Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan discovered that a terrifying Restriction protected the valley, and his strongest attempts to break through it failed. After the Five Dragon Seal unexpectedly responded to a summons from the Restriction, he rushed inside unharmed, leaving Nailong True Person and the Eight-Tailed Immortal Fox stunned outside.

• Lin Xuan used his Heaven Wind Divine Eyes to reveal a mysterious Restriction around the valley.
• Lin Xuan's Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword shattered when he struck the Restriction, though he restored it with Sword Spirit Transformation into Void.
• Lin Xuan tried to mobilize the Five Dragon Seal but found he could not control it; then he sensed the Restriction calling to him and felt the seal respond.
• Lin Xuan decided to risk entering the Restriction for Yue'er, and Nailong True Person could not stop him.
• Lin Xuan passed through the Restriction unharmed, while Nailong True Person and the Eight-Tailed Immortal Fox watched in shock.

Lin Xuan was thrown through a Spatial Rift into the valley where Yue'er and Xiao Die had been trapped for years, and Xiao Die mistook him for a threat. The chapter ended with Lin Xuan injured in the buttocks by her flying dagger, while Yue'er pleaded for Xiao Die to be forgiven.

• Yue'er longed for Lin Xuan as Xiao Die prepared to comfort her.
• A Spatial Rift opened above the valley and hurled Lin Xuan inside.
• Xiao Die attacked the incoming stranger with her flying dagger, wounding Lin Xuan as he crashed into a mountain.
• Yue'er recognized Lin Xuan's voice, and Xiao Die feared she had killed him and violated her master-servant contract.
• Yue'er helped the limping Lin Xuan, and Xiao Die discovered her dagger had struck his buttocks.
• Lin Xuan scolded Xiao Die while Yue'er laughed and asked him to forgive her.

Lin Xuan emerged from the valley with Yue'er and Xiao Die after finding them, while Nailong True Person waited nearby. Elsewhere in the Nailong Realm, the last survivors of the Spirit Water Sect prepared to flee the Outer-Domain Heavenly Demons and doubted that Alliance Leader Lin Xuan or Nailong True Person could save them.

• Lin Xuan returned to the cultivation cave with Yue'er and Xiao Die, recovering from the injury Xiao Die had inflicted before reuniting with Yue'er.
• More than three months later, Nailong True Person waited outside the valley aboard a pleasure boat, enjoying the company of the Eight-Tailed Immortal Fox and entertainers.
• Lin Xuan emerged from the valley with Yue'er and Xiao Die and pointed out Nailong True Person's pleasure boat to them.
• In the Nailong Realm, the Spirit Water Sect's surviving Cultivators hid behind a barren mountain while their elders discussed whether the Outer-Domain Heavenly Demons had truly left the area.
• The white-faced Sect Master promised the Horse-Faced Elder the sect leadership if they escaped, and the elders worried about where they could flee and whether Lin Xuan or Nailong True Person could help.

Lin Xuan and his companions returned from the Small Immortal Domain to the Nailong Realm, while the Spirit Water Sect elders chose to seek refuge at the Cloud Hidden Sect. Before they could leave the desert, Demon Flame Birds surrounded them and began attacking.

• The Spirit Water Sect elders decided to travel to the Cloud Hidden Sect after resting overnight in the desert.
• Lin Xuan, Nailong True Person, Yue'er, Xiao Die, and the Eight-Tailed Immortal Fox returned from the Small Immortal Domain to the Nailong Realm.
• Lin Xuan released his divine sense to locate someone who could tell him where they had arrived.
• Hundreds of Demon Flame Birds surrounded the resting Spirit Water Sect cultivators.
• The white-faced old man stopped the white-haired Old Crone and Senior Brother Yun from arguing and urged the sect to fight its way out.
• The Spirit Water Sect cultivators summoned their Spirit Tools and treasures to meet the diving birds.

Spirit Water Sect fought off the Demon Flame Birds, but an ambush by the Outer-Domain Heavenly Demons left the sect near defeat. Lin Xuan arrived and killed the fleeing Dongxuan-level demon, leaving the sect’s survivors alive.

• The White-Faced Elder urged Spirit Water Sect to break through, but the Demon Flame Birds exploded and killed or wounded nearly half the disciples.
• The White-Faced Elder attacked the devil clouds, while the Horse-Faced Elder stopped the White-Haired Old Crone from joining him so the disciples could escape.
• The White-Faced Elder’s treasures were overwhelmed, and he prepared to sacrifice himself to protect the sect’s inheritance.
• Lin Xuan appeared and destroyed the demons’ devil light and treasure with a sweep of sword lights.
• The Dongxuan-level Outer-Domain Heavenly Demon tried to flee, but Lin Xuan stopped him and severed his head.

Lin Xuan and Nailong True Person rescued the Spirit Water Sect from Devil Race soldiers and learned that the Outer-Domain Heavenly Demons had overwhelmed the Nailong Realm. Lin Xuan returned to the Cloud Hidden Sect after hearing that Void Devil Lord had defeated the Immortal Dao Alliance’s strongest fighters.

• Lin Xuan and Nailong True Person appeared after Lin Xuan destroyed the demonic cloud, and the Spirit Water Sect cultivators recognized them and offered thanks.
• Lin Xuan asked the Spirit Water Sect elders to explain why the Outer-Domain Heavenly Demons had grown more aggressive.
• The elders told Lin Xuan and Nailong True Person that the Heavenly Demons had received reinforcements through an opened Interface Passage and were attacking across the Nailong Realm.
• The elders reported that the Immortal Dao Alliance had suffered a crushing defeat, with Dongyu Immortal Emperor and Black Bear King killed in battle.
• The elders revealed that Void Devil Lord had defeated Lin Xuan and four other experts alone, forcing the survivors to flee wounded.
• Lin Xuan and Nailong True Person parted ways, and Lin Xuan hurried back to the Cloud Hidden Sect.

After the Immortal Dao Alliance’s defeat, the Outer-Domain Heavenly Demons overran much of the Nailong Realm, leaving the Cloud Hidden Sect and Penglai Immortal Island as the main places still holding out. Void Devil Lord failed to break Penglai’s Nine Truths Demon-Subduing Array, but repeated attacks were damaging it, and its defenders could not repair it.

• The Outer-Domain Heavenly Demons pushed the Nailong Realm’s sects and clans into desperate resistance after routing the Immortal Dao Alliance.
• The Cloud Hidden Sect sheltered the defeated alliance leaders and other experts, and its arrays and Restrictions kept the demon army from breaching its headquarters.
• Penglai Immortal Island’s defenders, led by Qianqian Fairy, used the Nine Truths Demon-Subduing Array to repel the Outer-Domain Heavenly Demons.
• Void Devil Lord personally attacked Penglai Immortal Island but failed to break the array and lost an arm before retreating.
• The repeated assaults damaged the Nine Truths Demon-Subduing Array, and Penglai’s formation experts lacked the ability to repair it.

Lin Xuan learned that Nailong Realm was under heavy attack and hurried toward Cloud Hidden Sect after accidentally traveling in the wrong direction. At Cloud Hidden Sect, crowded with refugees and guarded against infiltration, the realm’s strongest defenders gathered in a hidden pavilion.

• Lin Xuan and Nailong learned from the Spirit Water Sect that the Outer-Domain Heavenly Demons were wearing down Penglai Immortal Island’s defenses and attacking throughout Nailong Realm.
• Nailong True Person took the little Immortal Fox toward Penglai Immortal Island to rescue his wife, while Lin Xuan set out for Cloud Hidden Sect.
• Lin Xuan realized he had flown in the wrong direction for several days and turned back toward Cloud Hidden Sect.
• Cloud Hidden Sect housed ten times its usual number of Cultivators, relying on increasingly scarce secret Teleportation Arrays for supplies despite enemy infiltration attempts.
• The Youth surnamed Long, the Silver-Eyed Maiden, the Black Phoenix Demoness, Wanxiao Immortal Monarch, and other Tribulation Transcendence Stage experts gathered in a concealed pavilion.

After Cloud Hidden Sect survived a devastating assault by the Outer-Domain Heavenly Demons, Lin Xuan gathered the experts to discuss repairing its defenses while still gravely wounded. Empress surnamed Feng accused him of abandoning the alliance by sending his true body away, and their meeting ended in bitter confrontation.

• Lin Xuan recounted how the Immortal Dao Alliance had been defeated by Void at the Valley of the Heavenly River, leaving him gravely injured and the Black Bear King and Dongyu Immortal Emperor dead.
• The Devil Rock City Lord led a major assault on Cloud Hidden Sect, and Lin Xuan fought him while the Black Phoenix Demoness and Wanxiao Immortal Monarch faced other enemies.
• Cloud Hidden Sect held off the attack, but its cultivators suffered heavy losses and its Sect Protection Array and other Restrictions were badly damaged.
• Lin Xuan asked the gathered experts how to repair the defenses and prepare for another assault, but they initially remained silent.
• Empress surnamed Feng mocked Lin Xuan for leaving his true body away from the battlefield, while the Youth surnamed Long defended him.

Lin Xuan defended himself against the Empress’s accusation that he had abandoned the Immortal Dao Alliance, then offered to give up his position as alliance leader. The other cultivators rejected her attempt to take it, and Lin Xuan recognized that their support came from fear of the dangerous post, even though someone still had to lead.

• The Empress blamed Lin Xuan for her husband’s death and demanded that he abdicate as alliance leader.
• Lin Xuan explained that he had left before the Outer-Domain Heavenly Demons launched their general offensive and had later stayed behind to cover the retreat against Void.
• Lin Xuan offered the alliance leader’s Command Token to anyone willing to take his place, but the assembled cultivators avoided accepting it.
• The Empress reached for the token, but Wanxiao Immortal Monarch and the valley master of Black Phoenix Valley objected and defended Lin Xuan’s record.
• The other old monsters joined in supporting Lin Xuan, while he realized they were unwilling to take the perilous position themselves.

Lin Xuan accepted the alliance leadership to keep the sects united against the Outer-Domain Heavenly Demons, while the Palace-Robed Woman left in anger. The allies discovered that Lin Xuan had arranged backup supplies, but still needed to decide who would retrieve them.

• Lin Xuan took back the Command Token and agreed to remain alliance leader, while the assembled cultivators rejected the Palace-Robed Woman as a candidate.
• The Palace-Robed Woman tore her sleeve and left Cloud Hidden Mountain after the others refused to support her.
• Lin Xuan and Wanxiao Immortal Monarch assured the gathered cultivators that Fairy Feng was unlikely to leak their secrets or be captured and interrogated.
• Fairy Qingling warned that damaged formations and Restrictions, including the Sect Protection Array, needed repairs before the next demonic assault.
• Lin Xuan revealed that he had prepared backup supplies outside the sect, then asked who should be sent to retrieve them.

Phantom Rain reflected on the five years since Hundred Refinements began serialization and said the novel had entered its closing stage. Phantom Rain asked readers to cast their final monthly votes for the novel, and said a new chapter would be updated soon.

• Phantom Rain recalled that Hundred Refinements had serialized for more than five years since 2009.
• Phantom Rain described how life had changed during that time, including getting married and having a child.
• Phantom Rain said Hundred Refinements had entered its closing stage, though it would not end the following month.
• Phantom Rain asked readers to cast monthly tickets for Hundred Refinements in its final competition.
• Phantom Rain said a new chapter would be updated shortly.

Lin Xuan and the Immortal Dao Alliance leaders debated who should retrieve supplies needed to repair the Restriction without exposing their secret Teleportation Array. They settled on sending the Shangguan Sisters, an Ice Phoenix-blooded disciple, and a sword cultivator with the Nine Spirit Sword Body.

• Lin Xuan explained that sending senior cultivators to fetch supplies could expose the secret Teleportation Array, while their duties left no spare manpower.
• Wanxiao Immortal Monarch proposed sending outstanding disciples, and Lin Xuan dismissed objections by asking for a better plan.
• Lin Xuan ruled out Gongsun Yu'er because she was recovering from injuries and chose Shangguan Ling and Shangguan Yan instead.
• The Black Phoenix Demoness offered her Late-Spirit Division Stage disciple with the Ice Phoenix bloodline to join the mission.
• Wanxiao Immortal Monarch offered a Yun-surnamed disciple with the Nine Spirit Sword Body, and Lin Xuan approved her as the fourth member while declining further recruits.

Empress Feng left Cloud Hidden Sect with a handful of followers to seek revenge, but a black-clad girl ambushed the group. As the girl confronted Empress Feng, an unseen attacker stabbed her in the chest.

• Empress Feng left Cloud Hidden Sect with several trusted aides after nearly everyone refused to follow her.
• Empress Feng and her followers slipped through the Outer-Domain Heavenly Demons' encirclement and searched for a place to stay for the night.
• A black-clad girl killed two maidservants with a black weapon and mocked Empress Feng's group for hoping to challenge the Void Devil Lord.
• Empress Feng confronted the girl and opened her Vanity Box, sending out its magical jewelry.
• An unseen attacker stabbed Empress Feng in the chest with a dagger.

Qin Yan ambushed and killed Empress Feng before she could seek revenge on Void Devil Lord, then ordered the surviving cultivators from Cloud Hidden Sect slain to keep the incident secret. Fairy Zheyi teased Qin Yan about her feelings for Lin Xuan and the ancient Sound Transmission Talisman, while Qin Yan denied sending it.

• Qin Yan revealed herself after killing Empress Feng, who died regretting that she had left Cloud Hidden Sect and turned against Lin Xuan.
• Qin Yan ordered Fairy Zheyi to kill the remaining cultivators so the news would not spread, and Zheyi wiped them out.
• Fairy Zheyi questioned why Qin Yan had helped the Immortal Dao Alliance Master and suggested that she should have assassinated the Devil Rock City Lord instead.
• Qin Yan said she had killed Empress Feng to stop her from provoking Void Devil Lord and alerting him to their plans.
• Fairy Zheyi teased Qin Yan about sparing Lin Xuan in the Hundred Thousand Mountains and sending him a Sound Transmission Talisman millions of years earlier.
• Qin Yan denied sending the talisman and recalled that Zheyi was her close friend and ally against Void Devil Lord and his followers.

Lin Xuan hurried toward the Cloud Hidden Sect after realizing he had taken the wrong direction, while four of his disciples secretly left the besieged sect. The chapter ended as Shangguan Ling and Shangguan Yan emerged from hiding in a gorge, both newly advanced to the Late-Spirit Division Stage.

• Fairy Zheyi let Fairy in the Clouds leave and reflected that she wanted to keep her from repeating a mistake from her past life.
• Lin Xuan continued toward the Cloud Hidden Sect after losing several days by flying the wrong way, killing the Outer-Domain Heavenly Demons who obstructed him.
• The Cloud Hidden Sect and its attackers continued their daily probing skirmishes while both sides recovered from their previous major battle.
• Four Cloud Hidden Sect women secretly escaped through a Teleportation Array and emerged from a cavern in a remote gorge.
• Shangguan Ling and Shangguan Yan appeared among the four women, having recently advanced to the Late-Spirit Division Stage.

Shangguan Ling, Shangguan Yan, Fairy Ice Phoenix, and a Wanxiao Immortal Palace cultivator traveled to retrieve materials needed to repair the Immortal Dao Alliance’s Restrictions. After fighting through Devil Race patrols, they reached the Vast Mountains, unaware that a Demon Eye had witnessed their strength.

• Shangguan Ling led the four women away from the Teleportation Array while they searched the area and kept their Escape Lights dim.
• The group encountered Devil Race armored soldiers, and Fairy Ice Phoenix froze and destroyed them before they could raise an alarm.
• A concealed Demon Eye emerged after the women left and recorded their attack for the Outer-Domain Heavenly Demons.
• The four women continued toward their destination, eliminating the Outer-Domain Heavenly Demons they encountered along the way.
• After two days and two nights, Shangguan Yan confirmed with a Jade Slip that they had reached the Vast Mountains, and the women flew toward them.

Shangguan Ling, Shangguan Yan, Ice Phoenix, and the purple-robed woman followed Lin Xuan’s Jade Slip to a hidden supply cache in a mortal city. After disguising themselves and entering the bustling marketplace, they searched for the location Lin Xuan had told Shangguan Yan about.

• Ice Phoenix and the purple-robed woman questioned Shangguan Ling’s destination, then checked the Jade Slip and understood Lin Xuan’s plan to hide supplies in a mortal city.
• Shangguan Yan praised Lin Xuan, and Ice Phoenix insulted her; Shangguan Ling stopped the argument so the mission would not be delayed.
• The four women reached the outskirts of a large mortal city and concealed their auras and appearances.
• They entered the city and made their way through its busy streets to a marketplace.
• Shangguan Yan asked Shangguan Ling where Lin Xuan had hidden the supplies.

Shangguan Ling and the other women retrieved the gathered supplies from Cang Mo, but the city was suddenly attacked by the Outer-Domain Heavenly Demons. They left the shop and witnessed the demons slaughtering mortals, leaving Shangguan Yan enraged.

• Shangguan Ling led the three women to a hidden general store and revealed a Jade Pendant to its young assistant.
• Cang Mo revealed his identity as a Dongxuan Realm cultivator and verified the women’s Jade Talisman.
• Cang Mo brought the gathered supplies, and Shangguan Ling confirmed that everything was present.
• Thunderous booms and cries of alarm alerted the women that the Outer-Domain Heavenly Demons had appeared nearby.
• The four women left the store and saw devil clouds surround the city as the demons killed fleeing mortals.
• Shangguan Yan flew into a rage at the demons’ indiscriminate slaughter.

Ice Phoenix and the purple-clad girl attacked the Outer-Domain Heavenly Demons, forcing Shangguan Ling to abandon stealth and join the fight. The Shangguan Sisters and their allies wiped out the demonic forces, including the fleeing high-level demons.

• Shangguan Ling stopped Shangguan Yan from attacking so they could protect the supplies entrusted to them, but Ice Phoenix charged into the demon clouds and froze the soldiers within them.
• The purple-clad girl drew her Immortal Sword, destroyed the demons’ treasures, and cut through the demon clouds, while Ice Phoenix froze more clouds and their occupants.
• Shangguan Ling ordered the sisters to attack and finish the Heavenly Demons quickly, and Shangguan Yan eagerly summoned her Storage Bracelet.
• Shangguan Yan unleashed dozens of Dharma Treasures, scattering the Spirit Division-level devils and wiping out the armored soldiers caught in their path.
• The five Outer-Domain Heavenly Demons who fled were killed as the battle came to an end.