Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan defeated Golden Crow Ancestor and demanded Golden Crow Spirit Blood as compensation for his offense against the Cloud Hidden Sect. Golden Crow Ancestor submitted, handed it over, and left.

• Golden Crow Ancestor's Golden Crow True Fire was devoured by Lin Xuan's Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire, leaving Golden Crow Ancestor badly weakened.
• Golden Crow Ancestor admitted defeat and tried to leave, but Lin Xuan stopped him and demanded compensation for insulting the Cloud Hidden Sect.
• Golden Crow Ancestor offered a Jade Box, but Lin Xuan refused it and demanded a small bottle of Golden Crow Spirit Blood instead.
• After hesitating, Golden Crow Ancestor gave Lin Xuan the Golden Crow Spirit Blood and departed.

Lin Xuan spared the Fat and Thin Venerables in exchange for their vow to protect Cloud Hidden Sect in future crises, then ended the threat against the sect. As the crowd began to disperse, Nailong True Person's magnificent Painted Boat arrived, carrying the scent of Spirit-Nurturing Wood.

• The Fat and Thin Venerables admitted fault, and Lin Xuan asked them to swear to aid Cloud Hidden Sect with their full strength three times when it faced danger.
• Lin Xuan explained that he needed their promise because he would soon leave to search for clues about Yue'er and could not always guard the sect.
• The Fat and Thin Venerables agreed, gave Lin Xuan a Jade Talisman for contacting them, and made peace with him.
• The onlookers abandoned their plans to threaten Cloud Hidden Sect after witnessing Lin Xuan's power, and some low-level Cultivators considered joining the sect.
• Nailong True Person's seven-level Painted Boat arrived, and experienced Cultivators recognized its fragrance as coming from Spirit-Nurturing Wood.

Lin Xuan arrived with Nailong True Person and Hundred Flowers Fairy, drawing the attention of countless cultivators and the reverence of more than twenty Tribulation Transcendence Stage experts. The chapter ended with Lin Xuan revealing that he and the two famous figures were sworn siblings, shocking the Silver-Eyed Maiden and the gathered crowd.

• Cultivators recognized the Painted Boat as being made from Spirit-Nurturing Wood and were astonished by the lavish use of the rare treasure.
• More than twenty Tribulation Transcendence Stage cultivators emerged from hiding to pay their respects to Nailong True Person.
• Nailong came out with Qianqian Fairy, and the crowd confirmed his identity and cheered for him.
• Hundred Flowers Fairy appeared, and cultivators recognized and respectfully welcomed her.
• The Silver-Eyed Maiden invited Nailong and Hundred Flowers to Cloud Hidden Sect, and Nailong said they had come as guests with Third Brother.
• Lin Xuan told the Silver-Eyed Maiden that he, Nailong, and Hundred Flowers were sworn siblings, leaving her and the crowd stunned.

Lin Xuan’s sworn brotherhood with Nailong True Person and Hundred Flowers Fairy brought Cloud Hidden Sect renewed protection, and he soon left to search for Yue'er. Using the Underworld Disk, he reached the Underworld Realm and discovered a one-sided battle, where a single cultivator was overwhelming five Spirit Division cultivators.

• Lin Xuan announced that he, Nailong True Person, and Hundred Flowers Fairy had sworn brotherhood, and the gathered cultivators accepted the claim when the two confirmed it.
• Nailong True Person and Hundred Flowers Fairy departed after visiting Cloud Hidden Sect, while Lin Xuan stayed for over a month with Qin Xin and refined Golden Crow true blood for three days.
• Lin Xuan left Cloud Hidden Sect to search for Yue'er and used the Underworld Disk with Shattering the Void to reach the Underworld Realm.
• Lin Xuan sensed a powerful fluctuation of Yin Power ten thousand miles away and flew toward it while concealing himself.
• Lin Xuan saw five peak Spirit Division cultivators fighting one opponent, who was clearly overpowering them.

Lin Xuan overheard a fight over the Asura King’s return and learned that a necklace among the Asura Seven Treasures might lead him to Yue'er. After the Ghost Saint Tianyou killed four defenders and pursued the woman carrying the necklace, Lin Xuan followed him.

• Lin Xuan hid his presence and listened as a young woman confronted Ghost Saint Tianyou over betraying the Asura King.
• The young woman and her four companions argued that the Asura King had reincarnated and needed the Asura Seven Treasures to regain her power.
• When Ghost Saint Tianyou attacked, the four companions held him back so the young woman could escape with the necklace.
• Ghost Saint Tianyou killed the four companions, found no necklace among their Storage Bags, and realized the young woman had it.
• Lin Xuan emerged from hiding and followed Ghost Saint Tianyou, hoping to learn about Yue'er through the necklace and its bearer.

Lin Xuan rescued the Mysterious Woman from Ghost Saint Tianyou, who was pursuing her to seize the Asura Seven Treasures necklace. After the Thunder Fire Awl was destroyed, Lin Xuan counterattacked with his Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword, leaving Tianyou in danger.

• The Mysterious Woman raced toward the King with the necklace, but Ghost Saint Tianyou caught up and attacked her with a huge black hand.
• Lin Xuan intervened, cut down the black hand, and confronted Tianyou while the Mysterious Woman recognized him.
• Lin Xuan used the Thunder Fire Awl to test Tianyou, but Tianyou cleaved the treasure in two with his blood-red saber.
• Tianyou attacked Lin Xuan with the saber, but Lin Xuan's Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword split it and swept toward him.

Lin Xuan fought Ghost Saint Tianyou, who used the Yinyun Bead to swallow Lin Xuan’s Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword. Lin Xuan froze two of Ghost Saint Tianyou’s Ink Flood Dragon treasures and brought out the Immortal Sword Map, while Ghost Saint Tianyou continued trying to refine Lin Xuan’s sword.

• Ghost Saint Tianyou released a black bead that transformed into a strange beast and swallowed Lin Xuan’s Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword, severing their mental connection.
• Ghost Saint Tianyou sent two black Short Halberds at Lin Xuan, and they transformed into Ink Flood Dragons.
• Lin Xuan used Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire to freeze the Ink Flood Dragons and damage their spirituality.
• The strange beast vanished and reformed as the Yinyun Bead, which Ghost Saint Tianyou recalled and used to refine Lin Xuan’s sword.
• Lin Xuan summoned the Immortal Sword Map, revealing it as a Xiantian Spirit Treasure, and urged Ghost Saint Tianyou to surrender.
• Ghost Saint Tianyou refused and continued refining Lin Xuan’s lifebound treasure.

Lin Xuan pressed Ghost Saint Tianyou with the Immortal Sword Map while Tianyou tried to buy time to refine Lin Xuan’s lifebound treasure. Tianyou unleashed a Tribulation Transcendence-level fierce ghost to distract Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan kept attacking both the ghost and Tianyou’s defenses.

• Ghost Saint Tianyou tried to destroy Lin Xuan’s lifebound treasure with the Yinyun Bead, while Lin Xuan anticipated his plan and sent thousands of strands of Sword Qi at him.
• Ghost Saint Tianyou released more than ten defensive treasures, including a Xuan Tian object, and layered their light screens around himself to buy time.
• Lin Xuan’s Sword Law shattered the first layer of Tianyou’s defenses, forcing Tianyou to open a sealed wooden box.
• A Tribulation Transcendence-level ghost emerged from the box and attacked Tianyou, but Tianyou subdued it with a bronze bell and a spirit fruit, then ordered it to kill Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan sent some Sword Qi against the fierce ghost while the rest continued striking Tianyou’s defenses, breaking another light screen.

Lin Xuan countered Ghost Saint Tianyou’s ambush with the Nine Heavens God Luo Image and pursued the Fierce Ghost through its spatial hiding arts. He continued battering Tianyou’s defenses, leaving only the Turtle Shell intact, and prepared to strike again.

• Ghost Saint Tianyou sent a hidden Ghost Claw at Lin Xuan while the Fierce Ghost vanished, but Lin Xuan’s Nine Heavens God Luo Image crushed the claw with a punch.
• Lin Xuan used the Heaven Wind Divine Eyes to locate the Fierce Ghost inside a Spatial Rift and left the Nine Heavens God Luo Image to attack it.
• The Nine Heavens God Luo Image overwhelmed the Fierce Ghost with weapons, beams, thunder, and fire.
• Lin Xuan’s Immortal Sword Map wore down Ghost Saint Tianyou’s protective treasures until only his Xuan Tian Treasure Turtle Shell remained.
• Ghost Saint Tianyou grew anxious as the Yinyun Bead still failed to break the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword, and Lin Xuan began forming another attack.

Lin Xuan and Ghost Saint Tianyou fought a stalemate as their treasures consumed their magic power. Ghost Saint Tianyou believed Lin Xuan was nearing exhaustion, unaware that Lin Xuan was still misleading him.

• Lin Xuan summoned the Immortal Sword Map and sent a massive sword of Sword Qi crashing down on Ghost Saint Tianyou.
• Ghost Saint Tianyou sacrificed Life Origin Yin Energy to strengthen his shield, then ignited his Source Fire when the shield began to fail.
• Ghost Saint Tianyou forced the fight into a contest of magic power, while Lin Xuan feigned panic to keep him committed.
• After half a day of stalemate, Ghost Saint Tianyou noticed Lin Xuan had not ignited his Source Fire but dismissed his doubts after seeing Lin Xuan appear worried and exhausted.

Lin Xuan used purified Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk to outlast Ghost Saint Tianyou in their contest of magical power, then attacked as Tianyou’s defenses weakened. After Tianyou sacrificed his body and fled as a Nascent Soul, Lin Xuan used the Sea-Overturning Halberd to intercept and capture him.

• Lin Xuan drank purified Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk, strengthening his magical power and leaving Ghost Saint Tianyou desperate as his shield began to fail.
• Lin Xuan attacked with the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword while Ghost Saint Tianyou struggled to defend himself.
• Ghost Saint Tianyou self-detonated his fleshly body and fled as a Nascent Soul, but a Talisman blocked Lin Xuan’s attempt to stop his escape with spatial power.
• Lin Xuan summoned the Sea-Overturning Halberd and used its Space Laws to expose Ghost Saint Tianyou’s Nascent Soul.
• Lin Xuan seized Ghost Saint Tianyou’s Nascent Soul with a giant hand of Azure Glow.

Lin Xuan captured Ghost Saint Tianyou and met a loyal Ghost Race woman who knew of Yue'er but suspected he was an impostor. The woman refused to reveal Yue'er's hiding place until he proved his identity, leaving Lin Xuan at a loss.

• Lin Xuan sealed Ghost Saint Tianyou's magic power, confined his Nascent Soul in a Jade Box, and flew onward.
• Lin Xuan met the surviving Ghost Race woman and learned she had recognized his appearance from a portrait in the King's boudoir.
• The woman explained that enemies had impersonated Yue'er's beloved to discover her hiding place, so she would not trust Lin Xuan's claim or his Heart Demon Oath.
• Lin Xuan learned that Yue'er's followers privately called him Young Master, but he could not prove who he was without meeting Yue'er.
• Lin Xuan considered seeking witnesses in the Spirit World but realized returning there would take too long and would not solve his immediate predicament.

Lin Xuan traveled with Xing'er, a loyal servant of the Asura King, after she offered a way to prove his identity as the Young Master. She explained that a Heart Inquiry Fruit could test whether someone spoke the truth, giving Lin Xuan a possible path to earn her trust and learn more about Yue'er.

• Xing'er offered to show Lin Xuan a way to prove he was the Young Master, and he followed her through the Underworld Hell while concealing his human identity with Yin Energy.
• Lin Xuan tried to ask Xing'er about Yue'er, but she refused to reveal anything related to the Asura King.
• Xing'er shared general information about the Underworld Hell and explained that she belonged to the Asura King's servant race and had no name before being called Xing'er.
• Lin Xuan asked how he could prove his identity, and Xing'er told him about the Heart Inquiry Fruit, which could test whether a person's words were true.

Lin Xuan and Xing'er traveled through the desolate Underworld Realm toward Black Stone City so he could buy a Heart Inquiry Fruit. Near the city, Lin Xuan sensed a high-level cultivator and recognized Tian Xiaojian, leaving him shocked that his old acquaintance had also come to the Underworld Hell.

• Lin Xuan learned from Xing'er that a Heart Inquiry Fruit prevented its bearer from lying and could be bought in large marketplaces.
• After three days of travel, Lin Xuan and Xing'er reached a forest near Black Stone City, where Xing'er described the city and its Tribulation Transcendence Middle Stage lord, Black Stone Ancestor.
• Lin Xuan and Xing'er passed several clashes between low-level cultivators and Underworld creatures as they continued toward the city.
• Near Black Stone City, Lin Xuan concealed his cultivation by reducing his aura to the Spirit Division Stage.
• Lin Xuan sensed a powerful cultivator, withdrew his Divine Sense, and recognized Tian Xiaojian, wondering how he had reached the Underworld Hell.

Lin Xuan spotted Tian Xiaojian in the Underworld Realm but avoided contact so he could continue searching for Yue'er. After Lin Xuan left, Tian Xiaojian sensed someone watching him and questioned his foster father about the Styx River Divine Fruit, which they had come to find.

• Lin Xuan recognized Tian Xiaojian and reflected on their long history as wary rivals whose strength and cultivation speed were nearly matched.
• Lin Xuan told Xing'er he had encountered an old acquaintance, then flew with her toward Black Stone City to search for Yue'er.
• After Lin Xuan left, Tian Xiaojian released his divine sense but found no one and told his foster father he had sensed someone spying on him.
• Tian Xiaojian asked whether the Styx River Divine Fruit was truly in the Underworld Realm, and his foster father took offense at his doubts.

Tian Xiaojian asked the Lord of the Demon World about the Styx River Divine Fruit and learned that it belonged to a set of three great divine fruits tied to the mysteries of domains. The Lord of the Demon World began explaining why some Tribulation Transcendence Late Stage cultivators could comprehend domains while others could not, leaving Tian Xiaojian eager to learn more.

• Tian Xiaojian and the Lord of the Demon World set aside their earlier verbal clash and resumed speaking cordially.
• Tian Xiaojian asked whether the Styx River Divine Fruit grew in Underworld Hell, and the Lord of the Demon World confirmed it and named the other two great divine fruits.
• Tian Xiaojian wondered whether the Styx River Divine Fruit could help him reach the late stage of Tribulation Transcendence, but the Lord of the Demon World said its uses went beyond that breakthrough.
• The Lord of the Demon World explained that domain comprehension distinguished true peak experts from ordinary late-stage cultivators.
• Tian Xiaojian guessed that the three divine fruits were connected to domains, and the Lord of the Demon World confirmed it before asking why only some late-stage cultivators could comprehend one.
• Tian Xiaojian proposed that opportunity, cultivation methods, and personal strength affected a cultivator's chances of comprehending a domain.

Tian Xiaojian learned that comprehending a domain had no predictable connection to a cultivator’s strength, but that three divine fruits could greatly improve the chance. The Devil Race Grand Commander explained that he could not obtain the fruits because their growing places repelled domain experts.

• The Devil Race Grand Commander told Tian Xiaojian that even powerful late-stage cultivators could fail to comprehend a domain, while the unimpressive Saint Ancestor Duobao had succeeded and become one of the nine True Devil Progenitors.
• Tian Xiaojian realized his exceptional strength would not give him an advantage in comprehending a domain and briefly grew dejected.
• Tian Xiaojian pressed his foster father about why he had brought him to Underworld Hell, prompting the Grand Commander to reveal that three divine fruits could increase the chance of comprehending a domain.
• The Grand Commander explained that the Styx River Divine Fruit, Guanghan Dao Fruit, and Flat Peach Sacred Fruit could each be consumed once and together, but their growing places repelled domain experts, preventing him from obtaining them.

Tian Xiaojian learned how rare and fiercely contested the Styx River Divine Fruit was, and his Foster Father warned him not to underestimate weaker cultivators. Meanwhile, Lin Xuan and Xing'er arrived safely at Black Stone City.

• Tian Xiaojian asked his Foster Father about his chances of obtaining the Styx River Divine Fruit and learned that Tribulation Transcendence cultivators sought it for its rarity and trading value.
• Tian Xiaojian learned that even Spirit Division Stage cultivators would join the hunt, but initially dismissed them as no threat.
• The Devil Race Grand Commander warned Tian Xiaojian that weaker cultivators might possess powerful treasures or self-detonate their Nascent Souls, and Tian Xiaojian agreed to be careful.
• Lin Xuan and Xing'er reached Black Stone City and entered through one of its many gates without obstruction.

Lin Xuan and Xing'er reached Black Stone City's Marketplace in search of the Heart Inquiry Fruit, but Lin Xuan realized he had brought no Nether Stones. Xing'er helped him enter and led him to a Yulan Trade Alliance branch so he could exchange for some.

• Lin Xuan rode with Xing'er through Black Stone City and marveled at the many kinds of Ghost Race members he saw.
• Lin Xuan discovered that entering the Marketplace cost ten Nether Stones, which he had forgotten to bring.
• Xing'er paid the entrance fee and helped Lin Xuan enter the busy Marketplace.
• Lin Xuan decided to exchange for Nether Stones, and Xing'er led him to a stone hall belonging to the Yulan Trade Alliance.

Lin Xuan exchanged spirit stones for Nether Stones at the Yulan Trade Alliance and searched Black Stone City's Marketplace for a Heart Inquiry Fruit, which he needed to verify his identity to Xing'er. After Xing'er said the fruit might appear at an auction, they waited three days and hurried to attend it.

• Lin Xuan and Xing'er entered the Yulan Trade Alliance, where Lin Xuan exchanged three spirit stones for two Nether Stones of the same grade.
• Lin Xuan and Xing'er searched the Marketplace for a Heart Inquiry Fruit but found none.
• Xing'er told Lin Xuan that the Heart Inquiry Fruit might be available at an auction beginning in about three days.
• Lin Xuan and Xing'er left the Marketplace and waited at an inn for the auction.
• Xing'er woke Lin Xuan on the day of the auction and hurried with him toward the venue.