Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan gained a small insight into the laws of heaven and earth while resisting a Tribulation Cloud, then found several closely clustered clouds blocking his path. Elsewhere, Tian Xiaojian and four other Nascent Soul cultivators suspected they were trapped in an illusory formation, while Tian Xiaojian secretly regarded them as potential cannon fodder.

• Lin Xuan told Yue'er that resisting the metal-attribute Tribulation Cloud had given him a slight insight into the laws of heaven and earth and improved his control of his power.
• Lin Xuan stopped before an azure water-attribute Tribulation Cloud and saw several other clouds clustered nearby, making him wary of triggering them together.
• Tian Xiaojian, Monk Huicong, and three other Nascent Soul cultivators searched their seemingly endless black space together after suspecting they had been lured into a trap.
• The white-haired old woman proposed that they were circling within an illusory formation, while the middle-aged man named Sun doubted it and refused to help break it.
• Monk Conghui calmed the quarrel between the old woman and Sun, while Tian Xiaojian privately dismissed his companions as useful cannon fodder.

The Nascent Soul cultivators discovered their surroundings were an illusory formation and joined forces to attack it while North Nether True Lord and a Demon Monster watched their efforts. Meanwhile, Lin Xuan realized the Tribulation Clouds might only attack in response to spiritual power and cautiously led Wu Yun'er through them without using magic power.

• The red-haired old man used a Xuantian Talisman to reveal the illusion, but it failed to break the formation.
• Lady Qi proposed attacking the formation by force, and Conghui and the other cultivators unleashed their treasures while Tian Xiaojian concealed his strength.
• North Nether True Lord asked why the Demon Monster was letting the cultivators break the illusion, and the Demon Monster said they would soon die regardless.
• Yue'er suggested the Tribulation Clouds only released power when stimulated, and Lin Xuan realized that suppressing his spiritual power might let them pass safely.
• Lin Xuan walked through the first Tribulation Cloud without provoking an attack, then guided Wu Yun'er through it.
• Lin Xuan and Wu Yun'er carefully crossed the remaining Tribulation Clouds and escaped the dangerous stretch after more than half a day.

Lin Xuan searched the site where an ancient cultivator had failed Tribulation Transcendence, hoping to recover remnants of his treasures. He found a strangely powerful broken sword and wondered what kind of treasure it was.

• Lin Xuan carried Wu Yun'er away from the area beneath the Tribulation Cloud and continued through increasingly scorching terrain.
• Lin Xuan recognized a mountain as the site of the ancient cultivator's Tribulation Transcendence and searched the surrounding area with his divine sense.
• Lin Xuan excavated the mountainside and pulled a spiritually potent broken sword from deep within it.
• Lin Xuan struggled to suppress the sword's restless power and examined its unknown material, while Yue'er admitted she did not recognize it.

Lin Xuan collected a spiritually potent Broken Sword and several magic treasure fragments from the site of an ancient cultivator’s tribulation, then noticed something of interest farther away and set off with Wu Yun'er. Meanwhile, five Nascent Soul Cultivators shattered the illusory formation, revealing what lay beyond its black scenery.

• Lin Xuan stored the Broken Sword and found seven or eight magic treasure fragments, including a spearhead made from Ten-Thousand-Year Thunder Essence Copper.
• Lin Xuan told Yue'er that the Broken Sword’s damage likely predated the Heavenly Tribulation, suggesting it was unusually precious.
• After searching a radius of seventy or eighty li, Lin Xuan sensed something interesting and flew off with Wu Yun'er to investigate.
• Master Conghui and four other Nascent Soul Cultivators bombarded the illusory formation for nearly four hours until cracks spread across the sky.
• The illusory formation shattered, and its black landscape weathered into sand and vanished.

Lin Xuan found an earth-attribute array concealing a secret near an earthen hill and began probing it for a weakness. Meanwhile, Tian Xiaojian and the others found an ancient ruined Herb Garden filled with cultivator bones, and Tian Xiaojian reacted strangely to what he saw.

• Lin Xuan struck the hidden array around the earthen hill and identified it as an earth-attribute formation.
• Lin Xuan used a strange Formation Flag to probe the array rather than trying to break it by force.
• Tian Xiaojian and the others reached a memorial archway and cleared away the fog behind it.
• The group found an ancient ruined Herb Garden, numerous cultivator bones, and a deep gully carved by a powerful weapon.
• Conghui and the silver-haired old woman realized the destruction suggested that at least one Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator had fought there.
• Tian Xiaojian looked at the bones and showed a strange expression.

Lin Xuan prepared to break the earth-attribute formation by combining Wu Yun'er's Thousand Wood Myriad Ridge Formation with his magic treasures and Yue'er's profound yin ghost qi. After Wu Yun'er began directing the trees against the exposed barrier, the assault was underway, but the formation had not yet been broken.

• Tian Xiaojian noticed that the battlefield held many Nascent Soul cultivators' remains but no magic treasures, yet he kept his suspicions to himself.
• Lin Xuan set up the wood-attribute Thousand Wood Myriad Ridge Formation and asked Wu Yun'er to learn how to control it while he recovered his magic power.
• Lin Xuan summoned Yue'er and explained that her pure profound yin ghost qi would be needed to break the formation.
• Wu Yun'er controlled the formation, raising towering trees, while Lin Xuan used the Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring to reveal and strike the earth formation's protective barrier.
• After the barrier blasted apart Lin Xuan's attack, Wu Yun'er sent a spell seal into the Formation Disk and drove a tide of leaves toward it.

Lin Xuan battled an ancient earth-attribute formation while Yue'er waited to help, and a group of Nascent Soul cultivators discovered Five-Colored Fluorescent Fruit in the ruins. Tian Xiaojian suspected a trap but sold his share to Master Conghui, leaving the others to claim the remaining fruit.

• Lin Xuan attacked the formation with spell seals, Ice Flood Dragons, and Fire Dragons, but its defenses held as Yue'er watched.
• The old monsters found five Five-Colored Fluorescent Fruits growing among ruined walls and identified them as a treasure that could boost Nascent Soul cultivation.
• Tian Xiaojian warned that the fruit might be a trap and declined to eat his share, while the others dismissed his suspicions.
• Tian Xiaojian offered his fruit for sale, and Master Conghui bought it for five hundred thousand Spirit Stones.

Lin Xuan and his companions broke through a formation and reached an ancient cultivator’s cave residence, while Tian Xiaojian discovered a Demon Monster altar and reunited with the other cultivators. The Five-Colored Fluorescent Fruits had strengthened the old monsters, but Tian Xiaojian remained suspicious as a black-lit Demon Monster went out to intercept him.

• Lady Qi used a wood-attribute treasure to pick the Five-Colored Fluorescent Fruits, and the four old monsters swallowed them before meditating to refine their power.
• Tian Xiaojian refused the fruit and left to search for an exit, prompting the Demon Monster to depart and pursue him personally.
• Lin Xuan, Yue'er, and Wu Yun'er broke the dim yellow barrier with their attacks and discovered a lush cave residence near a top-grade Spirit Vein.
• Lin Xuan reasoned that the cave’s former owner had likely been a Rogue Cultivator who left treasures behind as an inheritance, then flew toward the mountain with Yue'er and Wu Yun'er following.
• Tian Xiaojian found a vast black altar ringed with statues of high-ranking Demon Monsters, including one identified as the Thousand-Eye Saint Ancestor.
• Monk Conghui and the other old monsters arrived, boasting that the fruit had increased their magical power, while Tian Xiaojian noticed something suspicious about them.

Tian Xiaojian was trapped by a Nascent Soul Late Stage Demon Monster, which demonized four cultivators and tried to recruit him, while Lin Xuan encountered a powerful Demon Race beast at an ancient cave dwelling. Tian Xiaojian pretended to submit before striking back with his hidden treasures.

• Tian Xiaojian sensed demonic qi in the four old cultivators and tried to retreat from the Altar, but a Demon Monster appeared and blocked his escape.
• The Demon Monster released black mist that transformed Master Conghui and the other three cultivators into irrational half-demons, then offered Tian Xiaojian pills to join its race.
• Lin Xuan opened the cave dwelling and fought off attacks from a blue streak before a late-stage Transformation Demon Race beast emerged.
• Tian Xiaojian pretended to accept the Demon Monster's offer, then revealed a bead and used his Nether Heart-Shattering Sword to cut apart its giant claw.

Tian Xiaojian escaped the altar after blasting the Demon Monster with a lightning bead, but the Demon Monster pursued him relentlessly. Meanwhile, Lin Xuan reached the Lihe-stage cultivator’s cave and tried to figure out how to subdue its seemingly foolish guardian, while Tian Xiaojian prepared to use a desperate measure.

• Tian Xiaojian detonated a lightning bead to scatter the Demon Monster’s demonic flames, then used a secret technique to flee at great speed.
• The Demon Monster survived the blast, used the Earth-Shrinking Technique to pursue Tian Xiaojian, and left four half-demonized Nascent Soul cultivators fighting inside the altar.
• Lin Xuan met the late Transformation Realm pangolin guarding the cave, which transformed into a ragged man who acted like an idiot and attacked when Lin Xuan approached too closely.
• Lin Xuan suspected the pangolin was the cave’s mountain-guarding spirit beast and tried to calm it, hoping to subdue it rather than fight it.
• Tian Xiaojian realized he could not escape the Demon Monster indefinitely, removed a pouch from his waist, and prepared to use a reluctant last resort.

Tian Xiaojian sacrificed his Demon Corpse and Second Primordial Spirit to mislead a Nascent Soul Late Stage demon monster, then used a Boundary-Breaking Talisman to attack the barrier of the independent space. Meanwhile, Lin Xuan subdued Pangolin with the Broken Sword and a Spirit Restricting Technique, then left him guarding the cave entrance.

• Tian Xiaojian sent his Demon Corpse incarnation toward the demon monster while he flew in the opposite direction to seek an exit.
• Lin Xuan used the Broken Sword to frighten Pangolin, restrained him with the Spirit Restricting Technique, and gave him a Fragrant Grass Pill.
• Lin Xuan ordered Pangolin to guard the cave entrance and entered the cave residence with Yue'er and the other woman.
• Tian Xiaojian reached the edge of the independent space and used a Boundary-Breaking Talisman to open a hairline crack in the barrier.
• The demon monster discovered that the Demon Corpse he had chased was a fake, then sensed a huge spiritual-power fluctuation in the distance.

Tian Xiaojian tore open a spatial rift and escaped the Demon Monster, who joined North Nether True Lord to pursue him. Meanwhile, Lin Xuan entered the final chamber of the Lihe-stage cultivator’s cave residence and found three mysterious boxes.

• The Demon Monster sensed that Tian Xiaojian had shaken the realm and hurried to stop him from escaping.
• Tian Xiaojian used his blood to empower the Nether Heart-Shattering Sword and opened a rift wide enough to escape through.
• The Demon Monster arrived too late, then joined North Nether True Lord in attacking the spatial barrier to pursue Tian Xiaojian.
• Lin Xuan searched the cave residence with Yue'er and the other woman, reaching its last stone chamber.
• Lin Xuan found three dusty boxes and anticipated that the Lihe-stage senior had left valuable treasures inside.

Lin Xuan uncovered five Top-grade Spirit Stones and a water-attribute Talisman Treasure in the cave residence while Tian Xiaojian remained trapped in an unfamiliar independent space. North Nether True Lord and the Demon Monster broke into the same space and began searching for Tian Xiaojian and the relic’s treasures.

• Lin Xuan cracked open five dull crystals to reveal Top-grade Spirit Stones representing metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.
• Tian Xiaojian escaped one independent space but found himself in another, where he sensed a Magma Lake and flew toward it.
• Lin Xuan split open an empty wooden box and found a water-attribute Talisman Treasure hidden inside it.
• North Nether True Lord and the Demon Monster broke into the independent space and recognized signs of an ancient cultivator relic and a failed Heavenly Tribulation.
• The Demon Monster and North Nether True Lord discussed searching for Tian Xiaojian and the missing Nascent Soul Realm cultivator.

Lin Xuan discovered that Senior Water Origin had been a middle-stage Lihe cultivator and gained his cultivation insights, while Yue'er raised a troubling question about how Lihe cultivators could extend their lives. As Lin Xuan began examining the second Jade Slip, the Demon Monster and North Nether True Lord secretly approached him.

• The Demon Monster sensed another Nascent Soul Late Stage Demon Race presence and suspected it was Senior Water Origin's mountain-guarding spirit beast.
• The Demon Monster and North Nether True Lord agreed to split the treasures and concealed their auras as they flew toward Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan opened the final box and found two Jade Slips, then read about Senior Water Origin's life, water-attribute cultivation method, and cultivation insights.
• Yue'er questioned why Senior Water Origin would attempt Tribulation Transcendence with only about a hundred years left if ascending would not give him enough time to advance further.
• Lin Xuan set aside the lifespan mystery and began reading the second Jade Slip.

Lin Xuan learned that his broken sword was the rare Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure known as the Demonic Fate Sword, while North Nether True Lord and the Demon Monster crossed the weakened Tribulation Clouds and Tian Xiaojian searched the Magma Lake for an exit. When two Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivators approached Lin Xuan’s cave, he sent Wu Yun'er away to hide as he prepared to face them alone.

• Lin Xuan read the Jade Slip and learned that his broken Demonic Fate Sword was a damaged Spirit Treasure whose special cultivation method required at least the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.
• North Nether True Lord and the Demon Monster decided to cross the unstable Tribulation Clouds, with the Demon Monster charging through under his protective barrier and North Nether True Lord flying through in a concealed Spirit Boat.
• Tian Xiaojian swam through the Magma Lake without encountering beasts and spotted a point of light at the lake bottom.
• Lin Xuan sensed two approaching Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivators and decided to split up with Yue'er and Wu Yun'er.
• Lin Xuan marked Wu Yun'er, gave her powerful talismans, and sent her away to hide while he faced the approaching cultivators.

Lin Xuan stopped at a formation of scattered stone pillars while fleeing the Demon Monster and North Nether True Lord, hoping to find a way out of the independent space. The Demon Monster caught up and attacked, but Lin Xuan countered with the Snow Fox King's Long Spear, Azure Fire, and Pangolin, turning the ambush against him.

• Lin Xuan put Pangolin into a Spirit Beast Bag and fled the cave while the Demon Monster and North Nether True Lord pursued him.
• The Demon Monster sent a devilish-energy monster after Wu Yun'er and continued chasing Lin Xuan with North Nether True Lord.
• Lin Xuan spotted scattered stone pillars at a mountain's foot and stopped to study them, suspecting they might reveal a way out.
• Tian Xiaojian found another formation of scattered pillars beneath the Magma Lake, with a crude Teleportation Array among them.
• The Demon Monster used the Earth-Shrinking Technique to reach Lin Xuan and launch a surprise attack.
• Lin Xuan disrupted the Demon Monster's attack with the Snow Fox King's Long Spear, then unleashed Azure Fire and Pangolin.

Lin Xuan battled a ruthless Demon Monster, while Wu Yun'er fled from a pursuing demonic presence and Tian Xiaojian investigated a strange formation in the Magma Lake. The chapter ended with Tian Xiaojian spotting a colossal creature rushing toward him.

• Lin Xuan and the Demon Monster exchanged swift attacks until Pangolin's demon mist seemed to bite the enemy in two.
• The Demon Monster used a body-part puppet to fake his death and ambush Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan recognized the ruse and escaped with minor injuries.
• Azure Phantom Nether Fire broke free of the demonic python and consumed the Demon Monster's Evil Wave Demonic Flame as Pangolin returned to Lin Xuan's side.
• Wu Yun'er sensed a demonic presence pursuing her and fled at full speed, suspecting it was a puppet clone rather than the late-stage monster itself.
• Tian Xiaojian examined a crude Teleportation Array among stone pillars in the Magma Lake, then saw a colossal creature rushing toward him.

Tian Xiaojian escaped an Ancient Beast by teleporting to Lin Xuan’s standoff with a Demon Monster, and the two joined forces against its Six Element Incarnation Technique. Meanwhile, Wu Yun’er was about to be killed by a demonic creature when a pillar of light descended.

• Tian Xiaojian activated a Teleportation Array to escape the Ancient Beast’s corrosive attack and appeared beside Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan and Tian Xiaojian agreed to fight the Demon Monster together after it demanded an ancient cultivator’s legacy treasures.
• The Demon Monster used the Six Element Incarnation Technique to create six incarnations and attack Lin Xuan and Tian Xiaojian.
• Lin Xuan held off his attackers with the Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring, while Tian Xiaojian suffered injuries under his assault.
• Wu Yun’er’s sword failed to stop a demonic creature, which trapped her weapon and reached for her head before a pillar of light descended.

North Nether True Lord captured Wu Yun'er and used the Dream-Inducing Technique to question her about the ancient cultivator's treasure. Meanwhile, Lin Xuan and Tian Xiaojian continued fighting the Demon Monster, with Tian Xiaojian proposing they kill it before its companion arrived.

• North Nether True Lord captured Wu Yun'er after killing the Demon Monster's incarnation and took her Storage Bag, but found no treasure inside.
• North Nether True Lord recognized the Wu family's plum blossom mark on Wu Yun'er's wrist and spared her because the Wu family's ancestor had once saved him.
• North Nether True Lord used the Dream-Inducing Technique on Wu Yun'er and asked about Martial Uncle Lin and the treasure.
• Lin Xuan and Tian Xiaojian fought the Demon Monster's six incarnations, and Tian Xiaojian was wounded while Lin Xuan remained unharmed.
• Tian Xiaojian told Lin Xuan they should kill the Demon Monster before its companion arrived, while the Demon Monster mocked their chances.

Tian Xiaojian fused with his Ghost Beast using the Spirit Fusion Great Art, and he and Lin Xuan prepared to fight the Nascent Soul Late Stage demon. As another Late Transformation Stage enemy approached and Pangolin went to intercept him, the demon enlarged himself and attacked Lin Xuan and Tian Xiaojian with a roar.

• Tian Xiaojian released his Ghost Beast and fused with it, raising his cultivation to Nascent Soul Middle Stage.
• Tian Xiaojian unleashed the Ten Thousand Ghost Soul-Chasing Great Art while Lin Xuan revealed a Talisman Treasure.
• Lin Xuan sent Pangolin to delay the approaching Late Transformation Stage enemy, whom North Nether True Lord encountered on the way to the battle.
• The Nascent Soul Late Stage demon used the Giant Technique and roared at Lin Xuan and Tian Xiaojian.