Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan secured Sword Lake Palace as an affiliated sect of Cloud Hidden Sect, despite recognizing that its leaders had agreed only because they were cornered and hoped to use the arrangement to recover later. He returned to Cloud Hidden Sect confident in his decision and left his senior brother and senior sister to handle the alliance’s affairs.

• Lin Xuan and the Sword Lake Palace Sect Master agreed that Sword Lake Palace would become an affiliated sect, each side pursuing its own advantages.
• Several days later, Lin Xuan returned safely to Cloud Hidden Sect and stunned the Silver-Eyed Maiden and the Youth surnamed Long with news that he had defeated two Supreme Elders and secured Sword Lake Palace’s submission.
• Lin Xuan explained that Sword Lake Palace intended to use Cloud Hidden Sect’s protection while waiting for Venerable Wan Jian to return, but he assured his seniors that he had complete confidence.
• The Silver-Eyed Maiden and the Youth surnamed Long prepared to visit Sword Lake Palace’s headquarters the next day to manage the affiliation, while Lin Xuan flew to his cultivation cave.

After recovering from his ordeal, Lin Xuan tried to refine the Ten Thousand Sword Map, a powerful treasure he had taken from Sword Lake Palace. Half a year of attempts failed, leaving him at a loss about how to claim it.

• Lin Xuan returned to his cultivation cave, set up defensive formations, and slept for several days to recover.
• He examined the Ten Thousand Sword Map and judged that it was extraordinarily powerful, though he could not determine its grade or origins.
• Lin Xuan opened the scroll and began using incantation seals to imprint his spiritual sense on it.
• His first refining attempt failed after three days, so he tried other methods and materials.
• After half a year of repeated failures, Lin Xuan still could not refine the Ten Thousand Sword Map.

Lin Xuan found no way to refine the Ten Thousand Sword Map, but a sudden spiritual omen led him to compare it with the Mountain-Peak Golden Crow Scroll. When he poured magic power into both treasures, they began to fuse amid violent changes in the heavens.

• Lin Xuan gave up on refining the Ten Thousand Sword Map for now and decided to search ancient records after leaving seclusion.
• Lin Xuan took out the Mountain-Peak Golden Crow Scroll after sensing a faint spiritual omen.
• Lin Xuan noticed that the two scrolls had a similar painting style and suspected they were connected, while reconsidering why Sword Lake Palace had used the Ten Thousand Sword Map with a formation.
• Lin Xuan poured magic power into both scrolls, and they flew together and began to fuse.
• The fusion stirred chaotic spiritual energy, darkened the sky, and brought fierce winds, rain, lightning, and thunder.

Gongsun Yu'er and Cloud Hidden Sect’s cultivators investigated a strange heavenly phenomenon at Lin Xuan’s cultivation cave. Lin Xuan emerged through his Avatar after advancing to the Tribulation Transcendence Stage and ordered the sect to secure the area while he returned to his cave.

• Gongsun Yu'er arrived with five Spirit Division Stage cultivators and ordered nearby disciples to leave the area around Lin Xuan’s cultivation cave.
• Lin Xuan’s Avatar appeared, and Gongsun Yu'er recognized him and congratulated him on completing his divine art and advancing to the Tribulation Transcendence Stage.
• Lin Xuan told Gongsun Yu'er and the other cultivators to withdraw and activate the nearby Restrictions and Cloud Hidden Sect’s Sect Protection Array.
• The cultivators secured the area, and Lin Xuan returned to his cultivation cave to conceal the phenomenon caused by the fusion of two Spirit Treasures.

Lin Xuan watched the Mountain-Peak Golden Crow Scroll and Ten Thousand Sword Map merge into the Xiantian Spirit Treasure called the Immortal Sword Map. The treasure revealed its Treasure-Controlling Formula, which Lin Xuan began studying.

• Lin Xuan realized the Mountain-Peak Golden Crow Scroll and Ten Thousand Sword Map had fused into an ancient scroll carrying immortal spiritual power.
• Lin Xuan concluded the Ten Thousand Sword Map had been a flawed Xiantian Remnant Treasure and that its fusion with the Mountain-Peak Golden Crow Scroll had created a genuine Xiantian Spirit Treasure.
• Lin Xuan examined the new scroll and saw nine emerald mountain peaks surrounded by boundless Sword Intent, with the Golden Crow and flying swords gone from view.
• Lin Xuan read the scroll's new name, Immortal Sword Map, and poured more magic power into it.
• The Immortal Sword Map revealed its Treasure-Controlling Formula, and Lin Xuan hurriedly began studying its obscure wording.

Lin Xuan memorized the Treasure-Controlling Formula and spent three years comprehending it before refining the Immortal Sword Map. Meanwhile, the treasure’s appearance alerted powerful beings across the Three Realms, who began searching the Spirit World for it.

• Lin Xuan memorized the Treasure-Controlling Formula before it vanished and engraved it onto a Jade Slip.
• Lin Xuan secluded himself to study the formula while the Cloud Hidden Sect’s protection array concealed the Immortal Sword Map’s emergence.
• Guanghan True Person sensed that a new Xiantian Spirit Treasure had appeared.
• The Nine-Tailed Sky Fox met Li Yutong, Fairy Yutong, who told her that another Xiantian Spirit Treasure had appeared.
• Powerful beings across the Three Realms learned of the treasure and narrowed its likely location to a little over twenty Spirit World realms, including the Nailong Realm.
• Three years later, Lin Xuan fully comprehended the Treasure-Controlling Formula and refined the Immortal Sword Map.

Lin Xuan searched the Storage Bags taken from the Tribulation Transcendence Stage Ancestors and found hundreds of thousands of Sword Souls and the Supreme Elder’s jade slips. He began examining the jade slips, including insights that could help him refine the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword, but had not yet started comprehending them.

• Lin Xuan opened one Storage Bag and found a vast collection of treasures, then retrieved a round bead containing the surviving Sword Souls from the Supreme Elder’s million-sword attack.
• Lin Xuan considered combining the hundreds of thousands of Sword Souls to greatly strengthen the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword and possibly turn it into an Immortal Mansion Treasure.
• Lin Xuan opened the second Storage Bag and found a box containing a dozen or so ancient Jade Slips.
• Lin Xuan read the Innate Sword-Controlling Art and recognized its sword-cultivation insights could help him refine the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword, then put the Jade Slip away to study later.
• Lin Xuan examined the remaining Jade Slips, finding cultivation arts, secret arts, and ancient secrets, but set aside the Nine Spirits Golden Fire Art because he already cultivated the Ink Moon Heaven Witch Art.

Lin Xuan discovered the secret art for refining Sword Souls and began merging the hundreds of thousands he had captured into his Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword. Several days later, he was still carefully transferring the Sword Souls, with the Immortal Sword glowing and the source bead nearly drained.

• Lin Xuan read an ancient Jade Slip and learned that Sword Lake Palace's ancestral masters had created the million Sword Souls and recorded a secret art for refining them.
• Lin Xuan decided to merge the several hundred thousand remaining Sword Souls into his Life-Bound Dharma Treasure, trusting Sword Spirit Transformation into Void to restore the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword if it shattered.
• Lin Xuan merged his Immortal Swords into a single translucent Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword and successfully sealed one Sword Soul inside it.
• Lin Xuan drew Sword Souls from the cyan bead and sealed them into the Immortal Sword, becoming more cautious as their number grew.
• Several days later, Lin Xuan continued the process in his Cultivation Room as the Immortal Sword shone and the cyan bead's halo dimmed.

Lin Xuan began fusing the hundreds of thousands of Sword Souls sealed inside the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword, but the process consumed far more magical power than he expected. As the Main Nascent Soul struggled to continue, the Second Nascent Soul arrived with a jade bottle and helped him operate the vortex.

• Lin Xuan entered the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword with his Main Nascent Soul to fuse the sealed Sword Souls.
• Lin Xuan formed a golden-and-silver vortex that absorbed and merged the Sword Souls as he moved through the sword’s inner world.
• Lin Xuan sensed that his Main Nascent Soul was running short of magical power after merging about one-third of the Sword Souls.
• Lin Xuan sent his Second Nascent Soul into the sword with a jade bottle, and it began helping the Main Nascent Soul activate the vortex.

Lin Xuan replenished his magic power, then spent three months completing the fusion of hundreds of thousands of Sword Souls into Nine Palaces Moment. As several Tribulation Transcendence cultivators approached the Cloud Hidden Sect, Lin Xuan refused to activate the Sect Protection Array and prepared to face them.

• Lin Xuan drank several bottles of Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk and joined his exhausted Second Nascent Soul beside the vortex.
• After three months, the Cloud Hidden Sect had become a leading force in the Nailong Realm, and Lin Xuan's cultivation cave was guarded as a forbidden area.
• The mountain around Lin Xuan's cave collapsed, alarming the patrolling Robe-Clad Elder and nearby cultivators, but Lin Xuan emerged unharmed after successfully fusing the Sword Souls into Nine Palaces Moment.
• The Silver-Eyed Maiden and the Youth surnamed Long arrived and were relieved to see Lin Xuan safe.
• A powerful disturbance signaled the arrival of several Tribulation Transcendence old monsters, and the Silver-Eyed Maiden urged Lin Xuan to activate the Sect Protection Array.
• Lin Xuan declined, reasoning that the array would not stop the visitors, and chose to meet them and test his newly refined treasures.

Lin Xuan went to meet three Tribulation Transcendence Stage cultivators who had arrived near the Cloud Hidden Sect, while the Silver-Eyed Maiden and the Youth surnamed Long followed to support him. After hearing rumors of Lin Xuan’s past, the visitors began assessing his strength, and he recognized Old Demon Xue and Wanxiao True Person among them.

• Lin Xuan decided to meet the visitors, and the Silver-Eyed Maiden and the Youth surnamed Long followed him.
• In the Cloud Hidden Mountain Range, Old Demon Xue, Wanxiao True Person, and Fairy Xiao discussed whether Lin Xuan was as formidable as rumors claimed.
• Fairy Xiao recounted stories of Lin Xuan’s deeds at the Spirit Division Stage, leaving the two others astonished.
• Lin Xuan arrived before the three cultivators at startling speed and identified Old Demon Xue and Wanxiao True Person.
• Wanxiao True Person confirmed his identity after Lin Xuan greeted him.

Lin Xuan met Wanxiao True Person and Fairy Xiao of Black Phoenix Valley, whose surprise at his apparent youth turned to curiosity about his talent. Old Demon Xue demanded that Lin surrender Cloud Hidden Sect’s status as the Nailong Realm’s leading sect, and when Lin refused, the two flew into the sky to fight.

• Lin Xuan exchanged courteous greetings with Wanxiao True Person and recognized Fairy Xiao of Black Phoenix Valley.
• Fairy Xiao used her innate ability to discern Lin Xuan’s true age and was astonished that he had reached Tribulation Transcendence after only a few thousand years.
• Old Demon Xue challenged Lin Xuan and demanded that he surrender Cloud Hidden Sect’s title as the Nailong Realm’s number one sect.
• Lin Xuan refused Old Demon Xue’s demand, and Old Demon Xue released his Demon Qi in preparation for battle.
• The Silver-Eyed Maiden and the Youth surnamed Long expressed concern, but Lin Xuan reassured them and flew above the clouds.
• Old Demon Xue followed Lin Xuan into the sky, and the two faced each other from a distance.

Lin Xuan confronted Old Demon Xue in a battle watched by Wanxiao True Person, the Black Phoenix Demoness, the Silver-Eyed Maiden, and the Youth surnamed Long. Old Demon Xue unleashed five Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures, and Lin Xuan summoned strange flower-shaped runes whose true nature surprised his fellow disciples.

• Wanxiao True Person and the Black Phoenix Demoness watched Lin Xuan and Old Demon Xue prepare to fight, hoping to learn from their clash.
• Old Demon Xue doubted the rumors of Lin Xuan's strength but chose to attack rather than retreat.
• Old Demon Xue released immense Demon Qi and summoned an ancient cauldron, a Purple Mirror, a Bronze Furnace, a Jade Ruyi, and a Small Bell.
• Lin Xuan resolved to defeat Old Demon Xue decisively to strengthen the Cloud Hidden Sect's standing and test the Nine Palaces Moment.
• Lin Xuan sent silver light and immortal music from his sleeve, revealing flower-shaped runes that startled the Silver-Eyed Maiden and the Youth surnamed Long.

Lin Xuan confronted Old Demon Xue, who transformed into a Flood Dragon and trapped him in the Five Elements Heaven-Extinguishing Great Array. The onlookers recognized it as a powerful formation tied to the Ancient Demon Emperor’s inheritance, leaving Lin Xuan’s fate uncertain.

• Lin Xuan summoned the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword and displayed a mastery of Laws that shocked Old Demon Xue.
• Old Demon Xue revealed his Flood Dragon form and launched a Demon Qi attack while Lin Xuan gathered sword rays into a Taiji Diagram.
• Old Demon Xue infused five treasures with Demon Qi and used their power to seal Lin Xuan inside the Five Elements Heaven-Extinguishing Great Array.
• The Black Phoenix Demoness and Wanxiao True Person identified the array as an ancient formation that Old Demon Xue had recreated using secret arts.
• The Silver-Eyed Maiden and the Youth surnamed Long feared that Lin Xuan might not escape the formation.

Lin Xuan was trapped in Old Demon Xue’s Five Elements Heaven-Extinguishing Great Array, but his Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword broke through its shifting worlds and defended him from the Yin Soul Ghosts. He unleashed Primordial Demon Qi to shatter the formation, leaving the Palace-Robed Woman from Black Phoenix Valley stunned by his power.

• Old Demon Xue used Demon Qi to turn the Five Elements Heaven-Extinguishing Great Array into a small world and sealed Lin Xuan inside.
• Lin Xuan used the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword to cut through an endless desert, only to find himself in a sea of blood surrounded by Yin Soul Ghosts.
• The Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword independently slew the ghosts as Old Demon Xue realized how formidable Lin Xuan was.
• Lin Xuan decided to end the battle quickly and unleashed Primordial Demon Qi.
• The Palace-Robed Woman from Black Phoenix Valley recognized the power as unique to True Spirits and wondered how a human cultivator could wield it.

Lin Xuan transformed into a Nine-Headed Bird and combined the power of the Phoenix and Vermilion Bird with his own True Spirit inheritance while fighting Old Demon Xue’s Styx River array. The chapter ended with Lin Xuan’s Nine-Headed Bird form surging with the gathered powers, poised to face the deadly array.

• Old Demon Xue unleashed the Water of the Styx River through the Five Elements Heaven-Extinguishing Great Array, forcing Lin Xuan to seek a way out.
• Lin Xuan transformed into an enormous Nine-Headed Bird, shocking the Black Phoenix Demoness and the observers.
• Lin Xuan infused the Nine-Headed Bird with the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword’s power and manifested a Phoenix through another transformation.
• Lin Xuan brought out the Vermilion Bird Ring and summoned a Vermilion Bird, revealing a third true-spirit-level bird.
• The Vermilion Bird and Phoenix merged into Lin Xuan’s Nine-Headed Bird form, which gained Phoenix plumes, Red Lotus Fire, and black lightning.

Lin Xuan transformed into a Nine-Headed Bird and overwhelmed Old Demon Xue’s Styx River attack, then broke free of the Five Elements Heaven-Extinguishing Great Array. Old Demon Xue fled, but Lin Xuan blocked his escape and unleashed the Nine-Headed Bird’s lightning speed.

• Lin Xuan fused the power of the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword and Vermilion Bird Ring into his transformation, gaining strength close to an ancient True Spirit.
• Lin Xuan’s lightning and Red Lotus Fire clashed with Old Demon Xue’s Styx River, gravely wounding the Flood Dragon.
• Old Demon Xue sacrificed his Life Origin Qi to empower six Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures, damaging them further in an effort to hold Lin Xuan inside the array.
• Lin Xuan tore open the Five Elements Heaven-Extinguishing Great Array, leaving Old Demon Xue badly wounded and the six treasures nearly destroyed.
• Old Demon Xue fled through the void, but Lin Xuan used Space Laws to stop him and prepared to pursue with the Nine-Headed Bird’s lightning speed.

Lin Xuan transformed into a Nine-Headed Bird and killed Old Demon Xue, then claimed his Demon Core, corpse, and Storage Bag. Afterward, Wanxiao True Person and the Black Phoenix Demoness avoided a confrontation with Lin Xuan and hurriedly departed.

• Lin Xuan stopped Old Demon Xue’s escape and tore the black Flood Dragon apart with his Nine-Headed Bird form.
• Lin Xuan trapped Old Demon Xue’s fleeing Demon Core with the Heaven-Net Trap and collected it along with the Flood Dragon’s corpse and Storage Bag.
• Wanxiao True Person, the Black Phoenix Demoness, the Silver-Eyed Maiden, and the Youth surnamed Long were relieved that Lin Xuan had defeated Old Demon Xue.
• Lin Xuan questioned Wanxiao True Person and the Black Phoenix Demoness about their arrival, and they denied having hostile intentions.
• Lin Xuan invited Wanxiao True Person and the Black Phoenix Demoness to the Cloud Hidden Sect, but both declined and quickly left.

After Lin Xuan slew Old Demon Xue, the two surviving challengers backed down, and Cloud Hidden Sect was left secure from further threats. News of the battle spread across the Spirit World, making Lin Xuan famous and attracting the attention of powerful figures, including Saint Ancestor Bingpo in the Demon World.

• Lin Xuan killed Old Demon Xue with the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword, and the other two mighty beings pretended they had come to congratulate him before leaving.
• Lin Xuan returned to Cloud Hidden Sect’s headquarters with the Silver-Eyed Maiden and the Youth surnamed Long, confident that his victory would deter future challengers.
• News of Old Demon Xue’s death spread through the Spirit World, and Cultivators argued over Lin Xuan’s strength and his connections to powerful figures.
• Lin Xuan’s victory made Cloud Hidden Sect a force no one dared dismiss, but it also drew the attention of peerless powerhouses.
• The chapter described Saint Ancestor Bingpo’s Ice Plain in the Demon World as a treasured cultivation ground that no one dared covet.

Baoshe Saint Ancestor and Bingpo discussed how Lin Xuan had become too dangerous to ignore, but Bingpo could not act against him and other Spirit World powers refused to help. Bingpo revealed that she had found clues to another Asura King treasure, and Baoshe agreed to help her pursue it instead.

• Baoshe Saint Ancestor urged Bingpo to stop Lin Xuan before he grew into a greater threat.
• Bingpo explained that she could not freely enter the Spirit World, and the great powers she had approached had withdrawn after Lin Xuan killed Old Demon Xue.
• Bingpo said she could not deal with Lin Xuan because clues had emerged to another of the Asura King's secret treasures.
• Baoshe Saint Ancestor agreed to assist Bingpo in finding the Asura King's treasures.