Chapter Summaries

Jin Yi retrieved a jade box from a shrine and uncovered a legendary Medicine Spirit, setting off a dispute among the five cultivators over its worth and who should claim it. As they debated whether to auction or consume the pill, Master Jinhong accused Jin Yi of making a move.

• Jin Yi used his Demon Transformation divine ability to overcome the shrine’s restriction and take the Jade Box.
• Fairy Mingquan recognized the box as Nine Heavens Yang-Returning Jade, a precious material Lin Xuan needed for his Fire Sword.
• Jin Yi opened the box and removed a small bottle, releasing a pill that struggled to escape inside a ball of golden light.
• Lin Xuan and the others suspected the pill was a Medicine Spirit, said to be capable of dramatically increasing a cultivator’s power.
• The five debated whether to auction the pill or use it, but Master Jinhong suddenly confronted Jin Yi.

Jin Yi swallowed the Medicine Spirit and endured the attacks of Lin Xuan, Xianmu Yi Lan, Zen Master Jinhong, and Fairy Mingquan behind a powerful protective barrier as his cultivation rapidly rose. Meanwhile, two Dongxuan Realm cultivators opened the Gate of Alien Space and began preparing a Teleportation Array to enter safely.

• Jin Yi swallowed the treasure while the others were discussing how to divide it, prompting Lin Xuan, Xianmu Yi Lan, Zen Master Jinhong, and Fairy Mingquan to attack him together.
• The Gate of Alien Space opened, but the blond old monster stopped the old man in Daoist robes from entering and explained that they needed a Teleportation Array to avoid the spatial force.
• A gray barrier protected Jin Yi from the four cultivators' attacks after he swallowed the Medicine Spirit.
• Jin Yi screamed and writhed in agony as his cultivation surged from early Lihe Realm to the middle stage and then the late stage.
• Lin Xuan and the others continued their futile assault, fearing Jin Yi would become a threat if his cultivation kept rising.

As Jin Yi’s breakthrough threatened everyone, Lin Xuan and the others unleashed their strongest treasures against the gray barrier, but failed to break it. Lin Xuan tried to flee with the shrine’s treasures, only to be confronted by Fairy Mingquan.

• Lin Xuan revealed the Landscape Fan, while the monk, Fairy Mingquan, and Xianmu Yi Lan used their powerful treasures and abilities to attack the gray barrier.
• Their combined strike failed to damage the barrier as Jin Yi’s aura continued rising toward the limit of the Dongxuan Realm.
• Lin Xuan headed for the staircase and used a ray of light to take the offering table and shrine with him.
• Zen Master Jinhong attacked Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan’s Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire destroyed the glowing hand and forced the monk to retreat.
• Fairy Mingquan appeared in Lin Xuan’s path and demanded that he leave the treasures behind.

Lin Xuan escaped the third floor with Xianmu Yi Lan and Zen Master Jinhong as Jin Yi suddenly advanced to the Dongxuan Realm. Jin Yi emerged from the ruined hall holding Fairy Mingquan captive and prepared to kill the survivors.

• Lin Xuan attacked Fairy Mingquan with Sword Qi and a falling emerald mountain, then fled up the staircase; Xianmu Yi Lan and Zen Master Jinhong followed.
• Jin Yi's cultivation surged as he absorbed the Medicine Spirit, and he broke through to the Dongxuan Realm while Fairy Mingquan failed to escape.
• Jin Yi unleashed his power, destroying the great hall as Lin Xuan and the others turned back and realized Jin Yi had advanced.
• Jin Yi appeared above the ruins holding an unconscious woman and told Zen Master Jinhong that he would kill them to silence witnesses.

Jin Yi claimed to have reached the Dongxuan Realm and demanded that Lin Xuan, Xianmu Yi Lan, and the Old Monk surrender or die. They joined forces against him, but Jin Yi proved his strength and rapidly regenerated after Xianmu Yi Lan cut off his arm.

• Jin Yi offered to spare Lin Xuan, Xianmu Yi Lan, and the Old Monk only if they surrendered a soul and spirit to be sealed, then demanded that they kill themselves when they refused.
• Lin Xuan attacked Jin Yi with the Landscape Fan, while the Old Monk summoned an Ancient Demon and Xianmu Yi Lan prepared to fight alongside them.
• Jin Yi used gathered heaven-and-earth vital energy to catch Lin Xuan's enormous mountain peak and then hurled it toward the charging Ancient Demon.
• Jin Yi threw Fairy Mingquan in front of Xianmu Yi Lan's sword, but the blade passed through her harmlessly before Jin Yi tried to catch it with his transformed arm.
• Xianmu Yi Lan's Immortal Sword severed Jin Yi's arm, but Jin Yi reattached it and regenerated, leaving the Old Monk terrified of the Golden Moon Toad's True Spirit ability.

Jin Yi transformed his power into impure True Spirit qi and attacked Lin Xuan and the others with illusionary copies. Lin Xuan exposed the trick and helped the group resist, but Jin Yi killed the Ancient Demon and continued toward Master Jinhong.

• Jin Yi reattached his severed palm and transformed into a toad-like form wrapped in golden True Spirit qi.
• Jin Yi split into four images and charged the group, but Lin Xuan used his Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye and Heavenly Eye Technique to identify the real one.
• Lin Xuan warned Master Jinhong and attacked Jin Yi with the Landscape Fan, while Master Jinhong launched his Buddhist Prayer Beads.
• Jin Yi blocked the attacks with his shield and charged toward Master Jinhong, but the Ancient Demon appeared and struck at him.
• Jin Yi overpowered the Ancient Demon's attacks, smashed through its claw, punched through its chest, and tore off its head.
• Jin Yi left the Ancient Demon's body behind and continued toward Master Jinhong.

Jin Yi killed Zen Master Jinhong and Fairy Mingquan, leaving Lin Xuan and Xianmu Yi Lan facing the Dongxuan Realm cultivator. As Lin Xuan prepared his treasures, Xianmu Yi Lan revealed a beastlike transformation and drew a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure.

• Jin Yi shattered Zen Master Jinhong's defenses and dissolved him with True Toad Poison.
• Fairy Mingquan fled in panic, but Jin Yi's golden claw struck her and his flames burned her Nascent Soul to charcoal.
• Lin Xuan concealed his fear while his Second Nascent Soul searched for an exit, having escaped the final hall with the Demonic Fate Sword after plundering its treasures.
• Jin Yi demanded that Lin Xuan and Xianmu Yi Lan surrender, while Lin Xuan summoned the Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring, Hundred Spirit Bell, Three-Eyed Corpse Crows, Landscape Fan, and Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire.
• Xianmu Yi Lan fused with a fierce-beast-like Void Shadow, strengthened his aura, and drew a long blade that Lin Xuan recognized as a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure.

Lin Xuan and Xianmu Yi Lan faced Jin Yi after Xianmu Yi Lan revealed a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure, but Jin Yi’s sudden rise to Dongxuan proved to be only a temporary Nanke Dream. With Jin Yi weakened back to Lihe Realm, he attacked Lin Xuan while trying to escape.

• Xianmu Yi Lan dodged Jin Yi’s lightning-fast attack with his wings and struck back with his Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure, slicing a mountain in half.
• Jin Yi’s power rapidly fell from Dongxuan Realm to Lihe Realm, leaving him drained as Lin Xuan realized the Medicine Spirit’s boost had been a brief illusion.
• Lin Xuan and Xianmu Yi Lan mocked Jin Yi, who threatened them while recognizing he was trapped and outmatched.
• Jin Yi threw talismans at Xianmu Yi Lan and charged at Lin Xuan, hoping to exploit him as a way to escape.

Lin Xuan killed Jin Yi and claimed the Nine Heavens Yang-Returning Jade, then faced off against Xianmu Yi Lan over the treasure. Their standoff ended when two Dongxuan Realm cultivators entered the Xuyu Space and pursued them, leaving Lin Xuan fleeing with a powerful enemy on his trail.

• Lin Xuan defeated Jin Yi in a clash of fists, seized his Storage Bag, and destroyed his Nascent Soul with Sword Qi.
• Xianmu Yi Lan attacked Lin Xuan and demanded the Nine Heavens Yang-Returning Jade, but Lin Xuan refused and revealed his formidable treasures and Dharma Image.
• A thunderous explosion announced the arrival of two Dongxuan Realm cultivators, so Lin Xuan and Xianmu Yi Lan fled in different directions.
• The Golden-Haired Elder and the Taoist-Robed Elder entered the Xuyu Space and decided to pursue Lin Xuan and Xianmu Yi Lan, each taking one target.
• Lin Xuan sensed that the Golden-Haired Elder had locked onto his aura, while the Second Nascent Soul still had not found an exit.

Lin Xuan absorbed the Nascent Soul’s collected treasures and tried to escape, but a powerful Dongxuan Realm Taoist-Robed Elder caught up with him. After questioning Lin Xuan about the destruction of the Li Family, the elder ordered him to return to the Holy City, leaving Lin Xuan startled by the revelation of the elder’s origin.

• A Nascent Soul carrying seven or eight full Storage Bags rejoined Lin Xuan, who took the bags and absorbed it into his body.
• Lin Xuan fled through the space but stopped when the Taoist-Robed Elder’s divine sense locked onto him and the elder arrived before him.
• The Taoist-Robed Elder asked whether Lin Xuan’s group had destroyed the Li Family, and Lin Xuan admitted it before inventing a story about their conflict.
• The elder said he had been ordered to capture the Li Family cultivators alive and demanded that Lin Xuan return with him to the Holy City to face the City Lord.
• The elder threatened to capture Lin Xuan, explaining that his resemblance to the elder’s deceased son had made him hesitate, and Lin Xuan reacted with surprise upon hearing that the elder came from the Holy City.

Lin Xuan pretended to submit to the Taoist-Robed Elder’s demand to return to the Holy City, then tricked him into opening a box packed with powerful talismans. The talismans engulfed the elder, buying Lin Xuan time to launch his next attack.

• Lin Xuan feigned fear and agreed to return to the Holy City with the Taoist-Robed Elder.
• The elder demanded Lin Xuan’s Storage Bag, and Lin Xuan claimed he had treasures to offer instead.
• Lin Xuan presented an ancient-looking Jade Box, flattering the elder until his vigilance relaxed.
• The elder opened the box and found a thick stack of talismans inside.
• Lin Xuan distracted the elder, and the talismans erupted in ice, lightning, and flames around him.

Lin Xuan launched a succession of attacks to keep the Taoist-Robed Elder from counterattacking. After the Hundred Dragon Fangs and a Qilin formed from the Broken Sword struck the elder, Lin Xuan prepared to use True Spirit Strike.

• Lin Xuan used talismans, Sword Qi, and the Hundred Spirit Bell's Three-Eyed Corpse Crows to keep the Taoist-Robed Elder on the defensive.
• The Taoist-Robed Elder scattered the talisman attacks and Sword Qi with a gale, then formed a shield from heaven-and-earth origin qi.
• Lin Xuan unleashed the Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring's Hundred Dragon Fangs, forcing the elder to withstand the dragons with his magical-power shield.
• Lin Xuan channeled the Broken Sword to form a silver Qilin, which charged into the elder while the Hundred Dragon Fangs kept him occupied.
• Lin Xuan raised his hand to use True Spirit Strike rather than let the elder regain the initiative.

Lin Xuan unleashed True Spirit Strike against the Taoist-Robed Elder while Xianmu Yi Lan revealed a demonic transformation and fought the Golden-Haired Elder. After Xianmu Yi Lan destroyed the elder’s summoned lion, the elder asked whether he was connected to Lord Heavenly Demon.

• Lin Xuan gathered his spiritual power into a miniature White Tiger and sent it roaring toward the Taoist-Robed Elder.
• Xianmu Yi Lan used his Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure to hold off the Golden-Haired Elder, but the elder’s golden claw destroyed his protective Dharma Treasures.
• Xianmu Yi Lan summoned seven Blood-colored Runes, transformed with demonic markings and black wings, and faced the elder’s attack.
• Xianmu Yi Lan used black qi from a vortex to bind and annihilate the elder’s summoned lion.
• The Golden-Haired Elder asked whether Xianmu Yi Lan had wiped out the Li Family cultivators, and Xianmu Yi Lan admitted they had blocked his path to wealth.
• The Golden-Haired Elder asked Xianmu Yi Lan what relationship he had with Lord Heavenly Demon.

After Lin Xuan’s attacks destroyed the Taoist-Robed Elder’s fleshly body, the elder’s Dongxuan Realm Nascent Soul fought on using a Void Shadow and powerful treasures. Lin Xuan narrowly escaped surprise attacks, but a sword strike pierced his shield and continued toward his head.

• Lin Xuan restored his magic power with Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk and saw that his attacks had left the Taoist-Robed Elder maimed and near death.
• The Taoist-Robed Elder exploded his fleshly body, revealed his Nascent Soul, and formed a Void Shadow to fight Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan attacked with the Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring, a Long Spear, and the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire, while the Nascent Soul countered with a Jade Ruyi.
• The Nascent Soul’s sudden fireball and Sword Qi forced Lin Xuan to evade and raise the Black Gold Dragon Scale Shield.
• The Sword Qi split Lin Xuan’s shield and kept slashing toward his head, leaving him unable to teleport away in time.

Lin Xuan used the Five Dragon Seal and Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire to break through the Taoist-Robed Elder's defenses, then fought him with the Lesser Luo Heaven Dharma Image and Demonic Fate Sword. Their clash opened a fissure to the seawater outside the Xuyu Space, and Lin Xuan struck it with the Long Spear in an attempt to escape.

• Lin Xuan accidentally blocked the Taoist-Robed Elder's sword light with the Five Dragon Seal and used its mist to approach him.
• Lin Xuan's sword attacks and talismans failed against the Jade Ruyi's light curtain, but his gray Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire corroded it away.
• Lin Xuan summoned the Lesser Luo Heaven Dharma Image and battered the Taoist-Robed Elder's Nascent Soul until it abandoned its Void Shadow and teleported away.
• Lin Xuan attacked the Nascent Soul with the Demonic Fate Sword, and their Sword Qis collided, opening a small spatial fissure that revealed seawater beyond the Xuyu Space.
• Lin Xuan poured his magical power into the Long Spear and struck the fissure with a five-colored blade of light.

Lin Xuan escaped the spatial fissure and used the Phantom Escape art to evade the Nascent Soul pursuing him. After six thousand-li shifts, he concealed his aura and continued onward, while the Nascent Soul failed to locate him.

• Lin Xuan widened the spatial fissure, recalled his treasures, and escaped through it as the Nascent Soul followed.
• The Nascent Soul chased Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan used Phantom Escape and produced nearly a hundred lifelike images to delay him.
• Lin Xuan shifted a thousand li at a time, using Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk to replenish his magic power between escapes.
• After six successive shifts, Lin Xuan hid his aura and flew slowly onward, strained by the physical burden of the technique.
• The Nascent Soul searched with his divine sense but found no trace of Lin Xuan and wondered what secret art he had used.

The Nascent Soul and the Golden-Haired Elder discussed how their encounters with Lin Xuan had ended in failure, and the Golden-Haired Elder revealed why he had let Lin Xuan escape. He identified Lin Xuan as a descendant of the Xianmu Family, tied to the feared Heavenly Demon, leaving the Nascent Soul shocked and wary.

• The Nascent Soul vented his fury after losing his fleshly body and failing to stop Lin Xuan from escaping.
• The Golden-Haired Elder arrived, and the two elders admitted that both had failed to capture their opponents.
• The Golden-Haired Elder explained that he had deliberately let Lin Xuan go because even the City Lord would not dare provoke him.
• The Golden-Haired Elder said Lin Xuan was not from their realm and might have arrived through one of the long-lost inter-boundary Teleportation Arrays.
• The Golden-Haired Elder identified Lin Xuan as a direct-line descendant of the Xianmu Family and connected the family to the Heavenly Demon.
• The two elders recalled the Heavenly Demon's power and his devotion to a Spirit World woman, then wondered why one of his descendants had come to the East Sea.

Lin Xuan escaped the danger after the clash with the Dongxuan Realm cultivator and spent three months recovering on a deserted island. He tested an Ancient Treasure filled with Heavenly Thunder Sand and then returned to his cave to examine the other gains from his trip to the Danyue Sect.

• The Golden-Haired Elder explained that Xianmu Yi Lan bore a mark that would reveal his death to the Heavenly Demon Family, so he had let him go and planned to report the failed mission to the City Lord.
• Lin Xuan fled tens of thousands of li, reached a deserted island, and spent three months healing his body and restoring his magic power.
• Lin Xuan inspected a pitch-black gourd and discovered it contained reusable Heavenly Thunder Sand.
• Lin Xuan tested the sand at sea, confirming its explosive power and shaping it into a Flood Dragon and then a winged tiger.
• Lin Xuan returned to his cave and reflected on the treasures he had gained from the Danyue Sect and his need for medicinal pills to improve his cultivation.

Lin Xuan inventoried the Second Nascent Soul’s spoils, gaining abundant Jade Spirit Pills, eighteen Shangqing Zhengyuan Pills, and many other treasures. After fleeing Nine Immortals City and traveling south, he reached Cuixin Island and demanded that its cultivators surrender the spirit vein, leaving them shocked and angered.

• Lin Xuan sorted the Storage Bags and discovered more than twenty bottles of Jade Spirit Pills and eighteen Shangqing Zhengyuan Pills.
• Lin Xuan finished inventorying his gains, fed a fire-attribute Top-grade Spirit Stone to the Ten-Thousand-Year Fire Coral’s dog incarnation, and decided to avoid Nine Immortals City while he strengthened himself.
• Lin Xuan traveled south for half a month and found Cuixin Island, where several Rogue Cultivators lived around a spirit vein.
• Lin Xuan disguised himself as a short, fat old man and used spiritual pressure to summon the island’s cultivators.
• The Seven Friends of Tianman’s eldest brother emerged from seclusion as a peak early Lihe Realm cultivator, and Lin Xuan demanded that he and the others yield Cuixin Island.

Lin Xuan confronted the Seven Friends of Tianman over Cuixin Island and easily overwhelmed them. After he destroyed the Old Monk’s Cold Flood Dragon Separation Fire and damaged his lifebound treasure, the Old Monk offered to surrender the island, but Lin Xuan refused to settle matters peacefully.

• Lin Xuan attacked the Seven Friends of Tianman with sword light, injuring the six Nascent Soul cultivators while the Old Monk blocked the attack with his Zen Staff.
• The Old Monk summoned his Cold Flood Dragon Separation Fire, but Lin Xuan’s three-colored Phoenix swallowed it.
• Furious over losing his secret technique, the Old Monk attacked Lin Xuan with several treasures.
• Lin Xuan unleashed Heavenly Thunder Sand from his Gourd Artifact and blasted the Old Monk’s lifebound Dharma Treasure into scrap.
• The Old Monk asked Lin Xuan to spare them and offered to hand over Cuixin Island, but Lin Xuan said it was too late.