Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan visited a large Ghost Cultivator shop seeking a way to help Yue'er form a Nascent Soul, and shopkeeper Luo Tiancheng offered him the needed method in exchange for her help retrieving a treasure. The chapter ended with Lin Xuan summoning Yue'er in a frightening disguise so Luo Tiancheng could assess her.

• Lin Xuan fled after Tian Xiaojian distracted the Demon Corpse, while Tian Xiaojian rejected the Demon Corpse's suspicious invitation.
• Lin Xuan searched the marketplace for a way to help Yue'er form a Nascent Soul and entered the Blood Ghost Workshop.
• Lin Xuan told Luo Tiancheng that his female ghost pet had reached the Core Condensation bottleneck and needed a way to advance.
• Luo Tiancheng offered Lin Xuan a Jade Slip detailing how to make Profound Yin Bright Liquid, then asked him to help retrieve a treasure in exchange for the further items Yue'er needed.
• Lin Xuan agreed to let Luo Tiancheng inspect Yue'er and summoned her in a terrifying disguise.

Lin Xuan bought rare ingredients for Yue'er’s future Miaoxin Pills and agreed to consider Luo Tiancheng’s treasure-retrieval plan, suspecting a trap. Meanwhile, the Luo Family Ancestor learned that Tiancheng had found a lead on the final female ghost needed for the family’s secret scheme.

• Lin Xuan bought enough rare ingredients to refine five furnaces of Miaoxin Pills after Luo Tiancheng offered him a discount.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er suspected Luo Tiancheng intended to use them as cannon fodder, but decided to keep cooperating while searching for other ways to help Yue'er form a Nascent Soul.
• Luo Tiancheng told Lin Xuan that he needed three months to prepare for the treasure retrieval.
• Luo Tiande learned that the Luo Family had found only eight of the nine Core Condensation Realm great-perfection female ghosts required for its plan.
• An encrypted message revealed that Luo Tiancheng had found a lead on the final ghost soul, and Luo Tiande urged Zicong to keep the rest of the plan on track.
• Luo Tiande told the elders that the scheme could cost him much of his remaining lifespan and promised Zicong would become the Luo Family’s next head.

Lin Xuan spent the day searching Xuanyuan City’s marketplaces, then went to a secluded tower to test the Profound Yin Bright Liquid on Yue'er. On the way, he narrowly avoided being recognized by Fairy Xinyue and wondered about Xiahou Lan, whose soul shared her body.

• Lin Xuan searched several marketplaces in Xuanyuan City but found no useful items at one of them.
• Lin Xuan stopped shopping and took Yue'er to find a place where she could bathe while they tested the Profound Yin Bright Liquid.
• Lin Xuan rented a remote tower and avoided staying with Baisuan Pavilion to protect Ying'er and the others from being implicated if his identity was exposed.
• Lin Xuan pulled Xiao Qing into his arms when he sensed Fairy Xinyue nearby, hoping she would mistake him for a lecher.
• Fairy Xinyue glanced at Lin Xuan and Xiao Qing, then left without recognizing him.
• Lin Xuan reassured Yue'er that Xiahou Lan was likely awake inside Xinyue's body, though she could not control it.

Lin Xuan settled into the bamboo pavilion, erased Xiao Qing’s memory of Xinyue, and began preparing Profound Yin Bright Liquid for Yue'er. The chapter left him refining it with Yue'er beside him, while he resolved to find a way to detoxify Ouyang’s Heavenly Spider Gu Poison.

• Lin Xuan entered the remote bamboo pavilion with Xiao Qing, then rendered her unconscious and erased her memory of the recent events.
• Lin Xuan placed Xiao Qing in a guest room and set up Formation Flags around the pavilion for protection.
• Lin Xuan prepared to refine Profound Yin Bright Liquid for Yue'er and thought about finding a cure for Ouyang’s Heavenly Spider Gu Poison.
• Lin Xuan studied the recipe, prepared the ingredients, and realized he had forgotten to fetch water.
• Lin Xuan asked Yue'er to bring water and stay with him, then began heating the Cauldron with Infant Fire as she nestled beside him.

Lin Xuan tested Profound Yin Bright Liquid with Yue'er, then spent nine days searching Xuanyuan City for remedies and rare ingredients. He headed to the Sky Cloud Trade Fair auction, where he arrived at the guarded entrance and saw an arrogant young cultivator demanding entry.

• Lin Xuan refined Profound Yin Bright Liquid and asked Yue'er to test its effect while he meditated nearby.
• Yue'er said the liquid aided cultivation but could not guarantee Nascent Soul Formation, and Lin Xuan considered cooperating with Luo if necessary.
• After nine days of shopping, Lin Xuan still had no cure for Qin Xin's Heavenly Spider Gu Poison and lacked a Xia Gu Herb for the Soul-Transforming Pill.
• Lin Xuan learned that the auction required Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivation and a fifty-thousand-Spirit-Stone ticket, then traveled to its venue in central Xuanyuan City.
• At the entrance, Lin Xuan saw nearly thirty powerful cultivators turned away and heard a young cultivator offer three times the ticket price for entry.

At Xuanyuan City's auction entrance, Zhang Xu's attempt to force his way in ended with a golden flood dragon destroying his body and taking his Nascent Soul. Lin Xuan realized the auction could expose his identity, but decided to enter anyway to seek Xia Gu Herb for the Soul-Transforming Pill.

• Zhang Xu claimed his status as young master of Ten Thousand Spirits Sect and attacked the Enforcement Envoys after they refused to let him enter.
• The golden flood dragon blocked Zhang Xu's sword, pierced his abdomen, and seized his Nascent Soul while Gongsun Ke backed the enforcement.
• The crowd learned the enforcers were backed by powerful Human and Demon Race factions, then scattered after the golden flood dragon returned Zhang Xu's Nascent Soul to his guard.
• Lin Xuan told Yue'er that a Lihe Realm expert might see through his mask, despite its concealment from Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivators.
• Lin Xuan resolved to enter the dangerous auction because he needed Xia Gu Herb to make the Soul-Transforming Pill.

Lin Xuan attended the Secret Market auction, where powerful human and demon cultivators gathered and hidden elders discussed the revived Luo Clan. The auction began with fierce bidding, and Lin Xuan continued waiting for treasures that could help him or Qin Xin.

• Lin Xuan entered Guanghan Palace after paying the admission fee and observed more than six hundred high-ranking human and demon cultivators gathered for the auction.
• Lin Xuan glimpsed a figure he thought might be Ruyan, while the hidden Monk Huitong and Nine-Headed Ancestor discussed reports that the Luo Clan of Heavenly Province had revived.
• Bai Xue opened the auction with the Mother-Child Soul-Chasing Hooks, which an unfamiliar cultivator won for eight hundred thousand Spirit Stones.
• Bai Xue offered Heavenly Profound Heavy Gold for five hundred thousand Spirit Stones, and Sect Master Long of Heaven Origin Sect raised the bid to one million.
• The auction continued with valuable treasures and an unsold Red Firmament Legacy Inscription, while Lin Xuan refrained from bidding as he waited for the Soul-Transforming Pill ingredients or a cure for Qin Xin's poison.
• Bai Xue announced a Nascent Soul Late Stage Ghost Emperor's inner core with a starting bid of one million Spirit Stones.

Lin Xuan decided to bid on a rare Ghost Emperor Inner Core needed for his Green Flame Qilin Armor, despite the risks of attracting attention. After Gongsun Old Devil and Mo Xuesong stopped competing, Lin Xuan secured the item for 3.5 million Spirit Stones, while Fairy Xinyue recognized him and kept him in her sights.

• Bai Xue presented a Nascent Soul Late Stage Ghost Emperor Inner Core for auction, and Lin Xuan decided he could not pass up the material he needed for his armor.
• Gongsun Old Devil opened the bidding at 1.2 million Spirit Stones, and Mo Xuesong challenged him, driving the price up to 3 million.
• Lin Xuan bid 3.5 million Spirit Stones, drawing the attention of the auction hall and revealing himself to Fairy Ruyan and Fairy Xinyue beneath his mask.
• Fairy Xinyue recognized Lin Xuan but chose not to confront him at the auction, while Lin Xuan sensed her gaze and remained composed.
• Gongsun Old Devil and Mo Xuesong agreed to let Lin Xuan have the inner core, and the other bidders stayed silent.

Lin Xuan acquired the Ghost Emperor Inner Core and watched Mo Xuesong win a Nascent Soul Late Stage Puppet at the auction. At last, the Xia Gu Herb appeared, and auctioneer Bai Xue identified its seller as Wang Tinglou.

• Lin Xuan won the Ghost Emperor Inner Core for three million five hundred thousand Spirit Stones.
• Bai Xue presented a Nascent Soul Late Stage Puppet, and Mo Xuesong bought it for nine million eight hundred thousand Spirit Stones.
• Lin Xuan declined to bid on the puppet because he was still waiting for the Xia Gu Herb.
• Bai Xue revealed the Xia Gu Herb among the final auction items and said it would be exchanged for rare materials.
• After the crowd questioned the herb and its seller, Bai Xue named Wang Tinglou as the seller.

At the Sky Cloud Trade Fair, Bai Xue revealed that Wang Tinglou was a late Lihe Realm cultivator, and the Xia Gu Herb drew bids of rare treasures. Huitong appeared and claimed the herb, but Lin Xuan challenged his offer, leaving the auction and Lin Xuan’s fate uncertain.

• Bai Xue announced that Wang Tinglou was the Twelve Heavenly Cloud Provinces’ foremost expert and a late Lihe Realm cultivator, shocking the assembled human and Demon Race experts.
• Cultivators offered treasures for the Xia Gu Herb, and Lin Xuan recognized the Blood Flood Dragon Pill as a possible cure for Ouyang’s poison.
• Bai Xue confirmed that Wang Tinglou would accept Taiyi Gold Essence, but Huitong appeared from concealment and offered two taels to claim the herb.
• Huitong’s presence silenced Gongsun Old Devil and the other bidders, while he privately recognized Lin Xuan’s mask and considered its possible connection to Meng Ruyan.
• Lin Xuan objected that the auction was not over, surprising the crowd and drawing interest from Meng Ruyan and Xinyue.

Lin Xuan challenged Huitong’s bid for the Xia Gu Herb by offering a pill said to extend a cultivator’s lifespan by a hundred years. Bai Xue began appraising the pill before the gathered cultivators, leaving its authenticity—and the contest’s outcome—unresolved.

• Lin Xuan declared he would bid for the Xia Gu Herb despite Huitong’s presence.
• Lin Xuan produced a pill and claimed it could add a hundred years to a cultivator’s lifespan, shocking the crowd and drawing Huitong’s greed.
• Lin Xuan explained that he was willing to trade the pill because he had other ways to advance and believed he could outlast his lifespan.
• Bai Xue invited Lin Xuan to the auction platform to verify the pill, and he handed it to her.
• Bai Xue examined the pill with a streak of Azure Glow while Lin Xuan watched.

Lin Xuan won the Xia Gu Herb by offering a Longevity Pill, but feared that Huitong would kill him after the trade fair. He discovered that Xiahou Lan had regained control of Princess Xinyue’s body and asked her to help him escape.

• Bai Xue confirmed that Lin Xuan’s pill could extend one’s lifespan, and Huitong conceded the Xia Gu Herb auction to him.
• Lin Xuan realized he could not escape Huitong alone and considered asking Princess Xinyue for help.
• Xiahou Lan contacted Lin Xuan and explained that she and Xinyue alternated control of the body for limited periods.
• Xiahou Lan told Lin Xuan she could use the body’s full strength and agreed to help him escape Huitong.

Bai Xue unveiled the auction’s final treasure: an ancient beast egg said to contain a wounded Nine-Infant divided soul. The cultivators were stunned by its potential, though some suspected a hidden scheme behind its sale.

• Bai Xue opened a Spirit-Sealing Talisman and revealed a black egg surrounded by eerie spiritual pressure and ghostly cries.
• Bai Xue identified the egg as an ancient Nine-Infant beast egg, prompting the auction attendees to question her claim.
• Bai Xue explained that the egg held a heavily injured Nine-Infant divided soul that had transformed into a chrysalis rather than a true Nine-Infant.
• Bai Xue said the divided soul had healed and was close to hatching, and that its buyer could claim it by dripping blood to recognize a master.
• The old monsters grew eager at the prospect of owning a creature that might rival a Lihe Realm expert, while some suspected the auction concealed a conspiracy.

The auction of a Nine-Infant split-soul egg stirred powerful factions and sent the bidding soaring, while Lin Xuan and Xiahou Lan prepared to leave Xuanyuan City. Lin Xuan reached the north gate and contacted Xiahou Lan, but the chapter ended before their next move.

• Bai Xue opened the Nine-Infant egg auction at thirty million Spirit Stones, and Nine-Headed Ancestor and Monk Huitong worried about its ties to the Underworld Realm and Wang Tinglou.
• A white-robed Luo Clan man and the Red-Clad Beauty recognized the egg as their stolen Sacred Beast but decided not to bid, prioritizing their mission in Xuanyuan City.
• The bidding climbed to fifty million Spirit Stones as Lin Xuan judged that he could not compete with the great sects and decided to leave with Xiahou Lan.
• Lin Xuan and Xiahou Lan agreed to meet at Xuanyuan City's northern gate, then left the auction separately to avoid drawing attention together.
• Lin Xuan broke through Xuanyuan City's powerful No-Fly Restriction and flew to the north gate, where Xiahou Lan contacted him.

Lin Xuan and Xiahou Lan fled from the auction while Monk Huitong arranged for Nine-Headed Ancestor to delay Meng Ruyan in exchange for Pineapple Fruits. Huitong eventually caught up with them and revealed himself after Xiahou Lan detected his concealment.

• Lin Xuan and Xiahou Lan escaped more than a thousand li without seeing their pursuer, while the auction’s bidding for Nine-Infant’s split soul neared one hundred million.
• Monk Huitong asked Nine-Headed Ancestor to delay Meng Ruyan for one shichen so he could pursue Lin Xuan, offering three Pineapple Fruits in return.
• Nine-Headed Ancestor agreed to the bargain, despite questioning why Huitong needed so long to kill Lin Xuan.
• After traveling ten thousand li from Xuanyuan City, Lin Xuan and Xiahou Lan wondered why Huitong had not pursued them, but Xiahou Lan suddenly sensed him near a mountain.
• Xiahou Lan called out Huitong, and the monk emerged from his Formless Buddha Concealment, asking how she had discovered him.

Xiahou Lan stood with Lin Xuan against Huitong, who unleashed his Lihe Realm power after rejecting her warning. Lin Xuan and Xiahou Lan evaded his attacks and countered with their treasures, leaving the battle escalating as their weapons’ clashes devastated the surrounding mountains.

• Xiahou Lan refused to leave without Lin Xuan and warned Huitong that harming him would bring ruin, but Huitong dismissed her claims and attacked.
• Huitong summoned more than a hundred earth-attribute vital-energy arms to strike Lin Xuan and Xiahou Lan.
• Lin Xuan used Nine Heavens Micro-Steps to dodge the attack and sent his Azure Fire Sword, transformed into a Flood Dragon, toward Huitong.
• Xiahou Lan evaded the attack with Wind Evasion Technique and used her imitation immortal sword to draw in the Yuan Qi of Heaven and Earth.
• Huitong summoned his Wooden Fish, and it clashed with Xiahou Lan’s sword, while the shockwaves flattened the mountain peak and split the surrounding ground.

Lin Xuan and Xiahou Lan fought Monk Huitong, a Lihe Realm cultivator, while badly outmatched. Lin Xuan baited Huitong into using the Tathagata Palm, countered with demonization and Azure Phantom Nether Fire, and ended the exchange by sending the flame at Huitong as he retreated.

• Huitong knocked back Lin Xuan's Azure Fire Sword with his Buddhist Golden Wheel.
• Lin Xuan closed in and attacked with Sword Qi, but Huitong bound it with yellow threads and used Earth-Shrinking to confront him at close range.
• Huitong struck at Lin Xuan with the Tathagata Palm while Xiahou Lan could not reach him in time.
• Lin Xuan demonized his right arm, wrapped it in Azure Phantom Nether Fire, and met Huitong's palm with a punch.
• Lin Xuan endured the impact, retreated with Nine Heavens Micro-Steps, and sent the Azure Phantom Nether Fire at Huitong in the shape of a Magic Snake.

Lin Xuan and Xiahou Lan attacked Huitong with a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure and ancient Spirit World runes, trapping him so he had to face Lin Xuan’s sword strike. Far away, Meng Ruyan confronted Nine-Headed Ancestor, who had trapped her with a Xuantian Bagua Talisman.

• Huitong’s Infant Fire lost ground against Lin Xuan’s Azure Phantom Nether Fire, so Huitong summoned his golden alms bowl while Lin Xuan prepared a broken Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure.
• Xiahou Lan revealed ancient Spirit World runes, shaking Huitong’s confidence as Lin Xuan unleashed a powerful sword strike.
• Huitong tried to escape, but Lin Xuan’s Snow Fox King’s Long Spear disrupted space and Xiahou Lan’s Hundred Flowers Fragrant Array stopped his Earth-Shrinking Technique.
• Huitong used the Diamond Sutra to reinforce his alms bowl’s barrier, and Lin Xuan’s sword energy struck it with an earth-shaking boom.
• Near Xuanyuan City, Meng Ruyan accused Nine-Headed Ancestor of trapping her at Huitong’s request, while he praised her for escaping the Xuantian Bagua Talisman in half an hour.

Meng Ruyan tried to stop Nine-Headed Ancestor from delaying her while Huitong attacked Lin Xuan, and the two Lihe Realm cultivators prepared to fight. Lin Xuan and Huitong’s clash over the Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure remained locked in a stalemate as Meng Ruyan rushed toward a sudden explosion.

• Meng Ruyan demanded that Nine-Headed Ancestor let her go to protect Lin Xuan, but he tried to delay her on Huitong’s behalf.
• Meng Ruyan unleashed the Falling Cloud Drifting Snow Art, and Nine-Headed Ancestor summoned his Demon Core as a lifebound treasure.
• Meng Ruyan and Nine-Headed Ancestor prepared to clash, but a tremendous boom and violent elemental fluctuations interrupted them.
• Meng Ruyan cursed, used a spatial divine ability to hurry toward the disturbance, and Nine-Headed Ancestor chose not to pursue her.
• Lin Xuan used several divine abilities and the Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure against Huitong, whose Buddhist light held the attack in a stalemate.
• Huitong endured Lin Xuan’s attack with sweat on his brow and grew increasingly obsessed with the Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure.

Lin Xuan and Xiahou Lan joined forces against Huitong, but even their strongest attacks could not defeat the Lihe Realm cultivator, forcing them to flee. Xiahou Lan secretly turned back to draw Huitong away from Lin Xuan, while the Luo Family Ancestor and two mysterious cultivators approached the area.

• Lin Xuan replenished his magic power and prepared a True Spirit Strike while Xiahou Lan summoned a poisonous peony that unleashed tens of thousands of sword rays at Huitong.
• Huitong used his blood essence to strengthen his Buddhist defense, but Lin Xuan launched the White Tiger True Spirit Strike and urged Xiahou Lan to escape.
• Lin Xuan and Xiahou Lan fled together, but Xiahou Lan agreed to separate after Lin Xuan told her to save herself; she secretly sent a Sound Transmission Talisman back toward Huitong to lure him away.
• Lin Xuan hid in the ground, concealed his aura, and slowed his heartbeat while hoping to evade Huitong's divine sense.
• The Luo Family Ancestor sensed the distant battle from a mountaintop, while a mysterious man and woman at Nascent Soul Middle Stage flew toward the area.