Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan recovered from his injuries while Yue'er completed her Nascent Soul formation, producing an extraordinary heavenly omen that drew the attention of distant cultivators. Yue'er emerged safely from the collapsed valley, and Lin Xuan saw that she had succeeded.

• Lin Xuan swallowed healing pills and meditated until his injuries had mostly recovered.
• Lin Xuan flew to Yue'er's valley as the ominous weather cleared, but five-colored clouds and other strange signs appeared overhead.
• Lu Ying'er and Wu Yun'er watched the heavenly omen, while Baisuan Pavilion's cultivators observed it under orders not to discuss it.
• Haotian met with two Wu Family cultivators about an alliance, and the three decided to investigate the distant five-colored phenomenon.
• A golden pillar of light descended into Yue'er's valley and vanished, after which the clouds dispersed and a strange fragrance emerged.
• The valley collapsed, and Yue'er flew out of the rubble, revealing that she had successfully formed her Nascent Soul.

Lin Xuan and Yue'er confronted Ghost Emperor Haotian, whose attempt to fight back failed against their overwhelming power. After Yue'er restrained Haotian, Lin Xuan turned on two Wu Family cultivators who had come seeking the omen of Yue'er's Nascent Soul Formation and prepared to kill them.

• Haotian discovered that Lin Xuan and Yue'er had both reached Nascent Soul Late Stage and tried to fight rather than surrender.
• Yue'er used her Inkstone and Baleful Ghost Ink to disable Haotian's Bone Spear, absorbed his Crystal Bone Fire, and immobilized him with a seal-script character.
• The two Wu Family cultivators claimed they had been passing by and offered Spirit Stones, but Lin Xuan recognized they had come seeking a rare treasure.
• Lin Xuan ordered the Wu Family cultivators to self-destruct their Nascent Souls and, when they refused, summoned Azure Phantom Nether Fire to attack them.

Lin Xuan defeated three Nascent Soul cultivators who attacked Baisuan Pavilion, capturing two for the Corpse Demon and killing the third. He then chose a new cave site on Jiuling Mountain, where Lu Ying'er returned Pangolin and the Corpse Demon to him.

• Lin Xuan used the Azure Phantom Nether Fire to destroy the white-haired elder’s treasure, burned his body, and captured his Nascent Soul.
• Lin Xuan caught the woman in the emerald-green palace dress with Sword Qi and killed her, preserving her Nascent Soul for the Corpse Demon.
• The cultivators of Baisuan Pavilion watched Lin Xuan and Yue'er subdue the three Nascent Soul cultivators.
• Lin Xuan inspected a mountain and lake nearly a hundred li from Baisuan Pavilion and chose the site for his new cave residence.
• Lu Ying'er returned Pangolin and the Corpse Demon to Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan gave Lu Ying'er the Corpse Demon and Pangolin, along with two Wu Family cultivators to feed the demon, then prepared a cave residence with Yue'er. The chapter ended with Lin Xuan embracing Yue'er and reaffirming that he would stay with her in any life.

• Lin Xuan left Pangolin and the Corpse Demon with Lu Ying'er because he expected to leave Baisuan Pavilion and wanted them to help protect the girls.
• Lin Xuan gave Lu Ying'er two captured Wu Family cultivators to feed the Corpse Demon so it could advance, and she respectfully withdrew.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er shared a shy moment before he carved out and furnished a cave residence for them.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er entered the cave residence, and he set up Formation Flags for privacy and protection.
• Lin Xuan took Yue'er's hand, pulled her into an embrace, and promised to remain with her regardless of what she became in this life or any previous one.

Ling Xian and Yue'er reaffirmed their devotion and promised to face any danger together. Ling Xian surprised Yue'er with a banquet he had spent years preparing, and they shared food and wine, resolved to remain together on the immortal path.

• Yue'er told Ling Xian that she only wanted to remain Yue'er at his side, whatever her past life had been.
• Ling Xian vowed to protect Yue'er and keep her with him, and Yue'er promised never to fail him.
• Ling Xian conjured candles and arranged spirit fruits, wine, and nearly a hundred dishes prepared by renowned chefs over many years.
• Yue'er thanked Ling Xian for his painstaking surprise, and the two sat together to enjoy the dishes and centuries-old wine.
• Ling Xian and Yue'er spent the evening together and resolved to support one another through future dangers without parting.

Lin Xuan learned that Yue'er had recovered the Asura True Explanation, a cultivation method only the Asura royal bloodline could use. He sparred with Yue'er to test her new abilities and was surprised by the power she displayed.

• Lin Xuan asked Yue'er about her Nascent Soul formation, and she said she remembered little of what had happened.
• Yue'er explained that the Mysterious Yin Treasure Box had contained the Asura True Explanation from her previous life, but Lin Xuan could not cultivate it because he lacked Asura royal blood.
• Yue'er said the Asura True Explanation had appeared in her mind after her body was reconstructed, though the portion she knew was only its barest surface.
• Lin Xuan asked Yue'er to spar with him so he could assess her new abilities, and she reluctantly agreed.
• Yue'er summoned her Beast Soul Banner, while Lin Xuan launched several strands of Sword Qi at her.
• Yue'er countered Lin Xuan's Sword Qi with tens of thousands of wind blades, and their first clash ended without a clear victor.

Lin Xuan sparred with Yue'er to test her greatly increased powers after she fused with Asura true blood. Their battle ended with Lin Xuan using the Five Dragon Seal to trap Yue'er's skull heads, and she asked to stop.

• Lin Xuan attacked Yue'er with the Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring, but her yin energy and Beast Soul Banner swallowed the ring shadows.
• Lin Xuan transformed the rings into a Double-Headed Flood Dragon, while Yue'er evaded its ice and fire attacks with a spatial technique.
• Lin Xuan used the Long Spear from the Snow Fox King to break Yue'er's spatial technique, and Yue'er countered with Baleful Ghost Ink.
• Lin Xuan sent the Azure Phantom Nether Fire against Yue'er's black mist, then attacked with Azure Fire as Yue'er released the Jialuo Ancient Demon's Buddhist Prayer Beads.
• Yue'er's skull heads weakened Lin Xuan's connection to Azure Fire, so he used the Five Dragon Seal to trap them and sever Yue'er's connection to her treasure.
• Yue'er gave Lin Xuan a resentful look and asked to stop fighting.

Lin Xuan assessed Yue'er’s strength and resolved to grow stronger so he could protect her, then went to Qingshi Gorge to confront the imprisoned Ghost Emperor Haotian. As Lin Xuan began searching Haotian’s soul, Haotian unexpectedly showed wild joy.

• Lin Xuan concluded that Yue'er could defeat ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators but still lacked combat experience, and he vowed to strengthen himself to protect her.
• Three days later, Lin Xuan arrived at Qingshi Gorge and asked the guards whether Ghost Emperor Haotian was imprisoned there.
• A short, stout guard led Lin Xuan through the restrictions to the underground prison, while a sinister smile appeared on the guard’s face as he withdrew.
• Lin Xuan entered the prison and found Haotian immobilized by Yue'er’s restriction.
• Haotian begged Lin Xuan to spare his life and offered to serve him, but Lin Xuan refused and began using the Soul Searching Technique.
• As Lin Xuan’s Azure Glow touched him, Haotian revealed a look of wild joy.

Ghost Emperor Haotian tried to possess Lin Xuan, but Lin’s formidable divine sense defeated and devoured him. After learning Haotian had left a backup plan, Lin flew out to stop it, while Haotian’s remaining spirit took over a short, stout old man at Qingshi Gorge and killed the young cultivator beside him.

• Haotian burned up his body to amplify his divine sense, entered Lin Xuan’s Consciousness Sea, and attacked Lin’s Primordial Spirit.
• Lin Xuan’s divine sense, strengthened by the Blue Star Sea, overwhelmed Haotian and devoured his Primordial Spirit.
• Lin learned from Haotian’s memories that the Ghost Emperor had Bloodthirsty Ghost Clan royal blood and had left a backup plan.
• Lin Xuan flew out of the cave toward Qingshi Gorge to prevent Haotian from escaping through his backup plan.
• At Qingshi Gorge, Haotian’s remaining spirit took over the short, stout old man and killed the young cultivator who approached him.

Lin Xuan killed Ghost Emperor Haotian’s Second Primordial Spirit after it fled in a stolen body, then returned to his cave residence to investigate the strange effect of devouring Haotian’s main Primordial Spirit. He transferred Haotian’s remains to his Demon Infant, which showed no discomfort and seemed to benefit from them.

• Ghost Emperor Haotian used a Second Primordial Spirit to seize the short, plump old man’s body, but Lin Xuan stopped his escape and destroyed the fleeing soul with the Purple Cauldron Whip.
• Lin Xuan sent a Sound Transmission Talisman to Baisuan Pavilion’s patrol, and its cultivators turned back after receiving his message that the prisoner had been dealt with.
• Lin Xuan returned to his cave residence and found that devouring Haotian’s Primordial Spirit had left an unsettling black imprint in his Consciousness Sea.
• Lin Xuan used his Primordial Spirit to expel Haotian’s remains, then had his Demon Infant swallow them.
• Lin Xuan observed that the Demon Infant seemed healthier after consuming Haotian’s Primordial Spirit and wondered whether his plan had worked.

After absorbing Ghost Emperor Haotian’s Primordial Spirit, Lin Xuan advanced his Second Nascent Soul and gave Yue'er a defensive Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure. Meanwhile, rumors blaming Horizon Sea Pavilion for Huitong’s death drove it and the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect toward war, while the only likely mediator, Wang Tinglou, had vanished.

• Lin Xuan absorbed Ghost Emperor Haotian’s Primordial Spirit and advanced his Second Nascent Soul to the middle stage after three months of cultivation.
• Lin Xuan reunited with Yue'er, confirmed that her realm had stabilized, and gave her the Thousand-Illusion Flood Dragon Pattern Shield.
• Rumors accused Meng Ruyan and Horizon Sea Pavilion of killing Huitong, prompting the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect to demand an explanation.
• Meng Ruyan killed and refined the soul of the monk sent to question her, escalating the conflict with the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect toward an all-out war.
• Wang Tinglou was nowhere to be found, and a female cultivator told the searchers that he had left to wander the world a month earlier.

Lin Xuan traveled across Cloud Province’s outer sea toward Horizon Sea Pavilion, intending to aid Meng Ruyan’s sect amid the turmoil. Near the pavilion, he encountered two siblings fighting a powerful demonic fish and watched as the elder brother tried to protect his younger sister.

• Lin Xuan left Lu Ying'er and Wu Yun'er in charge of Baisuan Pavilion after giving them cultivation guidance, spirit pills, and instructions to avoid provoking powerful enemies.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er discussed why Baisuan Pavilion could defend itself while they were away, including its protective array and guardians.
• Lin Xuan traveled to Sea Entry City, gathered information about Horizon Sea Pavilion, and set off across the ocean in disguise.
• Lin Xuan heard explosions near the pavilion and flew toward them, where he saw Dugu Mou and his younger sister battling a mid-grade third-rank demonic fish.
• Dugu Mou urged his younger sister to escape and attacked the fish with a hook-shaped Spirit Tool, while Lin Xuan watched from hiding.

Lin Xuan rescued Dugu Mou and Dugu Meng from a two-headed strange fish and traveled with them toward Yingzhou Island. He learned that Horizon Sea Pavilion was holding a matchmaking assembly and disciple recruitment ceremony early, and suspected the change was tied to Cloud Province’s current situation.

• Lin Xuan killed the strange fish attacking Dugu Mou and Dugu Meng, then collected its Demon Core.
• Dugu Mou introduced himself and Dugu Meng as Rogue Cultivators from the outer seas of Cloud Province, and Lin Xuan agreed to travel with them to Yingzhou Island.
• Dugu Mou told Lin Xuan that he was attending Horizon Sea Pavilion’s matchmaking assembly in hopes of finding a partner and establishing an immortal cultivation clan.
• Dugu Mou explained that Dugu Meng hoped to join Horizon Sea Pavilion during its simultaneous disciple recruitment ceremony.
• Lin Xuan learned that the ceremonies had been moved forward by three years and suspected the change was related to Cloud Province’s current situation.

Lin Xuan and Yue'er arrived at Quiet Moon Island for Horizon Sea Pavilion’s matchmaking conference, where he browsed the temporary market with her. There, Lin Xuan noticed a small pouch at a young cultivator’s stall and asked what it contained.

• Lin Xuan speculated that Horizon Sea Pavilion had moved the matchmaking conference forward because of tensions with the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect, then flew with the Dugu siblings to Quiet Moon Island.
• Lin Xuan gave Dugu Mou the Two-Headed Strange Fish’s Demon Core as a parting gift and disappeared into the crowd; Dugu Mou and Dugu Meng recognized his kindness.
• Lin Xuan secretly observed the siblings, decided they were trustworthy, and considered helping Dugu Meng join Horizon Sea Pavilion before taking Yue'er to the market.
• Lin Xuan reminisced as Yue'er browsed the market, then spotted a small beige pouch at a young girl’s stall and asked what was inside.

Lin Xuan’s presence frightened Li Zhilan, whose family history explained her connection to Horizon Sea Pavilion and why she had returned there. The chapter left her parents dead and Li Zhilan alone, carrying her mother’s jade pendant and hope of continuing her cultivation.

• Li Zhilan feared Lin Xuan might have approached her for sinister reasons, including her beauty.
• Li Zhilan’s mother, a favored disciple of Ji Yueru, fell in love with a weak rogue cultivator and took a pair of Unity Fruits with him.
• Unable to separate the couple after learning that either would die if the other did, Ji Yueru expelled her disciple from Horizon Sea Pavilion.
• Li Zhilan’s parents struggled as rogue cultivators, and their marriage left her mother’s cultivation stalled and their family poor and exposed to danger.
• Three years earlier, a third-rank high-grade Demon Race creature killed Li Zhilan’s parents after they fought to help her escape.
• Li Zhilan’s mother gave her the jade pendant from Ji Yueru and urged her to return to Horizon Sea Pavilion, which Li Zhilan eventually reached after many hardships.

Li Zhilan, a destitute orphan returning to Horizon Sea Pavilion, feared Lin Xuan had approached her for sinister reasons, but he only wanted to buy a bag of mysterious purple rice. Lin Xuan recognized that the rice might help his Jade Luo Bees mature, and Li Zhilan agreed to go with him so he could pay her safely; he then searched for Yue'er, who had wandered away.

• Li Zhilan failed to sell her shabby goods at the temporary market and grew wary when Lin Xuan, a powerful cultivator, approached her stall.
• Lin Xuan examined Li Zhilan's purple rice and learned it was a relic her Outer Seas cultivator parents had left her.
• Lin Xuan sensed that the Jade Luo Bees were excited by the rice and decided to buy it, hoping to learn more about it at Horizon Sea Pavilion.
• Lin Xuan explained that paying Li Zhilan at the market could attract thieves, and she cautiously agreed to go with him.
• Li Zhilan packed her few possessions, and Lin Xuan closed his eyes to search for Yue'er with his divine sense.

Lin Xuan found Yue'er being harassed by Lu Wuyi and his companions on Quiet Moon Island, and intervened while she playfully complained that she had been bullied. A group of Horizon Sea Pavilion enforcers arrived to stop the confrontation, led by Lin Xuan’s old acquaintance Zhu Qianru.

• Lin Xuan discovered that Lu Wuyi and three other cultivators had surrounded Yue'er and angrily flew to her side with Li Zhilan.
• Yue'er rejected Lu Wuyi's invitation, and Lin Xuan mocked his backing and promised to punish the men.
• Lu Wuyi threatened Lin Xuan and drew a Ghost Head Steel Fork to attack him.
• Zhu Qianru arrived with Horizon Sea Pavilion disciples and warned both sides not to fight on Quiet Moon Island.
• Lin Xuan recognized Zhu Qianru, who had once been the young mistress of Xueming Sect.

Lin Xuan reunited with Zhu Qianru at Quiet Moon Island as she investigated a disturbance involving Horizon Sea Pavilion. After Lu Wuyi blamed others for the trouble, Lin Xuan revealed his overwhelming aura, leaving the gathered cultivators prostrate and his opponents terrified.

• Li Zhilan worried about being caught in the conflict, while Yue'er questioned Lin Xuan about her.
• Lu Wuyi falsely accused two cultivators of insulting Horizon Sea Pavilion, and Zhu Qianru turned to confront them.
• Zhu Qianru recognized Lin Xuan, who stopped hiding his cultivation and released his spiritual pressure across Quiet Moon Island.
• The pressure forced nearly everyone within twenty li to the ground, and Lu Wuyi and the other young masters begged for mercy.
• Zhu Qianru bowed to Lin Xuan and congratulated him on reaching the Nascent Soul Late Stage.

Lin Xuan killed the cultivators who had insulted him and Yue'er, then reunited with Ji Yueru, who treated him with great deference. As Ji Yueru prepared to lead him to Horizon Sea Pavilion, Li Zhilan asked to speak, and Lin Xuan arranged to finish a transaction with her under Ji Yueru's protection.

• Lin Xuan executed Lu Wuyi and the other cultivators, extracted their Primordial Spirits, and sealed them in a jade bottle.
• Ji Yueru arrived and recognized Lin Xuan, welcoming him respectfully after learning who he was.
• Ji Yueru mentioned Lin Xuan's relationship with Meng Ruyan, and Lin Xuan clarified that they were sworn siblings.
• Lin Xuan asked Ji Yueru to lead him to Horizon Sea Pavilion so he could meet with Meng Ruyan.
• Li Zhilan interrupted, and Lin Xuan said he had a transaction to complete with her and asked Ji Yueru to protect her.

Li Zhilan revealed that she was Qing Ning’s daughter and was accepted into Horizon Sea Pavilion with Ji Yueru’s approval. At Pure Moon Pool, Hui Xuan learned that Lin Xuan had appeared at the matchmaking ceremony and prepared to join Li Soul Valley in an attack on Horizon Sea Pavilion.

• Li Zhilan showed Ji Yueru a Jade Pendant and revealed that her mother, Qing Ning, had sent her to return to Horizon Sea Pavilion.
• Li Zhilan told Ji Yueru that Qing Ning had died, and Lin Xuan supported her admission to the sect.
• Ji Yueru accepted Li Zhilan into Horizon Sea Pavilion, and the group flew away from Quiet Moon Island.
• A scout told Hui Xuan that Lin Xuan had appeared at Horizon Sea Pavilion and advanced to the Nascent Soul Late Stage.
• Hui Xuan dismissed rumors that Lin Xuan rivaled Lihe cultivators and said Li Soul Valley had agreed to join the attack on Horizon Sea Pavilion next month.