Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan overwhelmed Venerable Qingyan with attacks that shattered his defenses, killed his body, and thwarted his escape. The chapter leaves Qingyan’s Nascent Soul trapped beneath Lin Xuan’s silver sword-thread net.

• Venerable Qingyan raised green qi shields and an Ancient Shield, but Lin Xuan’s attacks broke through and wounded him.
• Lin Xuan used the Space Laws to restrain Venerable Qingyan and cut off his head with a silver sword.
• Venerable Qingyan abandoned his body and fled as a Nascent Soul through a spatial crack.
• Lin Xuan’s sword strike disrupted Qingyan’s escape and forced his Nascent Soul out of another spatial crack.
• Lin Xuan formed a silver net with the Sword into Silk Technique and dropped it over Venerable Qingyan’s Nascent Soul.

Lin Xuan captured Venerable Qingyan and used the Soul Searching Technique to learn that Saint Ancestor Bingpo had orchestrated the search for the bracelet and knew how to leave the Lost Realm. He was left with a possible way out, but obtaining it would mean confronting Bingpo, whose strength he feared.

• Venerable Qingyan used his Life Origin Fire to empower a pearl that transformed into an Immortal Sword and cut through Lin Xuan's fishing net.
• Lin Xuan blocked Qingyan's escape, exhausted the sword's power, and bound the Nascent Soul in his net.
• Qingyan begged for his life and offered his treasures, knowledge, and cultivation insights, but Lin Xuan sealed his magic power and searched his soul.
• Lin Xuan learned that Saint Ancestor Bingpo had planned the Lingbo Valley expedition to obtain the bracelet and had left Qingyan grievously injured after reneging on her promises.
• Lin Xuan realized Bingpo knew how to leave the Lost Realm, but doubted he could defeat her Avatar to obtain that knowledge.

Lin Xuan entered Venerable Qingyan’s abandoned cultivation cave in the Xuyu Space to refine the Vermilion Bird Ring and discovered the missing half of an Immortal’s Lost Treasure talisman. He set the reunited talisman aside and remained determined to refine the ring first.

• Lin Xuan decided to refine the Vermilion Bird Ring in the secluded Xuyu Space rather than pursue Bingpo immediately.
• Lin Xuan flew to Venerable Qingyan’s former cultivation cave and broke through its restrictions.
• Lin Xuan searched the cave and found a Storage Bag containing Ancient Treasures, materials, pills, and a Residual Talisman.
• Lin Xuan recognized that the Residual Talisman matched the half he had kept in a Jade Box and joined them into a complete Immortal’s Lost Treasure talisman.
• Lin Xuan stored the completed talisman and chose to refine the Vermilion Bird Ring before studying it.

Lin Xuan spent ten years refining the Vermilion Bird Ring until he could control it through a mental connection, then left the Momentary Treasure and returned to Leikong Island. There, a clan that had settled on the island held a duel between two young disciples while its Spirit Division Stage Supreme Elder watched.

• Lin Xuan rested, then used his Five-Colored Glaze Infant Fire, spell arts, and two Nascent Souls to refine the Vermilion Bird Ring inside his Dantian.
• After ten years, Lin Xuan completed the refinement and formed a mental connection with the Vermilion Bird Ring, accepting that its destruction could injure his mind and spirit.
• Lin Xuan left the Secret Chamber, returned through the Teleportation Array, and departed the Momentary Treasure.
• Lin Xuan arrived at Leikong Island, where a medium-sized cultivator clan had settled three years earlier.
• Two young disciples fought for a Foundation Establishment Pill as the clan's Spirit Division Stage Supreme Elder watched.

Ying'er won a Spirit Movement Stage duel by skillfully controlling a Fire Snake Talisman, and the old ancestor summoned her after receiving a message. Before she could go, Lin Xuan emerged from a Spatial Vortex into the gathered cultivators, leaving everyone stunned.

• Ying'er trapped her opponent's Spirit Tool with a Fire Snake Talisman and forced Second Senior Brother to admit defeat.
• Ancestral Master praised Ying'er's rapid cultivation, then received a Sound Transmission Talisman summoning her to meet the old ancestor.
• A Spatial Vortex suddenly appeared above the gathering, darkening the sky and sending electric arcs in all directions.
• Lin Xuan stepped out of the vortex and wondered why Leikong Island was crowded with unfamiliar cultivators.

Lin Xuan subdued and collected Venerable Qingyan’s Moment Cave Heaven Map, then noticed a low-level disciple in green before the clan’s Supreme Elder arrived. Unable to sense Lin Xuan’s realm, the Supreme Elder asked whether he was a Tribulation Transcendence-level cultivator.

• Lin Xuan used a hand seal to capture the deep vortex inside the Moment Cave Heaven Map and stored the treasure in his Storage Bag.
• Lin Xuan scanned the gathered cultivators and was surprised by the green-clothed Spirit Movement Stage disciple.
• The clan’s Supreme Elder arrived in a Beast Carriage after receiving a plea for help from the clan cultivators.
• The Supreme Elder probed Lin Xuan with his divine sense, found him unfathomable, and asked whether he was a Tribulation Transcendence-level cultivator.

Lin Xuan met the Spirit Division Stage leader of the family that had settled on Leikong Island and was treated with great deference after revealing his Tribulation Transcendence Stage cultivation. He learned that the family had moved there three years earlier and prepared to ask a more important question, promising benefits for truthful answers.

• The middle-aged Confucian Scholar realized Lin Xuan was a Tribulation Transcendence Stage cultivator and became deeply respectful.
• Lin Xuan reassured the gathered cultivators and agreed to speak with the middle-aged Confucian Scholar at the Reception Pavilion.
• The middle-aged Confucian Scholar escorted Lin Xuan to the pavilion, where the disciples and servants received him.
• Lin Xuan asked when the family had moved to Leikong Island, and the middle-aged Confucian Scholar answered that they had arrived three years earlier.
• Lin Xuan noted that the timing followed True Person Leikong's departure and promised benefits if the middle-aged Confucian Scholar answered his next questions truthfully.

Lin Xuan questioned the Lu Family patriarch about the green-clothed girl who had won the contest and learned that she was a direct-line disciple named Lu Ying'er. Sensing a familiar trace in her soul, he suspected she was the reincarnation of the Lu Ying'er he had known and summoned her to ask her about it.

• Lin Xuan asked the middle-aged Confucian Scholar about his family's origins and whether it accepted disciples without blood ties.
• Lin Xuan asked whether the green-clothed girl was a direct-line disciple or an outsider, and the patriarch sent a Sound Transmission Talisman to find out.
• The patriarch reported that Lu Ying'er was a pure-blooded direct-line disciple of the Lu Family whose parents had died more than ten years earlier.
• Lin Xuan reacted strongly to her name and wondered whether she was connected to reincarnation.
• The patriarch summoned Lu Ying'er, who arrived and respectfully paid her respects to Lin Xuan and her Ancestor.
• Lin Xuan sensed a familiar trace in Lu Ying'er's soul and suspected she was the reincarnation of the Lu Ying'er he had known.

Lin Xuan privately tested whether Lu Ying'er was the reincarnation of the Lu Ying'er he had known in the Human World. He showed her scenes from her past life, leaving her immersed in a memory of being pursued with Liu Xin.

• Lin Xuan asked the Confucian Scholar to leave so he could question Lu Ying'er alone.
• Lin Xuan set up a soundproof barrier and confirmed that Lu Ying'er had grown up within her family.
• Lin Xuan used spiritual power to create butterflies that made Lu Ying'er experience a vision.
• Lu Ying'er saw two women being chased through a forest and felt a mysterious familiarity with one of them.
• Lin Xuan recreated selected memories from Lu Ying'er's previous life to test for traces of her former soul.

After confirming with eighty percent confidence that Lu Ying'er was the reincarnation of his former companion, Lin Xuan asked her to become his disciple. Lu Ying'er was stunned by the offer, and Lin Xuan said he would leave if she refused.

• Lin Xuan told Lu Ying'er that his investigation had convinced him she was likely the reincarnation of the Lu Ying'er he had known before.
• Lu Ying'er struggled to accept the revelation and wondered what Lin Xuan intended to do with her.
• Lin Xuan asked Lu Ying'er if she was willing to take him as her master.
• Lu Ying'er was shocked by the offer, and Lin Xuan assured her that he would not force her and would leave if she wished to keep her peaceful life.

Lu Ying'er accepted Lin Xuan as her master and left Leikong Island with him to continue her cultivation. After teaching her and helping her break through to the bottleneck before Foundation Establishment, Lin Xuan sent her into seclusion with a Foundation Establishment Pill.

• Lu Ying'er accepted Lin Xuan's offer and respectfully greeted him as her master.
• Several days later, Lin Xuan took Lu Ying'er from Leikong Island after receiving the Lu Family ancestor's agreement.
• Lin Xuan instructed Lu Ying'er on her cultivation aboard the Painted Boat and assessed her aptitude.
• Lin Xuan gave Lu Ying'er a Foundation Establishment Pill and used his spiritual power to advance her cultivation to the Foundation Establishment bottleneck.
• Lu Ying'er thanked Lin Xuan and went into seclusion to attempt a breakthrough.

Lin Xuan sensed two Tribulation Transcendence Stage cultivators fighting and decided to secretly investigate, leaving Lu Ying'er protected in a hidden cave. When he reached the battle and used his Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye to identify the fighters, he was shocked to recognize one of them.

• Lu Ying'er broke through to the Foundation Establishment Realm three days after Lin Xuan helped her.
• Lin Xuan sensed two Tribulation Transcendence Stage cultivators clashing far away and decided to go observe them.
• Lin Xuan flew Lu Ying'er to a hidden cave, set up formations to protect her, and left her there.
• Lin Xuan concealed his aura as he approached the battle and used his Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye to see the fighters.
• Lin Xuan recognized one of the fighters and reacted with shock.

Lin Xuan discovered Bingpo, whose Avatar was battling Fairy Yang Tong, and concealed himself in hopes of exploiting their conflict. Yang Tong launched a fierce assault, but Bingpo met it without yielding, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Lin Xuan recognized Bingpo, the True Devil Progenitor, and realized she was the only one who knew how to leave the Lost Realm.
• Lin Xuan saw Bingpo facing Fairy Yang Tong, Mingxi Pavilion’s Supreme Elder, and hid his presence while considering how to benefit from their clash.
• Fairy Yang Tong animated her bamboo forest and sent a storm of sharp leaves at Bingpo, whose Devil Qi swallowed the attack.
• Fairy Yang Tong summoned a jade-green Immortal Sword and unleashed Sword Qi and more bamboo-leaf attacks at Bingpo.
• Bingpo summoned a black long-saber Dharma Treasure to meet Yang Tong’s Sword Qi, and the two continued fighting without either gaining a decisive advantage.

Lin Xuan tried to intervene as Fairy Yang Tong fell behind in her battle with Bingpo, but Bingpo’s feint exposed him and nearly wounded him with a surprise attack. The three powerful cultivators faced one another, with Bingpo wary of Lin Xuan and Fairy Yang Tong newly aware that he was a Tribulation Transcendence Stage cultivator.

• Fairy Yang Tong’s defenses shattered under Bingpo’s demon claw, and Bingpo followed with a deadly blade strike as she fell.
• Lin Xuan moved to intervene, but he dodged Bingpo’s hidden spear attack after sensing it at the last moment.
• Bingpo recognized Lin Xuan and realized he had reached the Tribulation Transcendence Stage, prompting her to consider retreating.
• Fairy Yang Tong reappeared unharmed, revealing that Bingpo’s blade strike had been a feint intended to draw Lin Xuan’s attention away from the spear attack.
• Fairy Yang Tong sensed Lin Xuan’s cultivation and wondered who the unfamiliar young-looking Tribulation Transcendence Stage cultivator was.

Lin Xuan and Fairy Yang Tong joined forces against Bingpo’s Avatar, but Lin tried to negotiate for information about leaving the Lost Realm. When Bingpo denied knowing the way out, Fairy Yang Tong attacked, leaving the confrontation on the brink of battle.

• Fairy Yang Tong proposed joining forces with Lin Xuan, and he agreed to fight Bingpo with her.
• Bingpo appealed to Lin Xuan’s past restraint on Penglai Immortal Island, but he rejected her claim that she had shown him kindness.
• Lin Xuan offered to let Bingpo go peacefully if she answered his question about leaving the Lost Realm.
• Bingpo denied knowing how to leave, but Lin Xuan noticed her reaction and threatened to fight her Avatar for the answer.
• Fairy Yang Tong launched a streak of Sword Qi at Bingpo before Lin Xuan could act.

Fairy Yang Tong attacked before Lin Xuan and Fairy Bingpo could reconcile, but Bingpo unleashed her Flying Needle Dharma Treasure and caught Lin Xuan with a devastating close-range strike. Lin Xuan vanished into a deep, lava-filled pit, leaving his fate uncertain as Bingpo doubted that her attack had killed him.

• Fairy Yang Tong launched a powerful sword attack to prevent Lin Xuan and Fairy Bingpo from reaching an agreement.
• Lin Xuan answered with three sword threads, and Fairy Bingpo rebuked them before summoning countless Flying Needles.
• Lin Xuan escaped the needles through a Spatial Rift, but Fairy Bingpo tracked him and appeared beside him.
• Fairy Bingpo struck Lin Xuan in the chest with the power of Laws, sending him crashing into the ground and opening a deep pit.
• Lava surged from the pit as Fairy Yang Tong worried about Lin Xuan, while Fairy Bingpo suspected he had survived her attack.

Lin Xuan ambushed Bingpo, wounded her, and used Illusionary Yin Divine Thunder to cripple her Life-Bound Dharma Treasure. Fairy Yang Tong joined the fight with a towering tree Dharma Image, leaving Bingpo under a coordinated assault.

• Lin Xuan emerged from concealment and cut off one of Bingpo's arms, though he had also suffered injuries from her earlier attack.
• Lin Xuan sent hundreds of sword lights at Bingpo, who split her flying needles to meet them.
• Lin Xuan infused his sword lights with Illusionary Yin Divine Thunder, weakening Bingpo's flying needles and allowing his Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword to destroy many of them.
• Fairy Yang Tong summoned a towering great-tree Dharma Image and attacked Bingpo with its branches.
• Lin Xuan formed a giant sword and struck at Bingpo while Fairy Yang Tong pressed her attack, placing Bingpo in grave danger.

Lin Xuan and Fairy Yang Tong attacked Bingpo, but her avatar revealed a domain that turned their attacks against them and summoned powerful demonic creatures. As Lin Xuan and Fairy Yang Tong faced mounting danger, a purplish-red Immortal Bird emerged from the flames engulfing Lin Xuan.

• Lin Xuan and Fairy Yang Tong launched a pincer attack on Bingpo, who stayed in place and released a sphere of demonic Qi surrounded by a vast white hurricane.
• Lin Xuan and Fairy Yang Tong struck the hurricane, but the domain inside severed Lin Xuan’s connection to his Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword and sent its Sword Qi back at him.
• Bingpo summoned a Dark Heavenly Phoenix to attack Lin Xuan and a three-headed giant python to attack Fairy Yang Tong.
• Lin Xuan was swallowed by the returning silver Sword Qi as the Dark Heavenly Phoenix pressed its attack, while Bingpo grew confident of victory.
• Purplish-red flames spread through the silver radiance, and an Immortal Bird appeared before Bingpo.

Lin Xuan turned the fight against Bingpo after the Domain that had suppressed him expired, then counterattacked with the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire and Jade Luo Bees. Bingpo met his fire with Crystal Luo Fire as the bees closed in.

• Lin Xuan summoned the Vermilion Bird Ring, whose Void Shadow and Red Lotus Fire overcame Bingpo's black Phoenix and helped him regain the upper hand against the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword.
• Fairy Yang Tong was swallowed by Bingpo's green radiance and severely injured, while Bingpo's intensified attacks kept Lin Xuan from helping her.
• Bingpo's Domain abruptly vanished when the golden spirit talisman in her hand crumbled, restoring Lin Xuan's connection to the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword.
• Lin Xuan sent the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire at Bingpo and released tens of thousands of Jade Luo Bees from his Treasure Pagoda.
• Bingpo recognized the bees as carriers of Time Poison and countered Lin Xuan's fire with Crystal Luo Fire as the swarm approached.

Lin Xuan used a fiery Phoenix connected to the King of Hundred Birds to unleash Space Laws against Saint Ancestor Bingpo. Bingpo survived by using a costly secret technique but was wounded and recognized the Phoenix’s extraordinary power.

• Bingpo summoned Heavenly Demon Spiders that trapped Lin Xuan’s Jade Luo Bees in webs of spider silk.
• Lin Xuan attacked with the Vermilion Bird Ring while Bingpo countered it with a golden hairpin that released beast roars, and Fairy Yang Tong joined the assault.
• Lin Xuan’s Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword surrounded Bingpo, then one sword-light transformed into a fiery Phoenix.
• The Phoenix sent mobile spatial rifts at Bingpo, who escaped with a secret technique but suffered a wound.
• Bingpo recognized that the Phoenix’s Space Laws were connected to the King of Hundred Birds.