Chapter Summaries

After recovering from his breakthrough, Lin Xuan reassured the Shangguan Sisters and celebrated their successful Nascent Soul condensations. He returned with them to the greatly expanded Hundred Herb Sect, where the disciples gathered to honor him.

• Lin Xuan told the worried Shangguan Sisters that he was unharmed after advancing to the Dongxuan Realm.
• Lin Xuan praised Shangguan Yan and Shangguan Ling for condensing their Nascent Souls, then cautioned Shangguan Ling against overconfidence about defeating the East Sea's powerful experts.
• Lin Xuan briefly thought of Yue'er, Peacock, and Qin Xin before setting aside his longing and agreeing to return with the three women.
• Shangguan Muyu explained that Hundred Herb Sect had grown substantially over two hundred years by carefully recruiting promising disciples from among mortals.
• Shangguan Muyu summoned the sect's cultivators to celebrate, and the assembled disciples regarded Lin Xuan as a legendary figure.

After advancing to the Dongxuan Realm, Lin Xuan restored Hundred Flower Valley and examined the changes in his body and treasures. He discovered that the Five Dragon Seal was transforming Blue Star Sea light into powerful Silver Light Spots, then turned to stabilizing his new realm.

• Lin Xuan accepted the Hundred Herb Sect disciples’ congratulations and distributed treasures before joining their celebration banquet.
• Lin Xuan used Earth Elemental Energy to restore the damaged Hundred Flower Valley and built a new cultivation cave.
• Lin Xuan examined his strengthened body, Nascent Souls, Demon Core, spiritual power, and divine sense after advancing to Dongxuan.
• Lin Xuan observed the Five Dragon Seal at the center of the Blue Star Sea and discovered that it gathered Silver Light Spots and caused more to form.
• After observing the two star seas for half a month, Lin Xuan stopped investigating and began meditating to stabilize his realm; he sent the Shangguan Sisters away when they visited.

After seven years in seclusion, Lin Xuan emerged from his cave with his Dongxuan Realm cultivation concealed in a state of returning to simplicity and truth. He had spent five of those years mastering the Upper Chapter of the Ink Moon Heaven Witch Art, which he chose as his main cultivation method alongside the Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens Art.

• Lin Xuan emerged from his cultivation cave after seven years and displayed no apparent spiritual power.
• Lin Xuan's Dongxuan Realm cultivation had reached the rare state of returning to simplicity and truth, which helped him comprehend the Laws of Heaven and Earth.
• After stabilizing his realm in two years, Lin Xuan reconsidered the Ink Moon Heaven Witch Art recorded in an ancient ring from the Ink Moon Tribe.
• Lin Xuan found the art's Middle Chapter inside a tree-root-like object from Hundred Poisons Divine Lord, giving him cultivation methods through the peak of the Dongxuan Realm.
• Lin Xuan decided to cultivate the Ink Moon Heaven Witch Art as his main method and keep the Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens Art as a supplement.
• Lin Xuan spent five years carefully reviewing the art's Upper Chapter before emerging from seclusion.

After seven years of seclusion, Lin Xuan tested the Jade Luo Bees’ new Time Poison and toughness, then visited Shangguan Muyu to collect the failed Immortal Drunkenness Ancient Poison pills. He returned to his cultivation cave with the ninety-nine Waste Pills and sent his Second Nascent Soul to guide his two disciples.

• Lin Xuan emerged from seclusion after stabilizing his realm and mastering the Upper Chapter of the Ink Moon Heaven Witch Art.
• Lin Xuan tested a newly transformed Jade Luo Bee on a wild boar and confirmed its Time Poison rapidly aged the animal to death.
• Lin Xuan struck the Jade Luo Bee with Sword Qi and discovered its evolved body could withstand the attack.
• Lin Xuan visited the Hundred Herb Sect, where Shangguan Muyu confessed that every attempt to refine the Immortal Drunkenness Ancient Poison had failed.
• Shangguan Muyu gave Lin Xuan all ninety-nine Waste Pills, which he accepted without anger.
• Lin Xuan returned to his cultivation cave, gave his Second Nascent Soul supplies for his disciples, and told Shangguan Muyu not to let anyone disturb him.

After refining the Immortal Drunkenness Ancient Poison, Lin Xuan decided to leave the East Sea and seek an ancient teleportation array, considering the Nine Immortals Palace as his best lead. Before pursuing that plan, he returned to the ancient battlefield and found the island’s restriction gone and the Corpse Demon missing, so he waited by the Corpse Well for it to return.

• Lin Xuan finished refining the Immortal Drunkenness Ancient Poison and planned to leave the East Sea to search for Yue'er and Qin Xin.
• Lin Xuan reasoned that ancient teleportation arrays could connect the Spirit World's interfaces and considered asking the Nine Immortals Palace for information.
• Lin Xuan left Black Wind Island and traveled to the remote ancient battlefield where he had previously found the Corpse Demon.
• Lin Xuan discovered that the island's illusory restriction had vanished and the Corpse Demon was nowhere to be found, though the corpse fog had grown denser.
• Lin Xuan found traces near the Corpse Well suggesting the Corpse Demon had only left temporarily, and sat down to wait for its return.

Lin Xuan waited for the Corpse Demon to return and found it inhabited by an intelligent old man who mistook him for an enemy and attacked. After their brief clash, they stopped to question each other, and the old man began explaining that he had been harmed by a thief and was now in dire straits.

• Lin Xuan sensed the Corpse Demon approaching and chose to wait rather than set an ambush.
• The Corpse Demon arrived looking like a learned old man, and Lin Xuan realized someone had possessed its body.
• The old man attacked Lin Xuan with a White Bone Demon Snake, and Lin Xuan countered with a fierce tiger that gained the upper hand.
• The old man called off the fight and asked Lin Xuan who he was, while Lin Xuan demanded to know why he had occupied the Corpse Demon.
• The old man admitted he had been harmed by a thief and said he could once have compensated Lin Xuan, but now he could not.

Lin Xuan confronted the old man who had possessed the Corpse Demon, but their dispute was interrupted by two powerful cultivators hunting him. The old man was revealed to be the fallen Holy City Lord Mo, and Lin Xuan recognized the woman as an Ancient Demon.

• Lin Xuan demanded compensation from the old man, who refused and warned that he would fight rather than give up the Corpse Demon body.
• Lin Xuan and the old man sensed a black-red cloud approaching and saw a burly man and a bewitching woman emerge from it.
• The old man recognized the newcomers as enemies who had tracked him using a mark left by their lord.
• The burly man mocked the old man as Holy City Lord Mo for hiding inside a Refined Corpse, shocking Lin Xuan with the revelation of his identity.
• The woman questioned whether Lin Xuan could help Mo escape, and Lin Xuan recognized her as an Ancient Demon before claiming he was only passing by.

Lin Xuan was caught in a fight between a Devil Race woman and the old man inhabiting the Corpse Demon, and he battled the woman after she tried to kill him. After blocking her spatial Demon Blade with his arm, Lin Xuan unleashed a furious counterattack, forcing her to defend against his Demonic Fate Sword.

• The Devil Race woman attacked Lin Xuan with Fragrant Mist and a pink skeleton, while the old man and the bald Ancient Demon began fighting nearby.
• The woman revealed her Ancient Demon form and sent a Demon Blade against Lin Xuan, whose Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring clashed with it.
• A second Demon Blade appeared through its spatial ability, but Lin Xuan blocked the surprise strike with his bare arm and survived.
• Enraged, Lin Xuan attacked with Sword Qi, the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire, and the Demonic Fate Sword.
• The woman used her Origin Pearl to hold back the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire, then recognized Lin Xuan's Demonic Fate Sword as a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure and threw out treasures to defend herself.

Lin Xuan overwhelmed a middle-stage Ancient Demon woman with his techniques and treasures, destroying her Human-Faced Spider dharma image and shattering her Origin Pearl. He launched another volley of flame blades at the weakened demon, leaving her fate at the brink.

• The Ancient Demon woman summoned a Human-Faced Spider dharma image as armor and used its eight blades to dissolve Lin Xuan’s Sword Qi.
• Lin Xuan appeared beside her with Nine Heavens Micro-Steps and used a fire Formation Flag to summon a Qilin-like beast.
• The fiery beast melted the spider threads, swallowed the Human-Faced Spider, and left the woman’s dharma image destroyed.
• Lin Xuan’s Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire cracked the woman’s Origin Pearl, making her spit black blood and suffer severe damage.
• Lin Xuan sent dozens of flame blades at the woman again, tearing through her demonic shield and striking toward her.

Lin Xuan and the Holy City Lord killed two Ancient Demons, and the old man explained how a demonic cultivation method had let another Ancient Demon possess him and take over the Holy City. The chapter ended with Lin Xuan asking why two more Ancient Demons had attacked them, and the old man explaining that the impostor had passed the method to other Holy City elders.

• Lin Xuan killed the Devil Race woman, then joined the Holy City Lord in killing the bald Ancient Demon.
• The Holy City Lord thanked Lin Xuan and admitted that an Ancient Demon had taken his place as the current Holy City Lord.
• The old man explained that an ancient devil art had lured him into summoning a demonic soul, which possessed his demonized body and forced him to flee.
• Lin Xuan realized the possession was part of an Ancient Demon plot to enter the Spirit World through cultivators practicing the art.
• Lin Xuan asked why two Ancient Demons had attacked if only one had possessed the Holy City Lord, and the old man said the impostor had given the cultivation method to other Holy City elders.

Lin Xuan questioned the former Holy City Lord about leaving the East Sea and learned that almost all routes to other realms had been destroyed or lost. The old man tried to recruit Lin Xuan to help defeat the Ancient Demon, but Lin Xuan remained focused on pursuing cultivation and ascending to the Immortal World.

• Lin Xuan asked the old man to compensate him for the Corpse Demon, and the old man said he had nothing valuable to offer.
• Lin Xuan asked how to leave the East Sea, and the old man explained that the three known Teleportation Arrays had been destroyed in an ancient war.
• The old man revealed that two other arrays once existed, but one lay in the deadly Sea of Ruins and the other's location had been lost.
• The old man offered to make Lin Xuan his sworn brother and share rule of the Holy City if Lin Xuan helped eliminate the Ancient Demon.
• Lin Xuan rejected the offer, saying the East Sea's benefits could not compare with his goal of reaching Spirit Division stage and ascending to the Immortal World.

Lin Xuan obtained a copy of the demonic art incantation from the Holy City Lord in exchange for settling their grievances. He learned that the last known Inter-boundary Teleportation Array lay in the deadly fifth layer of the Sea of Ruins, but resolved to visit Nine Immortals Palace before deciding how to proceed.

• Lin Xuan refused the Holy City Lord’s invitation to stay and asked for a copy of the demonic art incantation as compensation for losing the Corpse Demon.
• The Holy City Lord copied the incantation onto a Jade Slip, and Lin Xuan inspected it before accepting it and leaving.
• Lin Xuan flew toward Nine Immortals City and considered the Jade Slip and the information he had gained from the Holy City Lord.
• Lin Xuan learned that the sole remaining Inter-boundary Teleportation Array was in the Sea of Ruins’ fifth layer, where many powerful cultivators had perished.
• Lin Xuan decided he still needed to visit Nine Immortals Palace before venturing into the Sea of Ruins.

Lin Xuan returned to the Shayang Sect to check on the search for Fire Sword materials and encountered its ancestor, Yao Chi. The sect’s cultivators realized that their guest might be a Dongxuan-level expert, while Yao Chi welcomed him and asked what he wanted.

• Lin Xuan decided to visit the Shayang Sect to learn whether Shayang Old Devil had found any of the remaining Fire Sword materials.
• Lin Xuan arrived at the sect’s island and flew past its alarm restrictions without triggering them.
• Two Shayang Sect patrol deacons approached Lin Xuan, who told them their cultivation was too low to report his arrival properly.
• Yao Chi arrived, recognized Lin Xuan as a senior, and respectfully welcomed him to the sect.
• The patrol deacons and other cultivators were shocked when Yao Chi addressed Lin Xuan as Senior and suspected he had reached the Dongxuan Realm.

Lin Xuan visited the Shayang Sect and claimed he was an old friend of True Person Shayang, prompting Fairy Yao Chi to summon her master. Shayang Old Devil welcomed Lin Xuan with great ceremony, then privately explained that he had struggled to find the rare materials Lin Xuan had requested.

• Lin Xuan told Fairy Yao Chi that he had come to visit his old friend, True Person Shayang, while she privately suspected his story might be a ruse.
• Fairy Yao Chi sent a Sound Transmission Talisman to Shayang Old Devil, who soon arrived with a grand escort and recognized that Lin Xuan had advanced to the Dongxuan Realm.
• Shayang Old Devil introduced Lin Xuan as his closest friend, and Xin Wuhen and the Shayang Sect cultivators bowed to him.
• Lin Xuan and Shayang Old Devil withdrew to a private hall, where Shayang thanked Lin Xuan for preserving his dignity before the sect.
• Lin Xuan asked whether Shayang Old Devil had gathered the requested materials, and Shayang replied that they were too difficult to find despite two hundred years of effort.

Lin Xuan learned that Shayang Old Devil had found four of the rare materials needed to refine the Fire Sword, while the final Snow Yang Thunder Fire Crystal had once been found in the fourth layer of the Sea of Ruins. After asking Shayang Old Devil about Inter-boundary Teleportation Arrays and preparing to leave, Lin Xuan heard him ask for the Soul Prohibition Technique to be removed.

• Shayang Old Devil gave Lin Xuan a Storage Bag containing four rare materials, which did not overlap with the two Lin Xuan had already obtained.
• Lin Xuan asked about the Snow Yang Thunder Fire Crystal, and Shayang Old Devil said it had once been brought out of the fourth layer of the Sea of Ruins by a Dongxuan Realm Rogue Cultivator.
• Shayang Old Devil presented Lin Xuan with another Storage Bag of treasures, which Lin Xuan accepted.
• Lin Xuan asked Shayang Old Devil how many Inter-boundary Teleportation Arrays existed in the East Sea and received information that matched what he had heard from the Holy City Lord.
• As Lin Xuan prepared to leave, Shayang Old Devil asked him to remove the Soul Prohibition Technique in return for his efforts and the clue to the final material.

Lin Xuan traded the chance to remove Shayang Old Devil’s Soul Prohibition Technique for a promise to gather Mechanical Puppet Beasts, intending to give them to the Hundred Herb Sect before leaving the East Sea. He then traveled to Nine Immortals Palace to seek information about the Sea of Ruins and arrived at Nine Immortals City.

• Shayang Old Devil asked Lin Xuan to remove the Soul Prohibition Technique, and Lin Xuan offered to consider it in exchange for Mechanical Puppet Beasts.
• Lin Xuan gave Shayang Old Devil three months to gather as many Nascent Soul Realm and Lihe-level puppets as he could, then departed.
• Shayang Old Devil returned to the main altar and ordered his disciples to gather Mechanical Puppet Beasts at any cost.
• Lin Xuan reflected that he wanted the puppets to help protect the Hundred Herb Sect after he left the East Sea, and continued west toward Nine Immortals Palace.
• Lin Xuan reached Nine Immortals City and headed for Nine Immortals Palace, hoping to learn more about the Sea of Ruins and visit Hong Ye.

Lin Xuan entered Nine Immortals Palace’s territory to visit Hong Ye while concealing his Dongxuan cultivation. He met Wu Yong, a Rogue Cultivator hoping to join the palace, who immediately asked Lin Xuan to recommend him.

• Lin Xuan traveled toward Nine Immortals Palace during its recruitment period and disguised his cultivation as Nascent Soul Middle Stage.
• Lin Xuan received a Sound Transmission Talisman asking him to wait, then met the young cultivator who had sent it.
• Wu Yong introduced himself as a Rogue Cultivator nicknamed Young Master and said he wanted to join Nine Immortals Palace.
• Lin Xuan told Wu Yong that he was visiting a friend, not seeking to join the palace.
• Wu Yong assumed Lin Xuan had connections inside Nine Immortals Palace and asked him to recommend him.

Lin Xuan and Wu Yong encountered Nine Immortals Palace cultivators fighting over the palace’s sudden power struggle, and Wu Yong intervened to protect five women accused of treason. After the women revealed that their master had been executed for questioning the Palace Master’s disappearance, Lin Xuan killed their pursuer with a single strike, leaving his Nascent Soul behind.

• Wu Yong told Lin Xuan that he planned to join Nine Immortals Palace for its comfortable treatment and shared rumors that its Palace Master had not appeared for a long time.
• Lin Xuan and Wu Yong saw five female cultivators fleeing a bald Nine Immortals Palace cultivator, who pursued them and accused them of betraying the sect.
• Sister Honghong and the other women fought back, but the bald cultivator overwhelmed them until Wu Yong joined the battle.
• The purple-clad woman and Sister Honghong explained that the Palace Master had been missing for two hundred years and that a Vice Palace Master had seized control and executed their master.
• The bald cultivator threatened Wu Yong and Lin Xuan for interfering, but Lin Xuan cut him in half with a flash of green light, leaving only his Nascent Soul.

Lin Xuan learned that Nine Immortals Palace was in turmoil but decided to investigate its teleportation array and visit his friend. He arrived at the palace openly, where its enforcement cultivators asked whom he had come to see.

• Lin Xuan subdued a Nascent Soul cultivator, searched his soul, and learned that Nine Immortals Palace was in disarray and its Palace Master had been absent for centuries.
• Lin Xuan warned Wu Yong and the women away from Nine Immortals Palace, asked if they knew Red Leaf Fairy, and gave Sister Honghong a magic-power orb capable of unleashing 108 Palm Lightning attacks.
• Lin Xuan reflected on the growing troubles in the East Sea and sped toward Nine Immortals Palace to confirm the Ancient Teleportation Array rumors.
• Lin Xuan released his Dongxuan spiritual pressure at the palace gates, overwhelming many of the cultivators gathered there.
• A male Inner Palace Enforcement Cultivator and a female cultivator greeted Lin Xuan and asked for his name and the identity of his friend.

Lin Xuan entered Nine Immortals Palace under the pretense of visiting his sworn younger sister, Red Leaf Fairy, and realized she had likely run into trouble there. After the palace left him waiting, he slipped out at night to search for information and approached a Black-Clothed Elder.

• Lin Xuan noticed a female cultivator react fearfully to Red Leaf Fairy’s name, while her senior brother remembered a mission involving his junior sister.
• Lin Xuan accepted the senior brother’s offer to stay at the VIP Building while he investigated Red Leaf Fairy’s whereabouts.
• Lin Xuan secured his pavilion with an Array Talisman and waited, but no one from Nine Immortals Palace came to meet him for several hours.
• Lin Xuan concealed his presence and searched the palace for Red Leaf, soul-searching several low-level cultivators without finding useful information.
• Lin Xuan sensed a Lihe Realm cultivator, flew toward him, and was discovered by the Black-Clothed Elder.