Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan fought to keep the Mysterious Venerable of the Nine Heavens and the other cultivators away from the Asura King's Sleeping Palace while Yue'er sought the Asura God Blood. As the restriction nearly vanished, Lin Xuan faced the Luo Family Ancestor with his Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure, but the old monster withstood its strike.

• Lin Xuan used the Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure to convince the other cultivators that the Mysterious Venerable of the Nine Heavens was his master, prompting Nine-Headed Ancestor and the Luo Family Ancestor to focus on their battle.
• The restriction around the Asura King's Sleeping Palace weakened, and the Mysterious Venerable of the Nine Heavens broke away and rushed toward it; Lin Xuan blocked him with the Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring, Azure Fire Sword, and Azure Phantom Nether Fire.
• Lin Xuan held off the Mysterious Venerable of the Nine Heavens, and the exchange revealed to the watching cultivators that the two were not master and disciple.
• The Luo Family Ancestor charged Lin Xuan, who revealed his unusually deep magical power and stalled him with talk of exchanging for the Asura God Blood.
• Lin Xuan struck the Luo Family Ancestor with the Broken Sword, but the old monster used his scroll Dharma Treasure to withstand the Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure's sword energy.

Lin Xuan fought the Luo Family Ancestor, the Mysterious Venerable of the Nine Heavens, and the Nine-Headed Ancestor alone to keep them from reaching the Asura King's Sleeping Palace while Yue'er was inside. His magic power rapidly dwindled, and the chapter ended as the Luo Family Ancestor broke through the sword attacks and launched a blade at Lin Xuan.

• Lin Xuan used the Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure to attack the Mysterious Venerable of the Nine Heavens, then disrupted his Nine Heavens Micro-Steps with an ancient Long Spear.
• The Mysterious Venerable of the Nine Heavens enlarged and hardened his right arm, then struck at Lin Xuan's silver Sword Qi with his fist.
• Lin Xuan spotted the Nine-Headed Ancestor sneaking toward the palace and slashed at him with the Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure.
• The Nine-Headed Ancestor summoned a mountain-sized Heaven-Turning Seal-type treasure and pressed it toward Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan spent more than half his magic power battling all three Lihe Realm cultivators and worried that Yue'er had not emerged.
• The Luo Family Ancestor broke through the sword attacks and sent a crystalline blade slashing toward Lin Xuan's neck.

Lin Xuan struggled to survive attacks from Mysterious Venerable of the Nine Heavens and Nine-Headed Ancestor, then used talismans and his Jade Luo Bees to fend off their allies while nearly out of magical power. The chapter ended with Lin Xuan gravely wounded and the three Lihe Realm old monsters closing in on him.

• Lin Xuan blocked Mysterious Venerable of the Nine Heavens and Nine-Headed Ancestor's attacks with the Black Gold Dragon Scale Shield, then countered with a sword strike that forced them to defend.
• Lin Xuan repelled Nine-Headed Ancestor with a barrage of Earth-grade high-rank talismans as the watching cultivators stayed back.
• Blood Luo Child attacked Lin Xuan, who released his Jade Luo Bees and made them self-detonate, breaking Blood Luo Child's net treasure and injuring him with their corrosive poison.
• Two attacks pierced Lin Xuan's lower abdomen and right chest, leaving him unable to rise.
• The three Lihe Realm old monsters appeared before Lin Xuan as he lay gravely wounded.

A celestial vision revealed the Asura King's past, but Yue'er remained Lin Xuan's devoted companion and awakened a power that overwhelmed their attackers. The chapter ended with Yue'er killing the Mysterious Venerable of the Nine Heavens after he threatened Lin Xuan.

• Lin Xuan lay helpless as three Lihe Realm cultivators fought over his Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure.
• A pillar of light descended on Yue'er, and a vision showed the Asura King's fallen forces and the palace maids who died defending her legacy.
• Yue'er awoke and rushed to Lin Xuan, reassuring him that she was still herself and declaring that she would protect him.
• Yue'er healed Lin Xuan's wounds and confronted the Mysterious Venerable of the Nine Heavens after he refused to back down.
• Yue'er blocked the Mysterious Venerable's control of spiritual energy and magic power, then killed him with a silver crescent moon.

Yue'er overwhelmed the Luo Family and the Nine-Headed Ancestor, while Lin Xuan asked her to preserve the demon's rare Demon Core. The Luo Family Ancestor secretly plotted to exploit Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk and flee, as Yue'er focused on taking the Demon Core.

• Yue'er killed a fleeing Luo Family elder by forcing him to self-destruct, and the Luo Family Ancestor and his disciples knelt to beg for mercy.
• The Nine-Headed Ancestor brought out his fifth-rank Demon Core, and Lin Xuan told Yue'er to leave it for him.
• The Luo Family Ancestor noticed Yue'er's silver glow fading and secretly guessed that her power came from diminishing Asura King remnants.
• The Luo Family Ancestor used a bloodline secret technique to tell Luo Zicong and the surviving disciples that their wax pills contained Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk.
• The Luo Family Ancestor urged the Luo cultivators to restore their magic power and flee while he delayed Yue'er, concealing his selfish intentions.
• Yue'er watched the Nine-Headed Ancestor, determined to obtain his Demon Core for Lin Xuan.

Yue'er overwhelmed Nine-Headed Ancestor with immortal power, but her strength was fading, so Lin Xuan urged her to finish the fight quickly. Luo Family Ancestor then used the Ancestral Return Pill on his descendants to transform them into powerful underworld-like beings and hold off Yue'er while the others escaped.

• Nine-Headed Ancestor transformed into a giant nine-headed snake and unleashed tens of thousands of Magic Snakes at Yue'er.
• Yue'er used immortal power to summon snow and freeze the Magic Snakes, while Nine-Headed Ancestor realized she wielded power left by the Asura King.
• Lin Xuan noticed Yue'er's silver aura weakening and told her to end the battle quickly.
• Luo Family Ancestor told the younger descendants to take the hidden pills and prepared to sacrifice himself to hold Yue'er back.
• Luo Zishu and the other seven Luo Family cultivators took the pills, transformed into ghostly beings, and began suffering the deadly effects of the Ancestral Return Pill.

Yue'er defeated the Luo Family Ancestor and the other enemies with the Asura King's remaining power, while Lin Xuan tricked the Ancestor into killing the Fire Flood Dragon King and Hermit Qinglian before killing him in turn. After Lin Xuan recovered for three days, a sudden disturbance in the distance interrupted his meditation as he prepared to leave the Indeterminate River with Yue'er.

• The Luo Family Ancestor revealed that he had drugged the Luo Clan elders and tried to survive by offering Yue'er and Lin Xuan his service.
• Yue'er killed the transformed Luo Clan elders and Nine-Headed Ancestor, then captured the escaping Demon Core.
• Lin Xuan pretended to accept the Luo Family Ancestor as a servant and ordered him to kill the Fire Flood Dragon King and Hermit Qinglian.
• After the Luo Family Ancestor presented their heads and the Fire Flood Dragon King's Demon Core, Yue'er killed him and burned his body to ash.
• Lin Xuan meditated for three days while Yue'er guarded him, then woke when a thunderous disturbance shook the area and planned to leave the Asura King's Palace.

Lin Xuan followed a mysterious five-colored pillar of light while searching for Qinxin, and found an altar bearing signs that she had been there. As he wondered whether the formation had teleported her away, an unseen speaker claimed to know where she had gone.

• Lin Xuan decided to investigate the pillar of light because Qinxin was missing, then collected the fallen cultivators' belongings and demon corpses before destroying the remaining traces.
• Yue'er used the last of her Asura Divine Power to melt the ice around the Nine-Headed Ancestor, and Lin Xuan stored its body and the Fire Flood Dragon King's corpse.
• The five-colored pillar vanished, but Lin Xuan and Yue'er reached the enormous altar from which it had risen.
• When Lin Xuan stepped onto the ground, the altar collapsed into powder, leaving Qinxin's bracelet and a torn piece of her clothing on the jade formation eye.
• Lin Xuan found no trace of Qinxin nearby and wondered if the formation had teleported her away, until an unseen voice said it knew where she had gone.

Lin Xuan and Yue'er met Xiao Tao, who revealed that Ouyang Qinxin had been teleported to the Spirit World. The chapter ended with Xiao Tao explaining that the altar’s formation had lifted, allowing Qinxin to activate the teleportation by accident.

• Yue'er summoned Xiao Tao from the Mysterious Yin Treasure Box, and Xiao Tao insulted Lin Xuan for his looks, aptitude, and treatment of Yue'er.
• Yue'er scolded Xiao Tao, but Lin Xuan calmed them and asked where Ouyang Qinxin had gone.
• Xiao Tao said Qinxin had been teleported to the Spirit World, shocking Lin Xuan and Yue'er.
• Xiao Tao explained that Yue'er's previous-life power could bypass the Three-Nine Minor Heavenly Tribulation and that the altar's formation had recently lifted, letting Qinxin activate the teleportation by accident.

Lin Xuan and Yue'er searched the Indeterminate River for an exit after Ouyang Qinxin was sent to the Spirit World, and found a hidden passage beneath the Asura King's sleeping palace. Lin Xuan crossed its blue pool and arrived in a scenic valley, relieved that he was probably not in the Underworld Realm, though he did not yet know where he had ended up.

• Lin Xuan accepted that Ouyang Qinxin's teleportation to the Spirit World was a fortunate chance for her, despite their separation, and reasoned that Yue'er and Yuanyuan could also eventually ascend.
• Xiao Tao threatened Lin Xuan to treat Yue'er well, then vanished into sleep before he could ask her where the Indeterminate River's exit was.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er searched the area, and Lin Xuan discovered a deep cave beneath the ruins of the Asura King's sleeping palace.
• Lin Xuan found a pool of blue liquid at the bottom of the cave and, fearing it might lead to the Underworld Realm, prepared his defenses before entering it.
• Lin Xuan emerged in a flower-filled valley and concluded that he was probably not in the Underworld Realm, though he did not know his location.

Lin Xuan and Yue'er reached a market in the Twelve Heavenly Cloud Provinces, where Lin Xuan learned that a catastrophic upheaval had struck Xuanyuan City. The chapter left him listening for more news about the disaster and the battles spreading across the provinces.

• Lin Xuan sensed a nearby market and took Yue'er there to find out where they had arrived.
• Lin Xuan concealed his Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivation and entered the market, where his displayed Core Condensation Realm strength drew attention.
• Lin Xuan listened in on conversations from private rooms at a tea house and heard that nearly a hundred thousand Human and Demon cultivators had died in the upheaval at Xuanyuan City.
• Lin Xuan realized he was still in the Twelve Heavenly Cloud Provinces and felt relieved that he had returned to a place where people he cared about lived.
• Cultivators discussing the disaster said the Seven Great Sects and Demon Race elders were trying to suppress news, while battles had erupted across many sects and Pine Wind Academy's head had fallen.

Lin Xuan searched for Baisuan Pavilion and learned from a robber’s soul that Zheng Xuan and Lu Ying'er were alive. He rushed to Jiuling Mountain, where Lu Ying'er and her people were losing a battle against the Blood Shadow Sect after their two hired Nascent Soul Guest Elders betrayed them.

• Lin Xuan left to search for Lu Ying'er, Zheng Xuan, and Baisuan Pavilion while Yue'er prepared to refine the Asura God Blood.
• After half a month of searching without success, Lin Xuan noticed several cultivators encircling him and stopped to face them.
• Lin Xuan killed two Core Condensation robbers and used the Soul Searching Technique on the woman in red, learning that Zheng Xuan and Lu Ying'er were alive.
• Lin Xuan hurried toward Jiuling Mountain, where Lu Ying'er had chosen to establish a Baisuan Pavilion branch.
• Lu Ying'er's two hired Nascent Soul Guest Elders betrayed her, leaving Baisuan Pavilion's forces in disarray as the Blood Shadow Sect prepared to capture her.

Lin Xuan arrived at Baisuan Pavilion’s losing battle and rescued Lu Ying'er from a lecherous Nascent Soul cultivator. Yue'er tended to the wounded Zheng Xuan, who identified the cultivator who had injured her.

• Lu Ying'er fought the lecherous old man with the Azure Jade Green-Light Bracelet but was outmatched by his demonic technique.
• Lin Xuan arrived and revealed his Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivation, overwhelming the fighters with his pressure.
• Lu Ying'er greeted Lin Xuan, and his arrival revived Baisuan Pavilion’s morale.
• Zheng Xuan arrived wounded and greeted Lin Xuan as Ancestor.
• Yue'er gave Zheng Xuan spirit pills and asked who had injured her, and Zheng Xuan pointed to a dark, pockmarked cultivator.

Lin Xuan intervened to protect Lu Ying'er and the Baisuan Pavilion cultivators from the Blood Shadow Sect, then wiped out the sect’s attackers to keep his connection to the pavilion secret. After confirming none had escaped, he accepted the cultivators’ thanks.

• Yue'er killed the Blood Shadow Sect cultivator who had injured Lu Ying'er.
• Ma Yong offered to withdraw from Jiuling Mountain and pay compensation after Lin Xuan revealed he was the master of Baisuan Pavilion.
• Lin Xuan attacked the Blood Shadow Sect cultivators, killing Ma Yong and the lecherous old man.
• Lin Xuan sent Jade Luo Bees after the fleeing cultivators and confirmed that every Blood Shadow Sect disciple had been killed.
• Lu Ying'er and the other cultivators thanked Lin Xuan, who told them to rise.

Lin Xuan took control of Baisuan Pavilion after saving it from the Blood Shadow Sect, punishing traitors and rewarding loyal cultivators. He told Lu Ying'er he would support Baisuan Pavilion's growth in Cloud Province so it could protect his followers after he eventually ascended to the Spirit World.

• Lin Xuan addressed the surviving Baisuan Pavilion cultivators at the Blood Shadow Sect's main altar and condemned four who had defected and killed their own disciples.
• Lin Xuan executed Mo Huicong, Shen Congfang, Li Yalan, and Su Jiantong, then warned the other cultivators against betraying Baisuan Pavilion.
• Lin Xuan rewarded Li Feng, Luo Xue, Qin Song, and Zhou Tong with Ancient Treasures for standing firm during the battle.
• Lu Ying'er apologized to Lin Xuan for nearly bringing Baisuan Pavilion to ruin, but he forgave her and said he wanted to discuss the sect's future.
• Lin Xuan told Lu Ying'er he would support Baisuan Pavilion's development in Cloud Province so it could become a refuge for the cultivators dependent on him after he ascended.

Lin Xuan settled into the Blood Shadow Sect’s valley, arranged for Lu Ying'er to find Wu Yun'er, and reunited with Yue'er, who prepared to refine the Asura God Blood and form her Nascent Soul. While recovering, he sorted the spoils from the Indeterminate River and found treasures, spirit stones, and pills that could quickly restore his damaged vitality.

• Lin Xuan reassured Lu Ying'er that he could help her and Liu Xin form Nascent Souls, then asked her to locate Wu Yun'er in Snow Tower City.
• Lin Xuan set up powerful formations around his valley and went to sleep, but woke when Yue'er accidentally broke through the array without warning him.
• Yue'er told Lin Xuan she had treated Zheng Xuan's injuries and discussed private matters with her, then prepared to refine the Asura God Blood while Lin Xuan recuperated.
• Lin Xuan sorted the Storage Bags taken from the Indeterminate River, finding more than twenty million low-grade Spirit Stones’ worth, rare materials, pills, talismans, and other treasures.
• Lin Xuan discovered three Innate Energy Recovery Pills that could restore his damaged vitality, and examined an Asura Jade Token marked with the number forty-five.

Lin Xuan examined the treasures recovered from the Indeterminate River and discovered that a plain black shield was a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure. He could not find its Treasure-Controlling Formula, however, and his attempt to activate the shield only drained most of his magic power.

• Lin Xuan noticed that the Asura Jade Token's number had changed from fifty to forty-five, then stored the tokens away.
• Lin Xuan chose the Purple Cauldron whip, which had belonged to the Nine-Headed Ancestor, but passed over the other weapons.
• Lin Xuan recognized the black shield from the Mysterious Venerable of the Nine Heavens's Storage Bag as a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure after he failed to control it with the Object Manipulation Technique.
• Lin Xuan searched his belongings for the shield's Treasure-Controlling Formula but found nothing.
• Lin Xuan poured magic power into the shield to test whether it would reveal the formula, but stopped after using eighty percent of his magic power without any effect.

Lin Xuan discovered that blood unlocked the Thousand-Illusion Flood Dragon Pattern Shield and learned its Treasure-Controlling Formula. He gave Lu Ying'er resources for Baisuan Pavilion, then checked on Yue'er’s cultivation and learned she first had to refine the Asura God Blood before forming her Nascent Soul.

• Lin Xuan cut his wrist and fed his blood to the shield, awakening it and revealing the Treasure-Controlling Formula.
• Lin Xuan identified the treasure as the Thousand-Illusion Flood Dragon Pattern Shield, recorded its formula, and stored both away.
• Lin Xuan summoned Lu Ying'er and gave her Spirit Stones and treasures to support Baisuan Pavilion’s growth.
• Lin Xuan told Lu Ying'er he would enter seclusion for half a year, then went to check on Yue'er.
• A powerful surge of spiritual energy repeatedly hurled Lin Xuan out of Yue'er's Cultivation Room when he tried to enter.
• Xiao Tao told Lin Xuan that Yue'er’s Nascent Soul Formation would succeed, but she first needed time to refine the Asura God Blood.

Lin Xuan recovered from his injuries and decided to enter seclusion, checking on Yue'er before studying the nearly lost Battle Armor Technique. He began practicing with a simple set of armor rather than risking the rare materials for his planned Green Flame Qilin Armor.

• Lin Xuan learned that Yue'er needed several months to a year to refine the Asura God Blood and complete her unusual Nascent Soul Formation.
• Lin Xuan recovered his vital energy in just over twenty days by taking Innate Energy Recovery Pills and meditating.
• Lin Xuan checked Yue'er's progress, saw that the red-lit fusion was proceeding smoothly, and returned to his cave residence.
• Lin Xuan studied the Battle Armor Technique and chose to refine the Green Flame Qilin Armor, whose rare materials he had finally gathered.
• Lin Xuan began practicing the Battle Armor Technique with a simple blue-green suit of battle armor, tempering it with Infant Fire.

After three years of cultivation and armor-refining practice, Lin Xuan began forging the Green Flame Qilin Armor while the Xuanyuan City fallout plunged most of the Twelve Heavenly Cloud Provinces into conflict. He left the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect’s tensions with Horizon Sea Pavilion aside and started melting the armor’s materials, adapting the recipe with powerful substitutes.

• Lin Xuan spent three years improving his armor-refining skills, cultivating the Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens Art, and checking on Yue'er, who was still refining the Asura God Blood.
• Lin Xuan advanced to an initial grasp of the art’s third layer and raised his Demon Core to the middle stage.
• The Xuanyuan City aftermath spread into widespread sect and clan conflicts, while You Province and Cloud Province remained comparatively calm; in Cloud Province, the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect and Horizon Sea Pavilion grew increasingly hostile.
• After receiving Lu Ying'er's report, Lin Xuan set aside the political tensions and prepared to refine the Green Flame Qilin Armor, judging his chance of success to be seventy percent.
• Lin Xuan began melting Mother of Profound Iron with five-colored Infant Fire and added numerous materials, including Demon Race substitutes, to the armor mixture.