Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan tested his newly fused True Spirit Body by taking an Immortal Sword’s strike with his bare hand, destroying the weapon without injury. Memories inherited from the True Spirits left him questioning whether True Immortals existed at all, though the Asura King’s battle against three True Immortals seemed to contradict that possibility.

• Lin Xuan met the Immortal Sword’s powerful strike with his right hand and shattered its radiance.
• The Immortal Sword crumbled into sand and vanished, while Lin Xuan’s hand remained unharmed.
• Lin Xuan recognized that fusing the Fire of the True Spirit had made him a True Spirit Body, though it was still only a minor accomplishment.
• Lin Xuan recalled that the Nine-Headed Bird’s memories contained ancient secrets but no evidence of True Immortals.
• Lin Xuan wondered whether True Immortals existed, then recalled Xiao Tao’s account of the Asura King fighting three True Immortals at the North Pole Origin Light Palace.

Lin Xuan reflected on the mysteries surrounding True Immortals, then spent decades consolidating his newly advanced Tribulation Transcendence Stage realm. He emerged from seclusion and prepared to leave Lingbo Valley before its hundred-day limit brought trouble.

• Lin Xuan set aside his doubts about whether True Immortals existed and resolved to uncover the cultivation world's secrets in time.
• Lin Xuan returned to his cultivation cave to stabilize his realm after advancing and fusing with the Fire of the True Spirit.
• Several decades later, Lin Xuan emerged with his realm stabilized and his aura concealed by the Ink Moon Heaven Witch Art.
• Lin Xuan postponed refining the Vermilion Bird Ring and Hundun Taiyin Qi because one hundred days had passed since he entered Lingbo Valley.
• Lin Xuan prepared to use the art of Shattering the Void to leave Lingbo Valley.

After advancing to the Tribulation Transcendence Stage, Lin Xuan searched Lingbo Valley for a way to escape and found several weakening spatial nodes gathered together. He reached the nodes and revealed them with lightning, preparing to use them to leave.

• Lin Xuan used his powerful divine sense to search Lingbo Valley and found several weakening spatial nodes clustered together.
• Lin Xuan removed the strange formation in the Nightmare Desert and flew through the valley without being challenged by its powerful creatures.
• Lin Xuan stopped at a lake surrounded by bamboo, where he sensed a hidden spatial node.
• Lin Xuan used lightning to reveal the spatial node and uncovered several more nearby.

Lin Xuan escaped Lingbo Valley by merging several spatial nodes into a passage. Elsewhere, a red-clothed woman fought four Dongxuan Realm cultivators who wanted her Nine Spirit Immortal Herb, and she attempted to break through their encirclement.

• Lin Xuan used array-marked Wind Blades to make several spatial nodes merge into a huge spatial passage.
• Lin Xuan entered the passage and left Lingbo Valley.
• Four early-stage Dongxuan Realm cultivators surrounded a red-clothed woman and demanded that she surrender the Nine Spirit Immortal Herb.
• The woman held off their attacks with her treasures and movement technique, but her strength was waning as the fight dragged on.
• The woman transformed into a Startling Rainbow and tried to break through, prompting the gray-robed cultivator to attack with his whip.

Lin Xuan emerged from a spatial vortex and recognized the badly injured Palace-Robed Woman as his old acquaintance Fairy Hongling. As the cultivators who had attacked her fled, Lin Xuan was left wondering how Hongling had come to be in the Lost Realm.

• The gray-robed cultivator struck Fairy Hongling down and prepared to kill her for the Nine Spirit Immortal Herb.
• A spatial vortex disrupted the cultivator’s whip, and Lin Xuan stepped out of it.
• Lin Xuan and the injured Hongling recognized each other and were stunned to meet again.
• Lin Xuan recalled that Hongling had vanished from the Human World thousands of years earlier and wondered how she reached the Lost Realm.
• The four cultivators fled in different directions after realizing Lin Xuan knew Hongling.

Lin Xuan stopped four Dongxuan cultivators from escaping and rescued Fairy Hongling, an old acquaintance from the Human World. After his pill rapidly healed her injuries, Hongling thanked him, but hesitated when he asked to interact as equals.

• Lin Xuan immobilized the four fleeing cultivators, pulled them back, and dropped them to the ground.
• A short, stout cultivator begged Lin Xuan to spare them, and Lin told the four to explain themselves to Fairy Hongling.
• Hongling recognized Lin Xuan and realized that he had survived and grown far stronger over the several thousand years since their last meeting.
• Lin Xuan gave Hongling a healing pill, and her serious injuries quickly improved.
• Hongling thanked Lin Xuan, who reminded her they were old acquaintances and asked her to treat him as an equal.

Lin Xuan rescued Fairy Hongling from four cultivators who had tried to seize her treasure, then confronted them after they invoked their master and grandmaster. His words revealed that he was seeking Venerable Qingyan, and both Hongling and the four cultivators realized he might be a Tribulation Transcendence-level cultivator.

• Lin Xuan reunited with Fairy Hongling, who accepted his help and explained that the four cultivators had attacked her for her treasure.
• Lin Xuan let Hongling decide how to deal with the four attackers, but one threatened him by citing his master, True Person Leikong, and grandmaster, Venerable Qingyan.
• Lin Xuan said he had been planning to ask where Venerable Qingyan was and whether he remained on Leikong Island.
• Hongling was stunned by Lin Xuan's apparent Tribulation Transcendence cultivation, while the gray-robed cultivator asked whether Lin Xuan had reached that level.

Lin Xuan asked Fairy Hongling how to deal with the four cultivators who had attacked her, then killed them after she approved. After searching their souls, he learned that Venerable Qingyan was no longer on Leikong Island, and he and Hongling prepared to leave when nearby Cultivators were alerted.

• The four cultivators begged Lin Xuan for mercy, while Fairy Hongling hesitated because they served Venerable Qingyan, a Tribulation Transcendence-level cultivator.
• Lin Xuan told Hongling he had advanced to the Tribulation Transcendence Stage and was already at odds with Venerable Qingyan.
• Hongling bowed to Lin Xuan and asked him not to spare the four cultivators.
• Lin Xuan subdued the four, searched their souls, learned Venerable Qingyan was no longer on Leikong Island, and burned them to ash.
• Lin Xuan noticed nearby Cultivators had been alerted and decided to leave with Hongling.

Lin Xuan and Fairy Hongling traveled together while catching up on their pasts, and Hongling explained how she had risen from Nascent Soul to the early Lihe Stage. The chapter left her reason for changing her plans to ascend unexplained.

• Lin Xuan summoned a small boat and invited Fairy Hongling aboard, then flew away with her at great speed.
• A Robe-Clad Elder and his young disciples arrived at the site and realized the battle traces suggested Dongxuan Realm cultivators had fought there, so they quickly left.
• Lin Xuan and Fairy Hongling discussed what had happened since they parted, while Lin Xuan kept his own account brief.
• Fairy Hongling recounted joining Baisuan Pavilion as an External Affairs Elder, leaving to travel, and advancing from Nascent Soul Late Stage to Spirit Division and then early Lihe.
• Fairy Hongling explained that she had sought greater strength to improve her chances of ascending to the Spirit World, but an unnamed later event forced her to reconsider.

Fairy Hongling told Lin Xuan how her ancient sealing caused her lifespan to drain rapidly after reaching the Lihe Realm, forcing her to ascend to the Lost Realm. Finding no suitable sect there, she asked Lin Xuan to accept her as his disciple, leaving him stunned.

• Hongling recounted how she was sealed in Mystic Ice after joining a sect conflict, surviving the calamity that destroyed her sect.
• She explained that her Nascent Soul changed during her million years in false death, accelerating her lifespan loss after she advanced to the Lihe Realm.
• Hongling said she had reached the Lost Realm safely, where the dense spiritual energy restored her lifespan drain to normal.
• She told Lin Xuan she had found no suitable sect, since small sects offered little and major forces would likely assign her menial duties.
• Lin Xuan asked about her plans and considered helping his old acquaintance.
• Hongling bowed and asked to become Lin Xuan’s disciple, leaving him struggling to respond.

Lin Xuan refused to take Hongling as his disciple but offered to guide her in cultivation, and she gave him a mysterious immortal-grade treasure. The chapter ended with Lin Xuan questioning how Hongling had obtained it from a dying Lihe cultivator.

• Lin Xuan firmly refused Hongling's request to become his disciple.
• Lin Xuan offered to answer Hongling's cultivation questions, and she gladly accepted his guidance.
• Hongling presented Lin Xuan with a sealed wooden box containing a golden, immortal-grade Lingzhi-like treasure.
• Lin Xuan concealed the treasure's fragrance and aura with a protective screen before examining it.
• Hongling explained that she received the treasure from a dying Lihe cultivator she had rescued from Demonic Beasts.
• Lin Xuan found the circumstances of the cultivator's possession of the treasure strange.

Lin Xuan accepted the Nine Spirit Immortal Herb from Fairy Hongling and escorted her to her secluded cave before setting out to find Venerable Qingyan. As Lin Xuan prepared to leave the Lost Realm, Hongling warned him that escaping it would be far more difficult than he expected.

• Lin Xuan identified the Nine Spirit Immortal Herb as an Immortal Treasure and stored it in a Jade Box made from Essence of Profound Jade.
• Fairy Hongling explained that she had intended to offer the Nine Spirit Immortal Herb to Fairy Yang Tong in hopes of becoming her disciple, but gave it to Lin Xuan in return for his promised help with her cultivation.
• Lin Xuan escorted Fairy Hongling to her secluded cultivation cave and declined her invitation to enter, saying he needed to find Venerable Qingyan.
• Lin Xuan gave Hongling a Ten Thousand Mile Talisman that could contact him across tens of millions of li, then said he would seek a way to leave the Lost Realm.
• Fairy Hongling warned Lin Xuan that leaving the Lost Realm was extremely difficult, prompting him to ask why.

Lin Xuan learned from Fairy Hongling that leaving the Lost Realm might be far harder than he had assumed, then searched unsuccessfully for Venerable Qingyan. He returned to Leikong Island to look for clues and paused outside it, wondering how it had changed.

• Fairy Hongling warned Lin Xuan that even late-stage Tribulation Transcendence cultivators might be unable to leave the Lost Realm by Shattering the Void, and Lin Xuan accepted the warning while remaining determined to find a way out.
• Lin Xuan used soul-searching to learn that Venerable Qingyan had left Leikong Island and traveled to the remote place described by three cultivators.
• Lin Xuan searched the Desolate Mountain for a day and night but found no trace of Venerable Qingyan, and realized the cultivators had likely deceived him.
• Lin Xuan reflected that his new strength had made him careless and resolved to correct the arrogance taking root in his state of mind.
• Unable to find Venerable Qingyan or determine his whereabouts, Lin Xuan rode a Spirit Boat back to Leikong Island and stopped outside it.

Lin Xuan broke the Restriction over Leikong Island and confronted True Person Leikong, demanding to see Venerable Qingyan. He subdued Leikong and hundreds of cultivators with effortless force, and Leikong offered to reveal his master's whereabouts.

• Lin Xuan shattered the sea-fog Restriction with a single sword strike, revealing Leikong Island.
• True Person Leikong led several hundred cultivators to meet Lin Xuan and recognized him as a possible guest from an Exchange Meeting a century earlier.
• Lin Xuan demanded to see Venerable Qingyan, but True Person Leikong claimed he had not seen his master in over a hundred years.
• Lin Xuan bound True Person Leikong with an invisible force and stopped the other cultivators from fleeing.
• True Person Leikong, unable to resist, offered to tell Lin Xuan where his master was.

Lin Xuan learned from True Person Leikong that Venerable Qingyan was hiding inside a spatial Dharma Treasure with an entrance on Leikong Island. After letting Leikong and the other cultivators go, Lin searched the island with his divine sense and found a clue, descending into a mountain valley.

• True Person Leikong asked Lin Xuan to spare him and his companions in exchange for revealing his master's whereabouts.
• Leikong told Lin Xuan that Venerable Qingyan was on Leikong Island inside a spatial Dharma Treasure whose entrance was somewhere on the island.
• Lin Xuan accepted the explanation and let True Person Leikong and the other cultivators leave unharmed.
• Lin Xuan flew to Leikong Island and spread his divine sense across the island to search for the treasure's entrance.
• After half a day, Lin Xuan sensed a clue and descended into a mountain valley.

Lin Xuan entered the hidden Xuyu Space and discovered its ancient teleportation array and abundant spiritual energy. He learned that Venerable Qingyan was injured after Bingpo deceived and defeated him, while Lin Xuan’s arrival went unnoticed by Qingyan for the moment.

• Lin Xuan used his Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye to find a hidden spatial entrance in an ordinary valley and opened it with a Wind Blade containing Space Laws.
• Lin Xuan entered the apparent Spatial Vortex and arrived in an ancient stone hall atop a Teleportation Array.
• Lin Xuan explored the inner valley and discovered spiritual energy dense enough to make the Xuyu Space an excellent place for cultivation.
• Venerable Qingyan sat injured in a secret chamber, still resentful that Bingpo had betrayed him and defeated him when he tried to leave the Lost Realm.

Venerable Qingyan hid on Leikong Island to recover from his defeat by Fairy Bingpo, but Lin Xuan discovered his hiding place. Qingyan confronted Lin Xuan, recognized him from the Nether Dark King’s bounty, and realized he had advanced to Tribulation Transcendence.

• Venerable Qingyan escaped Fairy Bingpo's Avatar after a crushing defeat and sought a safe place to recuperate.
• Venerable Qingyan hid inside his Momentary Treasure on Leikong Island, where a Crystal Ball monitored anyone who entered.
• Lin Xuan appeared before the stone hall, detected the Crystal Ball, and damaged it with his divine sense.
• Venerable Qingyan left the Secret Chamber and flew to confront Lin Xuan, who waited calmly for him.
• Venerable Qingyan recognized Lin Xuan from the Nether Dark King's bounty and was shocked that Lin Xuan had reached Tribulation Transcendence.

Lin Xuan confronted Venerable Qingyan about the bracelet they had searched for in Lingbo Valley, revealing that it was now in his possession. Venerable Qingyan concealed his greed and decided to attack Lin Xuan while pretending to explain the bracelet’s origin.

• Venerable Qingyan congratulated Lin Xuan on reaching the Tribulation Transcendence Stage and asked why he had come.
• Lin Xuan reminded Venerable Qingyan that they had met in Lingbo Valley, where Venerable Qingyan had sent cultivators to find a bracelet.
• Lin Xuan said he wanted to know the bracelet’s purpose and confirmed that it was in his hands.
• Venerable Qingyan suspected the bracelet might be a Xiantian Spirit Treasure and plotted to kill Lin Xuan to take it.
• Venerable Qingyan offered to explain the bracelet’s origin while secretly flicking a finger from inside his sleeve.

Venerable Qingyan launched a concealed Soul-Loss Spike at Lin Xuan, starting a fight to the death. Lin Xuan counterattacked, and the two powerful beasts they summoned clashed as the battle began.

• Venerable Qingyan tried to ambush Lin Xuan with his Soul-Loss Spike, but Lin Xuan evaded it.
• Lin Xuan retaliated by shaping spiritual energy into eighteen weapons and sending them at Venerable Qingyan.
• Venerable Qingyan summoned a Pixiu from his Jade Ruyi and unleashed its destructive roar.
• Lin Xuan fused Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire with Illusionary Yin Divine Thunder to create a Nine-Headed Bird.
• Lin Xuan sent the Nine-Headed Bird flying toward Venerable Qingyan's Pixiu.

Lin Xuan battled Venerable Qingyan, destroying Pixiu and absorbing the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder without harm. He bound Venerable Qingyan with the Nine-Headed Bird and struck him with a powerful body-refining punch, leaving his fate obscured by the explosion.

• Pixiu swallowed Lin Xuan's lightning, flames, and Nine-Headed Bird, but the bird burst out and destroyed Pixiu from within.
• Venerable Qingyan enlarged his Command Token and unleashed the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder at Lin Xuan.
• Venerable Qingyan protected himself from the Nine-Headed Bird with a pink bead's light curtain as Lin Xuan absorbed the golden lightning.
• Lin Xuan revealed his True Spirit Body and immunity to the Divine Thunder, then enlarged his arm and punched toward Venerable Qingyan.
• The Nine-Headed Bird transformed into a rope-like treasure and bound Venerable Qingyan, leaving him unable to dodge Lin Xuan's devastating punch.