Chapter Summaries

After five years of secluded cultivation, Lin Chang'an remained troubled by the strange changes in Yun Yao’s Soul Lamp and prepared to pursue Nascent Soul Formation. He quietly married Sword Servant, and their dual cultivation strengthened both of their cultivation as they prepared for what lay ahead.

• Lin Chang'an declined Ming Yue’s invitation to explore an Ancient Cultivator’s Relic Cave Abode, and she later asked to meet after he achieved Nascent Soul Formation.
• Lin Chang'an saw Yun Yao’s Soul Lamp nearly go out before it flared with light and warped the space around it, then watched it remain stable for several months.
• Grand Supreme Elder Cheng and Fairy Ice Butterfly reviewed Lin Chang'an’s background and resolved to support his Nascent Soul Formation, while Fairy Ice Butterfly regained her fighting spirit.
• Lin Chang'an took Sword Servant to the sect’s market and quietly arranged a concubine-taking ceremony for her at his cave residence.
• Lin Chang'an and Sword Servant completed the tea-serving rite and practiced dual cultivation, improving Lin Chang'an’s cultivation from 94 to 96 and nourishing Sword Servant’s Golden Core.

Lin Chang'an broke through to the Nascent Soul realm, enduring the Lightning Tribulation and escaping the Heart Demon Tribulation’s many illusory lifetimes. He emerged from seclusion to find the sect’s elders waiting outside his Cave Abode.

• Lin Chang'an prepared to form his Nascent Soul while Fairy Ice Butterfly secretly activated the Myriad Poison Sect’s Mountain Protection Formation, and outsiders mistakenly believed Teng Changfeng was the one attempting the breakthrough.
• Lin Chang'an shattered his Golden Core, formed a Spirit Infant, and endured the Lightning Tribulation with the aid of his protective treasures and strong foundation.
• The Heart Demon Tribulation trapped Lin Chang'an in visions of repeated lives, including futures of ordinary hardship, lost loved ones, and success as an Immortal Monarch.
• Lin Chang'an awakened from the Heart Demon Tribulation, and his Nascent Soul Dharma Image appeared above the sect as the cultivators recognized his success.
• Lin Chang'an opened his eyes in the secret chamber, confirmed that his Nascent Soul had formed, and prepared to meet the people waiting outside his Cave Abode.

Lin Chang'an emerged from seclusion as a newly advanced Nascent Soul cultivator, accepted an honorary position as a Supreme Elder of the Myriad Poison Sect, and agreed to hold a grand formation ceremony. After learning more about the sect and receiving access to its inheritances, he offered to treat True Lord Ice Butterfly's damaged origin with a secret technique that required high-grade Spirit Liquid.

• Lin Chang'an appeared before the sect and received congratulations from Cheng Qingsong and True Lord Ice Butterfly, while Teng Changfeng watched with resentment.
• Lin Chang'an declined to manage sect affairs as a Supreme Elder, and the sect celebrated his breakthrough as news spread among rival powers.
• Red-Clothed explained that Lin Chang'an's Heart Demon Tribulation had involved nine lifetimes of reincarnation, after which he assessed his increased lifespan and strength.
• Lin Chang'an emerged from seclusion, agreed to hold a Nascent Soul Formation Ceremony, and discussed the sect's history and inheritances with Cheng Qingsong and True Lord Ice Butterfly.
• Lin Chang'an gave the sect part of the Nether Soul Sect's inheritance and offered to treat Ice Butterfly's injury using a secret technique supported by high-grade Spirit Liquid.

Lin Chang'an explored the Myriad Poison Sect’s treasury, settled into his new life as a Nascent Soul Supreme Elder, and began treating Fairy Ice Butterfly’s Infant Poison. Their healing brought them closer, while Fairy Ice Butterfly sent Teng Changfeng to retrieve a Hehuan Dual Cultivation Secret Technique, reviving his hopes that she still cared for him.

• Supreme Great Elder Cheng showed Lin Chang'an the sect’s treasury and explained the limits of its Spirit Insect cultivation methods and the value of its remaining inheritances.
• Lin Chang'an studied the sect’s cultivation and Hundred Cultivation Arts inheritances while the Myriad Poison Sect prepared his new cave abode and announced his Nascent Soul advancement.
• Lin Chang'an named his new residence Green Bamboo Peak and cultivated with Sword Servant in his cave abode.
• Lin Chang'an used Fourth-tier Spirit Liquid and his Spirit Infant to suppress Fairy Ice Butterfly’s Infant Poison, discovering that its deathly aura could be purified and eventually absorbed.
• Lin Chang'an and Fairy Ice Butterfly grew closer through healing and Spirit Infant dual cultivation, and she sent a Jade Talisman ordering Teng Changfeng to retrieve a secret technique from the treasury.
• Teng Changfeng mistook the order for a sign that Fairy Ice Butterfly planned to heal him, but the Jade Talisman led him to the Hehuan Dual Cultivation Secret Technique.

After forming a Nascent Soul, Lin Chang'an secured his place among the Myriad Poison Sect’s three Supreme Elders and revealed that he was a Fourth-Order Array Master. As his Nascent Soul Ceremony began, the sect prepared to leverage his skills and its growing strength amid the war between Dagan and the Sima Clan.

• Teng Changfeng realized that True Lord Ice Butterfly and his Master knew he had betrayed her, then begged Lin Chang'an to spare the Teng Family’s bloodline.
• Lin Chang'an and Fairy Ice Butterfly studied a dual cultivation technique while he worried about Yun Yao, whose Soul Lamp suggested she had also reached the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Sword Servant delivered Lin Chang'an’s ceremonial Dharma Robes, and he agreed with the elders’ decision to spare Teng Changfeng and send the Teng Family to fight for the sect.
• Lin Chang'an assessed his cultivation needs and decided that revealing his Fourth-Order Array Master skills would help him obtain resources and opportunities without taking unnecessary risks.
• At the Nascent Soul Ceremony, Lin Chang'an met the sect’s elders and guests, who praised his formation mastery and discussed the stalemated war between Dagan and the Sima Clan.

Lin Chang'an’s Nascent Soul Ceremony brought gifts and scrutiny from powerful factions, and he turned aside True Lord Blood Corpse’s attempt to embarrass him while revealing his Fourth-Rank formation skills. After the guests departed, Lin Chang'an gave Phoenix Cry Bird a Fourth-Rank Monster Core and assessed his strengths, rivalries, and plans for cultivation.

• Lin Chang'an greeted visiting Nascent Soul Cultivators, including Jin Jianchuan and Li Xuanzhen, while the Sima Clan’s envoy offered congratulations amid the tensions between Dagan and the Sima Clan.
• True Lord Blood Corpse sent an attacking Blood Coffin toward Lin Chang'an, but Lin Chang'an crushed its Blood Fiend Aura with his Divine Sense and used three Yin Baleful Corpse Puppets to keep the Blood Corpse trapped inside.
• True Lord Ming Yue arrived with a Fourth-Rank Fire-Attribute Monster Core, prompting speculation about her relationship with Lin Chang'an, who called her a close friend from the Abyss Sea.
• Supreme Great Elder Cheng announced that Lin Chang'an was a Fourth-Rank Formation Master, prompting the Nascent Soul guests to seek his friendship and discuss the Dao for three days.
• After the guests left, Lin Chang'an gave Phoenix Cry Bird the Monster Core and examined the Blood Corpse, then resolved to cultivate steadily, refine the Ice Lotus Cold Flame, and prepare for Phoenix Cry Bird’s breakthrough.

Five years after forming his Nascent Soul, Lin Chang'an strengthened his ties with the sect and learned how his old friends and the Monster Sea Abyss had fared. After preparing for a journey to temper his cultivation and seek resources for the Phoenix Cry Bird, he secretly left the sect.

• Lin Chang'an reflected on his slow cultivation progress, his growing combat strength, and the Phoenix Cry Bird's impending breakthrough.
• Tan Hai brought Azure Sea Palace's congratulatory gifts, including an intimate robe and clothing from Su Miaoyin, while Lin Chang'an received letters about old friends and turmoil in the Monster Sea Abyss.
• Lin Chang'an learned that Fairy Nishang had disappeared, Su Miaoyin had formed her Nascent Soul, and the Monster Sea Abyss was beset by conflict and Beast Tide threats.
• Lin Chang'an decided to travel, and Supreme Great Elder Cheng asked him to seek high-grade Spirit Liquid from Old Ghost Yellow Sands to help treat Fairy Ice Butterfly.
• Lin Chang'an treated Fairy Ice Butterfly and declined to distinguish between her and his other close friends before secretly leaving the sect without the Green-Horned Ox.

Three years after leaving the Myriad Poison Sect, Lin Chang'an traveled in disguise through foreign lands and reached the Cloud Mist Mountain Range after crossing the Black Sand Storm. He left Golden Sands City without learning the Yellow Sands Tribe's secret, then began exploring the mountains for spirit resources while considering their hidden mysteries.

• Lin Chang'an traveled across the Ten Thousand Li Yellow Sands disguised as a low-level cultivator and escorted a caravan to Golden Sands City in exchange for rare Spirit Insects.
• The Saintess of Golden Sands met Lin Chang'an outside the oasis, refused him entry because of a tribal ceremony, and completed a transaction with him before he departed.
• Lin Chang'an secretly crippled the cultivation foundation of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator who had considered attacking him, then flew away with the Phoenix Cry Bird.
• Lin Chang'an crossed the Black Sand Storm and arrived at the Cloud Mist Mountain Range, where he planned to collect Spirit Insects, Spirit Grass, and spirit medicines while investigating reports of a Wood Spirit Fiend.
• The Phoenix Cry Bird said it remembered being born amid a sea of fire before somehow appearing in the Cloud Mist Mountain Range, leaving Lin Chang'an curious about its origins.

Lin Chang'an raided the poisoned Spirit Spring Tree for its Spirit Liquid, then returned to Green Bamboo Mountain Market after nearly three hundred years to revisit his past and honor Old Man He. His reflections clarified his state of mind and advanced his Divine Sense as he prepared to continue along the Nascent Soul path.

• Lin Chang'an used a flock of Second Tier vultures to test the poisonous forest and discovered that the Spirit Spring Tree had become a powerful Wood Spirit Fiend.
• Red-Clothed connected the altar beside the tree to the Demon Sealing Abyss, and Lin Chang'an recognized the Spirit Liquid as a Nascent Soul Condensation resource despite its miasma pollution.
• Lin Chang'an drained the Spirit Spring Tree's pool of Spirit Liquid and escaped as the enraged Spirit Infant pursued him.
• Lin Chang'an returned to Green Bamboo Mountain Market, reflected on how it had changed, and gained clarity that raised his Divine Sense to the Nascent Soul Early-Stage Peak.
• Lin Chang'an visited the back mountain, poured wine beneath a familiar tree for Old Man He, and recalled their old joke about becoming a Core Formation Old Ancestor.

Lin Chang'an returned to the places where his cultivation journey began, paid respects to old friends, and prepared for the Phoenix Cry Bird’s tribulation before rescuing Mystic Sound Pavilion from the Mysterious Yin Demonic Sect. He reunited with Zhao Lingyue, Zhao Lingxing, and Zhou Bingxuan, while the wider turmoil in the Monster Sea Abyss remained unresolved.

• Lin Chang'an visited Zhou Bingyun’s memorial tablet and wandered Green Bamboo Mountain Market, where he bought a fraudulent incomplete talisman inheritance and left the market with the Phoenix Cry Bird.
• Lin Chang'an secretly paid respects to Master Lu, Er Niu, Shen Lie, Lu Qingqing, Wei Yiyi, and other deceased friends before leaving Clear Water Bay Market.
• Lin Chang'an considered how to obtain tribulation-crossing resources and a suitable site for the Phoenix Cry Bird, then headed toward Mystic Sound Pavilion amid rising conflict with the Mysterious Yin Demonic Sect.
• Lin Chang'an arrived as Mysterious Yin Demonic Sect cultivators attacked Mystic Sound Pavilion, killed their raiders, and learned from a captured cultivator that Old Devil Profound Yin and the Monster Sea Abyss were caught in deeper turmoil.
• Zhao Lingyue, Zhao Lingxing, and Zhou Bingxuan welcomed Lin Chang'an as he reunited with Mystic Sound Pavilion and praised the sisters and the Zhou Family.

Lin Chang'an’s return as a Nascent Soul True Lord stirred the Seven Kingdoms, drawing crowds of supposed old connections to Mystic Sound Pavilion while he investigated Ni Chang’s disappearance and chose to protect the Yue Kingdom. After the Seven Kingdoms formally celebrated him, Lin Chang'an helped establish plans for a trade route and intelligence network linking his homeland with the wider cultivation world.

• News of Lin Chang'an’s return spread throughout the Seven Kingdoms, and Zhao Lingyue and Zhao Lingxing told him that Ni Chang had vanished after entering a Secret Realm, though her Soul Lamp remained lit.
• Lin Chang'an agreed to remain at Mystic Sound Pavilion and ordered its affairs arranged, then asked Zhou Bingxuan to handle the visitors claiming ties to his past.
• Zhou Bingxuan examined the visitors’ claims, rewarded a few genuine connections, arranged for Lao Jia’s descendant to enter Mystic Sound Pavilion, and offered places in the sect to descendants brought by Shen Zhuang and Li Tianmo.
• Liu Ruyu and other Seven Kingdoms Alliance leaders returned, and Mystic Sound Pavilion and the Alliance held a ceremony recognizing Lin Chang'an as the Nascent Soul True Lord revered by the Seven Kingdoms.
• Lin Chang'an and Mystic Sound Pavilion planned a Chamber of Commerce and trade route connecting the Seven Kingdoms’ homeland with the Abyss Sea and the Dao Protection Alliance’s territory.

Lin Chang'an returned from a six-year journey, learned that Fairy Nishang had left the sect to face a dangerous trial, and resumed life at the Myriad Poison Sect. After treating Fairy Ice Butterfly, he learned of a Nascent Soul Trading Fair in White Wall City and considered attending to seek treasures for the Phoenix Cry Bird.

• Lin Chang'an found Fairy Nishang's letter and the Six Desires True Demon Technique, inferred that she had gone to the Cloud Mist Mountain Range, and left a chess piece for her in the hope that she would return.
• Lin Chang'an advised Liu Ruyu to shift Mystic Sound Pavilion away from Five Dragon Island, then left the Seven Kingdoms and traveled through the Cloud Mist Mountain Range and the Ten Thousand Li Yellow Sands.
• Lin Chang'an returned to the Myriad Poison Sect after two years away, reunited with Sword Servant, and learned about her encounter with a mysterious Nascent Soul Sword Cultivator in White Wall City.
• Lin Chang'an treated Fairy Ice Butterfly's Infant Poison, discussed supporting a Seven Kingdoms Chamber of Commerce, and declined her offer to take disciples.
• Fairy Ice Butterfly told Lin Chang'an about a Nascent Soul Trading Fair in White Wall City, where a Heavenly Spirit Root cultivator would be traded and Fourth-Order Spirit Talismans might be available.

Lin Chang'an learned about the dangers of the Demon Sealing Abyss, accepted two Fourth-tier Medicinal Pills from Elder Cheng, and traveled with Fairy Ice Butterfly to White Wall City for a Nascent Soul Trading Fair. There he reunited with True Lord Ming Yue and negotiated to help Phoenix Cry Bird break through in exchange for a share of the gains in the Demon Abyss Forest, where Ming Yue intended to obtain the Demonic Marrow.

• Elder Cheng warned Lin Chang'an about the Demon Sealing Abyss, gave him two Fourth-tier Medicinal Pills for the White Wall City trip, and advised him on dangerous Nascent Soul opponents.
• Lin Chang'an tested his External Incarnation and Mystic Light Shadow Transformation divine abilities, then traveled with Fairy Ice Butterfly and their disciples to White Wall City.
• Fairy Ice Butterfly and Lin Chang'an met Dagan's Li Xuanzhen outside White Wall City and discussed the Dao Protection Alliance, Dagan's war with the Sima Clan, and their shifting alliance.
• True Lord Ming Yue greeted Lin Chang'an, and he met her privately to discuss Phoenix Cry Bird's impending breakthrough and her plans for the Demon Abyss Forest.
• Ming Yue agreed to provide a Tribulation Crossing Spirit Item and five bottles of Fourth-tier Spirit Liquid; Lin Chang'an agreed to a ten-percent reduction in his share of the Demon Abyss Forest gains.

Lin Chang'an learned that the Phoenix Cry Bird originated in the Earth Core Fire Prison and attended a Nascent Soul Trading Fair with Fairy Ice Butterfly, where his avatar traded Spirit Liquid and sought tribulation resources. The fair ended after the Myriad Poison Sect acquired a Heavenly Spirit Root boy, while Lin Chang'an declined Loose Practitioner Lingyou's invitation and kept the unsold Fourth-Rank Spirit Pen in mind.

• Lin Chang'an read Fellow Daoist Ming Yue's intelligence and concluded that the Demon Abyss might hold the other Fusang Divine Tree and explain the Phoenix Cry Bird's origins.
• Lin Chang'an arranged for his avatar to trade two portions of Spirit Liquid from the Spirit Spring Tree to the Myriad Poison Sect for seventy thousand High-grade Spirit Stones and other resources.
• Lin Chang'an and Fairy Ice Butterfly attended the White Wall City Nascent Soul Trading Fair, where Loose Practitioner Lingyou offered two Fourth-Order Spirit Talismans and a Fourth-Rank Spirit Pen.
• Lin Chang'an's avatar exchanged sixty thousand High-grade Spirit Stones for a spiritual item to help the Phoenix Cry Bird survive its Lightning Tribulation, and Lin Chang'an traded pills for five bottles of Fourth-tier Spirit Liquid.
• Fairy Ice Butterfly and Lin Chang'an secured a Heavenly Spirit Root boy for the Myriad Poison Sect after Dagan failed to reach an agreement with them.
• Lin Chang'an declined Loose Practitioner Lingyou's private invitation, prioritizing the Phoenix Cry Bird's breakthrough, and noted Lingyou's unsold Spirit Pen for a possible future trade.

Lin Chang'an refused to take Ling Xiaosan as his disciple, while Fairy Ice Butterfly renamed the youth Ling Qingxuan and arranged for the Sect to train him. Later, Lin Chang'an secretly helped Phoenix Cry Bird undergo her Fourth-Rank transformation at Earth Fire Mountain, where she survived the Lightning Tribulation and revealed her origins as a Golden Flame Divine Phoenix before they escaped.

• Fairy Ice Butterfly named Ling Xiaosan Ling Qingxuan, concealed his Heavenly Spirit Root, and arranged for a trusted Sect member to teach him.
• After two and a half years, Lin Chang'an prepared five breakthrough treasures for Phoenix Cry Bird and secretly took her to Earth Fire Mountain to undergo her transformation.
• Lin Chang'an set up a Quasi-Fourth-Rank formation as Phoenix Cry Bird absorbed the volcano's Fire Element energy and endured her Lightning Tribulation.
• Core Formation Cultivators rushed toward Earth Fire Mountain hoping to seize the weakened demon, but Lin Chang'an warned them away and Phoenix Cry Bird emerged successfully transformed.
• Phoenix Cry Bird killed a cultivator who challenged Lin Chang'an, then appeared as a young girl; Red-Clothed explained that she was a Golden Flame Divine Phoenix with a True Spirit Bloodline.
• Lin Chang'an and Phoenix Cry Bird left before more cultivators arrived, and news of a Fire Element Humanoid Transformation Great Demon spread across the Dao Protection Alliance's territory.

Lin Chang'an celebrated Jin Feng’s transformation and learned of her Golden Light Divine Flame, then spent ten years refining the Ice Lotus Cold Flame while arranging a dangerous Secret Realm expedition with True Lord Ming Yue. After emerging from seclusion, he prepared to meet Ming Yue and first visit the ailing Senior Brother Cheng.

• Jin Feng revealed that she had inherited a Golden Flame Divine Phoenix bloodline, chose the name Jin Feng, and demonstrated her destructive Golden Light Divine Flame.
• True Lord Ming Yue told Lin Chang'an that the Secret Realm contained a trapped Fourth-Rank Demon Dragon and that only Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivators could enter, and they renewed their agreement to explore it.
• Lin Chang'an continued cultivating and treating Fairy Ice Butterfly, while Loose Practitioner Lingyou asked him to help break Restrictions in a Cave Ruins and agreed to discuss it again after his seclusion.
• Ten years passed as Lin Chang'an refined the Ice Lotus Cold Flame and Jin Feng stabilized her cultivation; rumors about the Sima Clan and its supposed Secret Realm treasures continued to trouble the clan.
• Lin Chang'an emerged from seclusion with the Ice Lotus Cold Flame under control, noted that True Lord Ming Yue should soon arrive, and decided to visit the deteriorating Senior Brother Cheng first.

Lin Chang'an left the sect to explore a Secret Realm with True Lord Ming Yue, bringing Jin Feng along after catching her robbing cultivators and redirecting her toward hunting in Demon Abyss Forest. Inside the realm, they faced a powerful Demon Dragon, and the chapter ended as Lin Chang'an launched his twelve Sun-Piercing Divine Swords into battle.

• Fairy Ice Butterfly showed Lin Chang'an the sect's rising disciples, and Supreme Great Elder Cheng warned him to proceed carefully on his journey before giving him protective and healing treasures through Fairy Ice Butterfly.
• Lin Chang'an left the sect, where Jin Feng robbed two Core Formation Cultivators, planted clues implicating Corpse Mountain Valley, and pawned their Spirit Pets at a Market.
• Lin Chang'an reprimanded Jin Feng and urged her to hunt demonized beasts in Demon Abyss Forest instead of robbing cultivators.
• Three days later, Lin Chang'an and Jin Feng joined True Lord Ming Yue and entered a Secret Realm through a Spatial Rift in the depths of Demon Abyss Forest.
• The group encountered a Fourth-Rank Mid-Stage Peak Demon Dragon, and True Lord Ming Yue charged it while Jin Feng suppressed its demonic flames and Lin Chang'an unleashed his twelve Sun-Piercing Divine Swords.

Lin Chang'an, True Lord Ming Yue, and the Phoenix Cry Bird fought a Fourth-Rank Mid-Grade Demon Dragon for three days before Ming Yue killed it with a powerful axe treasure. After dividing the dragon's spoils, Lin Chang'an and Ming Yue entered its nest to search for the Demonic Marrow and other treasures.

• Lin Chang'an, True Lord Ming Yue, and the Phoenix Cry Bird wounded the Demon Dragon with coordinated attacks and wore down its strength through a prolonged battle.
• Old Ancestor Demon Corpse sealed a Demon Corpse in Demon Abyss Forest and dismissed a report of a suspected Nascent Soul Cultivator near the Market of the Myriad Poison Sect.
• After three days of fighting, Ming Yue used a Black-Gold Divine Axe to sever the Demon Dragon's head, and Lin Chang'an and Ming Yue cautiously confirmed it was dead.
• Lin Chang'an, Ming Yue, and the Phoenix Cry Bird divided the Demon Dragon's body and collected its blood, bones, scales, and Demon Core.
• Lin Chang'an and Ming Yue entered the Demon Dragon's nest, where Ming Yue intended to claim the Demonic Marrow and split the remaining treasures with him.

Lin Chang'an and True Lord Ming Yue found the Demonic Marrow, but the Dazzling Demon Crystal triggered an illusion and caused Ming Yue to fall to demonic deviation. After Lin Chang'an saved her, they left the Secret Realm with a deal and a favor owed, and he later discovered Demon Corpse Old Ghost hiding in a valley.

• Lin Chang'an and True Lord Ming Yue found the Demon Dragon Essence Soul guarding the Demonic Marrow and sealed it in a jade box with a Fourth-Rank Soul-Stabilizing Talisman.
• The Dazzling Demon Crystal released crystalline light that disoriented Lin Chang'an and Ming Yue, while Demonic Marrow flooded their bodies and drove Ming Yue into demonic deviation.
• Lin Chang'an covered the crystal with his Dharma Robe and used his Profound Heaven Spirit Body to purify Demonic Qi, restoring Ming Yue's awareness after she had absorbed most of the Demonic Marrow.
• Ming Yue thanked Lin Chang'an, gave him a Jade Pendant as repayment for saving her, and offered the Demon Dragon Essence Soul in exchange for his Essence Blood after he recovered.
• Lin Chang'an left the Demon Abyss Forest with the Phoenix Cry Bird, then sensed Demon Corpse Old Ghost concealed inside a valley protected by a Concealment Array.

Lin Chang'an escaped the Demon Abyss Forest after using the Dazzling Demon Crystal to free a Fourth-Rank Demon Corpse and cripple a Corpse Mountain Valley Nascent Soul Cultivator, then returned to the Myriad Poison Sect to recuperate and cultivate. Ten years later, he discovered that the Sword Servant had begun to master Sword Qi into Silk, just as an unexpected Nascent Soul visitor arrived.

• Lin Chang'an used the Dazzling Demon Crystal to disrupt the sealing array, letting the Fourth-Rank Demon Corpse break free and attack the Nascent Soul Cultivator.
• Jin Feng killed the two Core Formation guards and took their Storage Bags and small coffins, while Lin Chang'an removed the Array Disk and escaped with the Phoenix Cry Bird.
• The Nascent Soul Cultivator fled in his Nascent Soul, and Lin Chang'an returned to the Sect, where Fairy Ice Butterfly realized Corpse Mountain Valley had lost its Refined Corpse and Dharma Body.
• Palace Master Mingyue and Xingyue discussed Mingyue's encounter with Lin Chang'an, then used their linked bloodline Secret Technique to cultivate together and loosen their bottleneck.
• After ten years of seclusion, Lin Chang'an learned that the Profound Heaven Immortal Vine had revealed the Spirit Refining Chapter and received the Zhao Sisters' Chamber of Commerce report, including that Ni Chang remained missing.
• The Sword Servant demonstrated Sword Qi into Silk, and Lin Chang'an warned her to keep the ability secret before an unexpected Nascent Soul Cultivator arrived.