Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan deduced that Yue'er had likely entered the Underworld Realm and learned that a hidden spatial node nearby might let him reach it. He demanded that the old man show him the node, and the old man agreed despite his initial hesitation.

• Lin Xuan concluded that Yue'er had not remained in the Human World or gone to the Demon World, so she had probably entered the Underworld Realm.
• Lin Xuan recalled ordering the Cloud Hidden Sect to search secretly for a spatial node that could lead to the Underworld Realm, but the search had found nothing.
• Lin Xuan realized the Talisman Ghost Sect's location might contain such a node and reasoned that it could explain why the Ye Family had abandoned its headquarters.
• Lin Xuan asked the old man to take him to the hidden spatial node, and the old man said the sect would not dare refuse.

Lin Xuan accompanied the Talisman Ghost Sect’s Supreme Elder through the sect’s defenses to investigate its Space Node to the Underworld. They found a powerful ghostly creature preying on sect disciples, but Lin Xuan destroyed it and learned it was the strongest such intruder the sect had ever encountered.

• The Talisman Ghost Sect’s Supreme Elder agreed to lead Lin Xuan to the Space Node rather than risk opposing his strength.
• The Supreme Elder opened the enormous ghost-faced stone doors, and Lin Xuan walked through the surging Yin Energy unharmed.
• Lin Xuan and the Supreme Elder found several Talisman Ghost Sect disciples drained into dried corpses as they approached the node.
• A ghostly creature with sharp claws ambushed Lin Xuan, but his Tribulation Transcendence aura shattered its claw and he killed it with a single strike.
• The Supreme Elder explained that the sect had encountered ghosts from the node before, but none as powerful or strange as this one.

Lin Xuan confirmed that the Space Node at the Talisman Ghost Sect could take him to the Underworld, where he hoped to find Yue'er, but chose to settle matters first. After revealing his identity as the Cloud Hidden Sect’s Supreme Elder, he told the Talisman Ghost Sect elder that he wanted to use the node and surprised him by saying he did not want the sect to leave.

• Lin Xuan explored the Space Node and realized its spatial power could let him reach the Underworld, but restrained himself from going after Yue'er immediately.
• Lin Xuan returned with the Talisman Ghost Sect's Supreme Elder to the sect headquarters, where cultivators gathered to welcome them and whispered about Lin Xuan's youth.
• Lin Xuan showed the elder his Cloud Hidden Sect Supreme Elder's token, and the elder recognized him as the renowned Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan told the elder he wanted to use the node leading to the Underworld's nether realm.
• The elder offered to have the sect leave the headquarters, but Lin Xuan said he had not asked them to leave.

Lin Xuan persuaded the Talisman Ghost Sect to become a subordinate force of the Cloud Hidden Sect so it would guard the Space Node leading to the Underworld. After learning the Ye Family had moved to Azure Glow Mountain, he set out to find them, leaving treasures and defenses behind.

• Lin Xuan offered to make the Talisman Ghost Sect a subordinate force of the Cloud Hidden Sect, and its elder gladly accepted.
• Lin Xuan arranged for the Talisman Ghost Sect to guard the Space Node and help search for the Ye Family.
• Three days later, the elder reported that the Ye Family had moved to Azure Glow Mountain and gave Lin Xuan a map.
• Lin Xuan rewarded the Talisman Ghost Sect, then left treasures, Puppets, and formations to protect the Space Node before departing for Azure Glow Mountain.

Lin Xuan arrived at Azure Glow Mountain to find the Ye Family’s headquarters and learned that the family had mysteriously lost its magic power. With the Ancient Sword Sect threatening to destroy the Ye Family unless Ye Ying and Zheng Xuan married its young sect master, Lin Xuan hurried to intervene.

• Lin Xuan reached Azure Glow Mountain and entered its bustling town in disguise to ask about the Ye Family’s headquarters.
• At a Wine House, Lin Xuan overheard that the Ye and Wu Families had inexplicably lost their magic power overnight.
• The townspeople said the Ancient Sword Sect had destroyed the Wu Family after demanding its daughters and was now threatening the Ye Family over Ye Ying and Zheng Xuan.
• Lin Xuan realized Ye Ying and Zheng Xuan were in danger and left to reach the Ye Family’s headquarters.

Lin Xuan rushed to the Ye Family’s headquarters after learning that the Ancient Sword Sect was threatening them, only to find its Young Sect Master slaughtering cultivators and devouring their souls. As the Ye Family faced extermination, an unseen force abruptly killed an attacking disciple.

• Lin Xuan learned where the Ye Family’s main headquarters was and flew toward it to stop the crisis.
• The Ancient Sword Sect’s Young Sect Master demanded that the Ye Family’s two daughters marry him, threatening them with the same fate as the Wu Family.
• When Ye Hongxue tried to negotiate, the Young Sect Master killed a Ye Family elder and devoured the souls of several cultivators, revealing that he was not an ordinary mortal.
• The Young Sect Master ordered his disciples to kill the Ye Family members, and an unseen force sent an attacker’s sword flying back and killed him before he could strike.

Lin Xuan arrived as the Ye Family faced the Ancient Sword Sect’s Young Sect Master, exposed the demonic power behind his weapons, and confronted him. The Young Sect Master’s memories revealed how an Outer-Domain demon’s failed attempt to seize his body gave him power he used to prey on cultivators and destroy the Wu Family.

• Lin Xuan appeared before the Ye Family and identified the Ancient Sword Sect’s weapons as demonized.
• Lin Xuan used spiritual power to kill the attackers and revealed that the Young Sect Master’s weapons bore demonic runes.
• The Young Sect Master exposed his own demonic power and vowed to defeat Lin Xuan.
• The Young Sect Master recalled that an Outer-Domain Heavenly Demon’s attempt to seize his body had failed and been devoured by his Primordial Spirit.
• The Young Sect Master tested his new ability on cultivators, then used it to destroy the Wu Family after they refused to marry their daughters to him.

Lin Xuan stopped the Ancient Sword Sect’s Young Sect Master from attacking the Ye Family and exposed the demonic thought empowering him. After Lin Xuan captured the thought, the Ye Family celebrated while the Sect’s disciples feared the consequences of their past violence against cultivators.

• Cultivators who retaliated against the Ancient Sword Sect vanished, convincing others that the Sect could kill cultivators and making them afraid to challenge it.
• The Young Sect Master, emboldened by his power, targeted the Ye Family to claim Ye Ying and Zheng Xuan.
• The Young Sect Master charged Lin Xuan, who repelled him with Azure light and sent him crashing through buildings.
• Lin Xuan drew the demonic thought out of the Young Sect Master, ending his Demonization and leaving him unconscious.
• Lin Xuan seized the fleeing demonic thought and tried to search it, but its fragmented state yielded no useful clues.
• The Ye Family cheered as the Ancient Sword Sect’s disciples turned pale, fearing punishment for the cultivators they had killed.

Lin Xuan met with Ye Hongxue after helping the Ye Family recover from the crisis and asked after Ye Ying and Zheng Xuan. The two women returned to the clan, discovered Lin Xuan had reached the Tribulation Transcendence Stage, and recognized him as the famed Supreme Elder of the Cloud Hidden Sect.

• Ye Hongxue thanked Lin Xuan for saving the Ye Family, and spirit pills he provided restored her magic power.
• Lin Xuan learned Ye Ying and Zheng Xuan were away traveling and asked Ye Hongxue to contact them.
• A maidservant announced that Ye Ying and Zheng Xuan had returned, and Lin Xuan asked for them to enter.
• Ye Ying and Zheng Xuan greeted Lin Xuan and revealed that both had reached the Dongxuan level.
• Ye Ying's ring detected Lin Xuan's Tribulation Transcendence cultivation, and she realized he was the renowned Supreme Elder of the Cloud Hidden Sect.

Lin Xuan learned that the Ye Family had become an affiliated force of the Cloud Hidden Sect and went to the Ancient Sword Sect’s ruins to investigate where its Young Sect Master had encountered an Outer Realm Devil thought. After his divine sense found nothing, Lin Xuan used the Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye and discovered something that drew him away.

• Ye Hongxue learned Lin Xuan was a Tribulation Transcendence Stage ancestor and agreed to his plan to take Ying'er and Zheng Xuan back to the Cloud Hidden Sect.
• The Ye Family declared the Ancient Sword Sect’s ruins forbidden ground and used a Cloud Hidden Sect Command Token to deter nearby cultivators from entering.
• Lin Xuan brought Ye Ying to the ruins, then sent her away so he could investigate the Young Sect Master’s encounter with the Outer Realm Devil thought.
• Lin Xuan searched the area with his divine sense but found no trace, then used the Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye and spotted something before vanishing.

Lin Xuan broke through an illusion in the Ancient Sword Sect’s rear mountain and discovered a passage connecting the Spirit World to the Outer-Domain Heavenly Demons’ realm. Fearing the passage could bring calamity to the Spirit World, he used the Sea-Overturning Halberd to destroy it.

• Lin Xuan used the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword to strike the grove’s illusion, but the Outer-Domain Heavenly Demon’s Restriction resisted his attack.
• Lin Xuan combined the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword with the Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye and shattered the Restriction, revealing a black passage.
• Lin Xuan realized the passage connected the Spirit World to the realm of the Outer-Domain Heavenly Demons and decided to seal it.
• Lin Xuan used the Sea-Overturning Halberd to unleash Space Laws against the passage.
• Lin Xuan’s attack caused the passage’s Space Laws to clash until the passage vanished.

Lin Xuan destroyed the Outer-Domain Heavenly Demons’ remaining devilish will after narrowly escaping possession. In a distant chaotic realm, the Void Devil Lord argued with Bailing and another being about the loss and whether their passage to the Spirit World had been discovered.

• Lin Xuan sensed hidden demonic will after sealing the interface passage and confronted five strands that formed a Ghost Face.
• Lin Xuan struck the Ghost Face with Illusionary Yin Divine Thunder and destroyed it, but a sixth hidden strand lunged at him.
• The remaining demonic will entered Lin Xuan’s palm, but he forced it out and burned it away with thunder.
• Lin Xuan examined his body and the surrounding woods, found no trace of the demonic will, and left.
• In a distant unknown interface, the Void Devil Lord reported that several wisps of his devilish will had been destroyed, and Bailing dismissed the loss as insignificant.
• An ancient voice warned that the destruction of the entire scouting force might mean their passage to the Spirit World had been discovered.

Void Devil Master told the other Outer-Domain Heavenly Demons that the Blue Star Sea had appeared and was now held by the Tribulation Transcendence cultivator who destroyed his devilish will. After returning to the Cloud Hidden Sect, Lin Xuan saw a vast storm gathering over its headquarters and told Ye Ying and Zheng Xuan that it signaled great fortune, not danger.

• Void Devil Master argued with the other Devil Lords over the destroyed interfacial passage and revealed that his remnant will had learned of the Blue Star Sea.
• Void Devil Master said the Blue Star Sea had been subdued by the cultivator who destroyed his devilish will, and the Devil Lords resolved to repair the passage and pursue the treasure.
• Lin Xuan left the Ye Family headquarters with Ye Ying and Zheng Xuan, traveling by Painted Boat toward the Cloud Hidden Sect.
• Three months later, Lin Xuan neared the Cloud Hidden Sect and looked forward to handling a few matters before searching the Underworld Realm for Yue'er.
• A sudden storm darkened the sky and sent chaotic spiritual energy surging around the Cloud Hidden Sect headquarters.
• Ye Ying and Zheng Xuan wondered whether the Cloud Hidden Sect was under attack, but Lin Xuan told them the phenomenon was an enormous stroke of fortune.

Lin Xuan recognized a terrifying heavenly phenomenon over Cloud Hidden Sect as the tribulation of a fellow cultivator advancing to the Minor Tribulation Transcendence Stage. He suspected his Senior Sister had succeeded, and felt relieved as he prepared to leave the sect to search for Yue'er.

• Ye Ying and Zheng Xuan asked Lin Xuan whether the heavenly phenomenon signaled a rare treasure.
• Lin Xuan explained that a Cloud Hidden Sect cultivator was likely advancing and facing Heavenly Tribulation.
• Lin Xuan judged that the tribulation was too powerful for late-stage Spirit Division but weaker than true Tribulation Transcendence.
• Lin Xuan recalled giving his senior brother and Senior Sister the method to reach the Minor Tribulation Transcendence Stage, a powerful but cultivation-ending side path.
• Lin Xuan suspected Senior Sister had advanced after gaining opportunities and felt relieved before leaving Cloud Hidden Sect to seek Yue'er.

Lin Xuan hurried back to Cloud Hidden Sect after deciding that his senior sister’s advancement would let him leave the sect in safer hands. The Silver-Eyed Maiden began her Tribulation Transcendence Heavenly Tribulation, and the chapter ended as its attacks grew increasingly strenuous.

• Lin Xuan concluded that Cloud Hidden Sect could not quickly raise another Tribulation Transcendence cultivator and that his senior sister’s advancement was the best safeguard while he was away.
• Lin Xuan sped his Painted Boat toward Cloud Hidden Sect, while dense Tribulation Clouds gathered above the sect headquarters.
• The Youth surnamed Long ordered the Sect Protection Array activated and patrols sent out to protect the person undergoing tribulation.
• The Heavenly Tribulation descended on the Silver-Eyed Maiden, who calmly deployed Formation Flags and treasures to face it.
• As thunder, flames, and other attacks intensified, the Silver-Eyed Maiden began to struggle against the Heavenly Tribulation.

The Silver-Eyed Maiden endured a powerful wave of azure Heavenly Tribulation with a jade Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure, but a final, unexpectedly fearsome wave formed into Flood Dragon-shaped lightning. The chapter ended as the lightning shattered her defenses and she faced the attack with no clear path to survive.

• The Youth surnamed Long worried as the Silver-Eyed Maiden faced successive bolts of azure Tribulation Lightning.
• The Silver-Eyed Maiden summoned a jade plate Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure and used its light waves to withstand the lightning.
• The azure Tribulation Lightning faded, and the Silver-Eyed Maiden thought she was close to passing her Heavenly Tribulation.
• A dense pale-green Tribulation Cloud formed, and the Silver-Eyed Maiden prepared for another, stronger wave.
• The Tribulation Cloud released gray-green lightning shaped like enormous Flood Dragons, alarming the Youth surnamed Long and the Silver-Eyed Maiden.
• The Flood Dragon-shaped lightning split through the Silver-Eyed Maiden’s defenses, leaving her in mortal danger.

The Silver-Eyed Maiden used the Jade Disk imitation’s full power to defend herself against the final wave of heavenly tribulation. After nine flood-dragon-shaped bolts appeared, she sacrificed and detonated her other treasures to stop them.

• The Silver-Eyed Maiden destroyed the Jade Disk imitation, unleashing a powerful Five-Colored Glaze barrier.
• The first flood-dragon-shaped bolt struck the barrier, and the Silver-Eyed Maiden attacked it with needles formed from her silver hair.
• The Silver-Eyed Maiden saw several more bolts emerge and realized the final wave contained nine bolts in total.
• The Silver-Eyed Maiden sacrificed defensive treasures and detonated offensive ones, swallowing all nine bolts in the blast.

The Silver-Eyed Maiden exhausted her defenses and life-saving secret art against the Heavenly Tribulation, leaving her near death as two lightning bolts remained. Lin Xuan arrived just as the Youth surnamed Long prepared to help, and he began considering how to save her without drawing the tribulation onto himself.

• The Silver-Eyed Maiden used her essence blood to summon the Underworld Butterflies, which held back the remaining lightning before vanishing.
• The four flood-dragon-shaped bolts dwindled to two, but the Silver-Eyed Maiden had no defenses left and was badly injured by the Heavenly Tribulation.
• The Youth surnamed Long decided to risk being caught in the tribulation and rushed to help his senior sister.
• Lin Xuan arrived before the Youth surnamed Long could act, and he considered a way to save the Silver-Eyed Maiden without triggering a more dangerous tribulation.

Lin Xuan returned during the Silver-Eyed Maiden’s final tribulation and used the Laws to hold back her lightning long enough to save her. After restoring her wounds and magic power, he lent her the Spirit Formula Cauldron, a Xuantian Spirit Treasure, so she could face the final wave.

• Lin Xuan temporarily confined the two Flood Dragon-shaped Heavenly Tribulations, giving the Silver-Eyed Maiden time to escape without triggering a stronger tribulation.
• Lin Xuan gave the Silver-Eyed Maiden a Piaomiao Nine Immortal Pill and Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk, healing her wounds and restoring her magic power to about seventy percent.
• The Silver-Eyed Maiden worried that she had no remaining treasures or usable secret techniques to withstand the final tribulation.
• Lin Xuan lent the Silver-Eyed Maiden the Spirit Formula Cauldron and erased his divine-sense imprint so she could use its ancient spells against the Heavenly Tribulation.

Lin Xuan’s attempt to delay the Silver-Eyed Maiden’s Heavenly Tribulation altered the final two bolts into a Dragon-Shaped Heavenly Tribulation. The Silver-Eyed Maiden survived by using the Spirit Formula Cauldron to unleash Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix, leaving the Cloud Hidden Sect cultivators astonished by Lin Xuan’s treasure.

• Lin Xuan briefly imprisoned the Heavenly Tribulation, then warned the Silver-Eyed Maiden and retreated as the azure lightning broke free.
• The final two bolts merged into a Dragon-Shaped Heavenly Tribulation, which the Silver-Eyed Maiden recognized as a dangerous consequence of Lin Xuan’s interference.
• The Silver-Eyed Maiden used the Spirit Formula Cauldron to build layers of defense, but the dragon-shaped lightning broke through several barriers.
• The Silver-Eyed Maiden summoned Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix, astonishing the Cloud Hidden Sect cultivators with the spell’s instant casting.
• The Phoenix clashed with the Dragon-Shaped Heavenly Tribulation, weakening it until it could no longer pierce the remaining barriers and dissipated.