Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan killed a Venomous Toad, harvested its Demon Core and the Millennium Ginseng, and left Stream Leap Ravine unaware that the Fire Spirit Sect had begun searching for him. Elsewhere, survivors from other sects gathered under two Foundation Establishment Realm masters to resist the Fire Spirit Sect.

• Lin Xuan used talismans and Spirit Tools against the Venomous Toad, then summoned the Iron-Armored Explosive Flame Tiger to help subdue it.
• Lin Xuan severed the Venomous Toad's head, took its Demon Core, and harvested the Millennium Ginseng; the Explosive Flame Tiger vanished after its Beast Soul Talisman's energy ran out.
• Fire Spirit Sect disciples found the Venomous Toad's corpse and decided to alert their Martial Uncle about a powerful outsider in Stream Leap Ravine.
• More than twenty surviving cultivators from other sects and factions gathered and temporarily united against the Fire Spirit Sect, with two Foundation Establishment Realm masters leading them.
• Qin Yan rested among the survivors after fighting her way through the Fire Spirit Sect's encirclement and sustaining injuries.

The Fire Spirit Sect used the Insect-Luring Flute and Bird-Controlling Harp to unleash Demonic Beasts against the cultivators trapped in Stream Leap Ravine. As the survivors fought to hold their ground, Qin Yan killed a giant poisonous beetle, while Xiang Wu and Dong Fei flew in to join the attack.

• Two Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators discussed the Fire Spirit Sect's betrayal and warned that they needed to survive Stream Leap Ravine.
• A herd of Blood Vultures and poisonous insects attacked the gathered cultivators, killing those who tried to flee.
• Two Fire Spirit Sect disciples played the Insect-Luring Flute and Bird-Controlling Harp, directing the beasts against the cultivators.
• Xiang Wu ordered a fiercer assault, then Dong Fei and Xiang Wu flew toward the battlefield with their two disciples.
• Qin Yan summoned a giant blue Immortal Sword and killed a rhinoceros-sized poisonous beetle after several cultivators fell to its venom.

Qin Yan and the cultivators with her were ambushed by Xiang Wu, Dong Fei, and their companions, who slaughtered the weaker disciples while Qin Yan fought Xiang Wu. Badly wounded and outmatched, Qin Yan used a Talisman that made her and the Autumn Water Sword vanish.

• Qin Yan warned a nearby cultivator of an attack, but the assailant killed him before he could react.
• Xiang Wu ordered Harp Boy and Flute Boy to keep attacking while he and Dong Fei slaughtered the low-level Daofu Mountain cultivators.
• Qin Yan blocked Xiang Wu's Gold-Thread Ring Blade with the Autumn Water Sword, prompting Xiang Wu to covet the renowned Spirit Tool.
• Xiang Wu gained the advantage over Qin Yan, who was wounded and watched the cultivators on her side dwindle.
• Qin Yan activated a Talisman that enveloped her in white light, and she and the Autumn Water Sword disappeared before Xiang Wu could strike.

Lin Xuan used the Soul-Searching Technique on a Fire Spirit Sect disciple and learned that Silver Moon Flower and Firefly Grass grew together at Heart-Breaking Cliff. He arrived at the cliff, while Xiang Wu pursued the escaped Qin Yan.

• Xiang Wu realized Qin Yan had escaped with a Teleportation Talisman and flew after her, leaving the battle to Senior Brother Dong, Harp Boy, and Flute Boy.
• Lin Xuan disguised his cultivation and killed one of two Fire Spirit Sect disciples, leaving the other alive to learn about the herbs in Stream Leap Ravine.
• Lin Xuan used the Soul-Searching Technique to find out that Silver Moon Flower and Firefly Grass grew at Heart-Breaking Cliff, then killed the disciple and took the two cultivators' Storage Bags.
• Lin Xuan followed the disciple's memories and reached Heart-Breaking Cliff half an hour later.

Lin Xuan encountered a Blood Demon Beast and a school of Silver Arrow Fish blocking his way through Stream Leap Ravine. He used the Hundred Soul Banner to disguise his living aura and crossed the blood mist as other cultivators approached.

• Lin Xuan prepared his Spirit Power Shield and Talismans before cautiously following the path beside the black cliff.
• Lin Xuan found a river covered in blood-red mist and recognized the Blood Demon Beast and Silver Arrow Fish waiting ahead.
• Lin Xuan sensed several approaching auras and decided to cross the river rather than abandon his chance at Foundation Establishment.
• Lin Xuan used the Hundred Soul Banner to surround himself with Ghost Mist and conceal his living aura.
• Lin Xuan flew through the blood mist without attracting the Blood Demon Beast's attack.

Lin Xuan escaped the Fire Spirit Sect cultivators by letting a Blood Demon Beast attack them, then reached the mature Silver Moon Flower and Firefly Grass he sought. As he tried to collect the herbs, a shrill roar sounded nearby.

• Three Fire Spirit Sect cultivators tracked Lin Xuan to the river, and Junior Brother Jiao rushed into the bloody mist despite Senior Brother Wan's warning.
• The Blood Demon Beast trapped Jiao and fought all three cultivators as they tried to rescue him.
• Across the river, Lin Xuan watched the battle, expected the cultivators to die, and hurried toward the spirit herbs.
• Lin Xuan found mature Silver Moon Flower and Firefly Grass beside a boulder and sensed faint traces of strange yin energy but no Demonic Beast.
• Lin Xuan sent two streaks of white light toward the herbs, and a shrill roar rang in his ears.

Lin Xuan fought the Fierce Ghosts guarding a heaven-and-earth spirit herb while Qin Yan used a blue pearl to unleash Palm Lightning against Xiang Wu. Xiang Wu’s Gold-Thread Ring Blade fell from the sky, and he realized the pearl held power from a Core Condensation Realm cultivator.

• Lin Xuan learned that the ghostly figures emerging from the boulder were the souls of cultivators and Demonic Beasts who had died fighting over the spirit herb.
• Lin Xuan used an Evil-Breaking Talisman to destroy two weak Fierce Ghosts, then sent his flying sword against the others.
• Xiang Wu pursued Qin Yan and tried to wear down her spiritual power so he could capture her and take the Autumn Water Sword.
• Xiang Wu transformed the Gold-Thread Ring Blade into a Single-Horned Giant Python and sent it toward Qin Yan.
• Qin Yan infused a blue pearl with spiritual power and released Palm Lightning, blasting the python back into its original form.
• Xiang Wu recognized that the blue pearl contained Palm Lightning cast by a Core Condensation Realm cultivator.

Qin Yan killed Xiang Wu with a Palm Lightning bead, prompting Qingling True Person to track down his killer. Meanwhile, Lin Xuan faced a powerful Fierce Ghost that summoned a Zombie, and he prepared to test its strength.

• Qin Yan struck Xiang Wu with Palm Lightning, killed him, and took his Storage Bag and Spirit Tool before flying away.
• Qingling True Person learned from an exploding Prayer Bead that Xiang Wu had died, then followed a tracking beast toward the southeast.
• Lin Xuan's fight with the Yinhun Fierce Ghost intensified when it blocked his Evil-Breaking Ice Needles and fought his flying sword with a Ghost Artifact.
• The Fierce Ghost used the Corpse Transformation Technique to create a green-haired Zombie from its severed hand.
• Lin Xuan formed a Fire Bird with a talisman and sent it toward the ghost creature to test its strength.

Lin Xuan used the Hundred Soul Banner to hold off a Zombie and a fierce ghost while activating the Jade Snow Ring. The fierce ghost broke through the Yinhun and lunged for Lin Xuan, then turned toward the spirit herbs, leaving its next move unresolved.

• Lin Xuan summoned a skull from the Hundred Soul Banner to fight the Zombie and sent the banner’s remaining Yinhun to delay the fierce ghost.
• Lin Xuan brought out Zhang Yu’s Jade Snow Ring and used defensive techniques and a talisman while charging the Spirit Tool.
• The fierce ghost transformed into a blood net and burned most of the Yinhun to ash, then lunged at Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan activated the Jade Snow Ring, split it into sixteen rings, and watched as the fierce ghost turned toward the two spirit herbs.

Lin Xuan trapped the Fierce Ghost with the Jade Snow Ring and used Innate Fire to wear down its defenses until he could destroy it. He captured the ghost’s scattered souls in the Hundred Soul Banner, which grew much more powerful from absorbing them.

• Lin Xuan used the Jade Snow Ring and its sixteen copies to trap the Fierce Ghost, then ignited them with Innate Fire.
• The Fierce Ghost reinforced its barrier with essence blood while Lin Xuan replenished his spiritual power with a Spirit Stone and outlasted it.
• Lin Xuan transformed the Jade Snow Ring into crescent blades and joined them with the Innate Fire to cut the Fierce Ghost into pieces.
• The Fierce Ghost’s scattered Yinhun tried to flee, but Lin Xuan captured them all with the Hundred Soul Banner.
• The Hundred Soul Banner returned to Lin Xuan’s hand brimming with spiritual power, and he expected its strength to increase severalfold after he refined it.

Lin Xuan defeated the Zombie guarding the spiritual herbs, collected its Corpse Bead, and picked the Silver Moon Flower and Firefly Grass. As he fled Stream Leap Ravine, he collided with Qin Yan, who was escaping Qingling True Person, the Fire Spirit Sect master.

• Lin Xuan burned and battered the Zombie until its soul scattered, then collected the Corpse Bead and picked the Silver Moon Flower and Firefly Grass.
• Fire Spirit Sect cultivators prepared to contain the spiritual energy around a cliff where a treasure was about to emerge and sent disciples to guard the area.
• Lin Xuan flew toward the ravine’s exit, hoping to evade the Fire Spirit Sect guards by emerging from inside.
• Lin Xuan’s flying sword clashed with Qin Yan’s Spirit Tool, and he recognized the fellow disciple as the Fairy in the Clouds.
• Qin Yan fled from Qingling True Person, whose Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivation left her unable to fight him.

Lin Xuan destroyed the Zombie guarding the spirit herbs, collected its Corpse Bead, and picked the Silver Moon Flower and Firefly Grass. As he tried to leave Stream Leap Ravine, he collided with Qin Yan, who was fleeing Qingling True Person, the Fire Spirit Sect master.

• Lin Xuan burned and destroyed the century-old Zombie, then stored the Corpse Bead in a jade bottle.
• Lin Xuan picked the Silver Moon Flower and Firefly Grass and set off for the ravine's exit.
• Fire Spirit Sect cultivators prepared to guard a treasure about to emerge in Stream Leap Ravine while their sect master was away.
• Lin Xuan encountered Qin Yan in midair, exchanged a blow with her, and recognized her as a fellow disciple.
• Qin Yan realized Qingling True Person was pursuing her, and Lin Xuan feared being drawn into the danger.

Lin Xuan encountered Qin Yan as she fled Qingling True Person, the Fire Spirit Sect Leader, and learned she was being pursued by a Foundation Establishment Late Stage expert. Lin Xuan and Qin Yan joined forces against him, and Qingling True Person began forming a strange hand seal after recognizing Lin Xuan’s Hundred Soul Banner as a demonic artifact.

• Qin Yan escaped Qingling True Person with a Teleportation Talisman and soon clashed with Lin Xuan, who recognized her as Senior Sister Qin.
• Lin Xuan and Qin Yan identified Qingling True Person as the Foundation Establishment Late Stage Fire Spirit Sect Leader, and Lin Xuan prepared layers of defenses.
• Qingling True Person attacked the two disciples with Fire Birds and a Fire Snake, and Lin Xuan countered with Talismans and two Spirit Tools.
• Qingling True Person’s solidified spirit power overwhelmed Lin Xuan’s weapons, while Qin Yan joined the fight and Lin Xuan replenished his spirit power.
• Lin Xuan brought out the Hundred Soul Banner, causing Qingling True Person to recognize it as a demonic artifact and form a strange hand seal.

Lin Xuan and Qin Yan pressed Qingling True Person with their Spirit Tools and spells, while Lin Xuan used layered defenses to survive the Fire Spirit Sect Leader’s Lightning Summoning Technique. Qingling True Person’s injuries worsened as the blood-red skull closed in, and he summoned his Innate Fire to defend himself.

• Lin Xuan activated the Jade Snow Ring while Qin Yan used the Autumn Water Sword to counter Qingling True Person’s spiritual power.
• Lin Xuan sent the Hundred Soul Banner’s blood-red skull toward Qingling True Person as the Fire Spirit Sect Leader cast the Lightning Summoning Technique.
• The lightning shattered several of Lin Xuan’s defenses before a mid-grade barrier stopped it, and Lin Xuan renewed his protective Talismans.
• Qin Yan scattered Qingling True Person’s remaining spiritual-power attacks and enlarged the Autumn Water Sword to strike his shield.
• Lin Xuan strengthened the skull with Ghost Mist and sent it toward Qingling True Person, whose battle-aggravated injuries left him facing the attack at close range.
• Qingling True Person summoned a snow-white Innate Fire in his palms.

Lin Xuan and Qin Yan joined forces to kill Qingling True Person, the Fire Spirit Sect Leader, and Lin Xuan took his Storage Bag. As Lin Xuan and Qin Yan faced each other over the secrets she had discovered, a golden pillar of light rose from a distant mountain.

• Lin Xuan, Qin Yan, and the Sky-Soaring Bird overwhelmed Qingling True Person, who had been weakened by his injuries and Corpse Poison.
• Qingling True Person tried to flee and then fought back, but Lin Xuan and Qin Yan attacked him with Spirit Tools, the Sky-Soaring Bird, and Talismans until he vanished in a cloud of dust.
• Lin Xuan claimed Qingling True Person's Storage Bag without sharing it and turned toward Qin Yan, concerned that she knew his secrets.
• A sudden earthquake interrupted their standoff as a pillar of golden light shot from a distant mountain peak.

Lin Xuan and Qin Yan escaped Stream Leap Ravine with two meteors from the treasure, while the Fire Spirit Sect pursued them. After hiding from the search, Lin Xuan reflected on the medicines and secret treasure he had gained, as well as the death of Fire Spirit Sect Leader Qingling True Person.

• Lin Xuan caught two silver meteors from the emerging treasure, while Qin Yan seized the third, a Jade Slip, and they fled Stream Leap Ravine.
• The Fire Spirit Sect formation failed to claim the treasure after its leader’s Life-Bound Spirit Bead shattered, and the Sect’s cultivators set out to hunt the remaining intruders.
• Lin Xuan and Qin Yan raced toward the exit, where Lin Xuan distracted Qingyangzi with imitation high-level Talismans and escaped with Qin Yan.
• Qin Yan gave Lin Xuan an Invisibility Talisman, and the pair concealed themselves until the Fire Spirit Sect searchers passed by.
• Lin Xuan recovered his spiritual power and considered the Silver Moon Flower, Firefly Grass, Qingling True Person’s Storage Bag, and the secret treasure he had obtained.

After forcing Qin Yan to swear a Heart Demon Oath to protect his secret, Lin Xuan left Floating Cloud Valley and traveled west into You Province. He began sorting the treasures taken from Qingling True Person in a secluded cave, where he discovered a noteworthy Spirit Tool.

• Lin Xuan demanded that Qin Yan swear a Heart Demon Oath or face a fight, and she agreed to keep his secret.
• Lin Xuan chose not to return to Floating Cloud Valley and flew west, while Qin Yan sent him a message proposing they become dual cultivation partners if they both reached the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Lin Xuan crossed Yanzhou's border into You Province, whose cultivation world was far stronger than Yanzhou's.
• Lin Xuan hid in a mountain cave, stored his spirit herbs safely, and emptied Qingling True Person's Storage Bag.
• Lin Xuan found fifty-six mid-grade Spirit Stones, bottles, jars, and several Spirit Tools, then focused on one of them.

Lin Xuan examined Qingling True Person’s treasures, discovered half of the Nine Heavens Profound Art, and resolved to find Earth Vein Fire for refining pills to aid his Foundation Establishment. He traveled to a Sea Dragon Sect Marketplace in You Province to buy Earth Fire Talismans.

• Lin Xuan stored Qingling True Person’s Hook Sword and other possessions, then read the Jade Slip containing the male cultivator’s half of the Nine Heavens Profound Art and examined the mysterious Jade Pendant.
• Lin Xuan decided he needed Earth Vein Fire to temper pills, ruling out both Innate Fire and gathering Earth Vein Fire himself.
• Lin Xuan consulted his information about You Province, found a Marketplace nearby, and flew toward it after recovering his spiritual and physical strength.
• Lin Xuan disguised his appearance with Red Silk Grass juice before approaching the Sea Dragon Sect Marketplace.
• Lin Xuan entered the Marketplace through its illusion Restrictions and surveyed its lavish buildings, shops, and gardens.

Lin Xuan visited the Sea Dragon Pavilion in the Sea Dragon Sect Marketplace to buy alchemy materials and learn about You Province’s Cultivation World. After spending most of his spirit stones on Earth Fire Talismans, he learned that the shopkeeper had inferred his cultivation and offered him an improved Spirit Eye Technique manual.

• A young attendant led Lin Xuan to the Sea Dragon Pavilion, where the shopkeeper guessed that he had come from Yanzhou.
• The shopkeeper explained that You Province had far more cultivation resources and that Spirit Tools were common even among Spirit Movement Stage cultivators.
• Lin Xuan bought an introductory alchemy book and expensive Earth Fire Talismans, leaving himself with almost no spirit stones.
• The shopkeeper inferred that Lin Xuan had reached the great completion of the Spirit Movement Stage and intended to refine mid-grade Marrow Cleansing Pills.
• The shopkeeper offered Lin Xuan an improved Spirit Eye Technique manual for one hundred crystal stones, and Lin Xuan asked to examine it.

Lin Xuan learned about Perseverance Grass, which could improve the success rate of refining Marrow Cleansing Pills, and devised a way to earn the Spirit Stones needed to buy it. After selling his low-grade pills in a rented Marketplace shop, he had nearly five thousand Spirit Stones but worried that the money might attract trouble once he left the Sea Dragon Sect’s protection.

• Lin Xuan agreed to reserve a stalk of Perseverance Grass for five hundred Spirit Stones and gave the shopkeeper his last hundred Spirit Stones.
• Lin Xuan studied the Spirit Eye Technique and an Alchemy Book while waiting for the Heavenly Demon Appearance Alteration Technique to become available again.
• Lin Xuan returned to the Marketplace in a new disguise, rented a shopfront for one day, and opened a shop called Pill House.
• Lin Xuan sold all his low-grade Marrow Cleansing Pills for nearly five thousand Spirit Stones while keeping his mid-grade pills to avoid attracting attention.
• Lin Xuan closed the shop after the customers dispersed and worried that someone might target him for his new wealth once he left the Marketplace.