Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan chose to stay and attack Poison Dragon Old Ancestor before he could complete his transformation, despite knowing the gap between their realms. After defeating the Old Ancestor's puppet soldiers and Beast Soul Talismans, Lin Xuan faced the still-transforming enemy.

• Poison Dragon Old Ancestor revealed that he could release his stored power by sacrificing the Zombie body, forcing Lin Xuan to choose between fleeing and fighting.
• Lin Xuan stayed and unleashed his Sword Ray, Zen Staff, Flame Corpse Crows, and other attacks against Poison Dragon Old Ancestor as he transformed.
• Poison Dragon Old Ancestor summoned golden-armored puppets and dragon and tiger Beast Soul Talismans to delay Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan destroyed the puppets, tore apart the tiger soul, and killed the flood dragon with Sword Qi.
• Poison Dragon Old Ancestor praised Lin Xuan for defeating his subordinates so quickly.

Lin Xuan faced Poison Dragon Old Ancestor’s transformed External Incarnation, a powerful Dongxuan Realm foe, and was overwhelmed in a direct clash. Poison Dragon Old Ancestor searched for Lin Xuan after he vanished beneath the sea, but his attacks struck only water as another sound approached from behind.

• Poison Dragon Old Ancestor transformed into a towering half-human, half-spider monster and revealed the pressure of his Dongxuan Realm cultivation.
• Lin Xuan summoned his treasures, Three-Eyed Corpse Crows, and Lesser Luo Heaven Dharma Image, then used Ice Arrow Thunder Fires when Poison Dragon Old Ancestor rushed him.
• Lin Xuan met Poison Dragon Old Ancestor’s hammering fists head-on with the Dragon-Elephant Demon-Subduing Technique, but was badly wounded and hurled into the sea.
• Poison Dragon Old Ancestor waited for Lin Xuan to surface, then sensed that his aura had disappeared and cut apart a water column that held no trace of him.
• Poison Dragon Old Ancestor detected another sound closer to him and fired a beam from the spider image behind his body.

Lin Xuan tricked Poison Dragon Old Ancestor and struck him with the Demonic Fate Sword, but the old monster concealed the damage and appeared unharmed. Believing the fight nearly hopeless, Lin Xuan’s longing for Yue'er overwhelmed his caution, and he launched another fierce attack as Poison Dragon Old Ancestor realized his confidence-breaking trick had failed.

• Lin Xuan used successive feints and a red cloth to appear close to Poison Dragon Old Ancestor, then struck him with the Demonic Fate Sword’s Qilin attack.
• Lin Xuan drank Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk to restore his depleted magic power while waiting for the attack’s effects to clear.
• Poison Dragon Old Ancestor appeared nearly unharmed, shocking Lin Xuan and making him question whether a Dongxuan Realm opponent could be defeated.
• Lin Xuan thought of Yue'er and their past battles, then let his grief and irritation drive him to attack recklessly.
• Lin Xuan sent the Snow Fox King's Long Spear and Zen Staff against Poison Dragon Old Ancestor and vanished to join the assault.
• Poison Dragon Old Ancestor revealed in his thoughts that he had suppressed his injuries and faked being unharmed to undermine Lin Xuan’s confidence, but Lin Xuan had reacted unexpectedly.

Lin Xuan fought Poison Dragon Old Ancestor with his hidden trump cards, but the old monster wounded him with a deadly Demon World talisman treasure. The chapter left Lin Xuan injured and facing the unexplained power of Poison Dragon Old Ancestor’s artifact.

• Poison Dragon Old Ancestor trapped Lin Xuan’s Golden Lion and Long Spear in corrosive spiderwebs, then charged him with his Corpse Evasion Technique.
• Lin Xuan revealed the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire and Lesser Luo Heaven Dharma Image, burning Poison Dragon Old Ancestor’s arms and forcing him to sever them.
• Lin Xuan pursued Poison Dragon Old Ancestor with the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire, Heavenly Thunder Sand, and Golden Lion as the old monster countered with a strange fan and black wind.
• Poison Dragon Old Ancestor struck Lin Xuan through the chest with a crimson Immortal Sword, seriously wounding him despite his Green Flame Qilin Armor.
• Poison Dragon Old Ancestor revealed that the sword was a treasure from the last war between the Spirit World and the Demon World, and Lin Xuan recognized it as a Demon World talisman treasure.

Lin Xuan’s attempt to escape Poison Dragon Old Ancestor failed, and he was left badly wounded as the demonic sword pursued him. When Lin Xuan raised the Five Dragon Seal in desperation, it swallowed the sword and the red baleful aura, then transformed under the influence of pure demonic qi.

• Lin Xuan used Phantom Escape to create nearly a hundred illusions, but Poison Dragon Old Ancestor’s demonic sword tore through space and struck him.
• Poison Dragon Old Ancestor attacked again at high speed, and Lin Xuan pushed his Spirit-Eye Secret Art to track the sword but could not evade it.
• Lin Xuan summoned the Five Dragon Seal and placed it between himself and the sword aimed at his heart.
• The Five Dragon Seal absorbed the demonic sword and drew the red aura from the sky into itself, stunning Poison Dragon Old Ancestor.
• The Five Dragon Seal turned pitch-black and began emanating pure demonic qi.

Lin Xuan used the Five Dragon Seal to summon a claw of the Sinful Dragon, which destroyed Poison Dragon Old Ancestor’s External Incarnation and saved him. Elsewhere, the true Poison Dragon Old Ancestor learned his incarnation had fallen and left Red Leaf Island to investigate.

• Lin Xuan spoke the mysterious incantation, and the Five Dragon Seal opened a vortex that summoned the Sinful Dragon’s enormous claw.
• The Sinful Dragon’s claw struck Poison Dragon Old Ancestor with a beam of light, killing him and vanishing with the vortex.
• Lin Xuan recovered the Five Dragon Seal, found its demonic energy gone, and flew toward the nearby island despite his injuries.
• At the City Lord’s Mansion on Red Leaf Island, Poison Dragon Old Ancestor discovered that his External Incarnation had been destroyed and feared his stored treasures were lost.
• White Bone True Lord tried to persuade Poison Dragon Old Ancestor to stay, but Poison Dragon left for Poison Dragon Island to learn what had happened.

The Seal Suppression Order at the Peak of Heaven's End reacted, and Guanghanzi learned that the Five Dragon Seal had likely emerged. The Nine-Tailed Sky Fox sent word to Fairy Jade Rabbit as powers across the Three Realms began responding, while the chapter ended by introducing another Spirit World realm.

• Guanghanzi tried to teach Princess Xinyue cultivation, but she remained distracted after returning from the lower realm.
• True Person Huanglong told Guanghanzi that the Seal Suppression Order at the Peak of Heaven's End had reacted and that Fairy Tianjue was watching it.
• True Person Huanglong said there was a seventy percent chance the emerged Immortal Mansion Treasure was the Five Dragon Seal, and Guanghanzi turned pale.
• The Nine-Tailed Sky Fox ordered a maid to send news of the Five Dragon Seal's emergence to Fairy Jade Rabbit.
• The Nine-Tailed Sky Fox recalled the devastation of the ancient war against the Underworld Realm and feared renewed chaos across the Three Realms.
• The chapter introduced a resource-rich minor realm and its splendid blessed grotto-heaven.

Nailong True Person received unverified news that the Five Dragon Seal could bring conflict between the Three Realms, and he eagerly anticipated using the turmoil to enter the Demon World and Underworld in search of beautiful women. In the Demon World, Devil Ancestor Bingpo abruptly tore open the void and departed while Heaven Origin waited behind.

• Nailong True Person celebrated Wang Tinglou’s advancement to the Dongxuan Realm and secretly assured him that Qianqian Fairy would not learn of the feast.
• Nailong True Person received a Flying Sword Message warning that events might soon bring chaos to the Three Realms, and he welcomed the chance to seek beauties in the other realms.
• The story shifted to the Demon World, where the powerful Devil Ancestor Bingpo tended an icy garden in her palace.
• Heaven Origin visited Bingpo, thanked her for restoring his strength, and pledged to serve her.
• Bingpo sensed something, tore open the void, and entered it, leaving Heaven Origin waiting in the garden.

Devil Ancestor Bingpo learned that the Five Dragon Seal had appeared in the Spirit World, prompting Underworld Realm spies to spread across its interfaces. After escaping the battle and recovering his belongings, Lin Xuan traveled onward, while a month later a group of low-level cultivators faced a deadly demon-bird attack at sea.

• Devil Ancestor Bingpo discovered the Five Dragon Seal had emerged in the Spirit World but could learn no further details.
• The Asura clan chief met secretly with the Five Kings, and Underworld Realm spies appeared across the Spirit World disguised as humans and demons.
• Lin Xuan confirmed Poison Dragon Old Ancestor's incarnation had died, retrieved seven or eight Storage Bags, and departed by Spirit Boat while injured.
• A month later, a group of cultivators fought hundreds of demon birds over an unnamed sea.
• After a disciple was killed and eaten, the middle-aged cultivator called to Yan'er.

Lin Xuan rescued Shangguan Yan, Shangguan Ling, and their Hundred Herb Sect companions from demon birds after testing the sisters with a false demand that they become his servants. Learning that he was in the remote, resource-poor Great Wilderness Sea, Lin Xuan was invited to settle at the sect, though its cautious middle-aged cultivator privately feared his intentions.

• Shangguan Yan and Shangguan Ling offered to become Lin Xuan’s servants to save their companions, but Lin Xuan revealed that his threat had been a test and killed the attacking demon birds.
• Lin Xuan appeared before the Hundred Herb Sect group, whose middle-aged cultivator thanked him and wondered at his immense, unreadable power.
• The middle-aged cultivator told Lin Xuan that the group was in the Great Wilderness Sea, a remote region bordering the warlike Mad Shark King.
• Shangguan Ling invited Lin Xuan to settle at the Hundred Herb Sect, and the middle-aged cultivator worried that she had invited a dangerous stranger into their home.
• Lin Xuan noticed the middle-aged cultivator’s unease and asked whether he objected to Lin Xuan’s staying.

Lin Xuan accompanied the Hundred Herb Sect cultivators back to Yuangui Island, hoping to hide within the small sect while he recovered from his recent defeat. There, he found the sect facing a threat from the Sky Fire Sect and concealed himself as the groups confronted each other.

• Lin Xuan accepted the Hundred Herb Sect cultivators’ invitation to settle at their sect, deciding that hiding within a small sect would be safer than retreating to an isolated island.
• After three days of travel, Shangguan Ling pointed out Yuangui Island, and Lin Xuan sensed a clash between cultivators at the sect’s main altar.
• Lin Xuan and the returning cultivators found Fairy Muyu facing Young Master Gu and the Sky Fire Sect, whose men were demanding that her daughters marry him.
• Young Master Gu threatened to destroy the Hundred Herb Sect when Fairy Muyu refused his demand.
• The Shangguan sisters and their companions arrived, and Lin Xuan hid his aura within the group as Young Master Gu recognized the sisters and rejoiced.

Lin Xuan intervened when the Sky Fire Sect threatened the Shangguan sisters, then agreed to settle on Yuangui Island near the Hundred Herb Sect. Shangguan Muyu welcomed him and offered him the cultivation cave left by Fairy Baicao.

• The Sky Fire Sect's young master demanded that Shangguan Yan'er and Shangguan Ling'er return with him, and Lin Xuan stepped forward to drive him off.
• After the young master challenged him, Lin Xuan killed more than a hundred Sky Fire Sect cultivators with a wave of wind blades.
• Shangguan Muyu thanked Lin Xuan, and Shangguan Ling led him to the Reception Pavilion while her mother spoke privately with Shangguan Yan'er and their Third Junior Brother.
• Shangguan Muyu arrived and expressed gratitude for Lin Xuan's earlier help, and he asked her to keep his presence on Yuangui Island secret.
• When Lin Xuan asked for a cultivation cave, Shangguan Muyu offered the cave of the Hundred Herb Sect's founding ancestor, Fairy Baicao, and Lin Xuan accepted.

Lin Xuan followed Shangguan Muyu to Forget-Worry Valley and discovered a painting of the Mystic Phoenix Fairy in the founder’s cave. Shangguan Muyu revealed that the Fairy had once stayed with the Hundred Herb Sect’s founder, who later ascended to another plane.

• Shangguan Muyu brought Lin Xuan to Forget-Worry Valley and showed him the founder’s cultivation cave.
• Lin Xuan recognized the woman in an ancient painting as the Mystic Phoenix Fairy, who had ascended from the same Human World as him.
• Lin Xuan revealed that he was an Ascended Cultivator and warned Shangguan Muyu to keep his background secret.
• Shangguan Muyu explained that the Mystic Phoenix Fairy had befriended the Hundred Herb Sect’s founder and stayed on Yuangui Island for several hundred years.
• Shangguan Muyu said the founder later advanced to Dongxuan and went to another plane.

After learning of his connection to the Hundred Herb Sect through Mystic Phoenix Fairy, Lin Xuan settled into the sect and healed the wounds left by the Demon Sword. While inspecting a shrine he had taken from the Danyue Sect, he discovered a hidden compartment and opened a Jade Box.

• Shangguan Muyu explained that the Hundred Herb Sect had declined and lost much of its cultivation knowledge, and Lin Xuan revealed his connection to Mystic Phoenix Fairy and Patriarch Mystic Phoenix.
• Lin Xuan prepared safeguards around his cultivation cave, then drew the Demon Sword's black Sword Qi from his wounds and discovered that refining it strengthened the corrosive power of his Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire.
• Over two days, Lin Xuan refined all the remaining Sword Qi, healed his wounds with Flesh-Regenerating Blood-Activating Ointment, and rested.
• Lin Xuan examined the shrine he had taken from the Danyue Sect and found a hidden compartment inside it.
• Lin Xuan pressed the shrine's concealed switch, opening the compartment and revealing a small Jade Box.

Lin Xuan discovered a Medicine Spirit pill and a Substitute Tribulation Talisman among his treasures before learning that the Sky Fire Sect had come to Yuangui Island to attack the Hundred Herb Sect. He joined the Shangguan sisters and prepared to confront Sky Fire Master as the sect’s protection array neared collapse.

• Lin Xuan opened a Jade Box made of Nine Heavens Yang-Returning Jade and found a Medicine Spirit pill sealed inside a porcelain bottle.
• Lin Xuan checked his treasures and set aside the Substitute Tribulation Talisman to use in a future crisis.
• Lin Xuan received a Sound Transmission Talisman and learned that Sky Fire Master had come to Yuangui Island to avenge his grandson.
• Lin Xuan followed the Shangguan sisters to the Hundred Herb Sect, where hundreds of cultivators sheltered beneath a failing Sect Protection Array.
• Sky Fire Master threatened Shangguan Muyu and the Hundred Herb Sect, and Lin Xuan offered to confront him alongside Shangguan Muyu.

Lin Xuan accompanied Shangguan Muyu and her daughters out of the Hundred Herb Sect’s restriction and confronted Sky Fire Master, who had besieged Yuangui Island to avenge his grandson. Lin Xuan killed Sky Fire Master and wiped out the Sky Fire Sect’s forces, then returned to his cultivation cave to examine his treasures.

• Shangguan Ling and Shangguan Yan asked to accompany their mother, and Lin Xuan agreed to bring them outside the restriction.
• Sky Fire Master halted the Sky Fire Sect’s attack when Lin Xuan and the Shangguan family emerged, then threatened them before recognizing Lin Xuan’s overwhelming power.
• Sky Fire Master pretended his attack had been a misunderstanding and praised Lin Xuan for killing his grandson, but Lin Xuan saw through his deceit and decided to kill him.
• Sky Fire Master tried to flee by joining with his Immortal Sword, but Lin Xuan crushed him with a gesture, leaving no chance for his Nascent Soul to escape.
• The Sky Fire Sect’s cultivators scattered, and Lin Xuan killed them all with water and fire attacks.
• Shangguan Muyu and her daughters watched in awe as Lin Xuan said he would return to his cultivation cave and invited them to contact him with a Sound Transmission Talisman.

Lin Xuan returned to his cultivation cave and examined the wealth he had taken from Poison Dragon Old Ancestor, finding Spirit Stones, pills, rare materials, Demon Cores, and many treasures. He discovered a rare set of seven Ancient Shields that could strengthen his defenses.

• Lin Xuan returned to his cultivation cave and poured out high-grade and top-grade Spirit Stones from a Storage Bag.
• Lin Xuan sorted numerous pills, setting aside unfamiliar ones, including a black pill he could not identify.
• Lin Xuan found rare materials, including Purple Gold Bark, and realized he had nearly gathered everything needed to refine the Fire Sword of the Nine Heavens Instant Sword.
• Lin Xuan examined Demon Cores, suspected some belonged to Underworld Beasts, and put the materials away.
• Lin Xuan tested Poison Dragon Old Ancestor's treasures and discovered that a small Ancient Shield was actually a set of seven shields.

Lin Xuan tested and named the Mystic Cyan Mother-Child Shield, then sorted through Poison Dragon Old Ancestor’s vast collection and left the cultivation room far wealthier. He met Shangguan Yan in the Herb Garden, learned how badly the Hundred Herb Sect had declined, and asked about her cultivation.

• Lin Xuan activated the seven shields as a set, tested their defense, and identified them as an imitation Spirit Treasure he named the Mystic Cyan Mother-Child Shield.
• Lin Xuan selected eighteen Ancient Treasures for his Lesser Luo Heaven Dharma Image and stored the remaining treasures for later trade or sale.
• After two days of inventorying Poison Dragon Old Ancestor’s Storage Bags, Lin Xuan found himself rich in treasures, Spirit Stones, pills, materials, and talismans.
• Lin Xuan decided to breed the Blood Fire Ants as a future trump card and went out to stroll through Forget-Worry Valley.
• Lin Xuan met Shangguan Yan tending the Herb Garden and learned that the Hundred Herb Sect relied on its dwindling harvest because its resources and income had nearly vanished.
• Shangguan Yan told Lin Xuan she had cultivated for twelve years and had reached the great perfection of the Spirit Movement Stage despite lacking resources.

Lin Xuan tried to guide Shangguan Yan in the Hundred Herb Insights but found her questions difficult and began pondering the method’s possible connection to the Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens Art. The next morning, he realized Shangguan Yan wanted him to take her as his disciple, and she openly asked him to accept her.

• Shangguan Yan explained that the Hundred Herb Art’s original records had been lost and asked Lin Xuan to clarify its cultivation insights.
• Lin Xuan struggled to answer Shangguan Yan’s questions, ended their discussion, and later wondered whether the Hundred Herb Insights were connected to the Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens Art.
• Shangguan Yan returned early the next morning and treated Lin Xuan with the deference of a disciple.
• Lin Xuan asked whether Shangguan Yan wished to take him as her master, and she knelt and begged him to accept her.
• Shangguan Yan confirmed that her mother had told her Lin Xuan had ascended from the lower realm and had ties to Mystic Phoenix Fairy.

Lin Xuan agreed to take Shangguan Yan as a nominal disciple after discovering her Thunder Spirit Root, and agreed to test her younger sister Ling'er as a possible second disciple. He then studied the Ten Thousand Soul Tower and found its Treasure-Controlling Formula.

• Lin Xuan explained that he had never taken disciples before, then tested Shangguan Yan's aptitude and discovered her Thunder Spirit Root.
• Lin Xuan accepted Shangguan Yan as a nominal disciple after warning her that his path could bring grave dangers and require her to defend the sect.
• Shangguan Yan asked Lin Xuan to consider her younger sister Ling'er, and he told her to bring Ling'er in a month so he could test her himself.
• Lin Xuan went to the Cultivation Room and tried secret arts to unlock the Ten Thousand Soul Tower's Treasure-Controlling Formula.
• After trying eighty-one secret arts, Lin Xuan opened the tower and saw its ancient formula appear in golden characters.