Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tao told Yue'er that the altered Laws of Heaven and Earth had made condensing a Nascent Soul more than a hundred times harder, then recognized the Indeterminate River as Yue'er's former traveling palace. Meanwhile, Lin Xuan gave the gravely injured Ouyang a Nine Heavens Energy Recovery Pill to buy three days and began preparing to suppress her poison.

• Xiao Tao explained that the true immortals had altered the Laws of Heaven and Earth, increasing Yue'er's difficulty in condensing a Nascent Soul more than a hundredfold.
• Xiao Tao recognized the Indeterminate River as Yue'er's traveling palace in the Human World.
• Lin Xuan found that Ouyang's Heavenly Spider Gu Poison had flared up and that her body and Nascent Soul were collapsing.
• Lin Xuan fed Ouyang a Nine Heavens Energy Recovery Pill, which could keep her alive for three days.
• Lin Xuan laid Ouyang on a stone bed and removed her outer clothes so he could begin expelling the poison.

Lin Xuan worked to expel the Heavenly Spider Gu Poison from the unconscious Qin Xin, struggling to keep his thoughts disciplined as the treatment required him to touch her throughout her body. Meanwhile, the Luo Family Ancestor revealed that Xuanyuan was an ancient sacrificial altar and prepared to sacrifice the trade fair’s cultivators to open a passage to the Indeterminate River and seek the Asura God Blood.

• Lin Xuan found that the poison in Qin Xin’s meridians resisted treatment, so he used Azure Phantom Nether Fire and true essence to treat her across her body.
• The Luo Family Ancestor told the Luo Family cultivators that Xuanyuan had once been called Yellow Springs and was an altar used every three hundred years for blood sacrifices.
• After receiving word that the array eyes were filled with Spirit Stones, the Luo Family Ancestor used a Magic Banner to open a passage and led the group beneath a mountain into the altar’s control chamber.
• The Luo Family Ancestor revealed that he intended to sacrifice more than half of the cultivators at the trade fair to open a passage to the Asura King’s Palace, and the group agreed to proceed despite Luo Zishu’s concerns.
• Lin Xuan continued treating Qin Xin, resisting temptation and resolving to save her without taking advantage of her unconscious state.

Lin Xuan suppressed the Heavenly Spider Gu Poison and helped Ouyang Qinxin awaken, but the Nine Heavens Energy Recovery Pill would keep her safe for only three days. Qinxin explained that using the Lesser Luo Heaven Dharma Image had caused her body and Nascent Soul to collapse, leaving Lin Xuan to find a way to stabilize her injuries.

• Lin Xuan suppressed Qinxin’s poison and realized that her injuries remained critical despite the Nine Heavens Energy Recovery Pill.
• Qinxin awakened in Lin Xuan’s arms, noticed her disheveled clothes, and accepted that he had been treating her injuries.
• Lin Xuan told Qinxin the pill would keep her safe for only three days and asked what had caused her condition.
• Qinxin explained that the Lesser Luo Heaven Dharma Image was a powerful Daoist secret art that burdened its user’s body and Nascent Soul.
• Lin Xuan understood that using the Dharma Image had caused Qinxin’s injuries and continued searching for a way to stabilize her.

Lin Xuan discovered that Qinxin’s near-fatal injuries came from losing most of her Life Essence and proposed dual cultivation as a way to restore it. Meanwhile, the Luo Family Ancestor began a blood ritual that awakened Yellow Springs City, and at the Sky Cloud Trade Fair Mu Bufan saw Xuanyuan’s buildings come alive.

• Lin Xuan realized that Qinxin had consumed most of her Life Essence and could not recover through ordinary medicine.
• Lin Xuan told Qinxin that dual cultivation might replenish her Life Essence and save her.
• The Luo Family Ancestor cut off one of his fingers and fed it to a Fierce Ghost, which then exploded into blood mist absorbed by Yellow Springs City.
• The Sky Cloud Trade Fair drew hundreds of thousands of human and Demon Race cultivators to Xuanyuan.
• Mu Bufan was startled when the ground shook and the surrounding buildings began to come alive.

Buildings in Xuanyuan City came alive and attacked the cultivators, but Hermit Qinglian recognized the Stone Ghost Technique and suspected the Luo Family was behind the disaster. A black pillar then unleashed thousands of ghosts, turning the battle against the humans and demons as Hermit Qinglian summoned blue-green birds wreathed in flame.

• Mu Bufan and the other cultivators saw Xuanyuan City's buildings attack, killing many human and demon cultivators.
• A square-faced old man failed to damage a living house with his thunderfire ball and was killed by its beams, while the He Family Pawnshop beheaded a rhinoceros demon.
• Hermit Qinglian destroyed two attacking buildings and recalled Wang Tinglou's warning about the Luo Clan, identifying the buildings as Stone Ghost Technique.
• A black pillar of Yin energy appeared, dissolving thousands of low-level cultivators and releasing a swarm of ghostly creatures that overwhelmed the battlefield.
• Hermit Qinglian released a bronze mirror and summoned seven or eight blue-green birds that grew larger and burst into flame.

Xuanyuan City descended into chaos as ghosts emerged and cultivators fought over treasures, while the Luo Family prepared a blood sacrifice to open the Yellow Springs Altar. Lu Ying'er and Tian Xiaojian chose to flee, but Lin Xuan proposed an intimate method to treat Ouyang Qinxin’s injuries.

• Hermit Qinglian used his Azure Sun Bird treasure to destroy ghosts, then flew toward Xuanyuan Hall to consult the Nine-Headed Ancestor about the Luo Clan’s conspiracy.
• Lu Ying'er ordered Baisuan Pavilion’s group to leave Xuanyuan City rather than risk staying for scattered treasures.
• Meng Ruyan killed a cultivator who tried to kidnap her, while Tian Xiaojian revealed his Nascent Soul power and killed the evil cultivators who targeted him before heading for a city gate.
• The Luo Family Ancestor explained that the deaths of one third of the city’s cultivators would provide the souls needed to open the Yellow Springs Altar, and he told his followers to wait.
• Lin Xuan proposed dual cultivation as the only way he could think of to treat Ouyang Qinxin’s injuries, leaving her flushed with embarrassment.

Lin Xuan reassured Ouyang that he could save her by sharing his life essence, then revealed the full extent of his unusual cultivation and abilities. Elsewhere, a Heavenly Ingenuity Sect cultivator detonated her nascent soul to attack Jiang, while Yue'er learned that her ruined Crystal Palace held a sealed treasure she could now retrieve.

• Lin Xuan told Ouyang that he would transfer his life essence to save her, and Ouyang confessed that she had agreed because she loved him.
• Lin Xuan explained that his two nascent souls and Demon Core gave him abundant life essence, and promised to save Ouyang even if it cost him his cultivation.
• Lin Xuan shared his life essence with Ouyang.
• The masked Heavenly Ingenuity Sect woman failed to persuade Jiang to spare her and detonated her nascent soul, engulfing him in a hurricane.
• Xiao Tao told Yue'er that the desolate Indeterminate River had once been her Crystal Palace and that a time-limited seal on a treasure there had expired.

Yue'er learned that the Asura God Blood from her previous life could help her form a Nascent Soul, while the Luo Family Ancestor and his disciples entered the chaos in Xuanyuan City to reach the route to the Indeterminate River. The Fire Flood Dragon King killed the cultivators who attacked him as the slaughter continued.

• Xiao Tao told Yue'er that the Asura God Blood held abundant immortal spiritual power and could ensure her Nascent Soul Formation.
• The Luo Family Ancestor decided the slaughter had produced enough deaths to activate the Altar and led his group out of their underground cave residence.
• The Luo Family Ancestor met Blood Luo Child and learned that the low-level Luo Family disciples had safely withdrawn from Xuanyuan City.
• The Luo Family group entered the city, protected by their Bright King's bloodline, and headed for the City Lord's Manor, the route to the Indeterminate River.
• The Fire Flood Dragon King broke a sword array and burned the Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivator and Core Condensation Realm disciples who had attacked him.

The Fire Flood Dragon King killed a gray-robed cultivator, then followed the Luo Family toward Xuanyuan Hall, while Lin Xuan recovered after saving Ouyang Qinxin in a cave along the Indeterminate River. After Lin Xuan emerged, Yue'er reunited with him, and Ouyang asked him to leave so she could speak privately with Yue'er.

• The Fire Flood Dragon King killed the gray-robed old man and consumed his Nascent Soul, then noticed the Luo Family heading toward the center of Xuanyuan City and followed them.
• The Luo Family reached Xuanyuan Hall, which their ancestor identified as the ancient Little Yellow Springs Road, and prepared to carry out their plan.
• Lin Xuan healed Ouyang Qinxin, then took spirit medicines and meditated to restore the true essence he had spent.
• Yue'er waited outside the cave for Lin Xuan, thinking about the Asura God Blood and her deep attachment to him.
• Lin Xuan emerged and embraced Yue'er, while Ouyang watched without jealousy and resolved to treat Yue'er as a dear younger sister.
• Ouyang asked Lin Xuan to leave so she could speak with Yue'er, and Lin Xuan flew away.

The Luo Family Ancestor led his cultivators through Xuanyuan Hall toward the Indeterminate River, wary that Nine-Headed Old Devil was nowhere to be seen. Hidden nearby, Nine-Headed Ancestor and Hermit Qinglian discussed the Luo family's threat, and the chapter ended as Fire Flood Dragon King arrived and spotted them.

• The Luo Family Ancestor entered Xuanyuan Hall with his cultivators and ordered them onward despite his unease at Nine-Headed Old Devil's absence.
• Nine-Headed Ancestor told Hermit Qinglian that the Luo family included a cultivator at his own level and was likely pursuing a major objective.
• Nine-Headed Ancestor refused to confront the Luo Family Ancestor alone, while suspecting that Huitong had fallen into the Luo family's hands.
• Fire Flood Dragon King approached cautiously, sensed Nine-Headed Ancestor's demon energy, and discovered him with Hermit Qinglian.

The Nine-Headed Ancestor, Hermit Qinglian, and the Fire Flood Dragon King formed an alliance to secretly follow the Luo Clan remnants and stop their scheme while seeking a share of its benefits. At the Indeterminate River, Lin Xuan reunited with Yue'er and Ouyang Qinxin, and the three began looking for a way out.

• The Fire Flood Dragon King learned from Hermit Qinglian that the suspicious cultivators were Luo Clan remnants and agreed to follow the Nine-Headed Ancestor's lead.
• The Nine-Headed Ancestor proposed secretly tracking the Luo Clan remnants, and he, Hermit Qinglian, and the Fire Flood Dragon King formed an alliance.
• The Nine-Headed Ancestor brought out a concealed Spirit Boat, and the three men used it to pursue the Luo Clan remnants without being detected.
• At the Indeterminate River, Lin Xuan waited for Yue'er and Ouyang Qinxin, then welcomed them when they returned together.
• Yue'er accepted Ouyang Qinxin as an elder sister despite feeling hurt, and Lin Xuan resolved to cherish both women.
• Ouyang asked whether they should search for an exit, and Lin Xuan looked around the Indeterminate River for one.

Lin Xuan learned that Yue'er needed the Asura God Blood from the Asura King's traveling palace to condense a Nascent Soul, and he agreed to help her obtain it when the blood moon became full. Meanwhile, the Luo Family opened a route toward the Indeterminate River as Nine-Headed Ancestor and his allies fought the Luojia Ghost Tree guarding the valley; Lin Xuan then asked Ouyang to teach him her Lesser Luo Heaven Dharma Image.

• Yue'er told Lin Xuan that the Asura God Blood in the Asura King's traveling palace could remove the obstacle to her Nascent Soul Formation, and Lin Xuan promised to help her get it on the full moon.
• The Luo Family cultivators broke through a canyon restriction, encountered a Luojia Ghost Tree, and used the Ten Thousand Soul Shield to pass it and reach a stone compass.
• The Luo Family Ancestor ordered Luo Zicong and the others to use nine Ghost Maidens to open a path to the Indeterminate River.
• Nine-Headed Ancestor, Fire Flood Dragon King, and Hermit Qinglian arrived outside the valley and attacked the Luojia Ghost Tree, which countered with dark beams and knife-like leaves.
• While searching the Indeterminate River, Lin Xuan asked Ouyang to teach him the Lesser Luo Heaven Dharma Image, and she agreed.

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Lin Xuan followed powerful spiritual fluctuations, expecting to find Kong Ming, but instead encountered old monster Jiang, another Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator. After Jiang discovered him, the two recognized each other and prepared to fight over the treasures in the area.

• Lin Xuan accepted Ouyang's jade slip containing the Lesser Luo Heaven Dharma Image and warned her to hold back until he could safely use it.
• Lin Xuan sensed a great cultivator fighting hundreds of ghosts and sent Ouyang to follow later while he went ahead concealed.
• Nine-Headed Ancestor, Hermit Qinglian, and the Fire Flood Dragon King destroyed the Luojia Ghost Tree, while Luo Family Ancestor prepared a composite array and Blood Demon Bats to defend the valley.
• Lin Xuan found old monster Jiang battling the ghosts, hid behind a boulder, and noticed that no high-level ghosts were controlling the swarm.
• Old monster Jiang detected Lin Xuan, recognized him, and threatened to kill him for the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect's reward and the local treasures.

Lin Xuan fought Old Monster Jiang, who tried to kill him with the Water Cloud Brocade. Lin Xuan revealed overwhelming magic power and broke through the treasure’s water wall with the Azure Fire Sword, leaving Jiang stunned and in danger.

• Old Monster Jiang declared that he would kill Lin Xuan and summoned the Water Cloud Brocade.
• Lin Xuan sent the Azure Fire Sword against Jiang’s treasure, which formed a thick wall of water that resisted the blade.
• Lin Xuan released his immense spiritual pressure, nearly forcing Jiang to his knees and prompting him to suspect Lin Xuan had a secret art of dual Nascent Souls.
• Lin Xuan poured more power into the Azure Fire Sword, which tore through the water wall and slashed toward Jiang.

Lin Xuan defeated Jiang the Old Monster’s attack and drove him off, then revealed and destroyed a powerful Ghost Beast lurking in the Indeterminate River. He realized the Azure Phantom Nether Fire had begun to awaken its own consciousness as he continued toward the Asura God Blood, determined to help Yue'er form her Nascent Soul.

• Jiang the Old Monster used the Earth-Shrinking Divine Ability to escape Lin Xuan’s Azure Fire Sword, but Lin Xuan struck him again and wounded him as he fled behind a Nascent Soul Realm Puppet.
• Yue'er asked Lin Xuan why he was not pursuing Jiang the Old Monster, and Lin Xuan exposed another observer hiding nearby.
• Lin Xuan sent the Azure Phantom Nether Fire into the river, where it drew out and burned away a Ghost Beast that had controlled the nearby spirits.
• Lin Xuan concluded that the Ghost Beast had been only an incarnation and that the Indeterminate River held greater dangers than he had expected.
• Lin Xuan noticed that the Azure Phantom Nether Fire had gained a spark of consciousness after fusing with the Essence of Tribulation Fire, and he welcomed the change while remaining alert to the possibility of a backlash.

Lin Xuan defeated Jiang the Old Monster, took his remarkable Brocade Handkerchief, and discussed their next move with Qinxin. Jiang escaped far away to recover from his wounds, but strange black mist appeared around him.

• Lin Xuan collected the damaged puppet and Jiang the Old Monster's Brocade Handkerchief, then tested its powerful, resilient water-wall defense.
• Qinxin arrived, and Lin Xuan explained that a Heavenly Ingenuity Sect cultivator had escaped; he reasoned that they might meet again inside the Indeterminate River and planned to eliminate him there.
• Lin Xuan and Qinxin decided to find a temporary place to rest and conserve their strength before the full moon.
• Jiang the Old Monster fled tens of thousands of li, treated his chest wound, and began healing beside a secluded lake.
• Jiang opened his eyes to find thick black mist had appeared around him.

Jiang the Old Monster was ambushed by a gigantic Octopus Monster that poisoned and weakened him, then attacked him with a powerful stream of ink. Meanwhile, Nine-Headed Ancestor, the Fire Flood Dragon King, and Hermit Qinglian assaulted the Luo Clan's Composite Array as nine black pillars of light rose around a compass.

• Jiang the Old Monster used his Purple Lightning Sword against the Ghost Mist, but its poison and ghostly howls weakened him.
• A huge Octopus Monster appeared and revealed that it intended to devour Jiang the Old Monster's Nascent Soul so it could transform into human form.
• The Octopus Monster fired a thick stream of black ink at Jiang the Old Monster, who had nowhere to dodge and had to face it directly.
• Nine-Headed Ancestor, the Fire Flood Dragon King, and Hermit Qinglian entered the Luo Clan's Composite Array and attacked it to reach the treasure.
• The Fire Flood Dragon King unleashed demon fire, Hermit Qinglian summoned tigers from his Hundred Tiger Beast King Painting, and Nine-Headed Ancestor struck with arcs of light.
• The Luo Clan's array began to falter under their assault as nine black pillars of light rose around the compass.

Blood Luo Child completed the blood sacrifice and opened a Spatial Rift to the Indeterminate River, but the Composite Array was breached at the crucial moment. The Luo Family Ancestor stayed behind to block the arriving pursuers while the Fire Flood Dragon King and Hermit Qinglian tried to get past him.

• Blood Luo Child and eight Nascent Soul Cultivators used the formation to summon a ghost face on the compass-shaped boulder.
• Blood Luo Child released several Ghost Maidens, and the ghost face devoured them as blood sacrifices.
• Blood Luo Child cast a talisman into the ghost face, which opened a Spatial Rift about a zhang wide.
• The Composite Array broke through, and Nine-Headed Ancestor, the Fire Flood Dragon King, and Hermit Qinglian arrived.
• The Luo Family Ancestor summoned a Bone Dragon to confront Nine-Headed Ancestor while the Fire Flood Dragon King and Hermit Qinglian circled toward the sides.
• The Luo Family Ancestor blocked the Fire Flood Dragon King and Hermit Qinglian with two black short swords.

The Luo Family Ancestor escaped through the Spatial Rift after sacrificing an avatar, and the Nine-Headed Ancestor, Hermit Qinglian, and the Fire Flood Dragon King pursued him. At the Indeterminate River, Jiang the Old Monster was cornered by an ancient mutated Octopus Monster, which trapped his Nascent Soul as it tried to flee.

• The Luo Family Ancestor used Innate Sword Silk and a self-destructing avatar to hold off his pursuers, then entered the shrinking Spatial Rift.
• The Nine-Headed Ancestor tore open the Spatial Rift and followed the Luo Family Ancestor, with Hermit Qinglian and the Fire Flood Dragon King close behind.
• Jiang the Old Monster, already wounded by Lin Xuan and stripped of his Water Cloud Brocade and Puppet, was overwhelmed by the Octopus Monster.
• Jiang the Old Monster abandoned his physical body and teleported away as a Nascent Soul, but the Octopus Monster trapped him in a net of black ink.
• The Octopus Monster was revealed to be a million-year-old Ancient Beast mutated by devouring yin souls and ghosts, which sought a great cultivator's Nascent Soul to advance in rank.