Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan and Ruo Xuan killed a Sea Race Dongxuan Realm cultivator, then parted after she accepted his Storage Bag. Lin Xuan continued toward the Marketplace to find a flying magic tool for the Hundred Herb Sect’s relocation.

• Lin Xuan and Ruo Xuan killed the Dongxuan Realm cultivator and destroyed his Nascent Soul.
• Lin Xuan gave Ruo Xuan the enemy’s Storage Bag after she asked to divide the spoils, and she revealed her name before leaving.
• Lin Xuan reflected that the Storage Bag had little value and hoped to gain Ruo Xuan’s goodwill and eventually obtain her Zixiao Li-Fire Art for Yan'er.
• Lin Xuan left for the Marketplace, worried that the Sea Race’s loss would make the Great Wilderness Sea more dangerous.
• Lin Xuan arrived at the barren island Marketplace, concealed his Lihe aura, and entered openly.

Lin Xuan visited the bustling Marketplace to find a flying Magic Artifact for the Hundred Herb Sect’s migration and entered Heaven Origin Pavilion. After proving his wealth, he went to the sixth floor, where he waited for the absent lady who would decide whether to sell him a suitable treasure.

• Lin Xuan saw cultivators preparing for the coming war with the Sea Race, which had made the Marketplace crowded and its goods expensive.
• Lin Xuan went to Heaven Origin Pavilion to search for a flying Magic Artifact capable of carrying several hundred people.
• Two Core Condensation Realm attendants required proof of eight million Spirit Stones before allowing Lin Xuan onto the sixth floor, and he showed them a Storage Bag containing several thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones.
• The attendants guessed that Lin Xuan was a powerful Lihe Realm cultivator, and Lin Xuan overheard their exchange as he continued upstairs.
• Lin Xuan found two mid-stage Lihe Realm cultivators dining amid music and dancing, then learned that the pavilion’s lady was delayed by half an hour and began eating while he waited.

Lin Xuan and two cultivators examined a replica spirit treasure at a pavilion after its madam offered it for sale. The scholar learned its price was three million mid-grade Spirit Stones and hesitated over spending nearly his entire fortune.

• The pavilion’s madam apologized for keeping Lin Xuan, the scholar, and the Taoist-Robed Elder waiting by giving each a gourd of Heaven Origin Spirit Wine.
• The scholar challenged the madam’s claim that the pavilion could provide any treasure, and she revealed that it had acquired a replica spirit treasure.
• The madam had her maid Xiao Qing bring a covered tray containing the Sea-Overturning Halberd, a replica of the ancient Heaven-Turning Halberd.
• The madam demonstrated the halberd’s power, and Lin Xuan judged it stronger than his Landscape Fan.
• The scholar examined the halberd and heard the madam name its price: three million mid-grade Spirit Stones.
• The scholar hesitated because buying the halberd would consume nearly all his savings.

Lin Xuan bought a defensive, concealing Spirit Boat while other cultivators considered risky trades at the shop. The Taoist-Robed Elder chose to buy the deadly Moro Pill in hopes of breaking through his cultivation bottleneck.

• A scholar decided to trade materials and Spirit Stones for the Sea-Overturning Halberd, and Old Weng valued his goods at three million mid-grade Spirit Stones.
• The Taoist-Robed Elder asked for medicine to break through his bottleneck and learned that the Moro Pill could kill him but might stimulate his meridians.
• Lin Xuan asked to see rare ice-attribute Spirit Tools, rejected the shop's ordinary offerings, and bought a Spirit Boat for one million mid-grade Spirit Stones.
• The Taoist-Robed Elder hesitated over the Moro Pill until Lin Xuan asked to buy it, then decided to take the risk and purchase it himself.

Lin Xuan traded a Shangqing Zhengyuan Pill for the Moro Pill formula and obtained the Heavenly Yin Cold Ice Sword at Heaven Origin Pavilion. As he continued shopping in the Marketplace after nightfall, a distant burst of lights and rumbling drew his attention.

• Lin Xuan offered a Shangqing Zhengyuan Pill in exchange for the Moro Pill formula, and the Taoist-Robed Elder agreed to obtain it from the shopkeeper.
• The Taoist-Robed Elder offered Lin Xuan a set of nine Heavenly Yin Cold Ice Swords, which Lin Xuan accepted as part of the exchange.
• Lin Xuan left Heaven Origin Pavilion with the Moro Pill formula and the Heavenly Yin Cold Ice Sword, having spent only one of his seventeen remaining Shangqing Zhengyuan Pills.
• Lin Xuan stayed at the Marketplace to replenish supplies and noticed that the scholar and Taoist-Robed Elder had also remained there.
• After nightfall, Lin Xuan heard a deep rumble and saw countless lights flare up where the water met the sky.

Lin Xuan survived the Sea Race’s surprise attack on the Marketplace and killed three pursuers, but he encountered a fleeing Confucian cultivator who warned him about the Pink Shark Demon. The chapter ended as the demoness’s voice revealed that she had found Lin Xuan and another survivor.

• Lin Xuan escaped as more than a hundred Sea Race war boats destroyed the deserted island and Marketplace, leaving few human cultivators alive.
• The survivors fled while Sea Race boats pursued them, and Lin Xuan drew three Nascent Soul Middle Stage pursuers away from the others.
• Lin Xuan revealed his Lihe Realm strength, killed the Sea Race woman with Sword Qi, and drowned and froze the two men with his control of water.
• The Nascent Soul of the Confucian cultivator who had bought the Sea-Overturning Halberd appeared and warned Lin Xuan that the Pink Shark Demon had defeated many cultivators.
• The Pink Shark Demon spoke to Lin Xuan, saying he could not escape and noting that another survivor had slipped through her net.

Lin Xuan faced Pink Shark Demon, a powerful Sea Race cultivator who attacked him with deadly poison and illusions. He resisted her abilities and began a counterattack, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Pink Shark Demon emerged from the Pink Peach Blossom Miasma and attacked a fleeing Nascent Soul with a blade of silk.
• Lin Xuan blocked her attack and let the miasma engulf him while the Nascent Soul escaped.
• Lin Xuan survived by using the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire, which devoured the poisonous mist.
• Pink Shark Demon conjured an illusion and concealed a Willow Leaf Blade within a false thunderfire attack, but Lin Xuan saw through both with his Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye.
• Lin Xuan summoned the Demonic Fate Sword and slashed at Pink Shark Demon’s hidden position.

Lin Xuan returned to Yuangui Island after defeating the Pink Shark Demon and found Holy City envoys pressuring Hundred Herb Sect to gather for war. He revealed himself, confronted the envoys, and attacked them to prevent them from reporting the sect’s planned departure.

• Lin Xuan killed the Pink Shark Demon, helped the surviving Nascent Soul recover, and flew toward Yuangui Island at full speed.
• Lin Xuan discovered Holy City envoys surrounding Hundred Herb Sect and concealed himself as he listened to Shangguan Muyu refuse to open the formation.
• Lin Xuan revealed himself, reunited with Yan'er, and used his Lihe Realm pressure to subdue the envoys’ arrogance.
• Guo Feng explained that the envoys had come to summon Hundred Herb Sect to Twin Phoenix Island, and Lin Xuan decided to keep them from leaving.
• Lin Xuan released several dozen Sword Rays against the Holy City envoys.

Lin Xuan killed the Holy City envoys to prevent them from reporting the Hundred Herb Sect’s plans, then ordered the sect to evacuate Yuangui Island as war between the two races had begun. While preparations were underway, he gave Shangguan Ling a rare sword set, and the chapter ended with her testing it.

• Lin Xuan killed the black-robed elder and the other Holy City cultivators, then burned their bodies to ash.
• Lin Xuan told Shangguan Muyu that the Hundred Herb Sect should leave Yuangui Island quickly because war between the two races had begun.
• Shangguan Muyu sent Shangguan Yan to gather the sect disciples, while Lin Xuan asked Shangguan Ling to stay behind.
• Lin Xuan gave Shangguan Ling the nine-sword Heavenly Yin Cold Ice Sword, a complete set of top-grade Spirit Tools suited to her Spirit Root.
• Shangguan Ling infused the swords with magic power and tested their cold, mist-shrouded blades.

Lin Xuan helped the Hundred Herb Sect escape Yuangui Island aboard his Spirit Boat, then taught Shangguan Ling and Shangguan Yan before deciding to guide them through Foundation Establishment during the journey. The chapter ended with the sisters stunned by his claim that he could complete their breakthroughs in half an hour.

• Shangguan Ling practiced with her Immortal Sword until her spiritual energy was nearly exhausted, and Lin Xuan praised her progress.
• Shangguan Muyu arrived with the Hundred Herb Sect disciples, and Lin Xuan summoned a Spirit Boat to carry them away from Yuangui Island.
• Lin Xuan powered and concealed the Spirit Boat, then instructed Shangguan Muyu to oversee the disciples while he cultivated on the third level.
• Lin Xuan guided Shangguan Ling and Shangguan Yan through their cultivation questions and urged them to prepare for Foundation Establishment.
• Shangguan Yan and Shangguan Ling worried that attempting Foundation Establishment before leaving dangerous waters was unsafe, but Lin Xuan insisted he could guide them through it in half an hour.

Lin Xuan used a top-grade Marrow Cleansing Pill and his own magic power to help Shangguan Yan establish her foundation in less than half an hour. After warning her that this was only the first step of cultivation, he told the astonished Shangguan Ling that it was her turn next.

• Shangguan Yan doubted she could establish her foundation so quickly and worried that she lacked a foundation-establishment item.
• Lin Xuan gave Shangguan Yan a top-grade Marrow Cleansing Pill, which she recognized from ancient records.
• Shangguan Yan swallowed the pill, and Lin Xuan guided its medicinal power through her meridians with the Nine Heavens Profound Art.
• Shangguan Yan broke through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, thanked Lin Xuan, and promised to cultivate diligently.
• Lin Xuan told Shangguan Ling it was her turn, leaving her surprised because she had only recently reached Foundation Establishment Late Stage.

Lin Xuan helped Shangguan Ling break through into the Foundation Establishment Realm, then turned to purifying the Waste Pills he had found at the Danyue Sect's main altar. His experiments showed that Silver Light Spots were needed to refine pills into mid-grade ones, but their supply was limited.

• Lin Xuan used pills and guided Shangguan Ling through a breakthrough into the Foundation Establishment Realm.
• Lin Xuan sent Shangguan Ling and her elder sister away to stabilize their new realms, then considered the dangers posed by the Holy City of the Human Race and the Six Kings of the Sea Race.
• Lin Xuan took out a jar of Waste Pills from the Danyue Sect's main altar and began purifying them with the Blue Star Sea.
• Lin Xuan purified a Waste Pill into a Jade Spirit Pill, then tested whether he could refine it into a mid-grade pill.
• Lin Xuan used Silver Light Spots to remove stubborn impurities and found that pure Silver Light Spots worked best, though he had too few to rely on them.

Lin Xuan discovered that the Spirit Boat was nearing a massive battle between Human Race cultivators and the Shark King's faction, forcing him to decide how to protect the Hundred Herb Sect disciples traveling with him. He stopped the concealed boat and chose to remain still rather than risk fleeing with such a large group.

• Lin Xuan found that combining Blue Light Spots and Silver Light Spots in a nine-to-one ratio purified pills most efficiently, then sensed trouble and left his quiet room.
• Hundred Herb Sect disciples gathered on deck and respectfully greeted Lin Xuan, hoping he might offer them guidance or benefits.
• Lin Xuan stopped the Spirit Boat with a spell and told Shangguan Muyu that nearly ten thousand Human Race cultivators and nearly ten thousand Sea Race cultivators from the Shark King's faction were fighting ahead.
• Lin Xuan judged that the Spirit Boat and its passengers could not escape detection if they fled, so he decided they should stay where they were.

Lin Xuan hid the Hundred Herb Sect’s Spirit Boat from the fighting Human and Sea Races by ordering the disciples to meditate and using Auxiliary Talismans to spread concealing fog. As he watched the distant battle, he spotted Holy City cultivators and focused on a fierce duel between two late-stage fighters.

• Shangguan Muyu entrusted the Hundred Herb Sect’s migration to Lin Xuan and agreed to follow his instructions.
• Lin Xuan told the disciples to return to their quiet rooms and meditate to conceal their auras.
• Lin Xuan activated several fine-grade Auxiliary Talismans, surrounding the Spirit Boat with concealing fog.
• Lin Xuan used his divine sense to observe the battle about a thousand li away and noticed several Holy City cultivators.
• Lin Xuan focused on a duel between two late-stage cultivators, including an ugly Buddhist mendicant wielding a fiery-red Zen Staff.

Lin Xuan watched the Holy City envoys battle the Mad Shark Clan and suspected the Sea Race’s attack concealed another purpose. The battle turned against the Human Race when a demonic fog arrived carrying tens of thousands of sharks.

• The Sea Race old man and his allies fought the Ascetic Monk and other Human Race cultivators while both sides remained locked in a stalemate.
• The old man told the Ascetic Monk that the Mad Shark King had ordered the attack to seize the Great Wilderness Sea and strike before the Human Race could unite.
• Lin Xuan stayed aboard his conspicuous Spirit Boat, wary of the Sea Race’s unusual tactics and unable to leave without attracting attention.
• A demonic fog descended, and Lin Xuan and the human cultivators discovered it contained tens of thousands of trained sharks ranging from Foundation Establishment to the Transformation Realm.
• The sharks joined the battle, forcing nearly every Human Race cultivator to face several sea beasts of comparable strength.

Sick Demon, a Dongxuan Realm expert of the Shark Race, arrived on the battlefield and killed the Ascetic Monk by draining his life and magic power. As the defeated Human Race cultivators fled toward Lin Xuan’s Spirit Boat, Lin Xuan decided he had to leave before the Sea Race noticed him.

• Sick Demon appeared above the battlefield, and the cultivators recognized him as a powerful Shark Race expert.
• The Ascetic Monk fled without his lifebound Dharma Treasure, but Sick Demon sent blood mist after him.
• Sick Demon’s blood mist pierced the Ascetic Monk’s defenses and drained him until he fell dead with his Nascent Soul.
• The Human Race cultivators scattered, and thousands of survivors fled toward Lin Xuan’s Spirit Boat.
• Lin Xuan realized the pursuing Sea Race might discover his boat and chose to leave.

Lin Xuan fled with the Hundred Herb Sect aboard the Spirit Boat, but the Sick Demon pursued them after sensing delicious vitality on board. Lin Xuan realized he could not use Phantom Escape while protecting Ling'er and Yan'er, leaving him facing a powerful enemy with few chances of victory.

• Lin Xuan abandoned concealment and sped away aboard the Spirit Boat while the Human Race continued fleeing and the Sea Race noticed the vessel.
• The Sick Demon ordered the Sea Race elder to deal with the scattered stragglers and set off after the Spirit Boat himself.
• The Sick Demon pursued the Spirit Boat, while Lin Xuan worried that he could not flee without abandoning his disciples, Ling'er and Yan'er.
• Lin Xuan recalled that his earlier victory against the Poison Dragon Old Ancestor's avatar had depended on luck and the unexplained power of the Five Dragon Seal.

Lin Xuan weighed whether to flee from Sick Demon and the Shark Race or protect the Hundred Herb Sect, especially his disciples Shangguan Yan and Shangguan Ling. Their willingness to sacrifice themselves moved him to stay and prepare to use a mysterious pill that could temporarily raise his cultivation to the Dongxuan Realm.

• Lin Xuan recognized that he could not defeat Sick Demon and the Shark Race alone, while fleeing would mean abandoning the Hundred Herb Sect and his disciples.
• Shangguan Yan urged Lin Xuan to escape and promised that she and the others would not hold him back.
• Shangguan Ling knelt and joined her sister in asking Lin Xuan to leave and avenge them later.
• Lin Xuan resolved to stay after being moved by his disciples' loyalty.
• Lin Xuan recalled the medicinal pill hidden in the shrine that could raise his cultivation to the Dongxuan Realm for a limited time.

Lin Xuan reconsidered using his life-saving pill and remembered the Giant Whale King’s Command Token, hoping it could keep the arriving Sea Race elder from attacking. As terrifying spiritual pressure approached, he sent Shangguan Muyu and his two disciples into the cabin while preparing to face the threat.

• Lin Xuan decided not to use his treasured pill and recalled that he had once saved the Giant Whale King’s princess, who had given him her father’s Command Token.
• Lin Xuan told his disciples he had another way to protect them and sealed their magic power when Shangguan Yan tried to argue.
• Lin Xuan asked Shangguan Muyu to take the two girls into the cabin as the Dongxuan Realm elder’s spiritual pressure arrived.
• The pressure immobilized Shangguan Muyu, but Lin Xuan dispelled its effects with his magic power.
• Shangguan Muyu brought her two daughters into the cabin, leaving Lin Xuan to face the approaching elder.

Lin Xuan faced the Shark Race's Sick Demon and used the Giant Whale King's Command Token to persuade him to spare the Spirit Boat. Sick Demon accepted Lin Xuan's explanation and decided to give the Giant Whale King's two princesses some face, though the chapter's author note warned that the crisis was not over.

• Lin Xuan stopped the Spirit Boat and faced the approaching Sick Demon without showing fear.
• Lin Xuan offered Sick Demon the Giant Whale King's Command Token, and Sick Demon recognized it as genuine.
• Sick Demon questioned Lin Xuan about his connection to the Giant Whale King, and Lin Xuan said he was friends with the king's daughters.
• Lin Xuan named the princesses Dongfang Mingyu and Dongfang Mingqi, convincing Sick Demon that he was telling the truth.
• Lin Xuan asked Sick Demon to spare the Spirit Boat's passengers, and Sick Demon decided to let them go for the princesses' sake.