Chapter Summaries

Tian Xiaojian learned that the Flat Peach Assembly might feature one of the Three Great Divine Fruits of the Cultivation World, while powerful figures across the Three Realms received invitations and weighed attending. The chapter ended with Nailong True Person telling Qianqian Fairy that he had important business at the assembly.

• The Devil Race Grand Commander urged Tian Xiaojian to attend the Flat Peach Assembly and use the Xuantian Vermilion Fruit to reach the Tribulation Transcendence Late Stage for a year.
• The Ten Thousand Flood Dragon King received an invitation from the Yulan Trade Alliance and gave it to Fairy in the Clouds after she asked to attend.
• Bingpo and Baoshe decided to attend the Flat Peach Assembly after receiving invitations from Li Yutong.
• Corpse King Jinyue considered attending the assembly and worried that the missing Asura might be growing stronger in the Spirit World.
• Qianqian Fairy questioned Nailong True Person about attending, and he said he had important business to handle.

Nailong True Person explained that he wanted to attend the Flat Peach Assembly to find treasures that could help Qianqian Fairy advance, while Lin Xuan prepared for the gathering and attracted the attention of greedy cultivators. After two Tribulation Transcendence cultivators cornered Lin Xuan and attacked him, he met their sword with one finger.

• Nailong True Person persuaded Qianqian Fairy that he wanted to attend the Flat Peach Assembly to find treasures that could help her break through.
• Lin Xuan searched for treasures and exchanged unwanted items at Marketplaces to gather Top-grade Spirit Stones for the assembly.
• Two middle-stage Tribulation Transcendence cultivators pursued Lin Xuan for more than ten years, hoping to steal his Spirit Stones and treasures.
• Lin Xuan stopped on a barren mountain and confronted the bald man and the old woman who had been pursuing him.
• The bald man attacked Lin Xuan with a red sword light, and Lin Xuan raised one finger to meet it.

Lin Xuan easily withstood the bald big man and white-haired Old Crone’s attacks, then used Illusionary Yin Divine Thunder to disable and seize their Life-Bound Dharma Treasures. The two panicked, and the bald big man launched a fist attack at Lin Xuan.

• The bald big man attacked Lin Xuan with a Thunder Fire Awl, but Lin Xuan blocked it with a powerful silver barrier.
• The bald big man used his blood to transform the Thunder Fire Awl into a Bull-Horn Bee, while the white-haired Old Crone transformed her Dragon-Head Cane into a black python; neither could break Lin Xuan’s barrier.
• Lin Xuan released Illusionary Yin Divine Thunder, which spread into black electric arcs and trapped the Bull-Horn Bee and python.
• The lightning weakened the pair’s connection to their Life-Bound Dharma Treasures, reverting the creatures to the Thunder Fire Awl and Dragon-Head Cane.
• Lin Xuan drew both treasures into his palm, and the bald big man attacked him with a fierce punch.

Lin Xuan defeated the bald big man, restrained his Nascent Soul, and used the Soul Searching Technique, but learned nothing from him. Xiao Die returned after the white-haired old crone self-destructed her Nascent Soul, bringing back her Storage Bag.

• Lin Xuan struck down the bald big man with the Law of Power and killed him with the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword.
• Lin Xuan used Space Laws to stop the bald big man's fleeing Nascent Soul while the white-haired old crone escaped in black smoke.
• Lin Xuan summoned Xiao Die from the Moment Cave Heaven Map and sent her after the old crone.
• Lin Xuan searched the bald big man's Nascent Soul for memories, but gained nothing before burning it to ash.
• Xiao Die returned and explained that the old crone had self-destructed her Nascent Soul, then gave Lin Xuan her Storage Bag.

Lin Xuan concealed his identity while exchanging treasures for Top-grade Spirit Stones and talismans across the Spirit World, preparing for the Flat Peach Assembly. After a hundred years, his invitation sounded aboard his Spirit Boat, signaling that the gathering was approaching.

• Lin Xuan left after Xiao Die returned to the Moment Cave Heaven Map, while two hidden figures learned that their Tribulation Transcendence cultivators had been killed and vowed revenge.
• Lin Xuan disguised himself in different forms as he exchanged treasures for Spirit Stones in Marketplaces across the Yutong Realm and nearby small realms.
• A hundred years passed without Lin Xuan finding the opportunities he and Xiao Die needed, but he amassed a vast quantity of Top-grade Spirit Stones and spirit talismans.
• A dragon-like and phoenix-like sound came from Lin Xuan's Flat Peach Assembly invitation, and he activated the jade pendant to reveal its message.

Lin Xuan arrived in Qingye City after months of increasingly frequent visits by Tribulation Transcendence experts, drawn there by the shifting entrance to Yaochi. His invitation led him to an ordinary-looking mountain valley, where he prepared to open the way to the Flat Peach Assembly.

• Tribulation Transcendence experts began arriving in Qingye City in succession, unsettling the local cultivators and prompting speculation about a treasure.
• Lin Xuan reached Qingye City after two months of travel and learned that the entrance to Yaochi had shifted there.
• Lin Xuan used his Jade Talisman to summon a fire dragon, which led him to an ordinary mountain valley.
• Lin Xuan searched the valley with his divine sense but could not detect the entrance to Yaochi.
• Lin Xuan sent spell incantations toward the Jade Talisman to open the entrance.

Lin Xuan entered Yaochi through a passage that combined the laws of time and space, then arrived above a vast Cloud Sea. He was escorted to Yaochi’s Post House a month before the Flat Peach Assembly and was left to choose a place to stay.

• Lin Xuan activated the Jade Talisman and opened the vortex entrance to Yaochi.
• As Lin Xuan crossed the passage, he recognized its Time Power and felt wary of whoever had created it; Xiao Die sensed the passage’s power from inside the Moment Cave Heaven Map.
• Lin Xuan emerged above a boundless Cloud Sea and steadied himself against the dizziness with his magic power.
• A woman arrived by Spirit Boat, welcomed Lin Xuan to Yaochi, and offered to take him to the Post House before the Flat Peach Assembly began in a month.
• Lin Xuan toured Yaochi’s scenery aboard the Spirit Boat, then arrived at the Post House and found that its buildings’ restrictions repelled his divine sense.

Lin Xuan learned why the Yulan Trade Alliance gave visiting Cultivators separate lodgings before the Flat Peach Assembly and entered the secluded Fragrant Pavilion. Inside its curtain of light, he found a grand private world and invited Xiao Die to choose a courtyard.

• Lin Xuan asked the young girl why the Fragrant Pavilion was separated from the true Yaochi, and she explained that the alliance changed its lodging arrangements after a deadly clash between visiting Tribulation Transcendence Stage Cultivators one million five hundred thousand years earlier.
• The young girl recounted how nearly two hundred Cultivators joined a group battle before the Flat Peach Assembly, until the Three Great Loose Immortals and Three Great Demon Kings intervened.
• Lin Xuan thanked the young girl and entered the pavilion through its curtain of light after she departed.
• Lin Xuan discovered that the pavilion contained a vast, richly furnished world with dense spiritual energy.
• Xiao Die and Yue'er emerged from the Moment Cave Heaven Map, and Lin Xuan told Xiao Die to choose a courtyard.
• Xiao Die flew toward a courtyard filled with blooming flowers.

Lin Xuan received an invitation to the Flat Peach Assembly and met Layman Tianxu and Fairy Baicao aboard the Yulan Trade Alliance’s Painted Boat. The chapter ended with Lin Xuan recognizing Fairy Baicao and reacting with surprise.

• Lin Xuan received a Sound Transmission Talisman announcing that the Flat Peach Assembly was about to open, then sent Yue'er and Xiao Die into the Moment Cave Heaven Map.
• Xiao Qing welcomed Lin Xuan aboard a magnificent Painted Boat, where more than a hundred Dongxuan-level Cultivators stood guard.
• Lin Xuan recognized the sickly-looking man in the cabin as Layman Tianxu and exchanged greetings with him.
• Lin Xuan and Layman Tianxu introduced themselves and spoke courteously as peers.
• Lin Xuan asked the woman in white for her name, and she identified herself as Baicao.
• Lin Xuan recognized her as Fairy Baicao and was greatly shocked.

Lin Xuan, Layman Tianxu, and Fairy Baicao traveled through the Five Elements Demon-Subduing Grand Formation to the Yulan Trade Alliance’s Flat Peach Assembly. After arriving at the assembly, Lin Xuan heard a crash and learned that guests with irreconcilable feuds could fight under the Alliance’s rules.

• Lin Xuan concealed his connection to Fairy Baicao’s history with the Hundred Herb Sect, and the three chatted amicably during the journey.
• The Painted Boat passed through the Five Elements Demon-Subduing Grand Formation, which Lin Xuan recognized as a formidable ancient array.
• The boat reached a vast floating mountain filled with spirit plants, palaces, and Tribulation Transcendence cultivators attending the Flat Peach Assembly.
• A sudden crash surprised Lin Xuan, while Layman Tianxu recognized it as the start of a life-and-death battle.
• Layman Tianxu explained that the Yulan Trade Alliance allowed guests with deep feuds to fight according to its rules.

Lin Xuan, Fairy Baicao, and Layman Tianxu went to watch a life-and-death duel at the Flat Peach Assembly, where the Yulan Trade Alliance enforced strict rules against interference. At the arena, Lin Xuan spotted Sister Ruyan and was astonished to find her there.

• Fairy Baicao explained that duels at the Flat Peach Assembly required both sides to agree to a life-and-death contract, with the Yulan Trade Alliance overseeing the fight.
• Layman Tianxu invited Lin Xuan and Fairy Baicao to watch the duel, and they agreed to go.
• Layman Tianxu directed the Painted Boat through a vortex to an arena prepared by the Yulan Trade Alliance.
• Lin Xuan, Fairy Baicao, and Layman Tianxu joined more than twenty Tribulation Transcendence Stage Cultivators in the stands as four alliance elders guarded the arena.
• Lin Xuan looked toward the arena and was shocked to see Sister Ruyan.

Lin Xuan unexpectedly reunited with Meng Ruyan at the Flat Peach Assembly, where she was fighting for her life against the powerful Thunder Snake Venerable. As her defeat seemed imminent, Lin Xuan learned that her opponent came from the Demon-dominated Myriad Demons Realm.

• Lin Xuan recognized Meng Ruyan with his Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye and rejoiced at finding his old sworn sister after a thousand years.
• Lin Xuan saw that Meng Ruyan was struggling against Thunder Snake Venerable, a peak middle Tribulation Transcendence cultivator wielding a snake-shaped Dharma Treasure.
• Layman Tianxu told Lin Xuan that Thunder Snake Venerable came from the Myriad Demons Realm and was stronger than most cultivators of his rank.
• Lin Xuan turned back to the duel as lightning burst around Meng Ruyan, leaving her hanging by a thread.

Lin Xuan wrestled with whether to intervene in Fairy Ruyan’s protected life-and-death duel, knowing that helping her would make the Yulan Trade Alliance his enemy. When Thunder Snake Venerable damaged Meng Ruyan’s sword and launched a killing strike, Lin Xuan could no longer stand aside.

• Lin Xuan considered the Yulan Trade Alliance’s strict rules against interference in life-and-death duels and the deadly consequences of breaking them.
• Thunder Snake Venerable damaged Meng Ruyan’s Green Shadow Falling Snow Sword, leaving her injured and her magic power sluggish.
• Thunder Snake Venerable summoned a huge black axe and sent it chopping toward Meng Ruyan.
• Lin Xuan saw that Meng Ruyan was in mortal danger and decided he could not turn a blind eye.

Lin Xuan intervened in Fairy Ruyan’s life-and-death duel, cutting through the Yulan Trade Alliance elder’s defenses and destroying Thunder Snake Venerable’s axe. The onlookers were left shocked as Lin Xuan openly defied the Alliance’s rules.

• Lin Xuan rushed to save Fairy Ruyan despite the Yulan Trade Alliance’s ban on interference in life-and-death duels.
• When four Alliance elders tried to stop him, Lin Xuan struck the black-robed elder with his Nine Palaces Instantaneous sword and narrowly spared his life.
• Lin Xuan used the Sword into Silk Technique to pierce the duel’s protective screen and split Thunder Snake Venerable’s Giant Axe in two.
• Thunder Snake Venerable and the Tribulation Transcendence experts watching the duel were shocked that Lin Xuan had intervened.

Lin Xuan rescued Fairy Ruyan from the duel and openly defied the Yulan Trade Alliance, then attacked Thunder Snake Venerable with his Five Elements sword technique. Thunder Snake Venerable countered with strange treasures, and the chapter ended as an enormous creature confronted Lin Xuan.

• Lin Xuan broke the Restriction and saved Fairy Ruyan, angering the Yulan Trade Alliance and drawing Thunder Snake Venerable’s challenge.
• Lin Xuan decided to attack Thunder Snake Venerable before the Alliance’s Law Enforcement Elder could intervene and unleashed the Five Elements Sword Qi.
• Thunder Snake Venerable summoned a beehive-shaped treasure that released Soul Snakes, which passed through Lin Xuan’s sword light and lunged at him.
• Thunder Snake Venerable sent black sword lights against Lin Xuan’s Five-Colored Sword Light, but Lin Xuan transformed it into a Peacock that scattered them with five-colored arrows.
• Thunder Snake Venerable used a net pouch to trap the arrows, then grew into a creature over a hundred zhang tall as the Peacock lunged at him.

Lin Xuan fought Thunder Snake Venerable, whose demonic bloodline and two hearts let him survive attacks that should have killed him. Lin Xuan unleashed the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword and surrounded Thunder Snake Venerable with Immortal Swords, leaving him seemingly unable to escape.

• Thunder Snake Venerable caught and crushed Lin Xuan’s five-colored peacock, but Lin Xuan pierced his heart with a sword.
• Thunder Snake Venerable survived because his second heart continued beating, and he blocked Lin Xuan’s sword threads with sharp scales.
• Thunder Snake Venerable underwent Demon Transformation, revealing his Snake Demon appearance and demonic bloodline.
• Lin Xuan summoned the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword and attacked from every direction.
• Thunder Snake Venerable’s venomous fangs shattered against the Immortal Swords, which surrounded him and left him seemingly trapped.

Lin Xuan killed Thunder Snake Venerable after thwarting his escape, shocking the powerful cultivators watching. The Yulan Trade Alliance’s four elders held back and awaited reinforcements, while Lin Xuan remained determined to protect Fairy Ruyan despite the consequences.

• Thunder Snake Venerable used two transformed halberds to shield himself and tried to escape with the Thunder Escape Technique.
• Lin Xuan unleashed the Nine-Headed Monster Bird and sent the remaining Immortal Swords after Thunder Snake Venerable.
• Lin Xuan destroyed Thunder Snake Venerable’s body and Nascent Soul, killing him before he could escape.
• The watching cultivators were stunned by Lin Xuan’s strength, while the Yulan Trade Alliance’s four elders feared they could not defeat him.
• The four elders relied on reinforcements they had summoned, and Lin Xuan accepted the risk of offending the alliance because he had saved Fairy Ruyan.

Lin Xuan stayed at the Flat Peach Assembly after killing Thunder Snake Venerable, calmly awaiting the Yulan Trade Alliance’s response despite the danger. As he approached Fairy Ruyan, her memories revealed why she had risked a duel: she had reunited with her reincarnated elder sister, Meng Rubing, only to lose her again.

• Lin Xuan decided not to flee and waited for the Yulan Trade Alliance’s reinforcements, believing escape would only bring an endless pursuit.
• Watching cultivators debated Lin Xuan’s strength and whether the Yulan Trade Alliance would punish him for interfering in a life-and-death duel.
• Lin Xuan walked toward Fairy Ruyan while she remained stunned by his intervention.
• Meng Ruyan had accepted the duel with Thunder Snake Venerable to avenge her elder sister, Meng Rubing, whom she had reunited with after ascending to the Spirit World.
• Meng Rubing had retained her memories through reincarnation and become a powerful cultivator, but she later died unexpectedly while searching for a treasure.

Meng Ruyan learned how Thunder Snake Venerable had killed her elder sister, Meng Rubing, and devoted herself to gaining the strength to avenge her. After a thousand years and a dangerous breakthrough to mid-stage Tribulation Transcendence, she found Thunder Snake Venerable but suffered a crushing defeat and survived only through powerful secret arts.

• Thunder Snake Venerable lost a treasure to a powerful True Spirit and killed the nearby Cultivators in his anger, including Meng Rubing.
• After learning how her elder sister died, Meng Ruyan made revenge on Thunder Snake Venerable her driving purpose.
• Meng Ruyan found an ancient cultivator's legacy containing rare True Immortal World pills that could raise her realm but risked destroying her soul.
• She took the pills and, after a thousand years, advanced to the mid stage of Tribulation Transcendence.
• Meng Ruyan found Thunder Snake Venerable in the Myriad Demon World and challenged him, but he defeated her; her life-preserving secret arts let her escape death.

Meng Ruyan learned that her defeat by Thunder Snake Venerable came from her untempered magic power and spent years searching for a way to catch up while repeatedly seeking revenge. At the Flat Peach Assembly, the two met again, and Thunder Snake Venerable challenged her to a life-and-death duel, trapping them both inside a protective light curtain.

• Meng Ruyan discovered that the medicinal pill had raised her realm faster than her magic power could mature, leaving her weaker than Thunder Snake Venerable.
• She traveled through the Spirit World seeking a way to temper her power and gained a chance to attend the Flat Peach Assembly.
• Meng Ruyan repeatedly tried to avenge Fairy Rubing, escaping Thunder Snake Venerable despite suffering crushing defeats.
• Thunder Snake Venerable grew wary of Meng Ruyan’s persistence and resolved to kill her before she could become a future threat.
• At the Flat Peach Assembly, Thunder Snake Venerable proposed a life-and-death duel, and the protective light curtain left Meng Ruyan no way to escape.