Chapter Summaries

Lin Chang'an used the Cold Flame to rescue Fairy Nishang, then escaped through an underwater Teleportation Array to the Southern Region with the Sword Servant. After settling there under the alias True Person Xiao, he sought a rare soul-related Spirit Grass and learned that a seller had been found.

• Lin Chang'an killed two pursuing Cultivator Bandits with the Cold Flame and Yin Baleful Corpse Puppets, then gave Fairy Nishang a healing pill before fleeing.
• Fairy Nishang recognized Lin Chang'an's mana in the pill and concluded that he and Yun Yao were together, resolving to pursue him after reaching Nascent Soul.
• First Palace Mistress Mingyue watched Lin Chang'an use the Teleportation Array and discussed with Second Palace Mistress Mingyue their plan to obtain Demonic Marrow and break their bloodline shackles.
• Lin Chang'an and the Sword Servant arrived in the Southern Region, crossed the Demon Abyss outskirts, and investigated the nearby powers while seeking a place to cultivate.
• Lin Chang'an spent three years living as the late Core Formation cultivator True Person Xiao and advanced his cultivation; when he pressed an Auction manager for soul-related Spirit Grass, the manager arranged a meeting with a seller offering a specimen over nine hundred years old.

Lin Chang'an traded rare materials with the Myriad Poison Sect, then spent two years breaking through to Nascent Soul-level Divine Sense and refining powerful treasures. When Sword Servant sent a distress signal, he rushed to the Demon Abyss Forest, where she was trapped by a demonized Flood Dragon and two scheming cultivators, while an unseen young woman sensed someone approaching.

• Lin Chang'an met Cultivator Cheng of the Myriad Poison Sect, exchanged materials for twelve-hundred-year Spirit Grass, and considered the sect's offer to recruit him.
• Lin Chang'an refined Spirit Liquid from Yin Spirit Fruit and spent a year in seclusion, raising his Divine Sense to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Lin Chang'an tested his new Divine Sense against the Phoenix Cry Bird, then spent another year refining the Subduing Demon Pestle, Buddha Light Sarira, and other treasures.
• Sword Servant's distress signal reached Lin Chang'an, who packed his valuables and flew toward the Demon Abyss Forest to rescue her.
• Sword Servant hid in a valley with a wounded arm while a late-stage demonized Flood Dragon attacked, and two cultivators plotted to capture her and take her Refined Corpse method.
• An observing young woman admired Sword Servant's bloodline and sword talent, then sensed someone approaching.

Lin Chang'an rescued the Sword Servant from Corpse Mountain Valley cultivators, killed their leader, and met the concealed Palace Mistress Ming Yue, who offered him information about the Southern Region. He later chose to seek a place in the Myriad Poison Sect, where he and the Sword Servant arrived to discuss becoming a Guest Elder.

• Lin Chang'an arrived as the Sword Servant fought a Demon Flood Dragon, captured the beautiful Senior Sister, and used Divine Ability: Soul Hooking Mystic Sound to incapacitate the fleeing Junior Brother.
• The Phoenix Cry Bird killed the Demon Flood Dragon, while Lin Chang'an killed the beautiful Senior Sister, read her memories, and discovered she had targeted the Sword Servant for corpse-refining methods.
• Palace Mistress Ming Yue revealed herself, exchanged information with Lin Chang'an, and left after they agreed to make one another's acquaintance.
• Lin Chang'an took the wounded Sword Servant to another market, planned to avoid Corpse Mountain Valley, and later chose the Myriad Poison Sect as a place to cultivate and pursue a Nascent Soul opportunity.
• After a year in the Myriad Poison Sect's sphere of influence, Lin Chang'an and the Sword Servant visited the sect with Manager Cheng, who introduced them to the grounds and arranged a meeting with his granduncle, the Grand Supreme Elder Cheng.

Lin Chang'an joined the Myriad Poison Sect as a Guest Elder by showcasing his Corpse Puppet Technique and began refining puppets for the sect. After True Lord Ice Butterfly returned injured by Cold Poison, Lin discovered that the Ice Crystals made from her power could strengthen his Ice Lotus Cold Flame, giving him a new reason to serve the sect.

• Lin Chang'an negotiated with Cheng Qingsong to become a Guest Elder, gaining access to the sect's spirit vein in exchange for refining Corpse Puppets and serving for one hundred years.
• Cheng led Lin Chang'an and Sword Servant to a spirit peak with an Extreme Yin Land, where Lin settled and attracted attention from cultivators seeking his Corpse Puppet skills.
• True Lord Ice Butterfly returned with Cold Poison from an Ancient Ice Silkworm, while Cheng Qingsong remained unable to cure her.
• Lin Chang'an began making Corpse Puppets from corpses provided by the sect and received Ice Crystals condensed from Cheng Qingsong's Nascent Soul power.
• Scarlet Spirit Remnant explained the connection between the Ice Crystals and Lin Chang'an's Cold Flame, and Lin found that consuming their cold energy increased the flame's power.

After six years of quiet cultivation in the Myriad Poison Sect, Lin Chang'an sought high-grade Body Refining resources and Nascent Soul Formation opportunities at the White Wall City Auction. True Lord Ice Butterfly invited him to travel with the Sect, and the group set out toward White Wall City through Daru, where Lin Chang'an began assessing the Sect’s alliances and the cultivators around him.

• Lin Chang'an learned from the Scroll Artifact's Scarlet Spirit Remnant that an initially condensed Profound Heaven Spirit Body could conceal him even from Nascent Soul Cultivators, and he resolved to pursue it while seeking Body Refining resources.
• The Sword Servant reported that the Azure Sea Palace had not fallen into chaos and that the Four Great Powers were maneuvering for influence; she also told Lin Chang'an that Sect factions were offering him concubines, which he declined.
• Great Elder Cheng Qingsong gave Teng Changfeng a Yin Baleful Corpse Puppet and urged him to prepare for the White Wall City Auction, while True Lord Ice Butterfly learned that Spirit-Devouring Insects and an Insect Demon successor had appeared in the Monster Sea Abyss.
• True Lord Ice Butterfly summoned Lin Chang'an, invited him to join the Sect's trip to White Wall City, and offered to introduce him to the Dao Protection Alliance's circle.
• A month later, True Lord Ice Butterfly led Lin Chang'an, Teng Changfeng, and several dozen Foundation Establishment disciples toward Daru before continuing to White Wall City.
• Teng Changfeng praised Lin Chang'an's Corpse Puppet craft and became less wary after seeing that Lin Chang'an had a Core Formation Late Stage Daoist companion.

Lin Chang'an traveled with Fairy Ice Butterfly and Great Gan's cultivators to White Wall City, where he explored the city and made a deal with Ming Yue involving a Boro Fruit, a secret realm, and his Phoenix Cry Bird. The auction began as factions gathered, leaving Lin Chang'an poised to pursue Nascent Soul resources and the secret realm opportunity.

• Great Gan's Li Xuanzhen joined Fairy Ice Butterfly's group, and Teng Changfeng escorted a gift to Great Gan while Lin Chang'an discussed yin-cold techniques with Fairy Ice Butterfly and helped ease her Cold Poison.
• The group arrived at White Wall City, where Lin Chang'an learned the city gathered rogue cultivators for the Dao Protection Alliance and examined the auction catalog and local market.
• Lin Chang'an met Ming Yue, traded her three third-order mid-grade puppets for Nascent Soul Condensation Pill materials, and learned she had a Boro Fruit and knew of an ancient secret realm in the Demon Abyss Forest.
• Ming Yue revealed that she wanted to borrow Lin Chang'an's Phoenix Cry Bird for the secret realm, and the two swore vows and signed a spirit contract agreeing to share its treasures.
• The Southern Region factions gathered in White Wall City, and the auction officially began.

Lin Chang'an attended the auction with True Lord Ice Butterfly and used their growing rapport to obtain Fourth-Rank Thunder Tribulation Wood in exchange for Monster Sea Abyss materials. As the auction turned into a contest between Nascent Soul factions, the Myriad Poison Sect and Corpse Mountain Valley clashed over Spirit-Devouring Insects before Nascent Soul Formation Spirit Items appeared.

• Lin Chang'an entered the auction venue with True Lord Ice Butterfly and met Jin Jianchuan, whose interest in her drew mockery from Old Monster Demon Flame.
• Fairy Ice Butterfly introduced Lin Chang'an to the Dao Protection Alliance's factions and discussed Jin Jianchuan's ambitions while the auction began.
• Lin Chang'an spent more than two thousand High-grade Spirit Stones on materials, then gave up bidding for a Nascent Soul Formation Spirit Item when its price exceeded his means.
• Fairy Ice Butterfly traded Millennium Spirit Herbs and Medicinal Pills with Li Xuanzhen for Fourth-Rank Thunder Tribulation Wood, which she passed to Lin Chang'an in exchange for his Monster Sea Abyss materials.
• True Lord Ice Butterfly and Old Ancestor Blood Corpse competed over the Spirit-Devouring Insects, then Ice Butterfly stopped bidding and drove the price down, leaving the Myriad Poison Sect with six insects and Corpse Mountain Valley with two.
• Nascent Soul Formation Spirit Items appeared at the auction, intensifying the bidding among the assembled factions.

After learning that Teng Changfeng was tied to the Six Demonic Sects, Lin Chang'an focused on cultivating until he condensed the Profound Heaven Spirit Body and mastered a secret art with Red-Clothed that temporarily granted him Nascent Soul strength. He planned to use that strength to negotiate for a Nascent Soul Condensation Pill and prepare for his own breakthrough.

• Lin Chang'an received intelligence from Fellow Daoist Ming Yue that Teng Changfeng had connections to the Six Demonic Sects and decided not to act against him until he was stronger.
• On the return journey, Lin Chang'an helped True Lord Ice Butterfly dispel Cold Poison and built trust with her while sharing Spirit Wine.
• After returning to the Myriad Poison Sect, Lin Chang'an spent ten years cultivating and advanced his Body Refining to the Third-Rank Late Stage.
• Lin Chang'an initially condensed the Profound Heaven Spirit Body, gaining greater mana, a longer lifespan, powerful concealment, and the ability to nourish living things with Mystic Heaven Mana.
• Red-Clothed taught Lin Chang'an a Spirit Fusion secret art that let them temporarily reach Nascent Soul strength, and they mastered it after two months of practice.
• Lin Chang'an resolved to approach the Sect's Supreme Elder and secretly negotiate for a Nascent Soul Condensation Pill.

After emerging from seclusion, Lin Chang'an learned about conflicts among the Four Great Powers and arranged a covert bargain with True Lord Ice Butterfly, trading intelligence for a Nascent Soul Condensation Pill. The Myriad Poison Sect began preparing for Teng Changfeng's Nascent Soul Formation, while Lin Chang'an remained unaware until Ice Butterfly tested him and exposed that the sect suspected him of being an infiltrator.

• Lin Chang'an relaxed after advancing his cultivation, heard Sword Servant report on conflicts across the Cultivation World, and checked the Corpse Puppets he was nurturing.
• True Lord Ice Butterfly brought resources from the Righteous Path to Grand Supreme Elder Cheng, and they prepared for Teng Changfeng's Nascent Soul Formation.
• Disguised as a Nascent Soul Cultivator, Lin Chang'an offered True Lord Ice Butterfly intelligence about Teng Changfeng's alleged defection to the Spirit Beast Sect in exchange for a Nascent Soul Condensation Pill.
• True Lord Ice Butterfly and Grand Supreme Elder Cheng believed the warning and began secretly preparing to investigate the suspected traitor and protect the sect.
• Lin Chang'an continued cultivating as the Myriad Poison Sect quietly prepared for a Nascent Soul breakthrough, and he rejected Fairy Caiyi's advances because of her ties to the Teng Family.
• True Lord Ice Butterfly invited Lin Chang'an to her Cave Abode, acted weak while he helped draw out her cold poison, then tested him; Lin Chang'an sensed that she was feigning weakness and realized he had become a suspect in the sect's investigation.

Lin Chang'an and True Lord Ice Butterfly cultivated a public closeness while the Myriad Poison Sect secretly tested its members for divided loyalties. Teng Changfeng’s betrayal was exposed through Cheng Qingsong’s surveillance, just as Lin Chang'an was sent to guard Yin Mountain Market, where Teng’s allies planned to act.

• True Lord Ice Butterfly drew Teng Changfeng into suspecting that Lin Chang'an was courting her for resources, while Grand Supreme Elder Cheng explained that the Sect hoped to recruit Lin Chang'an as another Nascent Soul prospect.
• Ice Butterfly and Cheng Qingsong continued their scheme to expose traitors, and Ice Butterfly gave Lin Chang'an her Nascent Soul Formation Insights in exchange for his healing secret technique.
• When the Sect sent Lin Chang'an to guard Yin Mountain Market, Teng Changfeng secretly celebrated and arranged a trap there with an ally from the Spirit Beast Sect.
• Cheng Qingsong watched Teng Changfeng conspire through a Wood-Attribute Divine Ability and discovered that Teng had betrayed the Sect during the previous upheaval, ruining Ice Butterfly and contributing to the deaths of Cheng’s disciples.

Lin Chang'an settled into Yin Mountain Market, where he discovered a Spirit Beast Sect scheme involving a surviving Nascent Soul and later prepared for a major assault by Corpse Mountain Valley forces. When the attack began, he helped suppress disorder and fought the invading cultivators, leaving the battle underway with the Sword Servant at his side.

• Lin Chang'an arrived at Yin Mountain Market with the Sword Servant, arranged to leave its administration to Yuan, and established a cave dwelling in the Spirit Mine.
• A Spirit Beast Sect cultivator arranged a body for the Nascent Soul survivor of Dagan's ambush, who agreed to join the Sect and possessed the injured Jiang into a Puppet.
• Lin Chang'an discovered that his Thunder Tribulation Wood had mutated under his Mystic Heaven Mana, then accepted cultivation resources offered by the Sword Servant and the Phoenix Cry Bird.
• Yuan warned Lin Chang'an that enemy cultivators were gathering, and two Third Tier Spirit Ships soon attacked Yin Mountain Market with a large force.
• Lin Chang'an exposed hidden attackers using Array-Breaking Talismans, ordered a Yin Baleful Corpse Puppet to suppress disorder, and joined the battle against the invaders.
• A Late Golden Core enemy cultivator tried to bribe Lin Chang'an to feign defeat, but Lin Chang'an demanded a Nascent Soul Formation spirit item as the Sword Servant joined him in combat.

Lin Chang'an defeated the Ye Family’s attack at Yin Mountain Market, then uncovered and killed a Nascent Soul Cultivator who tried to possess him. The resulting Buddha Light drew the Four Great Powers’ attention, while Teng Changfeng agreed to move the Spirit Beast Sect’s plan forward.

• Lin Chang'an and Sword Servant drove back the Ye Family’s forces, and two Core Formation Late Stage cultivators retreated from the market.
• The Phoenix Cry Bird and a Yin Baleful Corpse Puppet ambushed the fleeing cultivators, killed them, and concealed the evidence while the bird kept part of the spoils.
• Jiang brought Lin Chang'an poisoned wine, but Lin Chang'an countered with poison and Yin Spirit Diamonds; when the Nascent Soul hidden inside Jiang tried to possess him, Scarlet Spirit Remnant and the Profound Heaven Immortal Vine devoured it.
• Lin Chang'an learned from the Nascent Soul’s memories that Teng Changfeng had helped arrange the attempt, while Scarlet Spirit Remnant released Buddha Light to make the Four Great Powers suspect a Buddhist Nascent Soul had appeared nearby.
• The Four Great Powers investigated the Buddha Light, and the Spirit Beast Sect’s Nascent Soul ally persuaded Teng Changfeng to retrieve the sect’s treasured relic while senior Nascent Soul cultivators were away.

Lin Chang'an secured the Nascent Soul Condensation Pill from True Lord Ice Butterfly after years of maneuvering, while the major factions investigated spies and settled into a fragile calm. He also learned that the mysterious Ming Yue had formed her Nascent Soul and could fight a Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator without losing.

• Lin Chang'an examined the defeated Nascent Soul Cultivator's spoils and obtained the Sword Qi into Silk inheritance and its Sword Dao insights.
• Nascent Soul Cultivators confirmed Buddhist traces near Yin Mountain Market, then the Myriad Poison Sect was infiltrated and its two Nascent Soul Condensation Pills were stolen amid heavy losses.
• The Dao Protection Alliance's factions investigated infiltrators and eased their hostilities, while the Demonic Path Nascent Soul escaped back to Demonic Path territory badly injured.
• Five years later, Lin Chang'an returned to the Myriad Poison Sect and met True Lord Ice Butterfly, who gave him a Nascent Soul Condensation Pill under their agreement.
• True Lord Ice Butterfly asked Lin Chang'an about a mysterious female cultivator who had fought a Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator; Lin Chang'an realized she was Ming Yue and left without revealing what he knew.

After returning to the Myriad Poison Sect, Lin Chang'an learned that the Teng Family had suffered severe losses and Teng Changfeng's Golden Core had been tainted. Grand Supreme Elder Cheng and True Lord Ice Butterfly discussed the Sect's dwindling prospects and considered whether Lin Chang'an might help; the chapter ended with Lin Chang'an sensing Teng Changfeng's condition during a visit.

• Lin Chang'an returned to the Myriad Poison Sect with Yuan Hong and learned that the Sect had exposed spies, while the Teng Family had suffered devastating losses protecting Teng Changfeng.
• Grand Supreme Elder Cheng told the Elders to nurture promising disciples, then confided to True Lord Ice Butterfly that Teng Changfeng's Golden Core had been tainted and the Sect's Nascent Soul prospects were bleak.
• Grand Supreme Elder Cheng and True Lord Ice Butterfly discussed Lin Chang'an's mysterious background and agreed to conduct one final test before deciding whether to support him.
• Teng Changfeng pleaded with True Lord Ice Butterfly about his injuries, but she dismissed him and welcomed Lin Chang'an when he arrived.
• Lin Chang'an exchanged greetings with Teng Changfeng and sensed through their contact that Teng Changfeng's Golden Core had been tainted.

Lin Chang'an treated True Lord Ice Butterfly, discussed his Nascent Soul plans, and spent three years cultivating before True Lord Yellow Sands visited the Myriad Poison Sect with seven elite disciples. The chapter left Lin Chang'an among the sect elders as the two Nascent Soul True Lords discussed refining Nascent Soul Condensation Pills and the Yellow Sands Tribe’s promising candidates.

• Teng Changfeng grew resentful after seeing Lin Chang'an and True Lord Ice Butterfly together, while Ice Butterfly knowingly let him suffer and Lin Chang'an treated her Cold Poison injuries.
• True Lord Ice Butterfly asked about Lin Chang'an’s Nascent Soul preparations and invited him to accompany her to a White Wall City trading fair in five years, offering to lend him Spirit Stones for a Nascent Soul Condensation Fruit.
• Lin Chang'an returned to peaceful cultivation for three years, advanced to Late Golden Core, and became a Fourth-Order Low-Grade Array Master.
• True Lord Yellow Sands arrived at the Myriad Poison Sect with seven Core Formation disciples, and Lin Chang'an attended the meeting with Yuan Hong.
• Great Elder Cheng and True Lord Yellow Sands joked about old times before Yellow Sands asked Cheng to refine Nascent Soul Condensation Pills for his disciples.
• True Lord Yellow Sands introduced two of his disciples as Nascent Soul candidates, while the Saintess of Golden Sands privately dismissed handsome male cultivators as unimportant without strength.

The Myriad Poison Sect welcomed True Lord Yellow Sands and formed an alliance with the Yellow Sands Tribe while Grand Supreme Elder Cheng secretly planned to test and recruit Lin Chang'an. After years of cultivation, Lin Chang'an emerged as the White Wall City Auction approached and prepared to attend it.

• The Yellow Sands Tribe visited the Myriad Poison Sect, and Yuan Hong invited Lin Chang'an to meet the Saintess of Golden Sands while explaining that he intended to take a Foundation Establishment cultivator as a concubine.
• Teng Changfeng begged Grand Supreme Elder Cheng to heal his tainted Golden Core, but Cheng concealed his cold intentions and refused to let Teng Changfeng request a Nascent Soul Condensation Pill.
• Grand Supreme Elder Cheng and True Lord Ice Butterfly discussed their plan to use the auction as an opportunity to test Lin Chang'an and potentially win him over to the Sect.
• Lin Chang'an toured the Sect with Yuan Hong and the Saintess of Golden Sands, then returned to seclusion as Teng Changfeng displayed jealousy toward him and the Saintess observed him with her unusual eyes.
• Grand Supreme Elder Cheng refined two Nascent Soul Condensation Pills, and True Lord Yellow Sands and the Saintess of Golden Sands assessed the Myriad Poison Sect and its alliance with their tribe.
• After the Yellow Sands Tribe departed and Lin Chang'an cultivated until nearing the Core Formation Late-Stage Peak, Yuan Hong told him the White Wall City Auction was near, and Lin Chang'an prepared to leave.

Lin Chang'an traveled with True Lord Ice Butterfly and Teng Changfeng to White Wall City for its grand auction, where he hoped to obtain a Nascent Soul Formation Spirit Item despite already possessing a Nascent Soul Condensation Pill. As the auction began, True Lord Ice Butterfly confronted Old Ancestor Blood Corpse over his offer to trade for her dying master’s corpse, leaving Lin Chang'an worried that the exchange might provoke trouble.

• True Lord Ice Butterfly promised to lend Lin Chang'an Spirit Stones for the auction, while Teng Changfeng resented Lin Chang'an and worried about healing his Golden Core.
• Lin Chang'an learned that the famed Rogue Cultivator Ming Yue had become a powerful Nascent Soul Cultivator, while Teng Changfeng argued with a Demonic Path cultivator over their failed plans and accepted an ordinary Nascent Soul Formation Spirit Item.
• True Lord Ice Butterfly secretly saw Teng Changfeng trade with the Demonic Path and mocked him as compensation for the sect's losses.
• Lin Chang'an and True Lord Ice Butterfly attended White Wall City's grand auction, where bidders competed fiercely for a Water-Attribute Nascent Soul Formation Spirit Item.
• Old Ancestor Blood Corpse offered to trade a high-grade Nascent Soul Formation Spirit Item and Corpse King Fungus for the corpse of True Lord Ice Butterfly's dying master, and she rebuked him while Lin Chang'an feared trouble.

At the White Wall City Auction, True Lord Ice Butterfly acquired healing and Nascent Soul Formation treasures while Lin Chang'an concealed the full extent of his abilities. As they left for the Myriad Poison Sect, Corpse Mountain Valley and the Sima Clan ambushed them, forcing True Lord Ice Butterfly to fight while she tried to escape with Lin Chang'an and Teng Changfeng.

• Jin Jianchuan watched factions of the Dao Protection Alliance trade insults, while True Lord Ice Butterfly dismissed rumors about Lin Chang'an and helped him avoid public humiliation.
• Dagan drove up the Sima Clan’s auction costs, and Jin Jianchuan rejected the Sima Clan’s offer before secretly forwarding its Jade Slip to Dagan.
• True Lord Ice Butterfly bid nearly sixty thousand High-grade Spirit Stones for the Nascent Soul Condensation Fruit, while Lin Chang'an revealed resources he had saved for Nascent Soul Formation.
• True Lord Ice Butterfly secured a Seven-Rosy Lotus and a healing treasure for Teng Changfeng through a private transaction with Dagan, then secretly left White Wall City with Lin Chang'an and Teng Changfeng.
• Lin Chang'an detected an ambush and revealed Nascent Soul-level Divine Sense, exposing Old Ancestor Demon Corpse and Sima Ying waiting to attack them.
• True Lord Ice Butterfly fought off the pursuers with her Ice Bow, realized the attackers sought to weaken the Myriad Poison Sect by draining Uncle-Master Cheng’s vitality, and fled with Lin Chang'an and Teng Changfeng after requesting Dagan’s aid.

Lin Chang'an and True Lord Ice Butterfly survived an ambush by three Nascent Soul Cultivators by turning the pursuit into a trap with help from the Myriad Poison Sect and the Yellow Sands Tribe. Afterward, Lin Chang'an escorted the injured Ice Butterfly back to the Sect, while news of the battle spread and Dagan attacked the Sima Clan's forces.

• Old Devil Huangshan trapped True Lord Ice Butterfly, Lin Chang'an, and Teng Changfeng in a sealing barrier, but Lin Chang'an's Green-Horned Ox and Ice Butterfly's arrow broke it so they could escape.
• True Lord Ice Butterfly split into three fleeing images, and Lin Chang'an stayed with her as Teng Changfeng left to seek reinforcements.
• Lin Chang'an and True Lord Ice Butterfly baited Old Ancestor Demon Corpse into the frozen lake, sealed his Fourth-Rank Demon Corpse, and destroyed it with the Cold Flame and Yin Spirit Diamonds.
• True Lord Yellow Sands and his disciples ambushed Sima Ying and held off Old Devil Huangshan, forcing the attackers to retreat while Lin Chang'an's Yin Baleful Corpse Puppets took the Demon Corpse's Corpse Pill.
• Lin Chang'an carried the injured True Lord Ice Butterfly back to the Sect, resisting the temptation of her Storage Bag, while she secretly watched him from her Nascent Soul.
• News of the ambush spread through the Dao Protection Alliance, and Dagan launched an attack on the Sima Clan's forces.

After True Lord Ice Butterfly returned to the Myriad Poison Sect, she distanced herself from Teng Changfeng, whose betrayal and damaged Golden Core ended his hopes of Nascent Soul Formation. Lin Chang'an revealed his true identity to the sect’s leaders, who offered resources and support to recruit him as he prepared for Nascent Soul Formation.

• Teng Changfeng found Lin Chang'an beside True Lord Ice Butterfly and was rebuffed before leaving to seek help for his injuries.
• Supreme Great Elder Cheng condemned Teng Changfeng for abandoning True Lord Ice Butterfly and told him that the Demon Corpse’s Corpse Poison had irreversibly contaminated his Golden Core.
• Supreme Great Elder Cheng and True Lord Ice Butterfly discussed recruiting Lin Chang'an after his strength and identity became known.
• Lin Chang'an revealed himself as the formation master from Five Dragon Island and introduced his Green-Horned Ox to the two Supreme Elders.
• Supreme Great Elder Cheng offered Lin Chang'an two Nascent Soul Formation Spirit Items, while True Lord Ice Butterfly returned his Fourth-Rank Corpse Pill.