Chapter Summaries

Lin Chang'an defeated Black Wind Old Monster’s faction, captured Fairy Bishui, and demanded spiritual treasures from True Lord Feipeng as ransom. True Lord Feipeng agreed to retrieve Fairy Bishui but planned to exploit her afterward and looked forward to confronting Lin Chang'an.

• Lin Chang'an absorbed Black Wind Old Monster’s memories, took his Withered Bone Blade materials, and regretted that they lacked items to restore the blade’s spiritual resonance.
• Fairy Xue captured Fairy Bishui, who offered an apology letter and argued that her scheme had targeted Fairy Xue rather than Lin Chang'an.
• Bing Yun proposed inviting Fairy Bishui to Cold Wind City, and Lin Chang'an decided to hold her as a guest while writing to True Lord Feipeng.
• Lin Chang'an and Jin Feng discussed the ransom, then Lin Chang'an demanded three Spirit-Channeling items and a supreme-grade Fire Attribute spiritual item.
• True Lord Feipeng received Lin Chang'an’s letter, agreed to ransom Fairy Bishui, and resolved to exploit her after her return before seeking a chance to challenge Lin Chang'an.

Lin Chang'an discussed how White Bone Old Devil's restored cultivation and reputation could help conceal a future breakthrough to Spirit Transformation, while he kept Fairy Bishui under guard in Cold Wind City. As the trade delegation arrived with the treasures demanded for her release, Fairy Xue provoked Bishui by revealing she was nearing the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.

• Jin Feng praised Lin Chang'an, and he explained that White Bone Old Devil's reputation could make a future Spirit Transformation breakthrough seem less suspicious.
• Lin Chang'an told Jin Feng to protect Fairy Bishui, whose presence in Cold Wind City had stirred people hoping to provoke conflict with True Lord Feipeng.
• Fairy Bishui and Fairy Xue traded insults in the pavilion, and Fairy Xue revealed she planned to enter seclusion to break through to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.
• Red-Clothed watched the confrontation while Lin Chang'an explained that True Lord Liehuo had not come to demand Fairy Bishui's death.
• A Sound Transmission Jade Talisman announced the trade delegation's arrival, bringing the treasures Lin Chang'an wanted in exchange for Fairy Bishui.

Lin Chang'an received ransom treasures from the Feipeng Chamber of Commerce for Fairy Bishui and used the exchange to deepen the feud between their factions. As he repaired the Withered Bone Blade in seclusion, he prepared for the Feipeng Chamber of Commerce’s retaliation and quietly sought void nether stone for a teleportation array.

• An elder from the Feipeng Chamber of Commerce delivered three spirit-awakened treasures, a fourth-rank fire treasure, and two hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones to ransom Fairy Bishui.
• Lin Chang'an released Fairy Bishui, thanked Fairy Xue for her help, and gave her cultivation insights and a medicinal pill before she departed.
• Lin Chang'an gave Jin Feng the fire treasure, then ordered word spread that Fairy Bishui had left Cold Wind City.
• Red-Clothed told Lin Chang'an that True Lord Feipeng had ambushed their enemies, killing two nascent soul cultivators and forcing three others to flee.
• Lin Chang'an nourished the Withered Bone Blade with the three spirit-awakened treasures and told his people to stay cautious and search for fourth-rank void nether stone.

After five years in the Spirit Realm, Lin Chang'an reached the Nascent Soul Late Stage and restored the Withered Bone Blade while planning a retaliatory campaign against the Feipeng Chamber of Commerce. The chapter ended when he learned that True Lord Feipeng had attacked True Lord Xue and rushed to her aid.

• Lin Chang'an celebrated his progress and explained that the Withered Bone Blade had recovered most of its power after five years of restoration.
• Lin Chang'an offered Jin Feng a chance to obtain Mystic Bird feathers and arranged for her to raid Feipeng Chamber of Commerce Markets and Lineages, splitting the spoils seventy-thirty.
• The Sword Servant reported that Green Ox and Mo Yin had established themselves as Demon Kings, while Fairy Xue had advanced to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage and rumors linked her to Lin Chang'an.
• Lin Chang'an attended a small Nascent Soul Trading Fair in Cold Wind City and exchanged Fourth-tier Medicinal Pills for Void Nether Stone fragments.
• A Sound Transmission Jade Talisman reported that True Lord Feipeng had attacked True Lord Xue, so Lin Chang'an and the Sword Servant hurried toward her location.

True Lord Feipeng ambushed and killed Fairy Xue, who traded Lin Chang'an a reincarnation secret technique in her final moments and asked him to help her return to the immortal path. Lin Chang'an arranged to leave Cold Wind City and contain the Feipeng Chamber of Commerce, negotiating substantial rewards from True Lord Liehuo.

• True Lord Feipeng ambushed Fairy Xue near Cold Wind City, then escaped as Lin Chang'an and Sword Servant arrived.
• Fairy Xue revealed her face, admitted her past motives, and traded her spirit body and a reincarnation secret technique for Lin Chang'an's promise to help her return to the immortal path.
• Fairy Xue died, and Sword Servant said Lin Chang'an's Mystic Heaven Mana had eased her lingering regrets; Lin Chang'an then vowed to deal with True Lord Feipeng.
• Rumors of Fairy Xue's death spread, alarming Nascent Soul cultivators allied with the Bing Clan Chamber of Commerce.
• Lin Chang'an told True Lord Liehuo he would keep True Lord Feipeng occupied without fighting him head-on, and negotiated spirit stones, the Spirit Transformation Pill recipe, and alchemy work in exchange for containing the Feipeng Chamber of Commerce.

Lin Chang'an launched a surprise assault on a prosperous Feipeng Chamber of Commerce market, using Jin Feng, Sword Servant, and a hidden Heavenly Yin Demonic Corpse to overwhelm its defenses. As the market descended into slaughter and Core Formation Cultivators were sealed away as Corpse Puppets, the surviving Nascent Soul defenders awaited True Lord Feipeng’s response.

• Bing Yun presented White Bone Old Devil’s Jade Slip to the six Nascent Soul elders, and four chose to remain with the Bing Clan Chamber of Commerce while two withdrew.
• Lin Chang'an detected four hidden Nascent Soul Cultivators at the market and ordered Jin Feng and Sword Servant to ambush them while he seized control of the Mountain Protection Formation.
• Lin Chang'an announced his return gift to True Lord Feipeng, and the market’s formation failed before its defenders could rally.
• Jin Feng killed a hidden Nascent Soul Cultivator and captured his Nascent Soul, while Sword Servant wounded another and Lin Chang'an slew him with the Withered Bone Blade.
• A Heavenly Yin Demonic Corpse emerged inside the defenders’ Cave Abode, trapping two more Nascent Soul Cultivators as Lin Chang'an’s attack spread through the sealed market.
• Lin Chang'an slaughtered the market’s cultivators and had Core Formation Cultivators sealed alive in coffins for use as Corpse Puppets.

Lin Chang'an learned that Buddhist monks and treasures were gathering at the Feipeng Chamber of Commerce to counter his Corpse Puppets, while True Lord Feipeng continued pursuing Spirit Transformation. After five years of attacks, Lin Chang'an completed a Teleportation Array and planned to strike Feipeng before seeking a high-grade Tribulation Crossing Spirit Item.

• White Bone Old Devil’s attacks devastated the Feipeng Chamber of Commerce, and True Lord Feipeng treated the losses as a chance to build momentum toward Spirit Transformation.
• True Lord Feipeng’s retaliation further crippled the Bing Clan Chamber of Commerce, whose remaining members withdrew into seclusion while Li Erqing managed its shops in Cold Wind City.
• Jin Feng told Lin Chang'an that Buddhist monks and treasures had arrived to target him, and Lin Chang'an warned her that they could weaken his Corpse Puppets.
• Lin Chang'an dismissed the Ice God Palace’s request to help weaken Feipeng, but said he would accept accurate intelligence and high-grade materials in exchange for more attacks.
• Lin Chang'an completed a Teleportation Array linking his mine to the Bingjin Mountain Range and decided to give True Lord Feipeng a grand gift before seeking a high-grade Tribulation Crossing Spirit Item.

Lin Chang'an infiltrated Feipeng Fortress, poisoned and captured Fairy Bishui, then publicly provoked True Lord Feipeng while escaping. The chapter left True Lord Feipeng under pressure as Ice God Palace bought Bishui’s Dharma Body and sent it back to him.

• Lin Chang'an disguised himself as a Core Formation Cultivator, poisoned Fairy Bishui, extracted and sealed her Nascent Soul, and took her body.
• Lin Chang'an escaped Feipeng Fortress with Jin Feng and Red-Clothed after leaving a taunting letter for True Lord Feipeng.
• True Lord Feipeng found Fairy Bishui missing and flew into a rage when he read Lin Chang'an’s message challenging his resolve and cultivation.
• White Bone Old Devil appeared above Feipeng Market and publicly accused True Lord Feipeng of hiding from their promised battle.
• Half a month later, an Ice God Palace cultivator bought Fairy Bishui’s Dharma Body at auction and returned it to True Lord Feipeng.

Lin Chang'an traded Fairy Bishui’s Dharma Body, destroyed her Spirit Infant, and provoked True Lord Feipeng while arranging for Ice God Palace to hinder his cultivation path. He then secretly traveled to Bingjin Mountain Market to seek materials for refining a Fifth-Rank Heavenly Yin Demonic Corpse, and considered contacting Shi Yunzhou about Yin Soul Wood.

• Bing Yun learned that Fairy Bishui’s Dharma Body had been traded and her Nascent Soul was imprisoned, then resolved to cultivate for her own strength.
• Lin Chang'an explained to Jin Feng that he had traded Fairy Bishui’s Dharma Body to involve Ice God Palace in obstructing True Lord Feipeng’s path to Spirit Transformation.
• Lin Chang'an destroyed Fairy Bishui’s Spirit Infant and used her connection to True Lord Feipeng to taunt him, prompting Feipeng to swear revenge.
• Lin Chang'an and his companions used a hidden Teleportation Array to reach the Poison Swamp Underground Palace, controlled the Fourth-Rank zombie, and departed without being detected.
• Months later, Lin Chang'an discussed with Red-Clothed the risks and materials needed to control a Fifth-Rank Heavenly Yin Demonic Corpse, including Yin Soul Wood.
• Lin Chang'an wondered whether Shi Yunzhou still possessed the Yin Soul Wood he had found in a Secret Realm.

Lin Chang'an traded specialized Fourth-Rank Magic Treasures for a fragment of fifteen-thousand-year Yin Soul Wood from Shi Yunzhou and Hou Changfeng, learning that they planned to explore the dangerous secret realm again. After weighing the risks, he decided to scheme against the two cultivators and claim the secret realm without entering it yet, while prioritizing the refinement of his Heavenly Yin Demonic Corpse.

• Shi Yunzhou and Hou Changfeng discussed their preparations to explore the secret realm again and agreed to investigate it in three months.
• Lin Chang'an met the disguised Shi Yunzhou and Hou Changfeng and examined their fragment of Yin Soul Wood, recognizing that it was over fifteen thousand years old.
• Shi Yunzhou and Hou Changfeng agreed to trade the Yin Soul Wood for Lin Chang'an's two specialized Fourth-Rank Magic Treasures and his help repairing their damaged paired Ancient Treasures.
• Red-Clothed celebrated the valuable wood, while Jin Feng guessed that it came from a greater treasure in the secret realm and urged Lin Chang'an to pursue it.
• Lin Chang'an chose to prepare his Heavenly Yin Demonic Corpse first and revealed that he intended to take the secret realm from Shi Yunzhou and Hou Changfeng without entering it for now.

After spending two years suppressing the Yin Demonic Corpse, Lin Chang'an prepared to help it advance to Spirit Transformation and tracked Shi Yunzhou to a hidden relic. When Shi escaped the relic after betraying Hou Changfeng, Lin Chang'an's group trapped him in an array.

• Lin Chang'an drove the Yin Soul Nail into the Yin Demonic Corpse's Sea of Consciousness, suppressing it and bringing it under tighter control.
• Lin Chang'an decided to gather Tribulation Crossing Spirit Items for the corpse and reviewed the progress of his five Fourth-Rank arts.
• Lin Chang'an followed Shi Yunzhou's Corpse Puppet signal to the Yin Spirit Forest and waited outside the Secret Realm with Jin Feng and Sword Servant.
• Shi Yunzhou and Hou Changfeng fled the Spirit Transformation Ghost Cultivator inside the relic, then Shi Yunzhou betrayed Hou Changfeng and sealed him within the barrier.
• Shi Yunzhou flew into Lin Chang'an's prepared array, where Jin Feng and the others trapped him.

Lin Chang'an and Jin Feng trapped Shi Yunzhou, whose attempt to escape ended when his Corpse Puppet turned on him and Lin Chang'an destroyed his Nascent Soul. After learning about Ice God Palace and claiming Shi Yunzhou’s spoils, Lin Chang'an decided to prepare before returning to the dangerous Secret Realm.

• Shi Yunzhou tried to break through Lin Chang'an and Jin Feng’s Array Barrier, but the two cultivators and the Corpse Puppet kept him pinned down.
• Lin Chang'an secretly took control of the Corpse Puppet, which revealed Cheng Yunya’s remnant soul and struck Shi Yunzhou through the chest.
• Shi Yunzhou’s Nascent Soul tried to escape, but the Sword Servant and Lin Chang'an’s Yin Demonic Corpse intercepted it, and the Profound Heaven Immortal Vine devoured his soul.
• Lin Chang'an learned from Shi Yunzhou’s memories about Ice God Palace’s Spirit Transformation cultivators and explained the Secret Realm’s dangers to Jin Feng and the Sword Servant.
• Lin Chang'an chose to wait before exploring the Secret Realm again and planned to advance the Yin Demonic Corpse first.
• Lin Chang'an and Jin Feng divided Shi Yunzhou’s treasures, then prepared to return to the Market and remain there while they prepared for Tribulation Crossing and the corpse’s advancement.

Lin Chang'an prepared to strengthen the Yin Demonic Corpse for its Lightning Tribulation and learned of an upcoming Demon Race Trading Fair where rare materials might be available. He entered the fair in disguise as a Fourth-Rank Artifact Refiner, while Jin Feng attended as a powerful Demon King, and the event began under the rule of a young Demon King backed by a Spirit Transformation Demon Monarch.

• Lin Chang'an destroyed Shi Yunzhou's Life-Bound Flying Sword to recover its materials and learned that the Ice God Palace continued investigating the deaths of Shi Yunzhou and Hou Changfeng.
• Red-Clothed told Lin Chang'an that Jin Feng was gathering intelligence among the demons and that a Demon Race Trading Fair would be held soon.
• Jin Feng found an Elephant Demon with Thunder Magnetic Refined Iron and told Lin Chang'an that the upcoming fair would offer rare goods, though some sellers demanded Top-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Lin Chang'an decided to attend the fair to seek resources for the Yin Demonic Corpse's Lightning Tribulation, while he and his incarnations continued cultivating and crafting at the Market.
• Jin Feng arrived at the fair with the Elephant Demon, and Lin Chang'an entered disguised as a Fourth-Rank Mid-Grade Artifact Refiner, earning a warm welcome from the demon gatekeeper.
• The arrogant Fourth-Rank Late Stage host appeared to open the fair, backed by his Spirit Transformation Demon Monarch father.

Over ten years, Lin Chang'an traded demon-suited magic treasures, gathered resources, and prepared the Yin Demonic Corpse for a Spirit Transformation breakthrough while Jin Feng infiltrated demon circles. When Jin Feng found an opportunity to join the Thunder-Fire Poison Toad Demon King's expedition, Lin Chang'an began preparing to strike and sent the Sword Servant to advance before they set out.

• Lin Chang'an traded a silver hammer to the Elephant Demon King for thunder magnetic refined iron and displayed several other fourth-rank magic treasures at Demon King Feiyu's fair.
• Jin Feng learned that the Thunder-Fire Poison Toad Demon King served Demon Monarch Qingyu, befriended Demon King Feiyu, and wielded lightning-and-fire venom, so Lin Chang'an ordered her to keep watch for an opening.
• Over the next ten years, Lin Chang'an cultivated and prepared the Yin Demonic Corpse while his five avatars earned resources, and Jin Feng obtained seventy percent of the Elephant Demon King's thunder magnetic refined iron vein.
• Lin Chang'an reached Nascent Soul late stage after ten years in the Spirit Realm and advanced his array-crafting skills to fourth-rank upper grade.
• Jin Feng sent word that the Thunder-Fire Poison Toad Demon King had invited her to help settle a score with an enemy six months later, giving Lin Chang'an an opportunity to attack.
• Lin Chang'an gave the Sword Servant his remaining top-grade spirit stone so she could break through to Nascent Soul late stage before the expedition.

Jin Feng and Lin Chang'an ambushed the Thunder-Fire Poison Toad Demon King and three other Demon Kings, killing them and taking their spoils. Demon King Feiyu discovered the massacre afterward and, suspecting a wider plot, went to report it to his Spirit Transformation father.

• Jin Feng rejected the Elephant Demon King's proposal that she ally with Demon King Feiyu and collected the Thunder-Magnetic Iron Essence.
• Sword Servant stabilized her breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Late Stage, while Red-Clothed explained the risks of controlling the Heavenly Yin Demonic Corpse.
• Lin Chang'an received Jin Feng's message and infiltrated the Demon Race battlefield as Jin Feng fought alongside the Thunder-Fire Poison Toad Demon King.
• Lin Chang'an planted a formation around the mountain, and Jin Feng provoked the Thunder-Fire Poison Toad Demon King into attacking her at the banquet.
• Lin Chang'an and his five External Incarnations joined Jin Feng, and they killed the four Demon Kings despite the Thunder-Fire Poison Toad Demon King's venom.
• Demon King Feiyu learned that the Demon Kings had vanished and went to inform his Spirit Transformation father.

Lin Chang'an refined tribulation treasures for the Yin Demonic Corpse and prepared it to break through in the Storm Mountain Range. The corpse survived the Spirit Transformation tribulation and became a Fifth-Rank Heavenly Yin Demonic Corpse, while Lin Chang'an ordered his allies to erase the evidence and leave.

• Jin Feng’s warning caused the Elephant Demon to flee, while Lin Chang'an refined armor using the Thunder-Fire Poison Toad Demon King’s body and soul.
• Over nine years, Lin Chang'an improved his artifact-refining skill, moved to the Storm Mountain Range, and prepared the Yin Demonic Corpse for its breakthrough.
• The Yin Demonic Corpse began its Spirit Transformation tribulation, and two Fourth-Rank Fierce Spirits approached to attack it.
• Jin Feng, Green Ox, and Mo Yin protected the breakthrough while Lin Chang'an used prepared treasures and the Thunder-Fire Poison Toad’s resentful spirit to help the corpse withstand the lightning.
• The Yin Demonic Corpse survived and became a Fifth-Rank Heavenly Yin Demonic Corpse, after which Lin Chang'an put it in a coffin and ordered his allies to clear the battlefield and leave.

Lin Chang'an returned to the Storm Mountains after helping the Heavenly Yin Demon Corpse reach Divine Transformation, then set out to settle accounts with True Lord Flying Peng. He destroyed a sect allied with Flying Peng and left a survivor to carry the message, hoping to draw Flying Peng into a fight that would strengthen his Dao heart.

• Lin Chang'an and Hongyi examined the wounded Heavenly Yin Demon Corpse and confirmed its seal remained stable, though Lin Chang'an could safely unleash its full power for only half an hour.
• Lin Chang'an gathered Jin Feng, Qingniu, Mo Yin, and Hongyi and decided to travel to the Ice Ember Mountains while targeting the Flying Peng Trading Company and True Lord Flying Peng.
• True Lord Liehuo learned that the old Bone Demon had returned and agreed to help lure True Lord Flying Peng into a confrontation.
• Lin Chang'an attacked a sect allied with True Lord Flying Peng, using corpse puppets to kill its three Nascent Soul cultivators and slaughter its disciples.
• Lin Chang'an spared one Core Formation cultivator to deliver his message that he had returned, then resolved to defeat True Lord Flying Peng and use him to advance his Dao heart.

After the White Bone Old Devil destroyed a sect and delivered a challenge to True Lord Feipeng, he forced Feipeng into a public duel backed by Spirit Transformation witnesses. Lin Chang'an prepared to use Feipeng as a whetstone, confident that his own hidden methods would keep him undefeated.

• A Core Formation survivor delivered the White Bone Old Devil's challenge, then was turned into a Corpse Puppet and crushed by True Lord Feipeng.
• True Lord Feipeng accepted the challenge to fight beneath the full moon at Storm Mountain Range on the fifteenth of August.
• True Lord Yunyi and a Vajra Temple Spirit Transformation monk agreed to witness the duel, preventing either side's elders from interfering.
• News of the challenge spread, and Cultivators speculated that its timing and conditions put True Lord Feipeng at a disadvantage.
• Lin Chang'an told Jin Feng that he would not need the Fifth-Rank Heavenly Yin Demonic Corpse and planned to use True Lord Feipeng to temper his own Dao heart.

As Lin Chang'an prepared for his decisive battle with True Lord Feipeng, the Bing Clan Chamber of Commerce regained influence and Bing Yun pledged herself to Lin Chang'an as his servant. As cultivators gathered at the Storm Mountain Range, True Lord Yunyi and True Lord Liehuo arrived on behalf of the Ice God Palace, while a Buddhist presence approached from the west.

• Cultivators flocked to the Storm Mountain Range for the Mid-Autumn battle, while two Nascent Soul cultivators visited Lin Chang'an to reaffirm their support.
• Bing Yun and Li Erqing welcomed factions returning to the Bing Clan Chamber of Commerce, and Lin Chang'an instructed Bing Yun to expand its network and gather intelligence around Cold Wind City.
• Bing Yun offered to become Lin Chang'an's servant, and he placed a Divine Soul Imprint on her before helping her recover.
• Half a month later, Nascent Soul cultivators gathered at the Storm Mountain Range and discussed how its terrain could affect the battle between Lin Chang'an and True Lord Feipeng.
• True Lord Yunyi arrived with True Lord Liehuo aboard an Ice God Palace spirit ship, and golden Buddha light appeared to the west.

Lin Chang'an arrived at the Storm Mountains and ambushed True Lord Feipeng's fleet before their duel, slaughtering Feipeng Chamber of Commerce cultivators to wreck Feipeng's momentum. Feipeng answered with his Golden Peng Dharma Image, and the two began a fierce battle as Lin Chang'an taunted him and pressed his attack.

• Zen Master Mingtai and True Lord Yunyi arrived at the Storm Mountains, traded insults, and waited with the other cultivators for the duel.
• Lin Chang'an swallowed violent-energy Spirit Fruits, reviewed intelligence on True Lord Feipeng, and prepared a Mysterious Yin Demonic Flame Spirit Pearl as a hidden weapon.
• True Lord Feipeng arrived with a vast fleet, but Lin Chang'an tore through the clouds and attacked the warships with his Withered Bone Blade and Corpse Puppets.
• Lin Chang'an killed several Nascent Soul cultivators with his speed and demonic blade, while Feipeng tried to interrupt the slaughter and force their duel.
• True Lord Feipeng summoned his Golden Peng Dharma Image and drove Lin Chang'an toward the Storm Mountains, where Lin mocked Feipeng's reliance on his sect's resources and continued fighting.