Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan learned that only one intermediate cultivation art remained at the trade fair and resolved to buy it despite the competition. When a Yan Family cultivator tried to claim the Ice Heart Art, Lin Xuan outbid him, leaving the sale contested.

• Lin Xuan decided he would not give up the remaining intermediate cultivation art and restored his strength before the trade fair.
• Lin Xuan reached the stall and asked the attendant the price of the Ice Heart Art, which was 150 Low-Grade Marrow Cleansing Pills.
• A young Yan Family cultivator arrived and tried to take the Ice Heart Art after placing 150 pills on the stall.
• Lin Xuan blocked the young man and offered 160 Marrow Cleansing Pills for the art.

Lin Xuan outbid Yan Ming for the Spirit Control Technique by offering a Mid-Grade Marrow Cleansing Pill along with two hundred Low-Grade pills, then left Lingyun Sect after noticing groups following him. He hid in a valley and used a rare Invisibility Talisman to evade them.

• Lin Xuan and Yan Ming raised their bids for the Spirit Control Technique until Lin Xuan offered a Mid-Grade Marrow Cleansing Pill and two hundred Low-Grade Marrow Cleansing Pills.
• The Lingyun Sect cultivator accepted Lin Xuan's offer, and Yan Ming gave up after seeing the Mid-Grade Pill.
• Lin Xuan took the Jade Slip and left Lingyun Sect through the Teleportation Array without returning to the pavilion.
• Lin Xuan detected several groups following him, circled the area, and reached a rugged valley near Heavenly Pillar Peak.
• Lin Xuan activated an Invisibility Talisman, which concealed him but prevented him from moving for three hours.

After escaping the cultivators who coveted his treasures, Lin Xuan headed back toward Floating Cloud Valley with new cultivation supplies. He hid in a forest for the night and overheard Yan Ming and Yan Tianheng discussing their ambush on the Wang Family disciples.

• Lin Xuan emerged from hiding after three hours, reviewed his purchases, and continued toward Floating Cloud Valley.
• At dusk, Lin Xuan stopped in a remote forest, extinguished his cooking fire, and concealed himself in a tree when he sensed someone approaching.
• A Flight Talisman brought Yan Ming and his father, Yan Tianheng, into the forest, and Lin Xuan recognized Yan Ming from their earlier encounter.
• Lin Xuan reasoned that the pair had not followed him and stayed still, hoping they would soon leave.
• Yan Ming asked whether their ambush on the Wang Family disciples would be discovered, and Yan Tianheng said he had destroyed the bodies and erased all traces.

Lin Xuan overheard Yan Tianheng and Yan Ming discussing their theft of a cultivation manual and realized they would kill him to keep their secret. When they spotted him, Lin Xuan attacked first, wounding Yan Ming and unleashing a barrage of fireballs at them.

• Lin Xuan inferred that Yan Tianheng had ambushed the Wang Family and stolen its intermediate cultivation manual after Lin Xuan bought the one Yan Ming wanted.
• Yan Tianheng looked toward the tree where Lin Xuan was hiding, so Lin Xuan dropped down and attacked before they could strike.
• Yan Ming recognized Lin Xuan, and Lin Xuan trapped him with the Quicksand Technique while attacking with fireballs and ice bullets.
• Yan Tianheng pulled Yan Ming out of danger, but an ice bullet struck Yan Ming in the chest.
• Lin Xuan threw five Talismans into the air, sending dozens of fireballs roaring toward Yan Tianheng and Yan Ming.

Lin Xuan faced Yan Tianheng in a fierce battle, using valuable defensive and offensive Talismans to withstand the stronger cultivator’s spells. Yan Tianheng’s spirit power dwindled against Lin Xuan’s seemingly endless supply of Talismans as the fight continued.

• Yan Tianheng protected Yan Ming with a Spirit Power Shield, which stopped Lin Xuan’s Fireball Talisman.
• Lin Xuan activated the Diamond Technique and Water Spirit Talisman to defend himself, then refused to reveal his identity.
• Lin Xuan sent Ice Bullet Talismans at Yan Tianheng, who countered with the mid-grade Fire Bird Technique.
• Lin Xuan used five Freezing Technique Talismans to oppose the Fire Bird and kept relying on Talismans instead of his weaker spirit power.
• Yan Tianheng unleashed repeated mid-grade spells, but Lin Xuan’s Talismans steadily depleted the patriarch’s spirit power.

Lin Xuan used Talismans and psychological tactics to hold off Yan Tianheng, while both men worried about whose resources would run out first. Yan Tianheng drew on a hidden treasure, but Lin Xuan struck him with a mid-grade Crescent Blade Talisman and waited to see what he would do next.

• Lin Xuan provoked Yan Tianheng while using groups of five low-grade Talismans to counter his spells, and both men grew concerned about exhausting their resources.
• Yan Tianheng, tempted by the possibility of obtaining Lin Xuan's Mid-Grade Pill, decided to use a powerful treasure and reached into his robes.
• Lin Xuan recognized the danger and used two mid-grade Talismans, canceling Yan Tianheng's Fire Bird Technique and sending a Crescent Blade Technique at him.
• The Crescent Blade Technique heavily wounded Yan Tianheng but failed to break his Spirit Power Shield.
• Yan Tianheng threatened Lin Xuan from within the dust, and Lin Xuan prepared a Talisman while waiting to see his opponent's next move.

Yan Tianheng unleashed a Beast Talisman that summoned the soul of an Iron-Armored Explosive Flame Tiger, but Lin Xuan restrained it with a Spirit Tool. Their fight became a stalemate, and the chapter ended with Yan Tianheng believing Lin Xuan had run out of Talismans.

• Yan Tianheng activated a Beast Talisman and summoned the soul of an Iron-Armored Explosive Flame Tiger to attack Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan used several low-tier Spells to slow the tiger, then bound its soul with a Spirit Tool rope.
• Yan Tianheng was shocked by Lin Xuan's rare treasures, but grew more determined to kill him before his powerful master could intervene.
• Lin Xuan and Yan Tianheng struggled in a stalemate as they tried to control the tiger and conserve their spiritual power.
• Lin Xuan reached into his robes and withdrew an empty hand, leading Yan Tianheng to believe he had run out of Talismans.

Lin Xuan defeated Yan Tianheng by feigning weakness before unleashing the powerful Ice Needle Technique, then killed Yan Ming and collected the battle spoils. He left with Yan Tianheng’s Beast Talisman, though nearly all the low-grade Talismans he had brought were spent.

• Lin Xuan repeatedly used the Ice Bullet Technique to trick Yan Tianheng into believing it was his only spell while Yan Tianheng battered his defensive barriers.
• Lin Xuan unleashed the Ice Needle Technique, overwhelming Yan Tianheng’s weakened Spirit Power Shield and killing him.
• Lin Xuan killed Yan Ming after the boy begged for his life, since Yan Ming had seen Lin Xuan’s true face.
• Lin Xuan recovered the Gold Binding Rope and the Beast Talisman, while discovering that the battle had used up nearly all his low-grade Talismans.

Lin Xuan returned to Floating Cloud Valley after defeating Yan Tianheng and collecting his spoils. Rested and resolved to grow stronger, he prepared to focus on cultivation.

• Lin Xuan looted Yan Tianheng's Storage Bracelet, taking Spirit Stones, pills, cultivation arts, a pill furnace, and a rare herb.
• Lin Xuan buried Yan Tianheng and his son with the Quicksand Technique, then traveled through the night back to Floating Cloud Valley.
• Lin Xuan returned to Danxia Mountain, confirmed that the Waste Pill Room had been undisturbed, and considered the cultivation arts he had acquired.
• Lin Xuan rested for a day and a night to recover from the battle and his journey.
• Lin Xuan concluded that increasing his spiritual power was his priority and resolved to work hard at cultivation.

Lin Xuan prepared to enter seclusion and advance his cultivation while tensions spread across Yanzhou after the Wang Family accused the Yan Family of killing its disciples. The dispute drew Floating Cloud Valley and the Fire Spirit Sect into opposing alliances, leaving the Cultivation World on the brink of wider conflict.

• Lin Xuan purified hundreds of Low-Grade Marrow Cleansing Pills and twenty Mid-Grade Pills before preparing to cultivate in seclusion and reach the late stage of the Spirit Agility Realm.
• The Wang Family sent three Foundation Establishment Realm elders to confront the Yan Family over the ambush and deaths of its disciples, but Yan Tianheng and his son were missing.
• The Wang Family elders refrained from attacking the Yan Family because of its ties to the Fire Spirit Sect and instead waited nearby while another group sought reinforcements.
• The Yan Family suspected the Wang Family had killed Yan Tianheng and sought help from the Fire Spirit Sect.
• The dispute pulled Floating Cloud Valley, the Fire Spirit Sect, and their allied sects into opposing sides, while cultivation lineages began clashing across Yanzhou.

Lin Xuan cultivated with the Lingyun Art and pills while the sects searched for the father and son he had killed. After a difficult breakthrough, he reached the Spirit Movement Late Stage.

• Lin Xuan heard from Zhao Ming that the major sects had failed to find any trace of the father and son, and focused on improving his strength.
• Lin Xuan began cultivating with the Lingyun Art, finding that its Great Circulation improved his cultivation but demanded far more effort than his old technique.
• Over a month, Lin Xuan advanced to the peak of the fourth layer while concealing his progress from the boys in the Waste Pill Room.
• Lin Xuan used pills to temper the spiritual power in his body and successfully broke through to the fifth layer and the Spirit Movement Late Stage.

Lin Xuan stabilized his fifth-layer cultivation and sought a way to conceal his rapid progress. After discovering that High-Grade Red Silk Grass could hide one’s cultivation, he gathered ordinary grass and prepared to test whether the Blue Light Spot could purify herbs.

• Lin Xuan continued cultivating with more Mid-Grade Marrow Cleansing Pills, improving his pill-purification success rate and stabilizing his fifth-layer realm.
• Worried that others would notice how quickly he had advanced, Lin Xuan searched the Library Pavilion for a way to conceal his cultivation.
• Lin Xuan learned from the Record of Hundred Herbs that only High-Grade Red Silk Grass could conceal cultivation, and that it was extremely rare.
• Lin Xuan exchanged a low-grade Marrow Cleansing Pill for a basket of Red Silk Grass from the herb garden.
• Back in the Waste Pill Room, Lin Xuan took a fresh stalk of Red Silk Grass and prepared to test whether the Blue Light Spot could purify medicinal herbs.

Lin Xuan experimented with purifying fresh Red Silk Grass and discovered that extracting its essence created a liquid that could conceal spiritual power. He left the experiment confident he had found a more effective way to hide his cultivation without hindering his abilities.

• Lin Xuan used his divine sense to guide Blue Light Spots into Red Silk Grass and pushed out its red substance, but the herb remained low-grade.
• Lin Xuan extracted the green essence from another Red Silk Grass, leaving the herb withered, and stored the fragrant liquid in a jade bottle.
• Lin Xuan drank a tiny sip of the liquid and observed it transform into gas that formed a sphere in his dantian.
• Lin Xuan found that the sphere could wrap around spiritual power without disrupting his control of it, while concealing that power from others.
• Lin Xuan concluded that the extracted essence hid cultivation more effectively than high-grade Red Silk Grass.

Lin Xuan refined Red Silk Grass into green liquid that let him conceal most of his cultivation, then spent months in seclusion advancing to the sixth level of the Spirit Movement Stage. After emerging with his cultivation hidden, he went out for a walk before beginning to learn the Spirit Control Technique.

• Lin Xuan discovered that the green liquid from Red Silk Grass let him conceal up to ninety percent of his spirit power without weakening his spells, and he refined the remaining herbs into three bottles.
• Lin Xuan learned that he needed to reach the sixth level of the Spirit Movement Stage before he could use the Spirit Control Technique, so he focused on strengthening his cultivation.
• Lin Xuan spent half a month refining pills, then repeatedly entered seclusion while pretending to be lazy and unnoticed by Zhao Ming and the other attendants.
• After three months of arduous cultivation, Lin Xuan mastered the sixth level of the art and recovered before leaving seclusion.
• Lin Xuan drank the green liquid and deliberately appeared listless, concealing his cultivation so thoroughly that he believed even Master Yunhe would mistake him for a first-level cultivator.
• Lin Xuan dismissed Zhao Ming and the other attendants and went outside to rest for a few days.

Lin Xuan attended a Foundation Establishment instructor’s lesson at the Young Eagle Pavilion and learned cultivation insights that could correct flaws in his practice. Later, he spotted Ye Tian gathering low-cultivation disciples on a mountain and hid to learn what they were planning.

• Lin Xuan took a front-row seat at the Young Eagle Pavilion, where Ye Tian greeted him warmly and invited him to a barbecue.
• Lin Xuan declined Ye Tian’s invitation and noticed Ye Tian approach another low-cultivation disciple after he left.
• A Foundation Establishment instructor taught the disciples cultivation insights that answered Lin Xuan’s questions about his technique.
• Lin Xuan left the pavilion and went to rest on a nearby mountain, where he sensed Ye Tian arriving with several young disciples.
• Lin Xuan hid in the bushes to watch Ye Tian and the disciples because he suspected their gathering concealed a scheme.

Lin Xuan watched as Ye Tian drugged three junior disciples with Forbidden Law Wine, intending to sacrifice them to complete his Hundred Soul Banner. The brothers and their companion were left helpless, while Lin Xuan chose not to intervene.

• Lin Xuan hid in the bushes and wondered why Ye Tian was acting warmly toward the Song Brothers and their tall, skinny companion.
• Ye Tian offered the three junior disciples medicinal wine, and Song Xiong, Song Hu, and the tall, skinny youth each drank from the gourd.
• Lin Xuan recognized that Ye Tian was setting a trap but decided not to interfere, recalling that the three had once bullied him.
• Song Xiong collapsed after drinking, and Song Hu and the tall, skinny youth soon lost their footing as well.
• The three discovered that Ye Tian's Forbidden Law Wine had sealed their spiritual power for three hours.
• Ye Tian revealed that he planned to sacrifice the three disciples to complete his Hundred Soul Banner, and they tried in vain to flee.

Lin Xuan learned that Ye Tian was a Demon Cultivator who planned to use three disciples’ souls to complete his Hundred Soul Banner. Hidden nearby, Lin Xuan resolved not to show mercy to others, while Ye Tian raised the banner to begin refining the captives.

• Lin Xuan recalled the dangers and cruel practices associated with Demon Cultivators after recognizing Ye Tian’s demon tool.
• Ye Tian told the Song Brothers and the tall, thin youth that he needed their essence souls to complete his Hundred Soul Banner.
• Ye Tian explained that he had chosen low-level disciples to avoid drawing the sect’s attention and because their weaker souls were safer to refine.
• Lin Xuan, concealed in the bushes, remembered that Ye Tian had once intended to target him and resolved to repay him later.
• The three captives begged Ye Tian to spare them and offered to help capture Lin Xuan and other disciples, but Lin Xuan’s sympathy for them disappeared.
• Ye Tian ignored the captives’ pleas, raised the Hundred Soul Banner, and prepared to refine their souls.

Ye Tian refined the Song Brothers’ souls into the Hundred Soul Banner and pursued Lin Xuan, who had witnessed the killings. Lin Xuan concealed himself underground, and as Ye Tian searched for him with the demonic artifact, Lin Xuan prepared to strike first.

• Ye Tian killed the Song Brothers, extracted their souls, and refined them into the Hundred Soul Banner.
• Lin Xuan chose to leave rather than attack Ye Tian, but Ye Tian sensed his presence and chased after him.
• Lin Xuan detected Ye Tian approaching, concealed his aura, and used a Quicksand Talisman to hide underground.
• Ye Tian lost track of Lin Xuan and spread black mist from the Hundred Soul Banner to search the area.
• Lin Xuan decided to strike first and raised his hand while remaining underground.

Lin Xuan ambushed Ye Tian with an Ice Needle Technique, but Ye Tian survived by using the Hundred Soul Banner. Both concealed their true cultivation and prepared stronger attacks, leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• Lin Xuan drank Red Silk Grass Green Liquid to conceal his cultivation, then attacked Ye Tian with hundreds of ice needles.
• Ye Tian used the Hundred Soul Banner to summon a White Bone Shield, which blocked the needles before shattering; he then destroyed Lin Xuan's Fire Bird Technique with a blood-red skull.
• Ye Tian mistook Lin Xuan's cultivation for the fourth layer, while Lin Xuan recognized that they were both at the sixth layer and remained wary of the Hundred Soul Banner.
• Ye Tian filled the area with an illusory Ghost Mist, but Lin Xuan resisted it and drew out a Beast Talisman.
• Lin Xuan began unsealing the Beast Talisman as Ye Tian withdrew the Ghost Mist and summoned several Fierce Ghosts from the Hundred Soul Banner.

Lin Xuan and Ye Tian battled with the Beast Soul Talisman and Hundred Soul Banner, but their summoned spirits became evenly matched. Ye Tian then brought out a Spirit Tool fire snake and sent it lunging at Lin Xuan.

• Ye Tian sent nine Fierce Ghosts from the Hundred Soul Banner to attack Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan activated the Beast Talisman, summoning an Iron-Armored Explosive Flame Tiger that destroyed two ghosts and drove back the rest.
• Ye Tian recalled the surviving ghosts and used the Hundred Soul Banner to form a massive blood-red skull that fought the tiger to a standstill.
• Ye Tian launched a Spirit Tool shaped like a blazing fire snake at Lin Xuan.