Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan broke free from Venerable Unscrupulous’s Immortal-Binding Rope and defeated him in close combat. After a hidden Dongxuan Realm Golden Lion Demon attacked, Lin Xuan killed Venerable Unscrupulous, reclaimed the Nine Suns True Iron, and fled, but the demon pursued him.

• Lin Xuan used the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire and Demon Transformation to freeze and tear apart the Immortal-Binding Rope, then blocked Venerable Unscrupulous’s dagger with the Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring.
• Lin Xuan overwhelmed Venerable Unscrupulous with claw strikes and punches, leaving the Lion Demon badly injured and unable to escape.
• A hidden Dongxuan Realm cultivator appeared overhead, and Lin Xuan swiftly killed Venerable Unscrupulous, cut apart his body and soul, and took his Storage Bag.
• The hidden cultivator revealed himself as an enormous Golden Lion and attacked Lin Xuan with a destructive beam of light.
• Lin Xuan countered with the Lesser Luo Heaven Dharma Image and its eighteen treasures, then fled after the clash while the Golden Lion pursued him.

Lin Xuan was caught in a powerful illusion realm while fleeing the Golden Lion and tested it with his treasures and spirit beasts. He realized that the enemies he saw might be illusions, but he had not yet found the illusion's weakness.

• Lin Xuan used Nine Heavens Micro-Steps to widen the gap between himself and the pursuing Golden Lion.
• A vast bank of white fog descended on Lin Xuan, trapping him in an icy illusion realm created by a new enemy.
• Lin Xuan tried to see through the illusion with his Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye, but it failed against the realm's power.
• Lin Xuan summoned the Hundred Spirit Bell and sent his Flame Corpse Crows to attack birds that appeared within the illusion.
• Lin Xuan tested the illusion with the Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring and discovered that the Flying Swords attacking him were intangible phantoms.

Lin Xuan escaped a powerful Illusion Realm by using an ancient Long Spear, only to be struck by a hidden attacker as soon as he emerged. He began casting an ancient spell to conceal himself, drawing a surprised reaction from the mysterious expert.

• Lin Xuan realized ordinary attacks could not break the Illusion Realm and decided to use his ancient Long Spear.
• The Golden Lion transformed into a Golden-Haired Elder and waited outside the fog, confident Lin Xuan would die inside.
• Lin Xuan infused the Long Spear with magic power and swung it, tearing open a crack in the Illusion Realm.
• Lin Xuan fled through the crack with the Nine Heavens Micro-Steps, but an Armor-Piercing Awl struck him despite his Mystic Cyan Mother-Child Shield.
• Lin Xuan cast an ancient spell that spread colored spiritual light around him and concealed his figure, surprising the hidden expert.

Lin Xuan escaped the Jellyfish King and the Golden-Haired Elder after breaking free of the King’s illusions and using repeated teleportation. The Jellyfish King later suggested that Lin Xuan might not be from this realm, leaving the Golden-Haired Elder stunned.

• The Golden-Haired Elder recognized that the attacker was the Jellyfish King and was astonished when Lin Xuan escaped the King’s illusions.
• Lin Xuan created nearly a hundred lifelike illusions of himself, startling the hidden Jellyfish King and using the opening to flee.
• The Golden-Haired Elder pursued Lin Xuan with his divine sense, but Lin Xuan’s repeated teleportation carried him beyond its range.
• The Jellyfish King appeared before the Golden-Haired Elder and admitted that Lin Xuan was no ordinary cultivator.
• The Jellyfish King suggested that Lin Xuan might not be from this realm, and the Golden-Haired Elder asked what he meant.

Lin Xuan escaped Jellyfish King and the Lion Clan’s pursuit, then recovered in seclusion for a month. He set out to find a sea chart and locate a place to buy the medicinal pills he had promised Shangguan Muyu, and stopped a family traveling through the sky.

• Jellyfish King told the Golden-Haired Elder that Lin Xuan’s spear could mobilize the laws of space, while the two discussed how Lin Xuan might have reached the East Sea Cultivation World.
• The Golden-Haired Elder stopped searching for Lin Xuan, and two Human Race cultivators decided to watch for him and try to recruit him.
• Lin Xuan used Phantom Escape to flee hundreds of thousands of li, then hid in a remote valley to recover from his injuries and depleted magic power.
• After a month, Lin Xuan fully recovered and decided not to return to Nine Immortals City, instead seeking a sea chart and another place to buy the promised pills.
• Lin Xuan sensed a traveling family and blocked the path of their Startling Rainbow.

Lin Xuan encountered Yue Hua, a cultivator descended from his former acquaintance Jin Ling, and learned that Jin Ling had died without reaching the Nascent Soul Realm. He asked Yue Hua's family for a sea chart and left them to wonder why he needed one.

• Lin Xuan stopped Yue Hua, her husband, and their son, and asked how Yue Hua was related to Jin Ling.
• Yue Hua recognized Lin Xuan as the former Young Master her grandmother had spoken of and knelt to pay her respects.
• Yue Hua said Jin Ling had come to the Spirit World but died more than a hundred years earlier without forming a Nascent Soul.
• Lin Xuan wondered why Jin Ling had failed to advance despite her exceptional aptitude but chose not to question Yue Hua further.
• Lin Xuan asked Yue Hua's family for a sea chart, explaining that there were no nearby islands where he could buy one.

Lin Xuan bought supplies at the Shayang Sect Marketplace and unexpectedly encountered Red Leaf Fairy, only to see Shayang Sect cultivators surround her. As a Shayang Sect elder arrived to invite her as an honored guest, Lin Xuan watched the situation unfold.

• Lin Xuan gave Yue Hua and her husband a bottle of Spirit-Cleansing Pills to protect their son, then left with the sea chart.
• Lin Xuan disguised himself and entered the Shayang Sect Marketplace, where he purchased pills and materials in bulk.
• Lin Xuan spotted Red Leaf Fairy but chose not to approach her, glad to see that she had advanced to the early Lihe stage.
• Shayang Sect soldiers surrounded Red Leaf Fairy, who stayed cautious rather than fight them at the sect's main altar.
• A Shayang Sect elder arrived and rebuked the soldiers for treating an honored guest improperly.

Lin Xuan returned to see why Xia Tianhao and the Shayang Sect were blocking Red Leaf Fairy. Xia Tianhao revealed that he intended to take her to True Person Shayang as a birthday gift, while Lin Xuan watched from the crowd and weighed whether to intervene.

• Xia Tianhao arrived in the Marketplace and drew a crowd of curious cultivators.
• Lin Xuan heard the commotion, returned, and decided to learn what was happening before acting.
• Xia Tianhao told Red Leaf Fairy that he wanted her to come to the Shayang Sect's main altar for a supposed good fortune.
• Xia Tianhao revealed that his master, True Person Shayang, expected beautiful women as gifts for his birthday.
• Red Leaf Fairy realized Xia Tianhao meant to present her as a concubine, while nearby cultivators urged her to accept and Xia Tianhao rejected their offers to volunteer.

Red Leaf Fairy rejected Xia Tianhao’s offer to become Old Devil Shayang’s concubine, and Xia Tianhao tried to seize her by force. Xianmu Yi Lan intervened, while Lin Xuan recognized him and held back to watch what happened next.

• Red Leaf Fairy refused Xia Tianhao’s proposal and started to leave.
• Xia Tianhao threatened to abduct Red Leaf Fairy and summoned a huge black hand to seize her.
• Xianmu Yi Lan appeared and challenged the Shayang Sect for trying to take Red Leaf by force.
• Lin Xuan recognized Xianmu Yi Lan, noted his advancement to the peak of the middle Lihe Realm, and decided not to reveal himself yet.
• Xianmu Yi Lan mocked Xia Tianhao and declared that he would help Red Leaf, enraging Xia Tianhao.

Xianmu Yi Lan fought Xia Tianhao after Xia Tianhao attacked him, then unleashed a black-flamed Fire Bird that overwhelmed Xia Tianhao’s demonic mist and threatened him. The battle ended with the Fire Bird’s attack closing in on Xia Tianhao.

• Xia Tianhao redirected his Black Giant Hand toward Xianmu Yi Lan, but Xianmu Yi Lan dispelled it with a wave of his Folding Fan.
• Xianmu Yi Lan struck back with a Willow Leaf Blade, and Xia Tianhao countered with a Steel Claw and a Gourd Artifact that released demonic mist.
• Red Leaf Fairy prepared to join Xianmu Yi Lan, while the nearby cultivators fled or watched from a distance.
• Xianmu Yi Lan summoned a black-flamed Fire Bird from an egg-shaped treasure, and it burned away Xia Tianhao’s demonic mist.
• The Fire Bird’s Demon Flame killed several Core Condensation Realm cultivators and forced Xia Tianhao to defend himself with an Evil Ghost shield.
• The Fire Bird grew larger and attacked Xia Tianhao with black flame blades and a powerful phoenix cry.

Xianmu Yi Lan killed Xia Tianhao and fled the Shayang Sect headquarters with Red Leaf Fairy, while Lin Xuan secretly followed them. At the sect, Old Devil Shayang discovered his eldest disciple’s death and flew into a rage as a black-robed cultivator arrived.

• Xia Tianhao tried to escape, but Xianmu Yi Lan tore open space, pursued him, and burned him to ashes with a Demon Lotus.
• Red Leaf Fairy and the cultivators at the scene fled, while Xianmu Yi Lan urged Red Leaf Fairy to escape with him.
• Lin Xuan followed Red Leaf Fairy in secret as she and Xianmu Yi Lan raced away from the Marketplace.
• Old Devil Shayang saw that the pearl linked to Xia Tianhao had cracked, realized his eldest disciple had died, and dismissed the frightened attendants.
• A black-robed cultivator arrived in Old Devil Shayang’s hall.

Old Devil Shayang set out to pursue the people responsible for killing his disciple, while Lin Xuan secretly followed Xianmu Yi Lan and Red Leaf Fairy as they fled. When Xianmu Yi Lan sensed Shayang’s approach, he abandoned Red Leaf and escaped alone, leaving Lin Xuan to weigh whether helping her was worth the danger.

• A disciple told Old Devil Shayang that Tianhao had been killed, and Shayang left to capture the murderer himself.
• Lin Xuan followed Xianmu Yi Lan and Red Leaf Fairy as they fled through Shayang Sect territory.
• Lin Xuan sensed Old Devil Shayang approaching and concealed himself on a barren reef to watch what happened.
• Xianmu Yi Lan detected Shayang and told Red Leaf Fairy to fend for herself before fleeing at increased speed.
• Lin Xuan considered Xianmu Yi Lan’s choice sensible and decided that he would also hesitate to risk himself for a stranger.

Lin Xuan rescued Red Leaf Fairy from Shayang Old Devil’s pursuit and redirected the chase toward Xianmu Yi Lan, hoping to exploit the conflict. The chapter ended with Shayang Old Devil confronting Xianmu Yi Lan, who stood firm under the Dongxuan cultivator’s pressure.

• Red Leaf Fairy fled after Xianmu Yi Lan abandoned her, while Lin Xuan decided not to leave her behind.
• Lin Xuan brought Red Leaf Fairy to shelter, told her to conceal herself, and flew off while mimicking her spiritual aura to draw Shayang Old Devil away.
• Shayang Old Devil pursued Xianmu Yi Lan using a secret mark, while Lin Xuan’s false trail made Xianmu Yi Lan think Red Leaf Fairy was following him.
• Lin Xuan changed direction, but Shayang Old Devil ignored him and continued after Xianmu Yi Lan, sending a spirit talisman to track Lin Xuan.
• Xianmu Yi Lan stopped fleeing and faced Shayang Old Devil as the old cultivator arrived in a storm of black radiance and spiritual pressure.

Xianmu Yi Lan fought Shayang Old Devil after admitting he had killed the old devil’s disciple. He unleashed a demonic transformation and revealed a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure, leaving Shayang Old Devil wary as the battle continued.

• Xianmu Yi Lan admitted to killing Shayang Old Devil’s disciple and launched an attack with his cone-shaped treasures and Jade Gourd.
• Shayang Old Devil blocked the attacks, destroyed the Jade Gourd’s tiger form, and counterattacked with a scythe formed from Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi.
• Xianmu Yi Lan used seven Blood-colored Runes to transform, raising his cultivation to the peak of the Lihe Realm and revealing demonic wings and markings.
• Shayang Old Devil recognized that Xianmu Yi Lan’s transformed appearance resembled an Ancient Demon and grew solemn at his increased strength.
• Xianmu Yi Lan revealed a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure, prompting Shayang Old Devil to stop underestimating him and feel wary.

Lin Xuan stayed behind after Shayang Old Devil continued pursuing Xianmu Yi Lan, hoping to profit from the conflict. When Shayang Sect pursuers arrived, he confronted them confidently, and their attacks began as he remained unruffled.

• Lin Xuan stopped fleeing and destroyed a tracking talisman, but noticed more than ten Shayang Sect cultivators approaching.
• The Shayang Sect group surrounded Lin Xuan, bringing three Lihe cultivators and more than twenty Nascent Soul cultivators equipped with formation flags.
• Lin Xuan taunted the pursuers and said he would release their souls to reincarnate, angering the three Lihe cultivators.
• The black-robed cultivator launched his flying sword, the woman summoned a hairpin treasure, and the scholar raised his Golden Ripple Brush.
• The Nascent Soul cultivators activated their formation, summoning demonic fog and sending attacks toward Lin Xuan, who did not flinch.

Lin Xuan overwhelmed the Demon Sect cultivators and trapped the survivors inside a massive ice prison. After the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire killed many of them, one Nascent Soul cultivator begged Lin Xuan to spare his life.

• Lin Xuan used his demon-transformed claws and a sword strike to kill the black-robed Lihe Realm cultivator.
• The two remaining Lihe Realm cultivators and the Nascent Soul cultivators tried to flee, but Lin Xuan raised a thousand-li water barrier and froze it into an ice prison.
• Seventeen Nascent Soul cultivators charged the ice wall and were consumed by the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire.
• The surviving cultivators found themselves trapped, and one Nascent Soul cultivator knelt and begged Lin Xuan to spare him.

Lin Xuan killed the cultivators who pretended to submit, while Shayang Old Devil struggled against Xianmu Yi Lan and began to lose the upper hand. The chapter left Shayang Old Devil facing Xianmu Yi Lan’s blade after his defensive treasure was cut apart.

• Lin Xuan shattered the ice wall and used Heavenly Thunder Sand and Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire to kill the cultivators, collecting their Storage Bags.
• Lin Xuan recalled the four-colored Phoenix and carefully searched the area with his divine sense.
• Shayang Old Devil struggled to withstand Xianmu Yi Lan’s attacks and considered retreating, then learned that three more of his disciples had died.
• Xianmu Yi Lan exploited Shayang Old Devil’s distraction, attacked with black needles, and then ambushed him alongside the Demonic Bird.
• Shayang Old Devil used a bone sword and essence blood to hold off the Demonic Bird, but Xianmu Yi Lan’s blade cut his Wolf-Tooth Mace in two.

After Xianmu Yi Lan and Shayang Old Devil wounded each other and agreed to stop fighting, Lin Xuan ambushed the injured Shayang Old Devil. Shayang broke the first sword strike, but Lin Xuan followed with a relentless barrage that overwhelmed him.

• Xianmu Yi Lan and Shayang Old Devil exchanged devastating attacks, each suffering severe injuries.
• Xianmu Yi Lan proposed ending their fight, and Shayang Old Devil agreed before returning toward the Shayang Sect's main altar.
• Lin Xuan launched a surprise sword attack on Shayang Old Devil as he flew over the sea.
• Shayang Old Devil summoned a huge Ghost Claw that shattered Lin Xuan's first Sword Qi strike.
• Lin Xuan followed with another sword strike and the Hundred Dragon Fangs, drowning Shayang Old Devil in successive attacks.

Lin Xuan survived Shayang Old Devil’s body-destroying explosion and caught up with his fleeing Nascent Soul. Shayang pleaded to be spared, claiming he had no intention of seeking revenge, while Lin Xuan weighed his words.

• Shayang Old Devil self-destructed his damaged body to destroy Lin Xuan’s attack and give his Nascent Soul a chance to escape.
• Lin Xuan fled the blast with the Nine Heavens Micro-Steps and Mystic Cyan Mother-Child Shield, then used the Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye to locate Shayang’s Nascent Soul.
• Lin Xuan pursued Shayang and used a spatial treasure to interrupt his Teleportation, forcing him to appear.
• Shayang asked Lin Xuan to spare him and argued that his remaining lifespan and injuries left him with no desire to seek revenge.
• Lin Xuan judged that Shayang seemed sincere and considered why an old cultivator nearing the end of his life might choose to yield.

Lin Xuan demanded that True Person Shayang gather seven rare materials needed to refine the Fire Sword in exchange for being spared. Shayang agreed, but Lin Xuan refused to let him leave on a mere promise and explained why a Heart Demon Oath would not secure compliance.

• Lin Xuan sent True Person Shayang a Jade Slip listing seven materials he still needed for the Fire Sword.
• Shayang protested that the materials, including Magma Fire Jade, were impossibly rare, but Lin Xuan challenged his claim and insisted on his terms.
• Lin Xuan explained that Shayang could use the Shayang Sect and its many disciples to search for the materials while Lin Xuan focused on cultivation.
• Shayang agreed to gather the materials and tried to leave, but Lin Xuan stopped him and rejected a Heart Demon Oath as inadequate proof.