Chapter Summaries

Yun Yao and Fairy Nishang discussed the Demon Abyss seal breaking and their plan to ascend, while Yun Yao worried that Lin Chang'an possessed the coveted Profound Heaven Immortal Vine. At the Spirit Control Sect, Lin Chang'an completed his Ten Thousand Soul Boat as the Green-Horned Ox began its transformation tribulation, leaving Jin Jianchuan waiting outside the sect.

• The Three-Eyed Devil Lord visited Yun Yao at the altar, learned that she planned to advance to Fifth-Rank and guide the trapped Devil Race back to the Demon World, then withdrew.
• Yun Yao told Fairy Nishang that they would take the Devil Race cultivators away while leaving a Path of Ascension behind, and she connected Lin Chang'an's power to the Profound Heaven Immortal Vine.
• Lin Chang'an and True Lord Ice Butterfly examined his completed Ten Thousand Soul Boat, which contained the souls of Sima Ming, Sima Yue, and Sima Ying, while Ice Butterfly teased him about Fairy Ming Yue and the rumors linking him to female cultivators.
• The Green-Horned Ox began its Humanoid Transformation Heavenly Tribulation, and True Lord Ice Butterfly ordered the Spirit Control Sect to guard the mountain range and prevent interference.
• Jin Jianchuan arrived outside the Spirit Control Sect, received Lin Chang'an's message, and waited beyond the sect while the Green-Horned Ox underwent its tribulation.

The Green-Horned Ox endured its humanoid transformation tribulation and became a Fourth-Rank Demon King, strengthening the Spirit Control Sect. After the sect celebrated its success, Lin Chang'an welcomed Jin Jianchuan, whose visit could help reveal Lin's identity as a Fourth-Rank Talisman Master.

• The Green-Horned Ox faced a fierce lightning tribulation while Lin Chang'an and Fairy Ice Butterfly watched, and Phoenix Cry Bird urged it to rely on its petrification ability and treasures.
• The Green-Horned Ox formed an Essence Spirit Demon Core and entered the Heart Demon Tribulation, which it survived after three days.
• The Green-Horned Ox emerged as a humanoid demon but quickly returned to ox form to eat the Spirit Fruits Lin Chang'an tossed to it.
• Fairy Ice Butterfly declared a three-month celebration and a year's stipend for the sect's disciples after the Green-Horned Ox attained the Fourth-Rank Demon King realm.
• Lin Chang'an welcomed Jin Jianchuan into the sect after the Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator arrived to offer congratulations.

Lin Chang'an and his allies celebrated the Green-Horned Ox’s transformation while secretly preparing to seize Cloud City and negotiating with Red-Clothed for talisman knowledge. After Shen Mei'er received ancient spirit insects, Lin Chang'an and Fairy Ice Butterfly returned to their private intimacy as war loomed.

• The Green-Horned Ox completed its transformation, and Spirit Control Sect cultivators celebrated it as their new guardian beast.
• Lin Chang'an, Fairy Ice Butterfly, and Jin Jianchuan secretly planned to seize Cloud City and arranged a Transformation Ceremony to distract the Alliance’s other powers.
• Lin Chang'an met Red-Clothed at a Market, where she revealed herself as a powerful Ghost Cultivator and agreed to share talisman inheritances in exchange for materials and cultivation rights in the Sima Clan’s former lands.
• Red-Clothed negotiated access to the Spirit Armor, Array-Breaking, Incarnation, and Soul-Suppressing Talisman inheritances, while agreeing to prioritize the Dao Protection Alliance during the war.
• Fairy Ice Butterfly gave Shen Mei'er a pair of Illusion Colorful Butterflies and guided her in refining them; afterward, she and Lin Chang'an resumed their intimate time together.

Lin Chang'an and ten other Nascent Soul cultivators infiltrated Cloud City to prepare for an assault on the Demonic Path stronghold, with Lin tasked to locate its array cores. After surveying the city and hearing its cultivators discuss Fairy White Crane and Old Monster Shangyuan, Lin received a secret message from Jin Jianchuan that made him frown.

• Lin Chang'an returned to Green Bamboo Peak, where Red-Clothed and Jin Feng had taken Green Ox's congratulatory Spirit Stones, and Jin Feng asked to hold a Transformation Ceremony.
• Green-Horned Ox completed his Transformation, and Spirit Control Sect announced a ceremony that the Three Great Factions used to distract attention while the allied Nascent Soul cultivators secretly gathered.
• Jin Jianchuan led eleven Nascent Soul-level fighters toward Cloud City, and the group agreed that Lin Chang'an would survey the city's array cores before their attack.
• After more than half a month of travel, the group reached Cloud City, negotiated an additional share of the spoils for Spirit Control Sect, and prepared to infiltrate the city in disguise.
• Lin Chang'an entered Cloud City disguised as a Core Formation rogue cultivator and secretly surveyed its Restrictions while learning that Fairy White Crane was being pressured to become Old Monster Shangyuan's Dao companion.
• Jin Jianchuan sent Lin Chang'an a secret voice transmission, and Lin frowned after reading it.

Lin Chang'an helped Fairy White Crane remove the Yin Beast Soul Thorn from her spirit pet, then led the Dao Protection Alliance’s assault on Cloud City by revealing its array eyes. The city’s barrier fell to the alliance’s Earth-Shaking Dragon Seal, Green-Horned Ox, and Lin Chang'an’s Ten Thousand Soul Boat, leaving the battle poised to enter Cloud City.

• Lin Chang'an agreed to treat Fairy White Crane’s spirit pet in exchange for ten bottles of Fourth-tier Spirit Liquid and used the meeting to investigate Cloud City’s array eyes.
• Lin Chang'an removed the Yin Beast Soul Thorn from Bai He, while Fairy White Crane traded the Dao Protection Alliance intelligence about the Demonic Path’s defenses.
• Lin Chang'an and his allies received their signals and moved into position as Old Monster Shangyuan continued scheming to make Fairy White Crane his cultivation cauldron.
• Lin Chang'an revealed his Nascent Soul cultivation and called out Cloud City’s array eyes as Jin Jianchuan sent the Earth-Shaking Dragon Seal underground, raising nine Earth Dragons.
• Green-Horned Ox struck Cloud City’s barrier with her axe, cracking it, and Lin Chang'an rammed through it with the Ten Thousand Soul Boat, which carried the refined souls of the Sima Family’s three Nascent Soul Cultivators.

The Dao Protection Alliance launched a surprise assault on Cloud City while its forces attacked along the border, and Lin Chang'an helped defeat the city's defenders. The Alliance retook Cloud City and began preparing for the Demonic Path's counterattack, while Old Monster Shangyuan escaped and sought compensation for his losses.

• Two aged Nascent Soul Cultivators received the Alliance's order to reinforce Cloud City and flew there, while the Spirit Control Sect and other powers mobilized their forces.
• The Dao Protection Alliance attacked the Demonic Path's border positions and broke through Cloud City's defenses, where Lin Chang'an, Jin Jianchuan, Fairy Ice Butterfly, and Lord Green Ox fought the Demonic Path cultivators.
• Lin Chang'an and Fairy Ice Butterfly outmaneuvered Old Monster Shangyuan, who was blinded and struck by the Ten Thousand Soul Boat before escaping as the other Demonic Path Nascent Soul Cultivators withdrew.
• The Alliance secured Cloud City, and Jin Jianchuan ordered Lin Chang'an and the others to restore the barrier and summon reinforcements.
• Old Monster Shangyuan argued with the four Demonic Path Nascent Soul Cultivators who caught up with him, then planned to demand pills and compensation from the Six Demonic Sects.

After the Dao Protection Alliance seized Cloud City, Jin Jianchuan rallied Nascent Soul cultivators to defend their gains while Lin Chang'an strengthened his cultivation and prepared for the coming war. The chapter revealed that Sword Saint Baibi and the assassin True Lord You Sha were two identities of the same person, who planned to use the conflict to pursue Spirit Transformation.

• Jin Jianchuan divided Cloud City's spoils among the gathered Nascent Soul cultivators, demanded they form Demon-Sweeping Squads, and warned them against betraying the alliance by invoking True Lord You Sha.
• Lin Chang'an and Fairy Ice Butterfly discussed the hidden presence they had sensed during the battle, then agreed to stay together during the coming war; Lin also offered to have a Buddhist-script-skilled friend repair her incomplete Silver Bell.
• Lin Chang'an used the Spirit Liquid from Jin Jianchuan to awaken the Profound Heaven Immortal Vine's fifth leaf and obtain the Law Refining Chapter, then resolved to seek materials for Fourth-Rank Body Refining.
• Jin Feng brought Lin Chang'an supplies she had taken from Cloud City, and Lin assigned shares to their companions and Yun Yao while Jin Feng secretly kept some spoils for herself.
• True Lord You Sha met Jin Jianchuan and agreed to kill one Nascent Soul cultivator if needed, then returned to Sword Saint Baibi, revealing that she was Baibi's Second Nascent Soul and intended to use the war to advance toward Spirit Transformation.
• Over the following year, the Dao Protection Alliance fortified Cloud City and purged suspected Demonic Path collaborators, while Lin Chang'an made Fourth-Rank talismans for the alliance and asked Red-Clothed to seek Body Refining materials from Jin Jianchuan.

Lin Chang'an secretly left Cloud City and broke through to Fourth-Rank Body Refining in Demon Abyss Forest, surviving the Lightning Tribulation and gaining a major increase in lifespan and combat strength. After testing how Dharma and body cultivation strengthened each other, he prepared to return to Cloud City and take part in the war for resources.

• Lin Chang'an negotiated with Jin Jianchuan to cooperate with the Dao Protection Alliance as an Artifact Refiner in exchange for inheritances and damaged Ancient Treasures.
• Fairy Ice Butterfly helped conceal Lin Chang'an's departure from Cloud City and warned him about the dangers of the Fourth-Rank Body Refining Lightning Tribulation.
• Lin Chang'an traveled to Demon Abyss Forest with Jin Feng, set up a formation, and endured the Lightning Tribulation while Jin Feng hunted the Demonic Beasts it attracted.
• Lin Chang'an successfully reached Fourth-Rank Body Refining, formed the Golden Body Dharma Image, and gained more than four hundred years of lifespan.
• After returning to the Sima Clan's territory, Lin Chang'an tested his transformed defenses and found his combat strength could rival an ordinary Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator.
• Lin Chang'an decided to return to Cloud City after nearly half a year away, confident he could gain more resources from the war.

After returning to Cloud City, Lin Chang'an received news that old acquaintances Shen Zhuang and Li Tianmo had died and learned that Mystic Sound Pavilion had prospered. A Jade Tablet from Azure Sea Palace revealed a method for refining a powerful treasure for Jin Feng, while Fairy Ice Butterfly later told him that war with the Demonic Path was approaching and Alliance Leader Jin had convened a meeting.

• Lin Chang'an read letters reporting Shen Zhuang and Li Tianmo's deaths and reflected on the passage of time and his fading ties to the Yue Kingdom.
• Lin Chang'an learned from Liu Ruyu's letter that Mystic Sound Pavilion had become the Seven Kingdoms' leading sect, and read letters from Old Hu, True Lord Lu, Su Miaoyin, and Su Wanwan.
• A Jade Tablet activated by Lin Chang'an's Jade Pendant revealed the refinement method for the Six Harmonies Profound Light Mirror, which he realized could greatly strengthen Jin Feng.
• Fairy Ice Butterfly and the Green-Horned Ox returned to Lin Chang'an's cave abode, where the ox begged for Spirit Fruits after learning to act cute from Beast Control manuals.
• Lin Chang'an confirmed that his Fourth-Rank Body Refining breakthrough had gone smoothly, and Fairy Ice Butterfly told him that Alliance Leader Jin had called a meeting to prepare for the coming war with the Demonic Path.

Lin Chang'an learned that the Dao Protection Alliance planned to provoke the Demonic Path into fighting on two fronts, and Fairy Ice Butterfly shared intelligence about the Demon Sealing Abyss and Sima Yuan. As the alliance moved to ignite the war, Sima Yuan appeared as a bird-headed humanoid demon and swore revenge on Lin Chang'an.

• Fairy Ice Butterfly explained that the Dao Protection Alliance needed to attack while the Six Demonic Sects were occupied, with the Spirit Beast Sect, Myriad Corpse Sect, and Evil Buddha Temple leading the Demonic Path's response.
• Fairy Ice Butterfly gave Lin Chang'an intelligence about the Demon Sealing Abyss, and he concluded that Yun Yao and Fellow Daoist Ni Chang might be trapped there and resolved to cultivate before its entrance reopened.
• Fairy Ice Butterfly told Lin Chang'an that Sima Yuan had achieved Nascent Soul-level strength through the Spirit Beast Sect's beast-fusion secret technique, and Lin Chang'an agreed to eliminate him if they met in battle.
• Half a month later, Jin Jianchuan led Nascent Soul Cultivators from Cloud City to provoke the Demonic Path as the Dao Protection Alliance prepared for war.
• Sima Yuan appeared with a bird's head, human body, and eagle wings, then vowed to make Lin Chang'an suffer for the Sima Clan's destruction.

Jin Jianchuan led a surprise raid on a Demonic Path stronghold, capturing Fairy White Crane and destroying two War Behemoths, which set the Dao Protection Alliance and the Six Demonic Sects on the brink of war. At a victory gathering, Fairy White Crane offered herself to Lin Chang'an, leaving him accused of winning her over and caught in Jin Jianchuan’s scheme.

• Jin Jianchuan declared that the Dao Protection Alliance would go to war in three months and then recruited Nascent Soul cultivators for a surprise attack on a Demonic Path stronghold.
• Jin Jianchuan’s group raided the stronghold, seized Fairy White Crane, and escaped with her while the Spirit Beast Sect’s two War Behemoths were left destroyed.
• Old Monster Shangyuan found the ruined wedding chamber and swore vengeance on the Dao Protection Alliance for taking Fairy White Crane and ruining his chance at advancement.
• Jin Jianchuan returned to Cloud City with his forces and Fairy White Crane, and the alliance prepared for an imminent Demonic Path counterattack.
• Jin Jianchuan offered Fairy White Crane to the Nascent Soul cultivators, but she named Lin Chang'an as the one she wished to serve, prompting Lin Chang'an to deny winning her favor.

Lin Chang'an accepted Jin Jianchuan's arrangement to help Fairy White Crane, seeing a chance to trade with the Spirit Beast Sect for rare cultivation resources. As the war intensified, he gathered wealth and prepared treasures for his companions, then agreed to treat Fairy White Crane's spirit pet while Fairy Ice Butterfly revealed a more vulnerable side to him.

• Jin Jianchuan explained that Fairy White Crane had traded intelligence for Nascent Soul Formation resources, then gave her a Spirit Grass and a Nascent Soul Condensation Pill and arranged for Lin Chang'an to help her.
• Fairy White Crane asked Lin Chang'an and Fairy Ice Butterfly for help, and Lin agreed after Fairy Ice Butterfly pointed out the chance to negotiate for rare treasures from the Spirit Beast Sect.
• Lin Chang'an earned resources through his four art avatars and received Cloud City's Spirit Mine profits, giving the Green-Horned Ox and Jin Feng their shares.
• Lin Chang'an coaxed Jin Feng into contributing her savings toward materials for a Life-Bound Dharma Treasure, then tested his physical strength against the Green-Horned Ox and proved his superior endurance.
• At Cloud City, Lin Chang'an gave Fairy Ice Butterfly a restored Silver Bell and refined Demon Dragon scale armor before she disguised herself as Fairy White Crane and asked him to show mercy.

Lin Chang'an and Fairy Ice Butterfly fought the Demonic Path forces after the war erupted around Cloud City. Their coordinated attack struck Sima Yuan with an Ice Arrow infused with Geng Essence, leaving him badly wounded despite his escape.

• Lin Chang'an treated the Immortal Crane while Fairy White Crane resolved to remain in the Dao Protection Alliance and pursue Nascent Soul Formation.
• Fairy Ice Butterfly sparred with Lin Chang'an and advised him about combat and the dangers posed by the Six Demonic Sects.
• The Spirit Beast Sect mobilized after Fairy White Crane was taken, and the Demonic Path launched an attack on the Cloud City front, where its forces initially outperformed the Dao Protection Alliance.
• Old Monster Shangyuan challenged Lin Chang'an over Fairy White Crane as the Nascent Soul cultivators on both sides began fighting.
• Lin Chang'an left a phantom to support Fairy Ice Butterfly, and they trapped two Spirit Beast Sect cultivators between their attacks.
• Sima Yuan ambushed Lin Chang'an, but Lin Chang'an and Fairy Ice Butterfly countered with a Cold Flame-coated Ice Arrow that pierced his defenses and froze his wing before he severed it to flee.

Lin Chang'an and Fairy Ice Butterfly helped the Dao Protection Alliance win the first clash at Cloud City, then secretly infiltrated Demonic Path territory to finish off Sima Yuan while he recovered from Fairy Ice Butterfly's Cold Poison. They reached the Earth Fire Vein where Sima Yuan was healing, preparing to attack him.

• Lin Chang'an and Fairy Ice Butterfly fought Old Monster Shangyuan, Tiger Sha, and Bat Sha, while Fairy Ice Butterfly's Ice Arrow badly wounded Sima Yuan with Cold Poison.
• The Spirit Beast Sect unleashed two Fourth-Rank War Behemoths, but Qingjiao Jun's Green-Horned Ox fought them and eventually gained the advantage.
• The Demonic Path sounded the retreat after Lin Chang'an and Fairy Ice Butterfly's combined attacks weakened its Nascent Soul Cultivators, and both sides withdrew from the battlefield.
• At Cloud City, Jin Jianchuan and the alliance leaders reviewed the battle, while Fairy Ice Butterfly explained why Nascent Soul Cultivators often avoided risking their lives over limited gains.
• Sima Yuan hid in an Earth Fire Vein to purge the Cold Poison and swore vengeance on Lin Chang'an for destroying his clan.
• Lin Chang'an and Fairy Ice Butterfly secretly entered Demonic Path territory and approached Sima Yuan while his spiritual power was depleted from healing.

Lin Chang'an assassinated Sima Yuan and framed the killing to implicate the Insect Demon, provoking the Demonic Path and Dao Protection Alliance to suspect the Righteous Path and hunt for Huang Tianxiao. Half a year later, Huang Tianxiao arrived near the warring factions, learned that the Insect Demon was already under suspicion, and fled toward the Righteous Path.

• Lin Chang'an disguised himself as Sima Yuan's subordinate, poisoned Sima Yuan with a Blazing Fire Pill, and destroyed his Nascent Soul in a surprise attack.
• Lin Chang'an and Fairy Ice Butterfly planted Spirit-Devouring Insect remains, Buddhist traces, and signs of competing conspirators before leaving Sima Yuan's cave; the Demonic Path blamed the Righteous Path and began pursuing the Insect Demon's inheritance.
• After Sima Yuan's corpse appeared at the Spirit Control Sect's encampment, Jin Jianchuan revealed that the Demonic Path had linked the killing to the Insect Demon, and Lin Chang'an and Fairy Ice Butterfly realized a third party was stirring up trouble.
• True Lord Lu learned that the Insect Demon had entered Six Demonic Sects territory and decided to report the danger while investigating Old Devil Profound Yin and visiting Lin Chang'an.
• Huang Tianxiao fed his Spirit-Devouring Insects with battlefield corpses, learned through a Soul Search that both sides were investigating the Insect Demon, and fled toward the Righteous Path.

True Lord Lu visited Cloud City and recruited Lin Chang'an and Fairy Ice Butterfly to investigate a rumored opportunity connected to the Insect Demon and Old Devil Profound Yin. Twenty years later, Lin Chang'an confronted Fairy White Crane over her lineage and negotiated a deal that could help her attempt Nascent Soul Formation in exchange for a Four Symbols Strange Pearl.

• True Lord Lu arrived in Cloud City with a Fourth-Rank Black Water Turtle, teased Lin Chang'an about his daughter, and privately asked him and Fairy Ice Butterfly to help investigate an opportunity tied to Old Devil Profound Yin and Old Monster Demon Flame.
• True Lord Lu and the Dao Protection Alliance arranged resource trades, while powers across the Cultivation World hunted the Insect Demon and the war settled into a prolonged stalemate.
• Twenty years later, Fairy White Crane reported that the Spirit Control Sect's subordinate powers had lost more than thirty percent of their strength and revealed that her cultivation had reached the threshold for Nascent Soul Formation.
• Lin Chang'an told Fairy White Crane that Old Monster Shangyuan planned to marry women from her lineage in exchange for its hidden treasure, prompting her to seek his help and return to her lineage.
• Fairy White Crane offered to help Lin Chang'an obtain a Dust-Avoiding Pearl from a friend in the Demon Flame Sect if he lent her Thunder Tribulation Wood to improve her chances of Nascent Soul Formation.

Lin Chang'an advanced his cultivation, arts, combat abilities, and income during the long war, while Fairy Ice Butterfly improved her Mystic Ice Cold Qi. After discussing the war, their plans for Shen Mei'er and Fairy White Crane, and suspicious movements tied to Old Monster Demon Flame, they remained alert to possible opportunities and threats.

• Lin Chang'an reviewed twenty years of progress, noting that his cultivation, Fourth-Rank arts, Sword Qi into Silk, and Divine Sense had advanced while war work brought him resources and experience.
• Red-Clothed told Lin Chang'an that the Seven Kingdoms Alliance Chamber of Commerce had arrived, and Zhao Lingyue and Zhao Lingxing reported its earnings, trade, and the Seven Kingdoms' recovery.
• Fairy Ice Butterfly emerged from seclusion and showed Lin Chang'an how her Mystic Ice Cold Qi had grown more powerful, though she had not completed cultivating her divine ability.
• Fairy Ice Butterfly decided to help Shen Mei'er form her Core in secret and discussed the advantages of returning Fairy White Crane to the Spirit Beast Sect.
• Lin Chang'an and Fairy Ice Butterfly discussed reports that the Insect Demon had fled to the Grasslands and suspected that Old Monster Demon Flame's movements toward the Northern Demon Cold Lands were connected to a hidden discovery.

Fairy White Crane left Lin Chang'an with the Thunder Tribulation Wood and his guidance, then secretly returned to her clan and successfully formed a Nascent Soul, overturning Old Monster Shangyuan’s plans. Meanwhile, Lin Chang'an repaired the Subduing Demon Pestle and learned that Old Monster Demon Flame wanted a Buddhist treasure; after returning to Cloud City, he received Shangyuan’s demand for compensation disguised as a challenge.

• Fairy White Crane departed the Spirit Control Sect’s residence with the Thunder Tribulation Wood and Jade Slips from Lin Chang'an, then resolved to pursue Nascent Soul formation on her own.
• Red-Clothed told Lin Chang'an that Old Monster Demon Flame was collecting materials for a Buddhist magic treasure, and Lin Chang'an decided to question True Lord Lu about the old monsters’ plans.
• Old Monster Shangyuan arranged to marry two young women from White Crane’s clan and gain access to its treasure site, but Fairy White Crane secretly used the site to undergo her Nascent Soul tribulation and succeeded.
• Lin Chang'an repaired the Subduing Demon Pestle, then disguised himself as Master Cheng and agreed to forge a Subduing Demon Golden Ring for Old Monster Demon Flame in exchange for materials and an Artifact Refining Jade Slip.
• Lin Chang'an returned to Cloud City, where Fairy Ice Butterfly showed him Old Monster Shangyuan’s letter demanding compensation under the guise of a challenge.

Fairy White Crane returned to the Spirit Beast Sect after forming her Nascent Soul, negotiated compensation with Old Monster Shangyuan, and became the subject of rumors about her connection to Lin Chang'an. She traded Lin the Dust-Avoiding Pearl and proposed an ambitious alliance, while both sides left their meeting with their own plans.

• Fairy White Crane rejected the Spirit Beast Sect's demand that she join the war, and the elders settled their dispute with Old Monster Shangyuan through treasure compensation.
• Fairy White Crane and the Spirit Beast Sect allowed rumors about her relationship with Lin Chang'an to spread, while Old Monster Shangyuan received letters from Jin Jianchuan and Lin Chang'an that left him angry and worried about his dwindling lifespan.
• Fairy White Crane visited Lin Chang'an at Cloud City, returned his Thunder Tribulation Wood, and offered him the Dust-Avoiding Pearl in exchange for a trading partnership between their sects.
• Fairy White Crane proposed that she, Lin Chang'an, and Fairy Ice Butterfly unite to take control of their sects, but Lin Chang'an declined to join the Spirit Beast Sect.
• Fairy White Crane staged an intimate encounter with Lin Chang'an before both armies, then left after he publicly rejected her recruitment pitch and criticized the Spirit Beast Sect for abandoning her.
• Lin Chang'an returned with the Dust-Avoiding Pearl, while he and Fairy Ice Butterfly considered using Fairy White Crane's ambition for their own advantage and focused on strengthening themselves for future threats.

Lin Chang'an completed the Four Symbols Dragon Scale Armor with a Dust-Avoiding Pearl and gave Jin Feng three mirrors to refine as her magic treasure. True Lord Lu then recruited Lin Chang'an to join a group of Nascent Soul Cultivators exploring ancient ruins, where they hoped to break a restriction and claim the treasures before the Orthodox and Demonic Paths discovered them.

• Lin Chang'an finished integrating the Dust-Avoiding Pearl into the Four Symbols Dragon Scale Armor, testing its defenses and improved Earth Evasion before deciding the armor had greatly strengthened his protection.
• Lin Chang'an gave Jin Feng three golden mirrors made from her eggshell, and she named the magic treasure the Six Harmonies Golden Light Mirror.
• Old Monster Qingyang and Old Monster Shangyuan confronted Old Devil Profound Yin and Old Monster Demon Flame, but True Lord Lu arrived and persuaded the five Nascent Soul Cultivators to negotiate over a Relic Cave Abode discovered by True Lord Heavenly Talisman.
• The group agreed that ten Nascent Soul Cultivators were needed to break the ancient restriction, selecting Tiger Sha, Bat Sha, Lin Chang'an, and True Lord Lu's Black Water Turtle as reinforcements while imposing surveillance on one another.
• True Lord Lu visited Lin Chang'an in Cloud City and urged him to join the expedition, then offered to arrange a trade for a Water-Avoiding Pearl after noticing Lin Chang'an's jade pendant from Azure Sea Palace.
• Lin Chang'an agreed to join the secret expedition and assured True Lord Lu he would not reveal the ruins, while concealing that Red-Clothed and Jin Feng were also with him.