Chapter Summaries

Lin Chang'an refused to join the Azure Sea Palace and instead refined a Yin Spirit treasure to control a beast for his plans involving the Nether Soul Sect island. He captured a Quasi-Third Tier Yin Spirit Beast King and fused it with the treasure, leaving him to adjust to controlling its two-headed body.

• Lin Chang'an chose to remain independent and entered seclusion to refine a Yin Attribute Spirit Bead using a thread of his Divine Sense.
• As cultivators flocked to the Ghost Domain, Lin Chang'an finished the bead and set out with the Green-Horned Ox to find a suitable Yin Spirit Beast King.
• Lin Chang'an subdued a tiger-shaped Quasi-Third Tier Yin Spirit Beast King on a Desolate Island, then concealed the island with the Five Elements Maze Array.
• Lin Chang'an fused the Spirit Bead with the beast, transforming it into a two-headed tiger and linking their minds.
• Lin Chang'an sensed the beast's chaotic thoughts and began using Mystic Heaven Mana to control its body, which still needed practice.

After spending a year preparing, Lin Chang'an sent a controlled Twin-Headed Yin Spirit Beast King into the Nether Soul Sect Spirit Island to collect Jade Slips from its ruined library. The tiger returned to Lin Chang'an with the inheritance, but a sudden spiritual warning left him wary as he prepared to retrieve it.

• Lin Chang'an completed two Jade Bottles and continued cultivating while waiting for his controlled Yin Spirit Beast King to break through and enter the island.
• The Twin-Headed Tiger reached the Nether Soul Sect Spirit Island and began gathering Jade Slips from the ruined library while posing as an ordinary Yin Spirit Beast King.
• When the island's owner returned, the Twin-Headed Tiger stole more Jade Slips from a ruined Cave Abode but was struck by the owner and fled in humiliation.
• The Twin-Headed Tiger escaped to Lin Chang'an's island, where Lin Chang'an, the Green-Horned Ox, and the Phoenix Cry Bird subdued its fear and prepared to recover the Jade Slips.
• Lin Chang'an felt a sudden, brief spiritual warning just as he was about to make the Twin-Headed Tiger spit out its loot.

Lin Chang'an uncovered a hidden Divine Sense attack in the Nether Soul Sect’s inheritance, learned that a cunning Shapeshifting Yin Spirit Beast King was behind it, and warned Yun Yao. After confirming she was safe, they examined the expedition’s remaining treasures and found valuable Array-Breaking Insights and a Puppet Refinement Technique.

• Lin Chang'an trapped the Two-Headed Tiger Yin Spirit Beast King in his Blood Fiend Red Sun Great Array and sent a clone to inspect the Jade Slips and corpse.
• The hidden Divine Sense strands attacked Lin Chang'an’s clone, but the Profound Heaven Immortal Vine neutralized them and revealed the Shapeshifting Yin Spirit Beast King’s scheme.
• Lin Chang'an realized the Shapeshifting Yin Spirit Beast King had been trying to control cultivators and search for a way to escape the island, then hurried to warn Yun Yao.
• Yun Yao identified the attack as a rare Nascent Soul Late Stage Divine Sense ability, and she and Lin Chang'an agreed to report the danger to Old Devil Profound Yin for potential gain.
• Lin Chang'an and Yun Yao examined the remaining remains, discovered a map and valuable Array-Breaking Insights, and Yun Yao chose to copy the Puppet Refinement Technique.
• Lin Chang'an copied the expedition’s gains onto blank Jade Slips to avoid risking the originals.

After returning from the Ghost Domain, Lin Chang'an sorted the Nether Soul Sect's inheritance and decided to purify and keep the Two-Headed Tiger Yin Spirit Beast King. Five years later, he learned that Clear Spirit Jade could help him refine a Clear Spirit Pill to break through his Divine Sense bottleneck, so he planned a trip to gather its rare ingredients.

• Lin Chang'an organized nearly half of the Nether Soul Sect's inheritance and refused to let the Phoenix Cry Bird eat the Two-Headed Tiger Yin Spirit Beast King, rewarding it instead with a Third-Tier Low-Grade Yin Spirit Monster Core.
• Lin Chang'an decided to purify and raise the Two-Headed Tiger Yin Spirit Beast King with Mystic Heaven Mana.
• Five years passed as news spread of the Fourth-Rank Shapeshifting Yin Spirit Beast King and turmoil across the Monster Sea Abyss, while Lin Chang'an prepared for the coming Secret Realm.
• Lin Chang'an discovered an ancient recipe for the Clear Spirit Pill, which used Clear Spirit Jade to help cultivators overcome Divine Sense bottlenecks and would let him cultivate two offensive divine abilities.
• Lin Chang'an determined that he needed a Third-Order High-Grade Yin Attribute Demon Core and a nine-hundred-year Mystic Yin Fruit, and planned to seek the Demon Core in the Heaven-Reaching Fog Sea and ask Treasure Radiance Pavilion for the fruit.

Lin Chang'an sought a Divine Origin Fruit to substitute for a Mystic Yin Fruit, but the Red Fire Sect couple tried to pressure him into handing over a Core Dissolution Spirit Item. Their deal fell through, and after leaving, they considered targeting Lin Chang'an or involving the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce.

• Hu Jin told Lin Chang'an that a Red Fire Sect couple had a Divine Origin Fruit, which Lin could use in place of the Mystic Yin Fruit.
• The couple met Lin Chang'an and Hu Jin, then revealed that they wanted a Core Dissolution Spirit Item to help their son rebuild his cultivation after forming a False Core.
• The middle-aged woman offered three Divine Origin Fruits, including a thousand-year-old one, and threatened Lin Chang'an by invoking the Red Fire Old Ancestor when he refused.
• Hu Jin backed Lin Chang'an and warned the couple that Lin had the Sixth Elder's support, after which they apologized but left without making a deal.
• The couple discussed targeting Lin Chang'an on his journey to Sea Abyss City or informing the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce if they could not find what they needed at the Trading Fair.

Lin Chang'an searched the Heaven-Reaching Fog Sea for a high-level Yin Spirit Beast King’s nest, hoping to find Yin Spirit Flowers and obtain a Demon Core for the Clear Spirit Pill. After discovering other cultivators had already raided the nest’s accompanying spirit item, he unleashed his spirit beasts to hunt the remaining Yin Spirits and planned to leave the Two-Headed Tiger to roam the sea.

• Lin Chang'an asked Hu Jin about leads on Yin Spirit Beast King nests, then sought information from an Azure Sea Palace shop and the Mystic Sound Pavilion; Fairy Nishang offered him the sect’s sea chart.
• Sword Servant remained behind to cultivate as Lin Chang'an left Five Dragon Island, while the Red Fire Sect Couple learned of his departure and plotted to ambush him on his next trip to Sea Abyss City.
• After three months of searching, Lin Chang'an found a Third-Rank Late Stage Yin Spirit Beast King’s nest and watched five Core Formation cultivators draw its guardians away while a hidden cultivator used Earth Evasion to steal the accompanying spirit item.
• Lin Chang'an recognized Red Third Mother among the departing cultivators and waited until they had fled before summoning the Phoenix Cry Bird, Green-Horned Ox, and Two-Headed Tiger to attack the weakened Yin Spirits.
• The Green-Horned Ox and Phoenix Cry Bird struck down and suppressed the Yin Spirit Beast Kings as Lin Chang'an prepared to leave the Two-Headed Tiger behind to roam freely.

Lin Chang'an left Two-Headed Tiger to cultivate and scout the Heaven-Reaching Fog Sea, then discovered and destroyed a Yin Spirit Ship while exploring deeper waters. After collecting its meager loot, he headed back toward the Five Dragon Island Sea Region, hoping the Azure Sea Palace's Merchant Ship had brought good news.

• Lin Chang'an bound the Yin Spring Spirit Vein with a formation and left Two-Headed Tiger there with a Water Spirit Bead to cultivate and search for Yin Spirit Beast King nests.
• Lin Chang'an continued deeper into the Heaven-Reaching Fog Sea and, after half a year, encountered a Yin Spirit Ship carrying hostile spirits.
• Lin Chang'an probed the ship's formations for two days, then used Array-Breaking Talismans to shatter a weak point while Green-Horned Ox rammed the hull and Phoenix Cry Bird attacked aboard.
• Phoenix Cry Bird defeated the ship's Yin Spirits and received the unusual Third-Order Mid-Grade Yin Spirit Monster Core, while Lin Chang'an gathered the ship's mostly low-grade loot.
• Lin Chang'an erased the battle's traces, put away his Spirit Pets, and flew toward the Five Dragon Island Sea Region as the ruined Yin Spirit Ship sank.

After returning from the Heaven-Reaching Fog Sea, Lin Chang'an learned that Sword Servant had reached the threshold of Core Formation and gave her insights to prepare for a breakthrough. He traveled to Sea Abyss City with Hu Jin, bought a Mystic Yin Fruit, and began looking for a Supreme-Grade Core Formation Spirit Item, leaving Sword Servant in seclusion.

• Lin Chang'an reassured Sword Servant that the Two-Headed Tiger was safe and learned she had touched the Core Formation bottleneck; she vowed to help him and received Core Formation insights.
• Lin Chang'an told Sword Servant to prepare to form her core after his return from Sea Abyss City and promised to remove her restrictions and restore her freedom in the future.
• Hu Jin told Lin Chang'an that Treasure Radiance Pavilion had the Spirit Fruits he sought and invited him to a Core Formation Trading Fair before announcing he was returning to the Yue Kingdom.
• Lin Chang'an traveled to Sea Abyss City with Hu Jin and Azure Sea Palace cultivators while Sword Servant entered seclusion to prepare for Core Formation.
• At Treasure Radiance Pavilion, Lin Chang'an traded a Yin Spirit Monster Core for an approximately eleven-hundred-year-old Mystic Yin Fruit and learned that Supreme-Grade Core Formation Spirit Items were tightly controlled.

Lin Chang'an refined Clear Spirit Pills in Sea Abyss City and used one to advance his Divine Sense to the Core Formation Late Stage, gaining access to two soul-attacking techniques. On his return to Five Dragon Island, he discovered that the Red Fire Sect couple and three Core Formation Cultivator Bandits were waiting to ambush him.

• Lin Chang'an rented a cave dwelling in Sea Abyss City and refined three Clear Spirit Pills using its Earth Fire and his Five Elements Array.
• Lin Chang'an consumed one Clear Spirit Pill, cultivated in seclusion for two months, and broke through to the Core Formation Late Stage in Divine Sense.
• Lin Chang'an learned Mystic Soul Spike and Soul Hooking Mystic Sound, then left the cave dwelling when his six-month lease expired.
• Lin Chang'an bought cultivation materials, disguised himself, and set out for the Five Dragon Island Sea Region on the Green-Horned Ox.
• Lin Chang'an sensed the Red Fire Sect couple and three other Core Formation Cultivators lying in wait near the Ghost Domain, while the five plotted to ambush him.

Lin Chang'an turned an attempted ambush into a hunt, killing the Third-Rank Late Stage Giant Turtle and trapping its five handlers in a second array. He began picking off the trapped cultivators, while the Red Fire Sect couple threatened retaliation and the battle continued inside the formation.

• Lin Chang'an trapped the Giant Turtle in a Mystic Ice Array, then used Mystic Soul Spikes and his Spirit Beasts to overcome its defenses and kill it.
• The five cultivators rushed to break the Mystic Ice Array but were caught in Lin Chang'an's hidden Five Elements Maze Array.
• After recovering some strength and assessing the five cultivators, Lin Chang'an lowered the Mystic Ice Array and attacked the group inside the maze.
• The Five Elements Maze Array separated the cultivators, and the Green-Horned Ox killed one of them; Lin Chang'an counted his first kill.
• The Red Fire Sect couple warned Lin Chang'an that their Old Ancestor would hunt him, as fighting continued within the array.

Lin Chang'an killed the last of the five cultivators who had pursued him, then planted evidence to make the Mysterious Yin Demonic Sect appear responsible. He returned to Five Dragon Island with his spoils, while the Red Fire Sect accepted the apparent culprit and prepared to report to its Old Ancestor.

• Lin Chang'an lured the surviving Core Formation Late Stage cultivator into an ambush, where his Yin Spirit Beast King, Spirit Pets, External Incarnations, and hidden swords killed him.
• Lin Chang'an boarded a Seven Kingdoms Alliance Spirit Ship and planted remnants of old battle loot on the seabed to frame the Mysterious Yin Demonic Sect.
• Lin Chang'an returned to Five Dragon Island with the cultivators' treasures and the Giant Turtle's materials, planning to use them for artifact refining and body tempering.
• A Red Fire Sect Core Formation Cultivator found the planted evidence and blamed the Mysterious Yin Demonic Sect for the five cultivators' deaths.
• The Red Fire Sect Cultivator ordered his followers to report the matter to the Old Ancestor.

Lin Chang'an prepared Sword Servant for Core Formation, drawing envy and concern as news of her impending breakthrough spread. The Four Seas Chamber of Commerce decided to recruit Lin Chang'an rather than risk provoking him, while Mystic Sound Pavilion members considered how to keep him close to the sect.

• Lin Chang'an praised Sword Servant's progress and gave her several Core Formation resources, advising her to strengthen her Divine Sense before entering seclusion.
• Lu Yushu and cultivators across the region envied Sword Servant's opportunity, while Xu Lingfeng and Liu Ruyu worried that her breakthrough would alter the balance of power and invite schemes from the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce and the Long Family.
• Liu Ruyu urged Xu Lingfeng to support Fairy Nishang and Lin Chang'an growing closer, pointing out Fairy Nishang's visits to Heavenly Spring Peak and her gifts to Lin Chang'an.
• Li Tianmo regretted that he had distanced himself from Heavenly Spring Peak, while Zhou Bingxuan explained that Sword Servant's devotion and years of service set her apart.
• Zhu and Liang of the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce chose to recruit Lin Chang'an instead of risking a confrontation with him.

Lin Chang'an broke through to Third-Rank Body Refining, gaining a major boost to his strength, recovery, and ability to conceal his aura. He then prepared Sword Servant for Core Formation and guarded her as the first signs of her breakthrough appeared.

• Lin Chang'an used demonic essence blood and a spirit-gathering array to break through to Third-Rank Body Refining, strengthening his body, mana, self-healing, and concealment.
• Lin Chang'an learned from the Phoenix Cry Bird that Sword Servant had emerged from seclusion, then met her on Heavenly Spring Peak and confirmed that her Divine Sense had advanced.
• Lin Chang'an gave Sword Servant two Fine Crystal Condensation Pills, Mystic Water Liquid, and Pure Demonic Qi, then sent word to Fairy Nishang, Liu Ruyu, Xu Lingfeng, and the other Mystic Sound Pavilion Core Formation Cultivators.
• As Lin Chang'an guarded Sword Servant's seclusion, Li Tianmo, Zhou Bingxuan, and Shen Zhuang discussed whether they might one day ask him for help with Core Formation.
• Nine days after the Mountain Protection Formation activated, spiritual energy fluctuations signaled that Sword Servant's Core Formation had begun.

Sword Servant formed an Immortal Golden Core on Heavenly Spring Peak, awakened a lightning bloodline divine ability, and further merged her Human-Monster Hybrid bloodlines. Lin Chang'an received congratulations from across Five Dragon Island, while Liu Ruyu brought a gift from Mystic Sound Pavilion and hinted that its Sect Master had often watched his peak.

• Lin Chang'an watched Sword Servant's Core Formation Phenomenon gather and reflected on how his growing lifespan could help him cultivate and survive crises.
• Lin Chang'an controlled the Spirit Gathering Array as Sword Servant condensed her core, and onlookers saw a phenomenon suggesting she would form a Mid-Grade Golden Core.
• Sword Servant's bloodline awakened during Core Formation, but Lin Chang'an helped suppress and purify the changes as she forced her Golden Core to become an Immortal Golden Core.
• Sword Servant awakened a lightning-element bloodline divine ability, and Lin Chang'an sensed that her two conflicting bloodlines had become more compatible.
• News of Sword Servant's breakthrough spread, and cultivators from across the Five Dragon Island Sea Region came to congratulate Lin Chang'an.
• Liu Ruyu delivered a gift from Mystic Sound Pavilion and told Lin Chang'an that the Sect Master had often gazed toward Heavenly Spring Peak, leaving Xu Lingfeng miserable.

The Sword Servant celebrated her Core Formation with Lin Chang'an and discovered that her awakening bloodline gave her Dragon Clan traits and lightning control. Lin Chang'an refined a Clear Spirit Jade gourd for his cultivation wine and began planning for the Secret Realm, before Yun Yao visited him after securing the Mysterious Yin Divine Cult’s Saintess position.

• The Sword Servant emerged from seclusion after forming her core, and Mystic Sound Pavilion held a celebration attended by Li Tianmo, Shen Zhuang, and Zhou Bingxuan.
• Lin Chang'an gave the Sword Servant the complete Sha Yuan Sword Art and learned that she had developed Heavenly Spirit Sword Qi, a reverse scale, Dragon Clan bloodline traits, and control over lightning.
• Lin Chang'an refined Clear Spirit Jade into a gourd to preserve Ice Marrow Jade Liquid spirit wine and planned to use it to sustain his cultivation.
• Lin Chang'an began preparing for the Secret Realm by considering defensive dharma treasures against its extreme cold and gale winds, while consulting the Nether Soul Sect and Mysterious Yin Demonic Sect inheritances.
• Yun Yao visited Lin Chang'an at Heavenly Spring Peak after securing the Mysterious Yin Divine Cult’s Saintess position, and he teased her about whether to call her Saintess or Fairy.

Lin Chang'an and Yun Yao deepened their relationship while preparing for the Secret Realm, and Yun Yao gave him a damaged Ancient Treasure to repair. After she left to pursue their plans, Lin Chang'an resolved to risk more for her and seek Nascent Soul Formation after the Secret Realm.

• Lin Chang'an gave Yun Yao Clear Spirit Pills and a jade hairpin, then combed her hair as they recalled their early days together.
• Yun Yao gave Lin Chang'an a damaged Four Symbols Dragon Scale Armor and its refining manual for him to repair.
• Lin Chang'an and Yun Yao shared intelligence, planned for the Secret Realm, and he purified the Mystic Yin Divine Fire within her.
• Yun Yao reached Core Formation Late Stage, then told Lin Chang'an about a Third-Rank Late Stage Thunder Flood Dragon whose essence soul could help repair the armor.
• Yun Yao departed with purified Demonic Qi, and Lin Chang'an resolved to honor his agreement with the Sixth Elder, seek Nascent Soul Formation, and eventually flee with Yun Yao.
• Yun Yao left believing she had found a kind of freedom, while Lin Chang'an watched her go with renewed resolve.

Lin Chang'an studied the Four Symbols Dragon Scale Armor and prepared to hunt a Thunder Flood Dragon, while unrest grew across the Monster Sea Abyss ahead of the First Secret Realm’s opening. Sword Servant completed her Core Formation and mastered Sword Shadow Follows Heart, and Fairy Nishang resolved to protect the Mystic Sound Pavilion without dragging Lin Chang'an into its troubles.

• Lin Chang'an planned to restore the Four Symbols Dragon Scale Armor by hunting a Thunder Flood Dragon and began refining a Four Symbols Black Tortoise Formation with materials from a giant turtle.
• Sword Servant emerged from seclusion as a Core Formation Cultivator and reported that the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce had sent Lin Chang'an a generous recruitment offer.
• Sword Servant told Lin Chang'an that cultivators were emerging from seclusion and rumors blamed the Mysterious Yin Demonic Sect for framing the Azure Sea Palace, while unrest spread ahead of the First Secret Realm's opening.
• Sword Servant demonstrated that she had mastered Sword Shadow Follows Heart and condensed sword gleams containing Sword Intent, then gave Lin Chang'an a letter from Yun Yao.
• Fairy Nishang told Liu Ruyu she would personally approach Lin Chang'an and prepare a gift for Alchemist Wen, but later decided to avoid drawing Lin Chang'an into the coming calamity and resolved to strengthen the Mystic Sound Pavilion.

Lin Chang'an entertained Fairy Nishang, arranged for her sect to help gather materials for Sword Servant’s Life-Bound Dharma Treasure, and decided to seek lightning-compatible materials in the Outer Sea. After completing a powerful Four Symbols Black Tortoise Formation, he set out with Sword Servant for Sea Abyss City to prepare for the Thunder Flood Dragon.

• Fairy Nishang visited Lin Chang'an after advancing her cultivation, discussed unrest and recruitment efforts, and played chess with him and Sword Servant.
• Lin Chang'an served Fairy Nishang Ice Marrow Jade Liquid and asked the Mystic Sound Pavilion to gather materials for Sword Servant’s Life-Bound Dharma Treasure.
• Lin Chang'an explained that Sword Servant’s awakened lightning abilities called for a bloodline-linked treasure made using her Spirit Bone, and planned a trip to the Outer Sea to find materials.
• Lin Chang'an completed the reforged Four Symbols Black Tortoise Formation and gave Sword Servant a sword Dharma treasure to use until her own could be made.
• Lin Chang'an and Sword Servant rode the Green-Horned Ox toward Sea Abyss City to buy lightning-attribute defensive Dharma treasures before facing the Thunder Flood Dragon.

Lin Chang'an visited Treasure Radiance Pavilion to buy Thunder-Absorbing Beads and learned that Azure Sea Palace had recently displayed its strength in the Outer Sea. In Sea Abyss City, he saw Huang Tianxiao with He Yan’s corpse as a Corpse Puppet and learned that Yun Yao remained in danger within the Yinxuan Demonic Sect; he resolved to investigate after the Trading Fair.

• Lin Chang'an learned that Treasure Radiance Pavilion would hold a Core Formation Cultivator Trading Fair in five days and bought two Thunder-Absorbing Beads and other materials.
• Lin Chang'an praised Sword Servant for her diligence, then noticed a lavish carriage arriving with Huang Tianxiao and a Corpse Puppet that he recognized as He Yan.
• Huang Tianxiao brooded over Li Fire Palace’s destruction, his family’s deaths, and Old Devil Profound Yin’s plan to use him as cultivation material.
• Sword Servant investigated the Yinxuan Demonic Sect and reported that Li Fire Palace’s Golden Core Cultivators had been killed and refined into Corpse Puppets.
• Lin Chang'an connected the Corpse Puppet to the Nether Soul Sect’s Yin Baleful Corpse Refining technique and decided to keep a low profile while seeking a way to help Yun Yao.

At Treasure Radiance Pavilion’s Trading Fair, Lin Chang'an exchanged for rare materials and confronted a request to trade away the Sword Servant. After acquiring Huang Tianxiao’s Third-Order Early Stage Corpse Puppet, Lin Chang'an uncovered memories of He Yan’s death and turned his attention toward Huang Tianxiao and the Mysterious Yin Demonic Sect.

• Lin Chang'an attended the Trading Fair in Sea Abyss City and learned that many Outer Sea sects and Rogue Cultivators had gathered there.
• Huang Tianxiao arrived with the yellow-toothed old man, and their exchanges with other cultivators exposed rivalries among the Outer Sea powers.
• Two Azure Sea Palace elders opened the Trading Fair, where Lin Chang'an traded for several rare materials.
• Huang Tianxiao offered a Third-Order Early Stage Corpse Puppet, and the yellow-toothed old man secretly asked Lin Chang'an to trade away the Sword Servant for two Corpse Puppets.
• Lin Chang'an offered a Third-Order Mid-Grade Yin Spirit Monster Core for the Corpse Puppet, and an Azure Sea Palace elder’s greeting revealed his backing and silenced the old man.
• Lin Chang'an examined the Corpse Puppet containing He Yan’s corpse, saw fragments of He Yan’s final memories, and resolved to focus on Huang Tianxiao and the Mysterious Yin Demonic Sect.