Chapter Summaries

Lingxu used the Shushan Sword Token to summon support while facing two Nascent Soul Old Devils, but Shushan’s Deputy Sect Leader prioritized a different secret order. Meanwhile, Shangguan Suiyun set out for Oblivion Spring Road despite his Deputy Cult Master’s warnings, convinced his sister had sent him a heartfelt letter.

• Lingxu encountered two Golden Core cultivators threatened by two Nascent Soul Old Devils and claimed his Shushan Sword Token would bring help.
• Shushan’s Deputy Sect Leader received two secret edicts and handled the higher-priority order before the request to provide grand support.
• Shangguan Suiyun told the Deputy Cult Master he was going to Oblivion Spring Road to revisit memories of his sister.
• The Deputy Cult Master warned Shangguan Suiyun that the letter might be a trap and urged him to send scouts and guards.
• Shangguan Suiyun rejected the warning, accused the Deputy Cult Master of suspecting his sister, and shattered a table in anger.

Shangguan Suiyun killed the Deputy Cult Master for questioning his devotion to his younger sister, then set out to rescue her from Shushan. Shushan ambushed him with a sword formation, and he suspected the Deputy Cult Master had betrayed him before dying.

• The Deputy Cult Master urged Shangguan Suiyun to distrust his younger sister, but Shangguan Suiyun killed him with Soul Annihilation Palm for threatening her.
• Shangguan Suiyun visited Oblivion Spring Road, remembered walking there with his younger sister, and vowed to rescue her from Shushan.
• Four Shushan elders ambushed Shangguan Suiyun with a sword formation and accused him of a long list of crimes.
• Shangguan Suiyun broke the elders’ freezing attack with his Blood Fiend Soul Locking Chains and wondered how they had found him.
• Shangguan Suiyun concluded that the Deputy Cult Master had betrayed him and regretted not killing him more painfully.

Shangguan Suiyun fought several Tribulation Crossing Stage opponents while Shushan cultivators watched and learned from the clash. Meanwhile, two Shushan elders and five Body Integration Realm cultivators reached the hidden Supreme City, uncertain whether Shangguan Suiyun was truly absent.

• Shangguan Suiyun summoned a White Bone Sword and nine Corpse Flood Dragons as the Tribulation Crossing Stage battle intensified.
• Eight Shushan Body Integration Realm experts watched the battle from a distance while helping maintain the Shushan Sword Formation.
• A Shushan sword cultivator reflected that the Sect Leader had arranged for him to witness the battle and temper his state of mind.
• Li Xuanxiao used hundreds of letters to confirm Supreme City's hidden location while Shangguan Suiyun was away.
• Two Shushan elders and five Body Integration Realm cultivators entered Supreme City's formation eye and began revealing the hidden path.
• The elders worried that Shangguan Suiyun might still be inside Supreme City or have left behind a clone, and noted that the city's defenders could make the assault dangerous.

The Shu Mountain group watched Supreme City descend into factional bloodshed while Ling Xuanxiao prepared to take advantage of the chaos and attack the injured Shangguan Suiyun. After being looked down on again, Lingxu returned to Shushan and declared that he was running away from home.

• The Shu Mountain group entered Supreme City under concealment and found its three factions fighting after Shangguan Suiyun killed the Deputy Cult Master and left the city.
• The White-robed Elder and Green-robed Elder decided to wait in the shadows while the people of Shushan watched for a chance to act.
• Ling Xuanxiao monitored the battle against Shangguan Suiyun and reviewed his plans, hoping to eliminate a threat to Central Continent and obtain resources for Shushan.
• Happy Old Man realized that Shushan was behind the deaths of multiple Tribulation Crossing Stage cultivators and feared its growing strength.
• Lingxu returned to Shushan and told the bewildered Deputy Sect Leader that he was preparing to run away from home.

Li Xuanxiao used the secret password to open Shangguan Suiyun’s treasure vault after Shushan took Supreme City, giving him the resources to begin his Shushan Wandering Plan. Lingxu reprimanded him for acting without authorization, and the chapter ended at Shu Mountain’s Dao Seeking Pavilion.

• After Shushan’s forces took control of Supreme City, two former followers of Shangguan Suiyun tried to break into his treasure vault but were defeated by its formation.
• Li Xuanxiao and his sister entered the vault using the secret password known only to them, and he sent transport puppets to carry off its treasures.
• Li Xuanxiao confessed to Lingxu that he had acted on his own to rescue Feng Liuli and capture Shangguan Suiyun; Lingxu scolded him, kicked him, and ordered him to surrender his Sect Leader’s Sword Tokens.
• Li Xuanxiao returned to his cottage, delegated his punishment copying to his clones, and began sorting the treasures he had brought back.
• At night, the chapter described the warded Dao Seeking Pavilion on Shu Mountain, where someone called out, “Master!”

Li Xuanxiao began refining a Heaven-Deceiving Talisman during the rare Nine-Star Convergence, using heavenly lightning to conceal his fate and support his Shushan Wandering Plan. After his lightning-guiding needles were destroyed, he was left with only the final stroke to complete the talisman.

• Lingxu visited his master's shrine, interpreted the words “Li,” “Mu,” and “Zi” as an instruction to set an example, and vowed to lead Shushan well.
• Lingxu encountered Lu Ziyin, and both saw the other as a reflection of their younger or future self.
• Lingxu entered Li Xuanxiao's cottage and found him obediently copying scriptures, unaware that Li Xuanxiao was preparing a secret plan elsewhere.
• On Thundercloud Island, Li Xuanxiao began refining the Heaven-Deceiving Talisman with Jade Marrow Talisman Paper, Fate-Severing Sand, and heavenly lightning.
• Nine bolts of purple lightning struck during the talisman's formation, destroying all thirteen lightning-guiding needles as Li Xuanxiao reached the final stroke.

Happy Youth and the Old Emperor met to plan Happy Youth’s entry into Central Continent, but Happy Old Man’s attempt to divine the location of a transmigrator was severed and Liu Qiushui attacked them. Meanwhile, Li Xuanxiao completed the Heaven-Deceiving Talisman, only for a falling figure to drop into his blazing furnace.

• Happy Youth asked the Old Emperor for an identity and backing in Great Xia, while the Old Emperor demanded help finding someone with the same origins as him.
• Happy Old Man tried to divine the transmigrator’s location, but saw only mist, lost a vast amount of vitality, and was cut off from Happy Youth.
• Liu Qiushui appeared and attacked the Old Emperor and Happy Youth, blasting Happy Youth away when he tried to speak to her.
• Li Xuanxiao completed the Heaven-Deceiving Talisman, recovered some strength, and burned away the traces of his work.
• A figure fell from the sky into Li Xuanxiao’s blazing cauldron furnace.

Li Xuanxiao accidentally trapped and struck Happy Youth while trying to save him from the cauldron, leaving him transformed into an infant-like figure. Two Heavenly Dao Alliance cultivators witnessed the scene and mistook Li Xuanxiao for an evil cultivator, and one attacked him.

• A black figure fell into Li Xuanxiao’s blazing cauldron, and his attempts to pull the figure out repeatedly sent Happy Youth back inside.
• Happy Youth used a soul nail to unleash his power and broke apart the cauldron, but Li Xuanxiao’s Great Compassion Fist struck him in the head.
• A Heavenly Dao Alliance elder and his young disciple saw Li Xuanxiao using the cauldron and branded him an evil cultivator.
• Li Xuanxiao realized Happy Youth had been injured, burned, and struck by his punch until he became infant-shaped.
• An angry voice called Li Xuanxiao a demonic heretic and attacked him.

Ling Xuanxiao escaped Old Demon after the infant spirit entered his body and restored his spiritual power. While examining himself, he discovered that a Nascent Soul now coexisted with his super-grade Golden Core, just as the furious Liu Qiushui arrived.

• The infant spirit entered Ling Xuanxiao's body after Old Demon's Dharma Seal struck it, restoring his depleted spiritual power and strengthening him.
• Ling Xuanxiao fled into his three-layer formation, where Old Demon and his disciple were caught in the poisonous gas; Ling Xuanxiao altered the killing setup and escaped.
• Li Xuanxiao examined his body and found a Nascent Soul inside his dantian alongside his intact super-grade Golden Core.
• Liu Qiushui stepped through the clouds with a terrifying aura and confronted Li Xuanxiao in anger.

Liu Qiushui found Li Xuanxiao after the Old Emperor's Primordial Spirit escaped, mistook his panicked behavior for a sacrifice made to protect her, and took him away. Three days later, a Heavenly Dao Alliance master and disciple confronted them, and the old man charged at Liu Qiushui and Li Xuanxiao.

• After the Old Emperor escaped, Liu Qiushui went to find his son and came across Li Xuanxiao.
• A Sword Cultivator approached Liu Qiushui, but she killed him before he could reach her.
• Liu Qiushui mistook Li Xuanxiao's antics for signs that his soul had been taken to keep her location secret, and she vowed to care for him if Shu Mountain would not.
• Liu Qiushui led Li Xuanxiao away with a red string looped around his head, and he tracked their route for three days.
• The Heavenly Dao Alliance master and his young female disciple recognized Li Xuanxiao and accused him of being an Evil Cultivator.
• The old man charged at Liu Qiushui and Li Xuanxiao, while Li Xuanxiao worried Liu Qiushui would kill him.

Liu Qiushui defeated Old Demon and his disciple, then took Li Xuanxiao to the reclusive Ghost Hand Divine Doctor Zhang Wenxuan for treatment. Zhang began examining Li Xuanxiao’s damaged soul, threatening to expose his secret.

• Liu Qiushui struck Old Demon down with a single palm, but let him and his disciple escape when Li Xuanxiao tried to flee.
• Old Demon identified Liu Qiushui as the Red-clothed Demoness and told his disciple to report her appearance directly to Shu Mountain.
• One month later, Liu Qiushui brought Li Xuanxiao to Zhang Wenxuan’s clinic in Yong'an Town and asked him to examine the damage from a forced soul search.
• Zhang Wenxuan inserted a silver needle into the back of Li Xuanxiao’s head, and Li Xuanxiao worried that the examination would reveal his secret.

Zhang Wenxuan examined Li Xuanxiao and discovered his divine soul was badly damaged, while Li Xuanxiao continued pretending to be an idiot under Liu Qiushui’s watch. Liu Qiushui repeatedly left Yong'an Town to rebuild her forces, and Li Xuanxiao waited for a chance to escape.

• Zhang Wenxuan’s probes triggered Li Xuanxiao’s layered defenses, including an Inner Demon and a God-Devouring Gu, before he found a damaged Nascent Soul and estimated that only one-quarter of Li Xuanxiao’s divine soul remained.
• Liu Qiushui ordered Zhang Wenxuan to heal Li Xuanxiao, who then stayed at Zhang Wenxuan’s home and kept pretending to be an idiot.
• Liu Qiushui enjoyed the quiet life in Yong'an Town for a time, but she soon began leaving and returning as she worked to consolidate Asura Hall’s remaining forces.
• Li Xuanxiao watched Liu Qiushui and Zhang Wenxuan without acting, while Zhang Wenxuan reminded him that telling Liu Qiushui the truth earlier would have put him in danger.

Ling Xuanxiao heard Zhang Wenxuan’s account of how Liu Bantian framed him and promised to submit evidence to Shushan. After Zhang showed him rescued children and records of Liu Bantian’s crimes, Ling Xuanxiao stayed to investigate his strange nascent soul, while the carefree youth awoke after his failed attempt at Soul Possession.

• Zhang Wenxuan told Ling Xuanxiao that Liu Bantian had used him to prepare medicine involving children’s souls, then falsely blamed him for the slaughter.
• Ling Xuanxiao promised to bring any evidence Zhang Wenxuan had to the Shushan Sect Leader and seek justice.
• Zhang Wenxuan showed Ling Xuanxiao the children he had rescued, Liu Bantian’s manuscripts, and evidence that Liu Bantian’s corpse bore traces of consuming human medicine.
• Zhang Wenxuan wept with relief when Ling Xuanxiao accepted the evidence, and Ling Xuanxiao stayed to have him examine the nascent soul in his body.
• The carefree youth woke and recalled being hunted by Liu Qiushui, targeted for alchemy, struck by the Dharma Seal, and badly injured during his attempted Soul Possession.

Li Xuanxiao and Zhang Wenxuan sealed Happy Youth’s soul and spent forty-nine days studying poison while Li recovered. After Liu Qiushui left again, Li prepared to return to Shushan, promising Zhang Wenxuan he would clear his name.

• Zhang Wenxuan used Soul Devouring Silver Needles to seal Happy Youth’s soul, and explained that it would be subdued after forty-nine days.
• Li Xuanxiao studied the Poison Scripture and discussed the Dao with Zhang Wenxuan while his Nascent Soul came under his control.
• Liu Qiushui returned injured and spoke of staying with Ling Xuanxiao, but Li arranged for Zhang Wenxuan to remind her of her unfinished task, and she soon left again.
• Zhang Wenxuan drugged the two Spirit Transformation Stage followers Liu Qiushui left behind, putting them to sleep for several months.
• Li Xuanxiao promised to explain Zhang Wenxuan’s case to his Master and clear his name, then bid farewell as Zhang thanked him.

Zhang Wenxuan brought the children and fabricated evidence to Shushan, believing Ling Xuanxiao had fallen for his scheme, but Shushan killed him in a sword formation. Months later, Shushan restored the surviving children’s health, and Ling Xuanxiao secretly set out to help them find their families.

• Zhang Wenxuan forced the children to claim Liu Bantian had refined them and prepared false evidence to deceive Shushan.
• After receiving Ling Xuanxiao’s letter, Zhang Wenxuan brought the children to Shushan and met Ling Xuanxiao.
• Shushan activated its sword formation and killed Zhang Wenxuan before he could explain himself.
• Ling Xuanxiao revealed he had never trusted Zhang Wenxuan and had used him to escape Liu Qiushui’s grasp.
• Months later, Shushan helped the children recover, though their souls could not be restored.
• Ling Xuanxiao carried the children away at night and began helping them search for their homes.

Ling Xuanxiao secluded himself to investigate the Nascent Soul that had appeared inside him while his clones established Divine Grass Mountain’s cultivation arrangements. After ending seclusion, he learned that Lu Ziyin had chosen him for a slot in the opening Purple Cloud Secret Realm ahead of the Five Great Immortal Sect Martial Arts Competition.

• Ling Xuanxiao avoided entering his cottage while Su Wan visited, and Zhao Lu eventually led her away before she could uncover his underground chamber.
• Worried that his sudden Nascent Soul might destabilize his cultivation, Ling Xuanxiao began seclusion and set safeguards against an Inner Demon and cultivation deviation.
• After half a year, Ling Xuanxiao’s main body had stabilized, while his first and second clones reached Divine Grass Mountain and began putting his plans into action.
• Ling Xuanxiao’s clone established a Spirit-Gathering Formation and connected with the mountain’s spiritual vein, improving the efficiency of his cultivation.
• Lu Ziyin summoned Ling Xuanxiao and offered him a slot in the Purple Cloud Secret Realm, which would open before the Five Great Immortal Sect Martial Arts Competition.

Li Xuanxiao agreed to enter the Purple Cloud Secret Realm with Su Wan after Liu Yidao urged him to seize the opportunity. At Purple Cloud Gorge, the gathered factions were unsettled when the Mysterious Yin Cult’s Blood Disciple Hand arrived openly aboard a massive Flying Ship.

• Lu Ziyin told Li Xuanxiao that Su Wan had offered to escort him through the Purple Cloud Secret Realm and let him keep its gains.
• Li Xuanxiao initially refused, but agreed after Liu Yidao stressed the opportunity and the benefits of forming a core before fifty.
• Several days later, Li Xuanxiao and Su Wan traveled to Purple Cloud Gorge with other Shushan disciples, including Zhao Lu, as factions gathered for the secret realm’s opening.
• A massive Flying Ship arrived over the gorge, and cultivators recognized it as belonging to the Mysterious Yin Cult.
• Blood Disciple Hand appeared above the gathered factions, leaving the righteous cultivators and Rogue Cultivators alarmed about his purpose.

Blood Disciple Hand came to Purple Cloud Gorge to boast about the Mysterious Yin Cult’s rise and provoke the gathered sects, especially Shushan. When he threatened a Golden Core Stage female cultivator, Su Wan and Feng Yun intervened, and Shushan Sect Leader Lingxu suddenly appeared.

• Blood Disciple Hand declared that the Mysterious Yin Cult had replaced Asura Hall among the Four Great Demonic Cults and attacked cultivators who muttered against him.
• Blood Disciple Hand taunted the Five Great Immortal Sects and Shushan, while Li Xuanxiao persuaded Su Wan not to challenge him rashly.
• Feng Yun rebuked Blood Disciple Hand for bullying the weak, and he seized a female disciple from a small sect to threaten Shushan.
• A Golden Core Stage female cultivator drew her sword against Blood Disciple Hand, who overwhelmed her with a wave of killing intent.
• Su Wan and Feng Yun stepped in to protect the female cultivator, and Shushan Sect Leader Lingxu appeared in the gorge.

Lingxu arrived at the Purple Cloud Secret Realm entrance and crushed Blood Disciple Hand and the Mysterious Yin Cult’s forces, allowing the cultivators to enter the realm. Inside, the cult’s conspirators revealed that their slaughter plan was only a small prelude to a larger plot at the Grand Competition of the Five Great Immortal Sects.

• Lingxu appeared at the canyon entrance, and Feng Yun recognized him as the Shushan Sect Leader and taunted Blood Disciple Hand.
• Lingxu punched Blood Disciple Hand into distant mountains, then destroyed the Mysterious Yin Cult’s Flying Ship as its disciples tried to flee.
• The Purple Cloud Secret Realm opened, and Su Wan urged Li Xuanxiao and the others to use sound-transmission talismans to find one another after entering.
• Inside the Purple Cloud Secret Realm, a conspirator confirmed that the cult’s slaughter plan would proceed and said the Grand Competition of the Five Great Immortal Sects was its true target.

Li Xuanxiao discovered that followers of the Death Immortal were hunting cultivators in the Purple Cloud Secret Realm and began tracking them. Three days later, the Cold Damage Sect’s refusal to distinguish between patients and enemies left righteous cultivators in danger as more attackers arrived.

• Two followers of the Death Immortal killed righteous cultivators before Li Xuanxiao ambushed them and learned their mission through soul search.
• Li Xuanxiao warned Zhao Lu to gather the Shushan Disciples and hurried to find them.
• Su Wan and the Shushan Disciples fought a group of black-clad attackers, and one attacker detonated his Golden Core to cover his companions’ retreat.
• Li Xuanxiao continued hunting the Death Immortal’s followers, searching their souls and looting their corpses over the next three days.
• A Cold Damage Sect disciple treated a wounded black-clad attacker before a righteous cultivator’s injured Senior Brother, insisting that all wounded deserved care.
• More black-clad attackers charged toward the group as the cultivators fell into despair, and a figure suddenly appeared.