin Xuan for help, then turned to attack the crab with his ring-shaped Dharma Treasure.
• Lin Xuan joined the battle by sending a fiery-red Immortal Sword at the Mountain-Opening Crab.

Lin Xuan and the Robe-Clad Elder defeated a Mountain-Opening Crab, then discussed True Person Leikong’s Exchange Meeting. Lin Xuan agreed to attend in hopes of learning useful information about the Lost Realm, but heard no promising news about spiritual lands on the way.

• Lin Xuan and the Robe-Clad Elder trapped and killed the Mountain-Opening Crab, and Lin Xuan took its Demon Core.
• The Robe-Clad Elder collected the crab’s remaining materials and thanked Lin Xuan for helping him.
• The Robe-Clad Elder told Lin Xuan about True Person Leikong’s Exchange Meeting and invited him to attend.
• Lin Xuan accepted the invitation and traveled with the Robe-Clad Elder toward the meeting.
• Lin Xuan gave a cover story that he was a Rogue Cultivator and asked about spiritual lands, but learned nothing useful.

Lin Xuan and the Robe-Clad Elder arrived at Leikong Island for True Person Leikong's Exchange Meeting and were welcomed by his disciples. Three days later, Lin Xuan was summoned to the Phoenix Welcoming Pavilion, where the meeting was about to begin.

• The Robe-Clad Elder explained that Leikong Island was a well-guarded blessed paradise, then sent a Sound Transmission Talisman through its Restrictions.
• Disciples led by a Dongxuan Realm cultivator greeted Lin Xuan and the Robe-Clad Elder and escorted them to the VIP Pavilion.
• Lin Xuan chose a building and meditated there for three days while waiting for the Exchange Meeting.
• Yingxue delivered True Person Leikong's summons and led Lin Xuan toward the Phoenix Welcoming Pavilion.

Lin Xuan entered the Phoenix Welcoming Pavilion and found himself in a strange palace alongside more than a hundred Spirit Division cultivators. As the gathered cultivators confronted True Person Leikong, Leikong revealed that the Exchange Meeting had been a pretext and his master had invited them.

• Lin Xuan examined the floating Phoenix Welcoming Pavilion and flew inside, wary of its powerful formation.
• The passage through the pavilion disoriented Lin Xuan, who then found himself in a narrow rocky corridor ending at a stone door.
• Lin Xuan pushed open the stone door and entered a splendid palace filled with more than a hundred Spirit Division cultivators.
• The cultivators accused True Person Leikong of deceiving them by calling them to an Exchange Meeting and bringing them to a strange place.
• True Person Leikong denied intending them harm and revealed that the Exchange Meeting was a pretext for his master's invitation.

True Person Leikong revealed that his master had ordered him to gather the cultivators, but he could not explain why. When the angry crowd threatened him, Venerable Qingyan appeared and subdued the hall with his spiritual pressure, leaving Lin Xuan curious rather than afraid.

• True Person Leikong told the gathered cultivators that he had brought them there on his master's orders, though he did not know the purpose.
• The cultivators doubted Leikong's explanation and grew increasingly angry, with some preparing to attack him.
• A cold voice claimed responsibility for arranging the gathering, and a terrifying spiritual pressure silenced everyone in the hall.
• Lin Xuan recognized the danger but remained calm, then looked toward the green-robed old man who had appeared in a corner.
• One cultivator identified the old man as Venerable Qingyan.

Venerable Qingyan gathered nearly a hundred powerful cultivators and revealed that he wanted to discuss Lingbo Valley, the legendary treasure-filled realm whose entrance had vanished more than twenty thousand years earlier. The cultivators wondered whether Qingyan knew the valley was about to return.

• Venerable Qingyan recognized the black-faced cultivator as a disciple of Luyu and remarked that Luyu had died beneath Heavenly Tribulation.
• The cultivators in the hall grew uneasy about Venerable Qingyan's hidden plans, and the Robe-Clad Elder demanded that he explain why he had summoned them.
• Venerable Qingyan brought up Lingbo Valley, startling the gathered cultivators.
• The cultivators recalled that Lingbo Valley opened once every three thousand years, admitted cultivators from Lihe through Spirit Division, and contained abundant treasures.
• The cultivators recalled that the Nether Dark King had tried to force his way into Lingbo Valley over twenty thousand years earlier, causing its entrance to vanish.
• One cultivator asked whether Venerable Qingyan's plans were connected to Lingbo Valley.

Venerable Qingyan revealed that he could send Spirit Division cultivators into Lingbo Valley and offered rewards if they retrieved a treasure for him. He showed them a conjured image of a delicate bracelet, leaving the cultivators wondering what made it important.

• Venerable Qingyan told the gathered cultivators that a treasure linked to Lingbo Valley could let them enter the vanished valley again.
• He explained that only Spirit Division cultivators could enter and said he wanted them to retrieve certain treasures in exchange for rewards and insights into Tribulation Transcendence.
• The cultivators weighed the risks and benefits, and Venerable Qingyan assured them he would not punish them if they failed to find what he wanted.
• Venerable Qingyan conjured an image of a delicate bracelet and told the cultivators to search for one like it in Lingbo Valley.

Venerable Qingyan promised a rich reward to the cultivators who found a Bracelet in Lingbo Valley and warned them that they could stay there for only one hundred days. He led them toward a mysterious formation, leaving Lin Xuan uncertain whether it was a teleportation array.

• Venerable Qingyan said the Bracelet was probably in a grand Palace or its ruins and promised pills and cultivation guidance to whoever found it.
• Venerable Qingyan explained that anyone who stayed in Lingbo Valley beyond one hundred days would be trapped unless they advanced to Tribulation Transcendence within one hundred years and gained the ability to Shatter the Void.
• A timid young cultivator asked about the time limit, and a bald big man explained the rumored exception while admitting he did not know its source.
• Venerable Qingyan opened a hidden passage and led the cultivators through it to a square hall containing a strange formation.
• Lin Xuan suspected the formation might be a teleportation array but could not identify it with certainty.

Lin Xuan and the other Spirit Division Stage cultivators were teleported into Lingbo Valley with Jade Talismans that could bring them back. Venerable Qingyan then revealed his secret alliance with Bingpo’s External Incarnation, who had sent the cultivators to search for a treasure in exchange for helping him leave the Lost Realm.

• Venerable Qingyan gave the cultivators Jade Talismans and activated the array, sending more than a hundred of them into Lingbo Valley.
• After the cultivators vanished, Venerable Qingyan spoke to an empty space and admitted they had been lured inside to search for a treasure.
• Bingpo’s External Incarnation appeared and said she believed the cultivators would have a good chance of finding the treasure she wanted.
• Venerable Qingyan warned Bingpo to honor their agreement, since he had risked offending the Nether Dark King by helping her.
• Bingpo assured Venerable Qingyan that she would keep her promise to take him out of the Lost Realm.

Venerable Qingyan reflected on his long-standing desire to escape the Lost Realm and pursue a chance to reach the Tribulation Transcendence Late Stage. Saint Ancestor Bingpo offered to take him outside in exchange for his help, revealing that his search for the mysterious bracelet served her plans.

• Venerable Qingyan considered how the Lost Realm trapped even powerful cultivators and believed escape was nearly impossible.
• Venerable Qingyan learned that Saint Ancestor Bingpo claimed she could take him to the Spirit World or the Demon World.
• Venerable Qingyan trusted Bingpo's demonstrated ability and agreed to perform a task for her.
• Venerable Qingyan's search for the mysterious bracelet became part of Bingpo's scheme, with him acting as her vanguard pawn.

Bingpo questioned Venerable Qingyan about the Bracelet and confirmed that the Jade Talisman would return Lingbo Valley’s entrants to her after a hundred days. Lin Xuan arrived in the vast valley and saw it as a chance to find a secluded spiritual land where he could advance to the Tribulation Transcendence Stage.

• Bingpo warned Venerable Qingyan not to covet the Bracelet, then reassured him that she would honor her promise if he helped find it.
• Bingpo asked whether the entrants would all be teleported back after a hundred days, and Venerable Qingyan explained that only those who crushed his Jade Talisman would return.
• Lin Xuan surveyed Lingbo Valley’s vast mountains and found no cultivators within a hundred thousand li.
• Lin Xuan recognized a Raincoat Grass and sensed the valley’s abundant spiritual power.
• Lin Xuan resolved to seek a suitable spiritual land in Lingbo Valley and advance without fear of interruption.

Lin Xuan decided to wait out the other cultivators in Lingbo Valley before searching for Venerable Qingyan’s Bracelet and preparing to advance. Elsewhere, Tian Chenxi fought a swarm of strange snakes, while Xiao Er investigated a mysterious Cold Pool.

• Lin Xuan weighed the risks of advancing in Lingbo Valley and chose to wait a hundred days before attempting it.
• Lin Xuan planned to search for Venerable Qingyan’s Bracelet and remembered that he had yet to refine the Vermilion Bird Ring.
• Tian Chenxi appeared amid tens of thousands of strange Magic Snakes and used her Brocade Handkerchief to dissolve them.
• Xiao Er appeared in a snowy valley, noticed a Cold Pool, and walked toward it to investigate.

Xiao Er encountered a Linglong Frost Centipede in Lingbo Valley and was frozen to death, while other cultivators found valuable spiritual herbs. Lin Xuan began searching for Venerable Qingyan’s bracelet and a suitable spiritual land for his planned breakthrough.

• Xiao Er investigated the Cold Pool, where a Linglong Frost Centipede burst out of the water.
• Xiao Er attacked the centipede with his treasures, but its cold breath froze both his defenses and him in one strike.
• Zhong Lin found Red Lotus Polygonum, while a Robe-Clad Elder and a woman in palace dress each discovered a spiritual treasure.
• Lin Xuan began hunting for treasures, prioritizing Venerable Qingyan’s bracelet and a place with a dense Spirit Vein.

Lin Xuan entered a strange desert in Lingbo Valley where his divine sense dispersed, then spent thirty days inside and lost his way. He fought a remarkably tough Scorpion Monster as the desert’s dangers continued to trap him.

• Lin Xuan found few spirit medicines during his first ten days in Lingbo Valley because the herbs were too low-grade to interest him.
• Lin Xuan discovered a desert where his divine sense dispersed completely and decided to enter despite suspecting it held great danger.
• Lin Xuan attacked a Scorpion Monster with Sword Qi, but the monster survived and struck back with a venomous needle.
• After thirty days in the desert, Lin Xuan realized he had lost his way because his divine sense failed and shifting dunes erased his sense of direction.

Lin Xuan became trapped in a vast desert after discovering that his sense of direction and attempts to escape were thwarted by a powerful illusion formation, possibly involving Space Laws. After thirty days of searching on foot, he noticed something astonishing at noon, but the chapter ended before revealing what it was.

• Lin Xuan realized he had lost all sense of direction and flew at full speed for seven days without finding the desert’s edge.
• Lin Xuan suspected a profound illusion formation was trapping him and found that his Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye could not see through it.
• Lin Xuan used the Sea-Overturning Halberd and his understanding of Space Laws to try to break through, but his powerful strike failed.
• Lin Xuan continued on foot, enduring the desert without trouble from its harsh temperatures, lack of food and water, or solitude.
• On the thirtieth day, Lin Xuan discovered something astonishing at noon.

Lin Xuan discovered the remains of a Spirit Division cultivator in the desert and fought a deadly Scorpion Monster. After killing it, he found himself surrounded by a swarm of more than a hundred scorpions and unleashed the Nine Palaces Moment.

• Lin Xuan uncovered a skeleton carrying a damaged sword forged from Glazed Meteorite Iron and suspected its owner had been a Spirit Division cultivator.
• Lin Xuan continued through the desert cautiously, then spotted a sand dune moving toward him.
• Lin Xuan split the dune with Sword Qi and revealed a huge Scorpion Monster whose venomous needles made him wary.
• Lin Xuan killed the monster with the Sword into Silk Technique after ordinary Sword Qi failed to harm it.
• Lin Xuan saw more than a hundred scorpions surrounding him and released the Nine Palaces Moment.