Chapter Summaries

Fairy Miaoyin recruited Lin Xuan to help explore the True Immortal Ruins, and he agreed while hiding his real intentions. Lin Xuan planned to use the expedition as an opportunity to rescue Qin Xin and deal with Miaoyin, then left the Cloud Hidden Sect headquarters.

• Fairy Miaoyin told Lin Xuan about the True Immortal Ruins and explained she wanted a small group of capable cultivators to explore them without alerting Heavenly Sound Palace’s elders.
• Lin Xuan agreed to cooperate with Fairy Miaoyin, concealing his suspicion and his plan to rescue Qin Xin.
• After Fairy Miaoyin left, Lin Xuan decided to postpone acting against her and first follow her to the ruins, where he hoped to gain treasures and save Qin Xin.
• At daybreak, Lin Xuan told Zhou Ling he had matters to attend to, left the Cloud Hidden Sect headquarters, and bade her farewell.

Lin Xuan crossed the Azure Cloud Desert on his way to meet Fairy Miaoyin and explore the True Immortal Ruins, rescuing cultivators from a swarm of Demon Insects along the way. After looting an ancient cultivator’s cave, he reached the rendezvous point deep in the desert.

• Lin Xuan entered the Azure Cloud Desert and considered its abundant resources and deadly dangers as he traveled toward Fairy Miaoyin’s meeting place.
• Lin Xuan saw cultivators fleeing a black-red insect cloud and destroyed the Demon Insects with his Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire.
• Lin Xuan continued through the desert, easily defeating strange beasts that attacked him.
• Lin Xuan discovered an ancient cultivator’s cave, forced open its Restriction, and took its Ancient Treasures, cultivation methods, and secret arts.
• Lin Xuan arrived at the rendezvous point in a small valley deep within the Azure Cloud Desert.

Lin Xuan waited at the meeting place for Fairy Miaoyin’s search for the True Immortal Ruins and unexpectedly encountered Fairy Xiao, an old acquaintance from Black Phoenix Mountain. Suspecting Miaoyin might betray the group to claim the ruins’ treasures, Lin Xuan began probing Fairy Xiao about cooperating with him.

• Lin Xuan arrived early at the meeting place, searched the gorge, and meditated while waiting for Fairy Miaoyin and the other cultivators.
• Fairy Xiao appeared on a concealed Fire Sun Bird, and Lin Xuan recognized her as one of the Tribulation Transcendence cultivators who had visited Cloud Hidden Sect.
• Lin Xuan learned that Fairy Xiao had also come in response to Fairy Miaoyin’s invitation to search for the True Immortal Ruins.
• Lin Xuan considered the danger of facing Miaoyin and the other invited cultivators together, and saw Fairy Xiao as a possible ally.
• Lin Xuan suggested that Miaoyin might intend to keep the ruins’ treasures for herself and asked Fairy Xiao what they should do.

Lin Xuan persuaded the Black Phoenix Demoness to form an alliance with him and sign a Primordial Spirit Contract, secretly using his Second Nascent Soul to bear any backlash. Several days later, a powerful turtle-riding cultivator arrived, and the chapter left Lin Xuan and Fairy Xiao watching him settle in.

• Lin Xuan proposed that he and the Black Phoenix Demoness join forces to guard against Miaoyin, and she voiced her doubts about trusting him.
• Lin Xuan suggested a Primordial Spirit Contract, and he and the Black Phoenix Demoness agreed on its terms and signed it.
• Lin Xuan secretly used his Second Nascent Soul for the contract, leaving his Main Nascent Soul protected from any backlash.
• After several days of meditation, Lin Xuan noticed the sky darken and spotted a gigantic turtle-type Demonic Beast approaching across the desert.
• A bald, barefoot big man arrived atop the beast, stored it in his Spirit Beast Bag, greeted Lin Xuan and Fairy Xiao, and sat down without introducing himself.

Lin Xuan and the others waited for Fairy Miaoyin, who arrived with the unexpected Withered Stone Elder and explained that five cultivators were needed to open the True Immortal Ruins. The group set out across the Azure Cloud Desert, where a vast swarm of Demon Lizards forced them to prepare for a fight.

• Lin Xuan, the Black Phoenix Demoness, and Brother Feng waited more than a month for Fairy Miaoyin to arrive.
• Fairy Miaoyin arrived with Withered Stone Elder and said the True Immortal Ruins' Restrictions required at least five cultivators to open.
• Fairy Miaoyin introduced the group, and Withered Stone Elder recognized Lin Xuan's reputation and recalled refusing Baoshe Saint Ancestor's request to kill him.
• Fairy Miaoyin took the group aboard her Painted Boat and headed toward the True Immortal Ruins.
• After several days of travel, the group encountered a huge swarm of Demon Lizards, and Fairy Miaoyin proposed that they fight together.

Lin Xuan and the four other Tribulation Transcendence cultivators encountered a Blood Moon Demon Toad after it destroyed their Painted Boat over a swamp in the Azure Cloud Desert. The group dodged its first attack and prepared to fight the True Spirit for its treasures.

• Fairy Miaoyin, Lin Xuan, and the other three old monsters cut through the Demon Lizards blocking their path.
• After half a month of travel, the five crossed a swamp, where a Toad's tongue pierced and destroyed the Painted Boat.
• Lin Xuan sensed Primordial Demon Qi rising from the swamp and realized a True Spirit was nearby.
• The bald big man identified the emerging monster as a Blood Moon Demon Toad and revealed that it had killed his junior sister.
• The bald big man offered the others all the treasures if they helped slay the toad, and the group grew tempted by the reward.
• The Blood Moon Demon Toad attacked with its tongue, and the five Tribulation Transcendence cultivators dodged its strike.

Lin Xuan and the other Tribulation Transcendence Stage cultivators were drawn into the Blood Moon Demon Toad’s True Spirit Space, where the lack of Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi weakened them. The Blood Moon Demon Toad attacked, and Fairy Miaoyin’s first counterstrike left her at a disadvantage.

• A black vortex appeared and pulled Lin Xuan into an unfamiliar realm, where he found that the other cultivators had also been drawn in.
• Lin Xuan reunited with the Black Phoenix Demoness, Fairy Miaoyin, the bald big man, and Withered Stone Elder, who suspected they were inside the Blood Moon Demon Toad’s True Spirit Space.
• Lin Xuan warned that the lack of Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi might not weaken the Blood Moon Demon Toad as it weakened them, and resolved to remain cautious.
• The Blood Moon Demon Toad attacked with its tongue, and Fairy Miaoyin countered with a Jade Ruyi transformed into a fierce tiger.
• Fairy Miaoyin’s attack ended in a clash that damaged her Jade Ruyi and left her pale, showing that the depleted Yuan Qi had put her at a disadvantage.

Lin Xuan and the other cultivators joined the battle against the Blood Moon Demon Toad after Fairy Miaoyin was put at a disadvantage. Withered Stone Elder revealed his alliance with the toad and ambushed Lin Xuan, the Black Phoenix Demoness, and the bald big man, leaving Lin Xuan to meet the falling stone head-on.

• The bald big man attacked the Blood Moon Demon Toad with yellow streaks and a giant axe, drawing its attention away from Fairy Miaoyin.
• Fairy Miaoyin called on the group to attack, and Lin Xuan, the Black Phoenix Demoness, and Withered Stone Elder deployed their techniques while holding back some of their strength.
• Withered Stone Elder used a dark rock that vanished through lightning escape and appeared above Lin Xuan instead of striking the Blood Moon Demon Toad.
• Lin Xuan realized Withered Stone Elder and the Blood Moon Demon Toad had conspired against him, the Black Phoenix Demoness, and the bald big man.
• With no time to dodge, Lin Xuan roared and swung both fists at the rock to withstand its blow.

Lin Xuan survived the Withered Stone Elder’s attack and returned to the battle, where he began rescuing his allies from Fairy Miaoyin and the Blood Moon Demon Toad. He relieved the Black Phoenix Demoness and then flew to aid the bald big man.

• The Withered Stone Elder struck Lin Xuan with his Life-Bound Spirit Stone, blasting him into the earth, while Fairy Miaoyin ambushed the Black Phoenix Demoness and the Blood Moon Demon Toad overwhelmed the bald big man.
• Lin Xuan erupted from a pit atop a pillar of magma, unharmed, and startled the Withered Stone Elder.
• The Withered Stone Elder fired spatially charged stone arrows at Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan blocked them with Sword Qi.
• Lin Xuan flashed to the Black Phoenix Demoness and used Sword Qi to shield her from Fairy Miaoyin’s attack.
• The Black Phoenix Demoness recovered enough to keep fighting, and Lin Xuan flew toward the bald big man to help him.

Lin Xuan rescued the bald big man from the Blood Moon Demon Toad’s attack, then took charge of his group and proposed splitting up to stall their opponents while he fought Withered Stone Elder. Lin Xuan’s sword attack broke through Withered Stone Elder’s signature sand technique, and their battle continued.

• Lin Xuan arrived in time to save the bald big man, using several Supernatural Powers to end his crisis.
• Miaoyin and the others stopped their failed sneak attack, and Lin Xuan’s group gathered to plan their next move.
• Lin Xuan told the bald big man and the Black Phoenix Demoness to delay their opponents while he tried to defeat Withered Stone Elder.
• Both sides paired off again, with the bald big man and the Black Phoenix Demoness stalling Miaoyin and the Blood Moon Demon Toad.
• Lin Xuan’s Nine Palaces Instantaneous Swords pierced Withered Stone Elder’s gourd’s storm of giant sand grains and rushed toward him.

Lin Xuan saw through Withered Stone Elder’s unusual Earth Escape Technique and let him believe he had gone undetected. When Withered Stone Elder launched a surprise attack, Lin Xuan sprung his trap and struck with his Sword into Silk Technique, leaving his opponent facing a deadly blow.

• Withered Stone Elder sank into the rocks with his Earth Escape Technique, but Lin Xuan found his faint shadow with the Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye.
• Withered Stone Elder hid beneath Lin Xuan and waited for an opening to kill him, while Lin Xuan pretended not to notice and prepared a countertrap.
• Withered Stone Elder burst from the ground and charged at Lin Xuan, believing he had caught him off guard.
• Lin Xuan dropped his feigned panic and unleashed his Immortal Sword’s Sword into Silk Technique, surrounding Withered Stone Elder with the power of laws.
• Withered Stone Elder resolved to meet Lin Xuan’s lifebound treasure with his bare body.

Lin Xuan battled Withered Stone Elder, breaking the elder’s body with the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword before countering his earth-based attacks. With the fight still unresolved and the wider battle in danger, Lin Xuan revealed the Ten Thousand Sword Map, an Innate Object that alarmed Withered Stone Elder.

• Lin Xuan and Withered Stone Elder collided head-on, and the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword split the elder’s body in two.
• Lin Xuan sent more sword silk after Withered Stone Elder, who summoned stone spears from the ground to hold it back.
• Withered Stone Elder formed a massive stone hand to attack Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan destroyed it with a punch infused with the Law of Power.
• Several Stone Giants emerged from the ground as Lin Xuan decided he had to end the fight quickly.
• Lin Xuan summoned the Ten Thousand Sword Map, and Withered Stone Elder recognized it as a possible Xiantian Spirit Treasure.

Lin Xuan unleashed the Immortal Sword Map against the wounded Withered Stone Elder, whose attempt to withstand its assault failed. Withered Stone Elder faced defeat and began begging Lin Xuan to spare him.

• Withered Stone Elder recognized the Immortal Sword Map’s aura as that of a Xiantian Spirit Treasure but hesitated to flee.
• Lin Xuan unfurled the Immortal Sword Map and summoned nine divine mountains that released tens of thousands of sword rays at Withered Stone Elder.
• Withered Stone Elder wrapped himself in a gigantic boulder to defend against Lin Xuan’s attack.
• Lin Xuan poured more magic power into the Immortal Sword Map, and its sword light shattered the boulder defense.
• Withered Stone Elder realized he could not turn the fight around and begged Lin Xuan to stay his hand.

Lin Xuan defeated Withered Stone Elder and discovered that his remains were a Life-Bound Crystal Core, while a mysterious formation seized the bald big man's Nascent Soul. He turned his attention to the Black Phoenix Demoness, whose fight against Miao Yin was nearing its end.

• Lin Xuan rejected Withered Stone Elder's plea and continued attacking despite the earth-yellow armor that blocked his Sword Qi.
• Withered Stone Elder tried to seize Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan escaped with Space Laws and destroyed him with the Ten Thousand Sword Map and Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword.
• Lin Xuan found Withered Stone Elder's Life-Bound Crystal Core and stored it away.
• The Blood Moon Demon Toad killed the bald big man's body, but a strange formation appeared and pulled his Nascent Soul away.
• Lin Xuan realized the Black Phoenix Demoness was in grave danger as she struggled to hold off Miao Yin.

The Black Phoenix Demoness escaped the Blood Moon Demon Toad’s killing strike with a spatial art, but Fairy Miaoyin nearly struck her as she reappeared until Lin Xuan’s sword-light intervened. Lin Xuan arranged for his incarnation to help the demoness hold off the toad while he confronted Miaoyin.

• The Blood Moon Demon Toad attacked the Black Phoenix Demoness with its law-powered tongue as Fairy Miaoyin pressed her.
• The Black Phoenix Demoness transformed into a black phoenix and used a secret spatial art to escape the toad’s strike.
• Fairy Miaoyin predicted where the demoness would reappear and attacked, but Lin Xuan’s sword-light intercepted her blow.
• The Black Phoenix Demoness asked Lin Xuan what to do, and he told her to hold the line while promising to help.
• Lin Xuan summoned his External Incarnation and assigned it to assist the demoness against the Blood Moon Demon Toad as he charged at Fairy Miaoyin.

Lin Xuan launched a fierce attack on Fairy Miaoyin, but she reflected his sword techniques and countered with powerful sound-based abilities. Lin Xuan destroyed her Golden Armored Warriors with the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire, leaving Fairy Miaoyin injured as their fight continued.

• Lin Xuan attacked Fairy Miaoyin with the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword and Immortal Sword Map, hoping to injure her quickly.
• Fairy Miaoyin summoned an ancient guzheng and used sound waves to reflect Lin Xuan’s sword attacks back at him.
• Fairy Miaoyin struck at Lin Xuan’s Consciousness Sea with music, but he resisted by circulating the Ink Moon Heaven Witch Art.
• Fairy Miaoyin transformed golden musical notes into Golden Armored Warriors and sent them charging at Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan summoned the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire, which froze and shattered the Golden Armored Warriors, causing Fairy Miaoyin to spit blood.

Lin Xuan saw through Fairy Miaoyin’s plan to sneak away and attack the Black Phoenix Demoness, then used an illusion to secretly pursue her. As Miaoyin moved to strike the Demoness, the Blood Moon Demon Toad pinned her in place, leaving her exposed to a sword attack.

• Lin Xuan shattered Miaoyin’s mirror treasure, but her pierced body faded away as she used a decoy to escape.
• Miaoyin decided to eliminate the Black Phoenix Demoness so Lin Xuan would lose his ally and the True Immortal Restriction could be opened.
• Lin Xuan detected Miaoyin with the Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye and sent his concealed true body after her, leaving an Illusion Sword phantom behind.
• Miaoyin approached the Black Phoenix Demoness while she fought the Blood Moon Demon Toad alongside Lin Xuan’s External Incarnation.
• The Demon Toad’s tongue attack overwhelmed the Black Phoenix Demoness, and Miaoyin raised a treasured sword to strike her.
• The Blood Moon Demon Toad sealed Miaoyin’s escape, and the Black Phoenix Demoness’s sword stabbed toward her back.

Lin Xuan ambushed Fairy Miaoyin after she captured the Black Phoenix Demoness, then struck her with the Law of Power and followed up with the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword. The Blood Moon Demon Toad attacked to save Miaoyin, while Lin Xuan's Avatar summoned the Ten Thousand Soul Banner to confront it.

• The Black Phoenix Demoness tried to escape in her Phoenix form, but the mysterious light formation trapped her and carried her away.
• Fairy Miaoyin celebrated the Black Phoenix Demoness's capture, but Lin Xuan ambushed her with a concealed punch.
• Fairy Miaoyin blocked Lin Xuan's punch with Body Refining Technique, but the Law of Power injured her and left her unable to gather her magic power.
• Lin Xuan attacked the injured Fairy Miaoyin with the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword as she tried to flee.
• The Blood Moon Demon Toad attacked Lin Xuan to rescue Fairy Miaoyin, and Lin Xuan's Avatar used the Ten Thousand Soul Banner to send skulls toward it.

Lin Xuan overcame the Blood Moon Demon Toad’s attempt to intervene, killed Fairy Miaoyin, and searched her Nascent Soul for information about Qin Xin. After the Blood Moon Demon Toad fled, Lin Xuan let it go, knowing the True Immortal Ruins were about to open.

• Lin Xuan used the Nine Heavens God Luo Image and other powers to force the Blood Moon Demon Toad to defend itself instead of rescuing Fairy Miaoyin.
• Lin Xuan unleashed the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword and destroyed Fairy Miaoyin’s physical body.
• Lin Xuan blocked the light formation and seized Fairy Miaoyin’s Nascent Soul before it could escape.
• Lin Xuan used the Soul Searching Technique on Fairy Miaoyin and learned a clue about Qin Xin.
• Lin Xuan let the Blood Moon Demon Toad flee through the void because fighting it risked injury and the True Immortal Ruins were about to open.

Lin Xuan waited for the True Immortal Ruins to open, eager to uncover their treasures and the secret of ascending to the Immortal World. When the passage appeared, the Blood Moon Demon Toad ambushed him and slipped inside first, so Lin Xuan pursued it.

• Lin Xuan collected three Storage Bags and waited as the silver formation gathered power.
• The formation opened a passage to the True Immortal Ruins, and Lin Xuan started toward it.
• The Blood Moon Demon Toad struck Lin Xuan with Sword Qi, but he dodged the attack.
• Lin Xuan realized the Blood Moon Demon Toad had faked its retreat and used the ambush to enter the passage first.
• Lin Xuan vowed not to be fooled again and flew into the passage after the Blood Moon Demon Toad.