Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan forced Shayang Old Devil to surrender one soul and one spirit through the Soul Prohibition Technique, then sent him to search for rare materials for the Fire Sword. Lin Xuan reunited with Red Leaf Fairy, who told him that Poison Dragon Old Ancestor had occupied Red Leaf Island.

• Lin Xuan rejected Shayang Old Devil’s attempt to bargain and demanded one soul and one spirit as security for his cooperation.
• Shayang Old Devil yielded, and Lin Xuan sealed the surrendered soul and spirit in the Soul-Sealing Tablet.
• Lin Xuan promised to return them once Shayang Old Devil found the rare materials, then warned him to search quickly and sent him away with talisman paper for messages.
• Lin Xuan concluded that the Shayang Sect could likely find most of the materials needed to reforge his Fire Sword and flew to Red Leaf Fairy’s hiding place.
• Red Leaf Fairy rejoiced at Lin Xuan’s safe return and told him that Poison Dragon Old Ancestor had occupied Red Leaf Island.

Lin Xuan reunited with Red Leaf Fairy, learned that Poison Dragon Old Ancestor had targeted Red Leaf Island for reasons she did not know, and heard that she planned to join the Nine Immortals Palace. He gave her pills and a flying sword before they parted, leaving their next reunion uncertain.

• Lin Xuan comforted Red Leaf Fairy over Red Leaf Island’s likely loss and recounted how he had defeated Poison Dragon Old Ancestor, astonishing her.
• Lin Xuan asked why Poison Dragon Old Ancestor had targeted the remote island, but Red Leaf Fairy said she did not know.
• Red Leaf Fairy told Lin Xuan that she planned to visit Bibo Fairy and join the Nine Immortals Palace, while Lin Xuan declined to go with her.
• Lin Xuan gave Red Leaf Fairy two bottles of Jade Spirit Pills and a powerful flying sword before the two parted on warm terms.

Lin Xuan returned safely to Black Wind Island, where the Hundred Herb Sect welcomed him with relief and gratitude. Back at his cultivation cave, he began studying a secret art to refine the Corpse Demon into a powerful helper.

• Lin Xuan took a cautious, winding route back to Black Wind Island and arrived seven days later.
• The Hundred Herb Sect disciples, Shangguan Muyu, Shangguan Ling, and Shangguan Yan welcomed Lin Xuan home.
• Lin Xuan gave the sect supplies from several Storage Bags and advised his two disciples on cultivation.
• Lin Xuan returned to his cave and brought out the empty Corpse Demon shell from the Spirit Ghost Bag.
• After studying a secret art for three days, Lin Xuan concluded that refining the Corpse Demon could make it a formidable combatant.

Lin Xuan prepared to transform the Shark Race's Sick Demon Nascent Soul into a Corpse Infant for refining a Corpse Demon puppet. After setting up a demanding formation with five top-grade Spirit Stones, he activated it to begin the ritual.

• Lin Xuan recovered his strength and arranged the rare materials needed for the Corpse Infant ritual.
• Lin Xuan released the Shark Race's Sick Demon from a Jade Box and imprisoned his escaping Nascent Soul.
• Sick Demon pleaded to become Lin Xuan's slave, but Lin Xuan rejected him as a potential threat.
• Lin Xuan immobilized the Nascent Soul with fine needles and spent a day and night constructing the formation.
• Lin Xuan placed five elemental top-grade Spirit Stones into the formation and activated it.

Lin Xuan erased Sick Demon’s divine sense and unexpectedly devoured it, then spent two months absorbing the power. He emerged with divine sense that reached 5,500 li, surpassing the middle-stage Lihe Realm range.

• Lin Xuan used a formation and his Dual Infants to erase Sick Demon’s divine sense, leaving the Nascent Soul intact and suitable for refining a Corpse Infant.
• Sick Demon’s divine sense emerged from his Nascent Soul, and Lin Xuan trapped and devoured it with his Dual Infant One Core.
• Lin Xuan stored the emptied Nascent Soul in a Wooden Box and spent two months digesting the absorbed divine sense.
• Lin Xuan tested his enhanced divine sense and sensed everything within 5,500 li.

After thirty years of seclusion, Lin Xuan emerged with a Nether Corpse Demon refined and a cultivation bottleneck still blocking his progress. He found Shangguan Muyu forming her Nascent Soul, then left Black Wind Island to travel and seek a way through his bottleneck.

• Lin Xuan entered seclusion after sending Shangguan Muyu a message, and she forbade the Hundred Herb Sect disciples from approaching Hundred Flower Valley.
• After thirty years, Lin Xuan emerged having refined the Nether Corpse Demon into a powerful helper, but he had failed to overcome his own cultivation bottleneck.
• Lin Xuan discovered that Shangguan Muyu was forming her Nascent Soul and met his disciples Shangguan Ling and Shangguan Yan, whose cultivation had advanced to the middle stage of Core Condensation.
• The Hundred Herb Sect held a banquet to celebrate Lin Xuan's return and Shangguan Muyu's breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Lin Xuan guided Shangguan Ling and Shangguan Yan, gave them pills and treasures, then left Black Wind Island to travel and seek a breakthrough.

After six months of unsuccessful cultivation, Lin Xuan decided to travel to Red Leaf Island to investigate why Poison Dragon Old Ancestor and Giant Whale King had taken an interest in it. Two months into the journey, he sensed a powerful Demon Race creature and was stunned by the person facing it.

• Lin Xuan learned that the Chaotic Sea Region had stayed neutral in the war and that mysterious experts had helped the Humans turn the tide.
• After failing to break through through ordinary life, Lin Xuan chose to seek danger and investigate the secrets of Red Leaf Island.
• Lin Xuan left his island under an assumed identity and traveled toward the Red Leaf Sea Region, avoiding other cultivators along the way.
• Two months later, Lin Xuan sensed a powerful Demon Race aura in an uninhabited sea region and went to investigate.
• Lin Xuan found a strange dragon-headed, fish-bodied creature confronting someone, and he stared in shock at the other figure.

Lin Xuan recognized the mysterious fluffy pet he had lost years ago, now in the Spirit World and facing down a powerful Ancient Beast. He watched cautiously as the beast attacked, but the pet looked frightened, leaving its strength uncertain.

• Lin Xuan realized the little fellow confronting the Dragon-Headed Fish Monster was the pet he had lost after it vanished from the Cloud Sea of Seven Star Island.
• Lin Xuan recalled the pet's unusual origins and decided to observe its abilities before approaching, wary that it might have grown strong enough to threaten him.
• The little fellow looked at Lin Xuan with confusion, apparently no longer recognizing him despite their lingering Blood Pact.
• The Dragon-Headed Fish Monster gathered Demon Qi and electricity, then launched its scales at the little fellow like a rain of arrows.
• The little fellow's fur stood on end and it showed fear, while Lin Xuan held back because he suspected there was another explanation for its reaction.

Lin Xuan watched Little Fur Ball face the Dragon-Headed Fish Monster and discovered that the small creature could wield the power of laws. The monster’s blades turned into flower petals, leaving Lin Xuan to investigate Little Fur Ball’s mysterious ability.

• Little Fellow dodged the Dragon-Headed Fish Monster’s arrow-like scales without using a treasure or spell, and Lin Xuan watched to judge his strength.
• Little Fellow spun and released a milky-white light curtain that trapped the monster but allowed Lin Xuan to pass through unhindered.
• The Dragon-Headed Fish Monster attacked Little Fellow with thousands of blades, and Lin Xuan recognized a strange fluctuation as the power of laws.
• Little Fur Ball gestured, transforming the incoming blades into fragrant flower petals, and Lin Xuan activated the Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye to examine him.

Lin Xuan witnessed Little Fur Ball use a flawed law domain to slaughter an Ancient Beast and learned from the Spirit Control Insights that its light screen controlled Demon Race beasts. He began activating their old master-recognition pact, but Little Fur Ball resisted.

• Little Fur Ball bound the Ancient Beast with an iron chain, killed it with a flying sword, and swallowed its escaping demon soul.
• Lin Xuan searched the Spirit Control Insights and found a record describing a fur-ball spirit creature whose light screen could dominate Demon Race beasts in their original forms.
• Lin Xuan realized Little Fur Ball’s light screen resembled a flawed domain of laws and decided to reclaim the spirit beast.
• Lin Xuan strengthened their old master-recognition pact, prompting Little Fur Ball to wake, bare its teeth, and resist as he poured in more magic power.

Lin Xuan caught Little Fur Ball after their old contract shattered and pressured it into agreeing to become his spirit beast again. He began a master-recognition ceremony on a remote reef, and the chapter ended as the array absorbed his blood and primordial qi into Little Fur Ball.

• The old contract broke, and Lin Xuan caught Little Fellow when it tried to flee.
• Little Fur Ball bit Lin Xuan, broke a tooth, and submitted after he threatened to pull out the rest.
• Lin Xuan took Little Fur Ball to a small reef and spent the day setting up a high-grade master-recognition formation.
• Little Fur Ball entered the formation, and Lin Xuan mixed his blood with his primordial qi before the array absorbed it.

After completing the master-recognition ceremony, Lin Xuan named his new spirit pet Little Fur Ball and went to retrieve the slain Ancient Beast’s remains. He intervened when he recognized the old man among the cultivators fighting over the corpse, leaving both sides bowing before his overwhelming power.

• Lin Xuan completed the master-recognition ceremony with Little Fellow and named it Little Fur Ball, though the spirit pet remained resentful.
• Lin Xuan found two groups of cultivators battling over the Ancient Beast’s corpse and saw that one group had cornered an old man and his granddaughter.
• Lin Xuan recognized the old man as someone he had met more than four hundred years earlier, when he had first arrived in the Spirit World.
• Lin Xuan released his spiritual pressure, incapacitating three Core Condensation cultivators and stopping the fight.
• The old man, his granddaughter, and the surviving opposing cultivators bowed respectfully to Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan learned that Huang and his granddaughter Yue'e possessed a bottle of Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk, a rare treasure he urgently needed, and Huang offered it to him. When the golden-robed cultivators’ leader tried to withdraw peacefully, one foolish cultivator kept objecting, and Lin Xuan made clear that no one would take the treasure from him.

• Lin Xuan recognized Huang from a meeting centuries earlier, greeted him, and learned that Yue'e was his granddaughter.
• Huang explained that he and Yue'e had fled to the area after obtaining Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk, and that the golden-robed cultivators had pursued them for it.
• Lin Xuan reacted with excitement because he had searched for the rare spirit milk for centuries and needed it to use Phantom Escape.
• Huang presented Lin Xuan with the Jade Bottle containing the Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk, accepting that he could not safely keep it.
• A short golden-robed cultivator protested that his sect master wanted the treasure, but his leader silenced and slapped him before offering to leave without challenging Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan refused to let the five gold-robed cultivators go, fearing they would retaliate later. He killed four with sword light and caught and burned the leader’s fleeing Nascent Soul, leaving none alive.

• The gold-robed cultivators begged Lin Xuan for mercy, but he refused to risk letting them escape and seek revenge.
• The five men tried to flee and defend themselves as Lin Xuan sent azure sword light at them.
• Lin Xuan’s attack killed four cultivators, while their leader escaped as a Nascent Soul using Teleportation.
• Lin Xuan used Nine Heavens Micro-Steps to catch up with the Nascent Soul and seize it despite its defensive vortex.
• Lin Xuan burned the Nascent Soul to ash with Pure Yang True Fire.

After Lin Xuan killed the five attackers, he accepted the Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk from the frightened grandfather and granddaughter. He reassured them, then gave them valuable pills in return, and they left with their lives and a generous reward.

• Lin Xuan killed the five attackers in an instant, leaving the grandfather and granddaughter terrified of him.
• Lin Xuan assured them he would not harm innocent people, and the old man offered him the Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk.
• Lin Xuan accepted the Jade Bottle and inspected the spirit milk inside.
• When the grandfather tried to leave, Lin Xuan stopped him and offered compensation for the treasure.
• Lin Xuan gave them several bottles of pills that could increase magic power and help break through bottlenecks, and the old man gladly accepted them.

Lin Xuan traded pills and Ancient Treasures to the grandfather and granddaughter for their Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk, then traveled to the Red Leaf Sea Region while concealing his cultivation. As he neared Red Leaf Island, Huangting Sect of the Four Friends of Yan Mountain invited him aboard their Spirit Boat, and Lin Xuan wondered whether they had recognized him.

• Lin Xuan gave the old man and young girl pills and Ancient Treasures in exchange for the Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk, and they left grateful.
• Lin Xuan harvested the Ancient Beast's Demon Core and useful materials, then resumed his journey aboard his Spirit Boat.
• After two months, Lin Xuan reached the Red Leaf Sea Region and concealed his cultivation while planning to investigate the island's secrets and take revenge on Poison Dragon Old Ancestor.
• Huangting Sect stopped his Spirit Boat and invited him aboard for a chat, praising his supposedly remarkable bones.
• Lin Xuan dismissed the praise as a joke and claimed he was only a Rogue Cultivator.

Lin Xuan accepted an invitation from the Four Friends of Yan Mountain and learned that Holy City had taken control of Red Leaf Island, where he was headed. The group sat down together as Huangting Sect prepared to explain the Red Leaf Sea Region’s current situation.

• Huangting Sect praised Lin Xuan’s appearance-reading signs and invited him to join the Four Friends of Yan Mountain’s Spirit Boat, and Lin Xuan accepted.
• Lin Xuan introduced himself and met Zhuge Heaven Origin, Yu Miaorong, and Zi Xuan, learning that Zi Xuan could not speak because of an unusual speech ailment.
• Lin Xuan asked why the Four Friends of Yan Mountain were traveling to Red Leaf Island, and Huangting Sect explained they were looking for suitable work rather than seeking Poison Dragon Old Ancestor’s patronage.
• Yu Miaorong told Lin Xuan that Holy City had taken control of Red Leaf Island and appointed new high-level cultivators to govern it, while Poison Dragon Old Ancestor remained powerful but was no longer Island Master.
• Lin Xuan admitted he had been in seclusion and asked the group to explain the Red Leaf Sea Region’s situation, so Huangting Sect invited him to drink as they talked.

Lin Xuan learned that Holy City and the Sea Race were fighting over Red Leaf Island, which seemed to hide a valuable secret. He concealed his excitement and asked the Four Friends of Yan Mountain what the island’s secret might be.

• Lin Xuan let Little Fellow drink the wine after making it agree to obey him.
• The scholar apologized for asking to paint Little Fellow, and Lin Xuan judged the Four Friends of Yan Mountain to be genuine people worth befriending.
• Huangting Sect told Lin Xuan that Holy City had stationed cultivators on Red Leaf Island and that Poison Dragon Old Ancestor and White Bone Old Devil were also there.
• Lin Xuan inferred that several Dongxuan-level cultivators guarded the island and that Giant Whale King was determined to seize it for a valuable reason.
• Lin Xuan asked whether Red Leaf Island concealed an unknown secret despite its sparse resources.

Lin Xuan learned why the Four Friends of Yan Mountain were traveling to Red Leaf Island and arrived there with them. Seeing the island’s massive protective formation and the many cultivators gathered to serve the Holy City, he resolved to proceed cautiously while pursuing his own plans.

• Zhuge Heaven Origin told Lin Xuan that no one knew what the Sea Race were doing on Red Leaf Island, and Lin Xuan considered learning the truth from Poison Dragon Old Ancestor’s soul.
• The Four Friends of Yan Mountain explained that Fourth Brother had nearly died from qi deviation, leaving them short of funds, so they planned to earn rewards by accepting missions on Red Leaf Island.
• Huangting Sect invited Lin Xuan to take missions with them, and Lin Xuan said he would decide after seeing what was available.
• Lin Xuan and the four siblings shared food, drink, and cultivation insights during their journey to Red Leaf Island.
• Lin Xuan arrived at Red Leaf Island, saw its enormous protective light curtain and gathered cultivators, and recognized the Holy City’s formidable strength.

Lin Xuan arrived at Red Leaf Island and learned how the Holy City kept the island secure and disciplined during the tense conflict. He entered the city without trouble, keeping Little Fur Ball hidden in its Spirit Beast Bag.

• Lin Xuan and the Four Friends of Yan Mountain approached Red Leaf Island’s guarded entrance, where cultivators were inspected with Mind-Clearing Discs.
• Lin Xuan put the sleeping, drunken Little Fur Ball into his Spirit Beast Bag before leaving the Spirit Boat.
• Lin Xuan learned that Red Leaf Island enforced strict order after a Dongxuan Realm cultivator killed Devil Lord Tianfeng for breaking the rules and injuring guards.
• Lin Xuan and the Four Friends of Yan Mountain passed inspection and entered the city smoothly.