Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan searched the Ink Moon Tribe’s ancient texts and found a way to ripen Jade Luo Bees that depended on pure spiritual energy, then realized his Blue Star Sea might purify High-Grade Spirit Stones enough to work. He returned to Azure Cloud Mountain and found Tianxuan Sect facing a coalition of seven factions claiming to act under the authority of Old Monster Qiong, before noticing a woman among them.

• Miao You used her command token and secret art to take Lin Xuan into the hidden third level of the Library Pavilion, where he examined the Ink Moon Tribe’s ancient Jade Slips.
• Lin Xuan learned that Jade Luo Bees needed Top-grade Spirit Stones to ripen, then reasoned that his Blue Star Sea might purify High-Grade Spirit Stones for them.
• Miao You meditated on the cultivation guidance Lin Xuan had given her during their three-day exchange, while Lin Xuan traveled back toward You Province.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er arrived at Azure Cloud Mountain and discovered that Tianxuan Sect was facing a coalition of seven factions led by Tu Laosan, who claimed Old Monster Qiong had ordered them to seize the mountain.
• Sect Master Zheng agreed to wait for Old Monster Qiong to arrive, and Lin Xuan noticed a woman among the worried Tianxuan Sect cultivators.

Lin Xuan watched Elder Qiong arrive to claim Azure Cloud Mountain from Tianxuan Sect, where he recognized Xu Yin among the defenders. Elder Qiong crushed the sect master’s magical treasure, and the Tianxuan Sect master tried to surrender, but Elder Qiong refused to let them leave.

• Lin Xuan recognized Xu Yin among the Tianxuan Sect cultivators and waited to see whether Elder Qiong would arrive.
• After half an hour passed, Tianxuan Sect’s sect master Zheng accused Tu Laosan of bluffing and attacked him with an ice-attribute sword.
• Elder Qiong arrived in a purplish-red cloud and stopped Zheng’s attack with a giant hand formed of black qi.
• Elder Qiong crushed Zheng’s bonded magical treasure, injuring Zheng through their connection.
• Zheng offered to move Tianxuan Sect away from Azure Cloud Mountain, but Elder Qiong warned that they could not simply leave.

Lin Xuan arrived at Azure Cloud Mountain and stopped Elder Qiong from forcing the Tianxuan Sect to surrender it and give Xu Yin’s daughter to him. After Elder Qiong tried to retreat, Lin Xuan told him that whether he left was no longer up to him.

• Elder Qiong demanded that Xu Yin and her husband marry their daughter Xuan'er to him in exchange for sparing the Tianxuan Sect.
• An unseen Lin Xuan and Yue'er mocked Elder Qiong, then appeared before the gathered cultivators.
• Xu Yin recognized Lin Xuan as Big Brother Lin and told him that her elder brother Xu Feng had died protecting her from a mid-stage Ghost King.
• Xu Yin asked Lin Xuan to persuade Elder Qiong to spare her daughter, and Elder Qiong agreed to leave the family alone and take Azure Cloud Mountain instead.
• Lin Xuan refused to let Elder Qiong claim the mountain, and Elder Qiong attempted to leave after yielding it.
• Lin Xuan stopped Elder Qiong and told him he could not decide whether to leave.

Lin Xuan confronted Elder Qiong to protect Xu Yin and the Tianxuan Sect, then discovered that Elder Qiong's Five Dragon Seal could interfere with control of magic treasures. After breaking free of its restraint, Lin Xuan closed in on Elder Qiong with Nine Heavens Micro-Steps and reached toward his chest.

• Lin Xuan struck at Elder Qiong and declared that he would kill him to prevent him from seeking revenge on Xu Yin.
• Elder Qiong summoned the Five Dragon Seal, whose clouds and mist weakened Lin Xuan's control over the Azure Fire Sword.
• Lin Xuan restored control of the sword and learned that Elder Qiong had found the Five Dragon Seal in King Hongyuan's mausoleum.
• Lin Xuan used Nine Heavens Micro-Steps to appear beside Elder Qiong, who raised an apricot-yellow wooden shield.
• Lin Xuan pressed his right hand toward Elder Qiong's chest.

Lin Xuan killed Elder Qiong and Tu Laosan, saving the Tianxuan Sect, then settled at Azure Cloud Mountain to cultivate. He learned that Ouyang Qinxin had reached the great perfection of the Core Condensation Realm and set out to visit her preserved immortal's cave.

• Lin Xuan burned Elder Qiong to death with Azure Phantom Nether Fire and took his Storage Bag.
• Lin Xuan ordered Tu Laosan's companions to leave, then killed Tu Laosan when he tried to escape using a Gold Escape Talisman.
• The Tianxuan Sect thanked Lin Xuan, and Xu Yin brought him to a secluded Spirit Spring where he planned to open a cave residence.
• Lin Xuan asked Xu Yin about Azure Cloud Mountain's move to Cloud Province and Ouyang Qinxin's recent circumstances.
• Xu Yin told Lin Xuan that Ouyang Qinxin had reached the great perfection of the Core Condensation Realm around ten years earlier and that her old immortal's cave remained unused.
• Xu Yin gave Lin Xuan a Jade Slip showing the location of Ouyang Qinxin's immortal's cave, and he decided to go there.

Lin Xuan settled into Taixu Master’s former cave residence, while Xu Yin and the Tianxuan Sect Master discussed how to secure his goodwill. After accepting the sect’s gifts, Lin Xuan considered becoming its Supreme Elder to strengthen his influence in You Province and protect Baisuan Pavilion before he left for Cloud Province.

• Lin Xuan repaired Taixu Master’s former cave residence and set up a formation to guard the surrounding area.
• Xu Yin told the Tianxuan Sect Master that Lin Xuan was younger than their Eldest Brother and had already condensed a Nascent Soul.
• The Tianxuan Sect Master ordered the sect to give Lin Xuan Grand Elder-level treatment and sent him gifts, resources, and a Command Token.
• Lin Xuan accepted the gifts and told Yue'er that he might become the Tianxuan Sect’s Supreme Elder to link its strength with Baisuan Pavilion.
• Lin Xuan planned to cultivate and refine magic treasures before traveling with Yue'er to Cloud Province to seek a way for her to condense a Nascent Soul.

Lin Xuan investigated the mysterious Five Dragon Seal and discovered it was impervious to his attacks and flames, suggesting its value was far greater than he had expected. He then tested the growing power of his twin rings, merging their water- and fire-aligned blades.

• Lin Xuan visited Ouyang Qinxin’s abandoned cave abode to steady his state of mind, then returned home and resumed cultivation.
• Lin Xuan refined the Five Dragon Seal and tested its abilities against the Corpse Demon’s treasure.
• Lin Xuan withdrew his control of the seal and found the Azure Fire Sword could not damage it; his demon flame and other methods also had no effect.
• Lin Xuan summoned his Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring twin treasures and poured his magic power into them, producing two powerful Crescent Moon Blades.
• Lin Xuan merged the blue and red blades into one, combining their opposing water and fire attributes.

Lin Xuan removed the restriction from the jade tube by blood-refining Old Ancestor Hun Yuan’s Nascent Soul, then discovered that most of the secret arts recorded inside were beyond his ability to read. He began comprehending the one method he could access, which took half a month.

• Lin Xuan tested the Five Dragon Seal and found that it remained intact after a powerful strike.
• Lin Xuan released Old Ancestor Hun Yuan’s Nascent Soul, subdued him, and blood-refined him to remove the jade tube’s restriction.
• Lin Xuan discovered that the jade tube contained one readable secret art and several blurred methods that required a higher level of cultivation.
• Lin Xuan studied the readable secret art for half a month.

Lin Xuan mastered the powerful True Spirit Strike and considered how to advance his Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens Art. He visited Tianxuan Sect and confronted Sect Master Zheng about the sect’s lavish gifts and whether they were meant to recruit him as its supreme elder.

• Lin Xuan realized the Spirit Storage Belt could replenish his magic power after using the True Spirit Strike, then began cultivating the secret art alongside the Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens Art.
• After roughly seven months, Lin Xuan mastered the True Spirit Strike and tested it in a remote place, where its power astonished him and left him weakened for several days.
• Lin Xuan found that his Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens Art advanced slowly because he lacked suitable pills, and he decided to seek another way forward.
• Lin Xuan arrived at Azure Cloud Mountain and spoke with Fang Ke, a low-level disciple sweeping the plaza, before a Foundation Establishment female cultivator led him to Immortal Cloud Hall.
• Tianxuan Sect’s leaders welcomed Lin Xuan, and he dismissed the other elders before asking Sect Master Zheng whether the sect’s gifts were intended to make him its supreme elder.
• Sect Master Zheng denied daring to make such a request, but Lin Xuan said Zheng had never asked whether he was willing.

Lin Xuan joined Tianxuan Sect as its Supreme Elder and arranged for it to cooperate with Baisuan Pavilion. He discovered that Zheng Xuan’s stalled cultivation came from a rare Underworld-attribute spirit root and asked her parents about her prenatal history.

• Lin Xuan refused a grand entry ceremony and told Sect Master Zheng that Baisuan Pavilion would obey his commands and cooperate with Tianxuan Sect.
• Lin Xuan met Zheng Xuan, the daughter of Xu Yin and her husband, and noticed her cultivation had progressed unusually slowly.
• Lin Xuan examined Zheng Xuan and determined that she possessed a rare Underworld-attribute mutated spirit root.
• Lin Xuan asked Xu Yin whether she had encountered powerful beings from the Underworld Realm while carrying Zheng Xuan.

Xu Yin recounted how she encountered the wounded Ghost Emperor Miaotian while pregnant with Zheng Xuan, and Lin Xuan concluded that Miaotian had used the Inheritance Fusion Technique to pass memories and Underworld spiritual traits to the unborn girl. He explained that Zheng Xuan needed an exceptionally high-level Ghost Path cultivation method and revealed he knew someone who could teach her.

• Xu Yin told Lin Xuan that eighteen years earlier, an Ice Moon Fox had led her into a Secret Cave where she encountered the injured Ghost Emperor Miaotian.
• Xu Yin described how Miaotian immobilized her, then vanished after Xu Yin lost consciousness without harming her.
• Lin Xuan inferred that Miaotian had used the Inheritance Fusion Technique to transmit memory fragments and spiritual traits to Zheng Xuan, who was in Xu Yin's womb.
• Lin Xuan explained that Zheng Xuan's rare Underworld Spirit Root required a high-level Ghost Path cultivation method, leaving Xu Yin and her husband worried they could not find one.
• Lin Xuan reassured Zheng Xuan's parents that he knew someone skilled in Ghost Path divine abilities who could become her master.

Lin Xuan arranged for Yue'er to take Zheng Xuan as her disciple, strengthening his ties to Tianxuan Sect while giving Zheng Xuan a powerful mentor. After returning to his cave residence, he explained the political purpose of the arrangement and reassured Yue'er that she could teach her new disciple.

• Lin Xuan introduced Yue'er as a qualified master for Zheng Xuan, and Zheng Xuan accepted her as her honored master.
• Yue'er gave Zheng Xuan two bottles of high-grade pills, a Brocade Handkerchief, and a set of five flying knives as introductory gifts.
• Lin Xuan negotiated for Tianxuan Sect to search for poisonous herbs before returning to his cave residence.
• Yue'er worried that she would not teach Zheng Xuan well, and Lin Xuan reassured her that he would help guide her.
• Lin Xuan explained that taking Zheng Xuan as a disciple would bind the sect master's family more closely to him and help secure his influence over Tianxuan Sect.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er chatted before settling down to meditate.

Over ten years, Lin Xuan cultivated the Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens Art while Yue'er trained Zheng Xuan, and Tianxuan Sect and Baisuan Pavilion grew into powerful allies. A strange storm and ancient song then erupted above Lin Xuan’s cave, appearing to mark his breakthrough and the condensation of a Demon Core.

• Lin Xuan used Poison Dragon Tea and the Demon Eye jade to make progress in the Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens Art, while Yue'er guided Zheng Xuan to the peak of the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.
• Tianxuan Sect and Baisuan Pavilion secretly supported each other and expanded, forming a balance with First Line Gorge and Thunder Cloud Villa.
• Zheng Xuan visited Yue'er to ask for help with a cultivation bottleneck, but a vast demonic wind, dark clouds, lightning, and an ancient song suddenly appeared over Lin Xuan’s cave.
• Yue'er hurried toward the phenomenon, and Zheng Xuan followed as Tianxuan Sect cultivators gathered before the forbidden rear mountain.
• The sect master ordered disciples below the Core Condensation Realm to leave, while the high-level cultivators watched and wondered whether the omen indicated Golden Core Formation or a demon beast.

Lin Xuan failed to condense a Demon Core and decided to leave Azure Cloud Mountain with Yue'er for Cloud Province. Before departing, he turned to his Jade Luo Bees and planned to mature one with purified spirit stones to test its power.

• Yue'er sent the Core Condensation cultivators and Zheng Xuan away while Lin Xuan attempted to condense a Demon Core.
• Lin Xuan's attempt failed, and he told Yue'er they would leave Azure Cloud Mountain in a month and travel to Cloud Province.
• Yue'er agreed to leave and prepared cultivation methods and notes for Zheng Xuan before departing.
• Lin Xuan used the Blue Star Sea to purify high-grade spirit stones, but the resulting crystals were tiny and costly.
• Lin Xuan decided to use a large number of purified crystals to mature one Jade Luo Bee and assess its strength.

Lin Xuan arrived in Cloud Province after raising his Jade Luo Bee, securing his old allies’ safety, and making a perilous journey through a demon-infested land. He reached Haoshi City by teleportation and learned that its unusually large crowd of cultivators came from its status as one of Cloud Province’s three great cities.

• Lin Xuan tested his nearly mature Jade Luo Bee and found that it could defeat an early Core Condensation cultivator, then decided to keep raising his Poisonous Insects.
• Lin Xuan gave Xu Yin and her husband instructions, while Yue'er taught her disciple the latter half of the Profound Demon Great Art and shared her cultivation insights.
• Lin Xuan killed the Grand Elders of Thunder Cloud Villa and First Line Gorge before leaving You Province to protect Tianxuan Sect and Baisuan Pavilion.
• After spending nearly a year exploring Qing Province, Lin Xuan traveled through a dangerous region, defeated a Transformation Realm member of the Demon Race, and escaped the demonic beasts that hunted him.
• Lin Xuan learned about the interprovincial teleportation arrays, paid to travel from Qing Province, and arrived in Haoshi City, where Ma Teng welcomed him and explained the city’s importance.

Lin Xuan explored Haoshi City’s Jingyuan Market and recognized a Nascent Soul cultivator impersonating his former master, Perfected Master Tongyu. He secretly sent his devil infant to eavesdrop as the impostor requested an Ancient Treasure and the shop’s finest goods.

• Lin Xuan entered Jingyuan Market, paid the admission fee, and asked a general store for a detailed map of Cloud Province.
• A powerful spiritual pressure swept through the shop, and Lin Xuan recognized the arriving Nascent Soul cultivator as someone who looked like Perfected Master Tongyu.
• Lin Xuan told Yue'er that the visitor was an impostor and chose to observe rather than confront him.
• Lin Xuan secretly sent his devil infant into the attendant Little Jiu to listen in on the impostor’s conversation upstairs.
• The impostor asked Shopkeeper Ma to sell him an Ancient Treasure and bring him the shop’s most precious pills and materials.

Lin Xuan watched an impostor posing as Perfected Master Tongyu kill Shopkeeper Ma and frame Spirit Herb Mountain, while a disguised infiltrator named Zhou Jian murdered Enforcement Envoy Zhang Yan to help the same plot. Lin Xuan let the impostor leave after secretly marking him, intending to track him without exposing himself.

• Shopkeeper Ma realized that the supposed Perfected Master Tongyu was an impostor, but the impostor killed him and took the treasures.
• Zhou Jian poisoned and killed Zhang Yan, then concealed the murder and prepared to leave Haoshi City.
• The chapter revealed that Zhou Jian and the impostor were cooperating in a scheme to frame Spirit Herb Mountain.
• Yue'er urged Lin Xuan to stop the impostor, but Lin Xuan refused to expose himself before learning who stood behind the plot.
• Lin Xuan recalled the Demon Infant and followed the departing impostor using a mark he had secretly planted.

After leaving Haoshi City, a disguised Demon Corpse was confronted by Lin Xuan, who had followed him to stop his scheme against Spirit Herb Mountain. Their battle began with both sides revealing formidable abilities, and the Demon Corpse showed signs of preparing an unexpected technique.

• The disguised old man changed his appearance after fleeing Haoshi City and reflected on how his scheme had gone smoothly, including killing Zhou Jian to erase evidence.
• The old man sensed Lin Xuan following him, and Lin appeared, refusing the offer of benefits and concealing his identity.
• Lin Xuan pretended to consider the old man's warning before suddenly attacking with dozens of Sword Qi.
• The old man blocked Lin Xuan's Sword Qi with claw lights, and Lin recognized him as a high-level sentient Demon Corpse.
• The Demon Corpse revealed his corpse-like body and resisted Lin Xuan's Azure Phantom Nether Fire with Sanhuai Corpse Fire.
• As Lin Xuan's Azure Fire Sword struck at him, the Demon Corpse punched his own mouth twice and knocked out his fangs.

Lin Xuan battled a Demon Corpse avatar whose strength and threats failed to make him back down. The Demon Corpse used a powerful illusion to create a chance to escape, leaving Lin Xuan impressed by the cultivation arts of Cloud Province.

• Lin Xuan’s Azure Fire Sword overpowered the Demon Corpse’s fangs, and the Demon Corpse threatened him to make him stop.
• Lin Xuan rejected the threat and resolved to finish the fight rather than trust the Demon Corpse’s promises.
• The Demon Corpse summoned two apparent Fire Flood Dragons with a talisman, then used the distraction to retrieve his fangs and try to flee.
• Lin Xuan’s Sword Qi pierced the flood dragons, revealing them as convincing illusions rather than real beast souls.
• Lin Xuan recognized the Demon Corpse’s formidable illusion arts and felt encouraged that Cloud Province might hold what he sought.

Lin Xuan disrupted the Demon Corpse’s escape and prepared to finish the fight, while Haoshi City’s elders debated the political danger caused by the market robbery. The chapter left both the battle and the city’s response unresolved.

• The Demon Corpse used black blood and corpse qi to strengthen himself, then tried to escape with the Earth-Shrinking Technique, but Lin Xuan’s Long Spear disrupted it.
• Lin Xuan caught up with the Demon Corpse and prepared to attack with the Azure Phantom Nether Fire, Azure Fire Sword, and Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring.
• The Demon Corpse threatened to abandon his incarnation and began using a secret art to raise his cultivation, prompting Lin Xuan to prepare to end the fight quickly.
• In Haoshi City, the Grand Elder and other Nascent Soul cultivators discussed the robbery of White Phoenix Hall and the rumors spreading through the city.
• The monk argued that the robbery was likely a scheme by an impostor intended to provoke conflict between Separation Medicine Palace, Spirit Herb Mountain, and Haoshi City.
• The monk advised informing both sects and responding cautiously to Separation Medicine Palace’s likely demands, while the elders considered the city’s growing strength.