Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan used the True Spirit Transformation Sword Art to overwhelm Bingpo with attacks from a Phoenix, a Qilin, and a True Dragon. Bingpo was badly injured and seemed close to defeat.

• Bingpo dodged the Phoenix's spatial-rending attack, then calmly deflected Lin Xuan's repeated sword threads.
• Lin Xuan transformed his sword light into a Qilin, whose sound wave shattered Bingpo's hastily raised shield and sent her flying as she spat blood.
• Lin Xuan followed with a giant dragon's claw, which tore apart Bingpo's leaf-shaped treasure and sent her flying again.
• Lin Xuan's successive transformations and carefully timed attacks left Bingpo showing signs of defeat.

Lin Xuan and Fairy Yang Tong drove Bingpo into a desperate fight, but her apparent self-destruction was a ruse to escape. Lin Xuan caught her with his Golden Moon True Toad transformation and bound her in its tongue.

• Lin Xuan overwhelmed Bingpo with attacks from his Spirit transformations, while Fairy Yang Tong joined the fight with emerald radiance.
• Bingpo threatened to destroy her Avatar, then unleashed an explosion that fooled Lin Xuan and Fairy Yang Tong into thinking she had self-destructed.
• Bingpo revealed that she had used the explosion as cover to flee and taunted Lin Xuan as she escaped.
• Lin Xuan's apparent body proved to be an illusion, and he transformed into a Golden Moon True Toad.
• The Golden Moon True Toad extended its enormous tongue through the gray-white void and bound Bingpo before she could escape.

Lin Xuan killed Bingpo’s Avatar in the Lost Realm and searched her soul, while Bingpo learned of the loss in the Demon World and suspected Lin Xuan had reached the Tribulation Transcendence Stage. Baoshe doubted that Lin Xuan could have defeated Bingpo’s powerful Avatar.

• Lin Xuan ignored Bingpo’s threats and cut off her head with a silver sword thread.
• Lin Xuan captured Bingpo’s Nascent Soul, used the Soul Searching Technique, and destroyed it.
• Fairy Yang Tong watched Lin Xuan’s ruthless actions in shock.
• In the Demon World, Bingpo told Baoshe that her Avatar in the Lost Realm had fallen.
• Bingpo identified Lin Xuan as the one who killed her Avatar and suspected he had advanced to the Tribulation Transcendence Stage.
• Baoshe reacted with disbelief, questioning how Lin Xuan could have defeated Bingpo’s Avatar.

Bingpo and Baoshe learned that Lin Xuan had reached the Tribulation Transcendence Stage and discussed finding Spirit World allies to eliminate him. In the Lost Realm, Lin Xuan found a way out after defeating Bingpo's Avatar, and Yang Tong thanked him and promised to repay his help.

• Baoshe was shocked that Lin Xuan had advanced from Spirit Division to Tribulation Transcendence in only a few hundred years, while Bingpo speculated that rare spiritual objects might have helped him.
• Bingpo reassured Baoshe that Lin Xuan had not learned the secret of the Asura Seven Treasures and said they could not attack him directly.
• Bingpo proposed finding suitable Spirit World experts to kill Lin Xuan on their behalf, and Baoshe understood the plan.
• Lin Xuan found little useful information by searching Bingpo's Avatar's soul because she had erased most of her memories, but he discovered how to leave the Lost Realm.
• Lin Xuan noticed Bingpo's Storage Bag was missing, then accepted the loss because he had secured a way out.
• Yang Tong thanked Lin Xuan for saving her and promised to help him in the future.

Lin Xuan learned how to leave the Lost Realm using the Small Xuyu Universe Array, a World-Breaking Bead, and his ability to Shatter the Void. Near Lu Ying'er’s shelter, he discovered black-robed cultivators attacking its protective array and rushed to defend his disciple.

• Fairy Yang Tong left to recuperate from her injuries after inviting Lin Xuan to visit Mingxi Pavilion.
• Lin Xuan considered the danger of having destroyed Bingpo’s Tribulation-level avatar, but realized he could escape the Lost Realm by setting up the Small Xuyu Universe Array.
• Lin Xuan flew toward Lu Ying'er’s shelter and sensed several black-robed Nascent Soul cultivators attacking its array while a hook-nosed middle-aged Lihe cultivator watched nearby.
• Lin Xuan was shocked that the attackers were close to breaking through the array he had set up to protect Lu Ying'er’s cave.
• Lin Xuan recalled accepting Lu Ying'er as his disciple and resolved not to let anyone bully her.

Lin Xuan discovered that a freak bolt of heavenly lightning had nearly broken the Restriction protecting Lu Ying'er, leading passing cultivators to mistake the disturbance for a treasure appearing. After learning that his and Bingpo’s powers had caused the lightning, he spared the cultivators and prepared to leave with Lu Ying'er, but something he noticed made him suddenly look surprised.

• Lin Xuan arrived at Lu Ying'er's residence and revealed his Tribulation Transcendence Stage cultivation, frightening the cultivators who had gathered there.
• Lin Xuan asked Lu Ying'er what had happened, and she explained that heavenly lightning had struck near her cultivation cave and weakened his Restriction.
• The hawk-nosed cultivator explained that he and the Grey-robed Cultivators had mistaken the lightning for a sign of a treasure emerging into the world.
• Lin Xuan realized that his and Bingpo’s Supernatural Powers had disturbed the world's origin energy and caused the lightning, then let the cultivators leave.
• Lin Xuan summoned the Painted Boat and prepared to depart with Lu Ying'er, but turned with surprise after noticing something.

Lin Xuan accepted a Treasure Map said to lead to a Tribulation Transcendence Stage cultivator’s treasure and rewarded the middle-aged man who offered it. After Lin Xuan departed, the man’s younger sister questioned why he had not sold the map at auction.

• The middle-aged man returned to Lin Xuan and offered him a damaged Jade Slip containing a Treasure Map.
• Lin Xuan confirmed that the map bore the divine sense imprint of a Tribulation Transcendence Stage cultivator and accepted it.
• Lin Xuan gave the middle-aged man a pile of treasures in exchange, then departed with Lu Ying'er aboard the Painted Boat.
• The middle-aged man’s younger sister complained that he had given away the Wang Family heirloom for too little.
• The middle-aged man explained that his family lacked the power to use the map or claim its treasure.

A cultivator clan exchanged an ancient Treasure Map for pills and treasures from Lin Xuan, then left with their rewards. Lin Xuan discovered that the map’s spiritual imprint might lead to lost cultivation methods suited to Shangguan Ling and Shangguan Yan’s Thunder Soul Ice Soul physiques.

• The middle-aged cultivator explained that the clan could not safely auction the Treasure Map and persuaded the young girl to accept their exchange with Lin Xuan.
• The clan discovered Biying Luoxue Pills and powerful Dharma Treasures among Lin Xuan’s gifts, then hurried away with them.
• Lin Xuan examined the Jade Slip and recognized similarities between its spiritual imprint and those of Shangguan Ling and Shangguan Yan.
• Lin Xuan conjectured that ancient cultivators with Thunder Soul Ice Soul physiques had left behind specialized cultivation methods that could unlock the sisters’ potential.
• Lin Xuan considered seeking the map’s treasures and bringing Shangguan Ling and Shangguan Yan to his side after leaving the Lost Realm.

Lin Xuan brought Lu Ying'er to Fairy Hongling's valley, where her reaction to Hongling strengthened his belief that she was the reincarnation of an old acquaintance. After settling Lu Ying'er and securing the valley, Lin Xuan prepared to cultivate and refine the Hundun Taiyin Qi.

• Lin Xuan arrived at Fairy Hongling's valley with Lu Ying'er and reunited with Hongling.
• Lu Ying'er felt an inexplicable familiarity with Hongling, and Lin Xuan became more certain that Lu Ying'er was his old acquaintance reincarnated.
• Lin Xuan told Hongling how he had destroyed Venerable Qingyan, then said he planned to cultivate before searching for treasure.
• Lin Xuan opened cultivation caves for himself and Lu Ying'er, gave her pills and treasures, and instructed her to continue cultivating the Nine Heavens Profound Art.
• Lin Xuan strengthened the valley's defenses with formations so he could refine the Hundun Taiyin Qi without disturbance.

Lin Xuan refined a wisp of Hundun Taiyin Qi into the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire to increase its power. After succeeding, he rested briefly and resumed cultivating the fire, which still had a long way to go before reaching its full potential.

• Lin Xuan decided to strengthen the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire now that he had reached the Tribulation Transcendence level.
• Lin Xuan released a wisp of Hundun Taiyin Qi from a gourd and transformed the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire into a Nine-Headed Bird that swallowed it.
• Lin Xuan spent three days refining the Hundun Taiyin Qi into the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire without mishap.
• Lin Xuan used his Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye to see silver motes of origin power within the fire, then rested and continued refining it.

Lin Xuan refined Hundun Taiyin Qi into the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire for several months, greatly increasing its power, until the remaining qi awakened and destroyed its gourd. He fought the resulting Ghost Face and cut it into pieces, but it began gathering itself together again.

• Lin Xuan refined wisps of Hundun Taiyin Qi into the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire over several months, doubling its power and changing its attributes.
• When Lin Xuan tried to draw out the last bit of Hundun Taiyin Qi, the gourd cracked and burst apart.
• The remaining Hundun Taiyin Qi took the form of a Ghost Face and attacked Lin Xuan with a freezing yin wind.
• Lin Xuan evaded the wind through a spatial crack, then trapped the Ghost Face with Illusionary Yin Divine Thunder and struck it with the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword.
• The Ghost Face was chopped into pieces, but its fragments began gathering together again.

Lin Xuan attempted to refine all the remaining Hundun Taiyin Qi into the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire at once, but the fire turned berserk. Refusing to flee and abandon the power he had cultivated, he swallowed the unstable Phoenix into his body.

• Lin Xuan sent the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire to swallow the remaining Hundun Taiyin Qi.
• The Phoenix became violently unstable, and Lin Xuan's techniques failed to calm it.
• Lin Xuan considered escaping but stayed to protect Red Silk and Lu Ying'er and to save the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire.
• Lin Xuan swallowed the berserk Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire, taking the unrefined Hundun Taiyin Qi into his body.

Lin Xuan swallowed the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire and tried to refine the Hundun Taiyin Qi inside his dantian, risking possession and death. Three years passed without anyone disturbing him, while the struggle remained unresolved.

• Lin Xuan recalled his Second Nascent Soul and swallowed the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire to refine the Hundun Taiyin Qi in his dantian.
• Lin Xuan's Main Nascent Soul and Second Nascent Soul restrained the fire as the True Spirit Inner Core summoned True Spirit Void Shadows to attack it.
• The Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire revealed that the Hundun Taiyin Qi had taken control and fought back, gaining the upper hand against the True Spirit Void Shadows.
• The Golden Moon True Toad recovered after falling into Lin Xuan's sea of spiritual power and returned to battle, while Lin Xuan's Nascent Souls continued restraining the enemy.
• Three years passed as Lin Xuan remained locked in the dangerous struggle, undisturbed by other cultivators.

Fairy Shi brought formation grandmaster Brother Xu and their followers to the valley, believing its powerful Restriction concealed an ancient cultivator’s cave. Lin Xuan and Fairy Hongling were both occupied in seclusion, leaving Lu Ying'er unable to respond as the outsiders prepared to investigate.

• Fairy Shi told Brother Xu that she had discovered the valley’s powerful Restriction and suspected an ancient cave abode lay within.
• Fairy Shi explained that her Spirit Measuring Disk had found only an ordinary Spirit Vein, so she had ruled out the possibility that a Tribulation Transcendence Stage cultivator still lived there.
• The narration revealed that Fairy Shi had previously struggled to escape Lin Xuan’s formation and mistook the valley’s silence for proof that it was uninhabited.
• Lin Xuan remained focused on refining Hundun Taiyin Qi, while Fairy Hongling was also in seclusion and Lu Ying'er stayed hidden rather than interrupt them.
• Fairy Shi sought help from her formation-grandmaster friend, agreed to share half the treasures, and brought him and her followers to the valley.

Lin Xuan finished refining the Hundun Taiyin Qi and truly comprehended the Law of Extreme Cold, greatly increasing his strength. When he sensed intruders breaking the valley’s restrictions, he took Lu Ying'er with him to confront them, while the attackers continued their assault.

• Lin Xuan examined the transformed Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire and realized he had mastered the Law of Extreme Cold.
• Lin Xuan sensed that someone was close to breaking through his restrictions and left his cultivation cave.
• Lin Xuan reunited with Lu Ying'er, who greeted him as her master.
• Lin Xuan took Lu Ying'er toward the valley’s entrance to investigate the intruders.
• Under the Brocade-Clad Big Man’s command, Brother Xu broke another restriction, and Fairy Shi praised his skill.

Lin Xuan confronted Fairy Shi and her companions after they broke through the restriction around his cultivation cave, revealing his Tribulation Transcendence Stage cultivation. He learned that the Brocade-Clad Big Man was a renowned Formation Grandmaster and offered to forgive their trespass if he completed a task.

• A passage opened through the fog, and Lin Xuan and the young woman emerged before Fairy Shi and the other cultivators.
• Lin Xuan revealed his Tribulation Transcendence Stage aura, terrifying the group and demanding to know how they had broken his restriction.
• Fairy Shi and the Brocade-Clad Big Man admitted that he had used opportunistic methods to bypass the formation rather than break it by force.
• Fairy Shi identified the Brocade-Clad Big Man as one of the Lost Realm's top five Formation Masters, and he confirmed his reputation.
• Lin Xuan declared their trespass an unforgivable crime but offered to let it go if the Brocade-Clad Big Man did one thing for him.

Lin Xuan spared the cultivators who had trespassed into his cultivation cave, but assigned them tasks and planted restrictions on them. He left the Brocade-Clad Big Man to study an ancient formation and sent Fairy Shi to gather formation materials, promising to forgive their offense if they succeeded.

• Lin Xuan brought the Brocade-Clad Big Man, Fairy Shi, and their disciples into the valley and sent Lu Ying'er away.
• Lin Xuan gave the Brocade-Clad Big Man a jade slip containing an ancient formation and ordered him to study it for three days.
• Lin Xuan planted restrictions on the cultivators before assigning the Brocade-Clad Big Man his task.
• Lin Xuan gave Fairy Shi a list of rare formation materials and three years to collect them in exchange for forgiving their trespass.
• Lin Xuan provided Fairy Shi with a Storage Bag to cover expenses and promised further benefits if she completed the task.

Lin Xuan learned the requirements for leaving the Lost Realm and tasked the Brocade-Clad Big Man and Fairy Shi with arranging the Small Xuyu Universe Array. While they worked on it, Lin Xuan traveled to investigate an ancient cultivator’s ruins and bought pills and medicines for Lu Ying'er, ending near his destination.

• Lin Xuan learned that leaving the Lost Realm required Tribulation Transcendence Stage cultivation, the World-Breaking Bead, and the Small Xuyu Universe Array.
• Lin Xuan assigned the Brocade-Clad Big Man and Fairy Shi to arrange the formation, then left to investigate the ruins marked on his Treasure Map.
• Lin Xuan traveled for about a year, visiting several Marketplaces along the way.
• Lin Xuan bought many miraculous pills and wondrous medicines for Lu Ying'er, and a spirit medicine shop owner offered him the supplies for free after discovering his cultivation.

After Lin Xuan bought spiritual medicines in Mengyue City, the shop owner sent word of the mysterious Tribulation Transcendence cultivator to Muyun Sect. One of the sect’s Supreme Elders decided to investigate Lin Xuan’s unusual interest in Foundation Establishment pills.

• Lin Xuan refused the shop owner’s offer of free medicines but accepted a favorable price.
• The shop owner reported Lin Xuan’s identity and purchases to Muyun Sect as part of his intelligence duties.
• Muyun Sect’s two Tribulation Transcendence Supreme Elders received the report in Demon Cloud Valley.
• The loose-haired Supreme Elder decided to follow Lin Xuan and investigate what benefits might lie behind his search.

A loose-haired Muyun Sect cultivator set out to secretly follow Lin Xuan despite Muyun Demon Venerable's warnings. Lin Xuan reached the hidden ancient ruins and activated the treasure map, whose imagery stirred a sense of familiarity.

• Muyun Demon Venerable warned his junior brother not to provoke Lin Xuan, but the loose-haired cultivator claimed a secret technique would let him follow unseen.
• The loose-haired cultivator left to pursue Lin Xuan, while Muyun Demon Venerable stayed behind to manage the sect.
• Lin Xuan traveled slowly, stopping at marketplaces and gathering medicinal pills for Lu Ying'er but finding no treasures for himself.
• Lin Xuan reached a remote mountain, confirmed the location with an ancient jade slip, and activated the treasure map.
• The treasure map revealed a colorful image that seemed familiar to Lin Xuan as spiritual light and worldly essence energy gathered around it.