Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan and his companions watched as Jiang Mochou and Xiao Jing began their long-awaited duel, driven by grief and rivalry over Lin Xinya. Their opening clash remained evenly matched, while Lin Xuan’s power protected the spectators from the shockwaves.

• Lin Xuan and Mu Youqing heard the story of Lin Xinya’s sacrifice and the centuries-long rivalry between Jiang Mochou and Xiao Jing.
• Lin Xuan entered the viewing pavilion, where the crowd honored him as the Emperor Consort of the Northern Profound Heaven.
• Jiang Mochou arrived at Sun-Reflecting Spring, and Xiao Jing followed, accusing him of being unworthy of Lin Xinya’s belongings.
• Xiao Jing attacked with the Great Void Dao Tone, and Jiang Mochou answered with the Heavenly Origin Chant.
• Their soundwaves collided, but Lin Xuan’s Invincible Forbidden Domain shielded the pavilion and its occupants.
• Jiang Mochou and Xiao Jing exchanged hundreds of evenly matched moves without either gaining an advantage.

Jiang Mochou and Xiao Jing failed to control the Fuxi Zither, an innate spirit treasure whose growing sound waves threatened the Central Divine Continent. Lin Xuan arrived and played its first note, leaving the zither’s response unresolved.

• Jiang Mochou and Xiao Jing remained locked in a stalemate until Celestial Immortal Mountain split open and revealed the Fuxi Zither.
• The Fuxi Zither’s first notes injured everyone within range, and onlookers explained that it housed a Zither Emperor soul that could only be controlled by playing the Thirteen Sounds of Fuxi faster than it.
• Jiang Mochou and Xiao Jing rushed to the zither and tried to play it, but its strings blasted them away when neither could pluck them.
• As the Fuxi Zither released another terrifying sound wave, Lin Xuan arrived at Celestial Immortal Mountain and placed his hands on its strings.
• Lin Xuan used his musical mastery to play the first note of the Thirteen Sounds of Fuxi, shocking Jiang Mochou and Xiao Jing.

Lin Xuan played the Fuxi Thirteen Notes so masterfully that Qin Emperor Nangong Zhao chose him as the Fuxi Qin’s new master. Jiang Mochou and Xiao Jing sought Lin Xuan’s guidance, then resumed their deadly feud, while Lin Xuan said he would intervene when the time was right.

• Lin Xuan played the Fuxi Thirteen Notes, captivating the crowd and earning admiration from Jiang Mochou, Xiao Jing, Mu Youqing, and his daughters.
• Qin Emperor Nangong Zhao appeared from the Fuxi Qin, praised Lin Xuan, and named him its rightful new master.
• Lin Xuan stored away the Fuxi Qin and explained to Jiang Mochou and Xiao Jing that its strings contained formations that could cause backlash if played incorrectly.
• Jiang Mochou and Xiao Jing renewed their intent to settle their feud, and Mu Youqing and Lin Xuan’s daughters asked Lin Xuan to reconcile them.
• Lin Xuan told them to wait for the right moment, leaving Mu Youqing and the others to conclude that he had everything under control.

Jiang Mochou and Xiao Jing revealed their hidden weapons and fell into demonhood as they fought to the death. Just as Lin Xuan prepared to intervene, Dingchan tried to subdue them, but Lin Xuan repelled him and used his Rakshasa Dharma Body to shatter the demonic aura around the two rivals.

• Jiang Mochou revealed an eighth string on the Heavenly Imperial Zither, while Xiao Jing transformed the Mystic Gold Jade Flute into the Dragon Cavity Bone Flute.
• Jiang Mochou wounded Xiao Jing with a hidden black sword and revealed that he had fallen into demonhood.
• Xiao Jing also became a demon, and the two rivals unleashed their strongest demonic attacks against each other.
• Lin Xuan reassured Xuanzhu and the other girls that no one would die, while Dingchan arrived with the Vajra Demon-Subduing Banner to subdue Jiang Mochou and Xiao Jing.
• Lin Xuan repelled Dingchan’s banner and used his Rakshasa Dharma Body to shatter the demonic aura surrounding Jiang Mochou and Xiao Jing.

Lin Xuan subdued the demonic conflict between Jiang Mochou and Xiao Jing, earning the reverence of Dingchan and the crowd. After helping the two understand that they should release their hatred for Lin Xinya, he accepted their decision to join Heavenly Dragon Temple and gave them the Buddhist names Xuanji and Xuanyi.

• Dingchan recognized Lin Xuan as the Nine Heavens Venerable and bowed to him, astonishing the crowd and Mu Youqing.
• Jiang Mochou and Xiao Jing awoke free of demonic aura, thanked Lin Xuan for saving them, and learned that his intervention had severed their inner demons.
• Lin Xuan asked whether Lin Xinya would have wanted them to kill each other and advised them to let go of their hatred.
• Jiang Mochou and Xiao Jing realized their resentment had betrayed Lin Xinya's wish for them to reconcile, and they decided to take refuge in Buddhism.
• Dingchan brought the two to Lin Xuan, who bestowed the names Xuanji and Xuanyi upon them.

After Jiang Mochou and Xiao Jing joined Heavenly Dragon Temple, Yuan Shanhe invited Lin Xuan and his daughters to watch a shadow puppet show at Muping Kingdom's palace. Meanwhile, the Ten Nations Allied Army advanced into Quanzhou to seize Muping Kingdom's enormous spirit stone mine, and a guard arrived with alarming news.

• Ding Chan took Jiang Mochou and Xiao Jing away after they received Buddhist names and joined Heavenly Dragon Temple.
• Yuan Shanhe invited Lin Xuan and the four princesses to see a shadow puppet show, and they agreed to go to Muping Kingdom's palace.
• The three-million-strong Ten Nations Allied Army entered Quanzhou, led by Huo Qi, Wu Lingfeng, and Sima Yan toward Dragon-Burying Valley to seize its spirit stone mine.
• Yuan Shanhe found the palace without guards and hurried toward the main hall to investigate.
• A guard rushed to Yuan Shanhe and reported that something terrible had happened.

Lin Xuan subdued Yuan Shanhe’s rampaging spirit turtle and fashioned a grass ring to balance its absorption of the nation’s fortune. With the turtle safe, Xuanyou played with it while Lin Xuan and the children went to watch a shadow puppet show.

• A guard reported that Yuan Shanhe’s spirit turtle had grown enormous, turned violent, and was wreaking havoc in the palace.
• Yuan Shanhe asked Lin Xuan to subdue the turtle, and Lin Xuan calmed it and restored it to its palm-sized form with a single command.
• Lin Xuan explained that the turtle had absorbed the nation’s fortune and made a grass ring to transfer that fortune into spiritual qi that would nourish the turtle.
• Yuan Shanhe let Xuanyou play with the turtle alongside Xuanzhu and the other children.
• Yuan Shanhe guided Lin Xuan and the children to the main hall, where they watched a shadow puppet show as the officials and performers celebrated their visit.

The Ten Nations Allied Army reached Dragon-Burial Valley and attacked Muping Country’s defenders, who chose to fight despite being badly outnumbered. At the imperial palace, Cao Yang learned that Lin Xuan had already given Yuan Shanhe a magical treasure for containing the spirit turtle, and he deferred to the Emperor Consort’s presence.

• Shen Chunhai and Dong Tai learned that the Ten Nations Allied Army was approaching, so they abandoned their plan to plunder Dragon-Burial Valley and fled.
• Huo Qi, Wu Lingfeng, Sima Yan, and the Ten Nations Allied Army advanced to Dragon-Burial Valley and demanded that Muping Country surrender it.
• Ma Cheng asked He Jiangshan whether they should fight, and He Jiangshan ordered Muping Country’s soldiers to defend their territory to the death.
• Huo Qi ordered the Ten Nations Allied Army to attack the defenders on the mountains.
• Yuan Shanhe declined Cao Yang’s jade vat after showing him the treasure Lin Xuan had made for the mystic turtle.
• Cao Yang praised Lin Xuan’s magical treasure and accepted that Yuan Shanhe had left him undisturbed while he watched the opera.

Lin Xuan agreed to help Mu Ping Kingdom defend Dragon Burial Valley from the allied armies of ten nations, which overwhelmed He Jiangshan’s forces before the legendary Dragon Guardian Chu Juehen appeared. The chapter ended with Chu Juehen confronting the invading armies.

• Cao Yang paid his respects to Lin Xuan and left, then an intelligence officer reported that the allied armies of ten nations had attacked Dragon Burial Valley.
• Yuan Shanhe asked Lin Xuan to repel the invaders and offered half the spirit mine, and Lin Xuan agreed to go to the valley.
• Huo Qi struck He Jiangshan’s forces with his saber, while Wu Lingfeng wounded He Jiangshan and forced him to retreat with Ma Cheng.
• Sima Yan ordered the allied armies to pursue the retreating Mu Ping Kingdom soldiers and kill them all.
• Chu Juehen appeared atop a peak in Dragon Burial Valley and declared that the invaders would not take even an inch of his mountains and rivers.

The legendary Land Sword Immortal Chu Juehen defended Muping Kingdom against the allied army of ten nations, killing Wu Lingfeng and driving back the invading troops. As the army faced defeat, its master arrived atop a two-headed giant dragon.

• Chu Juehen ordered the allied army of ten nations to leave Muping Kingdom, but Huo Qi and Wu Lingfeng refused.
• Wu Lingfeng attacked Chu Juehen with the Nine Extremes Sword Art, and Chu Juehen killed him with one strike.
• Huo Qi ordered the army to fire its Flame Crossbows, but Chu Juehen's Azure Scale Sword Art destroyed the fireballs.
• Chu Juehen struck again, killing at least a thousand soldiers and forcing the million-strong army back three hundred zhang.
• Huo Qi, Sima Yan, and the other marshals recognized their master arriving atop a two-headed giant dragon and knelt to welcome him.

Gu Yan arrived at Dragon Burial Valley, avenged Wu Lingfeng by gravely wounding Chu Juehen, and unleashed his forbidden art against the Kingdom of Muping. An elegant young man with four little girls appeared and blocked the attack, as Yuan Shanhe named him the Emperor Consort.

• Gu Yan found Wu Lingfeng's corpse and blamed Chu Juehen for killing his disciple.
• Gu Yan struck Chu Juehen with a powerful seal, shattering his defenses and leaving him gravely wounded.
• Gu Yan declared he would destroy the Kingdom of Muping and unleashed the Heavenly Evolution Art's Celestial Phenomena Tribulation.
• A divine light shielded Dragon Burial Valley and erased Gu Yan's attack without harming the valley.
• An elegant young man carrying four little girls appeared with Yuan Shanhe and others, and Yuan Shanhe challenged Gu Yan to face the Emperor Consort.

Lin Xuan arrived at Dragon-Burial Valley as the Emperor Consort of the Northern Profound Heaven and stopped Gu Yan from taking the spirit stone mine. When Gu Yan attacked Chu Juehen with his Yin Yang Clone Technique, Lin Xuan shattered the technique and crippled him.

• Chu Juehen, He Jiangshan, and the Muping Kingdom soldiers saluted Lin Xuan, while Gu Yan greeted him cautiously.
• Gu Yan offered to abandon the spirit stone mine if Lin Xuan let him kill Chu Juehen, but Lin Xuan rejected his terms.
• Gu Yan used his Yin Yang Clone Technique to attack Chu Juehen, who was too badly injured to defend himself.
• Lin Xuan turned his palm, shattered the space around Gu Yan, and blasted him into a mountainside crater.
• Huo Qi and the Ten Kingdom Allied Army feared Lin Xuan, while Chu Juehen and the people of Muping Kingdom celebrated his victory.

Lin Xuan forced the Ten Nations Alliance to submit and leave Dragon Burial Valley, then accepted the Azure Scale Sword Dragon’s crystal from Chu Juehen. The story then shifted to Donghuang Ziyou inspecting the Ice and Snow Plateau, where eight hundred thousand defenders knelt to greet her.

• Lin Xuan warned the Ten Nations Alliance to protect the people of the two provinces and used his Rakshasa Divine Sense to make them submit.
• Huo Qi and the alliance withdrew from Dragon Burial Valley, leaving Gu Yan behind.
• Chu Juehen offered Lin Xuan the Azure Scale Sword Dragon’s crystal, and Lin Xuan accepted it after hearing the others’ pleas.
• Lin Xuan left Dragon Burial Valley with Xuanzhu and the others, while Mu Youqing happily went along beside him.
• Donghuang Ziyou inspected the defenses at the Ice and Snow Plateau, and eight hundred thousand defenders knelt to salute her.

Donghuang Ziyou inspected the icy plateau’s camp, healed injured soldiers, and destroyed a massive Flying Wolf pack led by a Demon Emperor. She left the generals with orders to remain vigilant and promised magical artifact-grade bows and crossbows to defend the plateau.

• Donghuang Ziyou learned that Flying Wolves had injured soldiers and entered the barracks to heal them with her spiritual energy.
• A soldier reported that a large Flying Wolf pack was approaching, so Donghuang Ziyou and Li Tianba went to the watchtower.
• Donghuang Ziyou killed the Flying Wolf King and more than a hundred Flying Wolves with one arrow from her Sun-Shooting Bow.
• Donghuang Ziyou pursued the fleeing pack and wiped out the remaining Flying Wolves with the Heavenly Demon Slash.
• Donghuang Ziyou ordered the generals to stay alert and said she would send magical artifact-grade bows and crossbows to help defend the icy plateau.

Donghuang Ziyou investigated overnight ghost riots spreading through several southeastern kingdoms and found their rivers turning black, while the Heavenly Wolf clan plotted to wait for its god to descend and take revenge on her. During a journey with Lin Xuan, Xuanyou startled a five-colored bird out of the sky and learned it was frightened by the twang of a bow.

• Ruoying reported that common folk in several southeastern kingdoms had become ghosts, and Donghuang Ziyou decided to investigate in person.
• Rivers across Huayun Kingdom, Yunyan Kingdom, Snow Night Kingdom, and nearby nations turned black as ghost algae surfaced.
• Chi Peng and Chi Xiong prayed before a cracked statue, believing the Heavenly Wolf God would descend and help their clan rise during the coming Demon Tide.
• A messenger told Chi Peng that the Heavenly Wolves sent to the Ice and Snow Plateau had been killed by Donghuang Ziyou, and the brothers vowed to wait for the god before seeking revenge.
• Xuanyou called to a five-colored bird from the jade carriage, causing it to fall, and Lin Xuan explained that it had been startled by the twang of a bow.

Lin Xuan explained the idiom “a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow” to his daughters, then went with them to rescue an injured bird. When Mu Youqing confronted assassins from the Profound Shadow Sect, Lin Xuan defeated their sect master with one move, leaving the survivors fearing a greater storm.

• Lin Xuan told the story behind “a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow,” and Xuanyou acted it out for everyone.
• Xuanhan worried that the injured bird might die, so Lin Xuan took the girls to find it and healed it with spiritual energy.
• Mu Youqing went to confront several attackers while Lin Xuan stayed with the girls and secretly tracked the fight.
• Mu Youqing defeated three Emperor Realm assassins with the Grand Void Sword Art, but a stronger black shadow overwhelmed her.
• Lin Xuan appeared and used his Rakshasa Divine Sense to crush the black shadow, revealing it as the Profound Shadow Sect's sect master.
• The surviving assassins realized Lin Xuan had crippled their sect master in one move and feared a greater storm was coming.

Lin Xuan learned that an anonymous mission in the Dark Realm targeted him and Donghuang Ziyou’s family, so he brought Shi Kai there to find the person behind it. He destroyed the Assassination List to summon the Dark Realm’s leaders, who recognized him as the Emperor Consort.

• Lin Xuan killed three Mysterious Shadow Sect protectors and questioned Shi Kai, who revealed that an intermediary had placed an anonymous assassination mission against Lin Xuan and the Empress’s family of six.
• Lin Xuan took Shi Kai to the Dark Realm, where he saw the family named on the Assassination List and decided to draw out the intermediary.
• Lin Xuan hurled Shi Kai into the Assassination List with Five Elements Divine Thunder, destroying the massive stone pillar.
• Yin Jinlong and the Windshade Sect elders decided to join the assassination mission, while other major sects prepared to depart as well.
• The Dark Realm’s sect leaders gathered at the ruined Assassination List and recognized Lin Xuan as the Emperor Consort of the Northern Profound Heaven.

Lin Xuan crushed the Dark Realm’s resistance after destroying its Assassination List, then caught the middleman who had arranged the mission against his family. Jiang Lin revealed that the Nangong Lineage had issued it before Lin Xuan killed him and turned his attention toward them.

• Lin Xuan challenged the Dark Realm experts to attack, and Yin Jinlong and four other leaders demanded that he rebuild the Assassination List.
• Lin Xuan struck the five leaders with one palm, leaving them crippled, and the Dark Realm experts knelt and submitted.
• Lin Xuan sensed the Rakshasa Divine Sense, protected the Green-Winged Flying Bird Jade Carriage, and pursued the fleeing Jiang Lin.
• Lin Xuan restrained Jiang Lin with the Immortal-Binding Rope and forced him to name the mission’s issuer.
• Jiang Lin identified the Nangong Lineage, and Lin Xuan snapped his neck before vowing to confront them.

Nangong Haolong and Nangong Aoxue celebrated the belief that the Dark Realm had killed Lin Xuan’s family, while anticipating a tie to the Long family. Lin Xuan arrived at the Nangong Lineage with the dead intermediary and, after Nangong Haolong attacked, uprooted and hurled the lineage’s guardian Fusang Treant.

• Nangong Haolong told Nangong Aoxue that Long Lin had invited him to visit, hoping to connect their families through her.
• Nangong Qilun reported that the Dark Realm’s assassination list had been removed, and Nangong Haolong assumed Lin Xuan’s family had been killed.
• Lin Xuan descended in Northern Profound Heaven’s Jade Carriage and dropped the intermediary’s corpse before the Nangong Lineage.
• Lin Xuan revealed that he had killed the intermediary, and Nangong Haolong challenged him over the powerful figure behind the man.
• Nangong Haolong ordered Lin Xuan’s death, and the ancient Fusang Treant attacked him with a giant vine-covered hand.
• Lin Xuan seized the Fusang Treant’s vine and flung the guardian a hundred li away, uprooting it and shaking the Nangong Lineage.

Lin Xuan burned the Fusang Tree Man and broke the Nangong Lineage’s strongest killing formation, killing Nangong Qilun and more than a hundred Emperor Realm disciples. Nangong Haolong then unleashed the lineage’s forbidden Divine Art of Great Freedom and transformed into a three-headed, six-armed form to face Lin Xuan.

• Lin Xuan used Innate Spirit Fire to burn the Fusang Tree Man, enraging the Nangong Lineage.
• Nangong Qilun led a hundred Emperor Realm disciples in the Two Principles Eight Trigrams Slaughter Formation, but Lin Xuan pierced through it and killed them.
• Nangong Aoxue tried to stop Lin Xuan, but Nangong Haolong told her to step aside and confronted Lin Xuan himself.
• Nangong Haolong activated the Divine Art of Great Freedom, combining the strength of his past, present, and future lives.
• Nangong Haolong’s transformation ended with three heads and six arms.