Chapter Summaries

After more than fifty years of cultivation in Lingbo Valley, Lin Xuan reached the peak of the Spirit Division Stage and prepared to break through to Tribulation Transcendence. The chapter left him with his mind calmed and his precious pills ready as he opened a jade box.

• Venerable Qingyan attacked Fairy Bingpo after she refused to honor their agreement before finding the Bracelet.
• Fairy Bingpo countered Qingyan's treasures with sharp beams of light, and their clash shook the space.
• Lin Xuan spent more than fifty years cultivating in Lingbo Valley and reached the peak of the Spirit Division Stage.
• Lin Xuan rested for three days and reviewed his past to prepare his state of mind for the breakthrough.
• Lin Xuan sat on the mountaintop with medicines that gave him a chance of more than fifty percent to advance, then summoned a box made from Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Jade.

Lin Xuan swallowed the Tribulation-Transformation Pill, the Nine-Turn Spirit Snake Pill, and other medicines before attempting to break through to Tribulation Transcendence. He easily reached the False Tribulation Transcendence Stage, but the Heavenly Tribulation began descending less than half an hour later.

• Lin Xuan swallowed the Tribulation-Transformation Pill and the Nine-Turn Spirit Snake Pill, then took more spiritual medicines to aid his breakthrough.
• Lin Xuan refined the medicines and spent more than ten days attacking the Tribulation Transcendence bottleneck.
• Lin Xuan broke through the bottleneck with unexpected ease, reaching the False Tribulation Transcendence Stage without gaining strength.
• Lin Xuan considered the Heavenly Tribulation and Inner Demon trials that remained, then calmed himself and resolved to face them as they came.
• Lin Xuan sensed a change in the spiritual energy and realized the Heavenly Tribulation was descending less than half an hour after his breakthrough.

Lin Xuan prepared to face the rapidly descending Heavenly Tribulation by restoring his magic power and summoning two powerful treasures. His defenses met the first wave of fireballs, but the flames transformed into monstrous nine-headed Fire Birds.

• Lin Xuan drank purified Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk to restore the magic power he had spent breaking through his bottleneck.
• Lin Xuan summoned the Black Tortoise True Spirit Inkstone and the Spirit Formula Cauldron as the Heavenly Tribulation gathered overhead.
• Tens of thousands of fireballs rained down on Lin Xuan, and the inkstone sent sword-like runes to weaken them.
• Lin Xuan activated the Spirit Formula Cauldron's azure barrier when the fireballs overwhelmed the inkstone's attack.
• The fireballs stopped and transformed into enormous nine-headed Fire Birds.

Lin Xuan battled the terrifying opening waves of his Heavenly Tribulation as he tried to advance to the Tribulation Transcendence Stage. After enduring the assault, he knew the tribulation was far from over but resolved to keep fighting.

• Lin Xuan recognized the fire birds as resembling legendary Nine-Headed Birds and sent hundreds of Flood Dragons to meet them.
• Lin Xuan’s Hundred Dragon Fangs overcame the fire birds, but cyan lightning, enormous Wind Blades, and giant fireballs followed in relentless waves.
• Lin Xuan multiplied the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword and used it to intercept the attacks, though the barrage strained his magic power and damaged the swords.
• Lin Xuan endured the final wave of this assault, having spent nearly one-third of his magic power, and realized that the Heavenly Tribulation had only begun.
• Lin Xuan pushed aside his doubts and resolved to survive the remaining tribulation and reach the Tribulation Transcendence Stage.

During Lin Xuan’s tribulation, lightning formed a powerful Nine-Headed Bird that absorbed fire and lightning from the vortex overhead. Lin Xuan attacked before it could grow stronger, but the creature countered with thunder-fire flying swords, beginning a fierce clash.

• Lin Xuan watched the tribulation vortex expand as it gathered spiritual energy and unleashed a wave of lightning.
• A massive lightning bolt absorbed the smaller bolts and formed a lifelike Nine-Headed Bird.
• The vortex poured fire, lightning, and thunderfire into the bird, rapidly strengthening it.
• Lin Xuan realized his delay had let the creature grow stronger and attacked it with the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword.
• The Nine-Headed Bird turned its feathers into thunder-fire flying swords and clashed with Lin Xuan’s attack.

As Lin Xuan struggled to hold back the strengthening nine-headed strange bird, he decided to risk using the mysterious Five Dragon Seal. After drawing Silver Light Spots from the Blue Star Sea into the seal, he unleashed it, and its power began diverting Heaven and Earth spiritual energy away from the bird’s vortex.

• Lin Xuan saw that the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword could not gain the upper hand against the Thunder-Fire Dual-Attribute Flying Sword and the nine-headed strange bird.
• Fearing the bird would grow too powerful for him to survive the Heavenly Tribulation, Lin Xuan decided to use the Five Dragon Seal.
• Lin Xuan activated the seal with the Blue Star Sea, drawing in Silver Light Spots as the two rotated in opposite directions.
• Lin Xuan sacrificed the Five Dragon Seal, which expanded and released immense spiritual pressure and the power of laws.
• The Five Dragon Seal disrupted the Heaven and Earth spiritual energy and began absorbing it instead of letting it flow into the vortex.

Lin Xuan used the Five Dragon Seal to destroy the Tribulation Cloud vortex and apparently eliminate the Nine-Headed Bird, but the injured creature survived and reappeared to attack him. The chapter left Lin Xuan facing the still-powerful bird after discovering it had reached the Tribulation Transcendence Stage.

• Lin Xuan unleashed the Five Dragon Seal, whose five golden dragons shattered the Nine-Headed Bird's defenses and smashed into the Tribulation Cloud vortex.
• The resulting blast devastated the surrounding landscape, while Lin Xuan protected himself with the Black Tortoise True Spirit Inkstone and the Spirit Formula Cauldron's Azure Water Curtain.
• After the vortex and bird disappeared, Lin Xuan retrieved the Five Dragon Seal and swallowed it to nurture it in his Dantian Sea of Qi.
• Dark clouds gathered again, and Lin Xuan dodged a lightning strike before releasing his divine sense to locate the attacker.
• The injured Nine-Headed Bird emerged from a tear in the void, and Lin Xuan recognized its Tribulation Transcendence Stage pressure.

Lin Xuan fought the nine-headed vicious bird with his Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword and defensive treasures. After surviving the bird’s attacks, he sent a fresh swarm of sword silks cutting toward it.

• Lin Xuan summoned the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword and formed a vast net with the Sword into Silk Technique.
• The nine-headed vicious bird summoned hundreds of Wind Blades, then conjured enormous claws that tore apart Lin Xuan’s sword net.
• The bird attacked Lin Xuan with emerald claw-lights, breaking through his Azure Water Curtain before the Black Tortoise True Spirit Inkstone blocked the remaining force.
• Lin Xuan re-formed the scattered sword silks into hundreds of strands and sent them cutting toward the bird.

Lin Xuan trapped the Nine-Heads strange bird in a sword net and attacked it with lightning and other treasures, hoping to weaken its Heaven-and-Earth energy until it perished. The bird remained imprisoned as Lin Xuan prepared another wave of attacks.

• Lin Xuan realized the Nine-Heads strange bird weakened when struck and used the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword to form a net around it.
• The strange bird spat out large balls of light to obstruct the net and tried to flee, while Lin Xuan used the Sea-Overturning Halberd's Space Laws to delay it.
• The sword net ensnared the bird, and Lin Xuan added restriction talismans that further injured it as it struggled.
• Lin Xuan unleashed Illusionary Yin Divine Thunder through the net, then used the Thunder-Crushing Ancient Mirror to summon a lightning Flood Dragon.
• Lin Xuan brought out a Gourd Artifact and began sending fiery-red Immortal Swords toward the trapped bird.

Lin Xuan battled the Nine-Headed Monster Bird, using a carefully staged assault to weaken it and draw it into range. He unleashed the Spirit-Devouring Sword for a decisive strike, pouring in so much magic power that the sword began to crack.

• Lin Xuan empowered his Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire with Heavenly Phoenix Spirit Blood and sent the Phoenix charging at the Nine-Headed Monster Bird alongside his other attacks.
• The Nine-Headed Monster Bird emerged weakened, then cut apart Lin Xuan’s sword threads and injured him as it rushed to attack.
• Lin Xuan feigned panic and drew the monster bird close before summoning the Four Spirits with a short sword.
• Lin Xuan reassembled the fragments of the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword into a giant Immortal Sword, trapping the monster bird in his planned counterattack.
• Lin Xuan swallowed a drop of Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk and poured his restored magic power into the Spirit-Devouring Sword, cracking it as he prepared to strike.

Lin Xuan destroyed the Nine-Headed Monster Bird with the Four Spirits, the True Spirit Puppet, and his sword threads, surviving the Heavenly Tribulation’s strange final trial. But he had received none of the expected Marrow Cleansing benefits, leaving him uncertain whether he could truly advance to the Tribulation Transcendence Stage.

• Lin Xuan strengthened the Four Spirits and struck the Nine-Headed Monster Bird with the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword.
• Lin Xuan released the True Spirit Puppet and used three Immortal Stones to bring forth a true dragon that fought the weakened monster bird.
• Lin Xuan transformed his sword light into tens of thousands of threads and pierced the monster bird while the dragon held it in place.
• Lin Xuan continued attacking until the monster bird was reduced to ashes and smoke.
• Lin Xuan realized he had received no Marrow Cleansing effect from the Heavenly Tribulation and worried that he might not successfully advance.

After enduring the Heavenly Tribulation without the expected Marrow Cleansing, Lin Xuan suspected Lingbo Valley was the Nine-Headed Bird’s True Spirit Space. The Fire of the True Spirit entered his brow, leaving him comfortable but unaware of what would follow.

• Lin Xuan wondered whether Lingbo Valley was the True Spirit Space of the Nine-Headed Bird and remained troubled that his tribulation had not cleansed his marrow.
• Lin Xuan spotted a golden, nine-layered flame and recognized it as the Fire of the True Spirit.
• The Fire of the True Spirit drifted toward Lin Xuan after the Nine-Headed Monster Bird was destroyed.
• Lin Xuan chose not to dodge as the flame shrank and flew into his brow.
• Lin Xuan felt a cool, refreshing sensation after the Fire of the True Spirit entered him.

Lin Xuan fused with the Nine-Headed Bird's Fire of the True Spirit, only to find it taking control of his body. The fire had secretly awakened spiritual wisdom and wanted to seize a suitable host, and Lin Xuan's fate was left in its hands.

• Lin Xuan examined himself after the fire entered him, then felt unbearable pain as it appeared in his Dantian Sea of Qi.
• Lin Xuan tried to expel the fire but discovered he could no longer control his body.
• The chapter explained that the Peacock's inheritance fire remained protected in the True Spirit Space, while the Nine-Headed Bird's fire had been forced to flee for millions of years.
• The Nine-Headed Bird's fire gradually awakened spiritual wisdom and began seeking a body so it could cultivate as a true spirit.
• The fire sought a Nine-Headed Bird or, failing that, a powerful demon, but the Lingbo Valley trials had admitted only human cultivators.

The Fire of the True Spirit explained why it had waited for ages to find a suitable body and how it planned to possess Lin Xuan during his Tribulation Transcendence. After Lin Xuan destroyed its temporary body, the desperate spirit flew toward him, and Lin Xuan mistakenly let it enter the space between his brows.

• The Fire of the True Spirit waited in Lingbo Valley for a body strong enough to withstand its power.
• When Lin Xuan's Tribulation Transcendence stirred heaven and earth, the Fire sensed him and decided his body was barely suitable.
• The Fire used the vital energy gathered for Lin Xuan's Heavenly Tribulation to form a temporary body and tried to bind him for possession.
• Lin Xuan defeated the Fire's temporary body, leaving the spirit unwilling to abandon its chance.
• The Fire flew toward Lin Xuan, who mistook its approach for an opportunity and let it enter between his brows.

Lin Xuan fought the Fire of the True Spirit after it invaded his dantian and tried to possess him. He refused its offer and launched a desperate clash, whose outcome remained unclear.

• The Fire of the True Spirit entered Lin Xuan’s dantian, leaving his body immobile and his magic power beyond his control.
• Lin Xuan used his divine sense to attack the invader, enduring intense pain until he began to regain sensation and loosen its hold.
• The Fire of the True Spirit offered to spare Lin Xuan’s soul if he surrendered his body and Nascent Soul, but Lin Xuan refused.
• The Fire of the True Spirit threatened to ruin Lin Xuan’s meridians, yet he continued fighting it inside his dantian.
• Lin Xuan and the Fire of the True Spirit charged at each other in a decisive clash, and their collision engulfed the dantian in spiritual light and flames.

Lin Xuan nearly fell to a wisp of an Outer-Domain Heavenly Demon disguised as the Fire of the True Spirit, but a point of spiritual light exposed and destroyed it. He realized he had passed the Tribulation of the Inner Demon and safely completed the final barrier of Tribulation Transcendence.

• The Inner Demon’s Nine-Headed Monster Bird overwhelmed Lin Xuan’s divine sense and threatened to devour his soul.
• At the brink of death, Lin Xuan became tranquil and recognized that the turmoil around him was an Inner Demon.
• A point of spiritual light appeared in Lin Xuan’s dantian and struck the demonic thought, revealing its Ghost Face form.
• The spiritual light refined the Outer-Domain Heavenly Demon’s wisp into nothingness, and Lin Xuan’s consciousness and power recovered.
• Lin Xuan realized the apparent possession had been an illusion and that he had passed the Tribulation of the Inner Demon.

Lin Xuan discovered that passing the three trials of the Tribulation Transcendence Stage had not given him the expected increase in strength, so he swallowed the Fire of the True Spirit to make up for the failed marrow cleansing. After enduring its effects for half a year, he finally advanced to the Tribulation Transcendence Stage.

• Lin Xuan realized his strength had barely increased after he passed the three great trials, and suspected the Fire of the True Spirit had disrupted his tribulation.
• Lin Xuan decided to swallow the Fire of the True Spirit, hoping it would correct the failed marrow cleansing.
• The Fire of the True Spirit caused intense pain, but Lin Xuan recognized the sensation as marrow cleansing and endured it while regulating his magic power.
• After half a year of enduring the cleansing, Lin Xuan finally advanced to the Tribulation Transcendence Stage.

Lin Xuan celebrated reaching the Tribulation Transcendence Stage and examined the changes to his cultivation. He discovered that the Fire of the True Spirit remained in his dantian and began trying to remove it.

• Lin Xuan opened his eyes after successfully advancing to the Tribulation Transcendence Stage.
• Lin Xuan found that his magic-power lake had become a vast, multicolored ocean and that the Blue Star Sea’s azure lights had turned silver.
• Lin Xuan examined his Main Nascent Soul, which had reached great completion and grown far stronger than before.
• Lin Xuan discovered that the Fire of the True Spirit remained in his dantian after tempering his body, leaving him uneasy about the danger it posed.
• Lin Xuan released his divine sense and began trying to remove the Fire of the True Spirit.

Lin Xuan tried to remove the Fire of the True Spirit from his Dantian, but after containing it with Silver Light Spots, he accidentally caused it to fuse with his body. He fainted from the resulting pain as ancient memories and knowledge of several generations of True Spirits surged into his mind.

• Lin Xuan tried to bind the Fire of the True Spirit with magic power, but it devoured the magic power.
• Lin Xuan tried using his divine sense instead, but the Fire of the True Spirit swallowed it as well.
• Lin Xuan noticed that Silver Light Spots did not dissolve when they touched the fire and used them to wrap it in a cocoon.
• Lin Xuan tried to move the cocoon with his divine sense, but his stronger effort shattered it and spread the fire through his body.
• Lin Xuan fainted from overwhelming pain as inherited memories and True Spirit knowledge flooded his mind.

Lin Xuan experienced the Nine-Headed Bird’s memories, from its birth in the Primordial Era through its rise as a True Spirit and its eventual death at Li Yutong’s hands. He woke with the Fire of the True Spirit branded into his divine soul and tested his newly changed body.

• The Nine-Headed Bird emerged from thunderfire in the primordial void and fought dangerous Primordial Ancient Beasts to survive.
• Lin Xuan absorbed the Nine-Headed Bird’s experiences and knowledge as it endured countless trials and finally became a True Spirit.
• The first-generation Nine-Headed Bird encountered ancient Cultivators and was killed by Li Yutong, after which its Fire of the True Spirit passed on through the True Spirit Space.
• After years unconscious, Lin Xuan woke with the Fire of the True Spirit branded into his divine soul and revealed fiery-red and silver patterns on his skin.
• Lin Xuan summoned an ink-green Immortal Sword and slashed it toward his own right hand.