Chapter Summaries

After defeating Old Demon Xue, Lin Xuan refined Outer-Domain Heavenly Gold into the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword to strengthen himself before searching for Yue'er. The sword reached the realm of spirit-channeling, with the potential to become an Immortal Mansion Treasure.

• Lin Xuan returned to his cultivation cave and rested before preparing to refine the Outer-Domain Heavenly Gold.
• Lin Xuan used a formation and the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire to refine the Outer-Domain Heavenly Gold in a magic cauldron.
• A remnant demonic thought from the Outer-Domain Heavenly Demon tried to make the cauldron escape, but Lin Xuan sealed it and refined the cauldron into the treasure.
• Lin Xuan merged the golden liquid into the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword and completed the refinement after another day and night.
• The Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword rose to the realm of spirit-channeling and gained the potential to become an Immortal Mansion Treasure.

Lin Xuan prepared to search for Yue'er by refining the Ink Moon Witch Palace, an ancient Innate spatial treasure inherited by the Ink Moon Tribe. As he drew out its Treasure-Controlling Formula, he found its ancient wording difficult to understand.

• Lin Xuan decided to strengthen himself before setting out to search for Yue'er and began refining the Ink Moon Witch Palace.
• Lin Xuan recalled that the palace was an ancient Innate Treasure capable of storing resources, aiding cultivation, and attacking or defending against enemies.
• Lin Xuan reviewed his powerful treasures, including the Immortal Sword Map, Vermilion Bird Ring, Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword, and Five Dragon Seal, which he kept secret as a final trump card.
• Lin Xuan used spell seals to draw the Ink Moon Witch Palace's Treasure-Controlling Formula from its spiritual radiance.
• Lin Xuan committed the formula's mysterious characters to memory but found their ancient wording difficult to comprehend.

Lin Xuan comprehended the Treasure-Controlling Formula and accidentally summoned the Ink Moon Witch Palace, destroying his cultivation cave but leaving him unharmed. He went to the Flying Cloud Wasteland to practice the Xiantian Spirit Treasure far from Cloud Hidden Sect.

• Lin Xuan realized the Treasure-Controlling Formula was tied to the Ink Moon Heaven Witch Art and began comprehending it.
• After a day of study, Lin Xuan accidentally summoned the Ink Moon Witch Palace, which destroyed his cultivation cave and an area within ten li.
• Lin Xuan emerged unharmed, reassured the Cloud Hidden Sect cultivators, and decided to practice the treasure away from the sect.
• Lin Xuan traveled to the Flying Cloud Wasteland, a remote region inhabited by powerful Ancient Beasts.

Lin Xuan refined the Ink Moon Witch Palace in the depths of the Flying Cloud Wasteland, gaining a deeper comprehension of the Space Laws and making solid progress in his cultivation. After completing the refinement, he ventured farther into the wasteland in search of a Primordial King Beast and encountered several formidable Ancient Beasts bearing traces of Kui Ox blood.

• Lin Xuan traveled deep into the Flying Cloud Wasteland and carved out a crude cultivation cave to safely refine the Ink Moon Witch Palace.
• Over the next month, the refining process repeatedly caused destructive outbursts, but Lin Xuan endured them with the protection of rare treasures.
• Lin Xuan completed the refinement, sealed a small heaven and earth inside the inch-sized Ink Moon Witch Palace, and deepened his comprehension of the Space Laws.
• Lin Xuan continued deeper into the wasteland, searching for a Primordial King Beast despite the growing danger and finding none.
• Several enormous Ancient Beasts with a trace of Kui Ox bloodline charged at Lin Xuan, displaying strength that shattered the void.

Lin Xuan risked his life fighting several savage Ancient Beasts to break through his limits and comprehend the Law of Power. After defeating them, he spent a day and night deepening his understanding of the newly comprehended law.

• Lin Xuan faced several savage bull Ancient Beasts without using treasures, hoping to gain insight through battle.
• The beasts overwhelmed Lin Xuan with Ox Demon Great Strength, leaving him gravely wounded and forcing him to protect his vital points with magic power.
• As the beasts charged again, Lin Xuan awakened the True Spirit Blood he had refined and appeared to be near death while sensing the Dao.
• At the moment the beasts attacked, Lin Xuan opened his eyes, unleashed his divine strength, and comprehended the Law of Power between life and death.
• Lin Xuan struck the beasts with the newly comprehended law and sent them flying, then stood motionless for a day and night as he pondered his insight.

After mastering the Law of Power through half a year of battles, Lin Xuan continued deeper into the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Area in search of the Primordial King Beast. He found a colossal battle between a Primordial King Beast and Taowu.

• Lin Xuan chose to press farther into the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Area, hoping to find the Primordial King Beast and its Inner Core.
• He fought powerful Ancient Beasts for half a year, mastering the Law of Power and strengthening his body despite repeatedly risking death.
• After going three days without seeing any Ancient Beasts, Lin Xuan suspected he had reached the King Beast’s domain.
• Lin Xuan sensed a tremendous battle and concealed his aura as he approached the shattered space.
• Lin Xuan identified one fighter as a Primordial King Beast and saw that its opponent was Taowu.

Lin Xuan encountered Taowu’s true body in the Flying Cloud Desert as it fought and killed a Primordial King Beast. After Lin Xuan seized the beast’s Inner Core, he broke Taowu’s attack and prepared to face the furious ancient beast.

• Lin Xuan recognized Taowu, recalling their past clashes and the danger posed by its true body.
• Taowu overwhelmed the Primordial King Beast, blasted apart most of its body, and tried to seize its Inner Core.
• Lin Xuan secretly grabbed the Inner Core with a blue-green hand before Taowu could claim it.
• Taowu attacked Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan shattered its black glow with a punch and revealed his Tribulation Transcendence strength.
• Lin Xuan decided to risk fighting Taowu to eliminate a powerful enemy and potentially obtain its Inner Core.

Lin Xuan confronted Taowu over the King Beast Inner Core and matched its enormous strength with the Law of Power. He then unleashed the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword, and the two began a fierce clash of sword-light and black blade-light.

• Taowu recognized Lin Xuan and vowed to kill him for their past grudges and his theft of the King Beast Inner Core.
• Taowu attacked with its sharp claws, and Lin Xuan met the blow with a punch empowered by the Law of Power.
• Their collision devastated the surrounding landscape but ended in an apparent draw, shocking Taowu.
• Lin Xuan summoned the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword and sent its silver blades against Taowu.
• Taowu spat out black blade-lights, and the two forces collided in the sky.

Lin Xuan battled the Taowu, whose black Banner Flag blocked his Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword. He unleashed the Immortal Sword Map, and as its countless swords emerged, the Taowu prepared to resist them head-on.

• Lin Xuan’s Taiji Diagram of immortal swords overpowered the Taowu and forced it to retreat, bleeding.
• The Taowu summoned a black Banner Flag, whose Demon Light shield stopped Lin Xuan’s Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword.
• Lin Xuan brought out the Immortal Sword Map, shocking the Taowu with its Xiantian Spirit Treasure aura.
• Lin Xuan unfurled the map and summoned nine jade-green mountains that released thousands of law-filled Immortal Swords.
• The Taowu spat out its natal essence and began chanting, preparing to withstand the Immortal Sword Map’s attack.

Lin Xuan struggled against Taowu, whose Ten Thousand Beast Banner blocked the Immortal Sword and whose Law of Time then immobilized him. With Taowu’s lethal attack closing in, Lin Xuan had not yet found a way to break free.

• Lin Xuan attacked Taowu with the Immortal Sword, but Taowu revealed the Ten Thousand Beast Banner and unleashed the souls of ancient ferocious beasts to stop the sword’s advance.
• Lin Xuan realized that the beast souls had blocked his attack while exhausting his magical power, leaving him at a disadvantage in a prolonged fight.
• Taowu gathered vicious qi and used the Law of Time to stop time in Lin Xuan’s small world, immobilizing him and sealing his magic power.
• Lin Xuan recognized Taowu’s time-stopping technique from their earlier encounter in the Ice Plain Realm and searched for a way to overcome it without outside help.
• Taowu sent enormous claw-shadows crashing toward Lin Xuan, who remained unable to move as the attack threatened to kill him.

Lin Xuan struggled to escape Taowu’s Law of Time while trapped and unable to move. A sliver of his spiritual power began flowing on its own, and the Momentary Treasure emerged from his head, leaving his fate unresolved.

• Taowu held Lin Xuan immobile with the Law of Time and taunted him, threatening to extract and refine his soul.
• Lin Xuan tried to find a way to break free, but could not use his treasures or powerful techniques while his magical power remained frozen.
• A faint crack sounded, and some of the power within Lin Xuan began to loosen, though he still could not move or unleash a decisive attack.
• Lin Xuan refused to give up, and the loosened spiritual power began flowing on its own.
• The Momentary Treasure shot from Lin Xuan’s crown, radiating divine light and the pressure of an innate spiritual object.

The Ink Moon Witch Palace awakened on its own and protected Lin Xuan from Taowu’s time-law imprisonment and devastating attacks. Lin Xuan remained unable to fight back as Taowu’s assault failed, leaving Taowu to suspect the treasure was a uniquely compatible Xiantian Spirit Treasure.

• Lin Xuan recognized the Ink Moon Witch Palace as the treasure that had emerged to help him, while Taowu realized it carried the might of a Xiantian Spirit Treasure.
• Taowu unleashed the Soul-Detaining Demon Lock and claw-shadows that tore through space as Lin Xuan remained trapped by the Law of Time.
• The Ink Moon Witch Palace awakened, expanded, shielded Lin Xuan, and broke Taowu’s time restraint.
• Lin Xuan poured his newly restored magic power into the Ink Moon Witch Palace while Taowu’s chains and claw-shadows closed in.
• The treasure’s aura melted away Taowu’s attacks, and Taowu began to suspect it was the exceptional Xiantian Spirit Treasure described in an ancient legend.

Lin Xuan and Taowu fought over control of space and time, with Lin Xuan gaining the upper hand through the Ink Moon Witch Palace. Taowu summoned nearly a hundred Primordial King Beast souls and then exploded into dazzling spiritual light, revealing something Lin Xuan had not yet identified.

• Taowu recognized the Ink Moon Witch Palace and resolved to kill Lin Xuan before he could grow stronger.
• Lin Xuan used the Ink Moon Witch Palace to shield himself and clash with Taowu’s Law of Time, gradually gaining the advantage.
• Taowu summoned nearly a hundred Primordial King Beast souls, forcing Lin Xuan to prepare to counter them.
• Taowu’s body swelled and exploded into dazzling spiritual light without spilling blood or killing him.
• Lin Xuan scattered the light with a strike, revealing what had been inside it.

Lin Xuan faced Taowu’s illusionary Avatars, only to discover that Taowu had revived the souls of Primordial King Beasts to trap him. He fought back with his treasures, but the beasts overwhelmed his defenses and controlling two Xiantian Spirit Treasures strained his power.

• Taowu created countless Void Shadow Avatars that distracted Lin Xuan while its true body revived nearly a hundred Primordial King Beasts.
• Lin Xuan used the Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye to recognize the Void Shadows and the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword to destroy them.
• Trapped by the revived beasts, Lin Xuan attacked with the Ink Moon Witch Palace’s Space Laws, but the beasts broke through his assault.
• Lin Xuan unfurled the Immortal Sword Map while the Ink Moon Witch Palace shielded him from the beasts’ combined attacks.
• Lin Xuan struggled to control the Ink Moon Witch Palace and the Immortal Sword Map at once as the Palace’s defenses neared collapse.

Lin Xuan fought a desperate battle against the souls of nearly a hundred Primordial King Beasts, using his treasures and secret arts to survive their assault. After destroying several enemies with the Spirit Formula Cauldron, he still faced more Ancient Beasts closing in from every direction.

• Lin Xuan poured his essence blood into the Immortal Sword Map, but its swords could not stop the approaching beast souls.
• The Three-Headed Giant Lion and other Ancient Beasts attacked Lin Xuan, forcing him to pour his magic power into the Ink Moon Witch Palace.
• The Giant Ape struck at Lin Xuan, who met it with a punch imbued with the law of force and sent it flying.
• Lin Xuan froze the attacking Giant Python with the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire, but another blow sent him flying and left him spitting blood.
• Lin Xuan summoned the Spirit Formula Cauldron and unleashed Nine Stars in a Row, killing the Ancient Beasts that had ambushed him as more enemies rushed toward him.

Lin Xuan was nearly overwhelmed by Taowu and its Ancient Beasts, but as he prepared to self-destruct, the beasts began vanishing. He realized Taowu’s countless-Avatar technique had serious limits, giving him a chance to survive.

• Lin Xuan summoned the Vermilion Bird Ring’s spirit to help him fight, but the Ancient Beasts soon surrounded it and continued their assault.
• Lin Xuan and his Internal Incarnation suffered severe injuries as he fought the Ancient Beasts, refusing to surrender even when escape seemed impossible.
• The Yaksha Beast charged Lin Xuan with its deadly weapon, and Lin Xuan prepared to self-destruct his Nascent Soul and Demon Core.
• The Yaksha Beast vanished before reaching Lin Xuan, and the Giant Ape, Ox Demon, and other Ancient Beasts disappeared in turn.
• Lin Xuan stopped his self-destruction and realized Taowu’s Avatar technique was too costly to sustain and contained flaws.

Lin Xuan took advantage of Taowu’s exhaustion after its avatars failed to overwhelm him, then trapped and killed it with a powerful sword strike. With Taowu dead, Lin Xuan emerged from the battle after replenishing some of his magic power.

• Taowu ended its avatar technique, revealing that the effort had drained its Life Essence and left it weak.
• Lin Xuan trapped Taowu with the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword and drank Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk to restore some magic power.
• Taowu tried to escape but could not break through the sword formation and suffered further injuries.
• Lin Xuan attacked with Illusionary Yin Divine Thunder and the Sword into Silk Technique, forcing Taowu to dodge while he waited for an opening.
• Lin Xuan unleashed a powerful sword strike that erased Taowu’s Primordial Spirit and killed it.

After killing Taowu, Lin Xuan recovered its valuable Demon Core, but Little Fur Ball tried to snatch it despite having ignored his calls during the battle. Lin Xuan secured promises and contracts from the pet before giving it the core, hoping it would become stronger.

• Lin Xuan found Taowu's Demon Core in the enormous sword scar after his attack annihilated Taowu's body.
• Little Fur Ball emerged from the Treasure Pagoda and tried to take the Demon Core, though it had slept through Lin Xuan's calls for help during the fight.
• Lin Xuan repeatedly stopped Little Fur Ball from snatching the core, and it wailed when its attempts failed.
• Lin Xuan agreed to give Little Fur Ball the core if it promised to obey his summons and stop being willful.
• Lin Xuan made several contracts with Little Fur Ball, then handed it the core, expecting the treasure to increase its strength.

After recovering from his battle with Taowu, Lin Xuan decided to bring his disciples Ye Ying and Zheng Xuan back to Cloud Hidden Sect. He reached the Ye Family’s former headquarters and found an unknown sect occupying it, so he released a trace of pressure to summon the cultivators and ask what had happened.

• Lin Xuan left the Flying Cloud Desert and spent half a year in seclusion recovering from his injuries and depleted Life Essence.
• Lin Xuan remembered that Ye Ying and Zheng Xuan were still at the Ye Family’s headquarters and decided to bring them back to Cloud Hidden Sect.
• Lin Xuan traveled to the Ye Family’s remote homeland, passing two Nascent Soul Demon Cultivators without intervening in their battle.
• Lin Xuan found an unknown small sect occupying the snow mountain where the Ye Family had once lived and worried about Ye Ying and Zheng Xuan.
• Lin Xuan released a trace of his Tribulation Transcendence pressure, alarming the mountain’s cultivators and drawing several streaks of Startling Rainbow toward him.

Lin Xuan confronted the Talisman Ghost Sect and discovered that its territory held a passage leading to the Netherworld Underworld. The sect’s Supreme Elder could not identify the Ye Family’s whereabouts, but Lin Xuan’s discovery left him unexpectedly delighted.

• A black-robed Talisman Ghost Sect cultivator failed to determine Lin Xuan’s strength and respectfully addressed him as Senior.
• The sect’s Supreme Elder emerged from seclusion at the Mid-Spirit Division Stage and bowed to Lin Xuan, whom the sect’s disciples suspected was a Tribulation Transcendence-level cultivator.
• Lin Xuan asked when the sect had arrived and where the Ye Family cultivators had gone, and the Supreme Elder said the sect had moved there eight hundred years earlier and knew nothing of the Ye Family.
• The Supreme Elder explained that the sect had settled there because the Spirit Vein led to the Netherworld Underworld and released pure Yin Energy.
• Lin Xuan realized the site might contain a node connected to the Underworld Realm and showed delight.