Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan brought Yue'er to a secluded Yin Vein so she could attempt to form a Nascent Soul, and she began preparing by refining the Blood Ghost she had captured. As Yue'er placed a talisman over the restrained creature, she activated the Myriad Soul Chain to prevent it from escaping.

• Lin Xuan left Ma Tianxiong and traveled into the hinterland of You Province.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er reached the Yin Vein where Yin Ghost Master had once been, and Lin Xuan opened a cave residence for Yue'er's Nascent Soul attempt.
• Yue'er took out the Beast Soul Banner to refine the Blood Ghost and make it recognize her as its master before beginning her breakthrough.
• Yue'er summoned the Blood Ghost, restrained it with the Myriad Soul Chain, and inscribed a talisman with her vital essence.
• Yue'er sent the talisman toward the Blood Ghost and activated the Myriad Soul Chain's restrictions as the creature tried to dodge.

Yue'er began forming a Nascent Soul, and Lin Xuan risked his own Life Essence to help her when her Golden Core failed to change. A pair of Li Soul Valley cultivators detected the eerie heavenly omen and flew toward it, leaving their disciples behind as they pursued a possible treasure.

• Yue'er subdued the Blood Ghost, and Lin Xuan taught her about Nascent Soul Formation and shared his insights.
• More than half a year later, a strange heavenly omen filled the area around Desolate Mountain as Yue'er attempted to form a Nascent Soul.
• After four hours passed without Yue'er's Golden Core changing, Lin Xuan used a secret body-infusing art to pour his Life Essence into her.
• Two hundred miles away, a Li Soul Valley elder and a middle-aged cultivator argued over whether the omen came from a treasure or a Ghost Path expert.
• The two Li Soul Valley cultivators ordered their Foundation Establishment disciples to wait, then flew toward the omen.

Yue'er failed to form her Nascent Soul, leaving her disappointed because she still could not reshape a new body. Lin Xuan encountered two Core Condensation Ghost Cultivators from Li Soul Valley, learned their identities, and attacked them so he could investigate why they had come to You Province.

• Yue'er ended her failed Nascent Soul Formation attempt, and Lin Xuan comforted her before they left the temporary cave.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er sensed two approaching Ghost Cultivators and concealed their auras as the pair arrived at the Desolate Mountain.
• Lin Xuan revealed himself to the two cultivators, who identified themselves as stewards of Li Soul Valley.
• Lin Xuan questioned why Li Soul Valley cultivators had come to You Province and decided to capture them for questioning.
• Lin Xuan attacked the two men with sword light, intending to use Soul Searching Technique to learn their purpose.

Lin Xuan killed a pair of Li Soul Valley Ghost Cultivators and learned they were headed to the Kui Yin Mountain Range, prompting him to travel there to deal with Old Ancestor Hun Yuan and visit Peacock Fairy. As Lin Xuan entered the mountains, Ghost Emperor Haotian gathered with other powerful Ghost Cultivators at another entrance.

• Lin Xuan killed one Ghost Cultivator with the Azure Phantom Nether Fire while Yue'er incapacitated the other, then learned through soul-searching that they had been ordered to meet elders in the Kui Yin Mountain Range.
• Lin Xuan decided to enter the Kui Yin Mountain Range to kill Old Ancestor Hun Yuan and obtain his essence soul for opening the Ink Moon Tribe inheritance jade slip.
• Lin Xuan also planned to visit Peacock Fairy, an old acquaintance living in the mountain range, and set out with Yue'er.
• After two days, Lin Xuan reached the Kui Yin Mountain Range and entered its dangerous depths under concealment.
• At another entrance, several dozen Ghost Cultivators gathered under three Nascent Soul-level leaders, including Ghost Emperor Haotian.

Ghost Emperor Haotian led several Li Soul Valley elders into the Kui Yin Mountain Range to hunt a Transformation Realm peacock, secretly seeking revenge on Peacock Fairy. Meanwhile, Lin Xuan entered the range in disguise and reached the Ink Moon Tribe’s territory.

• Fairy Yu, Brother Qiu, and Ghost Emperor Haotian set out without the late junior cultivators to search for the peacock.
• Haotian recalled how he had betrayed the other Ghost Emperors in You Province, fled to Cloud Province, and joined Li Soul Valley, where he devised a plan to use the peacock’s core to advance the Grand Elder and settle his grudge with Peacock Fairy.
• Lin Xuan entered the unexplored mountain region while concealing his aura and declined to use the Jade Pendant Peacock Fairy had given him.
• After encountering groups of demonic beasts, Lin Xuan used a Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens Art secret technique to disguise himself as a Transformation Realm Demon Race cultivator.
• Lin Xuan traveled safely into the mountain’s depths and recognized the area as the Ink Moon Tribe’s territory.

Lin Xuan returned to Ink Moon territory to fulfill his promise to the Hundred Poisons Divine Lord and kill Old Ancestor Hun Yuan, but learned that Yun Feng and Fairy Miao You had also reached the Nascent Soul Realm. He disguised himself as a Witcher and headed for Kui Moon City, where the new alliance between the two elders complicated his plan.

• Lin Xuan reviewed his history with the Hundred Poisons Divine Lord and resolved to use Old Ancestor Hun Yuan's soul essence as a blood sacrifice while claiming the Ink Moon Tribe's Clan-Suppressing Treasure.
• Lin Xuan studied his old map and stole Witcher clothing and jade slips from Wutong Residence, alarming the market when the theft was discovered.
• Lin Xuan learned from the jade slips that Yun Feng and Fairy Miao You had advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm in the decades since his last visit.
• Lin Xuan decided to infiltrate Kui Moon City and ambush Old Ancestor Hun Yuan rather than confront the three Nascent Soul Witchers directly.
• Lin Xuan arrived at Star Palace and learned that Yun Feng and Fairy Miao You had become dual cultivation partners, making the Ink Moon Tribe's political balance more complicated.

Old Ancestor Hun Yuan faced growing pressure from Yun Feng and Fairy Miao You when the Black Tiger Demon King arrived seeking advice about the Peacock Fairy, who had twice rejected him. After hearing the demon king’s story, Hun Yuan asked what help he expected, leaving his intentions unclear.

• Old Ancestor Hun Yuan considered breaking through his bottleneck or finding an ally to counter Yun Feng and Fairy Miao You.
• A black-clothed Witcher informed Hun Yuan that the Black Tiger Demon King had come to meet him.
• Hun Yuan greeted the impatient Black Tiger Demon King and congratulated him on reaching the Transformation Mid-Stage.
• The Black Tiger Demon King explained that he had fallen for the Peacock Fairy, but she had rejected him and defeated him twice.
• Hun Yuan asked what the Black Tiger Demon King wanted from him, saying he could not persuade the Peacock Fairy to change her mind.

Black Tiger Demon King bargained with Old Ancestor Hun Yuan for the Xuan Ning Pill, agreeing to help him kill the grand elders of the Cai Huan and Yin Feng divisions in exchange for help capturing Peacock Fairy. Old Ancestor Hun Yuan produced the pill and began explaining its origins.

• Black Tiger Demon King asked Old Ancestor Hun Yuan for the Xuan Ning Pill, which could make a person fall in love with whoever claimed it.
• Black Tiger Demon King proposed joining forces to capture Peacock Fairy, and Old Ancestor Hun Yuan demanded that he kill the grand elders of the Cai Huan and Yin Feng divisions in return.
• Black Tiger Demon King insisted that they capture Peacock Fairy first, and Old Ancestor Hun Yuan agreed to the arrangement.
• Old Ancestor Hun Yuan summoned a Witcher to bring the Xuan Ning Pill, then began recounting how an Ink Moon Tribe alchemist had fallen in love with a beautiful female Demon Monster.

Old Ancestor Hun Yuan gave the Black Tiger Demon King a Xuan Ning Pill, and the two set off for Cangming Mountain to capture Peacock Fairy. Lin Xuan arrived at Kui Moon City, discovered Hun Yuan was absent, and extracted information from one of his trusted aides before killing him.

• Old Ancestor Hun Yuan gave the Black Tiger Demon King the Xuan Ning Pill, which the demon carefully wrapped and treasured.
• Hun Yuan and the Black Tiger Demon King gathered their trusted aides and flew toward Cangming Mountain to capture Peacock Fairy.
• Lin Xuan entered Kui Moon City and searched Star Palace, but found no trace of Old Ancestor Hun Yuan.
• Lin Xuan ambushed Hun Yuan’s red-faced disciple in a garden and subdued him with a strike.
• Lin Xuan read the old man’s memories and then burned his body to ash.

Lin Xuan found that Hundred Poisons Divine Lord had vanished from his abandoned dungeon and headed toward Peacock Fairy’s territory. There, Yun Feng and Fairy Miao You discussed seeking Peacock Fairy’s help against Old Ancestor Hun Yuan, whom Yun Feng suspected of murdering Hundred Poisons Divine Lord.

• Lin Xuan found Hundred Poisons Divine Lord’s dungeon abandoned and concluded that he was probably dead or gone.
• Lin Xuan left Kui Moon City and flew southeast to visit Peacock Fairy.
• Yun Feng and Fairy Miao You arrived near Cangming Mountain, where Fairy Miao You explained how she had befriended Peacock Fairy.
• Yun Feng warned Fairy Miao You that Old Ancestor Hun Yuan might target them and argued that Hun Yuan had killed Hundred Poisons Divine Lord.
• Yun Feng and Fairy Miao You agreed that they should seek Peacock Fairy’s support against Hun Yuan.

Yun Feng and Fairy Miao You were discovered by a group of Li Soul Valley cultivators led by Ghost Emperor Haotian. Haotian pretended to be their friend and urged the others to attack, leaving the couple facing a dangerous fight.

• Yun Feng and Fairy Miao You sensed dozens of cultivators approaching and concealed themselves in the forest.
• Ghost Emperor Haotian saw through their concealment, and Yun Feng and Miao You recognized their old enemy.
• Haotian falsely claimed to be on friendly terms with the couple, then urged the Li Soul Valley elders to kill them for the sect’s sake.
• The bald big man and the woman in palace dress accepted Haotian’s claim, and the woman attacked Yun Feng and Miao You with silver hooks.
• The bald big man summoned a Wolf-Tooth Mace as Yun Feng and Miao You prepared to escape the stronger group.

Yun Feng and Fairy Miao You fought three old monsters with a Spirit World banner and an Azure Feather Heaven-Escaping Talisman, but the palace-dressed woman saw through their escape technique and identified the banner’s Dragon Spider. The chapter left the newly advanced Witchers exposed, with Yun Feng risking the banner’s poisonous backlash to survive.

• The palace-dressed woman, the bald big man, and Ghost Emperor Haotian launched their silver hooks, wolf-tooth mace, and ghost claw at Yun Feng and Fairy Miao You.
• Yun Feng brought out a strange banner that filled the area with blood-red demonic clouds and frightened nearby beasts and insects.
• The banner’s aura made the Ancient Snake souls in the silver hooks hesitate, while its Shift and Swap ability caused the mace and ghost claw to strike empty air.
• The palace-dressed woman used her Blood Baleful Divine Eyes to see through the Azure Feather Heaven-Escaping Talisman and attacked the Witchers as they reappeared.
• The palace-dressed woman recognized the Dragon Spider sealed in Yun Feng’s banner, and Yun Feng and Fairy Miao You recalled that they had found the banner, talisman, and spirit medicine in an ancient cultivator’s cave.

The three old monsters recognized the Dragon Spider soul sealed in the banner and prepared to seize it from the Ink Moon Tribe couple. Meanwhile, Old Ancestor Hun Yuan and Black Tiger reached Hundred Flower Valley and planned to ambush Peacock Fairy.

• The bald big man and Ghost Emperor Haotian coveted the Dragon Spider soul, and Ghost Emperor Haotian summoned a Bone Spear to attack the Ink Moon Tribe couple.
• The Ink Moon Tribe husband and wife regretted wasting their Azure Feather Heaven-Escaping Talisman after a black-clothed female cultivator exposed them, leaving them surrounded by the three old monsters.
• Old Ancestor Hun Yuan and Black Tiger secretly arrived at Hundred Flower Valley, where Black Tiger said Peacock Fairy visited on the fifth day of each month.
• Black Tiger offered Old Ancestor Hun Yuan the valley’s rare spiritual herbs in exchange for helping him capture Peacock Fairy.
• Old Ancestor Hun Yuan agreed to ambush Peacock Fairy and proposed setting up a restriction to make capturing her alive easier.

Old Ancestor Hun Yuan and the Black Tiger Demon King prepared a concealed formation to ambush Peacock Fairy. Meanwhile, Yun Feng and Fairy Miao You were overwhelmed by Li Soul Valley’s cultivators, and Yun Feng sacrificed himself to let his pregnant wife escape as she fled toward Cangming Mountain.

• Old Ancestor Hun Yuan set a hidden formation with the Black Tiger Demon King, and they concealed themselves to await Peacock Fairy.
• Yun Feng and Fairy Miao You were driven into a losing fight against the bald big man, the Palace-Robed Woman, and Ghost Emperor Haotian.
• Ghost Emperor Haotian pierced Yun Feng’s left arm with his Bone Spear, and Yun Feng cut the limb off to stop its baleful qi from spreading.
• Yun Feng told Fairy Miao You to escape because she was carrying their child, then used a Poison-Quenching Pill and fed his essence blood into the Spider Soul Banner.
• As the three enemies attacked, Yun Feng shoved Fairy Miao You away and began driving the Dragon Spider’s soul despite the danger of the banner’s backlash.
• Fairy Miao You fled toward Cangming Mountain, determined to survive and avenge Yun Feng.

Lin Xuan accidentally arrived in Hundred Flower Valley and discovered Black Tiger Demon King and Old Ancestor Hun Yuan lying in ambush. Recognizing Hun Yuan as an enemy, Lin Xuan prepared to fight and declared he would take the secret art even if the two were Peacock Fairy’s friends.

• Black Tiger Demon King and Old Ancestor Hun Yuan waited in ambush for Peacock Fairy, but Lin Xuan arrived instead.
• Lin Xuan sensed the two hidden cultivators and forced them to emerge.
• Lin Xuan recognized Old Ancestor Hun Yuan, though Hun Yuan did not recognize him.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er discussed whether the two old monsters might be Peacock Fairy’s allies.
• Lin Xuan decided he would fight them for the secret art regardless of their relationship with Peacock Fairy.

Lin Xuan tricked Old Ancestor Hun Yuan and Black Tiger Demon King into lowering their guard, then broke the formation and attacked them. As the battle escalated, Black Tiger revealed his Demon Qi Battle Armor and charged at Lin Xuan’s Corpse Demon.

• Lin Xuan pretended to know Old Ancestor Hun Yuan and asked him for a favor, distracting him and Black Tiger Demon King.
• Lin Xuan unleashed cyan Sword Qi, destroyed the formation, and left Old Ancestor Hun Yuan furious over the loss of his Formation Flags.
• Old Ancestor Hun Yuan attacked with golden witchcraft and flames while Lin Xuan’s Yin Yang Treasure Fan transformed its Yin-Yang Strange Wind into a Demonic Flood Dragon.
• Black Tiger Demon King covered himself in Demon Qi Battle Armor, and Lin Xuan summoned his Corpse Demon to avoid fighting him directly.
• Old Ancestor Hun Yuan began to consider retreating, but Black Tiger charged at the Corpse Demon with a lengthened, demon-qi-covered arm.

Lin Xuan’s Azure Phantom Nether Fire overwhelmed Old Ancestor Hun Yuan’s Burning Heaven Witch Fire, and Lin Xuan pressed the advantage with his Azure Fire Sword. The Black Tiger Demon King remained locked in a brutal clash with the Corpse Demon.

• The Black Tiger Demon King traded punches with the Corpse Demon but was driven back, then fought it hand to hand as the battle shook the surrounding forest.
• Old Ancestor Hun Yuan’s Burning Heaven Witch Fire pushed Lin Xuan’s Yin Yang Demon Flood Dragon into a disadvantage.
• Lin Xuan summoned Azure Phantom Nether Fire, which absorbed Hun Yuan’s flames and revealed the secret art Hun Yuan had long sought.
• Hun Yuan abandoned thoughts of retreat and summoned a strange magical treasure, while Lin Xuan sent out his Azure Fire Sword.
• Lin Xuan’s Azure Fire Sword split Hun Yuan’s treasure in two, leaving Hun Yuan bloodied and ashen-faced.

Lin Xuan battered Old Ancestor Hun Yuan until Hun Yuan escaped by detonating several magical treasures, and Lin Xuan pursued him. Elsewhere, Yun Feng collapsed after using the dragon spider soul to protect his wife, leaving the three old monsters to eye his banner greedily.

• Lin Xuan attacked Old Ancestor Hun Yuan with the Azure Fire Sword, the Yin Yang Demon Flood Dragon, and an Ancient Treasure after Hun Yuan's lifebound treasure was destroyed.
• Old Ancestor Hun Yuan sacrificed seven or eight low-grade magical treasures in an explosion, then fled while Lin Xuan weathered the blast and pursued him.
• The Corpse Demon and Black Tiger Demon King continued fighting as Lin Xuan chased Old Ancestor Hun Yuan, while Peacock remained absent from her nearby cave residence.
• Yun Feng's dragon spider soul returned to its banner after draining most of his essence blood, leaving him collapsed and barely alive.
• The three old monsters landed, coveted Yun Feng's banner, and the Palace-Robed Woman approached him.

The Palace-Robed Woman captured Yun Feng’s weakened Nascent Soul, and Ghost Emperor Haotian claimed the Banner Flag to present to their sect master. As the three Ghost Path cultivators pursued Fairy Miao You, she sent a distress signal to Peacock and turned back to help her husband.

• The Palace-Robed Woman beheaded Yun Feng and sealed his weakened Nascent Soul inside a jade bottle.
• Ghost Emperor Haotian persuaded the Palace-Robed Woman and the bald big man to offer the Banner Flag to their sect master, then stored it himself.
• The three elders set off after Fairy Miao You while their other cultivators spread out to block the lesser demonic beasts.
• Fairy Miao You sent a Sound Transmission Talisman toward Cangming Mountain’s main peak to summon Peacock’s help.
• Fairy Miao You turned back toward Yun Feng, determined to help him despite the danger.

The Peacock Fairy sensed a battle near Cangming Mountain and hurried there, where she rescued the badly injured Miao You Fairy from three Nascent Soul cultivators. The two women stood together against the attackers as the Palace-Robed Woman reacted to Peacock’s arrival.

• Miao You Fairy turned back to find Yun Feng but ran into the Palace-Robed Woman and was soon cornered by her and two other old monsters.
• The Peacock Fairy sensed the battle while returning to Cangming Mountain with the spirit herbs she had sought.
• Peacock concealed her demonic Qi and approached cautiously, wary of facing three Nascent Soul cultivators alone.
• The bald big man struck Miao You with his Wolf-Tooth Mace, and the Palace-Robed Woman sent her Silver Hook toward the wounded fairy.
• Peacock intercepted the Silver Hook with five-colored Sword Qi, allowing Miao You to retreat and stand beside her.