Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan brought Ying Huanhuan across the Soul-Eating Cold Wind and into Facing Abyss Peak, where they met Ling Qingzhu at the mountain’s core. After noticing that Ling Qingzhu’s soul seemed dangerously weak, Lin Xuan took her wrist to examine her.

• Lin Xuan carried Ying Huanhuan across the chains and onto Facing Abyss Peak, then sensed that the mountain’s sinister baleful aura came from deep within.
• Lin Xuan and Ying Huanhuan descended through the mountain’s caves, and Lin Xuan held her hand and shielded her with Vermilion Bird aura as the aura grew denser.
• Lin Xuan and Ying Huanhuan reached the lake at the mountain’s core and met Ling Qingzhu, who questioned their closeness and recalled Lin Xuan’s past rejection of her.
• Lin Xuan sensed that Ling Qingzhu’s soul was strong on the outside but weak within, so he asked for her hand and examined her wrist with his energy.

Lin Xuan discovered that the Illusion Demon King had secretly weakened Ling Qingzhu through a scheme at Facing Abyss Peak, then revealed himself through the corrupted Heaven and Earth Gate. After recognizing Ying Huanhuan as the Ice Master, Lin Xuan challenged the Illusion Demon King to a wager, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Lin Xuan sensed an accumulated weakness in Ling Qingzhu's soul, though she said she felt well and had grown stronger while cultivating at Facing Abyss Peak.
• Lin Xuan struck Ling Qingzhu and crippled her fighting ability, then revealed that he had sensed someone hiding nearby; Ying Huanhuan pretended to be shocked while helping Ling Qingzhu.
• The Illusion Demon King emerged from the Cold Pool inside the corrupted Heaven and Earth Gate, and addressed Ying Huanhuan as the Ice Master.
• Lin Xuan identified the Illusion Demon King and warned that he would not let the demon discover Ying Huanhuan's identity.
• Lin Xuan asked the Illusion Demon King whether it wanted to escape, then proposed a wager and planted his sword in the ground.

Lin Xuan tricked the Illusion Demon King into invading Ling Qingzhu, then joined forces with her inside her Niwan Palace to destroy him. Ling Qingzhu was left with the demon’s soul power to restore and strengthen her soul, while her feelings about Lin Xuan became complicated.

• The Illusion Demon King rejected Lin Xuan’s proposed wager and chose to challenge the injured Ling Qingzhu instead.
• Lin Xuan agreed, and Ling Qingzhu touched the Earth Gate as the Illusion Demon King invaded her body and tried to control her.
• The Illusion Demon King used Ling Qingzhu’s body to embrace Ying Huanhuan and prepare an attack, but Lin Xuan stopped him and infused Ling Qingzhu with Supreme Force.
• Ling Qingzhu suppressed the Illusion Demon King in her Niwan Palace, and Lin Xuan entered to help her pursue him.
• After the Illusion Demon King tried to escape, Ling Qingzhu dragged him back and erased his soul with Supreme Force.
• Ling Qingzhu kept the Illusion Demon King’s remaining soul power and told Lin Xuan to leave, then watched him go with conflicted feelings.

Ying Huanhuan revealed that she had recovered the Ice Master’s memories, while Lin Xuan left Ling Qingzhu to refine the Illusion Demon King’s soul and offered to teach Ying Huanhuan the Supreme Induction Sutra. When Ling Qingzhu’s lingering illusions affected her, her Supreme Force unexpectedly flowed into Ying Huanhuan, starting Ying Huanhuan’s cultivation of Supreme Force.

• Ying Huanhuan realized Lin Xuan had arranged for Ling Qingzhu to gain the Earth Gate, which could give her control of the Heaven and Earth Gate.
• Lin Xuan told Ying Huanhuan to leave, but she stayed and confessed that memories of the Ice Master had appeared in her mind.
• Lin Xuan said the divine artifact should go to whoever won its recognition, then asked Ying Huanhuan whether she remembered the Supreme Induction Sutra and offered to teach her.
• Ling Qingzhu awoke under the influence of the Illusion Demon King’s remaining illusions, and Ying Huanhuan pushed Lin Xuan away before Ling Qingzhu embraced her instead.
• Lin Xuan entered the Cold Pool to investigate Facing Abyss Peak while Ying Huanhuan tried to help Ling Qingzhu.
• Ling Qingzhu’s Supreme Force flowed into Ying Huanhuan, and the Supreme Induction Sutra began circulating in Ying Huanhuan on its own.

Ying Huanhuan and Ling Qingzhu joined forces to overcome the Illusion Demon Qi, then descended into the Cold Pool and discovered the Supreme Induction Sutra and an illusion of Lin Xuan. Elsewhere, Lin Xuan refused the Plane of Origin’s offer to join with him, and the Plane of Origin departed after calling him a friend.

• Ying Huanhuan and Ling Qingzhu awakened from their shared cultivation state after their powers combined to eliminate the Illusion Demon Qi, and both gained cultivation benefits.
• Ling Qingzhu absorbed the Earth Gate, then led Ying Huanhuan into the depths of the Cold Pool.
• Ying Huanhuan and Ling Qingzhu saw an illusory, wounded Lin Xuan in the water and found ancient carvings of the Supreme Induction Sutra on the pool’s bottom wall.
• Lin Xuan rejected the Plane of Origin’s offer to become his master because he would not abandon the eight Beast Spirits within him.
• Lin Xuan told the Plane of Origin that death and rebirth were connected, and the Plane of Origin left after sensing life and calling him its friend.

Lin Xuan rejected the Plane of Origin and reflected on the destruction aura surrounding him as he reunited with Ling Qingzhu and Ying Huanhuan. Meanwhile, Tian Yuanzi and Ren Yuanzi plotted to use the Demonic Contaminated Hongya Cave Master to force Dao Sect to retrieve the Ice Ancestor Symbol.

• Lin Xuan refused the Plane of Origin because accepting it would consume the inheritances of the Four Sacred Beasts and Four Fiend Beasts, and he suspected its destined successor was Ling Qingzhu or Ying Huanhuan.
• Ling Qingzhu and Ying Huanhuan found Lin Xuan in the birthplace of the Supreme Induction Sutra, where he explained that the Otherworldly Demon Emperor had discovered the place before the Symbol Ancestor.
• Lin Xuan questioned whether the system had truly given him his Innate Sword Physique, then congratulated Ling Qingzhu and Ying Huanhuan on their progress with Supreme Force.
• Lin Xuan, Ling Qingzhu, and Ying Huanhuan left the Cold Pool and agreed to rest before departing the next day, while the two women noticed that time and space had behaved strangely below.
• Tian Yuanzi persuaded the Hongya Cave Master to visit Dao Sect and pressure the Sword Saint into acting over the Ice Ancestor Symbol.
• After the Hongya Cave Master left, Tian Yuanzi told Ren Yuanzi that they would let him die if necessary, provided Yuan Sect completed its mission.

Lin Xuan, Ying Huanhuan, and Ling Qingzhu entered a spatial passage to find the Ice Ancestor Symbol in the Northern Xuan Region, while the Seven Kings Hall revealed that the symbol was bait for a larger plan. Ling Qingzhu reached the altar first and was recognized as the Ice Master by the Ice Ancestor Symbol, leaving Ying Huanhuan stunned and Ling Qingzhu imprinted as its potential master.

• Lin Xuan and his companions reached the mountain, where Ying Huanhuan identified the spatial passages as leading to the Northern Xuan Region.
• The Seven Kings Hall watched them enter and said the Demon Prison did not need to defeat them, then manipulated the passages to keep them near the Ice Ancestor Symbol.
• Lin Xuan entered a freezing snowy plain and followed an instinctive pull, while Fu Zhu and Zhu Yan struggled against the cold.
• Ying Huanhuan sensed the Ice Ancestor Symbol and found Ling Qingzhu standing at its altar, where the symbol appeared delighted to see her.
• Ying Huanhuan realized the symbol had mistaken Ling Qingzhu for the Ice Master, and Ling Qingzhu revealed that the symbol had already placed her soul imprint within it.

Ying Huanhuan returned the Ice Ancestor Symbol to Ling Qingzhu, erasing her own imprint so Ling Qingzhu could become its true wielder. As Ling Qingzhu began refining it, Lin Xuan encountered the Hongya Cave Master in the Snowy Plains.

• Ying Huanhuan asked Ling Qingzhu to lend her the Ice Ancestor Symbol, then transformed it into an ice crystal phoenix and erased her own imprint from it.
• Ying Huanhuan sent the Ice Ancestor Symbol to Ling Qingzhu, who accepted it and promised to keep their exchange secret.
• Ying Huanhuan urged Ling Qingzhu to refine the symbol at the altar and offered to stand guard.
• Lin Xuan traveled through the Snowy Plains while Zhu Yan and Fu Zhu hid from the cold inside his clothes.
• Lin Xuan and the Hongya Cave Master met in the snow, and the Cave Master greeted him before remarking on how little he had changed.

Lin Xuan fought the Hongya Cave Master across the Snowy Plains, countering his ice techniques and Hongya Cave martial arts with Ice Soul Swordplay. After Lin Xuan struck through the Cave Master's defenses in the blizzard, the duel remained unresolved.

• The Hongya Cave Master resolved to kill Lin Xuan so he could gain strength and escape the Yuan Sect's control.
• The Hongya Cave Master attacked Lin Xuan with Heavenly Frost Fist, but Lin Xuan melted the frost fists with Ice Soul Swordplay.
• Lin Xuan charged with Snow Like Clear Sky and pressured the Hongya Cave Master, who answered with Eighteen Warring Heaven Palms before retreating from Lin Xuan's sword.
• The Hongya Cave Master summoned the Hongya Cave Scripture as a massive mountain, but Lin Xuan's Soul Ice Creates Lotus froze it before the Cave Master shattered it.
• Lin Xuan used his senses to approach through the blizzard and slashed the Hongya Cave Master's palm, drawing blood.

Lin Xuan fought the transformed Hongya Cave Master while Ling Qingzhu underwent the Ice Ancestor Symbol’s trial. As Ling Qingzhu’s refinement progressed, Ying Huanhuan sensed an approaching blizzard.

• Lin Xuan used Space-Rending Freezing Strike to drive the Hongya Cave Master into the ice, but the transformed Cave Master withstood the attack and revealed that the Seven Kings Hall had set a trap for Lin Xuan.
• The Hongya Cave Master charged Lin Xuan, and the two resumed their sword fight after Lin Xuan’s blade barely marked the Cave Master’s chest.
• Ling Qingzhu absorbed the Ice Ancestor Symbol’s insights during its trial, and her hair began turning icy blue as her comprehension advanced.
• Ying Huanhuan looked at the Heaven Gate symbol on her palm and considered the other divine objects recovering.
• The earth shook, and Ying Huanhuan saw a blizzard approaching.

Ying Huanhuan protected Ling Qingzhu while she refined the Ice Ancestor Symbol, and Ling Qingzhu succeeded and helped them escape the blizzard. As they flew to assist Lin Xuan, Bo Xuan confronted Yuan Sect’s Three Great Sect Leaders with a Reincarnation Realm ally.

• Ying Huanhuan used the Heaven Gate to shield Ling Qingzhu and the altar from a blizzard caused by Lin Xuan’s battle with Demon Prison’s lackeys.
• As Ying Huanhuan’s power ran out, Ling Qingzhu completed the Ice Ancestor Symbol’s refinement and reinforced the barrier.
• Ling Qingzhu raised an ice wall, then carried Ying Huanhuan into the sky as the blizzard destroyed the altar; Ying Huanhuan told her Lin Xuan might be fighting alone against Demon Prison’s forces.
• Tian Yuanzi explained that Yuan Sect’s Three Great Sect Leaders planned to exploit the battle and kill Lin Xuan after the Hongya Cave Master wounded him.
• Bo Xuan appeared before Tian Yuanzi, Di Yuanzi, and Ren Yuanzi, then revealed a white-haired Reincarnation Realm helper.

Bo Xuan revealed that he had followed Yuan Sect’s leaders with a Reincarnation Realm ally, while Lin Xuan fought the Hongya Cave Master on the Snowy Plains to give Ying Huanhuan and Ling Qingzhu time. Lin Xuan was gravely wounded and outmatched when two powerful figures arrived.

• Bo Xuan introduced his martial uncle, a Reincarnation Realm Grand Elder, to Tian Yuanzi and the other Yuan Sect leaders, leaving them at a disadvantage.
• Lin Xuan fought the Hongya Cave Master across the Snowy Plains, inflicting serious wounds while suffering deep claw injuries himself.
• Lin Xuan’s Ice Soul Sword Qi froze the Hongya Cave Master, and Lin Xuan split the demon’s head with a follow-up strike.
• The Hongya Cave Master pierced Lin Xuan’s chest and claimed victory, but Lin Xuan knocked them both apart with an explosion of ice crystals.
• Two streaks of light arrived as the weakened Lin Xuan faced the Hongya Cave Master’s overwhelming aura.

Lin Xuan, Ling Qingzhu, and Ying Huanhuan fought the badly wounded Hongya Cave Master on the Snowy Plains, and the women used the Ice Ancestor Symbol and Supreme Force to wear him down. Before his likely death, he warned Lin Xuan that Seven Kings Hall was secretly searching the Eastern Xuan Region for something.

• Ying Huanhuan arrived to help the gravely injured Lin Xuan as Ling Qingzhu attacked the Hongya Cave Master with the Ice Ancestor Symbol.
• The Hongya Cave Master broke free of Ling Qingzhu’s ice, but she continued fighting after realizing Lin Xuan had weakened him severely.
• Ying Huanhuan joined the battle, and she and Ling Qingzhu coordinated attacks that used Supreme Force to corrode the Hongya Cave Master’s body and Demonic Heart.
• As his strength fell and his reason returned, the Hongya Cave Master recognized Ling Qingzhu’s rapid mastery of the Ice Ancestor Symbol and Ying Huanhuan’s identity.
• The Hongya Cave Master warned that Seven Kings Hall was secretly searching the Eastern Xuan Region and told them to be careful before Lin Xuan pondered the warning.

Bo Xuan trapped the Three Great Sect Leaders of Yuan Sect in the Darkness Realm and forced Ren Yuanzi to reveal his Demonic Alien form. At Dao Sect’s hall examination, Lin Dong defeated Wang Yan, who reconciled with Qi Lei, but the expected match between Lin Dong and Ying Xiaoxiao was interrupted by an urgent message from Primordial Hall.

• Bo Xuan used the Darkness Ancestor Symbol to isolate Tian Yuanzi, Di Yuanzi, and Ren Yuanzi, while the Grand Elder ambushed them inside the realm.
• Ren Yuanzi unleashed his demonic aura and transformed into a Demonic Alien, prompting Bo Xuan to order the Grand Elder to stop targeting him and keep the three leaders separated.
• Lin Dong struck Wang Yan with the Great Desolate Imprisoning Sky Hand and a desolate beast’s gray beam, breaking Wang Yan’s Emperor Heaven Bell.
• Wang Yan conceded, knelt before Qi Lei, admitted his mistake, and returned to his master’s side.
• Ying Xuanzi announced Lin Dong’s final match against Ying Xiaoxiao, but he and Qian Laogui sensed that their command tokens had been crushed and realized the urgent message came from Primordial Hall.

The Seven Kings Hall attacked the Primordial Hall to seize a sacred object hidden beneath its ancestral burial ground, while the Primordial Hall Master fought desperately to stop him. During their battle, a disguised young man stole a stone statue and a severed arm from the pit and escaped.

• Ying Xuanzi sealed the Dao Sect and left with Qian Laogui to aid the Primordial Hall, while the Taiqing Palace Master also departed after ordering her sect to activate its protective array.
• The Seven Kings Hall overwhelmed the Primordial Hall Master, then destroyed the ancestral burial ground to uncover a violet-gold coffin and the object beneath it.
• The Primordial Hall Master burned his blood to fight back with the Iron Blood Battle Banner, and the Primordial Banner emerged to join the battle against the Seven Kings Hall.
• While the Primordial Hall Master and the banners occupied the Seven Kings Hall, a disguised young man entered the pit and found a stone statue and a severed arm.
• The young man put the stone statue and severed arm into his Universe Bag and flew out of the pit.

The Seven Kings Hall overwhelmed the Primordial Hall Master, seized the Primordial Banner, and prepared to kill him before reinforcements arrived. Meanwhile, Fu Zhu revealed Bai Ze’s role in preserving divine beast bloodlines and warned that a crisis had begun; the Seven Kings Hall then received a distress signal from Yuan Sect.

• The Seven Kings Hall powered up with demonic qi, killed an approaching Primordial Hall disciple, and repeatedly suppressed the Primordial Hall Master and Primordial Banner.
• Ling Qingzhu and Ying Huanhuan realized the Ice Ancestor Symbol had been a decoy, while Lin Xuan expelled the Otherworldly Demonic Qi from his body.
• Fu Zhu told Zhu Yan that Lin Xuan faced a coming tribulation, described Bai Ze’s sacrifice to protect divine beast bloodlines, and urged Zhu Yan to prepare for battle.
• The Seven Kings Hall destroyed Primordial Hall, crippled its master, and suppressed the Primordial Banner with demonic qi.
• Ying Xuanzi, Qian Laogui, the Palace Master of Taiqing Palace, and the Grand Elder of Darkness Hall arrived, and the Grand Elder recognized that a demonic object had strengthened the Seven Kings Hall.
• The Seven Kings Hall received a distress signal from Yuan Sect before it could finish addressing the newcomers.

After surviving the battle, Lin Xuan left the icy plain with Ying Huanhuan and Ling Qingzhu as Seven Kings Hall seized the Primordial Banner and withdrew to aid Yuan Sect. The allied leaders rushed to Bo Xuan’s aid, while Seven Kings Hall’s setbacks left its carefully planned campaign in disarray.

• Lin Xuan recovered enough to leave with Ying Huanhuan and Ling Qingzhu, and Ying Huanhuan warned him that Yuan Sect’s people might be waiting outside.
• Bo Xuan joined the battle against Tian Yuanzi and Di Yuanzi, forcing them to call Seven Kings Hall for help.
• Seven Kings Hall retreated from the Primordial Hall to rescue Yuan Sect’s Three Great Sect Leaders, while the Primordial Hall Master explained that his ancestors had used the coffin to suppress a demonic object beneath it.
• The Primordial Hall Master revealed that Seven Kings Hall had taken the demonic object and suppressed the Primordial Banner, and the allies realized the banner had fallen into enemy hands.
• The White-Browed Old Man learned that Seven Kings Hall was heading toward Bo Xuan, opened a spatial passage, and led Ying Xuanzi, the Taiqing Palace Master, and the Primordial Hall Master to assist.
• The White-Browed Old Man explained that Lin Xuan and Ying Huanhuan’s pursuit of the Ice Ancestor Symbol could leave Seven Kings Hall isolated, adding to Demon Prison’s recent losses.

Lin Xuan, Ying Huanhuan, and Ling Qingzhu emerged from the Ancestral Symbol space as Bo Xuan recognized the Ice Ancestor Symbol on Ling Qingzhu and mistook her for the Ice Master. The misunderstanding spread when Seven Kings Hall arrived and also identified Ling Qingzhu as the Ice Master, leaving the gathered allies and enemies shocked.

• Bo Xuan and the Grand Elder faced Tian Yuanzi, Di Yuanzi, and Ren Yuanzi while both sides waited for Seven Kings Hall to arrive.
• Lin Xuan, Ying Huanhuan, and Ling Qingzhu emerged, and Bo Xuan recognized the Ice Ancestor Symbol on Ling Qingzhu.
• Ying Huanhuan felt relieved that Bo Xuan had mistaken Ling Qingzhu for the Ice Master, while Ling Qingzhu realized her senior sister seemed willing to let her assume that role.
• Lin Xuan sensed Seven Kings Hall approaching and pulled Ying Huanhuan and Ling Qingzhu beside Bo Xuan to protect them.
• Seven Kings Hall saw Ling Qingzhu, mistook her for the reincarnated Ice Master, and retreated in alarm.
• The Taiqing Palace Master, Ying Xuanzi, and Tian Yuanzi's group heard Seven Kings Hall's claim and were shocked as they connected Ling Qingzhu to the Supreme Induction Sutra and the Ice Ancestor Symbol.

The Seven Kings Hall confronted Lin Xuan and his allies, targeting the newly awakened Ling Qingzhu while weighing her against Lin Xuan as a threat. After Tian Yuanzi and Di Yuanzi unleashed their Demonic Seeds and the battle spread, the Seven Kings Hall attacked Lin Xuan and Bo Xuan, leaving their clash unresolved.

• The Seven Kings Hall recognized that Ling Qingzhu had awakened without gaining the Ice Master's power and considered killing or corrupting her.
• Tian Yuanzi, Di Yuanzi, and Ren Yuanzi attacked the defenders, while Lin Xuan rejected the Seven Kings Hall's offer to cooperate.
• Tian Yuanzi and Di Yuanzi detonated their Demonic Seeds, forcing the defenders back until the black-robed old man joined the fight.
• The Seven Kings Hall vanished and tried to attack Ling Qingzhu, but Lin Xuan exposed its position and Bo Xuan struck it with the power of darkness.
• The Seven Kings Hall repelled Bo Xuan and sent Lin Xuan flying, but Lin Xuan freed his sword and countered with a bone-chilling sword strike.

Lin Xuan, Bo Xuan, Ying Huanhuan, and Ling Qingzhu fought the Seven Kings Hall as the Heaven and Earth Gate appeared and suppressed it. Lin Xuan recovered the Primordial Banner and the Otherworldly Demon Emperor's severed arm, leaving Ying Huanhuan suspicious that the arm had been deliberately left behind for a hidden purpose.

• The Seven Kings Hall battered Lin Xuan and pierced his shoulders, but Lin Xuan grabbed its palm and used his swordsmanship to threaten the demonic energy stored in its avatar.
• Bo Xuan attacked the Seven Kings Hall from behind, while Ying Huanhuan and Ling Qingzhu summoned the Heaven and Earth Gate and formed a barrier that suppressed the demon.
• Lin Xuan stabbed the Seven Kings Hall's Universe Bag and sent the Primordial Banner and a severed arm flying, prompting Bo Xuan to pursue the arm.
• The Seven Kings Hall chased the Primordial Banner, so Lin Xuan joined Bo Xuan in pursuing the severed arm instead.
• Ying Huanhuan recognized the severed arm as the Otherworldly Demon Emperor's and suspected he had deliberately left it behind for a special purpose.