Chapter Summaries

A mysterious Daoist named Qingling True Person arrived as Lin Xuan faced the Yuan Couple, and his presence caused the couple to retreat despite his lower cultivation realm. Lin Xuan refused to surrender his treasure and prepared to fight Qingling True Person, while the Yuan Couple learned that Qingling was a rare mid-stage domain expert.

• Lin Xuan and the Yuan Couple paused their confrontation when a Daoist arrived on a Fire Cloud, and Lin Xuan sensed that the newcomer was at Tribulation Transcendence Middle Stage.
• The Daoist demanded the treasure Lin Xuan possessed, and the Yuan Couple recognized him and hurriedly left after the dark-skinned man addressed him as True Person.
• Lin Xuan mocked the Daoist's lower cultivation and refused to hand over the treasure, and the two began preparing to fight.
• While fleeing, the charming woman questioned the dark-skinned man's retreat, and he explained that Daoist Qingling was a rare Tribulation Transcendence Middle Stage cultivator who had comprehended a domain.

Baoshe confronted the Yuan Couple after they abandoned their agreement to kill Lin for Fairy Bingpo. She attacked them with a flood of venomous snakes, fouling their treasured swords and seriously injuring them.

• The Yuan Couple worried that Fairy Bingpo would blame them for abandoning their task, but the man argued they had no obligation to risk their lives for her.
• Baoshe appeared before the couple and mocked them for breaking their promise to Fairy Bingpo.
• The Yuan Couple tried to placate Baoshe and explained that the situation had changed, but she dismissed their excuses and declared them unworthy to live.
• Baoshe summoned countless venomous snakes, and the Yuan Couple used their Life-Bound Immortal Swords to form a barrier against them.
• The snakes' black blood fouled the swords, weakened the barrier, and injured both members of the Yuan Couple through their bond with their treasures.

Baoshe used an Ancestral Spirit Snake to kill the swarthy Yuan Couple husband and tried to devour his wife. The wife detonated her Life-Bound Dharma Treasure to escape Baoshe’s attack, leaving Baoshe wary after the devastating blast.

• The swarthy man sacrificed ancient Talismans and invoked a Silk Luo Talisman Array against Baoshe.
• Baoshe summoned an Ancestral Spirit Snake, which entered the swarthy man’s forehead and devoured his essence and blood.
• Baoshe demanded that the surviving woman surrender her flesh and blood, and the woman questioned her about cultivating the cursed secret art.
• The woman launched her Ancient Treasures and Life-Bound flying sword at Baoshe, who sent her Venomous Snakes to meet them.
• The woman detonated her Life-Bound Dharma Treasure, destroying the attacking snakes and forcing Baoshe to retreat behind a Brocade Handkerchief and use Void Displacement.

Baoshe pursued the charming woman after she fled, but the woman sacrificed several Ancient Treasures to delay her. Meanwhile, Lin Xuan refused Daoist Qingling’s offer for his Sacred Flat Peach Fruit, and the fleeing woman suddenly arrived at their standoff alone and in panic.

• The charming woman swallowed a pill to withstand the backlash from destroying her Life-Bound flying sword and fled toward the road she had come from.
• Baoshe pursued her, but the woman detonated several Ancient Treasures and caught Baoshe in the resulting explosions.
• Baoshe emerged disheveled and enraged, then continued after the woman.
• Daoist Qingling offered Lin Xuan twice the auction price and other treasures for his Sacred Flat Peach Fruit, but Lin Xuan refused.
• As Lin Xuan and Daoist Qingling prepared to fight, the charming woman arrived in a red Startling Rainbow, alone and panicked.

Lin Xuan, Daoist Qingling, and a wounded cultivator learned that Baoshe was approaching and agreed to join forces against the True Devil Progenitor. Their uneasy alliance formed just as a black light appeared and began to darken the sky.

• A fleeing woman reached Lin Xuan and Daoist Qingling and gave each a Sound Transmission Talisman.
• Lin Xuan learned that Baoshe was behind the danger, while Daoist Qingling realized they faced a True Devil Progenitor.
• The woman urged Lin Xuan and Daoist Qingling to set aside their conflict and fight Baoshe together.
• Daoist Qingling agreed to the alliance, and Lin Xuan joined after questioning whether the woman's grave injuries left her able to fight.
• A streak of black light appeared in the distance, darkening the sky and making the heaven and earth Yuan Qi violently unstable.

Baoshe confronted Lin Xuan, Daoist Qingling, and the bewitching woman, dismissing their combined strength and threatening to kill them. As the three faced her with little trust in one another, Lin Xuan drew the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword to begin the fight.

• The bewitching woman used a secret art to suppress her injuries and boost her strength, accepting the risk of a severe backlash.
• Baoshe emerged from the devilish Qi and recognized Lin Xuan, threatening to extract his soul and refine his spirit.
• Lin Xuan answered Baoshe with defiant taunts, while she threatened the bewitching woman and ordered Daoist Qingling to surrender.
• Daoist Qingling tried to placate Baoshe, but she refused to spare him, leaving him regretful that he had joined the conflict.
• Lin Xuan drew the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword, hoping to attack before Bingpo arrived.

Lin Xuan launched a surprise attack on Baoshe with his Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword, but she countered by detonating filthy demonic Qi meant to defile his treasure. He escaped through a spatial rift and retaliated with Illusionary Yin Divine Thunder, a transformed flame, and a powerful punch, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Lin Xuan summoned the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword and sent its many streaks of sword light surging toward Baoshe.
• Baoshe shaped devilish Qi into spears and detonated them, engulfing Lin Xuan's swords in treasure-defiling demonic Qi.
• Lin Xuan opened a spatial rift and escaped the blast while Illusionary Yin Divine Thunder crackled across the demonic Qi.
• Lin Xuan reappeared near Baoshe, hurled a transformed flame at her, and enlarged his golden-lit right hand for a punch.

Lin Xuan used a calculated close-range clash to injure Baoshe, turning her confidence in her devil body against her. Baoshe was blasted back bleeding, while Lin Xuan revealed that his apparent recklessness had been a trap.

• Lin Xuan sent a golden tiger at Baoshe, but she bound it with a black Giant Python and countered with Demon Fire.
• Lin Xuan closed the distance and unleashed a powerful punch reinforced by the inheritances of three True Spirits and multiple Laws of Heaven and Earth.
• Baoshe met Lin Xuan’s punch with her palm, confident that her Ancient Demon body would overpower him.
• Lin Xuan’s fist struck Baoshe with enough force to blast her away and leave blood at the corner of her mouth.
• Baoshe reacted with shock and fury as Lin Xuan’s plan to exploit her confidence became clear.

Lin Xuan seized the chance to injure Baoshe and forced Daoist Qingling and the charming woman to join the fight against her. Baoshe counterattacked with devastating Wind Blades, leaving the charming woman maimed while Daoist Qingling survived by deploying his domain.

• Lin Xuan blasted Baoshe away and urged Daoist Qingling and the charming woman to attack while she was vulnerable.
• The charming woman chose to fight Baoshe and unleashed the nine Mother-Son Red Cloud Swords.
• Baoshe’s venomous snake Void Shadows repelled the swords, but Daoist Qingling struck her with black-red thunderflames.
• Baoshe unleashed two enormous Wind Blades at the charming woman and Daoist Qingling.
• The charming woman lost an arm while Daoist Qingling used his domain to evade the blade.

Lin Xuan exploited Baoshe’s moment of weakness and layered several attacks to catch her off guard. Nine Palaces Moment severed her head, but her body immediately transformed into a venomous snake and attacked Lin Xuan.

• Baoshe broke free of the trio’s encirclement, wounded two opponents, and tried to escape through a Spatial Rift.
• Lin Xuan activated the Sea-Overturning Halberd and sent its blade of light through the Spatial Rift after Baoshe.
• Baoshe blocked the Sea-Overturning Halberd’s strike and taunted Lin Xuan, believing his attacks could not harm her.
• Lin Xuan unleashed Nine Palaces Moment from behind and cut off Baoshe’s head, stunning the charming woman and Daoist Qingling.
• Lin Xuan shifted away as an enormous venomous snake emerged behind him and bit at empty air.

Baoshe survived Lin Xuan’s attack by sacrificing one of her Avatars, then summoned the Six Treasures of the Demon Sect to attack Daoist Qingling. Daoist Qingling deployed his domain as the treasures sealed the area, leaving Lin Xuan to confront the danger of their power.

• Baoshe revealed that she had used an Avatar to take the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword’s blow and escaped Lin Xuan’s killing trap.
• Lin Xuan and Baoshe prepared for another clash while the charming woman hoped that working with Lin Xuan might let them escape, and Daoist Qingling remained unreadable.
• Baoshe spat out six treasures—the Ancient Mirror, Long Spear, Bronze Bell, Jade Cauldron, Scroll Painting, and Small Drum—and Daoist Qingling identified them as the Six Treasures of the Demon Sect.
• Baoshe activated the six treasures, which flew around Daoist Qingling and sealed the area with spiritual patterns and the power of law.
• Daoist Qingling summoned a Giant Axe and expanded a domain around himself, prompting Lin Xuan to wonder whether the treasures had forced him to spend his magic power.

Lin Xuan fought Baoshe after she killed Daoist Qingling and another Tribulation Transcendence Late Stage cultivator with ease. He countered her insects and enlarged snake with sword techniques and a True Dragon Void Shadow, but Baoshe's golden insect cloud closed in as he reached for his Storage Bag.

• Lin Xuan attacked Baoshe with his Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword, but her small snake blocked the strike and her golden insects resisted his Sword into Silk Technique.
• Daoist Qingling melted into a skeleton, and when the other woman fled, Baoshe killed her with a Demon Claw and azure Demon Flame.
• Baoshe mocked Lin Xuan and sent her golden insect cloud and small snake to attack him.
• Lin Xuan summoned a True Dragon Void Shadow, which clashed with Baoshe's enlarged snake in midair.
• As the golden insect cloud approached, Lin Xuan reached for the Storage Bag at his waist.

Lin Xuan used the Hundred Spirit Bell and Red Lotus Fire to destroy Baoshe’s Demon Insects, while his True Dragon defeated her Emerald Horned Python. Baoshe then attacked Lin Xuan directly, using her domain to evade his sword strikes as he realized she intended to kill him.

• Lin Xuan used the Hundred Spirit Bell to disorient Baoshe’s Demon Insects, but Baoshe drove them into a frenzied charge.
• Lin Xuan summoned the Vermilion Bird and used Red Lotus Fire to burn the Demon Insects to powder.
• Lin Xuan’s True Dragon defeated Baoshe’s Emerald Horned Python, leaving Baoshe enraged by her failures.
• Baoshe charged Lin Xuan, and he slashed at her with the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword.
• Baoshe used her domain to pass through Lin Xuan’s Sword Qi and narrowly missed him with a spatial grab.
• Baoshe used her domain again to make Lin Xuan’s sword lights miss, preparing to kill him.

Baoshe trapped Lin Xuan in her domain and attacked with her Mystic Demon Snake Sword, but his Mystic Turtle Dragon Shell Shield blocked the blow. As Baoshe battered the shield, Lin Xuan strengthened himself and prepared the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Baoshe unfolded her domain, suppressing Lin Xuan's spatial laws and slowing his movement as she closed in to attack.
• Lin Xuan summoned his golden Lesser Luo Heaven Dharma Image and unleashed a barrage of attacks, but Baoshe let them pass through her Void Shadow form.
• Baoshe struck Lin Xuan with her Mystic Demon Snake Sword, and Lin Xuan used the Mystic Turtle Dragon Shell Shield to block it.
• Baoshe recognized the shield as an Innate Object and bombarded it with devilish qi and Laws of Heaven and Earth.
• Lin Xuan fused with his Lesser Luo Heaven Dharma Image, strengthening his aura, then gathered the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword into nine Immortal Swords.
• Lin Xuan's True Spirit Inner Core spun rapidly as Void Shadows of nearly a hundred True Spirits appeared.

Lin Xuan drew on nine True Spirit inheritances to transform his sword into armor and confront Baoshe inside her domain. He resisted her attacks and grabbed the lightning-filled bands she used to bind him, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Lin Xuan chose nine familiar True Spirits and fused their shadows with the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword.
• Lin Xuan shattered the True Spirit forms into runes and used them to create True Spirit Armor fused with his sword.
• Baoshe unleashed her domain, but Lin Xuan broke through its crushing air with a punch.
• Baoshe summoned countless snakes from spatial rifts, and Lin Xuan blasted them apart with lightning and fire to escape.
• Baoshe sent lightning-filled bands to bind Lin Xuan, who grabbed them with both hands despite the pain.

Lin Xuan broke through Baoshe's domain and wounded her, forcing the True Devil Progenitor to undergo Demonic Transformation. Baoshe then struck Lin Xuan down toward a fog-filled valley and pursued him.

• Lin Xuan used the Law of Extreme Cold to freeze Baoshe despite her domain, then hit her with a powerful fist strike.
• Lin Xuan sent a storm of sword-light into the collapsed mountain, enraging Baoshe.
• Baoshe revealed her transformed True Devil body, with snake-like hair, purple scales, Bone Blades, and greatly increased power.
• Baoshe trapped Lin Xuan and struck his chest with a giant palm, badly wounding him.
• Lin Xuan fell toward the deep valley, and Baoshe chased after him.

Baoshe pursued Lin Xuan into a fog-filled valley where divine sense was useless, only to be caught in his ambush. Lin Xuan launched the Immortal Sword Map and struck at Baoshe with a condensed sword attack, leaving her facing danger.

• Baoshe entered the valley after Lin Xuan and used her Ghost Snake Demon Eye to search through the mist.
• Baoshe caught and shattered Lin Xuan’s Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword, then realized it had been a feint.
• Lin Xuan surrounded Baoshe with the Immortal Sword Map and forced her to defend herself with a domain.
• Lin Xuan’s Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword reappeared, and the immortal swords converged into a powerful treasured sword.
• Lin Xuan infused the sword with Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire and unleashed a compressed light blade that made Baoshe panic.

Lin Xuan used the Crescent Moon Blade and Ink Moon Witch Palace to break Baoshe’s defenses and trap her under the Immortal Sword Map’s assault. As Baoshe’s injuries mounted, she revealed a power that turned the approaching sword-light to stone.

• Lin Xuan’s Crescent Moon Blade tore through Baoshe’s Domain, leaving her treasures unable to activate before the Immortal Sword Map’s sword-light struck her.
• Baoshe’s purplish-red scale armor absorbed much of the attack, but she was left covered in wounds.
• Lin Xuan drank purified Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk to replenish his magic power and sent more sword-light at Baoshe.
• Baoshe summoned venomous snakes and giant pythons to delay the sword-light, then tried to escape by reversing space.
• Lin Xuan dropped the Ink Moon Witch Palace over Baoshe, trapping her in place as the sword-light grew fiercer.
• Baoshe’s snake-hair eyes turned several approaching streaks of sword-light to stone.

Lin Xuan broke through Baoshe’s petrifying defense and unleashed a final sword attack that destroyed her dharma body. Baoshe survived as a ruined, skeletal remnant and angrily confronted him.

• Lin Xuan pressed his attack despite Baoshe’s power petrifying his fist, combining his strength with lightning, flame, and Hundun Taiyin Qi to interrupt her supernatural power.
• Lin Xuan’s sword rays tore apart Baoshe’s Magic Snakes, while he drank Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk to restore his magic power.
• Lin Xuan poured his remaining power into the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword and cleaved through Baoshe’s hastily raised domain.
• Lin Xuan and the nine mountain peaks’ sword rays engulfed Baoshe in a vast explosion that lasted about the time it took to drink a cup of tea.
• Baoshe reappeared badly mangled, with only her head and bones remaining, and accused Lin Xuan of destroying her treasured dharma body.

Lin Xuan attacked Baoshe’s remaining Nascent Soul, but she detonated her remnant body and summoned the Ancestral Spirit Snake, which swallowed her Nascent Soul. Recognizing the cursed secret art and sensing grave danger, Lin Xuan tested the snake with his Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire’s extreme-cold power, only for it to absorb the attack and begin transforming.

• Baoshe taunted Lin Xuan and revealed a small snake emerging from between her brows as he launched sword rain and Illusionary Yin Divine Thunder at her.
• Baoshe detonated her remaining body, destroying Lin Xuan’s attacks and forcing him to retreat.
• Lin Xuan saw Baoshe’s great-completion Nascent Soul emerge, then watched the little snake swallow it without resistance.
• Lin Xuan recognized the creature as the Ancestral Spirit Snake, a cursed secret art, and sensed that it posed an enormous threat.
• Lin Xuan unleashed tens of thousands of ice crystals formed from the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire’s extreme cold, but the snake melted and swallowed them.
• The Ancestral Spirit Snake began an astonishing transformation before Lin Xuan’s eyes.