Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan broke through Marquis Heaven Origin’s assault by revealing his strongest form and destroying the Bronze Bell Strongman. He then charged at Marquis Heaven Origin and punched him.

• Marquis Heaven Origin attacked Lin Xuan with golden flames, the Bronze Bell Strongman, and weapons formed from magical power.
• Lin Xuan used the True Spirit Transformation Sword Art to fuse the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword with himself and withstand the assault.
• Lin Xuan met the Bronze Bell Strongman’s punch with his own and sent the giant flying.
• Lin Xuan battered the Bronze Bell Strongman, then destroyed it by sending silver sword threads and Illusionary Yin Divine Thunder into its wounds.
• Lin Xuan rushed at Marquis Heaven Origin and punched him.

Lin Xuan gained the upper hand against Marquis Heaven Origin, striking him away and countering the attacks that followed. He then charged into the golden Cloud Sea to finish the fight and learn Yue'er’s whereabouts.

• Lin Xuan struck Marquis Heaven Origin with a punch that sent him flying.
• Marquis Heaven Origin emerged from golden clouds and crushed Lin Xuan’s sword light with a giant golden hand.
• Lin Xuan shattered the hand, then used the Ten Thousand Sword Map to counter Ghost-Faced Bees, a whirlwind, and golden Flood Dragons.
• Lin Xuan destroyed the returning insect cloud with a palm strike.
• Lin Xuan charged into the golden Cloud Sea where Marquis Heaven Origin was hiding, determined to defeat him and ask about Yue'er.

Marquis Heaven Origin unleashed his Immortal-Slaying Spirit Fire against Lin Xuan, and the tiny golden flame burned through Lin Xuan’s sea attack and defensive treasures. Lin Xuan raised the Mystic Turtle Dragon Shell Shield and Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire to meet it, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Marquis Heaven Origin severed his left arm and transformed its blood mist with golden light into a tiny golden flame.
• Lin Xuan attacked with a water-blue Immortal Sword, summoning an azure sea and an army of water Demonic Beasts.
• Marquis Heaven Origin sent the Immortal-Slaying Spirit Fire into the sea, vaporizing its creatures and melting Lin Xuan’s sword.
• Lin Xuan’s defensive treasures melted before the flame, so he brought out the Mystic Turtle Dragon Shell Shield and Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire.
• The golden flame struck the shield, where silver radiance and golden fire intertwined and began devouring each other.

Lin Xuan countered Marquis Heaven Origin’s Immortal-Slaying Spirit Fire with his Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire and shield, then forced Marquis into a contest of magical power. As Marquis weakened, Lin Xuan summoned his Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword, and Marquis ignited his Source Fire in desperation.

• Marquis Heaven Origin’s Immortal-Slaying Spirit Fire overwhelmed Lin Xuan’s shield, but Marquis struggled to sustain the technique.
• Lin Xuan sent his Five-Colored Glaze Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire into the shield, letting its silver flames contend with Marquis’s golden flames.
• Lin Xuan and Marquis Heaven Origin poured their magical power into the flames, and Lin Xuan used blood essence to strengthen his shield and exhaust his opponent.
• After less than half an hour, Marquis Heaven Origin had grown dangerously weak while Lin Xuan retained enough power to summon his Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword.
• Marquis Heaven Origin ignited his Source Fire as his life hung by a thread.

Lin Xuan forced Marquis Heaven Origin to ignite his Source Fire, but Marquis Heaven Origin escaped using a secret art. Lin Xuan absorbed the abandoned Immortal-Slaying Spirit Fire and resumed searching for Yue'er, while Marquis Heaven Origin faced severe damage from the battle and Source Fire.

• Marquis Heaven Origin ignited his Source Fire and attacked Lin Xuan with golden arrows, then vanished before Lin Xuan could counterattack.
• Lin Xuan destroyed the golden arrows with Sword Qi and absorbed the abandoned Immortal-Slaying Spirit Fire into the Mystic Turtle Dragon Shell Shield.
• Lin Xuan turned back to search for Yue'er after failing to find Marquis Heaven Origin.
• Marquis Heaven Origin reappeared far away, exhausted and injured, and vowed to take revenge on Lin Xuan.
• An aged voice told Marquis Heaven Origin that igniting his Source Fire a second time had badly damaged his Dao foundation and Spirit Root, and offered to repair them if he opened his Consciousness Sea.

Marquis Heaven Origin agreed to let the True Immortal treat his injuries, but the Immortal used the opening of his Consciousness Sea to seize his body. The possession succeeded, leaving the Immortal in a younger-looking body with silver-white eyes.

• Marquis Heaven Origin agreed to open his Consciousness Sea after the True Immortal persuaded him to accept treatment for the damage caused by igniting the Source Fire.
• The True Immortal attacked Marquis Heaven Origin and revealed that he had been plotting to seize his body.
• Marquis Heaven Origin tried to reach for a treasure in his Storage Bag, but the True Immortal overpowered his resistance.
• The black qi surrounding Marquis Heaven Origin vanished into his body, and the True Immortal emerged in control, appearing much younger and bearing silver-white eyes.

A True Immortal seized Marquis Heaven Origin’s body and escaped, vowing to take revenge on Asura and target Lin Xuan for his treasures. Unaware of the change, Lin Xuan returned to the Immortal Servants’ city and began seeking information about Yue'er and Xiao Die.

• The True Immortal revived in Marquis Heaven Origin’s body and planned to capture Lin Xuan, take his treasures, and investigate his suspected link to the reincarnated Asura King.
• The True Immortal opened a Spatial Rift and vanished, while Lin Xuan remained unaware that Marquis Heaven Origin had been possessed.
• Lin Xuan flew back to the Immortal Servants’ city, where the residents greeted him with gratitude and treated him as a genuine Immortal.
• A short, stout old man invited Lin Xuan into the city and led him to a pavilion, where Lin Xuan asked to hear news and accepted the old man’s hospitality.

Lin Xuan admitted he was not a descended True Immortal and assured the Immortal Servant clan that no other cultivators would arrive. He asked the clan’s elder to help find Yue'er and Xiao Die, and the elder recognized them as Moon Fairy and Fairy Xiao Die, who had once helped the clan.

• The Immortal Servant clan’s great elder cautiously questioned whether Lin Xuan was truly a descended True Immortal.
• Lin Xuan confessed that he was a cultivator from the Spirit World and promised that no one besides him and the fleeing Marquis Heaven Origin would come to the Small Immortal Domain.
• Lin Xuan told the elder he needed information and offered to consider rewarding the clan for useful answers.
• Lin Xuan conjured images of Yue'er and Xiao Die and asked whether the elder had seen them.
• The elder recognized them as Moon Fairy and Fairy Xiao Die and said they had once shown great kindness to his clan.

Lin Xuan learned that Yue'er and Xiao Die had gone to True Person Huayu's cultivation cave in search of a way out of the Small Immortal Domain. After the old man arranged for a guide the next morning, he secretly entered a tomb chamber and addressed someone in an empty bronze coffin.

• The short, stout old man told Lin Xuan that Yue'er and Xiao Die had visited his clan five years earlier and later left for True Person Huayu's cultivation cave.
• The old man agreed to send a clansman to guide Lin Xuan to the cave the following morning.
• The old man arranged a cultivation cave and two maidservants for Lin Xuan, then returned to his own quarters.
• The old man revealed his sinister nature and entered a hidden tomb chamber using a command token.
• The Black-Clothed Elder opened an empty bronze coffin and demanded that someone show themselves.

The Short Fat Elder arranged to lure Lin Xuan to the cultivation cave of True Person Huayu, while a hidden figure planned to use him for an unknown purpose. Lin Xuan traveled there with Mu Qing and reached the cave, unaware of the enormous black Cocoon sealed by five Xiantian Spirit Treasures elsewhere in the Small Immortal Domain.

• The Black-Clothed Elder spoke with the figure in the Bronze Coffin and confirmed that Lin Xuan would be brought to the figure’s cultivation cave the next day.
• In a vast stone chamber, a black Cocoon bound by chains and restrictions was sealed by five Xiantian Spirit Treasures.
• The Short Fat Elder sent Mu Qing to guide Lin Xuan to True Person Huayu’s cultivation cave, and Lin Xuan set out with her on a Spirit Boat.
• During the journey, Mu Qing told Lin Xuan what she knew about True Person Huayu and the perilous route to the cultivation cave.
• After a day and a night of travel, Lin Xuan and Mu Qing arrived at their destination.

Lin Xuan and Mu Qing crossed a perilous desert toward True Person Huayu’s cultivation cave as Lin Xuan’s foreboding grew stronger. Elsewhere, the True Immortal who had seized Marquis Heaven Origin’s body emerged from a sealed cave.

• Lin Xuan questioned whether Mu Qing had led him to the right place, but she confirmed the route to True Person Huayu’s cave.
• A Red Fire Demon Scorpion ambushed Lin Xuan, who cut it in half and burned it to ash.
• Lin Xuan and Mu Qing continued through the desert, facing powerful attacks from demonic beasts and puppets along the way.
• Near the cultivation cave, Mu Qing explained that the nearby creatures avoided the area, while Lin Xuan’s sense of foreboding intensified.
• The True Immortal who had seized Marquis Heaven Origin’s body emerged from a sealed cultivation cave far away.

Marquis Heaven Origin, now possessing True Immortal Xuangu’s power, set out to investigate True Person Huayu’s cultivation cave and kill Lin Xuan. Lin Xuan reached the Palace, saw through its deadly illusion formation, and tried to break it with his Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword, but his strike left the gate untouched.

• Marquis Heaven Origin recovered much of his strength, resolved to investigate True Person Huayu’s cultivation cave, and decided to kill Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan and Mu Qing arrived at the Palace, where Lin Xuan sensed something was wrong and used the Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye to reveal a deadly formation concealed by illusions.
• Lin Xuan told Mu Qing to wait outside while he prepared to enter the cultivation cave.
• Lin Xuan combined his Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye’s power with the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword and struck the Palace’s main gate.
• Lin Xuan’s sword strike failed to leave even a crack in the gate.

Lin Xuan entered the hidden gate in True Person Huayu's cultivation cave while Mu Qing watched in amazement. Far away, Nailong True Person emerged into the Small Immortal Domain after a century-long battle with Corpse King Jinyue, and prepared to make his way back to the Spirit World.

• The Palace vanished around Lin Xuan, revealing an ancient silver-patterned door that he opened and flew through.
• A gray-white sky surged above the Small Immortal Domain, and a deafening blast flattened mountains before a golden sphere crashed into the ground.
• Nailong True Person emerged unharmed from the magma-filled crater and restored his tattered clothes.
• Nailong True Person recalled that Corpse King Jinyue had trapped him in the Nether Sacred Land, where they fought for more than a hundred years.
• Nailong True Person killed Corpse King Jinyue and tore open the void, but emerged in the Small Immortal Domain instead of the Spirit World.

Nailong True Person recognized the Small Immortal Domain and headed for True Person Huayu's cultivation cave, while Lin Xuan entered the cave and prepared to strengthen the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire before rescuing Yue'er. Mu Qing waited outside, and a streak of light suddenly appeared beside her.

• Nailong True Person recognized that he was in a Small Immortal Domain and set off for True Person Huayu's cultivation cave.
• Lin Xuan entered the cultivation cave, found himself in a lush valley rich in Immortal Spirit Qi, and chose not to cultivate for its own sake.
• Lin Xuan made a crude cave, set up formations, and began using the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire to refine the Immortal-Slaying Spirit Fire.
• Mu Qing remained near the desert, waiting for Lin Xuan, until a streak of light appeared beside her.

Master Xuangu and Nailong entered True Person Huayu’s cultivation cave, while Lin Xuan finished refining the Spirit Slaughtering Heaven Fire and set out to find Yue'er and the other woman. He destroyed the cave’s puppet guards, but they reassembled, leaving him facing an apparently endless threat.

• Master Xuangu found the entrance to the cultivation cave with ease and entered, leaving Mu Qing unharmed.
• Nailong sensed that someone had already entered the cave, opened its entrance, and followed inside.
• Lin Xuan completed the fusion of the Spirit Slaughtering Heaven Fire, strengthening his Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword before leaving seclusion to search for Yue'er and the other woman.
• Puppet guards attacked Lin Xuan, and he destroyed them with sword light.
• The puppet fragments reassembled into new guards, startling Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan destroyed the source of the regenerating puppets, then encountered Master Xuangu in a maze of stairways and escaped after their clash. He continued upward, wondering how Master Xuangu was connected to Marquis Heaven Origin.

• Lin Xuan used the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire to destroy the pavilions sustaining the puppets, stopping their resurrection and clearing the area.
• Lin Xuan, Master Xuangu, and Nailong each reached a new area with numerous routes leading onward.
• Lin Xuan encountered Master Xuangu, who attacked him with golden runes, shattering Lin Xuan's Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword.
• Lin Xuan struck Master Xuangu with the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire, then escaped up a randomly chosen stone stairway.
• Master Xuangu and Nailong each chose a different stairway, while Lin Xuan restored his broken swords and wondered about Master Xuangu's resemblance to Marquis Heaven Origin.

Lin Xuan entered a flight-restricting area, where he faced powerful vajra Puppets and charged at them on foot. Elsewhere, Master Xuangu battled a strange formation, while Nailong True Person resisted a deadly ambush after drinking Bone-Eroding Immortal Wine.

• Lin Xuan discovered that a strange force prevented both him and his Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword from flying.
• Several vajra Puppets approached Lin Xuan, who charged at them with his fists despite the restriction.
• Master Xuangu faced the Mystic Ice Blazing Flame Formation and Five-Colored Cloud-Splitting Moths, countering them with lotus petals that transformed into spiders.
• Nailong True Person drank Bone-Eroding Immortal Wine in a pavilion as maidservants and dancers prepared to attack him.
• Nailong True Person summoned heavenly soldiers and generals from a scroll, stopped the dagger-wielding maidservant, and revealed that the wine had not harmed him.

Lin Xuan fought through the Puppets and reached a ruined palace, where a giant ape Puppet confronted him. Elsewhere, the fox escaped Nailong True Person and decided she might have to cooperate with him, while Yue'er and Xiao Die remained trapped in the Small Immortal Domain.

• The fox used a substitution talisman and the Sky Fox Shadow Transformation Technique to escape Nailong True Person, who recognized her and considered visiting the Kingdom of Qingqiu.
• Lin Xuan defeated the remaining Puppets despite being unable to fly or control treasures, then climbed the stone steps toward the ruins above.
• The fox lamented that Bone-Eroding Immortal Wine had failed and concluded that she might have to cooperate with Nailong True Person.
• Yue'er told Xiao Die she wanted to leave the Small Immortal Domain and see Lin Xuan, but Xiao Die argued that the place protected them from a dangerous old monster.
• Lin Xuan reached the ruined palace and faced a giant ape Puppet that seemed as powerful as a Mountain Giant Ape; it drew a golden line in front of him.

Lin Xuan fought the Giant Ape puppet in a place where a mysterious Restriction prevented flight and the use of treasures. After enduring its overwhelming strength, he used the True Explanation of Hundred Spirits to evade its attacks and counter with a feint that sent it flying.

• Lin Xuan crossed the line despite the Giant Ape's warning, and its punch hurled him into a cliff.
• Lin Xuan recognized the opponent's strength and used a lightness movement technique from the True Explanation of Hundred Spirits to evade its next attack.
• Lin Xuan drew the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword and struck the Giant Ape while it was trapped in the cliff.
• The Giant Ape countered with black light and a weapon-like arm, but Lin Xuan dodged its attack and landed a powerful punch to its lower abdomen.
• Lin Xuan's punch knocked the Giant Ape high into the air, but the Restriction forced it back toward the ground.

Lin Xuan broke through the restriction and destroyed the Giant Ape Puppet with a sword strike, then searched the devastated ruins. In the Small Immortal Domain, the Eight-Tailed Immortal Fox confronted the being sealed in a black cocoon, who admitted to luring intruders into the domain and urged her to release it.

• Lin Xuan unleashed his Supernatural Powers and shattered the restriction, then merged with his sword and attacked the Giant Ape Puppet.
• Lin Xuan's strike erased the Puppet and devastated the surrounding landscape, after which he headed into the ruins to search for what remained.
• In the stone chamber, cracks spread across the chains binding the black cocoon as the Eight-Tailed Immortal Fox entered.
• The being inside the cocoon admitted it had brought outsiders into the Small Immortal Domain to pressure the fox into releasing it.
• The Eight-Tailed Immortal Fox accused the captive of betraying True Person Huayu, and the captive offered to help her deal with the intruders if she freed it.