Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan broke the fire- and metal-attribute tribulations with his Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire and spatial rifts, then fought the water-attribute tribulation’s regenerating Water Qilins. As seawater closed in, he summoned an ancient Long Spear.

• Lin Xuan summoned a Phoenix from his Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire, which pierced, swallowed, and devoured the Fire Flood Dragons.
• Lin Xuan tore open moving Spatial Rifts that destroyed the incoming Dharma Treasures and broke the metal-attribute tribulation.
• Lin Xuan rushed through the Water Qilins’ water pillars and cut down several with sword-lights from his palm.
• The Water Qilins’ claws broke through Lin Xuan’s Body-Protecting Spirit Light but failed to damage his True Spirit Armor.
• More Water Qilins re-formed as corrosive seawater threatened to submerge Lin Xuan, so he summoned an ancient-looking Long Spear.

Lin Xuan broke the water-attribute Heavenly Tribulation with the Sea-Overturning Halberd and swallowed its lightning essence, but the earth-attribute tribulation threatened to crush him. He used the Immortal Sword Map to delay the mountain’s fall, though his attack barely damaged it and he still had no way to survive.

• Lin Xuan used the Sea-Overturning Halberd to split the surging ocean and locate the water-attribute Tribulation Lightning Pearl.
• Lin Xuan shattered the pearl, swallowed its lightning essence, and ended the water-attribute Heavenly Tribulation.
• Lin Xuan faced the enormous mountain formed by the earth-attribute Heavenly Tribulation, which left him with nowhere to dodge.
• Lin Xuan unfolded the Immortal Sword Map and sent tens of thousands of Sword Rays against the mountain.
• Lin Xuan’s Sword Rays damaged only a little of the mountain’s surface and bought him time, leaving him to search for a way to survive.

Lin Xuan used his second incarnation and the Ink Moon Witch Palace to create a vast Spatial Vortex beneath the descending earth-attribute Heavenly Tribulation. He shielded himself with the Mystic Turtle Dragon Shell Shield as he tried to avoid being pulled into the vortex.

• Lin Xuan sent out his second incarnation and had his Second Nascent Soul possess it, raising its strength to the early stage of Tribulation Transcendence.
• The incarnation took control of the Immortal Sword Map and ignited its Source Fire to slow the descending mountain.
• Lin Xuan swallowed Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk and spirit pills, then summoned the Ink Moon Witch Palace and fed it his blood essence.
• The palace turned the Laws of Heaven and Earth into arrows that tore open countless spatial rifts, which Lin Xuan joined into a massive Spatial Vortex.
• The incarnation retreated to Lin Xuan, who retrieved the two Innate Objects and raised the Mystic Turtle Dragon Shell Shield to keep from being sucked into the vortex.

Lin Xuan survived the dangerous Five Elements Heavenly Tribulation by using a Spatial Vortex to swallow the earth-attribute mountain. After the vortex vanished, he advanced to the Tribulation Transcendence Late Stage and began absorbing the remaining spirit clouds.

• Lin Xuan poured his magic power into a light screen and endured the Spatial Vortex’s suction as it pulled apart the earth-attribute mountain.
• The vortex swallowed the mountain, and Lin Xuan continued resisting its weakening suction without using more Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk.
• Lin Xuan wondered why no Inner Demon had appeared, then waited as the vortex gradually disappeared.
• The Heavenly Tribulation ended, and Lin Xuan advanced to the Tribulation Transcendence Late Stage.
• Lin Xuan grew into a giant and swallowed the five-colored spirit clouds to absorb their pure spiritual energy.

Lin Xuan advanced to the Tribulation Transcendence Late Stage but found Yue'er and the Flying Heavenly Demon Ancestor's Storage Bag missing. As he searched for clues, the Phantom Moon Moth appeared and claimed its destroyed form had only been an Avatar.

• Lin Xuan swallowed the spiritual cloud and successfully advanced to the Tribulation Transcendence Late Stage, though his Main Nascent Soul lagged behind his Demon Core.
• Lin Xuan put off stabilizing his realm and searched the lake for Yue'er, but found neither her nor the Flying Heavenly Demon Ancestor's Storage Bag.
• Lin Xuan sensed someone nearby and demanded that the hidden visitor reveal itself.
• The Phantom Moon Moth appeared and explained that the form Lin Xuan had exterminated was only its Avatar.
• Lin Xuan suspected the Phantom Moon Moth had used its illusion arts to capture Yue'er and resolved to conceal his worry while seeking a swift resolution.

Lin Xuan confronted the Phantom Moon Moth, who revealed that she had captured Yue'er and demanded his Jade Luo Bees in exchange for her safety. The chapter ended with Yue'er trapped in a cocoon and Lin Xuan warned that the moth could destroy her soul with a thought.

• Lin Xuan rejected the Phantom Moon Moth's flattery and demanded to know why she had come.
• The Phantom Moon Moth asked whether Lin Xuan had raised Jade Luo Bees, and Lin Xuan realized she wanted them.
• The Phantom Moon Moth offered treasures from the Flying Heavenly Demon Ancestor in exchange for the Jade Luo Bees.
• Lin Xuan learned that Yue'er had fallen into the Phantom Moon Moth's hands when she revealed Yue'er trapped inside a giant cocoon.
• The Phantom Moon Moth threatened to destroy Yue'er's soul unless Lin Xuan traded her the Jade Luo Bees.

The Phantom Moon Moth held Yue'er hostage to force Lin Xuan to hand over fifty thousand Jade Luo Bees, which it needed to advance and transform. Unable to risk Yue'er's safety, Lin Xuan agreed to the exchange, and the moth promised to return her and give him Flying Heavenly Demon Ancestor's treasures.

• The Phantom Moon Moth claimed Yue'er was unharmed and offered Flying Heavenly Demon Ancestor's treasures if Lin Xuan surrendered the Jade Luo Bees.
• Lin Xuan asked how many bees it wanted, and the Phantom Moon Moth demanded fifty thousand.
• When Lin Xuan objected, the Phantom Moon Moth threatened to harm Yue'er unless he complied.
• The Phantom Moon Moth explained that the Jade Luo Bees could let it break through to the Tribulation Transcendence Late Stage, obtain Time Power, and transform into human form.
• After weighing the danger to Yue'er, Lin Xuan agreed to hand over the bees, and the Phantom Moon Moth promised to return her safely and give him the treasures.

Lin Xuan traded all fifty thousand Jade Luo Bees to the Phantom Moon Moth in exchange for Yue'er and the Flying Heavenly Demon Ancestor's treasures. After the Phantom Moon Moth teleported away, Lin Xuan freed Yue'er from the cocoon and watched her awaken, then began explaining what had happened.

• Lin Xuan released his fifty thousand Jade Luo Bees from the Ten Thousand Soul Tower and handed them over to the Phantom Moon Moth.
• The Phantom Moon Moth captured the Jade Luo Bees, then sent Yue'er in her cocoon and the Flying Heavenly Demon Ancestor's Storage Bag to Lin Xuan.
• The Phantom Moon Moth used a talisman to teleport away, and Lin Xuan did not pursue her.
• Lin Xuan cut open Yue'er's cocoon, gave her spirit pills, and waited beside her until she awoke.
• Yue'er discovered Lin Xuan had reached the Tribulation Transcendence Late Stage, and Lin Xuan began recounting what had happened.
• Yue'er learned that the Jade Luo Bees had been traded away and blamed herself for letting the Phantom Moon Moth trick them.

Lin Xuan reassured Yue'er after the Phantom Moon Moth stole the Jade Luo Bee, then secured the Spirit Race Saintess and prepared to enter seclusion. Meanwhile, the Phantom Moon Moth reached her hidden cave, believing she could fuse with the Jade Luo Bee and advance safely.

• Lin Xuan told Yue'er not to blame herself and hinted that the stolen Jade Luo Bee might not mean the matter was settled.
• Lin Xuan placed the Spirit Race Saintess, in the form of an Earring, in a Jade Box and sealed it with spirit talismans.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er chose to stabilize his newly advanced realm in the True Spirit Sacred Land, where Lin Xuan carved out and fortified a cultivation cave.
• The Phantom Moon Moth arrived at her secret cultivation cave, pleased that she had escaped with the Jade Luo Bee and could pursue her long-held plan to advance.
• The Phantom Moon Moth opened the entrance to her hidden cave with a command-token Dharma Treasure.

The Phantom Moon Moth devoured the Jade Luo Bees to prepare for a breakthrough while Lin Xuan stabilized his newly attained Tribulation Transcendence Late Stage realm. More than ten years later, the Phantom Moon Moth successfully advanced, but a terrifying Heavenly Tribulation appeared above it.

• The Phantom Moon Moth captured and swallowed a small group of Jade Luo Bees, then began refining them.
• Lin Xuan examined his dantian, saw the changes to his True Spirit Inner Core, and waited for the Bailing Seal to reassemble while stabilizing his realm.
• The Phantom Moon Moth steadily devoured and refined all the Jade Luo Bees over more than ten years.
• The Phantom Moon Moth broke through to the Tribulation Transcendence Late Stage without difficulty.
• A terrifying Heavenly Tribulation appeared above the Phantom Moon Moth.

The Phantom Moon Moth underwent Heavenly Tribulation to advance to the Tribulation Transcendence Late Stage while Lin Xuan and Yue'er watched from a safe distance. Lin Xuan believed she had a strong chance of surviving, and the Phantom Moon Moth endured several dangerous strikes before another enormous bolt engulfed her.

• The Phantom Moon Moth began her prepared Heavenly Tribulation to advance to the Tribulation Transcendence Late Stage.
• Lin Xuan sensed that someone was advancing, left seclusion, and told Yue'er that the Phantom Moon Moth was undergoing tribulation.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er flew toward the disturbance and watched from a hidden spot about a thousand li away.
• Yue'er wondered whether the Jade Luo Bee had helped the Phantom Moon Moth advance, while Lin Xuan judged that she had more than an eighty percent chance of surviving.
• The Phantom Moon Moth endured several perilous waves of lightning before a bolt as vast as a mountain struck and engulfed her.

The Phantom Moon Moth survived her final Heavenly Tribulation and transformed into a beautiful young woman, reaching the Tribulation Transcendence Late Stage. Lin Xuan congratulated her, then demanded compensation for the Jade Luo Bees she had taken.

• The Phantom Moon Moth endured the final wave of Heavenly Tribulation as Lin Xuan and Yue'er watched.
• A sphere of spiritual light concealed the Phantom Moon Moth while she reshaped her body, resisting Lin Xuan's Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye.
• The Phantom Moon Moth emerged as a beautiful young woman with Tribulation Transcendence Late Stage spiritual pressure.
• The Phantom Moon Moth recognized Lin Xuan and Yue'er, then asked why they had come to find her.
• Lin Xuan said he had come to congratulate her and settle accounts over the Jade Luo Bees she had taken.
• The Phantom Moon Moth asked what compensation Lin Xuan wanted.

Lin Xuan revealed that he had trapped the newly advanced Phantom Moon Moth by exploiting a hidden effect connected to the Jade Luo Bee he had given her. The Phantom Moon Moth was immobilized and demanded to know what he had done, while Lin Xuan implied that devouring and fusing with his spirit insect had caused side effects.

• The Phantom Moon Moth questioned why Lin Xuan had waited until after her tribulation to confront her and confidently claimed he could not defeat her.
• Lin Xuan launched a divine sense attack, and the Phantom Moon Moth met it with her own power.
• Lin Xuan used Lion's Roar to distract the Phantom Moon Moth as a silver light appeared in her Consciousness Sea and left her unable to move.
• Lin Xuan explained that he had guessed the Jade Luo Bee was key to the Phantom Moon Moth's breakthrough and had waited to see whether his suspicion was correct.
• Lin Xuan denied tampering with the Jade Luo Bee directly and suggested that fusing with the spirit insect had caused side effects.

Lin Xuan restrained the Phantom Moon Moth and demanded compensation for the Jade Luo Bees she had devoured, insisting she become his spirit pet. He claimed he had reached the Tribulation Transcendence Late Stage in roughly three thousand years and challenged her to use her innate Supernatural Power to verify it.

• The Phantom Moon Moth realized the Jade Luo Bees’ Restrictions had transferred to her when she devoured them, allowing Lin Xuan to subdue her.
• Lin Xuan demanded compensation for the Jade Luo Bees and said he wanted the Phantom Moon Moth as his spirit pet.
• The Phantom Moon Moth angrily rejected his demand, while Yue'er wondered what gave Lin Xuan such confidence.
• Lin Xuan revealed that he had reached his current cultivation level in roughly three thousand years, shocking the Phantom Moon Moth.
• Lin Xuan urged the Phantom Moon Moth to use her innate Supernatural Power to determine whether his claim was true.

Lin Xuan revealed his extraordinary cultivation history and proposed that the Phantom Moon Moth follow him for one hundred thousand years in exchange for help refining the Jade Luo Bee’s Time Power. The Phantom Moon Moth was tempted but made her agreement conditional on Lin Xuan granting her a request.

• The Phantom Moon Moth used her innate Supernatural Power to confirm that Lin Xuan had cultivated for only three thousand years and ascended from the Human World.
• Lin Xuan explained that he wanted the Phantom Moon Moth to recognize his immense potential and hear his proposal before deciding whether to follow him.
• Lin Xuan proposed that she follow him for one hundred thousand years, after which she could freely choose whether to leave if he achieved Ascension to Immortality.
• Lin Xuan promised to help the Phantom Moon Moth refine the Jade Luo Bee’s Time Power, raising her chances of success by at least fifty percent.
• The Phantom Moon Moth said the proposal was acceptable in principle but required Lin Xuan to agree to one request first.

Lin Xuan and the Phantom Moon Moth agreed to cooperate, and he drafted a soul oath promising to help her master Time Power while respecting her right to refuse dangerous tasks. They established the binding oath, leaving Lin Xuan with a powerful ally and greater confidence in facing the Three Realms’ strongest beings.

• The Phantom Moon Moth asked to follow Lin Xuan and serve under reasonable terms, including the right to refuse tasks that endangered her life.
• Lin Xuan wrote their terms on Taowu-hide Talisman Paper and let the Phantom Moon Moth inspect the clauses.
• The Phantom Moon Moth approved the oath, which promised that Lin Xuan would help her master Time Power.
• Lin Xuan and the Phantom Moon Moth established the soul oath, and its power entered both of their bodies.
• Lin Xuan considered how the Phantom Moon Moth’s strength would improve his chances of surviving encounters with powerful beings such as Nailong True Person, Baoshe, and Bingpo.

After reaching the Tribulation Transcendence Late Stage, Lin Xuan reflected on the secrets and powerful foes still ahead of him. He learned the Phantom Moon Moth's name was Xiao Die, told her Yue'er was the reincarnation of the Asura King, and followed Xiao Die to a valley to retrieve a treasure.

• Lin Xuan weighed his strength against domain powerhouses and concluded he might still struggle against Baoshe or Bingpo, though he could likely escape.
• The Phantom Moon Moth introduced herself as Xiao Die, and Lin Xuan agreed they could associate as equals after their soul oath.
• Xiao Die asked about Yue'er's background, and Lin Xuan revealed that Yue'er was the reincarnation of the Asura King.
• Xiao Die said she needed to retrieve a treasure before they left, then led Lin Xuan and Yue'er through the True Spirit Burial Ground without obstruction.
• After a day and a night of travel, Lin Xuan and his companions reached a valley, where he was astonished by what he saw.

Xiao Die brought Lin Xuan and Yue'er to her secret cultivation cave, where Lin Xuan discovered an Immortal Spirit Treasure hidden in a well. Xiao Die asked Lin Xuan to help her take the treasure away intact.

• Xiao Die told Lin Xuan that she planned to move her most important cultivation cave.
• Lin Xuan used his Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye to detect Immortal Spirit Qi in the valley.
• Xiao Die led Lin Xuan and Yue'er through the cave to a secret chamber containing a well surrounded by dense Immortal Spirit Qi.
• Lin Xuan recognized the well as an Immortal Spirit Treasure that had likely evolved from an Eye of the Spirit Spring.
• Xiao Die asked Lin Xuan to help her remove the Immortal Spirit Treasure intact.

Lin Xuan, Xiao Die, and Yue'er opened a passage through a Space Node and returned from the True Spirit Burial Ground to the Yutong Realm. They arrived safely, and the sounds of nearby fighting offered Lin Xuan a chance to ask for directions.

• Lin Xuan and Xiao Die joined forces to remove a treasure, then flew away from the collapsing valley with Yue'er.
• Xiao Die led Lin Xuan and Yue'er to the True Spirit Burial Ground's Space Node, where they waited for it to weaken.
• Lin Xuan used Space Laws to strike the Space Node, and Xiao Die added her power to open a passage.
• Lin Xuan, Xiao Die, and Yue'er traveled through the passage and successfully reached the Yutong Realm.
• Lin Xuan heard nearby fighting and planned to ask the Cultivators for directions.

Lin Xuan hid Xiao Die and Yue'er in the Moment Cave Heaven Map before investigating a battle between a Core Condensation couple and a Demonic Beast. He discovered that an Outer-Domain Heavenly Demon’s aura was strengthening local beasts, and the timing recalled Fairy in the Clouds’s transformation years earlier.

• Lin Xuan settled Xiao Die and Yue'er inside the Moment Cave Heaven Map to keep their journey discreet.
• Lin Xuan found a Core Condensation couple being pursued by a three-eyed Demon Bird and noticed it was far stronger than its realm suggested.
• Lin Xuan detected a trace of Outer-Domain Heavenly Demon demonic Qi in the Demon Bird and swiftly defeated it.
• The couple told Lin Xuan that Demonic Beasts near Giant Wood City had become unusually fierce seven or eight years earlier.
• Lin Xuan connected that timing to his encounter with Fairy in the Clouds, who had transformed into an Outer-Domain Heavenly Demon and slain several Tribulation Transcendence Stage Cultivators.