Chapter Summaries

Lin Qi spoke with Lin Jue about his Heaven’s Dao backlash and offered him a healing bracelet, then learned that her mother had forged the Emperor Phoenix Sword from her own Phoenix Bone. The revelation strengthened Lin Qi’s resolve to cultivate and reunite with her mother in the Upper Realm.

• Lin Jue explained that his injuries came from backlash after he sought a divination to learn whether Lin Qi was safe.
• Lin Qi offered Lin Jue her Medicine Jade Bracelet, but he told her medicine could not treat Heaven’s Dao backlash.
• Lin Qi showed Lin Jue the Emperor Phoenix Sword, and he recognized it as a sword forged by Gong Shaojun.
• Lin Jue told Lin Qi that the sword’s blade was made from Phoenix Bone from Gong Shaojun’s body and that its name marked Lin Qi as her heir.
• Lin Qi accepted that Gong Shaojun had deeply loved her and vowed to cultivate diligently until she could reunite with her mother in the Upper Realm.

Lin Qi returned to Tianyi Sect after three years, reflecting on her ties to Lin Jue and the dwindling luck surrounding Lin Yun. Welcomed by True Monarch Guangmu, she began to explain her connection to the calamity at the Heaven and Earth Crossing Immortal Spring.

• Lin Qi left Lin Jue's mountain, resolved to speak with Gong Shaojun about their family matters when she reached the Upper Realm.
• Lin Qi found Lin Yun aboard the flying disc and saw that Lin Yun's Auspicious Purple Qi had diminished and was surrounded by black aura.
• Lin Yun withdrew to recover from her injuries, fearing Lin Qi would kill her or expose her misdeeds to Tianyi Sect.
• True Monarch Guangmu welcomed the returning disciples, arranged examinations and resources for them, and praised Lin Qi's cultivation.
• Lin Qi told True Monarch Guangmu that she had been connected to the calamity at the Heaven and Earth Crossing Immortal Spring, prompting the Sect Leader to recall Lin Qi's presence at Chaotic Wind Cliff.

Lin Qi asked True Monarch Guangmu to help her restore Heaven and Earth Crossing Immortal Spring, collect debts from the people she rescued in the Heavenly Demon Palace, and address a matter concerning the Tai Chi lineage. The chapter ended with Lin Qi bringing Tian Mang to the Sect Leader Hall as True Monarch Guangmu awaited the ancestor’s response.

• Lin Qi explained that she wanted to restore Heaven and Earth Crossing Immortal Spring and asked True Monarch Guangmu to arrange protection against retaliation from the Azure Cloud Pavilion Master and Venerable He Yuan of Azure Sea Pavilion.
• True Monarch Guangmu agreed to help Lin Qi restore the spring and said he had a solution, while warning that the work could take years.
• Lin Qi asked True Monarch Guangmu to collect debts from the people she had rescued in the Heavenly Demon Palace, and he agreed to pursue the matter on her behalf.
• Lin Qi said her final request concerned the Tai Chi lineage and required the ancestor’s involvement; True Monarch Guangmu connected it to Martial Uncle Shen Jun and the Devil Race.
• Lin Qi asked True Monarch Guangmu to contact the ancestor, then brought Tian Mang to the Sect Leader Hall.

Lin Qi brought Tian Mang to Venerable Tai Chi and explained Shen Jun’s last wish for Tian Mang to join the Taiji lineage. Venerable Tai Chi proposed that Lin Qi take Tian Mang as her disciple and hinted she could inherit Taiji Peak, leaving Lin Qi time to consider as they prepared to visit the peak.

• Venerable Tai Chi recognized the aura of Sky Witherwood in Tian Mang, and Lin Qi explained that Shen Jun had died and entrusted Tian Mang to her.
• Tian Mang told Venerable Tai Chi that Shen Jun had wanted to return to Taiji Peak and see its Mandara Flowers again.
• True Monarch Guangmu explained that conflict between Tiangang Peak and Zonglei Peak made it difficult to find Tian Mang a suitable master.
• Venerable Tai Chi asked Lin Qi to take Tian Mang as her disciple, explaining that Lin Qi and Tian Mang were fated and that the match could help mend the two peaks’ relationship.
• Venerable Tai Chi offered to pass Taiji Peak to Lin Qi if she helped reconcile the peaks, but Lin Qi asked for time to consider.
• Venerable Tai Chi invited Lin Qi and Tian Mang to Taiji Peak, and Lin Qi eagerly accepted the chance to see it.

Lin Qi reported Lin Yun to True Monarch Guangmu, accusing her of destroying the Sea of Blood Samsara Array and allowing the Blood Fiend Soul to bring disaster to the northwestern region. True Monarch Guangmu resolved to protect the Tianyi Sect from Lin Yun, while Lin Qi and Tian Mang arrived at Taiji Peak and encountered its lively Mandara Flowers.

• Lin Qi told True Monarch Guangmu that she had encountered Lin Yun in the Heavenly Demon Palace, despite Lin Yun supposedly being in the Buddha Secret Realm, and said they had fought there.
• Lin Qi explained that she and Lin Yun entered the Taoyuan Secret Realm, where Lin Yun used a Fire Feather Token that destroyed the Sea of Blood Samsara Array.
• Lin Qi said the Blood Fiend Soul escaped into the northwestern region after Lin Yun obstructed her attempt to disperse the Blood Fiend Qi, and she presented a Memory Stone as evidence.
• True Monarch Guangmu praised Lin Qi and decided to deal with Lin Yun herself to prevent any threat to the sect.
• Lin Qi followed Venerable Tai Chi to Taiji Peak, where she and Tian Mang saw the Mandara Flowers; Tian Mang wept as she recalled the Immortal Lord's words about them.

After helping Tian Mang bury Shen Jun and her companions, Lin Qi comprehended the Five Imperial Phoenix Swords and completed her sword breakthrough. Venerable Tai Chi gave Lin Qi Taiji Pearls and asked her to consider resolving the conflict between Tiangang Peak and Zonglei Peak.

• Tian Mang buried Shen Jun, the Great Black Snake, and Sky Witherwood on Taiji Peak, then thanked Lin Qi for bringing her back to the Tianyi Sect.
• Lin Qi suddenly comprehended the Five Imperial Phoenix Swords, and Venerable Tai Chi shielded her as she practiced for ten days and nights.
• Lin Qi emerged wielding the Emperor Phoenix Sword and agreed to consider Venerable Tai Chi's request concerning Tiangang Peak and Zonglei Peak.
• Lin Qi explained how cultivating virtue could help cultivators avoid inner demons, and Venerable Tai Chi praised her insight.
• Venerable Tai Chi calmed Lin Qi's sharp aura and gave her the black-and-white Taiji Pearls as a gift.

Venerable Tai Chi advised Lin Qi to temper her aggressive sword arts with Tai Chi Swordplay, and Lin Qi chose its balanced path despite the advice to focus on defense. After overhearing rumors that Lin Yun might leave Tianyi Sect to become a Demon expert’s disciple, Lin Qi suspected True Monarch Guangmu was preparing to act against Heavenly Demon Palace.

• Venerable Tai Chi explained the tiers and paths of Tai Chi Swordplay, revealed that she had reached the seventh tier, and advised Lin Qi to consider its defensive path.
• Lin Qi chose the path that balanced offense and defense, then left Taiji Peak without receiving further instruction.
• Lin Qi overheard sect disciples arguing over whether Lin Yun was betraying Tianyi Sect by accepting a Demon expert’s offer to take her as a personal disciple.
• Lin Qi suspected True Monarch Guangmu had uncovered the truth about Heavenly Demon Palace and wondered whether Lin Yun had arranged the offer as part of a scheme.
• Tian Mang asked Lin Qi whether Lin Yun was related to her.

Lin Qi learned that Tan Yuan had been imprisoned for poisoning Li Shouzheng and colluding with evil cultivators, and she rushed to find out when he would be executed. After visiting Zonglei Peak’s elders, she was asked to lead a group of disciples on an expedition in the northwest.

• Tian Mang declared she was on bad terms with the person Lin Qi disliked, while the Sky-Piercing Green Vine secretly left the Underground Palace to try to earn Lin Qi’s forgiveness.
• Lin Qi found Senior Brother Tan’s former residence renovated and went to the Affairs Hall to ask about him.
• An Affairs Hall disciple told Lin Qi that Tan Yuan had poisoned Li Shouzheng, colluded with evil cultivators, and been imprisoned in an Earth-class cell awaiting execution.
• Lin Qi asked when Tan Yuan would be executed, then vanished from the Affairs Hall before the disciple could answer further.
• Lin Qi visited the elders at Qingyun Hall and left them cultivation resources.
• The Great Elder asked Lin Qi whether she would lead ten disciples on an experiential mission in the northwestern region.

Lin Qi returned to Tianyi Sect and declined the Great Elder’s offer of a task, then went to the Earth-rank Prison to ask about visiting Tan Yuan. True Monarch Baiyi unexpectedly allowed her a brief visit, and Lin Qi arrived at Tan Yuan’s Mandara Flower-shaped prison.

• Lin Qi declined the Great Elder’s request and learned that the Sect Leader would arrange a mountain peak for her cave abode.
• Luo Ci asked what Lin Qi had discussed with the Sect Leader, and Lin Qi teased him about how slowly he was progressing toward Golden Core.
• Lin Qi saw Tianyou, the Devil Race’s clan leader, openly visiting Tianyi Sect and apparently currying favor with Luo Ci.
• Lin Qi told True Monarch Baiyi that she had brought a Bone Sculpting Flower for Tan Yuan and wanted to resolve her regret, but Baiyi initially refused to let her see him.
• True Monarch Baiyi changed his mind and sent Lin Qi to Tan Yuan’s Earth-rank prison, granting her a quarter of an hour.

Lin Qi visited the imprisoned Tan Yuan and offered him a Bone Sculpting Flower to heal his body, hoping to honor Lin Xi’s wishes. She discovered that Tan Yuan had joined evil cultivators and killed Li Shouzheng for revenge, and left him facing the cost of his choices.

• Lin Qi explained that she had brought Tan Yuan a Bone Sculpting Flower because she regretted how his story with Lin Xi had ended and wanted him to live safely and healthily.
• Tan Yuan suspected True Monarch Baiyi had sent Lin Qi to question him, but Lin Qi said she had come on her own.
• Lin Qi realized Tan Yuan had colluded with evil cultivators to poison Li Shouzheng and suspected he had traded Tianyi Sect disciples to obtain the poison.
• Lin Qi told Tan Yuan that Lin Xi would not have approved of his revenge or the deaths of fellow disciples, then left the flower with him.
• Tan Yuan lamented that Lin Qi had come too late and coughed blood onto the jade box; Lin Qi told him he had gone too far, and he remembered Lin Xi joining the Tianyi Sect.

Tan Yuan recovered after consuming the Bone Sculpting Flower and promised to reveal everything, while Lin Qi visited True Monarch Tinghan for news about her master and Tan Yueqing. She returned to Zonglei Peak with a phoenix hairpin that could connect her to Tan Yueqing and souvenirs to share with Luo Ci.

• Tan Yuan ate the Bone Sculpting Flower, regained feeling in his legs, and told True Monarch Baiyi that he would reveal everything.
• Lin Qi visited True Monarch Tinghan at Slaughter Ice Peak and learned that her master was staying at the Northern and Southern Heavenly Venerate Mansion.
• True Monarch Tinghan told Lin Qi that Tan Yueqing was training in the Northern and Southern Mountain Range and gave her the Dragon Phoenix Ice Soul Hairpin.
• True Monarch Tinghan gave Lin Qi travel souvenirs, and she returned to Zonglei Peak and handed Luo Ci his share.

Lin Qi moved to Taiji Peak with Tian Mang and began receiving Venerable Tai Chi’s guidance while learning what managing the peak would require. After half a month of instruction, she entered the first stage of Tai Chi Swordplay and expanded her Two Forms Sword Intent.

• Luo Ci told Lin Qi he planned to return home before attempting the Eight Pillars Heavenly Lightning Ladder, and she offered him body-tempering medicines.
• Lin Qi and Luo Ci received notice that the Northern and Southern Heavenly Venerate Mansion would open in two years, and Luo Ci vowed to retaliate against Azure Sea Pavilion.
• Lin Qi took Tian Mang around Tianyi Sect, refused her assigned mountain, and brought Tian Mang to live on Taiji Peak at Old Ancestor Taiji’s invitation.
• Venerable Tai Chi explained that Lin Qi would manage Taiji Peak’s affairs and eventually take over as peak master after reaching the Nascent Soul realm.
• Venerable Tai Chi corrected Lin Qi’s sword practice, helping her enter the first stage of Tai Chi Swordplay and freely fuse pairs of sword intents through her Two Forms Sword Intent.

Lin Qi received her appointment as Restoration Elder of Heaven and Earth Crossing Immortal Spring and prepared to leave Taiji Peak. Before she departed, Sky-Piercing Green Vine reported a plot against Zonglei Peak’s disciples, then revealed it had a Beast Soul Stone.

• Venerable Tai Chi appointed Lin Qi Restoration Elder of Heaven and Earth Crossing Immortal Spring and told her to depart at sunset.
• Lin Qi packed and sent farewell letters to her Tianyi Sect friends, then told Tian Mang to stay on Taiji Peak and cultivate.
• Sky-Piercing Green Vine returned from investigating Lin Yun’s space and warned Lin Qi that an evil cultivator and the Heavenly Sacrifice Sect planned to attack Zonglei Peak’s disciples while she was away.
• Lin Qi scolded Sky-Piercing Green Vine for acting dangerously but promised to notify the Sect Leader and credit it with merit.
• Sky-Piercing Green Vine showed Lin Qi a Beast Soul Stone.

Lin Qi prepared to leave for the Heaven and Earth Crossing Immortal Spring after learning that True Monarch Guangmu had managed Lin Yun’s departure and that Tan Yuan had died in the dungeon. She said farewell to Luo Ci, who revealed that Tianyou was trying to recruit him as the Devil Race’s Great Witch God, and urged him to follow his heart and change course if needed.

• Sky-Piercing Green Vine gave Lin Qi the Beast Soul Stone it had snatched from Rong Shi, and Lin Qi warned it not to risk its life for treasures.
• True Monarch Guangmu told Lin Qi that the sect was prepared for Lin Yun’s departure and explained how she had maneuvered to secure compensation from her.
• Lin Qi learned that Tan Yuan had confessed his crimes and hanged himself in the dungeon, leaving her saddened by his death and his unresolved past with Senior Sister Lin Xi.
• Luo Ci happily saw Lin Qi off and explained that Tianyou kept trying to persuade him to become the Devil Race’s Great Witch God.
• Lin Qi advised Luo Ci to follow his heart, avoid regrets, and change course if he realized he had chosen wrongly; an enormous Tai Chi Yin-Yang disc then spread through the air.

Lin Qi traveled with Venerable Tai Chi and cultivators from the major sects to restore the damaged Heaven and Earth Crossing Immortal Spring. After Venerable Long Mei assigned the sects their work, he singled out Lin Qi, disguised as Ling Long, and Zhe Yuan for a special task, leaving Lin Qi to activate the Returning Light Mirror.

• Venerable Tai Chi revealed that she had become the guardian of the Heaven and Earth Crossing Immortal Spring, and she led Lin Qi and the other sects' cultivators there.
• Lin Qi saw that Azure Sea Pavilion had sent many cultivators, including Venerable He Yuan, whom Venerable Tai Chi intimidated with her overwhelming aura.
• The five Mahayana Venerables sealed off the area, and Venerable Long Mei appeared to organize the restoration work.
• Venerable Long Mei assigned Lin Qi, using the name Ling Long, to lead Tianyi Sect's cultivators in clearing rubble, while the other groups received separate tasks.
• After the first day's work, Venerable Long Mei told the representatives to rest for three days and asked Ling Long and Zhe Yuan to stay for a special task.
• Venerable Long Mei told Lin Qi and Zhe Yuan to arrange the restoration progress themselves, and Lin Qi took out the Returning Light Mirror and asked Zhe Yuan to protect her.

Lin Qi secretly used the Returning Light Mirror to repair Heaven and Earth Crossing Immortal Spring while hiding her identity, but the Azure Cloud Pavilion Master recognized her and tried to attack her companions. After Old Ancestor Taiji gave Lin Qi a protective mark, Venerable He Yuan ambushed her as she left his territory.

• Lin Qi spent three days using the Returning Light Mirror and precious resources to repair Heaven and Earth Crossing Immortal Spring, with Zhe Yuan covering for her.
• Lin Qi and Zhe Yuan continued repairing the spring over the following month as its landscape and spiritual energy gradually recovered.
• The Azure Cloud Pavilion Master grew suspicious after seeing Lin Qi with the Armadillo Beast and secretly watched her for half a month.
• The Azure Cloud Pavilion Master attacked the Armadillo Beast and Sky-Piercing Green Vine, but Venerable Ping Chang intervened before she could kill them.
• Lin Qi told Old Ancestor Taiji what had happened, and he placed a protective mark on her that could shield her three times.
• Venerable He Yuan ambushed Lin Qi as she left Old Ancestor Taiji's territory, and Lin Qi drew the Imperial Phoenix Sword to defend herself.

Lin Qi was nearly killed by Venerable He Yuan, but Venerable Tai Chi intervened and severed another of his arms. After entrusting the unconscious Lin Qi to Venerable Long Mei, Venerable Tai Chi pursued the fleeing He Yuan and confronted him again.

• Venerable He Yuan shattered Lin Qi's ice phoenix attack and struck her with Crane Shadow Sword Heart, but Old Ancestor Taiji's mark blocked his attacks.
• Lin Qi's disguise broke, and as Venerable He Yuan continued attacking, phoenix markings appeared across her body.
• Venerable Tai Chi's Tai Chi Sword severed Venerable He Yuan's sword arm, and Lin Qi lost consciousness as the barrier shattered.
• Venerable Tai Chi tossed Lin Qi to Venerable Long Mei and threatened to slaughter everyone in the Azure Sea Pavilion if Lin Qi was harmed.
• Venerable He Yuan fled through the void, but Venerable Tai Chi caught up with him and accused him of twice trying to kill her disciple's granddaughter.

Venerable Tai Chi destroyed Venerable He Yuan's true body and pursued his escaping Nascent Soul. At Tianyi Sect, Venerable Jin An explained Tai Chi's violent past to True Monarch Guangmu and agreed to take over guarding Heaven and Earth Crossing Immortal Spring.

• Venerable Tai Chi shattered the space around Venerable He Yuan, pierced his true body with the Tai Chi Sword, and reduced the surrounding land to ruin.
• Venerable Tai Chi sensed He Yuan's Nascent Soul escaping through the void and chased after it to finish him off.
• True Monarch Guangmu sought Venerable Jin An's guidance about her unease and wondered whether anything had happened outside Tianyi Sect.
• Venerable Jin An told True Monarch Guangmu how Tai Chi had once wielded Slaughter Sword Intent and later created Tai Chi Swordplay to suppress her murderous nature.
• A messenger reported that Tai Chi had destroyed He Yuan's true body at Sun Moon Pond and was pursuing his Nascent Soul, so Venerable Jin An agreed to guard Heaven and Earth Crossing Immortal Spring.

Venerable Jin An agreed to protect Lin Qi at the Heaven and Earth Crossing Immortal Spring and decided to travel beyond the Southern Continent after the matter was settled. Lin Qi woke from her month-long unconsciousness, advanced her Bloodline Power, and then discovered the Armadillo Beast had collapsed, possibly because of a trick by the Azure Cloud Pavilion Master.

• Venerable Jin An told True Monarch Guangmu she planned to travel abroad and promised to take better care of Lin Qi at the Heaven and Earth Crossing Immortal Spring.
• True Monarch Guangmu described Venerable He Yuan's ambush on Lin Qi and wrote a letter condemning He Yuan and questioning the Azure Sea Pavilion.
• The medical cultivator explained that Lin Qi's awakening Bloodline Power was colliding with her severe injuries, while Venerable Jin An ordered him to treat her gradually.
• Lin Qi's body entered a self-preservation state, and her Returning Light Mirror continued restoring the Heaven and Earth Crossing Immortal Spring as she slept.
• Lin Qi woke, learned how Old Ancestor Taiji had saved her, and focused on raising her Bloodline Power until her storage space was emptied.
• The Sky-Piercing Green Vine brought the unconscious Armadillo Beast to Lin Qi and suspected the Azure Cloud Pavilion Master had used a trick on it.

Lin Qi sought help for Armadillo Beast’s spiritual sense injury, and Zhe Yuan treated them with a Beast Soul Stone. Ten days later Armadillo Beast had awakened, though their recovery remained slow, while Sky-Piercing Green Vine had taken to caring for them.

• Lin Qi brought unconscious Armadillo Beast to Zhe Yuan after learning the beast’s spiritual sense might have been injured.
• Zhe Yuan confirmed Armadillo Beast had a spiritual sense injury and recommended cautious treatment with suitable spiritual medicines.
• Sky-Piercing Green Vine offered a Spiritual Beast Soul they had taken from Rong Shi, and Zhe Yuan helped Armadillo Beast absorb it.
• Zhe Yuan said Armadillo Beast might advance a rank by absorbing the Beast Soul Stone, while Lin Qi left them in Sky-Piercing Green Vine’s care as she recuperated.
• Ten days later Armadillo Beast awakened, and Lin Qi found Sky-Piercing Green Vine carefully feeding and tending to them.
• Lin Qi soothed Armadillo Beast, and Zhe Yuan arrived.