Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan and Yue'er attended a grand ceremony as Horizon Sea Pavilion’s new Supreme Elders, then inspected their lavish new cave residence in Wanhua Valley. They settled in together, with Lin Xuan reminding Yue'er that they would not remain at the sect forever.

• Horizon Sea Pavilion held a grand induction ceremony for Lin Xuan and Yue'er, where the sect’s cultivators toasted them and addressed them as Martial Uncle.
• After the ceremony, Lin Xuan and Yue'er left while the sect continued celebrating.
• Zhang Yi showed Lin Xuan the cave residence she had prepared for him and Yue'er in Wanhua Valley, and Lin Xuan approved it despite finding it extremely luxurious.
• Yue'er admired the new residence, and Lin Xuan told her they had gained status in the Human World but would not stay at Horizon Sea Pavilion forever.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er entered their new cave abode and shared an intimate moment.

Lin Xuan learned where Li Zhilan’s purple grains of rice had come from and left Horizon Sea Pavilion to investigate them and visit Baisuan Pavilion. Elsewhere in Cloud Province’s Outer Seas, swarms of Jade Luo Bees slaughtered cultivators and froze an Ancient Beast as it tried to transform into a dragon.

• Lin Xuan asked Li Zhilan to mark the sea region where her parents had obtained the purple grains of rice, then rewarded her with middle-grade pills.
• Lin Xuan told Yue'er he would leave the next day to investigate the grains and visit Baisuan Pavilion to see Ying'er and discuss an alliance.
• Lin Xuan departed Yingzhou Island, while Meng Ruyan allowed him to leave without protest.
• A swarm of several hundred butterflies attacked a group of cultivators in the Outer Seas, resisting their attacks and freezing them to death with black mist.
• A swarm of over ten thousand butterflies froze an Ancient Beast during its transformation into a dragon, leaving only its bones after the ice melted.

Lin Xuan and Yue'er searched the sea for Purple Rice Grain before Lin Xuan went to a market for information. There, he learned that True Person Red Firmament had restricted a Secret Market auction to Nascent Soul cultivators, and Lin Xuan approached its guarded entrance.

• Lin Xuan and Yue'er searched for three days without finding the Purple Rice Grain, so Lin Xuan decided to visit a nearby market for clues.
• Lin Xuan concealed his Lihe Realm aura and entered the city to gather information.
• Lin Xuan found cultivators arguing because they were barred from a Secret Market auction restricted to Nascent Soul Realm seniors.
• The gatekeeper said the restriction was True Person Red Firmament's order, and Lin Xuan recalled that Red Firmament was one of the Three Immortals of the Outer Seas.
• Lin Xuan stepped toward the entrance, but the gatekeeper stopped him and said only Nascent Soul Realm seniors could enter.

Lin Xuan entered a hidden gathering of Nascent Soul cultivators, where True Person Red Firmament revealed that he had brought them together over a treasure map tied to an ancient war between the Spirit World and the Underworld Realm. Red Firmament recounted how Underworld demons entered the Human World, but had not yet explained how the treasure map related to the legend.

• Lin Xuan revealed Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivation to gain entry to the hidden gathering beneath the ground.
• Lin Xuan met True Person Red Firmament and five other Nascent Soul cultivators in a stone chamber, then waited as they questioned the lack of an auction.
• True Person Red Firmament explained that he had gathered them to discuss an adventure involving a treasure map.
• True Person Red Firmament began recounting the ancient war in which Underworld demons invaded the Spirit World and some later reached the Human World.
• Lin Xuan silently questioned Red Firmament's claim that the Spirit World had defeated the Underworld army, while Fairy Caiyun asked how the history related to the treasure map.

Red Firmament True Person told Lin Xuan and the others how the Tiansang Blood Ghost rampaged through the Outer Seas before dying, leaving behind a treasure map. He invited the six other cultivators to join him in searching the dangerous Heavenly Demon Sea, and all agreed to go.

• Red Firmament True Person recounted how Fairy Bingyue led an alliance against the Tiansang Blood Ghost, who escaped the ambush but later died from his injuries.
• Red Firmament True Person revealed that the Tiansang Blood Ghost had drawn a treasure map before his death, and that it had fallen into his hands.
• Red Firmament True Person explained that cultivators had recently vanished in the nearby Heavenly Demon Sea, including nearly a hundred people in seven days.
• Red Firmament True Person invited the other six cultivators to join him in searching for the treasure, while they weighed the danger against the possible rewards.
• Lin Xuan and the other five cultivators agreed to take part in the search.

Lin Xuan and the others entered the Heavenly Demon Sea to seek the Tiansang Blood Ghost's legacy, where the absence of living creatures and Yue'er's strange premonition made him wary. After blasting apart two mountains on a deserted island, they uncovered a purple barrier containing a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure bell and thousands of mysterious butterflies.

• Red Firmament True Person led Lin Xuan and five other cultivators into the Heavenly Demon Sea to search for the Tiansang Blood Ghost's legacy treasure.
• Lin Xuan noticed that the sea was unnaturally devoid of demon beasts, fish, and shrimp, and his sense of unease grew as they traveled.
• On the deserted island, Yue'er told Lin Xuan she felt something calling to her, and he reassured her while resolving to investigate.
• Red Firmament True Person used his treasure map to guide the group to a remote valley, where they blasted down two mountain peaks.
• Lin Xuan and the others discovered a purple barrier containing an ancient bell that appeared to be a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure and tens of thousands of beautiful, mysterious butterflies.

Lin Xuan and the other cultivators discovered strange butterflies inside an ancient bell, but before True Person Chixiao could claim it, an azure-robed Lihe Realm cultivator arrived and attacked them with spirit insects. Lin Xuan captured one insect cloud, while the newcomer’s swarms devoured six cultivators, leaving Lin Xuan and Yue'er among those still present.

• True Person Chixiao announced that he would take the ancient bell before seeking the Tiansang Blood Ghost’s legacy treasure, but Fairy Caiyun tried to stop him.
• A long whistle announced the arrival of an azure-robed Lihe Realm cultivator, and Lin Xuan chose to observe the newcomer before acting.
• The newcomer said the cultivators had discovered his whereabouts and attacked them with clouds of purple-red spirit insects.
• Lin Xuan seized one insect cloud with a glowing azure hand, while True Person Red Firmament, Fairy Caiyun, and the others fought back against their own swarms.
• The insects overwhelmed and devoured six cultivators, including their Nascent Souls.

Lin Xuan confronted Hundred-Insect True Person over a strange brood of spirit butterflies that the Spirit Control Sect elder was trying to subdue. Both cultivators revealed their Lihe Realm strength, and the chapter ended with each unwilling to yield the butterflies to the other.

• Lin Xuan revealed his Lihe Realm cultivation after Hundred-Insect True Person killed six Nascent Soul cultivators and trapped Lin Xuan's Purple Star Ladybugs.
• Hundred-Insect True Person recognized Lin Xuan and explained that he had come to the area to capture the butterflies.
• Lin Xuan refused to leave the Horizon Sea Pavilion's territory and hinted that he intended to claim the butterflies.
• Hundred-Insect True Person explained that the butterflies could easily kill Nascent Soul cultivators and that he had trapped them with the Spirit Control Sect's Hundred Spirit Bell.
• Hundred-Insect True Person refused to give up the butterflies after spending days preparing to subdue them.

Lin Xuan confronted Hundred-Insect True Person, who attacked him with a swift blade and then unleashed a vast swarm of Blood-Devouring Mosquitoes. Lin Xuan prepared to counter with a jade-green flame containing a tiny Double-Headed Flood Dragon.

• Lin Xuan and Hundred-Insect True Person exchanged threats as their spiritual pressure shook the island.
• Hundred-Insect True Person struck at Lin Xuan with a blade of astonishing speed, but Lin Xuan’s pale-blue barrier stopped it as he was knocked backward.
• Lin Xuan gathered the surrounding water spiritual energy to attack, while Hundred-Insect True Person released nearly two hundred thousand Blood-Devouring Mosquitoes from a Spirit Beast Bag.
• Hundred-Insect True Person sent the mosquito swarm toward Lin Xuan and launched a turtle-shaped transformation of his Crane-Beak Hoe.
• Lin Xuan produced a jade-green flame with a tiny Double-Headed Flood Dragon swimming inside it.

Lin Xuan fought Hundred-Insect True Person, enduring the Blood-Devouring Mosquitoes and then struggling against the far more formidable Heavenly Demon Ants. The battle ended with Hundred-Insect True Person using a rare Barrier Talisman to disrupt Lin Xuan’s movement technique as the insect spear closed in.

• Lin Xuan protected himself from the poisoned Blood-Devouring Mosquitoes with a hurricane of ice blades, and his resistance to toxins foiled Hundred-Insect True Person’s plan.
• Lin Xuan attacked with the Azure Fire Sword, but Hundred-Insect True Person summoned Heavenly Demon Ants that blocked the strike and reshaped themselves into a spear.
• Lin Xuan evaded the spear with Nine Heavens Micro-Steps, but Hundred-Insect True Person activated a rare Barrier Talisman.
• The Barrier Talisman disrupted Lin Xuan’s movement technique, leaving him facing the approaching Heavenly Demon Ant spear.

Lin Xuan survived Hundred-Insect True Person’s ambush by using the Green Flame Qilin Armor and Yue'er’s shield to fake an injury. He counterattacked with his Broken Sword, summoning a Qilin-shaped Sword Qi as Hundred-Insect True Person tried to retreat.

• Lin Xuan blocked the Heavenly Demon Ant spear with the Black Gold Dragon Scale Shield, but the ants transformed into a whip that struck him while the Barrier Talisman prevented him from teleporting.
• Hundred-Insect True Person sent Heavenly Demon Flame at Lin Xuan and flew closer to claim his Storage Bag, believing the attack had killed him.
• Lin Xuan revealed that the Green Flame Qilin Armor had protected him and that he had feigned his fall; Yue'er had shielded him from the flames with the Thousand-Illusion Flood Dragon Pattern Shield.
• Hundred-Insect True Person recognized the danger and began to retreat, but Lin Xuan poured his power into the Broken Sword and summoned a Qilin-shaped Sword Qi to attack him.

After advancing to the Lihe Realm, Lin Xuan used the Demonic Fate Sword, a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure, to overwhelm Hundred-Insect True Person and destroy many of his Heavenly Demon Ants. When Yue'er joined the battle, Hundred-Insect True Person faced two Lihe Realm opponents, and Yue'er revealed a crescent-shaped shortsword from the Mysterious Yin Treasure Box.

• Lin Xuan used his third-layer Treasure-Controlling Formula to unleash a Qilin-shaped attack with the Demonic Fate Sword.
• Hundred-Insect True Person gathered his remaining Heavenly Demon Ants into a shield, but the Qilin's five-colored halo melted nearly a thousand of them.
• Hundred-Insect True Person sacrificed his blood essence to make the outer layer of ants self-destruct, halting the Qilin briefly so he could retreat.
• Lin Xuan summoned Yue'er, and Hundred-Insect True Person realized he was facing two Lihe Realm cultivators.
• Yue'er poured her magic power into the Mysterious Yin Treasure Box, transforming it into a crescent-shaped shortsword.

Lin Xuan and Yue'er overwhelmed Hundred-Insect True Person, whose Barrier Talisman prevented him from escaping with spatial techniques. Lin Xuan tore through the old monster’s defenses with his Phoenix-transforming claw and killed him.

• Yue'er wielded the Illusion Moon Profound Light Sword to absorb spiritual energy and attack Hundred-Insect True Person with a deadly azure glow.
• Hundred-Insect True Person’s Barrier Talisman blocked spatial techniques, forcing him to meet Yue'er’s attack head-on.
• Lin Xuan charged in with his Phoenix-transformed claw as Hundred-Insect True Person released a Ghost Mantis to stop him.
• Lin Xuan easily tore the Ghost Mantis apart and lunged at Hundred-Insect True Person.
• Lin Xuan’s claw shattered Hundred-Insect True Person’s Spirit Power Shield and took his head.

Lin Xuan and Yue'er fought Hundred-Insect True Person and the strange demon butterflies he unleashed, but Yue'er recognized them as Ice Moon Butterflies and drew them to her with blood mist. After Lin Xuan and Yue'er defeated Hundred-Insect True Person, his Nascent Soul warned that killing him would make the Spirit Control Sect and Horizon Sea Pavilion enemies, just as an azure hand seized him.

• Hundred-Insect True Person escaped Lin Xuan's attack, broke the purple barrier, and sent the demon butterflies toward Lin Xuan and Yue'er.
• Lin Xuan's ice needles and fire birds failed against the butterflies, whose black mist weakened his Black Gold Dragon Scale Shield.
• Yue'er recognized the insects as Ice Moon Butterflies and used blood mist to attract them, causing them to gather around her and turn away from Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er attacked Hundred-Insect True Person together and destroyed his body, leaving his Nascent Soul trapped by the Barrier Talisman.
• Hundred-Insect True Person warned Lin Xuan that his death would set the Spirit Control Sect against Horizon Sea Pavilion, but an azure hand suddenly seized his Nascent Soul.

Lin Xuan killed the Spirit Control Sect’s Lihe Realm cultivator, searched his soul, and took his treasures, including the sect’s secret Spirit Control Insights. Afterward, Yue'er revealed that she had stored the Ice Moon Butterflies inside something she called the Life Spring, though she did not know what it was.

• Lin Xuan used the Soul Searching Technique on the enemy Nascent Soul, then had Yue'er refine it with the Beast Soul Banner.
• Lin Xuan collected the ancient bell and the cultivator’s Storage Bag, discovering the bell was a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure on the level of the Demonic Fate Sword.
• Lin Xuan found the Spirit Control Insights, a trove of knowledge about raising spirit insects and beasts, and learned the Spirit Control Sect had only one Lihe Realm cultivator.
• Lin Xuan recognized the pills in the Storage Bag as food for spirit insects that might help his Jade Luo Bees mature faster.
• Yue'er absorbed the Ice Moon Butterflies into her body and told Lin Xuan they were kept in the Life Spring, a place she could not explain.

Lin Xuan and Yue'er searched the deserted island for the Tiansang Blood Ghost's treasure but found nothing, so Lin Xuan set off for Five-Colored Spirit Mountain to reunite with Yuanyuan. Far away, Tian Xiaojian reached the peak of the Nascent Soul Realm with Feng Liang's aid, and she hinted that she could help him advance to Lihe.

• Yue'er explained that the Life Spring could nourish spirit insects with Heaven and Earth spiritual energy, linking them to their master without consuming the master's vital energy.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er searched the island for half a month but found no trace of the Tiansang Blood Ghost's treasure.
• Lin Xuan accepted that the treasure map was likely flawed and flew toward Five-Colored Spirit Mountain to see Yuanyuan.
• In a cave in the Demon Domain Mountains, Tian Xiaojian complained that Feng Liang's help had taken a hundred years to bring him only to Nascent Soul Realm great perfection.
• Feng Liang told Tian Xiaojian that there was a way to advance to Lihe.

Lin Xuan returned to Five-Colored Spirit Mountain after advancing to the Lihe Realm, eager to see Yuanyuan and mindful of her foster mother, the Five-Colored Fairy. The Five-Colored Fairy learned of his arrival and went out to welcome him as he approached the mountain.

• Lin Xuan traveled to Five-Colored Spirit Mountain, remembering his past visit and hoping to reunite with Yuanyuan.
• Yue'er felt jealous and hurt as Lin Xuan thought about his wife, but she hid her feelings from him.
• The Five-Colored Fairy sensed Lin Xuan approaching and recognized that he had advanced to the Lihe Realm.
• The Five-Colored Fairy recalled Meng Ruyan's invitation to Lin Xuan and Yue'er's ceremony and decided to welcome Lin Xuan herself.
• Lin Xuan stopped as celestial music, flower petals, and a procession of Demon Race maids appeared before him, followed by a five-colored auspicious cloud.

Lin Xuan reunited with the Five-Colored Fairy and learned that Yuanyuan was secluded at the rear mountain. When he reached Yuanyuan’s cave, she refused to meet him, explaining that she had vowed to stay apart until she ascended to the Spirit World, then began to explain her reasons.

• Lin Xuan congratulated the Five-Colored Fairy on advancing to the middle stage of Lihe, and she thanked him for the pills and spirit stones he had given her.
• The Five-Colored Fairy shared cultivation insights with Lin Xuan and told him Yuanyuan was secluded at the rear mountain.
• Lin Xuan received a Jade Slip with directions to Yuanyuan’s cave and left the great hall.
• Yue'er declined to accompany Lin Xuan, saying he and Yuanyuan needed time alone, and Lin Xuan hugged her before leaving.
• Yuanyuan told Lin Xuan through the mist that she would not see him until she ascended to the Spirit World, explaining that she wanted them to be together sooner despite the Primordial Demon Qi keeping them apart.

Lin Xuan learned that Yuanyuan’s newly discovered Phoenix bloodline meant they both had to reach Dongxuan to escape the restraints of Primordial Demon Qi. Yuanyuan had entered dangerous Bitter Zen and refused to meet him until she reached Lihe, but she opened her cave residence after he promised to leave her cultivation aids.

• Yuanyuan told Lin Xuan that her bloodline was nearly half Phoenix, making the Primordial Demon Qi’s restraints more severe.
• Yuanyuan explained that both she and Lin Xuan now had to reach Dongxuan to be together without restraint.
• Yuanyuan revealed that she had vowed to remain in Bitter Zen until she advanced to Lihe and would not meet Lin Xuan before then.
• Lin Xuan accepted her decision and agreed to support her, while asking to give her items that would help her cultivation.
• Yuanyuan opened the cave residence door and revealed a path through the clouds and mist.

Lin Xuan gave Yuanyuan pills and treasures to support her Bitter Zen and future cultivation, then left Five-Colored Spirit Mountain with Yue'er to head toward Baisuan Pavilion. Meanwhile, Feng Liang offered Tian Xiaojian a way to advance to Lihe, and Tian Xiaojian cautiously questioned the offer.

• Lin Xuan gave Yuanyuan an Allure Heaven Profound Pill, Aster Pills, a Hundred Herb Pill, and the Purple Cauldron Whip.
• Lin Xuan gave Yuanyuan the Demon Eye Relic, and she accepted it after he reassured her that he did not need it.
• Yuanyuan returned to Bitter Zen, while Lin Xuan left with Yue'er to bid farewell to the Five-Colored Fairy and travel toward Baisuan Pavilion.
• Feng Liang told Tian Xiaojian that she could help him advance to Lihe quickly, though he suspected her offer might conceal a trap.