Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan and Qin Yan entered the Giant Monster’s body to follow the trail of whoever had broken its seal, while Jiang Da escaped after sacrificing Jiang Er’s body to activate the Blood Flame Demon Armor. Lin Xuan continued toward the monster’s stomach, driven by Yue’er’s sense that something inside was calling to her.

• Lin Xuan found a recently destroyed Formation Flag in a cave and led Qin Yan deeper through the passage.
• The Giant Monster wounded Jiang Er as the Jiang brothers tried to flee, and Jiang Er sacrificed himself to save Jiang Da.
• Jiang Da used Jiang Er’s body as the catalyst for the Blood Flame Demon Armor, greatly increasing his strength and speed.
• The Giant Monster hesitated at the sight of the armor, allowing Jiang Da to escape.
• Lin Xuan revealed that he had entered the monster for its treasure and to investigate the object Yue’er sensed inside.

Lin Xuan and Qin Yan broke through a black mountain wall inside the Giant Monster and found a stone chamber filled with writhing tongues. After Lin Xuan retrieved the Jade Box that had stirred Yue'er, they returned to find the Xueming Sect nearly destroyed, and Zhu Tianyun asked Lin Xuan to protect his daughter, Zhu Qianru.

• Lin Xuan used the Azure Phantom Nether Fire to break the black mountain wall, and Qin Yan helped bring it down with her Sword Qi.
• Lin Xuan captured the Nascent Souls of the two cultivators who had broken the Giant Monster's seal and stored them in a Jade Box.
• Lin Xuan shielded himself with the Nine Heavens Spirit Shield and entered the chamber, where the tongues retreated as he approached.
• Lin Xuan found the Jade Box that had caught Yue'er's attention, took it, and returned with Qin Yan.
• Lin Xuan and Qin Yan found that nearly all the Xueming Sect cultivators had died, leaving Zhu Tianyun, his wife, Ji Xuansheng, and the wounded Zhu Qianru alive.
• Zhu Tianyun asked Lin Xuan to take care of Zhu Qianru in exchange for his and his wife's help in holding back the Giant Monster, but Lin Xuan agreed only to escort her out of danger.

Qin Yan agreed to take Zhu Qianru to Horizon Sea Pavilion, while Zhu Tianyun, the Red-Clad Beauty, and Ji Xuansheng stayed behind to fight the Giant Monster. After parting from Qin Yan at Mist Hidden Valley, Lin Xuan approached three low-level cultivators.

• Qin Yan offered to take Zhu Qianru back to Horizon Sea Pavilion and ask a senior sister to accept her as a disciple.
• Zhu Tianyun gave Qin Yan a wooden box, rendered Zhu Qianru unconscious, and entrusted her to Qin Yan and Lin Xuan.
• Zhu Tianyun, the Red-Clad Beauty, and Ji Xuansheng charged the Giant Monster to cover Lin Xuan and Qin Yan's escape.
• At Mist Hidden Valley, Qin Yan told Lin Xuan to visit her at Horizon Sea Pavilion, then left with Zhu Qianru after receiving a summons from her master.
• Lin Xuan landed before three Spirit Movement Stage cultivators, who bowed and asked what instructions he had for them.

Lin Xuan settled in Mist Hidden Valley to open a cave residence and prepare to condense his Demon Core. Far away, Fairy Ruyan summoned Qin Yan and ordered her to destroy the Hundred Phoenix Blade, while Qin Yan questioned why her powerful master had disguised herself as a frail, low-level cultivator.

• Lin Xuan used a Jade Slip provided by a young woman to learn about Mist Hidden Valley, then gave her and her companions a cultivation technique in return.
• Lin Xuan told Yue'er that the Giant Monster was unlikely to pursue them and decided to stay in Mist Hidden Valley until he condensed his Demon Core.
• Yue'er killed a second-rank demonic snake, and Lin Xuan opened a cave residence beside a lake.
• Fairy Ruyan summoned Qin Yan and ordered her to kill Chen Bao, the young master of the Hundred Phoenix Blade, and wipe out his sect for molesting her.
• Qin Yan recognized that Fairy Ruyan's appearance and cultivation had changed drastically and asked why she had disguised herself, but Fairy Ruyan insisted she was well.

Fairy Ruyan explained the Vajra Mountain Monster to Qin Yan and ordered her to destroy the Hundred Phoenix Blade sect, while Lin Xuan and Yue'er investigated the Jade Box and uncovered a mysterious link between Yue'er and a woman in Liu Mei’s memories. Yue'er reaffirmed that she would stay by Lin Xuan’s side, and they turned their attention to opening the Xuantian Underworld Treasure.

• Fairy Ruyan told Qin Yan that the Vajra Mountain Monster was a powerful Nascent Soul Realm creature from the Underworld Realm and refused to hunt it herself.
• Fairy Ruyan agreed to bring Zhu Qianru to Horizon Sea Pavilion, then sent Qin Yan to destroy the Hundred Phoenix Blade sect.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er used the Soul Searching Technique on Liu Mei and the cultivator surnamed Chen, learning that the Jade Box held a Xuantian Underworld Treasure and finding three pictures of a woman who looked like Yue'er.
• Lin Xuan worried that Yue'er might be taken from him, but Yue'er said she knew nothing about the woman and promised to remain by his side.
• Lin Xuan set aside his fears and focused on opening the Jade Box with Yue'er.

Yue'er awakened the Mysterious Yin Treasure Box, which transformed into the Illusion Moon Profound Light Sword and allowed her to wield power far beyond her cultivation. After testing the sword with Lin Xuan, she gained confidence that she could help him, while he kept the surrounding valley open to low-level cultivators except for a small forbidden area.

• Yue'er opened the box and transformed its seemingly ordinary stone into the Illusion Moon Profound Light Sword, while Lin Xuan's attempt to touch it triggered a powerful backlash.
• Yue'er used the sword in a spar with Lin Xuan and released an attack that drew on the vital energy of heaven and earth; Lin Xuan estimated her combat strength had reached the Nascent Soul Early Stage level.
• Lin Xuan warned cultivators to avoid a ten-li area around his cave residence, but spared the rest of Mist Hidden Valley for low-level cultivators who depended on it.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er reflected on the sword's power, and Yue'er felt glad that she could finally help protect him.
• Yue'er blushed and hurried out of the cave residence when Lin Xuan mistook her flustered mood for a possible cultivation problem.

Lin Xuan used the Demon Eye Relic and a Spirit Gathering Array to condense a fourth-level Demon Core after months of seclusion. The process also transformed his spiritual power into five-colored energy, leaving him with new abilities and the possibility of surpassing Mystic Phoenix Fairy in the Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens Art.

• Lin Xuan arranged a Spirit Gathering Array with high-grade Spirit Stones and used it to fill his cave with Demon Qi from the Demon Eye Relic.
• Lin Xuan absorbed the Demon Qi and compressed it in his dantian for months while Yue'er waited anxiously outside his cave.
• Lin Xuan combined the Demon Qi with the Phoenix formed from his spiritual power, eventually condensing a five-colored fourth-level Demon Core.
• Lin Xuan discovered that his spiritual power had become five-colored and tested its stronger Sword Qi across all Five Elements.
• Lin Xuan considered that his new five-colored energy might let him cultivate the Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens Art beyond Mystic Phoenix Fairy's achievements.

Lin Xuan restored the Black Gold Dragon Scale Shield, mastered the first level of the Treasure-Controlling Formula, and left Mist Hidden Valley with Yue'er to seek a way for her to form a Nascent Soul. As they followed the trail of the Mountain Monster’s destruction, they learned that the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect and Heavenly Ingenuity Sect had mobilized powerful cultivators to hunt it.

• Lin Xuan spent a day refining the damaged Black Gold Dragon Scale Shield until he had restored it completely.
• Lin Xuan studied the ancient jade slip for several months and mastered the first level of its Treasure-Controlling Formula.
• Yue'er accidentally wounded Lin Xuan when her Mysterious Yin Treasure Box warned her of his stealthy approach, and Lin Xuan reassured her before promising to help her form a Nascent Soul.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er left Mist Hidden Valley and traveled east, finding nine towns and cities destroyed by the Mountain Monster.
• Lin Xuan concealed his cultivation and followed the Mountain Monster’s trail, where a Liao Clan disciple told him that the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect and Heavenly Ingenuity Sect were leading the hunt with Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivators.

Lin Xuan learned that the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect and Heavenly Ingenuity Sect had rallied Cloud Province’s cultivators against a rampaging Giant Monster. He reached Chaoyun Prefecture as the monster, now at the Nascent Soul Late Stage, fought a huge force led by the monk Kong Xuan.

• Lin Xuan heard that the Giant Monster had devastated Cloud Province and that the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect and Heavenly Ingenuity Sect were summoning cultivators to destroy it.
• Lin Xuan warned the Foundation Establishment cultivator surnamed Liao to leave, then flew onward as more cultivators gathered.
• Lin Xuan heard that the Giant Monster had been surrounded in Chaoyun Prefecture and that Kong Xuan was leading the attack.
• Lin Xuan arrived to find over ten thousand cultivators facing the Giant Monster and recognized Kong Xuan as an exceptionally powerful Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator.
• Lin Xuan hid among the crowd and joined the fighting with an ordinary flying-sword Dharma Treasure as the Giant Monster attacked with overwhelming force.

After the Giant Monster was slain, cultivators scrambled for its treasures while Lin Xuan suspected Kong Xuan of provoking future disputes. Lin Xuan discovered top-grade Sky Moon Crystal in the rubble, but Kong Xuan had spotted it too.

• Kong Xuan, Lei Yin Boy, and the assembled cultivators killed the Giant Monster after it charged into the weaker fighters, leaving thousands dead.
• Kong Xuan declared the monster’s remaining treasures ownerless and invited the lower-level cultivators to claim them, while the Nascent Soul cultivators held back.
• Zhang Dazhu took a high-grade Spirit Tool from the rubble, prompting other cultivators to rush in and search for treasures.
• Lin Xuan told Yue'er that Kong Xuan’s promise of first come, first served could spark violence once the powerful cultivators left.
• Lin Xuan spotted top-grade Sky Moon Crystal beneath the rubble and realized Kong Xuan had discovered it as well.

Lin Xuan took the Sky Moon Crystal from Divine Monk Kong Xuan, then exposed the monk’s plan to kill him and claim the treasure. After revealing that he had reached the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, Lin Xuan challenged Kong Xuan, who attacked him with his Vajra Demon-Subduing Divine Ability.

• Kong Xuan raced toward the Sky Moon Crystal, but Lin Xuan reached the crevice first and took it.
• Kong Xuan offered three thousand Spirit Stones, then proposed accompanying Lin Xuan to save his supposedly injured brother in exchange for the crystal.
• Lin Xuan agreed to leave with Kong Xuan, and they flew away from the gathered cultivators.
• In a desolate area, Lin Xuan confronted Kong Xuan about intending to kill him and seize the treasure, then revealed his Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivation.
• Kong Xuan dismissed Lin Xuan as an inferior opponent and unleashed his Vajra Demon-Subduing Divine Ability, while Lin Xuan drew a short azure sword.

Lin Xuan fought Monk Kong Xuan, the formidable head of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect’s Arhat Hall, and revealed a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure that nearly killed him. Kong Xuan survived the strike and unleashed powerful Buddhist techniques, leaving both cultivators still battling as Lin Xuan mocked his opponent.

• Monk Kong Xuan tested Lin Xuan’s strength, and Lin Xuan’s Azure Fire Sword could not harm Kong Xuan’s Vajra Indestructible Body.
• Lin Xuan used the Broken Sword, a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure, and cut Kong Xuan in half while also destroying a distant mountain.
• Kong Xuan survived by sacrificing an arm, then summoned a wrathful vajra and attacked Lin Xuan with the Tathagata Thousand-Leaf Palm, a Buddhist staff, and a golden wheel.
• Lin Xuan’s Broken Sword shattered Kong Xuan’s vajra manifestation, but its enormous magic-power cost prevented him from using it continuously.
• Kong Xuan urged Lin Xuan to surrender after seeing him put the Broken Sword away, and Lin Xuan taunted him instead.

Lin Xuan fought Monk Kong Xuan with the help of his Corpse Demon, Pangolin, and Yue'er, turning the monk’s attacks against him and overwhelming his defenses. Kong Xuan was left trapped and bleeding beneath Pangolin’s punches.

• Monk Kong Xuan attacked Lin Xuan with a great roc, but Lin Xuan defended himself with the Black Gold Dragon Scale Shield and summoned a Corpse Demon.
• Kong Xuan sent a Buddhist seal and Jade Bowl toward Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan countered with nine Gourd Artifacts and destroyed the bowl’s attack.
• Lin Xuan pretended to fear the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect, then vanished and drew Kong Xuan’s Tathagata Palm onto Pangolin.
• Pangolin clashed with Kong Xuan while Yue'er appeared and used the Illusion Moon Profound Light Sword to destroy a tiny Buddha summoned against her.
• Lin Xuan’s Azure Phantom Nether Fire overwhelmed Kong Xuan’s Jinlan Kasaya as Yue'er and Pangolin kept him occupied.
• Kong Xuan activated his Vajra Indestructible Body, but Pangolin pummeled him until the technique failed and he spat blood.

Lin Xuan forced Monk Kong Xuan to abandon his body and flee as a golden Nascent Soul, but failed to catch him. Knowing the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect would seek revenge, Lin Xuan fled and killed witnesses, while Kong Xuan rallied cultivators to search for him.

• Monk Kong Xuan emerged from his body as a crimson-gold Nascent Soul and escaped Lin Xuan using a Buddhist mantra and a powerful teleportation technique.
• Lin Xuan returned from the pursuit without catching Kong Xuan, then took the monk’s Storage Bag and destroyed his body.
• Lin Xuan recalled Pangolin and the Corpse Demon and hurried away, killing seven or eight cultivators he encountered to keep his whereabouts secret.
• Monk Kong Xuan sent word to the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect and vowed revenge, prompting thousands of cultivators to search the region for Lin Xuan.

After escaping Monk Kong Xuan, Lin Xuan found no cultivation manual among the Buddhist scriptures in the Storage Bag, but suspected their study might help his unstable Dao heart. Elsewhere, Meng Ruyan hid her identity and endured humiliation among low-level cultivators to temper her state of mind and overcome a bottleneck in her cultivation.

• Lin Xuan escaped tens of millions of li from Monk Kong Xuan and examined the Sky Moon Crystal, the monk's Storage Bag, and its treasures.
• Lin Xuan read the handwritten Buddhist scriptures, but found they contained no manual for the Vajra Indestructible Body divine art.
• Lin Xuan reflected on how his rapid, pill-fueled cultivation had left his Dao heart unstable and made his future breakthrough to the Lihe Realm more difficult.
• Meng Ruyan, disguised as a low-level cultivator in a market, recalled that her own extraordinary rise had left her state of mind too weak to break through to the middle stage of Lihe.
• Meng Ruyan continued enduring orders and humiliation from junior cultivators because she hoped the hardship would temper her state of mind.

Lin Xuan and Yue'er headed toward the Sky Cloud Trade Fair, hoping to find a way to help Yue'er form a Nascent Soul. Meanwhile, Meng Ruyan agreed to attend the fair, and Wang Tinglou arranged for a Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect monk to host in his place, where the monks also discussed Kong Xuan’s death.

• Lin Xuan told Yue'er that the Sky Cloud Trade Fair might offer help with her Nascent Soul formation, and they set out despite her worries about meeting Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect cultivators.
• Meng Ruyan’s attempt to temper her state of mind failed after she killed men who tried to abduct her, and she received Wang Tinglou’s request to host the fair.
• Meng Ruyan decided to attend the trade fair for the chance to find treasures, though she intended to avoid the human and Demon Race’s affairs.
• Wang Tinglou, unable to leave Pine Wind Academy, decided to ask the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect to send a host in his place.
• At Pure Moon Pool, the scar-faced monk agreed to host the fair after his senior brother argued that doing so could settle the sect’s debt to Wang Tinglou.
• The monks discussed how to deal with the Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator who destroyed Kong Xuan’s body.

Lin Xuan learned that the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect had spread a false accusation and offered a reward for his head, drawing hunters from across Cloud Province. As he continued toward the Sky Cloud Trade Fair, he struggled to find a way past the pursuit and spotted a possible disguise on a fallen Ascetic Monk.

• A Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect monk ordered the pursuit of Lin Xuan and authorized others to act against him.
• Lin Xuan killed a Nascent Soul Early Stage man and woman who tried to capture him, then defeated their followers and searched the man's Nascent Soul.
• Lin Xuan learned that the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect had promised a favor to anyone who brought them his head, while claiming he had stolen a treasure and concealing his defeat of Kong Xuan's dharma body.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er worried that the pursuit would make entering the Sky Cloud Trade Fair dangerous, but Lin Xuan insisted they would find a solution and continued onward.
• After several more battles and learning that his portrait had spread across Cloud Province, Lin Xuan noticed an Ascetic Monk among the dead and considered disguising himself as one.

Disguised as an ascetic monk, Lin Xuan traveled toward Xuanyuan City while studying Buddhist scriptures and keeping his identity hidden. When he sensed a Nascent Soul cultivator being chased by a powerful demon despite the trade fair’s prohibition on such fights, he recognized the fugitive as the Young Master of Extreme Evil.

• Lin Xuan crossed the grassland in disguise, and the search for him gradually dwindled as he studied Buddhist scriptures on the road.
• Lin Xuan sensed two powerful cultivators approaching and learned that a Nascent Soul Early Stage human was fleeing a Transformation Mid-Stage demon.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er discussed the pact forbidding high-level human and demon cultivators from fighting during the Sky Cloud Trade Fair.
• Lin Xuan watched the pair draw closer and recognized the fleeing Young Master of Extreme Evil.

Lin Xuan sensed that Tian Xiaojian was being pursued but chose not to intervene, while Tian escaped the pursuit of Xuanyuan City’s Enforcement Envoys. Tian recalled how he had been captured by the Flute Insect Fairy and left the chapter in danger as she prepared to take him away.

• Lin Xuan recognized Tian Xiaojian’s aura nearby, considered helping him, then decided to avoid getting involved and resumed reading.
• Tian Xiaojian killed the elephant-headed demon pursuing him with his Three-Colored Profound Ice Fire and fled after storing the corpse.
• Xuanyuan City’s Enforcement Envoys arrived, but the Flute Insect Fairy could not locate Tian, so the group gave up the search.
• Tian hid underground until the Enforcement Envoys left, then treated his wounds and recalled becoming stranded in Demon Race territory after finding an ancient cultivator’s cave.
• Tian recalled meeting the Flute Insect Fairy while gathering rare herbs, losing to her strange abilities and jade-comb Dharma Treasure, and being captured after she sealed his magic power.

Tian Xiaojian killed Flute Insect Fairy, stole her treasures, and fled from the Nine-Headed Ancestor’s pursuit. Near Xuanyuan City, Lin Xuan spotted a woman he remembered as Meng Ruyan and suspected she was the Lihe Realm cultivator Fairy Ruyan.

• Tian Xiaojian secretly broke Flute Insect Fairy’s restrictions, killed her, and used Soul Searching Technique to learn she was the Nine-Headed Ancestor’s granddaughter.
• Tian Xiaojian looted Flute Insect Fairy’s cave, took the counterfeit Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure, and fled before the Nine-Headed Ancestor learned of her death.
• The Nine-Headed Ancestor dispatched subordinates and issued a kill order, forcing Tian Xiaojian to avoid returning to Separation Medicine Palace.
• Lin Xuan reached a small market near Xuanyuan City while traveling in disguise as Ascetic Monk.
• Lin Xuan recognized a green-clad woman as the Meng Ruyan he had helped in a Longnan Prefecture market and suspected she was Fairy Ruyan, the Lihe Realm cultivator.