Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan was confronted by the Heavenly Demon Guard after killing a rogue cultivator, but Long Jun, the Yin Baleful Sect’s young sect master, arrived and protected him. Lin Xuan accepted Long Jun’s invitation to stay with him and urged Xu Yin to leave Heavenly Demon City.

• Three members of the Heavenly Demon Guard surrounded Lin Xuan over the fight and killing in the city.
• Long Jun arrived on a Black Gold Roar and greeted Lin Xuan as an old friend.
• Long Jun ordered the Heavenly Demon Guard to leave, and they dispersed without challenging him.
• Two hidden elders decided not to move against Lin Xuan and continued watching him because the Demon Venerable’s plan took priority.
• Lin Xuan accepted Long Jun’s invitation to visit his residence so he could ask about ghost-cultivation methods.
• Lin Xuan warned Xu Yin that Heavenly Demon City was too dangerous for her and told her to leave.

After failing to find a Foundation Establishment ghost-cultivation art in Heavenly Demon City, Lin Xuan rescued a pair of Dao companions from a demonic cultivator and learned they could lead him to the infamous Yin Ghost Master. They offered to give Lin Xuan the ghost-cultivation art and all of Yin Ghost Master’s treasures if he helped them take revenge.

• Lin Xuan asked Long Jun for a Foundation Establishment ghost-cultivation art, but Long Jun could not help him and told him the Fierce Ghost Gang possessed top-tier ghost-cultivation arts.
• Lin Xuan searched the Fierce Ghost Gang’s shops without success and left Heavenly Demon City.
• Lin Xuan encountered the white-robed scholar and his wife fighting a demonic cultivator, then killed their opponent and took his Storage Bracelet after the scholar promised a precious reward.
• The white-robed scholar and his wife explained that they had overheard Lin Xuan seeking a ghost-cultivation art at Fierce Ghost Pavilion.
• The couple revealed that Yin Ghost Master was a powerful ghost cultivator with the art Lin Xuan needed, and offered him all of Yin Ghost Master’s treasures in exchange for helping them take revenge.

Lin Xuan refused to help a husband and wife attack Yin Ghost Master, then secretly followed them as they recruited three more cultivators. He watched the five confront Yin Ghost Master and began preparing his own plans as the battle erupted.

• Lin Xuan overheard the couple plotting to use him, took a Hidden Spirit Pill, and secretly watched them for more than ten days.
• The couple recruited three cultivators, and Lin Xuan followed the group to Yin Ghost Master's remote cave dwelling.
• Fu Qian questioned the lack of warning restrictions, but the white-robed scholar persuaded the group to continue.
• Lin Xuan released Little Yin Soul and instructed her before following the group toward the cave.
• Yin Ghost Master emerged, and the five attacked him with spiritual artifacts and spells.
• Yin Ghost Master unleashed a Shadow Fiend Ghost that defiled the red-clad woman's ring, while Lin Xuan quietly arrived nearby.

Lin Xuan entered Yin Ghost Master's cave residence, found it empty of cultivation arts, and prepared a formation before returning to watch the battle. Outside, the White-Robed Scholar and his allies attacked Yin Ghost Master, whose Mystic Fire Divine Pearl turned the fight into a struggle over the rumored ancient treasure.

• Lin Xuan received a message from Lin Yue'er and slipped into Yin Ghost Master's cave residence while the cultivators fought outside.
• Lin Xuan discovered the cave stood on a Yin Vein, found no cultivation arts, and laid a Fire Dragon Eight Trigrams Array to trap Yin Ghost Master.
• Lin Xuan gave the Jade Snow Ring to Lin Yue'er and instructed her before returning to the cave entrance.
• The White-Robed Scholar revealed his Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivation, and he and his allies drove Yin Ghost Master into a defensive position.
• Yin Ghost Master summoned the Mystic Fire Divine Pearl, and the White-Robed Scholar claimed it was an ancient treasure that he would give to the others.
• Fu Qian, her brother, and Elder Feng attacked Yin Ghost Master again after hearing the White-Robed Scholar's claim.

Yin Ghost Master revealed that he was Xiao Hen, the young master of the Fierce Ghost Gang, and his reinforcements overwhelmed the cultivators who had confronted him. After the White-Robed Scholar summoned a Yin Baleful Skeleton with a life-sacrificing art, Lin Xuan seized the chance to follow Xiao Hen into his hidden treasure room.

• Three Fierce Ghost Gang cultivators arrived and addressed Yin Ghost Master as their young master, revealing his identity as Xiao Hen.
• Yin Ghost Master and his three reinforcements attacked; Feng Yuan was poisoned, the Fu siblings were defeated, and Fu Qian was captured.
• Xiao Hen and the ghost cultivators cornered the White-Robed Scholar and captured his red-clothed wife.
• The White-Robed Scholar used Blood Sacrifice Ghost Devouring to summon a Yin Baleful Skeleton, which devoured him and attacked the ghost cultivators.
• Xiao Hen ordered the three cultivators to hold off the skeleton while he returned to the cave abode, and Lin Xuan followed him under an Invisibility Talisman.
• Xiao Hen opened a concealed treasure room behind a stone wall.

Lin Xuan ambushed Yin Ghost Master in his cave residence, but the young master of the Fierce Ghost Gang survived and countered with the Mystic Heaven Demonic Flame. Lin Xuan’s Hook Sword was lost, and his defensive shield held off the flame as he secretly signaled Yue'er to act.

• Yin Ghost Master gathered the cave’s treasures into a Storage Bag, but Lin Xuan struck him with the Hook Sword and revealed himself.
• Lin Xuan attacked with the Gold Binding Rope, talismans, and a formation, while Yin Ghost Master defended himself with the Ghost Fork, White Bone Shield, and Mystic Fire Divine Pearl.
• Lin Xuan summoned a Sky-Soaring Bird with a Beast Talisman and enhanced the Hook Sword with Innate Fire as the Fierce Ghost Gang cultivators struggled outside against the Yin Baleful Skeleton.
• Yin Ghost Master used the Mystic Fire Divine Pearl to unleash Mystic Heaven Demonic Flame, which severed Lin Xuan’s connection to the Hook Sword and burned through his defensive talisman.
• Lin Xuan held back the black fire with a top-grade defensive shield and secretly signaled Yue'er to act.

Lin Xuan killed Xiao Hen, seized the Spirit Yin Nine Transformations and the Mystic Fire Divine Pearl, then returned safely to Spirit Herb Mountain. Unable to refine the pearl yet, he put it away and turned his attention to the Heavenly Thunder Art.

• Lin Yue'er ambushed Xiao Hen, giving Lin Xuan the opening to wound him, burn his body with the Flame Rhinoceros, and capture his Primordial Spirit in the Hundred Soul Banner.
• Lin Xuan took Xiao Hen's Storage Bag and Jade Slip, recovered the Mystic Fire Divine Pearl, and escaped as the Fierce Ghost Gang cultivators struggled against the Yin Baleful Ghost.
• Lin Xuan returned to Spirit Herb Mountain and gave Lin Yue'er the Spirit Yin Nine Transformations cultivation method.
• Lin Xuan failed to refine the Mystic Fire Divine Pearl and learned from Xiao Hen's records that it was a clan heirloom too powerful for him to use fully at his current cultivation level.
• Lin Xuan put away the pearl and took out the Heavenly Thunder Art, considering how to strengthen himself through his spiritual artifacts.

Lin Xuan tried to extract Mother of Profound Iron from the Heavenly Thunder Art book, discovering that his Blue Star Sea could purify crafting materials but that he lacked the magical power to do so. After investigating the book and the Jade Pendant, he left Spirit Herb Mountain to search for demonic beasts and replenish the Beast Soul Talisman.

• Lin Xuan tried to melt the Heavenly Thunder Art book with Earth Vein Fire but failed to separate the Mother of Profound Iron.
• Lin Xuan used the Blue Star Sea on the book and discovered that it could purify crafting materials, though extracting the Mother of Profound Iron required more magical power than he had.
• Lin Xuan read the Heavenly Thunder Art several times but found no clue to explain why the Thunder Sword Sect had preserved it in such a valuable book.
• Lin Xuan discovered that the Jade Pendant needed to absorb demonic beasts' soul energy before it could replenish the Beast Soul Talisman.
• Lin Xuan left Spirit Herb Mountain and flew southeast to search for demonic beasts.

Lin Xuan entered the Kui Yin Mountain Range to hunt demon beasts and found three cultivators at the Ghost Moon Spider’s cave. He learned that the beast had advanced into a powerful Moon Demon Spider, leaving the group to consider how to face a creature stronger than they could safely handle.

• Lin Xuan consulted a Jade Slip map and entered the Kui Yin Mountain Range to hunt a Moon Demon Spider.
• Lin Xuan disguised himself after sensing that three cultivators had reached the spider’s cave before him.
• A yellow-robed cultivator invited Lin Xuan to join their group and explained how maps of the mountain range were compiled and why they could be inaccurate.
• The yellow-robed cultivator revealed that the Ghost Moon Spider had advanced into a top-grade level-two Moon Demon Spider.
• The three cultivators admitted they were too weak to defeat the Moon Demon Spider easily but did not want to abandon the chance to hunt it.

Lin Xuan joined Zhou Liang, Huang Zhong, and Ma Jin to hunt a Moon Demon Spider, but he suspected the other two cultivators had hidden motives and prepared a powerful array talisman as a precaution. The spider detected their trap, and the chapter ended as it attacked Zhou Liang from above.

• Zhou Liang invited Lin Xuan to join the hunt, and Lin Xuan agreed while doubting Huang Zhong and Ma Jin's intentions.
• Huang Zhong brought out array tools, and the four cultivators set up a Five Tigers Herd Sheep Array near the Moon Demon Spider's lair.
• Lin Xuan secretly observed Huang Zhong and Ma Jin exchanging voice transmissions, then laid down a Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Array Talisman as a backup.
• The Moon Demon Spider returned, sensed the trap, and spat poisonous water at the ground.
• Huang Zhong ordered the group to attack and force the spider into the array, but it dodged their weapons and appeared above Zhou Liang, lunging at him.

Lin Xuan and the others killed the Moon Demon Spider, but Huang Zhong and Ma Jin revealed that they had trapped Zhou Liang and Lin Xuan to rob them. After the two bandits struck them down, the supposedly dead spider revived and began fusing with Zhou Liang’s corpse.

• Lin Xuan helped Zhou Liang evade the Moon Demon Spider, and the four cultivators drove it into Huang Zhong’s Five Tigers Herd Sheep Array.
• The Moon Demon Spider resisted the array with a protective barrier, but Huang Zhong and the others eventually killed it.
• After the battle, the array continued draining Zhou Liang and Lin Xuan’s magic power, and Huang Zhong admitted that he and Ma Jin had set a trap to rob them.
• Huang Zhong and Ma Jin attacked, killing Zhou Liang and Lin Xuan, then moved to take their Storage Bags.
• The Moon Demon Spider rose again, spoke of using Zhou Liang’s water spiritual root, and began fusing with his corpse inside black light.

After the Moon Demon Spider fused with Zhou Liang, it killed Huang Zhong and Ma Jin, then confronted Lin Xuan, who had escaped their earlier ambush with a puppet substitution. Lin Xuan lured the monster into his Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Array, where the fight escalated as the monster revealed its Three Yin Demon Fire.

• The Moon Demon Spider fused with Zhou Liang, and the possessed Zhou Liang killed Huang Zhong and shot down Ma Jin as he fled.
• Zhou Liang dispelled Lin Xuan's puppet illusion, revealing that Lin Xuan had hidden himself with the Stars Shift Technique.
• Lin Xuan used talismans and escape techniques to evade Zhou Liang's black arrows and retreat into an array he had prepared.
• Zhou Liang's black-light spider triggered the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Array, whose lightning trapped and attacked it.
• Zhou Liang brought out a black bead and summoned his Three Yin Demon Fire, while Lin Xuan launched more than a thousand ice needles against it.

Lin Xuan escaped Zhou Liang after the monster abandoned their fight, then set out for Spirit Herb Mountain. On the way, three Azure Cloud Mountain cultivators stopped him and questioned him about strange activity nearby.

• Lin Xuan used the array and his treasures to hold off Zhou Liang, who eventually retreated with his spider and Small Black Pearl.
• Lin Xuan waited three days, confirmed Zhou Liang had left, and emerged from the array, regretting the loss of the one-use Array Talisman.
• Lin Xuan decided to return to Spirit Herb Mountain and enter seclusion until he reached Foundation Establishment Late Stage and refined the Mystic Fire Divine Pearl.
• Three Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivators from Azure Cloud Mountain flew toward Lin Xuan and asked whether he had encountered anything strange.
• Lin Xuan denied seeing anything unusual and tried to leave, but the yellow-robed cultivator blocked his way and ordered him to stay.

Lin Xuan killed three Azure Cloud Mountain cultivators who tried to interrogate him, then fled along a remote route into the Kui Yin Mountain Range. He spent the night concealed as dozens of righteous and demonic cultivators, including many Core Condensation experts, flew in the same direction, leaving him wondering what had drawn them together.

• Lin Xuan pretended to accept the yellow-robed cultivator's Heart-Questioning Talisman, then killed him with a sudden sword strike.
• Lin Xuan killed the leading Azure Cloud Mountain cultivator with a dagger that broke through his Spirit Power Shield.
• Lin Xuan killed the last Azure Cloud Mountain cultivator, took the three Storage Bags, and fled by a rarely traveled route.
• Lin Xuan hid from a passing Core Condensation expert and swallowed a Hidden Spirit Pill to conceal his aura.
• Lin Xuan spent the night watching dozens of righteous and demonic cultivators fly in the same direction and wondered what had gathered them.

Lin Xuan stopped a demonic cultivator to learn why so many cultivators were heading southeast and discovered the traffic was connected to the Heavenly Sha Devil Master. The old man linked the affair to Spirit Herb Mountain, leaving Lin Xuan shocked and sensing that a major event was about to unfold.

• Lin Xuan intercepted a Foundation Establishment Early Stage demonic cultivator and demanded to know why cultivators were gathering nearby.
• The old man told Lin Xuan that the Heavenly Sha Devil Master was a famed Core Condensation great-perfection cultivator and a likely future Nascent Soul Realm expert.
• Lin Xuan wondered why demonic cultivators and righteous cultivators were both converging in the area.
• The old man mentioned Spirit Herb Mountain, and Lin Xuan realized the affair was connected to his sect.

Lin Xuan questioned an old man about the Heaven Dust Pill, a legendary medicine made by Spirit Herb Mountain’s founding ancestor that could greatly improve the chances of Core Condensation and Nascent Soul formation. The old man explained that Heavenly Sha Devil Lord died defending the pill, but his Primordial Spirit escaped with it, and Lin Xuan asked whether the old man had come searching for it.

• Lin Xuan learned that Heavenly Sha Devil Lord had found the Heaven Dust Pill and that its effects could aid cultivators in advancing to higher realms.
• The old man said the pill had been created by Spirit Herb Mountain’s founding ancestor, True Person Tianchen, but had not been passed down within the sect.
• The old man recounted that righteous and demonic cultivators attacked Heavenly Sha Devil Lord after news of the pill spread, and he died after resisting them for three days and nights.
• The old man said Heavenly Sha Devil Lord’s Primordial Spirit escaped with the Heaven Dust Pill, while Lin Xuan briefly wondered whether this was connected to the half-human, half-demon monster he had encountered.
• After hearing the old man’s remaining information, Lin Xuan asked whether he had come there hoping to find the devil lord’s escaped Primordial Spirit.

Lin Xuan chose to pursue the Heaven Dust Pill despite warning another cultivator that claiming it would invite disaster. Disguised as a Spirit Movement Stage cultivator, he headed into the Kui Yin Mountain Range and found the path filled with increasingly fierce battles.

• Lin Xuan warned an old Foundation Establishment cultivator that even obtaining the Heaven Dust Pill could get him killed, and the old man abandoned his search.
• Lin Xuan decided he would pursue the pill because he believed it could help him condense a golden core.
• Lin Xuan swallowed a Hidden Spirit Pill and used a low-grade flying sword to disguise his strength as he entered the Kui Yin Mountain Range.
• Lin Xuan passed a battle between righteous and demonic cultivators, and both sides ignored him as a minor cultivator.
• Over the next day, Lin Xuan saw dozens of battles grow larger and more frequent, including a clash involving hundreds of cultivators.
• Lin Xuan sensed another fight ahead and found that both sides were demonic cultivators.

Lin Xuan reached a gathering of cultivators competing for the Heaven Dust Pill and discovered powerful forces were hiding nearby. As a fight broke out between the Sea Dragon Sect and the Nine Righteous of the Glacier, he stayed concealed and watched for a chance to benefit.

• Lin Xuan reached the boundary of the explored area and flew toward a gathering of several hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators and Core Condensation experts.
• Lin Xuan concealed himself after noticing that the major righteous and demonic sects were absent from the gathering.
• Lin Xuan detected two hidden groups, each containing several dozen cultivators and seven or eight Core Condensation experts, then swallowed a Hidden Spirit Pill and hid his aura.
• Lan Yantian killed a cultivator and taunted Geng Sanniang after recognizing her as the dead man's companion.
• A big man from the Nine Righteous of the Glacier challenged Lan Yantian, and the Sea Dragon Sect surrounded the nine Rogue Cultivators as both sides prepared to fight.

Sword Immortal Taibai persuaded the gathered cultivators to stop fighting over the Heaven Dust Pill and search for Heavenly Sha Devil Lord before he escaped into unexplored territory. After the other cultivators left, Taibai addressed people still hiding nearby, and Lin Xuan wondered whether he had been discovered.

• Hundreds of cultivators nearly erupted into a brawl over the Heaven Dust Pill and old grudges before a powerful voice ordered them to stop.
• Sword Immortal Taibai arrived with Azure Cloud Mountain, First Line Gorge, and Thunder Cloud Villa, and the cultivators feared the three groups might seize the pill for themselves.
• Taibai warned that Heavenly Sha Devil Lord might flee into unexplored territory and persuaded the cultivators to search for him together before settling who would obtain the Heaven Dust Pill.
• The cultivators split up and left, while the people from the three giants remained behind.
• Taibai called on those hiding in the dark to reveal themselves, and Lin Xuan stayed concealed while suspecting Taibai meant the other hidden group.

The righteous and demonic sects confronted one another over Sword Immortal Taibai’s plan to recruit cultivators to search for Heavenly Sha Devil Master and his Heaven Dust Pill. After both sides admitted they would seize the treasure by force, the demonic experts left to search on their own.

• Sword Immortal Taibai challenged the demonic cultivators, and Red-Eyed Old Monster and other Core Condensation experts emerged to face the righteous sects.
• Red-Eyed Old Monster and Hundred Poisons Boy accused Taibai of pretending to protect the cultivators while intending to use them as laborers searching for Heavenly Sha Devil Master.
• Taibai denied no scheme and argued that the demonic sects would act the same, while Madam Cheng and her husband declared that treasures belonged to whoever had the strength to take them.
• Hundred Poisons Boy and Red-Eyed Old Monster departed, and Blood Demon Patriarch and the other demonic experts vanished as well.