Chapter Summaries

Yi Chen revealed that he had used Ghost Algae to control Ning Xuanyuan and many members of the Heavenly Secrets Holy Land, then trapped the gathered sects in a killing formation and demanded their submission. Lin Xuan arrived with reinforcements and shattered the formation with a finger, leaving Yi Chen stunned and the crowd hailing the Northern Profound Heaven’s Emperor Consort.

• Yi Chen confessed that he had secretly poisoned Ning Xuanyuan and others with Ghost Algae through tea, then forced them under his control.
• Ning Xuanyuan killed Li Dehe with the Netherworld Ghost Hand, while Yi Chen threatened the gathered sect masters with Ghost Algae Pills.
• Yi Chen trapped the crowd in the Northern Abyss Blood River Formation as sect masters considered joining forces against him.
• Lin Xuan arrived with Cang Zongtian, Baili Yi, and several thousand martial artists, then shattered the formation with a flick of his finger.
• Cang Zongtian and the crowd recognized Lin Xuan as the Northern Profound Heaven’s Emperor Consort and praised his power.

Lin Xuan stopped Yi Chen’s escape, trapped Ning Xuanyuan and the others, and killed the Soul Form Sect Master. He then cured the poisoned Sacred Land of Heavenly Secrets cultivators, who bowed to him in gratitude and reverence.

• Yi Chen recognized Lin Xuan as the Emperor Consort of the Northern Profound Heaven and tried to escape while sending Ning Xuanyuan and the others to attack him.
• Lin Xuan trapped Ning Xuanyuan and the others in the Sumeru Nine Palaces Immortal Array, then killed Yi Chen with a lightning incantation.
• Wang Kaijing respectfully greeted Lin Xuan on behalf of Immeasurable Heaven and expressed concern that Ning Xuanyuan and the others might die.
• Lin Xuan assured Zhao Dinglei and the others that he could cure the cultivators without ruining their cultivation.
• Lin Xuan dissolved the array and used spirit-fire stone needles to expel the ghost algae poison from Ning Xuanyuan and the others.
• Ning Xuanyuan and the other recovered cultivators praised Lin Xuan and bowed to him in worship.

Lin Xuan led one hundred thousand cultivators to the Ghost Sea, where they learned that Venerable Realm Ghost Kings had forced Xia Honglang’s forces to retreat. Lin Xuan annihilated the ghosts pouring from a breach with nine Primordial Fire Spirit Dragons, then set out to explore the Ghost Sea with the others.

• Ning Xuanyuan and Wang Kaijing asked Lin Xuan to lead the cultivators to the Ghost Sea, and he agreed to guide one hundred thousand people there.
• Xia Honglang met Lin Xuan outside the Ghost Sea and explained that Venerable Realm Ghost Kings had overwhelmed his forces and driven them from the mountain range.
• Ghostly aura erupted from a valley breach, and Ning Xuanyuan and Xia Honglang warned everyone about the destructive ghost water and its ghost algae.
• Lin Xuan revealed his Primordial Fire Spirit Body and summoned nine enormous Primordial Fire Spirit Dragons.
• The fire dragons burned away the ghosts and evaporated the ghost water within eight thousand li, leaving Xia Honglang and the others to watch in awe.
• Lin Xuan picked up the four little girls and led the group toward the Ghost Sea to investigate what lay within.

Netherwheel Dharma King Xiahou Chang planned to lure Lin Xuan and his allies onto the Death Spirit Ship so the Ghost Saint could devour their souls. Lin Xuan agreed to let his daughters explore the ship, and the group boarded it together.

• Xiahou Chang rejected Wudu’s suggestion to hide the Death Spirit Ship and planned to draw Lin Xuan aboard to trap him.
• Xiahou Chang explained that the Death Spirit Ship was part of the Ghost Saint Nightwalker King and hoped to use Lin Xuan’s soul to help revive the Ghost Spirit Race.
• Xuanzhu and her sisters excitedly asked Lin Xuan to let them board the enormous ship, and he agreed.
• Lin Xuan carried his daughters onto the Death Spirit Ship, followed by Xia Honglang, Ning Xuanyuan, and more than a hundred thousand others.

Lin Xuan led more than a hundred thousand people into the ghost ship’s cabin, where the Profound Nether Dharma King trapped them in a blood prison. Lin Xuan destroyed the prison, took the Lunar Extinction Seal, and annihilated Xia Houchang and the other ghost spirits, though the Nightwalker King’s awakening now threatened to follow.

• Lin Xuan led the group into the cabin and revealed that the ghost ship was the chest cavity of an ancient ghost creature.
• Xia Houchang revealed himself as the Profound Nether Dharma King and activated a blood prison to digest everyone inside the cabin.
• Lin Xuan used his Separating Fire Golden Pupils to burn away the Blood Prison Square Seal and its mystic power.
• Lin Xuan recognized the Nightwalker King's heart as the Lunar Extinction Seal and collected it, disrupting Xia Houchang's plan to awaken and control the Nightwalker King.
• Xia Houchang warned that taking the seal would enrage the Nightwalker King, but Lin Xuan summoned his Rakshasa God's dharma manifestation and killed Xia Houchang and the other ghost spirits.

Lin Xuan destroyed the awakened Nightwalker King and restored the Sea of Ghosts to blue, then returned to the Northern Profound Heaven with his daughters. Meanwhile, Donghuang Ziyou escorted Li Meng to a canyon that led into Flying Dragon Gang territory and ordered her forces to advance.

• The Nightwalker King awakened with a roar, frightening Xia Honglang and the others while Xuanyou pretended the Nine-Headed Heavenly Python was scared so she could hide in Lin Xuan's arms.
• Lin Xuan led everyone off the undead ship, collected its treasures, and watched the ship sink as the Nightwalker King rose from the sea.
• Lin Xuan summoned a gigantic lightning dragon that shattered the Nightwalker King and burned away the ghost algae, turning the Sea of Ghosts blue again.
• Xia Honglang and the others thanked Lin Xuan, who then returned to the Northern Profound Heaven with his daughters.
• Donghuang Ziyou brought Li Meng and her officers to a canyon near the southwestern border, and ordered her troops to advance toward Flying Dragon Gang territory.

Donghuang Ziyou sent her generals into a gorge ambush to train them, then taught them to retreat using a shield formation. After they escaped, she entered the gorge herself and destroyed the Flying Dragon Gang’s ballista array with one sword strike.

• Guan Tong warned Donghuang Ziyou that the gorge was a likely ambush site, and the Empress sent thirty generals inside to investigate.
• The Heaven-Subduing Corpse Demon Ballistae attacked with corpse-poison lightning balls, overwhelming Feng Lingfei, Guan Tong, and the other generals.
• Donghuang Ziyou identified the weapons and chastised the generals for relying on brute force, prompting them to form a shield barrier and retreat.
• The generals escaped with destroyed shields and minor injuries, while Li Meng realized Donghuang Ziyou had used the ambush as battlefield training.
• Donghuang Ziyou flew into the gorge and used the Heaven Origin Sword Art to destroy the ballista array and shear off the surrounding mountain peaks.

Donghuang Ziyou stormed the Flying Dragon Gang after its forces attacked White Stone City, confronting Dongmen Haolong and Cave Origin Heaven’s envoy Zheng Tianzhou. As her generals fought the gang’s protectors, Dongmen Haolong prepared to shoot her with the Sun-Shooting Bow and its last arrow.

• Zheng Tianzhou gave Dongmen Haolong treasures on behalf of Kong Zhiyun in exchange for the Flying Dragon Gang’s attack on Northern Profound Heaven.
• A gang member reported that Donghuang Ziyou had arrived, and Dongmen Haolong led the elders outside to face her.
• Donghuang Ziyou crushed Protector Li Meng with a wave of her hand after he admitted he could not stop her.
• Feng Lingfei and the other female generals charged the Flying Dragon Gang’s protectors while One-Eye, Black Whip, Evil Hand, and Mad Lion moved to distract Donghuang Ziyou.
• Dongmen Haolong drew the Sun-Shooting Bow, nocked its last arrow, and aimed at Donghuang Ziyou.

Donghuang Ziyou defeated the Flying Dragon Gang, captured its hundred thousand bandits for forced labor, and took control of Zheng Tianzhou. With Zheng Tianzhou as her guide, she set out for Cave Origin Heaven to confront Prince Kong Zhiyun and the Kong Imperial Clan.

• Donghuang Ziyou used Heavenly Demon Eight Steps to evade Iron Chains Across the River, then cut down One-Eye and the other three elders.
• Donghuang Ziyou caught Dongmen Haolong’s Sun-Shooting Arrow, killed him, and claimed the Sun-Shooting Bow.
• The Flying Dragon Gang’s hundred thousand bandits surrendered, and Donghuang Ziyou ordered them sent to labor in Northern Profound Heaven’s mines.
• Donghuang Ziyou stopped Zheng Tianzhou from returning to Cave Origin Heaven and made him pledge loyalty, binding him with a demonic seal.
• Donghuang Ziyou left Feng Lingfei and the others to guard the bandits, then had Zheng Tianzhou lead her toward Cave Origin Heaven.

Donghuang Ziyou seized Heavenly Origin Palace, forced Cave Origin Heaven’s leaders to submit, and claimed its imperial seal. At the Crystal Palace, Lin Xuan’s daughters found a newly hatched bird and asked him to help it return home.

• Kong Zhiyun celebrated Cave Origin Heaven’s alliances and plans to destabilize Northern Profound Heaven while its officials praised him and Kong Dehuan.
• Donghuang Ziyou entered Heavenly Origin Palace with Zheng Tianzhou’s help and killed Wei Yang and the guards who attacked her.
• Donghuang Ziyou demanded Cave Origin Heaven’s submission, and Zheng Tianzhou, the ministers, Kong Dehuan, and Kong Zhiyun all yielded.
• Kong Zhiyun gave Donghuang Ziyou the Great Emperor’s jade seal, and she replaced Kong Qingcang’s mark with her own.
• Donghuang Ziyou asked where Kong Qingyu was, then ordered the palace’s takeover and left the officials under guard.
• Lin Xuan’s daughters brought him a fallen baby bird, and after confirming it was unharmed, Lin Xuan heard them ask him to help it find its parents.

Lin Xuan and his daughters built a safe nest in a tree for an abandoned Yellow Brocade Goose and waited for its parents to return. Meanwhile, Donghuang Ziyou arranged to govern Cave Origin Heaven after its conquest, then welcomed her cousin Mu Youqing to Ganxin Hall.

• Lin Xuan identified the little bird as a Yellow Brocade Goose whose family had migrated, and he and his daughters decided to care for it until its parents returned.
• Xuanhan suggested making the bird a nest in a tree, and Lin Xuan agreed to help the girls prepare one.
• Lin Xuan and his daughters furnished a wooden box with soft cloth, a toy, and a flower, then he secured it in the tallest tree with spiritual power.
• The daughters kissed Lin Xuan and praised him, and the system rewarded him with Grandmaster-Level Music Skill.
• Donghuang Ziyou gave Ruoying a list of one hundred appointees and ordered ten thousand deathsworn guards to protect Tianyuan Palace and monitor its former ministers.
• Mu Youqing entered Ganxin Hall, and Donghuang Ziyou greeted her cousin with a smile.

Mu Youqing gave Donghuang Ziyou crystal rouge and recommended an island lantern festival as a family outing. Donghuang Ziyou, Lin Xuan, and their four daughters set off together on one heavenly horse toward Yingze Kingdom, growing physically close during the flight.

• Mu Youqing visited Donghuang Ziyou, gave her crystal rouge, and praised Lin Xuan for helping ease her burdens.
• Donghuang Ziyou asked Mu Youqing for somewhere fun to visit, and Mu Youqing told her about a grand island lantern festival near Yingze Kingdom.
• Lin Xuan and the daughters watched the parent yellow brocade goose take its rescued chick away before Donghuang Ziyou arrived dressed for an outing.
• Donghuang Ziyou invited Lin Xuan and the daughters to the lantern festival, and the girls insisted that the whole family ride one heavenly horse together.
• Donghuang Ziyou mounted with the daughters, Lin Xuan sat behind them and held them steady, and the family flew toward Yingze Kingdom.

Lin Xuan, Donghuang Ziyou, and their four daughters arrived at the Sun-Moon Wheel Ship to travel to the Island Lantern Festival. Their appearance prompted the ship’s owner and the powerful guests aboard to greet them, and the Heaven-grade private room was reserved for the imperial family.

• Guests admired the Sun-Moon Wheel Ship as they boarded, but the attendants raised the requirements for reserving private rooms.
• Jiang Yufei arrived with his daughter and was offered the vacant Heaven-grade private room by Zhao Yunhai, the ship’s owner.
• Huangfu Wuji, the Holy Lord of Heavenly Pool, arrived and accepted Jiang Yufei’s offer to board the ship.
• Lin Xuan and Donghuang Ziyou arrived with their four daughters, and the gathered crowd recognized them and knelt in greeting.
• Huangfu Wuji, Jiang Yufei, and Zhao Yunhai bowed to the imperial family, leaving the Heaven-grade private room for them.

Lin Xuan and Donghuang Ziyou sailed toward an island with their daughters, whose innocent teasing stirred memories of their first kiss. At the Nangong estate, Nangong Haolong learned that Lin Xuan had killed his son and vowed revenge against Lin Xuan’s entire family.

• Lin Xuan and Donghuang Ziyou boarded the Sun-Moon Wheelship with their daughters, where Zhao Yunhai welcomed them to a private cabin.
• Xuanzhu accidentally fed Lin Xuan fruit smeared with Donghuang Ziyou’s rouge, and Xuanyou innocently urged him to eat more from her lips.
• Lin Xuan and Donghuang Ziyou shared a charged glance before Zhao Yunhai announced that the ship was nearing the island.
• Nangong Haolong returned to the Nangong estate and discovered that his son, Nangong Chentong, had been killed.
• Nangong Aoxue and Nangong Qilun told Nangong Haolong that Lin Xuan had killed Nangong Chentong after the Nangong men provoked him at the Duan Family.
• Nangong Haolong swore to avenge his son by killing Lin Xuan’s entire family.

Nangong Haolong ordered a secret, limitless bounty on Lin Xuan, Donghuang Ziyou, and their four daughters, and sent men to destroy the Huo Family. Meanwhile, Lin Xuan and his family enjoyed the Lantern Festival on an island, where Xia Siming tried to auction off his daughter Xia Xinyue.

• Nangong Haolong rejected an all-out war with Northern Profound Heaven and ordered Nangong Qilun to conceal the Nangong Lineage's name while placing an unlimited Dark Realm bounty on Empress Profound Ice and her family.
• Nangong Haolong ordered the Huo Family wiped out and postponed dealing with the Duan Family until after his revenge on Lin Xuan's family.
• Lin Xuan, Donghuang Ziyou, and their four daughters arrived on the island for the Lantern Festival and went to enjoy its festivities.
• Qian Wanbao's Ten Thousand Treasures Auction House sold all three hundred auction items at its island auction.
• Xia Siming brought his daughter Xia Xinyue onto the platform and asked Qian Wanbao to auction her because he could not afford to raise her.
• When an elder condemned him for breaking his promise to Xia Xinyue's dying mother, Xia Siming struck and kicked the girl as she cried and accused him of betraying her mother.

Xia Siming tried to give away Xia Xinyue, but two Emperor Realm sect masters fought over adopting her after recognizing her rare Nine Yin Mystic Chiding Body. Lin Xuan and Donghuang Ziyou took their daughters toward the battle to check that the islanders were safe.

• Xia Siming beat Xia Xinyue and tried to sell her, until Wang Yougui offered five hundred taels of silver to adopt her.
• Xu Yulong offered ten taels of gold and threatened Xia Siming, but Xiao Muyang arrived and bid one hundred taels of gold to adopt Xia Xinyue.
• Xu Yulong and Xiao Muyang recognized Xia Xinyue's Nine Yin Mystic Chiding Body and challenged each other to a fight limited to one hundred moves.
• Xia Xinyue said she did not want to go with either sect master as the two Emperor Realm cultivators fought in the sky.
• Xuanzhu and her sisters worried the battle would interrupt the lantern festival, so Lin Xuan and Donghuang Ziyou took them toward the fight.

At the lantern festival, Xia Xinyue begged Donghuang Ziyou and Lin Xuan to save her from being given away, prompting them to investigate why Xu Yulong and Xiao Muyang had fought to adopt her. Lin Xuan exposed their lies, and the sect masters confessed that they wanted to use Xia Xinyue as a furnace vessel.

• Xiao Muyang defeated Xu Yulong in their duel, but both sect masters stopped to pay their respects when Donghuang Ziyou arrived with Lin Xuan and their daughters.
• Xia Xinyue knelt before Donghuang Ziyou and Lin Xuan and pleaded with them to save her from being given away.
• Xu Yulong and Xiao Muyang claimed they had fought because they both wanted to adopt Xia Xinyue out of compassion.
• Donghuang Ziyou questioned their motives and pointed out that their sects' pure-yang techniques were unsuitable for Xia Xinyue's Nine Yin Profound Chi Physique.
• Lin Xuan challenged the sect masters to explain why they had fought over a child they could not properly teach, leaving them unable to answer.
• Xu Yulong and Xiao Muyang admitted they wanted to use Xia Xinyue as a furnace vessel and begged Donghuang Ziyou and Lin Xuan to punish them.

Donghuang Ziyou punished Xu Yulong and Xiao Muyang for their lies and arranged for Xia Xinyue to study at the Heavenly Pool Sacred Land. After celebrating the lantern festival with their daughters, Lin Xuan and Donghuang Ziyou returned to Northern Profound Heaven, where Mu Youqing and Donghuang Haoyu arrived with a request for help.

• Donghuang Ziyou destroyed Xu Yulong and Xiao Muyang's cultivations and arranged for Xia Xinyue to enter the Heavenly Pool Sacred Land.
• Lin Xuan and Donghuang Ziyou took their daughters to release lantern boats and make wishes, while Xuanyou and her sisters asked for younger siblings.
• The family continued enjoying the lantern festival before returning to Northern Profound Heaven.
• Mu Youqing brought Donghuang Haoyu and other royal descendants to see Lin Xuan, and Donghuang Haoyu explained that he wanted help after making a bet with an academy student.

After Donghuang Haoyu explained his poetry contest, Lin Xuan composed three lines that impressed Mu Youqing and gave Haoyu confidence he could defeat the rival royal descendant. Lin Xuan then accepted Devil Lord Qiyou’s invitation and took his daughters to Qiyou Kingdom, where the military parade drew powerful guests.

• Donghuang Haoyu told Lin Xuan about Su Bai’s celebrated moon verse and the royal descendant who challenged him to bring a better poem.
• Lin Xuan composed three lines about joy and sorrow, the moon’s waxing and waning, and the rarity of perfection; Mu Youqing and Donghuang Haoyu praised them as superior to Su Bai’s verse.
• Mu Youqing asked Lin Xuan to take her as a disciple, and he agreed to teach her when he had time.
• Lin Xuan received an invitation from Devil Lord Qiyou to attend Qiyou Kingdom’s Magic Beast army parade and set off with his four daughters.
• Ministers at Qiyou Kingdom’s Devil Palace marveled as powerful figures, including Holy Lord of Black Scale, Holy Lord of Blood Prohibition, Devil Lord Moye, and princes from other kingdoms arrived.

Devil Lord Qiyou welcomed Lin Xuan to Qiyou Kingdom’s military parade, where the Emperor Consort watched the hundred-thousand-strong Magic Beast army assemble. The chapter ended as the beast-taming grandmaster Zong Han greeted Lin Xuan and prepared to command the parade.

• Devil Lord Qiyou waited past the approaching auspicious hour because Lin Xuan had promised to attend, impressing the gathered rulers with the honor he gave the Emperor Consort.
• Lin Xuan arrived carrying his daughters, received the assembled guests’ salute, and joined Devil Lord Qiyou for the ceremonial tea before the parade.
• Lin Xuan and his daughters took seats on the viewing platform, and Devil Lord Qiyou announced the start of the military parade as tens of thousands of berserk devil bears entered the square.
• Devil Lord Qiyou explained that the one hundred thousand Magic Beasts were commanded by Zong Han, the renowned Heavenly Net Grandmaster and Emperor Realm beast tamer.
• Zong Han appeared before the army, saluted Lin Xuan, and turned to lead the Magic Beast parade.